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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
Vote Unanimously to Stop
Milk Shipments to Vir-
ginia Plants
DEMAND 4Oc INCREAS-
Farmers Get Less Than =
Per Quart for Milk Sold
to Workers for &c
By a Farmer Correspondent

VIRGINIA, Mimi Farm
ers shipping milk to Bridge
man Russell and the Virginia
Creamery went on strike Dec.
1 for an increase of 40 cents
per hundred pounds on their
milk. This demand means
$3.50 for milk delivered at
the farm and $1.75 for milk
delivered at the plant.
The decision to strike was taken
Nov. 20 at Angora Town Hall
when the creameries told a dele
CATION of farmers that they flatly
refused to comply with the de-
mands of the farmers. At the
meeting, farmers said that on pres
ent prices, they could hardly keep
their cows alive. They insisted
that the only way to get relief
was through mass action, keeping
all milk away from the Virginia
pasteurizing plants.
The farmers feel confident that
all milk supply can be stopped to
the pasteurizers and thus force the
price paid to the farmer to be
raised. The Northland Milk Pro
ducers Association with its locals
in Forbes and Cook has already
initiated action. Now we must
get every milk shipper who sends
milk to Virginia to join IN the
strike. Every organization and the
United Farmers League locals
around Virginia as for instance
Brittmount, Florenton, Nebraska
etc., should arrange meetings TO.
getting support to the strike.
The vote to strike was unani
nous and word was sent imme
diately to Forbes so that the,
would join in Immediately. Tn
: discussion of the meeting disclose
the the bitter hatred of the farm
: ers to the capitalist controlle
monopolies of the Bridgeman Rus
sell calibre who have reaped hug
profits from the farmers. They &C
less than cents a quart for the
, milk now whereas the pasteurizel
s sell for 9 cents. The banke
> pockets the 6 cents difference.
S is against these capitalists that IL
n farmers are fighting. They do n,
n want the milk prices to the col
, sumner to be raised but instead g
l. the worker in the town to figl
: together whit the farmer and
even get the unemployed to he
l. picket the roads.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
Alexander Legge, Enemy
Of Farmers, Dies at 81

to draw down a salary of $l0O, 900
a year.
Mr.. Legge was not so selfish,
however, as to confine himself en-
tirely to building up his immense
fortune. He was a faithful SER
want to Wall Street and his own
dear friends, the money lords.
During the World War, he was a
dollar-a-year man, serving as Di-
rector of Industrial Mobilization.
He was then made chairman Of
the War Industries Board. In this
position, he had charge of all
munition shipments both to Amer
lean troops and allied forces
abroad.
At Versailles, where Woodrow
Wilson was the agent of the inter
national bankers in forcing the
notorious Versailles treaty on the
masses of the world, Legge was an
advisor to Wilson.
But the greatest ignominy of Mr..
Legge was his service as first
chairman of the Federal Farm
Board, to which he was appointed
by Herbert Hoover. For 20 months
he administered this great swindlt
of the American farmers, in the
interest of Hoover and his Wal
Street hackers.
He is survived by two nephews
James and Alex E. Legge o.
; Schuyler, Nebr. A third nephew
Roy Legge, is manager of the In
ternational Motor Truck Salei
branch in San Francisco.
The passing of Alexander Legg'
will be incurred in Wall Stree
and in the homes of the wealthy
He will not be missed by worker
and farmers he has helped to ex
plot. Unfortunately there are to
many to take his place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
FRENCH FARMERS
MARCH ON PARIS
F farmers Protest Low Price /;
Workers Demand Jobs
or Relief

PARIS, FEance.-Fifty thousand
hunger marchers, many of whom
are farmers have been reported as
converging on Paris to protest the
cut in relief voted by the new
government cabinet. The march
ers moved in small bands to de-
feat the attempts of police to pre-
vent their entering the city.
In speeches along the route, the
farmers said: Gall that we sell,
we sell at loss. All we buy, we
pay dearly for. 1t is unbearable."
The workers are demanding jobs
or relief.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
EVICTED FAMILIES TO
LIVE IN BOX CARS IN
.OLSONS MINNESOTA

THIEF RIVER FALLS, MINI
Fifteen box cars have been ship
ped into Thief River Falls for
homes for local unemployed fam
lilies dependent on the county for
relief. The box cars will be
mourted on sleds and towed to
their location by the county trac-
tor.
The unemployed have suggested
naming their boxcar village Olson
vile, in 'shonor" of the Farmer
Labor governor who promised Sc
much and did so little.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
clear FARMER in.
KIDNAPPING CASE
charged With Using Tar
Brush on Local
Shylock
By Willis Himer

fi0 4;NSTARIo. Ore.-I have just
co- led eight days in the Ada
T Tun'y District Court as defense
cue ueSs In the John Goertzen case.
0 ~Oert1en was charged with kid
t,pping one C. F. Pringle and
S, nlg him for ride to the sage
v v;'.; covered Hanson Butte and
s ~ him a coat of tar and feath-
o ~, Conviction meant life in the
els : was a battle royal. But we
Pred Pred GOertzen. The United
caslners League stood behind
~. to man, although he
q 3, not a member. "
ion n course there were more thar
F n p men in the party that took I' G
on. .Ingle for ride. Pringle wa,
Pan q = a score of Shylocks in ! Tw ' i,
tsts =. SIoenty who were irving +,
Their pound Of flesh" =
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
GENERAL ASKS
LARGER BUDGET
More Money for Prepare
tons Demanded by
Army Leader

WASHINGTON, D. c. Again
:hr cry for a big army resounded
in the capital. when chief of staff,
General Douglas Macarthur, re-
ported to Secretary Of War Dern
that the United States Army els
below the danger line" in pre-
paredness. Macarthur, the man
who commanded the troops who
drove out the Bonus Army, is
known in Washington as a Big
Army man.
According to his report, the
army has been weakened" because
of insufficient funds and also be-
cause its officers have been taken
to train the unemployed in the
Civilian Conservation Corps. In
stead, Macarthur advocates using
the regular officers in the Ma
tional Guard and Reserve Officers
Training Corps, the high school
and college division of the army,
and assigning reserve officers to
the CCC camps.
More and more money from the
budget is demanded by MacAr
thur to equip the army. Thif
means heavier taxation burdens OF
the workers and farmers. Genera
MacArthur's report is another sig1
that the United States is racing t.
prepare for arother imperialis
world war.
There is still another reason TO
General MacArthur's insiktence o,
big army. In the concluding
. paragraph of his report he says
) "In the obvious state Of unres'
now prevailing throughout tn
world, evidences of which ar
plainly visible even in our ow
e country, an efficient and depend
t able military establishment, con
: stantly responsive to the will @
It it's Government, constitutes a roc
Il of stability and one of nation
priceless possessions" 1t is TO
i use in strikes, both of farmers ar
s workers, that Macarthur holds h
e army in readiness. Because
n sees times growing worse and Il
e workers and farmers fighting bi
i erly against their exploiters, Ma
Ie Arthur is calling for bigg
h army which ran put down thi
Y. unrest"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
LOCALS PREPARE.
EVICTION FIGHT.
County UFL Conference ar
Bemidji Scheduled
Dec. 6
By a Farmer Correspondent

BEMIDJI, Minn.-Two meetings
have been held at which delegates
reported on the Chicago Confer
ence, one at Eckles township and
one at Northern. People seem to
think that the program is all right,
especially the cancellation of Sc
cured debts.
These township locals are now
planning ways and means of quick
transportation of their members
and others, so as to be ready to
stop all sheriff sales and evictions.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
State Dept. of Agriculture
Admits Small Owners
Becoming Scarce

PIERRE, S. D.-The State De-
partment of Agriculture has just
issued a report which shows that
the majority of South Dakota
farmers are landless and labor
upon land belonging to others. The
figures compiled by the state ex-
perts reveal that 20 per cent OF the
land in farms is operated by land
less tenants. Moreover, the state
department is forced to admit Of
ficially what the Producers News
has declared all along-that the
land-owning American farmer is
being forced out of ownership by
insurance companies, banks and
other mortgage holders, down INTO
tenantry and even peasantry.
Comparing the figures in 1871
at the beginning of the agricul-
tural crisis, with the figures OF
May. 1893, in the third year OF
the general economic crisis, we can
see the direction which the ruin OF
+ the American farm is taking.
There were: in 1920 May, 1888
No. of Owners 45,S47 S6'zas
No. Tenants SU,5oo 4o'aoO o
Total Farmers 1888 76,62S
In 1920, there were 1880 more
owning farmers than there were
renting farmers. In the spring q
1888. there were 4,1OO MONr
RENTING FARMERS than own
ing farmers. The countryside was
changing from picture OF lana
owning farmers to one OF tenant
who toiled upon land in which the.
had not one whit of ownership
The above figures apply to tn
, NUMBER of farm operators
When we take the ACREAGE Tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
Dairy Farmers Strike
For Higher Milk Price
In ST. Louis Co., MINI.
FARMERS SET UP
own COMMITTEES.
TO GIVE RELIEF
VIII Stop Discrimination in
Distributing Relief
Jobs

FREDERICK, S. D.-The agri-
.ultnral workers of this section
nave drawn up plan for the dis
t-;bution of uelief work in this
county. This is the answer of the
farmers and workers in this coun-
T. to the announced intention of
County Commissioner John For
sting to discriminate against mill
tsnt farmers and workers and dis
tribute these jobs only to the
fsvorites of the politicians.
The plar, which calls for a coun-
" committee made up of three
from each township to supervise
the distribution Of relief jobs, was
accepted by a mass meeting of
farmers and workers held here on
Nov. "a on the occasion of the re-
turn of the Chicago delegates.
Committeeman were elefted from
Savo, Richland and Frederick
townships. Palmyra has already
elected its committee.
At a mass meeting at Savo hal
last Thursday, called to discuss re
lief under the Civil Works pro
gram, John Forsting was presen
by request.
He is the commissioner who go
in bad Odor few months ago b.
making a physical attack on Pau
Solder, Aberdeen labor leader, a
a farmers united front meeting
thsre. The result of that fuss wa
that Forsting beat an undignifie,
and hasty retreat.
When he was called upori t
speak at this SavO Hall meetin
he was, to all outward appear
snces, again the kindhearted ger
tleman. With his bulky body neat
y dressed and with one foot on
chair to show us his spats, h
vert On to tell how, out of pull
patriotism, he was working da,
and night for the people of tt
county. He could offer no remed
for the local grievance at Il
gravel pit as he said it was a fe,
eral project.
He then painted a glowing pi
Mre of the Civil works program
which vert into effect ION pape
At least) last Monday. Worke
would be paid so cents an hor
with a six hour day and five da
a week. Although the charms
and few others questioned hi
most Of us were pretty we'll by
Noticed by his nice sounding pla
And FOrsting strutted proudly /
fore his audience.
Bat all this changed when Sci
Ter, who had come up from Abe
deem with the local delegates ]
turning from the Chicago CONF
ence, rose to speak. Forsting tn
slumped down on his chair and
head hung between his knees.
mally staggered to his feet a
started for the door at the re
o. the room, followed by a f
DOCS. Paving the air as he W,
be shouted that he did not want
listen to Seidler because he did ]
agree with him. At the door
changed his mind and sat do
remaining there where he col
make quick getaway throue
gut the rest of the meeting. Ne
Oeiore have I seen a man cril
% under attack, or rather fear
attack, for Soldiers talk Y
manly a general exposure Ct
roosevelt initiation program.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
LEGAL LYNCHING
Judges Charge to Jury
Was Open Invitation
to Convict
REFUSED DELAY FOR
TESTIMONY OF GIRL
Trial of Clarence Norris End
of Youths, Is Begun
at Once

DECATUR, Ala.-After 10
hours and SO minutes i'm the
jury room, the aIl-white jury
trying Haywood Patterson,
first of the ScOttsbOrO Boys,
brought in a verdict of guilty
and recommended that the
innocent Negro boy be put to
death in the electric chair.
The verdict was not a sur
prise to Judge w. w. Gala
han, Southern landowner who
is presiding at the Scottsboro
trials. His charge to the jury
was a clear order to convict.
He instructed the jury in the
different ways it might CON-
VICT the prisoner, but COM
pletely neglected to inform
the jury how it might FREE
the Negro, until he was re-
minded.
From the very first, the South
ern Judge did not hesitate to show
which way his sympathies went.
/ He Strapped at Liebowitz and at
{ BrOdsky, !. L. D. attorneys, over
ruled their objections and time
after time refused to permit them.
to question witnesses in such a
way as to bring out evidence dam
aging to the case of the prosecu-
ton.
Y Perhaps the most open show of
\ the courts intentions to legally
lynch Patterson was refusal to hold
the trial up until the evidence of
Ruby Bates, i'll in New York,
{; might be taken. Tt is we'll known
from the first trial that the evil
dence of Ruby Bates, who denies
that the Negro boys laid hand
upon either herself or Victoria
Price, entirely destroys the case
!, of the prosecution.
NJ Jury Rolls Tempered
rs Although attorneys for the In.
a. ternational Labor Defense proved
= through the testimony of a hand
Z writing expert, that the jury roll
n had been tempered. the Judge de
e. MED this as grounds to quash tn,
e indictments.
In earlier messages, we hav
ne shown how the Judge is rushin,
IL, through these cases, allowing, n
ne says only three days to each of tn
)" boys. He has NO regard for tn
he fact that the lives of seven of tn
Negro boys hang upon these trials
Here in Decatur, he is already re
- ferred to as "Speed" Callahan.
While the jury was still out o
A. the case of Patterson, Speed" ha
~ called for a new jury and for til
trial of Clarence Norris to begin.
y Norris was In court when tn
Jury brought in its verdict. Pat
,terson was brought in handcuffeS
- surrounded by six deputies. Tn
nm bows eyes were fixed on the floc
wv as he entered. and he licked hi
lips nervously.
sh, A moment later, howeve
IN the clerk read the ominous words
Use eve find the defendant guilty 8
err charged and fix the penalty &
wn DEATH" The Negro boy did NJ
finch. Fe stood erect and his faC
betrayed no emotion.
The International Labor Defens
Ol- asked for one month to prepare
on. motion to set aside the verdict.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-12-08
TOLD TO BREED GAME

Washington. D. C.-The U. S.
Department of Agriculture advises
farmers who have cut their acre
AGE to breed game in the unused
land as a mears of making a liv-
ing from these acres.
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
 Teller
Especial Nugget Correspondencel

Dec. I A good sized crowd gathered at the school house on the evening of November % to listen to the following program,
 Pilgrim Maidens," five girls. "The Turkey" "a recftatioRi Tony.
 "A Modren Thanksgiving" Gret- cben.,. e. "Thats Thanksgiving" a drill. Third grade.
 Pilgrim song." Gene.
 That's Why We're Thank full," Virginia. Thanksgiving Council. play, . The entire school.
 At Grandma's House. Albert. I'm Thankful" Dolly.
 Who Took the Pie,' a dialogue. Wilbur and Paul.
 Thanksgiving Song The en- tire school
 Frank Miller is confined to the house because of illness.
 Edgar Tweet returned Wednes- day form a trip to Gold Run. He reports every body busy out there, getting ready for winter work. MT. and Mrs. Jesse Olsen spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Teller. Harry Bourn spent Thanksgiving day in town.
 MT. and Mrs. J. L.-Anderson entertained at a dinner party on Thursday evening. Among those present were: Marion Waldhelm Bill Guisler, George McLain and James Lapierre.
 The Teller Commercial team ar. rived yesterady with number oi pairs of foxes. These fox were purchased by Mrs. Peterson and are being taken up to their foa ranch
 N. B. Tweet and Norman and Harold Tweet are working on Coy ote Creek this winter.
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23

ha nniness we must seek for 1t in A focus outside ourselves be- |lieve there is a certain quantum of creative energy left in every hu- man being which is not absorbed by the business of a work-a day world So, in order to be happy we must find channel for this creative energy. No one with a good hobby is ever lonely for long time. My hobby is writing 1T don't expect to ever become. fam ons doing 1t, but at least l can while away the hours. I am fin ishing my book, northern love story and writing serial Travel, ogue of the North" for an Oklaa- |homa newspaper. Besides hunting
 This is beginning to sound like a story so I will bring 1t to a close. I hope you will be able to get up here sometime this winter and visit with us awhile. Remem- ber, we have miraculous" sour dough kettle that is never empty and latchstring that is always out.
 Kindest regards to all down Nome way.
 ANN SULLIVAN AVER.
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23

Special Nugget Correspondence)
 Dec IT Nome Nugget
 An NAT plane just arrived from Nome bringing parcels and mail Left for up North. Roust plane arrived right afterwards from Kotzebue where the pilot, Ben Easley, took Ross Hanson for med ical attention. The Roust plane took off yesterday Tn very bad weather to take MT. Hanson to Kotzebue. This of course is very much appreciated by Candle. and other places. The Roust plane then left for Deering where pass angers for Seliwik and Kotzebua were due.
 The Roust plane has another {. rip scheduled for Nome having IS passengers Mrs. John Herbert md young daughter Doris. They ire planning on spending. the Christmas holidays in Nome with heir older daughter and sister, Mildred who is attending high chool in Nome. Mildred is very happy and dong nicely there we rear. Of course she is staying with MT. and Mrs. Geo. Modini ate of Candle, and they are mak- ng her home life as cheerful and iappy as they can.
 : It's shame the weather has cen so bad as lots of airplane ctivities were in lineup here at 'andle. Better luck in the future the weather is clearing up and citing colder.
 j, Candle B preparing for the Xmas ' olidays and a big time is expect d. The school children are put V ng on a program and our indust- ous teacher, Mss Reader is very .1 nxious for everything to come up |, expectations. Here's hoping
 all comes out as expected. The rogram and Xmas tree will be 1t over on Sat- and Xmas Carols
 the different homes This will enjoyed by all, we think.
 Candle wishes you all a very erry Christmas and a Happy and 'osperous New Year.
 D H. N.
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23

of overalls and a sweater. which l had to wear for ten days. In due lime our baggage arrived and I .was-dnone the worse for the ex- perience The weather has been ideal for working and the men are busy every day. They are still driving the truck to and from tho dr.ll.
 We are both we'll and happy Now I suppose some of you will wonder how anyone could be hap |py in an isolated mining camp, miles away from all human con tact. But honestly now. haven't you been just twfully lonesome at times in crowd? know l have. Many times in Los AngeIes shuffiing along Broadway with the masses, have felt that lonely ache experienced only when one is devo.d of companionship. But not here. have not had one lonely moment I arise at 6:00 am. and start the day by getting breakfast for Fred, two men of the crew and myself. After break fast tidy up the dishes, plan the rest of the meals for the day, sit down and write a little or pick up my gun and go hunting a couple of hours. Then one day l bake bread and the next, a batch of cookies or doughnuts. After all. it is said "the city of happiness lies in the state of the mind" and I really think that it is true. If our mind is occupied with happy thoughts, then we can't be other wise.
 The hours slip quickly by when one is busy, if only the daily routine of housework. To find
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
ELM

December 14 Nome Nugget,
 Nome, Alaska Dear Editor:
 It seems as though the winter is over at. Film, but I suppose we are just getting ready for the real winter, we have not had but very little zero weather here aso far. One morning it was down to 14 below, but for the last several days we have had south winds and it has been rather warm and it thawed some during the middle of the day.
 The mail arrived from Unal- kleet today and had capacity load with Misha Charles at the handle bars. He will leave for Col ovin in the morning.
 The government nurse, Miss Wright, with headquarters in Nome, is paying us profess onal call and has examined all the school children and is now busy with the home folks. She will i'm munize as many as possible for diptheria, and perhaps some who have not been vaccinated for small pox will be vaccinated.
 We want to express our grat- itude to the Office of Indian Af- fairs, and especially to pr. Eel lows for making the effort and succeeding in mixing it possible for us to have the services of the nurse as this is the first time Esince we have been here that we have had this treat. More power to the bureau.
 The school is in preparation oi program for the holidays, and expect to give this program or Dec. 22 at seven o'clock in the school house in Film.
 The annual election of the Film Reindeer Association will be held in the school house m Film or Saturday, Dec. 16,- 1883, at ont o'cleek.-AH share holders are re. quested to be present or send theil proxies to be voted.
 There has been some trapping done in this locality and som ( fox have been caught, also a few mink and ermine, but not any Sgreat amount We hope that the natives get goodly number this year and that they get good price for them as this is very slack fyear for every one in these par s
 While there is not very much snow i'll this part of the country the trail seems to be in fairly good condition. On the beach south Of the village the water took the ice out and the trail $ among the rocks on the beach.
 We have two very good landing fields on the ice in front of the village and the village marshall put up a pole with wind sox on it the other day, at the side near est the village. There is another good landing field beginning near the point south of the village, but the pole is near the southwest corner of the second field. It is not quite as large ass the second lone, but both are fairly good. | We as well as the Elm people want to wish all of our friends in Alaska a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
 MT. and Mrs. Stephan Ivanofl of Shaktoolik were guests at the roadhouse today on their way tc Nome. also MT. Mike Gotchalk oi the Lyng Navigation Go.
 c. s REPLoGLR
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
NOTICE

All copy for changing advertise ents in Weekly Nugget must be iD printers hands not later than 9URSDAY. . F. M., to insure in- rtiOA-
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
N o T I o E

Location Notices. POwers of At. torney, Leases, Deeds, etc.. on sale at the Nugget OfAce.
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
LOCATION or FIRE ALARM BOXES

One Blast of the Siren Indicates Alarm from East of the Fire stan Two Blasts Indicate am Alarm From
 West of the Fire Station
The Nome nugget., 1933-12-23
CANDLE

Special Nugget Correspondence)
 Dec IT