The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-04-18


der shop. that in the rear and Os-
car with his gat and red nose out
in front ought 30 keep the place
fairly well Illuminated. Lard is a
funny cuss. Did you ever see him
Jump sideways as if he were pur.
sued by a snake. Saw him once
crawling on his belly over IN front
of the Lutheran parsonage. Ii
would have made a dog laugh.
There he was believing and sob.
bing and wigglng. 1t was the
time they kicked him out of the
Lutheran congregation, when he
got drunk and insisted on playing
Santa Claus. Hear that he tried 70
join the Catholic church but Faith
er Hennessey refused to associate
with anything like him. Well If
Burley expects Lard to ignite the
bladder shop he will be disappOint-
ed-Lard went down in the base
ment a fellow told me and set a
fire TO the house he had before
he sold out and left after he re-
signed his office of J. p. after 90
ing south with the bOOtlegger's
fine money, but as soon as he
saw smoke, he lost his innards
and ran across the prairie scream
ing fire Ike a Comanche warrior.
The department rushed over, ex-
tinguished the flames and Lard
between his sobs told them the
reds" had done it-he's an awful
liar. Burnley is not so good as an
incendiary either. Three or four
years ago, they tell me, he tried 20
/ fire his place at Scobey-pOured
SO much gasOlene on the floor Of
the shop that he blew out the
windows when he touched it off,
so was unable to collect the in
surance. he made an awful
squawk and tried to make people
believe that some bad man who
did not like him did il. It's an
old one, they say, to put out a
scare to operate behind. A fellow
told me that when ~Nig" Collins
got out on bail, Lard staggered IN
the back door of the bladder. fell
down on the floor and sObbed for
long time-was scared that
mig" might assault him with tbs
intention to commit something. OF
Lard, they say, isn't averse to H.
legitimate apples if they --picl
them n the dark. Rodney Sails
bury tells a good one on him. III,
says as how a poor widow woman
with a couple of kids to support
who was working IN the same of
flee with Lard, came to him tw'
or three times complaining tina
Lard would not leave her alone
that he was always feeling of he
and pInching her, and trying Il
put his lecherOus hands into tn
bosom of her waist every tins
there was no one looking, and tina
protest as she would, she cOulC
not coax the old babOOn to qui
lmpOrtuning her-that she did no
know what to do as she must ear
bread for her children. Well he
the man to lead a moral crusadi
IN Plentyw1oOd and Just the ma
old chicken chasing" Harry Poll
and Tin Horn" Burley shOulC
have editing the bladder. Bird,
of a feather will flock together
That was quite a spiel Lard hat
IN the paper about his bottles
! friend Some bOOtleggers are GOO
and other are bad Amt il funny
Seems to depend on who it Is
Now if Lard had been out witt
those doves he would have beeI
the "hOly ghost" or if lecherou
Harry Polk. owner of the Bladder
and noted Montana journalist, re
Gently from Williston. He wa
run out of B0wbeIEs for monkey
ing with fOurteen-year-Old sehOo
glrl-One of his pupils-tOok on,
of them to Fargo, they say, wher-
he lived with her all summer: 1
brother MasOn's daughter: the,
kicked him out of the Masoni
lodge for this. they say; then h
got a Job as Superintendent of tn
I c~AaoOAS a. w
he and a preacher educated /;
number of adOlescent girls m tn.
mysteries" 1t raised such a stink
that Harry had to resign and tn
preacher ~mozied" TO a new pas
ture. The /. V. A. Superintendent
Of Public Instructions of NOrtl
Dakota investigated things. anC
found that besides beng altogeth
er to efficient as a teacher" &
the budding girls, he was teach
ing on a forged certificate. in fac
never had a certificate, nor nevel
was qualified to teach. Minnil
Nelson just cancelled his certifi
cate and put him out of tn,
teaching business. that is in III.
high schools of North Dakota
harry did not go into ~chicker
ranchlng as a business" he wen
INTO the newspaper game. 1t wa.
an awful blow TO high social cir
eles In Williston when Harry wa.
exposed. but these good people
soon overlooked it-said Harry
was young and the preacher had
led him astray. However, they
do say, Harry still chases chickens
4 He came "a S~ohax- - D.