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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
AAA DESTROYS
FOOD IN SPITE
OF new DROUTH
Allows Averages to Be In
creased If Cuts Are
Greater In 80

The AAA has again placed
wheat acreage restrictions offici-
ally on the books. This time they
are permitting an acreage increase
in wheat of rs per cent of farm
er's permitted acreage added to his
allowed acreage.
AS long as the talk was of the
drouth states of the midwest
where the getting of a crop was
out of the question, the matter of
lifting the restrictions, that were
played up so much last week, were
in order. The fact that another
drouth and. a famine were staring
us in the face made the AAA shift
some of it's tactics. When the
matter of this restriction lifting
made a possibility of actually get
ting a crop in other states that
were not hit by the drouth, then
the AAA promptly puts the re-
stricting bars up again.
All farmers who want to take
advantage of this and plant an In
creased amount of wheat must
sign contracts that will bind them
to the 1886 contract, no matter
what it nigh be. This means that
the farmer must agree with what
ever reduction Wallace may decide
upon. Also, the same contract viii
bind the farmer to withdraw from
cultivation the same number of
acres he added to his fields this
year under the new provision. This
will be on top of the regular cut
in his production.
The adjustment payments will
not be affected because of any
changes in the acreage. However
if the farm changes hands be-
tween 1885 and 1886, the second
payment will go to the 1886 pro,
ducer.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Teachers Examinations
To Be Held May 2 3, 4

The County Board of Education
al Examiners will hold public ex-
aminations of all persons offering
themselves as candidates for GER
tificates to teach at the county
seat on May 2, 8 and a.
The following schedule will be
followed:
Thursday, May PA. M: his
tory, civics and music. P. M:
grammar, methods and spelling.
Friday, May "a. M: arithme-
tic, geography and art; P. M:
reading, agriculture, hygiene, eco
Monies and school law.
Saturday, May A. M: prin-
ciples of education, educational
psychology, school management,
and American literature.
Teachers who are planning to
take the examinations are asked
to report their irtention to the
county superintendent, stating the
kind of certificate for which they
wish to apply.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

a drink of water. When they in
sisted on getting water, they were
fired.
One of the boys got stuck in
the hardening cement the other
day and was unable to free him
self. But still the big bucket con-
tinued to throw more cement into
the vat. He was simply told to
watch out and get out of the way.
He could avoid being hit by the
bucket only by bending backward.
Later he was puuued out with
great difficulty.
The boys also complained that
the food was cold and STALE" One
of them was charged $2.02 for
four meals and two nights sleep
ing in the barracks. There is no
organization among the workers
around the tunnels.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Barner and Neville Win
In City Election Monday

The city election on Monday
turned out to be not very exciting
and only a small number Of votes
were cast.
In the race for city mayor, Percy
Neville won over L. G. Zeldier and
Mr.. Neville was reelected, lag to
142.
In the second ward the race be-
tween Henry Barner and Grant
Blackwell for alderman was won
by Mr.. Barner, 68 to 38. Redmond
for alderman, A. ]. HOLMAN for
treasurer and George Monson for
city magistrate were elected with
out any competition.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Farmers Insistence Forced
Him to Call County
Relief Meet

D. M. Warren, assistant state
relief administrator, helps consid-
erably, in letter to Gonius Laur-
sen, to reveal the maneuvers and
Vaccinations of E. ]. Prendergast,
the local relief administrator, rel
ative to the setting up of a griev-
ance committee.
The letter shows clearly how
Mr.. Prendergast not only ignored
the instructions from the Helena
office, but apparently also tried to
give the impression to DR.. Butler
that he was acting in "good faith"
when he appointed his own griev-
ance committee.
At the same time he stated here
in Plentywood that he could not
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

Despite sabotage the part of the relief admnistra-
ton and the Plentywood Herald huge crowd packed the
American Legion hall at Pentywood Wednesday, elected
Gonus Laursen of Reserve their representative the
county relief grievance committee, and at the time
denounced the local relief administration demanding the i'm
mediate removal of E. J. Prendergast administrator and
Miss Randall, senior worker.
Gonus Laursen who already had been elected at pre-
vous meeting but whom Prendergast refused recognize
apparently because he fears him. elected by accama
tion The chairman of the meeting A. C. Erickson pro-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Melvin Granrud Returns
From Hospital at Mine

It will please Melvin Granrud's
many friends to know that he has
again returned from the hospital
at Minot to his farm west of Medi-
cine Lake.
Six weeks ago Melvin was rid
ing on the railroad track when his
horses hoof caught in a guard
rail. The horse lost the hoof and
had to be killed, while Melvin
landed head first on top of the
rail, breaking jawbones and injur-
ing one eye. Although not over
the shock entirely, he is getting
along nicely after returning to his
home.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
SEED ORDERS FROM
FEDERAL STOCK is
HALTED IN COUNTY

A lot of Sheridan county farm
ers have listed seed for sale and
the list is being forwarded to all
the farmers in the county by the
extension office. Those who have
not received the list should notify
M. J. Peterson, extension agent.
A telegram was received from
Sam Sloan, in charge Of federal
seed stocks, stating that no more
seed orders for federal seed may
be taken in the county. This
means that seed gotten in the flu
ture must be gotten from other
sources than the federal seed
stocks.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
5 Go To Washington, D. c.
farmers Union Delegates Ask National Organization,
Legislative Committee to Support Delegation and
Program; Support On Farms Organized

SIOUX FALLS, s. D.-With Ala farm delegates from
II dOuhstrcken states representing Al different organic
sns present. the Farmers Emergency Relief Conference
closed here last week after threeday session at the Coli
The first step towards real united front of the
various farmers and workers organizations in the fight
against the Roosevelt AAA his drouh and subsistence farm
program, accomplished.
Throughout the main sessions and also in the subses-
SONS OF the different organizations the delegates worked
for unity They succeeded in raIying their entire
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
5 SHERIDAN BOYS
QUIT WORK AT DAM
Complain About Work Too
Heavy, Pay Too Low,
Bad Food

Complaining Of poor pay, rotten
meals ard exceedingly heavy work,
five young workers of Sheridan
county quit their jobs at the Fort
Peck dam last week.
They had been forced to lamp
cemert at so cents per hour.
Sticking up to their hips in &C.
ment, they had to tramp around
in the watts spreading the mass of
cement overly. They had to work
on such jobs for hours straight,
during which time they were not
even allowed to fetch themselves
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

tory and confusing meeting dates.
This attempt to effect small at
tendance also failed. That the re-
lief administrator had hoped for
a small and insignificant meeting
was also shown when he hired the
small Legion hall instead of the
Farmer-Labor Temple.
Prendergast Scared
None of the relief officials were
present at the meeting they them
selves had called. Prendergast
flatly refused to come when q
committee was sent after him. It
seems he doesn't like to face the
people of the county, and he most
certainly dislikes and fears to an
swer questions which might tend
to ehpose his administration.
From the beginning it seemed
that the chairman and the county
commissioners, who were also pres
ent, were very anxious to have
the member of the grievance COM
mittee elected in order to get an
alibi for adjourning the meeting.
The crowd, however, was too smart
for them. Farmers insisted upon
knowing the duties, rights and
powers this grievance committee
would have. Neither chairman nor
commissioners could answer these
questions. Then committee waE
sent to fetch Prerdergast.
The committee did not bring
back the administrator. but Con-
ius Laursen, as a member of the
committee, reported that the pow
ers and the rights Of the commit
tee were even less than was ex-
pected. He stated that the local
administrator can turn down any
decision made by the majority Of
the committee, and can virtually
act as dictator regarding all re-
lief matters. This information,
Laursen reported, came from E. J.
Prendergast himself.
Must Have Mass Support
A brief discussion showed that
the crowd was regarding the bona
bastic Importance of th5 relief adj
ministrator as a kind of a joke.
Nevertheless, the meeting unanim-
ously passed a motion "that it Is
the consent of this meeting that
any decision passed by the major
ity of the grievance committee be
binding to the administrator" The
farmers also realized that the
power of the committee will de-
pend entirely upon the mass sup
port it will get from the farmers
and workers of the county. And
the meeting was the best evidences
that there will be plenty.
The resolution demanding the
immediate dismissal of Prender-
CAST and Randall was introduced
by Hans Rasmussen ard receive
a laundering "aye" when put to
a vote. A single emo" vote still
further emphasized the unanimity
Of the meeting on this demand,
and at the same time brought
/ about great laughter. The resO-
{ luton follows:
Resolution
Whereas, the present Sheridan
county relief administrator, Mr..
E. J. Prendergast. and his SER
Tor case worker, Miss M. Rand
all, have made themesvles dis
CONTINUED on page three)
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Resolution Is Sent to the
u. S. Department of
Labor

The persecution of the editor of
the Producers News, Alfred E.
Miller, by the federal government
because he is foreign born, drew
a vigorous protest from the dele
gates of the Farmers Emergency
Relief Conference, assembled at
the Sioux Falls Coliseum on March
81.
After a report by the resolu-
tions committee on the case, the
conference unanimously passed a
resolution demanding that the per-
secution of all foreign-born work
ers cease at once, and that the
Producers News editor "be allowed
to stay in this country to continue
helping US in our fight"
The resolution, which was sent
to the U. S. department of labor,
follows:
Resolution
We, the 400 delegates assem-
bled at the Farmers Emergency
Relief Conferenc at Sioux Falls
March 1927, vigorously protest
the deportation proceedings a.
gainst Alfred Miller, editor of
the Producers News, a farm
paper at Plentywood, Montana.
We recognize in these proceed
ings, which were initiated by
Montana immigration officers,
blow against the efforts of the
poor farmers of this country to
fight the desperate conditions
brought upon them by the ten
year agricultural crisis which is
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Raymond U.F.L. to Meet,
Chas. Taylor VIII Speak

The Raymond United Farmers
League will meet at the home Of
Otto Grantham on Thursday,
April IL. at 1 D. m.
Charles Taylor will speak at
the meeting to which all farm
ers are welcome.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

iorceS u dIllmOuSly DeGlnd the
program that was developed in the
first session of the conference by
l.am Harris. secretary Of the spon-
SOring committee, in his report.
In a mastery speech, Harris
clearly outlined the conditions fac
Ing farmers everywhere but par
tCulally in the drouth states. He
placed the burden Of guilt for the
present conditions of tie farmers
who have been getting the short
eO q tha deal ever since they
broke the virgin sod," squarely up
on the shoulders of the admins
tFatiOn which did not heed the
warning given last May by a curl
Ing dust cloud consist, g of mil
lions Of acres of western farm
land that sailed across the coun-
try"
Speaking Of the present dust
"ofms which that very day swept
over the entire northwest down to
the Gulf and even hoveIed oves
tRe conference hall, Harris said:
lis Roosevelt administration ig-
nOfed this warning and even well
coined the oncoming drouth as a
meals Of forcing through its pol
ley Of reduction"
Sounded Keynote
The speech, which at the sans.
uMe proposed concrete Suggestion S
a0out the action to be taken by
farmers and workers, sounded the
keynote which was taken up by
discussions from the floor and in
@e sub-sessiOns. The discussions
'Iaaily developed into a unanim-
Jus adoption of the Program of
a. SH'Ey IN Action. The pre- amble of
'0is program states:
we farmers come to the Farm
SIS Emergency Relief Conferer &c
u Sioux Falls, South Dakota, unit
W a common struggle for ex-
,s'eace. The barriers of race, col.
ahd creed are crumbling Oul
MY .:,eS are now strengthened bv q
s ~u'y which challenges those ir
s sosst which have stripped US Of
a. Svno''iie resources and left us al
% !, mercy Of the greatest droutE
e.. history. Our homes are scat
m 'eI over the prairies and we are
i. s.ioers of manv different organ
fra 'lOnS' But whether we com,
N si tne Farmers Union, Farmer,
Unit O5ai Holiday Association, tn,
Mel. eu Farmers league or tn,
Sp n,a Holiday (Madison coun
s,1 Si,anl' the eOOperatives and or
viii os OF rural workers, al
l. ~" III united action"
U,i ! sets forth the demands an,
bra slples established by the con
Ce as follows: '
Sw. Relief Without Debt
bU. we ae farmers have fed the wor,,
Ges s Ourselves !. have been denied %J'i
y living. Now in tb Ee% ne,l;o
~bic economic crisis and nd dr Tr,f
erv ,sn amounts to a nat i %rO on,
s$9ea aSy =, we demand: "a''OnSl EN-
u VeiS Of relief shall lHS Sn Ssarvatio
a H changed to a minimum III Imme 20 st
Ot week plus 50 for eacS d Oh p
gran. ~ That this r,;n,,,,..
i M ed by congress W witSn,,4 -. !
that s'p oa equipment or farms SuT crop op
up fo- a I subn;a. be forced to sic il
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Sabotage of Relief Office and Herald Fails as Large
Crowd Attends Meeting to Force Administrator
to Recognize Farmers Representative
Deportation Case Protested

Relief Director Fears to Attend Meeting Sets Himself
Up Relief Gar Who VIII Not Recognize De-
cisions of the Grievance Committee
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05
Ala Delegates Join
In Fight For Relief,
Production Credits

al Organizations From 10 States Represented; Largest
DELEGATIONS From Farmers Union, Holiday, U.F.L.;
Repeal Of AAA Demanded by Meeting
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1935-04-05

Whereas, the present Sheridan
county relief administrator, Mr..
E. J. Prendergast. and his SER
Tor case worker, Miss M. Rand
all, have made themesvles dis
CONTINUED on page three)
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
OLD CRIME SOLVED
BY SCRAP OF PAPER
Confession Forced by Prison
Warden's Find.

Paris.-"Don't forget that you were'
not in Paris on September 16, 1892
These words, scrubbed on a scrap
of paper which was detected by
warden as it was being passed by one
prisoner to another in the prison at st.
Julien en- Genevoise, France, led to the
definite solution of murder mystery
which for three years had nonplused
the keenest detectives of the Surete
and caused a great sensation when the
crime was committed.
Another consequence was the send
ing of three men to Devils island, in
French Guiana, for 20 years. They
Guilleminot and Serge Sauvageot, both
Swiss.
The victim was Donald Ross, the
6fty-six-year-old representative on the
continent of Glasgow firm who lived
at Maisons- Laffitte, near Paris. Mr..
Ross was also a member of the British
Intelligence service, and this fact it
was that surrounded the investigation
into his death with an atmosphere of
peculiar mystery and drama.
The men now convicted had been ar
rested on charges of burglary and eff
forts had been made to connect them
with the Ross murder There was
nothing to go upon, and their efforts,
the detectives admitted, probably
would have proved abortive but for
the telltale scrap of paper. This forced
the men to confess.
They said they met Mr.. Ross at the
Care st. Lazare in Paris. He was in
toxicated, and railway employees asked
them to see that he alighted at Mai
some Laffitte station. They had taken
the last train with the object of carry
! ing out burglary at Nantes, but, con-
steering Mr.. Ross an easy victim,
changed their plans and accompanied
him home.
There. Mr. Ross imprudently invited
| them to take refreshments. When he
was still more inebriated, they deWand-
! ed money. and when he refused fell up
on him. After desperate struggle
they bound him with wire from the
wireless, stuffed gag in his mouth
and left. When his son came home
next day Mr.. Ross had died of asphyxia.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
Consumption OF Dairy
Products Shows Drop

Consumption of dairy products this
sumption of dairy products this
year is well under a year ago but
the trend is improving, Dun and
Bradstreet, Inc, report. In 1884
consumption was rising in mar
ket depleted by the drouth and
short feed supplies, the review
said. This year, although herds
are smaller, the milk yield per
COW has been increased by excel
lent pasturage. Consequently,
production and consumption are
more in line, and the industry is
more nearly stabilized than it has
been in several years.
"Per capita consumption of
milk is estimated to be running
to per cent under that of last
year." the review said. "Small
incomes have been especially det-
rimental to milk consumption dur
ing the past five years, when the
price of milk has remained rela-
lively high, when compared with
the prices Of competing foods. The
prolonged heat wave this summer,
combined with the lack of refrig-
GRAFTON, also restricted demand"
Butter consumption thus far
this year is we'll under the rec
ord total of 1,715,86O,OO0 pound;
reached last year, the report de.
clared.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
Was First a Boy, Then
Girl, Now a Bow Again

San FranciSco.-Sc Science made mis-
take in determining the sex of an
orphanage child and then corrected it.
self through an operation to make the
child boy, it was revealed at the con
vention of the American Theological as
ISOLATION here.
The account of the error and its
correction formed part of the exhibit
of DR.. Hugh Hampton Young. of Bal
timOre.
Until the age of seven the child was
reared as boy in boys orphanage
Then it was decided the child was a
girl and she was placed in an institu:
ton for girls. Later an operation sup
posedly eliminated male Characters
tics.
AS the child grew older she increas-
ingly expressed male tendencies. Her
main delight was baseball. She also
liked to climb trees. Orphanage at
PENDANTS marked her as tomboy.
When she reached the height of six
feet and developed beard and had
muscles it was decided to perform an.
other operation.
Now the subject at eighteen is def.
nitely masculine. He wears male at.
tire.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
Stranger Takes Bride
in Middle of Wedding

Calcutta.-A last minute change of
bridegrooms-in the middle of the we'd
ling eremony-resulted in a girl mar.
rying a comparative stranger.
After weeks of elaborate prepare
lions, the wedding was about to take
place when the bridegroom confessed
he was unable to provide the dowry
agreed on with the BRIDES father.
CONSERVATION followed this breach
of etiquette. But. after bitter recrlmi
nations, the girls parents decided to
allow the wedding to go ali so that the
costly feast should not be wasted.
Then. half way through the cere.
mony, young man strobe into the
room and offered to put up the agreed
dowry.
The newcomer took his pace-and
the wedding ceremony proceeded.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
Laws Help Farmers
To Low Cost Credit

To help farmers get low cost
production credit, "a states revised
their chattel mortgage laws during
the first half of 1885, according
to a statement from the Farm
Credit Administration.
Including states which made re-
visions last year, total of "a
have now reduced chattel mort
gage fees or made other changes.
to enable a larger number of
farmers who use credit to finance
their production needs through
production credit associations or
other reasonable-cost lending in
situations.
Commenting on the new state
legislation, w. I. Myers, Governor
of the Farm Credit Administra-
ton, said thousands of farmers
who previously were charged ex-
cessive chattel mortgage recording
fees are now paying fees as low
as 25 to so cents. In some states
where the single item of record
ing" a chattel mortgage ran as
high as SIS, new laws have sub
stituted thet simpler filling" for
a nominal fee.
Maryland is among the states.
that passed remedial chattel mort
gage legislation this year..
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
More Game Planted
In National Forests

Planting" game and fur-bear-
ing animals is one of the activities
of the Forest Service of the De-
partment of Agriculture in restor-
ing wildlife where it is under
quota in national forests.
A number of beaver "plants"
have been made in the last year
in national forests of the Pacific
Northwest and in the Southwest.
Deer and other big game animals
have been released, in several for
ests. In one of the most recent
paintings, 16 wild turkeys-11
hens and gobblers released
in the Black Mountain game ref
uge on the Ozark National Forest,
Ark. Three male and eight female
elk also were added to this refuge.
The Arkansas fish and game au-
thorities cooperated with the For
est Service by furnishing hay to
start the elk in their new home.
With the technical assistance of
the Biological Survey and the CO.
operation of State game agencies,
the Forest Service is developing
wildlife-as well as other re-
sources-of the national forests,
On some areas the problem is
to control game animals where
they have increased beyond the
capacity of their range. Where
wildlife has been depleted-the
problem is one of restoration. The
Forest Service hopes to develop
and maintain the wildlife popula-
ton of national forests on a "sus-
tanned yield" or permanent basis.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1935-08-29
Treasury Changing
Design On 81 Bills

The treasury plans new design
of 81 silver certificate bearing the
seal of the United States to take
the place of present. 81 bills now
in circulation, according to Secre-
tary of Treasury Henry Morgen-
thau, Jr.
The new msn1y, already in pro-
duction, will be the same size as
present currency and on the OBJ
serve will bear the United States
seal which shows the American
eagle with shield, grasping an
olive branch in one talon and
arrows in the other, surmounted
by IS stars and the Latin motto,
"E Pluribus TJnum."
The reverse of the seal, used
for the first time on money, shows
an unfinished pyramid, surmount-
ed by an eye in a triangular glory.
The pyramid bears in Roman
numerals the year of the Declara-
ton of independence, 1776. Above
the eye is the Latin motto: AN
nuit Coeptis," rendered as "He
Favored Our Undertakings" The
motto at the bottom is "Noves
Ordo Cecloratns" and is translated
as "A New Order of the Ages"
Both the observe and reverse
of the seal will be reproduced in
large figures, side by side, on the
back of each 81 bill.