The producers news., 1927-12-09

noy Bowler, yet the cork screw convolutions
5 line of arguments, and his purely Burley Ii
defense, seem to harmonic and convalute
rfect proportion.
For the edificatiOn of our readers and to she
lat can be resorted to for malicious prOpagan
rposes, and to make a simple sheriff look le
mple, we reproduce the Daniels County Lead
itOrial in toto, and number the paragraphs
e side for purpose of reference in answering:
DON'T LIKE DETECTIVES
1-"Judging from the attitude of the edi-
tor of the Producers News last week, that
individual and his sheriff, Rodney Sails
bury, do not like detectives. In fact, it
seems that when a stranger arrives at
PlentywOOd and does not at once become
booster for game cock fights, participate
in the big gambling games, prove his ex-
perience as a boOtlegger, bank robber or
killer of defenseless old farmers for their
few dollars, Sheriff Salisbury and the
Producers News editor at once begin to
investigate him to find out if he might be
a detective for the bankers who have been
robbed or for the bonding company which
insured the county treasury which was
looted year ago.
2-"If the visitor does not at once make
his peace with those bosses he is at once
branded as dick, exposed belittled and
ridiculed. A detective to them is a most
despicable individual, a pariah which So
ciety should not tolerate at all.
3--"That is the impression the Producers
News conveys
E"Then putting words in Salisburys
mouth, it says, If these rumdumS who
couldn't even catch cold, keep performing
there will be no chance to catch anybody
or convict him if caught
Now isn't that just too bad.
Sit is only a little over a year since
the Sheridan county treasury was looted
of more than 100000. The taxpayers
haven't heard of Salisbury catching the
loOters yet An old farmer was murdered
near Plentywood this fall by a couple of
fiends who took his automobile and
money. The clever Sheriff of Sheridan
county hasn't apprehended the murderers
yet. The Outlook bank was robbed early
in the day just a few weeks ago. Salisbury
had many, many hours of broad daylight
in which to chase them He apparently
drove in the opposite direction.
7-"Yet Rodney says, or the Producers
News says for him, those dicks couldn't
catch cold,' and will spoil his chance of
catching or convicting anyone.
Sand he whines because sheriffs or 9TH
er counties do not take him into their con-
fidence. Sheriff Lawrence did that once
possession of one of ROdney's friends. To
say the least, Rodney wasn't very help
full He did help his friend to keep it.
And, incidentally, that party came to
ScObey this fall and turned the car back
to the rightful owner for S25OO. He was
leaving and was afraid to sell it. He re-
membered what happened to d. W. Kelly
this fall.
9-"On another occasion Sheriff Lawrence
went to Plentywood and brought back
stolen car belonging to another man. He
didn't consult Rodney. But Rodney called
him up later and told him if he ever did
it again he would elbow his head off"
Nice little sheriff to work With
10-"Sheriff Salisbury dared the Leader
to name one single questionable joint" in
PlentywOod which was not operating with
in the laws of the state He said he
would at once arrest the owner an prose
cute him. The Leader named several and
1t was then up to Salisbury to do his duty.
11-What happened?
pa couple of thugs drove up from Plen-
tywOOd in the night and set fire to the
Leader office. Was that Rodney's an
swer? He hasn't yet arrested the owner
of the joints named.
13-"Why don't other sheriffs cooperate
with Sheriff Salisbury? They all have
the same answer
14-"Why don't Salisbury and the Pro-
ducers News like detectives?
15-"Why do all the tinhoms and thugs
in Northeastern Montana swear that Sal
isbury is ''the best guy in the world?"
16-"Why has one of the Producers News
editors gone out on a state wide trip,
camping on Senator B. X. Wheelers
trail" since Wheeler announced that he
would ask for federal and state inves-
tigation in Plentywood?
17-"Who is paying for the News editors
campaign?
*'& &&#
18-"Yes, there are lot of why'sl
19-"But the Leader isn't interested in
Senator Wheeler's political campaign, nor
Sheriff Salisbury's political campaign, nor
the News editors political campaign, nor
any other political campaign.
20-"The Leader isn't interested politically
at all, But it is interested in seeing the