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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-30

gates of Heaven and earned forgive
ness.
So comes this boy bandit, with the
dying prayer on his lips, to compli-
cate the problem of modern life, just
as its solution was being accepted as
a matter Of home and home surround
ings.
Seven men were grouped about q
table in the dining room Of the home
of Fred Harlow, playing cards. One
of these was Ernest r. Werdin, presi-
dent Of the Los Angeles Paving COM
pany and formerly an undersheriff of
tried experience with crime and GRIM
inals. Another was Capt. Jesse D.
Hunter, chief of the homicide squad of
the district attorneys Office. trained
to the capture Of desperate criminals.
The outside doors of the room flew
open and two figures entered. The
card players looked up into face
masked with handkerchief and
found themselves covered by the muz-
zles of two pistols. Werdin and Hunt
err without a move watched for their
opportunity. Werdin was the first to
find it. He rose and fired. Two bull
let's tore their way through the breast
Of the masked bandit and with
scream Of terror and pain he toppled
and fell. His companion fled.
The identity Of the dead boy was
established through the Loyola college
belt buckle he wore. He was Franklin
John Morrison. seventeen years old,
son of F. G. Morrison. manager of the
Mowder Realty company.
Well Brought Up.
Young Morrison had been brought
up under ideal home surroundings,
with a devout and loving mother and
a prosperous and liberal father, who
gave him every advantage.
At Loyola college. where he would
have been the youngest student to
graduate at the coming exercises,
young Morrison had made brilliant
record. He was an officer in the Re-
serve Officers Training corps. was on
the football team. was advertising
manager for the college paper. held
hOnors in the debating society and. as
the youngest senior Of the college.
held the respect Of faculty and student
body.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-30
Young Inferno Cuts
Out OUn Tonsils

Norfolk, Va.-Dr. Benjamin +.
Bailey. young inferno at st. Vincent's
hospital, with a set Of borrowed in
struments and by the manipulation of
small mirrors. successfully removed
his own tonsils, to the amazement of
several surgeons who waited in an adj
Joining room for the daring medico
to faint. He Is resting easy, the hos
pital reports.
Local medical men declare they
never heard of q similar incident.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-30
Unmonageable Airplane
Tears Roof off House

Milford. Conn. - Engine trouble
caused biplane to crash into an I'M
occupied cottage at Merwin's Beach,
on the shore of Long Island Sound.
partly unroofing the building. The
aviators were slightly injured and the
machine was wrecked.
The biplane was owned by the Pride
Aerial corporation of New Haven. On
it were Ralph w. Pride, president Of
the company. and Arthur Holland, a
pilot of International experience. The
machine had just been started from a
hill for a flight to Mitchell field. The
engine went dead 100 feet In the air.
The plane went into a dive and hit
the cottage.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-30
SIMPLE ENOUGH

In calling telephone numbers in Ger.
many, instead of giving the number
by single digits, they have a habit
OF giving it in blocks of two. Thus
257S would be twenty-five, seventy.
eight" That seems simple enough in
English, but try it out in German and
it becomes Notwithstanding, acht.
und-sieb-Zig."
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-08-30
Buried Fifteen Years,
Watch Keeps Time

Kodak. Tenn. - After being
lost Is years, d watch was un-
earthed by T. L. Mount in a
corntield at Kodak.
The case, originally nickel,
was badly furnished, the crystal
Scared, but not broken, and the
ring missing from the stem, but
outside of this the watch was
found to be in excellent cOndi-
ton. with only one small rust
spot visible.
The watch was washed with
gasoline and began running
without reminding. 1t Is still
running and keeps correct time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18

Governor Dixon, asked to comment
upon the decision of the supreme
court relative to his veto of 100000
of the appropriations made by the leg
'islature a year ago, said:
l"While l have not yet had OppOr-
tunity to read at length the decision
handed down this morning by three of
the five judges, | am naturally in
terested in the matter.
''In making the percentage veto cuts
in the excessive appropriations made
by the legislature, | only followed the
action taken by the governors of
Pennsylvania and Wyoming, under
similar conditions. The supreme courts
in these states sustained the action
of their governors in their vetOes.
For many years the Montana leg
islatOrs have been making apprOpria-
tiOns beyond the states revenues.
Knowing the great pressure brought
upon the Legislature members by the
friends of the various institutions for
appropriations that, under normal fin
ancial conditions would be legitimate,
but with an appreciation of the finan-
Cial strain that exists everywhere,
during the present depression, sent
a special message to the legislature,
calling its attention to the absolute
necessity of limiting the apprOpria-
tiOns to the rveenues available. Not
withstanding, the legislature went
ahead and appropriated 100000 in
excess of the revenue. The bills were
not sent to me until the night of ad-
jOurnment. FacedlWith this acute sit
uatiOn, I did what seemed to me to
be the only sane thing to do under the
circumstances and withheld my ap-
prOval of little more than 100000
from the appropriations. / believed
then, and l believe now, that the vari-
Gus institutions could get along for
the coming two years with the re.
duced appropriations left after my
veto.
'But the supreme court is the fina
arbiter in these matters / am in.
deed sorry that under the decision nc
power seems to be lodged with any
one to stay the hand of extravaganza
made possible by legislative apprOpri
atiOns, made in absolute defiance. Oi
the constitutional prohibition against
apprOpriating in excess of the reve
nues."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
co. TREAS. OLSON RE-
PORTS TAX COL
LECTION
Has Made County Warrant Call In the
Sum of 100000 and School District
Call in Sum of $55,00O.

The Treasurer is reporting that the
result of the two payment plan in the
collection of taxes, which may be of
interest to a lot of taxpayers may be
judged from the following:
23.2 per cent cf all taxpayers made
payment in full.
1896 per cent of all taxpayers made
first payment.
1884 per cent of all taxpayers delin-
quent
About 81 per cert of the total tax
levy was collected. This is a fairly
good record considering the second
installment yet to be collected. Last
year about II per cent of the total tax
levy was collected.
All hands are now busy with the
impending warrant call which will be
made about January 18th. There is q
lot of work in connection with the
call such as the segregation of moneys
collected to the various funds, and
the computation of interest due on the
warrants to be called
The approximate amount of war
rants to be called January 18th fol
lows:
School Districts .............-......$ .$55, 100000
County Warrants S1OO,OOO.OC
More warrants could have beer
called but for the fact that a ccnsid-
cradle amount of Sheridan County
funds are tied up in defupct and near
defunct banks. The Christian gentle
men who have been advocating anC
clamoring for the distribution of coun-
ty fundsl among those banks, "whert
it could do the county some good
ought to be we'll pleased with them
selves. But for the present admins
tration's effort to safeguard the In
terests of the county taxpayers, i
would all probably have been in {
"safe place" where moth and rus
cannot destroy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
ADMITS THEY
ARE LICKED

: Earnest L. Walton, republican
state committeeman from ROose-
welt county, predicted the defeat
of the republican party in Mon
tana this year, because of the
= fight in party ranks and failure
= to live up to the republican ideals,
in a speech delivered yesterday
before the republican state cen
tral committee, called to elect DR..
Lanstrum as national committee
man.
Walton got the floor on several
x occasions and roasted "the powers
that be" in Helena and elsewhere,
$ who are running the party to the
grave.
= "You are just driving the last
nails in the coffin which is trail
ing the republican party to the
grave" said the man from RoOse-
welt, who spoke with all earnest
ness. His remarks were resented
by Governor Dixon, who, later in
the day, replied to him, saying he
was amazed" that anyone should
criticize the conduct of the party
affairs as now handled. The speech
of the governor, apparently, did
r not cbanOa tho N1iay11 Of tho o.ay,
tleman from Roosevelt, who con-
= tinued to vote against everything
the governor advocated, and who
: left the meeting and the capital
: city with the firm conviction that
= the "boys from the country" are
badly treated by the administra-
= tion forces.
X X X 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
BASKET SOCIAL AT
RAYMOND A SUCCESS
$3.50 Raised at Benefit for Paul Ray
mOnd Wednesday Evening-Every.
body Had a Good Time.
SHERIFF AND TREASURER'S
OFFICE HIT THE BALL

The people of Raymond and vicinity
responded wonderfully to the benefit
basket social and dance given at the
RAYMOND hall Wednesday evening for
the benefit of Paul Raymond who has
been ill for some time at the Outlook
Community Hospital, where he is
slowly recovering from pneumonia.
The crowd was medium sized but
it was lively. A number of former
Raymond citizens now residing in
Plentywood attended and Sheriff Sal
isbury and County Treasurer and the
forces from those Offices made the
social especially lively by bidding up
the boxes. One basket, double one,
the basket of Miss F'raley sold for
twenty-five dollars, one half of it be-
ING sold to Rodney Salisbury for S13
and the other half being sold to COun-
tv Treasurer D. J. Olson fer SO and
the two ate with the lady. One box
sold for SO and all of the rest sold
for S5 and up due to the bidding OF
the Plentywood visitors. Several OF
these baskets were put up again ano
sold for less Sc that everybody who
wanted one got one. Those who die
not get a box were served with coffee
and sandwiches. Bob Porter was auc-
! tiOneer.
The dance was we'll attended anC
mostly old time dances were the order
eff the program. Vim. RAIDER and Miss
Fraley were the musicians.
The promoters of the social sent II
/ the following communication.
The people of Raymond desire tx
thank the Sheriff and Treasurer's of
flee for the wonderful spirit manifest
ed at the Paul Raymond Benefit sccia
Wednesday evening, and everybod!
else for the good spirit shown. S18O.O'
! was realized.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
KLU KLUX PAPER
BLOWS UP
Can't Raise Money Enough to Put
Proposition Over-StOrkan SOrely
Disappointed.
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET EDITOR
OF RIGHT CALIBRE

The Klu Klux Journal, which DR..
Storkan has been employing himself
promoting for the past several weeks
during his spare moments, has blown
up, it is reported.
The county will not be saved from
Socialism.
The business men are said to have
come to the conclusion that they are
not interested in DR.. Sells and Stor-
kan and their SANDER suits or other
activities, and that it will be more
profitable for them to attend to their
own business and let the doctors
paddle their own canoe and get out cf
the trouble that they have gotten
themselves into, by their own energy.
In other words they ducked the "cats
paw stunt.
DR.. Storkan tells that he get 81, $50
subscribed the first afternoon he was
around, but that even subscriptions
came hard after that. The money was
cnly signed for, however, it was not
paid over, so the boys gave up the
idea as a bad one.
DR.. Storkan has put in a lot of
time lately promoting the idea. He
went to the western part of the state
to hire an editor and spent some time
locking one up, not being just salts
fed with any of the home talent and
realizing that it requires a real editor
to deal with the Producers News. The
doctor saw Sam Teagarden of Lewis
town and Teagarden wanted $500 per
month and years salary deposited
in the bank and the expenses of the
paper guaranteed for one year. The
Doctor passed him up and interviewed
George Weatherhead of the Montana
Record-Herald, one time editor of the
| Pioneer Press. Weatherhead wanted
$3.50 per month and a years salary
in advance to tackle the job and the
doctor gave him up and made some
deal with a man in North Dakots
providing that he could raise the ne
| cessary money, but it. seems that h
! can't and the matter has been dropped
unless the doctor gets another inspir
alton.
This is a keen disappointment t
Bessire & Scott who are anxious t.
retire from the newspaper game il
, Plentywood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
KELLY CASES
NOW ON TRIAL
Judge Rose of Havre Hearing Case
and LeSueur and Hurd Trying Case
for Litigating Parties.
COURT ROOM IS PACKED WITH
SPECTATORS

The famous case of T. c.. Kelly
against the Sheridan County State
Bank and the Beiseker interests,
came on for trial before Judge Rose
of Havre Thursday morning at 900
o'clock before a packed court room.
This case involves an accounting with
the Sheridan County State Bank and
contains charges of forgery, CONVEX
sion and misapphcation of funds, ETC.,
and fraud in general, covering a peri
Cd of number of years and also in
wolves the title of a section of land
in the territory north of Raymond.
The case has been in court for the
past five years and has been on near
ly every calendar since the mind of
man runneth not tc the contrary and
has been continued on one pretext
or another over each term Three
judges have been disqualified in the
case, namely, Judges Conner, BOrton
and Leiper.
Arthur lie Sueur, the noted st. Paul
attorney, and Attorney S. E. Paul OF
Plentywood are trying the case for T.
G. Kelley and George Hurd, the fam
Gus Great Falls attorney, and Attys
Onstad & Greer are defending the
Beisekers and the bank.
The case is a court case. 1t start
ed after preliminary tits by the law
yerS, Thursday morning when Dave
Kelly took the witness stand where
he has been since. There is some in
teresting climaxes which entertain the
packed court room.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
SCHOOL CENSUS OF
MONTANA $4,000
1928 COUNT COMPILED-SMALL
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., DAN
IELS AND ROOSEVELT COUN-
TIES GAIN-INDICATE STATE
POPULATION 526,494.

There are approximately 155,000
children Of school age in Montana, ac-
cording to calculations based on ten
tative school census completed last
week in accordance with the Mon
tana law. Assuming that these fig
ures are substantially correct, if the
ratio of children between the ages of
six and 21 years to the total number
of inhabitants in the state remains
the same this year as it was in 1920,
the year of the last United States
census, the population of Montana at
the present time would be 526,494.
Total Population.
In 1920 there were 161, ,626 children
of school age and the U. S. census
disclosed a total population of 548,889
in Montana, thus the school age popu-
Iation was approximately 29.44 pei
cent of the total population.
The tentative figures for 1923 as
compiled from an actual count con-
Quoted by the clerks of the school
districts in Montana, show 147,74S
children in 81 of the 55 counties, the
figures not having been reported by
three school district clerks, namely
GaIlatin, Garfield and Glacier cOun
ties, where in 1922 there were 7,59'
children.
The school census for 1928, 1922 anC
90 in the northeastern counties com
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
OF MONDAK
RECALLS HISTORY
OF TOWN
STATION MADE FAMOUS BY
FRANK WEINRICH AND
BOOZE AND TEMPORARY
COUNTY SEAT OF ROOSE-
WELT COUNTY, CLOSED.

Mondak station on the Mon
tana-Dakota line, known to rail
road men as the toughest town
on the Great Northern railway,
passed out of existence yesterday
when railway commissioners Off
cially approved the closing of the
station.
The station was shut down be-
cause there has not been enough
revenue to pay an agent.
WILD AND WOOLEY MONDAK
The town of Mondak has had
one of the most thrilling and in
teresting histories of any town in
the west. From 1903 to 1920 it
was the best paying station cn
the Montana division. The town
consisted of saloons, restaurants
and gambling houses with few
scattered stores and homes.
Freight crews used to work
from six to IL hours a day switch
ing cars of beer and merchandise
for the Yellowstone valley which
was later ferried across the Mis-
souri, river.
Gamblers made MOndak their
headquarters for Mondak was the
town that supplied North Dakota
as far east as Devils Lake with
liquor. Conductors had to fight
their way through the trains to
collect transportation from the
drunken passengers or put them
off the trains with their pockets
full of whiskey.
Mondak was the town that
lynched negro and threw his
body in the Missouri river for the
killing of Sheriff Courtney at
Plentywood.
The Great Northern killed more
drunken men at the Mondak sta
tion than at all of the other sta
tions on the railroad. Trouble
was expected by the entire train
crew whenever they stopped at
the station and trouble was usual
ly encountered, according to Con-
ductor Bill Goggins, who has had
25 years experience on the divi-
sion.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
Sheridan County Legis-
lators Leave for Helena
(Tomorrow) Saturday
To Attend Special Session Called By
Gov. Dixon Tuesday to Re-enact Ap-
preparation Laws Invalidated By
Supreme Court Decision.

Sen. Charles E. Taylor and Repre-
sentatives Clair Soner and A. T. Lar
sen will leave on the train Saturday
afternoon for Helena to attend the
special session of the legislature call
ed by Gov. Dixon Tuesday to re-enact
the appropriation laws declared by the
court to have been vetoed by Gov.
Dixon when he made the 10 per cent
appropriation veto last spring.
The call is limited to appropriation
measures and Gov. Dixon is reported
to have said the legislators should be
able to complete their work in two
days and adjourn. Sen. Taylor, how
ever, thinks that the session will last
for at least three weeks.
The Sheridan county solons will Join
those from Daniels county on the
train and will be joined by James Ost-
by at Froid, the representative from
Roosevelt county.
The legislators believe that Gov.
Dixon will also submit revenue meas
ures to the solons while they are in
the capitol and that the session will
probably be a hot one and sensational
one.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
BIG RABBIT HUNT
NEXT SUNDAY
|. E. MILLER AND ED KJELSTRUP
WILL CHOOSE SIDES FOR
DRIVE AT CITY HALL-LOSER
TO GIVE BANQUET.

There will be a big rabbit drive
Sunday.
Brer Rabbit take notice.
All of the bunnies in the vicinity
of Plentywocd will be slain Sunday
if all plans materialize.
Capt. I. E. Miller and Capt. Ed
Kjelstrup will choose sides at the
city hall at nine o'clock. All rabbit
hunters viii be present with his shot
guns and get chosen, no rifles allowed
Then the drive will start. The cap
tains viii have all plans made.
The side bringing in the most rab-
bit tails will be entertained at a tur-
key dinner by the side bringing in the
least.
There is going to be let of fun
so bring the old shot gun and join the
frolic
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
DIR. STORKAN
HAS A FRIEND
HOMESTEAD LADY SPEAKS
GOOD WORD FOR THE PLENTY
WOOD DOCTOR.

The following letter from one of the
Producers News readers indicates that
DR.. Storkan has friends in Sheridan
county:
LETTER
Homestead, Mont.
january Is, 1924. i
Producers News,
Plentywood, Mont.
Gentlemen:
Inclosed find pOstofice money order
to credit on fathers subscription.
We enjoy reading your paper and
think YOU have accomplished a great
deal cf good for Sheridan county but
we do not agree with you in every
thing you say.
DR.. Storkan used tc, practice medi-
cine in this part of the county before
moving to Plentywood. He used to
be willing to go without eating if he
thought it necessary to get there in
a hurry to save a persons life.
You can call him up over the phone
in the winter time and he will tell you
what to do if any one is very sick
And if a person calls him he viii
get out there to see them and be hall
1 wav back to Plentywood before some
doctors would get ready to go.
We have been glad that a persoT
with all that training and skill in doc
tcring was able to stay here in Sheri
dan county as he would be able t.
command a high price for his work II
a large city.
Yours respectfully,
MAY G. JACOBSON.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
BIG SHIPMENT OF HOGS TO
SPOKANE LAST THURSDAY

Gus Riba loaded a car load cf hogs
out of Plentywood for Spokane, Thurs
day afternoon. At Antelope he was
joined by R. R. Ueland with two more
carloads OF corn fed shoats. A car
contains about $4,000 pounds of pork
The price is about cents at Spokane
LELAND will take the pigs through to
market. A little later the Clark
Brothers will also ship a carload to
the same market.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1924-01-18
Governor Dixon Calls Special Session Of Legislature
SUPREME COURT HOLDS GOVERNOR HAD NO RIGHT TO CUT
CHEF EXECUTIVE HOPES HOPE 1T IT VII WILL BE SHORT
Tr0NC AND VALIDATE STATE WARRANTS.

r. remedy his attempt which the supreme court has held
percentage cut of appropriation bills passed at the
on of the legislature Governor Joseph NJ Dixon Tues
M into extraordinary session the Eighteenth Legislative
,y in proclamation issued during the forenoon The
- s called to meet at o'clock Tuesday, January 22nd
IA the GOVERNOR apparently realizing the great to the tax
necessary because of his disregard of the provisions of
ton gave out statement saying he hoped the legs-
~ could meet transact it's business and adjourn within two
DAYS