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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
LABOR PARTIES
SHOW BIG GAIN
AUSTRALIAN ELECTIONS RE-
SUIT IN LANDSLIDE - OLD
PARTIES HAD BROKEN PROM
ISES MADE TO WORKERS.
By w. Francis Ahern)

Sydney, N. S. W.-Both state and
municipal elections in Australia re-
veala political landslide for the Labor
parties. The setback at the ballot
box during and after the World war,
in which the reactionaTies capitalized
labOr's opposition to conscription, has
subsidized.
Queensland, south Australia, west
ern Australia and Tasmania are now
governed by Labor party cabinets.
The entire capital city of Brisbane
and its suburbs in Queensland are
under Labor municipal rule, as are
many other towns. A Labor govern
ment for the commonwealth of Aus
tralia is net improbable in 1925.
Only two states are now anti-labOr.
Victoria is not expected to change,
but the elections in New South Wales,
though still distant, will probably
favor the Labor party.
The swing-over to Laboris due in
large part to the broken promises of
the reactiOnaries in power. They
promised Ga new world for the work
eTS" after the war. The new world
came, but it consisted of lower wages,
longer hours. higher living costs, un-
checked profiteering by bankers and
employers, unrestricted floods of i'm
migration and a militarist foreign
policy.
Queensland has been a Labor state
almost 10 years. It's workers are
more loyal than elswhere in Aus
tralia. The cost of living is lower
and state protection of labor is
greater. Tasmania went Labor the
end of 1923. Western Australia came
into the fold March % with &c Labor
seats as against "A for all either par
ties. Previously Labor had Is seats
South Australia turned out the re-
dictionaries April 5, giving Labor q
seats to 10 for all others. The prev
icus South Australian total of Labor
seats was 16.
The South Australian crash was
| similar to the others. The reaction
aries in addition to their customary
anti-labOr practises had sent railway
equipment and repair orders to for
eign makers while the home shoI
were laying off men, had advocated
importation of cOllcTed labor and haC
monkeyed dangerously with public
finance.
Australia may now again become
the undisputed leader of the world il
improved conditions for labor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
NORRIS CHALLENGES
ENEMIES TO A FINAL
NEBRASKA PRIMARY
Senator Is Willing to Submit to a Re-
call, If His Political Foes Agree to
Step Out If He Wins.

Washington.-Senator Norris of
Nebraska, renOminated by an ever
whelming majority in the recent pri-
mary in face of a violent campaign
made against him by the Coolidge
Observation-Disclosures old guard, has
challenged them to a political duel.
He has replied to a demand made
by the reactionary chiefs in Nebras-
ka that he get off the ticket, by Of
fering to enter a recall primary with
every candidate and every member of
the state committee who is seeking
his withdrawal. Norris name alone
would go on the primary recall bal
lot. If he loses, he will resign; if he
wins, all of his enemies will resign.
Thus Norris throws into high relief
the critical situation which the Re-
publican party has reached due to
COOlidge's ceaSelesS warfare against
the progressive elements. Indcrse-
ment of DENLY and denunciation of
COuzens in Michigan is a fair sample
of this war of determination which
Coolidge is waging. In Iowa it is an
almost hysterical feud against Sen
atOr BroOkhart.
Bankers. railroad attorneys, cham
bers of commerce, reserve officers of
the army, all of the special privileged
groups that join in mobbing labor
radicals and political heretics, are en-
listed just now in purging the Re
publican ranks of the men who have
repudiated Taft, Hughes, Harding
Coolidge, Fall, DENLY, Daugherty
and their associates.
Norris specifies that the primary
be held 80 days after adjournment Of
congress. since he would not return
home until his work here was done
At the same time he presented tC
the senate a 20-page list of business
firms acknowledged by the National
Republican to have bought quantities
of subscriptions" to- that publication
in the 1920 campaign.
Harry F. Sinclair, for his oil com.
pany paid $1,096 January &c, 1920
while hundreds of lesser concerns
covering most of the manufacturing
industries in Massachusetts,, Wiscon-
sin, West Virginia and ether states
paid sums The Republican national
committee bought about $4,000 worth
of the papers Up to September %
1920, the last date included in the re.
port.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
GRAND JURY VOTES
2 INDICTMENTS In
CHICAGO MURDER
FILES SUIT FOR DAM
AGES AGAINST LOEB AND
LEOPOLD, CHICAGO SLAYERS,
CLAIMING THEY ATTACKED
HER WHILE OUT RIDING.

Chicago, June 5.-The grand jury
hearing the evidence against Nathan
Leopold, jr.. and Richard Loeb, mil
lionaires' sons, and confessed kidnap-
pers and slayers of Robert Franks,
IA year cd son Of another Chicago
millionaire, was reported to have WOt-
ed true bills tonight against each
youth, charging them with murder
and kidnapping for ransom, each crime
being punishable by death.
Presentation of the evidence was
concluded late this afternoon after
which the grand jury remained in
session until long past the usual time
of adjournment. 1t then adjourned
until tomorrow and Immediately it
was reported that true bills had been
voted States Attorney Grove refus-
ed to confirm the report. He said he
might have a statement a little later.
The only other important event
connected with the case was the fill
ing of a suit for 100000 damages
against Leopold and Loeb by attor-
neys for Mrs. Louise Motley. Ac-
cOrding to her counsel, the woman
said the two youths had attacked her
when she went auto riding with them.
1t was reported the details of
their defense, for which S1,00O,0OO is
said to be available already, were
discussed by the youths and their at
tOrneys.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
DETROIT LABOR
NOT PRO-FORD
OFFICIAL ORGAN ASSERTS
THAT AUTO MAGNATE is AU-
TOCRAT IN INDUSTRY, AND
HATES ALL SIGNS OF INDIE
PENDENCE.

Detroit,-"Ford's labor policy is
well known to all who are close to
Detroit" declares the Detroit Labor
News, organ of the Detroit Fedora
ton of Labor. CAS- one gets away
from the city of the straits the adj
miration for his policy increases in
geometric ratio. He doesn't object to
paying high wages. He sweats his
employees to make up for it. What
he dislikes is independence en- the
part of his workers. Ford is the
personifcation of the industrial auto
crat. He viii not tolerate anything
but servile obedience. His plants.
therefore, have the atmosphere of the
well regulated penitentiary. Not be-
ing able to tolerate independence and
self-eXpressiOn in his sweatshop, Ford
naturally can not tolerate the
unions"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Harry C. Riley ct ux to Clara Eds
ness, deed, S1O0, beginning at a
point 20 feet ~ of NE corner of lot
6, block %, Reserve, then North 1852
feet. west $50 feet, south 762 feet,
east $50 feet.
Niels Peter Nelson to Andrew
Gravesen, deed, $4,000, w IL NV
IA, N 1-2 SW Ia, Sc Ia SW IA. 6.
n IL Sc IA, Sc IA NE Ia, 7-34-53.
Rodney Salisbury, sheriff, to E. w.
Palutzke, deed, $545710, NE Ia,
Sc Ia and NV IA, 4-34-51, S II
SW Ia, NV IA SW IA, 3. NV Ia
NV Ia, 10-34-51.
Jens Nyby ct ux to c. B. Astrup
and Thorvald Astrup, deed, $1OO, lot
4, SW Ia NV Ia, w 1-2 SW IA, s.
34-57.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
POPLAR-WOLF
POINT CASE SOON
TO BE SETTLED
DATE is SET FOR JUNE 9Th AND
CASE WILL BE HEARD THIS
WEEK BY SUPREME COURT.

The Roosevelt county seat dispute
and the Anaconda Mining company
tax controversy are among the cases
set for hearing on the supreme court
calendar for the current month. The
Roosevelt county case IS the first on
the schedule and was heard last Mon
day.
The Roosevelt county seat case has
been in the limelight for the past
year and the fight has been very bit
ter between Poplar and Wolf Point.
The Anaconda suit will be heard
June 18th and the result will be of
interest to all taxpayers. The case
involves the right Of the company to
deduct insurance paid on its mills and
shelters from the net proceeds of
Nettie and Butte Hill mines. The
case was heard originally by Judge
w. III. POorman who ruled in favor
Of the company and directed the state
treasurer to return $4,000 from the
total taxes collected for the year end
ing May 81.
The supreme court calendar is as
follows:
June 9, Atkinson V. Roosevelt coun-
ty.
June 10, Phelps V. Great Northern.
June 10. State v District Court.
June II, Anaconda Copper Mining
Company " Junod, state treasurer;
Estate of Michael Trepp, deceased,
Mary A. Barclay V. Katherine Trepp.
June Is, Wandell V. Johnson; Allen
". Montana Refining Co.
June 80, Pacific Acceptance CcrpOr-
alton ". McCUe; Warren V. SENEGAL.
June q, Lappin V. Martin; Securi-
ty State Bank V. Mcintyre.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
BIG GOLD FIND
NEAR HIGHLAND
SOUTH OF BUTTE

Butte, June 1O.-Opening a small
grip which contained about 10 pounds
of ore. A H. Schafer, pioneer resi-
dent of Montana and for the past Is
years located near the Highland
south of Butte, displayed enough
gold to make a creditable display in
a jewelers. show window, at the Lewis
and Walker assay office on North
Wyoming street late Saturday.
The ore is from a new claim locat-
ed last August by Mr. Schafier and
comes from a vein 10 inches wide
discovered at grass roots. 1t is a
white quartz with free gold literally
sprinkled throughout and for show
purposes is the most beautiful speci-
men shown in Butte for years. The
name of the mine is the Metallic and
it is owned by Mr.. Schaffer and a few
relatives.
WILL TAP VEIN.
At present he is driving a cross
cut to tap the vein at a depth of
about 200 feet from the discovery
point. The shaft at the discovery is
about 10 feet deep with the high
grade showing as strong as at the
discovery.
There are but Is shares of stock in
the Metallic, the majority of which
is owned by the pioneer. He stated
yesterday that a relative in Kansas
City refused $500 for one-one humid
redth of a share, which would give
the property a valuation of $75O,OOO
a pretty good price for a 15-foot hole
$40 From Pound.
The Metallic is 10 miles from
Butte, situated between Highland city
and Basin creek. One small via
shown yesterday by Mr.. Schaffe1
contained about $50 worth of golC
pounded from one pound of the ore
The re adjoining the bonanza streal
was assayed by the Lewis and Walker
company. Mr.. Schaffer refused t.
give the assay returns but stated
they were highly satisfactory.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
MURDER TRAIL AGAIN
PURSUED IN T0OLE DEATH

Shelby, June Investigations by
Sheriff Benjamin and other Toole
county officials into the death eff Will
liam ellison, 21-year-old Fowler boy
who was shot to death on the night
Of May Goth, have resulted in aban-
donment Of the theory that the young
man committed suicide. Among the
the important discoveries made in the
last week is the fact that a letter
found in Gillson's pocket, purpcrted
to have been written by him to a
young woman friend and to have in
Dictated his intention to destroy him
self, was net in his handwriting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
The Public Be
Satisfied

GO I'VE A service limited in extent only
- by public demand, good in quality
and in every way satisfactory to the public"
That is general order for every man or
woman engaged in the Bell Telephone Sys-
tenn It is the first instruction and it is
never varied, never modified
The young woman at the switchboard the
lineman on the pole and the clerk at the
counter all work under that order It sets
forth in a sentence the desires of nearly half
a million telephone stockholders and the
management in fulfilling their obligation to
the rest of the nation which uses the tele-
phone.
The telephone people in this town are try
ing to live up to those instructions, Service
must be their first consideration; satisfying
the public their impelling objective.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
CROSBY FILES FOR OFFICE
OF CLERK OF SUPREME COURT

Helena, June John Ward Cros-
by of Livingson, the present clerk Of
the supreme court, filed his petition
Monday as candidate for the republic
can nomination for that office.
Mr.. Crosby. who is a veteran of
the World War, was appointed to the
office by Gov. Joseph NJ. Dixon, Feb
ruary Is, upon the death Of the form
er clerk, Dana Easton of Poplar. He
qualified the same day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
WOULD MAKE
M0NGREL PARTY

The inclusion eff such elements as
those of the Committee of AZ and the
progressive groups represented by
the LaFollette elements in Congress,
would have meant that the Farmer
Labor Party would be a mOngrel.
Such a Party would have divisions
within itself which would have made
1t impossible for it to carry on an
aggressive fight because of the con-
test within the organization itself.
1t was necessary, in the movement
for the organization of the Farmer
Labor Party. to accept temporarily
the support Of some Of these ele-
ments, but the Communists at all
times keep clearly in mind that at
some stage of the development of the
Party, it would be necessary to sepa-
rate these elements from the Farm
er-Labor Party. What Senator Rob
ert ~. LaFollette has performed for
the Farmer-Labor party and for the
Communists is to slough off these
elements before the opening Of. the
their road to the July 4th Third Party
June 18th Convention. We give them
a hearty Goodbye" as they go on
Convention maybe to support Nc
Adoo.
With the discordant elements elm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-06-13
DISARMAMENT AN ISSUE

Sydney, n. S. W.-The Australian
Labor party intends to make disarma-
ment a paramount policy. Labor's
anti-militaristic attitude is the out
come of the Labor congresses held in
1921 and 1922, when it was laid down
that Labor's policy must be mot one
man, not one gun, not one penny" for
foreign wars.
The Alaska fisherman., 1924-06-15

with little public benefit is there just the same.
 A high tax on red-fish would bene- fit Alaska in more ways than one. The territory would either have money in it's treasury, or the salmon would have an opportunity to re- plenish the sadly depleted streams. And if the red salmon market IS overstOcked, as some claim, in two years from now our territorial legis- lature can make a survey of the conditions and let down or raise the bars to suit the occasion.
 No, the clouds are not black; they are lined with gold. And we can get it, too, by turning them over; for the right to tax is the cruX to the whole situation, and the su- preme court of the United States has upheld the territory's right to tax. By judiciously exercising this right, we can make the burden light CT on those industries that need en- couragement, and we can prevent others from exploiting the wealth of Alaska beyond public good
 Let the red salmon carry the load for while.
 WRIGHT WENRICH.
The Alaska fisherman., 1924-06-15
WHO IS HIT

'By his four-f flushing, his ab- solute lack of any conception of the American principle of self govern ment and it's application, Delegate Sutherland has firmly welded the Alaskan fisheries to Washington bu- reaucracy- has played the most important role in crowning bureau as King of Alaska's greatest indus try ;-from the Empire of May 31st.
 Would the Empire call Scott c. Bone fourflusher Would it tell him that he had no conception of the American principle of self-govern- ment and it's application? Would it say that MT. Bone has firmly welded the Alaskan Fisheries to Washing ton Bureaucracy? Would it say that Mr. Bone has made the bureau of fisheries King of Alaska's greatest industry? Would it say that MT. Bone has made Hoover the king or duke of Alaska?
 Bear in mind the above statements and read what Scott c. Bone has said about the same principle of. fish cry legislation now known as the White bill.
 In 1922, Gov. Bone wrote to the Secretary of the Interior: "The De- partment of Commerce should have full authority over the fisheries ade- quately equipped and empowered to make and enforce rules and regula tions limiting the catch and num- Der of traps and curtailing fishing areas and closing streams in the public good. If further reserves be necessary to augment the govern ment authority, they should be promptly ordered"
 In 1923 Gov. Bone recommended "the vesting in the Department of Commerce complete authority over the fisheries of Alaska"
The Alaska fisherman., 1924-06-15
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

puDncanS Ot Alaska to represent them in the National Convention at Cleveland brings to my mind the presidential electors charged under our constitution with the duty of electing the President of the United States.
 The abuses of the government of Britain were such that our forefath- CTS sought a way to insure good rulers for the new nation. Many of them had a distrust of the ability of the common people to judge or choose wisely. They were afraid of the "mob" although they were com mitted to the democratic form of government.
 Therefore they invented the cleo toral college The theory back of this body was that the people would choose their ablest leaders and these ablest leaders would gather in body and without instructions, with out prejudice, without coercion, they would find the best man in the en- tire nation and select him for the President. They would in the same manner select the vice president
 At first the theory was followed, and electors did their best to select nen of 5his character. In those early days, it often happened that t c President and vice-president belong eC to entirely different political schools.
 After time, however, the people became dissatisfied with the selec- tons of these electors and began to instruct them, until now, electors are bound to vote according to the man date of the citizens of each state. Theoretically, the electors are still perfectly free to vote for any qual- flied citizen of the United States, but actually they have no choice in the matter.
 Under the rules of the National Committee, we understand that the delegates to the National Convention elect the National Committeeman, MT. Sexton says. But if the elected delegates can elect whenever they please of what force is the law of the Territory? Can a delegate ac cept his election under the same territorial law that also provides the manner in which the National Com mitteeman shall be elected and still say that he, the delegate, is free to make his own selection?
 Here in Alaska, we are struggling for self-expression in government. Cur laws are all directed to making it possible for the people to formu- late their wishes into law. Is it possible that a creature of the peo- pie, this delegate, can tell the ma pority of Republicans that he is the all-wise, the father, the daddy, and thl1s defeat the wishes of the PeOnle
The Alaska fisherman., 1924-06-15

last 10 years Fresh fish an,i frozen and salted have been shipped out by the millions of pounds.
 Of the great profits heretofore made from the fish in the Alaskan waters conservative men have esti- mated that less than 10 per cent of the gross receipts have been put into circulation in Alaska.
 Hardly a dollar of the millions and millions that have been taken away has been spent in re-seeding the ground or in cultivating the crop that produced so abundantly in the past.
 Need the people of Alaska be beg gars when others are stealing their wealth?
 The marshal's office of the First division estimates thirds of their prisoners to be both discharged can nery employees and foreigners. The maintenance expense of the office is nearly eight hundred dollars each day. And additional expense is in- cured when criminals are sent tc McNeil's.
 The marshal's office in the Third division reports conditions there even worse. And the grand jury from there made the charges last fall that the courts were subservient to the cannery interests there.
 At least one physician and one
 
 ed the widespread of dread disease among the class of labor imported by cannery interests.
 He alleged that ke had not re- ceived his pay, as per contract, for working all summer in cannery in Western Alaska. The case came before the Washington state labor commission. According to the re- port, the stipend he should have re- ceived, but did not, was the munifi- cent sum of 15 cents per day.
 Our natives may suffer most for the time, but eventually whites will contract the disease which has play ed no small part in the past in causing powerful dynasties to fall, and reducing great nations to naught.
 Need our legislators stand in fear and trembling lest they insult or in- iure the feelings of those who have abused, heretofore, their privileges so?
 There was more red salmon packed last year in Alaska than in Siberia, Japan, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon combined, according to the Pacific Fisherman's Year Book for 1921. (Some claim the pack was short). And more than once in their official organ one may read that canned red salmon are scarce on the market.
New Britain herald., 1924-04-24
AMERICA WILL HAVE GREAT OPPOSITION
Olympic Games This Year Will Be
 Hotly Contested

1 Paris, April s4.--This town expects to be jam up with Americans thi. ! summer who have crossed the ocean confident that they will see the 800 athletes representing the Unffed States carry off first place in the Eighth Olympiad which occurs this year in France.
 Already every hotel in Paris is over booked. The olympiad committee is preparing list of all boarding houses and private homes in and around Paris which will take in visitors.
 Meantime, worfmen are rushing forward the completion of the great stadium being specially built at Col ombes, about six miles from Paris. It is there that the principal events of the Olympiad will take place.
 The stadium itself will be surround ed by an Olympic village which is growing up as if by magic. Tn this village will be housed the competitors from the various nations. In all about 5000 competitors are expected.
 America Expects Tough Fight
 The Americans will have keener op- position this year than they had in 1920 in Antwerp, as Europe has had more time to recuperate from the ex- Laustion of the war and more money has been spent in developing teams worthy of the nations they will repre- sent.
 For instance, this year Great Brit ain expects to give us the battle of our lives. She is sending 900 athletes, British citizens have raised si5o,000 to pay the costs of training these men for the fray.
 The Colomhes stadium contains a running track 500 metres in circum- ference. It is eight metres broad. h. side there is lawn 80 metres long on which will be played football. On either side of this lawn arc the places where jumping contests and jaselin. discus and hammer throwing con- tests will take place.
 Can Handle 100000 Sport Fans
 The stadium will seat so,oo0 per- sons. In the center are 10000 cop- cred seats on each side. There are in addition places for 10000 more spectators.
 Chances arc that even with this seating capacity tickets for the big scst events will be at A premium and the problem of giving everybody a fair shake is going 10 be serious.
 The big athletic sports will take place in July from the bth to the 1 sth. On the sth there will take place the formal ceremony of the opening of these games with a procession of all the athletes. Then will take place some of the jumping events, the flat races. Jaselin, discus and hammer steeple racing and cross country walks.