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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
CONTROLLING QUACK GRASS

All farmers in the northwest are
pretty well acquainted with quack
grass. 1t needs no introduction or de-
scription. The big problem is to con-
troll it.
One successful method is various:y
called the mold-board-plow method,
the Fred Wolfer method, eariy-in-the-
year method. 1t was discovered oy ac-
cident and Mr.. Wolfer was surprised,
pleased and amazed at results secured
by using it. There are eight points to
be followed.
Use a good sharp pillow with a good
sharp Golfer anG cut and turn every
bit of the land including the ground
under back furro~. Turning the back
burrows should be done by tapping tn
pillow on the return trip SO as tc cut
and turn all Of the land You don't
dare to omit this precaution. Many
farmers have failed on this one point
Between May 1 and May 10 pillow
the land just deep enough to get un-
der the quack grass roots, which will
be three to four inches IN depth.
In two weeks time after this pillow,
ing double disc the land in good shape
If a single disc is used, lap it half Sc
as to leave the land smooth anC
double disked.
Four weeks after the first plowin9
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County Agents Notes

and two weeks after the double disk
ing pillow again and deep enough to
turn well, which is usually to the DOT
tom OF the deepest previous blowing.
Disk soddy spots 80 make good seed
bed over the whole Geld as soon as
possible after the second blowing.
Pack the land to make a good seed
bed as soon as possible. If a packer
is not available use disk set straight.
Between the 18th and goth of
June seed flax, buckwheat or any other
desired crop that may be seed
ed that late. Mr.. Wolfer uses flax but
most farmers are having best sue
cess with buckwheat. Buckwheat is a
better smother crop.
After the crop has been cleared
from the land and not earlier than the
18th of October pillow the land with a
good job of blowing, which will mean
to pillow it as deep as it has ever been
plowed before, leaving the blowing
rough for winter freezing. This makes
three plowings within the one farm
ing season and this last blowing is
of great Importance.
This treatment gets the quack
grass, and if corn and barley are
grown the two succeeding years, they
will finish the wild oats. This has
been Fred Wolfer's experience on
Sunshine Farm in Stutsman county
North Dakota.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
TRIB SPINS NEW
ANTI-SOVIET YARN

Washington -(FP)- Nation
wide advertising of a startling
melOdramatic serial story describ-
ing the near conquest of the world
by a future Red Army is the bit
of anti-SOviet-recOgnitiOn phlopa-
ganda offered to the new secre-
tary of state. Henry L. StimsOn.
by the Chicago Tribune through
its subsidiary weekly, Liberty"
The full page advertisement an
pearing April in paper through
out the nation showed "The Red
NapOleOn-Karakhan of Kazan."
leader Of these future red army
hosts, in the regular service he'll
met of the soviet red army with
the red star ON the front. He
planned, of course. to invade
America to "kill the white men
and capture the white women"
If StimsOn were inclined to ia
Uor soviet recognition, publication
of this yarn would tend to make
him cautious; if he were opposed.
1t would enable him to count ON a
regular weekly frightening of a
large number of people by this
"stupendOusly conceived story of
the next war;" more plausible
than mere fCrgeries.
x
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
WALTER =. cHRYSLER'S
TRAFFIC TALKS
SPRING HoUsECLEANING

Loose body bolts should be tight
ened and a thorough oiling given TO
ali parts of the car. See that tne
rear end and transmission are tno-
roughly oiled.
Inspection should be made OF
spark plugs and the engine tested
for unusual carbon deposit, possiDle
installation of new rings or oir.y
ignition units. Have the mechanic
blow the gas line clear and see thar
the gas tank and line to the vacuum
tank are free from dirt. Cars with
an oil cleaning system should nave
a new cartridge installed in the Oh
filter.
The inside of the car should De
gone over with good cleaner new
slip covers bought, if wanted, ana
ali buttons on top and side curtains
replaced if missing.
Don't forget your windsnielo
wiper. See that the little rubber
connections are in good condition.
Danger with capital ID comes 70
the man whose wiper goes back on
him during a spring Thunderstorm
on a dark night.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

After winter of chains, anti
1reeze mixture, and snow with its
accompanying hardships to engine,
batteries, tires, body-bolts and steer
ing gear, not to mention the fan
oelt, and ignition system generally,
the car needs overhauling. Most
service stations offer a spring over
9aullng at nominal Jumped cost,
Dut II not it behooves the careful
driver to check up on the general
conditions of his car. Here are a
lew items which need attention at
this time.
The wheels should all be taken
on cotter pins replaced, valves in
SSpected, tires switched to gain mi
form wear and alignment cared for.
Inc radiator should be drained
and flushed several times and fillsd
win fresh water. The fan belt
should be frightened and the water
pump oiled and watched for loose
connections. Rotten or badly at
taGhed hose often causes leaks
brakes should be inspected and
additional mixture put in hydraulic
brakes if necessary. Goose neclr,
ana steering knuckle should be o;lec
thoroughly. Oe 0'ie'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
FERAc75CAE EaIL 0S0 PHIEs -
by dscoFM1D ROWE PRESIDENT -
The AstoDoEtan Casually Insurance Company ofNX N
POINTS OF VIEW

POINTS OF VIEW
who the other point of view and VIII show
you a philosopher
Everyone the universe
things world the identical
of his neghbor
his highest faculty. imagination understand
what of the other mans outlook
sign broad mentality
haven merit
In understand other Of life often encounter ideas
and ideals which adopt great advantage
visualize anOters point of willingly his right
of these Is charity"
BY Of this intellectual charity practice than
makes demands individuals nations
enabled to live in harmony with their neighbors
and the sensible
customs exactly the to
morals are largely matter of the point
The successful negot whether adster knows
that by first getting the other point up to
favorable agreements that could reached by main
To garner the best from other viewpoints enlarge the our
oy acquaintance with outlook
ca most noble attribute of Observation-Disclosures
tolerant point OF view is differences healer wounds
Peh among enemies spreader education widener Of
horizons and teacher brotherhood -
Copyright MCLC)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
APRIL RANGE AND
STOCK SUMMARY

Helena.-Mild weather in March
permitted livestock to make consider
able recovery from the effects Of the
severe weather of January and Febru-
airy and with seasonable spring wealth
er stock is expected to come TO green
fed in relatively good cor.di.iJ1 dc
cording to Jne April reports Of 9tcck
nler to the state-federal crop .'IcTt-
isg office.
The large carryover of 80, hay
and the favorable 1928 crop which en-
abled stocl1nen to feed heavily during
the sub-zero weather explains the rel
atively high condition of livestock
compared with that resulting from
similar hard winters in the past.
March weather was comparatively
open although precipitation WAS heav-
Ter than normal and a heavy wet
snow hit the central counties during
the third week. March weather, how
ever, offered but little interference
with movements of livestock to feec
supplies and water and permitted con-
siderable use of winter pasturage thai
was generally inaccessible during Jan
uary and February. Ranges, it is nov
reported, are generally carrying suf
ficient dry feed to supplement presen
hay supplies until new feed starts.
Landing, which started among tn
small flocks the latter part OF Marc
has encountered too much snow an
damp for best results but with tn
! peak of the Landing to come in Apr
: and May a change to warmer weatl
! er could easily offset the unfavol
: able start. To date very little COZ
- tracing of 1929 wool has been +,
!, ported although considerable of u
u 1929 lambs are being contracted at
: price range from 1917 to II cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

Comments of stockment are sum-
married as follows:
RANGES
Prospects for spring ranges, excel
lent with the exception of the north
eastern section of the state where sur
face moisture conditions until recent
ly have been unfavorahle SubSoil
moisture, however, is considerably
less than a year ago. Conditions of
ranges on April was placed at 102
per cent of normal compared with So
last month and 107 year ago.
CATTLE
Reporters comments reflect a gen.
eral shrinkage as a result of the pro-
longed cold weather of January and
February. Cattle are gaining weight
slowly due to their rather weakened
condition. Losses, however, for the
most part have been negligible. Condi
ton of cattle on April was placed
at $3.50 of normal compared with 97%
a month ago and $500 a year ago.
SHEEP
Sheep apparently did not stand III
under the severe winter conditions a
well as cattle, the cold weather hit
ting the old ewes especially hare
most of reported losses occurring i
old ewes. Considerable improvement
however, took place during March an
the April 1 condition of $3.50 of mol
NAL compares with "a a month ag
, and 90 year ago.
HAY AND FEED SUPPLIES
= Feed supplies generally are r.
: ported as running low with the e,
t ception fthe northwestern counts
where large carryover from the 49,
e crop provided a surplus with son
b hay being shipped out. The southwes
d ern counties also report slight su
e plus.
il LAMBS and WOOL
/ With the exception of the mort
: western counties where Landing
i now we'll underway, and a few loca
= ties in central and south central Nc
le tana Landing generally has not co
menced as yet. Most Landing opel
lions will undoubtedly get well unC
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
MILLS DRAW PEAS
ANTS FROM FARMS
By Esther Lowell, Fed. Press.

BY Esther Lowell, Fed. Press.
Evergreen, Alabama.-(FP)- Bir-
mingham's great steel stocks give
way to battered homes of share crop
pers as the motorist heads for the
Gulf. That 300 mile drive from the
Magic City to the water through the
old south-the old south that retreats
before the new as here and there a
factory town appears.
A tiny cabin shows on naked
field, the shingles working out; a
shaggy mule by wretched stable
nearby, or sometimes shaggier Ford.
Black or white children play barefoot
in the sun and grownups wait in the
shade, waiting for the cotton or corn
growing season to open. This often
repeated picture falls on the drivers
eyes like stereotyped pattern as he
passes through the farm lands of cen
trail and southern Alabama.
"The only tenants of mine that
make any money, make it selling whis-
key. They don't make it farming"
said landlord to us as we lunched
by the road. A plump old man, he
crossed his broad lawn and came thru
the gate in the green hedge to talk
to the travellers.
81 got 5000 acres of fine land" he
said. "Some of it is bottom land that
will grow two big crops of corn a
year. But | want to sell it or lease
it because l can't get the tenants.
Mos of my best 'niggers' went north
during the war to Pittsburgh, Akron
and Cleveland. They wont come back
They get So and 81 day up north.
[ can't pay any money like that"
Many Alabama colored men are in
Michigan, working for Henry Ford,
General Motors or other auto manu-
facturers. A colored youth in Green
/ vile who tried to peddle us a flash
light said four acquaintance had jobs
in Detroit. 81 could have gone too, y
ne said, "but l have a steady job
here driving a truck at So day. And
it's only eight hours" Most negroes
work longer than that for much less.
This village was in its first historic
change as we passed through. Ala
bama Power Co. opened one of its 1C
new cotton mills in the quiet trading
center last month and country people
from southern Alabama were flocking
IN for jobs. These ex-farmers are not
yet broken to factory rules. They
stop to talk with visitors who entel
the mill.
"Keep out of Florida. There's min
men for every nail," advised friend
ly Pennsylvania carpenter who wa
.. hating at a tourist lodging house i
Evergreen, Ala, on his way mort
from the resort state. GIVE put l
years in Florida and I'm through. It
rich mans playground; no place TO
workingman."
"But I'd go to Florida if anothe
t boom comes," ventured young Ala
d bama mechanic wistfully. I'D llk
that $40 day stuff"
!, Nothing in it," retorted the Penn
q sylvanian. "I got $14 during the bool
. but had to spend it. My room cos
Sc the first night in Miami"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
BUILDINGS OF OPHEIM
FARMER COST $4,000

Opheim, April ga contract in
volving some $4,000 worth of farm
buildings was let recently by Ilah
Larson to G. G. Lunstad, contractor,
The contract includes a residence of
bungalow type 80 by 80 with full
basement; a concrete cistern and a
gothic round roof barn "a by Sc with
concrete floor. Mr.. Larson also in
tends to install an electric light plant
and water system.
The Larson farm is on the main
road two miles east of Opheim. Mr..
Larson has been sussessful in his
farming practices coming here from
Canada where he also homesteaded.
A noteworthy fact about the construc-
ton is that cash is being paid for the
whole proposition, it is understood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

way between April Is and the first
of May.
The Sandres county woolgrowers
association has contracted for its
members 1000 head of lambs for Sep
TENDER delivery at price of II cents
for whiteface weathers and mixed
blackface lambs and Is cents for white
faced eve lambs. Reporters generally
place the contract price of lambs at
1912 to IL cents with the bulk of con-
tracts at IL cents. To date very little
if any wool has been reported con-
tracted and buyers are said to be hold
ing off until shearing time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

progressing rapidly and production is
anticipated on Majestic tube early in
April.
The local dealers representing the
Majestic Radio are Plentywood I'M
plement Company. Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26


Gravs Halbor financier, vice president.
Abner r. Wilson is general mana
opr and William J. Walsh, credit man.
9opr Branch managers are, Don FL.
SIocum. Portland; H. ]. McKitterick,
Spokane, and John w. ONeil, Butte.
Following receipts of half million
dollar train-load of Majestic electric
radio receivers by the Majestic Dis
+ributing Company, for distribution
throughout the Northwest, word has
bpen released by Abner R. Wilson,
general manager, with headquarters
in Seattle, that practically the entire
shipment has been taken over by deal
ers with indications pointing to rec
ord MONTH The shipment was the
largest of complete console radio re-
ceivers ever shipped by any manufac-
turer into this territory.
AS a result of the quick turnover
since receipt of this train-load it is
expected that another solid trainlOad
will soon be on it's way to the North
west according to Wilson.
"Never in my experience with
radios" said Wilson, "have l wit
messed such demand for product
by both the consumer and dealer.
fully expect our sales in this terri
tory to represent the largest increase
Of anv district in the Northwest.
Conditions throughout the North
west are specially good and with the
new model effected by the Grlgsby
Grunow Company we find that the re
ception is as near perfection as pres
ent day science has been able to &C
cOmplish."
Information was released yesterda!
by the Grigsby-GrunOw factory tina
a solid trainload Of receivers is nov
on its way to Boston in an effort t.
meet the tremendous public deman
there. Thirty carloads are include
in that shipment.
A similar shipment was made t
Atlanta, Georgia, and other trainloa
shipments will go to various Ike
cities in the United States this month
Although February net sales wei
largest in the company's history, t.
falling approximately S12,OOO,OOO
retail prices, the Grigsby-Gruno
Company, manufacturers of the set,
more Over-sold today than it has bee
at any previous time. 1t is expectt
that March sales will again set a ne
record, according to Abner r. Wi
son, general manager of the Majest
Distributing Company.
The recent release of the MaJest
Combination Radio-Phonograph WI
the new type pickup has met WI
great favor, said Wilson, and pla
are now increasing the production
this model to 1000 daily. The M
jestic factories with more than ~
employees are working at top spe
and some departments are work.
day and night-in their endeavOr
meet the demand. Other train-los
will be shipped to the Northwest
the near future.
Distributor orders at hand, total
approximately $120,00O,000 have ca
ed Grigby-Grunow Company TO er
additional factories and take over @
ers. A new factory is now be
erected which will be capable of no
Ing 5000 more employees and still
other factory is under erection, WI
will employ 1000 more. In addit
to this, Grigsby-Grunow Comps
have recently acquired large ver
factory in New Albany, Indiana,
purchase of which involved more t
$1,OOO,OOOOO.
Majestic will also announce in
near future Majestic radio tubes
The Majestic receiving set. Plans
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

sheep, while the others have farm
flocks ranging from $50 to 500 head.
Sheep as side line has proved prof
liable to many farmers in this terri
tory.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26
100000 CONCERN
WILLDISTRIBUTE
MAJESTIC RADIO
ne Million Dollar Train Load OF
4r.EIectric Sets Arrive for North
western Dealers.

Seattle. Wash. April reformation
Soottle of the largest radio distri-
t IL company in the Northwest, and
p uo of the largest in the world, was
one nnruo NJ last week by officers of the
SSI ,,ioi Distributing company, who
MO- taken over distribution and sales
nav % +be Majestic radio in this territory.
IT. VI ~, now concern is capitalized for
s ins 200 and will handle out of Seat
o. soIes and distribution in Washing
t tlS Oregon, Idaho, Montana ard
t .Iasta Branch offices are maintain
a IN Portland, Spokane and Butte.
gu III HooJinor Tho nom
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-04-26

concern are two of
S e a It'll e , S mos
prominent business
men, VIM. o. Nc
Kay, we'll known
automobile dealer,
president, and A.
F. Linden, presi-
dent of the Amer
lean Broadcasting
Company and own
er of other highly
successful enter
prises, vice presi-
dent; Gaylor Adj
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23

Dairy" thatmake the single scene
scene for the last act.
The story has to do with a rare
old slum dwelling swindler, Mrs.
Pesta, played by Helen Westley, and
her efforts to provide well for her
illegitimate daughter, Susi, acted by
Miriam Hopkins, at the expense of
various easy marks in the Czecho-
Slovak ruling class.
In this humanitarian effort, Susi
eventually supercedes her mothers.
AS a gentle hearted gold digger, she
doesn't need any particular help
from the previous generation. When
she takes a fancy to a young man
of the leisure class she not only
plays the stock market successfully
with tips inadvertently dropped by
his banker friends, and overlooked
by him, but she starts string of
dairies and puts him to work in one
of them when his caste-bound father
throws her out. 1t is a wonderful
example of what the economists call
primitive accumulation, and the
bourgeois world mentions usually as
getting a start in life" Prostitu-
ton has been the origin of many
fortunes whose present heirs exude
propriety, it has created noble
families all through history and
founded not few churches as New
Workers. knew well enough without
going to Central Europe to find out.
The dialog is simply killing. The
SNUG hypocrit, the father of Susis
choice, acted by Claude Rains as a
whiskered and voluble figure of I'M
maculate dress, is scolded at by a
cynical Cousellor Andrejs Joseph
Kilgour) for so tactlessly discover
ing that his son is not more than
technically bachelor yet.
The general social theory of the
playwright, insofar as there is any,
and it is rather unobtrusive, seems
to come in the conversation OF An
drejs with the boss of big COM
pany. Director Bezchyba, where
they agree that the ruling class is
getting so efete that if it were not
for occasional additions to the breed
through such strong and able char
acters as the lowly born Susi, it
would pinch out and socialism come
in. "Here Is Alik Vilim," they say,
$50 lazy he doesn't even talk any
more. This girl may do something
for him, for if he marries into his
own class, his children won't even
be able to eat for themselves" Alik,
the man Susi has got hold Of, is
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-04-23
S3.5O-SS.0O A WEEK
WATERS W A G {
IN PHILADELP HIA
H all Strike Of N. Y.
Food Workers

(By Worker Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, (By MaiD.
i feel that | must try to describe
the conditions in the restaurants and
hotels in Philadelphia. The hours of
slavery are the same for every de-
partment of the craft. We work
anywhere from 60 to 70 hours
week at the lowest scale of wages
imaginable.
Walters and mattresses receive
from $3.50 to So a week. Cooks get
little more. Dishwashers get an
average of $40 week. The slavery
is the same for all.
We are on our feet, on the go
from the minute we come in till we
go home. There is no specified time
for our lunch. We sit down and eat
the miserable food that is thrown at
us and we are given about 10 min
utes to swallow it and then go back
to work.
Rotten Food for Workers.
If worker is not acquainted with
the restaurant and hotel graft he
will find it hard to believe the des-
cription of the food we get. All the
stale and tainted meat, some of it
more than a week old, is cooked into
steak or ground up and ham,
burger made of it. This is the daily
menu of the restaurant and hotel
workers. 1t is never changed but
always the same twice day.
6 a. m. to IL p. m.
The hours are arranged so that
very often we start work at 6 a. m.
and finish at IL midnight, with a
couple of hours off in the afternoon.
1t is a great system; one man does
the work of two and gets nothing
to eat but miserable, sinking food,
go per cent suffering from indiges-
ton and flat feet.
1t is no wonder that the news of
the recently organized New York
cafeteria workers general strike is
being received with great enthus-
iasm here by all food workers.
Will Win Struggle.
Altho just organized, we are max
! ing great progress all over. Our
members are militant workers who
believe in and act upon the slogan
of our union, every member an
organizer"
We are out to fight barbaric con-
ditions and abolish long hours and
low wages. With our militant or
ganization and determined effort
our struggle will be won.
M. B.