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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Vote COMMUNIST TUES. NOV. s
Harry Polk Is DoubIecrossing the Democrats
REMEMBER ON TUESDAY

That in letter sent to Senator Wheeler on
May 10, 1884 the county commissioners, two OF
whom are up for reelection, suggested
ga road work program, with lower scale
of wages, budgeting each family to a more
conservative basis of living. The CWA and
the emergency relief work program
ried too high wages -.
they said. And the chairman of the board
read the letter as quoted at the meeting at the
courthouse on June a.
That on May 2, 1884 Sheriff Hans Madsen used
guns and suphuric acid against 300 farmers at the
courthouse. Deputies and guns were brought into
action when the committee of these farmers
trying to get through long distance telephone call
to the attorney of the machine company which had
foreclosed on the combine. Remember that Mad
sen proclaimed on this day that he had to do it
but that he twas only tool of the court" and in
it's issue of May the Helena Independent quotes
Madsen having said, There were bootleggers,
thieves and rascals among these farmers"
Remember these little incidents, they are char
acterstic and VOTE COMMUNIST!
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Use ALLOTMENT
AS BRIDES TO BUY VOTES

press conference on Oct. 10 that
benefit payments to farmers will
probably have an effect on the No
vember election"
When farmers receive this mon
ey they should remember a few
things the Herald and the demo-
cratic politicians do not like to
state:
That farmers on relief will not
benefit by these payments because
the sums they receive will be de-
Quoted, at least to some extent,
from their relief orders (if we
don't put up a stiff fight;
That these huge sums of money
are not sums taken out of the
pockets of the politicians, who ex
pect to reap the benefits in votes
nor out of government pockets
The money is collected by means
of the processing tax from Thu
great masses of workers and far
mers. 1t is our money.
Farmers who remember thes,
facts will not easily be influence,
by these government brides. "Be
ware of the Greeks when the,
come bearing gifts" is an old say
ing. Farmers and workers shoul,
beware when capitalist politician
come bearing gifts, money the,
have taken away from the work
ing people in the first place.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02

was unable to put him in shapes
again. He became worse. On Oct.
20 his wife took him to Williston
to consult two more physicians. In
their diagnosis the doctors stated
that the case had gone too long
and that only a prominent bone
specialist could save him from be-
coming a cripple permanently.
They recommended Rochester.
Returning home, Schmitz could
not see how this could be accomp-
lished. He is without means as
we all are. His neighbors had
been interested in his misfortune
all along. They began to act.
. The Dagmar local of the United
Farmers League was set in mo-
ton and committee went to see
the county commissioners and also
the relief administrator of the
county. Help was urgently neces-
sary and no time was to be lost.
Relief Office Refuses
The relief office refused to foot
any bill. They excused themselves
with rules and regulations. AS
long as he is to go outside the
state, no matter how serious the
case, we cannot do anything, Bur
leigh told Gonius Laursen, spokes-
man of the committee, on Oct. "a
The committee then put the mat
ter up straight to the county com
missiorers and demanded that Mr.
Schmitz be sent to Rochester a.
the expense of the county sine,
he himself was not able to go OF
his own.
The commissioners were very re
luctant at first, but looking owe
the committee and finding tina
they had to do with Genius Laur
sen and Chris Heiberg, both lead
ing Communists, they thought BET
ter. They knew that these mel
if need be, would arouse the en-
tire farm population of the coun
Continued on page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
FARMER MARVELS
AT RE-EMPLOYMENT
OFFICE EFFICIENCY
By a Farmer Correspondent

The manager of the local re-
employment office, Oscar Collins,
apparently is model of efficiency.
More than two weeks ago
nephew of Gonius Laursen, farm
er of Reserve, went into the re-
employment office to apply for a
job at the Fort Peck dam. He
was told by Mr.. Collins that this
could not be done right now since
the office was "out of application
blanks"
Two weeks later, when in town,
Gonius Laursen stepped into the
office trying to secure an applica-
ton blank for his nephew. Again
the answer was, no blanks. Laur-
sen asked when they would have
blanks so that people could apply
for jobs. "In 10 days or two
weeks?" he asked. eyes, anyway
that" Collins answered. "Well
can't the boy apply for a job with
cut blanks ?" Laursen asked
"No," was the answer.
/ 1t seems that four weeks haC
to pass before Mr.. Collins can Sc
cure blanks. During all this tim
no applications are accepted.
would be interested in knowing
why Mr.. Collins keeps his offic
open during this time. Is it onl
to have a pretense to receive tn
salary for four weeks?
Editors Note: Unfortunatel
we are unable to answer thes
questions. However, the count
commissioners should be able
give the answers. According t
their own statement, made on Jun
5, they have long been dissati:
. fled with this efficiency" of M
Collins. They promised to q
: something about it but have dor
) nothing so far.)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
DEMOCRATS FEAR
TO DEBATE WITH
RED CANDIDATE
Gonius Laursen Challenges
Whole Group of Them
But They Refuse

The democratic candidates Of |
Sheridan county do not seem to |
be at all sure of their ground.
They seem to be very much afraid
else they could not possibly have
refused the offer of single Com
murist candidate who challenged
wEcle group of them to debate
with him on any issue of vital IN
terest to farmers and workers.
Meets Five of Them
On Monday afternoon GoniuS
Laursen, Communist candidate for
state representative, was out cam
paigning and stopped at a gasoline
station at Westby. Suddenly in
came the democratic candidates for
county commissioners, Spoklie and
Tango, Andrew LELAND, democratic
candidate for senator, DR.. York
and P. c.. Petersen, candidates for
representative. They were out on
the same business, campaigning.
Laursen tried to get into an argu-
ment with them when Petersen
handed him the democratic plat
form.
The Communist tried to explain
to these democrats that since the
main plank on their platform was
relief and since they, like every
) body else, would like to see the
; need for relief abolished, chat In
, consequence they should work for
system in which there was no
reed for relief. But the gentlemen
did not like to enter into this argu-
ment.
, So Laursen finally fatty chal-
lenged them to debate on thi'
= or any other issue they would con
1 slider of Importance. He explain
ed that there was an anti-wal
e meeting that night at the McKin
= ley school and that there would b.
D a perfect opportunity for this de
Y bate.
|, Here was one single farmer,
: Communist candidate, challenging
|. the most prominent Democrat
candidates, college graduates, stud
d led men, and politicians among
: them. -
e None of them liked this cha
l lenge. ct am not going to NEE
g you because you can talk too fas
e for me-" said Petersen, and may
y be he spoke for ell of them bt
lie cause none of the others said
word, not the imminent DR.. Yo1
" and not the $50 efficient" count
Sc commissioners, Tango and Spokli
" And they cannot even excuse then
to selves with the usual phrase tn;
to it is "below their dignity" to d
ne bate on public platform with
s. Communist. Petersen plainly sta
r. ed that they were afraid.
10 "Be sure to meet me tonight
ne the Mckinley school," Genius sa
when he left the oil station.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
co. COMMISSIONERS
GLADLY ECONOMIZEI
HELPING THE AGED
Laursen Finds Old, Feeble
Couple In Destitute
Condition

How remarkably the present
board of county commissioners
cares for the old and helpless peo-
pie in the county is most illumin-
atingly illustrated by the case of
the parents of Mrs. J. o. Brens-
dahl of Antelope.
These parents are old people;
her father is 90 and her mother
close to 80 years old. Both are
utterly helpless, especially after
the old man fell seven years ago
and broke his hip. He has been
hobbling around on crutches ever
since and is now hardly able to
move at all. During the last years
he has become practically blind,
which makes things still worse,
while the old mother is almost
completely deaf. These two old
people, probably the oldest in the
county, are absolutely destitute,
they are utterly helpless and are
suffering badly.
During the past, J. o. Brens-
dahl and his wife have been tax
ing care of the old couple the best
they could. But the Brensdahls
have become old themselves, they
are in the sixties now, and condi-
tions with the parents have be-
come worse. About two months
ago old man Brensdahl went to
the board of county commission
ers and put the case before them
asking them to take care of the
aged, helpless couple.
After some discussion the com,
missioners agreed to hand out ST.
per month for the care of the OLE
couple. Brensdahl took it and wen
home.
Gonius Laursen, Communist can
didate for representative, came a
cross these conditions on tn
Brensdahl farm last Monday Will
he was out campaigning. He wa
enraged over what he found an
over the little effort the commits
sioners had made to improve mat
tiers. Laursen knew that in othe
cases $25 and $50 had been pal
per month for one person to cal
for helpless people. Here for tw
! people 80 years of age, who al
half blind and deaf and cannC
help themselves in any way, 81
: per month is allotted. They
not get any relief; they have nj
body and cannot hire anybody wi
can take proper care of them.
U.F.L. Will Act
Laursen promised that the Uni
ed Farmers League would tai
the matter up at the next NEE
ing, and that they would p
enough pressure on the coun
county commissioners to ma
them act decently.
Later on Monday, Laursen m
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
By ELNA SWANSON
Communist Candidate for Super
intendent of Schools

War is an essential element of
capitalism. It is one means by
which the capitalist class derives
increased profits. Before one war
is completed, preparations are
made to create another for the
benefit of the class that owns the
wealth. But, in these wars it is
not the class who owns the wealth
and gains the profits that does the
fighting but the sons of the work
ers and farmers. They become
the cannon fodder of the capitalist
class. They are forced to shoot
the workers and farmers of other
countries, who have never done
them any harm. And why? So
that a few men who are already
exceedingly wealthy may become
still richer.
AS soon as children enter school
they are taught war patriotism
The first stories that are told to
them or that they read are Otter
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02

the two commissioners, Tango and
Spoklie, at an oil station at West
by. They were also out campaign
ing. Laursen Immediately ap-
preached them and told them to
get busy and do something about
this case. Spoklie did not seem to
be at all interested and said no
thing. Laursen advised them to
go over there right now and look
at things with their own eyes.
"You don't need to take my word
for it," he said. Tango promised
to go over there at once. But at
the time of this writing he has
not been there. Evidently he is
too busy convincing people to vote
for him again.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Raymond U.F.L. Meets
Thursday, November s

The Raymond local of the
United Farmers League will
meet on Thursday, Nov. 8, at
2 p. m. at the home of August
Westphal.
Important issues of interest
to all farmers will be dis
cussed. Relief problems are
On the order of business. Ali
members are expected to at
tend, and other farmers are
heartily invited to this meet
ing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Electric Washer On
Exhibit at Office of
The Producers News

The washing machine that
Is. to be ratified off at the
election dance Tuesday night,
Nov. 6, at the FarmerLabOr
Temple, has arrived and is on
exhibit at the Producers News
office.
Tickets for the dance, with
chance on the washer, can
also be secured at the News
office. Like two years ago,
the dance is again sponsored
by the Communist party OF
Sheridan county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
How to Vote and Vote Right

On Nov. the polling places will be open from 3
o'clock in the morning until o'clock at night When
you go into the place you will receive ballot the size
of a small bed sheet. Don't let that confuse you
This year there five parties on the ballot Each
party has its column running from the top down.
In the first column is the Democratic party in the sec
ond the Republican party in the third the Socialist par
ty, and in the fourth column the Communist Party
USA There is fifth column with the socaled United
Front party.
Skip the first three columns because those cand-
dates not concerned with the welfare of farmers and
workers. with your welfare, and don't pay any atten
ton to the last column because this group has made up
the Omitted Front Party as trap to catch your vote
Go to the fourth column where says Communist Par
ty USA" That is the party of your Glass; that fights
with you and for you all the time. Vote that ticket
straight from top to bottom Make in the square
directly in front of every of the following names
For Senator in Congress For County Commissioner
(Sx Year Term) GDstrict No. 81
Raymond f. Gray o. M. Lutnes
rOr hall[Oao ana ruOnc For Clerk and Recorder
W;T,;o,., p,ott Magnus r. DanieIsen
For Clerk Of the For Sheriff
Supreme Court Chris Heiberg
nerOer' "uiS' For County Treasurer
For State Senator SeImer Esneland
Melvin EvensOn
IT, o.. po,uo.on+o+;uo. For County Assessor
Vote for Twol Otto Grantham
GOn1us Laursen For Supt. of Schools
A. b. WeStphal EIna c,or
For County Commissioner
District No. u TOT OounIy surveyor
Hans Hardersen Hans Rasmussen
When you have done this tear off the stub on ton
of the ballot and hand it to the judge Fold your bal
lot and drop into the ballot box. Then your lob is
done and it will be good job for yourselves and vour
class of which YOU be proud
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Promised to Support No. Dakota Democrats But Double
crosses Them With Eangerite Faction, Williams
County Farmers Press Reveals
MONEY IS DRIVING POWER
For Promise of Votes for His Paper, Polk Finances
Communist Renegades in Williams County the
Same AS In Sheridan County

of the Democratic party the staunch supporter of President
Roosevelt and all Democratic politicians, he is doubecross
ing the Democrats in Williams county to the best of his
ability it revealed by the Williams County Farmers
Press in it's issue of Oct. 25
Like Sheridan county, he had promised this spring
honestly support the Williams county Democrats and
when Tom Noodle former editor of the Herald nomn-
ated the Democratic ticket Honest Harry
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nounced in splurging editorial
that the Williston Herald would
support the democratic slate.
Throughout the campaign Polk has
given much space and publicity to
the Moodie-for- Governor club and
other democratic organizations.
And now it is revealed that the
gentleman Polk is playing both
ends against the middle and is clev-
erly embarrassing his friends"
the democrats.
We quote from the Farmers
Press:
"The doublecross became known
when members of the unemployed
council, a LANCER faction, stated
that Polk had printed campaign
literature for them with the un-
derstanding that he was to have
their support for his newspapers
election in return. I'm Williams
county, voters are also voting on
which newspaper is to have the
printing contract for the next two
years.-Editor, P. NJ
"While he was working with the
, Langerite unemployed council, Polk
has continued in the columns of
his newspaper to maintain his pre-
tense of supporting the democratic
| ticket.
Democrats Get Suspicious
|. Gasoline and oil purchases at
. a local filling station by Slim
Adams, a former taxi driver in
the city, brought the scheme to
: light. Adams had been charging
gasoline and oil to the Herald &C
count, and was known to be max
/ ing trips into the county to dis
= tribute LANCER and unemployed
\ council literature. The coincidence
J aroused suspicious Of various dem
ocrats in the city, and an investi
cation followed.
lt adams has been taking mem
IL bers of the unemployed council
, through the cocnty to Distribute
the council guide cards, Lydi:
/ Langer's posters and political pro
W paganda sheets called "The Tru'
, Story of Gov. LANCER" printed b!
70 Langer's paper, the Leader.
Authorized By Polk
Dc ITO finance these trips, Adam
Sc said in a statement this week
e Polk authorized him to use tn
q Herald account at the filling sta
'e tion. Adams added that it wa
understood that in return the coun
ey ell was to support the Herald fo
ne official paper.
X Members of the council VIII
- conferred with Polk suggested ths
% the name of the Herald appear o
~ the guide cards together. with til
ne names of the other candidates el
4 dorsed by them, but Polk is sal
to have replied that this would Z
se unwise.'"
81 Williams county democrats hay
: not been too enthusiastic in the
y original deception of Polk as OF
y =, of their number, the Farmers Pre-,
~ states. "This is partially due
ns says the Press, ITO their discover
- Of the fact that self-advanceme,
! CONTINUED On page 81
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-11-02
Dagmar U.F.L. Committee
Gains Hospital Care For
Sick Medicine Lake Man
Genius Laursen and Chris Heiberg Committee That
Secures Treatment at Rochester and Increases
Clothing Order From Relief Office
By a Farmer Correspondent

There no two ways about it for Mike Schmitz,
farmer of Medicine Lake. he either had to be put into the
hands of competent specialist become cripple for the
rest of his life He is in Rochester and the fact has
been accomplished by the solidarity of his fellow farmers
Last summer, early in July. Mike Schmitz had bad
accident He fell off horse cracked his backbone and
broke his pevs bones The county doctor who took the
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The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-18
SALMON BROKER, P HACKER PASSES
 AWAY, ASTORIA

ASTORIA, Oregon, Dec. 18.- Byron F. Stone, aged 88 years, dean of the salmon packers and brokers on the Pacific Coast, is dead at his home here.
 Stone was born in New York State in 1848, crossed the plains to California and became associated with George Hume in the first sal mon cannery on the Sacramento River.
 Stone came to Astoria in 1886 when Hume established the first Columbia River salmon cannery. Later he went into business for himself.
 Stone was President of the Port of Astoria Commission for 16 years. He is survived by two sons and two daughters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-18
OF GERMANY HIT,
 WOUNDED BY
 PISTOL SHOT
Would-be Assassin and Her Taxi Driver Are Im- mediately Killed by
 Guards, Report

LINZ, Austria, Dec. 18.- Local newspapers carried a story today saying President Chancellor A dolf Hitler, of Germany, was wounded by a revolver shot fired by a girl.
 The girl fired at Hitler as he was in his auto and as she drove by in a taxicab.
 The newspapers claim the girl is the daughter of Lead CT Brueckner of the Silesian Provincial Nazi Party. She went to Berlin after the arr rest of her father.
 The report further says the girl and her taxi driver were killed by Hitler's guard after the first shot was fired.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-18
POLICY MAY BE TAKEN }
 HIGHEST COURT
Private Enterprises Are Given Warning -Memor-
 ial Starts Something

: WASHINGTON, Dec. Is. = War clouds began to gat Ter again around the power issue after the Roosevelt Administration turned thumbs down on the plea it CO., operate in putting it's power poli- cies into effect.
 A quick and final test in the Supreme Court may result.
 The Administration has demand ed that the power industry clean house."
 This was the answer that came a few hours after Thomas Mo- Arthur, President of the Edison Electric Institute, and leader in the attack on the Roosevelt plans to use power experiments as yard sticks" to force down rates, had called at the White House with a memorial which spoke of "strangu- lation" of private enterprise by Government competition.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-18
GAS STATION
 OPERATOR IS
 SHOT, KILLED
Two Men, Believed in Stol. en Car, Sought-Sus-
 pect in Hospital

PIE ELL, Wash, Dec. 18.-William Walker, aged 36, service station op- orator two miles north of here, was shot and killed in a midnight battle with two men who appar- ently refused to pay him for gaso- line.
 The authorities believe the two men were in a car stolen from Raymond Lewis, of Raymond.
 A suspect who refuses to answer questions is in Chehalis hospital with a bullet wound in his chest.
 Walker is survived by his widow and one child.
 Walkers father, who answered the call for gasoline, sent his son down from over the station whe;e they lived. Later he heard two shots followed by several more. He went down and found his son shot in the abdomen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1934-12-18
NOME RESIDENTS
 HAVE QUARTERS AND SUPPLIES
Rehabilitation Work Ac- compished Remarkable,
 Says B. D. Stewart

Amazing progress has been made in the rehabilitation work at Nome since the disastrous fire of Sep tember IT and many merchants are now doing business in new perma- nent establishments, according to B. D. Stewart, Supervising Mining Engineer and Ex-Officio Federal Inspector of Mines who returned to Juneau on the Alaska after five months absence.
 MT. Stewart has been actively as- sisting in the rehabilitation pro- gram and planning of the city inn provements to be carried out in the burned city since the fire under the Federal Emergency Relief Ad- ministration in conjunction with PWA.
 Among the merchants who have already constructed their new quarters and are now in operation are the Lehman Department Store, V. O. Seidenverg and Son; Jack Seidenverg Clothing Store: Ira Rank; Lichtenberg Hardware Store; Harper and Allyn Garage; North Pole Bakery and Cavey's. The latter two, both bakeries with cafes in conjunction, were just be- ing opened for operation shortly before Mir. Stewart left for Ju- neau. Previously, one of the diffi- culties had been to obtain suffi- cient bread, as only ordinary house ranges were left following the fire, MT Stewart said.
 A Polet, one of Nome's princi- pal merchants, had opened his re- tail store in portion of one of his warehouses, all of which had been saved; and is planning the con- struction of a new retail store in the spring, Mir. Stewart declared.
 Amusement Places
 A brand new motion picture the ater with new sound equipment. of which the Nome residents are very proud, is already in operation as IS the amusement hall conducted by Henry Burgh. The latter is more or less used as club by the men of the town, as all amusement places were burned when the town was destroyed.
 Possessions Burned
 MT. Stewart, who was headquar-