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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
JAPS TO RUSH me-
GOTIATIONS FOR
SOVIET RECOGNITION

Tokyo, Japan, Nov 21.-The report
is current that the Japenese govern
ment is telegraphing its minister,
Hoshigawa, at Peldng, to speed up
the negotiations with Soviet Ambas-
sador Karahham, for a treaty of
peace and recognition between Japan
and the Soviet Republic.
1t is stated that if the fl:ndamen-
tails are agreed upon, nc time should
be lost in completing the negota-
tiOns and recognition of Russia.
BANCROFT
ARRIVES
The new ambassador to Japan from
the United States, Edgar A. Bancroft
of Chicago, yesterday presented his
credentials and was received by the
prince regent. The reception, how
ever, may best be described as "cool
and qualified" tho courteous. This is
the usual pTe-war attitude of diplo-
mats toward each other before they
call on the workers to kill each Other
while they look on
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
ALLEY Y-HOUSE
MATCH ASSURED
Prominent Wrestlers To Meet In
PlentywoOd On Evening OF De.
cember 10Th.

Final arrangements were made the
latter part of last week between the
promoters cf the Tom Alley and Ell
wood House return match which will
take place in PlentywoOd the eve
ming of December 10th.
Immediately upon reading the
challenge issue by Alley, tire hackers
of ElwOod House in Outlook immed-
iatey rushed to PlentywoOd and COW
cred the $4,000 side bet offered by
Alley which insured the retdrn match
and final arrangements were made
and the details worked out for the
big event.
Probably no wrestling event Of late
has created so much talk and en-
thusiasm as this return match be-
tween Alley and House. Everyone
agrees that both men are first-ratt
wrestlers and both will be in tn
best of condition by Dec. 18th.
The terms as agreed upon are:
$1,000 side bet and winner takes all
This is probably the largest induce
ment for two wrestlers ever Offered
in Plentywood and everyone antici
pates that the event will be hum
/ dinger.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
SHERIFF DEPORTS
225 STRIKERS

A protest against the "illegal de-
portation of 225 alleged members Of
the l. w. w. from Skagit County,
Washington, was wired to Sheriff
Conn by the American C1v1I Liberties
Union.
"Such utter disregard of law and
order by an officer of the law is dir
ect to mob violence" /" the Unions pro-
test declares. eff the strikers in OBJ
structing traffic are violating a law
we urge you to use the machinery of
the courts rather than illegal and Tn
American methods"
Press reports indicate that on No
vember 10th the 225 members of the
I. w. w. were loaded into six auto
mobile trucks near Concrete, Wash.
by Sheriff Conn and a force of q
deputies. The sheriff and his meT
marched upon the bridge over Baker
River leading from Concrete to {
hydroelectric plant wnere a strike
was called about month ago, anC
seized $50 of the strikers. The strik
ers have been charged with obstruct
| ing traffic by picketing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
AWARD CONCESSIONS

Helena. Nov. 23.-In anticipation of
the physical demands of the members
and attaches of the approaching ses-
sion of the legislature, which will con-
vene Monday, January 5, the state
board of examiners has awarded to
Eddie Gallivan, of Helena, the rest
aurant concession at the capitol, and
to Joe BOsseler, of Helena, the cigar
and confectionery concession.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
MRS HARDING
ANSWERS The
LAST CALI
WIDOW OF TWENTY-NINTH EX-
ECUTIVE CHIEF PASSES A
WAY AFTER LONG PERIOD OF
ILL HEALTH

MARION, O., Nov. 21.-Following
by some Is months the death of Pres
ident Warren G. Harding, Florence
King Harding, his widow, died
peacefully here this morning.
After funeral services Monday af-
ternoon in the church in which Mrs.
Harding had retained membership
since girlhood, her body will be borne
to the tomb in Marion cemetery and
laid tenderly beside that of her hus-
band, the twenty-nintn chief execu-
tive Of the nation.
The end came to Mrs. Harding at
8:55 o'clock this morning at White
Oaks sanitorium conducted by DR..
Carl w. Sawyer, son of the late pres
ident's personal physician. Mrs. Har-
ding had been making her home there
for several months where she was
under the care Of DR.. Sawyer.
GREW
DAILY. WEAKER
While she had been IN poor healtr
for some time the fatal symptoms oi
kidney trouble did mt develop un.
til a few weeks ago when her .condi
tion became alarming. Two weeks agt
Saturday night it became necessar!
to perform an operation to give ne
temporary relief fOm the excruciatint
pain which she suffeed Since the op
Grafton her condition varied from da,
to day but all the time the approach
Continued on page o
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
ENDS
STATE POWER TAX
LITIGATION
Suits Involving Protest OF Levies In
26 Counties Are Settled Out OF
Court, State Board OF Equaliza-
ton Announces.

Helena, Nov. 24-County attorneys
and county treasurers of 26 counties
of Montana wherein tax suits insti-
tuted by the Montana Power company
and it's subsidiaries, protesting the
payment of levies made for the years
1922 and 1923 had been filed, were
notified in a letter under date of No
vember 21 that the state board OF
equalization had arrived at settle
ment of the pending litigation and that
the levy for 1924 would be based up
on the settlement as arrival at fOl
the year 1923.
CONTROVERSY ENDS
The settlement marks the end of lit
igation that probably would have
stretched far into the future. Under
the terms cf the agreement reached
between the power companies and the
tax comission, the companies will pay
in full the tax levied for 1922.
On the taxes levied for 1928 The
companies agree to pay one-half oi
the amount of the taxes protested. NJ
interest will be paid upon money re-
turned by the counties for the com
panies under the terms of the agree
ment and which had to be paid to tn,
county treasurers under protest.
Each party to the various suits tha
were started agrees to pay its Owl
costs
The settlement agreed to was pro
posed by the power companies Will
the case in Silver Bow county wa
held under advisment by Judge Jack
son Of the Silver Bow district eohr
and was finally agreed to on NOvem
Der Is.
During 1923 and 1924, the Mcntan
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
. NOVELTY BAZAAR AND
UPPER - EVANGELICAL
CHURCH BASEMENT
Held Under Auspices OF Ladies'
Aid. Dec. 18th, 1924

= To all our friends, tho far and
near,
=" we crave your kind attention
So please lend to us now your
ear
= While we a subject mention
8 The ladies of our church will
hold,
> On a day not distant far.
If we have been correctly told
A Novelty Bazaar"
So this then is our plea in brief,
To help along the enterprise,
You each shall bring a appetite,
= Regardless of its kind or size
= To be without an appetite
> You know is quite distressing.
= From each person let one be
= brought,
Till surely prove a blessing.
e
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
IDOHENY SUIT
NEARS END

Los Angeles. Nov. 23.-With open
arguments In the Doheny suit in
stituted by the United States govern
ment- for the cancellation cf naval oil
reserve contract completed, attor-
neys today started work on written
briefs Of the case which are necessary
before formal commitment for Judge
Paul McCormick's decision can be
made. Attorneys said it would take
almost month to prepare the briefs
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
LA TOILETTE CARRIED
FERGUS co. BY n

Iewistown. Nov 2S.-The canvass
If the election returns show that, ac-
eording to the oficial figures, the La
toilette electors receiving the high
vote in Fergus county had 5000; the
high vote for Coolidge was 2,94S and
The high vote for the Davis electors
/ $50. giving the plurality Of II for
TaFollette. The unofficial returns
gave the county to BaFollette by a
plurality Of 2.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
RECOMMENDATIONS
OF A. F. OF L.

The following is a Summary of these
future political activities as put out
by the publicity service of the AT.
of L. convention:
"In the direction of extending the
political activity Of the American la
Dor movement it is recommended:
"That all nOn-partisan political
campaign committees be maintained
on a permanent basis:
"That particular attention be paid
to the political organization of women
in the trade union movement and in
trade union families:
"That the present cumbersome bal
lot be so changed as to make indie
pedent voting easier
'"That changes in laws be advocated
when necessary, to make the func-
tioning Of Independent political move
ments more readily effectivly:
''That labor participate more gen
orally than heretofore in primary
election;
"That a plan be devised whereby
forward-looking groups composed OF
persons who are not trade uniOnists
may be enlisted in labOr's non-par-
tian political campain."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
WINS
BY 755 MAJORITY;
TO Be CERTIFIED

Des Moines, Ia, Nov. 24.-Senator
Smith w. Brookhart won his contest
FOR the United States senate with
Daniel r. Steck, Democrat in the re-
cent election by 755 votes and VIII De
certified for the Office by the state
executive council, Ray Johnson sec
retarv Of the council anounced today
after the official canvass Of the vote
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
Win Beg From An !
Three Capitalist Parties

Ell PaOs, Nov. 24.-The American
Federation Of Labor decided definitely
that it would take no share whatever
in forming any new political party in
the United States.
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SELLING HIS WHEAT IS HIS OWN BUSINESS

CLAIMS HE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS ELEC-
TION TO DIRECTORSEIIP OF MONTANA WHEAT
GROWERS ASSOCIATION. SAYS HE DELIV-
Erred LARGE AMOUNT OF WHEAT TO THE AS
ISOLATION. ANNOUNCES THAT MONTANA
WHEAT GROWERS ASSOCIATION is SUCCESS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
MORGAN FLOATS
NEW BIG LOAN TO
STABILIZE FRANC
1T Is JUST ONE LOAN AFTER
ANOTHER FOR FRANCE

1T Is JUST ONE LOAN AFTER
ANOTHER FOR FRANCE
Paris, Nov 24-Thes Morgan in
terests are ready to float the loan of
one hundred million dollars to the
French government, which was ap-
proved last week by the French par
lament over the opposition Of the
Communists.
The purpose Of the loan was said
to be to keep the French exchange
stable.
SUBSTITUTE FOR
MARCH LOAN
The loan is a substitute for a loan
of the same amount credited to
France by the Morgan banks last
March when the condition of the
franc made the aid of Morgan neces-
sary to the French government.
iris credit was for three months,
and put Morgan in a strategic posi-
tion to enforce the Dawes plan. A
statement was circulated by the gov
( ernment that the lean had been paid
but this turned out to be lie. The
loan has not been repaid, IbIt reneysed
at the end of each three months from
March until the present date. Nor
gan's interest has been piling up anC
his grip on the French government
growing continually stronger.
The present operation converts the
short term credit, which the FrencI
government admits had many condi
tions attached to it, into a twenty-five
year loan at seven per cent.
CAN'T MAKE
BETTER TERMS
Finance Minister elemental lie
clared in the French parliment tha
Pcincare had done the best he coul,
with the short term note. Clementa
said that he had asked J. P Morgan
if better terms were possible n
Morgan said:
"No, We wouldn't have been abl
to place a longer term loan. 1t was es
seRtial that the Dawes plan and tn
re-establishment of German finance
should first be put on the road"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28
GOMPERS WEARS
NO-PARTY CLOAK
AS WALL ST. AID
NONPARTISAN MEANS BACKING
THE OLD PARTIES

FL Paso. Texas, Nov 24.-Somewhat
en- par with Gompers' assertion that
he did not endorse third party
movement" in the past election, is
the statement in the last paragraph
of the report of the executive coun-
ell on the recent campaign and the
question Of political activity where ii
is advocated that, "The American
labor movement must be free from
political party domination now as al
any time in the history Of our move
ment" Actually this means subor.
dination to capitalist parties.
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PERMANENT
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE

To accomplish this, a program is
proposed which is devised effectually
to defeat any movement to bring the
labor Unions into a real labor party.
BY giving them something "just as
good" in the form of non-partisan
campaign committees to be main
tained permanently
This is called Extending the politi-
cal activity of the American labor
movement" Actually this means to
go along with discontented groups Of
labor and steer them back to capi-
talist parties as promptly as possible.
This shown also by the proposal
that labor should in future participate
in primary election, as well as in the
FINAL elections, thus making the "re-
wardhg Of friends and punishment OF
enemies" begin earlier and become
more nearly connected with capitalist
political parties.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-11-28

E TAN POWERS NOW Clash OVER EGYPT

OIL fly BETWEEN BRITAIN AND FRENCH A
..JSED-MAY CAUSE ANGLO-FRENCH CON
F--CT-WARSHlPS READY TO SHELL CAIRO
r-GLAND DEMANDS FULL CONTROL OVER
sDANA AND ITS VAST COTTON AREA
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HANDED DOWN
FROM ABOVE
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YE{ERE(lf(8{RE& |8'4 !IEB

beautiful she would look on the white
snow. 1t would not hurt her to take
a peep. But then Mother Nature
won't let her.
"Hyacinth, TOO, should not hide her
beauty when the garden is white.
She would look very beautiful out
here in the morning when the sun is
nice and warm But, of course, the
evergreen trees would be jealous and
SO, guess, Mother Nature won't let
her flower children come out"
Then Jack stopped talking and
waited again. He could hear them
talking in their warm beds. 1t was
Crocus who was speaking. 4 won't
stand it," she said, ''being kept down
here just because am so beautiful.
/ am going out. You can stay in bed
if you choose"
Jack Frost jumped up and ran
away. He knew that Crocus would
be out in the morning and perhaps
the others. And he was right. for
when the sun looked down in the
garden he was very mich surprised
to see the tip of Crocus' nose poked
through the snow and before long
Hyacinths and Narcissus' noses were
showing as well.
: '''Too bad. Too bad" said old Mr..
Sun, for he knew what would hap
pen.
He sent all his warmth to keep
them from shivering, but when it was
his bedtime he could do no more and
then along came that bad Jack and
nipped the noses of the foolish little
flowers.
''Oh, oh, OH cried the three as they
sank down into their bed while Jack
Frost danced in glee over the mis-
chief he had done.
When the spring days came and
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By Mildred
MARSHALL
GENEVIEVE

~ ENEVIEVE signifies white wave"
VI It has the same origin as Gwen,
which is considered the British Venus.
The planet is Seren1Wener, as morn
ing star, Gweno as an evening star.
Teutonic etymologists have tried to
construe Genevieve as combination
Of gan (magic) and vaips Ga CROWN.
but without success.
History has established the fact that
tha first Genevieve was Gaul born at
Nanterre in 422 and could scarcely
have been given anything but Celtic
or a Roman name, and the whole fam
IL, of Ovens were dear to the Cymric
race whose religion was the same as
the Gauls' and Britons'.
Geneyieve was shepherdess like
1oan of Arc, WHO anticipated her
deeds of patriotism, though she wore
~ armor and carried no sword. When
paris was besieged by the Franks she
walked forth unarmed in search OF
Y.rovisions and her heroism so I'M
pressed the savage Franks, that they
Granted her entreaties that the wound
cd he spared. When she died she was
erected into the primary patron saint
~ paris and is adored as such by all
I.srisiennes down from Anne Gene
v,eve de Bourbon. The Teutons have
Saint Genevefa of Brabant, to whom
has attached the story of the Wlfe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-11
RAG DOLLS ARE GALL THE
RAGE"

"A ND NOW comes good word for
a the much-maligned rag doll. 1t
has become fashionable. Here lies
an opportunity for the hometown girl
who has often made black "Topsys"
out of old stockings for neighborhood
children
"Up-to-date mothers no longer urge.
their children to give up the soft and
huggable rag doll to which they so
stubbornly cling, and to adopt, in
stead, a painted-face china baby" says
one bright girl who has been making
extra money" with rag dolls. The
rag doll of today is too pretty, or
funny, or clever. for either mother or
children to resist. Since these dolls
cannot be broken, their acceptance as
q childhood institution not only saves
many heartache which might have
come with the breaking of beloved
china baby, but the price of new dolls
as we'll"
The .rag babies this girl makes are
altogether different and charming.
she uses every scrap Of one pair of
stockings for each doll and she in,
sists that. for commercial purposes,
clean, new stockings should be used.
The would-be rag doll maker, if
she is sure she will use quantities
of the socks. should buy them whole
sale. She sews up body out of
sock and stuffs it with cotton. The
heel of the stocking forms the face,
cotton is inserted at the back of the
head, and the hole afterwards drawn
together, with cap covering it.
The sweater, made of another sock,
is then slipped on. rolled up around
the bottom. The heel attached to this
second sock goes right over that of
the first one. forming the face. For
the cap. the doll-maker uses bit of
material left from the second sock.
letting the narrow finish at the
top form the bottom of the cap.
At first, it will take her about three
quarters of an hour to make doll.
She will probably want to charge from
about seventy-ive cents to dollar
and a half each one In the beginning.
she may sell the dolls to depart
ment store, or leave them to be dis
PLAYED in the windows and sold on
commission. After she gets a start,
however. she will he able to sell the
"doll babies" right from her own
home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-12-11

Jack Jumped Up and Ran Away.
to talk just as if some one was there
beside him when he really was all
alone.
1T is beautiful sight, all this
white snow" said sly Jack Frost.
1T is Christmas, too, and all the ever
green trees are trimmed with fieecy
snow. And today saw bird in one
of the trees.
ut is just shame that the butter
cups and daisies can't be here to make
Christmas more beautiful. But they
are not as brave as Crocus or pretty
Hyacinth, and there is Narcissus, too.
What sight 1t would be If they were
here in the morning !"
Jack Frost stopped talking and
listened He wanted to find out If he
had spoken loud enough to be heard.
Yes, he did hear soft voice under
the snowy covering 1t was saying,
Sisters, it is so warm / am sure 1t
is time to get up. I heard voice
outside and am afraid now we may
De tate anu SoLneone HAS gone out
ahead of u.s.
Jack began to cackle softly. 'Too
bad, too bad" he said. IF only
Mother Nature had not tucked them
in so snugly they might come out and
make Christmas day the most beau
tiful ever seen."
eCrocus is drawer than any of them
and she, / know, would show her
gayly colored gown if she knew how
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Che Dhq
Of
Superstitions
BLACK CATS TAIL
Bu II. IRDlNG KING

TN ONE section they put three hairs
from the tip of a black cats tail
upon felon to cure it; in another
they cure a sty by rubbing it with the
tail of black cat in still another the
tip of the tail of a black cat drawn
nine times across the eye will cure d
sty: and so on. A black cats tail is
a favorite curative agent in many
parts of the land
Here we see again our old friend
the mystic black cat, sacred in the
Egypt of the PharaOhs for her rela-
ton to the moon-gOddess, Isis, both
because of her moon-like eyes and be-
cause of her faculty of catching rats
in the "granary Of the world" and
thus helping in the perpetuation Of the
work of Isis as the inventor Of agri-
culture. In the black cat cure we have
a remnant, then, of moon worship-an
appeal to Isis. Why the tail of the
cat? Because the tail of cat is like
a brush: with it we can brush away
things. Here comes in homeopathic
of initiative magic. We brush the eye
nine times with black cats tail and
we not only appeal for relief to Isis
but we brush away the sly. Like
produces like.
During the Ashantee war the women
of the coast towns whose husbands
had gone as carriers with the British
forces assembled and waved horses
tails that the enemies their men were
to encounter might be swept away.
Three hairs from cats tail upon a
felon to cure it is a mild dose of the
same magic The brushing away quail
tiles of the tail are communicated by
the hairs thereof. 1t is not as far
fetched as it may at first appear to go
back to Egypt for the origin of cur
rent superstitions; for Greece Dor
rowed from Egypt, Rome borrowed
from Greece and from Rome the world
40 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicatel
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JACK FROST'S TRICKS

a LII the flowers were sound asleep
{ : under the fleecy white covering
Mother Nature had thrown over them.
There, now, they are safe" she said.
I'll put on my nightcap and take a
nap, for am tired out looking after
SO many children"
Jack Frost clicked his heels and
cackled with laughter when he saw
the garden all covered with snow.
Mother Nature is asleep, I'll wager
an icicle," he said. Nov ! will have
some fun with her flower children"
Jack Frost dearly loved to play
tricks and often, like all jokers, he
played tricks that were harmful. But
that he never thought about. All
he cared about was having fun.
SO the naughty Jack sat right down
in the garden one night and began