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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Christ DahIgaard Is Fatally
Hurt In Harvesting Accident
Well Know CoaIridge Farmer Loses Life When He Fell
Into Moving Combine. Leaves Wife and Five Chill
dren. Leg is Broken In Two Places.

Christ Dahlgaard, well known
farm near Colaridge met with
fatal accident last Saturday, Aug
ust 18th while in the field work
with his combine.
1t seems that Mr.. Dahlgaard left
the machine in gear while doing
some repairing and in some way
caught his leg in the machinery,
breaking the member in two places
below the knee.
He was hurried to the Ambrose
hospital, where his leg was set
and from all appearances the in
jured man was getting along nice
ly. Shortly afterward he lapsed
into Inconsistencies and the Dahl
gard family was hastily sum-
moned and every means possible
was used to bring consciousness t.
the dying man but he passed away
Monday forenoon about 1000 o.
clock.
He leaves a wife and five chill
dren to mourn the death of a kind
and loving husband and father.
The funeral will be held Sunday
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

PROHIBITION AGENT
SEXES HOME BREW
AT HAMILTON PLACE

Malta, Aug. 15.-otto Wad-
dell, prohibition enforcement
officer, with Sheriff Ray
Campbell, raided the home Of
Mrs z. Hamilton, a short dis
tanee northeast of Malta Tues
day morning and seized
quantity of home-brewed beer.
AIraigned before G. L. Part
ridge, United States commits
sioner, Mrs. Hamilton was put
under bond to await the ac-
ton of the federal court.
Included in the seizure Of
contraband were 172 pints of
alleged beer and 27 gallons of
material in process of manu-
facture. Evidence on which
the raid was based was Sc
cured by an agent of the pro-
hibition enforcement service.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
GRAIN AUDITORS
MEET IN P'WOOD

The Northeastern Montana EIe-
vator Auditing Association held
their annual meeting a few days
ago at PlentywoOd. Business mat
ters were discussed and officers
elected.
The following were chosen as di-
rectors: Harry Stebbens OF Wolf
Point; Sid Blair of Culbertson:
Henry Hill Of Raymond; j. P.
Miller of Froid, and A. Fl. Jens-
ven of Homestead.
The new directors named the
following officers: Henry Miller.
president; Sid Blair, vice presi-
dent; J. Franc Murry, secretary.
J. G. Heisler Of Fargo, presi-
dent Of the Northwest Audit Com
pany, and T. J. Larson addressed
the meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Double Of Rasputin. the
Black Monk, Is Found

Rasputin, recorded in Russian
history as the power behind the
throne and the man E1o dominated
the last of the cars, is an impor-
tant character in "The Red Dance
The soul Walsh production for
Fox Films, which is coming to the
Orpheum Theatre Sunday and Mon
day, Septembr 1 and 2.
It was Rasputin who repeatedly
told the Gar that, as long as he,
Rasputin, lived, no harm could
come to the royal house, but when
he died the Car woul- Ind a man
practically unknown come into
power, end the Cars reign, and
send him into an exile which would
end in death.
The unknown man proved to be
Leon Trotsky and the particular in
cidents are vivid highlights in the
Continued Oh page Eight)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
ITTElSTRY SCHOOLS
IU 0 EN- SPf. gTH

The Westby schools will open
open Monday, September 9, 1929.
All pupils will be excepted to en-
ter on the first day of school un-
less excused By the Principal. Reg
istration Of High School pupils
viii take place Saturday, August
81, at 700 p. m. at the school
building. Registration may also
be made by letter. Elementary
school students will enroll and reg
lister on the first day of school.
Prin. G. F. Freiselben win have
charge Of the work in Latin, Al
zebra, and Commercial Law. Mr..
Alvin Steen viii have charge of
the work in Physics, American
History, Citizenship, Problems, and
Geometry. Miss Minnie e. Fri
berg will have charge of the work
in English, Biology, Glee CLUB,
and Defamation. Mr. Earl Skaran
will have charge Of the seventh
and eighth grades and athletics.
Miss Rene Arnsberger will have
charge of the fifth and sixth
grades and orchestra. Miss Celina
Huss viii again have charge of the
third and fourth grades. Miss In
ga Bratholt will serve her third
year as primary teacher.
Parents are urged to see that
their children start on the first
4 day Of school and that they are
regular and puncsual in their at
] tendance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
LOCAL DRUG STORE
WINS HIGH HONORS
IN WINDOW DISPLAY

That window dressing and prop.
er display of merchandise in Plen-
tyWood has reached a high state OF
perfection is attested to by the
fact that Miller's Pharmacy has
won high honors in a Gillette win.
dow display contest.
The following letter was receiv-
ed by the popular drug store the
first of this week.
GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR co.
Boston, Mass, U. S. A.
10 August 1929
Miller's Pharmacy,
PlentyWood, Montana.
Gentlemen:
We take pleasure in enclos-
our check for $500 and con-
graduate you upon having
ven a prize in the recent Gill
lette Nipdow Display Contest.
You VIII note from the at
tached list that you were one
of 800 cash prize winners out
Of q total of over 10000 pho
tographs which were submit
ted in the contest.
We appreciate the co-opera-
tion you have given US and
hope that you viii continue to
display Gillette Blades and
thereby constantly increase
your sales and profits.
Yours very truly,
Gillette Safety Razor Company,
By e. D. Copeland,
Advertising Manager.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
NORTHERN PACIFIC
PROTESTS BUILDING
BY CT. NORTHERN

st. Paul, Aug. 1.-THE first
gesture ia the threatened conflict
for tra4 lie control of the east cen
tral dis let Of Montana was made
today by the Northern Pacific rail-
way when it filed a protest with
the interstate commerce commits
sion against construction of a
Montana branch line by the Great
Northern.
This action by the Northern Pa
cific renews the controversy wag-
ed between the two roads for sew
eral years, centering around the
privilege of developing certain
parts Of the state of Montana.
Recently the Northern Pacific
filed application with the inter
state commerce commission for
authority to construct a 24-mile
branch line from the Glendive-
Brockway line. Tt is because of
this application that the Northern
Pacific is protesting construction
of additional lines by the Great
Northern in this particular area.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

conditions of state governmental
policies. He was thoughtful, re
sourceful little bunch of activity
with organization ability. He had
his ear to the ground and caught
the beat OF the public pulse. Six
later, a newly organized
political organization swept the
state and was heralded as the most
powerful within the borders. The
movement Tapped over into Mime
sofa and South Dakota, and had
not the war cry been raised the
movement would possibly have
spread to very state in the Union.
The ultimate result matters not.
Three years ago, gas was discov-
cred in a shallow well at Petit
bone. This same little organizer
snuffed the spirit Of speculation
which rested in the minds of men
He came, he talked, he organized
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
MONTANA
HAS HUGE GASSER

Glendive, Aug. 21.-The Mon
tana-D Dakota Power company has
brought in what is reported to be
the largest eas we'll ever drilled
in eastern Montana. The well,
which was drilled on state school
land leased from the state board
of land commissioners, registered
an Open flowing volume of 26,5O0,-
900 cubic feet per "a hours, with
a rock pressure of 210 pounds.
When the well came in the force
of the gas flow was SO strong as
to endanger the drilling rig, tools
and other machinery and apparat-
us adjacent to the well. The well
viii be hooked up with the pipe
line of the company, which fur
nishes Miles City, Terry, Glendive
and various cities and towns In
the Black Hills of South Dakota
with natural gas.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

he collected, he bored; he talked
some more; he collected some more
and bored some more. Other COM
panies have been formed and more
oil wells are now being bored. But
who has heard Of the inspiring
spirit Of the organization for the
past year?
That political organizer was one
A. G. Townley. That oil organi-
zer was the same A. c. Townley.
Insofar as this story goes, it mat
ters not one whit as to whether
A. G. Townley was a saint or a
sinner. Both opinions have ardent
supporters. There are hundreds
who are still fighting for and
against A. C. Townley and his ac-
tivities. His organization ability is
the one point on which all agree.
He is recognized as being Of Class
CONTINUED on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

ordered TO Leave Fire Area
With every available firefighter
pressed into service, the forest Of
tlcials Wednesday ordered all resi-
dents and visitors in the Lake Nc
Donald area to leave. Trains have
been sent by the Great Northern
to take people out. The east side
OF the park is not menaced.
Last Wednesday the flames were
within two miles of Belton station
and town on the south side of the
Middl efork of the F1athead river.
and into Glacier park on the north
side. With a strong west wind
blowing the fiery front was sweep-
ing along toward the town and in
to the park.
Another Town Menace5
a. Il. BOorman of the Northern
Montana Forestry association de-
claTed wind from the north would
menace Columbia Falls, and How
ard Flint, district fire chief is re-
ported to have said that the blaze
was the worst he had ever seen.
A general axodus Of summer
residents and vacationers began
soon after the order to evacuate
the area was passed around. All
day long they left by auto, train
and every way they could travel.
Il Rotter and his wife. eHt
un8ccounted for late Wednesday.
Their home was in the threatened
area but they refused to leave
when warned by forestry officials.
Tuesday the fire burned out many
/ logging contractors, lumber camps
and hOmesteaders, the bridge of
the National Pole company across
the north fork of the Flathead and
the north fork ranger station in
the park.
Pumps COmmandeered
Some of the inhabitants have es-
capped with only their personal eff
fects. All available pumps in this
region have been collected and are
being used to pump and throw wa
/ ter on roofs of the Belton buildings,
BUSINESS houses and Great Northern
property. The stiff breeze is bring
/ ing flaming embers and hot ashes
from the fire over the town and
adding to the danger.
Freight trains were being held
each side of Belton Wednesday
night. All passenger trains were on
time for the day but viii be held
from now on.
Forces are being reorganized for
a desperate assault against the
blaze. Included are men from the
Blackfeet and Flathead national
/ forests. Glacier Park the North
ern Montana Forestry Association
the State Lumber Company, J
/ Niels Lumber Co, and Paul B. Kel-
ley, LOGGING contractor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Superintendent Stegner
Arrives With Bride

w. E. Stegner, Superintendent
of the Plentywood schools, arrived
Monday evening Of this week with
his new bride and will take up
their residence at the S. E. Paul
residence near the Plentywood
schools.
Mr.. Stegner is very busy prepar-
ing his new home and lining up
the work for the coming school
year and visiting with friends.
Plenytwood folks extend hear
ty welcome to Mrs. Stegner in
her new home in this community
and also offer congratulations, al
though belated, to the popular Sn-
perintendent and his wife.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
SCFINITZLER TO RIDE
ON GRAF ZEPPELIN

Great Falls, Aug. 16.-Aftel
two unsuccessful attempts to ioir
the passengers Of the Graf Zep-
pelin on its return trip TO Europe
from Lakehurst, N J., Senator J
". Schnitzler of Froid has def
nltely booked passage on the larg-
est air transport when it leaves
New York around Sent 1. He re
oelved a wire from the HAMBURG
American Line company Friday in-
forming him that upper room 1Io.
3 has been reserved for him on the
trip from New York to Friedrich
shafen. The Zeppelin, now on
tour of the world is scheduled to
reach Los Angeles from the far
east about August 26th.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Well Known Chicago
Merchant Hot After
the Local Patronage

That well known merchant,
Montgomery Ward, has started
out cunning for the fall bust
ness of Plentywood people. He
shipped in several hundred
catalogs this week AS the
cost of these bulky bits Of lit
erature is said to be about So
a throw, he is squandering a
pile of money in advertising
his wares in this section.
The catalogs are issued
twice year, in the spring and
fall, and in times of prosperi-
ty and adversity. The com
pany now has hundreds of re-
tail stores and a vast amount
is spent in newspaper adver-
tising.
4 :.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Curses nd Ihen Shonts

Curses and Then Shoots
j P. Z. Evans, 68,vear-old curio
dealer, was with Chief Holt ana
Zollman when Davidson entered.
He said Davidson appeared at the
door, growing: "Now, YOU ---.
I've got you now," shot Holt thru
the heart and, turning shot Zoll-
man in the center of the breast.
Evans jumped on the man. trying
to choke him, but was driven off
BY a blow in the eye from David
sons gun.
Tie shots attracted Clyde Neal,
q fireman, who beat Davidson
down with a rock, aad Sheriff
Clyde Gilbert; a.s0 ula".l ~ s.as
scene, took him in charge.
On his way to the chiefs office,
Davidson attempted TO shoot Bob
BaiIe, city treasurer, but the gun
I -,sssseA fsse As,saasentlv Holt
I sensed trouble as Davidson enter
ed, for he took off his glasses with
his left hand and reached for his
gun with his right. Zollman also
had drawn his pistol when David
son shot him. They had been ex-
amining some beads Evans had
brought in.
Mrs. Holt Away On Visit
Mrs. Holt is expected home to-
night from a six weeks visit with
her son, Norman, naval ensign,
and with a daughter in San Diego.
ZOllman was unmarried. He has
brother and sister in Milwaukee.
Holt came to Yellowstone park
from Idaho with the Sixth cavalry
in 1897. After serving two en-
istments, he became a scout and,
IN that capacity, piloted the presi-
Dental party through the play
! ground at the time the arch was
dedicated. Davidson, Sheriff Gil
] hert says, was discharged from the
srny after an escapade. He left
the country for a time, but came
back to Livingston about two
years ago. Last Christmas the
Elks lodge found him in need and
arranged to provide him with gro
ceries and rent through the win
ter. This spring this aid was
Withdrawn and Davidson has been
working Recently the owner Of
the cabin where ne had been living
sought to eject him for failure to
paw his rent.
So far as known, there never
has been any attempt to arrest
Davidson and no trouble between
him and the chief is known to have
occurred He would not discuss
the shooting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
SLAYER FAILS in ATTEMPT
TO KILL ANOTHER; SUBDUED
BY FIREMAN With A ROCK
Accused Man Known Only AS Davidson. Was Eraplov-
ed About Town AS Laborer and Had Sodiered In Park
Subdued By Rock In Hands of Fireman

livingston Aug 21-Peter Holt LIVINGSTON chief ~ ~
ice and Martin Zoman police officer and former Montana
AVIATOR were almost instantly killed by man named David
son as they sat IN the chiefs office Wednesday morning No
trouble IS known to have occurred between the men, Holt
came TO Yellowstone park many years ago as soldier later
became scout and led the Roosevelt party through the park
I9o6 Davidson also had sodiered in the park He was
aborer here He was subdued by fireman using rock as
a weapon and is now in iai here -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
MASKED TRIO
ROBS BANK AT
ST. IGNATIUS
Force Cashier to Dress in Early
Morning Hours and Open Safe.
Loot Is Confined to S1,5OO and
Naluables From Officials Home.

Poison, Aug. 2O.-The Mission
State bank at st. Ignatius, on the
flathead Indian reservation south
Of here, was robbed Tuesday morn
ing shortly after midnight by
three masked bandits who first
went to the home of Cashier A. P.
Morse, forced him to dress at the
point of a gun and to 90 to the
bank and open the vault. Unable
to gain access to the inner safe the
nobbers made away with 81 800 in
silver which was found in the
vault, together with tn econtents
Of safety deposit boxes belonging
to the banks customers, five of the
boxes being carried away and the
balance rifled.
Picking UP q young man at the
l)ugay rooming house thev had
forced him to accompany them and
70 direct them to the Morse home.
One of the trio remained in the
Morse home keeping guard over
the young man and Mrs. Morse
ahd her three children while two
escorted NOISE to the bank.
There one remained in the au-
tomobile in the alley while the
other entered the bank and after
compelling Morse to open the vault
threatened to kill him If he did not
open the inner safe. Morse fin
ally convinced the robber that the
strong box was controlled by
time lock and could not be opened
until 9 q. m. Morse was forced to
carry the silver TO the waiting au-
tona9bile, when the two bandits re-
C1Tned 60 The B4crse honee. foreiac
Continued on page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
SN00K SENTENCED
TO DIE M CHAIR
Professors SteeIy Nerves Hold
Up Well As Judge Gives Pro-
nouncement. Killed CO-Sweet-
heart

AUuACbAitthit' AiAlcQ NO-SWecg-
heart.
Columbus, O., Aug. 2O.-Dr.
James H. Shook was sentenced to
be eelctrocuted November 29th for
the killing Of his coed sweetheart,
Theora Hix, by Judge Henry L.
Scarlett Tuesday after a motion
for. a new trial had been over
ruled
Looking the judge square in the
eye the former professor heard
the pronouncement of death with
out a tremor. He turned as the
judge finished the sentence and
started to resume his chair at the
defense counsel table. A bailiff
laid his hand on the doctors arm
as If to support him. 1t was un-
necessary. There was no weak
ness in the knees of the man whose
steely nerve, amazed a crowded
courtroom during the three weeks
of his trial that ended last We'd
nesday when a jury found him
guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree without a recommendation of
mercy.
He was taken Immediately to a
waiting automobile and whisked
to the penitentiary where he was
lodged in cell in death row.
Judge Scarlett passed sentence
after he had overruled a defense
motion for new trial. Given an
extra day in which to obtain affi-
davits to support a charge of pre-
judice on the part of zone OF
more members of the jury when
the original hearing on the motion
came up Monday, e. 0. Ricketts, OF
4 defense counsel announced Tues
lday that the affidavits were not
yet in hand. Ricketts, indicated
| the defense desired to make no ar
/ guments and the court, with an an.
lnouncement that no more time
would be given, promptly overrul
ed the motion. Ricketts, recorded
/ an exception
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
HOUSE TO MEET
LOFTHUS AGAIN
AT BRUSH LAKE
Crosby Wrestler Will Grapple
With ElWOOd House Sunday,
Sept. for Best Two out Of
Three Falls.

The wrestling fans. Of. North
eastern Montana. and. western
North Dakota win have am OppOr-
tunity Sunday, September 1, at
Brush Lake to witness a struggle
Tor supremacy between TIE 5wz
foremost mat artists Of Montana
and Dakota.
In the last match at Brush Lake
a few weeks ago Lofthus won from
House after a hard struggle, ano
there seems to have been some
question as to whether House had
his shoulders down to the mat in
the last fall when House and Lof-
thus had each fall to their credit.
their credit.
No doubt a good crowd will be
in attendance to see the match as
a contest between these two mat
gladiatOrs always show plnety of
action when they meet.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
Road Board to Contract
for "A Miles of Highway

Helena. - Contracts for the
construction of 44K miles Of
new highways will be'let by the
Montana highway commission
August 26th. The projects viii
include the grading Of 1S miles
Of highway and construction Of
four wooden bridges and a 1867
foot steel bridge on the Culbert-
srn-PlentywoOd road in Sheri-
dan and Roosevelt counties.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

Word was received in Plenty
wood the first Of the week to the
effect that Jake Woellstein, who
left here for Rochester, Mimi, sew
eral days ago, was in a very seri-
Gus condition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

m. Aa5sas wheat growers are re-
ported Fed as cool toward the Hoover
F FaLm Board. That's strange. for
Ma1sas Nal IS Republican to the core.
P,,l Tsa l4ere are no bolshevists there.
N.Y. Dlo; Aansas farmers do talk very
yot Wan Tegardlcss Of how thew
to'e. y E. They have no inclination
con y aao 3 up $40 for a share n the
t,;-o,OOV,gOO ,;o,, stabilization corDora-
ov... ,,o,' What's the matter with our
W." W. eo-Operatives, they ask. that
s,n. = should ditch them for ! gov.
fLament I'm controlled one? 4s For for
tivol., I board itself, they are nosi-
tbrosynsso tbgly sour. r Here is the talk ali sIl
sV0ga NAV Kansas: 'Nr. Hoover l
ness ~ss know mo. how to organize busi. q.
a' tbs snn men but he doesn't v-uow svv
nona s Iarmer OF he would have aAsOT bod
board Su' y genuine farmers On the tbe
farm ne filled the board with
lame ann Implement men, editors as.'
like like .Cg oSck politicians and eSi'VIs, shs
says: s'S 'awSsa,sa wASaasas tits its nose and and
Nontinued on 1.sss @'1er eI with
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
WILLSTON WINS
C0RHAM CUP AT
SC0BEY LINKS


Two Day Golf Tournament Last
Sunday and Monday at Scobey
Ends In Victory for WillistOn
Team. Vernos Nelson Takes
Third In Championship Flight.
Last Sunday and Monday, rep
resentatives of Scobey, Williston,
Sidney, Wolf Point, Glendive,
Plentywood and Glasgow, gather
ed together at the Scobey golf
link for two-day tournament.
Scobey, Williston, Sidney and
Wolf Point competed in the four
somes for the Gorham Cup, which
was won by Williston, they hav-
icon ueI on age Eigbtl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

Bel[on aug 2lSix hundred men were BATTLING desner
tey Wednesday night in effort save the park admins
tfaton buildings from the Half Moon fire that Is Tao5
through the forest from the west ~ - i"sils
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23
From
EMMONS COUNTY RECORD
Linton, North Dakota

From
EMMONS COUNTY RECORD
Linton, North Dakota
With millions of people at the
close of the general election last
fall, the liquor question was clos
ed book settled because Of the
fact that the prohibition candidate
for president won out by an over
whelming majority. Thousands
were confident in the belief that
the requirements of the Eighteenth
amendment and the Volstead act
would be enforced. Other thous-
ands were just as certain that it
would not be. Has it been? Wlil II
be?
Fifteen years ago, little heady
flax grower up at Beach became
interested in an unrest which was
prevalent over the state of Nortn
Dakota because of unsatls1ylng
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-23

according to the latest information
received as the Producers News
goes to press.