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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
AN EDITOR ON HIS TRAVEL
tFrom Butte Miner, January p

Our Highly esteemed fellow craftsman. Colonel
F. J. Wallace of the Producers News, and CO.
worker for the public veal, is down at Washing
ton engaged in a first-hand survey of political
conditions at the national capital
The colonel finds much to interest him Gifted
with the sixth sense, he reads the thoughts and
motives of the Captain Kidds of politics and oroa
nlzed wealth who flock around senators and repre-
Sentatlves like coyotes placing their shell game
stands in the very halls of congress.
Long ago the colonel learned to carry little
vial Oh acid IN his walstcoat pocket, an emergency
XII Tor the testing of gold bricks Even though he
comes from the range of eastern Montana and
is tnus enabled to things that are passed over
as mconsequential by those wise men of the ma
ton, the Washington correspondents of the METRO
polltan newspapers, without whom the oova,nnoor+
would topple into atoms.
From the Washington staff CORRESPONDENT Of
the Producers News we learn that Colonel wollooo
attended press conference at the White Horso
offices and stood next to the president xub;lo NJ
Coolidge addressed some forty newspaper corros-
pondents Charley Chenly of the Minneapolis Jorr-
nal asked the colonel why he had not talked -
the president. what would be the use?" tbs
Montana editor replied 81 could not interpret his
language anyway. If it takes the republican ma
tlonal committee five months to find out what the
president meant by 4 do not choose to run, how
long would it take backwoods newspaperman
IKE me to understand his lngo?"
Colonel Wallace is over modest His acuman
functions on all skies as is plain from his renlv
TO the correspondent of the Producers News who
touched upon an alleged attempt of the Montano
Power company to get bill through congress that
would result in the requirement by the comnanv
OF the very valuable Flathead power site. We arc
informed that the colonel sat up and looked grave
That is the reason am here" he said with
conviction Il have seen all the natural resources
Oh the state grabbed by this company within the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
LAKE COUNTY SHERIFFS
ARE SUED FOR 100000

William H. Needham, sheriff of
Lake county, and his deputy, George
Harrell, are named defendants in
another damage suit filed by William
Thibodeau to recover $4,000 actual
damages and $3.50 special damages.
The complaint filed in the district
court Saturday by Thibideau's attor-
neys, Harry H. Parsons, follows close
behind the complaint filed two days
ago by Carl Green for $4,000 actual
and $3.50 special damages. Both are
also asking for costs and all proper
relief.
According to the complaint filed by
these two men, Thibodeau and Green,
they were coming from Kalispell to
Roman, the evening of November 10,
and along the east shore of Flathead
lake, the defendants acting by and
through George Harrell, without
warning, signal or request to stop
suddenly appeared in front of them
on the highway and started to shoot
and continued shooting at the plain
tlff's while the car was in motion
One of the shots fired passed through
the right hand front door, and into
and through the right leg of William
Thibodeau. The first shot that was
fired went through the windshield, it
is alleged, striking Carl Green on the
first finger of the left hand and sew
ering the bone at the upper joint,
nearest the hand. The PLAINTIFFS claim
that after the car had passed by the
defendants, three other bullets were
fired through the rear end of the car,
two in the lower and one in the upper
part of the car.
William Thibodeau claims in his
complaint that the bullet penetrated
his right leg about an inch or less
below the knee shattering all the
bones and thereby rendering absolute
ly useless and worthless his leg
(which will in all probability have to
be amputated. Whether amputation
will be necessary or not, Thibodeau
says his leg will be useless and a
permanent and lasting injury.-Mis-
soulian.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
DAYS OF GLORY
By LELAND OLDs. Fed. Press

Slowly but surely the proportion of workers en-
gagged in public works and in service occupations
is increasing while the proportion engaged in &C
tual production steadily decreases This trend has
been the most important characteristic of the year
1927 as it was of 1926 and the other years since
1928. 1t will continue through 1928 and probably
through many years to come, although there will
be minor ups and downs in the process.
Capitalism has been steadily increasing the pro-
ductivity of the individual worker But it has not
been increasing the purchasing power of the work
ing class at the same rate. The increased produc-
tivity has been due largely to huge investment of
profits in power machinery. The interest which
capital demands on this investment is eating it's
way into the national income, leaving a smaller
and smaller proportion to pay the wages of pro
ducers.
From all branches of the government come sta
tistics rejecting the decrease in the number of
workers required to provide the country's raw ma
terials and manufactured goods. The department
of agriculture reports the drift of hundreds of
thousands each year from the farms to the cities.
Where are they finding jobs?
! Not the railroads, for the interstate COM
merce commission reports $1,000 fewer railroad
workers than year ago and 900 fewer than
in 1923. Not in the mines, for the department of
commerce reports 100000 more miners than there
are full-time jobs for. Not in the factories for
the department of labor reports a downward
trend in factory employment which has reached a
level II and One-half per cent under 1928
Official reports indicate that the situation is
worldwide. Industrial activity is slowing down in
France and Germany. Unemployment grows in
Austrian industry. The British government has
decided to appoint commission to organize the
transfer of surplus work-people from the mining
areas in which there is heavy unemployment and
no prospect of further assimilation.
! Transfer them where?
There are at present 1,145000 unemployed work
ers In England. And from the Federated Press
correspondent in the antipodes comes the word:
Unemployment is growing in Australia mainly
because of the countrys adverse trade balance and
the dumping into the country of foreign made la
Dor products. The workers are being thrown on
the industrial scrapheap wholesale. The future is
going to hold huge standing armies of unemplovcd
as result of the enormous growth of machine
production"
Inc workers who can no longer find jobs in
producing food, clothing, building materials fuel
and the minimum comforts used in their own Iiv-
1ng are slowly diverted into occupations which di
recty or indirectly cater to the luxury and dispav
OF the wealthy upper Glass; into the armies of
retainers surrounding the capitalist nobility or in
to the splurge in public works which always ac-
companies a wealthy civilization Thew are really
being supported by the farmers miners and fac
tory workers whose earnings are taxed To tbe
extent necessary to maintain them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

past 20 years The power sites put there by ma
ture heritage to the children of the pioneers
were fiched from them by species of legerde-
main dabOlical in its ingenuity Montana is with
ing in the boa constrctor-like coils of the water
power trust. 1t dips its grasping paw into the
pockets of the people of every town and village
in the state 1t controls the press, intimidates
legislatures projects its influence into the pulpit
and tells United States senators from Montana
how to turn their faces"
Colonel Wallace went even so far to say that
Frank Kerr of the power company makes these
senators jump through the hopps like performers
at Keith's vaudeville thetaer. That of course, is
a serious charge, one to be viewed with apprehen-
sion with the approach of campaign to elect a
United States senator from Montana this fall. If
Frank Kerr has become wild animal trainer we
ought to know more about it.
We think it well for the people of Montana that
Colonel Paddy Wallace keen observer and un-
afraid, is on the battle front at Washington pro,
tecting their liberties from invasion
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
STATE HOSPITAL
FOR INSANE TO
BE- LOOKED INTO
Governor Erickson Names Commit,
tee of Three Well-KnOwn Medical
Men to Make Full Investigation.

Helena. Mont. = Governor j. E.
Erickson appointed a committee OF
three medical men of Montana to IN
vestigate the state hospital for the
insane at Warm Springs, $50 that the
people may have full knowledge OF
the conduct of affairs at the instltu-
ton.
The following men will conduct the
investigation:
DIR. George B. Jennings of Missoula,
president of the Montana Medical as
ISOLATION; DIR. B. l.. Pampel of Liv-
ingston, president of the state board
of health and DIR. S. A. Cooney of
Helena, president of the Montana AS
ISOLATION of Railway Surgeons.
In explaining his decision the gov
ernor made the following statement:
"The constitution of the state of
Montana provides, among other
things that the governor may at any
time he deems it necessary, appoint
a committee to investigate and re-
port to him uvon the condition of any
executive office or state institution
Recently there has been great
deal published about the state hospi
tai for the insane. l have no purpose
other than to serve the people of this
state, and to endeavor to see that the
institutions of the state function az
contemplated by the constitution anC
laws of Montana. That the people
may have full knowledge of the stu
alton at this institution, have deem
ed it wise to appoint committee O.
men qualified to understand and ap
preciate not only the methods of ad
ministration but the effectiveness O.
the administration now in control o
the state hospital.
"The men who have been appointeC
have had large personal and profes
sional experience and will be able t.
investigate the institution. Their re
port will have convincing effect upol
the public at large"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
BIBLE STORY OF
CREATION A MYTH,
BISHOP ASSERTS

London-The story of creation as
set forth in the Bible is not to be
accepted literally, in the opinion of
the Rt. Rev. Ernest William Barnes,
Church of England bishop of Birm-
ingham, who thus aligned himself
against the fundamentalists in the
course of a sermon preached in West
minister Abbey.
Instead of clinging to old faiths
people should welcome new discover
les with an open mind, he declared
and went on:
"Stories of the GarGen of Eden
have become for us only folklore
Darwin's triumph has destroyed the
whole theological scheme. Man is
not a being who has fallen from the
ideal state of perfect innocence. He
is an animal who is slowly gaining
spiritual understanding, and, with the
gain, rising far above his distant an
cestors."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
Bare Knees, Girls, to
Be Healthy-Doctol

Hamilton, Ont, Dec. 31.-Dr. James
Roberts, medical health officer OF
Hamilton is an apostle of bare knees
He is convinced that there is more
danger in wearing wooden stockings in
overheated offices than in wearing
sheer hose in the street in winter. The
discussion started when an announce
ment from Winnipeg stated there
were fourteen girls in the Winnipeg
hospital suffering from frost-bitten
limbs.
Or. Roberts explained it was a
scientific fact that nature took core
OF the human body in the omen air
The cold closes up the pores SO the
evaporation from the BODY is modi.
fled, but in hot room, the blood is
brought to the surface of overdressed
bodies and this brings about a condi-
ton IN which colds are easilv CAUGHT
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
Shell Shocked War Veteran
Is Being Sought In 2 States

Sidney.-A two-state search is be-
ing staged for Fred o. Mott, 80, a
North Dakota ex-service man suffer
ing from results of shell shock. ac-
cordinng to H. H. Henning, Fairview
who is In Sidney with the bows faith.
er, running down rumor to the Of
fect that he was working on the new
Hlchland county courthouse. Accord.
ing to the boys father, the veteran
Is willing to remain home when not
bothered with shell shock but roams
around the country otherwise. work
ing under different names.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

discussed there has been only one opinion voiced
that the Senate Committee should sift the entire
matter from top to bottom and find out the mo-
tives behind it, and that if any law exists against
such scandalous journalism that law should be ap-
piled to Mr.. Hearst himself, not to his tools and
hirelngs. We believe that there will be universal
agreement with Senator Norriss public letter tt
Mr.. Hearst in which he declares that Hearst's
record in this case
is sufficient to place your publications in dis
repute in the minds of all honest men, and it
demonstrates that the Hearst system of news
papers, spreading like a venomous web to all
parts of our country constitutes the sewer
system of American journalism
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
BERGER WOULD OUT
LAW BURNS GUNNER

Washington, D. C.-(FP)-A bill
seeking to outlaw private detectives
such as the operatives of the Burns
agency under the interstate COM
merce clause of the constitution, has
been offered in the house by Repre-
sentative Berger, socialist, of Wiscon-
sin. This measure would make it a
penitentiary offense for such detec-
tives to travel between states in con-
nection with their occupation.
"The recent activities of VIM. J..
Burns and his associates" Berger
said, shave again called attention to
tn emenace these private detective
agencies constitute. A gang of thugs
and more frequently than not, ordi-
nary gunner and jailbirds, who have
designated themselves detectives sail
under the emblem of defenders of law
and order, perpetratinng more crimes
than the criminals they profess to be
seeking.
"This Characterization of the detec-
tlves is not overdrawn. Burns is re-
ported to have said some years ago
that many private detectives are the
biggest lot of Matchmaking thieves
that ever went unwhipped of Justice
Burns ought to know
Twenty states have attempted tC
deal with this evil by enacting laws
requiring private detectives to take
fective. They have failed to raise the
standard of the men employed as de-
tectives. Such men are recruited from
the lowest strata, and are always al
the service of those who have some
illegitimate job to do.
Private groups, usurping the pow
ers of the police, cannot and should
not be tolerated. Since regulation
has failed, nothing short of outlawins
these gunner will solve the problem
and remove the menace. The power
to regulate commerce offers the feder
al government an opportunity to dea
with it, just as it has dealt with tn,
menace of white slavery by enactins
the Mann Act"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
WHEN AMERICAN Chill
DREN GO TO WORK

Washington, D. C.-(FP)-Ameri-
can wage-working children go to work
at IA to Is years of age as a rule,
and tn clover the educational re-
quirement for a working certificate.
the younger is the age of the child
in industry.
This situation is revealed in the an
nual report of Grace Abbott, chief of
the U. S. Childrens' Bureau, in her
review of study of working certifi-
Gates of 107,275 children who first
took industrial jobs in 1926. These
children lived in 10 states, "a cities
IN other states and the District of
Columbia-the areas where reliable
records are kept.
In four states and seven cities the
requirement was less than graduation
from the eighth grade in school and
OF the 42,949 children who secured
working papers in this area $500 were
only IA years Old In the three states
and six cities where eighth grade
graduation was absolutely REQUIRED.
only 24% of the 42,786 children in
volved were less than Is years of age.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
About qour
Health
things You Should H.:
Winter Warnings

AT this season of the w.
improperly stored, vege ssiL, iOSds
IN corners of cellars opoN lst
containers and such like op ,,, mix
come disease carriers NINA may Be,
In warm weather decomHppescsat.s
OF animal or vegetable iop pTJsl1 -
crates a warning odor or UC Jus hb'
ance or flavor. before much Sp pear
is done; in winter it IS s nam
stale vegetables, "specked" T rent
from stores, and other ;ro,.I lfuli'
do not make their imperI puiiil''
known so quickly. 1t beboo"eaCau
citizens and housekeepersO vs. , our
well to the sanitation of y lOOk
from every angle, and to s %Tlaes,
the strictest cleanliness Of N- nN
ises occupied, as we'll as NJ E ;01
and water consumed u iOOOS
Cold weather is preserv.,;,,.
many of the most dangerToS",,.' S %
terra; it is not known iuSt vac
long typhoid and par S.fr nov
germs will live and remain ;p v;.ll
lent in cold, but it is a lone t s,.u'
Once within the human sv' sals'
they develop rapidly into the ' v.al,
serious, winter-time diseases n r.'
ed for them. 1t is of the u, nam,
Importance that your ice-bov T /.
watched; it is not always santa, :
because you notice no impure oSc.
from the jar of cream that so NM
last week, and left a greasy sms.,
on two or three of the shsIvs,
for several days; it looks and NJ
tastes as fresh as it did then-STt
some of the whipped cream ~ !,
minced ham overlooked into 4 n
some way-you may have bret.
ty fair culture of mixed bacter,
that live at low Temperatures
We should be more careful !,
winter than in summer, to bav,
pure food and water. Inspection,
of city water should be doubled
by the most vigilant, capable Of
fcials. Dairymen who peddle mill
in bottles-you have a right to De
mand cleanliness. Winter epidem
les are among the most fas
known. Be vigilant and save truv
bic.
Next Week
Committing Suicide
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
Charge Dry Operatives
Slaughtered SaIeslad1

Columbiana, Ala.-H. F. Blake
Chief of police, and W.. B. Farmer !
Traffic officers, were indicted for the
murder OF Louise Monteabara, a sew
ing machine saleswoman.
The officers, who were PURSUING he,
Tor supposed violation of the VolsteaG
law, claim that she shot herself. How.
ever the parents of the dead girl de.
manded an investigation, and the ac.
cusatlon against the officers resnlted
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
COSGRAVE TO VISIT
THE UNITED STATES

Dublin.-The prospective visit d
William T. Cosgrave, President Of III
Irish Free State, to the United Staig
announced last night in Washingm
is described here as a visit Of con-
tesy.
1t was intended to announce the Vi
it here when arrangements for h
itinerary were completed and the a.
nouncement by the American Stat
Department was unexpected
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
Great Falls Air Mail Con-
tract Let to Alfred Frank

Salt Lake City, Dec.S1.-Award OF
the contract of the air mail route
between Salt Lake City and Great
Frank of this city, according to adj
vices from Washington Friday.
Mr.. Franks bid of $2.47 IL a pound
for hauling the mail was announced
this week as the lowest figure sub
mnltted to the postoffice department
for this 475-mile route. Mr.. Frank
is now in the east negotiating for
planes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
Kellogg Is Frightened,
Drops Jananese Loan

washington. = Secretary of State
Kellogg, alarmed at the protest bv
all factions in China against the pro.
posed $3O,OOO,OOO loan by Morgan &
Co., to Japan for the South Mancbu-
ran railway, has withdrawn his eag-
er endorsements of this private bust
ness transaction" China regards it
as threat of permanent JAPANESE
expansion in Manchuria in violation
OF Chinese sovereignty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06
STOLEN MONEY HIDDEN
IN LARGE TEDDY BEAR

Gleiwitz, Germany, Dec. S1.-How
one and a half million zloty polish
national currency or about S250,OOO
were smuggled in large toy Teddy
pear pear Will be told in the courts at
honlgshotte in January.
harl hressler, Polish postal en-
ploye, is charged with having stolen
the money from a mail train.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

There may be much joy in Washington over the
new record for the number of Christmas packages
handled, but the mail carriers who handled the
packages haven't been heard sending forth any
geeful shouts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

The cute little girl these days doesn't have to
bother reading love stories-she has them told to
her.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

On the opening day of Congress 5,4OO bills were
introduced, and that will give them something to
talk about for a while
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

Who will arise in 1928 to take the publicity
championship of the world away from certain
maker of automobiles?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

Just as | expected, drink has broken up M
nome" said the man as his still exploded.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

Money is the greatest lnguist of them all, fo
it speaks in all languages
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

And Christmas is only little more than 800
days away.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

Ierry-Gas line from Cabin Creek
gas nelds already laid here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-01-06

Now that Boston has demanded a boycott on
beef, Texas will probably come through any dav
now with demand for boycott on beans.
Milford chronicle., 1928-02-17
MiNviIIe

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Murray en-
tertained in honor of their daughter,
Frances sixteenth birthday on Sat
urday night, when about fifty young
people came. Those present were:
Misses Eva Townsend, Alberta Pus-
ey, Julia Wharton, Edna Marvel,
Emily Hickman, Florence Hickman,
Hazel Lathbury, Helen Powell, Ruth
Bennett, Hazel Layton, Doris Lay
ton, Mary Dale, Mary CULLEN, Ger
trude Williams, Helen Johnson, Hell
en- Coleman, Matte Walters, Mabel
Gray, Ruth Hall, Grace Hall, Gladys
Hickman; Messrs. Ellis Gray, Ar
thur CULLEN, Albert CULLEN, Everett
Layton, Russell Williams, Louis
Hulting, Fay Grassmyer, Ernest
Murray, Eldon CULLEN, Clifton Ev-
ans, Roy Bunting, Maurice Daisey,
Vaughn Daisey, George Knox, Stew
en- Knox, Clyde Baxter, Horace
Wharton, William Townsend, Her.
bert Henderson, Howard Carey,
Lawrence Carey, James Carey, Ell
mer CULLEN, Sydney Bennett, Rus
sell Lynch, James Richards, Preston
Evans, Theodore Hudson, Ivah Hud-
son. Games were played and
pleasant time enjoyed. Refreshments
of ice cream and cake were served. |
Milford chronicle., 1928-02-17

tinues on the surface, for here the
lower deck is submerged and the up
per deck is flush with the streets of
Jersey City.
The two-level thoroughfare mer-
ges into a single roadway just prion
to crossing the Hackensack river at
the western outskirts of Jersey City.
The modern thought behind the pro-
ject is again illustrated by the con-
struction of a huge tunnel, through
which the roadway passes, midway
between the Passaic and Hackensack
rivers. The roadway now proceeds
practically at street level until New
ark and Elizabeth are reached.
Street and railroad crossings in and
near these towns are avoided by
means of elevated structures.
Extraordinary as this super-high-
way is, it gives definite indication
of the steps that must be taken by
both large and small cities in solv-
ing the problem of traffic congestion.
The builders of today must have