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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
Farm Holiday Leader Finds
Sheriff Was Doing His
DUTY" In Eviction
UFL is IN LEAD
Farmers Standing Ready to
Prevent Eviction of
Farmer
tBY JOHN HETTS)

Colby, Wis, Jan. Ion the
q. a forced sale was conducted at
the Court house at Neillsville,
Clark county, Wisconsin. The Old
Line Insurance company of Amer
ica held the first mortgage of 49,
200 on a farm of lao acres, owned
nv Ben Thoma. Foreclosure pro-
ceedings were started because the
MORTGAGE, Mr.. Thoma, was $50
behind on his interest. No warn
ing was given by the insurance
Company of intent to foreclOse.
Mr.. Thoma was visited by Mr.
GOldheimer, Farm Holiday presi :
dent. about week before the sale
was scheduled to take place. Mr.
Goldheimer promised to do what
he could to prevent the sale, and
he was present at the courthouse
when the sale took place. At the
sale we're present also, Mr.. Louf'
enberg Of the Wood County Holi
dav Assn. and Willhite, of Mara
thon County Holiday Assn. Abou
200 farmers turned out to stop the
sale.
BUY FARM FOR S.
About 2O0 farmers filed into
the court house, beginning shortl,
after 9 o'clock and they kept com
ing until after 10 o'clock. Plan
we're laid to buy the farm for 5
and turn It over to the owne
again. The farmers took care c
the bidder for the insurance com
pany, forcibly removing him fror
the premises until after the sal
was over. There were several az
ton committees organized befor
the sale to take care of the shel
iff in case he decided to max
trouble. However. trouble wa
not seriously anticipated as tn
sheriff was we'll known and like
thruout the county. Furthermor
he had only two mere days in o
flee. The sheriff promised not
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20

little things that kids viii 10.
Even some of his neighbors who
were old enough to know better
bothered Il pl-like me neighbcr,
for instaase. lie would drive up
to the mail 5ex vi h ~, ca untl.
the bumper was against IT aid
then he void give It he gas or :
snap the r9sf aff a he erouno.
Things like this went on for a
long time until Steve Mulner got
pretty well worked up over It.
You can't blame him, either.
HIDES IN BUSHES
One day he took his shot gun
and went out near the road and
hid in the brush by the mail box
and waited. He wanted to find cut
who was doing these things. After
while the school let out and the
children were coming home. They
happened to see him in the brush
with a gun in his hands. Of course
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20

the neighbor didn't move fast
enough, Steve used the hoe handle
on him and the neighbours arm
and shoulder were injured. The
latter happened to be working for
the Portland Olympic Cement Co.
and for this injury he received
state compensation.
In the meantime it was reported
to the officials at the county seat
in Bellingham that poor old Steve
was insane. They sent two depu-
ties after him. He fought against
them, also, but they finally got
him to Bellingham. This was in
1916.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
FARMERS GATHER IN
FACE OF THREAT

On Friday, a militant band of
farmers gathered at the
home of Mr.. Tesmer, armed only
with resolution to resist this
eviction. They were all prepared
for fight, because the shelf had
threatened that the shooting out
rage at the home of Max Cichon
would be a Sunday School picnic
compared with this case if he en-
countered any resistance from the
farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
PLEDGE TO STOP
EVICTION If NO
RELIEF is GIVEN
(BY RENO TANTTILA)

Makinen, Mimi, Jan. ia
farmers mass meeting called by
the Farmers League of Makinen,
held on Jan. 5, went on rec
ord to resist attempts of the Fed
eral Land Bank, to foreclose on
Esko Leppanen's farm, because of
his inability to meet the payment
of $1,000 taken from the Federal
Land Bank, plus taxes.
In a resolution adopted at the
mass meeting, the farmers state
the following:
eve, the farmers of Makinen,
MIMI, are determined to protect
our fellow farmer, EsEO Leppa-
men, and his family Of IL frOm
being deprived of the right 70
live ON his farm, ON which farm
he tOiled a good many years
with his family.
1--WE demand that a mOratOr-
ium be given to EskO Leppanen
ON his mortgage until such time
that he will get a decent price
for his products. If no mora
tOrium is granted, we are going
to mobilize a demonstration 5f
farmers to Duluth to stop the
sale from taking place. In case
the sale should 60 through de-
spite our organized protest, we
are determined TO stop any at
tempts to evict Leppanen and his
family off their farm by appeal
ing to over 1000 members Of
the United Farmers League OF
st. Louis county, to assist u.s."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
DISTRESS INCREASING

Mr.. Spaulding and the governor
were given inaccurate reports
from the Central Committee of
Sheridan county composed most
ly of business men). This commit
tee has furnished no data APP
preaching accuracy as to the ex-
tent of the distress from which the
farmers and workers are suffer
ing.
The Farmers Committee by in
vestigation has f ound that num-
bers of families, far in excess of
the few families the Central Com
mittee would have the public be-
ieve are bordering on starvation.
One family, for instance, is COM
PEELED to use a bed spring which
was salvaged from the city dump
ground, to to try to keep the chill
dren from freezing to death on
the floor of an old shack. Many
other instances of this kind could
be furnished to the people who SIT
on the Central Committee.
Following is the telegram for
warded to T. c. Spaulding:
1T. C. spaulding,
State Chairman, Reconstruction
Finance Corporation,
Helena, Montana:
Relief inadequate for needs of
destitute. Amount received is
based on ignorance of number
suffering. Central Committee at
! fault. Families having amount
| of relief reduced instead Of in
creased. Governor or yourself
must secure Immediately more
(, funds for Increasing demands.
This fact explained you while
in PlentywoOd by Farmers Re-
lief Committee.
y Sheridan County Farmers .--
: Relief Committee.
o Rodney Salisbury,
: Harry JUL,
n Marie Hansen,
Peter Gallagher.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
CALL COMMISSIONERS
TO ACCOUNT

The county commissioners at
tended and were called upon to
give an account of what they had
accomplished by drawing expenses
of the county to go to Minot
where they were supposed to meet
with two representatives of the
governor to discuss ways and
means to bring sufficient relief to
the destitute farmers.
The report made by these com
missioners was pitiable, not only
from the farmers standpoint but
as an exhibition of the stupidity of
the commissioners as well. Ac-
cording to their own report, not a
sign of interset was shown on be-
half of the farmers. This was
brought out by pointed question
ing on the part Of Peter Gallagher
who cross questioned the commits
sioners and the county auditor WIZ
was called in to help them. The
audit or showed himself, if any
thing, even more incapable in act
ing in the farmers interest thar
the county commissioners.
Their report left one to conclude
that these county "dads"- dud
merely went to Minot to enjo.
a few good meals, see a movinl
picture, and take walk through
other Interesting" places in Mi
not.
It is easy to understand why tn
farmers have aroused themselves
to action. Showing the utmos
contempt for the intelligence
their county officers they electe
their own representatives to de;
with the governor Of the stat
Immediately. These representa-
: tives were Arvo Husa, LeBrand
and Arnold.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
INTERNATIONAL CUTS
IT'S TERMS

The management first wanted
three Holiday members to sign the
note but this was fatty refused.
The Conference ended by the In
ternational Harvester Co. refinanc-
ing the payment plan and cutting
the monthly payments almost one
half and extending the time.
A week prior to this incident,
Mr.. Snyder went to Grand Island,
to try and make some arrange
ments to get his truck back, but
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
GREATER MISERY FOR
FARMERS

1t will mean increased misery
for the employed and unemployed
workers and for the farmers who
will have to pay the tax. The
plan to cut acreage by these
means is the first step to crush
out the small farmers entirely and
to levy taxes for the big farmers,
life insurance companies, and the
farm organizations.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
BUsHEL OF EGGS BALANCES
TWO WAGONLOADS OF CORN

Lincoln, Nebr.-A Grant farmer
has figured OUT that bushel of
eggs is worth almost as much as
two wagon loads of shelled corn.
Forty dozen eggs at 25 cents per
dozen would bring $40. Two loads
Of corn, 80 bushels each, At II
cents, are worth S11.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
NOTHING DONE
Co. Commissioners Have
Not Interested Them
selves in Farmers
ACTION is FORCED
Farmers Committee Will
Investigate Needs of
Farm Families
(By a Farmer Correspondent

Wy q 4 al AAASA OOAAOopO4luCllkJ
Stanley, North Dakota, Jan. 16.
In spite of bad weather more
than 100 farmers assembled at the
county Court house to discuss the
matter of securing relief. Up to
this time the matter had been left
in the hands of the county COM
missioners. These politicians had
paid no attention whatever to the
needs of the suffering farmers. AS
long as the county strong box was
able to furnish them with an easy
living their interest in the farmers
was not at all noticeable.
The farmers feeling that they
had been betrayed resolved 10
take the matter in their own hands
and for this purpose called a mass
meeting.
Rodney Salisbury, state secre-
tary of the United Farmer League
in Montana, and Peter Gallagher
member of the Farmers Relief
Committee Of Sheridan county
Montana, had been asked to poin-
out how relief had been secured il
Sheridan county for the impover
ished farmers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
CENSURE POLICY OF
COMMISSIONERS

kilograms, censuring the policy
of their commissioners and de-
handing of the governor that he
furnish $4,000 per month Of Re
construction Finance Corporation
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
FIND HIM INSANE

Mulner was tried, found insane,
and sent to the State asylum at
Sedro Wooley. The court appoint
ed a guardian named William Todd
for him and forced him to sign a
note on a mortgage over to the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
(BY HAROLD BRoCKWAY)

(BY HAROLD BRUChWA1
Steve Mulner came from Austria
a good many years ago. He set-
tied in northwestern Washington
and became an American farmer.
One of those independent farmers
that you hear tell about in this
land of Dromise.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
FORCE RETURN
OF FARM TRUCK
Internat'l. Harvester Grants
Better Terms at Orders
of Holiday Assn.

Loup City, Nebr., Jan. 12.-On
Thursday, Jan. 5, about II o'clock
a hundred Holiday Assoc. mem :
bers left Loup City for ST. Paul.
to see what could be done about
Bert Snyder's truck which had
been called in by the International
Harvester Co. due to non payment
Of installments.
When the group reached st, Paul
they learned that the truck had
been taken to Grand Island at
least two hours before, as some
enc in Loup City had telephoned
the international Co. il Grand Is
land what was doing and they
hired it driven into Grand Island
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
MET BY SHERIFF. AND
GUNMEN

On arriving at the International
building in the Third City, the As
ISOLATION members were net by the
sheriff and three armed policemen
the sheriff informing the visi-
tors that he was going 70 have or
der; all Of which was unnecessary
as no violence was intended.
After entering the building the
office force denied all knowledge
of the truck but finally admitted
that they did have it and were will
ling to make terms.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
SHERIFF LOSES NERVE

After waiting fol- about two and
a half hours for the sheriff to ap-
pear, someone thought of calling
up the sheriff's office to find out
what was delaying the sheriff. 1t
was discovered that the sheriff had
thought better Of his rash state
ments and accepted discretion as
the better part of valor He was
seated comfortably in his cozy of
flee in the Jail, and probably
thanking his stars that he had de-
cided not to show up. l expect he
learned that plans had been made
to expose him to the public gaze
minus raiment. We had decided
that this method Of handling re-
calcitrant sheriffs would be more
effective than tar and feathers.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
RENT "SUBMARGTNAL"
LAND

This land would be rented from
the farmers on the basis Of $3.50
an acre for wheat, cotton at 81
an acre and corn at S3an acre. BY
these means Hyde expects that Is
per cent Of the wheat acreage Of
The country would be taken out If
production, 20 per cent of the
acreage planted to cotton, and 80
per cent Of existing corn acreage.
To acquire the S1OO,OO0,OOO
which Hyde himself thinks would
De required for the plan, he IA
vors the sales tax methods of the
Democratic Jones bill. 1t would be
obtained by a tax on wheat, cot
Ton and corn. The Republican
plan, like the Democratic allot-
ment bills, would place the cost
u farm "relief" at the door of the
working class consumers.
BY these means thousands Of
farmers would be driven off of
.neir lands without any means ID
support, The few miserable dol
:ars which they would get by leas.
ig Sheir land would be grabbed
~ eheir creditors and the farm
s. s would be forced with Their
. .:., into the slop lines of tn,
cues to find an existence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
FARMERS HAVE
ACTION GROUP
Farmers Union Members
Join Committee, VIII
Organize Townships
(BY R. w. DALZIEL)

Glenburn, N. D., Jan. live
held our first new year meeting
last Friday night in one of our
rural school houses. We had 81
most a houseful Of people from
cur own and adjoining townships.
L. D. Hall and 1 gave reports on
our journey to Washington, D. c.,
the Farmers National Relief Con-
ference and home again. We read
the conference statement to Con-
gress and the demands and all
those present agreed to them. We
read news items showing how the
farmers have been and are being
foreclosed, sold out and evicted
from their homes and how farm
ers in different parts of the cOun-
try have saved their neighbors by
organizing committees of action
and stopping tax and sheriff sales
and evictions.
ESTABLISH COMMITTEE
OF ACTION
At the meeting we established
the Tatman Township Farmers
Committee of Action with nine
members signed up for a start.
We will hold an adjourned meet
ing in another school house next
Thursday night at which time we
hope to obtain more members and
elect officers. Other townships
Eare now asking us to hold meet
ings with them and organize more
committees of action. No doubt
I'VE shall be reporting more meet
ings and ommittees soon. We
shall do our best to secure sub
scriptions for the Producers News
NEED A MILITANT
ORGANIZATION
Practically all at our meeting
were Farmers Union members
and it was suggested by one mai
; that we had too many organlza
tons already and that instead Q
building one more we should max
: the Farmres Union local militan
: $50 that Is might serve us in thi
time Of danger. We told him
was better to let the old obsolete
dead organizations stay dead an
build the new one which was Dor
out of struggles and which has
militant program and will give I
militant leadership fitting OF
needs in this time Of crisis.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
JONES BILLS
PUT THRU In
HOUSE REP.
Bill Calls for Acreage Cut
of Twenty Per Cent by
Farmers
SALES TAX PLAN
Win Mean Higher Prices
Consumers; Step to
Crush Small Producers
SALES TAX PLAN

The House of Representatives
passed the Jones allotment" bill
on January Is thru the joint ac-
J ticn of the Republican and Demo-
cratic parties. The bill provides,
in its language that the farmers
will receive a bonus from the fed
eral Treasury to equal the differ
cree between the world price and
the relative pre-war price of the
various commodities included IN
the scope of the bill. These are
wheat, cotton, hogs, tobacco, rice,
peanuts and butterfat.
Basically the bill means cut
in the production of farm products
to the present hunger levels of the
American workers and farmers.
Only those who cut their acreage
twenty per cent will be entitled to
receive the benefits" of the bill
SALES TAX STEP
The Treasury is to obtain the
funds for payment to the farmers
cut of sales tax to be levied OF
the working class, who constitute
the great mass of the consumers
of the country. The bill lays thu
basis fer the Introduction of gen
eral sales taxes on the working
class.
Sixty-three Republicans joinec
!. 1879 Democrats and one Farmer
Laborite, Kvale, to pass the bill
Fifty Democrats joined 101 Re
publicans in opposition ID the bill
5. The prices which the bill is sup
n posed to secure are fixed at Z
!, cents a bushel for wheat, min
/ cents a pound for cotton, a seal
d rising to five cents pound fo
/ hogs, three cents a pound for pea
i nuts, rs cents a bushel for ric'
e and % cents pound for butter
lie fat.
g HOG PRICES
: The scale of "fair exchang
, values" for hogs during the initii
:, marketing period was S7a cents
n pound from approval of the act
Is April April 80, 1888; A cents
pound from May 1 to June 80, an
Az cents a pound from July
the beginning of the ma1ketin
4 year when the maximum exchanG
rs value of five cents a pound wou
no become effective.
:. The tax on these commoditi
u viii be passed along to the Co
X sumers, with probably an additio
Ne al amount for the profits of Il
lu GREAT food trusts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
REPUBLICANS HAVE
OWN RELIEF PLAN
Hyde Favors Cutting Sub
Marginal Farmers Out
of Production

In order to create the impress
sion that there is a basic differ
once between the proposals Of the
Republican and Democratic par
ties as far as "relief" for the
farmers is concerned, the Repub-
ican leaders are preparing their
own farm "relief" measure.
The plan which they are said
to favor at present is one fer cut
ting acreage with out the bonus
contained in the Demccratic Jones
bill. Under Hyde's plan the cur
tailment Of production would be
accomplished by the government
leasing enough sub-marginal land
to cut out the surplus" produc-
ton Of wheat, cotton and corn.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
WILL ORGANIZE
Speakers Tell How Relief
Was Secured In Sheridan
County, Montana
WIRE GOV. LANCER
Approve Demand of Farm
ers National Relief Con-
ference; Prepare Meet
WIRE GOV. LANCER

Every available seat was taken
and even the aisles were jammed
when farmers and workers gath
cred at the Court, house at Willis
ton, N. D., last Saturday, deter
mined to struggle for relief until
they got it.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
BREAD HIGH

The average price for wheat in
the United States reached a new
low in December when it brought
only BIG cents per bushel. Re-
CARELESS Of the cost of wheat and
the reductions in wages, bread re-
mains the same price.
Hogs also reached a new low in
December, being sold at only $2.73
per hundred pounds, as compared
with 1924 in 1914. Horses now
bring only $56. In 1914 they av-
eraged $142. Lambs per hundred
pounds averaged only S3.96, while
sheep brought $2.O4. Eggs were
the only farm products which
brought more in December due to
! seasonal advances. They aver
aged 28.1 cents per dozen, and
were being sold at so cents per
dozen retail.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
FARM PRICES AT
new Low in dec.
Cotton Brings 81 Cents;
Corn and Hogs Recede
to Low Levels

Washington, D. C.-All farm
products are bringing very low
prices, according to the Depart
ment Of Agriculture.
Cotton, in December 1882,
brought only ga cents per pound
for an average, as compared with
12.4 cents for the five years pre-
ceding the World wal. This means
starvation for thousands Of share
troopers and poor farmers.
Corn averaged only 1873 cents
per bushel, as compared with 642
cents in 1914 and 34.5 cents in
December, 1881. This is the low
est price for corn in IS years.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1933-01-20
RUMORS OF DIRTY WORK
IN F. FL. A.

It developed during the dis
cussion at Mr.. Tesmers hove
that Mr.. Goldheimer, president
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The Kusko times., 1933-09-30
THE MIJKLUK TRAIL

ing gees. That statement still holds good.
 No exact information is obtainable from the Treasury. It has been hint ed here that the courts may possibly be called upon to establish definitions
 1t may bessaid that several of the larger mining companies have asked the Treasuy to make the situation clearer. These companies, with rep resentatives in direct contact with Washington officialdom, are apparent- ly in the dark no less than the isolatr ed Alaska miners
 If definitions commonly employed in the mining industry were iussd, it would seem that about the only gold not exportable would be that obtained from smelling processes. However, the question is whether such def7ni- tions~ are to be made.
 It was learned today that the Cana- dian Cabinet can be expected to issue an order within the next day or so al- lowing importation of gold ores, etc, mined in the United States, which means American miners will be- able to obtain the going world price for their products. Of course, if that rul- ing is made American producers can ship ore to Canada for smeltinE. This would seem to he discriminatory against American smelterss aah snb- ject to correction.
 As the situation enow2rstan11s,; 1t would \appear that a drca4e uperatur who puts the mercury, sand and guld' throughaa . retorting Hrocess to irefhie the gold to more~or lesScpnre state could not then expustait becansa=it would be retorter darnAlgam-
 But tth eindividualso or coDapa9ymp erating . quartx observation-disclosures was free milling couIdf ship out fAe concentrates for export without ques- tion.
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The Kusko times., 1933-09-30

Article 2S. Gold Received ong Con- signment for Sale. The Secretary of the Treasury under the conditions specified in this and the following Ar ticles of these Regulations and sub- ject to the appropriate regulations the Minus and Assay Offices, will re- .ceiveaat any United States Mint or Assay Office on consignment for sale under the profisions of the Executive Order. of August 29; 1883, gold recov- cred from natural deposits in the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof, unless such gold was held prior to August 29, 1853, in noncompliance with the terms of the Executive Order of April 5, 1933, and-or the Regulations issued hereunder, or was held after August 28, 1883, in noncompliance with the Executive Orderzof of Agust 28, 1s33,
 (Continued on Page B.
The Kusko times., 1933-09-30

NEW YORK.-TNenty-nine States have marched3 into, the repeal column and cEly severn maxe are needed to Nipc rrohibiti0nsDm the constitution.
 Maryland. Minnesosa and Colorado voteti to abciisH the l. tlr amendment irs,n the constitution Many say Tt won't be long now." Repea'. it is de- clare.l. win be ratified on December <, the date set for the 3Sth State to vote.