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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

cost of the wheat is only a very
small part of the cost of loaf Of
bread. On the average it takes a
shade less than one pound of wheat
for the flour in a onepound loaf
of bread; one bushel of whea: will
Hoduce about sixty-tw0 pounds Of
bread and in addition thereto leave
about twenty pounds of mill feed
The resulting increase in the cost
of bread would scarcely be notice
able.
"In a world where millions upon
millions are starving, this new
gospel of riches through scarcity is
not one of universal appeal. It is
a resort to very primitive methods
and not the employment of states
manship of the highest order.
GAS this allotment would be has
ed on the land itself and not on
the crop it would equalize the re-
turns from wheat farming between
the good years and the poor. It
would be available even in a year
of total crop failure and serve as
a sort of insurance against crop
loss.
"The plan may have its defects
and even its unsound spots like
price raising through a protective
tariff: but it is workable; it would
bring results-lasting results, by
placing wheat farming somewhat
on the same basis as other indus
tries. The present method of farm
relief of loaning government money
for investment in a losing business
is a pathetic confession and con-
spicuous exhibition of utter and
complete helplessness."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07
By County Agent Ferguson

On July 8, 1881 the department
of agriculture released regula-
tons governing a loan to farm
ers in the drouth area for the
purchase of feed for livestock.
The regulations provide that a
farmer may borrow $4.25 per
head per month for five head of
dairy cows; $500 per head per
month for five head of beef cattle
and 25c per head per month for
25 sheep for a period of three
months. nj other words a farmer
may borrow S123.75 on ten head of
cattle.
AS the funds that are being used
for this loan is balance that was
authorized by the lst session of
congress, in which they specified
that the loans were to come due
October 81, 1881, the emergency
feed loan now in effect also comes
due October 81, 1881. There is ev-
cry indication that the loan will
be renewed after October 81 as de-
partment officials realize the dis
tressed financial condition of this
drouth area.
At the meeting Wednesday evg
ming with Gov. Erickson and Dirpc-
tor ]. c.. Taylor, it was suggested
that all farmers who will be II
need of funds for the purchase Of
feed for their stock, to file an ap-
plicatiOn Immediately for the pres
ent loan. One hundred and TWEEN
ty-three dollars vii mot be suffi.
cient to carry the stock through
the winter but it will be of consid,
cradle help and even though the
department later on changes the
regulations and makes a different
loan the present loan will in M
way effect future loans.
Out of twenty-six applications
sent in from this county last week
25 were passed by the seed loan of
flee and the farmers have now re
ceived their checks. Application
blanks have been distributed thru
out the county and the machiner!
is set up to handle at least LOO
applications from Sheridan count,
within the next ten days.
Blanks may be secured at tn
following places: Westby Dru|
Store: Jacob Tweet. Comertown
H. N. Stenseth, Dooley; Franz
Rooster, Outlook; John Albers, a
Redstone; Coalridge Store; Dag
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07
New Steamer Lines From Norfolk, Va, to Europe
H. Will Give South Centrally Located Embarkaton Port

NORFOLK, vA.LSouthern people |
who have been obliged to make q |
long rail trip to Northern ports be-
fore embarking for Europe win ind |
their railroad fares and time con-
siderably reduced when they are able.
In the summer of 1891. to take their
steamer direct from Baltimore and
Norfolk to ports along the eastern
coast Of England, London, Hull, Leith,
and Dundee, and also TO French and
German ports.
Four fast steamers Of approximate
~ 5000 tons displacement will furnish
excellent passenger accommodations
In weekly sailings. ct moderate rate,
not yet determined but In the
! neIghbcrhood Of e1OO.
To many the advent OF these new
passenger ships sailing for Europe
from . port as far South as Norfolk
heralds . new day for the South.
Hitherto Southerners bound for
Europe have been obliged to go as far
Gorth as New York and even Montreal
10 catch their ships. This not only
has added TO the time required to go
90 and from Europe but also to the
expense, and it is expected that this
new service will lead the way to
further direct passenger connections
between the Southern ports and
Europe.
The new service was made possible
when the Southgate-Nelson Corpora
ton, who formerly operated the line
under q lease from the q. s. Govern
ment with government subsidy of
$1,000. per voyage, bought the line
outright from the q. 8. Shipping
Board.
Under its independent status the
subsidy is withdrawn by the govern
ment but in all probability the line
viii be given q mail contract paying
eS.750. with each voyage.
A fifth vessel, the steamer Brush.
ct present inactive at New Orleans is
to be added to the feet which will
then have q grand total OF about
400, 900 tons.
Last August an announcement was
made public that the q. 8. Shipping
lard had authorized loans to the
Baltimore Mail Steamship Company
for $1,000. 900. to be used In recon-
sruction Of i've vessels purchased
IN the board for operation between
7rfolk and Baltimore, and the ports
Bremen and Hamburg, in Germany
also the French Atlantic and
o--annel ports. This new passenger
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

service will be inaugurated early in
1881 and will be aided by a q. s.
government mail contract awarded to
the Roosevelt Steamship Company
of New York
The route over which this line will
operate has been reviewed by Doth
the Shipping Board and the Post
master General. and certified to be an
essential trade and mail route.
The Board feels that both OF the
new lines constitute the fulfilling OF
a primary need of the southern Sec
ton OF this country and that under
competent management will play an
outstanding part m the industrial and
commercial cevelopnAent Of the South.
The forthcoming establishment OF
European passenger service from
Norfolk was not unsupported BIZ those
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

his executive offices for the report
ed purpose of evading service of a
federal court injunction which he
had anticipated to be the oil mans
answer.
Sinclair went about his Tulsa
headquarters today apparently lit
tie concerned with the governors
sensational charges. It was reliably
reported, however, his answer
would come today by federal court
order issued at Guthrie which
would be designed to restrain the
governor from carrying out the
martial law rule.
"Just let them try 10 pull that
old federal court injunction stuff
on me-" Gov. Murray said when
asked his reaction to a restraining
order, zone reason / did this thing
was to see whether an inferior fed
eral court could place a corporation
above the rights of a sovereign
state and its citizens"
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ers. it is next to useless 10 preach
concerted reduction in acreage. (
Based on the reduction made by
others, a good many would increase
their acreage to reap the benefits.
1t is true, of cours, that the pres
ent ruinous prices will starve out
multitudes of these farmers; but
the question is if that is desirable. |
The Plan in Brief
"The fundamental idea Of the
plan is to make the tariff on
wheat, or part of thi Stariff, eff
fective on that part which is util-
lied or consumed at home, about
three-fourths of the entire produc-
ton. 1t does not attempt to boost
the price on exported wheat. The
export trade will act as spillway
for the surplus. The present tar
iff on wheat is 42c per bushel; but
we could not make it effective up
to the full limit of AZ cents as
that would result in importation.
We probably could make it effect
i've up to nine-tenths of the fun
amunt without inviting lmporta-
ton. How can this be done?
cit can be done without asking
one single dollar from the national
treasury to boost the price, AS
Stunning the necessary legislation,
the first step would be for depart
ments of the national government,
probably the department of agricul-
ture and the department Of COM
merce, to determine how much of
the AZ cent tariff could be safely
and justly made effective without
bringing about wheat importation,
and without doing injustice to the
consumer. The quantity of wheat
produced in the various states is
pretty well known through accumu-
lated statistics; so also the guam
tity of wheat utilized and consum-
ed in this country. Upon the bas-
is of these facts let the depart
ments of the government compute
the total money allotment for the
entire country and then apportior
to each one of the wheat produc-
ing states its exact share of this
allotment. The total apportion-
ment for the United States as g
whole would be that part of the
tariff that could be made effective
computed upon the total home con
sumption in flour, feed and othel
products. Being calculated in ad
vance of collections it would hav,
to be conservatively made. Thu
1 share of each state should be cal
culated upon the average annua
production of tht state during tn
, last five years or so. Each stat
: would then carry this apportion
! ment to the individual counties o
: the state; and each county woul
' carry the apportionment to the in
dividual farms.
e "Iet it be understood that thi
apportionment should not b
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

than 2,335 hours the American nonstop endurance rec
ord which, Heretofore officially recognized was made
by much heavier car under almost ideal conditions
the Indianapolis speedway. In the course of the
endurance run, the car. known as THE City of Des
Moines covered practically the entire state of Iowa
Engineers who examined the Ford at the conclusion
of the asserted that neither engine chassis
showed evidence of the gruelling strains to which
they subjected during the 16 days of continuous
driving Both apparently according to the engineers
would have been good for another 900 miles or more
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

an hour on this most dangerous
hop so far of aerial vacation, Lind
bergh, with his wife manning the
radio circled this arctic outpost
twice and set his pontoon-equipped
Lockhead-Sirius plane on the river
in a perfect landing to the chorus
of bowling Eskimo dogs and cheers
of the entire population.
Royal Mounted police rowed out
to the Lindbergh plane and helped
the filters bring the low winged
monoplane to the bank where it
was moored. The travellers both
smiling at the array of Indians,
trappers and a handful of white
persons who live in this far nor
them outpost, went to the Presby-
terrain manse to rest up after their
all night flight, only two hours of
which were dark on account Of the
long arctic days this time of year.
Carrying emergency rations, a
rubber boat and pistols the Lind
berghs are flying with the same
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

MyrOn Taylor,
0. N. Lutnes,
Peter Lutnes,
J. G. Noon,
Anna Dutnes, McElroy.
Richard Clementson,
Oscar Olson
Simon Hanson, Comertown
Louie Dixon,
E B. FoSs,
Ernest Dixon,
Ole Odegaard,
Carl Hammer,
n. A. Carlson,
Ed. Hass,
Robert M. Mangei,
Edwin M. Wiserh,
Palmer Rogstad,
Leon Mayhem,
Victor Yaroslash,
Clara Solberg,
Dena Overgaard,
Ericka Hjelm,
Ted Lindell.
Irwin Petersen,
Nels DanielSon,
John Shoal,
Alfred Overgaard,
Martin Nereson.
Ole Helm,
Walter Erickson,
Peter Solberg,
Erick Egger, Westby.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

"Again I say, it will be like a
jaclrabbit trying to tree a wild
cat" Murray said, striding up and
down behind his desk, pausing to
give the desk a rap.
Sinclair's past activities, howev-
er, indicate the impending battle
will be a mOmentous one even if
he has been dubbed a "jackrabbit. +"
Sinclair, educated as a druggist
at the University of Kansas, today
stands at the head of one of the
most powerful independent oil COM
pnies in the world. His path to fl
nancial power is dotted with bat
ties and adversely as well as sue
cess
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

who have kept track Of the marvellous
port development Of the Hampton
Roads area. The Port Of Hampton
Roads which acts as q cohesive port
unit embracing the three ports OF
Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Newport
News. is the third largest seaport in
the United States and the second
outstanding gateway OF commerce ON
the Atlantic coast being exceeded in
total volume OF cargo tons handled
by New York alone. 1t is the tern: mus
Of eight railways serving practically
all the territory east OF the Mississip-
pi and its midway location on the
Atlantic Seaboard between the Ncrrh
and the South that make it a lcp,cal
shipping point for the vast territory
south Of the Mason-Dixon Line and
east Of the Mississippi River.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

IOWA state officials and civic leaders witnessed the
4 establishment of new worlds non-motor.
- wheel stop automobile endurance record recently
when Ralph and ROLAND Davis, brothers, brought
their Model Ford to halt at the east entrance Of
the state capitol in Des Mones after 2775 hours and
46 minutes of continuous driving.
When Governor Hammill, standing with Walter
Terrell of the American Automobile Association gave
the signal to stop, the Ford had travelled total of
4713S3 miles over all sorts of roads in all sorts of
weather and had exceeded by $3.50 miles and more
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07
EOS Tons of Hopper Poison
Was Put Out This Season

Bozeman, Aug. q That Mon
tana farmers are "on their toes"
in stopping threatened rodent in
festation is evidenced by their dis
tributing 205 tons of poisoned
grain during the current season.
This poison was used on 1880
farms Of the state, according to o.
E. Stephel, state rodent control
leader.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

study by experts in Laboratories and
science has come to the aid Of homs
owners and business men by perfect
ing a process for rendering wood fame
proof and fire resistant. Treated I'm.
der this new flame proof process, wood
is more effective In resisting FIRE,
smoke, and poison gases than any
other building material"
In the photograph above, Henry
Klein lat the rightly exhibits fame
proofed wooden door after 1t had
witnstood flames and smoke for so
minutes The other door.-of a type
heretofore considered the safest which
could be made.-was badly dan ed
long before the so minutes wer' UP
and it had failed to hold back the
flames and smoke.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

Pictures the winners the Camel cigarette
contest James Thomas Sharke 49, mkman Boston, awarded
first prize % Mrs. Walter Sweet mother of three children and
Marine stationed at the Brooklyn
of 100000 and julius Nolte dealer
the Duluth Commercial Club third
prize $4,000 In addition five prizes Of $1,000 EACH five prizes $500
each and twenty-five prizes of 500 each awarded
The three fortunate winners will WinstonSalem N c.
Camel cigarettes manufactured receive their checks
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

noNCE DE LEON (Ira Parks)
cuts up a bit at a pageant of
= Health, Beauty and Youth" at
the Florida Orange Festival in Win
ter Haven January 27-S1). Here
we see him clicking glasses with
Bertha Knight, Of Barlow, the fes-
eiVal queen, in q toast to President
Hoover and our Governors. From
the cream Of Florida's citrus crop
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07
McCone Residents to Dis
cuss their Hunger Problem

Vida, August 5.-To plan a So
luton of problems confronting
McCone county by reason of the
drouth a countrywide invitation has
been sent to attend a mass meet
ing at Vida Saturday. County
commissioners and Senators T. J.
Walsh and B. K. Wheeler have
been invited.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-08-07

as displayed at the festival, Cover
nor Doyle Carlton sent prize boxes
of oranges and grapefruit to his fell
low Governors and to the President.
The bathing beauties, left to right,
are: Audra Kingsley, Tampa; Isa-
bel Guthrie (''Miss Kansas"), To-
peka;F Elaine Reynolds, Baton
Rouge, and Winton Whidden, Provi-
dence, Rhode Island.
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LINDBERCHS

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OKLAHOMA

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Weekly herald., 1931-12-27

Last week Monday WAS the shosr teat day of the year ,and short enuf in
 this 1ati tudc .Te go to school in t dark in the morning and come home the dark in the evening, but it isn so dark because the snow reflects moonlight Ind twi fight Tt is very
 pret ty As we sat Writing at 12:lo r noon to* sun was just peeping ar our the Tt back of Trout 1ake and shi- ing th our south window on the t;
Weekly herald., 1931-12-27

F play on Chr istmes Eve. Carl Nj cko1a made the nirship for the ploy.It took him 5 or 4 weeks to put t together
 because every t inc it fell 1part Inc put it together better thnn fore. He is only 12 years old The carpenters gave Carl the lumber to bui ld the air p1ane. It carried little Santo. Claus md his little wifi to deliver the
 >1rescnts to all the Natives assembed Tn the Govt scho house Big Santa was 1scar Croig R A Sullivan got the love- lv tree. From what we hear it was
 cinc air rplane and 2 fine program. They
 &<2ve fine te2cher mot many teachers Ire as we Il liked and as well known as she. The representives of this pnper could not go to actually sec the fine Native program but got the news from others. So many Natives gre stuff cring fr om Whooping cough, which the whi tes have not gotten, that only few @t~ tended the party. Much credit is due the Natives who put on the Chr s tmGs program IS they were very little chi l. dren who put t on md in Ameti can, whi ch is whi te mans language ,whi ch is not their own language.
 ER & lRs. GORDON BRANCH HAVE EoVED TO Chitinc recently, from Tons ina. Cor don is an experienced fur trapper and fox raiser, and Mrs Branch is an exper en- ccd player of the Eaywaiy2n guitar. I ing here, md she wi Il help vi tn the social dutys of our town They left
 law Laynson as she Ind killed off all her foxes. But they di6not leave- her alone Ut Tonsin2, css she hos gotten helper for the roadhouse He is George Earhoffer, BIG CARL CARLSON VENT TO SALIVA TO GET some concentrates .Hc came back wi tn o THOUSAND DOLLARS worth of N2be sna ore |. And when he got to K1ut ina Br idge at Copper Center they had up a danger sig nal but Cor1 thot he could get across as he is always so lucky, so he tried |. But when he got his truck in the mid- de of the bridge the two spans coll- npsed and Cnrl's outfit went into the river thru the icc. His car froze in end the Alaska Road Connni s si on sentout some block and tnckel to pull him out |. Then he came on into town wi tn hi
 encks of va1uble concentrates, so icy he soid he WIS bringing the whole Klu+ tim River wi tn him.
 PERFECT CHEsTERFTEID OF OFFICE coUR TsY VI desire no remuneration for this poem
Weekly herald., 1931-12-27

TorrY HIKE IS AT PRESENT THE CHIMP ion ire tighter in thes parts. He has 5ua fani shed a contract for hauling about ~ 100 tons of supplies to Indian River 2e>z B ton mile. Hest of this gre fight wen+ fr on Vales omc from Chi iti na He used 9 two-ton Ford truck md m2de money~The offici als of the NhBT5SMA Co. say that when they get the road finished to Nnbes- r;a they will be able to land concen- trates md supplies the 200 miles be tween V1ldez and the mine for~,25G . ton.
 At 20 2 o ton mile the rctc fro1 Valdez to Chitina is o600 o ton. The average rate from CordcV': to ChitinF by Railr oad is 50 ton.Ve hear tho freighters sny that they will be h'a' ling lots Of freight over here next summer from Valdez. The auto road be- tween hcrc and Vo1dez is open for trnve1 just : months a year July S to Cct.l st Tine reat of the year lt' buri 1G i:? snow.
Weekly herald., 1931-12-27
~ NETS FrC7- THE COPPER CENTER NAA1VES
 VII t ten by one "0f them. ' '


 s71o:'-'u.- T@hn & Ers.g Ewnn came down vi~@' = TIT n .EVphranie last night " ll:$J 1T. And Willow Greek George c1r> A:>zn from Lower Tcnslna to v1s1 Mir !. D 3ar onie 6 He is b2d shade now f hi g 2:3rken leg He may gone Kennecot H@>1;: tcal Again MT. Dick Euphrdnlo Our Chief before and now MT H .K1n& takc ? place on Dick for Chief Pr dent. Dick is getting bad every dr.. He had short wind too MT s .Anlna Xii. stay up with Dick Every night. Tr. Jerry NcC7T thy had Br oken his oT Inst 4 days cgo.on the hill side Ter cut wood for homo Joe Eskilldo Pack him down hill brought at home And 11' been Kenne colt Hospital for one oc>J md he came bacl< on same train. Anc Lloyd Bell quit Gene Ring Becouse :*> don't want gone work for his 1cev1o: s,1rc Lloyd Bell work wi tn Andy All { fer cut Wood. And Anyone Want w to Buy lift Order Chitina Cash Sto* Johnnie Nelson. Cut any kind wood. Is inches or I8 inches or 32 incht e SC inches wood .Al1en and L1eycd> d. - lenvcr wood anyone want to buy Wp<> And N A .Br own and l-r Fred Cut som& Logs for o A Nc Is on. N IA -3r own ss1o him Err cd have to look for First Cl Logs f or Lumber Andy Br own was Wor vi tn Andy Allen for cut Wo MT .Br is Idle work on the wood cutting Al Andy take new Partner .Nr Lloyd ana Andy Br own said Him md Fred st.rt after Now Years 1852. AND Andy All is Fix up his house and Scl1 up WI Build paper mnde nice home inside t House he Pnint with Ce1syEin And h
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13

FRIDAY FOOTBALL
Big Spring. IS; Lamesa. 0.
Sweetwater 80: Hamlin 0.
Pampa 26; Clarendon 0.
Grandview 20: Italy 0.
Brentwood so: Santa Anna o.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-13

Ross and Lynes. are bic and strong.
Lettermen ut End.
End.-Three lettermen, Koontz.
Hawn and Mills, will be back this
season to try for the end position on
Coach Morrison's eleven. Davidson.
a letterman OF 1929 will also return
for the wingman's place. Along with
these four lettermen will be one
squad man, Dickinson. that played
in several games last Fall and look
ed even better in Spring training.
Four Freshmen. Clayton. webster,
Smith, and Barton, are also fight
ing for the coveted position Of wing
man.
Backs.-In the backfield Morrison
will be blessed with a world OF ma
terial. Seven lette-men from last
year. Gilbert, Sprague, Travis.
Johnson. Mason. Hearon, and JoT-
dan will all return to form the
nucleus. Oliver. Shaw. lass. Jacobs.
Walker, McNutt, WalStad, and
Thomas. some Of last years squad
men. along with Strickland Baxter.
Cullen. and Norwood will offer
plenty of competition for the older
man.