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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
FROID SOUTH ROAD
PROJECT is FINISHED
GRAVELED IN 1881

The Culbertson-Plentywood road
project, the balance of which ex-
tends from the Pioneer school
south to the Lutheran cemetery
north of Froid has been completed
by Stevens Bros, contractors who
were on the job day and night for
several weeks. Reports are that a
very good job of construction
work has been done on both road
and bridges and now the only
thing left unfinished is the gray
cling which is on the program for
next summer after the roadbed
has been packed down in shape
for the finishing touches. When
lnls Is done travellers from Froid
Will have a complete graveled
highway thru to Wolf Point and
on west for a considerable dist
ance.
At special meeting of the
Froid town council on July 26th,
Stevens Bros. were given a con-
tract to grade and put the road
from the Great Northern tracks
west to meet the new highway.
This work has been done and a
very satisfactory job is the result.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
MAN REFUSED LOAN
BLOWS UP BANK

Fort Worth, Tex, Aug. ia
nitroglycerin bomb dropped on the
floor of the Stockyards National
bank by a stranger who had de-
manded a $4,000 loan killed Fred
Il. Pelton, vice president and
cashier of the bank, and the man
who sought the money.
The bank, situated on Exchange
avenue in the packing house dis
trict, was wrecked, L. w. Marshall
assistant cashier was seriously
hurt, and Clifton Mayors, 8, was
cut by flying glass. About 30
other employees and customers es-
capped injury.
The stranger entered the bank
carrying a satchel and approached
the desk of w. L. Pier, president
of the bank.
81 need $1O,OOO," he told Pier.
Il am desperate. l want the
money quick. There is a price
on my head and I do not care
what happens to me. This is nj
troglycerin in this satchel."
He warned Pier not to call the
police.
Pier, however, called the police
and as they entered the bank, the
bag of nitroglycerin was dropped
on the floor, wrecking the institu-
ton and killing the vice president
and the robber.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
''DAKOTAN" GETS
POST

The new U. S.Inspector of Gus
toms at Northgate is c. O. Wolen,
q graduate ofDakota Business Col
lege, Fargo. Hundreds have turned
their D.B.C. training to good ac-
count in Civil Service.
Every day, "Dakotans'' cash in
on their ACTUAL BUSINESS
training (copyrighted-at D.B.C.
only. Vivian Lind recently joined
the Office staff of the County Audi
tor, Lakota; Verna Fuder became
private secretary to the Agency
Director, New York Life Insur-
ance Co. Follow the Successful
Sept. 1-S. Write F. L. Watkins,
Pres, 800 Front ST., Fargo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
GLASGOW ARMORY
SCENE OF ROBBERY

Glasgow, Aug. 1O.-The Glas-
gov armory was broken into and
robbed of eight As caliber auto
matte Colts and approximately
1920 rounds of ammunition, one
pair of field glasses, the property
of company G, 163rd infantry,
some time between Tuesday night
and Saturday.
The robbery was discovered Sat
urday morning when a local plum
Der, accompanied by Quartermas-
ter Sergeant E. M. Miller, entered
the building to repair defective
plumbing prior to a dance to be
held in the armory.
-Four locks were pried or broken
in the burglary, one to an outer
door, another to the store room,
and two locks to the box contain
ing the automatics. A heavy iron
bar was used to pry the locks.
Capt. Carl Hammemess and as
sistants are taking inventory to
ascertain what else might be miss
ing. About 1000 rounds of am
munition were left in the box.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
LOCAL SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPT. End
School Starts Week Earlier Be-
cause of Early Harvest. All
Teachers Except One Have Been
Secured for Coming Year.

AT the regular meeting of the
Plentywood School Board on Aug
ust 9Th, it was decided to start the
1930-1931 School Year on Tuesday,
the second of September. 1t was
felt that on account of the early
harvest it would be most advisable
to begin school early.
Superintendent Stegner has
been busy the past several days
overseeing the reconditioning of
the various school rooms and build
ings which will be in fine shape
for the beginning of the new
school year.
All the teachers have been en-
pDoyed for next year but with the
exception of one and several good
candidates are now being consid-
cred for that position.
The faculty for the coming year
will be as follows:
Superintendent, w. E. Stegner:
Principal, Mr.. Mcmillan; English,
Dramatics and music: Misses Njaa
and Sateren; Mathematics and
Athletics: Mr.. Slaght; History
and Band. Mr.. Elstad; Home Econ
omics: Miss Evelyn Watt; Latin
and Biology: Miss Bernadine Pra-
der; 1st grade: Miss Rusdal; End
grade: Miss Brenice Roble; 4th
grade: Miss Beryl Granger; fifth
grade: Miss Brix; sixth grade:
Miss Tronson; seventh and eighth
grades: Miss Mabel Nordgren,
Miss Doris Granger and Mr.. Sand
lin.
In next weeks issue, further an
nouncements will be made in re-
gard to the opening of school and
it is requested that these be read
carefully. Enrolment for our To-
cal High school pupils will very
likely be held the later part of the
week preceding the opening of
school. Enrolment at this time
assures one of getting into those
classes he most desires and more
time can be given to the individual
needs of each pupil.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
Financial Trouble Crazes
Farmer-Plans to Kill
His Crippled S o n

Wausau, Wis, Aug. 13.-A far
mer who had planned to kill and
bury his crippled son in a grave
scooped out with his hands, was
taken today to the state hospital
for the insane.
Charles Meronk told the county
Judge his plan was prompted by
desperation for money to feed his
eight motherless children. His
wife had died month ago; a son,
o, had fallen from tree and brok-
en- an arm. There was no money
to pay a doctor.
The injured boy called for his
mother necessarily. Meronk de-
cided TO kill him, he told the court
Three nights straight he took him
to cemetery in the town of Gal.
loway, to prepare him for death
Neighbors called police.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
Local Brevities
SH

Mr. and Mrs. w. d. DooIey and
son Bradley of Dooley were PLENTY
wood visitors and shoppers one day
last week.
On Thursday of last week Darrell
Eaton left for the Twin Cities
where he will be employed for the
coming season.
Mt-ses Joyce Mclean and Mae
Crave have returned from their
weeks outing on the farm spent
with Grandma Mclean.
Gerald Kelly left for Great Falls
Monday to resume iiIs Guties in that
city after pleasant visit with par
ents and old classmates.
( Mr.. and Mrs. e. H b. HeIgeson
and son Kermit were shoppers at
] WillistOn the first of the week.
They report a nice trip.
Mrs. Tillie Stewart and daughter
ROwena enjoyed very pleasant
visit with friends and relatives AT
Raymond last Sunday.
Miss Frances Wheeler left for
Rochester. Mimi, last Monday.
where she went for medical consul,
tation at the Mayo clinic.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Henderson
and family drove to Crosby. N. L..
where they will spend a few DAVIS
visiting the parental homes.
Mrs. G. A. Anderson of Conner
town spent a few days visiting with
her sister Mrs. Ed. Estes. She also,
did some shopping while in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Huebner drove
over to visit their son Francis last
week. Fran" is employed in the
Westland Service Station at Crosby,
N. D.
Frank Willard, who has been ,is-
iting his mother, Mrs. Burlingame
and nephews, Floyd and William
returned to his home at Timber
Lake, S. d.
On Sunday, VIM. Ewing left by
car for Chicago, where ne will ioin
Mrs. Ewing and family. After a
short visit the family will return to
PlentywOod.
Mrs. H. M. Goodman and daughter
returned from a visit with relatives
in Miles City. Mrs. Goodman's
mother returned with them to spend
a few days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Ommar from
north of Outlook are greatly enioy-
ing visit from Mrs. Ommar's moth
er and sister of Idaho. The Om-
mars met their visitors at the Plen-
tywood station.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Stegner. to-
gether with Miss Mary Elizabeth
and Mrs. Ed Kenney of Miles City.
returned home from Goose Lake.
Sask., Can, following a short out
ing.
Miss Athena Makart OF Iankon N
D., has spent a very pleasant eight
day visit with her friend, Mrs. Mar
tin Reinertson and family Miss
Makart will teach at Salt Lake this
year.
Mrs. E. G. Steele and children.
Jack and Jean, arrived in Plenty
wood Saturday from Los Angeles to
look after their farming interests
near here. They will also visit old
acquaintance.
Atty. Paul Babcock and daughter
Pauline, and Shirley Backer drove
to Homestead last Sunday to spend
the day with Pauline's grandmother.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Grote from
Powers Lake, N. d.
Baldur Jensen, manager of the
lngwalson store at Redstone and
Miss Sarah Hansen, manager of the
same firms store at Flaxville were
visitors in Plentywood on their re-
turn from Crosby, N. D., the middle
of this week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
When your
Children Cry
for Il

Castoria is comfort when Baby
Is fretful. No sooner taken than tina
little one is at ease. If restless. n
few drops soon bring contentment.
No harm done, for Castoria is a baby
remedy, meant for babies. Perfectly
safe to give the youngest infant;
you haze the doctors word for that
1t 10 q vegetables product and YOU
could use 1t every day. But it's i'm
an emergency that Castoria means
most Some night when constip alton
must be relieved-or collie pains--or
other suffering, Never be without it:
some mothers keep an extra bottle.
unopened, to make sure there will
always be Castoria in the house. It
I'm affective for older children. too,
reAo The book that comcs with it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
Pastor of Aimee's Church
Proven to Be a Crook

Riverside, CAL, Aug. 12.-Jo-
seph A. Smith, pastor of Aimee
Semple McPherson's church here,
was sentenced to serve two prison
terms of one to five years today.
Smith was convicted of IL VIC
lations of the corporate securities
act in connection with the sale of
stock in Angelus Mines, Inc.
Church people of Los Angeles and
Riverside counties were the invest
ors.
Family Destitute
The state contended Smith OBJ
tanned $17,500 in Los Angeles and
$4,000 in Riverside by promising
to spend part of the profits in
missionary work.
Smith said his wife and five
children are destitute in Chicago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
Thieves Get $500 In Cash
From Beach Oil Station

Beach, N. D., Aug. 11.AYeggs
who broke into an oil station in
this little city just across the
Montana border line escaped with
$4OO in cash and $1,1O0 in checks.
Tools used were stolen from a
nearby garage and officers term
1t the work of expert safebreak-
ers. Included in the loot was an
old 500 gill. There are no other
clues.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

Helena, Mont.-Growing condi-
TONS were reported fair to good
IN most counties west of the Con-
tinental divide and in the extreme
eastern and northern counties last
week by the state department of
agriculture. However, the report
stated moisture conditions were
generally unsatisfactory through
out the state.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

Kalispell, Mont-cver 100000
has been loaned to farmers in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana during last month, by the
Federal Land Bank of Spokane,
according to w. S. Mccormack,
vice-president of the institution.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

Edgar-UP Another Markuson
Graln Bean Company grain eIe-
vator will replace the one DESTROYED
py IRE last November 1T was an
nounced by A. M. Markuson. The
company has purchased an elevator
IN Sprlngdale which will. be disman-
'led and shipped to Edgar.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
CHURCH NOTES
wEsrRY-Assoc1ATEp CONG

N1ttI1N1ft3 -. ? ttK7t 7 y AVvV
Services at Westby at IL A. M.
Services at Pleasant Valley 8 p. m.
Pleasant Valley Ladies' Aid serving
MONDAY dinner.
Services at Comertown 500 P. NJ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
LUTHERAN CHURCH

Arthur J. Thorson, Student Pastor
Services at Antelope at II A. M.
Services at Raymond at $3.50 P. M.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15
STATE 9TH AND 9Th GRADE
EXAMINATIONS

The August State 7th and Sth
grade examinations will be held at
brentwood, Thursday and Friday,
August 81 and %. Following is the
schedule:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

Mr. and Mrs. W. d. DooIey and
son Bradley of Dooley were PLENTY
wood visitors and shoppers one day
last week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-15

Ads in this column are charged
for at the rate of two cents for
each word. Minimum charge for
any ad % cents. Remittance should
accompany copy for the advertise
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
7antalum Greatest Metal to De- y C0rvosion.

equipment. It has not been proved that
tantalum viii provide cheaper substitute TOR
platinum m these connections. For precision
weights however, 1t is recognized internationally
Is q substitute for platinum. In electrical
appliances vacuum tubes, electrolytic appa-
ratus, rectiners) tantalum offers possibly . bet
ter service. Although among the noble metals
platinum alone Is strong rival, tantaluEn Is
limited IN usefulness chiefly by the fact that
it cannot be raised above the temperature Of
about $50 degrees without absorbing gases and
without undergoing deterioration. When II Is
used hot It must be In q high vacuum.
Tantalum minerals though known 10 exist
in many mineEalized localities throughout the
world, are produced In commercial quantities In
but very few, Western Australia ranking 1rst.
followed by South Dakota, United States. There
Is enough interest in the tantalvm deposits In
Northern Australia, in Rhodesia and IN South
west Africa TO justify the expectation that these
countries viii soon produce small quantities at
least, and q property in Northern Australia,
recently optioned, Is reported to contain one
Of the largest known deposits Of tantalite In the
world. A Chicago concern, which In 1922 began
the production Of metal in sheets and rods
large enough to be employed in pen points,
dental instruments, chemical apparatus and
like equipment Is the only Arm in the United
States that is manufacturing the metal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

T&ANTALUM Is q metal which. while rarer
than gold would have wide use IN indus
try II some efficient method Of extracting could
be devised. It is o metal 50 resistant to cor
rosive action that Of the common acids only
concentrated sulphuric acid wiz attack 1t. and
then only when the metal is boiled In acid 1t
Is safe to say that only hydrodouFic acid win
attack &c at ordinary temperatures and IS this
acid Is 90 powerful In its action that It eats
glass and must be stored IN wax containers, the
metal can be considered practically non
corrosive 90 far as ordinary agents are con-
cexned-
After remaining q laboratory curiosity for
many years tantalum was used 10 limited
extent and for relatively few years for IN
candescent electric-Iight hulb nlaments. Inter-
est In tantalum was again aroused when It's
electrolytac-valve action was discovered and
taken advantage Of IN charging storage bat
teries, especially for radio work. Tantalum
chargers were eventually displaced by other
types Of chargers, but for . time they were
manufactured in sufficiently large numbers TO
create q demand large enough to bring about
its production on q commercial scale In the
United States As tantalum became available in
larger quantities and at substantially lower
prices, and as high prices for platinum encour-
aged the employment Of tantalum as a substi-
tute, the metal was put to many new uses.
Ferrotantalum was made and sold before the
World War and patents have been taken out for
q number Of special alloys for industrial pur-
poses, but probably the largest use for the
metal today is in vacuum tubes. The rapid
increase In production reflects the increasing
use to which tantalum Is being put
Commercial tantalum has purity of at least
o9.5 per cent. It is platinum-white metal
when polished though it often has steel-blue
color owing probably to a thin film on the
unpublished surface. It's tensile strength is two
and one-half times that Of hard platinum and
1t can easily be made as hard as tridioplatinum.
When tantalum Is used cold 1t appears that
platinum alone has properties that rival it.
Tantalum can be worked cold, drawn, ham,
mered, machined, polished hardened, rolled
and punched. The pure metal Is rather easily
worked. The forms IN which the metal may
be readily obtained include wire from .O01 inch
In diameter up. TO heavy bar, sheet from .002
inch In thickness to varying widths and tubing
of various sizes. Probably the largest use Of
tanta1um now is in connection with the manu-
facture of radio and power tubes. Increasing
quantities are being used in the manufacture
Of certain alloys, in the manufacture Of spin
nerets employed In the making Of rayon, in
the lining Of chemical equipment and in jew
elry.
With respect to further extension of the use
OF the metal the chief problem Is to ascertain
TO what extent II can replace platinum IN the
Laboratory and fActcry, and for acid-resisting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Dairyng Has Big Year

THE dairy farms Of this country were kept
decidedly busy last year producing the
milk which went into various manufactured
milk products. For instance, the butter output
for the year was 1,597,027,000 pounds, while
even greater was the output Of evaporated
milk, which reached the huge figure Of 1904
$4,000 pounds. Cheese turned out to the
extent Of 463 0C0 pounds, while sweetened
condensed milk totaled 401, 717,000 and pow
dered skim milk 207 SIC 900 pounds. Ice cream
was produced and presumably consumed in the
huge quantity of 254,6l8,00o gaIlok1s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

pie who are economically secure Is being cur
tailed. It Is more than the curtailments in
cuced by q healthy thrift. There are indica-
lions of boarding on the part Of many able to
spend thrifty Niggardly boarding character
ICES the niser; intelligent spending marks the
thrifty person That expenditures be regularly
made is vital to the work Of breaking the de-
preston.
10 spend normally and freely now means
breaking through the endless circle Of de-
preston. The revival Of business in 1871 Is
accredited In . large measure 70 the general
program Of construction that was undertaken
by both Government and private capital In
that year. The men employed on new build
ing projects had money to spend for the prod
ucts Of our factories and fields. Manufacturers
receiving orders re-employed other workers, who
demanded more goods. This In turn brought
work for new and larger numbers Of men and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
County Gains Mary Farms.

IF it hadn't been for San Bsrnnrdino County,
California would have been just another
State in so far as farm stati,tics are concerned,
but through the agricultural activities Of this
county the state became ora of that very rare
group Of States which repeated an increase of
farms In 1880 as compared with 1925.
San Bernardino has been turning agricultural
minded for decade or riore and has shown
an increase Of farms frtm 4.02S in 1920 to
5,697 in 1925. and 7,135 In 1880. The increase
from 1925 to 1880 allowed the State to claim
again OF 46 farms bringing the total TO ls6.455.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

and by the wholeheG<ted cooperation OF every
citizen. Our Nation, alive to the gravity Of the
situation, can call forth the spirit that has
brought victory out Of threatening crises Of the
past. The dynamic force that mobilised 5000, 900
men, built wartime industry to peak production,
led the whole population to buy bonds, conserve
food and devote their energies to vital cause
could do much to solve the problem.
TINE great mass Of people Of the United
l. States today are employed. Wages dur
ing the depression have not been ma
terially reduced. Millions have jobs with
wages commensurate with what they were
year ago. But this great mass Of employed
citizens are not spending as they normally do.
Savings bank deposits have increased as the
depression increases. There Is much evidence
that the seasonal spending ON the part Of peo-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

decisive leadership. T1na administration has as
suined this obligation. But there is further
can for leadership in the ranks Of industry and
those masses unaffected by unemployment.
The approach to the problem must be without
fear and with complete understanding and Inn
mediate decisive action. The problem must be
seen without distortion. It's scope and power
should be neither exaggerated nor minimized.
We should view It in the light of history and be
guided by the scientific analysis Of its trends.
r UNEMPLOYMENT is not q new condition.
~ It is q recurring economic phenomenon
that has troubled all ages and brought
forth many attitudes toward it on the part Of
peoples and rulers. Ancient Rome had its
problems of unemployed men and women.
Romes leaders dealt with 1t in short-Sighted
fashion. They gave corn and gladiatorial games
10 the idle hungry populace. Doles and evas1onS
did not relieve the condition.
In recent years in our industrialzed world .
new and informed attitude toward memploy-
ment has manifested itself. The old inertia ON
the part Of society regarding the evil has been
'supplanted by new conception. The notion
toward the unemployed, expressed in the belief
that unemployment was personal affair
brought about by individual Incompetence and
Incidence for which the workingman himself
was to blame. Is vanishing Daily 1t is being
conceived more as en- economic tragedy, involv-
ing always q gross loss Of time that can never
] De recovered, pafa1yEng capltal ana lapOr alAes
and inficting unhappiness and suffering upon
great masses Of competent and thrifty men and
women.
Since the industrial revolution there has been
involuntary unemployment. Il has fallen into
three classes, all Of which are represented In
our present crisis. archaeological unemploy-
ment, or the displacement of men by machines,
has been constant problem of the Industrial
age It Is an aggrayating factor of our current
condition. This displacement of man by i'm
proved machinery which does the work Of many
men has not resulted in the permanent idleness
Of the man displaced, but has created q body Of
workers unemployed during the period of transit
ton necessary for them to find work IN new
industry.
Both skilled and unskilled labor have been
affected. Secretary Of Labor Davis recently
dedicated new steel mill in which chemical
process win take the place of the iron puddlers
and single refining unit win do the work Of
800 men. Giant steam shovels crawl over road
building projects supplanting hundreds Of men
with spades; intricate office machines click out
figures that once demanded the careful atten-
ton of scores of clerical workers: huge cranes
lift the cargo from ships doing the work Of an
army Of gtevedores
Seasonal unemployment or workers put out
Of jobs because Of the seasonal character Of
the work, do not IN times Of prosperity offer q
problem, as they are quickly absorbed in other
work. But In periods Of depression when new
Jobs are scarce these seasonal workers swell the
ranks Of jobless men.