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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
DICTATORSHIP
Bv SCOTT NEARING.


Berlin.-FP7 One of these days
the German communists will set
proletarian dictatorship. Then,
one capitalist spokesman after an
other will raise his voice in pro-
test against such "communist"
methods.
But dictatorship is not a COM
munist device. 1t is means to
which society turns in a crisis.
Germany is a dictatorship now, in
July 1881. The country is ruled by
decree.
Constitutionally? Yes. Article
AZ Of the constitution authorizes
dictatorship in an emergency
But though che dictatorship is au-
thorized by the constitution it is 6
dictatorship none the less.
The July 10 decree closed all thu
German banks and stock exchang
es for two days and virtually es
tabHshed a moratorium. This de
cree affected the life of the en-
tire German economy.
On June 6, by decree, the Breun
ing government cut wages, reduc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30

a voucher to show that the money
was actually expended. In this
claim there are items of 5000 for
meals and $3.50 for hotel. Chap
ter AZ of the 1927 session laws
provides that one commissioner
may attend a general meeting OF
the county commissioners not oft
ener than once a year and that he
may be allowed ACTUAL TRANS
PORTATION CHARGES and per
diem. Actual transportation ex-
penses do not include meals and
lodging.
No. 55926, H. P. Larsen Imple-
ment Company, S421.33, is not
itemized. All claims should be
fully itemized. If they are not
fully and plainly itemized on the
claim blank furnished b ythe coun-
ty the claim hsould not be allweo
| by the commissioners.
/ Road claims should show the
road where work was done, the
date, the kind of work and b!
whom authorized. At the present
time the claims only show the dat
the number of the district and thu
kind of work. AS there are sever
al hundred miles of roads in eacl
road district, a claim showing
work done in a district lacks yer,
t much the required itemization an
7 it is impossible for anyone to au
: dit same.
2 IF the county commissioner
, would refuse to allow any clair
e unless it had been filed with tn
county clerk at least three day
e before the first Monday in tn
0 month it would give the Cler
e time enough to audit the clail
and would tend to lessen the crit
e icisms of claims. Unless claim
e are properly made out and al
}, companied by proper voucher
o they should be returned to tn
claimant. The law provides tn;
) certain requirements must be mi
IS before a claim may be paid al
% anyone not willing to meet Il
n necessary requirements should n
L do business with the county.
l. We note that refunds were n
y, made on Claims No. $3.50 and n
ID 53151 which were called to yo1
N attention in our 1880 report.
r 1881 examination fee paid.
es Respectfully submitted,
Of G. M. ROBERTSON
TT State Examine
I'd A. E. WILLIAMSON,
TT Second Asst. State EXAMINE
IS. B. A. RISLEYl
tie Deputy State Examin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
SEES SYSTEMS COLLAPSE

FrOm the Independent Hibbing, MIMI
THE WORLD is on the verge of economic ruin
and the leaders do not know enough to get to-
gether for joint action to save their economic sys-
tenn, H. G. Wells, famous British novelist, said
on arriving in New York &
"This is more than depression; it is some.
thing that never happened before he said
There viii be no recovery unless new methods
of correcting it can be found An absolute col.
lapse Of modern civilization Is not only possible,
it L. probable"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
RESERVE NOTES

A team belonging to Hans cL1
tensen of Dagmar got awav f0a.
the driver coming down the In
west of tow nwith q load Of i,
last Friday and hade things IvS
ly in town for a little while n,
damage was done but it lootss
bad for a flock of school child,ss
on the street at the time.
The department of fisber,,
shipped in a car of live fish d,
Brush Lake and Clear Lake Ia
Saturday. There were about 81.
900 fish in the shipment, Cal
Hole and Lars Angvick tan
charge of the consignment. seem
ing a number of trucks euuiDus
with large tangs 10 handle In
fish from the car 70 the lake
The commercial club dance Last
Saturday night was a great SUI.
cess and Melted a fair profit "a,
the club as well as TO furnish Il.
community with a very enjoysNl
evening.
Miss Viola Eversoa was a VII
liston shopper last Saturday.
Mrs. Dross shopped in Plenty
wood last Saturday.
Jake Petersen made 4 drive !
Sidney on buS'cess last Frdai
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairweathe- drov
to Glendive last Friday night
) meet Miss Frances Wheeler vi
t was returning from the wester
part of the state.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harcid RasmuSc
: were Sunday guests At the &c
Anderson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Fairweather ha'
: moved into the Bornsted hOu
0 where they will reside for the VI
!. ter.
a Hans Larsen lost q valusl
y steer last Sunday morning. Sol
one hit it with a car, aparenh,
e Rev. Stowell conducted a Uni
s Service at the school house Sund
?. morning followed by another S
l. vice in the afternoon at WI
a some excellent singing and MI
was rendered. In the evening
10 business meeting of the memb
: of his entire district was held.
; Mrs. Lund entertained a
= friends at bridge last Tues
h evening.
The Farmers Cooperative Al
n citation is unloading a car Of
c. pies this week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
NONE OF THEIR ALIBS STAND
By OSCAR AMERINGER

HTE SEE THE DISGRACEFUL spectacle of sew
wv en- million locked-out willing workers, mill
ions Of whom are begging for bread while hun
dreds of millions of bushels Of wheat are rotting
the ground
We see the dsgraceful spectacle of children
fainting in school from lack of food while U. S.
aglculturalists are advising farmers to feed milk
10 the hogs and wheat 10 the cattle.
We see the dsgraceful spectacle of the Farm
Board telling cotton farmers to destroy One-third
of their cotton while the said cotton farmers go in
rags
We see the disgraceful spectacle of coal COM
panies numbering their miners with the bless
ing of court because they dared to struggle for a
little of the superabundance of food and clothing
which Is lttering up the storehOuses, granaries,
and packing plants of the nation.
And, last and worse, we see statesmen finan-
Gers and industriaIists galivanting all over Eur
Ope looking for a scapegoat on which 10 heap the
sins they committed on their people at home, or
prattling like imbeciles about the inscrutable
ways of Over-prOduction.
Over-production- Give to every Amer
lean wealth producer the food, clothing shelter
and comfort he is SO clearly entitled to- and there
won't be any Over-production. Give every Ameri
child the meat milk, bread, fruit, shoes, cloth
ing, and education it ought to have and there
wont be any Over-prOductiOn in these things. i've
TO the cotton raisers the carpets, curtains bed
sheets, quilts blankets, pillow cases. towels. table
clsths and clothing they ought TO have and never
have had and the demand for cotton win eat up
every bale in storage and on the stalk.
0ver-production forsoothi How can there be
Uver-productiOn of good things in country where
tens of millions are suffering from the lack of
the necessities and fOmforts of life? Nay, fellow
inmates of this great democracy, the troubles we
are going through are not 30 be laid on the back
Of Europe, nor are they due to over-production;
they are due to the BLIND GREED of Americas
leading fnanciers and industrialists, who through
lN4 ~ srsF Ii
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
NEBRASKA PATERNALISM
(FDOm American Guardian, Oklahoma City)

]nN0ASaAh oAAaAuA0A5 OhAdArOMA N4SyJ
THE PAPERS REPORT that in some parts of
Nebraska, the bankrupt farmers have nothing
to eat but wheat But they add that the govern
ment of that great state has promptly taken note
Of the serious situation and the politicians have
recognized their duty to the people who elected
them.
They directed a lady dietary expert" at the
state university to get busy and she did. Her
report gives more than 20 recipes for "tasty
dishes" made from wheat, cooked by such vari-
Gus processes boiling, double boiling, frying,
baking, fricaseeing, roasting, and stewing, and
with not additional ingredients except such Incl
dentals as SALT baking powder, etc.
The Nebraska farmer may thus eat a wheat
cereal for breakfast, and drink a mock-cOffee
made of roasted wheat; have for dinner fried
wheat 'patties"; and for supper, a hash made Of
wheat la Maryland and Boston baked wheat left
over from the dy before
Thus does the great commonwealth of Nebras-
ka aequit itself. The capitalist gentlemen of
Omaha and Lincoln and their political servants
may now return to their golf and poker; they
have done their duty.
It is true that the relief they gave smacls
somewhat of patemalism, but it is understood that
the political gents take the position that in such
extreme cases. little paternalism is permissible
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
Brockton Man RObbed

Brockton, Oct. 21.-Dayid y,..
Of Brockton answered a jrnn NS0l
his door to find himself hsIS =
by two men with guns, who ~
his mouth, wrists and ankles 'N ~
robbed him of a diamond Tins ~ ~
about $40. No trace of the roSS ~
has been found. ''''
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
IN BAD FINANCIAL
.C0NDTTTON-

The county is in very bad fl
nancial shape and the only way to
work it out is to levy sufficient
taxes to pay off the indebtedness
and to practice the strictest econ
omy in all departments of the
county government. 1t is too bad
that these high levies are coming
on at times like the present when
crops are poor and everyone is
hard up. In making the 1881 lev
les the commissioners made 9
start to meet the conditions. The
1881 levy for sinking fun is II
mills and the levy for closed bank:
is 2 mills. The actual require
ments on these two levies are Il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30

their economic power c0nLrOl Tie oSSbln1CS VI
nation.
The cause of the present calamity, as we
have so often said and as cannot be too often re-
peated is the inability of the producing masses
to purchase the products of their labor with the
income derived from same. And back of the in
ability of labor to purchase its product is
profit, that is, the margin between production
cost and selling price, which goes to capital And
as the capitalist class is too small to consume
their share and the producers are financially too
poor to purchase the share of the capitalist the
deadlock ensues. In this manner the profits of
the few become the curse of the many. The fore
es of production, which in a rational society would
function to satisfy the wants of human beings
are turned into destroyer of life, liberty and
happiness.
Thus the forces, methods, and machinery OF
production, whose only rational purpose it should
be TO support and enrich life, become destructive
of life itself, as may be noted in the alarming
increase of VICE. misery, homicide and suicide
that come in the wake of every industrial depres-
sion. The cause is profit. And unless we succeed
in Kidding our national system of the profit sys-
tenn, it will destroy us it has already destroy
ed Europe, for the World War, which is much
blamed for the present agony of mankind was also
caused by the greed for profit.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
OvERCHARGE ON PRINT
ING CONTRACT

The printing contract of the
Medicine Lake Wave that was In
force at the time the above report
was published provides for print
ing the commissioners proceedings
at the rate of S1.127z per folio
On this basis the 100 folios should
have been published for $122.63
instead of $4,000, which was
charged. This makes an over
charge of $9S.S7 above the amount
provided for by the law and thu.
amount should be refunded to
Sheridan county.
| No. 55272, Georgia Whips, So,
Supreme Court Decisions, October
| is, 1880 to January Is, 1881
claim allowed and paid December
l3. 1880. This is payment of g
service before it is rendered anC
lis prohibited by law.
No. $3.50, Burroughs Adding
i Machine Company, s102.85, main
tenance contract from Decembel
%, 1880 to June %. 1881; claim
allowed and paid January 1, 1881
This is payment of services befor'
they have been rendered and il
prohibited by law. This has beer
called to your attention repeated.
; in former reports.
No. 55733, Frank French, com
: missioners' convention at Missouli
item of $67.68 for railroad fare
) There is no voucher to supper
: this item. All money expende'
, for travel should be supported b,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30


M. Co. has gone religious. The following letter
At came to the attention of the editor will show
at the honorable Mr.. Hobbins is making a bid
place in the seat of the holy:
Religious Council, Montana State Col
lege, BOzeman, Montana, Oct. 8, 1881.
To Montana Clergymen:
Herewith is a schedule Of lectures in
the newly established course in religion at
Montana State College. While the state
institution has always made an effort to
provide opportunity for, and TO encourage
observance and study of religion, this is
the first year that a regularly outlined
work of this kind has been possible
We believe that the course will receive
a wide response from students and faculty
members and we hope that work of this
kind may be continued in the future.
The effort is made possible by con-
tribution of ]. R. Hobbins, vice-president
and manager of the Anaconda Copper Min
ing Company and by the most excellent
support and encouragement of clergymen
of Montana. The course was outlineE b
clergymen representing the different de-
nominations at Bozeman and the Religious
Council at the College, made up of facul-
ty member and a student affiliated with
local religious groups.
w. R PLEW,
Chairman, Religious Council
Montana State College,
Bozeman
Why educate these young men and women il
he ministry of religion and bring them back tt
In environment of prostitution, dives, gambling
graft and corruption? We viii teach the you'll
If Bozeman and Missoula, at the expense of
resident of Butte, and then on October 81, W
bring them into this city for football and fill then
full of bootleg liquor, the very city from whenc
cometh the gift of religious knowledge. If MI
Hobbins is sincere in desiring religious training
and influence, God knows he can start in his ow
town and make it an example for religious Twin
TO the State of Montana instead of being pointe
out as the Monte Carlo of America.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30

Chinese coolies have lived on an all-rice diet
for centuries, and now it looks like the American
coolies who kept cool with Coolidge have en-
barked on an al-wheat diet
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
A. C. M. GOES RELIGIOUS

(FrOm Montana Labor News Butte)
THE HONORABLE vice-president Of the A. c.
/ NJ Co. has gone religious. The following letter
that came to the attention of the editor will show
that the honorable Mr.. Hobbins is making a bid
for place in the seat of the holy:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30

their economic power control the destinies of this
nation.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
NO ADJUSTMENT ON
TAX REFUNDS

The tax refunds called TO your
attention on page IL of our 1880
report have not been adjusted.
They are refunds of taxes amount
ing to $1,781.S0 that were illegal
ly refunded and which are still
owing Sheridan County.
Your net indebtedness shows a
decrease of $27, 728.54 during the
past fiscal year, which helps a
little, but when the whole indebt-
edness of the county is considered
it is a small amount.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30
BONDS COMING DUE

There are $SSO,OOO.OO of your
bonds coming due in the year
1884 and $190,00O.OO In 1880
Sinking Fund requirements for the
wears 1881 and 1882 are $1O4, S62,'
81 for each year and $52,259.94 fol
the wears 1888 and 1884 and fol
the wears 1886 to 1888 $11, 1860
each year, if the bonds are to -
paid off at maturity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-10-30

In addition to the above levy
should be maintained to pay the
S171 ,O12.72 in the Closed Bank
Account, for this money belongs
to the school districts and the
Sinking Fund. In addition to the
above the interest requirements
for the year 1881 are $36,SS2.5O.
| If the bonds are retired as they
become due the interest rate Will
gradually drop.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-03
AT TIE HOTELS

VAN GLIDER s. HalverSon, MT. and Mrs. M Russell, Mrs. H. | P Sullivan, MT. and Mrs R. A. Isaacson, Mrs. T. E. Ely, Miss Helen Aster, Mrs. F. Roycroft, E.. R. Estes, R. R. Estes, Louise Hardy, Miss W. LaFord, Mrs. Harvey De Vane, Elizabeth Farney, Mrs. John Wirum, Dorothy Clements, Geo. Reed, Frank w. Hollande, Mrs. E. H. Dawson, Wm. Coah, T. Booth, W. G. Smith, Ira B. Jeroloman, A. D. McRae, L. s. T'rimble, J. l.. Galen, Capt. Ira Peterson, MT. and Mrs. J. Henderson, F. Parrish, Andrew P. Kellog, Martin Fredeen, Walter Skichost
 SEWARD-H. Johnson, MT. and Mrs. E. E. Ellis, Liliene L. Hay, L. M. Gill, Ben Brach, Karl K. Katz, J. c. Duff, B. Rady, c. o. Shona- ker, Peter Balini, MT. and Mrs. CeclI Braybard, MT. and Mrs. otto Takshas, MT. Knox, MT. Crenew, MT. Givins, Harry Erickson, J. E. McAdzer, Frank H. Sraunir, Anna Sherberman, Maude l. Pratt, L. Harton, J. E. Pinkam, F. Knight, Carl Elk, Harold Foss, Phil o. Heniman, MT. and Mrs Clyde Maxey, Rev. Macpherson.
 GILLILAND-Peggy Brady, Roy Jacobs, H. o. Jacobs, Q. H. Jacobs, L. Smith.
 OVERLAND-H M. Crainer, J. B. Carver, c. A. Hicks, Ali Jacob sen, E. Lranlerger, J. w. Jones, D. Knsoloning, Alvin Marton, Mar tin Pennarer, T. J. Swift, H. s. Hartan, Ben Settle, B. A. Wukp- tan, Paul Tharguarve.
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COMMUNITY CHURCH

Sunday school a. m. Next Sunday will be Rally Day in the Sunday school. All the children who have been enrolled during the past year are urged to be present next Sunday. The Sunday school serves the whole communi- ty regardless of the Denomination preferences of the parents and has on. its teaching staff repre- sentatives of four Denominations and the student body represents at least a dozen churches. People of all churches and of no church are welcome.
 Morning service II a. m. One feature of this service will be the celebration of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. Baptism of adults and children is always in order at these Communion Ser vices.
 Evening service 7:30 p. m. Theme: "The Prodigal Son.. This subject will be illustrated by pic lures.
 Everybody welcome.
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L|NDY FAILS IN PLACING
 DOCTORS IN FLOOD AREA

HAWKING, Oct, 3, P-Colonel Charles Lindbergh's experimental flight to take doctors and medi- cines to flood isolated centers of northern Kiangsu province failed because the starving Chinese throngs, crying for food rushed the plane.
 Describing the failure as the most heart-rending experience of his ca reer, Colonel Lindbergh and his companions returned to Ranking, convinced that the only way to place doctors in the flood areas would be to send them with mili- tary escort.
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A PREACHERS FAREWELL

Probably it is old story, but anyway it's full of logic preacher had been greatly discouraged and had sought new field of labor He happened to have friend the governor to whom he appealed and not in vain He got political job In taking leave of his flock he said
 Brothers and sisters, must say goodbye
 T don't think God loves you because none of you ever die.
 don't think you love each other because none of you ever get married:
 T don't think you love me- because you have not paid my salary.
 "Your donations moldy fruit and wormy apples and by their fruits ye shall know them. T am going to better place am going to be chaplain of the penitentiary.
 Where go ye not yet come, but go to prepare place for you and may the good Lord have mercy upon you. Goodbye"
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KILLED IN TEST FLIGHT

DETROIT Oct, 3, (P-L. Manning, chief test pilot for the Ford Motor Co.,, and |. H. Gar rcott, his mechanic, were killed when bombing plane, built for the army, crashed during a pow CT dive in 8 test flight.
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HISTORY IN CRISISES

Henry Ford says he does not believe in history There Fords in 1837 who did not anayze the causes and effects of the panic of 1819 Again find Fords emerging lumnousy in 1929-3O On each of these occa sions the nation engaged in orgy of stock exchange speculation Dealing with the panic of 1887, the New York Journal of Commerce said:
 " It will be remembered we trust as the crisis of the
 great gathering
 year, combined speculation
 surplus revenue government,
 concerted movement between the United
 Bank local institutions adopted the
 relief of the community; and that the of the
 money market has been evidently improving Stocks which
 rapidly declining began rally confidence,
 though still percepbly gaining ground feel
 assured that these encouraging indications will increase
 Perfect restoration is not however to be expected
 disease exciting
 still remain But with moderation
 patients management by physicians,
 complete is certain and cannot be far removed
 It is remarkable how wildly comparable the present crisis in the States is with that of 183 and the similarity of measures taken to relieve distress among the masses While there IS the subtle machnatons of the dealers of the great national poker game-Wall Street-with which political party has apparently been able cope, the fact remains that the have been like Henry Ford, unbeievers in history, and must admit that they have played small part in contributing to the present situation by abandoning economic fundamentals which once guaranteed comfort and happiness to sit into game that like faro has the percentage saked the dealers side of the table.
 Viewers with alarm" who have speculated on "where will it end may find the in history The national jag which have been indulgng in for the past few years involving experimentation with social we'll financial laws has reached the point of the day afer and the nation has begun to sober up. It will take many and John Colnses to reduce the head What hap pened in financial circles simply that last drink be- fore the bartender decided to clear out the place and his cash.
 you don't believe this note the tone of the current popular literature revision in styles reversion to monog any, modesty poetry, nspiratonal rather than porno graphic art Note the exodus from the cities back the land and hog and hoiny in lieu of caviar and terra pin-oncc in while.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-10-03

Boats in port today included the SS Yukon, US LIS Cedar, MS Ya- kobi, Redwing. Marian, Joan, Roy, T-3O48, Bavaria, Flattery and the Helldiver.
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AFTER FORTY YEARS, Ency- clical of Pope Plus XII on Labor and Capitol, available at Alaska Shop. 10 cents per copy.