The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-10-04
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the above gentlemen has attracted
attention down at Washington
Roberts has been denoted from as
sistant prohibition director for TINS
district 10 deputy prohibition dlrec-
tor and we conclude from what we
hear that he is about to be reduced
to a ''two-bit" boozerbuylng sto0i-
pigeon. his former status IN the
Noble Experiment apparatus
when he was over on the coast De
fore he was advanced and the only
place where he has been able 10
make good. News come from WASH
ington chat Doran doesn't like the
color of Roberts Montana record.
The reason that Corporal Win
ters comes to Plentywood to co
operate" is because he knows the
grounds-he knows who's who: IL
might upset things were Walden
to come in. The mutual" bootleg
gers, the dividers, don't want TO
deal with too many. =.
It would be foolish TO "break In"
a new man when Winters is under
stood so well. No doubt that is
the reason the Corporal does SO
much border pa,rolling in Plenty
wood
, Chief of Police Collins cannot
'1cnock over" prohibition violat-
or. so he is powerless to reward his
friends and punish his enemies OF
his friend competitors. In ordel
f to work his racket he must be able
, to put the undesirables out of bust
S ness-too, if one of his friends be-
] comes recalcitrant he canno-, per
t suade him: that is where Winters
$ come in, and he comes in handy.
e The other morning a fellow op
. ened up a new booze vending plac,
in a back alley in Plentywood
n across the alley from the vendo
d he had been working for: he quick
S ly picked up a substantial trade
d seriously cutting into the bushes
81 of his former employer, a "mu ,uaI
T. bootlegger who has run all sum
Ie mer and long time before tina
without being molested, but whe
ID the bartender started up for hin
Is self, Corporal Winters quickly cam
N to Plentywood to make patro
E. The Corporal raided the little fe
s. low who had just started up, bI
Il he did not disturb the old leggt
Id across the alley. Then the Corpo
l. al returned 10 Scobey. The me-
morning he returned and repeatt
OF the visit on Saturday. He did n
MT get anything on the new bootlei
an ger as yet, we understand, but
sh will come back again and aga
n until he does. He will not both
n the old legger-you can bet
I'D that.
" On Saturday Winters had a lol
he conference with Chief of Poll
In Collins and Sheriff Madsen over
lid the City Hall where we presuI
as plans were made for some me
of "co-operation." Winters will
ad back again to catch the little +
he low, unless proper arrangeme1
Try are made. If the long green Is
to across the crack, there will be
'On more trouble in Plentywood and
on, more patrols until some one e
on, starts up, when he will come do
and Cooperate" with policen
un- Collins again.
the = =
on We don't believe that She
fiji Madsen is in on the cuts, and
ank don't believe that he knows VIII
ere going on in his office. We d.
ons believe either that much is GO
: of to anyone in the sheriff's off
dan tho we do believe that one I
of there is in on the Gin" We are
fer, the opinion that the sheriff's
flee is just being FUSED" by ISM;
hat men to promote the .racket--N
the sen is too slow to know wha
) of going on and too dumb to 81
vely what is being "put over" on
was There are several snakes in
said grass where he grazes.
Iun-
49, When Corporal Winters "coo
and ates" with Bob Smith in "moc,
ssed over Gus Olson, it is to att
said attention away from Plentywo
of it does not look just too goo
With patrol only in Plentywood an
that Cooperate" only with Oscar
paid Inns.
lie of =
e set This story is long. But it
be told. 1t has taken quite ]
That Der of words to tell it so that
real who runs may read.
for
same The Producers News is goiI
that expose the Plentywood arrs
unity, ment as long as Corporal Wi
S au- "co-operates" with Oscar G.
ed to and pretends to work with ST
Id all Madsen. The Producers New
that going to expose this condition
d and as long as the local bootlegger
a lien gamblers pay money for prote
estate as hong as they think that
can in this way set up mon
in the whiskey business.
scheme was Matched up last
n for mer and the promoters are jul
Hodg- going to put it over. Sheriff
sen is not going to be allow
forget his promises of last fl
eclded When the farmers admin
y on ton was in power, in spite of
deeds, the yammerers say to the con
err of those vammerers who thank
D. Il. ness for small favors, are
raiser now, there was no money col
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