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New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
SNOW FLOW BRIGADE
 HURRIED INTO ACTION
(Continued from First Page)

O'CLOCK this morning and within an hour . blanket several inches deep covered the earth. Automobilists who came out of their garages early. not expecting as heavy . fall as re- suited. found themselves in difficult ties for want of chains. The absence of an icy base prevented skidding accidents. but many cars proceeded with great effort because of the depth of the snow in the late morn- ing and early afternoon hours.
 Flows of the Connecticut Co. were pressed into service at an early hour keeping the rights of way clear. All lines were operating on schedule with the exception of the Hartford run" which was slightly behind time. Bus routes experienced no difficulty in maintaining schedules.
 Power and telephone utilities were not affected and it was not ex- pected that they would be unless heavy rains or sleet and ice storms developed through the day.
 As the snowfall continued, streets became virtually deserted and traf- ffc was at minimum. Automobiles slowed up where deep snow was en- countered and lighter cars, which had been stopped at the curb, got under way again with difficulty.
 The familiar whistle of the Stan ley Rule & Level factory sounded this morning at 11:30 o'clock spreading the news that there would be no sessions of school this after noon. This is the second time this month that pupils were dismissed on account of the weather.
 Since there is no school tomorrow, Washington's birthday, the joy of the school children knows no bounds because they will have d three and one-haif day vacation. | Because of the stormy weather there will be no sessions of evening school tonight, Americanization Di. rector James E. O'Brien announced today.
 Hartford, Feb. Fl RIThe snow storm which struck here with un- usual intensity this morning contin. ued undiminished at noon, with state, municipal and transportation heads directing hastily mobilized forces in clearing the roads.
 Two Hartford women were injur. ed on the slippery streets. one seri. ously injuring her back and the oth. CT sustaining a sprained ankle.
 A temporary challenge to the un. employment situation is voiced 1T the offer by the city to pay ever, man who will go out and shove snow this afternoon.
 1 The state highway department an. nounced that reports of maximum depths up to 1s inches in certain sections have already come in.
 New Haven, Feb. 21 @ - Ovel four inches of snow had fallen to day in Connecticut, being one of thu heaviest storms this winter. Snow started falling early this mornin, and for several hours heavy flake obscured the vision of early morn ing automobile drivers.
 ! According to the weather burea, the storm gave every indication tha it would continue throughout toda, and this evening.
 Snow shovelers who have had bu little to do this winter. were calle, out in force this morning to keel the roads and streets clear. AS ia az is known. no tieups of trans l portation systems had been reached
New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
Pennsylvania b Hit

Philadelphia, Feb. 21 CA seven inch snow fall, tho heaviest of the winter, covered parts of eastern Pennsylvania. southern New Jersey and Delaware today. Railroad and street car trahic was slightly de- layed.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
NEwIAGTON YOUTH ARREsrED
 v>A. Qh~a.hv aAp9 ~ NA~&nw.

NEWlNGION YOUy8 Atk1SkS6tt60
 John sheasky, aSed n. ef Nswtng- ton. was arrested last night in aA apartment st 1Sl WashinStsa street.
 Hartford. by Constables Arthur o. son and Raymond V. Halleran of Nswtngton and Sergeant Deoley of the Hartford police, and will be ar- raigncd in Newington town court te- night. The young man is said te have had trouble with hts step- mother aud he was also accused of the theft of . suit of clothes and S2s, but he denied 1t to the olficera
New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
storm Warning Issued

Washington. Feb. 21 R1The weather bureau today issued the following storm warning:
 Advisory. Northeast storm warn- iEgs ordered s:30 a. m. Atlantic City to Passport. Disturbance of moder- ate intensity off Virginia Capes mov- ing northeastward with increasing intensity will cause strong northeas st winds this afternoon shifting to north tonight with gales off the coast Atlantic City to Nantucket with strong northeast winds with gales off the coast north of Nan tucket this afternoon and tonight"
New Britain herald., 1929-02-21
popE RE1,ElvE;S BlSHOPS

Rome. Feb. 21 (UP)-Rashop Daniel F. Feehan of Fall River. Mass, and Bishop Joseph J. Rice. Of Burlington. vt.. were received in audience by the pope today.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
COL. SHERIDAN BUYS
FINE APARTMENTS

Special to Producers News.
Great Falls, July 1.-COl.
Sheridan, internal revenue col
lectOr for Montana, stationed
at Great Falls, and chief of the
border patrOlmen, who patrol
the Canadian border, recently
purchased the Galley apart
ments located en- third street
south close to the business dis
trict in the high rent area.
The consideration involved
numbers into the thousands of
dollars, but the property is
considered very choice and is
a popular apartment.
Col. Sheridan has prOspered
since becoming chief of the
border patrol. Besides this
apartment, Col. Sheridan is re-
ported as the owner of a nice
> block of Anaconda stock which
he is said to have secured DUR
ing the past two years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
WHITEHALL DRILL
HITS OIL SHALE AT
DEPTH 6lO FEET
Optimism Increases With Showing
of Oil Sands; Drilling Forces In
crease Efforts.

Tapping oil bearings sands at a
depth of 610 feet, the Whitehall oil
drillers few miles northeast of
Scobey, averaging about 40 or so
feet per day brought new hopes to
an already optimistic citizenry last
week and a constant 24-hour shift
is being maintained.
Since the first signs of oil were
discovered in a water we'll at
Whitehall about a year ago every
honest effort has been put forth to
explore the field, which, according
to U. S. Government surveys, is
one of the richest in the entire
country.
A. w. Hansen, one of the inter-
ested parties of the Whitehall dis
trict, has received overtures from
a New York concern which is not
asking any outside assistance but
wishes to find some acreage on
which to sink test we'll in Sco-
bey territory. Mr.. Hansen was in
Scobey yesterday interviewing Sco-
bey parties who hold leases on
much acreage in this vicinity with
the view of interesting them in
getting the New York company tC
prospect in this vicinity.
AS long as the acreage is being
held for prospective purposes there
is no good reason why sufficient
acreage should not be released un
der terms which will insure the
| sinking of another test we'll in this
vicinity.
7 Another Well East
The Outlook, Plentywood ant
Redstone interests have arranged
for a test we'll to be sunk in tht
territory east of Scobey and ther,
is no good reason why this vicinit!
should not grasp at the opportuni
ty to benefit by such action, mas
much as the eastern company i
willing to spend its own money il
the exploration of the field.
! 1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Han
sens mission will meet with tn
success it deserves.
The Whitehall, Redstone and Sec
bey field is listed under a singl
geological report. However,
cannot be expected that any con
pany wills invest thousands of do
lars without first making a tho1
ough geological survey by its ow
2 experts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

aconda Copper Mining Company
(politely, of course, and indirectly,
as Senators must) does the sleek
Burton K. Wheeler rise up in right
eous wrath to fling back the insult
into the teeth of his accuser? No,
he does not, for it is the truth and
your modern Senator need not
bother to deny a truth which can
but recommend him to those who
sent him here. If he were being
accused of serving the farmers or
workers of his state-that would
be another thing again. -.
But we must begin at the begin
ming.
It all took place in the Senate
as you may have gathered. The
day before, the debenture plan had
been laid low following the panied
note of grief which the Great En-
gineer in the White House had is
sued to the country when the Sen
ate had failed temporarily to crawl
at the crack of the Presidential
lash. The House had voted down
the debenture plan and the whipped
Senators had skunk, tails between
their legs, into cowed submission
Borah had introduced his resolution
to limit tariff revision to agricul
|. tural schedules and for the frs
) time a note of concern had crep'
: into the speeches of the reaction
aries and standpatters. The repor
of that Illuminating and dramati
, proceedings must be left for an
: other time. Here only cross sec
! tion, as it were, viii be Offered
the part which most concerns tn
people of Montana.
Reed was holding forth on tn
dangers and iniquities OF the Bora
e resolution. This was the first tim
J, in the history of the Senate, sal
e the attorney for the steel trust
that such an attempt to limit
/ committee in the preparation of
It Senate Bill had been MADE: Bias
G furnaces in many parts of Pennsy
n vania were lying idle, the defendt
IS of Andrew Mellon, argued wit
l. CONTINUED on page Severn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

Westby Man Picks Up Boy
John Nelson of the Westby coun-
try was following a little behind
the Ford and saw the boy as the
Ford run over him, and stopped his
car Instantly and jumped out and
picked up the unfortunate lad, but
in his excitement in rescuing the
victim did not notice the number
or the state of the license.
The boy who was celebrating the
Fourth at the Lake, was rushed to
his parents home about half a
mile away and medical aid was
summoned, and every effort made
to save him, but he died early Fri
day morning as the result of fatal
internal injuries after much suf-
fering.
No investigation was made of
the matter at the time and there
seems to be no clue as to the iden-
tity of the people responsible for
the accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mauritsen have
four daughters besides the son
that was killed so brutally in the
course of his play, marring the
day with great sorrow for the par
ents and sisters.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row, Saturday, at the Mauritser
home. Rev. Frost will say the
rites and the mortal remains of ar
only son, the sacrifice to wantor
and cruel carelessness will be in
tered near his Fairgrounds anC
the scene of his death, in the Gem
etery on the old johnson farm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
BORDER PATROL
MEN BURGLARIZE
FARMERS HOME

"Officer" Winters, command
ing member of the local border
patrol, ably assisted by Patrol
man Woodward, burglariZed
the home of Gust Olson, a
farmer in the DOOley territory
one day last week, so Mr..
Olson reports. He says that
they "cOnfiscated" three or
four gallons of mash, a couple
quarts of moon, and a few bot
ties of home brew.
The patrOlmen were accom-
panied by Under-sheriff Smith
who vent along to keep the
''wunks" away from the off
GERS, as there are NO state laws
that he is in duty bound to en-
force and still shopping activi-
ties are outside of the duties
of his office.
Mr.. Olson reports that the Of
= ficers broke down his door
which was locked and entered
his private home without
search warrant Or other auth
Ority of the law, while he and
: his wife were visiting at his
= brothers home. No search
= warrant was left at his home.
Mr.. Olson further remarks
. that these officers cooked
= themselves up a meal to go
$ along with the "beer," devOur-
> ing about two dozen eggs, and
practically all of the food in
the small store of himself and
wife, leaving them without any
= food for supper on their return
= home.
Mr.. Olson says the premises
were thoroughly sacked and
his safety razor missing and
says that he wishes that Off
GER Winter would return it as
ne needs it badly and does not
have sufficient means TO buy
another: that a border patrol
man ought to have money to
buy "a razor without taking
the only one a poor old farm
er has.
+ That night these officers
+ found Gust Olson and arrested
+ him and took him before U. s.
= Commissioner Belanski, who
held him for trial in the federal
courts, releasing him on bonds
= which were furnished by hi'
= neighbOrs.
= 4 = = 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

regulating and licensing aircraft
and airmen.
Amending the herd district law.
The butcher bill providing for
the inspection and stamping Of
hides.
Repeal of the law creating the
Montana irrigation commission and
providing for a continuance of the
section on regulation and sale of
water rights.
Relating to erection and opera
tion of residence halls at state edu-
cational institutions.
Establishing the Montana state
bureau of mines and geology.
Authorizing the state to bond it
self for $3,000,000 in excess of the
constitutional limit of indebtedness
for the operation and maintenance
of the greater university and fo1
submission of the issue in Is
Providing that the board on eduk,
cation may meet at INSTITUTIONS
other than the state capitol.
Relating to direct purchase of
grain and delivery of grain by pub
lie warehousemen on storage GER
tificates.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

ficiency claims passed by the 1929
assembly was checked off as paid.
While the legislature passed 223
measures, including SO appropria-
tion bills, 81 of them did not be-
come operative until Monday, July
1.
Among these were the barber
bill and its twin, the cosmetologist'
measure. Both require examining
boards. To the state board of bar
Der examiners Gov. Erickson ap-
pointed Edw. /. Forsnan of Ana
conda, A. A. Dodson of Great Falls
and John J. Frolicher Of Kalispell.
He named Richard Williamson of
Butte, Mrs. Helen Anderson of Lau-
rel and Mrs. Reba House of Helena
to the examining board of beauty
culturists.
Another law providing for an ap
pointive officer was the one Great
ing a state library extension com
mission. Miss Clara Main of Lewis
town was the governors selection
for membership on that body. Th'
librarian at the state universit!
and state superintendent of pub
lie instruction, as ex-officio mem
bers, complete the group.
The Lewis and Clark memoria
commission also became a reality
with the chief executive appointing
John T. Phelan of Fort Benton
State Senator S. H. Porter of BIZ
Sandy and F. E. Stranahan of Fl
Benton as members. This group /
to select a site at Fort Benton fo
the erection of the memorial to tn
famous explorers. The Legislature
: however, turned out the act strip
l ped of an appropriation for the me
e mortal or salaries for the commits
4 sioners.
Gov. Erickson appointed David
j Breneman of Anaconda to tn
3 board of managers of the soldier
j home at Columbia Falls.
Among the more important c
d the other measures becoming effeC
: tive Monday are: 49,
o The amendment to the hail il
n surance law.
Relating to contracts for publ
j printing and fixing prices.
o Permitting construction of sic
walks and curbs without formatic
IS of special improvement districts |
II allowing engineering costs to be i
le cluded in the cost Of the work.
Montana's first areonautics bi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

tale In pennsylvania ana DacKs5
to Washington. But the cli-I
max is due for Montana again,
and the ending-as usual, is
not to be a happy one.
Manganese and chromitel What
have these to do with farm relief?
They are neither, planted nor har-
vested. Neither do they provide
an exportable surplus. Possibly
not one in a hundred farmers has
even heard of these strange sound
ing metals. But the United States
Steel Corporation knows. And the
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
knows. And the ornate Davie Reed
of Pennsylvania, who represents
the steel trust in the Senate,
knows; and the sleek Burton 4
Wheeler knows, and so does the
distinguished Thomas ]. Walsh
For what the Anaconda knows, its
two messenger boys in the upper
house know-so much at least as
Iohn D. Ryan tells them.
Listen for a moment to elder
statesman from Montana:
"Mr. President, l am subjected II
all manner of opportunities from
my state from those deeply inter
ested in chrome and manganese
which the Senator from Pennsyl
vania says we cannot have becaus
that would increase the cost of pro
ducing steel. :. But am per
fectly willing to allow that matte
to await action at a general sesslo
of the Congress, seeing that the
have waited for adequate encoul
agement during all these years"
! Encouragement which "WE car
not have"l To whom can tn
. learned Senator from Montana b
/ referring? Surely not the farmer
= for they do not grow manganes
: and chromite.
And when the same ornate Sel
: ator from Pennsylvania, he tn;
u represents the steel trust, lookir
|. squarely at the junior Senat'
e from Montana virtually accus'
him of being the agent of the Al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

The above is the picture of the
farm home of Mr.. and Mrs. Gust
Olson of Dooley which was raided
by Border Patrolman Winters and
others last week when a coffee pot
still and a few gallons of mash
were found. The officers are said
to have broken the locks without
papers. and do not now even carry
prohibition enforcement commits
sions any more, it is said.
Raids like this is the work these
Officers" carry on, instead of
guarding the border over which
huge cargoes of Canadian liquors
come daily and are never interfer-
ed with.
In this area, the territory bor-
dering the Missouri river from
Wolf Point TO Williston and north
TO the Canadian line, there are
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

several gigantic stills operating un-
der one ownership.
There is no regular prohibition
officers in this area-he has been
taken away. The border patrol
men DO not operate along the bor-
der, but snoop upon small stills
running in competition with the
big whiskey producers who operate
the stills mentioned above. Patrol
man Winters puts these small
sinners out of business and thus
projects the big sinners market.
Ihe big sinner could not operate
day without the full knowledge
OF Col. Sheridan, chief of the bor-
der patrol, and Prohibition Chief
Sam Roberts. Roberts has taker
his men out of this area entirely
while Col. Sheridan has Officer
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

board to indicate that the
same group of Wall Street
Bankers whose representa-
tives have obtained a stranglehold
upon nearly every executive de-
partment of government, will hold
sway here as we'll. With six MEM
bers of the board already known
and with the certainty that the two
others who are to represent wheat
and corn will run true to form,
the total picture is one of a group
of dummy, bank and insurance di-
rectors, little known or concerned
with the real problems fo agricul-
ture, under the thumb of the act
ual power behind the works. Mr..
Alexander Legge, president of the
Morgan controlled International
Harvester Corporation, and direc-
tor of a dozen big business under
takings.
Mr.. Legge is not to be chairman
of the board. That office is to go
to some other appointee, probably
Mr.. James G. Stone, of Kentucky
who is to be posed in the picture
as one of the farmers representa-,
tives. But Mr.. Legge is to be Gh'
real director of the farmers flu
ture. He is "the outstanding fl
nancial man" whom Mr.. Hoover
has been seeking. Not unexpectedly
the President has picked him from
amoner the same cOnnanV of whom
he chose his secretary of commerce
Mr.. Robert P. Lamont, formerly q
director of the corporation headed
by Mr.. Legge.
The five other members thus far
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05

which is now the Brush Lake re-
sort grounds.
Undersheriff Robt. Smith is re-
ported to have been on the grounds
at the time of the accident, but
made no investigation, but it is re.
ported that Sheriff Madsen vii
do his best to locate those respen-
sible for the killing and see thai
they are properly punished.
The people of Dagmar are very
much wrought up over the matter
and are demanding that the "hit
and run" drivers be apprehended.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
Raymond P. F. of A.
Had Picnic at Dalview

A group of farmers, members of
the Raymond Council of Progress
sive Farmers, and their families,
motored over to the breaks north
west of Daleview last Sunday,
where they spent the day picnicing,
They left home about ten o'clock
in the morning and returned about
eight at night. All reported q
splendid time and plan on several
of these outings this summer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
VIM. ATOR'S CAR
STOLEN OFF STREET
SATURDAY NIGHT

An automobile, the property of
VIM. Ator, was stolen off from the
streets of Plentywood Saturday
last by parties unknown.
The Sheriff's office was imme-
diately notified, but have not yet
been able to locate the car or find
the thieves.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
"OFFICER" WINTERS
DEPOSITS BIG ROLL
In SCOBEY BANK

: SPECIAL to Producers News. = Z.
ScObey, Montana. - Border
= PatrOlman Winters deposited a
: huge roll of bills in one of the
: local banks this morning. This
: could not have been his salary
= as it comes in the form of a
= U.s. S. Revenue department
: draft.
Is PatrOlman Winters seemed
embarrassed when he made the
deposit and blushed when GUS
toners in the bank noticed him
handing OveT his wad.
PatrOlman Winters seems to
be prOspering lately.
=
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-05
Victim Struck by Hit
And Run Automobiles
Driver In Ford Car, Occupied By Four-Victm Eight
Years Old, and Only Son of John Mauritsen Pioneer
Homesteader of Brush Lake Country-Boy Died Early
Morning of Fifth

SOren Arthur Mauritsen eghtyearod of Mr. Mrs
John Maurtsen pioneer hOmesteader and farmer of the
Brush Lake country the grounds of the
Brush Lake summer resort little time after sundown on
the evening OF July Fourth by Ford which four
people were riding The did not stop but drove off
the crushed boy Whng the road in the dust and dirt
The boy crossing the drive when he run down