The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13

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inhabitants of that curious town and
county seem to get along best when
a good fight is on. Like the "Tink-
ers" in Ireland they fight like hell
amongst themselves but when some
outsider butts in" they join together
to "clean him up. If the Plenty
woodites had a summer resort like
Saratoga or Hot Springs in Arkan.
sas, people from all over the land
would flock to their county, fill the
tills of their hOtelkeepers, eat the
product of their farms and consume
so much of their imported Canadian
liquors that the mansions of their
bootleggers would resemble a street
In the residential section of Coral
Gables, Florida
The Flathead Dam Bill
The appearance of the Producers
News in Washington is attributable
to variety of causes, one of which
was the necessity for the printed word
to supplement the efforts of such
prominent MOntanans as Lieut.. Gov.
Mccormack, w. F. Jellison and P. J.
Wallace to prevent the passage of
what has come to be known as the
Dam Flathead" bill Well the bill
sponsored by the Montana Power
Company went through after much
difficulty and great labor on the part
OF Mr.. Kerr, assisted by his two sena-
tors and the Flathead Dam will prob-
ably become part of the great system
into which Montana Power has lust
recently merged. But although Mr..
Kerr got his dam the flood of Plen-
tywood propaganda has been roaring
along Pennsylvania like a cataract
leaving much political wreckage and
submerging the pretenses of some
high persOnages who had well nigh
convinced the public that they were
acting in the interest of the "dear
peepul"
"Tell it not in Gath"
Mr. Kerr got his dam but he'd
damslte sooner that his efforts were
more silently treated" is the way one
reporter puts it who knows and likes |
the amiable but clever vice president
OF the Montana Power Company. The /
pig men of the Power and Copper in
terests do not like to have their de-
signs exposed to public view. Their
policy is "Tell it not in Gath, whisper
1t not in Galilee" While the wild
men of Northeastern Montana confine
themselves to that frigid region along
the cold Canadian border, the can
talns of industry do not care. Rut
when they wash the dirty linen of the
political and industrial life of the
Treasure State right out in front of
the Capitol steps while statesmen and
ambassadors look curiouslv on and
make small talk about the affair Of
the dinners, the clubs and other nIaces
around which the social life Of tbe
District revolves it is sinplv inst aw-
Iul. The representatives of some of
Inc people mentioned saw that weeks
ago and decided that something had
to be done.
A Flank Attack
"A flank attack was decided upon.
Inc Company press in Montana could
not be used. Eddy Heating was seen
emerging from S. 0. B. 440 one dark
night. Next day he had Labor" on
tne way to the west carrying a big
story OF a plot that was on foot to
Torpedo the political aspirations of all
Inc progressive senators up for cleo
tion IN the Northwest this year. VIM
Mah0ney of st. Paul, Senator TAYLOR
and +. }. Wallace were to be the can
talns OF the pirate barge that was an
Pearlng SO menacingly on the horizon.
4 ne lighthouse men were warned to
De on fuard. No sooner had the Keat-
ing sheet oozed out of the mail boxes
IN the west than a shower of teIe-
grams from Montana began to de-
scend on the Grand Chiefs who CON
stlCute the. editorial board of "I abor"
a investigation was demanded into
I Inc social and business relations of
Mr. Heating with the Anaconda Com
pany OOLl-
DOWn-Easters Win a Skirmisb
Inc occupant of S. o. B. 44O was
10 70 De called as witness. Most of
Inc Grand Chiefs are close friends of
the rotund Mr.. Heating and side
tracked the investigation. But mem
per OF the board went "snoonino
around" IN the office of "Labor'' and
round stack of yellow address sheets
WIN names from the Montana cleo.
ZION lists printed thereon. The stack
looked like mountain to him and fba
reason for it appeared extraordinarv
meanwhile another member heard 81
Inc nocturnal confabs in s q r 40
4 dhere was wagging of tongues anG
% "; Is. 44O himself looked of bis
cnahdehers and felt the walls of 110
win ms hands and then was NOT con-
kxI1nceI out photograph was at work
WI. heating was forced to make .
memorandum of reply to the cbarooS
from Montana. This was mt IN a.
Congressional Record by Senator Me-
~. ). .. B. 440 felt relieved. Rroad
s SInIles ut up the expansive face 81
Edqy Heating. He strobe buovant- ;
~ through the corridors of the Con
greSSlonal office buildings and as
Sured solemn statesmen that he bod
Northwest. e''ion In the
Aney Take to Bomb Proof Shelters
=, but his joy did not last Iong For :
p very next day an avalanche of i
AZ, aou9cers News began to arrive in /
ene city. The fiery ex-Irish RepubIi- t
can can army colonel out in Plentvwood !
H 1. got his Big Bertha" into most :
ion ana was laying down a barrage '
Oh hlgh explosive shells on the door t
steps OF his enemies in Washin0ton I
thaC forced them to duck for fbeir
oom6-proof shelters. "Pack Rat, S+ I,v I
TO Eddy Heating like vacnn rn {
nlaCG1O0 OK holder adheres to a wind /
s SIIeIo. Inc Dixon Files for Senator
News" headlines was another bomb !
ILat caused havoc in S. o. B. 44O. A
cartoon entitled "Kerr's Copper Col
lars caused much comment on the n
streets. While the dignified Senator i
walsh looked through his periscone d
70 see the effect of the honohard,,oo,,+ +