Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-12-18
Trouble BreWS
in P. N. Camp

Trouble does not come singly
in the Producers News camp. 1t
comes in punches.
Following fast upon the heels
of the Supreme court decision
which sends Mig" Collins, Pro
ducers News %financier, to the
state p~enitentiary for 3 years,
the workshop force of that fast
sinking ship walked out on Tay-
Tor last Saturday night, as they
could not continue to work for
nothing. Those quitting were
Ashton Moore, operator and fore
mar for the past twelve years;
p. ID. Howell and Cecil Marsh,
floormen.
1t has been commonly told
about the street that Moore was
$500. Howell $500 and Marsh $3.50
behind on their pay.
Rumors Galore on Monday
Rumors flew thick and fast on
Monday that the Producers News had
ceased publication, but the manage
uont finally induced Howell to return
to work, and now the work shop is
all in his hands.
The front office force was lessened
by one member a week ago when Tom
O'Flaherty left town. The balance
Of that department now consists Of
"a les f. Taylor, Editor and Man.
aear Hans Rasmussen, Business
Man GER and Robert Van Hee, book
keeper and advertising solicitor. How
eli viii have a rather hard time of it,
as it looks like there are too many
officers and too few privates in that
army.
Conflicting Reports
Elmer Stambaugh, one of the di-
r -evs told a different story from
la the printers did, in that he
said that owing to the story in last
weeks Herald exposing Taylor in
buying groceries for himself in ex-
change for a full page advertisement
a few weeks ago, was so exasperat-
ing and unlocked for that Taylor
blamed this exposure on one. of the
boys in the Pm work shop and call
ed the directors together and fired
Moore. Howell and Marsh. However,
this tale is inconsistent as when a man
is fired from a job he is entitled to
his wages, and further from the fact
that one of the boys was re-hired on
the job by Monday noon.
Wants Job for Rasmussen
Stambaugh allegedly told further
that after the work room force had
all been summarily fired that they
went into executive session as the
board of directors for the Farmer
Labor Temple association and wanted
to dismiss A. c. Erickson as manager
of that enterprise, and to employ
Hans Rasmussen in his stead. Mr..
Stambaugh fought this movement TO
a stand still. he is reported to have
said that friends Of Rasmussen's are
now coming around to him to try and
get him to sell them some Christmas
moonshine, but that this is merely
a trap to get him into trouble with
the authorities and thus find an ex-
cuse for kicking him off the board. He
says that he is not in the moonshin-
ing business and this bait is not going
to attract him at all.
Trouble With Mortgage Holders
There is more trouble in store as
Louis P. Donovan who holds mort
cages for $1,000 on the Producers
News plant and building is demand
ing his money without delay, or he
will foreclose, as the mortgages are
now past due. and just as The Her
aid forecasted long ago that was
what would happen after election.
William Hass, former supporter,
has been approached and conferences
has been held with him, and some
renorts were that he had come back
into the fold. He has considerable
money due him and would like to get
it back. About three weeks ago he
and Taylor are reported to have taken
dinner together at a private booth in
in one Of our cafes. 1t is also reported
hat Mr.. Hass tried to induce the
Democratic party to take owe the
Producers News.
The rumor now is that Bill Hass
is said to have agreed to purchase
D%onovan's mortgages and that he has
made a deal with Joe Dolin to pur-
chase same from him and foreclose on
it, and thus obtain possession of the
plant, but we can hardly credit these
stories, as if Mr.. Dolin wants a news
raper in P%lentywood it would be far
cheaper to move his plant here from
Medicine Lake, than to take over the
white elephant as that debt ridden
plant is at this time. If he did not
want to move his Medicine Lake plant
he could purchase a better plant foi
less money from some other defunct
newspaper than it would cost to take
over the Producers News.