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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

IT was a high, sweet note, rising
above the tangled discords Of NOV.
ing day.
I wonder whether among Jobs AZ.
Elections was 4 moving day. And the
days upon days Of details in settling
that followed.
1t is q time when men are cross
and women are peevish and every per.
sons hand is against every other hu-
man being.
Or so 1 thought before I knew this
story. The heroine is no light-footed
flapper in a flat henns gown with a
flare at its sides. Tho hero Is no
youth with his hair brushed to such
sickness that a fly that travesed
the shining dome would fall and break
his gossamer wings. No, my children.
This heroine Is tired business woman.
They don't write plays to amuse her
as they do for the tired business man
and il they did she would be too tagged
to witness them. She is often 30 tired
after her day at the office that she
sinks home and eats a bowl Of bread
and milk because she knows q dinner
would not digest in her weary frame.
Her hair is not gray, but it is lit
tie faded. Her eyes are red lined
from close application to the work at
her desk. She has money to buy pretty
new gowns but she hasn't the time
to shop for them nor the strength to
try them on. So, while her clothes are
good, they are often old fashioned.
HERO Is WORKMAN.
She can't spare the time to tell
drcssmakers how to make them over,
she SAYS, and she needs the rest on
her holidays more than she does the
renovation Of those clothes. She was
rather a drsb little figure as she stood
beside a window in the sunset and
told me the story.
The hero is overworked, too. he is
the "houscmsn" of big new apart.
ment building to which the woman has
moved since she was being fenced in
and the light was being fenced out
by the tall buildings that were going IN
about the home that has been hers
for nine and a half years.
There had been the usual blunders
and exasperations of moving day. The
man who had been sent by the express
company to decide whether the furni-
ure could be shifted out Of the doors
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

nailed them together. When the last
piece Of furniture was in place, and
the sun shone yellowly through the
soft mesh of the curtains, the house
man was opening the door 10 go.
BEGS WORLDS PARDON.
"Wait William" said the woman.
"Here is something for you" He heard
the click of her purse. He lifted his
tired eyes. "No more. Put that away"
His rough voice softened. "You have
handed me something every time 1
came in here. It's only right that l
should finish the job"
The women stared unbelievingly at
him. He smiled kindly and patted
her silk sleeves with his grimy hand.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31
Moving Day Story and a Moral
By Ada Patterson

and upon the elevator without delay
reported that they could. The business
woman had misgivings. please be
sure" she said. 1.-THE bookcase and
the wardrobe were built in the apart
ment. They look too large to be
moved out as they are. Have you
measured them"
FURNITURE TOO BIG.
Sure said the exasperated ex-
pert. he went out slamming the door
upon a remark about "fussy women.
When your men came to dismantle
her old home and transfer her house
hold goods to the street three blocks
below they tugged and sweated and
sewore below their breath but accom-
plished their lifting and loading until
they came to the bookcase and the
huge wardrobe.
"These can't be moved unless they
are taken to pieces" they said.
Then take them to pieces" The
woman who hadn't eaten enough
breakfast and who felt eaddcr than
anyone knew at leaving her old home
winked back the tears. Then counting
the hours at $40 an hour she added,
And hurry, please"
The quarter hours flew while the
men worked heavily at taking the
shelves apart and removing their sup
ports. She heard a quarrel in the
landing. The elevator man said the
top and bottom shelves we're too large
to be carried down in that way. They
must be sawed apart. A long search
in the cellar for a saw.
ENTER THE HERO.
There were no tools in the house
heavy enough to sever the wardrobe.
1t must be left behind and sent for.
the chief Of the moving crew OK
planned. Another was for trying.
Long conferences. Another half 'hou'
gone. Five dollars wasted. The wom-
ans eyes were too hot for tears. She
ground her teeth.
The sweet, high note? Nothing but
tangled chords, so far 1 know. 1 am
coming to that note.
An acquaintance Of the woman's
lived in the new house. Said the sym
pathetic acquaintance, Awful, isn't
it? The houseman will do everything
he can for you, and that as soon as
he can. He has great deal to do"
The stranger in the house asked the
houseman to hang the pictures. There
were a great many of them. Too many,
she said, but she loved them all. They
were her dear old friends. She would
sadly miss any one Of them. He re-
paired the devastated bookcase and set
it up where the western sunshine
would fall longest upon it. He went
to the deserted rooms and took the
wardrobe apart with some magic tools.
On a morning of his day off" he
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31
C6qe9e SCI 1l111eQp
THE BEST COMEDY IN AMERICA
TIL E B EST

81 don't think football coaches
should be paid more than college pro-
fessors," reactionary stated at a re-
cent intercollegiate banquet. II don't
know about that" answered the foot.
ball coach Of New England college,
but what makes me sore is when the
players get paid more than the coach :"
Columbia Jester.
Hale and Hearty: Don't give up tie
ship, old fellow.
Drefully Seasick: How can 1? /
didn't swallow it, did /?
Brown jug.
Waitress: Here's your shortcake,
sir.
Sarcastic Diner: You call that
shortcake? Take it out and berry it!
Michigan Gargoyle.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-01-31

Far, Far Into the knight.
California Pelican.
The guy 1 hate is o. B. Ware.
He always stands behind my chair,
And tells me how, with lofty air,
To play my hand. in solitaire!
Illinois Siren.
use the word banana in a sen
tence."
THE dance committee was sorry,
but it had to banana"
Carolina BuccaIeer.
why does your girl always write
to you with green ink!"
Just q little hint Of how jealous
she is" Green Gander.
Adam had a brother who was
named Up. You may not have known
this before, but that doesn't make any
difference; anyway, When she wante'
them both, Eve used to call, up and
ADAM -Satyr.
Cactus Joe What are those marks
on your gun? Scratches?
Trigger Tom: Nix.
Okla. Whirlwind.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
MARIE VAN HEE
PASSES AWAY
Well known PlentywOOd High School
Girl Died Last Sunday After Short
Illness.

Marie Van Hee died at her parents
home in this city last Sunday after
noon after being sick since February
9th. The ailment of which she died
is said to have been Scarlet Fever
and complications.
The deceased was a student at the
Plentywood high school where she
was greatly loved by her school mates
who admired the quiet and unassum-
ing little lady. She was Is years of
age at the time of her death. Marie
was born in CulbertsOn in October
1907, but moved to Canada while she
was vet a child. She returned to Mon
tana in 1920 with her parents, where
she has been attending school and
passing her yearly grades.
She leaves behind to mourn hel
loss her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G
Van Hee Of Plentywood and the fol
! lowing brother and sister: Robert, Ed
ward, Margaret, Louis, Victor, Rich
ard, and Dewain.
The funeral was held Tuesday, in
terment being made in the Plenty
wood cemetery.
The bereaved family have the sin
cere sympathy of this community il
the loss of their daughter and sister
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
WINS
HARD FOUGHT GAME
Outlook Loses to Fast County Seat
Quintet By Score of 19 to 13-Game
Was Fast and Furious.

The basketball fans of Plentywood
and Outlook who witnessed the game
at the Farmer-LabOr Temple saw one
of the fastest egames ever played in
this city.
Beginning the game with a rush,
the players on both teams fought saw
agely for possession of the ball, the
quarter ending 8 to 0 in favor of
Plentywood. In the second quarter
the local boys started out with squirt
and before the quarter ended had an
nexed 10 points to OutloOk's five. In
the third quarter, Outlook made a
strong comeback and held the Plen-
tywood hoop artists to a score of to
A.. The last quarter was OutlOcks by
a score of 4 to 2.
The game was fast and furious and
several spectacular shots were made
that brought the huge crowd to their
feet with a cheer, but the Outlook
boys seemed to be Off-color on bas-
ket-shooting and missed several Op-
en- shots.
From the standpoint of the unbiased
spectator the game was fast and close
and the best team won. Outlook
played in hard luck on their shots and
no doubt playing on a strange floor
was a disadvantage to them. The
boys will no doubt meet again fer an
other battle in the near future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
COUNTY FAIR PLANNED FOR PLENTYWOOD
BIG HOTEL is PLAN
NED AT SCOBEY
]. A. Healy of Minneapolis Proposes
to Erect Modern S-StOry, $4,000
Building.

Scobey.-The Scobey Commercial
club reports that a $4,000 hotel,
which will be modern in all details, is
to be built at this place within the
next few months, if nothing occurs to
thwart tentative plans that are now
being prepared by Minneapolis ar
chitectural firm.
The new hostelry will be built by
A. J. Healy of Minneapolis, who is
familiar with the hotel business, as
he formerly owned and operated two
hotels in Hibbing, Mimi.
The new hotel, as planned, will be
So feet long by So feet wide, three
stories high, and will have running
hot and cold water in all the rooms
of which there will be 40, each sup
piled with steam heat. Five of these
rooms will have private bath or show
er, and each floor of the building
will be equipped with baths and tell
cts. The lobby will be a large at
tractibe room provided with a fire
place. A door in the lobby will open
into a. cOmmOdious dining room which
will be connected to a kitchen equip
i ped with modern ccnveniences.
/ Inc Dullulng viii De CONSTRUCTED Of
brick and will be arranged in a man
near that will permit the building of
additional rooms at any time business
will warrant, without interruption
the daily routine of the place.
Mr.. Healy comes highly recon-
mended and is considered a man of
large experience having served as a
member of the Minnesota state leg
lislature for 10 years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
IN THE

-o1N~Ty FAIR is now one of
4 lGC l.oc+s np for discussion through
tae s1o5 w conntv. The news story IN
ou. .l,,s .-1 issue tells about the plans
t1i' W. 81 the Plentywood Commercial
1lage may - y bgv a site with view of do
l-ul ~ n the County for Fair pur-
na.ls should the County Commits
Pc, P-s accept the donation and decide
s-..l- s-,r NJ a County Fair, the next
. -1,gil Mn be the appropriation of
:.5R for the purpose of erecting
i-lS; Ii;,gs - on the Fair Ground and
o-..g--5 ..;Ig the site in such shape gener-
p-..-. p1.' II be most advantageous for
a--! r,,rnose designated. AS any de-
~ ~ + IN the public treasury concerns
- .o.-- taxpaver in the county the
e. e5s Fair proposal becomes a sub
~ so4-, ~ wide public interest. For this
60 -. u the columns of the Producers
". - will be thrown open to discus
~ This question. Letters will be
s--.s5 s-o- from anyone who wishes tC
- or evpression of his opinion OF
n. otter. So get busy, talk the
Ter ~ over with with your nieghbOl
.r5 then write your views honestly
e-5 fearlessly. Speak up and be
heard.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
SEN. WHEELER'S LETTER
UNITED STATES SENATE

UNITED STATES SENATE
Committee on Interstate Commerce
February II, 1926.
Hon. Chas. f. Taylor,
PlentywoOd, Montana.
My dear Taylor:
| am in receipt of your favor Of
January 27 and note what you say
with reference to the World Court.
You are correct; l was against the
League of Nations and l am still
against it, but if you can point out
to me how anyone can say that the
World Court with reservations which
were attached to it, can in any wise
involve the United States. you can do
better than anybody who spoke upon
it in the United States Senate.
I heard the matter discussed by
Mosely of the British Labor Party
and l know that practically all the
liberal parties of Europe and particu-
larly the British Labor Party in Eng
land. are in favor of the World Court.
Mosely is a socialist and he said in
substance this, that as an institution,
the World Court was all right and
whether it worked out to the advant-
age of the people cf the world would
depend entirely upon the personnel
of the court itself. If you can get
men who are purely imbued with the
idea of imperialism and who have not
/ the interest of the people at heart
/ of course you are not going to have
| the best kind of a court. The same
thing applies to our own courts. II
is not the court itself as an institution
that is bad-it is the man who sit;
upon that court as a judge that Is
bad.
AS Isee it, in order to- be against
the Court, you have to start out witt
a premise that every nation is gOin9
to appoint somebody that is bad
Now YOU and l may think that the!
will and it may be so, but it can't b.
lanv worse than it is. I discussed thi
World Court question with Senate
IIaFollette. He was against it becaus
of the fact that he said he was afrai
that it might make it easier for tn
international bankers to control tn
situation. But surely, you are no
such a child in economics as to thin
: that if they can control it with tn
Court, they are not going to contrC
: It without the Court. There ar
manv trifing matters that irritat
5 the nations of the world that can
: submitted to this Court and an impal
: tial decision rendered. I am not on
of those who believes that the COul
1 is going to be a great thing for tn
e nation or for the people of the worl
4 nor am l one Of those who sets up
e bogey man and says that if you a.
e going into this court, all kinds of dil
n things will happen to you.
: You talk about this Court being Il
instrument of the Morgans. Who
:, fighting the court-Wm. Randoll
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
Lewis Talks on Fair

Lewis at once launched into
community building" address. He
stated that a county fair would bene-
fit the town and country and would
have the effect of making Plentywood
the biggest as well as the best town
on the branch line. He instanced how
the Farmer-LabOr Temple, altho
big undertaking, was put over and
how it was such a benefit to the town.
Judge S. E. Paul followed along the
same line and made a plea for con-
structive work by all classes in the
community.
Several other local men got up and
devoted most of their talk to the pro-
ject of establishing a county fair in
PlentywoOd. 1t was pointed out that
the Corn Show should be held here in
1927 and that a Northeastern Mont
ana Fair would be the result if the
County Fair were properly launched
here.
Decide To Buy Site
After several speeches were made
in favor of the project it was decided
to buy a fair ground site and donate
it to the county, contingent on the
County Commissioners decision that
they would appropriate County Funds
for the maintance of the fair. A com
mittee consisting of DR.. Ed. York, f
Il. Miller and L. G. Zeidler was ap-
( pointed to carry cut the wishes of the
/ Club and S1885OO dollars was immed
lately pledged towards the purchas'
prise of the site. The comittee col
lected $500 last Wednesday for thii
purpose according to a statement is
sued today by DR.. York.
Commissioners Can Contribute S2,5Ol
1t is stated that the Committee cen
template buying the so acres o
ground owned by G. S. Nelson ives
Continued on page A
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19

MIR. BOuck Said:
"The Progressive Farmers is now
an active, moving force in and among
the producers of Montana, and will
be a growing and developing Organi-
zation for a long time to come. 1t
will also take its stand for those
principles which have come to be rec
ognized as necessary before the pro-
ducer can gain a certain place in the
economic status Of the nation that his
position and his economic development
demand and justify.
Before discussing the actual tao
tics to be pursued and the plans Of
organization to be developed, let US
take a glance at the country we live
! in-and scme of the reasons for fail
ure-and those definite and certain
economic laws that must be recogniz-
ed and met or further failure awaits
lus.
$50 many-nearly everyone in our
land, farmers particularly sO-seem
to take it for granted that our coun-
try is made, and its civic structure
developed, with view to the welfare
of the farmer-producer.
Nothing could be farther from thC
truth.
"Our nation became an actuality
during the period of the birth o.
Capitalism, and our Revolutionar!
war was simply an American phas'
&Or battle-or situation-in Americ;
( of an universal revolution Throughout
civilized districts which marked tn
death of feudalism and the birth o
the capitalist industrial period whicl
we have been living under for tn
whole period of our national life an
which Just now is beginning to fal
into decay and the birth throes of
different age and spirit is now loom
: ing upon the eastern horizon.
What Is Capitalism?
Briefly it is that business or IL
: dusrrial system, which-noting tn
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
MOE REELECTED
SCHOOL CHIEF
AT BIG SANDY
Former Sheridan County Man Making
Big Impression in State Education
al Life.

Big Sandy, Feb. 15.-Supt. M. P.
Moe, who for the last six years has
been at the head of the schools of
district No. II, has been reelected for
a three-year term at a salary cf 3d.
900 a year.
During his administration, the
schools havebeen built up to high
degree of efficiency, the board an
nounces. The high school has in
creased from 42 students to 125 at the
present time. Normal training, agri-
culture. and home economics have
been added, which have increased the
enrolment as well as the practical
educational value cf the school to
the community.
A community hall, which is now be-
ing used for all high school activities
as well as public gatherings of all
kinds. has been erected and paid fol
I in three years through entertainments
under the supervision OF Superlntend
ent Moe. :.
The enrolment in the schools il
getting so great that it will be neces
sarv to build an addition to the pres
ent buildings before another year.
Last June a building was purchases
and remodeled for a dOrmitOry when
SO bows and girls are housed ant
lboarded. This building will also hav
to be enlarged as more students ar
Iapplying for room and board than ca
he taken care Of in the present quar-
ters, it is announced.
lin addition to the superintendencA
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
TEAPOT DOME OIL SCANDAL Is RECALLED

Washington Feb. l5-Indictments charging former Sec
reary Albert B. Fall Harry Sinclair and E. L. Doheny with
conspiracy in connection with the naval oil leases upheld
today in District of Columbia supreme
They attacked in demurrer filed by the defendants
the ground that Fall had authority award the leases
and therefore that there could have been conspiracy through
him to deaud the government but Justice Stafford who de-
livered the opinion, held them to be validity drawn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
PREPARATIONS FOR
STPATRICK'S NIGHT
DANCE UNDER WAY

Preparations for the Grand Ball
n he piven by the Progressive
. Farmers at the Farmer-Labor
& Temple on the evening of st.
Patrick's Day are now under way.
The Gloom Chasers have been en-
rsged to furnish the music while
: 5ull care "will fold its tent like
the Arabs and silently steal away.
8 In the intermission between the. {.
2 dances many musical and vocal
3 numbers will be given that will
repay those who come a long dis
tance for their time and trouble.
John Series Of COmertOwn will
2 give i violin solo on fiddle made
BIZ Ole Bull, Gustave Espeland
= the sweet singer of McElrOy will
sing MY Wild Irish Rose"
When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
and other songs that will take
the hearts of the listeners back
to the old sod. Andy Abbott will
2 dance an Irish jig and Sheriff Sal
is5ury Dan Olson and others will
r give am exhibition of step dane
ing. Miss Young and Miss
Blanche Crone, dressed in native
costume, will give an interpreta-
ton Of folk dancing. Pete Gala
CHER viii sing the "Wearin' of
the Green" with a pathcs and
passion reminiscent of the days
when that famous piece was
composed Other numbers which
will make this the greatest st.
Patricks Day celebration ever
staged in Eastern Montana will
: be announced later. 1t is now
certain that scores of people will
attend from as far west as Glas-
gov and from Saskatchewan to
Glendive and across the line in
North Dakota. Tickets to the
Grand Ball will be one dollar and
the proceeds will be used by the
Progressive Farmers as De-
tense Fund People who still de-
sire to participate in the enter
lanment should communicate with
Art Wankle of Dooley.
4 a - =
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-02-19
THE SOPHISTRY OF SENATOR
WHEELER
By JOHN GABRIEL SOLTIS


In replying to the political missive
of Senator Wheeler, addressed to
Senator Taylor l need hardly to point
out that there was nothing personal
which animated Senator Taylor in his
criticism of Wheeler's rapid shift on
the question of the League Of Ma
tiOns. Taylor could not understand,
as other thousands cannot ccmpre-
hend, how Wheeler, an outspOken enc
my of the League, could completely
swallow himself on the issue, and
vote for the World Court. He, there
fore, asked for an explanation from
Senator Wheeler, just what prompted
him to turn about face. on that ques-
ton. Wheeler's letter purpOrts to be
his justification fer his switch of di-
rections in the middle of the stream.
1t is a masterpiece of sOphistry. 1t
is a model of making the better cause
appear the worse, and the bad cause
the better.
This letter certainly reveals the
fact that Wheeler is a lawyer.
We are not here concerned with
( Senator Wheeler in his private capa-
city as a man. We grant that he is
a gentleman and a scholar, perhaps.
There is no doubt that he is a splen-
did provider. We are interested in
his acts as a so-called representative
Of the people.
Senator Wheeler declares that the
World Court is not the same thing
as the League of Nations. Hence he
voted for it. What is the Worlc
Court?
The classic formulation Of the re
lationship of the Court to the man
dates granted by the League of Ma
tions to the various imperialist pow
ers. is contained in Article 26 Of th'
mandate granted Great Britain, wnicl
provides that:
The manatory agrees that if
anv dispute shall arise between
the mandatory and any other
member of the league of nations
relating to the Interpretation or
!. the application of the provisions
, of the mandate, such dispute, If
it cannot be settled by negOtia-
ton. shall be submitted to the
permanent court of international
justice. :.
: The League of Nations pools it
2 economic and military power to eI
? force its decisions. The World Coul
: is the ante-chamber of the Leagu
2 The difference is merely verbal. b
t let us produce the proof.
S When Senator Walsh was maxim
|, his verbose and redundant speech {
a the World Court in the Senate, SCI
e ator Borah elected the following col
e elusive facts with regard to the r
lationship of the Court to the Leagu
e Here they are:
S Mr.. Walsh: So we cannot real
h accept the proposition that the lie
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