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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10

Washington. = Christmas week,
and the endless throng of tourists
gazing up at the unfinished fres-
Goes beneath the dome of the cap
itol, listening to the singsong ex-
PLANTATION of these crude pictures
by the weary professional guides.
Unfinished-since the bit which
svmbolized the annexation of Cali
fornia after the Mexican war.
There's a sample figure of Span
ish war soldier painted in on va
can't section of the ring, in case
congress should ever vote to glori-
fy the conquest of the Philippines
and the winning of Cuban sugar
lands for the National City Bank.
Beneath the dome the visitors
go back and forth, some to the
Statuary Hall where Bob LaFol-
lette sits with tense hands on the
arms of his chair, as though about
to jump up and challenge another
billion dollar theft of the nations
property, or denounce the coward
ice of a Taft or the despootism OF
Burleson. In the other direction
they pass along toward the dreary
gallery of paintings and busts OF
former vice presidents, outside the
senate chamber. Who was Levi P
Morton? And what did James
Sherman do? And did Fairbanks
look as feline as that marble
shows him?
.!l!!i!
Twenty years or more, the
guides tell their open-moutheC
flocks, a distinguished Italian
painter toiled at decorating the
walls and ceilings of the committee
roofs and Hobbies and corridors il
the senate end of the great build
ing. The presidents room, with it,
portraits of the members of Wash
ington's first cabinet, and its che
rubs and goddesses, proves thu
beauty of his work. In later year,
most of it has been daubed owe,
by incompetent brushmen, employ
ed to repair the flakings of tn
plaster or to brighten up the col
ors. But if vandalism has RUNE,
these decorations it is only fair +
say that the originals would hav
served a royal palace quite as ap
propriately as the legislative cita
del of a republic.
Go over to the senate or hous
office building where literall
thousands of yards of corrido
length stand innocent of decora
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
Patriots Always Listened
to the Jingle of Money

Great Falls, Mont, Jan. Cup
EARLY files of the Montana Post,
published 65 years ago in Virginia
City, relate how a group of house
members refused to swear allegi-
ance to the American flag at the
first legislative session of Mon
tana, December IL, 1864.
The situation was embarrassing
and Governor Edgerton, appointed
by President Lincoln, cast about
for some solution. He pointed out
that refusal to acknowledge the
United States amounted to virtual
anarchy and added that the assem-
bly, would be forced to dissolve at
the outset.
But the Observation-Disclosures
were adamant. And then Govern
or Edgerton discovered the right
key to the problem. He told the
recalcitrant lawmakers that nc
salary could be paid them unless
they formally swore allegiance.
The Posts amazing account Of
the episode concludes as follows:
"This touched the Madison coun.
ty delegation in a tender place
and with such wry faces as a pat
lent makes who tastes distastefu
purgatives, and after eating tur
key buzzards, they swallowed tn,
"iron-clad" without mental resel
walton or evasion.
"This done the temporary orga
nization followed without Difficult
ty."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
Farmers Are In Mood
For Revolt I'm Iowa;
Favor Class p arty

Sioux City, LAIN the Iowa
counties to the south of Faribault
Freeborn and Mower in Minnesota,
there has grown up a militant
farmers organization by the name
of "The Progressive Farmers OF
Iowa." The director of Organiza-
ton is former NonpartisaL
League organizer, G. A. Plagmar
of Minneapolis. This farm organi-
cation is not only friendly to indie
pendent political action, but is very
strongly in favor of it. 1t is a GER
tainty that if the Progressive
Farmers had a statewide organi-
cation like the Farmers Union or
Farm Bureau, farmer progressives
of Iowa would not now be indulg-
ing in the old game of politics
within the republican party IN or
der to get legislation. Meetings of
the Progressive Farmers are much
on the order of those of the Nom
partisan League which were held
in Minnesota and North Dakota a
few years ago. A good speaker
draws large crowds and gets ap-
plause that a potentate would en-
Wy.
Reasons for Revolt
There is plenty of reason for re-
volt in Iowa. Though it is claimed
by the department of agriculture
that 1929 shows a slight gain ir
farmer income over 1928, the re-
suits are far from satisfactory.
Bankruptcies continue among the
farmers of Iowa. While figures are
not yet available showing the re
suits for this year, 41.2% of the
bankruptcies in 1928 were those
of farmers. This compares with 81
per cent in South Dakota, SO PEI
cent in North Dakota and 1876 pc
cent in Minnesota.
In 1925 Iowa took a census of it.
population. This revealed some
thing quite startling to those VIII,
had assumed that all was well
There had been a considerable de
crease in the rural population o
the state from 1920 to 1925. Onl,
those counties having within thei
borders fair sized cities showed al
increase, due entirely to tn
growth of the cities being create
than the decrease in the popula
, tion of the rural districts. In 6
, counties the total population show
ed decline. These were countie
not having within them any indus
trial centers of size.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
California Governor Kills
Secretary's Report for
Mooney-Billings Pardon

San Luis Obispo, Calf FP-
Murphy McHenry, San Luis O.
bispo editor, in an open letter to
Gov. Young, quotes Charles Whit
more, once Gov. Young's secretary
and now state building and loan
commissioner, as saying: "I cannot
understand why Gov. Young does
not act in the Mooney case. Moon
ey deserves to be pardoned and
told him (Young) So" McHenry
says in his letter that Young turn
ed the case over to Whitmore for
investigation, announcing that he
would make his decision from the
findings of Whitmore. Whitmore
reported that Mooney and Billings
were innocent, but the governor
took no action. Young denies that
this is so.
Both the state supreme court
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
OUR CONSTITUTIONAL. RIGHTS

Americans who are inclined to view with alarm
the situation in Italy under Mussolini where man
may not say word in criticism of the Fascist gov
eminent except at the risk of his life and liberty
might do worse than consider seriously what is
happening in the United States under the reign of
terror imposed on the people by the Hoover admin
,strauon in the guise of enforcement of the prohi
hilton law
While the prohibition department of our Ku Klux
and Anti-Saloon-elected administration contenteo
'sef with shooting suspected Volstead volators at
dizt'nce, the citizens of Sheridan County were
ceoten' h slipping their highballs and getting
= mi out Of i'll ting law which lots of people
voice 70, fu' Aaro anybody wanted There were
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
Lots of Christians
But No Christianity
On Streets of Helena

Helena, Mont, Jan. 6.-UP-Ap-
parently Helena had its share of
ameanest men," and then some.
Suddenly stricken by a heart at
tack a pedestrian who refused to
rive his name, fell to the street
unconscious. AS he lay prone on
tte tlgoroughfare, scores of people
passed by and several automobiles
were forced to veer to one side to
avoid striking him.
But not one motorist or pedes-
+rian even so much as stopped to
look at the man or drag him from
tbe street where automobile traf-
fic endangered his life. Eventual
" word of the mans plight reach
al authorities. Officials came,
m1iclly restored the man to con-
sc;ousness and then delivered few
critical addresses on the heartless-
ross of humanity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
BY LAWRENCE TODD, Federated Press

t;on and where scores of committee
rooms await the painters first in
spired brush-tap, and you realize
that an American social message,
worthy to compare with the best on
the palace walls of Europe, can
still be written there.
Diego Rivera, the revolutionary
painted of revolutionary modern
Mexico, has painted on the walls
of the Ministry of Education in
Mexico City, and in the National
gricultural Academy, at Chaplin
90. the sort of frescoes for which
these political walls in Washington
crv out. Ernestine Evans has writ
ten a brilliant introduction and in
depreciation of them, in a volume
Just published by Harcourt, Brace
& Co. His frescoes tell the story
of the Indian masses in Mexico
their life, their hopes, the regime
of terror and exploitation from
which they suffered until they rose
in revolution. He paints their hap
piness and their hates, their enc
mics and their martyrs. When mil
itary bigots started the de la HUI
erta revolt, they cried: erase the
Walls!" AS well they might. Thsoe
frescoes have power for the safe
guarding of liberty.
.!!iii
Imagine a Diego Rivera free tt
paint the white walls in those vast
white marble structures in Wash
ington. Imagine the Haymarket
martyrs of the Eight Hour Day
Movement, as one heroic group
And the Homestead Strike, the l
/ w. w. Trial at Chicago, the Con
demnation of Sacco and Vanzetti
the 1919 Steel Strike, the Marion
Massacre of 1929, Gastonia Mol
and Communists, 1929, and so OF
through the list of industrial top
les.
What could be finer, for the cell
ing and the walls of the committe
on the judiciary, than a series O
paintings of the struggle agains
government by injunction? o
what more suitable, for the com
mittee on agriculture, than a seen
from some North Dakota count
seat town at the height of the per
secution of the Nonpartisan Leagu
with the banker and the merchan
and sheriff and grain buyer direct
ing the breaking up of meetin
of dispairing farmers?
| What better-and what senile re
dictionary can read the future?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10

OkOOOACA OOOOO1O11Os
1t is not at all surprising that
the members of the family should
refrain from using guest towels.
There are other towels for their
use. The strange thing is that the
guests never use the guest towels.
Here is a good Illustration of the
force of early training and habit.
Guests, after all, are human beings
like ourselves who have guest tow
els at home. They have SO con-
scientiously and scrupulously kept
from using the guest towels at
home that they dare not as guests
use them in some other home. One
can easily make visit to the
home of a friend, but one cannot
easily change lifelong habit and
a fundamental attitude of mind.
Courtesy demands that the host
put himself out for his guests, but
it also demands that the guest be
considerate and keep his host from
putting himself out. You may eat
and possibly drink, host out OF
house and home, but you cant
with good conscience wipe your
hands on his fine guest towels.
Another factor which guarantees
guest towels long life is theil
business. Most of US are. accus
toned to plain towels. The fussy
guest towels with their fine EN-
broidery and other frills are too
good to use for the purpose o.
towels. We hate to mar them
They look so clean and white
Guest towels are a thing of beau
ty-their primary purpose is t.
; adorn the bath room. 1t seem
just as outlandish to use a CUES
towel as it would be to eat tn
parsley on the meat plate or to ap
propriate a portion of the center
piece for buttonhole bouquet.
1t simply isn't done. A well
bred person does not think of usin
, a guest towel any more than h
would of insulting his hostess b
D informing her that the steak j
too tough.
! ! For one who is brought up o
J dainty towels, the guest towel ma
not be so fearful thing. But t
: the most of us the guest towel
safe. We never use it.
Next Week - Why We Tai
About the Weather.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
Couldn't Get Along With
out The Producers News

Longview, Wash.
Dec. 20, 1929.
Editor. Producers News,
Dear Sir:
We have moved to Longview,
Wash, and would like the paper
sent to US here.
We couldn't get along without
The Producers News.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.
Yours truly,
c. H. NAU,
666 18th Street,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10

and the advisory pardor -.
working on the two case, T S an
is is no probability of a de Si' sa'!'
the near future. Both U' a;S u
preparing for a long sot sues - ar
ings and are going over ' AL u Asas
transcript of testimonvvn we VaSa
Young has had in his bon,a. sAiA
number NJ of years before he nora .oi ,
the buck to the board nc - 9a'ssi
court. Meanwhile MoonsT HHO Tie
Christmas working as Ma: spent
the guards mess hall at S sHit Nt n
tin, and Billings spent bia an Vaea'
his healthful job Of gardns,, not !. | .
warden of Folsom, but At v. y " \
the prison laundry. "0ik u
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
NIELs MADsEN DEPosETH

Editor, The Producers News:
In the article by "a Dagmar
Farmer" in last weeks issue of
The Producers News, the statement
is made "that the tax levies in
Sheridan County" are 81a mills
higher than in any other county in
the State. This is not correct as
will be seen by the following list
showing tax levies in all Counties
for all purposes:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10
--!day: - January 10. 1891
Why We Do II
By MEHRAN K. THOMSON d.
Author of ''The Springs of Humo L. u.
Why Guest Towels Are Never IL,

Children mT should be seen and not heard" isso,
saying to We might night alter that little and say a1 n
One good set of guest towels should laat
They never used From early infancy w. Lifetime
against that special of towels in the bath are Warned
ually come to have fear and awe Of tbae" lad
thing outside our KEN The guest towel IS ~ as Some
les of silver and pewter and linen that are The rel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-10

TrOy-Mecca Metals Gov,
capitalized at 100000, has SS"p sSSI
articles of incorporation. 400 'AO
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
by stimulating scientific investiga

by stimulating scientific investiga- ton.
 New York-Scores of medals, plaques, cups and other tokens re- ceived by the French transatlantic fiiers are in hotel room, but would Dieudonne Coste pose with them? :? Too much like a cattle show or a tradesman behind counter for him..
 Blacksmith Rapids, Ont.-A Lear which apparently has more lives than a cat is bothering a construc- ton camp here. Poison and even dynamite have failed to shoo him away. The latest attempt was that Bruin into the bush and fed him a stick of dynamite smeared with honey, fuse attached. Bear gulped, cook lighted the fuse and ran. Boosting that Bruin was no more, he began peeling potatoes. Then Bruin appeared at the cookhouse and began stealing the spuds. The cook fainted, It took three hours ,o revive him.
 London-A spree of bees is d"- scribed by naturalist in letter to the London Morning Post. He dis covered 17 in his garden hopelessly drunk, clinging to the sticky faces of a bunch of sunfowers, looking sideways In a silly sort of way. He put them In a glass jar overnight and they sobered up.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
WARRANTS ISSUED
 FOR 2 GANGSTERS
Chicago Continues War Against
 Its Higher HoodlumS

Chicago, Oct. 16 P}-New war rants today trailed twenty-two of the | higher hoodlums in the latest move in Chicagos war on crime. Vagran- cy was charged.
 In handing the warrants to all assistant corporation counsel. Judge John H. Lyle, said:
 'I wish you would deliver these to acting Police Commissioner John Alcock personally 1 do not wish to risk them being found later un- der the pillow of some ganSstcr.'
 Judge Lyle's statement referred 10 the recent disappearance of list of persons slated for vagrancy ar rests. The list vanished from the detective bureau and later was found in the possession of follow CTS of Alphonse Capone, notorious gang leader.
 While Judge Lyle declined to dis cuss details of the new warrants he indicated they were for some of the most notorious hoodlums in Chica- go.
 The Herald Examiner said today that George (Red) Barker, public enemy" would be sent back to pris- on for alleged parole violation through action of the state parole board.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
WORKERS DISCOVER
 QU|CK METHOD 10 up
 --0vERcONE FATIGUE
They Take a Moment to Eat or Drink Something Sweet

Statesmen who cover miles each day, and business folks who go at top speed at their desks and coun- teTs, know that id-afternoon is the zero hour as far as energy is concerned.
 s-Since rest and relaxation are out of the question ct this busy time of the day, countless workers have found to their delight that a piece of candy, a cookie, ice cream. or a sweetened drini-even sugar dis solved in water-restores vigor almost immediately.
 1.-The reason for this is that the sugar content of these "an2cks' supplies the systo.a with cuiei nourishmert without taxing the digestive system. W.c9 the body is thus nourished, fatigue is materially lessencd.
 -' Recent tests among workers have proved the value of this prac- tice of eating something sweet in inid-afternoon. A well-known phy- sirian in Philadelphia often advises husiness men to drop in at a soda fountain at 4 o'clock and drink a favored milk shake. Nervous ex- .heustion is overcome and the eve Ung meal is eaten later with calm enjoyment.
 z The demand of the system for refined surar should rot be denied. Most foods are more delicious and nourishing with refined sugar. The Sugar Institute.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
she defeated Miss Helen Lawson
 Los Angeles, and 5.
HARDWARE TRADE TREND
 GOOD DESPITE SLOWNESS
Encouraging Signs Seen in Reports of Leading Markets, Trade
 Paper Asserts

New York. Oct. 16.-There are encouraging signs to be found in reports from leading hardware and housefurnishings markets as trade sentiment is certainly improving. and early interest in Christmas mer- chandise is fairly good. It is true but little improvement over Sep tembcr, and that these good signs may develop during the remainder of the year. Hardware Age will say tomorrow in It's weekly hard ware market summary. The move ment of reasonable goods is sub normal due in most sections to the short duration of the cooler spells. It is believed that prolonged cooler weather will stimulate the sale of fall goods. At the present time radio, electrical appliances and cer- tain sporting goods lines are active
 Building is, of course, very spotty and generally not of nature to bring any direct benefits to the hardware field. Taking the agri- cultural situation as whole, net results may be better than early ad- verse reports suggested. The dark est spot in the entire hardware pie ture is the unsatisfactory collection situation, due very likely to the continued general unemployment found in all important trading areas.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
HELEN HICKS GETS IN QUARTER FINALS
New York Girl Goes at DaZ-
 Zing Pace

Los Angeles, Oct. 6 Ps-The par tending play of Miss Helen Hicks, of lnwood, N. r., feature of the first three days in the Womcn's na- tiOnal golf tournament, today had carried her into the quarter finals where she met Mrs. Leona Pressler, rlnner-up to the 1929 title holder, The 19 year old New York girl ycster day went at d dazzling pace over the course to defeat Miss Bar bara Lee, Oakland. Calf, and T.. She was six strokes under Women's par for the eleven holes.
 Miss Hicks had four birdies on the round and won the match with an eagle after driving her tee shot 22S yards, three feet from the pin.
 Mrs. Pressler, from San Gabriel, the Pacific coasts outstanding hope for it's first women's championship, also was we'll up on her game yes- terday, winning from Miss Hermine Wocker. Burlingame Calif.. five and four.
 Creates Sensation
 Mrs. Opal S. Hill. medalist. from Kansas City. former western cham- pon. created a sensation by shoot ing 79 in the qualifying round, and then went out to eliminate Miss Bernice Wall, Oshkosh, Wis. in the first round match play. Yesterday she won from Mrs. Brent Potter Of San Jose. Calif.. four and three. Miss Maurine Orcutt of Haworth, N. J., won her way 10 the quarter final bracket by defeating Mrs Dorothy Campbell Hurd ? and i.
 The only other former champion outside of the defender. Miss Glenna i Collett, was also thrust aside by one of the younger contenders when Miss Virginia Van Vic defeated Miss
 Marion Rollins, Santa Cruz, Calf.
 and 2.
 1 Miss Van Vie met Mrs Roy
 Green of Culver City, Calif., today.
 The other duel of the quarter
 finals favored the great Glcnna
 four times champion. to win ovel
 Miss Peggy Wattles, Buffalo.
 Miss Collett found the going un
 expcctedly tough yesterday although
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
WICKERSHAM BODY
 ID DELAY REPORT
Will Not Meet Now Until After
 Election Day

Washington, Oct. 1G LP}-Therc will be no report on prohibition from the presidents law enforce ment commission until well after election.
 The task of reaching mutually agreeable conclusions, even now that | the bulky reports of investigators have been digested by the members of the commission, has proved so large that Chairman Wickersham decided to adjourn after this week! until November 5, the day after election.
 The task of getting eleven minds together on an opinion on whether prohibition is being enforced and can be enforced will then be resum- cd. In the meantime word from the members was that everything was proceeding harmoniou&ly but that no effort had been made as yet to line up any group of members be- hind any proposal.
 There are definite conclusions, however, among members who | " Ol Ntu Ol Ille optCldl gathering facts for the prohibition report, and they are prepared to push these.
 Meetings of the group were plan ned for today and tomorrow but at yesterdays first session of the weel; 1t developed only eight members would be able to attend. The three who could not come are Newton D. Baker of Ohio; Judge William $. 1 Kenyon of Iowa, and Frank J. Loesch of Chicago. Their absence contributed to the decision to take no definite action this week. Judge Kenyon was one of those who urged most strongly that the commission settle down now to make clear it's position in regard to prohibition.
New Britain herald., 1930-10-16
PERMITS
 ::HAVE BIG INCREASE
Fiscal Experts Cheered by Gain
 - Reported in Operations

Washington, Oct. 16 P,-Govern- ment financial leaders regard with interest recently compiled figures shaving an increase in building permits for the United States as a whole of 6.5 per cent in September over August, the first increase in Se&tember compared with August since 1917
 Buildinv permits are looked upon bv~some fiscal experts as among the reliable indices of business condi- ti6fa. However, the encouragement oyer the September increase is off set partly by the fact that building permits for this September amount ed to only s135,437,0S9 compared with s173,307,S52 last September.
 While government officers point hopefully to the building permits figures they still are saying nothing about general business conditions.
 A on-governmental prediction that the present slump will con- tirue for the remainder of the year d4u1 lIldI lluuSIIldl pIOuuClIOlI Will not reach normal before April was made here last night, however. It eapae from Laurence H. Sloan, vice president of the Standard Statistics company of New York, in the course otsan address before the Society ol Industrial Engineers. He held that oIfs a seasonal basis alone the signs w&re distinctly against sustained i'm prnvement.
 .4he value of the residential building permits for September was lower than for any September since 1020 when the figures for 16S cities showed a total value of s96,763,- S93.
 But the increase in September over August of this year is receiving at. tef1tion. Also it is said the decreasf in.- September this year over Sep. tember last year is the smallest 1T percentage noted for any montt since October of last year.