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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
LETTER RECEIVED BY SHERIDAN
COUNTY FARMER DESCRIBES LIFE
I'm SOVIET TRACTOR FACTORY
Moscow Workers Send Greetings; Kolhoz Farmers Want
to Know About Life of Farmer Class
In America

The following letter was re-
ceiVed by a Raymond farmer a
short time ago. We are glad to
print it since it gives first hand
information and answers some Of
the questions farmers and work
ers have asked US regarding liv-
ing and working conditions in |
the Soviet Union. We hope that
a regular correspondence be-
tween Montana farmers and
Russian peasants or KOlhOz
workers viii DEVELOPED.
How-do-you-do, Dear Comrade:
Thank you for your letter. We
read it at one of our meetings.
and we decided that we would
write you about our life and our
work and ask you to write US
about yours.
We are young workers at the
factory Sharikopondshipnik, and
we send all of you our brotherly
greetings. During the short time
that our factor has been in exist
ence we have been able to develop
production in our plant to the
point that we now manufacture all
the bearings for the tractor indus
try that we once bought abroad.
Work Seven Hours
The greater number of the work
men at our factory are young peo-
pie. We work in a clean, and well
lighted room. Our working day is
seven hours At four o'clock we
go to take dinner in the Factory
Kitchen which is located right near
our factory. For seventy or eighty
kopecks we can get a very good
three course dinner. We can also
take luncheon and supper in Oul
restaurant if we wish. We have
an evening cafe too nearby, wher'
the workers and their families cal
go in the evening for bite to ea'
"a glass of coffee with pastry o.
cakes. In this way the time cal
be passed in a very social fashion
All Training Is Free
We receive different salaries
from 200 to $50 to 800 to 80
rubles. After our work we go t.
study. All training is free OF
charge, and everyone may choos
to study what most interests hin
One may study in the Technical
Courses in order to raise his quall
fications as a worker; another VIII
wishes to become an enginee
studies in the University; and sti
again there are foreign language
courses which are we'll attended
The question of studying occupie
a good deal of our thoughts. an
only the lazy do not study.
Women on Equal Footing
Many women both work an
study in the USSR. You migl
say that the women work an
study on an equal footing with an
right alongside the men. If WI
man happens to have a child 81
may leave it in the Day Nurser
in experienced hands while she
at work; there are also play
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

grounds and schools for older chill
dren.
There, children are not only
taught, but they are taken for ex-
ercise as well, and fed too.
Near our factory there Is
medical clinic where doctors at
tend the workers, who of course
receive all medical attention free
of charge. Pregnant women re-
ceive a leave of absence from their
work for four months at the time
of birth of their child. with full
pay during the four months and
their job waiting for them when
they are ready to return to work.
Vacation With Pay
In the summertime we spend a
months vacation either at Rest
Home or in a Sanitarium. We are
given our vacations on full pay,
and those workers who receive
less salary have the entire expense
of their vacation provided them;
our shock workers and students re-
ceive their railroad fare free OF
charge.
Peasants on Vacation
You have undoubtedly heard Of
our marvellous harvest, and how
well our Kolhoz workers worked
Try to imagine that these same
peasants before the revolution
were slaves without rights, anC
they never saw a bright day in
their lives, whereas now after thu
summers work in the Kolhoz i
over the Kolhoz worker can spent
a month in the Crimea OF the eau
casus free of charge. where he
lives in the palaces and villa
where formerly lived the Tsars an
landlords and capitalists.
We work faithfully with grea
affection for the work we must d.
! We love our machines and we ten
them carefully. We study becaus
we know that the more qualified
worker is then may he hope tt
L hold more of a place in the worlC
We want to work on ourselves, t
I: become more valuable for our gov
U eminent, because we realize ths
o the richer we are as individual
ard the better we do our worl
e the richer our country will be. An
|. when our country is richer thel
will be better, more beautifl
: houses for the workers to live il
o there will be more schools an
T courhes, more factories and mills
Il all this will be for those who wo1
: to help build a classics Socialii
!. society.
s ask you, dear Comrade,
d write me about your life; it is
particular interest to US to mo
how your farmer class lives. KC
ID hoz workers often come to US al
1t ask US to help them get in tou,
d with the peasants and farme
ID abroad. We wait your answer.
D Your friend,
le C. Slezunger.
y NY address: USSR, Moscow
Ii Arbat 2 Starokonyoushenny No.
: Apt. 8.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
County Convention Endorses
Serial Insurance Rill

MINNEAPOLIS, March lathe Hen
nipin County Farmer Labor Convention
which met March IL endorsed the Work
ers Unemployment Insurance Bill No. 1898
as introduced in the United States Con-
greSs The Convention instructed its state
and national representatives to support the
bill
The only dissenting voice was a tele-
gram from William Green, president of the
A. F. of L., urging the convention not to
support the bill as it would be "unconstitu-
tiOnal."
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Dynamite Blast in Salvador
Kills $50

SAN SALVADOR, Ell Salvador Mo-,
16.-About 160 people were killed wb 1ao'C "a
explosion of dynamite almost destroy IreH !. an
port of La Libertad today. VI @e
The dynamite was being unloadod g..
a ship. 1t caught fire in a cellar and i' U
ploded. The cause of the explosion ba. ea-
yet not been definitely ascertained i va q
ers who did the unloading were virtnSSs
unaware of the nature of the cargo t5S,
were handling. o. ''ey
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
German Goods
Unstable

NEW -Gimbel Bros. Depart
ment store has announced that they have
discontinued buying German goods and
that their Berlin office has been used only
for contact and observation purposes"
The action follows that of Best and Co.
Macays Bloomingdales and Hearns depart
ment stores who have announced that they
are unable to sell any German goods ex-
cept those it is impossible to obtain else
where, because of tremendous customer
resistance"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Communist Convention
April 2

NEW YORK.-The Communist Party
u. S. A will have it's 9Th national conven-
ton in Cleveland, Ohio, beginning April e.
A convention of the Communist Party
is political event that should get the at
tention of every worker and farmer. All
problems facing the American workingclass
in their struggle against capitalism will be
discussed at the Convention. Earl Brow
der, General Secretary of the party, will
give the keynote speech.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
French Veterans Turn

French Veterans Turn
Fascist
PARIS, March 11.-Many t thOusS \
members of the Croix de Feu lCi Votiou
Fire), the French veterans orgaI,is .asUa
which figured largely in the political s .trss@i
of the last month and in the FaTl S,astnF
fighting on Feb. 6, held an annual I FsscisI
today in Paris where detmtey
principles were outlined. .,ros 10
The veterans pledged thenlSeSH scsus
fight Communism and this pledge U srs
their first "Article of Faith. lnT paris.
demanding corporate state ana
ment of experts.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

t See the Cities from the skyscrap-
ers, Beaufort Hotel 112 3rd Street
South, opposite Federal Building
Minneapolis, 75c, 81, $3.50 per day.
Parking next door.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

by Nickel Co.

Dy IVFLEACd GU
NEW YORK.-Gigantic profits are
reported by the International Nickel Co.,
Of C.rlada ]. P. Morgan company and
the chief world source of nickel. an essen
tial ingredient of all ornaments. The COM
pany'S net profit for 1888 was $9,662,583,
compared with net loss of S133, 344 in 1882.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Rich Gold Area Found in the
Soviet Union

SOVIGt OnIOu
MOSCOW, March 12.-According to
reports of Walter Duranty, correspondents
for the New York Times, Russian explor-
ers have discovered rich new veins of gold
and silver in the Pamir Mountains. A road
leading to the mountains is now reaching
completion and will permit the area to be
commercially exploited this summer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Lloyd's Takes no Bets

A1OJA . ONOS AAO DGSS
for Peace
LONDON, March 13.-UoydS, the In
surance company, will take no bets against
a European war within the next five years
The imminence Of war has brought many
applications for insurance against 1t G
businessmen whose trade would be al
fected. -.
Lloyd's is issuing policies at 100 to AZ
against European war within two yeas
and at 100 to Z against such war WlIlln
one year.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Tear Gas, Clubs, Used on
PicIkets In Racine

RACINE, Wis.-Tear gas bombs and
clubs were used by police to smash picket
line of 500 around the J. l. Case Company
plant The workers here have been on
strike for several weeks, demanding union
recognition and wage increases. Among
those severely injured was Ernest Siewait
81 years old.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Car Turns Thrice

Car IWTmB IHIICd
WILLISTON. N D., March q.
Another automobile accident that
also happened last NIGHT between
Culbertson and Bainville. involved
two more Medicine Lake residents
The car in which Francis Dolin
and Dick Verling were drivirt for
come reason TUNED over three
times. Both mer had TO be brought
to TO hospital AT Williston.
"Details are still missing.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23
Japanese Prepare Civilian

Air Defense thelS'
TOKYO, March 12.-Based Of bHl i
sons of last years air maneuy yer ,orcanss
being prepared providing for tns = pTrOtet
ton and training of civilians "
themselves against air attacks; mover
Methods of guarding elec.ii vits ser
stations, water ways and otne .,,o,,s build
vices win be organized. ConsplcIiv ~ Guns
ings win be provided with arltl-Sn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

Preparing
HAMBURG.-An new commercial agreT
ment regulating the export of Chilean u
trates and saltpeter to Germany has gs -
concluded between the German and CnIs,1I
governments. The new terms provide uis
Germany will pay three times the pi~
which saltpeter, considered Of utmost u
portance for the production Of war eAp"
sives, brings on the world market.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

EaEssIssEs:IssEssIssEssIsasEsl
HAVE YOUR Brickworlx, Stucco and
plastering done by Hans Rasmus-
sen.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

FOR SALE-Trebi barley, free
from wild oats, SOC per bushel.
Ivn Ibsen, Reserve, Mont. 513p
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-03-23

FOR SALE-Potatoes, 60 bu. at
81 per bushel. Nels Ekstedt,
Raymond. 5C-2tp.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
by ZANE GREY
copyrisht.-wNu Service.

"If you was so alfred certain of tibet,
why'd you tip him Off"
II never shoot man just because
the chance OFFERS" rejoined Jim coldly.
There was subtle intimation in
this, probably not lost upon Slocum.
The greatest of gunner were quiet.
soft-spoken, sober individuals who
never sought quarrels. Jim knew that
his reply would make an enemy, even
IL Slocum were not instinctively one on
sight. Respect could scarcely be felt
by men like Slocum. Like a weasel he
shifted around Jim.
"You don't, eh?" he queried. "Wal.
you strike me unfavorable."
Thanks for being honest, If not
complimentary" returned Jim.
Hays swore at his lieutenant: "Un-
favorable. huh? Now why do you have
to pop up with dislike for him?"
II didn't say it was dislike. Just
unfavorable. No offense meant"
Smoky" said Hays, II won't have
no grudges in this outfit I've got the
biggest deal on I ever worked out.
There's got to be harmony among us.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
CALLS FOR MEN
OF HEROIC MOLD
Lightship Service No Place
for Craven.

Despite the antiquity of the light
ship service, few inhabitants OF the
United States are aware of the value
and danger of the work performed
by it's personnel. Only the occa-
sional hurricane sweeping freakish-
ly In from the sea is sufficient to
bring it momentarily into the public
eye. George III. Engeman writes in
the Baltimore Sun.
Following In the wake of a recent
storm of this type have come many
tales of the havoc 1t wrought and
the bravery it revealed. Among
these must be recorded the feat of
the crew of the Diamond Shoals
lightship, standing watch off Cape
Hatteras, probably the most ex-
posed post on the Atlantic coast.
They had the unusual experience of
being blown, ship, heavy anchor and
all, on the dreaded shoals as the
first phase of the hurricane exhaust
ed itself. Then came a lull and
they made their way TO safety be-
fore the second and more destruc-
tive period set in.
At such times of stress arrive the
crucial moments in every lightship-
mans career. Other water-bOrne
vessels, needing the ancient warn
ings, scurry for the nearest harbor;
ships many times the lightship's size
change courses hurriedly when
warned of the hurricanes imminent
arrival and steam hundreds of ex-
pensive miles out of their courses
TO avoid the fury of the wind. But
to lightships no such ways of safety
are open. 1t is their duty to warn
shipping away from the dangerous
stretches of the coast line.
AS the storm increases the danger
which these rocks and shoals repre-
sent becomes increasingly greater.
1t Is at the height of the storm that
the lightship's warning is needed
most. So it must stand by in the
fury of the gale, doggedly hanging
on to its moOring. anchored on the
brink of disaster. In from the sea
sweeps the storm and the lightship
swings desperately to it. Astern, to-
ward the land. perhaps only a few
hundred yards away, the great noun
tains Of waves suddenly are broken
up into white and violet foam-the
work of the ever-present shoal over
which the lightship stands watch.
Many a lightship with its crew has
been lost on the rocks it has been
assigned to guard.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

But Smoky bobbin' up again my new
man-thet's serious. Now let's lay the
cards on the table. Jim, do you
want to declare yourself?"
'Tm willing to answer questions
unless they get nasty" replied Jim,
frankly.
"You got run out of Wyomin'?"
"No. But if I'd stayed on I'd prob
ably stretched hemp"
Hold up stage or somebody"
"No. Once helped hold up a bank.
That was years ago."
Bank robber! You're out of our
class, jim"
Hardly that. 1t was my first and
only crack at bank. Two of US got
away. Then we held up a train-blew
open the safe in the express car"
"Smoky. call it square of WALL"
spoke up Hays. "He shore didn't need
to come clean as thet."
Its all right" agreed Slocum, as If
forced to fair judgment.
Hays pumped off the porch rail.
"Now, fellers, we can get to work.
Herrick puts lot Of things up to me,
an amt no cattleman. Jim. do you
know the cattle gamer"
"From A to H." smiled Wall.
SAY. but I'm in luck. Well run the
ranch now"
"WhatIl l do, Hank?" asked jim
"Wal, you look the whole diggin's
over"
Jim lost no time in complying with
his first order from the superin-
tendent Of Star ranch. What mon
strous and incredible hoax was being
perpetrated upon some foreigner!
Evidently there had been ranchers
here in this valley before Herrick. Old
log cabins and corrals adjoining the
new ones attested to this.
Jim passed cowboys with only a
word or a nod He talked with an old
man who said he had owned home
stead across the valley, one Of those
| Herrick had gathered in.
Jim cleaned information from this
rancher. Herrick had bought out all
| the cattle men in the valley, and on
round the foothill line to Limestone
| Springs, where the big X Bar outfit
began. Riders for these small ranches
had gone to work for Herrick. He
was told that Heeseman, with ten
men, was out on the range.
Presently Jim encountered Hays, &C.
companied by a tall, ioridly blond
man, CARRIED as no westerner had ever
been. This, of course, must be the
| Englishman. He was young, hardly
over thirty, and handsome in fleshy
| way.
"Mr. Herrick, this is my new hand
was tellin' you about" announced
Hays, glibly. "Jim Wall, late OF
Wyomin'. +. Jim, meet the boss"
"How do you do, Mr.. WALL" returned
Herrick. 81 understand you've had
wide experience on ranches?"
'Yes, sir. I've been riding the range
since / was boy" replied Jim.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Details of Historic Relic in France
Are Revealed; Passport for Louis XVII

Details of a curious historic relic
are given by NJ. Leon Defoux in the
"Mercure de France" 1t is a pass
port which was made out In the name
of Louis XVII by the "Chouans" aft
er the execution of Louis XVI, writes
the Paris correspondent Of the London
Daily Telegraph.
"Chouans" was the name given to
the Royalist peasants of Maine, Brit
tany and Normandy who revolted
against the First Republic. Their lead
er, Jean Cottereau, went out only at
night and made a noise like an owl to
assemble his men. They were there
fore called "Chats- haunts," or owls,
but the name became modified to
"Chouans." The text of the passport
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

In the official records is:
'We the commanders of the Catholic
and Royal armies, have granted the
present Passport to Mercial Char
bonnie, Of Lannal, in Normandy, pris-
oner Of war, having been sent away
after having had his hair cut in the
locality of who has promised
and sworn on his honour and oath new
er to take up or carry arms against
his Most Christion Majesty, Louis
XVII, whom he recognises as Sole
Sovereign, nor against the Catholic,
Apostolic and Roman Religion. Grant
ed at 49, General headquarters
Of Anjou. this twenty day Of
the month of June of 1898, the first
year Of the reign of Louis XVII"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
No Perfect Vacuum

Completely empty space probably
does not exist anywhere in the uni
verse, according to studies made at
Mt. Wilson observatory. The e
studies showed that the region be-
tween the stars is an excellent but
not perfect vacuum, there is about
one atom of matter in every cubic
inch of space. A single drop of water,
containing about one thousand bill
lion atoms, would furnish enough
matter to fill three and three quarter
million cubic miles of space to that
density.-Literary Digest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

carpenter accused OF
extortion in connection
with the Lindbergh
baby kidnapping. Col
onel and Mrs. Lind
bergh flew from Los
Angeles to give their
testimony. The au-
thorities considered
they had an ironclad
case against the SIS
pect, who was arrest
ed after he had passed
a ten dollar note that
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
ROBBERS ROOST
SYNOPSIS

Jim Wall, young cowpuncher from
Wyoming, in the early days OF the cat
tie industry. seeks a new field In Utah.
He meets Hank Hays. who admits be-
ing a robber. and tells Wall he Is
working for an Englishman, Herrick.
who has located a big ranch in the
mountains. Herrick has employed
small army of gun-fghters. and Hays
and others are plotting to steal their
employers cattle and money. Wall
saves Hanks life by bluffing a gambler
out OF shooting. With Hays and two
other rustlers, Happy Jack and Lin
coin, Jim Wall goes to Herrick's ranch.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Giant Camera

The United States coast and geo.
detic survey has completed giant
camera weighing IA tons and capa-
BILE of taking picture 80 by 30
inches in size, in reproducing the
nations nautical charts and air.
way maps.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

AFTER ne naQ re-
celved and approved
the report of the spe-
clal mediation board
headed by Gov. John
G. Winant Of New
Hampshire brought to
an end the bitter
struggle that had cost
Ia lives and millions
of dollars. The union
leaders ordered the
strikers to return to
the mills, and all the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
The Nutria

The nutria Is South American
animal In size 1t is between the
muskrat and beaver and somewhat re-
sembles both animals. At one time the
pelts of these animals were In great
demand at good prices.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Hiph Prehistoric Culture

Evidence of high prehistoric culture
has been discovered in eastern Okla
homa Excavation of prehistoric In
dian mounds reveals resemblance 70
the famous Hopewell mound region of
nhin
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05

way from Maine to Alabama the looms
hummed again. The Winant report
proposed the following four point pro-
gram:
Appointment by the President of
a textile labor relations board Of three
members to settle all questions of
union recognition at the several tex
tile mills and to handle all other en-
ployer-employee disputes in the In
dustry.
2. An investigation by the Depart
ment of Labor and the federal trade
commission of the textile industry's
ability to meet the higher wage pay
ments which the union is demanding.
8. moratorium on the stretch
out" system, whereby. the union
claims, employers are adding to the
work load Of their employees; during
the moratorium the textile labor rela-
lions board shall appoint a textile
work assignment control board to plan
q permanent control Of the stretchout.
4. An investigation by the Depart
ment Of Labor into the various classi-
fcations Of work in the textile indus
try and the wage scale for each CLASH
fcation.
The end Of the strike does not mean
peace in the industry by long ways,
for Francis ]. German, vice president
of the United Textile Workers and
leader of the walkout, announced that
a fight to unionize the industry 100 per
cent" would be started Immediately. 1t
was considered certain the mill own
ers would combat this effort wherever
possible.
Labor leaders claimed a significant
victory In getting their complaints be-
fore impartial bodies for settlement
and in the elimination Of the NRA as
the supervising body for the labor
provisions of the various textile codes.
The mill owners disputed this con-
tention, and one asserted that all the
strikers had gained was a three weeks
vacation without pay"
State troops and the army Of pri-
vate guards which stood watch at the
mills throughout the strike began de-
mobilizing soon after the strike end
order was issued.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Weeks Supply of Postum Free

Read the offer made by the Postum
Company in another part of this pa
per. They will send full weeks sup
ply of health giving Postum free to
anyone who writes for it-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1934-10-05
Like That

Woman-You say your daughter
plays the piano like Paderewski?
Neighbor-Yes, she plays with
both hands.