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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
Dakota-Montana Seeking
Malta Gas Franchise

Malta, Dec. 25.-The Montana.Da.
kota Gas Co., subsidiary of the Mon.
tana-Dakota Power Co., of Minnean.
oils, has made application to the citv
council for a franchise for distrih.
ton and sale of gas at Malta. The
term of the requested franchise is 20
years.
In the application the company saws
it plans to build a pipe line to serve
towns between Glasgow and Chester
with natural gas service, the line to
follow the route of the Great Nor.
them railway and the gas to come
from fields in the vicinity of the line.
Construction of the line would be com.
menced in 1929 and finished in $780,
The application states that at pres
ent the Montana-Dakota Power Co.
and the Black Hills Utilities company,
associated companies, now operate
pipe lines to Miles City, Terry and
Glendive, Marmath. N. D. and towns
in the Black Hills in South Dakota,
service there being from the Baker
gas field. This service represents
400 miles of main pipe line and $50
miles of distribution lines.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
Here Tough One Emily
Did Not Rule Upon

Lewistown, Ida, Dec. 22-Wonder
what a woman finds to talk about,
when there's nobody much to talk to
but her divorced husband?
That question stirred the city some
what Tuesday, while John Hall, bar
red from his own home and the So
ciety of his wife, ragged vainly at the
city council which denied him entry
and forced his wife to stay with her
former husband.
The reason for it all was this:
Fay Farrar came to the home of
Mrs. Hall, from whom he had been
divorced on cruelty grounds, on ar
amicable mission. He brought Christ.
mas toys for his small daughter, who
was in Mrs. Halls custody. While
there, he became i'll, and a smallpox
quarantine was slapped down over the
house.
When John Hall returned to hi:
home, they wouldn't let him in. They
wouldn't let his wife out. They
wouldn't let Farrar, the cause of i
all, out. The final blow came wheI
after Hall offered to be quarantinet
with his wife to keep her company
the city council turned him down anC
left him out.
And this has to go on for Is days
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have believed this the cause of the
shooting.
Wallace claims that as soon as he
recognized whom he had shot, ne
made every effort to care for him
and brought him to a Williston hos
pital where he died. Sheriff Mar
shall said today that he believed the
shot must have been fired at range
of less than so feet and that on
moonlight night such as last Sunday,
Prosser would have been easily recOg-
nizable.
Marshall today claimed to be at
work on evidence which he says will
disprove the stories told by Wallace
and Mrs. Shea. Marshall said he ex-
poets to prove the rivalry Of the two
men for the woman to establish tne
generalization necessary for the tlrS'
degree murder charge.
No bail has been set for Wallace
or Mrs. Shea, and it is thought Likely
that Wallace will be given his pre-
Iliminary hearing Thursday morning
before Justice A. L. Butler. :,
Prosser was single and had nlade
his home here for several years. ke
atives surviving had not been Learned
this afternoon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
STANDARD OIL BE-
HIND BOLIVIAN WAR

Washington (FP) = Standard Oil
of Bolivia has a concession of more
than 100000 acres of petroleum
bearing lands in Bolivia, near the rec
ognized boarder of Paraguay. Beyond
that border is vast area claimed by
Bolivia but generally recognized by
map makers as being the territory of
Paraguay. This disputed region, in
habited only by wild Indian tribes,
shows signs of richness in oil. Brit
ish oil interests, now operating in Ar
gentina, have cast longing eyes in the
direction of this disputed ground. Now
Bolivia has started war for possess
sion of those oil lands.
Secretary Kellogg may wiring his
hands in despair that a new war
should start, in the middle of South
America just when his Pan-American
conference on Cancellation and arbi-
tration is meeting. He may be irri-
tated that Bolivia serves notice of her
withdrawal from the conference. But
Charles Evans Hughes, his floor man
ager, is not SO disturbed. Hughes, as
counsel for the Standard Oil interests
and for the Petroleum Institute, is
bound to feel that Paraguay must be
wrong and Bolivia right in any dispute
that affects Bolivia's chance to helI
Standard Oil. Indeed, the history Of
earlier Pan-American debates show!
that the present line up of economic
and political powers is not new.
When Bolivia, in a recent Pan
American congress, demanded that thu
right of landlocked Latin American
country to import arms through thu
territory of a neutral neighbor il
time of war should be guaranteed, Pc
III and the United States voted agains
her. Paraguay, the only other land
locked country, voted against this pro
posal and was supported by Chile an
Argentine. Paraguay is near pro
tectorate of Argentina and Chile look
. askance at the combination of Per
and Bolivia whom she once defeate
r in war. 1t happens that Bolivia an
: Peru are the two South American re
: publics whose finances are wholly cor
4 trolled by American banks. Ths
: makes them wards of the Washingto
:. government. They always vote "aye
S on proposals put forward by Hughe
f and Kellogg.
: Bolivia is shut off from the Pacifi
by the Andes mountains since she los
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28

her port of Antofagasta some so years
ago. She has for many years demand
ed an outlet to deep water navigation
to the Atlantic. Hence she claims
two-third of Paraguayan territory, to
bring her boundary down to the Para
quay river at the Paraguayan capital,
Ascuncion. From there the Standard
Oil could ship its product by barge
to Rosario, Argentina, to transship to
ocean steamers. If Bolivia can now
seize and hold the disputed territory
Standard Oil will make huge gains in
operating economies. British rivals
will be kept away. American banks
whose agents now control the taxation
and the collection and expanding of
revenues in Bolivia will produce bet
ter security for their loans.
Paraguay, with only one-third the
population of Bolivia, with no Ameri-
can loans or concessions, almost no
army and no Standard oil fields, faces
the Bolivian attack with full lmowl-
edge that her enemy is advised by
Hughes.
The incident which started the pres
en- crisis was the planting of b.
livian blockhouse on the river bank q
few miles from the Paraguayan CAPT
ital, some 800 miles from the actual
Bolivian border. This tiny fort was
captured by Paraguayan soldiers. BO.
livian national dignity was then de-
clared by Bolivian officials to have
been offended National honor, they
said, could not be arbitrated. Wal
was the only remedy. The Paraguay
an mouse was to be punished by the
! Standard oil cat.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28

NNOAANAhAfsO AAOAA RO6S INV
should not witness this match accord
ing to hackers of both Listoe and OIL
son.
Good Preliminary
"Chuck" O'Brien of Plentywood and
Lee Hill of Coalridge will go four
rounds. These boxers will weigh in
at around 100 pounds and will give
the fans run for their money as long
as it lasts. These boys are both hard
hitters and some say there is little
feud between them as to who is the
better man.
"Toughy" Ganeau and knockout
GunderSon will perform as curtain
raisers, and they all create a lot of
fun which puts the spectators in good
humor for the more grim battles to
follow.
The Plentywood Athletic Associa
ton is DESTROYS of a large crowd tt
witness this card which they have
worked so hard to promote and have
guaranteed large sum of money thai
the people of Northeastern Montana
might see something worth while, anC
to create a diversion to fill the Ions
days while winter is with US.
The boxing show starts at $3.50 to
morrow Saturday night and ladie
will be admitted free to genera
seats. Tickets are now on sale a
Miller's Pharmacy and popular price
are being charged.
Dance After Exhibitions
A dance will be held after tn
boxing tournament and Al's Go-Get
Frs will furnish the music insuring
: poppy dance and good time.
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nice, clean town, which, in the words
of the publishers, contains nearly 400
inhabitants and has literary associa-
ton of 1873 members. Over so num-
bers of the Saturday Evening Post
also are taken, which, we think, goes
to prove the moral and intellectual
character of the town."
Profits in Dairying
Otis Dillingham;, in the Country
Gentleman, tells of the profits of
dairying, when his average income a
cow was $65.65. He sold milk for Ia
cents a gallon, butter at % cents a
pound and cheese at 10 cents pound
wholesale.
The price of beef was from $3.50 to
$11.50 a hundredweight, and hogs
were selling for $S.75 hundred
weight.
Among the advertisements was one
of hoped skirts. Advertising rates
were listed at % cents line for the
first insertion and 20 cents a line fol
subsequent insertions. The rates or
| two column advertisements were II
cents and go cents line, payment il
advance. Evidently the publisher
were discouraging the use of two-col
umn advertisements.
Evidently some people of that da!
were getting excited over the impor
tation of willows from abroad, for ;
communication says:
81 am sorry that such exaggerated
statements as that the value of vii
lows imported from Europe to tn
United States amounts to $6,000,00'
annually. Such gross statements ar
calculated to get up an excitement,
willow fever Baskets, cradles, chill
dren's carriages and the like can b
made of willow in this country, an
the willow can be grown here as we
; as in Europe, but to do these thing
| requires skill, practice and knowledge
just as does to carry on any other i'm
| portant branch of business success
: fully. Herewith Messrs. editors 20
have the exact amount of 'manufaC
lures of Willow and unmanufacture
l willow imported into the Unite
. States during the fiscal year endin
S June 80, 1855:
Manufactured, $132,658, raw, $45
C 459; total, S178,117; exported to Can
t ada, 1854; balance, $177,583."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
SLUMS AND CHILD
Rem GO TOGETHER

New York -(FP)-Slums and chill
dren go together. Such is the pur-
port of the Regional Plan survey of
the percentage of children in the New
York metropolitan area. Of the to-
tai population of Perth Amboy, an in
dustrial slum city across the bay
from New York City, 46%6 are chill
dren. But in East Orange, an upper
class community in the Orange hill;
Inhabited by Wall St. brokers, chill.
dren comprise but 800 of the popuia.
ton. For the entire metropolitan dis.
trict the percentage is 81.
Bayonne, N. j., the oil city where
the percentage of industrial workers
i the highest in the entire metropoli
tan district, children comprise 45@o Of
the population. Most of Bayonne il
slums. 1t is one of the few American
cities where whisky saloons still d.
business on each of the four corner!
in working class districts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28

NOOhNAAhC0 AAOAA Po6C OAlCJ
Wheeler plan. He Endorsed it but did
not believe in wasting any Smith
money. After he was through talking
the money was put out alright but
not thru Wheeler or Dorman. Peek
was given charge and the result was
that Dorman was lucky to get his ST.
500 instead of the 100000 which he
and Wheeler talked about in the room
in the Radisson Hotel
Wheeler Climbs on Smith Train
But Wheeler was not to be separ-
ated from Smith money by a little
thing. like the action of the National
Committee not failing for" hi is
scheme. He climbed aboard the Smith
train and got on the "blind" side of
Bill Kenny and some Irish millionaires
who were supporting Smith. 1t is
said that he received a "wad" from
someone aboard Smiths train with the
intention that Wheeler should spend it
in the interests of the New York Gov
ernor. This accounts for the lavish
expenditure of money by Wheeler in
the last campaign. The following dis
patch shows how some Smith "Inde-
pendent League" money was spent in
North Dakota. Next week we intend
to give the names of some of the
farmers friends" who received
money in Montana.
DOrman Gets $4,000 Smith Money
Washington, Dec. 21.-Complete re,
ports still are awaited from George
N. Peek, of Chicago, to establish the
total cost of the AL Smith campaign
in the agricultural west.
The statements of Peek, filed will
the clerk of the house, include expen
ditures to Oct. 80. The money receiv
ed by his organization in Chicago wa!
distributed through various state or
CARNATIONS.
One of the principal divisions wa
the Smith Independent league which
!, functioned from the West hotel, Min
neapolis. Melvin Hildreth received a
various time from Sept II to Novem
, Der % the following amounts: Sept
II, $4,000; 21, $1,000; %, $1,776.1O
Nov. 8, $511.22; II, $97953; 16, 50,
4O232; %, $882.31.
The North Dakota Agricultural Re
: lief league, headed by Howard Wood
Fargo, received $1,000 on Oct. 70.
/ The Democratic national committe
: statements show one $500 contribu
] ton to the Democratic state commit
! tee of North Dakota on Oct. a; cor
3 tribution of $3.50 to Charles G. Johr
son, Grand Forks on Oct. II and
: contribution of $500 for salary, ez
: penses, ETC., to d. C. Dorman, McKer
zie hotel, Bismarck, on Oct. II.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
DIVIDEND NOTICE
MONTANA-DAKOTA POWER COM.
PANY

The Borad of Directors of the Mon
tana-Dakota Power Company has de-
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of One Dollar and Seventy-Five Cents
($1.75) per share on the outstanding
re Preferred Capital Stock, One Dol
lar and Fifty Cents ($1.50) per share
on the outstanding 696 Preferred Cap
ital Stock, and Seventy-Five Cents
(75c) per share on the outstanding
Common Capital Stock of the Compa-
ny payable January 2, 1929, to stock
holders of record at the close of bust
ness, December Is, 1928.
AITCH P. WOODSON, Secy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
Bourquin Censures Jury
and Dismisses Members

Butte, Dec. 19.-Two juries were
discharged by Judge George M. Bour-
quin in federal court here after they
had returned, in close succession, YER
diets of acquittal in the face of what
the court considered strong evidence
for the prosecution. In one case a
jury acquitted an Anaconda girl of
charge of using the mails to de-
fraud, and in the other a man charg-
ed with prohibition law violation was
liberated
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
Low COST
Continued from page One,

Sheridan County is one of the L..
wheat producing counties in the ~ ssss
of Montana, and competition in in ,r Ssse
production is such that farmers !, ", nss
expect to succeed in this enterD VINO
should do everything possible h G ioa
er the cost of production. Everv l -.
mer in the county should make sr al
possible effort to visit the Demon r,r.'
ton Train and attend one of tba s' va
meetings which will be held in t fSO
county. 'uiS
If weather conditions are favoroE.
IT IS expected that even a create,
number of people will visit the me-
chinery demonstration train than v ,l,o,
visited the Livestock Demonstrate
Train that was here in October ''H
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
CHICAGO !GANGSTERS
NOTCH PISTOL BUTTS
SIT TIMES IN YEAR

Chicago, Dec. 25.-The gangsters,
the racketeer and the highwayman
gouged SGT notches in their pistol
butts this year. Last year they cary
ed 476 notches.
The SGT slayings for the fiscal year
ending December 1, statistics compil-
ed by Coroner Herman N. Bundensen
show, are nearly half the number of
deaths caused by automobiles in Cook
county.
Of the 5,636 violent deaths 1,07C
are attributed to automobiles.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
ARCHER FARMER MOD
ERNIZES FINE HOME

John J. Eggen, well known farmer
of the Archer country, was a Plenty
wood business caller Monday, pur-
chasing a water supply system and
sewerage material and also negotiat-
ing for an electric lighting plant. Mr..
Eggen proposes to make his home as
modern and comfortable as those of
the finest in the city before he fin
ishes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
Over Million Bushels of
Wheat Marketed at Point

Wolf Point To date 1,218,00O
bushels of wheat, of the 1928 crop,
have been marketed here. 1t is esti-
mated that half a million bushels are
still on the farms.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28

Helena-Of the 4S,S26,S2S gallons
of gasoline used during 1927 by Mon
tana motor cars, tractors and gas en-
gines, 29,776,511 gallons, or three
fifths of total amount, were produced
from oil wells of the state.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-28
FOUR Big FARM

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WILLISTON MAN

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DEWEY DORMAN

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WILLIE ROSE

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OLD MAGAZINE

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-07
MARK ETS
By Associated Press Leased Wire
GRAIN
LIVESTOCK
WHEAT PRICES
MOVE UPWARD
Market Influenced by Unfavor
able Prospects For Domes.
tic Winter Crop

Chicago, Jan. 7.-(F-Despitc
considerable selling on the part Of
houses with connections northwest,
wheat prices here averaged higher
today. Unfayorable reports about
domestic winter wheat prospects
attracted general notice. Primary
receipts Of corn. today showed a
material falling off compared with
4 week ago; and Omaha reported
cash corn prices there as we'll about
3 parity with Chicago.
Wheat closed irregular, 1-S to Ia
cent net lower to 1-8 cent advance;
corn 1-8 to 3-8 cent up: oats 1-8 to
3-S cent off and provisions varying
from IL cents decline to q rise of
seven cents.
According to trade reports heard
today, about half the area sown to
winter wheat west Of the Missouri
river is not in satisfactory condition.
The principal complaint is Of wide
spread dry weather. This circum-
stance tended to stimulate some
buying here today. On the other
hand, predictions Of larger world
shipments acted as something of an
offset.
Corn trading, at times today, was
almost entirely in the hands Of spec
ulators, with sellers predominating.
Commission houses were doing lit
tie, adm purchases Of future deliv-
cries were largely restricted to de-
clines.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-07
STOCK PRICES
CLOSE STEADY
Pres. Coolidge's Statement
Gives Bull Movement I'm.
expected Impetus

New York, Jan. 7.-(R)-The
bull" movement in the stock mar.
ket received unexpected impetus to.
day from the announcement OF
President Coolidge that he saw nc
reason for unfavorablc comment ir
the increasing volume of brokers
loans. Early gains of one to five
points were reduced, however. By
profit taking and a resumption Of
bear selling following the furthe,
collapse Of Greene Cananea Copper
one Of the recent pool favorites,
Tracing was in unusually heavy
volume, the days sales aggre0atinp
about 100000 shares.
Operators worrying for higher
prices also deriyqG encouragement
from the states0ent of William C.
Durant. automobile manufacturer
and proMkicnt stock market opera
.t3r Who said he saw no reason fol
concern in the loan figures, and ex.
pressed the belief they would ex.
coed five billion dollars within the
next year.
Greene Cananea Copper advanced
three points to lat IL in the early
trading and then broke to 1856
Radio Corporation fell from an
early high Of; 103 to around par, and
General Motors, UnitAd States Steel
common and numerous others for.
feited !. good part Of their early
gains. Christie Brown and West.
inghouse Air Brake were added t.
the list of new highs.
The closing was steady.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-07
TUBERCULOSIS
ASSOCIATION
MEETS TODAY
Executive G ON mittee and
Board Of Directors Hold
Nineteenth Meeting

Officers and members OF the board
Of directors Of the North Dakota ru4
berculosis association are holdina
their nineteenth annual meeting Ia
the association headquarters In Bis.
marck today.
In reviewing the Accomplishments
OF the association during 1927. DR.,
James 0rasstck, Grand Forks, pres
ident, said, tue completion and &C.
cupation Of the children's pavilion
at the State tuberculosis sauatori.
UNI at San Haven, N. D., has been
the outstanding achievement Of
1927"
I'm cooperation with the State
Board Of Health, We have accom-
plished the placing Of the state on
the United States registration area
for births and deaths: SUPERVISING
the Shepard Towner act with ! d.
rector and nurse IN tho tjold: or.
ganising the county health officers
association, ana msking surveys OF
various fields Of work."
Election Of Z new executive com.
mittee and the election Of . new
board OF directors 20 serve Tor \
three-year term will be the principal
items Of business to come before the
annual meeting today.
The executive committee Of the
association Is composed Of Dr.. James
Grassick, Grand Forks, president:
DR.. Fannie Dunn Quain, Bismarck,
vice president: DR.. b. K. Kilbourne,
Fargo, secretary: DR.. R. 8. Towue,
Bismarck, treasurer, and Henrietta
Lund, Bismarck, Minnie ]. Nelson,
Valley City, and Dr.. J. g. Lamont,
San Haven.
Retiring members OF the board Of
directors are DR.. w. p. Hooking,
Devils Lake: Mrs. Matilda l..
Johnson, Co0perptown: Mrs. e. H.
Maerckleiu, Ashley: Mrs. B. 8.
Nickersou, Mand4n: DR.. Kilbourne
and Mrs. p. T. Doleyn, Fargo: Mrs.
E. J. Schults and Miss Luud, Bis.
marck.
Members Of the board Of directors
whose terms expire IN 1928 are Gov.
A. G. Sorlte, Bismarck: B. c. Marks,
Fargo: Mrs. ]. 3. Stevens, Devils
Lake; DR.. Grassick, DR.. Fannie
Dunn ouain. DR.. Towue, DR.. La
mont and Miss Nelson.
Members OF the board OF direc-
tors whose terms expire In 1929 are
George H. Moellriug, Williston;
Paul T. Krstschmar, Ventura; w.
d. Lynch, II Moure; Florence Pot-
ter, Minot; Percy NJ. Hanson, JAMES,
town; Mrs. G. e. Jones, Lisbon: H.
w. Brattlfeu, Crosby, and Dr.. A. A.
Whittemore, Bismarck.
Members OF the executive staff are
Helen X. Katen, executive secretary,
and Edna e. Gather, field nurse.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-07
Five Horses Perish
in Jamestown Blaze

Jamestown, N. D., Jan. 7.-(AP)--
The old livery stable days passed in
jamestown at $3.50 q. m. today with
the burning Of the old Capital barn.
This old landmark, used as a feed
and storage stable this winter for
the first time In many years be-
cause OF the heavy SHOWS that CONF
PEELED farmers to replace their au-
tomobiles BY teams In coming ia
town, burned to the ground and five
horses perished in the flames.
The big frame structure, outside
Of a small part used for barn stalls,
was occupied by the jamestown
Produce company and the Auto
Wrecking company and housed 9
large number Of cars, some wrecked.
some in tho process OF wrecking
and some runable. In one part also
was stored nearly carload Of frog
en- fish and q quantity Of hides
property Of the produce company.
The origin Of the fire is unknown
40 the entire main part Of tho build
ing was In flames when neighbora
discovered tho fire. Other buildings
in the vicinity, including tho old
Northern Pacific depot now used 81
q garage, were saved by the James.
town volunteer fire department.
The barn was the property Of w
H. Noel, local road contractor, ant
was partially covered by insurance