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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-14
REDSTONE

Misses Rachel and Leona Filter
are visiting their sister, Mrs. Forrest
Matkin this week.
Mrs. Dallas Matl1in is spending a
few days at the home of her parents.
F. o. Torno, the Daleview merch-
ant prince, was a Redstone visitor
Tuesday.
DR.. w. D. Roy, dentist, permanently
located at Plentywood-over Vests
cafe.-27-2t mo.
Joe Wagner, one of the successful
farmers of the Daleview district, was
a Redstone visitor Tuesday.
Jack White was a county seat Wis
itor the first of the week.
Edw. Harrington has been spend
ing the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Harrington.
Miss Elliot was q county seat VS.
itor Wednesday Of this week.
Sheriff Salisbury was up from
Plentywood Wednesday attending TO
some official business matters.
There was a quiet wedding at Flax
vile New Years day when Rev. Nor
ton officiated at the wedding of Oral
Ness and Miss Mona Stewart. The
groom left the same day for Pontiac,
Mich, where he expects to have en-
ployment and the bride will finish
teaching her term of school at Flax
vile when she will join her husband.
On Wednesday evening the school
board held a special meeting at which
Mrs Dc5ing, who has taught here for
a number of years, handed in her
RESIGNATION as teacher Of the primary
department. The board accepted her
resignation providing she would teach
until the board were able to get a
teacher to fill her place. Mrs. Deb
ing hes taught here for a number of
years and it is with regret that her
MANY friends here will learn Of her
leaving.
Alex Monahan left Tuesday for
Glasgow, Opheim, Peerless and SEQ
hey and viii visit with his brother
near Scobev.
A. Ingwalson of Crosby, n. D., and
c. G.. Peterson of Minneapolis were
here a few days this week checkina
up in Che wears business of the com
pany here.
J. w Bucklin was elected as 6
delegate to 20 to Culbertson today
TO attend a meeting Of the different
towns along the route Of the prOpos
ed trail from Regina, Canada, to The
Gulf Of Mexico.
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FROM AROUND The COUNTY
WOLF CREEK

ST Ulrich and l. E. Metzler were
county seat visitors Monday.
H. B. French was transacting bust
ness in Redstone tuesday.
Willard and Glen French visited
with Maxwell Machines Monday.
mrs. Charles marsh visited with
Mrs. Machines Tuesday.
Harriet Cromwell, Hazel, Louise
and Mabel Marsh visited with Helen
Machines Tuesday.
Maxwell Machines visited with
Maurice Cromwell Tuesday.
Eddie Bembenek is taking advaAt-
age OF the hard roads to haul wheat.
Miss Mysicka returned from her
vacation Monday and reOpened school
Wednesday.
The weather we are getting now
isn't hard to get along with.
Billy COwan has got over the
measles but Betty has them now.
VIM. Cromwell and George Morris
went to RedstOne Wednesday.
/. L. Metzlcr visited at the Crom-
well and Machines homes Tuesday
evening.
MI. and Mrs. James Cowan were
Redstone callers Thursday.
j. he Ladies Club met with Mrs.
Burke Thursday and had an interest
ing meeting, studying and demon
strating First Aid"
The Wolf Creek Farmers Club met
with Jack Burke Thursday and elect
ed officers as follows: President,
Charles Marsh; Vice President, Dan
campbell; Secretary, d. M. MacIn-
mes.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. M. Machines Wis
tied with Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Campbell
Friday.
The heavy snow Friday morning
developed into a real blizzard by Sat
urday, but cleared away by Sunday
and is now nice again.
Our mail carrier, Harry LOucks
must have had a nasty trip Saturday
in the blizzard but he made the "Trip
anyway.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. French and
family and Mrs. Wilberg and child
rem visited with Mr.. and Mrs. D. M
Machines Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. McCallister visited
with Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Cromwell
Sunday.
Harry Gray was caller at the D
! NJ Machines farm Monday.
Eddie Bembenek, James and Ceci
/ Garneau attended the basketball
game and dance at Redstone Satur
day night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-01-14

Napoleon insisted that Armies
crawl to victory on their stomachs."
Cor was it their 'bellies?)
What the great warrior meant
was that an army can be relied
upon to reach the peak of fighting
efficiency only if adequately fed.
And this leads to the discussion
of a new book which recently
made it's appearance and has
impressed economists because it
deals with a phase of the world
war not hitherto touched upon by
historians-the contribution of the
American and Canadian farmer to
the successful prosecution of the
conflict.
American Pork Production in
the World War" is the unromantic
title of a volume by Frank M. Sur
face "a. w. Shaw Co.. Chicago)
in which this authority. an econ
omist. sets forth in entertaining
fashion the inside story of the i'm
portant part this food product and
its producers played in the war.
The recital of DR.. Surfaces story
begins with the Spring of 1917,
when the allied government appeal
ed to the newly-created United
States Food Administration for an
increase of the supply of fats avail
able to them from American sOurc-
es. They had been buying grains
and the market had been exceed
ingly active, but as their people
were in great need of fats the jus
tice of their plea was recognized
by the officials of the United States
government.
The farmers. however, were not
so easily convinced. They were
getting good prices for their grain
and. unless they could be satisfied
that the hog and its products would
not develop losses, they were loathe
to undertake the production. Her
bert Hoover, representing the Food
Administration promised them thai
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LIBRARY NOTES

New Library book-list:
Thomas Burke, a biography-Con-
over.
Six French Poets, a criticism
Amy Lowell.
Lanterns, Junks and Jade, a book
of travel in China-Morrill Story of
Philosophy-Durant.
Notes on Democracy-Mencken.
The Koran (Trars. from Ara, by
Dale), including the life of Moham-
med.
An interesting group of new nov
els includes Hammer John-Walpole,
neutrality-suspicious., Lord Rain
go-Amold Bennett, and Her Sons
Wife-Dorothy Garfield.
incidentally, it should be under
stood by all, especially children, that
everyone should be as quiet as pos
slble IN the Library, in order that
those who wish to study may be able
to do so.
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Among the proposals already made 4
to combat the borer are a S3,00O,OOO
Federal appropriation and a fifty
mile quarantine belt around the in
tested region
The borer has done much damage
in the last two or three years on
both sides of the lakes in the On
talio and Erie regions. In this coun-
try the districts hit hardest are west
ern New York, northern Pennsylvan-
Ia, Ohio and southern Michigan.
Spreads Despite Tires Year Fight.
IN these regions the quarantine
method has already been tried, but
on a smaller scale. Motorists there
are familiar with waving lanterns
that force hasty applications of
brakes at night along roads leading
from an infested county to one free
from the pest. State and Federal
agents in these states have halted
millions of automobiles in the at
tempt to prevent the westward
spread Of the bOrer, but its appear
ance in regions beyond the quarantine
indicates the method is Intellectual.
Grave danger faces the farmers of
the corn belt if the borer should sue
eeed in digging himself in there. The
borer might Go more damage here
than the boil weevil did in its raids
on the South, for this region is the
center of the nations corn and pork
production and of the dairy industry
This westward advance of the corn
bOrer is consequently of great i'm
portance to the nation at large.
The borer is a non-quota immi-
grant from east central Europe. AL
though it has done much damage in
Europe, this has been lessened by the
fact that farmers there use every
scrap of stalk. Since the borer lives
in stalks and stubble through the
winter even though the temperature
drops to 40 below, it will be more
difficult to prevent its spread and
consequent damage in this country
where much of the stalk is left STANG
ing.
Tiny Moths Have Range of Twenty
Miles.
Warm weather finds the borer
busy laying eggs which hatch into
moths able to fly twenty miles furth-
er into uninfested territory. Eating
as it goes the bOrer burrows I'D the
stalk until the corn breaks and falls
over before the ears have ripened.
Sometimes it even devours the ears
themselves.
Although no effectual remedy has
been found, it has been discovered
that wasp-like parasite feeds on the
borer. In general, though, the best
remedy known at present is to cut
the corn as early as possible and to
destroy all the crop not used or 10
put it in silos, where the borer dies
and to plant some other crop the fol
loving year.
oh remedy would be more diff
ficult in the corn belt than in the
regions Of more diversified farming
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west Of town, were stolen off the
streets here early last Sunday even
ing and after a search extending we'll
INTO the next day were located near
Trenton, where they had been
stripped of the saddles and aban-
doned. One horse was dead on the
nght-of-way having been struck nv
a train and the other was inside the
rlght-ot-way fence. Suspicion of the
guilty parties was traced to two
strangers who had been hanging
around town for couple of DAYS and
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so far as the control Of the govern
ment neutral and allied buying of
pork would permit, he would at
tempt to keep the market price of
hogs in definite relation to the
price OF corn.
Tho experience the farmers had
after accepting this assurance is re
counted By the author Of this re-
cord in entertaining manner. He
I'teils OF the anxiety and discour-
agement caused the Food Admin
istrauon by breakdown of rail ship
ping facilities, unreasonable mark ct
ing and the lack of allied ships to
carry the cargoeS, and Of the earn
estness of the farmer in continuing
his production at top speed.
Then came the Armistice, and
with it the threat that the market
would collapse. The allies forgot
purchase the output of the Ameri-
can farmer, and indicated that they
intended to turn to the Southern
Hemisphere now that the sub
marine and other naval threat was
removed. where they counted upon
much lower prices and increased
supply. To this the United States
| Food Administration dissented in
no uncertain terms, maintaining
that since the allied governments
had pledged them to the purchases
they should fulfill those promises
or assist in the disposal of the
! pork. elsewhere.
But allied orders were cancelled
neutral countries were strictly ra.
toned or blockaded, proposed re-
lief programs which would have
provided an outlet for the product;
were thwarted. and the outlook fnl
the American hog grower was IN.
deed anything but promising. The
story Of the manner in which The
United States Food Administration
set about to keep faith with tn,
farmers Is interesting. The AID
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Fall, Doheny and the courts wb;o,
at last brought them to trial Ti Ill
to this: "Doheny and FAN wer ,.9. =.
quilted week ago. Daugbertv az az
tried and freed. Wheeler was broDnI4
to trial and acquitted on a tecbpiool
ty. This gives the aforementio~ali55
people, who were implicated in coio1
sal deals to nnisappropriate the nT6
lie domain or use their Official 6cs;
lions to enrich themselves at the 50 90
pense of the public, a clean biU %
health. And. it proves that Won can
not convict a United States Senate,
a cabinet officer, or a million dol
lars
"To couple the name of Senator
Wheeler with the name of Daughar
ty, who was driven from his seat
amongst the mighty, and compeiIeG
to defend himself in the criminal
courts o. the country as a result Of
the exposures of the BroOkhart com
mittee, with Senator Wheeler doino
the prosecuting, is about as braze9
an attempt to mislead the readers q,
his paper as this editor could have
been guilty of. To couple his name
with those Of Fall and Doheny is an
inexcusable piece of journalistic ef-
frontery, and indicates that Editor
Wallace desires to misinform and
create unfounded suspicion.
"But the part of the statement
which says that: "Wheeler was
brought to trial and acquitted on =
technicality,' is the foulest falsehood
in his article of insinuations. and
brands the writer as a modern An
anias. We know that Editor Wal
lace was on the ground during the
whole of the Wheeler trial at Great
Falls, pretending that he was giving
aid to the defense, and assuring eva
erybody with whom he talked les
pecially if he had an idea they were
friendly to Wheeler) that the whole
j case was a wicked framc-up and
that unless there was a serious mis-
carriage of Justice, Wheeler would
not be convicted.
Acquitted on a technicality! Will
this great lawyer-editor please in
form the public what the nature Of
the 'techncality was? We confess
we never heard of it before; nor in
our opinion did Wallace"
"Footnote-The above editorial is
answered in a paragraph in the
"Limelight" column this week. The
editor of the Producers News seem
ingly does not think that Ed Man
/ son, who is a good citizen of Mon
tana, and valued friend Of the edi
! tor, wrote the editorial in question
: TIe accuses Senator Wheeler of thi
) and issues a challenge to the JUNO
Senator. Mr.. Wallace left for Hell
ena this week and his article on poll
teal coalitions in the state will b
;, awaited wlch keen intercst).
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the officials in the neighboring towns
were notified and asked to be on the
lookout with the result that two men
were apprehended the next evening
by North Dakota officers when they
attempted to check two saddles out
of Trenton on No. 3.
The prisoners were taken to Viii
iston and Deputy Sheriff John lwen
notified, who left at once accompa-
MED by Pete Arnold and Mr.. Schwen-
Ike and both the saddles and men were
Identified. They were brought back
here that night and lodged in Jail and
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The following editorial appeared
in the "Searchlight" published at
Great Falls, a paper which is be-
lieved here to be subsidized by Sena-
tor Burton K Wheeler. 1t will be
remembered that the same publica-
ton repubished on article from the
Helena Independent rejecting on the
Council Of Action and people in Plen-
tywood some time ago. The indie
pendent is the chief Anaconda Com
pany organ in the state. The article
in the Searchlight in the interest of
Senator Wheeler, which is believed
to be written by Sen. Wheeler him
self is as follows
The Editorial
"a PROGRESSIVE EDITORS
OPINIONS
"P. j. (Pay JAY Wallace whose
name appears at the masthead of
the Producers News as Editor. runs
column in that paper each week
under the caption ''In the Limelight,"
IN which he discusses people, and is
sues from his personal viewpoint.
I'm last weeks issue among other
things which this learned editor felt
called upon to enlighten the public
was an expression on the result of
the Fall-Doheny trial. Now as far
as that piece of public business is
concerned nothing said in criticism
will find objection from us, but; Wal
lace seemed to be more eager to in
Jure Senator Wheeler than to aid
the public in forming an opinion of
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next morning were turned over To
Under Sheriff Chas. 9 Council, who
took them to Wolf Point where they
I'll have their hearing. They gave
their names as James N. and w. L.
Warren, brothers, and Texas as their
re
The elder of the two is said to have
signified his intentions of pleading
ing guilty and claims all responsible
ty for the deed.
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However, Antelope won the game
and is entitled to the victory and they
have mighty fast aggregation OF
players and show excellent coaching.
Their team work is as good as any
that has been seen on the local floor
this year, and while the writer be-
ieves that the game might have been
a Plentywpod victory or at least a
very close game if Antelope had
been able to nose out a victory, that
is one Of the chances a basketball
team or any other aggregation in the
line of sport has to take.
We understand that Antelope will
play Plentywood again on the local
floor before the season closes, and It
is hoped that no accident mars this
contest, so that the merits of the two
teams in full strength may be judged
by the fans. Anyway it will be a
"hum-dinger."
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Immediately after the second
teams took the floor, the boys of the
Plentywood and Antelope High School
first teams came on to the floor with
a rush. Both teams commenced a
fast warming up practice, after
which they lined up with a Froid
man as referee.
The game started off fast and
furious with the ball in fast play,
but not many chances being secured
by either team for a basket. Plenty
wood finally secured one point on a
foul and the quarter ended / to 0
in favor of the local boys.
In the second quarter a very I'M
fortunate accident happend, when
Glib Zeidler, the Plentywood star, in
some way got tangled up with
"Swede" Hoven of Antelope, and in
the fall twisted his ankle in such a
manner as to put him out of the
game for the time. This happened
at the beginning of the second quar-
ter, and Antelope took a squirt imme-
diately afterwards. and when The
quarter ended had annexed 8 points
to Plentywood's one tally, making
the score 8 to 2 at the end of the
first half.
By the third quarter, after having
his ankle massaged and bound, Glib
again took his place on the team
amid great applause for his game
ness. But at the time Of taking the
floor he could hardly step on his
foot and limped around the hall in
a desperate manner and did not en-
deavOr to try to jump on held balls
But even though crippled, where
less plucky players would have left
the game for good, his presence was
Immediately felt, and the Antelope
boys were unable to squirt again as
they did in the second quarter. The
quarter ended with 9 score OF 4 to
in favor of Antelope.
At the beginning Of the last quar-
ter, the score stood y to in favo.
of Antelope.
When the teams took the floor il
the last quarter, there was blood il
the eyes Of the Plentywood bows
even though Zeidler was still hop
ping around on one foot The gam
started with bang and in this quar-
ter the local aggregation outplayer
and outfought the ball tossers from
the south, finishing the quarter wit
a to 2 tally.
The final score of the game wa
IA to 8.
Below is the score Of the game b
quarters and the attention of tn
readers is called to the fact that i
the second quarter, Zeidler was on
of the game, but came back in tn
third and fourth although badly Grip
pied, that one can Judge thereby tn
outcome of the game, if Plentywood
star player had not been out of til
game the second qual ter and a criT
pie in two others. No points wei
made by Antelope in the second qual
ter before the injury of Zeidler.
1cf O11a7,fo7,
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ministration's Grain Corporation
and the Commission for Relief in
Belgium were instructed to pur-
chase pork products to be available
later for sale to Germany and for
relief in Southern and Eastern
Europe when it could be establish
ed The French and Italian gov
ernments after earnest representa-
tons were prevailed upon to rein
state their orders for delivery in
January and February of 1919 and
still further strenuous negotiations
resulted in a practical lifting of the
blockade on neutrals. The United
States Army supported the market
through purchases, and. DR.. Surface
points out, these combined pur-
chases barely supported the market
through the first two months Of
the year.
When the War Trade Board, on
March 9Th, removed government
control from the pork market
it seemed that disaster had arrived,
but in the meantime Mr.. Hoover
had accomplished two missions
which saved the situation. He sue
| ceeded in organizing an inter-allied
relief body for the distressed
peoples in newly-liberated countries
of Europe and in effecting a relax
alton of the blockade against Ger
many. Thus markets were created,
immense shipments were begun,
| prices were maintained and the
| American farmer enjoyed the
profits of his labor.
DR.. Surface makes the definite
statement that this availability Of
American food in Europe undoubt-
eddy STAYED off disastrous famine
-
/
Thus American farmers not only
contributed to the winning of the
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Chicago ian. l2Farnlers in America great corn belt
Indiana The Rockies troubled the advance of the
European corn or Reports that the destructive worm has
pushed westward far Kalamazoo Mich have led to con
erences between farms and county agents devise some
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BAINVILLE THIEVES
LAND IN JAIL

Bainville.-The saddle ponies be-
longing to Chas. F. Schwonke, north
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SEARCHLIGHT EDITORI-
AL REPLIES TO PARA
GRAPH IN "I.IME.-
LIGHT" COLUMN

Article Supposed to Be Written By
Wheeler Denies Accusations Made By
Learned Lawyer Editor" of Pro-
ducers News.
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"A Great PestiIence is
Spreading Through the Land
AMERICAS GREAT CORN BELT
THREATENED AS ALL ATTEMPTS
TO HALT EUROPEAN BORER FAIL

Farm Experts Estimate 100000 Federal Appropriation
and Fifty Rle Quarantine Belt VIII Be Necessary to Halt
Pests Westward March.
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Proper feeding is
essential. Therefore
I shall always pro-
vide a carefully
b balanced ration
TO my herd, as
well as a plentiful
supply Of pure,
clean water.
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Read the news while it is news.
Producers News-$3.O0 Year.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS
The seventh and eighth grade ex-
aminations win be held in Plenty
wood and Outlook on Thursday and
Friday, January 20 and 21.
Examination Schedule.
First Day.
900, Civics; 1915, Recess; 1890,
History; 1900, Intermission; 1870
Grammar; 800, Recess; 3:15, Read
ing; Ais, Close.
Second Day.
900, Arithmetic; HOO, Recess;
1t:15, Spelling; 1900, Inteznission;
1:3O, Physiology, Agriculture; 2:3O,
Geography; 400, Close
LINDA L. HALL,
40-t2 Deputy County Supt
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Read the Advertisements pays.
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contributed to the winning Of the
war, but were powerful factors in
the restoration Of war-torn ter
ritory.
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Then when my
milk is bottled I
shall know 1 am
repaid for my
efforts. 1 shall
get more milk
and more money
for my milk and
the 6 ospel Of
clean and better
milk shall spread
throughout the
land.
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The growth in the
number Of COW test
ing associations con-
vinces me that member
ship in one is a good
thing. 1 pledge my as
ISOLATION fun support
and cooperation.
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The dairy or
creamery that
buys my milk
II u s t value
quality an q
sanitation a S
much as I dc.
They must car
" on frorl the
point beyond
which I have
no control.
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Read the news while it is news.
Producers News-S3.O0 a Year
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