The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-02-24
SPOKLE
APPOINTED co.
COMMISSIONER
4, GBY HANS RASMUSSEN

What has been hangin~ firo 60,
some time has finally hanneneJ
ouu9e Paul has appointed a count
commissioner to take the place of
Cafl Hansen, who moved away and
Edward Spoklie of the CoaIridoe
country is the new Commissioners
picked by the Judge. We are not
very we'll acquainted with ed. He
mas been farming on quite a large
scale: has made Lot of money ard
lost 1t. He is one of the success
IuI tarmres who did not make a
success of farming. No doubt he
will be able to work with the tw1
other commissioners and will do
his best to save the county and the
system, the system for which he
has shaved for years and, finally
took away from him everything he
had produced, so he could no long
er pay his taxes.
We have no objections to Ed
Spoklle's appointment, the Job is
not going to be very paying nor
very funny. This appointment
gives Judge Paul being ''fair to
everybody" way out. The Judge
had a chance to ignore all the diff
ferent petitions circulated and he
picked what they call a clark
horse" 1t takes judges to figure
out clever moves like that.
The petition circulated for Hans
Hardersen out numbered all the
others. When the judge refused
to appoint Hans he lost more than
Hams did. he lost the respect of a
lot of good people, which Hans
never did, but that is the judges
business.
When the judge also refused to
appoint Andrew Christensen of
Coalridge, for which a lot of sign
ers had laso been secured, someone
said it was because one petition
had been lost in Dagmar store and
another ONE burned in the store in
Antelope. But that was not the
reason at all. The reason why
Judge Paul did not appoint An
drew Christensen, was that the
judge had been told that Andrew
had been seen in a farmers parade
in Plentywood, which shows the
judges narrow minded character,
and how much he thinks of farm
ers.
Their Communist connections
was the excuse the judge had for
not appointing these people. The
election is over and the judge felt
different now about his connec-
tions. Before the election, Com
connections was just what !
Judge Paul wanted. And l know |
what / am talking about when l
say it.
The statement | am now going
to make might be hard one for
me TO prove in Judge Paul's court !
with all its hocus pocus, but it is
the truth just the same and Judge |
Paul knows it:
Before the election Judges Pauls |
came to us and give
US the promise, If we would keep !
from attacking Judge Paul during
the campaign, then. if any one of !
the county commissioners, Carl
Hansen Or Victor Anker would
happen to resign, then the judge
would promise to appoint any man
we would pick.
This was not hard for US to do,
as it was immaterial to us which
If the two judge candidates were
elected. We lived up to our part
IF the agreement. But, when. it
come to Judge Paul to live up to
MS part, and appoint our man as
ne had promised to do, the judge
vas not man enough to do it. And
his was done by a man who ex-
,ects to have people address him
Is "Honorable Judge" With some
people the word ''honor" is just
IN empty title and no more. Judge |
Paul showed himself to be just a
heap politician.
The Producers News will be
open for any statement Judge Paul
night desire t omake.