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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1920-03-26
new LAW FIRM
FOR PLENTYWO0D
B. X. WHEELER AND .ARTH-
UR STANGELAND OF But
T E OPEN OFFICE IN THE
COUNTY SEAT OF SHERI-
DAN. COUNTY.

B. K. Wheeler, of Butte, who
needs no introduction to the
people Of Northeastern Montana,
former United States District
Attorney, and Arthur STANCE
land of Butte are opening a law
office in Plentywood. The local
office will be under the manage
ment of Mr.. Stangeland.
The office of Wheeler &
Stangeland will be in the office
formerly occupied by Attorney
David E. Mclaughlin.
From all indications the new
firm will have all the business
that it can attend to from the
start. This is no doubt because
of the fame Of B. K. Wheeler
who is known as the leading at
torney Of the state of Montana.
And Mr.. Stangeland himself,
comes very highly recommended
as a very promising young at
torney.
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hssification Case Ap-
hled to Supreme Court

|ae case of Clair Stoner, tax
g, VS.. Blakeslee & Lockwood
@lhcation contractors and the
70 J! Of County Commissioners
meridian county an injunc-
case restraining the Board
.ounty Commissioners from
Eng for the Classification
: . and from making a Classi-
aon Levy, which was tried
IN the winter before Judge
er IN the District Court, is
g appealed to the Supreme
= OF the State of Montana.
ead 4 Greer is handling this
lor the taxpayers, and TO
lor the same donations have
received from the people IN
sled. The contention OF the
aefs has been that the Class.
saon law is unconstitutional
nat the Classifica ation OF the
y y which will cost the tax.
Nontinued on page eight
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DISTRICT COURT
WINDS UP TERM
uJDGE CONFER WHO HAS
BEEN GRINDING AWAY
SINCE MARCH IL, COM
PLErES THE CALENDAR
TERM FRAUGHT WITH
MANY DIFFICULTIES.
MANY CASES CONTINUED

The District Court, Judge Co.
mer presiding, which has been
grinding steadily since it con-
vened on March IL, will COM
plete it's work tomorrow, prop
ably and adjourn. This term has
been held under difficulties,
brought about principally by the
weather which made court at
tendance difficult to all concern
ed. Judge Conner is entitled to
considerable credit for having
made the showing he has.
Several of the cases'were con,
tinued until the next term ana
many cases on the calendar were
settled out of court ana tne
cases dismissed. >,
The disposition made Of the
cases appearing on the calendar
follows:
Court Calendar
Case No. 24O6 William Weiss
VS.. Henry Kolath, Settled, cas- case
dismissed; Case No. 2427, W.
liam II. Keig etal, VS.. Jonn ~: ::
Nelson. Judgment for plalntln ;
Case No. 24S4. C. j. cummins VS..
&c. &c KEYS, Settled, Case dismls, ),
sed: Case No. 2440, D. }; McCal' !
osu ,n1ofTonsen. Defendant did
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.$48,589.82

- $21, ,572.4l
Leaving shortage, which is in no
way accounted for, and which the
court has decided that Writ or
Mandate will not issue to compel the
Commissioners to account for.
It is pretty we'll known that some
IF this Grain was stolen and the facts
concerning the stealing will be dis
closed when the right time comes.
ANOTHER OVERLOOKED LETTER
When Sunny Jim Redmond left the
Auditors Office, when he was removed
by a court order, the flies Of the
auditors office were gutted and sew
eral mail bags of documents were
removed. In the haste the following
letter was overlooked. This letter is
written about a subject we'll under
stood bv Redmond and Mr.. Dunn. 1t
will be noticed that Mr.. Redmond ad-
mitted to Dun ten days after election
that both he and Mrs. Johnson were
defeated on the face of the unofficial
returns. At that very time the re-
turns had been doctored and later
thew were evidently redoctored.
| It is easily noted that the Manager
of the Montana & Dakota Elevator
Company had very serious and con-
fdential business transaction to con-
slider and a settlement to make which
the rejection contest and it's outcome
interfered with considerably. Read
this letter carefully, and consider all
of the foregoing facts and tell your
self whether or not there has been
anv wrongdoing on tie part OF the
coi1ntv commissioners in the handling
Iof the last sed grain fund.
Sod Nov. 16, 1918.
NJ. J. DUNN,
Minneapolis, MINI.
Dear Sir:
inst PASSED THE EVE OF A HARD
CAMPAIGN and prior to election
with the pauper work that had to be-
done in connection with the epidemic
|, Of the Spanish Inflenza we have been
lVERY BUSY PEOPLE. .i
am VERY SORRY !. DID NOI
SEE YOU AT THE TINE YOU
WEIR EHERE. l WAS OUT ON
SOME VERY IMPORTANT. WORK,
otherwise / WOULD HAVE MADE
IT A POINT TO REACH YOU BE-
FORE YOU LEFT THE COUNTY. .
IN A SHORT CONVERSATION
!. WITH MR.. WEINRICH WE DEC!D>
Ed TT WILL BE ADVISABLE 10
. LAY THE MATTER OVER UNTIL
. AFTER ELECTION AND FROM
BAINVILLE, / WROTE YOU AC-
: CORDINGLY. Just as soon as 1t IS
POSSIBLE for us TO MAKE the
7 PROPER ARRANGEMENTS, you
will be ADVISED in SUFFlClEMIi
TIME. so that no MISUNDER-
STANDING WILL EXIST.
Mrs. Ben johnson and myself are
I I VERY CONFIDENT that we nave
! WON THE FIGHT, our VOIE Is
!. 5 lContinued on Page Eight
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Con, Y Stewart Governor of Montana:
your Excelency-Whle Great Falls was handed copy
&c tho Helena being distributed
onv of letter to Attorney General fofd
mo appeal the court-What is KNOW" ds e
seditiOn case. .,ooa 4ho ,,h;ca+;on If this
in the Helena Independent extremely appop1
and indicating certain discriminating Judgment tha you ~
rarely display. .,NI ,
tvnica of your answering lty to your friends and
lend doubtful prestlge 10 your o.e
60 you selected the
f o,r official mouthpiece this important matter feca a
M CamDbeu led self sacrificing patriots VINO e
Tn,,c nf Defense- who now mostly engaeeu III te
th and ncraye-wor the Loyalty Leaguen the cam
~ f. the Anaconda Copper Mining Co and yourself as tne
representative Of this corporation tna1l MO" you
ali fhat Is best in national hfe 81
cannot commend highly your efforts to have my s'a.u
reo1;lv nasaed upon by the supreme cQI ana anl s
Won as the states chief exe{ve Interesting your
self in assistine the ends of justice 4,.+.a
M woud be the inter that you were
~, rsoral snte feeling Of injured Fany OF sMayel -. .
Dy of who assume to
least D nc h their rule in the present
instance am nfOrmea tnaI ~: ~ c;seotham case
Y larpely due efforts and the efforts
am toiu .;a. e +he G NJ With whom you have influence
trusted with youthat unfortunate
WhO as activities released from the fed
eral penitentiary. ;, .r;tits with small minds who
IneIe al ,;eue that fhe cases parallels they have
tried fo eouvince that your .,e roi nted
snrang the fact tnaL $Ity frauds and while
e the raI criminals the ta L
~ cdetfham was unpardoned an lnennde sen'd s ul
1 the nEnsss e'' - lContinned on Page4four)
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Open Letter to G0p. Sfepdn

Editors Note During the Congress held Se
at Great Falls Attorney General Ford delvered an
exnosng the activities of Governor Stewart IN oena Oh
Montana Power Company and other Anaconda %
setting the assessed valuation of their properly ana oV
ernor Stewart hoping to get revenge on F9rd ana TO
atenton away his activities IN beha OF te ho
ner wrote gave to the letter 20
General crtcizing that Official because ne &
dcn Case which Dunn was tha andee f
members of the State Council of Defense constteo
Shiny political gang Mr. Ford wrote = he Pro-
dceTs News couple Of weeks It will also be reeaed
that Gov Stewards connected with the
ern Trustee fraud in which several ~
% Stewards we're convicted and sentenced to prison TOT
& tov, b p wheeler while Wheeler District Attorney
and in which Dan Kelly was &c convicted % o1 r
claimed that Governor Stewart was active IN adng .e Sc
curing the pardon Of the swnders IN the n
nent democratic Anaconda and Wen 4h m
were recently pardoned by President wilson through e
commendaon Atty Gen. Palmer and when reeomenaa ;
secured by the Democratic Roteaa And now comes
W s. Dunn convicted and writes an & open tt + was
Governor Stewart which is interesting lhs etei we"
written fortnight ago but has not been answered ye'
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End Polls Nearly a Solid Vote For Issue
les In County Voted Strongly for the Aid
khile the Farmers Vote Was Light and In
E,ed to Disfavor the Bond Issue.

!, nroposition to bond Sher-'
y .o',nty in the sum Of $780,,
'sor s relief for needy farmers
Fl u Yesterday, Thursday, by
In |L;ority of about three hun
Eorp was a considerable in
Ps' ~ aver the vote on the prop
n to bond the county for
|oO IN on January 3rd, when
|E,,.nosition was voted down
I majority Of 800. The in
|,ad s vote was manifest in
Western part of the county
h the relief was needed the
h analysis of the vote indi-
| that the farmer vote was
against the issue, in spite
M fact that many farmers
nj away from the polls be-
\ Of the fact that they did
|are to vote for the bond is
! yet they did not want to ,
Eneedy neighbors any relief
Knight be derived from the
Is 50 they did not vote.
he returns show an almost
Evote for the bonding propo-
b on the part Of the busl-
men of the county.
be unofficial returns, as near
E can get them, are as fol
/ the official returns will be
EShed next issue:
Fnr A rainSt
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The Montana & Dakota Seed Grain Mystery

minutes of the board to make such a
final settlement, and it was proven
beyond a doubt that final settle
ment of the account had been made
as Mr.. Matkins had turned in $500
from the Montana & Dakota Elevator
Company, and no explanation of the
money was ever made.
The court for the fisrt time in its
experience delivered decision from
the bench. All cases before, no mat
ter how simple, were takn under adj
visement and briefs filed. The court
took a half hour to decide this
issue as to whether the people are
entitled to a writ of mandate to dl-
rect the board of county commission
ers to make a final accounting OF
their handling of the peoples money.
The court found that writ of man.
date would not issue to compel the
commissioners to tell what they did
with the money. This, in spite OF
the fact that no possible harm could
have come from the issuing of the
writ. and THE COUNTY COMMITS
SIONERS WE'RE THEREFORE,
Projected BY THE REFUSAL
OF THE WRIT IN ANY WRONG
DN/1Nd ldA1 lIlC MIA A1A W.
BEEN GUILTY OF.
The d cision was the cause of great
rejoicing on the part Of the old plum
derhund, as we'll it might.
THE HOPES OF BRINGING
|GRAFTERS TO JUSTICE IN SHERl-
DAN COUNTY DOES NOT LOOK
BRIGHT.
AS matters now stand things look
peculiar and suspicious.
/ HOAGE'S REPORT
The report made by Special Ac-
countant Hoage, who checked up the
Montana & Dakota Seed Grain Ac-
count for the county attorney last
summer, show that after deductlng
idelMeries, that the Montana & Dako-
ia Elevator Company has the follow
| ing amount of grains in its possession
belonging to Sheridan county that has
!, not been accounted for:
Montana and Dakota Elevators:
sSSStS r~,% Vo1,1o
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
|AlNGSTON PLANS
BETTER ,HARBOR
(Ry Associated Press.l

Mhsston, Jamaica, Aug. 2.-The es-
saates which have just passed the
snash. House of Commons provide
~ an expenditure by the imperial
@Sernment of $S00,000 to equip
Algston harbor with an oil and coal
ls station for British naval and mer-
sntie ships.
a large strip of land in the eastern
!. ~ Oh the harbor has been acquired
i quay and work is now in pro-
ssss, An army and navy canteen un-
the auspices of the imperial gov
@ament has also been established and
'4ything is being done to- attract
tanal 'Aie W 40
Tue local governments scheme of
'.0Of Improvement has been referred
-. special board of experts. It is in
.uea 70 dredge the harbor whereby
Fses with a draft Of 3S feet will
sue 70 enter without fear of getting
A N mud banks. On account of
saAowness of certain parts of the
1iinei the battleship Renown, which
\ Shsing the Prince of Wales here
!, SpepIember next, will have to anchor
4, VT Royal. 5 miles outside Kings
N aaroar !, A special cruiser win con-
q, vac prince and his party, to Kings
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
GREAT INFLUX
JAPS REVEALED
Senator Johnson Makes Known
Startling Underground Sys-
tenn On Pacific Coast.
YOKOHAMA. MAIN SOURCE
Newcomers Are Protected and
Shielded BY Japanese Associa-
tion, Statement Declares.
YOKOHAMA. MAIN SOURCE
t5y Associated Press. !,


Tacoma, Wash. Aug. 2-Definite
location OF an underground system
on the Pacific coast by which thou
sands of Japanese are smuggIed into
the United States yearly" was an
nounced by Congressman Albert john
son, chairman of the subcommittee
Ron immigration and naturalization
which reassembled here today to in
vestieate Japanese activities in the
northwest.
johnson said the system begins at
Yokohama and leads through Honolulu
to Guayamas on the Gulf of California
from which point they are smuggled
by land or water into the United
States. He said the Japanese associa-
ton then provides for the newcomer
to make substantial deposit in some
bank, then he hides for five years in
the vineyards or agricultural districts,
then comes out and if questioned can
easily establish by date of deposit the
five year residence required by statute.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03

Rate Increases Should
Not Cause Price Boost
Economist For Railroad Labor
Organization Says Consumer
Won't Pay Bills.
fsy Associated Press.)

Washington, Aug. 2.-Railroad rate
increases authorized by the interstate
commerce commission should have nc
appreciable effect on prices of the vast
majority things which the ordi-
nary consumer purchases. according
to an analysis of the possible effect
Of advances in rates. made public to-
night by w. Jett Lauck, economist for
the railroad labor organizations.
At the same time Lauck asserted
that there would have been no occa-
sion for so large an advance If the
roads themselves had been better man
aged, made free of water" and were
mot themselves the victims of profit
eers to the extent of five hundred
million dollars a year in the purchase
of supplies and equipment"
Citing examples. he said the rate
increase would not justify an increase
Of a cent a pound in the price of meat,
five cents on a pair of shoes. ten cents
on suit of clothes, and he said there
was no occasion for alarm over the
rate raise provided these items are
not multiplied four or five times be-
fore they are presented to the people
for payment"
Speaking of the decision OF the in
terstate commerce commission, Royal
G. Dunn. of Florida. one of the three
state railroad commissioners who sat
with the Interstate commerce commits.
sion. said:
I'VE participated in the conferences
in the same manner as members of
the commission" the state commis-
sioners' report declares, being invited
by them to take part in the discuss
sions and express our views with
complete freedom. The members of the
commission gave to the case intense
and efficient application, examination.
and discussing it with the evident de-
sire to reach correct conclusions and
apply the increase in such manner to
deal justly with the whole country.
Speaking generally, every con-
verted question concerning all classes
and commodities, and all rates. rules
and practices of rail carriers and all
the theories of shippers and carriers
were presented and urged in the 'tes-
timony and in argument before the
commission and given careful consids
Grafton in conference.
'The commissioners were not of one
mind on all questions and their con-
clusion in many cases was the result
of recognizing that the views of the
other man must be taken into account
and that there must be some surren-
der by each before an agreement could
be reached. In some instances the
conclusion of the ma ioritv is the view
expressed in the ruling. On some of
the questions our views were not IN
full accord with the majority and in
some instances we three state commits
sioners did not have unity of view"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
RACE TROUBLES
IN MIAMI FEARED
Guard Is Called Out Following
Demonstration By Bahama
Negroes.
(ey Associated Press.) )

Miami. Fla. Aug. 2,-Forty national
guardsmen, heavily armed, co-operat
ing with the police tonight are pre-
serving order nthe negro section here
as a result of threats of vengeance
following the death of Herbert Brooks.
negro. identified as the assailant of a
white woman.
The guard was called out at the
request of Mayor Smith because of a
demonstration by more than four hun
dred alien negroes from the Bahama
Islands after arrival from Ormond of
the body of Brooks.
The negroes professed to believe
Brooks was killed by mob instead of
meeting death by leaping from the
train on which he was being trans
ported to Jacksonville for safe keep
ing. Brooks was British subject and
British vice-Consui Jaudon demanded
an autopsy which however, revealed
nothing of a sensational nature.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
|RAILROADSARE
| NOW ON TRIAL
Fairfax Harrison Says They
Have Opportunity to Justify
Private Control.
WILL NEXT REDUCE RATES
President of Southern Believes
Railroads Can Show Com
petitive Efficiency.
WILL NEXT REDUCE RATES
(Hy Associates Press.)

Washington, Aug. 2.-Compb.tion of
the "cycle of government management
OF the railroad industry, through in
creases in freight and passenger fares,
was said tonight by Fairfax Harrison,
president of the Southern railway
system, to leave the carriers of the
country opportunity for constant and
progressive reduction in rates ac-
companied by enlargement of service" /"
President Harrison added: sTt now
remains for private management to
resume the practice of competitive ef-
ficiency and self-reliant initiative
which distinguished the American rail-
roads during so many years and to
justify private management by in
creased prosperity Of roads and em-
ployes. enlargement of service and re-
duction of rates" He said this could
not be accomplished over night, but he
said the Southern railway, relying up
on cooperation and support of it's
employees, will make an effort
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
CHANCE Note IS
KEY TOFREEDOM
Chinese Girl Held Slave By Hop
Sing Tong In San Fran
/ cisco Is Rescued.
ley Associated Press.l )

San Francisco, Cal, Aug 2.-Shuffling
homeward through the fog in China
town the other night Chinese youth
noticed a piece Of white paper flutter
through a circle OF light from street
lamp and fall to the pavement He
picked it up and read its message. in
Chinese characters:
II am slave girl / wish to get away
from my cruel masters | have been
kept a prisoner six years on the fourth
floor of HIS Stockton street. My name
is Loi Mui / was brought here from
China when was little girl. l have
friend who says il can send word
to the man who passes in white clothes
with a star they will help me-. want
10 go back to China. Please help me-
THE young oriental to whom the note
lad fallen happened to be American
horn. He knew that it was dangerous
TO interfere with the girls captors and
TO inform might mean death for him
and his family. He went to the Hall
OF Justice with the note and his name
will never be known to anyone but the
police.
Police Captain 0'afeara, with federal
officials and a representative Of q
Chinese mission. raided the place an
hour after the letter, was dropped out
of the window. They battered down
three doors and on the fourth floor
found Loi Mui
The girl is held in the city prison
while federal officers investigate her
story. She may be deported She saic
she was sold as slave in China when
she was IL and brought to this country
afterward Detectives say she was held
BY the Hop Sing tong, pne OF the
strongest factions OF Chinatown.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
new CLUB Site
EAUTHORIzED
City May Lease Tract For New
Home For the Pensacola Yacht
4 Club On Water Front.

Pensacola Yacht club will erect an
attractive and commodious club house
on the block east of Palafox street
wharf. il the ordinance introduced yes
terday afternoon is made law and
the lease to the property is granted.
The lease was introduced yesterday
and will become a law after being
read three times.
plans and specifications for the
new club house have been prepared
and a campaign for the new home will
be- started as soon as the right to the
property has been granted. The lease
as introduced in the ordinance calls
for fiftv wears. The site for the new
club is the block of land, water er-cov-
cred. directly east of the wharf.
The building will be three stories,
with room under the building for the
boats. The lower floor will be used for
a store and restaurant and the second
story will be the club proper. The
third floor will have rooms for club
members. The lease calls for rental
of 81 per month.
An ordinance was introduced for the
relaying of the sanitary sewer on De-
yilIier. together with all laterals and
pitfall. The system will be relayed
the full length Of Deviilier, from Chase
to Cypress.
DeyiIlier win be ,repaved and re-
paired through the introduction OF
another ordinance yesterday. The sec
tion between Chase and Government
and between jefferson and Acaniz
win be repaved, the present paving
of brick to be taken out entirely.
other sections of the street will be re-
paired. The Improvement Of the street
win be paid with Improvement bonds
partly and assessment OF abutting
property for the remainder.
jackson street. between Seventeenth
and twentieth, and Twentieth from
jackson to Gadsden and Moreno from
twelfth to Fourteenth will be re-
natred ana 4 hard surface will be
placed on the streets. The surface will
be made of clay and cinders and the
streets win be 25 feet In width when
completed. Concrete curbing viii be
placed along the streets in the re-
paired sections.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
GARCIA TO PUT
DOWN REVOLT
Mexican Government Can Con-
centrate Sixty Thousand Men at
any Point, 1t Is Declared.
fav Associated Press. )

Mexico City, Aug. 2-Governor Can
tu, of Lower California, has declared
himself in open rebellion, according to
advices to the war department today
as announced to the Associated Press
by General Garcia.
While declining to discuss plans
Garcia said the government could con-
centrate sixty thousand men at any
point in the fepublic. He said the
declaration did not come direct from
Cantu.
washington, Aug. 2.-The American
government has refused the request OF
Governor Cantu, Of Lover California
for permission to import arms and am
munition from the United States foI
repelling the reported threatened oc-
cupation by Mexican provisional gov
ernment forces.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-08-03
|ITALY PLANNING
BIG AIR PROGRAM
(Hy Associated Press. )

Washington, Aug. 2.--Italy is spend
ing s30,0O0.000 this year on its avi-
alton program, which is mainly of a
civil character. It's program calls for
a complets aerial transportation sys-
tenn for both passengers and goods, a
regular air mail service and the es-
tablishment of international air
routes.
S Study of routes which will join Italy
with France, Switzerland, Austria,
Jugo- S1avia, Greece and the Italian
colonies also is being made by the
government authorities. Two dirigi-
bles are now operating successful
touring service between Rome and Mi
Ian and between Venice and Milan,
and plans are being made to start the
Napo1e -Pelerrio route. Four other To-
cal routes are in operation and exper-
iments are being conducted on five
others.