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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
WHAT PRICE SUGAR AND HOW

Few believe all that is said about the power OF
big corporations. Yet one is sometimes allowed to
peep behind the scenes of a large industry that
proves beyond doubt the homely adage that 1t is
dangerous to buck the mighty"
company that produces about half the sugar
manufactured in the United States naturally looks
upon it's territory as exclusive When rival small
er company tried to break into this monopoly in
1925-26 by offering to pay beet farmers dollar
more per ton for their beets, it easy enough
for the larger fellow to beat that game by offer
prices in the contested territory even to the point
of selling sugar at AZ cents per pound though the
average price in the United States for that year
was SIS cents. Easy indeed-for in spite of these
tactics, the powerful corporation made 1870 on
its inflated capital stock in one year and 16h%
the next.
After teaching the smaller company lesson m
competition, the winning corporation thought it
best to discipline the farmers. Accordingly, the
price of a ton of beets dropped the next year
by one dollar and that price held in spite of the
desperate protests of the farmers. The company
bought 900 tons of beets at a saving Ito
them) of $3,282, 600 and like loss to the farmer
Profits on their common stoc jumped from 1914 %
to 459o in year.
The beet sugar people asking for an in
creased tariff in order, they say, to enable them
to pay the farmer dollar more per ton for their
beets. That tariff would increase the nations
sugar bill by $65,OOO 900 annually. Draw your own
conclusionsl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08

for the Teapot Dome" burglar. We have mem
bers of our own class to grieve over; men who
have been railrOaded TO Jail because they went to
battle for the workers and farmers. Men like
Tom Mooney and Warren Billings in California
Men like the l. W. w. prisoners in Walla Walla,
Washington. Men like the heroic strikeleaders OF
Gastonia.
Those men of stainless political lives are either
in Jail or waiting to be incarcerated because they
GAVE to the common people of their country the
best that was in them. A. B. Fall is convicted,
tho not yet in prison because he GAVE to one set
of capitalists his country's property which other
capitalists wanted.
He gave it for price.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
THE rum" ARGUMENT

Ant-Saloon Leaguers advance as an argument
against prohibition that bank deposits in the
United States have increased greatly since the
mobile Experiment" was inaugurated. This is
thin, lean and hungry argument
Of course bank deposits today are greater than
they were in 1920, not only in the United States
but in Ireland, Poland and the Island of Yap Ire
land is as wet as the well-known river Shannon
Poland is no more dry than the Baltic Sea and if
there is total abstainer from alcoholic beverages
on the Island of zap he is dead one.
Oh, the Island of Yap
Is a terrible trap.
It's hard to stay dry
On the Island of zap.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08

Dorothy Rupert went to Crosby
N. D., Saturday to spend the week
end with her parents. She return
ed to Dooley Monday.
Hilda and Esther Larson are
housekeeping at the M. E. Ler-
beck home and attending school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Torgrlm-
son drove to Plentywood Saturday
afternoon.
Mrs. Earl Potter was taken serl-
ously i'll with pneumonia Monday
evening. Edna Eaton is substitute
ing in the upper grades during her
absence. Mrs. Potter's many
friends hope for her speedy re-
covery.
DIR. Storkan made a professional
call in Dooley Tuesday.
Mrs. Olof Reitan and children
returned Tuesday from Eugene
Oregon, where they spent the past
six months. They made the trlI
from Oregon by truck. The Rel
tans will occupy the H. A. Bretzkf
house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shilling
and daughter Billie came up from
Comertown Tuesday evening anC
were overnight guests at the M. w
Markuson home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929
OUR LIBRARY

Sheridan County deserves to be congratulated on
its public library. 1t is one of the best in the
country for a community of its size. There is
fine selection of books and periodicals. The farm
ers' administration that governed the county for
several years took deep interest in education and
saw to it that the library was well supplied with
literature for thinking people And those who
prefer lighter reading material were not ignored.
Followers of Zane Grey as well as devotees of Oar
win and Lenin can find what they want on the
bookshelves. And if they are unable to find what
they want readily Miss Elizabeth Baker, our cour-
teous and efficient librarian, is only too glad to
shelp. If you are booster get out your horn and
to6t for the library. And better still, patroniEe
It. Noise isn't everything. Did you ever hear
about the empty barrel?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
DOOIEY

Mrs. J. ]. Schons went to Plen-
tywood Wednesday to be with her
daughter, Patricia, who is i'll at
the hospital with pneumonia.
Roy Mitchell left Thursday for
Lambert to visit friends. He re-
turned Monday.
Matt Eaton drove to Plentywood
Thursday with a team. He reports
the roads in very bad condition.
Duffy Brightsman of Plentywood
is spending a few days at the
Frank Brightsman farm.
H. M. Nelson drove to Plenty
wood Friday.
The Degree of Honor lodge held
their business meeting at the Stem.
seth home Friday evening.
The pupils in Mrs. Potter's room
enjoyed a Halloween party Friday
evening at the school. The time
was spent at games appropriate tt
the season and a delicious lunch
was served at the close of the ev
ening.
Olaf Johnson and Reuben. Kinl
of Comertown were in Dooley be
tween trains Friday evening at
tending to business matters.
William Corcoran of Comertowl
was a Dooley visitor Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. M. Madden o.
Bowbells, N. D., have been spend
ing a few days at the J. j. Schons
: home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
THOSE WHO HAVE TEARS"

When Albert B. Fall, former secretary of the
interior was convicted by a jury of his peers of
having accepted bride of 100000 for leasing the
Elks Hill basin to Doheny, there was much weep
ing in the court and Mr. Fall was pathetic
figure. But Mr.. Fall was not always fearful
sight. Read the story by Charles p Stewart of
the Central Press Association on another page.
There was time when Fall lorded it over the
natives of New Mexico. He was one or two-gm
man. There was little democracy in New Mexico
and little sympathy for the weak. Fall might have
been sitting pretty today if he had not run into
q newspaper editor by the name of Carl MCGEE.
Editors are dangerous fellows to monkey with.
Ask Fall, he knows.
Its just too bad about Fall fine of 100000
Is not small sum. But he could have been fined
$SoV'oUO One year in the pen is nothing to laugh
about But it might have been three. and further
more there is little likelihood of his ever SERVING,
day of it.
When you come to think about il. there ;s M
reason why honest folks should shed anv tears
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
THE GHOST WRITER

We learn from the All States News Bureau that
almost every president had his "ghost writer" 1t
is quite generally known that pugilists, wrestlers
golf champions actors, base ball players and some
business leaders employ men and women to set
forth on paper for public consumption gems of
wisdom designed to show the masses that every
individual can be success if he, she it, prac-
tees thrift develops ordinary rotarian virtues and
makes habit of getting to bed about 10 P NJ
We doubt, however, if the people will take kindly
to the alleged fact that presidents not the
authors perhaps the inspirers of some of
the famous state documents that have made our
Fourth of July celebrations occasions for Joy or
agony.
Hamilton, we are informed, wrote most of
Washington's state papers. Roger B. Raney wrote
Andrew Jackson's and the historian Bancroft and
the great lawyer, jeremiah S. Black, wrote An
drew Johnson's. President Hoover's style is term
ed "homely" and considered foreign to the scien-
tific mind" but suspicion exists that there is a
writer of unusual ability on the presidents staff.
1t is said by experts in such matters that "they
have sort of charm that finds in the best of
Goldsmith's Chinese letters"
Perhaps this explains Hoover's tariff law. We
did not know until now that the famous Irish bard
went in for Chinese puzzles but that is what the
tariff bill looks like to the average farmer.
Washington newspapermen say that Mrs Ruth
Bryan Owen, daughter of the late lamented funda-
mentalist and real estate salesman, is going ia
prove great stimulating influence in Congress
and that she is being closely observed Unless we
have our congress wrong the lady must have
something the hip.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08

Now York because of the high
INTO mo iN If interest the gamesters
IaeeS nov 10 may be stung. Lending
WIZ '.sav to a gambler is in the class
moI Ieyrerous occupations and some
of t aba hanks that have backed eli
u .s sli0 Loans may find themselves
en- ,nSonniIv situated as soon as the
s ua.n@pp come in from that modern
Iet or place of perpetual
S HemT that is called Wall Street.
r,oud r Olson of Minneapolis
bos decided he will run on the Far
,,'+1 abor ticket for governor and
Ineuo the Senatorial fight to Tom
s Shall and Theodore Christianson
whicb will be one lovely scrap. He
had M more than made public his
,'e' when Samuel B. Wilson,
Chief Justice of the State Supreme
court indicates that he is willing
~ +ake the Republican nomination
and run against Olson. A Supreme
oonrt i1dge knows more than most
foIks and still can learn that it
Is one thing to occupy the bench
and another to be benched.
Tn France the spirit of progress
is stirring. For years the old guard
has been running things and MAX
;no deals with big business, The
international bank now being form
ed to control the chain banks of
all countries was evidently the
last straw. You remember the
double-play combination of the old
Chicago Cubs: "Tiner to Evers to
Chance" That was the way il
worked in France: "Poincare to
Herriot to BRAND" One or other
was always Premier. BRAND was
kicked out as soon as the French
parliament met. The progressives
voted him down, being unanimous
on that. Then a country schoo
teacher, the son of a village baker
Edouard Daladier was called t.
form a government. He tried it
/ but gave it up. There are too
many varieties of progressives ye
| in France. They are split up tor
badly into factions to get any
where until they learn better. Tha
is a tip of Minnesota, Montana ant
North Dakota progressives. The.
have the votes and the power ant
only fractional differences and dis
agreements over minor issue
keeps them out of the power the,
! should be exercising. But you
progressive is by nature independ
emit, individualistic. He is prom
to quarrel as sparks are to fl
upward. But for that he woul
| have made this better world j
which to live. If he could only b
brought to take his fighting oC
on his enemies he would have thel
groggy all the time.
i An X-ray of the mummy thu
was Pharaoh who tried to keep tt
Israelites slaves in Egypt show
that he actually had a hard hear
That is the way with these bi
business industrialists. They thir
they are being hard-headed wht
it is a case of hard heart fl
which the sea of revolution owe
= whelms them and their host.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Guenther
entertained the B. r. Guenther
and Albert Ator families together
with Miss Miller at their new
home Saturday evening. Cards
were the chief diversion until mid
night when the hostess served a
dainty luncheon.
Glen Chapman is suffering with
the measles this week. The Clar-
ence Chapman and Memo Harsh
burger children are also ailing. 1t
was reported last week the Mrs.
Jacobsen's school, where the above
children attend, was clnsed because
of sickness among the pupils.
The highway between Antelope
Coalridge was blocked with snow
that fell here Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week. Ru-
dolph Stephen attempted trip to
Plentywood Thursday and after 8
hours of road breaking with his
Ford, was satisfied in turning
back.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Lobdell had
as their Sunday afternoon visitors
the Harold and B. R. Guenthei
families.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08

Stamping Out Radicalism.
It's Very Strange!
Paper Wheat.
Very Kind II Me!
GOtham's Gehenna.
PrOgressives in France.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
COALRIDGE

The regular C. L. F. Club mem
bers failed to meet Thursday with
Mrs. Samuel Torgerson due to the
bad roads. Where the next meet
ing will be held hasn't been an
noQnced by President Hueth, as
yet. :,
Oscar Thorstensen, mail-carrler
on route two, south of town, has
resorted to the use of team and
sled since the snow storm on Mon
day and Tuesday.
A goose festival was held Sunday
at the Holmes farm southwest OF
town.
Adolph Stephen, son Chrles and
John Murphy accompanied Der
Chapman to Grenora Friday. Mr.
Murphy had some dental work done
while in town.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-08
Friday. November 8, 1920

The, The SOren Johansen foll.
putting on a turkey f tOlks are
their farm home next S festival at
Miss ELY Rasmu Ss sunday.
teaching : aUc a school near tb VINO = is
Legge farm, spent the W sne Ben
with her parents here and Ses *. end
ed Monday morning bv taa return.
sled. Mrs. Emil GriySs, Team and
a teacher of that vicinit T'u ae also
ed to spend Sunday with Will, attempt .e
atives at Antelope, but '-t fo nef rel.
much snow for her Chevr"Iinaea too
turned home. 'iOiet and
Miss Bernice Mathisen
to leave this week for Ha,' e1pects
d.. with her uncle, Mr.. OIsO'ey, n.
has been visiting for the nal. who
weeks at the Mathisen homo "s' lev
with relatives at the Wr;t;nss = and
Hills. Miss Bernice will attssr5 SC =
winter term of school at Hor .u tn'
Arne LOdahl was on a ibI~ ns;ey
errand at the H. R. Guentbroa 9 L
Monday morning. iOm'
Bert Guenther took +rro,,
of feed to Grenora FRIDAY and GA Iva
back some freight for Bud cS Ss0
man. 0'iat
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
More N0tches On
Chicag0's Gun

CHICAGO, May <, U.P) Another
blow was believed to have been
struck today ut the weakened throne
of Al Caponc, gangstcr overload,
when three men were "takcn for Il
ride.
Two of the three men have been
identified tentatively as Joe ScaliSi
and Albcr, Ansalmi, henchmcn of
Capouc and notorious gang members.
Scalisi WAS out on bond on charges
i'm connection with the massacre OF
seven men here last Feb. II.
An,alm and Scalisi were acquit-
ted of the murder OF two policemen
four years ago. The Officers were
shot to death at the time one Of
the Gcnna boys, gang leaders, was
killed in q gun battle with police.
The bodies of the three men were
found across the Indiana line today.
They had been beaten severely, shot
through and through and taken to
an isolated spot.
The third man was identified by a
card in his pocket as Joe Perardi, an
official of a cigar company, who, as
far as is known, had no police record.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
MUCH DAMAGE
BY EARTHQUAKE
IN new ZEALAND
Entire Island Severely
Shaken Though No Loss
Of Lives Reported.

AUKLAND, New Zealand, May
.-lThursdM,J UP Damage OF
many thousands Of pounds was
wrought by an earthquake which
rocked this island It 3:45 Il. III. to.
day.
Buildings were wrecked, chin
h"ys knocked down, and in some
eases lhr populacc thrown iato Il
panic
The tcmblor was felt from Wan
1anui-ralm"rston all the way ac-.
cross the island 10 Napier
1t was said to be tn" wolst in
six years.
ONE Of tho hardest struck spots
was the town Of IIunterVillp IN the
interior. There the residents fed to
the streets in their night clothing
WLon tn" earthquake rocked build
A-s, demolished smaller houses m<
razcd every chimney in the town.
The towns Of Fielding aud Mar
ton in the interior also were severe.
J., hit Ly the quake.
Residents Of Hunteryilie, said
that th" ground rose up and down
Ike . "buching horse. =
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
WOMAN shot BY
LOVER NAY BE
BLIND FOR LIFE Z

HOLLYWOOD, May s. U.P) - A
quarrel over the possible return of
Peggy TroXel IS, to her husband
led Frank Williams, 43, financicr, 20
shot and seriously wound the girl
last night and then commit suicide
by sending bullet through his head.
Police said today that Miss TroXel
and Williams, in love for some
months, separated last week after
she received letter from her former
husband, John TroXel, of San Diego.
The message from TroXel read:
- When are you coming back to me?
/ know | was at fault. | trust you
now, and you know | can t live with
out you'
Mrs. Troxel and Williams had bit
ter words after the letter was re
ceived, it was said, and last night
Williams went to the residence Of
Helen Grant whore Mrs. TroXcl was
staying
He sent two younger members Of
the Grant family outside on an err
rand, entered Mrs. TroXel's room,
shot her in the head and then turned
the gun on himself.
. He died six hours later in the hos
p.tal. Mrs. TroXcl will recover, it
was said today. but she win be dis
figured for HE and perhaps win be
blind.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
D0NELLI-PORTER
TAKE LEAD FOR
MAYOR OF |. A.

Los ANGELES, May s. up
John G. Porter ana William 6.
panell win oppose each other for
the office Of mayor Of Los Angeles
On june i rs the result Of Tuesday s
primary election.
IN 1915 precincts out Of 1852
Porter pollcd 6S,7O5 votes against
4o,9ll for l3onelH. John Il. Quinn,
former national commander II the
American Legion, received 5000
votes eliminating him from the
race.
Eleven other contestants polled
quotas ranging from 1872 for
Charles j. Golden TO 1873 for
Perry II. Green. who ran on the
platform "A cuisines, Man for
Mayo..'
Bonolli now is president Of city
council and Porter WAS foreman of
the grand jury that indicted Asa
Kcycs, former district attorney, ON
charges Of accepting brihcs.
Late returns showed Erwin i.
Werner with large lead over
Pjcrsn NJ, Han for city attorney.
There was chance he would be
elected at the primary.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
lG7RIDER0N STAR
shot IN SCUFFLE
WITH OFFICER

NEW YORK, May s. U.P) - Ed
win Hill, halfback of the New York
University football team last season,
was wounded fatally last night in
what was termed a friendly scuf
fle" with Il policeman for the lat
ter's pistol
Patrolman Joseph Green, who was
stationed in booth in the Bronx
near the universitN campus, said
Hill and John Bunyan, also a mem
ber of the football team, stopped to
chat with him about l 80 p. m.
Two girls approached along the
street outside the booth, Green said,
and Hill shouted,
"Here comes a couple of swell
DANES. Let 5 have some fun.
The patrolman declared Hill reach
cd for his pistol and the next thing
he knew the football star was waiv-
ng the gun. Green reached for the
pistol and he and Hill scuffled in
side the booth. Suddenly the gun
went off and Hill fell with bullet
through his chest.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
Adams Appoints
Board To Choose
Dirigible Base

WASHINGTON, May s. U.P) -
A board of five naval officers was
appointed by Secretary of Navy
Adams today to investigate and
recommend a site for a lighter-t than.
air base ON the Pacific coast. The
board viii restrict its Investigations
to the Los Angeles-San Diego area
and is ordered to submit its report
by November /, 1929.
The board is composed of the fol,
lowing officers: Rear Admiral Will
liam A. Moffett, senior member
chief or the navy bureau of aero
nautics; Rear Admiral Joseph NJ
Reeves, member of the navy general
board; Commander Garland Fulton,
in charge of the lighterthan-ai d.
vision Of the bureau of aeronautics;
Lieut.. Comdr. Charles Il. Rosendahi.
in charge OF rigid airship training
and experimental squadron; Lieut..
Comdr. f. l.. Marshall, attached to
the fourth naval district headQuar-
tcrs at Philadelphia, Pa.
Appointment of the board was or
cred by en- act Of congress passed
last march.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
NEW ALTITUDE
RECORD SET BY
ARMY AVIATOR

WASHINGTON, May $. W.P) -
Lieutenant Apollo Soucck of the
Anacostia naval air station today
flew to a height of 10000 feet, and
is believed to have established a
new world altitude record for all
classes OF planes.
Lieut.. O. G, Champion held the
old record of 3S,4lS feet established
July %, 1927.
Soucck appeared to have suffered
little from the terrific height and
made a nice landing. He said his
altimcter read 10000 feet at the
height Of his climb and the plane
would 20 no higher.
\ Wright Apache plane, the same
one Lieut., Champion used in estab-
fishing the Old record, was used by
Soucck.
Soucek took off from the naval
air station at ll:l9 q. m. and landed
at 1928, He carried 90 gallons of
gasoline and reached the top of his
climb in 4j minutes, he said.
\ temperature of SO degrees be
low zero existed at the top Of his
climb, Soucck said.
Soucek s paragraph win be taken
to the bureau Of standards immedi-
ately for celebration.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
AIR MAIL FOR
HAWAII LOOMS
As POSSIBILITY

NEW YORK, May U.P)-Regu-
lar diri%ible air mail and passenger
service between the Pacific coast
and Hawaii, eventually extending
across the Pacific to Toxic and
other far east points, was reported
today to be under consideration hY
government officials.
The Goodyear-Zeppelin Company
Of Akron, o., and two Wall street
banking houses, Grayson NJ. P. Muir
ply and Lehman Brothers, are re
ported backing the project.
The Murphy firm represents the
aviation group dominated by c. NJ.
Keys, president OF the Transconti-
mental AR Transport Company and
Lehman Brothers are known to be
behind the aviation corporation, Il
500, ,000,G GOO holding corporation.
According to Wall street sources,
the negotiations are in the econ
versation stage but will be speed
ed if the administration at Wash
ington will lend its "cooperation
and encouragement. y
Tentatively, the promoters plan
to build two super-dirigibles, of
6,500,0OG cubic feet capacity each.
They would have accommodations
for from 60 to 100 passengers and
cargo space for 10000 to 10000
pounds of mail.
Imperial Valley press., 1929-05-08
H2'.A HEALTH OFFICERS
TO MAKE SURVEY
OF MEAT PLANTS
Supervisors Plan Check
To Make Sure Health Of
Public Safeguard.

General routine matters Consumed
most Of the session Of the beard oe
county supervisors yesterday az
though several matters Of general
public importance were taken up
aad disposed Of.
Tho commissioners instructed
Pr. {. :. Brooks, health officer
and Dr.. j. {. Pace OF CalcXico,
livestock inspector, to make an i'm
mediate inspection Of all butcher
shops, slaughter houses etc. in the
county and submit a report Of
their activities at the next meet
ms.
The district attorney was ordered
to amend the present county ordin
ance dealing with the prcsprvation
Of desert plants to include cactus
and allied groWths.
Leaves Of absences We're granted
the members Of the board and the
county clerk during the next three
months and formal resolution pass
cd to make legal all payments OF
demands. These two actions were
taken as protective measures.
The purchasing agent was in.
Strueted 70 buy a carload Of humber
for road district No. 4 and to ad
yerti@e for bids for the purchase Of
q sterilizer for the county hospital
TIE bill Of T. O. IIcjLrich had
writing expert who testified n the
}. Roy Adams case was not approx
ed but motion to reject it mad,
by Romeo Smith failed to pass. Thy
bill amounted to $135z92 whicl
Smith thought excessive.
The county commissioners ac
ceFted the plat of the Doser+
Queen Tract 10. 3 and ordered il
He'd and recorded.
The resignation of L. NJ Thomp
son, publisher Of the lmpar,a! En-
t,rprisa from the Board Of Trad
vas accepted and Lester Eichhold.
was appointed to fill the vacancy.