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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Truck Drivers Unanswered Back
TO Work by Leaders

MINNEAPOLIS, May -MinneapO-
lis truck drivers, victorious in every battle
with police and scabs during their strike
were Unanswered into going back to work
without any guarantee that their major
demands will be granted. High pressure
ballyhoO was used by the leaders to put
over this agreement, at moment when the
strike was at it's highest, when $4,000
building trade workers were coming out on
a sympathy strike and the trucking con-
Germs were virtually getting down on their
knees.
In corporation with Gov. Olson, and
the Farmer-LabOr Congressman F. H.
Shoemaker, the union chieftainS were sue
cessful in maneuvering the strikers to a
settlement of nine points.
Point 1. That the strike ends and that
the workers be rehired without discrimina-
ton. 2. That the bosses shall adhere to
Article 81 of the NRA which means open
shop. Point 6, which is the crux of the
agreement, provides for arbitration by the
Minneapolis-St Paul Regional Labor Board
and Point 9 calls for the continuation of
the present wage scale for a year unless
otherwise agreed to.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
LEGAL NOTICES
ALIAS SUMMONS

ALIAS SUMMONS
In the District Court of the
Fifteenth Judicial District of the |
State of Montana, in and for the |
County of Sheridan.
E. B. Knudtson, Plaintiff,
Versus
Nina E. Munson; also known as
Nina E. Taylor Munson; E. R.
Munson, husband of the said Nina
E. Munson; Robinson Strauss Com
pany, a corporation; J. A. Knud-
SON; and to all other persons un-
known, claiming or who might
claim any right, title, estate OF in
terest in, or lien or encumbrance
upon the real property described in
the complaint, or any thereof, adj
verse to plaintiffs ownership, or
any cloud upon plaintiffs title
thereto, whether such claim be
present or contingent, including
any claim or possible claim of
dover, incohoate or accrued, De
PENDANTS.
THE STATE OF MONTANA
Sends greetings to the above
named defendants and to each Of
them, and to all other persons un-
known.
You are hereby summoned to
answer the complaint in this ac-
ton which is filed in the office of
the Clerk of this Court, a copy of
which is herewith served upon one
Of you in each County wherein any
of you reside, and to file your
answer and serve a copy thereof
upon the plaintiffs attorney with
in twenty days after service Of this
Summons, exclusive of the day of
service; and in case of your fail
ure to appear or answer, Judgment
will be taken against you, by de-
fault. for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
This action is brought for the
purpose of quieting title to the
land situated in Sheridan County,
Montana, and described as follows:
Lot Twelve (12), of Section Twelve
(12), and Lots Two, Four, Five,
Six and Seven (2-4-5-6-7, and the
west half of the Northwest Quar-
ter (WhNWA) of Section Thir-
teen (13), all in Township Thirty
six 1867, North, of Range Fifty
eight 1857, East of the Montana
Principal Meridian, containing
311.66 acres, more or less, accord
ing to the Government survey
thereof.
Witness my hand and the seal
Of said Court this 22nd day of
May, A. D. 1884.
c. B. Peterson, Clerk.
(Seal Of the)
District Court)
Howard M. Lewis,
Plentywood, Montana,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
! First publication May "a, 1894.
Last publication, June Il, 1884.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
industrial Centers Protest Against
Toledo Terror

AS we go to press workers organiza-
tiOns in all industrial centers are organic
ing huge protests against the bloody fas-
ciSt terror of the military against the strik-
ing Toledo Auto-LiUe workers
Bullets, poison gas and bayonets are
used against the mass picket lines around
the Electric Auto-Lite plant Two strikers
were killed and scores wounded when Ma
tiOnal Guardsmen poured fusilade of rifle
fire into the picket line last Friday, charges
with planted bayonets were made by the
soldiers, who protected by gas masks
hurled poison gas against the workers. The
workers answered by throwing bricks from
Impoverished barricades. Time and again
they reformed their ranks and massed a
picket line of ten thousand around the fac
tory.
Sentiment for a general strike is de-
velOping fast all over the country. Enspite
of the stalling of the A. F. of L. union off
Gals so A. F. of L. locals have voted for
it. In Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago. New
York, Pittsburgh and other cities. Unions
and other militant labor organizations are
voting protest against the military out
rage.
Federal mediators are busy right now
to head off power strike of the Toledo
electrical workers that would virtually
leave the entire city of 100000 without
electric current.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Gas Bomb Manufactures
Is Doing Fine

CLEVELAND, May According to
an Associated Press dispatch the daily out
put of gas bombs by chemical factory
here is three times greater than before the
outbreak of the latest strike wave, officials
of the concern said today.
The company is considering adding
night shift to meet the increased demand
for tear gas and knockout" gas bombs,
used by police and national guardsmen
against striking workers and farmers. The
company officials also stated that a new
type of bomb is being perfected to prevent
strikers from picking it up and throwing it
back at the police. The new bomb will
have handle that becomes so hot that it
cannot be fired back.
Farmers and workers will have to use
gloves or two handkerchiefs to handle them
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles johnson,
Miss Mildred Johnson and Oscar
Helseth, and Richard Iverson were
Crosby visitors Thursday and while
there had dental work done.
Mrs. John Rohweder went to
Noonan Friday on business mat
ters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Severt Ekness of
EIkhorn were IN town Saturday.
While here they attended the sale
at the w. A. Vandermark place.
Miss Hulda Haugen closed the
school term in the Murray school
last Friday with a picnic. She
will teach there gain next term.
Mrs. Gust Stubbe and Lillian.
and Miss Ethel Weston left Satur-
day for Great Falls and Waller.
Mrs. Stubbe's sister, Mrs. Fred
Struess is quite i'll. Mrs. Frank
Patterson, Tribune, Sask., accom-
panied them. Jennie S4ubbe. who
has been teaching at Carter, Mon
tana, viii come home with them.
Glenn Hall took a load Of boys
to Skermo Lake Sunday for a
swimming party.
We wish to announce the OPEN
ing Of an Armour cream station
IN the back part of Vests Cafe.
Merle Ketterman, Buyer.
The baseball game Sunday a,
Comertown with that team drew
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
LONE STAR

Billy Larter of Post Falls, Idaho
and Marvin Jarimo from Mime
sofa are guests this week of the
Berneau boys. The boys expect to
leave next week for their respec-
tive homes.
Mrs. Halvor Bestland was ex-
tending invitations to her farm
home for Lutheran aid June IA.
Knute Hovet was registering
voters this week.
Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs.
Jesse Clark and Ann Ator drove
to the Ator home to spend a time
with Mabel Ator. The visiting
ladies brought ice cream and cake
that was much enjoyed. The oc-
casion being Mrs. Ator's birthday.
The Bestland ball team played
Coalridge Sunday at Coalridge, the
score being 81 in favor of Best
land. The boys Junior team played
an interesting game after the regu
lar game but was interrupted when
a motorcycle was accidently ignite d
by gasoline and burned near the
diamond. The machine was owned
by Anker Lodahl.
We wish to announce the open
ing of an Armour cream station
in the back part of Vests Cafe.
Merle Ketterman, Buyer.
Mrs. Hjalmer Thorson entertain
ed the Christ Lee folks at dinner
Friday evening. The Mesdames
Alma Tarr of Sand Point. Idaho
Clara Lanter of Post Falls, Idaho
Anna Payter of Long Beach anC
Gladys Mortensen of Portland
were honored guests.
Mrs. Pearl Lanter of Post Falls
and Thelma Holman were guests
at the Lavonne Lee home Monday
night.
The Lee Brothers, Halvor Best
land and Albert Ator attended tn,
: grasshOpper meeting in Antelope
Monday evening. Mrs. John Lee
. and Mrs. Bestland spent the eve
ming at Albert Ator's.
Miss Erma DeTray completed {
nine-month term of school at tn
Lone Tree Friday and celebrated
the event by having a picnic TO
: the pupils and their parents in tn
johnson coulee in the afternoon
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
.COfeeM an

While every farmer in the coun-
ty wishes he had never seeded,
soma nut from Plentywood re-
ported to the Associated Press that
crop conditions in Sheridan coun-
ty were improving.
And until lately there were only
% Democrats in the county.
And the Indians are predicting
40 days of rain in the month of
June and they are moving away
from the river bottoms.
And after the combine battle
one of the court house girls said:
Il sure wish I could have gotten
out there and knocked down a
couple of them that thought they
We're so brave"
And It is los in the shade and
summer hasn't started vet.
And a keyman southeast of here
said 1--WE got to go mighty care
full"
And Gus Riba is coming out fol
something soon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Paraguay to Abandon
Civilized Warfare"

GENEVA, May 27.-The Ieson. :,
Nations has received official comroSu;
ton from the Paraguayan government !.
day announcing that she will dron al 40 "
OF international law that rule warfaro as's :
civilized people. '-''eS
The C communication states that 4p.
livia was first to employ the method. ~ '.
terrorism" and that despite reuuonsr y
to these barbarous methods, ParapxaSy - 6nSs
herself compelled to use them" '' 'rioS
That sounds pretty bad for the M,
BOiivians who are now going to be Ua eSys
and shot to pieces without the benefits fs'r ~
international law to the advantage Of i'm NJ
perialistic interests.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
By Hans Rasmussen

Around the first part of April
a new and better work program
was to be instituted. The brains
trust had finally found new and
better" way out. They called it
the FERA, whatever that is, and
said it was a so year program,
supposed to be much betten than
anything they had fooled with in
the past.
Probably these upper-ups of the
Brains Trust meant well enough.
They had tried so much withou!
making any Roadway. Now they
were going to create a lot of work,
give it to the people who needed a
job and pay them for it. Some
thing simply had to be done TO
quiet The millions of starving peo-
pie.
Had it not been for our local
pinheads maybe the idea would
rot have worked out bad at all.
as a temporary solution. 1t would
give the people something to do
and something to eat for the time
being. But, what did our local
people do, those who were put in
charge of this program? Instead
of making the conditions better,
they axe doing everything they can
: o make them worse than before.
First all the keymen. and others
connected with relief work, held a
meeting in the Legion Hall. Thu
meeting was for the purpose of
fixing the scale of wages paid fol
relief work. They had the power
to fix it anyway they saw fit. II
some other counties they set the
lowest wage rate at 621a cents pc
hour. BUT WHAT DID THEY
| DO HERE? The minimum seal,
of wages was set at 40 cents pc
hour.
Before April 1, the minimum
paid was go cents per hour. Now
after new and better system wa
; supposed 20 have been set up, thes
local pinheads go to work and Gu
the wages to 40 cents per hour fo
common labor. They didn't cut tn
price paid for skilled labor, truck
l and horses-just on the commo
4 working men-the one who need
the relief more than anybody els
; We are told that Andrew Uelan
y of Outlook, keyman and state rel
resentative. spoke in favor of tt
Accent wage. Using as his arg
ment that his hired men would
asking for more wages if MOI
e than 40 cents per hour was pa
I for relief work. In order to kee
Andrew Ueland's hired men, an
a few others, down on the lowe
level of wages, people all over Il
u county are now working for 4
" cents per hour instead of gettir
go cents as they got before,
even more, as they could just
, we'll have had.
o. At one of the relief meeting
% County Commissioner Olson eve
;. insisted on having relief worke
cut down to 80 cents per hou
This was blocked by Ant Wank
f who pointed out that the time W
not ready for it yet, and that
: was liable to create trouble.
The whole thing is crime.
crime, not only against the rel
workers, but against everybody
the county. Instead of doin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31

Miss DeTray will spend the sum-
mer vacation with her parents at
Culbertson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Guenther
and son and daughter of Coalridge
drove over Thursday and returned
Friday after spending the time at
Albert Ator's. The Guenthers are
leaving next week by car for Idaho
where they will make their future
home.
Miss Elvina Peterson is at her
home here for a visit before leav-
ing for Mizpah, Mimi, where she
will spend her summer vacation
with an aunt. Miss Peterson was
teacher in the Comertown school
the past term.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Scabs are Stoned In
Cleveland

CLEVELAND, May ga hail of
bricks and stones halted the operations of
13 taxicabs put to Service" by one of the
companies in defiance of the strike of the
taxi drivers. Violent street fighting en-
sued when ten squads of police were unable
tc protect the strike breakers.
Traffic was tight up for a full half
hour, several men were injured, 81 arrested
and $4,000 damage was done to the cars.
No company is trying to operate takes now
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
When Solving Big Problems
Is Left to Little Pinheads

what they can to get plenty OF
money in here to be put into circu-
lation, this local relief outfit is do
ing all they can to keep it away
from here.
The 40 cents per hour is not
even legal. The rate fixed by the
State of Montana is not less than
so cents per hour for public work.
And as long as the government is
willing to pay go cents and moEe,
there is no reason in the world
why he people of Sheridan county
should not have it.
The way the whole relief work
is handled is nothing short of a
crime. There don't seem to be
neither head nor tail to it. Peo-
pie who need it are entitled to 8
days work per week for which
they are to be paid In cash.
In Plentywood they are living up
to the rules fairly we'll, but out in
the country they have all kinds
of rules-or no rules at all. Some
men are only given a few days
work per month. Others they make
work out old relief, and all are
paid in food orders. when they
could just as well have cash.
In some communities they have
worked over month, in Outlook
they have not started yet, there
they have to wait until their key
man, LELAND, gets ready. In
Plentywood they paid IS cents pei
hour for the same kind of work
they are offering so cents for a
Outlook.
Raymond people claim theil
keymar and family, including HI
married son, receive $745 pc
month, besides what they can max
farming. Another keyman is re
ported as getting 25 per cent rake
off from people working.
The Mayor of brentwood, i'm
=, plement dealer and chairman O
5 the relief committee, has tw
e trucks at 80 cents per hour eac
t on the relief work. One ma
r doing "relief" work at the airpol
e bought himself a new deluxe ca
S recently. Another one working
n the relief office built himself
S new house after the old one ha
;. burned down and to top it, he pu.
d chased a brand new car.
, While these things are going O
e people who need relief, who nee
/ it badly and are willing to VOL
re for it, are turned down, and wag,
e are cut from so cents to 40 cen
d per hour, while things you blu
p are doubling in price.
People all over the county a
81 getting wise to these unfair CO,
e ditions created right at home al
~ the sooner the relief committe
q gets down to a uniform rule f
'r the county, of "a hours work p
IS week and minimum wages of
cents per hour in cash, the lie
s trouble they are going to have.
n According to the New De
RS eating up the surplus amount
{: butter is one of our patriot
FL duties, by which we can help sa
as the country. Instead of having
1t shipped in here by the carlos
and telling US to spread it
A thick, they get it in little dabs a
eff hand it out through the back dc
in TO few friends, with instructio
g mot to tell anybody.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31

quite a crowd from here. The
score was 2-7 in favor of Westby.
Commencement exercises will be
held Friday evening, June 1, at
the Orpheum
The Home Demonstration club
held their regular meeting Tues
day afternoon at the Oscar Hell
seth home.
Among those from Alkabo here
Saturday were Mrs. A. Nelson,
Mrs. GundeIrust, Mr.. and Mrs. P.
Nelson.
Baccalaureate services were held
Sunday evening at the Lutheran
church. Rev. Almlie gave the ser
mon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
10000 BOMBAY TEXTILE
WORKERS STRIKE

BOMBAY, India (by mail)L -, "ut d
thousand textile workers in Bomp pay strike
the total of 10000, have gone on Il 81 q
shutting down completely al out !.1 q II lines
the mills. Police attacked the j p aorv bsrr
ferociously with their lathis (neSs Sffrikers
boo sticks) and opened fire on tne o Tri Of
For 6O-hour week the average en- &. rs
men workers is $4.12 and for WO Won eworkers
The average indebtedness OF tneS0
is equal to three months wages
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
UFL AND HOLIDAY.
RESTORE PROPERTY.
CONFINED from Front PageJ

that therefore we must disregard
these laws and establish laws that
are based on human rights. "a
united front organization of all
workers and farmers can carry
out this task" said Ingerson.
Takes Moving Pictures
Moving pictures of the entire
meeting and of the action taken by
the farmers, were taken by Pat
Barrett, U.F.L. State Organizer.
The picture will be shown all over
the state in the near future.
Resolutions
The meeting unanimously adopted
the following resolutions:
eve, 200 farmers ard workers,
have assembled for the purpose of
protecting a fellow worker, Benja-
min BerntSon, and restoring to him
the right to the use of his prop
erty which was bought up by a To-
cal Shylock a Mr.. Shoberg, for un-
paid takes, thereby hoping to ac-
quire title to same.
1--WE hereby condemn any or
such actions by Mr.. ShoIberg OF
any other Shylocks who fate en- and
live off the toll of the workers and
farmers, and take advantage OF
Their misfOrtunes. especially il
this period of world wide crisis.
eve further demand that the
business men of these small town.
who live off the sweat and toll Of
the poor farmers, their wives anC
their children, take active part anC
support the workers and farmers
II their struggles to stop evictions
| foreclosures, tax sales and also il
their struggle for a better exist
ence, and not be absent as was tn
case today.
"This meeting further pledges t
put a stop to all evictions, fore
closures and tax sales, by mass &C
ton where ever necessary"
Resolution to the Board of Count
Commissioners of MOuntrail
County
eve, a meeting of 200 farmer
and workers of Sanish and vicinit
on this 18th day of May, 1884, VIII
have met together and protecte,
the human rights of a fello
worker, Benjamin Berntson. an
restored to him his property whic
property was bought for taxes
a local Shylock of Sanish, a Nj
Shoberg, for speculative purpose
most strongly condemn this actiC
Of the County Commissioners an
other county officials who use the
petty position to dispossess an
further impoverish the destitu
farmers and workers and deliv
their small properties, which a
their sole support, to the ShyloC
class.
"We demand that all such acti,
on your part in the future mu
cease.
eve recommend that the mon
that Mr.. Shoberg paid the Coun
for taxes on the property of Berr
ston for the purpose of acquiri
said property, be applied on t
delinquent taxes of some of n
ShobeTg's other property.
ave further demand that an a
swer be sent to the Secretary
; the Resolutions Committee"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Man Wanted

WASHINGTON, May 9.-According
to press reports President Roosevelt is
looking for somebody who can do the job
OF General Hugh S. Johnson, as NRA ad-
mlnistrator. Good wages are assured appli-
cants who are not super-sensitive so far as
their reputation is concerned. Animal
trainers are given preference.
1t is stated several very prominent
bankers, industrialists and lawyers like
Newton d. Baker, Owen D. Young, John
w. Davis, Donald r. Richberg and others
have handed in their application as Wall
Streets Blue Eagle Keeper
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
USSR Spring so Per Cent
Ahead of 1893

MOSCOW, May 7.-Spring sowing On
May Day stood at 80 million acres, as COM
pared with 62,5OO,OOO acres on May ], 1853
a summary in todays Pravda revealed ne
organization of agriculture, as reported 1y
Joseph Stain to the last Congress OF tne
CPSU, together with socialist competition
is responsible for the tremendous advances
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Rebels Shoot Down

Manchurian Rebels Shoot Down
japanese Planes
TOXIC, May 16.-Two japanese army
flyers, bombing insurgent peasants Snu
Manchurian soldiers were shot down tOu"
and killed, reports here said.
Dispatches from Hardin to the new ~
paper Asahi said that the planes were T. ~
ing over rebellious territory west OF nSli'-
when they were shot down.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Send 10000 In Ukraine
to Farm Universities

MOSCOW, May z7.-Ten thousand
workers on the kolkhOzeS COLLECTIVE
farms) will be sent to study at agricultural
universities, in order to assure more skilled
cadres this year. The government decision
was met with great enthusiasm by the men
and women of the UErainian KOlkhOzeS and
many animated discussions and plan meet
ingS were held.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
J. M. DIXON, FORMER
GOV. OF MONT. DIES

MISSOULA.-Joseph M. Dixon,
former Governor of Montana, u.
S. Senator, and assistant secretary
of the interior, died here on May
%, at the age of 81. He had been
i'll for more than a year.
While scores of messages Of
coincidence arrived from prominent
Montana citizens, farmers and
workers have no reason to mourn
the death of the former governor.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
France Is Getting
Ready

PARIS, May 27.-Preparation. e..
creation of the greatest air cornS 10 T 4Sf tie
are proceeding with greatest sno 90 Europe
army committee of the Chamber =: HE
utieS has approved Premier Donr' VI Dep
budget for the perfection of the Ttgues
mass slaughter machine. ' french
The budget includes $64, 77SOOO.
new military airplanes, SIT 667 KIM ISVt y 70 re-
plete the northern and northeast con-
tier Notifications, parts of the %n.n Iron.
STEEP which France is erecting on S %Sa Of
ders; $54, 532, 500 are to be used fo nc' %. OOr,
defense" and development of a n.y. NJ, coast
force. ""SS ar
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
1000, 900 Spanish Farm Workers
Prepare Strike

MADRID, May 27.-The announced
strike of agricultural workers on June !
was the occasion of mounting alarm here
last week, as indication grew that the
strike would involve over one million work
ers. The new Municipal Enclosure Law
has increased the misery Of the landpS
peasant by cutting off his access to supple.
mcrtary strips, and grazing privileges.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1934-05-31
Moscow Subway Nears
Completion

MOSCOW, May 16.-The Moscow al a.
way construction is rapidly progreSssln lt line
most two miles of tunnel OF the l aOS feet
are completed. Besides another 4,1U ~ wall
have been propped, and S,S49 teet q com M
in a double-lined tunnel have been 0''D
pleted.
About $4,000 workers are emplO''D
constructing the subway.