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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Hiehway Work Suspended

Work on the highway between
Antelope and Plentywood has been
suspended on account of the cold
weather and snow. The new grade
has been practically completed
from the end of old grade south of
Antelope to about a mile north Of
that town.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
DAHL DEMOCRATIC
COMMITTEEMAN

Andrew Dahl is listed in the Mon
tana Democratic Campaign Book as
the democratic precinct committee
man from Coalridge. But he later
came out as a liberty candidate for
sheriff. Mckee, defunct banker,
land shark, and rent broker, chair
man of the democratic county COM
mittee is reported as having been
out campaigning for Dahl as were
several other prominent democrats.
This fact sustains the contentious OF
the Producers News that the liberty
party was put in the field for the
sole purpose of defeating the Com
mun1st candidates which it actually
accomplished
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

E. w. Palutzke and son William
left Wednesday for their home in
Glendale, Calf, after spending the
fall here looking after Mr.. Palutz-
ke's farming interests.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Baby Dies

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
C. F. Christensen Tuesday, Nov.
Is. The little one lived two days
and was buried Thursday after
noon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Snow Sunday

Sheridan county was blanketed
Sunday with from three to five
inches of snow. The temperature
dropped to 10 below Sunday night
and Monday morning.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
LUTHERAN CHURCH
o. M. SimundSon, Pastor
Sunday, Nov. 40

6AAA-ANJg $500
Services at Plentywood at IL a.
m, and at Dooley at $3.50 p. m.
Thanksgiving day: Services with
Communion at Antelope at IL a. m.
Communicates will meet at 1880
for registration. Services at Ray
mond a $3.50 p. m.
A business meeting of the congre-
cation will be held after the Ray
mond service. Kindly make a note
of this.
Sunday. Nov. ~
Services at Plentywood at IL a. m.
and at Outlook at $3.50 p. m. The
annual business meeting of the con-
gregation will be held after the SER
vices in Outlook.
The business meeting of the con-
gregation at Antelope will be held
at the church on Monday. Nov. "a
at 10 a. m.
The Plentywood aid will give 3
llutefisk supper at the church par
lors on Saturday Nov. 10. The
public is invited.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Undergoes Operation

Mrs. James LATTER who lives
north of Raymond was operated
on at the Memorial hospital Mon
day for gall stones. She is re-
covering nicely.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Red Cross Flour

A carload of Red Cross flour
was unloaded Monday and stored
in the basement Of the public Ii
brary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Here Ennm Great Falls

Bill Pierce returned Tuesday
from Great Falls to spend a few
days looking after business mat
tiers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
COMMUNIST FIGHT FOE
AND FARMERS

If, on the other hand, the voters
had elected Taylor and Laursen to
the legislature, they would have
raised their voices in the chamber
against capitalism. They would
have Numbered for sixty days a
gainst this system of hunger and
starvation and argued for it's over
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

ius sALE-Purebred M. B. turkey
TOMS fine large birds weighing 20
70 "a lbs Present weight of old
toms, "a lbs. Price % cents per
b F. Kirchkofer. Crosby, North
Dakota 33-2t.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

sTEE IN Kildahl Fish Co.. Mpls.,
Enn, Radio BrOadcasting station
over WRHM each Monday evening
$50 to ZOO p. m and Saturday
Hsning $3.50 ia 8. Eastern Stand
nd Tina
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Local BrevitieS
A Son

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Reinertson, on Saturday,
Nov. IL. Mrs. Reinertson is the
former Gladys Smith.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
SHERIFF MADSEN
RE-ELECTEn

Now reviewing the sheriff con-
test, what do the returns disclose?
Hans Madsen, the fusion economy
candidate, received 1853 votes or 5l
more than Olson. Hans Hardersen,
Communist polled 1042 votes. Both
of these men, brothers-in-law, are
from the Archer precinct. Harder
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

Thursday night, Nov. "a is the
big Thanksgiving dance at the
Farmer Labor Temple. Don't miss
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

FLSTED TO BUY HoRsEs-Well
Sfoken work horses, ranging from
70 ~ years old, weight 1900 up.
Must be well broke gentle stock.
sofses are going to Wisconsin.
FARMERS, II you have horses to
~, now is your chance to sell to
goa horseman who has bought
aofses for lifetime in this terri
wv Inquire for Harry Tolkan,
Oishd View Hotel, Plentywood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

Don't miss the Thanksgiving
dance Thursday night, Nov: "a at
the Farmer-Labor Temple. Tickets
40 cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
THE COUNTY
ELECTION CAMPAIGN


The county election campaign CEN
tered about the election of sheriff
and county commissioner more than
any other office, because of the
Communist slogan mo Foreclosure
and No Evictions," the carrying out
of which involved those slogans. 1t
was to elect these two officials that
the so-called economy league was
organized and the liberty ticket filed
by the old gang. Harry Polk wanted
the printing contract. He could not
get this with Frank French commits
sioner. as French was for Dolin.
Harry managed to get a candidate of
his own nominated in the person Of
A. j. Olson former Froid hardware
merchant, who is a pretty much Of
a carpet Dagger in Sheridan county.
Tuesday Harry elected his man SO
now has two members of the board
who are his puppets, who will lay
down and roll over whenever he
whispers in their ears. Sheridan
county is ruled by the man with a
satchel from Williston-in other
words foreign boss.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

master and teach the sons of work
ers the glory of fighting to protect
the bosses loot. and wave the old
flag. Robert and Aage are now
ready for a great reconciliation in a
common cause.-the united front for
Mammon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

had supported and elected him, was
the man who proposed A. ]. Olson
for county commissioner.
Those who supported The economy
league ticket did so in the face of
facts and without regard to them.
The fight was actually between the
Communists and ThJse against the
Communists with the confused lib
ertyites jumping about like chickens
with their heads chopped off, with
no idea of what they were uoIns.
If the Communists had taken the
county government over. run it for
just half what it will cost the
economy outfit to ru nit, had re-
duced the county debt, the valuation
and the tax levy, while at the saIne
time seeing to 1t that the work ers
and farmers and .heir wives and
children were properly fed and
adherence to economy and efficiency
would still oppose the reds with all
their might and main.
Why? Because the issue is be-
| tween the exploiters and the ex-
plotted; those who believe in living
off the other fellow and the other
fellow; those who believe in and
benefit by graft and grated! those
who believe in the capitalist system
and its attendant misery and would
perpetuate it, and those who do not
believe in capitalism or the profit
system and would abolish and de-
stroy it and substitute a system
whereby all can live in plenty and
happiness. The economy league Is
for things just as they are and a
continuation of it. The voters vot-
ing for the economy league candi-
dates, did not vote for economy and
efficiency-they voted for just the
opposite of it. hypocritical pretence
and slogans not withstanding. They
voted for capitalism and misery, fol
unemployment and starvation-fol
oppression. They voted for it by Z
large majority-and they will get i
The issue is the same in village
lnnnrrnfrr irfnfn and rnnAinr,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
NEIIS MADSEK
WINS AGAIN

| NellS MaQSen got a huge vote as
usual. 1t does not matter what kind
of politics NeilS plays, he wins any
way. Political tactics that would
wreck and ruin anyone else, has no
effect on Neils Madsen's vote but to
increase it. He ran as an economy
League platform and for reelection
as an experienced officer, when as
a matter of fact there is as much
if not more room for economy in his
office than in any other office in
the court house outside OF Carl Pet
lerson's. Neils' political career naA
been checkered. When the nonpar-
tisans had the majority, Neils was
THAT: when the farmer-laborttes
were winning Neils was that when
Frank French and the republican =
came to power, Neils' red faded to
pink and then to white and he was
a staunch supporter OF French, but
las French faded he climbed quietly
Ionic Harry Folks little bandwagon.
the economy league. He will re-
main for Polk and Olson until the
reds come back to power when he
, will be there again; you can bet
, your last dollar on that, and prob
ably with an Increased majority.
, Some folks are just like that. Nells
|. lbeing accommodating and good ma
: tured and needs the job, ne mlgn'
lust as we'll be there as anyone
i, else. NeilS Madsen got 1873 votes
was the high man on the economy
League ticket, to 83S for GarrlcK, tn'
|. Communist, and to AIS for the rip
= roaring Bob Larson, one time woD
I bly and Communist, but now re
: lspectable, the liberty candidates
. Larson and Garrick got combined
: vote of 1917, giving Madsen cleal
. majority of 500.
Bob Larson, besides the 80 pieces
Iof silver for betraying his old com
rades, hoped to get a job. he WI
now stay in his shanty in the SAM
hills the rest of his life. as ne ma
4 sung his political swan song. n
! can lament now as Judas and us
n his silver for piece OF rope
4 hang himself with-only Bob is 10
IL yellow to do any such a thing
e was the yellow stripe down BOD
y back that took him to the hDert
.. party. Bob is a CONVEX sat'onal re-
b awful bad in his talk, but when az
n zion looms on the offing. Bob &c,
~ lsick in his "tummy." Bob. q III
4e long atheist. will now get baptile
Is and then qualify as a boy scou
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
New Garage

DR.. Hall has had a garage built
on the west side of his office.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
OLSON ELECTED
COMMISSIONERS

COMMISSIONERS
Folks man Olson was elected with
1902 votes to 1853 for Magnus Dan
ielsen of Medicine Lake, Communist
and to 535 for Peter Glein of Quit
meyer, liberty, or by a plurality of
$40 votes over Danielsen. Olson
was elected by a majority of the
votes. Glein and Danielsen got a
combined vote of 1858 against the
1902 polled by Olson, the winner, or
majority against Olson of 1856.
If Peter Glein and the liberty par
ty had staid out of the race, Mag
nus Danielsen would have been
elected county commissioner without
doubt. In this campaign Glein
won a defeat and was the instru-
ment by which his neighbor Daniel
ksen was defeated, also the means
by which the election of Olson was
accomplished. Glein did not gain a
thing for himself by this for Glein
himself is not and was not in favor
Of the election of Olson. He has
his friend Robert Larson to thank
for Harry Folks victory.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

Martin Nelson proves a general
favorite for coroner as usual. He
is another chap who can win on
any ticket. He has won republican,
democrat. farmer-laborite, nonpar-
tisan Lacquer and economy Lacquer
Well as a coroner he has not been
so bad tho there is no reason why
he should die one. He got as the
economy league fusion republican
candidate 1855 votes to $50 for
Henry Williams, Communist, and
asa for Bernhart Nielsen, libertyite.
big majority of 1926 votes. Most
/ of the people vote for Martin just
/ for old time sake.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

just 10 prove their enthusiasm Tor
economy, the people cast 1856 votes
for Carl and Dolly Peterson. Carl
has had his Dolly on the payroll
two salaries for one family in an
offices where there should only be
one. with his Dolly putting in her
time chewing gum and reading nov
els for her $137.50 per month, dur
ing a time when there was insult
ficient work to keep Carl employed
more than hPf of the time. The
voters sort Of like Carl who has
been on the payroll for Is of the
10 years that he has resided in the
county, while Dolly has been on the
public even more years than that.
They don't seem to mind his get
ting $2S7.50 per month most of the
time while they are starving to
death. Carl is the exception to the
idea Of economy that proves the
rule. Yes, Economy League Fusion
Republican Carl Peterson polled
1855 votes to 901 for Alfred HELM,
Communist, and 562 for Harry Ehr-
mantrout, libertyite, a clear major
ity of 1872 votes.
Carl can put his Dolly, who has
been off the payroll all summer for
the looks of things, back on now
and keep her there the next -four
years serenely Illuminating Spearmin'
and persuing True Confessions. !"
The revolution will be accomplished
by that time when they may get 1
better job earning an honest Twins
; producing something. Carl is an
, other fellow that will be carmin
when the majority are that way an
it is to his interest to be that way
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
KURTx ELECTED
TREAS TrRER

Paul Kurtz, republican candidate,
wearing no mans collar, not even
Harry Folks, having defeated the
economy league candidate in the pri-
maries and refusing to bay with the
pack in the final campaign, received
"a clear majority for county treas
urer, polling 1897 votes to 921 for
Selmer copeland. Communist candI-
date and to sos for Alfred Jensen,
liberty; q clear majority OF just 40
over the combined opposition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
Leaders Aided Fusion
||Ironorly Ticket to Win Offices

libertyltes who voted for Roosavo1t
went back to their own ticlSat -
vote Tor congressman. Jack Rennett
IS entitled to all of the credit For
the gettlng OF plurality for his
CONGRESSMAN In Sheridan county,
job and worked hard to the nae,aot
OF his official duties at the no,S1
otflce: j. H. Matheson, socialist
candldate for congress got sc votes
while II. f. Fuerstnow, the liber+S,
candidate got S83 votes or II mors
than the high liberty presidential
elector. The vote for Duncan. the
liberty candidate for governor
jumped 10 491 or 108 over Fuerst-
They without doubt went to Scoti
LeaVltt and is more evidence of the
working arrangements of the econo-
my league. There were 300 votes
cast in the county for congress
For governor, Rodney Salishurv
Gommunlst candidate, got 795 votes
Frank Hazelbaker, republican car"
oldate got 99S, and Gov. John EricII-
son received only 977 or 81 less than
prise of the sheridan county returns
No one expected Hazelbaker to CARR
the county which Erickson has al.
ways carried. Yegen the socialist
candidate, got 40 votes and Duncan
the liberty candidate got 491.
| The rest of the Communist STATE
candidates got around 725 votes mr.
the average. The republican stat,
candidate run from S51 low for Ca,
len for judge of the supreme cour+
to 1868 high for Elizabeth ireland
for supt. of public instructions. Mis-
Ireland got a number of scratche,
j from the lady voters. The demo
cratic candidates polled from 73U
low for Holmes for state auditor I,
985 for Anderson fr Judge of tn
lsupreme court. The liberty candi
dates received from 425 for Kirch
cen for railroad commissioner to 40
for Duncan for governor high. Tn
socialist secured from 80 low fol-
Brown for railroad commissioner I
1876 for Duffy for attorney genera
high. There were no candidates TO
attorney general on the Communis
or liberty tickets. From one to so
voters did not vote for state officer
at all. The lowest and closest vot
was for the supreme court; higI
man for this office was Anderson
democrat with 9S5 votes and lo7
man was Paulitch, Communist, wit
712 votes. Nearly 700 votes faile
to vote in this bracket.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

los RENT-Six room residence,
furnace, city water, hardwood
floor, cement walk to Main street.
~ per month. Inquire A. J..
Moore ct
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

Andrew Iceland and Harry Spar
ling will not make any fight for
the impoverished farmers or the
hungry jobless workers. They will
support capitalism - the merchants
and bankers and the rich farmers.
They will propose and support laws
to put the burden Of the crisis on
the backs of the farmers and work
ers and to lift it off from the
shoulders of ths. explorers. They
will work to continue conditions
lust as they are. They will vote
for the big interests, the bankers,
the railroads, the mining compan-
les, the timber companies, the pow
er companies, and all OF the other
corporations, and help them to get
out of paying taxes. They will vote
against any measures proposed to
feed and clothe the workers and
farmers for that will put taxes on
themselves and on the big cOmpam-
| les who have robbed the farmers
| of all that they have produced in
this rich country-they will vote
for more starvation in the midst OF
plenty. They will not hear the wall
| of hungry babies and the starving
mothers. They will hear the soft
whispers of those who are rich and
powerful, whose pockets bulge with
the loot taken from the working
class. T.,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

W . SAIE-Purebred milking strain
saOihOrn Bull calves. Two to
MsFe months old. Well bred and
"a ied: H. A. HUFFMAN, Ray
-OUG mont. Lite
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
HOOVER REPUBLICANS
ELECTED TO LEGISLATURE

In the contest for the legislature
the economy league, republican
democrat fusion ticket won easily.
Harry Sparkling. standpat Hoover
republican. Medicine Lake merchant
and banker, supporter of the old
Sheridan county gang. and Andrew
Iceland. banker. farmer standpat
Hoover republican, always support
ing the old Sheridan county gang,
both fusionist, won easily, tho the
voters in the county voted against
Hoover by a vote Of 1880 to IT'S.
And tho the state legislature of
Montana, tho it does not make any
difference. is two thirds democrat,
Sheridan county VIII be represented
| by two Hoover republicans. Spar
| ling polled 1477 and Iceland 1859
votes in a county that used to send
nonpartisan leaguers and farmer
laborites to the legislature. that
elected Taylor two times to the
state senate by substantial MAORI
ties to 459 for J. j. Gibbons Reserve
Great Northern agent. the lone
Gonius Laursen. Dagmar farmer
and S83 for Charles e. TAYLOR
radical newspaper man, the Com
munist candidates, and to 465 fol
Truels Jensen and 455 for John
Shoal, liberty candidates. both i'm
lpoverished farmers. This was q
seven cornered contest for two
places. From all appearances the
vote for representatives was fairly
straight, the 459 voting far (iibbon:
for the most rNrt voting for one
candidate on'Y. IF this is true
ISparling and Ueland are plurality
candidates. If not, one had ma
jority and the other a plurality
From all appearances if all of the
vote cast against the republican can
didates had been cast for any tive
of the other candidates, the Hoover
candidates would have been defeated
The democrats elected the major
ity of the candidates for the legisla
ture from the counties in northeast
ern Montana, and had it not beel
for the Communists candidates AM
the combination organized to bea
them, the democrats would easil
have elected the two members fror
. Sheridan county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
LTBERTYrTES FIND
THEMSELVES FOOLED

When the votes were tailed the
libertyite farmers found that they
had been Sticky fooled and were
compelled to believe what the Pro-
ducers News had contended. The
men used to pull the trick" are Ro-
bert Larson Of Quitmeyer. and Pat
Wallace of Plentywood. The main
streeters furnished the money by
way of advertising to print and cir
culate the two issues of the LID
orator, the liberty campaign dodger.
Polk printed the paper very cheap
so as to insure its publication. as
part of the strategy OF the ec on
omv fusion to split and divert the
Communist sympathi.sers into the
liberty party and thus insure tne
victory Of IN ECONOMY fusion TICK
ct. Its an old trick.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18

RDH-One white SOW, weight about
10 pounds. Finder please notify
lnOld Hanson, Comertown, Mont.
Box 126. SS-2t
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
JUDGE PAUL
EASY WINNER

In the contest for the 1udgesh1p
in the 18th judicial district Hon. S.
S. Paul won easily in Sheridan coun-
ty as well as in the other two coun-
ties in the district, namely Roose-
Welt and Daniels, by a two to one
vote over his democratic opponent,
j. j. Gunther of PlentyWood.
Paul got 1705 votes in sheridan
county to Gunther's S32. In Roose-
welt county. Paul got 1850 votes to
Gunther'S 1049. Gunther'S Roose-
welt vote was as large as it was
because of the solid Democratic vote
cast by the Indians surrounding
Poplar. Otherwise it would have
| been much smaller. In Daniels coun-
ty Paul Polled 1871 to Gunther's
GIG. In the district Paul received
4,795 votes to Gunthers 2.497. or a
majority of 2,297.
Gunther made a campaign for the
judgeship in his own peculiar way,
which is never very effective way.
Gunther had his posters printed in
the shop of the Daniels County
showing whom he personally pre-
ferred to patronize. He advertised
in Folks Herald in Sheridan county
Bowler'S Leader in Daniels county
and in all Of the Republican and
democratic paper in the district
But ne carefully avoided the Com
munist paper-the Producers News
thus proving to everybody that hi
was not catering for red votes. ant
he got very few of them. His vot,
was less than polled by the Reds
Not one Of the capitalist papers il
the district supported Democrats
Gunther, nor did anyt one else. in al
lorganized way. His campaign wa
based upon a squawk over taxes
Gunther never did anything agains
high taxes in any way calculated t
hold them down outside of jus
fault finding. AS far as genera
economy and ability is concerned
Gunther is as well qualified as an
lawyer in the district for judge bu
he just lacks the knack of how t
get over. Gunther was elected ono
, to office that was when the farmer
) and their paper were behind him, bu
/ J. ]. does not seem to realize tina
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-11-18
END OF THE
LIBERTY PARTY

The liberty party will now die. It
was not a real party at any tlme'
and it had split into half dozen
factions evne before the electlon.
Old doddering Coin Harvey, noIne
with his monument containing ene
records of this civilization, oes'rU SI.
"a hacl, at his home at Monte Ne
will shortly die of senility. BOZ
larson also in his dotage and rap
idly losing his faculties viii I p
heard of no more politically. n
will rave childishly about the reu'