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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
FARMERS MEET
SAT-, MARCH "A
BY the County Extension Agent

On Saturday, March Ia at 1880 p.
an. many farmers and stockmen or
the county will gather at the Rueg-
Segger farm, three miles west and
one mile south Of Outlook for the
purpose Of gaining information re-
garding the feeding and finishing OF
livestock for market.
Due to the decline in prices OF
cereal grains, many stockmen who
have in the past been selling their
stock in the full as feeders, are in
tcrested in feeding their stock so
that they may be marketed as fin
ished stock and be ready for slaugh-
ter, Mr.. Rueg'segger has had better
than carload OF yearling Herefords
on feed for several months which
VIII be ready for market about
April /. They have been finished on
Ia ration of barley, oats and wheat
fed in n self feeder and have made
very good gains. Prospective feed
ers will be particularly interested in
the method in which Mr. Ruegseg-
ger has been handling his herd.
ID. IL. Richards, state livestock
specialist, Will be on hand and will
give a demonstration of grading
beef stock according to the marlSe
standard. He will also discuss feed
ing rations and management practic.
es that are being user by feeders in
other parts Of the state.
Max Legge, fieldman for the In.
termountain Livestock Marketing
! Association, which is the marketing
organization in Montana recognized
by the Federal Farm Board, is ex
pected to be present to discuss tn,
methods of financing and marke tinl
through the national organization.
After the meeting at the Rueg
segger farm the group will go to tn,
Andrew Ueland farm at Outlook
where Mr.. Richards will give a dem
onstration of selecting and gradinI
feeder cattle. All farmers and stool
men who are interested in livestocl
production are invited to attend thii
meeting on March 18th.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

business what he does and if the
stockholders done like II they can
lump it.
Stockholders say they dent Le-
lieve that Jensen owns anyt hLg
like that much of the issued stock
and he has never shawn it and
they figure that there must be
reason for his IefIa,I : to lct u
stockho idel Sc books.
Organized Late in 1929
The company Nas ''t led and
incorporated in the late 'all of
1929, with Gao al stock Of $50 900,
thru the nitid. ; ,Jen-
sen. T. was cprese1'et to be a
sort of - ape -" Il u regular
corporation. Jensen interested
several influential farmers ard Sc
cured their aid a selling tie stuck
to their neighDofs. Cons derah.e
stock was sold to farmers and a
lot to Plentywood business men,
about 800 shares at 500 per share
par. The Fishbecks put in the
lot adjoining the Orpheum for
$4,000 or As shares. There were
between 80 and 100 stockholders.
all of whom would be also big
customers. In the promotion of
the company, some of the stock
subscribed was paid for by notes,
however the stock was not deliver
/ ed but pinned to the notes for =
curity.
The first stockholders meeting
occurred on the third Saturday in
February 1929, when a board of
directors was elected as follows:
Frank Fishbeck, Plentywood;
Hans Hardersen, Archer; Ole
Void, Outlook; Axel Romstad, An.
telope; Rudy Palutzke, Welliver
and Markus Clayburg of Scobey
Clayburg being the blockman foi
the Texaco Oil Company; men that
would bring business to the com
pany and sell more stock to the
farmers.
Immediately after the election
of the board Of directors, it organ
lied and elected H. c. Jensen
president; Frank Fishbeck, Jr., "
president; Irene Jensen, a daugh,
ter of H. C. Jensen, secretary
treasurer, though not a member
of the board, and Fl. G. Jensen
manager. Thus the board put thu
entire control of the company ant
, the possession of the books an,
} records into the hands of the Jen
sens.
: Build Fine Station
The board and Manager Jensel
proceeded to erect fine and up
to-the-minute filling station, com
modious tanks and large ware
houses, a washing and greasinI
= rack, and bought delivery truck
S Continued on Page Two)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
Little Lyle Soderquist Died
Sunday at Local Hospital

Lyle Soderquist, aged six years,
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. S. M.
Soderquist, farmers, who live near
the Blue Trail, south of Conner
town, died Sunday, Feb. %, at the
Memorial hospital. Interception
of the bowels is given as the cause
of death. Illness was only of a
few days duration.
The funeral was held at the st.
Johns Lutheran church south of
Comertown, of which congregation
te dead boys parents were mem
bers, Wednesday morning, Rev.
Sands officiating. and interment
was made at the st. Johns ceme-
terry.
Besides the parents, two sisters,
one younger and one older mourn
Lyle's untimely death.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
CHAIN PAPER MAY
HAVE A NEW EDITOR

1t is currently reported that the
Plentywood chain newspaper, the
property of foreign owners, the
Herald, now alleged to be edited
by one L. S. Olsen, will shortly
change editors, that some literate
individual will be sent TO Plenty
wood to see what he can do.
1t is said that Polk and Bowler
have been trying 30 sell the paper
to Dolin and at one time thought
the deal was closed, but because Of
the defeat of Iverson, backed out.
1t is also rumored that the
mainstreeters are ashamed of the
publication and its line of anile
bullona and want a paper reflect
ing a little more intelligence.
The paper is on its last legs and
is expected to go to the boneyard
any minute. Some say that C. s.
Nelson will be forced to take it
back, pay up its debts and return
TO three column ten point double
loaded child labor basis as the
only way of sustaining It.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
PIentywood Farmers Oil Company Gone Hawre
CAN'T GET JOBS
CAN'T VOTE EITHER

Chicago Up The many thou
and unemployed workers who have
been forced to seek shelter in the
various relief houses in Chicago
are not eligible to vote in the COM
ing mayoralty or any other cleo
ton, the board of election commits
sioners has decided.
Former Governor r. II. Blaine,
attorney for the board, looked up
the law and found that q man
must have permanent residence
to be able to vote. Even II ar I'M
employed worker has lived at q
lodging house for 80 days, gener-
ally conceived as making residence
permanent" he can't vote, Dunno
said. at least $4,000 here are thus
DISTINGUISHED. Politicians observed
that Dunno has deprived each job
less person of at least @5-since
theselling of ones vote is almost
an ethical procedure in Chicago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
| Wenty-seCOnd Assembly Approaches End
WHY THE PAPER Is
LATE THIS WEEK

The Producers News is going
to its many readers several
days late this week. On Wed
nesday afternoon while all was
huinming as usual tina heating
elements In the electric pot OF
the composing machine decided
they had served long and faith
fully enough and burned out.
It was necessary to telegraph
to Chicago for new elements
and they arrived Saturday after
noon and were installed and the
work commenced again on the
paper.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
HOUSE BUSHES THRU
DEBENTURE REFER
ENDUM IN JIG TIME
State Capitol,
Helena, Montana,
Friday. Feb. Of ~.

Special to Producers News
The Twenty second legislative
assembly of the state of Montana
is drawing to a close. Monday
last was the fiftieth day, the last
day a bill could be transmitted
from one chamber to the other.
Because of this the house worked
like trOjans, Thursday, Friday,
Saturday, Sunday and until after
midnight Monday night to dispose
of legislation pending before the
chamber in order to get them intD
the senate before the gates were
closed. The board was cleared.
Over in the senate the board
was cleared Monday at six O'Clock
without a night session or Sunday
session.
The work in the house was more
strenuous than in the senate be-
cause of the mass of legislation
that had been introduced In that
body. Tuesday was an easy day
but Wednesday both houses com
menced to work on legislation sent
over by the other body. The last
hours in the house were made
more strenuous because of the
finding unconstitutional by the SUI
preme court Of the debenture bill
on Saturday and the house intro
duced under a suspension Of rules,
read twice, referred to COMMITTEES,
printed, put thru committee of the
whole and passed on Monday night
in time TO get into the senate be-
fore the constitutional deadline, a
bill to submit the debenturs prop
ositiOn to the people of Montana
at a special election to be held
May 9Th.
Thursday, March 9TH, is the
sixtieth and last day of the ses-
sion. The session will not end on
that day but the clock win be
stopped as usual and the last day
will continue over many hours UNI
til the work is done.
All next week the senate will
work night and day almost and
the house will be on more or less
of a vacation as the work Of the
last days of the session are always
: in the senate.
Since Tuesday the senate has
been working house bills, and al
of those pet bills which the snari
) members of the house traded and
: dickered for to get thru that body
I are getting the ak there wier'
CONTINUED on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
MRS. EARL BRIGGS
DIED IN WISCONSIN

Mrs. r. ]. Van Hee received
word the first of the week that
here sister, Mrs. Earl Briggs had
died at her home in Superior, Wis.
evening, Feb. 20. She
had been i'll but a short time with
pneumonia to which she succumb-
ed. Mrs. Briggs leaves to mourn
her passing her husband and five
young children. Funeral services
were held Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs were form
er residents in the Redstone vicin-
ity also having lived on the Saw
age place southeast of Plentywood.
Sisters and brothers of Mrs.
Briggs who drove down TO attend
the funeral were Mr.. and Mrs. Or
val Bantz, Mrs. r. J. Van Hee of
Plentywood, Lloyd Bantz of Dale
view. Lois Bantz of Miles City
was met at Bismarck enroute and
accompanied the group by car
fromthere, Carl Bantz of Dale
view was unable to attend the
rites due to the illness of his wife
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

iner, and at meetings held of the
association, decided to again pre-
sent the matter OF a grand jury 70
Judge Paul, which was this time
favorably acted upon County at
torney Rose rendered the taxpay-
ers considerable assistance in the
premises.
When the public examiners re-
port was made in Roosevelt county
it too was suppressed for a time.
then the board of county commits
sioners protested the notes Of AS
sistant Examiner Risley to Pub
lie Examiner Roberts who sent
Deputy Examiner Hawkins to re-
check the records. but found the
report of Risley substantially cor
rect. The last examiners report
discloses many gross irregularities
and nonfeasance and maheasance
in office.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
Host Gorham and Corp.
Teddy Winters Attend
the Firemen's Big Dance

Corp. Teddy Winters of the
Border Patrol and Ye Host Cor
ham, proprietor of the notorious
Scobey hotel of the same name,
came to Plentywood last Saturday
evening to attend the firemen's
dance.
It is not reported whether or not
the corporal was attended by the
bootlegger's beautiful wife.
The corporal was the center Of
attraction, was popular as usual,
and enjoyed himself immensely.
Officer Winters always enjoys
himself at Plentywood.
Over at Jack Dryers whisl1ey
dive a double shift served hot and
cold drinks to all corners. mol
There was no raid.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

l nedtre that afternoon.
The stockholders, most of them
farmers and patrons of the COM
pany, and the directors, were roll
ed up and hot under the collar.
Jensen has hOrnswoggled us not
only out of our money invested
but also out of the big dividends
that he has been teasing us along
with. To hell with Jensen and his
whole outfit-in fact there is alto
gether too much Jensen" said one
of the members of the old board,
farmer up on the bench who has
several hundred dollars sunk in
the enterprise.
PrOtracted Row
The row in the stockholders an
nual meeting, and the walk-out by
the stockholders leaving Jensen in
possession of what seems to be his
private company, was the culmin-
alton of a long struggle between
H. G. Jensen, the president ard
manager of the Plentywood Farm
ers Oil Company, and his board Ct
directors and stockholders dating
back for several months, involv-
ing high financing, the putting Of
the whole Jensen family on the
payroll, the refusal on the part of
the Jensens to allow the board of
directors to look at the books, tie
refusal to account, the refusal to
audit, the refusal TO hold board
meetings, refusal to pay dividends
and running the directors off the
premises.
The meeting opened with Jensen
in the chair. The move was made
that the old board should proceed
to transact unfinished business
and get things in shape so that
the stockholders would know who
was who and what was what, 81
that they could proceed with bus
mess in an orderly and under
standing manner. Jensen refused
TO entertain the motion and pro
ceeded 30 election of officers wheI
the stockholders left in a bod!
old directors and all What wa
done afterward is not known fo
Jensen had the meeting all to him
self. But things stood as they hav'
ever since the company was or
ganized-only Jensen knows any
thing about it and he wont tell
Too Much Jensen
The board asserts that Jensen
a daughter and a son are on th
payroll dragging down over $40
per month in wages between Their
besides keeping The resi- of tn
profits of the company whateve
they ar. ara Jensen 'l'' L.y al
large.
JcnSen Gni"pls
Jensen saws, as he OWNS 5l9
of the stock, he will do rs h
pleases and that it is TO une
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
COalridge Woman
Attacked by Cow

Mrs. Miklkel Jorgensen of Coal
ridge met with a most serious and
painful accident Wednesday when
she was attacked and trampled by
an Infatuated young at their
farm home just east of Coalridge.
The unfortunate lady was so badly
bruised and injured that IL was nee
essary to remove her to the hospital
at Grenora on Thursday. It has
since been learned that she is suf-
fering from blood poison resulting
from an infection OF one of the
wounds.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
Fight Chain Stores Thru
A Great National Bureau

> 80 *&&&&s sSsas
Washington FP- Declar
> ing that 100000 independent
dealers, or One-third of all the
small merchants in the United
. States, have been ruined by
the giant chain stores, an or
ganized movement to fight
this chain evil has been Great
ed, under the name of the Nal
tional Chamber of Associated
Merchants. It's president is ].
#. Nugent. frOmer Idaho SEN
at0r and for seven years a
/" member of the federal trade
. commission. 1t undertakes to
. resist the spread of the chain
: stores system Gin every legiti-
mate way" to save the re-
mainder Of the small-merchant
> class.
$3.50 ss&ssss
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

the drawing of the lists.
The petition was filed in the Of
flee of the clerk of the district
court at Wolf Point and presented
to Judge Paul by County Attorney
Rose on behalf of the Roosevelt
County Taxpayers Association.
The state examiners report is
said to be the basis for the inves-
tigation and the charges alleged
in the petition are directed partic-
ularly against the board of county
commissioners and the county sur
veyor, but all of the county Off
GERS viii be investigated.
The matter of calling a grand
jury in Roosevelt county has been
brewing for the past six months
or more and Judge Paul denied a
former petition for grand jury
when a number of leading Roose-
welt county taxpayers, farmers
and businessmen presented the
matter to him. The charges of
gross irregularities against the old
board would not down.
The Roosevelt county Taxpay-
ers Association took the matter
up and investigated the charge.
made by the public examiner, re-
ferred the acts of the officers Il
prominent attorneys for THEN
opinions, went into the alleged ir.
Irregularities with the public exam
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
WHISKEY WAR FRONT

The latest reports from the
whiskey war front are that Chief
of Police Collins and Corp. Win
tiers of the border patrol are lay
ing for John Bowles, victor of the
late combat in Jack Dryers whis-
key dive, and will put a charge
against him, if he dares to violate
the law by the merest fraction
and railroad him to the hoosegow,
as a sort of a reparation.
In the meantime drinks are be-
ing served regularly at the whis-
key dive without annoyance from
the border patrol or the prohibi-
ton agents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
JURY HOLDS MRS.
ARNOT IS INSANE

Glasgow, Feb. 27.-Ana M. Ar
not, charged with the murder of
her husband, the late Jess Arnot,
one time a Glasgow banker, was
found insane by a jury in the dis
tiict court here last night at 10:40
o'clock after an inquisition into
heT sanity wrich last l Sdays.
n The case went to the fury at
yzO and the jury was out one
honr and ten minutes.
Dr. Bolton, superintendent of
t t,s asylum at Warm Springs tes-
Irving for the state said at the
erial that in his opinion Mrs. Ar
aGt was sane and able to 90 To
s ~ Judge John Hurley presid-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
ASSN
OF ROOSEVELT co.
LEADS THE WAY
Sheridan County Taxpayers AssO-
citation Should Go and DO Like
wise.

wise.
The Roosevelt County Taxpay-
ers Association did not take the
public examiners report as some
thing humorous. They gave some
credit TO these state officials.
They set out to bring the offend
ing officials into eolr. to defend
their stewardship Of the peoples
interests and they ,ns.;tcd i.ntll
Judge Pa,.! called a grand jury TO
investigate the carryings on ov-
er at Wol:' Point. Now he gran
jury will go into things and II
they find irregularities hey WI
bring inilcs ne IS and custer pro-
ceedings.
The no ,s.velt County Taxpay-
ers ASS 'ati0n is to be congratn-
lated.
Over here in Sheridan county
there is also a so-called taxpayers
association, known as the Sheridan
County Taxpayers Association
The public examiner last Septem'
Der made an examination Of the
administration of Sheridan county
ty officials. He made a report, be,
side which the Roosevelt report
was Auditory in the extreme. 4
was the most damning public ex
aminer's report that has ever IS
sued out of the public examiner
office of the state of Montana. i
was so bad that the local republi
can machine suppressed the repor
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

meeting did elect a good board Of
directors, as good a board as could
be expected in a snap election. It
made an especially wise selection
when it elected Hans Hardersen
on the board and afterward elect
ed him president and it is no
ticable that the Franck French
outfit Immediately attacked him
and is now doing everything pos
sible to discredit him with the
taxpayers.
Let the Sheridan County Tax
payers Association get out a pc
tition for a grand jury for Sheri-
dan county-it will get plenty OF
signers and viii inspire the conf
dence of the public in its sincerity
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
JUDGE PAUL CALLS GRAND JURY
SESSION IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY

Wolf Pont-Judge s. E. Paul, sitting in chambers at
Wolf Point, Wednesday, February 25 granted the peti
ton for grand jury investigation of the conduct of the
retiring Roosevelt county officials and the date for the
drawing of the grand jury for March TO- the date for the
converting of the jury will be determined the time of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
So DAY saw
FINAL ACTION
ON MEASURES

House Worked Night and
Day for Week to Clear
Slate-Senate Finishes Its
Work Without Night or
Sunday Sessions = Crime
Commission Bills Get Az
In House Killing
Senate Bills, Senate, the
House Measures.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

The Plentywood Farmers Oil Company has gone hay
wire So the farmer stockholders of the corporation de-
'lared last Saturday they walked of the annual
meeting of the company which occurred at the Orpheum
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

sssss ssss ssssss .
. PIED PIPER WANTED IN .
RAT WAR IN LONDON, KM0. .
London, Jan. 30y--A Pied Piper =
Is wanted in London'n financial :
district. The City Common Coun- .
oil was asked to take immediate .
steps TO rid the district OF mice
and rats which set off each mite =
q number OF burglar alaxma.
essee $3.50 . q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING HELD
SATURDAY BREAKS UP IN ROW

Stockholders Saying Jensen Has Hornswogged Them In
Organization and Management of Compay- Refuses
to Have Books Audited Make Accounting or Pay
Dividends Walked Out of Annual Meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-02-27

Liberty Is Not
Handed Down
From Above
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18
Rolph Faced By
Flock OF Bills

LOS ANGELES, Cal, June 18.
With the refusal of Governor James
Rolph, Jr., to sign assembly bill No
4 permitting the city of Huntington
Beach to drill for oil on its tide
lands, the California executive to-
day still had 800 proposed laws to
pass on before midnight.
In declining to approve the meas
ure, Governor Rolph declared he
would not sign anything which
threatened to pollute beaches.
Il don't want the state to derive
revenue from such a source as this,
he said.
The governor must sign the 300
bills awaiting his attention before
midnight or else they will be auto
matically vetoed
I'll either sign or veto every one
Of them," Governor Rolph declared,
in denying he was going TO pocket
veto the majority of the measures.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-06-18
Actress Denies
Having Romance

CLEVELAND, June II. UP)-
Lupe Velez is becoming a Holly
wood yes woman" and thinks this
marriage and engagement stuff" S
lot of "hooey."
BY Hollywood yes-woman," the
diminutive movie actress explained
TO reporters today, she means one
who readily admits to prodding
stories that she is welded rather
than trouble herself with denials.
"At first l got mad and denied
things" she said. But now it
doesn't bother me any more. If
the reporters come in now and say
We hear you're married, say yes
and / don't even know who is my
husband" Then she relented.
NO" she admitted, Il am not
married, I am not engaged and I
have no serious friends, thank
goodness. That marriage and en-
gagement stuff is a lot of hooey"