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Evening star., 1927-05-22
F. M. WATERMAN DEAD;
u. S. STEEL TREASURER
Native of Illinois Had Been With
the Corporation for Many Years,
in Office Since 1922.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RAILWAY, n. j., May 2l.-Frederick
Mather Waterman, treasurer Of the
United States Steel Corporation, died
at his home here at noon today. He
had been i'll but a few months.
He was born in Wheaton, ILL.,, Janu
ary 30. 1879. and was educated there
He had been associated with the
United States Steel Corporation for
many years and was acting treasurer
for more than a year before his cleo
ton to that position, April %, 1922
succeeding Richard Trimble.
He was second vice president, treas
urer and a director of the Federal
Steel Co.; treasurer and director OF
the No. II Broadway Corporation. His
wife, the former Edith Hope Liberton
and a daughter, Mrs. Janet Farley,
survive. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at his home. The
body will be shipped to Wheaton. ILL.,.
for burial.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

officer who was with us and would
not let us ride in Pullman cars in the
daytime. The Pullman was a sleep
ing car and the judge would honor
the acquisitions for berths at night,
but in the day time we had to ride
in the day coach or pay our own Pull
man fares. When we stopped at d
hotel he was very cautious about the
expense and demanded room with
out bath. but there the other men,
bers Of the committee drew the line
and insisted that while studying the
Indians we might. at least stick to
civilizing customs, just as an object
lesson in kindergarten training, and
we were determined upon baths.
Judge Holman groaned every time he
had to approve one of these extrava-
CANT vouchers"
(Copyright 1877
Evening star., 1927-05-22

have attained maturity they die. for
all practical purposes, only when they
are killed. Normally they live for
hundreds of yearS-just how long IT is
impossible TO say because no man
ever has lived nor have scientific
records been kept long enough to
know the life history. Claims have
been made that some I've q thousand
years. individuals supposed to have
heen marked by Capt. James Cook
the British explorer of the South Seas
in the eighteenth century have been
found within the last few years alive
and showing no particular signs of
age.
Under the sheltered conditions of
the zoo particularly with the improve
ments that are certain to come during
their lifetime. the natural career of
these creatures is likely to be extend
ed even beyond what it would be in
their native habitat
Evening star., 1927-05-22

than Morrison in those days was
Judge William S. Holman of Indiana,
the original watch dog of the Treas
ury. Yes, l know the name has been
applied to me, and it has been applied
to others. but it was first applied to
Holman, and he deserved it. There
never was a chairman of the appro.
priations committee-that was his job
who watched Il dollar as closely as
he did. He was as careful in little
things as in big. in dimes as in mil
lions.
''In 1885 Speaker Carlisle appointed
me on special committee to investi-
gate conditions on the Indian reserva-
tions, and we made journey through
the Indian country. The watch dog
was our chairman. lie kept an eye
on the expenditures of the disbursing
Evening star., 1927-05-22

NEW YORK. May 81 R.-Flora
Bailey of Cedar Falls. Iowa, was
awarded the national poetry prize
given each year by the Campfire Girls
of America. Miss Bailey is Is, and
is student in the Cedar Falls High
School.
Other prizes won were: Photograph,
Anna O'Rourke of Edgewater, n. j.;
drawing. Lois Mae Winberg of Red
Wing, Mimi; story, Catherine Craske,
Brooklyn, n. Y.
The subject In each case was trees.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
FATHERS HAVE BEST
RECORDS AS VOTERS
Mothers Go to Polls Least, Survey
by League of Woman
Voters Shows.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May 21.--Father holds
the best record as a voter. Next in
regularity at the polls comes sons and
daughter, with mother trailing at the
rear.
The National League Of Woman
Voters found that out after making
study of citizens voting habits in
five States. The findings were made
public today by the Illinois League.
1t was determined that women use
the vote much less than men. Other
findings were:
Middle.aged persons have the
largest voting percentage; young peo-
pie the lowest. The better the edu-
cation the higher the voting per-
centage of the group. A very small
per cent of the total eligible voters
never use their vote.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
POOR ROOF
CHURCH ANNOUNCEMENTs.
- 1:ss-..s>....@~.- -s~
ST. PAUL'S
18th and Eve SIS. Sc

Ith and Eve SIS. Sc.
q :30-Sunday school.
Z p.m.-3ovenant meeting and communion
/ am. and p.m.-Sermon by our new
pastor. president af Mary land District
Rev. +. c. Blackledse. All are welcome.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
DROPS CHARGE FACING
FORMER GOVERNOR
Court Removes Barriers to Parole
for One.Time Chief Executive
of Indiana.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 21.-Judge
Robert c. Baltzell of the United
States District Court today dismissed
an indictment against former Gov.
Warren T. McCray. charging EN-
bezzlement of approximately S29, 900
of the funds of the Discount and De-
posit Bank of Kentland.
The action was taken on motion of
Albert Ward. United States district
attorney. McCray has been recon-
mended by the Federal Parole Board
at Atlanta for parole, after having
served three years of a 10-year SEN
tence for using the mails in further
ance of q scheme to defraud.
1t is understood dismissal of the
charge removed the last barrier in the
way of a parole for McCray.
Evening star., 1927-05-22
PLAY FOR FLOOD FUND.
st. Margaret's Students to Hold
Benefit Saturday.

"Iphigeneia in Tauris." Euripides'
tragedy, will be presented Saturday
evening at the Playhouse by students
of ST. Margaret's School for the bene-
fit of the Mississippi flood sufferers.
Gluck's overture to the play and
music for the solo dances will be
played by Miss Ruth Gallup. school
musical director. while the rhythmic
dancing by the Misses Murel and
Gladys Cowsil will be directed by Miss
Mary Newell Schultz of the Mckinley
dancers
The cast is composed of the follow
ing: Iphigeneia- Mary Virginia Will
son, Georgia: OresteS-Eleanor Page,
New York: Pylades-Elizabeth Gerger,
Virginia: herdsman-Mary Newell
Schultz. Baltimore: King Thoas-
EliZabe AMMAN, Maryland: the
chorus of maidens, Helen Mcnamara.
New York Katherine Reeve. New
York; Hilda Mclean, Michigan; Anita
* oop. Cuba; Mildred Pairo. Georgia;
Sara Field. Frances Douglas, Lucrece
Brandford. Washington.
Evening star., 1927-05-22

ter of public men Mr.. Cannon
Il had known, Z asked him what
was the best training for politician.
The prize ring" he promptly re-
Piled, where he can learn to take
punishncnt without whimper. He
will get more criticism than praise.
Some times the dear people will say
1t with flowers. but flowers will be
wrapped about a brick. If he Is ut all
sensitive he will have a he'll of time.
We are always being accused of lii-
ing for compromise--the sin of cow
ards, the unthinking say with fine
scorn, but remember this, no impor.
tant legislation can ever be had with.
out compromise.
Away back almost as long as !
can remember. Indiana's then favorite
son ended two-hour speech and was
asked by somebody in the meeting
about political platform. 1t was too
long for him to go into fully. 1t
would have taken half Il day to have
discussed il, but he summed 1t up in
a single sentence. My friend he
said, bowing TO the man who asked
the question. that platform is like
Mother Hubbard dress; it covers
everything but touches nothing. An
ancient philosopher divided mankind
into two groups-a small minority
who think and large majority who
talk. This is true of politicians, espe-
cially those who get elected to Con.
ereSS
Evening star., 1927-05-22
"PRINCESS" DEPORTED.
"Nadine de Charrow" Put on Ship
for United States.

LIVERPOOL, May 21 R1.-The
Princess Nadine de Charrow," who
was ordered returned to the United
States by the home Office. was deport-
ed today aboard the steamship Cedric.
on which she arrived in Liverpool
on May Is.
The self-styled princess, upon sail
ing from New York May s, said she
was daughter of Grand Duchess
CdoXia of Russia and was related to
the Prince of Wales. She also was
reported to have said she was going
to visit King George of England. She
was imprisoned on May II for break
ing her promise not to leave her hotel
pending her deportation,
Evening star., 1927-05-22
ANDREWS VISITS MILLS.
Retiring Assistant Secretary of
Treasury in New York.

NEW YORK, May 81 (P).-Brig.
Gen. Lincoln C. Andrews. retiring AS
sistant Secretary of the Treasury. to-
day paid an unexpected visit to the
office of Maj. Chester p. Mills. prohi-
bition administrator.
Gen. Andrews. whose resignation is
to take effect August /, said he had
no plans for his own future, but was
certain his next work will have moth
ing to do: with prohibition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
SABY'S HYPNOTIC
SHOW HERE MAY 1914
Will Play at Farmer-LabOr Temple
Hypnotic Subjects Create Side
Splitting Laughter As They Go
Through Their Stunts.

The first foreign show to make
Plentywood this year, is coming to
the Farmer-Labor Temple Friday and
Saturday, May 18th and 18th. Sabv's
Hypnotic show is the attraction.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saby, who have play
ed at Medicine Lake this winter to
full house, are at present located
at the Lake, where they are staying
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Manley
EvensOn, Mrs. Saby's parents. While
in Sheridan County, they said they
would like to give the residents a
real hypnotic show.
Their act will consist of hypnotiz-
ing subjects chosen from the audi
ence,-anyone can come up. The
things they are made to do are conf
cal indeed,-so anyone with excep-
tiOnally tender sides, need not come,
for they surely will ache when they
get through looking at the perform
ance.
Mr.. Saby said it was no difficult
feat to get performers, in fact some
times he has hard time in keeping
them back from being hypnotized.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
COMMISSIONERS
PAY $22,l5S.2S
OUT OF TREASURY

Split Claim for Tractors Take Much
of Enormous Sum. Several Big
Claims for Legal and Other Com
mittments Allowed.
The County Commissioners met
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week and again made heavy pay
ments out of the county funds. This
was another record-breaking month
in the amount of money paid out. A
long list of claims were presented and
allowed, amounting in all to $22, ,152.-
%.
Legal Services
Of these claims, $75000 was paid
to Attorney D. j. Ryan of Great Falls
for appearing in the Federal Court
on a bank case in which the county
was a party. A claim of approx
mately $4,000 by Attorney Harlow
Pease of Butte for services in the
past was laid over. Attorney -Pease
was the man who drafted the execu-
ton against the property of Com
missioner French. French has not
yet paid the claim which the county
has against him although he fire.
quently draws compensation for his
services as county commissioner
from the county treasury.
Tractor Claims Paid.
Two claims from the Connolly Trac-
tor Co. of Billings were allowed one
for $4,012 and another for $5,012.
These tractor claims were presented
in one bill at the last meeting of the
Board, but the Commissioners fear
ing that the claims were not within
the constitutional prohibition which
prevents County Commissioners from
paying out more than $4,000 for a
single purpose, asked the company to
send in two claims. This the Com
pany did and in one claim the de-
Quoted the price of tractor which
the county traded in for one of the
new tractors. The freight claim for
transporting the two tractors on two
flat cars instead of one was approx
mately $1,000. 1t has been held in
the past that such claims as the
foregoing cannot be split when they
are one transaction and the best legal
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06

Sia.
HuddlestOn Friend of La Toilette
When it is remembered that Con-
gressiOnal HuddlestOn is one of the
leading members Of congress and
has always been regarded as
close friend Of the late Senator La
Toilette the speech takes on new
significance. 1t is an open secret
in Washington for some time that
Senators Walsh and Wheeler, who
while posing as prOgressives, have
never said word against the Ana
cOnda Copper Mining Company,
have not satisfied the prOgressives
OF their own state. News has been
seeping in here that powerful men
who have supported Senator Wheel
er in Montana in the past have
openly charged that he was acting
In the interest of the giant oil OctO-
pus when he attacked the Independ-
ent Oil operators. The Anaconda
Copper Company, which holds sway
IN the state of Montana. is a sub
sidiary Of the Standard Oil Com
pany, and it is charged that while
Wheeler was elected on an Anti
Company ticket. he has never ut
tered word against the copper
trust since he assumed the office
of Senator. The speech of Con-
gresham HuddlestOn which Con-
gresham HuddlestOn caused to be
inserted in the congressional rec
ord reads as follows:
Oil In Mexico.
"The Standard Oil interests are
heavily interested in oil IN Mexico.
They purchased from the Doheny in
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06

In an article short time ago I told
you how the County Commissioners
had bought two car loads of steel
culverts. l also told you that | could
have bought the same amount and
same grade of culverts S1,OO8. 90
cheaper than the price our County
Commissioners had agreed to pay.
would like to tell you a little more
about this culvert deal, so I am go
ing to take it up again.
The contract price which our COM
missioners had signed up for was ST.
$3.50 for the two car loads, howev-
er, that was not the price the county
paid. After / started telling the
people that l could have saved the
county S1,008.00 on the deal the cul-
vert company cut their price down to
$7,4S5.16, or $394.64 less than our
Commissioners were willing to pay.
This our Commissioners had nothing
to do with, perhaps they did not ev-
en- like to see it done. 1t was simply
done by the culvert company after /
started telling what | could buy cul-
verts for. | even mailed them a
copy of Producers News with my ar
ticle in, so it looks to me that by my
little exposure l saved the county
$394.64. Still the price paid was
S613.36 more than l could buy the
same amount of culverts for.
| understand the commissioners
are trying to square themselves be-
fore the people by telling you that
the company l had my prices from
is a cheap concern who handles low
grade culverts. There is nothing to
that argument, nobody ever asked me
to show my figures, so they simply
do not know what firm l got them
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
mate OF farming operations.
Operations in Full Swing

~ Ac'4 ming OpSI dIIOIlS.
Operations in Full Swing
Seeding operations are now in full
SWING over the entire county. Due
TO the late spring, cold and wet
weather seeding has been somewhat
delayed. In the Homestead country
many are through with the wheat,
and will finish all seeding soon. The
same is true Immediately around
Medicine Lake, but in the OUTLYING
districts it is about half finished. IN
the Dagmar territory also about one
half OF the seeding is completed. The
same is true around Reserve and An
telope; although some will finish
this week and few are through with
the sheat seeding. The same condi-
tlons prevail around Plentvwood.
Archer and Redstone. Along the 500
line conditions are later although
south of Outlook some are half thru.
In most places along the 500 Line
seeding operations were Just getting
well started last week.
225,OOO Acres Of Wheat
About the same wheat acreage
will be put in in the County as last
year. Approximately 225,OOO acres.
This may be decreased some because
of the late. spring. The flax acreage
may be increased some. Fields that
were intended to be planted to wheat
may be planted to flax because of
the late spring. There will be a
slight increase in the barley acreage.
The acreage of sweet clover will be
greatly increased A large number
in the County are replacing their
native grass pastures with sweet
clover pastures, and a large acreage
will be planted for hay. At least 25,-
600 acres will be planted to sweet
clover in the County this year. The
corn acreage will remain about the
same as last year.
More Summer FallOwing
The amount of summer fallow will
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
COMPLAINT DRAWN IN
SURETY COMPANY CASE

The complaint against the Ma !
tiOnal Surety Company to recov-
er the amount covered in a Bur
glary insurance policy in favor
of Sheridan County has been
drawn by the Attorney General.
Mr.. Foot had his deputies work
on the details sent him by the !
County Attorney. They have
briefed the law and made what
seems to be a perfect case against :
the Surety Company. The COun- !
ty Attorney states that the COM
plant will be filed next week.
The public is watching the case
with great interest and many ask !
why local attorney was inter- !
jected into this case supposedly
on the cOunty's side after the
Attorney General had offered !
such generous aid.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
Our County Commissioners
By Hans Rasmussen

from. l am willing to show them to
anybody.
There are a lot of people who are
trying to make themselves and others
believe that / am lying about these
things. They know better but they
hate to own up to it. They hate to
own up to the fact that they made a
mistake by voting for Frank French.
l know just how you people feel
you feel just like l did after l had
voted for Ed. Iverson and found out
what sap / had voted for. l could
kick myself all over for doing it, and
it took me some time before | was
willing to let anybody know what a
mistake l had made Now | feel so
much better after | have come out
and told the world what a fool was
for voting for Ed. You would feel
the same way if you would own up
to the fact that you made mistake
by voting for Frank. I am mighty
glad | did not make that mistake al
so.
Let US get back to the culverts
again. | am not through with them
yet. Let us see how our County
Commissioners are going to explain
this little argument.
This spring Sheridan County and
Daniels County bought the very same
culverts from the very same company,
the n. Dakota Culbert Co.. Fargo,
n. Oak. Sheridan County paid spot
cash and Daniels County bought
theirs on time. warrants to be made
out next fall.
Don't let anybody kid you into be-
lieving that freight from Fargo to
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
]. c. PENNEY CO.
BUYS JONES STORE
Present Manager Will Continue in
Charge of Local StOre-NO Change
IN Personnel of Selling Organiza-
tiOn.

Word has been received from Gil
bert Lee, local manager of the F. S.
Jones Company that the ]. C. Penney
Company of New York has purchased
the "a department stores owned by
the Jones company and operating in
the middle northwest, as follows:
Minnesota Is, Montana 16, North Da-
kota 5, South Dakota 10, Iowa 7 and
Wisconsin 1. The sales in these
stores approximate $3,000,OOO annual
ly and the officials of the J. C. Pen
ney Company estimate the sales vol
ume under their management will
be about $5,OOO,OOO.
The ]. c. Penney Company has 885
stores distributed throughout 46
states.
The Penney Company has beer. sue
cessful because it has never been
afraid to tell the public the kind of
goods it sells and the prices it charg-
es. 1t is understood that one of the
reasons the Jones Company was not
more successful was because it had
a "backwoods" view of advertising.
The people get the impression from
this that the company carried an anti
Quated line of merchandise. This Is
not true of the Penney Company
which is good advertiser and has
the goods to back it up.
The conversion of the local Jones
store into ]. c. Penney Company
store will take place about June 1.
Mana OpT I 90 will bo ,.ofofpoJ &c xr,oJ1
as the entire selling organization.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
DUMB AL" Dis
COVERS ANOTHER
MARES NEST

ScObey Sheriff and His Scrib-
bling Confederate Now Accuse
Sheridan Sheriff of Trying TO
Keep Sixteen Dollars. Sails
bury, in Interview, Exposes the
Fake Accusation.
The ScObey (Mis) Leader had
a long rigmarOle last week in
which its editor sought to give
the impression that Sheriff Sal
isbury collected SIG for CASTOR
Bureau of Whitehall for some
merchandise alleged to be taken
from him and failed to send it
to Bureau until that gentleman
sent letter reminding the Sher-
iff last week. "Absent minded
Al Lawrence was injected into
the scenario as the Sherlock
Holmes that rescued the SIG for
'My dear CASTOR" The ScObey
sheriff evidently imagined he dis
covered a mares nest and figured
that if he could tar Sheriff Sails
bury with this SIG slime that an
inquiring public in Daniels County
would excuse him for the Auto
License fees that Mr.. TimOfichuk
paid him last year and which evil
IDENTIFY disappeared through
rathOle in his office safe in
stead of finding its way into the
hands of the State Registrar of
Motor Vehicles.
Salisbury Punctures Leader
FalshOOds.
When the matter was brought
to the attention of Sheriff Sails
bury after his return from st.
Paul last week he stated in an
interview:
''The story told by this Bureau
at Whitehall is particularly false
in that he says | called him up
and told him that l had made a
mistake in the car, and that | had
been unable to find the parties he
was after. People here who
heard my conversation with Mr..
Bureau can testify that told him
over the phone that | had collect
ed some cOney, but that the tour
lists did not have quite as much
as he (Mr. Bureau) wanted. He
Knew l had collected the money,
and when he did not get it within
a reasonable time. he should have
made an inquiry of me regarding
it.
Frankly, the failure to send
the money was an oversight on
the part of the office. | was busy
on the political campaign and pre-
sumed that the matter had been
taken care of, giving it no furth-
er thought until l heard of the
malicious story IN the scandal
sheet at ScObey, last week.
81 am at a loss to account for
Mr.. Bureaus action in telling
this trOuble-making lie to Al.
Lawrence. / was under no obi
CATION to do a single thing for
Mr.. Bureau. If he was simpIetOn
enough to give away a tire to
some unknown tourist the sher-
ifs office was under no Obliga-
tiOn to run around and make col
lectiOns for him. / did so as a
: favor to him. and when the of
flee force overlooked sending it
to him he waited about six
months before saying anything.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
FARM HOME BURNS UP
NEAR MEDICINE LAKE

Medicine Lake.-The farm home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Francis was
completely destroyed by fire the 9TH
er morning. The loss is onlv martial
ly covered by insurance. The origin
of the fire is mystery as there was
no one IN the house at the time It
started. 1t IS thought that mice NAV
have lgnlted some matches. Mrs.
Francis was away from home spend
ing the night at the home of her Sis
ter, Mrs. Adler Plaizance. Mr.. Fran
els did not light fire when he arose
and was driving some milch cows -
the far end of field when he saw
smoke coming out of the house Wben
he reached home the fire had gained
such headway that he was unable To
save anything from the house.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-05-06
Seeding Well Advanced
In Froid Community

Froid.-Seeding is well advanced in
this section of the country, and by
the latter part of next week practical
ly all grains will be in the ground.
The early sown wheat is up and look
ing good according to reports. The
rain of Wednesday night has done
much in starting things growing, es-
pecially benefitting grazing condi-
tions. The hills and fields are get
ting green and all nature is begin
ming to smile once more.