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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
THE FAILURE OF PROHIBITION
"a Contributed Editorial)

In the Sunday edition of the Great Falls Tribune
there appears an interesting article on the liquor
situation In that city. The Tribune has conducted
an investigation for the last six months and is now
publishing the results. The Tribune is not what you
can call wet; if anything it is more on the dry or
der. Anyway it is sticking up for and boosting COL
Sheridan, the great prohibition enforcer who
makes his home in Great Falls-but probably the
Tribune is boosting him just because he is cen
forcing" the way he is in his home town.
Here are few facts given out by the Tribune:
Over 300 establishments dealing in intoxicating
liquor are in operation in Great Falls
Out of every 100 drinks of booze sold, 81 con-
tain poison
The death rate from alcoholism in Cascade
county has increased 800 per cent since 1919.
Seventy-one per cent of all girls investigated by
the county probation department used liquor.
Arrests for intoxication have increased locally
1920 since 1926.
Nnety-one per cent of the whiskey sold is dan
gerous and unfit for consumption.
About 1000 residents use "de-horn" or canned
heat which is highly poisonous
The facts above, which l have no reason to be-
lieve are exaggerated, give some food for thought
The conditions in Great Falls are not any better
or worse than most other places.
JUST ChihK OF II! Here we are; have had prohibi-
tlon Tor ten years, spent millions and millions of
dollars on enforcement and what have we got?
Before the country went dry think Great Falls
probably had 30 saloons; now it has over 800
joints where poison is handed out at the rate of
"a out of every 100 drinks.
What does over 300 booze joints mean in a town
the size of Great Falls? Tt means that there is one
JOINT for every one hundred people, counting wo-
men, children and all, if you figure in families
OF flve it means that out of every 20 families one
is running booze joint
AFTER all, what did we get when we voted for
prOniOiuon! Hell, we got the same as we did
when we voted for Hoover and for our County
Business Administration-we got fooled.
Isn't it about time we did like other up TO date
countries like Canada, Norway, Sweden. Russia
and others have been doing, or should we keen ON
being fooled?
"A DAGMAR FARMER
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
A LARGER CITY

By the action of the City Council and Mayor
Storkan, Pentywood is a considerably larger city
since last Monday evening, both in territory and
population.
And right here we wish to congratulate those
citizens who showed their desire TO become part
of this community by filing no protests and
showed that they good enough sports to be
willing to pay their share of the taxes in return
for the accommodations which they received from
their proximity TO this city.
These men are an honor to their community.
They have civic consciousness. They are willing
to back up their loyalty in dollars and cents.
Theirs is not the loyalty of the gas bag that
crates about the wonders of his home town and
then crawfishes when that loyalty means digging
down a little into the pocketbook. They can well
stand before the public and express their devotion
to their home town without the finger of scorn
pointing out treachery in bygone days. All hail
the splendid craftsmanship of those coming into
the City of Plentywood of their own free will.
They will help to build up this community. They
can be depended upon to do their share and Plen-
tywood welcomes them with open arms.
The City Council and Mayor Storlan are also
to be congratulated upon their devotion to their
elected positions, and they are doing what they
deem best for Plentywood's growth and future de-
velopment They have gone ahead with courage
and they have had the backing of the whole city.
Now that the city has been consolidated let the
good work go on and let no citizen prove a traitor
to the city and stop its future development but
all hands join together for a finer and larger
Plentywood in the years to come.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

upset the life of countries,
yet those responsible are elus-
i've, while the vast machinery
of economics and finance is
powerless because market
vampires and exploiters and
others work to dig themselves
in with impunity, justified and
encouraged by materialism.
Excuse this column a moment
while it pats itself softly on the
back. That's the second time the
Vatican daily has expressed the
same editorial opinion as this col
umn and more forcefully. Last
May the OsservatOre Romano and
this column employed almost iden-
tical language in discussing Presi-
dent Hoover's appeal for respect
for law. If talking right out in
meeting and saying things that
the progressive politician would
hesitate to utter is radicalism then
the Vatican daily is radical. Here's
the secret: Truth is eternal and
universal. So two writer's one or
the hills of Rome and the other
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
Looking Back or WAL Street
After Most Narrowing Period
By HOWARD P. JONES
Central Press Staff Writer

New York, Nov. 6.-When a
herd of range cattle stampedes, it
takes the fastest horses, the most
daring riders and the keenest
brains to stop the mad rush.
When security buyers stampede,
it takes the president of the Unit
ed States, the biggest bankers in
the country and whole trainload
of big business executives to stop
them.
Such, at least, has been the ex-
perience of Wall Street during the
most narrowing period in its his
tory, a period in which stock sales
leaped to undreamed-of figures,
stock prices fell to far below "the
bottom" and losses reached I'M
thinkable billions.
Red Letter Days
To be a bit more specific, Thurs
day, Oct. "a, made Wall Street
gasp with its record sales of 49,
894,650 shares, which was half
again as large as the previous high
mar of March 26-S,246,00O. The
New York Stock Exchange tickers
did not complete the job of print
ing the market until eight and one
half minutes past z O'Clock that
might!
And then came Tuesday, Oct. 20,
and more history, when stocks
crashed again in a day that regis
tered 16,410,030 shares.
The losses? Billions. Various es.
Inmates have been amde of how
many billions, but why pry into
graveyards?
1t has taken more than the two
days of rest the Stock Exchange
allowed itself-three days, count
ing election day-for brokers, spec
ulators and investors to catch theil
breaths. Like the panic of 1907
the Northern Pacific crash of 1901
the collapse of the Florida boom
"Black Friday" of 1869, the world
famous South Sea Bubble, and 9th
er historical market explosions, j
will be years before this debacl
has been talked out"
While the causes of the suddel
crash will be debated long, on
thing is certain. Mr.. and Mrs. Av
erage American are cured.
There are thousands upon thous
and of families in BigtoWn. Little
town and Middletown, where spec
ulation in securities no longer wi
be a subject of nightly converse
ton at the supper table. A fey
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
TIT FOR TAT

The municipality owned electric light plant
of Ponca City, Oklahoma, has cleared more
than $9S40O0 in the last eight years If
corporation owned plant had made such re-
port, the United States Senate would vote to
investigate it.-Helena Independent
And if a municipality owned light plant could not
have reported profit the H. l. would croak that
municipal ownership was failure and should be
regarded as public nuisance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
Friday. November D H.,

subsidiaries aaati; h it may be ~
d,eo.t Farm Board i rD saved n
over ,,,o,lt, and fashion It in may tsks
worthy and worka5IoO a Ss
force. The Farm Board ecONoS,
way OF refusing to tsLa mas a As'S
M " "a or or. the 4; most fervidS ayboiI
ma a look at the merit SS.,h /
the the bank balance and nd books y
an and it might even m me rsseS.
thatcher hold up his SaO Nglc
sworn to a statement ''% M VII
wants to know, You KIM nAe Bo,,
1t is all right to caI IOw u
fellows "sons of wild i :; @e Oh,
but say it to their face I "a
stand in front Of then hen VI at 4
do it. n when \
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

Washington-(FP) - Over and
over again it must be emphasized
that there is no radicalism in Con-
gress. The disputes which go for
ward day by day in the Senate,
concerning the tariff, railroads,
finance, frauds against the gov
eminent as to oil lands and wat
er power sites, and the other diff
ferences of opinion as to what is
fair under capitalism, are con-
Quoted within the narrow confines
of reaction and progressivism.
The issue is reform, not funda-
mental change. Nobody in the
Senate ever talks of "Public own
ership of the means of production
and distribution of wealth."
Yet in spite of this lack of in
trinsic dispute, the picture occa-
sionally furnished by Sen. Norris
when he sets out TO flay the Old
Guard Republicans is encouraging
and entertaining. 1t gives hope,
at least, that some day the SEN
ate will coldly analyze the social
system under which poverty and
huge private fortunes are foster
ed. Norris furnished one of these
exhibitions on Nov. 8 when he
discussed the "Grundy tariff rack
ct store" as he dubbed the table
full of imported small articles
which the Pennsylvania high-tar-
iff lobbyist had caused to be dis
played in the Senate chamber.
Walking over to this display
Norris picked up in turn an ex-
pensive doll, some kitchenware, 9
handful of military buttons, anC
so on, announcing their cos
abroad, the amount of duty, tn,
cost laid down in New York, ant
the price charged the ultimat,
consumer. He showed that tn,
profit ran from 200 to IT'S pc
cent, and that Grundy and tn,
rest of the tariff-pirates were de
handing in fact that they be per
mitted TO commit this robbery OF
the American consumer, to the ex
clusion of the foreign or import
ing robbers. He compared tn
American manufacturers wit
Chicago gangland chiefs, who la,
down headlines within which thei
rivals must not poach; all victim
living within the headlines mus
be robbed or killed by thes
gangs alone.
But, Norris observed with bit
ing sarcasm, Grundy and hi
friends who finance the politics
campaigns and then collect thei
money with interest through tn
tariff rates are not doing thi
for themselves. They do it 70
American labor, whose hig
standard of wages must be mar
tanned. True, they take the wage
away from the worker immed
ately, in higher prices for ever,
thing he must buy for his famil,
And, he added, the prosperity Z
American manufacturers has no
in spite of many increases in pa,
years, been passed along to I'll
American workers in such degre
that the workers are secure
their jobs. On the contrary. FL
Grundys now declare that N
workers will be thrown out upo
the street unless further increase
in rates are granted the bigge'
companies.
All through the tariff deba,
has run this suggestion that ~
worker in the industries Is ~
last m oef anu horoesA =.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

And the old winter coat may
look pretty good after all with the
mothballs brushed out.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

"Trouble is brewing for Anne Mcpherson in Los
Angeles Temple reads headline. This is the
first we heard if AIMEE being in the rum racket.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

Stocks and skirts, the tariff and
wheat all seeem to be coming
down together. Eastern women
who insist that skirts can't come
down are wearing 'em long and
Wall Streeters affirm that stocks
can't go any lower as they watch
them tumbling. Standpat Senators
say the tariff can't come down and
the Senate keeps trimming it ev-
cry day. The Federal Farm
Board pegged wheat at $1.25, and
the price dropped 6 cents before
Mr.. Legge's astonished eyes. In
this age of paradoxes and miracles
it may yet come about that the
cost of living will do nose dive
and bring to an end its ten-year
endurance test.
Perhaps some reader thot this
column was unduly severe on Wall
Street when it called it "Gotham's
Gehenna. To concede that some
unkind words were said of that
great gambling sore on the ma
TONS body might be possible had
not an editorial in the OsservarOre
Romano, official organ of the
Pope, come to hand. After reading
its view of the situation this col
umn's few scathing remarks seem
Iukewarm by comparison. Here is
a sample paragraph:
The New York stock ex-
change has dimmed the fame
of Monte Carlo, which is
now a microscopic entity COM
nared to Wall Street to which
the fatal roulette has moved.
The waves engulf men, IN
stitutions and industries and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

long signs will be the only COM
ment upon occasional reports of
"easy money"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
YOU SAID SOMETHING, DEAN

There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than talking man having moth
ing to say.-Dean Swift.
But they make splendid congressman and Chau-
tauqua lecturers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
The Week

BY SAM'L HILL
Coming Down Together.
That Radical Vatican.
An Irish Warning.
Cats in the Creamery
A Bad Habit.
1t Wants to Know, You X,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

All through the tariff debate
has run this suggestion that the
worker in the industries is tbe
last to get any benefit, and the
first to suffer a reduction IN real
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

on the plains of the Northwest, of
differing faiths, are enabled to
see and identify the same truth.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
CRIPPLED GIRL SWlMS
 TO NATIONAL TITLES
Jane Tauntx Proves Doctors WrOng When She Takes Honors in
 Two Events.

Chicago. March 6-Physicians and swimming instructors once said she couldn't do 1t. but Jane Fauntz. 1s-year old Chicago mermaid, did it just the same.
 Gaining speed and grace with every year. Miss Fauntz. who was injured % severely five years ago in an automobile accident that she was told shs could never swim again. last night won two national amateur women's swimming titles at the national meet at the Lake Shore Athletic club.
 She outclaased | fancy field to win the national women's low board diving title and, after . few minutes rest. came back to capture tho 10o- yard breast stroke championship. It was not only her greatest aquatic triumph, but tho first time in the history of the women's national Championship meet that a diving champion has won the breast stroke event.
 Her performances were easily the Outstanding feats Of the indoor championships thus far.
 The slender Illinois Women's Ath- letic club ace won the diving title with a total of 193.31 points. Geor- Eia Coleman of the Los Angeles Athletic club was second with 1S7.7l and Rose Boczek of the Cleveland A. C. was third with 172.4O.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
-3 VT Cnpltol Buick
Columbia Is FavOritc
 To Win Over Eli Five

New York. March 1 P-Need'ng a victory to retain their grip on third place. the Elis of Yale come to New York tonight for an ln'er- collegiate basketball league game with Columbia.
 Columbia will be favored to turn back the Ellis not only because the Lions are playing at home but be- cause of their surprising and decl- sive defeat of the league-leadinS Pennsylvania five at Philadelphia the other night The Lions have a score 10 settle with Yale any way for they lost their first clash win the Bulldogs, 37 to 23.
 Tomorrow night Penn meets Dart mouth at Hanover and Princeton travels to Ithaca for . battle with Cornell. Penn can clinch tho cham- pionship by defeating Dartmouth. but if the Indians win the Quakers will have to wait until their last league game against Princeton on March 2 to try again.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
TRENTON TEAM COMING
 TO BRISTOL SATURDAY
Endecs Will Entertain One Of tue Co,intry's Greatest Basketball
 Tenms On Own Floor.

One of the greatest bask etba II attractions ever shown in Bristo ol will he seen at the local srmory Saturday when the Trenton, N. J., quintet of the American Pssketba II League takes the floor against the Bristol New Departures.
 The roster of the visitors con- tains a list of celebrities in the American basketball world. The starting lineup will find Red kesrns and Wess1och forwards. Stretch Meehan at center and Joe Barlow and Jerry Sullivan guards. Practi- cally all Of these men have been playing American League basketball for over five years.
 Meehan. former Penn lumina ry. is one of the tallest men playing basketball. He towers seven feet and can almost touch the hoop while standing under tho basket. Joe Barlow is rated as one of the greatest defensive men in the cir cult. while kearns and Sullivan have established an enviable reputation for their brilliant play during the past few years with various Amer ican League quintets.
 Although fully realizing the strength of the invaders. the Bear. ing Makers are hopeful Of coming through with the large end of the Manager Joe Carroll plans 10 start his first string lineup that has clicked of ten consecutive vic. tories. showing Picken and Richt- myer forwards. Richman at center and Manning and Waterman guards.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
FIGHTS LAST NIGHT

By the Associated PreA.
 Mckeesport. Pa.-Dominick Pro- flo. Pittsburgh. knocked out Cali fornia Joe Cans. Gary. Ind, t2).
 St. Louis. Mo. Benny Bass. Philadelphia, outpointed Davie Abad. Panama. u0). Mike Esposito. New York. outpointed Paul stead man, St. Louis. (l0). Tom Pivac. St. Louis. stopped Billy Meyers. In dianapolis. B).
 Philadelphia - Midget wolgast, Philadelphia. outpointed Romilier Para. Chile (s).
 Elam. Pa.-Dave Adeiman. Phila delphia. outpointed Frankie De An gelo. Washington. D. C.. CD.
 Joe smallwood. Washington. stop ped Vic Main. Wilmington. Del. CD. Bob Shilling. Germany. stopped Danny Russell. Salisbury. Md. ts),
 Grand Rapids. Mich.-Joe Gordon, Minneapolis, outpointed Johnny Powers. Flint. Mich. N. Ted Oar cy. Grand Rapids. stopped Earl Little Boy" Blue. Minneapolis. CD.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
BARE, HERMAN SIGNS

Clearwater, Fla. March 1 R- The one and only Babe Herman has come 10 terms with the Brook. iyn Robins
 The hard hitting outhelder-in- fielder signed on the dotted line yesterday after trying. unsuccess- fully. it is reported 10 have Wilbert Robinson raise the ante on the wage contract offered him.
 The Babe. seeking to justify his request for a raise. pointed to the .34o batting average he compiled last season 10 lead the club at the plate. Unofficialy it is learned Robinson, in reply. pointed out that there's no use in winning a ball game with a hit.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
BARBU7| DROPPED
 FOR A. A. J. ATTACK 0lvmoiC Star Refused to RetraCt
 and Will Quit Running Game

. New York, March 1 (CFD-Fay Parbuti. who won the only flat race captured by the United States at the Amsterdam Olympic games, mas len suspended from amateur com petition by the registration conrit- tee of the Metropolitan Association of the X. A. L. until he proves or retracts statements attributed 10 him in yesterdays newspapers.
 Leaving the A. A. L. offices We'd nesday night after beins cleared Of charges growing out of his failure to appear in he New York A. L. games, Barbuti severely criticized the A. A. U. and it's methods.
 II am tired of lining their pockets with money" Barbuti said. They want us to run and they take all the money and what do we get out of it? If theyil support me like want 10 live. I'll run for them the rest of my life, but I'm not going to run and let them take all tse money"
 When Barbuti learned of his sus- pension he was stunned momentar- ily, but said his original statements would stand.
 If a person thinks the A. A. U. makes mess of it's management or things. evidently he cannot say go If he is an amateur runner. ] nave always lived up 10 the letter and spirit of the A. \. L. laws. l be- licve in amateur sports. but l do not prove of A. A. |. methods
 Barbuti who beat Jimmy Ball of Canada by inches in the Olympic 1o0-metor race, reiterated today that he was through with running forever.
 "I can't take the time to keep in shape 10 run and earn a living at the same time. he said. Not one Of the leading stars Of the last sev- eral years is making good living. The 4. A. l.. 'snt concerned over any athletes who have run their legs off for them. I'm going 10 do- vote all my time to business in the future"
 Barbuti is selling insurance for New York company.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
TONY TIsAvt.ItS WINS

Waterbury. Conn.,. March 1.-tCP Travers. New Haven. 1S. stopped Young Frankie, Jamaica. 15c l.. in the sixth round of a scheduled 1o-round bout here last night. Mickey Gcnaro. Waterbury. defeated Tommy Jarrett. New Hav- en. t6). Young Angelo, Bull Head. l.. l.. won decision from Joe Emmons. Waterbury. (6). Milton Ehiers, Frceport. l.. l.. defeated Paddy Jones. Waterbury, (6).
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
SO. CHIRCH IliS. MIN

The South Church Junior ba sket- ball team defeated the Comets at the Boys club gym last night by the score of % to 30. The churchmen Aarted off with rush and ran up | 13 to 10 lead at the half. The leaders were never threatened al- though the Comets staged squirt in the last few minutes Of play The work of Jose phs with his long shots featured for the winners while Hay- lick's work on the floor stood out. Morley and Rowinski starred for the losers. The score:
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01

local boys and the events they have entered are as follows: 20 yard free style, Mcguire. Rlanchette. Perak os and Remillett: (N yard free ,tyie Anderson and Fowler: 70 yard breast stroke. Fred Ritter: 160 yard relay. Anderson. Ritter. Franks and Crowley and diving, Cianflone and FaikS.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
Comets
Johnson Finds
 His Players Too Fat

Tampa. Fla. Mar. 1 tUP)-Con- dition of his men was the chief worry Of Waiter Johnson today for several members Of his Washington Senator's will have 10 sweat pounds from their waist lines before the season opens. Big Jim Weaver. who stands 6 feet. inches. ia carrying 20 pounds 10 the mound daily. Al Liska, Minneapolis recruit. drew favorable comment from Johnson ssv his pitching.
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01
' Junior Swim Team
 To Invade MiddletoWn

In preparation for the state swim meet to bs held next month IF Greenwich. tn. junior swim team oi the New Britain Y. M. C. A. will travel to Middletown Saturday aft ernoon to take part in a dual meet with the AiddIetown Y team. The
New Britain herald., 1929-03-01

NACK's ATHLETIC pAN0uTEH
 Connie Mack's daughter. MaFy. C one of the outstanding preD bao. ketball players in Philadelphia.