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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-01-18
By HANS RASMUSSEN

A lot of public money is going
to be spent on work projects of
different kinds in the near future.
The plan is to take as manp peo-
pie as possible off direct relief and
put them to work. To that plan
nobody really has any objection.
It is not the work itself that peo-
pie are Directing to, as long as
fair wages are paid. What we are
Objectirg to is doing work that's
nothing but foolishness. lie we
have to work we want to do some
thing worth while. Anything like
working off back relief is some
thing that will never get US any
where and should be entirely for
gotten.
There is a lot of work that needs
to be done, and it looks very much
like some of it can be done if we
can get together and agree on
what we want the most. Each
neighorhood should get together
and plan some work that would be
close to home, and work that
would be of some value in the
future.
We must remember we are here,
and even if we do not like the
conditions any too well, most of
US are figuring on staying a while
longer, and after we are gone
somebody else will be here. While
we are planning for better condi-
tons we might as well make the
best of the present. Creating a
lot of work and getting it well
paid for is what should be the most
important task at the present time.
Build Decent Roads
There is no limit to the amount
of useful work that can be done
in the county. Of public projects
we have the Medicine Lake pro-
ject, the highway from Plentywood
to Daniels county, another one to
Westby and ore from Reserve to
the North Dakota line. There is
no reason why a government post.
office could not be built in Plenty
wood if somebody got behind il
and pushed. Billions are going tt
be spent on something in that line
and new postoffice would be
; nice thing to have, but we are no
!; going to get it by sucking oul
, thumbs. There is something fol
; commissioners, commercial club
. and others to get busy on anC
, show what can be done.
| Of work that could be done un
der relief projects, there is an un
: limited amount. Probably the on
l that would be the most appealing
! and the one that would scatter tn
I, work most evenly over the county
, is the road work projects. Plant
r ing of trees is another one. VIVA
: we need, too, is a lot of publ
{ swimming pools; each little tow
t and every community should hav
: one, if there is any way of get
: ting water for it.
Building a lot of little dams an,
creating pot-holes and small lake
5 is looked upon by some as bein,
l waste OF time and energy, bu
: it is not as foolish as it looks
] Not only could they be used 70
small irrigation, trees could b
! plarted to help make the countr
$ a more desirable place to live il
4 And keeping the water here an,
giving it a chance to evaporate
instead of letting it run into tn
S Gulf of Mexico a Thousand mile
i away, may have some effect O.
D rainfall in the future. Creatin
pot-holes is not waste of time.
The government is going to Sc
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-01-18
ppVVLLECTIVE FARMS, INJURED
bf BAD WEATHER. ASSICTEn,

=, MOSCOW.-FSU)-In order to relieve
S Slae situation of the collective farms which
nave suffered from storms. the Soviet gov
ernment has decided to place at their dis
pos from the state reserves of grain, IL
OOO,OOO double centners Zone double cent
ner equals 100 kilograms). This will be
placed at the disposal of the collective farms
as seed and fodder grain, free of interest
charges.
Evening star., 1935-06-12
The Old Gardener Says: /:

There is no other vine which
will grow so fast or cover so
large an area in a short time
as the Kudzu vine, which has
been known to make shoots
so feet long in single season.
The fact must be admitted,
however, that this rapid
growth will not be made the
first season. Two or three
years are needed for the Kud-
zu vine to become thoroughly
established, but after that it
will make an amazing amount
of growth each year. 1t is not
like the wisteria, which will
tear off shingles and pry open
window castings, il permitted
to make unrestrained growth.
for it dies back to the ground
each year, making a fresh start
each Spring. The cutting away
of the old canes is the one OBJ
lection to this vine. The Kud-
zu vine is not planted for its
flowers, which amount to lit
tie, but for its usefulness in
covering unsightly places
quickly, although the large
green leaves are decidedly at
tractive. This is a good vine
to plant In dry place. for IL
seldom needs water. It is not
fond of lime, however.
tCopyriSht 1880
Evening star., 1935-06-12

Answer to Yesterdays LETTER OUT.
Evening star., 1935-06-12
LETTER.OUT
BY CHARLES II. JOSEPH.

spell the word
opposite
correctly
will spell something highly valued
Answer to LETTEROU
The producers news., 1935-04-12
FARMERS MAY SEED
LESS THAN SIGNED
MINIMUM OF WHEAT

Less than the minimum wheat
acreage may be seeded by Sheri-
dan county farmers who have
signed wheat reduction contracts
under a new ruling issued this
week by the wheat section, ac-
cording to Harry Ehrmanntrauti
secretary of the county allotment
board.
The action came following re-
quests from allotment boards ask
ing for waivers.
The same ruling went into eff
feet last year but was made late
in May, and as a result big
majority of the farmers who pre-.
ferred to seed less than the mini
mum were forced to comply. But
few farmers were able to take ad
vantage of the waiver last year.
The new ruling will enable croI
growers to seed as little as they
deem fit, in the event the present
crop outlook does not show sign.
of improvement and which is a
present discouraging through lacl
of moisture, wind and soil blow
ing.
Rulings with waivers as in thi
instance are made each year b,
the wheat section.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Land Banks Ordered
to Pay Cash On All
Loans Under 81 900

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Gover-
nor w. I. Myers of the Farm
Credit Administration announced
April 4 that all federal land bank
and land bank commissioner loans
of less than $1,000 will be paid
in cash. Previously the largest
amount paid in cash was $500.
According to Mr.. Myers state
ment, any loan or creditors claim
of less than $1,000 settled by a
loan may be paid in cash, while q
loan or creditors claim of $1,000
or over will be paid in fedora
farm mortgage corporation bonds
Cash will be used, as heretofore
for fractional amounts and to pay
such items as taxes and Insurance.
on farm property. Interest win be
! Az instead of 5 per cent.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
YOUTH RALLIES
AGAINST WAR
ON APRIL 18th
Schools All Over Country
VIII Close to Protest
Drive to War

April IL marks the date of the
national walk-out of the students
of high schools and colleges all
over the United States as a pro-
test against the coming threat of
war and fascism.
Some cities will have their
schools closed all day and others
for an hour. Most cities are CO.
operating with the students and
faculties and will take part in the
demonstrations.
Washington, D. c., schools will
be closed right under the nose ol
] President Franklin d. Roosevelt
with his greatest war expenditures
in the history of peaceEime Amer
lea and his drive to fascism.
Senator Nye and Senator Clarl
of North Dakota and Missour
have given their endorsement o
the strike.
The youth organizations takinl
part in preparing for the walk-ou
and most active are the Nations
Students League. YMCA, YWCA
YCL, and many other organiza
tions of youth.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Storage Tickets on State
Wheat 3,317,967 Blu

There were outstanding storage
tickets on 3.S17.967 bushels of
wheat in Montana on March 1, ac-
cording to the report of the grain
division of the state department of
agriculture. There were Abb 1892
bushels in elevators and mills,
$4,000 bushels in terminals, H.
332 in transit for storage, and
224,834 bushels in transit.
Storage tickets outstanding or
barley on March 1 totaled 24,73s
bushels with 121, 1923 in storage
3,043 bushels of rye outstanding
with 1875 in elevators; S5,744
bushels of oats on which storag'
tickets had been issued with 311,
628 bushels in elevators and 1921;
bushels in transit, and 1895 bush
els Of flax outstanding with So,
894 bushels in elevators, 1,64
buhsels in terminals, and 2,04
bushels in transit.
The report showed that advanc
on all grains amounted to 5000
s69.
The producers news., 1935-04-12

jurors, and that Negroes had been,
fraudulently kept off the SCOTS
boro juries.
This leaves the following situa-
ton: Nine Negro lads have been
in Jail for five years, most of
them under sentence of death for
part of that time, on an invalid
charge. Only mass protest and
the able defense put up by the
International Labor Defense pre-
vented the boys from being rail-
roaded to death.
Negroes Must Be Jurors
Besides saving Norris and Pat
terson, the working class, by fore
ing this verdict from the supreme
court, has also won a tremendous
victory in the struggle for Negro
rights. It means that in the fu-
ture the Negroes will have a right
to be tried by juries in which theil
own members will be represented
and not be judged entirely by mem
bers of a race which has hitherto
Continued on page three)
The producers news., 1935-04-12
DISCUSS METHODS
OF STOPPING SOIL
EROSION AT MEETS

A series of three meetings are
scheduled for Sheridan county to
discuss tillage methods to reduce
and control soil blowing. Sam
Sloan, agronomist of Bozeman,
will present material to show what
other communities are doing to
reduce erosion by wind. The seri-
Gus condition in the winter wheat
area where thousands of acres
were damaged by high winds and
drouth brings out the Importance
of taking immediate steps to con-
troll this type of erosion.
The meetings are scheduled as
follows: Thursday April 18, Dag
mar; Friday, April 10, Medicine
Lake; Saturday, April 20, Outlook
Each meeting is calel dior 1870 p
m. Interested farmers should
come prepared to discuss soil blow
ing as well as other tillage prob
lens which are causing difficulty
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Gov. Cooney Appoints
New Road Commission

DR.. Harry J. McGregor of Great
Falls, and lockwood Brown, Bill
ings attorney, were named as
members of the Montana highway
commission, replacing Chairman
o. S. Warden of Great Falls and
James II. Rofe Of Butte, whose
terms expired at midnight Sun
day.
L. J. Croonenberghs of Missoula,
whose term would have extended
until April 1, 1887, resigned only
to be renamed Immediately to one
of the two four-year terms. Mr.
Browns appointment was for the
two years left untitled by Croonen.
berghs. McGregor's appointment
like Croonenberghs', viii extend
until April 1, 1889.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
MRS. CARL TANGE
SHOWS DRAWINGS
AT LEGION HALL

The people of Plentywood were
given a rare treat when Mrs. Carl
Tango opened an exhibit at the
Legion hall of her drawings and
portraits, last Saturday, April 6.
The exhibits are mostly some of
Mrs. Tange's recent accomplish
ments, only a few having been ex-
hibited before. The oil paintings
of landscapes from Montana and
California are especially notewor-
thy. The flower bouquets looked
very natural, and the charcoal
drawing were very good.
We understand that Mrs. Tango
has recently been away to study
portrait painting. A portrait Of
Mrs. Tange's mother gives prom
Use of an enlargement in her field
of art.
Mrs. Tango has won severa
good prizes on her paintings a
the state fair.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
new HIGHWAY
PATROL SET UP
Force VIII Be Used Just as
Those of Pennsylvania
Are Used

The new highway patrol took
shape at the first meeting of the
recently appointed highway com
mission.
The state viii be divided into
12 districts with two men to a dis
trict. For district 8, including
Phillips, Valley, Sheridan, Daniels
and Roosevelt counties, the patrol
men win be Newton Cummings Of
Midale and Alex j.. Simpson Of
Culbertson. They will attend a
SO-day school at Helena.
Eighteen coupes, one sedan, five
motorcycles and one patrol car will
be purchased.
The five motorcycles and the
station wagon will be known as
"the flying squadron" and will be
on hand at all big municipal and
county functions to patrol the
highways. The motorcycles will
be carried from. one location to
another in the station wagon, a
fast moving truck. All patrol cars
win be white and will be equipped
CONTINUED On page 81
The producers news., 1935-04-12
ACTION Is FILED
AGAINST MONTANA
POWER COMPANY
Morgan Controlled c o.
Holds Out on Money
Owed Indians

BUTTE, Mont.-Alleging breach
of contract, the department of the
interior has filed action against
the Rocky Mountain Power COM
pany to cancel its contract on the
proposed Poison dam and power
site. The company was given the
contract on May %, 1880, and was
to have completed the project byl
May %, 1884.
The, Rocky Mountain Power
company is controlled bv Montana
Power, in its turn subsidiary of
American Light and Power, an af-
filiate of the Morgan-controlled
Electric Bond and Share.
In one section of its brief a.
gainst the Rocky Mountain Power
company the government charges
that the company owes 1000 mem.
bers of the Flathead Indian tribe
! $7,355,OOO.
At that, Vice President F. M
Kerr of Montana Power will gel
$1,000 of the sum, because he be
came a Flathead during the earl!
ballyhoo days of the project, wise
cracks the Eye-Opener of Butte.
On top of all that we recent!
got a report that the power com
panies were threatening to us
sheriffs in the collection of ligh
bills.
A farmer near Outlook was toll
he had better pay up or the sher
iff will be trotted out.
These power hogs need checking
The producers news., 1935-04-12

The hearings began on Monday,
April 8.
During the many months con-
gress has been in session, it has
been fiddling around with this and
that and has neglected the most
burning needs of the farmers.
This applies particularly to farm
ers from the burned out areas.
There was no action taken until
the committed sent from the Sioux
Falls conference brought a little
pressure on the big boys and
brought the farmers immediate
problems home to the gentlemen.
The committee will stay in
Washington until the hearing are
over.
While they are doing that, it is
up to us to help them from here
by letting congress know what we
think about it.
The bill is different from any
other bill before congress in that
it provides for some things that
would deeply shock the stock sales
men.
1t cancels all debts that threat
en- the possession of the farm OF
equipment. 1t provides funds tc
repurchase property lost through
debt action or seizure since 1921
1t provides for cash relief and
credit to be administered through
farmers committees. It abolishes
interest on these debts and calls
for repayment only when there is
enough of an income to amply take
care of all other needs of the
l farmer.
= Wall Street fights the bill very
: hard, which is perfectly natural
And we have to fight harder t,
win the bill.
: The committee that got thl
: hearings on H. R. S471 is the sam
e committee that called on Wallace
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Williams County Calls
Meeting to Discuss
Relief Conference

WILLISTON, N. D.-Farmers of
Williams county viii meet at the
armory at Williston on April IL
at p. m. to discuss the program
of the Sioux Falls Emergency Re-
lief Conference held in South Da-
kota.
The Williams county delegates tc
the conference included Fred Wag-
ner, county chairman of the Holi-
day Association, Effie Kjorstad o.
the United Farmers League, Ole
| Aronson and Mrs, Gerling.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
War Appropriations
Rise Swiftly In 1895

wASHINGTO1kN.-The war ap-
propriations of Great Britain and
the United States are very near
all peace-time records for the next
year.
In the United States the apprO-
priation totals more than $1,000,
oO0.0O and that of Great Britain
more than s5OO,OOO 600.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
RELIEF MEET
BACKS AREAL
=. LABOR PARTY
Favor Party Based on Far
mers' and Workers
Organizations

The Farmers Emergency Relief
Conference at Sioux Falls did not
only pass resolutions demanding
of the Roosevelt government that
the AAA be repealed or that GER
tain measures be taken to guar
antee relief, but they also pointed
out a way through which we can
h elp in getting these things
through political action.
The following resolution drawn
up by the Minnesota delegation
and approved by the conference,
speaks for itself:
Whereas, our experience has
shown the present New Deal
Roosevelt administration to be the
continued rule of Big Business by
increasing the profits of bankers
trusts. and monopolies at the eX
pense of the further lowering o.
the living standards of the work
ers and farmers of this nation
and
"Whereas, it is also proven tina
the toilers of this country can ex
pect no improvement of their con
ditions nor the defense of their in
terests from governments control
led by the ruling class throug
either the Republican or Demo
, cratic parties, and
J "Whereas, ever increasing nun
, bers of workers and farmers ar
/ coming to realize the need for ii
dependent political action, and
t gainst the existing capitalist pa
, ties, and
"Whereas, there is today NOV
{ ment on foot for the formation
5 a third party which by its use
! radical phrases and promises w
2 pretend to differ from the exis
: ing capitalist parties but, in res
ity, by the character of its lea
s ers and the nature of its progra
: will prove to be another capital
e party under different name,
:. therefore, be it resolved tn
}. we, the delegates assembled at t
d Farmers Emergency Relief Co
: ference, go on record as favoril
= the formation of a nation-wi
,. Labor Party, against a capital
third party, under rank and f
control based upon the worke.
trade unions and the farmers {
c ganizations, including all milital
regardless of former or prese
IA political beliefs, that will truly
It present the interests of the wol
g ers and farmers of this matte
l. and
n "Be it further resolved that
! favor the formation of such a |
Dor Party on a program OF rt
It action for the improvement Of t
immediate condition of the wol
o ers and farmers and for the I
! holding of all our civil rights" :"
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Largest Earth Dam In
World Near Williston

One of the largest earth dams
in the world is under construction
on Stony creek, between Spring
brook and Epping, northeast OF
Williston. It will be 1,5OO feet
long and 4s feet high. 1t will Gre
ate a lake six miles long and
covering ITO acres. Extreme depth
of the lake will be S8 feet. A
steel bridge carrying a highway
will cross the spillway.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Schedules of Montana
Dakota Rate Hearings

HELENA ,Mont.-The Montana
public service commission last
week ordered an inquiry into cleo
trio rates charged by the Mon
tana-Dakota Power company for
energy, lighting, heating and 9TH
er uses.
The inquiry will be conducted at
Glendive on May 6.
Another order was made setting
hearings in the same case at Plen-
tywood May 9 and at Poplar May
10.
The producers news., 1935-04-12

as a third member Sophus Nor.
stad, a farmer of Raymond. He
was refused because che is inclin-
ed to be just little radical"
Gonius Laursen had proposed
Norstai already last week. He
was then told by Stenehjem: "He
would probably be all right but l
don't know him personally"
Recommended by Businessmen
In order to counteract this "ar-
gumert" of the relief office on
Tuesday, Gonius Laursen, who was
anxious to get the committee
started, had armed himself with
petition signed by all the Ray
mOnd businessmen, recommending
AOrstad as a member of the griev-
ance committee. The petition was
signed by Bert Heron, Olaf Nor
by, Henry Hill, Joe Kavon and Lee
&onson. Mr.. Ehrmanntraut, the
secretary of the county allotment
board, has added his signature
since he knew Morstad as chair.
man Of the allotment committee Of
Raymond.
Last week, when Stenehjem re-
FUSED to accept Morstad because
ne did not know him, both he ant
Laursen went around town to learl
more about him. At McKee's of
Continued on page three)
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Fred Marsh Sells Interest
In Beer Parlor to Beigh

A business deal has been made
recently by which Fred March has
sold out his interest in the beer
parlor known as the Carter and
Marsh place. Bob Beigh is the
man who takes Fred's place be-
hind the bar, and the place will
be known in the future as the Car
ter and Beigh place.
1t is reported that Mr.. Marsh
intends to get back into the oil
business.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Fight for MOrstad Is Started
Dozen Men, Women Rejected as Too Radical; Sundsted
Lives TOO Close" to Laursen Relief Office Pro-
poses Holje Who Lives Still Closer

The relief administration at Plentywood is continuing
to sabotage the setting up of the county grievance
mttee Jens Lind who had been appointed third member
the committee refuses to serve and Administrator Prem
dergat through Stenehem refuses to accept other
b proposed by Gonus Laursen the farmers and workers
elected representative.
The committee met last Tuesday with MIR. Lind not
present At that time GoniuS Laursen proposed as third
The producers news., 1935-04-12
Lundeen Moves to Force
Vote On Insurance Bill

WASHINGTON. = (FP) In a
move to overcome administration
opposition to the workers unem-
ployment, old age and social in
surance bill he has introduced,
representative Lundeen, Farmer
Labor, Minnesota, March % filed
q petition to force it to a vote
IN the House. At the same time
0e sent letters to all congressman
urging them. to sign the petition.
Vhuer the gag rule adopted at the
Oeglnning of this session, 218 sig
natures are necessary to force a
vote, instead of the las previously
required.
As the bill has already been IA
soraoiy reported by the House la
OOr committee, the petition is or
q resolution of Representative w
: Ncnnery, Democrat, Massachu.
sets, asking for a rule from tn,
.ules committee, dominated By
.U''eTv9tive o' administrationists, 4
o'Velnpting to block a vote on tn,
SOikers' bill, which proposes ur
olaT ylGent insurance at averag
.a'e g wages for all iobiess. in
a'e9u ct the limited benefits fo
S'arHly restricted number of fu
~ G'e ln"nployed proposed in tn
90 r''p'Ttion bill
- many congressman freely adm
So,e A. reporters that there is "tremer
aus sUS pressure" from labor unior
tSuooth thu other workers organization
rrrOughout na."l the country for Il
F'Ssage - of the Lundeen bill.
sns sheridan county farmers shou
\ u u out how their men stand I
u what they intend to do.
The producers news., 1935-04-12
WON In
SCOttSbOro Case
u S. Supreme Court Obliged to Reverse Death Verdict
Against Norris and Patterson; Decision Based On
Exclusion of Negroes From Juries

WASHINGTON, D. C.-World-wide mass pressure or
ganzed and led by the international Labor Defense won
striking victory last week when the United States sue
court was Obliged to the death sentence against C
Norris and Haywood Patterson two OF the nine Scotts
boro boys who framed charges of in Alabama
courts five years ago.
The verdict was based the fact that the LID gave
ndsputabe proof that the southern courts had sysea-
itcay deprived the Negroes OF their rights to serve as
The producers news., 1935-04-12

WASHINGTON, d. C-We have advanced another step
fight for the security of homes and livelihood
reports Lem Harris, who is in Washington with the
mittee of five.
Congress has decided to hold hearings the Farmers
Emergency Relief Bill HR 3471 introduced by Congress
Burdick of North Dakota when congress met last fall