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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02

Bismarck, Dec. 2S.- The North
Dakota capitol building was de-
stroyed by fire Sunday morning
Practically all of the official
records, files and historical docu,
ments of the state were consumed
by the flames which started on the
upper floor of the four-story brick
building spread rapidly and de,
stroyed the main structure ana
both wings.
State affairs were thrown into a
turmoil and Gov. Shafer issued q
call for an immediate meeting OF
all state officials to consider the
situation. 80
The capitol was erected in 1854
at a time when North Dakota was
but a thinly populated fronuei
territory. The two wings were ADD
ed in 1894 and 1904. ;.
Although the monetary loss /, !
not expected to exceed S6O,OOO' th'
damage caused by destruction Q
the records was described as IN
calculable." =,
GLOSS of the records will resul
in the greatest confusion IN "
states history and years Will pas
) before it is untangled," GovernO
! Shafer said. -
The original copy of the stat
constitution was among the le'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
COUNTY SOLONS
LEAVE FOR HELENA

The Sheridan county delegation
to the 22nd Legislative session left
New Years day for Helena, in or
der to be present for the organiza-
tons of the House and Senate.
Sen. Lars Angvick and Repre-
sentatives Andrew Iceland of Out
look and Rasmus LELAND of Ante
lOpe compose the Sheridan county
delegation this session. Lars Ang-
wick was in the House last session
along with Andrew LELAND. Last
election he was elected with sub
stantial majority on the Repub,
lican ticket over Robert Larson
Farmer-Labor candidate, to sue
coed Sen. Charles E. Taylor, who
retired after serving two terms
from this county.
Representative Andrew UelanC
IS serving his second term, anC
Rasmus LELAND his first, both be
ng elected as Republicans.
There is much important legis
alton coming before this session
and the activities of the Sheridan
county delegation will be watches
with interest.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
ANOTHER new YORK BANK GOES
TO WALL = Is MILLION INVOLVED
Cops Draw Guns and Club Against Workers Who De-
mand Deposits = $4,000 Depositors = Second Big
Crack Within Fortnight

New York.-Another big New
York bank crashed Tuesday morn
ing. The Chelsea Bank and Trust
Co., with seven branches, $20,000,-
900 in deposits and over $4,000 de-
positors, was closed by the state
banking department when deposi-
tors began besieging the bank in
order to withdraw their money.
The bank officials up to within
an hour of the closing of the bank
attempted to "assure" the deposi-
tors that everything was all
right" Nevertheless 10000 lined
up in front of the main branch of
the bank at 48th Street and Sew
enth Avenue and they could not
get their money.
Police Club DepOsitOrs
At the Harlem branch at 229S
Seventh Ave., the depositors rush
ed the door of the bank and
smashed the glass in the windows
The police rushed the crowd anC
some of them drew their revolvers
against indignant depositors. A
il all other branches long lines anC
groups of sullen depositors stood
at the closed doors. Some of tn,
cops drew their blackiacks agains
the workers who found they coulC
not get at their hard earned
money.
Examiner Said Bank was Good
AS in the case of the Bank O
United States, Broderick, Tam
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
Mail Order Houses Flood
Country With Catalogues
Bottom Goes Out of Commodity Prices Cotton, Wool
Fifty-five Years.

carrying on a campaign against
maintenance of wartime prices on
groceries and commodities. Since
the campaign started these merch-
ants have reduced prices about 80
per cent, which fact the Sheridan
county and Plentywood consumers
can thank the Producers News for.
A perusal of the catalogue shows
silk, the best charmouse for $1.05
the yard. This used to sell for
$2.75 to $3.50 the yard. Mems all
virgin wool suits are quoted at
$3.50, sheep lined leather coats
for 1898.
All wooden goods are about half
or less than is charged at the local
chain store which retails at Plen-
tywoOd for about 25 per cent more
than the same store at WillistoT
sells the same items for.
1t is reported that the loca
chain store manager is to be re
placed by another man, as it seems
that the company is not satisfied
with the showing the store is max
ing in Plentywood, apd because o.
Continued on rage Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
.DO-X MAY MAKE
PACIFIC FLIGHT

Hamburg, Germany, Dec. 30
The giant flying boat DO-X may
fly to Japan by way of Hawaii In
1881, if its proposed American
flight fulfills expectations Comdr-
Frederick Christensen asserts.
Commander Christensen told an
interviewer the American cruise
via the Canary Islands, Rio De ia
metro and Havana would be purely
an experimental venture. DR.. Dor
nier, builder and inventor of the
l50-ton flying boat wishes to show
Americans it is a ''trail breaker"
Commander Christensen said
"The DO-X already is a real sea-
going Ship" he said, "but / think
there will be further developments
in this direction.
"There will be, for instance,
ships in which motors are built
in the hull the same as In ordinary
ships, with the propellers shaft
driven"
Although it had been previously
announced at the Dorrier works
that the DO-X would be ready TO
start for America from Lisbon on
January Is, Commander Christian
sen mentioned January 20 as the
likely starting date.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
VEHICLE REGISTRAR
FILES MOTOR REPORT

Helena, Dec. 81 Biennial re-
port of the registrar of motor We
hicles, received by the state board
of examiners today from Warden
Austin B. Middleton, shows that
receipts of the department amount
ed to $3,164,890 in the two year
period from June 80, 1928 to June
80, 1880. Disbursements of the de-
partment amounted to ST., 1864. The
difference was turned over to the
state board of examiners to be re-
turned to the counties. where the
money originated. Chief items a.
mong the receipts included ST..
386,168 for licensing passenger
cars, $577,458 for trucks, SCI, 29(
for certificates of title to cars
$49, 947 for license transfers. SIS, 16t
for duplicate registration receipts
$8,065 for dealers licenses, $2,57!
for motorcycles and 1892 TO
back license fees.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
SEN. NYE OFFERS BILL
TO HELP FARMERS

"An eighteen month mOratOrl-
UNI on debts owed by farmers to
the government through farm
loan agencies is proposed in
bill offered in the Senate Tues
day by Senator Gerald p. Nye.
The bill would postpone pay
ments of installments, interest
and principal on loans made on
land by the Federal Farm Loan
bank, also seed loans made thru
the Department of Agriculture
and on livestock and chattei
loans made through the Interme-
date Credit bank. The purpose
of the measure is to give the
farmers a breathing spell of
year and a half from the date
of the passage of the act and to
save them from mortgage fore
closure until the existing de-
pressed condition in all industry
has righted itself. The bill COM
mends itself because it protects
the farmer in possession of has
property until better conditions
prevail than at. present"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02

adjourned about $50.
Niels Madsen, Clerk &
Recorder, was present and
also done a lot of explaining
that did not explain a thing,
and made a very poor i'm
preston upon his old friends
and neighbors, who were
convinced by his remarks
that he, too, had gone over
body, soul and britches to
the French-Dolin-Powers Medicine
Lake machine whose administra-
ton has brought the county onto
the brink of bankruptcy.
The meeting of the Board was
a special one called to finish the
unfinished business of the ole
Board. Victor Anker was not
there. He was not at the regular
December meeting. Immediately
after election he, accompanied by
his wife, left for a trip to Texas
and it is said that he will not bt
back until after January 18th, 81
will not be at the first meeting
Next Monday, January 9Th, of thu
new Board, when that Board will
be organized. It is rumored tina
Victor Anker, who is himself al
i.a4cd On rage Four)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02

The mail order houses are flood
ing the Northwest with their new
sales catalogues, quoting new
prices on commodities.
Montgomery, Ward & Co., Sears
Roebuck & Company, Bellas Hass
Company, and the M. w. Savage
Company, all have their catalogs
out. AS predicted by the Produc-
ers News, commodity prices have
taken the most drastic drop re-
corded in the last half century.
Cotton, wool, rayon. linen and silk
prices have hit new low with a
bang. Silk is cheaper than it has
been for fifty-five years.
The prices quoted all simply de-
moralizing and will be followed
shortly by numerous failures or
the part of small merchants who
have failed to prepare for this in.
evitable break in prices. The mai
order houses are out for the bust
ness and of course, with so cen
wheat, and decreasing prices fol
other farm commodities in the wa!
of milk, cream, butter, cheese
poultry and eggs, the farmers ar,
bound to count their pennies ant
spend their money where they cal
get the most for their money. Wei
the mail order houses know thi
and they are preparing for a gen
eral extension of business. Tn
small town merchants are playing
into the hands of the mail orde
houses by arbitrarily maintaining
lprices withut regard to replace
ment costs.
In Plentywood, the merchant
are absolutely running the town b
boycotting the farmers paper, TIL
Producers News, by refusing t
advertise. The farmers are retail
ating by refusing to buy in Plenty
wood until the Plentywood mercl
ants call off their boycott, and III
til they do, they will patronize I'll
mail order houses, and the mercl
ants in the small town, who reduC
their prices and patronize the ia,
r'ers' paper.
The Plentywood merchants al
: riled at the Producers News fl
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
Huge Income
Tax Rebates

Washington, Dec. 90 A total
of $126,836, 1888 was refunded by
the treasury during the last fiscal
year on account of errors in COM
putting income taxes.
In addition the treasury allow
ed $176,398,377 in attachments and
$36, 535, 245 in credits for the same
reason. Refunds for the previous
fiscal year aggregated $19O,OOO,-
900.
This was disclosed today in the
treasury's annual report to con-
gress, which showed the United
States Steel corporation of New
York received the largest rebate
for the year-$25, 205, 343.
In the list of recipients of more
than $500 for the fiscal year end
ing last June 80 were the names
of notables from politicians to pu-
gilists and hundreds of companies
! John D. Rockefeller, ST., was a.
warded the largest refund to any
individual, receiving $448, 4O6. Joh1
D. Rockefeller, Jr., drew $14,37O.
William Harrison (Jack) Demp
sey was given $1,114.
Senators Couzens of Michigan
and Arthur Gould of Maine alst
benefited by the repayments. Cou
zens drawing $3,677 and and tn
latter 81, 494.
Chicago's mayor, William Hal
Thompson, obtained $2,464.
Henry Ford was given $46,O6O.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
BURMA REBELS
WORRY JOHN B

Rangoon, Burma, Dec. 90 A
regiment of soldiers with machine
guns has been sent into the Tiara
waddy district, 65 miles north Of
here where more than a score have
been killed in tax resistance riot
ing during the past two days.
Four police have been killed and
several wounded in encounters
with the rebels who thus far have
eleuded capture by taking advan-
tage of the wild character of the
country.
Their leaders show great skill
and a phenomenal knowledge OF
military tactics.
Reports received here are that
the natives have plenty of amuni-
ton and guns and have taken up g
position behind five miles of i'm
penetrable jungle. They are sale
to have sl1illfully strengthened
their position by the erection o.
strong barriers of felled trees anC
a highly developed scout system
has been organized to proven
them being taken by surprise.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
EARTHQUAKES
In ARGENTINE

Salta, Argentina, Dec. 27.-New
earth tremors and heavy rains to-
day added to the misery of the
population of LaPoma, in the An
des, where 33 persons were killed
and more than 70 injured when an
earthquake destroyed that village
yesterday.
A relief expedition which arriv-
ed at LaPoma today after i "a
hour march over a rough mountain
road found the survivors, still ter
rorstricken, camped amidst the
wreckage of their homes. Six new
shocks were felt this morning thru
out the province of Salta, but nc
further deaths or material damage
were reported.
Huge Cracks In Earth
The quake left behind it two
huge cracks in the earth which to-
day were oozing hot water. In the
panic of the first shock it was re
ported that number of persons
fell into the newly opened cracks
and disappeared. The Neighborins
mountains emitted smoke during
the shocks.
The earthquake, survivors said
was accompanied by a sound tina
commenced like distant thunder
coming from the earth instead o
the sky. 1t increased until it sound
ed like the greatly amplified gal
looping of many horses. Those VIII
Escaped the first rain of fallin
masonry and plaster fled to tn
fields, wandering about until daw
showed the clouds of dust owe
their ruined homes.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
LECCE WANTS
TARIFF BOOST
Differs With SteEwer on Exclusion
Sees Necessity to Build Eco
nOmic Wall-Extreme Weakness
Hits Market-Slight Raise Seen

Washington, Dec. PA higher
tariff on wheat rather than tenn
porary embargo as suggested by
Chairman Legge of the farm board
was advocated today by Senator
Steiwer, if world prices drop to a
point permitting importations over
the AZ cent tariff wall.
The Oregon Republican said it
was Essential that adequate steps
be taken at once to exclude i'm
ports of wheat because the farm
board has pegged the price and if
the foreign market goes down TO a
point where they can import over
the duty, we would be buying Can
adian wheat at the pegged price"
Steiwer expressed fear foreign
relations might be harmed by an
embargo if the tariff commission
found it could not invoke the flex-
ible provisions to raise the levy.
He also advocated a rise of 15%
in the present duty of 1919 or
bran, shorts and other by-produce
feeds obtained from milling grains
Imports of these by-products have
increased considerably from Ar
gentina and Canada.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
BANK AT COLUMBUS
CLOSES ITS DOORS

Columbus, Dec. 30 Curtis Ad-
ans, former cashier of Reed Point
State Bank, now with the state ex-
aminer's department, is here to
look after the affairs of the Co
lumbus State Bank which failed to
open up Tuesday morning.
A notice posted on the door on
Tuesday morning stated the board
of directors had ordered the bank
closed due to a depletion of its
cash reserve and its inability to
meet demands made upon it. The
bank was the first one established
in Saltwater county, being organ
lied in 1904 with capital of $685.
900. In September it had deposits
of $4,000 but when it closed the
deposits had dropped to around
100000.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
JOBS AVAILABLE IN
FEDERAL SERVICE

Several positions are open in the
United States civil service, accord
ing to J. D. Cough, secretary of
the commission for Helena. Some
of the vacancies follow:
Junior mathematician, $4,000 a
year, coast and geodetic survey,
department of commerce.
Junior forester and junior range
examiner, $4,000 to $4,000 a year,
forest service, Indian service and
bureau of biological survey, for
duty in the field.
Medical officer, associate medi-
cal officer, general medicine and
surgery, for duty in the depart
ment service, veterans bureau
public health service, Indian ser
vice, coast and geodetic survey ar
/ Panama Canal Zone.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
BAND HAS FINE DANCE
ON NEW YEARS EVE

The Plentywood Band had a
crowd at the New Years Ball CIV
en- for the benefit of the Band, an
organization of which Plentywood
mas a reason to be proud.
A Battle of the Air" feature
occurred at midnight, when a fly
ing machine on a cable crossed the
length of the Temple carrying
aVonne DeSilvia who turned loose a
Hook of balloons for the dancers
20 catch. Little Elsie Mae Duggan
appeared the stage at 1906
tnarp dressed in white and adorn-
ca with wings and named 1881
making very pretty tableaux.
The dancers made merry unit
about 200 o'clock, properly intro
uuclng 1881 for good or for bad.
The dance was a great success
and was enjoyed by the crowd VIII,
attended.
The music, furnished by the De
silvia Wildwood Dance Band, wa
the delight of the occasion. TIL
Soys looked very spiffy in thei
beautiful red suits.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
AGED WRITER OF
AFTER The BALL
DIES IN GOTHAM
,,:.o. Of Famous Old Ballad of
Forty Years Ago Succumbs at
Ane Of 65-Wife and Two Chill
dren Survive.
=a: TAXPAYERS ASSN ASKS COMMISSIONERS TO EXPLAIN

Nrou, York, Dec. 27.-Charles X.
w, Nr% who entranced the nation
i rl'i the spell of after the BALI
is dead. ,r III - bic
home Yesterday after an illness OF
.brae weeks. He was 65 years old.
Snrviving are the widow, the form
~ Cora Leherberg, of Owensburg,
Kv and two daughters, Mrs. K.
WE'LL of Chicago and Miss Mildred
Harris.
Mr. Harris was born in Pough-
teepsie. N. Y, grew up in Sagi-
naw. Mich, Milwaukee Wis, and
Chicago and settled in New York
AZ a mogul of "Tin Pan Alley
he created a fortune from the pub
fishing business in late years but
wrote no songs comparable to his
earlier efforts.
"After the Ball" was born in a
sweetheart's quarrel, which Mr.
Harris witnessed in a Chicago
dance hall. This is the way ne saw
it.
After the ball is over,
After the break of dawn,
After the dancers leaving,
After the stars are gone;
Many a heart is aching,
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have
vanished,
After the ball.
Mr.. Harris had the distinction O.
being one Of the few men VIII
threw out Mayor James Walker
when young Jimmy wrote, evil
You Love Me In December as Yol
Did in May?" The publishe
turned him down at frequent in
tervals.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
CONGRESSMAN
WOULD OFF
WAR VETERANS
Representative Garner Anxious to
Pay Up Adjusted War Service
Certificates - Mature in 1945 -
Huge Sum Needed-WOuld Help
to Restore Economic Balance.

Washington, Dec. 81 Payment
of adjusted war service certificates
on an optional basis was proposed
by Rep. Garner of Texas, the mi
nority leader, as a means of ere
storing the economic balance"
"The general demand for pay
ment of this debt makes it impera-
tive" he said, "that congress pro-
coed to consider this proposed leg
islation without delay.
Should be Left to Vets
Congress should pass a bill
granting the world war veterans
the option of turning in their GER
tificates at any time and receiving
the original settlement value plus
four per cent interest to date OF
payment"
The option plan he said, would
permit the veteran in distress to
realize on his certificate without g
sacrifice, while other veterans
could hold their certificates TO ma,
turity.
Garner said it would not require
more than billion dollars, while
the treasury could borrow money
at from IL to 1% per cent.
"I doubt if the treasury ever will
again be able," Garner said, "t'
secure money at such low rat
for the discharge of this obliga
ton"
Garner said he agreed with Sec
rotary Mellon that legislation o
this character would bring meas
ure of relief to the country but h
did not believe such relief woul
be merely temporary.
Garner said he doubted whethe
more than so per cent of the eel
tificates would be cashed at thi
time.
The adjusted service certificate
are in the form of paid up Il
year endowment policy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
CLENDIVE MAN
Is EXONERATED

Glendive, Dec. 81 John Flohr,
Jr., was exonerated by a coroner's
jury which heard testimony re-
garding the fatal shooting of
Grant Callahan, 18, during an at
tempted robbery at the Flohr farm
home near here Wednesday.
Young Flohr told authorities he
wounded Callahan after he and
four other Glendive youths shot
through a door, broke into the
Flohr home and started ransacking
it.
Callahan's companions, Franz
Cavanaugh, George Palmer, Ar
Scare and Steve Peltzer, were wit
nesses at the inquest. They art
held in the county jail under ;
charge of assault with deadl!
weapons.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
CAPITOL BUILDING AT BISMARCK
DESTROYED BY FIRE SUNDAY A. M
Practically All Records Lost Damage VIII Run Into
Millions documents Regarding $55,OOO,OOO In State
land Depart and Records of $40 900 In Office of
State Treasurer Consumed by Flames Building Was
Old Structure Built In Territorial Days.

papers saved. Secretary of State
Robert Byrne brought it out of his
office and was slightly burned and
cut in his effort. He was the only
casualty.
Records Loss Large
Among the papers lost are the
records of about $55,000,000 worth
of investments in the state land
department and the records Of
$40, 100000 in the state treasurer
office. The state highway depart
ment officials estimated that j
! (Continued on Last Fasel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
WOMEN MAY SIT
ON JURY, BELIEF

Helena, Dec. 29-Belef that the
22nd Montana legislature will
show more consideration for the
wOmen's jury service bill than have
its predecessors is expressed by
Mrs. Norman Winestine of Helena,
Legislative chairman for the Mon
tana League of Women Voters.
This belief is a reflection of re-
plies received from a QUESTIONABLE
which the league sent to all men,
bers of the assembly.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
LEGION MEMBERS IN
FAVOR OF PAYMENT

Helena, Dec. 30 Montana Le-
gionnaires favor payment of adj
justed compensation in cash at
this time, according to replies re-
ceived to questionnaires sent to
each member by Herbert KILLER,
state adjutant.
Approximately 40 per cent of
the questionnaires have been re-
turned. Practically every member
favored the cash payment plan,
Mr.. KILLER said.
When blanks are in, findings
win be reported to Montana con-
gressmen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
E. VANCE STARTS
AIR TRANSPORT

Great Falls, Dec. 28.-Daily air
passenger service between Great
Falls and Billings win soon be
commenced by Border Air Line, it
was announced today. Stops win
be made on advance orders AZ
Stanford, Lewistown and Roundup.
Earl Vance is the manager Of the
new line which has filed incorpor-
alton papers with the secretary of
state. A three passenger heated
ship will be used and a six-passen-
ger heated ship will be substituted
later if business warrants. The.
route is approximately 205 miles.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02
CANADIAN WHEAT AT
so CENTS SATURDAY

= Winnipeg, Dec. 28.- Wheat
slumped to so cents a bushel
= an all time low-at the OPP
ening of today's brief session
of the grain exchange. Offer
ings were meager and entry OF
investment buyers soon sent
prices back to higher levels.
December. the cash month,
hit the bottom price on initial
sales, but before the close had
rallied to 52% cents a BUSH
. ell.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1931-01-02

panic.
The figure of Jas bank
failures in the first ten
months of 1880 was high, but not
out of line with those of previous
years. Then came November with
236 bank failures. Then came De-
cember and the crash Of the Bank
of the United States in New York
City. Deposits in the banks cloeed
for the first 10 months Of the
year aggregated 1911, 100000; de-
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