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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
UNITED FARMER
LEAGUE DOINCS

Saturday afternoon general
meeting Of the United Farmers
League was held in the Farmer
Labor Temple. Although no out
side speakers were there and no
special effort had been made to
get a big crowd, the crowd was
there and filled the temple. Many
interesting things were talked ov-
CT and complaints about the un-
fair way in which the government
feed loan was handled was record
ed.
A government representative,
who happened to be in town, was
called before the meeting and ask
ed questions. However, he was
working under instructions from
somebody higher up, but promised
he would do what he could to help
correct mistakes made. His at
tentiOn was called to several spe-
cial cases 10 which he was request
ed to give his attention.
While the farmers sat in the
Temple discussing their problems
the business people of Plentywood
were near nervous breakdown.
1t is reported several store
Keepers had loaded guns behind
their counters, ready to shoot the
farmes if they made a false move,
According to this information, be-
ing shot on sight is what a farm
er can expect entering a Plenty
wood store.
It has also been reported that 9
lew. days before the farmers
meeting the business men had g
meeting at Grant Bakewell's of
lice where several of them insist
ed on having a company of the
national guard here to meet the
farmers. One implement dealer
objected to it, we have been told
ana it was given up. However,
Adlutant General Williams anC
others of high military rank wer'
seen In town the day of the meet
ing.
In Culbertson the local compan!
o. guardsmen had been ordered t
own and were walking the street
some said for the purpose Of go
ing to Plentywood. Just wha
Kept them from coming we canno
Understand, the farmers of Sheri
Jan county would have appreciat
e. having a joint meeting wit
Her fellow farmers and worker
rom Roosevelt county and woul
nave welcomed them at thei
meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
N. CANDH IS RE-
CALLED BY INDI-
An CONGRESS

Don,bav. India, Nov. o. As
Dc the British government
sel i feiled to grant its demands
asu i,n'denendence, the Indian ma
i E.,ai congress today cabled Ma
t tiUt~ Gandhi in London that his
G G'Sfber attendance at the Eound-
mi. IN conference was unnecessary
and. urged him to return to India
at once. -
- Gandhi, the congress- working
.~ormittee adopted a resolution
Ewing .Sving the people of India should
"ot allow themselves to be de-
I Tscted from the right path, but
.Sould organize themselves and
p nTenare for united effective ac-
ton"
tic proposed tour of Europe, and
come home at the earliest moment
m the additional grounds that
british authorities were using OPP
nrpssive measures against the
ppeasants in Bengal, the united
nrovinces and other districts.
Gandhi has said repeatedly that
be was wasting his time in Lon
don because the conference was
making no progress, but he has
pomised Prime Minister MacDon-
aid to remain until its conclusion
which is expected about Nov. %.
When asked whether he would
renew the civil disobedience cam
uaign, he said eff England shows
no change Of heart toward India
then fiery ordeal and more suf-
fering lie ahead of u.s."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
U.S.. CAN NOT EXIST NINE TENTHS
SLAVERY And One TENTH FREE

Mena, Ark "Some years ago
Abraham Lincoln said we cannot
endure half slave, half free. / say
to you today that we cannot long
endure 9-10 slave and ITO free,7
declared Silas Rogers. prominent
Arkansas lawyer and liberal, in a
speech on The Present Economic
Chaos-A Challenge to Capital
ism, at the 9th annHal opening ex-
ercises of Commonwealth College.
"Why waste billions on a use
less world war that made the
world unsafe for everybody and
refuse to appropriate a penny to
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
TREES FELLED IN WAR ON IOWA
COW TESTERS; L ARE ARRESTED

arrested a week ago on the
charge of resisting execution
of a process. had a prelimln-
arv hearing today. The case
was taken under advisement.
While passive resistance
and verbal clashes have oc-
CURED in the two weeks. vet
erinarians and troops nave
worked in this county, 20
davis event was the first M
dication of outright deflance
to the tests.
After a veterinarian and
two quardsmen had traversed
a blind road in Benton town,
ship, they returned to flno
trees feIled across their pain
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
GRAIN CROP
IS NOT A FAILURE

Moscow, Nov. g. Soviet Rus
sia's grain crop this year is equal
to that of 1880, notwithstanding
the drouth, Vyacheslaff Molotoff,
president of the council of COM
missars, informed an anti-drouth
conference here today.
This showing President Molo
toff said, was owing to the gov
ernment's policy of collective
farming and extensive develop
ment Of state farms. a policy
which he said had created condi-
lions for stimulating the produc-
tive forces of agriculture.
GREAT CROP
Despite the loss of several hun
dred million bushels of grain Rus
STA already has produced more
grain than in the corresponding
period last year and the govern
ment has no doubt the plan FOL
exceeding the grain production Of
1880 will be fully realized, Molo'
toff said.
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make the country safe for the
hungry and jobless," he asked.
The intellectual poverty of our
present national leadership was
strongly stressed by Rogers. eve
boast of our millionaires," he said.
eve are a country of millionaires
and paupers."
Speaking of Russia, he said, Fl
am one of those rare individuals
in my complacent world who hopes
that Russia viii succeed. I look
to Russia because there is no
leadership to which we in Aneri-
ca can look"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
WAGNER TAKES
THE DIRTY JOB

A representative of the DoOley
Implement Company handed the
note and mortgage of Holger
Johnson to James Wagner, Es-
quire, a reputed lawyer of Plenty
wood, who understands SO little of
law that he is commonly referred
to as the legal scavenger existing
on offal that a respectable lawyer
would despise. But Wagner is a
scavenger and must live on such
refuse. So instead of foreclosing
on Johnson's note and mortgage,
which is the legal procedure (if
the security on the mortgage were
exhausted, which, however, was
not exhausted) he slips "your'
sheriff some kind of legal form
and Hans in his ignorance nearly
breaks a neck to take Mrs. John.
sons steers out of Henry Hills
lpasture. The good Henry Hill
having acted as stool pigeon tx
"your" sheriff in seizing stool
which had absolutely no bearing
on the mortgage given.
And now farmer Smith remem
Der this: That your cattle are no
safe so long as farmer Jones ha.
given a mortgage on his. Wagnel
will give Hans writ and he viii
seize the property of Smith tt
satisfy the creditors of farme,
Jones. You laugh and say this i
impossible. Nothing is impossible
to "your" sheriff. Hasn't he tax
en- the property of Mrs. johnson
to satisfy the creditors of Hodge
Johnson, and since he is helpe'
out of confusing muddle, hasn'
he got "your" County Attorney +
protect him against a damag
Isuit?
BLACKWELL
ENTERS
| When Mrs. Johnson became a
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burlington, Ia, Nov o.
Following the departure of
, a Iowa national guards
men with enforcement of the
Ssat g tuberculin testing law
u the hands Of 500 remaining
tO.u!pers' open opposition to
s.s...Ing Des MOines county
broke out again today.
fat. Late in the afternoon ~
iners were arrested bv mill
nary N. authorities for question
ae1o sOOut the placing of trees
troo oSS a road Travelled by the
w sra No formal charges
NJ placed against them.
meanwhile, Chas. MeIIer, GA,
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III
ANNIVERSARY
OF new RUSSIA

The Farmer-Labor Temple was
packed with farmers and workers
Saturday evening celebrating the
14th anniversary of the founding
of the Soviet government. The
first couple of hours the pig
crowd was entertained with music
songs, recitations and short
play given by the Young Pioneers
and short talks by Miss Mabe! HUI
sa. Rodney Salisbury and Hans
Rasmussen, Art Wankel acting as
chairman of the meeting.
After the program people en-
loved themselves dancing for sew
eral hours.
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and the Committee of Action
would be present at the meeting
to see that this was done. The
demonstration pledged that the
next meeting would not be side
stepped by the officials again in
this way. More meetings are go
ing to be held in several places in
the county to expose the county
officialdom to the farmers for
what they are: good tools of the
banks and mortgage companies.
The future mortgage sales will
be attended by large masses of
small farmers and workers who
will demand again that the prob
lens of the farmers and wor kers
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Moscow, Nov. o. The workers and oppressed peo-
pie in all the capitaisc world urged today by the
communist international lend active support the
Chinese prole tariat in their conflict with Japan
Manchuria The executive committee of the information
AL which represents the communist parties in every
ton and is not allied with the soviet government issued
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
Sheriff Hans Madsen Makes illegal
Seizure---county Attorney Protects
Him Against Possible Damage Suit

This she did to the admiration of
her neighbors who understood and
sympathized with her because of
the difficulties she was forced to
overcome.
She purchased three steers on
her own rights and had the brands
legally recorded at Helena. Make
no mistake about this: the steers
were hers and she could produce
every legal evidence to prove own
ership of the steers. AS the de-
preston weighed upon her just as
it bore down on all of the farm
ers, she endeavored to sell these
steers and was negotiating with
Henry Hill, storekeeper at Ray
mond, for their purchase. He a
greed to buy them and the steers
were driven to his pasture. AS it
so happened the honest bankers
had begun to close their institu-
lions "for the protection of their
depositors," they said, and man
Hill apparently was one of the de-
positors that came under this
protection" At any rate, he
could not pay for the steers when
delivered to him. Then he struck
an agreement whereby he would
pasture the cattle for so cents per
month per head. This Mrs. John
son agreed to and the steers were
left in Hills pasture. AS time
dragged on the spirit of your gen.
crosby in the past to the money
grabbers and their servile political
tools did not carry with it the
fruit of appreciation. Instead Of
moratoriums persecution has be-
come the rule and "your" sheriff
has become "their" sheriff. How
ever, it is necessary to remind
you farmers that you suffered ull-
der a delusion-Hans Madsen was
never, and never will be "your'
sheriff. Neither will any othel
sheriff which carries the demo
cratic or republican label b.
I"your" Sheriff; and the same rul,
applies to all office-seekers tina
crawl into office on the strength
of such affiliations. But to go OF
with the story.
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'tober revolution.
This war against the
working masses of China" the
statement read, ais a war against
us and a step toward war against
the soviet republic. Organize mass
revolutionary barriers against
that war for united, independent
soviet China.
"The leaders of all capitalistic
countries are wandering about In
search of an outlet, afraid of COM
plete bankruptcy before the
mounting proletarian revolution.
The class fight is becoming more
acute. The imperialists have al
ready begun war in the far east
in the hopes of attaining this out
let"
History now presents the queS-
ton as to whether capitalism OF
communism will emerge from the
present international crisis, it was
) said, and the masses turnout the
world must enlist under the ban
the proletariat revolution.
Capitalism means the enslave-
ment of the working classes, unit
: ing all the black forces in the
world for war against the soviet
republic" the statement continu-
: ed. ga revolutionary outcome
/ means the establishment of a pro-
letarian dictatorship and the or
ganization of millions of new
: fighters for the difficult but great
/. struggle along with the proletari-
D at of the soviet republic for the
] complete victory of socialism"
Moscow, Nov. g. The eve of
4 "Red October" was ushered in to-
, night throughout Russia with a
> flourish of red bunting, gigantic
E illustrations of progress under the
! soviet and a fanfare of newspa-
per trumpetings of the achieve
E ments that have been attained.
= AS a preliminary to the nation
: wide celebration tomorrow of the
18th anniversary of the October
: revolution which unseated the pro-
! visional government and hoisted
: the bolshevild to power, Vyaches-
lass Molotoff, president of the
, council of commissars, declared
!; before the annual conclave of the
: Moscow soviet that while this
I years plan was unfulfilled the s.
" year plan as a whole would be ae-
) complished in four years.
= "The epoch of world revolution
is drawing near" he said, land
our proletarian government stands
= at the head of the revolution"
7 Hotels and all available lodging
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Bull at Browning

browning, Mont Carl A. Bull
VI Plentywood, former head of a
sOSed bank there and now repre-
SCSntng the Agricultural Loan
SSOmpany of Minneapolis, was a
browning visitor the past week
SSaecElng conditions of the COM
pany's loans.
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A 24-hours-a-day service is
maintained by a cooperative res
taurant in Chicago established IN
1924 by a group of Russian work
ers. Since the restaurant started
the business has more than douD-
led. More than 800 people are
served daily and sales are In ex-
cess of 100000 annually.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-13
By vINCENZo vACIRKA

Benito Mussolini, the dictator of
Italy, is sitting on the edge of a
volcano. The coming winter will
probably mark the turning point
of fascism.
The revolution may come with
unparalleled violence. On the 9TH
er hand, King Victor Emanuel may
attempt to save his head by dis
missing Mussolini as his prime
minister and convoking parliament
which in either event dooms Mus
solini. His death is almost a GER
tainty.
Mussolini is. the only statesman
in Europe who does not leave his
country for international confer
ences. He dare not. Assassination
awaits him outside of Italy and
revolution awaits him within.
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COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AS
SERTS TROUBLE In The ORIENT Is
War ON THE RUSSIAN REPUBLIC

Tells Workers and Oppressed People of Entire World
that Invasion of Manchuria by Japan Is Move Part
of Capitalist Nations to Forestal Class Revolution.
More Than Million Take Part In Impressive Show.
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RED ARMY ON PARADE

The following are reports given out by the
Associated Press, a capitalist concern. If
the A.P. does any coloring of the news at all,
the readers can rest assured that it is not
done in favor of Soviet Russia.
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DICTATOR FACES REVOLT
DECLARES One FAMOUS RADICAL

Political Life Hidden by Censor
ship, and Outbreaks Have Oc-
aurred that World Never Heard
AbOut-ImpOssibIe for Dictator
to Back-track Now, So Far Has
He Gone.
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ware that her cattle were seized |
with the connivance of Henry Hill,
who, by the way, is now boycott |
ed by the farmers of Raymond and
the surrounding district, she re-
paired to the office of "your"
County Attorney to have action
started against the sheriff for IL
legal seizure. Poor woman, she
knows better now. for Mr.. Bake
well, who strides along the streets
as if he were trying to overtake
some knowledge of the law, after
learning that Mrs. Johnson did
not take part in the parade on
October 18th, filed a third party
claim for her, thus protecting
"your" sheriff against any dam
age action. 1t would have been
much more to this woman's adj
vantage had she taken part in the
parade, for Blackwell in his hatred
would in all probability have or
dered her fro mhis office and have
overlooked the little favor he rem
dered "your" sheriff.
UNITED FARMER LEAGUE
TAKES A HAND
Although Mrs. johnson is not a
member of the United Farmers
League the members nevertheless
recognized the brutally ignorant
action of Hans Madsen as an en-
, croachment on their own rights.
So their first move was to call for
a boycott on stool pigeon Hill and
also on the Dooley Implement
Company. To this call the farm
ers of Raymond quickly respond
ed and farmers in other parts
have taken similar action. The
law states (and remember this
law was not made hv you farm
ers) that when third party claim
is filed for property Illegally or
otherwise seized the plaintiff must
re-bond for double the amount of
the claim otherwise the property
to be returned at the expiration OF
the tenth day to the person filing
third party claim. Even in this
feature "your' all-wise sheriff
held the cattle illegally until the
18th day; and though Mrs. John
son produced brands duly record
ed and insisted on seeing hel
steers, the sheriff carrying his
brutal instincts to the last refus.
ed TO recognize the recorded
brands and would not disclose
: where he had concealed the steers
The much prosecuted woman
was nearly driven to the same
state as her husband and in a las
effort appealed to the Unite;
Farmers League.
By this time it was learnet
where the cattle were concealed
so the Secretary for the Leagu
: called "your" sheriff on the 'phon
and insisted that Mrs. Johnson
property be returned to her.
!; may be that the sheriff despit
his ignorance could see that tn
stage of liberation was passed an
y like all petty tyrants was NOR
than glad to accede to the de
? mands made upon him.
4 It should be stated that durin
all this time Mrs. johnson was i
need Of relief which she could nc
: get. When her cattle were stole
yes, that is the word, stolen
: from her by scavenger lawye
It and an ignorant sheriff the unfol
s tdnate woman was known to hav
r 10 cents as the amount of he
Il wealth. Neighbors had to dra'
o from their own all but exhauste
r resources to bring the woman int
IS Plentywood, and when the count
e commissioners were deaf to I'll
= misery Of herself and. children an
n Indifferent to the state of ment'
= Continued on last Page)
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MRS. JOHNSON
BUYS CATTLE

While her husband was away
from home Mrs. Johnson had to
shoulder the responsibilities of at
tending to the upbringing of her
children and caring for the farm.
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HISTORY OF THE CASE


In 1924 a farmer named Holger
Johnson, living north of Conner
town, in conjunction with neigh
Dor, signed a note in the amount
of $500 in favor of the Dooley
Implement Company, giving as Sc
curity one wagon and one binder,
which was accepted. Later on
johnson moved across the line to
Canada and continued to farm a
piece of land there. Unfortunate
ly johnson was destined to be-
come a victim of unforeseen forces
for, one night he was caught in a
raging blizzard and after battling
against the storm all through the
night he was at last found wan
dering aimlessly about the prair-
les. At once the human instinct
of pity asserted itself beyond ali
other impulses Ga trait which
Sheriff Madsen does not possess)
for the victim was at once rush.
ed by willing neighbors to where
he could obtain medical assistance
Despite such kindly efforts, how
ever, the unfortunate mans minC
was impaired by the attacks Of
the storm and it was necessary tt
have him confined at the expense
of the county, in the state hospi
tai at Warm Springs. Under the
influence of kind and scientific,
treatment there his mental balance
was restored sufficiently to war
rant his discharge from that in
stitution, and he was returned t,
his loving wife and family VIII,
had suffered the torturing agonie
of expectancy while he was ava,
from them. 1t is customary il
cases of this kind to guard the pa
tient against any and all influenC
es that would tend to produce an
unfavorable reaction, SO his goo
wife had him placed in a conva
lescent home in Canda where h
could enjoy the peace of his SUI
roundings and the frequent visit
of his family. His mental restol
alton was soon complete, and re
NAMED so up to within few day
| following the brutality of tn
sheriff. Now the unfortunate ma
. is on the verge of a complet
mental breakdown. and it is onl
J due to the unlimited patience an
| tenderness of his family that tn
/ sheriff has not been called to fiji
ish the job that ne started in Is
! norance of all laws both huma
5 and divine. Yes, all that is no
: necessary, when the sufferin
{ family can no longer endure, is
have him committed to the "gentl
: care" of the sheriff. have him e.
n amined before a sanity board ar
have him again returned to Il
state hospital at the expense I
the county.
Keep this in mind as you pr
coed.
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CENSORSHIP
HIDES ALL

The political and social life OF
Italy is hidden by the veil of CEN
sorship. Instructions and riots
have flared up and been suppress
ed in blood without the knowledge
of the outside world. Mussolini's
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"HE HEADLINES tell
the story; but for the
benefit of those not
acquainted with the
sheriff's act, a few details
must be set down to prove
icOnclusively that Madsen in
his Grass ignorance has over
ridden every "legaP' form and
brutalIy trampled upon every
human impulse, in order to
show farmers of Sheridan
county their sufferings did
not affect him-that he was
a ruthless tool of the money
ed class and was exercising
the power of his office to
serve the explOiters regardless
of the misery and sufferings
resulting from his brutality.
y * & *** y y
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podesta (appointed mayors) have
been assassinated, with terrible
revenge on the part of the fascist
dictatorship.
l knew Mussolini very well.
During my early years as foreign
correspondent for Italian papefs
he offered me the editorship of
his journal, Avanti. He was then
a socialist. His energy was great
but he was unstable and neurotic.
There are some TODAY who say
that this absolute ruler of forty
million is a paranoiac, the victim
of insanity induced by an early
disease.
NO ESCAPE
FOR MUSSOLINI-
l know that if Mussolini were
to return TO private life, he could
not be happier. He can't return.
He has become cog in his own
monstrous machine, a slave Of his
own system. If he seeks any path
out of his dilemma the outcome
must be the same; collapse and
death.
In 1914 Benito Mussolini was
expelled from the socialist party
for his militarist activities. In
1919 he attempted to creep back
into the fold but was refused
membership. He then ran as an
Independent, organizing a small
group of war veterans, reaction
airy labor unionists and tradesmen
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Liberty Is Not
Handed Down
From Above