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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-12-11

from the inside has become a more
IAN using the ''sOup" and the ''iimmy''
People would keep their money in cid
socks and mattresses instead of tax
ing 1t to the banks. Liquid capital
would disappear and as a result
manufacture and commerce would
languish. Because our economic sys-
tenn can not work without credit-and
where would the credit come from if
we burglars didn't scare the money
into the banks? We burglars are the
best friends the bankers have. If they
were white and had an ounce of graft
tude in their black hearts they would
offer scholarships to talented young
burglars and endOw homes for the old
boys who spent the best years eff
their lives cOrralling stray dollars in
to bank vaults. But they treat US
like some hunters treat their dogs.
After the poor brutes have fetched in
game all day long, they get a beating
for stealing a little rabbit. Maybe
1 you heard" continued our said old
| burglar friend, "that the bankers have
offered $1,000 fer every burglar
caught alive and $1,000 for burglars
ready for the embalmers. The big
idea is to encourage cOppers to shoot
first and investigate afterwards. But
it won't work"
And why not? ?" we queried. ct 5
this way" replied the old burglar
Its a mighty sorry kind of a bur-
glar that amt worth a couple OF
grands to the police force every year
failing valuable asset like that
would be the same as locking the
goose that lays the golden eggs in
somebody else's coop, and as for a
policeman shooting a good dividend
paying burglar and losing him for
keeps-well, all | got to say is that
there amt no such animal. The re
suit will be that the coppers will pro-
tect the burglar as heretofore and
shoot respectable citizens for the
sake of the homes. This wouldn't be
SO blamed hard either, because most
MOntanans look like burglars any
how, and if the resemblance WASH I
sufficient, a $3.50 divvy with the bur
glar corpse inspector would be
enough to change a saint into a safe
cracker. Now the fellow who robs
from the inside runs no chances, pro
vided he takes enough" complained
the venerable safe cracker. eff he is
caught, he can always get some doc
tor to swear that he suffers from 6
] seven-jOinted Latin disease which he
inherited from the forty-second cous-
in eff his mother-in-law's step-daugh.
ter. And if things miscarry and he
lands in Fort Leavenworth or Allan
ia, some one in conspiracy with the
:. Department of Justice will supply
him with a certificate showing thai
unless he is Immediately released the
undertaken, who is waiting for him or
the outside, will die of broken heart
The cruel fact is, said our departing
: burglar friend, as he wrung oul
heart fer the last time, "some people
are born with a silver spoon in theil
mouths and some try to get their:
|. while nobody is looking. I tried the
latter method and it don't work"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-12-11

ScObey-With the exception of the
cases against Berry Stephens, the
patron saint of the Katzenjammer
Kids, Lawrence and Nyquist, the
grain stealing case against Jack Dunn
aroused more interest than anything
else on the calendar.
After the jury deliberated for an
hour a verdict of guilty was returned
against the defendant who was ac-
cused of stealing fifty bushels of fax
from Jack Reed about year age
REED TESTIFIES
Reed was a good witness and told
on the stand how he tracked down
Dunn and got him arrested and
charged with the theft. He testified
In substance that he had been miss
ing flax from his granary year
ago, and that in the early part of
December he lost about fifty bushels
of flax from his granary. He testified
that he suspected both former en-
ployee and the defendant, but was I'M
able to get a trace of his grain until
some friends living near West Fork,
came to him and informed him that
while hunting skunks they had found
about fifty bushels of flax in the cell
lar of the house on the Mellon place,
just over the line in Valley county.
Mr.. Reed related in detail the steps
taken to trap the thief, among them
being a five-night watch. AS the thief
had not then shown up, Mr.. Reed be-
came impatient and decided to bring
him there. So he claims he arranged
with an acquaintance to go to the
defendant and his former hired man
and try to purchase a stove from
them, telling them incidentally, that
he was going to move into the Mellon
house on the following Saturday.
FELL ASLEEP
IN STRAW
The sixth night was a Thursday
and while waiting for the expected
visit Mr.. Reed testified he fell asleeT
in straw stack and did not wake VI
till he heard the rumble of wager
wheels. After assuring himself thai
they were going away he looked il
the cellar of the house and discovered
that his grain was gone. He say.
he trailed the wagon, part of the time
with the aid of a neighbor until it Lee
to the home of Jack Dunn. Ate.
leaving his companion to watch tn,
house, Mr.. Reed came to town ant
had the Sheriff arrest Dunn.
, Atty. Keogan appeared for the de
/, PENDANT and made a valiant effort t.
! show that the flax was stolen by tn
! hired man who had worked for MI
Reed, Jim Salerno, who later con
eessed his share and served a term il
he penitenbary and that Jack Dunn
had merely Ahelped Salerno haul tn
flax home, thinking it belonged t
SalerncA
Those who comprised the Dunn iur
: we're Homer Snyder, Jonas TonjuT
Edward 0. EstensOn, Ormand Paus
John H. Conroy, Thos. Hughes, Anto
Peterson, James Mum, Christian
, Iande, Joe LaPierre, James Marlenet
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INSIDE AND OUTSIDE BANK ROBBERS

following FROM the
Butte. 1t shows rObbng
safe and profession Montana than
The article reads: ''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-12-11

safe and sane profession in Montana &
from the outside. The article reads:
PITY THE POOR BANK BURGLAR
Butte and Montana are about to
eliminate crime. They have been elm
mating crime for long time. Every
so often the good criminals that is
those who steal nothing under rail
roads, banks, natural resources, trust
companies and school lands, go on
crusade against the little criminals
who pursue their calling on the cash
and carry order. We don't know why
the big criminals should have it in so
for their little brothers. Just be-
cause man is born poor and never
had a chance in his life and there
fore can't rise higher than pick-pOc-
ket or secOnd-story man or a hard
working burglar, is no reason why
he should be looked down upon by
his brothers who were reared in good
families, have college educations, and
consequently developed enough engi-
neering talent to steal a skyscraper
without moving it. The scientific way
of dividing Montana criminals would
be to class them as inside and out
side men. The big ones work from
the inside and little ones from the
outside. Take the banks for instance.
People take their money to the banks
from the outside. Then the bankers
put bars on the windows and gratings
before the tellers and burglarprOof
vaults in the basement to keep the
little criminals from swiping that
money. The next thing we know the
bank don't open its doors. When the
excitement is over the receiver issues
a report that three millions were paid
In by tn depositors, two millions were
taken out by the bankers, and the
balance was used up in making the
report. If all the dollars stolen by
bank robbers were put on one pile
and leaned against the pile assimi-
lated by the inside bank robbers ii
would look like a wart on Pixies Peak
But that don't prevent the insiders
from declaring war on the outsiders
and we tell you it isn't right. II
takes considerable Cf a man to rob 9
bank from the outside. 1t means
months of planning and scheming and
considerable knowledge of mechanics
When an outside bank robber is
caught IN the act he is frequently
shot, and if he is lucky enough to es-
cape with the swag the detectives are
pretty sure to relieve him of his bur
den before they turn him over to the
lawyers to pick the bones. An ole
friends among the bank robbers came
to us the other day and laid his tale
of woe before US. "John," he said
with tears in his eyes; "I'm going Il
quit the trade. When I'm not in iai
I'm working to get some of my bud.
dies out of Jail, and when I'm in iai
my buddies are bankrupting them
selves to get me out. I love my trade
and if I say it myself, I pulled of
some of the niftiest jobs on record
But what's the use? We fellows risI
our hides, do all the, dirty work. anC
the dicks and lawyers get cur hard
earned money. If it wasn't for the
brotherhood of burglars and safe
crackers" he went on, ''four-ffths Of
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Thos. S. Lowell.
Sentence was deferred fer few
days and may be from one to four
teen years in the penitentiary.
GAMBLING CASE
ENDS QUICKLY
The case of the State VS.. William
Mullikin was called right after the
Dunn case, and was a jury case but
lasted only 20 minutes, the jury ind
ing him guilty. His sentence was al
so deferred until Monday.
MANY
PLEAD GUILTY
Twenty-eight others plead guilty tt
violation of prohibition statute Of
else to gambling during Wednesda!
afternoon, and another batch wa'
scheduled to appear before the judge
They will be sentenced soon.
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!. w. FREEMAN WRITES
FROM WOOBURN, OREGON
Producers News.

Producers News.
Dear Sirs:
We arrived at Woodburn a week
ago and settled down for a time.
Everything is just fine and the
weather is ideal. Roses are in bios
som yet and they are sowing winter
grain and it is growing fine. We
have some rain every day and also
some sunshine between showers. The
location eff the country is fine and
the land is very high priced, ranging
from 5000 to $500 per acre and up.
Please send me the Producers News
at Woodburn, Oregon.
J. w. FREEMAN.
III Blanch ST., WOodburn, Ore.
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JENS GRONVOLD FROM
LLAHO COOPERATIVE COLONY

Dec. 2, 1925.
To the Editor and Readers
OF The Producers News:
Our destination is reached and our
long journey is ended. We came thru
without any serious mishap and all
feeling fine. 1t took us Is DAYS from
the day we left Fertile, Minnesota to
the day we arrived in the colony.
We went through the following
towns of Importance: Detroit, Wa
dena, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Mime
apolis, st. Paul, Mortified, Fairbault
and Albert Lea, Minnesota; Mason
City, Iowa Falls, Des Moines, Ottum-
wa and Burlington, Iowa; Peoria,
Springfield, East st. Louis and Cairo,
illinois; Sikeston, Missouri; Forest
SClty, Little Rock and Pine Bluff, Ar
kansas; Tallula, Monroe and Aiexan-
drla, Louisiana. On account of bad
roads in Missouri we crossed over in
to Illinois.
We crossed the Mississippi river
into Illinois at Burlington and crossed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-12-11

ferry into Missouri. So you see we
have really travelled part of our way
on water. The children thought it
was great.
The only time we had rain was in
Arkansas. The only time we camped
out it rained from to in the morn
ing and again in the afternoon when
it poured down.
We had very bad roads in the
southern part of Iowa, part of Illinois
and little stretch in Arkansas.
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were married in Plentywood at the
Congregational parsonage. Ernest
Christensen, a brother of the bride,
and Susie Legge, a sister of the
groom. accompanied the young couple
and acted as best man and bridesmaid
The bride was becomingly gOwned in
a blue-gray silk and carried bou-
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Letters intended for publication in
News the fore part Of the week They
should not be long and should bear the
name and address of the writer Com
mun1cattons written over a nom de
plume will be published only if accom-
panied with the name of the author.
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Friday, December i II.

quet of beautiful red ro,.,
the ceremony the bridal ' ns' Il
ed to Dagmar where tbs, party 'ese
their lei future home. Long I ~ o.,
with ever increasing jov ~. ~ ''ss
ness is the earnest well 'i' b
their host of friends. "lSas
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DANIELS COUNTY
Man CONVICTED OF
STEALING FLAX

Jack Dunn Found Guilty of Taking
Reeds Grain After PrOtracted Trial
Several BOOtleggers Plead Gull
ty, including ScObey Republican
Boss, Before Judge Paul of ViOlat-
ing the Prohibition Law-Gamblers
Found Guilty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-12-11
LEGGE-CHRISTENSEN

On Monday, Dec. Z, John Legge
and Helen Christensen of Dagmar
Evening star., 1925-11-17

from families broken by death, deser-
ton or separation, while 33 of the
children were living in homes in which
neither parent was present, she stated
She said that nearly one-fourth of
the children had mental defects while
one-third of them had some physical
defect.
big Brother" Stressed.
Miss Allen emphasized the impor-
tance of the big brother" and big
sister" work which had been carried
on by volunteer workers during the
year. and cited instances where men
and women had through gazing the
confidence of children acted in the
capacity of brother or sister to their
proteges and succeeded in influencing
tlem to lead good lives. There We're
939 contributors to the association
during the year.
Claude w. Owen. treasurer, report
ed that SS.S5303 had been spent by
the association during the year, leav-
ing balance of little more than $40
on hand.
A resolution was adopted to extend
the thanks to the Civitan Club, the
Parent-Teacher Association and the
Twentieth Century Club.
Amendments were made to the by
laws to restore the number of direc-
tors Of the organization to IS, as orig
inally provided for, instead of 81 men,
bers, as at present; to increase the
classes of membership to provide for
members at S5, $40 or more, with a
minimum membership fee Of So per
year. and other changes dealing with
the general functioning of the organ
iZation.
DIR. L. w. GlaZebrook presided.
The general officers OF the associa-
ton are elected by the members of
the board of directors. and will prob
ably be chosen at the next meeting.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
PRIZE FOR STAMP HUNT.
Boy Who Finds Insect Issue Will
Be Rewarded.

To the boy who is successful in dis
covering the only postage stamp in
the world bearing the picture of an
insect, the Philatelic Society will
award a package of rare stamps next
Saturday afternoon at o'clock In the
society's rooms at 1888 G street. it
was announced today.
OF all the nations on earth. Off
cials of the society state, only one
has glorified the insect by placing
picture of one on it's postage stamps
and it is expected that local youths
will spend many hours searching
stamp catalogues to find the rarity.
The committee conducting the con-
test is composed of j. d. K. Smoot, j.
f. Duhamel and V. Wiergang. 1t is
announced donations of stamps to help
the young collectors In the educational
hobby of stamp collecting will be wei
coined.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
CHILD PROTECTIVE
. BODY IN MEETING
Miss Abbott Says Study Is
Way to Correct Juvenile
Delinquency.

A study of the causes of child de-
Hnquency to arrive at corrective
measures is the modern way of deal
ing with juvenile problems, declared
Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Chill
dren's Bureau, Department of Labor,
in an address before the Juvenile Pro-
tectve Association at its ninth annual
meeting in the ballroom of the Shore
ham Hotel last night.
Declaring that Juvenile delinquency
Is almost universal" the speaker indi-
Gated that those parents who believe
they were modern children have poor
memories and have succeeded in for
getting their departures from the
strait and narrow path" during
childhood. Continuing, she said par
ents are taking more and more inter-
est in rearing children and that there
Is great increase in the scientific
methods used.
Business at Meeting.
Election of members to the board
of directors, reports on work done by
the Juvenile Protective Association in
aiding children and families in the
District OF Columbia during the past
year, changes in several of the by
laws of the organization and other
business was accomplished at the
meeting.
Judge J. ". Latimer, Mrs. George
W. Cook, DR.. L. w. Glazebrook, Rev.
j. j. Dimon and c. l.. Harding We're
reelected to the board for three years,
while Miss Louise 2. King, Charles s.
Lyddane, Elwood p. Morey and Mrs
VI. A. Francis were elected new men,
bers of the board.
Miss Dorothy II. Allen, executive
secretary of the association, in her an
nual report stated there were 303
families, including $50 children. which
were given aid by the association dur
ing the last year. More than SO per
cent of the children dealt with came
Evening star., 1925-11-17

"It had a right to say to the debtors,
you are too late to perform what you
have promised, and we want the dol
lars to which we have right by the
law here in force"
The practical effect of the decision
was to require payment of the debts
involved at the rate of exchange of
17h cents per German mark, instead
of 1-25,000 Of a cent, which was the
rate prevailing when judgment was
rendered in the courts.
Twelve cases growing out OF the
wartime seizure of German ships and
property about New York were indefi-
nitely postponed by the Supreme
Court.
The action was based on represen-
tation by the claimants that Congress,
at its approaching session, was eX-
pected to settle the questions involved
by enacting legislation providing for
payment for the property seized
Evening star., 1925-11-17

June butter heighten its appetizing eating
quality and satisfying taste.
Women everywhere tell me that their
families are eating more tomato soup now
as the result of my new blend of the
tomato flavor.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
Sale to Benefit Ex-Service Men.

George Baldwin Mccoy Unit Of the
American Woman's Legion Is hold
ing a sale of articles made by ex-
service men at ST. EliZabeth's Hospi-
tai. November 1926, at the Transpor-
tation Building, Seventeenth and H
streets, with Mrs. Walter l. Mccoy,
wife of the chief justice of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, in charge.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
REED Is IMPROVING.
Former Representative, Hit by
Auto, Slightly Better,

Former Representative Stuart F.
Reed of West Virginia, injured Sun
day night when struck by the auto
mobile of Leo j. Sheehy, 20 years old.
of ISL Fourteenth street southeast,
while crossing at First and B streets
southeast, was reported at Providence
Hospital this morning as being some
what improved. A charge of reckless
driving was preferred against Sheehy.
The case was in Traffic Court yester-
day afternoon and continued until the
injured man is able TO appear as IA
witness
Evening star., 1925-11-17

1t is now recognized as one of
the most nutritious and necessary
of foods.
l studied people in homes and
in public places to find out what
favors they liked best and how
they liked them.
Before others / learned of the
fascination of the winning tomato
flavor. Indeed, my knowledge of
Evening star., 1925-11-17

Richly Fur-trimmed, Dressy
Coats and Novelty Sport Coats,
in all colors. Nicely lined and
we'll made. Sizes and styles for
young girls and women.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
FOREIGN DEBTS DUE
ON OLD EXCHANGE
Supreme Court Holds Euro
peans Must Pay Rate at
Time of Contract.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated fresS.
Debts owed Americans in terms of
the foreign currencieS by subjects of
the central powers of Europe at the
outbreak of the. World War must be
paid, the Supreme Court held yester-
day, at the rate of exchange which
prevailed when they fell due, with in
terest from that time until paid. in
cluding the period of American par
ticipation in the war.
The question reached the court in
two cases in which Ladenburg, Thai
man & Co. of New York was Il party.
One was brought by the alien prop
erty custodian and the treasurer of
the United States, who contended that
the rate of exchange for converting
a debt owed by the German firm of
Delbruck, Schickler & Co. should be
that prevailing at the time the New
York concern obtained judgment on
the obligation in American courts.
Finding Sustained.
The New York firms contention for
the exchange rate prevailing when the
debt fell due was upheld in the lower
courts, but it appealed on the question
of interest, having been refused this
during American participation in the
war, from April 6, 1917, to July IA,
1919.
The Supreme Court sustained the
finding of the lower courts with ref
erence to the rate of exchange, but
reversed them in the matter of in
terest.
In explanation of it's decision, the
court stated, through Justice Holmes.
that the failure to pay the debt when
due was equivalent to breaking a con.
tract, and that the American firm had
claim, at its option, for damages in
dollars.
1T no longer could be compelled to
accept marks the justice asserted.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
$500 and $27.5O
COATS

Silk Bolivia. Suede and Bo-
livia, in red, blue, green. brown,
tan and black Gorgeously fur
trimmed. Exquisite styles. 16
to 81 sizes.
Evening star., 1925-11-17
Sweeter and n1ellower
than any 1 have ever SEEM are the tomatoes
Inse for my new tomato soup

So superior 10 this tomato
In favor and 20 particular
am ! to obtain only this vari-
ETY., that I now furnish tho
seed to the grower 50 I may
be sure Of getting II.
This tomato together with
my new quick cooking
method, has helped mo to
bring about q feature In to-
mato soup which women
Evening star., 1925-11-17
byVan Camp

A pleasing tomato sa--ce for
baked beans was the result of
my first creative flavor work
with the tomato.
Now I have produced a new
tomato soup, with 7 important
improvements, which I feel Is
q contribution to foods of flavor
and a healthfuI diet.
Evening star., 1925-11-17

have written me persistently about for
years.
Can't you make a tomato SOUP" they
wrote me, out of just that part of the
tomato which contains the natural, sweet
tomato sugars7"
Evening star., 1925-11-17

Not many years ago the toma-
towas known as the love apple"
admired for its beauty but scorned
as a food.
In an astonishingly short time,
whole peoples have succnnbed
to its agreeable flavor.
In fact, no flavor has taken
people literally by storm like the
tomato.
During the last few years scien'
many wonderful things about the