The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-07-17
AS WE SEE 1T

Did you ever experience the dis
comfort of riding a lazy camel thru
the Sahara desert, with your tongue
amalgamated to the roof Of your
mouth with thirst, and wondering how
long you could bear your agony when
suddenly a little clump of trees catch |
es you eye? clio" you say to your
self "there is an oasis. and unless
run into a hostile shiek, l can Stake
nv thirst without having to open up
my cancels belly and tap his reser-
VOir."
And if on nearing the oasis you
saw approaching on a prancing steed,
a person who might be the bearer OF
good or i'll tidings. Thirsty travellers
always prepare for the worst, | I'm
derstand, and you might probably pre-
dict that an Arabian javein might
be twanging in your gizzard as soon
as the horseman got near enuf to do
his dirty work. What would be your
emotions-provided you weren't too
thirsty to- have any-if the rider in
stead of inserting his dagger between
your ribs, bowed and said to you: "Lo,
weary and parched stranger, my
leader the shiek has heard of your
coming and bids me welcome you, and
he commands you to make yourself
at home"
ransport-yourself from the sandy
wastes of Africa to the great open
spaces of Montana and transform
yourself into this mortal if you want
to reach an approximation cf the
feelings that would be experienced by
a normal traveller in the predicament
described in the preceding para
graphs. The camel in this case will
be capably represented by the Great
Northern Railway; the oasis by
Plentywood and the shiek by the
Farmer-Labor Party of Sheridan
County, of which Plentywood is the
county seat.
[ was scheduled to speak in Plen-
tywcod on the Fourth of July. The
Great Northern Railway gave me
more than my moneys worth of
TRANSFORMATION. 1t carried me beyond
my stop. What that means in Mon
tana can only be understood by native
sons. Young men grow old between
stops out thereon express trains
Locals never seem to leave their
stops. However, l finally managed to
get to town somewhere in the vicinity
of the place l should have gotten of
at. The conductor left the train to 60
on a hunting trip, and while he was
awav a man entered the coach and
asked for me. On admitting my
identity he ordered me to come along
and get into his car. He was the
sheriff of Sheridan County.
'More bail money!" you will say
The last time l had the privilege
of riding in a car provided by a sher
iff it meant bail money alright, but
this time it only meant the freedom
of the city. | was On my way to the
political oasis of Plentywood, the ONT
bright spot, politically speaking, II
the dreary republican and democratic
wastes of the Anaconda Company
state. And the sheriff was a comrade
an old veteran in the revolCtiOnar,
movement and one of those who is re
sponsible for winning for Sheridan
county the nickname OF little Rus
STA"
The. story of Plentywood's recen
political history is interesting. L
the hevday of the Nonpartisan Leagu
a paper by the name of the Producer
News was organized. The radical
who did not agree with the policy fol
lowed by the League trimmers wer
not anxious to support the papel
Then Charles E. Taylor came alon
to edit the Producers News. An
things began to happen.
The Non-Partisan League is dea'
You couldn't dig up a Socialist
Montana with a steam shovel. Thos
who do exist are ashamed to admit
But there is a branch of the Worker
Party in Plentywood and it carrie
more scalps on its belt than eve
hung in an Indian tepee. After
long struggle, during which fists {
well as tongues were used, the rad
Gals of PlentywcOd have cleaned L
every office in the county and hay
not alone done that but they hay
either forced the capitalist POLITICIAN
to keep silent or put their packs {
their backs and walk the tracks
the nearest reactiOnary oasis. Al
what they have done in PlentywoC
can be done throughout the state thu
claim.
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In the last elections, the worke
and farmers of Sheridan county a
completely victorious. And their hv
" paper, the Producers News is mai
ly responsible for this. Of cours
without a militant organization ba
of it, the paper could net exist. B
the News now goes into every hon
in Sheridan county and it is by /;
means the best paper of its kind tn
/ have seen anywhere.
Each county in Montana is entitl