The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-02-21

actually taken place. The deal
might fall through, and then
should have had all my ideas adj
justed to a new situation, only TO
find that no such situation exist
ed. Which, with thanks to Amos
and Andy, would be a mess.
Another thing which gives me
pain in the neck is your mud
hurting campaign against our
present county administration. No
body insists that these men are
great statesmen,-as great, for ex-
ample, as Hans Rasmussen-but it
does seem to a casual observer
that they are doing fairly well,
for amateurs. In the matter of
the sheriff's office you are beau
tifully inconsistent. You state in
one issue that Hans Madsen is d
rotten sheriff, and in the next you
blare forth the glad tidings that
Salisbury was the best sheriff
Sheridan County ever had. The
cream of the jest lies in the fact
that Salisbury did nothing for six
years, whereas Madsen has done
nothing for less than one-third of
that time. There is not much diff
ference in their official records, so
far; the difference is in the men
themselves, and it seems to me
that Madsen has the advantage.
What is more, he may still do
something. Salisbury never meant
to do anything. The only GRIMM
al he ever caught was scared kid
who was too dumb to try to get
away in the first place.
| can understand the attacks
you and your anonymous cores
pondents have been making on the
Peterson and HOLMAN families,
though these attacks have certain
ly had an odor of cheapness about
them, having been altogether out
of proportion to the seriousness of
the offense; but l cannot under
stand the objection to Miss Single
toms married assistant. 1t just
does not make sense. Why in the
name of reason should a citizen
who, | take it, is free, white and
. twenty-one be refused a position
; for which she is fitted merely be-
cause she happens to be married ?
J What has that to do with it !? "She
7 has a husband who can support
her." forsoothl Must every WON
J an whose husband is able to sup
: port her drop everything else and
5 devote her talents solely to the
, important business of being sup
t ported? Since when has this no.
: ton found Judgment in a policy al
: modern as that of the News?
n The world has outgrown tina
e particular form of tyranny, anC
r you and your correspondent
should be told about it, since yol
do not seem to have heard of i
yet.
It You have always been riding
S the commissioners and all thei
t works, and Hans Rasmussen ha
turned out reams of tripe concern
? ing them, before this. Therefor,
G there is nothing new or novel il
h the present Howling Chorus o
o Dagmar Farmers and Disguise,
y Taxpayers, none of whom seem b
S have the courage to sign thei
? names to their letters. Personal
/ ly, being neither a farmer nor par
# ticularly disguised, l probabl
5. have no right to butt in on thi
n sublime sob-fest. do happen t
: be taxpayer, however, and Will
e my taxes may not reach as hig
y figure as those of the Dagma
l. Farmer, due to my smaller fol-
10 tune, yet / admit that they are to
n, high. But why put all the blam
on the commissioners? Sherida
, County has been on a prolonge
lie jamboree. Now it is paying flo
.e its fun. What could be more log
4 ical than thatl And, while it
ID paying its old bills, it is gettin
IS lieits moneys worth for curren
n expenditures.
II Take the matter of roads, fo
10 example. When we speak O
1T roads, some of you Digsuste
IS Nightmares remind me of HERNIA
IN Schultzmeier and his camera. Hel
r man was very eager to own a goo
II camera until he discovered that h
ID would have to pay somewhat MOI
S than couple of dollars for Il
5; Then came the explosion. You ar
f. like Herman. You want thos
l. roads, but you cannot bear to pa
4 for them.
lie Now, l am aware that someon
n is going to protest that we hav
'e no roads. l have heard that state
m ment before, and am unabashed b
TX 1t. 1t is true that the county
u roads are neither too numerou
J. nor too good. But you cannot ere
20 ate highways with a wave of tn
D hand. 1t takes time and effort
le strenuous effort, as | happen I
L know. And at the present finn.
n Sheridan County is getting NOR
/ miles of good road for its none
n than 1T has ever gotten before.
e At the time when Hans Rasmus
: sen had his distinguished finger !
: the pie, there was some road wor-
u done, to be sure, but it was don
largely by men and horses. Nov
1t is done by machines and fewe
s men. Horses are a back numbe,
L as everyone ought to know bv thi
TIME. A caterpillar tractor, tw
8 blade graders, an elevator. an,
c TOUR men, can do as much work il
!. a week as small army of me-
a and horses could do IN +w
d months, and they can do it bette,
/ And ! haven't mentioned the RI
e tary fresno, yet.
n There is another fact tba
!. should be known, in connect;o,
i with roads. It is that the me-
: who have charge of the road b,1;Id