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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

Paris, March 25-Comrade Jules
Camelinat, one of the last survlv-
ors of the First international and
of the Paris Commune, died in the
working class quarter Belleville
here on March 5, aged 80 years.
Camelinat took part in the strug-
giles of the working class for 90
years.
He was born in Nailly-la-Ville
(Yonne) and in his youth was a
winners laborer. He then went "
Paris where he obtained a job as
unskilled laborer in a factory. Lat
er on he became a mechanic. He
was one of the founders Of the
First International and of the
Working Mems Association. He
also became an organizer of a
trade union. A very different job
then to what it is today. In the
great strike of the workers in
1867 he played a leading part
When the Commune formed its
government in 1871 Camelinat was
appointed its finance minister and
he filled this post most successful
lily.
After the defeat and destrL. r
Of the Commune he succeeded IL
making his escape 10 England
where he lived until the commun
ards were amnestied. In 1885 h.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
Taxpayer Says Plentywood
Property Owners Like to
Pay Confiscatory Taxes

The following article has been
sent in by a large taxpayer in
Plentywood, who apparently is
not content to take bitter medicine
and say he likes it:
You can believe it or not, but
in Plentywood / believe there is a
lot of people that like high taxes.
although some of them are very
likely to lose their homes and
business places if the present higl
taxes are not lowered.
/ say they like taxes, becauss
they are making very little or NJ
protest against the confiscator!
taxes we now have.
! Most people in Plentywood know
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
EAST
COALRHGE

Martin Norken and Pete Jensen
made a trip to brentwood on Sat
urday to see about the seed loan
proposition.
Easter services were CONQUERED on
Palm Sunday by Rev A ]. Sheldal
at the school house. and a program
suitable to the occasion was pu'
on by the school children under the
direction Of Miss Johnson. A de-
lightful lunch was served AFTER
wards by the Ladies Aid.
The Oscar Melby family werS
supper guests at the Mrs Nelson
home on Sunday evening.
The Melby and Nelson yount
folks made a delightful trip TO tn
Drawbond home near Alkabo OF
Monday evening.
ole Doe and Edgar Syverud at
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
By Harry Trauber

"Whaddya read? 'Merican,
News, Mirror! Whatdya read?"--
l was returning home on the
subway after my Pioneer troop
meeting. A boy of about IL, car
rying a big bundle of papers un-
der his arm, opened the door be-
tween the cars. AS the blast of
cold air struck him, l could see
him shiver. His torn jacket and
trousers provided no protection
against the cold. Quickly closing
the door, he walked down the car.
My thoughts followed him. See
ing workers children selling pa
pers and shining shoes was moth
ing new to me. l had done the
same thing myself. AS l sat
there, l thought of what we had
discussed at the troop meeting. We
talked about the misery of the
workers children, how we suffer
when dads out of work, and we
have no food, and go to school
with torn clothing. And then
realized that there was another
way that we workers children suf-
fer on account of the bosses
who run this country.
This newsboy was only one of
millions of children who sell pa
pers and shine shoes in the big
cities. l remember that a Pioneer
troop in the South had written tt
our troop. They told US how
thousands of children, some Of
them hardly 10 years old, worked
10 and II hours at the bobbins Of
a spinning mill, breathing the ali
thick with cotton lint.
And how about the children VIII
work on the farms and plantations
picking cotton and tobacco an.
cutting beets. Hundreds of thous
ands of Negro and white workers
children shaving under the blazinI
southern sun for a few pennies
day.
Their thin, nimble fingers fly
ing, driven by the boss, childre
work in canneries and factorie;
and make profits for the bosses
kids to go on swell vacations.
I thought to myself: awe Pix
neers organize the workers child
rem in the schools to fight fC
free food and clothing. We've q
to organize these children who al
working, tell them the truth abol
the workers and the bosses, al
fight together with them for Il
things they need. I'm going
take this up at our next troC
meetingi"
sat there a while longer, thin
ing about what we Pioneers cou
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

Continued from Front Pagel
farmers. While it is true, that to
a certain extent, American masses
were able to maintain better
standards Of living during the last
world war, they are now paying
dearly for the consequences of and
results of that war. And there
should be no doubt, that the ruling
class puts all the sufferings and
sacrifices that every war and es-
pecially modern imperialist war
brings forth, upon the shoulders
Of the masses Of working people.
Therefore, all the illusions,
which exist as a result of the
vicious bourgeois propaganda, that
war would restore prosperity and
would raise the standard of living
for the masses, is only self-betray.
al and must be done away with
There is no question that all i'm
perialist war means terrible, un
told suffering and. misery for tn,
masses of the people, at whose ex
pense they are being fought. 1
is clear to everyone, that worker
and farmers, and their sons ar
the first ones to be drafted an
! sent to the imperialist war from
! as soon as the United States i'm
perialism would be involved
: Workers and toiling farmers mus
:. pay heavy taxation and make ey
ery sacrifice IN their everyda
i livelihood in order to finance in
: perialist war.
Z United States imperialism
very deeply involved IN the INN,
i date preparations and in the ioiI
war against the Soviet Union.
e is therefore the duty of tile tot
: ing farmers in this country, {,
e gether with the workers to org,
re nize energetic action against h
Il own imperialist government W,
r. preparations. Toiling farme
8, should demand that all money a
ID propriated for ornaments and W
rs preparations be distributed as !
a lief for the unemployed and DO
" farmers thru Unemployed Co,
o. mittees and Committees of Fan
k ers; and that all Farm Boa
IS wheat must be Immediately dist
lie buted thru a similar manner. T
he tOiling farmers must also ma
ly the most energetic protests agar
- the taxation burden that Is n,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
Crowded out last weekly

The flu struck our neighborhood
pretty badly the past week or ten
days. the families of Andrew Dahl,
Ole Doe. Henry Haven and Marinus
Ibsen being ali laid up for several
days. A few days were missed by
the school also. Miss Johnson being
somewhat under the weather to-
gether with the children.
Henry Syverud has suffered an
unusually hard attack of the flu.
having been confined to bed for 10
days. Dr. Weeks of Grenora was
called on Thursday when il was
feared that complications were set
ting in but this lid not happen to
F, be the case.
/ Pete I.Odahl was a caller on Mon
day at the Syverud home on matters
connected with the taxpayers asso-
citation and Land assessments. Oscar
Melby made a similar call ON Tues
day. The new land assessment sys-
item is causing considerable inquiry
and dissatisfaction to some, espe'
cially to those with second ant
third class lands which have beer
raised considerably in value.
Martin Morken made a bushes:
"trip to Plentyw God On Wednesda.
land reports that the roads wer'
somewhat bad and uncertain on &C
count of the quick thaw and conse
quent high water.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

comes the interests of all workers,
can we successfully carry on this
fight. The Young Pioneers calls
upon all workers and upon all
workingclass organizations, Ne
gro and White, TO actively SUP
PORT THE CAMPAIGN A
GAINST CHILD MISERY, WANT
AND LABOR. We call upon you
10 organize mass demonstrations
in the support of the children's de-
mands. We call upon you to or
ganize Pioneer Troops, alongside
every block committee of the I'm
employed Councils, every local of
the United Farmers League, every
local of the Trade Unity League,
every Workers International Re-
lief, international Labor Defense
International Workers Order, ev-
cry Party Unit, Language organi-
cations, etc. We call upon the
united efforts of all organization
10 set up relief centres, shelter
homes, camps and Fairgrounds TO
the children of the unemployed
part time, and striking workers
and of the destitute farmers. Th'
Young Pioneers of America call
for a sharp fight for adequate re
lief and Unemployment Insuranc
for all workers, and for relief 70
= the small and middle farmers.
Long live the united struggle o
adult youth and children agains
! starvation and misery!
Down with child labOrl Govern
ment support for all child Labor
: ers!
Demand for our children every
thing the fatherland of the worI
: ers-the Soviet UniOn-gives i
g chiIdrent
e Defend the Soviet Uni0nl
II Win the children IN the Boy an
d Girl Scouts to fight with us
2, join the Pioneers!
'e Working class parents, childre
n fight for food in the schools,
I, gainst hungeri
lc Build the Young Pioneers
p, Americal Working class dhildre
le join the Young Pioneersi
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

with grazing areas. There 9
only two classes of grazing, W..
will be assessed at SIS and s. t9 y.
out the county irrespective o. y
lance from market.
Zones for farm lands have p =,
increased to nine, with tW0- -.
distances for each. Farm :. =
values within two miles Of mas 1l.1
will be assessed as follows: -! IL
class, $40; second, SIS, and uis
SIG. Thereafter values drop !,
cents an acre for each zone -. !,
each class of land. The last ia N
No. 9, has land assessed a. n =
Is, and s12, instead Of sl2, " ~, :
So as in the past. It IS Oe
this will equalize values. e..
In 1881. under the old ns Y;
of classification, there were e. n 4
$40 acres farm land ana ~ =,
acres of grazing land. TneLs .,tic
PAP acres classified as Hllsi
and assessed at $50 again i
wear. In addition, there wen ,s =. 4
III acres of state land SOLD :
contract and 524 acres Of e0~ "
, surface title land. -
Of the SsO,424 acres Oh Of 20 Il
: land in this county IN 1901 80
: 285 acres were owned By y s ess 4,
3 dents and assessed at -
, Editors note: PeOple. ~ ~
: close to towns are beneiIps
!, quite an extent by this ne, Id
rangement. IF you Nv. n 4
seven miles of town 20. ~ ~. a I
be assed only $3.50 to 49, NV. Il |,
! acre instead of SO, on i Us,
farm land. The extra PUT x
put upon those living ~ x ri
: town. If you live over :. ,.'aD
: from market you are nov .,s al
2 led to pay tax on SIG 70 si
7 acre instead of s12 j
: 1T is interesting to nO; 'o;ops
S the two county conimI All
n Frank French and Victor
l. as well as the tax comm ASK
: pointed BIZ the Taxpsys.s Deb
, on: Carl Hole, ASdrs ss,n j
IL and Erick Tiegen, 3 sl....sfItsd
l. to town and are all D a. uot y
: quite an extent and ol1 ,6sir ;
tate at all reducing "a bus
= taxes and put the eAH
over on somebody e'se
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
Crowded out last weekly

Mr. and Mrs. w. G. McCrady and
Mrs. McCrady's mother, Mrs. L. G.
Karlstad were the invited dinner
guests at the Alfred StaStad home
FRIDAY evening A most enjoyable
time was had by all.
Dorothy Blair was an overni ght
guest of Ruth Void Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Zeitner spent
an enjoyable afternoon visiting at
thu w. G. McCrady home Friday.
Mrs. Alfred Stadstad received
word Friday of the passing away OF
her mother, Mrs. Pete Peterson.
who has been receiving medical aid
at Minot for some time.
Milton Evenson was an overnight
guest of Milton Brown Friday
Pearl Larter has been out 81
school this week with pink eye.
The w. G. McCrady and NJ. Even,
son families were supper guests OF
the Jake Zeitner family Saturday
evening. The evening was spent II
playing cards and a delicious lunch
was served at midnight by Mrs
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Void and Mr.
and Mrs Adolph Hovdey ATTENDED
the dance in Canada Saturday night
Mrs. Pete Peterson's funeral wa
held at Dooley on Tuesday at 2;O'
p. NJ. A large number of friends o
the family attended.
Mrs. w. G.. McCrady and her moth
er. Mrs. L. G. Karlstad. left 10
parts in Minnesota, Tuesday. wher
they will make their future home
Mrs. Karlstad will live with he
son. who lives at Pioneer. Mimi.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Larter an
family were Plentywood callers Sat
arday.
The Harry Holland family wer
Raymond visitors Monday.
The Y. C. L. unit of the Wank'
school held their last meeting F'r
day night
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Malkden an
family Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Larter wei
callers at the Henry Ross home
Saturday evening.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01

being added to the toilers in the
cities and the country in order to
finance the coming imperialist
war.
But this is not enough. Chinese
people are already being attacked
and feverish preparations are be-
ing made TO attack the Soviet
Union. Therefore the toiling far
mers, together with the workers
must join to organize powerful
protest meetings and demonstra,
tons and to organize action a
gainst transportation of munitions
and war material to Japan and b;
rally for April 9Th the big anti
war meetings and demonstrations
to demand:
Hands off Chinese Peoplel
Hands off Chinese Workers an,
Farmers Revolution!
Hands of Soviet Union!
\ In order to give the stronges
possible effect to these slogans, t
the fight against imperialist wa
: and to their own immediate econ
omic demands, the toiling farmer
: of the United States must begi
all over the country in real earn
: est to build their organization.
Share Choppers Union, Tenan
Committees and Farmers Con
! mittees, and to affiliate them {
[ round their central organization
' The United Farmers League.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
FARM LANDS
VALUATION Is
MADE HIGHER
Sheridan County Boosts Scale But
Reclassifies Acreage By Zones

The following is taken from the
Great Falls Tribune. Just why
we should go, all the way to Great
Falls to get information about the
county in which we live, we can
not explain.-Edr.
Plentywood, Feb Is. = Farm
lands in Sheridan county will be
increased in value approximately
100000, says George E. Bolster,
county assessor, who has complet-
ed a revaluation and reclassifica-
ton of lands in accordance with
recommendations approved by the
county commissioners. The rec
concentrations were by made by q
tax commission of three appointed
last summer jointly by the com
missioners and the Sheridan Coun-
lty Taxpayers association. In
1881 farm and grazing lands were
assessed for S10,073,5 87, but tbs
change will increase this to $10,.
81, $50. The tax commission anC
the county assessor have Jointly
; agreed there should be a 10 pc
cent reduction in values of farm
improvements and this win lowel
{ such Improvement assessment
1921, 702 but leave valuation O
farm land and improvements a
more than 100000 more than i
1881 and previous years.
Heretofore, farm lands for az
sessment purposes were divide
into three zones: Within z mile!
z to Is miles and more than
miles from market. When tn
: land was classified here in 1922
o under the land classification act G
S 1919, farm and grazing lands WEI
r divided into four classes, whic
4 made assessing cumbersome. UI
. der the rules adopted by the a:
= SCISSOR in 1921, the four far
J classes seven miles from markt
e were assessed at S22, $18, SIP ar
9 SO; grazing lands at $40, ST, 5
ID and 81. From z to Is miles fro
s. market, farm land values we
II S18, SIP, 50 and 81, and grain
"a from 81 to So. In the first zo1
of more than Is miles from ma
9 ket, the first class farm land w
" assessed at $12 and dropped a
Is proMmately to fourth class gra
a. ing, which was valued at 50.
ID Under the new regulations the
ig are three classes of farm land, {
y fourth class having been includ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
ALA. SUPREME COURT UPHOIIS|
SCOTTSBORO DEATH SENTENrci
international Labor Defense VIII Garry Frame
to u. S. Supreme Court

NEW YORK, Mar. 24-The In
ternational Labor Defense an
that a motion for an ap-
peal to the U. S. Supreme Court
will be filed at once by George w.
Chamlee, attorney for the organi-
cation in Chattanooga, in the cases
of the seven Negro boys whose
death sentences by the Scottsboro,
Ala, court on charges Of assault
ing two white women hoboes, have
Just been upheld by the Alabama
Supreme Court.
The international Labor De-
Tense also sent the following wire
Of protest to Governor B. N. Mil
Ter Of Alabama:
Millions of workers through
out world enraged at Stat
Supreme Court confirmation o,
death verdicts against SCOTS
bOrO boys. Every scrap of eVi
dence proves the boys innocent
victims Of blatant frameup
railrOaded FHthlessly through
legal lynch machinery designe'
to terrOrize workers. especiall
black ones. Supreme Court ver
dict reveals highest court
working hand in glove wit
owners Of America agains
working class. We demand n
lease of ScOttsbOnO victims an
immediate halt of lynchinf
legal and otherwise in you
state. I. L. ID. pledges to leaV
no stone untwned to free thes
boys"
The following protest was wire
TO Chief Justice John Anderson {
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-04-01
BUILD THE YOUNG
PIONEERS

Fight against Misery, Starvation and Labor among
Children!
A Call to the Defence of all Workers and Farmers
Children!
To the whole Working Class of the United States!
To all Workers Organizations!
To all Working-Class Mothers and Fathers!
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the Alabama Supreme Com

4Aa supreme Coun.
"YOur confirmation :,
verdicts against innocent =
boo boys is blow against
class, especially poor Me-. "otS
South Workers throuabs sS,'A
protest this upholding - vi
lynching and obvious franz !,
weapon to keep Negro in ~
meaning ruthless exploit. - "a
Nego and white workers :
tory and landowners. Bv y
resources Of mass org, :. 2
appeal to public and legal
ures we pledge to fight hi,
which your decision will Ala S'O
eve shall immediately =.
case to the Supreme Com !,
United States" declared J y :
Engdahl, general secretsrV :. ~ !.
international Labor Defense
B. D. Amis, president Of tSs !,
que Of Struggle for Negro p Pi. !.
in a joint statement.
"The decision of the Il,s.
Supreme Court uphOldinr '', h
crude and vicious frame-un az
seven innocent Negro bov, =
go down in history along "a. :
, bred Scott decision Of The Il |,
Supreme Court in 1856. ds.l,.
that a Negro cannot be IooEs5 {
on as a human being. but /, !.
$ chattel, no different from , -
? Of furniture. ~
e "The decision of the I,,b,.
e justices amounts to the :.
thing. It proves that in the g.
the Negro worker is stin -:
q the elementary human -
L which the constitution sruDosI
= grants to all men. It proves 3
in these so-called free UNI
States, workers, and especially \
groes, are railroaded thru a 4,
lynching machinery which is n
ly a somewhat more subtle
refined improvement on the mi
class procedure of hanging Ne
D workers from telegraph polss
Y burning them alive.
''The Supreme Court decisiu
simply another step in the
M mite and systematic campaign
terror projected by the n
class against the Negro masse
has two objectives. The frs
le these is to crush the Negro v
- ers, and the Negro tenants
he are held on the land in condii
an Of semi-slavery, that they VII
cept starvation, wage-cuts, u
ployment, the theft Of their
~, =, and crops and every sort Of
" ploitation without a murmur
- second Of these is to inject
st the minds Of the white NO
"a the poison of race hatred
It'll spreading the lie that NegTOe
he born rapists. The ruling
&C. knows that when black and
a workers join hands, it will b
geo possible to stop them from Z
M the oppression Of their co.
II II exploiters.
ere "The ScottsbOro boys, IN
the boys hunting for jobs, have
TO- sentenced to death as part
md such a campaign of terrOrii
lily The fact that Eugene Wi
per the one boy whose verdict
lrH upheld, was sentenced in a
Sei which had no right to try e
- under IA years-and sentent
at ter the court was informe
in he was a child-prOves the
purpose which dictated the
as. of the courts. The Alabama
ded hopes by the release Of "
les, TO temper the wrath Of the !
10 in order the more easily
n tne thru the callous murder d
~ other boys, all of whom are
80 - iy innocent with Williams
b;cb of whom ane nearly as yoE
I'm he.
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was elected a member Of the
Chamber Of Deputies in a Paris
constituency as a socialist candi-
date with no less than 10000
votes. In the Chamber Of Depu-
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TOHING

(COntinued from Front Pagel
Seward daily gateway., 1932-10-04
ROOSEVELT CANCELLED SPEECH AT NEW YORK
 STATE CONVENTION

NEW YORK, Oct. 4, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic nominee for president who has just completed tour of the na- ton, disappointed the Democratic state convention by canceling his address. He turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of party members to speak and refused to comment as to sudden decision.
 John Boyd Thatcher, II, whose family once owned large portion of New York, was endorsed as the party's gubernatorial choice. MT. Thatcher has long been a Tamma- ny Upstate leader and a former ally of Al Smith.
 The Roosevelt-G Garner ticket was unanimously endorsed.
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NORTH PACIFIC WHALING
 MAY INCREASE SOON

VICTORIA, B. C., Oct. 3, As a result of a 30 per cent increase in the price of whale oil within the past two months, the whaling in dustry may see a revival, William Schupp, president of the Ameri- can Whaling Company, and Con- solidated Whaling Corporation, said.
 The rise in the price of whale oil, MT. Schupp said, came from a shortage of tallow, cottonseed and other vegetable oils. If the short age is maintained he believes it would mean resumption of the whaling industry on the Pacific Coast. The whaling fleet here has been inactive for the past year.
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VALUE OF AMATEUR RADIO NOW REALIZED
 ID GREATER EXTENT

In the recent flood in the Kenne- colt region, which washed out all bridges on the c. R. & N. w. R. R., and destroyed telephone lines, the amateur raodio station of Al De- nlenico, K7BLI, was the only means Of communication for the six weeks during which other communica- ton was at a standstill.
 Stepping into the breach left when wire communication failed. Domenico established schedules with other amateur stations in the United States and with K7pO Richard Fox, in Ketchikan. Con- merclal messages arriving in Ket- chikan for Kennecott were di- verted there to an ateur radio channels. Likewise, commercial messages starting at Kennecott first were sent through Domenico's amateur station and then switched to the Signal Corps radio in Ket- chikan.
 Residents of the Kennecott camp who ordinarily ask What good is It, anyway" now realize one of the values of amateur radio.
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MILLION DOLLAR. LOSS SUSTAINED CL0UDBURST
 MOUNTAINOUS RIBBON

TEHACHAPI, Calif., Oct. 4, = Tractors were brought into play Monday in an attempt to uncover at least 20 bodies in this small community which was devastated by cloudburst and flood. Many of the dead, who number about 46, are unidentified.
 One thousand men are as work cleaning up the debris and search ing for the dead as it is feared a number of transients also lost their lives in the 40-foot wall of water which unexpectedly swept down the gully to engulf all.
 Damage to the railroad is esti- mated at $1 100000 and it will re- quire months of labor to restore tracks, bridges and roadways for traffic.