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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
RESERVE Man DIES
HERE SUDDENLY

Arthur R. Rice, "a, a resident of
Sheridan county since 1906, died sud-
denly in Plentywood Saturday. Death
was caused from a heart ailment from
which he had suffered for some time.
The aged nan came to Plentywood
Saturday with friends to attend Adj
ventist church services to which faith
he was sincerely devoted.
Upon reaching the home where the
services were to be held, he stated that
he did not feel well and preferred to
sit in the automobile for a short time,
in hopes that the spell that overcame
him would pass over and enable him
to attend the services.
Friends returning to the car about
ten minutes later found him slumped
over dead. Medical aid was summoned
but life was extinct.
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day at the school house in Reserve. An
Adventist missionary from Bohemian
conducted the rites. The body was
taken to the Eden Valley cemetery
where burial was made beside the
grave of his father, who died more
than 20 years ago.
Many attended the last rites and
came to pay final respects to a citizen
who was held in high esteem in the
community where he had spent many
years of his life.
Born in Nova Scotia
Born in Nova Scotia, August Is,
1862, Arthur R. Rice spent his early
boyhood days there, and when yet a
youth he moved with his parents to
the United States and settled in New
Hampshire, where he grew to man.
hood. He migrated westward and set
tied near Kenmare, N. D., and on APP
rl 20, 1906, with his father, came to
Sheridan county and settled on a
homestead three miles northwest of
Reserve. He made his home in that
community until his death.
In December, 1907, he was married
to Alma c. Herrick, of Ardock town
ship, Walsh county, North Dakota. His
wife died about ten years ago.
ed son, James M. Rice, of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, two step-daughters, Mrs,
Dora Robb, of Iowa City, Iowa, and
Mrs. liner Frederickson, Of Hebron, N.
D. A brother, William w. Rice, lives
in New York and a sister, Mrs. B. COT
fin, resides at Springfield, Va.
Mr.. Rice was an active church
worker and a good Christian. He was
we'll known in Sheridan county as q
singer of exceptional ability.
Two weeks before his death he led
tho choir which sang Mt the last rites
of his bosom frisnd--Ole Walden.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Three Auction Sales in
County in Seven Days

Three auction sales will be held in
Sheridan county within the next seven
days.
The first sale will be held Saturday
in Plentywood at the Lasater farm ad-
joining the city limits. The sale is adj
vertised by Louis Marsh and will get
under way at II o'clock sharp. The
auction will also be a farm and com
munity sale, anyone having livestock
or implements or anything else to sell
may bring it to the sale and it will be
put on the auction block as stipulated,
in the ad in this issue of The Herald.
Tuesday, April 7, Mrs. Peter Ncrdby
will sell at public auction livestock,
household goods and farm machinery
at the Nordby farm ore mile north
and two and one-half miles east Of
Raymond. The sale starts at l O'Clock.
j. Franc Murray is the auctionecr. The
list of goods for sale is found IN this
issue of The Herald.
The third sale of the week will be
held Wednesday, April 8, at the Ole
Watnaas farm one mile west of Re-
serve Mr.. Watnaas has rented his
farm and plans to retire from active
farming endeavors. Household goods,
farm machinery and livestock will be
offered for sale to the highest bidders.
Aage Andreasen of Dagmar is the auc-
~tioreer. A list Of goods for sale is also
in this issue of The Herald.
Terms of all three sales will be cash.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Stahlberg Goes to Missoula
to Join Editorial Staff

John Stahlberg of Plentywood lefl
Tuesday for Missoula where he has
accepted a position on the editorial
staff of the American Guide" a fed
eral writer's project.
Mr.. Stahlberg the past several
months has been engaged in preparing
a complete outline Of Sheridan county
which will be included in the Guide.
The manuscript was forwarded to
Missoula where the Guide is being as
sembled and shortly after, Mr.. Stahl-
berg was asked to come to Missoula to
be a member of the editorial staff.
The Sheridan county man is a writ
er of ability and is at present working
on a novel which will soon be in the
hands of publishers.
The Sheridan county Guide COM
piled by him will be published in The
Herald in installment form starting In
an early issue.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
COMMITTEES FOR
CLUB ARE NAMED

Commercial club committeeman for
this year were named by Vernon How
en-, president of the Plentywood civic
organization.
The committeeman are:
MEMBERSHIP. j. Moe, chair
man; Robert Gresham, George Koenig,
c. c. Johnson.
ROADS. E. Paul, chairman; Fred
Morck, L. E. Rue, Archie Mann.
PROGRAM AND ENTERTAIN
MENT-Max Deck, chairman; j. l..
Sorem, E. M. Jackson, L. E. Helm.
AIRPORT-Vernon Hoven, chair
man; Chris Christensen.
FINANCE-R. o. Nelson, chairman;
P. G. Neville, Art LANCER.
PARK-Fred Morck, chairman; Phil
Ziebarth, H. w. Barner.
FAIR-Franc Murray, chairman; C.
G. Christensen, A. C. Erickson, Ed.
Peterson, Carl Peterson, Anton Nell
son.
PUBLICITY-William Hagen, chair
man; Clarence Undhjem, A. L. Roser,
E. l. Miller.
IRRIGATTON-S. E. Paul, chair
man; H. M. Lewis, j. w. Mckee, Rob-
ert Wheeler, Hans Madsen.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Three Get Fine for
Taking Keg of Beer

Thirty days in Jail or a fine of fiji
teen dollars was melted to three Plen-
tywood men in justice court before
E. E. Belanski following a plea OF
guilty involving the theft of a legal
Ion keg of beer, taken from the Krebs-
bach beer parlor basement Sunday af-
ternoon.
Ernest Dionne and Jack Cartin, af-
ter pleading guilty, paid their fines and
were released. Harry Dionne is in Jail
heye pending payment Of the fine. The
case against Elmer Soren,, a fourth
member of the party, was dismissed.
According to the statements issued,
the keg of beer was taker. iE daylight
end was hidden in the Shippee coulee
south of Plentywood. 1t was located
there by Chief of Police Robt. Rookie.
Three of the men Immediately admit
ted they took the beer, when ques-
toned by officers.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED HERE
Four Hundred Will Be Employed On Road Work
HAS
BOY SCOUT TROOP

Plentywood has a Boy Scout troop.
Twenty boys of scout age had signi-
fed their intentions of wanting to join,
and regular meetings are being held
each Tuesday evening.
Robert Gresham, progressive young
Plentywood businessman, has consent
ed to act as Scoutmaster. He is assist
ed by Rev. Earle A. Clifford.
The Boy Scout movement was fos-
tered by the local Lions club. Olaf
Aasheim and VIM. Hagen have been
appointed as Scout committeeman.
At a meeting of the troop Tuesday
night it was revealed that sixteen boys
had passed their Tenderfoot tests--t the
first step in Boy Scout work.
The boys are enthusiastic, and from
all indications, under the able guild
ance of the two Scoutmasters, the To-
cal troop will be highly successful.
Scoutmaster Gresham urges that
parents cooperate Fundamentally
with the Scout movement as home in
huence is a deciding factor in the sue
cess of such an organization.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Urge SPEED ON
WHEAT HECKS

Urgent appeals from Sheridan coun-
organizations and individuals have
balm been sent to Washington in al
tort to speed up issuance of wheat
lbtment checks so that the money
ne farmers here will arrive in time
be used for seeding purposes.
More than 100000 is due Sheridan
bunty farmers in the form of AAA
becks. Farmers will need their allot-
ent money for spring work in view
the fact that seed hams will not be
lequate-a maximum of $500.
The Plentywood Lions club In be-
II of the Sheridan county Farmers
hion sent kilograms yesterday to
pntana's Washington delegations
Fging that the checks reach here inn
ediately.
Word from Washington revealed
1t AAA checks were being is
ed at the rate of ten thousand a day
d it is believed that no serious de-
will result.
Harry Ehrmanntraut, secretary OF
Sheridan county allotment board
d Wednesday that about ten checks
farmers were received that day and
ire in payment of the last half OF
a and the first of 1885 allotments.
With civic organizations and farm
pups consistently urging that checks
i've in time for spring work, it is
ieved action will result.
In the meantime, Sheridan, county
mers are marking time-and get
6 ready to enter fields as soon as
ather conditions are such to allow
ing work.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
DELEGATES
outline LONG time
COUNTY PROGRAM
Session Here At
tended by Many Farmers
of County

Farmers representing fifteen agrl-
cultural communities of Sheridan
county made definite recommendations
for a longtime agricultural program
at the two day session held here fol-
lowing a careful study and review OF
natural and climatic condi-
tons.
The two day session, attended by
more than forty delegates, was CON
Quoted by County Agent M. j. Peter
son, County Agent Supervisor Carl
Peterson and G.. H. Bingham, irriga-
ton extension specialist.
Delegates were very active in their
discussions for remedies to meet the
problems of the county.
The group recommended that about
II percent of the land now in crops
should be permanently retired from
crop production because it cannot
make a reasonable profit at any future
price expectations.
That 10 per cent of the crop land
should be put into crops to improve
the soil fertility and increase fibre.
Tillage practices recommended were
(a) By a majority $3.50 basis sum-
merfallow and crops for all small
grains. (b) by a minority one-third
to sum- allow each year and le-
gumes and grasses to build up the
soil (c) Strip farming or similar soil
blowing prevention practice on 70 per
cent of the crop land within the next
ten years.
1t was agreed by the majority that
the grazing capacity of the pasture
land had decreased SO per cent during
the past ten to fifteen years. BY hold
ing livestock to present numbers the
grazing reserve will be increased.
Present livestock numbers should
Mt be Increased. Feed resc.~ss she, III
be increased by seeding on
fallow and early enough so hat yields
would not be reduced by hot winds
and grasshopper damage. Small grains
such as oats should be used for hay.
That the minimum feed reserve
should be enough for at least one-half
year of dry weather and hard winter
weather.
1t was decided that the farmer wheat
allotment committee members should
act as an advisory county committee
to work with the County Agent in de-
veloping a sound agricultural program.
Those present were in favor of a
tour this summer to further study
tillage methods, cropping systems and
other farm practices.
The majority of those present were
highly in favor of a similar meeting in
1887.
The Plentywood Lions club was host
to the delegates at three o'clock lunch
Wednesday and the Court House en-
ployees served three o'clock lunch on
Thursday The social time was greatly
enjoyed by the farmer delegates.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
HOUSE IS
AGAIN AN ISSUE

Rumblings Of a new court house for
Sheridan couny again were heard by
ardent hackers of the idea this week
with information from western Mon
tana that several counties had taken
advantage of the outright grant allo-
cation offered by the government for
construction purposes. Discussion on
the subject was renewed principally
through information that a court house
adequate to fill Sheridan county's
needs, could be constructed for less
than $50, 000-about half of the figure
which was first considered by inter-
ested proponents.
Over in Lake county, Poison the
county seat, court house boosters say
a court house was recently completed
for a total cost Of S45, 1910. The building
is three stories and includes space for
county offices, Judge, court room jail,
and U S. relief offices. The construc-
ton is face brick with cast stone trim,
steam heat, wood floors except
for vaults, boiler room and Jail which
are reinforced concrete.
General contract cost $36, $50, plumb
ing and heating $500, architect and
supervision, $2,581. The building was
completed in October, under the WPA
program and has been occupied since
Nov. /.
Backers say hat under the grant
system, Sheridan county would have
to pay but ffty-tive percent of the cost
Of the building providing an emergency
measure could be put into effect. The
other fourty-five percent would be
granted with federal funds.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Operative Credit
Makes Normal Growth

Entering its third year of service to
Ickholding member farmers of this
ritory the Northeast Montana Pro-
etion Credit Association with head
arters at Wolf Point reports good
spects for continued normal growth
season
I'VE are not only receiving a num-
of applications from farmers who
Ien't financed their operations CO.
Iratively before, but our old mem
, are also coming back with a con-
erable volume of new applications"
retary-Treasurer Carl Bull de-
tes.
This, of course, is a natural expect
n because our association was or
lied for permanent service on fav-
be terms. Members are beginning
appreciate what this means in the
of saving money on their seasonal
Ircing. At the same time, they are
ting to build a credit system OF
I own which will alwayas be ready
osve them in a dependable way"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
CITY AMI School.
ELECTIONS TO FRONT
AS bALLOTING NEARS
School Election Saturday and
City Balloting
Monday

Plentywood voters will elect an al
derman from each ward at the city
election to be held Monday.
G. {. Johnson, incumbent, will be
unopposed on the ballot for the alder
man post in ward one.
F. G. Fishbeck and Robert Smith are
candidates for alderman in ward two
The Fishbeck-S Smith contest is the on
ly one which developed for the cleo
tion-an exceedingly quiet one this
year.
The alderman elected from each
ward will serve for one year. Accord
ing to a law passed by the Montana
legislature, city elections after next
year will be held every two years. AL
dermen are usually elected for two
years terms. By electing two alder
men this year for one year terms, all
city officials terms will expire the
same year.
At the election next year two alder
men from each ward, a mayor, treas
urer and police magistrate will be vot-
ed on.
Holdovers until 1887 are Joe Red
mond and Henry Barner, aldermen; P.
G.. Neville, mayor; Albert HOLMAN,
treasurer, and George Munson, police
magistrate.
Polls will be open from 8 to 6. In
ward one the polling place is the city
hall and voters in ward two will cast
their ballots at the Marc Danielson
Implement Co., across from the post
office.
Petitions carrying signatures favor
ing placing the names of Roy Nelson
and Phir- .sbarth on the ballot as can
didates for school board posts have
been filed. The school election will be
held Saturday
Two trustees will be elected. Mel
sons name win appear for the two
year term and Ziebarth's for the three
year term.
Nelson is now a member of the
Plentywood school board, having been
appointed to fill the vacancy created
by the resignation of Dean Moore. Mr.
Ziebarth has served successfully or
the local board and will be up for re-
election.
Polls will be open from , to 6 or
election day. The polling place will BIZ
the Plentywood school building.
Taxpayers of school district 20, who
have u~nfalteringly gone to the poll.
each year to vote Is or more mill lev
les for maintenance of the schools vii
this year be called upon to vote on {
10 mill levy-a substantial reduction
from former years.
The special mill levy is voted or
each school election and is for thu
maintenance ard operation of Ink
schools-a necessary levy.
The five mill reduction will be
saving to every taxpayer.
Economical administration ant
maintenance of the local scho> lis ha'
made possible the reduction.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
MILLER r DENIED
IN NEW YORK COURT

Federal Judge Francis c. Caffey, in
New York, dismissed a writ of habeas
corpus obtained in behalf of Alfred
.Fortmueller, known here as Alfred
Miller, former editor of the Producers
News, who is being held on Ellis
Island under an order for deportation
Fortmueller, who admitted in an ex-
animation by immigration inspectors
here that he was a communist, is a
native of Germany. Fortmueller's at
torney's told the New York court he
would be subject to grave danger if
he were deported to Germany in the
present regime to which he has been
"outspokenly opposed"
In dismissing the writ, Judge Caffey
ruled that under the law aliens, who
are members of the communist party
must be deported, and that it is not
within the power of the court to ex-
ercise its own notion "as to the policy
of justice of legislation"
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
MONTANA ELECTION
LAWS EXPLAINED

Montana laws state hat candidates
for county offices must file petitions
for nominations with the clerk and
recorders of the various counties and
in each case pay the filing fee of one
per cent Of the regular annual salary
of the office sought.
The laws also state that the candid
ate must name the party under whose
banner he will try for the office to
which he aspires, and he must pledge,
as in corporated in the petition for
nomination, that if nominated he will
not withdraw but will continue as q
candidate for election to the office.
Candidates for city offices must fol-
low the same procedure.
Filings for county offices must be
made not less than thirty days before
the nominating election.
Filing fees for Sheridan county Of
fees are as follows: clerk and record
err, $18; clerk of court, $18; sheriff, $40;
county superintendent, 500; county at
torney, $18; justice of the peace, SIS;
state representative, SIS; county COM
missioner, $40.
Party designations under the law
passed by the last legislature no long
er apply to the judiciary or the super
intendents of public instruction. These
candidates will be a non-party ballot,
both in the primary and the general
election, the two candidates for each
office receiving the greatest number OF
votes in the primary will be on the
non-party ballot in the general cleo
ton.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
Amateurs May Now Get
Contest Application Blanks

Amateurs who plan to enter the
American Legion amateur contest to
be held here in May can get applica-
ton blanks from the following people
in Sheridan county towns:
v. R. Dahl, Antelope; o. B. Hoven,
Antelope; Soren Rundborg, Reserve;
Buckwald & Lobdel, Coalridge; c. F.
Freisleben, Westby; A. L. Kadlec.
Medicine Lake; Walter Overgaard.
McElroy; Henry Legge, Dagmar; Miss
Ellen Nelson, Dagmar.
Miss Esther Rice, Dagmar; ]. B. Al
exander, Outlook; Adolph M. Anholt,
Archer; Miss A. Curran, Plentywood;
Arnold Erickson, Redstone; Rowland
Post, Redstone; Olaf Norby, Raymond;
Albert Mills, Outlook; Geo. A. Lie
bach, Dooley; Jacob Twet, Conner
town; H. 0. Hanson, Wesby; Monarch
Lumber Co., Plentywood; Leuhr Stu
dio, Plentywood; w. E. Stegner.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
OAAO KNOW
IN
SheridanC County
JAMES ]. MICHELS. prominent

JAMES j. MICHEIS, prominent
Sheridan county farmer and father OF
children, came to Montana IL
1910 to cast his lot with the early set
Hers of this section.
The veteran Sheridan county citizen
ZANE from a frontier country in the
push westward. He was born at Fort
Rice, N. D., July IS, 1873.
1t was in March, 1910, that he came
70 Sheridan county and settled On a
homestead % miles southwest of Plen-
|tywood. Three years later he entered
The general merchandise business with
his brother, c. A. Michels. He was in
business until 1917 when he then
leased $50 acres Of land and went at
the farming game on a big scale. That
year Mr.. Michels seeded 600 acres OF
The leased land to flax.
Although a steam engineer by pro-
~fession, Jim Michels has chung to
farming and ranching. In 1919 he went
IN for cattle raising, starting with a
herd of SO head. Stree that time he has
built up a fine herd of cattle and al
present 100 head can be found on the
spacious Michels ranch and farm
southwest of Plentywood.
Mr.. Michels was married to Anna
G. Fugle, at Devils Lake, N. D., Dec.
n, 1900. To them have been born II
children. They are Vernon j., Lloyd
0, Leah, Roy E., Andrew L., Fred f..
Jack F., Clair A., Mark j., Elsie, Ann
md James w. All make their homo in
Sheridan county with the exception OF
fred, who lives at Fort Peck. Lloyd,
Roy and Clair help their father to OPP
crate the extensive farm and ranch.
Leah is employed at the county super
~ntendent's office in Plentywood.
Jim Michels has one hobby that
las always been a successful one for
aim-that of endeavoring to organize
he farmers. He has been an active
member of the Farmers Union for
many years and during his long asso-
iation with that organization has
made a success of his ventures.
Sims" latest cooperative move
nent is the organization of a Farmers
Union Oil company in Plentywood,
nd which from all indications will
n~aterialize to his expectations.
The well-known Sheridan county
esident is of the Catholic faith and is
member of the Plentywood Knights
( Columbus lodge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Michels are spending
ne winter in Plentywood. Their sons
lark and Jimmy and daughter Elsie
Re attending the Plentywood schools.
hey will return to their splendid
hnch this spring.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
WORK TO GET UNDER
WAY ON road FROM
HERE WEST TO Line
Contractors Plan to Work on
Road from Two
Camps

With work to start as soon as frost
is sufficiently out Of the ground to
make possible for machinery to oper-
ate, western Sheridan county this
week looked forward to much road
building activity following a state
ment that nearly 400 men will be en-
ployed on the road construction job
from Plentywood to the Daniels coun-
ty line.
Officials of the Lobnitz Construction
Co., who have the construction con-
tract, are in the city and have estab-
lished headquarters in the former Riba
bank building.
Vim. H. Ryan of Helena is general
superintendent in charge. Dewey
Wheeler is general foreman and Fred
Kallberg, of Helena, is the company's
office secretary.
Mr.. Ryan, speaking before the Plen-
tywood Lions club Wednesday, sale
that machinery vas arriving and the
company anticipated to start the work
as soon as conditions permit. He sale
that they planned to establish two
camps-and work will be going for
ward from both ends of the 24-mlle
stretch. Night and day shifts will pe
maintained, thus giving employment t,
the nearly 400 men.
Mr.. Ryan told the club members
that the contract calls for grading
graveling and oiling the distance from
Archer to the Daniels county line
while the stretch from Plentywood tt
Archer will be graded only.
Want Balanced Oiled
The Plentywood service club wen
on record as favoring a move to TAXI
immediate steps to contact the STATE
highway commission in an effort Il
get the road from Plentywood to Ar
her completed with an oil surface.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-04-02
WILL YOU help?

Sheridan county's Red Cross
chaper is continuing their drive
for donations to aid flood suffer-
ers of eastern United States. The
Red Cross organization through
out the United States is cooper
ating in the drive for funds.
The National Red Cross chapter
set a quota of $50 for Sheridan
county. That figure has been in
creased.
Contributions will be accepted
at The Herald or by any Red
Cross official in Sheridan county.
Two Sheridan county farmers
started the donation fund. They
came to Plentywood Monday and
contributed. Their donations are
greatly appreciated by the Red
Cross.
Donations no matter how big or
small will be appreciated. Won't
you help?