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yield was about six bushels per
acre, probably slightly less. Near
" rs per cent of the yield was
light weight, As to 55 pounds,
rather than the regulation 60
pounds per bushel. Farmers did
not get the prices you see quoted
for No. 1 hard northern. They did
/ getget an average of about $1.00
per bushel or $1,317,OOO for the
total crop. Out of this had to be
paid the harvesting and hauling
expense of about 80 to IS cents
per bushel, so the cash income
dwindled one-third to leave a net
of $878,460.
Eight hundred seventy-eight
thousand four hundred sixty dol
! lars looks like lot of money. 1t
would go long way toward keep
ing the 5000 needy for anothe-
year if either they, or the farmers
who grew the wheat, got the mon
ey. They do not, and that brings
in another phase of the picture.
There are public debts, county
city and school debts to a stagger-
ing total. Interest never sleeps
1t has to be paid. In addition the
administration of county, cities
!. and schools must also be borne b!
J taxes. Fifty per cent of the far
: mers-the real producers-couldn'
: pay their taxes last year. TIL,
load became heavier for those VIII,
!, could. All this was another drail
, on the cash receips.
- Yet harvesting and hauling eX
9 pense and taxes are but a start o,
the drain. Approximately 95 pc
" cent of Sheridan county farms ar
mortgaged. Livestock, machiner
: and household goods are hkewis
: mortgaged. The farmer has n
I equity left. He merely works fc
- the interest collectors and absente
y landlords. He must likewise wor
for Uncle Sam, because on Lac
farms there are 1,095 seed loan
~ ITO feed loans and another n
~ summerfallow loans, running fro
.e last season.
s Everybody Wants Money
a The Land bank, local bank, NOR
20 gage companies, machinery cor
III panies, local merchants and au
dealers all want payment. Insta
ment racketeers are on the job
catch up with back dues on t
radio, washing machine, floor Ian
and cook stove. Uncle Sam Q
his on feed, seed and summerf'
low loans-not all, but as much
he could. For go days collectc
N have been as thick as flies arou
h a molasses barrel. They are me
IL ing out now with most of the !
naming proceeds of the last crt
IF The little residue is not going
ar keep the 5000 destitute for E
mo- other year.
~ The other cash conveyor is Ii
" stock. AS we shall see, the p
D ceeds from it are almost negligit
- Last winter there was but lit
'' fodder. An already depleted 81
rfc ply of stock had to be further
80 duced. Much was shipped G
,;o Some starved-yes starved aim
~, ~ in sight of one of the $780,
- graft hay piles that the relief
- ministration now has spelling
IA ~ the outskirts of Plentywood.
~ county assessors record tells
oSr livestock story. In volume it is
OAAN much of a story.
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TALO ETHIOPIAN
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munition, although it was report
ed unidentified Americans had
presented the emperor with two
airplanes which are to be shipped
soon from New York.
(Under the United States neu-
trality law, such a shipment is
prohibited.)
In the southeast, said Exchange
telegraph reports, Italian airplaneS
were sighted over Wash, on the
Franco Ethiopian railway. They
dropped no bombs, the dispatch
added.
! There were earlier advices, pur-
portedly from Ras Seyoum, of sue
cesses in the maneuvers of three
Ethiopian forces against the Ital-
ian right flank which allegedly in
Guided the capture of an Italian
colonel and 80 other officers.
Another Army Marches
Ras Kassa, another chief Of the
negus, was said to be marching
toward the Setit river, on the Erit-
rean border, with an army of 3d.
600, while a third force was re-
ported advancing steadily north
ward under Dedjazmatch Ayelu.
Although he had not yet received
his passports, Luigi Vinci-Gigliuc-
CT, the Italian minister, packed his
bags to go home. The government
announced it had sent Vinci a let
ter asking him to leave Gas mat
ter of courtesy" He denied Eth
opian charges, made at Geneva
that he had used the legation radio
to transmit information to Rome
in defiance of requests from the
Adds Ababa government.
Declaring she will keep m!
tents at the front where they hav'
always been," the slim Waizert
Shamerga Gaby, who inherite'
10000 servants, vast fields an,
; great herds fmules and ponie
great herds of mules and ponie
Adds Ababa Thursday to head he
own army of $4,000 men.
| The little emperor himself il
5 tends to lead a vast army to tn
4 Dessye sector.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

Holiday Handl-booN''
Tie 1872 the tl'i Program Of Mon pr
,srtts1 STAINING g. ~ Association is now OH II
~ Holiday o!yd being being mailed to cal; all
y PRS a+ the state. The booklet
,s,tai, 5-5a nth than any previous Is :
!. /, g contains a wider variety ARE ETY.
q ?, ,sI 0iiIniformatiOn and uSel"l
,,,r+sna Holiday program,
555s1. aimed in the booklet Is %
D 9r OF INIMEDiAT +
DEMANDS;
rr DEMAND cost Of pro
!. We fd pl- our farm products
dadion AMOUNT M that will insure US
Pl1 s.o ,1 STANDARD standard of living
o.. debts. rents, taxes, and
i. Uui as we're contracted when
nctg's gre high. We cannot pay
price, me- .Saso until debts and prices
any Of In' * the same level. Our
get oa't 20 - small to give a decent
|s: ,sn i 10 Of living for our fa"''leS'
ThTeiCre-
NE DEMAND a moratorium
W. d.Ir On our farm mortgages,
ESi o. on; III - cFsttel mortgages and
lI' 1. ~ debts Il on crops, livestock
% al I.cbinery. incurred in pro
i in,inr the fOCdstuffs on which 'h'
n' IT WE TiS DEMAND the cancel
! III. ~, Of feed ard seed loans b,
=. ,orsmment to those farmers
~ 49, conditions forced them to
accept these loans.
II WE DEMAND that the heav
n, ~ mro y land of the poo
t.,msrs he exempt from taxes
IT, rost of government must b
, :. bv increased taxes from cor
no-,tions and trusts, and by til,
.iviorrpmert of tax levies, agains
Siob incomes and on the banks an
issuance companies and mOrtgag
holders.
7 WE DEMAND a moratorium
- cash rents until such time a
M prices Of farmers product
EQUAL the eost. of production plu
dece-t living.
U.WE DEMAND the abOlitiO
az tbp state militia which is use
n the neneyed class against farI
efs and workers., the funds for il
support to 90 to the public schools
Ne demand that local government
make no expenditures for tear ga
vhicg We know is purchased fC
use against us, and that local gO'
emments having tear gas in the
possession shall get rid of this V
ciOus weapon at once. We refu'
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

GENEVA, Oct. 9.-Two of It
aly's neighbors and sympathizers,
Austria and Hungary, stepped for
ward tonight to throw a monkey
wrench in the League of Nations
machinery rolling toward sane
lions against the fascist nation.
/ These two voices rang out in de-
tense of Italy in a strange twi-
light session of the league assem-
bly which was suddenly adjourned
without definite action.
League observers, however, ex-
pected an overwhelming majority
of the Sc assembly members to
rally to the cause of sanctions at
critical session tomorrow.
AlOisi First Speaker
The first speaker will be Baron
Pompeo Aloisi, head of the Ital-
ian delegation. He is expected to
denounce strongly the action Of
league council in indicating Italy
as an aggressor against Ethiopis
and a violator of the covenant.
ANY other opponents of the
councils indictment will then b.
called upon to speak, along witt
those who wish to make reserva
lions for their respective govern
ments.
Shortly after the historic meet
ing of the assembly, which ha
been called into urgent session
was opened, Baron Emeric Pflu
gel of Austria announced to tn
. tense delegates:
austria cannot forget that in
fateful moment of her history, /
= aly contributed to safeguard ht
.. integrity. The links that bind Il
: Austrian people to the people
S Italv are strong. Austria will n
fail in a friendship that is de
S tined to last through time
e come"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

How much cash revenue has
come out of this little livestock
herd during the past year is hard
to say. Certainly the total is not
more than enough to give each of
the 5000 people in the county a
ten dollar bill. Moreover the live
stock does not belong to the 5000
destitute. If it did, they might
eat every hoof between now and
next July and leave the entire
county without meat, milk, eggs
or work stock next season.
County Can Do Little
So on private resources the bur-
den of relief can't be carried. Lo-
cal government is in no better
shape. The county carries bond
ed debt of $500, 900 at 6 per cent.
Taxes are so per cent delinquent.
A 6 mill levy for poor fund pur-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

Adds ABABA, Oct. "a vic
torious Ethiopian drive "a miles
into italian Eritrea by a daring
flying column of $4,000 black cav
airy was officially announced by
Halle Helassie's government to-
night simultaneously with uncon-
firmeG rumors that Philippians had
recaptured Aduwa and taken
thousands" Of Italians prisoner.
At the same time the govern
ment announced mass assertions
of italian native troops to the
Ethiopian banner. It was assert
ed specifically that so aslaris ar
rived at Makale. south Of Aduwa,
bringing with them five machine
guns. IL mule loads of ammuni-
ton and several cannon, and that
200 askaris had deserted to Eth
opia on the Agame front in the
northeast.
Penetrates Eritrea
A brilliant operation by Ras
Seyoum, Ethiopian commander in
the north, sent $4,000 men across
the frontier into Eritrea on Satur-
day, while the Italian columns were
preparing to storm Aduwa, it was
announced. Philippians had been
ordered not to defend Aduwa.
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MOONEY MAKES
STAR WITNESS
By ANNA DAMON
Acting National Secretary, Inter-
national Labor Defense

Tom Mooney is a true son, and
a true champion of the working
class. His militant statement Of
his beliefs in the hearing before
a referee Of his application for a
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-10-11

A Mr.. Hops and Miss CHM were
recently married in Missouri. May
many little rickey cluster around
their happy home.
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Do you read the advertisements {?
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Holiday Association
Get Out Fine Booklet
u..:n,,,,;on Of Sxty-fow Page Pamphlet
bs"id c,n 1.; Programs and Helpful Hints
Is Now Being Made

Halliday pay taxes to any su Pca IA &c enn
I'm the FfCb!!" off session.
Evening star., 1935-10-14

members of q consular caravan, were
safely out of the country. They were
themselves somewhat tardy in getting
out, owing to the general befuddlement
of the negotiations that finally broke
down, the failure of which brought about
a state of war. He could not conceiv-
ably hasten their progress by staying at
the capital. 1t would seem rather to
have been theatric gesture, this stand
on the burning deck" pose of Count Luigi
Orazio Vinci- -Gigliucci, whose lame is
rather too long to figure in heroic meter.
Something must be said for the pa
tience Of the Ethiopians, who would
have been quite within their rights II
they had clapped the Minister in quod
and thus interned him as an enemv
alien when the guns began to bark on
the Eritrean front. The spectacle Of this
obstinate representative of II Duce
standing by in the heart OF the enemyS
country and, as a last resort of precau-
tion, burning the legation codes in a
bonfire on the front steps Of the min
istry while the Ethiopian sentries at
the gates looked on with open-mouthed
wonder is certainly one for the future
historian to note as strange feature
of this altogether strange war.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
SeriO.COmedy i'm EthiOpia

However distressing the Italo-Ethi-
opian situation may be in its present
or its eventual aspects, one high light
OF veritably comic relief has been pre-
sented for international entertainment
that may become historic. That is the
posture of the Italian Minister at Adds
Ababa, Count Luigi Orazio Vinci-Gig-
liucci. Contrary to all established
usages, this somewhat undiplomatic
diplomat not only failed, but refused,
to quit the Ethiopian capital when
a state of war between the two coun-
tries began. Ordinarily, when two ma
tions are in conflict, the first step taken
by each is the dismissal of the repre-
sentative of the other from his post.
He is handed his passport" if he does
not himself apply for it. This is both
the first step toward war and the last
step of peace. The Minister or Ambas-
sador, as the case may be, goes of his
own initiative, upon orders from home,
as a signal of the final breach of rela-
tions
Just what prompted the italian Min
lister at Adds Ababa to stay there after
the breach Of relations and the precipi-
tation of war must remain for elucida-
ton. There is mention in the dispatches
that he insisted upon staying in Ethi-
opia until the last Of his nationals,
Evening star., 1935-10-14

surface of the great sea, to redeem the
benighted dwellers from pagan darkness.
History was written over there, some OF
it rather horrid history.
Probably in the course of the cruising
about of countless ships, flying almost
every flag that flutters in the name OF
government, all of these islands have
been discovered" explored and ex-
plotted as far as their resources have
warranted. OF late years there has been
a slump in the island market. Trade
conditions have changed. Certain Of the
products of the South Seas have been
supplanted by laboratory-made goods.
Islands are veritably drug on the
market.
But now comes aviation, long-range,
overseas, 'round-the-world aviation, and
the little islands acquire new value.
Just as stopping places. Nobody thinks
of them now as possible trading posts,
or plantations, or political outposts, or
areas of religious exhortation. They are
just useful for the requirements of the
great man-birds that are now darting
across the wide waters that once defied
the stoutest ships that floated on the
surface. And so Uncle Sam, finding
three of these tiny fragments, possibly
the tips of old volcanoes, submerged for
cons that lie upon the air route to the
antipodes, takes them into his possess
sion and they become valuable American
erritory-another demonstration of the
evolution of mans terrestrial environ
ment.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Changing Values.

New devices make new values. That is
long recognized phase of the law of
supply and demand. Before man took
to the cultivation of the soil for the pro-
duction of his food the land was of little
use to him save as basis of action
and the area of the hunt for the game
upon which he subsisted. When vege-
tation became useful the land became
valuable.
There is new demonstration of this
shifting standard of utility down in the
South Seas, where the United States
has just "colonized" or annexed three
tiny islands because they are needed as
possible bases in trans-Pacif1o American
air service to Australia and New Zea-
land. Little patches on the surface Of
the sea they are, not big enough for the
photographers to mark in the maps, save
on very large-scale presentation. But
big enough to permit a seaplane to
descend for fuel and perhaps repairs
and to rise again to resume flight.
There was time when the sea ad-
venturers of two or three centuries ago
began their explorations in the great
waste of waters west Of South America,
when all of these little bits of land were
sought and examined, sometimes ex-
plotted. AS trade conditions developed
the products of the soil and the adjacent
waters had their values. The larger
islands were seized in the name of this
or that monarch and colonies were Gre
ated, the natives were exploited and
trade was stimulated. Sometimes the
zeal Of religious missioners carried them
out to these tiny spots, rising above the
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Border ''Incidents."

In defense Of MussoliniS war, Baron
Aloisi, II Duce's spokesman at Geneva,
broadcasting from Rome on Sunday, said
there had been about ninety incidents"
on the Eritrean-Somaliland Ethiopian
borders during the past ten years. The
baron, appealing to "the well-known
spirit Of justice of the American people"
pleaded that the Italian Army has been
compelled, exercising our rights of self
protection" at last to put an end to
border incidents"
Because Of such a justification of
Italys African campaign, a certain omi-
nous interest attaches to the latest Incl
dent" on the Soviet-Manchukuo border,
with resultant bloodshed among Russian
and Manchukuan Japanese military
patrols. Such incidents" in recent times
have been piling up in that embattled
vicinity with alarming frequency Moscow
has called upon Toxic for prompt ex-
planation of an alleged violation of
Soviet territory early this month. The
protest will be pressed no doubt with
vigor, because several other incidents of
similar character were the objects of
Soviet remonstrance, only to be ignored
by Japan.
On the present occasion mounted Rus
sian guards claim they were attacked
about two miles inside Soviet territory.
Forty-eight hours later another Man.
churian-JapaneSe patrol, Moscow asserts,
crossed the frontier and opened fire on
Red Army troops. Machine-gun and
rifle volleys ensued, with casualties on
both sides. That the affair was not
accidental is said by the Russians to be
proved by the fact that the invaders"
created a smoke screen for their opera
tions by setting grass afire. Grodekovo,
the scene of the hostilities, is in the
Khabarovsk region, which has witnessed
recurrent boundary disputes. The course
of the Amur River changes frequently
there, sometimes putting Russians in
Manchurian territory and Manchurians
within the Soviet border. Moscow has
periodically proposed a Russo-Japanese
Commission to adjust this chaotic and
controversial situation, but without sue
cess. suggested demilitarized zone
also failed to arouse Tokio's interest.
The latest border incident" though
one of the most serious of its kind, will
probably blow over without developing
into grave trouble between the two rival
Far Eastern powers. Following prece-
dent, Japan is expected to disavow any
responsibility for it and refer Moscow's
demand for satisfaction to independent"
Manchukuo. But that ruse will not
abolish the Soviet's abiding suspicion
that military episodes on the Siberian
border cloak Japanese militariSts' long
ing to occupy the Soviet maritime prov
inces, including Vladivostok and the
Kamchatka Peninsula.
The Kwantung Army, which carried
out the Manchurian invasion in defiance
OF the civilian regime at Toxic, has been
more or less quiescent since its activities
in North China few months ago. Can
1t be, Moscow is asking, that the Japa-
nese war lords think the preoccupation
OF Europe, including the Soviet, in the
1talo- Ethiopian conflict affords them the
coveted opportunity for an aggressive
move in Siberia?
Evening star., 1935-10-14
A Rhyme at Twilight
By
Gertrude Brooke Hamilton
The Dignitary

He might have preferred . simpler post
Than his exalted rank;
In his sky-blue eyes twinkle shone
For pomp and stately swank.
His explanation for dignity,
For astute campaign and victory,
Was voiced with somewhat rueful glee:
'T had to ascend-Milly made me-"
He might have enjoyed smart seasoning,
Champagne poured on his ham;
His roseate skin attested to
Warm milk and homemade Jam.
His analysis Of inward peace,
OF noted mufier of white lamb fleece,
OF snowy linen, no spots Of grease:
"Milly makes me-she does not cease"
He might have gone in for merriment;
But his seasons social plan,
A single party. single show,
Kept him honey" man.
When interviewed for biography
He had no cause to defect nor fee;
But said. with true simplicity:
THE gods the grind. and my Mil made
me-"
Evening star., 1935-10-14
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES E. TRACENELL.

Often skepticism is deplored. but q
little of 1t in everyday life Is q good
thing.
It holds the balance true, especially
when people insist on telling you about
personal matters.
A discount of at least so per cent,
when self-laudation Is concerned, Is no
bad thing.
II one is inclined to suspend judg-
ment, as we'll as given to questioning
the truth Of facts and the soundness of
inferences, he will be in better position
to see life in good-humored way.
This Is the good humor Of the great
average man. and woman, too, for that
matter.
1t seems to us that there is positively
more Of this to be met in Washington
now than for many years past.
We leave to others the explanation,
and maybe some may be skeptical, but
1t seems to- some observers that there is
more inclination on the part of every
one to be in a good humor.
1t may be nothing more than the
advent here Of many persons from all
over the country Some of them are
homesick, with that nostalgia which
overtakes at times both the sentimental
and those who fondly believe them
selves very "hard-boiled."
A little honest skepticism, in the ordi-
nary sense Of the word, not its old spe-
cial sense, will 60 long way to giving
even the most dour person q good
humored outlook.
When old Bill Smith comes up and
tells us that he has just received q
S2,0O0-a-year increase in salary, let lis
congratulate him instantly and heartily
and mentally cut it to 81 900, which is
probably much nearer to the truth.
This would make even a saint feel
better about it. If the saint had received
no increase at all; at the same time it
would no doubt be much nearer the
truth. Say what one will about truth.
1t has its heartening side, after the first
blow.
There are two kinds of truth-the
truth we like to hear, and the truth
we don't! Sometimes there is a dull
sickening thump in the latter, at first,
but afterward it Is salutary.
There is a tonic effect to truth. the
first or the second sort, it makes no
difference, but often some time must
elapse before it is discovered in the
latter.
Must we think that all the grouches
going around the world are sick people? ?
No. many of them are just men and
women who have not been able to bear
up under disappointing personal truths.
To find out, in middle age, that one
is not a genius. after all
Isn't that sickening?
To realize that many other persons,
who are no more geniuSes, nevertheless
are much, much cleverer, especially al
personal gain for themselves
That is rather upsetting, too, at times
Such things, without doubt, manage
to make their presence felt with many q
person who never would admit it, or
even suspect it.
The best, the surest, way to to ease
the shock of truths that hurt is to dis
count them. with the full assurance
that more often than not a much closer
approximation of the truth is arrived at.
Evening star., 1935-10-14
Shooting Stars.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

The Deed.
We gather on holiday
A name to celebrate;
Sometimes we may, the scholars say,
Be wrong about the date.
Yet as of heroes great we read
In tales of other days,
It's not the man, it is the deed,
We gather round to praise
We picture him with flashing eye
And an undaunted air,
Yet those who knew him heard him sigh
Beneath his weight of care.
And of himself perhaps he took
BY far too little heed.
This is forgotten as we look
With honor on his deed.