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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-11
Montana ''Wheat Grower"
Misrepresents Election Facts
In Regard to the Calling of the Election of Board of Directors
OF the Montana Wheat Growers Association AS Usual
Hides Behind TechnicaIities.
FORCES ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The Montana Wheat Grower" the
official organ of the Montana Wheat
Growers Association, now in the con-
troll OF Pres. Cresap, who alleges that
ne IS the editor, and Manager Straw
man, who are using this organ and
The access they have to the member
ship OF the organization, in order to
further their own interest, and evil
IDENTIFY the interests Of the Minneano-
us Chamber of Commerce, and in
perpetuating their control of tho Mon
tana Wheat Growers Association. m
falrly and to the DISADVANTAGE of
those VINO are opposing their reten-
Jlcn or control, at the expense of the
organization, published the following
partly false and wholly misleading
article, relative to the Mandamus nro7
ceedlngs which forced the callinG of
an election Of a new board of direc-
tors, IN the July 1st issue:
MUCH NOISE
ABOUT NOTHING
Readers of the Great Falls Tri-
6une and other of the LARGE
dallles IN the state possibly no
tlced an interview on the mart of
august Nelson recently. CONCERN
ing the alleged filing of an ar
ton for a writ of mandamus. fo
compel the holding of an election
IN the Wheat Growers associa-
ton. The matter was NOT Gnifa
fa1rly presented in Mr.. Nelson's
interview, inasmuch as he made
considerably fuss over a technic-
alIty about which no fuss was ac-
tually necessary.
No Suit Was Filed
Mr.. Nelson gave the reporter
on the Tribune the impression
that suit had been filed by bis Of
tOrney, and settled by a comnro-
mise. This is not the case At ali
and the petty part of it IS that
telephone call could have done
an that was necessary to iron ont
the differences over which Mr.
NeisOn made great mountain.
-, Mere Technically
The question was whether mr.
not an election would be caIIeJ
by the board if the association
voted to suspend. After five min
Continued on Page Eighty
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wo GiTta dnst merchants in pIe,tu.
9toycOtt-the only wav press by a
u IS by q similar bovcott49 answer
the best man the sgiUsyoCOtt-WhO i
cOtters or the farm ersil'ess men bow
a free press, show fbeso Il you want
merchants what thew are Saal town
ana make it SO plain that up p against
ness shysters viii never sr'a H., the bust,
troll your press again . Try to Con.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-11

kevin-Illinois Pipe Line Company
IS making preparations to begin
work on SIX miles of six-inch pipe line
70 follow line now in operations from
lhe Sunburst tank farm of company
Y IIlfeLgh Baker and Howling leases to
the Mutual Oil Company's operations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-07-11

Iron Mcuntain-IntermountainC Cop
per GO. finds good ore showing. VIII
drive deep.
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"A. Martlnson, the county assessed
u McCche county. a lifelong boost
er Tor cooperation on the part G
Ille farmers In all fields of endeavo-
$475 a promoter of the Montan
WheaC Growers Association in MC
CCdle county, wrote the following lei
L I 70 the Montana Wheat Grower
4ASSOclauon, answering some of tn
charges OF Cresap and Strawman, an
ASKING several pertinent questions
asking that his letter together wit
The answers be published in tn
Wheat Grower"
MARTINS0N'S LETTER
Circle, Montana.
Dwight r. Cresap.
PRESIDENT of Montana Wheat
Growers,
LewistOwn. Montana.
. Dear Sir:
Have just finished reading
= your article in Montana Wheat
, Grower relative to nominating
petitions circulated throughout
the State. | wish to make a re-
: ply which we would be pleased
: TO see published in the Montana
Wheat Grower.
A bunch of us here at Circle
: mad planned to see Mr.. Jewett
when he spoke at Richey but
weather conditions prevented our 4
DeIng able to attend. There are a
number of things regarding the Z
present management which we !
would certainly like to have ex-
planned. For instances: We have i
never been able to see the neces- :
slty OF spending our money for :
membership in the Minneapolis 4
Chamber of Commerce. We new .
er have heard of any efforts be- =
ing made to cooperate with the =
Equity Terminal Elevator which .
We happen to know is operated by >
some of the greatest cOOperatOrs :
in the Northwest. >
Not only that but we would like =
to know why wheat delivered to $
Equity Elevator, Wolf Point, was >
sold to Mills up and down the =
line through the McCabe Broth =
ers Commission Company, when =
cur Cooperative Elevator can sell s
wheat direct to the Mills? 3
And regarding the nominating >
petitions, your statement that an 8
examination of the petition show $
that they were all written on the .
same typewriter is either a de- =
lberate falsehOOd or a mistake
on your part as it happens that
we members of the Wheat Pool
IN District Number Six (6).
wrote our petition on our own
typewriter on our own typeWrit- +
er and no other petition was
drawn on it.
But that is absolutely imma-
terlal. There is no question but
that the petition expressed the
sentiments of the signers a great s.
many Of whom do not sympathize s.
with the Farmer Labor Move 8
ment or any other progressive s.
political movement. y
Not only that, but we fail to =
see why you should object to anv 3
nominating petition provided # -
was signed by members of the =
and especially in $
District No. Six CO., where we +
have a resident director at the s
present time. And Mr.. Carlson =
Is known as one of the leading
advocates of cooperation in This
part of the State.
Now We have gone strong for
cooperative movements before
he Wheat Pool idea was advOcat-
I'd, and we like the idea. But we :
also know that unless a GOOD
honest effort is made toward i'm
on the present mar s
G.etlng method of the organiza- i
ION ION there will certainly be very =
title wheat delivered to the pool $
\ TINS part of the state during =
ne coming season.
Respectfully yours,
A. MARTINSON. 3
=
needless to saw. tho above Io++o,. !
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McCOne County Asses
sOr Questions Cresap

Asks linn to Explain Certain Vital Matters Pertaining to Mar
No Answer Luz
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van odt, -Miutua-Heremricbs n.
well comes IN as 8O-bbL pr rlS NO.
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USE RED BATTING" ATTACK TO COVER Up

Present Officers ntrenched Use Publicity Organ of Associ
alton and Money of Members to Perpetuate Themselves
IN POwer-Send Out Circular With Primary Ballots
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Cresap and Strawman STRUGGLE
For Control Of the Association

Resort to W1tu PreVarcaon and Deliberate Fasebood and
PERSONAL Attacks to Prejudice Voters and Confuse Vital
Issues. 100 ~
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Cresap and Strawman have not
done so, because Cresap and Straw
man and Jewett have willed other
wise, because their arranoenaT+s
with the Minneapolis CHAMBER Of
commerce will not allow them to dc
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11

Doctor Brathwayt "This is the best
thing we've seen on our journeyings
Please go on with the proceedins
That gentleman seems to have In mind
the perfectin' of some soft of organiza-
ton. I'm intensely interested"
I'D like to call a little meetin'
here" said Ezra to the teacher. See
in we've busted up your program so
far, may we take a little while long
err"
Certainly" said Jim. 1.-THE school
will please come to order"
The pupils took their seats,
Strengthened their books and papers,
and were at attention. Doctor Brath-
wayt nodded approvingly as if at the
answer to some question in his mind
children" said Mr.. Irwin, you
may or may not be interested in what
these gentlemen are about to debut
| hope you are. Those who wish may
be members of Mr.. Bronson's meeting.
Those who do not prefer to do so may
take up their regular work."
Gentlemen" said Mr.. Bronson to
the remains of Mr. Carmichael's
creamery party, we've been cutting
bait in this neighborhood about long
enough. I'm in favor Of fishing, now.
How many here favor building a CO.
operative creamery If we can get the
farmers In with cows enough to make
1t profitable, and the equipment at the
right price7'
Each man held up a hand.
Here's one of Ir best farmers not
voting" said Mr.. Bronson, indicating
Raymond Simms. "How about you,
RaymondT
"Ah reckon paw'll come in," said
Raymond blushingly.
He Will if you say So" said Mr..
Bronson.
Raymonds hand went up amid a rip
pie of applause from the pupils, who |
seemed glad to have a voter In their |
ranks.
Unanimous !" said Mr.. Bronson. at |
Is a votel Now I'd like to hear a
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11
CHAPTER xx-continued.

AS the latest-coming visitors moved
forward, they heard the schoolmastel
finishing his passage at arms with the
salesman.
"You should not feel exasperated al
us, Mr.. Carmichael" said he In tones
of the most complete respect, "for
what our figures show. You are un.
fortunate In the business proposition
you offer this community. That is all.
Even these children have the facts to
prove that the creamery outfit you
offer is not worth within two thousand
dollars Of what you ask for 1t, and
that II is very doubtful IL 1t is the
sort of outfit we should need"
"Ill bet you a thousand dollars"
began Carmichael holly, when Jim
waved him down.
mot with me-" said Jim. "Your
friend, Mr.. Bonner, there, knows what
chance there is for you to bet even
thousand cents with me- Besides, we
know our facts, in this school. We've
been working on them for a long
time"
"Bet your life we havew inter
polated Newton Bronson.
Before we finish" said Jim, 81 want
TO thank you gentlemen for bringing
in Mr.. Carmichael. We have been
reading up on the literature of
the creamery promoter, and 1t is a
very fine thing to have one in the flesh
with whom to-to-demonstrate, II
MIR. Carmichael will allow me to say
So
Carmichael looked at Bonner made
an expressive motion with his head
toward the door, and turned as II to
leave.
WELL" said he, 81 can do plenty Of
business with real men. If you want
TO make the deal offer you, and |
can show you from the statistics I've
got at the hotel that it's special deal
Just to get started In this part of the
state, and carries a thousand dollars
OF cut In price to you-let's leave
these children and this he school
ma'am and get something done"
Il can't allow you to depart" said
Jim more gently than before, without |
thanking you for the very excellent |
talk you gave us on the advantage of |
the cooperative creamery over the |
centralizer. We In this school believe
In the cooperative creamery and If |
we can get rid Of you, Mr. Carmichael,
without buying your equipment, l
think your work here may be pro-
1uctive of good"
Hes off three or four points on the
average overrun in the Wisconsin CO.
'ps," said Newton.
"And we thought" said Mary Smith,
that we'd need more cows than he
'aid to keep up a creamery of our
,wn."
oh replied Jim, 'but we mustn't
Expect Mr.. Carmichael to know the
subject as well as we do, children. He
makes a practice of talking mostly to
'eople who know nothing about it
nd he talks very we'll All In favor Of
banking Mr.. Carmichael please say
Aye"
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(To BE CONTINUED.
Enalish Guineas.

Guineas were minted first In 1858
out of gold brought from the Guinea
coast. These bore the representation
Of an elephant on one side and were
called guineas Coins were issued to
the value of one guinea, two guineas.
five guineas. and half a guinea. At
first the guinea was worth only twenty
shillings, but as the silver coinage
gradually deteriorated, in 1895 the
guinea was worth thirty shillings. In
1893 its value fell TO twenty-one and
sixpence, and to twenty-one shiIlings
in III, remaining at this figure until
II disappeared from the coinage. The
last guinea was coined in 1917. when
the sovereign first made its appear
ance. 1t is still customary In Great
Britain to estimate professional fees,
prices of pictures, complimentary sub
scriptions, and 50 on. In guiDeaA
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CHAPTER XXI
And So They Lived

TNf0 oo ibSy LfNCu-
And so 1t turned out quite as II II
were in the old ballad, that "all In
the merry month Of May and also
"all In the merry green wood" there
were great doings about the bold little
promontory where once stood the cab
in on the old wood-lot where the
Simms family had dwelt.
The brook ran about the promon-
tory, and laid at its feet on three
sides carpet of bluegrass, amid
clumps of trees and wild bushes. Not
far afield on either hand came the
black cortland. but up and down the
bluff sides of the brook for some
distance on both sides of the King
dragged highway, ran the old wood
lot, now regaining much of the I'M
kempt appearance which character
lied Ii when Jim Irwin had drawn
upon himself the gentle rebuke of Old
Man Simms for not giving a whoop
from the big road before coming into
the yard.
The cabin was gone. and in its place
stood a pretty little bungalow, about
which blossomed lilacs and peonies and
roses and other old-fashiened flowers
by Mrs. Irwin. For this was
the teachers house or schoolmanse for
the new consolidated Woodruff dis
trict. and the old Simms wood-lot was
to be the glebe-land Of the
(TO BE CONTINUED
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motion to perfect a permanent or
ganization to build creamery. Mr..
Irwin will you please act as secretary"
Jim sat down at the desk and began
making notes The meeting appointed
committees, fixed upon a time for a
| future meeting, threw a collection Of
half-dollars on the desk to start a pet
ty cash fund, made the usual joke
about putting the secretary under
bond, adjourned and dispersed.
ITS go this timeI" said Newton
to jim
81 think so.' said Jim, with those
men interested. Well, our study Of
creameries has given a great deal of
language work. good deal of arth-
metic, some geography, and finally
saved the people from swindle
Rather good work, Raymondl"
MY mother has delayed luncheon
ready for the party" said Jennie to
Jim. "Please come with us-please -
But Jim demurred. Getting off at
this time Of day was really out of the
question If he was to be ready to show
the real work of the school in the
afternoon session.
This has been rather extraor-
binary" said Jim, but am very glad
you were here. Ii shows the utility
Of the right sort OF work in letter-writ-
ing, language, geography and arith-
metic-in learning things about farm
ing"
1T certainly does" said Doctor
Brathwayt. II wouldn't have missed
II under any consideration; but I'm
certainly sorry for that creamery
shark and his accompllce-to be routed
by .he Fifth Reader grade in farm
ingl"
The luncheon was rather a wonder |
full affair-and its success was unqual- |
flied after everybody discovered that |
the majority Of those In attendance
felt much more at home when calling
II dinner.
what dye think Of our schools?"
asked the colonel.
well" said Professor Gray, "ifs
not fair to judge, Colonel, on what
must have been rather an extraor-
iinary moment In the schools history.
take II that you don't put on q rep !
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CHAPTER XXI
A New Era Dawns.

There was a rousing chorus OF
"Ayel" In which Mr.. Carmichael, fol
lowed closely by Mr.. Bonner, made his
exit. b. b. Hamm went forward and
shook Jim's hand slowly and con.
templatively, as If trying to remember
just what he should say.
James e. Irwin" said he, you've
saved us from being skinned by the
smoothest CRATER that ever SEEN"
''Not l." said jim: 'the kind of
school / stand for, Mr.. Hamm, will
save you more than that-and give
you the broadcast culture any school
ever gave. A culture based on life.
We've been studying life, in this
school-the life we all live here In
this district"
HE had a smooth partner, too"
said Columbus Brown. Jim looked at
Bonner's little boy In one of the front
seats and shook his head at Columbus
warningly.
eff l hadn't herded 'em in here to
ask you a few questions about CO.
operative creameries," said Mr.. Tai
colt. wed have been stuck-they
pretty near had our names. And then
the whole neighborhood would have
been sucked In for about fifty dollars
a name"
"Td have gone In for two hundred"
said B. B. Hsmm.
MAY call little meeting here for
a minute, Jlm7" asked Ezra Bronson.
"Why, where's he gone7"
"They's some other visitors come
in," said a little girl, pulling her
apron IN embarrassment at the teach
er's absence.
Jim had. after what seemed to
Jennie an interminable while, seen the
county superintendent and her dis
tjnguished party. and was now en-
gagged In welcoming them and endeav-
oring 70 fn6 them seats-quite an i'm
possible thing at that particular mo-
ment, by the way.
Don't mind Us. Mr.. Irwin" said
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11
Like LAUGHS in Schools.

One liberty the severest critic Of
our public schools will recognize as
growing Is in the field we used to know
as discipline. In 1902 in a girls high
school in New York 26 per cent of the
many hundred of "offense" tickets
read Reported to the principal for
laughing" Last week, says a writer
in Worlds Work, saw teacher dis
play a check slip marked full of
u.s.
"What's this?"
"That's the number Of laughs was
able to induce in my English class this
month"
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resentation of The Knave Unmarked
every morning."
1T was more like 4 caucus than rvs
ever seen 1t, daddy" said Jennie, ~and
less like 4 school,"
Don't you think" said Doctor
Brathwayt, that 1t was less like q
school because 1t was more like life
1t was life. II / am not mistaken, his
tory Of this community was making In
that schoolroom as we entered"
You're perfectly right. Doctor"
said the colonel. "Jim's got too big for
| the district, and so we're going to en-
large the district, and the schoolhouse,
and the teaching force, and the means
| Of educational grace generally. That's
as sure as can be-after what took
place this morning."
Hes rather a wonderful person,
to be found in such a position" said
Professor Gray, "or would be In any
region l have visited"
Hes a native product" said the
colonel, "but wonder all the same.
He's Brown Mouse, you know"
"A-a-T Doctor Brathwayt was
plainly astonished. And so the colonel
was allowed to tell again the story
of the Darbishire brown mice, and why
he called Jim Irwin one. Doctor
Brathwayt said 1t was an interesting
Mendellan explanation Of the appear
ance of such a character as Jim. And
II you are right, Colonel, you'll lose
him one of these days. You can't ex-
pect to retain a Caesar, Napoleon,
or Lincoln In q rural school, can
your"
81 don't know about that" said the
colonel. 'The great opportunity for
such a Brown Mouse may be in this
very school, right now He'd have as
big an army right here as Socrates
ever had. The Brown Mouse is the |
only judge of his own proper place."
81 Think said Mrs. Brathwayt, as
they motored back to the school, that |
your country schoolmaster is rather
terrible. The way he crushed that Mr..
Carmichael was positively merciless.
Did he know how cruel he wasY'
81 think not" said Jennie. at was
the truth that crushed Mr.. Car
But that vote of thanks" said Mrs.
Surely that was the Bit
crest irony"
II wonder If 1t was" said Jennie.
No, 1 am sure 1t wasn't. He wanted
o leave the children thinking as well
Is possible Of their victim, and es-
,ecially Of Mr.. Bonner; and there was
eally something in Mr.. Carmichaels
ak which could be praised. I have
,nown Jim Irwin since we were both
and feel sure that If he had
lad any Idea that his treatment Of
his man had been unnecessarily cruel.
would have given him lot Of pain"
MY DEAR" said Mrs. Brathwayt,
l think you are to be congratulated
or having known for a long time q
enius." l
THANK you," said Jennie. And Mrs. |
'rathwayt gave her a glance which
rought to her cheek another blush
ut of a different sort from the one
revoked by the uproar In the Wood
lff school,
There could be no doubt now that
Inn was thoroughly wonderful-nor :,
lat she, the county superintendent,
as quite as thoroughly a little fool a
he to be put in authority over him
was too absurd for laughter. For. y
lnately, she hadn't hindered him
uch-but who was to be thanked for Ii
lat? Was it owing to any wisdom of
srs? Well, she had decided In his
vor, In those first proceedings to re- el
Ike his certificate. Perhaps that was C
! good thing to remember as was
be found in the record
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11
Colorado Had Tsetse Flies.

Several species of tsetse flies, insects
which today carry the germs of the
African sleeping sickness, existed In
what is now Colorado more than a mil
lion years ago.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear If You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warningl Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer" when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11

This world is incorrigibly senti-
mental. None but that kind Of songs
become immortal.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11

We must maintain true and UNI
swerving adherence to promises and
covenants.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1924-01-11

The author whose books are popular
enough for paper cover can afford to
cover himself with broadcloth.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1924-11-06
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
PARTICIPATE in WORLD
PEACE ESSAY CONTEST

School children Of the state of
Montana have an opportunity to win
$50 In prizes which are being offered
for the best essays on the subject of
World Peace, according to the re-
cent announcement by Mrs. E. K
Bowman, OF 562 State street, Hell
ena, who is conducting statewide
educational campaign In the inter-
ests of World Peace for the Montana
League of Women Voters and the
Montana Federation of Women's
Clubs.
The prizes are being offered In two
groups, one for high school students
and one for eighth grade pupils
They are being provided by private
citizens who are interested in Peace
Education and the establishing of
friendly relations between the nat
ions of the world. In many counties,
the local Women's club is encourag-
ing the essay contest by offering adj
ditional prizes to students in Its own
community. Great interest Is being
manifest in every part of the state.
The essay contest Is only part Of
a great international campaign
which is being carried on through
the schools, the churches, and the
various clubs throughout Montana
Further information may be obtain
ed from school superintendents, the
ministries, county superintendent.