The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-09-26

doors would tremble at the men
ton of his name and hesitate and
turn back from their designs and
away from evil ways. In fact,
Sheridan county would be the
abode of angels and the paradise
of bankers and machine note col
lectors; for no more would dirty"
farmers be protected in their
rights nor from the wOlfish fangs
of judgment collectors.
These clerics and these ladies
and Harry Folks outfit, asserted
and re-asserted, the reason for the
deplorable moral conditions, was
that the sheriff and the county
attorney did not want to and did
not try to enforce the law-they
were part and parcel of the un-
derworld. There was nothing to
it. Any real herman, if he just
had the wish and the will, could
put a stop to gambling, drinking,
sexual commerce and general dew
iltry, and make all our boys and
girls as pure and spotless and
sweet scented as the lilies of the
valley. And Hans was that very
man.
IS $50
Hans, himself admitted it. Hans
said with great gusto, 81 will clean
up Sheridan county; l will close
every pig and still in the county;
| will stop gambling; l will abol-
ish houses of i'll fame; l will chase
every criminal out of the county
or put them behind the bars, and
end this lawlessness, and do it in
six months or resign off from the
job" Hans was heroic; Hans was
dramatic. He waved money in the
air and offered to bet it. It sound
ed bad for Sheriff Salisbury. Hans
was SO sure. All the good ladies
applauded. With Hans on the
job, this good and mighty man
this big handsome man with the
square jaw and brawny arm, their
children would be taken care OF
at the dances and kept as virginia.
as good Queen Bess; their hus-
bands would not fritter away the
family funds in crap games OF
poker, and would no longer come
home soused from the gambling
dens and the moonshine parlors;
their sons would no longer make
whoOpee in places where unfortun.
ate females sell their sex for the
price of clothing and bread.
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All this was music in the ears
OF the sincere ladies, who suffer
from the faults of men, and who
honestly believe that people car
be made good by law and the kline
but firm urge of the sheriff, anC
they were convinced. They be
lieved Hans promises. They vot
ed for Hans and righteousness
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But at the very time Hans wa.
making these brave promises h
was dealing with a number o.
what he considered good" boot,
leggers, and this "better element
were to get out and campaign fol
him, if he would promise not t.
modest them. They got out an,
worked with the clerics and goot
ladies and Harry Folks outfit 70,
Hans on election day, and Han,
has never molested them vet anC
he won't. He never even bothered
them in the few sickly gesture.
that he has made to hoodwink tn,
good ladies into believing that he
Hans, the mighty, the dread of in
lqulty, was actually, fearlessly
and lmpartially, enforcing the law
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Time has passed-nearly twenty
four months have slipped over thu
wheel.
Where is our hero and how doe.
he fare?
Did he do the things he prom
ised that he would do?
He has not.
Did he resign when he founc
that he had fallen down on hi,
promises so miserabfy?
He did mott
So = 81
In fact this rabbit who ono,
roared like lion not only has no
fulfilled one promise, who is prob
ably the most miserable excuse O.
a sheriff who ever drew salary il
Montana, is a candidate for re
election, but he is not making The
promises he made two wears aoo
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! Because the joints are all run.
nlng, except a couple that tn,
good" bootleggers don't like. anC
they are out of business not he.
cause of any activity of Hans, Tho
with his consent and good will
Yes, the joints are still running
booze joints, gambling joints. beel
gardens, houses of i'll fame anC
what not. The moral conditions
IN the county have grown steadily
worse. The dances attended by
our bows and girls ara no+ 49,,