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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17

Mining Company, received thirty-two cents pound
for copper. This, of course, was fair and JUST
When the miners struck for a raise of fifty cents
per day in their wages, the Secretary OF War, with
the approval of Walsh, sent the machine guns and
the bayonets into Butte.
Sen Walsh now poses as a progressive. He
asks for the votes of the workers and the farmers
10 return him to the United States Senate, to be-
tray and cruelty them again as he did in he past.
He, with the aid of Sen. Wheeler, is asking for
these votes as champion of the people and their
'rights-this who gave the Copper Company
80 cents pound for copper and the workers bay
onets when they asked for so cents day more
wages-this man who fathered the law that put
Debs in prison-this man who voted for the Esch
Cummins railroad bill, which has cost every farm
er in the State of Montana at least five cents on
every bushel of grain that he has raised since the
bill was passed back in 1919 or '20-the man whose
work made teapot dome possible the who
helped hand the Poison power site 10 the
Montana Power Company for pittance of what
il was worth.
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Alfred Jensen Files

Editor, The Producers News.
In reply to this in P. N. of Oct.
10th, will say that I'm a candidate
on the Independent ticket for AS
SCISSOR by request of voters of the
south and east part of Sheridan
County. And my friends here cir
culated and filed my petitions.
My candidacy for County Asses
sor is not to support Mr.. Bolster.
Nor have | any agreement with
him at this time to be his deputy.
l had a good vote at the Prim-
airy Election and when the other
half also gets out to vote this
fall-well we may all get little
sup.
AS there are four candidates in
the field for assessor the voters of
Sheridan County should have no
trouble in getting a good man for
that office, and l think that it is
one of the most important offices
in the court house. For assessor
it takes man that is capable to
do the work himself. He must
have a fair idea of values on land,
buildings, merchandise, stock and
farm machinery, etc. And if he
does make a mistake las he willy
that he is willing to correct it
again.
So here is hoping that the bes1
and most economical man on the
ticket for County Assessor will
win out.
Yours truly.
ALFRED JENSEN.
Dagmar, Mont.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
JUDGE LIKES
D.B.C. EMPLOYEES

Thirty-eight years ago Judge B.
F. Spalding began employing grad
yates of Dakota Business College,
Fargo. Several became court re-
porterS; one is now U. S. Attorney.
The Judge still calls on DIG,
his latest employee being Irene Lee.
Judge schools by the types of men
and firms who employ their gradu-
ateS. Standard Oil Co. recently en-
gagged their 2O8th Dakotan, o. E.
Rogelstad. Follow the Success
ful' by enrolling for ACTUAL
BUSINESS training Copyrighted
at D.B.C. only. Winter term
Nov. l-8. Write F. L. Watkins,
Pres, 800 Front ST., Fargo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
WALL STREET AND
LATIN AMER. REVOLTS

WashlngtOn-FP -BraziPs revo-
luton, following closely upon sim
liar upsets of established govern
ment In Bolivia, Peru and Argen-
tina, is due to like causes-hone-
less poverty for the masses of the
workers, uncertainty of livelihood
Tor the small merchant and pro-
tesslonal class, and official incom-
petence which resulted in govern
mental deficits and the slashing nf
pay In the civil service and q
threat of pay-cutting in the army.
While Secretary of State Stimson
says that the worldwide economic
slump is responsible for this revo-
lutlonary wave, Latin-Americans
say that suspicion of Wall Street
bankers control of South Ameri-
can politics was an equally i'm
portant factor. And Wall Street
interference has never been on the
side of Latin American workers
For example, it now appears
that Gerardo Machado, dictator Of
Cuba until he is kicked out bv the
impending revolution, was former.
ly the agent in Cuba for the Elec.
trio Bond & Share Co., spinal col
umn of the American power trust
Machado, in that capacity, engi-
neered the leasing to Electric
Bond & Share of the Havana Elec-
trio Railways and the Havana
Electric Power Co. When he was
boosted into the presidency OF
Cuba-presumably with the finan.
cial backing of his employers in
New York-he promoted a bill in
the Cuban congress which exempt.
ed these utilities from a large
amount of taxation, and extended
their leases in perpetuity.
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EUGENE DEBS CONVICTED UNDER
THE WALSH SEDTTION ACT

1t was proven on the trial that Debs said that
the war and our entrance into it twas instigated
by the predatory capitalists in the United States"
1t was also found by the Honorable Court that
convicted him, that he said:
THAT persons then in jail (mostly members of
the Socialist Party) for violation of the Sedition
Law, were in Jail because they were paying the
penalty for standing erect and for seeking to
pave the way for better conditions for all man
kind"
He said that Kate Richards O'Hara was convict
ed for her loyalty to socialism, and that she was
convicted on false testimony. The court also
class has always declared the war, and that the
class has always declared he war, and that the
subject class has always fought the battles-that
the subject class has had nothing to gain and all
to lose including their lives; that the working
class who furnished the corpses have not yet had
voice in declaring war, and never vet had voice
In declaring peace
The court also found that Debs said:
You have your lives to lose; you certainly
ought to have the right to declare war if Won con-
slider war necessary"
The court also found that Debs said that Rose
Pastor Stokes was in the penitentiary for ten
years because her message had opened the eyes of
the people; that such messages had to be suppress
ed de also said that Mrs Stokes was convicted
after mock trial, before a packed jury with a
corporation tool on the bench
The court also found that Debs said that the
working class "are fit for something better than
slavery and cannon fodder"
The court also found that Debs said:
Don't worry about the charge of treason to
your masters; but be concerned about the treason
that involves yourselves"
What Debs said about the war is IF corr.a
now admitted, but everybody in America went into
the war TO collect Wall Street loans made tn +bo
warning naions of Europe who were opnosed 70
Germany. The Steel Trusts made one-half million
oonars per day after America entered the war
ana the Copper Trusts made S5,OOOOOOO0 weetr
during the same period.
anyone criticised this he was subject 70 90
iine OF 100000 and twenty years in prison. All
this under the Walsh Act.
Inc oedltlon Law, passed June Is, 1917 was
amended by the Walsh Act on May 16, 1918. for
Inc purpose, as Walsh said "to put teeth into II ),
@.'er Judge Bourquin had held in several trials in
1lOi.ana tnat the fake patriots could not use the
Jaw 70 run their neighbors out of the county and
TICK enem up In Jails The law prior to the amend
l"en' was Delng used to imprison progressive farm
m ie"ueis Oh the laboring class in Butte
He anaconda Company was very much irritated
~ ny. .Ie decision OF Bourquin, and appealed to
""iSn and ne put the teeth into the law"
Walsh voted for the National Defence A..
which provides, I" That comnonsa+;n~ 1A1'
paid to any company or oroan,zed - De
Urlng industry and its products or materioI =
Dy the United States shall no fa;r ca 49,
DuIlng the the ropro~
United States, including the Anaconaa Geo.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
FRIDAY, October II, 1880
SHOULD BE DEFEATED

The money-making industries in Montana are
under-taxed and they know it. Additional revenue
is needed. In lieu of provision for a fair tax on
properties that have high earning abilities the
people are asked to vote for more bonds and high
er tax levies. The defeat of such measures will
leave compliant legislators without an alternative,
when they again have under consideration the mat
ter of providing for legitimate tax from proper
ty owners who are amply able to bear their pro-
portionate share of governmental cost. These
substitutes for a square-deal should be defeated
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
REGRETTED THE MURDER
OF HIS ENEMIES

After having thus repaid Elec-
trio Bond & Share for its trust in
him, Machado undertook his cam
paign of suppression of labor uni
ons. His police agents assassinat-
ed or abducted most of the prom
inent labor leaders in punishment
for railway strike. He then came
to Washington and New York, and
gave pledges of further willing
service to the bankers.
After his return to Cuba Macha-
do found it convenient to tighten
his control of the press, close the
University, regret" the murder of
a number of his most prominent
critics, and then to attempt to
soften criticism brought against
him by organized labor in the
United States. When President
Green of the Pan-American Fed
Grafton of Labor appealed to Ma
chado, at the request of Cuban
unions, to ask the Electric Bond
q Share to restore their job to
some "a veteran workers on the
Havana street railways who had
dared to join a union, Machado re-
piled that he would speak to the
management. But Electric Bond
u Share continued TO bIackf1sC ali
employees in Havana who were
found to be union men. Machado's
foes continued to die suddenly.
VIRTUAL SLAVERY IN
HARDWOOD INDUSTRY
Braz1's government has been
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
left with the County Commission.

left with the County Commission
ers.
l expect with more such nice
special meetings, and with less
roads and schools. but more hang
er-ons around the County Com
missioners, the prominent men
and substantial Taxpayers should
be we'll taken care of. They must
have good roads built for them a
long time before now.
| ehope the Taxpayers Associa-
tiOn will keep on doing good for
the Taxpayers of the county.
Yours respectfully,
ROBERT LARSON.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
For Robert Larson

Reserve, Montana.
Oct. "a, 1880.
Editor, The Producers News:
A few words regarding our can
didates in the coming elections
may be in order.
/ believe we want to elect
straight-shooting officers in Mon
tana but I don't believe their
shooting should be confined to
clay pigeons. Our elected Off
Gals should "shoot" in behalf of
measures that would benefit the
workers and farmers, rather than
shoot hot air in the hospitable at
mosphere of gun clubs where they
are flattered and cajoled until they
forget they are representatives of
the farmers. have no objection
to a crack clay pigeon shooter but
l can see no reason why he should
be elected to the state senate
simply because he can knock out
a birds eye at 800 yards.
/ also think that it is more i'm
portant to work for lower gasoline
prices and for freight reduction
than for muskrat farms.
Now, voters of Sheridan County
| wish you to consider whether it
is not better TO vote for candi-
date for the state senate who has
the backbone and the brains to
stand up and fight for things that
will benefit us rather than shoot
at things that are just as dead be-
fore they are shot as after. The
man I recommend is that brave
fighter for the people Robert Lar
sen. You will make no mistake
in voting for Fighting Bob" And
vote the Farmer-Labor ticket
straight.
III. WILLIAMS
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Dagnar. Mon

Dagmar, Mont, Oct. 13
Editor. Producers News:
I read with interest the renort
bv the Secretary of the TAXPAYERS
Association of the special meefing
held by the County Commissioners
and that organization and the
prominent men and substantial tav-
navers of the county and It seems
that it was agreed not RI dara
the people to vote on fhe nronosoI
of dispensing with the Comfy
Agent, but would be more safe r.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17
IN Internal Medicine for IN
past fifteen years
DOES NOT OPERATE
TWO DAYS ONLY
No Charge for COnsuItalim

! DR.. Mellenthin is a regIg
graduate in medicine and suNr
and is licensed by the State 4
NORTH DAKOTA.
he does not Uperasv IUl SrEf
appendicitis, gall stones, ulcnd
stomach, tonsils or adenOids.
He has to his credit wOndstl
results in diseases of the sbniA
liver, bowels, blood, skin, neUs
heart, kidney, bladder, bed W
ting, catarrh, weak lungs, rhsH
atism, sciatica, leg ulcers and 10
tai ailments.
Below are the names Of Z n
of his many satisfied patients !
North Dakota who have hs
treated for one of the above Hin
ed causes:
Mrs. H. F. Bridman, Msdtn
Lake, Mont.
Adam Bumann, New Salem
John Cobben, FrOid, Mont ,
Mrs. D. C. Harrington, ParHha
Konrad C. Thurman, Baylor
D. Ivarson, Alexander. :.
Clifford Hoff, Fergus I'D
MINI.
Mrs. Oscar johnson, Mak'a
Mrs. S. T. Kellar, NOrthv'M
A. F. Miller, Glasgow, M% 4
Hans Oscarson, MOOrhead, .g
Mrs. B. F. Purszinske, Fam"
Mrs. P. Ramey, Williston.
Frank Rosencrans, Denbigh
Raymond Wander Linden, J"
Valley, MINI. 49,,
Remember above date, tla' = y.
sultation on this trip will }: y
and that his treatment is difi'lS ~.
Married women must be sS''
panied by their husbands: a
Address: 1921 West TnlI !. :,
Los Angeles, California. %T
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YNH#HAHIhAINMHNNNNNHNNNRHNHNHN :. Is3o
The :. WASHINGTON !S!l ' SCEV IN :
. By LAWRENCE TODD. Fyt,r,., SaVANE S
INIIINITIII9IvUNnnrrr.

olie VI the most nm,
Oppression pP5sssi5n of labor G'q and agents q
Americans er5suS e regimes which a. ~ i,
f IN the Go course Of is has psojpsssi
I In + +eudal toward ii inSe,,elo
coro q report made BY Uus'nal Il,
I Federation Of fl Trs s5s Int 2tenatsiSs
years ago, conditions. Unions, Ssa
Mere Mere described as W. n Ban
, Workers who tried Ss Virtual n ia slave,
mserably low wave /" IMPROVE d.
ARE, arrested and impFisons.c3s scale Ven
mere request of the e'9 fosa..at i,
t bad food, lack Of f-s sapit,Ht due !
RR afd toi. and Pp5. the long SS, y
lived = IOIltS for ouno- q
i Is %a IN Spain or PortuppssI3 ' J. VI
n IS We're tSa,e. wrung from tS Sa' . Of Pa,
81 fba thousands t: of indent Tiy i'a'tifa
o goSa,, tropical jungles. M men !, !
OF protests made h., a a. long seis
n ynUria labor labor movement ag. ll'e3 !
Hito no. t of labor ry Ia1st ii
Its treatment of labor rpO, law. law aj
as criminals. ''' OfganilstI
To Brazil's ruling ol...
has gone fmm Amer GAS bsru
S steady flow of loans~ --dn Oaa ~
have been reckles s.lir, eyt,. Sen I
IN proportion to Brazip S'' ava I
to pay. In 1927, the ' BrazisaIp aca
e eminent mt. borrowed s1OO I NM ing GOV
1928, $7S,OOO,OOO; this biiSV ysos !
tempt to borrow s95,Oo SSo6 an a
end ended in the placing 'o Of oD,. non N,
2o3,OQO Of the bonds, B Blrly y \.
private investments IN '' p. ao
which mean lie: the direct eyDloi ban
OF BRAZILIAN IN! workers, otb plV'S S".,
reds ed Of millions have 9 poDa n D
ton. any '''oh
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DO YOU WANT MORE?
By HANS RASMUSSEN

have before me: where The Montana Tax
Dollar Goes" bulletin compiled by Taxnavers
Association in Helena. Anybody can send to Hell
ena for copies. -
On pages eight and nine is list of what II coc+o
TO run each office in each county in the state for
year ending June 80, 1929. The figures are given
per capita. e
In Sheridan County, it costs each Of ne 81 I'd for
$lO246.08) to keep the County Commissioners, Of
ice gong. In other counties it costs as low as
1fc only two counties in the state are higher than
ours. ~
In Sheridan county it cost slips Tor s1a41a5o
TO run the County Attorneys office. In some 9TH
er county it costs low as 12c In no other county
county.
Do you remember how Grant Blackwell cama ort
with ms letter the day before the primary election
and fooled the people to vote for him bv TELLING
them he had run his office for little or nothing?
Was it $28OO.00? 1 don't remember but e was a
long way from being $12,413.52
The people in Helena who give ont thasa f;o
ures, don't give rap whether Grant Blackwell &c
elected or not That is not what they are there
Ior. They print figures as they get them from the
Examiners Report. 'o
lying about this, and making this mistake of ahont
ten thousand dollars? Would it be the TaxnavarS
Association In Helena would it be the man WIN
IS running Tor office and who is very much inter
ested IN foolng the people in order TO get their
VoIes! And If elected fool them some more
heading lot of figures is rather tiresome so 7
VIII cut 1t down to few interesting ones from our
nearest counties: ~ W
Co Com. County Attorney 1929 Taxes
pa aaey o.. 90 AZ Reduced 1919
no .o1 20 Reduced $3.50
Cda:I e,aS 80 Reduced 1919
0neriuan SI.U4 SLIPS Increased 23eo
:. Ii you haven't got enough of it yet Just hon to
It on election day and vote for some more And
vote for Walsh and Galen and Stout and Leavitt
ana Tor goodness sake, don't forget to vote for
Lars Angvick, how could thew ever he abIe ~ eot
along in Helena without him?
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ty OF their Taxpayers Association.
Yours very truly,
EDGAR |. SYVERUD,
Seey.-Treas.,
Sheridan Co. Taxpayers Assn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-10-17

The Producers News is read in
practically every home in Sheridan
County.
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VIRTUAL SLAVERY IN
HARDWOOD INDUSTRY
BraziPs government has been
Nogales international., 1930-08-01
Farm Club Work

Rural boys and girls are far outstripping their
parents in the study of improved practices in farm
and home work. according to a recent announcement
by the Department Of Agriculture which shows that
more demonstrations had been conducted by young
peoples clubs than by those of adult membership.
Considerably more than half million farm boys
and girls now participate in these demonstrations,
which include the raising of various crops, animal
husbandry handling Of poultry, food preparation,
designing and making Of clothing, home improve
ment and Identification, and in fact every phase Of
rural life
instruction in these activities impaired by farm
and home demonstration agents, serves to aid these
boys and girls in improving rural farm and home
practices thereby fitting them to become efficient
farmers and homemakers besides teaching them the
While the enrolment and results obtained in
club work are gratifying, considering the circum
stances under which this effort has been put forth
the Department points out that only about rura
boy and girl in twenty has the benefit Of this train
ing at present.
Here is field for constructive achievement which
should interest all who have regard for the import
ance Of improving the conditions of rural living.
Nogales international., 1930-08-01
A Power-H0use Afloat

Some months ago, when the Tacoma municipal
electric system broke down on account Of severe
drough which reduced it's hydro-electric output the
Navy loaned the airplane carrier Lexington to the
city, and its power plant was used temporarily to
supply the deficiency
This seems to have given New England power
company a big idea Recently the company bought
an old ship and converted it into floating power
used up and down the coast to hook up with any local
systems which may be suffering from shortage Of
power from time to time.
Now the feasibility Of employing such floating
power plants inland as well as coastwse is being
sidered by electrical engineers who declare that such
ships may be adapted to operate along lakes and
rivers as well as along the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf
coasts.
If such movable plants can be operated with a
fair degree of economy they should eventually prove
Nogales international., 1930-08-01
AN EPISODE

Bill in his buzzing ivver the front gate awaiting
revised orders to what he should bring from After
long moment his fathers head appeared the little farm
house door, with That's ALL Bllan be shore not to forget
them plls-an' hurry right back.
The farboy chugged away finally pulling up front of
the village drug store Il box of the liver pills
got he informed the spectaced dispenser of esavers
after discussion to the effective Bill took
quarters worth of the improved any three of which
would have probably through wooden The du
full boy gathered the of his items and kurred home
John, Bills elder brother had been "ayin around
days with collie in his bowe-coudnt work-needed his
liver shook up; symptoms diagnosis, treatment Johnny
took full dose of the best pills to be had that night at
bedtime He put in bad night Johnny did; by the middle
of the day he very much swollen in the abdomen
in great pain and at intervals derous The mother
called the doctor.
It didn't take ten minutes for the physician to build few
concusionssharp and emphatic they Ths boy has
ruptured appendix and consequent pertons you should
have consulted at the very beginning of his complaint
it very late he be rushed the best hospital
available right now Every split second of delay lessons
chance of saving his ife!"
After long, tedious fight Johnny succumbed; his entire
system saturated with the infection. The improved
pill had wrought its desolation.
If this story impresses upon my reader the fact that
cathartic pill should NEVER be given to patient with abb
donna painhen shall feel rewarded for the effort many
tin IS. Potter safe than Sce The doctor first
Nogales international., 1930-08-01
a most important auxiliary source of power for use
in emergencies turning wheels Of industry which
would otherwise be stopped for want of "juice.
Epileptics Cured

Another disease which hitherto has been baf
fling to physicians seems in fair way to be con-
quered Drs Helmholz and Haddow of Rochester,
Mimi, have just made report of eight years invest
gation and treatment Of epilepsy with most en-
couragng results.
The report covers the cases Of 141 patients
treated, of which number 43 We're cured, 81 were i'm
proved and 66 were not benefited. The treatment
consisted of special diet rich in fats, and orr
ginally worked out by Dr. Russell M Wilder, form
erly of the Mayo clinic.
While the results are by no means uniform, and
in of benefit to the sufferers, the
percentage Of patients cured improved is encourag
ing Very little is known about epilepsy so anything
attempted in the way of treatment in the past has
been mere experiment.
It now appears that the scientists on the
right track, and the prospect for complete mastery
Of the disease is most promising
-O-O-O-
American progress will not halt so long as there
enough for the filling stations and pigmy
golf courses.
If Socrates had practced while with moon
shine, the hemock would have acted soothing po-
ton.
Mothers Vacation" is the title Of movie. It is
about the only kind Of vacation the majority Of mo-
theirs will ever see.
Nogales international., 1930-08-01
State Spends Half
For Education

PHOENIX, Ariz., July 81 (U.P9-
Arizona will spend during the en-
suing fiscal year, so per cent of all
money collected by direct taxation
for state purposes on education, ac-
cording to a statement released by
Ana Frohmiller, state auditor.
OF each $10O collected $43.18 will
be expended for educational pur-
poses, the state auditors statement
said.
The condensed report, showing
how each $1OO will be spent, follows:
Education $43.18
Public works 12.45
Health 11.35
Administration 4.94
Legislative, law and judicial 490
Agriculture and Horticulture 489
Interest on state funded debt 134
Military .97
TOTAL $4,000
Tombstone - Work progressing
rapidly on Sunset group of claims
in Swisshelm Mountains.