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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Goverent Conference With
Wool Cooperatives to Be
Held At Washington

conference OF representatives of
wool cooperative marketing organiza-
lions and officials of the Department
OF Agriculture is to be held at Wash
ingtOn, February II, for the purpose
OF developing a research and service
program on the cooperative market
ing of wool, by the recently created
Division of Cooperative Marketing.
Invitations to the conference have
been sent to all the leading wool CO :
operative organizations, and the re-
Plies to date indicate wide interest.
1t IS the first conference to be held
under the Cooperative Marketing law
enacted by Congress to make possible
further study of the cooperative mar
keting of farm products.
The conference follows closely up-
on Secretary Jardine's appointment
Of j. F. Walker, as consulting spe-
cialist for special work on wool mar
keting for the coming year or eigh-
teen months. Mr.. Walker has been
Secretary and Field Manager of the
Ohio Wool Growers Cooperative AS
ISOLATION since 1918, and has been
granted leave of absence by the Ohio
organization for the term of his Gov
eminent appointment.
Among the subjects for discussion
at the conference are an ANALYSIS of
current problems in the cooperative
marketing of wool, a discussion OF
organization methods, and recommen-
dations to the Division of Coopera-
tive Marketing as to how the division
can best serve the interests of WOO
producers. A research and service
program will be developed at the
meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Senate Votes 1883 To Gust F. L. Smith
VIM. HASS INTERVIEWED
AT GREAT FALLS
Sheridan County Farmer Says Con-
ditiOn of Soil is Improved over
That of Winter Months in 1875.

Great Falls.-Belief that soil con.
ditions in the northeast portion OF
the state are better than at the same
time a year ago was expressed here
Sunday by William Hass of Outlook
one of the Hass brothers, who oper-
ate approximately $500 acres of land
in that area.
Mr.. Hass stated that in the winter
of 1926 there was little snow which
permitted much of the soil on farm
lands to be blown away. Snow COW
ers virtually all Of the county at the
present time, he said, and should
keep the soil in good condition for
the spring crops.
The Hass brothers have what IS
believed to be the largest farming
activities in the northeast area and
one of the largest in the entire state.
They put only about one-third OF
their land in crop each year and make
a practice of blowing in the summer,
leaving the land idle to collect mois-
ture until the following spring.
Spring wheat and oats are the prin-
cipal crops. Summer following is an
absolute necessity on much of the
non-irrigated land of the state in Mr.,
Hass' opinion.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28

Reed of Pennsylvania, Sackett, Schall,
Shortridge, SmOot, Wadsworth, War
rem and Weller-29.
Democrats = Blease, Overm IN,
Smith of South Carolina, and Steck
A.
Against Seating Smith
Republicans-Capper, COuzen
Dale, Frazier, Goff, Johnson, Jones
of Washington, LaFollette, McNary,
Norbeck, Norris, Nye, Robinson of
Indiana, Stewart and Willis-15.
Observation-Disclosures, Bayard, Brat
ton, Carraway, Copeland, Dill, Ed
wards, Ferris, Fletcher, George, Ger
ry, Glass, Harris, Harrison, Halves,
Helfin, Jones of New Mexico, Ken
drick, Mcclellan, Mayfield, Nicely,
Pittsman, Ransdell, Robinson of Ar
kansas, Sheppard, Stephens, Swan
son, Trammell, Tyson, Walsh of Mas
sachusetts, Walsh of Montana and
Wheeler-32.
Farmer-LabOr-Shipstead-1.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
PRO-
TESTS G. N. RICHEY
TO CIRCLE BRANCH


Washington, Jan. PA pro-
test against the Great Northern
railroad project to construct ap-
prOXimately 40 miles of new line
from Richey to Circle in Mon
tana was made to the insterstate
commerce commission today by
the receiver of the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad.
The Milwaukee has plans for
extensive construction in eastern
Montana adjacent to the project
ed Great Northern extension the
protest said, and considers the
Great Northern should not be
allowed to go ahead. at least I'M
til it agreed to give the Milwau-
kee joint opportunity to use the
new branches.
Great Falls residents believe
this confirms a recent report
which told of the Milwaukee's
plan to build a main line from
Saugus to Winnett. thence thru
Great Falls and west through
: Lincoln to the main line at Bon
ner.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28

the WoOlgroWerS made a very nCeA-
esJlng aIuer-dlnner talk, reserVlng
the "neavy sUut1" for the sessions OF
his organization.
Governor Erickson staged his en-
trance about the time the guests were
all feeling the warm glow induced
by the red wine served as an appeClz-
er at the banquet. The cheering was
very high when the Governor walked
pompOusly towards the platform, but
the famous Boston and Montana
Dand struck up Montana" The fine
tune brought the crowd to its feet
and "FlatheaG John" walked to the
stage with his saved face illuminat-
ed with benevolent smile. Respond
! ing to the toast of Montana" ne
delivered practically the same speech
hundreds of Rotarians have heard IN
different parts Of the state during
the past two years. There was, how
ever, change in the last part, which
he read to the audience.
]. Rabbit" Kremer Talks
j. Bruce Kremer, prospective can
didate on the democratic ticket, for
the United States Senate, delivered a
enthusiastically polished Grafton, on
the subject of Butte" He did not
confine himself to Butte particularly
but repeated much of what the Gov
ernor said about Montana, evidently
thinking the subject covered by the
Chief Executive required the embel-
Iishment of his Kentucky elOquence
His speech did not go down as well
as the other refreshments so well
served because the audience from
other states felt that the time spent
, on extolling the virtues of life il
Montana could be more appropriated!
used in letting some of the people
know that God also sent some of hi
chosen people to other states.
Jardine Makes Hit.
1t was twelve o'clock and many
of those present had put ON their
hats and coats preparatory to going
, homo when the Secretary of Agri-
culture was called on to address
the audience. The. Cabinet Min
:, lister made the shortest speech of
!. the evening but it went over big
because he Immediately got down
\ to the prOsaic level of common
III ldCbs ftlLCA RAOW SAoO AAN w 0G
h to be back in a state where he rode
j the range and led the life of a
. ranchman he told some interesting
# things about the economic fOunda.
ton of the prosperity of the state
He said the matter with Montana
/ was that the money produced in the
a state went to enrich other places
m He suggested that means should bt
- found to utilize the raw ma
~ terials of this state and turn then
N into finished products here. ThiI
10 he said would build up the cities
i of the state and give employment
= to its people as well as increas
N the number of homes and churches
II The mineral from the bowels o
ii the earth would bring added wealtl
- to Montana if it were turned int
10 the manufactured product at tn
- point of production and the woo
from the backs of the sheep cOul
az just as well be turned into cloth i
- WOllen Mills located within tn
~ Treasure State as in those of NeV
lie England. Jardines speech was flu
he Of good suggestions and was we
- received"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
REHEARING FOR
SCOPES TO BE ASKED

Rehearing of the Scopes evolution
case will be asked for at once it was
announced by Arthur Garfield Hays,
following the decision Of the Tenne-
ssee supreme court on January IS,
unfolding the constitutionality of the
the anti-evolution law. The decision
against John T. Scopes, Dayton, Ten
nessee, school teacher convicted of
teaching evolution, was reversed on
the ground of technical flaw. The
flaw consisted in the judges fixing
a fine of more than $50 without sub
uniting the matter to the jury.
Mr.. Hays gave grounds for his pc
tition the fact that 1.-TWO out of the
four supreme court judges decided
Scopes was not guilty of violating
the law and that the case should be
heard by new bench; and that there
IS an advantage in testing the law in
this case in which there is great pub
lie interest, rather than to do so IN
another case" Mr.. HAYS said that
the decision of the court in revers-
ing the case on a technicality and the
recommendation that the case be mol
le pressed made it ''look a little as
though the court was not anxious to
have the case, go any further
The opinion of the supreme court
was delivered by Chief Justice Green
and concurred in by Justices Cook
and Chambliss, Justice McKinnev
dissented, holding the statute invalid
for uncertainty of meanings As mn
derstood by Justice Chambliss fhe
law IS aimed merely at teaehino de-
NAL Of divine origin and Goes not
prohibit teaching the scientific the
DRY Of evolution as gradual devel-
opment of life upon earth ,5ndo ~ ~ - !
direction of a divine creator The
law, IN his opinion, was aimed Of mo-
terlalism rather than evolution M
Hays pointed out that althonoh +ba
supreme court upheld the CLARITY Of
the law the four justices cave three
distinct interpretations of It ~ =
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
MONTANA WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

With less than six per cent of the
worlds land area and less than seven
per cent of the worlds population,
the United States is doing more than
half of the worlds business.
Billings-Babcock Theater to cost
$4,000 for remodeling, will seat 14OO
Butte-Anaconda Copper Mining
Company paid 1926 dividends of So
$4,000.
Montana's gold, silver, copper, lead
and zinc in 1926 was worth S57. $685.
10. inc was worth 100000
Great Falls-Electrolytic zinc plant
here was overcrowded all through
1926.
Observation-Disclosures will install
complete electrical switch yeards
here.
CHARACTERIZATION Petroleum Com
pany of Seattle will drill several oil
wells on Osthoff farm.
Great Falls-Belt highway to be
resurfaced for - miles costing $40
600. ~
Montana post offices had $4,92S.-
S2f postal savings, June 80, with
9,445 depositors.
Red Lodge leads the state with
So5O per depositor in postal deposits.
Roundup is second with S715 per de-
posltor. The state average is $780, so.
Great Falls Montana Muskrat
breeders, Inc, starts great fur farm
on Travis Slough, southwest of here.
Livingston II New Elk's Lodge
building viii be national monument
to the order.
Andrew Oniholt spent a few DAYS
IN Plentywood this week attending to
BUSINESS matters in connection with
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(Conunued from page One)
nate themselves as Farmer-Laborltes
at all times, and were asked to work
under the direction of the Farmer
Labor Association, an organization
within the legal Farmer-Labor Party
which will make up the policies and
modes of action of the Party.
This conference also took the IN
itial step in calling together ma
tion-wide convention of representa-
tives of Farmer-Labor Associations
and Parties in Minnesota, North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho,
Illinois, Oklahoma and any other pro-
gressive movements willing to sub
scribe to the principles and declara-
tions of bona fide Labor Party
with the view of working out a COM
mon program of action in the inter
est of the farmer-labor political
moveemnt. Such a Convention will
be recommended to the coming March
convention of the Farmer-Labor AS
ISOLATION to lay the foundation for
national party and national ticket
and campaign in the 1928 elections.
Kellogg Raped
Secretary of State Frank B. Kel-
logg, st. Paul corporation lawyer and
former United States senator from
Minnesota, beaten in the 1923 cleo
lions by Magnus Johnson, was given
a rap when his policy of intervention
and imperialistic aggression into the
Latin-American countries and MeXl-
co was disapproved of in no uncer-
tain terms. The conference went or
record Gin the interest of justice ano
Pan-American unanimity," and calico
on Congress to impeach or other
wise cause Frank B. Kellogg to bC
removed from the office of Secre
tary of State"
A legislative program was adopted
bv the conference calling for the ma
tionalization of the railroads witt
workers and farmers control. Thi
: also included statements against tn
renewal of the charter Of the FEEDER
al Reserve system and for the issu
ance of all money by the treasury
for a bank guarantee law which vii
safeguard the farmers against banl
suspensions; for reclassification o
: taxation so as to relieve the farmer
and workers and increase the take
of the railroads and mining corpora
tions; against the proposed stat
. constabulary law and other simila
j demands in the interest of farmer
and laborers.
VIM. BOuck Present at Meeting
: VIM. Bouck, National President c
the Progressive Farmers, attende
: the conference and is very enthus-
| astic over the results. The actio
: taken at the meeting may be sun
: married. as trend toward NOR
: definite fight for the class interest
4 of the Minnesota farmers and work
ers. Coming at a time when tn
: general labor movements seems to
d becoming more conservative in it
o attitude, this represents a fresh ne
: wind blowing which undoubtedly wi
have an influence outside of MinnesC
Il |. ia. All indications point that
healthy period of growth lies ahea
: of this movement for Nation;
l Farmer-Labor party.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Rainfall for 1926 Was
Below Average for County

The total rainfall for this section
OF Montana during the year 1926 was
II inches and 4-1O0, according to
Geo. S. Wheeler, Justice of Peace in
Plentywood. In all, there were Al
periods of rain and snowfall ranging
from 1-100 to 8-100 at one time.
These measurements were taken
from a government rain gauge. This
year, the rainfall was little below
the average of this section, the gen
eral amount being II inches. The
greatest fall of rain during any one
period was during June when and
Baths inches fell.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
PIONEER
DIED LAST SUNDAY

Daniel Jasper Bedwell, one of the
oldest residents of Dedstone, died on
January 23rd. of hemorrage of the
brain. Mr.. Bedwen was born in
Rippy, Iowa "a years ago, and came
to Montana in 1917 where he home
steaded and has been ever since. The
only survivor left in Montana is J.
w. Bedwell, his son, with whom he
had been living. All his other chill
dren are back east. His wife pre-
coded him in death some time ago.
The deceased belong to the Masons
since 1886 and is of Dutch-Irish des-
cent.
His remains were shipped to Rip
Ply, Iowa, where he will buried Fri
day, January 28th.
The remains we're accompanied by
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Bedwell.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Lincoln County Commission
er Case Up to Supreme Court

Kalispell.-Attorneys Walchli and
Korn of this city are to appear for
w. A. Wallace, in the Lincoln county
commissionership case which has
been carried to the supreme court
in a quo warranto proceeding. Wal
lace was elected county commission
er at the November election, defeat
ing j. w. Croft, incumbent, in a bit
ter campaign, but failed to file his
oath of office until "a hours after the
expiration of the 30 days allowed by
law and the office was declared vac
ant. Thereupon Judge c. w. POme-
roy appointed F. B. Callow Of Troy
to fill the term of Croft, which ex-
pired January 8, until the next gen
eral election. The case has attracted
a great deal Of attention locally and
has been especially prominent in Lin
coin county.
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IN THE LMELICHT
CONTINUED from page o.,

NCOhllHueu from page OnaN
wild orgies and bestial scene.
baccanalian debauchery in VII; u
Marie starred at COtzOfanest; i ny
story of COtzOfanesti, published y
Chicago, and the banners carried III ~
exiled Rumanians bearing the e.
full word made Marie's face 80
pale and cut short her visit 70 ' an
country. The truth is stronger tboS
tyranny and sometimes unsatu
Queens on their thrones. The mn
lie opinion of the oppressed Of ersr,.
land decreed that Marie should 90
Few, outside our crawling flunLoSSOo'
will miss her departure. Pont;ns
Plate washed his hands after he
bowed to the angry mob which
called for the crucifixition Of tbo
gentle Nazarene; Judas Iscariot dis
embOweled himself after he sola
Jesus for thirty pieces of silver.
Nero fiddled while Rene was burn'
ing, but Marie who danced with
drunken French officers in a chr.
tanned ballroom, back of where Rn
manian soldiers were writing in the
agOnies of death, paraded her old
carcass before crowds of American
flunIzies, so that the tyrannicaI ruI.
ers of her country might float an.
other loan. Marie is gone and few
will miss her.
RUFFCORN is a pathetic figure IN
the State Senate this year. The
famous author of the dirty dog
speech at AvOndale does not seem "a
attract very many Senators to hi,
desk during the long periods when
the upper house stands adjourned
He has not yet waved his lead Den
Gil like a bandmaster's baton Oyel
the heads of the assembled Senat
Ors. Perhaps that is the reason tina
he does not seem to be in harmon
with his peers. But great is tn
power of Gold and when he rises /
oppose the Bank Guarantee Law in
troduced by Senator CARRIER tn
money changers may yet see tina
his popularity is enhanced. W
warned the voters of Valley Count
that RuffcOrn was a bankers sal
elite. The robbed and fooled d,
positOrs who lost their all in IL
banks of that county have on
themselves to blame for sendin
their little Glasgow Grain dealer
a place where he can be again ust
against them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Bank Guarantee Law Is
Again Up To Legislature

Continued from page One)
vestigation of the high price of gaso-
line in Montana.
"Too many snap resolution are Of
fered which are not considered at
length" he said. The senate refused
to refer the resolution to a commit
tee by a vote of &c to q, adopting
the view of Ruffcorn that too much
delay would ensue if it were allowed
to 90 into committee, as the house
has already passed a similar resolu-
ton.
OleO Bill Recommended
Senate bill 3, by Church, requiring
chain stores to pay a license Of $500
a year for each establishment fol
the privilege of selling oleOmarger.
inc. was recommended for passage by
committee of the whole after Stewart
and Goodman had opposed the prac-
tice of beating around the bush By
forbidding the sale Of the product by
requiring a prohibitive license.
House bill %, regarding the sale
of liquor to minors brought the long.
est discussion of the morning and
was finally passed for the day with
no recommendation and was referred
to the judiciary committee.
Stewart pointed out that it requlI.
ed less punishment for the second Of
Tense than for the first. Duncan Of
Madison, asserted that there was a
doubt in the minds of many attOr
news as to whether the statute relat.
ing to sale of liquor to minors had
been repealed last November, and
that if the supreme court held that
it had been repealed it would be futile
to amend a law that was no Longer
on the statutes. He recommends
that to be safe a new law should %
drawn which should repeal all exist
! ing laws referring to sale Of llquof
/ to minors and a substitute bill miro
duced. The committee on public NOR
ais declined to reconsider the meas,
ure and asked that it be referred u
the judiciary committee for ezpel'
legal attention.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Degree of Honor Public
Gard Party Tuesday Night

Continued from page One)
best card parties ever held in Plen-
tywood
A very nice luncheon is being plan
ned for the occasion, according to
the entertainment committee, and ev-
erything possible will be done to
make everyone welcome.
The committee on prizes state that
the, winners of the games are going
to be we'll rewarded with worthwhile
prizes.
No doubt a large crowd will be
present to take part in the evenings
enjoyment. The price of admission
IS. SOC a person and card lovers will
get many times that amount of kick
out of the evenings entertainment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Size OF MAJORITY AGAINST
SEATING PROVES BIG SURPRISE
Fifteen Republicans Join Democrats in Unseang of Illinois
Senator-Four Democrats in Favor of Permitting His En-
try-Hot Debate Precedes Balotng.

Washington-Frank l. Smith Of Illinois was denied adrns
sion Thursday the Senate by of 48 % pending
further investigation of the financing of his primary campaign
in large part by operators of public utilities Arrangements
for public hearing for the senatordegnae Saturday
announced by the privileges and elections committee and
said he would be given every opportunity ampy tes
mony already taken by senate committee concerning con-
buons by Samuel insult and other officials of rail and light
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
VALLEY COUNTY
ASSESSOR DIES

Glasgow-Though he had been i'll
since a week before Christmas, and
though it had been generally known
for several days that his condition
was very serious, yet the death of
Barton Hardy Cottrell Tuesday af-
ternoon at 100 p. m. came as
great shock to the community and
cast shadow of grief over all the
activities of the city. Expressions
of sympathy for Mrs. Cottrell, who
had so recently suffered the loss of
her beloved mother, and for the. lit
tie sons and daughters were heard
everywhere, and the loss sustained
by the county in an efficient officer
together with the persona loss TO the
many friends and acquaintance was
strongly felt.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Judge Ben Lindsey Ousted
From Juvenile Court

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said he had not had opportunity to
answer testimony of ga man who adj
mitted he was the paid agent or the
Ku Klux Khan" The Khan was sup
porting Graham against Lindsey.
The supreme courts decision, he
declared today, "of course does not
mean that I will not continue to
serve.
II will hold that office until
successor is regularly elected and
qualified at the next general cleo
ton"
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CONTINUED from page One)
alderman in the third ward. From
his opening remarks, when he said,
Il am here in the Masonic Temple by
special dispensation from the Pope,
and members of the Ku Klux Khan
are invited to be. present but they
must hang their hoods outside" to
the close, his speech was an exhibit
ton of wit and humor that received
a rip-roaring reception from the as
sembled guests.
Frank Hogarth, National head OF
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Civic Betternent Club
Holds Enthusiastic Meeting

(Continued from page One)
county seat, which draws consider
able trade from all the smaller towns
and vicinities is badly in need of
such a place.
A committee was appointed to go
before the Library Board which was
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
Fill This Out and Mail to Civic Betterment Club, Box
ia, Plentywood.
TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
SHERIDAN COUNTY, MONTANA.

We, the undersigned, residents of Sheridan County
feeling and realizing the necessity of suitable Rest
Room for the convenience of the public and feeling that
should be provided, and could be equipped with
minimum of expense and the greatest convenience by
utilizing that the rear of the Sheridan County
Library which is occupied by the McKeeLa anger
Land Company, do hereby respectfully petition that
the expiration of the of the present rental contract
with said company Sheridan County retake possession
of said ROOM and equip and furnish the same for use
Rest Room to be supervised and under the control
of the Librarian.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-28
To Seat Smith

Republicans II Bingham, Borab.
Cameron, Curtis, Deneen. Edge.
Ernst, Fess, Gooding, Gould. Greene
Hale, Reyes. Lenroot, Mclean, Means
Metcalf, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps, Pine,