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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
Law Provided for Tax
but Repeats II. 3. so
sion Finds Method of Election Legal and Asserts the
Language Repeating all Previous Taxes and Conflict
ing Statutes Plain = Several Other Questions Settled
Decision is Disingenuous

The GQxeat Fails Tribune for
this morning carries an Associ-
aten Press story under Thurs
days date line from Helena that
tho Montana Suprems GoIIrU had
upheld the debentura road bond
measure. The report does not
disclose whether the opinion was
unanimous or not, which is in
terestinE by reason of the
courts findings-the rulings pc
ing probably the most disingen-
nous lin the records of the ma
ton and the frankest piece of
judicial Legislation ever penned.
Helena, June 11.--Montana's new
highway financing program, con-
templating the expenditure Cf $685.
100000 in the next four years to
complete the states principal road
system, was approved by the su-
preme cO1rt today by dismissal of
an application for an injunction to
prevent sale of securities to be is
sued in anticipation of future gas
Oline tax collection.
The act under consideration was
referred by the 1881 legislature to
the voters of the state at a spe-
cial election May 5, where it re-
ceived a favorable majority of a.
bout 8 to 1.
1t permits the issue Of state
warrants at the rate of 81 SOC, 00(
la year for four years, the money
to be used in matching federal al
lOtments for road construction anC
provides for the extension of tht
5-cent gasoline tax until 1871, tn,
proceeds to be used to retire tn,
warrants.
All Points In Favor of Measure
The petition for an injunction
attacked the cOnstitutiOnality an,
validity of the act on many points
all of which are decided by tn
court in favor of the measure.
Special Election General
Regarding objections to the leg
Eislature's action in submitting tn
matter at a special election, rathe
than the biennial election, the cour
points out that the constitution
only requires that the matter b
voted upon at a general elecio.
land recalls its previous decision i
Ian earlier consideration of tn
lplan where it suggested that a ger
qrerdl election would be one in whic
l,qffl ;o5Iaiified electOrs NAV fax
part, regardless of the time. ]
finds that the differences in Pre-
cedure between those establishe
for the biennial election and fC
the special election was not obje,
tionable since no attempt was mad
to control the opening or condut
of the election nor to designate I'll
place where it should be held.
The court points out that thel
tC0ntinued on last page.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
MRS. S. WESTERLY
DIED ON TUESDAY

Mrs. Sven Westerly, SO, died
Friday, June 9th after ailing for
some time of complications associ-
ated with old age, at the home of
her son, C. N. Westerly seven
miles east of Plentywood.
The funeral was held at the
Danish Lutheran church and in
terment was made at the cemetery
near the church. Rev. Sands Off
ciated.
Mrs. Westerly was born in Den
mark. She came here with her hus-
band some years ago and they
homesteaded in the Welliver coun-
try. Her husband preceded her in
death, dying in 1915. Since that
time she has resided with her son.
Deceased leaves to mourn her de-
mise two sons, C. N. Westerly of
east of Plentywood and John Yves
.terby of Minneapolis and also one
daughter.
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SEEKING
TO REGAIN OLD
WORLD PLACE
Charges that u. S. Is Responsible
for Failure of Previous Discus
siOn-POints Out that Other are
Willing to Sign Pact 10 Regu-
late the Grain Market.

London, June o. The task of
curbing the intense rivalry between
soviet Russia and western coun.
tries for domination Of the wheat
market will confront the perlna-
nent committee of wheat export
ing nations at it's first meeting
this month.
1t is generally feared that a
breakdown Of the cordiality estab-
ished at the international wheat
conference in London in May would
plunge the exporting countries into
a disastrous campaign of under
selling and dumping"
The committee comprises one
member each from the United
States, Argentina, Australia, Bull
garia, Canada, Hungary, India, PO-
land, Rumania, Russia and Jugo-
slavia. It's function is to develop
contacts already established be-
tween II countries and to prepare
a plan for the creation Of an in
ternational clearing house of infOr-
nation.
All the countries are agreed as
to causes of the present depression
in the wheat market, but differ
widely on how to dispose of THEN
huge SURPRISES. Herein lies the
chief difficulty Of preserving a sol
id front.
Russia, Poland, Rumania, Hun
gary, JugOslavia and Bulgaris
fought for adoption of a quot;
scheme and an international con
.srol agency to market SURPRISES a
the London conference. They &C
cepted the permanent committe,
with reluctance but pledged thei
cooperation.
The United States delegation
took an emphatic stand agains
any attempt to interfere with tn
freedom of the international mar
ket. Canada sponsored the idea o
a permanent consultative commit
tee and Argentina was disposed t.
give it a trial. Australia wanted a
international marketing agenc
and quota system but did nc
press the matter.
Back of the soviet and Danubl
: an attitude there was a clear-cu
assertion Of their determination
regain their pre-war places in tn
world wheat market. To accom-
plish this they must displace tn
United States, Canada and Anger
tina which have dominated tn
. market since the world war,
The soviets charged the Unite
, States delegation with responsible
: ty for the conferences failure
: achieve more positive result
pointing out that the majority {
the exporting countries were il
s clined TO adopt an international ;
2 greement for the regulating of Il
9 grain market.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
ARE WE NEARING
THE DANGER LINE

Does history teach us anything?
When Egypt went down 2 per
cent of her population owned 70
per cent Of her wealth.
When Babylon went down 2 per
cent of her wealth.
When Persia went down 1 per
cent owned the land.
When Rome went down 1900
men owned all the known world.
TODAY, according to careful es-
Inmates, 2 per cent of the popula-
ton of the United States owns so
per cent Of its wealth.
Does history teach us anything ?
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of the old folk dances by people
with plenty of talent.
Chief among the speakers is
Bjorgulf Bjornaraa, who spent last
year in Norway as a special dele
gate representing the Norwegians
of this country at the great festi-
bal there. Mr.. Bjornaraa is not
only great speaker but an enter
tainer with going miles to hear.
o. Ormbreck. well known master
on the Hardanger Violin will enter
tain with Morse melodies. He win
play the old folk dances.
The convention and program win
occur at the Farmer-Labor Tenn
pie, which is the banquet auditor
ium in this section of the country,
and it is because of the Temple
that the Telemarkings come to
Plentywood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12

The sessions of the district
court have been occupied all OF
the week by the Brightsman cases.
Monday the repleven case OF y.
Briehtsman, formerly OF the Dool-
ey country but who now RESIDES
on the reservation west Of Reserve
involving the possession OF a Moo
ell A Ford truck against w. y.
Suffer. formerly Ford agent at
Poplar, but now of Glasgow, was
called and a jury selected. AttoL-
news Paul Babcock and 4. w;
Greer represented Brightsman and
Grant Blackwell and Howard NJ
Lewis represented MIR. Suffer.
RsJcewell was Suffers attorney
but Suffer employed Lewis to as
gist lust before the ease went 10
trial and Lewis has been trying
the case.
The Jury was selected Monday
forenoon and the case dragged OH
until Wednesday afternoon When
it went to the jury. The jury was
out for a couple of hours and prO'
| In a verdict for Brightsman--giIv-
ing Brightsman possession OF the
truck but no damages.
1t seems that Brightsman bought
the truck from Suffer, made a pay
ment and gave mortgages on truce
and crops and his home for secur
ity. The note is coming due II
August. But Suffer, feeling ina
his security was not sufficient un
dertook to take the truck ava!
from Brightsman without due pro
cess of law and by force and vio
lence. and did SO take the trvcl
away rom him. BrightsmaIl replev
ened and put up bond. The luI'
found that Suffer had no right Z
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
REVOLUTION BREAK
ING OUT IN GERMANY

The long looked for revOlu-
. tion seems to be breaking in
Germany.
" Thursday riots and street
A." fighting, lead by communists
. displaying the red flag occur
" red in four large, widely sep
" arated cities Of Germany, viz.
" Mannheim, Kassel, Frankfort
. On-Main and Gelsenkirchen.
. Barbados were thrown up
4" and a pitched battle fought
. at Mannheim.
. Everywhere the communists
are marching, shouting down
(" with Bruening, who with for
eign minister CIrtius, has just
returned from London where
they had a conference with
= Ramsey Macdonald.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
Chicago Banks Merge as Financial Foundations Cave
20:
Farmer = Laborite Elected
Mayor of Minneapolis

The Farmer-LabOr party in
Minneapolis, at the city election
Monday, elected Wilmam A. And
ersOn, mayor. by the largest MA
jOrity ever given a candidate for
that office in the city's history.
defeating George E. Leach by
27.854 votes.
Anderson pOlled a vote of 49,
or against 45,218 for Leach, who
was attempting a come back.
Leach was mayor of MinneapO-
lis for several terms having de.
feated.. Mayor. Thomas X. Van
Lear for reelection in 1919, be.
ing defeated by VIM. F. Kunze
present mayor in June 1929.
Anderson carried nine wards Of
the city's ID; Leach carried tbs
LIST, 4th, 9Th ad 18th.
Anderson will take office July
6, 1881.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
Mayor of Spanish Town
Is Lynched by Angry Mob

Madrid, June 10.-Femando Pr
tado, former monarchist mayor of
the town of Solana, was lynched
in his home by a mob tonight aft
er he had refused to turn over his
office to a newly elected republic
can mayor.
Pitado was a candidate for re-
election to the town council in the
recent elections but was defeated.
When the new mayor called at
the city hall tonight to take pos
session Pitado said: ri am a bet
ter republican than those elected"
He refused to surrender the office.
A mob followed Pitado to his
home and killed him there. A wide
search for the lynchers is being
made but no arrests ave been re-
ported.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
SHIPSTEAD OPPOSED
FREIGHT RATE RISE

Washington FP- Sen. Ship
stead, farmer labor, of Minnesota
declared May Is that he would
oppose any increase in freight
rates at this time. He said the
farmers and other producers were
unable to pay higher rates, and
indeed they deserved a rate re-
ductiOn in order that agriculture
may have a chance to regain
stability.
Rail labor organizations are
mObilizing to assist the railroad
companies in their demand for q
rate increase. The issue cannot
be decided. in normal course. un.
der IL months.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
DISTRICT COURT BUSY PAST WEEK
WITH BRIGHTSMAN- CASES
Charley Brigbtsman Wins Truck Repleven Case-Per-
sonaI Damage Suit for Assault Brightsman by SUIT
ter Called Next enty-four More Jurors Called

take the car and that BTightsman
was entitled to possession. award
ing him possession, thus releasing
his bOndsmen.
Upon completion of the repley1n
case, the personal injury case Of
Brightsman against Suffer was
called and a jury secured and trial
commenced Immediately. The at
torneys for both sides are the
same as in the repleven case and
the facts involved are much the
same. When Suffer attempted to
take the truck by force and VIC
lence, he assaulted Brightsman, SO
Brightsman claims, and hurt him
seriously by grasping him by the
arm and twisting it over behind his
his back in such a way as to
break bones in the wrist and tear
the ligaments from which Brights-
man has not recovered yet and
from which his arm was rendered
useless for many months. brlghts-
man sued for $4,000 damages,
actual and punitive. 1t seems to
be an example of the rough col
lection tactics that are practiced
quite generally in this section of
the state by the big bruisers that
are sent in by the machinery COM
panies to bulldoze the farmers
Many witnesses were examined. .
The case is still on trial and will
likely go to the jury Saturday:
In this case the sheriff and his
force are reported to have beer
very active in behalf of Suffer.
In the case of Cloud against
Scott for admages to his automo
bile, growing out of q collision
some time ago, when DR.. Cloud
j continued on Page FourD
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
PLANS FOR BIG
DAIRY SCHOOL

All arrangements have been
made for the series of Dairy Meet
ings which will be held in Sheri-
dan county from June Is to June
20. Oscar Tretsven, Dairy Special
ist and G. G. Sands of the Cream
cry department of the Montana
State college. will be in the county
to discuss problems relative 10 the
dairy industry. Mr.. Sands will
conduct a butter making and ice
cream making demonstration at all
meetings. Some of the current
problems that will be discussed will
be MOntana's new Cream Grading
Law, proper care of dairy stock
and equipment, feeding and man.
agement of dairy cattle, cow test
ing clubs, cooling systems for
farms and different methods of
marketing dairy products.
The meetings that will be held
are as follows: Plentywood, June
16 at the Farmer-Labor Temple.
The Plentywood Commercial
Club will serve free lunch and cof-
fee to all in attendance; Conner
town, June II at the Comertowr
High School; Brush Lake Pavilion
June IS; Outlook June 10 at the
Outlook Hall; Medicine Lake al
the Medicine Lake High School or
June 20.
Those who attend the meetings
at Comertown, Brush Lake, Out
look and Medicine Lake are re
quested to bring a basket luncl
and the commercial club, commun
ity clubs and community fair boar
will serve free coffee to all wh'
are in attendance.
All meetings will begin at 10 o.
clock in the morning at which tim
Mr.. Sands will hold the butter an
| ice cream making demonstration
and discuss the proper methods o
caring for and handling cream t
make first class product. The wo
men of the county are especial
invited to attend these meetings.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
COLLEGE AT HAVRE
PRESENTS IT'S FIRST
!. GRADUATION CLASS

Havre, June TO- G. H. Vande
Bogart, president of the North
Montana Agricultural and Manual
Training school, Tuesday night
presented the institutions first
graduating class.
Twenty three students received
diplomas recording completion OF
the two years work offered at the
institution. Most of them will con-
tinue their education at other units
of the University Of Montana.
Lyle M. Spencer, president of
the University of Washington, de-
livered the commencement address.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
D. NJ. MACHINES
DIED SUNDAY
AT HOSPITAL
Following Operation for Obstruc-
ton of the BOwels-Was Prom
inent Farm Leader-FuneraI at
RedstOne Tuesday Afternoon.

ID. M. Machines of the Wolf
Creek territory, well known farm
er and prominent farme leader Of
Sheridan county, died at the Sher-
idan Memorial Hospital at 1870 p,
m. Sunday, June7. 1881 following
an operation for obstruction of the
bwels.
The death of Mr.. Machines was
sudden and unexpected to his num-
erous friends and neighbors few
of whom even knew that he was
ailing. He had bee i'll only a few
days but it was not thot to be SER
iOus. The latter part of last week
he came to PlentywOod to con-
suit physicians and was operated
upon. However it is reported that
the doctors recognized his condi-
ton as serious and that he was a.
ware of that fact when the opera
ton was performed. Mrs. Mac
lines was with him when he died.
The remains were prepared for
burial by the Fulkerson-N Nelson
MOrtuary and the funeral occurred
from the Methodist church at Red
stone Tuesday afternoon at two o.
click. Rev. Jones of the Methodist
church of Scobey officiated. In.
torment was at Redstone beside 6
daughter, Beverly, who died g
number of years ago. A host Of
friends and neighbors attended the
funeral.
Mrs Machines mother, Mrs. An
ma r. Stubs. her brother C. L
Stubs and her sister. Mrs. Otto
Cook, all of Helena, and A. ]. Mac
Innes, brother of the deceased
from Fargo attended the funeral
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
As We See 1t
NV Tom O'FIaherty
Editor of "The Wasp"

cL;.oOo - travelling through
ISaSiIv populated East nova
inc l. more !. interesting than
'G enSgyifortable. The buses are ov-
eOIu l.o~ded by men and women
SSl;mg for that job at the end OF
li y -a;ubOw. The bus patrons are
t ~. more sOIRent of the IObless. OF
! us whose relatives have not YET
lV ~ off the visiting list. Most Of
,e es..s - are the mhite-cOllared, who
Z s 49, this was the best of all pos
m ;SIe economic systems; who were
slD's sDeaEing terms with the boss;
~ p"bo talked about my business"
I ~" babbIed betWeen puffs at
ss".v cigarettes Of the trade un-
;" nuisance and the reds who
.IonId be sent back to where they
ssme from. Now they are talk
las revolution IN ttOnes that would
stsrtle the communist who under
Stsnde something cbf the mechan-
icc of revolution and the neces-
sarv steps to he taken to insure
itsssccess.
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The hardships resulting
to the thousands and thous-
ands of workers who thus see their
last dime slip away, many now de-
pending on their scanty savings for
bread to feed their children, beiD/
out of work is appalling and hS
rible.
Big Banks Merge
The Chicago papers and tt
sOciated Press which now
strict policy to suppress all
of bank and business failures
forced to report the story
mergers Monday, June 8, say
"After SO hours of continuous
conference to which many of the
leading bankers and financiers of
Chicago and News York rushed
for the purpose two of the most
important bank mergers in the
history of Chicago were effected
today when the First National
Bank and the First Union Trust
& Savings Bank, its affiliate, abb
sorbed the FOreman-State Nation
al Bank and the FOreman-State
Trust & Savings bank, and con-
sOlidatiOn was arranged between
the Central Trust Company of
Illinois and the National Bank of
the Republic.
THREE HUGE BANKS
''The mergers provide the city
with three large banking institp-
tiOns. Through acquisition of the
Foreman banks. the First Nation
al becomes an institution with to-
tai resources of approximately
883 million dollars. making il a
close second to the Continental
Illinois Bank and Trust Company
which has been called the largest
bank in the country under one
roof. Total resources Of the Con-
tinental on March Is. the date 4
the last bank call. were $1,122,-
942,654.
'The Central Trust National
Bank of the Republic merger will
result in a bank with total re
sources of more than $50 million
dollars, the third largest banking
unit in Chicago by a comfortable
margin.
Deposits Of the First NatiUnr
aI-FOreman banks total $3.50, 645,.
900 of which the First National
and Union Trust contribute $572,.
100000 and the Foreman institu
} tons $158, 242, 900. Deposits of ths
; Central nrust-NatiOnaI Republi,
) aggregate $2SS,594, 900, the Cen.
trail Trust having $139, 1854, OOl
and the National Republic $149,
$4,000.
IL MILLION INDEMNITY
n Absorption of the Foreman
banks by the First NatiOna
group was accompanied by an in
demnity fund of $12,5OO,O 900 guar
n anteeing the First National a
gainst loss up to that amount b
! CONTINUED on page Four
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Shipping Association VIII
Ship on Friday June 18th

The Farmers Shipping Associa-
ton of Outlook is going to ship
the next car of cattle and hogs
from Outlook on Friday, June 10.
If any farmer has anything to ship
he should leave word with Fred
Kelm, or the Security State Bank
at Outlook. Make your listings
early.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
SUNSHINE

Glasgow Times.-A man, a
woman and their four children
were removed from box car
at Great Falls and placed in
the custody of the sheriff who
said they would be returned to
their former home at gilbert
son. The father said he had
been looking for work over the
state.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
Twenty-Six Huge
Banks Close Doors

Two Huge Bank Mergers Try in Vain to Stem Tidal
Wave of Bank Crashes-Great Financiers in Confer
ence SO Hours Prior to Mergers Monday = Financial
Debacle Follows in Wake Throwing City and North
west into Panic-Forerunner of New Wave which is
Sweeping Nation Depression Deepens.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
CITY OF CHICAGO NOW BANKRUPT
Special to The Producers News

Special to The Producers News
Chicago, Thursday, June |, 1881. = The financial
foundations crumbling a tidal of financial
disasters envelopes the Windy City the inevitable
suit of the deepening economic depression. Since
Monday morning following of the largest bank merg
ers in the history of the northwest twenty-five large Chi
cago banks have gone to the wall.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12
Plentywood Bench Ladies
to Serve Supper Sunday

The Plentywood Bench Ladies
Aid will serve lunch at the Olson
school house Sunday afternoon,
June IA. Everybody welcome.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-06-12

q, me absence of the big hearted
n 'g,ursed farmer from the mart
~ p.leasure Is not due TO self-dis-
rS,lne or that tendency TO take
~ SluS 9 in spirituality which Cal
~. ~ uOOlidge says is the cOmpen-
m a.'Ih OF economic depression. We
SS sst admit to our sorrow and
a. s'out in the least refIecting On
ote moral cleanliness ,Of those who
I ~ look at the rolling prair-
M Vne green trees and the rip
s atty brooks, that our present rel
sir te freedom from Indulgence in
ana n pleasures is due to poverty
ISs sso'hing else. The cities miss
farmers and underneath the
Wontinued on Page Two)
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OBITUARY

David Maxwell Machines was
born at Lanark, Ontario, March IL
1882. At the age Of ten years he
came to Dazy, North Dakota with
his parents and brothers where he
lived until 1904 at which time he
entered railroading, working for
the Northern Pacific for a number
of years as an engineer out of
Helena, Montana. On October 20
he was united in marriage with
Miss May Stubs of Helena to
which union were born four chill
dren, two of whom preceded him
in death: the two surviving being
Maxwell ID and Helen 10 wears
old. He is survived by his wife
and two brothers: A. J. Machines
Of Fargo and w. A. Machines of
Norwalk, California.
Mr.. Machines was a member of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers, Missoula local. For some
time past he has held the position
of secretary of the Sheridan coun.
ty Farmers Union through which
he was widely known in the coun.
ty.
He was a progressive in politics
and was looked upon as the polit.
lca1 leader of his community.