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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-23
COOLIDGE FARM ANGELS
FIND FARMERS HOPELESS


and the now famous lame duck, Frank
w. Mondell, were appointed by Coo
lidge to find out ways and means of
helping the bankrupt farmers. How
serious these Administration statesmen
were in their efforts can be seen from
the fact that they have thrown UP
their hands in despair and cannot sug-
gest any other remedy but an increas-
ed tariff on wheat.
Already on the basis of the present
high schedules in the Fordney-McCum-
Der tariff, the farmers of Kansas, Tex
as, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho are
losing about $4OO,OO0,OOO. To increase
the rates on any of the products, such
as wheat, would simply mean increas-
ing the loss of the farmers.
No one should be surprised at the
suggested remedy, Mr.. Meyer has
long been in the service of the Wall
Street bankers and Mr. Mondell has
a record which speaks volumes. In
his autobiography, page 431, Roosevelt
pointed out that the conduct of Mr.
Mondell was a bit too rough even fol
him. Speaking of a bill proposed by
Senator Newlands Democrat New. J
for conservation of the nations re.
sources, Roosevelt pointed out in his
message to Congress, December 5
1901: "My active interference was nee
essary to prevent it 1.-THE billy from be-
ing made unavoidable by the undue in
sistance upon states rights in accor-
dance with the efforts of Mr.. Model
and other congressman, who consist
emily fought for local and private in
terests against the interests Of the
people as a whole"
IT'S just this class of friends that
Mr.. Coolidge will appoint to relieve
the distress of the farmers and work
ers. Mr.. Coolidge can and will appoint
only agents of the employers. These
"relief agents" will relieve the farm
ers of whatever is left to them aftel
the last three years of depression.
BUSINESS FAILURES INCREASE
Dunn's Review for October shows {
sharp increase in the number of do
nestle business failures. The bushes.
mortality for the month of October i!
the largest report since last March anC
is over SO per cent higher than the
September total. Especially unfavor
abl is the volume of Indebtedness in
CuIIOu ny Tie COi4dp0S. L he tJlnOul
is more than two and three quartz
times greater than the Septembe
total and has been exceeded only ono
before in any month. This was il
December 1921. The Indebtedness
of the failures for October is 100 pc
cent higher than the total for the cor
responding month of last year. AL
in all there were last month 1877
failures involving S79,301,741.
The manufacturing failures wer
less than 80 per cent of the total mum
Der 66 per cent of the insolvencie
were amongst traders. However, z
per cent of the total liabilities wer
suffered by manufacturers.
This October record shows exactl
which way the wind is blowing so ia
as the economic conditions of tn
country are concerned.
Soviet Russia Shows Marked AdvanC
A thorough going investigation ha
led the United States Department G
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1923-11-23

tTib SlG oi0 on Liberties Hat G assD p
t tbe cooperation Of local e Scale \.
t Ene organization in The the, L branch
VOWED as we'll as q SIX state I
groups will be enlisted other Il
Production of Mont...
TENDER, 1923: Prodno,ta.l fields ,
oil fields for the mon Dfsl0n Of No,',
1873 based upon the r !, S;epteas
pipe line companies on SscelPt q
Cat Greek and SunbursFt 'ssa ai3l d 4
25l, 1886 barrels, wbiIe 1 5eid. to.s
the two pipe line comns U;llyeres \
P peIs' points aggregated '' 2S75ais, \
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

their service than to be fighting the suits,
or paying the claims of their dissatisfied
customers.
The telephone companies are organ
lied, but the public is not The sub
scriber can complain and threaten. but he
gets no redress. Mr.. Grimes is the pio-
neer who points the way to telephone re-
form.
Not until Mr.. Grimes stood up on his
hind legs and proceeded to find out what
could be done about getting some sort of
satisfaction and redress from. the tele-
phone'company in Minneapolis had it ever
occurred to the unOrganized army of long
suffering subscribers that they had a
course open to them to not only teach the
phone companies a lesson, but be rein1-
bursed, in measure at least, for the
money loss they had suffered from the
ineficieney and neglect of duty on the
part of the companies.
Mr.. Grimes points the way very clearly
when he says:
"The company on its part contracts to
furnish reasonably adequate service. If
the statute did not so provide the law i'm
plies such a contract If the company
fails or refuses to furnish to the sub
scriber reasonably adequate service, it
breaches its contract.
"There is an idea prevalent among sub
scribers that they have no remedy in such
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

case. The telephone companies of this
country have capitalized this erroneous
idea to a vast extent. The idea is all
wrong. The same law that provides a
remedy for the company in case of a
breach of the contract by the subscriber
also gives the subscriber remedy in case
of violation of the contract by the COM
pany.
"If the company breaches the contract
by neglecting or refusing to furnish rea-
sonably adequate service, it is liable in
damages to the subscriber for such loss
as he sustains AS soon as telephone sub
scribers come to generally understand,
and the company to understand, that the
company is obligated to furnish a reason
ably adequate service, and that it is liable
in damages for failure to furnish such
service, | apprehend there will be no SER
ious difficulty or default of the company
in furnishing proper service"
In other words, as Attorney Grimes
explains, a contract must be equitable or
it fails to be contract If it doesn't
operate equitably and fairly to each
party it is null and void in the eyes of the
law. Telephone companies, in their con-
tracts with subscribers, agree to give rea-
sonabIy good service, and it is Mr..
Grimes's contention, and his view was up
held by a jury of his peers, that when
they fail to give reasonably good service
(C) 1928, by American Week.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

the plaintiff was entitled to recover the
value of his time necessarily spent or lost
by the wrongful acts of the company COM
planned of by the plaintiff. The jury re-
turned verdict of $1,000, the estimated
value of the loss of time for the twenty
two months in question caused by the
wrongful acts of the company referred to.
/ understand the company intends to take
an appeal. | hope it does. / would like
to see this question finally settled, at least
in the State of Minnesota"
The only defense that the telephone
company offered was that during most of
the time covered by Mr.. Grimes's COM
plant the telephone system was under
Government control,
'That on the 22nd day of July, 1915"
the telephone lawyers whined. 'the PreSi-
dent of the United States issued certain
proclamation wherein and whereby he
took possession, control and the operation
of each and every telephone system and
every part thereof within the jurisdiction
of the United States, including all equip
ment thereof and appurtenances thereto,
from and after IL o'clock midnight on the
3lst day of July, 1918. That by virtue of
the terms of said proclamation the Presi-
dent vested possession control and opera
ton of defendants telephone system in
the hands of Postmaster-Gener Albert
S. BurIeson, AMI it was not until July 81,
1919, that the property was turned back
to the company"
In it's reply to Mr.. Grimes's complaint,
the company alleged that Albert S. Burle-
son, Postmaster-General of the United
States, was a necessary defendant for the
determination of the issues raised by the
complaint 1t further alleges that the
United States was an indispensable party
to the action.
In other words, the telephone company
tried to make the jury believe that Mr..
Grimes had the wrong number, and that
he should have called up Postmaster Gem
eral Burleson, or the President sof the
United States if he wanted damages and
not bother them. But the jury couldn't
see it that way. They apparently had
been told again and again by the tele-
phone company that "the voice with the
smile wins,'' and figured, as many others
have, that with the telephone service what
it is to-day the voice with the smile ought
to win harp and a golden crown. In
Mr. Grimes's case they figured that he
ought to win few damages, too, while he
The Washington times., 1923-01-21


However, heretofore, the subscriber
has never realized that he, too, had a
remedy and that the courts were open to
him as we'll as tc the telephone company
and that, in the eyes of the law, cons
tract is a contract.
"The most difficult thing about a case
of this character is to prove the damages
sustained. ] volunteered to commence an
action in behalf of several business men
of Minneapolis and without any money
compensation. In each case they declined
to commence suit against the company.
The service became so poor and the con-
ditions so intolerable that | finally deter
mined to commence a suit on my own
account, and with that in view, | kept an
account of the character of the service
for the period of month and the loss of
time-that is, the time spent over and
above the time required in case the SER
vice had been reasonably adequate, and
was able to estimate the loss of time daily
and for a period of month, and from
that estimated pretty accurately the loss
of time for the period of twenty-five
months involved in this suit and was
able to show the value of my time
"The Court, in it's charge to the jury,
submitted to the jury the question as to
whether the service rendered as shown
by the testimony was reasonably ade-
ouate service, and that if it was not, that
Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

they have broken their
contract and are subject
to suit to make good
what the subscriber has
suffered.
"Under the conditions
of the contract which
the subscriber is COM
PEELED to sign in order
to have a telephone in
stalled" explains Mr..
Grimes, "the subscriber
is required to pay month
ly in advance for the
promised service, and in
case he does not pay,
the company may sue
the subscriber, or re-
move the telephone. For
the breach of the con-
tract between the sub
scriber and the COM
pany the company has
a certain and drastic
remedy.
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

Y 7OU may believe it or nots but there
lis one man in the United States
who is getting a perfectly satis-
factory telephone service. He lives in
the city of Minneapolis, and be is neither
an officer nor an employee of the tele-
phone company. and he does not own
dollars worth of telephone stock.
His name is Mr.. George s. Grimes,
lawyer.
When Mr.. Grimes takes the receiver
off the hook he gets instant attention. Mr..
Grimes gets. no "wrong number" He is
never switched onto busy wire." No
body ever calls him up by mistake.
The President of the United States
may be kept waiting, captains of industry
in Wall street may be cut off in the midst
of deals of millions-but Mr.. Grimes is
a preferred customer; nothing is allowed
to go wrong on his wire.
Now the reason that this modern mira
Gle has come to pass is because Mr..
Grimes has been tormented, as many mil
lions ;. of others, have been, with the
wretehed telephone service which we
have become accustomed to. But instead
of suffering in silence, Mr.. Grimes made
up his mind that there was no good rea-
son why he should put up with endless
delays, wrong numbers, busy wires and
the exasperating nuisance of cutting him
off in the middle of his talk.
Mr.. Grimes is a lawyer, and he realized
that if he paid his bills to the telephone
company he was entitled, under the law,
to aSreasonably satisfactory service. He
was not bamboozled by the telephone
propaganda to keep smiling" but don't
fuss about it.
every instance of telephone incompetency
and bad service, and the loss of time he
suffered through delays and bad service.
At the end of few months Mr.. Grimes
did thing which nobody else ever
thought of doing-he brought suit against
the telephone company for damages:
And Mr.. Grimes has won his suit and
has heen awarded $1,000 damages against
the telephone company. Not large
sum. but it will pay his telephone bills for
quite while, and it is worth much more
than 81 900 DIS an object lesson to the
long-suffering American public.
And even that 81 900 is worth retrieV-
ing from the telephone people. One
thousand dollars for twenty-five months
is a little over $45 a month, or $1,000
week, or $3.50 day. But, of course, the
real joy was in winning that case and
having the satisfaction of feeling that
when the telephone company wasted his
time or exasperated him he had way to
get square with them.
If several hundred thousand imitators
of Mr.. Grimes, of Minneapolis, will take
the smile out of their voices and will
keep account of their loss and sufferings
from bad telephone service and bring
suits, as Mr.. Grimes has done, we will
soon pass into millennium and perfection
of telephone service, for it will be cheaper
for the telephone company to improve
The Washington times., 1923-01-21

Lawyer George S. Grimes, az Min
neapolis, Who Took the Smile"
Out of His Voice, Stopped
Complaining to the Telephone
Company, Sued Than for Delay,
Annoyance and Bad Service
and Won Damages From the
Telephone Company.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
PUBLIC TRUSTEES SALE

h WHEREAS, J. ]. Walters, and Bes
sic Walters, his wife, of Julesburs
County of Sedgwic Stat
OF Colorado. by Deed of Trust date
January 10, 1920. and recorded Janu
ary 26, A. D. 1920. in Book SO, .
Page 228, of the records in the offic'
of the Clerk and Recorder of sait
County of Sedgwick, did convey t.
the Public Trustee in and for sale
County of Sedgwick, the following
real estate, in the County of Sedg.
wick, State of Colorado. to-wit:
Lots numbered One u) and
Two (2), in Block numbered Fiji
ty Five (55), Union Pacific Rail-
way Company's Second Addition
to Denver Junction. now Jules
burg, together with the improve
ments thereon erected or about to
be erected;
which Deed of Trust was made to Sc.
cure certain contract and promis.
sorry note of the said grantors bear
ing even date with said Deed OF
Trust, for the sum of One Thousand
Dollars ($1O0O.0O), in favor of The
Industrial Building And Loan Asso-
ciation Of Denver, Colorado, with in.
terest thereon from date until paid
and payable in monthly installments
Of not less than Sixteen and 50-100
Dollars ($16.50) each, to be applied
to the payment of fines, principal, in
terest and dues on stock owned by the
said grantors in said Association;
And,
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in said
Trust Deed that in the event of fail
ure to pay for three months said in
stallments, the whole sum of said loan
is due and payable, together with said
whole sum above named secured by
said Deed of Trust; And.
WHEREAS, default has been made
in the payment of said monthly in
stallments since March rs, 1928, de-
linquent interest in the sum of Seven
ty Four and 32-l00 Dollars ($74.32),
taxes advanced in the sum of Eigh-
teen and 27-100 Dollars ($1S.27), and
insurance advanced in the sum of
Fourteen and 40-1O0 Dollars ($14.4O),
and there is due of principal, delin-
quent interest, taxes and insurance
advanced, all secured by said Deed of
Trust, the sum of Eight Hundred and
9-1O0 Dollars ($800.O9); And,
WHEREAS, the above described
property was thereafter conveyed by
the said ]. j. Walters and Bessie Wal
ters, his wife, to Charles E. Jewell,
subject to the above mentioned and
described Deed of Trust; And,
WHEREAS, Charles E. Jewell, and
Lydia Jewell, his wife, of Julesburg,
County of Sedgwick, State of Colora-
do, by Deed of Trust dated April 26,
1922, and recorded May 6, A. D. 1922,
in Book 60, at Page 81, of the records
in the office of the Clerk and Record
er of said County of Sedgwick, did
convey to the Public Trustee in and
for said County of Sedgwick, the fol-
lowing real estate, in the County of
Sedgwick, State of Colorado, to-wit:
Lot numbered Two (2), in
Block numbered Fifty Five (55),
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
IN the Union Pacific Railway
Company's Second Addition TO

IN the Union Pacific Railway
Company's Second Addition TO
Denver Junction. now Julesburg;
winch Deed Of Trust was made to Sc
cure certain contract and promis-
sofy note of the said grantors bearing
even date with said Deed of Trust, for
tne sum of Five Hundred Dollars
I$o0O.oo), in favor of The Industrial
6aiding And Loan Association of
Denver. Colorado, with interest there
on from date until paid, and payable
IN monthly installments of not less
than Eight and 25-lOO Dollars ($825)
each to be applied to the payment Of
lines, principal, interest and dues on
stock owned by said grantors in said
Association; And,
WHEREAS, 1t is provided in said
trust Deed that in the event of fail
ure to pay for three months said in
stailments, the whole sum of said loan
Is Que and payable, together with
SAID whole sum above named secured
by said Deed of Trust; And,
! WHEREAS, default has been made
IN the payment of said monthly in
stallments since March 25, 1928. de-
iinquent interest in the sum of Thir-
ty Seven and 45-lOO Dollars ($37.45)
and there is due of principal and de-
nnquent interest, all secured by said
Deed of Trust, the sum Of Five Hun
dred Three and 45-1OO Dollars
($5o3.45); And,
7! VIII HEREAS, All of said above de-
scrlbed property was thereafter con-
yeyed by the said Charles E. Jewell to
=. l.. Edwards, subject to both of the
above described Deeds of Trust; And,
! WHEREAS. The Industrial Build
ing And Loan Association. the legal
holder of said notes and contracts, has
in writing declared violation of said
Deeds of Trust, and demanded the
sale of said premises in written re-
quest filed with me the 14th day Of
December, 1923.
NOW. THEREFORE. I. Victor
Miller, Public Trustee of said County
,of sedgwick. do hereby give public
notice that l will, on the b0th day of
January. 1924, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ, at
the front door of the Court House in
said County of Sedgwick. sell all of
the above described premises and all
the title and interest of the said
grantors above named. their heirs,
executors, administrators and as
signs, at public auction, to the
highest and best bidder for cash, for
the purpose of paying the sum of
One Thousand Three Hundred Three
and 54-lO0 Dollars ($l303.54), being
the total Indebtedness secured by both
'of said Deeds of Trust, together with
interest accruing from this date, as
provided in said Deeds of Trust, and
the expenses of executing this trust.
Dated at Julesburg. Colorado, De-
'cember 14th, A. D. 1923.
VICTOR MILLER,
Public Trustee in and for the
County of Sedgwick, State of
Colorado.
First Pub. Dec. 20, 1923.
Last Pub. Jan. II. 1924.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Estate of William C. Droge, De-
ceased.
No. 1873.
Notice is hereby given that on the
2lst day of January, A. D. 1924, the
undersigned will present to the Coun-
ty Court Of Sedgwick County, Colora-
do, his accounts for final settlement
Of administration of said estate, when
and where all persons in interest may
appear and object to them, if they SO
desire.
H. N. MARSHALL.
Administrator with Will An
nexed of the Estate of Will
lam c. Droge, Deceased.
First Pub. Dec. 20, 1923.
Last Pub. Jan. II, 1923.
NOTICE
We will buy any kind of cattle and
hogs at all times. Phone s6F12 or
S6F13.
tt Julesburg. Colorado.
SMYTH & RICHARDS,
Fresh pastries every day at the
Home Bakery. Our Cocoa Fudge
Cakes, Whole Wheat Bread and
Parker House Rolls cannot be beat. If
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
CHRISTMAS FLOWERS

Cut Flowers, Plants, artistic ar
beautiful selection.
We deliver flowers in any state by
wire in one or two hours.
Order early. Our service means
'rompt, safe and sure delivery.
Only express shipments advisable.
Call G. H. Austin, Julesburg.
THE NORTH PLATTE FLORAL CO.
dec 1920 North Platte, Nebr
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1923-12-20
Xmas Prices

resist quoting you low prices on good things to
eat that you will need Christmas Day.
GROCERY DEPARTMENT
Llngon Berries, per quart ---4Oc 4Oc
Cranberries, per quart t--lS lSc
Two Quarts for 35c
Pascel Celery Hearts, per dozen - SOC
Pascel Jumbo Celery, per bunch &c., two for 25c
Large Home Grown Celery per bunch
Grape Fruit, nice and fresh, 3 for -25c
Grape Fruit, extra large for 25c
washington Delicious Apples, per pound -12Hc
Jonathan Apples straight run, not sorted
per bushel 81 90
Gano Apples, per bushel S1.50
Imperial Yorks, per bushel s1.75
Lemons, per dozen " 30c
Oranges, small, per dozen --25
oranges, trifle larger per dozen -35c
oranges, medium size, per dozen ---5Oc
oranges, large size, per dozen --65 Csc
Oranges, extra large, per dozen -----SOc
Bananas per pound d-- l5c
Fresh Grapes, per pound 2 2Oc
Dates, strictly fresh, per pound ---15c
Figs, 1O-ounce package " 15c
Cocoanuts, each " 15c
Cabbage, per pound 2c
Cabbage, 100 pounds for $135
Vegetables, Fresh Carrots, Turnips and
Parsnips per pound d4c &c
Shelled Pop Corn, per pound d--5c
&c pounds for 25c)
Ear Pop Corn per pound d--------------4c
q pounds for 25c)
(Our Pop Corn will all Pop)
We have full line of Citron Orange and Lemon
Peel Seasoning etc.
lO-pound sack Gooch's Best Corn Meal 4Oc
1o-pound sack Gooch's Best Whole Wheat
Graham - Ak.
25-pound sack Gooch's Best Rye Fiour-----s1.oo
4S-pound sack Gooch's Best Flour SITS
Sugar still S1045 per sack, 9 pounds for S.. 90.
We want sack of Gooch's Best Flour in every
nome IN Julesburg and surrounding community
We have complete line of staple and fresh Gro
ceries on hand at all times.
MEAT DEPARTMENT
All Beef Steaks, including Round, Sirloin,
Porter-House, T-Bone and Short Cuts,
Shoulder Beef Steaks, per pound ---20c
Fork Fresh Ham Steak per pound 25c
FORK Chops. per pound 25c
Pork Shoulder Steak, per pound -2Oc
Rib and Flank Boil, per pound - 1Oc
Roasts, per pound d--- 1sc
Dressed and Drawn Fowls, per pound Pie
Full line Of Swifts Premium Smoked and
Cured Meats and Lunch Goods
We will pay this week 35 cents per pound for
country butter, and 35c per dozen for strictly
fresh eggs.
Nicely s. Virgins
Low Prices Quick Service Fair Treatment
We Deliver at 500 and 1 100 A. M. and 4 100 p NJ
If you want groceries or meats just phone Jaw