The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-09
D. . Farmer Correspondent

Nv a faIhVi
TccETON. S. D.-Seventeen !
. SD0N county farmers, including
S E'ta and julius Walstad' Or
Anu NUS Of the United Farmers
game were arrested here Feb. 10
Ls S are being held in the county
S alS on the charge of riot" On
~ ~ 81 81 all of them waived pre-
s ssJ, a. hearing and were bound
n lnar r. the Circuit Court. Bail
oys' ,i !, at from $1,000 to $4,000.
"'s rrests were made in connection
e the reinstatement of Henry
y sfsl.rd back into his home on
van |, BY over 600 farmers.
N;slard homesteaded his home
..st Of Sisseton about 80 years
60. .o The farm was taken away
s ss him by the Northwestern
Mutual Life Insurance company,
and last fall the farmers prevented
An Sheriff from carrying out an
s,5ctIor order on him. Then, on
Ian. 81. while most of the militant
Roberts county farmers were over
Al BrittOn,h elping the Marshall
county farmers to carry out a
nenny sale On a farmers truck,
authorities sneaked out and carried
0ut the eviction The same day
thew moved the Oletszke family in.
A large group of farmers met
in the courthouse at Sisseton on
the night of Jan. 81, and decided
unanimously that Nieland must be
rinstated. Some of them ex-
wesssed the opinion that to con-
sent to this eviction would make
i dOubly hard for the farmers to
urOttct themselves in the next in
stance.
Over 100 cars and several truck
loads of farmers gathered at a
farm nearby the Nieland place the
next day. A committee was elected
10 try to use persuasion with the
OIetske's Oletske refused to talk
with the committee. When this
vas reported to the crowd there
still was a general opinion that
the reinstatement should be car
RED out. All of the six hundred
farmers, when the motion was put
to them, voted to go through with
it. 50 the cars were all driven to
the Nieland place.
Son of Kulak Shoots
The door of the house was bar
red, 50 they we're obliged to get a
long pole and break it open. Con-
trary to the Icing reports of the
local newspapers, there was nc
attempt made to Smoke out" the
occupants. Shots were fired from
the inside while the door was being
broken down. The farmers we're un-
daunted by the two loaded re-
Dlvers waved around by Oletszke
and the rolling pins blandished by
Mrs. 0letszke and her sister-in-
law.
The whole crowd surged forward
and the house was filled. The guns
and rolling pins were taken away
and the occupants of the house
we're put in cars and taken bach
e their former home. The fur
niture and belongings were loaded
into trucks and taken back also
Nieland's furniture and machinery
were moved back On to the farm.
Local authorities were very much
concerned over this unlawful
METHOD the farmers have of keep
ing a roof over their heads. II
answer to panicky long-distanc,
calls, the Assistant Attorney Gen
eral came FROM Pierre to "conduc'
an investigation"
The farmers were jailed Wednes
day. Feb. 81. Since that time ere
Straining orders" have been servet
on approximately 90 farmers of
Roberts, Day, Marshall and Gran
counties. These iniunctions ar
Tor the purpose of preventing an.
expression of sympathy for the
policies of the United Farmer
league or Unemployed Council.
Jail Guarded
Seeking to discredit the organi