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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
Butte Bar Association Asks
For Removal Of Board Head

charges against Chairman Clements
and you are now arguing the consul
tutionality of the law and other things
The thing for you to do is to get
yourself elected to the legislature ana
come over here next session and
amend it. Mr.. Clement is acting with
in the law and is bound by it. Come
down to facts and let us have, some
thing specific on which to act. This
unsigned typewriter statement you
have handed me has no standing and
your arguments are glittering gener-
alities. We must have facts if we are
to act intelligently. Lump sum settle
ments are provided for by the law at
the discretion of the board.
LAS | see it, the trouble is with the
law. 1t does not work exactly as you
think it should. That is up to the
legislature. The law specifically
gives members their discretion in the
matter of making settlements. That
is their right.
at does not always please you but,
as has been pointed out, Mr.. Maury
has lost but one case and all of his
clients have been receiving compensa-
ton, whether they will eventually get
lump sums or not-but since you have
brought these charges here l feel that
it is only fair to tell you that l have
not the power to remove the chair
man of the board, even if I were con-
WINGED he should be removed"
Clements Takes Hot filings
The story continues:
Chairman Clements accused Maury
of charging fees ranging from 25 to
IS per cent of the amount of compen-
sation paid. Mr.. Clements further de-
clared that the only complaint from
workmen Of Silver Bow county was
that Maury had overcharged them and
had taken their "blood money" with
out having rendered them any valua-
BILE service.
"When the charges were presented
the governor asked Mr.. Maury to
name the specific things that the
chairman had failed to do. Maury
called attention to an allegation that
the chairman had delayed hearings.
Chairman Clements answered this
by producing the official records in al
cases in which Mr.. Maury appeared
as counsel and demonstrated that the
matters were handled expeditiously.
''Lump Sum" Case
'This case. should be entitled 'Tht
Lump Sum Case,'" the accident boarC
chairman declared to the governor
"In one case the board settled will
Maury, he charged the poor fellow 81
per cent of the total compensation
and all Maury did for him was tt
write two letter to the Industrial Ac
cident- board for him."
$50 far as l am concerned 'saiC
Clements, "the industrial acciden
board will scrutinize very CAREFUL,
: Maury's applications for lump sum
: for the reason that it is my opinion h
> will take the claimant into the bacI
room and take most of the NOPE
: away from him."
Chairman Clements produced all o
: the records in the Maury cases, prov
: ing that in each instance the injure
} workman was receiving his compensa
: ton regularly and that Attorne
Maury had put in a petition for
. lump sum settlement"
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in another direction. But the smoke
screen efforts of the lackey newspa-
per were not successful. The reply
of Wallace and the editorial in Labor
Topics had the effect of attracting
more attention to the power steal
The Tribune was reminded by the To-
cal agents of the Power company that
wave of sentiment was being stir
red in favor of the opponents of the
Power Company project. The Trl-
bune stopped suddenly.
People Watch Washington
Thinking people of the state have
their eyes on the National Capitol.
Behind the scenes Kerr is working
with all the ability that this master
of clever manipulation of public rep
.resentatives knows how. COaxing,
cajoling, threatening, he is always
on the alert for Montana Power. Will
he get the peoples treasure? That
is the big GU mark in the minds Of
the people of Montana today.
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day, Feb. 10 afternoon and night at
Plentywood.
He will speak on the subjects of
geology, minerology, paleontology and
origins of systems relating to the
finding of oil pools and the methods
of measuring depths to oil from the
surface.
"Mr, Olson is a Doctor of Divinity
besides possessing a number of other
college degrees including an M. S."
said Mr.. Nelson. Continuing Mr..
Nelson stated that Mr.. Olson has been
on the lecture platform for thirty
years and counts among his valuable
experiences his association in scien-
tific work, DR.. Spitz who was en-
gagged by the U. S. government chart
ing the ocean. DR.. Olson is expected
to arrive in about a week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
WALSH AND WHEEL
Err SHOW HAND S

Washington, ID. c., Feb. 4.-When
the appropriation bill was intro
duced in the senate Senator Walsh
arose in his place and moved that
the clause which was stricken out
reference to the Flathead Power
Sites be reintrOduced. This clause
would authorize the Federal Power
Commission to lease the Flathead
power sites to private interests. 1t
was objected to by the Progressive
Farmers and several persons in
Montana and stricken from the bill.
Senator Walsh showed the offer of
the Montana Power Company and
stated that the Indians would de-
rive great benefits from develop
ment by the Montana Power Com
pany. Senator Wheeler ably sup
ported the proposition of Senator
Walsh and the Montana Power Co.
This would do lot of good to the
Indians. The Junior Senator's
speech was heartily approved by
Vice President Kerr of the Montana
Power Company who sat in the gal
lery while the debate was in prog
ress.
LaFOllette Fights for People
Senator r. M. LaFollette opposed
the proposition of Walsh and Wheeler
in vigorous style. He said that this
was an attempt of a private interest
to steal a part of the public domain
while the people were not looking,
He showed that the offer of Montana
Power was not fair to the Indians and
was made for the purpose of getting
a valuable power site away from the
people. Several other progressive
senators followed LaFollette.
SmOOt Remains Obdurate
Senator Smoot, chairman of the In.
terror Appropriation Committee re.
manned Obdurate to all arguments OF
Walsh and Wheeler in favor of the
Montana Power provision. He refus
ed to consent to have it incorporated
in the bill. Most of the senators whC
spoke and nearly all present joined il
the discussion, were against the pro
vision as it stood and regarded it a
a very raw attempt to get possession
of a valuable power site. Some sug
gestions were made that the PROPOSE
ton of Walsh and Wheeler be refer
red to the conference committee O
both house and senate.
Senate Passes Bill Without "JOker"
The upshot of the whole matter wa
that the senate passed the department
of the interior bill without the 'joker
the Montana Power Company was S
anxious to have incorporated. TIL
Walsh-Wheeler amendment, contain
ing Mr.. Kerr's proposition, was turn
ed down by the senate and the bi
passed. 1t is expected, however, tina
the matter will be taken up in tn
conference committee of both house
when another last attempt will
made to have the Kerr Wheeler-Wals
proposal to have the Flathead site
leased, saved.
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protest of the Progressive Farmers
was read spoke He showed how the
proposed scheme to build dams by pri-
waite interests would raise the levels
of the Flathead Lake, which was the
largest body of fresh water in Mon
tana. He produced a report by COM
petent engineer showing that the
raising of the lake levels would de-
strOy the farm homes of the richest
section of Montana; would inundate
the towns and destroy the scenery Of
a countryside which is regarded as
one of the nations Fairgrounds. Gov
ernOr Mccormack said that the people
of the state of Montana had an inter-
est in this matter and that congress
should take no hasty or precipitate
action. After Governor Mccormack
spoke, W. F. Jellison, a prominent
farmer of Kalispell showed maps and
charts showing that the cOnsumma-
tion Of the project proposed in this
bill would cause irreparable damage
to the farmers along the lake shore.
The committee decided to report the
bill without the Flathead item being
inserted.
Power Lobby Gets Busy
Washington, Feb. 4-The rejection
of the Flathead item from the Interior
Appropriation bill caused cOnsterna-
ton in the camps of the Montana
Power Company lobbyists here today.
Frank Kerr, General Manager and
Vice President of the Company, who
has charge of the extensiev lobby here
was visibly agitated. The Company
had expended over $4,000 in making
surveys on the Flathead reservation
where the site is located. He and his
friends had spent much time in Wash
ingtOn and convinced the Secretary
of the Interior and the Commissioner
of Indian affairs that this project
would be advantageous to the state
and neighborhOod The whole power
lobby got busy to retrieve their set
back in the Appropriation Committee.
Call on Walsh and Wheeler
Soon after the defeat of the Mon
tana Power Company the lobbyists of
that concern got busy to have the
leasing provision re-incOrpOrated in
the bill in the Senate in the shape of
an amendment. Kerr called on Walsh
and Wheeler. In Washington both
those Senators pose as progressives
but it is gradually leaking out that
they are tools of the Anaconda Com
pany. Kerr is recognized as a hard
taskmaster and people who know him
say that he will take Walsh or Wheel
er introduce the bill he wants in the
Senate. This will disillusion many
progressives in the national capital
as to the professions of liberalism of
the Montana senators but Kerr is de-
termined to have his way.
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tanan StammerS Excuses.
Westinghouse Couzens, pro-
gressive from Michigan today turned
his guns on Senator Wheeler in the
Senate to the discontinue of the lat
ter. There was a discussion over the
ethics of oneSCaldwell taking $1,000
from a Radio Company while he re-
ceived a $4,000 salary as an employe
of the Government.
Senator COuZens answered Wheel
er's criticism of this circumstance with
the declaration that Caldwell's action
was comparable to senators receiving
retainer fees as lawyers while serving
in the senate. Wheeler denied he re-
cived such a fee but replied that SEN
ator-lawyers did perform some service
whereas he described Caldwell's $1,000
as a "gratuity."
Mr.. Caldwell said the $1,000 rep
resented the difference between his
former salary and present and he ac-
cepted it with the understanding he
would return to the publishing bust
ness.
No Monopoly
Charges of a monopoly in the rdaio
broadcasting were stoutly denied by
Mr.. Caldwell in defending the alloca-
tons given by the commission. He
did believe a monopoly of patents was
near at hand but explained that the
commission was powerless to act ir
this instance.
Senator CouZens compared the pay.
ment to Caldwell with retainer fees
paid members of the senate as law
yers by some clients. Senator Wheel
er denied that he received any sucl
fee and contended that the senator.
rendered some service, whereas Cald
wells money from McGraw-Hill wa
a mere gratuity."
Not So.
When Senator Couzens described
retainer fees as buying off" Senate
Wheeler heatedly declared such "i
not true" and the Michigan senate
replied, "you might as we'll be franI
about it.
"When you were with the For
Motor company and employed law
yers," Wheeler questioned, "you didn'
didn't think you were buying them of
did you?'
Senator Couzens said that Gin eff
feet" he so considered such transac
tions.
81 deny this on behalf of the legs
profession" answered Wheeler.
why set your profession on tn
pedestal and condemn every other =?
countered Couzens.
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Black Betrayal


Scarcely ever had two representa-
tives been forced to make such a spec
tacle of themselves. Out before their
progressive colleagues Walsh and
Wheeler shamefacedly fought for their
masters desire to grab rich part of
the public domain. They betrayed The
people back home and the ideals they
had spoken from score of platforms
and became accomplices in an act of
thievery seldom paralelled where par
liamentary government prevails. The
men, who at the instigation of Stand
ard Oil, condemned the theft of Tea
pot Dome by Sinclair, themselves be-
came parties to a more henious act
of spoilation.
LaFOIIette Saves Day For People
The treacherous conduct of the
! Montana senators amazed their pro-
gressive colleagues. Even such stall
wart old line Senators as Smoot were
astOnished at the conduct of Walsh
and Wheeler. Senators who had grown
gray working in the upper chamber
were aghast at the brazen conduct of
Walsh and Wheeler. Senator La Fol
lette jumped to his feet and fought
the proposal of the two Montana SEN
ators. He was joined by others. Soon
nearly every member of the Senate
took part in the debate. After sew
eral hours of battling the Walsh
Wheeler amendment fell by the way
side and the Interior Bill passed with
the valuable Flathead power sites
still in possession of the people. The
Montana Power Company had lost for
the second time in a week.
Kerr Continues Attempt
But corporate greed has no limit
Kerr got Walsh and Wheeler to have
the matter brought up in the Confer
ence Committee of both houses with
view of having the provision pass.
ed. The money of the power company
! will now be poured out. Will the peo,
pie lose again? AS no record will
be made of the debates before thu
Conference Committee it is expected
that Walsh and Wheeler will further
! debase themselves-if that were pos
slble-to advance the selfish interest;
of their owners.
Suppression of News
While all this is going on in Wash
ington the Press of the state has or
ders to suppress the News. The mas
ters of the state, sitting serenely il
4 their mansions in New York, know
: that the people would rebel if the,
t had an idea of what was being at
e tempted in Washington. Every news
paper In the state but the Producer
z. News and Great Falls Labor Topic
; crushed all mention of the matter on
: Of its columns. Letters pour into tn
: Producers News office weekly fror
!, people in every part of the state ask
ing for news of the steal. All tn
e letters refer to the silence in the col
n umns of their home papers.
e Tribune Tries to Divert Attention
q The Great Falls Tribune tried to d
) vert attention from the work the ed
Q tor of the Producers News was dom
s in opposition to this attempt to loo
n the public domain by attacking hin
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was backed in his proposition by
Wheeler. Although Wheeler did his
best to get the Montana Power Com
pany proposition reinstated in the bill
the other senators did not pay much
attention to him because in Washing
ton he is not regarded as being either
able or honest. He is looked upon as
bearing the same relationship TO
Walsh that Mr. Friday did to Robin
son Crusoe.
Inconsistency
When in Montana Wheeler profess
es to be an enemy of the Montana
Power Company and the Anaconda
company and accuses everybody who
opposes him as being paid by the cor
porations mentioned. He told Mr..
JellisOn, from the Flathead valley,
that he was not in favor Of giving
this site to the power company. At
that time he did not anticipate that
the Montana Power "Joker" would be
stricken from the Interior bill in the
appropriation committee. He could
say afterwards that he had nothing to
do with its introduction and in that
way escape blame for ravaging the
public domain and going back on his
public ownership pledges to the
people.
Kerr Cracks Whip
But Mr.. Frank Kerr wanted the
power site and wanted it now. He
had submitted a plan to the directors
and shareholders of Montana Power
who met in New York a few days
previous whereby his company would
make millions out of the electric cur
rent generated at the Flathead dams.
AS result of this Montana Power
stock took an upward bound on the
stock exchange. Mr.. Kerr did not an
ticipate that the work of the general
counsel of the Progressive Farmers
at Washington for month would be
so successful. He was astounded
when the appropriation committee
cast out his cherished F1athead Pow
er Dam item. The big boss of the
power company was in no mood to
brook a refusal from either Walsh or
Wheeler. He told them to try to
have the provision put back in the
senate even though they had to make
show of themselves and jeopardize
their chances of reelection. Kerr is
hard taskmaster and takes his
pound of flesh to the last penny
weight
Walsh and Wheeler Forced into Open
A dispatch by the associated press
got into the Great Falls Tribune BY
some accident. The cat was let out
of the bag when the night telegraph
editor of the Tribune forgot the or
ders from the sixth floor not to pub
lish anything about the theft of the
Flathead power sites. The dispatch
is as follows:
Washington, Feb. 4.-Members
of the senate Saturday passed the
interior bill without the provision
for a Pend Oreille power dam as
| proposed by the lower house in con-
sideration of the bill before sub
hitting it to the senate.
Senators Walsh and Wheeler of
Montana made a determined fight
to restore the proposed dam to the
bill, but were stoutly opposed by
Senator LaFollette and others who
said that members of the Flathead
tribe of Indians were not being Civ
en- a square deal under terms of the
measure.
Senator Smoot, in an attempt to
smooth out matters, informed the
Montana senators that the matter
would be taken up in conference for
settlement.
Representative Evans of Montana
Saturday night announced his be-
lief that the house provision will be
1oCfOrod IN oOpforo,,oo
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PEOPLE BETRAYED

The foregoing dispatches from
Washington, d. C. confirm the con-
tention of the Producers News that
Senators Walsh and Wheeler are the
tools of the Montana Power Company
and the Anaconda Copper Company.
The inconsistency of Walsh was APP
parent to every member of the SEN
ate when he arose in his place to re-
incorporate in the Interior Depart
ment bill the provision that would
give the Montana Power Company the
six most valuable power sites now in
the west. Walsh processes a desire
to investigate the power trust and
how it has been gobbling up the pub
lie domain yet he does his best to
steal the Flathead power sites for his
masters from the the people. Walsh
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Outlook School Board
Visits Plentywood Monday

Professor James, Hans Hanson.
henry Krieger and Ben Benson of the
Outlook school board, were in PLENTY
wood Monday looking over the heat
ing plant at the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie. The heating plant at the school
Is IN bad shape and another must take
Its place sooner or later and thew are
looking about for a plant to take its
place. ~ ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
JOHN MILLER SUFFERS
STROKE OF APOPLEXY

John Miller was stricken suddenly
Wednesday evening at $50 with a
fainting spell while in the Henry
Krebsbach pool hall. He remained
unconscious for several minutes, when
DR.. RObb was called and after an
examination he said that Mr.. Miller
had suffered a stroke of apoplexy.
The sick man was taken home and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
Father of Mrs. Ed York
Dies at Grand Forks, N. D.

Word was received here Thursday
morning of the death of the father
of Mrs. Ed. York. She left on the
afternoon train to be present at the
funeral. The message was brought by
Clair Stoner who was in Grand
Forks at the time of the passing of
Mr.. Burris. Mrs. York and a sister
are the children left to mourn his
passing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

remained UNCONSCIOUS until 81, S%
Thursday morning. He is l g,~;
along nicely at this time, a'l''''
still confined to his bed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10
"IMANUT" BREAKS
LOOSE AGAIN
Freak Sends Letter 70 PH.
Which He Describes Ma Hii1ot !, Il
Determining Human Fmesl0 f
Takes Fling AT c. OF A. anil V Gss1
Things. = anu O'Aef

: AAuiAcn Emnf,on
lakes Fling AT c. OF A. anil cliSs.
"Imanut" has come to life 49,.
This time he writes from Ss,;s asail \.
ID. This Nut has been ira, \
eplstles to progressive editors '' a-S
leaders since the days of toe NoDr alu
tisan League. Senator Tavlor pa,
ceived a number of letters from lin
One time the Senator wrote an ', !,
ticle exposing the fact that he was ,
prune peddler who got into hmSs
with a minor girl in Brainerd and n,
confined in an institution for t1e IN.
II degenerates and that he had 4
Gently escaped. Gina Nut then ma
for a while. Now he has broken loov
again and a perusal of his letter 4
Wallace indicates that he is a subm
for Frued or some other AUTHORITY n
psychOanalysis. He enclosed a dir
ping with his letter to the editor n.
titled "Why gentlemen prefer BLONDES
and brunettes". The clipping from
some newspaper shows a machine da
signed for the purpose of discoverhg
the emOtiOnalism of individuals. The
letter and the article confirms Sas.
for Taylor's contention that "Imaul'
is a sex pervert who is now at ag
in the land. 1t reads as follows
Sanish, N. D., 2+&
Pat Wallace:
Enclosed find clipping which e.
plains itself. While you are at Wash.
ington, wish you would look into hi
matter and see if you could get one
of the machines for each of the Cou'
Gil of Action and Castor Oil squad 70
you can test out-then the poor farm.
ers and workers would not get fooled
for its getting just awful how TIE
poor farmers and workers are beng
fooled and exploited even in getting
married. Of course, take an old TIM
er like yourself who has rode ii'
range with horses, cattle, ETC., you al
pick 'em out, and don't have to ha'
any machine to tell which is which
Your article in regard to Flaie1l
Power steal I bet sounded good to %
Council of Action. IMANUT
Later - Has it ever been fully G
cided whether that was a Bng
shirt or a bull shirt chat the IndH.
gave B. K. w. 1t was nice Of you
caution the readers in the r. new
how not to spell shirt. ANTI,
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POWER STEAL GETS
SETBACK IN SENATE

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COUZENS TOUCHES
B. K. IN SORE SPOT

Michigan Senator Refers to ImprO-
priety of Senators Receiving Legal
Fees While Acting In a Public Ca
pacity. Wheeler Loses Temper and
.COuzens ''Rubs 1t In" While Mon
tanan Stammers Excuses.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-02-10

Helena, Feb. Attorneys H. L.
Maury and Harlow Pease appeared
before the governor today with the
resolution Of the Silver Bow Bar As
ISOLATION. Mr.. Maury outlined the
complaints of the legal representa-
tives of claimants for worlmen's
compensation. Mr.. Pease followed
The governor did not make a very
satisfactory reply but Industrial Ac-
cident Commissioner Clements, who
was present. defended himself against
the attack of the Butte lawyers. The
governor "passed the buck. to the
legislature and the Industrial Acct
dent board.
Clements Side of Case
Later "news story" was issued tC
the press in which the governor was
made to look like strong man who
gave "hell" to the eminent Butte law
yers. This story was telegraphed tC
papers. In the story the governor il
represented as telling the Butte law
No Specific Charges
son, NJ %y %ap have '1 made no specifi,
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COUNTIES PUT IN LINE
WITH COURT ORDER

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