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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
FUNNY SIGHTS
By CLARICE

by CLAhlCE
Professor Stegner on the way to
the post office one day this week
apparently annoyed and noticeably
perturbed by the presence of one
Albert Foley. The faster the
man of learning walked to get
shut of the seemingly offending
Company" the higher and more
shakey, like that of blind man,
became the steps of Mr.. Foley un-
til the educator was doing the
Blackwell stride at the double and
Major Foley was doing his best
to keep on an even keel and on a
steady course regardless of the
adverse effects of his affliction.
Successfully maintaining contact
with the man of letters, Foley
continued his verbal barage - the
faster the pace, the faster, the
the heavier and the louder became
the barrage and the "crash" of the
return fire until it attracted the
attention of several of the very
substantial citizens one block dis
tant, who smiled knowingly at the
Professors dilemma. The concen-
trated silence of the interior OF
the great pyramid for centuries
would be loud noise compared
with that which reigned over the
peaceful village as the door tc
Jack Benefits rendezvous closes
behind the two.-Next week "Ths
Girl Who Chuckled."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

dernourished and had had no lunch
that day.
Within the last month 200 in
sane persons were admitted to
hospitals in Wayne county. DIR.
Gruber, general superintendent of
Eloise Hospital said:
Insanity in Wayne County is
growing rapidly through strain
and undernourishment and will
continue to spread until it reaches
its peak two years from now.
Within the last month we hav adj
mitted 200 cases. Of our $500 in
mates, 5000 are mentally i'll. We
have 600 at Ypsilanti and by Feb
ruary we expect that every avail
able bed will be taken. At this
rate we must make room for
more. 1t will take at least two
years to reach the climax and not
until then will there be a change
for the better"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
SIX THOUSAND ARE
DIVORCED AT RENO

Reno, New, Oct. 81 Quickly
and painlessly, Reno divorce courts
severed ties that fettered more
than 5000 unhappily married
couples during the first half year
of Nevada's new six-weeks divorce
law.
During the same six months it
is estimated that Reno diverse
lawyers were enriched by nearly
100000 and approximately $685.
600 was paid out in court and fill
ing fees.
Enacted by the last legislature
as a "boon to humanity" and to
meet threatened competition by
Arkansas and other states, the SIX
weeks law more than fulfilled the
fondest expectations of its authors
and definitely resulted in the
graduation of divorce into the big
business class.
The 3,217 divorce complaints fill
ed in Reno during the last si1
months alone exceeded by mor'
than 1000 the high total for an!
preceding IL months in the his
tory of Washoe county, and a sur
vey by the Reno Evening Gazett
revealed a corresponding increas
in several of the 16 other countie
in Nevada.
Marital misfits from every stat
in the union, the District of Co
lumbia, Philippine islands, Hawai-
and 10 foreign countries were i
the grist ground out by the 81
weeks mill since the wheels be
gan turning on May 1, effectiv
date of the new law
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Capone's Successor May
Be Only King for a Day.

Chicago, Oct. 80. = Lawrence
"Dago" Mangano, gangster, be-
lieves that the man who succeeds
Al Capone as boss of Chicago's
underworld is likely to be "just
king for a day."
Under arrest on suspicion, Mag
nano told Chief of Detectives VIM.
Shoemaker he had no ambition
to take CapOne's place. He limited
that any man who did it when Ca
pone goes to prison would not live
long
When told by the Chief that he
was No. A on the list of public
enemies Magnano laughed and
remarked, "That's high enough,
thank you"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
BRITTON CASE GETS SO 'TORRID'
THAT OHIO JUDGE DECIDES THAT
MINORS MUST NOT BE- PRESENT

Britton's book then were read to
the jury after which the defense
announced it had completed les
case.
The reading brought out Miss
Britton's claim that the former
president wrote letters te her
from one to so pages long. He
characterized both his. letters and
her answers nothing but French
love letters" and suggested, the
book said, that they be destroyed.
Married and Divorced
Miss Britton was in Europe at
the time Harding died and there
after concern for his child Eliza
beth Ann, became the ruling che
ment in her life, she wrote. ThiS
concern was offered as the reason
for her marriage six months later
to a Captain Nelson. AN ocean
navigator, after he agreed 10 put
Sc, 900 in trust for the child. But
the promised sum was never paid,
and divorce soon followed.
Quotations from "The Answer
to the Presidents Daughter" writ
ten by Joseph DeBarthe, now dead
were read by the defense 10 at
tempt to prove that Miss Brit
toms claims of clandestine meet
ings with the President in the
White House, were impossible.
"Let us look for moment at
this historic place. the White
House, in which the presidents
wife was supposed to have Ted a
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

But if they must clamor, they
may as well clamor intelligent as
nonsensically. An intelligent agi-
tatiOn is education.
The current American anti-Rus-
sian bosh and boloney expresses
only the vulgar phobia which leads
capitalism to underrate its enemy
and overrate itself very danger
ously; all the more so as the mis-
understanding is not reciprocal.
The Communist leaders under
stand both communism and CAPT
talism. The spokesman of capital
ism understand neither capitalism
nor communism.
Stain may we'll say. with Arch
bishop Whately and Palmerston'
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

Toledo, o., Oct. 3d. The trial
of Nan Britton't $4,000 libel suit
against c. A. Klunk. Marion, Ohio,
today became a hearing for adults
only.
Miss Britton, author of 'The
Presidents Daughter" which al
legged the late President Harding
was the father of her 12-year-old
child, is seeking damages from
Klunk on the ground that he cir
culated a book, "The Answer to
the Presidents Daughter" which
she claims DETAINED her character.
Federal Judge John M. Killits
ordered all persons under Fl years
of age from the court room after
he was told that high school stu
dents had been attending the trial.
"Such persons can get nothing but
impressions destructive of good
character from the trial." the
Judge commented.
Attorney VIM. F. Marsteller,
counsel for Miss Britton, told the
court he was making an exception
to this statement. He said there
was nothing salacious in the trial
so far unless matter in the books
was so construed.
May Close Court
After Judge Killits announced
minors would be barred several
young people left the room. He
said he might decide later to ex-
clude all visitors and even the
press.
Lengthy excerpts from Miss
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
FARMER
league DOINGS

Mother Bloor was here again
last week and held big meetings in
this and the neighboring counties.
b the big hall at Westby there
vas no more standing room and
people stood outside listening thru
windows and doors as best they
could.
At 0pheim the school board re-
fused permission to use the school
house but that did not stop the
big meeting Of farmers who pass
d resolutions condemning the ac-
ton of the school board. At Peer
less the community hall was pack
ed to the doors by people from all
parts of the county, many of them
inviting Mother Bloor to come to
heir part of the county and hold
meetings.. The school house east
q FrOid was not big enough to
hold the interested crowd who at
tended the meeting there.
Saturday, Nov. 7th the U. F. L
will celebrate the 14th anniversary
u the Soviet Government at the
Farmer Labor Temple. A bust
ness meeting will be held in the
afternoon and a program is being
prepared for the evening after
which dancin will take, place.
Saturday evening, Nov. IA, tn,
WmertOwn local is putin on i;
Program and dance 10 which a biz
crowd is expected.
Miss Mabel Husa, of Belden, N
OAK, arrived here last Sunday
Sne will stay here for some tim,
ad take charge of the Young Pi
! Meer meetings in which she has
" Of experience. Miss Husa ha
aEen an active part in farme
ano labor movements for year
ND is well known from coast t
Sast.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Montana Gas Tax In 10
Months Nets $3,219,7 Jos

Helena, Nov. 1.-Montana's five
cent gasoline tax has produced
revenue totaling $3,21S,705 during
the first 10 months of this year, a
report released by the state board
of equalization showed today.
October collections were $311,-
755, as compared with $422, 1853 in
September.
Receipts from all sources of in
come handled by the board de-
creased from $466,434 in Septem-
Der 10 $344,841 in October. The
inheritance tax produced $2,815
this month, the oil tax $7,803; cor
poration license tax, $7,808; coal
tax $4,000 and the cement tax
81 ,239.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

At the rate the govern
ment is being run at the
present time it will be in the
hole two billion dollars at the end
of the present year. This is
blamed onto the falling short of
the income tax. People with large
incomes are getting wiser all the
time. They are learning fast by
some hook or crook to avoid the
income tax, and the government
is helping them along by allow
ing them to invest their surplus
money in tax exempt securities.
In order to relieve these people
from further tax burdens our poll
ticians are now discussing a meth
cd by which an extra tax can be
put on all the people. Through a
sales tax every person in the land
can be compelled to pay a certain
amount of taxes to the govern
ment every time a pair of overalls,
a pair of shoes, a pound of sugar
or coffee-in fact anything, is
purchased. There is no way of es-
Gaping the tax except quit buying.
From the daily press the follew-
ing is clipped:
Washington, Nov. g. The gov
eminent completed the first four
months of the current fiscal year
with deficit of 1861, 120,850.
From July / TO Oct. 81 the gov
eminent income from all sources
amounted to $7O3, 629,673. Expen-
ditures were 81, S64,750,52S.
A year ago the government pill
ed up deficit of $171, 514, 528 in
the first four months and finish
ed the fiscal year with deficit
of 5000, 100000.
The chief cause of the decrease
! in income this year was the drop
: of $243, 100000 in income tax col
= lections.
That tax has returned 1889, 121s-
623 this year as compared with
$582, 262, 1854.
Miscellaneous internal revenue
produced only $189, 661 ,371 as COM
pared with $206, 400, 1876.
General expenditures showed an
increase of more than 5000, 600 DOC
amounting TO 1868, 732,174 as a
gainst $75O, S64,22
The farm board has spent 1885,
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

that they do their best to kill one
another.
They may agree with the
Frenchman to the extent of vast
ing neither time nor virtuous in
dignation in lecturing one another
on their respective morals; but
that only makes their warfare
more businesslike and implacable.
am not at all sure that in
clearing up the ridiculous misun-
derstandings between Communist
Russia and the Cauitalist civili-
cation elsewhere l am abating the
hostility which they foment. The
more light / throw on Russian
communism the louder may our
capitalist newspapers and imperi-
alist politicians clamor for its de-
struction.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Idiosyncratic Management
of Farm Loan Machinery
to be Studied, Says Scion

After complaints about the gov
eminent feed loan were coming in
from all parts of the county, the
secretary of the United Farmers
League, Rodney Salisbury, got
busy and telegraphed Senator B.
K. Wheeler explaining to him the
unfair way in which the feed loan
in many cases was being handled.
On Tuesday, Nov. 2,fthe Senator
sent the following telegram:
Washington, D. G.
1859 a. m. Nov. 2, 1881.
Rodney Salisbury,
secretary of the United Farmers
Plentywood, Montana.
Will Immediately take matters
up with the department of agri-
culture.
B. X. Wheeler,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Ford Employees Reported
Due for a Cut In Wages

Detroit, Oct. 81 Henry
Ford is slashing off part of
the prosperity dollar" wages
Increase granted his employ
ees during the recent "bOOm
times" the United Press was
informed today at the Ford
Motor Company. While not
definitely announced yet, the
minimum pay for Ford en-
plOyees probably will be re-
duced from 81 a day to $6, the
rate in effect prior to 1929.
Higher paid employees will
suffer reductions in prOpDr-
ton, Or greater.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Lutheran Aid of Antelope
to Hold Sale and Lunch

The Lutheran Aid of Antelope
will have fancy work sale in the
church basement Thursday after
noon, Nov. 18th. Mesdames Arne-
klev, LELAND, Thoresen and Stoen
will serve a hot lunch beginning at
four o'clock. Prices 30c for adults
and 15c for children. Everybody
welcome. The menu consists of
creamed chicken, escalloped pota-
potatoes, brown bread, buns, beet
pickles, sandbakelse, cake and cpf-
fee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
w. A. Walter, New Depot
Agent at McElroy Station

Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Walter of
Minneapolis arrived in McElroy
last Tuesday where Mr.. Walters
took over the duties of depot
agent succeeding Ralph Downey,
who left the same dav to take a
similar position at Whitehall. Mrs.
Downey and children left for Fes-
sender where they will reside for
the winter or until Mr.. Downey
secures a suitable or permanent
positio nelsewhere.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
FARMERS TO HAUL
HIGHWAY GRAVEL
Road From Froid Seven Miles
South to be Graveled Soon -
Only Local Farmers to DO Work
Contract Let to Great Falls
Concern.

Helena, Nov. l. Drouth strick-
en- farmers with trucks will be
given work hauling gravel to sur
face the seven miles of federal
highway between Froid and Gull
bertson when work starts next
week. Although the engineer at
Poplar reports there are more
than 100 applications for work
only 80 or 40 men with trucks
will be used.
The contract for the crushing
and placing of gravel in bins was
let two weeks ago to a company
in Great Falls. Pits were found
near McCabe, 10 miles south of
Froid. Farmers will be given 1914
cents a yard for each mile of
hauling instead of the usual eight
cents a mile. Only local men will
be given work the egineer at Pop
lar states, Preference will be Civ
en- to farmers who were victims OF
crop failure.
The survey on the road north OF
Froid to Plentywood was started
this week but construction work
will not commence until next
year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
gS BANKS WITH
q7l,29O.OOO LOST
7. IN One MONTH
/ Government Finances Going Backward

49,, York.-Bank failures con-
NJ. ~" 70 climb in number and SIZE
HI ns,,i \ September, 298 banks
Du ~ eth total deposits of SILL
c sSSS0O the federal reserve bank
SVpSS' This is the second high
Fspo .,'ortb in the history of the
e. al m snly having been exceeded
sSI TSons,enber 1880, when the $780,
D. g I'm Rank of United States
crashed. e..
Isi If 1881 was 1s234 crashes
n i.s se29. 4S5, OOO-almost a hun
WIZ s.a Million dollars above the to-
az q tar the year 1880. And 1896
VI ". II The largest year in the his
W.. M Of the country until that
OG Several states have lost more
.,sT half their banking institu'
.aa- In North Dakota SIT bank.
hove syr,s' failed leaving 366 open. II
s S. Dakota the score is almOs'
te-S78 have failed; 374 ar,
~ In Georgia 1886 are closed
rs TJS are still open. In oSuth Caro-
I h. 225 banks have failed, 17S re
n mi In 10 years 1858 hav'
crashed. .ooo j.
he last IS have as heavy depos
4, been lost as in the singh
-ontbs of September. The banl
,Tures in 1924 were 10 per cen
,pve September, in deposits.
Almost as many banks hav
Mem absorbed as have failed. Con
,srtratiOn of banking power grow
mace. Seven banks have 20 pc
rent Of the total resources of tn
cuntry's banking system; %
. have IS per cent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Changes in Office Force
of the County Assessor

Beryl S. Pierce, who has worked
in the county assessors office for
some time, was laid off the first
of the month and Mr.. Bolster's
son, Clay, put in his place. Mr..
Bolster probably thought that he
had as much right to put a mem
Der of his own family on the coun-
ty payroll as Carl Peterson and
Frank French, but the county
commissioners thought differently
and refused to approve the APP
pointment, and it is now left to
Mr.. Bolster and Deputy Stene-
hjem to do the work.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Williston School Teachers
Contribute 500 to Relief

Willistop, Oct. 81 Teachers
and other employees of Williston
school will voluntarily contribute
800 for poor relief. They voted to
contribute 10 per cent Of a months
salary.
Forty per cent of the donation
it was agreed by the employees
would go to the Red Cross, an
equal amount to the fund for the
relief of the city poor and 20 per
cent to other charities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
OUTSIDE BANDITS
ROB CUSTER BANK

Billings, Oct. 31.-Two unmask-
men, aided by a third in an auto
mobile held up the Custer State
bank at Custer go miles east of
here today and obtained about
$4,000 in currency and some lib
erty bonds.
The robbers escaped after lock-
ing R. A. Sharp, cashier and Nels
Nordstrom, vice president, in the
vault.
The trio drove north from Gus
ter in a green coupe after the
robbery. Deputy sheriffs used an
airplane in their endeavor to To-
cate the robbers.
Billings, Nov. g. Yellowstone
county officers and those of ad.
joining counties hunted vainly to-
day for the three men who robbed
the Custer State Bank of $500 il
cash, and $4,000 in Liberty bond.
Saturday and are believed hiding
in the Bull mountains, northeas+
of here. One of the men described
by the cashier resombled one o.
those sought for robbery of thu
bank at Worden, near here, a few
weeks ago.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Ten Froid II. S. Graduates
Attending Other Schools

Froid, Oct. 81 More former
high school graduates from Froid
are attending institutions of high
er learning this year than before.
Eight of the II in last years
graduating class and two others
are in colleges.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
u. F. League Meeting at
Comertown, Sat-, Nov. ID

There win be u. F. l.. Gel
ebratiOn at COmertOwn, Satur-
day evening, Nov. 14th with a
program, lunch and dance. All
are welcome.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Big Income Tax Receipt Slump
Is Reason for Appalling Deficit

Rapidly Increasing Shortage Mounts With Decline in
In Taxes Decision Pending But Officials Considering
Obnoxious Selective Sales Tax Deficit Passes the
Half Billion Dollar Wealthy Avoid Payment of
Income Tax by Buying Government Securities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
: BILLION SHORTAGE IS FORESEEN

In Washington they discussing the present time
the most daboical method of taxation every imposed
the people of any naton-the Sales Tax The idea is
not one. 1t has been under discussion for some
time by the most reactionarY politicians
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
(FrOm the New York Times)

NrTOm Lut INCW AUAA AAAHSSJ
MIR. Shaw's recent visit to
Russia attracted worldwide
attention, among capitalists
as well as Communists. In
the article that follows Shaw
weighs capitalism against
communism, finds the former
deplOrably deficient and
draws a striking contrast be-
tween the two.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

By George Bernard Shaw
A French sentimentalist has
said that to understand everything
is to forgive everything. He was
quite wrong. The result of thor
ough understanding between re-
ciprocally dangerous parties is
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
George Bernard Shaw Compares
Russia and America

FAMOUS BRITISH WRITER THINKS THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT
EXCEIS THAT OF THE UNITED STATES
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
On Getting $50 a Week

Seeing in the paper that motion picture exhibitors
want Constance Benefits 100000 weekly salary reduced
reminds US that most corporation employees making from
$50 to 500 a week are really going to be pretty lucky.
They may have had their salaries reduced 10 to 20 per
cent. But those making $4,000 and 1000 dollars a
year are resigning and going to Europe, according to their
announcements, and on their return will announce their
plans for the future.
This arrangement has been spectacular in the news
paper business. The Hearst organization has been noto-
rious for employing go-getters at fancy prices, frequently
getting gypped badly on contracts for a period of years.
No less than three extravagantly-p paid Hearst executives
have resigned recently, one to go into business for him.
self, another to go to Europe, and the third for no reason
vat all.
The clean up is the same in other fields Of manufac-
Turing. The genius of happy days, who was scaled at a
huge wage, is getting it in the neck right now.
Whether Constance Bennett is worth $50, 900 a week
only Sam Warner knows. But it is our private guess she
and many other movie stars" are overpaid.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-08
DailyHeahh
Talk

Newfoundland inhabitants live
largely on what they can get out
OF the sea. Agriculture is scanty,
cattle are difficult 70 house and
feed for cattle during the winter is
hard to get. The people In New
foundland therefore live on diets
corresponding to that OF sailors
when sailing on small ships for
long voyages. They get white flour.
molasses. small amounts OF pota-
toes, cabbages and turnips, salt
pork and oleomargarine.
As might be expected. these peo-
pie suffer from deficiency diseases.
Scurvy is not particularly common:
in fact, not as common as might
be expected. But beri beri and vari-
Gus forms of p~olyneuritis are fairly
frequent, and disturbances OF the
eyes. such as develop In animals
fed on diets deficient in vitamin A,
are exceedingly frequent.
The most common deficiency OF
the eye TO be found Is called by the
physician functional hemeralopia."
The common name for this condi-
ton Is night blindness. In this dis
ease the person Is unable to see BY
night. Incidentally the night-blind-
nes5 Is associated with other dis
turbances OF the eyes In the form
OF ~inflamations which r easily
produced in animals by putting
them on diets which are deficient
In vitamin A. These disturbances
are readily cured by adding vita
min A to the diet.
Apparently the Newfou- Flanders
have found that the condition may
be overcome by eating birds liver,
cooked or raw. rabbits liver, Gods
liver and cod liver oil. All Of these
substances contain vitamin A in
considerable amounts.
Strangely enough the natives
have the custom Of steaming the
s. , eyes over the cooking liver.
which is then eaten. French sur
geons, as long ago as 1911. descris-
ed . similar method Of treatment