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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
Government Stores Annoy
Panama Business Men

WashingtOn-(FP) - Because tie
United States government Is selling
goods too cheaply at its >commissary
stores in the Canal Zone, and Amer
lean employees are boOtlegglng then
buying-privileg to citizens OF Pana-
ma, the government of Panama IS re-
fusing to ratify a recent treaty which
is much desired by the Washington
government. Now Col. Harry Bur-
CESS, governor of the Canal Zone, has
been called TO Washington to discuss
the trouble.
In order to keep the cost of living
for its Canal employees low, the Amer
lean government has always operated
its own stores in the Zone, and 1ts
goods are free of the burden OF tariff
duty and of local taxes. 1t has also
sold supplies to ships using the Can
al. Panama merchants have Tor
years protested this trade with pass
ing ships. Now they complain also
of the sale of coupons for store pur-
chases by Canal employees to Panama
natives. which is an illicit but grow
ing traffic. Private profits are uls-
appearing, while buyers are saving
money.
Recently, Foreign Minister Arose
mena declared that the pendinIs
White-Alfaro treaty, giving to TN
United States the privilege OF flylns
commercial and military airplanes ov
err the republic. would never De Tau
fled until the United States wltndreV
from retail trade in the Canal Zone
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
MORE GRAIN, STOCK
WILL LEAVE STATE

Billings.-There viii be a larger
movement of grain and livestock from
Montana this year than last, the
northwest regional advisory board
was told by speakers Tuesday.
The trend or the grain movement,
In the opinion OF A. h. Stafford, will,
however, be somewhat changed by
the operation OF the farm storage
law, enacted by the 1929 assembly.
The commissioner of agriculture, how
ever, was unable TO say what would
De the exact effect Of the warehous-
pan, explaining that it would De
dependent on TO what extent it Is used
by the farmers.
Curtis l. MOsher, of Minneapolis,
general chairman of the board and an
officer of the federal reserve bank,
added his opinion TO that OF Mr.. Stat
ford, explaining that q smoother
movement had resulted from the OPP
Grafton of similar acts IN neighbor-
ing states.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
THOMAS F. RUCKER
JOINS NJ. N. A. STAFF,
SUCCEEDING MILLS

Great Falls, Mont.-ThOmas F.
Rucker, former editor of the Phillips
County News and who has had wide
experience in newspaper work, joined
the editorial department of the Mon
tana Newspaper association at Great
Falls Monday as assistant to w. w.
Chiefly, president and manager of the
association, according to a press dis
patch. He viii take the plan of Don
Mills, who has been with the associa-
ton for the last two or three years.
Mr.. Mills has acquired an interest IN
the Big Sandy Mountaineer, owned
by his father, C. C. Mills, and will
take over the operation of that paper.
Mr.. Rucker came to Great Falls from
Philadelphia where he was employed
on a large daily. He is accompanied
by Mrs. Rueker.
Rucker was formerly connected with
the United Publishers, the owners of
the Havre Daily News.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
JUDGE PAUL RULES
PORTION OF REAL ES
TATE Is REDEEMABLE

Wolf Point: Judge S. z. Paul has
Just handed down a decision affecting
the right OF owners OF real estate 20
redeem g part OF it by paying the
amount of real and personal property
tax which should justly be borne by
that part.
Under the law any party may re-
deem portion of his real estate from
tax sale ana it is the duty Of the coun-
y treasurer of the county, upon ap-
pncatlOn, Segregate and appogron
the amount or such real estate and
personal tax TO be borne by such lot
or parcel, anr allow the anne to be re-
deemed by paying the amount found
justly due after segregation and ap-
portionment.
A test Of the matter was brought
about by 1heo. Rounds OF Poplar, as
agent tor Johanna Jochem, when he
requested the county treasurer TO seq
regate and apportion the real and per
SOnal tax as provided by law and al
low his client 70 redeem 90 acres OF
land previously sold with other lands
for delinquent taxes, which the coun-
" treasurer refused 70 DO. An action
IN mandamnS was instituted by johann
IA Jochem in the district court of
Roosevelt county to compel the cOun-
" treasurer 70 make such apportiOn-
ment and permit such redemption
Atty. w. L. Rose represented the
realtor and Atty Arlie Foor appeared
for the county treasurer. The case
was submitted to Judge Paul upon the
facts and he directed a writ of man
damus compelling the county treasur-
er TO segregate and appOrtiOn the
real and personal taxes as requested
/ Under this decision any person deSir-
ing to redeem any lot or parcel of real
estate from tax sale may do 50 BY
simply paying TO the county treasurer
the amount of real and personal taxes
when such lot or parcel of real estats
should justly bear after apportlon
ment, without paying the taxes dus
on the balance of his real estate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

not the same temptation to adultersta
once the public has got the bnvfn.-
habit It also means, Rom adds fLas
with the cooperative wholesale cor c,,,,-
trolling the formula and the IsheI
competition bids can be obtained go f-o,,,
rival manufacturers for maxine -.
goods. A standard coop brand aIso
means savings m inventory. lower n.
terest and insurance costs. elimira-
ton OF dead stock, etc.
Ronn has a table showing comnsr
alive prices IN the Wisconsfn-Nicb.
gan-MInnesDta territory served bv hi
coop wholesale that shows the ssv-
mgs TO co-Operators from usino fbs
standard brand, known as Co-onerst-
ors Best. In every instance carefnl
and independent tests have shown the
goods OF the cO-Ops to be as gond on
better than the competing capitaliSt
brands The average saving to The
cO-operatOrs was over 1870 with somA
cases going over 300. Among the
items are:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

and cast his lot with the interests
that are now running his business and
his bank What nonsense was Rob
ert Burns talking when he spoke of
chains and slavery? The chains do
not clank. They are invisible be-
cause Of the chain newspaper smoke
screen But the small town man sell
ing out his store because of chain
store competition or the small town
bank closed because of big bank op-
position knows their cruel reality.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
|. R0DMAN GAINS
PARDON WITHOUT
SERVING SENTENCE
Former Williston Banker Wins Five
Year Fight for Clearance of Prison
Sentence.

Bismarck, n. d.. ]. Rodman
former Williston banker, has been
granted a full pardon by the state
pardon board. He was convicted in
1924 of receiving deposits IN an In
solvent bank but was never brought
to the penitentiary.
Although the action of the pardon
board was unusual, In that full par
dons rarely are issued TO men convict
ed of felonies and because of the fur
Their fact that Rodman never served
any of the four to 10-year term tC
which he was sentenced by Judge
John G. Lowe in district court, mem,
bers of the pardon board said they
felt there had been a miscarriage OF
Justice in the Rodman case.
Petitions that Rodman be granted
a full pardon were presented to the
pardon board by a group of 25 vii
liston business men, by city commits
SiOnerS, the county commissioners, tn,
county prosecutor and the members O.
the jury by which Rodman was con
victed.
No formal document was preSente,
on behalf of Judge Lowe but he wa
represented to the board as favorin;
a pardon.
Rodman was 0ne of 10 bankers o
Williams county who were indicted b
a Williams county grand jury follow
ing a succession of bank closings an
the only one of the 19 who was bro
to trial. Charges against the other
were not pressed.
i Following his conviction Rndma
hogan long fight to upset the juds
meat or to obtair a n trial. HI
xpneal to tire .Drcnse 60 II was ar
fought and the record involved W.
one of the longest ever presented /
that tribunal. More than a year ag
however, the supreme court denie
the application for a new trial ar
? affirmed the judgment of conviction
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
FARMERS LOSE
OUT In DIXIE

New Orleans, La.-(FP)-That the
farm plays second fiddle to the fac
tory In the southern states is brought
out IN the figures published IN the
Blue Book OF Southern Progress, an
annual Issued by the Manufacturers
Record. Numerically the farmers
greatly outnumber the factory en-
ployes, but their output sells for much
less.
Though there are but 1,679, 79S fac
tory workers IN the south, and twice
as many farmers ,2S1, 634-the fac
tory products of 1927 sold at S10,371,-
793,0O0 as compared to only S5,672,-
III, GOO realized from the farms. A
generation ago farm goods led. The
factory system was in knee pants
then. But year by year industry has
been pulling ahead of agriculture.
From this it must not be concluded
that the southern factory workers are
so much better off than the farmers.
Only a small fraction of that $1O,371,-
$4,000 goes to the workers in wages.
The rest goes for raw material, pow
er, other productive charges, taxes,
interest and profits.
Nearly one fifth of the south's in
dustrial workers-29O, 145-are in the
cotton mills. Cotton manufacturing
still leads IN Dixie. But the south
has also a wide variety of industries,
such as rayOn, tobacco, chemicals,
steel, aluminium, clay products, meat
packing, shoes, paper, flour, fertiliz-
ers, furniture, glass, naval stores,
lumber. Southern forests supply near
ly half of the timber produced in
America.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
Muscle Shoals Bill Of Senator
Norris Reported For Passage

Washington = (FP) = A ctin g
promptly upon the knowledge that the
I. S. Supreme Court had upheld the
pocket veto by which the Norris Mus
Gle Shoals bill enacted at the last seS-
son Of Congress was nulhfied, the
Senate committee on agriculture has
tayorably reported that measure for
repaSSage. In one of the most effec-
i've reports made by congressional
committee In years, Norris recites the
history Of the struggle which the
american people have waged against
ne extortiOns of the power trust, ard
explains his project for using the
Muscle Shoals plant as an example of
Enat the nation can do in furnishing
abundant and cheap electricity to its
people.
Norris says that the question in
VOlved In this bill is not whether the
government shall embark upon own
eTSmp and operation of a power
pant: 1t already owns and operates
ms plant. The issue, he concludes, is
one OF protecting and developing the
peoples property, under fair eompe-
u1on with private enterprise. 1t in
sO.Ses also the federal governments
gu1y TO improve navigation of the
tennessee River, and the control of
dangerous flood waters.
L IN carrying out these steps we
Incidentally produce more power than
a.. e government can utilize" he says
y ought to be a subject for congrat-
uau0n. If, in carrying on these pro-
~ governmental functions, we Incl
SSenIally tighten the burdens of the
.Olle and cheaper the necessary anc
essential elements in manufacturing
NC should rejoice rather than despair
h ana yet, the opposition which ha:
Seen 50 powerful and which has pre
an ,sn'ea the passage of proper legisla
M M regarding the governments pro
~ ~ az Muscle Shoals is moved en-
ley Icy oy selfish financial interest
10 great combinations of wealth cal
mag U,4.g 70 themselves if they are per
To 'veu 70 capitalize the power of on
V9der the terms of this hill . bo.r
The Pee. directors will be named b
SSoaI5lf resident to run the aMuscl
StstoSS corporation of the Unite
imsTt1' which would continue expel
chean r y the existing plants fo
and p gI PRODUCTION of farm fertiize,
marEs tu ~ De directed by Congress /
the r nIoI tne surplus power produced :
Be cant ,nal..IS-and at a further miami !
hama , wonI5 at Cove Greek. All:
teasurTvO gla receive into its stat
cee5s a.. per cent of the gross or,
the pls 1,tm sale of power at one I
lOcataSS ii !; at Muscle Shoals. which
from s sYe per cent of the proeee,
Creek N -. OF power from the Co,
vi6 n the sale of ron.,.
prOfit-mnssl,yv;es and other pubic s'@ no.
units ara ,1 a bodies. These r, Nh
own poyve encouraged 10 constTuct p tbe
ing such liD and !, upon their eOn rs rrU
contract wine VINES t. the Corporation ''V "
electricity =. IN them for the sale
10 years. The sar
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
HYSHAM MAN DIES
OF SPOTTED FEVER

Hysham, June 11.-Spotted fever
caused the death of Merle Miller. Al
at his ranch south of Hysham Tues.
day morning. Mr.. Miller was taken
i'll May 29th, just q days after he
ing bitten by tick, and died 10 davs
later. This is the first death from
spotted fever on record in the county
out of Is cases reported during the
last 10 years. Mr.. Miller is survives
by his wife, two sons, his father 7
Fl. Miller of Conrad, sister and =
brother.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
WHY COOPERATIVE
BRANDS ARE BETTER
AND LESS COSTLY

Superior. Wis (FP)-Explalnings
why cooperative goods are better ana
cheaper than the nationally advertls-
ed brands sold in private stores, rs,
kel Rom of the Cooperative Centfai
Exchange gives some excellent reas-
ons. In the first place he says ire
mendous fortunes are spent on adVe.-
Using the homeopathic product
the object being not to sell quality %
the public but to get the public IN tne
psychological habit of demanding
certain brand.
The coop makes a big saving on
advertising and they mean perman'
emily high quality because there L
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

plan will be applied, when the Cove
Greek dam is completed, to that pow
er source. Private bidders for whole
sale power will be given contracts only
when all public units are satisfied.
One point in the report is consider
ed By public ownership advocates to
be significant: ct is the duty of the
President, In selecting the members of
the Board of Directors, to appoint
men who have a belief in the feast
bility and wisdom of the joint resOlu-
ton" which is the Norris plan of pub
lie competition with the private power
trust. This precautiOn was suggested
by the known hostility of Presidents
Coolidge and Hoover to public owner
ship.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
G. N. Pays Big Tax
To Roosevelt County

Wolf Point.-Nel McFarlan, coun-
ty treasurer, received a big check
last week from the Great Northern
railway company as the second half
of their 1923 taxes. The amount of
the check was sos, 141.46. - Their
tax for the entire year amounted to
S21S, 228.92. Mr.. McFarlan says that
the taxes in general came In good.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
Carload of Canning
Horses Shipped from Froid

FrOid, MOnt-LOgan Walker. buy
er Tor an eastern canning concern.
shipped a carload of range horses
from here to Rockford, III, Thurs
day OF this week. Mr.. Walker re-
Gently purchased q bunch of 1900
horses over IN North Dakota, which
VIII De shipped within a week or SO
% Rockford, to be used for canning
purposes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
u.s.t viii Not Seriously
sIanP u p"zi1ess. WillySOVerAano
survey shows

-r~--n II WAr0@ u;IIvS0 Overland
- 80 Business
survey shows.
he spectacular decline IN
DeSpL.s Ines of wheat and other
t5s glo ..;- sDring, agricultural lead
gas 49, - and the press N regions
rs, Ia - and northwest most vital
q ne w. are confident that 0usl-
= - :T esrry on at 2 high level 1or
1sss - s~--r 70 six months and look
Il l-1' = a continuance OF prosper
iarFa-- -- : TO q survey just COM
~ s-T tie Wills-Overland Com
p-s'5l - ~ Of Wllys-hnlgnt
- TaiuUet automobiles
I'd 20. w. --ssEfidence IN the immediate
II - The farmer from Kansas,
- - and Nebraska, north INTO
49, 49, Iowa and the DakOtas, Is
A---zSo -;Teinsllv on three factors
'Sss- classification OF crops; larg-
80. .o.i+s from record production OF
{. - cattIe. dairy products and
l.z -. and the fact that a large
49, NJ wheat and other cereal
80 are in the hands Of specula-
- p. .--srests. the Willys-Overland
49, ,r-::oTgh bankers and newspaper
.----;7s+ors conceded that the slump
: 80 80 viii adversely affect buying
: n some sections, they declare
-. - < not the leading factor it has
- - n the past due TO more diver
-. - farming. 4 leading economist
: chicago. who has been studying
=. : .i-rafion. points out for example,
-. = speculative interests hold 200,-
I'D had bushels Of old wheat and
s s,r only about 100000 bush
sProsUect IS for relatively low
rssat prices on this years crop but
+E;s should have no serious effect on
am buying power except IN one
eron areas Of wheat country" ne
avs. Cheap and abundant corn VIII
i blessing if livestock prices stay
anywhere near present levels and
TrosDect is they will. There is some
Enforcement in market for farm
Iands and general agricultural situa-
ion outside Of wheat ought TO be
GOOD this year. Business prospects
are good for six months at least"
In Kansas and Missouri, the out,
box Is much better than apparent tC
uniformed observers, leaders IL
these states declare. The Statistical
head Of a large chain of important
farm papers with headquarters il
Kansas City wired the Willys-Over
and Company that:
Farm implement men are running
$50 ahead Of last year and are pre-
Ecting that S125,OO0,OOO worth O.
farm machinery will be sold through
here this year. That's a new record
Large wheat combine company herr
s breaking all records. Largest pain
manufacturing company for frs
tine in history is running on over
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior
u. 5. Land Office at Great Falls, Mont.
Moxy ooh 1000


U. 5. Land Office at Great Falls, Mont.
May 18th, 1929.
NOTICE is hereby given that Cora
Bessie Frisvold, of PlentywOOd, Mon
tana, who, on July q, 1928, made
Homestead Entry, Glasgow 06079S,
now Great Falls, No. 05S496, for
NEASEA Section 81, Township So n,
Range 54E., NJ. Meridian, has filed
notice Of intention to make Three
Year Proof, to establish claim to the
land above described, before E = Be-
lanskie, United States Commissioner,
at Plentywood, Montana, on the 10th
day of July, 1929. Claimant names IS
witnesses:
Ole Void, of Outlook, Montana
Oscar Wagnild, of Outlook, Montana;
Henry Ryen, of Outlook, Montana; Ole
Fiske, of Outlook, Montana
NJ. ID. NICHOLSON, Register.
Publish May 81, June 7-14-21-2S, 1925
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

CO-operators Nationally
Best Advertised
n 40, oats, case 500 $255
Wheat cereal, case 2.9O 400
Pork & Beans, u es 1.95 pan
Sliced Pineapple, No.
2, per dozen 2.55 2SG
Soup, dozen .95 115
MacarOni, per case 1.SO 100
Medium motor oil,
per gal At so
Catsup, pints, doz. BPS 2.4O
To establish coop brands it is ne
cessary for retail stores to unite into
a common wholesale. Rom looks
still farther TO the point where strong
WHOLESALERS ~again viii centralize
among themselves and finally 90 into
manufacturing"
The purpose OF the cooperative
movement" he concludes, "is to get a
more equitable and economical distri-
button Of the necessaries of life and
surely IN achievings that aim we
shouldn't allow advertising experts
with their ballyhoo methods to fool
rs
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21

Yet the old gang in the Northwest
laughter when the farmers made a
state bank at Bismarck and wanted
branch banks in every county. The
farmers saw what was coming. The
merchant may yet have to resort to
state-owned banks to get out of slav-
cry. The men who were the chief foes
OF the farmer program, the small
town banker and the small town mer-
chant, are the victims of their own
folly. The chain newspaper. the
chain bank and the chain store. an
guided by one brain advance upon the
public liberties. The banker and the
business man may live to rue the dav
when he battled his farmer friend
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-06-21
This Week

Chains and Slavery
A Cory Bed
Kept Press No More
Bootleg Banking
Chain Stores and Banks
Farmer Foresight
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-14
Guiding Your
III Child 81
TOO HEAVY BURDENS


The minds OF life should be tenn
pered for the young lamb as well as
for the shorn one.
We who are grown UP must face
bills, sickness and emotional unhap-
piness. AS parents. we have had
years In which to face, reality and
many Of us find It no joke at that.
But children during their cary
years must be granted complete I'M
munity from the stringencies VI
adult existence. They should sense
nothing OF money worries. sorrow
and the shadows which hang over
the grown ups OF the home. Dis
tracted parents must not yield TO
the temptation Of making children
the confida nts of their troubles. For
the childish spirit is not yet equip
ped to endure these things.
Andrea was taken into the conf
dence Of an unhappy mother. 4
child of six, she was heard to Won
der aloud whether mother would be
able to get n scholarship again ~.
ucT tHSS ySdi, anu " HSthct tHoy
could find a decent place to live IN
that would not be too expensive.
She wished that daddy would come
home to live with her and neither
again, but Daddy Is 20 selfish"
These are not wholesome consid-
crations for the mind of a child.
The struggle to give her an educs-
ton Is no part Of her concern. The
family budget ana the rent problem
are things she ought not to worry
about for some years to come. Her
fathers detection from the family
circle she cannot help but feel. yet
1t can only hurt her still more to
hear and echo her mothers harsh
criticism of her father.
1t il enough If the little child
faces his own problems; il when he
has spent his pennies all at once he
can wait without grumbling unit,
next allowance day; IL having sur
fered defeat he keeps a stiff uppe,
lip: and if wanting all his mothers
love he learns to share it happily.
A child who too early feels the
trials Of adult existence has bin
shoulders bent by burdens too heavy
for his years. When life seems too
hard he becomes unduly saddened
and serious and less able to under
take his ow n adventure with a hap
py spirit.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-01-14
I The Heart Story
I nV0 G Aw4KAnIn0 ola
0OV~ ~e"sss>Oessseo Steadfast WOMAN
BY Adele Garrison

For perhaps ten seconds Lillian
did not answer. and l saw Marion's
beautiful gray eyes change from
appeal to wonderment. and then to
hostile disappointment. But they
softened Immediately when Lillian
turned to me with a little smile and
said:
We'll leave the decision to
Auntie Madge." a
knew that the victory was
Marion's. for Lillian already was
aware of my opinion, and ! cut
short the child's suspense at once.
Il decide for Ronald I said
promptly. He may write and tele-
phone and cail.'
Marion started toward me. but
checked herself at the first step. ]
knew that if it haA been some other
favor than one involving Ronald
Brixton she would have flung her
cally. But she did not wish her
m other or me to see how high
valuation she put upon the per-
mission given her.
Thank you both so much" she
said sedately. May I 90 and tell
Ronald and Carolyn now? They are
anxious to hear"
''Of course, run along" Lillian
said. But when the door had closed
behind her my friend faced me
with tragic eyes.
My baby has gone. Madge," she
said. This is just the beginning"
''Of course it is / said. But
please don't act as If the wedding
march was sounding in your ears
The boy hasn't asked Marion's
hand in marriage. you know. don't
think you need to plan her trous-
seau for another fortnight"
l felt as if l were touching real
grief brutally, but / knew that she
must not be permitted to brood
fcolishly over perfectly natural
request OF her young daughters
and / felt justified In my crashes.
when the tragic lines of her face re-
Taxed and she smiled. though rue
fully.
IN try to be reasonable" she
said. Come on down. We've got to
take all Of Marion's traps over to
school with her.
ITO Be Continucd)
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