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Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

FOR SALE - Five or 10 acres of
soft mellow soil, excellent for cit
rus or asparagus. Modern house,
electricity, pressure water system,
lawn, shade trees, etc. Priced
right. Also adjoining five acre
tracts at $500 each. F. c. Smith,
owner, three miles south on 9Th
st. Opposite County Farm. ste
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Business OPPORTUNITIES

FOR SALE - Shamrock Lunch
Counter. 1T North Fifth st. c.
M. Sahm. 7t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

FOR SALE-Furnished house close
in, modern and attractive. Bar
gain if said at once. Easy terms,
like rent. Apply 624 Olive,
1-thf-s
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

LAND--Cne to ten acres
planted or implanted Land reas-
onably priced. Cheap water Easy
terms, care for any length of term.
Close TO the city and good schools,
including San Diego State Col
lege. Surrounded by beautiful
producing groves making a gor-
geous setting for beautiful homes,
with a substantial income. Several
Imperial Valley families have al
ready purchased in this section.
Don't forget that good avocado
land is scare. Write for informa-
ton or call on me in my office
when in San Diego. Reliable ref
erences given. Ann Mulligan Gil
censed Real Estate Broke), 1874
West Broadway in the PickWick
Hotel Bldg. Phone Franklin 4489
1t wks-th-s
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

In the Justices Court of FL Centro
Township, County OF Imperial
State of California, 1. Mayfield,
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
NOTICE OF SALE OF PERSONAL
PROPERTY TO SATISFY
LIEN

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the undersigned, Condry Coop
er, Fort Yuma, California, will sell
at public auction to the highest bid
der for cash, at the above named
place on Monday the 18th day of
October, 1881, at 10 a m. of the said
day, the following automobile; to
satisfy lien for storage, towing
and repairs, under section 3051 and
1852 Of the Civil Code of California
in the amount of $50 90, and all ex-
penses necessitated by this sale.
Ford roadster, Motor No. l2726684.
Dated at Ell Centre, California.
this 9th day of October, 1881.
(SignedD CONDRY COOPER,
Gen. Del, Yuma, Arizona.
Oct. 8, -, lG
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08

The Earl Fruit Company this year
shipped from Boise Valley, Idaho,
95 cars Of fresh prunes.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Real Estate Bargains
The Newfangles

FOR SALE-A bargain. Good five
room furnished house, Just refin-
ished. Easy terms WenSley Ave.
Orr Bros. Phone 8. 8t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
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FOR TRADE-2o0 acres Missouri
land for Imperial Valley. Call Rt.
l, Box %, HoltVille. 6t3
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
Stone Insurance Agency

Thanks folks for the nice lines that have been
coming in The nsurng public is certainly finding its
way to our door and being helped to rates that are
reasonable, both fire and automobile, in times Ike
these. 1t pays to bring your insurance problems to
us. = W. I. Stone, 831 Main St., Phones 24s and Ss7
FL Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-08
HOLLYHOCK GREW 1900
BLOOMS

BRAINERD, MINI. fU.P) - An
eight-foot hollyhock grown by Mrs.
Dan Peterson had nine flower
spikes and during the summer bore
more than 1900 blooms.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
School District Warrants
Cannot be Taken by the
State Land Department

Helena, Aug. 90 No authority
is given the state land department
under the present statutes to take
up school district warrants, l. M.
Brandjord, state commissioner Of
public lands and investments said
yesterday.
A number of inquiries have been
received at the land office asking
if the commissioner will purchase
bonds issued for the purpose of
taking up outstanding school war
rants.
Mr.. Brandjord said that because
of the depression, many school dis
tricts will have difficulty in col
lecting taxes levied for operation
this year and as a result there will
be a greater number than usual of
unpaid and registered warrants.
Under present laws, school dis
tricts cannot issue bonds to pay
such warrants, and if they could
be issued, he said, it would only
add to the tax burdens because Of
the interest that the bonds would
have TO carry. The land commits
sioner declared that the less in
debtedness a school district has tht
greater portion of its taxes can b,
used for actual operation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
GIRL DEBAUCHERS
MADE TARGETS OF
BY SIX AVENGERS

New York, Aug. 17.-POlice to-
day revealed details of what they
called the moss brutal murder in
Brooklyn crime annals, the killing
of three men who were made tar
gets for knives in a speakeasy cell
lar.
The victims, Charles Mature,
Giovanni Simminelli and Joseph
Barberi, were found dead in the
cellar last Friday, their heads
crushed to a pulp and their bodies
covered with knife wounds.
Now police said today, an eye
witness has told them how it hap
pened. This man sal dtwo girls
had been assaulted in the speak
easy and returned with six men
friends identifying Mature, Sim
menelli and Barberi as the attack
ers.
One by one, the witness said the
accused men were taken to the eel
lar where they were made to sit
on a chair while the six avengers
hurled knives. Each killing was
completed with blackjacks.
+ The eye witness said he happen
ed to be in the joint at the time
and when he saw what was hap
pening he slipped under table
and watched the fun.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
H. D. CLUB PICNIC
WEDNES., AUG. &c

Final arrangements have been
made for the Home Demonstration
Club Picnic to be held at Brush
Lake, Wednesday, August &c. Miss
Ella Gardner, recreational special
list of the Children's Bureau at
Washington, D. c. will be in
charge of the program which will
include songs and song leading,
picnic and quiet games, community
party programs and discussions of
program building.
There will be registration of
those attending beginning at $3.50
a. m. and the program will begin
promptly at 10 o'clock. Picnic lunch
will be served at noon. Each club
is responsible for their own lunch.
Miss Nora Hulbush, State Home
Management Specialist will speak
on topics pertaining to household
problems. All who are interested in
Home Demonstration work are cor
daily invited to attend the pro.
| gram.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
Jack Dempsey Files Suit
for a Divorce at Reno

Reno, Aug. 49, Jack Dempsey
filed suit for divorce from Estelle
Taylor here today and there
promptly came news dispatches
from Hollywood telling of the ac-
tress' intention to make the legal
contest a near "battle of the cen
tury."
The former heavyweight cham
pion's action had been expected for
48 hours. He charged Miss Taylor
with extreme cruelty. No specific
allegations of cruelty were enumer-
ated.
The case was not placed on the
court calendar and time of its hear
ing is indefinite.
In Hollywood, Miss Taylor was
quoted as saying:
cit seems a bit funny to me that
Jack should bring suit, especially
after our attorneys had been nego
tiating for two months to work out
a property settlement. / think The
least he could have done would
have been to tell us negotiations
were off and that he was going t.
file.
"You can say for me right nov
that Jacks filing of the actor
means that there's going to be
real fight"
Dempsey turned to the court
after weeks of fruitless negotia
tions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
MURDERERS OF
PETTING PARTY 4
GET LIFE in MICH.

Ypsilanti, Mich, Aug. 13.-Two
white men and a negro confessed
tonight to the torch murders of
two high school boys and their two
girl companions near here Tuesday.
The fiends, David Thomas, huge
negro, Fred Smith and Frank Oil
yer, whites, said they shot and
beat the young people to death to
cover up traces of a robbery.
Within three hours after their
admissions of guilt. the trio had
been rushed to Ann ArbOr, ar
raigned, and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment for what police describ-
ed as one of the most brutal kill
ings in the history of Michigan.
The extraordinary procedure was
determined upon as a precautiOr
against mob violence.
MObs Gather
Crowds Of infuriated citizens
had gathered about the jails here
and at Ann Arbor and it was will
extreme difficulty that officials
CONTINUED on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
BIDS LET FOR
SCHOOL HOUSE
ADDITION WE'D

At one o'clock p. m. Wednesday,
bids or the new school building
were opened. Contracting firms
from Minnesota, Dakota and Mon
tana were represented by couple
dozen persons present. Bids had
been called for in three parts, gen
eral construction, plumbing and
heating and electrical work.
Nine bids were submitted for
general construction. John Germ of
Glendive being the low bidder at
$43, 1886. Next to low bidder was q
/ Minneapolis firm at $44,495. The
highest bid was $5O,288.
On plumbing and heating the
low bid was submitted by Elmer
Johnson of Glasgow - plumbing
1882 ad heatig $6,695, total $1O,-
257. Next lowest bid was $11, 254
The high bid was $12,683. Only
three firms were bidding.
Three bids were received for the
electric work. Sheridan Electric
company of Plentywood was the
low bidder at $99998. Second be
was for $11O0 and the third anC
high bid was for 1925.
When bonds have been Furnished
the school board intends to give
the contract to the three low bid
ders, and work on the new building
is expected to start as soon al
possible.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
HAIL AGAIN AT
WOLF CREEK

Monday night, just after dark,
hail cloud passed from northwest
to southeast over Wolf Creek ter
ritory passing by the Wolf Creek
hall to the southeast wipig out
lot of what was left by the furious
hail storm which passed over that
section early in July. The path of
Mondays storm was about two
miles wide. Hail stones as big as
hen eggs are reported. The path
Of the storm left the ground bare.
1t destroyed many acres of the only
grain crop in Sheridan county, also
lot % corn and potatoes.
Many armers who thot they were
supplied for the winter now find
themselves destitute of food and
feed for stock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
l345 N. D.FARMERS
SEEKING FED. LOAN
SDecial tn the Producers News

Special to the Producers News
Williston, Aug 49, Farmers in
Williams county numbering 1,345
have made applications for feed
loans from the federal rehabilita-
ton fund and applications are be-
ing sent to the federal loan office
at Grand Forks as rapidly as the
county commissioners and the
county agent approve them.
Nearly all loans are for the max
imum amount of S123.75, only a
few being for smaller sums, the
smallest being for S12.75.
Several hundred checks for &C
cepted loans have been received by
the register of deeds and these
have been held pending a determln-
alton of that officers respainsibil'
ity in the matter. Instruction has
arrived telling him that it is his
dutv to pass on the sufficiency o.
the security, returning checks II
all cases where he finds that the
property offered is already mort
gagged to more than half its value
Register Huseby announces tina
his office is checking incumbrance'
for the last three years and send
ing checks to all applicants com
plying with requirements.
Officers here estimate the tots
of all applications received Wi
reach $4,000.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
LOCAL MILL TO
INSTALL FIFTY
BARREL PLANT

The Hansen Flour Mills Associ-
alton has purchased and will
shortly install a new 80 barrel ca
pacity short process flour mill TO
take the place of the rs barrel mill
which it has now, in order to take
better care of the ever increasing
milling trade.
The lower part of the mill will
be enlarged 10 provide needed floor
space. Hans Thompson will start
the rebuilding next week, in order
to have the building ready when
the new machinery arrives, when
it will be set up Immediately.
Buy Mill at Kensal, N. ID.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen
went to Kensal, North Dakota last
Sunday where they purchased from
the owner, the splendid machinery
in the flour mill at Grace City
North Dakota. The machinery has
only been run a few months anC
is practically new. Workmen will
be employed to take out the ma.
chinery preparatory to moving it.
The Reed Transfer Company Of
MinOt was given the contract fol
trucking the machinery to Plenty
wood.
The Hansens returned to Plenty
wood Wednesday, and THURSDAY
started action towards the enlarge
ment of the mill building.
The Hansen Flour Mills, grister
of the famous "Heart of Har,
Wheat" Plentywood flour, has beel
doing an increasing business yea
after year. For the past ten year
the Hansens have been milling il
Plentywood, until they are makinl
The major part of the flour con
sumed in Sheridan county and tn
adjoining territory, and until tn
volume of business made it neceS
sary to enlarge the daily capacit
of the mill.
The Plentywood flour, made on
Of locally raised wheat, carryin
: high protein contents, is the hes
flour on the market, barring non,
r and tho the milling business her
will be less this year than usu;
A because of the drouth, yet tn
growing popularity of Plentywoo
n flour, fortells a big patronage fC
the Hansen Mills.
The Hansen Flour Mills Associ;
n ton also operate a so barrel mi
: CS Wolf Point, where they. mark
the popular "WOltana Flour"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
FINANCIAL STRUCTURE OF
THE NATION is TOTTERING

Toledo, Aug. H. The state
banking department and directors
oday Monday closed four large
Toledo banks with 81 branches,
10000 accounts and combined re-
sources of more than $100,000,000
as the second cycle of bank fail
ues moves westward.
They are the Ohio Savings Bank
and Trust Company, the Commerce
Guardian Trust and Savings bank,
The Commercial Savings and Trust
company and the American bank.
The closing several weeks ago OF
the Security Home Trust company
caused today's action, it was said
Sixty men from the state bank
Ing department and six federal re
serve examiners from Cleveland
Immediately began the task of Ii
uidating the assets of the sus
pended institution.
Eleven large savings banks sus
pended payments upon demand anC
tOOk advantage of the 80 day no
tee clause for Withdrawals.
Other Toledo banks met heav,
Withdrawals, and announced the,
were prepared for still more. TIL
building and loan companies mott
fled depOsitOrs that no withdrawal
would be permitted until the sit
uatiOn was adjusted.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
By SUPT. w. E. STEGNER

THE PLANS for opening the
| Plentywood schools have been
practically completed and as
has been previously announced, it
is expected that everything will be
in readiness to start work immedl-
ately on September ID. Very little
money has been spent on the build
ings this summer but much hard
work on the part of Mr.. Lund has
put the school plant in good condi-
ton for another year. Wherever
any re-conditioning was done 1t
was done wit hthe idea of doing 1t
only where adequate returns would
be received. Every desk in the
system has been newly vanished
and the basement floors in the
high school building have been re-
painted. Some redecoratlng OF
walls has been done, especially IN
room seven where the new Fresh
men will have to be especially care
! full of furniture and walls.
It is particularly desired that
both parents and prospective High
School pupils observe that enroll
ment of all high school pupils Ok
done during the week of SeptemDel
z. Either Supt. Stegner or Prlncl
pal Mcmillan will be in the higl
school during the day SO that reg
istration for the year 1931-193'
NAV he completed and classeG ~
ganized before the opening date
September ID. 1t is the desire Q
the school to give each pupil tn
personal help and advise of the su
perintendent and principal. Otne
announcements concerning enron
ment will be made in later issue
of the Plentywood papers.
There will be no change In tn
. location of the Elementary grade
: during the first half year. In tn
, event that our new building
ready for occupancy at the time {
the Holidays there will undoubteC
: ly be several changes. The ing
Z School will have no more rool
than for the past several years vi
til such time as it can be mov a,
h into new quarters. Consequent,
: very little change can be made
:. the High School program this yea
: Plans are already made Tor cnan'
|, es that viii be greatly to the az
vantage of the young people :,
d Plentywood and vicinity after y
r new High School plant is compile
r ed. ...sn 10,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21

pay high wages to skilled men and
employ engineers as managers.
Broke
I'VE can't be a prosperous ma
ton as long as agriculture is broke
and it's now PROSTATE. 1t has
dropped nine billion dollars of in
come in eight years.
Agriculture is the nations big
gest buyer, so you can see how
that kicked us down in the bust
ness toboggan. Businessmen ano
engineers have taken over every
other industry and put it on it,
feet. They must do the same will
farming"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
CARL BRENDON AND
OLE HIPPEBUY THE
ANTELOPE MILL

Ole Hippo and Carl Brendon last
week completed a deal with Lars
Linn of Dagmar whereby they
purchased the Antelope flour mill,
sixty barrel capacity mill, and
viii repair and open the same for
business as soon as possible. Carl
Brendon, an expert millwright and
miller, will operate the mill, while
Ole Hippo will assist in putting the
mill in repair prior to operation.
The mill will do custom grind
ing and will grist white, whole
wheat and graham flour and grind
feed.
The old Antelope mill is land
mark. It was, when it was built
a cooperative venture by the farm
ers of the Antelope, Reserve and
Dagmar precincts. In time it fail
ed and was closed down and has
stood idle for years, eventually
coming into the hands of Lars
Linn who had loaned considerable
money to the cooperative.
What the consideration was has
not been disclosed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
TEN YEAR PLAN FOR
REVEALED
Geneva Committee Draws up Pro-
gram to Develop Nation - Ma
tiOnalist Government Has APP
proved Scheme and. Method. of
Financing is all that is Lacking.

Geneva, Aug. 18. Industrializa-
ton of China under a "10-year-
plan" was under consideration by
the international labor office to-
day.
The unique platform drafted on
lines similar to the soviet Russian
five year plan for industrializatior
would involve the purchase from
abroad of enormous amounts Ot
supplies, including IL million ton:
of steel and 200 million tons Of
coal.
China already has approved the
plan, the international labor office
announced. Financial arrange
ments, however, have not yet beer
disclosed. They are essential tt
make so gigantic a project prac
teal.
The program is built around tn
idea of undermining China, cult
waiting millions of acres of Ian,
not used in that vast country, an,
developing industrial works thru
out the nation.
The salient points in the 1O-yea
plan include:
1-Cultivation of 800 millio
acres of arabic land.
2-Extension of transportatio
and other communications.
reconstruction Of seaports.
I reconstruction of eight millio
tons of shipping for Chinese mel
chant marine.
| 5-Creation of industrial work
turnout China.
The labor office announcemer
said that the plan would be carrie
out in part by the national govern
ment of China at Marking, and
part by companies under govern
ment control.
Purchase of the steel and CO
{ would aid, it was pointed out,
5 the recovery of those industries
! other countries.
S The 10-year plan called for Il
: construction of industrial pow,
plants with total capacity of Il
: 100000 horsepower.
j The extension Of China's railw;
n and new roads as part of the pr
Y gram would be among the fir
practical moves toward opening l
a vast wealth and purchasing POI
er, experts agreed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
CAMPBELL SAYSU. S.'FARMS MUST
Be TAKEN OVER AND OPERATED
BY BUSINESSMEN AND BANKERS

New York, Aug. 19.-Back from
his latest conference with Presi-
dent Hoover about farm relief, T.
d. Campbell today expressed the be-
lief that "industrialized farming
was the cure for the economic de-
preston.
Campbell, who grows wheat on
$4,000 acres of leased land in Mon
tana, and runs his farm like a fac
tory, envisioned a day when agri-
culture would be an important unit
of "big business"
Bankers and rich men must
take over the FARMS" he said
'Work them in economical units
use the best of machine equipment
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
MILLIONS HOMELESS; THOUSANDS
ARE DROWNED AS RIVER DIKES BREAK AND
INUNDATE CHINESE CITIES

ing three weeks, the great river
touched a level of So feet 6 inches.
here today, one inch higher than
the previous record level on Mon
day.
The big Chiakow dixie protecting
Hankow's western suburbsfrom the
river collapsed and sent a wall Of
water thru the native industrial
district. Sever hundred Chinese
died in the water that swept the
district and inundated big flour
silk and cotton mills. There was
too much chaos TO count the dead
Virtually all of Hankow was UNI
der water from 5 to n feet deep.
Big river junks sailed thru what
once had been city streets, picking
up helpless victims and what valu-
ables remained.
Pestilence ragged. The refugees
had only the germ infested flood
waters to drink. Typhoid, cholera
and dysentery ragged thru the refs
gee ranks without check. All for
eign women who previously has
not left the city were moving out,
on steamers. Every workable meth
cd of communication was taxed by
the exodus of Chinese. All foreign
ers were reported safe.
A big dixie in Wuchang crumbled
under the tremendous water pres
sure. Flood water evertOpped the
gates of the wall around the an
cient city of Hanyang.
Additional dikes fell as the riv-
er rose and chaos spread even fur
Their. The whole area virtually was
without communications and with
out government. Whole towns and
villages were wiped out and there
was no immediate way of report
, ing the destruction to the outside
world.
Late Monday and Tuesday the
Yangtse began to recede. Then
came a fresh inpouring from the
north through the Han river, which
empties into the Yangtse here
More disaster followed. A big dixie
on the right bank of the YangtsC
AT miles downstream collapsed
flooding a wide farming area.
Y Calamity extended its grip ever
t to the lower Slang river, especial
e ly along its left bank between Yo
I. chow and its confluence with the
f Yangtse. All villages and arabic
d lands along this stretch were de
strUyed.
n Virtually all of Hankow wa'
g without power, light and ice. Thu
e telephone system broke down .Liy
f high tension wires trailed acros
: the water-swept streets, adding t.
the danger.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21
PLAYGROUND OF RICH
UNABLE TO PAY DEBTS.

West Palm Beach, Fla, Aug. g..
The depression has his this city,
the playground of millionaires,"
a terrible wallop. Because only
500 of last years taxes have been
paid, it is necessary to pay salar-
les of city employees with scrip
and declare a 9O-day moratorium
on other running expenses.
Many department heads and en-
ployees are to be given vacations
without pay and a 10 per cent cut
in firemen's salaries is proposed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-21

evening. The electric storm was not
accompanied by rain.
Most of the 80 blazes in the Lo-
10 forest were under conrtol.
The black pine lookout station
on the Deer Lodge forest was
struck by lightning and put out of
commission. The man stationed
there was unframed.
A Missoula pilot will take 10
fire guards 10 the Moose creek
landing field on a portion of the
Selway forest that is inaccessible
except by airplane. Seven new fires
are burning there.
The blaze mile west of Super
Tor was stopped after burning a
strip two and half miles long.