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Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
Editors Note: This is another
Of a series of dispatches, on the
congressional outlook.
BY LYLE C. WILSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

United Press Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81 U.P) -
The army and navy budgets are ex-
pected this year to escape the ad-
ministration's economy program.
Hundreds OF thousands of dollars
are being trimmed from expense
estimates for other departments OF
government. But President Roose-
welt evidently intends to reorganize
the army and build navy to treaty
strength with as little delay as pos
Sible
SO far in this calendar year the
army and navy have spent in ex-
cess of $5O8, 100000. In addition to
these ordinary expenditures" PWA
since September, 1888, has allo-
Gated approximately $4,000 900 to
the military services.
This fund is drawn upon as it
Is needed for ship construction,
army merchandization and improve
ment of military posts.
The navy obtained $277, 339, 900
from PWA of which $238, 100000 was
earmarked for ship construction.
The army's share of PWA funds
was $92, 735 900, most of which is
being used for improvement of
army posts. The naval bureau of
aeronautics and the army air corps
each received allotments of ST.
100000.
Plans to take the profits out of
war and otherwise bolster world
peace are not expected to diminish
national defense expenditures next
year.
The PWA ALLEGATION was a three
year building program. Additional
funds will be required to lift the
navy to the strength permitted by
the London naval treaty. Although
Japan is scheduled before New
Years to denounce that limitations
agreement, the fighting ship levels
prescribed for the time being the
objective toward which the navy is
building.
Urge Expansion
Current naval construction will
be completed within 30 months.
Claude A. Swanson, Secretary of the
Navy, estimates that on completion
the navy still will be short of treaty
agreement by 70 ships as follows:
10 submarines and destroyers; one
aircraft carrier; two light cruisers.
1T is to be hoped" Swanson said
in his annual report, that congress
will continue to appropriate the
necessary funds from year to year
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
CERTIFICATE OF DOING BUSI-
NESS UNDER FICTITIOUS
FIRM NAME

KNOW ALL MEN BY TIES
PRESENTS, that 1, CHESTER L.
COLLINS of FL Centric, California,
am doing business under the name
Of the Ell Centre Lumber q Trad
ing Company, with my principal
place of business at Ell Centre,
California, and the following is the
name and address of all persons in
terested therein, to-wit:
Chester L. Collins, residence, 270
North 18th Street, Ell Centre, Cali
fornia.
Dated: December 10, 1884
CHESTER l.. COLLINS.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
GETS 1000 ACES AT PINoCHLE

I CONNEAUT, Ohio up = Emil
Isoma reached that almost impos-
sible goal of all dyed-in-the-wool
pinochle players when he drew
1000 acres in a three-handed game
here. Isoma was playing with
George Ahlberg and Arthur Antil-
la.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
MANY COMMUNISTS KILLED

SHANGHAI, Dec. 81. U.P) - The
Central News Agency reported to-
day that 1000 Communists were
killed or wounded and 400 captured
by government troops under Gen.
eral Li-Shueh at Chichiasi The
remaining Communists fled.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
OLD ILLINOIS SEAL FOUND

KARNES CITY, Tenn, up :
A bronze seal of the State of Illi-
nois, dated August rs, 1918, was
found about two miles from here
on the Parma Maria road by Miss
Emma Voight. The seal was found
near her parents garden.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
(ss
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL }

COUNTY OF IMPERIAL }
On this 18th day of December,
A. D., 1884, before me, Irene McWil-
liams, a Notary Public in and for
said County and State, residing
therein, duly commissioned and
sworn, personally appeared CHES-
TER l.. COLLINS, known to me to
be the person whose name is sub
scribed TO the within Instrument,
and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten.
IRENE McWILLIANdS,
Notary Public in and for said
County and State.
tSEAL)
Dec. 20, 81, Jan. 3, TO-
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
HELP WANTED

WANTED-Typist with machine TO
copy 100000 typewriter words
for $25. Write to Press Box 200.
1862
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
LIVESTOCK WANTED

WANTED-20 or 80 cows. State
lowest cash price. Press Box 1O4l.
24-3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27

FOR SALE Good wheat straw
mixed with alfalfa for dry stock.
$3.50 per ton. -Four miles west on
highway. Richter. 1875
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27

FOR SALE-Perfect seed wheat, 4
miles west on highway. Richter.
1926
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27

FOR SALE-Loose alfalfa hay. SIP
ton. Cannon Ranch at Elm
School 27-3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
SITUATIONS WANTED

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Will go
anywhere. 1876 N. 9th st. 27-3
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
POULTRY WANTED
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Guns. shells, get your
deer gun now and get it sighted
in for next season. T. C. Lanier
News Agency. GIL
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27
ROOMS AND APARTMENTS

SEE THIS REASONABLE, Conyen-
iently located apartment. Inquire
704 Olive. 26to
Imperial Valley press., 1934-12-27

FOR SALE-Chicks every Tuesday
Ell Centre Hatchery. 6-1mo
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
More Than 1000 Head To
Be Bought; 1000, coo
More In Country

The cattle destruction program
is to be continued, it was an
nounced last week by the federal
emergency cattle purchasing de-
partment. More than 100000
head are to be bought" to be de-
stroyed or canned. Sheridan coun-
tvs share in this new slaughter
is to be over 1000 head, accord
ing to Carl H. Peterson.
The continuation Of this slaugh-
tering program is another effort
On the part of the government to
deprive farmers of their last cattle
and place them into a condition
where they more readily accept the
transition to subsistence farms. A
number of farmers, who had been
promised feed loans, have been
turned down lately. These men
have no way of wintering their
livestock. Now the admir- istration
extends to them the opportunity of
selling" their last cattle. Most
of the money, of course, will again
be put into the hands of the bank
ers and mortgage holders.
Although there is plenty Of feed
on the market, the government is
not willing to extend further loans
if it can help it. 1t rather sees the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
North Dakota Farmers Un-
ion Is Called Upon
To Join

preparations be converted into re-
lief funds.
"a. The United Farmers League
sponsored the Farmers Emergency
Relief bill, and with the help of
other left wing farm organizations
secured its introduction into con.
gress. The state convention of the
North Dakota Farmers Holiday
Association approved and endorsed
this bill. The United Front COM
mittee agrees that our organiza-
ton shall now take active organ
national steps to force the passage
of this bill through congre SIS.
"5. Realizing the necessity for
all farm organizations to pull to-
gether if we are to better our
conditions, we now invite the stare
organization of the North Dakota
Farmers Union to join US in our
united front for this program. I'm
less we stick together and work
together we shall find ourselves
swallowed up by the capitalist
class.
"We agree that the next meet
ing of this united front committee
may be called by any member of
the committee by writing to the
secretary whose duty it shall be
TO send notice of the meeting to
the rest of the members.
"ASHBEL INGERSON,
Secretary of the United
Front Committee"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
MILEAGE OF CASE
W0RKERSIS7c
IN The COUNTY
Former Estimate ofg The
Producers News Was
Much Too Low

In our issue of Nov. 80 we stat
ed that $4,000 was spent by the
county relief administration to dis
tribute $4,000 relief. We arrived
at this figure on the basis of in
formation we had received and
through estimates of our own.
However, we stated that "the es-
Inmates were rather too low than
too high" Today we have proof
that this is correct.
In the article referred to, we
estimated a mileage for case work
ers of 5 cents per mile. This fig
ure is much too low. We have
now direct information that shows
that case workers receive z cents
for every mile they travel. If we
arrived at a figure of $1,860 spent
for mileage per month, this sum
must now be raised to $2,184. In
other words, $4,000 for relief ad-
ADMINISTRATION in Sheridan county is
a minimum figure rather than the
maximum.
AS result Of this-and nobody
wonders about it any more-there
are plenty of relief cases in the
county where it costs more to in
vestigate than the families are
getting for their sustenance.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
RELIEF WORKER is
JAILED BECAUSE HE
DEMANDS CLOTHING

CENTRALIA, Dec. 3.-M. A.
Neidfelt was arrested ard sentenc-
ed to 30 days and 500 fine (sus-
pended) because he insisted that
after working for the relief he be
given pair of overalls which he
needed if he was to continue work.
After his days work he went to
the relief office and waited in
line. When Neidfelt's turn came,
the head of the office announced
that it was closing time. He in
sisted that he ciuld not leave with
out clothing. He was hailed be-
fort the court and sentenced.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
SUGAR STRIKE AT
BILLINGS CLOSES
THE LOCAL PLANT
Transient Camp Is Used
AS Strike Break
ing Agency

BILLINGS, Mont, Dec. 9-Mors
than 400 workers of the local plant
of the Great Western Sugar Com
pany went on strike here last Fri
day, demanding a wage increase Of
10 cents per hour.
A picket line was thrown around
the plant Immediately to stop
strike breakers from entering the
mill. The management of the plant
had made efforts, it was reported
today, to secure scabs from the
federal transient camp at Laurel.
In the meantime the management
was trying to run the factory with
the foremen, office employees and
other strikebreakers. No move
was made by the company to come
to an agreement with the strikers.
Plant Tied Up
In order to counterfeit every eff
fort of the management to run the
plant with scabs, Federal Labor
Union No. 1874 today called out
the workers of the factory's power
plant. Since these men cannot be
replaced with transients, the plant
is absolutely tied up today.
All shipments of coal, limerick
and other materials used in the
manufacture Of sugar had been
stopped already on Saturday.
The union is fighting for
closed shop and an increase Of 10
cents per hour to all workers, this
raise to be retroactive to Oct. 2
and to be paid Dec. IA.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
FERA ERECTS 3
SHEEP PROCESSING
PLANTS IN MONT
Plants VIII Be Operated by
Unskilled Montana
Relief Labor

For the processing of the pelts
Of more than 10000 sheep that
have been killed in Montana under
the AAA destruction program,
three plants are now being start
ed at Butte, Miles City and Great
Falls. These plants will be con-
cerned with tanning, wool pulling
and wool securing and the manu-
facture of sheepskins and wooden
garments for relief distribution.
Although there are hundreds of
thousands Of skilled workers IN
employed all over the country, un-
skilled relief workers will be en-
plOyed in these plants. Operation
of the plants with unskilled labor
of course, means inefficiency; it
further constitutes an effort to
lower the wages Of skilled work
ers in the fur and garment indus
tries. Workers in these plants
will rot have the protection of a
union and will be forced to work
under non-union conditions and for
non-union wages, especially now
since the minimum wage for FERA
work has been abolished by the
federal administrator.
The sheep have been secured by
the AAA for So per head in the
same way as the AAA secured
cattle from farmers. Feed loans
were refused farmers unless they
complied with a drastic reduction
in their herds. The carcasses of
a huge number Of sheep were left
to rot while the pelts, however,
have been kept to be worked into
clothing this winter. All pelts had
been shipped into Miles City where
they were stored.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
Statement Demands That
Farmers Control Relief
Distribution
By a Farmer Correspondents

On Dec. 1 the united front COM
mittee of the North Dakota Unit
ed Farmers League and the North
Dakota Farmers Holiday Associa-
ton met at the Grand Hotel in
Minot to agree upon a basis of
joint struggle for relief, against
evictions and foreclosures, against
war preparations and for defense
of civil rights.
The committee, which had orig
inally been formed in the latter
part of July, issued a joint state
ment and instructed its secretary,
Ashbel Ingerson, member of the
U.F.L. state committee, to call up
on the North Dakota Farmers I'm
ion to join in this united front,
This was done at once. In let
ter to f. E. Greene, North Dakota
secretary of the Farmers Union,
Ingerson pointed out the great i'm
portance of having ali North Da-
kota farm organizations agreed
upon the program of struggle
worked out at Minot.
The joint statement, which fol-
lows in full, is of particular i'm
portance since the Holiday Associ-
alton will have a statewide meet
ing at Bismarck Dec. "a. "a re
port of this meeting and the &C
ton taken there on the united
front program will appear in mex
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
YOUTH ANTI WAR
MEET SUNDAY AT
TH'NWOOD SCHOOL

An anti-war meeting of youth
has been arranged at the Thorn
wood school house, 16 miles west
of Reserve, for Sunday, Dec. 16,
at 1870 p. m. The purpose Of this
meeting will be to organize an
anti-war group Of young people.
Elmo Kapu, organizer of the anti
war demonstration of the last Ma
tional Youth Day at Williston, will
be the speaker.
The Investigations of the con-
gressional committee have shown
to us the huge profits made by
the munition firms and the pre-
parations for a new war that'again
will net them huge profits. The
committee has shown how employ
ees of the United States govern
ment are used to push sales of
American munitions and even to
instigate. wars between different
serli-colonial countries.
The fight against war must be
carried further than is done by
the Nye committee. This commit
tee does not propose any method
that would do away with this en-
ormous graft. 1t is the duty OF
the youth to organize themselves
into a united front against imperi-
alist war. The first step is the
organization of an active anti-wal
group which will carry on daily
activity in the locality to erpose
these war moves. Every working
farming and student youth of this
territory should attend the meet.
ing. Make this beginning for g
broad youth organization against
war and fascism in Sheridan
county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14

lage, and that these committees
must be responsible back to the
mass MEETINGS. By rank and file
farmers is meant all working farm
ers except those who operate a
farm primarily by hired labor. By
workers is meant all wage work
ers or unemployed workers except
those employed in a supervisory
capacity.
While We agree that the matter
of relief is of the most vital i'm
portance to US all right now, VIC
also feel that other matters are
also important and that we should
now organize ourselves On a united
front basis to enforce the follow
ing points:
Il. That we organize mass re-
sistance to evictions and foreclos-
ules in any way, shape or form.
We are unalterably opposed to sub
sistence farms which is another
method of the ruling class to fur
Their lower our standard of living
Or to any other means used to
separate two million or fewer far
mers from their homes and means
of existence.
"2. We pledge ourselves to the
defense Of all civil rights by or
ganized action, defense against
hoodlums, terrorists and fascist
gangs. We are for organized op-
position to all fascist oppression
on the part of the government.
"3. That we organize mass op-
position to the war program and
the war preparations of the Roose-
welt administration. We demand
that the enormous and criminal ex-
penditures now being made for war
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
RESERVE FEED
LOANS URGED

WASHINGTON DC. Reserve
livestock feed loans are avail
able now and farmers are urged
to apply early to avoid delay in
acting upon them before weather
conditions change. Governor Myers
of the Farm Credit Administration
stated here today.
"With the approach of severe
weather conditions over many Sec
tions where feed is short it is very
important for borrowers who need
feed and have no other source of
credit to make application for en-
Urgency Loans early so there will
be no delay due to suddenly chang
ing weather conditions or other
unforeseen factors Governor
Myers said.
"In parts of the primary
drought ereas where winter
weather conditions will prevent
transportation of feed, range live
stock operators may obtain funds
to purchase a reserve feed supply,
such advances being secured by
liens on the reserve supply and on
the stock to be fed" the Cover
nor announced. "The monthly adj
vances are made on the basis of
| the borrowers promissory note"
! "In addition to the reserve feed
loan," Mr.. Myers said, "the borr-
over may apply for regular mon
thly allowances and hold his ex-
ira two-months' feed supply in re-
serve for emergency purposes
when transportation may be cut
off. Then, in cases where the
monthly allowances are obtained
wit hout interruption and the
reserve supply retained through
the winter, the latter will take
care Of feeding needs in February
and March next year and under
such conditions advances to the
borrower for those months will not
be necessary"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14

The smaller sheepmen are farm
ing a grazing district known as
Mud Springs district number one.
They tell me that they must do
this in order to keep the larger
outfits from leasing all the land
that is in that part Of the coun-
try if they don't want to be driv-
en- out Of business completely.
Land Taken for Taxes
Most of the land in that district
has been taken by the county for
taxes, and a lot more is going to
be taken after this taxpaying pc
Rod.
Farmers here are in great need
of a paper on which they can de-
pend and that will give them a
clear picture of the conditions and
what they are up against now and
in the future.
My brother is one of the small
sheepmen in this part of the coun-
try. He is running herd of 700
old ewes on share proposition.
While he was away with the lambs
which he marketed for Az cents
per pound, the government sent its
inspector, another small rival
sheepman, to inspect and kill what
ewes were not fit for the market.
This man went through the herd
and had $50 head shot and skinned
and piled up to rot.
Ny brother got back in time to
find some of the ewes that had
been killed. He informs me that
all OF them were rolling fot and
that it was a shame and an out
rage that they were not given to
people on relief to eat.
To make the story even more
outrageous, at the time these sheep
we're killed and left to rot, I had
tried at least five different butch
er shops here in Great Falls for
some mutton and it could not be
bought at any price. They were
just not handling it. They offered
me lamb at SO cents per pound,
though. This was at the time
when my brother took Az cents
fob his lambs on the market and
when $50 head out of 400 ewes
had been killed and were allowed
to rot.
BY a Worker Correspondent
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
$4,000 Pounds of
Turkeys Shipped on
Saturday, Dec. 9Th

Another carload of turkeys.
holding more than $4,000 pounds,
was shipped out of Plentywood last
Saturday by the Northwest Turkey
Growers Association.
Officials of the association stat
ed that the majority of the tur-
keys were choice birds, some of
the best shipped out of Montana.
Two hundred fifty-one boxes were
used to ship the birds.
From IL to ID cents were paid
to the farmers as the first pay
ment on the turkeys. The associ-
alton expects that the birds will
sell for at least 20 cents per
pound. Turkeys from more than
200 farmers were included in the
shipment.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
JOINT STATEMENT


of the North Dakota Holiday As
ISOLATION and the North Dakota
United Farmers League, Minot, N.
D., Dec. 1, 1884:
with the bulk of the population
dependent on relief for the basic
necessities of life, we know that
the amount of relief now being
given is entirely inadequate and
when cold weather sets in will be
at starvation level. We agree
that the following principles are
vital in the handling of relief this
Writer and spring:
81. That the relief given shall
be adequate for a healthful and
decent standard of living, to be
determined by the demands of the
local farmers themselves. That
an adequate amount of livestock
feed be given to all farmers to
enable them to properly feed their
stock. We contend that the funds
for greatly increased relief are
available by transforming Grimm
al expenditures now being made
for war preparations into relief
funds.
90. No discrimination. That
there shall be no discrimination in
the granting of relief or stock feed
and other government loans be-
cause of political or organizational
activity, or other cause.
"S. Distribution of relief. That
the distribution of relief shall be
controlled by committees of rank
and file farmers (and workers A
ID who are elected from mass
meetings Of those needing relief in
each township, community or vii.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14

Even st. Louis, one of the
largest populations among
American cities, has seen
anti-Fascists picket outside
the Nazi consulate. These
two men, one colored, one
white, are part of a world
wide drive to make it impos-
sible for Hitler to kill Ernst
Thaelmann, German Com
munist leader, in prison there.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
RABBIT DRIVE AT
OUTLOOK SUNDAY

The Outlook Community club is
sponsoring rabbit drive for Sun
day, Dec. 16, to start at u o'clock
sharp from the Bill Ruegsegger
farm.
Everybody is invited to partici-
pate in this drive. Lunch is to be
brought along. Coffee will be free
but bring your cups. Horses or
guns will not be allowed, it is
stated. Hunters should be armed
with clubs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14
By EDGAR l. SYVERUD

While the subject of Sheridan
rsurtv's taxable valuation is still
hot. a few more figures on it may
he of int rest as we'll as present.
ine another angle other than re-
duc;ion Of officials salaries.
Herewith is a comparative list
Of Sheridan county's taxable valu-
ations as well as of Montana as
> whole for the period from 1923
70 1899. inclusive, a 10-year pc
Rod. These are compiled from the
bienniai report, 1882, of the state
board Of equalization. They re-
veal some very surprising compari-
sons. particularly in conn ection
with Montana as a whole:
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-12-14

FIR o!le other place II this IS
suf we pointed out that this was
.sr~ an excuse. that especially SO
far as cattle were concerned, the
valuation Of the county had suf-
fered greatly through the Roose-
veil. cattle destruction program in
tbe course Of which thousands Of
cattle tad been destroyed. Edgar
I. Syverud, secretary of the Tax
pavs : Association, is tackling the
proi,ler, anew from different an
Gle. Although we do. not fully
9;it NJ. Svverud's economic anC
political views, the figures he Of
ieys in the following article should
r. Of interest to all our readers