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The Washington times., 1930-05-27
No squealer

Morgan" began Warden
Adams, in a kindly tone, Il
hope you are not in on this
break. We don't know yet
just who is-but we think it's
Butch's gang. Do you know
whether they have any guns?"
The Washington times., 1930-05-27
What Do You KnOW?
ANSWERS TO TODAY'S TEST
Questions On Editorial Page).

Questions On Editorial Page)
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cast iron g. Anine dyes In Florida s. Cowper AS
composer popular religious Norway
Francis de Tungsten higher rate of interest
allowed by law II. The Bible. Bacon 49, Goldsmith.
Herrck, IS. Moore.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
ELMER COOLERS LEG
BROKEN THURSDAY

Elmer Gooder, we'll known dray-
man and deliveryman of this city,
had his leg broken Thursday af-
ternoon while delivering express.
One of the articles was big
box of metal, weighing over 500
pounds. While unloading articles
of merchandise in back of the
City Cafe, the heavy box became
unbalanced and fell, carrying
Gooder over the edge of the truck
where he hung WITH the left leg
pinned under the box and the
bones of the injured member pro-
truding thru the skin. His cry
for help brought out Harry Koike,
owner of the City Cafe, who after
strenuous effort managed to lift
the box high enough to extricate
the injured man. He was rushed
to the hospital, where doctors
dressed the leg preparatory to put
ting it in cast.
The unfortunate accident will
mean that Mr.. Gooder will be laiC
up for a long time before he is
I able to resume his work.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
OUTLOOK SCHOOLS
TO OPEN SEPT. STH

TIL Outlook public schools will
open on Monday, Sept. 9Th with
the following faculty for the COM
ing school year:
]. B. Alexander, Principal,
teaching social science; Miss M.
A. Craig, mathematics and science;
Miss Alice, English and French;
Mr.. Lloyd Sbor, eighth grade;
Miss nellie Donaldson, 7th and GA;
Miss Clara Folsom, 6B and 9Th;
Miss Alice Tronnes 4th and ga;
Miss Edna Hawbaker, SB and End;
and Miss Dorothy Smith, LIST
grade.
The following regulations as TO
qualifications for school entrance
have been given out by the school
board.
All pupils beginning school must
be at least six years old or be-
come six years old by january I,
1881. Those younger than that
will not be allowed to enter school
this year.
All pupils entering ninth grade
or the first year of High School
must present an eighth grade di-
ploma.
Students entering High Schoo
late will not be permitted to car
ry more than three subjects.
Indications point TO a very sue
cessful school year and all patrons
are asked to cooperate with thu
school faculty in making for
bigger and better school than eve
this year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
ERICK LINDBLOM
PASSES DIVIDE
Old Pioneer, Father of John Lind
blOm of Raymond. Died at Old
Peoples Home at ChisagO, MINI.
Sunday, August 18th.

Mr.. Erick Lindblom, pioneer
homesteader of the Whitehall area,
father of John Lindblom, promin-
ent Raymond farmer, and Gust
Lindblom of Whitehall, died at the
age of 80 in the Old Peoples
Home at Chisago, Minnesota, on
Sunday, August IL, as the result
of a paralytic stroke which he had
sustained several days before.
Grandpa Lindblom had his first
stroke five years ago and never
fully recovered.
John Lindblom, upon word of
the condition of his father, left at
once for Chisago.
The funeral was held at the
Lutheran church at Chisago, and
interment made at the Lutheran
cemetery on Wednesday, August
26th.
Erick Lindblom was born II
Sweden 81 years ago, from where
CONTINUED on page Sikh
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

world, the steel industry,
mining, railroad business,
public utilities, the amuse-
ment field, and journalism.
New York, Aug. 20.-James w.
Gerard, former ambassador to
Germany, today named SO persons
as the "men who rule the United
States"
His selection was composed al
most entirely of capitalists and
financiers and included leaders in
the banking world, the steel indus
try, mining, railroad business,
public utilities, the amusement
field, and journalism.
The list included John D. Rookie
Teller, Jr., Andrew w. Mellon and
]. P. Morgan, but omitted Presi-
dent Hoover and all other holding
national or state offices.
Power Behind Throne
Mr.. Gerard explained the actual
"power behind the throne" is
welded by men whose wealth and
important industrial position n
the nation give them a prominent
influence in American life. Where
as, statesmen, diplomats and poll
ticians owe their influence to the
offices to which they hold and are
usually shorn of most of their
power when they retire.
The List.
Mr.. Gerard's list follows:
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Andrew
w. Mellon, j. P. Morgan, George
F. Baker, banker; John D. Ryan
mining magnate; Walter c. Tea
gle, oil magnate; Henry Ford
Frederick X. Weyerhauser lumber
magnate; Myron c.. Taylor, stee
magnate; Charles M. Schwab, stee
magnate; Eugene G. Grace, stee
magnate; H. M. Warner, motion
picture executive; Adolph ZukoI
motion picture executive; William
H. Croker, banker; o. P. and M
J. Van Sweringen, railroad execu
tives; w. w. Atterbury, railroa
president; Arthur Curtis james
railroad director; Charles Hayder
: financier; Daniel C. Jackling, COZ
= per magnate; Arthur V. Davis
Aluminium company president; !
G. Gossler, utilities magnate; /
:. C. Holmes, oil producer; John
> Raskob; the Dupont family; EC
!. CONTINUED on Page FiveS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

study County Agent taxpayers
County advising educating
farmers great production: to diversity to milk to raise
grow turkeys: capoize chickens whanot
and miles the by Just why he should spend
so much time the road is quandry.
While the of travelling about climbs higher
find that the Agent quite particular
that he does Now, for instances last spring. government
loan money distributed find chance in dec
ade when he could have actually done something pay
he avoided the opportunity In order get
to make out applications: these applications technical The
County Agent should have been the best qualified person
make these applications He should
law He should have been familiar with conditions We as
that ne He supplied with the stenograph
err But County Agent refused either applca-
tons or assist In making them The farmer broke farm
err you please asking for loan from the government was
PEELED to bank clerk lawyer to get his application made
out ad pay out money for this service while Agent and
his stenOgrapher occupied themselves drawing salary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

The figures showing the travel
ing expenses of the County Agent
for the last several years are re-
produced below. They are taken
from the Annual Statement of the
County, and are certified to by the
Clerk and Recorder and are cor
rect.
Note: The fiscal year COM
mences July LIST of one year and
ends June 30th of the next. So
the year is indicated by figures
such as 1924, showing IL
months between these two dates.
For year 1924, the travelling
expenses of the County Agent was
S9S8.l6, which at 10c per mile, as
ne is paid, shows that he covered
9,SS1.6 miles in travel. He also
spent SS63.19 for other expenses.
The next year, 1924-25, the trav-
cling expense of the Agent was
only $6S5.50, indicating that he
travelled only $685., or 1925 miles
less than the year before. He
stayed IN the swivel chair more
TINS year, but we find that his
telegraph and telephone bill jump
ed from S116.15 the year before b
Sooo:45 this year, indicating tina
ne did a lot of his teaching b!
wire and less moseying about. Hi
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special attorney should be ap-
pointed by the Court, not so
closely associated with l.. S. Oh
son as is County Attorney Bake
well, and one who is mot a can
didate for office and interested
in whitewashing republican can
didates as Blackwell would prob
ably be. and the whole matter
sifted to the very bottom.
Too much of this SORT of stuff
has been going on in Sheridan
County and it is time that it
should be stopped.
1t is reported that the matter
will be gone into thoroughly at
the convention of the Sheridan
County Taxpayers Association,
at Antelope, Friday, September
5th, and that recommendation
for definite action will be made.
A petition praying Judge Paul
to call a Grand Jury will be
circulated among the taxpayers
Of the county and presented to
him as sOsn as properly signed,
In the meantime a thorough
investigation of the re-classifi-
cation will be made and the
finding will be published in the
Producers News.
L. S. Olson. the prime benefi-
ciary of these fraudulent activi-
ties is the secretary of the ne
publican county central commit
tee and Commissioner Frank
FA~UytcTL is me Ofsai1 man of the
same committee. The re-cIassi-
ficatiOn cannot be made with
out the approval of the board OF
County Commissioners.
L. S. Olson is at. the present
time editor and manager of the
PlentywOOd Herald. paper
owned by Harry Polk of Havre
and Burley Bowler of ScObey
The paper is republican in poll
tics.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
Ambassador Gerard Catalogues Americas Dictators
Taxpayers Wrought Up
At Olson's HornsWoggIing
Horse Shoe Tournament
AT Brush Lake, Sunday

= Next Sunday the best horse
shoe pitchers within riding
= distance of Brush Lake will
meet there to test their PROV
ess with the steed's footwear
y and incidentally compete for
: the prizes that will go to the
winners.
There are three cash prizes
offered for first, second and
= third best. Contestants must
= bring their own shoes-we
= mean horse shoes-and they
: must register before 2 A. M.
= The contest will be fought
under regulation rules.
= Mr.. William Steele of Gre
nora, impressario of the tour
nament advises the Producers
News that he expects a large
attendance at this popular
sport.
4 l. =
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
CROP CONDITIONS BELOW NORMAL In
WESTERN N. D. And MOST OF MONTANA

livestock, as other pastures are
pretty well burned up.
"Fairly liberal rains In North
Dakota have improved pastures
and moisture is needed for pas
lures and fall feed. Harvesting is
generally finished and threshing
from shock and stock is far adj
vanced due to dry weather, which
at least is favorable for garnering
the grain. Corn has gone back
ward and the late planted will be
good only for fodder purposes. Po-
tatoes and garden vegetables are
poor. Wheat yields generally have
been running from 5 to 10 bush
els in the state, except for the
Red River Valley and some other
favored sections of eastern North
Dakota. where yields as high as
25 to 80 bushels an acre are re-
ported. III,
County. North Dakota, weather
has been unfavorable for corn and
/ feed CTOQS. IDA 40 oAAO w A. . 49,
Improvement. Hay crops are be
low average barley and pats be-
low normal and conditions unsat
isfactory with pastures short ant
drying up fast:
aCrop conditions are spotted ant
| far below normal In western Nortl
I Dakota and most of Montana, TIN
there are areas in both of thes'
, sections which viii produce fai
, crons. The feed situation is seri
Gus in this area.
IA report from the State De
nartment of Agriculture of Sout'
Dakota says corn. has deteriorate
. greatly. AS an example of th
early harvest, it was stated ths
5 a, ner cent of the wheat had bee
e harvested by August is, compare
t with Al per cent in 1929 and 2
per cent in 1928 at correspondent
r dates
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
As We See 1t
Tom o'FIaherty

Using the state conven :
AddF r 81 American Legion OF
ton Of IN an animated chunk
WsshIng'O1s tagged Albert
q pIo'OP Congressman and he,
bhnson' DTomised the assembled
publican s,l that congress would de- it
patriot. ;o1' induced labor" at its
fine aassion. With the aid of a
relt . siss,T, children to polish the
fsF se.;C1aI dictiOn and q small
"nsls q stoOlpigeOns to furnish
amy .s : fOrgeries, the So
tht I nav be able to concC ct. ma
p. ~ q sufficient plausability TO
i1Ia i,c :, the lower house that la
:on' = tE.s Soviet Union is in sore
boz - the assistance of our la
rseG = American plutOcrats.
n 1'rlOS Albert told the strike:
i lnostS- LegiOnnaires-many OF
nsan nav have been in the mob
non ,ttacked the wobbly head,
y. .,,srs in Centralia in 1919 and
S s.,"s a worker from a bridge
49, Soviet labor is cOnscripted'
!9s a.,'r get what | mean"
II
IT,. stuff should arouse the
,. III Army of Unemployed
|. fury against the pernIclOus
V y i. government, What?
thew actually force the workers
ro,k. Surely, human cruelty
= ..'ot sink lower. Odds bOdi-
a. 80; md icOd! Let the sOlOn say
t.v words "These labOrers are
s1,ss than serfs. These are
J,yss Of the SOviets, drafted,
m,rded and even shot by trained
s.l5ers of the Soviet govern
ss1t, which needs ant wants
nancy. especially American cred
N order 10 develop and sus-
i,m the Soviet government.
These drafted people are prOduc-
mo timber ard puIpwOOdt mining
manganese and coal for export.
Thew are planning to send as
wUrh as possible n the United
States Under the draft system,
lbey have been compelled TO grow
wheat for export" This is good
COP. propaganda for the gen.
gsl elections. Lykell. Lykell.
49, = : =
II there is anything in the old
sdage that, "WhOm the gods wish
b destroy they first make mad, "
he Republican Party is doomed
10 defeat on November A, Instead
Of at least making a gesture of
relieving the unemployed, even if
such a gesture be as empty of
bnefit as the Farm Board was
to The farmers, the Elephanteers
are busily engaged gOading the
masses to anger and revolt with
idiOtie speeches and pOgrOms
against the militant workers. The
fshy @red" quiz Of congressman
Fish was intended to attract the
attention Of the unemployed anC
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
MANY IN SENTIMENTS VOICED TO
REPRESENTATIVES OF PRODUCERS NEWS,
THINKS MATTER SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED
BY GRAND JURY-PETTTION MAY BE
PRESENTED TO JUDGE PAUL.

The taxpayers of Sheridan
County were *fDabbergasted"
when they read the exposure
last week in the Producers News
of the part L. S. Olson is APP
parently playing in a diabOlical
conspiracy to defraud the resi-
dent taxpayers of Sheridan
County, By and thru an ar
rangement, in apparent cOnniv-
ance with republican county Of
ficials, especially County Com
missiOners to reclassify and re-
value for purposes of assess
ment, thus reducing the taxes of
absentee and foreign owners Of
land in this county by reducing
their valuation way below that
which was set by the engineer
that classified the county in the
first place at an expense to the
taxpayers of about $4,000, and
thus shOuldering the tax which
should justly be paid by these
land owners on the shoulders of
those who live here.
According to letters purpOrted
to have been written by Olson,
he guaranteed to secure a cut in
valuation for fee. and said he
was the only person who could
secure these cuts, and said that
in many instances he had secur-
ed cuts as great as fifty per
cent.
MANY taxnayers have called
at the Producers News price
and expressed indignation that
such an injustice had been per-
petrated upon them. by one who
had lived at the hands of the
taxpayers for so many years,
and insist that a conspiracy of
this sort ought to be investigat-
ed by an especially impanelled
jury called by Judge Paul, and
that when the jury is called. a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
BODY FOUND AT
NC ELR0Y REMAINS
OF TOM CALLAHAN

The remains of the man found
one and a half miles southeast of
McElroy, in a slough on the
school section, about three weeks
ago, has been identified from the
l. w. w. card sent in by Coroner
Nelson to the l. w. w. headquar-
tiers at Chicago, as fellow worker
Tom Callahan.
The body, or what was left of
it, was discovered by John Mel
son, who was moving hay in the
slough, This was the first year
the slough had been cut in a
number of years, which accounts
for the remains not being found
before. For several years the
slough had been so full of water
that it could not be moved.
AS near as can be determined
Callahan came to his death in
September, 1927. He was last
seen at pool hall in Westby. He
left there in the evening with q
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other expense dropped, being only
The year 1886, it cost the
taxpayers $1,120.58 for the Agent
TO travel around. He travelled
l1,2O5.8 miles that year, which
was not too bad. His telegram
and telephone bill was only $92. 81
cents, however, and other expense
was the small item of 1857. This
year not so much educating was
done by wire.
l926-27, the travelling cost was
$l,O98.58, indicating a mileage Of
1855: the telegraph and tele-
phone increase some to $114.4s
and the other expense hoped VI
TO $88.O3.
1929, it cost the taxpayer
$l'25719, for the Agents mean
derlngs, for a mileage of 12,371.9
Inc telegraph and telephone bill
increased some more to $136.67
and his other expenses also show
ed an increase TO $149.55.
In 1928-29, the County Agen
o,a some stepping about: his trav
gnng expense jumped to s1,995.10
ne covered considerable territor,
mat year, travelling 1881 miles
CONTINUED on Last Page1
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
Mother Bloor, Communist
Organizer to Speak In Plen-
tywood, S epte m b er 8

Ella Reeve Bloor, popular Com
munist orator and organizer, is
scheduled to speak here on Sep
TENDER 8, according to Wayne La
Grange, who is in charge of the
organization of the meeting. If
the weather is favorable, the
speaker will deliver her address
outdoors, but in case of rain, she
will speak under the hospitable
roof of the Farmer-Labor Temple,
built by the farmers and workers
of Sheridan county Cor the accom-
mediation Of labor and farmer or
CARNATIONS.
Mrs. Bloor is an official repre-
sentative of the Communist Party
in the Northwest with headquar-
tiers at Minot, N. D. The Party is
placing Communist tickets in sew
eral Northwestern states, includ-
ing Montana and Comrade Blool
is now making a tour in connec-
ton with the campaign.
While The Producers News has
not been advised of the title OF
Comrade Bloors' lecture it is as
sumed that she will explain ths
program of the Party in the con
gressional elections, dwell on tn
necessity for action TO free al
class war prisoners, includin,
Mooney, Billings, the /. w. w
prisoners in Walla Walla, Wash
ington, as well as the many Com
munists who are in Jail or unde
bond waiting to serve bong term
of Imprisonment.
The workers and farmers o
4 Sheridan county are intensely in
terested in those questions as we
as unemployment and farm re
lief and they should avail them
selves of the opportunity to iste
to the, Communist solution fro1
one who occupies a high positio
in the Communist Party and on
of that organizations most elc
! quent speakers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

st. Paul, Aug. 27-Threshing re-
turns from farms in Minnesota
and eastern North Dakota have
bee nrunning considerably heavier
than early estimates with quality
of grain excellent the Farmers
Union Terminal Association says
in its weekly crop report today
"The harvest has been the earll-
est in the memory of many vefer-
an grain men," the survey says;
GAS a result the receipts of 1881
wheat at Minnesota terminals have
been the largest for August OF any
wear that many grain. raiders re-
member for wheat grown In the
same year.
zone unfavorable result OF the
heavy August receipts of grain IN
the Minnesota terminals is that j.
has tended to depress prices, Du.
grain traders generally think tna1
the effects of the heavy arrivals
have been discounted by the actor
of the market.
"Yields of wheat and somt
other grains in eastern North ia
kota also have been larger snal
was anticipated, with nusuaii!
favorable results in the Red Rive
Valley in both Minnesota an'
North Dakota.
"While crop conditions IN MN =
nesota have been considered falrl,
. favorable, yields on all crops ar
|, running ahead of expectations Tn
prospects for flax are rather poo
, and potatoes only fair. The carr
! hay crop was quite large an
! sweet clover and alfalfa fields ger
! orally are in fair condition: VIM
! there is considerable drouth dan
: age to corn, it Is largely In spo,a
!. and the prospective yield over th
/ state is large. Alfalfa and swes
j clover particularly have prove
their worth in providing feed Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

DR.. Swanson of Poplar.
who has been caring for the
sick at that place is now
very i'll himself. Several
doctors have called on him
in the last few hours.
The dead are: Gus Marquardt,
manager of the Imperial Elevator
on August 18th; Mrs. Robert Carl
sen, August goth; Mrs. Tierney,
August 25th; and Mrs. John Her
land, August 18th.
1t is reported that the condition
at Poplar has attracted the State
Board of Health, and that body
has taken definite steps to arrest
the epidemic.
Wednesday, one of the members
of the Board arrived in Poplar, ac-
companied by eight trained nurses
who went to work at once TO re-
lieve the sick and unattended. 1t
is reported that there are many
people in Poplar sick and in seri-
Gus condition at this time. 1t is
also stated that there are people
! i'll at Williston, N. D., Wolf Point,
Glasgow, and Malta, but the cpl
demic seems to be at its worst in
Poplar.
1t seems that the patient feels
dull, develops a fever which runs
very high, is affected with dysen-
tary, and either dies or RECEIVERS
in four or five days. After dea:s
the body turns black. u
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29

Last Saturday, August %, at
the crest of the continent where
the Rockies divide the waters be-
tween the east and the west, Mon
tana celebrated the humiliation of
the barrier that until now blocked
motor travel win he opening of the
final gap of the Roosevelt High
way running from Portland, Maine
to Portland, Oregon,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-08-29
Squirrel Food

We now know who the republi-
an party is! None other than
1i1nk French, L. S. Olson, R. G.
Tyler and P. G. Anderson. The
republican county central commit
He, composed of these celebrities,
oel and elected French, chairman;
VlS0n, secretary; R. G. Tyler,
SaIe committeeman, and P. G.
anderson, alternate state commit
Nenan. Both Tyler and Ander-
On will likely go to the state plat
Vim convention which will soon
: neld at Helena. The personnel
v ne county central committee is
SuIe representative of the intel
IS1ua and moral level of that
SUAcent organization. L. S. Oh
W. ~ Is particularly symbolic. No
O''et token of the party could
ESiOly be selected. Inadvertent-
he character of an organiza-
~ cOn exposes itself. The Central
S committee of the republican COM
!, '.se should have bronze medals
= ne old ape struck off fol
~ SuseS 70 be worn on the lapel OF
- faithful republicans. On the
~ side could be a representa-.
S S'A Of Frank French doing ;
S~ vOne kOochie in the center of I
oS SaOe En- Of Eve-like figures, ant
Ss. n an IN a conventional ribant
~ 's - the motto Gall For On,
oD ~ une for AL" R. G. Tyler i
sse ~ VI the old has-been nonparti
VIII t Once county commissioner
ws ' cog SSge the with We old gam
~ O'UVO into the old Beiseke
ont : County State Bank with
H. OOnd, from which act alon
Gala VOuIty lost over 100000
s ,S cash s Tyler is a safe an
WI" i aarmer of the thrifty typ,
hal a : u about the same intelle,
i y; Equipment as Olson, tho may
e. DIsn rs'lng on somewhat higi
rst p'ans' and not quite so e,
usurs. T G. Anderson IS a count
bcsl' cal q Westby of considerab
% Lam Equation, slightly superi,
LII NlC0Va +.
viii I0 soe with the aggregation alto tn ii
SSTRngregate at Helena for II h
DOIiDO ac1 convention. Were ],
y cou nnd Ed Powers on the cou
! Sers np ,s. and would all T0D
out :. Victor Anker i must al g
lats0 l, place in this outfit. q .,
afs,A ngvick must blush SHS under :
Wen ;, when hen he is seen n'I with ait't The,
| The v y least they are not radio die
dsrsts sOtsrs need be in NO no t mis,,
! ico on,gI as TO the oual;tv 1i0 =
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