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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
co. COMMISSIONER
ADVISES WOMAN
TO SELL HERSELF
(BY HANS RASMUSsrN,

W 1AANO KASMUSSEN)
Ienn Sachow was out of work
aaiu IKE SO many of the rest If
Us ne had no money and no wav
VI 1eedlng his wife and baby.
In the papers Vern had read
o cnat Deer was going 20 save the
country. Save the country was
just what Vern wanted to do for
many years he had had that burn
ing desire but, he never knew
now to go at it Beer4was the
way and he didn't know it.
so ne started making beer. The
most of it he gave away and
little OF it he sold. The wife and
baby lad to eat.
=. VeSn was a littls ahead .1f his
tlme. The country was vet .m:re
ready to be saved. They put Vern
In jail where he is now sitting off
a few dollars a day for 80 DAYS
The sheriff gets rs cents a dav
and somebody else the rest, but
Vern gets none.
At home sits his wife with the
baby. She has plent7 of work
but she has no money Al HenG-
rlckson comes around every so
often and wants his house rent
p?id, and she has nothing TO pay
with.
Mrs. Sachow went to the county
commissioners for help and ad-
vice Help they refused 10 give
her, but. Commissioners OIs)r gave
her the advice that a cookbook
ing woman like her should be
able to- make a living by getting
a job in one of the beer Joints
as bartender.
Olson is the ore who hands out
the beer license. Now he wants
to stock up the place with good
looking women. If you are good
looking then go to the beer Joints
and make your own living. That
is the stand Mr.. Olson as county
commissioner. is taking
Sell yourself to the highest
bidder is the advice our county
commissioner gives to the women
when they come to them for help.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
JUDGE CHANGES
OVER NIGHT
(BY HANS RASMUSSEN

After l had been insulted and
threatened on the streets of
Plentywood by Jack Bennett, who
promised me the worst licking
have ever had and further said:
Il might even go further than
that" Which indicated to me he
might intend to kill me. l went
to Judge Paul last Friday and
asked for permit to carry a gun
for my own protection.
After explaining to the judge
what had happened, Judge Paul
told me that he could see no rea-
son why l should not have a per-
nit. l was told! to make out an
application for a permit and to
appear before him the next day.
On Saturday again appeared
before the Judge with my applica-
ton. What happened that day
was just what l had expected, it
was what others also had told me
would happen. Although Judge
Paul admitted that he was quite
sure that Jack Bennett would go
thru with what he had told me;
and i'm spite of the fact that Judge
Paul has issued permits to carry
gun to bootleggers, he refused to
give me the permit. Judge Paul
refused to give me the protection
that I am entitled to and that it
is his duty to give.
With him it is all right to have
bootleggers carry guns. But, when
t comes to me carrying a gun in
order to protect myself against
his friend Jack Bennett, the man
he recommended for chairman of
the Relief committee and very
likely also for the postmaster
job, then it was altogether
different. What was justice one
day had changed over night.
Jack Bennett has the right Of
way regardless of law and order,
as far as Judge Paul is concerned.
That's the kin of justice handed
out in Sheridan county. Prob
ably it was something in that line
that made the Iowa farmers
smear grease on the judges face
and pull off his pants
It isn't that ! have any desire
for walking up and down the
streets with gun strapped on
the outside of my belly like a
border patrol but, if there Is any
Justice in Sheridan county at all,
| should be given as much right
to protect my life as bootlegger
is given to protect his.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
The FARMERS AND WORKERS
WORST ENEMIES

Last week there was a short
notice In the brentwood Herald
telling that the relief in Williams
county. North Dakota, had been
reduced. You could read between
the lines and see how this. paper
and its balf-starved supporters
enjoyed the fact that some North
dakota people were brought that
much closer to the starvation line
Inns paper and its supporters en-
JOY it still more would this happen
here In Sheridan county.
Ii part of the 300 million would
have been saved and left in the
federal treasure, then there could
have been some excuse for being
modest about it. But now it is
lust about all gone. Now another
half a billion is going to be
handed out, given away free, and
| suppose that the same thing
will happen again, that Paul and
Bennett and our county commits
sioners will do all they can to
keep it away from here if it is
leIC 10 Inem.
Handing out the 300 million
and how the 500 million and later
on some more is not done for
sympathy, it is a political move.
The capitalistc ship is going down,
it is sinking. and those at the
helm know it. Now they hand
out this money for the purpose of
having someone spend it and put
it In circulatios In order to keep
the ship afloat just little while
longer. And our little pinhead
leaders would rather see our peo-
pie starve than help their govern
ment put the money in circulation.
They want people to get down on
their knees to them and beg.
Our worst enemies are not the
ones farthest away, they live
among us, and many of them are
willing to suffer themselves if
they can osly make US suffer just
a little bit more.
Would not everyone in this
county have been much better off
if the several hundred thousands
of dollars worth of road work,
going on here at this time, could
have been done by the county, like
they do in South Dakota and the
money earned and spest by the
/ people right here? But, did you
ever see Judge Paul, Jack Bennett
or the cAlnty commissioners, or
any of their supporters lift one
finger to help promote anything
of the kind. No you never did.
But, when it comes to cutting the
people off of the relief they are
right there to do it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
Letter to Mayor Neville
Plentywood, Mont.
May 8, 1888.
Mr.. P. G. Neville
Mayor of the City of Plentywood
Plentywood, Mont.
Dear Sir:


On April goth you had published in the PLENTY
WOoo herald above your signature as chairman of the
commercial Club, statement in which YOU said that
' 0'"no soholy oehlnd the enforcement of laws"
Mr.. Neville, you are now the Mayor of the CITY of
PIentyWood. You are now the who's duty it is to
see to 1T that people not moested threatened and
lnSulted IN your town. You now the law enforcer
On April IL Jack Bennett the postmaster and ono
OF your most prominent citizens walked up on Rodney
Salisbury from behind and without the least bit of
warning hit him in the face This was done on your
public street.
On April 30 the same Jack Bennett insulted and
threatened me Hans RaSnussen) on your public street
lie GOd Damned me and called me names he said he
would give me the worst licking ever had he also said
Il might even go further than that" Which take as
molcatng that ne might intend to kill me-
Now not only l, but the people of Plentywood and
Sheridan county, want to know what you as Mayor of
the City of Pentywood are going to do about it. Are
you going to stand for people being insuted threat
ened and beaten up in the town in which you are the
Mayor?
On May q you inviting farmers to your town.
DO you expect them to carry clubs and guns in order to
nent citizens of Pentywood? Or are you going to give
them some assurance that they are as safe on the
streets OF Plentywood as they the farm?
You have said that you "stand soidly behind the
enforcement of our laws" Now want to know if YOU
going to enforce the law against Jack Bennett and
make the town of which you the Mayor safe place
for citizens to live in.
This letter will be printed in this weeks issue of
The Producers News. The farmers of Sheridan county
will be looking for and expecting public statement
from you to be printed in the issue.
Respectfully
HANS RASMUSSEN.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
(BY HANS RASMUSSEN

AN&AO4h - 0OENI
IN our minds we often picture
our worst enemies as being the
one we never saw, the big fellow
VINO hves far away in some man.
sion that he made us nav for
But he is not the worst one. The
worst one, the meanest one and
the one doing US the most harm
Is the one who lives right amone
US. The leaders among the busi,
ness men, the professional men
the politician and a few aristo'
cratic minded farmers.
AT every election these people
run their cars, they plan how to
steal the votes, they do everything
IN their power to keep the big
fellow In his mansion and keen
the farmer and the working man
down. Not only does he do that
at election time. but he does that
every day in the year whenever
ne has a chance. Without using
their brains at all the rest blindlv
follow these leaders.
Let US take a look at the relief
proposition and see how these peo-
pie are doing all in their power
to keep this money away from the
farmers and workers and bv do
ing so keeping it AWAY from
everybody else.
There were 300 million dollars
appropriated for relief by the
federal government it was a kind
OF first come first served propo-
sltion. The big fellows grabbed
the vbiggest part of it right away
there was nothing modest about il
at all. Charles G. Dawes grabbed
80 millions and others about as
much.
And what did we do here in
Sheridan county? Here selfap-
pointed leaders, like Judge Paul
and Jack Bennett, set to work anC
tried to figure out how little OF
that relief money cur county coulC
get along with, without having
the people breaking into stores
and helping themselves. Actually
done all they could to keep a.
much of that money away from
the county as they possibly could
by doing SO keeping our farmers
and workers as near the starva
ton point as possible. Although
they knew that this money wai
not to be paid back by the county
The remarkable thing of this il
that all the half starved business
men, professional men and poll
ticians, all sided i'm with their PHI
head leaders. When Art Wanke
made an attempt to get SOM
more money in here, not one O
these here mentioned raised thei
voice in favor of it. Asking f0
more was a disgrace for Sheridan
county, it was all right though TO
Dawes to get his 80 millions, t.
that these people have no objec
tions. but it is different wit
Sheridan county. Sheridan rount.
has to help save the country b,
starving its people.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
NV RODNEY SALISBURY

,.;sl.tures can pass laws and
pe- can bubble over them as
iawSe O. human beings are con-
1aI al q hut they can't enforce laws
c &c nOTev g a hungry dog from
" hing a bone. nor can they
g pIforce laws to starve a mouse Ii
. bin Of wheat rsjs,was 2
On pat thew have passed laws Gail
Dow fovor of the mOnied powers),
M u force millions of farmers into
tslSnkrUntcv and 16 millions of
L DsnSt to walk the streets in a
S Vonrcb for work which under cap
s :t"Iism means the right to live.
VI there are no jobs. Up-tO-
,.t ~ machinery has replaced the
G G@m mower in every industry,
r,iII mine, factory, farm and the
nlla, ii, Inventors ale inventing
t 5?r, and better machines every
low It's up to us to invent "a
u urstem to use this machinery for
tbe bpnefit of the workers; not for
nee nee for profit for a few profiteers.
The capitalist class tell US thru
their controlled press that the
tronble with the farmers and the
uOykers is that they have pro-
Sncod roo much. If this is true
t I the gophers and grasshOppers
sbonld be a great help in keeping
S Gown production. Such simplicity!
In a sane system when workers
had pIoduced a surplus they could
On fishing, hunting or ioy riding.
Rnt under this insane system of
ranitalism the workers who have
produced the most are first tc
starve.
system. scientists say, with the
machinery we have in the U. S.
todsy. that every person between
tho ages of 25 and 40 years, work
mo from two to four hours daily
five DAYS a week, could produce
tho equivalent Of $4,000 in buy
no mower per year. How does
I% ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
TAUGHT COOPERATION

"You will see picture of their
old road to life, road of waga-
bondage, violence, thieving. You
will also see a new road to their
new life, road constructed by a
brave band of Russian teachers.
After methods of repression had
failed, they gathered these chill
dren together in Collective Homes
they taught them cooperation. use
full work. healthful recreation.
Against great odds they succeeded
There are today no wild chill
dren in Russia.
"You will see a picture of great
artistic beauty. of dramatic action
and power. You will also see n
record of a great historical cpl
sode.
"These boys are not professional
actors: thew were once wild chill
dren: they once lived in an actual
Collective
''You win also see sn educa-
tioral lesson of tho mower Of
freedom. svmpathv. work ard
play to redeem the juvenile de
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
NOTED EDUCATOR INTRODUCES
SOVIET MOVIE ROAD TO LIFE
Professor Dewey Speaks From Screen in Film to Be
Shown at Orpheum Theatre, Pentywood,
June

DR.. John Dewey, Professor En-
eritus of Columbia University, and
enc of Americas greatest educa-
tors and philosophers, introduced
the film "The Road to Life" which
will be shown at the Orpheum,
June 8, i'm a spoken prologue.
Professor Dewey visited Russia
in 1928 as the head of the Dewey
Delegation of American educators
and scholars. While there he
visited schools such as the one
seen in "Road to Life" His in
troductory speech which he gives
on the scrten is as follows:
"Ten years ago every traveller
in Russia came back with stories
Of the hordes of wild children who
roamed the countryside and in
Tested the city streets. They were
the orphans of soldiers killed in
the war, of fathers and mothers
who persisted in the famine after
the war.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
NOTICE!

All parties having horses or
cattle running at large in the
CITY Limits are hereby notified
to take same up and keep
them up, or same will be placed
in the Citp Pound and charges
or sale of same will be made
according to the Ordinances of
the City.
Residents of the City are also
notified to get their DOG
LICENSE from Jake Rieger at
once.
By order of the City Council
Of the City of Plentywood, Mon
tana.
C. B. ROBINSON,
City Clerk.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
Z''<MaHS
FROID FARMER POINTS
OUT DICTATORS
(BY o. j.

Froid, Mont, May s.
politicians of the Jack Bennett
calibre, in Roosevelt county are
beginning to lay their plans for
having the farmers and workers
of the county work out their re-
lief, by picking out certain indi-
vlduals III varoious communities to
act as decoys.
When the April relief was sent
out. they would adj on a few dbl
lars extra to these individuals and
send a special letter, telling them
they are doing this with the expec-
tation that when asked to work
out this relief they will respond
willingly. This should be a pretty
good example of what the petty
bourgeois politician actually think
of the farmer.
However they have under esti-
mated the militancy. of the farm
ers as the farmers receiving this
bride resent it with great bitter
ness. as it is ain out and out in
suit.
At Froid the two keymen, both
business men, one of them a pro-
fessiOnal man, who as far as we
know has never done a LAYS work
IN his life, are very strong for
having the workers work out their
relief, petty relief at that. The
biggest part of the workers and
farmers of Roosevelt county, feel
that they owe these teaches moth
ing. as they got this relief through
their own efforts and struggle.
Neither the county or the state
has bonded to get this money, and
it is Just small part of what has
been taken away from them that
they are getting back.
BY working out their rlief at
Froid or anyplace else is just a
plain case of donating their work
as they owe Froid nothing. They
also feel that the business men
who received the biggest share of
the mirey should work out theirs
first.
It is hard to imagine how these
parasites can degenerate so low as
to expect these poor victims of
the capitalist system to work out
this petty relief, while heir cup
board are till bare and with no
prospects of any work.
1t would seem, even from a bust
ness standpoint, that they would
be asking for more relief instead
of wanting to show their authority
as a class over these farmers and
workers, by demanding of them to
work out their past relief. There
is NO one who would not be glad
to go to work ait decent wage
and get away from this starvation
relief of ten dollars to a family
which is handed out by our local
keymen regardless of the needs of
the different families.
Charlie Dawes told the teachers
in Chicago to- go to hell; That's
what the farmers ought to tell
these so-called bosses when they
ask them to go to work. Farmers
and workers unite and overthrow
these brazen self appointed die
tators. You have the brains and
power, so why not use them?
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12

Froid, Mont, May 4.-The Joint
School Board Association consist
ing of tie hschool trustees of Gull
bertson, Bainville, and Froid met
in Culbertson May 8 anil opened
sealed bids which had been made
by several School Supply COM
panies for the combined orders for
school asd jahitor supplies for
these three school districts. 1t is
estimated that a saving of 25 per
cent, including special discounts
and freight, for these districts was
made by this pool buying.
Next year an effort will be made
to interest all town school boards
i'm Roosevelt county in this asso-
citation with view to further
savings in buying. The contract
was given to- a Montana School
Supply Company at Great Falls,
Montana.
F. L. OAKLAND.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12

Harry JUL returned to Minot
Wednesday after transacting bust
ness in Plentywood and visiting
relatives at Outlook the forepart
of the week.
Emilius Olson, of the south Dag
mar country was here Wednees-
mar country was here Wednesday
and applied for a job as caterpillar
tractor man on the highway.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
inquent, a lesson from which we
too may learn"
ADVANCE SALE OF
TICKETS

All indications point to a packed
house for the showing of this re-
markable film at the Orpheum.
June 3. 1t is fortunate that
Sheridan county residents have
the opportunity of seeing this
movie that has won praise in all
the large cities of Europe and
the United States.
Seats are being reserved for
all those who buy their tickets in
advance They are available at
the Producers News office or from
local farmers in your community.
Get your ticket today.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-05-12
Norway's independence Day


Will be observed at Scobey by the showing of two
travel pictures under the auspices of the ScObey Luh
Mems Club. A picture of Norway will be shown
in the afternoon at $3.50 .. m and picture of Nor
way, Sweden and Denmark will be shown in the eve
ming at 8 p. m. Admission will be Is cents and 10
cents for the evening showing which is talking and
sound picture. There will also be Norwegian songs
and music in connection with the pictures. Plan to
go to Scobey on May IT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-03
Farley Appears In North
Carolina In Interest OF
Repeating PrOhi Measure
Postmaster General Also
Talks On Petty Criti-
cism Coming From So
called Leaders
fBy Assoeiatea Preasl

RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. 8.
LIN the Carolinas to deliver
the last round Of punches for
repeal, Postmaster- General
Farley left the issue long
enough today to lash, on be-
half of the administration,
petty criticism from those
so-called leaders who have
offered no program worthy
Of the name
Later he said, I'VE have
not expected everyone would
agree, without exception, to
all aspects of the great pro-
gram we are seeking to carry
forward. We have not be-
lieyed perfection could be
obtained over night, because
we were aware of the vast
complexities Of the problem.
We did have the right,
and / assert here with all
seriousness and sincerity /
can command, that we have
the right today . expect
something more than petty
criticisms from those social
ed leaders who have offer
ed no program worthy Of the
name, those who appeared
indifferent to the tragedy Of
men, women and children
visible on every side Of
them
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-03
Larger List OF Qualified
Voters Cause For Greater
Activity Among Candidates

with the addition Of several
hundred more names to the quail
fled list than was at first expect
ed, candidates are being aroused
to greater activities than ever be-
fore said one of the well known
political forecasters to The Citi-
zen this morning.
"When it was first said that be-
tween 1000 and $500 names
would be on the qualified list,
most of the candidates laid their
plans accordingly" he said. "But
now that there are 1892 names
on the list many of the candidates
are renewing their efforts and get
ting buster than ever before"
"And that reminds me. Several
of the boys have asked me when
the qualified list is to be printed.
Tomorrow, you say Well, that'Il
be fine, as how the matter stands
now it is hard for the candidates
to know just who can and who can
not vote, but with the appearance
of the list tomorrow in The Citizen,
the real work Of the campaign will
start"
Asked who he was picking for
successful candidates for the diff
ferent offices the speaker said,
Listen, mister, with the ticket as
it now stands. and the various
platforms promulgated and the
promises being made, It win be
foolish to predict anything. Why,
the voters, &c far as I can learn.
seem to be keeping very qciet I'M
ell the delugs Of promises, plat
forms, propaganda and prognosti-
cations quiets down before making
up their minds what is to be done.
81 would no more think of pre-
dieting that my friend 'X" will be
elected in his campaign for the
office of .sdash" than | would say
that "Y" win be one Of those to
be favored by the voters in his
candidacy for the office of ?????
although / am credited with
having a pretty keen ability when
it comes to picking winners in
elections, with the many now in
the running. / have about conclud-
ed that I will do the wise thing
and keep mum.
~ will say this, though, that
on the surface the political pot is
merely simmering, but the tenn
perature is gradually rising and
before the end of next week II
will begin to boil and then there
may be some possibility Of predict
ing successfully. You may say.
though, that / am confident that
when the final count is made aft
err November IL. there will be
many surprised folks in Key
West"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-11-03
HOPES WANE FOR
LOCATING WOMEN
FORCED INTO CAR
FINDING OF BLooD-sTAINED
AUTOMOBILE LEADS TO
THEORY THEY WERE KILL
ED BY ABDUcToRS
lnr Assoelntea pressl

CAMDEN, N. j., Nov. Slope
for the lives of two women. who
disappeared in grim SEQUEL of
gangland staying of one man and
the critical wounding of another.
waned today while police continu-
ed a fruitless search for them and
the slayers.
Discovery of a bullet-punctured.
blood-stained automobile belong
ing to one of the women strength
ened the theory they were killed
to keep them from talking"
Two gangsters were taken for a
ride Wednesday and the women
forced into a car while going to
the bedside Of wounded men.