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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27
LONG DISTANCE RATES
TO BE REDUCED

Reductions IN long distance TEL
epDne day rates, which It Is esn-
mated vii save the public $1,000
eco annually, VIII be IN effect
January /, 1880, according 10 an
announcement OF the Mountain
State Telephone and Telegraph
company II Is the fourth such Re
duction IN little mo-e than three
years.
The new rates affect station 70
station" calls. that Is, calls Oh
which you are willing 70 talk n
anyone al the called telephone.
The last long distance rate re-
ducti0n was effective February l.
1929.
Some idea Of the improvement IN
quality OF service may be had from
the fact that the average time now
required in the Mountain States
territory 70 complete q long dis
tsnce connection Is two minutes as
compared 70 almost six minutes n
1920. AT the preeSnt time about %
per cent OF al long distance con-
nectiOns are completed while the
calling party holds the line.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27

WHEREAS, Fred TbSen has sub
mitted bid 70 the Board OF Coun-
y Commissioners to do and per
form such work for the price and
amount specified N such PROPOSE
ton. not 70 exceed the sum OF
$4,000. which amount Is BY the
Board found 70 be reasonable;
NOW. THEREFORE. IT IS
Hereby ORDERED that said
proposition Of said Fred Ibsen 10
do and perform such work above
mentioned Be accepted and that 3
contract Be entered into forthwith
between Sheridan County and said
IbSen.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED
That al proceedings had IN counee-
ton with this matter Be done and
performed N strict compliance
with the provisions Of CHAPTER rs
OF the 1929 Sessions Laws.
Frank French. Commissioner.
Edward IversOn. Commissioner
v E Anker. Commissioner.
The foregoing Resolution having
been presented BY Commissioner
Anker. moved It's adoption stating
as his reasons therefore that The
report OF the Examiner should be
followed N this matter and that II
Is advisable 70 get the necessary
work under way at once inaSmuch
as L viii have 70 Be done sooner
or later, and that the matter being
noticed for public hearing, 4 any
objections are made that same vii
at that time Be carefully consider
ed BY the Board.
Carried Al commissioners vot-
ing aye
The minutes Of the previous
meeting were read, and On motion.
approved as read.
Special Meeting
On motion. the Beard ordered ?
special meeting 70 be held on De-
eember 18th. 1922. and the Clerk
was instructed 70 have the reees-
sary Notices Of such meeting post
ed according 70 law
On motion. at 500 o'clock P N
the Board adjourned.
Frank French. Chairman
Niels Madsen. Clerk
Try 3 Producers News Want Ad
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27
Marries His Niece, Indian
Sentenced to State Prison

Niles City, Dee IO.-His motion
for an arrest OF judgment being
den-e0, Jasper RedrObe, an Indian
convicted recently on q charge OF
incest following his marriage 3
couple OF months ago 70 his niece,
was sentenced BY the district court
here 70 serve two years N the pen
itentary at Deer Lodge. Redrobe
stated n answer 70 the inquiries
OF the court that he did rot know
I was wrong to marry his niece,
The defendant through his sttor-
ney, stated that he would appeal
the case
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27

made or sufficient levy made N or
der 70 pay for all OF such work IN
accordance with the Instructions OF
said State Examiner; and
WHEREAS, at the time OF the
letting Of said contract, and at the
tine the levy was made. It could
not reasonably have been foreSesn
that the performing OF such work
would require the paying out the
amount OF public monies il Is now
obvious Is required IN order 10 do
such work. and an emergency Is
hereby declared 70 exist, and hat
II vii n al probability require an
prOximately $, eco 70 corrlete
said work IN accordance with said
contract.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RE-
SOLVED, That 3 notice be pub
EShed BY the Clerk as required By
Section 6 OF Chapter rs OF the
1929 Session Laws, which notice
shall Be published IN the official
paper OF Sheridan County. and
which notice shall state the facts
constituting this emergency a
aforesaid. the estimated amount OF
money required 70 meet such en-
Urgency and notifying the people
that 3 public hearing viii Be held
thereon At the Commissioners
room n the courthouse IN the city
OF Plentyw0Od. Sheridan county.
Montana. on the 10Th day Of De
Cem5sT. 1929. AZ which tine and
place any taxpayer may appear and
Be heard for OF against the ex-
pendltuEe Of money for such ale
gated emergency
Be IT FURTHER RESOLVED.
That al proceedings had IN eounec-
ton with said matter Be done and
performed IN strict compliance
with Chapter rs Of the Session
Laws OF 1922.
Frank French. Commissioner.
EDWARD IvsrSOn. Commissioner.
y Z Anker. Commissioner.
Commissioner Anker presented
TIE foregoing resolution and NOV
ed rs adoption, stating as his rea-
son therefore that unless some mo
visions was made N accordance
with the statute for defraving the
expenses Of complying with the
terms Of the contract entered into
bysand between Fred Tbsen and the
Board On The 9Th DAY Of ApriI.
lS-s, the Commissioners might bs
ned personally liable. as vel as
liable n their official capacity for
such failure.
Seconded b. COMMISSIONS Ivsr-
son. beng put 70 Z vote. II was
unanimously carried, al Comnis-
siOners voting ave
RESOLUTION
whereas, at the present um-
there Is no record OF the amount
o. delinquent taxes for years IN
the IrezSurer'S Office "a As n
make q check Of outstanding de-
. lnqUent taxes between the Tress-
urer's office and the Clerks Offfce
and
WHEREAS, the provisions Of
Sec zig Of the 1921 Revised
Codes Of Montana, requiring that
the current tax roll must Be recon-
clled BY the County Treasurer and
the County Clerk, and such provi-
Sons was not complied with On the
1873 tax collections. and
WHEREAS. the statute required
2 report By the County Treasurer
70 the County Clerk on taxes col
leeted be made and al Of said nat
Iers have not been done, and the
State Examiner having repeatedly
notified the Board OF County Com
nlSSloners that such requirements
must Be complied with forthwith
and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27

Butte-UP-Of 5S7 cities IN the
Pacific northwest. Butte showed
the largest Increase IN building sc-
uv1ty during November, according
70 the National Monthly Building
survey.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27
RESOLUTION.

Whereas. al the April. 1923
meeting uf the Beard OF Cont
Commissioners. 3 contrzc1 49, -
tered into between Sheridzr Co1--
II Montana and Fred Rza-
wherein and whereby said bza-
vas 70 do and perform an So
necessary n order 70 ooruIr -
the State Exzrinerss irS----.s---
relative 70 The prsparztscn - -
lsEsrs showing lard ACQUIRED h~ -
oeed and tax sales certfT7r-.-s -. -
reeez11Llo1 csxT11czteS- ard
WHEREAS. said nsen hzS ~
snz2gso Il preparing the ssrna ~
10 s-I1acie1r appropriation w-<
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-27

II. P. Larsen Imp. Co., trse-
tor repair --- 21-S7
Fred Losing, road msint- ESQ
POOR FUND
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05
Preliminary Report on the
 Stikine Area
(Continued from page one)

(Continued from page one)
 too rugged to permit of travel by this means. As far south as Little Canyon, dogs were used in the present undertaking to very great advantage as packers. In this sec tion of the map-area, a good dog can go almost anywhere, though, in the lowlands, it may be neees- sary to follow the crude trails of the trappers. A dog will carry up to 50 pounds, and with very little assistance and proper treatment has staying powers superior to man. His load, of course, is all gain except for a small quantity of emergency rations, since his equip ment is of negligible weight, and the rather abundant game affords his complete food supply. Through out the rest of the map-area, un- der present conditions, back pack ing is the only feasible means of transporting supplies.
 There are few well-defined routes of travel in the area. In general, besides the established trails. there are two courses that it is best to pursue; either proceed directly to timber-line, which is usually at about 4,500 feet, and travel the open spaces above this; or follow the streams. The latter course, however. is suitable only in wide, glaciated valleys, where streams have not cut deeply into the glaci- ated surface.
 From a point opposite Glenora a road and trail along which horses can be used afford access to a large area between First South Fork riv- CT and Glacier river Gone mile be- low the mouth of Shakes creek.) This section can also be reached by the trail along the east bank of First South Fork river.
 A trail, now in very bad shape because of much fallen timber, com mences at the road crossing of Fourmile creek (61 F miles below Telegraph Creek) and leads to the headwaters of the same stream. This area, as well as that farther south, is somewhat more accessible from Glenora or from Shakesville by a trail to the junction of the two branches of Brewery creek, thence up the ridge between these and along the West fork. Two oth- CT routes are: one from the tele- graph trail north of Telegraph Creek, up a tributary of Tahltan river; and the other by trail from Shakesville up Shakes creek to Shakes lake at it's source. The lat ter route is also the best for reach ing the headwaters of North Fork river which joins Clearwater river miles above it's mouth, and a large area tributary thereto. The mountain between Shakes creek and the lower part of North Fork river can be reached by a side trail.
 (To be continued)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05
VIBRANT FOG
Word Painter Describes Wintry Fog
 In Seattle Harbor

The morning mist is alive with voices. Over night Puget Sound has grown stangely articulate. The sil- houette of Seattle's sky line has completely disappeared, and as if to resurrect it, clamoring at the gates of the city locked steadfast in the opaque air, are the deep bass horns. the shrill sirens, and whistles of varying accents Vocal search lights that sweep the Sound vibrate in the mist.
 On a sunny morning the Sound is never heard in the heart of Seattle. But with the advent of wintry fog, the Sound grows gossipy. Folks stir in their beds in the twilit morning of dark day as the untitled voices of the Sound imply that the sun once more is deeply yelled in mist and the city is wrapped in a damp curtain, and call to that "sun with in" to shine radiantly through the fog.
 A wall encircles the city. The fog brings nearer the voices. Boats pass unseen, yet speak plainly to each other. Going at snail's pace they deliver themselves of a glorious below at so many paces. At swift intervals, companionship in the fog is strictly vocal. Ships that pass in silence in the sunlight find voices which have been concealed all sum- mer.
 In the trackless waste which swal- lows the boats, there is shouted Beware, beware" over the sonor- ous Sound. Like a mighty chorus are the whistles of the craft, from mammoth ocean liners to poetic vagabond vessels, masted ships and funneled ferries. Maratime con- sciousness is breathed over the city. Ships pervade by the sounds which whisper of a wayfarer homing from distant shores laden with strange cargoes. Romance is lit by the lips of ships who chant their entry in to the city, triumphant march of fog horns. And as outward they go they shout their "goodbys," slow ly steaming from Colman dock and it's rotunda, their voices growing dinner in the purple distance.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05

In the United States Commissioner s Court, Wrangell Precinct, First Division of Alaska, In Probate. In the matter of the Estate of Will hemina Saarikoski, Deceased.
 NOTICE OF HEARING UPON FINAL ACCOUNT AND REPORT The administrator of the above named Estate, having this day filed his Final Account and Report.
 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that a hearing be had upon said Fi- nal Account before this Court, on the 18th day of January, 1930, at the hour of two o'clock in the after noon of said date. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN SAID ESTATE are hereby notified and required to appear at said time and place of hearing to offer objections, if any they have, why said account should not be approved.
 Dated at Wrangell, Alaska, Nov. 16, 1929.
 VIM. G. THOMAS,
 Probate Judge. First Publication Nov. 21 Last Publication Dec 19
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05

Monogrammed stationery, in any of the fine lines as made up in the Sentinel printing plant, does not make a cheap Christmas present, but it does make one of the most pleasing and delightful presents that one can give for that amount of money spent. Personal station cry from S2.50 a box and up.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05
FOR RENT

FOR RENT - We'll furnished cabin. Running water and electric lights. Inquire Sentinel.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS


 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That I, William c. Lawrence, was on the 21st day of November, 1929. duly appointed Administrator of the above named estate by order of the Probate Court, Wrangeil Pre- cinct. First Division of Alaska, All persons having claims against said estate are hereby notified and required to present same to me. duly verified, at Wrangell, Alaska, within sixty days from the date of this notice.
 Dated at Wrangell. Alaska, this 22nd day of November, 1923
 WILLIAM c. LAWRENCE,
 Administrator Aforesaid First publication Nov. 28 Last publication Dec. 26
The Wrangell sentinel., 1929-12-05

In the United States District Court, Wrangell Precinct, First Division of Alaska.
 IN POBATE Tn the matter of the Estate of George Alfred Lawrence, Decd.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04
SOME MORMON FIGURES.

The presence of a Mormon Bishop and the ac- tivty of his church in Alaska is creating some thing of revival of interest in the famous Utah religious organization. To those who have not fol- lowed closely the progress of the Mormons it might be surprising that it dclosed at the recent con- ference, the 99th annual conference that during 1928 there were accessons numbering more than 51 900 of whom more than 34000 children. During the year the church expended more than sl2000o0 in the erection of church edifices and individual members contributed more than $1 100000 additional for that purpose-making building pro- gram for the year of $22OoO0O The church spent over $9O0000 to sustain its missionary work in which more than 1000 persons laboring-givng their time and services free. Individual members spent more than $9600OO for this purpose. More than $900OO0 was expended for Mormon education including the construction and operation of Church schools. There 16300 students in the semnaries and Church schools where higher education is ac- qured. The Church spent more than $800000 for charity during the year. By far the greater part of this expenditure was upon non-Mormons
 Another interesting group of Mormon figures is that which tells the story of the Church's vital statistics These figures show that the birth rate among the Church members nearly 30 per 1000 of population-29i9 to be exact The average in the United States is less than 20 and the high est State average is about 24. The death rate is 7S per 1OOO just over one-haf of the National rate and much less than the lowest State rate. The marriage rate is 147 Families owning their own homes number 7Ospers cent of the total number in the Church
 These statistics which are taken from the ad- dress of President Heber J. Grant at the annual conference indicate that there is full justification for the Presidents declaration that the work of the Church is progressing satisfactorily.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04
A Tribute to Colonel Dick"
(AlaSka Weekly.)

The long and useful career of Brigadier General
 Wilds P Richardson U. S. A. retired, was closed this week when death intervened and took him from his bed of illness in the Walter Reed Hos- pital in Washington, D. C. While his passing came as no surprise among number of AaSkans who knew that his ailment could only end in death, when the final summons came it must have fell upon the people of Alaska as distinct shock, for he at of the best known and most revered who had been identified, for so long a time, with the development and opening of the Northern Territory For he was the pioneer road and trail builder of Alaska
 Colonel Dick Richardson for it as Colonel Dick" that the sourdoughs knew him and loved him. went into Alaska in 1898 in the line of his duty army officer. He was stationed on the
 Yukon River when the great stampede was to the Klondike. It while stationed there that he conceived the plan for road and trail building in Alaska, and he was authorized by the War De- partment to do some road and trail work In 1905, due to 8 nationwide sentiment that had been aroused by the activity of Colonel Dick" the Con- greSs passed an act creating the Alaska Road Com mission He was the first President of this com mission and remained in that capacity until sum- moned to return to duty in the regular Army and was sent lover there." That was in 1917.
 His outstanding work-a work that will stand as monument to him as long time shall en- dure, was the building of the Richardson High way projected from Valdez, the Southern coast line, to Fairbanks in Interior Alaska. Later this highway was connected with Chitina in the Copper River Valley.
 In all Colonel Dick passed twenty-one years of his life in Alaska-the prime of his life And this pioneering in pioneer country was of his own free will. The longer he remained there the better he liked the Northland and the hardy in- habtants of Uncle Sam's last frontier His duties as President of the Alaska Road Commission took nm to all parts of Alaska, and his acquaintance
 was perhaps as large that of any other man. | or the triumyirate of Federal officials each in widely separate field of endeavor who pioneered In Alaska and who grew to love the great North land two have been called-Afred Hulse Brooks. Geoioglst and Colonel Dick" Richardson road and
 trail builder Prof c. c. Georgeson Agronomst remains living in retirement in this city
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04

turers and burners of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
 BALTIMORE SUN Dem) It is an amazing thing to witness in the House an outburst of jubilation over the killing of man for violation of the Vostead law. There is hardly another crime in the call endar for which summary punishment by death would have prompted such dem- onstration. The happening is thus a sig nificant illustration of the fact that in the case of this one law sense of propor- tion is being lost. Prohibition and it's enforcement is reaching a stage where it is getting on the nerves of the country.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04
Excessive Zeal.
Manchester Guardian ,

II the United States Customs officers had set out to aod to MT Hoovers early endorsements as Presldent they could harly have done so better Cnan py the present excesses, serious and ridiculous
 or then zeal Compared with sinking foreign snip on the high seas or heaving to millionaires yacht py firing across its bows, it is no doubt small matter to mpound copy of Rabelas that IS peing taken ashore by book collector we'll known on poth sides of the Atlantic But absurd though the incident is, it serves to remind Americans that a great deal of arbitrary power is yielded at the ports by staff that has little capacity to exercise It wisely It is not long since the American Customs held up 600 copies of "The Arabian Nights, and another 600 of 'The Decameron." They can in fact Iselze anything that is deemed to be "obscene" bv oihcers who are quite incompetent to judge and 1nough appeal may be made to the higher officials or the Department it rarely succeeds that it is Seloom thought worth while. Our own system of unofficial censorship has lately come in for some "en-oeserved criticism, but at its worst it is not ! so rkSome as this More exasperating however than the loss of a Rabelais to a collector who can lay hold of another tomorrow in his own country genland and the carrying off of the souvenirs the men had collected in various of the worlds norts because they had been omitted from the sbn,s
 test The mistake was ungracioIsv made and ,,,or. uhgraclously amended for when ordered to ret,r,
 .he trinkeCs the Customs dumped them damaged anr incomplete, on the ships deck while the crew wer,
 VI, 'ioie' Ihe knowledge that Americans them
 eNeS are as impatient as their visitors of thes,
 aou ui'ieS helps to soothe the tempers of the yic
 'iis' put It IS clearly high time that someone i,
 ocoi. i.y Vook III hand the curbing of the misplace,
 ana often arrogant officiousness of this Denartnen of State ''-i' 0ep"' 0iieii
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04
the collar and the seat of the pants
 and pitch him out on the street.
More or Less True

NOfe or LeSS True After lamping the pictures of the | two little things that constitute a modern girls undies in the ads you | feel she might need handkerchief ] on account of cold but never to mop the precipitation from her brow.
 We may be pessimestic, but there are times when, after looking at the way some of 'em are wearing their hair now, we wouldn't be surprised to see the hideous little knot a woman used to twist her hair into when she was late in getting down to start breakfast, come back as the popular style for dress-up oc- casions.
 Daughters may have date every night in the week now, but after she is married to what she is dat ing with she'll find even the fur mace will go out more often at night than she will
 The woman who will go without things she's simply crazy for to re- duce her pounds usually is the kind of woman who wouldn't go with out a thing she wanted to reduce expenses.
 If feet had any rights a lot of cornfeds would be reported to the s. P. c. A.
 A good many of the younger set are letting their hair grow long because they don't know what a darn nuisance it is to have to brush comb and plait it before they can crawl between the sheets.
 Twenty years ago if a woman had passed a full length mirror and seen that much of her legs showing she would have tainted on the spot.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-06-04

While talking about the tariff and American progress it ought not to be forgotten that the United States represents the largest and most pros porous free trade area in the world. There no tariff barriers between separate States or different sections.