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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

line price situation in Montana.
The first was the formation of an
organization for that purpose at
Bozeman. Field agents of that
body have been in the field for
some weeks. The next was a res
olution of the county commission
ers at the recent meeting of their
state association. They asked a
legislative investigation of gasO-
line prices. At the same time
Governor Erickson announced re-
ceipt of a letter from United.
States Senator Walsh in which he
said he had asked the United
States department of Justice TO
look into the matter Of alleged
sitting of competition THROUGH
price agreements between the
principal sales agencies operating
in Montana.
A legislative investigation was
made by the assembly Of 1927
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
HOMESTEAD COUPLE
MARRIED "a YEARS

On Monday night, February "a,
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Stout of Homestead, gathered at
their home and helped them cele-
brate their oath wedding anniver-
sary. A pleasant evening was
spent and at a late hour the
guests departed for their homes,
leaving with Mr.. and Mrs. Stout
numerous lovely gifts, and best
wishes for many happy returns of
the day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stout are well
known and very popular in the
Homestead community and the
Producers News is very glad to
chronicle this happy occasion and
may they have many more of
them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

American capitalism has
been strongly behind the
grain gamblers, represented
by the Chamber of Com
merce, in their efforts to
prevent the farm board
from giving actual assist
ance to the grain raisers.
AS far as the American farmers
are concerned in your correspond
ent's opinion they might as well
kiss long good bye TO expecta-
tons of relief from the farm
board. Farmers are not idiots so
we may let the following story
speak for itself:
Chicago, March, The wheat
sterilization corporation, adjunct
of the Federal Farm board, was
ordered to discontinue paying the
CONTINUED on page Eight)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
Notice to Property Holders
and Taxpayers of Sheri-
dan County

You will not receive any
assessment blanks by mail
this year. The Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners have asked
me to use Field Deputies to
+ come to your place for your
E assessments and check your
property. When weather and
= road conditions are favorable
= to travel you can look for the
+ assessor any day. Be prepared
+ to give him a complete list of
= all your property as it was on
= March 3, 1890, thereby avoid
= ing any unnecessary delay
and additional expense for the
Assessor.
= o. A. ASPELUND,
Sheridan County Assessor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

broke One after another as the
chain stores backed by huge CAPT
tai and Unlimited resources
strangle them. and forces them in
to the working class behind the
counters in the chains at small
wages, as the farmers will become
workers on the huge capitalized
farms as the Mexican workers in
the sugar fields. The day of hope
and opportunity is gone forever
for our boys and girls-Only slav'
cry faces them. WHAT ARE WE
GOING TO Do ABOUT IT?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
Judge 8. =. Paul Calls Special
Term OF the District Court
VIII Convene Wednesday, March 25th to Try Criminal
Calendar of Five Numbers. Jury Drawn But List Not
Yet Published.

time, instead of waiting for the
regular term next June, saying
that the matter of certain of the
trials, may be used for political
campaign purposes, and if delayed
until June, it was possible that
the time available for its use be-
fore the primaries would be alto
Continued on Last Page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
Plentywood Golfers Held
Meeting Monday Night

A meeting of the local golf
club was held last Monady even
ing at the County Agents office
in the County Library building.
Discussion of preliminary plans
for the 1880 golf season was en-
gagged in. Only a fair crowd was
present, and the officers are look
ing for a much larger turnout at
the annual meeting which will be
held Thursday, April 3rd, at the
City hall.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
By HERBERT LITTLE
United Press Staff Correspondent

II.
Special to Producers News
Washington March 5-UP-Sen B. K Wheeler of
Montana speaking before the United States Senate this
afternoon in reference to the serious unemployment stu
alton threatening the industrial foundations of the nation
and forerunnng of the economic depressions
the history of the country, denounced the brutal
police repression of unemployment demonstrations
in New York and other Places and ride u | ed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
Judge Bourquin
Roasts Attorney
In Seattle Court

Seattle, March 1. = Federal
Judge Gerge M. Bourquin leveld
caustic remarks at prohibition en-
forcement and fined William E.
Mcmillan so cents on a plea of
guilty to possession of a half
hint Of whisky. The jurist said,
"a United States attorney who
doesn't know better than to cfut-
ter up the courts with cases OF
this Kind has no business holding
office"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
Squirrel Food
By A. MUTT
By A. MUTT

The coming Mig" Collins
. FRANK Fishbeck trial, which is
,al to occur at a special
't,@ OF court at PlentywoOd.
ILslng Thursday, March 26.
SIC, Ocked upon as a sort of am
, y g. Of the Sheridan cOun-
v Political campaign.
p, VsCar Collins and Border
Is s'IOlman Ted Winters had
~e nm laying for Mig" for
NJ. as u Time, with Indifferent
Of I Ill. finally the episode
January 18th, gave the
r %a = and the whiskey
Aot : IL, Us opportunity. It was
b, Planned !, to bag Fishbeck,
b f : seemed to be impossible
vit5 Ira9e the play properly
Cd To- IIilh' so he was hook
Sv 'OO,--Stanley Palubicki be.
ana VsercOme with the heat
So S gong unconscious oouIJ
6raGtinOt used. After inyes-
ii Si5a h. AN and terminating m-
n. S curiosity was sot;se;aJ
varr oOHiy Attorney had the
hng,s issued. Then the
doS1' 60. scribe n was brought rt
and nor LOT the publicity stnff
mtil made "a the Herald simmer inner
supOrs - was called home to
djent' I ts. an embarrassing in.
eosd ! S expected that quite a
well WIN S1ll attend and Rake :
If an i,a keynote, at a sort sort
Of n. informal MO announcem SUrs
attorSSsSSa candidacy. The county, Int,s
ri SitS was not SO sr OCun.y
NovemDsSS.aa MS political cases uss'1 Iss,
have Setts,. and he hopes '' =
srder : sr luck this time. II +
esil I Sav. 70 81. L he loses, DH /.
seAeral Ke,taa.s assistant Attorne,
zen. ssl !. l sasss.. here; I # BsE
'cSs'iS1asss' ., win n.I have 's q rec
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
sssssssssSssssss
rsawn for LABOR by John M. Baer

and workers. But the little bust
ness men refused to listen. They
supported their enemies and pun
ished their friends. Time has
brought about a condition among
small business men when they
realize they must organize against
big business.
Organized labor and organized
farmers can't help but laugh, tho
sorry.
But we are afraid they, like the
small farmers, ARE doomed. Like
the small farmers they will go
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

The above cartoon by John M.
Baer, who won fame as "a NOn-par-
tisan League publication cartoon
list, wildly pOrtrays the change
that has taken place along Main
street in the past decade. The
League speakers and the PnOduc-
ers News who have argued on
every occasion for organization of
the farmers, have often called at
tentiOn of the small business men
that their prosperity depended up
on the prosperity of the farmers
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

Washington, D. C.-The Federal Farm Board has ap
parently knuckled down to the grain gamblers.
AS your correspondent pointed in other dispatches,
strong pressure has been brought bear the farm
board by the United States Chamber of Commerce to quit
monkeying with cooperatives and give the honest
business man a chance to make living.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
As We See 1t
:. Tom o'FIsAerty

,;r,est piece of news to- 0:
Th+ D Det the obvious failure fa[er OF
b n : al reduction ,e eoniTfGpfy
bd the .i i1I1 of human beings
Eilng u IN the United States,
oy yias HoOyer's engineering gu 3rll1s
5l -l{. 'n6 the ne make make the wheels heel
e, ,,n T p1ob1 5JS thol that ' he
"a j y'T bring prosperity. YOU
Ds s.,IV v' tbot that Al Smith could
oO - 4 Well, as a matter OF
y, !. y neither Al nor Herbert can
/ r'c ooun do it,
r...o are seven millions of men
No. men walking the bricks
DC !. United States because
w. .,e no markets where goods
II, M by them can be sold %. by
! Y rnsnufacturers at a profit;
% there Is no such an animal
iAu Dlovar who will give a
,uor a lob unless he believes
H., 10 can make a profit out of
n ! investment he losses into the
I,roIL Do you blame him?
!!!I!!!
ca there are unemployment
sisl And the papers blame the
/ lommunists. But, did the Com
knrists create unemployment?
Kan know they did rot. What the
FOmmunist do is calling attention
II Unemployment and also tell the
2ssOOIe what they must do to
#s0Fe the problem. The COmmu-
- organize demonstrations
! M get their heads broken in or
l. 20 attract the attention of
h masses to the reason for I'M
xsnDlOyment and to the means by
#hich this social soOurge can be
me away with. Of course the
EEOmmunists are drazy. That is
*bu0us Anybody is crazy who
Oes out of his way to tell the
eOple what they should do in or
g to benefit themselves as a
! EhOle. If a fellow goes out to sell
] Il stOck-well, that is something
he again.
/ !!!!!!!
1 We have seven millions of men
nd women out of work i'm the
United States. We have millions
farmers who do not know
neither they are going to be
BE to clOthe and shelter theil
smiies next year. Here we have
be producing classes, the indus
bal workers and the favre-s
wing in a state of uncertainty
hey produce all the wealth yet
j hey are not sure of the ne,
peal. Is it not a glorious system
society? Blame Hoover. Per
laps if we elected Al Smith i
Duh be better. Nonsense!
!!l!!!I
Hoover could not create EN-
POyment if he wanted to. If Their
pc no markets where manufaC
Ted goods can be sold at a pro
b to the patriotic peddler, n
pods will be sold on that market
hat is why we have a navs
@nterence IN London. That is
Struggle for markets. 'POrts {
Export prunes."
anna
1t Is folly to blame Hoover @
he republican party for unen
pOyment. The same situatiO
would exist under a democrat
sdnmistratiOn. The Communist
VII come in for a lot of abus
mo worse, but they offer the ol
solution for unemployment an
'nat IS to have the farmers ar
workers take over the govern
lenI and administrate things {
cooperative basis for the be
interests Of all the people. "
nay not like this but it just ju
wat YOU will have to do.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

Anaconda-UP-The hand that
blew the first whistle of the old
Carroll reduction works in 1884
the first shelter in Montana-is
forever stilled with the death, the
other day, of James Thornton, 79.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PLAINLY SHOWS WHO'S IN
CONTROL AT WASHINGTON

Those Who Live on Labor of Others Finally Prove
Farmers How Futile 1t Is to Expect That Capitalist
Government VIII Ever Help Producers. Big Business
Behind Spectators Force Secretary of Agriculture to
Issue Edct Which Hamstrings Farm Board Even If 1t
Ever Intended to Help Grain Growers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

Havre-UP-Whether or not A.
II. Perkins viii be granted a gas
franchise by the city of Hayre
will be determined by the elector-
ate at special city election Nav
eth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
THREE MONTANA INVESTT-
CATIONS CONTEMPLATED

Helena. March Three move
ments already are under way to-
ward Investigations of the gaso-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
FARM BOARD SURRENDERS
Red Scare Is RED Herring Across the Trail of Unemployment
Declares Senator Wheeler
Rebuking Police BrutaIities

LaFoete Says Industrialists are Cutting Wages and
Laying Off Men Contrary to Promises Made to Hoov-
Wagner Says Construction Contracts Decrease
and Jobless Figures Faxed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07
DEADLIN
BY Unkeed Press Special wire 60
EAs Produoaxs Z@ws.

Reno, New, Mar. o.
DR.. Naafziger, brain spe-
cialist, left here today in air
plane enroute for Butte,
Mont, to attend former
Judge George Bourquin, Jr,,
son of Federal Judge Bour-
quin, who is critically i'll
from cranial injury sustain
ed in handball game.
Miami, Fla, March o.
Prohibition agents today
recovered four of the eight
rum running boats, which
was recaptured Wednesday
in daring bootlegger raid on
government wharf, where
they had been tied after cap.
ture.
Washington, March o.
Senate rejected this after
noon, proposed case in OF
and sugar duty increase.
Chicago, ILL.,, Mar. o.
Current report that Fam
Board planned to issue
statement sent wheat one
halt to seven-eighths of
cent higher.
Washington, Mar. o.
Chairman Legge announc
ed today that Grain StabiIi
cation Corporation will con
tInue wheat buying at mar
ket price whatever quantit,
; necessary to relieve surplu
and Will prevent surpris
decline.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-03-07

HISTORICAL LIBRga2
HELENA, MONT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06

sumed that there is nothing more 70
the art Of firing. This attitude Ia re-
sponsible for poorly paid firing service
and for poor firing.
ut may be said in general that re-
strictive laws alone, while helping q
little, never produce a satisfactory result.
In smoke abatement 1t Is necessary W
guide the matter along correct engineer
ing lines and to supervise INSTALLATIONS
ut is further necessary to MAINTAIN
an interest in skillful operation aIGeF
installation, giving instruction ana al
rection as distinct from simple COIL
plant and prohibition of smoke. Sucn
EFFORTS are at the bt tom of successful
smoke abatement, but they cost money,
and our American communities have
not learned as yet to pay the price.
The amount Of smoke made can De
greatly reduced by close control OF
new installation and repairs. ANY new
installation should be made TO purn
smokeless coal having less than. say,
90 per cent volatile matter. III TINS
were insisted upon we would stu nave
the old plants smoking until they are
worn out. To accelerate the retire.
ment Of such plants, 1t should De re-
quired that changes in such plants
must receive approval dilu dg SuSA Sa, ",
they must be made smokeless. rms
would still leave unsuitable 1nstalIa-
tions, the replacement of which would
perhaps be fastened by rigid enforce
ment of smokeless regulations. The
amount of smoke can be reduced by
requiring that coal having more than,
say, 20 per cent volatile matter shall
not be used except in plants that can
demonstrate smoke1ess combustion OF
higher volatile coal
Were these measures in force we
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06

would still have some preventabie
smoke because Of unskilled firing and
management. Skillful firing and effec-
tive management win not be developed
by simply enforcing penalties. Long
experience has shown this. It is neces-
sary to convince management of its
responsibility for smokeless perform
ance and to devise what is necessary.
All this is, obviously, a job for an
engineer skilled in the art of combus-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06

ton and the art Of getting disagreeaole
things done by reluctant people"
There Is on the statute books OF the
District Of Columbia today smoke
law. which is supposed to prevent ex-
cessiye emission of smoke from heating
plants, whether public or private. Eacn
Winter the police make arrests Tor vlo-
lation Of this ordinance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-06

Russia has better highway cam
naiRn.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-18

a loan in exchange for a storage
ticket, has nothing further to
worry about so far as his loan
is concerned.
The wheat sterilization corpor-
alton now has the storage ticket
and will make the local elevator
deliver the wheat. If the price Of
wheat goes above the loan value,
the farmer may redeem his tick
ct and sell the grain.
The farmer who has a farm
storage loan must deliver his
wheat when the sterilization cor
poration calls for it. If the mark
ct price of wheat has advanced
to a point higher than the loan
value, the farmer will get the
benefit of the increase. If the
price OF wheat does not advance
to a point higher than the loan
value, all the farmer has to do
is deliver his wheat to a desig-
mated elevator at his marketing
station.
The farmer will not be called
upon to pay anything back.
This loan represents a sale. 1t
is a conditional sale. If the price
goes up, the farmer gets the bene-
fit. If the price goes down, the
sterilization corporation stands
the loss.
There is no joker in the trans
action at all. The farmer runs no
risk. The Farm Board will not
any less against the farm
er who has borrowed Farm Board
funds. If there are losses, these
will come out of the re-
volving fund appropriated by Con-
gress. If the price of wheat should
rise above the loan value, the
farmer will get the benefit.
The Northwest division of the
Farmers Union publishes a paper
twice per month, in which peri
odical full information of the
Farm Board program Is published
in detail. The speaker is the ed
itor of this paper.
We will be glad to mail a sam
pie copy of our paper to any in
crested person. The name and
address of the paper is The Farm
srs Union Herald, Guardian Build
ng, st. Paul, Minnesota.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-18

ital, and does not need to assess
the local elevators for operating
capital. We are in a position tc
give help instead of ask for
money.
Sterilization Loans
One other question has seemed
to bother a multitude of farmers
We refer now to the sterilization
loans on storage tickets, and
farm storage. The farmer cannot
understand how he can borrow
more money than the cash sales
price of his wheat.
The reason is that the Market
ing Act authorizes the Farm
Board to set up sterilization cor
porations, and through these cor
porations step into the market
and buy enough of a given pro-
duct to prevent a decline in its
price. The Board may take this
action whenever, in it's judgment,
the price of a commodity falls
to a point where such prices will
bring disaster to the producers.
This was done in the case Of
wheat and durum.
The wheat sterilization corpora
ton is using cash loans rather
than cash purchases, because that
is the only way to prevent the
wheat coming to the terminals
where storage space is not avail
able, and at the same time get
money into the hands of the &C
tual growers of the grain.
The Farm Board tried terminal
buying at pegged prices, with two
results:
1st. The private grain trade be-
gan unloading its grain On the
Farm Board.
End. Heavy shipments of grain
to the terminals soon used up
the storage space.
Cash purchasing was %thereupon
discontinued. In our humble judg-
nent. it ought not to have been
The farmer who has accepted
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-18
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The church services at Sand
Creek on Sunday were very well
attended. 1t was the farewell ser
mon for Rev. Sutherland. We will
miss him very much but our best
wishes go with him to his new
location in Minnesota, where he
will locate on account OF the poor
health of his wife.
H. E. Prall has purchased a
tractor and outfit and is turning
over the soil pretty fast lately.
Rev. Sutherland spent Friday
night at the Buxton home. Miss
E. Kiiskinen and Lewis Thorn
burg were callers in the evening
also.
The Farmers Union meeting
was largely attended and the
home talent play was very well
rendered and greatly enjoyed by
everyone present.
Lynn Gorton has been visiting
his wife and family across the
river.
Mr.. Foster has returned from
the Circle hospital but we under
stand he will have to return In
the near future for treatments.
C. c. Chamberlain drove into
town Saturday. The Misses E
and Laberta Thornburg
with him to do their Easter
shopping.
Mr.. and Mrs Dave Emmerts
at the Buxton home on
Sunday and also attended the
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-18

church services.
The Hartman family have NOV
ed to the old Sims place where
they will make their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Krumm were
calling on Sand Creek relatives
IN Sunday.
The last reports from Jim Ha.
ley, who is in the Circle hospital,
is that he is in just the same
condition.
Everyone is rejoicing over the
falling moisture. Although it has
delayed spring work, it is far
better than the continued drought.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1930-04-18
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MI. and Mrs. A. P. Bilyeu and
family visited at the Grimsrud
home at Wide Awake on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shumway
and family spent Sunday at the
Paul Nygaard home.
Frank Shumway and Ivan
Breum drove to Wolf Point on
Wednesday.
A. P. Bilyeu was a Wolf Point
visitor on Thursday.
John Warmbrod drove to Wolf
Point on Monday.
School News
Because of examinations Mon
day, April seventh, the first and
second grades did not remain at
school all day.
We have finished all of our
Volt entries except the product
map of Montana. Now we will
have plenty of time for work on
our play.
On Friday the following pro-
gram was given:
Song ... "The Long, Long Trail
Poems:
April .....- Vivian Bilyeu
Leaves" Hazel Bilyeu
Play 49, THE Little Red Hen"
Characters
Little Red Hen" Hazel Bilyeu
Cat -....---- Vivian Bilyeu
Mouse . Elaine Nygaard
"Pig" -...- Virgil Bilyeu
Baby Chicks" - Burle Nygaard,
Leslie Bilyeu, Morris Nygaard
Song ... Baby Land"
Iva Breum, Elaine Nygaard
Mr.. Livingston visited us on
afternoon.