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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

Farmer-Labor Benefit
D a n c e Is Postponed

At the request Of several patrons,
the big Farmer-Labor benefit dance
scheduled at the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie, August Fl, has again been post
poned until August rs, when harvest
is more nearly over.
This affair which promises to be
one of the greatest ever is being put
on for the purpose of reducing the
outstanding debt. on the Farmer-Ia-
Dor Temple. The original cost of the
hall, was S10,500. The amount Maid
by receipts and donations is $4,000.
Since last November, the debts have
been reduced about $4,000 from re-
ceipts from dances, shows, athletic
activities and rentals. The aim of
the directors Of the Temple is to get
the whole debt paid off by the first
of January 1927, the balance now due
being $12O0.00.
Everyone is invited to this dance.
young and old, square dancers and
Charlestonians. The Krazy Kat Or
chestra is donating the music, and
have promised some of the latest
dance hits from Broadway Specially
for this evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Race Becomes Keen as the|IE
Princess Contest Nears End
AS Time Grows Shorter Candidates RedOubIe Efforts to Land
High Honors and Enjoy Wonderful Trip to
State Fair at Helena.
CONTEST CLOSES SATURDAY, AUGUST 2l

The Princess of Sheridan County
Contest is getting into the open
stretch and the next ten days will
see the contestants vie with each 9TH
er in their campaign for votes. At
the last count some Of The lower can
didates jumped several thousand votes
The lead by Lencra Larson was cut
down ten thousand by Gertie Petersen
and Maude Sherry and Dora Enger
Both made substantial gains from the
former count.
Each issue Of the Producers News
contain 25O,OOO free coupon votes and
it is easy to get new subscriptions at
1900 votes and renewals at 600 votes.
The last few days will tell the tale.
Now is the time to send in your
subscription if you have a favorite
among the candidates. The race will
be hot from now on. Either one of
the candidates have a good chance to
win.
Time &c ting Short
This unique honor of being elected
Princess Of Sheridan County, will
come only once in a lifetime, except
in rare cases, so you do not want to
pass up this opportunity A few days
of hard work is all that stands be-
tween you and this honor and per-
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
GOLDEN RULE OPENS
HERE SEPTEMBER II

A branch of the Golden Rule chain
stores will open for business in Plen-
tywood September IL, according to a
company's store in Wolf Point. The
Plentywood store win be under the
News by Mr. Heinze, manager of the
statement given to the Producers
management of Gilbert Lee, who is
now in Wolf Point.
The Golden Rule chain stores were
founded and are now controlled by
F. H. Jones Co., with head offices
in st. Paul. They are closely mod
eled after the J. c. Penny stores and
handle all kinds of men and women's
wearing apparel. They have new 81
stores in the Northwest.
The Golden Rule store will be 10
Gated in the building formerly occu-
pied as a poolhall and owned by
Mrs. Ford, on Main street, near the
county attorneys office Mr.. Heinze
states the grand opening will be an
nounced in a full page advertisement
in the Producers News and in numer-
Gus bills.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

Eric Meun, Schlabsz' attorney filed
notice of appeal and asked 90 days
extension of time TO obtain a trans
cript of the evidence.
The prisoner displayed no emotion
in the courtroom. Christiana Schlabsz
mother Of the doomed boy, was not
in the courtroom. Judge Paul, who
Is said to be opposed to capital pun
ishment, was visibly affected as he
pronounced sentence.
Schlabsz killed his employers, Mr..
and Mrs. Anton Geisler, at their
farm home near Biem in May Rob-
berry in an attempt to obtain money
and the family sedan from Geisler in
order to lavish attentions on a girl
he knew in North Dakota, was the
motive given for the crime.
Discovery of the murder o f uh e
Geislers was made a day after the
killing. Schlabsz had been employed
at their farm fer nearly two months
a t er moving with his mother to
Montana following his fathers death
in North Dakota.
At the trial his attorneys pleaded
insanity. His mother, who, cannot
talk English and whose testimony
was given by an interpreter, was one
of the chief witnesses. She told of
injuries he received in a fall from a
horse which were declared to have
affected his mentality.
Judge Pauls voice broke as he
said:
"There is nothing fer the court to
do but pronounce Judgment in ac-
cordance with the verdict"
The trial which lasted several days
and brought about the examination
of 300 jurors cost the county $4,000.
Schlabsz shot and killed Mr.. and
Mrs. Anton Geisler at their farm
near Biem, Montana, loaded their bod
les in an automobile and thr W
them into the Big Muddy river. He
said he wanted money to make an inn
preston on girl in Dakota.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
OSCAR COLLINS
GETS JOB ON
SMELLING SQUAD
THREE MORE APPOINTED UPON
UNITED STATES BORDER
PATROL.

Three more ex-service men recon-
mended by Col. Charles S. Sheridan,
collector of customs, for places on the
border patrol of the revenue deparr
ment, have been appointed, according
to information received Monday at the
collectors office. The names of the
three are Leonard Reibe, Kalispell;
Oscar J. Collins, PlentywoOd, a d
Carroll H. Baker, Miles City. Thir-
teen men recommended by Colonel
Sheridan have been appointed d
nine other recommendations are now
awaiting confirmation from Washing
ton. All those recommended by Col
Onel Sheridan have been war vets.
Oscar Collins, who received the
above appointment recently attained
nationwide notoriety by reason of be-
ing the first landgrabber in the u.
S. to receive a dose of castor oil bv
several irate Raymond farmers be-
cause he committed a serious anti
social sin.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Mann Act ViolatOr Is
Arrested at COmertown

County Attorney Erickson and
+ Sheriff Salisbury, took into GUS
= tOdy Friday afternoon, Henry
Debates, known as "Spike" and
= Mrs. Jack w. Carter, after they
= had crossed several states in a
race to get away from the wO-
+ mans husband. Carter arrived
= in town yesterday after following
= his wife all over the country and
= called on Sheriff Salisbury. The
Sheridan sheriff in record time
found Carter, his wife, who was
missing since June Is. 1926 and :
the man who "vamped'' her away
from him.
The sheriff arrested both at Ed
Turpin's place, five miles north
of COmertOwn. They were taken
to PlentywOOd where they are
held for the u. S. authorities for
violating the Mann Act.
Carter showed extraordinary
tenacity in tracking down his
wife, who ran away with another
man. He followed her through
= five states, working at odd jobs
on the way. He "swiped" rides
on box cars and inquired at way
side filling stations for the wO-
man of his dreams.
Mrs. Carter worked on the love
of her husband when they were
with the "Other man" in the of
flee of the county attorney. Fix
ing her dark blue eyes on the
hardy son of Kansas who fOlIew-
ed her half way across the cOnti-
nent she said: "YOu viii with
draw this charge won't you
Jack" Jack seemed to soften un-
der her glance, but he did not re-
lent. Debates, who is the male
vamp in the love triangle, is now
= resting peacefully in the Sheridan
county Jail, while Carter and his
wife are around Town getting ac-
quainted with each other after
an absence Of Gbhree months.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Wheat Average Is Bushels

WGlgnC O1/2.
Wheat Average Is Bushels
Mr.. Balm stated that the wheat run
all the way from Is to 20 bushels per
acre on his place. This is considered
an exceptionally good crop. The av-
erage for the whole county is not
expected to run higher than from -
TO 10 bushels per acre. The crop for
the county will run much higher this
year than it did in 1925.
n. W. Montana Crop Best in u. S.
The crop of spring wheat in North
eastern Montana this year is con-
s1dered the best in the United States.
The crop in North Dakota has been
much injured by drouth this year. In
TACT the crops south of The main line
OF the Great Northern does not reach
the usual quantity. In South Dakota
the farmers are not expected to get
much more than the seed back. Kan
sas is about the only place where
there is any crop at all remotely an
preaching Northeastern Montana in
returns. The crop in Southeastern
Montana along the Milwaukee and the
Northern Pacific lines is very slim
this year.
Premiums Not High
Elevator men state that the premi-
ums for protein and glutin tests will
not be so good this year as last.
They explain this on the ground that
1t is drought that causes wheat 10
make a high protein test. AS there
is much drouth all over the United
States this year the wheat will show
a correspOndingly high protein test,
and when the market has a large
quantity of any special thing, they
argue, the price does not keep up.''
Threshing Under Way
All week threshing has been gen
eral in the southern end of the coun-
ty. Around Medicine Lake, Froid,
Homestead, Dagmar, and other COM
munities the hum Of the threshing
machines have been heard. In the
northern end of the county in such
communities as Outlook the click of
the binder is the only music find
ing its way through the clear north
ern air. But the separators are
moving on to the fields and next
week threshing is expected to be gen
eral. The crop will be harvested
earlier this year because of the good
weather. The few showers of rain
are said to have helped instead Of
hindered the crop. 1t is expected
that nearly all the threshing will be
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
CHAUTAUQUA SHOWS
DRAW BIG CROWDS

After week of successful perform
ances, the Ellison White Chautauoua
left on their tour to ether eli les. The
numbers on the program were of a
WeII varied sort, types that appealed
70 numerous kinds of audiences. The
children too, were not neglected, fer
the Junior Chautauqua proved a huge
allurement from the oldest to he
youngest. In competition between
the pet show and the doll show on
the second day, the dolls won out.
The KOike children won first prize in
the parade with their Japanese cos
tunes.
Winners in the Chautauqua. Darade
and track meet and pet and doll show.
Winners in the Parade
Three Japanese girls-First prize.
Lottle, Mary and Aims Koike.
Daisy flower girl-Second prize,
Jean Ostby.
Comic cOrple-Third prize, Bernard
Transicky and Bob Lindberg.
Winners in the Track Meet
BOys-Arnold Olson, first. Bo b
Lindberg, second. Ole Gunderson,
third.
Girls-Ursula Wallstein, first. Oh
i've Paske, second. Francis Ira
wicky, third.
Winners in the Pet and Doll Show
Pets-ROnald Tors ten n, first
(rabbit). Gladys Peterson, con d
(dOg). Gerald Kjilstrup, third (1it-
tens).
Dolls-Beatrice Debing, first Lcr-
raine Molden, second. Dorothy Han
ney, third.
Special mention should be made of
severadl artists who gave excellent
selection towards the entertainment of
Plentywood. Mr. Cope the humorist,
in his sidc-splitting lecture gave some
Continued on page 4)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
SCHNITZLER HAS OVER
10000 B USHELSOF
GRAIN, is E S TIMATE E.

FROID-Senator J. w. Schnitzler,
farmer-banker of this city, has a
5000 acre wheat crop raised from
the best seed, which is estimated to
yield from 80 to 25 bushels per acre.
In the event of these expectations
being fulfilled Mr.. Schnitzler will
thresh from 10000 to 100000 BUSH
els. With the present outlook it is
reasonable to believe that he may re-
ceive an average Of $1.5O per bushel
this winter, or a gross return of from
$18O,OO0 to $225.OOO. 1t is, of course,
impossible to estimate the cost of
such mammoth production, but al
though it is doubtless tremendous, it
is safe to venture that Mr.. Schnitz-
lers farming enterprises will be fair
ly profitable this season.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
BANKER
GETS HIS DESERTS
KINTYRE BANKER TAKING
$1,000 MUST SERVE
TWO YEARS.

Bismarck, N. D.-(AP)-Abner
MartinsOn, assistant cashier of
the Kintyre State bank at Kim
tyre is in the penitentiary ere
following his confession 0 en-
bezzling $1,000 from the bank.
MartinsOn was arrested / ate
last week. pleaded guilty Friday
and the same night was brought
to the penitentiary here. Efforts
to find out in open court why
; MartinsOn took the money failed.
He agreed, however, to tell Judge
McKenna of the EmmOns county
district court in private session.
MartinsOn was sentenced to
two years in the state penitentf-
airy. He has a wife and one child
but The money was sent, reports
say, to a man whose name Mar
tinsOn refused to disclose.
The bank was fully protected
by a bond.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

Hospital Board Meets
While no official statement h S
been given out it is known that the
Hospital Board held a secret meeting
and discussed the situation confront
ing them. They have already start
ed negotiations towards securing a
head nurse.
The removal of DR.. Storkan from
the hospital building was also the
subject of discussion but so far no
action has been taken to place the
warning medics on an equality.
KahIe Blasts Ethical Doctors
In a statement full of biting sar-
casm DR.. Kahle takes up and dis
sects the letter of DR.. Storkim, pub
1isbed in the News some time ago.
The letter of the Plentywood hos
nital doctor was III ief f. ly concerned
With "Fthics." DR.. Kahle while ask
mo recommendation for the better
government of the Plentywood ana
Outlook hospitals by placing them uIl
Joy the control of the county, devoCes
Doost Of his communication to the sub
iect of "Ethics," which he cenVenI1s
Sometimes strangles the truth. Ut.
KabIe's statement reads as follows;
sSConsiderable has been written anu
o.,.oaf deal more has been said, re
garding the community ~ nus pi'''-'
CONTINUED on Page Five)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
DefunCt Baker Bank
Returns 20 Per Cent
Loss by Dividends

Miles City-With the return
of signed checks to cover a 10 per
cent dividend from the cOmptrOIl-
ser of currency, Washington, d. c..
a total of 20 per cent will have
been returned to depOsitOrs of the
defunct First National Bank,
Baker, that went into the hands
y of a receiver in May 1924, ac-
cOrding to information received
here. Thomas FOrde, in charge
= of affairs of the institution, has
been authorized to make the fur
ther 10 per cent disbursement it
is said.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
LARD S. OLSON BACK
Is LOOKING FOR Oh

Lard S. Olson, who left Plentywood
in a hurry some time ago after the
Council of Action report disclosed
gross Irregularities in his office is
back again in Plentywood. He is now
hired by Jack Mckee to pull the
"snake in the grass" stuff on farm
ers, whose crop Mckee wants to
grab. When Olson is out in his au-
tomobile in the country he is said to
be looking for oil. Several farmers
are of the opinion THAT he is a veri-
table doodle bug and is sure to find
tiff he works long enough for
Mckee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
SCHLABSZ IS SENTENCED TO
BE HANGED SEPTEMBER 25
Defense Counsel Appeal Case Supreme Court and Ask for
Stay of Executon-H Court Refuses New Trial Pardon
Board May Be Asked to Commute Sentence.

WOLF POINT.-Ferdinand SchIabz, of Ashley, NJ D.
Is years DID, sentenced here be hanged Sept 25 for
the murder OF two middle aged persons The Jury had recon-
mended the death penalty.
Schabsz was sentenced by Judge E. Paul. who decreed
that the execution should take place the Roosevelt county
ial- 1t was the first death penalty in the county
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
CASTOR OIL

CASTOR OIL
The complaint is accompanied bv
an affidavit by Oscar Collins in which
he alleges that he was in possession
of the lands cf Melvin Granrud but
had to leave after he was threatened
by the above named defendants and
given a large dose of Castor Oil.
The complaint further recites that
Judge Leiper gave a decree to the
plaintiff company which ordered the
sheriff to deliver "quiet peaceable
undisturbed" possession of Granrud's
farm. That Oscar Collins entered
into possession but that he had to
leave after receiving a large dose IF
castor oil. There is then a lot of
language to the effect that on account
of said castor oil being injected into
Collins system that the plaintiff
company could not get Granrud's
crop, which they claim should belong
to them and that by reason thereof
they are out the sum of S2,4OO.OO.
ASKS FOR INJUNCTION
They then state that there is "no
plain speedy or adequate remedy at
law for the injuries sustained or
about to be inflicted upon plaintiff by
defendants hereinbefOre mentioned"
and then ask fer the injunction pen
dente lite to keep the above named
men from further interfering with
the plaintiff bank or it's agents or
from giving them castor oil, etc.
HOW OSCAR GOT A DOSE
The complaint, which is very anus
ing, contains the following para
graph which states how "vile, noxious
and injurious medicines, to-wit:
large and injurious doses of castor
oil" was given to Oscar Collins and
how he was forced to Swallow, drink
and take into his system large doses
of same" 1t reads:
(which writ was by said sheriff
served upon the defendant Melvin E.
Granrud, and that thereafter the
plaintiff herein by and through its
agent, o. J. Collins, entered upon and
assumed possession cf said lands and
premises, and that the defendants
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
AMUSING AFFIDAVIT IS FILED BY OSCAR

On Friday, August g. complaint was flied by the
and Merchants State Bank of New Um Minnesota
through their agent and Onsad Greer their attorneys ask
ing tor restraining order against Melvin E. Granrud IT, c.
Farmhouse, A. ~ Wankle, Ed Hannah John Keller lanes
F. Porter Melvin Evenson, Gust Blank Harry Hoffman, John
roey, T. A. Abbott John Jorgensrud and various other
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
School District Levies

Attention is called to the list of
levies eff the various school districts
of Sheridan county on page 8 of this
issue. These levies were asked for
by the boards of trustees and have
been approved by the board of county
commissioners.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
KENT SHOW

The Kent Show will not be in Plen-
tywood this week on account of an
engagement at Opheim. The follow
ing week, however, they are coming
into town, where the popular play
"Tobey's New job" will be presented.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
DR.. KahIe SarcasticaIIy Refers
To ''Ethics" Of Medical Men
Outlook ChrOpractOr Says Truth Should Not Be Sranged
By Professional Rues-Is in Favor of County Control
of Outlook and Plentywood Hospitals Poor
Should Have Opportunity to Regain Health.

With the expression Of his opinion the hospital
county with the exception of Dr. Cloud of Medicine Lake and
Dr. Fawcett From all appearances the controversy
an end although it already productive good
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
MUSIC OF BINDER AND SEPARATOR
SUPPLANTS THAT OF THE RADIO.

crop Nearly All Cut in Southern Part of County-Thresh
Crews VIII Work in North Field Next Wae. Cron A.,
erages II to Is BusheIs-Bain Brought First Load to
Fentywood for Which He Received ST. 81 per Bushel-
Elevator Men Predict Smaller Protein Premiums This
year. ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
CLAIM THEY CANNOT
Get GRANRUD'S CROP

Farmers and Merchants Bank of New Um Whose Agent is
McKee, Filed Complaint Asking For Restraining Order
on its HireIngs-'No Plain, Adequate or Speedy Rem
edy at Law" against Castor Oil They State
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

The first load of wheat brought to Pentood was hauled
the Progressive Farmers Club Elevator last Tuesday by
n Baln who lives five miles of town He received
9I9I per bushe His wheat No. dark Northern test
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

THE MINNEAPOLIS I R l B U n E
nd several other Twin City papers
aro al,o All 'het up because a crop
@rabber got a dose of castor oil in
t5bis meek Of the woods" The Tri-
bnne. two weeks ago, in an article
gifb a big black heading, infers that
tbere is condition of "ODen rebel
lion" in this county and hat the Pro-
Jncers News in a scare head states
that "Leiper's writs do not run in
Sheridan County" and then darkly
Limits that the Militia may be brought
Mt this district o help collect
money for the loan sharks of Min
nesota. This ali goes to show what
the greedy loan sharks of Minneap-
oils would like to- have done. As far
as the farmers of Sheridan County
are concerned they say; Let the
Militia Come" ] saw the Militia
come into But one time when the
miners were on strike. | saw them
officered by some of the greatest
scoundrels in the State of Montana.
7 saw them pull Outrages that would
make the Black and Tans respecta-
bic in comparison. But they proved
that you cannot mine copper with
bavonets or that respect for law can
NOT be enforced at the point of a
GUN. And I lived to see the same
state Militia go out of Butte after
the Supreme Court Of this S t e
handed down a decision stating that
they had no right to usurp the rights
Of the civil authorities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

The body of Robert Todd Lincoln
SO, last of President Abraham Lin
coins immediate family, viii soon
be placed in the Lincoln tomb, near
that of his illustrious father, at
Springfield, Ill. He passed away
while asleep in his summer home
at Manchester, Vt, last week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

The importation of the state Militia
proved to the mining companies of
Butte that it takes more than uni-
formed riflemen to dig copper. The
Loan Sharks of Minneapolis will find
that they cannot raise wheat with
bayOnets. They will also learn that
the injection of castor oil into the
systems Of their agents and enierg-
encymen is the most humane treat
ment ever administered to people
guilty of such anti-sOcial crimes.
The Loan Sharks of Minneapolis, in
their dealings with the farmers of
Northeastern Montana have resort
ed to the lowest tricks of legal leg
erdemain that the diabOlical ingen-
uity of man could conceive of. There
is no O'her part of the state, or the
United States. where a man is inter-
fered with during the period of re-
demptiOn. There is no other part of
the United States. where respectable
lawyers would so demean their pro-
fessiOn, and resort to such shyster
tricks for the grabbing of the land
Of he people as that resOrted to in
and around PlentywOOd. Most of the
proceedings in court such as "writs
of assistance" and such articles
would not stand uD in any court ins
the world if they were contested.
The lawyers here know this but they
try to bluff such writs through. dur
ing he period of redemption, because
they know the defendants are too
poor to put uD an adequate defense.
Such things are a mOckery of justice
and people who have sworn to up
hold the constitution are. by resort
ing to such practices. doing more to
inCulcate disrespect for the law than
all he anarchists who ever landed
on the shores of America.