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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
.$l5O,OOO SALVAGED
FROM ship WRECK

San Pedro, Calf, Nov. 1.-Es-
corted by a coast guard patrol
boat the tug Peacock, carrying
$3.50, 900 worth of gold bullion ana
silver coins salvaged from the lin
er Colombia, wrecked off the
Mexican coast Sept. II, docked
here today with unique story Of
salvage operations.
Members of the crew on the
tug revealed $4,000 in silver
coins had been picked up off the
floor of the ocean and in the
wreckage 70 feet under water aft
er the liners strong room had
been blown open with dynamite.
They said the $4,000 worth of
gold bullion, destined to the San
Francisco mint from a Latin
American country, had been recov-
cred from the vessels hulk after
the dynamite had ripped the craft
open.
A tug remained at the wreck to
salvage the remainder of $185, 00C
worth of bullion that was in the
ships strong room when it piled
up on the rocks. There were 30C
passengers and crew were rescued
from the wreck.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
BROOKLYN DEMOCRATIC BOSS
TELLSOF MAKING L JUDGESHIPS

Discussing his sons nomination
to the bench, the elder McCooey
said that the day before the NOM
ination was made he told Jack
that you'll have to make I'D yOur
mind-there's no objection to Vi.
gor and youth, and you have
both"
McCooey admitted that he had
been the principal factor in the
negotiations over division of the
judgeships, and that it was he
who suggested the seven-tO-fiye
split. The suggestion was readily
accepted by the republican leaders
in Albany.
The negotiations began, the wit
ness declared at at dinner of the
bar association, held in February
1880.
On that occasion. Presiding
Judge Lazansky of the appellate
division stressed the need for more
judges to clear the court calendar,
Meier Steinbrink. then republ.
can leader in Brookly, came to him
at the dinner, McCooey said, and
proposed that they "get together
on a plan to obtain the new posi-.
tions.
"Any time you say" McCoOey
declared he told Steinbrink.
There followed a series of con
| ferences at which the "deal" wa
finally arranged, according to wit
nesses.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
COUNTY ASSESSOR ANSWERS HIS
CRITICS OF OFFICE MANAGEMENT

cluded in Zone One. if over two
miles your land will be in Zone
Two, etc. Each zone changes ev-
cry two miles and a reduction of
fifty cents per acre is made in
land values for each zone pertain
ing to agricultural land and all
grazing land has bee nreduced in
value about 409o having now q
uniform price.
Tie re-zoning of the county as
thus outlined made it necessary to
check the Redistribution of each
90 acre tract of land and compute
the value therefore based on the
schedule outlined and recommend
ed by the board of tax commits
sioners and approved by the boarc
of county commissioners.
A complete new set of classifi
cation plats in typewriter form
has also been prepared with the
names of the owner inserted.
The card index system is being
altered to correspond with tn
classes and values of land oecas
stoned by the change.
In addition to the above the ad
| dressograph plates must be read
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
Sentiment Against Hang
ing of Women In Arizona

Phoenix, Ariz., Oct. 28.- A
gruesome recollection of the last
woman to be hanged in Arizona
may prove to be more important
than any point of evidence in saw
ing the live of Winnie Ruth judd,
accused murderess of two of her
former friends here. and who was
brought back from Los Angeles
Thursday for trial.
Eva Dugan, a middle aged WI
dow, was executed at the state
prison at Florence IN February
1880. Her heavy body was toe
great a strain on a slender necl
and her head was torn from hel
body. The public has not yet re
covered from the horrible sight o.
a woman's head torn from he
body, rolling around in the filth
the mouth gaping, and tn
eyes bullying from the sockets, tn,
facial nerves twitching while tn
torso itself jumped, kicked, rolled
plunged and attempted to stand u
the blood gushing from the sever
ed arteries in the neck and spray
ing the interior of the scaffol
enclosure and driving the witness
es to shelter outside and on to
of the gibet. Juries since the
have consistently refused to infliC
the death penalty on women an
most men although several Q
each sex have been tried on frs
degree murder charges.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

justed to show changes in address
and ownership, as well as the
changes In zones.
To the general public, re-7Oning,
Redistribution, revaluation, ct,
may sound like Greek or Latin,
but when you stop to consider that
Sheridan county contains approx
imately one million acres of as
sessable land and each section is
divided into subdivisions of 40
acres or less land these 40 acre
tracts may contain two or three
kinds of land you can readily sp-
preciate the tremendous lot of fig
uring entailed to make all these
segregations, to arrive at the true
valuation according to its classifi-
cation, which figures must all be
worked out before they can com
pute what will be the new tax
valuation by reason of the foregc-
ing changes.
Any party interested in getting
any further information will be
welcome at the office any time.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

By Geo. Bolster County Assessor
Considerable criticism has come
to the county assessors office rel
alive to the continual employ
ment of an additional clerk when
in previous years clerk hire dur
ing the slack season of the sum-
mer months has not been neces-
sary.
The County Assessors office is
one of the busiest offices in the
court house due to the additional
work occasioned by the re-zoning
of the county.
AS a preliminary ground work
to enable them to make an accur-
ate check on re-zoning we pre-.
pared a large wall map 8x9 fee
which shows the outline of every
farm in the county, with the own
er's name inscribed. This map alst
shows an outline of each schoo
district as well as the outline o.
the re-zoning.
Each zone is computed on tn,
basis of milage from the neares
market town. IF your land is 10
Gated within two miles from an,
market town such land will be in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

(ContiRaed from Front Page)
$50, 947 in the one-third year as
compared with 24,665.848.
The postal deficiency also has
increased, jumping from $4,000
$50 to S65,000,000.
Officials would not discuss the
fast growing deficit. Experts have
been searching for new sources of
revenue and Secretary Mellon will
submit his annual recommendation
to President Hoover in the next
10 days.
The secretary has not decided
whether he will recommend revi-
sion of the tax system but he has
said he would lay before congress
full details of the governments
financial situation.
A selective sales tax has been
considered by the treasury, but q
decision is yet to be made.
In addition to the daily expense
of operating the government and
carrying on an expanded building
and public works program, tbs
government must prepare fol
funding $4,000, 100000 in Libert,
loan bonds callable next year ant
the year after and must meet al
most one billion dollars worth o
maturing securities in Decembe
and nearly an equal amount mex
March.
4 The gross public debt. which re
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

A vIATORS cannot afford to have
"A jumpy nerves, slow mental re-
actions and sluggish muscles. Their
lives, and the lives OF other people,
too often depend solely upon their
ability to act quickly and surely.
And most aviators are coffee-drink-
ers, which forcefully indicates that
coffee is a valuable article in the
diet, as psychologists and biologists
have often demonstrated.
On two Of Americas greatest air
lines, Western Air Express and the
mighty Boeing system, hot coffee is
served at airpo:ts and also to pas.
sengers in the arr. A recent sur
vey showed that on these two lines
an average of nine cut of ten pas
sengers drank hot coffee during
flights Of 500 miles and over.
Other lines have the same story tc
tell-coffee is necessary to those
who fly. Indeed, the leases Of some
airports contain a clause stipulating
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
CHARITY RACK
ETEERS Exposed

Minneapolis. - Assailing the
charity racket and complaining
that many of the contributions to
the Community Fund are obtain
ed from poor employees under
duress, the Youth Section of the
Minneapolis League for Indepen-
dent Political Action is carrying .
demand for an investigation to the
city council
Daily newspapers here have re-
fused to give the league any pnb-
icity ON the fight, although the
figures proving that almost half
of all money raised "to help the
unemployed goes to pay salaries
10 be exact, $1,070,992 out of
$21S2,5SS IN contributions were
not denied by the "raeketeers-"
Many big companies, 1t Is said
simply deduct contributions from
their employees pay envelopes -
all of which helps to keep the boss
es' personal contributions and tax
fes down.
mot only is the campaign liter
ature of the community fund mis-
leading" says q statement ISSUED
by the league, "but according t.
persistent reports, many cOntribu
tons are obtained under duress
Industries are allotted certain
sums 30 raise or goals to reach
Officials IN industries pass tn
burden on to thei remployees VIII
; must contribute If they hold thei
, jobs.
'In view of the injustice o
maintaining these many sOcis
: agencies by appealing to people
relieve the suffering of the unen
plOyed, and in view of more pra'
teal means of unemployment II
lief, we wish to register this pull
a Tic protest"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

that hst coffee must always be ready
when planes are arriving or depart
ing.
No great air expedition within the
last four years, with the possible
exception Of two, has been under
taken without the inclusion of hot
coffee in thermos bottles to sustain
the aviators through the long grind.
In the Army and Navy, flight sur
geons unanimously approve coffee
for airmen whenever they want IL.
Miss Jean Hesslar, dietitian for
one Of the largest air lines operat-
ing in California, has this to say Of
coffee: Coffee has a psychological
value which is often underestimated
by those who deal strictly in Gallo
ries and vitamins. In reality, it is
a valuable tonic, and particularly
among fliers who have found 1t ia
be of great benefit in the diet.
always prescribe coffee, both fol
pilots and passengers"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

only exercising their right to de-
mand decent working conditions
and a living that would enable
them to live and raise their fami-
lies in a decent manner.
We pledge our best efforts and
cooperation with you in establish
ing a workers and farmers gov
eminent under which there will be
no exploiting class to murder and
injure the workers.
More power to you.
Resolution Committee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
BUYS CULBERTSON MARKET

Froid, Oct. 81. - Albert Zelt,
proprietor of the City Meat Mar
ket here for eight years, has pur.
chased the Huxol market at Gull
bertson and viii take possession in
about two weeks. Zelt sold the
City Market here to William An
derson two years ago and has been
farming since.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
BRITAIN CASE
Continued from Front Page)

NN04bAuWC4 AAQm \ AV4Ab \ 3&Gl
lonesome life in the executive
mansion while the complaining
witness found it so remarkably
easy to gain admission at will,
day or night, and without the
knowledge of the wife," one of the
counsel read from the book.
Too Well Guarded
cit is impossible for any one to
enter the White House except IN
der rigid surveillance. If you
doubt it, try it. The prisoner of
Chillon enjoyed a privacy denied
the chief executive of this nation,
De Barthe's book said.
When court resumed for the
Afternoon session, a large crowd Of
persons stood at the doors to heal
the testimony, but the session
had been postponed while Judg,
Killits and the attorneys confer
red in private upon the procedure
to be followed in the remaindel
of the hearing.
Toledo, Nov. 3.-Miss Nan Brit
! ton, who claims the late Presiden
! Harding was the father of he
. daughter, was libeled by attack
on her character in the book, 9Th
Answer to the Presidents Daugh
ter" Federal Judge Killits rule
i, today.
Although the Judge did not Civ
a formal verdict in Miss Britton'
suit for $4,000 damages agains
C. A. Klunk, Marion. o. hotel
. keeper, he said statements in tn
: book which attacked Miss Britto
. were hbelous per sc, and added
4 "There is nothing left for til
= plaintiff to show except the e.
/ tent of the publication"
! Judge Killits' ruling was give
shortly after he issued an ordt
II barring newspaper reporters an
4 all other spectators from the trii
: because he had heard many pc
sons were attending the trial sol
: ly in the hope of hearing test
: mony of lasciviousness.
- Miss Britton's own book, "Tl
y Presidents Daughter" elaine
v she had clandestine meetings wit
8 President Harding in the Viii
House. The other book. write
h by Joseph Debarthe. now dea
q said such meetings would ha'
been impossible, and accused Mi
r Britton of degeneracy.
$ Judge Killits said degeneral
E. does not necessarily mean perve
r sion, but that nevertheless the a
n cusation was hbelous. Klunk w
N sued on the ground that he help,
10 circulate the volume.
Because President Harding h
o. been dead four years before Mi
lie Britton's own book was publishe
K her volume was not hbelous, {
l. Judge said. zone can't libel
ir dead man." he explained.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06

Elected the $9OS,OOO,OOO deficit of
last year, increased more than one
billion in the last year. On Oct
81, 1880, it was S16,179,S37, 1896
Last Saturday it totaled 1885,
714,O1S.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-11-06
FARMERS!

You need your own pa
per now more than ever
before. Pay up your sub
scription to The Produc-
ers News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
GOTHAM PROBE COST
PLACED AT 100000
Legislative Committee Will Hire
40 Lawyers-Untermeyer
to Aid Walker.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, April 3.-The Times
today said leading Republican mem
bers of the Legislature estimated the
impending legislative investigation of
New York City would cost 100000.
The Legislature appropriated half that
amount.
Employment Of 40 lawyers, in addi-
ton to a clerical force, to assist Sam
uel Seabury, who will be counsel for the
legislative committee, was forecast
Samuel Untermeyer, who is counsel
for District Attorney Thomas G. T.
Grain in the investigation Of that Off
calls conduct in Office, will assist Mayor
Walker to prepare an answer to the
charges filed against him by the City
Affairs Committee. Former Supreme
Court Justice Daniel F. Cohalan will
collsborate on the answer.
The Times said writing Of the answer
would begin Immediately on the mayors
return Sunday and that the reply
would not only deny the charges Of
ineflciency and negligence, but would
cite the accomplishments of the city
administration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
$244,543 PAID TO CHEST
March Collections Bring Figure to
AZ Per Cent Of Total.

With a total Of s244,54341 received
in March on Community Chest pledges,
largest in the history OF the chest, Al
per cent Of the amount pledged in the
1881 campaign has been paid, 1t was
disclosed yesterday.
Increased collections are due to in
creased facilities Of the auditing de-
partment through system recently in
stalled by accounting experts, accord
ing to Elwood Street, director of the
Chest. Large amounts have been re-
ceived through banks this year, a
method which is seemingly popular, the
director said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
SOVIET PRODUCTION.
OF TRACTORS LAGS.
StaIingrad Plant Beset by
Many Difficulties, Re-
port Shows.
BY JUNIUS B. WOOD.
Copyright, 1891, by the Chicago Daily News
Foreign Service.)

Copyright. 1891, by the Chicago Daily News
Foreign Serytce)
MOSCOW, April 3.-The immense
new tractor factory at Stalingrad, one
of the first big plants to get into OPP
Grafton under the Soviet flve-year plan,
is experiencing difficulties, according to
reports in an official newspaper.
In March it finished CAB tractors,
only one-third of what was planned.
The total for the first three months
this year was 1880 tractors instead OF
the 1890 for which the program calls.
Loss on Each Tractor.
In addition, the reports say. it costs
the factory $500 rubles (about $l,4OO)
70 turn out tractor which sells TO
collective farm for 1900 rubles. The
farms also complain that even at that
price the tractors are not bargain,
Quickly getting out of service, while
the factory itself reports that the long
est test any of its motors is able to
run before collapSing is 300 hours.
During the same quarter the plant
finished $50 motors instead of 1880.
Though the program requirements OF
$1,000 tractors this year for this fac
tory, like those for most Russian prof.
ectS. are beyond conservative POSSIBLE
tiles the falling down in present pro-
duction is due to neglect of ordinary
necessities in factory production and
lack of skilled workers in the industry.
Much of Output Defective.
Much Of the factory's output was
defective and went to the scrap piles,
while waste cast iron parts due to
carelessnesS and ineff1ciency reached as
high as 80 per cent of what was pro-
duced
Though the plant is equipped with
the latest American machinery, the
workers are insufficiently trained and
80 per cent are inexperienced" says
the report. Among the young people,
who are the best workers, one-third
left school this year and half last year.
During the quarter so many lathes and
other machinery were broken that 1922
500 working hours were lost"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-03
DIVA HAS OPERATION
Nine. Florence Easton Stricken
With Appendicitis.

NEW YORK, April 3.-Mme. Flor
ence Easton, operate singer and former
member Of the Metropolitan Opera
Company, underwent an emergency ap-
pendicitis operation last night at hos
pital. Her condition after the opera
ton was described as good.
Since leaving the Metropolitan COM
pany two years ago Nine. Easton has
been appearing in recitals She has
been separated from her husband,
Francis MacLennan, tenor.
The appointment of Miss Ruth
Warters, Brooklyn, as an assistant at
torney general of the State of New
York, has recently been announced.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-13
Collins Returns
From Convention

C. B. Collins, county superinten-
dent of schools, has returned from
the state superintendent conven-
ton held last week in Riverside and
attended by city, county and district
superintendents of the state.
The majority of the meetings
were held in the Riverside Mission
Inn, although the larger assemblies
were held in the Memorial hall.
Various problems of Importance
were discussed, but chief emphasis
was laid on the care in handling
funds, approved methods Of so do
ing, and the means of raising funds
to relieve the excessive burden car
ried by real estate. Such solutions
as income and sales taxes were dis
cussed but the convention took no
definite stand.
Banquets and entertainment were
also features of the convention. Su-
perintendent Collins was particular
ly honored in being elected to the
most important committee, that on
legislation.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-13

Would Foreclose Lien-Complain
to forecloSe a mechanics lien given
as security for payment of money
due for building materials was
filed in superior court today by the
Whiting Mead company of San
Diego against John d. and Kate
Thompson.
Special-Hemstitching Sc per yard
80 days only. Mrs. Wilson, 1923
Broadway. tito
Held In Jail-Arraigned before
Judge H. B. Griffin in Brawley yes
terday afternoon. Julencio Ybarra,
81, is held in the county Jail today
on $500 bond pending preliminary
hearing on a charge of wife deser-
tion and failure to provide.
Complaint To Quiet Title-Harry
Amos today filed suit against Lula
Wells Atkinson and L. J. Goree Jr.
to quiet title to lots in CaleXico.
Special Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday. Hot oil electrical scalp
treatment, shampoo and finger
wave. $500. Permanent wave, $500,
Beauty Shop, 725 South 9th
st. Phone 14S1-J. 1878
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-13
WEALTHY WOMAN'S RELATIVES
PLAN BATTLE OVER HER FUNDS

The hidden fortune was taken
from Mrs. Wood by force, other re-
latives have Saio.
They've taken my money from
me-" Mrs. Wood told the grand
daughter. Mrs. Blanche Wood
Shields, who with her husband and
attorney entered the apartment last
Saturday under court order.
II want you to get me a nice
Irish policeman. He must be a
Catholic-and a Republican"
No police appeared and the aged
woman again became excited.
That, according to her physician.
is harmful. And when Otis Wood
was summoned, the old lady force
fully ordered all her relatives from
the room.
When the second installment of
her wealth was removed from the
room last Thursday, Mrs. Wood was
wrapped in a blanket and carried
into another more healthful room.
Benjamin Wood, it was revealed.
was an inveterate plunger. One
time he won 100000 in four hours
in a lower Broadway gambling
house. Half of it he gave to his
wife, with whom he had an agree
ment on gambling.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-10-13
MILK PRODUCERS
NAMED IN MORE
DAMAGE SUITS

Two automobile accident damage
suits were on file in the county
clerks office today against the I'M
perial Valley Milk Producers asso-
citation and its alleged employees,
asking damages aggregating S55,6j7.
Taken with a suit filed last week
by Everett Turner for more than
$4,000 damages. the two suits filed
today represent the climax Of three
automobile accidents.
The suit filed today by Clara
Baga against Curt Sparks, j. p.
Mcqueen and the producers asso-
citation is the outcome of the same
accident in which Turner, who filed
suit last week, was injured. Mar
shall Barga, husband of Clara Bar
ga, was killed in the accident
For his death she asks $4,000
damages, and S207 for medical at
tention and funeral expenses.
This accident was on the Holtville
highway. Sparks, driving car
owned by Mcqueen and hauling for
the Imperial Valley Milk Producers
association, stopped in the highway
suddenly, and the car driven by
Barga struck the truck from behind,
according to the complaint. This
happened August 8. 1881.
The second complaint filed today
was by Corwin and Pearl Stdpleton
against Gordon Ogier. j. w. Weeks
and the milk producers association.
1t resulted from an accident OF
the Verde school road half a mile
west Of the Verde school Septen-
Der 6.
According to the complaint, Ogier
was driving a rruck owned by Weeks
and hauling for the creamery COM
pany when the truck collided with
a coupe driven by Stapleton ard il
which his wife was riding. Ogler
was driving on the wrong side of
the road. said the complaint, and
struck the Stapleton car head on.
Both Stapleton and his wife suffer-
ed severe and permanent injuries,
and great loss of blood, the COM
plant charged.
Damages totaling $3.50 were
asked in this suit from the defend
ant company and its alleged en-
plcyees.