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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-28
"Rroken-Arm" Gang Seized.

PARIS (P.-"The Broken Arms" a
gang Of four youths all under 20 and
led by a boy of Is, have been captured
after a spectacular attempt to revive
the traditions Of the Paris apaches of
20 years ago. They committed high
way robberies and raids on stores in
all parts of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-28

Governor Raises Cotton.
Gov. Richards of South Carolina
raised a cotton crop from large tract
on the mansion property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-28

Aerial bombing has proved effective
in destroying schools of white porpojses
which had been menacing the fishing
IN the lower st. Lawrence, near Quebec.
New Britain herald., 1929-11-13

THE GLORIOUS of the harvest this bring that kind bountiful Above verable of apples being gathered Appepe Ridge West Va The numbered million At the right this harvester walnut the harvesting of S4OOOOOO crop the largest record
 atouaINe sreeI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
POWER PUBLICITY
AGENT CONFESSES
BY LAWRENCE TODD

Washington (Fr)--Lenn C. Brad
ley, former publicity agent Tor the
Alabama coal operators in Their fight
to smash The United Mine Workers in
the strike of 1921, was sorry spec
tacle when he testified, Jan. 10, be
fore the Federal Trade Commission.
He was grilled by Chief Counsel Healy
for the commission, as to his service
as director Of the Alabama Public
Utilities Information Bureau, from
October 1922 to January 1926 He
spent $4,000 for the power companies
in that period in a campaign to make
the public afraid of government own
ership of utilities.
Bradley wrote and circulated a
"news bulletin" of 5000 copies each
week which emphasized the argument
that widely distributed stock owner
ship in private corporations was the
genuine ownership" 1t was sent
free to hundreds of state, county and
city officials, to bankers, doctors, den
lists, manufacturers associations, ser
vice clubs, libraries and newspapers.
When he felt insecure in his job,
Bradley wrote a letter marked "Per-
sonal," to Thomas w. Martin, presi-
dent of the Alabama Power Co., Jan.
a, 1926, boasting that he was response
BILE for two editorials that had just
appeared in the Birmingham News
He said:
81 have always suggested to news
paper men wherever possible to avoiC
mentioning my name or the name Of
the Bureau as anyone who under
stands publicity or politics knows i
is more effective if the article appear,
to emanate from the newspaper itsel-
rather than from some utility source
1t might interest you to know tina
there have been more than rs separ
ate articles on the editorial page O
the Montgomery Advertiser durin.
the past twelve months regardin,
public utilities which were taken ver
batim from our news Bulletin. Tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
DrFrank Crane SAYS

heretofore almost as firmly fixed in
our belief, as any one of the thirteen.
articles, "but on the contrary alcoholic
liquors are harmful to persons bitten
by venomous snakes"
What alcohol does to you is to
quicken the circulation. This spreads
me venom more rapidly throughout
the system. Therefore the admins
tlation of the alcohol but increases
the danger from snake poisoning.
The best thing to do when bitten
by a rattlesnaRe is to make an inn
provised touniquet above the bite IN
order to obstruct as much as possible
the circulation of the blood from the
the bitten area.
The trouble with alcohol in its every
phase is that il is the arcn deceivel
of humanity. 1t deceives people int1
believing they are having good time
1t is the ingredient of almost all pat
ent medicines that profess to cure ey
efything, but really cure nothing. l
gives the mental worker false intel
fectual stimulation and the hand work
er false Drawn. 1t is the worthy sol
of that gentleman who is described q
sthe father of les"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
FOR BRIDGE

The application Of modern decora-
tive art on lacquered fabric was shown
in the holiday displays of bridge par
ty accessories, book protectors sta
tionery port folios and writing equip
ment IN the best shops. The bridge
sets are enclosed in cases made of
Nemoursa, lacquered fabric, IN pas
tel shades, decorated with modernistic
designs air-brushed in silver or gold.
These contain two packs of playing
cards, the score card and pencil. There
are also cases to accommodate a single
pack of cards, pad and pencil.
The stationery portfolios and book
protectors are made Of the lacqueree
fabric in alligator grain, stamped il
gold or decorated in the modern man
ner with blue and silver.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
New Years Greetings
BY HANS RASMUSSEN

To all the people of Sheridan Coun-
ty, everyone of you, send my greet
ing and thanks for the wonderful OPP
pOrtunity you have given us in the
years past TO steal as much as we did
from the county. Just how much we
did get away with has never been dis
closed. Joe is guessing at $1O6, 900
but he is way off. Better posted pa
per claim the hundred and six thous-
and lis only drop in the bucket com
pared with what we have stolen in so
many other ways. Being county Off
Gals for the past six or eight years
has surely given us a start in life for
which we can not be thankful enough.
Eng Torstenson has just closed a
deal by which he has bought for cash
the north half of Minnesota from the
Great Northern railway clear 10 the
Canadian border. He also bought a
secondhand tractor to plow it with.
Charley Taylor has started a saw
mill and is now controlling the lum-
Der business IN seven states and part
of Canada including Alaska.
Pat Wallace has bought up AN the
land within a thousand miles of Los
Angeles, including the Hawaiian Is
lands, is now selling shares for little
or nothing and putting on excursions
at cost.
A. c. Erickson has gone into part
nership with President Coolidge. They
are going to give the farmers fiv'
million dollars worth of free advice il
place of the McNary-H augen bill.
Charles Lundeen is building his sky
scraper in Minneapolis. 1t is a mil
square, yard wide and twice as high
He is sending out full size hand-paint
ed calendars of the building free.
Art Wankel is building a subway
the north pole and is putting on FIRE
moonlight excursions.
Rodney Salisbury and have ju.
bought out the old man Rockefelle
8 He was getting old and sold out {
:. bargain SO we still have some gao
= left over, for which we are planning
: buy the state of Texas in order
. have place of our own to retire
when we grow old.
Geo. Bantz does not believe in t
banking system, so now he has twel
men working night and day digging
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
IDENTIFY BODY FOUND
ON RIVER SAND BAR
NEAR WILLISTON, N. D,

Newspaper accounts of the finding
of mans body on sand bar near
Williston two weeks ago resulted in
the identification of the body as that
of Jens Brahe, farmer whose home
was in McCone couEty, IL miles south
east of Wolf Point and who was
thrown from a Missouri river ferry
by the cable when the cable fasten-
ings broke.
The accident happened May IS last
year, about miles east of Wolf
Point and all attempts to rescue Bra
he or find his body were fruitless.
The published account Of the find.
ing came to the attention of friends
at Wolf Point, who wrote to Coroner
Thomas at Williston and notified th'
widow and last Saturday her father
John Frederickson, went to Williston
identified the body and arranged TO-
its shipment that day to Wolf Point.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
ALCOHOL

One by one our traditions are de-
Stroyed
Historians have thrown doubt upon
the stories of Romulus and Remus,
VIM. Tell and other figures of the
past.
Cod and heartless scientists inform
US that there is nothing to planting
potatoes in the dark of the moon,
that the number thirteen is some bale
full superstition, and that you can
walk under a ladder or carry an open
umbrella in the house if you please and
it won't hurt you. They have even
suggested that Friday is quite as like
iy to De fortunate as unfortunate.
And now comes the old belief that
as tiply fixed in all of US, that 9
good Cc.e Of whiskey will cure bite
of snake. A great many have ken
nicely cOrned for fear that they Nigh
acc IIy get bitten some tim'
by snake; but DIR. Afraino do Anna
rel, director of the world famou
snake Serum Institute at Butantan
Brazil, not only says that Alcohol
aot d remedy for snake bite, as wa
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Reception Planned for Mon
tanans on California Special

Butee Jan. 1.-THE mayor of Los
Angeles, other prominent city officials
and well known Montanans living in
that city will greet some 500 Montana
people who will arrive in the Califor-
MIA metropolis Monday on midwinter
specials that leave Butte Saturday.
Headquarters for Montana people
will be at the Hotel Alexandria. A
number of receptions and dances nave
been planned for the visitors, who will
go to the coast on a special train Of
four sections.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

hole in the ground in some cOuiee
south of Comertown. There is where
he is going to bury his money. It is
estimated that in about three weeks
time the hole will be big enough to
hold it, so it must be soft digging.
Dan Olson was not so lucky as the
rest of US, times were hard whea he
was county treasurer. He was net
able to get away with very much so
he is taking job with the Producers
News for couple of months. After
that he will be able 10 buy battle
ship and take trip around the weird.
Again thank you all for giving as
a chance to rob the county as musk
as WE did. We surely have nothiAg
to worry about and l wish you all TIVE
HAPPY New Years.
Sincerely,
HANS RASMUSSmna.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
FIVE GLASGOW YOUTHS
ARE COMPETING IN
LIVESTOCK JUDGING

Glasgow, Jan. 1.-THE stock judg-
ing team has been chosen and will
represent Glasgow high school at
Bozeman in February. The agricul-
tural classes have made several trips
into the country to Judge stock. Re
suits of these trips were taken to de-
termine the team. The five boys chos-
en- are Paul Etchepare, Robert Corn
well, Scott Johnson, James Christen.
son and Charles Cotton. Three Of
these will make up the team. So fal
the three can not be chosen because
of ties. More judging will be done
for practice and to determine thu
team.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Bainville Chamber Hears AID
dress on Northeast Highway

Bainville, Jan. 1S.-Former Secre-
tary of State VIM. Powers addressed
the Bainville commercial club on high
ways in northeastern Montana.
An effort is being made by the COM
mercial club to have a federal grain
Inspector stationed here during the
fall. The club believes that the large
volume of wheat handled here from
both railway branches makes it neces-
sary to have such man to watch the
shipping. Plans for construction of g
tourist park in the spring were also
discussed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
MOURNED DEAD MAN
REUNITED WITH FAMILY

Big Timber, Jan. 14.-James C..
Price today was reunited with his
family which mourned him as dead for
almost a month. The former Sweet
grass county rancher and barber ar
rived this morning in company with
Sheriff Ed. Brannin and County At
torney John Mcfarland. lie Yves not
in custody and there are no charges
against him.
Price was declared dead when hui
man bones found in Inc ashes Of O
homestead shack he formerly owned
near Grey Cliff, this county, were de-
clared his remains. He appeared in
Salt Lake last week with a story that
he had been kidnapped and brought
there.
The officers brought with thsm ne
mask, made from an automobile inneE
tube, which Price says covered ais
head during the 10 days before ne es-
capped from his kidnapers.
He said he would do all possible "a
aid in Identification of the bones
found at the shack. He processes not
to know whose they are nor did he
know, he says, that the building was
burned though he heard his captOr:
say something like "now to get tn.
shack"
The inquest will be resumed mex
Monday where it left off when cor
those of Price. The remains, buriec
i aer's jury decided the bones wer
at Bozeman, will be exhumed ant
brought here.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
NORTHE ASTERN
MONTANA MEN VISIT
DEALERS MEETINGS

Wolf Point, Jan. 16.-E. B. Styther
has returned from Minneapolis where
he attended the Minnesota Implement
Dealers Convention and the Rock Is
land Dealers SchOil. He says north
eastern Montana was well represented
at the convention. j. M. Mus of the
Cogswell Implement Co. and j. d. Bor-
CERT also attended from here. Others
were John holman, PlentywoOd; Har-
ny Sands, Bainville; ]. P. Larson, SEQ
hey and Truman Bowen, Glasgow.
Mr.. Styer visited with his father at
Menominee, Wis, and with relatives
at Lacrosse.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
FIFTY-sEvEN VARIETIES

''The pomps and vanity of this
wicked world are emphasized in the
habits of man, who, according to the
survey of the Bureau of Home Eco
Monies of the u. S. Department of
Agriculture, has completely switched
his brand of socks, and majority of
81 per cent of men, which might be
possibly "57 varieties" in the happy
language of a New Year, have adopted
rayon and silk hosiery. No other ar
ticle of clothing has changed SO rad
ically. 1t all seems to prove quite
conclusively that men love the better
comforts Of modern life, and like the
idea of wearing fashionable hosiery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Deeaffeinized Coffe at Its Best

Altho decaffeinized coffee may be
made as you would natural coffee
either boiled, percolated or by the
drip method-it is best when brewed
in drip pot Heat fresh water to
boiling, pour over ground coffee one
cup for every tablespoon of coffee
and one for pot. Place pot over low
flame and keep it hot, but do not boil.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

A man in Chile who had been mar
lied fourteen times died the Other
day at the age of ninety. He should
be laid to rest with military honorS~
Tests prove that a man cannot Ian
Easter than 118 miles an hour what
relief.
Ill
The are wearing rubber pa1ning
suits at Deauville now. Probably a
oncession to the rubber necks.
iliii
Three young men who set out 1o'
Spain in a 32-foot boat returned ate'
er going short way because tnel'
water supply went bad Well 1ne'
could have bathed in the ocean.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Hints
for the
E01f1l
by NancN Hdkk
bV NancU Hdkk

Have you an interesting picture in
the kitchen-hung where it catches
your eye many times during the day :?
In this sensible age, you know, no
one denies the aPpropriateness-if not
the psychological necessity % a
glimpse of sunny, winding road over
country hills when one is confined at
Kitchen tasks. Or perhaps the picture
might he of some fragrant, old-fash-
toned garden, or of child at play.
Cheerful scenes in the kitchen are
eften invaluable, both for decorative
purposes and a a counter-irritant.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Thrills Of Fashion
PERPETUAL BOUQUETS

Artificial flowers made of pyralin
are now being shown in many gift
shops. There are long-stemed ones
for vases and other decorative pur-
poses and short stemmed ones for
coat flowers. Roses, orchids, peoples,
asters and even sprays of dainty ane-
mones are among the more popular
flowers benig made Of this material.
These flowers may be washed and it
is claimed will not fade.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
The
Jedge's
Josh

The wife: Hubby, what kept you
ant 50 late last night?"
Hubby (intoxicated): 81 (hic) been
ant with a chiffonier."
The wife: "Chiffonier Why, you
don't even know what you are talking
,hout A chiffonier is a swell little
dresser"
Hubby: eyes, that's her."
An elderly lady entered a shop and
asked to be shown some tablecloths'
The salesman brought some, but
rotbing seemed to suit her.
"Hayent you anything new?" she
asked. The perspiring shopman brot
smother pile and said:
@These are the newest pattern, mad
am. You will notice the edge runs
right around the border and the cen
ter is in the middle"
"Dear me, yes, so it does, I vii
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
number n he veekIl. papels funs iatO

cfc o ojt Bse.ey testified,
oooks submitted
by tie aep COCO noo book publishers
to the Alabama schooi autno.ities
Is g.i sae, ,ook a reasonable at
titees low me uiisilies;
Q .of tie exhibits secured from
E.aaieys fi'es Was a report by the
Rocky Mountain Committee on Public
Uiaty Info nation on its success in
getting propaganda lectures delivered
by utility spokesman at the University
of Colorado, Colorado Agricultural
College, Colorado School of Mines,
Denver University, Colorado College
and Colorado Teachers College.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

add cup prepared cake flour, two
thirds of cup of sugar, one-eighth tea
spoon salt and l teaspoon ginger sift-
ed together. Drop half-teaspoons OF
batter three inches apart on an in.
verted pan. Bake in slow oven unit
medium brown.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Asparague and Egg Salad

A nice way to combine canned
white asparagus and hard-boiled eggs
in salad is to mold them in alternate
layers in lemon gelatin. Strips of pi-
mienta may be added if desired. Mold
in square loaf pan, slice and serve on
lettuce with mayonnaise.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Itji,gh5t1D1
|OfLodad|
-l

A taXicap company is. considering
gong into the airplane business. We
q e ompany got the idea of
nigh flying from studying the figures
on its own taxi meters.
|
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Newman of
New York have named their new twin
boys Ahed and Herbert.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

Young wife: Before we were mar
ned you said you'd be willing to 90
through anything for me-"
Husband: "SO->I am, dearest. hut
the way you hold on to your fortune
is a caution"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
Vegetarian Menu

Vegetarian Menu
Cream of carrot soup
Lima bean loaf with tomato sauce
Dreamed cabbage
Buttered Beets
Apple and Celery salad
Steamed pudding
Non-stimulating drink
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

Cookies for the School Lunch
Heat u cup of molasses to boiling
psint, add Y cup butter, then slowly
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25
ITO Set" Colotrs

A teaspoon of Epson salts added to
y bucketful of water will set colors
most effectively. Soak the fabric in
the solution, then wash in the usual
way.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

take half dozen of those" said the
lady. W 'i'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

AS the result of motor accident +.
lady being removed to the hospital
was attended to by doctor, who re-
marked: I'll sew that scalp wound
for you for four pounds"
Patient: "Good Heavens, doctorl
only want plain sewing, you know, not
hemstitching and embroidery"
"Oh, my dear Madame, she fell in
to a cataleptic fit and woke up in the
middle of the funeral. The noise of
the organ and the choir awakened
her."
"That settles it. ThereIl be no mu.
sic at my mother-in-law's funeral"
With breathless interest the class
listened to the teachers account Of
her encounter with the tramp.
With a dramatic gesture she reach.
ed the climax of her story and Their
concluded, saying: "And then faint
ed"
Little Bobbie gazed with awe ant
admiration at his teacher, and was tn,
first to break the silence.
with yer left or yer right" h,
asked.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-01-25

"That settles it. There1l be no mu
sic at my mother-in-law's funeral"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-07
Schools at Mandan
Register 1922 on
First Day Of Term

Teachers III Mandan schools were
greeted by l.222 students when
schools opened in that city.
This figure includes those register
ed in grade schools. the high school
and parochial school. City school
rolls showed 4 total Of 822 pupils at
the close Of the first day and the
parochial school. 400. Increase in the
number Of students in the city school
is expected by j. c. Gould. superin-
tcndent. when the harvest season
comes to q close.
Because Of crowded schoolrooms,
st. Joseph parochial school has limit
ed its enrolment to the number IT
children whose parents reside with
the Mandan parish.
Registration in the grade and high
schools this year show = decrease rs
compared with last year, when go
students enrolled the first day.
A leading feature OF Mandan's
school system is its department Of
agriculture where IL freshmen and
sophomorcs arc In beginning classes
In vocational agriculture under Rob-
ert Adams. Smith Hughes instructor.
Trips to model farms and experiment
stations around Mandan will be made
IN connection with class work.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-07
Sheep Shipment Will
Arrive at Nc lusky

McClusky. N. D. Sept. 7-Arrange-
ments to ship q carload Of high-grade
breeding ewes to McClusky for dis
trtbutt0n among farmers have been
completed between the local commit
tee Of the Agricultural Credit Cor
poratton Of Minneapolis and A.
J. Dexter, agricultural DEVELOPMENT
agent OF the Northern Pacific rail-
road. On the local committee are A.
a. Hendricks. Z. r. lieeg and J. ].
Dahl.
The sheep will arrive here Scptcm-
Der 10. the committee said.
Three carloads received Z month
ago were distributed among the fol-
lowing farmers: Virgil Curtis. Z. o.
Klevc. q. Dtede. q. n. Kensomoe,
John T. and Carl Wahl. John Engcl.
Sam 6chatz. r. +. Heitxmann. Fred
J. Bauer. John n. Jasmann. J. 2.
Wcntx, and Henry Neff.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-07
P~erplexing Problem
Puzzles Poor Police

Evanston, H., Sept. 7.-(P)-Thc
police force today grapplcd with the
%perplcxing problem created by the
robbery Of the A. E. White home.
It was obviously a question Of
psychology. for 10 ordinary burglar
would do what the Whites burglar
did. Besides taking $50 lie opened
a box OF crackers and built a tower
with them. in the middle OF the kitch-
eli floor. Next he got a peck OF po-
tatocs and arranged them symctrical-
~ around the cracker castle. For a
finishing touch he picked up a set
Of blocks, playthings Of the Whites
little child. and made a ncat wall
around the cracker castle and potato
pylons.
The III thing on which the slcuths
were agreed today was that this was
a very strange way for a burglar to
act.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-09-07
Students Will Sell
1000 Season Tickets
To Grand Forks Men

Grand Forks, N. D., Sept. 7.-Plac-
ing its quota at 1000. officials at the
University Of North Dakota have
completed plans for what they term
the most comprehensive ticket CAM
paign' ever undertaken by tho
schools athletic department.
The campaign, which opens Mon
day morning at 0 o'clock. has as Its
object the disposal Of 1000 season
football tickets among business men OF
Greater Grand Forks who last year
purchased 572 such reservations, tho
ticket office announced.
A committee Of 10 men in Grand
Forks and 4 in East Grand Forks has
been selected to handle the entire
canvass Of tho two cities. This COM
mittec vas selected from workers who
made good records OH similar soliclta-
ton last fall and from others who
expressed a willingness to help ticket
officials stated.