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The producers news., 1926-07-23
ROOSEVELT COUNTY
POLITICAL POT BOLS

Politics are beginning to get live
ly in Roosevelt county. Several can
didates have filed fer office, particu-
larly on the republican ticket.
John Anderson is opposed by
more than one candidate for the Of
flee of Sheriff. Coates, who is one
of the best known men in Roosevelt
is a strong contender and is liable
to take the nomination away from
the present Sheriff whom the people
consider too long in his present Of
flee.
Nels Sorbel has filed for the Of
fee of County Commissioner and Is
regarded as the strongest man IN the
field. He has farmed near FrOid since
that section was first settled. He Is
one of the most respected men IN the
county and feels that Eastern Roose
velt county has been sadly neglected
in the matter cf road building. H'
will run very strong at the election.
A Farmer-Labor legislative ticke
will be in the field this year and can
didates will also be written IN TO
some county offices.
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LAST GAME OF
THE SEASON NEXT
SUNDAY AT B. LAKE
Will Play for the Championship of
Northeastern Montana = Risberg
of White SOx Fame. Will Pitch for
PlentywOOd-Games Stand Six
Apiece.

Next Sunday at Brush Lake will
occur probably the biggest game of
the season in Northeastern Montana
when Plentywood and Scobey meet in
a game which will decide the cham
pionship of this part of the State and
western North Dakota.
Both teams are bolstering up their
lineup for this struggle and neutral
ground was decided upon, so that
all concerned would feel that they
were getting a square deal.
"Swede" Risberg will be on the
mound for Plentywood and will &c
his best to humble his former team
mate Happy Felsch between which q
good-natured rivalry exists.
With good weather, the baseball
park at Brush Lake will be crowded
to capacity by the fans from ever!
part of Northeastern Montana ant
western North Dakota who woulC
Rot miss seeing this final struggle
| between these two rivals for any
/ thing.
Practically all Of PlentywOOd AM
Scobey residents will crank up tn
Lizzies and Susies and make thel
way to the popular summer rescr
to take in the ball game and cool OF
in the pleasant waters OF Brush Lake
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public would desire to call upon. l
would recommend that a committee
that would act impartially, investi-
gate the conduct and help at the hos
pital. If they find that it is up to
the standard retain them, and if not
dismiss them. But to act impair
TALLY in this respect, we must have
the confidence of the people, or we
lose their moral and financial support
which is very essential. We cannot
build castles or promote the interests
of our community, if one half of the
people are pulling one way and the
ether half the other way. This has
been my own personal observation OF
the support toward this institution
since my locating here. The unrest
and dissatisfaction has been too great
in this behalf fer an institution Of
this wind which should have the same
support that is shown our churches
or even more in some cases. If this
hospital is to be operated by a few,
run by only certain doctors, it should
be publicly understood as such, so
that the outside interests may take
such steps as to erect an institution
that all may have an interest In, and
Continued on Last Page)
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Ends as County Attorney Asks for Death Penalty
Interest Grows as Nominations
for Princess Close

The lucky young lady will have all
her expenses paid. The trip will not
cost her one red cent, and all of
the time she is gone she will be
entertained as magnificently as if she
were a princess of the royal blood
from the time she will leave Plenty
wood until she returns, there will be
one delightful event, such as young
ladies crave and enjoy, after another,
in the midst Of the most exquisite
and luxurious surrounding and APP
pointments.
Battle of Ballots Starts Saturday
Tomorrow, the ballot box goes into
Miller's window, under the charge of
judges. Then the battle of ballots
commences in ernest. In each copy
of the Producers News is a ballot
good for one hundred votes. This
ballot should be clipped to be cast
for the readers candidate-nOt one
should be overlooked or forgotten fcl
some charming young lady is going
to ask for it scmeday and the reader
will want it for her.
The judges will count the vote
i Twice edcQ week anu posi- IGlS LS
suits. Each week the results vii
i be printed in the Producers New
where they can be read by all.
Mr., Viggo Peterson is the contes
manager. He will see that the rule
of the contest are strictly enforce
and that the utmost fairness prevail
in the contest.
While the lady winning will b
Princess of Montana and get the tril
the losing candidate will be ampl
paid by the Producers News for e.
fort made, in proportion to the woT
: done. In all of the previous can
paigns, every candidate has been sa
isfied with the treatment received
the hands of the Producers News ar
this year will be no exception to thi
a rule.
A list of the candidates qualified
! the campaign ade appended herewit
1 Next week a short sketch Of each o.
: will appear so that the public may
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James Boys Pikers

JdHlCS. DOyS lhcIS
When the Producers News, in COM
ing issues, starts to uncover the
crOOkedness and infamy of the we'll
grOOmod, sOft-handed bandits who Op-
Grated from behind bank wickets in
the railroad towns of Valley and
Phillips counties, the James boys will
resemble pikers in comparison. But
the James Boys exhibited more cOur-
age and manliness in their money
getting exploits than the confidence
men who used sOlid-lOOking buildings
as their money traps while they
feeced their victims through the ex-
ercise of legal legerdemain.
Heart Rending Tales of Robbery.
In every part of a county of hard
working farmers, one can hear heart
| rending tales of how the savings OF
a life time vanished into thin air
when the banker decided to put the
little slip of paper in his plate glass
door notifying the public his place Of
robbery was closed. One woman took
in washing and saved and scraped
the dimes and dollars together until
she had $500 so that she could edu-
cate her family and try to make
their future lot brighter and happier
than her own. The product of her
sweat and toll was wiped out with
one fell swOOp when the slick bank
er decided he was insOlvent. An
other poor crippled woman had gath
cred together $4OO which she had in
tended for her burial. All she hai
now is a slip Of paper and she wOr'
ries about interment in a pauper''
I grave.
! BilstaRs Case.
From the poor people referred Il
! above to well-fixed farmers the stOr!
J is the same-a story of misplace
: trust on the one hand and Gallon
: coId-blOOded robbery on the other
While the farmers-35 per cent o
whom lost money in the banks-cu
. out the luxuries of life so that the
= could save something for a rainy day
= the swashbuckling bankers were ask
F ing for, good roads over which the,
! could run their luxurious cars. Their
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pie questions about the killing,
Case Goes to Jury
The lawyers had to repeat the ques-
tions many times so that he could
understand them and he answered
hesitatingly. The arguments for
the prosecution and the defense
were presented to the jury and the
case is expected to be decided today
or Saturday. The County Attorney
is asking for the death penalty and
the sentiment Of the mainstreeters of
Wolf Point is in favor or hanging.
The following is an account cf the
trial day by day.
After spending a full week in Sc
curing a Jury to try Ferdinand
Schlapsz, who is accused by the state
cf numbering Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Gels
/ Ter on May /, 1926, at their farm
home near Biem, and after exhaust
ing venire of $50, the trial jury was
sworn in Thursday of last week.
The Jury
The following Roosevelt County cit
liens compose the jury that holds the
fate of young Schlapsz in its hands:
A. E. Huseby, Poplar, farmer, mar
ried.
John Kopitzke, BrOckton, farmer
married.
! Sid Scourey, Volt, farmer, married
A. M. Hanson, Wolf Point, restaur'
ant man, married.
Paul Arndt, Wolf Point, railroad
man, married.
Sam Wagaman, Wolf Point, farme1
single.
Nels. Sorenson, Froid, farmer, mar
ried.
J.R. Clutter, Culbertson, electrician
married.
John Haagenson, Lundville, farmer
single.
ried.
married.
Cecil G. Perry, Volt, farmer, MAJ
ried.
First Witness
After six and a half tedious day
spent on getting jury for the Irli
of Ferdinand Schlapsz for the murde
of Ludmilla Geisler, at Biem, May
the case opened Thursday atternoo
: when County Attorney Hugh N. Ma
r ron, prosecuting for the state, mac
, his opening address to the jury. j.,
Alvin Jurica, Homestead, was Il
: first witness. He testified that on
: about June Is, 1926, he had take
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FARMERS ORGANI-
ZATTON GROWING
Demand for Organizers POurs Into
National and State Offices-SOltis
to Explain Aims of Organization
at Series of Valley County Meet
ingS.

The Progressive Farmers is con-
tinuing to spread all over the North
west. Recently a convention was
held in the State of Washington and
! plan of action for meeting the calls
for organizers was outlined.
Mr.. Bouck was appointed Director
of National Organization and has
lust completed a tour of the North
western states. He reports enthusi-
asm for the organization everywhere
and is now ready to speak In differ
I ent parts cf Montana, North and
| South Dakota, and Minnesota soon,
AS soon as the wheat harvest is over
he will speak at several big picnics
in Montana
The success of the organization
has been proved in Sheridan County
where the Council of Action as wei
as several of the Individual subOrdin
ate councils have accomplished lct'
of good work.
Valley County Calls for Speaker.
Several of the adjoining cOuntie
have sent in calls for speakers AM
organizers, particularly Valley coun
ty. John Gabriel Soltis will addres
several meetings in the latter coun
, ty, eginning next Monday. A list o
meetings is published in the editOria
page of this paper. SOltis is one c
the best of the younger speakers /
the advanced movement in the Unite
S States and is second to no publ
/ speaker in Montana with the possibl
r exception of Ex-Governor Dixon. H
!, will speak on the subject of "Wh
n Banks Go Broke" at his Valley Cour
: ty meetings but will also explain tn
e Progressive Farmers organization
His meetings in Valley county WI
e be we'll attended.
r Material Gains for Members.
n As an example Of the gains .recort
Continued on page 81
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AS a reduction of the outstanding
bonded Indebtedness may be claimed
S2O,OO0.O0 of Sheridan County bonds,
which the county has purchased and
is holding as a Sinking Fund invest
ment. bringing the Indebtedness at
this time down to approximately
S660,OOO.0O.
This is a record that the people of
Sheridan County may be justly proud
of. especially as it has been accom-
plished without raisin the levies for
county purposes, instead the levies
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Warrant Indebtedness Shrinks
The statement shows that the war
rant Indebtedness has shrunk from
nearly half a million in 1922 to the
relatively infnitesimal sum OF So
741 % in 1926. While economics
were being effected and the debt OF
the County was being cut more than
5000 600 in five years it was not
necessary to increase the levy, but on
the other hand reduced 1t.
County Treasurer's Statement
The following is the statement OF
| County Treasurer TOrstenson;
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Steele Still on Firing Line
DR.. Steele said today that he was
not going to let DR.. Storkan's state
ments on ethics go unanswered. He
inferred that he would just as soon
take his ethics from an Indian medi-
cine man or the vendor of Tiger
Marrow Fat as from the sole physi-
clan of the Plentywood Hospital. DR..
Steele's statement is expected next
week.
DIR. YOrk's Statement
The following is the interview of
Dr. York:
While I have no particular quar-
rel with any of the practicing physi-
clans in Sheridan county, as mat
ter of fact / get along well with al
of them. Still the controversy Gov
ering the Hospital has assumed a pO.
sition of wide, public interest which
l deem it not out Of my place t.
give my opinion on hospital matters
for what it is worth.
Should Benefit Community
A Community Hospital should b
ter the benefit of the Community an
supported by the community, ope
for all practicing therein, thrown OF
en- to any one practicing, that tn
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The nomination period in the Queen
of Montana contest, for the honor
of Princess of Sheridan County closes
tonight and tomorrow will start the
battle of the ballots, to determine
which of this galaxy of beautiful and
charming ladies will be Princess Of
Sheridan and make the royal voyage
to Helena to participate in "Queen of
Montana" festivities, that will occur
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Dr. Fd York. the we'll known Pentyvvood Chropractor,
omit ROUNDING the vertebrae of his patients long enough last
thursday afternoon give his views the hospital conro
On some points his views are in accord with those OF
m CrnnheI who advocates the acquisition of the Hospital
b some public body and the putting of all doctors equal
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have been consistently lowered dur
ing this five year period.
There can be no question, but that
the administration that has accom-
plished this record, deserves cOntin-
ued endorsement by their constitu-
ents.
Respectfully submitted,
ENG TORSTENSON,
County Treasurer
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Farmers Government Cuts Debt
S6OO,OOO.OO in Five Years
indebtedness of 445O5 In 1922 Is Reduced to $685.
TAI % In 1926 Without Increasing the Levy-Warrani
Debt VIII Be Wiped Out After November lst-Remark
able Achievement of Farmers Government

public issued by County treasurer Ing lor-
tenson Yesterday shows cold figures the tremendous saw
mos effected in the administration of County affairs IN this
county since the progressive forces expressed through the
Farmer Labor Party assumed office Within ve years the
1 LeIteness Of Sheridan County has been cut in half
The producers news., 1926-07-23

In all the criminal history of amateur experimentation
with the money of the people by small realtors and other
types of go-getters asqueradng bankers there
place where the robbery of the people by the ShyOcs
brazenly planned and executed as in Valley County.
The producers news., 1926-07-23

The series of games between SEQ
bev and Plentywood for the season
were evened up Sunday at SIX eaen'
when Scobey defeated PlentyWood by
a score of 6 to 5.
The producers news., 1926-07-23

The trial of Finderand Schlapsz featured Thursday
afternoon by the appearance of the defendant the witness
stand To the onlookers and the jury he presented the
tacIe of boy who mentally undeveloped He gazed
dumby his LAWYERS and the prosecutor they put him sim
The producers news., 1926-07-23

1t may here be mentioned that the ne
warrant indebtedness of S6,14l.zo
shown for the year 1926, conslSI
mostly of warrants that have al
been called for payment but net pre-
sented. About S3O00.0O registered
against the Classification fund re- 11
main uncalled at this time: These VIII
all be called after tax collection III
November.
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RUFFCORN HELPED KILL GUARANTEE BILL

Aspant for Senator in Valley County Was Leader in OppO
sion to Act Which Would Save People Money Deposit
ed With Shylocks-Bg Interests Did Not Need Lobby
In Session Where Mr.. Rufcorn Was Floor Leader.
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York Suggests c. Of A. and Com
merciaI Club Should Investigate

Cractor Enters Healing Institute Controversy and Tells
How He Thinks Matters Can Be Improved Says All
Doctors Should Be Placed Equality Else New lnst
tuition Should Be Erected.
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at the Montana State Fair-per-
haps to be elected Queen of Montana
and win besides this e~ehderful CUT
ing, journey to the Great Petroleum
Exposition at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
the trip to the Sesquicentennial ex-
position at Philadelphia.
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Trial Of Boy Murderer
SCHLAPSZ CASE GOES
TO WOLF POINT JURY

Defendant Goes Stand Towards End of Trial and Dazedy
Answers Confession of Defendant Admitted
Over Objection of Defense Counsel-EriCksOn, Sails
bury and Coroner Nelson Testfy-TeI About Finding
Bodies and Confession of Accused
The producers news., 1926-07-23
PITIFUL STORIES OF
LOSSES BY DEPOSITORS

Crippled Women Farmers and Workers. Widows and Orph-
Reduced to Penury By Loss of Savings-HOw a
Saco Sheepman Separated from Twenty-four Thous-
and Dollars
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The Washington times., 1926-09-16
CLAY ON FIGHTS
|. FARE INCREASE

Consideration Of an estimated
valuation of $6s5, ,445.4O Of the
washington Rapid Trahsit Com
pany was given at hearing be-
fore the Public Utilities Comnis-
sion today. The bus company is
applying for an increased fare or.
permission to operate on b service.
at-cost basis.
William Nick. Clayton. chairman
OF the utilities committee Of the
Federation of Citizens Associations,
attempted to end the hearing BY
contending that the commission
was violating all precedents by con.
sidering the company's petition IN
view OF the fact that the commits
sion, had never fixed a valuation
figure.
Clayton also declared that the
six-month period during which the
new management has been in con-
troll was not of sufficient length
and that matters could not be ad-
I,justed so that an equitable agree
fment might be reached in less than
a year.
Engineer Commissioner j. Frank
lin Bell, chairman of the connie
sion. would not agree to post
ponement. but continued a hearing
of the real and physical properties
of the company with the under
standing that the company's wit
nesses may be cross-examined later
by commission officials.
George p. Hoover, counsel for
the bus company. put Edward d.
Merrill. president Of the company,
on the stand to testify to the ac-
curacy Of an inventory of the
equipment, materials and other
properties of the Rapid Transit
Company.
Merrill said that the physical
properties were valued at $523, ,985. .13;
the working capital, materials and
supplies, $21 900; other properties,
including real estate, $78,597.77. and
cash on hand, $11, ,862.5O.
The Washington times., 1926-09-16

saTle more see Of monkeys"
said the old maid, Miss Kemn,
'aThe more disgusted became
when see some men.
KATYDID.
The Washington times., 1926-09-16
THE GOOD OLD HORSE AND
BUGGY DAYS

If you remember the good
old days when you used -
take your girl buggy riding,
and owned your own horse,
you viii appreciate this one by
q Washington woman:
"Dowh in Virginia, when /
was a girl, I was invited one
day to take a buggy ride with
a waggish Virginia. boy. As
we drove along he frequently
called out, get up Closerp
When I declined to do so he
1aughingly told me that was
the name Of his horse-'Closer.'
/ found out in later years that
it was the name of his horse
If he wanted it that way as
an excuse for the words, but
that his game was really to
get the girls to snuggle up to
him."
It doesn't seem to be neces-
sary in these days to name an
automobile "Closer."
AUNT DEDA.
The Washington times., 1926-09-16
KIan Head Picks
BOrah and Reed
For Presidency

The names of ,Senatpr Will
liam E. Borah of Idaho and
Senator James A. Reed Of Mis-
souri, were proposed today as
available for the presidency"
in 1928 by DR.. Hiram w.
Evans, imperial wizard of the
Ku Klux Klan.
Granting a political interview
for the first time in the history
of the khan, Evans endorsed both
Reed and Borah as "first7class,
outstanding Americans" whor1
klansmen would be glad to sup
port.
He served notice, too, that the
khan would take an "active part
in all future elections, particularly
the November congressional elec-
tions and two years hence in the
presidential campaign.
AS anticipated, Evans declared
Governor Smith, of New York. had
mo chance" to win the presidency
The ruler Of the Invisible EN-
!psre" in TACT made u plain tlsai
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SEN. .GAPPE1R
He IRE SOON

Senator Capper. chairman Of the
Senate District COMMITTEES. will
reach washington Saturday to dis.
cuss District affairs with various
officials, and to frame tentative
program of local legislation for the
coming session Of coigress
His visit win be- brief as he viii
leave for his home In Kansas next
Sunday night. He does not expect
to return to washington before the
Senate convenes for the impeach-
ment trial of Judge George w.
English in November
All plans for q Senate District
COMMITTEES Investigation of local at
fairs in advance Iof the conyening
The Washington times., 1926-09-16
D. c. BLOCK
KLAN PARADE

Rumors were persistent around
the District Building today to the
effect that the Ku Eiux Klan would
not receive the cordial welcome to
use the streets of the Nations Capt.
tai again next year for IT'S parade.
Officials were of the opinion that
many obstacles might be found in
the way of completing plans for
twelve months from now.
'sThey have been here two years
in succession already and from all
reports the prosperity of the Dis
trict has not been materially in
creased" according to one city of
ficial.
While every effort will be made
to extend every courtesy to all
organizations desiring to use the
city as convention headquarters, 1t
is pointed out that "too much can
be made Of good thing"
Difficulties Loom
According to the rumors being
circulated, it may be difficult 10.
the kleagles or wizards to obtain the
necessary permission 10 hold future
parades. .
The reason 1OF inns, IL - SeaA0t -
that officials OF the khan have not
come out in the open with their
plans and given accurate informa-
tion as to how many visitors to pre-
pare for, A high police official said
that until the morning OF the day
of the last parade he "was given
to understand" that about 10000
marchers might be expected.
why they would have been
walking down the avenue all
night" he exclaimed. 1t was only
at the last minute, he continued.
that admissions were made that
not more than $4,000 would be in
the parade.
'And then. by actual count, or
dependable estimates, think the
total number amounted to about
10000" he concluded.
For this and other reasons per-
tanning mainly to the air Of Sc
crecy surrounding all proceedings,
it is understood that in the fu-
ture, for all District officials care,
the Klan parades can be held in
Oshkosh; Wis.
The Washington times., 1926-09-16
TIDAL BASIN BRIDGE
WI. CT osE EOR REPAIR

Beginning next Monday the br1slge
over the flood gates os the Tidal
Basin win be closed for two wselSs.
Il was announced today BY Major
ii. S. Grant. IN charge Of pubic
buildings and grounds.
Closing Of the bridge IS 20 per.
NIT the widening and repaying 0E
the structure. When the widening
Is completed it win eliminate the
bottIe.neck feature now caused by
the narrow bridge and more a1e-
quately handle the speedway trsafflc.
The Washington times., 1926-09-16
D. G. GE IS and
FOR HYDRO

Justice Hitz. Of the District SUI
preme Court, today signed an order
authorizing the u. S. Engineers Of
flee for the Washington ID. G. dis.
trict to take possession OF small
marcel Of land on the water front
near Chain Bridge which has been
selected as the site for the hydro
electric plant which IL to supply
cheap electric power for running
the filtration plant under construc-
ton, at Conduit Road and the Dis.
trict L.nIN
The land zs owned by the Ches-
apeake and Ohio Canal Company
which also claims the water power
rights below Great Falls. The Gov
ernment will run the plant with
surplus water which will be brougnt
down from Great Falls through the
new conduit.
Condemnation proceedings nave
been begun to obtain the land ana
SO 900 has been set aside to cover
the cost of the property, but the
step taken today is to permit the
Government to go. ahead with the
filtration plant project. Assistant
Attorney General George r. Barse
appeared for the Government.