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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15

N. D., is telling with pardOnable
pride of the performance Of the first
Chrysler car sold by him, which has
just returned from trip of some
5000 miles. The car was sold to r.
w. Ruegsegger of Outlook, Mont,
who drove it to the Pacific coast,
down the coast and back, over noun
tains and plains at an average of be-
tween 10 and 20 miles to the gallon
Of gas. One trip of 2O8 miles was
made on 8 gallons, or 26 miles per
gallon. .
Mr.. Ruegsegger says that he made
from 325 to $50 every 10 hours; that
he made the trip from Helena to Spo-
kane on high gear and that he never
used low speed on the entire trip.
Two gallons of oil were used for
each thousand miles travelled.
"Not a weak spot is visible in the
car" says the buyer "The brakes
were adjusted only once and do not
show signs of wear, and the TIP may
be summed up as the most economical
that l ever drove"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
McELROY

: The road grader is in the vicinity
of McElroy at the present writing.
Farther north the work has been COM
pleted. At the station there was a
difference of opinion as to where the
road should be laid. Some delay in
the work resulted. County Surveyor
Rasmussen was here several days to
straighten out the difficulty.
J. J. McElroy has been here sever
al days looking after his business in
terests.
J. J. Gronvold and family of Plen-
tywood visited Sunday at the 0. NJ
Lutnes home.
The wind got frisky one day and
raised the roof from the leanto on
J. c. Moons store. The loose part Of
the roof was carried over the mair
part of the store and dropped on the
| ground, carrying the chimney anC
radio pole along with it.
A dance was given at the home o.
Eugene Hanson Saturday evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Areas on Grow reservation near
Billings to be tested Immediately for
oil by d-Northem Oil Company
Kevin-Sunburst field is rapidly ov-
ertaking the Cat Greek field as the
leading Montana Oil producing area,
according to pipe line reports received
by the state board of equalization for
the quarter ending June Both, show
ing a gross shipment from the north
ern field of 325,854 barrels as COM
pared with 391, 779 barrels from the
Cat Creek area.
Glasgow-Butter output Of cream
cry 10000 lbs. in July.
international Oil Rein
ing Company begins operations.
Laurel-SErvey for pipeline from
Big Lake oil field completed
Libby-Saw mill Of J. Neils Lum-
Der Company begins operation with
two-shift capacity.
Miles City-More than $500,O0C
will have been distributed to farmers
of this region before year closes
through local creamery, which il
shipping 10 carloads butter a month
Cascade county had a balance O
100000 at close Of business on Jul!
31st.
Troy-Work of double tracking
Great Northern Railroad between thi
city and Kootenai Falls is completed
Highwood- Wheat valued at NOR
than 100000 will be marketed thi
year on Highwood bench.
Completion of Sun River prcjec
with additional storage facilities wi
require a total expenditure of be
tween $3,OOO,OOO and $4,OOO,OOO.
Eden-Contract awarded for COZ
: struction of new roads across Min
coulee on Great Falls-Deep creek roa
Riceville-Bids opened August
for construction of road from tn
: city to head of Kibbey canyon.
Missoula-C. w. Hart refnel
handling 5000 gals. crude oil per da
Melstone-Land owners of Ragg,
Point district organize and will pc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
MILES ROMNEY
PROGRESSIVE
FOR GOVERNOR

Candidate for Governor, Democratic
ticket, endorsed by the Conference for
Progressive Political Action, Is a con-
structive as we'll as a persistent pro-
aressive." He organized the Peoples
power League and led the fight thas
gave US the Primary Election Laws
the Corrupt Practices Act, Workmen's
Compensation, and other progressive
measures.
Miles Romney pledges his best efforts
to secure
1.-THE KEY AMENDMENT.
2. A BANK DEPOsIToRS' GUAR
ANTEE LAW.
8. REDUCTION AND EoUALlZA-
TION OF TAXATION.
Restoration Of financial stability Is
our first need. Some $50 Montana
banks have failed during the past three
years and lack of confidence permeates
the State. Many failures would have
been prevented had the banking laws
been strictly enforced and not de-
positor would have lost dollar had the
Nebraska Bank Depostors Guarantee
Law been effective in Montana.
Reduction of taxation may be realized
by application Of the principle, Just
taxation is limited to the needs Of gov
eminent economically administered"
To rid the State Of political domlna-
ton by privilege seeking corporations
and their be- Jeweled lobbyists, Miles
Romney proposes that the voters adopt
the KEY AMENDMENT which will en-
able them to initiate CONSTITUTION
AL AMENDMENTS, under the safe
Lii nd
dunn Laws. Thus some $1,000 citizens
may exercise the power now abused by
less than 100 legislators and Initiate any
measure for which there is statewide
demand, without the Intervention Of the
legislature. If a majority vote for the
the measure, 1t will then be safely
tucked away in the Constitution, out
of reach of privilege seeking interests
that have perverted legislatures and
courts and converted the present Initi-
ative and Referendum Laws into scraps
of paper.
Miles Romney would foster agricul-
ture and promote social Justice. His
instinct for economy was evidenced
when he cast the solitary vote in the
senate of the Eleventh Legislative AS
sembly against construction of the two
new wings to the Capitol which he pre-
dicted would be quickly filled and over
flowing with additional office holders.
He has demonstrated efficiency as a
successful business man and as an
executive officer in the Army during
the World War.
A Forbes, Daugherty or Fall may
prove efficient and economical In mat
tiers Of routine administration, but, lack.
lno fidelity, they and other serVitorG
| of special privilege have fIched from
crippled soldiers, prostItuted the De.
partment of Justice and bartered away
natural resources belonging to State anC
| Nation.
! AS Editor, Mayor, State Senator, Sol
! der and Citizen, Miles Romney hal
] been subjected to the acid test and Il
! every capacity has demonstrated HI
! fidelity to the public interest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
PONZI PRISON TERM
ENDS; IS RELEASED
Wizard of Finance" Now Must Face
State Charges Growing From
Schemes.

Plymouth, Mass Aug. 8.-Charles
POnzi, his term as federal pris-
oner ended, left the Plymouth Jail
Wednesday accompanied by deputy
sheriff he went to- Boston to try to
arrange for the furnishing of $4,000
bail required of him on charges brot
in the state courts in connection with
his financial schemes.
Four years ago Ponzi attracted the
attention Of the whole country by his
offer to pay huge interest on short
term investments in his securities ex-
change company Of Boston, which
purported to operate a plan Of deal
ing in international postal reply coup
ons and to be making great profits
through the depreciation in foreign
exchange. Thousands Of persons en-
trusted millions to him and many of
them received the promised profits.
Finally the authorities stepped in
and closed up the business. Ponzi
was convicted in the federal court or
charges. of using the mails in {
scheme to- defraud, the testimony in
dicating that the postal coupon scheme
had not been operated as represent
ed. Ponzi's company went into tn,
hands of receivers, his palatial HON,
in Lexington was sold for the benefi
Of creditors and he was sentenced t.
Jail for five years.
With the usual remittance for goot
behavior this term expired Wednes
dav.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
TAKES
STAND AGAINST
XII KLUX KHAN

Washington, Aug. 11.-Senator La
Toilette. in a letter declared he was
"unalterably opposed to the evident
purposes Of the secret organization
known as the Ku Klux Khan, as dis
closed by its public acts" he said. ct
cannot long survive"
Relying upon the sound judgment
and good sense of our people, it is my
opinion that such movement is fore
doomed. 1t has within its own body
seekers of it's death.
The letter, addressed to, Robert P.
Schripps, newspaper publisher, was
given out for publication at La Fol
lette's office. 1t declares it is "unfor-
tunate that questions involving reli-
gious opinion and other questions I'M
related to. the vital issue of restora-
ton of the government to the people,
has been raised in this, as in other cri-
tical years of our national history"
With reference to the Khan issue
La Toilette said; amy one familiar
with my record, especially in my own
state, knows l always stood without
reservation against any discrimina-
ton between races, classes and creeds
l hold every citizen is entitled tt
full exercise of constitutional rights.
LaFollette declared at the outse-
of his letter that zone dominate, al
embracing issue in the campaign was
to break the combined power of pri
vate monopoly system over politica
and economic life of the American
people. This power controls ever!
important branch of industry, min
ing, manufacturing and transporta
tion; it controls markets and credit
and dictates the price of every pro
duct necessary for families. This i
economic slavery. Free government
can not long exist side by side wit
economic despotism."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15

ment depending upon the support of
20 Radicals, making total of rs in
house of 149 members, the Socialist
cabinet has only a majority of one,
and this only whenever the Radicals
are willing to support the Socialist
government. Nevertheless the Social
ist cabinet is going ahead with its
program.
Tackle Finance Reform.
The first reform tackled by the
Staining government was that of the
national finance system. The Social
list party had demanded the creation
Of a central committee which should
have full power to stop speculation
and tax lodging by capitalists. It's
final object is to take complete charge
Of the foreign trade of Denmark by
regulating excess imports.
The other financial measure de-
manded by the Socialist party was
capital levy, exempting all fortunes
CT less than $4,000 crowns. This levy
was to be progressive up to a tax Of
more than is per cent on fortunes Of
20,000,000 crowns.
According to the Socialist plan, the
whole amount of this levy was to be
paid within six years. 1t was esti-
mated to bring about 4OO,OOO,OOO
crowns into the nationa Treasury, or
about one-third of the national debt
The Socialist party introduced bills
tc. this effect in the parliament, which
voted to accept them. But the re-
dictionaries in the senate, aided by
some Radicals, fought the Socialist
bills and amended them.
The bills will come back before the
lower house this fall, and by that time
they will form a part of much more
comprehensive plan which the govern
ment intends to put through against
the reactionary opposition.
Other laws passed by parliament
are the abolition of high tariff duties
protection of renters against exac-
lions Of landlords, restoration Of all
civil rights to employees who had beer
disqualified for accepting public helI
during unemployment.
Military maneuvers have beer
abandoned by the Socialist govern
ment. The king is negotiating witt
the Socialists about the abolition o.
. titles of nobility and similar honors.
Prepare Social Program
During this summer, the Staining
, government is preparing plans for tn,
specialization eff all trustified monopo
lies and utilities. These plans includ,
the abolition of profteering and prize
juggling.
A complete survey Of the labor sit
, uation is being made, with view o
putting everybody to work and stop
: ping all unemployment.
? The eight-hour day will be officiall
indorsed, and house building pro
gram will be launched Steps will b
taken to stop all speculation in Ian
values. The school system will b
brought up to date.
The war department is to be trans
formed into a department of disarn
n ament. The standing army will be dis
= banded and replaced by system {
frontier guards. The whole militaI
n budget will be reduced to about 10
Il 100000 crowns instead Of the 10000
600 that were hitherto wasted on
Z annually.
n The sentiment OF the overwhelmin
majority of the Danish people SUI
Il ports this disarmament program.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15

M. M. Somers arrived on Wednes-
day OF last week from MINNEAPOLIS
to look after business interests here
II. D. Mcintosh of Williston. N. D.
was here on Tuesday attending to
business affairs.
Rev. Wilhelm of Diamond CROSSING
Canada, was an Outlook caller on
1uesday(Of this week.
90
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Larson pass7d
Sunday in Poplar visiting. Thew re-
turned Monday morning.
90
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardy Oleson drove
to Plentywood on Tuesday evening of
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oswald Selvig made a
pleasure trip to Plentywood Monday
evening Of this week.
Co.
Mrs. Stapleton, Miss Hannah john
son and Miss Mazel Hart were Plen-
tyw(ood visitors on Wednesday of last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Morris returned
or Friday of last week from q tour
through Kansas, Nebraska and Colo
RADIO in their Ford.
Misses Hannah johnson and Hazel
Hart were among those taking in the
ChaUtauqua at Plentywood Tuesday
from this city.
90
Miss Lillian Huddleston returned
from Whitehall on Monday of this
week, where she had been visiting for
the past two weeks.
90
Miss Virginia hamburg of Red
Wing, Mimi, left for her home on
Monday of last week after a three
weeks visit at the home Of Mr.. anC
Mrs. Roy Nelson of this place.
Miss Gertrude Fitzgerald of Bis
marck, N. D., and brother, Maurice
| Fitzgerald, of Garrison, N. D., visited
at the homes of r. L. West and MAJ
Mclean last week.
Richard Kent, Ralph Bray, Ceci
Berman and Helen Miller compost
the Kent show troupe which put OF
an entertainment here Thursday ev
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Ruegsegger re
turned on Wednesday of last weel
from a trip in their Christler car t,
Seattle, Portland, and other points OF
the coast, coming back via Iowa an,
other eastern states.
%
Mrs. Emil Offerdahl of Epping, N
D., arrived here on Saturday with he
two daughters to visit at the home 0
Mr.. and Mrs Amund Johnson. Sh
left on Tuesday for Minot, N D
where she will receive attention fror
a specialist.
90
Among those who attended tn
Chautauqua at Plentywood on Tues
day evening were Mr.. and Mrs. Sim
onett, Mr.. Garniss, Mr. and Mrs. Red
5 burg, Mr.. and Mrs. Chilly" Ruegg'
] Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Cosper and FAM
ly, Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Gerrick, Sin
Mcintosh, Donald Gerrick, Peter Roc
erick, Guy Goodlaxon and Bert Han
: ilton.
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OUTLOOK HOSPITAL
NOTES

Clint Dickinson was able to return
to his home on Tuesday of this week
after suffering severely from an Oper-
alton of appendicitis.
Mrs. Martin Homme was taken
home on Sunday after an illness Of
several weeks.
J. w. Bucklin was able to return
to his home on Sunday of last week.
Mrs. Gibson was discharged from
the hospital on Friday.
Mrs. Carl Hovdey of Raymond dis
trict was operated on at the hospital
on Thursday.
Carl Bantz, who received a broken
arm and other injuries last Sunday
is now a patient in the hospital.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
SOCIALISTS IN
DENMARK PUSH
SPECIALIZATION

COPENHAGEN - The Danish So
cialist government has lost nc time
in putting its avowed working pro-
gram into effect since its electoral
victory in April, 1924. The only
obstacle in the way of a more rapid
progress toward specialization is the
lack of a full majority in. the lower
house of parliament and the reaction
airy majority in the senate.
With only 55 Socialists in parlla-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
MEMORIAL COINS RECEIVED
BY HELENA BANK

Helena, Mont.-The Union Bank
and Trust company has received a
supply of the 50-cent mint in honor
of the Hugenct- WALTON tricentenary.
The coins are quite attractive and
bear an historical interest. On one
side there is a likeness Of an old
Dutch sailing vessel with the dates
1624-1924, to commemorate the found
ing of New Netherland. On the re-
verse side are two heads with the in
scription "Coligny-William, the ST
lent" The bank is dispOsing of the
coins at 81 each so long as the limit
ed supply lasts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
MERGER
PLAN FINDS CRITIC
PLOT TO SELL LEMON TO Gull
LIBLE.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 8.-A
statement declaring that the $26,OOO,-
900 Farmers Grain and Elevator cor
poration, with headquarters in Chi
cagO, which was recently incorporat-
d in Illinois is a Gigantic attempt to
fool the farmer" was issued here to-
night by Carl Williams, vice president
of the National Council of Farmers
Cooperative Marketing association.
Williams made the statement pub
lie just before he left for Chicago to
attend a meeting Of the council.
''The project is widely heralded as
a tremendous step in cooperative mar
keting of grain by farmers. Actually,
however, it has all the earmarks of a
situation in which Improbable pri-
vate elevator properties may be dis
posed Of at a profit" Williams said.
CALLS IT
LEMON.
cit is common knowledge that ter
minaI elevator warehouses in Chicago
have not been profitable to the own
ers for considerable number OF
years. I have information that leads
me to believe that one of the private
companies absorbed in the sO-calleC
farmers merger turned in elevator
properties worth approximately 81,
100000 at an inventory value severa
times in excess of that. and there i
good reason to believe that the new
corporation has agreed to pay for al
its terminal facilities three or fOu
times their actual values.
Beyond all this" Williams assert:
''the plan of the new corporation itsel
as to handling grain is nothing NOR
: than a common sales agency, whic
experience has been determined
net cooperative marketing and doe
not add in any degree to the pric
! which farmers might receive"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
APPEALS TO FARMERS
TO PAY OLD DEBTS

Minneapolis, Aug. 7.-Urging
that northwest farmers "cash in
on the substantial profits certain
to follow the marketing of the
1924 grain crop rather than "dis-
count" the profits, E. H. Gun
ningham, former member of the
federal reserve board of Wash
ington, voiced an appeal yester-
day that agriculture employ the
proceeds of its harvests to the
widest possible extent in liquida-
tion Of old debts as the first step
toward the return of sound pros
perity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
LOOK At
OUTLOOK

y celvig was in Plentywood
0s"sl oss Wednesday of last week.
ID uua" -GO-
nj Of Scobey made a bust
Af a. - outlook on Thursday.
vo,lson was in Raymond and
oh@,1l-wood on business tuesday
D-.banan made a business trip
La. D. ~, an Wednesday OF last week.
@ D-oi-. 90
c+oner is now working on the
Gram .., ,se Archer and Outlook.
-5 Mrs Karlson and Leanore
". - 9. attended Chautauqua at
God Tuesday evening.
F. Bolster of Plentywood
6soLeS n.ira-s visitor here on We'd
sr Of last week.
LS'. -O0-
clodvs Dickinson of Aberdeen,
MS y srr.ved on Wednesday OF last
TO visit relatives.
100
az Peterson. a Ninot auto agent
4 =. business trip to Outlook on
--siay Of last week
cuHeld and John A. Honey
.rass men of Great Fails, visited
y, c.tv Thursday Of last week.
r.s Fl Hartman, piano tuner
& Poplar. was in Outlook this
week
r,t Close returned to Outlook or
r-5sv of last week after passing, thf
-s s n Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Raird. road master of Flax
y D.. took in the dance at Cos
t.-s- ~ Saturday of last week.
psrl R. Stephens, revenue officer
ram Helena, has been in town for the
pss- week
&c Wissuer, implement man from
bismarck. was in town Friday OF
business.
HB Hermann of ROllette, N. D.
asa business visitor here on Frida!
If last week.
Smfts salesman from MinOt, N. D.
vas in Outlook on business Wednes
day morning.
Miss Lillian Cookery and cousin
hon Raymond passed several days i
Outlook last week.
90
George Johnson was a visitor a
PsrtvwoOd on Wednesday Of las
week
7 Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Larson of Out
box visited friends in PlentywoOd o
Wednesday of last week.
Il 90
Karl ]. Karlscn was a business Wis
For at Dooley on Wednesday Of las
usak
Joe Winters of Ambrose, N. D., Wa
q business visitor at Outlook 0
Thursday
Nr. and Mrs. NJ. B. Larson an
family Of Homestead drove to Out
hok on Tuesday Of this week, return
ing to their home Wednesday mon
ing.
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FARMERS ELEVA-
TOR COMP ANY
OF OUTLOOK

We are now about to de-
u'sF the twine that you have
O,oere from us and we shall be
! Pleased to have those that
nave !. not given us their order
' .1I and do so as soon as pos
I'ole' We are selling this Irvine
cent less than you can buy
any place else and we want
~ TO have your chance to
81 IN on it before it is all gone.
Zone IN and look it over.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15
ROYAL CALLER

BuenOs Aires, Aug. Grown
Prince Humbert of Italy arrived fer
an official visit to Argentina.
MEXICAN VISITS EUROPE.
New York, Aug. General Plu-
tarco Elias Gales, president-elect of
Mexico, arrived en- route to Europe.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-15

/ Advertisement paid for by the Ravalli
County Romney for Governor Club.
{ Elwood Boucher, President, and James
/ II. Higgins, Secretary.
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their acreage and offer it to some re
sponsible company. to drill well on
structure.
Tennessee-MOntana Oil & Gas Co.
resumed drilling on Sarpy Dome
where test has been standing at 1000
feet.
Coal from strip" deposits owned
by Northern Pacific railroad in Rose
bud county to be mined by electricity
instead of steam. At same time town
of Harding will get current for light
and power.
Stockett-West Virginia Oil Co.
will drill test on south side of Coal
Ridge anticline.
Helena completes resurfacing of
Main street.
Miles City to get $4,000 grain ele-
vator.
Havre-Blaine County Marketing
Association ships 16 carloads hogs
bringing a total of $4,000.
More timber was cut in Montana
and Idaho during 1923 than in any
previous year, according to a compil
alton Of records of the forest service
and the bureau of census at Misscula
Montana cut for the past year was
426,739,00O board feet, an increase of
Al per cent over the previous RECORD
season, that of 1920, when 41O,OOO,OO(
feet were cut, while the increase over
1922 was 4O.6 per cent, or 123,25O,0OC
feet.
Idaho's lumber cut last year wal
1922 feet, showing a 1916 pc
cent increase over the former record
season 1920, and 25 per cent boos
over 1922. Reports for both states
exclude mills cutting less than so,
900 feet annually
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FIRST CHRYSLER
MAKES LONG TRIP
OUTLOOK CITIZEN MAKES MAR
Vicious OVERLAND RECORD
WITH HIS NEW CAR.

Williston, August 81. N. Stice
of Stice Motor Company, WillistOn,
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T. D. LARSON, Manager