Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1928-09-20
SUPPORT YOUR PAPER

The above appeal, made by the Producers News in its
issue of September 4, meets with the approval OF the f1eralo'
That is our policy to a hairllne.
We believe every citizen should support his own econ
omic interests Just as long as it stands tor the principles
which he espouses and we are not blind to the fact that a
great many citizens of this county are ~indebteded to our con-
temporary for their success in the vocations they follow.
Let us be plain and above board about it. Let us have
no misunderstanding regarding the policies of the two pap
ers. Each stands for certain we'll defined principles that will
make the issues in the coming political campaign clearer to
everyone and there will not be, and is not now, any excuse
for readers of this newspaper or the Producers News to evade
or make excuses for their political affiliations. And the same
is true of the two papers bid for patronage.
Let us see what those policies are in the true light of the
timesl Again may we quote from the editorial column OF
the News:
The county is filled with men who are always casting
greedy eyes on the county treasury figuring out some means
by which they can get their fingers into the golden Golfers.
These men naturally have to line up with some one in the
newspaper business to put men across that they can reach
by their influence.
Here again we are in full accord with the editor of the
Producers News. And surely the News must agree with ol
statement that someone did get their fingers into the golden
Golfers of the county" And so subtle was the influence
that our good sheriff and his aides were all conspicuously abb
ent from their offices when the golden Golfers were empted.
And what benign influences governed the county treasurer
who SO accomodatingly kept more than SlOO,OOO on hand in
stead of depositing it in the banks as the law called for; and
what glorious influences were at work that induced the treas
urer to keep his offices open long after regular closing hours;
and even unnatural influences allowed the Golfer fichers to
scale a high partition railing without disturbing the dust
which had been accumulating on it tor years.
But that is Just one incident of the influences" which
have been at work durig the past few years.
Let us consider the county as a whole. During the past
six or eight years the farmers have had good crops and, be-
sides the current taxes, there have been many thousands of
dollars of delinquent taxes paid into the county treasury. Ev-
cry couny In the state has progressed in a marked degree.
During the former administration in this county i'm
mediately preceding the present fredericksburg regime,
the people were laborng under war prices and little or no
harvest. No one will say that even the administration of the
county was ideal Yet, the only officer forced to disgorge
to the county was one who was elected with the endorsement
of the Producers News.
1t is hardly necessary for us to continue with the COM
parison, but let us call your attention to just one more glar-
ing fact which has attracted attention throughout the entire
northwest. That is the gradual but complete change in the
News policy with reference to moral conditions.
A few years back the News solemnly denounced the
saloon keepers who even dared to declare themselves as fav-
oring certain candidates. Following the closing of the saloon
the pool halls were denounced as dives, gambling joints and
hel-holes." B~ootleggers were called bootleggers and blind
piggers.
But even the Producers News has progressed and boot
leggers have become gentlemen who conduct cigar stores.
The man who declares himself boss of the county today
draws down the profits OF all the honkytonks in the county
and is to Sheridan county and Plentywood no less than Al
Capone is to Chicago. One of his aides controls the slot ma
chine franchise. Both men are bosom friends of our noble
sheriff, Rodney Salisbury and may be seen in frequent con-
sultation with him.
Sheridan can even now boast of supporting the only
roulette wheel in the state of Montana. A most enviable re-
cord, ism It'll Every other form of gambling device oper-
ates openly and with the knowledge and consent of the sher-
if, if not with his approval. And this gentry brooks no OPP
position, as was evidenced by the recent fire in P~lentywood
which threatened a city block.
Now, Farmers and Workers, take your choice and sup
port your newspaper and its candidates.
What is there to be gainedp
You have elevated the Producers News to the State SEN
ate. You have maintained Sheriff Salisbury in office. We
admit, you thought that electing Editor Pat Wallace to the
Legislature was too much. You elected a very accomodat-
ing reasurer-accomodaing to Golfer" flchers.
Do we blame the Producers News editors for appealing
to you tor further suPportp We do not. Their policies are
an open book, their influences very evident.
The Herald is directly opposed to such policies, such in
Huences, and such candidates.
AGAIN W. repeat. Farraro ,rJ Wo~L.a~a -. -