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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

with their movements by people who
were supposed to be their servants.
And the ''road agents" or Border Pa
troll" men got sore and blamed the
resentment of the farmers on the
Producers News and started propa-
ganda against the peoples paper and
began to enter politics generally. One
border patrolman put out the propa-
ganda that member of the prohibi-
tion force who knocked over" more
bootleggers during his term of office
than all the federal agents who pre-
ceded him since the Volstead Act was
passed, was Canned" because the
Producers News gave him favorable
publicity.
The Man From Washington :.
The Washington Investigator found
out this and much more with the re-
suit that evidence will be placed be-
fore the federal attorneys office that
may result in an application for in
dictment of some government Off
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
SENATOR PAUL
VISITS PLENTYWOOD

Senator w. ]. Paul of Deer Lodge
was a visitor to Plentywood and
Northeastern Montana during the
week. He called to see his old friend
Senator Taylor but the latter had not
yet returned from the north woods of
Minnesota.
He, however, met P. J. Wallace as
the latter was getting off the train
at Culbertson and had short but
interesting chat with him on the issues
of the day.
Senator Paul was leader of the pro-
gressive republican forces in the last
session of the State Senate. He is a
man of outstanding ability and close
friend and supporter of Governor
Dixon. He recently delivered speech
in Miles City which was widely copied
in the progressive press of the state.
He is candidate for Governor in the
republican primaries and is making a
tour of the state in the interest of
the policies which he advocates.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

H~@~~O eSOONO 4lOI l11Ctls
The bill, Mr.. Coolidge said. en-
booies formidable array of perils
for agriculture which are all the
more menacing because of their being
observed in maze Of ponderously fu-
tile bureaucratic paraphernalia."
Using strong terms, throughout the
veto, Mr.. Coolidge applied to the bill
such terms as "cruelly deceptive .
"repugnant" and "fallacious."
Two Paths Open
The fate of agricultural relief this
session now rests squarely with con-
gress. 1t has choice of passing the
bill over Mr.. Coolidge's veto, or bring
ing out measure more closely de-
signed along line agreeable to him.
So far as the political aspects of
the situation are affected by the veto,
it assures that, in the event congress
fails to act, the whole farm relief
problem will be presented to the COM
ing presidential conventions as a vex-
ing question which promises to figure
largely in the campaign and on which
the Republican leadership itself i:
sharply divided.
Like last year, the veto was accom-.
panied by lengthy report by Attor.
ney General Sargent holding the
Senator McNary, Republican, ol
measure to be unconstitutional.
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
P. F. OF A. TO GIVE
TWO BENEFIT DANCES

Next Saturday, May 26th, starting
at 900 o'clock, barn dance will be
given by the Progressive Farmers
Councils of McElroy, Comertown and
Westby at the Leo Brady barn, 8
miles northeast of Dooley and 8 miles
northwest of Comertown. Ais Go-Get-
ters will furnish the music. Lunch
will be served and a general good
time will be had Saturday night is
big night at Brady's barn, every
body will be there.
Wednesday, May Both, another big
Benefit dance will be given at the
Farmer-Labor Temple in Plentywood
by the P. F. A. This will be a big
dance as spring work is finished and
all are ready to celebrate the occa-
sion. Remember the day, Decoration
Day, and Al's Go-Get-ers will furnish
the music.
Old and new dances will be on the
program
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

CndI OOlOllSl OuSTlud1l WOulu uOb IlI6
them no matter what they did.
Holes in Border
For the fact leaked out that some
Cars Of the Border who extended
the sphere of their operations to the
towns of Sheridan, Daniels and Val
ley Counties a1e not "sitting as pref
ty" as they lead people to believe.
Favored bootleggers who run truck
loads of booze across the line without
molestation for months from the Bor-
der Patrol officers in these parts are
also feeling pretty uneasy. They are
afraid of change of administration
and that the hole in the border lire
will be plugged by honest enforce
ment officers. For it is known that
Investigators from Washington were
on the trail of some officers who
imagined that they had "things in
their nit" in these parts for some
time past.
Farmers Observation-Disclosures Inter-
ferred With
1t is stated that some of the So
called officers were running things
with a high and mighty hand. III
stead of stopping the truckload rum
runners at the border. they were.
holding up" the cars of farmers who
had occasion to cross the line on busi-
ness. They frightened the wives and
families of some farmers who mistook
the Border Patrol men for bandits
from their general appearance. The
farmers who were peacefully engag-
ed in the transaction of their business
made known the fact that they resent
ed this unwarranted interference
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
FEDERAL COURT AT
MISSOULA AND BUTTE

Helena, May Interpretations for
resumption of sessions of the federal
court term in May and early June are
being made in the offices of United
State District Attorney Rankin, Mar
shall Tom Belton and Court Clerk
Charley Carlow. A jury is being sum.
moned at Miscsoula to begin trials OF
about 40 bootlegging and other cases
on May 25. Trials will start in Butte
about June /. The calendar consists
of 25O abatement and about 12O other
criminal cases, mostly liquor law VI
olations. Judge George M. Bourquin
who has been at Seattle and San
Francisco for several weeks, will re-
turn to Montana about May 20 70
hear motions and demurrers at Butte.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

North Dakota.
At last the long-waited-f day has
arrived and the Plentywood and SEQ
bey fans are agog with excitement as
each day draws that much closer to
Sunday when the great John Donald
son, colored pitcher, tries to outwit
Happy Felsch, one of the greatest
hitters in the United States today. In
the meantime, "Chief" -Seeley will be
laying them down for the Scobey
crack batsmen, and the "Chief" is
going to display a line of curves and
speed that will dazzle the fans.
The game Sunday will be one of
the most sensational games of the
season slas "a test of the strength of
both teams will be given at this time.
but it is believed by most of the fans
that neither team is going to have a
walk away, as baseball stars are
tcbntihued on page Five)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

TO ENTERTAIN
DICTIONARIES
800 Members and Families Expected
at Saturday Meet; Program Is Plan
ned. Will Continue Over Sunday.

An American Legion convention
for the northeastern Montana dis
trict will be held i'm this city Satur-
day. IL will continue over until
Sunday, when it is planned to wind
up the convention by all members
attending the opening game of base
ball between Sc0bey and Plenty
wood, which will be played on the
home grounds.
The LegiOnnaires plan on a big
time here, with speakers. singers
and comedians to help out in en-
tertainment. A banquet will be
served in the Catholic church base
ment, which will be followed by a
lecture by the Rev. SiIas Farnham,
who has recently returned from
France. His subject will be "In
Flanders Field" This will be fol-
lowed by a show and a dance will
be given at the Farmer-LabOr Tenn
pie the same evening.
LegiOnnaires are making ar
rangements to take care of 800
members and their families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

the ensuing two years."
Makes Statement on Return
This was the statement made bv
Senator Chas. E. Taylor upon his
arrival in Plentywood this week after
an absence of some months looking
after his lumber operations in north
ern Minnesota. The Senator was tan
ned from outdoor life working ana
experimenting the operation of his
lath mill in the north woods of
that state. His old friends greeted
the veteran fighter for the peoples
rights upon his return. Men of all
parties shook hands with him on the
streets of his home city. In an inter-
view with a representative of the Pro-
ducers News, the business manager of
the peoples paper and the man who
holds the highest office within the
gift of the people Of Sheridan County
said amongst other things:
The State Outlook
During my absence l have kept in
close touch with events in the state.
This political year looks promising in
more ways than one. Men of adj
vanced progressive views have filed
for high state office. There seems to
be challenge to the domination of
the state by one great public corpora
ton. The opinion seems to be wide
spread that the interests of all the
people in the state could be best serv-
ed if big business kept, out of politics
and allowed the common people to
tContinued. on page Eightl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
Redstone Boys Skull
Crushed By Cultivator


Ray Bishop, who Lives three
three and half miles south of
RedstOne, brought his six-year-OId
son into the Sheridan Memorial
hospital Thursday at noon. The =
boy was suffering from crushed
skull caused by a cultivatOr rum
ming over his head. 1t appears
that MIR. Bishop was hitching up
the team in the yard and the tug
got some way caught and threw
the boy under he cultivatOr caus-
ing him severe injuries around the
head.
He was brought in at once by
his father and mother to a doc
tor who ordered him to the hos
pital where he is now being treat
= ed. He seems to be conscious but
cannot talk. He is receiving the
best of medical care and his rela-
tives are at his bedside. There
= is much interest in the case in
the RedstOne territory and SYM
pathy for the parens of the in
jured boy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
ART UELAND FILES
FOR LEGISLATURE

Art LELAND, one of the most
prominent farmers in the Outlook
territory if not in Sheridan coun-
y filed for representative Thurs
day on the republican ticket.
Mr.. LELAND is a large and very
successful farmer located north !
of Outlook. He is one of the most
highly respected citizens of the :
county; a university graduate and
a man who is universally re-
spected by the people. He is a
man of Independent and open
mind who cannot be bought or
bribed by any clique or interest.
He is about S5 years of age.
married and has family.
& 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
HOMESTEAD FARMER
DIED SATURDAY
JOrgen EngebritsOn Passes Away at
Sheridan Memorial Hospital After
Short Illness.

Following an operation for appen-
dicitis Jorgen Engebritson, young
farmer of the Homestead country,
died last Saturday at the Sheridan
Memorial hospital.
The deceased was a single man, 81
years of age. He leaves two brothers
near Homestead and two brothers and
one sister and father in Norway to
mourn his passing.
Services were held in the Lutheran
church at Homestead last Monday
and burial was in the Homestead
cemetery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

ButteThe following copy Of letter sent by Attorney
Harlow Pease the editors of the Nation and reply
Possibilities in that weekly Mr. Willard took his text
paragraph published in the meght column of Producers
News time He admitted the charges contained the
Lmegh paragraph but and endeavored show that
Walsh had done other things that curse off his reaction
ay acts. The letter of Mr. Pease reads as follows:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
PLENTYWOOD STORES
TO CLOSE MEMORIAL
DAY FROM 10 TO A

All of the Plentywood stores will
be closed Decoration Day from 10
a. m. to A .. m. This is done SO that
employers and employees may have an
opportunity to take in the program of
the day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
SHERIDAN COUNTY SENATOR
TALKS ON ISSUES.UF THE DAY

ayor Defines Position of Peoples Paper in Forthcoming
Election The Voter at the Polling Booth Is Competent to
Select His Servants, He Says. All Candidates for Public
Office WIN BE Given Impartial Treatment and Paper VIII
Play No Favorites But Junior Senator Nav Execute Stt
g!c Retirement from Montana Politics By Becoming Run
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
SHAKEUP IN BORDER
PATROL IMMINENT

Federal Investigators Trail Men Who Imagined Their Jobs
With Government Gave Them Power Play "Smart Poll
tcs-Sheridan Visits County and Talks With Subordnates
Men Who Knocked Producers News While Truckoads
of Booze Came Across Border They Were Supposed Pro-
tect Find Themselves in 'Hot Water"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
PRESIDENT OBJECTS TO
EQUALIZATION CLAUSE
Doubtful If Congress Passes Bill Over Coolidge Veto Dawes
and Lowden Still Stand BY Bill In Entirety. Talk About
Prolongng Session So That Farm Relief Measure NAV Be
Agreed On Merchant Marine Measure Signed.

Washington May 23The McNar Haugen farm relief bill was
vetoed by President Coolidge today with language fully as EN-
pnac as ne used in disappearing the ago.
Ceng his attack the constutonaty of the pres-
dent informed the senate to which returned that the eoua
zaton fee OF the bill "a and that no board could
resist the political pressure which would placed upon to boost
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
Pease Riddles ''NatiOn" Article
On Walsh With Barrage Of Facts

Leading Montana Liberal Ridcues Assertion That Walsh Is
Not Copper Disciple. Exposes His Inconsistency Pub
lie Utility Question. Cites His Subservence to Montana
Power AS Exempfied BY His Support of That Companys
Move to Have Fathead Dam Leased Senior Senator's War
Record Referred to-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
SOCIALIST CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT DIES
TRYING TO SAVE BOY

: a *s
. Bend. Ore.,Ma 2l.-Frank t.
. Johns Of Portland, candidate for
> president ON the socialist ticket
: Sunday gave his life in fruitless
. attempt to rescue a lz-year-Oiu
: boy from drowning.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
R0DEO AT BRUSH LAKE

Next Sunday, May 9th, Brush Lake
will open officially with a rodeo and
stampede. The Garter Colored Band
will furnish the music. In the even
ing dance will be held at the big
pavilion.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

eneye the people of Sheridan County at the
pOc They know the qualifications candidates
N nO S @ serve them In the coming campaign
eIS NEWS VIII maintain independent attitude 1T will LET the
PeOple decide at the polls
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25
Plentywood Meets Fast Scobey
Ball Team Sunday, May 27th

Once Again PIentywood Ball Diamond VIII Be Scene of
Mighty Battle Between Professional Players of the Great
Lineup and Pitching Aces VIII Be the Mound for Both
Aggregatons. M
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

There much back gossip among the members of the Bo
Patrol and their friends this section of the state There
something brewing thats causing lot of worry who
thought they had cnch their jobs and their friends
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

Next Sunday May 9th, there will be ag day Pentywood
when the baseball opens this city with the
playing Scobey at the Herald ball park Thousands Of people
Northeastern and northwestern
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

.,y,TOR TAYLOR'S statement OF
D'n aofcy Of the Producers News
" ~ ! uublished on the first page
''.ai a..i. issue, will create a profound
. 'n' -, IN Sheridan County and
Iant the state. During the
p''i i,r years the Producers News
,...me one Of the most influen'
y ~ Tho greatest liberal newspa-
!. :. vontana. II has attained that
\, : ,..ition in the public esteem be-
y # its independence. 1t has no
p ..,itiou in that line. Perhaps
\, !. tbe reason il stands alone as
= .,y,yor Of impartial news. The
r, d,ilies of the state are dOmi-
"a M two great public corpora
=. which derive their sustenance
= ,bs sale of copper and electric
y :, Their news is cOlOred accord
~ = tbe particular interest they
, mautained to serve. WIN the
y s..la,prs News it is different and
l,'T l"'ior Taylor and myself are far
s.'cE away from the big interests
s,t1 sIi5g their dOmicile in the western
= Sf the state to be able to give
y gyUressiOn to our opinions on
"Stsrs Of current interest. If we
= influenced at all we are influ-
Sd BY the opinions of the people
,rmr whom we live and move and
Sr are the tillers and tOilers of
TTtbesstem Montana
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

u SSvAL SaV.A I.t COPPER editor. Of the
gs,iirs opened war on tbei, i, rue rss
y 10 rival operations POI which bids
s0's Oi i',al va the Heinzie affair Of pfus :
d s = Of these @cmeDta Dtii campbell
saNaces uen en- scotch in him a. bad ~
I ibs aS nstsd E at BannacltRRee,.,, BsUa tRe English
assOpla. Jug clark Utility graft et At
1 Ssl'ss Sent Fighting I back the &C CLARK s.
Ssleaa d ;oa an accountant over 70 :
1 y y Montana apEeSIlgate the graft of
4 y y hiOrnas5F rover Company. So we Ve
l Oak sI,. isI..F Field r,1 Marsha, Hutchins, ut m
1 seSr Of n Il. Is IN now pOring over tbe t,e
4 Eed % me ne Clark AccouSntoaynstr oysr vine 1he
\ ss1ianaS paS p,ne transactions Of Vino tSO
sS Saal article hser !. Company. A sensas sae
4 -, sSsess Of Ms. ls supposed to he IN
4 pp,r%' ~, Ss in Montana anon - And the
NJ ~ Of saiiu.O S. being given the eAS Sri1;s EIe
n gus ~ Awaiting q, the see sonn5 tune, = are are
s@sllng t0 ne big. battle =, wb;Ie sas
Saissss fall % or, ourselves: aw T'ale I ] !,
ae We 'us =. honest men learn y \ sho + J
On Mcn%aSys with Shakesneea,r,ess' e ,,ss
''' cries hait' ito e0anass damned be h'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

N. ANN EDWARDS has issued an
DrS,. p pa9pnlet " about the proposed
81 ~ Ol the Northern Pacific and
,sO1 uaea. al Northern railways. It is
u information and a master
] n u a cOgent reasoning. 1t has
!. y. ~ 'ne desk of the editor while
!. n, II away otherwise it would
/ eNn''san Ossn given to the public, in in
u, 's' ' long since. There is no
ip,,n ~aa ~ In the state who has such
] s',ap u u railroad financing and the
IsDE pSS.aIlStlcs Of government as
/ mai iaIs towards. He digs up the or
! as,v, 'aoIs aus from documents and is
! 6lsO.,oesa ,eaGy to meet anybody who
/ nde Ses Sas MS statements. He has
| aoj !" %auy enemies because of his
/ 6Gk ~ \, public questions and his
! & 5s,i| y present the facts and meet
! hat \ t'CrpOratiOn lawyers on any
\ ght MI. : strange how well mean
L hArsd uniformed y people can be in
1 y vbo Si.to e. LOOK upon people of abiI
/ do0 !. ilSht their cause with sns- %
! y upiva.nCInl honesty and ability to rule
| ,sVisile 'slIly T. recognized as a pre-
h Ia lnS you'd be governor of Mon.
| alfairsu MS, nus administration of pull
] Nm off, Of s,,;..ld would be marked by a
/ sae 70 tba tba'o,sgacy' zee! which, while irk-
/ y hin. S ~o,,,I officers holding jobs un.
/ Y peoplss would ol !, be advantageous to
l interests :, co,ae. the state and fair tC
! therein. cOntending for suprema.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-05-25

il SMITH seems to have the best
dthe running this tar. The attacks
him because of his religion by
B.H and others seems to have
kIa the candidacy of the New York
wanOr. After all a mans way of
nng to heaven is his own affair and
be American public as a whole is
HaHed to afford to the other fellow
he rights that they themselves insist
IlOh But AL Smiths sensational
nH in the primary is no sign that
REill win in the fall election. Aft
all this is a preliOminatingly re-
publican country and if any other
republican candidate outside of HOOV-
q is nominated AL Smith wont have
show. Hoover is weak because he
/ dsHked in the west because the
lrmes are dissatisfied with the
.y be handled wheat during his
tod administration and he is
@ strong in the east where a large
number Of people think he spent too
much Of his life in London. The
chances are that Andy Mellon and
aha prominent republicans will
RM IN a room in some hotel in
Aahsas City just before the republi-
n convention terminates and decide
ny hoover cannot beat Al Smith.
Iey DO some candidate like Char
DaEes or Hughes will receive the
l'ahaIlOn Of the republican con-
,. u!oa' Al Smith has no show
silA any other candidate outside
J. mower, y When the republicans be-
s..i y y 'ell the people in the back
S'iG, %S about Tammany Hall, All
w.. all' s ! name will be Dennis. Per-
Y lammany Hall is not as bad
sas ~ painted pa but the average voter
~ United States seldom looks
'"O 'Or below the headlines.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-25
ONCE PROSPEROUS, DIES AS PAUPER
Former Roxbury Man Worried
 asa Peddler

New York, Feb. % Rl-A man known along Broadway only as Austin" and who eked out meagrc living peddling novelties, was found dead this morning at the bottom of the stairs in the Times Square sup- way where had had been wont to sleep.
 He seemed a man of some educa- tion and one who obviously had known better days. but 1t was not until a group of his fellow .peddlera was rounded up to identify the body that it was found he was Austin F. Mccormack, reputed former well-to. do Roxbury, Mass, saloon keeper and World War veteran. He was about A years old.
 One of the peddlers whom Austin had taken into his confidence re- vealed his identity to police. From several of them police pieced to- gether the following story of his life:
 Before the war Mccormack was saloon keeper in Roxbury and made considerable money. He enlisted in q hometown outfit when war was declared and went to France. He was gassed and wounded.
 Returning home after the armis- tice to a nest-egg of some $50, 900 he made several unprottable invest ments and lost most of his money Leaving his wife and two children i in Roxbury he came to New York but was unable to find work. Final ly he was forced to start peddling on the streets, taking treatment for his health meanwhile at the United States Veterans hospital in the 1 Bronx where he was advised to seek q warmer climate. His lack of funds precluded that step.
 His condition continued to grow worse and for the past two weeks i he had slept in g doorway at the bottom of the subway stairs. where | his body was found. Police said. pending an autopsy, they believed the death due to heart disease.
 His friends said Mccormack has brother. J. R. Mccormack, em- ployed in the office of the corpora tion counsel of Boston. His wife and two children are believed still 10 be living in Roxbury. Mass.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-25
S300,000 ROBBERY IN CHICAGO TODAY
Five Men Take Three Payrols 1 From Train

Chicago, Feb. a5 R)-Three pay rolls reported to total $so0,0o0 were taken from a Grand Trunk local train today by five robbers who stopped the train near Evergreen Park. southwest of Chicago, bombed the rear end of the mali car and made their escape.
 The payrolls were those of the Buda Motor Works. the Ingalls, shepherd Works and the Whiting Corporation, all of Harvey. Armed guards were at the station at Har- vey waiting to escort the payrolls to tAe plants when the train pulled in shortly after the robbery.
 The train was a local leaving Chicago at 1:4o a. m. and arriving at Port Huron, Mich, at 9 p. m.
 The train was stopped by half a dozen men who flagged the engineer at St. Mary's cemetery about one quarter of a mile from Evergreen Park. Four men, two mail clerks and two government agents were re- ported in this mail and express car. Firing more than 50 shots to in timidate the guards and about 100 passengers, the robbers entered the mail and express car, blew the safe. scooped up the currency and made their escape i'll an automobile parked nearby. The train proceeded to Harvey.