Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1927-11-04

lnveStieatl0n Dy the state anu Ieucrdi
governments into bank robberies. automo-
bile thefts and other criminal activities
in northeastern Montana will be asked by
United States Senator B. X. Wheeler, who
arrived in Great Falls v ednesday after
stay of several days in that part of the
state.
''The situation in northeastern Montana
in serious enough to warrant action by both
the government and state authorities
Senator Wheeler declared. land ! intend
to do what can to cause a complete in
vesiieation to be made. Evidence enough
was volunteered to me while was there
to disclose that the situation is more grave
than commonly supposed.
There have been three or four bank
robberies and at least one murder in that
portion of Montana within the last few
weeks and discovered that among great
! majority Of the people there is genuine
feeling Of apprehension. 1t is fact that
business men who declare that they never
carried weapon before now are habitu-
ally arming themselves as they 60 about
their daily affairs.
There already has been local organ
lied effort made to correct the situation
which the people recognize as existing and
my request for an investigation by the
state and government will be made at the
instance of representatives OF an organi-
cation which has beeu active in Plenty
wood"
SEES POLITICAL CHANGES
Senator Wheeler asserted that far reach
ing political changes will evidently take
place in northeastern Montana at the 1928
general election. He stated that public
sentiment has undergone pronounced
change in many particulars and that q
new leadership among the farm popula.
ton is imminent.
Nobody is more avowedly dissatisfied
with existing conditions in northeastern
Montana than the farmers" Senator
Wheeler said. "The information was re
peatly volunteered to me by farmers that
they have forever Abandoned their recent
leaderships and are looking forward tt
the next election as an occasion for cor.
recting unsatisfactory conditions"
Farmers in Northeastern Montana are
enjoying an unusual prosperity. especial
ly at places where wheat growers are re.
aizing prices based on protein grades The
senator found instances of spread of Al
cents between prices paid for wheat al
different places. and, despite the tariff
rate now in effect and the freight differ
ential. many Canadian farmers are re-
ceiving more for their crop than the Mon
tana grower.
AT places where the wheat grower is
not paid for his crop on a protein
basis" said the senator, the price is
down as low as 90 cents, but at other
places he is receiving as much as 40 cents
a bushel above that figure.
There is an interesting thing to be OBJ
served in northeastern Montana in the
fact that while many farmers there are re-
ceiving but 80 cents a bushel for their
wheat. their Canadian neiehbors across
the line are being paid from $l17 to $l2l.
This is despite AZ cent tariff. which the
republicans claim is necessary to bring
American wheat prices up to a satisfac-
tory standard.
"Aoout 10 cents Of the price realized b,
the Canadian grower results from freight
differential. but even with this deducted
the Canadian grower this year is receiving