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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15

ing of the district court are Mr., ana
Mrs Jesse Grigg, Mrs. R. Q. Bracy, |
non Harris. Mike FILLMORE, ]. Z. Pat,
tie. AL Williams, James Gordon anu
Don Harris. ;a
The Sewing Club will be entertained
Thursday evening by their husbands
who have planned gay St Patrick
party with games n everything.
w r. Doe was called to Libby Thurs
day on business. =, -
Mrs. John Lindholm is confined 10
her home on account Of illness
Ten more CWA workers have been
mt 70 work on the Callahan creek prof.
ect this week. Work on this project IS
progressing nicely and the creek was
turned into its new channel q few Gays
ago The G. NJ steam shovel IS still on
the lob doing its fine work IN eniargine
and deepening the channel
The Torch Honor Society entertained
few guests at the pleasant party rri-
day evening. ),
John Molineau returned to work at the
liberty Metals mine this week, aftei
being laid up several weeks IRON
burns. h,,
Miss Pauline Kluska returned homs
last Sunday after having undergone al
operation at the Libby hospital
Several of the Troy men from tn
CCCtamp near Paradise are home
Among them are Sgt. Ellsworth Pric
and Adrian Thornton. G. B. Grams wa
bore last weekend. Ellsworth Price re
- ~ paradica SUNDAY,
Lee Kensler drove to Spokane las
! Sunday. He expects to return Win
new Chrysler. =,
d. F. Fewkes went to Spokane las
9 week where he is under medical car
q He expects to be gone for several Weef
S for a much needed rest. !,
: Among those who were visitors to TT
r county seat the first part OF this wee
. were Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey kirscnnaur
Mrs. Ashley Carr, Mrs. Walt Maso
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sanders and SO
Mrs. Aileen Price, Mr.. and Mrs ia
Kluska, and Pauline. -.
Several more Troy people were cailf
to Libby for jury duty during the pre-
Of ent term Of district court !,
lie Mrs. Glen Thorn entertained !.
Sewing Club at her home last Tuesd
" evening.
Several inquiries have been recelv
r. bv the Commercial Club OF Troy
IA. response to the radio program gwen
NJ few weeks ago, by people interest
both from a business standpoint Q
by for pleasure.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

The regular annual meeting Of the
stockholders of the EUREKA MASON
&c TEMPLE ASSOCIATION of Eureka
Montana. will be held at the Masonic
Temple. Eureka, Montana, on Thursday
March %. 1884, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. foi
the purpose of electing officers for tht
ensuing year and for the transaction o
all other business which may be legal,
brought before the meeting
JOSEPH PELTIER,
4, 40 President
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15

services at the Baptist church Sunday
evening. March Is.
George H. Clark of Tooley Lake was
a caller in town Saturday.
The annual Easter food sale will be
held Saturday afternoon, March 81, by
the members of Baptist Ladies Aid.
Dell Pike has gone to Troy where ne
is employed.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Reported by the Lincoln County Alb
stract company :
Lincoln county to More B. Mason, q
C. d. lot 10 Blk. IL West Troy.
Boomers Ferry Lumber company Z
Jude Daniels, deed lots SO, Sc 81 Sec
7 SW SW Sec. 8-32-28 for S1.OO.
n. c. Weidner to Robert Gregg, Y =
d. lots 1-2-3 Blk. 6 West Troy SlW
First State Bank to Effie Larson, "
D. lots 10-11 Blk. Is 5. Libby Orig 10
S100.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
MOSBY PLANNING OPENING
CELEBRATION.

o. p. ]. Mosby is preparing for the
grand onenina Of the Montana hotel
beer parlor on ST Patrick's Day. Sat
urdav. March 18th Special orchestra
music will be furnished for the occa-
sion. Lunches and cheese and crackers
will be served Otto invites YOU to come
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
SEVENTH GRADE NOTES.

The seventh grade had party Fri
day, March g. They played games and
refreshments were served. We all had a
good time.
There are II entries from the seventh
grade in the declamatory contest.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
MRS. HENRY WEIDNER
ENTERTAINS AT BRIDGE

Mrs. Henry Weidner entertained Sat-
urday afternoon at delightful bridge
luncheon. St Patrirk's decorations were
effectively carried out. Bridge was
played at three tables. Miss Alvina An
derson was high score prize winner
and Mrs. l.. A. Hosea received the
prize for second high
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15

IN and have the first drink on the
house. a.
The room that has been used by the
nublic for a club room and meeting
Mace has been changed. Small tables
and chairs cover the room.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
KENNETH DREW STARTING TROUT
FEC SORTING STATION HERE.

Mr.. Kenneth Drew made business
trim to Fortine last week, visiting the
fish hatchery there. Mr.. Drew has in
stalled equipment for sorting and
Matching trout eggs in the White build
inu formerly the Moose hall, at the
north end Of Main street. This will
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
TROY DEPARTMENT

CLAY. f. B. Callow, N. w. Morrison,
Wiley Davis and H. B. Anderson.
Until the time Of her illness, Mrs.
Grippe had been active in church and
other community affairs, and was well
liked by everyone. Her death comes as
sorrow to all who knew her.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15

greatly facilitate the handling of the
eggs and fry during the busy season.
Mr. Drew is also working with others
operating fish farms in drawing up a
suitable NRA code for western growers.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
columbo's Jewels

Columbo, chief seaport OF Ceyion,
furnishes most of the worlds famous
sanphires and other semi-precious
stones.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-03-15
County Commissioners
Proceedings

Continued from page 81
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41-42
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
Raymond Farmer Has In
come of $485 Per Month
From Road, and Keyman

But it really doesn't seem. reas-
enable. The Collins are a. poor
family, they ne ed the money badly.
Roy Collins is ONLY farming one
section; he is receiving a. pension
of ONLY SIS per month; and he
mas ONLY one more wage Garner
in the family, his daughter who re-
ceives SIS per month for teaching.
This is what Raymond farmers re-
port. h9 nsr3saaa
It's Great to Have a Brother,
And certainly nobody can ex-
pect family to be satisfied with
a $l6O income per month, outside
OF farming. So it seems quite APP
propriate to add $485 to the
monthly budget, especially when il
can be done easily. What for dc
we have a brother who is man
ager of the Unemployment office
/ if We can't benefit by it.? And
what difference. does 1t make to
you farmers as long as those o.
you who need it get their miser
able food order for the work thel
are doing?
! Yes T. is wonderful to have !
brother in the Unemployment of
flee.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
IFS, Government Refuses
To Pay Burial for Youth
Killed in Mont. CCC Camp
:.had Parents Pay 1914 for Burial of Slain
HFpO Youth; Receive $465 Monthly for
- Compensation. i
BY CARL REEVE

,,oTr Abe Yankowitz 18-year-Old CC.C. member from
VI was brutality murdered by the CCC foreman of the
w West Galatn Mont last July 13. The CCC. authOri-
NE Immediately released from Jail the foreman, George
- xbo heat young YankOwz to death. Gin the affidavit
Steinberg describing the murder which printed
% edition of the Producers News, the fOremans
Ta S.ntianO) The C.CC. authorities Satriana hack
a. foreman They had the postponed in
- crond ry They spread that YakOwitz had died
, failure The again before the Grand Jury
Smue Wyoming, next monthly
NEW YORK-The family of Abe Yankowitz, CC.C.
& murdered by the camp foreman George Satriana has
@ denied funeral expenses for their murdered by the
government and have had their compensation cut to
The u s. government forced Yankowitz impoverished
PARENTS to pay 1914 for the cost of buryng the youth who
r murdered by the C.C.C foreman The headquarters
# the Ninth Corps Area office of the Commanding General
eSdo of San Francisco through letter signed by A.
hrysta acting assistant adjutant general, and dated
Ian 90 1884 informed the parents of the slain YankowItz
Il am directed by the commanding general to acknowledge
receipt of your letter ncosng receipted bill for STA
ug the burial expenses of your son, Abraham YankOwtz
and 10 inform you that the expenses payable at the place
ntement of deceased CCC enrolee limited to $50
view of the fact that the bill for funeral expenses ha
already been paid by you, the matter of rembursng you
the amount of $50 has been referred to the department
for decision Upon receipt of reply you will be furthe
advised" III F.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
MINNESOTA FARMERS
TAKE HAY TO FEED
STARVING LIVESTOCK

MONTEVIDEO, MIN. - When
their lives ock was starving and
they had neither hay nor feed left
to keep the cattle from dying, a
group Of farmers got together and
helped themselves to a carload Of
baled hay at Montevedio. e
The local Drouh Relief Agency
soon realized that they could not
stop the farmers. They mace the
best of it by making the proceed
ing of the farmers legal. The car
load of hay was assigned to the
farmers.
The following day in order to
avoid az other pro est demonsrra
ton of the farmers relief head
quarters assigned so carloads o.
hay to the county.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

May II demand,
"That the Central Relief Com
mittee pay cash to farmers ana
workers who are working for re-
lief. We need. the, cash as well
as the merchants who are receiv-
ing money for what they SELL
"We are selling our power TO
labor and we feel that we are
grossly disseminated against Il
we are not paid in, cash for this
article.
1--WE need money not Oily fol-
food and clothing, but cash is alse
greatly needed to buy feed for the
horses working on relief projects
ave also demand that the aget
people and widows receive ade-
quate relief"
"Signed:
"Grace MCGOWAN. Chairmal
Sadie Void, Secretary"
i Farmers around Raymond ar
| determined TO carry on a genera
campaign to the effect that Tn
demands of this resolution 0
granted. They are calling upo
other locals to pass similar ress
! iu'ions and to get active TO pus
them through.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

Brother Oscar also can take care
of another son Of Roy Collins.
Kenneth is also working on the
road, with four horses and makes
$40 a day. Not quite as much as
his father but anyhow about $3.50
per month is nothing to be shifted
at at times Ike these.
Responsible for those lovely con-
ditipns are the County Commission
ers who appointed Oscar Collins as
manager of the Unemployment of
ficer and who are letting him
handle this office in his own
graf ing way. Responsible is also
the Central Relief Committee,
which appointed Roy Collins as
keyman. Responsible for all this
grating, this fayoritism and dis
elimination is also everybody who
knows about it and not makes the
facts known to the public.
| Farmers at Raymond are under
taking steps to eradicate these con
ditions and they are expecting thu
help of farmers and workers in al
other communities Of the county
i Farmers and workers have
right to hear what the Count,
Commissioners and the Cen'rs
Relief Committee have to ga,
about this graft business and it
expected that these officials vii
come forward with a statemer
soon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
Provisional Committee Is Calling Upon Young Farmers
and Workers to Use Memorial Day for
Demonstration Against War
AT WILLISTON ON MAY 80
Protest the Plans of T. S. Government to Spend Billions
of Dollars for War Preparations; Demand
Relief Instead
By Effie KjOrstad

WILLISTON, N. d., May 3O.-Ths year will be the
fourth National Youth Day in the United States On that
dents will come out on demonstrations against the
tons for imperast and for the defense of the Soviet
Union.
During the first four months of this year the United
States has already planned to spend one and
hreequarter billions preparations. Last week the
War Department let out contract for 80 bombing planes
part of the plan to build 1900 apanes for the army They
have modified 100000 youth into the CCC camps to build
in them war psychology and at the time make them
basis that within few hours each factory can
start producing war materials.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
|PEONACE IS LEGAL
IN STATE OF UTAH
Youth Held Prisoner on
Farm a Years Without
Fl Any Wages

SALT LAKE CITY, May o.
That the peonage system was alb
solutely legal in the state of Utah
was admitted today by Com
missioner w. M. Knerr, when a
youth was found who had been
kept prisoner on a farm near here.
The farmer, Gustaf Schmidt, had
been arrested on charges of pos
sessing an unlicensed still and was
released under $500 bond. When
farm was searched officers found
Rolf Rhorbach, a German youth,
who had been held prisoner by
Schmidt for the last four years.
He kept the boy locked up at night
and when he escaped on several
occasions, Schmidt recaptured him
and beat him terribly. He had
never paid the boy any wages.
Schmidt admitted to officers hi
had beaten the youth, but that h
rad done it in "self defense" H
did rot deny that he never paid
any wages and that he kept him
locked up.
When officers asked the state in
dustrial commission to interced
for the boy, they were told tina
the law permits peonage and tn
.en,g s1ecourse of the boy would b
civil suit.
"a person can be kept in peor
age in this state and the only re
course he has is to the civil court
Commissioner Knerr said.
The youth is held by the sheriff
at Provo, awaiting possible depol
; tation to Germany.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
favoritism Is Practiced BY
Local Employment Office

PLENTYWOOD, May 1.-THE
worst favoritism and discrimina-
ton in the distribution of road
work and relief jobs is practiced
by the Unemployment Office and
the Central Relief Committee at.
Pelntywood, according to state
ments made by a number of Ray
mond farmers.
According to these reports Roy
Collins, well-tO-do farmer at
Raymond, is, allowed to have six
of his horses working On the road,
He is paid for them $1.O5 per hour
or 1918 per month. For the bothel
of harboring the road camp on his
grounds he receives $50 per
month. Collins is also the key
man for that district and for thai
"job" he gets $50 per month.
But of course, such an incom'
would hardly be enough to satisf!
/ the desires, of a highly privileged
/ family. One Of Collins boys, VIII
is staying on his fathers farm, !
also working on the road for ~
a month. This brings the incom
Of this family from road work an
the keyman position alone up t
$4S5s per month.
The neighbors Of the Collins ar
grumbling about this. They sa
that there are many families !
the community who need rslie
4 and who need work. These farm
/ ers are talking about discrimina
ton and favoritism.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
SHAME, A PICTURE YOU WON'T
LIKE TO MISS, FRIDAY, MAY Is

In week from today, on Fri
day, May Is, Russia's most extra
ordinary film, SHAME, will run in
the Orpheum theatre in Plenty
wood.
No one, neither friend nor enemy
can ignore what is happening in
the Soviet Union at a time when
the order of society in all other
countries shows plenty and strong
signs of decay. At a time when
the worlds richest country has too
much food and starvation, too
much Gotten and millions of peo-
pie. in rags, when most factories
that can produce all the necessities
are shut, down and II million peo-
pie are unemployed, at such a
tire many people are beginning to
see that something is wrong with
our present system and that, may
be, it has outlived its usefulness.
And when they are beginning 60
see or at least have started won
dering about what is really wrong
many will overcome their prejudice
and take look at something diff
ferent, "a ~rt 4.
How are things run in the coun-
try where different system is il
operation? How do people live
there? Are they happy ? J. Wha'
problems are they confronted
with?
These and many other questions
SHAME tries to answer. \
! SHAME shows Russians as the,
are and not as they ought tc be
SHAME shows how people unde
new order are solving their per
sonal problems, how they live an
J love.
IN the past Communists, and tn
Russians in particular. have bee
eccused Of "nationalizing women.
How the problems Of love arc
marriage are handled,in reality i
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

cause Unknown"
Not only did the C.C.C. and The
U. S. government refuse. to pay
for the funeral of the youth slair
by the C.C.C. foreman, but they
slsO refused the family Of tie
murdered youth any decent amount
Of COmpensa' ion.
The SIS of Yankowitz' $50 per
month wages" had gone to sup
port his parents. The families OF
ali C.C.C. youth are taken off re-
lief when their sons are sent to
camp. YarkOwitz was slain by a
CCC. foreman. His death certi-
cate read "cause (of death) I'M
hOwn," but had admitted that he
died Of fractured skull" and cerc-
bral hemoyrhage, duration ter
hours" He died after the C.C.C.
foreman, Satriana, had brutally
beaten him to the ground with
heavy blows about the head.
But the US. government, while
protecting Satriana, cut down the
compensation paid to Yankowitz
impoverished parents to IL cents
day for eight years. The lettel
Of the United States Employees
Compensation Commission. date
March. 10, 1884, to Abe Yanko-
TtS' father, Louis, states, "Re
tering to your claim FOR compen
adOn on account of the death o
your son, Abraham YankowitZ,
former member of the Civilia
Conservation Corps, West Gallati1
Montana, who was fatally injure
July ID, 1888, your claim has bee
approved and an award of $5.4
per month made to you as a d.
PENDENT parent for a period of
years, unless you die, marry, o
cease to be dependent prior to tt
expiration of that time"
&.65 A Month
This letter signed by w. R. Ca.
eenter, chief claim examiner, say
nat Abe Yankowitz was "fatall
INJURED" 1t does not say tina
@s injury" consisted Of Yank
WIZ being beaten to death by Il
VIC. foreman Satriana. The lie
'CG1tinued on last pagel
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
Weather Aids AAA as
Farmers Suffer Worst
DrOuth in Last Decade
Possibility of Famine Is Becoming Reality; Drouth
Relief Is Needed by Farmers; Little Showers
Insufficient

April average for the last ten
years.
In the Chicago area, C. A. DON
mel, official forecaster, sounded the
alarm. So far this year only
3.89 inches Of rain have fallen in
Chicago, 5.84 inches below normal.
Never before in 60 years of the
weather records have the first 8
days of May been rainless. For
the II months ending April 50,
there was only 1885 inches, COM
pared to 1854 inches in the cor
responding period a year earlier.
Sheriff Harry Crawford of Kane
county, ILL.,, reports that spawned
fish are dying in great numbers in
Fox river, IA inches below normal.
Wells were reported drying up in
Kane county and farmers were
hauling water for stock in spring
for the first time in their memory.
: Too Late Already
B. w. Snow, crop expert for d
commission house in this city said
moisture is needed to germina G
seeds and that meant that no mat
ter if rains do come now, crops
have been cut short.
"Crops are going backward at Z
critical stage" he said. "The pos
sibility of famine is now becom
}, ing a reality"
From Pierre, S. D. comes the
: report that "Drouth conditions ar
: worse than in 80 years. Re-cur
+ rent dust storms have stripes
: much of the fertility from field
e and a three-year dry spell has ex
hausted subsoil moisture. In som
e instances the winds Rave strippe
n crop land Of seeds. The maiorit,
t of farmers had no hay and had t
: get government loans. Water 70
o livestock is short"
IS Fear HOppers
: From Madison, Wis.-North
II western Wisconsin suffering sixt
STRAIGHT year Of small rainfall
Manv farmers are wi hout feed fc
e stock. A grasshopper scourage
le CONTINUED on pace 2l
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18
CASH RELIEF is DEMAND OF
RAYMONDU MEMBERS

MYMOND, May. 12.-The de-
.sOd for cash relief was strongly
Eced at a meeting Of the United
'S'merS League here today.
a. u the discussion farmers stated
"a ~ they could see no reason why
~ should get food orders for ac-
NJ. ~ work they were doing. They
a'eO out that the system of
w orders was benefitting only
s,' :" Of the merchants and thai
eu a great number Of business.
ia were demanding that cash b
sSS to all relief workers.
S,i many Of u.s." one farmer ex
are working on those re
IOOs with our horses. Thes,
~, 49, we can't feed with foo,
NE o's" We have no feed and tn
M AZ are starving. We demapl
" iOr the work we are doini
OrOer to provide for our fam
H. Is. we see fit and to Blu
for our horses"
ne y :. discussion finally culminat
IN the following resolution:
Resolution
ne We the members Of the Unite
se..; s.s League, assembled at
at Raymond, Mont, O
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

the Soviet Union, the picture
SHAME illustrates excellently.
In the past, and sometimes even
now, when people hear the word
Communist, they think of some
horrible creature with, knife in
his mouth and bombs in his pocket,
and with disgust they utter Reds
How human these reds are, that
they can sing and love and play,
that they can be happy, is shown
in SHAME.
The bourgeois critics are fun
of praise for SHAME! cit is their
ten best rolled, into one :. >" says
the New York Herald Tribune.
Finest Since Road to Life, says
the N. Y. World Telegram, o.,sss
II is not every week that such a
picture is shown In Sheridan copn-.
ty. Only once in a great while is
such an opportunity being offered.
Would you Ike to miss it?
MULE I4ldu OAAc C4lOuSdtu pCOp1C
saw "The Road to Life" a year.
ago. All, or to say the least, most
of them liked it very, much and
wouldn't have missed it for any
thing. Those who will see SHAME
win say the same thing, and. pec-
pie who don't see t will, regret it
when they hear about it.
Here is your chance, take adj
vantage of it. Buy your ticket
now. $50 'e aN.
On Friday, May Is, SHAME
! will run, at the Orpheum at Plenty
wood from 2 p. m probably until
midnight,eaeao bre as-s3 ,te-1
4 On Saturday, May 26, the, pic
ture will be shown at the Rex at
Sccbey,
On Monday and Tuesday. May
$3.50, at the Orpheum at Willis
tcn.ic 3Ggg 81 9sal@ 500
On Wednesday, MAY %, at che
i Lib rty theatre at FFoMli snm
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-18

At the same time the bankers
through their press, radios and
movies, spread war propaganda.
They say that we must be armed
so that no one will dare to attack
us. 1t is all an excuse with which
to cover the war plans,
May 80 has been. set aside by
them as a day of honoring the
dead of former wars. They try to
make it day of super-patriotism
and day when they can cry for
more war machinery and larger
armed forces with the story Of
protecting our fatherland.
We the youth of the United
States have no reason to go and
murder our fellow workers. I'm
perialist war is not in our inter
est. We want to change May 80
into a National day of solidarity
and mass action of the youth
against war.
1.-The young people must cry, "A
Halt to the War Plans the mani
festo calling for National Youth
Day states. The Youth Section Of
the American League Against WA
and Fascism, representing tens Of
thousands of young workers, anC
farmers and students, calls upoI
every young man and woman il
the country to act.
Do not allow May 80 to be uset
as a means Of spreading propa
ganda for a new imperialist war.
| Use this day to instill in ever,
young heart a hatred against tn
war plans of the imperialists, tn
J Continued on page q