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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
GETS RELIEF CUT
FOR WORKING TWO
MONTHS AT DAM
Expected to Live on $1.42
Per Month and Person

1t seems that the relief admin
stratlon is trying to cut relief
right and left for any reason and
for no reason at all. One can ex-
plain it only as pure arbitrariness
or maybe, it is the "rules" again.
Here is the story of Horace LAYER
dure that proves this contention
perfectly.
With his wife and five children
ii. Laverdure existed up at Com
ertown on $12 relief per month, he
tells. Because he had worked at
the Fort Peck dam early this sum-
mer for two months, his relief has
now teen cut down to $40 per
month, he explains and wonders
how to continue existence On this
stupendous income of SLAP per
month and person.
He had worked at Fort Peck for
90 cents an hour Is to 80 hours
per week, earning from $3.50 to
$15. For board he had to pay
$8.4O per week regardless whether
ne worked Is or 30 hours or not
at all. He came back to his family
by the end of July. And now, Just
because he had this work for two
months, his relief is cut and he
and his family are supposed to get
along on $40 for the rest of his
life.
This is his story as told to The
Producers News and looking for al
explanation of this gross discrimi.
nation, we find that Horace La
verdure is part Indian. This seem:
to be sufficient cause for the re
lief administration to trample upol
him and to discriminate against
him.
LaverduTe also tells that the
school board at Comertown refuse,
transportation for his children
apparently for the same reason
The county has now provided hir
with a house near Raymond wher
he can continue to exist if tn
Roosevelt government will let hin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
CCC YOUTH DEAD.
TEN ARE INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENTS

VALLEY CITY, N. D. Sept. 10.
Ten youths of the Civilian Con-
servation Corps were injured here
today when a big CCC truck loaded
with twenty of the boys from the
Valley City Camp crashed into a
light roadster and overturned at a
street intersection.
One youth of an Oregon CCC
camp had his head crushed last
week when the camp truck upon
which he was riding collided with
another machine. He died a few
hours later.
The death rate and the rate of
injuries is piling up tremendously
as more and more boys fall victim
to these accidents" At the same
time the capitalist press of the
country is speaking of "toughs and
alley cats" who are being expelled
from CCC camp at Hood River,
Oregon after "ganging up" on
Capt. Boender. The boys resent
this and charge that Boender and
Sheriff Edick are trying to "cover
up"
Boender, a highly unpopular
camp dictator, had fired boy who
was found asleep on the job. Two
of the boys friends asked permits
sion to see him off at the station
and were refused. When one of
them jumped on the truck that was
! taking the fired boy to town Boen-
der pulled him off and slugged him.
The boy hit back.
This brought the dissatisfaction
in the camp to focus and when
what the boys described a lousy
breakfast was served next morning
some of the boys refused to go tx
work. The captain called the sher
iff and 81 were sent home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
AAA OFFICIALS WILL
CUT RELIEF OF ALL
WHOVOTE WRONG
By a Farm Correspondent

OACOMA, S. Dak-Along the
fascist road which the government
administration is travelling with
its AAA, MIRA and kindred new
Matched eaglets, many Hitlers and
would-be Hitlers bloom.
Even out here, where it is so dry
that the cactus can hardly live
and the grasshoppers starve to
death, we have them.
/ and a few others of my poor
fellow farmer neighbors exercised
our constitutional right to sign a
petition for some independent can
didates. Forthwith little A.A.A.
official (oh yes, they say he pulls
down about 800 per month for be-
ing what he is) started to run
around the neighborhood, threaten
ing our line of relief, which as it
is is barely sufficient to keep US
and our families in existence.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13

specified sum for every head Of
cannon fodder they were able to
Another meeting is being held at
Dagmar, Sept. 13, about which the
Producers News will report next
week.
For next week, three more meet
ings have been arranged at Ante
lope, at the Sons of Norway Hall,
on Monday Sept. II, at Reserve on
Tuesday, Sept. 10 and at Raymond,
Wednesday, Sept. 10. Including
these three last meetings, ten meet
ings all together will have been
held and Rev. Larsen as well as
Elmer Duus will have spoken in
practically every part of the coun-
ty.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
new COURT HOUSE
Is ELECTION TALK
By Hans Rasmussen

Whenever certain people run out
of something to talk about, es--
pecially during election time there
is the new courthouse to fall back
on. Talking about it probably will
not do any good, but it fills in an
empty space and sounds good just
before election as promise Of en-
ployment.
With screaming headlines the
Plentywood Herald brought up the
subject again last week in a. may
be-so-way." Taking up subjects of
vital interest to the people is some
hing in which the Herald is NOT
interested. Talking courthouse is
safe subject, nobody's feelings
are going to be hurt by discussing
it. But you never heard the Herald
mention the more than 1900 fam
lilies on relief and what should be
done to better their condition. That
we have 284 school children in the
county suffering from malnutritioT
while fresh meat and fruit is be.
ing destroyed, is something the
Herald does not care about.
That there is an overwhelming
sentiment in the county for casl
relief. is also something the Her
aid knows but does not publish.
When the Cash Relief petition,
signed by 122 businessmen and Or,
s0-eio--lr ~ +he corrty. was pre
scented to the Herald, the Heralt
refused to sign it; giving as an ex
cuse that it might not be agree
able with some of their big ad
vertisers that it might hurt thei
feelings. "Puss" Hoist, living of
the advertising he gets from the
Reminder, took the same stand.
These people are not concerned
! Continued on page A.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13

Rev. Marius Larsen was again
the main speaker and people lis
tened to him attentively and with
great sincerity. From the source
of his rich experience and knowl-
edge of facts Rev. Larsen who had
spoken already in six meetings in
different parts of the county, made
it possible to vary his talk to such
an extent that 1t appeared entirely
new. This time he gave sufficient
proof of the INTERPRETATION of the
different munition firms all over
the world. He gave examples to
show that they sold their war ma
terials to friends and enemies, his
statements showed that French
arms manufacturers owned shares
of German ammunition concerns
and visa versa etc.
eft was in the mutual interests
Of these death manufacturers to
keep the war going at full speed
to the complete exhaustion of all
the peoples" said Larsen.
Elmer Duus, the second speaker
pointed out what can be done to
stop another war that is being
threatened. He showed that this
was one of the objects of the Sec
ond U. S. Congress Against War
and Fascism and that therefore
this Congress deserved and must
have the support of every man
and woman who is opposed to war
Briefly and clearly Duus ex-
, planned the advancing dangers Of
fascism and showed the necessity
for building a strong united front
against it.
! Mrs. Anna Lutnes outlined mum
> erous reasons why in particular
women should be opposed to wa.
and fight against it. Thousand
and thousands of schools are close,
in this. the highest country" sh
said "we must demand that all tn
: money spent for war preparation
! be used for educational purposes.
The meeting, which was preside,
over by Mrs. George Rebo, en-
. dorsed Einer Duus as the deIegat
for the Chicago Congress.
Twelve more people signed VI
at the meeting at Westby on Tues
day to fight war and fascism in a
: organized way. A crowd of abou
; so was present to hear the speal
ers, Rev. Larsen and Elmer Duu
u The meeting which like all pre-
vious meetings was called by tn
e Women's Anti-War League, Wa
u conducted by Mrs. Anna Lutnes {
= Raymond.
n In the discussion Mrs. Hans Ha
dersen brought out the interestir
statement that during the last W.
ot the postmasters were used as r
cruiting agencies and received
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
COOP
TO OPEN GAMBLE
STORE AT RESERVE

The Farmers Cooperative Assn.
has made arrangements to carry a
full line of Gamble goods in con-
nection with its Implement Agency
at Reserve.
The popular implement manager
of the Association, Soren Rung-
borg, will also be in charge OF the
Gamble Store, which will open in
the implement building as soon as
the necessary fixtures have been
set up.
The Implement, and now the
Gamble Store, are subsidiaries Oh
the Farmers Store at Dagmar.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13

ChaS. Strubeck, PlentywOod
who had been announced as
the candidate for county sur
veyor. was in the Producers
News office the other day
.fatilg They are crazy, if
fhey think I'm running on
their ticket"
Never Promised
81 was approached to run about
SIX weeks ago." Strubeck said "but
never told them it was alright
With me" 81 am not going to
nm on that tickle" ne emphasized.
As candidate for county super
iutendtnt of schools, Sarah Rich
vine. of Medicine Lake, was Off
e;alIy announced at the convention.
The Producers News received a
letter on Wednesday signed Sanah
Richwine, that stat ed: 81 am not a
candidate for that office and would
like if you would inform your
readers Of that mistake"
Maybe it was a mistake. Most
likely Miss Richwine has never
been asked whether she would ac-
eept such a candidacy. But that
i the method of the promoters of
this political enterprise, a method
they have used in previous under
tskings. Unfortunately for them,
this time it does not seem to work
right.
This new party" is appearing
more and more in a rather comical
light. The first incident of this
nature occurred right at the econ
yentiOn" when the top candidate of
The UNITED Front Political Party"
SoDhus Morstad for Senator, de
handed rather harshly that his
name be taken off the list at once.
His name had then just been pro-
claimed.
The Producers News has prophe-
sled that exactly this was going to
happen and now we are not at all
convinced that this is the end. We
believe that there are still more
candidates who will soon find out
the real purpose of this fake par
u and who will then say, "No
thank you" Of course, we are
not referring to the candidates fol
county commissioner.
Some farmers here the other day
suggested that the promoters Of
the new party" insert a want aC
into the Plentywood Herald tt
complete the slate again. "WanteC
Three new candidates to run fol
office this fall, loudspeakers pre-
tened," was the suggestion.
This Of course, is rather baC
irony, and the Producers New
hopes that some better way will b
found yet to build up the tickle
again and keep it together. Other
wise the people in Sheridan coun
" would be deprived of some yer.
healthy laughs.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
FRESH MEAT IS REFUSED AS
BIG CATTLE SHIPMENTS LEAVE

are working is shown by the fact
that while thirty carloads of gov
eminent cattle are being shipped
out of Medicine Lake, five carloads
of government cattle are shipped
from Brockton, Mont, into Medi-
cine Lake and distributed among
the Indians. Apparently for no
other reason than to give the rail-
road a subsidy for perfectly useless
hauling.
We like to see the Indians get
plenty of meat, but what about the
rest Of us2
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
WATER MELON is PAY
OF COTTON PICKERS
By a SharecrOpper Core
spOndent

GREENVILLE, Miss. - Al
saltwater, Miss, there Is a
boss named Swim, who hires
Poor Negro farmers to pick
cotton for watermelOns. They
pick five bales Of cotton for
watermelon and he doesn't give
them any food to live on.
These Negroes ara IN a bad
condition.
II these poor farmers don't
organize and fight against the
boss. they will starve to death.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
LANDLORD AND STORE
ROB FARM LABORERS
IN NORTH CAROLINA
BY a SharecrOpper Core
spOndent

ST. PAULS, N. C.-In this cot
ton and tobacco section it's hell
everywhere for the wage slave on
the farms. Sixty cents or 70 cents
per day and from 10 to Ia hours
per day is the way they work, and
then in most cases they have to
take an order to some high priced
grocery man-which still reduces
you days work by 10 cents to 25
cents.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
BURNING LINER IS
USED TO ISLANDER
COMMUNIST PARTY
Shipping Interests in Vicious Attempt Have Party Out
lawed and to Escape Responsibility Blame
Communists for Fire
l37 PEOPLE KILLED
Story of New York Fireman Shows Criminal Neglect on
Part OF Officers, Feeble Attempts to Fight Fire;
SOS Sent Two Hours Late

NEW YORK, Sept. 9-In an effort to thoroughly dis
credit the Communist Party and if possible to outlaw it. the
IRE that destroyed the pleasure steamer MORO Castle eight
OH the Jersey coast yesterday and that cost the lives
OF 15| men, women and children is blamed on the res and
20 and the capitalist hoerng this charge
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
II PicketS Killed
AS Strike Spreads
Seven Murdered in the Caroinas, 3 in Georgia, 2 in
Rhode Island by Police and Troops; Pres
Board Abandoned Efforts

Textile strikers murdered by the dozens as the efforts
of the bosses and the various agencies increase
to smash the tremendous strike that now sweeping the
country and is steadily growing in size and intensity.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
Two More Candidates Of
Fake Party Definitely
Refuse to Run on Slate
pafsal of Candidates for School Superintendent and
County Surveyor Does Not Come as Surprise
More Expected

The new United Front Political Party" launched by
uyenon of eight week ago last Saturday. seems to be
having quite difficulties with its ticket Two more
Candidates named at the mass convention vigorously de-
sine to have anything to do with the ticket
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-09-13
rs Sign to Fight
War and Fascisn1
Meeting at Comertown Attended by 15O Westby has
Audience of so; Three More Meetings Arranged
at Antelope, Reserve, Raymond

About $50 people attended the anwar meeting at Com
ertown last Monday 25 of which sgned through their sig
nature that they would be active in organized struggle
against War and Fascism
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
ALUMINIUM TO FOLLOW ,po,,

Mankind has progressed tbrono,
the Stone and Bronze ages and
now at the end of the Iron 400 a. ~
cording to Prof. Colin Funk Of C a"
umbia university. There is mo o.'
aluminium than iron In the earth, e
crust, he says, and aluminium =,
lighter and can be made inst %
strong as steel for most purposns 80
Railroads, he predicts. win Iighto
their equipment by using this matoi
and speed up trains to 100 miles on
hour to compete with the grown
air traffic. Transatlantic boats wis
also be much lighter and onerata o.
higher speeds, while buildings will
do away with heavy walls and ba
constructed almost entirely of glass
and light metal. He predicts tbot
We will be well into the new age in
another ten years.-Pathfnder Mo-
azine.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
Eruptions on
Scalp ltched
and Burned
Healed by Cuticura

"My sisters skin became itchy
and, before long, sore eruptions be-
gan to appear on her face and scalp.
They were red and soon began to
weep. We thought she would have
to have her hair cut and be bald.
Her scalp itched and burned, caus-
ing her to irritate it by scratching.
"She began to use Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. The first week the
eruptions became fewer and in two
weeks she was healed and no sign
Of her trouble can be SEEN" (Signed)
Mrs. Emma Youska, 706 Monterey
St., McKeesport, Pa, April Il, 1854.
Soap 25c. Ointment Csc and QUO.
Talcum 25c. Sold everywhere. Pro-
prietors: Potter Drug & Chemical
Corp, Maiden, Mass.-Adv.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

The irrigation districts engineer re-
ported to Babson that before the first
of April Lake Babson would be filled
to the top of its fiood-gates. Babson
was jubilant. Under his urging, pro-
mulgated in the Forlorn Valley Citizen.
thousands Of acres Of land had been
prepared for alfalfa the preceding fall.
They had been seeded just prior to
the first rains. and succeeding rains at
brief intervals had kept the new crops
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

New York's Supreme court, Appel
late division, decides that it is not
necessary to be able to read or write
in order to vote, sound decision. Abra-
ham Lincoln's mother couldn't read.
She would have voted wisely. Shake
speare's mother probably couldn't read,
his wife and daughter certainly could
not
More important, the ballot is given
to the ordinary citizen not to let him
show how learned a person he is, but
to let him put dishonest rascals and
incompetent geese out of office.
1t isn't necessary to know how to
read or write in order to know that
you have been badly governed and are
hard up.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

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just apply at bedtime;
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
The Steamship Fire
No Shooting Santa Claus
You Need Not Read
Billions and Billions

officers of the Moro Castle suggest
that "reds" set fire to the ship. Per-
haps they did, "reds" are VIGOROUSLY
wicked. On the other hand, reds"
might be a convenient and profitable
excuse.
Havana reports 26 Cubans arrested
for plotting to destroy the life of Mr..
Caffery, United States ambassador to
Cuba. OF course, they were reds"
This seems to be the reds" busy
season.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
Whitens, Clears The
Skin Quickest Wav

No matter how dull and dark vour
complexion; no matter how freckled and
coarsened by sun and wind, Nadinola
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

A distinguished gentleman, former
cabinet m Der, asked what he
thought about this falls elections, re-
piled. "As you know well, you can't
shoot Santa Claus" meaning that Pres
ident Roosevelt is the national Santa
Claus.
Names election indicates that "shots"
aimed at Santa Claus" will be few for
the present. The Republican state of
Maine reelected a Democratic gov
ernor and also went wet by big vote.
And Maine was the first dry state
with prohibition law passed so years
ago, in 1854.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
Ito be continued.)
lake. Table of Elephant. Ear

Makes Table of Elephants Ear
An African explorer has a table
made from the ear Of an elephant.
The ear measured more than six feet
in length and the elephant tusks form
the legs of the table.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

The government will refund one
thousand seven hundred and seventy
four million dollars worth of govern
ment debts, and rejoices that it will
pay only 3H per cent interest. Why
issue more fiat bonds when plain fiat
money would be exactly as good?
Neither is worth more than the paper
1t is printed on, except for the govern
ment's signature.
During the IL years for which the
new government debt obligations will
run taxpayers will have to pay in in
terest unnecessarily 1892, 151,915. or.
compounding the interest, 1888, ,361.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

But, when you read about wicked
reds" setting fire to the Moro Castle
for the pleasure Of burning people,
remember that while nothing may be
too wicked for wicked reds" it is also
the fact that owners of the Moro
Castle would be free from all damage
suits If it could be proved that the
ship was set on fire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

Furthermore, the government will
have to refinance this year altogether
$500, 0S6, 400 of Indebtedness and will
presumably issue fat bonds bearing at
least 81 per cent interest. This fool
ishness will cost United States taxpay-
ers in the II years following the issue
$2,09S, 943 ,696. Two thousand ninety
three million dollars!
Why insist on issuing fat bonds
when you can just as well issue fat
money?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20
Problem

Prehistoric man was furry. Did
clothes wear off the fur?
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1934-09-20

The mother of Thomas J. Mooney,
sentenced to life Imprisonment in San
Quentin prison, but to be released If
Upton Sinclair is elected governor, died
recently. Now 1t is proposed to take
her body, embalmed, of course, out to
San Quentin prison, that her son may
look once more upon her face. The
warden does not think he can permit
such a thing" He ought to permit 1t.
On Long Island the mother of three
children took poison, as many mothers
do, unfortunately. This suicide was
unusual because the mother, after TAX
ing poison, stood on her front porch
screaming that she was sorry she had
taken 1t. It was too late. She was
dead when her husband arrived.
Matthew Woll, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, consid-
cred by those that ordinarily think lit
tie Of labor leaders, IAN absolutely hon.
est and very able man." says capital
and labor should join to control the
reds. They might buy a mouse trap,
pay In ffty-ffty. but after they got
the red mouse In the trap it would go
on squealipg about the prisoners of
starvation.
That little mouse has not had SO
much fun before in all its life, or at
least not since Lenin died.
Greeley said, go West, young man."
Wall Street young men and old are
going north to Toronto, where they
find new gold rush most profitable.
1t is not rush to reach remote mines,
only q rush to the Toronto Stock ex-
change, where new gold and silver
stocks are pouring out every minute
AID "Wall Street houses" disgusted
with their own cold, cruel country. are
opening branch offices rapidly.
Discovery of the fact that Germany
Is secretly having submarines built in
foreign countries, the kind that would
sink French and English merchant
ships and warships very nicely, dis
pleases the French and British. nat
urally.
Q. King Features Syndicate, Inc.
WNU Service.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

Ponzi's farewell. The notori-
ous get-rich-quick swim d Ter.
Charles Ponzi, sailing from Bos-
ton on his deportation ticket"
for Italy after serving a lengthy
prison term. Wide World Pnoeos.
Evening star., 1934-10-14

lust before it reached the
peak. The photographer
timed this fine view of the
Washington Monument in
its web Of steel to show
some Of the white shaft
emerging clear. The scat
folding has since reached
thA fon @ Horydczak.