The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-07-19
FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1929


JNJf1N ANIAlN
At the last session of the legislature bill was
passed establishing rules for the regulation of the
barber trade An examining board was set up for
the selection of men who should be allowed to
practice, with scissors and razor, the heads and
faces of the public. The appointment of the board
delegated by the legislature to the governor.
Several persons in northeastern Montana thought
they had man fitted in every way for membership
on the board of barber examiners; man who did
more than any other person in northern Montana
to bring about the enactment of the bill into law
we refer to Louis Moe of PlentywOOd They rec
commended Mr.. Moe for the position. Seldom has
such an array of prominent eastern Montana people
recommended another for a position of honor.
Farmers bankers, doctors, lawyers, businessmen Of
all creeds and political affiliations joined in ask
ing the governor to honor their fellow tOwnsman
with place the board.
And on top of that the Montana Master BARRIERS,
in convention assembled, recommended Mr.. Moe
amongst others who should be appointed. Here
was a chance for Flathead John 10 honor an east
ern Montana man and to show that the state gov
eminent was run in the interest of all the people
of Montana. Did ne do it? No. He just wrote
back that there was some opposition to Mr. Moe
by some parties whom he did not name
Then some prominent PentywoOd man wrote to
the Governor telling him that there were two
three hypochondriacs in the town who had grudge
against humanity: who never missed an opportuni-
ty to knock the city and county and any person
who might have a chance of getting some position
of honor or responsibility The Governor was told
that these fellows would not dare have the epistes
they sent to the Governor appear in print That
they are the same old soreheads who write to
Wade about horrible conditions in Plentywood while
at the same time they are imbibing freely from
bottles kept in their lower desk drawers. They
the poison pen artists par excellence who misead
the National Surety company about the robbery
and threw out dark hints about the completely of
county officers IN the affair. The Surety company
went to court, lost the cause, lost huge sums in
lawyers expenses and was mulcted by court and
jury in Great Falls for the whole sum, together
with costs of the eounty's lawyers and expenses of
witnesses. The supreme court has just affirmed
the decision and the company, besides getting the
reputation of being hard pay and losing thous-
ands of dollars worth of business annually, has to
pay the money plus lot of expenses.
The Directors of the Surety company got sore
and fired Clausen, company l1w7er, and author
of "The Canary Letter" because he swallowed the
fictions told him by the Plentywood hypochondriacs
fired Attorney Hurd from further participation in
the case and we understand they have placed de-
tectives on one old Plentywood hypochOndriac, on
the theory that he told their lawyers about other
people to divert attention from himself. So far
the detectives have found that this old dngbat has
been deving into the county funds before; that he
buys new every year since the rObbery-the
last one being shining of harmon, altho he
has not much visible means of support.
We depressed so far to show the type of men
old Flathead John listens to. Now we demand that
he produce the letters sent him. If he doesn't we
viii publish them some day, together with other
letters written by the same hypochondriacs to
Wade and others
Since Con Kelly lifted old F1athead John from
his seat on cracker barrel in KaIispell he hasn't
done one thing for the people. Of Eastern Montana.
He has spit in their faces, metaphorically speak
ing on every opportunity that presented itself He
gave this section of the state just one appointment
that OF deputy game warden. And who did he ap-
point-a machinery goods salesman from Mime
sofa named Krost-a man who had only hotel
register residence in the state.
We demand to know who recommended this Co.
pher state cuckoo for this job? Did the Klan of
Homestead have anything to do with his appoint
ment? If Flathead John doesn't give us this in
formation we may have 10 ask the Keymen of Pro-
gress in Montana
We ask HObbins, sitting in the throne room ON
the sixth floor, if Governor Murphy is acting wise
~ IN allowing Flathead John to so muss I'D ap-
pointments in Eastern Montana?