The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-09-16

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Fa'4S8i "a &4S8iS5s and EVehtS
~ ~ 'l;: 'Gl;r:e3f and Small
concern.
-,,,N AND BRANDJORD are
BO@ @r.ot1eniammer .u-, kids of the Erick-
the h@, h@J,r,inistratiOn. 1t is a gray
'on tbat either Of them does not
Fe5A me NO stunt that is reported in
pun 9oisna Io newspapers. BrandjOrd
iae Ike lie at night and neglects the
ays ~ of his office by day trying to
gun gun ant some way Of getting I'm
Inisl5iordo in the press. Bowman
D'a"I H. ingenuity in the opposite
lsSs s.4ion-and fails. He gets on the
l, ngge when he doesn't want to.
hun fanatic stunts are Just too good
n h passed uD by the reporters.
y u = time AGO he showed his OppOsi-
s% 9, to gambling by grabbing the AK
y, w. ZOOS chores with and sauntering
~ to the State Fair grounds and
JOnolisbing the betting booths. The
.aors ..r denounced this move Of the
ss,rafic old Commissioner of Agri-
.alura and the democrats of Helena
sl1 an Indignation meeting but the
..farmers of the state thought old
Porman was right. He was Carrie
Nation reincarnated. A crusader
against gambling.
since then much beer has flowed Ov-
gtbe bars of the city of Helena and
another state fair is being held. Bow
nan. BY virtue of his office, is in
charge. He bans betting on horse
races but gives gambling concessions
10 every kind of faker and three card
man he could find in the country.
Paddle wheels, betting systems, blan-
ket roulette wheels, Japanese roll
BAN games and other gambling sys-
TENS. devices and paraphernalia for
hidden BY state law and frOwned up
on by the public were openly used at
The Fair, by the permission of Bow
man. Bowman could not easily get
rake Off on the pari mutuel bet
ting machines. He could on the kind
Of gambling allowed at the last state
fair. We are not saying Bowman is
crooked but we think he is unfit for
the important office he holds. If
"Flathead John" persists on keeping
this old fOgey on the public payroll
he will find that he will be- a mill
stone around his neck at the next
election. And John wants to be Gov
emOr for four more years mighty
bad.
THE TlNHORN" is the title of a
political novel published in MinnesO-
"a by A. n. Jacobs, former manager
Of Senator Tom SchaI. The author.
Sho lived the life OF politician him
self. takes the reader behind the
scenes and shows him how the game
Is beng played in a great state and
how little the people have to do
With the outcome He shows how
experts in the science of politics ma
nIpulate voters as if they were
wooden men On a chess hoard
and he pictures how the agents
o. big business put their can
gaa'es on different tickets and col
le'i afterwards by making Senator's
ana Governors turn over to them the
property Of the public. The double
g5Osslng' y the duplicity, the strange
discrepancy between what the pOIifi-
gan thinks in private and saws in
Puoilc Is shown. What "Reyelrv' Is
y national politics "The TinhOrn'' is
~ y slale affairs except that the LAT
'fl u Is truer to life. Big nOIiticaI
;s'd,rscters, :; U, who now live and move
NJ NJ. minnesota. strut across its Dages.
ll, -ue,l connection with the under
M pOlla and big business is painted
als 0i.. picture on a screen. While the
:. tO. OI the story is laid in Minneso-
...,, % you can find politicians who re-
syavr U'e TN. .ne characters in the book in
s'gTy !, Ts state. You can see Wheeler
Il r.. i4g NJ Unborn" and Roy Allev or
=, ..4 = nGoOms in ANDY Collier" fix-
Tivi;. ~ Dig business. Jacobs book is a
5,r dung grey revealing scenario of present
sas political life and shows how the
5oI anne Is played. The price is two
"a 'ais :, ana 1t can be had by writing
n Mn \ n Jacobs. 2S2 Sexton BLDG
minneapolis, Minn. Dius7
TIa,, IIE STATE PRESS ASSOCIA.
vi ,o-' Is meeting in Great Falls this
49,: ~. Amongst the features of the
RaiDSOn RrI'On are gridirOn dinner at the
giya1 'Tn y motel and a basket lunch"
!, S,''1 oy the Montana Power Comma
ia 3, senator B. X. Wheeler is adyer-
Al 10 as one OF the star attractions
,o,., i .aese affairs. l, as a Montana
\ ~ editor, have also been invit-
nan IL \. would like to attend the Grid.
h ~ nal DlDaer and mingle with a group
4 fr;a' sl' many Of whom are person.
5el5 5i''snOs' !; But the dinner is being
aho, III "a, q place unfair to Organized
1otsI. & Wheeler may patrOnize scah
lot s so;a and eating joints, but I am
vino sung ! = to change now after car.
Sorrs S . Union card for twenty wears.
Dip5s. | cannot be at the Gridiron
ny tribo out l believe in sticking with
ro,.
.utior LoM MNEY is as much an ;nst;
nonumol,.B op N Butte as the Marcus ' DaIv
Wbet5"sn or the Anaconda m;no &
nan Il you meet an oId-time Ruttc
along = ,b me canyons of Chicago or
always rue ref slope Of the Pacific he