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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
CHAOS OF
THE UNIVERSE
BY PROF. G. R. PETITE

In this article, we shall deal with
material chaos, or inconsistencies of
the Universe, as it appears to us from
the study of science and our observa-
ton.
By chaos, we mean the great waste
of energy, inconsistent with any well
organized plan, or any plan except
pure accident and blind Nature.
First, we will take our own planet,
the Earth, as a means to an end.
What have we? A great and pom
derOus globe, the weight of which is
beyond the grasp Of our imagination.
But how much or what part Of its
surface can be used by man? And we
shall assume that to be the ultimate
end, fer without life there might as
well be nothing, and without intelli-
gent life, we do not believe the best
ends are obtained, and as a dwelling
place for man, and the propagation of
his species, the planet as a whole, is
a dismal failure, as we shall see by
examination and analysis
To begin with the surface Of our
planet is three-fourths water, making
it a better place to- raise fish, than
men and women.
Then we have the great deserts, the
great mountain ranges, the great pla-
teaus, tn great land areas eternally
frozen, covered with snow and ice, and
then other regions, under the burn
ing rays of an equatorial sun, covered
by impenetrable jungles, filled with
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19


Everybody welcome to our Sunday
School and Church services each Sun
day. The subject of the sermon for
this Sunday, September 21st, will be
Reverencing Our Constitutional An
niversary."
TAKE NOTICE YOUNG PEOPLE!
At the first regular meeting of the
Young People in their Sunday even
ing discussion hour, the Young Folks
decided last Sunday evening to ar
range for an opening week-nite social
on Thursday evening, September 25.
This will be a welcome and get to-
gether social for all, especially the
new young folks who have come for
the school year, and for the new
adult advisor Mrs. L. Z. Helm All
young folks who desire to work here
as your Church Home are hereby in
vited. Also any others who have not
made up your minds where you want
to work, you are urged to be there
at this social at the Congregational
Church for it may help yor to make
up your mind. Remember the mite
Thursday, Sept 25. Welcome
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19

Robert Templeman, who has been
taking adjustments from DR.. York
OF this city, spent the latter part of
last week at his home near Madoc.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Collins and son
Griffith made a business trip to SEQ
hey Wednesday and returned Thurs
day.
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Otto Engle from Devils Lake. N.
D., who is collecting for the J. I. Case
Co, will make his headquarters at
PlentywOOd for the next few months.
Mrs. Louis Moe returned Wednes-
day from Williston, N. D., after a two
weeks stay at the hospital in that
city, where she underwent an opera
ton
Mrs. Harry Mcintosh and children
stayed over night at the Clair Stoner
home Sunday, leaving Monday for
their home at Williston, n. D.
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Page Five

snakes, Lizards, crOcodiles and all the
lower forms of animal life.
Sc we see a large part of the land
occupied by animals and races inferior
to ourselves, and there being such
small portion, of the land area best
adapted for the sustenance of the in
telligent races, there has always been
strife over their portion, resulting in
continual, or almost continual, war
fare, since We have had recorded his
tory, and probably long before.
This struggle for the most desir-
able lands is still going on, and will
probably continue, and the struggle
for existence will probably become
more complicated and the warfare
more sangulnary as science improves
the inventions for the destruction of
life.
Let US endeavor for moment to
imagine the exchanging of the great
oceans, deserts, plateaus, mountains,
frozen regions and burning regions,
Tor beautiful low plains, with all their
rich products, what a garden Of Eden
this planet would be, what untold bill
lions of happy, cOntented, intelligent
beings this old world could carry, and
then contrast that picture with what
We have and wonder why such chaos.
But even as It is, how much we
could improve the conditions and in
crease tn happiness by cooperation,
by brOthcrly love and good will to all
mankind.
# Christians were Christ like; if all
the other peoples of the earth would
follow the teachings of the founders
of their great religions, the world
instead of hate and greed, war and
famine, would be transformed into a
beautiful and glorious place to live.
(To be continued next week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
MR.. GALLAGHER
AND MR. SHERMAN

ice Dixon and Doc Lanstrum are
to be the principal attraction at a pic
mic, barbecue and bucking horse con
test to be held at Race Track, Mon
tana, Sunday July q.
If this political vaudeville team
would step out on the stage and tell
the people of Powell and Deer Lodge
counties who have been invited to at
tend, just exactly what they think of
each other, the show would be worth
going a good many miles to see
Doc would open something like this
''Where did Joe Dixon, the bilious
old wolf, get his 100000 ranch, his
beautiful Missoula home, and his
$150,000 Office building when he has
not done tap of real work since he
was assistant county attorney ?"
To which Joe would reply:
Don't worry about where l got my
pile of coin. Where did you get q
newspaper, a cracker factory, a bank
role which would choke a tunnel, anC
homes too numerous to mention wher
you have done nothing but mix il
politics for 20 years %
These little bits eff by-play woulC
get the interest of the audience anC
then each political vaudeville woulC
be given 20 minutes to stand on thu
opposite side of the platform and hur
verbal bombs at each other. Joe wcul,
ee juct like hitting Doc in the fac
with cCstard pie, and declare "Doc
is selped in Copper water and Away.
has ben after the jack of the Anacon
da Copper Company"
Then when Docs cue is called. h
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
TO VIOLATORS
OF COMPULSORY EDUCA-
TIONAL LAW OF MONTANA

Ii your school has begun and your
children who are between the ages Of
eight and sixteen and not 8th grade
graduates are not IN attendance, YOU
are violating the compulsory educa-
ticnal law, unless such child has a
permit from the County Superintend-
ent granted according to the provi-
sions Of this law. Children under IA
are not eligible to such permit, and
must be in school. Sheridan county
made splendid record last year, re-
ducing the number of days absence
from $4,000 the year before to only
1880, despite the scarlet fever
measles and whooping cough which
prevailed here. This was splendid.
Come on now, let us make it better
this year.
EMMA CRONE,
County Supt
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
PROCEEDINGS OF
THE BOARD OF COUN-
TY COMMISSIONERS

The following proceedings while
rather aged have never been printed
in the Producers News, and it seems
impossible to dynamite the minutes
out of the Clerk and Recorders office.
So this is the best we can give you
as to the county's business:
At o'clock p. NJ, May 10, 1924,
the Board of County Commissioners
met in special session, all members
and the clerk present.
On motion, claims were allowed on
the following funds:
GENERAL FUND.
PlentywoOd Electric Co.,
Lights for Court House &
County Attorney -----.----.-...--. 60.64
f. B. Layhe, Transcript, State
VS.. James Harris .-..-...-..--. 1890
Remington Typewriter Co., Re
pairs for Typewriters .-----.-----,- 525
Sheridan Memorial Hospital,
| Rent of Rooms --.-.-.-.-..-.--....-1800 90
1 Geo. A. Munson, Posting Elec-
ticn notices ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 500
j. A. Kjelstrup, Drayage -.---,-- $50
! Chris Jensen, Postisg election
notices ..--.--...-.........---....... 800
Maurice Barsness, Witness fees 300
! Oscar Barsness, Witness fees. $40
Ida c. Erickson, Assigned claim
G. C. Peterson .....,.......-...... 5000
A. H. Peterson, Witness fees 1.50
Louis F. Dow Co., Supplies for
court House ..........-.l............. 22.84
A. Quint, Witness fees ..,,...,---- 1.50
. Curtis 1000 Inc, Glue for
stores .-.--.-.--..-.----...--..-.-...-.- 1.49
Otto Paulscn, Publishing notice
of closing of Registration
Books, Town Hall Bond
Election .-............-..-................. 1880
John Daley, Posting election
notices ...,........-...,..,-...-...-....... 1.25
Edw. Iverson, Registering cleo
tors Adj
F. B. Layhe, Transcript, State
VS.. Chas. Taylor ----.-.---,-.-.--. 14.4C
G. C. Peterson, Cylinders for
Typewriters .........-.................. 1O.4E
Nels P. Miller, Witness fees 49,. 1.5C
Ferdinand Hueth, Witness fees 1.5C
| D. M. Machines, Posting Regis
tration lists ..-------.-...-.--..-- SOC
Bender Moss Co., Book for
Judges chamber --,-.---.--,---.--- 12.5(
Continued next week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
RAYMOND CHURCH
TEN REASONS WHY WE GO To
CHURCH

1. To keep our appointments in re
ligiOn as We do in business.
2. To give our souls, smothered by
many interests, a chance to breathe.
3. To set time honored example
for our friends who trust US.
4. To worship God in prayer to de-
clare His "worthship".
5. To praise Him from whom all
blessings flow
6. To meet "all sorts and condi-
tions" upon the plane of brotherhood.
7. To give a glad life to those
whose arms are straining under the
load.
8. To quiet in us the voice which
says: "You ought"
9. To save the Sabbath, the Bible,
and hence, our country.
10. To accept an invitation rather
than obey a command"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19

The man who hollers down a well
about the goods he has to sell, won't
reap as many golden dollars as the
man who climbs a tree and hoiiers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

With nine new workers accepting
a share in the work Of this Church as
it aims to serve this Community, there
is every reason to believe that the
best work that the Church has ever
done, lies just ahead, In a very real
way this Church is a Community
Church in that it tries to be big
enough to welcome into its body all
true Christians of whatever creed or
denomination, and in that it will work
with every good force in the Commu-
nifty for the bringing of the Kingdom
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EXAMINATION SCHEDULE
FOR TEACHER
Second Grade

Second Grade
October End, 1924 Thursday A. M.
History, 8:OO-1O:OO; Civics 1000
1900.
Thursday P. M.
: Grammar 1:O0-2:3O; Methods
2:3O-4:OO; Spelling, 4:0O-4:3O
October 3rd., 1924. Friday A. M.
Arithmetic 8:O0-10:00; Georgia
ply 1O:3O-12:00
Friday P. M.
Reading, 1:0O-2.8O; Agriculture,
2:3O-3:30; Hygiene, 3:30-4:3O;
:. October 4th., 1924. Sat. A. NJ
School Management, 8:0O-1O:OO;
American Literature, 10:00-12:OO;
FIRST GRADE
October 3rd., 1924 Friday P. M.
Economics, 1:OO-3:30; School
Law, 3:00-4:30.
October 4th., 1924. Sat. A. NJ.
Principles of Education, 500
3 100; Educational Psychology,
1O:OO-12:OO.
Examinations held at PlentywOod,
Montana. EMMA CRONE, County
superintendent: z8-t8
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
EVANGELICAL CHURCH
MAX o. SIEWERT, Minister

MAX o. SIEWERI, Minister
Services for Sunday, Sept. 21st
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at II o'clock.
Subject of the Sermon, "The Secret
of Happiness"
Evening worship at 7:45 o'clock
Subject, Letting Opportunity Slip"
Wednesday evening. Prayer Meet
ing at 1880 o'clock. Subject of the
lession, 'The First Believers in Sa-
maria.
RAYMOND CHURCH
Worship at 1870 p. m.
Sunday school at 2:30 p. m.
MARSH SCHOOL
Sunday school at 2:15 p, N.
Worship ct 3:15 p. m.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
local NE w S

Smoked shoulders zoe per Ib. at
FOrman's Meat Market. 19-tf
Mrs. Mclaughlin of Medicine Lake
was shopping IN this city Wednesday.
c. H. Stewart of the Raymond conn
try was attending to business matters
in this city Wednesday.
Mrs. B. E. Leubke and daughter
returned to Plentywood Wednesday
from Outlook.
Miss Mundz, teacher of the Nicker-
son school, was visitor at the G. C.
Bantz home Wednesday evening.
Smoked shoulders zoe FER ID. at
FOrman's Meat Market. 19-tf
Miss Emma Crone was looking af-
ter her farming interests near Madoc
last Sunday.
Mr. Dennison, who formerly was
cashier of tho Sheridan County State
BANK, was transacting business here
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. J. Olson, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas Z. Taylor and. John Nc
Elroy drove to Wolf Point Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Myron left Tuesday for
Great Falls, where she will visit her
daughter Jessie, who has been i'll.
Geo. Bell of Dagnaar was here Mon
day looking after business and visit
ing friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hollis Cooper have
moved into the Hill house, formerly
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. H. M. King.
Francis McNulty and Harold Han
isch made flying trip to Dooley Sun
day.
A number of young folks from this
city attended the dance at the Well
liver hall Saturday mite.
Archie Hunter who has been in
California the past four years, re-
turned the latter part of last week.
M +. and Mrs. E. c.. Holland and
Mr.. and Mrs E. H. Helgeson drove to
MadOc Sunday.
Alice Killing from Flaxville, spent
The week end here with her friend
Viva Whitish
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pierce anc
family from Welliver were business
callers here Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Whitish aaC
Charles DrOszt were here on business
Saturday.
Ship your Cream to the Froic
1 Creamery. Highest price paid on day
received. Try US.
21-tf FROID CREAMERY.
Miss Clara Olson, who has beer
travelling with a Carnival Company
the last month, visited her parent.
/ here over Tuesday.
! Mrs. McToish Of Williston, N. D.
Mrs. Earl Cosper and Mrs. Mad,
Billit Of Outlook were guests at tn,
Clair StOner home last Sunday.
Mesdames Louis Nice, D. J. Olsol
and Ole Moe are entertaining tn
Luthran Ladies' Aid at the churcl
parlors Friday afternoon.
The Congregational Ladies' Aid en-
tertained the Plentywood facult!
Saturday at luncheon at the home O.
: Mrs. Riba last Saturday afternoon.
, Farmers: If you want to rent Lane
: on which foreclosure has beer
started, or on land already owned b!
! NOn-Residents, see J. w. Mckee offic,
First National bank. l also write in
surance of all kinds. 3-tf
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19

would read a few lines from The Re
cord-Herald saying "JOe Dixon got
100000 thru the harvester and bind
ing Irvine trust, he kept no books and
when asked what he did with the
money, he acted like a bilious old
wolf"
Another custard pie would be
smashed for the anus ament of the
audience. 1t would be funnier for this
slap-stick team to put on such an act
than to watch a movie of man
throwing an egg into an electric fan
or vamp setting fire to the whisk-
ers of King David of Michigan City.
The act would close with the orches-
ira playing that famous old song,
Garry Your Double Cross With a
Smile" Helena Independent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19
AT THE CHURCHES
THE LUTHERAN CHURCH
A. M. Epge Pastor

A. M. Egge Pastor
Sunday School at 10 A. M.
Services, Plentywood at IL A. M.
Services, Outlook at 2:30 P NJ.
Services, Archer at 4:30 P M.
Sunday School after services.
Bible clesses meet at Rozwood
Wednesday Sept. "a at 4:30 P. M.
Dooley, Thursday, Sept. 25 at 4:3O
P. M.
Antelope, Friday, Sept. &c at 4:3O P.
M.
Outlook, Saturday, Sept. 27 at 200
P. NJ.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-09-19

r.,,;- Marshal
lid Redden anu
u iowa. poJ
rrrrz was down rom I'eo-
i,- saturday.
Mrs. Oscar ChLIs Ll"ilSo'
81 -f spent Sunday mere
.4olona was
o'''' ,r,,... ,,,o+o,.od
4. and Mrs. =. T. '-''''- Inv -
rund and VIE lIallS@c'eu
her. Wednesday
IN business Monday ana
,,.f ,,.o,,,i,,
g.. 80 rH.. s.. EL g. tCtA-f " wv
Tuesday
NIs. La". j.. m = S,''G MI ?Eii
" " sunday.
Filter who recently G.oeI-
operation Tor apPen Pen GUS
abe 70 syal' y
sacked shoulders zVc per 10. a a.
Vaqf Market. 1911
~ Mrs ole Aspelund and Mr..
r Rob Smith went to the Sand
81. Sunday to pick choke cher
-. Wvlas and Ermyns Freeman
.,--sr we're visiting friends and
n this city Saturday even
n Wavne LAGRANGE of Ray
.-taodad to business matters in
.--+v capital the first of the
Ben Luebke of this city visit
MS Luebke and baby daughter
sr
Smoked shoulders 2Oc per Id. at
Fman's Meat Market. l9-tf
lrs Lake BUSINESS man ana farmer,
-sac,ed BUSINESS IN PIentyWood on
neday
A-.t.| Danl' one on tae Dagma1
meIs caIra at JhlS once on
4l Ar. DaLi was looking 1ol
r'.. hands to htlp MA harvest
lies1 ms olg crop.
-.' Dlall etoleI anu daughter
- S. l-.'le 4" MI, gu9iii5 e. ZIP ~ y ~
oe.l.als -l -. 2so0 SI; Le I ;ii
:a.s = 'l - iea'e llE ; 15 Lucille
' =" T - : = ? 'ii'''y'
4 sa''E composed Oh MesSFs; VIM
,s' 4 P 2g IoIsOehson' a, j. moore -2:,L
4. N, 9l:5 TeII 70 Cle oanu Il!llS
Medicine Lake Monday morning
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

HORSES AND MULES EAST ST. LOUIS, H., Aug. 22.- Horses and mules were unchanged, with market slow.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
COTTON RALLIES
 FOLLOWING BREAK
Traders Apparently Inclined To
 Even Up

NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The selling movement, started by the increased pri- vate crop estimates of last week, ap- peared to culminate on, the break to cotton market here Monday. Since then there has been no apparent tendency to revise Ideas of the crop, but the mar ket has rallied from the lowest on GOV ering by traders who were evidently in- clined to even-up their commitments be- fore the publication of the governments mid-August figures Perhaps there was a feeling that the decline of over Sc a pound from recent high levels had discounted quite as large q crop indi- cation as the government was likely to show, and that, if the figures should fall short of expectations, the market might be influenced by Nthe possibilities of setback to the crop before 1t Is finally harvested. The average of all the private mid-month reports published showed g condition of 65.s and a crop indication of 12,998, 900 bales. It was supposed that the market was looking for a government report about in line with these figures as to condition, with a crop indication of 6 little over, rather than under, 13,000,000 bales. Rather more numerous reports concerning the activities of boil weeyil or other in- sects have been reaching the trade during the week, and there have been further drought complaints from cen- tral Texas; but, except for these fea- lures, local traders have interpreted the news as indicating generally favor able crop progress. Cable advices from Manchester indicated a broadening in- quiry for cotton goods In that market, with prospects for a large business, but trade in the domestic goods mar kets had remained quiet, with reports that buyers were still inclined to hold off for & more definite view of the coming crop and the effect on raw material prices of the early new-crop movement. Reports reaching here from the southwest have indicated that ship pafs~were finding 1t cifffcafE to cover their August commitments and that considerable cotton has been sold for September shipment. New-crop re- ceipts are now said to be increasing, however, and the attention Of traders here at the end of the week was di- vided between the possible effect of the expanding movement on the one hand. and the possibilities of damage still before the crop on the other.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
STOCK MARKET APPEARS NEAR
 TURN IN LANE
Violent Swings Back And Forth Experienced In
 Friday Session
BY EDWARD J. CoNDLoN LMl.. U a.A Nnrh.a III AnnlAl


 NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-The stock market has evidently come to one of the turns in the lane, Judging from the healthy reactions in both railroad and industrial issues; but this does not mean that the path leads back in the direction from whence it came. Friday dealings showed much confusion, with violent swings in one direction and then in the other. The new highs att tained in various industrials were more than offset by the new lows es- tablished on the reaction. More than a million shares changed hands, and at times moved rapidly. The stock market in it's present state of mind Is very susceptible to rumors with any degree of pIauslbility Certain ly many of the curious movements of individual issues indicated that there was more fancy than fact concerned with the motives. In a few instances rumors were rounded up in order to account for certain specific movements of stocks.
 Interesting Rail Rumor
 One of the most interesting rumors of the days grist was that linking the Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul railway with the Van Sweringen 1n-. terests. The rumor is at least colorful, in that it would mean that the first American transcontinental railway sys- tenn is in the making. Should this road be included in the proposed greater Nickel Plate system, the Van Swerin- gems would have an ocean-to-ocean railroad. Some color is lent to this rumor by the fact that control of the St. Paul admittedly rests in the open. market.
 The various reviews of business for the week point out that, while the actual improvement for the week has been slow, the underlying conditions imply a continuation of the gain. The curtail. ment of production in the spring and earlier summer months makes the con- trast in business recovery all the sharp CT. There is the gradual shifting of activities from mere speculation to ac- complishment.
 Failures Decrease
 Dun's review records the business failures this week as 316, which is 57 less than last week, but S4 in excess of the total a year ago. Of the weeks defaults, 176 had liabilities of S5,000 or more in each case, against 195 similar failures last week and 15S this time year ago.
 Bradstreet's Journal makes the bank clearings for the week ended August 21 as $7,992, ,105 900, against SS 015, ,481 ,000 last week and S6, 439, ,o00 for the cor responding period last year. Outside of the New York district, the Jumped fig ures show gain in the clearings over Ia af uyealr
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23

crop s.e per cent greater than that of 1923 follows July outlook which placed the crop at a. decline of 46,000,0o bushels. This Is an astonishing ad- vance in estimated production. It would usually discourage higher prices. But the 1924 world production of wheat promises to be considerably less than the 1923 output. Thus will American farmers benefit from q large crop.
 A fairly large cotton crop is phom- ised--one 21 per cent larger than in 1923 crop, But like the wheat farmers, cotton growers will benefit because the past three years have seen small crops and consequent diminishing of re- serve stocks. But 1t should be remem- bered that August is an important month for cotton. The final yield, therefore, can be considerably higher or considerably lower than present ex- pectations of over 12,000,0 900 bales.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
INQUIRIES
 CAUSE OPTIMISM
Slump In Market To End Soon
 Believes Porter

Quite a number of inquiries were re- ceived in the Birmingham district Fri day for iron, which caused a wave of optimism to prevail among iron mak- CTS of the district. The inquiries did not involve a very large tonnage, but J. W. Porter, vice-president of the Alabama company, defined the values of the inquiries as indicating that the market was reviving. He expressed the opinion that the present period of quiet in the market would be entirely over within thirty or sixty days.
 Mir. Porter said that there was also some requests for spot delivery, which indicated that iron was needed and this also was taken as very reason ing indication of changing condition for the better.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-23
sUeAR MARKET
STEEL MARKET

-Hl- bIEEL MAhh EI NEW YORK, Aug. 22.-Steel pricei were unchanged.