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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
THE LONG ARM REACHES OFT

(From the Montana Free Press Buttel
ne legion OF friends of Andrew B. Cook of Town
oenu ana Helena sympathize with him greatly in the
circumstances which obliged him to sell and disnose
T1ni4n trnesV nerds OF prize winning cattle in the
OnlCed States, the gathering of which has baon +h
work OF lifetime. If you are fancior ~ 80.
u cnrysanthemums you may picture vour feelings -
forced oy financial exigencies to scatter tbo fno+
oOnec.lon Oh chryses' on the American continent ~
we might say the same of notable collections f b1
paintings or coins u OooAS'
NJ We can hardly think of a greater misfortune 70
r Hldn the scattering of. this noble herd If
iue Tloooners at time when we are WORKING - Ill
1ie GARY industry in this state
Whlle sympathizing with our old friend A
eJoice 70 learn that more than S47O OOo ,,s o1; !,
lionl sale that brought bidders from all oo~ Al
country and Canada This result enables M c.
20 settle loan of $235,OOO with the conno
a. neiena that put the screws on him and Ieavo
Rn+ +ho - 1ear with something than $23OOOO
49, 'ne herd IS gone, leaving gaping wound in tbo
heart of the owner O"iu III the
The story of the causes that brouob+ .b.4 -.
Iorced sale should and doubtless will be told full -
'ie puonc' We have commented at times unon +bo
poLoy Oh the Anaconda company in ESTABLISHING CON
~. u newspapers In cities where thew have banlS
putte' Mlssoula, Helena, Great Falls and Rillino IN
may De used to force business men with loono
49, lne % support the company's state tickets while
=
manner to further the continuance of +bis oortro1
the electorate. " 'AiS cohtrol Oh
me 'rouoles OF Mr.. Cook began Immediately oet
ne came out boldly and strong, as is his cns+o,
.ne nomination of his friend wellington RanLin Co.
governor he was told by the Helena renresont+i
u e company in its banking newspaper and roI;t;
al interests IN that city to get off Rankin or do ~,
'ie money Tor payment of the loan without dol, -F
lnat sort of talk did not appeal to Mr. Cool. rso
mas nVed IN Montana more than 40 wears and bos 49,
'an rugged and wholesome old-fashionod NTon+S
rs u independence and personal rights.
Mr. Cook refused to yield an inch in bis .,,nno,.
nankln' Then he was told that he would no 49, ~
pA ms blankets up and walk out of the state cam
ne refused to fall for the threat Then the conron
ileiena oank forced the sale. If the herd had not
qurea such wonderful reputation tbrouvb tbo ,,ov
n'en!gent management and selection of Mr. coo,. -
- ay would have been looking for his blankets
- 'urned OUT ne retains his sef-respect and ids
49, anu anu mas considerable of money besidos
ana ne IS still for Rankin, strong. 0'O'''
we tmnk this incident worthy the seriors cons;ao-
a'ion OF ouness men as the campaign annroacboa
cioSe IL marks stage in the extension Of tba ono
llian town Idea In Butte to the one-man state "a
up 70 the voters to break this system nm IN
o. II can be done by eecting Rankin. 0i''Ve'
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preme court by Gov. Joseph M. Dix.

preme court by Gov. Joseph M. Dix.
on. -
On the basis of his record Presi.
dent Coolidge appointed him u s
District Attorney for Montana anC
his appointment was confirmed with.
out even being referred to a commit.
tee, the two Montana senator's
Wheeler and Walsh backing such ac.
ton, giving to him an honor seldom
conferred by the United States sen,
ate.
Born in Montana, educated in its
public schools and its state univer-
sity, a native Montanan, an enlisted
man in the world war, thorough
going, red blooded, active, high mind
ed young Montanan with brilliant
mind and almost unlimited energy,
and an intimate knowledge of the
states needs and its business gained
through years Of hard service. Ran
kin is equipped to make Montana one
of the best Of its chief executives.
His record is a real argument for
his election.
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Continued from page One)
in the state of Montana for the en-.
tire shipment.
Because of the road conditions last
year at shipping season, many grow.
ers who had their birds dressed and
ready to bring to the shipping points
found it impossible to make the trir
and had to sell their birds direct to
the Commission Houses.
therefore, the directors of the AS
ISOLATION decided it would be advis-
able to ship car over the 500 Line.
the first stop being made at White
tail and the last at Westby.
The exact dates have not been do.
clded on as yet for the car that will
be loaded for the Thanksgiving mar
ket, but undoubtedly it will be load
ed before November 18th and fine
shlpplng points will be Scobey, Plen-
vile. anu D@lh-
Only those birds that are heavy
enough to grade as number one after
tney are dressed should be Skinned
IN IA the first car. All birds sold thru
tne association this year will he
graded on the Montana standard
which is II pounds for number 0ne
IONS and pounds for number one
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II necessary to withdraw money ~
lection. 0"ecAs 1or cOl-
1t was around this withdrawal Of
money that the battle ragged.
Inc Surety company contended the
Iaws Oh Montana provided that All
money must be deposited da;iv -
quail1led banks and that the fs;I,ra
70 40 TINS was a felony itself on tbe
part OF the treasurer, which nroh;h;+ Ia
eo MN from recovery. WIN Sbsr;-
dan county should buy bonds whom ~
money was in the vaults was . r,a -
slider. uiu hoC con-
Treasurer TorstensOn testified IS
70 daily deposits and as to the with.
uIaWal OF money, indicating the ne
GC,e3sslty OF SO doing as money came in
Inc amount withdrawn was ahont
SiS,OOO. Mr.. Torstenson also fesf;s
lied as to times when he had furnish
was low. 4 s'ieir cash
IorstensOn Cross Examined
Mr.. Torstenson was under cross az
anlnatlon for many hours. He was
on Tor both direct cross, redirect and
representation for two DAYS and
q nalf. George Hurd conducted the
cross examination for the surety com
pany. He pounded Torstenson from
every angle for many hours. but was
unable to shake his testimony Of
single place. He took him throuch
the records again and again and ovsr
'ne story OF the robbery. Many times
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Rankin's Great Record


9Taken from the Havre Da;lv No,,,u
promoter, Friday. Sent. % 1o oos
democratic spellbinders and an+b b
sIasgs can't get away from the ra 10 .1lu
u wellington D. Rankin as n, Mill
3e d no matter how hard tbav 1f t,.r
r ra IL is an open book. a record -
Ae 1 success as a public official y
carnnI sperlng campaigns against him
lie lot get very far because the NH
tbo mas been in intimate touch with
cla e record he has made as h;ob
puhi;, competent and hard working
and ne people of Montana nominated
Montarrecc ted him attorney general of
was served so well and his record
soc i % good that he was made as
'a'e Justice of the Montana sn S
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to pieces-they accused him of everything: of en-
bezzlement; of collision; of perjury. They called
Torstenson crook and scoundrel-they resorted to
every arfice to prejudice the jury against him with
out interrupton-and these men are artfu and clever
the best that be had in the state and they earned
their money The plaintiffs attorneys, Messrs. Bah
ovan talking, both Hurd and Brown tried to in
terrupt. Judge Pray ordered them to be SILENT adj
mOnishing them that they had had every leeway and
the widest of latitude without Interruption and
now they would have to submit to the same thing
upon second interruption Judge Pray was very
The case went to jury: the only question to decide
was whether Treasurer Torstenson had violated the
state law when he had withdrawn money from banks
IN order to make for deposits and whether
he was in any way involved
The jury was out one hour and fifteen minutes dur
ing which time they ate supper-they then returned
unanimous verdict for Treasurer Torstenson and
Sheridan County, allowing the county and Mr. Tor
stensOn everything it had asked ~for-found him in
nocent OF every charge, of every insinuation.
So the trial ended.
We wonder if the Plnetywood Herald is now salts
fled
We wonder if the Plentywood Herald is now con-
vnced of the justice of the verdict of the Great Falls
jury or whether for political it will continue
It's SANDER and its efforts to defraud the taxpayers of
sheridan county out of their money
We wonder if the Pentywood Herald is GETTING
something from the Surety company for the circula
zion OF this propaganda and if now that paper does
not feel worse about the elimination of this case than
even the National Surety Company
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Attorney Hurd lost his tapro, -.
timony. wy pi"ii'iIIs tes-
Anna HOvet on Stand
MISS Anna Hovet was co1lod - ~
stand and told the story of the III olIe
Oery. Hurd did not submit bo, ~ ~
llucn cross examination. She +oi ~
tb be same same story as Torstenson of how
tbe 1Sanults had entered, put them IN
. .ft Iloor while looting the safe and nd
= ~ "Sru locking them in the vault
Dlonne Testified
Frank Dionne, court bo,,so i,u;.
was called to the stand bu n Ie.t1ss
fer u I yUi OF nearing footsteps. and Ia
r yer, Mnlle working in the clerk and
- ro;oauer oiflce of hearing muffled
voice Tolces. seemingly coming from 'll tSo
aIeasurer's office which adioinad ' nc
gong into the treasurer's Office u
lni1lng papers strewn over tbe e1 ,.ilu
anG nearing voices in the vauI+ J III
solo Iorstenson how to omen fbo uo'- Ia
from the inside and releaseJe t rauIe
from the vault. He9also fes+;f;e S,ie tu
condition of Torstenson and MI MI IT. 70
vet and the calling of Er;cL I's.ss no,
Sheriff Salisbury. He taSt;f;5 ana
about z o'clock. uepuey at
Sheriff Salisbury Called
NJ sheriff Salisbury was then caIlad
ne testified to being called bv ~ Tou
stenson at his home. That he Wont vU1
60 the treasurer's office. got tbe @; -
and details as to the rob- !,
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that pertained to county affairs or
records. u
TOrstensOn on Stand
Torstenson was then called To tba
stand. He told of the robbery in de-
tan, how the two bandits had come
IN and how they had proceeded. How
ne and Miss Hovet had been locked in
the vault and how they had been re-
leased, and then as to what had han
pened afterwards. How Cashier viii
Erickson of the Riba State Bank had
Deen called to check the loss and
Sheriff Salisbury notified. He testi-
lied to checking up of the loss. the
notlflcation of the company. and a.
bout the withdrawal of funds. and
why the cash had not been deposited
and certain other money had been
withdrawn.
:. Treasurer Torstenson testified that
cne law requires that he cannot de-
post money in banks unless The bank
has. deposited security with the conn
ty IN way of legal bonds and securi-
ties.a. lhat-he had deposited and kent
deposited In all banks all and even
sometimes more than they were mal-
s1ied to receive: that as money came
u most Of It In checks, he had found
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
DIXON SERVED WELL

During the 10 years Josenb M
Dixon, republican nominee for TT G
senator, represented Montana, four
years as member of the lower house
ana SIX years in the senate, he serv-
ed the state well. His record was
one OF valuable activity and practical
achievement. All the Montana voter
need do to convince himself that Dix
on was an asset to the state then is
TO cast his eye over the laws passed
at that time of vital Importance to
Montana, whose passage was laroeIv
secured by him.
IL was due to his labors that the
interstate Commerce Act. forbiddino
railroads to charge more for short
IMAM Tor a long haul, was passed. His
labors were instrumental IN sec1,ri1, =.
tne establishment of the land offices
at Billings, Glasgow and Havre: of
Glacier National Park; of the Nation
al Bison Reserve in Lake County: of
the United States courts at Billings.
Dfeat Fails and Missoula; of the on
enlng of three Indian reservations f.
settlers, the Fort Peck, Blackfeet and
flathead reservations; and the loca-
ton of the U. S. forestry headouart-
ers for the district, including tb;s
state and part of Idaho, at MissouIa
Joseph M. Dixon secured the cr 90.
ZION OF six great irrigation projects
IN this state the Flathead. Riack.
1eet' Fort Peck, Huntley. Yellow
STONE and Sun River projects He al
So So secured the opening of the Crow
indian lands now covered by the
Hqntiey Irrigation project.
he obtained public BUILDINGS 81
Billings, Great Falls and Missoula
bllings, Great Falls and MissonIa
ana az with the aid of Congressman q
y! ~. Fray, at present federal iudpe
Inose at Kalispell and Bozeman An,
O Oti achievement was the annronri-
ael9n OF $4,000 to rebuild Fort Mis-
soula; He originated the bill GRANT ant
ing the state 1000 acres of land Of
Fort Assiniboine. y i"iiu AZ
Inc election of Senator DIXON r.
s s United States senate means > re.
: sumption lp of his practical efforts to
fa bo nee. the welfare of the state in
'ne national congress.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
COUNTY JAIL FILLED
WITH PRISONERS

Despite the ranting of those wht
decry the lack of law enforcement il
Sheridan county by Sheriff Salisbury
and his office, the county bastile il
at the present time filled to over
flowing with prisoners and has as
sumed the proportions of a big town
hotel. These prisoners have beer
apprehended during the past few
months due to the activity of Sheriff
Salisbury.
Most Of the roomers have been in.
clined to make life a little easy by
robblng stores, but many of them
have regretted resorting to such am
bilious callings as is evidenced by the
influx of vI01atOrs to the State peni-
tertiary at Deer Lodge.
Sigmund Schultz tried his skill at
robblng store in Comertown. Now
ne is engaged at more honorable
work which will keep his mind occu-
pied for from one to two years in
side the walls at Deer Lodge.
Another genius attempted running
a freight train off the Great North
ern tracks by borrowing" a Great
Northern speeder. He is also keep
ing company with the Comertown
store rObber at Deer Lodge.
One Mr.. Black who felt that the
tailor shop operated by Mr.. Hanisch
at Plentywood afforded a good onnor-
tunit'' to gather in some mems suits
and ladies' dresses is still HOPING that
ms refusal to commit himself will
save him from visiting Deer Lodge.
AT the present time there are sew,
en- dodgers in the county bastile:
one for stealing an automobile: an
other for stealing grain; still anoth-
er who had a longing for fancy gar
ments; and one person who insists
that ne is not guilty of the offense
charged against him.
Then two add color to the crowd
there are two men brought all the
way from Hill county who in all prob
ability will give statement that
they had a hand in the robbery of
the Dagmar store recently. Material
evidence is now being gathered to
convict them of this crime.
Several suspects have undergone a
severe grilling in connection With the
robbery of the Dagmar store, but so
far only two can be found who could
be directly charged with that crime.
And SO the law enforcing work goes
on under direction of Sheriff Sails
bury, while those of the opposition
cannot or will not see any act worthy
# merit performed by the present
sheriff.
.Boomerangs are very dangerous
when thrown by malicious people
! fact which will be demonstrated bv
he law-abiding people of Sheridan
county on the 9Th of November.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
MADOC FARMER COFc
TO SOUTHERN CATE

the ScsG;D obey H. Sloan. on. !.
t tne flrst farmers of the Madoc one ne,, Of
Try has rented his farm oUJ co9n-
week we :, leaves for southern CaI i TINS
Mr.. Sloan has farmed in tbo california.
dtiy Tor the past 10 years I and In
earned a rest from arduons anu mas
MS many friends trust he will LABOR LABOR
Ene less rigorous climate but ioo gIn!oy
come back. e' lhey all
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
RED" BOLSTER
WINS AT SIDNEY

Friday evening of last week "Red''
Bolster of this city won by a knock
out over Teddy Petty of Miles City
at Sidney in the second round.
Ked" is getting better all the
time and his services in boxing bouts
are coming from further and further
distances. The boxing fans of this
city were greatly delighted over the
home boys victory.
The main bout which was between
Howard Ball of PocatelIo. Idaho. and
reilx Barnes of Huron, S. D., ended
IN a draw, but according to Mr.. Boil
sters version, Ball had the best of
the match throughout the bout. A
TAR crowd was present to witness
the exhibitions. '''>''N
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26

during the trial of the Sheridan county robbery
Ay hurd as usual had the able assistance of the
Great Falls Tribune, which reported tba case Will
bias which the evidence did not Justify and N on -
stance or two actually falsified the evidence in lis
reports IN its efforts to create condition unfavorab
TO Sheridan county in behalf of the huge insurance
corporatlon-but to no avail. The people of Great
rams are aware of the utter unreliabity of that ma
per. y ' pa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-10-26
Republican
Ticket

. = - - - = = = y = - =
HERBERT HOOVER
For President
CHARLES CURTIS
For Vice President
REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTORS
Mrs. w. ]. Jameson
George McCOne
Joseph Seaman
Dan Milestone
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL.
TICKET
For United States Senator
JOSEPH M. DIXON
For Congress, First District
MARK ID. FITZGERALD
For Congress, Second District
SCOTT LEAVITT
EPUBLICAN STATE TICKET
Chief Justice, Supreme Court
L. L. GALLOWAY
Associate Justice (FOur- Year Terml
S. c. FORD
Associate Justice (Six Year Term)
ALBERT ANGSTMAN
Governor
WELLINGTON D. RANKIN
Lieutenant Governor
FRANK A. HAZELBAKER
Attorney General
L. A. FOOT
Secretary of State
w. E. HARMON
State Treasurer
F. e. WILLIAMS
State Auditor
GEO. p. PORTER
Supt. of Public instruction
ELIZABETH IRELAND
r. r. and Public Service Com.
DANIEL BOYLE
Clerk of the Supreme Court
JOHN WARD CROSBY
Pol. Adv. Paid for by the Republican
State Central Committee.
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waltz me around again Willie at
the big Halloween Carnival and
lance October 31st, Farmer-LabOr
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SURETY COMPANY
MUST PAY COUNTY

Continued from page One,
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TURKEY MARKETING

CONTINUED from page one)
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DIXON CAMPAIGNS

CONTINUED from page One)
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-12-12
LOSES WAY IN SNOW
STORM, BADLY FROZEN

The snowstorm which swept over
the southern section of the state the
forepart of last week nearly got one
victim, and for several days last week,
Andrew Townsend, 71-year-old Fair
mont resident, was in the hospital
with both hands and both feet frozen.
The aged man was unconscious
when found by chance. He was found
leaning over a fence on a farm in
Waverly township, not far from Fair
mont. His horse and buggy, with
which he drove about the country
pruning trees an doing other nursery
work, were found some distance
away.
Just what happened could not be
determined, but it is believed that Mr..
Townsend was probably thrown out of
his buggy when his horse ran away,
and that he was left stranded during
the storm. He was in a serious con-
dition from exposure, but physicians
expect that he will live. He was said
that he would probably lose several
fingers if not the whole of one hand.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-12-12
537 LBS. FAT AVERAGE
OF STATES HIGH HERD

AS already reported, 693 Minnesota
dairy herds in cow testing associa-
tons, supervised by the agricultural
extension division of the University
produced an average per cow in the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1928, of
800 pounds or more of butterfat. This
entitled their owners to places on the
National Dairy association which reg
ularly each year presents diplomas to
the successful dairymen.
Leading herds of the different
breeds in 1929 were: Jersey, w. H.
Eddy of Howard Lake, 16 cows aver
aging 537.7 pounds of butterfat; Hol-
stein, Frank Pesheck of Sank Center,
Is cows, 491.3 pounds; Guernsey, Ar
thur Mellin of Howard Lake, Is
cows, 442 pounds; Ayrshire, Swanson
& Franzen of Litchfield, 13 cows, 3SS
pounds; Shorthorn, Alfred Foslein of
Garfield, % cows, 375 pounds; Red
Poll, Jesse Poole of Maple Plain, 6
cows, 81 pounds.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-12-12
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER -, 1928
CHARLES LUND DIES

Charles Lund, past 80 years of age
and one of the pioneers of Redwood
county, came to the end of his long
and useful life Monday afternoon, De-
cember 3rd, at about half past two
o'clock, from the effects of an un-
fortunate accident which he suffered
in the morning, and it seems almost
unbelievable to his friends who have
seen him day by day in robust health
and strength for his years to think
that he is gone.
The funeral services were held
Thursday at the home at las p. m.
and at the Trinity Lutheran church
at 2 p. m. Interment was made in the
Trinity Lutheran cemetery north of
town.
About o'clock in the morning he
had been out and shoveled the snow
from the walks and built up the fire
in the furnace, and it seems he start
ed up the basement steps when he
slipped and fell striking his head in
such way as to make a deep hole
in the top of his head. He evidently
lay HC 1Cil 1Ol oOillCIlliIC WhSii
he got up and walked up stairs
where he told his wife and daughter
of his fall but thinking it so slight a
wound that he did not think it neces-
sary to call the doctor, and lay on
the couch. After about an hour, he
felt worse and the doctor was called,
but Mr.. Lund lapsed into unconscious
ness and remained so until he passed
away at 2:35 in the afternoon.
Charles Lund was born July Z, 1848,
in Sweden, and had thus reached the
age of 80 years, months and &c
days at the time of his death. At
the age of 20 years, 1868, he came to
America, locating at first in Carver,
where he remained until 1872 when
he came to Redwood county where
he began farming, buying part of his
farm and homesteading part, in john
sonville Township, and built up a
fine farm home as the years went by.
He was the first settler in that sec
ton of the country and passed thru
all the hardships that are incidental
to pioneer life.
He was married November 8, 1872,
to Miss Anna Charlotte Swenson.
The Lund family always enjoyed the
highest esteem, and have taken their
full share in the building of the COM
munity. Mr.. Lund was a man of a
solid character and of genial tenn
perment with the virtues and views
on life that one meets in the old set
tiers who were schooled by expert
ences of pioneer life. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lund associated themselves with the
Swedish Lutheran church in 1872
the year the congregation was organ
ized-and have ever since then been
active members of the organization.
He is survived by his wife and
eight children: Mrs. Esther Nicholay
son of Oakland, California;; Mrs.
Laura Vahle of Tracy; Mrs. Hannah
Dahlgren of this village; Mrs. Anna
Dahlgren of Gales Township; Edward
Lund, who resides on the old home
stead in Johnsonville Township; Miss
Minnie Lund who lives at home; Mrs.
Hattie Swanson of Peoria, Illinois;
and Arthur Lund of this village
Walnut Grove Tribune.