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The producers news., 1931-09-11
WOMAN
DIED HERE SUN.

One week ago Saturday, Mrs.
Anna C. Lund, wife of Eddie Lund
living IL miles west of Scobey,
was brought to the Memorial hos
pital suffering from a ruptured ap-
pendix. An operation was perform
ed although there was not much
hope of saving her life. Her folks
were notified of her condition by
telegraph and her parents, two sis
ters and one brother arrived here
and were with her the last few
days before she died which was
Sunday night about 11:30.
Mrs. Lund was born in Hatton,
North Dakota January 16, 1888.
Her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Grim
Crimson stil reside at Hatton. In
1913 she married Eddie Lund and
moved to the Scobey country where
they took up a homestead.
Besides her husband she leaves
tomourn her passing three chill
dren: Gilmer, Is; Theolyn, 16 and
Arthur, IL.
The remains were shipped to
Scobey Monday by FuIkerson &
Nelson, morticians, and burial took
place there Wednesday from the
Lutheran church
The producers news., 1931-09-11
Friday, September II, 1881
CAPITALIST EFFICIENCY

THE PRESIDENT of the largest bank
in Chicago and the fourth largest In
the United States was mildly shocked a
few days ago when one of his trusted
department managers confessed that he
ernbezzled about $2,000,000 worth of
bonds entrusted to his care in the past
ten years.
The trusted department head was
man well thought of in his community,
a pillar of the church and his vices were
confined to a taste for gardening and an
occasional orgy of bridge. He did not
drink liquor; neither did he frequent the
night clubs, those gaudy marts of sin
where crime is always on bull market.
The embezzler was the pride of his block.
The method used by the embezzler
was not novel. 1t has been used before
and no doubt will be used again. 1t was
his custom to accept bonds from Gus
toner, give a receipt for them, place
them in the vault and then destroy all
records of the transaction. Then he
would take the bonds to a broker and
deposit them in lieu of cash for his stock
gambling activities on margin. He usu-
ally lost.
1t is reported that broker, for some
reason or other-not ethical very likely
became suspicious and called the at
tention of bank official to the manag-
er's gambling activities. The rest is con-
fession.
How is it that those wise heads could
have something like this going on for o
years without being aware of ita Where
is that omniscience that bankers above
all human beings are supposed to pos
SeSSp
The rest of us mortals have been led
TO believe for decades that the cause of
our poverty was our stupidity; that
bankers and other lords of society rose
to eminence and wealth because of SUI
perior intelligence This theory is pref
ty well dynamited today. 1t has come
to pass that an open and solvent bank is
one of the wonders of modern society
and that banker who is not under sus
ipicion of being a crook or dolt is look
upon with the reverence that the yokel
Ty of Japan bestow on their elder states
men.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

Leroy Homme was out fixing and
repairing on phone line No. Tues.
day.
itor at the P. L. Collins home Tuss-
day.
w. G. McCrady was a business vis
Mrs. Ben Void was taken serious
ill with asthma again "Wednesday
night. Mrs. Void is doing much bet.
ter now after having two serious
spells.
Mrs. Lena Wilson left for Mime
apolis Wednesday morning where she
went to get her three-year-old son
Lewis, who has been receiving treat.
ment for his feet since last Febru-
airy. They returned to Raymond We'd
nesday night.
Mr.. Frederickson, the grOceryman
of Redstone, and his family, were
guests at the w. G. McCrady home
Sunday. In the afternoon the two
families motored to Minton, Sask
A number from this vicinity a..
tended the dance at Nickersons barn
| Saturday night. The next dance VIII
be August 18th.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

Sundaythe North Dagmar Cub
team played the Reserve club team
at John Andreasenis place. Resefls
won the game IL to II. Asheim plIen,,
ed a good game for Reserve. knua
Paulsen and Arne Nielsen held dow
the mound for Dagmar. Magnus Az
helm unpired.
Henry Robertson from WesIN
visited at NIelm Sumdste6e wrn1u
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Johansen ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Moller left -.
week on an automobile trip 70 ~
troit and other eastern points. "
hansen will attend the National eoIl
vention Of the Danish BrotherEO~
at Detroit as a delegate from -
mar lodge. They will stop 70 ". "
with relatives in Wisconsin. iO''
and North Dakota. -
Sunday the Dagmar Juniors plS.
ed the Reserve Juniors q foeIs-Es I.
ming ball game. Dagmar won II -
three. The Dagmar Juniors n>. ~.
some very pormising material -.
infield handled the ball like Ves =,
ans. Rusty Andersen pitcher ~. ~
Dagmar is sal dto have q lot OF Va
on his ball and plays like 81
timer in the box
The producers news., 1931-09-11
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Holgar Mauritsen leftfor DOdso,
last Saturday afternoon to attend
high school in that town.
Messrs. Carl Holje, George Lund
and Soren Rumborg drove to ScObsy
last Saturday.
Norman Nelson spent Sunday ana
Monday at his old home in Alamo.
Mr.. and Mrs. L X. FairWeathsr
spent Sunday and Monday with rel.
atives in Plentywood.
Leo Jacobsen was in Plentywoos
Tuesday receiving medical attention
for a badly bitten arm.
Church services conducted in the
school house last Sunday evening by
the Rev. Stowell were well ATTENDED
The Occident Elevator shipped In
a car of corn for feed last Friday
Last Saturday evening friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Igemon Christenseh
arranged a wedding dance in their
honor using the school for the occa.
sion. Over 225 guests attended. Vehy
good dancing music was furnished
severallocal players taking a turn al
the instruments. Cakes and sand.
wiches were brought by many Of he
guests and at midnight lunch was
served in the basement. During The
evening a committee took I'D a col.
lection for a present tothe young
couple and on Monday a very use.
full present was handed to Mr.. and
Mrs. Christensen as a token of the
friendship of their many acoualns.
ances in the Dagmar and Reserve
communities.
The producers news., 1931-09-11
WILKINS SUBMARINE
SAFE IN PORT AGAIN

Spitzbergen, Sept. 9.-Sir Hubert
Wilkins arctic submarine Nautilus
arrived today from the north bear
ing some dents and scars after her
encounter with the polar ice but
apparently without having suffer
ed serious damage.
Members of the crew, bearded
and dirty but smiling, headed i'm
mediately for steam baths. All of
the men were thirsty because Of
the difficulty securing a supply
o water for drinking aboard the
submarine, but otherwise they
looked well.
They said that during the south
ward trip to Spitzbergen the vessel
rolled more than at any time since
they let the United States and that
some Of them were seasick. While
the Nautilus was actually in the
ice fields, they said. everything
went well.
The producers news., 1931-09-11
DAKOTA HOG" Wins CORN EATING
TITLE: DEVOURS TOTAL OF 81 EARS

Ortonville, Min, Sept. 6.-With-
out troubling to unbutton his vest,
Edward KoKttwitz, 81, farmer
from Grant county, Sotuh Dakota,
won the worlds championship
sweet corn eating title today.
Kottwitz ate 81 ears in an hour
and 45 minutes. His last rival,
belt hanging loose from his pants,
staggered from the platform after
chewing the 32nd ear. Kottwitz
leisurely continued 10 eat five more
cobs and was awarded the cham
pionship.
He was presented with a 28-inch
silver loving cup with a reminis-
cent engraving Of an ear Of Golden
Bantam corn.
Kottwitz wiped the butter from
his ears and said he guessed he
would have to be getting home tc
The producers news., 1931-09-11

which sites have been arranged,
drawings are completed, for which
construction contracts have been
invited, of a total estimated cost of
$19,316,60O..
Fourth-There are 202 projects
in which sites have been selected
and on which plans are now under
way of a total estimated cost of
S178, ,766, ,523.
Fifth-At the first of this month
there were 199 projects in which
the sites have been determined up
on and are in processof being ac-
quired. The estimated cost of the
buildings thereon being $49,545,> y
600.
1t is estimated that the number
of men now directly and indirectly
employed on this program is &c.
900. 1t is estimated that the num-
Der that will be directly and indi-
rectly employed on January 1 is
100000.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

Los Angeles, Aug. 81 Three
robbers took over the affairs of
Security First Natiinal branch
bank for four hours today, but
they relinquished their job after
K. 1. Davis, bank manager, came
down to work and opened the
vaults. The robbers took $4,000
and escaped.
During their four hour iccupan-
cy of the bank the janitress and
her daughter swept the floors, the
stenographers typed, the tellers
sat in their cages and the insti-
tuition functioned as though three
armed men were no voicing COM
mands. As employees arrived for
work, one of the robbers met them
and escorted them to their usual
place of labor. Joseph Fisher, q
/ laborer, surprised the robbers as
they removed bars from a rear
window through which they enter
ed and was forced to precede
them through the window.
Time Lock Set
Davis arrived about 8 a. m, but
couldn't unlock the vault for half
and hour because the time lock was
set for $50. The robbers, bank
The producers news., 1931-09-11

of public buildings under the treas
ury department" the report said,
"shows the following progress
since the report of July 1.
"There are a total of $50 pro-
jectS which have so far been spe-
officially authorized and 164 firms
of architects are engaged in plans
and supervision"
The report summarized progress
of the program as follows:
First-A total of lis buildings
have been completed at a total
cost of 1859, 500. Three buildings
have been completed during the
past month.
Second-There are 229 buildings
in construction at the first of Sep
tember by contract, at an estimat-
ed cost of $181, ,393,10 There
have been 81 contracs let during
the last month, of a total value in
excess of 25,000,000.
Third-There are IS projects in
The producers news., 1931-09-11

Seattle, Sept. o. Over forty
hours of silence began today to en-
gender anxiety over the fate Of
Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, as a
crowd waiting at Boeing field for
the arrival of their plane, City OF
Tacoma II, from Japan, swelled to
several thousand.
Total absence o reports from I'm
alaska or Dutch Harbor, at the
eastern end of the Aleutian islands
was considered strange. Moyle and
Allen had been expected to skirt
the Aleutians to Unalaska, then
turn eastward to cross the north
Pacific. 1t was expected that their
plane would be sighted or heard
there.
Advice from Dutch Harbor that
none had reported the plane led to
feeling of uncertainty, altho it
was generally admitted that the
aviators might have swung south
of the islands, not approaching
within sight or sound of any radio
station.
The plane carried enough gaso-
The producers news., 1931-09-11
COMMISSIONERS
GO TO HELENA

I Asst WEEK County Commits
l. sioners French and Hansen
made a special trip to Helena
for the purpose of represent
ing Sheridan county in what Sen.
John Schnitzler of Froid had led
them to believe was going to be a
joint meeting between county COM
missioners from eleven drouth
stricken counties and the state
highway commission where the un-
employment problem was going to
be solved by giving some state
highway work to the people of the
drouth stricken counties. The
meeting was flop and turned out
to be a fizzle as far as bringing
back any hope of work to the idle
people of Sheridan county.
Out of the eleven counties, sup
posed to be lined up and demand
ing work, Sheridan county was the
only one represented. It was first
when a little meeting was called In
Senator Schnitzler's room at the
Plaza hotel that it dawned upon
our commissioners they had been
lured to Helena for the purpose of
helping John Schnitzler boost for
new bridge across the Missouri
river at Culbertson.
It is understood the proposed
new bridge has been spoken OF
favorably in Washington and that
John also was able to interest the
highway commission in the pro-
ject. The bridge will give the
travelling public a chance to gel
out of Roosevelt county just that
much quicker and will do for tho
county what the highway is doing
for the little towns like Reserve
and Medicine Lake-help to kill it
The Senator must make showing
of some kind in order to hank OF
10 his senatorial toga but it vii
take more than a bridge across tn,
Missouri.
With Schnitzler the creating o.
road work for the idle and starv
] ing pCOplC DCCdluc q c6COuOdTN Is
sue and was turned down flat b,
the highway commission. Lookinj
to that body forany help is useless
The viii to help the people is no
there, otherwise they could find
way. Some day when we walk on
of thecounty and state we Nigh
make ashort cut across the ne1
bridge and will have that much t
be tankful for anyway.
After all, the county commits
sioners had glorious good time q
| the state capitol. At the time the
| were there the state highway CON
mission was letting a number q
: big road contracts. The Plaza hC
= tel was swar1ning with road col
: tractors and machine agents of a
: description-everybody treating e.
: erybody else-themore they coul
s spend the better they liked 1T
S sign of being dry or hard times
e drink to your hearts content ar
s come back for more. That's whe
f road contracts are let in Heller
by thestate highway commission.
The producers news., 1931-09-11
GEORGE, REX ANDPRINCEO WALES
DESIRE TOHAVE VESALARIESBOBBED

London, Sept. g. King George
announced tonight in a letter TO
Prime Minister Macdonald that he
wanted a reduction of $4,000
pounds, about $3.50, 900, IN his civ
IA list, which is the annual income
paid by the government to the
crown.
The Prince of Wales also inform
ed the prime minister that he in
tended to contribute $50, 900 to ma
tional funds.
The king said all other members
of the royal family who receive
In their incomes. It is their con-
tribution to Great Britain in the
nations time Of financial emsrgen-
cy. The kings voluntary reduction
Is to continue for the duration Of
the period of stress.
Differences in the wording o.
the letters to the prime ministe,
from the king and the Prince o
The producers news., 1931-09-11

Wales reflected differences in the
in which they draw their
revenues.
The king has a civil list totaling
about S2,350, 900 annually. This is
theoretically granted by parlia-
ment each year. but In practice the
igure has remained the same for
many years.
The king has one other source Of
income, and one only-his revenues
from the duchy of Lancaster,
which are likely to fluctuate. In
1929 they were $345,0O0.
From his income the king has
to support all the pomp and pan.
oply of the erown-state ceremon-
ials, palaces, pensions, servants
charities. The upkeep of the
queens court also comes from the
same source, since there is no spe-
cial provision for it in the eivil
list.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

tend the II COWS that were waiting
to be MIXED.
"I probably could have eaten
more if 1 had to-" said the farmer,
who left his chores to win a world
title. "You see, / had some corn
for dinner two hours before the
contest"
There were 5000 others who had
corn for dinner, too. Farmers and
townsfolk from miles around came
to Ortonville for the two-day car
nival of which the contest was the
climax. All had free corn for din
ner, altho some of the IL contes-
tants for the championship re-
Trained from eating. The ears
were served from watering troughs
heated by live steam from a large
steam engine. A good time was
had by all, despite a shortage Of
toothpicks.
The producers news., 1931-09-11
HEADED EAST

THROUGH Plentywood and moving in
an easterly direction cam the other
day truck loaded down with lot of old
furniture. Onone side fthe truck was
written with chalk in big letters:
Montana is for irrigation,
North Dakota is for starvation.
To hell with Hoover's administration,
I'm going to Minnesota and live with my
relation"
The producers news., 1931-09-11
PACIFIC FLIERS OVERDUE
FROM JAPAN: 40 HOURS SILENCE

line to keep it aloft for AZ 70 :,
hours. y
Provided the plane folIowsa
more direct route across the P...;
ic and did not skirt the Alenti;..A
lack of reports would not he '.a -.
sidered unusual. Aviators BELIEF, CIV,
Moyle and Allen could have sn.ea .
40 or more hours over open WI ps.1
before approaching the NJ
American mainland in the vio;.:.s iSts
of Prince Rupert, B. c. and . ~.
the flight from there would & !,
quire only a few hours. "
There also was the pos;b;r.
that they deviated from their -.
posed route and followed the nv ~
Pacific shipping lane, which wo',I3 1,onI
bring them directly to Pn0.. ~.
Sound and land them at Sssts Seas
almost before reports from nas,Ss Ss
points could be received.
The fact that no ships reno,.. :,
sighting the plane did not cross.
apprehension. Bow-lying clonS.
might have forced the aviators ~ !.
seek higher attitudes where tbs.
would be hidden from sight.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

ing with them only a few bags
containing personal belongings. A
number of the men have Mexican
wives. These wives were told by
their husbands they could remain
in their native land if they desired,
thinking they might not be happy
in China. But they chose 10 go
with their husbands.
GGreat losses in property have
been sustained by the emigrants,
they said. Chang Wo from Nogal-
es, Sonora, is an example. He said
he was forced to sacrifice a bust
ness valued at $3.50, 900 for $4,000
in cash. at was my fortune, made
as a colonist in Mexico" he said.
The producers news., 1931-09-11
CHINESE EXPELLED FROM MEXICO
LEAVE U. S. FOR FORMER HOMES

San Francisco, Sept. g. A sor-
rowing band of 180 Chinese, en-
route from Nogales. Sonora, Mex.
to Canton, China, because of their
eviction from the states of Sonora
and Sinaloa, left here yesterday on
the Dollar line resident Monroe.
The Chinese, who included II
children and Is women, was one
consignment of the entire Chinese
population of Mexico, about 10000
which is expected to migrate from
thel rsettlements back to China
within the next few weeks.
In making their hurried exit
from Mexico the Chinese are tax
The producers news., 1931-09-11

ident said more work was done In
August than during any previous
year up to 1927.
On Sept. the president said 115
buildings had been completed at a
total cost Of $S9, 1868, ,569; 239 were
under construction at an estimated
total cost of 181, ,393, 100 and 466
projects estimated to cost $247,-
e31, ,223 were in various stages sp-
preaching construction.
"That porto nof the federal pro-
gram Of aid to unemployment
comprised in the great expansion
The producers news., 1931-09-11
MORATORIUM
By Hans Rasmussen


atorium. To me a moratorium IS when
we ask somebody for something we
know we are not going to get. But so
long as we feel we must be doing some
thing we might as well ask for task
ing for moratorium does no harm. %
me a moratorium is something | would
like to have very much-the more
could have of it the better would like it.
If it was given to me for one year or five
wears | know that | would insist omit
being given to me the rest of my lite.
Moratoriums are not all alike but they
all insist on something being forgiven
and forgotten. Sometimes it is interest,
sometimes taxes and then again it might
even go so far as to ask for farm mort
cages to be wiped off the slate.
In some states leading papers come
out and tell their governor to call spe-
cial session of the legislature and give to
the people some kind of moratorium. In
Valley county several hundred farmers
signed petition respectfully asking the
machine firms kindly to give them
moratorium in the form of a two year
interest cancellation. The machine COM
panies did not even take the trouble of
showing up at the meeting called for the
purpose of talking the proposition over.
The old Jews had moratorium of
their own on a kind of large scale. They
called it jubilee year, where they hand
ed back what they had stolen from one
another the last fifty years. and great
prosperity prevailed in the country for a
while
Today. if we mention the old Jewish
custom, everybody agrees the jubilee
year was good thing the old Jews
that a moratorium like that could be
applied to the present day to great ad-
vantage and without creating hardly
any disturbance, does not enter
anybody's mind. People advocating
such wild idea are looked upon as be-
ing crazy and unfair, although it would
benefit almost every living soul. The
old Jews were further advanced than we
are but we hate to admit it.
1t is no use fooling ourselves and
thinking that moratoriums are going to
be handed down to us by present COVER
nors, legislatures, congress or machine
companies and the likes. There is moi
at the present time a legislature or con
gress In the whole United States that
would pass a moratorium of any benefit
to the farmers and producers.
Furthermore, if law of that kind, IL
some mysterious way. should slip by one
of the lawmaking bodies. every suprem'
court in the land would murder it by
calling it unconstitutional.
The only way you are ever going tc
get moratorium is by creating one your
self That's what is being done here il
Sheridan county. We intend to shov
you the way w are organizing tn
United Farmers League some call
communist, socialist and bolshevik-bu
we have got to point where we do no
care what they call it. We expect 9O@
of the farmers and workers to join
some precincts we have that many now
We no longer pay any attention to ta
deed and foreclosure. That we cannc
prevent. But we do say: No NOR
sheriff's sales; mo more evictions; an
when we add to that: No more take,
then we have moratorium In its simple'
form and fullest extent. Come on il
the waters fine!
The producers news., 1931-09-11
UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF PROGRAM
UTILIZING $4,000 MEN HOOVER SAYS

Washington, Sept. g. President
Hoover estimated today that 100,-
600 men would be working on fed
erai building projects by Jan. 1.
ait is estimated that the number
Of men now directly and indirectly
employed on this program Is 3d.
The producers news., 1931-09-11

0OO," says the report. "It is esti-
mated that the number that will be
directly and indirectly employed
on January is one hundred thous-
and"
Summarizing progress Of the
public buildings program, the pres
The producers news., 1931-09-11
COOL YECCS CALMLY "CLEAN OUT
BICLOSANGEL ELESBANKN In HOURS

authorities said. took everytbn,
except $4,000.
Fishe rdiscovered them at fou,
a. M. saving away bars in a rea,
window. It was Los Angeles bio.
gest bank robbery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-22
BAND PREPARES
FOR STATE FAIR
Fifty |. U. Musicians En-
gagged for Entire Week.
BIZ Times SpeciGL

by tHteS SpeCiuG
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Aug. o.
Rehearsals for the Indiana state fair
engagement of the Indiana univer-
sity band will begin here Thursday
morning, Sept. 3, according to Cap
tain J. j. Pirtle, faculty supervisor
Of the band. PirtIe has received
word from the fifty members of the
band chosen for the engagement
that they will be on hand at that
time. Rehearsals will be held each
morning and afternoon until Sun
day morning, Sept. 6, when the
band will go to indianapolis and
present a sacred concert in the
Coliseum at the fair ground Sunday
afternoon. This is a program which
has been a feature of the fair in
recent years.
Beginning Monday, Sept. z, the
band will play each day at the fair.
1t will give concerts in the new
grand stand, the coliseum and other
places on the ground. The engage
ment will end Friday, Sept. II.
The fifty musicians who will make
the trip to indianapolis were
selected last spring by v. E. billiard.
musical director, and Pirtle on the
basis of musical ability and military
precision. Before the close of the
school year these men held several
rehearsalS in preparation for the
lar engagement. They VIII form
the nucleus of the university's no.
piece band next fall.