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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

ske home in Dakota Wednesday.
The Melby and Nelson young peo-
pie attended a party at the John
Peterson home north of Grenora on
Friday night.
Andrew Dahl has been putting IN
most Of the week doing duty as the
nurse-maid and cook as well as the
chore boy, Mrs. Dahl and children
being laid up with the flu. Henry
Syverud and George Melby have also
been victims but at this writing
everyone is improved considerably.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Local Brevities

Miss Rebecca Gentry visited
Mildred Wright over the holidays.
Martin Homme, ieweler of Out
look, was a business visitor in the
county seat Monday.
Attorney Grant Blackwell is
moving into the building occupied
by Attorney J. G. Wagner.
Miss Shirley Becker spent her
Christmas at Wolf Point Nth her
father.
Jens C. Tango was a business
visitor in Plentywood Thursday
from Outlook.
Miss Gwwendolyn Christianson
left the first of the week for
Northfield, Mimi, where she will
resume her studies at st. Olaf's.
Miss Grace Lundquist of Brock
ton visited at the home of DIR. and
Mrs. r. E. Gustafson during the
past week.
Andrew Bjork and Ernest Olson
of Westby transacted business in
the county seat Thursday of this
week.
Mrs. E. E. Garrick of Outlook
has been visiting with relatives
and friends in Plentywood several
days the past week.
John SorensOn of Dagmar was
business visitor in Plentywood
Thursday. The Producers News
acknowledges pleasant call.
Mrs. Gerald Garrick and her sis
ter. Mrs. Tooke, of Outlook, were
visitors and shoppers here Tues
day.
Mrs. Arnold Fellon and wee
daughter returned from McCabe
Wednesday where she had spent
the Christmas holidays at the par
entail home.
Bill Whitmarsh, veteran merch-
ant of Plentywood and now or
Archer was brought to the local
hospital Saturday of last week
suffering from pneumonia.
o.
Arnold Peterson returned to
Missoula Monday after spending
the Christmas vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad
Peterson
DIR. Hall left by car early Mon
day for Rochester, MIMI, to be
with Mrs. Hall who is to undergo
an operation at the Mayor hos
pital.
School opened Wednesday morn
ing after being closed thruout the
holidays. Several days had been
added TO the regular vacation on
account of the epidemic of flu.
Master waiter rkdSIHuSScHy sun
, of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Rasmussen,
went to Dagmar Tuesday where
he will spend some time visiting
with relatives and friends.
Louis Wallin, Belden, N. OAK,
arrived in Plentywood Thursday,
bringing with him Mrs. John Husa
and daughters Heloise and Nina,
who viii spend few days visit
ing with Mr.. Husa and Ellen.
TUESDAY afternoon and evening
Mrs. Emil Stenmark entertained
at, her home Mesdames Charles E.
Taylor, George Bantz, E. E. Gar
rick and r. J. Van Hee. A bounti-
full lunch was served late in the
day.
Howard Nelson, Charlotte Ben
nett, Billy Paske, Lois Goodman,
Helen Larson, Norman Palubicki,
Muriel Donaldson, Carl Donaldson
and Harold DeSilva left Monday
by train for Havre where they will
resume their studies at North
Montana College.
PRODUCERS NEWS WANT
ADS BRING RESULTS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Relief Meeting to Be
Helt at Outlook Jan. Is

All who need relief should be at
the Radons building in Outlook,
Friday, Jan. Is, at p. m. Roy
Udy present ocal relief committee
man, has been asked to attend.
Everybody should make a special
effort to be there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

glass-fitter Then he told John that one pair of
glasses is all he will get, and he and his wife will
need. These glasses will not only fit old John but
they will also fit his old wife, who sits eight miles
away in the tumble-down shack without shoes
You can both use the same pair of glasses" said
the expert eye tester, DIR. Storkan
The depression is over. The big problem has
been solved by county commissioners and our
expert doctor. One pair of glasses is all any
family needs. For sometime have dreamed about
getting set of false teeth, but what is the use?
can use my wife's. We don't all need to be chew
ing at the time, we take turns set will
serve the whole family nicely, we might even be
able to help the neighbors out. One pair of shoes
will serve the family if we buy them big enough.
We can go out one at time. Some can sleep in the
day time others at night We only need one bed
Eye Expert Opens Our Eyes
What lot of fools we have been, and what
lot of money we have squandered. We can bal
ance our budget yet. We can get on top once more.
But it took an eye expert to open our eyes. And
then he didn't go quite far enough He should have
given old John pair of glasses with only one lens
in. Then old John and his old wife could have shut
eye while they were looking thru the glass with
the other, and could have gotten along very nicely
that way And how much better the county would
have been off if DIR. Storkan had only thought of
that
What lot of fools we have been all these years
Here we have been going around all these years
with both eyes open and simply wasted our eye
sight, when we could just as well had kept one eye
shut and saved sight for old age. Is it any
wonder we have depressiona
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Baby Mcmillan Dies

The infant daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. B. Mcmillan died at the
local hospital Tuesday evening be-
ing only few days old. Mrs. Nc
MILAN is still confined to the hos
pital. Mr.. Mcmillan is principal
of the local high school.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
.UFL MEETING JAN. 13
AT RAYMOND MONT

The United Farmers League
will have a meeting at the
Raymond school Friday eve
nng, January 18th at eight
o'clock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
CALVIN COOLIDGE
is DEAD

Calvin Coolidge, our former
president, died Thursday noon at
his home in Northampton, Mass.
He was so years old, was stricken
with a heart attack while alone in
a dressing room of his home. The
body was discovered a few minutes
later by Mrs. Coolidge.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
COUNTY ATTORNEY
MOVES OFFICE TO
LIBRARY BASEMENT

Quartres for the new county
attorney have been prepared in
the basement of the county library
where he will have a two-room Of
flee.
Many people do not like the idea
OF cutting this nice basement up
into office rooms instead of leav-
ing it for rest room where the
farmers and their families could
go and spend their spare hours
while in town. But now the dam
age is done and the county will be
saving the amount of office rent
paid in the past.
That anything to accommodate
the farmers should be done here,
is more than could be expected.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
Old John and His Wife

Up north of Plentywood on the wide Montana
praries lives old John and his old wife in a tumble
down shack Old John and his old wife have not
always been as old as they are now. There was
time when John and his wife lived on their own
farm. When they got older the bank took the land
away from them and chased them out of the house.
At that time John smoked his pipe, but now
there is no money to buy tobacco SO John had to
quit. His wife had acquired the habit; it was
not so hard on her as it was on John.
John Needs Glasses
John liked to read the Producers News and his
wife like to listen to him read it. But John is get
ting old and his wife, more than the three score
and ten John can only see the big letters the small
print he can't read. What John needs is pair of
glasses.
His wife needs pair of glasses too No longer
stockings
So. old John goes to town to see if he can get
two pairs of glasses. for himself and one for his
old wife. His old wife wants to go along too but
she has no shoes, SO she can't go. Old John has no
money, but somehow John thought he ought to be
able to get two pairs of glasses in place of the farm
he had lost So John goes to the county commits
sioners But reading the Producers News and darn
ing stockings is something they are not interested in
One pair of glasses is all they will give to old Tohn
and his old wife.
One Pair for Both
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

The Montana supreme court has affirmed the Judo
ment of the local district court in the in which the
NnueapoIsMoline Threshing Machine Comnanv eaJ
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
STATE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
lower COURT DECISION IN CASE
OFPARENT AGAINST MACHINE CO

u.d;cine Lake Man Who Bought Combine Which Did
Not Prove Satisfactory Wins in High Tribunal from
Minneapolis Moline Company = Case Was
Originally Tried in Plentywood in June 1891
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
One Pair for Both

John is sent to Dr. Storkan to have his eyes
tested Dr. Storkan is the local expert eye tester and
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06
'\ Iant|
EAas:IEAEIss1EsEHI:1sa!

ssAesEsAeiA 81
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LOsT-Brown leather keyholder with
i've keys in Plentywood. Return
TO this office for reward. 41-1tp
NOAh WANTHD-You can paw your
subscription to the Producers
Win coal. Bring us a load. We
sIso take wheat and other produce
N exchange for paper. Let's
SQUARE up the account,
~. xOUR Brickwork, Stucco and
s -. done by Hans Rasmus-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

TRY A WANT AID
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

PRODUCERS NEWS WANT
ADS BRING RESULTS
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Howard Nelson, Charlotte Ben
nett, Billy Paske, Lois Goodman,
Helen Larson, Norman Palublckl,
Muriel Donaldson, Carl Donaldson
and Harold DeSilva left Monday
by train for Havre where they will
resume their studies at North
Montana College.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Arnold Peterson returned to
Missoula Monday after spending
the Christmas vacation with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad
Peterson
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

DIR. Hall left by car early Mon
day for Rochester, Mimi, to be
with Mrs. Hall who is to undergo
an operation at the Mayor hos
pital.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Mrs. Arnold Fellon and wee
daughter returned from McCabe
Wednesday where she had spent
the Christmas holidays at the par
entail home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-06

Bill Whitmarsh, veteran merch-
ant of PlentywoOd and now or
Archer was brought to the local
hospital Saturday of last week
suffering from pneumonia.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17

the present law, Of Il 81 mil
lions, and, under the committee
bills, Of u 81 millions. 1t would
seem, then, that without the
sales tax provision each and
every plan Of budget-baiancing
80 far proposed is headed toward
another deficit.
The Governor advocated q Law
providing for a statewide, uni
form, state-controlled school on
an 8-months-term basis the abb
olition Of all local levies for ex-
tended terms and all special tax
and charter districts. save only
for debt service; and the crea-
ton Of board to administer
the school fund and 10 work out
economies in curricula, teacher
load, and other administrative
matters. This, he said, would
relieve property not only Of the
present 15-cent levy but also Of
an additional average Of 20
cents, for total average de-
cline Of 80 cents in the tax rate.
Even the merchant, through re-
lief Of his stocks from ad yalor-
en- levy, would profit infinitely
more than he could possibly lose
in any necessity to absorb part
of the new sales tax levy"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17
Legalized Robbery
(Continued from first pGge)

(COntfnued from first pGge)
munities, where the town and
county rates are higher than
they are here. There are com
munities in which an owner Of
stock would be taxed for consid-
erably more than half Of the
$500 he received from d $4,000
investment. And Of course the
holders Of stocks which pay no
dividend at all would be taxed
according to the market value Of
their stock on listing day
If you own stock in the Stand
ard Oil Company, or the New
United states Steel Corpora
ton, or the General Electric
Company, or any other com
pany, the injustice done to
you would be Of the same
nature as in the case we have
used as an illustration. It makes
no difference that you own only
small share Of d company. The
company 5 property is your
property, and i is subject to ad
valorem taxes wherever it lies;
and those taxes are laid upon
you as q part owner; and it is
outrageous that when you are
being taxed on property you own
LIN Illinois or Pennsylvania or
Oklahoma you should also be
taxed upon it in North Carolina.
We know a man who came
from another Southern state to
live IN North Carolina: He owns
stock, which he has had for
years, III two companies III MS
native state. He bought it with
the few thousands Of dollars
which, over a period Of thirty
years, he was able to save from
a moderate salary. When we
were discussing this proposal to
lay ad valOrem taxes upon for
eign Stocks" he said: "These
properties of which ] own a
small part pay large taxes at
home. If North Carolina says /
must pay taxes on them here
also, there is one of three things
| can do. First, ] can simply not
list the stock on my tax return.
That is dishonest, and | won't do
that. Second, | can sell my
stock. ] do not want to do that.
Third, | can move away from
North Carolina. ! do not want
to do that, either, but / may be
forced to. One thing is certain:
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17

in my situation, depending as
do upon the modest return from
my stock, | cannot afford to pay
two or two-and-a-half or three
dollars in ad valorem taxes upon
a share Of stock from which I
get around five dollars"
# all the states We're to adopt
the taxation policy now proposed
for North Carolina with regard
to foreign" stocks, it would be
a powerful encouragement to
the investment by d citizen Of
any state in an enterprise in any
other state. This is contrary to
the theory Of untrammeled trade
between the states that was one
Of the foundation stones upon
which the nation was built,
The proper method of taxing
owners Of stock is 10 levy upon
the incomes they receive from
their stock, applying the same
exemptions and the same rates
that apply to any other form Of
income. The present state law,
imposing a 6 per cent tax upon
income from stock, without the
allowance Of any exemption, is
unjust. A married man with no
children who has a net income Of
81, 900 d year from a profession
or business gets a $4,000 ex-
emption and 50 pays no income
tax at all. A single man who has
net income Of $1,000 d year
from a profession or business
gets an exemption Of $1,000 and
so pays no income tax at all A
widow with no matter how many
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The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17
The Governors Address

tenance OF its setf-respect more
than | dislike such impositions.
There are some things more
odious. more undemocratic. more
Objectionable even, than this
form Of taxation? They al least
have the virtue Of universal ap-
pllcation and something If re
lation to ability to pay. if spend
ing has reasonable relationship
to income.
"In campaign declarations on
his question I have invariably
coupled nv opposition to such
taxes with The statement that
they were justified only as tenn
porary and emergency measures,
to save The credit Of the state or
keep going its essential activit-
les. That moment has appar-
emily arrived. # it is the choice
between a sales tax on the one
hand and decent school on the
other. ! stand for the school .
"We are facing d new day.
The country, which for 50 long
has staggered under q terrific
depression, has now, under the
exalted and inspiring leadership
Of our President, set It's face
toward the rising sun. In the
tasks which confront you in this
General Assembly, there is chal-
lenge to our capacities, our cOur-
age, and our patriotism, We
must, Of course, practice a dill
gent enterprise toward economy,
tut let Us not surrender to a
philosophy Of fear, or adopt d
deneauor Of despair and defeat
ism.
"Thcse problems are not Of
our creating. Perhaps We had
nothing to do with the making
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17
The Student Election

The University student cleo
ton Of officers for the year 1888
1884 will be held April 5 in the
Graham Memorial.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1933-03-17
Murchi9on in New York

{ T Murchison, professor Of
economies here, lectured yestcr-
day at New York University.
His topic was Recent Develop
ments in the Business Cycle
Theory
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-11
Dramatic Fights to Save
Wild Fowl Are Reported

hington.-Dramatic stories of
men battling frigid blasts and treach-
erous terrain to save thousands of wa
terfowl from starvation last winter
are told in report of the biological
survey.
Fighting through icy weather. 20 to
40 degrees below zero, United States
Game Protector Kenneth F. Roahen
and helpers on foot and sled carried
corn and wheat donated by farmers
ard sportsmen to selected feeding sta
lions In southern Montana during q
severe February freeze. There the
grain was gobbled by thousands of
half-famished wild ducks. most of
them mallards.
Earlier in the winter Reservation
Protector Hugh NJ. Worcester at the
Upper Klamath Wild Life refuge, Ore
gon, led a score of volunteers on a
two-day trip which resulted In the
saving of 1900 ice-bound ducks and
100 horned and cared grebes. The
birds were transported to pens at ref
uge headquarters for recovery.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-11
Census Officials Cite Job
Scarcity sn Reason.

Neutrality-suspicious. has been hit by
the depression, but his bitterest enemy.
divorce. has suffered even more.
The bureau of the census nas dis
closed that the third year OF the de-
preston. 1882. saw sharp decrease
both In marriages and divorces.
The bureau gave no reasons. but Of
fcials express their belief that unem-
ployment, reduced earning power. and
lack of confidence in the Immediate
future were responsible.
Marriages In 1882 totaled 9S1, 759,
the bureau reported, compared with
l.O6O.791 in 1881, a decrease of rs per
cent The decline began In. 1880 with
a drop of SO per cent.
Divorces were 16O.329 In 1882, COM
pared with lS3.664 in the previous
year: the decrease was 1877 per cent.
while the $780, 81 decline was Al per
cent.
There were in 1882, the bureau
stated, 10 marriages for every 1000
persons In the country's total popu-
lation of 124,S22. 600 as compared with
S.5 in 1881 when the population was
124,O70,000. At the same time. there
were 1.2S divorces for every 1000 of
population in 1882, as against LAB
in 1881.
Viewing Figures by States.
In arriving at the national percent
age decrease IN the number of we'd
dings, the bureau found the declines
in various states ranging from a drop
of 435 per cent In Iowa to only 0.S
per cent in Texas.
In ten states the bureau found in
creases In the number of marriages.
These gains were attributed infer
entially by the statistical census Of
ficials to eluding stringent marriage
laws by skipping across state TO
the nearest parson in more liberal
neighboring state.
"All ten states" the bureau said.
"adjoin those in which recent changes
made In the marriage laws require
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-11
1892 Decreases us.
Weddings, Divorces

from three to five days to elapse be-
tween the application for marriage
license and the issuance of the same"
The ten states with the rate of
their increased wedding activity were
Missouri. 3.5 per cent; South Dakota,
2.7 per cent; Nebraska. SO per cent |;
West Virginia. IT per cent; Missis-
sippi, 81 per cent; Arkansas, So per
cent; Oklahoma. less than one-tenth
of l per cent; New Mexico. 6 per
cent; Arizona, / per cent, and Utah
one-half of per cent.
For every divorce in this country
during 1882, the bureau disclosed.
there were 81 marriages. This repre-
sented distinct gain for the mar
riages. Last year there were So wed
dings for every divorce.
Nevada Leads List.
Nevada, with its Reno, continued to
lead the list of states In the ratio
of divorces to marriages. Nevada re-
ported nearly as many endings as be-
ginnings of married life. There were
only 1.S weddings for every divorce
In the state. New York and the Dis
trict of Columbia, on the other hand.
reported 21.4 and 35.3 weddings for
every divorce during the year.
In Illinois during the year. the ma
tionaI slump in both marriages and
divorces was reflected. although the
decline in divorces was by far the
heavier Weddings in the state mum
bered 65,0SS the bureau revealed, for
decrease of 81 per cent. Divorces
totaled 11,745, declining by 1915 per
cent from the preceding year. There
were 5.5 marriages for every divorce.
and S.4 weddings for every 1000 of
population in the state. as compared
with Isl divorces.
Wisconsin reported 14,035 marriages
during the year. for decrease of 81
per cent from 1881. Divorces totaled
1883 in the state, declining by 1919
per cent. There were marriages for
every divorce and AZ weddings and
O.79 divorces for every 1000 of popu-
lation.
In Indiana, marriages numbered &c.
1O5. dropping by SO per cent. while
divorces totaled 1922 for decrease of
1871 per cent. For every divorce
there were 81 weddings, while for
every 1000 inhabitants of the state
there were IL marriage and 1913
divorces.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-11
Lumber Mills Are Busy as Prices Mount

wanted lumber in mill yards, slumped
rapidly. Operators offered their wares
at lower and lower prices in an effort
to move the product and raise cash to
meet pay rolls. bank obligations and
taxes.
In January. 1888, the Southern Pine
association reported that for one week
17,974,0OO feet of lumber were manu-
featured but only 100000 feet
shipped. Untitled orders totaled only
16.O13.OOO feet.
Then the nation went off the gold
standard and by May q the file of
unflled orders had risen to 46,O56, 900
feet. clear gain of 3O.043. 900 feet, or
almost twice the shipments Of the first
week of the year.
Shipments for the year to date, 512.-
$4,000 feet, have surpassed produc-
ton by 100000 feet, reducing piled
up stocks by that amount.
The stock decrease, combined with
the increase in untitled orders, shows
a total gain In business of over 100,
100000 feet.
During the week of May u, the
mills reported they shipped 3S,541 900
feet, or more than the totals of the
first two weeks of the year. During
that same week. production was &c.
$4,000 feet. an increase which
brought more employment and bigger
pay rolls to be spent with the mer-
chants.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-11
South American Indians
First Mathematicians

Kansas City, Mo.-Indians In Cen
trail America used anaesthetics long be-
fore Columbus made his voyage of dis
covery. and were acquainted with the
fundamentals of mathematics long be-
fore white men learned them, according
to Gregory Mason. explorer and arch
eologist.
''How many Americans realize" Ma
son asked, that the Toltecs built a
pyramid three times as great In bulk
as the biggest in Egypt. that the
Peruvians made tapestries finer than
any of Europe. and that the Mayans
invented zero 600 years before the
Hindus-which means that the Mayans
were able to multiply and divide 1000
years before Europeans could.
"The red skinned natives of Yucca
tan. whom Cortez called 'Barbarians,
were better astronomers than the Eu-
ropeans. and had a calendar far more
accurate than the one Columbus was
using and in some ways even superior
to the one we use today"
Mason's most recent expedition was
financed Jointly by the Nelson art gal
lery of Kansas City and the Museum
of the American Indian, Heye founda-
ton, New York.