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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-12-31

A. j. Thomas and daughters, Irene
and Vida, spent Christmas in Duluth
at the home of their daughter, Mrs. c.
D. Stillman, and Mr.. Stillman. They
| returned Sunday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
Restricted Product;oo
and Unemployment

other markets. and souss,
But nevertheless a,
nations are unloadino. me aS fOrein
pr produce o,s,: on our markets s1e 4 tam
G Grad5ln{S corn, wheat epS E'es j.
products and meat 6 SsSs daiq
shipped in, and this co nave ben
will see a still Iars SorDlag yea
foreign agricultural e SyS now 4
the United States. hv p roos into
wy!lde-extended drought gStS0n q q IL
time our nation buyss a'' No.. Even
Dpshel of wheat or coTS n
abroad, we are developiSnUag1 Iron
productivity plus foreiqp rS Lore 1ofSiN
ment, at the expense Of bor eapoy'
duction, and home q ar hume p'O,
Generous of us, but scay rUyne1t
intent OF the scarcitv-nro5;, IAe
Price-lifting, unclassifeS61 VGuaag
that clutter up the stroo 9lped5
Washington. 'S@ q
Cotton was lifted from
cents per pound bv the obS Y Y
method of blowing I'm ~. 'lululsA
three. The world price Nv wa sV f., u
Z to 8 cents. What factorSv Nv, ws.
willing to feed our 12 cent so. Wy
into its spindles when # coU SSi' \.
purchased in other markets T Il y !
cents? Brazil, Egypt, Io N
China and southern Russia ', oora
menced to plant cotton on J l sv-,
scale, the direct result Of trI'
A price-bOOsting. A few vp lr~
ago our nation furnished 80 NAV Man.
cent Of the worlds supply Of T ysr
cotton; today other nations bsvs
grabbed our markets, thanks il n.
phaDetlcal formulas. If we feed
the raw cotton into our own
spindles the result is the ssms
Where can we find world markets
for the finished product Of 70 cent
cotton, created by high priced
labor, when other factories can buv
it cheaper and greatly reduce
labor cost?
0 we'll, our nation is young yet
When we get old enough to grow
crop of whiskers, we may be a.
most intelligent.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
CHARLES E. TAYLOR
Editor and Manager
LIGHT AND POWER RACKET

Probably the most outstanding page in
the new year book on municipal lighting,
issued by the Burns and Mcdonnell COM
pany is the index which shows that every
state in the United States has various
municipal power plants, EXCEPT MON
TANA," says the Butte Eye Opener.
"What a disgrace! 1t again plainly
shows that the wonderful state of Mon
tana is the largest corporation ridden
commonwealth under the stars and stripes.
That the grand state of Montana Gf rid
of Wall Street infuences) is under the 100
per cent domination of Montana Power
which in turn is one of the units of Ameri-
can Power and Light which in turn is
controlled by Electric Bond and Share.
"In this age of scientific advancement
Montana is the only state in which some
city or cities has not municipal lighting
plant owned by the citizens.
"How about adjoining states? Idaho
has number of municipal plants. How
about the rates? Idaho Falls, population
10000, has an average rate to the house
holder of three cents per XVIII as cOmpar-
ed to the seven to eight cents charged by
Wall Street to the Montana user of lights.
Grafton, North Dakota, owns it's own
plant. The rates are four cents. Logan,
UCah, residents pay TO Cnelr own plant
So cents per XVIII. VermiliOn, South Da-
kota, residents charge themselves four
cents per XVIII.
"How about the state of Washington?
The municipal plant at Seattle has rate
of less than four cents with an average
monthly bill of 85 cents. Takoma has
rates slightly lower than Seattle
Small wonder that the Montana Power
unit of the big utilities trust keeps an
army of politicians, lawyers and tax ex-
perts on the payroll when they exact 400
per cent higher rates than the average
of the thousands of municipal plants
throughout the country.
'"The little city of Florence, Alabama, on
the bank of the Tennessee river not far
from Wilson Dam, began operating it's own
pOwerplant last week after 15-year strug-
gle with the Alabama Power company.
'"The power company finally decided to
sell it's distributing system to the city for
100000 of the municipalities A per cent
bonds.
'"The first thing the city did after it's new
plant began functioning was to cut rates 35
per cent. Nevertheless, it is confidently ex-
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

The drought is making quick fortunes
IN the grain pits" reports the Associated
Press The railroads were apparently re-
ferrlng to these ticker-tape farmers when
they announced that the drought would
prove to be boon to agriculture, and per-
haps they thing that the more than 2 mil
lion farmers foreclosed in the past six wears
of drought are now on the Board of Trade
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
FIGHTING WAR AND FASCISM
Rv DinsmOre Wheeler

The responsibility for war does not rest
solely on pot-bellied old men who COnnive in
Wall Street nor on the beribbOned diplomats
who play with chips that don't belong to
them. To be sure, they write the plays, set
the stage, sell the tickets, tack up the post
ers, and pass out the handbills. But If the
rest of us refused to be hoodwinked when
they send out the call for puppets that they
can manipulate by tying strings around our
hands and feet, there wouldn't be any big
show. The war-makers hold out the lures
of excitement, of lucrative jobs, of fighting
for Justice and freedom, of fat profits.
Anyone who makes or sells anything, as
Charles Beard points out, is in position
to be kidded into believing that war will be
a good thing for his business.
But in the end, it is the Merchant of
Death who engineered the rotten mess that
makes the 400 per cent profit and we are
the ones who pay for it. We lend money
to ourselves and our allies (who later find
themselves unable to pay back in order to
have short burst of prosperity. When
it's all over, there is a little matter of
twenty-five billion dollars in red ink which
we'll leave, in our last will and testament,
to our grandchildren. We fight to line the
pockets of profiteers and are left holding the
bag.
But they don't tell us that at the time.
We have to find it out when it is too late
to do anything about it. Years later we
wake up at the bottom of the pile to find
that the victor has lost as well as the con-
quered.
The world is bound to lose because every
nation is saddled with staggering debts and
a new crop of hatreds and rivalries is gen
Grated that only prepares the way for an
other catastrophe. Wealth is not created
but destroyed. The young and fit are blown
to pieces, or manned, blinded and crazed
Those who return physically intact are cynl-
cal and sour when they discover what it
was all about. War sweeps the world with
plague of savagery, and destruction be-
comes an end in itself.
Science, when properly used, has infinite
possibilities for improving mans condition.
But it is the great double-edged sword and,
employed in the service of war, it can drive
us back into the mud from which we have
so painfully emerged.
The next world war, which we can keep
America from entering if we guard against
it, may turn the clock back fifty centuries.
Is the temporary gain of economic advan-
tage worth it? There are two sides to
many questions. But not to this one. The
negative answer, unless we are enemies of
civilization, is the only possible one
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Harry Hopkins sounds a cherries note in
saving, "The burden of assisting farmers
will be slightly lessened by the fact that
large numbers of the farm population in
the drought-stricken area have already left
their farmsteads. :"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

pected that the profits of the plant will be
sufficient to pay off the bonds in Is years:
Cali this is possible because Norris of
Nebraska insisted that Muscle Shoals must
be developed for the benefit of the people
and not for the profit of the power interests"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Miss Lois Goodman and Mrs
Cora Paulbeck, drove to Glendw
on Saturday to meet Lucille Good
man, who is working at Minnea-
polls. Miss Goodman will spend
a couple weeks visiting her parents
and friends.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14

Entered as Second Class Matter, October
Is, 1918, at the Post Office at PIentywood,
Montana, Under the Act of March 8, 1897.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-08-14
THE PRODUCERS NEWS

Published Friday of each week at Plenty
wood, Montana, by The Peoples Publishing
Company, Inc.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

In her earlier Missouri DAYS Belle had consider
able experience as daring and picturesque young
horsewoman who served the confederates as
scout" being actually spy-and very clever.
While her husband absented from their
Texas home Belle opened livery stable, and man
aged to win the socalites of Texas by her culture
and piano playing. She made grand hostess for
awhile until her husband was shot while pur-
suing his nefarious business. Then the lovely
woman came out in the open, and started rowing
the West as he had done, profiting by the strange
and unexplained increase of horses on her Texas
range.
TOR A TIME she rode the ranges of northwest
+ Texas, and became associated with group OF
desperadoes and cut-throats comparable to the
Dillinger gang of later years Among them were
lin French Blue Duck and Jack Spaniard. They
eventually went into New Mexico and gradually
into all Western territory. Her great ladys pose
worked wonders in controlling gangs, and her atti-
tude was condescending.
EVENTUALLY she married one of the gang, Sam
= Starr, and together they 'set up" in Nebraska
on a thousand acre claim. Belle sent for ner
daughter, and again made an attempt to be great
lady-even installing piano in their picturesque
cabin, and sending to the East for thousands OF
dollars worth Of fine wearing apparel
Often however neighbors discovered that she
would be absent for long periods, and decided that
she was "mingling with the wealth and culture
of the nation" Her record, however, proved that
she was often in jails or houses of correction.
Her manner of robbing bank once attracted
wide attention, for she had been guest in a
little town, and was being entertained by bank
er's wife She made trip to the bank to talk OF
investments" The banker, much to his chagrin,
found himself talking to his guest at the point
of gun She took him into the woods and tied
him up after he had turned over thousands of
dollars
Eventually she was murdered in quarrel with
a man who was wanted on a murder charge in
Florida Thus was the West relieved of one of
the most dangerous women criminals of the age
PAGE TWO
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
"WiIdeats" of the West
BELLE STARR
LIVED BY R0BBIkG BANKS,
DIED BY GUN FIRE -.

CTEALING HORSES hasn't always been mans
- privilege! Back in the 70's one of the most
Infamous of the wildcats of the West" Belle
Starr, was able to keep sheriffs of the great West
ern country in a turmo-and did it with what
passed then as "culture"-being able to gracefully
talk her way out of almost any situation.
Bellies parents Mr.. and Mrs. John Shirley, had
been Missouri inn keepers and had given her
thorough training in what they deemed essentials
for social advancement. The ravages of the war
drove her father to Texas, where she married an
outlaw who posed under the cloak of confederacy.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

the stream. thinking maybe he'd hit the right spot
But it wasn't any use. Fact is, his tactics proved
fatal. Once he got careless and splashed into the
water with his mouth open and swallowed some.
His insides wasn't used to anything but forty-rod
whiskey and the shock killed him."
CECOND in Howland's list of favorte spizzers
- comes the story of Tusayan Ike and his por-
cupines
Tusayan Ike, it appears, was an Arkansas hog
caller who strayed out into the Grand Canyon
country and began raising high-bush Strawberries
for the tourist trade But it entirely too much
trouble to gather the fruit, so he taught lot of
porkies to do the work. He'd stand across the
patch from them, let out call, and they'd come
tearing through the bushes. Almost every quill
would spear luscious berry. At the other side
they would shake themselves and the quilts would
fall into basket. Strawberries with handles BY
next morning. when he made his deliveries, the
acid in the berries would soften the barb at the end
of each quill so the fruit could be eaten without
harm.
One day, just after Ike had all his baskets
packed some Indians fell on his berries while his
back was turned The results were disastrous
The acid hadn't had chance to do it's work, and
in no time at all every Indian tongue was stuck
full of porcupine quilts.
For weeks after that their mouths were SO sore
that they couldn't eat ordinary food They hung
around the hotels as usual but whenever they were
offered handOut they'd point to their swollen
tongues and grunt, "Have-a-soupy." They've been
known as the Havasupas ever since, or sometimes
SupaiS for short.
I ULTIMATELY the Indians had their revenge by
- roofing up all Ike's strawberry vines killing
his porcupines and chasing him out of the country
He went to San Domingo Wash, according to
Rowland and located some placer ground which
he is now working by very cheap and ingenious
method
In his ultra-modernstic mining operations Ike
employs gophers. First he dips each gopher into
a magnetic solution which causes gold to adhere
to the rodents fur, just as iron filings adhere to
magnet. Then he turns the gopher loose to dig
around through the ground in the natural gopher
istic way.
Every gopher is trained so that when it's load of
gold dust and nuggets becomes too heavy for COM
fort, it returns to it's master. Ike brushes off the
metal into bag, dips the animal into the magnetic
solution again. and sends it underground for
other load.
The only real rival that Rowland recognizes is
Foxtail Johnson.
"Foxtai tells about the time him and pardner
went prospecting one of the highest peaks in
the Mazatzals. They found fine showing above
timber line and started tunnel It looked so
promising that they decided to work it all win
ter. They had plenty of grub and powder, but
not near enough wood to last EN-" Rowland re-
lates.
$50 Foxtail," according to him, took an old
pickhandle and hunted up Of them super
venomous Mazatza rattlesnakes, nine feet long
He teased it into biting the pickhande, which
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23

right away swelled up to the size of redwood log
They sawed up the log and had plenty of fuel for
the winter.
Zone morning wind came ripping down from
the north and they moved into little stone cabin
they'd built. They kndled fire, but the chimney
didn't draw very well. The wind blowed the smoke
back into the cabin, and it was so loaded with rat
tier pizen that Foxtai and his pardner was plumhl
overcome.
"They laid on the floor and talked it over. They
agreed that little spillikin of whskey they had
in bottle might save one of 'em, certainly not
both. So they drew for low card. Foxtail drew
the joker, drank the whiskey, and was revived
enough that he could crawl outside. BY the time
he could go back in, his pardner was dead
Ray Rowland believes that specialization" is an
artthat should be promoted. Spinning good yarn
is an attribute that more people should attain Not
just ordinary everyday les but honest to good,
ness tales that take some fgurin'. When we get
organized we'll not only be the most unique, but
the most interesting organization in existence"
Vive la capitalization" and "spizzfers."
Imperial Valley press., 1936-02-23
kS8HIE(T oEl*41EN1'
@kA zUiM-
N3QOIL ILy<I0K1

THE gangster as he is being eliminated today, is
] not particularly modern menace.
They had public enemies in the early days, when
the West young and men were mean.
X X X X
Them was real outlaws back thar in '49. All of
them packed pistols and each expert on
lead inlay.
They'd just as soon shoot man as horse or
They always took off their hats before they shot
lady.
man had to be good to be bad in the pioneer
times. 1t was where the first was last-the
first one to draw was the last one left.
t+ X X
Today's desperate has sissy method of shot
putting. He doesn't wear his crooking utensils out
on his belt.
No sir. This here is a mechanical age, so he
employs machine gun which can do the work of
several men.
But there is one thing about the early Western
ers, they had way of dealing with gangster of
their day. .
They paid no attention to habeas corpuses, abis,
assorted writs. ruse by any other name would
smell. :.
Theirs was direct action They sniped their bad
man through legal loopholes and used the red tape
to hog-tie him.
4 4 4
Those early G-men were known as Vigilantes
Sometimes they were called Omen.
4 4
That's because every time they took out on
chase, it was certainly bad sign for somebody.
X X X
They ran their man ragged he scared the
crows. When they caught him they gave him
pended sentence.
And after he suspended awhile he never both
cred anybody anymore
Evening star., 1936-02-05

torium, when. at $50 O'Clock, Mr..
Eugene Weisz will be heard IN the
lecture of The Art of Ancient Civiliza-
tions." The lecture will be illustrated
with marvellous collection of beautiful
slides assembled by Mr. Weisz from
many sources, many of which are
reproductions Of the work of the cave
dwellers in the Pyrenees $4,000 years
ago.
In Mrs. Briggs party tonight will be
Mrs. Mercedes Waldron and Miss
Sticknal from out of town, Miss Alice
Hutchins Drake, Miss Grace Rebecca
Sahna, who Is art chairman of the
District of Columbia League of Amer
ican Pen Women; Miss Eleanor Cham
bers. Miss Bishop, Miss Dorothy
Gatchell and Miss Inez Demonet and
Mr.. Allep Sherwin, who are members
Of the Society of Washington Etchers.
Mr.. Richard Lahey viii introduce the
speaker. Among recent subscribers to
the course, which will continue for 10
weeks IN the Washington Club Audi
torium, are Mr. and Mrs j. j. Giles,
Miss Dole Crawford, Mrs. Claude Foye,
Miss Nancy Ordway and q large group
Of members Of the Delphian Society Of
Washington.
Miss Margaret Moffat Yard, whose
School of Fine Art is presenting Mr..
Weisz in this, his first public course
of lectures on THE History Of Art, -
will accept a limited number of reser-
vati0ns for tonight's lecture, tickets
for which may be had tonight prior to
the lecture. The auditorium OF the
Washington Club IL at 1910 Seven
teenth street.
Evening star., 1936-02-05

Mrs. William Phelps Emo, with their
house guests. Mr.. and Mrs. Alfrew
Hawes of New York: Mrs. Perry
Heath, Mr.. and Mrs. z A. Hartman,
Mr.. Z. B. Conway, Mrs. Thomas H. c.
Reed, accompanied by DR.. and Mrs.
Ze Barney T. Phillips and Mr.. A..
Ward; Mrs. Charles o. Mas, DR.. and
Mrs. Arthur Wright, Mrs. Redfeld
Vose, Col. and Mrs. Henry Parsons
Erwin, Capt. and Mrs. Fortunate
Perotto. Mrs. Gibson F'ahnestock, Mrs.
James D. Lynch, Miss Claire Lynch.
Countess Dandini di Sylvia, Mrs.
Francis T. A. Junkin and her guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vincent M. Miles and
Miss Gisela Binz; also Mrs. Robert e.
Lee, Sd; Mrs. Winthrop Chandler,
Capt. and Mrs. Eldon King. Mrs Guy
D. Goff, Miss Louise Hallet, Mrs. Lewis
Emery, jr.: Mrs. Ralph Worthington,
Col. and Mrs. Joseph Cecil. Mrs. Oscar
Jarecki, Col. and Mrs. Joseph Rum
bough, Mrs. Peter Drury, Miss Janet
Richards, Mrs. James Wentz. Miss
Virginia Hunt, Dr.. and Mrs. George
Tribe, DR.. and Mrs. Davenport White,
Mr.. H. Blackiston wilkins, Mr. Charles
Mason Remey, Rev. DR.. Francesca
Lardone, Col. M. C. Buckley, DR.. Her
bert Wright, DR.. Mario Mollari. Col.
J. r. Reynolds Lands and Msgr.
Edigio VagnozZi.
Evening star., 1936-02-05
Keith.Hudging
Wedding Cards Out

Mr.. and Mrs. J. Bilisoly Hudging of
Norfolk, Va, have sent out invitations
to the marriage of their daughter,
Eleanor Dunwoody Langhorne, to Mr..
Robert Taylor Scott Keith, lieutenant,
Junior grade, United States Navy,
Saturday evening, February 22, at $50
o'clock in Christ and st. Luke's Church
at Norfolk, Va.
Mr.. Keith is the eldest son of the
late John Augustine Chiffon Keith,
Commonwealth's attorney of Fauquier
County. and Mrs. Keith of Warren
ton. He is a granddaughter of the
late Judge James Keith of the Su-
preme Court of Virginia. His mater
nal grandfather was the late Mai.
Robert Taylor Scott, attorney general
of Virginia, and he is nephew Of the
late R. Carter Scott, Judge of the
City Court of Richmond. He is a
graduate of Stuyvesant School, War
renton, and of the Naval Academy.
class of 1923, and Is now stationed at
Annapolis.
Miss Hudging attended Sweet Bria-
College and the Sorbonne in Paris
and is a member of the Junior League
of Norfolk She is a granddaughter
of the late DR.. Edward Ward Martin
and Mrs. Eleanor Dunwoody Martin,
and great-granddaughter of the late
Capt. Charles Martin, medical direc-
tor of the United States Navy.
Immediately following the ceremony
q reception will be given In the home
of the brides parents at 1872 Mallory
Court in Norfolk.
Evening star., 1936-02-05
Italy.America
Society Meeting

The Ambassador of Italy, Signor
Augusta Rosso. and members of the
embassy staff attended the Italy
America Society meeting last night at
the Maydower. Signora Ilivia Rossetti
Agresti, who Is in the United States
representing women's organizations of
Italy. gave an interesting talk on
Italy of Today" in which she COM
pared the historical background Of
that country with the events of the
day. Col. George B. Mcclellan, presi-
dent of the society, introduced Signora
Agresti following q brief talk, in
which he eulogized the late MIR. Frank
Simonds. well-known journalist. who
was to have addressed the meeting
last night.
Among others attend,ng were Rep
resentative and Mrs. Harry Clay Rams
ley of Pennsylvania, Representative
George Burnham of California, Mai.
Gen. and Mrs. Charles r. Reynolds,
the counsel Of the Italian embassy and
Marchioness Rossi Longhi. Count and
Countess Roberti, Mobile Benedetto
Capomazza, Princess Boncompagni,
Mrs. William Fitch Kelley. Mr.. and