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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
BIG BANKS REQUEST
POLICE PROTECTION

New York, Dec. 23.-Extra DO
lice guards for severalb ranches of
the Bank of the United States
scattered turnout Manhattan, the
Bronx and Brooklyn, were request
ed today by the state superintend-
ent of banking, Joseph A. Brod-
erlck. No explanation was made.
1t was understood depositors
who have applied for loans up to
fifty per cent of their deposits will
receive loans at these several
branches tomorrow.
Four men and two women ar
rested outside the Freeman street
branch of the closed bank as lead
ers In a small crowd of depositors
who sought to storm the hank
were convicted of disorderlv con.
duct by Magistrate Flood TODAY
They were given suspended senten-
ces. --'el
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
GROCERY PRICES IN
PWOOD TAKE DIP

The advertised grocery pr;ces In
Plentywood dropped about 25 ner
cent since the last issue of The
Producers News. This is confirma-
ton of the statement of this pa-
per that grocery prices were being
held up" in Plentywood.
For this saving the consumers
OF Sheridan county have the Pro-
ducers News to thank. The saving
on one good order will paw the
subscription to The Producers
News, the farmers paper the ma
per that does not allow its adyer-
Users to dictate what goes into its
column. -'9
The so-called merchants velped
That the figures in The Producers
News were fakes-were quotations
Tor inferior brands: old stuff Rut
they met the prices with the same
grade they had been selling for
the higher prices. The prices quot
ed In The Producers News were
taken from the ads of leading GRO
Gerry stores in Lewistown and
Great Falls. The prices advertised
TINS week are lower than the ones
This paper quoted.
The Producers News is not get
ting much advertising from the
merchants but it is saving the
farmers a lot Of money.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
HOUSE PASSES
AMOUR WEEK BILL


washington Up BY adopting
tne Kendall bill, which reduces he
weekly working schedules In the
postal service from As DO Al hours
.ne House has taken the frat sfa,,
toward giving additional worL ~
ABOUT 10000 postal substitnte~ az -
sOrulng 10 Sec. Thomas II. FIaher-
~ OK me National Federation ~
Post Office Clerks. 0" ~
postmaster General Brown AZ.
approved of the measure on Az
ground that there was An ah'r,s'
dant labor supply and hence the
government should not improve the
CONDITIONS of employment. The or.
canned clerks, letter carriers and
railway mail employees pushed the
Dill through. They describe n 90
GIVING four hours of leisure eaeS
week tc 10000 EMPLOYEES and "a
oitional work to 10000 emnlova 80
"n a. now need more working time
IN measured In money terms M
rIanerty said, at means in +ba g.
gregate more than one million ~
lars monthly in circulation IN oon
cues and towns, spent in the 49, 49,
vnHse OF necessaries by 10000
III, L1aFoliette has introduced tbs
1 In the senate and in ,;eu @
floor Leader Jim Watsor,s "a
tuorsement Of the 5-dav veal ;S an
the postal workers, "eeh iuea
Eh VIII I'm not be difficult to out Their
2 pc day bin through the 1' u ,nsm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
OKLAHOMA URGES
APPROVAL WALSH
INVESTIGATION

oklahoma City, Dec. 22.-Charr.
Is tnat the present low prices OF
cotton and wheat "are being de.
lloerately maintained" by the fed
eral farm board and that the hoard
is using its ability to lend money
70 farm organizations and voIun.
sary co-operatives to force sunnort
LOT l1self," were made todav bv
Jonn Simpson, national presidents
Oh the Farmers Union. IN q teIa'
gram TO Senator Walsh Of MOI
lana lana. Simpson wired Walsh urging
passage OF the senator's resoIu.
ZION asking for an investigator 80
the marketing activities ~ tS ~
farm board. w VI tne
IN nus message to Walsh. Sinn-
son declared that Chairman Ieree
VI tne farm board admitted befoTe
recent closed session of the sere
ate agricultural committee thst an AZ
Farmers National Grain Corr S ..,e
ION, wheat marketing division ~
Inc board, could raise or lower the
price of wheat at will. 4'e
simpson declared that Le0ge
sestifled the farm board was heId
ing wheat prices at their nresaut
raise them. aDiiity TO
In a statement issued at The
can r Tune he made his wire Ia
sen !, Walsh public, Simpson declar -
co mat as recently as Nov. % tha
farm board had sold wheat IN t tI,e
prices. ' a rise In
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
LAUNCH ATTACK ON
MARKETING ACI

Washington, Dec. 22.-Livestock
indictment trained their guns to-
day upon the farm board and the
constitutionality of the agricultur-
al marketing act in their defense
against charges of boycotting CO.
operatives at the st. Louis national
stock yards.
Counsel for nearly so respond
ents, called to show cause WHY
they should not be suspended by
the secretary of agriculture under
the packers and stockyards act, at
tackled that law also. They served
notice, too, that if the ruling was
unfavorable to them they would
carry their fight to the courts.
Their attorneys contended the
case was part of a put up Job"
to obtain a monopoly thru the
farm board act of the marketing
of all meat animals and to use
taxpayers money to drive the indi-
vldual operator out of business
The government commended thoss
presentations constituted no de-
Tense; that the defendants had re-
course to cogress on any quarrel
they had with the agricultural
marketing act. It's attorneys ar
gued that the commission mer-
chants and order buyers in bow
cotting the co-operatives did not
fully recognize their responsibility
as quasi-public agents, Gin handi-
ing other peoples property in in
terstate commerce"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
MAX SCHMELLINC
SAYS HE'LL FIGHT

Berlin, Dec. 90 Max Schmel-
ling, German boxer, said today he
had been travelling and has just
received the ultimatum of the New
York boxing commission that he
accept the challenge of Jack
Sharkey of Boston for a match in
which his title of heavyweight
champion will be at stake.
He said he Immediately cabled
his reply to the commission that
ne had instructed his manager Joe
Jacobs, to take up the matter with
them in New York.
Naturally I'll take on any con-
tender regarded by the commits
sion and the public as the likeliest
man." he said 81 think it is idle to
attempt to determine definitely at
this time just who is to fight me
next June, for many things car
happen before then"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
BAND BOYS TO GIVE
HOP DECEMBER 81

The Plentywood Band boys will
give carnival dance for the bene-
fit of that organization at the
Farmer-Labor Temple on New
Years Eve, Wednesday night, Dec.
81. The music will be furnished BY
Harry DeSilva's Wildwood Dance
Band. The tickets will be $1.00
a piece, good for one admission
only. The receipts will go as a
benefit for the band.
In the ad in another column of
The Producers News the boys say
there will be "frolic, fun and
mirth," and several features such
as a Battle of the Air" and a
new band hit, entitled. Northeast
ern Montana's Brightest Spot"
Come and dance the new year
in and the old year out to the sea-
sons latest hits.
Plentywood has a band with a
far flung reputation, which every
citizen should be proud of. This is
an opportunity for a good time
and to help make the band better.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

republican administration
shown up by this report as
being about the most in
competent set of officials
mat unfortunate voters ever had
the Ill luck to place in office. How
ever, Dolin does not explain whv
the examiners report was not
printed as the law plainly reou,ir-
es' immediately upon its reeein% bv
the official paper. "
Dated September IOth
The examiners report was dated
september 10th, 1880. The exau-
nation was made between the 10th
day OF August and September 3rd.
IL appears from letter in the
hands of County Clerk and Record
er Nlels Madsen, that the report.
was mailed September rs. IF IL
were, 1t was in Plentywood In time
20 be published in the Wave. Fri
day, December Ord, and To have
been spread upon the minutes of
the board at the regular October
meeting converting, Monday, Octo-
be per 9th, which is required bv law
Inc report not only was not print.
ed as required by law burt II ws,s
not put on the minuates of Ale
county board of commissioner nm
III the December meeting. The,
wave on November % published
the preliminary tables and set ms
and promised the notes in Ale
next issue, December 9Th, but fail
ed to print them on that date ar
on December IL, the issue follow
ing, but after being published n
Inc Producers News on December
II, they appeared in the iss,ae of
the Wave of December 10th nre-
coded by the above referred 10 a.
TACK on Public Examiner Rislev
Dolin purports to explain q III
OF law, and to, by inuendo, give q
number of Impressions not suh-
Stimulated by the facts. but Il d;d
not even refer to the illegal de.
lay In the publication of the re-
Harry Polk Too
Inc Plentywood Herald. the mr.
fConuDued on page Four
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
SEARS ROEBUCK CO.
CUTS THEIR PRICES

Chicago, Dec. o. The largest
catalogue in Sears, Roebuck and
Co.'S history was mailed YESTERDAY
TO II million customers in ali narts
OF the country. Price reductions
over last year were shown in MANY
leading commodities.
Cotton domestics were quot
ed at 1870 less than. a. wear
ago. This is the companv's
largest selling commodity
Inc biggest reduction was n
per cent in flat silk crepe.
MEMS underwear was 1870 low
e 5 r. auto tires 1495, wool blankets
100 per cent, harness 17e6. ere
and frock prints 2O9S. - &c
Tonne 1870, colored pongee S59s
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
EINSTEIN URGES
A FIGHT ON WAR

New York FTP Albert Elm
stein, hailed as the world's fore
most scientist, says there's only
one way to stop war. That is fol
the minority opposed to war to re-
fuse to fight. He elabrated his
program in the exclusive Ritz
Carton hotel before the New His
tory Society. Action not speeches
are needed to halt war, said the
expounder of the relatively theory.
His program is:
l. In peace time in countries
where CONSUMPTION is practised, re-
fuse to accept such service.
2. In war time, refuse to be fore
ed into the army or into any kind
of war service.
If only go of the conscripts
would refuse to join the mass muir
der machine, the jails would be
filled to bursting and the govern
ment blocked, said Einstein. "You
must show courage and YOU must
show patience, otherwise you will
remain just pacifist," he warned.
Einstein's warning against sen
timental pacifism was echoed by
Roger N. Baldwin,, director of the
American Civil Liberties Union,
himself a conscientious objector in
the world war.
1T takes courage to stop war"
said Baldwin. "A labor movement
conscious of its International rela-
tiOnships could stop it as British
labor prevented an attack on Rus
sia when they told Lloyd George
mot pound or a man for war"
But individual pacifists are of lit |
tie value.
"SentimentaliSts have been try
ing for years to build pacifism a.
mOng the college boys. Today we
have the greatest R. o. T. C. in
the history of America and there /
have not been more than a half
dozen boys who have resisted. In
each case the R. o. T. C. has evad-
ed the issue. Sentiment exists on
the campus, aggressive pacifism
does not. In Australia and New
Zealand, thousands of college boys
have gone to Jail fighting compul-
sorry military training. In Aus
tralia they have already won their
fight.
Movies. plays and books on war
have no other result than to build |
more ineffective sentiment. Build ,
the labor movement to end war"
Bankers and excitable women :
start wars-the boys do the fight
ing" Rev. Francis P. Duffy, war '
time chaplain of the 165th Infan-
try, told the veterans and others 7
imprisoned in Sing Sing. "I hope t
there will be no more of them" C
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
SEN. BORAH SAYS
FARM RELIEF LATE

Washington, Dec. d. Senator
BOrah, republican, Idaho demand
Cd In the senate tonight an expla-
nation why the farm board "ceas-
cd what sterilization operations
last spring when the price was a
found dollar and did not start
mem again until the price reached
NE point where the farmer could
not i've"
speaking on the house bill to
appropriate another $15O,OOO,OO0
ior the board for immediate use.
BOrah asserted the board stopped
rs attempt to peg the price last
SSpnng the "day AFTER Julius
Safnes OF the United States Cham
hgton. '
senator SmOOt of Utah, said the
OOSrd held the price last spring
a long as it possibly could"
II oOrah added the only hope held
w 0y Chairman Legge for the
-S.i1er was Ito reduce acreage,
~ ne doesn't know how much
~ey could reduce"
:. We certainly can get that kind
SS0 S !, cheaper than $5OO,OOO,-
WV ~. ne said, referring to the total
S S,aae for the board by con-
Dor oOFah said the average price of
NJ r.eA = IN Idaho in the last 10 days
1 ! 70 cents a bushel and wanted
-, AaOw why the board should
Sa y stabilize that price.
v' Se'era! democrats said they
~ sc voting for the appropriation.
-, - OecauSe they approved the poI-
g. - u The board but for fear
o1I SS would result if the board
SeSs 80 not meet its contracs. The
mr. 'e developed it had made COM
o1l ,''ents for $S76,OOO,OOO and had
! lew million dollars left.
sov- amendments were voted
nm -. n quick order, all without
am SS Su = One would have barred
IL 1.-THE y The Sl5O,OOO,OOO being used
he a. Ans Tor use in futures trad
hss ~ another would have mott |
cor,r;.e board it could not make |
lad !. Ilents beyond the money it |
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

bus, Sons of Norway, Eastern Star.
Masonic, A. o. U. w. and Degree
OF Honor lodges, and all had rep
resentatives present.
Clothing and food were solicited
and gathered in adequate quaint
ties at the Walters building adj
joining the Plentywood Hotel and
was quietly distributed under the
guiding hand of Mr.. Leverenz to
those who needed it - and there
were a number. The good work will
continue as long as necessary.
Ii anyone has anything that he
doesn't need, bring it to Hank for
those who do.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
By E. G. FERGUSON

Activities carried on by the
County Extension Agent. E.. q
ferguson, in Sheridan county the
past year has consisted of a large
variety of projects. The results of
Extension Work as conducted in
sheridan county show that the
farmers have secured a direct ben
e1lt, although in many cases it Is
nard to estimate the real value in
dollars and cents that the farm
ers have profited thereby.
During the past year there were
zO44 office calls and Asa telephone
calls made where farmers received
assistance and information The
agent spent 1fG DAYS in the field
curing Which time he visited Az
farms, assisting farmers with the;r
work. Forty-two newspaper art
lcles We're written on subjects fiat
We're OF interest to the farnoine,
pubic. One hundred and fortv-five
uays Were spent IN the office at
,Wnlch time the - ok caro- %
ms correspondence and worked ont
piaEs Tor carrying on extension
work. l121 individual letters were
s written IN answer to reoGests from
tariners Tor information that came
,py mail. Thirteen thousand civ
nundred circular letters were mail.
~ ~ 70 farmers and All Club men
pers within the county. There
were also 2,456 BULLETINS dis+r,h,,ts
ed on farm topics '
DuriLr re n-rsfs az April ,rd
may the Federal Seed Loan worL
snat was carried on in Sheridan
S Ty was handled through the
I.eehslon office. One HUNDREDS
enlrty-eight farmers secured finan.
cial assistance n +be a,tau IMAM,
$15,004.30. " w eAsehc OF
len registered seed growers 81
unalquls wheat and Newland FLAW
mere secured, which was a sniff
cienC supply for this county n
E;oS. ene pure seed program.
Eignt variety test demonstra-
=; LUIS were conducted in the county
70 ga cooperation with farm leaders
- .est out new varieties that look
promising for this county 0A
g.. lhree thousand acres of Bison
- to- Nv was grown in the county due
s,,l+s 'e publicity published Oil re-
SUITS secured from previous tests
WIFE,; stseu IN this county and at the
North Dakota. 0" at WINSTON
bison flax outylelded other var;-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

the 4UO,OOO depositors of
the Bank of the United
States in New York are met
with.
Long lines of depositors have ga
tnered at the doors of every one of
the 10 branches, but the police are
chasing them away. The workers
are enraged over the loss of their
savings.
The city treasurer of Philadel-
phla knew the rotten condition of
the bank and on Saturday with
drew all the funds of the city,
$265,OOO The Pennsylvania Secre-
tary of Finance declared that the
condition of the bank was o. k. as
far as last September.
This brings the total bank fail
ures for the year up to the largest
number In the history of the Unit
ed States. Since the first of the
year over HOO banks have crash
ed, with a total amount of over
S565,OOO, 900 involved. This is al
most three times as much as was
involved in 1926 the last wear
when there was a record number
Of bank failures.
All over the country a national
organization of worker depositors
IS being formed to demand a
return of deposits in full and to
protect the interests of small de-
positors, whose money is usually
stolen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
FORD PLANT CLOSES
$4,000 MEN JOBLESS

Detroit, Dec. REPRODUCTION in
the Ford Motor Company's plant
here was suspended today. A state
ment by the company said the
suspension "is in line with the mol
Icy of closing at this season of the
year in order that an inventory
may be taken"
The statement did not indicate
now long the plants would be clos
ed. The Ford company has been
operating on a three days a week
schedule for approximately three
months. Seventy-five thousand EN-
ployees were laid off.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES ORGANIZED TO
HELP THE NEEDY In SHERIDAN COUNTY

Under the leadership of the
American Legion, the Associated
Charities of Sheridan County was
organized at the county library.
Henry Leverenz, commander of
the local post of the American Le-
gion took the initiative.
The organizations invited by the
Legion to cooperate in this or
ganization and undertaking were:
The Commercial Club, Red Cross.
American Legion Auxiliary, Con-
gregational and Evangelical and
Catholic churches, the Daughters
OF America, the Knights of Column
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

ne Medicine Lake Wave, the paper of Zoe Dolin Of
ncla paper OF Sheridan County, came out last week with
scurrlous attack upon Public Examiner Risev and the
state examining department and the usual stuff about
ayior MIG Collins and others, of no connection what
WIN the state examiners report of the conditions OF
Sheridan County after five years of the rule Of FrsnI
FRENCH which paper every voter in the count
" IN frantic effort to redeem the sinking and dscI
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
MISSOURI FROZEN
NEAR WOLF POINT

The Missouri river is frozen at
won Point and at Williston and
residents of these cities and ranch
ers from adjacent territory are
crossing on the ice, which Is safe
Tor automobile traffic and bob
sleds, according to e. H. Bekke-
oanl, an engineer with the u. s.
geological survey. The river Is
open at TT. Benton. "
Bekkedahl has been making riv-
er discharge measurements IN the
vicinity OF Wolf Point, Williston
and Sanish, N. ID.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
SENATE CONFIRMS
r. B. WILLIAMSON

Washington, Dec. 19.-The nom
ination of Ralph B. Williamson of
Washington state to be a member
of the power commission, was con-
firmed today by the senate without
opposition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

Hamburg, Germany Professor
Werner Borchardt with Eurone-
an assistant fell into the crstey
OF the volcano Merapi, in Java. a.
the moment that it became su a.
denly eruptive and persisted IN tbs
boiling lava. ~ ''ie
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
Gang Sheets Attack The Examiner
$50, 600, 600 Bank Crashes i'm PHILADELPHIA
BACON SURPLUS IN
CANADA is FEARED

Edmonton, Alberta, Dec. 21.-
Fear that wheat farmers, turning
to hog raising for a livelihood, will
double the bacon production and
consequently lower prices was ex-
pressed at a meeting of the AL
berta Swine Breeders Association.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
MIAMI BANK CLOSES

Miami, Fla, Dec. 22.-The CITY
National Bank of this city, the
second largest financial institution
IN Miami, failed today. More than
$5,OOO,OOO in deposits is involved
There has been run on this bank
for some time, and in order 10
cover up the fact that it is the
economic crisis which is behind
the big increase in bank failures
the board of the City National
Bank declared that the closing of
the bank was due to malicious
rumors concerning the banks con-
dition" which really closed it up.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

COMING: News Years Carr;v.,
ao and Frolic, Plentywood De-
cemDers 3lst-New Years Eve
t tnls VIII be northeastern Mon
eanas brightest spot. See the hat
.le Oh the clouds and other snec-
Tacles. Fun for all and all for f',n
wood Band. ieney-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
Woman Dies at Record AGE

Magallanes, Chile, Dec. 90 F'e-
hpa Contreras, who recently told
census takers she was "more than
lao years old" died today. Her rel
atives believ she was the Oldest
woman in the world.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
Dolin Hangs Taylor on
Risley TO Discredit the
Exposures i'm Report

wave With Fake Claims and Trumped up Excuses. and
ocun1lous Attack on Examiner, Sent Every Taxpay-
er the County In Effort to Bolster UP Sinking Re-
publican Administration - Commissioners are Sacred
COWS Above Legislature, Law or Constitution.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
FOUR MORE CLOSE

-Four other banks failed Monday.
The City Bank and Trust Com
pany of Atlanta was closed by the
state superintendent of banks. In
Mississippi two banks failed. They
were the Citizens Bank and Trust
CONTINUED on Last rage,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
Bankers Trust Com
pany and 10 Branches
Fail to Open Tuesday

hs Failure Brings the Total Bank Failures for Year to
Largest Number for year in history of the United
States = 100 Banks With Total Capital of 565 Mill
ION Dollars Involved in Widespread Collapse South
In Gigantic Financial Shamble
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
WORKER DEPosrroRs ARE BEING ORGANIZED
Special to The Producers News

Philadelphia Dec, 2-Another huge bank has crash
ed ne Bankers Trust Company of this city, with 9
branches and 592 in deposits closed doors to-
day Over 5000 mostly worker depostors are unable to
raw out their money and face the same situation that
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26
NA LAWYER TO
WHIT AGED FATHER

Sssssonn Paul BabcOck left for
NEE h. south SSI Dakota, Tuesday,
lev davs WI ~ visit brother for a
b tie Tn.; From there he will go
ID Tie" N Cities for a few days
!, sssre h 70 S';, Spring Valley, Mimi,
isther. w WI visit with his aged
,sschea y. elder Mr.. Babcock has
oasceck lSf. age of 81. Attorney
I'd exna. .eit over the 500 Line
an to be gone about ten
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

.sehssed FaON- The city has
sc asiinr fo Farmers I'm National Bank
hssrv' 81 ~ 10000 to be used for
S7t. ana various city depart
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

Liberty Is Not
Handed Down
From Above
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-12-26

HISTORICAL SOCIEl
OF MONTANk
HELENA.