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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

Ford. One may suggest to him
that the very incident which he
recites as provoeation for his
crusade points the way to the
proper remedy. His daughter got
a book from a circulating library
which contained a passage objec-
tionable to her. She took the
book to her parents, and read no
xmore in Though the Justice
had to read it through" careful
ly" just to make sure it was as
obscene as he suspected. Child
rem properly trained will instant
ly reject reading matter that
meets with their abhorrnce. If
the present laws need reinforce
ment, let it be done by better
training in the home, an institu
ton which still serves a useful
purpose despite those who want
to load all its work on the State.
II we cannot get along on that
basis, it would DC simpler to or
ganize a joint Catholic-Protes-
tant-Jewish committee to estab-
lish an embracing Index Ex-
purgatorius.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
FRIDAY. MARCH ,. 1923.
ADDITIONAL NEWS SERVICE

While the solonS of Virginia are sitting III
extra session arguing pro and con on the
iinicky bond issue problem, The Gazette is
fully covered in this field by l. L. Cooper,
4 well-known and well-informed newspaper
correspondent of the State capitol. Full tele-
graphic and mail reports written especially
for The Gazette will be published each alter
noon while the Assembly is in session.
In securing the services OF Mr., Cooper
The Gazette feels that it is due its readers to
be furnished with last minute news on the
question which now, more than ever should
be of intense interest to every citizen OF the
Old Dominion.
This service in in addition to Our present
State service.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
V !. !. i !,
" a q q a q q D
of the PRESS
CENSORING BOOKS AGAIN

At first SIGHT the new crusade
for expurgated literature, led by
Justice Ford, looks merely ridic-
ulous, but it isn't. His theory
that all Of us must be forbidden
to read books that he finds OBJ
iectionable is stated so badly that
it is amusing, yet it is the princi-
pie on which the Vice Society has
worked for a long time. What
makes this particular movement
threatening is, first, the strong
clerical support which it seems to
have obtained, and, second, the
proposal that the present law
shall be amended to provide that
if "any passage" in a publica
ton is obscene, the whole must
be regarded as obscene.
If this amendment were adopt
ed, and taken seriously by the
courts, about half the master
pieces of all literature would
have to be thrown on the junk
heap. There are, Of course, the
familiar Observation-Disclosures
peare and the Bible. The reform
er will reply and truly, that
Shakespeare and the Bible will
not be prosecuted. Like other
personages of influence, they will
be exempt from the laws en-
forced on others. But where
will the line be drawn? Shall
Fielding, Smollett and Richard
son be excused, or Shelley and
Whitman? How many authors
are to be tactitly excepted from
the operations Of the law ?What
will the courts do if some indig-
nant and literal-minded atheist
prosecutes sellers of the Scrip
lures The assembled clergy who
listened to Justice Ford's diatribe
against courts and prosecutors
whose definition of the obscene
does not agree with his may
have felt That there would be no
danger that any books they like
would come under the ban. But
this amendment, if adopted,
would give us a very stiff law;
and some judges might think it
was ripnt for everybody and
not merely fer those writers who
are disliked by "the moral ele-
ment."
The sole reason given is that
the present laws, whose opera
ton is satisfactory to most peo-
pie, are not satisfactory to Judge
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
MESSAGES FROM THE DEAD"

Some Sunday newspapers are printing a
series OF psychic experiments submitted by
Il wontler-Norker who makes 4 good living
by doing inexplicahe stunts in public. 1t is
pretended that by such experiments ii is pos
Sible tor almost anyone to hold communities
ton with the other world" and talk with
the dead
There is surely enough foolish psychism
in The country without any reputable news
paper lending itself to such exploitation.
Insofar as there may Ike any reality in such
communication, it can be nothing less than
the "black magic" against which true religion,
morality and science have warned people
through all ages.
Preseut-day psychologists and physicians,
particularly alienistS are agreed as to the sad
havoc wrought on human minds by any kind
dabbling in So-called occult phenomena, This
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02
THE KHAN AS A MENACE

Governor Parker of Louisiana
and Rear Admiral Sims, retired,
denounced the Ku Klux or Mon
day-the Governor at a "raIly"
against the secret society in Chi
Icago. the Admiral in talk to
the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce. 1t heard him advocate a
bounty on the ears of Klansmen
if legislation against the wearing
of masks proved'ineffective. Prob
ably the Admrals thought was
that they could be caught with
thistles. In Louisiana the sub
iect is one of public conern. In
Morehouse Parish the worst eX-
cesses of the Ku Klux Khan of re-
construction days have been re-
peated. For the first time Gov
ernor Parker told the story of his
failure to obtain indictments af
ter an investigation by the Dis
trict Attorney and Sheriff. Three
fourths of the Grand Jury
proved to be Klansmen. 1t was
then that he sent the Attorney
General of the State to More
house to make an investigation
with the aid of detectives furn-
ished by the Federal Department
of Justice.
even the new Grand Jury
will probably be composed large |
ly of "Klansmen," said Governor F.
Parker, "and the question of in
dictment is problematical." How !
ever, there is the alternative of
prosecution on information filed /
by the Attorney General under
the tSate Code. "Law and order
must and will prevail in Louis
lana" affirmed the Governor.
He warned the country that the
Klan might soon subvert consti-
tuted government by "a hostile
mob acting as prosecutor. Judge,
jury and exGcutioner." That 1t
was done in Morehouse Parish he .
is confident will be proved in
open court. That it could be
done, in other communities, where
the administration Of justice is
feeble and the citizen has no real
protection for his person and
property, may not be doubted.
Many rural communities might
easily come under the sway Of
the Ku Klux Khan. Governor
Parker's warning that the States
and the National Government
Should declare against masked
men mad mob violence in such
terms "and with
such severe penalties that none
would incur the risk" it would be
wise to heed.
Comparison CT the X. K. K. is
sometimes made with the Know
Nothing movement of the SOS in
the period of violent political cor
trcversy before the Civil War.
While the revived Reconstruction
soiety may yet become factor
in politics to be reckOned with
it requires an active imagination
to see the KU Klux Klan carry
ing the States Of Massachusetts,
Connecticut. New Hampshire and
Rhode Island as The Know-Noth-
ings did in 1854 and 1855. In
that day, when the country was
convulsed by the slavery issue,
the Know-Nothirgs were reveal
ed as Wings as soon as the cloak
of secrecy was thrown off. When
the Krow-Nothing Party decided
to require its members to take an
oath to support the Union it at
tracted antf-Nebraska men and
Union men in the South who
were Wings. In 1856 it refused ,
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b. 0. B. in the Tmes-Dispatch hints that
some discoveries fully as important as those
in Luxor would result if the General As
sembly would authorize the exploration OF
the coat OF mud within the State
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1923-03-02

Miss Marguerite Lindsey her holding the position OF
taking postgraduate ranger She also the only girl
eriologv the University Of and raised in the Yeo"
PENNSYLVANIA. IN. only one Of National Park.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
THE FARMERS MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Report as OF june 18TH, Igz5

heUOIb DIS u June EOLlls LC@<0
Policies written during year 290
New members during year------------ 10
Present membership -.-----.----.------.---- $50
Policies in force today -------.-lll4
Insurance in force -----------$2, ,264,6l5.OO
Losses paid during year, 14----S7 ,3l2.O0
Losses adjusted, but not aid---S66O.OO
One loss refused to adjust,
settled by arbitration--.-------------SlOO.OO
Two small losses not adjusted: one
at Antelope, damage to house and one
at Bainville, loss Of cow by lightning
occurring only a couple of days ago
Inspector has not yet viewed losses.
State of Montana or In the west and
The average cost Of fire insurance
to the policy holders during the four
teen years of the life of the company
has been but the small sum of 81
cents per hundred dollars worth of
protection each year. This is the
cheapest insurance available in the
it is the cheapest of all of the Mutual
Fire protection in the state and three
are in Montana, eleven Mutual or
| COOPERATIVE Companies are in the
/ state.
This is a remarkable record and
recommends the Farmers Mutual of
Dagmar to every person needing rural
fire insurance-it is so cheap that no
farmer can afford to carry his own
risk.
The year 1929 has been the larg-
est and most profitable year in the
history of the company, both in the
increase of membership, the amount
of insurance written and in the total
Continued From Page i
| collections of assessments.
J CASH BALANCE STATEMENT
Cash in Bank on
: Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06

The grand and Glorious Fourth has
come and gone and the Eagle scream
ed loud and long in Plentywcod on the
Fourth of July.
The first day Of the celebration was
disappointment to the huge crowd
that was in attendance. This was
mostly caused by the absence of the
airnnan who was to give a flying eX-
hibition and in a minor way by the
poor exhibition of baseball put up by
the Scobey ball team. To cap the
climax Of a very unsatisfactory day,
Jupiter Pluvius got busy and started
weeping, which made the dance pavili-
on unfit for use. The Bolster dance
hall was then used, but it was not
nearly large enough to accommodate
the huge crowd of merry makers.
The Fourth of July entertainment
was however a huge success and the
! thousands of visitors in this city were
entertained without halt from the
time the parade passed through the
streets until the beautiful fire works
and dance ended the program OF the
day.
The parade at 11:30 in the morn
4 ing was a beautiful spectacle as we'll
as very original in many cases. The
i float representing the State Hail In
surance received first prize as being
i the most beautiful and original rep
resenting agriculture. 1t was a
very beautiful float and to appreciate
its fullness of beauty, it would have
2 to be seen. In the industrial class the
! float representing the PlentywOOd
+ Flour Mill took first prizes. The big
l wheels on each side of the automobile
: which turned continuously and rep
resented the old mill wheel of years
/, ago, was a most beautiful and original
spectacle. The Donaldson float was
3 very beautifully decorated with flow
! ers. The automobile representing the
. hospital was very pretty and original
{ and Uncle Sam and the Queen OF
! Columbia as usual drew their large
= crowd of admirers. The KitzenberG
2 float was nicely decorated and th'
o. Piba. DeSilva float containing Iht
E band, was a handsome piece of work
o The Producers News was represent
& ed by float, containing large rum
e Der of farmers in a decorated haI
q rack pulled by team of horses. J. A
JOhnson's store had most eXquisitel,
= decorated automobile Representing
e that firm. Besides these mentiOne
. there were many automobiles dress
ed in gala day attire and "Tufiie
+. was there with bells on. The Cam
2 Fire Girls and the Boy Scouts made
3 very nice showing.
= After the parade the program wa
Continued on Page Four
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
MUTUAL FIRE ms. CO.
HOLDS CONVENTION
Cooperative Insurance Company Has Biggest Year OF It's
Career-Od Officers Reelected to Serve for Another
Year.
NEILs cHRIsTIANsEN AGAIN sECRErARY-TREAs.

The Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Dagmar, held its Four
teenth Annual Meeting at Plenty
wood. at the court house, Saturday,
June Both. About thirty members OF
this thriving cooperative enterprise
gathered to hear the annual report
read and to elect a number of direc-
tors. The meeting was a very enthu-
siastic one, being called to order by
Pres. Fred Olsen of Dagmar at lou
o'clock and the regular order OF buSl-
ness gone through with.
After the reading Of the minutes OF
the last annual meeting, the report OF
the Secretary-Treasurer was called
for, which was read by Neils Chris
tiansen who very efficiently fills that
office, and the report was indeed a
good one, showing very consistent
and healthy growth and showing a
! splendid financial condition for the
company.
The Dagmar Mutual Fire Insurance
COMPANY was organized as a cooper
alive fire insurance by a number OF
Dapmar and McCabe farmers four
teen wears ago this spring, in the
snring of 1909 and from a small anC
/ humble beginning it has become one O1
the most outstanding cooperative sue
cesses in the State of Montana ant
writes most of the insurance on tn,
farm property in Sheridan, Roosevelt
and Daniels counties and it appear
that in the course of a few more years
will write practically 100 per cent O.
the fire insurance written on farm
buildings in this section Of the state
And this institution is the product o
the efforts of a number of farmers o
which the community is justly proud
THE REPORT
The report read by Sec.-Treas. Neil
Christensen disclosed the following
interesting facts:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
FARMER-LABOR CONFER
ENCE OPENS AT CHICAGO
Filler HAS
BAD ACCIDENT

On Wednesday evening, July 4th,
after giving a flying exhibition to
thousands of people in this city, and
having completed same and begun to
take up passengers at $5 per ride, the
driver after the second trip up in the
air while landing ran into Ford car
ar brcke his propeller. The Ford
was also damaged about the radiator
and front fender.
1t SONS that the pilot of the flying
mar re had taken up d passenger off
the ticId when it was clear and that
when he returned the car that was
damaged had driven onto the field dur
ing his absence. The driver of the
aroplane stated that he thought the
field was clear and that he was un-
able to see ahead of the machine he
was driving on account of the low
seat in which he sits and from which
front view is obscured.
The loss is quite a severe one to the
f1iers as a new propeller costs about
| $4,000 and they will not be able tx
get one here for at least week.
Lieutenant Hit made the remark
that this trip has surely been JONAH
as on the way out here they were un
able to keep their engagement a
Plentywood Tuesday on account of {
storm which they encountered il
North Dakota and now they will b'
forced to lie idle for several days
on account of this last accident.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
RAYMOND FARMER
PASSES AWAY
Gustave Schnittgen, Well known and
Highly Respected Farmer of the
Raymond p recinct, Died Last Fri
day Morning of Tuberculosis.

Last Friday morning at 600
o'clock Gustave Schnittgen of the
Raymond precinct died at his home.
of tuberculosis.
Mr.. Schnittgen had been suffering
for the past year nd half from this
malady and while it was known that
the dreaded disease was every day in
creasing its hold upon his body,
nevertheless his death came as a shock
to his many friends and neighbors.
The deceased was greatly beloved
in his precinct by his neighbors and
friends for whom he was willing at
all times to do as much as he was
able. He will be greatly missed IN
the community affairs and his many
kind acts will hold him dear in the
memory of his friends until they too
have come to that place which no one
escapes.
OBITUARY
Gustave Schnittgen was born at
Westphaia, Germany, in 1870, and
died at Raymond, Friday, June 20
1923, at the age of SO years.
He came to the United States from
! Germany with his parents in 1879
when nine years of age and settled
in Jordan, Scott county, Minnesota
He resided at Jordan until % years
of age when he was married to Miss
Anna Deustermann, who preceded
him in death about a year ago. AT
ter their marriage the deceased moved
with his bride to st. Leo, Yellow
Medicine County, Mimi, where they
resided until 1914. Mr.. Schnittgel
then moved to Raymond, Sheridan
county with his family, where he re
sided upon his homestead until hi
death.
Four children are left to mourn
the death of a kind loving father
being Irma, Arthur, Alma and Nur
bert, all of whom reside in the Ray
mond country.
The funeral was held last MOnda
from the Catholic church in Plenty
wood, Rev. FIR O'Rourke saying Re
ouiem Mass. The body was placed i
the Plentywood cemetery
The sympathy of the whole com
munity goes out to the bereaved chilC
rem in their loss of kind and lOvin
father.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
COSPER-HAMlLTON
SHIEIL.-BACON

Two couples set sail on the sea on
matrimonv from the Congregational
parsonage, Monday July 2. The hrSst
couple were well known young people
from Pretty Valley, Canada, Just
north of Scobey, Mr. Percival She'll
and Miss Florence Bacon. They re
turned the next day to their Canadian
farm home accompanied with the
good wishes of all who knew them
In the evening of the same day, Earl
Cosper and Luella Hamilton poth oI
Outlook drove down and were mar
ried by Mr.. Boone. They We're ra:iI ag7
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. M. +. Hill
and little daughter. The party re-
turned to Outlook Immediately where
the bride and groom will be at home
to their friends.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
SHERIFF SALISBURY
Gets BAD Man
HAS CRIMINAL RECORD AND
SERVED MOST OF TIME SINCE
1906 BEHIND STEEL BARS.

On Monday, June 18, Sheriff Sails
bury was notified by Guy Casper, a
drayman at Homestead, that he lost
team of grey horses. The Sheriff
was not notified until a day after the
robbery had taken place as Mr.. Cas-
per thought that the horses had mere
ly strayed' away and that he would
soon find them.
After receiving notice that the
horses had been stolen Sheriff Sails
bury quietly began investigating. The
horses were traced by the Sheriff and
Deputy VIM. Corkery, accompanied by
Theodore Grosswick, an old rancher
of the Radville country to Long, Sask.,
At this place a heavy rain came on
and Mr.. Corkery and Mr.. GrOsswick
returned to their respective homes
while Sheriff Salisbury hired a farm
er and team and they drove about 80
miles, taking them within 15 miles
of Regina, Canada. Salisbury ther
phoned into Regina and the Provincial
police acting on his information soOr
had the man under arrest. Salisbury
then returned to Plentywood and with
County Attorney Erickson drove ovel
to Regina and brought back the mar
they were after, thus ending three
weeks of steady trailing.
Sheriff Salisbury reports that h
found out by various means that VIM
Lambert alias w. L. Barr had tn
horses in his possession and upol
looking up the mans back record h
found that Lambert served two year
in Winnipeg for horse stealing /
1906; in 1909, he served years fo
horse stealing at Moose Jaw; in 19l
he served 8 years for horse stealin
at Bismarck, N. D.; in 1916 he wa
| sentenced to four years for stealth
wheat at Moose Jaw, Canada; in 19l
he was paroled, and in 1922 he wa
sentenced to three SnOnths behind tn
Z bars for being vag.
Lambert worked on the Syndicat
Threshing Machine last fall north {
Raymond, driving Bob Porter's team
The horses were recovered and M
/ Casper's son drove through Plenty
> wood with them Wednesday evenin,
July 4th, proving that horse stealth
is rather unhealthy business
Sheridan county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
MARKET DAY In
PLENTYWOOD JULY IA
Chance Dispose of Something You Don't Need and An
Opportunity to Buy Something That You Do Need-A
Much Needed Institution.
AUCnONEER HYDE WILL CRY THE AUCTION

Saturday July IA, will be Market
DIlay at Plentywood for the whole of
Sheridan County.
Any one having any articles of
gua1ever nature from a needle to a
IileSning y machine which they wish to
ggspo>e OF will have an opportunity to
Io 30 at this sale And on the other
-.l.l -1.Q any one wishing to buy articles
g-llh they need will have an unusual
'Ie.'ce Jo buy at sale prices.
Market Day is a settled affair in
- --oly large towns and cities through
~. W. me United States and wherever
Goy GG.gy nave been given a fair trial they
-o,e become an established institu-
tS- ,toA Market Day i'm these places are
NV SsesJ days I'M the year and al
uIaN an enormous crowd.
aucJloneer Hyde, who has the repu-
f,N f-.Ch OF being an exceptionally eff
s1I I've aucuoneer, will cry the sale
can 5,o person having goods for sale
yam sell them for cash ar on time inst
as he wishes. ''' y vi 'iiiie "0'
t,-.ne MY STOCK oSk viii be sold at the Plen-
cBD {Eooa Stock Yards, while the ma
he 6DsIy o.iy and other small articles will
local creamery. '''''0 i0''i ''''
Cars ~ start the sale off right, Chas
beaJ' 60 I, OF this city will auction off q
Dife5 /! Il nice pigs and others have sig
fereo. fi,ea their intention of putting diff
teH' articles on the market.
baTro,TL,e ~ remember if you have a wheel
vo1r 9r,O% and want a stone boat here !
is VIZ olance to make a trade. Thi
if tb;l ,aV u, Jhe Day is for and no doub
viii wilIis 5o.a Market Day is a success. i
thus Sgc0me CIo, an established success
Which pgIing g,;n up a ready market
those in Nh II oe a great help to bot
IN town. OOui''Iy as well as thOs
july RIo7't 3ttt forget the date, saturda,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06

delicious lunch was served. The
guests entertained were County
Treasurer and Mrs. Dan }. Olson,
Denutv Treasurer al d Mrs. Ole Moe;
Editor and Mrs. Chas. E. Taylor; Mr..
ard Mrs. Emil Stenmark and Mr.
and Mrs. Hanson Of Tribune, ;'ask.,
sister and brother-in-laW OF Jens
Gronvold who are visiting in the coun-
ty, and the children. After the pic
mic supper was through the guests
presented Mr.. and Mrs. Gronvold a
large and pretty cut glass berry dish
and wished them many another cele-
bration in the years to come.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-06
.C.L. ALLSOPP AR
RESTED FOR STEALING

A young man by the name of Allsop
was arrested last Tuesday, July 3rd,
charged with stealing $50 from the
Bert Heron Pool Hall.
The arrest was made by Undersher-
iff Aldrich and Deputy Sheriff Thorst-
enson on a warrant sworn out by Mr..
Backus.
Allsop is but mere boy being only
10 years old and was employed on the
Melvin Evenson farm for while, but
more recently has been staying in
Raymond repairing a car which ne
had bought a few days ago.