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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

thought of him. 81 would have as
eooh come to a showdown with
UneSe farmers now as any time
was MS reply. l asked him what
ne meant by that, whether he
meant that he wanted chance to
crack them on the head His an
s"er was that they had done him
50 much dirt that he didn't care
what happened.
When | asked him. the sheriff
mad to admit that it was not l who
mad done him any dirt but he re-
Ierred to the combine deal last
summer IN regard to others. l then
questioned him whether he hadn't
promised me faithfully in that deal
not to sell the combine before we
mad been able to get in touch with
the company over the phone. He
broke that promise and started
shooting off his guns before l had
Oeen able to complete the phone
call That time he blocked a peace
Iul settlement and this time he
tried his darndest to- do it again
by getting Nustad to insist on cash
bonds. And | suppose he would
nave again been successful if I had
not heard the conversation Nustad
had with his company over the tel
ephone. So l was able to tell NJ
stad that the company had agreed
to accept other than cash bords.
The agent finally admitted it and
also had to admit that it was the
sheriff who got him to say that it
had to be cash bonds.
Nov | am asking the people of
the county: What kind of a sheriff
is that who tries his best to stop
every peaceful settlement and
when he fails gets mad? Is such a
man a safe man in that position or
is he not only a nuisance but
real danger to the farmers of the
county? How can we expect to
reach settlements of the different
disputes that are looming up with
such sheriff running loose who
is just waiting for a chance to
crack US in the head.
81 am asking you readers: Don't
you see that my story must be as
correct as it is humanly possible
to make it. If it's just a plain lie,
l know 1 would catch it from all
my neighbors who were present at
the affair.
"Stahlberg calls the editor of the
Producers News a liar. l know it
is of no Importance to Miller but
l wish Stahlberg would correct his
statement for l am the one who
told Miller the story and in read
ing It again now I would only omit
the word "dirty". Possibly Madsen
did not say that although l think
he did. The rest of the statements
l claim are true. So l am the one
the deputy Sheriff StahIberg must
call a liar and not Alfred Miller
GONIUS LAURSEN
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19
By H. PUR0

MIN. has been plenty Of mols-
Int = the north and southwest t7;5
tuTs II llbe s, and corn belt. The
EN- en- " drought has been broken en-
lso+ ,ors in these states are Tor
faTl s-t time in many years look
the tll9s a good crop. This has
R Ig..t ,oi 2 more optimistic outlook o.
clf p,,t will the good crop help the
D., This is the question that
i'il, r;os the minds Of the tolIIng
e CTS now. There are other pc
l1 ~ wbo are looking towards the
g glr.,,ors' crop. The mortgage holG
l1ln Who have not been able to col
n. their interest and the pay
~ on principle, the implement
I I.alers. who want to get their pay
uSo, the government tax collec-
ne ny. all these usurers have al
Wv .O' earmarked the coming crop
, # they have their own way
ait they are through there won't
w. ", much of anything left for the
!Ddabted farmer and his family to
live on. NJ.
Resides this the grain dealer,
having that the indebted farmers
have to sell their crops as soon as
+ is harvested, have already low
cred the price and will cut down
The prices to the bone.
Consequently the farmer who
has figured out that with a good
IRON return he will be able to re-
nair his house and barn, to replace
WORKOUT implements and house
hold goods and to buy some new
clothing for his family will be
greatly disappointed.
Many farmers begin to realize
that the creditors are prepared to
crab their crop and are wondering
what to do.
The Farmers National Commit
Tee for Action and the Sioux Falls
Regional Committee nave advanc-
ed the slogan: Farmers must keep
cash from their crop" This slogan
is accepted not only among the
more class conscious farmers, like
The members Of the Urited Farm
gs League but among the wide
circles of the Holiday and the
Farmers Union members. The re-
Spouse to this demand is very fav-
Uable indeed. It is now necessary
to organize a broad united front
movement among all the indebted
toiEng farmers to resist the credi-
tors and keep the cash on crops.
Wave of Foreclosures
The Supreme Court ruling on
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sentatives of the Homemakers
clubs in the county, an outline of
ten years work. There will be a
series OF four lessons presented to
the Wakiea club members on cloth
ing during the present club year.
Mrs. Luna and three children
and Constance Melcher left We'd
nesday for Mohall. Mrs. Lund ex-
poets to return the first of the
week but the children will make an
extended visit with their grand
parents.
Marvel Jacobsen is spending a
couple weeks at the home of her
: Uncle, Jens Lind on the Reserva-
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19
DEPUTY STAHLBERC

Continued from Front PageJ
than in that of the sheriff. He tri-
es to convince himself and others
that there is nothing wrong when
a machine company can use some
twenty deputies to clean up on a
farmer because he is in ARREARS
with payments through no fault
of his own, that there is nothing
wrong in accepting the job as arm
ed thug, job any "self-respecting
man" might take. The SO very lib
eral and at times even radical Mr..
Stahlberg seems to have complete
ly forgotten that society is compos-
ed of different classes.
His article as printed in the
PlentywOOd Herald follows:
Plentywood, Montana
July 1, 1885
Editor, Herald:
am the kind of incurable mani
&C who must always be defending
someone. Once l defended a coun-
ty commissioner, and he promptly
gave my job to an old imbecile who
had never defended anybody. Late
ly l have been defending Alfred
Miller's right to his opinions, while
Miller and Company would see me
hanged to lamp post without a
word of protest. And now my high
and hysterical soprano pipes up
for Hans Madsen, though 1 am pi-
ously convinced that he will leap
into the air with loud hosannas at
the first excuse for throwing me
into Jail.
But maniac must indulge his
mania; and so. before I can settle
down to anything worth while,
must do my daily Useless Deed
come what may.
1 wish that Miller could stay il
Plentywood long enough to learn tc
lie convincingly. We have some
very expert liars in Plentywood
who would no doubt be glad tt
teach him for a modest fee. Hi;
lies about Madsen in last week:
'P-News are particularly amateur
ish.
l happened to be listening to tht
argument between the sheriff anC
Laursen. Laursen did not say ont
half of the cute little things tina
are reported in the P-News. AnC
Madsen did not say one quarter o.
the things he was quoted as say
ing. He did not, for example, men
ton any "dirty farmers" (Imagin
politician with enough CUTS X
say that!) Laursen was giving hin
the ancient sob story about tn
awful machine dealers who some
times want their property back at
ter five years without a payment
and what a pity that was; an
Madsen said distinctly, well, som
of you fellows have dealt me S
much dirt that l don't care an
more" Laursen: "What dirt hav
those poor farmers" etc. Madsen
"I said some of you" Laursen
"What dirt have some of us deal
you?" Madsen: ga law suit, flo
one thing" Neither did he say tina
he couldn't see why Heiberg an
other farmers shouldn't he "clear
up ON; he said, 81 wouldn't ca.
in my neighbors and ask them t
assume my obligations" To the ]
News that may sound like tn
same thing differently stated;
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19
Farmers Must Prepare to
Keep Their Crops

the Frazier-Lemke Bankruptcy act.
declaring it unconstitutional be-
cause it restricts the sacred rights
of private property" indicates
clearly that this fall will SEE not
onlv ruthless seizures of the farm
ers' crops, but also the opening up
again of unrestricted mortgage
foreclosures. Of course the Frazier
Lenke law never really did any
good for the poor or average farm
er, it did in some measure help
the settlement of the debt of those
farmers who were still able to fur
nish collateral. But the ruling
banking class did not want any
laws that in any way attempt to
restrict their plundering and rob-
bling Of the farmers property.
The ruling of the Supreme Court
is the indication that all the tenn
porary moratOriums that the bank
ers were compelled to agree on be-
cause of the mass resistance of the
farmers are now being done away
with again.
There are many other facts that
clearly indicate the growing deter
mination of the Wall Street bank
ers to not only collect their debts
but whenever the farmers proper
ty is worth more than the debt
they refuse to settle and want the
whole farm.
Bankers Courts
With the aid of the Federal gov
eminent these usurers are digging
up two or three year old penny
Sales" arresting the active partic-
ipants and dragging them to the
Federal courts. There are two such
cases now pending in North Dakota
one in Divide county where seven
farmers were arrested for the par
ticipatiOn in 1888 penny sale. -
Another case similar to that taken
up at Wells and Eddy counties,
North Dakota, where 45 Holiday
farmers were arrested for partici-
patton in an eviction case in March
1884. In the former case the Fed
eral Department of Justice agents
arrested Kay Heikkila, the Dis
trict Organizer of the Communist
Party ard Henry Wallace, the lead
er of unemployed in Bismarck, be-
cause they protested against the
&rresting of those farmers.
In addition to this the Federal
Department of Justice agents have
visited many organizations and the
officers of the organizations that
signed protest resolutions in behalf
of these farmers intimidating and
bull-dozing them and denying them
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19
"a MILLION SACKS
OF COFFEE BURNED
AND SUNK IN OCEAN

New York -"No less than 3D.
100000 sacks of coffee have been
destroyed up to the present." writ
es Walter J. Stein in an article
on "The Management of World
Stocks" in a recent issue of World
Survey.
he adds that "The startling cor
trast between the starvation which
exists In various parts of the world
and the destruction of these COM
mOdlties, does not check the con-
maance Of this practice"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

most people it is only what any
self-respecting man would say.
Nothing was said about getting
even" and nobody showed any sign
of wanting a fight, except one or
two cockrels in the Heiberg crowd,
who strutted a little in the hope
of being noticed. They didn't strut
so much after one of them had had
talk with Franc Murray.
For Miller's benefit, it isn't so
smart to be sarcastic about the
sheriff's hurt feelings" either. He
probably feels as sorry for the un-
fortunate as Miller does. But the
law suit against him is proof
enough that a sheriff can't afford
tc neglect the duties to which he
has been elected.
JOHN A. STAHLBERG
Gonius Laursen, the spokesman
for the farmers who stopped the
seizure of the Heiberg machinery,
has the following to say about
Stahlberg's letter:
"John A. Stahlberg has letter
in the Plentywood Herald defend
ing our noble sheriff and calling
Alfred Miller, the editor of the
Producers News, a liar.
"Since I was the one party to
this dialogue with Madsen it
should be proper for me to state
how this conversation took place
and then Stahlberg may also call
me liar although I am quite sure
Sheriff Madsen will not contradict
many of the statements.
Excellent Imagination
"For the benefit of those who
were not there l will state that
all those brave deputies parked
their cars quite few rods away
from those of the farmers and
from where the conversation took
place so either Stahlberg's hearing
or imagination must be most ex-
cellent.
beginning with the "sob story
Madsen happened to be the one
who was giving it. He was telling
me how he hated to do this but
that he was compelled to etc. And
with the sob he is able to put into
his voice when he tells this he has
been able to make me believe in
his sincerity in the past. am sure
it will not happen again.
Con his way back from Medicine
Lake I told Mr.. Nustad, the agent
of the company that if there was
anyone in the crowd who should
be tickled that we were able tx
arrive at a peaceful settlement it
should be the sheriff. Upon on
return 1 started kidding Madsel
about this. Then imagine my sur
prise when he flew off the handl
and shouted that it meant nothing
to him.
'I asked him if he had not told
me that morning how he hated tc
do this but that he was compelled
to. He even said that it hurt hin
more than it did me. "Well, i
means nothing to me-" was hi
statement then. This was a sur
prise to me for l had never though
prise to me for I had never tho
ught that he could be such Oil
hypocrite.
Wants Showdown
"I told him: We'll, Madsen,
think much less of you now than
did a minute ago. He answere
that he did not care and that h
, neither cared what the farmer
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19
The Lutheran Free Church
WestbV. Mont.

The Lutheran League of the St.
Johns Congregation will meet on
Sunday July Fl, at Z p. m. The
parochial school children will rem
der part of the program.
Remember the Young Peoples
Convention at Westby July %, at
1920 a. m.
G. Mellby, pastor
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

Mrs. 0. B. Smuggins and Mrs.
Emma Swensrude motored from
Clear Lake, Iowa and are VISITING
relatives and friends at Outlook
and Flaxville.
frankie Barge was at Pat Grefs
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Flakne called
on Mrs. Joe Whitish Thursday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

'iNV 1S105HI..UL ULCER, GAS PAINS,
ifs sr3 y victims, why suf-
f,sa 70. For quick relief get. a
1Ys sample of Udga, a doctors
assumption, at Miller's Pharm-
7-10tp
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

~i50 9a-3 stallion, 8 years old,
s %ailq q Sk on right thigh. Po-
t ta5. l. ). Chellew, Dagmar, Mon
13-2tp
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

IA, :, TODAY for full particu-
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your al "n independent business of
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Want
VVAdS
ssEs s.Es..l

G2@G-e33G2sai'ies a-e E. siAe re SAe 8
V4NTED-To contract for para
chute { III jumps for summer and
lall, special for fairs. Can make
T T land or water jumps.
" nnte or wire for prices ETC., to
Dc beatrice GOltz, 56O9-34 Ave. So.
minneapolis, MINI.
farm i.1 FOR SALE-82o-acre farm
s sl'n good improvements, located
t p0e miles southeast of Dagmar.
reasonable if taken at once,
zee Hans Rasmussen, Plenty
wood, Montana. :,
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

rSot. WANTED Y. nj for Rawleigb
day, D p. 900 families. Write to-
Sls.' MEiavleigh, Dept. MTF F. b.
- minneapolis, MINI. tin
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

CITY aa AL :, saddles (MiIes
:ondit inn FT y Muler) in good
@Ont. OoVIs,- outlook,
M, 12-2tn
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-07-19

ssais' ss,, Or TRADE for other
a'N. a sssS1.ssrsd Hereford bulls.
''sA' Archer, Mont a.''
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hess AN To start in hue
diets ' to widely known bro
.staS IsIe line, Largest comDanr.
NGS. No 20. 1859. BIG EARN.
1sedsd. " War capital or experience
SSeeeDolis, MINI nIA MrF-lS7-l'
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Wants Showdown

"T told him: We'll, Madsen, I
think much less of you now than |
did a minute ago. He answered
that he did not care and that ne
neither cared what the farmers
Evening star., 1935-07-23
GypsyCan1p
Is Festival
TheneHere
Special Guests to Be
Received Tonight at
Sylvan Theater.

THE broad green slopes of the
= Washington Monument grounds
will be the scene tonight of the ninth
successive Summer Festival program
of the present season when, preceded
by a concert of Spanish music, played
by the United States Army Band, con-
Quoted by Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, the
Gypsy Chorus Of Washington led by
Mr.. Robert Frederick Freund. In the
role of El Captain, will present their
second Summertime festival under the
joint auspices of the Community Cent
er Department and the Office Of Ma
tional Capital Parks.
THE Gypsy Patteran," as the pro-
gram is named, will begin at 8:l5
o'clock, when a wagonload of gaily
costumed singers will arrive at the
Sylvan stage, already colorful with
gypsy tents, a camp fire, and other
stage settings characteristic of the
theme of the program. The band con-
cert will begin at 7:30 o'clock and at
that hour Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples,
chairman of the Summer Festival
Committee, assisted by Mrs. Edith H.
Hunter, Miss Bess Davis Schreiner,
and a group Of aides, including Mrs.
Charles M. Hunter, Sd; Mrs. William
P. Kilgore and Miss Evelyn Schweitzer,
will be present to receive the honor
guests.
Among those invited as special guests
for tonight are Representative and
Mrs. Mark Wilcox, the Assistant At
torney General and Mrs. Frank Wide
man, Mr.. and Mrs. L. p Steuart, Mr..
j. Hasley, Mr.. Gene Ford and officials
of the District Commissioners office
and of the Board of Education.
Tickets available today at the usual
agencies will also be on sale tonight
at Z o'clock at the Sylvan Theater. In
case Of inclement weather tonight,
"The Gypsy Patteran," preceded by
the Army Band concert will take place
tomorrow night.
Evening star., 1935-07-23
HEALING IS PR0BED
Methodists Name Committee to
Consider Entire Question.

BRISTOL, England. July % R.--
The annual conference Of the Metho-
dist Church today directed appoint
ment of q committee of doctors, min
isters and laymen to consider the
whole question of spiritual healing.
Rev. Leslie Weatherhead Of Leeds,
mover of the resolution, said large
number of people suffered from illness
which was not physical, but the re-
suit of disharmony between soul and
God.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-11
SEVENTH YOUTH
NABBED ON CAR
THEFT CHARGES
Alleged Member of West
Side Gang Arrested by
Detectives.

The arrest of a seventh alleged
member OF a gang of West Side
hoodlums accused of participating
in a number of holdupS, burglarieS
and auto thefts was announced to-
day by police.
The youth. Ed (WhiteD Alex
ander, 18, of 20 Berwick-av, was
apprehended Saturday by Detectives
Morris Corbin and Stewart Coleman
who have been investigating the
case. Alexander is now at liberty
on bond pending grand jury action.
Two members of the gang, Paul
Stringer, 80, Of 532 Udell-st, and
Glenn Kiefer, 10, of $40 S. Lyon
av, were sent to the Indiana State
Prison and the Indiana State Re-
formatory, respectively, last week to
serve 10-year sentences handed
down by Criminal Judge Frank P.
Baker.
Earl Finchum, 20-year-old Ben
Davis basketball star, alleged by
police to be one of the car thiefs
and burglars, played in the regional
basketball tourney here Saturday.
Finchum was released on his own
recognizance by Judge Baker after
Municipal Judge Dewey Myers had
set $1,000 bail in his court. Finchum
had signed a confession admitting
his participation in car theft and
burglary, police charge.
Judge Baker released Finchum On
$500 bail on burglary charges pre-
ferred in his court last September.
There has been no action taken on
these charges in Criminal Court.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-11
RITES ARRANGED
FOR LEADER IN
SHOE INDUSTRY
Harry w. Springgate Dies
of Injuries Received
in Accident.

Services for Harry West Spring
gate, $500 Washjngton-blvd, who
died from a brain conclusion re-
ceived last week when he fell down
a flight of stairs at his home, will
be at 3 tomorrow in the Flanner 81
Buchanan Funeral Home, Is w.
Fall Creek-pkwy.
The Rev. George S. Southworth,
Advent Episcopal Church pastor,
will conduct the services. Burial will
be in Crown Hill.
Mr.. Springgate, who was 81, was
prominent in the shoe industry
many years. He was president of
the Indiana Shoe Travellers Asso-
citation two years, and also governor
of the organization. He had lived
in Indianapolis 35 years.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary Springgate; a daughter, Mrs.
Ruth Springgate Brown; a son,
Donald H. Springgate, Columbus
O.; brother, Ben F. Springgate,
Litchfeld, Ill, and grandson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-03-11
WATCH KIDNEYS
SAME As BOWELS
wash Oui You 70, zoo Feet 4 Eds.y Tubss


Your bowels contain only q feet
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Healthy persons pass thru the
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If YOU pass less than this. your 5000
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loss OF pep and energy. getting up
nights. swollen feet and ankles. rheu-
matte pains and dizziness.
Kidneys should be watched closely
and need cleaning out the same as
bowels. Ask your druggist for
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They give happy relief and viii help
to wash out your ~ 200 feet OF kid
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