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law, before going to his wife's bed
room and shooting her. He retired
to the front porch, placed the gun
at his chin and pulled the trigger.
The shot tore away most OF nus
face, but he walked around the
front yard until Sheriff John >.
Popovich, called by neighbors, sent
him to a hospital, where he died
a few hours later.
The killing was the elimination
of a quarrel and two weeks sep
aration of the Bensons.
Benson had been raised by the
Seversons since he was IL years
old. He and Severson were EN-
ployed by the same coal company.
Four children were made orphans
by the shooting. The SeversonS
are survived by two sons, Mars
Ia, and Oscar, II, and by daugh
ter, Stella, Is. Stella was in the
bedroom with Mrs. Benson whel
the crazed man shot his fourtl
victim.
The Bensons are survived by
daughter, Virginia, 8.
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see again my box of flowers; the
erstwhile fragrant red rose is still
there, but its wonderOus petals are
dropping; its freshness is gone
its day is done.
In a taxi and after an hours
ride we reach comfortable bed
and soon drift into Sunderland.
1t was indeed full day. Salt Lake
City is approximately 14OO miles
from here-the morning sun found
me there-and its setting here;
breakfast there, supper here. Why
live so long when you can live SC
much in so short a period?
In the morning we move slower
train to Washington and theI
for the great venture-the Zeppelin
over the briney deep.
Yours sincerely,
J. w. SCHNITZLER.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
GREAT NORTHERN
FIGHTS Mp. OVER
new TERRITORY

st. Paul, Sept. 3.-The interstate
commerce commission will be call
ed upon shortly TO decide whether
an area about $50 miles square in
east central Montana shall be de-
veloped by one railway or two.
With adequate rail service this
is said to be a potentially produc-
tive agricultural and livestock re-
gion. Only about 10 per cent of
the excessive cost of the haul to
markets. Ranchers have to truck
their PRODUCTS in many instances
20 and so miles over poor roads
and at a cost that is nearly half
of what they receive.
This undeveloped area is blocked
out on the north and west by the
Great Northern, on the south and
southwest by the Milwaukee, and
on the east by both the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific,
the former with branch TO Rich
ey and the latter with branch to
Circle and Brockway.
The Great Northern recently fill
ed an application to extend its
Richey branch los miles to Jordan,
the approximate center of this un-
developed territory, at an estimat-
ed cost of around 100000.
The Northern Pacific has pro-
tested, contending that the Great
Northern's proposal conflicts with
plans it had fog the extension of
its Circle Brockway branch. II
bases its claim to the territory
west of its branch on the decision
of the interstate commerce commits
sion in 1927 which allowed It tc
build westward from Glendive tc
Circle and Brockway, usurping be-
tween these two towns the origin.
al survey of the Great Northern:
proposed cross-state line between
Richey and Lewistown.
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GRAIN GAMBLERS

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wheat across international boun-
dairy line, pay Canadian duty
and yet net several cents pei
bushel above present American
prices. This can be substanti-
ated by mere reference to mar
ket quotations comparing Min
neapolis and Winnipeg prices.
Difference between Minneapolis
September wheat and Winnipeg
October wheat is about 20 cents
In favor of Winnipeg market
and even greater on cash sales.
This is outrageous to American
farmer who is at least entitled
to Canadian price for the Can
adam price is dependent upon
world mrket. / earnestly urge
that this situation be thoroughly
studied at today's meeting of
farm borad and wheat represen-
tatives. Drastic steps should
be taken Immediately to remedy
the situation"
c. w. Macdonald, chairman OF
the state railroad board, declared
that business foresight on the
part of the big grain and milling
interests of the northwest has put
them in position to make a large
profit on this years crop at the
expense of the farmer unless the
farmer protects himself by storing
at home"
Reports that North Dakota far.
mers are hauling their grain t.
Canada and getting more thar
they can get in North Dakota aft,
er paying the II cent Canadian
duty, prompted Mcdonnell to ex
plain reasons for the congestion
which exists at the Duluth anC
Minneapolis terminals and which /.
operating to batter down grain
prices to the producer.
In mid-July, according to re
ports received by Mcdonnell as
member of the grain transporta
ton committee of the Northwes
Shippers Advisory board, there wa
untitled elevator space in tn
Twin Cities for 1851 ,179 bushel
and for 17,275,939 bushels in Du
luth.
Companies Leased Space
On August 10, however, the Min
neapolis terminals were 139, 768 bu
shells short of caring for grain i
storage and on track and Dulutl
was 87S,542 bushels short of bein,
able to care for grain in storag
and on track waiting 10 be unload
ed.
In addition, 1866 cars were en-
route to Duluth.
One reason for this situation
Mcdonnell said, is that the var
GUS grain companies have lease
a large amount of the availabl
storage space, thereby making
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
ENDURANCE FLYER
FALLS ASLEEP AND
CRASHES TO DEATH

Cleveland, Sept. 4.-Pilot Thorn
as Reid, of Downey, Calf, broke
the worlds airplane solo endur-
ance record here and then lost his
life while continuing his flight to
earn bonuses to pay for a honey
moon. His plane crashed into a
tree, and he was killed probably
instantly.
Just before Reid came to the
national air races here, he and his
sweetheart in California were mar
ried. The day after the wedding,
the flyer set out for Cleveland
where he saw an opportunity to
earn enough money to pay for a
happy wedding trip, by exceeding
the solo record.
Reid was to get $500 for every
hour he remained in the air after
ne had passed the old record
''Watch me CO." he had told fell
low flyers here. Each 500 means
that much longer for the honey
MOON"
And so, Pilot Reid, husband of
only few days, took off in an
Emseo plane with Wright Whirl-
wind motor, and a large supply OF
gasoline.
Back and forth over the Cleve-
land airport, Reid circled his plane
hour after hour. Every trip seem
ed to bring him that much closer
to his bride and their honeymoon
But Reid was mistaken. Every
circuit of his course only brought
him that much closer to death.
He equalled the solo record Of
36:56:36, set by Lieutenant Robert
]. Fahy May 20 at Los Angeles
Then Reid pilOted his plane ava!
from the airport.
A few hours later a search wa
started, and at daybreak the plan,
was found. The need of sleep haC
overcome him, and he had crashed
The pilots happy hopes for +;
honeymoon had ended in death.
Avon Twenty-six carloads O.
cattle shipped from here during ;
\ daV recently.
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unaailable for use by the general
nublic or rival concerns. On Aug
nst 10. untitled leased space at
Minneapolis totalled 1,65O,OOO bu-
Shells and at Duluth 2,75O,OOO bush
els.
The result of this situation, he
said. was to hammer down the
price of cash grain. Firms with
leased space could buy it and
place it in storage with the Gel
tainty that they would be able to
sell it at substantial profit after
the rush eases up.
In addition to the leased-space
situation, Mcdonnell said, space
for S,O72, 562 bushels was empty
but unavailable to the public since
it consisted of bins containing GER.
tain grades of wheat which could
not be mixed with other grades. A
Duluth this figure was 2,257,0
bushels.
Wheat Embargo Likely
Since August 13, Mcdonnell said
the situation at the terminals ha
not been improved and the resul
is that farmers who sell at one
must take a lower price than the
could obtain by holding their grai1
Although no actual blockade
have been reported, he said, Mort
Dakota elevators are filling u
and the situation may grow eve
more serious soon. 1t is not in
probable, he said, that an embal
go may be declared on wheat shil
ments in the near future.
5 The railroad board today VIZ
: advised that an elevator at Mas
, Walsh county, was paying Mimi
apolis price, less freight, whiC
5 made price Is cents above Il
S card price at that point. This W;
: taken as an indication of an e
S fort to prevent further selling
). grain in Canada by farmers
this region.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
YEGGS GET NO CASH
FROM WOLF POINT
ELEVATOR ROBBERY

Wolf Point. Aug. 3d. Bur-
glars blew open the safe of
the Treasure State elevator
Wednesday night but found no
cash. A bill fold containing pa
pres valuable only to James
Alrick, manager of the eleva-
tor. appears to be the only
thing taken from the safe.
Grain storage tickets were left.
Sacks of flour taken from the
warehouse of the elevator
were piled around the safe to
muffle the sound of the explO-
sion. No clues were left but
from the appearance of the
marks found, it is believed that
the burglars wore gloves.
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parasite eggs upon a green leaf
it must be a band of many sheep
yes, / see the covered sheep
wagon. Little ranches now and
then, but a very rough country;
Individual small irrigating systems
make a green alfalfa field-much
in contrast with the general bleak
mountainous country.
We have been flying an hour and
a half. The flowers have come my
way numerous times, as up and
down currents toss US about. He
is nosing her down, flying low ov-
er a high plateau. There is a
sheer drop of 700 feet, and ahead
of US is a landing field and SER
vicing station. This is Rock
Springs. We give the good ship
some hgh-powered food, feel the
pulse of the trusty motor, and
away we go for Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, our next stop.
AT CHEYENNE
1t is now 1000 A. M. We have
been in the air four hours-did not
make any notes between Rock
Springs and here. The country is
very rough and arid-high ranges,
deep valleys, and sun-baked flats;
ranches more numerous-meditat-
ed over the hardships that must
have been encountered by the
hardy pioneer who trecked across
these areas from the Mississippi
Valley with their covered ox-drawn
carts and wagons, covering in a
month what | am now in an hour
Here at Cheyenne two Dutchmen
one Herman Won Hingleman and
Johan kressmann-come out to
the air field to greet me. They
had read in an evening Salt Lake
City paper that | was a passenger
on the Boiling plane, on my way
to board the Zeppelin for Ger
many, so they were interested anc
wished me happy and safe jour
ney, and also asked me to greet
their relations over there for then
one in Hamburg and others II
Bavaria. Bobby Thompson. the
pilot, and our good ship remain
here while the mail, the flowers
and / are transferred into another
just like it. The country is nov
leveling out into wide table-lands
and it is beginning to appear more
prosperous and more settled. w,
fly at an altitude of about fiv,
thousand feet; a rather thick haz,
appears ahead of us; little wind
and evidently quite warm down OF
terra firma. A wide, dry river an
pears, then another to the nortl
with water in tit must he th,
Platte, and so / know we are !,
Nebraska. The haze is heavy an,
visibility poor. Heyl WhatS TIL
motor has just spluttered-thero 4
an abrupt stop to its nIeassn
drone-and if there is anv+bin,
an aviator doesn't like it's wbe'
this happens. He noses the shir
earthward quickly; the flower We,
again greet me; sit nm stro;ob
and look for a place to land: the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
YECGS CRACK SAFE
In MEDICINE LAKE
FARMER ELEVATOR

Medicine Lake.-Lionel Opgrand,
manager of the Medicine Lake
Farmers Elevator Co., met with an
unpleasant surprise when he open
ed the office early last Friday
morning and discovered the office
in mass of wreckage.
Yeggs had entered the office
during the night, using a large bar
TO pry open the office door and
proceeded to elbow the large safe
using soup" for the work which
was very neatly done, having all
the appearance of the work of ex-
perts as the door was blown COM
pletely off the safe.
A car belonging to the Markuson
Epler garage was taken by the
yeggs and is supposed to have been
used to drive to the Great North
ern gravel pit about a mile south
of here where large bar was pro-
cured with which they pryed open
the office door. The car was not
used in the getaway but was left
near the elevator.
The night Waterman on a Great
Northern engine which was stand
ing on a side track but short dis
lance from the elevator, heard nc
report or noticed any movement:
about the elevator, it is said. Two
residents of town, however, claim
to have heard a muffled report
during the night.
The culprits procured nothing o.
value from the safe as it contained
no cash, only books and records o.
the company. A shot gun belonging
to Mr.. Opgrande was the only ar
ticle taken by the robbers as re
vealed by hasty checkup in tn
morning.
There is no clue to the identit,
of the cracksmen as. no suspicion
characters were seen about town
the manner of their getaway l
not known as no cars have beer
reported stolen from town at thi
time.
The fact that an elevator SAT-
was chosen for the "blow-off
seems to mark the work of anna
teurs as it is generally known tina
seldom is there any cash or nego
table securities kept in elevate
safes.
However the neatness of the jo
and the fact that gloves (whic
eliminate finger prints) were use
by the robbers, mark it as tn
work of experts. AS there wer
two pairs of gloves left in the OF
flee, it is supposed there were 9
least two men on the job.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
MORRISON SCORES
ANTI-LABOR POLICY
In WEST VIRGINIA

Huntington, w. Va. = OPP
Frank Morrison, Secretary of the
American Federation of Labor
speaking at a Tri-State Labor Day
gathering in Huntington, de-
nounced the low wage policy of
West Virginia coal mine owners,
and their hostility to mine-safety
devices. He pleaded for the Child
Labor Amendment as a measure of
national economy, as we'll as a
measure of humanity. He boasted
the success of the International
Ladies' Garment Workers Union
in abolishing the sweat-shop, and
warned the country against in
junction judges folly.
"Child labor is the costliest pow
er in the world" Morrison said.
att is the gathering up of the
promises and possibilities of future
existence, of the future civilized
society, to crush them into mill
which grinds out gold on one side
and miserable wrecks on the 9TH
er. The refuse is the costliest
thing in existence. We must build
almshouses, prison and gallows to
dispose of it. We must harden and
degrade another large portion of
humanity in making them fit to
do the necessary superintendent.
"Let me call attention to the
number of fatalities and accidents
in the unorganized mines in your
state. West Virginia citizens can
not escape the toll for this distress
for the care of widows and orph-
ans who are charge on society
because owners of these unorga-
nized mines are permitted to es-
cape the cost of timbering their
properties and otherwise assure
working conditions that would ap-
proximate the safety in organized
coal fields. >. The cost of indus
trial fatalities should be placed on
industry. There should be an end
to the prOfiteering policy of pro-
ducing wealth without regard fol
human life. West Virginia is il
the front rank in its disregard Of
life In is mines.
"Closely related to the non-safe-
ty policy of the West Vir-
GINA mine owners is the collapse
of their wage reduction policy that
started with reputation of the
Jacksonville agreement and the In
auguration of the recent nation,
wide 20-months strike of bitumin,
Gus miners. 1t is unnecessary Il
remind you of the glowing prom
Uses made by these coal owners
West Virginia was to be tn,
worlds coal center. It's mountain
would be pierced by additions
shafts. The state would in
crease its population of we'll PAL,
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and Sheridan counties, Steven
Bros, st. Paul, $77,3S6.
Construction of four timber
bridges and steel bridge on the
ulbertson-Plentywood road, J. j.
Rue & Son, Bismarck, N. D., $780,
627.
Surfacing 16 miles of the Miles
City-Terry road in Custer county,
H. Pickus Construction company,
Sioux City, Ia, $59,04S.
Surfacing II miles of the Vel
lowstone trail in Missoula and
Granite counties, Lyon & Price,
Spokane, $55, 4OS.
Surfacing seven and one-half
miles of the Big Timber Columbus
road in Sweet Grass county, Col
lison & Dolvin, Billings, $22, 1886.
Regarding and surfacing 80
miles of the Three Forks arpen-
ter road in Gallatin county, Kirk
& Kinney, Spokane, S30,924.
Grading 5.5 miles of the Helena.
Boulder road in Jefferson county
L. T. Lawler, Butte, S33,481.
Construction of a 31-foot con
crete bridge across Prickly Peal
creek on the Helena-Boulder road
P. w. Hastings, Billings, S4,805.
Grading 8.5 miles of the Cascade
Wolf Creek road in Cascade coun
ty, Thomas Staunton, Great Falls
S55, 916.
Grading 1874 miles of the Miles
City-Terry road in Prairie county
( Stevens Bros, st. Paul, $55,307.
Construction of a 25-foot con
crete bridge over Billman creek OF
the Yellowstone trail in Park coun
ty, P. w. Hastings, Billings, Sc,
i 10
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06
MORE OF MONTANA
HORSES FOR IOWA

Samuel Wise, stock feeder and
farmer of Dallas Center, Iowa, is
here this week. This makes the
sixth year for Mr. Wise in buying
Montana horses for his state out
of Sheridan county, where he says
they are good sellers. Mr.. Wise is
shipping over the 500 out of Dale
view Friday two carloads of horses
and two carloads of young calves.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-09-06

late late. President Wilson's ~Ri,,. !
Self-Determination," Il sssr Ign Of
us that the Arabs deserve VEINS \ .
OF 1t: And the Arabs, benz : S a.'
soned politicians know H.. S : Sea
must slice it off with tSsi, u !:
mitars. Of course it is 'I no.. g.
that neither the Arabs nor Srs'l NJ
Jews signed the Kellogg p rvt S Ss
this joke really does NOT t~ Ss,' ~
in a serious column. We ssio a.
thinking seriously of runpin, '' :
column where peace pacts -. !
at home. WI qul's
Despite the prOvocatiOn off.,
ed to Soviet Russia by tbs Fer Pst
clst Chinese government, # !, -, =
as certain as anything can Il Nv /,
this changing world that tbos,
two countries will be able "a ''l y.
tie their differences peaesir n.
Soviet Russia had the necs,'..,
military power to force the NJ,
king government to return n
Chinese Eastern railroad "a h
rightful owners but unlike fbs n !
perialist powers the first WORKS,
and Farmers government h n
world is sincerely for peace n
Chinese militarists hoped a, = ],
sistance from the big powers h
the latter had many reasons 3 I.
nOn-interference. First Of h
they know that the common rsa
pie in all countries have a frisS5
ly feeling towards Soviet Rusg,
And second, third, fourth. N
fifth, the powers have confish,
interests in China and thew voTI
be just as likely to shoot ~
other as shoot the Red ARM
they got into the scrap. With h
exception of the United State, N
Germany all the principal pOvs
) have important concessions
China and they saw in the seirr
of the Chinese Eastern RaIu
by China a precedent which MID
bring themselves sighs and rusr
later on. The reported settlensr
of the Sino-Russian differences b
a great victory for SOIs GGlo
macy and cheering news 70 d
, millions of friends Of the Vm
workers republic thuOut q
world.
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STEVENS

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"SHINERS"

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LIMELICHT

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Avon Twenty-six carloads of
cattle shipped from here during a
day recently.
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SCHNITZLER

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Star, director, cast an:
story all unezcsIei
A tale of love-tends.
impassioned, thnlIn!
glorious! "RamOnl
was made for you! y
her three loves -sad|
a peak Of rOman1|
drama!
Putnam patriot., 1929-07-03
BINGHAM DOWNS BLEAsE
South carolinan Withdraws Offensive
 Resolution

The vigorous objection offered by Senator Hiram Bingham to a resolu- ton commenting upon the entertain ment of Mrs. De Priest. colored, at the White House and aimed to advise President Hoover that this is a white country, resulted in Senator Cole Blease O. South Carolina withdraw ing the resolution after he had pre- scented it to the Senate.
 Senator Blease withdrew his resolu- ton because it was offensive to Sem ator Bingham and not because it of tended the negro race.
 Bingham entered the fray after Blease has presented his resolution and drew several caustie comments from several senators. He offered d melton that all comment on the reso- lution be expunged from the Congress sional Record, on the ground that the resolution criticising the White House for entertaining the wife of the colored congressman from Chi cago was objectionable to hundreds of thousands of cur fellow citizens and contrary to the Constitution."
 Following Bin yham's declaration, Blease leaped to h.s feet and said he would withdraw his resolution, not bccau-e it offended the negro race but because it was offensive to the sem ator from Connecticut.
Putnam patriot., 1929-07-03
BoRAH vs. BINGHAM
Idaho Senator Snaps at Connecticut
 Man

Senator Hiram Bingham's first eff forts to enter the tariff controversy in the Senate were futile when Sen ator Borah of Idaho dismissed Bing- ham with a single cryptic sentence.
 ''That means just what l say" Bo- rah snapped at Bingham with his characteristic fighting tone when the Connecticut Senator endeavored to question Borah as to a statement he made that the special session had been called chiefly fer farm relief legisla- ton.
 Borah had just requested the Sen ate to allow him to talk for a few mo- ments without interruption and had offered his statement that no tariif revision except that affecting agrl- cultural products should be made be- cause the special session had been called for tariff revision legislation when Bingham attempted to break into the discussion.
 "Id like to ask the Senator just what that means.' Bingham began without waiting for recognition, when Borah his scant hair streaming over his forehead in his best fighting man. ner turned and with a single sentence dismissed Bingham's appeal.
 "lt means just what l say" Borah snapped, and continued with his speech.
Putnam patriot., 1929-07-03

wAsHINGToN.-so that the na- tion's lawmakers can have their coffee and a bite to eat without the tormality of a regular meal, the House of Representatives has opened a coffee shop in the Capitol It is in the room formerly used as the private dining room of the Speaker just across the hall from the House restaurant.
 Since Congress usually convenes at noon. many members find It in convenient to spare the time 10 eat in the regular dining room. Repre- sentative Underbill. of Massachu-