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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

New Westland Station at PlentywOOd
An Outlook resident informed us
that the price of gasoline at the ga
rage in that city was 35 cents per
gallon when the Westland made its
sensational cut. The price in the
Plentywood garages is 81 IL cents
and there is no announcement made
that they would follow the Westland
cut In prices, at the time the Pro-
ducers News goes to press. The West
land Oil Company is, however, chang
ing the First National Bank building
into an oil filling station and announce
that they will retail gasoline there at
the same price as they do in Outlook.
Continental Manager Rushes Here
The foregoing were the outstanding
developments in the oil war situation
in eastern Montana during the week.
The exclusive article in last weeks
Porducers News, giving the Glow
down" on the maneuvers in the oil
world in eastern Montana was widely
read and extensively copied in the
press eff the state. 1t created such
a furore that G. W. Landsrud, gen
eral division manager of the CONT
mental Oil Company, made rapid
trip to PlentywOod and endeavored to
keep his identity and mission secret.
1t is known, however, that the first
supply of gas to the newly erected
tanks of the Farmers Penn. Co. came
from the Continental distributing sta
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
U. S. Marshal Orrick
Arrests McEIrOy Man

Deputy United States Marshal Or
rick arrested Joe Moon at his home at
McElroy Wednesday, on a charge of
bringing cattle Illegally across the
border. He was brought before the
U. S. commissioner at PlentywOod
Wednesday night and released on
bonds furnished by Carl Ebbing and
B. L. McElroy. He will appear for
trial before Judge Pray at Great Falls
In a few months time
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
N D. ATTORNEY ADMITS HE HAD NO PROOF

writ OF habeas corpus was granted in the case of the
Attorney OF Divide county, NJ D. against Harry
n nearing before Judge Paul at the county courthouse The
nearing which lasted for two days was held for tie purpose
- cetng whether there was any foundation in law or
case by Governor Erickson at Helena last week
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
CONTINENTAL OIL CO. HEAD RUSHES HERE
Spends Several Days in Secret Conference With Officers of
New ConcernLindsay Announces Construction of More
Distributing Stations and Takes Stock OFF Market

aking up the challenge flung face by the starting
OF competing oil firm in Plentyvvood the WestIand oil
Company slahed the prce of gasoline in Sheridan county
Yesterday Orders were given from the companys head
station at Outlook retail gas at % IL cents er Gallon
ms Is two cents gallon less than gasoline was sold for bv
he garages IN Penwood the same day the cut went into
effect at Outlook W ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
No Basis for ExtraditiOn


The hearing before Judge Paul,
Wh!ch lasted for two days, during
winch time there was ample oppor-
tunity given to Mr.. Braatelien who was
acting for his brother in North Dako-
ia, to show some basis for his case.
resulted in a total collapse of the case
against Huffman. Judge Paul. in
granting the writ of habeas corpus
releasing Harry Huffman from Gus
tody of Deputy Sheriff Lynch of Cros-
by, stated that in an eXtradition case
1t was necessary to show the accused
was a fugitive from justice; that in
order to be q fugitive from Justice
there should be a showing that he was
at some time IN che state from which
he was alleged to flee, and that he
committed crime. Neither of these
allegations were proved in this case.
A Dangerous Precedent
''It would be setting a dangerous
precedent" )" said Judge Paul, ''to allow
citizens of Montana to be taken away
from where they 1--we to be tried in
another state unless the prosecuting
authorities showed that they had
some evidence that would at least
furnish grounds for a Conviction
Judge Paul told the attorney from
Crosby that he would facilitate an ap-
peal to the supreme court. That gen
tleman did not, however, show any
to go before that body.
Not Served With Complaint
Continued on page g.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
Z. ne -
LiMELgGH
PERT AND PERTINENT
PARAGRAPHS PERTAINING
TO THINGS AND EVENTS
m GREAT AND SMALL
CONCERN.


CARBON
CROWS
Just as the SPIDER Weaves his silky
web to lure flies into the larder of his
banoueting hall, in order that he may
9t his leisure pick the flesh of their
homes. so deceiJful bankers are today
unningIy weaving legal nets to catch
unwarv farmers In their mesnes.
About the meanest of these schemes
of financial ledgerdemain resOrted to
bv the INHALED bank closers is the
CROP mortgage. 1t is now becoming
common practice for some sOft-hand-
ed confidence man, who formerly op-
Grated from behind a bank wicket, to
aDDrGach a farmer against whom fore
closure proceedings have been insti-
mted, and try to get him to sign over
one fourth Of his crop to the landlord,
bank or lean company. The shylocks
usually approach the farmers around
PIentvuood with smooth words upon
their lips but with dark and treach-
er0us designs in their hearts. Being
experienced confidence men they Of
ten times succeed in getting the farm
Ell t0 sign the crop mortgage. Once
the tller Of the soil puts his name on
the dotted line no caTriOn crows, who
hang around the carcasses on a bat
tlefeId, ever showed more inhuman
vigilance than do these ex-bankers un-
til they have the farmers S crop secure
ly in their clutches
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
BIG ISSUE OF PRODUCERS NEWS

This week the Poducers News is
having q press run Of 5000 issues of
a 20-page peper. The News is get
tirg biCeor Z better and reaching
m3re peopf ~ every new issue.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
PSJglBBlNG ~ II FARMERS
nl INJUNCTION

l.oie Inc absentee Loan Sharks and their
J1s, sa collection agents have intro
ST. SS5cS9 new stunt in crop grabbing in
casa- ,,l'-''a4 - county during the week. In
l. l,sss =, Where farms have been recent
mt' 'C,4 ,4 under foreclosure proceedings
new, av I4ere the one years redemption
bsyloO mas mas not yet expired, iniunctions
o. ,,r,s o9en asked for and temnorariIv
So,roS S,0l,'ea to restrain the farmer who
rsco; s~5u the crop from reapfng # A
cram or',eI ~ Is appointed to harvest the
Tp re6gosd.l ana turn the money over to the
s6arl.ee ntyaGives ys5e of the absentee
in1otis iro.ss. When it is known that an in
i i@uCuon "a is granted, only when When Il there 1
heinnoUr adequate remedy at law. the
ifeItO ness Of the proceeding is man
hsyee hSe 70, For years the powerful i trusts Irl'stl
feet u USED injunctions 50 shacIle the
We boI. ~ labor. This is the first time me
scb6rave Nj nave heard that the lrt9. nefa,io,Is lil1e
fsr%aee fTle has been used to RI ruin r,- the fbe
IN tSa Sller Of the soil will be e eTnosa5 EETaSsll
NesSga Sae next issue of the I ProdgceTs TSgCsT9
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
KLAN ROUTED BY ENEMIES NEAR BOSTON

Boston, August "A hundred hooded and robed Ku
kux Kansmen routed in pitched battle with 500 anti
klansmen today at ley Farm, sington, Westwood and
dozen people injured by sticks and stones hurled m both
factions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
writ Of Habeas Corpus Is
Granted By Judge Paul

Conspiracy to Shanghai Dooley Farmer to North Dakota
Wnhou Ills Nnowledge Exposed-Action of Governor in
fanung ENradtIon Papers Regardless of the Law and
the Facts inquired Into by Court-No Evidence Thai H@
man Was Fugitive From Justice" in North Dakota,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
MIGHT BE

She:-"You may say what you
want to but it's the clothes that
makes the woman"
He:- "Yep-and breaks the man.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
NOTICE

On account of the heavy rain
the Brush Lake ROdeO is post
pOned until Sunday, August 9th.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
600 BattIe--12
Hurt In Ku
KlUx Riot

Woman Starts Fight With Her Remarks: Police Reserves ara
Called But War Renews-1OO Members of Hooded
Band Forced to Farm House for Refuge from Clubs and
Stones.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

The klansmen were driven to cover
in farm house, and the antis were
pushed back off the farm property
after special officers and reserve DO
lice had been rushed from neighbor-
ing towns.
Trouble arose when a woman men,
Der of the khan is alleged to have
passed a remark to some anti-klans-
man. Some one in the "anti" crowd
threw a stone, and the battle was on.
Sticks and stones few fast and furi-
Gus in the hand-tO-hand pitched bat
tie, which last quarter of an hour,
until the klansmen were routed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

1t IS stated that several, if not
all of the contestants are holding
back votes for the final.
Several Of the girls visited SEQ
bey during the week and got many
new subscriptions. The Scobeyites
seem to think that they have missed
something any week they have not
read the Producers News. This
friendly feeling for this paper in
the Daniels county capital resulted
in many extra votes being secured
for the Princess contest.
The contest will close at 12 D. m.
tomorrow Saturday night, when
it will be announced at MiIIer's drug
store who the happy girl is who will
wear the coveted diadem and enjoy
the glorious trip to the state cap
ital.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
WlestIaIld Draws Frs Blood in Gas Var
SLASHES PRICE OF GAS
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY

Cuts Price Two Cents Per Gallon at New Station at Outlook
day-Builds New Station at PIentywood-Producers
News Article Causes Sensation in Oil Circles In Montana
Independent Producers Watch Moves With Interest
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
PRINCESS CONTEST
CLOSES TOMORROW

The Princess contest is getting
more exciting every minute as it
nears the close tomorrow night.
Staid citizens are now abandoning
their daily avOcatiOns and are out
working like fiends for their favor
ite candidates. The race is getting
interesting as it has narrowed down
to four. The standing of Contest
ants when the votes were counted
Thusrday night was as follows;
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

The Producers News $500 a year
tead ire news while it is news.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
REGINA MEXICO TRAIL DISCUSSED WITH
SASKATCHEWAN MINISTER OF PUB. WORKS

els About Cooperative Enterprises Delegations From
Montana Cities Assured by Gardner That Building of
Canadian Link Would be Undertaken Next Year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
FIGHT STARTS
ANEW

When reserves from Norwood, Ded-
ham and Westwood quieted the fac
tions, woman khan supporter mount
ed the speakers rostrum, which had
been tipped over in the melee, and
attempted to start a speech. This
caused hOstilites to break out anew.
Some one in the "anti'' crowd
threw a firecracker, which exploded
with a report like a pistol shot. This
started the riot over again. Police,
Continued on page 12)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07
NO SYMPATHY FOR
easy" FARMER

That done they care not if the
farmer is in want, if his wife is in
rags, if his little children 90 without
bread on the very land on which is
raised the staff of life. They care not
if he shivers and starves through the
long cold winter days, Sc I0ng as they
get their pound Of flesh. When the
farmer who signed away one fourth
OF his crop is wondering where the
next meal is coming from in the dead
Of winter the Shylocks, sitting in soft
b0tJomed chairs-in easy Iuxury-will
extend little sympathy to the man who
let them take the bread out Of the
mouths of his children. These human
iacEals viii probably glosc over their
own 'snarJness" i'm separating the
producer from his grain. They would
smoke contentedly even though they
heard the clOds from the grave-dig-
gers shovel rattle down on the coffin
lids Of their starved victims, so long
as they got their mortgaged loot. The
farmer who permits these ghouls to
get away with his crop and leave his
family in want in the winter cold is
scarcely less criminal than a yelping
pack Of wolf-like bankers who are at
his heels today.
HOLD THE
HARVEST!
With a short crop and a long win
Ter facing the tilleT of the soil wisdom
dictates that he should hold his har-
vest until the wants of himself and his
FAMILY are at first supplied. He
S:nould not submit to a more degrad-
ing form Of tenant farmer serfdOm
tnan ever cursed the worst landlord
ruled countries of Europe. The enc
fourth crop eXtOrtion scheme of the
loan sharks, is more exacting than
any rent charge ever wrung from the.
tenant farmers by feudal lords. Less
suah score of years ago the Irish
IaInleiS oVerthreW a less damnable
system OF land tenure and established
peasant ownership on the blood red
Olazlhg ruins of many a historic castle
ana arlStocratic house. If the. Ameri-
ian farmer does not want to. allow
NllLlSeH to be submerged in a worse
SsaVe OF serfdom to absentee loan
Shark landlords than has been over
. mLoWh elsewhere, he must begin to
assert himself. He must resclutely
meet the wiles of the confidence men
!: VINO are out to grab the produce of
T tls farm. He must learn to overcome
oE ~ mIenority complex" which en-
Su ao.5S some white collared bandit to
bi bgu' over" his nefarious designs on
nm. a He must look his banker enemy
sgo sguaIe IN the face and straight in the
t{ A. ana tell him to "gec the hell off
cor,I, cT pace If the interloper fails to
sSSluPly sSaPIy with this legal demand he
cbou5d cb5ould j, take down his shotgun and
F,sse fas the unlimited trespasseTs off his
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-08-07

CONTINUED on page 12)
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09
LOST SUCCESS SECRET

When Thomas w. Lawson died a week or so ago, at the age Of 67, there passed from life's stage one Of it's most spectacular actors-a man who had made and lost several large fortunes in the stock market.
 He made S40,000 in a pool Of rail road stock before he was F. He lost this, but more than made it back before he was 20. In his ca reer as banker and broKer it is es- timated that he made more than fifty million dollars at various times
 He was quite an author. In 1888 he wrote a book called Secrets O: Success" and for several years it appeared that no one was more ca- pablo of explaining those secrets than he. But finally his luck de- serted him and he died in poverty
 We do not know much about the secrets of success, but we do know the secret of Lawson's ultimate fail ure. He was a gambler. He gam bled for big stakes and while he of ten made tremendous winnings thru his stock manipulations, he finally lost-as all gamblers do if they play long enough.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

Wilslow, of the commerce commit tee; Chairman Mckenzie, of the mill tary committee; Chairman Snyder, of the Indian committee and Represen- tative Sydney Anderson, of Mime sota, a member of the majority steer ing committee and one of the au thorities in the House on agricultur- al legislation.
 The Democrats leaving include Isaac R. Sherwood,e of Ohio, who at 90 years of age is the oldest mem Der of the House and the last of the Union veterans to hold a seat in that body. Another prominent on the mi. nority side to complete his service is James F. Byrnes, of South Caro- lima.
 The one woman member of the old House, Mrs. Mae E. Nolan, Of California, retires voluntarily. But there will be a woman member Of the new House, Mrs. Mary T. Nor ton, Democrat, who was elected ir November to represent the Twelfth New Jersey District. She will be the first woman to sit in the House as a Democrat and the first also to represent district east of the Miss issippi.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

D. Schall. Republican House mem Der from Minnesota, whose election to the Senate is contested by Mag nus Johnson: w. P. Pine, Republi- can, Oklahoma; w. H. McMaster, Republican, South Dakota, and Guy D. Golf, Republican, West Virginia.
 In the place of Senator Dial, South Carolina sends to the Senate Cole man l.. Blease, a former governor, who for years has been the center of bitter political fueds in that state Other new Democratic Senators are Sam c. Bratton, New Mexico, and L. D. Tyson, Tennessee.
 The shifts in House memberships affect v Congressional districts, giv- ing Pennsylvania solid Republican delegation of 36 as against a lineup of 30 Republicans and six Democrats in this Congress, and reducing the Democratic representation from a number of northern states.
 Along with the retiring Democrats go number of Republican leaders who either declined to stand for re- election or were retired by the cleo torate. Among the former are Ev- erett Sanders, of Indiana, President Coolidge's new secretary; Chairman
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09
How Washington Stands
 According to the "A. P.''

WASHINGTON, D. C., Mar. g. The Congress of blocs-the Sixty Eighth-passed into legislative his tory at noon, March 1.
 It is succeeded by one in which the Republicans will have an actual as we'll as nominal majority and in which the LaFollette insurgents will find themselves stripped of the power to mould legislation.
 This change will be brought about as result of the election turnover which decreased Democratic strength in both houses and reduced likewise the number of insurgents in the Sen.
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This change will bring many new members to the halls of Congress to replace men retiring, some of whom have long held a dominant place in the legislative life of the nation.
 Senators who passed out of the picture with the falling of the gavels at noon on March 1, include l.. Heis- Ter Ball, Delaware; Medill McCor- mick, Illinois; Holm o. Bursum, N. M.; Thos. Sterling, South Dakota and Davis Elkins, West Virginia, Re publicans; David I. Walsh, Massa- chusetts; A. Owsley Stanley, Ken lucky; Robert L. Owen, Oklahoma; Nathaniel B. Dial, South Carolina; and John K. Shields, Tennessee, De- mocrats: and Magnus Johnson, Far mer-Labor, Minnesota.
 With the passing of MT. Walsh of Massachusetts will have two new Senators, Speaker Frederick H. Gil lett moving up from the House to join with William M. Butler, who came in this session to fill the place so long held by Henry Cabot Lodge.
 Delaware will send back to the Senate T. Coleman Dupont All the others will be men new to Senate halls. They include Charles s. Den cen, Republican, Illinois; Fred M. Sackett, Republican, Kentucky; Thos.
 Gateway want-ads bring results.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

E. R. lesson, proprietor of the Jes- son coal mines in the Matanuska dis trict, is returning from a business trip to San Francisco and other points in the States.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

New York authorities have de- cided that the play "The Good Bad Woman" is good for the box office, but bad for the morals of the spec tatOrS.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

Chicago preachers request the newspapers to cut out crime news for a month. Now if they can get other folks to cut out the crime, all will be lovely
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

The Misses Ruth Potter and Mollie Lester entered Judge Marrs' court in Pikesville, Ky wearing knickers, and were given ten hours in jail for con- tempt of court.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

An archaeologist gives modern ladies shock by declaring that Queen Neferititi, mother-in-law of King Tut, invented the shingle bob, about 5000 years ago
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

People living in the village of Nasty, England, have petitioned to have the name of the place changed It must be admitted that their re- quest seems reasonable.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

So far, approximately 99 per cent of the paragraph writers of the country have referred to Jack Demp- sey's marriage as "a knockout by Cupid"
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ate.
 With clear working majorities as sured in the two houses the Repub- lican organizations have excluded the insurgents from their councils, de- priving them of committee promo tions in the Senate and stripping them of committee chairmanships in the House.
 In contrast to the present Cong ress, in which the Democrats and in- surgents combined have a majority in both House and Senate, the lineup in the Sixty-ninth+ Congress will be:
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

The remarkable eyesight of many old people is attributed to better care of their eyes in youth. But skirts were longer then.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

Many eloping couples get married at Satan's Kingdom, near the New York Connecticut line-a satan of a name for a wedding place.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

A government report recommends supervision of weighing of grain at elevators by Canadian Mounted Po-
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09

J. J. Chishold left on today's train for Anchorage and Interior points.
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lice Wouldn't this be exciting duty for that intrepid outfit.
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All rights for republication of spe- cial dispatches herein are reserved.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-03-09
LEW CODY

has the villains part, and the balance of the
 cast was specially selected. A thrilling melodrama full of action and tense scenes
The Coconino sun., 1925-11-27
sCRAPPING THE GOVERNMENT

Fighting the government is getting to be a
popular political sport even by those who are
elected and sworn to support the constitution of
the United States.
Instead of standing by one would think we were
being dictated to by the Akhund of Swat or some
other foreign potentate
We are all mighty strong for a League of Ma
tions, a World court or some sort of a crlcible
resort where all the troubles of the world can be
boiled down, so there can be no more wars. Yet,
if the big noise is not directed against some for
eign country it must be directed against our own
government.
It is barely possible that fighting our own gov
ernment comes from those who still believe in
yelling "stop thief when their particular graft on
the public treasury has been stopped.
A loyal citizen of the republic will not give his
support to CRATER, if he knows it.
But, a loyal citizen is prone to forget election
day and leave this important function to the
grafters who fully realize it is the very foundation
of their grating ability.
90 my vote won't count, Z, is the lazy, inane dis
loyal statement which causes the grating element
to win.
Just two or three votes in precinct, scattered
over the state or nation, makes the difference as
to whom is elected or defeated, in state and
nation. @