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challenge Old Bets claim to being the FIRST
elephant. But Old John made the whole trip
foot, laid the wreath on the grave, and
walked back to the Garden. think that was.
perhaps, the strangest jaunt an elephant ever
took in this country"
A ND so we fell to talking about funny in
cidents. by way of contrast.
Lets see-funny things? I don't believe
there ever was funnfer show put on than
that staged by Buffalo Bill when he went back
to his home place, North Platte. In case you
don't know it, the wild west show was born in
that town. I was Codys press man for q
long time.
Anyway his cowboy troupe had grown until
he toured the nation with it, and then went
abroad
with q worldwide reputation in his pocket,
the colonel had one dream. He wanted to take
his show back to North Platte and give the
home folks an idea what he had done.
80 we came into North Platte. And you can
imagine what happened in those good old days
when there were bars in them thar hills The
colonel and the whole darn troupe hit for the
leading bar to celebrate And was there.
whoopee?
so it went until it came show time. The
boys were at the grounds on time, but the first
thing that happened worried me. The colonel.
when he came riding in, instead Of his regular
spiel. began very sentimental talk about
coming home.
THAT would have been all right but the
next act was a champion rope performer, o
Spanish lad We knew that the cowboys out
there would have close eye on him. And
was that lad tight? He started some OF the
routine tricks and inside of three minutes he
was so tangled in his own loops that he almost
hanged himself
sT GOT pretty worried, for soon found out
that the ropers were missing their steers
and the bronco riders were getting thrown all
over the lot It was riot-never anything
like it. Only Annie Oakley and Johnny Baker,
the crack shots, stayed sober. Even the IN
dians had got hold of some red-eye.
by this time was scared to death; began
to wonder what the editor of the paper would
say. knew that if the show was panned it
would break Cody's heart, for this was his
home port
Almost out of breath, ran full tilt to the
editors Office and asked what he was going to
write. I apoligized for what had happened
and almost got thrown out for my trouble.
"'Say, lad said We ed, If Buffalo Bill came
home here and his crowd didn't get tight We
wouldn't think We were good hosts Run along
now while you're healthy. Bill and his bunch.
will get the whole paper
UHOW about the clowns? Yes, know
every one likes to hear about the clowns
There's the tragic story of Slivers. I'm not
sure any one knows all of it, but Of all the
laugh clown laugh stories ever told. the fade.
out of Slivers has always seemed to me the
saddest You see saw Slivers on that night
when he and the circus parted company for
the last time. He was acting queer then and,
you remember he finally killed himself
Anyhow, Slivers was a great clown and
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management, and it is therefore recon-
mended that the Muscle Shoals prop
perty be utilized as a source OF revenue
which will be applied to this end.
THE best method for accomplishing
the desired purpose will change from
year to year as conditions vary, and I.
therefore, believe that it will be ad-
visable for Congress to retain author
ity over the expenditure of funds OBJ
tanned from the property. During the
past year the nitrogen industry has ex-
princed developments which prove the
fallacy of projecting plans too far into
the future
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05
SHOALS MEASURES
OPPOSED BY HYDE
Secretary Believes More Sat-
lSfactory Solution of Ques-
= ton Can Be Found.

Holding that there are Objectionable
features in the several plans now pend
ing in Congress fer the use of the Gov
ernment's wartime DEVELOPMENT at
Muscle Shoals, Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde expressed the belief that a more
satisfactory solution could be found, in
letter sent to Chairman McNary of
the Senate agriculture committee.
The Senate will take up the long
disputed Muscle Shoals legislation as
soon as it completes consideration of
the tariff bill. Senator Black, Demo-
crat. of Alabama yesterday expressed
the belief that the attitude of Secretary
Hyde would offer no serious objection
TO proposition he has in mind.
Black FavOrs Loan Plan.
Senator Black would amend the reso-
luton of Senator Norris, Republican, Of
Nebraska, providing for Government OPP
Grafton of the Muscle Shoals property.
to permit the President and a board of
administrators to negotiate lease with
a private corporation for operation of
the nitrate plant The Norris resolution
already has been approved by the Sen
ate agriculture committee and is now
before the Senate.
Secretary Hyde passed Judgment on
the bills introduced last Spring by Sem
aIOLs NOLLIS, DAdCh anu hChtLdi, OeLu"
ocrat, of Tennessee.
Sees Little Change in Price.
II am advised" he wrote to Chair
man McNary of the Senate agricultural
committee, that the operation of the
Government nitrate plants can be of
little. if any, material value in lower
ing the cost of fertilizer to the farmer.
and therefore If the property is to be
applied to the benefit of agriculture
some other means must be used. There
is a need for the improvement of
fertilizers, fertilizer practice and soil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

Mexico is giving federal cooperation
in promoting the athletic tournaments
which will be held at Mazatlan and
other cities next Summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-05

Bermuda's Average Temperature Last Week ~ o.
For Booklets consult Bermuda Trade DEVELOPMENT
Board, ago Park Ave; or The Royal Mail Steam
Packet Co., 20 Broadway; or Fuvness BernudG
Line, "a Whitehall Sc. and sos Fifth Ave, New
York; or any Tourist Agent
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into the steaming kitchen. Peeling
vegetables for 5000 is Toms
chore. The long hours, the odors
OF the food (not always the
freshest), lack of ventilation and
sWeaty fumes from those who use
the place as a Mushroom, are maxi
ing Tom i'll. He is losing weight
he has to eat the routine prison
fare, despite the fact that it nre-
vlously caused stomach ulcers
which only careful dieting healed
while Tom was night steward.
Rocco Joseph Peppa was sent to
torment Tom after MONEYS verb
al attack on Gov. Young. Penna
tempered with Toms mail. dogped
ms steps, reported his words. tried
20 provoke an argument or fi0ht
and did no work. His record dates
from June, 1910, when Juvenile am
tnorltles sentenced him for rane
Arrests followed almost yearly
convictions came from robherv
assault, forgery and grand larceny
while other charges were dronnea
suspiciously. At the road camn he
chased with a cleaver.
Continued on page Four
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STENMARK TAKEN
FOR COYOTE; SHOT
MAKES HIM RISE
Said He Was Hunting Geese But
Not at Time Shot Whizzed Past
His Anatomy.

The following article, taken
from the Dawson County Review
published at Glendive, Montana,
tells of the narrow escape of one
of Plentywood's we'll known citi-
zens while out hunting a few days
ago:
Through the gross carelessness
of some half-baked hunter, E. B.
Stenmark came within few inch
es of death last Wednesday. Ac-
companied by Larry Stoner and
Fred Bopp, Mr.. Stenmark went
out hunting for geese. They were
in a stubble field between Fallon
and Terry. Mr.. Stenmark was
crouched low in the stubble when
he suddenly heard a bullet whistle
past his ear. 1t was so close that
the conclusion of the air deafened
him for many minutes. Upon ris-
ing up he saw a man about 400
feet away who had fired the shot.
Upon questioning he stated that
his name was Bill Larson and said
he mistook Mr.. Stenmark for a
coyote. The hunters drove to Ter
ry and with Shelf Meehan return
ed to the scene of the near-acci-
dent but could not find any trace
of the shooter nor had anyone in
the vicinity ever heard of a Bill
Larson.
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BOXING CARD HERE.
THURSDAY NIGHT.

The last boxing match which
was scheduled in this city was
cancelled because of circumstances,
but the present bout is a sure go.
Bills are out and everything is
arranged for Thanksgiving night
at the Farmer-Labor Temple in
Plentywood at 500 o'clock sharp.
The main event between "Alkali"
Pete of Raymond and Ben Har-
Tington of Redstone will be for 10
rounds perhaps. No one doubts
but that this affair will be a good
one, as it will be remembered at
the time of the bout between Har-
Iington and Medicine Lake
Beafy" that "Alkali" told Mr.. Har-
F.ngton if they ever met in the
ling he would repay him for his
beating up of the little but game
battler from the Lake. Harring-
toms answer was a shrug of the
shoulder, as much as to say: "Just
hot air, can do the same to YOU"
Anyway it promises to be a real
thriller and should be worth the
price of admission alone.
The semi-final between "Swede"
Johnson and "Slim" Lee is also
another match where no love is
lost between the two contestants.
Not so long ago a personal en-
counter took place between these
two young men, which was never
finished. 1t will be finished Thurs
day night and will go to a finish.
So we are unable to say how many
rounds. Friends of both these bat
tiers are backing up their man to
win and many hot arguments have
taken place as to who the winner
will be.
There will also be the usual pre-
liminaries, which always provide
a good deal of enjoyment by the
efforts of the youngsters. Little
Bill McGinty will meet Wild Ole
Gunderson and Young Hueth will
meet Eugene McGinty. Besides
these bouts other preliminaries
may be arranged.
y Different arrangements than
heretofore have been made for this
boxing show. The price has been
lowered to 80 cents to everyone
for any seat in the house. This
price alone should pack the Tenn
pie, for what fight fan who loves
to see action personified in a good
fight will want to miss this big
event when it costs only four bits.
After the bouts a dance will be
held with good music to finish up
the Thanksgiving day festivities.
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The attack is apparently
an aftermath of Indictment
last week of eight counter
revolutionary leaders and
publication of their confess
sions of negotiations with
M. Poincare, BRAND and
other European political fig
ures for foreign interven-
ton in the u. S. S. r.
Practically the entire space in
today's issue of Izvestia and PRAY
da, official organs, is devoted to a
scathing denunciation of M. Poin-
care and to publication of two ar
ticles by him appearing in the
Paris Excelsior of Oct. 80 and
Nov. Is.
The Russian papers editorials
point to the first article as prov
ing M. Poincare's hatred of the
soviet government and to the Sec
ond article, which appeared after
the counter revolutionary indict-
ments as revealing a Change OF
tone i norder to conceal his lead
ing role in the preparation for in
tervention in the U. S. S. R."
Both newspapers refer to Poin-
care as "Poincare-war," and, it
would appear exhaust their vocab-
ularies in describing the French
statesman, whom both accuse, not
only of planning Intervention in
Russia but of being the pricipal
instigator in the world war.
POincare's Hands Bloody
Izvestia says: "No Arabian per-
fume nor seas of typographical
paint will wash the blood from M.
Poincare's hands or wipe from his
forehead the brand 'Poincare-war.
He is not only the shadow of the
past great massacre but he is also
the shadow of bloody events of
the future"
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BANKER ATTORNEY
KILLS A AND SELF
Worry Over Financial Matters Is
Believed to Have Caused TRACE
dy.

Uniontown, Pa, Nov. 16.-R. w.
Playford, 65, prominent banker-at-
today, Friday fatally wounded his
wife and three small daughters
and then killed himself, the TRACE
dy occurring after a period of de-
preston and worry over financial
troubles. Playford and his child
rem died instantly and Mrs. Play
ford short time later.
The shooting took place in the
luxurious Playford residence Fri
day morning and Mrs. Playford re-
manned in an unconscious state
there until her death, her condi-
ton being too critical for removal
TO a hospital. She was as wears
of age and before her marriage
was Nancy Stirling, member of a
prominent Baltimore family and a
grandniece of the late Admiral
Yates Stirling.
The mother and three children
were shot in their beds, the Oldest
child, Nancy, Is, as she lay under
a bed light studying her lessons
for the day in school. The young
er children, Margaret, 10, and
Pauline, 9, and their mother an
parently were sleeping when Play-
ford shot them.
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HEARINGS ON MOONEY BILLINGS PARDON
SCREEN FOR CONTINUATION OF FRAME

San Quentin, FP-"A
greater heresy hunt than Salem.
Mass, ever staged in its witch
seeking" is Tom Mooney charac-
terization of California supreme
court hearings on the Warren Bill
ings pardon application, linked
with Moneys own efforts for re-
lease.
More frame-up, Mooney reiter-
ated In his first interview since
San Quentin's warden shut him off
when Gov. Young denied Billings
first appeal in July. Warden Hol-
ohan refused Mooney visitors,
shifted him to a vile workplace.
and. set an especially vicious cell
mate to plaguing the imprisoned
unionist.
In IA years Mooney never has
had black mark on his record.
He recognized the tactics again
this time and with great forbear-
ance withstood the incessant pes-
terlng OF his convict companion.
Mooney now works from A a m.
until he's through in a 7x7 win
dowiess room used by "a people
during the day. It's one door open
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P. 7. A. MEETS
NOVEMBER oath

On Monday night, Nov. 24th, the
Plentywood P. T. A. will hold its
regular meeting at the high school
at 1880 P. M. The program at
the last meeting was greatly en-
joyed and would have been enjoyed
more had there been more people
present.
At the coming meeting, Miss
Ruth L. Johnson, librarian of the
Sheridan County Library, will give
a talk on "Childrens Reading in
the Home" This should be inter
esting to everyone. Be sure to
hear this talk.
Everyone likes to see his child
rem take part in program and
the school is offering some fine
numbers.
The pupils of the 9th grade will
sing some Thanksgiving songs.
The children of the second grade
will sing song entitled "Pilgrim
Maiden"
The High School Girls Glee Club
will sing "Almond Blossom" and
Amaryllis.
Come.
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Squirrel Food

The boys in the shop of the Pro-
aNrs News have quit smoking
gsrettes and resorted to the corn
% pipe. They say that with forty
Gt wheat as how they can't aft
I'D the price of a Camel let alone
s0tmg a mile for one. The devil
-gred out that it took two BUSH
1 Of rye to buy a package of
|ags and that the inhaling of two
aaages Of Old Colds burnt up
Z price of 60 pounds of wheat,
q he grew wild like the rosies.
y the pipe business perked up for
DAY or two in the county metrop-
Us as the local correspondent
/ ayS
he fellows says eve have so
Ly things nowadays to put in
W PIPE and smoke, which we
aaldlt do without a pipe, SO we
3 Killed two birds with one
Soier and got a pipe to smoke
-1gs In and a big bag of corn
-Ae to smoke in it when we are
q smoking other things more
Stimulating.
NOV that the boys have pipes to
smoke things in, here are some
angs to smoke:
1880 people in the United
sAles drew in net dividends last
IA over S5,OOO,OOO,OOO, and last
! " Ssi was a hard one. $5,OOO,OOO,-
equals Sc net on an invest.
-3' Of $S3,SS9,89S,S33-quite a
. . q property. This represents
!. 's !. income of S316,456 each
y, y. NE e 1880. Every one of these
- hnk conditions are fairly
america. ii'eu 0'aVes o.
/ =; s also disclosed by the report,
1 per. per cent of the people Of
4 V0n'inuod on Page Four9
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SHERIDAN COUNTY
WINS HIGH HONORS
AT STATE SHOW

The Fourteenth Annual Montana
Seed Show which was held at
Great Falls November 18th to
18th was the most outstanding
show of its kind ever held in the
with tn estate Experimental Sta
state. Eighteen counties, together
tions had displays of small grains,
corn, potatoes, alfalfa seed and
other field crops on display at the
show. Each county exhibit was ar
ranged in a booth which carried
an educational display relative to
the crop standardization work that
has been carried on in the differ
ent counties. This type of display
was responsible for making the
1880 seed show the outstanding
success of all shows previously
held.
The Sheridan county booth was
Continued en- Lac
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American Legion Dance
Thanksgiving Eve, Nov. 70

The people of Plentywood have
another treat in store for them,
when the local post of the Ameri-
can Legion puts on another OF
their famous dances at the Farm
er-Labor Temple Wednesday even
ing, November Goth, Thanksgiving
Eve.
Poppy and dreamy waltzs by De-
Silva's orchestra will keep the
crowd in a merry mood until the
wee hours of Thanksgiving morn
ing, and good sleep afterwaro
will increase the enjoyment of that
big Thanksgiving feed.
Tickets to this outstanding social
event will be 80 cents per person,
and a good time and a worthy
cause will be a double result OF
the evenings festivities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-11-21
sOVIETs ACCUSE PoINCARE OF STARTING THE WAR
Farm Board Representa-
tive Had Narrow Escape

Froid, Nov. 16.-When Charles
May, a representative of the fed
eral farm loan board of Spokane,
Wash, was driving through Froid
on his way to Culbertson he ap-
parently did not see the train
which was pulling out from the
station. The whistle blew and the
train bell changed in warning but
he sped on, reaching the crossing
at the same time as did the train.
The locomotive struck the car in
the center pushing it along the
track for several feet before the
train could be stopped. The car
body was badly caved in, the fen
ders twisted and bent. May re-
ceived few minor cuts on his
face caused by broken glass win
dow. After the train passed on
Mays coupe was tinkered up a bit
and he continued on his way to
Culbertson, little the worse for his
mishap.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-11-21
Milwaukee County
Has Socialist Sheriff

Milwaukee-FP AL Benson
secretary of the Milwaukee Social
list Party, is the new sheriff of
Milwaukee county. He won over
a Republican candidate backed by
the employers association to the
tune of 48,736 votes to 44,050. The
Socialist vote for other county po-
sitions ranged from $4,000 to 29,-
600.
James P. Sheehan, Socialist, was
nosed out of congressional seat
by a scant SIT votes. The vote
was 25,961 to 26,838 for his Repub-
lican opponent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-11-21
InR I DIRECTOR QUESTIONED ON
NtORCEMENT BY WICKERSHAM GROUP

Tn 'sIuIngton, Nov. 15.-Presi-
unr;ini!o movers law enforcement
L se,Sa1 delved deep today into
in n VA =. enforcement. of prohibi-
a,s. y me !: United States and then
sr5p .I lor 10 days to permit in
prt ''l work on its dry law re-
| nj TISoioitiOn Director Amos w
s'nni.iiaacSO.,c appearing before the
Is pro5 ,Soa Tor the first time since
ID bte efoOslu' % deliberations began,
toresnssUUtte . the members the en- EN-
i orrs us iacts demonstrated bv
Ssiieve. ;i i a system, which he
tssi. IS the best that can be de- e-
n sai6st, Henry S. DerDi.on
ss' has Boston manufacturer !
ss . v. Oeen engaged for more mo re
suriis s mar y IN studying for the
sert orS on the existing en- enfor r,le
3, delivSsa1nal15 ti and it's person. person.
! gl.Vsi1ess A lie. Comparative ouie,
prSSiS over the rest of the G eae.
S'ssrsl N islIIn, !, front. ATTORNEY
s5tct R59't il presented ted By sSos fSt
sSls Of eas u grape concentrate
ne but said sid' ts fermentation as into ntt
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D.OF H. ANNUAL
BALL SAT. NIGHT

Everything has been completed
by the Degree of Honor Lodge
dance committee for its annual
Masquerade Ball to be given at
the Farmer-Labor Temple in this
city tomorrow Saturday night,
November 22nd.
1t is expected that the floor will
be covered with masqueraders driv-
ing dull care away, as only mas
querade dance can do. Besides
one may win a very handsome
prize. The prizes will go to the
best dressed man and woman, the
most comical man and woman and
to the most old fashioned man and
woman.
The Grand March will take place
at IL o'clock, unmasking taking
place Immediately thereafter. This
will give those who do not desire
to mask many hours of enjoyable
dancing following the Grand
March, and the spectators get as
much enjoyment from these mask
ed affairs as the participants.
So the d. of H. committee asks
the public to remember this big
social event Saturday night which
will cost only the price of a show
and is guaranteed to drive away
"old man gloom" as the strains of
Donaldson's old-time orchestra
music sweeps over the hall to the
whoops and yells of the merry
makers. Drag out that costume
or doll up new one and help
make this annual masquerade the
best dance of the season.
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vember.
A leading financier in an
interview to a news agency
expressed the fear that by
this time next year there
will be hardly a country
bank in the northwest, mid
die west and southwest that
could lend a dime on the
Chrysler building even if
Chrysler's insurance were
thrown in for security.
This financier attributed the dis
astrous situation facing the coun-
try banks to the low prices of
wheat and unemployment. Though
a New Yorker he also stated that
the chain banking system was to
a great degree responsible for the
many bank failures this year. He
feared there were more to come
and he being public spirited citi-
zen did not relish the prospect of
thousands of country banks closing
their doors He stated that the
small town banker was pillar of
the present social order and that
his passing would probably release
forces that would not make for
the stability of the present system.
SO Go to Wall In Arkansas
"In Arkansas, where SO banks
suspended business temporarily
yesterday and three others were
closed by the state, an optimistic
statement was issued last night by
A. B. Banks, president of the
American Exchange Trust Com
pany, Little Rocks largest bank.
Predict ReOpening Soon
Banks, who is heavy stock
holder in outside Arkansas banks.
said he was comforting with local
boards and predicted an early re-
sumption of normal business.
The recent failure of Caldwell &
Co. of Nashville, Tenn, was bIam-
ed by Sen. Joseph T. Robinson for
the temporary closing of the Ar
kansas institutions, while in Mis-
souri, and Illinois the closing of
six small institutions was consider
ed due to the previous closing
of larger banks.
Sen. Robinson Says ats Hysteria"
Robinson said the Caldwell &
Co. failure had created +'hysteria"
which resulted in withdrawals of
four million dollars from the
American Exchange Trust compa-
ny within 10 days and made nee
essary the temporary closing to
protect depositors. Most of the
other Arkansas banks which closed
were affiliated with the American
Exchange Trust, which was the
first to close.
Close for Days :.
The Arkansas banking laws pro-
vide that an institution NAV be
closed for five days for reorgani-
cation and adjustment and the
banks, it was said, took advantage
OF this law to remove danger of
runs until the "hysteria" Robinson
spoke of has passed.
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