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Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-23
ARTICLE No. 8
Copyright 1925 by Hoyle, Jr.

Arather interesting question has been
submitted to the writer. IF your part
ner bids no-trump and second hand
bids two hearts, with what type of hand
should you double?" There are two
separate and distinct cases in which the
partner of the no-trump bidder should
double an adverse over bid on his right.
For example, suppose the dealer bid
one no-trump, second hand bid two
hearts and you hold the following hand
Hearts -7,2
Clubs X, J, IA
Diamonds "A, 7, 1915
Spades - K, 10, 2
Don't you think you should double two
hearts? If your partner has no-trump
hand, it should be impossible for the
heart bidder to make his contract. On
the other hand, it would be difficult to
score game at no-trump or suit bid.
On the other hand, suppose your part
ner bids one no-trump, second hand
bids two hearts and you hold the follow
ing hand:
Hearts j, 10, 9,7,5
Clubs = K, 7, f.,
Diamonds = K, 10,
Spades 10
Don't you think you ought to double
two hearts with this hand2 If your part
ner has sound no-trump you should
defeat the two heart bidder by two or
three tricks. These hands are not in
consistent. They merely specify the two
types that justify double of an ad-
verse two bid over partners S no-trump.
The same player has suggested that
with strong hands of the first type, it
would be better to double with the un-
derstanding that the original no-trump
bidder should bid his best suit. This
type of informatory double has been
tried out many times but is not consid-
cred good tactics. The whole purpose
Of the informatory double is to force
partner who has not yet bid to show
mis- suit. To extend this principle to one
Who has already bid is carrying the
'rinciple too far. By bidding no-trump,
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-23
PRINTERS MAKE CHANGES
IN AGE PENSION SYSTEM
The Plan Now on Safe, Sane and Firm Basis
Whose Wisdom Is Fruit of Seventeen
Years of Actual Experience

Indianapolis, Ind.-Actuarial au-
thorities consulted about the recent
readjustment Of the International Ty-
geographical Unions old age pension
system, have given assurances that
changes made in the system by the
Kalamazoo convention in August will
safeguard the interests Of all mem
hers for all time, barring unexpected
drastic and general wage reductions
in the trade, according 10 a statement
issued at headquarters Of the Inter
rational here.
The age of eligibility for the pen
sion Il So weekly was increased by
the convention action from sixty
years to siXty-five, th9 change to be
effected by yearly additions each year
until 1880, when the minimum age Of
sixty-five will be established. At the
same time the continuous member
ship requirement was increased from
twenty years to twenty-five years.
The convention also eliminated
from the law the provision that a
member might work two days each
week at the trade and still draw the
pension. This provision worked out
not as an aid to the needy pensioner,
but an inducement TO The member to
go on the fund, and the resulting
drain on the pension fund had reach
ed the danger point.
"The |. T. U. pension plan is a sue
cess" said President Lynch" but ex-
perience has demonstrated that our
rate Of assessment for beneficial fea-
lures would not produce the revenue
needed to keep pace with the increas-
ing number of pensioners, unless
some change in the system was
brought about and the Kalamazoo
convention accomplished this without
hardship to present pensioners and
those about to reach the age by in
creasing the age minimum one year
each year Necessity for action was
apparent. The balance in the pen
sion fund on May 81, 1925, was
$876,810.41, as against 5000 9,559.46 on
the surplus Of $28,749.05.
Motives Of men are always open
to question, but judgment based on
the most competent evidence avail
able should not be assailed unless
| some error can be cited.
"The individual who attacks the
| conventions action or the councils
advice must be prepared to prove that
the actuary, enjoyed by the council
was mistaken in his scientific calcu-
lations or that the council erred wher
it decided to recommend an increase
in the age Of eligibility rather thar
TO reduce the pension rate or increase
! the assessment.
"The |. T. U. pension plan has nov
been safeguarded and all members
| who believe in this great Trade UnioG
should rejoice in that knowledge, TO
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-23

after all the first duty of a union is
to its working membership and its
chief aims are to improve wages and
trade conditions. Fortunately a large
majority of the members do take this
view. TO the few who are biased
selfishly or sentimentaliy, we can
only offer the sincere advice that they
strive conscientiously to overcome
personal considerations for the good
Of all.
Owe have blazed the pension path
way, and our experience viii be Of
lnestimablc value to the other units
in the great family of trade unions.
But so far as we are concerned, our
wisdom is in that we have profited by
our seventeen years Of pension Ge-
velopment. There has been no prev
ious trade union actuarial data. We
were compelled, to great extent, to
proceed without a Well-marked chart
AS a result, we have made a great
contribution to trade union benefit
actuarial science"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1925-10-23
on Cfzscflon E1yaae'

a player declares himself as having at
least two quick tricks distributed in at
least three suits. To ask him TO give
further information IS unnecessary. If
he has greater strength than indicated
by his no-trump bid, he should be al
lowed to show this strength voluntarily
without being forced to do so by his
partners informatory double. He has
done his duty by bidding no-trump. If
he is overbid, his partner should not
take up the burden. If he has a good
suit, he should bid it. If he has hand
that justihes double, he should double
If he has hand that justihes a two no.
trump bid, he should bid it. If his hand
does not justify any such action, he
should pass. 1t is then up to the no.
trump bidder to make another bid if
his hand justihes it. Auction is a part
nership game and the object of the bid
ding is to find the best bid of the COM
bined hand, the best bid for twenty six
cards, not thirteen. This can be best
arrived at by bidding after partner has
bid rather than by use of the informa-
tory doubles which force bids, because
iCASSo Dlbo lidld " ICdd.
They may have strength and they may
not. Never voluntarily place yourself
in a position where you must guess as
to your partners strength if there is
any other way open. Guesses, no mat
ter how brilliant, can never cope with
cold, hard facts
In this connection a restatement of
the nature of business double is peril
nent. A business double is a double
made for the purpose of defeating the
bid doubled. Any double is business
double if made after partner has bid or
doubled, or any double of an original
suit bid of four or more, or double of
an original two no-trump. In this con-
nection please note that after partner
has bid no-trump and opponents have
overbid and the partner of the no-trump
bidder has doubled, such double is a
business double and made for the pur-
pose of defeating the bid.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
OUTLOOK HOSPITAL NOTES

BORN, to Mr.. and Mrs. Claude
Mills, a baby boy, February oath,
1925.
Mrs. George Delong Of Alkabo, N.
D., is a patient in the hospital.
Mrs. George Buzzard was operated
on here Wednesday.
Mrs. c. o. Barsusten of AlkabO, N.
D., is a patient here.
Frank Hoffart, one of the Hobart
triplets, and little Robert Mclean are
both i'll here with pneumonia.
Mrs. M. III. Callahan of Redstone is
i'll in the hospital.
Mrs. Ella West, who was operated
on last Tuesday, was discharged
from the hospital Saturday.
Mrs. Martin KnUtson was able to
leave the hospital Tuesday.
Helen and Grace White, who were
very i'll with pneumonia, were able to
leave the hospital last Thursday.
Ole Diseth of Westby, who was very
i'll here, passed away last Tuesday af-
ternoon.
| Baby Cole, who had pneumonia left
! the hospital Friday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27

Our bows won victory Of 8 to 81
over The Whitehall boys here last
Our men lost to the Froid
men with a score of Ia to 20.
Mr.. Johnson has started to rebuild
the garage. We are glad to see the
rnsightly ruin Of the recent fire re-
nIaced by the new building.
The high school and seventh and
eighth graders had perfect attendance
last week.
school en- Monday because of sick
ness. We hope that she will be able
to return soon.
Miss DEEMS pupils tell riddles ev-
ery morning. They are getting to be
expert guessers and ali of them are
reading extensively to find new puz-
zles.
The Geometry class of the tenth
grade are studying circles.
The sixth graders are working on
a class product map.
The next Parent Teachers meeting
to be given March 9th promises an
interesting program. We of the
high school are giving a home talent
plav and several other features.
The High School will be very busy
for a time working on the play, "The
Neighbors," which will be given in
about two weeks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
RAYMOND

Those from Raymond attending the
show and dance given in the new Far
mer-Labor Temple were: Mr.. and
Mrs. Ben Void, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Hovdy, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Black, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Hannah, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe MCGOWAN, Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Granrud, Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Heron,
Mrs. VIM. Heron, Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Stewart, Misses Clara and Susie Fra
lev and Messers Orville F'raley, Olaf
Nordby, Walter Anhalt and Henry
Void.
Mrs. Schillingberg, of Homestead,
spent thepast week with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G.. Fraley.
Sam Walker went to Minot last
week to consult a specialist.
The whist party given by the Altar
Society was well attended and netted
the aides tidy sum.
Mrs. Pappenfus and son Clarence
Mrs. Ziebarth and son Oliver and Miss
Victoria Dicnne of Plentywood attend
ed the whist party given by the Altal
Society.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Fraley enter
tanned a large number of friends a
their home last Tuesday evening pro
gressive whist was played until mid
night when dainty luncheon wa
served after which the prizes wer,
awarded. Miss Dorthy Druby an,
A. ]. Markuson won first prizes an,
Mrs. Markuson received consolation.
DR.. Sells made a professional cal
at the L. G. Budke home Friady even
ing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
I. AM A. NUT.
ITEMS SENT IN BY NUT

"a certain eminent authority has
said there are a number of things
under the sun, to which we add that
the gentleman from Hennepin, Mr..
Nellermoe can, and does, talk learn
edly and lengthily about each and
everyone of them. Among other
things Mr.. Nellermoe knows all about
grasshoppers and how they should be
hunted. "Is not the grasshopper
hunter worthy of his hire 2" dramatic
ally exclaimed Mr.. NeHermoe. "Shall
the great state of Minnesota basely
allow this craftsman to exist upon
the mean and lowly wage of 81 per
day? No, never, not while my lungs
shall last" proclaimed The gentleman
from Hennepin with a splendid burst
of oratory. The gentleman's elo-
qUence was of much avail and the
salary of the destroyer of grasshop-
pers was raised to SIS per day. Mean
while in another portion of the very
/ building which resounded to the fer
vid accents of the gentleman's appea
fer the downtrodden grasshoppel
man, a mother, the sole support Of
two children, toiled faithfully on al
the daily stipend Of S3.40."
0 % o
WOULD IMPROVE LEGISLATURE
Mutt discovers that there is a plal
afoot in Minnesota to improve thu
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
SOUTH REDSTONE

The Radio party given at the Bev-
eridge ranch Saturday evening was
enioyed very much by all present. Be
sides the radio entertainment they had
good vocal piano music and a turkey
supper.
VIM. Eartner transacted business in
Redstone Saturday
The Harry Gray and Don Losing
families spent Sunday at the ?. Bev-
eridge home.
All Losing and families were en-
jertained at a turkey dinner at Art
Hagan's ranch Sunday.
Bill White mOtored to Plentywood
Friday
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Kazack called at
Stringers Saturday evening.
Bert Jensen, Carl Smith and family
spent Sunday at the Ray Bishop
home.
Mrs. J. c. Peterson has returned
home from Minot where she under
went an operation for cancer and is
slowly improving.
P. Philips visited at H. A. Whitish's
/ Sunday.
/ Donald McGillary spent Saturday
evening at Ray Bishops ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Gray, son Don
aid and Mrs. Gray's mother, Mrs
Durham, motored to PlentywoOd
Tuesday to have some dental work
done.
Joe Pace and Zeb Garneau were
Redstone callers Monday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
LAM A Nut Is
STILL ON EARTH
Suggests to Sen. Taylor That Mon
tana Should Have GrasshOpper
Hunter, at Suitable Salary.
NIFTY PRUNE PEDDLER
WRITES REGULARLY

lam A. Nut, the nutty prune ped
dler, enjoys reading his stuff in a
real paper like the Producers News,
and has become a regular intermit-
tent contributor.
He also has a Taylor complex and
cannot resist writing him every now
and then.
Prune Peddler Mutt is at last back
in Minnesota after several years alb
sence, isnce that famous episode oc-
cured over at Brainerd, where Mr..
Mutt had an affair with a bell boy.
Mr.. Mutt is an ardent supporter of
the system. He is not a free lover:
he pays for any favor or accommo-
dation, he says.
From Crookston, Minnesota, he
writes Sen Taylor suggesting that g
grasshopper hunter be provided fol-
in Minnesota at an adequate salary
lam A. Mutt is so thoughtful anC
considerate Of the grasshoppers. HI
also sent the senator a number o.
clippings from Minnesota which ap
pealed to him as apropos and instruc
tive which is hereby printed for tn
benefit Of the public:
THE NUTS LETTER
Mr.. TAYLOR:
If you have an official grass hop
per hunter in Montana, suggest yo
get his pay raised.
Fellow Worker Nellermoe of Min
neapolis has shown you how it ca
be did Your lungs ought to be a
good as his.
Do you anticipate that there wi
be another commert5n in st. Pau
June II, 1925. If so l am IN favor G
you being chairman and / want yo
to have the Palm Beach suite a
messed o. everything.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27

nersonnel and intelligence at parla-
ment by selecting members ~ i9oo.
which might be a very goou lue'''
Choose Legislators BY LOe' nS;,rosota
Selection of legislators Dy eu1G aT
and by gosh" according 70 &C.
advocated by Thomas Keete Oh oVa.
ples. farmer-lawyer, is proposed III q
bin offered in. the house TUESDAY ny
Kinneberg "by request. ob
according to Keefe's plan eacn
citv town and village in the sGaCe
at its annual election next preceding
general election, would elect one
~nTonosed LEGISLATOR and certify his
or her name to the Secretary OF
! State. There would be no electloh
! for the legislature but when the SCaCe
canvassing board met it WcIld nave
submitted to it by the secretary o.
state a hatful of names of ''propos.eso
legislators" there being one white
slim of paper Zone inch wide ana 1oui
inches long, for each 2OO voUes u
fraction, secured by the various pro
posed legislators" and these names
from each legislative district Woul'
all be shuffled together.
'The selection of the Legislature
would be by lot, The senators belni
chosen first, and after the senate quo
ia was full, the house of representa-
: tives. In case the name Of a perso2l
should be drawn after he had alread
been selected as legislator the nam
E would be discarded and new on
f would be drawn.
each senatorial or Representative
: district would have the same rel
e resentatlon as at present, the name
from the cities, Villages and towns
each district being shuffled together
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27

ately verified Salisbury's findings and
when a microscope was used, several
letters in the name of the state OF |
Montana could be determined, altho
the erasure job was fairly well done.
When holding the document up To Vhe
light, one could detect the erasure
with the naked eye as the coating OF
the paper is removed and only very
thin portion of the paper remains un-
der the name of Marguerite OGrady.
The fraud is more evident as the
form of the quit claim deed was print
ed in Joe Hocldng's print shop at
Glasgow and it is well known That the
state of Montana furnishes its own
forms when required by them.
The deed transfers the SEA OF
Sec. "a, the N1aNEH, S7aSEA Of
Sec. 25, Township SO, Range "a, Sher-
idan county, Montana and is Just west
of the road of the old O'Grady home
stead which is now in the possession
of some eastern insurance company.
One may wonder why Oscar Collins
and Jack O'Grady should resort to
such petty fraud especially in view of
the fact that the state OF Montana is
leasing its lands on very liberal terms
and that if O'Grady wanted the land
he could have leased it, but neither
/, of them have shown any lncllnatlons
to act in an honorable manner but IN
, cad resort to cheap trickery and
fraud. The scheme was to cheat the
y state of Montana out of the rental fol
a couple of years and then force 1t tC
foreclose which would give the custo-
< mary year in which to redeem to JACK
D O'Grady or Marguerite OGrady anC
t Oscar Collins was ready and anxious
to act in their behalf to the detr1men'
of the state of Montana by which NJ
was paid for more than two seasons
= Jack and Oscar have both beer
+ kicked out of positions into which
: they wormed themselves by intrlgu
+ and fraud and it is anticipated tina
e they are out to stay. Either wou!
n aid the other in defrauding the publ
: and they made a determined figh
It to maintain themselves in positlo,
d where they could steal and defrau
: and bo.h spent considerable time an
) energy in the last election In tryln
it to defeat the will of the public, al
IS though both of them were on the pay
d roll of the public for the greater pan
t. of the past four years.
le It is anticipated that the state
d. Montana will take proper action
le bringing this fraud to light and prose
L cutting the culprits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
BIG INTERESTS
SAVE PET BOARD
Continued from Page Five)

CONTINUED IGOu e1SC GAfSJ
speech evoked cheers.
Flvnn and Peterson made the ar
c,,1roent that the commission was an
elective body and that If 1t were aOol-
ished there would be no place 70 20.
Gravball effectually punctured inns
argument by showing that the Dill
nroposed transferring the duties Oh
The hoard to three elective Officers;
viz the governor, attorney genera
ond state lreasur er who had plenty
If time to attend to the business OIL
tbe hoard in an executive capacity
Craybau made a strong legal argu-
roent for the bill proving that Che
commission is now shorn CT It's pow
or and its every act is limited by rul-
mos of the Interstate Commerce COM
mission. He wound up by making
strong plea for saving the state the
evnenses incurred by this body. Peat,
Smith and Burns spoke agalnS3I, inc
| bill while Duncan, bergman, FlUlll-
er and Anderson spoke In It's faVor.
The vote was as reported ABOVE
When the bill came up for third read
mo ON Sunday it was defeated when
MANY of it's friends were absent over
+bn week end. A motion to reconsld-
or was made Monday and was deteaV-
ed nv the narrow margin OF dhree
votes. AZ voting for and 30 against.
4 CLOSED PRIMARY AND
Il CONVENTION SYSTEM
The bill to- establish a closed prl-
mary which was passed by the repup-
Iicans with large majority was re-
called from the senate by those WhC
passed it. They evidently discovered
snakes in it.
Ruffcorn, the republican floor lead
er. who supported the bill before nov
. made a strong speech against 1t.
PERHAPS Hanson let the cat out q
the bag when he said the passage O.
This hill would result in making TIT
Farmer-Labor Party and most pow
| erful in the State. He said he hat
/ it on, very good authority that Sena
: for TAYLOR. chairman of the Farmer
f Labor convention at st. Paul, was %
o the opinion that passage Of this on
would drive the progressive OF IN
e state out of the old parties and int
Z the Farmer-Labor Party. Hanso
a made some of the reactiOnaries, hal
stand on end when he said: "FOste
sat in that St. Paul Convention be
side Taylor" eff you pass this bill,
concluded Hanson, "the communist
will win" The Mainstreet MoroT
Le seem to get fits every & time the Con
le nunists are mentioned. They r.
t. versed themselves on the bill with
great majority as they carried it b
e three weeks ago.
The bill to refer the old conventiC
er system to the people two years hem
was defeated in the Senate by M
jority of three after it had pass
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27

Mrs. VIM. Heron spent few DAYS
in Plentywood as the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Beigh.
About ten days ago Wilbur Budke
had the misfortune to break his leg
when the horse he was riding fell
with him. At this writing Wilbur is
resting as well as can expected.
H. S. Jordan and Ed. Hannah made
a business Trip to PlentywOod Tues
BORN, to Mr.. and Mrs. Rio, a
baby bow on February 23rd. Mother
and son are doing nicely.
Leroy Holland entertained large
number of his friends Tuesday. Fe-
| br1arv 24th-it being LeRoy's tenth
birthday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
BILL TO RAPE EIGHT HOUR
LAW CHOKED BY TAYLOR

Another inSidlouS bill was lnCIo-
duced in the Senate by Senator
Church of Helena. 1t aimed at in
creasing the hours of labor for wom-
en- from eight to ten hours in the
canning industry. It developed, upon
investigation, that the bill was draft
ed by Listerine Lobe at the request
of some people in Bozeman alleged
to be in the cannery business. Lister
inc, knowing that anything intro
duced by him would be laughed out
of the house where he is regarded as
a prize freak handed it to his friend
Senator Church who introduced 1T.
Senator Taylor happened to be on the
committee to which it was referred.
When Taylor was through telling the
members of the committee what a VI
cious and insidious attack en- the
eight-hour law and the sanctity OF
the home. and the health of The
womanhood of Montana the commit.
tee choked the bill to death and buried
it on the spot.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
CONSPIRACY TO ROB
STATE OF MONTANA
Continued from page one)

on December 10, 1924 the name of the
state Of Montana appeared on the
cult claim deed as the second party.
Nothing was then heard of this quit
claim deed until February 10, 1925
when Marguerite O'Grady brought
the document to the office Of the clerk
and recorder to be recorded. Sails
bury, who had suspected that some
thing was contemplated by Collins
and the O'Gradys, looked over the
deed and was surprised to find that
the name of the state eff Montana had
been erased and the name of Mar
guerite O'Grady had been inserted in
its place. He called the matter to the
attention of Erickson and he immedi-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
A SPECIALIST

Father: "SOnny boy, this is the
day of specialists. Learn to do one
thing so we'll that you can clio it bet
ter than anyone else in the world"
Sonny: "Then Pm already a spe-
cialist."
Father: "What can you do better
than anyone else?"
Sonny: "Read my own writing"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-02-27
YES INDEED

Cross-worder: "Give me ten letter
word meaning country without any
women in it."
Smart Guy: "That's easy-STAG-
NATION"