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The border vidette., 1930-05-24
BIG SONORA RIVER PROJECT

Tucson, May 19.-Tentative
plans for a hydro electric and
water conservation project at
Molino de Camou, on the Sonora
river, to cost 100000 pesos,
are being studied by francisco
S. Elias, governor of Sonora. \
That was the announcement
made this morning by Louis
Brauer. vice consul for Germany
at Hermosillo. who motored to
Tucson from Nogales Friday.
He is registered at the Presidio
hotel, and conferred today with
Eugenio' P. Serrano, Altar mer.
chant, and Jack Shaw, veteran
Tucson mining man.
While Herr Brauer emphasiz.
ed the fact that the project was
still in its early stages, be also
made it clear that Governor
Elias was lending bis support to
the enterprise and that active
steps were being planned to-
bring it to completion.
Governor Elias is carrying
out an elaborate program for
the development of Sonora" the
vice consul said. He is giving
special attention to the building
of highways and the establish
ment of schools. Through his
efforts. roads have been built
recently from Caborca, Pitiquito
and Altar, to Santa Ana, and
also east of Pesqueira and north
of Ures.
In his bodybuilding pro.
gram, Governor Elias is being
ably seconded by Roberto Urias,
memb ber- of the Sonora legis.
lature.
General Almazsn, the Mex
lean secretary of communica-
tions, is expected to arrive at.
Hermosillo at any time now, to
confer with Governor Elias re.
garding federal aid of 1000. 900
pesos for the building of the
500-mile highway from Nogales
to Navojoa, through Guaymas." F"
|. Herr Brauer is the owner Of
La Posa and La Palma ranches,
10 miles south of Hermosillo.
For 81 years he was manager Of
the Banco de Sonora at Hermo-
siIlo.
Senor Serrano. in seconding
the report of Governor Elias
activities in developing Sonora,
said that the chief executive had
caused schools to be established
in practically every town in
the state"
The border vidette., 1930-05-24
CRIME PREVENTION IMPORTAN

To prevent crime is a far
wiser thing than merely to pun.
ish it," says Governor Roosevelt
of New York. Probably every.
one will agree with this. The
disagreement comes in discus
sing the means of prevention.
Many American authorities be
leve that our zeal for passing
laws stands as barrier to crime
prevention. Every law makes
new criminals. The result is
judicial chaos and an increase in
the red tape surrounding our
legal system.
At present, a strong effort is
being made to pass Federal
anti-revolver law on the suppo
sition that if criminals we're dis
armed crimes of violence would
decrease. This is true. The
fallacy lies in the fact that no
law in the world can prevent the
underworld from obtaining arms.
All such a law would do would
be to prevent good citizens from
owning guns for protection or
sport.
Prevent crime by wedding out
obsolete laws, divorcing judicial
administration from politics, i'm
proving our police system and
making punishment sure.
The border vidette., 1930-05-24
WHAT is IT?

Mr.. Hoover's super business
administration got another hard
jolt Saturday, when two billion
dollars of investments were wip
ed out in Wall street crash.
This sort of thing is becoming
a little too frequent to be passed
over with shrug. They may
tell US there is no financial panic
in the country. If not, what is
it? The March q report of the
condition of the banks Of nation
shows a decrease of 81 ,533, 985,
600 in resources and deposits OF
national banks alone.-Tempe
News.
The border vidette., 1930-05-24

Kingman-Kaaba Mining and
Milling Corporation formed new
organization to be known as
Kingman Smelling & Refining
Company and will construct a
smelter here shortly.
The border vidette., 1930-05-24

Hillside - Surveys made for
construction of broad-gauge ex-
tension railroad from here on
Santa Fe line, to property of
Bagdad Copper Corporation, q
distance of 28 miles.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
FISHBECk PLEADS
GUILTY TO ASSAULT

Frank J.. Fishbeck was arrested on
Saturday, April 10Th, on a charge of
third degree assault upon Jeanne
Garneau, a minor girl. The complaint
charged that the assault was made
on the 18th day of January and was
preferred in the Justice Court of E.
E. Belanski of Alfred j. Garneau the
father of the girl.
The complaint had been made on
March 31st but the defendant was not
arrested until Saturday. He entered
a plea of guilty and Judge Belanski
fined him $500 and imposed a three
months Jail sentence, requiring that
the fine be paid forthwith and sus-
pended the serving of the sentence in
Jail providing the defendant was very
careful not to trespass any laws dur
ing the three month period.
This is one of the aftermaths of the
Mig Collins trial in District Court
where facts were brot out that Fish
beck hit the Garneau girl when she
wanted to help the Pickett girl who
was calling for help after being forced
into a bedroom by the notorious Mig
Collins.
The first Ease against Fishbeck in
this connection was dismissed by the
Court upon application of the attor-
neys for the defendant, who made
that from the testimony introduced in
the Mig Collins trial it was clear that
no conviction could be obtained on the
charge then against Fishbeck.
We understand that there are other
difficulties looming for parties in con-
nection with the infamous blowout"
staged at the Mig Collins chicken
ranch on the night of January 18th,
but the nature of such matters has
not yet been divulged.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
POWER co. TO REDUCE
CITY LIGHTING RATES

The Montana-Dakota Power Com
pany have offered a compromise in
the matter of the street lighting rates
in Plentywood when their represent
atives Mr.. Carlson Of Williston in
formed Mayor Storkan that the Com
pany would agree to place all street
lights on one meter and reduce the
rates from 8 cents to 7 cents per K.
w. H. The council says that in the
event this offer is accepted it will
mean a saving of about $4,000 per
month, or s552.00 per year or a total
Of % per cent on the price now being
paid for such lights and power for
pumping water in Pl%entywood.
Just what action will be taken by
the City Council on this rendered re-
duction as a Diesel engine has been
ordered shipped here, but there is now
a temporary restraining order issued
from our district Court in this con-
nection, which will be decided in a
short time. In the event the Coun-
ell accepts this offer the action will,
most likely, be dropped.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
MANY VISITORS AT
KlENAST FORD A

The Kienast Motor Company auc-
tion sale of used cars, held here last
Saturday brought in a considerable
number of visitors to Plentywood, but
interest in purchase of the used cars
was not as keen as it would have been
under ordinary conditions when there
is plenty of ready funds. However;
two cars were sold during the sale
and two Immediately after the sale.
The winners Of the two Holstein
calves were Deputy Assessor Alfred
Jensen Of Dagmar and Mrs. Jacob
Jacobsen of Plentywood. A young
man from Raymond won the $25 al
lowance on a new Ford automobile.
The Kienast Motor Company in put
ting on this Ford day, which hence
forth will become an annual event
entertained the visitors by serving a
good hot lunch and by selections play
ed by the Plentywood band, and in
other ways succeeded in establishing
more cordial relations with the motor
public, and will be the means of in
creasing car and accessories sales
considerably, as they indicated their
desire to get better acquainted with
the public generally.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
Sidney Boy Is Killed
When Motorcycle He Is
Riding Runs Into Tractor

Vilarian Schan, a 10 year old boy
whose parents live near Sidney, was
killed late Sunday afternoon at the
Murray farm 10 miles west of Home
stead in Roosevelt County.
The young man was riding a motor
cycle into the Murray farm yard with
considerable speed and the high wind
raised so much dust that he was un-
able to see exactly where he was 60
ing when he hit head on into a large
tractor. The unfortunate boy was
horribly mangled and lived only a
few hours afterwards.
The funeral occurred Wednesday
afternoon at Sidney.
It is said the impact was so ter
rife when the speeding motor cycle
struck the engine that the boy was
hurled for a considerable distance and
the motor cycle was completely
smashed, and the tractor was moved
more than a foot backwards.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
FINGER PRINTS TO
Be TAKEN PR0HIB
Law VI0LATORS
Bootleggers Will Find Tough
Shedding on Second Of
tense Hereafter

Rough shedding is ahead for the
boys who peddle contraband liquor in
Montana-if they err and get caught.
Hereafter, when they are nabbed by
federal agents, they are to be finger
printed. If the prints recall some
former o%ffense, when compared with
those already on file, although they
may have changed their "monickers'
in the meantime, annoying complica-
tions may arise.
Equipment for establishing finger
print bureau at each of the Offices Of
the United States marshal in Montana
haev been received by Chief Deputy
E. Iceberg. The prints will be placed
on record in the bureau of investiga-
ton of the department of justice at
Washington, D. C.
"This means that every one charged
with violation Of the national pro-
hibition act who is taken into custody
will be finger printed, his criminal
history recorded and his description
taken said Mr.. Iceberg. Heretofore
no such records have been kept Of
prohibition law violators."
Instructions received by Mr.. Lie
berg are that all finger prints taken
shall be Immediately forwarded to
Washington and that within 48 hours
after they are received there the de-
partment will telegraph a reply con-
corning the criminal history of the
mar arrested if it is on file.
If the prisoner objects to having
his prints, taken the marshal is in
structed to report the matter to the
United States attorney and to be
guided by his advise. When a pris-
me- is acquitted of a charge after he
has been finger printed the records
taken may be returned to him upon
his request.
1t is expected that through finger
printing of every prisoner taken into
custody officers will find many men
in other states.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
immigration Officers Nab
Four Border Runners

The Immigration Border Patrol
men in Plentywood arrested four
aliens in the railroad yards here Tues
day, three being Canadians and one an
Australian who is a deserving seaman,
gave his name as Alexander Claggo.
The four prisoner stuck to their story
for several hours that they had just
arrived from Michigan for work, and
had tried to remove every trace of
their identity, but overlooked the
manufacturers label on some of their
clothing which were of Canadian
make. They finally admitted they
had walked across the border near
Whitehall on Saturday night.
They were taken to Scobey and
locked up until they can be turned
over to the u. S. Department of JUS
tice at Great Falls and thereafter de-
ported.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
ALL LEGION POSTS
I'm STATE TO HOLD
MEETINGS TONIGHT
DR.. Mel Daniel of Scobey Will
Address the P~lentywood
American Legionaires

Each of Montana's 95 American Le-
gion Posts will meet tonight at s
o'clock for Post Commanders Round
up day, and each will hear a visiting
speaker talk on the work, the plans
and the aims of the organization.
DR.. Mcdaniel of Scobey speaks here
tonight, Scott Hart of Poplar will ad-
dress the Scobey Post, Ted Winters
of Scobey speaks at Opheim and past
Commander Orlo Woodward Of Scobey
speaks at Whitehall.
During the week of April 21st to
28th, the present members of the Am
erican Legion will endeavor to make
contact with every other veteran of
the World War in this country and in
form him Of the benefits that have ac-
cured from his service through sue
cessive Legislative enactments and
the program of the Legion.
The Legion is the greatest organi-
zation of ex-soldier in the world. It
stands for peace, safety and national
defense through universal draft leg
islations. 1t has a child welfare
program that has attracted nation
wide attention through its worthwhile
activities. 1t has been instrumental
in obtaining passage of almost all
legislation to benefit to the disabled
veteran.
We are unable to ascertain the
names of the speakers at the Out
look, Westby, Medicine Lake or the
Homestead Posts, but understand that
arrangement have been completed to
meet at each Post tonight.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
and the Mumps"
To Be Presented By Local
High School Fri, May End

A three act comedy, "The Mummy
and the Mumps" will be presented by
the senior class Of P~lentywood high
school at the Farmer Labor Temple
on May 2. You will find this play dis
tinctly different from any play given
here before.
The scene is laid in a fashionable
girls school where Miss Laidlow is
in charge. She does not permit young
men to visit while school is in session.
An epidemic of mumps prevents some
Of the girl from returning to their
homes. Miss Laidlow's nephew and
his friend together with the bell-hop,
Rocker, can't help but meet the young
ladies at the school. A scientist ar
rives in a mummy case. His presence
is known only by one of the girls.
He is an ~'oats-eating earl and fur
nishes plenty of amusements.
The cast, numbering ten, was
picked from the senior class. All are
we'll known in this community, and
you will surely enjoy this hilarious
comedy.
Don't forget the date, Friday, May
End.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
WANDA HASS PLEADS
mot GUILTY." WHEN
ARRAICNED MONDAY
Employs Attorney Paul Bah
cock to Defend Her; Ran
kin Unable to Come

Wanda Hass of Outlook entered a
plea of not guilty to the second de-
gree murder charge filed in District
Court against her by County Attor-
ney Grant BLACKWELL, when she was ar
raigned OF Tuesday morning.
She is charged with having shot
Hugo Hass on April 7th, and that he
died from such gun shot wounds.
After surrendering herself to the
sheriff at which time she freely adj
mitted having shot her uncle, she was
willing to plead guilty to a second
degree murder charge providing she
did not get more than a five years
sentence in the penitentiary. She
sent word to Wellington D. Rankin Of
Helena to come here and represent
her in court but as he is U. S. District
Attorney was unable to come here and
so informed Judge Paul. Several
days have since elapsed and it was
believed necessary for the Court to
appoint an attorney for her but she
has now employed attorney Paul
Babcock to represent her.
The Court refused bonds in her case
and until either another special term
of District Court is called, or if the
case is put off until the regular fall
term of District Court, the defendant
will be in custody and as Sheridan
County has no quarters for female
prisoners it is more than likely she
will be removed to the Jail at Glas-
gov which has a womans ward.
1t is believed this will be a very
hard fought case and it may be rather
difficult to obtain a jury to try it in
Sheridan County owing to the motor
iety given it through various sources.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
TO ATTEND
STORE CONVENTION

Avery l.. Roser, manager of the To-
cal J. C. Penney Co. will leave Sat
urday to attend the Spring convention
of the organization to be held at Spo-
kane Washington. Headquarters of
the convention will be at the Daven-
port Hotel and the meeting will con-
tinue for one week.
Special interest is being paid to the
convention meetings this year owing
to the attendance of George H. Bush
nell, former 1st vice-president of the
j. C. Penney Co.. who resigned from
this position late in February in order
that he might be relieved of the re-
sponsibilities Of the office which he
has occupied for the pat ten years.
Mr.. Bushnell, who confines as a
director of the company, first became
identified with the j. c. Penney or
ganization in 1911 when the general
offices were located in Salt Lake City.
He is generally recognized as one
of the outstanding financial organic
ers of the mercantile world.
Mr.. Lew V. Day, 1st vice-president
of the j. C. Penney Co. will be chair
man of the convention at Spokane
Continued on Last Page)
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
.O'FLAH-RAT-Y SPREADS
o YARDS DOORS

Z Dumb" O'Flah-rat-y as many
> Of his former co-workers on the
. Daily Worker, from which he was
. given his walking papers, appar-
= antly for being a left wing COM
y munist, called him, is following
> in his masters ~(taylor) footsteps
= in trying to emulate the stencil
3 that animal sprays about him,
in that OFlah-rat-y is gradually
2 sinking to the same bottom of
. the dregs of humanity in his
character assassination attempts.
= Of course he is very careful not
= to tackle anyone whom he thinks
q might possible loan him four bits
or one buck-the extent Of his
credit-to get along on, but no
one else is immune from his odor-
= ferrous attacks. Of course he
8 should be a past master in ex-
uding smells as he is a POSTCARD
: uate of the gangster college IN
the slum region of the Chicago
slaughter house district where he
soaked up enough of the aroma OF
dying animals, machine gunned
opponents Of AL Capone from the
black belt vicinity so that ne a
= continue to throw off this stencil
long after the Producers Moose
has closed it's doors forever.
' Of course he has not fallen
within a mile or two of the depth
where taylor and salisbury now
grovel but he will get there al
ter awhile. When he gets TO the
point where he will have to reach
up to find the bottom Of the base
ment then he will be ready Tor
promotion as a recognized and
authorized stencil sprayer OF the
Collins coterie, and until such
a time we will have to let him
keep on experimenting, but the
day will come when his shoes will
hurt his feet as his belt has done
to his waistline many times here
on the skinny payroll of the Pro
ducers Moose, and no easy come
on guys could be found to let him
have four bits to eat on.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
COMMERCIAL CLUB
RAISE FUNDS FOR
ROADS ( JULY 4
Membership Drive Brings
49 New Members; Get
Pledges of Support

The Plentywood Commercial Club
have arranged for funds to fix up the
streets and alleys as we'll as roads adj
jacent to Plentywood, through a drive
that was made a short while ago,
getting business men to pledge a GER
tain sum Of money and payable each
month of the year commencing with
April, obtaining G5 pledges which
will total $175 per month, or a total
for the year of $1575.0O.
Last year only 16 business firms
had made similar pledges to help the
Commercial Club to carry ON, and it
is very gratifying to know that so
many 0 supporters have been add
ed to the ranks for this year.
At the meeting held last week it
was decided to have a fourth Of July
celebration in Plentywood and COM
mittees have been appointed for the
various projects to Pit this one day
over with a bang in Plentywood.
One feature being that of giving
away a number of pure bred calves on
that day, but the plan for this dis
tribution has not been divulged as
yet.
The Club was asked by Carl West
to s their influence in getting some
one here to take over and operate his
creamery this summer as he will be
unable to do so, and efforts are being
made to get someone here to take
over this important local industry.
The regular meeting night of the
Commercial Club has been changed to
the third Thursday night in each
month which will make it more con-
venient for most everyone to attend.
Much enthusiasm was displayed in
many other matters which will be of
gen benefit to the community, and
one thing is certain, and that is we
have a mighty active Commercial
Club.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
FLAMES SWEEP OHIO
STATE PRISON; 319
DIE IN CATASTROPHE
Prisoners Send Out Cries For
Help as Fire Licks Way to
Cells That Hold Them

COLUMBUS, o., April 21-(UP)
"A fire of tragic proportions, one of
the greatest in recent years, broke
out at 6 p. m. Monday in the Ohio
state penitentiary.
Prison officials asserted at 8 p. m.
that 300 dead had been counted. 1t
was hoped that this report was great
ly exaggerated and that many of the
men counted-buried under debris in
the ruins Of the west cell block
would be found to have been merely
unconscious. More than 300 injured
were removed to the prison hospital.
1t was impossible to tabulate the dead
and missing accurately until the fire
was actually out, and the debris in
side had cooled.
Thousands of prisoners were herd
ed into the yards. They screamed
like madmen. A regiment of national
guardsmen was called out to the aid
of federal troops, police and prison
guards.
The original fires in the west cell
block had been brought under control
and the work of removing the dead
and injured was going on when a new
fire broke out at 8:15 p. m. in the
prison wooden mills, 300 yards away,
and behind the area where the convict
mob was held at bayonet point in the
yard.
There is no doubt that this fire, like
the others, was incendiary. Some of
the men had slipped back to the build
ing and fired it in berserk rage.
Firemen, who went to fight this
blaze were attacked by convicts, and
had great difficulty in making a way
through the mob.
The chief Of the Columbus fire de-
partment at this point warned the
warden that unless his men could be
guaranteed protection he would with
draw all fire-fghting apparatus and
leave the penitentiary to burn to the
ground.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
LOANS TO
SHERIDAN FARMERS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Loans Will be Accepted Up
to $500 For E@ch $1,000
Worth of Stock

Arrangements have beer completed
whereby the farmers in Sheridan
County may borrow money to the ex-
tent of $1,000, which will not exceed
so per cent of the purchase price of
cattle and sheep, from the Agricultur-
al Credit Corporation of Minneapolis,
Minnesota. A local committee con-
sisting Of c. B. Bull, Chairman, Leo
Ziedler, c.. B. Peterson and County
Agent Ferguson will pass on all APP
plications before they are sent to the
office at Minneapolis.
A plan Of operation of the Agri-
culture Credit Corporation is to loan
money to farmers for the purchase of
foundation stock and to improve the
quality of stock they now have. The
loan will bear interest at 6h per cent
and the principal is to be paid at the
end of a three-year period. The terms
of payment of cattle loans will be 30
per cent due October l after date of
purchase, 30 per cent due October |
the second year, and 40 per cent due
the third year. In cases the livestock
has been purchased after July /, the
first payment will be due year from
date. In case Of sheep loans 80 per
cent of the principal will be due Nov
ember Is following date of purchase,
80 per cent November Is the second
year, and 40 per cent November Is
the third year. In cases the sheep
were purchased after July /. the first
payment will be made November Is
of the year following date of pur-
chase.
The Agricultural Credit Corpora
ton has been in operation since 1924
and has loaned money for the pur-
chase of stock in Michigan, Minnesota
Montana, North Dakota, South Dako-
ia and Wisconsin. Farmers who have
made loans in the past through this
organization have been well satisfied
with the method in which the loans
Continued on last page)
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-24
Cyclone Sally" To Be
Given By Comertown H. S,

"Cyclone Sally" is the title of the
play to be given May 9th by the Com
ertown High School pupils, accord
ing to Miss Gulbrandson who was IN
Plentywood Saturday ordering pro-
grams printed.
The cast of characters will be taken
by the following pupils: Carlot Ros-
tad, Melvin Rostad, Clifford Olson,
Clayton Mccall, Mary Eaton, Ragn-
HID Bakken, Mildred Bergerbakken,
Ethel Peele and Louise Pohle.
The play will be presented in the
Comertown high school gymnasium,
and as this is one of the plays that
will get you to forget all of your
troubles, and if you want to thorough
ly enjoy an evening, be there that
night at s o'clock The students have
worked hard to make this a success.