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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
ONE MAN Is DEAD FROM
MINNESOTA FOREST FIRES

st. Paul, April 16.-[40-Thc an
nual crop. Of spring prairie and for
est fires caused one death and much
property damage in the northwest
yesterday. In addition, two men were
critically burned.
Minnesota and South Dakota had
forest fires. North and South Dako-
. ia had scores of prairie fires, many
Of which continued to burn
throughout the night. all reported un-
der control.
The death occurred near Emily
township. Minnesota, where Mike
Brochite was overcome while fight
ing fires near his home. He died of
heart disease. At Braddock. N. d., S
A. Londakken was seriously burned
in a prairie fire. Robert Twaddle,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
SEVERE BURNS
CAUSE DEATH OF
BRADDOCK MAN
CONTINUED from page one.

Continued from page one)
der because poles had been burned
down.
Sheriff Albin HedstIom organized a
party Of 20 men yesterday afternoon
when call came to Bismarck for
help, and they spent the balance Of
the day fighting fires southeast Of
Mcnokcn.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16

THE way to make children like
i oatmeal is to give them the kind
they like.
Thus millions of mothers insist on
the Quaker brand. Children who or
dinarily don't like oats, take readily
to this rich and toasty kind.
Quaker flavor is due to exclusive
milling processes which took some 50
years to perfect. Processes, too, which
retain much of the bulk" of oats,
which makes laxatives less often
needed.
Thus protein. carbohydrates. vita
mines and bulk" are combined in
making Quaker Oats an excellent
food balance.
Quick Quaker cooks in 3 to S min
utes. Thus makes the richest break
fast the quickest.
The price is the same as for ordi-
nary oats. When substitute is ac-
ccpted. you alone arc the loser.
Quaker Oats
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-04-16
NO CASUALTIES IN
MANDAN DISTRICT

Mandan, N. D., April l6 H) With
cloudy skies giving promise Of rain
to eliminate the fire hazard and with
the so mile gale of Thursday abated
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

as ''picker" of men.
Schlesinger has vision. He sees
the day, maybe not far distant,
when Ohio will stand at the very
top of the 48 states in the number
of miles of improved highways, and
when the roads already built will
be the best maintained in the entire
country.
He doesn't have to go far to
reach this goal because Ohio today
is surpassed by only one other state,
New York, in mileage of improved
roads. And in 1925 only one other
state, Wisconsin, constructed more
miles of new roads than Ohio.
The so called estate system" of
roads in Ohio is limited by law to
11,000 miles. Of this number more
than 5000 miles are already paved,
with about 100 miles of traffic
bound roads which are constructed
of gravel, stone or Stag.
"We expect, says Schlesinger,
"by July 1, 1927, to have completed
or under construction 1000 miles
of paved roads and about 5000
miles of traffic bound type, which
will make about 10000 miles of
paved roads and traffic bound roads
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17
Lawyers Not Needed
to Get Injury Claim

Chicago, Ill.-William M. Scanlan,
chairman of the State Industrial Com
mission, again warns workers not to
employ attorneys when they are in
jured. Only on rare occasions are
they necessary, he said.
"These workers are entitled to adj
vice and assistance by the arbitrator
of the court.
"Only when questions are Of tech
nical and intricate nature and a rec
ord must be built up in accordance
with the established rules of evidence,
is an attorney necessary" he said.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

sheriff of Logan county at the time
and while attempting to smash the
Miners union, he engaged as a side
line in the manufacture and distribu-
ton of "moonshine." He was SEN
fenced to two years in the federal
prison at Atlanta and fined $4,000.
He was eligible for parole last
June, but the Department of Justice
declined to act, it is stated, because
another indictment against him was
pending in West Virginia. After this
indictment was quashed, the parole
was issued. Release was recommend
ed by the Federal Parole Board.
While sheriff of Logan county
Chafin maintained a reign of terror
against organized miners. He was
aided by coal operators gun men,
whom he deputized.
With complete control of the ma
chinery of that section of West Vir-
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17
More and Better
Highways for
State Of Ohio
Buckeye State Can't Build Them
Fast Enough to Suit the
Public-Ranks Second

Columbus, o. (Special) = The
State of Ohio, when it comes to
building good roads and maintain
ing them, is no "piker". If any
body says the State is niggardly,
shoot a hole through them with
these official figures:
Every working hour of every
working day in 1926, the State is
spending more state money on good
roads than it spent on them during
the entire year Of 1904.
Has public sentiment for good
roads grown rapidly in the Buckeye
State?
It is an overwhelming public
sentiment that now approves an
expenditure of $4,000 of state
money every working hour for i'm
proved roads, whereas the legisla-
ture, back in 1904, thought it was
keeping up with public sentiment
and demand when it blew trumpets
and appropriated $4,000 for estate
aid to road construction" for an en-
tire year.
And the amazing thing about it
all is the fact that the State isn't
building roads fast enough. The
demand apparently is Unsuitable.
To spend $4,000 every day in the
week, except Sunday, on road work
is mans sized job. That means
around $24,OOO,0OO for the year
1925.
'I want man as State Highway
Director, said Governor Donahey,
last summer, "who will see to it
that the taxpayers get dollars
worth of good roads for every tax
dollar spent"
He gave the job to George F.
Schlesinger. Schlesinger was al
ready an old-timer in the road
building game. He had been grad
uated from Ohio State University
in 1907 in civil engineering after
which he gained some years of val
liable experience as division engi-
neer with the Rock Island Railroad
in Kansas and Missouri. But
Schlesinger was too good an engi-
neer to be held out west indefinitely.
Ohio State University had been
watching his rapid rise and, in
1913, brought him back to Colum-
bus as a member of the faculty of
the Department of Civil Engineer
ing. AS a professor during the
years until America entered the
Great War, he trained many of the
engineers who are now building
Ohio's roads.
During the war, Schlesinger was
called by the federal government
for employment as an engineer on
the construction of the vast Colum-
bus Reserve Depot. After the war
he entered the State Highway De-
partment as Division Engineer in
the Cincinnati District and later
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

GEORGE f. SCHLESlNGER
under state maintenance on the
state system"
To keep the roads already built
in repair is one of Schlesinger's
biggest problems. To this end there
has been developed an organization
that now totals several thousand
workers. They can be found day in
and day out on the state roads,
dragging, smoothing, replacing and
repairing. Last year some $9,0C0,-
600 of state money went into re-
pair and maintenance.
1t is interesting to know where
Schlesinger gets all the millions he
has at his command to spend on
roads this year.
The last legislature made a direct
appropriation of $7,000,000 to the
Highway Department to spend dur
ing the biennium ending June 30,
1927. Then comes Federal aid,
which amounted in 1925 to 2,700,-
600. In addition, there's the ''gas
taxi, which is estimated to produce
$24,0O0,000 during the two years
ending June 80, 1927, and Of this
the State gets as percent for main
tenance and repair purposes. Fifty
percent of the motor vehicle license
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

tees, commercial bus and truck fees
go to the Department, totaling sew
eral millions more.
Then, in new construction work,
the State co-operates with the
counties and townships both OF
which put up a part of the funds
needed; and property owners in the
benefited areas bear assessments
ranging from five to fifteen percent
of the total cost, exclusive of
bridges and culverts.
Yes, says Schlesinger, the
Ohio Highway Department has be-
come a vast business enterprise.
1t is working more smoothly every
year. If the public will just be
patient it won't be long until Ohio
will have the best roads in the
world"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

CHICAGO-"Fair, fat and forty"
is an ancient and alliterative myth
that has been exploded. No fat
woman is beautiful.
This is the dictum o. Edna Wal
lace Hopper in letter from Paris.
"You see few stylish stouts in
Paris" writes Miss Hopper.
"French women are charmingly
slender. But the fat woman in
America mas assumed the impor-
tance of national problem. Amer
Jean women eat ten times too much.
Starvation is the only cure and not
one woman in a thousand has
enough will-power to starve.
"Some people love a fat man but
nobody loves a fat woman. The fat
matrons waddling serenely through
life, one may be sure, were slender
when they won tl.oir husbands.
There is only one greater tragedy
in the world THAI that of a man
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

was promoted to Chief Engineer Of
Construction. resigned during
the administratic n Of State High
way Director Herrick but returned
to the department in 1923 as State
Highway Engineer under Director
L. A. Boulay.
When Governor Donahey, at the
expiration of Boulay's term, in
August, 1925, elevated Schlesinger
to the dictatorship, the popular ver-
dict was that the promotion was a
richly observed one and that DON
ahev had demon nstrated his ability
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

who innocently marries a girl of
sylph-like loveliness and then
watches the houri of his dreams
grow fatter day by day, and that
is the tragedy of the woman, once
fairy of grace, who has ballooned
out until She is compelled to re-
gard herself as no longer a beauty
but joke.
"There is hope for fat women in
the rouge pot and the lip stick. A
face made youthful and beautiful
by skillfully applied toilet prepa,
rations carries the psychological
suggestion of youthful slenderness.
The magical power of illusion
causes the tragicallv fat body to
fade out of the consciousness of
the beholder. RosU cheeks and red
lips center attention and in the
sparkle and fascination of deftly
penciled and shadoweo eyes en-
bonpoint is forgotten"
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17
West Virginia
Hootch Maker
Gets Paroled
Was Formerly Coal Operators
Gun Man While Sheriff
of Logan County

Washington, D. C.-The De-
partment Of Justice has approx
ed the immediate parole of Don
Chafin, coal operators gun man
and former sheriff of Logan
County, w. Va.
He was convicted in 1924 for viola
tion of the prohibition act. He was
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1926-09-17

ginia, he branched out into the man
ufacture of hootch, when he ran afoul
of Uncle Sam.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22

We the Farmers Council of Action, representing
the organized farmers of every precinct IN Sheridan
County, herewith submit preliminary report OF al
leged violations of the Prohibition Laws in this county
and the attempted frame-up of Sheriff Salisbury and
County Attorney Erickson by forces having their base
in Helena working with certain politicians in Plenty
wood and Scobey.
With reference to the enforcement of the State
Prohibition Law, find that the County Attorney
and Sheriff have arrested and convicted larger NUM-
Der of liquor law voators in this district than any ot
GERS holding similar position in any of the nearby
counties At the present moment the jail IS hlled to
capacity with who convicted OF violating
the state law and their places of business closed by
Injunction On investigation found that some FED
eral Prohibition men, working in conjunction with
Sheriff Lawrence of Scobey, made thorough search
for violators of the liquor law in this county two
months ago and only succeeded in hndng one farm
er, II years old, who had gallon of alleged moon
shine in his possession The fact that these officers
searched several farm homes illegal search war
rants secured before Mr. Commissioner Crumb of
Scobey and that they were acting without the know
ledge of Sheriff Salisbury and Co. Atty. Erickson, IS
sufficient proof to minds, that violations OF the
state national laws extremely rare IN Sheridan
County.
We discovered that Sheriff Salisbury applied to
Rev Wade and Atty. Generals Office IN November
for persons commonly described as stoO[pgeons to
be used for the purpose of securing evidences OF viola
tions of the liquor laws here. Although this county
contributes to the support of the State Prohibition En-
forcement Department. the salaries and expenses OF
these men were demanded and Sheriff Salisbury, on
behalf of the county offered to pay $6OOOO. lhe
men were not however, supplied by either the Attor-
ney Generals office or by Mr.. Wade.
About the middle of December man named
Brown was sent into this county by the Federal Prohi
bition Director, operating from Helena, Montana.
This man did not report to the County Attorney or
Sheriff or offer to cooperate with them in any way.
L. oll11
local anti-farmer politicians named Ray Lang, Jack
OCrady, Oscar Collins, Jim Wagner and several per
sons who are accused of being members of the Ku
Klux Klan.
Accompanied by Lang he called on numerous
booteggers who have been prosecuted to conviction
bv Messrs Salisbury and Erickson and endeavored tc
get evidence from them against the aforementioned
County officers by threats and by promising immuni
Continued page Al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22
MOE TO WRESTLE
ALLEY HERE THURS.

Arrangements have been completed
for a wrestling match between Nels
Moe, formerly of Archer but more re-
Gently of Canada, where he has gam
ed considerable notOriety, and Tom
Alley, who has been winning all his
matches in Northeastern Montana.
About two weeks ago House and
Allev had a match in which Alley
gained a fall and House got none.
A few days ago Alley and Moe
wrestler one hour and ten minutes,
when Alley won the fall with his
famosu deadlock.
The match Thursday afternoon,
January 28th, will be fought with
the deadlock barred. This Is fav-
orite hold cf Alleys and one with
which he generally wins his matches.
The match Saturday afternoon
should be a good one as Nels is IN
excellent shape and with the danger
Gus deadlock barred, Alley will be
be forced to change his regular style
of wrestling.
The bout will take place at the Or
pheum Theatre at 400 sharp.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22
w. H. JARVIS
DIES AT SCOBEY

W. NJ. (Biu) Jarvis of Glentana,
pioneer merchant and banker of
Northeastern Montana, passed away
at 11:30 a. m. at Scobey, today Fri
day.. Mr.. Jarvis was i'll only a short
time and was taken to the ScObey
hospital where he was trated by sew
eral doctors fer a week before he
died. They were, however, unable to
save his life because of his weakened
condition.
Mr.. Jarvis was a rancher In the
Culbertson country when he first
came to Montana. He then moved to
Plentywocd where he entered the
mercantile business with Mr.. Fish
beck. Branching out the firm acquir-
ed much land in the ScObey-Opheim
country and Mr.. Jarvis moved to
Glentana to look after the firms land
holdings and open a bank.
His home was at Glentana at the
time of his death, where Mrs. Jarvis
still resides.
/ Although on the opposite in poll
ties from this paDer. he 9'ways read
the Producers News. When ne was
last in PlentywoOd he called at the
office of the Producers News and Wis
tied for half an hour. He engaged
in much good natured banter and in
vited the staff to visit him in Glen
tana. Amongst ether things he said
you cannot pan US any more on the
'Winking Machine we have sold II
: out. Although Z don't agree with
you fellows politics, I admire yOul
CUTS" -
The Producers News joins with the
friends of the late Mr.. Jarvis in ex-
pressing sorrow at his death.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22
COLORED MINSTRELS
HERE JANUARY 30
Local Talent Under Auspices of De-
gree of Honor Drill Team to Put on
a Real Scream at FarmerLabOr
Temple Saturday Night, January
3Oth-Dance After Show.

Say Liza Jane, am you all gOin' to
that minstrel show that coming? Yes,
sub. Rastus, l sho' am. That am my
night off. 4
The Degree of Honor lodge is put
tino, on a Minstrel Show at the Far
meT Labor Temple Saturday night,
January Both, under the supervision
of "Swede" Ewert who is an artist In
this line Of work.
The caste is a large one and the
nrogram is varied with dialogues,
Jokes, songs, iigs, instrumental pieces
and other forms of amusement which
will anuse all those who are fcrtun-
ate enough to be able to witness this
minstrel show, which gives promise
of being one of the best ever put on
in PlentywoOd.
The players are now pracUclng eV-
ery day and perfectlng program
which will make the home 1cdKs De-
lieve they are down IN AlaDam, ana
It is said that some Of the local cele-
brities of the town come IN on some
There will be a matinee In the al
ternoon of Saturday, the 3Otn, Tor Une
children at which a price of 10 cents
will be charged for those under Il
Years of age. High school students
will be charged 35c at the matinee
nerformance. Adults will be charged
fbe usual admission of SOC, when
will he the regular price both after
Noon and evening. A straight admls-
Sion price of SOC will be charged Vc
ali for the evening performance.
The minstrel show is being put of
for the benefit of the Degree OF hon. l.
or Drill Team, which IS raising money
Continued on page a
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recent years

Railways Are Baked
The following dispatch received
from the national capital announces
the action Of the commissions:
"Acting upon protests of the Mon
tana, Oregon and Washington rail-
roa commissions, the interstate COM
merce commission today refused to al
low northwestern railroads to raise
export rates on grain and grain pro
ducts moving from western Montana
to the Pacific coast ports.
"The commission also held that do
mestic rates on grain and grain prod
Ucts moving out of Montana to Min
neapolis and the east, Seattle on the
west and other principal marketing
centers were reasonable and dis
missed complaints which asked a re-
vision.
Hold For Growers
"The majority decision explained
that the export rates to Pacific coast
ports from western Montana general
ly were seven cents per hundred
pounds lower than on products In
tended for domestic consumption. The
railroads proposed on April %, last, t.
abolish the difference, but the com
mission held that the low export rat'
allowed them.
Montana also sought adjustment
which would allow its grain to NOV,
on a parity either to western o
! eastern markets. But the cOmmls
sion held that the domestic rates com
planned of as a whole were not un
reasonable. 1t was suggested, how
ever, that in its general investlgatlo.
of railroad rates as they affect agrl
cultural production, undertaken lat tn
behest of congress, the question Nigh
again be considered"
Rates Mean Saving
On every 100 pounds of Montan
Continued an page A.
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language, which gives it the dignity
of a great public document. The re-
percussicns from this document will
make themselves efelt far beyond the
confines of the State, and may re-
suit in important changes of the per-
sonnel Of the Federal and State Pro-
hibition Enforcement departments.
Hearing Thursday, January %
The hearing demanded by the De-
PENDANTS in the action by Agent Wei
liver against the County officials will
take place at the Court of Commits
sioner BelansH Thursday, January
28th. Welliver must take the stand
and show how justice was obstructed
by the arrest of "Three Fingered
Brown on warrant charging the
commission of a serious crime. At
torney Harlow Pease, of Butte, will
be present and appear for the de-
4 PENDANTS at the hearing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-01-22

Government By BIackmail
Instead of a government of the
people, by the people and for the peO-
ple,' Senator Wheeler said, eve
have a government by propaganda
and by executive order, transmitted
through the medium of lame-ducks
and other servile appointments nam
ed by the president to positions of
enormous power in the departments
and bureaus.
"We have governments by intimi-
datiOn by which members of congress
and government employees who have
revealed fraud or ineficiency are pun
ished by Ostracism cr dismissal from
the service. We have government
/ by blacksmail for the details of which
/ refer to the experience of Senator
! Couzens of Michigan.
Prosecution of Political Enemies
We have government by which
Federal officers are used for the pur
pose cf levying blackmail by manu-
featuring fake charges against theI
political enemies. The strong arm O.
law enforcement is frequently use,
to put down organizations and indi
viduais who are dangerous to the po
iitical oligarchy in control. Ilega
efforts are made to smear the pre-
gressive elected representatives,
the people by stoolpigeons paid OF
of the public treasury.
Dominated By Financial Interests
"The executive branch of the go7
ernment in the contest for supremac
r for the legislative branch is don1iI
ated today by the great financial, Il
.dustrial and commercial interest
+ There was a time when the Napcleol
of finance and the captains of indu
trv came to Washington by night az
held secret Conferences with II
White House.
''That day is past. They no
Continued on Page Four)
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lawyers and the public.
Several Disagreements

Several Disagreements
Owing to lack of space this week
we find it impossible to give list OF
the cases disposed of and the judg-
ments rendered but will do so next
week. There were several disagree
ments in cases coming before juries
and it is understood that some CT
this litigation will come up a. seS-
sion Of court which is expected 10
be called in March. The following
cases attracted much attention Wn'n
tried during the end of last week and
the beginning of the present one:
Mathis Case
In this case the defendant, Arthur
| Mathis, was charged with stealing
about AZ bushels of wheat from the
grain bin of Mrs. Hattie Foss,-- the
complaining witness, sometime around
IL o'clock on the evening Of October
I31st, 1924 The witnesses for the
State were Mrs. Hattie FOss, Oscar
Rose, Bruce Smith and P. E. Lund-
0uist, grain buyer for the Lake Mill
ling Company at Medicine Lake. Wit
less Rose testified he was comiE1
home with a load Of coal on the ev-
ening in question and saw the lights
of some vehicle coming down the roac
from the east, going west, and wher
about opposite where the bin was
turn off the road and go over there
turn off the lights and stay there
about twenty minutes, when he saw
the lights come on and start back or
the graded road in westerly direc
tion. eventually going by his place
iand that he recognized the truck an'
the party driving it as Arthur Mathis
the defendant.
fed that the grain which they haule'
to town that evening was loaded a
the Mortensen. place; that VIM. Quit
meyer, one Of the witnesses. fer tn
defense saw the load Of grain go b
his place and in fact, talked to How
ard Gaffney, who was with Mathi.
in the truck. (Quitmeyer's place
east of where bin is locatedl. TIL
case started on Thursday, Januar
Continued on page 81