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

present session gave the invocation
during which he besought Divine
guidance in the deliberations of
the senate.
Chief Justice Administers Oath
AS Chief Justice L. L. Galloway
mounted tn eplatform to swear in
the senators they came forward as
the roll call was intoned by Secre-
tary Frank Cone. They presented
their certificates of election to the
clerk and ranged themselves be-
fore the bar of the senate where
with uplifter hands they repeated,
after Justice Galloway, the oath of
office. 1t was apparent from the
expression on the faces of the SEN
ators that they realized they were
entering upon a momentous. ses-
sion.
No time was lost in perfecting
the organization. Senator John w.
Schnitzler of Roosevelt county,
president of the republican caucus
read the nominations and Sen. w.
R. Church of Lewis and Clark,
performed like service in behalf
of the democratic members. He
was given a round of applause
when he read the resolution of APP
probation Of Secretary Frank
Cone, who was also the nominee of
the democrats. Senator Kane OF
Ravalli was named floor leader for
the republicans and Sen. Louis P
Donovan of Shelby for the demo
Gratis.
Preliminaries Quickly Finished
President Frank Hazelbaker, up
on the completion of the roll call
which carried with it the election
of Secretary Cone; H. A. Hether-
ington. of Forsyth. sergeant al
arms and Rev. John Hosking Of
Deer Lodge as chaplain, admins
tered the oath to these attaches
and then recognized Sen. Ton
Kane who first secured the adop-
ton of the rules of the twenty
first session to hold until the for
NAL adoption of this sessions rules
Whereupon on motion of Kane
the senate appointed Senator Rob
ert Pauline of Flathead; T. o. Lar
son of Teton and M. M. Duncan
of Madison as a committee to no
tify the governor and w. T. Cow
and of Hill, John Survant of Phil
lips and T. J. Walker of Silve
Bow to apprise the house that tn
senate was organized ready fo
business. The latter committe
learned that the house was no
ready and returned while the sen
ate recessed.
Within a few minutes the com
mittee again went to the house
delivered its notice and were fol
lowed by a committee from tn
J house notifying the senate tina
the house was organized and read
for business.
Both the senate and house CON
t mittee then officially notified tn
governor that the 22nd legislator
was organized and ready for bus
ness.
Senate special committees wei
, appointed and the senate an
house adjourned until 1920 Tue
4 dav when the legislature met
Joint session to hear Governor E
2 ickson's message
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Danger lies in careless selection
of laxatives By taking the first
thing that comes to mind when bad
breath, headaches, dizziness, nausea,
biliousness, gas on stomach and
bowels, lack of appetite or energy
warns of constipation, you risk
forming the laxative habit.
Depend on a doctors judgment
IN choosing your laxative. Here's
one made from the prescription of
IA specialist in bowel and stomach
disorders. It's originator tried It
E thousands Of cases; found it safe
women, children and old folks;
oroughly effective for the most
eohest man. Today, DR.. CaldwelPs
syrup Pepsin, as it is called, is the
worlds most popular laxative. It
is composed of fresh herbs and
2llier pure ingredients. You can
get 1t, in generous bottles and ready
Tor use, at any drugstore.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
COMMISSIONERS

Continued from front page)
marks, Hansen withdrew his NOM
nation and did not vote for any
one for chairman. A roll call was
not taken. AS he was the new
member he felt modest about vot-
ing for himself, but he was very
disappointed because of this atti-
tude on the part of Anker. for it
seemed an indication that the
hopes that Anker would work with
Carl Hansen for an honest and eff
ficient administration of the coun-
ty were not well founded and
wcu'' -cc5n to indicate at the pres
ent time that Anker is working
harmoniously with the French-Do-
Powers Medicine Lake machine.
People have thot that Anker has
Teen imposed upon by the slick
rIr. French in the past and so ex-
clsed soma of the unexplainable
-otes that he has cast and actions
tat he has acquiesced in, and had
given him the benefit of every
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

dropped there, no roll call being
made on Anker's motion.
Com. Hansen advised the Pro-
ducers News and his farmer
friends that he is not going to put
the county to the expense of send
ing delegate to the convention
as far as he is concerned, that he
will not go and that he will vote
against the allowing of French's
expense claims, if French goes.
The other matters before the
board were routine. the auditing
and allowing of claims and the
confirming of the appointment of
deputies and clerks in the various
offices, etc. Frank French will
come to Plentywood Monday to
sign the warrant in his capacity
of chairman of the board.
The bard adjourned Wednesday
evening at six o'clock. All mem
bers of the board and the clerk
were present.
The official proceedings of the
board will be published in the Pro.
ducers News next weeks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
HOCKEY CLUB IS FORMED
FIRST GAME SUNDAY AT 2:3O

Sunday at 2:90 p. m.
Bob Van Hee's Imperi-
ais and Martins Invin-
cibles will stage an ex-
hibition hockey game
on the municipal skat-
ing rink just north of
the fire hall. The men
of Plentywood have or
ganized several teams
and are going to show
their wares on Sunday.
Hockey is a game that
has very seldom been
played in this vicinity,
and few people here
have had the opportun-
ity TO witness a game
of "King of Winter
Sports" which is a
thriller from start to
finish. Permission has
been granted by the
mayor and president of
the Commercial Club
if you want to see fast
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09


al prices. Yet those are the peO-
pie that insist that public eating
places supply them with the best
food at the lowest possible price.
What a difference between how
the rich are treated and the kind
of flapdOOdle handed out to the
poor. The Producers News is
rendering a great service in call
ing attention to the outrageous
prices prevailing in the Plenty
wood stores. OF course the far
mers and workers there have a
remedy right in their mitts as
pointed out by the News.
!li!li!
There is a terrible row here
between the Sh0chtim, the auth
Orized organization for the kill
ing of kosher fowl for orthodox
Jews and the rabbis. The ShOch-
tim was supposed to be blessed
of Jehovah and incapable Of
wrong but the illegitimate nickel
tempted its members and they
fell. So the Rabbis met in coun-
ell and decreed that no more fowl
should be purchased until some
thing should be done to the
ShOchtim. The racketeering Of
ficers of the ShOchtim were or
dered expelled by the rabbis but
whether they obey or not is an
other question. The chicken is
! the favOrite bird of the Orthodox
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
CONSERVATIVE BOARDS
HELP BUSINESS

Among the first acts of the con-
sentative school board was the
taking of the cash in hand and CIV
ing real estate men commissions
and spending above 100000 in
buying large section of land in
very worthless part of town with
the idea of building a high school
on it though it was so situated
that no decent people would want
their children to go to school in
that part of town. The land is
still unoccupied after twelve years
of ownership and has never been
worth one-third of what the con.
sentative school board paid fir it
since the evening on which they
voted the payment. The Mckinley
school was burned down. There
was large insurance paid on it. The
radical school board had provided
a little administration building in
buying the old Stapleton residence
near the high school; the conserva-
tive school board knocked down the
residence, built some steam heated
garages in which the members
stored their private cars and in
stead of rebuilding the Mckinley
school with the insurance money,
bought a piece of land and built
an $4,000 administration building
on north Montana street that was
not needed. From the day that the
conservatives got control of this
school board the affairs of the dis
trict against the protests often of
isolated radical members) have
been going from bad to worse.
Not enough money is provided by
taxation to pay the teachers for
the full year. There have been no
surveys of the educational work
going on by disinterested experts
The new Mckinley building was
built by special levy of the votes
of the people after the insurance
money had been squandered. There
is general distrust of the entire
school system.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
SILVER TROUBLE
CURE IS OFFERED

Phoenix, Jan. Wv. w. Nc I
Dowell, prominent in Montana :
political circles and here for
the winter, has made the sug-
gestion that it is illogical and !
improbable for the American
government to continue manu-
featuring nickel coins, because
the metal is secured wholly
from Canada.
He expressed the belief that
Congress could authorize the
manufacture of the five-cent
piece out of silver and copper
in such proportions that its
size would not be changed.
"This is just one of MANY
steps that might be taken to
aid American industry and to
restore silver mining to pro-
fitable basis. At present we
have low-grade mines shut
down all over the western
states, due to the dropping of
silver to the lowest value in
memory"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
WESLEY

School has again opened = the
teachers all reporting splendid
vacation. Mis- Fauske did not ar
rive until Monday due to her sis
ter's illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Raoum,
formerly of Westby, now living in
Alkabo, are the parents of a baby
girl. Mother and child are doing
nicely.
Ted Nordhagen who has rented
the pool hall and confectionery has
repapered it and is opening a meat
market and lunch room.
Herman Anderson is now oper-
ating the Hank Skeels pool room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Skeels have left for
the east.
Pete Nordhagen has moved the
old McElroy store into town. He is
remodeling it with the intention of
operating bakery. Success to you
Mr.. Nordhagen.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Hub
Wurtzberger a baby girl. Mother
and child are doing nicely.
Correspondent: Next to the
successful accouchement the thing
of interest is when the child was
born. Editor.)
Last Friday Ethel Neston enter
tanned a group of friendss All re-
port very enjoyable time. Ethel
is soon leaving for Minot where
she will resume her school work.
The members of the senior class
of the local high school have re-
ceived their class rings. We admire
the taste of the members in chocDs-
ing the rings they did.
On New Years Eve a group Of
people met at the First Lutheran
church and saw to it that the ole
year went out right and the new
came in RICH.
There has been a large amount
of Christmas "fooling" done in the
vicinity of Westby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Erickson
entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Martin
Nereson and family and Mr.. ant
Mrs. Dick Rasmussen and famil!
at seven o'clock dinner Sunda,
night.
Miss Agnes Stageberg is bacl
again. She has been staying witt
her mother in Ray, North Dakota
\ She will work for Ted Nordhagel
in his new lunch room.
Miss Edna Eaton of Dooley i
; here visiting her friends for an in
definite period of time.
Miss Helen Hutlgren was pleas
antly surprised last Monday nigh
: by a group of her friends. Hele
is leaving for a nurses trainin
course at Minot. We wish her sue
cess
Melvin Hultgren has gone
take up chiropractic training.
The local stores are all busy o
inventories.
Pete Miller is busy remodelin
!. and cleaning B. Larsen's old stol
building which he will open in I'll
near future.
Monday, Jan. 5 the Dooley bai
: ket ball team came down here
play the local A. 0. u. w. team
The game was characterized
: fast and clean floor work. "Swedt
Hultgren was again the star, leat
: ing in the scoring. The game en-,
ed 80 to - in favor of the A.
u. w. team. We believe this to
! the largest score ever run M bv
basket ball team in this vicinit
Let's all come out and back up Il
> team.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
A Radical Administration H. Lou DE Msury

der the American flag. Even a
small Administration building had
been bought and paid for, play
grounds had been acquired and
equipped and everything was done
on a cash basis. AS everything
was complete and the house APP
peared in as near perfect order as
any human institution can be put
and as the press kept belittling the
efforts Of that radical school board,
the members did not desire re-elec-
ton and in went a conservative
school board.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
STATE GOVERNMENTS CON-
SENTATIVE

SENTATIVE
Our State government has been
long run by conservatives.
In fact we have never had
radical. state government the
closest approach to one was the
administration of the Hon. Joseph
M. Dixon, but then the governor
while not under the influence of
the Anaconda Company had
careful ear to the ground to hear
any whispers Of the railroads or
other public service corporations.
AS a result of our conservative
state government our Supreme
Court as it existed before January,
1929, gained the reputation of hav-
ing sunk to the lowest order of
corporate influence of any court in
the United States-not even ex-
cepting the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court which for fifty years had
been run by the Pennsylvania rail
road. The properties of all the
railroads, the Montana Power
Company, the Telephone lines and
telegraph lines, the state railways,
the privately owned water works
are assessed for taxation at only
$242,OO0,O00 when they are worth
more than $1,000, 100000 and
should pay taxes on that amount.
1t would give the state about $4,-
100000 a year more revenue and
at the same time reduce the taxes
on poor folks if the property of
these absentee landlords were as
sessed at their true value, instead
of the assessments on farmers,
working mems homes, farm ma
chinery, livestock, sheep continu-
ing to increase until this kind of
property that nobody can make
any money out of in the last few
years is listed at $1,190,0O0,0OO in
this state for taxation purposes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
UNIVERSITIES SUPPORT
SYSTEM

The University people support
this abominable situation. The ed
ucational board is appointed by the
conservatives. If any University
professor speaks of this tax stu
alton he may lose his job. The In
dustrial Accident Board grinds to
death with assessments the small
employer who cannot carry his own
accident insurance for his own en-
ployees. The Anaconda Company
and the Montana Power Company
carry their own insurance, save
hundreds of thousands a year by
dealing at arms length in settle
ment with ignorant and hungry
cripples and widows, at the ex-
pense of running the board and
administration is charged almost
entirely to the funds dragged out
of the small employers by the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
GOVERNORS MESSAGE DE-
LIVFRFD ON TUESDAY A. NJ

Helena. Jan. g. Members of
Montana's legislature and spec
tators hacked the chamber of the
house of representatives Tuesday
To hear Gov. Erickson deliver
his biennial, message. He smoke
for about an hour and half,
cOunseIinp economy and offering
suggestions as to the states
needs. Lieut.. Gov. Hazelbaker
presided.
Referring to the economic sit
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
RADICALS REDEEM SCHOOL
SYSTEMS

When this event took place there
were $4,000 of bonds outstanding
against the district and the press
of Silver Bow County for three
years thereafter furnished steady
obstruction and opposition to ev-
erything that that Board desired to
do. But inside of three years the
Washington school had been re-
built and it is said to be the best
built public building in Montana.
Sanitary conveniences had been in
stalled at great expense in every
school in the district, an addition
cost $4,000 had been made to
the High School, the lettering
roof over the assembly room had
been buttressed, an addition of
$4,000 had been made to the Gree
ley school, free text books had
been provided in the High School,
the Madison School had been re-
built, there had been a survey
made by three of the most promi-
nent, nationally known, educators,
inspecting nurses had been en-
ployed. In fact. in three years in
permanent equipment and build
ings 100000 had been honestly
expended. of the $4,000 bond ISSUE
one-half had been paid and the
other half would have been paid
except that the owners of the
bonds would not accept their
money before it was due. A hand
some balance of cash on hand wa;
in the treasury. An Impartial
commission of the Russell Sage
Foundation inspected our system
and found that it was the best un
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09

Perhaps the industrial decline in
Montana, the vast number of men
out of work, the low price of indus
trial stocks, the general gloom that
pervades all life in the state is
due to a conservative administra
ton.
Some years ago school district
No. 1 in Silver Bow County was
suffering from repeated conserva-
tive administrations. The Wash
ington school was about to fall on
the children. The roof was about
to fall in the assembly room of
the High School. The number Of
children in the High School de-
manded for five or six years an
addition of one-third of its then
size. The teaching force was poor
ly paid and largely super-annuated.
The school superintendent was at
the beck and call of every POllyan-
ma sexiety then existent and now
extinct. He was a breeder of fine
dogs, but a poor trained of child
rem. The people arose in wrath
and elected a radical school board
in this district.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
LEGISLATURE

CONTINUED from front page)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-09
AS We SEE IT

Continued from First Page)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31
;NMOURC CHILDREN
Olive RobertS BdTtO3l @l03l BY NEA SERVICE. INC.

What has happened to physi- ology? Are we turning to the 'psycho's" nstead--learning about the tricks of the mind and forget ting we have bodies?
 1t when we were little. think we started in the fifth or sixth grade. When we were through with the primer we were given another, greener and taller and fatter phys iology book. When we were through with that, we knew at least that we were not stuffed with feathers, and that the alimentnry canal did not run from Albany to Buffalo as one child in my room years later wrote on geography paper.
 In that school they did not teach physiology and where the youngs. ter got hold of the word alimen- tary always puzzled me.
 To go back to my own child. hood, when I was thirteen I knew these things: the number of bones in the body and the names of most of them; the shape. position and function of every vital organ; the processes of assimilation, the lac. teals and the lymphatic system that carries nourishment; the two clrculatory systems In which the veins and arteries reverse the d.. rection and composition of their streams, the veins carrying purified blood this time back to the heart to bo rasent on It's way; the six senses and the minute mechanical makeup of ears, eyes, nose and throat; tho difference between the aesophagus and the trachea; what the larynx was and how to pro. nounce itl
 Bone structure, from the honey- comb process to the periosteum; {; heart valves, compartments and the sac 1t swings in--with all their real names. The lungs and the process of respiration; the secret of cnpillarles and cells; the coats of the stomach, the coats of the intestinos, everything that has coat or set of coats.
 Wefl--1 am out of breath, but there was lot more. The most important nerves, the construction of the brain, the spinal column, reflex action, and so on.
 You probably had oil this, too, so it is history to you. But 80 many schools havo dropped physiology and hygiene from their courses that the above resume would route thousands of children to-day. And l think 1t is too bad. | Of course we don't want educn-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31

Do you know, Nancy, I do be- llovo that is the prettiest table you ever havo sot. and when l say that. you realize what compliment l nm paying you." I'm not so sure, Lois, that 1t is tho prettiest table. but I do know 1t Is as effective as any I over planned"
 Tho table under discussion was a Now Years Eve table. Nancy hnd covered tho table top with sheets of silvor papor. Tn the cen- ter was q fiat, round plateau, which was as black and shiny as 1t could bo. On this wns n pewter plate. face down. Lald face upwards on this was kitchen wall clock which had a Chinese red painted franc. And surrounding the clock were four of tho three minute egg timers or hour glasses. Their frames had been laoquerod tho sumo shade of rod. Red candles
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-12-31

"The fellows name is Hal Prltehard," Jack told Sue over the telephone, as he went on discussing the business client whom he was bringing along for dinner. He has a small black mustache and I have a hunch he has a way with women. That type. Are you sure Ruth won't mind. She seems too wholesome for him. But he's got q good brain, all right. I'll call him and bring him along in half an hour"
 Sue turned from the phone.
 You're n life saver. Ruth. Get out of that dress in Q hurry, Jacks bringing along 6 strange man that we have to entertain, and he's the type who can't get along without lot of women smiling at him. So you're not stepping out on me now!
 Ruth demurred at first. Sue was firm.
 "But I'll have to go home and get dress"
 "Oh no, you won't. You'll get by in something of mine. There's a rose crepe and some black moire slippers, and rose hat that matches. Then you wear my other coat. can fix them up. Of course, rose and wine shades do not exactly go together, but people won't know that we mapped out the color scheme together. And my wine shade has a touch of rose. Let your hair down."
 Ruth did. It fell around her shoulders. Gleamingly.
 You're much prettier with 1t down." Sue said. "When 1t is up you're sweet but not-exactly dar- ing. Why don't you have 1t bob he'd? oh. 1 know it's the smart thing to let it grow, but that's just in general. It's smarter to live up to your own good points. Your hair would wave naturally all around you face and you would look five years younger than-Saliy"
 "I'll do it. Do you think ! can get an appointment at the hotel beauty shop now" Ruth asked. and hre voice caught eagerly.
 "I'll call" Sue rang the shop and got the appointment.
 There's an operator free now She'll take care Of you right away, Sue said. "Want me to go down with you's
 Ruth shook her head hut heI eyes were dancing. "I think would rather do t alone. It's like