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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

In last weeks issue of the Pentywood Herald, I'M
der the canton of Excepting the Issues Clear" and I'm
der the subhead of care We Specific" L. ]. Onstad
and l.. S. Olson who understand are writing the
cattrap in that paper in the absence of Mr. Folks
says
TO be more specific: Have you forgotten
that we have letters in possession, Mr..
Taylor, written by your own hand. in pen ana
ink signed by you, and in which you and Sails
bury and Pat Wallace claim that you can fix
the u S. District Attorney that bOOteggers
will not be prOsecuted?"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

ests if you have not yet learned this first lesson 'nel
its time to turn the government of Sheridan county
back to Joe Don and let him give the county announcer
sackng.
No if you expect the voice of the farmers 10 DC
heard in the state house during the coming TWO years
send back Robert Larson of Qutmeyer, VINO mas loue
vour battles at Helena for the past four years, ana
who already knows the tricks of the business lobbyist
and along with him send Nels Sundsted, the Dagmar
farmer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

o,o+ ovornor !; under the absolute dominion of
conner Ever in the matter OF the most insignificant
ppointment the governor must give way to the VIII
Of the company The company picked Judge Erickson
mn and put him in the capitol building to do their bid
ding and he has performed Even In the matter OF the
Doiv Rank & Trust Company stock, which was willed
tn the Montana Law College, which brought In an an
nual dividend of SO 10000, Governor Erickson supine
acouesced to the sale of this stock to the company,
because the company wanted it, and invested the $780,
OOo which the company paid IN such way as TO only
produce about $1,000 for the school.
There was no reason t. 40 this The stock was
worth more money and quite likely would have been
worth more as the years went by and the dividends
would likely have creaseo but the company told Err
ickson to sell, he obcyed
This transaction is typical Over at the state capt.
tall Gov Ericksons spneess acquiessence to company
wishes is plain that it is even joke among the
company henchmen.
Now Gov. Erickson is personally fine old man
he is really to old o1 the job He is clean and moral
and honest as he sees t-that is he to be hon
estbut he is an absolute of the big interests
That is what is of interest to the people of Mon
tana.
Or the other haao the republican candidate, Wllidg
ton D. Rankin, Is young man-actlve, INDUSTRIOUS
earnest He is 1et unoer the domination OF Anaconda
or any other big interest He : tine, clean, young
man He has held many offices and he has made god
tbe neope in 1920 When he LEFT that office in 1924,
he became associate Justice of the supreme court OF
the state by apponin cnt by Gov. zoe Dixon. He ali
ed this office with distinction A couple of years ago
he was MADE Uted States Disr'c' Attorney by Pres
ident Coolidge wi Oh office he is lding now, and tee
duties of which he has requited we'll
Rankin is native son-his father and mother were
pioneers He is probably of the best educated
men in the state-a graduate of Montana University
of Harvard University and of Oxford, England lie
is a brilliant lawyer He has always been progressive
in politics. He is the side of the people as against
the domination of corporate interests.
He is not, has been, and will not be dominated
by the Anaconda Copper Company He promises, If
elected to cut the telephone wires between the COVER
nors office and the sixth floor of the Hennessey build
ing in Butte the, office OF the A. &.
will do just that thing.
Every copper daily republican and denoc-at there
are ten of them in Montana supporting Erickson
Every company man is supporting Erickson. Every
man the company influence is supporting Erick
Copper money by the thousands of dollars is fl
nancing Ericksons campaign and is the power that
! arrayed against Rankin.
Why?
Every voter knows.
The question is not whether you will vote for Ran
kin or Erickson for governor-both good men person
aly-but whether you will vote to crown copper kin
in Montana or whether you will vote to drive Ana
2 conda out of the capitol and make Montana govern
ment of the people, by the people and for the people
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

reason when you farmers send rep
resentatiVes to Helena it is not
enough that they be farmers. If
he is put up by, booster for and
elected by commercial clubs and
town people and if there is any
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02
SHALL COPPER RIHE2

The issue to be decided this fall as far as state af
fairs concerned is whether the state of Montana
this big state of ours is going continue to be gov
erned by the Anaconda Copper Mining Company or
whether it is going to be governed by the people of
this state
At present this state is a province of John D. Ryan
who rules it from his big office in New York The
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

livery VOJef klOWs'
The question is not whether you will vote for Ran
kin or Erickson for governor-both good men person
ay-but whether you will vote to crown copper king
in Montana, or whether you will vote to drive AnS
conda out of the capitol and make Montana govern
ment of the people, by the people and for the people
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

M man to him at all he will t,L.
of, vote and work for III" t6a take care
town people. u him-the
ost II you farmers want your int.
e eSas. taken care of, vote for inter- 0 ,
eject your own candidate. ut a. and d
you want the town neonIo ' and if
DO like | am going to do. iOS "a tax,
the polls on Nov. 6 and w ToT to
AGAINST THE FIVE Ex STPh
MILLS FOR ROAD PURPOSES TSA
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

John Miller of the Fro;d
came to PlentywOOd the first 'C ~ ny
week to take home with bino u the
I. w. Greer's pedigreed I sb0 Uae u
bulls. The animal, which j; IL
months old, is a beauty and MT IS, SIX
Ter a is quite proud of being the ov Tr,l,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

vote for Erickson is vote for browning the Ana
conda snake, king
vote for Rankin is vote to restore the statehouse
to the people. There are two ways about this.
Your vote will decide.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02
SAME IN SHERIDAN

In an editorial appearing in the Glasgow COURIER
last week. the editor of that paper had the following
to say in regard to the sheriff and the enforcement Il
the liquor laws:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-11-02

The above is just simple plain, damn malicious lie
made UP out of the whole cloth and well does the
writer know it.
Editor Taylor has written such letter TO
anyone either by typewriter in his own hand writ
ing He has never said anything like that to anyone
bv word of mouth He never had occasion to write
anv such thing and the whole world knows he is not
such fool as to write anything ofthatsOrt were it
true If there is letter in your possession which we
challenge, saying purportng to say anything OF the
sort it is pure forgery and dare you to produce
it.
This writer has had correspondence with the
United States District Attorney since he went into OF
flee of any sort We only talked to him casually at
Helena in the winter of 1927 and have him
since.
We have never had anything to do with the bootleg
gers or the gamblers in way the other, have
we ever spoke to the District Attorney anyone else
in behalf of any bootlegger in Plentywood Sheridan
County or any where else. In fact don't even know
half of these men who operate in Sheridan county.
Now Mr.. Onstad and Mr. Olson know this well, and
when they nsnuate that Editor Taylor has ever writ
ten any such letter they lie
The statement about this letter is just truthful
as the rest of the stuff that appears in that paper
Whether Editor Taylor is low degenerate we will
leave with the people of Sheridan countywe will take
our chances with L. J. Onstad and L. S. Olson.
The Herald goes on to say:
Have you forgotten how you tried to high
jack of the federal men well the
bOOtleggers, claiming you had all power in
your hands to prosecute grant immunity"
No we have not forgotten-for we tried II
highjack federal officer or a boOtegger, and VI
have never made any such claim to anyone.
That is just another plain, malicious lie.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
DEL RIO PLOT 7.
A LOVE DREAM

LOS ANGELES, April 23.-While
police have been guarding the ex-
otto Mexican film star, Dolores Del
Rio, for the past two months, during
which time she has been framing a
contemplated divorce against he-
playwright husband, detectives here
have been running to earth a kid
mapping plot which aimed to hold the
star for 100000 ransom.
Three alleged plotters were in the
custody OF the Los Angeles police
when the plCt has blown sky high"
with the confession Of one Gustavo
Garlic, "a STUDENT, whose infatua
ton for Miss Del Rio created the
whole affair from a "lurid and some
what overwO"ked imagination"
That Garlic. in his fervent admira-
ton for the star, had attempted an
application of "movie methods to a
movie star" became more and more
apparent today with the amazing
confession. The implication of Rosa
Ayala, "a, discharged maid of Miss
Del Rio. was believed here to be just
a plot angle of the picturesque
whim" of Garlic.
A private detective journeyed to
Mexico with the star when she was
arranging her divorce plans it was
disclosed here today, for the Garlic
frame. intended to extract the
money from Senior ]. l.. Asunulo,
| Mexico City, father OF the brunette
| film queen. and the Edwin Carewe
| interests, who produce Miss Del Rios
| pictures,
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
WAN rs BRIDGE
REMOVAL

The Secretary of War is seeking
early authorization by Congress for
the removal Of the old Aqueduct
Bridge, which has been superseded
by Key Bridge to carry vehicular,
street car and pedestrian traffic
between Georgetown and Rosslyn,
Va.
The piers Of the old bridge, which
are so close together as to cause
damming of the waters during
flood times, are a menace to the
new bridge, the Secretary asserts.
The abutment of the Virginia end
projects 60 feet into the river he.
yond the abutment of the Key
Bridge, the Secretary points out,
and has caused silt to fill up two
thirds of the waterway, between
these two abutments.
War Department officials say
that at least one project to estab-
lish a navigation terminal above
the Key Bridge, which has a clear.
ance of ga feet against 80 feet for
the old Aqueduct, has been aban.
doned on account of the uncer.
tainty Of the removal of the latter.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
PROBE DEATH Of
WAITRESS

An inquest was being held today
into the death Of Mrs. Mamie
Cooper, 40, of the 1900 block, Rhode
Island Avenue Northeast, who was
instantly killed Friday in au auto
mobile collision at the Baltimore
and Ohio viaduct over Rhode
Island Avenue.
Mrs Cooper was thrown against
viaduct pillar and her head
crushed. e. c. Stewart, of Hyatts-
vile. will appear at the inquest.
Stewards automobile was sideswiped
by a car driven by Carroll P.
"Nubby" Nuckols. in which Mrs.
Cooper was riding.
NuckoIs is in Sibley Hospital
and is unable to appear at the in
quest. His automobile was demoI-
ished. Mrs. Cooper was a waitress
at the Child's Restaurant near
Union Station.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
MAY Be CLOUDY
AND YET FAIR
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Continued from First Page.l
in defining the word. but the lay
reader of the newspaper, hoping
for a beautifully clear day, may
expect too much"
Official observers OF weather
conditions are told to use the word
fair in rendering reports" it was
explained. ''The Weather Bureau
in it's forecast work considers q
day as fair when not more than
O.OO1 of precipitation is expected
TO occur within the period covered
by the forecast.
by precipitation is meant rain
or snow reduced to it's water equiv
alent. The term in the past mas
also been used although not In
forecasts. to denote a state of the
skv between overcast and clear.
The expressions cloudy or partly
cloudy are notifications OF a falr
weather forecast, indicating that
the weather is not expected to De
clear.
Now You Know 1t All
Hooking over various dictionary
definitions and standards set Tor
Weather Bureau observers, falr' is
generally found to embrace a GER
tain degree of cloudinCss and un.
settled conditions.
I'm forecasts 1t signifies absence
of measurable precipitation"
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
Are You Keeping
up With Tines?'
| - n
Lets See!

II you can answer the following
questions, you are certainly keep
inc up Nth the times. II the old
brain doesn't click right off, you
can stiu Keep up Nth the times
BIZ turning to the pages indicated
where the ANSWERS 1OiU be found,
Let's 90!
Who said: "Science is certainty;
is truth found Out?"
Editorial Page.)
who was Henry Blythe?
(FictiOn Page.)
What great playwright was born
April 90?
Radio Page.)
Where did President Harrison
live when a Senator?
local Page.)
Name a half dozen distinguished
investors.
Magazine Page)
When does tea lose it's aroma?
(HOusehOld SectiOn.)
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
MILLS Staying
CONFESSION
TRACED

Montgomery county authorities
are bending every effort to learn
the identity OF the person who
wrote an anonymous confession Of
the Staying Of Edward Mills, q
farmer Of the county.
The confession, written in long.
hand, unsigned and in an envelope
with a Washington postmark, was
made public today in its entirety by
Police Chief Moxley. 1t was turned
over to the police by its recipient,
Stedman Prescott, attorney for SAM
uel r. Robertson, who is accused Of
Staying Mills.
The note reads:
ITO whom it may concern: That
man Robertson never killed Ed Mills.
1 did it and, damn him, he deserved
it. They've got him but they'll never
get me. / don't want to see them
hold the wrong man. Ha, ha, ha, ha,
ha, ha. / see you every day in the
week.
Especial Importance is attached
to the note because 1t begins with
the phrase ITO whom it may con.
Germ Investigators Remembered
that the typewriter note found at
tached to Mills body shortly after
the Staying began in the same way.
For this reason, the authorities are
not inclined to consider the anony.
nous note a hoax.
While the authorities are trying
to solve this mystery, however
arrangements are being made tC
give Robertson a preliminary hear
ing in court at Rockville, Md. The
hearing probably will be held next
week, it was, stated at the court
h0fJsa
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
N. Y. Building Managers
Paw Call on President

Thirty members of the Building
Managers and Owners Association
of New York, headed by their
president, Lee Thompson Smith
who are in Washington on a two
day visit, called on the President
at the White House today. This
morning they visited the Bureau OF
standards and later went to the
Department OF Commerce to meet
Secretary Herbert Hoover.
At noon the party were guests oil
the local association at luncheon
The afternoon and evening were
given over to sightseeing with
trip to Mount Vernon.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
Bennett Better, His
Wife Ready to Join
Him From Brooklyn
n InternatIonaI News CerVleo

QUEBEC, Quebec, April 2s,-Floyd
Bennett. who was to have piloted
the Ford relief plane to Greenly
Island. was reported as somewhat
Improved today at the Jeffrey Hale
Hospital here, where he IL i'll with
pneumonia.
Bennett was more concerned that
he was unable to so to the aid or
the German filters than he was OF his
own condition.
Few visitors were permitted to see
him. His wife was notified at her
home in Brooklyn, N. Y, apd is now
on her way to the bedside OF her
husband.
Hannett was very much elated
when he was told that Captain VIII
kins had flown over the North Pole.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
Polar Flight Mainly
Search For Land In
Arctic "Blind Spot

NEW YORK, April 23.--The
chief purpose of Capt. George H..
wilkins epic flight was to search
for land in the hidden wastes OF
the Arctic, and not to fly over
the North Pole, according to DR..
isaiah Bowman, one OF the sponsors
of the flight.
The flight was planned as an ex-
lucrative project, DR.. Bowman said
in a statement given out here. The
flight lines were laid across the
blind spot" region most likely to
Weld undiscovered land, ii there
was any in the area, 1t was said.
Captain wilkins planned to
swing to the southwark and pene'
trate the area in which Croker
Island was thought to exist" the
statement said in part. This was
the land that Peary thought he
saw from the north end Of Grant
Land and the region which Mac
MILAN sought to penetrate some
years later"
DIR. Bowman is q director Of the
American Geographical Society OF
New York.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
COlOnists Daughters
Open Meetings Here

Membership in the Daughters OF
the American Colonists has passed
the 1000 mark, with "a States
fully organized, Mrs. George
Thatcher Guernsey, of Independence
Kan, national president, today, told
the seventh annual general assem-
bly, of the society in the Rose Room
of the Washington Hotel. One
hundred and four delegates had
registered at noon.
Miss Stella Pickett Hardy, OF
Washington, d. c., national regis
trar, reported that 400 new mem
bers had been taken into the soci
ETY. during the last year. and CSC
during the last two years. Four
applications were turned down. she
said.
The morning session was taken
up with reports of national officers
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
Toe H. to Hear Talks
At Washington Cathedral

Canon Stokes, Of Episcopal Ca
thedraI, and Bishop Freeman, will
deliver addresses at the annual fes-
tival of "Toc H." a war veterans
organization, at the National Cathe-
dral Wednesday evening.
At the festival the lamp of Toe Fl
will be lit and each member win take
light from 1t, symbolic Of the spirit
and service of Toe H, which was
founded in the bloody Ypes salient
during the World War.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
SIGH I { D
NO LAND
ON BIC
HOP.
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attempt a landing. This was &C.
complished by Eielson with great
deal of difficulty upon Dead Man
Island. Up to that time the men
mad been in the air ABOUT II hours,
flying at an average speed OF 4VU
miles an hour.
Compass Useful
The airmen found their ordinary
magnetic compass useful for steer.
Ing purposes, but they also used
the position of the sun to aid them
in steering their course.
Although supplied with detailed
polar map by the American Geo
graphic Society, the filters were
Handicapped by their incomplete
map of Spitzbergen. In view OF
this difficulty it was regarded as
remarkable that Eielson succeeded
IN landing only five miles south OF
their planned notwithstanding
Bay.
It is expected that General Mobile
will hop off within two weeks II his
supply ship City of Milan can get
to Kings Bay in that time. The
CITY of Milan is on the way to
Spitzbergen from England and
Mobile with his balloon Is waiting
at Stolp, Germany.
Captain Wilkins and the Ameri-
can aviator are at Green Harbor,
Spitzbergen, today, where the former
is assembling his data for report
to the National Geographic
Society Of America.
Gear Damaged
The landing gear of the plane
was slightly damaged i'm landing on
the Ice at Green HarbOr, after the
hop off from Deed Mans Island,
but Il is believed here that the
damage Is not extensive and can
easily be repaired.
The explorers ran into an Arctic
gale Of great violence after they
had flown approximately 2,100 miles
and were within IS miles Of their
Spitzbergen. This storm con-
finued to rage for five days, hold
ing the airmen upon DOedmansOeira
from Monday afternoon until Satur.
day morning, when they were able
to hon off from the bleak, desOlate
and uninhabited bit Of land to COIN
plete their long and daring voyage
ut Green HarbOr.
Despite the hardships, cold and
lack Of food, the men are both in
good condition and are able to con
tinue their journey at once II they
decide to do so.
The weather was far below zero
during the entire flight and at times
the cold was terrific. but the Lock
heed.Vega, naonoplane used by the
airren demonstrated that icy at
nnospheric conditions 40 not hinder
the working Of an airplane motor.
For more than 20 hours the ship
roared over the Arctic wastes, with
the motor working perfectly all the
time.
To Fish and Hunt
The men carried q rifle with am
n1unition and fishing tackle for use
In event they were forced down near
the pole and compelled to wait for
weeks and perhaps months until
rescue arrived.
whether they we're able to obtain
any game in Doedmansoeira Dead
Mans Island or any fish through
the ice is not known.
Reports from the north state that
there 10 a heavy ice pack off the
Spitzbergen coast which may pre-
vent a ship from getting in or out
Of Green Harbor for weeks. The
weather is stormy and unfit for
flying at this time.
There is intense enthusiasm
throughout Scandinavia over the
flight, as this is the land OF ex'
The Washington times., 1928-04-23

-plorers." Captain wilkins detailed
report of his epic journey is
awaited with eager anticipation.
Wireless stations have intercepted
a veritable flood Of messages ad-
dressed to Wilkins and Eielson at
the Green Harbor radio station.
These come from friends, from
scientific bodies and from news.
papers and press associations seek
ing details of the great adventure
Of the Far North"
Mother of WiIkOns Proud
ADELAIDE, Australia, April 23.--
One Of the proudest women In Aus.
tralia today is the S6-year-old mother
of Capt. George II. wilkins, the
transarcti caviator.
IT am verJ proud Of my sons
achievement" said Mrs. wilkins. II
am glad that George has done what
he set out tn do. He is good son
both in words and actions.
Captain wilkins is one OF IL chill
dren.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
Vaughn Class to Be
Minstrel Show Guests

The Vaughn Class of Calvary
Baptist Church will be guests of
honor at a minstrel show to be
given by the Y. M. c. A. Glee Club
tonight in the Sunday school house.
William Crentz is announced as
inter1ocutor; Dan Abbott. Theo'ior
Morgan, Ira Krider, Marbury Sea
man and James McGrath. end men:
Louis r. Thompson. director, and
Mrs. Grace Stanley Stevens, accom-
DAnist.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
POincare Government
Believed Victor at Polls

PARIS, April 23.-Premier Poin-
cares Government Of National Union
appeared today to be the victor in
yesterdays general election, but
there will have to be another vote
taken in 427 districts next Sunday
owing to the fact that none Of the
contesting candidates received de-
cisive majoritv Yesterday.
Only ~175 definite victories hal
heen recorded TODAY. OF these the
National Union candidates won 70
seats.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
CHARITY FAIR PLANNED

In order to continue their charit-
able work the Masonic Temple and
Library Association of Pentalpla
Lodge, No. 1914. and the Order Of
the Eastern Star, No. 38, will hold
three-day fair beginning May Is
at their headquarters in Gathers.
hura Nd.
The Washington times., 1928-04-23
JOHNSON READY
To JOIN TEAM
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self is true, If the lay mind can
he relied on to observe conditions.
Johnson doesn't look like the
same man they wheeled out of
Union Station on March so. At
that time he looked a broken, dis.
couraged, infirm man. Today he
has regained his weight. his buoy
ancy, his health, his spry mien
and his interest in life
Looking cOncernedly at his wife
who has been at his bedside con-
stantly, Johnson spoke touchingly
If her ardent watchfulness over
hiA convalesCence. Hazel has
lust about worn herself out helping
10 bring me back to health and
want her to take a good rest now,
and forget all about me-"