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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20

The Injunction case brought by
County Attorney Erickson to restrain
County Treasurer Dan J. Olson from
collecting delinquent taxes under the
law passed at the last session of the
Legislature, which provides that all
delinquent taxes not sold to tax scalp
ers. but bid in by the county, shall
be accepted by the County treasurer
for the sum of the original taxes plus
seven per cent per annum from the
time the said taxes became delinquent
until paid. This law was brOadened
over the intentions of the lawmakers
bv an opinion of Attorney General
Rankin interpreting the law to mean
also. minus the ten per cent penaGEy
added to the taxes at the time the
same became delinquent. This law
was put through the legislature at
the behest of the eastern investment
bankers who owe most of the delin-
ouent taxes in the state on property
that has been taken over by mortgage
foreclosures. If the law is sustained
and the money is accepted under the
provisions of the new law it will mean
a loss Oh uGdIlN pLOOsOOO W ADAA~A4NAeeAA
county and over two millions to the
counties of the State of Montana, at
the most conservative estimate
gift to loan companies of huge for
tune.
The reason advanced for this law
was aid for the poor farmers. But
Deputv County Treasurer Ole Moe has
made an Investigation of the records
in the Treasurer's office and he finds
that 95 out of every hundred cases of
delinquencies, the parties delinquent
+, are n1orgagee companies and five are
actual farmers owning land or equities
which they are trying to protect.
LAW DISSEMINATING
County Attorney Erickson in argu-
ing the case before Judge Conner call
ed attention to the fact that the law is
unconstitutional, violating several pro
visions of the constitution, one provid-
ing that the Legislature shall pass nc
law. diminishing, exchanging or re-
hitting any claim held by the state"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
HEAVY RAINS DUR
ING THE PAST WEEK

Heavy rains have Visited Sheridan
county during the past week. The
showers were local in nature raining
in one section one day and another on
another day. The precipitation has
been very generous at the time of the
rains. The temperature has remain
ed high and the air is and has been
saturated for the past two weeks, a
novel condition for this section of the
country. In fact it has been as humid
and sultry in this part Of Montana
for the past fortnight as is usually
experienced in the Mississippi valley
during this time Of the year.
The corn, potatoes, and gardens
have made a marvellous growth as al
so have the wheat and other grains
The hay crop is very god in the cOun.
ty and lot of it is being made.
The fields are gree las green as
Nav A condition that has not occur
red in Montana for many years past.
The promise for an abundant roo
crop yield could not be better,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
LEAGUE COMMITTEE RENT
GROUNDS FOR PICNIC

noon on both days. GrenOra and Medi-
cine Lake will cross bats on Saturday,
July 28th and PlentywOod and Outlook
meet in combat on the morning of
Sunday, July 28th. The several teams
will play for the gate receipts. All
of the teams are good ones and the
games will be well worth seeing.
BOXING MATCH
Battling Eddie Moe of Archer and
There will be prize figat between
Wasp Blivens, noted pugilist Of
ScObey. Eddie Moe is local fighter
of considerable fame and the fight will
be worth seeing.
SINGING
During the program there viii be a
number of vocal selc,t.cnS y coH1c Of
the local talent The o~cheet-a will
play at divergent tie n c. .!cr to
vary the 'TTne = Ct sroaking.
];IF1 TS EIHEENT
~ cs MI tc served il The din
i'm h"ll-s9ndwihes. dyughnuts, pie
an : c cream viii be ee1ved at all
times. There viii be stands where
soft q inke Ier- cnGde, ice cream,
cigars cn3 tc1 Gccc Eil he ,1vaiiable all
of the L 1e
EVERYBODY URGED TO A-TTNT'
Everybody is urged to attend this
picnic. The harvest time is rapidly
approaching and it will be long time
before person can get away from
the work of the farm. Get out fol-
few days recreation, entertainment
and instruction, nok.
Make the Sixth Annual Farmers
picnic the biggest picnic of its kind
ever held in Sheridan County.
Make your plans to attend early and
let nothing keep you away. You owe
this outing both to yourself and your
family.
Bring tents if you have them anC
camp on the shores Of the lake.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
''HOMINY" THOMP-
SON ARRESTED
United States Marshall Appears With
Warrant Charging Him With OBJ
structing the Mail.
Marshal Frames With Officers of 500
Line to Get Him Off Track While
They Replaced Track.

"Hominy" Thompson, a character
who resides on claim which he proved
up many years ago, west of Daleview,
coming there about thirty years ago
when he trailed a bunch of cattle up
to Montana for a cattle company, and
who has been figuring prominently in
the press of the Northwest for the
past two weeks as the results of his
having torn up the 500 Line tracks
across his farm, piled up the ties and
moved his house upon the grade, the
Star Spangled Banner over his house
and defied the railroad company to
modest him, which they didn't, was ar
rested by Deputy United States Mar
shall Platt and Sheriff Rodney Sails
bury, Sunday, upon a bench warrant
issued by Judge BOurquin of the Fed
eral court, charging him with OBJ
structing the United States Mail.
"HOniny" was not inclined to sub
nit to being arrested, but finally Sher-
| iff Salisbury persuaded him to submit
and come to PlentywOOd aINl appear
| before United States Commissioner
| BeIanski, assuring him that he woulC
see to it that he got back in the
shortest possible time The Deputy
Marshal was scared stiff of ''Hominy'
and was quite relieved when Sheriff
Salisbury persuaded him to submit t.
arrest. "Hominy" to appear later TO
| trial at Helena at Great Falls. - =
| Upon appearance before the Unite'
States Commissioner at this place a
the warrant required, bonds were sc
in the sum of $1,000 and were imme
diateIy furnished by PlentywOOd peo
pie.
I. Sheriff Salisbury took Thompso,
back to his farm Immediately bu
when they got back they found tina
flunkies in the employ of the COmpan
7 had replaced the ties and track an
: moved ''Hominy's" home off the grade
+, This fact disclosed that the Deput
, Marshall had framed the time of al
: rest with the ROadmaster of the So
< Line in order to replace. the raj
: while "HOminy" was away in the Gu:
today of the officers, and disclOses th
reason why the marshall refused I
accompany Salisbury on Saturds
night instead of Sunday morning.
1t is reported that Thompson hs
not interferred any further with IL
railroad tracks since his arrest SUI
day.
The trouble has grown out of tt
n fact that Thompson has never bee
able to settle with the 500 Line f
the right of way across his land.
Public sympathy is almost solid
with Thompson in his fracas with Il
railroad company.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
JIJDCE Conner DENIED INJUNCTION RE-
STRAININCCO. TREAS. FROM COLLECT
NCTAXES MINUS PENALTY AND INTEREST
Judge Holds Present Law Constitutional Attorney
Erickson Taking Appeal to Supreme Court-Means
Huge Loss to Sheridan County IF Law Stands

and the other prohibiting 'dlscrlmlna-
ton between taxpayers" Onstad &
Greer, appeared for County Treasurer
Olson in the friendly suit to test the
law. They argued that the state had
the right to cut off penalties and re-
duce the interest rates; that the penal
ty did not constitute a claim held by
the state, etc.. and that the county
was not the state within the cOmpre-
hension of the constitution, County At
torney Erickson called attention Of
the court to the fact that if private
investor had bought the taxes against
one piece of land, the owner of that
land must pay full penalty and inter
est besides his taxes, but II the county
had bought the taxes IN the owner of
land could settle for the original tax
plus only 7 per cent: Thus flagrant-
ly discriminating between the two; he
called attention that for the same
years many taxpayers had paid delin-
ouent taxes including both penalty
and interest at the rate of one per cent
per month and the law does not pro-
vide for anv refund for them, thus a.
gain discriminating; that the penalty
and interest does constitute a vested
asset of the county and state, and that
the same had been taken into consider
alton when the levies had been made
and that warrants had been already
issue in anticipation Of that revenue,
and that the penalty affected hail in
surance premiums paid directly and
entirely to the stae. However Judge
Conner denied the injunction.
| COUNTY ATTORNEY
WILL APPEAL
The County Attorney will appeal the
case to the Supreme Court with the be
lief that the supreme court will set a
side the law and thus save the taxpay-
ers Of the state large sums of money
now due and accrued to the credit ofthe
due and accrued to the credit of the
CASE TRIED IN MAY
The Affidavit for the injunction was
filed the 18th of May, and the writ
was issued and the case argued on the
Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
.ONSTAD SUES COUNTY
FOR OVERPAID TAXES
BRINGS SUIT IN SPITE OF THE
FACT THAT HE IS ONE OF THE
ATTORNEYS IN THE FRIENDLY
SUIT TO TEST THE LAW.

Emma L. Onstad, wife of Attorney
L. j. Onstad, in spite of the fact that
l.. j. Onstad is one of the attorneys
in the friendly suit to test the consti-
tutiOnality of the law passed by the
last session of the legislature providing
for the remitting of the penalty on
delinquent taxes and reducing the in
terest on the same to seven per cent,
and in spite of the fact that he had
himself agreed when he paid his taxes
under protest, County Treasurer Olson
refusing to issue receipts under the
new law, until it had been tested, that
he would wait until the law had been
tested in the supreme court before he
would demand a refund upon his taxes
But it seems that he changed his
mind and rushed in to recover his pen
atty and per cent interest before the
court has had time to act in the prem
ises.
L. J. Onstad filed his suit for re-
cOvery against the county on June 7th
The case by stipulation on the par
of the county attorney came on fOl
trial before Judge Borton in the alb
sence of Judge Conner who is away
on a prOtracted vacatiNn, on june
18th, thus coming into court at once
County Attorney Erickson argued the
matter for the county, calling atten
ton of the court to the fact that tn,
points involved was peIGling on al
| injunction case which he had brough
against the county treasurer to pre-
vent. him accepting the payment O.
taxes on this basis: that the law wa
unconstitutional, ETC., Judge Bortoi
replied that he was disinclined, to de
clare any act of the legislature un
constitutional unless it was ObviOu
and that he was wiling to let the su
preme court decide such matters
whereupon he entered judgment fo
Emma Onstad against the county i
the amount of about $50, the amour
of the penalty and excess interest col
lected on. delinquent taxes.
Attorney Onstad before he left fO
California however agreed to wa
before he issued execution until hi
return from the coast and perhaps III
til the matter had been disposed of
the supreme. court.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
Election Conceded Early.

The election of Johnson was cOnced-
ed at an early hour this morning bv
Governor Preus and by Charles r.
Adams. republican state chairman.
With little of the country heard from
bat with Hennepin county and Mime
apOlis failing up to pile up the big
lead expected for Preus, Preus and his
campaign manager saw defeat certain
and readily conceded it.
The defeat of Preus. is expected to
eliminate him from Minnesota politics.
He clings to the gOvernorship, which
he did not resign to run for senator,
but when his present term as chief
executive expires he is expected to
retire to private life, as he would face
certain defeat, it is now plain, should
he run for governor or any other po-
| litical Office again in Minnesota.
| AS additional precincts were coming
in during the morning it was indicat.
ed that Johnson would have a clear
majority of all votes cast. His total
vote will exceed the combined vote o1
| Preus and Carley, giving him approx
mately SO per cent of the total vote
which is a better showing than thai
made by Shipstead against KellOgf
| and the democratic candidate, Mrs
:! Olesen, last fall. At that election
Shipstead cast only about AZ per cenf
of the total vote, against JOhnsOn''
So per cent Monday. Shipstead, how
ever had more opposition from the de
mOcrats. Mrs. Olesen last fall cas-
many times the vote which State Sen
| ator Carley did on Monday.
ST. PAUL CARRIED
johnson carried eight of the L
wards in st. Paul. Preus carried tn
remaining four. James A. Carley RAJ
better in st. Paul than in Minneapo
lis, but didn't carry a single ward
Johnson carried the city and coun
ty at st. Paul by 4,1O1 votes, wit
Mounds View, New Brighton and Ros
> Town missing. The returns fror
these localities are expected to Civ
johnson larger lead.
The total Johnson vote, not count
ing the three villages, was 10000; tn
q Preus vote, 1899, this making tn
: lead of 4,101.
: TEIGEN'S STATEMENT
H. G. Teigen, organization manage
of the Nonpartisan league, whic
E brought out and indorsed Johnson, i:
sued the following statement tn
n morning:
: Mr.. Teigen's brother, Erick Teigel
is a farmer in the Antelope precinct
''The victory of Magnus Johnson
yesterdays special election indicate
n Enthusiastically the attitude of IL
= r American people on republican pol
= : cies. 1t was a reputation of bot
: Harding and Preus. The people
Minnesota spoke in most emphat
. terms on anti-Iabor injunctions, farr
:" er deflation, tariff rObberies and a
pointments to the judiciary of me
o. like Butlf and McGee.
. ORGANIZATION PRAISED
Il "Of course without the splendid 0
\ garizations of the farmers and wor
70 ers there could have been no victor
"a The evil conditions brought about
n republican misrule and heartless di
refard of he peoples rights would n
Continued on Page FOur)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
OUINNS GO TO
CALIFORNIA

Nj. and Mrs. B. A. Quinn left
Wednesday of last week for Los An
geles, California, where they will make
their future home. Mr.. Quinn having
accepted a very attractive offer made
to him by an Uncle a few weeks ago,
resigned his position as financial clerk
in the office of Clerk & Recorder
O'Grady at the court house, and is
going into larger and more lucrative
field of endeavor.
Mr.. Quinn is man of splendid
ability, and the county lost the SER
vices of a good man when he resigned
While residing in sPlentywoOd, he has
made a host of friends and Mr.. and
Mrs. Quinn go to their new home with
the we'll wishes of everyone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
PEOPLES PUBLISHING
co. HAVE SUCCESSFUL
MEETING OF MEMBERS

The adjourned stockholders meeting
Of the Peoples Publishing Company,
held at the Producers News Office last
Saturday, July 18th, was the most
successful stockholders meeting held
fer three years Over three-f0urths Of
the stock was represented either by
person or pOxy. The Constitution and
bylaws were amended to make 80 per
cent Of the outstanding stock q Quor-
um, and also provided that three
fourths of the stock voting, a quorum
being present can amend the constitu-
ton and bylaws.
Financial report was read which dis
closed that the Producers News had
closed on June Both, 1923, the most
successful year in its history. ;ndicat-
ing that after allowances hsd been
made for depreciation, taxes inter-
ests, that the paper had rll ahead
several hundred dollars. Ihe report
disclosed that over fifteea hundred
dollars in debts had bee reid during
the past year and thG. re paper is
steadily climbing out o. le' t. The
report showed furthe. h-t he busi-
ness of the paper is s,cedily on the
increase and has inCr IA f.o-l
gross business for Of
about $4,000 to 9vc last
year. After the 10 tie in
utes and the f. new
board of direC, ~. e~ted as fol-
lows:
Arthur W. q 0cClev
Arthur Pcuher of Plentywocd
Ed. IverSCr CT Frtclope
Jens Grn void e Plenty. ood
Oden J tnes of EcElcoy
Victc Anl-er CT Outlook
Han IL scr e E1aec.,
Over seventeen hundred shares of
the outstanding twenty-five hundred
shares we're voted. The corpora ion
Continued on Page Four
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
Monster League Picnic July 28-29
ParochiaI School Open In
Lutheran Church Basement

Believing that it will be o$ great
benefit for all pupils belonging to the
Lutheran Sunday school, I have ar
ranged to open parochial school in the
basement of the Lutheran church,
commencing Monday morning, August
18th at nine-thirty. Class will be ar
ranged for all children over 4 years of
age including the confirnStiON class
We will have supervised games, music
and entertainment in connection with
the school, so it will be very interest
ing for the children. The school will
be conducted free of charge and vii
continue until Aug. 31st. Parents
please see that your children attend.
MRS. o. A. MOE, Supt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
FARMERS MUST
ORGANIZE"

Milwaukee, July 16.-"The farmers
must organize" was the solution of
the farmers problem offered by
George A. Nelson, president Society
of Equity, speaking at a farm confer
ence here, called by the COmerce As
sOciation.
PRODUCTION COST LOW
'SThe cost of production is down
now as low as we can get it, ne
declared, "and wives and children
of the farmers are Shaving from
dawn until dark to keep it down,
because the farmer doesn't have
to pay their farmhands' wages.
The only way for the farmer to
Get Justice is to do it himself.
Comparatively or by some other
means we must meet the manu-
facturers on their own ground"
TROUPE LAND MONOPOLY SAYS
NORDRUM.
Land monopoly and unearncd in.
comes resulting from 1T were charged
with responsibility for the marketing
evils from which the United States Is
suffering, by Edward NOrdman, com
missioner Wisconsin department OF
markets.
'SThe problem is one of elimin-
ating land monopoly and of util-
izing the unearned incomes for
the general good, instead of per
mitting them to be appropriated
by private individuals" said NOrd-
man.
eff this is done wealth would
be Justly distributed and a pur;
chasing power created that weuld
make a good market for all the
useful commodities that could be
produced, whether manufactured
or agricultural. The instrumen-
taIity through which this can be
best accomplished is our system OF
taxation"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
LOUIS MOE IS
HOMEWARD BOUND

Deputy Treasurer Ole Moe received
a Radio Message, received at New
York and telegraphed to him at Plen-
tywood, Thursday, from his brother,
Louis, at sea, on board the steamship,
Lapland, bound for New York, to the
effect that he would land in New York
on his homeward voyage, today Fri
day, July 10th, if all goes well.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
COUNTY LIBRARIAN RESIGNS

Miss Mildred V. Hines, who has Of
ficiated as County Librarian at the
County Library for the past year or
more resigned Monday at the time
of the meeting of the Board of COun-
ty Commissioners to become effective
Immediately. The resignation has
been accepted and the Commissioners
Iare now looking for another librarian
The reaeson for the resignation has
not been disclosed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20

rarmer-LabOr Candidate For
United States Senator From
Minnesota Wins by 10000

n.on Carried "a Out of 81 Counties Has Lead in
v Two Congressional Disrcts-6O7 Precincts Yet to
Hear From.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
rlF0LIErTE OF WISCONSIN JUBHANT OVER We

rtss on Between La Toilette and Hafdng-ndicates Re
udfation Of Republican Party-President Downcast a
News
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
Two Full Days Of Speaking
Dancing and Bathing at the
Splendid Brush Lake Resort

PROMINENT SPEAKERS OF NATIONAL REPUTATION
ARE BEING SECURED FOR THE OCCASION TO
EDUCATE AND ENTERTAIN
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20
BOXING MATCH And FAST BASEBALL GAMES

EDDIE MOE OF ARCHER AND PERRY BLVENS OF
SCOBEY WILL BOX TEN FAST ROUNDS-A CT AS
SY FIGHT -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-07-20

Big Closing Out SaleIat The Family
Shoe SbOppe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-06
GERMANS CAN'T PAY. Rx Associafed press

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The German government today admitted it's in ability to meet the payment of 5O0.- 000,000 gold marks which is due Jan uary 15, in accordance with the Lon don reparations schedule, as 1t nat urally assumed that the whole ques- tion of renarations would be sub jected to overhauling after the Ger man payment of treasury bonds to Belgium.
 When the brief moratorium was granted to Germany, the government announces, it was believed the re- parations commission would be in a position to devise new schedule which would become effective with the new year. As authority for its inability to meet the January paw ment official quarters cite the repa- : rations plan of Premier Poincare. which designates as indispensable a two years moratorium for Germany.
 The government apparently is awaiting some sort of communica- ton from the reparations commis- sion and in afEprobab will coun- ter an ultimatum from France by making reference to the treaty pro- viso which prescribes that the re- parations demands must be author ized and supported unanimously by the commission. It is pointed out in some quarters, however, that M, Poincare has loophole which en- titles him to proceed independently or with the consent of Italy and Belgium in event of a German de- fault as cited in connection with the timber and coal deliveries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-01-06
Sensatio,1s pron1ised I,1 Mer Rouge Mob Hearinq

put per man, the primary idea of the new organization is to increase the daily output of individuals and thus increasing their earning power. Ac- cording to the Railway Review, operation of the new plan has in creased shop production about 20 per cent Tn three months, using a smaller worlSin gforce, the same equipment and tic same supervisory staff, while wages of employees have been in creased above the scale authorized by the railroad labor board, and production costs have been reduced.