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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

nevertheless present. The
first business of the board was the
election of chairman for the ensu-
ing two years.
Most people in the county were
hoping that Frank French would
be retired as chairman as they
feel that he has been in that posi-
ton altogether too long in view
of the last examiners report and
feel that his reelection TO the pO-
sitiOn is an endorsement of his
record by the other members of
the board. Carl Hansen, the new
member nominated Victor AnIer
for the position, as most people
have believed that Anker would
welcome a chance to relegate
French to a position in the ranks.
However, this seems to be a mis-.
take-for Anker declined the nom
nation and nominated French
saying that French was the ola
member and that he, Anker, could
not write well, so felt that he was
not qualified for the office; that
maybe he would accept it next
time but not now. Upon these re-
CONTINUED on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Representative Walter r.
Flachsenhar of Prairie coun-
ty, the choice of the republican
caucus, was elected over Repre-
sentative Dennis Dellwo of Lake
county by a strict party vote of
81 to AZ. Republican Floor Lead
er w. B. Leavitt of Custer coun-
ty offered the republican slate and
the democratic roster of candi-
dates was presented by Mr.. Dell
wo. There was moo discussion and
the vote was by roll call.
The house session lasted about
an hour, from IL to nearly one and
all of the proceedings were rou-
tine. The officers and employees
selected by the republican caucus
were elected over the list of the
democrats by an aye and nay vote.
Many of the members were in
their seats an hour or more before
the session was called. In the body
were 40 new members, which made
quite a change in the appearance
of the assembly compared to two
years ago. The go members of two
years ago were renewing old ac-
quaintances and nearly everybody
was signing applications of job
hunters for various jobs.
Senate Organizes in 20 Minutes
Within twenty minutes after 1t
Gov. Frank A. Hazelbaker as pre-
siding officer of the senate hac
raped for order yesterday after
noon at 2 o'clock the upper house
had been organized and had sen
one committee to Gov. Erickson
and another to the house of rep
resentatives announcing they were
ready for business of the twenty
second Montana assembly.
Rev. John Hosking of Dee
Lodge, veteran chaplain who again
was selected to officiate for tn
Continued on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

ity of the poor, both black
and white, is a fact and an
aid in the struggle.
The mass action was successful.
Crowding into the stores they de-
manded food so threateningly the
frightened merchants held a con-
ference, wired to the state Red
Cross headquarters here at Little
Rock, which authorized under this
pressure the distribution of a
stingy amount to each family of
$2.75 worth of groceries.
While this was going on a local
shyster lawyer, George E. Morris,
called the demonstrating farmers
to a meeting in the street, where
h tried to "pacify" them with a
Continued on Page Three,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Former Plentywood Girl Is
Married at Great Falls

Word has been received by Plen-
tywood friends that Helen Stoner,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Clair
Stoner, formerly of this city, was
married to Arthur Schumate at
Great Falls, where the groom is
a mechanic in the Ludwig Gar
age, on New Years day.
The newlyweds will make their
home in Great Falls, where the
Stoner family lived before moving
to California.
The bride is well known in this
city, having attended the local
schools for several years and was
very popular among her young
friends,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Plentywood Basket Ball
Team to Tour Two States

The Plentywood Independent bas-
ket ball team, which has been de-
veloped under the able coaching of
DIR. Hall, is planning tour of the
state of Montana and western
North Dakota, playing games at
any place they can get them.
The boys plan on travelling by
automobile and playing a game
every night. The Plentywood in
dependent basket ball quintette is
perhaps the best professional team
in the northwest.
Louis Moe will travel with the
team as business manager. The
tour will last a couple of weeks OF
more.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
FARMERS BEHIND
PRODUCERS NEWS

About forty farmers from all
parts of the county gathered at a
meeting called by Hans Rasmus-
sen, manager of the Peoples Pub
fishing company, stockholders of
the company and friends of The
Producers News last week to talk
over ways and means to finance
the paper and to meet the condi-
tions brought about by the diff
cult times resulting from the price
of wheat and the general hard
times.
The matter of the attitude of
the Plentywood business men in
boycotting the paper at the insti-
cation of the county hooters in the
hopes of putting it out of business
during these critical times, was
discussed and it was decided that
the paper should continue its pol
icy of publishing the news and the
friends of the paper should keep
track of those boycotting the paper
and pay those firms back by not
patronizing them-in fact one man
said that all of his neighbors had
already taken definite steps to
avenge discrimination as the boy
cotters would soon discover. An
other thot that the paper should
be run on basis which would be
independent of advertising even il
the subscription was SO the year
The farmers organized themselv,
es into crews for each precinct tt
attend to the collections of sub
scription money and getting new
subscribers for the paper. They
were pleased to learn that the pa
per had weathered the storm anC
that the subscription money woulC
be sufficient to liquidate the ogli
cations of the paper were it al
lpaid up The crews are now a
work in every part of the county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
WHAT One FARMER
SAYS ABOUT PRICES

A well known farmer of the
DOOley-RaymOnd country drop
ped into the Producers News
office the other day and said
to "a representative of the paper:
"YOu are surely doing a great
service to the farmers of Sher-
idan county by the price expos
ures you are carrying on. Here
is three dollars that / saved on
one ten dollar order to Savage
over what l would have had to
pay for the same things to the
PlentywOOd '.hOldups;" just set
my subscription ahead that a
mount. l figure the merchants
did us a great favor when they
bOycOtted The Producers News.
The farmers can afford to pay
$40 a year for a paper like The
Producers News and let the adj
vertising go to hell. This idea
that we should be robbed of
thousands of dollars in order that
a few dollars might be paid to
the newspaper seems like darned
poor business to me.
81 used to make my cream into
butter and bring it to Plenty
wood where l always got a top
price-a bonus. OF course l
TRADED it out with the grocer
who handled the butter. My wife
and / had figured it out that
with this bonus and the Over-rum
on butter fat gained by doing
our own churning. that we made
by making and selling it in Plen-
tywOOd rather than shipping the
cream. However, we looked over
M. w. Savage's grocery price
list and noted the differences in
prices for what we had to pay
for them in PlentywOOd and
what Savage sold for. Then we
tried an experiment.
1--WE sent a can of cream to
the Kenmare creamery and took
the returns, $40 and few cents
and sent an order for groceries
to M. w. Savage. The quality
upon arrival was better than We
! got in PlentywOOd. After al
costs were added. do you know
what we saved on that SO or
der? You can't believe it buf
we saved $3.50-enJugh on eacl
ten dollar order to pay for ;
pair of shoes for one of the kids
and a good pair too, not the pa
per sOled variety they sell us a
PlentywOOd for that price. AL
my neighbOrs are sending t.
Savage for their groceries, TO
they figure that out of thei
next order they can pay for thu
Producers News out of the saw
ings and save SO cents. This i
fact. You can just tell you
readers to try for themselve
and see. Then they will know
who pays the merchants take
and freight and donations an
everything else-advertising in
cluded, besides for their house
and cars. l wont bother with do
ing any more churning myself.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
JUNIOR CLASS PLAY
AT ORPHEUM JAN. 10

The Plentywood High School
Junior Class play will occur at the
Orpheum theatre, Friday Jan. 16.
The afternoon performance will
occur at $3.50 and the evening per-
Torrance at 8:15. The play, "Miss
Somebody Else," is farce comedy
guaranteed to provoke mirth.
There will be several specialties,
between acts, worth the price of
admission.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Jack Dwyer and Ed. Estes
Open Up Establishment

Jack Dwyer and Ed. Estes, two
of the local booticians, have form
ed partnership and opened up a
refreshment joint over in Ted Cur
tain's old lunch room.
1t is said they have a fine and
varied stock of select wares On
New Years day Dwyer served
Tom and Jerry himself to the boys
but it is a safe bet that if a raid
should occur a bar tender will be
serving the joy water.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

hansen of Reserve, Farmer-Labor-
Te' succeeded Edward Iverson of
SSn'elope who was elected as a
tIafmer-Laborite IN the fall of 1924
SuV who afterwards flopped into
we Republican party. He served
we term as commissioner and will
low devote his entire attention to
MS farming operations.
We Aspelund retired after a ser
s!Oe IN the office of assessor of a
S;ecade. Mr.. Aspelund was elected
D D. l92S as a republican over Geo.
55olster who ran that year as a
SS ol. This term Mr. Aspelund
teufed and Mr.. Bolster was elected
" succeed him as a republican.
,s: Mss Singleton had served in the
tS-Llce OF county superintendent for
fyo terms, having defeated Miss
fun nl.ha Crone, Farmer-Laborite for
~'d1 office in the fall of 1926.
Sheriff's Office
mans Madsen starts a second
!; srm as sheriff. The only change
N NJ ms office is that of J. Fran,
~ IoIIay and Robert Smith changed
Ma .ces as deputy and undersheriff
-1ulay received the appointment
~ unSdersheriff and Smith as den
IVY sheriff. It is understood tina
VOntinued on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Simpson gave out a letter from
Senator Elmer Thomas of OklahO-
ma, which said the Farm Board
chairman gave the information to
the senate agricultural committee
at an executive session, Nov. o.
Farmers Sold
Legge was quoted as saying the
board rad sold $4,000 bushels OF
wheat in Chicago because it did
not desire to see the price go high
er after an upward trend hal beenR
started by Farm Board purchases
Spokesman for the board wers
represented as testifying it was
their wish to keep prices within
buying reach of the public In de-
pressed times; to make the grain
economical as feed for livestock.
instead of corn, and to prevent de-
liveries n a rising market when
the board already had insufficient
storage space for the hundred mil
lion bushels it had contracted to
buy.
The Thomas letter said that the
board advised the committee it had
a loss of $40,0O0,O00 on cotton and
SIS, 100000 on wheat and had paid
quarter of a million dollars IA
brokerage fees in purchases on the
Chicago exchange.
Easy to Save Wheat -
"Mr. Legge admitted it would be
an easy matter to force the price
of wheat TO at least a dollar and
could be done any time the board
desired" the letter stated.
Senator Thomas characterized m
"most amazing admission" the
farm board testimony in regard
to keeping wheat prices down and
told Simpson in the letter that UNI
less the board changes its atti-
tude and represents the farmer d.
; rectly, not other interests, I am
. sure it will be only preston of 3
Continued on last page.l
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Plentywood and Antelope
Ball Tossers Meet Jan. Is

The Plentywood Rangers and
the Antelope Athelets independent
basket ball quints will play a game
at the Farmer-Labor Temple, Plen-
tywood, Tuesday evening, Jan. IS.
This will be a fast and furious
game. The admission will be two
bits Antelope is coming five hun
dred strong to root for the home
bows.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
COMMISSIONERS ORGANIZED ON
MONDAY FOR ENSUING z YEARS
Anker Makes Frank French Chairman of the Board
Again-Says He is Not Competent for Job When Han
sen Nominated Him-KoIman Asks for Budget Raise
But Hansen Objects.

The board of county commissioners met In the COM
missoners chambers noon, Monday, for the first regu-
lar session of the bieniem and organized Carl Hansen
FarmerLaborite young farmer of the Coalridge pre-
cinct was the new member Victor Anker who had been
trip to Texas but who reported would not be
present at the organization meeting of the board
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Because of lack of space a COM
munication from the Taxpayers
Association, some correspondence,
a contribution to the letter box
as well as several column Of other
items of interest are left out this
week. And besides business has
been exceptional this week and the
paper had to suffer. All will be
published in our next issue.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Weather Delightful

The weather man has been
good to eastern Montana and
especially this section. Deem
Der broke all records for con-
tinuOus warm weather-mer-
curry was never below zero
during the month and it has
continued bright and clear and
warm thus far in January. In
fact in the memory of the old
citizen, has there ever been
such weather. The morning
skies are as pink as the morn
ings over the Mediterranean
shores.
! 4 4 4 A 4 A A 4 4
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Growing National Weekly
Joins the Federated Press

New York - FTP = Federal
ed Press is pleased to an
nOunce that The Progressive,
weekly newspaper published
) by the LaFOllette group for
) national circulation, has be-
come a member of labOr's
news service.
Inc Progressive is carrying
on smashing circulation
drive and appears destined to
> be great power for progress
ivism. It is a snappy, we'll
edited, newsy weekly-nO wOn-
der it is growing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
ANTELOPE H. S. TO
STAGE "HOODOO'

The Freshman and Sophomore
classes of the Antelope high school
will stage the bowling farce COM
edy, "Hoodoo," as the high school
play, Saturday evening, January
18th at the Sons of Norway hall,
Antelope. A matinee performance
will occur on the same stage, Fri
day afternoon, January II at two
o'clock. The play is a farce comedy
in three acts. The pupils of the
school have done lot of rehears-
ing and promise the public its
moneys worth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
500 Hungry Arkansas Farmers
Storm Village Stores For Food

Little Rock, Ark, Jen. 4-Exposng the lie of Hoover
that the Red Cross giving adequate relief to the
farmers stricken by the drought than 500 farmers
and their stormed the business section of the
of England Arkansas, town of about 1000 population,
demanding food for their starving families and threaten
ing to take if denied While of the farmers
white negro farmers also took part showing that the uni
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
SIMPSON, LECCE IN HOT CONTROVERSY

Hutchinson. Kansas Jan. An support of his charges
that Chairman Legge of the Federal Farm Board OPP
posed to cnrease in the price of wheat and cotton.
John A. Simpson farm leader, made public today
port that Legge testified last November in Washington
the board had caused break in wheat prices.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Monday morning was the beginning of new bienni-
en- Only three officials changed the complexion of the
County official family namely: George Bolster succeed
ed Ole Aspelund county Miss Marjorie Mar
kuson of Medicine Lake. republican, succeeded Miss Eth
e Smgeton as county superintendent of schools Car
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
ERICKSON DELIVERED MESSAGE TUESDAY

Helena, Jan. o. The Montana legislature Monday
organized tor its ensecond session in the legislative
chambers of the state capitol The plan of organization
adopted by the republican house caucus Sunday evening
carried out in the house without hitch the majority
of that party precudng effective opposition from the
democratic side of the chamber
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
As We See Ii
nv Tom O'FlaIlerty

No doubt you have heard of it,
hut | cannot refrain from COM
pI on the news that there
Lne 5I1 persons in the United
Statee in 1928 with incomes of
onp million dollars or more. beat
S :"S 1927 by 221. Surely this
Tvs S should abate the pessimism
tSot is growing up thruOut the
Land. People on all sides are
~ondering when the present de-
"rsssion is going to fade and
INV are wondering if we are not
~oinv to be permanently saddled
9Th 600 times more unemplOy-
n than the milliOn-dOllar crop
- 1928. Still as Calvin Coolidge
a;gbt say. the fact that a cOun-
~ ran support so many million
.iyes shows that We are a great
country. ,,,,,
There is another little newA
;t.m in the papers which tells us
tbot our benevolent government
Sas refunded about $15O,OO0.O00
toT reductions to the rich. The
limited States Steal Corp. heads
the list. The only poor man in
tho aggregation is Jack Dempsey
md he is a millionaire or ought
to he He paid for it by develop
inc face like a gorilla. Still
there are many ape-men who
haven't a dime. Its because they
have no eyelashes and no hair on
tbe eyebrows. What do you far
mers think of ttat? AS for the
unemployed workers the benevO-
lpnteers are thinking of taxing
them in order to get money in
circulation again.
!!!!!!!
Big-hearted Al CapOne's soup
and meat Joint. where he fed
thousands of workers daily, was
closed by the authorities. While
All had walters in uniform serv-
ing the hungry jObless workers
and giving them good food and
as much as they could eat three
times a day, the city authorities
were doing nothing and the vari-
GUS parasitioal dispensers of
prayers and stale dOughnuts were
getting their pictures in the pa
pers Al was passing out the fOd-
der and saying nothing about it.
Maybe his gOrillas were busily
engaged at the same time polish
ing off ATs private enemies"
but the hungry did not give a
darn. AL could wipe out most of
the town for all they cared.
!!!!!!!
Tho extremely fond of publici-
ty like most men with PERSONAL
ties AL kept quiet. Sooner or lat
er he knew that some busy body
of a refOrmer would learn about
it and then there would be pro-
tests against permitting Al to
feed anybody except the grafters
who protect him. And it came
to pass that the refOrmers heard
Of it, protested to the city auth
critics and APs place was prompt
ly closed and padlOcked as a NUS
anCe. But they dare not Close
AIS beer joints for which he il
paying protection. Had he paiC
protection to run his soup joint
the refOrmers could squawk al
they hked-nOthing would hap
pen. Perhaps Al is just as cas-.
of mind now that he no lOnge
has to pay out $4,000 a week TO
food and service for the unem
plOye6 Its a good investmen
for him and no doubt that will b
seen if they ever try to get
jury set against him.
!!!!!!!
The Chicago Tribune has it tina
three large Boston hotels hav
cut the price of food ten per CEN
Those hotels cater to the wealth
who could afford to pay the usu
(COptip,,oJ - 1o.4 yooo.a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Prices Kept under ST
by Legge's Activities

John A. Simpson, National President of Farmers Union
Dscloses Sale Deliberately Made by Board in Order -
Prevent Rise in Wheat Prices-Demands Congression-
al Investigation of National Farm Board Activities.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
Legislature Convened Monday Noon
Twenty-Second Ses-
sion Gets under Way

Fachsenhar Made Speaker of House and Leavitt Floor
Leader-Arnold Speaker Pro Tem-Tom Kane Sem
ate Republican Floor Leader and Donovan, Democrat
Both Bodies Organize and Notify the Governor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY OFFICIALS
COMMENCE ANOTHER BIENNLUM

Same Set of Officers Except County Assessor and Coun-
y Superintendent of Schools Elected Republicans,
to Succeed Others of Same Party-Carl Hansen Coun-
ty Commissioner and Jack Gibbons, Public Admins
traitor, Farmer-Laborites.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-08
ELMER REEDS LECTURE SET
 FOR THURSDAY
Parent Teacher Association Arranges for Spec
 ial Meeting

"In the Land Of Santa Claus, Elmer Reeds illustrated lecture on the Alaska of yesterday and today will be delivered at a special meet ing of the Juneau Parent-Teacher Association in the auditorium oi the Grade School next Thursday evening. The lecture was sched- uled to have been given at the regular monthly meeting of ths Parent Teacher organization last Tuesday evening, but was omitted them because so much time was taken by the girl pupils style show one of the earlier features of the program.
 Since the Tuesday meeting, re- quests in great numbers have beer received by officers of the associa- ticn asking that arrangement; again be made for delivery Of thl lecture. As the June meeting oi the association will be occupie1 with the annual election cf off, cers Mrs. Harold Smith, Presidero and Mrs Grover c. Vim, Secre- tary and chairman of the program committee, have decided on a spe- cial meeting for the address and have chosen next Thursday as the date.
 MT. Reed has acquiesced in the arrangement. He has frequently delivered the lecture on paid ad- missions both in the Stsses and Alaska. His concurrence in the plan of the Parent Teacher asso- citation affords the public an oppor- tunity to enjoy an evening of most delightful ent I t a n m mt nsxt Thursday withouo the least ex- pense.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-08
TRIMMER TO GIVE PRIZES

D. B. Femmer, of the Northland Co. is offering $7.5C EAs first prize and $2.50 as second Eprize to school children submitting kthe best reasons why the Northland Transportation O., operating the motorships "NORTHLAND" and "NORCO," should be granted 8 contract by the U. s. Postoffice Department for the carrying o1 Me U. s. Mail twelve months ir the year instead of the winter months only.
 Rules of Contest:
 1. Contest closes Saturday, May 16th.
 2. Address all letters to Post master General, Washington, D., c and enclose the letter in an en- velope addressed to D. B. Femmer, Agent, Juneau, Alaska
 3. The best reason WHY THE CONTRACT SHOULD BE AWARD ED, First Prize, $7.50.
 4. SECOND PRIZE, $250. ' 5. Judges for this contest will be announced later. 6. Open only to school children of all ages. --adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-08
COLLEGE DANCE
 SATURDAY NIGHT

The profits of the dance which is to be given by the Business and Professional Women's Club tomor- TOW night go towards the fund to help scme girl on her college career. The fund is already started, and it is expected tomorrow's entertain men5 will complete it.
 The requisites are that the scholarship go to some girl who is a graduate of tho Juneau High School with high scholastic standing. She also must be con- templating some business or prof essional career.
 Tickets may be secured from Miss Genevieve Mulkey at Frye -Bruhn's Mrs. Katherine Jarman, Miss Stella Jcnes, Miss Caroline D. Todd or at the door.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-05-08
U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WEATHER BUREAU
 Tue Went7ler

(By U S. Weather Bureau Forecast vicinity beginning at pm May S: tonight and Saturday, moderate southeastery wo