The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-02-04

bulk of the taxes and got none Of the
big state jobs were having their day.
The Eastern Montana republicans re-
gard the election of Davis as only the
beginning. They are after bigger
game. They think the next Governor
should come from the Eastern count
les and they have already partially /
selected their man. That man is JOHN
Schnitzler, State Senator from Roos-
evelt County and biggest Individual
wheat grower in Montana. They
claim he measures up to anything the
West has to offer in Gubernatorial
timber.
Schnitzler Looms Big.
Schnitzler is a self made man, the
very breath of the Prairies of East
ern Montana He is the greatest in
dividual success and by his own I'M
aided efforts. Twenty-four years ago
John Schnitzler took up a homestead
near Froid. Today he is the biggest
wheat grower in Montana. He is
reported to be worth from $750,000 to
$1,000,000 and he made it all out of
the soil of Montana. True he has en-
gagged in banking in later years but
his bank is but an adjunct to his farm
ing operations and is run as much as
an accommodation to the people Of the
t'roid community as profit making
private concern. Yet the Schnitzler
Bank of F'rOid is the safest and best
country banking institution in Mon
tana. Senator Schnitzler is a kind
of benevolent despct in Eastern
Roosevelt County. He aids the farm
ers to help themselves because he
understands farming and his neighb-
ors all swear by him. He has never
been known to forclose a mortgage
or to take a mean advantage of one
of his customers. While other bankers
hang the words of the golden rule in
their places of business, Schnitzler
/ puts it into practice. His friends in
the republican party say that he is
the ideal candidate for Governor on
the Republican ticket Linked with
republican candidate for Senator from
the west, they say he would have
walk away. Montana is looking for
men today who have made a success
of their own business. Montana is
looking for man. who has come up
from the soil and understands the
problems confronting the people of
the great open spaces, to fill the
Governors chair. Montana wants
man who has enough money so that
the brides of the big interests do not
prove an attraction to him yet has
enough executive ability to mango the
business of a great state. A farmer
instead of a lawyer in the Governors
chair would be a change the people
would like. Republicans say that
Schnitzler is such a man and that his
nomination would practically mean
his election. The Roosevelt Senator
has as yet refused the opportunities
of his friends to throw his hat in the
ring but he may yet succumb to the
popular demand for his candidacy
He is taking an earnest and practic-
al interest in the affairs of the state
as Legisltor. He may be moved to
go further
He Jokes Too Much
Sen. Tom Larson of Teton County
is wading through the dull drudgery
of the State Senate this time because
he has his weather eye on the Gov
errors chair. Senator Tom will not
set the progressive republican heath
er afire for he is known as stand
patter and a Jokesmith A good
story teller would make an ideal
candidate for the appointment to the
position of Game Warden, but would
hardly be able to snare many votes
in the race for Governor. The dear
people would regard his candidacy as
a joke.
Have Their Lightning Rods Ready
At the session of the state legisla-
ture very few bright young men are
demonstrating their fitness for the
congressional nomination this year.
Very few members of the house seem
capable Of staging any political
thunderstorm. But that does not
mean that there are many who have
their lightning rods pointing skyward
and earnestly waiting for the forked
sign to show in the political heavens.
Some of these would ike to balance
+ a pail Of water on both shoulders
without spilling the contents. But
such measures as the Bank Guaran-
tee Law, the fight on the Railroads,
the Foot Gasoline Bill and other pro-
gressive measures will put them in
an awkward position and may mean
their political undoing The state
legislature is a dangerous place fOl
an aspirin~ politician. Many an am
! bilious solon donned his political