The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-12-06

can usually be purchased from
Dwyer or Gottlieb or from their
travelling salesman.
Interest In Dryers Placs
Mention was made last week in
The Producers News that Gottlieb
was reported to be kicking about
the high cost of protection, saying
that $50 a month was too much.
It is peddled around town that a
certain United States deputy mar
shall, who visits Plentywood now
and then has an interest in Dwy-
er'S place and that the interest i
not a platonic one. Names are
mentioned quite frankly and some
of those who were caught in the
recent raid are feeling sore over
the partiality shown to their COM
petitors. While they recognize
that they are violating the law,
they feel-and seem justified in
feeling so-that if it is all right
for one man or two men to sell IL
quor it should be all right for ev-
erybody else.
The dry agents paid a visit to
old Martin Olson, a poor cripple
who lives on the county and occu-
pies a shack situated on the real
of The Producers News lot. 1t is
common talk that for some time
certain bootleggers, not friendly
to The Producers News, were TAX
ing advantage of old Martins dis.
ability and apparently having Sc.
cured a key to the shack, used il
TO store liquor there temporarily
A representative of The Producers
News hearing these reports warn
ed all those involved that they haC
better keep their booze away from
Martins shack. 1t looked as i
they were trying to use poor ole
Martin as pawn and also involvt
The Producers News if possible.
Last Saturday while the raiC
was on, Rodney Salisbury, visited
Olson's shack to find out if he
needed coal and there he founC
bootlegger Jim Reardon with {
gallon of moonshine in the act o.
filling a bottle for a customer
Salisbury sent bootlegger anC
moonshine flying thru the dool
and Reardon is reported to have
filled his bottle and satisfied hi
customers under the canopy o.
heaven.
Did Not Search ReardOn
Earlier in the day Reardon paiC
hurried visit to Harry Travers
a cripple, who is using the room
back of The Producers News 70.
sleeping quarters. Waddell anC
Sheriff Madsen followed Rear
don into the room. Waddell want
ed to know what the place was be
ing used for and inquired if thi
was the place that was abated
On being informed that it was no
he proceeded to Olson's shacl
which he searched but did not fine
what he was looking for. Traver
informed the Producers News tina
Reardon had two bottles of moon
shine on his person when he cam
into his room but Waddell did no
search him, tho they were search
ing every suspected bootlegge
they ran into.
Suddenly the rumor spread tina
Reardon was instrumental i
bringing the dry agents to Plen
tywood. 1t was recalled by man,
of those who were raided tina
about the 9Th of November Rear
don introduced" a fellow aroun,
town and innocently or not helped
the stoolpigeon get evidence. Rear
don is said to have assured then
that he knew the fellow who i
believed to be the William Smith
ers whose name appears on tn,
search warrants, and that he coulC
vouch for him. He is reported Il
have said that his pal was in the
same business and that he JUS
wanted to show him chow things
were done in Plentywood." Amons
the places of interest to which
Reardon guided the alleged Smith.
ers was mig" Collins chicken
ranch.
Following the raid Reardon's