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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14

started a freighting business, with a
fliver truck. The business did not
pav, and Nance became an infant IN
dustrv, in that he bought wheat IN
Canada and hauled it over the line
to sell to the Montana elevators. Inc
taliff on wheat in the United States
is 80 cents the bUshel, and Nance
bought it in Canada for 80 cents per
bushel less than the Montana price
and smuggling it in, sold it a. the
Montana figure, making 80 cents up
on each bushel. This was more than
the profit of the farmer, the elevator
and all of the middlemen combined
as an infant industry Nance was me
whiZz.
He Was Nabbed.
But Collector of Customs J. w
Roberts of Great Falls learned ooa o.
the industry, and December IL, 1923
a couple Of his men caught Nance II II
! the act, after he had sold some ZOO
bushels and made 5000. Nance, whC
Continued on page eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
BIG Time AT DACMAR
MARCH 21ST

Preparations are being made for a
high old time at the Dagmar Hall
Friday evening, March 21st, when a
dance and basket social will be put
on for the benefit of the Farmer-La-
Dor party.
A program is being effected that
will be good for sore eyes and come
dy that viii be a scream. Besides a
short address will be given, setting
forth facts concerning the Farmer
Labor party.
The entertainment will furnish
amusement for old and young and it
is expected that the Dagmar COM
munity will turn cut en- masse and
cop eff high honOrs for the biggest
and best social and dance yet put or
in Sheridan county.
OLSON CHALLENGES MORCh
AS an added attraction to what was
already a fine program Dan Olson
Continued cn page Al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
BURLEY'S WARRANTS
ARE FAKALOOS
Farmerine Spends a LOa Of Money
For NOthing-Public Laughs at
Antics of Farmerine Is Get Some
thing on Taylor.

In the last week of the Pillsters
Special, the now famous Canadian
Prun -Peddler from Scobey attempts
to make its readers believe that Sen.
Chas. Taylor got more than he had
coming from the State of Montana
for services as Senator from Sheridan
County during The last special ses-
sion.
Would this Canadian waif please
explain how it came about that after
he was made editor of the Scobey
Sentinel in 1921 all his mates a
round the Green Table Immediately
became prosperous and the Seobey
Sentinel lost money? How can he
explain his exploits at the Green
Table and loss of $4OO per month
when his salary was less than 5000
This yellow Canadian better pack
his duds and go back to King George
and apologize to him for scabbing OF
his army during the World War.
We do not imagine he is anxiou;
to do this as long as Storkan anC
Popbottle Jack sustains him and gives
him a little handout once in while
No sir, this bird likes pie, but ever
Stcrkan's pie plate is getting low.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
cRETARY WALLACE MAKES STATEMENT
srabor Party In Montana Knows Objective and Is Co
mo Ahead By Leaps and Bounds Names of Presi-
dential Electors to Be Filed Soon.
VFAEERS ARE GREETED BY PACKED HOUSES

That the Farmer-Labor Parry is on
i.-- nov and knows where it is going
4 .~1eneed by its activity in every
e fbe state during the past TWO
---5s eliminating lin the placing of
+. names of La Toilette and Frazier
4 +. Dresiden ial preference ballet
s. week While it was not neces-
II fle more than one petition
: INIT the names of the presidential
--5;lqes on the ballot, petitions
sm several counties were filed
-~rost which were the following:
T..e.de Choteau, Liberty, Flathead,
6-riaIs Valley Musselshell, Ravalli,
P-rsavslt Sheridan, Silver Bow, Lew
( K Clark, Pondera, Missoula, Gal
fr and many others.
Several other petitions for the NOM
io1 Of LaFollette are in circula-
IN tbroughou. the state. They are
wsst5d to be ready for filing early
-su week.
he National Farm Labor Conven-
fsr win be held i'm a few months
the. at which a candidate for presi-
An. and vice president will be nOmi-
ed and a platform adopted Mon
ua win be entitled to ten delegates
which win be elected by the party
voters Of the state al large. Petitions
are now in circulation to place the
following names in nomination: Sena-
tor ]. w. Anderson Of Sidney, S. B
Davidson Of Great Falls, Ole Sanvil
Harlem, Rep Clair Stoner of Plen.
Continued on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
FIGURES SHOW WHO ARE THE GRAFTERS

The following is a sample of the
way the county was being grated
when the old gang was in control of
the commissioners of Sheridan county.
This is real money paid out in the
spring months by the county commits
sioners for work alleged to have been
done but for which no result ever
showed lherefrOm. Locke over the
list carefully and let your mind run
back to the year 1922. when Jud Mat
lzins was the County Board of Com
n1issioners and compare this with the
present administration of County Sur
veyor Rasmussen, who the Farmemne
chides about his ideas of economy.
If yoC want to see real graft,
glance over these figures and keep
in mind that every month in The year
turned out the same large amounts
of money to one of the old gangs
pets-the same bunch of gangsters
that are now debating the policy
Of the medical journal down the
street:
LINKS DRAG FOR APRIL
Link, mileage, road inspection
and survey -------------..-.--.-..-----..S5 $500
Link, road inspection and sur
Vey b4.OU
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
By WILLIAM f. DUNNE.

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 10.-Wil-
liam MahOney, editor of the st. Paul
Trade Union Advocate, opened the
conference of representatives of
farmer-labOr parties al p. m. today
in the Labor Temple.
The conference was called to AXE
final action on the decision of a pre-.
viOus conference held on Nov. Is last
to hold a National Farmer-LabOl
Convention on May 30.
In his opening speech Mahoney
stated that he had been notified by
many organizations that they coulC
not be represented but had sent theil
views. 'This," said Mahoney, "i
what we do not want"
1t will be some time before creden
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
Siprt OF Unity Prevails At St. Paul
rs FarmerLabor Conference Starts

tials are approved, the convention
organized and voting strength of
the gathering known. State parties
from Minnesota, Nebraska, Montana,
North and South Dakota and Wash
ington are represented here in addi-
tiOn to the two factions of the Illi-
nois Farmer-Labor Party, the Buff
falo Labor Party and the Labor Party
cf Washington. D. c., headed by
William " Mahoney.
William E. Rodriguez and Clifford
Ernst are here for the insurgent
faction of Illinois, Illinois Farmer
Labor Party; J. G. Brown and Robert
M. Buck for the old organization.
Rodriguez, Ernst and William V
Mahcney, of Washington, D. c., vast.
ed a lot of valuable energy before
Continued on Page FOur)
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REDSTONE CITIZEN FOUND GUILTY OF
SIUGCLlNC; GIVEN JAIL SENTENCE And FINE
K Nance Former Depot Agent of Redstone Runs Afoul
OF Custom Collector While Smuggling Wheat from Can,
Sda-Given go Days In Jail and Fined S5OO.OO and
Oosts.-Another SmuggIer Nabbed at MadOc

.~t sssat Falls, March Tt was
5s-- l9Fs day in the federal court
~ Judge Charles n. Pray Thurs
morning, and at least one infant
nT,-.l-g was nipped in the bud, while
siag s'...iag Of the same in another
r-,.- resulted disastrously for the pro-
.,-. y K Nance, Of Redstone. Sheridan
e1- pleading guilty, appeared in
r1-. as sort of infant industry
ro.- r,1.sa by the tariff, and gave a
reri+. practical demonstration of the
"a T-ag Of the law.
ape-. Nance was formerly depot
bse-r s. Redstone, where his wife is
Esr -,3Eess, but lost his lob last
a,t es according to his own story,
Nsib@. Ilyer in a soft drink stand in
uoi5 1elore the Dempsev-Gibbons
h championship fight of july 4
-g ms roll Of 500.
STRUCK GOOD THING
a f~ Z back to Redstone he work
wages a while, and later
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
PICTURES OF WARRANTS ABIC JOKE
WANTS Sen. TAYLOR TO PAY FOR TRIP
Plentywood, Mont.
March II, 1924.

March IL, 1924
Sheridan County Farmer,
Sen. A. w. March, Editor and Mgr
Dear Sir:
Your receipt of my letter of Feb.
27. 1924, at hand, and | see to my
surprise in your letter that you find
it a graft that I use the Stationary
the State supplies myself and other
Representatives with for the time we
are elected, for use in our cores
pOndence. 1t has never occurred to
me that it should be put to- any 9th
er use. Next week you had better
have this graft for headlines in your
wonderful Unity for Town and Coun-
try sheet. But for your information,
/ shall state that this stationery is
given to Us to use-the same as the
Farmerine is supplying you with The
stationery that ycu are using for
/ your correspondence. But for econ
omy sake / shall use a piece of wall
/ paper this time, and after this / shall
not waste any more stationery or
wall paper on hair-splitting stuff.
In regard to your great exposure
of Sen. Taylcr's warrants I don't
see why you did not get the Record
Herald to furnish q copy of my war
rant and Mr.. StOner's as they were
exactly the same amount, and there
was only a few Senators and House
members receiving more mileage than
the Sheridan county delegation.
l can tell you that I was on the
mileage and per diem committee
in the House, and suggest that you
write again, or you may ask Oscar
Collins or Jack O'Grady to do it for
you and find out if l did not get
more mileage than l was supposed
to, and then ask State Auditor
George Porter, to send you a photo
of the State warrant of S1212OO that
was paid for a set of dinner dishes
fer His Excellency Gov. J. NJ Dixon
which that gentleman ordered right
after he took the reins in his hand
, as the Executive of the Treasure
State. Of course it was great states
manship and good economy to pay
/, one thousand and two hundred anC
Z twelve dollars for a set of dishes
when the State can paw for them. But
let US drop this matter and get down
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
DAGMAR MEETING
DRAWS BIG CROWD

The meeting held at the Brother
hood Hall at Dagmar last Wednes-
day for the purpose of picking man
for the next County Commissioner
drew a large crowd from far and
near. about so voters being present.
Niels Madsen was elected chairman
of this meeting and Paul Madsen, a
brother OF Niels, was elected secre-
tary.
Niels Christensen, Dagmar, started
the ball rolling by giving a well pre-
pared short talk. After the ice was
broken, things went lively, and speak
ers were numerous. Hans Rasmus-
Continued on Page Feur)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
J. G. WAGNER NOW
MAYOR OF P'WOOD
Law Partner of Howard NJ. Lewis
Takes Over Reins of Government
Upon Resignation of L. J. Onstad
-COuRcil Selects Young Attorney.

At The regular session of the city
council held Monday of last week. At
tornev J. L. Onstad handed in his
resignation as mayor Of the Town of
Plentywood, the resignation being
supplemented with oral remarks 10
the effect that for some time at least
he would be unable to be present at
council meetings or attend to other
duties involved upon that office, Ow-
ing to stress of business requiring
his absence from town.
After some reluctancy of the alder
men being expressed, his resignation
finally passed with unanimous vote.
There now being a vacancy in The
mayors chair, Alderman Moe moved
that Attorney J. G. Wagner, presi-
dent Of the council, be elected to that
office. Motion carried and after the
oath of office had been administered
Mr. Wagner promptly assumed the
duties as mayor Of PlentywOod.
Before leaving the Office the out
going mayor paid nice compliments
TO the heads of the different depart
ments of the CITY government, anC
that in general everything had moved
along smoothly and to the best in
terests of all the people Of the town
Mr.. Wagner is junior member O.
the law firm of Lewis & Wagner, hai
had considerable experience on tn,
city council, and is otherwise wei
qualified to fill the Office of Plenty
woods chief executive.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
OUTLOOK CITIZEN
THINKS MARCH
SHOULD HAVE HIS
HEAD EXAMINED
WANTS TO KNOW WHAT MARCH
EVER DID FOR THE BETTER
MENT OF CONDITIONS IN
SHERIDAN COUNTY.

The following copy of a letter sent
to the Sheridan County Farmer has
been sent to The Producers News and
we are printing the same so that the
people may see the same:
THE LETTER
Outlook, Montana.
March II, 1924.
Editor Sheridan County Farmer,
Plentywood, Montana.
Dear Sir:
My attention has been called 10 an
article in your issue of February
29th, wherein ycu are reporting the
(you-wOuld-have) failure of the So
cial and dance at Outlook.
1 note you report six farmers in
attendance and must say you have
done real we'll for you. There were
that many there all right. You also
claim the dance and program was
net a success as they did not carry
out their parts. To this l will say
you or any one else who says that
is a dirty liar and cannot prove the
statement. Each and every act adj
vertised was put on and carried out
to a letter The affair was a real
success both from a social and fin
ancial standpoint. The receipts were
S106.60. Isn't that pretty fair fol
six enthusiastic farmers? How caT
you expect any one to swallow sucl
a conglomeratiOn as that? The dance
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
U. S. Officers and Sheriff Get Stills

apricots were seized and brought in
tc Plentywood as was also the cook
er and coil of the distilling outfit. The
barrels and gasoline burner and gas
tank were destroyed.
VIM. Domonski, the owner of the
still, appeared before Judge Olson
Wednesday and plead guilty to the
charge Of manufacturing and having
in his possession moonshine liquor.
He was bound over to the district
court for sentence, bail being fixed at
S1,0OO.0O Bill Gottlieb of Antelope
and Jack Duggan of Plentywood
signed the bond for his release.
Mr.. Domonoski will appear before
Judge Conner when he returns from
Continued on page a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
AN OPEN LETTER
TO F. D. MORCK
OF ANTELOPE

/ have been informed that you, at
the meeting held in the Brotherhood
Hall. Dagmar, March II, 1924, made
certain accusations and charges
against me as County Treasurer.
I hereby challenge you to meet me
at the Farmer-Labor meeting, which
will be held at The same hall, March
21st, and reiterates your charges. /
shall be there and answer them.
Respectfully,
d. J. OLSON,
County Treasurer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
OUTLOOK YOUNG
COUPLE MARRIED

V. L. Garrick and Miss Onalee Ladd
Married at PlentywOOd Last Mon
dav Morning By Rev. Boone.
A quiet wedding occurred Monday,
March 10th, at the Congrega iOnal
parsonage in this city, when Y. L.
Garrick and Onaiee Ladde, both cf
Outlook, were united in the holy
bonds Of wedlock, Rev. Boone officiat-
ing.
After The ceremony the happy
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
DOMONOSKI OF NEAR
DOOLEY AND MARVIN TORER-
SEN, ON JUDGE COMER'S FARM
NEAR COALRIDGE, FALL INTO
CLUTCHES OF LAW.

Last Tuesday afternoon, two fed
eral officers and Deputy Sheriff VIM.
Newton went out to the Domonoski
farm near Dooley, and found a So
gallon still in full operation. The still
was seized and rs gallons of liquor
was poured out, four gallons being
kept for evidence and several barrels
of apricot mash were poured out cn
the ground Two hundred pounds Of
siguar and ~ 25-pound boxes of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
LEST WE FORGET!

The following figures tell their
own story Of why the Plenty
wood doctors are so anxious to
put every other doc,cr out of
business in the county for fear
that they may secure their fat
jobs as county poor doctor and
County Health Office even if they
have to- drag the name of their
brother doctors through the mud
by the dirtiest slander that could
be perpetrated by two human be-
ings. The figures also explain
why the two pill peddlers and
knife Wielders want to have a pa
per to protect them in their ne
farious practice and also to try
tc, get in another members of the
old gang so they can continue
their county graft which was run
ming so smoothly under the re-
gime of Commissioner Matkin in
the year 1922.
These figures explain why the
Farmerine shouts about Charles
{ E. Taylor and why they would
like to have the people of Sheri-
dan county believes the lies in
{ the Farmerines-lies that even
in their total amounts to only a
few dollars.
The pill dOpsters could have a
fine time plundering the county
if they could only get rid of Tay-
: lor and the Producers News and
E the Salvarsen experts would
again have bills like below.
3 Oh, those were happy days,
+ days that cannot be forgotten,
= DAYS that must come back again
+ if only the farmers paper can
3 be throttled and the old gang
x again put in the saddle at the
* court house:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
MISS BENEDICT SPEAKS AT
w. C. T. u. MEETING MARCH IL

The w. c. T. U. had its regular
meeting Tuesday evening, March II,
in the 8th grade school room. A good
crowd turned out to hear the lecture
given by County Librarian, Inez
Benedict, on "Good Books" She dealt
especially with the influence and i'm
pOrtance Of the reading matters eli
children, and the responsibility OF
parents in supervising and guiding
their reading. All present greatly
appreciated the able presentation o1
the subject.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
ANDREW HANSEN
RECEIVERS QUICKLY
Leaves for Cities 10 Have Care of
Specialist Under Advice of DR..
StOrkan, But Gets Relief At Will
listOn and Returns Home Next
Dav

Andy Hansen, we'll known miller of
PlentyWood, had been bothered a few
DAYS ago with a pimple on the inside
of his nose which he picked and which
then spread to his face, causing it
to swell up around the mouth and
ewes and after Mr.. Hansen consulted
DR.. Storkan in regard to his condi-
ton he was advised to go to a real
specialist as the case was a serious
one.
Following Storkan's advice Mr.
Hansen bought a ticket for st. Paul
and Monday afternoon left on the
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
Sample OF How The Old Gangs Tools Perform
Pet of the Plentywood Four Hundred Receives $465OO
AS Expense of Running His Office for Month of April
1922
OLD GANG TRIES TO RETURN PILFERER

Compare Links Record with Surveyor Rasmussen and VIII
Be Found That the Farmers Surveyor Received $232.OO
AS Expenses for Running His Office During the Month
of April, 1928.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
81, 1885 IN TWO MONTHS

Farerne Eits HowIs In Attempt to Throw Smoke Screen
Which Would Hide Facts Such are Published Below
and Also to Cover Up Crafts Being Perperated the
Taxpayers at the Present Time By PentywOOd Pill
Peddlers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
ILaFoLIette And Frazier To Be Placed On Ballot
2ep. larsen Answers Questions Of Farmerine

- From Several Counties Over States Have Been Filed
& Secretary of State Asking That Names of La Fol
LITE for President and Frazier for Vice President Be
placed on Farmer-LabOr Ballot
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14

Sheridan County Representative Calls Stoans Medical Jour-
nal on Statements Made In That Paper Last Week
Writes Letter to Sem March.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
REP. AT LARSEN WAS THERE KNOWS

Answers Articles Appearing in Farmerne Bunty and the
Point and Proves That Paper to Be Fourth Class Liar
Proves Statements By Facts Not Fiction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
Pill Pedders Graft For Two Months In 1922

STORKAN AND SELLS DRAW DOWN HUGE SUM
DURING REGIME OF JUD WATKINS -YEARN
FOR OLDEN GRAFT TO RETURN AGAIN
NOT SATISFIED WITH PRESENT EASY PICKINGS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14
GOODIES REMOVED
FROM PITS in UTAH
Mine DISASTER

bOl EkAOR ISSUES APPEAL TO
STATE AND NATION FOR AID
FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN
LEFT DESTITUTE; POISON
GAS DELAYS RESCUE WORK;
LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING
ANY OF 173 TRAPPED MEN
ALIVE.
Casrlsgate, Utah, March 10.-(By
NE Associated Press)-Belief was
expressed Monday night that perhaps
4,e tuesday all of the inner recess
s q Utah Fuel company No. 2 will
.-'e been penetrated and the exact
.-.e Of all of the 173 miners entomed
saturday viii have been determined.
NmIe H.tle hope is held that any
s g, .ae men in the mine are alive, 81
zones had been recovered late Mon
y. Y. night There is a slight posi-
yA'y that a miracle of some sort
& nave occurred.
i, hef- -Jo1oIe the number of men in
--e nne when the blasts took place
.s vs. gwen out as 175, but fuel concern
meals reduced that number by two
@gsl lhey rechecked their lists.
y Tar many theories have been ad.
Continued en- page a
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WHAT IT COST SHERIDAN
COUNTY TO KEEP ITS RE-
MITTANCE MEN FOR
MONTH OF MAY, 1922

PENSION FOR DIR. SELLS
Medical attention Cd IS 1886
FumigatiOn Cd -..-..---.. $3.50
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-03-14

g "a Jack TO Redstone he work
wages a while, and later
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-13

every thought, word and act of your
life every day and night. If every
thought, word and act expresses
LOVE for your felloWman- then you
are a Christian. Otherwise you can
not make claim.
1t is the story of ages. Men inspired
men with vision, men with courage,
have risen above the hordes through
out existence by partially living to
this rule of life They could look into
the future and they saw that they
need not expect more, from life than
they put into it.
The short cut to peace, happiness,
health and success is not in knowing
the future but in starting today to
make every thought. act and word un-
selfish and LOVELY.
BY so living, no matter who or what
you are, the reward is assured and
positive. God is no respecter of per-
sons. Live in that confidence and
your future will unfold bigger and bet
ter than any human seer could fore
tell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-13
sTUcco HOUSES

With stucco, there are six types of
exterior finish possible, all interest
ing and suitable to the average small
house. 1t is entirely matter of choice
whether the owners desire the smooth
or troweled finish, or sand-float,
spatter-dash, stippled, sponge or peb-
ble-dash finish. Rough textural treat
ments require less effort on the part
of the mechanic and can usually be
obtained at cost considerably lower
than that of the less attractive smooth
surfaces which formerly were consid-
cred characteristic of stucco.
Stucco may be successfully applied
over metal lath, terra-cotta tile, &C.
ment block or concrete brick In con-
sidering stucco as a construction ma
terial, no special consideration need
be given to the finish of the masonry
wall that forms the base-From the
April Delineator
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1924-03-13
TELLING YOUR FORTUNE


Man strains eyesockets trying to
look into the future Man is self-cen-
tered and selfish, hoping that his
glimpse of things to be will give him
advantage over his fellowmen.
eyes but cannot see was truly
written.
All existence has been a living ex-
ample OF how to know the future.
Still the multitudes follow will-o -wisp
ideas and waste life in an effort to
know in advance OF things. to come.
When man finally learns that SUI
preme Power is not earthly; that it
cannot and will not be swayed by hui
man wish or thought, then man will
quit striving for selfish advantage
and find happiness, health, success,
peace and plenty.
christianity you say Then we
ask What is Christianity? But your
interpretations are narrow, bigoted
and selfish.
christianity is expressed in youp