The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-09-29

FsInsFt the Holiday Association
oeIs V n An effort last Wednes-
tsllec .,, =. q week ago, to
dsy 60 N e. Lerbeck. the own
ave IN. ~ of the grain grown on
sis SSomestead near Dooley that
DIS I Ss;ng delivered to the Federal
as Pask of Spokane at an ele-
ISn AN. IN Dooley. There were
vent Vent 40 farmers at the Demon
Is-beck notified Secretary Hans .
,15ayson of the Sheridan coun-
o.on1cil of the United Farm
y TsaOue. and Emil Moe, county |
en- Is;-Tan of the Sheridan county
S g.1;5av Association, both OF
I..Ssr Tuesday evening, that the
.Hrssbing machine would be on
y. farm the next day, and ex-
..i = that the Federal Land
81 had foreclosed on his home
go : year or more ago, where
y and his family still resided
* had at all times resided and
a., N possession Of, and had
It'd the same to a neighbor,
u.TTv Ehrmanntraut, who had
t.-ned If. for one-fourth share Of
Ss rrop. end asked them If they
.onlS DO anything TO save the
cTner's share for him.
The leaders agreed that Lerbeck
.,s family were entitled to the
one-fourth of the crop and not the
~. So they called the farmers
together.
Tuesday night it rained quite
bsn5 and Wednesday morning the
Wind was blowing a gale. This
maze il difficult to get word out
10 the farmers, and many who got
vor6 did rot think that it would
h possible othresh and thought
tIey could not afford to make a
fntile trip. However forty or
more turned out. organized a com
mittee. and took the matter up
with Ehrmanntraut. the renter
irving 10 get him to cooperate
Ebrmanntnlut refused and stopped
the machine.
The farmers did not start the
machine and threSh out Lerbeck'
share Of the grain. but LEI
Ehrmanntn,ut go to Plentywood
where he rushed to Sheriff Mad
s., and County Attorney Hoven
who with Deputy Murray ant
immigration officers, and others
armed to the teeth. went to IN,
Lerbeck homestead, nccompanie'
by Ehrmanntraut where agail
the demands Of the farmers i
behalf e Lerbeck were refused
Sheriff Msdsen took ch2Lge of tn
threshing ard delivered all of tn
grai- e Ehrmanntraat and tn
hank. while Ehrmanhtr' ut went {
PertvwoOd to attend an allotmeu
meeting under the auspices Of tn
Farmers Union. where Editor Rick
a Il the Primers Urion Heral
Of s.. Paul and Secretary Gree
q the Farmers Union of Nor
Dsknt7 v-e-a sraato~-
The farmers being weak
number Ind not wishing a show
down vet, retired, defeated but NJ
discouraged.
Harry Ehrmanntraut i
stsunch member Of the Farmer
Union ard bids 70 be n leader (
II efarners in the county. 4
the sane time ne is playing Il
role Of a scab IN reLti1g La
from the Federal Bank cut fro
under lie feet Of 81 lnforJuna'
neighbor who has Aeen unable
meet lis payments b7c9use Of II
conditions that mas caused all II
farmers 10 Gek -ult on he paymel
Of their taxes AMI interest.
Ler0eck o..ered to ard wac vii
ing &c give the bank one quartz
Of TIE crop in iiaJ # his ca.
payments u-til he could resun
them. but the bank refused III
70 Lerbeck. but foreclosed al
rented the land for crop rent
Ehrna- ntraut. and he without
parF q conscience. to further h
oV- selfish interest. rented II
land ard h-rmed il. perfect
wiling = see the Lerbecks star
I Re couli make a few dolla
ior himself.
!. x ren ike Ehrmsnntra
VIZ make Il possible for Il
nnke-s q carry out their for
closure ard eviction policy. TIE
nen IKE cannihals. eat the
nro,har STr~h me- are wor
nan the bankers. There won
no. r z foreclosure on FIR