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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
RAILROAD FROM
MILES CITY TO
HUDSON BAY, PLAN
President of MOntana-W Wyoming
Line Would Extend North and
South Tracks to Connections in
Canada and Colorado.

Casper, Wyo., July Original
surveys of the North and South
railroad, together with the permit
for construction issued at the
time the project was undertaken
several years ago, contemplated a
line from Casper north through
the Salt Creek oil field, Kaycee,
Buffalo and Sheridan, Wyo., to a
junction point with the Milwaukee
line at Miles City, Mont.
Plans now being urged by Hugh
Lee Kirby, president of the Wyo-
ming Montana Railroad company,
direction and stockholders of which
in session yesterday in Sheridan,
sanctioned Kirby's proposal to pur-
chase the North and South, call
for completion of the line origin
ally projected with an extension
south from Casper through Raw
Inns, Wyo., to Craig, Colo. Kir-
by's plans also provide for anoth-
er extension north from Miles
City into Canada to connect with
the new railroad now building to
Hudson bay.
Through service to Los Angelo:
and the southwest also is contem
plated for the future The linz
would intersect the Burlington a
Sheridan and Casper and the Uniol
Pacific at Rawlins. The southern
extension would run south from
, Rawlins into the Snake river val
, ley of south central Wyoming t
Craig, Colo.-
The railroad at the present tim
is in operation only from Caspe
to Salt creek.
, Mr.. Kirby arrived in Casper tc
|. day from the Sheridan meeting
, and Immediately went into confer
ence with persons here intereste
in the project.
At yesterdays meeting in She.
idan, the directors and stockhol'
ers, in addition to approving XII
E by's proposal for acquisition by Il
; Wyoming Montana railroad OF Il
I North and South, voted $15,OOC
\ ! 900 bond issue to finance the pr
= posed line.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
Plentywood Man Arrested
For Breaking Game Laws

Helena. = Montana's Fish and
Game commission will meet at the
state capitol at $3.50 to consider
the fall shooting season for upland
game birds. From many sections
of the state have come petitions
for either the opening or closing
of the season for chicken, grouse
and pheasants. A shooting period
for Chinese pheasants amy be al
lowed by the commission.
Reports reaching the department
today show that George Hill was
fined $25 for fishing in a closed
stream; Mrs. L. R. Fries was fined
$25 for fishing without a license
near Anaconda, and G. T. Barker
of Plentywood was fined $25 fol
fishing in closed waters near An
aconda.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

The ghost of the original New
Rockford cutoff planned many
wears ago by the Great Northern
railway and abandoned after much
agitation and new surveys, loomed
again last week when the road fill
ed application with the Interstate
Commerce Commission for permls-
sion to build a 32-mile extension
to its line now terminating at
Richey.
Frank O'Hare, general agent at
Great Falls, was advised that this
branch win extend westerly from
Richey through parts of Dawson
and McCone counties, lying about
25 miles south of the main line OF
the Great Northern. It will tap a
rich agricultural region not now
adequately served by any railroad
according to George r. Martin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
Delegations Meet and Go on Rec
ord as FavOring Change of
County Seat With CulbertsOn as
Logical Point.

Froid, June 26.-At a meeting
held at Culbertson last week, par
ties from Froid, Poplar and Cul-
bertson, placed themselves on rec
ord as in favor of removing the
present seat of county govern
ment from Wolf Point to a new
location in the east end, prefer
ably at Culbertson.
The Bainville delegation did not
enthuse over the proposition and
expressed the belief that but little
sentiment favorable to the move
ment would be found in their home
town or the adjacent territory.
It was decided to endeavor to
get an accurate idea of the SEN
timent in the vicinity of Balnvllle
and then hold another meeting tf
decide on definite action on the
county seat question.
In order to move the county sea-
it will be necessary for 65 per cen
of the taxpayers of the county II
petition for such action. If 90 pc
cent so petition the question vii
come up at the next election, wnel
majority of all votes will decide
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
State Takes a Hand In Mys-
terry Shooting AT Corvallis

Helena, July 30.-Montana's leg
al force at the attorney generals
office Monday reviewed several
bits of evidence gathered in its
two weeks investigation of the
fatal shooting of Mrs. Othel Sc
verns, SO, Corvallis school teacher,
and sent the bullet which entered
the woman's body to Luke S. May
of Seattle, noted criminologist, for
examination.
The teacher was shot while she
was driving on a highway near
Hamilton, May 29, and died IL
days later. At the coroner's IN
quest, Sheriff J. S. Stokes OF Ra-
valli county denied sworn state
ment of Mrs. Severns' that he hao
fired the bullet. The jury decided
the woman was shot by person
unknown to it.
! Attorney General Foote said n
could not state what action woulC
be taken in the case.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

st. Louis, July 3O.-The longest
flight in the history of aviation
ended virtually under compulslon
here tonight when the st. LOUIS
Robin made a perfect three-p0int
landing at 1887 p. m. Pilots Daie ,,
"Red" Jackson and Forest .Oole
O'Brine, who took off at 7:lf am.
July 1S, had been continuously
aloft for 420 hours 20 minutes, OF
approximately TIA hours longer
than any other men in history. Inc
nearest approach to the RoGln,s
record was that of Loren Mendeii
and Robert Reinhart, who early IN
the month piloted their Angeieno
246 hours 43 minutes, 81 seconds,
a mark extended by the Robin one
| full week at 2:01 p. m. today. Al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
c. N. Asks - Mile Branch
To Run West From Richey
Would Follow Route of Original New Rockford Gut Oft
Survey Large Grain Area Would be Served Farm-
ere Anxiouslv Await Decision of Commission. >

vice president Of the Great Nor
thern, who made the announce
ment of the filing Of the applica-
tion.
On account of the distance from
a railroad the transportation costs
are high. The building of the pro-
posed line would materially reduce
the cost to the farmers OF hauling
grain to market and would stimu-
late the growth in population by
attracting farmers from the more
thickly settled portions of the
country.
Decision of the Great Northern
to build this extension followed re-
peated requests from the farmers
and business interests o. the east
ern part of the state to aid IN
opening a comparatively new agri-
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
Masonic Order Moves
Into N ew II o m e

Tuesday evening of this week
the lodge furniture and parapher-
MALTA of the Masonic Order were
moved from the former lodge room
above the Wesland Oil Station, to
the former Congregational church
building, which was purchased a
short time ago by the Masons and
is being remodeled into headquar-
ters of that fraternity.
The members of the COngrega-
tional church are planning on the
erection of a new edifice on the
lots just north of the Leo Zeidler
residence, where the parsonage is
now located.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
SONG FESTIVAL AT
FROD BIG SUCCESS
Large Numbers Attend Song Ser
vice of Lutheran Churches and
Hear Wonderful Rendition of
Music By 20 Voices With Mrs.
Opgrande Directing.

The annual song festival of the
Choral Union of the Northeastern
Montana circuit of the Lutheran
church, was held at Froid last Sun
day afternoon. Mrs. Oscar OPP
grande directed the choir composed
of 70 voices with Miss Alma Foss
as accompanist. The Lutheran
church was filled to overflowing
with an audience which deeply ap-
preciated the song service and the
fine talent displayed by the sing
ers.
Among those who took part in
the choir from here were Mrs.
Paske, Margaret and Mildred Han
isch, Meta Robinson, Dagne Wold
Mrs. A. C. Erickson, Carl Lund
Oscar Wagnild, Henry Raaen, A. c.
Erickson, H. o. Stenehjem and
Melvin Ranheim.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

the DOard' S invitation.
First Meeting August 26th
This committee will hold its first
meeting in Chicago August 26th,
and organize the Farmers Nation
al Grain Corporation with an au-
thorized capital stock of $10,000,-
600, which will be increased ulti-
mately to $20,000,000 through the
instrumentality of stock dividends.
Stockholders in the new corpor-
alton will be cooperative market
ing associations, elevator compa-
nies or farmer-owned sales agen-
cies at central markets, on the bas-
is of one share of stock for each
member. Individual farmers also
will be permitted to purchase one
share of stock each. Par value OF
the shares will be $40.
Organization by the grain inter
ests of the Farmers National
Grain corporation will mark the
first actual step taken by the new
ly created farm board to solve
the farmers marketing problems.
Other Corporations
Other similar corporations ar;
expected to be organized later t.
deal with other commodities.
Plan for the new grain corpora
tion was submitted to the grail
men by the board as the most feas
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

Grand Forks.-The North Dako
ia Wheat Growers Association, Op-
Grating a wheat pool in North Da-
kota and Montana will this year
advance $3.50 on the card price at
the various stations in the two
states instead of the advance OF
1920 which has been customary In
the past, according to a statement
issued by Geo. E. Duis, president
of the organization.
Plans for the construction OF a
terminal elevator at Grand Forks
will be taken under further consid-
Grafton at the annual meeting Of
the organization. The proposed
terminal elevator is to have a stor-
age capacity of from 100000 to l.
OOO.OO0 bushels and will include a
grain mixing and drying plant in
which the grain can be prepared
for sale in such way as to get
the highest possible price for the
members of the wheat pool, it is
said.
Continuing the statement rela-
tive to the larger advance, Mr.. Du-
is said, "It is the purpose of the
North Dakota Wheat Growers AS
sociation to make an advance or
the 1929 wheat crop of $3.50 of the
card price a tthe various stations
in North Dakota and Montana. we
believe that is a greater advance
than can be made by anyone else
| 1t is a larger amount than can b
secured on storage in bins or Il
elevators and is about equal to tn
terminal advance.
"We realize that our member
need all the money they can ge
but, at tn esame time, it is neces
sary to retain certain percentag
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

Mr.. Townley has been holding
meetings at many points in Mon
tana the past week and he has
been greeted with packed houses
and huge open air crowds, where
ever he has delivered an address.
A National Problem
The Prohibition question is a
national problem and practically
every man and woman is interest
ed in the question. Townley con-
tends that Prohibition in its pres
ent form promotes intemperance,
corrupts public officials, destroys
respect for law and law enforce
ment, finances and promotes crime,
debauches the youth and is not
enforcible.
AS every one knows who has
had the opportunity to hear him,
TOwnley is an exceptionally inter-
esting speaker and uses the langu-
age of the people in clear and
concise manner that grips his au-
dience and draws their undivided
attention throughout his entire dis
course.
Whatever the ideas a persol
may have on the great nationa
prohibition question, which j
demanding the attention of tn
Congress of the United States, th'
; large dailies, the pulpits, and tn,
whole people in general, it vii
pay everyone to hear the discus
sion next Sunday afternoon at tn
5 large cool pavilion at Brush Lake
1 Besides the speaking, the usus
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
N. D. Wheat Pool Increases
Advance to Members In 1929

in order to finance ourselves, and
we have just about gone the limit
in doing this.
"The advance of $50 is based
on present prices. If prices should
increase very much, which we hope
they will, it will probably not be
possible for us to advance the full
$3.50 on very much higher prices.
However, our advance will be has
ed on our ability to finance ous-
selves as we want to pay the mem
Der everything that we can at de-
livery time. Remember that an
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
LARGE CROWD
GREETS TOWNLEY
AT SCOBEY MEET
Limited Capacity of Hall and Ex-
treme Heat Forces Open Air
Meeting Where Large CrOw0
Hears Magnetic Talker Explain
Liquor Evil and Its Cure.

Scobey, July 28.-A. G. Townley,
organizer of the Non
PARTISAN league in North Dakota,
is travelling over the country
speaking in the interests of the
American Temperance League. Fri
day evening he addressed large
gathering from town and country
in the Scobey park. He was ad-
vertised to speak in the Odd Eel
lows hall, but, due to the extreme
heat and the limited capacity of
the hall, the meeting place was
changed to the park, where the
audience could be both cool and
comfortable.
Mr.. Townley gave a very inter-
esting and convincing address on
the subject of prohibition laws,
outlining the outstanding reasons
why the law fails to work success
fully. He gave a brief outline OF
the aims and principles of the Am.
eraos-n Temperance league for the
modification of laws to promot'
temperance.
The league will endeavor to pu
before the entire country a plal
by which the government will con
troll the sale of all liquors, at cost
with certain regulations intende'
to promote temperate habits, tn
main object. being to eliminate il
legal sales sthrough bootlegglne
and do away with the racketeerlnIi
and gang wars prevalent in tn
large cities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
MINNESOTA EN-
DURANGO FLIGHT
ENDS IN DEATH
About to Refuel, Airplane Crashes
After 149 Hours in the Air.
Captain CrichtOn Was Former
Great Falls Man.

Minneapolis, July ga "jinx"
which spelled failure to his five
previous attempts to establish an
airplane endurance record rode
again with Owen Haughland on the
seventh day of his sixth attempt |
Monday, and brought death to him
and to his co-pilot, Capt. Preston
L. Crichton of Minneapolis. Crich-
ton died a few minutes after the
endurance plane, the Miss Mime
sofa, went into a flat spin and
crashed at 5:25 a. M, Monday, af-
ter it had been aloft for 154 hours
and As minutes. Haughland lived
until A o'clock, but never regained
consciousness. He suffered a skull
fracture and internal injuries. His
/ death occurred at the veterans
hospital at Fort Smelling, where
he was taken Immediately after
the crash.
: Motor trouble forced Haughland
down on five previous occasions,
!, but on his latest attempt he ex-
: ceeded his best former record,
e which was 149 hours and 80 min
utes. He was confident that he
would establish a new record this
time, investing all his savings in
the flight.
Everything is going fine," the
4 fliers reported before the crash oc-
Cured. They asked for more gas
! and the refueling ship, Ace High
!, sister shin of the Minnesota, pre-
!. pared to take off. The endurance
4 fliers had come to within 200 fee
! of the ground. The plane side
slipped, and Crichton's efforts t.
= right the craft failed. The shil
? crashed on an automobile racing
Te track encircling the airport.
Lo Crichton was substituting as co
o. pilot of the flight because of
~ last-minute change. Thorwal
n (Thunder) Johnson, Haughland'
10 co-pilot on previous attempts, wa
M scheduled to accompany Haugf
in land, but they were unable to agre
If on the terms of their contrac
Crichton then was chosen.
Great Falls, July 31.-Capt.
J. Crichton who was killed Monda
e in the crash of the enduranS
plane Minnesota at Minneapol
ok was known in Great Falls and Ge
ar- aldine. He enlisted in the Unite
IRE States army air service from he
IN, in the summer of 1917.
tn His brother, D. A. Crichton, wi
.ch whom he was in business befo
enlisting, is a resident of Gre
nd Falls at 1912 First avenue mort
ar , He left the city Monday for Mi
neapolis to attend the funeral
pa the aviator.
Ifho Three others enlisted with Ca
Ihe I tain Crichton from Great Fal
1ar M One of them, George Campbe
i returned here after the armisti
and is in the insurance bushes
The other two, w. B. Leonard a
George Ries, died in service
France.
All four were assigned to t
on 18th aero squadron and were
y" gether for some time in Fran
After the armistice, Crichton we
'ep, into Germany with the De
Oll squadron and won a captains co
ing mission before his discharge.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
Longest Airplane Flight
Ends; Aloft 42O Hours
Jackson and OBrine on Ground Again With Record OF
Longest Continuous Flight Ever Mads-HopPed 4,a Uff
On JuIv 13. Are Met BY Cheering ihrongs AS iney
Make Perfect Three Point Landing

axultant but dripping wet CROWD OF
more than 10000 spectators raised
> deafening greeting as the Robin
finally shot to earth.
They = with the Robin - were
+.anned for the better part of an
horr before the landing by a sud
dou- dou rain suuall that drenched the
Fr f,r;rc field. No one paid more
t,ylns tEon spassing notice TO the storm,
snam Sasrover- Twenty minutes before
rUmes tSs erd Of the long flight the big
crowd GRO broke through the ponce
lines. rp f;rollv flashed
its green landing flare t,cb at s'0a as 'is \
tsu crowd moved out as SIM muen to > as sto1 I
dared. AS the plane came .sOaa - : SUI
O'' ' CONTINUED on Last Page'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

Chicago July 29-Under the guiding hand of the federal
farm board the nucleus of what is anticipated become
$20O00000 grain marketing corporation formed here
Saturday.
The nucleus is committee of 16 representative grain men,
selected from among than SO who have attended the
sessions of the farm board here during the two DAYS.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
NATIONAL PROBLEM TO Be
DISCUSSED AT GATHERING
Thousands of People VIII Be Present to Hear Former
President of Nonpartisan League Explain Prohibition
Problem AS 1t Exists Today and Its Solution. Plenty
wood Concert Band VIII Play.

Next Sunday, August 4th, Brush Lake will be the
of thousands of people from Northeastern Montana and
Northwestern North Dakota who will journey to that fam
to hear A. c. Towney former head of the
Nonpartistan League. speak Prohibition"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
Pick Men TO Organize Huge
Cooperative Grain Bodies

Stockholders In New Organization are Farmer Owned
Groups With One Share of Stock for Each Member:
Issues of $40 Par Value Each Be Sold to Agrcutur-
lists on Application.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

Mr.. and Mrs. William Weiss and
son Billy of the Outlook country
were visitors in the county seat on
Thursday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

n dose to a century the far
M and their friends have been
ryhg to organize. The result
4 been a mere multiplying of
IN organizations of various
h and stripes. The old Equity
a5lerative Exchange is a fair
0npe Of most Of the cO-Opera-
tvs Il had a large membership
nd actually helped to get both
ngnbaTs and nOn-members a bet
h price. But the load was all
\ tie members. They paid the
\ aE and footed the bills when a
n nme... The outsider took the
Gsfiis and paid nothing. Sup.
~ % per cent of the spring
nat farmers organize in com
nnee with the request of thu
iun Board. They stand gOOC
n the loan made to help then
n,iLst the grain, for the interesr
M Tor the chance that the prize
ny drop and leave them hOldini
o bag. They benefit in getting
Niler price-and so does tn
percent outside who carry n,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02
The Week

By sAN'L HILL
-. the Horse Drink
". and His Legatees
-, - Bn the Equity
Eng Outsiders Inside
piD0Ie on the Pool
Snut's Good Deed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

are not only going to leao .a
ne! .lt = water. but they are
> h'.'e : make . him drink! No No
~ u Z = used, no hose will will
- 's..'r,ed ~ between the animals animals
: S;e..s1b ,so,b to get the moisture
Fi.a tiT' iSS'' Nearly everybody is
- -, around on tip-t0e walt
'I'.ns = i done. The horse is
y . : - ;mbibe freely and vOlun:
g'5s y .Sen # water is repugnant it
H1s He IS going to take 1t
2 .,3bsI 1l.l he wants it or not
,...5r is kidding you. That
Z what the Hoover Farm
= announces as its program: n:
- -. m a Juicy mellon of hall
} &c, % y dollars and it says to
f,rwer: Organize or not one
. ljl 4 Tou get! To make it
-, tbe Board makes it very
- hat if and when the farm
- -.,,1iTes the money will be a
So,S veil secured and at a good
=. a interest. As an induce
=. : 70 organizing can you think
2 :. thing more powerful? Not
-EsI dIl you famers get to,
/ - Thm. fer being good
| van have the unheralded
/ -T7ege Of borrowing money
! i5Tsnder Legge and the 9th
Lr,tpes Of the Farm Board
A. worlds champion Optl-
Not only do they demand
a i. farmers "j0in the union"
,IT say that competition be-
] - aaOls. bureaus, oranges
r,ions must cease. For in
- IN South st. Paul the
T--e-, Union Commission Com
~ and the Central CO-Opera'
,sS1ciaticn are competing fol
4 f,rmer's livestock business
4. Farm Board holds that sOr
fang must stop. The two con
=, both claiming to be coop
rive must unite. If they d.
n They get not a single Bit
rf the 500 million melon. Tha
make them behave becaus'
now they have managed T.
,lng without a dollar from
mernment. They were her
dging business even befOr
Hoover administration an
Is not IN their mulish farme
Il they'll be sticking around al
a1s gone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

There has always been that
5'olem /, Of the fellow who stay
outside. If the Farm Board
aies a 100 per cent Organiza-
The loan it makes to the
/ wing wheat raisers is not an i'm
-'aia'e prospect. What the far
| y "anted-and what he will
/ Y get after the Farm Board
l E -,s boiling arOund-is a system
& Will get the outsider and
/ st .9ut the use Of any bribe or
/ 4. 'alsed loan. The equalization
] .Iild n would DO that. 1t is simple,
] 'SIlSe in.. and it will restrict pro.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-08-02

|csorvSe may n n, have noticed that
lpta = ana f. ,p9uls, of the North Da.
dipped s''I L. Montana Wheat pOol
ever I'm n. ms Is hands in childish % gIee
\ uHsd1 1ne y Farm Relief law eS snS
vas NTH. !. the greatest ever. 1tIS Ta
!. hs rs;e;a:t rs;s;mature by "a hours in IN
1 Fam iPS1clng' Posng A day later the
you'd h b'ru NJ announced that there
%ganissti0ouO 0O money for any farm
] sonsVe Se' !. The Wheat Pool i 0ssds ,S%s
Y vb.., . build elevators S't to HSSId So1d
Sa tSs as, or else there IS No ~ no,S aO,I
Aaks" ,"s : water vat, in the world IA rs~,, pOOl
tcoI'o pool unless there iS Is 0SH Nh
'nOed on page Eight,