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Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-22
Air Fleet to Visit Alaska

The Juneau Chamber of Commerce recently received a letter from E. K. Spencer, editor of the Nautical Review of San Diego, California, requesting detailed information regarding Juneau and her facilities for landing of air craft. The letter also requested pie lures of Juneau and the territory sur- rounding that city and stated that the organization represented by MT. E. K. Spencer contemplates sending a fleet of air ships sometime during the month of June. It was stated at the same time that dirigible would visit Alaska during the summer and pos sibly at the same time at the smaller machines.
 Fresh cigars and tobaccos at Schal- lerer'S Alaska Shon. if.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-11-22
SLAUGHTER SEA LION
 HERD BY MACHINE GUN
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT KILL MANY TO PREVENT DEVAS-
 PATTON SALMON FISHERIES

Havoc was wrought among the sea lions along British Columbia coasts by the government patrol Givenchy, which just completed two weeks cruise of slaughter against the anil malls. Armed with one machine gun and number of rifles, the crew work ed along the productive salmon areas at Pearl and Virgin rocks opposite Rivers inlet.
 Approximately 2,500 sealions were killed. Some of the carcasses were re- covered and the hides removed so experiments may be made to see if they can be utilized for profitable commercial purposes.
 Discussing the object of the raids, John P. Babcock, assistant commis- sioner of fisheries, explains that the sea lions are highly destructive. They live almost exclusively on fish and appear partial to salmon and cod.
 The big Pacific Coast sea lion in the New York aquarium consumes over forty pounds of fresh fish per day, much less than the average of those on the coast here, where the amphibians are more active and have the opportunity to 'help themselves"
 MT. Babcock states that the sea lion follows the salmon to the mouth and estuaries of rivers on the north coast, devours vast quantities of the fish, and even robs the nets of the fisher men.
 The assistant commissioner pointed out that it is extremely difficult to kill lions along the west coast. They do not breed there, but merely 'haul out" on certain rocky islands to "sun" and rest.
 He commented upon Captain Hen derson's statement that no food was found in the stomachs of the lions killed on the rookeries and said this was not surprising as the bulls on the rookeries do not eat during the breed ing season.
 MT. Babcock states that sea lions on the British Columbia coast will not be exterminated. An investigation b the provincial department disclosed the fact that there were approximately eleven thousand breeding sea lions on the three principal rookeries, Cape St. James, Sea Otter group and Cape Scott islands.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
KEPT PRESS
GOT TOO ugly

If the kept press and the national
committee had not been so ugly and
personal in their resentment, at the
time Vanderlip made a speech re-
flecting Upon the integrity of Hard
ing, Vanderlip would not have es-
tablished a research bureau to JUS
tify his speech Had he net found
ed this bureau, and secured rich re-
turns, in short order, for his invest
ment, President Coolidge would not
have had to rush to the senate with
frantic denuncitaion of its investi-
cation plans. Jim Watson of beef
trust scandal notOriety would not
have had to take the senate floor to
denounce Senator Couzens and Fran
els j. Heney fer seeking to learn the
secrets of MELONS office For it was
Vanderlip who assembled the evil
dence which induced Heney to say
he would take the job of counsel to
COuren's committee for investigation
of the treasury.
Nobody but the men who are
watching the agony of the admins
tratiOn over the threatened investi-
gaticn of MELONS coarse work could
give you the, details offhand. But
from them you may learn that the
most famous graft prosecutor the
country has ever produced has seen
the evidence in. these 80 cases and
has declared it to be "the biggest
thing" he has ever tackled.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
BY EBERT ARTHATTn

One of the planks in the platform
of the Farmer-Labor Party is PUB
Lie OWNERSHIP OF ALL UTILI-
TIES. In other words. it is pure
communism, and supports not only
the underlying principle but also the
moral flavor of an organized So
ciety, under the plan of the Com
munist Manifesto.
We are told by the opposition that
this plan will not work, and that it
is impractical. We are told to stick
to our daily round of work for the
BOSSES, and let the idle Socialistic
dreamers go their own way. We are
told that it is not patriotic, and con-
trary to the Constitution, tc, support
such schemes. This seems to be the
main argument of the bosses and
their employees. They point out how
their schemes of a similar nature
have failed, and ask blandly how we
expect tc succeed.
The common people know in their
hearts that such a plan of organic
ing society is the ONLY SALIVA
TON. They have tried, and are try
ing schemes of their own communi-
ty enterprises of a similar type, and
they know that these will work. The
common people know the plan upon
which Big Business operates its en-
terprises. They know that Big Bust
ness, through corporations, has gain
ed power. Big. Business is organized
into a compact body, and that is the
reason it stands so long as it does.
THE HIGHLAND COMMUNITY
of Richland County, Montana, is prov
ing through an enterprise, that the
principles eff common ownership Of
resources will work 1t is expert
menting with the communistic organ
ization, and this has proven to be
successful. This is a community
owner coal mine, worked and Oper-
.ated by the farmers of the commu-
nifty and each one holding an equal
share in the governing rights, the ex-
penses. the management. The farm
.ers of the Highland Community
have come to the stage in their bank
ruptcy where they cannot afford to
buy coal with cash. So they have
taken the only alternative, and now
this is fourishing, is proving a
great success.
CIlC " C4lC I6ou6IS III Jue OOLlIlu-
nifty called a meeting of all who
were interested, laid down the scheme
in practical simplicity before those
present at the meeting, and decided
to lease a mine on equal shares,
elect a manager, and each contribute
his work toward opening the mine.
This project was started last fall. To-
day it puts out all the coal the COM
munity can use, and could do better.
The manager sees to driving the
shaft, and similar matters of bust
ness, and the members of the orga-
nization have agreed to abide by his
decisions. Taking all in all, the mine
IS a splendid example of what may
be accomplished along the line of a
SOcialistic enterprise.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25

mediate hearing but Mr.. Paul. my at
tOrney did not want to go to trial
without preparation and wanted to
wait until Wednesday, but as the
court reporter had to go to Seobey
That day and was not available, and
as the Justice did not have the time
to hear the case until the evening, be
ing janitOr at the school house, the
ease could not be heard until Thurs
day evening. The Sheridan county
grafters gang being desperate to find
something with which to discredit
me, were easy victims for o.
Grady and they entered into the
frameup with great enthusiasm. A
meeting was held down at Ray Lang's
garage, and Mckee was called in
and | am told was threatened with
prosecution for certain things in con-
nectlon with the bank, if he did not
frame with O'Grady on me. The
gang had Mckee nearly scared to
death. AT first he refused to go, it
is said, but that when the gang show
ed him, what they had no him, he
caved in and promised to help make
case against me, if they would
r. OAiiASS lOo " nave MIN arrested,
and so Mckee went on the stand and
did the best he could for the outfit,
but caved in when l demanded the
bank records and came across with
the trulh, having realized that 9TH
ers may know something as well as
his gang friends"
! The reader will read the com
plant and then the evidence in con-
nection with the statement made \by
Taylor, when he can easily under
stand the entire plan of the frameup
and how the gang disclosed the
frameUp by their own testimony.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
TESTIMONY In THE
O'GRADY FRAMEUP
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
time and Taylor knew it, and that
ne took advantage of the occasion to
force Mckee with threats, and that
ne scared Mckee so that Mckee paid
the note and returned it to Taylor.
All any person has to do is to read
the complaint and then to read the
evidence offered to sustain the com
plant, to comprehend the monument
al frameup on Taylor which the gang
had conspired to put over, in order to
put Taylor out of business in. order
that they could carry on their CRAFTS
IN this county, feeling that with Tay-
Tor discredited that they could then
win the coming election and sailing
would be smooth from then on. Al
thief and a crook was just what they
wanted to put over the frame and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
MODIFIED FASCIST
SUPPORT COOTJDCF

A sort of modified fascism, armed
with courts prepared for Just such
political emergency, is what Coo
hdge has disclosed in this claim that
the administration shall not be
further brought to account by con
gress and the people. In Montana
q Coohdge-picked judge and a hos
tile district attorney refuse to de-
liver to Senator Borah's committee
the evidence upon which Senator
Wheeler has been indicted.
In Ohio, county judge who was
formerly Harry Daugherty's law
partner, has enjOined Wheeler and
Brookhart from examining the books
of Daugherty's brothers bank, in
which the mysteriously ACQUIRED
Wright-Martin Aircraft stock and
other new wealth of the late attorney
general was laid away.
And in Washington the president
himself stands between Mellon and
the senate. defying the authority of
these elected ambassadors of the
sovereign states. The speech of jim
Watson, in which he declared that
never with his consent would any in
vestigatiOn of the prohibition unit be
carried out, served notice on the
country that the rule of law was out
of date.
How ugly is the defiance of Cool
idge and his political crowd of or
binary standards Of decency in pub
lie service was illustrated by the vote
of 30 to 45, by which the progressives
and Democrats managed to keep in
the appropriation bill for the tariff
commission the clause adopted by the
house, which fcrbids any member of
that commission from helping to de-
eide a tariff rate on any commodity
IN which-as instanced by Commits
sloner Classic in the sugar rate case
he or his family have an invest
ment interest. The old guard, 80 of
them, voted that Classic should con-
tlnue to fix the tariff on sugar, to
his own family's enrichment.
Mussolini could have done it no
more brazenly. The whole press gal
lery laughed mockingly at this "par-
ty loyalty" vote.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
County of Sheridan
THE STATE OF MONTANA
VS.

CHARLES E. TAYLOR Defenadnt
Personally appeared before me on
THIS 10Th day of April, 1924, John
OGrady who being first duly sworn,
complain and says: That one Charles
y. Taylor did on or about the goth
day Of June, 1923, at Sheridan Coun-
Cy, State eff Montana. commit the
crime of extortion, committed as fol-
lows: That the said Charles E. Tay-
Tor on the first day of June, 1923, at
PIentywOod, Sheridan County, Mon
Cana, did wilfully. unlawfully, cor
ruptly, knowingly and feloniously
eXlort and obtain from the First Ma
tlonal Bank of Plentywood, a corpor-
alton, and from John Mckee. cashier
oil said banking corporation, with the
consent of the 4 said John Mckee.
about the sum of two hundred fifty
dollars (S250.00) lawful money eff
the United States, the personal pro
perty of the said First National bank
Oh PlentywOod and the said John
Mckee, cashier Of said bank; that the
consent of the said John Mckee,
cashier of said banking corporation,
was. then and there wrongfully, I'M
lawfully, corruptly and feloniouslv
by the said Charles E. Taylor OBJ
famed from ]. w. Mckee, cashier eff
the said banking. corporation, by
wrongful use of fear; that said fear
was induced by means of threat to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
PINCHOT ON
MELONS TRAIL

1t is true that Pinchot has been
anxious to get the facts as to non
enforcement by the prohibition unit
OIL the treasury, under Secretary Mel
Ion, brought to light. What has hap
pened to many thousands of cases of
Mellon OverhOlt whisky its the sub
Jet of whispered rumor and confiden-
Clal report that is not adding to Mel
Ions reputation as a pillar of public
order.
Heney showed up Jim Watson some
years ago as a secret spokesman for
the Chicago meat packers. Mellon,
partner in the Overholt distillery,
has final charge of the entire enforce
ment machinery-which has been rot
ten to the core. Heney is the one
investigator in America whose quail
ties and experience warrant the pre-
dictiOn that he will show the ccun-
try why enforcement has been a
farce.
But even more serious is his inten-
Clon to disclose the reasons for the
nationwide propaganda conspiracy in
favor Of the Mellon tax bill. Mellon
has failed to disclose his own fnan-
clal operations as requested by Sen
ator COuzen's committee. President
Coolidge, at Melons command, has
sent an insolent letter to- the senate,
reversing the position he took when
Daugherty appealed to him for pro-
ection against the light. Back of
Mellon and Coolidge are the banks,
which do net want any rummaging
among the records in the treasury by
a man of Heney's courage and keen
ness. They have sent down to
Washington the hint that a panic on
the stock market might result from
the announcement that the treasury
was to be really Investigated in the
way the naval oil leases and the
Daugherty crookedness was probed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25

Federated Pres Sal CORRESPONDENT


employment of Francis J. Heney, and
you all know what that means" cried
JIM Watson of Indiana, in indigna-
ton protest on the floor of the SEN
ate. Pinchot admits it.
Let US into your confidence; tell
us what 1t does meanw urged Robin
son Of Arkansas, smiling wickedly at
the fears written across the Hoosier's
purple cOuntenance.
1t means a sweeping investiga-
Qon, destructive investigation, into
the enforcement of the prohibition
law" answered Watson. "And those
OF you who voted for prohibition
knew, and you know today, that it
would take years to get a genuine
enforcement. Yet the names of
tieney and of Pinchot mean that all
the muck that can be raked from
this whole field will be raked up, and
it will keep going until election day"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25

said John w. Mckee, cashier Of said
banking corporation, to do an unlaw-
full injury to the property Of the said
First National Bank Of PlentyWood
and to the said ]. w. Mckee, cashier
of said banking corporation, and
said threats were then and there
wrongfully. unlaWfully and faIOnious
" made to the said J. w. Mckee by
the said Charles E. Taylor, as fol-
lows: That the said First National
bank of PlentyWOod, was a banking
corporation engaged in the general
banking business in the town Of
PlentywoOd, Montana, and that the
said j. w. Mckee was an officer Of
said banking corporation, tO-wit its
cashier also a stockhclder in said
corporation, that said First National
Bank carried on deposit in said Bank
a large amount of money belonging
to Sheridan County Montana, tO-wlt'
over the sum of S35,0OO.O0 and that
said bank needed to have said money
on deposit in said bank in order .
prevent said bank from being closed
by the National Banking Depart,
ment all of which facts the sal
Charles E. Taylor well knew; that
the said Charles E. Taylor then ana
there wrongfully, knowingly and cor
ruptly threatened the said First Ma
tiOnal bank, a corporation and ta
said J. w. Mckee, cashier Of Saa
bank that unless the said First NJ
tional bank and the said J. v. Nc.
Kee, cashier of said bank should tnel
and there turn over to the Sau
Charles E. Taylor that certain prom.
issory note of Charles /. iaylu
heretofore given and delivered y
the said Charles E. Taylor to the Sag
First National bank Of Plenty|o.g
for a valuable consideration; 'o-"Ai
the sum of $4,000 lawful money y
the United States, which sala s M.
has been heretofore referred to N I .l9
complaint the said Charles Z. Il!
lor would then have the money =
longing to Sheridan County, m4b
tana, on deposit in said bank gl~
drawn from said bank and thus C Ca,sI
the said banking corporation nla tsng.
injury and might force the saIa gaas
inc corporation to suspend buSll Tss
aforesaid; and the said j. W. NJ -aa
did then and there believe jug ,ronH
Charles z. Taylor could ana .b rg
enforce and carry out sad -
and then and there feared tlaI
would and could do SO, ana ga sri
BY reason eff said threats Oens It s g
fear. did then and there coIiS SBsres
as aforesaid. to turn over % , Di.elry
r Tavlor that certain proiillss,s.,r..
note Of Charles e. Taylor above i t9r
toned and did then and thgi'r avlor
over to the said Charles T. The sun
the said promissory note In lsS9i5 S
If of two b,pdred fifty dollars S39V so,.
80 81 as : aforesaid. ali Of which Is. i IA of
trary to the form force ana lo ~. and
the statute in such case moo ooce and
provided and against the pea
d Il n if,J If tbe State Of Montana nav:
uiS S di. ~ com yl therefore ~ p1 ar
that warrant be issued ~ n TayG
rest of the said Charles With r.
and that he may be dealt wv"
oording to law JOHN c. oqg.A GRAD 3.
Subscribed and sworn 70 1904
this 18th day Of TTlrluiFELER
Justice of the Peace Of d,, Plfp''SSl Mont
CONTINUED on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25

1.-The Inc principle back Of .,
the ao,i is simply that DE- '9is organ
ual coal miner nav s a.l' No indir33
the value Of the I3bo SeO any terms !.
MAN, 1i.9 none may dictate The h ne miners
P le1t - except with the n5r+ Operating
4 TBS o. 1T the majority. ny T7uyual con.
Ems OF THE HfGH1 me me FARM
MaDNIIY HAVE SIND IbTIA An CON
V VI liz 6 S2H5i,AecGKLES on THROWN
KE4H7S2Q76DRCE, AND TAKEN AK VI F. mis-
IHElR OWN HAMS IN AIT II INT0
BE ACCOMPIISHIRRR9, THIS C1T
S 5IIsE2 Or INDUSTRY ~ ALL
Some may saw j,
a olli3 scts Is too small an 81, eTp Prise Of
s Is not an example to 1s1aP3eE.nen,
gigantic resources - set for h.
meath the natural c IUn.cealed Be,
country. This is not t 0Ua1ouf Of The
~ proves that the ideal Of /. ! snp,
s s;II;1 y practical, and that hmm Yo,.Ilua,
similar si working plan tbo through though a
The states, aye, the nat iiae Whole Of
G Jo,. 40 oe controlled and oDer -gsoqIces
The natural resources of
ton are in the hands of y Sne IA.
yate individuals. They ara o og% Rd,
noI as primarily intendedEfSonn. '0.ed
use OF the many. They are r-lof he
Tor the coming of millions operated
I hanas OF the group Of men ' y, NE
nelm OF our politics. The fbo :. Ne
had control of the resources e',''. y
country, and had the powe srS y the
! over these resources in bv;5s - nahd
leases' to some millionaire NJ, a M
not operate them for the ba ~,S uo
the rightful inheritors P Srlt9l o.
all OF our resources are oont teCS'saly
the same way. There is tSo aOileu N
evil OF our modern social and stea
trial system. anu mus
| Some of the groat
thinkers of the world todo,, IIo.anced
vocated as the only remedy f :l"'t a a.
conditions, the handing oyo- - L .i' 4
resources to the hands Of tbo " r.. w
This IS the foundation Of on T 'a ae.s.
reform movement in politics si nv
laws governing the wealth If H.
country will not be lust until t5 ~
throw from the helm the fnars II,
and political pirates of or oo ,,,,-'
ment, and put in their places man o'r
who have the interests Of tba mo s-,~
at heart and will work for their NJ
terment. Then only will We see In,
tice and Right rule the land.
The plank in the platform Of II,
Farmer-Labor Party which summon,
such a reform, is getting at the mo
of the present plutocratic evils mem
acing the citizens of the nation W.
must support such a platform. 4
the great example Russia, has dms
We must stand up for the FARMER.
LABOR PARTY OF MONTANA
AND PROMOTE THE CAUSE or
THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE
RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
VANDERLIP'S FIGHTING
BY LAURENCE TODD



WASHINGTON-Frank Vanderlip
has been cast out by his fellow-man-
ayers of the financial government of
the country, and his. fighting blood
is up. He knows the game from the
inside, and it is the intrinsic fraud
and the socially poisonous character
of big business that he viii present
ly exposa-unless his banker friends
take him back quickly ard apologize
for having tried to declass him
That's to be kept in mind when
reading, next month or later, the SEN
sational details of about 30 cases Of
big graft in Secretary Melons
treasury. 1t is to be remembered
when Vanderlip takes credit for hav-
ing collected evidence of the skele-
tons locked in the Mellon closet,
when the whole power of the kept
press and of President Coolidge and
the Republican national committee
was modified to shield that closet
door,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
WALL STREET DOESN'T
LIKE HENFY

Wall street does not want the
treasury examined by Francis J..
Heney just on the eve of a presiden-
tial campaign. 1t does not want the
nature of capitalist management of
politics to be indecently exposed at
so critical a time. If there has been
wholesale violation of the prohibi-
ton law in every direction, and I'M
der organized control, and for a price
paid. the men in New York who run
the real government do not want
that fact used to the possible dis
turbance of the stock market.
Besides, there is the Mellon tax
plan to be considered. 1t has been
badly dented already, but if Heney
discovers half the rottenness in the
internal revenue bureau that the
stencil indicates, that plan and its
sponsors will be not merely found
out but utterly discredited for all
time. If Heney gets enc weeks tes-
timony into the record, a protest
which will cost the millionaires sew
eral times the amount they hoped to
grab by the ''plan" will be inevitable.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
BAD EGG
I. SEC, DAVIS

A blow has been struck at the sea
mems act, in the immigration bill
which has just passed the senate and
is going to conference eff the two
houses. 1t is contained in the pro
vision which authorizes the bureau
OF immigration to regulate the tins
and conditions under which alien sea
men may remain in American ports.
Andrew Furuseth, president of the
init. Seamen's union, was unable to
persuade the senators in charge of
the bill to strike out the clause draft
cd by Secretary of Labor Davis.
This man Davis is another chad
actor" as his three mischievous years
in charge of the department have
demonstrated. Maybe some day an
investigation of his business affairs
can be had
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
HENEY GETS
WATSON'S GOAT

Washington.-Whisky and Wall
Street interests are equally appalled,
at the proposal that Francis ]. Hen
ey, nemesis of grafters and hundred
mlllon-dollar crooks, shall direct the
senate committee investigation of
the internal revenue bureau, one of
Secretary MELONS units.
Clifford Pinchot recommended the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-04-25
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

In Che Justice Court of brentwood
township, Before GEO. WHEEL
Err, Justice of the Peace.
State Of Montana,
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charges that he made in his open letter sehods fahd
by malice
tnhorn
This is about know about Burley Bowler