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New York funds In Montreal t1.40M
psrrnium o $1,000.
Montreal funds In New York $1.I0M
discount a $1,000.
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Retail sales for the month OF
July in the $50 Lggett Drug Stores
operated by the Louis *. tlggett
Company, a subsidiary Of the United
Drug Company, Of Boston, We're
81 .4O1 ,3s4, which compares with
Ss.473.133 for the same month OF
1925, showing an increase OF $685.
900 or over 26 per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Decorations Completed for
State Fair a t He lie n a

HELENA Visitors to the Montana
State Fair at Helena, September 9th
to 18th, will be greeted by the finest
set of decorations ever to have been
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VIKING SHIP SAILS OVER THE ROUTE
TRAVELLED BY FAMOUS LIEF ERICKSON

BOSTON.-Once in 900 years is
enough to sail the Viking course
from Norway to the North Ameri-
can cOntinent-take it from Cap
tain Gerhard FOlgere.
The captain and three companion
NOrsements who put into harbOr in
their tiny 42-fOOt sailing boat after
a 6,400-mile journey that started at
Bergen on May %, have had their
fill of adventure.
They were the first to make the
periIOus voyage since Lief Erick-
son. for whom they named their
craft. When picked up by the coast
guard cutter Redwing off Cape
Ann, their food supply was reduced
to one salt fish and a pound of
coffee, four potatoes and two gal
Ions of water, with Philadelphia
and the sesqui-centennial expOsi-
ton a long way off. Behind them
lay varied and treacherOus dangers.
Three times Captain FOlgere had
exclaimed, owe are gone" an d
three times hope returned.
Three hundred foot icebergs had
threatened to crash the Erickson
ship, locked in the ice pack off
LabradO Fl days, andthen, to cli-
max matters, the ship was caught
in a terrific hurricane. But
through it all the four modern
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Porter, Melvin Evenson, Gust Blank,
Harry Hoffman, John J. Foley, John
Jorgensrud and divers and various
other persons to the plaintiff un
known, did on or about the oath day
of July 1926, while the plaintiff here
in was in the quiet and peaceable
possession Of said premises, by and
through its agent and representative,
0. j. Collins, they and each of them
then and there being persons who
knew of plaintiffs ownership of said
lands and premises, and of the order
for the issuance of writ Of assistance
hereinbefcre referred to, did in will
full disregard of the said orders of the
District Court aforesaid, and for the
purpose of rendering such orders in
effective and of no avail, and fer the
purpose of defeating the said orders
did against the will ard contrary to
the directions of said plaintiff, its
agents and representative, with force
and violence enter upon said lands
and premises hereinbefore described
and fOrceably and violently seized the
agent and representative of the plain
tiff above named, in possession of
said premises, to-wit: 0. J. Collins,
and bruised, beat and battered the
said o. J. Collins the agent and rep
resentative of plaintiff, administered
to him certain vile, noxious and IN
furious medicines, to-wit: large and
injurious quantities of castor oil,
forcing him, the said o. J. Collins, to
I1aIr1lr oVaI +oIrO syoAn
tenn such large quantities and doses
of said castor oil aforesaid and did
then threaten him, the said Oscar J.
Collins, that if he did not immediate
ly leave said premises, and surrender
the possession thereof, to the said
above named defendants, they would
DO him further grievous physical
injury and that the said defendants
did further threaten and state to the
said o. J. Collins, the agent of said
plaintiff aforesaid, that if he, the
said 0. J. Collins, or any other agent
or representative of the said plaintiff
herein, returned to said premises, OF
sought to interfere with the posses
sion of the said defendants herein
before named herein, or endeavored
to themselves retake and reassume
possession of said premises hereinbe-
fore described, then and in that event
said defendants would so seriously
injure the agent of such plaintiff So
] seeking to take possession, as TO rem
der him incapable of leaving said
premises, at the same time exhibiting
to the said o. J. Collins, while max
ing such threats, rope into which
a moose had been made, and implicitly
threatening the said o. J. Collins
that he, the aforesaid o. J. Collins, OF
any other person acting as agent fol
the above named plaintiff, VINO might
seek to take possession of said prem
ises and lands hereinbefore described
would be by said defendants herein
before named hanged"
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Continued from Page One)
finished in about fourteen days There
are much more engines and thresh-
ing machines in the country this year
than last which is helping to expe-
dite the gathering of the crop ma
terially.
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Race Becomes Keen as the
Princess Contest Nears End

Continued from Pare One)
haps the honor of being elected Queen
Of Montana.
Now All TOgether-Lei's Go
Your friends are ready and willing
to help you only ask them to- Call
them up over the phone and have
them give you credit for their renew
al or fill your name in on the free
coupons or drop them a line telling
them that you are in the race to
win. They want to see you get this
honor. NOW LET'S GO.
Standing of Contestants
Gertie Petersen, 10000.
Dora Enger, $780,
Mildred Juve, LOO.
Gladys Kelly, 1890.
Grace Goodman, 1000.
Lenora Larson, $4,000.
Maude Sherry, $500.
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Valley County Has
Nearly % Million
Assessment Valuation

Glasgow = County Assessor B. H.
COttrell finds that there is So, 947,
GIT in taxable property in Valley
county according to the report made
at the close of the assessment books
last week when the books were turned
over to- the county commissioners.
The county commissioners are still
making adjustments in the assess
ments as found necessary to equalize
the tax burden. They will complete
their work early in August and Clerk
and Recorder Lou E. Bretzke will
then take over the books for the COM
putting of the taxes.
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IN THE LIMELIGHT
Continued from page one)
But a bold peasantry, their cOun-
try's pride
When once destroyed can never be
supplied"


But a Judge was found to do the
dirty work. for the loan sharks.
This imported jurist issued a writ
of assistance. The same judge, when
up for election a few weeks ago, was
confronted, everywhere he went, with
the judicial crime he committed in
Sheridan county. His rape of JUS
tice in the PlentywOOd court house
did not go unpublished for he was de.
feated for the position which has
been his life long ambition to fill.
The mills of the Gods grind slowly,
but they ground this Judge into the
dusf. Oscar Collins became pOssessOr
of Granrud's place in pursuance of
this judges writ and after he got a
little baby medicine he quit. Now
the crop grab bers are looking
for injunction to restrain the
farmers from using any more castor
oil on sharks on this farmers place.
Meanwhile he is getting his crop off
and using the proceeds TO feed clOthe
and shelter his own children instead
of turning it over to the foreign
shark. That is the reason the Twin
City papers, organs of the interests
that exploit, the farmers of the
northwest, raise a howl. Well, let
them howl. A hit dog always
hOWls.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13

put up on any fair grounds in this
state. A contract has been entered
into with an expert en- decorations, ac-
cOrding to Lewis Penwell, president of
the State Fair Board, and this ex-
pert his instructions to prepare the
midway and the main entrance way
in colorful and gala fashion.
The expert employed to decorate
the Montana Fair grounds has had
years of experience in this work and
is the decorator who decorated the
city of Les Angeles a year ago for
the Shrine Convention at that place.
The Fair management has arranged
to have him fix a set of decorations
over the bunch of beautiful shade
trees which are situated just inside
the main entrance.
improvements are being made to
the grounds by crew of carpenters.
New benches around the outside of
the grand stand and dance hall are
being provided for rest places for
visitors who are moving about the
grounds. The Manufacturers Ha
has already been repaired and put in
the best possible shape for those who
take advantage of the opportunity 20
show their wares to the large number
of visitors who come to Helena.
Another improvement VIII c h has
been announced by Lewis Penwell,
is the making of two new gates at
the main entrance. This was decided
upon because of the congestion which
was occasicned last year by the ire
mendous crowd which visited the Fair
on Labor Day and on Thursday of
Fair week. Drive-ways are to be
made to the new gates and all three
are to be opened all Fair week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Troy Laundry Man
Moves to Glasgow

E. M. Morton, proprietor of the
Troy steam laundry, plans to move
his business to Glasgow. He will oc-
cupy headquarters in the Dignan
building on Third street south. He
expects to be in Glasgow in about
three weeks. Mr.. Morton has been in
the laundry business in Troy eight
years. The recent removal of the
Great Northern terminal from Troy
and the fact that Glasgow once more
is division point, caused the change.
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herein u. G. Farmhouse, A. N. Wank-
lie, Edward Hannah, Harvey Nichols,
Melvin E. Granrud, John Keller, J. E.
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Progressive Farmers Are
Organizing in Minnesota

R. B. French organizer for Mime
sofa, writes that he is organizing in
Kittson county now and has institut-
ed a council every night the past
week. Every meeting has been crowd
ed with farmers who want to hear
about the new secret organization.
And a good local is signed up at each
meeting. Two new organizers have
been secured and other counties will
be entered at once. Many counties
have asked for organizers and as fast
as they can be secured Minnesota
will be organized in the Progressive
Farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Friday, Aug 10, ls,.

Eueggsuegar' another pI.,.
The average price was sb 5p last wee,
The county agent, Mr.. o.ts so'o
ed that a few sheep on eDsoS' STAT
would be a good thinp be very fan
help to clean up any wasto ''uSe he
to control wild oats and weed ar' heI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
Sheep and Wool
Increase Recommended

Sheep and wool are beginning to
plav a prominent part Of the agricul
tural life of Sheridan county. just
recently, Pete Marion, an old inhabi-
tant of brentwood shipped one fourth
million pounds of wool to the East.
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Farmers of N. E. Montana
Harvesting Best Crop in u. S.

Continued from Page One)
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Crop Grabbers Want
Injunction N o w

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Vikings chung tenaciOusly to life
and weathered the elements. -
The boat will go on exhibition at
the sesqui-centennial exposition in
Philadelphia after provisioning here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-08-13
School District Levies

The following list of leves for the various school dis
cts of Sheridan County, asked for by the Boards of s
tees and approved bv the Board of County
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James Mills Hits
Back at Defense
Theory on Staying

soMERvILLE. N. T., Dec. a.
James Mills. widower. hAtchet-faced
and dry-eyed. retorted today to the
intimation in the summation Of de-
tense counsel Robert n. McCarter
that more evidence exists to indi-
cate him than to indicate the de-
.fendants on trial aa the murderer
OF his wife and the Rev. Edward
w. Hall.
Meantime the defense counsel as
serted that its offer to turn the
evidence 1t has toward solving the
murder over to the State still
stands.
Mills said:
Those people have always tried
to hang the crime on me. They
want to protect themselves, and
they don't seem to care who they
accuse, as long IS they aren't the
accused persons.
"I never suspected the relations
that existed between my wife and
the Rev. Hall. II / had suspected,
I would have done nothing more
than go to Mr.. Hall and remon.
strate with him.
''If that wouldn't have done any
good, I would have taken it up with
the church vestry, or the bishop,
but kill him-no!"
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mrs. HALLS FLAYE D.
ASGU|LTYPARTY

ct don't believe this jury viii
kick out in 20 minutes q case that
has taken q month to try"
Applying his charge that justice
was ''chloroformed'' four years ago
by the local authorities, Simpson
said:
.'That grand jury didn't have the
courage Of, its convictions. 1t was
afraid to act. It was hushed up, and
Somerset county had to pay the cost
and 1t has to pay again"
stThis murder" said Simpson,
happened four years ago and for
four years there was no indictment.
Did you ever hear OF such g thing
mo indictments for four years?'
Simpson then referred to the in
vestigation OF the murder four years
ago and pointed out what he termed
a "laxity" Of the authorities.
''WilIie and Henry Stevens made
statements at that time, but the
statements were never signed" he
declared. cit became necessary to
obtain statements from these men.
The case was not properly chloro-
formed and something had to be
s.In 1929 Mrs. Gibson was talked to
by the authorities. She told them
her story. But what did they do?
They laid it over. Justice wa.
Iynched."
Simpsons voice rose and he
pounded on the table as he made
this declaration.
Simpson called Senator Clarence
z. Cases contention that Mrs. Glib
son might have committed the muir
der Of the Rev. Edward w. Hall
and Mrs Eleanor Mills as foolish. !"
Tt was q. dannably silly state
ment," cried Simpson.
you might just as well have said
that Mrs. Gibson's mule, Jennie,
committed the murder"
A note Of irony crept into Sinp-
sons voice az he said:
They said that Mrs. Gibson was
once in circus. suppose she
off a .32-caIibre revolver"
This satirical remark drew q burst
of laughter from the courtroom. The
courtroom was packed to the doors
by one Of the largest crowds that so
far had attended the trial.
Bought Their Way Out
''Why wasn't there any indictment
four years ago?" demanded Simpson.
Because somebody bought their way
out. There's no doubt about that.
The cheap politicians have been
hostile to this case. There's a good
reason"
Simpson dropped his voice and in
a quiet manner informed the elderly
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The RoOd O0ng rings clear for the
Good Fellows. Lock Into the matter.
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| husband. It was no commercial
marriage between them. Perhaps
he was a hypocrite. but Mrs. Hall
wouldn't swear to It.
'tAnd when DR.. Hall didn't re.
turn, she didn't even rap twice on
his door to see IL he were in. She
went over to the church. she says.
at 2:30 in the morning. to look for
him. Did she call no the l1ospitals2
No. But she called I'M the police
station and asked IL there were any
casualties Mark that casualties
In Mortal Hell
Then she called ON Jimmy Mills.
Why?
"she was in mortal hell over the
- why don't they find the bodies?'
she kept asking herself.
"I tell you. gentlemen, this wo-
man is q cold FLOODED murderess. =
AcquittaI Expected
Nearly everybody who has fol
lowed the case il anticipating :
verdict of not guilty. SimpsoB
himself virtually tossed in the
towel the other day in making
motion for a mistrial when he de,
clared the case might az well have
been tried before IL trees as the
present jury,
Simpson declares, however, that
.Af the jury aequits, he viii appear
before the supreme court in Trenton
and ask for foreign jury to try
the same defendants on the charge
or numbering tho Rev. Mr.. Hall
They are now on trial on the indict,
ment charging the murder Of Mrs
Mills.
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Continued from Page -

ks%0AAsN@1S-OSA -
hurry, now ana then pounding the
table, mercilessly fIayed the au.
khorities of Somerset and Middlesex
counties, who, he charged, failed to
10 their duty four years ago.
1T was a cover-up," he snapped.
aThe case was covered up. In 1922
Mrs. Jane Gibson told the author
titles who she saw in De Ruasey' s
Lane on the night Of the murder,
and what took place there but did
they do anything? No.
7 tell you, gentlemen, Justice was
lynched."
Simpson assafled the fntimation
Of Senator Clarence e. Case OF the
hefenee that Mrs. Gibson might
have committed the murders as
sdamnably silly
Believes In Jury
''GentIenen of the jury ! hope
you win act according to your hon
est conclusions and ! believe you
win.
az know that your son. Mr.Young
pohn w. Young, Juror DO. q works
for one OF the defense. But don't
think Mr.. Young will let that in
terfere with his honest action.
"I know Mr.. Hope Samuel b.
Hope, juror No. III is q great friend
Ind indebted TO Senator Case, but I
hon't believe that will prevent him
rUm acting 40 he thinks he should.
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Of GIRL
IS SOUGHT
lcontinued from Page u

NN<OAASAAAeADS - AAA = .e1E9C ~
and waiting to hear the report Of the
autopsy. Awe and 4 certain vague
fear was written upon their br0nzed
faces. They are unused to tragedy.
Death I'm Crawford county usually is
4 natural act Of God. Here they had
the awful spectacle Of swift and
mercileas murder.
Erdman, Gale College student and
son Of 4 wealthy tobacco planter,
had been Clara's sweetheart for two
years. 1T was generally believed
here they were engaged to be mar
ried. So when the young couple dis
appeared, September 3, they were
thought to have elopeds but ErdTnan
returned to his classes at Gale Col
lege two weeks later. The girl did
not return.
Erdtnan then disappeared again
and has not been seen since. Last
Monday the girls father had war
rant sworn out for Erdman's arrest,
charging murder.
Yesterday the girls body was
found, buried on Battle Ridge.
Albert Olson, Erdman's father
said he had received q letter from
his sen, postmarked this city, in
WHICH GA1UA1lAu 8bAkSA Nv W0b4A ~
turn home only in coffin"
Olson. when informed Of the find
ing OF the girls body, said:
1T looks bad, I'll admit. But I'm
confident that my son did not do
this"
A roadster owned BY Erdrnan OIL
son was seized.
A door on the automobile is'said to
bear q dark brown spot, which IL to
analysed soon. Some believe it Is
q stain left by b poisonous plant
spray, and these suspect such poison
may have caused the girls death.
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jury that when he asked for a mis-.
trial the other day he had not i'm.
pugned the character OF the jury.
Il simply gave the court the facts
that had been called to my atten.
ton. But I want to say to you,
gentlemen, that there can't be any
Commute verdict in this case and
there can be no verdict of acquittal.' =
Gilbert Van Doren, owner Of the
Colonial Hotel. where the jury is
Quartered, charged In his affidavit
concerning the jury that one Of the
jurors remarked to him that they
wouldn't take 20 minutes to reach
a verdict1
Mrs. Hall was jealous Of Mrs.
Mills-she had listened over the
telephone and heard Mrs. Mills. that
evening. make an appointment with
her husband" said Simpson. $50
that night she went to the spot
with the letter.
Mrs. Mills Fine Looking
MRS. Mills was a fine looking
woman. Some people say she was
a harlot. Don't believe that. A
harlot does not wear cheap cotton
stockings" (holding the dead wo-
mans apparel up before the jury.
Then Simpson turned to & de-
scription of Mrs. Hall.
Mrs. Hall was well educated,
poised and cunning. She never
suspected there was anything be-
tween Mrs. Mills and her husband,
she said. Nonsense, say"
Simpson attacked the story Mrs.
Hall told OF trying to find her hus-
band the night he was missing.
Mrs. Hall loved her minister
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to any other two concerng?9 hs
was asked.
mo sir. |"
When Balm was excused Harry
"A. Harley, purchasing agent for the
Pan American, was called by the
defense.
Harley told of having sought cor.
struction pi&Ses on oil storage tanks
in November, 1921, under instruc-
tons from Doheny and was excused
Rear Admiral T.. y. Gregory.
chief or the Bureau OF Yards ana
Docks, testified that when he went
into the Bureau in 1922, he found
plans had been made for oil stOr-
age at Hawaii to the am0lnt u
500, 900 barrels.
Gregory did not favor the plans
ana had a new set OF specifications
drawn up. He testified the Interior
Department had nothing to do with
this work.
With aid OF q huge map Gregory
showed the jury the physical details
Of the Pearl Harbor oil storage
project. Hogan insisted on this over
Government objection, as he wanted
the jury to have q picture OF the
project as unit Of national defense.
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eral should be obtained. He should
put into writing what understand
he said verbally and informally in
favor OF the department"
In another part Of the letter Balm
had said:
None of US want to get Mr..
Doheny into trouble. 1t was pro-
posed that one Of the smaller com
panies go into court, but this was
not done.''
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Issues Notice

It was . legal notice, formnl and
brief, sent to newspapers from the
office Of Chaplin's attorney, LlOxi
Wright, setting forth that the
motion picture star would be no
longer responsible for his wife's
debts. She had left him, the
notice declared.
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Balm LINKS fall
WITH LEASES
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ing Balm couldn't remember, =
whereupon Roberts would read from
Bain's testimony last year in the
civil suit in California.
Roberts scored heavily when he
introduced a letter Balm wrote 10
Fall in May, 1922, several weeks
after the Pearl Harbor contract was
signed with the Doheny interests.
1.-The Standard Oil and General
Petroleum have now become posi-
tive the matter Is not legal" wrote
Balm.
THE opinion OF the Attorney Gen.
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Joint Offer Proposed

At one point in the cross examine
ton Balm made reference to Score
tary Doheny." The court room
laughed and Balm explained he
meant Secretary DenDy.'
Roberts developed that In Jan.
uary, 1922. several months. before
bids were asked, Balm had sug.
gested that the Doheny controlled
Pan American Company and the
y. G. White engineering Corpora
ton submit q joint offer on the
Pearl Harhor project.
did you make such q proposal
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''Hicks By Xix"

Clerk: Would pan like to
see some nice mole skin GOATS,
Nam?
Hfckess: Mole skin costs?
Why, 4 didn't know naoles
grew that big!