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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-12

800 ACRES-In Horse Heaven Irri-
cation district. Desert land claim
ant who has complied with all re-
quirements up to date is unable to
make final purchase payment. Will
relinquish rights for best offer. H. o.
Kelso, 1407 E. 45th street, Seattle,
Wash. lie
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-12

FOR SALE-1O acres two miles west
of postoffice. 8 years in alfalfa.
very cheap. Apply H. F. Spiegelberg.
Clip
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-12

TRADE AND TRADE ONLY-But
we make trades. know your land.
Send legal description, your price and
state what you will trade for. Regu-
lar commission on trades 2h%.
Frank Emigh, 225 Lindelle Bldg.
Spokane.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1924-06-12

FARMS WANTED want farms
for cash buyers. Describe and give
price. r. McNown, 682 Wilkinson
Bldg, Omaha, Nebraska. 11-14p
Evening star., 1924-10-31

Frances ~ Williams, Mary S. Davis
Thomas Snowden, "A. L. Williamson
H. w. Wells. Helen c. Sheckles. H. P.
Huddleson, Mary A. Kouper, ]. How
ard Wellewck. Helen Barbour. r.
Bea man Neale, j.. @. Scott. Kate g.
Collins, Mary NJ Ferry. A. s. Nichol-
son and J. H. Michaelis
Many tenants in the following
apartment houses within the, past
few days have been served with
notices that their rent will be ia
creased or in lieu Of paying the new
demand they must move. according to
records Of the commission: BIAS Mount
Pleasant street. 1898 North Capitol
street. 320 B street northeast, s18
Eighteenth street, the Wallrass,
Parkview, Fairmont. Portsmouth,
Holland, Plaza, Rochester, Henrietta,
Melrose. Berkshire, Cecil, Pasadena,
Congressional. Ilonsdale, Clinton.
Chaumont, :, Farragut. Seville, New
Berne. Beverly Courts, Coronado and
Aurora.
Evening star., 1924-10-31
TENANTS ASK BOARD
TO ADJUST RENTALS
Residents Of Apartment Houses
Petition for Fixing of
Fair Charges. il

Twenty-seven residents of the
Woodley Apartments, Columbia road
and Mintwood place, several of whom
have lived there for as long as Is
years, have petitioned the Rent Com
mission to fix a fair and reasona bic
rent for their apartments. The occu-
pants Of the apartment recently were
served with a notice that their rents
would be increased so pers cent. which
in some cases makes a 100 per cent
Increase for three-room apartments
over the amount charged in 1918, 1T is
declared.
The tenants. who are led by Col.
Eugene H. Abadie, were: Lieut.. Col.
John n. Finney. Mortimer Clarke,
Cassie w. Weeins. May Lidde, Norman
T. Anderson. Edith c. Delham. Edythe
NJ. Edwards, Gertrude Grosvenor.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

Most Of the birds have been Matched
later than usual, which indicates that
many intended for the Thanksgiving
market will be immature and light In
weight, or that a larger proportion
than usual may be held over for the
Christmas market.
The season has been distinctly un-
favorable to turkey production in H.
linois, Minnesota and Tennessee.
Spring conditions were late, cold and
wet Many young birds were chilled
Evening star., 1924-10-31
2 FREED OF MURDER.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, October 81
A jury at Wartburg, after deliber-
atine three minutes, has brought in a
verdict OF not guilty in the case of
DR.. A B. Harmon and Mrs. Arizina
Patterson. charged with the murder
OF Mrs. Patterson's husband, Fowler
Patterson, at Petros, May Z.
Patterson complained Of a head
ache on the day of his death and died
in rather mysterious manner soon
after having been administered a
dose of medicine by DR.. Harmon. The
State undertook to prove conspiracy
between Harmon and Mrs. Patterson
and that his death was due to poi
son administered by the doctor.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

In oFdef that she may learn all
about municipal government, Miss
Helen Berolzheimer, daughter of the
city chamberlain in New York City.
has accepted s25 a week lob as
assistant secretary of the mayors
committee on receipts to distin-
guished guests.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

Queen Ena of Spain has among
her priced collection doll house
given her by her godmother. the late
Empress Eugenia. The toy house,
which is an exact model to scale of
the Tuilleries, coat }7.500
Evening star., 1924-10-31
FEWER TURKEYS RAISED.
Decrease Of Is to. 90 Per Cent
Found in Eight States.

Decreases Of from Is to 20 per cent
in the number OF turkeys grown this
year In eight States are reported to
the United States Department Of AE-
riculture.
Evening star., 1924-10-31

and died shortly after Matching. Many
growers In Texas reduced their focks
as a result OF low prices last season.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
THE FARMERS AND WORKERS
OF SHERIDAN COUNTY

The organized bankers of Sheridan County,
who do not believe in organization Of any other
class besides themselves, are out to get my scalp
Tho often disagreeing, like bunch of jackals who
have caught a rabbit they are thoroughly alive to
the value Of concerted action you will notice by
their gUmshOe whispering campaign they are carry
ing on against me, aided and abetted by their sat
elites the prune-peddlers, bank clerks ETC. These
parasites are as unessential to the farmers are
the gTasshOpperS or the gOpheTS that eat up their
crops 1t is to the bankers economic interest to
have me defeated for sheriff.
II is within the power of the sheriff, to
tain extent and if he desires, to block their game
of grab it all from the farmers. | have failed to
give them satisfaction in their design to rob the
people. That is the reason for all the unfOunded
stories which reach the public thru the Sheridan
County Farmerine, whose writer or editor is so
cOWardly that he will not have his name at the
masthead of the paper AMI who refuses to take the
responsibility for the Ieing articles In question
These stories deserves therefore, only the con-
sideTatiOn that you would give a blaCkmail letter
In these articles 1t is claimed that l am ac-
cepting hush money from bOOtleggers, protecting
robbers and burning elevators Surely such accusa-
tOns should be followed by some proof and If they
have such proof, it should be forthcoming. 1t is
the duty of a laW-abding citizen to have prose
cuted for these alleged crimes, and if my accusers
desire to pose laW-abiding citizens, why do they
not at least take responsibility for the printed al
legations? They should hire special attorney If
necessary. Surely, the Siamese twins, POpbOttle
Jack O'Grady and Tin Iizze Lang should be able to
furnish the evidence especially after the experience
they have had in prosecuting Senator Taylor the
famous eXtOrtiOn charge. With the bankers furn-
Ishing the funds and Jack and Ray the evidence,
the stage should be set for the play.
defy any and all of my accusers to furnish
any proof of the allegations which being printed
IN their yellow press and which being circu-
lated by word of mouth for the purpose of injuTing
me among the voters in the county.
RODNEY SALISBURY.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

o@raers o,I in behalf of a lot of rough
So;S SSo;.sclors. He refuses to seize a red
rJller rIler ON mortgage foreclosure
s+a gaen the mortgage calls for a black
I5.seI' IeI' lie refused to seize and sell a
1s.aAe 5Ae When the mortgage calls for
,r..ig I ui5g' It he would do this, there
r. would be no objection to Rodney. Rod
Icy -s salisbury protects the interests
X. 'lle workers and the farmers from
~. iie ruthless and conscienceless col
f5aI fiI5C'Ir In case Of a doubt he gives
y s-e oeheht Of that doubt to the farm
on;is illl the worker. He has not been
fsi,;.y fi-;.y since he has been sheriff of
SoIII SteIIl3g the food out of the mouths of
-. ,s-piess pIss babes, of sending little child
4 .ol .ool1IeIIooted and lily clad, shivering
ps, school He has not assisted ten
- 0elIers take the last bushel Of
s.aln' the last crust of bread away
nom nursing mothers. in order to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
COMERTOWN FARM
ERS SAY 'BEWARE
OF PROSPERITY

The Producers News is in receipt of
the following letter from U. g. Barn
house, well known farmer cf the
COmertown country, who advises the
farmers not to go wild just yet over
any i'll advised prosperity talk, but
to wait awhile and see:
Comertown, Montana,
September %, 1924.
Editor of Producers News.
Dear Sir
May 1 have a little space in the
farmers paper?
First: farmers and workers don't be
fooled into thinking the price of grain
is up just before election, that pros
perity has returned. There is nothing
to it. The fat boys are getting des-
perate. Robert has got them scared
stiff. But go to the poles on Novem-
ber 4th, and vote the Farmer-Labcr
ticket straight, from top to bottom.
Yours for the Cause,
u. G. Bahrnhouse.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
SALISBURY ARRESTS
DISTURBERS
MAYOR WAGNER AND HIS
THREE POLICEMEN SEEMS UN-
ABLE TO POLICE VILLAGE OF
PLNTYWOOD.

Tuesday night, September Both,
Mrs, Tony Hopkins called the sher-
iff's office complaining that three
young men were creating disturban-
ces in her neighborhood and that they
broke into Mrs Millers' house; that
Mrs. Miller was out cooking for a
threshing crew and no one was home
except three young children.
Sheriff Salisbury Immediately went
to the scene of the disturbances and
arrested three young men who gave
their names as Floyd CLANCY age II
Paul Clancy age % and Ed. Carney
age %.
The following morning the trio were
brought before Judge Wheeler where
they plead guilty to disturbing the
peace and were fined $500 apiece
and costs.
The disturbance was entirely within
the city limits and under the jurisdic-
ton of the city authorities, but it
seems that in spite of Mayor Wagner's
loud talk about law enforcement, he
has gene to sleep and will remain
asleep until after the election Nov
ember 4th, at which time he hopes
btletC ei4C FObCl0 VI I1lC Guilty VIII
elect him county attorney on his re-
cord as an ardent advocate of law en-
forcement evidenced by his 8 special
policemen besides himself who are
charged. with preserving the peace and
enforcing the law in the village of
Plentywocd. Up to this time we have
not heard of one instance where Wag-
ner has made even an attempt to en-
force the law or where he has col
lected one nickle in fines from law vio-
latOrs for the benefit of Plentywood
which is known to be the highest tax
ed, yet the most bankrupt city in
Montana.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

But the farmers of course are not
going to elect Mark Olson sheriff.
The Farmerine in unsigned articles,
in a paper without name at the
masthead, has printed a lot of stories
about Salisbury.
That paper and the outfit behind it
has accused him of burning the ele-
vator at Raymond. The Montana &
Dakota elevator at Scobey, at White
tail, at Culbertson and several other
places have been burned. A man is
now in states prison for burning the
one at Scobey and he confessed that
he was hired to burn the elevator by
Mike Dunn himself, before he went
to Deer Lodge. Nielsen also confes-
sed that he was instructed to burn
the elevator at Plentywood too, but
made a failure of the job. The Auditor
Of the Montana & Dakota Elevator Co
Continued ON page eight)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

Marcus Olson, candidate for sher-
iff on the Matkin-StcTkan-O Grady
ticket, received handout from Hon.
Judge C. E. Conner on Monday of this
week in the way of an appointment
to be receiver of the Farmers State
Bank of Medicine Lake, which bank
went broke about year ago and
which has since been under the super
vision of Stork Swenscn as receiver
since that time. Mr.. Swenson was
taken seriously i'll some time ago and
is now in the Plentywood hospital suf-
fering with paralysis.
This appointment is in line with the
oft repeated statements of the Pro-
ducers News that Marcus Olson was
the candidate for sheriff Of the bank
ers. This appointment will nc doubt
give Marcus a chance to catch on to
the ropes in the way of handling the
bum paper, which ne will be asked to
collect from the poor farmers as
soon as he becomes sheriff, if the
bankers can fool the farmers.
There is also another angle to the
appointment and that is the fact that
the Medicine Lake people have been
very anxious to have Mr. Olson ap-
pointed Receiver as he is quite well
liked among the main-streeters and
with eyes that could see into the fut-
ure further than the bankers, they can
see Marcus defeated by huge ma
iority and they want Mr.. Olson to
have a job as there Is a long, cold
winter coming.
Anyway Marcus is now Receiver of
the Medicine Lake bank, so all voters
who wish to vote for a banker for
sheriff will have their opportunity
and by January 1st Marcus will know
how to realize on the bum paper in
the most satisfactory manner to the
bankers and to the misfortune of the
poor farmer, who is trying to make a
living for his wife and kiddies.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
FARMERINE BACK OF CROOKS IN COUNTY

please some of our local collection
lawyers. He has refused to protect
car thieves and high toned criminals.
He has enforced the law without fear
and without favor. He has treated
his prisoners as human beings. He
has policed the county well.
What more do the citizens and tax
payers want?
Oscar Collins and Jack O'Grady and
Ray Lang want to defeat Rodney out
of revenge because he has connected
them up with divers questionable acti-
vities.
Bankers want Mark Olson, because
he is one of them and will go the
limit in ruhing the farmers and work
ers in the collection cf bum paper,
thus driving people out of the coun-
try and laying countryside to waste
The bankers this very week have had
Marcus Olson appointed receiver of
the Farmers State Bank of Medicine
Lake in order that he may get his
hand in and develop the right attitude
in collecting paper of the defunct
banks before he takes the Office cf
sheriff
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
S. E. PAUL,
FOR JUDGE

This election the voters of the Twentieth
Judicial District will be called upon to elect judge
to succeed Judge {. E. COnler Ja4lual first 1925.
This district is composed of Daniels, Sheridan
and Roosevelt counties.
The Office of Judge of the District Court
should not be in politics at ALL 1t would be well
if he was elected a nOn-partisan ticket as in
Minnesota or Dakota. Then all political parties
could get behind the man for the job without re-
gard to the politics of the candidate
But that is not the law in Montana. can
didate for Judge must run on Party ticket, the
same as a candidate for any other office. Some
times because of this, voters allow party affiIia-
tiOns prejudices to guide them in voting for a
candidate for the judgeshp and this should not be.
S. E. Paul, brilliant honest clean and able
young attorney of PlentywOOd is the candidate for
Judge on the Farmer-LabOr ticket. The Farmer
Labor Party is proud to present him as a can
didate not because he is Farmer-L Labor candidate
but because he is man qualified for the Office in
every way.
The Producers News is for Paul for Judge
not because of any personal interest at ALL but be-
cause having the same interest as every other
good citizen in the district, we want to see the
very best man available in that most important
Office.
Behind the candidacy of S. E. Paul every
faction or party in the district can combine, no
matter how far apart or bitter they may be at him.
5. E. Paul, Judge will pay no favorites
NO man can point finger at S. E. Paul If elected
judge of no party faction. He will be the Judge
more to restore confidence in the country than any
other one thing that could be done.
Paul is clean, quiet, unasummng, and not
over ambitious. He is a good student and is well
learned in the laws. He is dignifed and not given
to prejudices. He has both the knowledge and
the courage to administer the law. He belongs to
no lodges, but is liberal on religious
issues and believes in the constitution of the
state and nation as it is written and will admin
lister it without fear or favor
Senator B. X. Wheeler, candidate for vice
president with La Toilette, say that S. E. Paul is
the hIgest class lawyer in this section of the
county, that ne is the coming attorney in north
eastern Montana.
The election of S. E. Paul would be an honor
to the Judiciary of Montana: the election of eitbe
OF his opponents would be jOke-yes, wOrse! it
would be calamity.
Every voter in this district-every paDer in
this district should get together behind the candi
daCy of attorney Paul for the Judgeshin~tbev
owe It to themselves and the District and the state
5. E. Paul is the man for Judge!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
Despite Heavy Tax Collections from 1917 to 1920 Amount
ing to Over Half Million Dollars Per Year Old Gang Is
sued Bonds and Warrants Averaging $500 900 Per Year
FIGURES EXPOSE OLD GANGS CORRUPTION

The following figures are submitted
to the taxpayers of Sheridan County
for the purpose of showing the real
reason why the Farmer-LabOr candi-
dates in this election are being as
sailed by every old gangster in the
county. They are being accused of
everything from horse-stealing to
bribery-nOt because they are run
ming on the Farmer-Labor ticket and
not because the gangsters have any
thing against them personally-but
because they have refused to aid and
abet them in their old game of graft
and corruption which cost the tax
payers of the county in round figures
$1,OO0,0O0.
From 1917 to 1920, the three years
before the farmers of this county re-
volted against the Matlin-B -Beiseker-
Movius combination, and before they
kicked them out eff Office. Sheridan
county was collecting on the average
of $560,OOO.00 per year in taxes from
the taxpayers: more than half a mil
lion lollars per year, and they were
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

rbsra is q terrific fight being made
Sheriff Salisbury.
-RSr Frorv effort is being made to bring
sbout his defeat.
The papers under the control Of the
D.rters and Usurers in the county
Da-',, -salring weekly assaults upon him.
~ d.. lang. Oscar Collins and Jack
o,er3dv er and that ilk of questionable
,5srscters are concocting the stuff
-J PHster Storkan is having it print
q Iot of it, on his machinery and
The ten dollar a week bank clerks
40 carving on a whispering cam
-sigr g. against him, in which he is be-
rg accused of having committed ev-
sr7 crime under the sun, except rape,
.r5 no doubt viii be charged with
.5a+ before election day rolls around,
ar the gang is out to beat Rodney.
Rodney Salisbury is the best and
most efficient sheriff this county ev-
= had. and is probably the most cap
aPla and efficient sheriff in the State
IF Montana, bar none. He has made
many enemies because he will not al
low his Office tc be used to hijack the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
WAS EXPERIENCE WHICH MONEY COULD NOT BUY

Miss Nielsen, Sheridan County Prin-
cess, who has just returned from
Helena, reports that her experience
and trip to the State Capitol and the
numerous functions, dances, parties
and receptions was something which
neither position, influence or money
could buy. The Princesses were vel
coined everywhere by everybody at
any time They were banqueted,
entertained, transported in beautiful
ly decorated motor busses to all the
places of interest in and near the
State capitol and in a general way
were the recipients of all the honors
and attentions which had been so
elaborately planned for them.
Below Miss Nielsen writes about
her trip which she won through the
Princess contest conducted exclusively
by The Producers News and she
thanks her friends and neighbOrs who
so ably assisted her during the con-
test.
MISS NIELSEN'S STORY
By Monday evening, all the 46 girls,
who were elected as Princesses from
their counties, were settled at the
Broadwater Hotel, in readiness for the
week planned for US by the Woman's
Division of the Helena Commercial
Club under the leadership of several
of Helena's prominent women.
Two of the large yellow busses Of
the Yellowstone Park Transportation
Co. were loaned to the Helena Com
mercial Club to take US to the num-
erous social affairs.
Mrs. Snelson was our charming
chaperone. She was a woman who
loved girls and understands them.
Tuesday evening a few Helena peo-
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
SHERIFF RAIDS ANDY
HOLM POOL HALL

Sunday night, Sept. 28th. Sheriff
Salisbury raided the Andy Holm Pool
Hall in Medicine Lake and found sew
eral jugs and bottles filled with
mOOnshine and whiskey. He then
raided a gambling den upstairs where
he found $50 in silver on the table
which the gamblers claimed belonged
to the "house." The gamblers were
arrested and plead guilty to the
charge of gambling and were fined
$4,000. Mr. Holm was arrested on a
charge of possessing LIQUORS and
plead not guilty and was bound over
to the district court
This is the third Indictment against
Mr.. Holm since last June. and tn each
charge he has plead not guilty. and
in each instance he has been bound
over to the district court. Two weeks
ago, Sheriff Salisbury raided Holn's
pool hall at Medicine Lake. but no
evidence was found at that time.
Andy Holm is the sixth pool hall
proprietor to be brought before the
bar of justice on the charge of nos
sessing and dispensing LIQUORS. fou,
of them have been arrested in Plen-
tywood alone and one in Dooley. All
of the raids and indictments have
been obtained by the county attorney
and the sheriff without anv assistance
from the city authorities who are II
fact, responsible for the conduct II
the pool halls within the city limits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03
ERNIE LANG
PLEADS GUILTY

Ernie Lang, brother and partner of
Ray Lang, plead guilty to operating
an automobile without a license and
was fined five dollars by justice of
the peace, L. S. Olsen.
Ernie was arrested some time ago
by Sheriff Salisbury after having
been informed by that officer that the
automobile license law in Montana
meant that even the Langs would be
required to procure licenses and that
he would no longer tolerate any vi
olatiOns of that law by Ray and Ernie
Lang.
Ernie put up a bold face and in
sisted that he was being prosecuted,
but afterwards changed his mind and
went before the Court and plead
guilty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-10-03

Again the Farmerine has been
called in their campaign of falsehoods
against the Farmer-Labor candidate
and the Producers News and Charles
E. Taylor, its editor. In nearly ev-
cry issue of the Pilster's Journal for
the past few weeks, allegations have
been made that Robert
Larson was place on the ticket
as Representative to appease his
wrath and that Taylor was the man
who done it. Of course this was ne
cessary in order to hold to their
epithets of Taylcrism which they have
vainly tried to hang on to the Farm
er-LabOr party Following is the
truth of the matter as written in a
letter to the Producers News by Mr..
GrOnlie, whose integrity and honesty
no one will question not even the
degenerate writer cn the Farmerine:
GRONLIE'S LETTER
Homestead, Montana
October End, 1924
TO PRODUCERS NEWS,
Plentywood, Montana.
Gentlemen:
MY elJJClll1Oll lids DGCu IGCCIlllN Call
ed to certain artices in the Sheridan
County Farmer and the Antelope IN
dependent in which it is claimed that
l was requested by Sen. Taylor to de-
cline the Farmer-Labor endorsement
for stat representative from Sheridan
county in order to pacify Robert Lar
son and who was afterwards induced
by the executive committee to take
my place.
THESE ARTICLES ARE ABSO-
LUTELY FALSE IN EVERY WAY.
l was not requested to decline the
endorsement by anyone.
After the convention l thought the
matter over and after considering it
from all angles, l decided to GO to
Plentywood and personally urge that
someone else be found to take my
place. On my way to Plentywood /
had some trouble with my car near
Continued on Page Eight)