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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
FIND IOWAN'S BODY
AFLOAT AT GLASGOW
DEAD MAN BELIEVED TO HAVE
BEEN MURDERED AND ROB-
BED.

Havre, Sept. 27.-The body of
man who was identified as Samuel B.
Phelps Of Clinton, Ia, was found
floating in Milk river at Glasgow
Tuesday.
Valley county authorities are of the
opinion the dead man was not drown
ed as bullet hole was discovered in
his back and his lungs contained no
water.
Phelps was identified by the means
Of a truck check which was found on
his person and was from the United
Transfer company here. Phelps was
in Havre September 10, and checked
his trunk at the storage company.
The transfer company clerk said
Phelps had large roll of currency
when he paid for the storage and of
ficers believed he was shot and rob
bed, and then thrown into the
stream. The body was found near
the railway crossing and the wagon
bridge which crosses Milk river near
Glasgow.
The authorities at Glasgow tele-
phoned the sheriff's Office here and a
deputy was sent to the United Trans
fer & Storage company to examine
the contents of his trunk. A card
bearing his name and address upon
which was also written, "In case eff
accident notify Mrs. H. A. White, 815
Fifth avenue, Clinton, Iowa."
Phelps was about so years of age,
well dressed and of refined appear
ance. He wore a grey business suit
at the time of his death.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
General Election Nov. 4. 1924

all industry.
Freight and interest rates will not
come down of their own accord. The
bankers and railroad officials will not
voluntarily reduce their rates to the
public.
Milking COWS and working harder
will not do it-nor will raising beans
and turkeys accomplish this desirable
result.
Political action is the only remedy.
Political action through the notorious
Esch-Cummins bill raised freight
rates 80 per cent. The railroads be-
lieve in political action. So do the
bankers with their vicious Federal
Reserve Act, that gave them the pow
er to wreck the Northwest, which they
did
Unless the farmers resort to intel
igent political action they will be
exploited as in the past.
La Toilette points the way to in
dustrial freedom. He knows who is
rObbing the farmers and he has a
remedy. The old parties have no
remedy. They are controlled by the
predatory interests that exploit the
common people. They will not vote
themselves out Of power.
The issues in this campaign are
clearly defined. On the one hand is
Wall Street and the old parties ON
the other La Toilette and the Farmer
Labor party, the common people, such
as farmers, workers, business and
professional men,
Can politics help the farmer? Most
assuredly, providing he will take time
to vote.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
CAN POLITICS HELP THE FARMER?
BY SEN. J. w. ANDERSON

A few days ago our county sheriff
Es.ed a notice on my stable, set
ing forth that upon October 18th he
.o4d sell my home to the highest
-dler for cash. Many thousands of
.-,a notices have been posted upon
ne farms Of the Northwest during
ne past three years.
\ the posting of this notice On nv
@4lie was an unusual occurrence, I
--snJ conclude that it was due to nv
.s1oiance Of farming, or failure to
i 5 approved farming methods.
y. Il Is IN no wise unusual and thous-
sS OF Woodworking intelligent
.-,aers are having these little no
~,5s posted en- their farms.
n I laeSe notices were peculiar to
--'-,lna- / might conclude that Mon
~ S.4 was not a good farming state.
I y. / md the same condition in the
~ -. farming states i'm America. and
r.G' 'oo' are having these sheriff's
i've 1gs posted On their buildings.
IS M Ia an Of the farmers of the coun-
s.r Jay Is it because farmers don't
.- -.1 enough cows, or drive large
r,r -s1 teams, or diversity that so
q 81 these farms are being sold
y sheriff sale?
hirs+.:seo,A e reason or another, many
ssr:ogs farmers are going broke.
r- Ing their farms to grow up to
vorJ anu are going out into the
man, any 20 make a living in some other
l,rj values have fallen because the
Eyea1 St.-l-lO1 be cultivated proftably,
few ff,.oLal years and the success of a
is,t ~ tsaIi1ers does not materially ef-
-ie farm problem.
"a t5r .es IAN and later business men
Purc5s Otsn bankruptcy, because the
been ing olg power of the farmer has
~ "hat are the causes of tho No..
The rres.. i-l condition and what Is
have t' h Are the forces that
is eeo ~ ~ with agricultural prosper.
What any r.o'i li or are they political
Ions a. S'e tne causes which broke mil.
hg H. VI !. farmers and lead to the most llsst
ices un ,re !. Siheritfs of these little no.
Isl -pga their stables?
fste of i1f taroWed money at a higI
S,g High taxes
Which can l,s Federal Reserve defatior
30 per 'c cos. drop in price Of abou
,ad 70 sell ~ I QI all that the farme,
lot Reduce LUZ ~! at the same time dic
Paoe Of fam, my interest, taxes, nor tn,
h P = High f reigbtl
.l'anced 10 11li'lLlngs law, freight rate
''o0t 50 ne S. per cent and are still
cent higher than befor,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
McELROY

On the morning of the twenty-first,
the Murray school house was entered
by unknown parties. At three o'clock
that morning, ]. F. Murray, who lives
One-half mile from the school, was
aroused by the ringing of the school
bell. He saw an auto standing in
front of the school house. Then he
remembered that some of his neigh
bors expected to thresh that morn
ing and decided that one of them had
stopped as he passed the school house
and rung the bell as a joke, conse-
quently he paid no further attention
to the car. Monday morning when
the teacher arrived to open school he
looked upon a chaotic scene. Books
and papers were strewn about in ev-
cry imaginable place, mixed with
broken glass from the windows and
the debris from broken furniture. 1t
seemed as though everything possible
was displaced or destroyed. AS far
as could be discovered nothing had
been taken away. It was three days
before school could be resumed.
H. L. Dunsdon has purchased a new
Buick.
School has been in session in Nc
Elroy one month. Miss Vera Back
strom is the teacher. Fifteen pupils
are enrolled. Mrs. Obert Stageberg
is driving the school bus at present.
Mrs. Hilda johnson is cooking for
the Equity Threshing Co.
Mrs. Peter Degen is running the
home farm while her husband and
son are away threshing.
Producers News $500 year.
A d,zn1.tico ruhn1n 81 r,are- circ11Ia.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

really wanted to do way with war,
we could do it in less time than it took
to formulate a League or Box
Peace Plan, and with less expense.
Mars is going to have a hard fight
to those who tamper. Those VINO
lock for peace may yet look for a
long time, and a long way into the
future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
GLASGOW, MONT.

served at the tourist camping grounds
Monday evening. Two hundred ducks
and chickens were roasted in the
large ovens Of the Culbertson steam
bakery and dished out with sand
wiches and coffee to all who attend
ed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

that law went into effect Just why
the railroads should make vast for
tunes and declare dividends up to 20
per cent and more on their stock,
while the farmers are making no pro-
fits at all, is hard for the average man
to understand.
Interest, taxes and freight are the
three leading items Of expense to the
working farmers.
On the average sized farm in Mon
tana, these items will run about as
follows:
Taxes about .........-..--.....--.-.-.-.--S200 90
Of which $14 goes to the State
Interest, about -..-.-...-...--.--...-...S $4,000
8 per cent on a $4,000 loan
Freight, about -.--..-..-.,..-...-....$8 $4,000
on grain, potatoes and stock
sold, and on machinery and
ether goods bought by him.
$148O.OO
Much has been said about state ex-
penditures. If the cost of running the
state government was reduced one
half, it would mean a saving Of only
$500 to the farmer paying 5000 a
year taxes.
If banking was federal instead of
private, and for service only instead
of profit the interest rate could be re-
duced to 4 per cent which would mean
a saving of $500 a year to the above
farmer.
Te a. ,,,o+0,. ,,,,r +oI~o,, o,,+ of roll
way stocks and their valuation fol-
rate making reduced from 10 billion
dollars to II billion dollars which is
about the valuation fixed by the New
York Stock Exchange gamblers, anc
the robbery which is now prac-
ticed by railway officials in pur-
chasing supplies and equipment from
privately owned corporations in which
they own the stock themselves, was
prohibited by law, the freight rates
could be reduced one-half without re-
ducing wages and still return 6 pc
cent on the true value Of the roads
This would reduce the farmers over
head about $500 a year.
A reduction of One-half on interes
rates would amount to as much as al
! the farmers taxes.
A reduction of one7haif in freigh
rates would amount to twice as mucl
as all his taxes.
With lower interest and lowe
freight rates we farmers could pa.
our taxes and have enough money lef
to pay off our Indebtedness, and ais
restore our purchasing power. Lane
values would then come back and tn
farmers prosperity would stimulat
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
CULBERTSON BUSINESS
MEN SERVE DUCKS TO
FOLKS OF COMMUNITY

Culbertson, Sept. 25.-Members Of
the Culbertson Commercial Club were
hosts at a duck and chicken supper
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
SMOOTH PERFORMANCE


A program of constant me
chanica1 refinement involv-
ing the body, engine, clutch,
brakes and other units Of
Dodge Brothers Motor Car,
has resulted in an unusual
smoothness Of performance.
You have only to ride in the
car to instantly appreciate
the decided freedom from
vibration.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
New Lamp Burns
"a Pct. Air
Beats Electric or Gas

A new oil lamp that gives an
amazingly brilliant, soft, white
light, even better than gas or elec-.
tricity, has been tested by The US.
Government and 35 leading univer-
stiles and found to be superior to
10 ordinary oil lamps. 1t burns
without odor, smoke or noise--no
pumping up, is simple, clean, safe.
Burns .949o air and go common
kerosene (coal oiD.
The inventor, w. A. Johnson, i6l
North Union Ave, Portland, Ore,
is offering to send q lamp on 10
days FREE trial, or even to give
one FREE to the first user in each
locality who will help him introduce
bit. Write him today for full par
tieulars. Also ask him to explain
how you can get the agency, and
without experience or money make
$3.50 to $500 per month. adv
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
TANGLED MAZE
OF FACTS FACE
FEES PROBERS

i SAN BEENARDINO, Nov. 28.-
I! Faced with maze of possible cx
4 plantations but few real facts, an
| thorities searching for the slayer ot
William S. Fee, banker of Alhambrf
and San Gabriel, today reviewed thu
/ investigation thus far and sought
+, fresh clews.
F; While DIR. r. l.. Tisingcr, county
| physician, examined the blood stain
! cd hagdkerchicf found in a cabin in
Lytle Creek canyon, near that by
which Fees body was discovered
Tuesday noon, Sheriff Walter A.
Shay and Deputy District Attorney
9. .. Thompson, in charge OF the
investigations, worked on other de-
tails in the mystery.
The sheriff delayed his departure
for ,Alhambra where he plans to
again question Miss Mary Watkins,
intimate friend of the dead banker,
and other members of her week end
party in Lytle Creek canyon. He
will go to Alhambra, with Deputy
Thompson, this afternoon, Shay an
nounced.
The sheriff stated that no arrest
can be made today, and did not in
innate when anyone will be speci-
fically charged with the crime. The
finger of suspicion points accusing
ly at several persons but has not
yet centered on any particular one,
Shay said.
In Love for Six Years
Will and [ have loved each other
for the past six years" is Miss
Watkins latest explanation of their
friendship. ~ have had no interest
in other men, simply because he fill.
ed my life completely. Beside him,
other. men have seemed crude and ig-
norant.
He loved me, too, but our love
never went beyond that. We may
have had the appearance of guilt,
but we were never guilty. People
may not believe this, but, as mat
or of fact, / don't care much what
the world believes. 1t is a matter
for my conscience and myself.
seldom went out with other
men. Dr. Fee didn't seem to like
it. / guess that he must have. been
jealous, otherwise he would not have
told me lie was going to Long Beach
last week end, and them come up to
Glenn Ranch, where my party was. -
The theory is now held that Fee
was killed mt the spot where his
body was found and that the killing
ook place within "a hours preced-
ng the discovery of his corpse. |
Who're he was from the time he dis !
Saturday afternoon until
Monday afternoon, when it is be. !
ieved he met death, is part of the |
insolved mystery.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
LOCAL MAN TAKES
FIRST PRIZE I'M
YUMA AUTO RACE,

Floyd Howard, service managel
Tor the Imperial Valley Finance
corporation garage, FL Centre, won
Slooo, the first prize for the wins
her OF the Yuma road race ran yes.
tefday. He drove Coggins Special.
Buick, the time being given as
one hour % minutes for the 1O7
miles, but other say the time was
IlVe minutes longer. In any event
1t was a fine performance, and all
credit is due to the local man, who
received his prize in 81 and So bills.
having Il pile like an express pack,
age.
Harry Kicks, of Yuma, driving a
Hudson special, won the second
money of $500, and his brother,
Charlie. Kicks, took third prize of
500 with Studebal,er speeial.es 4
Kelly, driving Dodge from stat,
FORD, Ariz., led al the We but in
ihe seventh lap and eventually came
III ahead by street, but he was dis
quahfied when it became known
inst he was professional driver,
a. a. a. man, and the second, third
ana fourth contestants were moved
up.
Howard has his own ear in the
race, driven by n. j. Barker, but
IL went ont IN the second lap.
me course was along paved
highway covering Is 4-l0ths miles,
and was negotiated eight miles with
out mishap. There WIS lot of
dlssension expressed at the man.
ner III which Kelly is said to have
broken all the rules laid down bv
tne racing committee, and on that |
ground he was disqualified.
There was Il large aggregation of |
valley speed fans ON hand to wit |
ness the fun and do their share of |
cheering. 'Ff| |
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
NO. 57942
q S. Sl15
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE, EXECUTION

| Sheriff Office,
| County of Imperial, )ss:
! State of California
BY virtueSof an execution issued
out of the Superior Court of the
State of California in and for the
| County of San Diego in an action
| wherein William Pedler was the
! plaintiff, and Thomas Stewart and
! Bessie Stewart, defendants, upon a
Judgment rendered on the 27th day
| of November, 1922, in favor of said
J Plaintiff and against said Defen-
dants, for the sum of Six Hundred
Thirty Eight and no-iJO ($63S.00)
dollars, in Lawful Money OF the
United States, besides costs and in
terest,. have this day levied upon
all the. right, title, claim and inter.
est of said defendants, Thomas
Stewart and Bessie Stewart in and
to the following described real pro-
perty, to-wit:
fAll that real property situated in
tho County of Imperial> State of
California, bounded and described
as, follows:
Lot One Q) in Section Twen-
nty-nine (29) and that portion Of
Tract One Hundred Seven 900
all in Township Sixteen (16)
South, Range Twelve (12)
East, San Bernardino Meridian,
comprising the Southeast quar-
ter (SEA) Of the Southeast
quarter (SEh) of section
Twenty (20) said Township and
Range, and that portion of the
the Northeast quarter (NEH)
Northeast quartz, (NEA) of
of said Scetion Twenty-nine
(29) within said Tract One e.
Hundred Seven G0O accord
ing to the official plat of the
resurvey thereof approved by
the United States Survey Cen
cral for California, June 14th,
1910.
And notice is hereby gwen tha'
| will on Friday. the 18th day o.
December, 1924, IL. 10 O'Clock a. m
of said day, in front of the new
Souit tiiouSS uooI OIL lHe buuHtS VI
Imperial, in the City of Ell Centre
in said County, sell to the highest
bidder Mt Public Auction for Law
ful Money of the United States, al
the right, title, claim and interes'
of said defendants in and TO thu
above described property, or SO
much thereof as may be necessary
20 raise sufficient money to satisfy
said Judgment, with interest and
costs and aecruing costs.
G. L. GILLETT, Sheriff
BY Chas. +. Nice, Chief Deputy
Sheriff.
Dated at FL Centre, Calf, this
Goth day of November, 1924.
Nov. 20 81 90 ID 4 III
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28

FL Centre high school defeatct
! the lioltville eleven So to 6 here
yesterday afternoon and cinched thu
! high school football ehampionshi,
of the valley. Calexico 3 1G TO
victory over Brawley on the CalcX
leo field while Central was winning
here gives the locals lead that car
not be overcome, even should they
lose to Brawiey in the final game
of the league schedule at Brawlcy
next Friday, December 5.
Iioltvi!!e 8 defense started off il
big league style yesterday. IN tho
first few minutes of the game Holt
vile played the locals off their feet
They stopped every attempt Of Cen
tral s warriors and HIT so hard that
FL Centre fumblcd and Holtvlle re.
covered several of the bobbles. Cen
tral s fans were beginning to be
worried, when Allen broke away for
q % yard run on q criss-cross, the
criss-cross, the firss gain of the
game. Central showed over a
touchdown soon after, Allen carry
ing the ball.
The breaks favored Central in the
early part of the game A bad pass
to Holtville S kicker, which he tried
to recover and booted toward his
own goal line, was pounced upon by
Hoshizaki on the one yard line.
Herbstcr bucked it across. Central
was still having difficulty with
Holtville s defense when Sawyer in
tercepted one of IIoltville s forward
passes and dashed 30 yards, shaking
several tacklers and advancing the
ball to striking distance. Allen slip
ped through for the touchdown
moment later. Encouraged by these
breaks, Central hit their stride.
Peters scored with a fifty yard
run and Sawyer kicked the goal.
The first half ended % to 0.
Carried Ball so Yards
Early in the second half a 20 yard
run by Sawyer put the ball on the
six yard line. Allen carried it over
on the first down on u trick play.
Other high spots in the game were
a 20 yard forward pass to Saw
yer, who carried the ball so yards
to the Ii yard line. Herbster scor-
ed on the second DOWN Peters
circled right end for Heautiful so
yard run and touchdown, and
again brought tne stands to their
feet when he intercepted a forward,
broke out of the mass and warded
off several tacklersr in a so yard
run.
Holtville scored, following Allen 8
tumble on his own 16 yard line, Holt
vile recovering, completed a pass
For II yards ana then bucked the
ball over. Holtville then came back
and put up u pretty fight. The
game was not as one sided as' the
score. The visitors tried gamely all
she time, but the champions were
zoo strong for them.
Holtviile s, poppy cheering section
won the honors of the day. Sporting
their snowy colors, they made
pretty sight as they spelled out their
etters, H. o.. H. S. on the gridirons
luring the intermission between
lalves. Central 5 band added life to
he occasion with several well paly-
ID numbers.
An unique advertising stunt, not
I'll on the cards, was the high school
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
NOVELTY ACTS
TO Be FEATURED
THEATER OPENING

Kari WestpLal and Joe Cosby Jr.,
will feature in special novelty acts
at the opening of the "Tulane thea
ter.' tonight, Mr.. Wastphal to a
comedian number, typical of the
vaudeville stage, and Mr.. Cosby will
give a number of well chosen songs
for the occasioni
~ feature comedy drama is pro-
grained for the evening and there
will be excellent music.
Tickets are selling rapidly for the
opening show tonight, members of
the executive board of the Ten
Thousand club having charge of the
sale of the tickets, since part of
the proceeds of the performance will
be used for the benefit fund of the
club. Everyone is urged to pur-
chase tickets for the affair which
will be largely attended by club mem
bers anu tne4r friends.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
MORE SIGNS THAT
TIMES ARE BETTER

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov 2e.-Tn
creased indication that the indus
trial situation in the Pittsburgh
district is gradually becoming bet
ter was seen in the fact that the
ISABELLA works Of the Carnegie S.eel
Company is resuming i'll full to-
day.
Operations of u. S. Steel Corpora
ton in this district are about 70
per cent compared with So per
cent in August.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28

This offe1. may be withdrawn at
any tirne-it lasts only as long as the
stores below are supplied with their
special allotment to be sold at this
special price, After that the regular
price of $1.00 is in effect.
So don't delay, gentlemen. Think Of
it-you save over 33%-you rarely
have an opportunity to make such
a saving.
You get for 67& the genuine gold
plated Model G Valet AutoStrop
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
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WI at Razor, one s1rop one blade and
,as the metal case, velvet lined.
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1t this 4.,o~1d,. frae+ 49,.
egular x.,h,+ .,,+o,,,a+;, ,+.,,,,;,,a ..
how you get each shave perfect
ink Of shave. This is really more important
rarely than the saving because it means
such future years of shaving comfort
Act quickly-clip the coupon and
: gold present it to any store listed below
Strop with 67f.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
SEELEY
by Press staff Correspondent


SEELEY, Nov. 2s.-Mrs. Mike
'iebert has taken charge of Hotel
Seeley dining room and has opened
II TO the pubic. This furnishes the
community with an opportunity to
eatigood home cooked meals.
A great number of Seeley people
left Wednesday morning for ,Ja-
cumba where they had a barbecue
dinner on Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. T.. A. Hull had charge of the
library on Wednesday.
The Ladies Aid society met Mt
the home of Mre. Copeland for its
usual meeting. Mrs. Copeland serv-
ed fine dinner to the aid. ,
Miss Ellen Johnson, fifth and
sixth grade teacher. left Wednesday
morning for Los Angeles to spend
the Thanksgiving season.
Whites service station has been
reopened with H. H. Scott from here
and A. Jaeger of Ell Centre as own
crs.
The Pacific Telephone and Tele-
graI,E company has moved the pub
lie toll station that was located at
White S to William s grocery.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
The Lineup
The lineup was as follows:


III Centre substitutions: Miller for
Hurst, Maxwell for Burrage, Starr
for Carey, Conn for Schultz, Roberts
fo~ noshizaki, Byrd for Helm, Saw
yer for Allen, Gillett for Sawyer,
Beck for Herbster, Shaun for Beck,
Baker for Sawyer, Fansher for Bak
er, Cassatt for Peters.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
Ell CENTRO'S VICTORY OVER
HOLTVIEEE CTNCHES FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIP OF VALLEY

bonfire Wednesday evening. The
pyre was all laid in advance and the
students had permission to have the
bonfire, but it made such showy
blaze that somebody turned in the
fire alarm aud ears from all over
town sped to the fire and saw the
student rooters strut their steps.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28

Never lose your health. If you do,
the men who help you look for it
will charge like thunder.
Imperial Valley press., 1924-11-28
The Weather

ny United Press Leased Wire
FOR Los ANGELES AND VT.
olNlI1- II. Fair and warm tonight
and Saturday. aSHf
Toh SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Far tonight and Saturday. No
important change in temperature. i,