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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
MANY CHECKS GIVEN
TO BEET RAISERS

DENVER, Dec. 13.-(AP)-Checks
~totaling $1,561,000 will be mailed out
to beet growers in the Rocky Noun
tain region on December Is, officials
of the Great Western Sugar company
announced tonight.
With the December payment a to-
tai of 1927, 900 will have been paid
growers in Colorado, Nebraska, Wyo-
ming and Montana.
The total crop in the four states
estimated at 3,5O8,0O0 tons, produced
approximately 100000 tons of sugar
Yields of beets in all districts aver
aged 12.43 ions to the acre. Sugar
content on beets sliced is estimated by
the Great Western company at II
percent for a company's average, OF
a half point higher than the stats.
teal average content covering al
years Of the company's history.
Great Western officials said they
were gratified by "local' conditions
but were watching with some ap'
~prehension the downward tendency o.
the sugar market
Combined efforts of growers asso
Citations and company representative:
is being concentrated on selling more
| sugar closer to the point Of produc
ton, to further fortify the industr.
against falling prices, officials said
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
K MAIL FROM
u. S.

MERGED, Calf, Dec. 14.-The
full force of the government of the
United States appeared pitted today
against Amalia Villabolos, 7, and the
frail little girl was in Jail, weeping.
No formal charge was against her
name on the police blotter, but feder-
al officers who placed in Jail -four
days ago accused her of no less an
offense than the theft of mail, a fell
ony.
Amalia was so frightened when Of
ficers first came and took her away
from her father and mother and her
two brothers and a sister that she was
unable to talk. Later she started talk
ing, but it was almost unintelligible
to grownups.
Her father visited her and her mo-
Their, and finally Amalia Gained down
until she could explain, very tearfully
what had happened.
1t seems Amalia is accused of going
through the postoffice box depart.
ment and opening all the boxes not
locked and removing whatever she
found.
Frequently what she found in en-.
velopes were long colored slips of pa.
per. Amalia said she cut out nice lit.
tie paper dolls from them for herself
and her 3-year oldsister. They acquir.
ed quite a family of gaily colored pa.
per dolls, which they kept in theil
playhouse.
Postoffice investigators sp .
Amalia at her work of obtaining the
the material for paper dolls. They
said the dolls were made for the mos
part of perfectly good checks.
just what will be done with Anal
Ia appeared undecided today, but i
was expected the government of 100,
100000 people will relent and FREE
her.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
|DROUTH VICTIMS TO
RECEIVE more AID

Observation-Disclosures this week be-
comes headquarters for another phase
of the constructive relief work the
Farmers Union is doing for its mem
bership in the Montana-Dakota drouth
e
A mill for the manufacture Of
whole wheat flour to be sold at cost
to Farmers Union members, was be-
ing set up here. It's first product was
expected to be ready for distribution
in ten days. Glenn Talbot will be in
charge.
While first plans We're to grind 50,-
900 bushels of wheat into whole wheat
flour, announcement was made at last
weeks Farmers Union conference in
St. Paul that if 50.oaQ nApsh7ls Z
not meet needs of the si'l ation /,
Union is ready to grind any amount
that will be needed.
The mill is to be set up at the
terminal elevator and operated with
it's power. 1t was shipped here last
week and will go in place as an oper-
ating unit at the elevator this week.
The flour adaptible as food in many
ways will be put in containers here
and distribution will BE- handled thru
county and township locals of the
! Farmers Union in all the drouth ter
ritory.
"The scope of the relief work done
by the Union for its members" said
G. A. Stenehjem today, "is much lar
ger than the general public appreci-
ates. 1t ranks among the outstanding
evidences of practical co-opera ion be-
tween farmers in the history Of the
northwest. The Union has handled
hundreds Of carloads Of potatoes ana
vegetables, clothing in carload lots
and many other articles. At the st.
Paul convention it was made appar-
ent that whatever the needs of Far
mers' Union, the central and local or
CARNATIONS are going to meet it.
The location in Willliston Of the whole
wheat flour mill is the latest activi-
ty. With Glenn Tablet in charge it
will serve a good many people and
meet a real need"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
State Treas.
Would Make
Use Co. Land
Would Convert 1t Into Graz
ing Land is Plan
Advanced

HELENA, Dec. 14.-F. f. William.
state treasurer, is of the opinion that
Montana has an opportunity to stab
ilize land utilization by taking al
vantage OF possession by counties of
property under delinquent tax deeds.
1t is Mr.. Williams belief that much
of the land allowed to go delinquent
is marginal in quality, fit for agric-
ultural use only when growing condi-
lions are much better than normal or
when prices for agricultural produce
are high but which is actually, moth
ing more than grazing land of good
qaulity.
He believes that such land could be
consolidated, designated as grazing
reserve and leased at a figure which
would bring to the county or state, a
steady, dependable income and re-
move from the market a type of prop
erty that may, if continued in an ag-
ricurtural classification, continue to
blight hopes of would-be farmerS 1t
is the attempts and failures to farm
such land as this, Mr.. Williams be-
~lieves, that retard appreciation Of
Montana's values as an agricultural
state and interfere with development
of its livestock industry.
Williams points out that Montana
state college already has classified
a large part of the states area and is
continuing that work so that proper
designation of the delinquent proper
ties should net be a difficult matter.
Wisconsin, he says, is utilizing
some land acquired in the same man
ner, for reforestation.
He found support in a recent article
by Arthur NJ. Hyde, secretary of the
interior, who advocated that a suit
able agency make a survey of sub
marginal land with a cold eye on the
economics of it, have courage to tell
its owners the truth and that such
lands be devoted TO such uses as ma
ture intended.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
OUTLOOK CLUB TO
have PUBLIC Tree

The Outlook community club will
put on a Christmas eve festival for
the kiddies in their town and the
countryside, on Thursday night, De-
cember Oath.
: The members of the club want the
children to enjoy themselves to the
utmost and have provided plenty of
candy and nuts for the occasion. The
tree will be a large n and especial
ly decorated for the occasion so that
the older folks will get lots of joy out
of seeing the little ones enjoy them
selves to the utmost, under this large
Christmas tree.
The Outlook Community club ex-
tends a hearty welcome to all both
young and old to come to the tree fes-
tival and participate in the observa-
ton of the Holy Night.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
CIVIL SERVICE
POSITION OPEN

Glacier National Park, December
10,-Announcement has just been
made by the Eleventh Civil Service
District that a park ranger examina-
tion is pending to fill vacancies as
they occur in the National Park ser.
vice in the states Of Washington, Or
egon, Idaho and. Montana, and the
Territory of Alaska
The salary range of the position is
from $500 to $4,000 per annum with
a deduction of approximately $3.50
per annum for quarters.
Detailed information regarding this
examination and application blanks
may be obtained from the District
Manager, Eleventh Civil Service Dist
riot, Seattle, Washington.
The closing date of receipt by the
Civil Service of applications to CON-
pete in this examination is Decem-
Der 80, 1881.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
DOAK BLAMES REDS
FOR HUNGER MARCH

Washington, December l3.-(AP)
-Outlawed Communist organizations
today were charged by Secretary Doak
with responsibility for the recent I'M
employed demonstration in Washing
ton. He denounced the hunger march
as wholly the inspiration of Commu-
rism," and named John j. BALKAN,
William F. (Bill) Dunn, Fred G. Bic
denkapp, Herbert Benjamin, William
z. Foster and William Weistone as
the known Communist leaders.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
S7E|NOf IS FOUND
GUILTY BY JURY
IN JUSTICE COURT
Case Lasts z Days; Much In.
terest Displayed; Will
Appeal

Pete Steinoff was found guilty of
having abused and insulted a school
teacher on school premises, by a jury
trial in the Justice Court Of E. E. Bel
anski. The case started at 3 o'clock on
Monday afternoon.
The jury recommended a fine of $40,
which is the minimum for such an Of
tense, and indicated by their leniency
they felt no animus against the defen-
dant, but that school laws must be en-
forced.
Serve Notice of Appeal
The defense, through attorney T. w.
Greer served oral notice of appeal to
District court and asked for a five day
stay Of execution which was granted
by the court.
Much Interest Shown
More than ordinary interest was
shown by the public, who crowded the
court room during the entire trial. On
Monday morning a group of strang-
ers who have attended the Young Com
munist school, took possession of the
spectators part of the court room and
maintained possession throughout the
entire trial, preventing interested tax
payers and residents of the School
district from hearing the testimony.
Residents availed themselves of every
left over standing room space. 1t was
estimated that there were more than
one hundred spectators during most of
the trial.
The case had originally been set for
2 o'clock but at that time the defend
ant through his attorney T. w. Greer
demanded a trial by jury. Judge Bel
anski drew a venire from spectators
present, but nearly a dozen spectators
disqualified themselves, and each side
disqualified six other prospective jur-
ors. The men finally selected 10 act as
jurors were Anton Solberg, William
Hanisch, Joseph Redmond, H. O
Stenehjem, Frank Smith and Edward
Peterson.
The state introduced testimony tina,
Pete Steinoff came to the P1entywooc
school house about 5 o'clock p. m. or
November "a, and ordered one Of
Rodney Salisbmy's daughters, who
was kept after school, to go home al
once, and also used profane language
directed to the teacher and faculty
This girl had played "hookey" from
school.
Considerable very contradictory
testimony was introduced by the de
Tense, but the jury took only on bal
lot, it is reported, and it was unani
nous in favor of the State.
Grand Stand Play
Immediately after court adjourned
Rodney Salisbury crowded his way
into the court room and jumped ontt
a table and commenced to harrangu,
the crowd about Plentywood justice
government gunner, jury bought
starving poplaoe and a lot of othel
nonsense. The crowd laughed at hi.
attempted theatricals and continued
TO pour out of the court room, appear
ing well satisfied with the jury's find
ings.
This verdict viii. have a wholesom,
affect on the moray of the Plenty
wood schools. It also is approval o
the policy Of the school board in theil
determined attitude towards an organ
ization which have recently attempt
ed to inculcate disrespect in the mind
of a few pupils for their teachers.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
STUDENTS
ARE NOW

According to the Normal College
Index, college publication, there are
six 1881 graduates from that Normal
College whose homes are in Sheridan
county, holding teaching positions.
They are as follows: Magnus Aas-
helm, Reserve, upper grades and ath-
letics at Antelope; Jeanne Falxa,
Plentywood, rural school at Carbert;
Edith Folsom, Antelope, rural school
at Reserve; Dola C. Nash, Redstone,
rural school, Kelvin; Elvina Peterson,
Antelope, primary at Armstead.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
SKATING RINK
(. NOW COMPLETED

The skating rink on north Main
street is now flooded and being made
use of quite generally by the younger
folks of Plentywood. Another flooding
will bring it up to the desired condi-
ton and will be just the thing to en-
tertain the young folks during the
Christmas holidays. Hockey teams
are being organized so that some of
the older skaters will perform on this
same rink in the near future.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
Selling Montana to Montan'
ans Is an Easy Task for
Orator

Guy Emery, manager of Montana
Incorporated, of the State CONNER
cial club, addressed about 60 men at
the City council rooms on Monday
evening on the great value of our
state.
Mr.. Emery is a wonderful speaker,
and in boosting for Montana has a
subject which keeps his audience SPELL
bound, as they listen to the wonderful
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17

en'ng. Emil MOI of Archer was cleo
enour, resigncS. Ole Wang remains as
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and S. j. Redden
as vice president.
A large quantity Of clothing was
distributed during the afternoon pre-
vious to the meeting.
The Farmers Union is constructive
in everything it undertakes.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
Unusual Sight

An unsual sight greeted us today
non when walking from our home to
the Herald office we spied at least
a scoreof Cedar Wax-wing birds in
the Russian Olive trees by Prof.
Stegner's and Ed Koser's residences.
Does this mean an unusually mild
winter or what? Although these birds
areof a cold climate type it gave us
quite a thrill to see them here at
Christmas time.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17

There were seventeen tables in play
at the card party last Thursday even
ing in the Catholic Church basement.
Mrs. j. W. Mckee and Adolph Sand
lirn had high score and Mrs. Albert
HOLMAN and Stanley Palubicki had
low score.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
UNION
HOLD MEETING

The Plentywood Farmers Union
local No. $50 held its annual meeting
at the Court house last Saturday ev-
ted president in place Of L. c. Rid
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17
Celebrates Birthday

Friday evening Mrs. Forrest Good
mar was hostess at a party in honor
of her daughter Mrs. F. j. Fishbeck's
birthday. The evening was given to
bridge at three tables. Luncheon was
served after the card session.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1931-12-17

Herald Want Ads Get Results
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
n. & v. STEAMBOAT
OFFICERS ELECTED
Same Directors Also Re-
turned to Office at Annual
Meeting Held Today.

At the annual stockholders meeting
of the Norfolk g. Washington Steam
boat Co. held at general offices this
noon. the following directors were elect
ed for the coming year.
Woodbury. Blair, E. G. Brandenburg
Henry N. Brawner. jr.; Wrisley Brown
G. w. Forsberg, William D. Hoover
Clarence F. Norment. Clarence F. Nor
ment, jr.: George p. Sacks, Oden S.
Smith and George L. Starkey.
At subsequent meeting of the di-
rectors, the following officers were
elected: Clarence F. Norment, ST.,
chairman of the board: Clarence F.
Norment, jr, president; G.. w. Forsberg,
first vice president E. c. Brandenburg,
second vice president and general
counsel; Odell S. Smith. secretary and
treasurer, and j. Allen Riordon, general
manager.
The general manager continued the
following officials in their present po-
sitionS:
w. H. Callahan, traffic manager; L
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
RECEIPTS GOVERN
. LIVE STOCK PRICES
Market Has Shown Quick Re-
sponseS to Law of Supply
and Demand.
BY FRANK 1. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.

There never was a time, perhaps,
when the amount of meat the American
people eat from day to day so thoroughly
and definitely determined the price of
live stock.
The market is irrevocably nip-and-
tuck affair Large receipts today mean
lower prices tomorrow-and lighter re-
ceiptS tomorrow mean better prices the
next day.
Under normal conditions, with beef
numbers decimated as they are and with
market receipts of hogs, sheep and lambs
running no higher than normal for this
time of year, prices rightfully should
be expected to rise. Instead, live steer
prices have settled back to the lowest
levels since last Midsummer; hog prices
are the lowest of the season and under
anything since Midsummer of 1924,
while sheep and lamb prices-promising
extraordinary strength only last week
have uncovered losses of rs cents
to 81.
Bearish Influences.
Something seems to happen to every
bullish factor that develops. Market
economists, now accustomed to guess
ing wrong about times out of 10, are
convinced that if business conditions
brighten, upturns in the live stock mar
hSlS are ulcNlOdDlC dllu OlldI IL IllCS
get worse, even the most SagaciouS are
foolish to predict the depths possible
to obtain.
The bearish influences which struck
the cattle market last week were aug
mented during the current market
period by an excessive Monday run,
which gave buyers plenty of material
to work on and permitted them to buy
in line with what they considered beef
to be worth. DoWnturns amounted to
IS to SO cents as compared with the
previous weeks close and so cents to 81
as compared to the high time week
earlier.
But, after the Monday run, supply
figures were promptly cut off and ship
pers were faced with a starvation run
of good to choice steers scaling over
! $50 pounds. This had the immediate
effect of inducing competition, which
resulted in such steers regaining about
all of the Monday downturn. Lighter
weight offerings of comparable grade
did not get as much competition as
the heavies and finished 25 cents or
! more down, while lower grade steers
! lost IS to so cents.
The fact that supply figures were
quickly curtailed after Monday remains
the only bullish factor in the situation,
which is otherwise flabby and weak be-
cause of the dull tenor of the dressed
trade, continued low prices on pork,
eggs and other foodstuffs, and, above
all, the emi-demoraliZed condition OF
| the hide and offal trade.
So long as starvation runs continue,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12

ished goods. The condition here sug-
gested Is one of genuine inventory de-
pletion. -Four textile mills showed in
ventorieS of 15,607 900, a figure is pei
cent under the $18,358, 900 reported al
the end Of 1929. The decrease here is
materially less than the drop in cloth
ing manufacturers stock, but 1t paral-
lels the general decline in finished
goods prices. Inventories are probably
In line with the price decline, but not
exceptionally depleted.
Meat packers also show an inventory
shrinkage of the same rate as the de-
cline in finished goods prices. The
balance sheets of eight packing houses
as of the year end showed $3.50 ,965 DOC
of inventories, compared with 1921, SAL
600 at the end of 1929.
Auto Inventories.
The greatest decrease of any grour
is that of the automobile manufacture
ers. Data are at hand for three man.
ufacturers whose inventories were val
ued at $9.781 900, compared with $l6,-
100000 at the close of the previous
year, a decrease of 81 per cent. This
represents probably good cleanup Of
motor car stocks in the course of the
year.
A general classification of machine
manufacturers with total inventories Of
$36, i rs 900 shows drop of 20 per cent
from the 1929 inventories of $45, 400
600. Included in this classification are
corporations manufacturing automobile
accessories and manufacturers of farm
implements and equipment and electrl-
cal apparatus.
The tobacco companies, one group tt
enjoy a large volume of business
throughout the year. would be expected
to show no inventory shrinkage OF i'm
portance. The declines are furnished
by cigar manufacturers and by one
leading company. Five tobacco manu-
facturerS reported $215, 793,000 of in
ventorieS, against $218.479,00 at the
end of the previous year.
The building material and supply
manufacturers show a decline Of III
per cent in stocks on hand. Three
companies reported $8410,000 Of in
ventories. against a total of $9,46000C
at the end of 1929.
Miscellaneous Group.
There remains that miscellaneous
group composed of companies whose
activities do not readily permit group
ing or which stand alone for the pres
ent pending further reports from cor
porations in the same industry. Tht
Is corporations in the miscellaneous
group carried inventories of 100000 ,OO(
at the end of 1929. There combined
1880 reports showed inventories OF $685.
357 900, a decrease of is per cent dur
ing the year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
SHARP INVENTORY
REDUCTIONS NOTED
Preliminary Trade Reports
Indicate Extent of Cur
taiIment Program.

Business indices portray long pc
fiod of curtailed manufacturing activity
and of contracted trade" says the Alex
ander Hamilton Institute. 'Since Mid
summer of last year speculation has
been INDUCED in over the question how
far inventories were depleted. Obvious
". if production sinks to such low
ebb that even current inactive demand
blots up stocks on hand in retail stores
and III wholesalers warehouses, re-
yival of manufacturing must occur for
replacement. The consensus of opinion
has been that inventories are well de-
pleted.. 1t will remain for annual bal
ance sheets to supply more adequate
data.
LAS yet the number of reports at
hand cover too few companies to enable
more than a beginning OF estimating
the Inventory situation to be attempted.
The reports at hand bear out the gen.
eral opinion that inventories are ma
terially lower. But the bare comparison
Of in ventory totals presents misleading
picture. Inventories are given in dol
lars. With the practice of marking
stocks to cost or market, whichever Is
lower, the year end figures represent
generally two factors-the reduced
stocks and the lower prices at when
those stocks are carried. II an lndl-
Gated decline in inventories, then, has
been no greater than the general de-
cline in prices, it may be that volume
has not been reduced to anything Ike
the extent indicated by comparison
of dollar totals alone. For the purpose
of a general yardstick in measuring
the price decline, the rate OF 10 per
cent applying to finished goods ana
IS per cent applying to raw materials
may be taken. These measurements
are. of course, general and the conclu-
sions drawn from q comparison OF
inventory figures with them are aISo
general.
Retail Stocks.
"The greatest interest attaches prob
ablv TO retail stocks. There are avail
able the balance sheets of four large
retail chains. selling both by mail and
over the counter. Their combined bal
ance sheets show inventories at tne
end of last year amounting to S155, lo4,
600. compared with Sl94,997,OOO at the
end of 1929 This is decrease OF ~
per cent. or greater than the general
drop in finished goods prices. Inc gen.
eral conclusion would be that lnVen-
tories here appear to have been wei
reduced.
Taking next two allied groups, man.
ufacturers of clothing and textile man.
ufacturerS, a. different situation obtains
The reports OF seven clothing manu-
facturers show that on December 81
1890. inventories were Sl6,770,OOO
whereas a year previous they stood al
S24.l25. 900. This is a decrease OF ~
Der cent in the course of the year and
greater than the general decline IN mn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12

Argentina exported many more pieces
of frozen meat last year than in 1929