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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27
'O0V VIlT FARMERS CO.
OPERATIVES GROWING

yea 1yosScaoSw'-December 21st marked 5
credit s OF Oh activity of the agricultural
I AZ .Sco>Operatives. - O''Oi 81
atives we present time, these co-oper-
culbuy.ie embrace 9o3e seven national agri-
societi al banks, 70 agricultural credit
cultural with 1877 branches, 80 agri-
5OOS66aol credit unions and about g.
Rou 5 Snd one,half million neaSant
faeG snd and over 5000 collective Elective
tive oS Snd other elementary co-onera7
turaII S cI financial side of the apricul-
conside credit cO-Operatives has siI s1eo
now a5opOtly improved. They nave
which o aI 70O,OOO,OOO rou6les '' Of
BEEN I about 48OOOO,OOO roU UbIlsS have VI
about 29S e 6e6 by the government a and
latiOn. -''OOO'VOO roubles by the popu-
@r 1Ie c credit granted by the apricul-
five y e.ealF cco-operatives during The
middle a ass. affected mostly T poor a smd
chased peasant UitI enterprises which 1 n %1u
million with with its assistance about about p one
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27
HORSES FOR MEAT

Butte, Jan. 16.-Flint McCauley,
Melrose stoc1man, spent yesterday in
the city attending to business mat
tiers. He brought in a herd of 90
cayuses to the Butte Horse Products,
which expOts horse fish to France.
American equinine products are find
ing an increased favor across the wat
er, Mr.. McCauley stated.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27
Receivership for
Milwaukee Is Near
End, Says Earring

Butte, Jan. 9.-The Milwaukee rail
way should be out of the hands of
the receivers within the next 80 days,
President H. B. Earling of the road
said when he passed through Butte in
company of c. H. Buford, general
manager; d. E. Rossiter, newly ap-
pointed general superintendent, and
M. A. Myers, assistant superintendent
of transportation.
"There will be no more hearings
before the interstate commerce COM
mission" Mr.. Earling stated. "All
matters have been presented to that
body and there has been no objection
to the plan of reorganization"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27

He: "What do you mean by saying
this is a possum carr"
She: "Oh, it plays dead in the most
convenient places"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27

Joining tRe nm Pm thinking about
'e3se?" VIC marines. Is your drill in
Parade ' sro1na Nav, outdoors-on the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-27

CIhe Times, protesting to print all
the news that's fit to print, did not
stress the relation between its cor
respondents bribery of officials in
charge of Mexican government conf
Dental documents and the deportation
OF this correspondent from Mexico
Editor.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

NEW YORK, Jan. Billiard ships in the disease-infested, revolution-torn Near East are all things of the past for IA Ameri- cans who have returned to their homes for leaves of absence from the ranks of the Near East Re- lief.
 In recognition of their serv- ices, in Russia. Turkey and Greece, these IA were given the Distinguished Service Medal of the organization at the annual meeting here.
 Seven of the workers are wom- en whose official report in the Near East Relief office reads like war record. Famines. massa- cres, earthquakes. disease, all were experiences from which they say they have just come back home for rest :"
 Miss Dorothy Stratton of Nor walk, Conn.,, lived through 72 days of earthquakes last year in Armenia and had thousands of orphans under her care in the two institutions in the affected area. After this disaster she was transferred to Leninakan in the Caucausus mountains, where the Near East Relief operates per- haps the largest orphanage in the world
 Miss Agnes Eyon of Plttsfield, Mass, was cited for her heroism in the Smyrna disaster in 1922 where she was responsible for giving aid to thousands of women and children. Her own life was saved by United States Marine who carried her bodily from the scene of action. Last year she was in Beirut where she had charge of all the relief work in Syria and was the founder of q maternity hospital.
 Miss Jennie Ryan, of Malone, N. Y., was in Asia Minor during a devastating typhus epidemic. She assisted in the removal of 22,O0O people from the central part of the country to the coast during the periods of deportation
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
ROOSEVELT IS
 NOW WORKING
 AGAINST SMITH
Campaign Trip Being Made Tn Midwest-C Charges
 Are Being Made


 TOPEKA, <. Kans.. Jan. s31.- Carrying into the Midwest the fight against Gov. A. E. Smith, who he declared the Democratic Party was preparing to run for President, Col. Theodore Roose- welt charged that Tammany Hall is seeking control of the White House and the Nation through the New York Executive. Roose- welt simultaneously advocated that the Republican Party adopt a plank opposing religious intol- erance.
 Col. Roosevelt addressed 1.500 Republican at the Kansas City annual banquet. He declared that Gov. Smith was a product and leader of Tammany which was virtually unchanged since the days of Boss Tweed.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Started Last Year

The Department of Agriculture several months ago announced the
 designation of District Forester Flory as ex-officio Alaska Com missioner for the Department placing it's bureaus under his general direction. During the latter part of 1927. MT. Flory made a survey of the activities lof these bureaus and drew up q program for submission to the department.
 He was summoned to Wash |ington Jast December to confer with Secretary Jardine and bu- reau chiefs regarding his recom-
 mendations. Most of them. it is understood here. were approved
 by the Secretary and embodied
 in departmental order which designates MT. Flory's duties as Commissioner The text of the order was not received here.
 Others Are Affected
 Other departments concerned in similar reorganization of Alaskan bureaus are the Depart
 ment of Interior and Department of Commerce. Gov. George A.
 Parks represents the former and Dennis Vim the latter, both hay ing been ex-officio Commission CTS for their respective depart ments. The Governor said today that the Interior Department IS preparing an order establishing policy of correlation within its own organization and personnel in Alaska and coordination with the other two departments nam ed. The purport of the policy is to have everything required to be done by Federal agencies for All aska to be performed within the Territory and as far as possible by residents of the Territory
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

and massacre of the Turkish min critics.
 Miss Elsie Kimball, of Mount Vernon, N. Y, spent five years in the midst of starvation and epidemic in Southern Russia and was at Kars at the time of the massacres there in 1922.
 Others who were given recog- milton of their work in these desolated regions during the last five or siy years are: Frank Am erica, Buffalo. N. Y.: Mrs. Car lotta Wells Briggs. New York 1; Gertrude Colt, New London, Conn; Captain and Mrs. Wilfred II. Day, Pelham, N. Y.; Rose Ewad. Yonkers, N. r.; George M. Wilcox. Yohkers, N. r.; Harry A. Eastman. Cleveland; Charles Fowle, Providence. R. l.; and Charles Morris. New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
ANNUAL ARMY MONEY BILL
 GIVEN HOUSE
Appropriations Committee Reports Bill for Total
 of $399, ,000, ,000

A WASHINGTON. Jan. 31.-Car- rying a total of $399, GOO. 900. including $S0.433.000 for nom military activities. the annual Army appropriations bill was to- day reported to the House by the Appropriations Committee. The amount represents an increase of $3,654,000 over current funds but decrease of $f9f,000 under the Budget estimates.
 The Appropriations Committee said the members found that u deficit. existed in. the nations |ammunition reserve but nuf 70 an alarming amount. It asked that $7,000,0OO be used for pro curement of ammunition for next year and said the War Depart ment plans the present program for 1930 looking to gradual elim- ination of the existing deficit.
 Of the total nonmilitary all lotment. $5O.O0O, 900 is made available in lump sum for carrying out existing rivers and harbors project and continuance during the next fiscal year of an Army of 11S.750 men, including 1.O4S men to be absorbed into the Air Corps, under the five year aviation program. It also provides for an appropriation for an Air Corps amounting to SEA- $50, 900, plus the contract auth orization of $5,0OO,OO0.
 The committee said the total number of planes under the five year program will be more than met at the end of the year when there will be 1,09S planes on hand against the program figures of 1858 planes.
 The bill proposes to appro- priate nearly $5.000,000 towards new construction at military posts. An appropriation of $33,- 9S1,O0O for sea coast defense is also provided.
 Alaska Activities
 Funds for Army activities in Alaska were construction and maintenance of roads, bridges and trails amounting to $590, 900; Lowell Creek (Seward), $1O0,- 900; wagon roads, bridges and trails. $125.000; funds contribut- ed to improvement of roads, bridges and trails, $1O0,000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

acres and the town in 1925.
 Owens plan also failed, but the little settlement became known for the men it gave to the world.
 Thomas Say was one. He came here to help establish a school of natural science. Two of his celebrated works, his "Entomolo- gy," and his "Conchology," were completed here.
 The old Rappite fort, construct ed in 1918, is still standing. It later was used by David Dale Owen as the first United States geological survey headquarters.
 Owen was the first government geologist and Say the first fed eral entomologist. New Harmony is quiet village today. and the passing of the years marks little change npon '.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
TOWN MARKS FAILURE
 OF COMMUN1L IDEA

NEW HARMONY, Ind, Jan. 31 -Age-blackened buildings, stand- ng up sturdily under the weight f decades, cluster in New liar |nony, visual reminders of one of he greatest failures in commun- +y living.
 New Harmony was the home of he original Rappites. It was in |s14 that George Rapp and 100 of l is followers penetrated the vir- | in forests and established town Iere. They desired a settlement f their own where they could we undisturbed and according to heir belief that Christ soon would ome to earth again.
 But within a decade the Rap7-
 es disposed of their holdings, Ind Robert Owen, wealthy Scotch ocial reformer. who believed ln omnunity living, bought sO,0oo
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
BUNNELL NOW
 IN SEATTLE ON
 HIS WAY NORTH
President of Alaska Col lege Brings Back En-
 couraging News

SEATTLE, Jan 31.-President Charles F. Bunnell, of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, at Fairbanks, Alaska, declared on his arrival here from two months visit in Wash ington, D. C.. that he was con vinced Congress will appropriate funds for the establishment of an Agricultural Experimental Sta tion at Fairbanks. He will re- sume his journey to Fairbanks next Saturday, leaving on the steamer Alaska.
 President Bunnell, while. in Washington. said he learned that the widow of the late Alfred Brooks, Alaskan geologist, attach ed to the Interior Department, had decided to turn over to the Alaska college. her husbands extensive library on Alaskan geo. logy and general development The library contains more than 2,000 bound volumes.
 President Bunnell sharply crit icised the article in the Atlantic Monthly, by Col. Wilds P. Rich ardson. on Alaska, it's cost and it's promise. The article attack cd the Government construction of the Alaska Railroad as 8 waste of Government funds and criticised other governmental pol icies in Alaska. Bunnell said the article as whole was not gross ly unfair but parts lifted from the context was used by un- friendly Eastern newspapers and Congressmen to block develop ment of the Territory.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
COLD WAVE IN
 FLORIDA DOES
 GREAT DAMAGE

NEW YORK, Jan. 31.--The weekend gale that lashed the Eastern States from the Great Lakes to the Everglades and piled deep snow over wide areas, mas spent its fury but the cost is not yet counted.
 General severe weather remain cd but the temperature is rising The mercury, well below freezing in Florida, caused heavy produce damage and two-thirds of all tender truck crops in Southern Florida is reported to have been killed when the temperature was at the lowest. General replant- ing is declared by the growers to be the only recourse.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
MISSING SUB IS REPORTED


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Fears That another disaster like that To the submarine S-4 had over taken the Navy were dispelled With news that the S-3 is safe In Florida waters and steaming |oward Cuba.
 The submarine has been mis- ling since Saturday. It was found 'ate last night Her position was tiven in message to the Navy
 Department. No details other
 han she was proceeding under
 er own power to Cuba were tiven. It is believed her radio
 ad been damaged.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
ORDER ISSUED ! GIVING FL0RY
 NEW AUTHORITY
Department of Agriculture Outlines Policy of Cor
 relation of Work

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31.-Cor- relation of bureau work i'll All aska by the Department of Az riculture will aid in the solution of the Territory's problem of lack of wealth and population, Secre- tary of Agriculture William M. Jardine said on commenting upon the new order outlining the du- ties of Charles H. Flory, of Ju- ncau, Alaska, Agricultural Com missioner,
 Alaska must be built upon permanent lines through creation and enlargement of industries that will stay" Secretary Jardine said He declared it needed CO., operation of the Forest Servisa, Biological Survey Weather Blu reau. Public Roads, Game Com mission and Experinffnial Sta tions to promote full deylop- ment Of Alaskan resources.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
p. A. UNION TO EXTEND SCOPE
 ALL TREATIES
Instead of Taking in U. 5. and 20 Republics,
 World Considered

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 31.---s The scope of treaties arrived at the Pan American Conference has been widened to include the world instead of the United States and twenty Latin-Amer- iean republics.
 The treaties involved are those dealing with commercial avia- tion.
 Felipe Espil. of Argentina, said that If the article limiting ad- herence to members of the Pan American Union are not amend ed, other countries, notably Can ada. will be forced to conclude 21 separate conventions with other nations of the American hemisphere.
 Henry Fletcher. of the United States. said his nation would have no objection to any amend ment to give the widest possible scope.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Wm,t Pond to Be Drained NosU tor
 Missing Student

NORTHAMPTON. Mass. Jan. 31.-Dcmand that the pond on Smith College campus be drained thoroughly and the bottom ex- plored faced investigators who for more than two weeks have fruitlessly sought the where abouts of Miss Francis Ste John Smith, who disappeared January 13. The pond was drained the day after Miss Smith disappeared but the ice was never removed leaving many patches covered which might conceal the body. Several of those familiar with the case contend that the girl probably took her own life in a fit of depression caused by schol- astic difficulties.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
FOR WAR VESSELS TOLD
 BY PRESIDENT
Coolidge Discusses for First Time Admins
 tration s Policy
BUILD AS MANY SHIPS
 TREASURY WARRANTS
to Critics in Ad- dress at Meeting of
 Government Depts.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 31--Dis- cussing for the first time the Administration warship con struction program, President Coolidge declared it was the in- tenlinn to build ships as fast as the condition of the Treasury warrants, This was stated in an address last night at the semi annual business meeting of the Government departments in which he stressed economy and asserted it would be better to have no tax reduction than too much.
 The President. by inference. replied to Congressional critics of the Administration naval plans on the ground they do not specify the date for beginning or completing the construction of 71 new ships. pointing out no authorization has been made for navy building since the program of 10l6.
 President Coolidge said: Rec concentrations now before Con- gross replace the obsolete naval vessels and moderately increase our naval strength It contem- plates the construction program p,s1lY carried out as conditions Fdfctate and Treasury balancSs wafrant. It considers It's own requirements alone and carries no thought of entry into com petitiye construction with other nations
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Buyers Bid iUith Their
 Eyes at Big Fur Auction

NEW YORK. Jan. 31-From trnplines in forest and swamp where the trapper gathers his pelts. it is a long journey to tie boulevards where furs appear at last in costly coats.
 Linking the collector to the dealer. manufacturer and retailer is the fur auction. Close to l. 500.OO0 animal belts are being sold this January in New York at the greatest of the three annual auctions They will bring be- tween s5.O00.O00 and s6,000,00 in their raw state.
 A week before the sale beg;os the fur merchant or his buyer appears. In an unpretentioIs
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
CURTIS OPENS
 HEADQUARTERS
 NEW YORK CITY
Campaign Is Started for Senator s Nomination for Presidency
GOV. FALLEN MAKES
 OPENING STATEMENT
Says All But Eleven States Are for Curtis-Low-
 den Quarters Closed

NEW YORK. Jan. 31. The campaign of the only avowed candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination, United States Senator Charles Curtis, is Formally underway in New York |City, while the headquarters of |his fellow Midwesterner, former |Gov. Frank o. Lowden, of Hi nois, have been closed.
 Senator Curtis's campaign has been launched by Gov. Ben Paul en, of Kansas, in an address be- fore dinner of the Kansas So- ciety of New York.
 Ordered Closed
 The Lowden headquarters, op- fned several months ago at the Waldorf. have been closed on orders of the gentlemen who ordered it opened" said Mrs. William Crawford, who directed It's dismantling. Her husband has been in charge.
 Gov Paulen hailed Senator Curtis, who rose from race rack jockey to leadership of his party in the Senate. as a man of he people,
 Paulen's Prediction
 Gov. Taufef predfcted that Senator Curtis. if nominated, would carry allsbut eleven States md will have fighting chance Il three of these.
 Gov Paulen said he would Eoncede but eleven States to Gov. IA. E. Smith, in the event he will be the Democratic nominee. These were named as New Jersey, Vir- Einia, South Carolina. Delaware, Maryland, Georg ia, Alabama. Mississippi, Louisiana. Texas and Arkansas. Gov. Paulen said Vir- sinia, Alabama and Texas are doubtful Smith States. He said Smith would run better against Hoover than Curtis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Bernt BaIcen Plans Around World Flight
 With John H. Mems

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Jan. 31.--- Bernt Ba1chen, pilot for Com mander Richard E. Byrd on the trans-At tlantic flight, announced today he will attempt an around the world flight next summer with John Henry Mears. as com panion. The present plans call for flight in June over the route which will require one month Mears went around the world 14 years ago in B days and hopes to cut his record,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Lindbcrgh Is Preparing for 1000 Mile Flight
(Internat,onai Illustrated News,

CARACAS, Jan. 31.--The flag of another country graces the sides of the Spirit of St. Louis at Col. Charles A. Lindbergh made prepara- tions in the midst of almost delirious festivities for the 1,000-mile hop to the Vir7' gin Islands. While he was receiving thv homage of tic city that closed virtually all business houses in his honor, the Venezuelan flag was painted on the fuselage of his plane by the side of other flags. of countries he has visited.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
". C. T. U. Planning Fight 4 gainsf the
 Election of q Wet

CHICAGO. Jan. 31.--Danger of electing wet to the Presidency of the United States is stressed by National and Midwestern lead CTS of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. called togeth- CT to unite women in the cause of prohibition enforcement at elections.
 Mrs. Margaret C. Munns, Ma ti0nal Treasurer of the w. c. T. U. told the women that nullifica- tion of the liquor laws might readily follow the election to the Presidency of a man in sympathy with the vets,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Confesses to Stealing
 Alaska Furs; Sentenced

SEATTLE. Jan. William Bennett has been sentenced to six months when he pleaded guilty to having in his possession valuable furs stolen from the United States mails while en- route to the States from Alaska.
 Bennett was caught seeking to sell the furs. He said he was acting as a go-between and that friend of his had stolen them.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
APPROVES ALASKA BILL

WASHINGTON. Jan. s1.-The House Public Lands Committee has reported favorably. on, Dele gate Sutherland's bill authoriz- ing the sale of land near Seward Alaska, to the Woman's Home Missionary Society for use in connection of the Jesse Lee Or phans Home,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM OUTLINED
Buck,Uheat Cakes And Sausages
 Serted by Coolidge

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. White House breakfasts were resumed today when President Coolidge invited a group of Democratic and Republican s n a or S for buckwheat cakes and saul sage. Among those invited included Senators Bingham, Brookhart, Couzens and Cut ting, all Republicans; Sen ators Barkley, Blasck, Brat ton, Brousard, Caraw a y, Copeland. Dill and Edwards, Democrats.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
Lund Says Washington
 Has Hoover Sentiment

ASHING TON, Jan. 31.-- Charles P. Lund, of Spokane, who has frequently participated in Republican Party organiza- tion. called on Secretary of Com merce Hoover today and told the Secretary that sentiment in Washington State was developing strongly in his direction for President.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
FAMOUS ARTIST
 IS FOUND DEAD

PENSACOLA. Fla, jan. 31.--- Edmund Osthaus. aged 70. in- ternatlonally known famous arr tist, was found dead in his bed at the Mariana Hunting Lodge. Osthaus presumably died during the night. a victim of heart at tack. He was painter of ami nal wild life and noteds particu- larly for several hunting can vases.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

 warehouse he examines the furs to be put on sale.
 In one square room this year were assembled the skins of sll- yer foxes, with wholesale value of mora than Sl,400000. Nearby. in other rooms. were gathered $4,- 100000 worth of other furs. of which samples were displayed for. buyers to look at.
 Each buyer notes. in large catalogues Of the lots for sale. the price he thinks fair for lot that interests him. The next week the buyers gather in the auction room.
 There are some 500 or 600 men
 tcontlpued 0n Paye etv6p.l
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
FOR COLIEGE

HING TON, Jan. 31.- Granting of 100000 acres of non- mineral public lands for use of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, at Fair banks. Alaska. is proposed in a bill by. Delegate Sutherland.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31
CHARLES KALBERG DIES

| SEATTLE, Jan. 31.-Funeral |ervices for Charles M. Kalberg, |ged 69 years, who sought gold |t Nome and in the Yukon Ter
 |itory. were held today. He died hst Saturday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

William D. Coppernall. District Attorney of the Third Division and w. H. Hodge, assistant dis trict attorney. who resides at Cordova, the latter accompanied by his wife, are westward bound passengers on the Alameda
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

Among the arrivals on the Ala meda was Miss Christine Halvos- sen. who has been on several weeks buying trip on the Pacific Coast. She has been representing Coldste'n's Emporium.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

c. E. Keen of the Fairbanks Exploration Company was yisi- tor in Juneau while the Alameda was in port.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-01-31

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