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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
MOSCOW AND CHINA
SIGN PEACE TERMS

Moscow, Dec. 22.-The Sino-
Russian negotiations at Khabar-
ovsk, in Siberia, on the Chinese
Eastern Railway dispute were con-
cluded today with a jointly signed
protocol.
The protocol involved the follow
ing ten points:
/. The decisive Sino-Russian con-
ference will open in Moscow on
Jan. 25.
2. Both sides agree to "call off
their troops as soon as possible.
8. Soviet and Chinese railroad
executives who have been dismiss
ed or have resigned since the dis
rute began viii be restored to thei
jobs.
a. The same applies to nino
Soviet employees, including thei
right to pensions, back pay, etc.
5. White Russians employed i
place of Soviet employees will b
removed.
6. All Soviet citizens and Chi
neS0 respectively dAASSOCA WAAA ~
released without distinction or ex
ception.
Z. All orders or instructions re
garding the railroad since the con
flict will be Cancelled unless joint
ly confirmed.
8. The Chinese agree to dlssolv
the White Guard Corps and expo
the leaders and organizers frol
Manchuria.
9. The Chinese and Russian col
suls are to be restored with the
+ previous privileges in East Siber
( and Manchuria.
TO-. Russo-C Chinese economic o
carnations interrupted by the di
pute will be re-established.
Although the Manchurian repr
sentative, Tsai Yun-chen, sign
the protocol on behalf of the CT
: nese government, it was prlmarl
} a deal between Moscow and Mu
den.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
SHERIDAN COUNTY
HOSPITAL Is NO W
F ULLY EQUIPPED

Sheridan county can now boast
of having one of the finest and
best equipped hospitals to be found
in the west
AS a result of the annual hos
pital days which have occurred ev-
cry year since the origin of this
institution and from the royal sup
port of the citizens of the county,
the Sheridan Memorial Hospital
has grown from a very small and
heavily indebted organization to
one of the most successful of COM
munity affairs being at the present
time free from debt.
The last hospital day which was
held during the late fall was met
by the hearty support of the peo-
pie at large, netting the hospital
about $3.50 after all expenses were
paid. This money was used for bet
ter equipment and redecoratlng OF
few of the rooms.
A new operating table was pur-
chased which cost $425 at the fac
tory, also new fracture bed fol
S148.25 and the balance is being
used for remodeling and repaintlne
the rooms. Also for new linens
dishes, etc. With this new and mos
up-to-date equipment together Will
the very best x-ray machines, ster
. ilizers and optical fixtures, com
! petent staff of nurses and doctor
with the very best of qualification
6 gives every person living in north
! eastern Montana the assured feel
, ing of better protection in time o
!; sickness.
nj The annual election of officer
: and reports of the year will b
v held this year on Feb. Z. AT thu
v time there will be elected ne
n president as we'll as other officer
and it is urgently requested tn;
all stockholders and members
the organization come out to Il
meeting.
The hospital alone brings to tn
= city hundreds of people each We
or who would otherwise be compell
a. to 90 elsewhere for treatment al
n each year increasing numbers W
g. call for medical and surgical tres
m ment due to the up-to-date a,
70 splendidly equipped hospital kno-
Il ing that right here in Plentywo
we have capable doctors.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Bob Smith Hot on Trail
of Missing Bull Cali

Undersheriff Robert Smith was
seen riding furiously in the direc-
ton of Raymond Monday fore
noon last. Noting his puttees and
Stetson hat onlookers sensed there
must have been some extraordln-
airy occurrence to bring forth such
display of splendor. There was: A
bull calf belonging to Axel Marku-
son was found missing from the
livery stable at Raymond on Mon
day morning. Bob Smith was or
his trail. So far there is no re-
port of the arrest of the bull cali
or of his suspected abductor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
WHAT DO YOU SAY?

The columns or The Produc-
= ers News are open to all those
who wish to express them
= selves on any question con-
3 corning which the people
= might properly be interested
= in. If you think our county
= taxes are too high let us know
< about it. If you thin they are
too low or just about right
speak up. Be as brief as pos
sible so that the other fellow
or girl may have a chance.
Pick your own subject. You
may knock or boost-it's all
the same to us. Stay within
the limits of decency if you
possibly can. The Producers
News reserves the right to re-
duce superfluous wordage
= without however interfering
& with the sense of the article.
= Please sign letter with your
REAL name but you can use
nom de plume if you wish.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Tho Chicago has bad reputa--
ton for disrespect for law and
order the prohibition department
does not seem to think, it holds
candle to Plentywo0d in this re-
spect. Only $50 drys were assign,
ed to watch out for violations OF
the prohibition law on New Years
Eve in the Windy City, that is, one
prohib for every 10000 Chicago
ans, while here in our cute, quiet
little town, it was considered ne
cessary to have at least three men
and Oscar Collins to see that the
Volstead Law was not abused.
One prohib for every 2O,OOO II
Chicago; one for every 28O Plen
tywoodians. Either we are awful
ly tough around here or else awtu
thick to be paying the salaries O
loafers who probably are to inetfl
Gent to secure a job at honest la
Dor.
Despite the vigilance of our 10
cal shoppers we have not heard Q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
FED. RAIL BOARD
ORDERS up. ROAD
TO BUILD $50 MILES

Washington, Dec. 23.- The In
terstate Commerce Commission for
the first time, asserted its power
to compel railroad to build, a.
gainst its will, extensive new lines,
when it directed the Union Pacific
system to construct 181 miles OF
line between Crane and Crescent,
Oregon at an approximate cost OF
$9,000,000.
Because of the principle involv-
ed, the proceedings drew in all the
railroads of the Pacific northwest
and in handing down its verdict the
commission also ruled that it haC
the power to compel the railroad
to undertake the work. The Ore
gon- Washington Railroad and Nav
igation Company, a subsidiary o.
the Union Pacific, was directed t.
begin the actual construction.
The complaint brought by tn
Oregon public service commission
said the central portion of tn
state had not been provided wit
the proper rail facilities and tina
the line from Crane to Crescer
Lake was badly needed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

The great drive to enforce the
"Noble Experiment" is proceeding
apace in Plentywood. Other parts
of the county may be as wet as
the highlands of Scotland but Plen-
tywood is going to be dry and kept
dry. At last Corporal Winters is
doing his duty and doing it well,
tho by proxy.
Since the apprehension of Ed
Estes with a bottle of spirituous
cheer in his pocket there has been
considerable activity on the part
of the local detachment of revenue
men but we hear that they have
not even a mickey to show for
their labors. Men, women and In
fants are being searched indiscrim-
/ inately but so far their persons
have failed to produce the desired
evidence.
Know Their Etiquette
Messrs. Melvin and Kantener
two gentlemen who have learned
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
$4,000 FIRE BURNS
STORES AT PEERLESS

Peerless, Jan. Fire at 5
o'clock Wednesday morning
destroyed the Peerless plant
of the Montana-Dabota Power
company, together with the
: Peerless garage in the rear of
the power building. Three
cars burned with the garage
= and all other contents.
= Soper's pool hall, next door,
= caught fire from the garage
and was destroyed. Some fur
= nishings were saved from this
building but there was not
much in it as the place had
been abated and was locked
for a year.
The town is without fire
fighting apparatus and the
fact that snow covered every
thing undoubtedly saved the
Hellekson Lumber company's
+ yard and Jim Rays home and
= livery barn.
= The loss exceeds $4,000,
with little insurance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

mas holidays.
Conditions in the districts
of III United States Attor-
neys are understood to be
challenged by this informal
ton which led Borah to IS
sue the most sensational at
tack on enforcement made
by a prominent dry since the
prohibition law was enacted
ten years ago.
AS they now stand Borah's
charges are three.
1. Prohibition enforcement per-
sonnet must undergo checkur
"from top to bottom" if prohibition
is ever to be enforced.
2. Practically open saloons are
running under the noses of Dis.
trict Attorneys throughout the
country-and not only in New
York and Chicago.
Permit System Scandal
8. The new system unde
which permits are issued for man
ufacture and release of industrial
alcohol constitutes a scandal TO
which the enforcement headquar
tiers in Washington is directly re
sponsible.
When Borah made his frs
charge last Monday, he was me
with immediate answers from Al
torney- General Mitchell and Treas
ury officials who said a shakeup
personnel was then under way.
His next two charges, made Sa'
urday while his dry friends in tn
Senate were urging him to "star
by the president" brought no con
ment over the weekend from IL
White House, Justice or Treasul
departments.
The usual way such charg'
have been handled by Washingtt
officials is to demand the auth
of the charge prove his assertion
Three Washington newspaperm
recently spent 35 days in jail b
) cause they refused to ampli
!. their charges that nearly fiji
: speakeasies were being operated
Washington.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Martin Olson Dies
of ParaIytic Stroke

Martin J. Olson, 46 years Of
age, a native of Norway, died at
the Sheridan Memorial hospital
last Friday and was buried in the
Lutheran cemetery the following
Tuesday, December 31st.
The deceased suffered from a
paralytic stroke week ago last
Thursday while at his home in a
little shack back of The Producers
News. He was taken Immediate
ly to the hospital.
Martin Olson came to live In
Plentywood in the year 1915 and
has been here ever since. He was
a man of advanced ideas and in
dependent character. He suffered
from illness and for long time
prior to his death lived con the
county" Among his friends whC
accompanied the body to its last
resting place were Mr.. and Mrs
Salisbury and Mrs. Hans Rasmus
] sen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
NC CABE COUPLE WE'D

On Thursday, December 10Th, a.
the brides home in McCabe, Mont
occurred the marriage of Miss Ca,
militia Marie Rhode to Mr.. Dowel
G. Young.
The bride is the accomplished
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs
Marius Rhode, who have resided
in McCabe for number of years
and is a young lady of charming
personality. The groom is a sue
cessful farmer of near McCabe an'
is a splendid young man of ster
ling character.
The best wishes of a host 0
friends are extended 30 them 10
a long and happy married life.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

absolute independence.
The All-India congress
was authorized to inaugur-
ate active resistance to Brit
ish rule whenever it deems
the moment fit for such a
policy. Included in this pol
icy is the refusal to pay
taxes and similar measures
of resistance. The commit
tee was given full power to
fix the conditions under
which the campaign shall
be conducted.
The resolution also called on
Nationalist members of central
provincial legislatures to resign
: and boycott such assemblies.
Tt was agreed that no good pur-
pose could be served by attending
the proposed round table confer
ence in London, called to discuss
constitutional reform for India In
the light of the coming Simon
commission report and the rela-
tions between the native states and
British India.
The Left Wing at the congress
favored an immediate struggle
against the British occupation but
the moderate elements headed by
Ghandi won on this point.
Stage Big Demonstration
Prior to the passage of the res
: olution $4,000 members of the nu-
j cleus of the revolutionary army OF.
n independence staged demonstra-
ton in front of the congress hall
/ shouting: "Long Live the Revou-
II tion." A British subinspector at
a tackled two of the demonstration;
and was beaten. Ghandi prevailed
r on the two demonstrators to sur
S render to the authorities and TO
the time being peace was restored
E. A year ago at Calcutta, th'
ID congress, which is really the con
J. vention of the Nationalist party
~ decided to declare India independ
K ent of Great Britain if the latte
failed by the end of 1929 to gran
full dominion status.
British Are Frightened
~ The British are thoroly fright
III ened about the prospect. They hos
out recently in Afghanistan, thei
as puppet king, the "water boy" los
&C. ing his throne and his head {
q Amanallah whose followers ar
nd friendly to Russia. The loss Q
re Afghanistan deprives Great Brl
m tain of one of her bases of opera
oh lions against India. :.
A It is expected that with the il
zu- evitable repressions that are du
he on the part of Great Britain, Il
,n- radicals will gain control and Il
on pacifist policies of Ghandi w
re- give way to active armed resis
alf ance on the part of the Ind;
masses.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
By PAUL r. MALLON
United Press Staff CORRESPONDENT

Washington Dec. -(UP)-Evidence in support
of his charges that open saloons operating throughout
the country and that the alcohol permit system of the
Treasury Department is questionable is held by Senator
Borah, Rep, Idaho, the United Press learned today.
The Idaho dry leader has been accumuating data for
the past six months, learned and may make pub
lie when he deems it the proper time probably when the
issue raised the floor of the senate after the Christ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
BRITISH VICEROY
TO INDIA DUCKS
BOMB EXPLOSION


New Delhi, India, Dec. 20
Viceroy Lord Irwin of India mar
rowly escaped assassination today
when a bomb exploded under the
train in which he was travelling
to New Delhi for conference
with Indian nationalist leaders on
the political future of India. :.
The explosion proved inausplcl-
Gus for it was announced a few
hours later that the negotiations
between the viceroy and the ma
tionalist leaders had broken dowr
on the question of dominion status
for India. Motilal Hehru, one Of
the Indian delegates said after sew
eral hours of discussion that NJ
agreement had been reached.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
The Christmas Festival Here
And In. Chicago; the Business
Administration and Other EUilS

a single arrest for sale or posses
sion of liquor. It is true that two
or three boys were searched
among them young Robert Rookie
and young Robert Bromberg, but
no liquor was found on them.
Lots to Drink
Of course there was as much
drinking as ever going on and one
did not need more than a couple
of eyes to notice exhilarated indl
(Continueo on page Eight
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Snow Bird Does Its
Stuff for Mail Carrier

! A. Stewart, the Raymond mail
carrier. rode into Plentywood on
Thursday in his Snow Bird: He
has a forty mile run which ne
asale IN four hours with his Whip
n ,,sstAt ear on caterpillar tracks. Il
takes a team of horses day &c
make the same run.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Freak Montana Weather

Great Falls, Mont, Jan. e.
-Montana's reputation for
freakish weather and wide varia-
tions in temperatures was main
tanned the other day when Living
ston reported comparatively warm
weather of Al degrees above zero
while Saco shivered with the mer.
curry at 80 below.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Lahore, India, Jan. The Indian National Congress
today adopted by overwhelming majority resolution
introduced by Mahatma Ghandi declaring for the indie
pendence of India from British rule Tremendous cheers
greeted the passage of the motion.
The resolution provided that in the future the India
creed should mean complete separation from Britain and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
Deadlines
By the United Press
Special Wire to
The Producers News

San Francisco, Jan. q
Two missing key witnesses
to the murder of William
Desmond Taylor, Holly
wood moving picture direc-
tor, the cause of whose
death has remained a mys-
terry for several years, were
identified here today. The
witnesses reported by the
United Press are George
lHeffner and Edward Sands.
/ The famous mystery case
has been reopened and in
teresting developments are
expected. New evidence in
dicates that a woman killed
the movie director. 1t is be.
lieved a narcotic ring was
/. back of Taylor death.
| - y =
Washington, D. c., Jan
1.-THE General Electric
: Company will cooperate
y y with Mich. Spokane air mai
g filters by listening in am
e with radio stations flying re
ports. Should a plane crasl
i the exact location would b
MS flashed by general )electri
a to the nearest town by wire
"a = y y
Of Seattle, Wash, Jan. D
no The steamship Californi
wallowing in a heavy Sc
with steering gear MISSING
IT. was sending out SOS cal
Ii today.
Us " 81
'dy
not Chicago, Jan. 2.-Whe
IN dropped two and one-eighl
cents today multiplying ear
ID gains on receipt of repor
that Soviet grain is BEN
"a a. sold in England.
Ca
veil Bingham, Utah, Jan. q
he'd Urging reconciliation Jes
l 1ad L ops S, min er, critical
airs wounded his wife and tn
ing attempted suicide.
and
ter St. Louis, Jan. 2.-Lir
of bergh today discouraged
f0i movement to erect a stat
of himself here. He 81
'ele- that he preferred to be
ON. ON membered as the boy w
flew a mail plane.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
India Declares independence OF England
SEN. Borah Flags Prohbition---Pigs Run Everywhere
BLAMES DRY CHIEFS AS WELL AS STOOL
PIGEONS FOR SCANDALOUS CONDITIONS

Idaho Scion States That Alcohol Permit System Is Cues
tionable Has Been Accommodating Data for Six Months
and VIII Choose Opportune Time to Make Findings
Public. Cleanup In Entire Prohibition Personnel from
Top to Bottom Necessary He Says. Saloons Running
Wide Open Under Noses of District Attorneys All Ov-
er Country. Lays Chief Blame Headquarters At
Washington.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
CONGRESS IS AUTHORIZED
TO TAKE NECESSARY STEPS

Refusal to Pay Taxes Among Measures of Resistance.
Left Wing Favors Immediate Struggle But Moderates
Led By Mahatma Ghandi Favor More Pacific Methods.
Force of 5OO 600 Indians Nucleus of Army of Freedom
Stage Demonstration at Lahore. British Thoroy
Frightened. Fall of Puppet King in Afghanistan Seri-
Gus Blow to England.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
HIPoLITo ESCAPES DEATH

Buenos Aires, Dec. pam at
tempt to assassinate President HI
polite Yrigoyen today was frus-
trated by the quiclness of his body
guards and the attacked was shot
down, seven bullets being found N
his body.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

Baker Mountain States Tele-
phone and telegraph Co. has COM
pleted Improvement work on tele-
phone lines in this vicinity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-29
RADIO ADVERTISING
RULE IS STRESSED
Harry c. Butcher Says It Should
Be Linked With Other Forms,
Especially Newspaper Space.

Radio advertising should be tied In
with other forms OF advertising, par
ticularly newspaper space, Harry C.
Butcher, director Of the Washington
ONCE Of the Columbia Broadcasting
System, told the Washington Adver-
Using Club at Its weekly luncheon meet
ing yesterday at the National Press
auditorium.
In radio advertising" Butcher said,
"the sponsor Of @ program may build
up good will for his concern, and he
should use his newspaper copy for
actually selling his merchandise"
Butcher pointed out that only by
means Of advertising can the broad
casting art live and continue to grow.
About rs per cent of the Is hours q
day in which the Columbia Broad
casting System furnishes programs to
its coast to coast network, he said, Is
devoted to sponsored programs. The
revenue thus obtained, he declared, de-
trays the cost of the broadcasting in
the remaining IS per cent of the time
In other words" Butcher explained,
q hours Of the sponsored programs
make possible IL additional hours Of
high-class sustaining programs and the
entire Is hours Of daily service"
Butchers address was broadcast by
Station WMAL. The club had a. Its
guests q group Of Washington radio
writer's and editors.
O-
The world now has 100000 miles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-29
MONTGOMERY NOT AFFECTED.

~ stan Correspondent Of The Star.
> ROCKVILLE, Md, october 29-The
decision yesterday of the Anne Arundel
County Circuit Court declaring D por-
ton Of the 1929 election iaf uhconsti-
tutional probably win not affect Mont
gomery County In the November 4 cleo
ton, in the opinion Of H. Maurice Tai
bott. legal adviser TO the Montgomery
County Board Of Election Supervisors.
After q hasty consideration of the
decision Of the court, Mr.. Talbot said
he took it to apply only to those new
residents from other jurisdictions who
produced two affidavitS Of a years res
idence when they registered. The de-
cision, however. he said, will not be
binding In Montgomery County unless
it is upheld by the Maryland Court OF
| Appeals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-29
WORLD SEEKS PROBE.
Newspaper Holds Investigation Was Not
Thorough Enough,

ANS"Sk'NPCE AAVauo AhVcDthBatlOm was MOI
Thorough Enough.
NEW YORK, October 2s-The New
York World today printed the following
statement:
President Hoover has issued a state
ment crtticizing Is reckless, baseless
and infamous the charges made against
the Department Of the Interior by
Ralph s. Kelley and published In q
journal identified with the opposition
party The journal which Mr.. Hoover
thus describes is, of course, the World
ITO the best of our knowledge the
facts with respect to the Kelley articles
are these:
THE articles were prepared BY q
Government servant, who has an hon.
orable record Of more than o quarter
Of a century behind him in the Depart
ment Of the Interior. The articles were
written, Mr.. Kelley informed the World,
and the readers Of the World, because
Mr.. Kelley believed that only a public
protest on his part could put an end to
methods which he regarded as q scan
dalous betrayal Of the public interest.
The articles themselves were replete
with specific facts, names, dates and
figures. They raised questions which
seemed to the World at the time, and
still seem to the World, to call for ex-
haustive investigation. The only inves-
tigation which they have had Is a brief
survey into Secretary Wilbur's depart
ment conducted by an agent Of one of
Secretary Wilbur's colleagues In Mr..
Hoover's cabinet. This agent has de-
MED the accuracy Of Mr.. Kelley's
charges. Mr.. Kelley, speaking as the
former expert of the Government and
speaking on the basis of his IS years
Of honest service to the Government,
has repeated his charges.
1T seems TO US that these charges
call for q more thorough investigation
than they have yet received, by an
agency whose motives are perhaps less
partisan. Such an agency Is the Public
Lands Committee Of the Senate. 1t is
quite apparent that the Public Lands
Committee will initiate an Investigation
as soon as Congress meets. 1t will be
time. then, we suggest to Mr.. Hoover.
to determine precisely how reckless,
baseless and Infamous Mr.. Kelley's
charges are"