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The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01
Deserter Wins Freedom
by His Courageous Act

Washington Parker w. Hay
den, serving time at the Ports
mouth naval prison for deser-
ton and facing dishonorable dis
charge, was ordered released
and restored to active duty BY
Secretary Wilbur in recognition
of a courageous attempt to save
two men from drowning.
In spite Of warnings that he
would lose his own life. Hay
den went to the rescue Of Cap
tain H. w. Osterhaus and Ma
rine Gunner ]. S. McNulty. who
had broken through the Ice Of
pond while on an inspection
trip to the prison. Bystanders
pulled all three out Of the water
alive
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01

Agents--Men, Womcn--100q1 profit and bonus.
selling toilet props. and household specialties.
Lotus Labs, Inc, Dept d, st. Louis. Mo.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01

Basketry Reeds. Bases, Forms Send for free
catalogue. Get our low prices Charles
De Ham. Ridgewood, New Jersey.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01

One forgets nearly everything ex-
cept the times when he made himself
ridiculous.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01
BUYS the Town

Snedekeryille, Pa.-Jerry Ryan, who
used to work on railroad. has bought
this whole town.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01

Trust that man in nothing who has
not a conscience in everything
Sterne.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01

Teeth, Discarded Jewelry, Diamonds and Plat
mum. Cash by return Mail. Florida Gold Re-
filming Co.. 81 w Adams st., Jacksonville. Fla.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1926-04-01
DEMAND "BAYER" ASPIRIN
Take Tablets Without Fear IT You
See the Safety "Bayer Cross"

Warningl Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting the genuine Bayer
Aspirin proved safe by millions and
prescribed by physicians for % years.
Say "Bayer' when you buy Aspirin.
limitations may prove dangerous.-Adv.
International., 1926-05-30
HEAVY SNOW ON
MOUNT BALDY

Mount Baldy, between Nogales
and Tucson was blanketed by a
deep snow, following the heavy
rain of Wednesday morning and
Tuesday night. Deputy U. S.
Marshal E. L. Chalfant and Po-
liceman Hampton Raines, who
took some prisoners to Tucson,
Wednesday, declared the mountain
had heavier fall of snow for
this time of the year than could
be recalled in any May. by old
timers. The rainfall in Nogales ir
May smashed all past May rec
ords.
International., 1926-05-30
WHAT IS sUccEssf

It's doing your work the best you
can,
And being just to your fellow
man;
It's making money. but holding
friends,
And staying true to your aims
and ends;
It's figuring now and learning
why,
And looking forward and thinking
high,
And dreaming little, doing
much:
It's keeping always in closest
touch
With what is finest in word and
deed;
It's being thorough. yet making
speed;
It's daring blithely the field OF
chance
While making labor brave ro-
nance;
It's going onward despite desest,
hnd fightin!: staunchly, but Keep
inE sweet:
It's being clean and playing
fair;. 80
It's laughing lightly at Dame
Despair;
It's looking up at the stars above.
And drinking deeply Of life and
love; ~
IT'S struggling on with the WIN
to win,
BY taking loss 'ss. with 4 cheerful
AL s grin; III ~
|is's sharing sorrow, II With work. :
ard nirth.. 's,.es
And making better this good old
earth;
It's aerving; striving, through
- strain and stress, -
It's doing your nohlest- that's
& ;,tsnecess. ~. !. = =
Holbrook-Ric Grande OH Com
pany will erect wholesale gasoline
supply station.
Yuma--Bids to be opened April
26th. for construction OF four
miles paving along Fourth Avenue.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

The new line will run south from
Assiniboia until it reaches JOeville,
Sask.. and from there will run in a
southeastern direction, following the
southern shorelines of Fife lake and
on to Fddvside. It is generally be-
lieved that the branch will ultimate
Iv he extended to Whitehall making
a direct contact with the Twin City
markets as we'll as Canadian points,
although no announcement of this
has so far been made by the officials
of the Canadian Pacific railway.
The territory tapped by this line
contains some of the best farming
land in Canada. The development
has been retarded because Of the dis
tance to markets, but when this line
is completed this summer it will offer
economical transportation and an
easy outlet for grain and livestock
It's effect on the country north Of SEQ
bev can hardly be over-estimated, say
those familiar with conditions up
there, and should bring an influx Of
settlers. It will also mean that much
Canadian wheat which comes through
here will now be diverted to the new
road.
The entire right-Of-way has been
purchased and townsites will soon be
laid out at several points, according
to information reaching here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
GREAT FALLS MAN.
and BOY ELETROCUT-
Ed BY POWER WIRE
William Kacher, Windfeld Thompson
ElectrOcuted as Charged Line Drops
on Barber Wire Near Dairy Farm.

Great Falls.-Two persons were
killed and one narrowly escaped death
Sunday afternoon when they came in
contact with barb wire fence, near
the Ayrshire dairy, which was cleo
triied by high tension wire which
had fallen to the top wire of the
fence.
William Kacher, engineer for the
Liberty theater and Windfield ThOmp-
son, 12-year-old son of Elmer M.
Thompson, of 1920 Ninth avenue
south, met death as result Of
touching the electrified fence, while
Paul Dorm, another employe of the
theater, received burns about the
hands and body when he attempted
to save Kacher from electrocution.
Kacher and Dorm were planning to
go fishing along the Missouri river
and had driven a truck to a point
near the fence. AS they neared the
fence Kacher stepped ahead and
started to push down the top wire SO
that he and his companion could step
over it. AS his hands touched the
wire the current passed through his
body and into the ground.
Warned His Friend
"For Gods sake, Paul, don't come
through here, the wire is grounded ,
Kacher cried and died a few minutes
later.
Dorm heroically endeavored to save
his companion. He first took hold OF
the body of the electrcuted man anc
received burns on the hands. He was
able to break the connection by iump.
ing from the ground and thus saved
himself. He rushed to the truck anC
obtained mud chains which he threw
over the fence in an effort to grounC
the current but was unsuccessful.
Dorm then took a rope from tn
truck and after fastening one en-,
around Kacher's body attached it t.
the car and dragged the body of hi
friend and companion from the fence
The Thompson boy with frien
had come up to the scene and no
thinking of any danger placed hi
hand on the live wire and died in
stantly.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
DIVORCE MILL GRINDS
FAST AT SCOBEY
Three Couples Decide to Break Bonds
of MatrimOny at Court Session in
Daniels County Capital.

The divorce mill was very busy in
the special term of the district court
which was held at the court house
in Scobey last Tuesday, with Judge
S. E. Paul on the bench. Three di-
vorces were granted, the cause in
each case being given as desertion.
The first was that of Lydia Nell
son who sued her husband, Earl M.
Nelson, VINO lived 20 miles northwest
of Scobey on a farm. Three children
of the couple were given into the
custody of the mother, and a decree
was granted by default.
The second case was that of James
A. Snuffer VS.. Octavia Snuffer. This
is said to be the defendants second
experience in divorce proceedings,
and decree was given by default.
The last case was that of Ellen E.
Good who asked a divorce from Ar
thur w. Good on a charge of deser-
ton. There were two children who
were given into the custory of the
mother and decree was also granted
by default.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
Report Shows Much Progress

Report Shows Much Progress
The financial report showed that
the last nine months was the most
prosperous in the history of the or
ganization. From being very much
in the red at that time, the growth
of business in the nine months has
put the organization on better than
cash basis. The total revenue from
july 1, 1925, to March 1, 1926
amounted to S21,75O.04. After de-
Quoting wages and all other expenses
the company showed a net profit in
the nine months of S5,O87.O8. Ten
months ago the company was indebt-
ed to wholesale houses to the amount
of S2,5OO. This Indebtedness has been
wiped out and a comfortable balance
| is in the bank at the end of each
months business. AS a matter of
/ fact, for the past six months all bills
are paid on the first of the month,
which is practically a cash basis. The
results in paper and other kinds OF
wholesale printing and supply houses
competing for the business of the
Producers News and give attractive
discounts to get the trade.
Uses Ton and Half of Print Paper
/ The Job printing is increasing ev-
ery month and patrons are beginning
to find out that they can have any
kind of work done at the plant Of
the Producers News at prices thai
are better than houses that send ou1
high priced statesmen to do the work
The Progressive Farmers OF Mon
tana, had all their well gotten-ul
due books, journals, stationary ant
supplies printed at the Producer
News at prices lower than were quot
ed by competing firms. To give al
idea of the amount of work turne'
out monthly at the plant of the Peo
pies Publishing Company, record
show that one ton and a half o
newspaper print is used monthly L
getting out the company's paper.
The subscription list has expandSe
very much in the past year and tn
paper has a bigger circulstlo
throughout the state now than It eV
er had in the past. Because OF Tn
fact that it has published polltlcs
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

Dawson, alleged to have been'
wounded twice by Dennis, was brot
to the hospital here Sunday morning.
One bullet penetrated the fieshy part
of his upper arm and the other his
body in the vicinity of the plural re-
gion, but did not touch either lung.
Neither of the wounds was considered
serious Sunday night in their present
status but attending physicians said
that the body wound could easily de-
velop grave complications.
Accounts received here Sunday
from Helena and from Gilman differ
as to the circumstances of the shoot
ing. Citizens at Gilman stated that
Dawson was an innocent bystander
when he was shot, and the officers
were quoted at Helena as saying that
Dennis shot him after he had assault
ed Dennis. Holland and Dennis said
at Helena that they would ask for
Dawson's arrest today on charges of
assault and interference with an of
ficer, and friends of Dawson declared
they would ask for the arrest of Holl-
and and Dennis for the shooting.
The trouble occurred during a dance
at Gilman, which, Gilman citizens
said, was attended by the federal
agents and two young women whom
they escorted from Augusta. Dennis,
according to the account, devoted a
portion of his time to his work as a
prohibition agent and in the course
of his Investigations discovered an
automobile that was locked. His sus-
picions aroused, he attempted to find
somebody who would open it and
when he failed in this he forced an
entrance and later claimed that he
found a bottle of liquor in the ma
chine.
After finding the liquor, the account
continues, he started the motor and
started to drive away with the car in
custody when he was accosted by Ruff
US Ingersoll of Augusta. Ingersoll
demanded to be informed as to what
Dennis was doing with his machine
and Dennis is said to have replied
that if Ingersoll was the owner he
was the man he was looking for, anC
placed him under arrest on a liquor
charge.
The exchange of words was follow
!, Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
SHERIDAN COUNTY
LEADS in WHEAT

= Helena, April q. = Sheridan
= county took first place as Mon
. tana's greatest spring wheat
. county with a total production of
= 2,1SS, 900 bushels in 1925, accord
" ing to figures prepared for the
: Montana Publicity Division.
. Hill was second with 100000
$ bushels and Fergus third with
= 1,75O,O0O.
Sheridan county produced only
nine bushels TO the acre, while
Madison cOunty's crop went %
bushels and Mineral county with
only 1000 acres planted reports
% bushels to the acre. Sheridan
was the only county in the 2,O00,-
600 bushel class. while II cOun-
ties raised more than 100000
bushels.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
SENIOR CLASS PLAY
OFFERS LAUGHS FOR
THOSE WHO ATTEND
THRILLING AND COMICAL SIT
UATIONS UNFQLDED AS
PLOT is DEVELOPED

The comedy, "The Whole Towns
Talking" will be presented tomorrow
(Friday) night at the Farmer-Labor
Temple, by the Senior class of Plen-
tywood High.
The cast is well chosen and every
one is well fitted for his or her part.
This performance bids fair to be the
best draamtic production of the
school year; it thus behooves the
lovers of dramatic art to attend.
The main plot of the play hinges
around the efforts of Mr.. Simmons, a
wealthy manufacturer, to retire and
put his business in the hands of a
reliable man. His choice is Chef Bin
ney, his partner, who he wants to
marry Ethel, his daughter. He knows
Chet is reliable and a "man to whom
he can trust not only his daughter,
but also his factory" However Eth
ell and her mother have objections as
they are interested in a more cul-
tured and worldly interesting man
from Chicago and Parisi Mr.. Sim
mons and Chester devise a plot
(which will knock Ethel cold" and
get themselves into a peculiar and
very entanglng situation. The plot
is unraveled in a very clever and
comical way and In spite of the fact
that "The Whole Towns Talking
Chester, through his brilliant idea
Of "the fight in the dark" triumphs
over his rival.
An additional program will also be
furnished beside the regular show
which will please the audience i'm.
mensely.
You will miss much if you miss
the Senior Class play
The cast of characters is as fol
lows:
CAST OF CHt2ACTERS
Mrs. Harriet s'immoT. wife of
Henry Simmons Grace Goodman
Annie, a maid Margaret McNult,
/ lTaXi-Driver Ruby johnson
Mr.. Henry Simmons, manu-
facturer Roy Parkhurs
Ethel Simmons, his daughter
Olive Longacr
Roger Shields, a young Chicago
blood Kenneth Kell,
Chester Binney, Simmons partner
Oliver Ziebart
Sally Otis and Lila Wilson, friends
of Ethel Mary Fitzer, Alice Stone
Mrs. Jackson Wynona Wanke
Girls of Sandusky
Isabelle Fiske, Edna Kaise
Donald Swift, a motion picture
director Marion Mitche
Lefty Lythe, a motion picture star
Maude Sherr
Sadie Bloom -Gwendolyn Matki
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
CARS BADLY DAM
AGED IN COLLISION

Froid-T. N. Thompson, driving a
Ford Sedan, collided with the Ford
sedan belonging to Mrs. Andy Holm
and driven by her oldest son last
Wednesday evening.
The Holm car turned over twice
and the six occupants two boys and
four girls, none of them injured, had
to crawl out of the windows because
of the doors being jammed shut. The
doors of the Thompson car were also
closed too tightly to be opened, but
the top was broken off and afforded
an exit fer the driver and passenger.
The collision occurred at the Jacob
son corner about seven miles north
of Froid shortly after dark. Mr..
Thompson was approaching from the
east and hit the other car coming
from the north.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
LET CONTRACT
ON new BRIDGE
OVER MISSOURI

Williston, N. D.-The apparent low
bidder on the contract for the con-
struction of a bridge across the Mis-
souri, river near here, is that made by
the Missouri River Bridge company,
with an estimate of S586,889.47. 9th
er low bidders were Minneapolis
Bridge company, $637,216.16; Chi
cago Foundation company, 57,216.-
O6.
Award of the contract was made
Saturday afternoon at Schafer, where
bids were also opened for the Sanish
bridge.
Over 200 Williston residents were
in attendance at the opening of the
bids. Accompanying the delegation
is the Upper Missouri band, which is
playing concerts at Sehafer, county
seat, and at Waford City, where the
commercial club is staging a celebra-
tion.
Governor Sorlie and other state of.
ficials were in attendance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
COMMUNITY TENNIS
COURT A REALITY
Lots North of Medders Garage Being
Put in Condition for Great Racket
Game-Rackets and Balls Furnish
ed by Moe & Moore At Cost.

Work on the community tennis
court is progressing rapidly. The
ground has been leveled and raked
by the Boy Scouts, preparatory to
place the final layer of clay upon it.
The firm of Moe & Moore have
agreed to handle rackets at cost plus
the shipping charges. They will range
in price from two dollars and half
to twelve dollars and a half. Those
who wish rackets are at liberty to
call at the store and make their
choice from the catalogues or to con-
suit Miss Alice Young at the County
Library. Those in charge Of the en-
terprise would like to get an estimate
of the number of rackets and balls
needed in the community.
Books giving instructions concern
ing the game and best ways to play
it will be placed in the library so
that all who are interested will have
a chance to learn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
)t the currency.
Given Jail Sentence and Fine

Given Jail Sentence and Fine
He was sentenced to eight months
in jail and three hundred dollars fine
by Judge Bourquin after the jury
had reported their findings.
DepOsitOrs Money Invested in Mining
The evidence developed that ten
thousand dollars of the bank was in
vested in a mining venture at Libby.
The directors of the bank that closed
were also directors of the mine.
Rankin Flags JOhansOn
District Attorney Rankin hayed
Johanson, who was prominently iden-
titled with large interests in Lincoln
county, numerically, saying he acted
as a bell weather who lead the people
to financial ruin. He called on Johan-
son to write his name on the wall if
he were innocent of the crime of
misusing the money intrusted to him
by widows and orphans and he asked
for a conviction for the purpose of
determining others from taking long
shots with the earning of the poor
Rankin speaking with vehemence de-
clared that interlocIing directorates
were never more dangerous than
when they experimental with the
savings of the depositors.
The verdict caused a sensation
among bankers and it is thought that
this is but the beginning of the jail
route for those manipulators of fin
ance who use the peoples money for
private ventures with a chance of
losing the depOsitors' money.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
CAR USED In ROB-
Berry is CLAIMED

Otto Stadig from near Glentana
yas in FrOid Wednesday and took the
car belonging to him which was
wrecked the night of the robbery of
o M. McCabe's garage. While the
local peace officers are confident that
the car was driven by the robbers and
used to take the tires and oil from
the garage before it was driven into
the concrete post near the Olson
blacksmith shop, Mr.. Stadig evidently
furnished satisfactory evidence that
he was not a member of the party
but that the car had been stolen from
him.-FrOid Tribue.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

: The scandal is greater because of
Melons open defense of the propos-
al and his admission that he would
gain hundreds Of thousands of dollars
by it's enactment. The Rockefellers,
and representatives of J. P. Morgan
and Company and other millionaires
will also be recompensed from the
public treasury, Garner disclosed.
The lid was ripped open as a re-
suit Of the bitter fight between the
two old parties for political advant-
age in next falls elections. The de-
mocrats just can't resist every chance
to expose the administration, espe-
cially in view of the possibility of a
political turnover through the loss of
senate seats by the republicans
Thus it has come about that Repre-
sentative Garner, democrat, Of Tex
as, rank reactionary, spilled on the
floor Of the house some facts show.
ing up the grating Coolidge admin
istration.
To RecOmpense Kaiser.
The Mixed Claims Commission, he
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
SEEDING IN FULL SWING
IN SHERIDAN COUNTY

With the quietness which prevailed
last Wednesday after several days of
continuous heavy winds, planting of
wheat took on a new impetus.
The weather is ideal for sowing
and thousands of acres are already
planted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
GARNER LOSES TO
POPLAR FIGHTER

Poplar, April 26.-Wilham Garner
of Raymond put up a game fight in
the headliner Of a card here against
Charley Robbins of Poplar, but was
outclassed from the start, taking the
count Of nine several times and losing
the bout when his seconds threw the
towel into the ring in the fourth
round. The bout was well attended,
standing room even being at a pre-
MUM. Local talent furnished plenty
of action in the preliminaries.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
SCHEME TO Get TREASURY'S Cash

Washington.A good-sized scandal is brewing over the
disclosure that Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon and
Representative Ogden L. Mills of New York co-authors of
the bill to return the property belonging German nationals
that was seized during the and authorizing huge bond
issue by the treasury pay for the awards by the German
American Mixed Claims Commission would both be beneh-
Charles to large amount if the measure becomes law
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
PRODUCERS NEWS ENTERS ninth
YEAR IN PROSPEROUS CONDITION

Financial State of Peoples Publishing Co. Shows That Pub
fishers of the Producers News Now Sound Com
mercal Bass-Expansion of Producers News Into State
Wide Paper Planned-Fights in Which the Farmers
Paper Was Successful are Recalled Official Organ of
the Farmer Labor Party and the Progressive Farmers to
Continue Forward Policy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
FEDERAL DICKS AGAIN
IN SHOOTING SCRAPE
Laska Tex Dawson Is Shot During Alteration at Dance
and Brought to Great Falls Hosptal-Stories of Stool
Pigeons and Other Witnesses Confict-WeIIiver Gives
Out Story for the Gun Men.

Great Falls.-Laska Tex Dawson a resident of Aug
usa is in the Great Falls Deaconess hospital suffering from
two bullet wounds and his charge of inerfer
ence with officer and assault and the of Harry Ho
land and Tom Dennis federal prohibition officers
top with the shooting will be possible developments today
consequence of gun play at Gilman Saturday night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

The Board of Directors Of the Peoples Publishing Com
pany the Office of the Producers News recently and had
before them the gratifying financial statement in the his
tory of the organization They expressed themsevs pleased
that this Farmers Cooperative Publishing Company started
from small beginnings had become marked success
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

GERMAN CLAIMS MEASURE
MAKES GRAFTERS RICH

Expose Bares Loot of Secretary Meon-Garner of Texas
Spills Beans on Floor of House-Number of Big Corpor-
atons and Rich individuals Would Benefit By Disposal
OF Alien Property LoOt-Even the Kaiser Is Taken Care
OF in Latest National Old Gang Legislative Plot-Old
Party Row Causes Stink.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30

Scobey April DEMONSTRATION work has been started
branch line of the Canadian Pacific railway from Assnboa
Canada about IS miles northwest of Scobey Eddyse
present postoce located about miles due north of White
tail in Daniels county
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-04-30
RANKIN FLAYS MIS-USER OF
WIDOWS-ORPHANS MONEY
John ohansen Given Sentence of Eight Months in Jail and
Three Hundred Dollar Fine By Judge Bourqun for Max
ing False Reports-Verdict Causes Sensation.
SIMILAR CASES MAY COME UP FOR TRIAL

After dramatic appeal to the jury by District Attorney
Rankin John ohanson banker of Libby convicted of the
crime of making false reports of the condition of the First Ma
onal Bank of Lbby the COMPTROLLER of the currency