The producers news., 1927-12-02
LETTER
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Plentywood, Montana.
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PlentywOod, Montana.
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we nave often written YOU
urging that you send larger volume
OF news from Plentywood and Sheridan
county We have done this because we
regard Sheridan County and PIanfIu,ooJ
more or less as the hub of Northeastern
montana Much development work a
great deal of county work and consider
aOIe other general news has always been
available in Plentywood and ACCORDING
to information received from several eour
ces, we have not been getting all of this.
Ferhaps your affiliations make it i'm
possible Tor you to send all of the news
ana IN the way IN which you might 9th
erWlse submit it. If this is true it is of
course deplorable situation, but one
Wilcn Inc tribune cannot consider
Within the last few weeks there was
BUSINESS mems meeting in Plentywood,
IN which 1O6 convened with the town conn
ell IN an effort, as l understand. to Of
1ect cleanup. 1t also appears that Jack
Bennett, postmaster, was assaulted on the
street recently.
Various raids on bootleg joints and such
news have not been received. The Senator
Wheeler meeting was not handled in sat-
isfactory manner
l am calling your attention to these
I'M ITnlngS, so that you may understand that
Inc Tribune knows what is going on in
a general way We will have to receive
this news in the future or make other ar
rangements for correspondence.
Kindly let me hear from you.
Yours very truly
R. D. WARDEN. State Editor
Our readers will note that the Tribune has il
hat Jack Bennett postmaster, was assaulted on
he streets recently and did not get the story
Now, as matter of fact Jack Bennett was not
ssaulted, but Pete Stewart was assaulted on the
treets by Jack Bennett, postmaster The affair
vas so disgraceful and such reflection on Mr.
5ennett and the postoffice, that the reporte,
hought it best not to send it out The meetino
u the so-called 106 with the town council was
My about 40, and the discussions by the LEADING
peaKers we've so smutty and disgracefu that
ne ladies who were present could not report ii
md send 1t over the wire without exposing them
ewes TO prosecutions for obscenity At this par-
lcular meeting, Jack Bennett, postmaster. in
ulged enthusiastically in these indecencies. for
ne purpose OF shutting the Tribune reporter out
j the meeting. 1t was one Of the most disgrace.
ul affairs ever occurring in the state The edi.
o OF this paper had to exert his utmost Influence
o prevent the husband of one of the ladies nres.
mt from cleaning up' on Mr.. Bennett
The Tribune insists that various raids On boo+
o "N NAS NV 4CpOIISu, ana saws that THE
Wheeler meeting was not handled in "a satisfac.
ory manner" Well, the Tribune got the facts Of
ne Wheeler meeting-if it wants fiction it can
onsult Sen Wheeler and write it in its own office
he writer knows that the Wheeler meeting wa,
ccurately reported because he read the wire be-
ore it went in.
1t will be observed from the very tone Of the
nbune letter, that that paper wants fiction anc
ot Facts 1t wants reports of raids that were
ot made It wants a story to the effect that the
was assaulted instead of the fact tha,
e assaulted some one himself, swearing and howl
ng as only Bennett can. 1t wants story abon,
Wheeler more acceptable to the Tribune and
Fheeler's copper hackers, instead Of the facts
other words it wants dope about gang attacks
n the jail at Williston, or the arrest of hank
obbers at Plentywood, but it don't want the fact
nat the man arrested was not bandit but a
dick dressed in puttees and riding britches.