The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-06-21
Many Projects Suggested
But Are Buried Close
at Home
By HANS RASMUSSEN

We have heard a lot about the
billions already spent for work
projects and about more billions
to be spent in the future for the
same purpose. Some of us have
spent little time trying to figure
out how we could bring some of
this money into the county by Gre
ating some work that could not be
classed as useless.
Many kinds of projects have
been suggested and submitted, but
most of them were never heard of
again, and people have been won
dering what became of these pro
jects and where they have been
buried. From what information ]
have, the project cemetery can be
found close to home.
One of the projects in which ]
am interested to some extent is
the Transforming of the county
fair grounds into a nice park. Last
year we made an attempt and made
a miserable failure of it, something
/ will not take the blame for as
l am not the government nor part
of it. This year we are making
another attempt, and if we make
another failure of it it is not go
ing to be my fault either.
l have been appointed on the
fair board as we'll as on the fail
committee. Our local official
have practically left it to me tt
find ways by which we can beau
tify the fair grounds, and at tn,
same time create work for the un
employed.
Plan Approved Locally
One of the ideas / have in min,
is to build stone entrance on
of native rocks. 1 made a plan
including a drawing, which me
the approval of the county com
missioners, the fair board, the com
mercial club, the city council an
others, as being something reall
worth while.
When / took this project an
plan to the relief office Lard
Olson (mostly lard) simply wen
wild over it. He was going
send it to Helena right away an
have it approved. That's the wa
he talked while / was there. Til
happened several weeks ago.
A few days ago ] was at tn
relief office again. The plan wa
still there, had been there for seN
eral weeks and never was sent
Helena. Later I heard in tow
that Olson had made the remar
that it was "Hans Rasmusse
plan" and that he would do all h
could to prevent it from being al
proved In this way l found OF
where this project has been burie'
and others can look for Their
there, too.
From the looks of things Disc
is getting to be man of SON
importance" He is acting as
he was the government and Il
most important part of it. Viii
Burleigh was here, he would te
Olson to stay where he Belongs
but Prendergast hasn't the gut
to tell Olson where to get off /
and Olson's CAB is running ava
with him.
Statue On Hay Pile
That projects should be burit
by persons of Olson's calibre an
reputation is something people al
not going to stand for. Where
belongs is as a statue on top
the hay pile. That's his projeC
and something that can be point'
to as an example Of his abilit
After the water has run throuI
all the stacks and rotted it all.
Since the combine deal, in whi'
Olson took a very active part,
has been afraid to show himse
in the Dagmar community. IF
! be known that he is the one WI
,, stops work projects, there mig
be other parts of the county whe
; it would not be any too safe f
him to 90.
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