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thunderous applause with which
these talks were received.
CHEER PIONEER FARMERS
TALK

The talk of C. J. Christensen, es-
pecially was cheered. He is an
old, honest, hardworking pioneer
farmer of Platte county, who is
now threatened with foreclosure,
and the loss of his home and all
the fruits of his life's labor. Mr..
Christensen made a strong plea for
united action to resist foreclosures
and evictions.
The farmers realize the need for
immediate action. They were eager
to organize the township units.
Arrangements were made by the
temporary county committee, cleo
ted at this meeting, to hold town
ship meetings in the near future.
During the week township units
were organized in Grove, limerick
Kalamazoo, and Shell Creek town
ships in Madison county, and In
Walker township in Platte county
Great enthusiasm was shown at all
these meetings.
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FORD SPEAKS IN
WILLISTON, N. D.
White Farmers and Work
ers Cannot be Free While
Negroes are Slaves
CBY DAVE LURIE)

James w. Ford, candidate for
vice president on the Communist
party ticket, spoke last night be-
fore 200 farmers and workers in.
the high school auditorium at Will
liston, n. Oak. Many of the farm
ers in the county were not through
with threshing and could not get
to the meeting.
Ford spoke on the present crisis
and the ways out of the crisis. He
described the program of the cap
italist parties as the capitalist way
out; as one of unemployment and
misery for the workers and bank
ruptcy and misery for the farm
ers." He then outlined the revolu-
tionary way out represented by the
Communist party program, touch
ing especially on the Communist
plank for farmers relief and on
the struggle for the unity of Negro
and white workers and farmers
carried on the Communist party.
In regard to farm relief, he
pointed out that the other parties
were for farm relief for the mort
gage holders and the spectators
In regard to the struggle for the
Negro and white unity, he pointed
out that the fate of the farmers
in the northwest was bound III
with the fate of the Negro share
troopers in the cotton belt and az
long as the Negroes were enslaved
the whites could not be free.
As in all previous meetings il
his tour, Ford was received will
enthusiasm, testifying to the way
with which the workers and farm
ers are turning to the Communis'
party.
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NATIONAL coop"
is CURTIS PLAN
OF FARM RELIEF

Vice-President Curtis who is
ballyhOoing for the Hoover admin
stration told a meeting at Bowling
Green, Kentucky, on Sept. "a that
what the farmer needs is a ma
tional cooperative organization
This is part of the hypOcitical pro-
gram which the governors confer
ence at Sioux City proposed on
September 9.
"Such a system properly Or
ganized and conducted would en-
able the farmer to get a better
price for his products and at the
same time do no injury 30 those
who deal honestly IN buying and
selling farm products, while pro-
tecfing the farmer against those
who will not give him 4 square
DEAL" he added.
Such a System" is the kind tina
all of the farm ''leaderS" hsv'
been talking about for years II
order to mislead the farmers.
Such a System" is the kind tina
Roosevelt, the other of the majo,
candidates of Wall Street, taIket
about in his Topeka speech.
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SPECIAL MEETING
OF COMMISSIONERS


The Board of county Commits
sioners met in special session on
Saturday forenoon to discuss and
set the final schedule of land as
sessments under the new coming
system which will be put into eff
feet next year The tax commit
tee, Andrew LELAND, Carl Hole,
and E. o. Teigen together with a
number of members of TIL Taxpay-
ers Association made recommended
tons. A schedule suggested by
county assessor Geo. Bolster was
submitted to the Board. It sug-
gested a valuation beginning at
SIC per acre for first class land In
first zone and a drop of so cents
per acre for each zone out from
market. Second class land was to
be valued at $I4 per acre and the
third class land at $40 beginning
with first zones. The grazing
lands were to be set at SIS and SO
for first and second class, the
same as suggested last year. With
these figures the land assessment
for the county would be reduced
approximately $1,500,000 and to-
gether with substantial reductions
in other property assessments viii
place Sheridan county in seventh
class with lower scale of official
salaries. The Board did not make
final decision but left the matter
until the regular meeting on Oct
5rd.
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FARM.
STRIKELEADERS
Farmers at WiIliston, North
Dakota, Demand Rank
and File Control

Williston, N. D., Sept. 16.-Bast
night, during the question period
which followed Mary Himoff's
talk we discussed the proposed con-
ference of farmers in Washington
on or about December 1. The pro-
posal met with enthusiastic re-
Spouse from the audience and we
can safely predict that the farm
ers around Williston will cooperate
heartily with the movement.
After four speakers had dwelt on
various phases of the Farm Holi.
day the audience was unanimous
in condemning the North Dakota
leadership (Burdick) and two
members of the audience expressed
the sentiment of the crowd when
they said that it was, up to the
rank and file of farmers to make
the Holiday movement IN North
Dakota a success by resolutely
pressing from below their demand
onto the leaders. If the leaders
failed to respond then that lead
ership would be repudiated and
rank and file leadership instituted.
Arvo Husa, executive member of
the Farm Holiday association in
Mountraill county reported that in
a meeting on Thursday night the
proposed farm march to Washing
ton met with unanimous approval
and he predicted that Washington
would see a delegation from Ep-
worth next December. Seventy
five farmers were present at this
meeting.
Editors Note: Turnout the
strike area the farmers should in.
sist on rank and file leadership il
the struggle. There is a very
grave danger in the plan proposed
at the Williston meeting. If tn,
farmers present their demands Il
the Burdick leadership these lead
ers may agree to some of the de
mands just in order to maintain
control-in other words Just to b,
able to sell out.
Putting demands to such ''lead
ers" is all right BUT ONLY Fol
THE PURPOSE OF EXPOSING
THEM BEFORE THE MASSE:
OF THE FARMERS WHO d.
NOT KNOW THEM FOR TIL
TAKERS THEY ARE. We must
, however, insist, in addition, tina
the leadership be placed in tn
hands of rank and file farmer
: elected by the farmers on strike
We must expose the misleaders ]
they refuse 10 accept the demand
of rank and file farmers. If the
do accept them we must expos
: them when they refuse to carr
out in PRACTICE what they hav
!. accepted in WORDS.
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Higher Appropriations :.
for Tractor Sta'

In order to expedite the Ois
cation of the LOO new mae
and tractor stations plannsas
the current year, the Couli' !
Peoples COmmissars Of 'n l'.y
Union has decided ts incTta q.
capital stock of the Tractor u
ter. which operates the ,o s., \
from 800 million to LOU y
rubIes 1882 milliOn).
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Dagmar Community Fair

On Tuesday, Sept. 20, the an
nual community fair was again
staged, having been dispensed with
last year on account of the drouth.
The exhibits were excellent altho
not up to normal in number, and
the absence of cash prizes may
have had some effect. Ribbons
were awarded as well as honorable
mentions in cases where the ex-
hibits were not in full number.
Messrs, Ed Ferguson of Westby
and Chris Jensen of Coalridge did
the judging in a painstaking man
ner on the grains and vegetables,
while Mrs. S. c. Faaberg of Medi-
cine Lake judged the cooking and
fancy work.
The Al clubs had a number of
exhibits in their department, but
the stock exhibits fell off nearly
completely.
A local talent parade with the
All clubs in the lead made an in
teresting stunt. The surgical OPP
erations in their truck furnished
special comedy. The entertain
ment program wound up with the
annual tug-of-war between north
and south districts, the latter win
ming.
The committee in charge were
Chris Johansen, pres; Niels Sund-
sted, secretary; J. B. Anderson,
Janus Jorgensen, John Andreasen,
and Jorgen C. Jensun. They also
had charge of arranging the Dag
mar booth at the county fair.
Fer next year the new beard
selected at Nels Jorgensen, Willie
Johnson, Soren Johnson, Mrs. ].
B. Anderson, Mrs. Emil Rasmus-
sen, and Edgar l. Syverud of East
Coalridge.
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LIBERTY PARTY NOMINATES
COUNTY TICKET TO AID
HARRY POLK CANDIDATES
VIII Try to Insure Hoover-Republcan Victory by Mis-
leading Farmers of County Into Voting for
Fake Radical Party

Last Saturday the Liberty party
held what they called a convention
in Antelope, where they nominated
a set of candidates for the county
ticket.
The law provides that in order
to get new political party ticket
on the ballot a mass convention
must be held, and the mass con-
vention must be properly adver-
tised.
From what we have been able
to find out, this convention had
not been advertised at all, only
been whispered into the ears of a
few, anC for that reason probably
will not be gut on the ballot at
all
Only few selected ones were
present. o. 3. Hoven cf Antelope
insisted on having the Liberty par
ty endorsing the Republican ticket
on which his son is candidate for
county attorney, but Robert Lar
son had the upper hand and got d
Liberty ticket lined up. On Fri
day evening Robert Larson and W.
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Sheridan County Court House
Turned Over to H. Rasmussen

The County Committee" (of
what,) had issued a call for ''tbe
intelligent men and women" to
meet at the court house last Fri
day at 8 o'clock, for the purpose
OF "aI unite under the banner of
economy and save the good name
of Sheridan county"
Hans Rasmussen, thinking that
he could half way quality, ven
tured all by himself down to that
meeting few minutes after eight
o'clock. Outside the court house
were parked some swell automo-
piles and men were standing there
talking. The. court room was all
lighted up and on the rear seats
sat a dozen men or so.
Hans took one of the front seats
and pulled out his old pipe and
started smoking. Time went by,
and no meeting was started. More
people were peeking thru the win
dowS and doors. Among the well
known faces seen were: The bank
er of Outlook, the editor from Red
stone, Mckee and Stenhjem of
PlentywOOd, Welcome March, r. G.
Tyler Of Homestead, Ernest Lips
comb of Quitmeyer, Carl Hole Of
Reserve, Peter BruvcId of Gomez
town and economy" candidates
li2e Carl Peterson, Hans Madsen,
Niels Madsen, Henry Raaen and
Olson from Homestead, and, above
them all, Victor Anker could be
seen.
About 9 o'clock someone came IN
winking and making motions and
everybody got up ana left the
court house, with all the lights
turned on, Hans Rasmussen was
left there, all by himself, smoking
his cid pipe. Tie court house hao
been completely turned over to
him.
Outside the Intelligent people
were saying good night to one an
other, getting into their cars and
scattering in all directions. A few
minutes later they all met at the
Masonic temple, where they had a
guard at the door, and nobody but
the selected could get in.
After the Liberty meeting al
Outlook had turned out to be a
flop, w. R. Duncan and his side
kicker, Robert Larson, knocked al
the door of the Masonic temple il
brentwood, and were welcomed al
the meeting. Someone said after
wards, that it was funny they LEI
them in-but, there is nothing 81
funny about that, traitors are al
ways welcome at that kind of l.;
meeting If you are working
against the farmers interest, NJ
matter what kind of a faker yOl
are, the doors are wide open 70,
you, and what a ticklish feeling
is to mingle with such an 'inteIli
gent" crowd.
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OUTLOOK

Leonard Morgan and Rueben Nell
son, who motored to Havre last
week to attend college, returned on
Saturday as there was no work to
be found.
will be in Plentywood with my
annual vegetable car on Oct. 1, 8,
and a. Guy Grove.
The Misses Marjorie and Mildred
Tooke and Louise Hannah went to
Raymond on Saturday to spend the
week end with their parents. They
returned Sunday evening.
Miss Margaret Cosper spent the
past week and expect to spend the
forepart of this week at Earl Cos
pers during Mr.. Cosper's absence.
MeSsrS. p. ]. Scott and Claude
Mills attended the Republican con-
vention at Plentywood on Friday.
Adam Graffee has been quite ill
the last few days. At this writing
he seems to have recovered consid-
erably.
Arnold Fredrickson of Medicine
Lake spent the week end at the AL
fred Selvig home.
Mrs. Sam Thompson and Mrs. Don
Trower of Scobey. spent Thursday
afternoon at the Goodlaxon home.
Chris Lux took the Misses Lux
Peterson and Rosetta Ingdahl OF
Dooley to Havre Sunday where the
girls will attend college.
Clarence Boo started his career as
a teacher this week. He is teach
/ ing near Wanso.
Ed Cards, who has been visiting
at the Gunderson home, left for his
home Friday.
Get YOUR eastern natural grown
vegetables in Plentywood begin.
ming Saturday, Oct. 1. Guy Grove
The dances held in Outlook Friday
and Saturday evening were quite
well attended. Everyone seemed Il
have had an enjoyable time.
Pious Rejonslxie Of Saskatchewan
died last Wednesday. Those of Out
Hook who attended his funeral wer,
Messrs. Prescott, Rooster and Mills
Mr.. and Mrs. Crossman were tn,
dinner guests at the Alexander hom
Friday evening.
The Yung girls moved into tow
Sunday where they will spend tn
school months. III
Miss Hansen entertained Mis-
Buckneberg and Mr.. and Mrs. Cross
man at six O'Clock dinner Saturda,
evening at the Deck cafe.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ladd and Mrs
lO1e GarriclS rnotored to Crosby Sun
dav where they visited friends.
Lewis johnson left for Drake, n
Dak. last Friday.
ii Barbara ICELAND started working Il
N. J. Nelson's store Tuesday OF thi
week.
Il Mr. and Mrs. Lehrs Of Scobe'
snent the week end at the Car
Tan0e horne.
H. Karl Karlson was an Outlook Wis
Iitor Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Grant and Mrs. CAR
Tame were Plentywood visitors las
Friday.
Lyle Tutty left for Chicago las
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Who WILL GET
THE REWARDS?
lBY HANS RASMUSSENl

Now that one of the would be
robbers of Jonas Erickson has been
convicted and sent to the peniten-
tiary, many people are wondering
who is going to get the reward.
AS it will be remembered, Jonas
Erickson put up a $500 reward
and the county another $500 for
the conviction of the two robbers.
Only one of the two robbers has
been caught so far, so we take it
for granted that only half of the
reward will be paid; but, who is
going to get the $500?
That Sheriff Madsen should get
in on part of this reward seems
to be entirely out of the question.
From the reports we get, our sher-
tiff did all he could to give the
robbers a chance to get away. He
was late in getting there, there
were plenty of armed men at the
time he got there, but instead of
organizing them and surrounding
the grove, in which the robbers
were supposed to be hiding, he
left these men standing in a bunch,
while he went to a farm house,
where he talked for an hour, ask
ing advise about what to do. Had
the robbers been in the grove, they
could have walked out in almost
any direction without being seen.
If Hans did all this on purpose
in order to give the robbers a
chance to get away we do not
know; we would rather think that
he was scared stiff and did not
know what to do. But there are
sheriffs who let the criminals get
away on purpose and wait for a
reward to be put up before they
move. And some people are say
ing now, that that was probably
just what Hans did. Anyway, the
reward was put up.
After the robbery the sheriff
was just running wild, Investigate
ing in all the butcher shops about
a chunk of rotten meat left in the
field by a dog. Had it not beer
for Peter Westerlund, the robbel
would never have been caught i
was Peter Westerlund who told the
sheriff about this man Hancock
told how he had met the man anC
talked with him, how he had acteC
suspicious and told conflicting
stories, said he was going in on
direction and then went in another
1t was after our sheriff had go
this information from Peter West
erlund that the sheriff in Wash
ington was asked to investigate.
1t might be said that it was tn
Washington sheriff who caugh
the man, but had it not been TO
the information given out by Pete
Westerlund this would never hav
been done. So, when it comes t
handing out the reward, it looks t
many people as though Pete
Westerlund is the one who is en-
titled to the bulk of it.
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r. Duncan attended the economy"
meeting at the Masonic temple in
Plentywood, and probably there
agreed to put up a Liberty ticket
in order to help the mainstreeters
defeat the Reds.
We doubt very much if the ticket
will get on the ballot. People
are getting to realize that all hits
Liberty talk is nothing but fake
and that it never will get them
anywhere.
From the report we have been
able to get, the following candi-
dates were nominated:
Representatives, Truels Jensen,
Archer, and John Shoal, Westby;
commissioner, Peter Glein, Dag
mar; attorney, none; sheriff, An
drew Dahl, Dagmar; recorder,
Robert Larson, Dagmar; treasurer,
Alfred Jensen, Dagmar; clerk of
court, Harry Ehrmantroudt, Doc
ley; assessor, William Nash, Red
stone; superintendent, James Ran
dali, ComeYtown; surveyor, none;
coroner, Bernard Nelson, Reserve.
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ARCHER


Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Thompson and
children, Dorothy, Irene and Nels,
called at the Joe Whitish home en-
route to Archer Wednesday.
Mrs. Ray Whitish and daughter.
Sylvia returnHd to the ]. M. Whit
ish home after spending "a coupIe
of weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. s.. ]. Reddens.
Mark McAllister and grandson.
! Charles Pake, spent the week end at
Art Kazecks.
Roy Mann was county seat cal
Ter Monday
Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Whitisb was at
Rufus Marks Sunday to see their
new granddaughter. Yveet Hope.
Charles Sullivan, who has been
making his aunt, Mrs. Geo. jackson.
/ home at Corning, Iowa.
| Geo. Smith, the school cIork of
/ Dist. No. %, took in both DAYS of
the county fair at brentwood last
week.
Robert Clark, who was emnlovad
at the FRI ranch near Poplar. re-
turned home Friday.
Mr.. and, Mrs. Ed Boelens and Toe
Whitish transacted business AFT fine
Mr.. Hoppens and liner Sorem were
in Plentywood recently.
Art Kazeck was in Archer Mon.
day.
Miss Ruth Kazeck was seen riding
on the little shetland pony of Chas
Pokes'. F.4-
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Boelens and Rob-
ert Cook were pleasant callers al
Nels Thompson's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. jackson spent
q couple OF days in Plentywood and
attended the county fair.
Miss Dot Lipska spent SUNDAY
with Mrs. Pat Greff and girls.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Whitish and
children, Jason and Sylvia. ana Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Whitish enjoyed sun
per at the Nels Thompson home or
Sunday. ga sa 1a IS ~,
Slim Gloves was a Plentywood
caller Monday.
Miss Erna Kazeck who Is attend
ing high school In P1enkywood
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EAST
COALRIDGE

The Oscar Melby and Ole Boz
families and the Syverud brothers
were at the community fair at Dag
mar Tuesday. The latter assisted
with the exhibits. The Melby fam
lily won several ribbons and honors
with their various products.
The Marinus Ibsen family were
shoppers at Coalridge on Wednesday
evening.
Mrs And. Dahl and Mrs. Ole Boo
called on Mrs. Lon Myers west of
Clear Lake Thursday and received
a generous supply of cucumberS
from Mrs. Myers big crop. They
also shopped at CoaIrdige.
Andrew Dahl tried combining a
disappointed wheat field Thursday
afternoon-but SIS bushels in four
hours hardly pays.
We overlooked mentioning last
week two more new pupils at our
school, Mildred Hansen and Carl
| Yarosloski
Saturday was the big fair day at
brentwood and among those present
from this community were Mr.. and
! Mrs. Ole Doe and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Haven and family, Mr.
and Mrs. j. G. Hansen and family
Mrs. Martin Morken, Miss Agnes
Johnson and Syverud brothers. A
picnic dinner was enjoyed together
at Wildwood park. No exhibits were
from this community this year SO
the usual prizes are absent, but an
interesting and enjoyable day was
spent. A few remained for the dance
at the fair grounds in the evening.
| Andrew Dahl attended the Liberty
party convention at Antelope Satur.
day afternoon, incidentally takine
along load of wheat to be ground
into flour. Mr.. Dahl received the
Liberty party endorsement for sher.
Tiff in the coming campaign.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ne1s Miller and chill
dren OF Medicine Lake, Pete Jensen
Edna Peterson and the Marinus III
sen family were guests for Sunday
dinner at the ]. c. Hansen home.
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of 1882 have enrolled at some in
stitution of higher leaning and
others are planning to attend, pos
sibly during the winter quarter.
Complete knowledge of just who
of the former graduates are going
to school this fall, is not available.
Therefore, the list given below
may not be complete:
Arnold Peterson has enrolled for
his third year at the university Of
Missoula; Verna Smith and Helen
Groin will complete their fourth
year at Missoula and Percy Smith
will be a sophomore at the same
branch of the university. Bob
Zeidler will not enroll for his third
year at Missoula until the winter
quarter. The balance of those
listed are entering colleges or Nor
NAL schools for the first time this
fall: Howard Nelson and Nor
man Palubicki of the class of 1881
will attend the Northern Montana
college at Havre. Eight gradu-
ates of 1882 will also attend the
branch of the university. This list
includes: Charlotte Bennett, Pau
Connole, Muriel Donaldson, Harold
DeSilva, Lois Goodman, Helen Lar
son, Margaret Madsen and William
Paske. Mildred Hanisch and Hell
en- Madsen have enrolled in the
State Normal college at Dillon
Leora Lodahl and Mabel Nelson
are attending the Eastern Montan;
Normal at Billings. Gwendolyl
Christianson has enrolled at st
Olaf college in Mortified, Mimi
Ruby Lodahl is attending colleg
in California.
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Comertown-Dooley

Matt Samuelson is here from
Shelby, Mont, to visit friends and
relatives. His son, SeLner, is work
ing for his uncle at Ambrose. N ID.
for a short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Goetizer left
Monday, Sept. 26, to get their daugh-
ter, Estella, who has had an opera
ton for appendicitis at williston, N.
Oak.
to Plentywood Monday the 26th 10
visit Mrs. Oftus' sister, Mrs. Carl
Anderson.
Joe Woznack is now employed at
the Franklin home.
Many people of Rocky Spring COM
munity attended the fair in Plenty
wood last week.
No school wfE held in the Rocky
Spring school Thursday and Friday.