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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-07-30

didn't miss thing! They did all but
turn the island upside down to see the
under side of itr-and after they
watched the strange man dig for Goey
Ducks chow do you spell those thingsP>
they. even. decided they knew what
that looked, like---the under side. of
the island, mean.
Now I come home and find Billy
Robinson and Bobby Beall clamoring
for posters for the Kid Karnival
they're getting up Saturday at Billy's.
Well, it's worth making posters for:
Some of those exhibits-oh boyl
They've even got couple Of real.
honest to goodness gas bags-or no,
Billy says they're road hogs. Well, all
right, we won't quarrel over the name
only guess ought to know because
1 captured one of them for him. I
know now where all my gas has been
disappearing to- I found this creature
right under Betsy's nose the other
morning, simply satiated with oil and
gas. I
With one of those feminine "Eeks"
with which women always paralyze
their victims, / bounced upon tor
rather away from it. Then sneaked
up with long stick and pail, and
with closed eyes and set jaws managed
to get 1t into the pail. It's at least
half foot long, and has two siphon-
ing proboscis, or probosci, (whatever
the plural Isl that I'm sure it uses to
get the gas out of the car. Further
more each leg has sort Of monkey
wrench on the end of it, don't doubt
a bit 1t could steal a tire II 1t wanted
to. Besides this-oh, all right, Billy.
He says to pipe down, because If tell
all about his animals and exhibits
folks won't come to see them. Well,
only told about the gas bug-I beg
pardon, the Road Hawg, then If they
saw what else you have--
Good gracious! Here I've filled up
my whole column and forgot every
last thing about decorating. Well, that's
what one gets for changing his pro-
fession! If I'd stick to decorating
and stop trying to capture wild ami
mals-oh yes, and saw pinch bug
when was on the trip. When ran
to get bottle to put him in he hop
ped off. He's sort of a cross between
/, a grasshopper and cricket, with an
impudent tail like an Irishman's nose
and round fat tummy like COB
lin's-oh, I'm going bugs again, will
somebody stop me please?
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-07-30
ment to the small boy of Central

ment to the small boy of Central
America.
The mango tree is jealous of its
fruit but is prolific producer. Be
tween a tough skin and large rocky
interior there is a relatively small
amount of upholstery which clings
tenaciously to both skin and stone. If
you cut the skin off ripe mango a
large part of the fruit is on your
hands and if you try to eat what is
left large part of it gets on your
face. The tree grows from 40 to go
feet high, no branches near the ground
and thick and spreading foliage. 1t
is difficult to climb but safe and
roomy at the top. 1t would be ideal
for the champion tree sitters who are
after unreachable records.
Across the street on the public
school grounds are many small boys
and one mango tree the difficulties of
attaining the fruits of which are
greatly augmented for under this
mango tree sits the arm of the law.
that doesn't sound quite right and
perhaps I should say sits the seat of
the law In either case 1t is police
man who sits under the mango tree
and apparently rests by the day with
nothing on his mind but the con-
sumption of innumerable cigarettes. It
Is possible that he is there more for
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-07-30
THE BOOTLEGGER'S CORNER
intoxicating Facts About
Interior Decorating.
M r &


Went out to dinner tonight. Fol-
lowing q sllmptuous meal invited my
friend and her mother to the show.
"Oh, yes, have the car" I an
nounced cheerfully. So we started off
inagnificently in Betsy, with mother"
riding in the back seat in state. Rat
Ting 4 grandly along Second Avenue
a. ,.,e way to the theatre, we had Just
reached the entrance to the Washing
ton Hotel, when suddenly without
warning Betsy let out raucous
"Hon-nk-k" and continued to raise
her voice vociferously.
In great perturbation ratified the
gas lever, shook the wheel, pounded
the instrument board, and finally kill
ed the engine. and wished could kill
her. But "Hon-n-nk-k, h-o-nnn-k,
k-o-nk, o-n-k-k-k" she continued
without even pause for breath. A
crowd commenced to gather when
suddenly the doorman Of the hotel
dashed out, his gold braid and uni
form looming UP like the leader OF q
circus parade.
: What's the matter here?" he de-
manded wrathfully.
I'll don't know" stammered
"the-the horn doesn't work."
Doesn't work." he exclaimed, &c
say she's working overtime!" and rails.
ing the hood he yanked a wire loose
Then he turned and stalked grandly
back to the hotel
1881
He really shouldn't have gotten sore
though! It was grand advertisement
for the hotel. I never could under
stand, either, why my friends seemed
SO relieved to get inside the theatre
they said something about enjoying
being in the audience so much mort
than-oh we'll, they weren't used tt
Betsy. I always contend it's the un'
expected that makes life thrilling.
And speaking of thrills, I've just re-
turned from week end on Deac
Mans Island. Did we have q goot
time? Those New York girls with u
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
TEUTON FASCIST
MENACE HAS FADED

Rehabilitation Hitler, lead
er of the German National So
cialist-"Nazi"- group, does not
intend to make himself into an
other MussOlini. Instead, he is
preparing the way for a re-entry
into the Reichstag of his mem
bers who left it so unceremoni-
ously some weeks ago, and may
have his eye on a cabinet post OF
two as the price of their return.
The German fascists are settling
down quietly to parliamentary
procedure, thereby adhering to
the policy of strict legality an
nounced by Hitler himself Just
after the elections.
A group of bitter-enders, LED
by Capt. Walter Stennes, resist.
ed the new turn of the Nazi pol.
icy and were promptly read out
of the party. Stennes complained
that some of the direct-actionist.
in the Nazi group were goins
over to the communists.
Meanwhile a dictatorship o.
things-as-they-are, with civil lib
critics virtually suspended thru
ut Germany, has been declared
by the Centrist premier Bruening
Public meetings of all kinds hav,
been forbidden unless expressl,
authorized beforehand.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08

three million dollars. These con-
Germs could and should pay enough
extra taxes in three years to pay
all the debts of Montana. The state
is their milk COW. They should
feed her we'll.
The Governor is now. after the
adjournment, telling the people
that a two per cent power tax
would be advisable. The Governor
is a photograph. The voice is that
of the Power Company itself. 1t
sees the handwriting on the wall
of Belshasar's Hall where feast
the jewellers on the moneys cozen-
ed from the unorganized many:
The master at the push buttons
that control our state government
heard that the New York Legisla-
ture lately appropriated one hun
dred seventy three million dollars
to go into the hydro-electric bust
ness in competition with the cleo
trio Bond and Share Company.
The idea that publicly owned
plants in Ontario and Tacoma
thrive on one-third the rates we
pay in Montana, keeps them awake
nights. They would pour oil on
the troubled waters.
No Governor keep your two PEI
cent rate to yourself and to the
Power Company behind the throne
Talk to US of a ten per cent pow.
| er tax and the state may listen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
New Electric Refrigerator
Matches all Color Schemes

Synthetic daylight, said to be an
exact reproduction of Old Soils
best effort, has been perfected by
experts so that the por-
celain sides of the electrict refrig
orator will be as perfectly matched
as the finest set of dishes.
By blending clear and colored in
candescent lights the experts have
created a daylight department in
the mile long Frigidaire factory
here, which is Illuminated with the
best quality of daylight regardless
of the weather. Constant daylight
was necessitated when Frigidaire
announced that in the future these
electrict refrigerators would be
finished in snow white porcelain
on-steel. This cleaning finish is is
said, will blend with any kitchen
color scheme.
Three coats of porcelain are
baked onto the steel sides of the
new Frigidaires at a heat of 1900
degrees Fahrenheit. When the last
coat is fused into the steel panels
the panels pass along a production
line beneath the artificial daylight
There trained eyes match the pan.
els. Any departure from the snowy
color is quickly detected and the
panel is removed from production
Flint hard and having the ap
pearance of glass, this porcelain
on-steel finish is extremely dur
able. The scraping of pans anC
dishes across the flat service shell
top will not mar it. dirt and ever
ink and crayon marks can be eras
ed with a few strokes of a dam
cloth. Like the mechanical unit o
these refrigerators. the finish
guaranteed for three wears. The in
terror is lust as white and sani
tary. and in addition is acid resist
ing. immune to the strongest frui
Juices. It's rounded corners max
it easy to clean as a china dish.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
A. B. FALL NOW
SEEKS PARDON

Three Rivers, N. NJ, May A.
B. Fall looked to President Hoover
today for a pardon as his only av-
enue of escape from a sentence of
year in Jail and 100000 fine
on conviction of accepting a bride
from E. L. Doheny, oil man.
The former secretary of the in
terror announced he would not a.
gain appeal his sentence by a dis
trict of Columbia court in which
he was found guilty on charges
growing out of leasing of naval
oil reserves.
Fall told reporters, "I am wiring
my attorney not 10 proceed further
in the matter of my appeal to the
supreme court but to leave any
further proceedings in the hands of
my friends, 20 be handled by them
as they have been doing, directly
with the president. / am stating
TO Mr.. Hogan that in the event of
remote contingency of a reversal
of my case, | couli not undergo
the strain of another trial without
very probable fatal results"
Petitions have heen circulated by
friends in New Mexico and else
where asking a presidential par
don for the Harding cabinet eff
Ger.
Mr.. Fall, interviewed at his
ranch here after action of the Dis.
trict of Columbia court of appeal:
in upholding Falls sentence, sale
his attitude toward a presidential
pardon was largely passive.
IL am an old man." he said. &c
am not guilty of the crime Of
which I was accused. I have Tough
until l am worn out. and consider
atoms for my family impel me II
carry the fight no further"
He said he had no money will
which to pay the fine and explain
ed he had lost ownership of tn,
ranch on which he lives, when
mortgage was foreclosed severa
years ago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
American Delegates Go
to Wheat Conference
In London Eng, May k9

Washington FTP Formal an
nouncement was made May i by
the state department that the
United States had accepted the in
vitation of he Canadian govern
ment for a conference to begin on
MAY 10 in London. American del
egates will be Sam R. McKelvie of
the Federal Farm Board and Nils
Andres Olsen, chief of the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics of the
department of agriculture.
This London conference grows
out of the abortive meeting at
Rome in March, where resolutions
were adopted declaring that the
present low price of wheat, due to
SURPRISES. was a serious factor in
the world economic depression, and
declaring for a new conference to
which the United States should be
invited. Other wheat exporting
countries represented will be Ar
gentina, Australia, Bulgaria, Can
ada, Hungary, India. Poland, the
Soviet Union, Rumania and Yugo-
Slavia.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08

mediately hereunder the names
and addresses of stockholders own
ing or holding one per cent or
more Of total amount of stock If
not owned by a corporation, the
names and addresses of the indi-
Vldual owners must be given. If
owned by a firm, company, o, 9TH
er mincorporated concern, its adj
dress and name, as well as those.
of each individual member. must
be given.)
The Peoples Publishing Companv
Plentywood, Montana. VIM. Hass.
Outlook, Mont, o. M. Lutness. Nc.
Elroy, Mont, Jens Gronvold, PIen-
tywoOd, Mont, Ollie Worley. OK
ford, Neb., Ira Worley, Oxford
Nebraska; Rodney Salisbury. Plen-
tywood, Mont, P. j. Wallace.
Butte, Montana, Charles E. TAYLOR.
Plentywood, Montana.
B. That the known bondholders.
mortgages, and other security
holders owning or holding l per
cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other securi-
ties are: Of there are none 50
state)
Howard M. Lewis, brentwood.
Mont, John Lindbloom, Raymond.
Mont, Selmer copeland, McElroy,
Montana.
a. That the two paragraphs next
above, giving the names of the
owners, stockholders, and security
holders, if any, contain not Dnlv
the list of stockholders and secur-
ity holders as they appear upon
the books of the company but also.
In cases where the stakeholder or
security holder appears upon the
books of the company as trustee
or IN any other fiduciary relation,
the name of the person or corpor-
alton for whom such trustee is
acting, is given; also that the said
! two paragraphs contain statements
embracing atlantis full knowledge
and belief as to the circumstances
and conditions under which stock
) holders and security holders who
) do not appear upon the books Of
the company as trustees, hold
stock and securities in a capacity
other than that of a bona fide
, owner; and this affiant has no
reason to believe that any other
: person, association, or corporation
I has any interest direct or indirect
z in the said stock, bonds, or other
t securities than as SO stated by him.
e HANS RASMUSSEN,
Business Manager.
Sworn to and subscribed before
: me this 9th day of April 1881.
!, (SeaD Arthur G. Erickson,
= My commission Expires
2I Dec. Is, 1881
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08

The returns disclose that where
ever the banks and opposition to
the farmers are the strongest,
where mainstreet dominates, the
vote is in favor of the referendum;
where that influence is weak, the
vote was solid against it. Dagmar,
Coalridge, Reserve, McNulty, Out
look and Comertown cast almost
solid votes against the measure.
Homestead, where French, Dolin
and Powers are still strong, went
for the measure by a majority of
four. Dooley also gave a ma
jority for tn edebenture but only
small country vote was cast.
The debenture supporters gsET
The supporters Of the debenture
got out nearly every voter but
only part of the opposition voted.
Had there been a solid vote, Sher-
idan county would have gone to
I against the debentures.
Even in Plentywood those oppos-
ing the measure did not bother
with going to the polls, feeling
that the fight was useless. About
half of the brentwood votes were
cast.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
LITTLE CHANGE In
LIVESTOCK MART

South st Paul, May GA slow
and no better tina nsteady mraket
ruled in the cattle division Tues
day. Ordinary quality marked the
crop of steers and yearlings which
made up the big end of the days
run, the bulk selling at $6.25 to
$3.50, some few more desirable Of
ferings being held around IT'S
late. The stock sold without much
change, beef COWS centering large
ly at 81 TO SIS, heifers $3.50 to
$50, cutters 1926 to 3.75. Bulls
ruled slow, bulk centering at $50
to 3.75, vealers continuing on a
steady basis with better grades at
81 to $3.50.
Some slight strength marked the
general hog market as compared
with Mondays sharply bower close.
Better 140 to 225 pound hogs sold
at $3.50 to 6.85, the latter being
the days top.
A strong undertone ruled for
lambs, good to choice clipped Of
ferings selling at $8.25, wooded
lambs $3.50 to $S.75. Ewes were
unchanged, wooded kinds selling al
$3.50 down.
A slow and barely steady outlet
featured the market on feeders anC
stockers, the ordinary run of thir
offerings cleared at $3.50 to $3.50
common kinds TO SIS and below
Stock pigs were unchanged, most
sales being noted at $3.50.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
LEGISLATION In BULK
Being Resume of the AIusons Illusions and Decisions
of the Twenty Second Legislative Assembly
By A Party to the Transactions

Bills, Bills. Bills, 452 House
Bills = 100 Senate Bills. All told
5S2. Memorials, Joint Memorials,
Resolutions, Joint Resolutions,
Concurrent Resolutions. "NOble
Six Hundred" All in the space of
so days. Henry Ford had nothing
en- the twenty-secOnd assembly
when it came to mass production.
Big Bills Little Bills, Good Bills,
Bad Bills, Long Bills, Short Bills,
Bills, wise; Bills, otherwise. The
Assembly labOred to do it's daily
dozen, but only succeeded in doing
its daily ten. Thereby doing the
public a favor, or two favOrs. per
day going the Boy Scouts one bet
ter.
Asking for wheat-getting a
straw stack. Threshing six hun
dred acres to the kernal-thOse
were the approximate results of
the sixty days of labor, for not
more than a score of bills passed
are of sufficient vahue to the pub
lie TO justify the printing.
High rollers, steam rollers, log
rOllers-it takes all sorts of people
to make a world. The same ap-
plies to a Legislative assembly
Some afraid of the cars - Others
throwing rocks at the engineer
The steam roller travels down the
turnpike-SOme "sOn of wild
jackass" heaves a monkey wrench
nothing happens; another mon
key wrench-still it travels-Crasf
that 'tred's" aim was better-de'
lay-flOOr leaders urge members
to speed up legislation" otherwise
"we will reach the end of the six
tieth day without having cOmplet
ed our wOrk"-repairs to The
steam rOlIer-it moves on again, i
passes over some of the "reds.'
Evidently they are India-rubbel
men. After being flattened out b.
the steam Orller they refuse to re
main flattened but assume thei
upright position and reach fOi
more wrenches. As long as tn,
supply of wrenches holds out TIL
prOgressives have a chance t,
block reactiOnary legislation, tn,
sole result of their efforts.
Handsome Dan - the "FOu
HOrsemen'-cOrpOration executive
corporation lawyers-cOrpOratiOl
lobbyists.
Lobbyists, masculine Lobbyists
feminine-lObbyists, neuter = 9th
er insects.
Committee meetings - publ
hearings - balls entertainment
smokers. Evening sessions, ora
tory, down with the Russian doc
trine, flag waving, revenue meas
ures, '9xill 'em ALL" Three miIliO
dollar bond issue. "spend it all,
"save a Million" allocate two mi
lions, amend the. ALLEGATION. bill
more for nOrmals, more NOR til
eleOmOsynary. Institutions. NOR
for the university, more for til
school of mines, more for every
thing, bedlam, pause TO examin
the amendments, five million allC
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08

Gated already, too much, only three
million to allocate, pandemOnium,
re-refer the bill to the ALLEGATIONS
committee. Back again: two and a
quarter millions allOcated! 40, well
we can fight over the rest next
session"
Natural gas tax, infant industry,
wait a couple of years, hydrO-elec-
trio tax, another infant industry,
if you don't believe it listen TO it
bawl, if it's an infant it wears No.
IL shoes, maybe it does but listen
to it bawl, oOmmunistic legislation
kill. it,. damn. the. communists,
where is the revenue to come
frOm7 Yeah but don't penaliZe an
industry that puts fifteen or TWEEN
ty millions in circulation in the
state, that doesn't sound like an in.
FAINT industry, yeah but, listen to
it bawl.
Income tax, it's going to pass,
curfew shall not ring tonight, toe
much pressure from back. home
year, but call 'em out, don't lei
'em vote on it. Hurrah we beat il
by six votes. Cigarette tax, pity
the poor stenOgrapher.
Bank bill, pity OpOr banker, give
him this protection, amendments
make it a felony for anybody IL
say anything, anywhere, about
anybody, anytime, fine 'em fol
tallOin' to themselves.
Raise employees salaries, GU
their salaries, abolish salaries, lay
off some employees, hire some EN-
plOyees, lay 'em all off. Reduce
the membership of the house tw'
members, reduce it ten members
make it forty members, reduce thu
senate as well as the house, abOl
ish both houses.
Only allow taxpayers to vote OF
bond issues, no make it freehold
ers, don't let anybody but free
holders vote on anything, don't lie
anybody vote on anything.
Make school teachers take tn
oath of allegiance, Damn the rad
icals, the little red schOOlhOusC
yeah, and the little red schOu
/ teacher, teach 'em to love the gov
eminent, MAKE 'em love it dam
'em,
! Keep the damn communists of
the ballot, yeah, keep the socialist
off too, might as well kick tn
democrats off likewise, yeah, kic
EN- all off, abolish the ballot.
! Change the corporation laws, eT
courage corporations to come il
we haven't enough of them, W
have too many already.
Fifty days gone, only ten day
more, only five days more, no
fuch have we appropriated? Oh
about three hundred thOusan
more than the income! Let's fin
. out. Fifty eight days, how muC
, have we appropriated? How muC
, have we appropriated? S-n-h-i
Sixty days, stop the clock, sixt!
. three days, hurrah! The last bi
: signed. Let's go home!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
HIGH COURT HEARS
CITIZENSHIP CASES

Washington-FP- Argument in
the appeal of the department. of
justice granting American citizen
ship to DIR. Douglas Clyde Macin-
tosch, a Canadian who is a pro-
fessor at Yale university, becaupse
he refuses TO make blanket prom
Use to bear arms for the United
States in any and all future wars,
was heard April q by the supreme
court. John w. Davis, democratic
presidential nominee in 1924, de-
Tended Macintosh, while Solicitor
General Thatcher pleaded on behalf
of the department that no one who
permits himself to be guided by
his OWL conscience in these matters
is fit material for citizenship. The
record shows that DR.. Macintosh
served in the world war with the
Canadian and American forces
But in the federal district court
in Connecticut where he was ques-
toned as to his beliefs he hello
that his first allegiance must be to
"the will of oGd" which would de.
eide for him whether a war were
morally justified.
Should aliens asking citizen.
ship be permitted to say when
they will perform the obligations
of citizenship, ?" Thatcher asked.
Should they be permitted to set
up their own conscience to de-
termine when the cause is NOR
ally right ?"
Davis argued that religious OBJ
jectors were recognized by con
gress and by all the states, to havt
the right to escape combatant mil
itary service.
"God knows" he said, chat
what we want in this country is
not more men who will agree
with everything a majority does,
not more citizens who will sur
render their own views, but more
men who will take the ground
that their allegiance to God is
higher than their allegiance to
any earthly power"
The court then heard the case O
Marie Averill Bland. former Ca
madam nurse, now a resident O
New York City. Her counsel wa
Emily Marx, a Quaker, of Me-
York. In both cases the distriC
court refused to grant citizenshi
and the appellate court reverse
the decision. The government the
appealed to the supreme court.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-05-08
Strike for Cheaper Bread
Union Shop Conditions

Cleyeland-FP-Striking for a
reduction in the price of bread
and for enforcement of their con-
tract calling for a union shop,
Jewish bakers in Cleveland are
east side shops SO eff
fectiyely that the Jewish Master
Bakers Assn, has applied for 10
iniunctions. The employers clCe
their obvious loss of business due
to the strike as grounds for per-
petual injunctions. ,..,,
Business Agent Charles Miller
has been assaulted by gsngsters
who fired three shots as ne ran
for his house after being black
lacked. The strikers are members
of the Bakery & Confectionery
Workers union, A. F. of L.