The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-05-13
By HANS RASMUSSEN

The Plentywood Herald is tickl-
ed all over about the convention.
"No convention could possibly have
been held under conditions where
greater harmony prevailed. No
convention could possibly have
been more democratic in making a |
selection of standard bearers" it |
says. ga dirt farmer presided"
This dirt farmer was Welcome
March, the one who said the far
mers were a lot of fools when
they insisted on getting rid Of the
county agent.
The Herald goes on and tells us
that this convention which they
call: Taxpayers Economy Lea
gue," nominated candidates "of
which any voter need not be
ashamed group Of men and
women whom, when elected, will
| assure an efficient and honest adj
miDistration and to whom any
county could point to with pride.
What a mouthful. What gail
some people have-coming out and
telling the people of Sheridan
county if they will elect the same
bunch of people once more, then
all our troubles will be over. viii
; another election make Andrew Ue-
land, Grant Blackwell, Hans Mao
sen. Niels Madsen, Carl Peterson,
/. Robert Wheeler and Miss Marku-
: son any better? These people all
! helped to put the county to a
point where everybody is kicking
about the way it has been run
And trying to make people believe
: that Carl Peterson is going to fire
u his wife after having her on the
: county payroll for eight years, OF
that the sheriff is going to fire
u his deputies, is what Joe Doli1
9 calls Just that much "politica
;. bunk-um. The four new names
IL added to the list have not improv
ed it in any way, shape or form.
d The Herald has the delegates
lie shaking hands with one anothe,
y after the convention saying, "tha
N this had been one of the most sue
in cessful of any meeting of its kin
in Sheridan county for years." 10
"a Dolin reports it differently an
re more correctly when he says
w within an hour after the close O
u the convention, street talk anon
oil the delegates disclosed the fac
at that many felt that they had bee
'iobbed'" And we know for
yb fact, that some of the farmer
od went home and told their neigl
he bors. that this convention we
he enough to make anybody puk
10 And that was not a very niC
mt thing to do after the PlentywoC
" Commercial Club had served sue
a nice lunch. Too bad the,
lis weren't more farmers there.
ng We again agree with Joe Dol
'e when he says that this conventit
,Ee was dominated by fixers," al
ne that mot all the delegates to tn
"a mo- convention knew of the unde
Inc handed methods INDUCED In" al
''to these men will come great
ler understanding of just what to
yht place." and that the endorseme
ooi 'may be a disadvantage to the e
A dorsed candidates"
Irs. Joe is quite peeved over t
ere convention. He had a scheme
me his own, but was kind of left Q
my in the cold. Joe doesn't like
the idea of having some highbinG
from North Dakota coming in he
.rt- upsetting his little apple cart.
vas is getting to be here just like
'st- Chicago, where the gangsters g
vas humping one another off.
bod Joe himself was not at the co
aid vention, but he had his little sic
ur- kicker. ex-banker Simon Faabol
In right on the ground floor. 1t "
on case of one gang outwitting t
'olf other. and Joe was on the losi
of side.
'eC- The county manager plan, w
Ken which Harry Polk was going
II save the county, seems to ha
Ugh ~