davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
PRO-
DUCERSNEWS READER
WANTS INFORMATION
ABOUT REASON THAT so MANY
PATIENTS AT THE PLENTY
WOOD HOSPITAL ''PASS AWAY

A Plentywood reader of the Pro
ducers News, who seems to be q
careful observer, writes the paper
with the following quoted statement
and query:
PlentywOOd. Mont. Feb. 18, 1924.
"The Producers News comes to
my house every week and very
seldom do / fail to notice where
someone passed away at the
PlentywOOd Hospital"
Now, you also publish hospital
news from the Outlook HOspital.
but althO it is quite evident that
that hospital has more patients.
perform more operations. and so
on, and yet l never read about
anyone passing away at the Out
look Hospital"
Why is this? Is it the Doctors
that are to be cOmplimented for
this failure of any deaths at Out
look or to be blamed for the
deaths at the PlentywoOd Hos
pital? Give us your idea.
Are you suppressing this news
from the Outlook Hospital?
AN ENQUIRER.
In answer to the above article the
Producers News can cnly say that it
publishes such hospital notes as are
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Wssbinglo on. Feb. ga hundred
.l.rrams sent to former Secretary of
u. Interior Fall and Edward B. Nc
Ia.r nubIisher of lEe Washington
Po. % during their December stay in
p,I3 Beach. Fla. were presen ed to
A. Senate Teapot Dome Committee
TT Taft, general superintendent,
Western Unicn Telegraph Company
Il Washington gave the ccmmi tee a
5arle Of records fT0l files in his
sfsa and the committee Immediately
gat into secret session.
Tba te.egyams were called for in
he 0nnit.ee's efforts TO learn the
mr,e of suspected leaks" to per
IN, involved III the oil scandal.
Taft protested against submitting
Rs kilograms on ha ground that
Isy were confidential c0mmunica-
fns and that his company had no
igit 10 make them public without
arsm Of the persons who sent
them. The committee, however, de-
diad unanimously to 90 into all rec
ord, and Taft agreed under protest.
In executive session the committee
then began perusaI of The messages
to determine if any government Off
Gals had advised Fall or Mclean as
Continued on Page Fcur)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

Total e1QOO
DR.. Storkan has a car. He does
not need a livery But the law onlv
! allows him expense of 1919 cents ner
mile, so he hires Ray Lang to drive
hlm and Ray bills the county for 25
cents per mile and the county paid his
claim in full The 1923 legislature
passed a law limiting the expense of
/ county officers auto hire to 1919
cents. The 1919 cents per mile paid
70 Lang IN excess of that allowed bv
law IS illegal, was known to be illegal
10 Rav Lang and Dr. Storkan-the
HlJackers deliberately muIched tbe
taxpayers. Ray Lang put S1OO in the
Farmerne, to fight the grating
farmers paper.
SECOND
PLENTYWOOD ELECTRIC co.
Juice for Court House and
County Attorneys Office,
January -----------.-..----,--.. S98.O4
County Library, January. 2.66
Total al,,,,.,...-----.......$ $1,000
The Fishbecks got a tidv sum out
Of the county for January. This is
about twice what the average court
house pays for lights in Montana. II
IS reported that these people put
some money into the Famerine along
with Storkan.
THIRD
c. A. WEST
Rent for County Attor-
ney's Office, per month
S35, two mOnths.-.............7O 1000
Pretty fat rent for the upstairs of
Vests dancing joint, where the bows
and girls go for a coed time-West
is also behind the Farmerine.
JOE DOLIN
To County Printing ........... .S47O.75
Continued on page eight)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
CROSBY FOR CLERK

Helena, Feb. 22.-John Ward
Crosby Of Livingston was ap-
pointed clerk of the supreme
court by Governor Joseph M.
Dixon Tuesday to succeed Dana
M. EastOn, deceased. Crosby
is an overseas war veteran who
was wounded in action. His faith
er was a veteran of he civil war
who was disabled through disease
contracted in Libby prison. Cros-
by was postmaster at Livingston
for seven months in 1921.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
O'GRADY HAS LONG
CONFERENCE WITH
SENATOR MARCH

Deputy Clerk and Recorder
John c. O'Grady and Sen. March
the supposed manager of the
Sheridan County Farmer, al
though hat paper does not
claim him in its mast head, a sort
Of secret service manager. no
doubt, held a conference at the
Office of the Farmers & Merch-
ants Mutual Publishing COmpanv
last Tuesday evening lasting
about two hours.
0Grady slipped into the Of
tice under cover of darkness, and
he and Sen. March whispered in
each others ears, first Jack put
ting his mouth to the Senator's
ear and then the Senator putting
his mouth to Jacks ear, keeping
this up for two solid hours.
While nobody could hear, it is
thought that Sen. March is max
ing an investigation of the seed
grain collecting record of Mr..
OGrady, trying to determine
just how much money Mr.. o.
Grady has collected and how
much he has turned into the
county treasurer and how much
he may have forgotten to turn in,
the MOvius & Beiseker check and !
other deals that he may have put !
over.
This issue of the Farmerine !
may have another startling dis !
closure.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
FORMER PLENTY
WOOD Girl MARRTES

Word has reached Plentywood that
MISS Rose Lasater who was working
as q trained nurse in the Mercy Hos
pltal OF Eugene, Oregon was mar
RED to Mr.. Bert Nest, a resident of
Dexter, Oregon, last week.
Miss Lasater is the daughter Of the
3ld-Ulme pioneer, L. G. Lasater, of
Inc happy couple are living in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
ANTELOPE PAPERS
HOT AIR NOT FOOL
ING THEFARMERS
Farmer Wants to Know
Why Antelope Paper Doesn't Pub
hsh Something About Real Graft
and Also About Defmct Banks
That Have Cost Sheridan County
Thousands of Dollars.
AnteloDe. Mont.

antelope, MONT, IL eD. Il, 1924.
Last week I noticed an article in
the Antelope Independent in which
they Try to make a bunch of crooks
and grafters out of the Producers
News, Taylor and Nice, and claim that
during the past five months they stole
S130.55 from Sheridan County. Now,
| don't know much about this print
ing game, but it seems to me that
this is quite q good showing when
we remember that in the past the
printing graft amounted to thousands
and that at one time which I remem-
ber, Dolin had to turn back to Sheri-
dan County something like 100000
and which was tried by friendly
court too. l never seen anything
about this in this Antelope paper. It
seems to me that there is no county
printer living whom the opposition
would not accuse of stealing some
thing, and when they are able to ac-
cuse you of only stealing $130.55 in
five months, it is nv opinion that
you should have the printing contract
for life and we taxpayers would be
much relieved.
/ never notived anything in this
Antelope paper abcmG that S270000
which the Sheridan County State
Bank and Beiseker got away with. We
taxpayers are evidently kept in the
dark as to that sum of money. I for
one, am much more interested in that
Sheridan County State Bank deal
than in this $13O55 of which the Pro
ducers News is accused of stealing.
We fellows don't like this kind of
bunk peddled by the Antelope Inde-
pendent.
Good luck to you.
r. q. RFRNAU.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
St0rkan Shoots Last WadInto Air
FIVE MINUTES
With HIJACKERS

What the hackers of the Farmerine
got at one setting of the Board of
county commissioners those who
are active IN accusing the Producers
News of grating, who are MAKING
sunk pot attack upon County Treas
urer Olson in behalf Of the Usurer's
Union, because he calls warran.
with the peoples money instead of al
loving them to make away with it:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
BIG BASKET SOCIAL
and DANCEAT RAY
NOND SAT. EVENING
if Bnef tOf the Farmer-LabOr Par
y-Ihis Revel viii Be the Biggest
Event Of the Kind Given for the
New Party In This County.
AUaC IS BEST OBTAINABLE

ihe Red Reyel will occur tomorrow
5gl' at the Raymond Hall. This
1SAet Social and Dance is for The
Elelt Of the Farmer-Labor party.
4. \ VIII L be the biggest event of the
l l-o mat has occurred in Sheridan
%-nly 9. When it comes to putting on
1. Joss the Raymond precinct never
s..Is 1is second fiddle. It never allows
.Ss1 gs:l to be beaten and this under
~Alg is no exception. The ladies
" N, al making baskets which will he
N. Ia % NE highest bidders. Then
-s-!. ~s-e viii be the dance. The hest
T-ee T.. ootainable has been secured
4. -.i's s,,. viii be stunts put on as spe-
s.-I.5iiJalnment features. A quar-
Il ota5,no1g{ 4 Usng arranged as a special en-
/ 4 I.l anticipated that this social viii
y si. luge ..e financial success. The pro-
Nm Man, ,n.l nl-I go for the benefit of the
.'"a famer-Labor party.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is second of all
counties of state in number sheep
within its borders, being credited with
1869 head.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

The second Kjeltrup twin, lola
Ruth, aged three years. February
? 9TH, expired about noon Thurs
day after lingering between life
: and death for he past week or
more. Because of the brave
fight of the pretty little girl.
people had commenced to hope
she would win the brave fight for
her life hat she has been max
ing. The twin sister, Violet Nav.
died a week before, on Thursday
evening, a little after nightfall.
The funeral of Violet May was
held privately at the Holland
Undertaking Parlor Sunday af
jernOOn, Rev. Siewert of the
Evangelical church officiating,
and the funeral of lola Ruth was
held at the same place this morn
ing, Rev. Siewert of the Evan
gellcal and Rev. Boone of the
Congregational church saying the
elast sad rites. Interment in both
deaths We're made at the Luth-
eran cemetery, both of the pretty
and lovbale little girls being laid
away together in one grave.
The Plentywocd fremen, of
which organization the babies
father, Ed. Kjelstrup, was an ac-
tive. member, marched to the
grave in both funerals.
The death of the Kjelstrup
twins is particularly sad event.
The twins were loved and admir-
ed by everyone and the sympathy
Of the entire community goes out
to the bereaved parents in this
hour of almost unbearable grief.
z = .
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
HEALTH OFFICER WEEPS over
THE POOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Kicks Up Dust Cloud TO Hide Behind When He Files His Next
Crattng Quarantine and Funnigaton Bills With Sber;
dan County Board
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
NRS. OLE OVERLAND
DECLARED INSANE
Gan%Osg9n Ogn Medicine Lake Citizen
Sheriff Sb5a IN. n PlentywOOd Thursday
Rc5so,na TsI TS%Ilis6uTy and Mrs. A. G.
day. axe Her to Hospi al To-

/. =. a5as.Ssyss9r 2o oysrrasa .s.... ae the Medicine
s95f!o. S5oa !, Warrant issued G'9 9non e19ia7 "a
o sy oy. afternoon in the l's sourt insanity aoa5;3
lage Co@o,h Cr5s mouse. q The Judges We're we're
"a Dr. s''aSf. Fs Dr.. Sells, Dr. S Stor{a1 TgI9
2a and a.eelmu9dson ~ of Nedicina li,1il
sI n NJ T5s5er T55l5er hearing the evide1re I,f1elI,e
BoIst,5i 5ia1onpson, Oie Barsnrale9ss grl9si'Ss 8
3e of fa a and Ole c. Nelson ..l Sli9sS, a1d ,, ,
"a Nrs 6,e yae elder Overland 'cili obiId7 {
@ a15 an '92qlay NAY Sheriff RodneT RTI%LsS Sin IN
%5''TT %5. Tols.r asr for The s ate F[ehao9 Haehita1
Ia ben. O'gsEa9d ga9d leaves s severn 2gGlngS. 5,,;ro,
Y. @ about -isf ! husband, Ole OvsrianJ ltIslroT
y. @jer year ago. The CONT, collgf
y Of a @or,,..l.se9iment the annoin+1 vG1t1
@ G,g sonts a5qs live in the Hon5astoaG G55tla[eni
'ae .fl55aaast fsFsa of the 5iTi.gseeaf ViIiaee az
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

j. c. STORKANS RIDICULOUS AND SENSATIONAL
CHARGES BUT THE PRODUCT OF AN OVER
Heal MlND-TEiE HOPE BEING FATHER OF
THE THOUGHT
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29

President Coolidge and Cabinet Seek VanIy for Solution Of
Embarrassing Situation, While Sen. Wheeler Forces Sen
ate Investigation of Cabinet Member.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
LEASED WIRE GAVE MCLEAN DOPE ON PROBEPS
armerlne Printing Graft Charges Debated

WILD FURRY IN .rd24L SENATE .-.lS5 AS TEAPOT DOME
PROBERS IN SECRET SESSION PERUSE 100
WIRES SENT FALL AND NC LEAN IN FL ORDA
ATTY. DAUGHERTY AGAIN SAVES HIS HIDE
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
IRE REGULAR Gu MEETING, FEB. 18th

MONTANA MOTOR CO.,
Ray Lang Prop.
For livery FOR Or. St0rISan S7.0O
Liverty with Health Officer 1900
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-02-29
SECOND KJELSTRUP
TWIN EXPIRES

Funeral This (Friday) Forenoon
-lnterment Made at Plenty-
wood Lutheran Cernetery-Be-
reayed Paren: S Have Commu-
ritv Sympathy.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-04-19

FOUR HOMES
WELL LOCATED AND WITH MODERN CONVENIENCEa
BUT AT BARGAIN PRICES
$7.50O.00.
HIGH VIEW SECTION.
facing ReTeet
$7,35O.O0.
NEAR RHODE ISLAND AVE. AND 4TH ST. NJ e.
Convenient neighborhoOd
plant; electrical
LESS THAN $SOO0.OO
PARK VIEW SECTION
paved
LESS THAN 100000
EAST OF GEORGIA AVENUE
And in blu
waikiki with hot
This is positive bargain. former price $7,7OO
WIN. H. SAUNDERS CO.. INC.
1888 STREET N. W. MAIN 1915 & 1O17.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01
WILLIAMS NEWS
! s**+@*@+****+*s4s

The bridge and NAH jongg party
given Saturday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. j. H. Mehl by the woman's
club was a huge success financially
and afforded an afternoon of pleasure
to the following ladies': Mesdames
Chas. Elliott, Jack Butler, Ida Biggs,
Jas. Kennedy, Jessie Sine, Melick, E..
A. Miller, F. BY, |. N. Williams, T..
H. Cureton, E. ]. Kirwin, Walter Lind
blom, E. A. Messimer, R. Young, Da-
Wis, Byrd, w. c. Rittenhouse, j. IL.
Mehl, Andrew Miller, E. r. Byers, Du-
Bolt, E. j. Nordyke, NJ. B. Startzman,
Mike Duffy, Misses Aphra and Min
ME Anderson, Anna Jaggard, Edna
Ritzenthaler, Iva Easton, Janice Kauf-
mann, Elsie and Helen Maxwell, Bill
ly Kirwin, Kathryn Miller and Har-
riett Lebseh and Bernice Hawkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. LaBlanch
of Miami arrived Saturday to spend
a month or more enjoying the north
ern Arizona winter climate. Mr.. La
Blanch is mining engineer for the cop
per company.
Miss Bernice Hawkins was a guest
at a $50 dinner at Mrs. F. Bly's home
Friday night. After the dinner the
Misses Anderson and Hawkins and
Messrs. Felix Alcorn and Levi Mont
gomery drove over to Flagstaff to
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01

Continued from Page One.l
said sum so recon1m mended is not suf-
ficient for the completion Of two or
more projects within the state of Ari-
Zona, and
Whereas, said department of agri-
culture has heretofore made contracts
for the construction of culverts,
bridges, railroad crossing and for the
drainage of that part of the Old Trails
Highway lying within the Coconino
national forest and between Flagstaff
and Angell, both in Coconino County,
Arizona, and
Whereas, the greater part OF said
construction work of culverts, bridges,
railroad crossing and other work nee
essary for the proper drainage of said
highway has been completed and the
rest of said work will be completed
in the early spring of 1924, and !,
Whereas, the part of said road
above referred to is part of the Old
Trails Highway, is the first trunk
highway established in the west, and
Whereas, said section of said high
way hes wholly. within the Coconlno
national forest, which forest has pro-
duced in the past by far the greatest
revenue Of any forest within the state
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01
he Royal Neighbors was well
ended and a good time renorted.

the Royal Neighbors was well at
tended and good time reported.
The preliminary debate of the local
high school team and the Holbrook
team was held in the school house on
Wednesday evening. John Montgom-
cry, Charley Way and Dorothy Moser
are the three participants. Marjorie
Mosher and John Montgomery were
chosen to meet the Holbrook team in
Holbrook. The judges will be w. T..
Lindblom, II. C. Cope and e. r. Byers.
The high school students are busy
on their annual now, collecting snap
shots and photographs and getting all
write-ups in shape. The annual last
year was a decided success SO the
book for this year will undoubtedly
meet the approval of the most crit
ical.
Mrs. Rinehart left the last of the
week for Los Angeles to take Mr.
Cheeseborough to the Santa Fe hos
pital.
Jas. Kennedy motored over to Flag
staff Monday on business in connec-
ton with the Normal school.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01

main line tracks and Railroad ave-
nue., eliminating the switch tracks
now occupying that space.
In addition to giving more yard
space east Of the station than there
now is, adopting this new location
would permit business to go ON as
usual in the present depot and freight
station, without the interruption and
inconvenience that would result from
building on the present site.
1t is intimated rather strongly that
if the company does not build in this
proposed new location, then all we
will get will be an extension to. the
present depot.
Locating the depot between San
Francisco and Beaver streets, the
railroad people would prefer-in fact
might insist as a concession with the
alternative in the case of the refusal
of the concession that we go without
the depot-on either the elimination
of the Beaver street crossing, or, at
any rate, its elimination as a grade
crossing either by depressing the
street below or raising it to cross
GhUONG GlE LI dNhSs AAAC 1eNkIG4 WOlAA
seem the more sensible plan. 1t
would require fairly steep approach
on the north side, but across on the
south side the approach could be over
a graceful, easy-grade viaduct to tie
in with the bridge over River de Flag.
This bridge is now considerably above
the level of the street.
Certain it is, that if Flagstaff is
to have a new depot, adequate and
fitting, then some concessions will
have to be made. The elimination of
Beaver street as a grade crossing
would be a blessing. So would the
elimination of the San Francisco and
Sitgreaves streets crossings. In the
case of San Francisco street the
north approach would be much less
steep, because there the street is
higher above the railroad level than
at Beaver street. At the Sitgreaves
crossing the problem of depressing
the street and running beneath the
tracks is a very easy one to take
care of. Elimination of all three grade
crossings is something greatly to be
desired and if it is not done there is
sure to be a horrible accident some
day that will lead to deep regret that
it was not done. Grade crossings in
the country are bad enough; in a city
they are constant menace to life.
1t has been suggested that very
likely the Santa Fe people would be
willing to stand at least half of the
expense of changing one, perhaps all
of these crossings. If that is true, it
would seem that cooperative spirit
should be shown by Flagstaff and city
council.
1t has also been intimated that a
request by city council to meet and
discuss the depot and grade crossing
situation with sse division officials
of the Santa Fe would be met with
the appreciation of the latter and
things might begin to move at a
much earlier date and would hl-ely
move much faster. Along with this
latter intination comes the reminder
that now as the Flagstaff Rotary club
has started things off lively for the
new depot, the matter should not be
allowed to drop and it is. distinctly
up to city council to get busy and
push, and push hard. 1t is city coun-
Gil, and not the Rotary club, that will
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01

have to represent Flagstaff in future
negotiations and If we are going to
plav checkers, then council should pull
up a chair, get its legs under the ta-
bic and begin to move.
We have council of business men,,
keen and progressive. It is a coun-
ell that has been doing things right
along in a manner above repr0ach
and a. step or two in advance of pub
lie opinion. Here is a case where pub
lie opinion is already strongly form
ed and city council is our represen-
tative in all negotiations that are
to follow relating to both a new depot
and the crossings situation.
When r. A. Stahl first came here
as Santa Fe agent several years ago
he began at once to work, and work
hard, for new depot. He even en-
ployed an architect to draw complete
and elaborate plans for big, hand
some new two-story depot square IN
front of the Commercial hotel. We
understand those plans are now in the
hands of the division people at Wins
low and have lately been brought to
their attention.
At that time, with war gong OH,
Mr.. Stahl's plans were side-tracked.
He later took up the cudgel again.
Then plans were drawn for the en-
largement of the present building and,
in fact, had been stamped with the
approval of the proper officials and
work was almost ready to begin when
something else occurred to stop
things.
Now that things are starting again,
let it be hoped-and be the actively
striven-for goal of city council and
everyone else in Flagstaff-that the
plans this time go through and that
they include an entirely new build
ing, one that will be credit to Flag
staff, and the elimination Of the pres
ent depot.
The Coconino sun., 1924-02-01

Continued from Page One.)
of bees, a few less range horses, a
few more work horses and few less
saddle horses. Stations have gained
a little in number, mules fallen off,
asses also. Range cattle increased
$1,000 in number, but the valuation
lis $47, SOC loWer-easily accounted for
in the poor markets and consequent
leniency of the state tax commission.
There were nearly 5000 more steers
on the ranges in 1923, fewer mich
cows and more bulls. Number OF
sheep decreased 5000, but valuations
increased $202, ,725. There We're fewer
bucks but more goats and swine.
Net tax valuations in 1928 were
SIC, ,524, ,S53.97, and in 1922 they were
SIS, ,878, ,699.74, an increase Of $685.
1923.
Property owned by this county
showed a big increase in valuation,
jumping from $216, ,960.84 in 1922 to
S459 ,960.84 in 1923.
Offsetting the increase in valuations
Of taxable property in 1928, the tax
rate fas lower than in 1922.
Bonded indebtedness increased $780,
900, the total now being $519,0e0.99.
The amount spent on roads in 1928,
amounting to- $145, ,291.04, exceeded
the amount spent in 1922 by $780,
349.65. The schools got S263, 3,161.06
IN 1923, an increase of $30,776.65.