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, 1923-09-23
Wyoming
Fall

Fall
The corn is turning yellow,
The fields have lost their green
Tha numpkin's growing mellow,
And its close to Halloween.
The snow is on the hillsides,
Tho land Is clod and dreari
On the roundup the cowboy rides
For shipping days are here.
stil 1 low wyoming just h same
Winter
The winter cattle from the cold are
dying,
And furious the north wind
blows.
And the snow is drifting. pfiing.
Colder and colder the weather
grows
A world of white insensate.
Starving coyotes to shelter flee,
Small wonder the animals hibernate
But all this does not daunt me.
still 1 love wyoming just the same!
Spring
The sun gets hotter and hotter.
Cottontails are eating the hay.
The corn won't even make fodder.
And we grow poorer every day.
The RATHER glides among the rocks.
And warns of the death he deals;
The crows alight in noisy flocks.
And the pig in hunger squeals.
Still / love wyoming just the same!
Summer
Godi But the sun doe get hot
The ground is hard to pillow.
The spuds all have seal n dry rot.
Its summer In Wyoming now.
A hundred and ten in the shade
And for the shade / pray.
The crops are scorched every blade
But I'll not be driven away.
For I love wyoming just the same.
Elmer Nicholas May.
, 1923-09-23
Rushing Construction

RAWL1Ns-work is progressing
very rapidly this week on the now
building being constructed at the
corner or Fourth and Buffalo streets
by the First National bank.
Owing to the failure to receive
material. work has been delayed for
the past few weeks on this building
u now with practically all ma.
terial on hand construction win un.
doubtedly progress rapidly.
Contractor Hansen states that n.
expects to have the building en-.
closed within 80 days SO that bad
weather afterwards will not inter.
fer With the work.
, 1923-09-23
1t Happened In Wyoming
Matters ant Things, of State Wide Interes ST. Wired in, TeIephoned in, Written,
~ GrapeVfned md Som of 1t Pulomed.

Drinks were rs cents each. with
whisky selling at 80 a gallon. There
were occasional purchases of cham.
payne and brandy. but whisky was
the popular beverage. 6
No name appears on tte book to
Indicate the proprietor of the store.
The keeper Of accounts. however,
was a bookkeeper of ability, and the
writing is like c%opperpiate. The
book is bound in leather and Is in
perfect condition.
, 1923-09-23

his companions. but was fortunate
in finding a cabin with plenty OF
firewood and an abundance of pro.
visions. He was not found fer "a
hours by the other members OF ths
party. who feared that he might
have been frozen in the severe snow
storm of the Weekend.
Tho trio brought down a hand.
some four-point buck as a trophy
OF tho hunt
, 1923-09-23

he was held until the arrival of Mr..
Sanders today.
Sheriff Sanders Is holding an In
quest over the body this afternoon.
and will probably bring Patterson
back to Rawlins with him tomor-
row.
, 1923-09-23
Lost In Mountains

S~HERIDAN-To be lost in the
mountains for "a hours was the
experience OF Irwin Hultz. IT, Of
Decker. Mont. who came down
Wednesday from a weeks camp
with S. p. Aber and Douthett Aber
at Fools creek, 80 miles up the
mountains from Dayton.
Young Hultz was separated from
, 1923-09-23
A single that's
different from all others

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Asbestos Single, distnguishable by its rock-like hard
ness.
Now you can get many of the extraordinary merits OF
that famous Johns anville rigid shingle at a reduced
price-in fact within a few cents of the cost of so-called
composition shingles-through the introduction of
, 1923-09-23
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Write, call or telephone. Wen be glad to give you
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28
POSITION OF
EUGENE V.DEBS

Chicago Controversy over the al |
legged use Of the name of Eugene V. |
Debs by parties involved i'm internal |
disputes in the needle trades and else
where has resulted in three sets of
statements.
Abraham Tuvim of the Init. Ladies'
Garment Workers union in a state
ment dated Sept. declares there ex-
lists a tendency on the part of the
Trade Union Educational league, the
Federated Farmer-Labor party and
the Workers party TO use various
statements of Debs in a manner which
would imply that Debs was in agree
ment with their program and policies"
This is countered by the statement
of VIM Il. Foster, secretary of the
Trade Union Educational league and
q member of the Federated Farmer
Labor party, which denies that Debs'
name has ever been used in any UNI
authorized way. Neither the league
nor myself" Foster states, "has made
it appear that Debs is taking any po-
sition he does not hold No statement
of Debs position has been made by
the league or myself at any time. The
Labor Herald. the league organ, print
ed q signed article by Debs in the
April number in which Debs said 'the
Trade Union Educational league is in
my opinion the one. rightly directed
movement for the industrial uniiica-
ton of the American workers. | thor
oughly believe in its plan and its
methods and I feel very confident of
it's steady progress and the ultimate
achievement Of its ends"
Foster followed this up by quoting
Debs' telegram of Aug. 81 which was
read to Che league convention the next
day. Debs had wired Foster as fol-
! lows: CIT is with regret that | have
to decline the invitation to your con-
! ference on account of other engage
ments. Please accept my thanks and
with greetings to yourself and dele
gates assembled and hoping your de
! liberations may be fruitful of all good
results TO the workers, / am fratern-
ally Eugene V. Debs.'
The third statement in the contro-
versv was obtained from Debs by a
committee including Tuvim, who
quotes Debs as follows:
81 have always stood ready, and
now do. to extend a helping hand to
any man or woman prosecuted in any
manner for activity in the labor move
ment. and this totally regardless of
their affiliations, and due to this fact
il has been made to appear in certain
instances that ] have favored and sup
ported the particular organizations to
which these persons belonged and the
policies to which they were commit
ted. which is utterly untrue.
81 ann a Socialist and, as such, a
member of the Socialist party and nc
other. AS chairman of the national
executive committee OF tbe Socialist
party nv position is obviously clearly
defined. and any attempt to misrep-
resent it carries its own denial.
cit is assuredly not necessary foi
me TO say that ! stand uncompromis.
inplv for the unity of the workers
and that / am opposed to any attempt
10 divide them and oppose then
against each other and reduce them t
a state of impotency under any pre-
tense whatsoever.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28
.DENATURED ALCOHOL
FROM FARM PRODUCT
United States Senate,
Washington, d. G.
August %, 1923.

august Apf Aoaos
To The Editor, Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont,
Dear Sir:
The present desperate plight of the
American farmer is, of eourse, attri-
butable to several causes. But one
factor in his distressful situation is so
predominant, so prominent, that it is
strange indeed, that il has not en-
crossed and focused the public atten-
ton. It is that the farmer has no
means Of turning surplus or waste
products into sources Of revenue.
The utilization Of wastes and incl
dental products has been developed in
manufacturing industry to the last de-
gree. The meat packing interests are
said to utilize every part of the animal
except the squeal and 1t is no secret
with many industries that the by
products carries the load. How stands
it with the farmer? When crops are
good, prices go down, and he must sell
at less than the cost of production
When blight or drought occur, when
floods drown his land or insect pests
visit it, he finds himself with some
thing worth less than nothing; which
actually costs him money and heart
breaking labor to remove from his
fields.
Yet ready to hand, there is a rene
dy. We have attested by the greatest
scientific experts, and demonstrated
bv long years of experience a simple
means of utilizing all the waste and
surplus crops, of the American farm
or, to such advantage as will place
him on q high plane of prosperity and
contribute in enormous ratio to the
material well-being of the whole coun-
try Everything chat grows upon the
farn-grain, fruit, berry or melon
| can be turned into industrial alcohol
Mt price which would yield the farm
en- a handsome profit. And this refers
not merely to the sound products; 1t
applies with equal or greater force to
/ the blighted mildewed grains, unupe
or rotten fruits and berries, to the
melons that spoil upon the vine beige
they can be picked.
Seventeen years ago the Congress
of the United tSates removed the rev
enue tax from industrial alcohol. It
was expected that farm distilling
would reach an enormous scale and
] fDHI IilE lhAAiiIA WUAAA tbAANtAh Wv
mendously. But nothing of the kind
! happened, for the governmental bur
oaus in Washington, for reasons that
may be suspected but not expressed
proceeded to tie the farmer up with q
mass of regulations (No. 81 of the
Volstead Act), so complex as to be inn
possible Of Interpretation and SO ex-
pensive in their requirements, that nc
man earning his living from the soil
could attempt to comply with them
Indeed so onerous are these regula.
tions that even heavily capitalized
commercial alchohol distilleries find il
well-nigh impossible to do business
under them and the number of sucf
plants is diminishing year by year
When | say that more than seventy
forms, some of them in quadruplicate
are required of the producer of indus
trial alcohol, some idea of the otficia
obstacles is gained.
Alcohol is the very best fuel for In
ternal combustion motors. An aver
ace farmer out of his wastes anC
spoilages could produce an ample
quantity to run his automobile, hiI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28

part of representatives of different
stock selling schemes of concerns not
authorized in this State, and | there
fore as Investment Commissioner of
the State of Montana desire to warn
the investing public of Montana
against the purchase of stocks or the
making of investments without invest
igation for their protection.
Investigate before you buy stock
from promoters on statesmen repre-
senting oil, mining or other concerns
in process Of organization The Mon
tana "Blue Sky" or Investment Law
requires all persons selling stocks or
securities to be licensed-with the ex-
ceptiOn of representatives of compan-
les having two-thirds of their assets
in Montana. Ask to see that license.
Information concerning all licensed
companies and agents is on file in my
Office and you are advised to make in
quiry regarding any contemplated in
vestment In some instances stock is
illegally sold in this State and this
department has no knowledge Of the
violation until a year or more after
ward when the purchaser makes in
quiry regarding the company of which
he is a stakeholder, and then it is too
late to apprehend the guilty salesman.
This department makes every en-
deavor TO enforce what laws are at it's
command, and will gladly render all
possible assistance to the prospective
investor Inquire before you buy.
GEO. p. PORTER,
State Auditor and Investment
Commissioner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28

tractor and his other farm engines
and still have a surplus left TO sell at
a ren1unerative price. Given the prop
er adjustment OF the auto motor and
alcohol is 30 per cent more efficient
than gasoline A bushel of potatoes
whether of the best or the lowest
grade will produce a gallon of alcohol.
SPOILED grapes, or rotten apples will
do even better. 2A gallons Of this
wonderful fuel and energy source can
be produced from a bushel Of spoiled
wheat or corn.
Before the Great War, Germany,
under sensible regulations, had more
than 10000 farmer community stills
turning out industrial alcohol Today
tins product Is selling at retail in
Great Britain FOR % cents per gallon
as a motor fuel and in Cuba for from
9 to 10 cents q gallon for the same
purpose. France is using it in auto
mobiles and so are Holland, Hungary
and other countries.
If thel farmer wants to make hi4n-
self rich and benefit the whole coun-
try by giving it a cheap and efficient
fuel, let him demand maU Chapter
III of the Volstead Act be repealed
and the regulations issued hereunder
be abolished, that the production of
industrial alcohol be placed under the
Department of Agriculture and that
the regulations be written into the
law, so that the ignorance or preju-
dice of bureau officials cannot thwart
the development Of what should be
one of the greatest and most beneficial
industries in the country
Congress is very much in the mood
TO listen to the farmer. Let him de
mand his rights.
e. w. Nonssard,
United States Senator from Louisiana
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28
The FRENCH
OCCUPATION
OF GERMANY
BY LOUIS ?. LOCHNER
Federated Press Staff oCrergponde,

Dusseldorf, Germany.-Libertv of
speech and of the press is as much Of
q myth IN the occupied area as it was
IN America during the war. or as il IS
IN Logan county, West Virginia TODAY.
The French issue an official news
paper IN the German language. EMIT
led observation-disclosures" news ser
Wce). y Is entitled and published bv
the Official French press attache at
Dusseldorf A friend gave me a doz-
en- sample copies. in almost every
one was list Of newspapers against
which Che ban had been issued for
periods Of one to eight weeks, on for
ever.
In the latter class, curiouslv enough
: also and so harmless q booklet as the
official time table issued by the Ger
/ man government This time table
has number Of blank pages in the
section covering trains in the Rhine
and Ruhr valleys, blank save for q
brleI note stating that, owing to the
occupation, these trains are not in OBJ
GRAFTON. The French are trying ia
/ operate these lines themselves, anc
/ therefore object to the statement il
the time table AS an antidote the
Observation-Disclosures from time to tim,
! brings out a time table Of trains CD
Grated by the French. They are only
occasional local trains in what was
once the busiest railway network IN
the world. Measured by their owl
time tables, the success of French Oh
GRAFTON is not great
The Communists, inasmuch as they
represent an opposition to the German
| government, are treated with lenienc,
whenever they prepare an anti-govern
ment demonstration But woe to then
if they carry a red banner with tn,
soviet star! That is regarded as anti
! French propaganda, for Official France
/ is still at lOggerheads with Russia
! Nor may the Communists say any
thing against French or Allied imper
ialism.
I'm order to recompense the popula
tion for the loss Of The hundreds O.
newspapers that have already beer
forbidden, the occupied area is flooded
with propaganda sheets in the German
language, edited by the French. Thes,
sheets deride the Berlin government
and attempt is made to win the in
habitants TO the idea of an Independent
buffer state. The successes" Of tn
French in the Rhine and Ruhr valley
are painted in glowing terms. Tn
rest of Germany is pictured as chaoti
and at the verge of collapse.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28

Many different styles for young
and old made TO order TO the indi-
yidual measure of customer. Guar
anteed 10 fit in every particular at
a mice you cannot duplicate any
where. The cloth is made by The
American Wooden Mill Co. Cincln--
natl. Ohio, he biggest Wooden Mill
in the world, ard tailored by Ex-
rcrt Talors, True To It's Name Vi
Greater Value.
Last but not least, have a full
Line Of Shoes, for men and ladies'
The best end most comfortable
shoes ever made regardless OF
price.
have under contract, Sheridan
and Roosevelt COuntys inclusive
and shall call or you some time IN
The future with full line OF SAINT
pies. DO not place your order un-
iii YOU have seen My Line as can
save you money.
Wool is bought at highest market
value. We do cOstOm work. WOoi
is taken in trade.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28
ATTENTION PLEASE!

There is many ways to sell goods
n n. only one chat Is RIGHT end
'.a' IH TO se'' direct from manu-
. NJ 90 consumer, eliminating
- l'iae'emcn. This is the most
lauieal and modern method TO
ia mind there is two other
Companies in Fergus Falls.
= and the Red River Wollen
NJ. fcIiablc Fergus Falls
o. llils was organized 1883.
NO.. sEEcst and Best Equipped
W,..,a Us In the Northwest.
ib,ou ' y. ere and Guarantee every
Po.ls We sell. We undersell sears
a , , and Montgomery Ward.
hg' ,, OF honest and suuare deal
lina' speaks for itself. / have a FUN
ana cS Z! clothing for Ladies. Men
O, e 'uIl line of Dress Suits and
1,' ',Sals, over $50 different fab.
WOODEN cloth to select from
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-09-28
WARNING TO THE CTTT-
ZENS OF MONTANA

From various portions Of Montana
complaints have come to my attention
concerning Misrepresentation on the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-07-20

Mr.. Robert II. Turner, Miss Hattie
Turner and Mr.. and Mrs. w. Carlyle
Turner motored to Anne Arundel
county Sunday where they spent the
day with the formers brother, Mr..
Frank Turner. on the Severn.
Mrs. Mary Emily Brent has been
granted by the Circuit No. 2. Of Balti-
more city an absolute divorce from
her husband, Eugene S. Brent, and
given the right 10 resume her maiden
name Of Mary Emily Hawkins.
II you anticipate doing any building
this season you can save money 81
the lumber yard OF Matthew's Howard
Company Inc. A full line of dressed
lumber and building material is car
led at all times.
Port Tobacco Parish was represented
at the Convocation of the Archdea-
conry of Southern Maryland, held at
Christ Church, Chaptico, July IS, by
lDs. and Mrs. Heigham, Judge and
Mrs. Walter Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. Pres
ton Williams, Mrs. Frank Matthews,
Mrs. w. A. Smith, Messrs. Ralph and
Harold Heigham.
During the months of July and Aug
ust, we win make special prices on
White Sewing Machines, Pathe Pho
nographs and Refrigerators.
We will be glad to have you call and
look over our stock.
MATrHEws-HowA Co., Inc.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-07-20
cOlored Teachers is2S-is24.

Port Tobacco-G Gladys C. Miller.
La Plata-Josephine Miles.
McConchie-E Edna Warren.
Pisgah-Rachel Ward.
Cedar Point Neck-Lizzie Franklin.
Hill Top-Hannah G. Ward
Marbury-Amelia Warren.
Mason SPRING. Nellie S. Cotton.
Oak GreVe-f'rances S. Thomas.
Mt. Hope-Edith Warren.
Chicamuxen- Carolyne White.
Cobey's Choice Aurora Jackson.
Swann's David Milton Greene
Bel Alton Una M. Tolliver, prin-
cipal; Carrie e. jackson, assistant.
Holly Springs Madeline Butler.
Wicomico Bertha Mason.
Shiloh Marie l. Dyson.
Tompkinsville-L ala ID. Howard,
principal; Ruby L. Snowden, assist
ant.
Mt. Victoria-Susie E. Dyson.
Rock Point Mary E. Johnson.
Middletown-Albert Hines, Jr.
Waldorf Annie Chapman.
Pomonkey High School-W. B,
Dowlen, principal; Clara Gibson, as
sistant; Alice l.. Jackson, Domestic
Science; M. r. Posey, Grammar CIR
Ethel Howard Primary Or.
POmfret Estelle Howell.
GIymont-FloTence Johnson.
Semmes Hill-Mayme Ransome.
Indian Head-Carrie b. Connolly.
Ripley-A. Clarence Connolly.
Newtown-M Martha Broadnaux.
Federal Hill-Cecilia Greene.
Benedict Cora Ballard.
Malcolm Veronica Gray.
NOTE The Board OF Education
and the County Supt. OF Schools re-
serve the right to make any change in
the above appointments that may be
necessary.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-07-20
Maryland to Cut Auto Tax in Half.

Because of the effectiveness o. the
gasoline tax In Maryland, registration
fees for automobiles In 1924 will be re-
duced from so cents per horsepower to
approximately 70 cents per horse
power The motorist in getting his
1924 tags for a thirty horsepower car
will, therefore, pay, instead OF his GUS
tomary SIS, only about $3.50. The re-
mainder will be made up in the cents
per gallon additional which he will
pay for gasoline.
These figures are computed on the
returns to the automobile commission
er's Office for registration fees from
June /, 1922, to May 81, 1923, and on
the returns from the gasoline tax Of |
cent gallon for the same period.
The l-cent tax on. gasoline yielded for
the year which ended May 81, net re-
turn of $685., 143 to the state. For the
same period the receipts of the auto
mobile commissioners Office from reg
istration fees amounted to 81, 22S, 500.
Allowing for no increase in the num-
Der of automobiles, although there was
an increase of "a per cent 10 1923 over
1922. the gasoline tax OF cents a gal
lon, according to the chairman OF the
state roads commission, will yield
81 ,264, 2S6. This is So percent of the
amount derived from the present reg
istration fees, leaving "A per cent to be
provided for through registration fees.
On that basis the registration fees will
be 26 cents per horsepower, instead Of
60 cents, the gas tax providing the re-
naming "a cents.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1923-07-20
STATE OF MARYLAND,
STATE ROADS COMMISSION
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

SEALED PROPOSALS for building
one section of State Highway, as fol-
lows
Charles County, Contract Ch-27. One
section of State Highway from Mar
bury to Rison, distance of 81
miles. (Gravel.
Viii be received by the State Roads
Commission, at its Offices, COL Garrett
Building, Baltimore, Maryland, until
IL NJ, on the oath day of July 1928
at which time and place they will be
publicly opened and read.
Bids must be made upon the blank
proposal form which, with specifications
and plans will be furnished by the Com
mission upon application and cash
payment of sl.0O, as hereafter no
charges will be permitted.
No bids will be received unless ac-
companied by a certified check for the
sum Of Five Hundred $500 Dollars,
payable to the State Roads Commission.
The successful bidder will be required
to give bond, and comply with the Acts
of the General Assembly OF Maryland,
respecting contracts.
The Commission reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
By Order of the State Roads Com
E ission this 9Th day of July, 1928.
JOHN N. MACKALI4, Chairman,
LII. STEUART, Secretary.
7-I3-2t.