Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-11-01
A. b. COOK
of Hereford Fame
to a-Minute-MarlOW

10 te reOple II montana.
the best herd Of registered Hereford cattle in the world. This q gen
persal sale, some from as far south as Texas, As far west as California
n T THm h Sadad due eS to IT'S NATIONAL ny 6TaIp, s oS ;nts9n and by a Reputation meant
a very great deal to the livestock interests in Montana in the breeding
mon The phs here a,i. was ssS. Of the the greatest advertisements sss. that haiti the Il Livestock stock
ate all wherever tSs sssat sa sbav ar Of raised ahs ns3 1t had H sn tS sna bgS baaa s for ysaf ts
have benefited every VI person sHSs We" Within til the bounds s. Of Montana . a %, - -.
or sa ansss gss sea 8 yS 81 R' FhE Esf HAMsSE sss'i is three three 's sa IS Of ssIGns,
out sSss of t he sky, with q only Il a few days in which to advertise Che sale, sale; it
saSw no ' hss sa~s G ln EXPRESSING Saas E Ss h tssi in o aHatans that c t wss erm ss' to ds
perse this herd; Had | been able to retain it for an additional two
the herd, and the people of Montana would have benefited as we'll as
WHY WAS 1T DISPERSED?
My trouble started some two years ago when many OF my ent ta
for governor. : / told these friends "there was nothing dong, but they
p pany powe rs wh Enfn ty to 90 EXERCISE uagi ea aOd do e @s aSa"a political control on eGi in
Montana, it developed, opposed the idea of my being a candidate, and
Repeatedly went to Thomas A. NARROW, president of the Nation,
IN IN ths part ar @ Of tSe sia aea a m s ssed h f1" for an e @Ssa 51"' His ins ar
able, vehement reply was
mot a minute, not a minute
That the security for what owed Mr. Marcy and his associates E
hammer, that security brought twice as much as my Indebtedness to
s s1Seo osms Te In ani addition ion tho to w pSa Of he M hsS mathew st1sr s wss tWef Vs1asd o ae
was personal and the other as agent of the Anaconda Copper Mining
s tHat It had i a candidate shssh 10 n the h republican Renl6iiss q primar fssps as i It had N the +
heartediy did " what 1t I could could for ." the a4 nomination Of Wellington D: Ran;
kin XII s. The hep. personal IS, su reason m Of Mr. M M rio R was That ! N did wh1t cd ! eoud
tee e for MGntana = a h place st to which hi Mr. I'm Marrow ts y+s sspired Ia and M4 for M whish
M was Wiling TO heaven liz edrInL 10 dILaln. l. y NIL. uidiiow
and the copper company these were sufficient reasons for the attempt
made to break me.
The sale could have been discontinued after the Meagher county
cattle had been disposed of, sufficient being realized at that time to
meet the obligations under which the attachments were made. But |
had advertised this sale to be a complete dispersal, including my show
herd. Many men had come hundreds of miles to bid on certain indi-
vidual animals. l was in honor bound, and did as any old time Mon
tana stockman would have done, | did as / agreed.
In thus setting forth as concisely a s possible what has happened
to me because / presumed to act counter to the wishes of I. A. Mar
low and the Anaconda Copper Mining company, in connection with
political matters, / do so, not to court sympathy, but to show what
lengths the copper company's political machine and its banker satdl.
ties will go. The Anaconda Copper Mining company did not want
Rankin to get the Republican nomination for governor. 1t wanted
Erickson to get the Democratic nomination. 1t does not want Rankin
elected governor. 1t does want Erickson. Why?
When you go to the polls remember to what lengths the Anaconda
Copper Mining companys political activities go, as illustrated IN my
case. earnestly urge that you cast your banotlfor governor for Wei
lington D. Rankin, a man who is competent, fearless, honest, mde-
pendent.
Sincerely yours,
Helena. Oct. 80, 1928. (Signed) A. B. COOK.