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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Drops % Points Overnight
The first sale of Nickel Plate COM
mon was block of 1000 shares at
140, an overnight loss of % points,
nearly three hours after the market
had opened.
Billion Dollar Shearing
Fully billion dollars worth Of wool
was sheared off of the lambs. The
process of gobbling up the small peo-
pie is in full swing. 1t is significant
that this crisis in the Street was
brought on following the super-mer-
gers of several banking houses in
Wall Street.
Powerful banking houses rallied to
the support of high grade industrial
issues, as we'll as to the United States
Steel corporation.
Estimated losses today in the first
big smash in two years in quoted
values on the New York stock ex
change ran as high as $1,000, 100000
Capitalism is rapidly declassing
the middle classes. This crash is bu
one of the many methods used by tn,
big fellows to do the job with.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Commissioners Hear About Fair
Several farmers have inquired at
meetings in various parts of the
county the attitude of the Council of
Action on this subject. They have
been informed that, so far as is
known, the project has not been con-
sidered by the Council of Action yet.
Meanwhile a Commercial Club COM
mittee, composed of DR.. York, l.. G.
Zeidler and E. l. Miller, appeared be-
for the County Commissioners and
informed them that they had already
collected S2500 with which to buy the
Fair Ground. They stated they were
not yet prepared to present their pro-
position to the County Commissioners
! but would possibly do so at the next
meeting. While Commissioner Iver-
! son seemed to be much in favor of the
Fair. Commissioner Chas. Lundeer
thought the county should not be ex-
pccted to build pavilliOns and other
buildings before they built a new
courthouse. If the county contributes
at all the money should be spent fOl
the distribution of prizes to the
farmers.
AS the matter was net formally
presented no action was taken anC
both the commissioners and the com
mittee seemed to want to know more
about the trend of public opinion.
Farmers Express Opinions
The following letters on the Fail
proposition we're received this week:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
A REVIEW OF TWO
IMPORTANT BOOKS

5he War Of Lost Opportunities"
y General Won Hoffman.
historical MateraIism," a system
Y sociology by n. Bukharin.
-.efnabonal Publishers, N. Y. CITY
Geaelal Won Hoffman was chief of
,.e ..-- Of the German army, in the
world war. In his war memoirs
-s. 4 describes the series Of blunders
..-..t, ,-.-.I caused the Central Empires TO
-,-.e ---.loie' these important war me-
-.iFS by one of the most able and
-'spoAen Of the German militarists.
eA account of the military opera
rs.e s "nlcn led to the Brest-Litovsk
r.I ~ r ana 70 the collapse Of the Cen
N - -..lipires. N 1t is a splendid aper-
l,l II 1ne manner in which the war
~s.s.o gamble with the lives of the
,.dIoll PIoSharins book is a classic in So
s..sS. II Is a masterpiece in the
.5ss -..o3 .o5 Of the various social the
- anu their value and correctness
sf- soclal sciences. All the sociaI
MS are closely scrutinized anC
rs-5ed sle'ed from the materiaiist
ed,ppo.' po'Ar It is the last word in so.
0sr5sro ooohs may be obtained at the
"- county free library.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
Ryan Talks and Pray Acts

Attorney D. j. Ryan argued the
case for the Sheridan County officials
and showed that there was not the
faintest scintilla of evidence support
ing the obstruction of Justice"
charge filed by Welliver. Ryan scor-
ed Brown and stated that the idea
that a man, who is charged with the
commission of a serious crime, could
/ escape punishment because he hap
pens to be wearing a Federal badge
at the time, was so ridiculous that he
thought it unnecessary to take up the
/ time of the court He stated that
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
Revenue Agent VIII Help
Fill Income Tax Blanks

Announcement has been made by
the office cf c. A. Rasmussen, collec-
tor of internal revenue at Helena,
that, due to the last minute changes
in the income tax law which has been
pending in congress, a large number
of revenue agents and deputy collec-
tors have been assigned to assist tax
payers in preparing their returns.
The final date for filing is March
Is. All single persons having a net
income of 81 800 or more must file a
return. All married persons having
a net income of S3,500 or more must
file a return. Every individual having
a gross income for the taxable year
of $4,000 or more, regardless of the
amount of the net income, must file
a return.
Paul B. Stevens, Revenue agent
will assist taxpayers at the following
places at the date named:
Westby, Home Cafe. March 3, 8 D
m. to 5 D. M, March 4, a. m. to
D. M, March 5, 9 a. m. to 10 a. m
Plentywood, PlentywOOd Hotel
i March 6, 9 a. m. to p. m, Marcf
lS, 9 a. m. to 2 p. m.
Froid, Froid hotel, March 9, 4 D. m
to o. M, March 9, 9 a. m. to D. m
Bainville, National hotel, March 10
9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Poplar Gateway Hotel, March IL,
a. m. to p. m.
Wolf Point, Sherman Hotel, Marcl
II, 13 and 15, 9 a. m. to p. m.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
Truck Disappears


The truck disappeared out of the
garage of o. Butts at Bainvile just
one week previous to the time 1t was
found. The owner at once reported
it to the authorities at Wolf Point
who never notified the sheriff here:
Sheriff Marshall at WillistOn notified
Sheriff Salisbury that tires were
missing from the garage at WlldTose
and it was in pursuing this clue that
the Sheridan county sheriff found the
car with its load of stolen tires.
Owner Follows Trail
AS soon as the owner lost the truck
he started to track it down. He went
to WillistOn and came through Gre
nora bv Westby towards PlentywoOd.
The first clue he discovered was a
piece of cardboard he found on the
road about nine miles from Plenty
wood. He knew the cardboard be-
cause it was used to fill a hole IN the
glass in the truck. When he reach
ed Plentywood he came at once to
the Office of the Producers News
where he was informed his truck was
found by the sheriff several hours
earlier that day.
Butts Thanks the Sheriff.
The Williston sheriff was at once
notified with the result that he came
to Plentywood and identified the tires
as those stolen from the WildrosF
Garage the Thursday night previous
The owner was a proud man as ne
received back his truck and was Law
ish in his praise of the efficiency O.
Sheriff Salisbury in finding the tlucl
within twelve hours arter he heard |
came across the Dakota line. At thi
writing the thieves have not oeei
! caught but clues point to the 0elle
that they went in a nOrtherly dlTec
5 ton, probably towards the CANADIAN
border.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
-I4SGOW MAY GET
FEDERAL COURT
SEMI-ANNUALLY

Is CIenan CSIssnan Leavitt's Bill for Court
Ju5ir;aasgoW Receives Approval Of
EsrIy' y COmmittee-Hope for
it wirs5 sG5"U,-Congressman Scott Leav-
jar .,5o s5t Attorney John Hurry Nor Mon
rjici5,,yy-' advising that the house
oraBr committee had reported fsv- s,
holdiBg On N ms bin providing for Il the
NE court court at Glasgow.
Feiersi i'Jasare T,,5re has the approval Of
aai Judges George NJ. Bonrouir
nan Is.,s;.s I.-,lss \. Pray, and Congress-. I1r esl
a eariV i1'lt ~ advises that he homes G fo,
At 55 t5s enactment of the l' biiIi liHpsS 10
il Nortss Ns present time federal co,,.
sai Bn;.aa Bnifaa is held at Great FIJI Fen,
Butte. Hsiss Hss by Judge Prav' and a a.
SourquiS "a and Missoula bv Judc,
district be added to judge el' Prav; SlT5
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
Flank Attack on Progressive Farmers Fizzles
BALL AT FL. TEMPLE
MARCH IL, WILL BE
BEST EVER

The Progressive Farmers ap-
pointed a committee of fifteen to
make arrangements for the big
st. Patrick's Day dance and en-
tertainment to be held at the
Farmer-LabOr Temple on the
night of March II. The commit
tee will meet at the Producers
News office next Wednesday ev-
3 ening, when the Floor and Re-
ceptiOn committees will be named
and final arrangements will be
= made for the biggest social event
8 of the year in Sheridan County.
3 The sale of tickets is an indica-
s. tiOn that the attendance will be
" the largest that has ever at
s. tended an Eastern Montana
dance. The Fiddlers Contest is
attracting a lot of attention over
the county. In answer to in
quiries, the Committee in charge
wish to announce that age Is no
bar to the contest. A man can be
20 or 80 years, but so long as he
plays old tunes he is eligible. As
most of the people want to dance
st. Patrick's night, the Grand
Ball will be the main feature
with the Gloom Chasers Orches-
ira furnishing the music. Every
hour a song or a step or reel
dance or some other vocal or in
strumental selection will be giver
from the stage. The program
s will be published in the next issue
$ of this paper. A meeting Oi
s. Committee Of Fifteen will b,
held at the office of the Producer,
News next Wednesday evening al
8 p. M, to complete arrange
ments.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
CHAS. LUNDEEN LEAVES

Commissioner Lundeen left for
Minneapolis yesterday afternoon,
where he will stay until spring. Mr..
Bundeen is President of the Radium
Remedies Company, in which many
local people have stock, and will at
tend to company business while in the
Mill City.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
CALVIN ROGERS
DIED MARCH lST
Was Patient at Hospital for Many
Years-PneumOnia Takes Invalid
After Short Sickness.


Last Monday morning death came
quietly to Calvin Rogers, pneumonia
having fastened on the body weakened
by long illness.
The deceased was a familiar figure
on the streets Of PlentywoOd, he hav-
ing been a patient at the local hos
pital for several years.
The funeral was held Wednesday
and the body laid to rest in the Plen-
tywood cemetery.
OBITUARY
Mr.. Calvin Newton Rogers was born
lin Richland County, Wisconsin, April
17, 1861, where he crew to manhood
As q young man he went to South
Dakota where, having married in the
early eighties, he made his home fol
several years. One son Homer was
born to this union but the wife anC
mother died when the boy was fOul
years of age. After remaining some
years longer in South Dakota, Mr.
Rogers and son moved to North Da-
kota in 1901, where they lived until
/ 1914 when they came to this section
of Montana, where Mr. Rogers has
since made his home He died o1
pneumonia at his hCme here in Plen
tywood, March 1, 1926, after only ;
few days of sickness, aged 65 years
Those of his nearest kin who survive
him are: his son Homer, Priest River
Idaho; an older brother, Frank R0g
ers of Viola, Wisconsin; and an OlGe
sister, Mrs. Mary Mills of Deadwood
South Dakota.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Brown and Lang were properly ar
rested on a charge of committing a
crime that they may yet serve time
in the penitentiary for Mr.. Ryan
asked for dismissal of the charge
filed in Belansli's court after which
Judge Pray referred to the fact that
the Grand Jury refused to- indict on
similar charges and adjudged that
the proceedings instituted by Welliver
Continued on Page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Council of Action Demands Custer :
1t will be remembered that the
Council Of Action, III les now famous
report on conditions in Sheridan
county, asserted that L. S. Olson had
received fines and failed to turn them
over to the County Treasurer as re-
quired by law. The report specifcal-
ly called the attention OF Attorney
General Foote and County Attorney
Erickson to the matter and request
ed them to take action leading to his
removal from office.
IversOn Saves Lard S. Face
County Attorney Erickson, in obed-
fence to the request of the Council of
Action, was on hand to request that
L. S. Olson be brought before the
Board and that his books be exam
/ ined. But Commissioner IversOn
avoided the unpleasantness for the
Justice by going to his Office and
bringing back his resignation. When
the resignation was received Commits
sioner Lundeen made a motion that
/ it be accepted which carried. Later
in the day the application Of George
A. Wheeler, who was defeated by a
margin of a few votes by Olson at
the last election, was accepted by the
Commissioners and his bond was ap-
proved. On Tuesday afternoon
County Assessor Ole Aspelund nOti-
fed the Board that he had given l.
S. Olson two weeks notice of his re-
moval as Deputy County Assessor
his discharge to take effect Marcl
18th.
L. S. and Brown Praised Klan
4 It will be remembered that OlsoI
was the man who took Brown arounC
CONTINUED on last page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
OUTLOOK FARMER WRITES


The Producers News:
Will you kindly publish this letter
in answer to your call for an express
sion of sentiment for or against the
county putting up buildings suitable
to accommodate our County Fair.
It looks to me that this county is
too new vet to warrant the eXpendi-
ture of county fair buildings. The
time is coming when such thing
would probably prove beneficial; when
such buildings could be used to pretty
GOOD advantage. But that time is not
here vet. The history of many small
and some large sets of fair buildings,
where thev have been tried out in
other places, are that they have prov
ed a financial failure and are going
to decay.
Our fairs so far have been quite
small and will continue to be 50 for
some time. They can no doubt be ac-
commodated for the occasions, in the
buildings that are to be had at the
present time. Fair buildings are bound
Co prove a financial burden, first IN
/ the building and next IN the care and
up-keep of the grounds and buildings
while not in use-that would be mosi
of the year.
We need a new court house more
than we do Fair buildings Consider
ing the bonded Indebtedness Of thi:
county, most all the taxpayers say
CONTINUED on Page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
SOLTIS TO SPEAK
IN REDSTONE AT 2 p. NJ.
THIS SATURDAY

John Gabriel SOltis will speak
$ at RedstOne this Saturday at
D. m. His subject will be; what
= Is the Matter With Farming.
. The meeting is arranged under
the auspices of the Progressive
Farmers of Montana. Everybody
$ is welcome to attend.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
BILLION DOLLARS TAKEN IN
One DAY FROM INVESTORS
Crash Comes Closely Heels of Superergers of Several
Banking Combines Finance Capitalists Determined to
Ruin Small Investors-Panic Comes Suddenly.
u. S. STEEL PROTECTED BY POWERFUL BANKS

New York March The stock market received another
terrific jolt today when hundreds of thousands of railroad
shares pressed for sale result of the adverse decision
the Ncke Plate merger by the interstate
mission This the part of the finance capitalists
TO kill off theIa lambs
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

rr1E TWO en- the political
ABllOL--E.. situation in Montana IS
q. -'5l555 o4sr until next week because fsta lit it
arrived l2L 5s1e. Our correspondent
It's wen .,rr Of the Helena, Missoula,
-ats .1-;srale .grl this week for informa-
Butte .I.@5,5b .-5;cb to base his story. As
tor q ..5Iaiz anal and corporations who
hs 'a- ~ Ind Industrial and political life
o-,o .s-e are located within this
q tre she -5s article is Of unusual in
u-l-.s me ~ article contains facts
.s.- ..a economic and political dom
a,1s. ..l Y -5is commonwealth, by per
-- 5 interests within the afore-
rs anu anu triangle, that will be a
rs,3.s- .,..~ to many Of our readers
lor this article in our next IS
10
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
MISSING BAINVILLE FORD
TRUCK, FOUND NEAR HERE
Salisbury, on Track of Lost WdrOse Tires, Finds Machine
Missed By o. Butts of BanvIle the Previous Week
Owner Tracks His Missing Ford Across State Lines and
Back-Theves Thought to Have Gone to Canada

A Ford truck loaded with tires belonging a garage
bury at Ralph Hares abandoned farm Pentyvood last
Monday afternoon 400 p The truck and its contents
stored old barn the farm when the sheriff found
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
HEAR FAIR COMMITTEE.
York. Zeider and Miller Inform County Dads That $500
Is Already Subscribed for Project Proposition Is Dis
cused But No Action Is Taken Pending Further Express
sions of Public Opinon-Farmers Write Letters News

While the County Fair live issue in the city very few
farmers have written the Producers News expressing their
opinion this important question This may be due to lack
of interest the question the fact that they have
ganizaton which they discuss public questions
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
FAKE CHARGES AGAINST FARMER
LABOR OFFICIALS QUASHED BY PRAY

u s. Grand Jury Refuses Indc Sheridan Officials After
Hearing Testimony-Tools of Crooked Politicians Fail
to Sustain Wild Charges-Rats Run Out of Great Falls
AS Findings of Federal Judge and Jury Give General
Satisfaction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
GEO. WHEELER new TOWNSHIP MAGISTRATE

L. S Olson handed his resignation Justice of the Peace
the board of County Commissioners Wednesday afternoon
and it promptly accepted His resignation just in
time to avoid the Commissioners Chamber which
he would be the central figure
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
''DEACON DUBBS' TO
SHOW HERE MARCH 10
Flaxville Home Talent Play Will
Again Show Here Wednesday,
March 1O-FOrmer Play Greatly
Enjoyed.

Because of several reasons, the play
deacon Dubbs" from Sorghum Cen
ter, which was staged by the Flax
vile NJ. E. Ladies' Aid, will again be
presented to the people of PlentywoOd
at the Farmer-LabOr Temple, March
10th.
Everyone who saw the show here
last week spoke very highly Of the
performance and many have said that
they would go again if they came
back. Besides have real sober NOM
ents, there are times when the spec
tator is convulsed with laughter over
the different characters and theil
parts. A few of the features that
one would not want to miss are
as follows: When the Deacon fell II
the well; when the "Nykommer" gir
tries to catch a feller, the old-fashicn
ed husking bee, excellent singing anC
jokes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
BROWN And LANG MUST STAND TRIAL SOON

Great Falls-Quicky following the refusal of the Grand
to Indictment last week. against the Sheridan
County Officials Judge Pray dismissed the filed before
Justice of the Peace Belansk by E. NJ Welver early in anu-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
JUSTICE OF PEACE OLSEN
QUITS JOB UNDER FIRE

Lacey of Soopgeons and Old Gang Also Oused from Job
AS Deputy Assessor-Olson Was Bosom Friend of
Three-Fingered Brown and Attended SnOop's Confer
in Langs Cellar and Testified Against County Of
fcers Before Grand Jury at Great Falls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Mrs. Hans Andersen from Reserve,
who has been a patient in the local
hospital for the past three weeks re-
turned to her home Saturday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05
Brother of J. ]. Morgan of
Archer Dies in Florida

The sad news that his brother, F.
H. Morgan, was received in a tele-
gram by J. J. Morgan, we'll known
farmer of the Archer country, Friday
evening of last week.
The deceased passed away at Holly
hill, Fla, where he had spent the past
two years in the hope of regaining his
health.
Mr. Morgan has the sympathy OF
his host of friends in the loss of his
brother.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

vorHER meeting for the suppos-
a-, L,1sa- of the farmer was held IN
. last week at which not one
i-...a -...-.,tg+ivp Of the farmers was
The railroads, the CONNER
I.1. the banks. the real estate
q 80 ~ +le loan companies and other
- -. FIAT Drev upon the producer
,rs.srt and peddled the usual
ss+a- which the State COmmis-
4 Agriculture was authorized
-.t committee on which all Of
.sora interests and the Farm Bu-
-. would be represented for the
nose of carrying out some plan
- disclosed. Isn't it a wonder
+,- fsse well fed gentleman would
- anti this game of humbug some
--s Don't they know that the pub
f. Ia their measure already? [
-~srber such meetings in the past
ere some enterpris1ng RealitOr got
ter good feed and sOlemnly an
-red that the way to save the
. mas by importing Farmers
~ rong backs A banker would
+Br yet up and say Montana wants
tma-. that know how tc pull cow
~, and then a railroad attorney
would nse and advocate the covering
- the entrance gates to farmers
homes with white paint "to give the
color IF prosperity" All the farmers
s,s such savours tc do for them is
20 et of their backs.
NEWMAN, the great magician anC
authority on psychic phenomena wa;
II town this week and was a welcome
visitor at the Office of the Producer:
News He discussed everything from
ha Emstem theory to Bukharin's His
u6l Naterialism with an intelligen
s-aDdinc seldom found in VI 1T
U PlenJywoOj. Newman get
into this column because he is no or
-uav Snowman but is known thru
ar the country as the man who or
gained the Actors Equity AssOcia
ton n Chicago some years ago. II
' .--at Dr. NpllllliDllF 4GLCAICQ W do
1HsaI and possesses all the intelli
-uee that goes with the name. As
natter Of fact / never met anybOd
-s- who had any ability, who wa
l1t either a radical or an extreme re
acaonarT Whoever was distributin
brains seems to have boycotted tn
middle eff the readers" Mr.. New
nan told us of an incident which OF
lred at one of the leading booI
stores IN Minneapolis, with evider
-lsto. A group of literary men con
Wsmg of Professor Kamin of the
q Nmn, Mr. Soltis and himself wei
engaged in a discussion of the relati1
merits Of Esperanto. A 100 per cen
eF Tho was listening IN on the COZ
'e'SatiOn, after the discussion VIZ
o.ef, walked up to the group and en-
gaaacally declared: "I listened
you talk about that foreign languag
ala L you don't like this country yC
'ah go back to where they talk it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Hugh Jones, farmer from the Wei
liver country returned the first of the
week from WillistOn where he went
a few days ago to consult doctor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-05

Official Newspaper of Sheridan County
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-10
YOUTHFUL NETMEN
FACING ROUGH ROAD

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 10. - Seeded
players who swept through their
opening matches in the national
junior and boys tennis championships
found heavier going today against
other entrants emerging from yester-
days fast first and second round play.
The honors among the younger
generation of net stars remained
fairly evenly divided among the sec
Ional representatives as they stroked
into the more decisive matches.
In the Junior division there were
already hints Of a title battle between
Berkeley Bell of Austin, Tex, seeded
No. 1, and John Doeg Of Santa Mon
lea, Calf, seeded second and several
times victor over Bell in play this
spring. Both showed fine form in
their initial SETS
Junior Coen Of Kansas City tops
the field In the boys play. showing
the same brilliant style which carried
him through the Illinois State tourna-
ment some time ago.