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Evening star., 1926-07-30

The chill Of the tropic night had
drawn around them. She shivered
through the thin silk of the simple
frock that had been her wedding dress
Suddenly something of her position
came home to her. Alone on the soli-
tary weld in the darkness, her only
protection two primitive natives, who
would most assuredly look after their
own skins before giving a thought to
hers. In the distance she heard a
queer, muffled sound. dull at first, then
rising in cadence till she knew that
only one beast on earth gave tongue
like that. A lions roar! There was
no nlistaking it, Even through her
heart broken misery there suddenly
ran a chill Of human fear.
But the two natives showed no sign.
They knew that lions could be relied
upon not to interfere with human be.
tngs while there was food in plenty on
the Zebra-infested plain.
Richenda was back in the car now,
huddled in the corner of the seat, lis
tening to Ali Mutagayo tinkering in
terminably with screws and nuts.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

halted not 10 yards at their right hand.
Great eyes cleaned yellow In the
lamp light. Richenda wondered
vaguely to what enormous beast those
menacing eyes belonged.
Once a scattering ostrich, feathers
all a-flutter. fled squawking before the
strident shrek of the horn. A score
of things that they could not see
rustled through the darkness about
them.
Richenda. urged into mental effort,
reckoned that they must have covered
more than 40 miles Surely, oh, surely,
the farm must be very near now! The
car crawled painfully on, slower now,
still slower. Then, with sudden wall,
they came to q standstill.
"Oh, dear said Ali Mutagayo IN ms
rolitest English, ''Oh dear"'
Damn itr' said Richenda. Damn
it all"'
Another 20 minutes. with Ais head
under the bonnet, burrowing into the
works that wouldn't go" by the dim
light of the hurricane lamp held by
the blanketed toto.
Richenda was out on the road now.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

mot yard more" gasped Rich
enda breathlessly. mot q single yard
I'll take whatever the gods are send
ing for me- q
She was in her seat then, two big
tears coursing slowly down her tired
cheeks. Cold. hungry, alone-all the
woes of the world seemed balanced on
her slender shoulders.
Ali Mutagayo came to her side
again. She wondered how he could
smile like that
"Memsahib, think there is village
over there" his broken English told
her. This is the native reserve"
So that was why they had seen no
sign of European habitation all these
miles.
"If the memsahib will promise
plenty Of baksheesh for. the Kikuyus
perhaps they viii come and push US. y
"Baksheesh? Every penny / pos
sess,' she breathed fervently.
He was off then speeding across the
Evening star., 1926-07-30
The Misty Pathway
By FLORENCE RTDDELI
Copyright 1924. by Flcrencs RlddellJ

scarcely more than cart track. The
wheels of the numbering native OK
wagons had cut deep ruts along it and
the center part was full of awkward
holes.
They were on a rolling plain which
stretched for interminable miles in
front of them. A solitary place it was.
Richenda could see no sign Of Euro
pear habitation on all that great coun-
tryside On her left was a tiny col
lection of native huts nesting at the
rim of patch of withered scrub, and
from these leaf thatched, mud walled
beehive dwellings, came the clack Of
kikuyu voices. After that there
seemed nothing but the solitude of
Evening star., 1926-07-30
INSTALLMENT XXIV.
Delayed Again.

~ lCHENDA sat back. glad to
rest from t h a janGling,
humping flight over the un-
4 even cart track which could
scarcely be dignified by the
name of road"
But the Vaccinations of Ali Muta-
Cayo were longer than Richenda
could countenance, and It was well
past before by sheer good fortune
he discovered the cause of the trouble
and triumphantly explained matters
TO Richenda.
Pace. Pace she implored him in
her scanty Swahili duplicating the
phrase in anxious English, "Oh, hurry,
hurry
He smiled cheeri1y, "Minutee tano,"
he promised.
We'll" she agreed minute tano-
tust those five minutes! Not a minute
mcrew
But "minutee tano" to the leisurelv
African is on the level with that place
which they say Is just over the hill
side and which turns out to the per-
picked European to be somewhere ten
miles beyond the far horizon, In Alrs
case "minutee tano" stretched well be-
yond half an hour!
Ata last, to the relief OF all con-
cerned, they We're off again The sun
was setting behind a range of distant
mountains now. Richenda watched its
last red beam vanish into the gray
of the quick passing tropic twilight.
The road had grown very narrow.
Evening star., 1926-07-30
LENiENCY PLEA MADE.
London Trades Unions Ask Sacco
and Vanzetti Clemency.

LONDON. July 80 C9.-The gem
eral council of the Trades Union
Congress and the national executive
committee of the Labor Party have
sent an appeal to the Massachusetts
authorities for withdrawal Of the
death sentences against Nicholas
Sacco and Bartholomeo Vanzetti
convicted OF murder.
The appeal said that the reported
Acknowledgement of perjury by sew
Evening star., 1926-07-30
Continued tomorrow.)
Given Extra Duties.

Maj. Edward c. Kelton. Corps OF
Engineers. in addition to his other
duties in this city, will relieve Col
Harley B. Ferguson. Corps Of Eng1.
neers. of his duties at headquarters
district of Washington, in the Mum
tions Building.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

eral prominent witnesses since the
men were convicted of murder dur@
ing hold-up, had served to empha-
size the opinion that their trial had
not been just.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

White canvas with
brown trimmings and
ankle patch and two-
tone brown with heavy
durable crepe soles and
heels. Also cross-strap
designs. Sizes IL TO- 6.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

With good. serviceabIe rubber soles.
d In the most wanted colors. Red. Black.
, Blue. Sizes 3 to z.
Evening star., 1926-07-30

plain in the moonlight, followed by
the scared toto, leaving her quite
alone.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-24

which means death. At that door
Billy jumps back to safety. It's,
only routine task to Billy.
Perhaps he would hang his head
bit If he could OF wanted to. But as
We said before, Billy has no cont
science.
Mature didn't provide him with
one. He's waiaing now to commit
his crime afrssh tomosrowT
Yes, DlAy b q Jud&a.Y
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-24
. Judas .3heep Lures $50, 600
Of { wn Kind to Death

DILLY has no con Per
ID haps that's well tor tum He's
a paid and professional Judas.
Betrayars his stock IN trade.
That's how he makes his living
leading members ~ hia species to
death
only q goat---a siren -" nat.
And when he sings. u ~. e. aln
BHly's bleat q song. then chats the
music which some 100000 trusting
sheep have followed to the butchers
knives In the past flve years.
Without Billy and ave others Of
his kind Chicago packers would be
suite at loss.
Sheep sent I'm for slaughter must
be gotten, IN humane manner. from
the pens to the place where they are
killed.
Can't BE Frightened
To drive or frishtea them up the
ranways would not be permitted
ender the law. Likewise such prac.
rice would race the blood and make
the meat unfit.
And SO with all these things to
cope with the packers hired Billy.
They feed him well and ne doesn't
have to work very hard. Matter OF
TACT he works only a little while in
the morning. Just long enough to
lead = trusting aock fresh from train
and recent pasture to the quick
HALVES that end It AN.
Il long fierce hleat is Billy's cue
re sheep answer that call. Here
is'' leader found at last after the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-04-24

long ride from the pleasant farm
where they were grazing only last
week.
The Gate of Death
Then a gate opens. 1t Is as though
their cries for rescue had at Iest
been heard.
Everything is over in a few min.
utes-Just long enough for Billy to
clear the slaughter scene and start
the first sheep through the door
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Stamped Pillow
Slips, $1.0O Pair

Stamped Pillow Slips, both
hemstitched and hemmed; many
different patterns. $1.39 values
for $1.00 the pair.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
LinOleum, Soc Yard

Felt Base Linoleum in good
assortment of patterns reduced
for the Clearance Sale to soc
yard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Cretonne Edgings
SC Yard

One lot of beautiful Cretonne
Edgings. Sell in the regular
way at 15c yard. Clearance
Sale at 5c yard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Ladies' Stamped
Gowns, S1.0O

Ladies' stamped gowns on
voile and crepe. Colors are
lavender, blue, pink, white and
honeydew. Regular $1.59 values
for the Clearance Sale at $1.00.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Inlaid LinOleum
S1.19

A great assortment of beautiful
lnlaid linoleum. An excellent
quality-our regular 1925 quail
ity at $1.19.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Lace Edgings
sc Yard

One lot of pretty Lace Edgings
that sell regularly at 10c and
15c yard. Clearance Sale SC
yard.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31

Knitted caps of silk or wool;
silk caps of poplin, crepe de
chine and wash silk; also chin
chilla at 1870 OFF the original
prices Of 69c to 1898.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Fish Bowls
All Reduced
Table Lamps
At Big Reductions

Our stock of beautiful Table
Lamps specially reduced for the
Clearance Sale. All newest
style lamps.
$3.50 Table Lamps..S 9.75
$500 Table Lamps. .S11.5O
$500 Table Lamps. $17.O0
S 800 Table Lamps..S 4.50
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Brussels Rugs
$500

Body Brussels Rugs in great
variety of patterns. Size 9x12.
These are our regular $40 rugs
offered for the Clearance at
just ONE HALF or S35.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-12-31
Children's
Embroidery Sets
3 for S1.OO

Sets consist of five different
animals to be embroidered and
stuffed. A great thing for the
little girls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
JOHN GABRIEL SOLTIS.
THE SCHOOL FUND SHELL GAME

Yesterday the daily papers reported the distribution of
our annual common school income fund among the counties
OF Montana This year the fund 80 $685. or
S/ol tor every child between the age of 8 and 2
From this fund the counties receiving apportion-
ments as follows: Silver Bow ST 000 Mssoula $43 OOO
Yellowstone $67 900; Fergus $42 900; Gaatn $35 600
Cascade $4,000; Park $23 900; and on down the line
But the missing link IN this the manner IN
which these county appointments are actually divided anono
the several school districts For example, Silver Bow
UOO will go to city district and less than So 900 to eight
rural districts In Yellowstone $33 600 will 90 to one
city district and about $3.50 each of So rural districts In
Park almost 1000 will go one city district and ar aver
age OF 80 to 81 rural schools In Mssoua $33 go will
go to one city district and only SO 900 to all the rural districts
OF the county In Fergus 5000 will go city district
and about to each of IS rural school districts In Gal
latin SI6OOO will city district and $83 each to the
~ very rural school districts of the county, In
cade one city district will receive $64 900 and IA rural dis
cs will receive the Prncey of S OOO In Saltwater
county the = very poorest rural districts will get away with an
average aPPortonment of $40 EACH while the 81 very poorest
districts IN Sweetgrass will rake in just 500 each
IS JUST the same IN county of Montana In their
WsoOm and foresight the trainers of constitution made
the duty of the legislature to provide equal education for al
the children OF the state This the lopsided manner IN
WCn the JOB IS now being done The state school fund pro-
G9 Oy the makers OF our organic law systematically with
held from the that need and literally enoned
the areas that need it least will be good news for tb
rural people OF more than 20 whole counties of the state tb
IN the distribution of this immense state school fund thew are
actually receiving less than is the one civ district H.
10 be located right top of the richest hill on earth
Before the end of the year another school fund amount
ing 70 more than two and half mons-$l6 for every child
OF school age-a levy of six mills on all the taxable wealth Of
Montana-s to be handed over to the school districts ~ 49,
same infamous manner ~
ntoP OF all this, they asking us to approve
new zOyear state school levy of five mi-a fifty million dol
lar tax TO be inexperienced on the same basis.
Verify the biggest shell game on earth IS this del+;
" ool Iuno III the great and glorious state of Montana
Respectfully submitted
w. J. HANNAH.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
THE BASE WIDENS

1t the fond hope of Capitalism that the LaFoete
of 1924 would destroy the base for national
Famer abo party 1t looked upon this ephea wave as an
ally And such There also grave misgvings in
MARKHAM and Lenins quarters the future of national
amerabor party, by of the LaFoette surge One
would have thought that sound Maxans would have known
better But they did not.
LaFoletism today completely liquidated 1t linked
to Individual However, political parties based up
the Individual they built upon the economic and the
class interests of groups society," This truth be
often repeated
Roosevelt tried to form party around himself back in
1912 He possessed tremendous prestige But where did his
party land9 Nowhere simply because merely an in
dviduaistic enterprise LaFolette politician that he
unable correctly make the proper deductions from
the Roosevelt adventure.
Today the FarmerLabor parties are in full swing again
Moreover the honest and leadership of the Farmers
and Workers. enriched by it's sad experience of 1924 1t
knows how to estimate ndvidualism at its real value
The FarmerLabor parties representing the bread and
butter interests of the tong masses are on the march in Min
nesOta North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington
Arkansas Texas, with immediate possibilities many other
states OF launching organizations They emerging vire
and defiant 1924 has tempered their steel has many
Marzians. who, we hope may become better Marxians
The ntenshcaon of the class struggle brings with it
from the elemental masses for political instrument
of their 1t is class demand Nothing can stop it.
Wall Street is already emitting wall about the radical
tendencies appearing among the farmers Even farm lead
ers OF the conservative type dmandng show down from
Coolidge and his party There distinct Left orenation
visible everywhere in the rural regions The dawn breaks in
glow of red.
JOHN GABRIEL SOLTIS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
Jens Gronvold Tells of
Travels in Southland in
Letter From Minnesota

Fertile, MINI.
March II, 1926.
To the Editor and Readers of
The Producers News:
Well, here we are back to- our old
home town of Fertile, Minnesota, af-
ter being on the road II days from
the day we left Llano Colony.
We made a trip to Port Arthur,
Texas, before going north, going thru
the cid fields of Beaumont and Port
Arthur. We also saw a sulphur mine
in Texas. We went down to the Gulf
of Mexico go miles south of Port
Arthur to see the ocean and hear the
roar Of the sea. 1t was a grand
sight. We camped at Sabine (1O
miles from the gulf where we were
attacked by a million mosquitoes. The
next day we locked like we had small
pOX They have mosquitoes II months
of the year down there.
Coming back we took a little differ
ent route from the one we went south.
We crossed the Mississippi river on a
small ferry into the State Of Missis-
sippi and went through Tennessee,
where we again crossed at Memphis
into Arkansas and Missouri, where
we again ferried at Cairo into Illinois
and entered Wisconsin at Galena to
Dubuque, Iowa, where we again cross
ed the Mississippi river into Iowa to
Floyd and entered Minnesota at LYLE
IN heavy snOwstorm.
When we left the south the fruit
trees were in full bloom and the for
ests and grass were getting green.
We had fine weather the first ten
days, so that we camped out nights
until we reached SandOval, Illinois,
when it started to snow and rain and
the weather turned cold. When we
reached Floyd, Iowa we get real
northern winter and a lot of snow so
we had very hard travelling the rest
of the way and the weather very cold
quite contrast from the mosuui-
toes of Port Arthur.
We travelled in company with Mr..
and Mrs. Samuel Mickey and their
two boys, Cecil and Vincent, as far
as Austin, Minnesota, where they left
us and went to Lake City. We took
our time and made stops of half a
day or so in Forth Arthur, Memphis,
Springfield, Bloomington and we Wis
tied about day with Charles E. Tay-
Tor in st. Paul, and also went thru
the Ford plant.
As some of our friends may be
interested to know something about
the colony, can say that we were
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19

not favorably impressed for several
reasons: 1st The kind and condition
of the sell, light, white sand, low
land or bottom lands or craw-fish
land. End. The management is of
the steam roller order and all work,
work. Bird. The school system, inef-
fcient and lacking order and control
The food served was very simple
and there were very little changes
Sweet potatoes, gravy and rice, cook
ed meat once a day. Beef or pork
steak for Sunday dinners and cake
and sauce for lunch for Sunday din
ner.
Some Of the good things we fcunC
in the colony were the social life
They have a good theatre where they
have moving pictures and home talent
plays. A roof garden and dance floor
where they adnce every Saturday fol
two, hours from till 10, very clear
and orderly dancing. They have g
good orchestra and conduct singing
classes. The brick machinery, ice anc
cold storage plant, veneer or crate
J factory and sash and door factory are
very good industries.
During our stay in the colony we
/ had some very fine weather like the
/ finest summer and we also had some
very disagreeable weather when the
/ thermometer went down to 18 above
zerO-believe me~Te could feel it. We
NEEDED good coverings at night They
have an abundance of rain il
winter time. A weeks Louisian;
rains would raise a good crop OF
/ Montana soil.
We are glad to be back again althC
we have winter. 1t was a very inter
esting and educational trip, a trip we
will never forget. We noticed on the
way the farther south the poorer the
country, small cattle, small horses anC
even small people Coming back in
to Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota we
find bigger horses, better cattle, finer
farms, better houses and everything
more substantial even better, larger
and healthier people
If nothing goes wrong we Will be
back to PlentywOod and Montana in
the near future, where we will make
another start with renewed vigor and
hopes for the future.
We were very interested readers of
the Producers News, watching politi-
zeal developments in Montana and the
scraps staged in Plentywood and
Sheridan county.
With best wishes to all cur friends,
we are
Very sincerely,
J. c. GRONVOLD & FAMILY.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
D. B. c. MAN NOW
CASHIER OF BANK

+. +. SimOnson, a graduate of
Dakota Business College, Fargo, re-
Gently elected cashier Of the Mer-
chants National Bank, is the ninth
Dakotan" to become Fargo bank
officer. Some 218 are executives in
other banks. 'Dakotans'' win pos
ltlOns and promotions easily. Actual
business training (copyrighted-un-
obtainable elsewhere) does it. S. A.
Olson has recently been made office
man for the Claremont Is. d.
Lumber and Hardware Co.
Watch results. Follow 70 : Sue
ceSSfuP' Apr. 5. Be ready for work
at busiest season. Write F. L. Wat
klns, Pres, 800 Front ST., Fargo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19

like to know how such parasites al
ways control what we pay for. The
whole thing looks bad for the town,
the country and the County Commits
sioners who are responsible. The far
mers here regard it as a dirty shame
that they should be made the victims
of such an imposition. They want to
know why we pay rent for other offices
and let the sharks occupy our public
buildings.
/ hope, you Mr.. Editor, who has so
consistently fought to save the far
mers firesides against the sharks, will
use your power and influence to also
save their public buildings from the
same danger.
Yours truly,
A COMERTOWN FARMER
Name enclosed but not for publica-
ton now
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19

OF Plentywood and turned it into a
Library, as taxpayer and a voter /
felt proud of the change. The biggest
building on Main street was trans
formed from what you called a
money trap" into a center of edu-
cation. We all felt ownership in It
and liked the idea of having such a
monument to the intelligence of the
people of this country, to impress the
visitor to this part Of the country.
But the pride of myself and other
farmers was sadly hurt when we
again visited our county seat during
the recent court term. The building
which we were so glad to think we
had ownership it had big sign pro-
Jecting out on the sidewalk which
reads: office of the Mckee LANCER
Land Company" The building now
looks as if it is the headquarters of
a gang of crop grabbers who prey on
us poor farmers, with a few books in
the front part We out here would
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
GLEN EXPRESSES HIS
VIEWS ON co. FAIR
Dagmar, Mont.
March 8, 1926.

MdICl ., 1870.
The Producers News,
Plentywocd, Mont.
Gentlemen:
I notice my subscription to the
News is past due, so / am enclosing
check for one years subscription. l
would not be without the News for
it keeps its subscribers fully inform
ed.
In respect to the call for express
sions of sentiment for and against the
county building and maintaining
buildings for county fair will say as
follows:
| am sure this would be a good
thing for PlentywOod and also be for
Sheridan county as a whole providing
it would be self supporting or nearly
so, but | am very much afraid that
it would be a long ways from sup
porting itself. There are many i'm
provements about the Court House
and throughout the county that the
money could be spent to much more
advantage. We are very much in
need eff more and better roads to
travel on. | am not saying this to
kick on the services of the Commits
siOner and Surveyor, but rather to
encourage them. We have got con-
siderable road work which is just a
start. We have to get more and the
roads must be maintained. | would
suggest that the county invest in an
other big Holt tractor and good grad
ers, hire good capable men to operate
them and keep them going steady for
nobody can build roads cheaper than
the county if properly conducted.
Some one might say, "but this would
not reduce our taxes any" | know
it would not but if you had twenty
miles and over to market you would
think roads were very necessary.
Respectfully,
PETER B. GLEN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-03-19
PIIRE SEED

There will be a large increase in
number of pure seed growers in the
county this year. This is working to-
wards the goal of making Sheridan
County a noted pure seed center.
There is a large demand for pure
seed outside cf the State. The cOun-
ty agnt's office has had calls for Is
carloads from other states this spring.
Pure seed should also be planted
because using good quality seed is the
same principle as using good founda-
will always be increased by using
good seed. Good seed will also III
crease the protein test to a certain
extent.
Any information in regard to pure
seed for sale will be gladly furnished