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PROGRESSTVES
SUPPORT STONER
Wheeler's Boomerang.
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WheeIer's Boomerang.
On the other hand, Congressman
Leavitt has been showing up the de-
mocrats and particularly Walsh and
Wheeler. He shows that Walsh vot-
ed against the McNary-Haugen bill
and other farm relief measures. AS
the people listen to the debates they
rapidly come to the conclusion that
the proper thing to do is to vote for
Clair StOner who has the only pro-
gram that appeals to the farmer
Fearing Stoner's following, Wheeler
has this week sent a letter into
eastern Montana asking FOR support
for Mitchell AS Wheeler's record is
well known in this section it is con-
sidered that Mitchell has been put
out of the race by this letter. The
people have learned to look with dis
trust upon anything Wheeler is con-
nected with. 1t is now conceded that
the race for congress in the eastern
counties is between Stoner and
Leavitt.
Luverne Hamilton Writes.
In other parts Of the district there
are strong indications that Stoner
will pull a big vote.
The following letter from the vet
eran progressive farmer of Mussel-
shell county shows how the wind is
! blowing in other districts. Mr.. Ham
iltOn's letter is a fine analysis of the
political records of all the candidates
for the office of congressman and
his mreserved support of Stoner is
indicative of the conclusion think
ing prOgressives all over the district
have arrived at Following is Mr.
Hamilton's letter:
FOUR MILE RANCH
Musselshell, Mont, Oct. q, 1926.
Editor Producers News.
Dear Sir:
Within about two weeks the
"Great electorate" will again be
called upon to go to the polls
and go through the motions of
electing officers to represent Cd
their constituents for one, two,
or four years, as the case may
be.
Recently Mr.. ]. ]. McElroy and
CdLIlCu Ou dM interesting Qe-
bate Cat least it was interesting
to me while it lasted On the sub
jeet of B. Il. Wheeler's record.
Now l note that Wheeler is fav-
> Oring the election of Mitchell for
representative in Congress.
While l still find myself un-
able to agree with the opinion
held by the News and Mr.. Nc
ElrOy regarding the service rem
dered the people of Montana by
Wheeler, neither can / agree with
Wheeler that Mitchell is the log
ical and progressive candidate
for Congress.
While / am not personally ac-
quainted with any of the three
candidates for that office, I want
to say that Mitchell has done
nothing in the past to label him
as a progressive. Leavitt's rec
ord does not stamp him as a pro-
gressive nor does it show any
pronounced reacti0nary tendeTs-
cies. In fact the record that
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more, in the months to come, be-
cause he will have more money to
build them with. The only thing
that limits the building of roads in
Sheridan county is the amount of
funds available for that purpose.
Hans Rasmussen can always be
depended upon to fight tO- tne best
interests of the farmer and work
er all tho time.
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was more loved by the common peo-
pie. Some may not like it bgut it
has been said that Gene Debs came
closer to being the second Abe Lin
coin than any other man bom.-T.
R. DOwnie, chairman Federated Press
executive board, in the Galesburg
(Ill.) Labor News.
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tesoue exhibition of themselves that
even the handful that come to hear
them get disguised. Along with Ben
son, who is not expected to carry his
own precinct, they make a gloomy
trio who play the same tune.
Aage's TRADE.
Aage spends most of his time at
lacking Wallace, Taylor and Robert
Larson. He tells about how Wallace
went into Valley county and made a
monkey out of RuffcOm, ex-republi-
can floor leader. Aage thinks this
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continued from page One)
to six months in Woodstock Jail for
violation of an injunction.
Nominated for President
In 1897 he became chairman Of the
national executive committee of the
social-demOcratic party, which later
became the socialist party, In 1900
he was nominated for president on
the socialist ticket and made the first
of four campaigns for the presidency
In 1904, 1908 and 1912 he was again
socialist candidate for president.
Found Guilty
When the United States entered the
war in 1917 Debs took a definite stand
against it. During the war, in 1918.
he was arrested while making a
speech in Bohemian Gardens, Canton,
o., and charged with obstructing the
/ draft. He was found guilty and SEN
fenced to 10 years Imprisonment by
Federal Judge Westenhaver. The de-
clsion was sustained by the supreme
court and Debs entered Moundsville
penitentiary, w. Va, on April 10
1919. Later he was transferred to
Atlanta penitentiary in Georgia anC
released in 1921.
For many years Debs had suffered
a heart weakness and was not II
good health. 1t was thought, wher
he entered prison, that he would no.
survive his term. He was released
from Atlanta penitentiary in a yer,
weakened condition and, there is NJ
doubt that his prison experience has
tened his death.
Excerpts from Federated Press
In the death of Eugene Victor Deb.
the Socialist Party of the United
States has lost its most loved leade,
IN d comrade.-Secretary VIM. n
Henry, Socialist Party of the Unit
ed State, in The American Appeal
| official party organ.
y
America has lost a great citizen
the working class has lost a tireles
champion.-Victor L. Berger, Social
ist congressman, in The Milwaukee
Leader.
In spite of his continued connection
with the defunct Socialist party Deb
was an inspiration to thousands O
social revOlutionaries not only in tn
United States but abroad. Hatre
for him in the hearts of the capital
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Look Out For Good Roads Joker
CONTINUED from page One


all over your county for that amount All the money ouJ
be by home labor and spent in your county in
stead of being given to outsiders.
If the State builds few highways for the same monav
YOU and might get far enough away from home -
see any of them.
The people who are here the people who have gono
through of hardship the people who roads
they the people should build roads for, for the
peOne going through the State at record speed.
If YOU want the road money spent where win do tho
people of the most good is your duty absolutely
to 90 to the polls election day and AGAINST
GOOD ROADS IN MONTANA.
authorized and paid for by the State Association for the
defeat of cent gaolne tax provided for in Initiatives
Measure No 3D.
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is sacrilege. He calls Robert Larson
a revolutionist while he thinks the
country would go to the bow-wOws if
he were not elected to the State Sen
ate. When he is through telling his
line of woe in his cline is busy
voice even the republicans present
feel like voting for Taylor.
Smiths Way.
When Smith, the candidate fol
sheriff, takes the floor it is easy tt
see that he has not been around
much. The principal part Of his adj
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NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS


Notice is hereby given that the adjourned Annual meet
ing of STOCKHOLDERS Of the PEOPLES PUBL SHINC,
CO will be held Saturday. November 9th 1926 at 200
F. NJ at the FarmerLabOr Temple Pentyvvood pursuant
to resolution passed at the annual July meeting
The purpose of this meeting will be to elect Board Of
Directors and attend such other business as may proper
~ come before the annual meeting of stockholders.
Your attendance will be appreciated
able attend please sign the proxy printed below
and give to someone who will be present.
PROXY
Know all men by these presents: That l. ...--..
do hereby constitute and appoint
to be my lawful attorney, substitute
and proxy for me in my name, place and stead to voe
shares of stock held by in the Peoples Publishing Co., of
Pentywood, at the stockholders meeting to be held
November 9th. 1926 fully as may could do were
personally present at such election.
PEOPLES PUBLISHING COMPANY
By HANS RASMUSSEN, Secy
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1t is with full recognition of the
valient role he played in the infancy
of American labor's struggle for pow
er that all Communists join with the
millions of toilers to do honor to the
workers champion laid PROSTATE by
death. Proclaiming himself ga Boil
shevik from the crown of my head to
the soles of my Shoes" Debs never
the less failed to keep pace with the
rapid development of the world revo-
lutionary Workers (Com-
munist) Party of America, in The
Daily Worker, official Communist
daily.
The cause of the classwar prisoners
suffers an especially heavy loss in
/ the death of comrade Debs. His name
is linked with every labor defense
struggle that took place during his
life of activity in the labor movement
Secretary James P. Cannon, Inter-
national Labor Defense, in a press
statement.
History records few martyrs to hu-
man justice who lived life to the end
and preserved to the last the noble
understanding and forgiving spirit of
Gene Debs that live today in Millions
of minds though the heart and mind
of their creator are at rest.-Okla-
homa Leader, former Socialist organ,
now Independent farmer-labor.
Although the very people he worked
for did not seem to appreciate his
work it is nevertheless true that this
country has not produced a man that
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lists was only matched by the love of
his friends who were legiOn.-In-
dustrial Solidarity, official organ, In
dustrial Workers of the World.
The death of Eugene V. Debs robs
the American revolutionary move
ment of its sole nationally known and
nationally significant personality.
Fearless and true was this hero of the
American proletariat, hating capital
ist society as fundamentally as he
loved mankind. Debs was and re-
manned a revolutionary, even as ma
tiOnal executive committeeman of a
party Of social refOrm.-New York
Volkszeitung, Independent Communist
daily.
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Nation Mourns AS Last Sad
Rites are Paid to Debs

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Farmer-Labor Candidates
Get a Popular Reception

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Campaign
Lies Refuted by Records

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21
HUGE ENROLMENT
INC0UNTY SCHOOLS
Likely to Exceed That of
Last Year, Superintendent
at Clarendon Reports.

ofeHal 3Spatrh 10 The star.
CLARENDON. Va. September u. +
hIle the enrolment in the schools
81 the county, which opened yester
day for the 1921 session. will great
Is exceed that Of last year. the schoo
facilities VIII not be overtaxed, ac
cording 10 Prof Fletcher Kemp. c0un
" superintendent Of schools
Prof. Kemp states that perhaps
there will be a brief period of crowd
Ing III some Of the schools but this
viii be overcome in the adjustment
that usually follows a heavy enroll
ment. While the enrolment in some
Of the schools now appears to be
heavier than can possibly be taken
cnare Of, the space in other schools Is
excessive and a little shifting around
Will make everything all right. Prof
Kemp stated.
The enrolment TO date. with six
schools yet 10 he heard from, is 1900
Last years enrolment was approx
mately 5000 pupils. Prof. Kemp
states his belief that the enrolment
VIII be greatly exceeded this year is
based on the fact that the six schools
which have Vet to report Will show
a larger enrolment than last year
and that many children are still out
of the county on vacation.
The new schoolhouse being
erected at LeeWay will not be ready
for occupancy until early in October
according 10 Prof Kemp. In the
meantime children in the jurisdiction
of that school will be accommodated
at the John Marshall School at Liv-
ingstone Heights A special bus
service has been secured to take the
children TO the out-of-way school,
II will begin tomorrow morning, the
first bus leaving East Falls Church
at &. 80 o'clock
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21

increasing work in his office. point
ing out that transfers of property
have doubled in the last five or six
years. and subdivisions of property
have grown greatly.
The report also described as "a
great weakness in the personal tax
law the lack of authority vested in
the assessors office to require tax
payers to, produce their books and
other records. Whereas the law re-
quires that the office shall reject re-
turns now made in compliance with the
law" said the report. there Is no
provision made for determining as to
whether a return has been properly
executed and no investigative powers
are given. This lack of power is a
great handicap in determining the ac-
curacy of personal tax returns on
tangible personal property, but is a
greater detriment to the office i'll de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21
TAXES GAIN NEARLY $4OOOOOO
UNDER NEW RATE IN DISTRICT
Assessed Value of Land and improvements
Totals $500, 1882, Increase of $81,124,-
go Over Previous Year.

| tie companies. Sl2, 15lS5: incorporated
savings banks. 66,392.96; electric
light companies, $66 1926 telephone
companies. $243.951.68: street railway
companies. S438, 10825; gas light COM
panies, $163,971.15; Georgetown Barge,
Dock. Elevator and Railway Co,
$967.66: national banks, 1898, 917.10:
trust companies, $342, 546.54, and
private bankers, $500
Total of So, sos Accounts.
The total number of accounts on
tangible and Intangible personal prop
erty was 69,60S, of which 25,070 were
for tangible.
A table of real estate and personal
property assessments for the last 10
years, showed that the value of land
and improvements, increased from
$345 i "a, 144 in 1914 to the present un-
precedented figure Of 5000, 749,S42, and
the value Of personal property during
that period jumped from $32. 319,713 to
$500, 7OS, 100. At the same time the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21

| The assessed value of land and
| improvements in the District during
the fiscal year ending last June 80
amounted to $900.749,842, an increase
of $81, 124.270 over the preceding IL
months. according To the annual re-
| port of Tax Assessor William p.
Richards. made public today by the
| Commissioners. Against last years
assessment a rate of $1.70 was levied.
making "a tax of $15.312.747, as com
pared with WELD Of Sll ,414, 658 the
previous year, when the tax rate was
$1.40.
The value of new buildings and
additions for the 1926-1927 fiscal year,
the report showed. amounted to $52.-
555. 800, located as follows: Northwest
.ity, $l4,159.700 northeast and south
east city, $2.5S1 900; southwest city.
$500. 400: Georgetown, 81 900, 100;
northwest county. $26,00l, 100 north
east and southeast county, $7,951,-
500, making a total for the city of
S1S,703, 200, and total for the county
Of $33, 952, 700.
Three Classes of Assessment
The personal tax levy for the year
had a grand total of $3.50, 1884, de
rived from three different classes of
assessment First, an amount derived
from a levy Of II per cent on house
hold furniture above $1,000 in value,
merchandise. jewelry, boats. vehicles,
horses. etc. or what is commonly
known as tangible personal property;
second from a tax on the gross earn
ings Of banks. trust companies and
public service corporations: third,
from the tax on moneys and credits,
including moneys loaned and invested
do, II t1nr np CT yyrlNs
is generally known as intangible per-
sonal property. In the 1856 As
cal year the personal property tax
produced $134.89810 less than last
year
The amount of tax levied for the
various classes, follows Tangible
personal property, SLIP, POTTS; bond
ing companies, $15,64l22; building
and loan associations, $49621.75; I'll
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tax on public service corporations,
banks, etc. grew from s745.296.17 to
81 ,999 ,093.15. The tax on intangible
personal property. which started in
1918 at $500, 1899. has jumped to So
1S5, 429.04.
Special assessments Yevied during
the year amounted to $6a7, 8S0.19. The
levies for sidewalks. curbs. sewers and
the paving of alleys totaled 1915 ,e81 20,
and for street extensions. opening of
minor streets and alleys and building
lines, So 1854 GO. The water main tax
division levied assessments for $205,
92214, as against $152. 1867 for the
same period ending June 80, 1925,
making an increase of $53,775.27.
Needs More Employees.
Mr. Richards makes an appeal In
the report for additional employees for
his office to carry out the annual as
sessment and to take care of the ever
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21
Just a Sample.

From the Boston Transcript
Most OF little Beth's neighbours have
large families and Beth herself Is we'll
supplied with brothers and sisters.
After returning from a visit to her
aunt. who had been married only a
short time. Beth was asked how many
children her auntie had. only one"
she answered quickly. "All Gods sent
her Yet is q SAMPLE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21
WOMAN ADMITS ASSAULT,
Gets Probation for Years Sen
tence

Justice Bailey in Criminal Court,
No. J, yesterday sentenced John Pierce
10 serve a year and day In prison
Ii was charged he stole ST 900 from
Catherine Washington last September
Mamie Bridges, indicted on charge
OF assault With Il dangerous weapon,
pleaded guilty to simple assault. She
was sentenced To serve a year, but
was placed on probation. She was
alleged 10 have attacked Goldie Kel-
son with Il knife August ,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21

termining the accuracy of intangible
assessments. which class of property
may be so easily hidden. In the lat
ter case. it is essential that the word
of the taxpayer be taken unless some
information from an outside source
ia obtained"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21
HITS TWO-THIRDS RULE,
Norman Mack Predicts Abolition
by Democratic Convention.

ALTA MTG CITY \. J. September
Il [P9.-Norman l.. Mack Of Buffalo
member of the Democratic national
committee. said here last night that
the two-thirds rule probably would be
abolished in favor Of a majority rule
AT the convention of the Democratic
Marty in 1928
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21

When the performance was stopped
some of the cash customers asked why
not pick on Broadway shows that get
$3.50 for each peek at girls wearing,
less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-21

NEW YORK. September 81 LP).-
Twenty chorus girls in an East Side
burlesque show had so few clothes
that 90 detectives "pinched" them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30

assured full support Of the Mime
sofa Legion program, not only with
relation to the 500, 900. due Mime
sofa, but in connection with Legion
legislation generally. Congressman
Furlow, as their representative, ac-
companied Adjutant Lindell and Mr..
King on their visit to General Hines,
who gave them a full hearing and
promised cooperation in getting
more beds at the new st. Cloud and
Fort Smelling hospitals, and in the
establishment of a diagnostic center
at Rochester, of consulting special
lists, and of extension of re-examina-
tion dates.
The Legion's national legislative
and rehabilitation committee chair
man, Comrades John Thomas Tay-
Tor and Watson B. Miller, supported
Minnesota's ambassadors, are fully
aware of details, and WIN continue
to guard the interests of Minnesota
veterans.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30

''The Holy City," an oratorio
given at the high school auditorium
on Tuesday evening by the choir of
the Ely M. E. church, failed to draw
as large a crowd as the offering de-
served. Each and every number of
the oratorio was well given, the
solos and duets being especially en-
joyed by the few in attendance.
The program was given under the
direction of Mrs. Jerry A. Harri,
choir leader of the Ely church. $50
Ground was broken yesterday for a
new oil and filing station which
Joseph Slogan of Ely will build here
at the corner of Main and Alder
streets, opposite the old Vermilion
hotel sitet Mr.. Slogan purchased
this lot year ago with the idea of
locating filling station there. The
new station will be modern in every
respect, it is understood, and the
contract calls for its completion be-
fore June Tower News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30
MINNESOTA LEGION
SECURES $4,000.

Following their return from
Washington, D. c., Edwin Lindell,
Minnesota Legion State Adjutant,
and Stafford King, represent the
Minnesota State Soldiers Welfare
Board, announce that Director Gen.
eral Hines of the u. s. Veterans
Bureau views with favor the Minne-
sofa Legion's proposal that $4,000.
the accumulated difference between
the Bureaus standard allowance for
disqualification, and the amount col
lected by Minnesota for disabled vet
Grams in its state hospitals, be
transferred to the Minnesota State
Soldiers Fund. of which Mr.. King is
executive secretary.
Comrades King and Lindell talked
with President Coolidge, Hanford
MacNider, the Assistant Secretary
of War, and Congressman Furlow,
Clague, Andersen, Newton, Knutson,
Kvale, Carss, Wefald and Goodwin,
who, individually and collectively,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30

Mrs. Gilfllan, the Ely Scout di-
rector will return the end of the
week from st. Paul where she has
been reCuperating from her serious
illness of several months ago and
will again assume active charge of
the Ely Girl Scouts. During her
absence the Scouts have been in
charge of Mrs. VIM. Barker assisted
by tint leaders of the several Scout
troops.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30
LEGION NOTES.

"a - Ha
East Side Legion and Auxiliary
of st. Paul added $102 to their
treasury by collecting 1900 pounds
of newspapers and 5000 pounds of
magazines.
A Legion Auxiliary member casu-
ally left load of apples in care of
Miss Smith, recreation worker at
the ST. Cloud veterans hospital,
whose presence was required else
where for moment. When Miss
Smith returned the Auxiliary MEM
Der had departed Not knowing her
name, the veterans take this means
of thanking her.
"a 20 Ne
A check for $136 mailed last week
from Duluth to Legion National
Headquarters concluded the cam
paign conducted by the four Duluth
Legion posts for the Legion Endow-
ment Fund. The Zenith City ship
ped in $4,000 to help care for war
widows and orphans.
pa pa "a
The peoples which Minnesota Lee
gion posts and units will distribute
for Memorial Day are being made
by SO discharged veterans otherwise
yed, many with families.
Under direction of Mrs. Maude Win
ter of Redwood Falls, state Legion
Auxiliary Poppy Chairman, that
number have been employed for
many weeks, and sometimes as many
as 80 boys have been busy. The
Legion Memorial Poppy can be
identifie by its BLACK petals or
center
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30

The Romance of the Range
telling the story of the gold rush of
'65 to Vermilion Lake, the discovery
and development of iron ore. the
land rush and the claim jumpers
will be published in the Minneapolis
Journal Sunday magazine section be-
ginning next Sunday. The Journal
promises vivid and true history
and will be well worth reading and
preserving.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-30

A number of Ely people are in
Hibbing today in attendance of the
District meeting of the Rebekah or
der. Among those who are at Hib-
bling are Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas Nan
kervis, Mesdames William Burnley,
Rudolph Halamik, William Hassel-
blad, E. w. Hanson, Oscar Ander-
son, VIM. Bridson, j. A. Johnson,
Ernest Dunstan and Miss Mae Slet-
ten. Mrs. Anderson is the delegate
from Vermillion Rebekah Lodge No.
8.