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they think about it, and the election is called for
May 5, 1881.
You can register up to April 18th and still vote
on May 9Th. A printed copy of the law to be
voted will be mailed to all voters before cleo
provided, of course, that it is agreeable to
our present county administration otherwise you
might have to wait until several months after
election, like you did with the examiners report.
What you will be voting on is: "Shall the state
borrow ~ million dollars at $50 interest each
year for the next four years, Or total of six (6)
million dollars, and spend this extra 1K million
together with the gasoline tax on the roads each
year for the four years. Then after. the. four
years, and for the next six year, pay back out of
the gasoline tax the six million of borrowed money
with the so interest"
In order to pay these six millions back this law
provides that must pay a SC gasoline tax for
the next ten years. and after that 8 cent tax.
But we already have Scent gasoline tax law in
which it says that We must pay a Scent tax until
April l, 1884, and thereafter Scent tax That
law has not been repealed it is still law as much
as ever.
If you vote for the measure May 9Th
you simply vote upon yourself another Scent gas
oline tax for the next ten years In other words
your vote will indicate that you are willing to
pay 10 cent gasoline tax until April l. 1884,
then an Scent tax until April 1, 1911, from then
on a Scent tax.
1t would be interesting to know if the legisla-
ture intends to slip this over the public as a
joker, if this is fair sample of their law max
ing ability.
Building roads on the installment plant may or
may not be wise move. The first four years
while you are borrowing all the money and doing
all the work will be the fat years. Probably we
should not worry over the following six years
where we pay back the six millions for work al
ready DONE
From the way things look, nobody will worry
what money they owe in time to come
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Friday, March e, 1881
THOUGHTS FOR CHRISTIANS
"WHO is MY NEIGHBOR?"

And, behold, certain lawyer stood up and
tempted him questioned Jesus in order to en-
tangle him in some statement that might be
used against him with the high priests, who
sought the foundation for a charge against
him, that they might bring him to trial) say
ing: master, what shall do to inherit eternal
Iife?"
He, Jesus, said unto him: "What is written
in the law? How readeth thou?"
And he, the lawyer, answering said: "Thou
shalt love the Lord they God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength
and with all thy mind; and thy neighbOr
myself" -
And he, Jesus, said unto him, the lawyer:
"Thou hath answered right; this do, and thou
shall live"
But he, the lawyer, wishing to justify himself
said unto Jesus, "And who is my neighbour"
And Jesus, answering, said: "a certain man
went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell
among thieves, which stripped him of his RAIN
;ent, and wounded him, and departed leaving
him half dead. And by chance there came
down a certain priest that way; and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side
"And likewise Levite, when he was at the
place came and looked on him, and passed by
on the other side.
"But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed,
came where he was and when he saw him he
had compassion on him, and he went TO him
and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and
wine, and he set him on his own beast and brot
him to an inn and took care of him. And on
the morrow when he departed he took out two
pence and gave them to the host and said unto
him: Take care of him, and whatsoever thou
spendeth more, when l come again l will
pay thee
(Which now,' asked Jesus of the lawyer,
"thinketh thou, was neighbOr unto him that
fell among the thieves?"
And he, the lawyer, said: "He that sheweth
mercy on him."
Then said Jesus unto him, the lawyer, "Go
| and do thou likewise"-the gospel according
to st. Luke Chapter 1925 to 81 paragraphs
| inclusive.
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King Tut, President HOver's favOrite pet has
has been sent away to recover from indisposi-
ton said to have been caused by too much publici
4y The dog, which brought from Belgium
by Mr.. Hoover in 1917, seemed happy for while
In his surroundings, but he gradually became
mOrose and finally developed hypOchondria. He
WAS constantly under the attention of reporters,
and his every trick, even to his bringing in his
masters paper every morning, was observed and
recorded.
White House pets almost as well known to
the country their owners When President
Roosevelts bull terrier engaged in a dog fight
the executive lawn, the combat made first-page
NEWS. After the bellgerant animal, which had al
ready attacked an ambassador,was banished, Mr..
Roosevelt deluged with proffered candidates
for the succession. 1t is thought that the secrecy
surrounding King Tut's exile was inspired by Mr.
HOovers fear of the candidacy of numerous beasts
for the job of Presidents Pet-of course the pres
ident would never consider hillbilly kid from
Arkansas.
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COMMISSIONERS SEP
ARATE ATTY. WAC
NER FROM HIS PAP

The board of county commits
sioners separated Attorney James
G. Wagner fro mthe public pap
on Tuesday when the board rent
ed the Underdahl building just
south of the Montana Inn for an
office for the county attorney for
two years at $40 per month. Fred
Mork acting as agent for Under
dahl of Outlook, owner of the
building, agrees to renovate the
building and get it in shape for
occupancy Immediately when At
torney Blackwell will move in.
The county has been paying $35
for the Wagner building, which
was also occupied by James Wag-
ner himself as a sort of head
quarters for his collection agency
and also by Fred Ibsen, bank re-
ceiver, who had an office there.
Besides paying this rent, the
county paid for the fuel, lights
and janitor service, while Wagner
used the building as an office anC
probably collected rent from ID
sen. Wagner will now have the
office all to himself and can buy
his own fuel and lights and do hi
own janitor work.
So thus another cheap graft OF
the taxpayers of Sheridan count!
is terminated thanks to the init
alive of County COMMISSIONS
Carl Hansen.
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1Oc GASOLINE TAX
By HANS RASMUSSEN

On May 9Th we going to have another cleo
ttiOn. The state of Montana is paying for it so
I'VE need not worry about the expenses. 100000
is the estimated cost. The treat is on the state,
after the treat will pass the hat and you can
all chip in. Come on boys, whatn you have?
The wise men somebody sent to Helena to make
laws and regulations for the rest of US have got
their wires kind of tangled up and don't know
just where they at. They tried to make law
but could not get it to work now they have
thrown up their hands and turned the lawmaking
business and the 100000 over to the rest of US
telling us to go TO it and make the best of it.
In order to help create some Hoover prosperity
while the still in office, our lawmakers
thought it wise for the state to borrow six million
dollars and go into the road building business on
the installment plan. The law was passed by both
houses, but then the supreme court comes along
and tells them that in order to borrow that much
money they must go out and ask the voters what
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president, Doak can turn to another
of his embarrassments-the indig-
nant protest voiced by Sen. Wagner
and others against the wholesale
raids Doak has started as a means
for discovering aliens who can le-
gally be deported fDom tins country.
Wagner's letter to Doak, published
ITeb. %. denouncing his raid on a
dance crowd of 1000 persons at the
Finnish Workers Educational Assoc
citation hall in New York City, has
Stirred up resentment far beyond
the labor field. If the labor depart
ment is now to be employed to
crafty Hoover's bent for interfer-
ence with the personal liberties of
the people, since his prohibition en-
forcement raids have become a sub
ject of nationwide complaint, the
victims will not be less incensed at
federal intrusion and official injus-
tice. When a working class crowd
finds itself automatically suspect,
because aliens may be present, re-
CARELESS of the conservative charac-
ter of the assemblage, the political
consequences of such misuse Of the
police power can be clearly fore
seen. The administration will be
rebuked and the agent of its perse-
cution mania will become notorious.
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PILGRIMS Pretty Good HON
bres Says J. L. Hawkes.

Billings, Mont, Feb. 2, 1881
Editor Producers News,
Plentywood, Montana.
Dear Sir:
Recently 1 had occasion to see a
cartoon that appeared in your paper
and since it dealt with history that
I am somewhat familiar with 1 hope
you will not take it amiss i'll COM
men upon it.
The title was: Not Pirates but Pur-
itans. Underneath in the comment,
it stated that the picture showed the
Puritans landing at Plymouth Rock.
1t was the Pilgrims that landed
there. The Puritans did not come to
America until 1929 and they landed
and settled at Boston Bay. The Pill
grims landed in the fall Of 1920 and
were given aid by two Indians by
the names of Samoset and Squanto.
Squanto brought about treaty be-
tween the Indians and the whites.
1t was signed by the Indian chief,
Massasoit. The historian Elson tells
us that this treaty was faithfully
kept for over so years. Elson says
further: "Soon after this Canonicus
(Chief of the Narragansetts) wish
ing to show his hostility toward the
new friends of his old enemy. sent
Governor Bradford a challenge in
arrows but when the skin was re
turned filled with powder and shot
the forest king decided that it were
better to make friends of the white
men and did so.
With the exception of a little Skin
mish in defense of a party of trad
ers at Weymouth, the Plymouth
people were free from Indian wars
| till the rise Of King Philip-more
than half a century after the land
ing of the Mayflower." The Pill
grims were of sturdy peasant stock.
They came from Holland where they
had been living for ten years. They
believed in separatig the church and
the state and practiced the policy in
their colony. Their colony never
grew to any great size and was over
Swallowed by the Puritan colony al
Boston. They were more tolerant
than the Mother Country toward
others although they were very
strict in their requirements of con
duct.
The Puritans did not believe ii
separating the church and state anC
they were as intollerant as the Mo
Their Country They were made III
largely of midle class people alth(
there were many Puritans who wer,
aristocratS, as English History O.
the reign of Charles the first testi
flies. They executed some Quaker,
and Witches" but there was mucl
more of this type of persecution Il
Europe and England during this per
Tod Of history than there was ii
Massachusetts.
In the light of these facts on
doubts whether these people wer
any more hypocritical than any othe
group then or now. This makes tn
sarcasm Of the cartoon hard to un
derstand.
Sincerely yours,
j. L. HAWKES..
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COMMISSIONERS
ARE IN SESSION

The board of county commits
sioners met in regular March
session, Monday morning, March
2, Chairman French, Commission
ers Hansen and Anker and Clerk
Madsen present.
The session continued until
Wednesday evening at five o.
clack when it adjourned. The
time of the board was occupied
with routine matters mostly,
namely, the matters of road work
and machinery repairing, county
poor cases, and the auditing and
allowing of claims, and the work
incidental to the holding of the
special election on the gas tax
debenture referendum to be held
May 9Th.
1t appears that the county will
have to finance the holding OF
the special election. but that the
state highway department viii
reimburse the counties out of the
gas tax fund to the amount OF
100000.
1t also appears that the com.
missioners will have to declare
an emergency in reference to the
moor fund as that fund is ex
hausted with this months pay
ment of the poor relief, widows
and old age pensions. and if tht
relief and pensions are to b.
paid for the ensuing four months
The board called a special ses
sion for Thursday to hear thu
appeal from the decision of tn,
county, SUPERINTENDENT of schools
for the creation of a new schoo
district out of part of the Plen
tvwood district and two other ad
iaceut districts. The hearing wa
held in the court room and I'll,
order denving petition made b
the superintendent was affirmed
There will he another cuecia
meeting Saturday. tomorrow. +
consider budget matters.
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entry into the cabinet has been puzz-
ling to himself and dismaying to his
old friends in the labor organiza-
tions He came into federal office
with record of having testified
for the Wagner bill last year on
behalf of the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen. Before the labor
legislative agents at the capitol re-
allied what had happened he was
showed forward as the Hoover agent
in trying to kill that very measure
-one on which they set high value.
Not only did Doak carry out the
Hoover program to the extent of
summoning the labor lobby to his
office to hear the word Of White
House disapproval of their bill. but
when the legislative agents unani-
mously declined to bow to Hoover's
instructions, they witnessed the
spectacle of Doak going to the re-
dictionary house committee on the
Judiciary and to the house machine
bosses, to prevent favorable action
on the Wagner measure The fact
that President Whitney of the
Trainmen Joined President Green of
the American Federation of Labor
in asking the house to pass the
measure which Doak was attacking.
opened the eyes of many labor
chiefs to the real extent Of the in
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Z0aRo5
SS0
Cut Prices of Sickness and
Death
Plentywood, Mont,
February II, 1881

Plentywood, Mont,
February II, 1881
Editor Producers News:
We are all doing lot of
thinking and talking about these
hard times so l will add my mite.
Among the many things why are
not the, charges incurred in sick
ness and death cut in proportion
to the incomes of those who suf-
fer these misfortunes- What can
be more unfair than the present
conditions in Plentywood?
The farmer who bought high
priced machinery that in a good
many cases he has been unable
to pay for, is now bankrupt; he
has no way to make a dollar;
he has struggled under these
conditions for many months now
with no relief in sight, yet he
cannot prevent serious sickness,
and even death, coming to his
family, with no way to realize a
dollar TO meet such expenses.
Something should be done, not
next year but now. No one knows
when his time may come.
Cut such charges in two. What
if no money can be made that
way. No one should expect to
make money now. Then maybe
one could borrow enough to give
the loved ones the care they need.
Sincerely.
A FARM WOMAN
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HOMESTEAD CHAMPIONS SAY
PLENTYwooD RANGERS ARE
BUM BAsKETBALL PLAYERS
Homestead. Mont.


Feb. 81, 1881
Basket ball fans all thru the east
ern half of the state are showing
much interest in and seem to be
planning to go and see the eastern
Montana independent championship
game to be played at Homestead on
Saturday night, March at o'clock
The game is to be played between
Lamber, Montana Independents the
undisputed champions of southeast
ern Montana, and the Homestead in
dependents, the outstanding If not
the best, independent team in north
eastern Montana.
Interest in this section is, it is
understood, increased due to the
widespread report that has reached
the ears of every real basket ball
fan in Sheridan county that the
management of the other outstand-
| ing team in the county, the Plenty
wood Rangers, has refused to play
the Homestead team a play off game
on the neutral floor at Antelope
with neutral officials when called
upon to do so by the Homestead
| management. 1t is reported that
for that reason most fans feel that
the Rangers have forfeited any
claim that team might have to the
championship by such action by its
management.
1t is understood that most sports.
manlil1e fans are doing considerable
laughing up their sleeves over the
action of the Plentywood manage
ment when they are reminded tina
the Rangers were taken on a big
much touted tour Of North Dalzots
TO receive numerous defeats vher
many fans. it is reported, feel thu,
they would only have had to TAX,
the short trip from brentwood :,
Antelope where there was a yer,
good chance for them to get a good
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LOHN NAMED TREAS
URER IN ROOSEVELT

Froid, March 2.-Harry A. Morley,
county treasurer-elect of Roosevelt
county. who, according to law, was
to assume the duties of the offices
today. last week rendered his resig-
nation to the board of county COM
missioners, which was accepted, and
Dwight Lohn Of Froidwas appointed
to serve out his term Mr.. Morley
ha saccepted a more lucrative posi-
tion with the state highway commits
sion
Mr.. Lohn is we'll known over this
end of the county. having for years
been engaged in the mercantile bus
mess in Froid and for the last
couple of years has been manager
of the implement department of the
Schnitzler corporation.
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Vast Increase of None
tary Gold in United States

Washington, March 5.-The fed
eral reserve board, submitting it's
annual report to congress today,
said the stock Of monetary gold
in the United States increased
80 million dollars last year.
This was only 100 million dol
lars less than the peak increase
of 1927. While that movement
came mostly from Europe, the lat
est influx was from Japan, China,
and Latin-America. From the lat
ter quarter and from Australia
gold shifted also to England.
The board said at the end of
1880 the weekly average of gold
in the United States was four and
Ore-half billion dollars.
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Children Faint In Class
Room In School When
Hunger Sweeps Town

Ventura Calf, March a. The
fainting Of two school children
from hunger here yesterday and
the subsequent disclosure that a
number of families were in dire
need aroused civic and charitable
organizations to activity today.
An immediate investigation dis
closed the fact that at least fif-
teen other children were badly I'M
dernourished because their Ia
theirs were unemployed and could
not provide enough food for Them
The district affected is one of q
large 1aboring population. Several
school children said they had not
eaten regularly.
. The undernourished children are
under the care Of physicians.
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sound drubbing at the hand of the
Homestead outfit.
1t is reported that further inter-
esting announcements and comments
on the championship game at Home
stead on March 7th will appear in
the press and over the Wolf Point
radio station KICK so watch and
listen for them.
Homestead Management.
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..DISTRESS AT PEAK

New York-FP distress at
Peak" is headline on first column
after page given over solidly to
listing of corporation dividends in
New York city daily paper.
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The WASHINGTON Scene
.nnAK,s nrr.r. nEFEATEn-
By LAURENCE TODD. Federated Press

DoAK's BILL DEFEATED
Washington Up On the first
1Fial of. strength in the house be-
tween Secretary of Labor Doak, act
ing as mouthpiece for President
Hoover, and the supporters of the
Wagner Bill to establish a federal
state system of employment agen-
cies, the house rejected Doak's sub
stitute bill, Feb. %, by a vote Of
1872 to "a. 1t then adopted the Wag-
ner bill without a formal roll call
or tellers. Minor amendments sent it
to the senate for further action, as
aSse original bill passed that body
In June of last year. Once more
the president will have to sign or
veto a Wagner bill. Political Wash
tngton waits to see whether he will
aagin display the pettiness and jeal-
Ousy which made him issue a state
ment, on signing the advance-plan-
ming BILL to the effect that the
credit should go to one of his own
personal aids rather than to a dem
Ocratic senator who acted for Miss
Frances Perkins and other social
scientists in New York
a1as
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED
TO DOAK-
What has happened to William
EAoak within two months after his
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fluence which one labor man may
WELD in an administration of and
by and for millionaires.
DoAK OPPOSES
FEDERAL AUTHORITY
In a public statement directed to
the chairman of the judiciary COM
mittee, Doak declared against the
increase of federal authority involv-
ed in the Wagner bill. States rights
are a pet objection to progressive
measures, used by the Hoover
spokesman whenever they have no
other argument. Then there was
the suggestion that the relief pro-
gram of the ADMINISTRATIONS ex-
tremely vague program indeed
Nigh be injured by the setting up of
new machinery for bringing men in
to touch with opportunities for la
Dor.
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the board and the clerk present.
Claims Allowed
On motion the following claims
were allowed paid and the clerk in
structed to draw warrants therefore
on the different funds:
GENERAL FUND
]. NJ. Stoen, coal for court
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Rep. LaGuardia answered that this
Wagner bill was the one construc-
tive measure which organized labor
had asked of this congress. This is
not a DOLE" he said. THAT is the
manufacturers associations brand
for this bill. and the proposed a.
mendment is not the Doak subsii-
tute, it is not the Grail substi
tute, 1t is the Grundy substitute.
Mr.. Doak has been placed in a most
unfortunate position. I feel thai his
heart is for the senate bill"
SO
PROMOTES RAIDS ON ALIENS
Now that the bill is going to the
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ROAD FUND
Mrs Stella Robinson, right

Ol-Wdy - 4,
Chas. King, road work -----------. i!
Joe Mattwick, witness fee
E. ]. Olness, dragging roads 81
Edw. Hannah, road work. i;
Homestead Garage Co, repair
ing blades ------------------.--..---------- 81
Westland Oil Co, oil and gas Al
Continental Oil Co., oil & gas 1.
N. T. Margusop. repairs for
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sonrErH1NG HAS HAPPENzD

What has happened to William
Woak within two months after his
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On motion the board decided thai
a special meeting of the board he
held on March 18th, 1881 for the
purpose of selling the following
described lands and lots on which
the county had obtained tax deeds:
! r NWA, M SWA, sec. IA,
| S NEA, ME- SEA-, sec. 15-
! 35-54 - S64O M
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z s Koser sal and exp. 9O.S5
Hans p. Madsen, board of pris 4.5O
Mint. st. Tel. & Tel. Co. tel
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On motion the following claims
were disallowed in full:
Jens Nyby, refund of TAX 3.9S
A. o. HendrickSon, house rent