Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-06-03

(By Our Helena Correspondent
After hearing evidence, Attorney
General l.. A. Foot now has before him
the decision rs to whether the Gala
tin Valley Milling company, In an ef-
fort to drive f.. +. Lewis nut Of busi-
ness, or Lewis, in an effort to corner
the grain OF that locality. was respon-
sible for boosting wheat prices at
Brady, Pondera county.
On complaint OF Lewis against the Gal
latin company. General Foot called a
hearing q few days ago. On Lewis be-
half. George Bast, superintendent for the
Gallatin company in Montana. the COM
pany's agent at Power. Agawam and
Brady, three truckers who delivered grain
to the Gallatin at Brady on certain days
last fall. Manuel Schlepp. Brady farmer,
j. Josephson. station agent and farmer
at Brady, and Lewis himself were wit
nesses.
The company called only Bast and
Thomas B. Rowe, its buyer at Brady.
Row and Bast Deny
Rowe met with a fiat denial the testi-
mony OF Schlepp that Rowe offered him
more money than anyone else If / would
keep 1T covered up-keep 1T to myself"
sation with Josephson. by whom he was
quoted as saying: There probably will
be somebody else than Lewis running
Brady shortly" Josephson said this
comment came at the end OF a long "lec-
ture" and that he asked Bast, do you
think you'll break him?" and that Bast
replied. w might" Bast said his con-
versation was with reference to Joseph
sons complaint against Rowe and that
Lewis was not mentioned.
Bast, who was the principal witness,
testified, as did his agents. that prices
at Brady. Agawam and Power were based
on Minneapolis quotations. coupled with
Nz.tAt~ I-~~- $3.50
ity OF the wheat, protein content, ter
minal discounts, as we'll as freight diff
ferences and competitive conditions. He
said 1t was found necessary to continue
to pay premiums at Brady to meet COM
petition Of Dutton n Conrad.
Price Variation Cited
Lewis case was based mainly on loads
of wheat taken from the same bin and
delivered simultaneously to the Gallatin
elevators at Brady. Power and Agawam
with a variation in price not accounted
for by the l cent heavier freight which
it was testified Agawam bore over the
other two points.
1t was testified that in Brady, Lewis
handled about 225, 900 bushels, the
Equity company about 1876, 900 bushels
and the Gallatin about As, 900 bushels.
L.. B. McMullen, dean of the School OF
Education at the University Of Kentucky
has been selected as president OF the new
Eastern Montana State Normal school a.
Billings. He will assume the position
July /.
Montana's livestock rates are expected
to come up for examination at a hearing
to be held by the interstate commerce
commission at Salt Lake, June 30, an
nounced at Washington recently. The
investigation is launched under the Hokt
Smith resolution, which also Is respon'
sible for the grain rate hearings now
being conducted throughout the west
and middle west.
Highway construction projects totalinG
81 ATT, 732.61, calling for federal-statt
financial cooperation have been submit
ted on behalf of the Montana highway
commission to the secretary of the inte'
rior through the Montana district offics
Of the federal bureau of public roads
The amount is within less than 1923 ,00t
OF the total allotted to Montana for the
biennium ending June 80. 1927. Pro
posals for construction of the Polsor
bridge, authorized by the department
and calling for expenditure of Gill ,00t
OF federal funds, have been sent to Wash
ington for department approval.