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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

4A01n k1Oht R6AGI
dividual embOnpoint Exhibits:
we'll in the personal rotunda of in
chins number 2 and 8. and where
ever flesh shows a rolling tenden-
cy we may expect 10 meet human
skeletons afoot Tor crated) in the
immediate neighborhood = excep-
tons prove the rule-and ute oft
en- we findthe skeleton begging
food from the fat party oblivious
of the fact he is predestined to fail
in his plea not because of any
flintiness of the fleshy ones heart
but because, alas, the big boy
(big madam) is too stout to rise
from the easy chair with out rope
and pulleys-
mo" solves the problem (taker
from life). At times expansion
is resorted to in such a grand
scale (as at presently that half the
plants, utilities, machinery, art
just so much useless display anC
wealth Observation-Disclosures the wit
less double-tracking Of railroad!
to handle two or four trains {
day; the palatial cream stations
(Bordens) windows boarded anC
hay two feet high in its siding .
To accomplish this and other gi
gantic expansion there must b,
contraction somewhere and unles
all signs are upside down me
thinks it is the farmer and work
er that is tightening up his belt.
Now before we go let US try t
bear in mind this one thing, thi
immutable law:
You cannOttake something fror
someone and change it 10 nothing
it remains no matter what you d
whit; if the taking away o
things from anybody is carried ia
enough, soon there shall be moth
ing more 30 take away and tn
person or persons standdeflateC
But the things taken away are no
turned to naught, they exist an
constitute an initiation beginnin
IN the original carrier increasing
ly to the ultimate receiver.
Thus it follows. to say 18th
} farmer shall be Debated" is 10 sa
big business shall be inflated
this has been done as an organize
move, hence if the producer resire
to deflate big business it must OF
ganize for that purpose.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
Business Men Post Bond
for Man on Rum Count

Froid, Aug. o. A $500 bond
was furnished by two local bust
ness men for Charles Holland on
whose farm was discovered a 30
gallon still. Holland, brought to
Froid by Indian Policeman Charles
Thompson, will appear for trial IN
November at Great Falls.
o. M. McCabe and H. L. Mcneil
furnished bond for Holland. Hol-
lands property is west of Froid
on the Fort Peck Indian reserva-
tion. Thompson brought two gal
Ions of alleged moonshine anC
mash as evidence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

joining lands were paid hundreds
of thousands of dollars as bonus
es, in addition to their 1215% roy
atty. The state was to be reward
ed at the expiration of the five
year lease contracts which provid-
ed for the sale Of developed prop
critics TO highest bidders.
Whether your proportionate
share, Mr.. Erickson, was large OF
small in these oil leases, the press
seemed justified in its use OF
some fairly large figures. A pa
per called the Helena Independent
dated October 10, 1926, reprinted
an article from a Spokane paper
which, in part, read.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
~OIL FIRM PAYS 18th DIvI-
DEND. TOTAL RENTED
To STOCKHOLDERS SINCE
ORGANIZATION IS $1,112s12

"The first dividend paid by the
Kaispell-Kevin Oil Company was
in 1924, when. the. stockholders
participated to the extent Of S89,-
1920. Following this, the larg-
est payment in the history of the
company was made when checks
totaling $518, 437 so were. issued.
The third dividend amounted to
$241, 1880 and the fourth, $82,-
95O.OO."
"The company has never drilled
a well but in every case has re-
tainde royalty ON leases let to
drilling companies"
Had your company paid its full
income tax for the previous years
the dividend referred to as the
fourth, ($82,950.) would have been
in the neighborhood Of 100000
and the previous dividends would
have been of lesser amounts. It
appears therefore, that the varia-
ton in production during those
years, was not great, and that the
royalty earnings of your company,
averaging about $250,0OO a year,
should tend to establish the value
of the particular producing area,
at the time when the leases were
to expire, and when the states in
terest was to increase from 12veo
to 1000 until the sale to highest
bidders for the benefit of the
school fund.
Your state land commissioner re-
Gently published statement, show
ing that the states royalty (12h }
amounted to s313,997.30 for the
year ending June 80. 1927. This
would indicate a total earning for
the oil wells on school lands Of
nao~I-- - --I e-A e :..-.:.ss5s;1,i,r
for the year ending June 30, 1927
and a twenty per cent return on
a valuation Of s12,50O,O00 or q
forty per cent return on 5 $50, 000
Il is likely therefore that If the oil
leases had been permitted to ex-
pire during the near-peak period
namely June and July 1927, the
school fund would have been en-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
GATHERIIV& 4
VES ETA6GG<&

Of the largest cattle ranches In the
country are in Florida.
During the past few years almoss
two million dollars has been invested
in plants to utilize the by-prod,icts of
the citrus fruit industry. In the words
Of the old saw, what they can't eat.
they can" or preserve, or save -
fruit juices.
The forthcoming journey Of Waiting
farmers will undoubtedly be Of
enormous value to both the agricul-
tural development OF Florida and also
to the visiting farmers. The Sea -oa-d
Air Line Railway has taken very
active interest in the promotion q
Florida agriculture Cna its - Its
will be able to show Florida Il:
methods to the greatest acVa&.-se.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
DEMAND
Continued from Front Page)


the commissioners who received the
delegation politely and calmly, re-
spending to the demands of the
spokesman by explaining what
steps had been taken for the re-
lief of the needy cases and finally
solemnly promising that none
should suffer if it lay in their
power TO prevent it.
The board agreed to call spe-
cial bond election to provide the
money for the poor fund if the
farmers would circulate the proper
petitions, and it also recommended
that the townships also bond for
the same purpose, which the COM
mittee of nine from the United
Farmers League promised to do.
Mr.. Mattingly of WillistOn, a
former railroad man, acted as the
spokesman for the farmers COM
mittee. All members of the board
responded and several members of
the committee spoke. The board
was told that the farmers and
workers faced a terrible winter
and that the women and children
must not starve in a country
where the graneries were full anC
the warehouses packed, and wher
men were willing to work.
The board invited the committee
Of the United Farmers League tc
cooperate with them as an ex-offi-
clio board Of advisors which the
committee consented to do.
After the meeting at the couri
house the farmers met on a stree
corner with a number of bushes.
men where Mr.. Mattingly and Ed
itor Taylor of the Producers New
at Plentywood spoke on the prob
lens Of the farmers and workers
the depression and the drouth sit
NATHAN
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

route For nearly forty years the tram
has carried health and pleasure
seekers 70 the picture town with the
warm healing waters. through tbs
narrow open gate OF the buffalo.
Custer State Park which nas
brought the buffalo home to safety,
both from storms and careless hunt
ers. covers $4,000 acres and n the
largest Of all the state parks. 10
begins In the foothills and extends
into the very heart OF the mountain.
-------Er@-.=zs Sre urugniucenr Needles
and 6arury FeaK, the highest
poins between the Rockies anc tie
Atlantic ocean-
Besaee - B9GAlo. n provides
ancsuzxy ScR $50 e.. 9.ooo deer. and
large numbers Of red aux. porcupines,
beavers. wolves. coyotes. and Other
ifsele Wild things :1cluding q great
variety o. native biEa&
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
SCHOOL CHILDREN DE-
FRAUDED OF MILLIONS

Disclosures in these lease mat
tiers were given publicity by
Clark's Free Press, two years ago.
They were directed 10 you but you
were silent. Your managers tried
to explain with statements to the
effect that your personal interests
were not large enough to dissuade
you from duty. The closing hours
Of the then campaign brought
from you a confession Of owner
ship Of a small interest, which
confession was in accord with the
representations of your election
managers. And while you admit
ted for yourself, a small owner
ship in these leases, you have not,
10 this day, explained why you al
lowed your co-owners to defraud
Montana's school children to the
probable extent Of Five Million
Ilnlllers, when YOU could nave pre-.
vented it by Withholding your sig
nature as governor. which gave
final approval to the act.
The leases in question were tc
expire in June and July, 1927. Fol
these leases the State was PAID
nothing except 121ze6 royalty
while the private owners Of ad,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

epidemics already have reached
large proportions and there are
hundreds Of new hospital cases ev-
cry day.
Deaths are mounting hourly.
Conditions already are bad and are
becoming worse"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

Buffalo have come back 90 the
Black Hills around which they travel
% IN great herds before gold was
found IN French Greek nearly sixty
Fears ago One hundred and seventy
81 these animals. almost forgotten IN
their old habitat are protected IN the
state Game Park. beginning IN the
foot hills where the buffalo came IN
nulutudes for protection from prairie
winters. pounding IN through the
b-clen Pace II the mountain wan e
~ "a rl,ri. .ts-rle-- sus -.
- - nssss = szS=...1 sssz@
ne nttle sown q the sSnae nsrne,
te- than . dozen miles southeast Of
q scutheCc border o. Lhe sanctuary.
& - gInrccn q she Hot SPRINGS
frCm tAs main lire o. the
c $50 q sorth western Railway
r -re nrrth C Rapid CITY and
peaasooo alonS he Cd stAEs-ooaeh
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
FARM BOARD TO TRADE WHEAT TO
BRAZIL FOR COFFEE: CHINA DEAL
MEETS WITH HOOVER'S APPROVAL

Board Contracts to Exchange Twenty five Million Bush
els of Wheat for 100000 Bags of Coffee Beans
Fifteen Million Bushels of Wheat to be Sold Famine
Stricken China on Long Term Credits-No Limit to
Amount that be Sold to China Providing People
Can Learn to Consume Wheat Instead of Rice.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
THOUSANDS OF BODIES ARE
FLOATING ON GREAT RIVERS

Hankow, Aug. 23.- The river
Yangtse pouring its yellow waters
over hundreds Of miles Of densely
populated territory has caused one
Of the greatest catastrophes Of
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
SHOULD BE CALLED

1t may not be too late for par
tial restitution. Genuine sympa-
thy for the oppressed should d.
rect you to break away from the
ENTRENCHED DESTRUCTIVE
MACHINE and to call the legis-
1ators into extraordinary session
30 the end that a measure Of re-
lief may be provided for the des-
titute and the distressed. You
should recommend definitely, the
passage of an equitable. collectable
revenue measure. You should be
governed by the idea that the Tel
ephone Company, the hydro-electric
companies and the gas companies
will not be over taxed If required
collectively, to pay license taxes,
aggregating 100000 a year,
And you should recommend that a
schedule Of railroad rates be adopt
ed CONFORM with the decision
written by Justice Hughes, in the
famous Minnesota case, and which
in substance, was to the effect
that in times Of depression, the
railroads must take their losses
along with everybody else.
If this letter contains any state
ment at variance with facts, I viii
be pleased if advised of the par
ticulars.
t FRANK 7 EDWARDS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
on LEASE SCHEMES-

One of these schemes was the
renewal Of unrenewable oil leases
on lands that belong 10 the school
children Of this state, ("to be kept
inviolate" by the land board of
which the governor is a member)
situated in the Kevin-Sunburst
field. The knowledge of the facts
associated it'll this single contribu-
ton to the nations economic
plight, may be helpful to those whs
are still wondering how it all hap
pened.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
OWNERS PAID CASH .
BONUSES IN ADVANCE

Every person who held a state
oil lease knew and understood, &C
cording to its specified terms, that
it was to expire and come to an
end, five years from its date. Such
holders knew also, that on expira-
ton dates, they were to vacate and
the highest bidder take possession.
This became a serious matter to
lease holders, including your COM
pany, Mr.. Erickson, during the
Autumn and Winter Of 1926. Their
highly profitable leases we're 10
come to an end the following sum-
mer Of 1927. These leases had cost
nothing-they had produced mill
ions. The owners of adjoining
lands exacted and were paid huge
bonuses in cash, in advance Of
drilling, whether there was I'll OF
not. The state leases were more
attractive because the substitute
for the cash-in-advance bonus
could be paid out of profits from
previous production, to the schOo
childrens' auctioneer, at the end o.
five years. Proper protection fol
the school fund was provided fol
by law and the written lease-con
tracts, but the System" required
that the auction-block be avoided
and the school children defrauded.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
STORY TOLD OF HOW IL
MEN EACH HAVE $4,000
MONTHLY FROM INVEST
MENT OF 500 DOLLARS

Governor Erickson, George F.
Stannard, ]. K. LANCE, attorney,
and several other residents of
kalispell, Montana, and a few
from other places, IL of them IN
all, are receiving an income of
$4,000 a month, partly because
they accepted failure like true
sportsmen. Incidentally, this in.
come of $4,000 each is rolling to
them from an investment of $500
each 1t is their share of a
steadily rising flow of oil from
the Kevin-Sunburst field of Mon.
tana that has reached $500, OOC
in value"
The full story as reprinted from
the Spokane paper, may be seer
and read at the State Historical
Library. The latest statement ap-
peared IN some Montana papers
last month and, in part, was al
follows:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

riched, by highest bidders, in a
sum not much less than 5000; 900.
In this outrage, involving the lease
renewals, the school children were
without representation. Even the
educational bond promoters, and
the agitators for higher school tax
| levies were silent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

Washington. Aug a. The farm board contracted
Saturday trade Is OOO 900 bushels of its surplus wheat
Brazil for 100000 bags of coffee No money is in
volved in the deal The coffee will be withheld from the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
ATTORNEY GENERALS
OPINION IGNOREDA

Four months prior to the ter
minating dates of these leases, a
Montana legislature was conven-
iently in session. A system" re-
lief bill was introduced. The At
torney General, the states highest
legal adviser, in theory, protested
and declared that the law required
adherence to the provisions of the
lease contracts, and that any pro-
posed relief measure by the legis-
lature would be unconstitutional.
The Attorney Generals opinion
counted for naught. in this five
million dollar contest between pri-
vate and public interests. The bill
passed. Ten years of additional
life for state leases were provided
for, and the governor added the fl
nal stroke of approval. The state
lease hounds were given a free
pass at both ends of their five
year leases, and the school fund
suffered.
AS stated before. this lease af-
/ fair is one of the thousands of in
trigues that collectively, account
for the present stagnation, depres-
sion, unemployment, uncertainty
and general disquietude.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
China's 5000 years of recors.,,
torv uSQ lis

China's 5000 years of record.I,'
tory. hl&
1t appeared tonight that
deaths may be numbered LOO
hundreds of thousands. FAM, tN
pestilence rose in the VALLEY 9; and
walton and disease follows oSar'
on the quicker and more ro, elos
death by drowning. iO
Floating Bodies
Thousands Of bodies of
victims float on the three st, LOG
which join here. Ahead of tbseS ins
the Yangtse's way to the So q
other bodies of peasants ove,+ + ~
in the fertile lowlands which ~
were reluctant to abandon n
bow now holds 100000 rst1. s-'
from nearby points to whom SO SO
be added a large number o. Is
local population now without ro.sA
of support.
In Shanghai another loan.
have taken refuge, with more ~.
ing by every down-river ste.r..s
sailing craft, sampan or msI
shift boat
Epidemic in Hankov Dr.
worse hourly with scores and h..
dreds dying from typhoid. dvss.
terry, malaria, cholera and star.
ton.
Even the temporary quarter. r.,
the refugees may fall before y.
flood waters any time The hT'
above Wuchang are affordinO ~
uge for some. Food is being bn,
in by painfully inadequate mean.
Medicine is being sent I'D rivs
from Shanghai. Any means of bsS
is wholly inadequate in the face !
such disaster.
Land Will Not Drain
Much of the flat land win ~
drain before late in the fan !
early winter. This will rend,
spring paintings next year diff
cult in some places, impossible
others. Further famine will be u
result.
Men, women and children a
watching the refuse borne upon d
flood and dragging every scrap e
en- remotely edible to their precal
Gus refugees. So desperate is d
plight of the people that many S.
cides are reported. Others, emai
ated by prolonged fast and wO
4 by exposure merely collapse in
e the water when their endurance
gone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
RAYMOND

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Continued from Front Page)
headed in the same direction. The
net result Of these profiteering
schemes is due to the aggregate,
and not to any particular one Of
them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28
CHINA

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ALL THE NEWS

(eOntinuAd from front page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-28

II dPPedIeu UOnlght that =.
deaths may be numbered N LOO
hundreds of thousands. Fam;u, te
pestilence rose in the VALLEY lew = and
walton and disease foIlowsi oSai'
on the quicker and more no ~ elos
death by drowning. 'cdOl
Evening star., 1931-12-16
An Alpine Vactionland.

Those who wander into beautiful Ba-
varia for their holidays this Summer
will find that the Zugspitz Railway,
which goes to the top of Germany's
highest mountain, has been completed
by the placing in operation of the sus-
pended cable stretch which covers the
last 1000 feet from the station at the
Schneefernerhaus to the summit. The
top can now be reached from the Gar
isch-Partenkircken station in a little
under two hours, an ascent of 1875
miles. With the exception Of the last
stretch the car runs on rails. The new
Schneefernerhaus is five-story hotel.
The view from the terrace of the Alps
is splendid.
Evening star., 1931-12-16

ACROSS.
j. A series of eight.
8. American playwright
0. Indian corn
II. One hundred lakhs.
Is. Brewing vessel.
1s. Addition.
II. PFonoun.
18. Discerdant combination of sounds.
q, To have existence.
2c. Batter
y. Whip made of untanned skin.
81. fuzzy covering
26. Send out
2e. Glide rhythmically.
2e. Greatest amount.
30, Light poem.
-. Grassy field.
80 Disfgure.
"a. Drudges.
81. South American herdsman.
Al, Expenditure.
q. Prayer; archaic.
43. Commended.
Is. Clash.
46. Lacy fabric.
81. Sense of hearing
%, Settle downward.
30. Algonquian Indians.
81. Wool or cotton hlament.
81. Spread around.
81. Peer.
b8. Tropical American bird.
SO. Oily liquid.
81. Otherwise.
81. Rigidly xcrupulous.
64. Depart.
IS. Second cutting OF hay: dial.
81. Speck.
Sc. Young horses.
70. Sharp twist
II. Before.
~. Vocal infections.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-02
MARYLAND FARM INCOME
FOR YEAR 1880

Preliminary estimates place
the gross income, from farm
products in Maryland at ST.
785, 900, according to Richard
C. Ross, Agricultural Statistic
ian for the Maryland Crop Re
porting Service. Cash income
last year was about $62, 407,-
900. These estimates include
income from both crop and
livestock sources.
The gross income dropped
about $10O,262,00O in 1929, a
decrease of about 22.4 per cent.
The cash income declined
more than the gross income,
dropping 24.5 per cent from
the $82,619,00O received in
1929. The gross and cash in
come in 1880 were both about
20 per cent lower than the av-
erage of the five years preced-
ing 1880.
Income from crops and live
stock was low in 1880, but live
stock incomes declined less
than crops. The gross income
from livestock showed a de-
cline of 1915 percent from 1929
to 1880, but was about equal to
the five year average. Gross
income from crop sources last
year was 34.1 per cent less than
that of 1929 and about 35.9 per
cent lower than the five year
average.
Cash income from crops in
1880 declined 37.3 per cent
from that of 1929, and was 1913
per cent lower than the aver
age for the five years 1925 to
1929. Cash income from live
stock sources of all kinds last
year was only about 1915 per
cent lower than the previous
year, and was slightly higher
than the five year average.
In making these estimates,
cash income is defined as the
value Of quantities actually
sold off the farms where pro-
duced, while gross income re-
lates to cash income plus the
value of the products consumed
in the farm household on the
farm where produced.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-10-02
EARL CARROLL "VANITIES'
AT FORD'S THEATRE

The eighth edition of Earl Carroll
'Vanities" with the original New
York caste and production is coming
to Ford'S Theatre, Baltimore, for
one week beginning Monday night,
October 9Th, with matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday. This is the show
which was produced at the New
Amsterdam Theatre, New York, last
season and which continued at that
house for more than seven months.
Special attention will be given to
mail orders from out of town patrons
and Ford's Theatre will insure the
best choice of seats to all those who
order by mail.
The scenic production is massive
and the company numbers one hum
dred people. While on tour speci-
al train of four Pullmans and four
of the largest baggage cars are re-
quired for transportation.
Each season Earl Carroll produ-
ces new edition of this annual
revue and this is the first time this
company and production have been
seen in Baltimore.
With utter disregard for expense
Mr.. Carroll assembled twenty of the
worlds leading comedians to create
laughs and chorus of fifty-six girls
to grace the 'Vanities" with meir
fluffy presence, and, some of them
are among the most beautiful girls
in the world. 1t is revue not want
ing in any department of amusement
and it contains everything that is
excellent in abundance. This bril-
liant potpourri is particularly rich in
comedy.
Staged in sixty scenes, the show
moves through fast succession of
comedy scenes, dance ensembles
and specialties, song numbers, gor-
geous scenic spectacles and brilliant
and colorful light effects. In his
three principal comedians Mr.. Car
roll has the material for royal good
humor and he makes excellent use
of Herb Williams, whose pathetic
and uncertain manner is genuinely
funny, Jack Benny, whose subtlery
is usually on the side of humor and
the diminutive Chaz Chase, whose
spontaneous Glowing is always
superb.