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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
DISTRICT COURT
TERM JANUARY Is

A special term of the district
court has been set to convene on
January Is. The court calendar
has been changed and is not ready
for publication at this time.
Those called for jury Guty are
Johannes Andreasen, Aage Andre.
asen, Edgar Hallquist, Arrow Han.
cock. J. w. Reimers, Herman So.
Ii, and c. Winters of Medicine
Lake; Roy Cook, C. G. D'Evelyn.
Redstone; Alfred Helm ard Niels
P. Feldt of Westby; Sigwald Hau-
gen, c. R. Jensen, Lars Linn and
P. M. Madsen of Dagmar; Enge,
brit Kampen, Fred Leer, Rev. Mar
ius Larsen, Knud S. Spaabeck and
Gust Tjomsos of Reserve; Carl A.
Olson and G. B. Westrup of An
telope; Emil Hansen, Ernest L.
Neikirk ard Henry Skillingberg OF
Homestead; A. G. Ueiand, Out.
look; c. w. Grantham, Harold
Hanisch, E. M. Krost, Roy W.
Mann of Plentywood.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Local Brevities

Popular rates at the Beaufort
Hotel, 112 Ord Street South, oppo-
site Federal Building, Minneapolis,
75c, 81, $1.50 per day. Parking
next door.
Miss Hazel Bruvold and sister
Pearl, came up from Medicine
Lake Wednesday. Miss Bruvold is
teaching west of town and will
spend Christmas with her parents
at Comertown. Pearl is staying
with her sister Hazel, going to
school.
Tom Kelly has been employed al
the Marion ranch the past few
days.
L. S. Olson is spending the
Holidays here with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gresham
were Williston callers Sunday.
George Points, Redstone, was il
Plentywood Tuesday.
The second crawling project wa.
started this week on the Blue
Trail, starting a mile east of the
coal mine and working towards
town.
Fred Estrum and August Frs
ness and families have moved int,
the Kelly cottage apartments TO
the winter. They are both EN-
ployed on the crawling project.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
OUTLOOK

Chris Lund, an old pioneer, died
at his home Monday evening be-
tween 5 and 6 o'clock. Mr.. Lund
had been very i'll for some time.
Miss Mildred Tooke visited with
Louise Hannah at the Frank Lerud
home.
Miss Verona Goodlaxon is visit
ing her friend, Miss Violet Boyd.
in Plentywood.
Mr.. Short and Roy Homme at
tended the basketball game be-
tween Plentywood and BTockton
last Saturday. Brockton won rs
to 10.
Tod Downey entertained a num-
Der of his friends at an oyster
supper last Thursday night. AL
report a good time.
Cy Goodlaxon entertained at q
dinner at his home last Sunday
the Misses Hansen, Johnson, Violet
Boyd, Mr.. Short, VIM. Boyd, Roy
Homn1e and Mr.. and Mrs. Jacl
Gaines.
The RHYTHM Rascals played fol
dance at the Temple at Plenty
wood Saturday night.
Johnny Wunderlich's oRchestrs
started to Plentywood Friday eve
ming to play for dance IN thu
Legion hall but got TO furthel
than Nickerson's due to bad roads
The road south of Outlook is
completed as far as the grading i
concerned. Crawling will follow
later.
Mrs. Martin Lundeen had the
misfortune to fall and hurt her
foot quite badly last Thursday eve
ming. She is able to be about now
Row Nelson returned to his hom
in Outlook after visiting with nj
mother in, Red Wing, MINI.
Verona Goodlaxon is spendnl
the Christmas vacation at her par
entail home. She is taking a bust
ness course in Minot.
The plav given by the Outloo
school Saturday evening was we
attended. Two one-act plays wer
presented. The rythm band wa
much appreciated.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
OUTLOOK PIONEER
PASSESAWAY MON.

On Monday, December IS, 1888,
death removed Andreas Christian
Lund, well known farmer living
southeast Of Outlook where he had
located in 1907, farmed on quite a
large scale and built himself fine
home.
Mr.. Lund was IS years old at
the time of his death. He was
born in Denmark and came to this
country in 1897 and located at
Sterling, Illinois before moving to
Montana.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Anna
Lund, he leaves seven children:
Mrs. Ray of Minneapolis; Mrs.
Bowen of Chinook; Henry of La
ma, Mont; Walter of Minneapolis
and Tula, Frank and Leo of Out
look.
Deceased was a member of the
Masonic lodge of Plentywood who
conducted the funeral from the
congregational church on THURS
day at 2 o'clock. Interment was IN
the Lutheran cemetery.
Mr.. Lund had been a sufferer
from cancer and tuberculosis for
several years but finally had ia
give up.
Just in Time for Funeral
Leo Lund, who is teaching school
in the southeast part Of the coun'
ty received a delayed message
saying that his father was at hi.
end. Leo started out in the facS
Of a storm at one o'clock Wedres
day afternoon and walked tn
more than forty miles thru th'
snow which in places was kne'
deep. arriving in Plentywood a
four o'clock Thursday morning an'
learned that his father had die'
and was to be buried that day.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
ARCHER

Gene Eggen who was employed
in Washington for some time re-
turned home this week. Gene is
greatly pleased with the West.
Art Kazek and Herold Redden
are patching in Archer while grow
cling roads.
Mrs. Donald Logan has been on
the sick list the past few days.
Archie Redden is working for
Pat Greff.
Walter Redden and Eugene Ka'
EEK were visitors in Archer Mon
day.
The Misses Donna and Ruth Ka
eek visited with Dot Lipska Sun
day.
Charley Dress,Sr., is spending /;
few days with his brother-in-law
Joe Whitish.
Luverne and Charley Drasz
were dinner guests at the Char
ley Bell home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs Harry Whitish
so Gus Leesburg, were dime
guests at the J. M. Whitish hom
Sunday.
Ed Boelens has been quite i'll
the past few days with the full.
sons Herold, DelbeTt and Etsyl, al
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WESLEY

= :. Gust Stubbe enjoyed a visit
from her two nephews, Henry
and Mat Slayer, Tribune, Sask. the
past week.
Roma and Gerda Delgaard spent
the week end with their parents in
the country, returning Sunday.
Ed Ferguson took truck load
of cattle to Fargo last week and
returned Thursday evening. he
reports more snow in the east than
here.
The Lutheran ladies aid cleaned
the church Thursday afternoon
Only few turned out to help with
the work. Mrs. A. T. Olsen served
coffee after the work was com
pleted. :,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Stubbe made
a trip to Plentywood Monday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
I!RR AIRY NOTES
Holiday Reading

"Does the triumph of the Nazi
movement in Germany mean peace
or war? Did the Nazi revolution
save German capitalism from Com
munism or does it mean economic
chaos for Gerany? Is Hitler only
a demagogue Or is he a shrewd
and sinister autocrat? Is the per-
secution of the Jews a mere Skin
mish on the economic front or is it
a phase of permanent religious
fanacticism?
The answers to these questions
have been eagerly awaited by
every thoughtful person. In Ger
many Enters the Third Reich"
Professor Calvin B. Hoover shows
that the Nazi movement is not a
harmless bit of theatricalism for
home consumption, and that Hitler
means to carry out even his most
fantastic ideas.
Professor Hoover. believing that
Hitler must come to power, went
to Germany to observe the prog
ress of events. He has Just re-
turned from his year in Germany,
whore he witnessed the downfall
Of the Republic. dedicated to get
ting along with the world. He
saw the Third Reich ushered IN,
dedicated to revenge and the
scrapping Of the Treaty of Yer
sailles. With the background of
his knowledge Of Communism in
Russia he observed the conflict
within Nazi ranks following their
victory as they tried to destroy
the old system and build a new.
His account of the political situa-
tom before the Nazi victory makes
fascinating reading. Treating his
material with scholarly detach.
ment. the author nevertheless
brings cut the full dramatic value
of the events.
He concludes that Hitlerism Il
a force to be respected and that il
has come to stay. What this Dor
tends to the rest of the world il
the most important question of flu
ture international relations"
The book reviewed above. en-
titled Germany Enters the ThirC
Reich" is one of the recent add
tions to the Sheridan County Lii
brary. Another that will prove O
equal interest is a recent enc b,
Maurice Hindus entitled eth
Great Offensive" Readers VIII
enjoyed his "Red Bread" will b
eager to get this new book or
Russia. "Life begins at Forty
proving very popular. as is Frank
lin D. Roosevelt's Looking For.
ward" and "The Edwardian Era
by Andre Maurois.
In "The Shape of Things tt
Come" H. G. Wells projects tn,
reader Tito the future. Using I'll
guise of a history text book o.
: 2106. the author emissions worl
} re-made according to his heart
D desire. "The Stars in thei
| Courses" by Sir James Jeans
I a book on astronomy that the az
erage reader can appreciate.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Soldier Defends Self
At Trial in Aberdeen

The activity of the l. L. D.,
protests of workers and farmers.
forced postponement of the trial
three times.
With the assistance of a young
law student, Erwin Levine, Seidler
conducted his own defense and so
thoroughly exposed the trumpet
up nature of the charges that the
prosecutor was forced to abandon
his original intention of getting .
conviction on technical grounds.
Forced into the open, the prose-
cutor asked for conviction on the
grounds that Seidler had "em-
barrassed the relief agency and
the county commissioners" by or
ganizing the unemployed workers
to fight for their right to live.
In spite Of the fact that Aber-
deem has a population made IN
primarily Of workers, there were
no workers on the jury. The bust
ness men jurors, however, could
not stand the heat Of farmers and
workers protests and recommend
ed leniency."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Handpicked Jury Forced to
Recommend Leniency for
Unemployed Leader

ABERDEEN, s. D.-Paul Seid-
Ter, leader Of the Unemployed
Council here was convicted by a
jury of business men on a charge
Of speaking without a permit"
and sentenced to five days in jail.
Because Of the large number Of
farmers and workers in the court
room, and because of the protests
which poured into the authorities
since Soldiers arrest last July, the
hand-picked jury was forced to
to recommend Tendency and a mini
mum sentence"
The charge of Constructing the
pedestrian traffic" which was
placed against Solder last August
during the strike of the unem-
ployed, was dismissed. The first
case grew out of his arrest last
July for leading the unemployed
workers in a strike at that time.
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RESERVE

Mrs. Strand and Mrs. Aaage ia
cobsen were Plentywood shoppers
last Monday between trains.
Mrs. Gibbons entertained the
Town & Country Bridge Club last
Saturday afternoon.
The school Christmas tree will
be held on Thursday evening in the
scholo house.
Guy Allen broke down with a
load of grain a few miles west of
town Saturday evening and had to
make trip to Plentywood Mon
day for repairs.
Cliff Hansen broke down with
his car a few miles out of town
on Friday and did not make the
round with the Reservation mail
that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyngas were Viii,
liston shoppers Saturday.
Ohio McCabe, skipper on the
state snow pillow, plowed into the
ditch a mile or so south of town
Saturday night. He had to aban-
don the plow until a tractor was
secured to pull the plow back or
the highway.
Clarence Petersen is doing fine
with his new coal mine. He says
he has a market for all the Goa
he can dig.
A couple of carloads took in the
dance in Antelope Saturday nitv
with the thermometer 18 below.
With the Christmas tree festiv
tiles coming up on Thursday eve
ming the Wakea Club will not hole
its regular meeting on Thursday.
Joe Walikonis, Ross Mcleod ant
Guy Allen were stalled in tow
Monday evening on account o
bad roads.
/ John Mouritsen the butcher
on the sick list thisweek with
severe cold.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Coffee an

In 1913 the average person,
gainfully employed, contributed 81
out of every $11 EARNED to pay the
cost OF the government. And in
1884 he paid 81 out of every So
earned.
And the doctor told the little
girl that ne had brought her a
little brother that weighed seven
pounds. and the little girl wanted
to know how much it was a pound.
And in 1914 three hogs could
buy as much as eight hogs of the
same size can buy in 1888.
And the pup that TURNS round
and round chasing his own tail,
makes q good watch dog; he is
winding himself up.
And one girl said about the
Antelope fellow that he was a per-
feet gentleman! And. the other
girl said. eyes. he bored me too"
And during an audience in the
Vatian City, Pope Plus XI, told
$50 iobless English men: eff the
Divine Providence caused you to
be deprived of work. he did it for
your own good. Being without
work you will therefore be all the
more appreciative of work when it
returns"
And if you find hairs in your
honey they might have come out of
the comb.
And when the teacher wanted
the boy to prove that the earth
was round, the boy wanted to
know why it was I'D to him to
prove it. he wasn't the one who
had circulated the report in the
first place.
And we have a snap and it's a
cold one.
And when his wife hit him over
the head with his wooden leg, tie
man said his wooden led panied
him.
And If a gown don't look like
il were falling off the shoulders,
there is something wrong with it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
Wheat Allotment Contracts
Have Nearly All Been Signed

The average tenant and particu-
larly landlords are interested to
know what may be done with the
balance of the cultivated acres on
a farm in whichthe base acres
have been greatly reduced from
the stated acres in the application.
Blow is typical case used as an
illustration when the committee
applied the $50 rule.
The farm contains 320 acres of
which 280 have been cultivated, 40
acres are included in pasture,
buildings space and roads.
The applicants stated wheat
base average for 1902 is 225
acres. There were 200 acres seed
ed in 1888. The allotment commit
tee in its effort to bring down the
total acreage in the county to the
official figures found it necessary
to apply the $3.50 rule, which is
taking $50 of the cultivated acres
as the new base. In CHS case
that is 1872 acres. In the contract
that appears as the average annu'
al acrege. The allotment acres
are 500 Of the latter figures or 81
acres, which represents the mini
mum acres that must be seeded Il
wheat in order to fulfill the terms
of the contract. The maximum
acres that may be seeded to whea
in 1884 are 155. The reduction
acres are 81 or the difference be
TWEEN 1872 and 155. In other words
the 81 acres represents the 15S
reduction called fer in the whea
allotment plan. The latter mus
not be seeded to any cash grail
crop in 1884.
! Since 155 acres may be seeds
/ to wheat and 81 acres taken on
of production there are still 9
cultivated acres on this typics
farm.
What may be done with the lat
ter is asked? These acres may b
seeded to any cash or feed Gro
} the applicant desires. Any pal
? Of it may be summerfallowed or
} may remain idle. 1t can not b
4 seeded to wheat. That is the onl
5 restriction.
> One more reference to the n
J duction acres. These must repre-
sent a fair average of the land a,
5 tually seeded to wheat during til
: base years. The applicant ma
! not select the poorest piece {
$ land for the latter purpose. VIII;
!, compensation does the applical
d receive for agreeing not to see
n more than 155 acres of wheat
S 1884? The allotment bushels fl
t this hypothetical case is arrived |
: by multiplying the allotment acr,
d by 1888 or the county pool ave
r age yield. This is 821 busl
8 els for which the applicant recei
r es 20 cents per bushel or 1854:
8 as the first payment and appro
imately $57.47 next summer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
By Emergency Agent Peterson


The County Wheat Allotment
Committee was sustained in its de-
cisions pertaining to the final adj
justment of wheat acreage by the
county board of directors at its
meeting last Tuesday when that
body met as a board of appeal to
consider cases that were appealed.
The spokesman for the allotment
committee explained methods used
in order to meet the county quota
of bushels and acres as finally
fixd by the state board of review
A full crew has been checking
applications and contracts at the
extension office. Mailing con.
tracts to absentee landlords while
the allotment committee is meet
ing those who did not have an op-
portunity to sign at the regular
meetings has been the chief work
It is hoped that 1870 of the con
/ tracts will be ready for transmits
sal to Washington by Decembel
%. The balance that are in thu
pending files will be forwarded
when all are completed.
1t appears now that over 95%
of the contracts have been signed
by either tenant or owner operat
ors. 1t is probable that a small
per cent of landlords may no
sign, primarily where they do no
fully understand the principles in
volved.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22

There appears to be consider
able misapprehension relative to
what constitutes reduction acres
among most of the applicants, par
ticularly absentee owners says
Emergency Agent Carl Peterson
when commenting upon the recent
wheat allotment signup campaign.
In signing a wheat allotment
contract the applicant agrees to
do three distinct acts. First, ne
agrees to seed minimum number
Of acres of wheat during 19o4-S5
that should produce at the county
pool average yield enough grain to
equal his allotment bushels, which
is computed at so per cent Of his
adjusted base average. Second
he agrees to plant not more than
$3.50 as many wheat acres in 1884
as his adjusted base average calls
for. In other words, 1870 reduc-
ton from the adjusted base and
not from the original acres as
stated in the application. Third
the applicant agrees not to seeC
the reduction acres to cash grair
crops or wheat in 1884. That does
not mean these same acres canno'
be seeded to wheat in 1885, pro
vided other acres are substitutes
and taken ont Of production fol
that year. The reduction acres
may be seeded to grass crops Of
summerfallowed or remain idle al
theapplicant may choose.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to take this means Of
extending our heartfelt apprecia-
ton to the many friends and
neighbors who rendered such
thoughtful and timely assistance,
and for beautiful floral offerings
during our recent bereavement. the
illress and death of our beloved
husband and father, Andres Chris
tian Lund.
Mrs. A. c. Lund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lund.
lula. Walter, Henry and
Leo Lund.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
per cent interest,".

eight per cent interest.
If YOU are interested in county
robbery cases why don't you men
ton the more than hundred thous.
and that was put in the Beiseker
bank without security and entirely
lost. There is a case where YOU
would not have to throw any hints,
You could go and put your finger
right on the men who did it. The
men who did that are not connect.
ed with the Producers News.
County robbers are the men YOU
are associating with today if l am
correct in who really is the "Sher.
idan Farmer"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
United Farmers League
Convention Postponed

ed to take place at the Farmer
Labor Temple last Wednesday,
had to be postponed on account
of the snow. The few delegates
who had come to the meeting
had cine by sleigh over almost
impossible roads. Just when
the convention will be held will
depend on the condition of the
roads. The different local Sec
retaries will be notified by the
county secretary.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-22
70 THE HERALD,S
SHERIDAN FARMER
D. HANS RASMUSSEN

-. week the PlentywOOd He u
Last ;n %s a letter supposed to
SD PRIME :luoe nv "a Sheridan Farm
Be BE- and and printed under a DSEinAf
date line -, 20 understand.
-, It Sheridan eric Farmer" that YOU
M SnTed to sign your name to
sre a ;;4srarv product. Your letter
that 1,I I'1 shows that you are either ;r
PLAINLY ignorant (which l don't
e ;Ss YIog are) and don't know
think v 0.Ou are writing about. or
Ens' ,.o W. are willfully lying. 1t is
else sO Safe guess that you are not
als s.r : and never lived in Dag
n W., claim to be a shareholder
~ .Ss Producers News and you
N sHt 70 know who owns the paper.
va ,on ever attend stockholders
Dll t.;Ug? The last one was held
Ini,, ard / know you were not
y me- And YOU never came to the
NEE .sties to get the information you
olli'T Iornirg about. You never
orc asked one of the directors,
even ,,bicb there are seven. and
o che E is Charles TAYLOR. nor Rod
nsS Salisbury, nor Hans Rasmus-
n ns5 one of them. Information is
=. What YOU want-you Just
-. something to boiler about.
When you are blowing Yourself
- Ike a toad about the "tene of
sssD,n ,, of dollars" that "we''
hove given to the Producers News
/. !. safe to say that YOU never
.rs n contributed the smallest part
I'd that you haven't even paid W
rony subscription. Where do you
Get that 1--WE" stuff?
The records shoY that during
tbt Farmers Administration the
county, was better fixed FINANCIALLY
.San during anv period before OF
sfter. Then what is the idea Of
von coming out saving that "tht
sorntv was sunk hopeleeslv il
5sb" during that administration !
II Won don't know any better theI
% and look these things up before
Won start living about it.
That the Producers News die
not nay its taxes during the tim,
il had the county printing is an
other cheap lie you are unloading
On the public, trusting that nobod.
will take the trouble of looking
it up.
You are throwing dirty hints a
bout the 100000 county robber
ard YOU don't know the frs
thing about who did it. Neithe
do for that matter but let m
tell YOU what l do know.
On the evening of the count
robbery there were two men
town. One was quite a bit tale
than tn eother. They didn't liv
in Plentywood. neither did the
live close BY but they lived ]
Sheridan county.
About at least one of these me
It has BEEN saidthat he never di
DAVIS work since the robber.
Year after year they have dTie
out and hailed out and have NJ
produced a crop. But they HAY
always had plenty of cash none
and been liberal spenders. Coul
take long vacation trips ever
wear and send children away
school.
When these people come to Plel
tywoOd they never come to Il
Producers News. When they con
to town they always paw a frien
" visit to the Plentywood Hera
and hObnOb with Jack Bennett.
Now. Mr.. sheridan Farmer
that robbery case gives you
chance to throw a dirty slur
somebody without backing it I
with facts and that's Just VIII
YOU like. That money was ali +
turned to the county, even wi