The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-15

by District Attorney Slattery which
states that the warrants of arrest for
the Sheridan county officials were is
sued without his knowledge and that
he had the writ of transfer or
the cases against Brown to the
Federal courts, at the request of the
Prohibition Enforcement Department.
1t seems from information coming
from the u. S. District Attorneys
Office, that Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Collins Matched up the idea of is
suing warrants out of Com. Belinskl S
Office on the charge of constructing
justice" and that he drew the papers
and that he did it in behalf of Brown
and in order that the long promised
warrants might arrive.
These warrants were the results Of
the conferences in Ray Lang's Ga
rage, attended by Oscar Collins, Ray
Lang, John O'Grady, Burnley Bowler,
AL Lawrence and Gen. Collins and the
stOOlpigeOns.
The stOOIpigeOns were in Plenty
wood and Sheridan county all the
week, vet they were unable to find
one instance where the prohibition
laws of the state and nation were be-
ing violated, in spite of the fact that
there are many rumOrs to the effect
that some of them were badly mOOned
up while they were in the city, but
II is thOt that they got this from Ray
Lang and Burnley who are bellVed TO
have brought it in from ScObey. Tho
thew cO-Operated with the city Ofhclals
they were unable to find any VIOLA
tiOns of the law.
They should have dropped IN over
at ScObey and tried their luck there'
And, now / am told on what ap-
pears to be reliable authority, that
Berry Stephens is claiming all OF the
credit for the frame on the Sheridan
county officials: that he says that ne
and Bill and Sid did it by pull with
the republican prohibition Oncers'
And while Berry is supposed to be IN
Jail, | am told that he is actually nV.
ing at the Sherman hotel at Won
Point where his is said to be carrying
on his trade vending moon.
It is too bad that CalNMarsters did
not send his man Brown to Wolf
Point. He might find something
there.
During all Of this trouble and ex-
element, stories of all kinds have
been circulated to bolster up the case
of those who would get those "higher
up"
Many stories have been circulated
from time to time in the three North
eastern counties Of the state to the eff
feet that Erickson and Salisbury had
been arrested charged with heineOus
crimes, that they had resigned and
were in jail and that the county COM
missiOners had met to appoint new
officers. One day several chronic Office
seekers rushed to PlentywOOd in order
to get their applications for appoint
ments in early and returned home
crestfallen when they found that it
was not true as they had hoped
When p. J. Wallace went to the Twin
Cities on important business the re-
port was mOuthed about that he had
gotten "cOld feet and fed and would
not return. When | left on New
Years day to hurry to the bedside of
my dying brother the story was cir
culated that | had fled the country
Why anyone should circulate stories
of this kind, bound to be proven false
the next day is a seven days wonder
The hope sure was the father of the
thOt and indicates the madness with
which the enemies of the farmer adj
ministratiOn are inspired.
And finally, the move against the
Sheridan county officials is not be-
cause of any violation Of the prOhibi-
ton laws-if Col Marsters were in
terested in that he could find LOT
to do in Helena and Butte and Great
Falls where things run wide OpeT
with no DretenseA Of restriction ana
would not come to Sheridan county
where the dry laws are enforced bet
ter than in any other county in the
state-where fourteen bOOtleggers are
serving in Jail and where three or -four
thousand dollars have seen collected
in fines during the past month.
Then what is the motive for this
drive?
The attack on Sheridan county has
been made by the bankers and the
politicians who are fearful that the
progressive farmers organization be-
ing formed in Northeastern Montana
shall grow and become large that the
farmer-labOr party become power il
the state thus threatening their poll
teal supremacy and which must be
destroyed while it is yet young il
possible.
That is the motive behind the at.
tacks that are now being directed at
Sheridan county.
A political campaign is in the of
fng.