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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

Stanley Pechaver and the little Aus
tin car were well advertised in pre-
liminary stories concerning the recent
juvenile S. S. C. U. convention. So
Stanley was right on deck with his
watch charm at the depot to welcome
the s. S. G. u. delegates.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29
HIGH SPOTS

Continued From Page OneJ
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Murphy and sons,
returned early in the week from a
weeks visit with relatives and friends
at Ironwood Michigan. Mr.. Murphy
reports that the mining outlook in that
city is improving gradually after very
serious depression period prevailing for
the past three years.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

Mrs. Mary Schwab and Bernard
Brula are on visit with Miss Louise
Brula at Waukegan, Illinois, and are
also visiting with Frank Koschalk OF
that city. According to advices from
them they were in Chicago Saturday on
visit to White City and Riverview
and to see and hear Wayne King and
his orchestra at Station wills. Frank
Koschalk accompanied them to Chi
cago.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

Mr.. and Mrs. William Burkhart and
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Branca of st. Paul
were guests of Judge and Mrs. j. w
Finehout at White Iron last week. The
party reports excellent fishing and a
general good time and the genial Judge
and lady excellent hosts. Mrs. Branca
excelled in fishing. On her first at
tempt with rod and reel she landed q
12-pound northern pike,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1935-08-29

The midget was wheeling pretty good
and Stanley started to lead he parade
from the depot. But when it reached
Mavetz's corner, in the words of Stan
it went "chug, chug and jerk-and the
motor died away" Joe Lobe jumped
out and tried to encourage it with the
crank but to no avail. The delegates
passed it up and had marched to the
Forest hotel and completed their pre-
hminary sessions when Stan breezed
in, Inundated but buoyant in spirit and
climaxed the situation by inviting all
to take ride in the little one. Many,
in fact all, of the delegates availed
themselves of the opportunity and the
little car proved to be a highhght in
entertainment for the conclave.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

BUTTON BUTTE
Rowland et SEA sEA 20-43K $3.50
BOW AND ARROW
cresn-KHe-cnk I 2a-s7-IE 1900
COAL RIDGE
AEerz al-Bets / SEA s4-l7-E 600
CROWN BUTTE
-Heldman Q SEA s-fp-2w 2s0O
DEAN ANTICLINE
cOntinentai-or sW5 isss-iTE $500
DRY CREEK OIL FIELD
Ohio 1o-7s-2IE $3.50
DEVON FIELD
T-S2-2E Product
Smith Mcdonald No. @ 15-S1-2E
Smith Mcdonald 17-S2-2E
1 29-sS-2E 1850
Smith Federal Land Bank no NEh SCI usSiE
@. L Smith SEA 17-3s-2E
O. Il snith-xake Cts B. q I. Co No NWk sen 17-ss2E
@. L Smith e-s3-zE
EAST BRIDGER
Brideer No
FLAT COULEE OIL FIELD
Hamilton MEX swK lO-S7-5E 1900
FLAT WILLOW
Guy et a A s-14-2SE
! ss-14N-26E 1900
HAGEN STRUCTURE
Yunck waechter- Hagen No Nwk sWN 4Sl-7w Location
LODGE GRASS
-Iynde No / Nwk SEA 21-Ss-s5E S595I
PENDROY
Esadgan- Basinser SEX NwK aO-27-sw ASIA
PONDERA OIL FIELD
wIhesGjunin 2, tl-27-zW Rig Upl
SCARF DOME
/ e-2l-IsE
THREE FORKS
Ryan-Iace NO / NwH MEX 2s-iN-zE
/ SEA S5-2N1E 1875
SOAP CREEK OIL FIELD
Independent Tribal NwA s4-ss-szE ie@
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
CUT BANK OIL FIELD
cur BANK DRILLING WELLS

Anderson-Anderson q zS-s5-gW Location
I 2-Ss-6W Derrick
ia Casle-State I seS56W oil 900
17S %S56W on U67
ia rIEl S4S56W OIL 1851
S4-S5-6W Oil 1895
1877 SEA Sk35-6W IS
@ S4S56W
16S6-0W Location
1 Add l2-S5-6W 1900
Harper / NEa M-54-6W on So9i
19i L Lot Blk Is Sec 12SS6W Derrick
No
No
e q 70. LILO Lneaton
No. S-34-6W 1850
lot Indian O1-Reichof SWA SEA S-S4-dW Location
Indian DIV inkle N &-s5-6W ASS
1236W on 29ss
DrunheT No 1 1O-34-6W Rig Up
Nw3 S-Ss-5W Dry 2sas
I7s Tavsr-F5oer -c1arkson NO @
16o
ne NO NWa NW7 1-sa-6w
10 ZIG
8s Montana Power Gaines No Nwa 6-3s-5w
SEA SEA 3-345W $50
/ SVV3 16-SS-5W Oh $50
/
eau-Van 20 S5-sS-6W. RIG Up
35-35-6W Rig Up
c 2-34-6W Rig
/, 73s5W 100
G 5356W on 1884
Taxrant itton NO 4 Up
Tarrant- Ezagfund NO 28le
No z00
24-34-6W OIL 1855
176 G NW3 14-34-6W OIL 1922
161 / l-33-6W 1850
stner- NO 275Ol
1873 Wicksand mero No. NE Lot Blk II Orig Twp SseW 1900
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
Public Works Projects
Approved IN Montana

Reports from Washington, d. @. state
that four public works allotmcnts for
Montana tOtaling more than 81 900 600
have been approved By the PWA.
The largest ALLEGATION was an $50. >
600 loan and grant for the Rock creek
irrigation district in Carbon county.
Other loans and grants which have
been approved were 100000 for the
Warm Springs hospital at Warm
Springs. $4,000 for a water system at
Bainville and $4,000 for q water sys-
tenn ct Chinook.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
go ACTTVTTTEs

The Fort Missoula district Of the
Ninth corps area spent $685.. 62Ii9 on
CCC activities since establishment OF
the corps. A large percentage Of the
federal money has reverted to depend
ents Of the forest workers at the rate Of
SIS month for each youth.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

The Montana wild Lie and Conssx-
vation association win sponsor q Nose
for government purchase OF lands on
which win be established duck sRne-
tuaries.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

Only one German submarine saw ser
vice from the beginning Of the World
war TO the end Of the war. This was
the Lucky U-10" and was surrendered
70 the British at the close Of the war.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
KEVIN-SUNBURST FIELD
KEVIN-SUNBURsT OIL AND GAS FIELD

KEVIN-SUNBURST OIL AND GAS FIELD
seardslee- sVrears No 8 O SEA rgwa 9-s5-2w on
nc. SEA SEA s~3z-1w
o-Conson No /
Fulton Halter NO IL NEa SEA l7-S5-2W
/, 21-SS-zW 800
s8-84-1W $50
-Dppe 28-35-IW 140
9552W Rig Up
1915
Engleking 2, 30-S5-2W 1875
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02

Moscow, Russia, has 1900 amateur
soccer football players.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1935-02-02
PIONEER DIES

Abner r. Farnum, IS, pioneer ranch
er Of southereastern Montana and q
resident Of the Miles City section for So
years. died recently. He was a native
Of West Concord, N. H.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

According to regulations of the
Montana Relief Commission, every
family is allowed something like So
per month for "incidentals." There
is also an allowance of So per
month for kerosene, etc. These
facts are absolutely unknown to
the majority of relief families in
the county. AS a result, most
families-and perhaps all of them
have never received these small
amounts to which they are entitled.
And since the u. S. postal depart
ment does not transport letters of
farmers for nothing, the farmers
had to beg stamps when they want
ed to send a letter or quit writing,
just because the allowance for Gin
cidentals" is not known to be in
existence in Sheridan county.
Put Farmers to Sleep
Apparently it is also the atti-
tude of the county relief admins
tration to send farmers and work.
ers to bed early, by refusing to
make it known to them that they
are entitled to So per month for
kerosene.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
SUPREME COURT
GUSTS NOODLE
FROM OFFICE

BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. S.-The
fight over the election spoils in
North Dakota has not ended yet.
Yesterday the LANCER faction ach-
ieved a victory when the state SUI
preme court ruled that Governor
Thomas H. Noodle, who took Of
flee on Jan. 7 after having been
elected on the democratic ticket, is
not qualified to hold that office.
Noodle was ousted from his Of
flee on the ground that he did not
quelify because he had not lived
in the state the required five con-
secutive years before election.
The supreme court ordered that
Walter Wexford, lieutenant COVER
nor. he instituted as acting gov
ernor to fill the balance of Mood
les term All of Noodles acts
while in office were considered
valid by the court.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

- 800 " ~~0AAAAA5 wiz ~ was OC1O
County relief officials state that
no money is available. FERA Of
ficials at Washington try to ex-
plain that the federal emergency
relief administration will be COM
pletely out of funds by Feb. 10,
and no new funds have been APP
propriated.
Neither they nor any other Of
ficisls of the Roosevelt admins
tration are trying to explain what
is to happen to the more than 20
million people on relief this month.
Grocery orders are being cut in
half, and coal and clothing is re-
fused. This naturally means that
families are starving ard children
: are freezing right now.
All farmers and workers organ
izations as we'll as all individuals
should write Immediately to their
respective senators and congress-
men protesting against these cuts
and the attitude of the admins
tration, and demand immediate en-
actment of the Farmers Emergen.
cy Relief Bill, H.R. 3471, and the
Workers Unemployment and So
cial Insurance Bill, H.R. 1927.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

farmers took part. Several of
the defendants were present and
Ed Frguson, one of them, briefly
outlined what happened at the sale
at the Nelson farm in 1888 and
what had led up to these charges.
He explained that Victor Mel
son, young Westby farmer, had
owed the Minot Credit company,
a concern well known among farm
ers for its most ruthless methods
the sum of $425. When he was
going to leave the country, he if
fered to pay this debt but not the
$50 for stock the company had
tried to force on him when he
made the loan. Nelson had never
received this stock, but still the
banker refused this settlement. A.
a result, the penny sale took place
which brought $2.44. How thu
federal government enters into th'
matter neither of the seven farm
ers knew at the time.
At the end of the meeting, |
resolution was drawn up and pass
ed, protesting the framed-up charg
es against these seven farmers. 4
collection for the expenses of tn,
defense was taken which netteC
$34.35.
The officers Of the different or
CARNATIONS urge that immediate
protests be sent by wire to Fed
eral Judge Andrew Miller, Minot
N. D., theoretically protesting a
gainst the persecution of thes'
seven farmers who helped save {
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

suit and maybe we will learn q
little"
The secretary explained that gin
order to give this investigation
committee plenty of cases to work
on, all farmers and workers should
Immediately send their complaints
and their criticisms to the COM
mittee, and as long as no commit
tee has been elected, to Represent
alive John Ritch, Helena, Mont.
"At the same time we must de.
mand that our complaints be an
swered and that we are informed
about the results of the investiga.
tion," Hardersen concluded. "Cop-
les of all letters should be sent
to the Producers News for publ
cation"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
CONSPIRACY TRIAL IS
OPENED WITH FARMERS
PLEADING NOT GUILTY
REPEATED PROTEST
BRINGS SHIPMENT
OF COD LIVER OIL
Hay, Cotton Seed Cake
and Potatoes Have
Arrived

The local relief office has fin.
ally received a shipment of 1000
bottles of cod liver oil for distri.
button among relief cases. The
shipment is obviously a result OF
the continued criticism made BY
the United Farmers League and
the Producers News about the state
of malnutrition of hundreds Of
children in the county. The re.
port that nearly 300 children were
undernourished had been made BY
the county nurse last summer.
A carload Of cotton seed cake
has also been received by the Plen-
tywood office. Four carloads Of
hay were unloaded in the county
last week, two at Plentywood and
two at Reserve.
1t is also stated that two car.
loads of potatoes have arrived fol-
distribution among the county's
needy families. During the last
few days the local relief office has
handed out portions of cheese and
quantities of rice.
Farmers and workers are advis.
ed to ask for all these things sc
that discrimination is not quite as
easy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
Legislature Adopts
Resolution to Probe
State Relief Situation
Investigation Is Result of Criticism and Complaints; Hair
dersen Asks That Now Committee Be Swamped
With Letters Stating Cases

HELENA, Feb. latter having
received numerous complaints a.
bout the administration Of relief
in the state, the house Of repre-
sentatives yesterday adopted "a
resolution calling for the appoint
ment of an investigation commit
tee to receive and hear all COM
plants, to make a thorough inves-
LEGATION of the relief situation and
to report its findings to the legiss
laure.
The motion was made by Repre-
sentative John Ritch of Lewistown.
The resolution as passed author
ICES the investigation committee to
receive and hear all complaints, to
examine the general workings of
the state relief set7up as to costs
of administration, methods and
needs for the next two years, "and
all other relief matters of interest
tot the legislature and the state"
"There has been much criticism
of the methods of the relief adj
ninistration and complaints are
coming from many countless" Mr..
Ritch saws in his resolution.
Not Much Expected
Not much, of course, can be ex-
pected from those legislative in
vestigations, Hans Hardersen, the
Wontans secretary of the U.F.L
stated when informed about these
efforts of the legislature. "How-
ever" says Hardersen. "the many
complaints seem to have some re-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
al 900 Pounds of Oxtails
Are Burned In Oklahoms

OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. g.
They couldn't pillow them under so
they burned them. Forty-one
thousand pounds of oxtails from
Montana went up in flames here
yesterday.
The oxtails were regarded as a
federal surplus commidity and
we're shipped here to make soup
for relief families. It seemed, how
yer, that the oxtails were so rot
fen that officials did not dare to
distribute them. They were con-
demned to burn. FERA officials
stated that they had been spoiled
in Montana before they were froz-
en- for shipment.
Apparently the Montana Relief
Commission was "unable" to find
customers for these oxtails in Mon
tana so they were shipped in order
to heat up a small part of Okla
homa City.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
Montana Power Co.
Is Ordered to Drop
SIPS Rate for Ga:

HELENA.-The Montana Public
Service Commission has finally or
dered the Montana Power company
to discontinue its initial rate charg
of slips on natural gas.
The order of the commission
stated that "the board will enter
tain an application on the part of
the Montana Power company to so
adjust the rates now charged by
it that the revenue now derived
from the service charge may be
made up by increasing some OF
the rates Of the larger users Of
gas"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

Owe do not desire to give you
snv information and / have told
YOU that BEFORE" Eddie Fender
cast. local administrator, stated
with great vigor when asked for
the figures by the reporter.
"All right, just what is the rea-
son for your refusal?" he was
asked again. 81 just have no de-
sire to give you information and
I won't answer any of your ques-
TONS" was the reply.
"Well, then we have to draw
our own conclusions; that suits
me-" the reporter stated and left.
"That suits me, too," said Fender
CAST.
The attitude of these public Of
ficials, who are here in the county
to give service for which they re-
eeive high salaries out of taxpay-
ers' money, makes it difficult for
farmers and workers in the county
to learn anything about the adj
ministration of relief here. There
ia no other newspaper in the coun-
Y but the Producers News which
prints anything worthwhile know
ing regarding the relief situation.
Farmers will want to know why
important questions, politely ask
ed, are not answered by the relief
administration. Is it because these
officials are ignorant and fear to
expose their lack of knowledge by
trying to answer these questions :?
Is it that they feel incompetent or
are there even more serious rea-
sons for their rfusal to answer
questiors, the answers of which
the public has a right to know?
Is There No Budget?
The most likely explanation for
the attitude of this relief official
seems to be that there is no bud
get in Sheridan county like in 9TH
er Montana counties; that funds
are being distributed arbitrarily
and in accordance with the whims
Of the administrators. And there
may be still other reasons why
answers to important questions are
being withheld from workers and
farmers and the general public.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
BUTLER RECEIVES I
MORE COMPLAINTS

The following letter of COM
plant, criticising the local relief
administration, was sent to the
state relief administrator by Mrs.
Grace Hardersen:
CDR. w. J. Butler,
''Hs lena, Mont.
urgent appeals have appeared
in local newspapers requesting that
Writer budget be obtained from
Helena for publication. Sheridan
county budgets have not changed
since they were issued last sum-
mer. Through December and jan
uary, our clothing budgets fell far
short of meeting our most urgent
necessities like overshoes, under
wear, caps, etc.
"Some time ago the local relief
he'd out hopes that we would re-
ceive winter clothing to the extent
Of three dollars per person per
month. A few were fortunate
enough to obtain this from the
serior case worker for a day or
two. After that it was killed by
the local office. Evasive answers
and blank looks have been the
only response to our requests for
the kidnapped budget.
"The fact that blankets and
quilts had to be purchased from
our summer budgets made our in
dividual Writer clothing orders ex-
tremely small.
perhaps you Helena officials
feel that we should not complain
if we are inadequately clad or fed;
still we feel it is our right since
this is a government undertaking
and we are also a part of the re-
public.
''The public good rather than in
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
Discrimination By Relief
Office Is Ordinary Thing

to help people, or are you here to
deal them misery?" she tried to
smile and said: 81 am not discus
sing this with you"
In order to get the information
l was after, l then had to go to
Mr.. Pendergast, and asked him the
reason why I should be taken off
relief while others were not taken
off.
Mr.. Pendergast jumped out of
his easy chair, pointed his finger
towards the door, tried to look
very important and said: "Ycu
heard what the case worker told
you, and that is final"
NO." 1 told him, ''this is not
final. It is information am af-
ter, and if 1 can not get it from
you, l will have to get it from
somebody higher up. 1 want to
know"
"You haven't much standing
higher up, and you don't amount
to much" was what the former
grocery clerk snapped at me as /
left.
That / do not amount to a heck
of lot is something have real
lied for years. What / amount to
does not make a particle of diff
ference in this case. I am on re-
lief, / do not expect to be treated
better than anybody else; l am not
asking for any favors. What l
insist on is, that what is a rule
for one is a rule for all. A fight
of this kind is not a personal one
with me. / am simply taking it
up because want to show how
rotten and unfair our relief office
is conducted, and hope that 9TH
ers might benefit by it. l am not
the only one being Disseminated
against.
A few days after / had been
at the relief office asking for a
pair of glasses for my wife and
had been turned down, woman
from Plentywood went up there
and got pair of glasses without
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
Crop Prospect Darker Than
Ever Before, Says Peterson

governmert wants the farmers all
over the country to hold NEE tings,
big meetings and small meetings,
where the AAA and other farm
plans are to be discussed. Then
later on a referendum vote will be
taken where the farmers will have
a chance to vote for what they
think is the best plan.
Now, that sounds very democrat
ic. The rank and file of farmers
are going to vote on a system,
and whatever the majority decides
on is what they are going to get.
This is nothing short of being a
very clever scheme. The brain
trust knows that the only plan
having amp chance of getting the
endorsement is the AAA plan. Not
because the farmers like it, but
simply because it is the only plan
having a chance of being natior-
ally discussed and voted on. That
will give the brain trust a chance
to come out and say afterwards:
The farmers are perfectly salts
fled; the majority voted for the
AAA.
For instance. / have a plan,
and l think it is much more sim
pie and much better than anything
I have heard of yet, and that
could probably get 80 per cent of
the farmers to vote for it if
had chance to explain it to them.
But I don't belong to the brain
trust, and it don't make any diff
ference how good my plan is, the
brain trust will never admit that
my plan is better than theirs, and
they would never give it any pub
licity. Neither will the leading
papers. The only way I can get
my plan before the public is by
hiring speakers to make contact
with all the farmers in the coun-
try, and that would probably cost
me million dollars, and haven't
got the million.
Another reason why my plan
would never be accepted by the
present administration, even if
could get 80 per cent of the farm
ers to vote for it, is this: That
the 10 per cent who would be vot-
ing against my plan would he big
farmers, and the 10 per cent OF
big farmers have more WEIGHT with
the brain trust than the 80 per
cent who are down and ont. no
matter which way the votes run.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08
RAYMOND U.F.L.
MEETS FEB. 18th

The next meeting Of the Ray
mOnd local of the United Farm
ers League will take place at
Ed Hanna4l's place at Raymond
at IL O'Clock, Thursday, Feb. IA.
The meeting is of great import
ance and should be of great in
terest to all Raymond farmers.
Members are asked to attend;
other farmers are welcome.
There will be a lunch before
the meeting.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-02-08

neighbor from the ruthless claws
Of a banker.
N. ID. Holiday Appeals
The state secretary of the North
Dakota Farmers Holiday Associa-
ton, Mrs. Chris Lennertz, has sent
the following appeal to all locals
of the organization:
"I am writing a letter of ap-
peal to the members of the North
Dakota Holiday Association and
all farmers and businessmen inter-
ested in the welfare of the farm
er, to give financial help toward
the defense in the case of Victor
Nelson Of Divide county versus the
Minot Credit Company.
members of the Holiday Asso-
citation of Divide county held a
penny sale in 1888 at the farm Of
Victor Nelson when it was learn
ed by them that the Minot Credit
Company was not giving Mr.. Nell
son a fair deal relative to a mort
gage Mr.. Nelson had with them.
"The Minot Credit Company has
indicted seven men charging them
with intent to defraud.
"a full account of the case viii
be printed in the Farmer-LabOr
Defender and the Nonpartisau
Leader, also all weekly papers that
we can get to.
"It will take lots Of money to
fight this case. Attorneys E. r.
fCor+iD,od or, naoa threel