The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1922-09-29
County Wreekers' confab
1ca.t.nr,ea frorn Page One

naonfhs. Among others, VINO IKE n.
a cs,-s~ Aara hundred per cent Tor
The ne..uIes present, were MI WIG
Cardsner. recognized by reason OF tne
fsc4 that he Is the fath&r-ln-iaW Oh
- ia eiaSSv Mn. Lnk-Mr. Gardner
IafIs from Outlook; also j. a yonn-
son. Plentywood merchant oTto Bra
har farmer near PIenfywood; Mayor
G~awa Of brentwood, and the HON
George Simmons, candidate for JUS
| tee Of the peace; DR.. Hunter OF An
| taIone. II oonev" Lundberg; Joe Do-
in Of the printing graft fame; ana
/ Prof. Hannah. teacher p the ruo-
II Schools at Outlook, defeated can
dfnate On the republican ticket Io5
county superintendent OF schools, ana
/ fnaIIv and not the least. the folIo"-
/ ing leading members OF the Osurers
I Union. who are vitalIy interested Ia
tE1e outcome OF this election, as they
are both against Dan j. Olson because
! he wants to take the sinking fund
money which Is laying in the oanks
/ of the county drawing ~ per cent m
terest which the usuerers loan 10 tne
] farmers at ten per cent, and Wnleh
Treasurer Olson wants TO use 10 pay
off bonds that are drawing and
Uer cent thus saving about ten tnous-
and dollars per year for the taxpaE-
ers. meaning a great loss to the oank-
f~s, and against Charles l. Taylor
who Is running on at platform pledged
In the lowering of the interest rates
In & Der cent per annuIn, and the relS-
ing Of the rates which the banks pay
for the county funds from 90 per@
cent TO four per cent: Frank Rooster
of Outlook, Art LANCER OF Plenty
wood. r. 6. Nathe OF PientyEood,
Stork Swenson OF Medicine Lake,
Fred Morck OF Antelope, n. y Welle
Of Antelope. and Ole ]. Hyde OF
Reserve. who wage there looking at
ter their own interests Ray Lang OF
the Montana Motor Company must not
be forgotten-he was there with bells
on There is only one thing Ray
/ wants to do before he dies and that
is to kick the farmers out OF ONCE
Raw lust raves about the way things
& are run in this county Ray Is also
for good government and Jud Mat
kins He is interested IN the Sheridan
County Memorial Hospital and would
like TO have the county commissioners
make another appropriation Tor that
benevolent institution and the pf1lIan-
taropIsts behind it. Ray Is a crusad-
er and put in heap OF time fighting
; ANYTHING that looks as il It naghT De
. good for the farmers. He Is sure
strong against Miss Crone Tor coun-
ty superintendent Of schools and
, scolds about her candidacy Ike an old
fish wife. but everybody wInks and
) srniles-they know there is a reason
, He was also strong ag/nst Bill Nice
last year. Ray is worried about the
schools.
Il Well the above just about made up
. the bunch. It took long time TO get
: the gang together and much prelin1in-
{ airy CAB was necessary and several
: preliminary meetings have been held
! from time TO time at Mr. Gunthers
office with the blinds pulled low with
, some Of the boys slipping IN the back
, door. (you see they did not want their
4 neighbors and friends to know they
2 were participating before the big
convention was fna/y conceived and
: brought forth.
q MEETING ORGANIZED
: Reggy Tyler rendered great service
r IN inveigIing the tinlid into the secret
: conclave. It is said that he had an
t awful time getting R. r. LELAND and
: Hans Dixon into the meeting Vnon
t the boys Just had to have to give
$ some color Of decency TO the gather
}. ing. But Iceland and Dixon acted al
:. of the time as If they were in room
= that smelled bad and acted as If they
h wanted to get out and kept their hands
:: in their pockets all of the time. They
q did not take any part in the meeting
they were not there for that pur
f pose, they were there for scenery, ant
: they did their stunt very fair. Mr.
Is Matkins and Mr.. Link, advised BY
/ Mr.. Gunther, and ably assisted b!
a Harry. Loucks and Neils Christensen
. attended to the convention. Mr.. Chris
+ tiansen is an expert when it comes t.
h attending conventlons-he can n
: them while you wait: he is not par
% ticular what conventiH1s he attend!
! either, he misses none of them OF
q either side The convention had lo
n of problems to solve as Mr.. Gunthel
knows. Mr.. Gunther has been wor
RED great deal ABOUT the misfortune
o of Jud Matkins' nomination, and hi
4 has eonfded to friends that he fear:
. that Mr.. Matki1is is very heav.
+ load on the ticket and that he. /:
+ afraid he viii sink the boat Mr.
! Gunther attended the meetings O
& the county canvassing board AM
: watched the county like hawk il
: order that no error in the count shoule
. be made in the favor OF Jud Watkins
h Of course, personally, Mr.. Matkins i
! Jake with Mr. Gunthf, but he !.
o afraid that Jud viii hurt the ticket
2 However 81. J." has got things al
: worked out in way that he think
= that he can slip the ticket down tn
tl1roats of the taxpayers Of Sheridan
! county in such way that the taxpay
4 ers will never notice.
n The convention organized. An exc
n cutive committee was picked, bu
Mathis name did not appear on it a
! the boys thought that it would b
: very poor policy as Mr.. Watkins i
: awaiting trial charged with asking
4 and accepting brides in connection
with the looting Of the county in tn
1920 seed grain swindle at whicl
time the taxpayers of Sheridan coun