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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
TWO LOCAL BANKING HOUSES
ANNOUNCE CONSOLIDATION
PlentyUo0d Vice Conditions
Terrible ADerS n. C. TOUnleU

Crime, corruption and immortality
are rampant in Plentywood and
Sheridan county, according to A. c..
Townley, who has been on a speech
making tour of the Northeastern part
Of the state on behalf of the recently
organized American Temperance
League
Townley, who addressed an aud
ience in Havre on the evening of
August /, told the people that he had
recently been in Sheridan county.
While there he had gone to barn
dance with friend. Shortly after
his arrival there bootlegger ap-
peared on the scene in his little Ford
car loaded down with Canadian beer,
whiskey and wine. There were bot
ties all over the ground and the con-
ditions there were such that no de-
cent words could be used to describe
them. Boys and girls were all drunk
or if they were not all drunk the
/ ones who were sober acted as if they
were under the influence of liquor.
He stated that he had never heard
such indecent language in his life or
saw such conditions.
Conditions in Plentywood were al
so deplorable, he stated. The feder-
al men experimenting the district
were dishonest and as a consequence
there was lots of liquor Floating
around"
He talked with a Plentywood boot
logger the other day, who after
learning that he (Townley) was "all
right" talked freely. He ran out of
fingers counting the number of boot
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
HARVEST YIELDS
BETTER THAN RE-
GENTLY PREDICTED
Yields Much Better Than Ex-
pected-Quality Better
Than Last Year

Despite early pre-havest indica-
tions, the wheat crop now being cut,
is giving surprisingly good returns
considering the prolonged drought
and excessive heat that has prevailed
throughout the summer.
Eight bushels to the acre, on disced
in land farmed by A Riba and VIM.
SINNERS was the first report to come
in. The grain was harvested by Nc
Cormick-Deering combine on last
Friday afternoon and established a
record for being the earliest new
wheat to be delivered in local ele-
vators. According to P. NJ Ziebarth,
who received the wheat, it graded
No. 2 and had protein content Of
1850.
Other early deliveries of new wheat
are those of Odra Nelson and C. F.
McNulty both of whom harvested
wheat last Saturday. Both report
yields of eight and nine bushels to
the acre, the wheat in each case
grading 60 lbs. to the bushel and
containing an unusually high pro-
tein content.
The case Of Mr.. McNulty's harvest
is especially noteworthy at this time
for from all appearances the crop
was a failure. The stand was thin
and SO short that Mr.. McNulty had
serious doubts as to whether he
would take the trouble to harvest it.
Art Ziebarth had just acquired a new
Case combine which he volunteered
to use on the patch The offer was
accepted and eight bushels per acre
of fine Marquis wheat were garner
ed from a place that the owner nev-
er dreamed would yield more than
three.
The harvesting is progressing very
slowly at present as combines will be
used to harvest the bulk Of the
crops, and the grain is not consider
ed ripe enough at this time. Where
binders and headers are used, how
ever, grain cutting is on in full
swing.
According to local elevator mer
and those in close touch with gener.
al conditions this region should fare
as well this fall as last for although
the yields are not what they were
last year, the prices should make w
for the deficiency and if the quality
Of wheat continues as good as thu
first samples brought in the wheat
should command a satisfactory pre-
MUM. The protein content of whea
this year, it is expected, should av
erage at least two per cent higher
than it did last year.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
NE Montana Grain Auditors
Held Annual Meeting Here

The annual meeting of the North
eastern Montana Farmers Elevator
Auditing Association was held at the
ely hall last Monday afternoon at
which time problems affecting that
phase of the elevator business was
discussed and election of officers
held.
Directors elected at that time
were: Harry Stebbens of Wolf Point;
Sid Blair of Culbertson; Henry Hill
of Raymond; A. H. Jensven of Home
stead, and ]. P. Miller of Froid.
The directors elected in turn
named the following officers: Henry
Miller, president; Sid Blair, vice
president; ]. Franc Murray, secre-
tary.
Talks were given during the after
noon by ]. c. Heisler, of Fargo, pres
ident of the Northwest Audit Com
pany, and T. j. Larson.
The gathering was terminated by
luncheon at the Elgin Cafe.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
Lady Luck Deserts
COlOred Auto Thief

James H. Drew, alias George Will
liams, a gentleman of color and very
taking ways, was guest of Sheriff
Madsen over the week end.
Drew was arrested last Friday ev-
ening at Medicine Lake shortly after
the marshal at Medicine Lake and
the sheriff's office had been notified
to be on the lookout for him as he
was badly wanted in Bismarck as a
check raiser, jail breaker and car
thief.
He made his escape from the Nc
kenzie county Jail at Bismarck the
Tuesday before, had stolen Hupmo-
bile coupe belonging to John F. NAL
10y, contractor from Minneapolis
and made his get away. Evidently
attracted by posters announcing a
ball game between Medicine Lake and
a colored aggregation of players
known as the Colored House Of Dav-
ids, he steered the car in the direc-
tion of Medicine Lake, evidently with
the intention of raising whiskers and
taking up base ball.
His downfall came when he sent
a wire to Mrs. Malloy, wife of the
contractor, with Malloy's name at
tached to it stating that he (Malloy)
was at Medicine Lake and that she
should send him fifty dollars.
That furnished sufficient tip for
the authorities to check up on the
missing car and few hours after
wards Mistah Drew was in Jail.
The Chief of Police of Bismarck
and the sheriff Of that county ar
rived in Plentywood and took the
prisoner back the following day.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

Olga Leer who has been on the
nursing staff at the hospital left
Tuesday for Wahpeton, N. Dak.,
where she will visit.
Mrs. Munk left Tuesday for parts
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa and
South Dakota. Mrs. Munk has been
making her home with the John
VOTERS family here for some time.
C. H. Wolters and family came
Sunday from Colgan, N. D., to make
a short visit with John Wolters and
family. The two families went to
F1axville the afternoon of the same
day to make short call on friends.
The visitors returned to their home
on the following day.
Mrs. B. Trawicky arrived Tuesday
from Minot for visit with her
sister, Mrs. Joe Kavon.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

leggers operating in the Plentywood
vicinity. Some of them had just re-
turned from their vacation" at
Great Falls and others were on their
way. There were lot coming and
going all of the time. The legger
carried his cargo wherever he wished
without molestation as the federal
officers ere crooked and he wasn't
afraid of them.
Townley mentioned a man named
Creighton whom he said lived in that
territory, operates a big farm and a
big still and hauls his moonshine to
town in a truck. The officers can
not see him, but they found a poor
fellow operating a still in a coulee
who had not even sold any of his
product and he was arrested.
No group Of men ever did more
harm than the bootlegger, he said
and if conditions continue, no mar
or woman can tell how bad conditions
will get.
The solution of such deplorable
conditions as those existing in Sher-
idan county, he stated, lay in having
liquor sold at the post office or some
other federal dispensary, by a tenn
perance worker who will at the same
time hand out temperance literature
The liquor thus obtained should bt
consumed only at the home.
Nobody believes in prohibition but
some old women who belong to the
w. c. T. U. and have not seen con
ditions as they exist, he stated.
1t is reported that he will organic,
unit Of the League in Havre.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

Cal Andrist, AL Hanson and Per-
cey Paulson, three prominent busi-
nessmen of Crosby, N. OAK, who are
also the three most enthusiastic golf
ers of that city, were Plentywood
visitors Sunday. The major portion
of their visit was spent at the local
links which they rated as exception
ally fine While modest in any claim
of merit for their own course, they
confidently believe that they have
by far the best golfers. A match
between the clubs of the two cities
is expected in the near future.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
Former Plentywood
High School Girl
Marries Georgia Man

1t will be Of interest to many
Plentywood people to learn of the
marriage of Dorothy Lawrence, a
former Plentywood High School stu
dent to Jack Heath of Beltrami,
Minn., the marriage taking place at
Glendive on August 2.
The bride is a graduate of Plenty
wood High school and for a number
of years taught school in Sheridan
county. Her parents reside at Flax
vile. Mr.. Heath is a graduate of
the st. Paul College Of Law and at
present is cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Atlanta, Georgia. At
ter spending a short honeymoon in
Minneapolis and other Minnesota
points they will leave for their new
home in the southland.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
Mrs. P. J. Anderson
Buried Thursday

Funeral services are being held
this afternoon at the Plentywood Lu-
theran church for Mrs. P. j. Ander-
son of Dooley, who passed away last
Saturday at Coeur D. Alene, Idaho,
where she had gone some time pre-
vious for visit with relatives.
Death was due to cancer.
Mrs. Anderson has been a resident
of the Dooley vicinity for many
wears and is we'll known throughout
this region. She was the mother OF
a large family of grown up children
all of whom are married with the
exception of one. Among the child
ren surviving her are Mrs. Victor
Swanson Of this city.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

Mrs. Mathys of Fargo who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. H..
Krebsbach the past two weeks, left
Monday for her home. She was ac-
companied to Williston by Mr.. and
Mrs Krebsbach.
Helen Bucklin of Redstone was a
house guest of Mrs. Henry Thinner
man Tuesday and Wednesday Of
this week.
Mrs. Art Ziebarth is taking two
weeks vacation from her stenogra-
phic duties at the Johnson Abstract
office.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Peterson and
son returned Monday from two
weeks vacation which was spent very
pleasantly with relatives and friends
at Richville, Mimi, and Rosholt
S. Oak.
Ex-Mayor and Mrs. George E
Bolster returned the past week from
an extended sojourn through north
ern Minnesota visiting relatives and
friends in the environs OF Duluth
and incidentally enjoying to the
fullest extent the scenic advantages
Of that region.
Shirley Backer spent few days
last week with her father at Medi-
cine Lake.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
Change EHectiDe
Monday, Aug. II
Riba Made Board Chairman
Bull Remains
President
Move of Great Importance
to Community and
N. E. Montana

Announcement is made this week
of the consolidation of Plentywood's
two financial institutions, the Farm
ers and Merchants State Bank and
the Riba State Bank, the deal being
consummated Wednesday of this
week and becomes effective Monday,
August II.
The deal is merger, rather than
an absorption, as those actively in
teresed in both institutions in the
past will be prominently identified
with the new regime. The officers
will be:
A. Riba, Chairman of the Board.
c. B. Bull, President.
l.. V. Hanson, Vice President.
VIM. Erickson, Executive Vice
President
Paul kurtz, Cashier.
The Bank will operate under the
firm name of the Farmers and Mer-
chants State Bank and will occupy
the same quarters as is now used by
the bank of that name.
Riba depositors may continue to
use their checks which will be ac-
cepted as usual. Depostors with an
account in both banks will simply
add their balances together and con-
slider it as one account.
The consolidation combines two
strong financial institutions into
banking house with assets over
100000.
c. B. Bull, who will be president
Of the new organization states: eve
feel tha the merger of these two
institutions will be in keeping with
the sturdy growth and progress of
the community. This combination, of
two banks that have withstood the
storms of adversity and in turn have
prospered to the fine positions they
hold today, should be a worth guags
of the stability and aggressiveness
of eastern Montana.
"It is hoped that the present good
will of each institution will continue
to grow in the new and that we can
give added service and usefulness to
the community as a whole.
The consolidation was made with
the approval of the superintendent
of banks.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
COUNTY TREASURER
GETS CHECK FROM
SURETY COMPANY
$4,000 Check Arrives At
Court House After Months
of Litigation

The county treasurer's office has
had on display for several days the
past week, an unusual document, q
check for $125,87091 which repre-
sents the amount of judgment and
costs awarded the county in suit
brought against the National Surety
Company of New York for reim-
bursement Of loss sustained through
a robbery late in November Of 1927.
The case, in many respects was a
noteworthy one and caused wide
spread comment throughout the
country. The treasurer's office was
robbed one afternoon about the time
the treasurer Eng Torstenson, was
preparing to close the place for the
evening. 1t was the last day before
taxes would become delinquent, con-
sequently there wan an unusually
large amount of money on hand at
that time.
The Surety company refused to
reimburse the county, alleging that
the robbery wan an inside job and
suit was instituted by the county
commissioners to force the company
to pay the loss.
The commissioners retained the
services of Paul Babcock of this city
and Lou Donovan of Shelby to rep
present them in the case, the latter
attorney being hired at the recon-
mendation Of Mr.. Babcock. On mo-
ton the case was switched from
district to federal court and held last
fall in Great Falls which resulted in
verdict for the county for the
amount of the judgment asked.
The case was stubbornly fought
by the surety company who were de-
Tended by some of the foremos,
legal talentt of the country, for aside
from the huge amount of money in
volved, the case was of special i'm
portance in that it was the frs
time that that form of insurance wa.
ever subjected to the points Of Law
into the controversy.
The surety company appealed th.
case and the case has been befor'
the Circuit Court of Appeals at Sa,
Francisco for some time, the verdic
being returned a couple of week.
ago. Mr.. Babcock handled this por
tion of the case alone. The trans
cript Of testimony, brief and othe1
matters entering into the case hav'
made voluminous documents which
when put into book form make uI
over thousand pages of printed.
The verdict given by the court ha:
very important bearing on Law
governing insurance matters of tha1
nature. Naturally, Mr.. Babcock's
sagacity and thcroughness in the
conduct of the case has placed his
name prominently among the lega
profession Of the state and nation
Accompanying the large check was
one for $3.50 which represents the
costs involved in presenting the case
to the San Francisco court.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
CHAUTAUQUA
DRAWS CROWDS
But NOT ENOUGH
Guarantors Dig Deep To Pay
Amount Short of 400
Guaranteed

Although attended by crowds that
for any other function would have
been considered very good, the Plen-
tywood Chautauqua, which was held
five days during the past week was a
financial failure.
The guarantors' pledge of S14OO
plus expenses was short by about
S640 which had to be made up by
rs people who had pledged to insure
the Chautauqua of the amount
they demanded before consenting to
come here.
The entertainment provided was
average, the opening number being
especially good, but the Chautauqua
deviated from it's usual course and
partook more Of the nature of vaude-
vile entertainment rather than the
refined entertainment of the past
and it is hardly likely that the
suggestion of a return of this type
of entertainment will create much
enthusiasm for some years to come
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08
COUNTY AGENT
FERGUSON MAR
RIED SATURDAY
Blissful Couple Spending
Honeymoon in Minnesota
Lake Region

Word has been sent ahead to the
people of the lake regions of Mime
sofa that should they encounter a
deliriously blissful young couple
travelling through in an Oldsmobile
coupe loaded down with band boxes,
suit cases, and old shoes, please be
good to them for they are County
Agent and Mrs. E. G. Ferguson.
They have just been married and are
Oh, so happy.
f. G. Ferguson and Miss Lillian
Everson were married Saturday,
August 3, in the Danish Lutheran
church at Dagmar, Rev. Frost, pas
tor of that congregation, officiating.
They left Immediately by car for
East Grand Forks, Bemidji and other
points in the lake regions of the
North Star state, before returning to
Plentywood, where they will be at
home to their many friends in the
Jack Becker residence.
The wedding was the elimination
Of speedy romance, the couple hav-
ing met for the first time last June
when Fergie drove to Reserve while
enroute to Dagmar to inspect some
cattle. Miss Everson had just return
ed from the western part of the state
where she had been teaching and
when they met Fergie forgot all
about cattle, crop rotation and all
the other multitudinous farm prob
lens under his care.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. Everson of Reserve
Both Of the young couple are well
known in Sheridan county and have
host of friends who extend con.
gratulations and best wishes for a
long and happy married life.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

Miss Halle Wheeler left early this
week for Billings where she expects
to remain for some time assisting
with the musical end Of revival serv-
ices conducted by Rev. Munroe, the
Seventh Day Advent pastor who re-
Gently concluded series of meetings
in Plentywood.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

E. H. Nelson who is in the insur-
ance business in this vicinity visited
last week at the R. M. Holings home
at Sidney.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1929-08-08

Mrs. M. Evsrson and daughter
Viola Of Reserve were visitors in the
city today.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-24
LABOR UNITY DEMANDS
NILITANCY; GOOD ISSUE

Weisbord), the l. w. WIS recent vir-
tual abandonment of industrial
unionism (by Harrison George,
Negro workers demand for full
equality in and opportunity to join
the unions (by Cyril Briggs the
chemical industry and it's relation to
the next war, the advantages Of Sow
let Union seamen, (by George
Hardy, and an important article on
the new strike wave all over the
world and the tasks of the Red In
ternational of Labor Unions, writ
ten by A. Losovsky, secretary of the
R. l. l.. u, are features of the mag
azine.
Release tombstone"
A special article by the editor, C.
A. Hathaway, on the campaign to
free Jack tombstone, former national
organizer of the Trade Union Edu-
cational League, now imprisoned in
India for addressing the Indian La
Dor Congress, gives an important
background of the situation in India
that led to the attack on tombstone
by the imperialist British govern
ment.
Labor Unity is for sale at all
workers book stores and local
groups Of the T. U. f. L., 20 cents
a copy, or is cents in bundles.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-24
ndreds Workers All Class Solidarity at Harlem Rs
MELLON REFUSES
TO SAY WHAT he
GIVES HIS FIRM
Congress Gets Orders
to Hurry Naval Bill

Continued from Page One)
getting the millions of dollars of tax
refunds from the treasury this year.
The list which showed $30,000,000 for
the steel trust, other millions to Mel
Ions aluminium company, ETC., and
gifts of two billion dollars altogether
since Mellon came into office, ended
with last years donations.
Secret Tax Gifts.
Senator Dill's remarks were adj
dressed to the question of secrecy in
the treasury department concerning
income tax refunds.
He suggested the senate could
learn the list of firms benefited by
the treasury department if it would
send there the correspondent who
published the roll call on West.
Debating the secrecy in the treas
ury departments handling of income
tax cases Senator Heflin, Ala, said:
"What is worse than an executive
session where senators tremble lest
their names be made public. They
have an executive system in the
treasury" He declared that secrecy
in Melons department was "an i'm
portant source of thievery."
All Secrecy Public.
Sen. Norris, Neb., interrupted to
say: II wish to suggest a way in
which any senator who has been mis-
represented in the published roll call
can make his position clear to the
public. If he will get the senate
into secret executive session and an
nounce how he stands, the newspa-
pers will print it the next day."
Sen. Bruce, DEM, Nd, suggested
that the senate go into executive
session and ask each senator whether
he had given out the information.
Bruce would not say that he would
vote to expel any senator who did
give out the vote.
The question under discussion was
! the Mcclellan amendment to the de-
ficiency appropriation bill, providing
that all tax refunds of more than
$4,000 be passed on by the tax APP
peal board. Mellon has written
sharp letter to the senate, Directing
to this plan, on the weak excuse that
the board is already too busy.
There was another debate on use
Of prohibition funds.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-24

With a leading article by VIM. z.
oster, national secretary Of the
.ade Union Educational League
arply criticizing the A. F. L. con-
ntion recently as a completely re-
tionary gathering, the January is
le of Labor Unity, official organ of
e T. U. E. L. appears this week.
As a result of the dominant note
the A. F. L. convention which was
,urrender to the war and rationale
ton" and the refusal of the
eacherous misleaders of the A. F.
to organize the vast army of un-
,illed, women and Negro workers,
Tvs Foster: "the building Of new
lions is fundamentally necessary
but this does not mean that we
all abandon the old unions"
Foster calls for militant strug-
e. inside and outside of the A. F.
and other old unions, calls on
orkers to join the T. U. E. l.. and
pport its program.
Cover Many Industries.
The needle workers convention,
e railroad worker and his machine,
e shoe workers movement to or
,nize, the woman worker especially
heavy industry (by Rebecca
-echt), the progress Of the National
.xtile Workers Union (by Albert
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-01-24
A. B. Magil to Talk at
Philadelphia Workers
Forum Sunday Night

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. ga. B.
Magil, of the editorial staff of the
Daily Worker, will speak on Modern
Revolutionary Poetry" at the Work
ers' Forum here on Sunday evening
at 8:15 at Grand Fraternity Hall,
1923 Arch st.
Magil will discuss the class char
acter of poetry and will treat a num-
Der of outstanding modern working
class poets including Carl Sandburg,
Michael Gold, Arturo Giovannitti,
Langston Hughes, Alexander Biloxi
and others. He will also read from
their work. General discussion will
follow the talk.
On Sunday evening, Feb. 8, Jessica
Smith, member of the National Exc
cutive Committee of the Society for
Cultural Relations with the Soviet
Union, will speak on "The Women
in Soviet Russia Ten Years After
the Revolution"