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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
MAN
CRACKS SKULL

Clifford Umback, 20, son of Mr..
and Mrs. John Umbach of Ray
mond was brought to the Sheridan
Memorial hospital Monday suffer-
ing from a fracture of the skull
and numerous bruises. He was re-
turning from Fargo to his home at
Raymond and at McCabe it is re-
ported that when he attempted to
board a freight train he slipped
and fell between the platform and
a car, part of the undercarriage of
the car striking him on the head.
He was brought TO the hospital i'm
mediately where his injuries were
dressed. He is getting along as
well as can be expected under the
circumstances.
Miss Frances Wheeler left fol-
Bozeman last Monday where she
has charge of the music depart
ment in the Mt. Ellis high school.
BASEBALL. The little Worlds
Series in st. Paul Sept. 80, Oct. 1
8 and 4th. st. Paul VS.. winner il
the International league. Write
st. Paul Baseball club, Shuber
Bldg, for tickets and Hotel Jewell
II E. 9Th Street for room reserva
lions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

In 1929 the Illinois legislature
denied the relief demanded and
since then the taxpayers strike
has been almost 100 per cent
Obeyed. Since then, funds for
carrying on government in Chi
cagO have been obtained by loans
from banks, crime protection and
contributions by sO-called privi-
legged classes.
INDEBTEDNESS TOPHEAVY-
For more than a score of
years property values on Chicago
real estate have been boosted for
the sole purpose of creating new
margins upon which additional
bond issues could be issued. Be
cause of that, Chicago indebted
ness is OutrageOusty tOp-heavy.
1t is made up chief yof excessive
bond issues, mortgages, Outstand-
ing warrants and penalties on de-
linquent taxes. This condition is
aggravated by excessive bonding
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
FEDERAL, LAND
BANKS DISPOSE
OF MANY FARMS

Washington, Sept. 49, E. B.
Reid, representing federal land
banks here, issued a statement
showing an increase in sale of
farms of $1,000,000.
F. H. Klawon, president of the
federal land bank of st. Paul, said:
"The IL federal land banks sold
during the first seven months of
this year., more than one million
dollars worth of farms in excess
of the amount sold in similar
period in 1880. Last year they sold
in the IL months about $8,000,00O
worth of farms. This year, in
seven months they sold $685., 45t
worth of farms as compared with
SIS, 274,0 98 in an equal time last
year. This indicates that this yeal
the banks will probably surpas;
their last years record
The Spokane district, composed
of Idaho, Montana, Oregon anC
Washington, sold 206 farms fol
$3.50, 1873 in the last seven months.
The Columbia, S. G. district
composed of Florida, Georgia
North and South Carolina, sold
since January 81, 1881, 544 farm
for 81, 246,362 as compared wit
POI farms for $685., 1878 in the frs
seven months of 1880.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
FAMOUS AIMEE
"CRABS" SINGER

Los Angeles, Sept. 1b.-The mar
riage, Sunday, at Yuma, Ariz., of
Anne Semple Mcpherson, the evan
gelist, and David L. Hutton, Pasa-
dena musician, vocal teacher and
recently the leading baritone of
religious opera produced by Mrs.
Mcpherson, has been announced.
The wedding party including rel
atives and friends of the principals
flew to Yuma before daybreak
The ceremony was performed by
a woman minister while Hutton
and Mrs. Mcpherson stood in the
cockpit of the airplane, the brida,
party being engaged meanwhile II
filling the tank with gasoline anC
attending TO the oil. The takeof1
for the return to Los Angeles came
Immediately after the ceremony.
Mrs. Mcpherson said she was 81
years old and Hutton said he wa
80 and that his occupation wa
that of a concert singer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Melons Fhlnky Would Save His Face
Senators Blk. Wheeler and
I. ]. Walsh Visit P'wood

Without warning our two United
States Senators, Walsh and Wheel,
er drove into town Sunday eve
ming. They were out for the pur-
pose Of making a survey of the
conditions in this part of the state.
A hurried meeting of a select
few was called at the Grand View
hotel where Jack Bennett, Lard
Olsen and a few others discussed
the local and national problems
with our statesmen.
On Monday morning the two
senators called at the Producers
News and assured us that they
would be glad 10 present to the
national government any demands
the people of Sheridan county
would make. We told them our
demands would not be few; one of
them would be for the farm board
to ship part of the surplus wheat
out here and distribute it among
the farmers for feed and seed
either free of charge or on the con-
dition that the farmers pay it back
bushel for bushel out of the next
crop.
From here the two Statesmen
went to Culbertson where Senator
Schnitzler spread a little sunshine
over the meeting by telling then
that our depressed and starving
farmers and unemployed workers
would all be satisfied and relieved
and our troubles in this part O.
the state would be over with if W,
could only get a bridge across tn,
the Missouri river.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
FATAL ACCIDENT
AT HIGHLAND

Last Friday while Joe Tour, the
section foreman at Richland and
John Brooten, one of the section
workers, were riding along on a
speeder at a fairly good rate Of
speed Brooten lost his balance,
fell in front of the speeder, was
run over and instantly killed, the
jolt throwing the speeder off the
track. When the foreman, Joe
Tour recovered consciousness he
found himself lying along the track
all bruised and sore. He took one
look at the dead man and hurried
back to town for help.
Shortly after the accident hap
pened railroad detective arrived
here for the purpose of protecting
the railroad company. In this
case, hired for the purpose of pre-
venting John Brooten's dependents
from collecting damages and in
surance.
In order to save a little money
for the railroad company this de
tective is doing his best to put thu
blame of murder upon the section
foreman. The detective and tn
railroad company would be Willing
to hang an innocent man in orde
to save a few dollars for them
selves. The life of a working ma
means nothing to them compare
with few dollars.
Last Monday Joe Tour wa
brought to the local hospital b
Howard Gaffney, where DIR. Ha'
took an x-ray and found two rib
broken.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
WRICLEY PLAN SAID
TO Be SUCCESSFUL

Chicago Unlike the federal
farm board which has announced
that it will buy no more cotton and
wheat to relieve a falling market,
the experiment of the William
Wrigley company in purchasing
those commodities in Canada and
the south with part Of the receipts
from gum sales in those regions
has proved so satisfactory that it
will be continued until December
1, as planned an dprobably there
after.
William Wrigley, Jr., said the
indirect business benefits counter
balanced temporar ybook losses in
the purchased commodities, anC
that eventually there might not On.
" be no real loss but even small
profit from wheat and cotton.
Only recently the Cudahy Pack
ing company started similar cam
paign in the south. while the Inter
national Harvester company has ;
plan for accepting farm product
in exchange for agricultural ma
chinery.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
What Happens When Property Tax
Payers Quit Paying Taxes?

of quasi-pubic utilities, mortgage
ing and colossal stock issues of
utility corporations. Add TO that,
abnormal high-cOst putrid munic-
ipal government and the sum is
an appalling economic situation.
Property taxpayers are mulcted
for taxes to pay interest on bonds
and provide sinking funds to pay
them off to pay interest on
mortgages and provide sinking
funds to pay them off an to pay
interest on outstanding warrants
and loans advanced by banks.
Charges on utility service had to
be fixed at exOrbitant rates TO
pay interest and provide sinking
funds to pay off bonds issued by
quasi-public utility corporations,
to pay interest and provide sink
ing funds to pa mortgages a.
gainst utility service property,
and to pay dividends on incalcul-
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

dence from Spain it was re-
ported today after a survey.
Unable to keep up with the ris-
ing death toll the government ap-
piled the torch tonight to burn
areas where the destruction and
death took the highest toll. The
funeral pyres were lighted to ward
off the menace of disease, made
more threatening by the broiling
sun which beat down upon the ru-
ined city.
Fire lanes were cut around the
grimly burning area to protect the
rest of the city.
Belize depends upon a catchment
system for its water supply and
with all roofs blown off the gov
eminent was preparing to prevent
a water famine. A spring of fresh
water was discovered in the middle
Of street in the center of town
and it was hoped that this would
afford some relief.
Eighteen of the students at the
Jesuit college have been buried and
the government has decided not to
seek any more bodies at the col
lge but to burn the debris.
The captain of a motor vesse
which weathered the hurricane anC
which was off tie shore near the
college when it collapsed said the
building was heaved high in TIT
air above it's concrete pillars anC
dropped to the ground like a pacl
of cards.
The city today presented a pitt
full sight. Ships of hundreds o
tons burden have been washed u
on the land by the tidal wave an
a 200-ton dredge rests on what wa
the roof of the customs LANDING
shed.
st. Georges island. holiday re
sort about nine miles east of Beliz
was ruined completely and at leas
"a of it's so inhabitants are dead.
Among those rescued were d.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

is acting independently OF
the board in an effort to find
some solution of the surplus wheat
and cotton problems. From the
welter of conflicting remedies
there developed today, under the
presidents scrutiny, program of
expanding markets and credits to
absorb the depressing SURPRISES.
This new program was being
shaped by Chairman Meyer Of the
federal reserve board. While still
tentative, it contemplates banking
help to enable cotton growers to
get through the period of low
prices by selling cotton on long
term credits in the export field.
Senators, representatives, brOk-
ers, bankers and government Off
Gals have visited the White House
in the last three days to aid the
presidents study of the situation.
But not one farm board member
has been summoned or put in an
appearance voluntarily.
Difference became accentuated
recently when the board declined
to issue a statement promising it
would withhold its wheat pool from
this years market. Prominent re-
publican leaders, including Vice
President Curtis, brought their APP
peals to the White House when the
board turned them down. The
board is understood to have refus-
ed at first to accede to executive
pressure. Finally a statement was
issued by the board indicating the
wheat would be withheld.
The president has been cOncen-
trating on the cotton situation
: since his return from Camp Rapf
dan Tuesday morning.
Meanwhile, the farm board, thru
Chairman James C. Stone, is mdi-
eating still further successes IN its
long search for new wheat ant
cotton outlets. Stone said seveTa
new deals were pending, some Of
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Golf Ball Wrecks Eye of
School Teacher at Froid

Froid, Sept, 13.-Struck by a
golf ball yesterday afternoon on
the local course, Miss Florence
Fuller, primary teacher, may lose
the sight Of her left eye. Miss Full
er was taken to Williston immedi-
ately after the accident for medical
attention.
How seriously she was injured
was not determined before she left
Froid. DR.. Darland examined the
injured optic but said that it was
impossible to tell the seriousness
of the accident as the eye was SO
swollen and discolored that a thorc
examination was impossible until
it assumed its natural shape.
Miss Fuller started her third
year as a teacher here last weeF
with the opening of the fall term
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

Duluth, Sept. 49, Three per
sons were known dead about a doz-
en- were injured and one man was
reported missing as result OF the
fires which started Friday night
and continued to shoulder today.
The third death was reported
near Wayland in the Baudette
region where the body of Paul
Dixon, so, farmer, was found In
ditch near burned timber. He APP
parently had been suffocated.
The other victims were Marvin
Myrold, 20, and Alfred Began, 6O
both of whom died in the Grygls
region.
Six persons injured in the fires
near Grygla are in the Thief XIV,
er Falls hospital. Three may moi
recover.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Walsh and Wheeler Boost
For Bridge at Culbertsor

Culbertson, Sept. 49, Senators
Walsh and Wheeler have wired T.
H. Macdonald of the bureau of
public roads urging action on the
Culbertson bridge project. The tel
egram was sent following a meet
ing with northeastern Montana
delegates at Culbertson Monday.
The message to Mcdonald read:
"Hope you can act promptly and
favorably on pending application
looking to construction of bridge
over Missouri at Culbertson. Shall
confer with you on this matter in
person later in the week"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
HUNDREDS MADE HOMELESS BY
FOREST FIRE In N. W. MINNESOTA

Ole Larson homesteader living
20 miles south of Beaudette, was
missing after his cabin had burned.
The fires were reported under
control today although a strong
wind would again make them men
acing, forest rangers said.
About 90 families have lost their
homes in the fires. All the home
less are being cared for in the var
ious communities and many said
they were planning to return to
their properties to rebuild homes
out of logs or whatever other ma
terial is available.
In the Beaudette region a crew
of men was put to work buryine
dead animals which threatened tt
become a menace to health after
being burned in the fires.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
BIG TEXAS BANK
CALLS IT A DAY
FIRST NATIONAL OF Ell PASO
WITH DEPOSITS OF OVER
$9.0OOL000 CLOSES DOORS
ONE SMALLER INSTITUTION
FOLLOWS.

ElPaso, Tex, Sept. 4th.- Two
banks in Ell Paso and vicinity clos
ed their doors today. They were
the First National of FL Paso and
its correspondent bank the First
National of Las Cruces, N. M.
A statement as of June 80 list
ed deposits fthe First National
Of Ell Paso at $9,262, 429.40 and re-
sources at $11, 306,593. A similar
statement for the Lac Cruises bank
showed deposits of $799,858.91 and
resources at $898.973.47.
The bank was one of the largest
and oldest in the city. Recently ii
celebrated its 50th anniversary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

Helena, Sept. 12.- Following a
discussion between so and rs Hell
ena business men at meeting at
the Placer grill yesterday afternoon
the group voted unanimously to
pledge $4,000 as the fund to be
raised by Helena and Lewis &
Clark county for relief. Of this
amount $4,000 will be used to take
care of the needy in the county
and $4,000 to be administered by
the Red Cross and the Montana
Association, Inc, in the drouth hit
area of the state.
The fund will be raised under
present plans by contributions of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
chi" HOSPITALS CROWDED WITH
PEOPLE DISEASED BY HUNGER

section of the American people.
The Chicago Daily News reported
a huge overtaxing of capacity of
the hospitals due to hunger II
said:
Emmett Whealan, president Of
the board of county commissioners,
made thorough survey of conai-
lions at the county hospital this
week and found overlooking, due TO
economic conditions" That is. Mr..
Hoover would have people think
that Overlooking" of the hospitals
is due TO improved health.
From the medical superintendent
of the Cook county hospital, DR..
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

" 4A~N AO00O~A6 4NGW6e
IN THE CAMPAIGN of 1928
4 while Herbert E. Hoover was
making glamOrOus. promises
to end poverty in the United
States if the Republican party
was continued in power, another
campaign was strenuOusly carri-
ed on in the City of Chicago, III
inOis, and. the result of said cam
paign was that more than 500, 600
property taxpayers were organic
ed for the purpose of taking dras-
tic steps to secure relief from
cOnfiscatOry taxation.
The plan finally agreed upon
by said organization was non
payment of taxes until the state
legislature came to the relief of
property taxpayers with greater
income taxes and the repeal of
laws that fixed property values
arbitrarily without regard to the
earning power.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
INSURGENTS TO
ATTACK NANKIN

Hongkong, Sept. 49, Troops of
the southern insurgents were adj
vancing northward today and it
was expected that a combined at
tack by Cantonese and Kwangsi
troops abainst Marking would be
made the latter part of the week.
The Kwangsi forces were said TO
have reached Yungshow, while the
Cantonese were at Leiyang. Nam
king has sent reinforcements to
AMEN and Chaling to guard a.
gainst a thanking movement, but il
appears doubtful whether Marking
will make a serious stand yet.
Marking leaders probably will
prefer to draw the southerners fur
Their from their bases before any
serious conflict is waged.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

IRON CHICAGO, one of the
n leading industrial centers in
the United States, we get some
official data on what hunger and
starvation is doing to the health
of the people who work for a liv-
ing. Recently President Hoover
said that "the health o fthe nation
is improving" The same idea was
echoed by DR.. Stewart Hamilton,
superintendent of the Harper Hos
pital in Detroit. He attributed this
''health" to the fact that people
were "eating less" -
Here are what the official fig
ures and declarations show in Chi
cago, which gives a good cross
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
TREASURY ISSUE Is
OVER SUBSCRIBED

Washington Over subscription
by $14O,5 $40 Of the treasury
$500, 100000 three per cent 20 to
10 year bond isuse has been an
nounced by Secretary Mellon.
The response to the bond issue
was unexpectedly low, and while
no treasury officials would COM
ment it was pointed out the inter
est on the bond was no less than
had been anticipated by financial
interests of the country.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
BUSINESS FIRMS In HELENA WILL
RAISE $4,000 FOR RELIEF in CITY

236 of the monthly salary of those
employed gainfully in the city on
2eo of the monthly income of indi-
vidually, together with subscrip-
tons.
The pledge is for period of six:
months. dating from Oct. 1 and
collectable the first of the follow
ing month. The teachers Of Helena
are already on record to pay 2%,
of their monthly salary into the
fund and R. E. Towle, member of
the city school board who reported
the action of the teachers, also
said that Senator Walsh had pledg-
ed $50 a month to the Red Cross.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Montana Apple Crop Good

Helena, Sept. 49, September
finds Montana's apple production
will make favorable comparison
with that Of 1880, the present crop
being placed at 385, 900 bushels, as
against 100000 bushels last year
and the five-year average of S44,-
600 bushels.
Sugar beets promise to again
establish a new high record with
500, 900 tons compared with the
1880 corp Of $4,000 and the five
year average of 333, 900 tons.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Free Vaccination

All fascinating for small pox
will be done free of charge at DR..
Storkan's office in Plentywood.
At Archer, Medicine Lake and in
three schools east of Reserve all
who desired have been vaccinated
at this time. From now on people
must come to Plentywood and have
the Job done DR.. Storkan says.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
THIS is BRENTWOOD

To the Service Store in Plen-
tywOOd came a farmer, living
east of town. Twenty five
pounds of sugar was what he
was looking for and an even 81
was the price they asked.
When the farmer called the
storekeeper's attention to the
fact that he could buy the same
amount of sugar in COalridge,
and Westby for $1.65 the store
keeper replied: s'This is not
COalridge or Westby. This is
PlentywOOd."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
IL Inches of Snow

Martindale, Sept. IA 1t is re-
ported by E. ]. Settle, who has
just returned from Kings Hill that
IL inches of snow fell in the noun
tains near there Friday. In moving
his band of shep to the winter
range he found progress through
the newly fallen snow difficult.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Banker Gone-So Is Coin

80 ** = - - *& So =
Chicago, Sept. IA loss
of more an $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 in foreign bonds was
reported today by prosecutors
investigating the sudden clos
ing Of the First Italian State
Bank, whose president disap-
peared Tuesday night on the
eve of its failure.
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Hurricane in Ecuador

Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sept. 1S.-
A hurricane struck Zaruma in the
southern part of Ecuador, near
the Pacific coast and destroyed the
hospital, advices received here to-
day said. The meager report did
not detail other damage.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
1O2 Get Eighth Grade Dr.
plomas in Sheridan County

A report has been received from
the office Of the county superfn-
tendent of schools containing the
names of the boys and girls of the
county who received eighth grade
diplomas during 1881 and also a
list of pupils receiving perfect at
tendance certificates for the term
which ended last spring. Due to a
lack of space it is impossible to
print the lists but there are 102
who received eighth grade diplO-
mas and SO who were given perfect
attendance certificates. The lists
do not contain the names of the
pupils in the city or town schools.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
MOTHER BLOOR
speaks at

Wolf Creek Hall, Friday, Sept. IS,
at 8 p. m.
Redstone School, Saturday, Sept,
10Th at 2 p. m.
FarmelLabor Temple, Plentywood
Saturday, Sept. 10 at 8 p. m.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Judge Bourquin to Preside
In New Jersey Rum Cases

Helena, Sept. 12.- Notice was
received here today of the assign
ment of u. S. District Judge Geo.
M. BOurquin to preside over term
of federal court in the district of
New Jersey. The assignment is for
two months, ending in November
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Trimmed Again by John D

Denver Sept. 15.-Salary reduc-
lions of 1919 affecting 470 employ
ees of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Co., receiving less than $4,000 a
year, will be effective Oct. 10 Of
ficials of the company announced.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
BELIZE, CAPITAL OF HONDURAS, IS.
DESTROYED BY STORM: 1900 Are
KILLED And HUNDREDS INJURED

Hurrican and Tidal Wave Strike City During Holiday
Festivities -Pestience Already Raging = American
Warships on Scene with Medical Supplies, Food and
Clothng-Ships Piled High on Beach-Bodies Being
Cremated on Huge Funeral Pyres to Stay Plague