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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
COMNIR. DIST. LAW
SOON TAKES EFFECT

Agriculture, it is indicated, is to
have greater representation in the
personnel of county government in
Montana henceforth. Such is the de-
clared purpose of the county commits
sloner district law approved at the
recent general election. Heretofore,
commissioners have been elected from
the county at large, with the result
that often the entire membership
come from one city in counties with
a large city in their midst. The new
constitutional amendment requires
the creation of commissioner districts
and, as vacancies in the board oc-
cur, the election of the new board
member to represent a designated
portion of the county.
Division of their counties into COM
missioner districts will face boards of
county commissioners and district
Judges in every county next year.
While the amendment will become eff
fective on proclamation by the gov
ernor following the state canvass of
election returns, the counties need not
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
WESTERN FOOTBALL
TEAMS DEFEAT EAST

New York, Nov. 3O.-A nightmare,
stark and terrible and fashioned of
great, crashing figures in the pure
white Of Oregon State, shattered
sweet dreams today, the dreams of
New York university for a football
team that could challenge the recogni-
tiOn of the nation.
1t was a dream that began when
the first leaves of the fall turned
brown, grew through overwhelming
conquest Of Colgate and Missouri, and
reached its height in a smashing vic
tory over Carnegie Tech, master of
NOtre Dame. It came to as harsh
and bitter and unexpected an end as
any football dream could, shattered
by an eleven conceded scarcely a
chance to win.
The unheralded and almost COM
pletely unsung Beavers from the Pa
cific coast drubbed them so com
pletely in every department of PLAY
that the actual score of the upheaval
% to 13 gave but little intimation o1
the way the westerners overwhelmed
the New Workers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
BOULDER DAM FIGHT
NEAR CLIMAX

Washington, Dec. 6.-Sen. johnson,
of California, sponsor of the Swing
Johnson bill for construction of the
flood reservoir and government power
plant at Boulder canyon on the Col
orado river, has returned to the capi-
tai to arrange for resumption of his
fight on this issue when Congress.
opens. His bill is the unfinished busi-
ness in the senate. The power trust.
and the state administration in Ari-
zOna have been fighting it for years.
johnson knows that President Cool
idge and President elect Hoover are
opposed to the construction of a gov
ernment power plant in connection
with the proposed dam, unless the
power shall be leased for long peri
cd of years to the power companies
serving the southwestern region be-
which its product would go. He fears
a Coolidge veto of his bill, and is con-
sidering compromise of the public
ownership feature of the power pro
ject.
Public ownership advocates have
urged Johnson to stand by his bill ana
force Hoover, in the special session
to meet the demand of southern Can.
fornia residents that the bill be made
law. M " n'su0
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
STATE BUDGETS
CUT $656,556.OO
~
BY EXAMINERS

Helena.-Exceeding the states in
tIe ZONE for the next biennium by more
San 100000, all restitutions, ex-
SSept the one for the units of the
tSteater University of Montana, were
trimmed of $656,556 by the state
noard of examiners in its compila-
slOns of budgets as they are to be
presented to the next legislative as
=, Approval of the two-year budget Of
See St1e university units, calling for $S,-
a. tSISoUoO, was given contingent upon
;n he legislatures providing additional
For the year 1929-193O, request;
.olaled S4,559,014 and the board OF
ssAarnlners recommended that the
o5l,gure be reduced 485,699. The 1880
u leqrests amounted to $4,292 ,96|
IIud the board trimmed that figure
BY $17O857.
The estimated total income eacl
.ear Tor the general fund, from which
tle above recommended appropria
oos oons are to be taken, is $3,400,0OO
VI this, 100000 represents earning
" Institutions having revolving fund
tna may be expended by such insti
suCions In addition to. appropriation
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Local Post American Legion
Meets and Elects Officer:

Plentywood Post No. So of the Am
erican~ Legion held their regular
meeting and election of officers at
the Elgin Cafe last Wednesday even
ing.
The meeting was called to order bv
Commander E. A Clifford.
Business matters of Importance
were discussed and disposed of.
Election Of officers followed Che
business meeting and resulted as fol-
lows:
Commander--Joe Redmond.
Vice-Commander-Pasku Popesku.
Adjutant-E. G. Ferguson.
Treasurer-Clarence Undhiem.
Chaplain-Rev. E. A. Clifford.
Historian-V. d. Brooks.
Sergeant-at-arms- Arthur "Spike''
Knutson.
Mess Sergeant-Pasko Popesku.
Bugler-Andy Hansen.
After the election of officers lunch
was served by the official mess ser
geant, Pasko Popesku.
Commander-elect Redmond gave 9
very interesting address of acceptance
and pledged some real live activity IN
Post No. 58 during the coming wear
The next meeting of the post will
be held Dec. 19 at the Elgin Cafe al
p. m.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
GRADE SCHOOL TO
PRESENT OPERETTA
"Yanki San" Will Be Played By
Students of Grade Schools Decem.
ber 14th at Orpheum Theatre.

The operetta, "Yanki San," will be
presented by the grade school of Plen-
tywOod under the direction of Miss
Ethel Haugan, Miss Ellen Olson, Miss
Hazel MacMorran and Miss Mary
Kimball.
The scene is laid in a Japanese
cherry garden. Prince Toto was ban
ished to the island of No Man. His
daughter, Yanki San, is born on this
island. She is loved by the court but
hated by her seven sisters. The sis
ters bribe the Wolf Witch of the Is.
land to cast an evil spell over Yank
San.
Rumors of Yanki Sans beauty are
carried by the fisher lads to the
court of the Mikado. The Mikadc
sends ambassadors to the island t,
negotiate for the hand of Yanl1i. The
Prince refuses to let them see her
and suggests that they take one o.
the Seven, but they depart in anger
Finally, all cures being of no avail
to awaken the Princess from tn,
spell of the Wolf Witch, her fathe
offers her hand to whomsoever will
slay the Wolf Witch and break it
charm. Prince Otto slays the Vol
Witch and carries Yanki San back t.
Old Japan as his bride.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Yanl1i San, the Princess
Margaret Lanl
San Fan, maid to YanIi San
Iylo Zeibartl
Prince Toto, father of YanI1i San
Sanford Egg
Princess Toto, mother of Yanki San
] - Evelyn Robk
High Chancellor of the Court of No
Man Clarence Kollma1
Prince Otto, son of Mikado
Guy Campbell
Prince Ton Ton Billie Bennet
Six other maids
Six Roses of Old Japan Sisters O
Yanki SAM
Ambassadors of the Mikado
Chorus of Japanese Maidens
This operetta will be presented q
the Orpheum Theatre on Friday. De
cember 14th. There will be a mat1ne
in the afternoon at 800 for sehoC
children with an admission charge Z
/ 25 and so cents. The evening pei
formanCe will begin at 500 and tn
aGmiss on will be so cents straigI
with IS cents fol loge seats.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Surety Company
Loses Petition
For New Trial

The following letter was received
from Attorney Louis P. Donovan by
Atty. Paul BahcOck, who together
with Atty. Erickson, the Attorney
General and Mr.. Donovan, repre-
sented Sheridan county in it's suit
against the National Surety Co.,
who was ordered to pay Sheridan
County the money to which it was
entitled because of the robbery of
the county treasury a year ago. The
letter is self explanatory and it is
thought this decision will end the
controversy.
Messrs. Paul BabcOck,
L. A. Foot, and A. c.
Erickson.
Gentlemen:
Re: No. 252, Sheridan County v.
National Surety Co.
am in receipt of notice from the
Clerk of the United States District
Court that Defendants Petition for
New Trial in the above case was
denied November 28th.
With personal regards, / remain,
Very truly yours,
LOUS p. DONOVAN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
RAILWAY PLANS
TO ADVER TISE
STATE BY RADIO

st. Paul, Dec. PLANS for a SER
les of national broadcasting programs
to advertise the northwest are being
made by the Great Northern railway
and the National Broadcasting Co.
A group of radio company and rail
road officials left. st. Paul Monday
morning on a three weeks tour of
the northwest to obtain VIA enc. nee
essary information to make this pro-
gram possible.
This will be the first time in his
tory that a transcontintntal railroad
has undertaken to advertise its terri
tory through he medium of a nation
al radio hookup.
The programs will ba given weekly
and will be started early in the wear
according to the announcement made
at the Great Northern general offices
the first of the week. In the party
which left Monday for the west wert
John W. Elwood, general manager O.
programs, National BrOadcasting Co.
Raymond Knight, production mana
ger, Edward Hale Bierstadt, contin
uity director and Niles Trammel
| western manager.
The national hookup will includ
80 broadcasting stations IN the larg
est cities in the country. 1t is esti
mated that potential audience O
40,000,000 people will be reached. De
tails Of the programs will be outline,
on the trip.
They willstell story Of the north
west, advertising its scenic, agricul
tural and industrial possibilities. Tn
first stop will be made at Glacie
Park Tuesday. From there the part
will proceed on to Washington, visit
ing important cities along the Grea
Northern route. On the return tri
the first Montana stop will be made 9
Helena on Dec. 10.
After a visit to Butte the next sto
will be made at Great Falls Decembe
IL and IL and at Havre Dec. IS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
GIL NAUGURATED AS
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO

Mexico City, Dec. 3.-EmiliO
POrtes Gil is provisional president
of Mexico, to serve one year, un-
til a regular president is elected.
He took over the reins of govern
ment today and pledged his admin
istratiOn to a continuance of the
policies of President PlutarcO Elias
Gales, whom he succeeded. He
made special mention of his hone of
continuing mutual understanding
with the United States.
The ceremony of administering
the oath of office took less than
half an hour. The grandstands in
the national stadium were filled
with more than 10000 persons. in
Guiding 1000 poems. About 5000
guests occupied platform. in
cluding members of the Hiplomatic
corps and military chiefs. Picked
troops lined the streets from the
presidential palace to the stadium.
POrtes Gil and President Gales
arrived with the escort of the ures-
idential guard. The salute of 21
guns sounded as they entered the
arena.
Ceremony Brief
AS soon as he had taken the
oath, Portes Gil read a brief mess
age outlining his policies and this
concluded the ceremony. The new
president and the retiring one with
members of the diplomatic corps
and others returned to the presiden-
tial palace where Gales formally
handed over the office to his suc-
cessor. A reception followed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Wallace Outlines Montana Colony
Project In Southern California
Former Montana Editor Quits Newswrtng Put Over Inter
esng Scheme. Promises Special Excursion Rate to Cali
fornia First of Year.

people but to the power of the Ana
conda Company.
Thru With Writing
Pat indicated that he had dropped
the newspaper game for time at
asst. He q now interested in estab.
fishing a small colony of congenial
Montana people in Los Angeles coun-
tv. California. By the first of the
year he expects to have secured low
rates from the railroads so that the
people in this neck of the woods car
enjoy a trip to California at little
cost. He is trying to get a special
car to take a group there soon. Many
people who had intended to go tC
California this winter are waiting fol
this Sheridan County Special to starr
from the snow clad prairies of Mon
tana towards the sun-kissed orange
groves of California. Robert Norris
at the Producers News is taking dowI
the names of those who intend to go
so that proper arrangements may b'
made in time with the railroad com
panies.
Montana Utopia Colony
While in California this summer the
Plentywood man made a survey. O.
conditions suitable for colony wher
! the participants might derive bot
pleasure and profit from their advenr
ture. He found place near the oil
Llano colony started by Job Hartman
several years ago in the Antelope Val
1 lev. The land is now being develope
bv a big land company on co-opera
Y tive basis. Water is pumped an
placed in concrete pipes on ever
acre. The company will cultivate tn tn
land for three years and then turn tn
whole thing over to the coDonists an
planted to Kadota figs, the hgheS
priced figs on the market. The &C
Joining cultivated land is now BRING
inc S25OO.OO an acre while this ian
Is less than six hundred dollars sal
Mr.. Wallace.
Free Love
"Why fig trees" said our reporte
who wanted TO have some run WI.
Paw jaw. "Wasnt it the leaves q
CONTINUED on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Leaders Rap for Order

session.
Leaders Rap for Order
At the stroke of noon, Vice Presi--
dent Dawes in the senate and Speak
er Longworth in the house quieted
the reunions of old friends on the
floors with the raps for order and the
concluding session of this congress,
which must end on March A, had
started. Within an hour the houses
had adjourned for the day.
Tuesday President Coolidge's for
warded his last annual message to.
congress.
Hardly had the house finished its
hours meeting before the republican
members of its ways and means COM
mittee conferred on the question of
tariff revision and set Jan. Z, as the
date to start hearings.
Farm Relief
At the senate end of the capitol
leaders were scratching their heads
about the farm relief problem, won
dering whether to attempt to get it
started now under President Coolidge
or await the extra session promised
by Mr.. Hoover after he takes office
in March with reinforced republican
congress. Meanwhile a farm bill de-
clared acceptable to Mr.. Coolidge was
ready for introduction Tuesday by
Chairman McNary of the senate agri.
culture committee.
The senate will get down to work
Wednesday on the Swing-Johnson bill
to construct an irrigation-flood con-
trOl-power dam on the Colorado riv-
era job that gives promise of re-
quiring weeks to complete. The house
will open fire before the end of the
week on the first of the bills apprO-
priating the billions necessary to run
the government during the approach
ing fiscal year.
The week will see the Kellogg -Bri-
and treaty started on its course thru
the senate. Ratification by this hody
is necessary to bind the United
States to the pacts signed by most
Of the nations of the world, pledgina
them to renounce war as an instru.
ment OF national policy. Chairman
Borah of the senate foreign relations
Continued on page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
"What Is Hoover Plan For
Farm Relief" Sen. Norris Asks
SoIon from Nebraska Would Have Senators Brino Farm Re-
lief Measure of HOovers Up At Present Session of Con
gress Says Those Supporting Hoover AT Election Should
Know What His Ideas of Farm Relief Were

Washington -(FP)- Replying to
an appeal from a H0overite senator
from western agricultural state,
that he should agree to let the farm
relief question go over until the spe-
cial session of the new congress. Sen.
Norris of Nebraska, former chairman
OF the senate committee on agricul-
ture, has suggested that the Hoover
ties ought to bring in the Hoover plan
of farm relief Immediately. With
keen irony he reminds his friend that
throughout the late campaign the ar
gument was used that Hoover could
and would solve the farm problem.
Now, says Norris, let him prescribe
the remedy, and let congress apply it
without further evasion.
mo one, so far as know" wrote
Norris, has ever outlined Mr.. Hoov-
er's ideas In any concrete form. He
himself was rather nebulous upon the
proposition. But the great argument
was made continually, particularly all
through the agricultural regions, that
Mr.. Hoover knew how to solve the
question-that he was qualified to
solve it-that he would solve it-and
that the country ought to trust him
and give him the power by electing
him president to lead in this great
farm relief legislation. / would not
think of taking it up at this short
session if Mr.. Hoover himself had
not asked that it be done.
ITO my mind, the argument that
Mr.. Hoover knew how to solve it and
would solve it was only a low grade
of political buncombe-not because ]
desire to insinuate that he lacked the
ability, but it did seem to me and Il
seems to me yet that if he had me.
thod or remedy by which Legislation
could be enacted which would solve
the farm problem he was in honor
bound to submit it to the people IL
concrete form during the campaign.
"Mr. Hoover cannot expect us tc
enact his ideas into law in the short
session unless he lets someone know
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
BENEFIT DANCE
IS BIG SUCCESS
Business and Professional Men Join
With General Public In Successful
Thanksgiving Dance at Farmer-La-
Dor Temple.

The Thanksgiving Ball held at the
Farmer-LabOr Temple Thursday even
ing of last week for the benefit of
that community enterprise, proved to
be a huge success.
The committee in charge reports
splendid cooperation from the Plen-
tywood business and professional men
who were glad to assist in putting
I over this worthy project.
( Manager Olson of the Temple was
much pleased over the sentiment
displayed at the community hall by
the public, who spoke very highly of
the service being rendered the people
of Plentywood and Sheridan county
in providing this public playground.
''f the Temple was built merely
for the purpose of making money,
Mr.. Olson said, "it would. do business
on different lines, but as a cOmmu-
nifty enterprise the founders of the
Temple believed that service to the
public was of greater consequence
than just making money" For this
reason the Temple had refused to let
selfish interests charter the hall fol
Long periods, thus depriving the pub
lie of its use. Because of this fact
it has been necessary to call upon the
public to assist in making up deficits
but which at no time have been OF
any great amount.
History Of Labor Temple
The Farmer-Lab0r Temple was
built in the winter of 1924-25. The
capital necessary for building was
collected through public subscriptions
and an amount of S7,500.OO was real
lied, much of this amount being in
the form of labor. When the struc
ture was completed it was found tt
be about $1,000 short of the necessary
amount. This sum was paid off by
the management the following sprins
and summer. In the fall after beinS
In use for several months it was founC
that the hall was too small for tn,
, crowds attending and a stage wa
necessary. The committee in charge
therefore went into debt $4,000 an,
put on the necessary improvement
This debt was paid off from time t,
time during the following two wears
The Temple was then succeed an,
: with other improvements came tn th
sum of about $800.0O which amour
mas now been reduced to abou
$4,000 which will be paid off befor
the first of the year. Manager Olso,
says that more needed Improvement
will be made in the near future sue
: as an adequate ventilating svsten
!, remodeling the women's rest room
and painting the interior of the hal
! Other improvements are also con
= te!m1plated as time goes on, whic
: VIII make PlentywoOd's communit
= nall one of the best examples of
= true cooperative spirit found any
!. where in the United States
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
KIENAST MOTOR co.
GARAGE BROKEN INTO

Sunday night thieves broke into
the Kienast Motor Co. garage across
from the police station in Plentywood.
The large cash register was some
what damaged when the robbers pried
open the cash till, but only a few
cents rewarded the burglar for his
trouble: No clue as to the robber has
peen discovered but a man who has
oeen working around Plentywood this
fall was picked up and questioned.
Nothing was found that would indi-
cate ne had anything to do with the
robbery but he left town Tuesday on
the advice of the officers, it is said.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Railroad Telegraph School
at Wolf Point Flourishina

Wolf Point.-The Wolf Point Tele-
graph school, recently opened by w.
and E. c. Lynch, has an enrolment
of 27 students, larger number than
had been expected. Part of the stu
dents have already taken up the work
and the others will enter as soon as
their present employment permits.
Walt Lynch, the instructor is well
pleased with the patronage accorded
the school. Thorough and practical
instruction is given in railroad and
commercial telegraphy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Former Plentywood Man
Takes Court Appointment
At Portland, Oreg o n

Portland, Ore, Dec. 5. = George
Weatherhead, ex-Montana newspaper
man, has been appointed chief clerk
for the circuit court in Portland fo1
a term Of four years, with a salary
of $4,000 annually. He will take Of
flee Jan. Z.
The circuit court in Oregon com
pares to the district court in Montana
In Portland, however, the circuit
court is divided into eight depart
ments, with one judge presiding. Dur
ing the busiest part of the year addi-
tional departments are used with out.
side judges sitting here.
For the last three years Weather.
head has been the courthouse report.
er here for the Morning Orgonian
and after taking office he will re-
main a member of The Oregonian's
staff of reserve reporters.
Weatherhead came to Portland
nearly five years ago from Helena
where he was statehouse reporter fol-
the Record Herald. He moved tC
Plentywood in August, 1914, from
Bismarck, N. D., where he was cit,
editor for the Daily Bismarck Tri
bune, and was publicity manager il
'Plentywood's county seat campaign
in the fall of 1914. He established
the Plentywood Pioneer Press, whicI
he conducted until 1918 when he solC
his newspaper and went to the Grea
Falls Tribune as reporter and teIe
graph editor.
Before moving to Helena, Weather
head was engaged in similar capaci
ties with the daily newspapers i
Butte, Anaconda and Billings. IT,
was born 55 years ago in Minneapo
lis, and received his early-day train
ing on Minnesota newspapers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
Sheridan County Experiences
Snow and Colder Weathe,

Plentywood and Sheridan county re-
ceived the first snow of the season
last Saturday. The snow was NOT
heavy enough TO stop traffic but
made it rather hard travelling until
the roads got worked down. The snow
of Saturday was followed by Iight
flurries Sunday. Monday the waafhs
er caught cold and the Thermometers
of this city registered 80 degrees ba.
low zero Tuesday morning. The
weather has moderated considerable
since that time and normal winfe,
weather is being enjoyed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-12-07
STANFORD DEFEATS CADETS
BY SCORE OF rs TO 0

Yankee Stadium, New York, Dec. 1.
Stanford completely outclassed the
Army this afternoon and gave the
Pacific coast its second football vic
tory over leading eastern team
within the week. The score was Stan
ford 26, Army 0.
Army seldom threatened the Stan
ford goal line and when it did its
onslaughts were easily repulsed.
Stanford kept the play almost en-
tirely in Army territory and its backs
plunged and passed for substantial
gains almost at will.