The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-25

The other night after a rarebit /
which l ate, / had a strangt dream /
wonderful in its reality but frightful /
in its consequences. The vision car |
ried me into ire year 1925.
The first real incident that appear |
ed in tht dream was a bleak, cold day
in November with many people hur-
rving to- the polls to vote-it was
election day in the fall of 1924.
The next event in the nightmare
was the counting of the ballots and
then the decision. Oh! what night
# was in PlentywOod-the ticket
framed by Storkan, Zeidler, Lang,
O'Gradv and the bankers had won.
The dream suddenly ended and there
was q blank, but as the rarebit start
ed action again / was taken In my
dream in the future one year-the
fall of 1925. Coming in from my
farm i'm the morning hours, | wan
dered down to the court house and
met the new officers for the first time.
As / entered the court house, / turn
ed into the first open door to the
right and there met the new Superin-
tendent of schools. She was of medl-
UNI build, black hair and quite comely.
She was engaged in conversation with
several citizens from a nearby pre-
cinct who had a teacher whom they
all liked, but who did not have the
necessary qualifications for teaching.
The persons present want to keep the
teacher and asked the Superintend-
ent if it could not be done. The new
SUPERINTENDENT who did not like
trouble and was already looking for
ward to next years election inform
ed the committee that she wished to
be fair and Sc would forget the mat
ter as everything must be peaceful
even if the law was violated little
and the children had an inefficient
teacher | pOndered over this deci-
sion, glanced over the room streWn
with papers and unanswered cores
pondence and went on my way.
/ next stopped at the County Sur
vevor's office and as | stepped into
his Office, | saw a small crowd of men
around a stranger, whom | learned
later to be the new county surveyor
| started to withdraw, but they beck
oned me to come in and l found new
road was being built from one end OF
Sheridan county to- the Other-a
road extending along the Great
there and was telling about deliver
ing ten carloads of lumber for bridges
and he said that the next ten cal
loads would arrive soon. but that the
price would be $40 a thousand fee
higher than the first 10 car loads a!
lumber had risen something awfu
the past few days. The county sur
veyOr was very affable and said tha
i H1 X1-Ifl
him. Next Leo Zeidler spoke up anC
wanted to know where he wanted
a trainlOad eff culverts dumped off
which had just arrived. He ais,
asked the new surveyor if he wa
prepared to handle the Is new stee
bridges which had been ordered a
this time. The stranger replied tina
he could now handle five, and in abOu
a month would be able to take car
of the other ten Mr.. Zeidler the
wanted to know if he couldn't sup
ply the county with a few more al
ticles in the line of hardware, a
the huge amount of rCadWOrk WOul
require a great deal more materia
After figuring a few moments tn
new surveyor with twinkle in hi
eve said: I hardly believe we do a
the pLGSGUI IlIHe dS IIu lIldL III
county has already purchased S75,00
worth Of material from you, but may
be later We will need something. A
that time a gentleman, who had bee
standing with his back to me, spoB
UP and said that he had received NJ
tice from the station agent to the e
feet that the trainload of Fordso
tractors and drags had arrived an
he wanted to knew where they shoul
be distributed. He stated that Il
first train load was in his shops fl
repairs and that he had doubled h
regular force but that they would NJ
be ready fer some time. The count
surveyor scratched his head and the
grinned saying: "Well, Ray, put the
wherever you think best, but go eas
on the gasoline as our budget
nearly gone and it is six times t.