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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
WHY A FARMER-LABOR PARTY?
By j. W. ANDERSON
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Farmer
Labor Party of Montana

There are many why the farmers and laborers
should unite in party of their own instead dividing their
strength between the two old captastc parties
Neither the farmer the worker have suthcenC
political strength to control legislation but by joining lell
they could both the state and federal governments
The progressive candidates are often eliminated IN me
August primaries because at that time the farmers are BUSY
candidates being the ticket in the fall when the heaVy
vote is cast
ing candidates all ticket Many ballots spoiled De
of the difficulty OF properly marking them when the pro
gressve candidates scattered all the various tickets
Republican and Democratic parties both capitalist
vital difference between them They stand TOT
things We should have party representing capital
and abOone party for the explorers and one Io te
plotted would be the normal and natural condition for party
government IN any country only along these lines can 1e pp
win The capitalists control because the workers IN one par
fight the workers other parties In this state we have the
Wheeler progressive Democrats fighting the side and the
Dixon progressive Republicans fighting on the other sde Inc
time has come to quit such foOlshness
The people fully understand this situation and 80 per cent
of them ready to unite In farmeT-abor movement Is
needless state that such party will be bitterly fought by the
money of the country This opposition will manifest Itself
in many ways and will come from many directions.
The progressive Democrat and Republican ohceseekers
will be against this party. !,
The captalst-controed papers will in due time cover the
party with and cry Russia and Communism as
they cried disoya and free lovers few years ago. you
doubt this, then wait and see.
organized and financed by the Chicago packers ac
Board of Trade and is traitor to the farmers Mr. Grey silver
real beneficial farm relief measure and favors the gram gamblers
The hghy-pad appointed officers in the American FEEDER
alton Labor WILL for very real though selfish reasons be com
PEELED fight against this party They will join in the or
REQUIRE it of them. If you doubt this wait and
question is Will the officers of the Farm Bureau an
the F. be able to hold the workers and farmers on
the FamerLabOr party My observation leads me TO beev
that the workers are tired OF being slaves and are ready 1o m
The Farmer-Labor Party of Montana is not affiliated i
any way with the FamerLabor parties in other states Fac
state has its own individual organization with common Pa
form butwi affiliate and form national organization IN St PAT
on May 80, 1924
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
HAVRE MEN GET
BEHIND LOCAL BANK

Following a meeting Of business ness
and professional men at the Elks cruz
Yesterday afternoon, adopting sugc.
gestion of f. A. Buttrey, most Oh
those present went to the Montana
National bank and if not deposlVors
opened up an account.
The meeting went en- record as De
lieving strongly in the stability OF the
only remaining bank in Havre ana
every member Of the Kiwanis CLUB
of the Rotary club and most of those
present present pledged their support
to the bank and agreed to open up an
account.
A committee was also appointed &c
visit the railroad yards and shops ano
local business houses and explain the
/ strength of the institution, as well as
/ the necessity of maintaining a banF
/ in Havre.
The meeting was called through
4 the efforts of a committee headed
bv Mr.. Buttrey and was a result O
/ the closing of the Security State
bank and the starting Of a small run
on the Montana National bank
However, this run did not amount t
much as only 80 accounts were close'
and many times that number wer
opened by new customers during tn
day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
Death of John Purves Ac-
cidentai Says Vrandenberg

Froid Tribune: In a letter written
to Arthur Ryder by Geo. Vranden-
berg, who is at Rio, Wis, where he
went last week to attend the funeral
of John Purves, stated that the death
of Mr. Purves was purely accidental
having been killed while in the act of
putting away a shot gun which he
had been using about the place. The
charge of shot tore away the upper
part of his head
Mr.. Purves was a member in good
standing in the Froid Lodge of A. o
U. w. and carried a policy for $1,000
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

corrupt consideration" in connection
with the lease-'a clear summing up
of the whole affair"
Then on Friday, Roosevelt said, he
had a talk with G. ID. Walburg, pri-
vate secretary to Sinclair.
"Walburg said to me-" continued
the ex-President's son, archie, my
advice to you as a friend is to leave
this company. You have a name and
a reputation which you should guard
zealously.
81 asked Walburg," Roosevelt went
on, whether he thought Sinclair
bribed Fall in connection with Tea.
pot Dome. He said that bride was
a nasty word. He then said:
1 think somebody might have
lent Mr.. Fall some money"
PAID FOREMAN" S6S,000.
"When Walburg told me he was
unhappy, I was thinking about re.
signing and getting a new job" saiC
Roosevelt. "He told me that the
one thing that worried him was ;
payment to a foreman of Mr.. Falls
1 that payment being 500, 000," Roose
welt testified. "He said he had tn
/ cancelled checks.
'When l learned this, l telephonec
to my brother Teddy in Washington
He came to- New York Saturday an,
insisted that / come back with him
and we decided to come before tn
committee and tell you what l hav
! just said.
81 do not want the committee t
think that I would come before i
with only this hearsay evidence, bu
do think that, knowing this, tn
committee should investigate for it
self and find out if the suspicious
have are true"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
LABOR'SCABINET
TAKES UP BURDEN
OF BRITISH RULE

London, Jan. 24.-Prime Minister
Baldwin shortly before noon today
rendered the resignation Of his min
listers to King George and advised
the sovereign to send for James
Rasmey Macdonald.
Mr. MacDonald's audience with the
king lasted an hour The king in
vited him to form a government and
Mr.. Macdonald accepted.
The new labor cabinet was officially
announced this afternoon as follows:
Ramsay Macdonald, premier and
secretary for foreign affairs.
John Robert Clynes, lord privy seal
and deputy leader in the house OF
commons.
Lord Parmoor, lord president Of
the council.
Viscount Haldane, lord chancellor.
Phillip Snowden, chancellor of the
ex-chequer.
Arthur Henderson, secretary. Of
home affairs.
J. H. Thomas, secretary for the
colonies.
Stephen Walsh, secretary for war.
Sid Sydney Oliver, head of the In
dia Office.
Brigadier General Christophel
Thompson. air minister.
Viscount Chelma Ford, first lord O
the admiralty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
NOTICE OF SALE OF DELIN-
QUENT TAXES OF REAL PRO
PERTY FOR THE YEAR 1923

Notice is hereby given that a COM
plete deliqrent list Of all persons and
property in the County, now owing
taxes, is on file in the office of the
County Treasurer and is subject to
public inspection and examination.
Unless the taxes so delinquent to-
gether with penalty and costs are
paid, the real property upon which
such tax is a lien, will be sold at
public auction (unless previously sold
and not redeemed), on the 10th day
Of February, 1924 at 10 o'clock A. M.
in front of the County Treasurer's
Office at the court house, in the city
cf Plentywood, Montana.
Given under my hand this 25th day
of January. 1924.
42-t3 ID. J. OLSON,
Treasurer, Sheridan County, Mont
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
Roosevelt Makes Sensa-
tional Disclosures Of Graft
Continued from page y

Continued from page u
by the Senatorial committee in its
investigation of the Teapot Dome
lease.
In announcing his resignation from
the Sinclair concern, Roosevelt said
he was actgated by three principal
reasons, and he enumerated them as
follows:
THE amazing testimony" brOt
out by the present investigation.
certain things" which he learn
ed while in Sinclair's employ.
3-The Sudden decision" of two
Of the men most concerned in the
affair-Sinclair himself and Col. b.
o. beverly, his partner-tO go to
Europe.
(Col Zeverly is the man for
whom Zev, Sinclair's information
al champion race horse, was
named.
Last Monday" Roosevelt said
Sinclair called me into his office
He said: Archie, get me a ticket to
Europe on the Paris. And don't LET
my name get on the passenger list
-,-.-asevelt explained that this was
asked of him because his brother was
an official Of the line and could dc
such things.
roOmful Of spectators were electrified
when Roosevelt declared that he con.
sidercd Senator Caraway's speech OF
last week-in which the Arkansas
Senator accused Fall of accepting q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
Great Northern Has Wreck
Near Lanark Tuesday

The flying to pieces of a wheel on a
freight car Just this side of Lanark
Tuesday night Of last week, tied up
traffic for several hours and train No.
due in Bainville at 1883 did not ar
rive until four o'clock next morning.
The freight evidently was travel
mo at a low rate of speed when the
wheel flew to pieces, as there was but
one car left the track. The wreckeI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
FORT BENTON BANK
CLOSES DOORS
ONE OF OLDEST INSTITUTIONS
IN STATE-HAD BEEN IN BUSI-
NESS Al YEARS.

Great Falls, Jan. pa decision to
60 into voluntary liquidation was
reached Monday afternoon by stock
holders of the Stoclmen's National
bank of Fort Benton, one of the old
est banking institutions in the state,
it was learned here last night. This
action, subject to the approval of the
comptroller of the currency, was
voted by two-thirds Of the stockhold-
ers.
F. Z. Stranhan, president of the
bank, was appointed liquidating agent
under bonds of $4,000.
The bank carried a large number
of depositors and the closing Of the
bank viii be a serious handicap tC
many in that city.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

In the Matter Of the Estate of
JOHN ESPELAND, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, bv
the undersigned, Selmer copeland, adj
ministrator of the estate of John Es-
poland, deceased, to the creditors of
and all persons having claims against
the said deceased. to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers within
four months after the first publica-
ton of this notice, to the said Sell
mer copeland at Westby, Montana.
in the County of Sheridan.
Dated January 23rd, 1924.
SELMER ESPELAND,
4Z-t4 Administrator.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
LAND OPENED FOR cr,

de W@fthingto sl. Jan. ls-TB. j..
ing to homestead ent,1 vOIsy the on.
OF OF. public C. lands in New 1890 aqs
! Utah Utah The tracts consist ", = !. nd
age, New Mexico, and 81 e esSF Car5.
Uinta county, near Wats,oooo O a. acres h
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
THREATENS VETO AK FOR SUR
TAX RATES ABOVE % PER CENT

Washington, Jan. 22.-Indications
were given at the White House today
that President Coolidge would regard
anv surtax rate above % per cent as
a charge in the fundamental principle
of the Mellon tax bill, and as basis
for veto of any such bill.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
CHRISTIAN GETS FEDERAL
JOB FROM PRES. COOLIDGE

Washington, Jan. 21.Ge0rge Chris
tian, Jr.. of Ohio, formerly secretary
of President Harding, was nominated
today by President Coolidge to be a
member Of the federal trade commits
sion.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

G traffic s'7 %ss o s9ai from .wnasto1
short tie-up. 'eSumed ate, 'a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN. by
the undersigned, Selmer Copeland
administrator of the estate Of Anna
copeland, deceased, to the creditors
of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
them with the necessary vouchers
within four months after the first
publication of this notice, to the said
Selmer copeland at Westby, Montana,
in the County of Sheridan.
Dated January %, 1924.
SELMER ESPELAND.
42-4t Administrator.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

Several Of the friends Of Mrs. E. c..
Holland called on her Thursday after
noon, the occasion being her birth
day After a pleasant afternoon at
visiting and sewing, a delicious
luncheon was served. The guests de-
parted wishing her many more hap
by birthdays.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DIS
TRICT OF THE STATE OF MON
TANA, IN AND FOR THE COUN-
TY OF SHERIDAN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

Misses Marjorie Novak and Grace
Branley were Plentywood visitors ov-
er the week end.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL DIS
TRlCT OF THE STATE OF MON
TANA, IN AND FOR THE COUN-
TY OF SHERIDAN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-25

Jacob Jacobsen Of Medicine Lake
was Plentywood visitor on Tues
day.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-01-22
AMERICAN LEGION MEETING

The American Legion will hold their regular meeting tonight at the | Legion Headquarters all members re Quested to be present.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-01-22
TOURISTS MAY
 SEE R|C GAME
 FROM TIE SKY
AlRPLANES WILL SOAR OVER RENAL PENINSULAR NEXT
 SUMMER

, Flying above the peaks, over great fields of age-old ice and snow, up yer dant valleys into the very lairs of big game inhabiting the Kenai Penin sular are among thelures that will be offered the tourist next summer, ac- at the head of large airplane corpo- ration.
 MT. Hammond is fresh from a 35- day inspection and exploration trip in the interests of a proposed tourist resort and hunting lodge at the up per end Of Russian Lake.
 For the present abandonment of 1 the resort and hunting lodge project is certainty. states MT. Hammond giving as his reasons that the cost of transportatinn the tourist to the pro- posed site will prove far too great an l The point which he selected for the site is approximately 25 miles from Seward but as there is no road or trail leading anywhere near the locality, and as it would be practically impos- sible to operate motor boats of suffi- cient capacity up Resurrection river to the lake, the project must wait un- til some future date when a road or trail is constructed.
 It is not the plan Of Mr Hammond however, to withdraw from the field and return to Nebraska, where his associates are located In stead his idea of bringing seaplanes to Seward is endorsed by his associates, and in the spring two Seaplanes, one a light one and the other Of a heavier type, capable of carrying about seven pas sengers, will be shipped north. Two pilots and a mechanic will accompany the planes to Seward.
 The airplane transportation service will be launched simultaneously with the arrival of the first tourists from the States. For those who wish to get away from the regular route of travel and view the primitive region of Alaska they have but to start them selves into the plane and within a short space of time. unraveiing below them will ba,t'&itnessed such scenery as insshcomparable any place if the unive3 ,. a At a distance oT oo miles from Seward the passenger will see with safety the Alaska brown bear, herds of moose and flocks of moun- tain goat and sheep.
 For sportsmen who wish to spend a vacation, the matter of establishing two shelter stations are being contem plated by MT. Hammond. Another point of interest and almost eouallng one of the seven wonders of the world, will be the opportunity of pas sengers taking the air trip to view the wonderful Harding glacier, W hich is claimed to be the second largest field of ice and glaciers in the world. This huge field of ice, known to the majority of Alaskans, is but short | distance from Seward.
 Mr. Hammond is awaiting mail from the States and expects to re main here for at least a week. It is quite probable, he said that he will then go to the westward on the S.S l Starr.
Seward daily gateway., 1924-01-22

COMMUNICATION INTERRUPTED
 PEKING, Jan. 22..-Tokio and Yo- koma communication was resported interrupted by earthquakes today.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06

General Rankin that city taxes and
special improvement assessments are
payable semi-annually, the same as
state and county taxes, has been up
held by the supreme court.
Massachusetts,. John Forkenbrock
of Missoula, was elected president of
the Montana State Federation of
Business and Professional Women's
clubs at the closing session of the
convention.
Helena-Seth Orrin Banner must
pay for the lives of Florence and
John Sprouse with his own life, ac-
cording to the decision of the SUI
preme court expressed in an opinion
handed down in his appeal from the
judgment of the district court of
Gallatin county, where he was found
guilty of the murder of Mrs. Sprouse
and sentenced to death.
Helena-The 1924 meeting of the
Montana Pharmaceutical association
will be held in Helena July IA and
Is. One of the matters that will
come before the association will be
the formation of larger organiza-
ton, including the druggists of Mon
tana, Wyoming and Colorado. Legis-
lative matters will also be consid-
cred.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06
NOTICE TO STOCKMEN

"All sheep shearers, farm laborers,
dairy laborers, farm and ranch and
stock yard help in general, coming
from the State of California into the
State of Montana, unless able to fur
nish affidavit evidence that they have
not been in any district infected with
foot and mouth disease, shall be re-
CURED to either discard, wash in
boiling water, or subject all of their
clothing to thirty minute formalde-
hyde gas fumigation, and their shoes
and shearing equipment to official
disinfection."
The above quotation is from the
governors proclamation and Montana
Livestock Sanitary Board Regulation
No. so, pertaining to foot and mouth
disease. 1t is requested by the Mon
tana Livestock Sanitary Board that
stockmen and all persons in charge
OF sheep shearing pens cooperate
with the board and see that this pro-
vision is complied with. Equipment
soaked in a five per cent Cresol Com
pound solution for five minutes will
be considered safe.
w. ]. BUTLER,
Executive Officer, Montana Livestock
Sanitary Board.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06
THE STATE

Hamilton William G. Smith, for
mer postmaster at Darby, is dead as
the result of injuries received in a
runaway accident a few days ago.
DilIon-George Palmer and C. C.
Mercer, escaped convicts from the
state penitentiary at Deer Lodge,
were captured near the Red Rock
reservoir, several miles east of Lima.
GIasgow-Aaron Clauson, aged 80.
was killed when he fell from the gas
tractor he was operating and was run
over by disc harrow and dragged
for a distance.
Miles City-A charter has been is
sued to the First National bank of
this city by the comptroller of the
currency. The bank is capitalized
for $4,000. G. M. Miles is president
and P. W. Edge, cashier of the bank.
Hamilton - The body of John
Stella was found in the mountains on
the north fork of Lost river a few
days ago. Stella was an old-time
trapper, and it is thought he was
frozen to death last winter.
Helena-The opinion of Attorney
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06

From college glees to standard
classics, from church carols to pre-
Volstead drinking songs, from fin
ished concert work to the lighter
themes of vaudeville - this is the
versatile gamut achieved by the
Treasure State quartet, whose
varied repertory has captured the
hearts of many hearers of Butte
and other Montana cities in which
they have appeared.
This veteran organization OF
trained vocalists made distinct inn
preston last night at the opening
show of Bagdad temple, Mobiles OF
the Mystic Shrine, in the new temple
auditorium, where they will sing
again tonight.
AS is its custom, the quartet sang
two ditties especially composed for
the occasion. In one the joys of be-
ing a fisherman were set forth. In
the other the pleasure afforded by
this brand-new theater were set forth
in rhymed harmony.
The four singers comprising the
Treasure State quartet are old enough
to have outlived the quavering uncer-
tainties of striplings essaying their
first "close harmony" and barber
shop chords on some convenient
corner. Yet they are young enough
to have lost none of the necessary
pep of youth, to which they have
added the wellrounded vigor of voice
and the assured musicianship of ripper
years.
Reading from left to right" as
the newspaper captions say, there is
"Abe" Lewis, first tenor and one time
famous boy soprano of St. Peters
church in Helena, in which city he
was born back in-well, let "Abe"
tell you if he will! In addition to
his splendid voice, which is frequent
ly heard in st. Johns church, Mr..
Lewis is widely known as one of the
most accomplished pianists in the
northwest.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1924-06-06

Next in order comes Reuben Hobbs
who has been singing second tenor
in various Butte quartets for some
years. A graduate of the University
of Illinois, Mr. Hobbs in college days
was a valued member of the univers-
ity glee and mandolin clubs. Some
years ago, when Butte music lovers
were fewer in number than now, but
more intense in their devotion to mu-
steal art, Mr.. Hobbs sang in company
with Jack Thomas, Sam Coup and
Fred Sully. One of the frequent en-
gagements of this quartet was at the
home of Mrs. D. ]. Hennessy, whose
musical evenings are happy mem
DRY in the minds of many Butte folk.
Mr.. Hobbs also sang for some time
in st. Patrick's choir.
When the mellow tones of the
Treasure State quartet's baritone So
loist greet the listeners ear, it is
with no small degree of pride that
Butte people point to this delightful
singer as a homegrown product"
Smiling "Dan" Malloy was born and
reared in Butte, and educated at the
University of Michigan. He sang in
the Butte high school quartet, and in
1928 contributed greatly to the
success of the famous University of
Michigan Glee club. Since returning
to Butte Mr.. Malloy has been singing
internationally with the choir of st.
Patrick's church.
"Chuck" Towne, who hits the stump
when singing bass for this mining
city aggregation, affords something
of comedy relief to the more seri-
Gus efforts of the quartet. Just as
the organization entrusts its instru-
mental work to the capable hands of
Mr.. Lewis, the task of writing jingles
to, and to be sung on spe-
cial occasions, is entrusted to Mr..
Towne, who, being a publicity man,
is expected to turn off prose or verse
by the yard without turning a hair.
But it is ensemble work, rather
than in individual achievement, that
the quartet really shines. AS one
critic recently phrased it in news
review this quartet sings with
fine expression, especially good enun-
citation and finished STYLE"
eff that is So" one of the quartet
remarked when shown this criticism,
sit is only because our middle name
is Hard Work. On six of the seven
days of the week, we rehearse regu-
larly for an hour or more, because,
to paraphrase an old saying about ap-
pies and doctors, AN hour day
keeps the discords away Butte
Post.