The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-03

them in open violation of law.
Don't interfere with serving of
ginger ale. If you note fragrant
violation of the dry law, call the
attention of the management of
the hotel or cabaret to it. If they
fail to cooperate, Injunction pro-
ceedings will follow. Start nc
trouble. And bear this in mind: II
any of you behave wrongly you'll
get suspension or worse"
This is Chicago where ones life
is not supposed to be safe from
violence for a minute. But prohibs
did not skulk around the alleys o.
prowl in the shadows back OF
dance halls grabbing young girls
and boys and searching them fol-
liquor. They did not go around
offering school children in theil
early teens two dollars for infor
nation that might lead to the ar
rest of a bootician. Prohibs art
not any better in Chicago thar
they are here, but the people il
Chicago seem to be better &C
quainted with their rights under
the law than the big men of Plen
tywood who permit border patrol
men to go thru their pockets will
impunity.
Shoppers Hurt Biz
That the presence of uniformed
hold-up men, who seem to thinl
that they are above, observation OF
their part of legal processes, il
hurting business is not open tx
question. Not only do farmer
find it disagreeable to come to
city where they are liable TO b,
held up and searched on the publ,
streets, but statesmen and business
men from other cities are now un
der the impression that if they
stay in hotel their next dooI
neighbor may be a stoolpigeon will
power to break into his room a
any time and rummage his bag
gage.
Some out of ignorance and 9th
ers maliciously may blame Tn,
Producers News for being respon
sible for bringing those snooper,
to town. Corporal Winters en-
couraged this theory. Of cours,
this is the rankest kind of tommy
rot. The Producers News is frank
ly opposed to prohibition and it i,
the only paper in Sheridan or Dan
iels County that takes its stant
squarely on this question. The
Producers News scored the booze
monopoly that prevailed in Plen
tywood, while Corporal Winters
went dashing around arresting cot
fee pot distillers, but leaving the
big bootleggers Dwyer and Colt
lieb in Plentywood, Mike Flannery
in Outlook and his reputed drug
store friends in Scobey to go of
scott free. AND THEY ARE
STILL RUNNING, tho Jack Dwy-
er did some of the running with
his feet recently.
Before and Now.
We would remind our readers
however, to throw their memories
back to the last prediction cam
paign when the elements compos-
ing the present Business Admins
tration promised the people a dry
and "pure" county, free of booze
and gambling joints and "chicker
ranches" They promised to chase
"Nig" Collins out of Sheridan
county within forty-eight hours but
mig" is here yet and so is Sher-
if Madsen. They promised to stop
gambling but there is gambling
still going on right here in Plen-
tvwood under the sheriff's nose
They promised to stop the slot ma
chine racket but there are slot ma
chimes reported operating in Medi-
cine Lake and other parts of the
county and Sheriff Madsen is not
doing a thing about it to our
/ knowledge.
When Rodney Salisbury was
sheriff The Producers News was
blamed for keeping the county
wet, for the gambling that was
going on and for the presence of
haNig" Collins on his Chicken
ranch" Now that Rodney Sails
hurry is no longer sheriff The Pro-
ducers News is blamed for the
presence of the prohibition agents,
but so far, we have not been blam-
od for the fact that gambling is
sfill flourishing here and for the
fort that "Nig" Collins and his dog
can be seen on the streets of this
citv any day in the week talking