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The Washington times., 1931-12-07
Mr.. Hoover Must
Submit His Report

No definite, positive pro-
gram can be framed by Con-
gress until Mr.. Hoover SUBJ
mits his report on "the state
of the Union'' and his plan.
He will report a deficit-an
enormous deficit-the deficit
of his Administration. He
will recommend an increase
in taxation to meet the
deficit. Not until then will
it be incumbent on the Dem
Ocrats to formulate their
plan. Mr.. Hoover is still
President of the United
States. He will report con-
ditions under his Admins
tration and make his own
recommendations which Con-
gress afterwards will pass
upon. If we face a probable
deficit of two billion dollars
it is not due to those who
have been out of power, but
to the Administration that
has been in power; and if
increases in taxes are now
imperative it is not due to
those whose policies have
been rejected, but to those
whose policies have been in
OneratiOn.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
Rainey Will Not
Be ReactiOnary

He is one Of the veterans
of the House, is absolutely
sound on all the funda-
mentals, and ne is not
among those precious souls
who assume that a battle
means a kissing contest. We
have never been able to grow
enthusiastic over a parlia-
mentary leader who is not
fighter-and Rainey bears
the scars of many a battle.
He also has that picturesque
quality which has always
gone so well with leadership
in the House. Not one,
since Claude Kitchen, has
been better equipped for the
give and take, for the slash
and lunge Of running de-
bate.
It is interesting to know
that he and that lusty, gusty
fighter from North Carolina
were intimate friends and
we're wont in the old days
to explore together the high
ways and the byways of the
countryside in Maryland and
Virginia. Both had a genius
for friendship; both had a
profound sympathy for the
underdog, and both an in
expressible contempt for hy-
pocrisy. Both, too, were ro-
bust partisans, and Heaven
spare us from the leadership
of a party that is not partl-
san; for a non-partisan or
bipartisan leader makes for
the decentralization of the
party he leads.
But no one need fear that
Rainey will run amuck. He
will be as conservative as
common sense-but he will
not be reactionary. The idea
carefully cultivated in some
quarters that to be conserva-
tive one must be reactionary,
that to stand aggresslvely,
as Rainey always has, for
human rights. means a de-
structive attitude toward
property rights-this idea is
absurd.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
A Leader Who
Will Sacrifice

Years ago we heard this
story about Henry Rainey:
He was a soldier in the war
with Spain. Some Of his
comrades were stricken with
smallpox and removed to a
detention hut some distance
from the camp. He an
nounced his intention to 60
along and nurse them; and
when others protested that
he would thus endanger his
own life, he answered: "In
take a chance. These are
nv buddies." And so he
went; and when food was
passed up from the outside
of the hut, Rainey took it in
from the window.
It is this spirit of COM
radery which brought to the
new leaders the affection so
many have for him and ac-
counts for his personal popu-
larity among his colleagues.
There is something of char
acter denoted in this Incl
dent which goes we'll with
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
Rainey;; Prohibition;
and Programs
ID. TI-~Ia ~ Da,-1~o
Bu Claude G. BOLUers

leadership. 1t means a
leader who will sacrifice his
personal comfort and his
opinions on the non-es-
sentials for the common
good.
1t now seems certain that
by common consent we are
to have a vote in Congress
on prohibition. That Is Just
as we'll. The sooner we have
this vote the better; for
otherwise it would be a dis
turbing element throughout
the session.
And this is to be a session
that will deal with human
misery. The economic prob
lens cannot be subordinated
at this juncture to anything
under the sun. When six to
seven million breadwinners
are out Of work, when 90
100000 dependents are in
distress, when the hammer
of the auctioneer falls with
tragic monotony on the farm
lands of the West, when
hundreds of thousands of
families are being set upon
the street for nonpayment of
rent, the representatives of
the people dare not ignore
that situation.
Let there be the earliest
possible vote on prohibition,
and then let Congress pass
on to the consideration Of
ways and means to restore
prosperity, to put men back
to work, to prevent suffer
ing and starvation.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
The marriage tie was not in
vented for the benefit of wo-

man: but, it is the greatest
boon that was ever handed to
her by Cd Lady Luck.
"Free love" may be free to
man-but, to a woman, it's
about the most expensive ex-
pertinent she can try.
No matter how free a woman
may THINK she wants to feel,
it's always a shock to her to
wake up some morning and
face the fact that she will
have to change the monogram
on all the guest towels, separate
the books. divide the bridge
prizes-and start life all over
again!
Copyright, 1881. King Features
Syndicate, Inc,)
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
WISE. WORDS

There never was in the world
two opinions alike, no more than
two hairs, or two grains; the
most universal quality is diver.
sity. -Montaigne.
The ear is a less trustworthy
witness than the eye.-Here-
dotus.
The secret of boring is the
practice of saying everything.
-Voltaire.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
Build a Home" Movement
Seems Out of Place


Perhaps it is characteristic
of the President to turn
away from the hundreds of
thousands of evictions for
non-payment of rent, from
the hundreds Of thousands
who are shelterless, from the
hundreds of thousands who
are losing their homes
through foreclosures, to en-
courage the people to build
and own their homes.
1t is true, of course, that
the more home owners there
are, the more conservative
and safe a country is; and
anything that can be done
to make it easier for people
to build and own homes is
good. But, unhappily, there
are millions of people at
this time to whom the plat
itudinous speech on homes
will sound like a mockery
Of their wretchedness.
The immediate and press
ing problem in this country
now is how those who live
in rented houses and quar-
ters are going to pay the
rent; and what they are to
do if they are evicted and
put out on the street.
However good the inten-
tion, and however effective
under normal conditions, the
"build a home" movement
of the Administration now
seems ont of place. Nothing
could better illustrate the
presidential mood during
the last three years of
human misery. The evidence
all indicates that Mr.. Hoover
refuses to face realities-as
far as the masses of people
are concerned.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07

swell angel
c a k e you're
so k e e n
about?
Or maybe
a n e W ice
box? Great
to h a v e
plenty of ice
c u b e S for
y o u o W.
what W h e n
the crow d
drops in.
Or perhaps
a S e wi n g
m a C n e?
The Washington times., 1931-12-07

MYTH the withdrawal of
w Representative O'Con-
nor of New York, from the
Democratic contest for the
leadership in the House the
way is made clear for the
unanimous choice of Henry
T. Rainey of Illinois. The
spirit which has animated
the new majority in the mat
ter of organization promises
that unification of effort
which has never been so es-
sential as now.
The proper selection of a
Southern man for the speak
ershipmade logical the choice
of a Northern man for the
leadership; since the Demo
cratic party is the one really
national party. the splendid
spirit with which Southern
members have co-operated
to this end through the
withdrawal from the leader
ship contest of such out
standing men as Byrnes, Nc
Duffie, Rankin and Crisp
is now matched by the ac-
ton of Mr.. O'Connor in the
interest of harmony.
Any real Democrat can
subscribe to the leadership
of Henry T. Rainey.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

Don't Say It With Hardware
What are you going to give
Mother for Christmas?
A shiny new kitchen range?
So she can make some of that
The Washington times., 1931-12-07

Transferring wheat directly
into dough without flour mill
ing process has been accom-
plished in France.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Psychologists have found
that honey is antiseptic and
will kill many germs of human
diseases:
The Washington times., 1931-12-07

PROSTATE is the Chinese giant,
Still gigantic but defenseless,
Humbled by a smaller power
Fully armed with modern weapons.
The Washington times., 1931-12-07
Love Is Never Free"

Love Is Never Free"
Lots of modern young men
and women believe (theoreti-
cally) that love should be
free" and that the good old
marriage ties are moth-eaten.
They may go through the
wedding ceremony. as a con-
ceSsion to the social customs Of
"the unenlightened:;" but they
do so apologetically, always as
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10
FOUR Powerful
GROUPS CUT OUT
OF GRAIN BODY

Chicago, April 8.-Four power
full farm groups were without di-
rect representation tonight in the
management of the Farmers Ma
tional Grain Corporation.
Action of the stockholders today
in cutting the directorate from 10
10 IS members took away direct
voting representation of the Amer
lean Farm Bureau Federation, the
National Grange, the Farmers
Union and the Farmers Equity
Union.
The new board directors re-
elected C. E. Huff of Salina, Kans.
president, representing the Farm
ers Union Terminal Association of
ST. Paul, and retained all other of
ficers and members of the execu-
tive committee. George S. MilnOr,
president of the Grain Stabiliza-
ton Corporation, was retained as
general manager of the National
Grain Corporation.
Vote of Confidence
O11tC1dlS 1HCSTpTSLSU Tie SCOCh-
holders and directors actions as a
complete vote of confidence" in
the management and success of the
grain corporation.
Announcement was made that
the corporations profits for the
last year were $666,266 and that
half the net profits would be plac-
ed in the reserve fund. A so div
idend was declared on common
stock. The remainder of net prof
it's will be distributed in patron
age dividends in paid-up capital
stock.
Resolutions approved at the
stockholders meeting include &
commentator of President Hoov.
er for his appointment to the fed.
eral farm board of Sam H. Thomp-
son of the American Farm Bureau
Federation and commentator o1
the agricultural marketing act.
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TAX MEET
Continued from First Page)

Continued from First Page)
the floor and showed that the cost
of running the county was mount
ing every year. That the total sum
collected and expended was many
thousand dollars more than it was
three years ago. That the levy was
higher last year than before, and
that it would be much higher next
year because certain leVies requir-
ed by law were not set last year.
Rasmussen was roundlv applauded
when he finished.
After the talking President Har-
dersen read a set of resolutions
which some taxpayer had handed
him, several of which were passed
after thorough discussion.
They were as follows:
RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, Sheridan county
taxes have been higher and higher
each year of late years and coun-
ty funds have in the same length
of time been run deeper and deep
er in the hole, and
WHEREAS, More and more OF
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COUNTY DADS
Continued from front page)

which there was a swag.
The board went over the road
situation and laid the plan for the
road work TO be done this wear
and hired the men to carry on the
work. Three small crews will on
crate as long as there is money TO
pay them. The road machinery is
now in shape for operation and the
crews will soon be on. the work.
The emergency budget of Coun-
ty Treasurer holman was finally
allowed, when HOLMAN appeared
before the board and produced a
letter from the attorney general
that the money was for expenses
provided for by law and the pro-
viding of the funds were manda-
tory on the board. HOLMAN in or
der to make showing of economy
for campaign purposes just left out
a part of his budget which he ask
ed the board to provide immediate
ly after the election was over.
1t is reported that the poor fund
is now exhausted and that the
board has been compelled 10 pro-
vide an emergency appropriation
to take care of the poor until july
first when the next fiscal year be-
gins.
The board adjourned Wednesday
evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10
.SAT'DAY, MAY 3
Is POPPY DAY IN
UNITED STATES
Legion Auxiliary Committee Will
Superintend Sale for Benefit Of
Disabled Soldiers.

May % of this year has been set
aside for the sale of peoples. This
activity is being sponsored by the
local American Legion Auxiliary
unit with a committee of three
members in charge. Mrs. w. E.
Stegner, Mrs. A. o. Opgrande and
Mrs. E. G. Ferguson compose this
committee
Every crepe paper poppy worn
on May % means that the .wearer
has paused for a second and thot
of the men who lie beneath the
poppies "oyer there" and of those
disabled soldiers who are still
fighting the long. long battle
The peoples to be sold on Poppy
Day are all Montana Made" The
making of these crepe paper pop
pies has kept on an average of IS
disabled veterans employed daily
They are paid a cent and a quart
er for each~poppy and in this way
have been able to earl a little
money for themselves or their de.
pendent fmilieS. None of the mer
who have contagious or infectious
diseases of any kind have been al
lowed to work on the peoples SC
there is nothing to fear in thai
connection.
The men have expressed their ap-
probation for this opportunity and
as a result the poppy manufactur-
ing has been most successful II
the veterans hospital at Fort Har,
rison, near Helena. A few hours Of
employment with a happy frame
of mind tends to create a resfu
spirit which is most desirable II
hospital.
The war is not over for thous
ands of former fighting men whC
are now in the hospitals, nor is i
over for the wife and little chill
dren who need assistance as re
suit of the inability of some mar
to care for them. The local com
mittee hope that no person in Thu
community will be denied the priv
ilege of wearing a poppy on Ma!
%, 1881.
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* y * * y * * 81 * * % * * Y
*HIAWATHA SCHOOL,
***** * & g s. s. s. s. %*%*%

On Good Friday the Easter Bunny
visited Nur room duris,g recess.
When we came in peanuts We're hid
zen all about the room. We tired to
see who could find the most and
take tn -. enc at time. TO our
desks. Lenora found the most.
When we looked in our desks we
saw peanuts and candy hidden in
side. Then Miss Gotham gave us
some more Easter eggs. After that
we played games and told stories.
Those who had one hundred in
spelling Friday are:
Elizabeth Lodahl, Erlis Whittier.
Otto Jensen. Gladys WHITTIER. Virgil
Andreasen, Kenneth Nyby, Edwin
Nyby. Bernice Thorstensen and Dor
othy Frederickson.
The second, third and fourth
grades have new readers. The fourth
grade also has new history books.
Bodil Lodahf visited school last
Thursday.
We had q new Easter sand table
scene made by the first and second
grades. Rabbits arc hiding Easter
eggs in the grass. Some are guard
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10

Deck invited in a number of her
friends to help her celebrate her
birthday. A delicious lunch was serv-
ed at $3.50 and at ten o'clock the
guests departed for their homes all
wishing Miss WilhelmIna MANY han
by birthdays.
Mrs. Amanda Drager and children
moved from the hotel to the EngIer
house Wednesday.
Henry Walders returned home on
Saturday from the hospital at Plen-
tywood where he has been for about
two weeks following a fall from a
box car.
Verona, Velma and 81 Goodlaxon
and Tana CoSper motored to PIen-
tywood Wednesday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ladd, ST., and
John Ladd, Jr., motored to Plenty
wood on business Friday.
y sMr, and Mrs Melvin Morgan and
Mrs. P. ]. Scott motored to the coun-
ty seat Friday.
Mr.. Udy has been sick for a few
days this week. Mr.. Goodlaxon has
his absence.
Miss Roache from Glasgow visit
ed Sunday with old time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Iceland and
children and Miss Roache were din
ner guests at the N. J. Nelson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. p. J. Scott and sons
Robert and George were dinner
guests at the Glen Harness home on
Sunday.
Easter services were held at the
Lutheran church Sunday. Rev. ST.
mundSon preached the sermon and
MISS Arna Njaa sang two solos that
were very much appreciated.
FRED Hoffart was a brentwood
business visitor Monday evening.
Monday evening a North Dakota
car ran into Mr.. Hoffart's bus team
on the west side of Emilson's on fine
narrow grade, upsetting the BUS. The
children were slightly injured The
bus caught fire but the blaze was
soon extinguished
Miss Christine Deck went to the
county seat Tuesday where she took
up the duties of the beauty parlor
In the Moe Barber Shop. She return
ed to her home Sunday.
Ed. Hamilton arrived last Monday
from Butte where he has been work
ing the past year. He is now at the
home of his mother, Mrs. E. e. Cos
per. w.
Tuesday evening Miss Hawbaker
and Miss Tronnes entertained the
school faculty.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawbaker of Westby
visited with their daughter, Miss
Edna, one of the grade teachers
Miss Folsom entertained LAWMAKERS
and their daughter and Miss Iron.
mes at supper Sunday evening
Bill Rags and his nephew, Gerald
returned home last Friday.
While cranking the truck Ferris
Reed had the misfortune to be badly
injured. The car being in gear rar
into him injuring both legs. He is
able to be around some. His numer.
Gus friends hope for his speedy re.
covery.
Saturday Buddy Marshal, son OF
Mrs. Frank Lund was thrown from
pony and had his arm broken. He
was taken to the brentwood hospit.
al for treatment.
| Mr.. and. Mrs. Alexander motoreC
to Regina Friday evening aftel
school to spend the week end.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10

the county taxpayers are no more
able to pay their taxes and for
that reason are losing their land
and homes and left without any
means of support, and
WHEREAS, No remedies have
been suggested so far, outside of
still higher taxes, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That we Sheri-
dan county taxpayers, in mass
meeting assembled. hereby recon-
mend and suggest:
81 That no road machinery, cul-
verts, and bridge timber be bought
in 1881, except for emergency pur-
poses;
(2) That no work be done in
1881 OH county roads outside of
dragging here and there and fill
ing in of washouts;
(3) That the pay of the County
Agent, County Health Officer, and
County Surveyor be stopped at
once;
(4) That the County Agents Of
flee be used by the County Attor-
ney, or rented to the highest bid
der;
(5) That the county commission
ers and all other elected county Of
ficials voluntarily cut their per di-
EN-, salaries and mileage charges
Is per cent or resign;
(6) That one clerk in Sheliff's
office, Clerk & Recorders office
Treasurer's, Assessors and Clerk
of Courts offices be discharged al
once;
CD That the wages of the re.
naming clerks and other employ
ees be cut rs per cent.
(S) That no county official be
allowed to employ their wives Of
close relatives as clerks or other.
wise;
(9) That all county moneys b.
invested where it safely can draw
the biggest amount of interest;
! (10) That a copy of these Reso
buttons be sent to each newspaper
in the county for publication, ant
a copy presented to the count,
commissioners at the first meet
ing by the Secretary of the Tax
payers Association; and further
That we hereby express our op
position to the Gas Tax Debent
ures, Referendum No. '35.
(NOte:-These resolutions wer
not sponsored by the Taxpayer
Association.-Edgar 1. SyveruC
Secretary-Treasurer.)
There were about thirty farmer
present including Rep. LELAND. On
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10
"SPLINTERS'
BRENTWOOD SCHOOL

The first division of the English
III class conducted very interest
ing story telling hour and Easter
party for the first graders on last
Thursday morning. Each child
found a nest filled with Easter
eggs and a little rabbit on his
desk when he came to school. Five
girls told stories and seven others
dramatized a story. Another COM
mittee arranged for entertainment.
The party was held during the reg
ular English class period. Each
member of the class received a let
from a first grader thanking the
class for the party.
An unusual experiment has been
carried out during the past two
weeks in the English Nv class. The
request came from several mem
bers of the class that they be al
lowed TO treat some authors as
they wished. The class finally a.
greed upon the authors Byron,
Keats and Shelley. From study
of the lives and works of these
three men list of the important
poems was made and books were
found which contained the poems.
No definite questions were to be
answered. Each pupil was to de-
termin for himself what was i'm
portant. On several occasions ques-
tons arose which needed explana-
alton, and there was always some
pupil who had mastered that par
ticular poem. The results were
very satisfactory. The motive no
doubt, in many cases. was to get
mark but several pupils express
ed their appreciation of literature
that they could choose for them
selves. Everyone reported on the
works that had been listed on the
board, and more than half of the
class read the longer selections.
The American Problems class
has been discussing the relation OF
price, supply and demand. It was
agreed that economic laws as a
rule hold true, but that in periods
like the present, there are ant Ia
be many artificial regulators of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10
ONE PRESCRIPTION
MADE FAMILY DOCTOR
FAMOUS

Seldom has any single act been
of greater benefit to mankind than
that of DR.. Caldwell in 1885, when
he wrote the prescription which
has carried his fame to the four
corners of the earth.
Over and over, DR.. Caldwell
wrote the prescription as he found
men, women and children suffering
from those common symptoms OF
constipation, such as coated tongue,
bad breath, headaches, gas. nausea,
biliousness, no energy, lack OF
appetite, and similar things.
Demand for this prescription
grew so fast, because Of the pleas
ant, quick way it relieved such
symptoms of constipation, that by
1888 DR.. Caldwell was forced 10
have it put up ready for use.
Today, DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
as it is called. d alwsys eeady at
any drugstore
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-04-10
.@unkNews
OUTLOOK SCHOOLS

Editors:
Inez Olson and Georgia Buzzard
Wednesday, April 1, Miss Craig
and the agriculture class took a trip
out to Bob Vests farm and judged
some sheep. Mr.. West also showed
us some Angora goats.
Track News-Trials for the vari-
Gus events will be held on Friday,
pril 10th.
Last Friday was our cleanup day.
he grade students did a real good
job of cleaning the school grounds.
Every student was furnished with
material to scrub and oil their desks
The intended date for the Junior
Senior banquet is May 9th. Prepar-
ations are being made by the Jun
m keeping with the Senior class mo-
Launched by not anchored"
Ernest Desonia has been absent
from school the past week.
FIRST GRADE NOTES
The children were very busy all
.aster. Chickens, rabbits that could
tand, crocuses and jonquils decorat-
ed the room. They made baskets
nth an Easter Bunny on each side
nd left them on the sand table
there they were visited by the East
or Rabbit
Mrs. Claude Mills, Mrs. Doe and
Ms. Iceland visited us last week.
We wrote a story in language and
called it, "a Joke on U.s." The
March wind played a trick on us and
so we wrote this story about it. We
had read a story in our readers a
bout "a Joke on Billy"
Several of the children are plan
ming gardens and have ordered
seeds.
SECOND and THIRD b
There has been no hardness this
month.
The following had "a" in spelling
the past month.
Junior Craig, Louis Hoffarth, La
verne Selvig, Marjorie Rydberg, Bob
bic Mclean, Marvin Thomson and
Pearl Kohler.