The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03
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braced him, but could hug nothing
but grunts out of the little fellow.
Playing With the Girls.
Came New Years eve and the
dance in the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie. Men, women and children
wandering outside for a breath of
fresh air, were subjected to search
by Teddie's little lambs. The girls
at first thot they might be a couple
of amorous fellows, but as they
carried neither mistletoe nor spin
ach, they resented the liberties
taken with their persons. They be-
lieve that if this state of affairs
is permitted to continue, every
body will be posing as a prohib.
There are rumors that attempts
are being made to engage the SER
vices of children in spying on boot
leggers.
1t is reported that despite the
activities of the prohibs one boot
leg joint is serving liquor without
molestation. The revenue men
hang around Krebsbach's pool par
lor but they don't take undue adj
vantage of the hospitality of the
Mint. Otto Stadig and Gottlieb,
proprietors of that emporium, are
gone west. Otto is in Vancouver
and Gottlieb is somewhere on the
coast, probably at Spokane where
his pal Jack Dwyer is now hiber-
mating. 1t is worthy of notice that
the big rum barons were not ar
rested. Perhaps it is merely ain
accident. - s.$9v nc foiid9
--'.,~ Arrived Too Late. e5g'd
1t may also have been an ACCT
dent that Winters and his local
shoppers arrived in Outlook early
this week, only to learn that a
plane load of booze had left there
for Glendive the day before: The
alrship was showed in there. for a
week and the rum ,,'unrers were
obliged to shovel TOO s,s,rds of snow
off to enable the rum bird to take
off. By the time the Corporal got
to Outlook, the plane had already
delivered its precious cargo at its
destination. Corporal Winters did
not raid the Bucket of Blood"
while in Outlook.
1t is reported that the booze was
intended for the Athletic Club at
Glendive, boOzery located on the
second floor of building on the
main street Of that lively city. This
dive of Glendive has never been
interfered with since prohibition
was inaugurated. 1t is operated by
Bert Nelson who also runs a road
house outside of town. Chaplin, the
prhibition agent in charge of the
Glendive section, is said to be a
I friend of Nelson's and SO is the
chief of police. Both the chief and
Chaplin are former sheriffs and
they know the ropes around Glen
dive.
FOsterim Illusions
When Chaplin shows his stuff, it
is said, he knocks over some poor
old woman who makes a little
home brew but Bert Nelson's Ath-
letic Club always runs. 1t appears
that folks around Glendive like to
believe that there is such a thing
as prohibition and in order to fos-
ter this illusion Nelson has a drunk
stationed at the door, who opens
when somebody knocks. This is a
mere formality. Everyday is well
come If he has the money. But If
people hang around the place too
long after they run out of cash
the chief of police is liable to have
them arrested and jailed for va
grancy. After they spend a while
in the can, they come back to The
Athletic Club and get lot of sym.
pathy from Nelson. They think
he is fine fellow. He may even
go so far in his generosity as to
give them a job on his ranch.
| There is a lot of resentment
among railroad men over the way
things are run in Glendive. It is
a division point and the rail work
ers are the main support of the
town. Yet no consideration is
shown them by the officials. 1t
seems that the city is run by and
for the business men. Glendive has
, a population of about 5000. 1t is
said to enjoy the unique distinction
of being the only city in Montana
: where the booze monopoly is real
: ly effective.