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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
AMERICAN LEGION
PLANS MEMORIAL
DAY CELEBRATION

At the last meeting of the Ameri-
can Legion, held Tuesday evening at
500 o'clock, April 18th, at the Elgin
Cafe, arrangements were planned for
celebration of Memorial Day in a fit
ting manner in Plentywood. Just
what exact details and program will
be had at that time have not yet been
decided upon, but publicity will be
given to these facts in ample time for
the public to know.
A new chaplain was voted upon to
take the place of Ed. Kjelstrup, who
left for Minot, N. d. Rev. Earle A.
Clifford is the newly-elected chaplain
and also the chairman of the Memoir
ial Day exercises.
Cleanup Squad to Visit Cemetery
On May first, a cleanup squad,
headed by the American Legion, will
meet at the Westland Oil Co. filling
station to later go to the cemeteries
with rakes and hoes to clean and put
the lots in good shape for the Memoir
ial Day exercises. Any who are in.
terested are asked to join with then
on Sunday at 1:30, end those whc
would like help from any of the lie
gion boys will be mode than welcome
to it.
Flags Ordered.
The Legion also reports that flag!
for Memorial Day have been ordered
for street decoration, and will be in
! stalled as soon as they are assembled
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

-, 0aI ana Ihe lot next dOOrs
VIII De fenced in for other
machinery he will have on dis
play Mr.. Nelson thinks he will
oe able to give out the contract
lOf the work in about another
week.
Inc Pientywood Implement Compa-
~ Is one of the oldest concerns in
!, t,lehJywood, having been here since
1le Ilrst houses of the town came in.
T,lu ~ mas consistently dealt with John
Deef Implements and Nichols and
oleppards combines and threshers
f;,.1e II began. Mr.. Ibsen had the
I'm Ior tive years before Mr.. Nell
81 o. purchased it a year ago, after
olHil.g from North Dakota to settle
-..i {. 'lls country which he saws he likes
= S,uSA n better. Mr.. Nelson has been
:. 'Le implement business for twenty
yeaI' y,' ana believes the line he is car
lsus now Is the best he has vet
I-.,Ii IS-.o"Ii and should be worthy of a
vLf vJ''ef housing than the back alley.
@nere his firm is now located Con
ffvsuently fgse he is having this new struc-
- made to provide better place
ta1. BUSINESS for the present, and tc
toa 1Ae care Of the bigger future trade
o., ,9O. ms five children, he saws. will
s olSI f.I UP IN Plentywood to find it on,
-, l'ae most thriving commercial cent
- N The Northwest.
y G:oolnson & Medders who hav,
f-eL. f.elL own building across tn,
s,oat sroat Tor new Chrysler cars. and i
y sfeet e from the future locatiol rt !
u u 'ne Plentywood Implement comma
ny, ~ are also adding to the buildinI
ftb5osIam tbo;, Of Plentywood by remodeiin
Il ,1,I rs.s structure both inside and on
c;t,i - met the growing demands of n
w;ss ;S IOr display rooms and sho7
WRo.7 Wvr5oows s5 for machinery and car car
tbo1 b5'.e'l l.Il ..Inley move into their own hons
fr. ftley Will have in it a fine room 20, IN nth II
tioiI H. / Ior new Chrystler cars and /
msoI,;k my pack there win be space for otb1
'''inery' repairing and storage.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
ATTEMPT
AT HOME GROCERY

Petty thieves tried prying open the
door of the Home Grocery in Plenty
wood Monday night, but succeeded
only in getting part of the panel off
before they were frightened away by
passers-by. The local policeman no
ticed the broken door and called Mr..
Peterson, proprietor of the store, to
the scene after one o'clock. Nothing
was found missing from the stock nor
from the till where a small amount
of cash was left over night.
However, just around the corner
a tire from the car of the Armour
Co. salesman, Mr.. Crookenson was
stolen the same evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
OUTLOOK SENIOR
CLASS PLAY WAS
HUGE SUCCESS
Actors Do Themselves Proud in Rem
ditiOn of High School Play Be-
fore Packed House at Stivers Hall,
Outlook.

Without exaggeration one of the
best play productions Sheridan coun-
ty has seen was given by the Out
look High School Seniors, Friday,
April22 at Stiver's Hall. Both the
play itself, "Seven Keys to Baldpate"
and the cast were of a quality that
many good road companies which
make this territory have not equalled.
The seven keys, each of them the
one and only original brought horde
of mystery, intrigue, thrills and even
murder to the play, and after all none
of them were real-it was only the
authors imagination. But the entire
cast played their parts so well that
throughout the whole performance
the extraordinarily large audience re-
mained tense with expectation, and
the occasional shrieks of the fair
maidens of the play sent shudders of
horror down ones back. Chas. Cav
anaugh as Mr.. Hayden was very
good. He acted naturally, neither
too melodramatically, nor too self
i consciously, both of which faults are
found all too frequently in amateur
productions. There were times when
he in common with the other players
more especially the women could not
make their voices heard to the back
rows. Whether this was the fault OF
the actors or the acoustics of the
hall one cannot say. Rueben Wallir
as "Hermi'' took an excellent charac
ter part. Eva Buzzard carried he
two part of Mrs. Quimby and Myr;
Thornbill well, altho her best hit!
were in Myra's role. But the whole
cast did well, and it was good to SCI
them go through their parts withou
that terrible. restraint and fear tina
ruins and makes bores of amateur
presentations.
The Seniors showed excellent train
ing, a creditable commendation t.
Mr.. James their coach. May we Sc
more first class plays and enjoyabl
acting in the future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

TO CELEBRATE INTER-
NATIONAL MAY DAY


On Sunday afternoon. May 1st,
International May Day will be
celebrated at the Farmer-LabOr
Temple by the people of Sheri-
dan County.
The significance Of the Occa-
sion to all farmers and workers
of the world will be explained by
Jules Anderson, editor of the
ScObey Sentinel. and ]. Sparkling,
Representative from Daniels
County. Other numbers have also
been planned, such as a recita-
tiOn by Eleanor Stambaugh and
singing by Gustave Espeland of
: McElrOy and Pete Gallagher of
PlentywOOd. After tho program,
there will be social get-tOgeth-
er of the old stand-byes of the
3 County.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

and VickSbupg.
SDOrtsmen's Ground Inundated
The country around Poydras where
it is proposed to dynamite a levee
is a hunting and fishing field of
which sportsmen dream. Almost ev-
cry species of game and fish may be
found if one knows where to look and
every hunting day is a field day for
the amateur.
Trappers Protest.
The trappers will fight for what
they consider their rights, although in
this crisis dispatches from New Or
leans say they had laid down their
arms in the face Of guarantees of re-
muneration for their losses.
They have not often directed their
belligerent efforts against outsiders.
They have been too busy fighting
among themselves. Miniature civil
wars have been fought in the Louisi-
ana swamps for years, as the musk
rat hunters went about their business
with trap in one hand, and a gun
in the other. The trap was for musk
rat and the gun for any one who
might attempt to interfere with the
trapping, even though he might hap
! pen to own the land.
/ When the levee lets the water
through an untold number of musk
rats will perish and succulent vege-
tables will be buried deep in the rich
trucking section to be flooded.
Evacuation Underway
4 Evacuation of the POyras sectioI
began in earnest today as citizens
piled household goods and all NOV
able articles upon any available con
veyance and began to trek toward
New Orleans, the haven of refuge fol
which they were sacrificing theil
homes.
Continued on page Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
OUTLOOK CITIZEN
DIES AT HELENA

Mrs. J. ]. Gunther has received
word from the Masonic Home at Hell
ena that her father, Niels Rasmussen,
an old time resident of Outlook, had
died. The Masonic lodge is taking
charge of the funeral which is expect
ed to be at Plentywood about FRI
day the 29th. Mr.. Rasmussen moved
to Sheridan county in 1908 and mas
lived in Montana since. He was 81
years of age at his death.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
SHERIDAN COUNTY
FARMERS BUY THOR
OUGHBRED STOCK

Sheridan County farmers are be-
coming more and more interested in
pure-bred stock as indicated by the
fact that several have purchased large
numbers of registered animals this
spring. The most recent ones to
have acquisitions of this kind are
Art Wankel and Harry Hoffman of
DOoley, who, accompanied by County
Agent Ostby, went to Grenora, where
they purchased six head of pure-bred
Shorthorn heifers of the milking
strain. Atty. T. w. Greer has pur-
chased four Shorthorn, three COWS
and one sire, getting the pick of VIM.
Powers herd at Culbertson. Mr.
Greer now has about thirty head of
registered cattle.
Sheridan county was visited by a
shower Wednesday night followed by
high winds Thursday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
BIG DANCE AT FL.
TEMPLE MAY BOTH

Saturday, the thirtieth, there will
be another of those big dances at the
Temple with Whites Orchestra play
ing. Now that the roads are in such
fine shape and the weather is so
nice, more than the average crowd is
expected.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

Lock Employees In Safe
He then ordered the men 10 lie
down on the vault floor, and locked
ed them in. They were released
10 minutes later when A. o. Coop
er, farmer came to make a depOs-
it and heard the prisoners shout
ing. He told E. A. Richardson,
druggist, who called ]. r. Libby.
president of the institution, to open
the vault.
Sheriff Burgess and several dep
uties are seeking the rObber.
Great Falls.-Sheriff Bob Gordon
received a message from Sheriff Bnr-
CESS of Lewis and Clark county early
today telling of the robbery of the
East Helena bank, and asking that
the Cascade county sheriff throw out
line to the west, as it was thought
that the holdup men, Sheriff Burgess
believing there were two y of them.
might be headed this way either bv
railroad, car, or the Missouri river.
the latter route seeming probable.
Sheriff Gordon warned his ontlving
CIV q Ocllu Will DG kEHl Oh
the west line of the county should
nothing further develop from The
Lewis and Clark county officers
search.
Helena, April 25.-The man hunt
for the robber who, last Tuesday
morning robbed the East Helena
State Bank and escaped in an auto
mobile with approximately $1,000 in
cash, lulled yesterday, while Sheriff
Burgess deputies checked up on vari-
Gus clews and reports.
The sheriff was out of the city.
having taken Earl Taylor, sentenced
Wednesday to a term of from three
to seven years on a charge of grand
larceny, to the state penitentiary at
Deer Lodge.
The rest in the main search for the
bandit was taken, according to Off
GERS in an attempt to weave some of
the minor clews in with the one
CONTINUED on page Eighty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
LOCAL CITIZENS
FORM GOLF CLUB
Take Three Year Lease on 100 Acres
Just North of City With Privilege
of Purchasing Same-35 Members
Sign Up.

Several of the Plentywood citizens
have got together and have formed a
Golf Club organization which will be
incorporated in about thirty DAYS.
Already about 35 members have sign
ed up, with more expected as soon as
the golf links are finished. Their
present place is located about a mile
north of town on plot of about 100
acres, making nine hole course. The
temporary committee in charge of
this work consists of Anton Nelson,
chairman; Al. Hansen, secretary and
superintendent A. Nelson, Ray Lang
Father O'Rourke, treasurer.
In about two years the Club ex-
poets to build little club house on
the plot and hopes to eventually es-
tablish a country club out of it.
The committee in charge of con-
struction consisting of F. D. Morck
superintendent; A. Nelson, Ray Lang
and George Sunderland has beer
working on the course for some time
There had been talk of having a cluE
of this kind for about year and now
this committee has succeeded in get
ting a three year lease with an optior
for buying from L. Rue. Alread,
several of the members can be seer
on Sundays chasing the little whit,
balls around the field with thei-
clubs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
Marines TO HANKOW MEANS WAR ON CHINA

Shanghai April 26TwO thousand Northern Chinese soldiers
reported have been drowned when shells from the Canton
batteries at Nankng sank their boats in the Yangtze river
m launches towing dozen boats full of Northern troops at
Dte reach the southern shore of the Yange Nanng
ots last nigh the dispatches this morning said searchght
revealed their approach Eighty shells fired by the Canton
- II he hnats
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
Bandit Holds Up East Helena
Bank, Escapes With $4,5OO
Two Employees Locked in Vault by Man Whom They Mis-
took For Injured SmeIter Worker and His Depu-
ties Search Helena Hils-Robber Still at Large

Helena April ia lone Obber held up the East Helena State
Bank at $3.50 this morning took $4,000 currency escaped
IN an automobile after locking the bank employees the vault
H. Short cashier and Steve Cross bookeeper were alone in
the bank when with his face bandaged appeared Their
st thought was that he injured smeter worker The
nan covered them with ordered them unlock the vault
from which he took all the currency and fled 80
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
MISSISSIPPI RIVER CRISIS BELIEVED PAST

New Orleans April 27-Wth the definite decision that
breach would be made the evees below New Orleans Friday
the city, officials today turned their attention toward fou
aOn of plans for cutting the levee of conferences
between state and federal engineers and Major Gener
Edgar Jadwn chief Of army engineers Meanwhile the high
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
STATE NURSE VISITS
PLENTYWO0D
Examines School Children and Gives
instructions to Mothers Concerning
Care Of Those Under Standard Re-
quirements- Holds Baby Clinic.

Miss Warning, State Nurse, visited
Plentywood Friday April 22nd, and
examined not only all the school chill
dren, but held a Baby Clinic at the
Council rooms under the auspices Of
the Parents and Teachers Association.
AS in all clinical holdings, she showed
parents the defects in their children
and gave suggestions as to their pre-
vention and cure. The High School
children received cards from Miss
Warning on which were shown the
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
PIentywOOd Implement Co.
Prepare to Put Up Building
Westand Oil Company to Share Office Building and Large
Yard VIII be Used by Both Concerns Structure VIII be
Built Next to The Producers News Office

just as the spring rush the implement bust
ness Anton Nelson proprietor Of the Penywood Implement Co.
expects TO construct building for his First Av
next to the Producers News building His building which
o $4,000 stuccO structure when completed is to have two
geS IN It, one for the implement company itself and for
@ Marsh and the Westland Oil Company The floors will be
Ie maple finish there will be excellent sample in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
STATE CONVENTION
TO Be Held AT CLAS-
COW JUNE 24-25
Board Of Directors Of Farmers Grain
Dealers Association Decide to Hold
State Meet at Glasgow
Invited to Attend.

The Farmers Grain Dealers Asso-
citation of Montana will hold its first
or preliminary convention in the city
of Glasgow June oath and 25th, pro
vided satisfactory arrangements can
be made. This was decided on at a
meeting of the Board of Directors
held in the office of the Progressive
Farmers Club, Inc, at Plentywood,
Montana recently, the meeting being
attended by full Board of officers
and directors as follows: Mr.. T. J.
Larson, Outlook, Mont, president;
Mr.. Karl Hovland, Whitehall, Mont;
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
APPEALS FOR SACCO AND VANZETTI ARE
STACKED HIGH ON GOV. FULLER'S DESK
Governor Besieged From All Corners of the Earth With Tel
egrams Letters and Cables Asking For Justice For Inno-
cent Men Condemned to the Electric Chair.
LAWYERS FEAR law May Be DISCREDITED

Boston (P)NO since the days when the abolition cry
through the land in the Eighteen Fs has Massachusetts been
deeply stirred Two Italian worngmen, facing the
electric chair of ChaestOwn state penenay July TO- because
of their radicasm have provided the ISSUE
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
HELEN HIGHLAND
WINS FIRST PLACE In
SPEAKING CONTEST
Wins $1,000 in Gold and Free Trip
to State High School Conference At
MissOula-Clara Onstad Wins Sec
Ond Place and $500 Prize.


At the Declamatory Contest held
Saturday evening at the Orpheum
Theatre, Helen Hegland won first
prize of $1,000 in gold by her pres
entation of a cutting from O'Henry,
''The Last Leaf" Clara Onstad won
second, $500, by a dramatic sketch
in three scenes entitled "No. Six"
Had there been a third prize, Clara
bell Malcolm would have been en-
titled to it, according to Miss Scott,
English teacher of the High School,
who had charge of getting the con-
testants into proper shape for the
event. Others who participated were
Eleanor Stambaugh who gave "Cud-
dy," by Margaret Hilmer Mckenzie,
Marie Riba, who gave "The Littlest
Rebel" by Helen Bennett, and Paul
CONTINUED on page Eight)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
RESIDENTS Are MOVING
OUT OF TWO PARISHES

Vigorous Protests Made Against Plan of Governor of Lous
By Residents and Trappers of Land Which VIII Be
Flooded When Levee Is Cu-2OO Dead and 5O 900 Made
Homeless By Flood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

Northeastern Montana farmers are
rushing field work, starting Monday.
Double shifts are quite common
in planting large acreages.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
Big Battle

Big Battle
Sbanghai-The Yangtze river in
he vicinity of Marking is virtually
n avenue of fire at the present time.
One of the firecest battles in months
was fought last night between five
varcraft Of the Cantonese (Southern
Nationalists) at Marking and the
batteries at Pukow, across the river
which is in the hands Of the Northern
forces.
The firing lasted hours, but there
ras no decisive results. Three guns
on Lion Hill, Marking, aided the
Southemers. During the firing the
iights in Marking and Pukow were
kent out.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
DOZEN BOATS ARE SUNK
IN THE YANGTZE RIVER

ce Battle Raging Near Nanking- British Reported Pre-
caring For Occupation of Two Important Cities-Chiang
Kai6ek Making Open Bid for Support From Imperiaists
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29
Prepare for Occupation

Shanghai.-The vernacular news
papers published an official Kuomin-
tang Cantonese political organiza-
lion) manifesto to the world stating
that the British minister at Peking
proposes to prepare for the occupa-
ton Of Shanghai and Marking in the
event that the Chinese government
should reject the demands made by
the powers growing out of the Nan
king disorders of March "a.
Washington,-That the imperialist
powers are making preparations for
an attack on Hankow, seat of the Ma
tonalist government, was indicated
today by the circulation of the reports
that the 1,500 marines aboard the
transport Henderson, due in Shanghai
shortly, are bound for Hankow.
Continued on page EighD
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-04-29

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-14
SANDLOTTERS STICK
TO FOOT BALL PLAY

Although foot ball IS through for
the year so far as the colleges here
about are concerned the sandlotters
still are sticking to the game. Three
ter.city matches calculated to prove
interesting have been arranged.
Chief among them is that which will
bring into opposition the District
champion Apaches and the Home.
steads, champions Of Baltimore and
vicinity, at Union Park next Sunday
Another Baltimore champion, the
Powhatan eleven, which holds the
title in the 115-pound class. will come
here Sunday for a tilt with the Col.
legians on the Monument Lot.
The Northerns, who stubbornly re.
fuse to recognize the Apaches as cham.
pions, will go to Lansdowne, Md. Sun.
day for scrap with the eleven Of
that place, an eleven that played the
Baltimore Homesteads TO a tie.
Chevy Chase Athletic Club and ST
Stephens elevens of this city can't
see the season ended without another
battle. These 150-pound teams Will
clash Sunday on Friendship field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-14
WARWICK QUINT ON HUNT
FOR BASKET BALL GAMES

Warwick Collegians, leaders in the
Washington Independent League and
one of the best basket ball teams in
the city last Winter are after games
for Thursday and Saturday nights
Call Lincoln 1850.
Warwick dependables include Crosn,
Capelli, Scruggs, Hanback,, Lyles,
Krumm, Dezendorf and Freed.
Bonds WhirIwind tossers routed
Army Medical Center team, Sc to Is.
F. III. Smith Co. basketers disposed
of Petworth. % to IA.
Southern A. C. c0urtmen make their
debut tonight against Washington
Barracks five in the Barracks gym
at 8 o'clock.
Star tossers routed Speedwell, So
to Is.
Washington Boys Club Basket Ball
League will open play in it's league,
| comprising three divisions, the first
week in January. Teams not affiliated
with the club are invited to compete
The junior division will take in play.
| ers 10 to IL years of age and the
senior, class B division. the Oldest
| boys, those from IT to Is.
Woltz A. c. downed Live Wires,
IS to 10,
Sioux A. c. bowed to Crescents, II
| to II. Sioux will meet Yosemites to.
night at Hine Junior High at $50
o'clock.
Army War College defeated st
Martins unlimited team, AZ to 36, and
Red Star Rangers doWned the Saints
junior five, 81 to 10.
Calvary Reds trounced Triangle, 80
to IL.
Woodside A. c. defeated Calvary
| Reserves, % to "a, for the victor's
fourth straight.
Calvary NJ. #. tossers showed the
way to Silver Spring, Md, courtmen,
AZ to 81.
Basketers of Howitzer Company, Ma
| tional Guard, nosed out the Naval Hos
pital Ave, 16 to IA, in the victor's
armory at Kensington, Md.
Cresap's Rifles, National Guard
basketers of Frederick, Md, fell cas-,
prey to the Washington professional
team in a game last night in the Mary
| land city. The score was 81 to 35.
Company Il, District National Guard
basketers. win be unable to meet Com
pany F Regulars at Hyattsville tomor
row night because of schedule mix
up. The Company T. team has the
use of the Coast Guard Armory Fri
| day nights and wants action with un
| limited teams. Call Adams 1107-W.
Trinity Methodists went down be
| fore Marine Barracks five, II to &C..
Rusty Saunders quint, 110pound
combination, has been formed. Games