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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
DEAD INDIAN FOUND
AT POPLAR; PARTNER
DYING IN HOSPITAL

Poplar, April 9.-About p. M,
Saturday young halfbreed named
Longtree notified the police that a
murder had been committed in east
end of Poplar. Pete Proctor was found
lying on a couch with the left side of
his head blown off and Charles Seeds
was lying across the body in a dying
condition.
A 3O-3O rifle with three empty cart
ridges was found in the room and two
empty moonshine bottles. The suppo-
sition is that Charles Seeds killed
Proctor in a drunken quarrel then
shot himself, say police. Seeds was
still breathing and was taken to the
government hospital. Both halfbreed
Indians were said to be celebrating
the recent payment of Indian allot-
ments.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Elmer Thompson Auction
Sale, Wednesday, April 1S

An auction sale will be held bv
Elmer E. Thompson at his farm five
miles west and 1 mile south of Dale
view and Y of mile south of the
Ren Endersby homestead on Wednes-
day, April 18th.
Mr. Thompson has a ad in this issue
OF the Producers News on page four
which will be sure to interest YOU if
you contemplate buying farm ma
chinery.
Col Ruegsegger will cry the sale
and Robert Dickey will be the clerk.
A free lunch will be served at noon
and the sale will start at 200 o'clock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
6,4OO ACRES SIGNED
TO SUGAR BEETS IN
RICHLAND VICINITY

Sidney, April 1.-THE lower Vel
lowstone irrigation project will grow
the largest acreage of sugar beets in
the history of the prof t,
according to A. M. Cooley, agricultur-
al superintendent for the Holly Sugar
corporation, who said in an interview
that the contracted acreage now is ap-
tions of several hundred additional
proximately 6,400 acres, with indica-
tions of several hundred additional
acres being contracted. Sugar beet
growers of this section have been busy
the past few days preparing seed
beds and, if good weather continues,
planting starts soon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Observation-Disclosures
Observation-Disclosures
ASSAILANTS OF NORTHWESTERN
PROCRESSIVES TAKE TO DUCO[TS

Brag of Sheridan County Paper Forces "Pack Ra Keano
and Coconspators to Seek Proof Shelters Washno
ton Correspondent Describes Events In National Capitol
When News" Turns Tables Down East Poison Squad
Plot Smch Characters of Mahoney, Taylor and Wallace
Exposed. Dongs in S. o. B. 44O Leak Out Walsh Looks
Thru His Percope After Funny Neely" Puts "Pac Rats'
Memorandum In Congressional Record. Majority of Wash
mgtOnans Like VOLeys of Truth in the Producers News
and Would Visit Sheridan County If We Had Health Re-
sorts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Mower Makes Man Millionaire

Columbus, Kans. - (Autocaster)-
Twenty-Five years ago H. E. WRIGHT
bought a 40-acre tract, selecting If he
cause hay mower was thrown in free
according to the terms of the mr.
chase. He has received million dol
lars in lead and zinc royalties from
these 40 acres. He still owns them
but cannot use them for raising hay
because on them are some of the hest
lead and zinc mines in Kansas.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
PIONEER CITIZEN
PASSES AWAY
RichaIu Mann Dies at Memorial Hos
pital Following Stroke of Paralysis.
Leaves Wife. Children, 20 Grand
Children, and z Great Grandchild-
ren.

Last Saturday afternoon at 500
o'clock, Richard Mann had stroke
of paralysis, which left him in a help
less and uncons9aOus condition. He
was rushed to the Sheridan Memorial
hospital, but never regained conscious
ness, and passed away Tuesday morn
ing at II o'clock.
The deceased was 67 years of age
at time of death and had previously
suffered two or three strokes.
He was well known in Sheridan
county, having homesteaded a farm
southwest of Plentywood in 1900,
where he has since made his home.
Richard Mann was born October 6,
1861 at Beverly, Ontario, Canada. He
was married to Sarah Anderson of
Beverly April II, 1878. His wife died
August 7th, 1888. In 1889 Mr.. Mann
moved to Souris, Manitoba, Can,
where he met and married Sophia
Anna Brazier Hopwood. This happy
union ended April 1, 1925 when Mrs
Mann passed away. On June 10, 1927
Mr.. Mann was welded to Francis vi
VIOLA Potter, who together with
children, 28 grandchildren and
great grandchildren are left to mourn
the loss of a kind and respected hus-
band, father and grandfather.
The seven children who are left to
mourn the loss of the deceased are:
Russell Mann, Plehtywood; Florence
Elliott of Grand Junction, Colo; Mrs
Van Hee of Plentywood: Emerson
Mann, Dallas, Texas; Archie Mann
PlentywOod; Mrs. Fremont Nelson
Plentywood; Roy Mann of Plenty.
wood.
Funeral services were held at the
Orpheum Theatre Thursday Afternoon
and the body laid to rest in the Plen.
tywood cemetery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
J. w. WALKER QUITS
JOB - WILL DEVOTE.
TIME TO POLITICS

Helena, April 81. w. Walker
resigned as a member of the state
board of equalization OF which he
has been a member for more than
five years. He is now seeking the
republican nomination for governor
and the Jaw under which the board
was created prohibits its members
from engaging in politics.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
PROGRESSIVE FARMERS
DANCE AT WESLEY

A big Progressive Farmers Benefit
dance will be held at Westby on Fri
day, April goth with the well known
APs Go-Get-Ers orchestra furnishing
the music. The dance is being given
under the auspices of the Comertown,
McElroy and Westby Councils and
all are invited to be present. The
admission price will be $1.OO and war
tax and big time is promised all
who attend.
Friday, April 10th, the Orpheum at
Westby will no doubt be packed with
crowd of merry-makers.
A lunch costing 25c will be served
in the hall.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
EXTENSIVE BUILDING BOOM
LOOMS In PLENTYWOOD
church and Homes Now Being Erected and Much Improve
ment Work Being Done. County Agent to Move to New
Quarters Congestion In Housing Expected to Be Relieved
his FALL +. l.. Temple Being Decorated

There is a building boom on in
Plentywood!
The intermittent explosions of the
cement mixer motor, the sound of
hammer and saw is heard in every
part of the city. Lumber is being
shaped into churches and homes. The
sprlngtime of the year shows signs
that the county seat is growing and
that the congested housing problem
will be relieved before the end of the
year.
Church Going Up
In the southwestern part of town
the adherents of the Pentecost faith
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13


What Wise Men OF the East Saw
Wise men of the newspaper profess
sion, sitting in the smoking room of
the Press Club, discuss the articles.
the makeup, the social and political
viewpoint the strange mixture of
news about the visits of some prairie
matrOn to her neighbOrs house for a
"sumptuOuS dinner" on Sunday with
eudlte editorials on topics of engross-
ing public interest and conclude that,
after all, the country newspaper
field has advantages over the big CITY
for men Of ability and independence
Of thought. The Henry Wattersons
and the William Allan Whites come
from the provinces and shrewd litera-
teaurS like Sherwood Anderson re-
tire from the gaudy glare of Green
Mch Village to the steppes of West
Virginia and establish country news
lPapers-Or at least continue their pub
llCatlOn. If the "NeWs" of Plenty
wood did nothing more than provoke
Such thoughts in the minds of rather
cynical Washington newspaper men it
has justified its existence.
Ihelr COrkscrew View of PlentywOOd
And the situs of the publication
OF this country paper with a metro
pOhtan air-Plentyweed. What a
name! 1t suggests painted redmen,
epees, squaws stirring the evening
meal IN a pot outside the canvas and
Continued on page Eighty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Pet Turkey is Numbered
Among Radio Listeners

New York.-(Autocaster) Here's
new kind of radio fanl One woman
evidently believes her pet turkey goD
Ter listens in. She infers that mucn Il
a letter to radio station KOA, Den
yer. n,
Her gobbler disappeared from IL IL
coon one night and after other metn
DDS of finding it had failed she re
ouested KOA to broadcast for III
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Tap, Tap, Tap-So Goes
the Fiddler's Right Foo,

San Angelo, Tex, April 4. (Auto
caster)-E. H. Goodwin, dance fidJIo,
of this district, claims record ~
half a million taps a year. He ss;d
that while he uses his right foot ;oo F..
tapping, the sole of his left shoe al. ii.
ways wears out first. a.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
1eutOn Plane Crossing Atlantic
Observation-Disclosures
Producers News Articles Stir Political Circles in National CaDita
Leavitt Bill Passes House

Washington, April 8 The
Leavitt bill for the appointment
of an additional circuit Judge for
the ninth judicial circuit was pass
ed by the house and sent to the
senate. The ninth circuit en-
braces the states of Arizona, Cali
fOrnia, Idaho, Montana, Nevada,
Oregon, Washington, Alaska and
Hawaii.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
By KARL SNYDER. Special Corresnonder+

Washington, d. C-Did you the Producers News?" is
OF the most frequent expressions heard nowadays in the lob
OF the leading hotels where politicians congregate and the
cloak rooms OF the national legislative chambers weekly paner
published IN an obscure town in the west that was comparatively
unknown here SIX months has suddenly attained the STANDING
Of the EmpOria Gazette edited by William Allan White Of K
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13

That Montana wheat farmers enjoy rate of income
S gn investment in land that is probably higher than for
states shown by data collected for the sixth annual
f farm Review to be published shortly by the state and
MOn apartments t OF agriculture In 1927 good pow land in
sn ha was planted to spring wheat the most important
& % oil farm income in the state says the Review returned
nd nd e gross of Il the 1926 estimated value of the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
MONTANA FARMERS GET
BEST INCOME SAYS REPORT

higher Than In Other Northern States from Amount Invested
outlook for Wheat Farmers In 1928 Looks Rosy. Lower
Wheat Production Expected In Canada and Foreign Coun-
ines Interesting Facts and Figures Conditions Apper-
tanning to Northern Montana's Premier Crop.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Special to the Producers News


Badone ArdrOme Ireland April 2-The German Junker air
plane Bremen took off from the arrome at O5 o'clock
s morning IN the direction Of America Colonel Fzmaurce
the Free State air force accompanied Captain and
Baron Won Huenfed the intrepid German avaors their at
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
Observation-Disclosures
LEAVES DUBLIN EARLY
YESTERDAY MORNING

Baron Won Huenfed Hermann KoehI and Col Fitzaurice
lake OFF In Attempt to Span Vast and Dreary Wastes of
Turbulent Atlantic from East West In Huge Junker
MOnopane. Great Interest Shown In u S. Fifth Plane to
Attempt Flight. Others Unsuccessful.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13

O;vo', lne value OF the land was
Of Sf'Sm SI,. at $500; the acre value
~ Farmers Make Own Reports
from nne ngures are estimates derived
tbenu,.aaIy averages of reports of farmers
good odl'seives' Ewes The land value. that of
bort rt pow land III all instances Is re-
6er'eu per e IN March of each wear Yield
each St Stat uata IS the final estimate for
price nouG ,"'9' The price used is the
ers on ri n DuShel received b ythe farm
tmatnn. december l. Land value es-
Tbs f;ae are those made March 1. 1925
is coron r i've states with which Montana
Dakota S IN the study are: North
Iowa anJ J0Guth 9I: Dakota, Washington
the yaInou u Illinois. In North Dakota
the acro ~e o1 good plow land was S37;
the neroo. e value of wheat S13.21 anC
the loo1S of value returned bJ
had crop was 35.7. South Dakots
ue a. : land value of S6S and and acro ~4HUSe noI'
hrnino S1eat SD II Of $15.69, the crop re
WasbiS5 1o.l2O of the land Investment
pOw IaSS S.Sn, with a value on gooC
for snr;ul .ru o1 SlO2 and an acre vain,
aretprn refining wheat of S21.3O. register,
Iowa WIFI u zI;4% on land investment
value Of t'u Ini iand value of S162 and acr
Il Der oo,e mheat $17.82 has a return o
and Il;Dnt cent of the mad Investment
and an ls a with land value of S15
has Sore value of whaat of eo1 n
ment ii OF 1880 on land invest
bhe to IA ro.i number of factors CON
wheat make make the outlook for tn
more faTOcaISe,er f1OuIeer in Montana slightl
ago and moun ~Ole than it was a mont
tcor.e more favorable on the who
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13

CO41IpC W CIOS SCn0 AClanClc.
Won Spinldler Quits
Captain Won Spindler the third Ger
man pilot who was to cross in the
Bremen quit a few days ago and his
place was taken by Col. Fitzmaurice
commander fthe Irish air service
tItzmaurice is daredevil and a skill
ed flier but he prevailed on the ia
nous German nobleman to delay the
flight until the weather appeared ia.
vorable..
The Bremen took off from ireland
today at the gray break of dawn anC
no sign of it has been seen since fish.
ermen of Galway "the next parish tc
New York" sighted the machine wing.
ing its way westward out over the
blue waves of the broad Atlantic.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13
The German FLYERS

Dublin-Captain Hermann Koehl,
Baron Won Huenfeld and Arthur Spin
dler, daring comrades in arms, are
ready and eager for the big adven-
ture.
The wings of the monoplane are
oiled to prevent the forming of ice
when the machine gets into the area
of fogs and mists, or rain, and the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-04-13

New Yorl--Seldom has so much in
terest been manifested in any. event as
that which has been apparent here
since the news of the starting of the
Bremen from Ireland this morning.
Excitement prevails along the whole
east coast and navy cruisers and mer-
chantmen everywhere are getting ra-
dio MESSAGES to watch for the ap-
proach of the Bremen with its human
cargo of famed flyers.
Evening star., 1928-12-29

taken their accustomed holiday, bivalves
having continued in heavy receipt ana
of splendid quality. Shell stock has
sold at $1.50 and 50 during the week,
Norfolk supplies selling a trif1e higher.
Selects sold at 1925 and standards
at So.
Plentiful supplies of frozen fish have
been received in the local market, Cana
dian smelts being among them. They
were offered at 25 cents pound.
Practically no fish have been received
from the Potomac the past lew days,
but North Carolina netters supplled
small quantities of trout, k1ngf1sh ana
croakerS.
Early recovery of the meat market,
following a dull season, when turkeys
were in such great demand, is expected.
Prices have not changed to any ate
rial extent this week, with the eXcep-
ton of pork loins, the price OF which
early in the week dropped, but later
was advanced. Increased sales OF meats
of all kinds Is expected for the New
Year dinner.
Dairy Supplies.
Butter prices experienced a drop this
week. The market has continued firm
most of the Winter season, however,
and dealers think it probable that the
drop in prices Is only temporary.
| A slight Stiffening of the egg market
the middle of the week was reported.
| This condition also is believed tenn
porary, due, it is thought, to farmers
| taking advantage of the holiday season
and not shipping supplies.
Dealers this morning mentioned the
Chicago egg market as having gone of
cents the middle of the week. Such
change there, they say, is certain to
be reflected here.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
DIAMOND INDUSTRY
is UNDER MONOPOLY
Producers and Sellers Decide Upon
Quantity offered to
Purchasers.
snscis1 D;snatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, December 29.-No busi-
ness in the world has been controlled
more successfully than the diamond in
dustry. World protection has been a
monopoly.
The worlds diamond mines are con-
trolled by four companies-the De
Beers Consolidated, New Jagersfontein,
the Premier CTransvaaD and the Con-
solidated diamond mines of Southwest
Africa.
These four, however, have a mar
keting arrangement with the diamond
syndicate, and they decide definitely
how many diamonds shall be placed on
sale every month. and the price at
which they shall be sold.
Their vaults are said to contain gems
worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
some say billions, which have been held
back from the market, some for years,
so as better to control the price situ-
alton.
Recently new diamond fields on the
West Coast of Africa, 500 miles north
of Capetown, have been discovered
While the country Is desert waste,
natives living there are reported to have
sold the stones at from 25 cents to so
cents each. Here is the way the prices
ranged: If a gem would slip through
the neck of whisky bottle, it was
worth 25 cents One that could not
was worth 60 cents.
So rich is the field that one govern
ment employe picked up diamonds
worth $4,000 in less than half an hour.
Now the field-inclosed by a gigantic
fence-is worked by the South African
government. is closely guarded by po-
lice and is reached by airplane. Sixty
men working there take out by air
plane to Capetown diamonds worth
from 100000 to $4,0O0000 every
week
The South African government has,
in the language of the American,
struck oil" Undoubtedly it will ioin
hands with the diamond syndicate and
take its share of the profits. How much
that will be in the years to come no
one will try to guess.
(Copyright, 1928, by North American News
paper Alliance.)
Evening star., 1928-12-29

Auto accessory, lumber, steel, chain
store, food products and publishing COM
panies have also been among those
making the largest demands on the
market in order to obtain new funds
for expansion.
Investment Trusts.
The investment trusts are playing a
; very large part in the new financing
A great deal of the capital put into in
vestment trusts does not find it's way
into new business expansion, but is
used to purchase stocks and bonds
which have been in existence for some
time. The removal by investment
trusts of large amounts of securities
from the market is raising the price of
stocks. Almost all trusts keep their
funds invested largely in few older
companies but the fixed share" trust
never changes its stock, so that larger
amounts of securities are continually
being permanently removed from circu-
lation by these trusts. Today there are
over 200 investment trusts operating in
the United States and Canada which
command well over a billion dollars in
capital and surplus. In the last two
months about $250,000,000 of new capi-
tai has been added. and the influence
of investment trusts in the security
markets continues to grow at a rapid
pace.
Another feature of present financing
is the large sums of new capital being
invested in the airplane industry 1t
is a tribute to American publicity
methods that a new and untried in
dustry can come into the field and in
one month absorb $20000000 of new
capital from investors, as it did in
November.
Future Money Rates.
In speaking of the recent large vol
ume of new financing the Harvard Eco
nomic Society points out that while the
Reserve banks have been expanding
credit to take care of the normal sea-
sonal needs of business. the security
markets have taken advantage of the
situation by tying up large sums of the
money in new security flotations and In
stock market speculation. Because these
loans cannot be liquidated Immediately,
they indicate that the Reserve banks
may find it difficult to retire credit after
the first of the year. If this is true,
the easier money which people are ex-
pecting after January / may not ma
terialize. AT any rate. they believe that
money rates in 1929 will continue on a
higher level than in recent years.
Copyright 1921
Evening star., 1928-12-29
'DAMROSCH HEADS
PROGRAM TONIGHT
Selection by Leaders Father
Will Be Sung by the
sixteen Singers"

The National Symphony Orchestra,
under the direction of Walter DAM
rosch, and the Philco Hour, featuring
a tabloid version of Rudolf Frimls
musical play, THE Vagabond King" "
lead the offerings tonight of WRC.
Damrosch will open his concert with
the New Year song written by his
father, DR.. Leopold Damrosch, Ring
Out Wild Bells" The selection will be
sung by the Sixteen Singers" mixed
chorus. accompanied by the orchestra.
The remainder of the program follows:
"Allegretto from Symphony No y
Beethoven. Dance of the MOSQUITO"
Liadow), Flight of the Bundle Bee"
(Rimsky -Korsakoff) symphonic poem,
LES Preludes" Liszt) and the waltz
Artists Life" (Strauss).
Jessica Dragonette and Colin OMore
will sing the leading roles in The
Vagabond King" Harold Sanford will
direct the production.
The Lucky Strike Dance Orchestra
and the weekly review of the world S
business by DR.. Julius Klein of the
Department of Commerce are among
WRC's other principal attractions The
dance orchestra will play number of
old and new hits, including Thou
SWELL from THE Connecticut Yam
kee," Forever and Ever" from Rain
or Shine" and BLACK Bottom" from
the Scandals of 1927"
Station WMAL has arranged a
washington Night" program tonight.
With the exception of one attraction,
its entire program will be provided by
local artists.
The main musical features will be a
Christmas cantata, "The Song and the
Star" by the Woodlothian Chorus and
group of assisting artists, and joint
recitals by Joseph Bruno, baritone, and
Elizabeth Gardner Coombs, pianist,
and Thelma Mills Rector, soprano, and
Margaret Cooper Tolson, pianist.
Three talks will intersperse the
musical attractions. These will be Civ
en- by Will P. Kennedy, political writer
for The Star, who will review what
Congress has done for the District;
Clarence F. Donohoe, who will talk on
the Washington Community Chest, and
Dorsey w. Hyde, jr., secretary OF the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
who will review briefly Washington's
business in 1928.
The Catskill Trio and the Planta-
ton Quartet are two new attractions
to be introduced tonight by WJSV.
VOL is featuring its late dance pro-
gram from 10 o'clock to midnight.
Evening star., 1928-12-29
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS,

NationaI-"The Strange Interlude, u
drama, at $50 pm. with interval at
TAO for dinner.
P0liS-"Well! Well! Welll" musical
comedy, at 2:20 and $40 pm.
Belasco-"The Gingerbread Man."
musical comedy, matinee, 2:30 PM,
and $3.50 pm.
Wardman Park-"Maiden Over the
Wall" play for juveniles. at 2:30 pm.
Strand-"Dimpled Darlings," bur-
lesque, at 2:15 and BIS pm.
Little Theater-"Cruiser Potemkin, -
at 1:50, $50, $50, 7:50 and $50 pm.
F0x-"Red Wine," continuous from
II am. to IL pm.
MetrOpolitan-"On Trial" at 11:25
am, 1:20, 1920, $40, 7:25 and 9:25
pm.
Palace-"west of Zanzibar" at 11:1O
am, 1880, 800, $50, TAO and $50
pm.
EarIe-"The Barker" continuous
show.
CoIumbia-"A Woman of Affairs
cd week., at IL am, 1880, 3, 5, 7:10
and 9:25 pm.
ADMINISTRATIONS of the Under
world" at 2:20, 4:20, 6:15, and $50
pm.
Tivoli-"The Whip" at 2, 4:o5, 6:1o,
and GAS pm.
Central-"Show Girl" at 1890, Q,
$3.50, 5. $50, 8 and $50 pm.