The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-03-18
By HANS RASMUSSEN


On Tuesday, March %, the coun-
ty commissioners are going to
make another final decision on
the County Agent question. On
Feb. 3, they already made one fin
al decision, but that was only for
fun, now then they are going to
make real one, and in order to
make a good job of it, and get
some extra pay out of it, they had
to call special meeting.
That the Herald and the Wave |
print long articles in favor of the
County Agent is not more than
could be expected. They have al |
ways been on the Mainstreet side
and disregarded the wishes of the
farmers. 1t would be interesting
to know how the Herald's editori-
al writer, Mr.. Syverud, stands on
this question. There was time
when he was against having the
agent on our pay roll, but like a
good little boy he is now keeping
his mouth shut. He told us once
not to bite the hand that was feed
ing us: that's just what he is liv-
ing up to now.
Joe Dolin comes out with a long
spiel about The Producers News
at one time being in favor of
County Agent Anderson. We don't
deny that at all. We are even
proud of it. But Anderson was a
horse of another color. Anderson
was farmers man and their
friend. He was a good nonparti-
san. He voted with the farmers
and worked for their best interest,
and just for that reason he was
fired-not fired by the farmers,
but by the Mainstreeters. 1t must
also be remembered that at that
time our financial conditions were
altogether different. At that time
. people at least thought they could
afford having a county agent.
With Ferguson it is different.
: When he appoints feed commit
/ tee, he appoints the most reaction
= airy business men and farmer-hat-
r ers he can find in the county and
does not put one actual farmer on
that committee. He takes the
n same stand as Welcome March anc
!. Jack Bennett-.that farmers are
r Damn Fool contnd "like a bunch
of kids" He refuses the feeC
! loans and let's horses and cattle
! starve to death when there ar
twelve million dollars more appro
= priated for feed purposes. HI
writes to Grand Forks and tell
them not to let anybody know
/ anything about the dirty work h
y and his feed committee are doing
e He is a 1000 Mainstreeter.
II Plentywood wants him becaus
II Plentywood wants a County Fail
If the County Fair was to be he'll
# in Medicine Lake or Outlook, Plen
ID tywood would not be in favor o
ir county fair at all. If the farm
If ers want county fair, it can b
~ held without a county agent an
p at much less expense.
The County Agent and JAG
lg Bennett played golf together a
a last summer and the two cam
ne out about even, so now it is yer
Sc important that Mr. Ferguson |
s. kept on the county pay roll anotl
st er year so it can be finally deci'
he ed which one of the two is tt
p champion golf player.
O. If Mr.. Ferguson should lose h
n job it is going to be quite a loi
[r. to Ingwalson Co., where he is bu,
nd ing his groceries. For that reast
cir Mr.. Christianson wants to ke'
" him on the county pay roll
long as possible
Lars Angvick is raising more
less full-blooded cattle and al
registered wheat. For him it
RS. nice 10 have kind of commissi
ed man paid for by the county,
RS. Lars is also for the county agel
he Gus Riba is in favor of t
EN- county agent because he told hi
rs. TO harrow his alfalfa patch. Som
IN thing Gus and everybody e.
the knew should be done, but Gus h
off never got around to until Il
year, but he had wonderful resul
RS. This year he cut it once where
mar used to cut it twice.
asst Sheriff Madsen says putting
avs gopher poison alone is worth
on of what the county agents off
ner cost the county. The county ag'
don't mix any gopher poison: Il
9th part he hires somebody else to
Nul- He hands out a sack whene'
his somebody wants one. The Il
sheriffs could probably do t
without being overloaded W
work and even do the mixing
in their spare time. If they CO
led not do it all, they could call
the four in the Assessors of
ndi- for help. Even Carl Peterson
ads, his wife could give a helping hi
ned in between the session of co
pom once a year, providing Carl is
going out blowing again like
With used TO do and at the same t
big being on the county pay leu.
Max County Surveyor, even ss busy
ners he is, would probably be willing
mes mix a few shovels of poison a
eyer working hours if somebody as