The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-08-08
THOUSANDS ATTEND
FARM'R LABOR PICNIC
5000 People of Daniels, Sheridan and
Roosevelt Counties, and Many from
North Dakota Attend Seventh An
nuaI Farmer-LabOr Picnic at Beau
tiful Brush Lake.
SENATORS ANDERSON AND
TAYLOR SPEAKERS

Plentvwood, Aug. Probably four
thousand residents of Sheridan, Dan
iels and Roosevelt Counties, Montana,
and Divide and Williams countess
North Dakota, attended the Seventh
Annual Farmer-LabOr picnic at Brush
Lake, in Sheridan county, Montana,
couple of miles from the North Dako-
Ia border, Sunday, August 3rd.
The Farmer-Labcr Brush Lake PIC
mic has become an annual event IN
Northeastern Montana, and many men
of national and international fame
have spoken from the speakers stand
to huge crowds in the past, among
them Sen. B. X. Wheeler, of Montana,
now candidate for vice president with
La Toilette; Sen. Frazier of North
Dakota, VIM. +. Dunn, now on the
Comintern Of the Communist Interna-
tional; Attorney General Wellington
d. Rankin, of Montana, and Sen. An
derson, Farmer-Labor candidate for
United States Senator at the ensuing
election.
SEN. ANDERSON AND
TAYLOR SPEAK
Sen. J. w. Anderson of Sidney,
Farmer-Labor candidate for the Unit
ed States Senate to succeed Sem
Walsh, Sen. Charles +. Taylor, Farm
er-Labor candidate for Congress of
the Second Congressional district, and
S. e. Paul, Farmer-Labor candidate
for Judge Of the Goth Judicial district,
were speakers Of the day, who adj
dressed cheering thrcngs that literally
packed the huge pavilion to capacity,
while hundreds stood outside Of the
pavilion.
Both Senator Anderson and Sen.
TAYLOR were received with rounds Of
applause. and the crowd cheered Wild
ly with every mention of LaFOllette's
name, and the mention of the Farm
er-Labor party was applauded spon-
taneously. Sen. Anderson, laudmg
the record of Sen. LaFollette, took
occasion to expose the black reaction
airy record of T. j. Walsh, and prov
ed his assertion from the Congress
SIGNAL records, challenging Wheeler's
position in running with LaFollette,
while at the same time supporting
/ Walsh, who is supporting Davis, Nor
CAMS man Friday, whom Sen. Wheel
/ er has denounced, in spite of the fact
that Davis himself has a thousand
times better record as a Jeferscnian
democrat than the 100 per cent reac-
tionary Sen. Walsh of Montana, who
voted to expel La Toilette from the
1 Senate, and supported the very laws
that made the Teapot Dome scandal
possible, a man who is the personal
friend of Doheny and the Standard
Oil outfit. Sen Taylor also attacked
/ Sen. Walsh's war record, saying that
he drew the laws which sent thous-
ands of American working men and
farmers to prison for their political
opinion.
THR0NGS ATTEND
Throngs of people attending this
popular annual event, witnessed the
championship ball game between Plen
tywood and Bainville, which game wa.
won by Plentywood, while thousands
of others bathed in the crystal water
of the lake. After the speaking, The
dance started in the great pavilion
which lasted until long after mid
night.
The proceeds of the picnic went t
the Farmer-Labor party to help cleo
LaFollette and Wheeler, Farmer-La
Dor candidates for president and vic
president of the United States and ;
complete Farmer-Labor ticket il
: Montana next November.