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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
CONVENTION IN TWIN CITIES MAY Both, 1924

~. Committee on Arrangements for
e -iTS.Tmar-Labor party convention
~ lac. week and ratified the final
q. cement for representation to the
---1-5 ----55~T abor National Convention
~ ~ for the Twin Cities for May 30.
- a. II the difficulties of the confer
e CONSERVATIVES of the differ
~ corrosive groups, called tOgeth-
= .t ne ab0r Temple in st. Paul on
T.obar 18th. was the problem of
-,---r+iorfrg the delegates between
e ifarant groups, organizations
~ .+a-es. The matter was referred
: +la committee on arrangements
tr5 committee has reported as fol-
each state is allowed a vote
..r91 n its electoral vote, plus
--s vote for each 5000 votes or
f-ar-ion thereof, cast for the pro-
~assive candidate receiving the
highest number of votes IN the
rQ22. general election.
Each national political orga-
-i-a+ion IS entitled to five votes;
sarh national economic organiza-
ton to one vote.
each state federation, central
ba5v and local organization of
labor. farmers, business or pro-
fassi0nal men or any group . of
+rrtv-fve or more individuals
rto shall subscribe in writing to
fs platform adopted at the st.
Paul conference will be entitled
70 one delegate.
Each state political organiza-
tn having legal standing, shall
b entitled to five delegates and
vhere no legal standing exists
such organization shall be entitled
uUe delegate.
When the Convention is called,
al the delegates from each state
VII organize as a body represent
Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
THOMPSON PAYS
FOR STOPPING MAIL
"Hominy'' Thompson, Famous 500
Line Train ObstructOr, Pays Fine
of S25.OO On Charge of Obstructing
u. S. Mail-Has Community With
Him in Fight Against Railroad.

E. z. Thompson, well known home
steader Of near WEitetail, plead guilty
in federal court Tuesday of last week
to a charge that he had obstructed
passage of the United States mail
and was sentenced by Judge BOurquin
to paw a S25 fine and the cost Of the
prosecution. Thompson pleaded not
guilty when araigned last week but
appeared Tuesday with his attorney,
Fletcher Maddox of Great Falls;
changed his plea to one of guilty and
received his sentence.
Thompson's arrest came about be-
cause of his claim the 500 railway
declined to make an adjustment fol-
lowing the destruction of his irrlga1-
tion bitches in constructing the road
tore I'M a stretch of track, moved his
Continued on Page Five)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
POLITICAL PRISONERS
REALLFREED
'Ic17Ssi,DENT c7s HAS ACTED - SPE-
TiSE TISE,C COMMITTEES REPORT AD-
'lSES POLICY

.r,ss. Washington, Dec. 1.-THE plea for
sno.s r,..sly which has been presented
F5'g;a.ealy to three national adminis-
Prss;s5i's was granted finally tOdav by
a1taln' 2,usn' Coolidge, in committing the
TolstoOs S.Os Of all remaining imprisoned
T-S.'fs Of war laws.
5rag .IC IIeuon Of the president will
s5s y seeout .. the release before Christ
3 ls 81 y men now serving sentences
las .eoeral prison at Ieavenworth,
T 7oI Violation Of the espionage
Two Two Of these men were convict
q o,5e- -'.'l5as Ia City in 1919. along with
n ~ - alleged members Of the 7 w
Cdcsoo q them We're convicted in
.Bie B.1,, together with William D.
tressrr-.,,.l haywood, general secretarv
ebere q the l. w. w. and the
-eata y nsLe I6,d found guilty in Sacra-
m : So0iN 0N REPORT
,OO1lAITTTFF
coolidge acted upon receipt.ot
ta sDs.;1i cation for amnesty from
eger5 eellal committee he angointod any alt1lI
estei s+,,S 5gAs ago, to make a disinter-
ey fo~ -'y Of the question Of elem
war law violators. This
l'Lnued on Page Flve)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
LEGION POST TO
PROMOTE BIG MATCH
EVENTS ARE FAST COM
ING TO SHOW DOWN WHEN
PUBLIC WILL HAVE OPPOR-
TUNITY TO SEE MOE AND
Is HOUSE IN TITANIC STRUG-
GLE TO SETTLE SUPREMA-
CY ON PADDED MAT.

: At the regular meeting of the
: local Post of the American Le-
. zion it was decided to promote a
. wrestling match between Moe and
House if arrangements could be
. made between these two well
known artists of the padded mat.
: The public has been clamcring
: for these two men to meet and
: each week the public demand
: grows stronger that Moe and
+ House meet on the mat and set
: tie their difficulties so that the
; world may know who is the best
man.
There is no doubt but this will
: be the star attraction Of the win
: ter in the line of sports and it is
; to be hoped that the Legion boys
will be able to get these two
high class men together.
The result will be watched with
interest.
= .
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
SACRED CONCERT
CHRISTMAS EVE AT
CATHOLIC CHURCH

A Sacred Concert will occur at
the St. Joseph Catholic Church
Christmas Eve. Considerable
pains have been taken in prepar-
ing the numbers. Ali are well
come.
PROGRAM
Midnight Mass will be ceIe-
brated in st. JOseph's Church
Christmas Eve by Father
O'ROuTke.
High Mass in &C" by Albert
ROsewig.
Solos:
1. Miss Emma KOllman
2. Mrs. r. Z. GustafsOn.
3. Mrs. Otto Donaldson
A. Albert KOllman.
5. Master Pappenfus.
Accompaniment of Orchestra by
Andrew Hansen
Phil Zeibarth
Geo. KOllman.
Organist-Mrs. A. J. Garneau.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
NORTHRUP BROUGHT
TO PLENTYWOOD
Undersheriff Aldrich Returned from
Stanley, N. D., Thursday Night
With Man Charged With Trying to
Steal Auto at Medicine Lake.

Undersheriff Aldrich returned from
Stanley, N. D., Thursday night for
which place he left Wednesday, ac-
companied by John Northrup, who
had been extradited on extraditicn
papers issued several weeks ago by
Gov. Dixon on the behest of the Sheri-
dan county authorities, on the charge
of trying to steal the automobile of
Roma Borley at Medicine Lake early
in November.
At the time Northrup was extra
dited papers were also issued for his
pardner Leslie Barge, but the Sheri-
dan county authorities on the request
of the authorities of Divide county
North Dakota, turned him over for
trial for stealing a car at Fortuna.
He was convicted last week in dis
trict court and sentenced to three and
a half years in the penitentiary.
NOrthrup also has charges pending
against him for robbing a dry goods
store in North Dakota.
Sheriff Salisbury met Under-Sheriff
Aldrich and prisoner at Culbertson
with car and brought them to- Plen-
tywood.
This morning Northrup was ar
raigned before Judge Olson and
placed under $4,000 bonds which be-
ing unable to furnish, he was re-
manded to jail to await trial.
The Sheriff and County Attorneys
office is entitled to much credit for
their success in landing this gang.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
LAST BANK in CROS-
BY CLOSED THIS A. NJ

Word was received in Plenty
wood this afternoon to the effect
that the last bank in Crosby, N.
d., closed this morning, cOmpris-
ing four in all. Two banks clos
ed about six weeks ago, the third
a couple of days ago, and the last
one, the Clark bank, closed this
morning.
Thus nOrmalcy returns and the
Federal Reserve Bank continues
its work Of destruction.
+ 4 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
CLOSED IN WANKLE
DISTRICT NUMBER

Mrs. Gertrude Heisler closed her
school in the Wankle school house
November 28th.
A short Thanksgiving program was
oiven bv the children after which
Mrs. Heisler was presented with an
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
KLU KLUX KLAN
MEET AT ANTELOPE
HOLD KONSEL WITH KLEAGLE
AT ANTELOPE THEATER.

The members of the local Klu Klux
Klan met in Konsil on the Mournful
day of the Somber Week of the
Miserable Month of 1923, or Thurs
day evening, December goth, at the
hall at Antelope, where it is claimed
that plans were made for the burn
ing of another cross, the organizing
of a political gang, and the launch
ing of another newspaper.
The Producers News is informed
that Jud Matl1ins, Len Rue, DR.. Stor-
kan, Ray Lang and ice Kavon were
among the crowd who looked rather
owl eyed when the reporter stepped
in.
The reporter said he did not see any
niteshirts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
2 BANKS GO FLOOEY
NROOSEVELT COUN-
TY LAST WEEK

The Security State Bank OF
+ Wolf Point and the First Ma
: tional Bank of Poplar were two
3 Roosevelt county banks when
: closed their doors during the last
: two weeks. The cause is attribut-
; ed to the impending financial de-
: bacle brought on by the della
) ion policy of the Federal Re
serve Bank.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
Fr. Wilhelm Tells About Ehrnanntraut's Death
gaes Allotted For The National Farmer Labor Convention
NWNTTEF ON REPRESENTATION
'' MAKES FINAL REPORT OF ACTION

for the Rs9es Rsson Pi sH assh e. Group F WIN Be
Others Ratify Report.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21

aluminium coffee percolator.
Marion Foley was neither absent or
tardy the whole term.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
REPCKlS THAT DEAD Man HAD SUF-
FERED SOME TIME BEFORE SEEKING AID

Victim of Night Ride Was Resting Easy and Was in Good
Care of Highly Accomplished Physician When he Was
Moved
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21
BLAIN DEAN UNDERGOES EYE
OPERATION

Blain Dean was operated upon
Thursday afternoon by Or. Storkan at
the Memorial hospital.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-12-21

Ludwig Ehrmanntraut, who died in
the hospital at Plentywood on the
8th day Of November, had the flu in
1919 from which he had never recOv-
o,.o1
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
SODOMEN SEAL 8
lodge by
the Dunes." "

A Camp for little Indian Child
rem. Write r. +. u. No. 2.
Chesterton, Indiana.
The faculty in charge "f this
institution are admirably qualified
for their work. 1t is in charge of
a college trained lady who is u
graduate of Smith College for
girls, and who also spent two years
at the Massachusetts, Agricultural
College, aud a term at the Uni
versity of Chicago.
She has AS an assistant a college
trained Indian woman who UNDER
stands the Indian children and is
deeply interested in her work.
Charges are reasonable. Write for
pal ticulars.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26

The Babcock $20,0OO,OOO road
bond issue died a natural death in
the legislature last week, meeting
the fate it richly deserved. Pro
ponents of the bill pulled every
string to revive it, even attempt
ing to have the House rules COM
mittee' pass a "special' rule per-
mitting the bill to go on special
orders without two-third vote.
This failing they attempted to
have the Senate recall the bill
from the House. thus permitting
acme action to be worked where
by something might be done. All
parliamentary strategy and political
trickery failed, and the great mass
of just ordinary people have their
way in the matter, despite the
statements of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press to.the contrary. The Pioneer
Press spent several hundred dol
lars wiring over the state for ex
pressions favorable to the bond
issue, but practically none of the
replies carried the signature, "A
Farmer" Of course the good
roads program will 60 on, but we
will not lose our heads over the
problem nor mortgage the future
any further than has already been
done.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
Chippewa Girl Picked
In Beauty Contest.

Miss Pearl McBurney, Chippe.
wa maiden of Onignm, Minnesota,
was selected as one of six young
ladies representing six different
Indian tribes in beauty contest
held at the Haskell Institute, Law
renee, Kansas, recently, at which
institution the young ladies are
students. The other young ladies
in the contest were Marie Alfred,
Shawnee of Shawnee, Okla; JOS
chine Ransom, Mohawk of Hogan
burg, N. Y, Mabel Alley, Oteo of
Red Rock, Okla.,' Marie Irving,
Menominee of Neopit, Wis, and
Amanda Hill, Creek of Eufaula,
Okla.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26

That it originated on this side. OF
the Pacific is possible. DR.. Le-
Plongeon indeed believed that ell
civilization began with the Ma vas
and that they sent their mission.
aries to India, Chaldea and Egypt
over the lost continent of Atlantis; ;
but no one no believes that. The
architecture of the Mayas is so
suggestive of the ruined arcitec.
ture of Java that it IS impossible
to avoid feeling that the two
cultures may have mad the same
origin. In that case the Mayas
would have been among the latest
comers from Asia, later than the
ancestors of the red Indians and
those of the dark skinned Aztecs
of Mexico. !
1t is facinating subject, and
ethnologists have only begun on
it. Almost nothing is known with
certainty: it is all theory as yet.
Per haps it must always remain so.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
Charles A. PauIson
Is Given Verdict,

A case of considerable interest.
entitled Dairy Region Land Com.
pany vs. Charles A. Paulson, was
tried in the District Court at De.
troit last week from Thursday un-
til Saturday and resulted in a ver-
dict for the defendant on his
counter claim of $4,15O.OO. The
plaintiff, corporation with their
their main Offices at Duluth, COM
menced an action against Mr..
Paulsou, farmer living near
White Earth, for $4,000 on a
note aDd mortgage which he had
assumed and agreed to pay in con.
nection with the sale of his land
near Worthington, Minnesota,
which mortgage was on some land
in St. Louis county.
Mr.. Paulson fled a counter.
claim against the plaintiff corpora
tion for the sum of $3,36O. 90,
claiming that a fraud had been
perpetuated upon him at the time
he assumed the St. Louis County
mortgage in that the condition of
the land in St. Louis County was
misrepresented 10 him. The sys-
tenn of the plaintiff company in
which they sold the stock and per.
mitted its stockholders to sell
their lands proved very interest.
ing and the jury did not take long
to make up its mind and give Mr..
Paulson verdict. Dennis & Bell
we're the attorneys representing
Mr.. Paulson. n.-Ex.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26

property, and that as it was prac-
tically the last of the Minnesota
Cnippewas' once vast heritage,
that they be given full value
therefor. Mr.. Rogers protest
and appsal evidently fell on deaf
ears however, for the President
has approved the findings of the
Commission and the property of
the Minnesota National Forest
will be disposed of at the figures
named above.
What has become of the pre-.
election promises of President
Harding? During his campaign
he stated to a delegation of In.
dians, representatives of different
tribes, that whether he was elected
President or not, he would.still be
in the U. S. Senate for awhile,
and that he would be glad at any
time to lift up his voice in behalf
of the Indian people; that he was
of the opinion that they were just
as much entitled to square deal
as any other Americans, etc. Presi
dent Harding has, evidently for
gotten all this, for, as usual,
whatever the Indian Bureau says
or does goes with regard to the
Administrations treatment of tne
Indians.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
ANT PUT UP BRAVE FIGHT
Combat In Insect World That Can
Only Be Described 40 Of
Homeric Order.

The following account Of an ants
last stand against his foes is by Will
liam Beebe in, the Atlantic Monthly.
The battle took place in Guiana.
"A quadruple line Of leaf carriers"
he says, "was disappearing down
hole, bumped and pushed by an out.
pouring, empty-jawed mass Of work
ers. As watched them became
aware that a group Of ants beyond the
hole was greatly excited about some
thing. Getting down as nearly as pos.
sible to ant height, I saw two giants
locked in each others jaws; and each
had lost his abdomen.
"The unnatural combat had stirred
scores Of small workers to the high
est pitch Of excitement; and now and
then out Of the melee that surrounded
j the giants an ant would emerge with
smaller one In his Jaws. When the
mob of fighters cleared twelve small
ants were clinging to the legs and
heads Of the mutilated giants, which
now and then would loosen their hold
W. SoSu olh0it luTu dHu CTuSu Oue VI
their tOrmentors. Occasionally the
less exhausted one would stagger to
his four and half remaining legs,
hoist his assailant, together with q
mass OF midgets, high into the air
and stagger few steps before he fell
beneath the onrush Of new attackers.
Il left them struggling there, and
half an hour later when I returned
the episode was just reaching cli-
max. My hero was exerting his last
strength, finging of the pile that as
saulted him, and fighting all the cas-.
Ter because he had lost his heavy body.
He lurched forward and dragged the
second giant, which was now dead,
not toward the deserted trail or the
world Of jungle round him, but head
long into the lines Of stupid leaf car
riers, where he scattered green leaves
and flower petals In all directions.
Only when dozens Of ants threw
themselves upon him did he rear up
for the last time; then with the whole
mob clinging to him he rolled down
into the yawning mouth Of the nesting
hole, carrying with him all those hur.
rytng up the steep sides"
- . .
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
The First Americans,

Ethnologists, have long court
eously disputed the question, Who
we're the aborigines of Americas
For Tong time it was believed
that all the tribes and nations that
the early discoverers found here
were variations of a single stock,
of which the Red Man Of North
America was taken to be the
characteristic representative. Most
students of ethnology thought he
was more closely to tne Mongolian
races of Asia than to any others,
though there we're many ingenious
guesses at his origin, among them
one that supposed him to be the
descendant Of the ten lost tribes
of Israel.
But modern research holds that
there we're many waves of migra'
tion from Asia into America, most
and perhaps all of which came
across at the latitude of Bering
Strait, possibly at the time when
the two continents were joined at
that point. 1t is not probable that
that the Eskimos of Greenland,
the Iroquois, Sioux and the Chip
pewas of North America, the
cultivated and artistic Mayas of
Yucatan and the Incas of Peru,
the savage blackfellows of the
Amazon Valley and the nomadic
Patagonians were ever of the Same
stock. ~.. .....
At the recent meeting of scien-
tific societies in Cambridge one of
the speakers startled his hearers
by suggesting that one of the
early stock to find its way into
America was of a negro type,
similar to- that of the primitive
Australians. The same speaker
thought that the Eskimos are,
probably the remnant of the
earliest Americans, and in spite of
a certain resemblance. in features
between the Eskimo ard tie Mon
golian people that the nearest
relatives of the Eskimo were the
Nordic ancestors of the Scapdinav.
ian aid the German people. .
According to that theory black
or nearly black wave succeeded
the first white emigration and
was in turn followed by an Aryan
and a Mongoloid stock. The last
mentioned was the latest and in
many respects the most advanced
and has plainly left it's mark on
many of the most virile aboriginal
tribes of America.
What was the origin of the re-
markable culture of the Mayas
and the Incas, who were the most
advanced of all prehistoric Ameri-
cans, no one knows with certainty.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26

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them much more than when they are In.
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh Is local disease, II Is greatly
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The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
SUBSCRIPTION: s,.so PER YEAR II ADVANCE
SI,49o,|95 Chippewa
Land Award Upheld.
President Harding Approves Commissions
, Findings on Property Appraisal on
Chippewa National Forest.
INDIANS Will. LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS

INDIANS WILL LOSE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
N------------- -
Department of the Interior
-. u. s. Indian Service
Consolidated Chippewa In
dian Agency,
Cass Lake, Minnesota
April Itch, 1923.
To tks Chippewa Indians
of Minnesota:
Referring to the General
Council that was held at Cass Lake,
Minnesota, on October 31st, 1922,
at which time Mr.. Mark l.. Burns
was appointed by the Indians as a
member of the Commission to ap-
praise and fix the value of certain
timber and lands on the National
Forest near Cass Lake and at
which time Mr.. Edward L. Rog-
ers was appointed as your repre-
sentative in the same matter, you
are hereby informed that on De-
cember 10Th; 1922, the Secretary
of the Interior selected Mr., w.
M. Wooster as q member of such
Commission and on January 9th,
1928, the President of the United
States selected Mr.. Leon F.
Kneipp as a member Of such Com
mission; that, acting together, this
Commission found that there is
due to the Chippewa Indians of
Minnesota, under the provisions
of the Act of Congress of May
23rd. 1908, amounts as follows:
Value of FIVE and ten
per centum timber re-,
served for cutting 1886, ,6S4.33
Value of timber on
Ten Sections, islands
and points 914, $780, O9
Value of land reserved .-
for forestry purposes 23S,6S1. 16
Total Amt. due In ..-,
dians = 81, ,490, 1858
"Mr. Rogers appealed from the
findings of the Commission to the
President and the entire matter
being before the President for
consideration and action. he, on
April 9th, 1928. approved the
findings of the Commission. This
action will result in Immediately
placing to the credit of the gener-
al Chippewa fund of the total
amount stated 81, ,490, 195. SO.
Very respectfully
,s . P. r. WADSWORTH,
Superintendent.
The above from Superintendent
Wadsworth will be sad news to
the Minnesota Chippewas, for
President Harding has by approx
ing the findings of this Commis
sion, deprived them of several
million dollars in the value of the
timber and lands of the Minnesota
NatiOnal Forest Reserve. Recent
~ Mr.. Edward L. Rogers, in be.
half of the Indians, fled a protest
against the findings of this Com
mission with President Harding,
in which he stated that the ap-
praisal represented but small
portion Of che actual value of this
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1923-04-26
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