The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-09-12


]. Walsh of Montana, and Sen.
Wesley Jones of Washington, au-
thor of the Five and Ten" law
said that if the peoples of their
states expressed themselves
against prohibition they would
abide by the will of the people.
That was a good joke-on the peO-
pie. But the best we have seen
recently is an Associated Press
dispatch picturing the JOY of Viii
liam Green, A. F. of l.. president
over the good fortune that is at
tending American labor. The A.
P. does justice to Green's son in
the following inimitable manner:
Despite hardships brought by the
past twelve months, IN retrospect
organized labor finds today cause
for rejoicing. Its leaders see shin
ing brightly against the back
ground of depression and unem-
ployment an entrenchment of the
high wage principle and high |
working standards" Believe it /
or not but we are laughing yet. |
And so are the seven millions of |
unemployed workers we hope. |
Laugh clowns, laugh!
!ilIiIy
Here is q piece that every boy
and girl in Butte should read. 1t
is taken from F. P. AS column in
the New York World:
ADD BUTTE BOULDERS
Out there in Butte, where i
have played a few innings, you
get a sense of what the old West
really was. Butte is an honest q
mean unhypocritical) place. The
streets roam crafty over the side
of the Big Hill, where nothing
green can grow in the gaseous
air. The miners shacks are how
els. The officials of the company
1.-THE Anaconda) live in brown
stone mansions that represent an
early Western millionaire's idea of
elegance.
Almost all of those officials |
remember have imposed stomachs
and ride through the town in big
solid-colored expensive automo-
biles. They are hard-minded, cap
able men. Their sons are not. The
sons are apt to go to Princeton or
Harvard, and when they come
home they are generally a little
ashamed of their fathers, who
might have stared on the 2,700-ft.
level of the Never Sweat mine and
worked up from there.
The main street of the town is
named Broadway.
The Government of the State of
Montana is directed from the
sixth floor of the Hennesesy Build
ing. During sessions of the State
Legislature the political leaders
come over from Helena on week
ends to get their instructions. Ev-
cry one out there knows it, but
no one is particularly worried
about it. Perhaps the people are
even a little proud of it. The
company is known Familiarity as
the Big Ship.
There are some grand stories
about the feud between the late
Marcus Daily and the late Senator
w. A. Clark. Mr.. Clark wanted
to go to the United States Senate,
but Mr.. DAILY was enraged at the
thought of it. A State Senator's
vote on the subject once reached
as high as $500. Mr.. DAILY fin
ally died and Mr.. Clark, grateful,
went to the United States Senate.
The man who founded the Ana
conda Copper Mining Company is
said to have decided on its name
when, coincidently with his arriv-
al in Butte, he read in a newspa-
per that Grants army is encircl-
ing Lees like an anaconda" The
Civil War had then been over two
months.
There are two newspapers in
Butte. Both are owned by the
company. Major stories of acct
dents may be found buried near
the classified advertisements.
Front page space is reserved al
most daily for boxes containing
Ogden, to Eastern tracks. Sena-
tor Clark's Corot collection was
superb. Both men were without
affectation.
Stanley Ketchel was a boy in
Butte. In the centre of the town
Is a court, surrounded by a four
mythical figures about Butte's and
Montana's prosperity.
The Butte papers once had an
Opportunity for a great story and
muffed it. Three Missouri spin
sters claiming to be Senator
Clark's daughters by an early I'm
recorded marriage went out 10
Butte and claimed share of his
will. Of course, they didn't have
a chance to break it. But a pam
Drama of the West was pieced To-
gether by old-timers who stood up
IN court and traced the Senator'S
life from the time he was a mule
skinner to his days as an art COL
lecoor. It was thrilling to hear.
The Butte papers played It down
30 the Importance of a traffic vi
olation, not for reasons of policy
but because of sheer myppia.
Mr.. DAILY devoted his spare time
to the breeding Of thoroughbred
race horses, and sent two great
and victorious ones, Hamburg and
story BUILDING. which orna go. az =