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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05

their ancient ruler, Tin Hanan, was
man or woman.
Where the sun blisters Arizona, en-
ergetic diggers are relating the story
of the discovery of ancient cast-lead
swords and other weapons and imple-
ments, saying they reveal jewish
Roman civilization in the lurid south
west long before Columbus ever
cracked a smile at Isabella This, too,
kicks up dispute.
Roy Chapman Andrews goes into
the Cobb desert and gathers a fresh
dozen of dinosaur eggs for the muse
UNI market and tells the world that
the Cobb was the cradle of mankind
A party goes delving into the un-
explored Businesses of the upper Bra
lillian jungle to see what they can find
out about early peoples there.
Yucatan yields up rich treasures of
lore and relics.
Everywhere folks seem to want to
find out about what the First People
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05

The bankers were opposed by DR..
William Y. Elliott, lecturer on govern
ment at Harvard University. The
Mussolini government, he said, 'is
based on force and fear. Personal lib
erty and liberty of the press no longer
exist in Italy and the violence of Fas-
cism will be met by counter-violence
in the future.
"Fascism," continued DR.. Eliot, "is
merely an organized body of armed
thugs who will remain in control un-
til the public arise. The people in
Italy do not dare talk, nor do Italians
abroad dare discuss the government,
for if they do their property is taken
from them"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
CLERICAL WORKERS
Ask Pennsylvania Railroad
For Increase in Wages

BY international Labor News Service
indianapolis, Ind. = The Clerical
Employees Association of the Penn
sylvania railroad, Western region,
is seeking an increase in wages. Off
GERS of the association have request
ed an increase for the 1000 employees
they represent.
The brief was submitted by A. A.
Merz, Indianapolis, regional chairman
of the association, who cited increased
living costs as the main reason why
the workers should have more money.
1t was pointed out that the average
wages of the 1000 men was about
S114 a month.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
MUSSOLINI
Defended By New York
Bankers

New York.-Mussolini was defend
ed by Thomas w. Lamont and Otto
H. Kahn, bankers, before the Foreign
Policy Association at it's bi-monthly
meeting.
"Musssolini is neither a demagogue
nor a reactionary; he is a patriotic
realist," said Mr.. Kahn. "He is no
dictator in the generally understood
sense of the word. He holds his posi-
tion and power by the overwhelming
ly expressed will of the people and
with the approval of the constitution
al head of the state, the king"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
by private ownership under present

by private ownership under present
rates without consolidation. "Be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 miles of roads
will have to be discontinued" he said,
unless consolidation is effected or
the only other alternative-the roads
will be taken over by the government
and operated regardless of cost or
loss to the treasury"
Testifying before senate commit
tee, Chairman Eastman, of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission, opposed
the Cummins' plan.
Mr.. Eastman favored ga gradual
and natural consolidation" He said
there has been tendency to exag-
gerate the possible advantages of
these consultations. In favoring vol
untary merging, he said:
Economy and efficiency of opera
tion are much more than matter of
size. There are small railroad COM
panies which are as economi cally and
efficiently operated as any of the
great systems"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05

Every lesson that mankind has
learned goes back to the first lesson,
to the first fruition of thought into
action among the First People.
Mankind can transmit knowledge
from generation to generation. That
is why our human society changes so
rapidly That is why each generation
didn't have to learn all over again
about fire and food and shelter. That
is why each generation has at it's COM
mand more knowledge than the gener-
alton before.
That is why men are different from
animals, as a learned man has very
clearly pointed out.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
FORCED RAIL UNITY
CUMMINS' PLAN

Washington. - Senator Cummins
favors legislation that will force rail
roads to merge into a few systems.
Under the transportation act the
roads may unite, but such action is
not mandatory. Some combines have
been effected, but the roads object to
taking over non-paying properties.
Senator Cummins said that the
roads as whole can not be operated
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
TheCherry.
" Where with our
roo Little Hatchet
we tell the truth
about many things, sometimes pro-
fOundly, sometimes fippantly,
sometimes reckessly.

All over the world men are hunting
around to find out about what dead
men did. Dead men are getting to
be mighty important.
In Egypt they are still digging into
the long buried secrets of Tut-ank-
amen, while modern gasoline sta
tion puts up a red sign reading, "Toot-
an-kum -in."
In the midst of the Sahara explor-
ers are digging into the ancient
secrets of the Caucasian Hoggars and
warm debate RACES as to whether
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
CURIOUS

She: You drive awfully fast, don't
you?
He: Yes, touched 70 yesterday.
She: Did you kill any of them?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
LAWYERS TOO!
Want State to Aid Their
Union

New York.-Members of the State
Bar Association are divided on the
Gibbs bill, pending in the state as
sembly, which would compel all attor-
neys to join the lawyers union.
Members of the association have
tried to force all lawyers to accept
the working rules of their union.
These rules are known as "a code Of
ethics.' 1t is now proposed to drive
every lawyer into the State Bar As
sociation through legislative enact
ment. If he doesn't join the union,
he can not work; he will not be recog-
nized by the courts.
Charles E. Hughes, former member
of the United States supreme court,
says the proposal is constitutional.
Elihu Root, former secretary of state,
takes the same position.
VIM. d. Guthrie, president Of the
City Bar Association, opposes the plan
because the law would place the law
yers' union in the hands of lncompe-
tents. He said there are 10000 law
yers in the larger cities of the state
who have not shown enough profes-
sional pride to join the union of their
calling. If they are forced to join,
they will control the State Bar Asso-
citation and lower its dignity.
These lawyers lead in the opposi-
ton to organized workers when they
insist that all wage earners should
join trade union. The trade union
lists appeal to the judgment of the
non-unionists, while the lawyers, who
condemn such action, would have the
state aid them in building up their
organization.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05
An Open Letter
to Telephone Subscribers
IN the Hamilton Exchange

HE schedule of telephone service in the
Hamilton Exchange put into effect July 151918 Ex-
perience period Of nearly eight years
cuslvey that the schedule ow for since
came operative has proved Meanwhile unusually
heavy capital expenditures have been necessary account of
the unfcation of service and keep pace with the
growth of the community
The Telephone Company in common with all other business
mas suffered from the increased of operation
as the prospects for the future promise of additional
revenue except through increased there no alternative
U.s. the standard of service to be maintained improved
but to take action toward that end We are therefore, filing
revised schedule OF rates for the Hamilton Exchange effective
March /, 1926
The state law provides that the Public Utilities Commission
may suspend the operation of increased for
period OF longer than hundred twenty ays from the
time OF filing order to afford the an opportunity
Tor nveslgaton In the event such action taken in this
stance the effective date of the would be advanced
to June
1t will be found that the compare favora with
the charges made by other companies similarly situated
The value telephone depends largely upon the number
OF telephones connected single telephone no service
value On the other hand while every telephone subscriber NAV
not want to talk every other telephone
wants to talk to else there would of the
telephone The greater the distribution therefore, of telephones
community the greater the opportunity communication
and hence the greater the value of service to ALL
During the past ten the number telephones Hamilton
have increased from 1904 $500 Of December 1926
gain of 1880 This fair of the added value
phone service today.
We have gone frankly because we want you to
know that not acting arbitrarily but under the spur
necessity We feel that careful consideration of the facts set
this letter will convince you the sincerity fairness of
position and earnestly your cooperation and
support.
Any additional information that may desired will be gladly
furnished at our local office
q
The Cincinnati & Suburban Bell Telephone Co.
b.. KIGOUR, President
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1926-02-05

That strange light in his eyes while
you are giving advice means that he
has at last discovered how little you
Birmingham News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
Wet LEADERS VISIT
SHERIDAN COUNTY

w. H. Maloney, former Mayor Of
Butte, President of the Montana Anti
Prohibition Association and +. E.
Parks of Anaconda, Supt. of the Wet
Society are Visitors in brentwood
this week, for the purose of securing
support for Initiative Measure numb
er 80, which is to be voted on at the
coming November election and by
which, Montana vets hope to repeal
all the prohibition laws of this state
except those laws relating to minors.
One of the powers reserved by the
people, when we adopted our state
constitution, said Mr.. Maloney in an
interview yesterday, was the power
to propose any law for enactment by
the people, provided eight percent of
the voters of two-fifths OF counties
sign a petition which must be filed
with the secretary of state.
This power is called the initiative
and we have completed and filed a
petition continued Mr.. Maloney which
has secured a vote at the coming
election on a proposition to repeal
our state dry laws, which if success
will make it possible for the people
of this state to enjoy the privileges
of any future modification or repeal
of the Eighteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States or
Of the Volstead act.
IF the Volstead Act were to be
modified today said Mr.. Maloney the
people of Montana would still be
prohibited from having a glass Of
beer or wine until the Montana pro-
hibition law could be repealed and for
this reason we consider it important
that this law be given consideration
by the voters at the coming Novem-
Der election.
None of the promises of the dTys
have been fulfilled continued Mr.. Ma
loney but it is common knowledge
that the youth of the land have
been corrupted by poison mOonshine
and taxes have mounted yearly since
the inception of prohibition and boot
leg booze.
The CHASTITY failure of the prohibit
ton experiment concluded Mr.. Ma
loney leads US to believe that the
voters are now ready to repeal the
dry law and we predict an easy vic
tory at the polls On November 2nd
for initiative measure number 30.
A repeal of the Montana dry law
will remove from the ranks of Mon
tana officialdom the ''black and tan
prohibition agents, and no more will
be law abiding farmers Of our state
travelling the highway be subject to
illegal search and seizure, and he and
his family Outrageously insulted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17

AOOnllnueQ from page One)
the talk was directed towards retain
ing the present immigration Law
which was pushed through congress
by the ku klux Khan. The law gives
England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
as big a quota as all the other Eu-
rOpean countries combined if Ger
many were left out. The quotas are
based on the early immigration to
this country which works to the dis
advantage of the Mediterranean and
Scandinavian countries where the
great hordes came from within the
past few decades. The Klan claims
these people are hard to assimilate
and instance Pittsburgh as represent
ing the industrial centers and North
Dakota as representing the farming
sections to show that Immigrants
from these countries speak foreign
language most Of the time and never
become completely Americanized
Claim the Law Is All Right
While several Of the big industrial
corporations and the racial groups
want to repeal the law the Ku Klux
want it continued. The Scandinavian
countries are the hardest hit under
the law, Sweden, Norway and Den
mark being allowed only approx
mately 1000 immigrants apiece a
year while Great Britain is unable TO
fill her big quota. The KIan is now
putting On big drive to prevent the
repeal or amendment of the law, on
the ground that American ideals must
be preserved from hordes Of nom
English speaking peoples.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
CUT YOUR WEEDS

Continued from page One)
this without law. 1t is for our own
good.
The people who have land along
the graded roads are not paying any
more taxes than the fellow who has
no road within many miles of his
land. In other words, the fellow liv-
ing along a graded road is getting
more value received for his taxes
than the other fellow. For that rea-
son it is not more than fair that
the landowners along the graded
roads should cut the weeks.
1t is not going to take long to do
it, and you are not going to be sorry
for it. 1t is much easier to sit On a
mower than to be shovehng snow.
When you have hitched up to the
mower, don't be too particular about
the lines, GO a little further than you
had intended, cut along the Indian
land and other land where you know
the owner is not going to do it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
RuffcOrn Loses Votes by
His DIRTY Dog Speech

When he was through with Taylor
he turned to Wallace and tried to
twist the editors statements so that
he could give some explanation of his
action to the crowd. He read an edi-
torial which showed that Ruffcorn
lied when he said that banks in states
ike Nebraska did not 60 into the
national system, but that as a mat
ter Of fact, national banks applied for
state charters. He tried to contra
dict this statement but the people had
remembered reading it in Secor's ar
ticle in Successful farming" and his
lie fell flat. He then took up the
statement in the Producers News
chat he moved that the debate be
limited to three minutes when the
bank guarantee bill same up for dis
cussion' but he could not deny that
his motion is recorded in the House
Journal of the 10Th session. He then
stated that Wallace said that he was
influenced by the lobby of the bank
ers' association and denied that there
was any bankers lobby there despite
the fact that the secretary and the
attorney of the bankers association
were constantly in attendance on the
legislative session. He flew into
rage at this time and hOwled in the
direction of Wallace: "You put out
these lying insinuations to keep me
from being senator. Oh, You dirty
dog" As he said this he worked him
self into such a fury that froth oozed
out of his mouth and rolled in
foamy stream down his chin. Wallace
laughed. Soon the laughter Of the
Plentywood editor became infectious
and the whole crowd laughed at the
hydrophobiac fit Of the little Glasgow
politician, while a big farmer said:
''If yod hit him with another issue,
Wallace, he will go to Warm Springs
instead of to Heleana."
Crowd Gets Cold As
Ruff Remains Hot
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
MADOC FARMER
GETS 3 BUSHELS OF
WHEAT PER ACRE

7 h ON III. Sloan, farmer
: emeritus of northeastern Mon
tana, and residing two miles to
the south Of MadOc, has just fin
ished threshing a bumper crop.
With only one rain this summer,
his wheat yielded 80 bushels per
acre of the most excellent quality
of wheat.
The land had been thoroughly
fallOwed; and his neighbOTs say
that when "Old Tom" sees a weed
growing in his cultivated fields
he emits a loud and anguished
cry and rushes over to kill it. per-
sOnally and by hand, before it can
do any further damage.
= To get seed. Mr.. Sloan made
a personal visit to the original
growers farm last winter, pur-
chasing at that time a sufficient
quantity Of the wheat to plant his
fields. The seed is tho very high
est grade of hand-picked Marquis
wheat.
Mr.. Sloan has been farming
good many years IN the MadOc
country and his crops are always
gOOd,-never a crop failure. And
this Weld this year shows what
can be done with the phenOme-
nally rich soil of northeastern
> Montana, fallOwed in such way
as to conserve the ample mons
ture, and planted intelligently to
tho best of seed. One of these
days, instead of putting up mon
uments to predatory old billy
goats whose only claim to distinc-
ton is that they robbed or muir
dered millions. the American peO-
pie will erect monuments to the
great American farmers, who,
like Tom Sloan. pioneered in the
business of raising food for mill
ions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
MONTANA LIVESTOCK SAM
TARY BOARD ORDER NO. So

The County Commissioners of
Sheridan County. Montana, HAVING
requested the Montana Livestock
Sanitary Board and the United States
Bureau Of Animal Industry to tuberc-
ulin test all cattle in Sheridan Coun-
ty, and to establish Sheridan County
as a Modified tuberculosis Free Ac-
credited Area, it is hereby ordered
that:
Sheridan County, Montana, be, and
Is hereby quarantined, and no cattle
shall be imported into Sheridan COun-
ty unless from an Accredited Herd,
or after having passed a satisfactory
tubercuin test applied by an APP
proved veterinarian. exception being
made. however, in the case Of cattle
for immediate slaughter, which cattle
must be held seperate and apart fro~1
ell other cattle and slaughtered with
in ten DAYS Of date of importation.
and it is hereby ordered that al
cattle IN Sheridan County shall be
tuberculin tested and reactOrs des-
troyed in accordance with Federal
and State regulations:
Provided, however, that it shall not
he necessary at this time TO tubercu-
lin test the cattle in the district test
ed and Accredited last year, as des-
cribed under Montana Livestock SAM
tary Board Order No. IS.
Helena. Montana.
September Is. 1926.
". J. BUTLER
Executive Officer
Montana Livestock
24-t2 Sanitary BOARD
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
TO THE PRINCESS
OF SHERIDAN COUNTY

JOHN ARTHUR STAHLBERG
Not a prince charming, but a min
strel lowly-
Never your equal, but your servant
wholly
bring you what your charm and
rank command,
And, in a figure, kiss your royal hand.
Tho my poor marshaling Of words
and phrases
Is far from adequate to name your
graces,
I speak, not as myself, but as the
voice
Of all, who indicated you their choice:
Hail to you, highness! In a true en-
deavor
To govern rightly, may you rule for
ever
The heart of every woman, child and
man
Within your realm, o Princess Sheri-
dan!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17

he would begin to bark like a dog
to the amusement Of the crowd. AS
it was nearing six the evening was
getting cold but Ruffcom continued
to remain hot. Coming down to the
railroads he admitted that he had been
fair" to the Great Northern and that
that company was now paying more
than its share of taxes. He sung the
praises of the G. n. and praised the
building of the extension of the line
to Opheim. IF we taxed the Great
Northern they would pass on the bur
den in rates to you" ne said. He did
not reply to the charge made by Tay-
Tor that Joe Hooking was giving him
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17
VALLEY FARMS WILL
BENEFTT--RATED DROP
STATE HAIL INSURANCE BOARD
HAS ONLY TWO CLAIMS IN
COUNTY-1926 SEASON.

GLASGOW-The As Valley farmers
who availed themselves Of state hail
insurance on their 1926 crops will ben
eft by the premium rate cut recently
announced by the state hail board, ac-
cording to County Assessor Cottrell
through whose office applications for
insurance were made. The premium
rate on the 1926 grain viii be 10
per cent less than the maximum
which the law allows. E. X. Bowman
chairman Of the hail insurance board
believes that the amount thus levied
VIII pay all losses and leave a bal
ance Of $4,000 in the fund.
Only two losses were sustained on
insured crops in Valley county this
year by Peter Nyquist and Nels Dok-
ken, north bench farmers, the prin-
cipal losses for the year being in
R os evel {, Wheatland, Saltwater,
Sheridan and MusselsheI counties.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17

"Why is Joe Hooking and the A. c..
NJ. crowd giving him editorial backing
in their paper?
Could Not Explain
Vote Against Guarantee Bill
The people went away convinced
that he failed to explain his vote
against the Bank Guarantee Law.
That was one fact that he could not
explain or deny to the satisfaction of
the people. 1t keeps cropping up like
Banquo's Ghost. Several people from
the Avondale and Baylor territories
came up to the Plentywood people
during the meeting and stated that
they would change their vote at the
election. One friend of Ruffcorn's
stated that he feared that by his an
tics, BILL had lost so votes there that
day."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17

of the present governor during his
tenure Of office He read from the
last issue of the Glasgow Courier
showing that the official mOuthpiece
of the A. c. M. in Valley county,
had given its blessing to the candi-
dates of Mr.. RuffcOrn while it at
tackled him (Taylor) for daring to
come there and tell the people the
truth. He stated that he understood
that Ruffcorn was posing as a mar
tyr and stating that the A. c. NJ.
was opposing him. ''This is the pet
device for getting votes resOrted to
bv fake progresSives of the Wheeler
Dixon Ruffcorn type. They set up
howl about the Anaconda while the
railroad and banking interests, the
grain combine and the sugar trust,
who were robbing the farmer every
day were left alone" Senator Tay-
lor then infinitely went into the leg
islative record of the Hon. Ruffcorn.
The exposure was a revelation to the
people who voted strong for him IN
the primary election. The speech of
the Sheridan senator made q big hit
because he unmarked the hypocrisy of
the late republican floor leader in
courteous but nevertheless effective
manner.
Ruff Makes DIRTY Dog" Speech
1t was nearly five o'clock when
Ruffcorn mounted the truck armed
with a lot of h,0'-s and documents
He started out intending to be calm
and to present his arguments in an
orderly fashion hut he soon lost his
temper and began to shrek and rave
like a bowling dervish. In the begin
ming he read a lot of letters from
bankers associations and banking de-
partments in a vain endeavor to con-
vince the audience that a bank guar
antee law would do them no good.
While doing this he conducted him
self with some decorum but when he
pulled out the Producers News and
started to reply to the editorial there
in by Senator Taylor he became in
furiated and hurled all kinds of names
at the men whom he felt stood be-
tween him and the position he COW
eted so much.
Loses Temper-and Votes
When some statement that partic-
ularly irritated him in Taylor's speech
came up he pointed at Taylor and
went into a frenzy which he usually
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-09-17

ed and most successful ever held in
the capital city.
Ostby Elected
A meeting of the State Fair Adj
visory board was held during the fair
week and important business was
transacted. Sheridan county W
honored by having Mr.. Ostby elected