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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
REDS TRIM 10000
: NANKING ARMY

An associated Press report from
Shanghai, announcing a new anti
Red campaign under the personal
supervision of Chiang-Kai-S hek,
tells of the complete route of 20
600 of the last army of National
list soldiers sent against the Red
Army.
The dispatch says: "The Nation
alist government admitted today
that 10000 soldiers had been killed
or otherwise disposed of by the
communist bands in Kiangsi, Hun
nan and northern Fulden provinces
recently
"Otherwise disposed of" means
that a vast number joined the
ranks of the Red Army. The same
cable admits that the greater par
of these provinces are now in the
hands of the soviets. 1t said tina
the nationalist tools of the imperi
alists now regard communism al
their worst enemy and most dan
gerous opponents.
Gen. Kai Shek annunced that h
would begin a new expedition st
wipe out communism in tire
months" The A. P. dispatch re
marks that Chang Kai Shek mad
the same statement eight month
ago with disastrous results TO HI
own forces.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
ROOSEVELT TAXPAYERS ENDORSE
VIC. ADAMS FOR COMMISSIONER

of the largest political gatherings
ever held in that community Mr..
Adams received nearly as many
votes as all of the other candidates
combined, and was declared the
choice of the convention.
In a report to the Producers
News. one who attended the ga
thering said: Everything handled
on the square. Three candidates
were nominated: Bill Adams, J. P.
Miller and Victor Nyquist. Adams
received 90 votes to his opponents
combined vote of Al"
A register f voters was kept
and a committee representing the
the Taxpayers Association brought
| it and the tally of the county to
Judge Paul at Plentywood Monday
Judge Paul has been very busy
holding a term Of district cour'
here. so was unable to give the
matter his immediate attention.
! Wednesday a petition was SEN
ND with about so names on 1t II
behalf of J. P. Miller, most OF tn
names being out of the district
however.
II is generally believer that MI
Adams will be appointed becaus
! of his endorsement by the. Ian
payers Association and by tn
mass convention of the voters /
: the district.
: The appointment will be mad
$ as soon as Judge Paul can CIV
2 the matter his attention.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
STAR MAIL ROUTE
OUT FROM ARCHER

A Star Mail Route So miles
long has been established from
Archer into the area south of the
Great Northern railroad. Thee.
Flakne was awarded the contract
for carrying the mail and he made
his first trip last Monday.
The route runs from Archer
past 10 Mildly, thence south into
the Welliver and west Reserve
country, thence west to the Wan
so post office, Is miles southeast
of Redstone, thence in a northeast
erly direction back to Archer. The
route is carried three times a week
and will serve . large humble. Of
farmers and a large territory here
tofore with 1t 3eIiVtry se~v:ce.
This :ou'e - e.. =. re result
of mpC.i effort : y y " marsh
and aft.c 'vercI E:EE many nbs.a-
cles from sources opposing the es-
Establishment fthis route out Of
Archer instead of Plentywood, anC
the patrons have him to thank fol
the accommodation. However, the
logic of the situation was in favor
of Archer, which finally resulted
in the establishment of the rout'
out of that post office by Unci'
! Sam.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
CONG. EVANS URGES
A SPECIAL SESSION

Washington, June 10. - Repre-
sentative John M. Evans of Mon
tana, gave out a statement Mon
day urging an extra session of con-
gress at the earliest possible mo-
ment and for the following purpOs-
es
To modify the tariff and arrange
for reciprocal trade agreements
with nations of the world.
To appropriate money to put un-
employed to work.
Raise the income tax in the high
er brackets, re-enact the excess
profits tax and strengthen the es-
cates tax.
Delay in legislation along these
lines until the winter again sets il
is fraught with the gravest dam
ger 10 the nation and the admins
tration doesn't seem to realize the
temper of the people, says Con
gresham Evans.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
VICTOR ANKER MAY
DROP HOT POTATO

RumOr persists that Victor Ank-
er is about to resign as county
commissioner. This rumor has
persisted since early last fall. Now
that he has delivered the county
printing contract 90 Bowler and
Polk without bids there is nothing
to prevent him from doing this.
1t is understood that Bowler and
Polk talked him out of resigning
last fall and kept him on the job
until they could get their paws in
to the county money bags. Now
that this is accomplished Anker
can get out of office, and move
away from his old friends and
neighbors whom he betrayed and
who now hold him in contempt.
He can go to Texas now in
peace or to Williston where he car
be near his dear friend, Harry
Polk.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
N. P. SURVEY SHOWS
MONTANA is SECOND
IN WOOL PRODUCED

St. Paul, June 49, Montana,
with 33,44O,0OO head of sheep in
1880, ranked second among all the
wool producing states, according
10 figures made public by John W.
Haw, director of the agricultural
development department of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Texas
held the ranking position.
Washington with 95 pounds OF
wool as an average per fleece, lee
the states in this respect. Idaho
had go pounds, Oregon 9 pounds
Montana 8.8 pounds, North Dakota
l8.2 pounds and Minnesota 7.|
pounds. The average for the Unit
ed States was 7.8 pounds on AZ,
748,OOO head, showing a high av
erage wool production per head il
northwest states.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
WOULD PAY ENTIRE
SOLDIERS BONUS

Chicago, June 49, A national
bonus committee, to organize ana
conduct a concerted drive for
passage of a 100 per cent cash
bonus for world war veterans
was organized here today.
Congressman Wright Pittman
of the first Texas district and
Senator Brookhart Of iowa adj
dressed the veterans at the meet
ing and promised to sponsor the
bill In congress.
In addition to Pittman and Sen.
Brookhart other members of the
committee included Col. J. e.
white Of Chicago, chairman; Maj.
r. J. Leary Of Chicago, W. J..
Howell Of Detroit, Sam Loven-
bein Of Washington ID. c.. New
ton Jenkins of Chicago and John
Z. Staley Of Los Angeles.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
income MURDERER
Is GIVEN Is YEARS

Circle, June - Henry Gilbert
son was sentenced last Friday by
Judge Frank P. Leiper to twenty
five years Imprisonment at the
penitentiary at Deer Lodge for the
killing of Nick Shabary, a McCone
county farmer. Gilbertson, who
pleaded guilty Wednesday TO Sec
ond degree murder, made COM
plete confession when he appeared
in court.
He said that he and Shabary
were together all forenoon, May
80, drinking beer and had been al
the Groh farm, near Circle, listen
ing to the radio
| At Shabary's suggestion, h
said, they went to his place b
hear the radio and an argumen'
developed as to which instrument
was best During the argument
Gilbertson said, Shabary strucl
him and he seized % calibre riff
hanging on the wall and shot Sha
barry who had gone into the yard.
He said he fired twice befOr
Shabary fell and then shot hlr
again.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
COMMISSIONER OF
ROOSEVELT QUITS
Failing Health of Mr.. HarbO Com
pels Him to Resign-Will Go to
Coast in Search of a Better CHI
mate.

The middle part of last week,
Commissioner Harbo of Roosevelt
county came to Plentywood from
his home at Froid and filed his res
ignation with Judge Paul. The
resignation came as a surprise to
his many friends, and was a source
of regret among them.
Judge Paul will appoint sue
cessor to fill out the one and one
half years f Mr.. Harbo's unexpired
term.
In his resignation Mr.. HarbO
says:
"Due 10 failing health which has
reached point where it will be
necessary for me to move to a diff
ferent climate within a very short
time, it will be impossible for me
to continue to hold my present Of
flee as county commissioner OF
Roosevelt county.
"For this reason, / do hereby
respectfully tender to you my res
| ignation from said office, TO take
effect immediately
Mr.. and Mrs. Harbo and a sol
expect to start for Bellingham
Washington in the near future.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
POLITICS WAS
OBSTACLE AT
LONDON MEET

Washington, June 16.-"Political
face-saving" impeded negotiations
at the recent London wheat con-
ference it was charged today by
Samuel R. McKelvie, American
representative at the meeting of
delegates from the principal wheat
exporting countries.
McKelvie returned from London
Friday. Submission of his report
on the London conference was a.
mong his last official acts as a
member of the federal farm board
His resignation was submitted to
become effective today.
After referring to the quots
plan proposed by other delegates
McKelvie said
"In course of the discussions
your representatives called for ;
statistical exposition of how tn,
quota plan would work: wha
would be the quantities that eacl
country might export; how woul'
Tile pCIBOQS u uIdIhCIlIlR 4uOIdl
be determined and by whom; an
how would the pool be controlled
No effirt was made TO give the an
swer. In fact, ne prominent dele
gate said that if this ;nformatio
was insisted upon, we had as we
adjourn.
! eve then asked what authorit
the delegates had TO pledge, {
even propose a pledge, to the va
ious countries to the quota plal
: Perhaps Russia alone could hay
given an affirmative answer. Sc
eral said they had no such autho
ity. This again indicated that
was a recognition of the princip
!, and not the plan that they wante
= In some instances it was a Gle;
. case of political face-savings."
. The conference, McKelvie sa
= "may be regarded as having BEL
! worth while"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
STATE BOND ISSUE
ARGUED B-4 COURT

Helena, June 15.- Arguments
were heard by the Montana
Supreme court Monday on validity
of the 100000 institutional con-
struction bond issue authorized by
popular vote last November.
The principal point of attack on
the measure is that the sums were
not distributed to the several in
situations by the terms of the act
instead of being left to ALLEGATION
by the legislature. This it was ar,
gued, constituted an attempt tC
legislate, in one measure, on more
than one subject.
1t also was asserted that adver
tisement was not made in severa
counties as required by statute.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Dutch Social Democrats
Surrender to Bruening

Berlin, June IL. - Chancellor
re{nrich Bruening again today
demonstrated his iron grip on the
reins of authority. Despite deep
and widespread discomfort arous-
ed by the governments latest e.
snergency DEGREES, which are TAX
laws without the sanction OF par
lament, the council OF elders OF
the reichstag decided not to con-
woke parliament or even the ways
and means committee co DISCUSS
these unpopular measures.
Bruening told the party !eaders
fatty and repeatedly that he ana
his whole cabinet would resign II
either the reichstad or tine com
laittee were convokeds AFTER
many hours of uncertainty ana
interpart collaboration, the re1cn-
stad decided it would be easier
to swallow the bitter medicine
of the economy DEGREES than 70
, take on itself responsibility 1or
unseating the government at TINS
time.
and thus the social-democratic
party, spine1ess1y submits 60 plu-
tocracy rather than assume re-
sponsibility for revolution, ano
continues its role OF betray1ns
the workers in the interests o.
the exploiters.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Sheridan County
TAX TALK
By Edgar l. Syverud

With the recent organization OF
the Sheridan county school truS-
tees association the matter OF
school expenditures is still a very
lively issue. 1t is the object OF
this new association to secure clos
er coordination in the manage
ment of our many county schools,
to bring together the different
school governing bodies and TO Sc
cure a more uniform system OF
school expenditures in order to cut
expenses, reduce the debt burdens
and promote efficiency. With the
schools taking twO-thirds of the
tax money such an association Is
needed and will prove very usefu
and economical. With the electloI
Fof P. L. Collins as president anC
Art Rehmer as secretary, a star
has been made.
While our taxpayers assoclatiol
is mainly interested IN aftectlnt
economy in school affairs so tina
taxes might be reduced, there VII
be other services for the new as
sociation to render. But at TN
particular time the annual budget
are the most important to be con
sidered, the planning of the com
ing years expenditures.
Just recently a number OF DIS
tricts have reported encouragln
steps in the direction of economy
by making big cuts in teachers
salaries, by eliminating sma
schools and making arrangement
with adjoining districts for Tn
schooling of their few pupils, an
! in other ways affecting local cor
7 ditions. In the District No. 70 {
} the writer the teachers salary wa
: reduced to $85 per month and POI
! sibly SIS in the case of ne
: teacher. The budget for the con
7 ing year shows reduction of 10y
If this cut could be maintalne
: over the county it would mean
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
BANNON TRIAL
WILL START AT
CROSBY JUNE z

Crosby, June 15.-Judge George
II. MOellring has ordered the regu-
lar June term of district court for
Divide county to reconvene Mon
day, June % when he expects to
arrive in Crosby at which time
pending court actions will be set
for trial. Judge Crimson, who is
expected to sit in a number of
cases will be here the last of the
month.
The trial of James F. Bannon
on a murder charge in connection
with the death of members of the
Haven family in Mckenzie county
that was transferred to Divide
county for trial will be the first
case on the calendar of the contin-
ued term of district court.
Fifty three subpoenaS have been
issued to witnesses for the state
The witnesses will come to Crosby
10 testify from Mckenzie county
principally but several will come
from Montana, Washington anC
Minnesota.
| Attorney w. A. jacobson Of
Watford City has been appointed
by the court to defend Bannon. HI
was in Crosby this week but gav'
no intimation of the number o.
witnesses to be used by the de
tense.
The regular panel of jurors vii
be used in the Bannon case and il
event it is exhausted before jur,
is secured, Judge Moellring vii
, have extra jurors empaneled.
Crosby, June 1s@ at the re-
quest of the defendant, Judge
John Lowe of Minot has consent
I ed to sit in the trial Of Charles
Bannon which comes up for trial
j | WRnaAn~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
McKELVIE RETURNS
FROM LONDON MEET

Washington, June 49, Samuel
R. McKelvie, his pockets full of
notes on the London international
wheat conference returned here
today TO complete preparations for
retiring Monday as grain member
of the farm board.
He attended his first board meet
ing since early in May and told
some of his colleagues about the
results of the London meeting. On
Midday he will lay a full report be
fore Chairman Stone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
OUOUTH AND HIGH WINDS BRING
RUIN IN MONTANA GRAIN FIELDS
Wheat Loss from Aridity, Winds and Cut Worms Com
pete-Rains Cannot Now Redeem Crop-Poor Crops
IN Central and Western Part of Treasure State.

& Paul.-Some areas in the
northwest spring wheat districts
Nil produce excellent yields this
ypar while there will be marked
failures in other territories, if
nresent crop prospects materialize
# tbreshing time, the Farmers
Union Terminal Association week
" crop report says.
Conditions of crop generally in
North Dakota on June l were the
uOrest ever reported on that date
At 6795 for spring wheat, the re-
cent government report says" the
review reads. However, there
have been moderate to heavy rains
throughout most of the grain ter
ritOry of the northwest since the
first of June.
"The crop situation has improv-
ed materially in the past two
weeks. The outlook in Minnesota
is almost ideal as far as small
grains are concerned and corn is
getting a good start. In the Red
River Valley of western Minnesota
and eastern North Dakota the pres
emf crop outlook is almost perfect.
Grand Forks, Crookstn, Buxton
Reynolds and Mayville report fine
prospects. There have been sever
al good showers and moisture re-
serves in this district are suffi-
Gent to carry grains along fol
some little time.
Heavy rains have fallen il
Ransom, LaMoure and other south,
eastern counties of North Dakota
There have been fair rains around
Kathryn, Jamestown, Casselton
FOrman, Kuhn, Hope and othe,
territories extending over most O
the eastern half of the state. Tn,
crops are reported to be doing nice
ly around Karnak.
The situation, however, grow
steadily worse as one studies con
ditiOnS in the western part o
North Dakota, particularly in tn
northwestern quarter of the state
while there have been som
light rains around Williston an
MinOt, the cindition has registere
very slight improvement and eve
with favorable weather from no,
until harvest, it is doubtful
there could be more than a so
90 per cent of normal yield. Thel
must be adequate rainfall with
week if the crops are going
amount to much of anything.
"The situation also remains vel
depressing in northeastern al
parts of east central Montan
where drouth has damaged g
grains. In western Dakota al
eastern Montana there have be-
very heavy losses from soil blo0
ing, The conditions around Sa
lSh, Stanley, Plaza and Van Hoo
IN Continued on rage Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Senator Griffin of Blaine
Pays Visit to Plentywood

Sen. Griffin of Chinook, former
senator of Blaine county, was in
Sheridan county this week repre-
senting the State Land Department
rewriting land contracts and at
tending to the business of that de-
partment in this section of the
state.
While in Plentywood Thursday,
the Senator paid the editor of the
Producers News a very pleasant
call, and spent a pleasant hour
talking over Legislative experiences
with him, and the conditions ex-
listing in the state.
The Senator reported that the
dry land grain crop in Hill, Blaine
Philips and Valley counties is com
pletely ruined. The rain he saic
sprouted the grain and the follow
ing dry weather withered it en-
tirely. He says also that there l!
no pasture and no water; in fac
that in all his years in Montana h
had never seen such a catastrophe
Sen. Griffin says that the STATE
land department has adopted
very liberal policy toward purchas
ers of state land, calculated to keel
purchasers on the land and to he'll
them weather the times. Wher
J the purchasers have defaulted in
terest and principal, the state pro
posed a cancellation of the oil
contract, adds the delinquent In
terest onto the principal, an
writes a new contract based o
crop payments of one fifth, of tn
crop until times come back whe
they can reinstate the contract b
payment of one-tenth, and at
very low rate of interest. He n
ports that the plan is receive
with joy by the discouraged farm
ers who thus are enabled to carr
on and save their farm and home
Several new contracts were VII
ten in Sheridan county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19

million dollars in deposits,
has, as predicted, continued
to spread over the northwest, and
dozens and dozens of banks In
Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
North Dakota have closed their
doors further intensifying the
misery of the most desperate eco
nomic depression that has ever
beset the nation. The papers are
suppressing the news of these fail
ures for psychological reasons, so
that at this moment the number
of banks and commercial failures
that have occurred during the past
few days is only conjecture and
will not be known definitely until
reported by the commercial agen-
cies at the end of the month, and
even these reports are now hard
to get.
The only definite information a
valuable of the extent of the catas-
trophe is the failures that have
occurred in the adjacent area, the
news of which is brought not by
the press but by those travelling
IRON town to town.,
The first bank TO go in Sheri-
dan county was the Farmers State
Bank of Westby, the P. G. Ander-
son bank, which crashed Thursday
morning, according to reports of
people coming firm Westby- Tlns
bank had always been -conserva-
lively conducted and Was consider
ed one of the strongest banks II
Sheridan county, so the news O1
, it's failure at this time was a sur
prise to those who keep track o.
bank conditions.
! The first bank failure reported
in this section of the nation wa
the STATE Bank at Appam IN VII
liams county, North Dakota, whicl
failed Monday, the news beinl
brought to PlentywoOd Monday b,
a travelling salesman.
The next bank to fail was tn
bank at Grenora, Thursday, whic
: was followed by failure of tn
= banks at Columbus and MONA
!, in Divide County, North DakOt;
:, Wednesday; and by the Westb
= institution Thursday. 1t is RI
ported that another bank failed j
q Divide county, North Dakota o
Continued On last page.l
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end of the calendar and the1
close of the term.
Judge Paul, because of the dur
alton of the term will be unable
to hold law and motion day at
Wolf Point for Roosevelt county
next Thursday, so has called IN
Judge Hurley of Glasgow to sit for
him at this time.
The Brightsman VS.. Suffer per-
sonal injury case against Suffer
wherein Charles BriRhtsman sued
w. F. Suffer of Glasgow but form
erly the Ford dealer at Poplar,
asking $4,000 for damages sus-
stained when Suffer in Illegally
seizing a Ford truck which he had
sold Brightsman and which the
latter refused to turn over, alleg-
edly seized the old man by the arm
and in a sort of jiujitsu twist
wrenched the old mans wrist in a
way to do much damage and cause
much pain went TO the jury Sat
urday morning after exhaustive
argument by counsel, Paul Babcock
and T. w. Greer for Brightsman
and Howard M. Lewis for Suffer
The jury after being out for a few
hours brought in a verdict in ia.
vor of Suffer.
Suffers defense was that he die
not twist Brightsman's arm mol
injure him in any way but that
Brightsman had injured his wrisi
in some other way at the farm 9
few days before.
Many witnesses were examined
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Nd. FARMER GETS
A. FOR COW, CALF

The Stanley Sun, of Stanley, N.
D. had an article in the last weeks
issue to the effect that a farmer
in the Stanley community who was
getting short of feed shipped a
cow and calf to the st. Paul mar
ket and when he got returns OF
the animals it was check for Ia
cents. This check he took 10 the
bank to cash and the banker
charged him ten cents exchange
leaving him balance of four cents
for his cow and calf. This story
is stated as being a fact.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Prices for Montana Wool
Dropped 2 Cents a Pound

Helena, June 16.-The price of
Montana wool will drop from 16
to IA cents a pound next Midday,
the Montana woolgrowers' associa-
ton was advised here today in a
notice from the national wool mar
keting corporation Of Boston.
Last year the Montana producer
received from 20 to % cents per
pound for his product. Two years
ago the price averaged about 90
cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-19
Wildwood Park Open

wildwood, the popular Plentywood
swimming pool and play ground
opend for the season last Sunday,
June IA, and will run continuously
during the warm months OF sum-
mer. -,
wildwood park is a very beautiful
place and is the product of the art
istry of Harry DeSilva, who has been
working on it for the past several
wears. There is a very delightful
growth of timber along the Box Ell
der creek. In this he excavated 9
commodious swimming pool anu
walled it in with concrete. There
are diving boards and slides. rms
wear an outdoor dance pavilion has
been added and miniature golf links