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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10

ness and pleasure TIP. He visited
with al brother, G. T. Sorem. who
mas been employed by the street
car company for many years.
Mr.. and Mrs. AdOlph Johnson Of
Comertown were in town Satur-
day. "''
Christ Toedte and family were
county seat callers last week from
Comertown.
Il. G. Rasmussen was in from,
ms farm south Of Comertown last
Saturday.
Ed Bringdahl and Nels Engdahl
OF near Dooley, were county seat
callers Monday.
Pete Bruvold, keyman of Com
ertown was attending business on
Monday in the city.
ut
Carl Tango, Outlook, was trans
acting business in the city last
week end.
49,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim johnson, who
live east of Dooley were Plenty
wood shoppers Saturday.
ID
Arnold Hanson was down from
his farm south Of Comertown one
day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Olson mo-
tored down fro their farm near
Comertown Saturday.
90
Edwin Torpin returned last
Thursday to his home near Com
ertown after spending several
days here on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Ofthus
were down from Comertown last
Thursday. The latter consulting
one Of the local doctors.
Mrs. Dave Nelson drove in from
their farm near Dooley Tuesday,
and was a guest at the Geo. Jack
90
Rep, Andrew LELAND returned
Monday morning from Helena
where he was in attendance at the
session Of the legislature.
%
Gap" H. E. Beglinger of the
customs service, who has been sta
toned at Raymond for some time
has been transferred to Moves.
Mimi. He left Monday in com
pany with immigration Inspector
Bob Cummins for his new job. Mr.,
Cummins expects to return TO
Plentywood the first Of next
week.
Spike" Knutson returned Satur-
day from the Veterans hospital at
Fort Harrison, where he had gone
recently for medical attention. He
had his tonsils removed while
there and says that he feels like
a different man altogether. Be
fore leaving the hospital he drop
ped in to see "Big" Thor Thor
stenson who had undergone an op-
Grafton for hernia. Thor wa, sit
ting up, feeling fine and eager TO
get back on the job at the Dom
aldson garage.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10

pany, also head Of many other la
Dor exploiting enterprises. The
one who lived in New York in his
five million dollar mansion and
ruled the banks. This is the man
to whose widow Pat sends sympa-
thetic letters. Pat, the farmers
friend and promoter Of the Liberty
party.
Robert Larson, and many good
people of Sheridan county looked
upon Pat as a savir and Pat lead
them around by the nose and then
laughed at them behind their back
while he was selling them to the
Anaconda Copper Mining compan
for few jugs Of whiskey.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10
Plentywood Boy In
University Playlet

Special to the Producers News. ....
State University, Missoula, Mar.
10.-Arnold Peterson, Plentywood
a junior in the school Of business
administration at the state univer-
sity, participated m the play,
Jungle Jingles," presented by
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, social fra
ternity, at Varsity Vodvil, March
third
Julian Dominek, Westby, fresh
man at the state university, will
box with Hubert Zemke, Missoula,
for the championship in the lob
1875 pound class IN The annual M
club tournament to be held ON
March 8.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10
'McELROY

The recent thawing and freezing
weather has maze skating Kinks
OF every depression in the surface
of the earth, consequently the
youngsters are repairing their
skates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chestre Rasmus-
sen have rerted Mre. Mary Kro-
mems farm for the coming sea-
son. They are living with Mrs.
kronen, having moved to her home
recently. Since their marriage last
fan MI and Ms. Rasmussen have
lived with the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar Juve.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10
WILLIAMS COUNTY
SENDS DELEGATES
TO RELIEF MEET
(BY E. 81

Bonetraill, N. D., Feb. 2i.--Five
delegates were elected from the
northwestern part Of Williams
county to attend the farmers State
Relief Conference in Bismarck,
March 1-3. From reports that ]
have received delegates have been
elected from every part of the
county. Every car has a full load.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10

loaded onto them. Finally IL was
loaded onto the keymen as the
easiest way out.
Carl Peterson gave a nice little
talk in which he praised and de-
Tended the State Highway commits
sioners for sending outside con-
tractors IN here to build our high
WAYS. And people Went home with
the feeling that. outside Of the
good meal received, the meeting
had turned out to be a fizz,e.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10

Who is Mrs. Ryan who thanks
Pat for his kind thought and sym
pathy7 She is the widow Of John
ID. Ryan, Montana Copper KING,
who died recently. The head Oh
the Anaconda Copper Mining com
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-03-10

Christ Toedte and family were
county seat callers last week from
Comertown.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Indiana Faces Tilt
In Taxes to Meet
Pending Budgets
Units Boost Rates as Prop.
erty Valuations Are
Decreased.
BY HAROLD C. FEIGHTNER.


INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, September 2.
.-Indiana taxing units are having more
Man the usual difficulty this Fall in
attempting to adjust budgets to the
taxpayers flattened pocketbooks.
They are finding, to their sorrow, that
they cannot look to the Federal and
State governments to foot the entire
bill and that after all they must call
upon property to bear the main burden.
One of the automatic laws Of taxa
tion-that when the property valuations
are decreased the rates go UPS all too
readily apparent. There is scarcely q
taxing unit in the State that has not
found, in preparing its budget, that the
rate must be hiked even above last
years figures. As it is, however, many
of the budgets will show substantial de-
creases. A notable example of that Is
found in Indianapolis, where the budget
has been cut S246 900 over the 1882 fig
ures, although the levy must be raised
cents.
Budget makers are finding, too, that
the last Legislature was an agglomera-
tion of contradictions. It cut State and
county salaries, reorganized municipal
governmental set-ups and tapped new
sorces of revenue such as the gross in
COI1le CdA, UllC bSCl llSC&IoC thAla AL
tangible taxes in order to shift the bur-
den from property. Yet on the other
hand, it made mandatory an old-age
pension system, provided for costly
registration of voters and merged city
elections with State and county elec-
tions next year.
The total tax bill this year for all
units was around $97,000.000, tre-
mendous drop from the $50, ,000, 900 fig
ure set up during the boom days. That
It can be cut still further seems ap-
parent, but no one at this time will
hazard a guess as to the extent Of the
retrenchment.
Much of the uncertainty hinges
around the gross income tax law passed
by the last Assembly. For the two
month period of May and June more
than 10000 taxpayers paid in $1.725,-
600. The first quarterly payment is due
In October The State has obligated
itself to pay up to 5000 on the salary Of
each Of the 21,0oo school teachers In
the State.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
OHIO DEMOCRATS SPLIT
ON STATE CRAFTSMANSHIP
Internal Fight May Mean Defeat for Party Next
Year Unless Factions Settle
Their Differences.

Nolan and his friends have charged
that he was opposed by Senator Bulk
ley because of his religion. At the
meeting Of the State Committee. the
Senator made short address, defend
ing himself from that charge.
Nolan spoke frankly after his defeat,
declaring himself ready to support both
Senator Bulkley and Gov. White.
Called Figurehead.
DR.. Watson, the new State chair
man, is a veterinarian, has taken no
part in politics outside Of his county,
and did not attend the meeting Of the
committee at which he was elected, be-.
ing on a vacation In Canada. The vote
was q to l for Watson. The Nolan
element is intimating that Watson
will be only a figurehead and that
former State Chairman Henry G..
Brunner, who resigned and announced
that he had left politics for good whca
he was appointed State administrator
of the Home Loan Corporation, will
be the real head of the party organiza-
ton, as before.
In Cleveland lively municipal elec-
tion campaign has started, with three
candidates for mayor in the fleld-the
present Democratic mayor, Ray Miller;
Representative NJ L. Sweeney and for
mer Gov Harry L, Davis.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
VIRGINIA RUSHING
GALE AREA REPAIR
Financial Loss Partly Com.
pensated by Boost Given
to Employment.
BY r. L. C. BARRET.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND, Va, September o.
Eastern Virginia is now recovering from
the great storm which last week raw
aged the coast and did untold damage
far into the interior. Financial losses,
particularly at seaside resorts, were
heavy, but there is bright side to the
picture in that the situation is giving
employment to thousands of men who
are engaged in repairing buildings AID
public works generally which were
damaged, and in rearing new structures
to take the place of the old. This
work will continue for many months.
Damage ran high into the millions.
A less spectacular feature, but perhaps
the most important in dollars. was the
irreparable destruction Of crops. Even
as far inland as $50 miles corn was
its stems. Crops IN many fine apple
orchards were completely destroyed In
various sections of the eastern part of
the State forests, with their great trees
uprooted, appear as if they had been
visited by a tornado.
Storm Area Surveyed.
A survey of the storm stricken coast
section is being made by a representa-
tive Of the National Public Works Ad-
ministration. The Governor has ap-
pointed committee to investigate and
report on rehabilitation needs in the
area. Representatives from seaside
cities have taken up with the Governor
the possibility of building a seawall
along five miles of the boulevard Sec
tion of Newport News and Elizabeth
City County.
Virginians will have legalized beer
on Labor day. The beer bill has been
signed by Gov Pollard and goes into
effect on the holiday. It Is not ex-
pected to appreciably affect the situa-
ton in most of the cities, where the
80 brew has been on sale for nearly
two months, but will mean the opening
up of q new business in the majority
of the counties where officers have in
sisted on enforcing laws prohibiting the
sale of beer, notwithstanding the
changed sentiment in the State.
Rural Areas Get Ready.
Throughout the rural districts farm
ers and others, in preparation for the
sale of beer, have been busily engaged
in the last two weeks in constructing
small buildings, dubbed human filling
stations" in which they expect to sell
lager. Delay in the final passage Of
the beer bill was due to minor disa-
greements between the House and Sem
ate. 1t is estimated that the delay
cost the State $1,000 day in revenue.
The Governor has also signed the
referendum bills, one providing for a
Statewide vote on the proposal to re-
peal the eighteenth amendment. The
bill provides for a convention Of 80
members, to meet In Richmond on
October rs,
Evening star., 1933-09-03
arkansas Session
Completes Task,
Using Up $4,000
Legalising of 3.2 Beer
And Vine One of Many
Accomplishments.
BY THOMAS J. BRANsFORD.
pecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, September O.
The Arkansas General Assembly, which
adjourned August "a. completed all the
work that was outlined for it, but not
until 1t had used up all Of the 10000
appropriation that Gov. j. Marion
Futrell had limited 1t to.
Here Is q summary Of the main &C
comphshments Of the session:
l. Continuation of the highway audit
under supervision of three commits
sioners to be appointed by the Cover
nor, with the attorney general to handle
legal matters growing out Of the orig
inal and the continued audit.
2. To authorize defense Of certain
suits against the State and to appro-
pirate $50 900 to pay defauited interest
on highway bonds held by other States
to prevent them from obtaining judg-
ment against Arkansas
8. To authorize the State Refunding
Board to settle claims against the State
Highway Department; to pay In cash
all warrants issued before February l..
1888, for less than 500 each: to issue
short term notes In excess 81 500, 4sr.
to appropriate 100000 to pay small
claims.
4. Authorization Of payment Of taxes
In three installments between February
and october In future years.
S. To permit redemption Of tax.for-
feited real estate ON payment Of one
years taxes without penalty, II paid
before next January I.
6. To permit the State and various
subdivisions to share fully in the Fed
eral public works, emergency relief and
national recovery program.
z. To permit State banks to re-
organise to comply with the Federal
bank deposit insurance law which gill
become effective January l.
8. Legalization Of 81 per cent beer
and wine.
9. To authorize receivers for banks
and building and loan associations to
exchange real estate mortgages for
Home owners Loan Corporation bonds.
10. To appropriate park funds allotted
to Arkansas by the Federal Govern.
ment to enable the State Park COM
mission to develop and extend the state
park system.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
MARYLAND BALLOT
TO CUT WET VOTE
RepeaIistS See Cause Ham,
pered by Need of Nine
Markings.
BY J. C. DEpoNAI.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, September lowing
to the rather complicated ballot on the
repeal of the prohibition act on which
Maryland votes September IL, adher-
ents Of the wet" cause express doubt
that the State will roll up the majority
In keeping with Marylands wet
State" reputation.
The ballot calls for nine marks for
both the "wets" and "drys"; six dele
gates at large from each Of the six
congressional districts and three other
delegates from each congressional dis
trict, making total OF "a DELEGATES to
the State convention, which will de-
eide the question.
The names of nine delegates from
each district will appear under the
heading of "unpledged" delegates. and
unless the voter marks his ballot for
any nine delegates. the ballot will auto
matically be thrown out.
The ballot lists 27 candidates, one
group being under the head of those
pledged for repeal, the other under the
heading of those opposing repeal and
the third column those who are "un-
decided" on the question.
Just what the listing Of candidates
under the heading of "unpledged"
means Is proving problem to State
politicians. Just why the Legislature
did not fix the ballot so one cross-mark
would indicate all nine delegates below
the mark Is also a puzzle to many
politicians here. They point out that
more marks increase the number Of
ballots thrown out and causes loss to
the popular side.
SpeciaI Session Exnected.
In anticipation Of repeal, however, q
special session Of the Maryland Legis-
lature, at which new laws affecting
liquor may be passed. Is expected to be
called within the next three months.
Without such session, the State
would operate after repeal under a COM
bination Of the new beer law" passed
this year, and a variety Of local option
laws, some dating back to 1853.
The 1888 bill set up for Baltimore
the Board of License Commissioners, now
operating, and gave it authority over
beer and alcoholic liquors This, ac-
cording to the authorities, repealed
Baltimore'S other liquor laws.
The 1888 beer bill is not regarded as
having repealed the county option laws,
however, because, except for Baltimore,
alcoholic liquors were not included. The
regulation of liquor after repeal in the
counties depends, therefore, upon each
county's local law.
These laws provide neither sale nor
gift" in some areas and allow certain
amounts per person per month in
others. In several instances, carefully
defined areas within cities and counties
are set without the limits of the law
for the city or county as a whole.
Twelve of the % counties adopted spe-
cial beer laws at the time of the adop-
ton of the 1888 Statewide measure.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BANK FAILURE PROSECUTIONS
PUSHED IN MASSACHUSETTS

abandoned sound principles in o reck-
less quest for huge profits.
The prosecution at last has begun to
catch up. The presidents of two Of
the closed State banks now are serving
sentences following convictions for vio-
lation Of the banking statutes. The
president of Q closed national bank was
found dead 81 carbon monoxide poison
ing in his garage on the morning Of
the day he was to have appeared be-
fore Federal grand jury, and now the
president Of one Of the other closed
national banks has been indicted by o
Federal grand Jury.
The United States Attorney General
has had several members Of his stan
in Boston for several weeks investigat-
ing the activities Of some Of the closed
national banks, and one Of the prose-
cutors has publicly predicted that q large
number Of indictments viii be brought
against q group Of bank ofncials.
The exposure Of some Of the prac-
tices Of these banks has resulted In Q
demand for q tightening Of the statutes
under which the State banks operate.
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BY w. E. MULLINS.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
3 BOSTON, September 2.-Massachu-
sets, once one Of the principal capital
sources Of the Nation, for generations
has been proud Of its financial acumen,
its financial integrity and, above all, its
banks. The banking chaos, now happily
only q memory here, ragged throughout
other sections Of the country for
months before 1t finally spread into
this commonwealth. Naturally, the
bankers and capitalists were proud Of
this distinction.
When the inevitable occurred and
the banking crisis did enguf this Sec
ton, hue and cry went up for pun
ishment Of those bankers who had
played fast and loose with the funds Of
their depositors. The day Of reckoning
was delayed to . point that was nearly
provoking to those depositors whose
FUNDS had been used Tor speculative
purposes in the few banks which had
Evening star., 1933-09-03
ILLINOIS CONCERNED BY DELAY
IN PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAM

L. 1ckes said would give 1000, 900 men
jobs by October l.
Nowhere In Illinois, Indiana or wis
consin is there as yet single man
thus employed.
Questions are pouring in on the va
rious State advisory boards and re.
employment directors, When do we
start?" When do we get the money!"
and why the delay?"
Inquiry revealed that it would be
from a month to six weeks yet before
any jobs on Federally financed public
works would be available
There Is loud clamor for "red tape"
cutting. In Wisconsin, State ofncials
insist that responsibility for delay and
lack of action is in Washington, and
not in Madison. On the other hand,
in Illinois it is pointed out that the
program is being advanced as rapidly
as States are able to comply with the
provisions of the law.
Illinois share Of the $400, 900 900 set
aside by the national industrial recov-
cry act for highway construction Is
$l7,500.0o
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Many Get Jobs
Delaware Survey Shows
1888 Taken on by 2ll
Wilmington Plants.
BY C. E. GRAY.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WILMINGTON. Del, September a.
A total of 1888 persons has been
added to the pay rolls of 211 of Will
mington's approximately 400 industries
during the last 80 days, according -
the survey just completed by Gerrisn
Gassaway, N. r. A. administrator for
Delaware, and manager of the Chamber
Of Commerce here. The report does
not include the added number Of jobs
in mercantile fields, under which all
stores are classified.
Incomplete as the report is, Mr.. Gas
saway pointed out, it gives a clear
idea Of how the N. R. A. program is
obtaining results throughout Delaware.
The returns show only the gains dur
ing the last 80 days, since the incep-
tion of the recovery program.
The same 211 industries had q total
pay roll list Of 21,000 names on Au-
gust Is this year, compared with II 1894
for August Of last year, and 20,337 for
the same date in 1881. Thus the
total number of employees in these in
dustries this year Is larger than for the
last two years.
Job Increases Show Trend.
An idea of the trends direction, Mr..
Gassaway said, can be obtained from
the following increase in jobs reported
to the chamber by these representative
industries:
Fiber and paper, 147: leather, 1862;
(Copfip1Ied IN SecnDd pooaN
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BY RUTHWELL DUNCAN.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, September 2.-Cool nights
and browning vegetation that tell of
Autumn's approach are causing many
Middle Western people to inquire with
serious concern about the delay in get
ting the Federal public works program
under way.
There are practically no funds avail
able for relief Of the unemployed, ex-
cept what may be obtained from the
Federal relief appropriation. In ILL.,
nois it Is freely said that the sales tax
will not be sufficient to meet relief
needs beyond the first of next year. In
fact there will be deficit Of $4,000, 900
in the expenditures which have been
calculated on a basis Of expected re-
employment of many hundreds Of thou
sands Of those now out of work.
What is true of Illinois Is true Of
other Middle Western States.
Hence the impatience over the delay
In the much-talked- public works
which Secretary Of the Interior Harold
Evening star., 1933-09-03
Jersey Gets Beer
Measure Is Passed After
Bitter Fight in Special
Session.
BIZ EDWARD M. GILROY.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TRENTON, N. j., September Zone
Of the most bitter political fights in
New Jersey history ended at q. m.
Thursday, when the Legislature passed
q beer control law after two days con-
tinuous session,
After remaining in session from noon
Wednesday to Thursday morning with
out rest or food, the weary legislators
agreed on a curious hybrid program
that represented q compromise between
two bitterly opposed groups. For q
time it appeared the State would be
left without any beer regulation or
revenues.
The fight represented an attack on
the Republican leadership Of Senate
President Richards Of Atlantic County,
an avowed candidate for Governor
next year. Richards, through an agree
ment with the Democratic State leader,
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, has
controlled legislative and party policies
to such an extent q group Of his party
colleagues set out to beat him.
Richards tried to pass beer regula-
ton by q four-man salaried State ex-
else commission with powers to revoke
licenses granted by municipalities. A
coalition Of Republicans, led by Speaker
Otto Of the Assembly and Jesse r. Sal
mon, Essex Republican county chair
man, countered with q plan for abso-
lutte municipal control
Evening star., 1933-09-03
BY J. H. GALBRAITH.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
~OLUMBUS, Ohio, September
with Register Of the
I Treasury william L. Durbin
on hand directing the contest
~ of John F. Nolen of Steuben-
vile for the vacant Demo-
cratic State Craftsmanship, and Gov.
George White and Senator r. J. Bulk
ley throwing the Craftsmanship into
the lap of DR.. Carl Watson OF Lima,
that fight looked like contest for
control of the party between the Demo-
Gratis who stood firm for the nomina-
ton Of the Governor in the Democratic
National Convention last year and
those who were for the nomination OF
Mr.. Roosevelt.
Mr.. Durbin was the first delegate
from Ohio to Jump the State organiza-
tion fence and join the Roosevelt ranks.
He secured his appointment as register
of the Treasury without the aid OF the
regular State organization.
But following the election OF Dr.
Watson there has been q constant
eruption Of charges indicating bad
party feeling which, unless 1t is allayed
before the campaign Of next year
comes on, may cause the defeat OF the
party.