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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
TORNADOES-FLOODS
TAKE HEAVY TOLL
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heavy toll of floods, tOrnadoes and
freak storms which have swept the
southwest in last two weeks, as the
elements renewed their onslaught in
Kansas, western Missouri, Oklahoma
and Texas.
Rivers in Southeastern Kansas, fed
by rains of cloudburst proportions,
Tuesday night neared record heights,
with hundreds of families in the low
lands driven from their homes and
thousands of acres inundated. The
Verdigris, Neosho, Fall, Cottonwood,
Walnut and Arkansas rivers in Kans-
as were spreading over the lowlanGs
and pouring their waters into Okla
homa.
Four deaths were added to the toll
of floods Tuesday, when two negro
men and two negro women attempted
to rescue a marooned family neal
Okay, Oklahoma, were drowned as
their boat overturned.
Several towns in Kansas were ma
rooned by flood waters.
Hundreds of families in lola were
driven from their homes Monday mite
and Tuesday in the lowlands along
the Neosho river and Elm creek.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
POPLAR MAN DENIES
CHECK FORGERY

Leo Bruguier of Poplar, indicted by
a federal grand jury here last month
for forgery of signature on treas
ury department check issued to an
Indian ward of tn government, plead
ed not guilty when arraigned in fed
eral court here Monday and was ord
cred placed in jail until the next term
of court following his failure to furn-
ish bond of $4,000.
Bruguier is charged with having OBJ
tanned check for $9O.15, issued by
the treasury department to Irving
Rivers, and the indictment asserts
that he forged Rivers name and OBJ
tanned the money.
L. V. Ketter, assistant United
States district attorney, appeared for
the government at the hearing and
later filed number of informatlons
charging liquor law violations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
FOREST ROADS Get
OVER FOUR MILLION
Secretary of Agriculture Approves
Appointments for IA Districts

Missoula, April 15.-Apportion-
ments from the forest highway funds
of $4,500,000 authorized for the fis-
cal year of 1928, which begins July 1
have been approved by the secretary
of agriculture for use on highways
in or adjacent to national forests in
IA western states and Alaska, it is
announced by the forest service.
The quota for Montana is 1851 900,
for Idaho $462.5OO. The state allot-
ments include in many instances bal
ances remaining from the apportion-
ments made for the current fiscal
year in addition to the allotments
available from the sum for the COM
ing fiscal year. The amounts for
each state will be devoted to location
surveys and maintenance of existing
roads as well as to actual construc-
ton work on the projects.
A report of the federal aid avail
able received by the bureau of public
roads, shows that the balance of
money as yet unmatched by Montana
is S5,950,808. The state now has
1916 miles of federal aid projects
under construction, while projects ap-
proved total 94.1 miles and projects
completed since June 80, 1926 are
02.8 miles in length. Only Idaho
ranks ahead of Montana in the a.
mount of federal aid highway con-
structiOn completed, under construc-
ton and approved. The Montana
state highway department plans tC
build 251 miles of road this year ano
will provide for the maintenance OF
| LOO miles.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
PUPILS IN SCHOOLS CRUSHED
TO DEATH AS WALLS TOPPLE

Springfield, ILL.,, April 19.-Tearing
a straight line through six central
Illinois counties, a series of tornadoes
and line squalls Tuesday afternoon
brought death to upwards of two
score persons, injury to 200 others
and left scores in a dozen communl-
ties homeless.
Uncertainty colored all reports and
gave rise to belief that further re-
ports may send the fatality and in
jury figures higher, or climate some
names from the missing or dead.
Where damages were heaviest, wires
are down, and definite reports are
available only from those who are
penetrating the territory over tree
strewn and water-soaked roads, by
horse and wagon.
The freak storm started at the Mis-
sissippi river and was described by
weather bureau officials as a series
of line squalls as distinguished from
tornado
School children were among the
chief sufferers in Tuesdays storm.
Three were reported to have been
killed or injured when the storm
wrecked rural schools elswhere, &C
cording to fragmentary reports.
Besides the loss Of life, heavy pro-
perty damage was done, but the dam
age did not approach the figure OF
the tornado of two years ago, when
upwards of 800 person were killed
in the southern part of the state.
Buildings were wrecked, trees up
rooted and wire communications with
the stricken districts virtually were
cut off for several hours.
Within an hour after first reports
of the loss of life came from the
storm-swept district, relief measures
were under way. First aid was rend
cred by volunteer assistants, who pen
etrated the damaged area from larger
towns from 25 to rs miles away.
Relief is Planned.
The Red Cross at st. Louis and a
Chicago planned to send immediat,
help where it was most needed.
Many of the injured were taken tt
Jacksonville and other nearby towns
Early reports indicated that the dam
age would be more than $1,O00,0OO.
Doctors were sent into the strick
en- area from nearby towns.
One of the school buildings hit wa
Centerville, three miles southwest O
Carrolltown, where Miss Annie Keller
the teacher, was killed. Three pupil
also were reported dead and a hal
dozen or more injured. The othe
school children were killed at Chest
nut IN Logan county, when schoo
building was wrecked.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
CITY
DADS CLAMP ON i
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limits of the city as incorpoal
only. There have been other SINH
ordinances passed by the city p
viOusly which have proved ineffect
stated E. Belanski, the City Ca
This one, the City Council hq
would be more drastic in its scope
Fiscal Year Changed to July Isl
Another ordinance made necesS
by the change in the state law, ma
ing the fiscal years of the incOp.
ated towns begin July / instead OIL
Ri 1 as heretofore, was passed, gir
the appointed town officials their q.
propriate fees for the coming II.
months, when another similar ORD
ance for the coming year will ag
be passed. Under this ordina
which went into effect Tuesday, Ar
19, the city marshall will receive y.
month for his work, or total
$3.50; the town clerk, $500 a mal
or a total of $4,000; the police mel
istrate $500 or a total of $1,000 Z
town treasurer, $500 or a total
$1,000; the legal advistor of the tgE
council $4,000, total $4,000, and z
Fire Department total of S5Ow
be used as salary of $500 mon
for the chief and other necessary z
penses.
No Appropriation for Street and As
No appropriations were made III,
the Street and Alley fund, as no V~
will be done in this way for the Pc
two months.
Appointments to Be Made In Nay
The present town officials, to Wn,
offices new appointments will l
to be made after the newly-eleo.
Mayor takes his seat in May, aS
follows: A. Aldrich, town marslss
E. E. Belanski, town clerk; ~
magistrate, Geo. Wheeler; ".
treasurer, VIM. Erickson; legal
visor, J. J. Gunther and fire chla'
Helm.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
POPULATION OF
STATE INCREASES

The population of Montana on Jan
uary l, 1927 was $4,000, a decrease
of over 1000 since the federal cen
sus of 1920, which registered SAT ,593
persons in the state, but an increase
of more than 10000 over the popula-
ton two years ago, according to an
estimate prepared by the division of
publicity, department of agriculture,
labor and industry.
lenty-one of the Sc counties in
the state show an increase in pOpu-
/ lation as compared to 1920. These
counties are: Big Horn, Carbon,
Cascade, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fal-
Ion, Glacier, Pondera, Powder River,
: Prairie, Richland, Roosevelt, Valley,
Wibaux and Yellowstone.
The greatest increase is evident in
Big Horn county where the popula-
ton figure jumped from 7,015 in 1920
to $500 in 1927. Next in line is
Glacier with an increase Of 2,022 over
the 1920 figure and Richland with a
! 2,111 increase. Toole county went
from 1924 to 5,100 in the seven-year
period, Sanders from 3,949 to 5000
and Cascade from 1886 to 39,70O.
Counties showing the most notable
decreases. are: Beaverhead, Granite,
Musselshell, Rosebud and Sheridan,
with a decrease of approximately q
600 each, Chouteau, Custer and Flat
head, with decrease of 5000 each
Fergus and Missoula with a decrease
of over 5000 each.
; There are several explanations fol
the loss In population in certain
counties, chief among which is the
creation of new counties as in the
case of Fergus and Missoula where
q the formation of Petroleum and LAX,
s toook a considerable portion of tn,
! population, and in Musselshell, Sher
i idan and Flathead with loss due t,
creation of Golden Valley, Daniel
I and Lake counties. The decrease il
y some of the agricultural counties i
{, due to the decrease in the number 0
r farms; some is due to decline in live
) stock values. The falling off i
r some branches of the mining industr
is responsible for some of the loss
/ as In manganese mining in Grant
d county.
Z The increases are due to such fac
~ Cors as oil drilling activities and raj
n road development The new whea
ID lands opened by railroad building i
the northeastern part of the stat
IS have drawn a larger number into thu
TO region.
The five counties now having til
IS largest population are:
r Silver Bow, $1,000, Yellowstone, 20
C 500, Fergus $4,000, and Missoul
$4,000. Those having the smallei
number are:
A Mineral 1850, Treasure 1000. Lii
Y erty 2,10O, Petroleum 1900 and Col,
en- Valley and Meagher each wit
2,4OO.
Persons in the state above the az
: Of Fl numbered 329,OO3 according
- 1927 figures and those believe 2
: 211,297. Children of both sexes b
a low Fl years o fage 154,537. The
e are 107,543 males below the legal as
: in the state and 1O3,754 females.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
POULTRY MARKETING
ASSOCIATION

The officers and members Of 4
Sheridan County Poultry Market
Association are planning a picnic
June. A good program is being
ranged for. The exact date and ps
and detailed program will be
nOunced later. Niels Sundsted, d
mar, is President and Harold Nuns
Plentywood, is Secretary Of the
ISOLATION.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
Woman Kills Self When
Hubby Denies Easter Bonnet

X X X
: Butte, April 18.-A quarrel
: over an Easter bonnet led to the
self-destruction of Mrs. E. b.
: Nichols here last week, it was
: learned at the inquest into the
: woman's death here Monday. On
April IL, Mrs. Nichols and her
husband, a railway express mes
& senger, quarreled over her desire
+ to purchase a new hat for Eeaster
= Nichols wished to spend the
+ money to pay a small debt. After
X the argument Nichols left the
family home and went to spend
r the night with a friend. At mid
< night he was notified that his
+ wife had taken poison with suici-
4 dial intent. She died at a hospital
that night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
ARIZONA COTTON POOL
GIVES GROWERS PDOFIT

Phoenix, Ariz.-Checks aggre-
eating more than $1,230,0O0 have
been distributed by the Arizona
PimacottOn Growers Assn. to ap-
prOximately $50 members in pay
ment for the 1926-27 cotton crop,
according to T. H. Kendall. secre-
tary.
OF the $4,000 bales pooled thru
the association, $500 bales OF
short staple cotton brought an
average of 1880 per pound and
$500 bales of Pima, or long staple
cotton, brought an average of
35.51c per pound.
Prices received by the assOcia-
ton under the pool plan ranged
from approximately 1.75c to 3.51c
per pound above the average
market prices for similar cotton
prevailing during the sales. Of
fIclals Of the association esti-
mate that the average price OBJ
tanned for short staple cotton
. sold on the local market was 49,
" nc per pound as against the as
sOciatiOn's 1880 and on Pima
cotton the average price on the
. local market was about SOC as
: against the 33.51c of the assOcia-
alton.
On this basis. cotton growers
. In the association made about
100000 through the pool, or
about $1,000 per bale.
The average handling cost for
: the season was SEC a bale plus
S1.9O for storage insurance and
interest, or a total cost to the
grower of S2.76 per bale. This
represents a saving of SIPS per
bale over the handling charge of
the previous season.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
Farm Work Started

Bainville, April 11.-Spring farm
ing operations started in this section
last week. Fields are in unusually
fine condition. Under the influence of
mild weather a few days ago frost
has left the top soils and the fresh
moisture from recent snowfalls will
greatly benefit the grass and winter
grains and improve soil conditions
generally for spring blowing and
seeding.
Farmers around Culbertson and the
main line of the Great Northern can
be seen working in their fields, drag
ging and seeding.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

The following have won one ven
scholarship to any of the state mi
buttons, through excellent word I'M
in boys and girls club work.
George Johnson, Dagmar; Stan.
Tyler, Homestead; Esther Bros
Medicine Lake; Oelwin Hole, h
serve; Selma Larsen, Antelope; EB
Selvig, Outlook; Kenneth Kaae, d
mar; and Myron Aslakson, Redstn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

Borton and furnished bail of $1,000
for appearance at the next term of
district court.
Charles Kicker, a half breed of
Wolf Point, was arrested by Sheriff
Olson charging him with adultery.
Kicker is alleged to have left Wolf
Point, and come to Glasgow with the
wife of the complaining witness. He
was arraigned before Judge Rapp and
his trial set for April 81, with bail
fixed at $500 which he failed to fur
nish.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
HINDUS WATCH CHINA
BY Federated Press

Bombay, India.-Under the slO-
gan of Follow China's Lead. pro-
paganda has been inaugurated thru
out India, and it may be only a
matter of time when India will use
force If necessary to obtain self
government. The whites in India,
as In all Asia, will one day have to
choose between mere cooperation
with the darker races or a serious
conflict.
The industrial conditions impOs-
ed by foreign capitalists in India.
as in China. are the immediate &C.
casiOn of unrest and action. Re-
Gently a big strike occurred among
the tea plantations in Bengal and
Assam, and Investigations are he
ing made by Indians to determine
the sums of money foreigners have
invested and what profit each plan
tatIOn is making, compared with
wages paid to the Indian workers.
Propaganda centers are being es-
tablished in several countries where
Indians are putting the case for
InGlan self government.
If the Indian national movement
is revived a boycott will ensue on
an even greater scale than was in
PRODUCED into China by the Canton
csc. The boycott as a weapon for
fighting tyrannical western capital
ism is very effective. The work of
the Indian national movement has
shown that in one week all Brit
lshers in India could be brought to
the verge of starvation, for the
simple reason that for everything
on which they subsist they are de.
pendent on the Indians.
When the Indians wake I'D and
say the white rulers must go, then
go they must. Nobody knows this
better than the British ruling pow.
er.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

Continued from page One)
Settle of Indiana.
3.-Local Elevator problems-led
by Ernest R. Downie of Kansas.
4.-Credit Associations-led by c..
w. Cross Of South Dakota.
Subsidiary elevator corporations
led by A. ]. Scott of North Dakota.
6.-Handling of coarse grains-led
by Edward Hagen of Minnesota.
7,Reginal Sales agencies for Wheat
Pools led by John Vesecky of Kans-
as.
8.-Address, 1.-THE Poisoned Spring"
Judge L. Cough of Texas.
Delegates from the several wheat
pools will be present at the meeting
which is expected by the committee
In charge of the program, to be of
particular value to members of the
several associations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
WAVES WEAKEN LEVEE.
BREAK is EXPECTED SOON

BeardstOwn, ILL.,, April 19.-Waves
dashing over the top of the Combs
levee, which protects the town of
BeardstOwn, late Tuesday night had
so weakened the sand bag supports
on the inside of the levee that a col
lapse was expected mOmentarily.
When the Combs levee breaks, Illi-
nOis river will rush in upon the city
and cover it to the streams level,
driving additional hundreds from their
homes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
POSTOFFICE MOVED

Bainville April 19,-The Bainville
postoffice has been moved from its
former location in the Farmers state
bank building to the building on the
cornor of Main Street formerly owned
by the First National bank The
new office is much larger than the old
one and there will be special offices
where rural mail carriers will have
charge of all mail matter for 111ra1
routes. - -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

Ideal leg measurements for I
5 feet 6 inches tall are: lmsI h
inches; knee, IA inches; CALL +
inches; ankle 8 inches.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

The Stars and Stripes were 4
carried by an American army
battle of Brandywine, SepteillO'
1777.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

Missoula-Forest District No. 1
will spend more than $1,OOO,OOO on
roads, trails and telephones this year.
Miles City-Farmers ship out $780,
900 of alfalfa seed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
SMUT TREATMENT


BARLEY: One pint of boo
maldehyde to 80 gallons Of o.
temperature 60 degrees Fab,oa.sS's
Soak the seed in loosely filled lug
or gunny sacks for two hours ny "
on Stats over the barrels 70 D'@
wasting the solution. Dry bv -, s'Q
ing on a clean floor or canvas F''s
ring occasionally with a rake on i u
el. 1t will dry faster if the w;DS S~s
blow over the wet grain. Sor
soon as the seed will run frao1.
dry thoroughly and store in
bags or bins until it is planted S
ley requires a two hour treatmsa =
kill the leaf strips and loose "
diseases.
OATS: For oats we are rs.
mending the strength of the soIrs
to be increased in such a way ~
to make the seed wet enough T. !.
essitate drying before seeding S
solution should be made by usino !
pint of 1870 formaldehyde anS !
! gallons of water. Sprinkle tbs /
gallons over 40 bushels of oat,
the meantime shoveling, CAUSING Z
form distribution, effective as soo'
the oats and solution are thorors.
mixed. Seed the next dav n
method saves labor and is funr
effective as the formerly used :,
method.
DRY METHOD FOR OATS
Another method where oats arsl
even dryer than in the above II.
ment is as follows:
Mix one pint of formaldehvde =
one pint of water. AS oats are sbm
ed from one pile to another Al
a spray of this solution using an
nary spray gun. One plunge Of
spray gun for each shovel full of
grain is sufficient. Spray sur
of any to the pile of so bushels
which the quart of solution is 3
: cient. Cover the pile with bag,
canvas for two hours to permit
'fOrmaldehyde gas to act.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
COUNTY AGENT NOTS
HAIRLESS PIGS

Hairless Pigs have been 20,
to the County Agents Office 'epSas
who have not fed iodine e..,. In
might help to begin fedin o"' n
time. Feed one grain tabio.a a. u
day or one five grain tabIet ' e'a
week to each sow. Oae
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
National Wheat Pool Meet
to Precede international

Continued from page one)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

London, April IT, More than
100000 workerse in South China will
strike in protest against the right
wing raids on the labor headquarters
in Shanghai, according to the Cen
trail News. The strike has been
called by the General Labor Union,
the report says.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22

Continued from page One)
Honkow to Marking, purging the kuo-
mintang of communists and seeking
to bring about the return to the fund
amental principles of the late Sun
Yat-Sen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-22
KUOMINTANG GUSTS
GENERAL CHANG

Continued from page One)
New Britain herald., 1927-10-19

ming in the Community theater with
 MISS Leila Church, directing and suggesting finishing points. To those
 who have been privileged to view the rehearsals of the several croups comes word that the play for Thurs day and Friday nights will be one or the most enjoyable affairs Of its kind ever presented in Bristol.
 Here's a bit of news that will in stantly be appreciated by those who know the principals. Saka-Su is the daughter Of d Japanese nobleman and for her hand there are five suitors. In a scene having a most colorful and effective background the five suitors appear asking for the hand of the beautiful Japanese maiden.
 These suitors are represented by Harry c. Olmstead, Charles &. Jov, Arthur w. Jepson, Dr. William D. DOW and Gaylord Cook. Every >sae is a born comediansa actor or ths.-eian. rated according to the critical arllitv Of the judge. In any event there are songsters Of note in that quintet and some very tunoful music is to be with no possibility of 
 When Harry Olmstead, d suitor. sings Love is All' tho audience is bound 10 sit up and take notice. En- hanclng his solo will be inc singing ot the other three members Of the quartet, Mcsscrs Cook, Jop- son and Dow.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-19
CHICAGO READY
 ID HANG WOMAN
Mrs. CaSsler Scheduled to Die on
 GallOWs Friday

Chicago, Oct. 19 tUP)-Prepara- lions by the state to hang Mrs. Cath crime Cassler, charged with the mur- der Of William Lindstrom, went ahead today, as the woman, her family and attorneys made last min ute efforts to obtain stay of execu- tiOn. Mrs. Cassler is scheduled 10 he hanged in the Cook county jail Friday.
 A plea by Mrs. Cassler for a stay of execution was postponed until tomorrow, when Judge Philip Sulli- van, who presided at the trial last spring. is expected to return from New York
 Chief Justice William Brothers, before whom Mrs. Cassler appeared yesterday, declared if Judge Sullivan did not return by tomorrow, he would grant a stay himself. Gov. Small will be appealed to, if the stay is not granted, according to attor- ncys.
 Mrs. Cassler was accused with Lil- lian Fraser and Loren Patrick in the murder. If was charged the three killed Lindstrom for his insurance.
New Britain herald., 1927-10-19
AT THE CAPITOL

One should not miss the oppor- tunity offered at the Capitol this week in seeing that widely talked about film hit Beau Geste." Taken from the story Of the same name which has been best seller" the photoplay follows the story more closely than any other book story adapted for the movies.
 The three Geste brothers eycntu- ally land in the Foreign Legion and thereby hangs q tale-a tale that everyone will enjoy as the en- tertainmcnt derived is of the sort that is quite likeable by everyone. Ronald Colman heads an all star cast Of screen favoritoS.
 The feature will be shown contin- uously today, Thursday and Friday. Beginning Saturday matinee for four days the Capitol management an nounces the showing Of Richard Dix and Mary Brian in d new photoplay hit Shanghai Bound"