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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

(CentimR~d freM trent page)
Karl A. Meyer, we get a more har-
rowing story. First of all, DR..
Meyer said that one of the most
outstanding causes of the over
overfilling of the hospitals "can
be traced to actual underfeeding
and poor housing conditions"
The hospitals In Chicago are so
crowded that sick workers and
their children are being turned a
way. DIR. Meyer reported that 600
children with severe cases of ton
silitis were sent away because all
available facilities were filled un-
til October. With further under
feeding a good many Of these chill
dren will die.
DIR. Meyer went on to say that
there were $500 patients suffering
fro mall types of diseases crowd
ed into the hospital when 1900 Is
normal for this time of the year.
"The increase in Sickness" add
ed Commissioner Whealan, "is out
of all proportion to normal times.
We should not be having more than
ESQ applications a day, but the ap-
plications are averaging at the
rate of 500 a day."
DIR. Meyer said that the worst
is yet to come this winter ,as it is
then when the peak of sickness is
due. With the unemployment this
winter greater this year. with star
walton increasing, the prospects fol
the workers is fightful. DIR. Meyer
stated: "And to make matters
still more critical there was the
fact always present that the peak
in sickness will not arrive unit
the late winter and early sprins
months. The question was how t.
handle the problem for the coming
winter"
Yet Hoover wants to cram tn
lie down the peoples threats tina
''the health of the nation is i'm
proving"
Starvation diseases in children
said DIR. Meyer, do not Away
show themselves Immediately, blu
may crop up later. "And the insid
oous part o fthe deficiency diseas
es Ga medical term for hunger an
starvation) is that many of then
do not show up for ten or twent
year-a certain amount of on
present increase is due to thes
factors, but many years from nov
tuberculosis, scurvy, ricketts, an
anaennia will appear in victims VIII
are now being underfed."
From this Hoover and his chol
US would undoubtedly assume tha
not only is the ''health of the ne
, ton improving" but it will b
better as time goes on.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
GANDH HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH
BRITISH; He MAKES EN- WAIT TOO

tions, but when he saw a battery
Of talking picture cameras and a
crowd of photographer and re-
porters waiting for him he order
ed the car driven around the cor
ner. He inadvertently drove into
Friary court in the rear, the reg
ular entrance for the press, and
found even a larger crowd looking
for him.
Gandhi, wearing his usual cos
tune of loin cloth, Shawls and san
dals, saw that escape was impos-
sible.
In contrast with the mahatma's
small automobile, most of the In
dian delegates arrive in huge
Daimlers and Rolls-Royces.
Sir Samuel Hoare, former air
minister and now secretary of
state for India, arrived in ban
tam Austin.
The delegates met in an ante
room between the throne room and
Queen Anne's drawing room. Gan.
dhi sat at the immediate left OF
the chairman of the federal struc.
ture, Lord Sankey. The pandit Ma
laviya, one of the leaders of Gan
dhi's civil disobedience campaign
last year, sat on the mahatma':
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

London, Sept. IA The federal
structure committee Of the Indian
round table conference met today
to consider a constitution for In
dia, holding one-fifth of the popu-
lation of the world.
The meeting convened at IL a.
m. at st. James palace. Mahatma
Gandhi, leader of the Indian ma
tionaliSts, arrived twelve minutes
late. He was observing his regular
weekly day of silence.
Gandhi was accompanied by Mrs.
Sarojini Naidu, popularity known as
midas Joan of Arc and the only
woman ever chosen president of the
nationalist congress, and his secre
tary, Nahadeo Desai. He rode to
the palace in the back seat of a
small car.
He said, before his day of silence
began, that if his opinion was
needed during today's meeting he
would communicate it by note.
Ready with NOurishment
Mrs. Naidu carried a thermos
flask of goats milk and Desai a
package, apparently containing
nuts and fruits.
Gandhi smiled when his car was
driven into Ambassadors court,
the usual entrance for the delega-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
JEWELL MINES OF THE
QUEEN o. SEIEBA ARE
FOUND IN ABYSSINIA

London Sept. a. Rubies, dia-
monds platinum and gold, such as
the Queen of Sheba is supposed
TO have worn when she visited
King Solomon were brought to
London today by Frank Payter,
big game hunter, from mines he
believes were the sources of the
Queen of Sheba's wealth.
Payter found the gems and the
treasure in a cavern hidden in the
unexplored country 800 miles due
west from Add Ababa, Abyssinia.
He intends to organize a new ex-
petition within few months to
go back and get what he left be-
hind.
81 am sure it is one of the cav
en from which the Queen of
Sheba drew her great wealth,
Payter said.
His story of the discovery was
almost as fascinating as the gems
themselves, sparkling through the
natural roughness. An old Arab
Payter said, gave an English min
ing engineer a map in 1880 which
the engineer showed Payter. The
two men, he said, worked out the
directions and discovered the
treasure.
There has been frequent men.
ton in literature of the supposed
" rich jewel and metal mines ir
the Abysinnian area. Sir H. Rider
Haggard the writer. laid the plots
of several of his books, notably
"She" and "King Solomon's Mines
in the area where the legend 10
Gates them.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

left. Then came the other hindus
and the Indian laborites.
The untouchables. to whom Gan
dhi referred with regret in his in
international radio address last
night as several millions of our
own kith and kin whom we Hindus
regard as too degraded even for
our touch" separated the Hindus
and the Moslems.
The British delegates were on
Lord Sankey's right. The Indian
princes sat next to him.
Gandhi silent, but Dbservant,
listened carefully to the speeches
during the committees meeting
and carefully scrutinized the doc
uments presented. He remained at
the palace during the hour and a
half recess taken at p. m. Gan
dhi will be the first speaker on TO-
morrow's program.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Information About Red
Cross Relief COMMITTEES

In Plentywood district of tn.
Red Cross Drouth Relief, the Local
committeeman of which are Can
Hole of Reserve, Harry Loucks Of
Redstone and Viggo Petersen Of
Plentywood, Jack Courtney of An
telope has been appointed as an
additional local committeeman.
This relief district consists az
school district Nos 81, 81, IS. 76
SO, 10, 8, 90, 46, %, 10, 20. "a
80, 72, 70 and 2. Persons seeking
relief, and required to get into
touch with local committeeman for
that purpose, are directed to see
their nearest local committeeman.
In the event that Mr.. Courtney /.
nearer to such applicants than the
other committeeman. they are to
get into contact with him.
This action was taken by the
Central Committeeman to relieve
the congestion in this district.
which when the organization was
completed, was not expected to re-
quire very much aid.
The local officers of the Sheri-
dan county chapter are making ev-
cry effort to procure relief supplies
of clothing for the coming winter
and Mrs. A. C. Erickson of Plen-
tywood is in charge of this i'm
portant work. Local chairmen are
to be appointed in every commun-
ity to gather what cast off cloth
ing there is, and persons having
anything in this line will be ad-
vised where to bring it, as soon
as the organization is completed.
Such supplies will be supplemented
by new clothing from Red Cross
headquarters.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Former Helena Mayor, F.
E. Edwards, Gets Oil Job

Laurel, Sept. 12.-Frank E. Ed
wards, former mayor of Helena,
became head of the business de-
partment of the Pan-American syn
dictate, driller Of a wild cat test
we'll on Laurel structure two miles
southeast of the city, in deal re-
Gently completed. Hugh Frazier
continues as head of operations. B.
B. Burns and H. J. Hays, vice pres
ident, have returned to the Shelby
field. Frasier and Edwards will
carry on the project here, which
contemplates a test to the Madison
lime is conditions warrant.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
BRITISH AIRMAN MAKES WORLD
RECORD OF SS6 MILES PER HOUR

chance of achieving permanent
ownership in 1929 but failed to
nominate an entry within the pre-
scribed time.
The day was fine and sunshiney
after yesterdays postponement Of
the flights owing to rainy and
blusterY weather.
Thousands who gathered along
the Solent to witness the speed
trials were thrilled when Lieut..
Boothman went up in his CLEAN
ing silvery plane and sped over the
first lap at 343.1 miles an hour
the fastest of the seven laps.
During the flight he also broke
the worlds record for 100-hlom-
eter flying start on a closed cir
cult with a speed of 1929 miles an
hour, beating Lieut.. Atcherly's rec
ord of 331.75.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
$5OO,OOO OFFERED
FOR ALIENATION
OF UNEMPLOYMENT

Kansas City, Sept. 12.- A sum
of $500, 900 was made available to-
day to the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers by Henry L.
Doherty public utilities magnate,
to study means of alternating the
unemployment situation.
Doherty announced he had de-
posted that sum in the Commerce
Trust bank here after DR.. Roy V.
Wright of New York, president of
the engineering organization, said:
Engineers an dscientists caused
the industrial depression by inven-
ton of labor-saving devices. 1t is
up to them to solve it."
DIR. Wright had urged engineers
to bend their energies to obtain a
$5OO,OOO research fund to provide
for study of the present industri-
al situation and 10 work out WAYS
of remedying it.
To encourage you or anybody
else to show how this problem of
unemployment can be met, or even
II you think you can do it, | have
instructed the Chase National bank
OF Chicago to transmit $4,000 to
the Commerce Trust Co. Of Kansas
City, Mo-, for the needs you repre-
sent are necessary" Doherty said
In letter to DR.. Wright.
DR.. Wright had said previously
In an address to delegates to the
engineering convention now in SEES
sio nhere.
AS a result of the work of en-
g1neers and scientists, distribution
and consumption have been thrown
out OF balance with production. Il
now is their business to apply
their science in correcting the stu
atTon of unemployment"
Doherty, head of the vast Cities
service interests and multi-mill-
lonalre, said he did not believe DIR
Wright was correct in making his
statement regarding the effect OF
the engineering profession upor
the present depression.
: Il cannot agree with you il
your statement that engineers anC
scientists caused the recent depres
sion by throwing production out O
balance with consumption and dis,
IrlDutlon, "Doherty told DIR. Wrigh
Il am an engineer and scientist,
myself. If you feel that you, ant
a perhaps other engineers and scien
lists, are to blame for this depres
: sion you are free to make such
3 charge against yourself and othe
and then make a confession 70
0 yourself and others.
But I think you should do
: for yourself and not for the societ,
e OF mechanical engineers or 70
lother engineers"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

Calshot Eng, Sept. 49, Flight
Lieut.. Stainforth set a new worlds
record of 1861 miles an hour in a
seaplane over a three kilometer
course here today.
Great Britain also won perma-
nent possession of the Schneider
cup when Lieut.. Bootham flew an
other seaplane 34O.08 miles an
hour over a 81 mile course.
While Lieut.. Stainforth's speed
remained to be checked and veri-
fled by the international Aeronau-
teal federation, it officially was
announced he had beaten by more
than % miles an hour the previous
worlds speed record of 357.7 an
hour set by A H. Orlebar in 1929
The United States won the cup
in 1923 and 1925 and stood q
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
PRESIDENT HOOVER MAKES GOAT
OF The FEDERAL FARM BOARD
CONTINUED from Front Page)

them actually under negotiation.
He declined to say whether or not
a sale of 100000 bushels of
wheat to Germany was near but
gave the impression that reticence
on this subject was caused by a
desire not to endanger any possible
proposals.
The so-aclled "Walla Walla"
plan for aiding the wheat grower
was given prominence today be-
cause the board arranged to hear
q presentation of this idea during
the afternoon. Under this plan,
the board would sell its stabiliza-
ton wheat, now reduced TO around
200 million bushels, back to the
growers on a contract arrangement
binding the growers to reduce acre
age.
The plan of Caraway to have
the board purchase 5000, 900 bales
of cotton and resell it 10 growers
agreeing not to plant cotton next
year appeared to be rejected In
advance.
In discussing finances, Stone
said the board would not have to
ask congress for more money at tn
next session. Opponents of the
board have looked forward to a
plea for further financing as an
bpportune time to press for aboIi-
ton of the board.
editorial NOTE: The above
despatch written by Paul R. Nal
lon of the United Press, indicates
a new tack by President Hoover
The farm board, made reductions
by the carrying out of Hoover's
Wall Street policies, and absolute
ly discredited with the farmers anC
everybody else except the republi.
can flunkies in the Farmers UnioT
cooperative apparatus at st. Paul
is now making a goat out of the
farm board by pretending to ig
more it and to blame it for it's dis
NAL failure in doing anything fol
the farmer and for the premedi
tated betrayal of the farmers il
the interests of the money lenders
spectators and exploiters who
thru the president, directed tn
policies of the farm board, ant
now curries favor with the farm
ers by pretending to be out of &C
cord with the board and to be try
ing to do something for the farm
ers independent of and in spite o
the board. This is only a fake,
political gesture. 1t means onl
that the administration realize
that the farm board is a jonah o.
the republican ship that it woul
throw to the fish. The peopl
should not froget that Presiden
Hoover can demand the resignation
of the members of the farm boar
any time he desires-so if thi
board does not suit him he ca
get another any day he wishes.)
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Continued from Front Page)
Doak was announcing that there
would be no conference between
bituminous coal operators and the
organized miners to seek a plan
for stabilizing coal employment
and coal wages. Williams reclared
that the farm board could not con-
tinue 10 cushion the American
farmer, particularly the raisers of
cotton and wheat, against the de-
clines that have affected other
commodities nd industries"
FREE ADVICE
TO CONTINUE
Retreat of the farm board to a
safe position of giving advice to
the farmer has been ordered. Will
Jams said that the farmers must
raise les section and wheat. Hav-
ing given to the country its sug-
gestion that one-third of the cot
ton in the fields this year be de-
stroyed, the board now proceeds to
ask the wheat farmers in all areas
where the annual rainfall is less
than 25 inches 10 leave half of
their land idle, under summer fall
low, for the coming year.
The areas having less than Is
inches Of rainfall include all of the
wheat country of Montana and
North Dakota, all but the south
east corner of South Dakota, the
western two-thirds of Nebraska
half of Kansas, western Oklahoma
and the Panhandle of Texas and
that part of west Texs beyond q
line drawn from the east edge OF
the Panhandle to Corpus Christi
and areas in states west of these.
COTTON SITUATION
DESPERATE
So far as the cotton situation il
concerned, southern senators de
clare it is desperate. Prices arr
ruinously low, the crop is yer!
large, the world market is over
stocked, and prospects of sharl
reduction motion acreage mex
year are nil.
The cotton farmers must live
they are not prepared to grow an,
other crop as a money crop; the,
have neither orchards nor garden
: Of any consequence to maintain
2 their families.
4 Proposals of the Egyptian gov
eminent that the cotton producin,
countries hold a conference 0
: government spokesman to try t
] arrange for mutual reduction o
g the crop and joint control of maj
: keting, have been met coldly by tn
Washington administration.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

Belize, Sept. IA Huge clouds
of black, stench-laden smoke hung
over Belize today as cremation was
resorted to in disposing of bodies
of victims of the tropical hurricane
which took an estimated death toll
of 1900 lives and caused enormous
property damage to this Honduran
capital.
Scores of bodies were burned on
five vast funeral pyres almost in
the center of the devastated city
yesterday and today as health au-
thorities attempted to prevent the
spread of disease.
The bodies, cremated on open
fires, were in addition to more than
800 counted as they were placed in
crude graves dug in the city GEM
etery by prison labor.
Meanwhile squads of volunteer
laborers worked ceaselessly under
the direction Of Honduran soldiers
clearing away the tangled wreck
age of homes and business houses
that until Thursday made up the
capital of British Honduras.
During the cremation bodies of
the victims were dumped on the
fiv huge funeral pyres without
ceremony as the city fought a.
gainst disease. The spectacle was
CHASTITY.
From the air Belize appeared as
a conglomerate mass of wreckage.
An airplane which arrived from
Mimi today flew over the city for
an inspection of the damage and
its occupanst saw no building left
unchanged.
The American consuls office re-
ported that 10 Jesuit priests ap-
parently were the only Americans
10 lose their lives in the storm
That office is making up list OF
the American destitute who will be
provided with funds by charitable
organization.
Almost every family in the city
has been affected in some way by
the death toll.
The Wrigley building, headquart-
ers for the chicle industry in this
section was demolished. The Gus
toms house was left standing but
it is badly damaged.
A plane which arrived TODAY
from Miami brought so pounds Of
serum picked up at Havana.
United States sailors and ma
rines took over enforcement Of
martial law tonight as an accom-
mediation to relieve local soldier.
who are exhausted from long hours
on duty.
Panama City, Sept. 14.-The u
S. S. Rochester was standing BY
today in Cristobal harbor awaiting
orders to proceed to Belize to car
ny relief for the hurricane-stricker
people there.
Besides typhoid and tetanus an
titoxins the ship has $50 tents anC
enough food supplies to care fol
800 persons for 80 days. Three ma
val doctors and two volunteer,
from Gorgas hospital were read,
TO board the ship before it sailed.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

London Philip Snowden, chan
cellor of the exchequer, searched
the pockets of his countrymen last
week, taxing rich and poor alike
with new levies to balance the
1882 budget and restore world
confidenc Elm British finance.
His emergency budget, present
ed to the house of commons bristl-
ed with drastic assessments. The
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Gandhi Is Forced to Wear
Pants Because of Weather

London, Sept. 14.-The rigors of
the British climate and not west
ern convention today defeated the
Mahatma Gandhi's determination
to wear only his loin cloth and
shawl.
When the Indian leader appear
ed on the balcony of Kinsley hall
to satisfy the demands Of the big
crowd he wore white linen trous-
ers and hat.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18

journed until nine o'clock a. m. Aug.
18th, 1881.
At nine o'clock a. m. August 18th
the board resumed, all members and
the clerk present.
The board continued examination
of school budgets during the fore
noon. At two o'clock p. m. the board
resumed, all members of the board
and the clerk present.
After considering and determining
the different budgets presented, the
board declare the leVies for the diff
ferent funds to be and they are here
by fixed for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1892, as follows:
STATE LEVY
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
BRITISH TO Be TAXED One FOURTH
OF THEIR INCOMES FOR 81 BUDGET

income tax standard rate, for in.
stance, was boosted by six pence
(12 cents) which means that everv
payer of the tax must turn one,
fourth of his income over to the
government.
The house of commons adjourned
after agreeing to the tax increase
resolution without a vote and win
debate the budget some time thi,
week.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
Predicted Earthquake Ar
rives at Scheduled Time

Washington, Sept. H. The OBJ
servatory at Georgetown reported
last night that their seismograph
instruments had recorded a "se-
we're earthquake" between 4:32 and
$50 p. m. The shock was approx
imately 1900 miles from Washing
ton, but the location has not yet
been determined.
Earthquakes of violent intensity
along the Euro-Asian frontier,
with secondary repercussions in
America were forecast yesterday
by Rafael Bendanadi. Italian cab
inetmaker and seismologist at Fa-
enza, Italy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
HONDURAS

CONTINUED from Front Page)
Pearce, an American, and his wife
and children. One child suffered a
broken leg but none of the others
were injured.
Tn Getty was in the midst of the
celebration of the 133rd anniver-
sary of its independence from
Spain when the hurricane hit the
town.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-09-18
CONFISCATION MEANS
LESS TAXES

AAAlO0 1E1AGO-
When the feeral government
states, counties and municipalities
take over real estate for taxes. al
the same time they take that
much assessable property from
the tax roll. Uncle Sam has
millions of acres acquired through
federal land loans. No taxes are
paid on it. All the property TAX
en- over by counties and munich
palities means that much proper
ty taken from the tax roll. That
means each year still fewer tax
payers must bear the whole bur-
den of taxation. That is why
taxpayers throughout the land
are following the lead of Chicago
Those who can pass their tax
es on to the next fellow will pay
and not complain. But those WnS
have the prices fixed for them
on everything they sell and eV'
erything they buy cannot pass
their taxes ION. So it is seen N
the final analysis that farmers
and wOrkmen are the worst Sun,
ferers from cOnfiscatOry taxatlOA'
BONDHOLDERS PERSUADE
OTHERS TO BUY LAND
To save the day for bOndholds,
ers and mortgages, ORGANIZED
control people are advising anu
persuading others to buy Iarm
lands and engage in farming.
The -"cOlOred gentleman in .-tns
wOOdpile' is to get farmers DacA
to paying property taxes to save
hOndhOlders and mortgages
from loss by repudiatiOnl
Organized control magazine
like Liberty, Golfers and In'
Saturday Evening Post are ea
hOrting people to take adyantas.
of cheap farm lands and become
farmers. Real farmers, however,
know what made farm lanS'
cheap and that those same conu
tiOns exist in a worse form tns nt
ever today. And it seems 'io1f
there is no over production ~
nIOn-agriculthral saps who "
TO save the big fellows. re
f. L. WILLlAMo'
September 9TH, 1881.
Miles City, Montana.