The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-17
LARD OLSON LAYS ANOTHER
EGG


Editor, The Producers News:
The Lee Brothers who opened up
short lived and illfated tonsorial
establishment here without due re-
gard for the regulations prescribed
by law for such establishments |
were unfortunate in having as one
of their sponsors and chief public !
ity man, Lard S. Olson, editor of
The Plentywood Herald, whose rec (
ord as a business man is an un-
broken one of failure. The Lee
Brothers shop was closed by the
county attorney almost as soon as
it started for not having complied
with the state laws governing
barber shops.
No sooner had the Lee Brothers
set up an ancient chair in a room
rented from John Palubicki than
Lard S. Olson rushed into prin'
bidding them a hearty welcome. He
did not stop to consider if they
were complying with the laws gov
erning barber shops which were
made so that the patrons would be
protected against infection due to
insanitary conditions. Tho Mr.. Oh
son seems to be greatly concerned
with law and order when it is a
case of defending prohibition
agents in their search of individu
ais on the streets, yet for the sake
of a few cents reduction in the
price of hair cut or shave he
would aid and abet in the violation
of law designed to safeguard
the public health.
Mr.. Olson did not confine his en-
thusiasm to a big publicity puff
In his paper. On the very first day
this barber shop opened he brought
his son there to get a hair cut.
Whether he got it free in return
for his free advertising we do not
know. But we know that it does
not take much to purchase Lard's
support for anything. Following
Olson's example another business
man, whose name is not worth re-
cording, took his kid to the Lee
place for hair cut. The kid, wis
er and younger than his dad want
ed 10 go into the White Barber
Shop but was called away by his
thrifty pa.
Perhaps Lard S. Olson and John
PalubicH saw in the Lee Brothers
kindred spirits, because like them
selves they were never considered
an asset in any community they
lived in. The Lees were recently
told to leave Malta by the sheriff
and-Het return. Palubicli never did
anything to boost brentwood. His
only connection with an uplift
movement in Plentywood was his
connection with a water meter
when he tried to do the city out OF
revenue from water taxes. That's
about the extent of his public spir-
it.
AS for Lard S., everybody in the
town knows his record. Even when
ne was justice of the peace he
could not be on the level. He once
put a two hundred dollar fine i'm
posed on q bootlegger in his peck.
ct and did not return the money
until Three Finger" Brown of tht
department of justice came here
and then Lard put the money bacl
lest ne might land in Jail. Such are
the hackers of the Lee Brothers.
While the public at large was
only permitted to investigate the
room in which the lone barber
chair was located Lard and Johr
oelng privileged characters were
taken behind the scenes into an in.
side room where the s'importeC
dancers" were to give their exhi
oltions. Olson's teeth watered a
the prospect it is reported, and he
oegan to sputter and spit with an,
sicipatlon of good time. "This i:
better than rabbit farm or ever
an oil we'll" he shouted. eThis is /;
gold mine" PalubiclSi who wa,
standing near grunted: ''Lard. it'.
an right, but stop splitting in my
eyes. l don't want to 90 blind vet.
mere are two old establishe,
oaroer shops in brentwood which
are complying with the laws gov
ernlng such establishments. The,
are sanitary and their proprietor
are frequently complimented b,
visitors from out of the town OF
eIe way In which they are conduct
gu Iney are an asset TO the cit
anu give excellent service. Thei