The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-11-10
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County's Bowed Up,
Officials Chased Out

some of these cold wintery days
the above headlines. Supposin'
that our Medicine Lake Taxpayer
in the Producers News recently
gets his way, the old courthouse
done away with, records all de-
stroyed, and the officials chased
out of the country. Just supposin'
something like that really did hap
pen-then what?
1t would be interesting to stand
(perhaps dangerous) on the street
corner in Plentywood and see what
happens. For one thing I'll ven
ture to say we would witness the
biggest crowd come swarming to
our county seat in all its history.
Would this crowd be a happy
one, carefree, tax-tree, putting on
another Armistice day celebra-
ton! Would there be paradise es-
tablished in Sheridan county? In
these turbulent times, after all
these years of loss and bitter dis
couragements, would this be a
most welcome release from tax
bondage and the beginning of a
New Deal?
AS l gaze into my little Crystal
of Fortune methinks see this vast
crowd heading towards and swarm
! ing through the streets of oul
county seat. They are shouting
and waving Something. AS l lool
closer see, instead of banners
the pink and white warrants o.
Sheridan county waited to and fro
over $155,000 worth of them ant
more coming up. Sprinkled in
here and there can be seen bond
holders with another $176,000 due
Instead of cheers we can hear tn
cries and demands of cash, cash
money, our pay. And most o
these would be our own people
hard up, and suffering. What
calamity it would be, if our count
"blowed up"
Another scene, a little closer t
home, would be enacted in all on
schools. The kids would have I
stay home, no pay for the teacl
ers, no treasurer or assessor
levy and collect it and no cour
house Servants" to do the figu,
ing. Everything closed up, the
there would be real wailing ar
granshing of teeth.
And with the sheriff and cou
officials also gone we'd either ha7
to call the militia or go back
covered wagon days, arm and eat
a law unto himself. This won
be what our Medicine Lake Ia
payer would bring on to US, al
perhaps worse. We're skatin' I
mighty thin ice. right now.
One point in the statements
my newspaper opponent ISIS wort
of some consideration and that
the feelings of our people in the
distressing times. 1t does see
like a bit of irony or crazy pitt
! paradox to spend money, ext
money, for a new courthouse VIII
so many of those will have to he
pay for this project can hare
keep a roof over their own hea'
: besides keeping body and soul
7 gethar.
+ But my opponents have miss
my point entirely. suggested
$50, 900 courthouse, the gOvel
donating $4,000 of this, leavi
the $4,000 for us to pay VIII
in our estimation could be tai
/ care of at no extra expense by
4 sums we now pay out every y
h in rents, extra repairs and upke
: We must not forget the extra h
, ard we have as well as the nj
for extra room. A fire or OF
= calamity should not be needed
|" demonstrate our position, and t
o would multiply our costs too.
an unemployment relief at {
time this courthouse proposit
should be given some corsiderat
also.
AS write this final copy
II the papers 1 see by the press
al patches that the Montana advie
a. board has just approved our ap
to cation in the sum of $12S,S2S
forwarded same to Washington
ID final approval. It seems that
e. courthouse is assured, but we I
II not spend more than the $50
N suggested. A larger sum W.
mean extra levy for our taxpay
Edgar l. SyverT
Dagmar, Mo