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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01
Callahan Mass Meeting.
Sunday Well Attended
REPRESENTATIVE AUDIENCE DECLARE THAT
HOME AND FARM MUST BE RESTORED
TO DEFRAUDED FARMER
limited Front Holiday Committee Set Up

A representative audience of a
hundred or more from all parts Of
Sheridan, from Roosevelt and from
Daniels counties, attended the
United Front Callahan mass meet
ing at the Farmer-Labor Temple,
Sunday afternoon.
A. N. Wankle, state secretary OF
the Holiday Association of Mon
tana being late in arriving, the
meeting was called TO order by
Charles E. Taylor, editor of The
Producers News, the official or
gan of the Holiday Association Of
Montana. Cal. Nesbit of Mineral
Bench, Roosevelt county, was
elected chairman, and Raol Harbo
of Froid was elected secretary.
As there had been no program
prepared, a committee represent
ing the several groups of Orga-
nized farmers in the county was
elected from the floor to prepare
one, with Ed Hannah of Raymond
as chairman.
While the program committee
was busy, F. w. Bucklin Of Red
stone was called upon to explain
the Callahan case. After Mr.
Bucklin had finished Ed Engebrlt-
sen and Art Hagan also spoke
upon and explained phases Of the
case.
The program committee then re-
ported. after which Taylor spoke
on the case, calling attention OF
the farmers that the shameful IN,
Justice perpetrated upon Hursche
Callahan was a threat to every
farmer in the northwest, and II
left unchallenged was an invitation
. for the repetition of the outrage
whenever it served the interests o.
the mortgage companies. Mr.
Callahan also explained phases O
the activities of the Union Contra
! Life Insurance company.
When the matter had been con
J sidered, the audience voted unanl
mously to support Callahan !
everv possible manner, and Gale
unon all farmers and workers I
rally to his support. r
THE action of Carl Bull In fore
closing a paid mortgage was ais
: sharply denounced:
y After a discussion of the cas-
: from all angles, and full consider;
. ton of different actions TO !
taken, in which many Of the del,
!. Gates, including the chairman,
+ q Neshit of Dowd, and Jane
: Craig Of BrOcktOn, spoke, a con con
mittee Of 81, seven members fro 70
each of the three counties, name !
ar Roosevelt, Daniels and Sherld'
d counties, representing all farm :, 2
70 carnations and groups and -
er different sections of the countle
2. with authority to direct action !,
e the name Of the mass meeting a. :
al the Holiday Association, ana 7
(Continued on Page -
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01
FOUR GOVERNORS
IN THE AIR OVER
LABOR NTUA' ZION
In BEET F" Ids
Would Prohibit For p La
Dor and Force WP1 York
ers Into Fields ( PeOn
Pay
LISTEN TO woes
Montana Beet Worker Union
Bv M. N. Hanks & Feliro MOralez
Box 1902, Billings, Mont.

Four western governors are up
tree in the sugar beet areas of
the northwest, at least thirty days
prior to the beginning of actual
work in the beet fields.
Their majesties are very much
concerned as to just los voice
to listen to for the m ,ent. 1t
is evident influences a being
brought to bear upon the official
dom of these areas, as the indus
trial interests of the entire area
go into the annual huddle to de-
termine how one of the largest in
dustries in that section shall be
dominated successfully.
ATTRACT WIDE
ATTENTION
These four governors of four
states have attracted the attention
of the country-at-large by their
attitude toward the various phases
of the sugar beet industry. They
are Gov. Frank Merriam, of Calf.
Continued on Page Al
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01
CHAUNCY JACKSON
AT HOT
SPRINGS, S. OAK.
After Lingering Illness, Tues
day-Burial Made in Span
ish War Veterans Gene,
terry

News of the death that day Of
Chauncv w. Jackson, rs, Spanish
American war veteran and pioneer
Sheridan county settler, at the Vet
Grams hospital at Hot Springs, ).
D. come over the wire to relatives
in Plentywood Tuesday.
Mr.. Jackson, who had been in
failing health for some time, went
to the soldiers home at hot
Springs for treatment, in the hope
that his failing health could be re-
stored. Mrs. Jackson was present
when the end came.
Interment will be made at the
cemetery at Hot Springs, In the
national cemetery there among his
old comrades.
Chauncy Jackson was born ln
New York state, Sept. Ia, 1861.
When a young man he came out
west. to the Treasure state, when
the war between the United States
and Spain broke out, he enlisted
with the First Montana, and served
with that distinguished regiment
in the Philippine Islands.
In the days of the settlement OF
this section of Montana, Mr.. Jack
son come here from the Sweet
Grass hills. He was a crack team
ster, and before the advent of the
railroad he drove the old stage
coach from Culbertson to Plenty
wood.
When the public land was opened
for settlement he homesteaded OF
Eapie Creek south of Redstone
and about 90 miles southwest 0
brentwood, where he farmed TO
MANY years, upon retiring from
the old farm in 1923, he came t
Plentywood to make his home dur
ing his declining years.
Chauncy Jackson welded Mar
Brown at Scobey, December Il
! 1915. Besides his wife, a brothe
: lee Jackson, residing IN Me-
York. survives. George jackson
!, of this city is cousin.
! Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mccall
E Comertown were county seat cal
ers Sunday.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01
FRANK KOESTER.
BANKER, DIED
HERE MONDAY
After Long nlness-Remains
Sent to Old Home at Red
Wing, Mimi, for Interment

Frank Rooster, GO years old,
pioneer banker and resident of
sheridan county, expired at his
lOme here. Monday, following a
protracted illness.
For the past two years, Mr..
Rooster has been slowly but
1Ueadilv failing, and since last fall
when he became confined to his
home, little hope has been enter
tanned for his recovery. The end
came quietly and peacefully in the
presence of the elderly bankers
wife, and daughter, Mrs. r. o.
Nelson Of this city.
The body was shipped Tuesday
to Red Wing, Mimi, the youthful
home Of the deceased, accompanied
by Mrs. R. 0. Nelson on the train,
while Mrs. Rooster, and a son, B.
]. Rooster of Minot, N. D., left
Monday evening, via auto, for
that place.
Funeral services will occur from
the Catholic church there, and in.
terment will be made in the. Red
J Wing cemetery.
Frank Rooster was born in Ger
many, December II, 1867, and
when IA years old come alone to
America, settling at Red Wing,
Minnesota, where he grew to man
hood, working for a number Of
years as a steam engineer. He
started in the banking business az
clerk in bank at Ada, MINI.
In 1905, with some backing, to-
gether with his savings, he come
TO western North Dakota, with q
team and wagon, seeking a bank
ing location, and located at Crosby
then just being plated. Return
ing to Minnesota, he bought lum-
Der for a building, loaded it onto
: wagons and returned. On one
wagon was an iron safe which con
tanned the capital for the bank, the
Citizens National Bank Of which
he become the cashier.
When northern Montana wa
opened for settlement, Koestel
came to Outlook, where in 1912 HI
opened a bank. which business HI
manager for % years. In 1884
the banks at Plentywood having
gone down in the financial storm
p he moved the Security State BAN
f to Plentywood, which he has op
S Grated successfully since.
i Frank Rooster was married t
Albertina Hellmueller at Rec
h Wing, Mimi, in 1892. He is SUI
e vived by his wife; one son, B.
t Rooster of Minot, N. D.; tire,
daughters, Mrs. G. S. Ecl1man G
/ Seattle, Wash; Mrs. j. J. Becker
J Los Angeles, Calf; Mrs. r.
a Nelson, Plentywood; and a brotE
: er, w. F. Rooster of Red Wins
/ MINI.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01
CHARLES KING
FILES FOR SHERIFF

Another Barkis is willing"
Charles King of PlentyWOOd,
saturday filed his petition for
the nomination for sheriff on the
Democratic licked.
This is the first time MIR. King
has ever been a candidate for
office in his life.
His nominating petition carries
the slogan, ~ will serve the peO-
Die to the best Of my ability"
:. Mr.. King has been a resident
and a taxpayer in Sheridan
county for the past twenty-five
years, and is a well known and
highly respected citizen, with a
host Of friends in all parts Of
the county, who believe that he
win be a very formidable candi-
date in the shrieval campaign.
Oscar Collins filed for the
same nomination last week.
It is believed that Hans Mad
sen, the present sheriff, will file
for the same nomination.
Madsen is considered a hard
man to beat, but he has been on
the county payroll now for eight
years, and hundreds Of voters
feel that he has been there long
enOuf-that fat job like tbs
sheriffs should be passed about
and not become a life berth.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01

BISMACK, N. D. April 25.
Merger of the Montana Dakota
Utilities Co. Of Minneapolis and
the Montana-D Dakota Power Co.
was completed today, members Of
the state board Of railroad COM
missioners said, with granting of
permission to the former company
to issue shares Of preferred stock.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01

oid TUCSON, April 25.-The water
s s1S on Main street are thawed
NJ M businessmen and householders
s $uO nave been carrying water
wee. early February are rejoicing.
nin nen Wormen dug down to the
t5 seS ABOUT three feet underground
10y found them still full of ice.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-05-01

Mr. and Mrs. Dan Mccall OF
Comertown were county seat can
ers Sunday.
Evening star., 1936-12-26

get on the set at 9 o'clock. I'm given
from IS minutes to an hour for lunch.
and then it Is back to the set until
6 pm. BY the time I get out Of my
costumes and so forth, 1t ordinarily Is
1880 or 8 O'Clock before I get home for
dinner. Then it's time to 60 to bed to
get ready for the next day.
Now, some time in there. I have TO
find time to answer correspondence
and that's no small job-and to ham
die my personal business; then also
have to find time to select songs and
clear them, rehearse, and write the
script for my radio broadcast: to look
over stories for coming pictures. and
similar odd jobs.
Now, after all Is said and done,
that is a pretty busy day for any one.
If you don't believe it, try 1t some time
and try supervising the building Of a
new home in the midst of it; handle
a racing stable, etc, etc.
In Between Pictures.
"All right" comes the snort, what
about in between pictures?"
Now, just a minute. I admit that
there is little time in between pic
tures-but there's not so much at that.
And in such cases, there are pro-
ducers, directors, writer's and camera
men and a few other pests that have
to see you about the trend OF story,
costumes, locations and songs and
such things.
Then, it must be remembered that
a day as long as an actors Is a pretty
long day, and much of 1t Is spent
inside dark sound stage. Such
things will sap vitality quicker than
almost anything that know Of. Even
a cactus needs sun.
So when you read about these movie
actors and actresses at the beaches
or the resorts or playing golf or horse
back riding or taking trips, just re-
member that it's not only pleasure.
OF course, it's relief to them. But
also they have to recharge the old
battery, or it'll run down before very
long. Some of them that tried to
get by without 1t found themselves
in the midst of nervous breakdowns
and such things.
But anyway. If some bird will
please point out to me where I can
get some spare time, I'd appreciate it.
Maybe I'd even sing song to him.
I've got my cowboy boots broken In
and I could run If I had to.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
QUAKES FREQUENT
IN SAN VICENTE
PopuIace Accustomed to
Minor Shocks From Time
to Time.

"San Vicente, Fl Salvador, recently
reported virtually destroyed by earth
quake, lies in an active volcanic re-
gion about 30 miles east Of the capi-
tai. San Salvador" says q bulletin
from the headquarters Of the Ma
tional Geographic Society.
THE city's $4,000 people. while
numbed by the intensity Of the pres
ent disaster, are accustomed to the
quivering OF the earth from time to
time" continues the bulletin. Many
hot springs and geysers nearby, which
are among the chief lures Of travellers
In the region. are constant reminders
that vulcan's fiery forces are near at
hand.
1.-TWO years ago San Vicente cele-
brated its 300th anniversary. 1t rose
on the site Of the ancient Indian city
Of Tehuacan. For one year C1s3e-4o)
San Vicente enjoyed the distinction
Of being the capital of Ell Salvador.
1T now is capital Of the Department
or Province of San Vicente one of the
IA departments that make up the Gen.
tral American republic. The presence
OF department offices and department
officials lends the city prestige, but to
the people Of the surrounding region
San Vicente is their market place.
"Colorfully costumed natives from q
vast agricultural region take to San
Vicente their corn, tobacco, indigo,
coffee, fruit and sugar cane, which
grow abundantly in the neighborhood.
The importance placed upon the city
as a market place somewhat obscures
its other activities, but the citizens
also are proud Of their manufactures.
Out Of homes and out of factories
equipped with modern machinery
come shoes, hats, cloth, silk, embroid-
cries and cigars.
San Vicente sprawls along the
banks Of the Acahuapa River at the
foot of the 7,000-foot volcano of San
Vicente. The river Is navigable for
light native craft, which link 1t with
numerous towns and villages on and
near the stream. A good highway and
railroad also link it with San Saliva
dor and the coast"
Evening star., 1936-12-26

make proper use Of. I wish he had.
In the days when was still singing
with a dance band, old man CROSBY
used to sit back and envy the lucky
bows and girls that he saw acting in
the movies.
Gosh. it seemed as though all boy
had to do was to hold a girl in his
arms and give her that look OF a dying
calf in q hailstorm-and then go
around and collect his check for the
look.
Queer Life.
Well, queer things do happen. For
quite a while now. I've been singing
to girls in the movies. They've tried
to conceal the fact, but a lot of people
found out that it was Bing Crosby.
although he was dressed as every
thing from a Chinese to a cowboy.
incidentally, that just made me
wonder about something. Wonder II
some one had complained about me
singing to girls so often? I bet a
plugged nickel to a doughnut they
have, because, In Rhythm on the
Range" don't only sing to a pretty
girl, but Director Norman Taurog
made me Groom a bull to sleep.
Full Days Ahead.
But anyway. about that spare time
now. When I'm working on picture.
I ordinarily have to get up about 6
O'Clock to bathe, shave and eat my
breakfast before I go to the studio.
arrive at the studio about 8 o'clock,
put on my costumes and look over the
script to refresh my memory and then
Evening star., 1936-12-26
THIRD WEEK OFFERING
FOR "L0VE ON THE RUN"
Light Comedy Picture Holds Pop
ularity and Is Shown on
Columbia Screen.

A LII the citizens who passed up
"A Love on the Run" the M-G-M
merriment starring Joan Crawford,
Clark Gable, Franchot Tone and e. de
S. Melcher, when 1t ran its two weeks
at the Palace, now have a chance to
rectify their mistake. The comedy Is
back at Loew's Columbia for third
F street week, and 1t shouldn't be
passed up If you are in the mood for
something light. gay, frivolous and
completely pointless and nonsensical.
Love on the Run" Is an excellent
example of the skill Hollywood (par-
ticularly M-G-M and Columbia) has
at taking a story that Is far-fetched
and slightly ''screwy" and making Of
1t an elegant bit Of entertainment. The
plot has to do with an heiress land Is
1t our fault If they're all over the page
this week?) who wants to get away
from publicity and the furore sur
rounding an heiress. She turns the
trick by dashing all over Europe with
the crack foreign correspondent Of
an American newspaper, while he
lodges his closest rival and they all
dodge a crew Of spies. It all is done
in the blithest spirit Of good fun and
whenever dull spot comes along. II
doesn't take Director w. S. Van DYKE
long to take up the slack.
There's an uproarious scene con-
tributed by Donald Meek, too, wherein
Mr.. Meek startles Door Miss Crawford
and Mr.. Gable by entering room and
making his dog play tricks for them.
The catch is, the pup, named Bis
marck, Is invisible. And the chap
who said Bismarck stole the show was
unreasonable. The rest of the people
are good, too. Even Mr.. Melcher.
H. M.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Celebrating YuIe
Forbidden in Old
Massachl.settsLa,U
"Superstitions" Such as
Fensting, Banned by
1859 Statute.

oy the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December 26. 49, Christ
mas 'feasting" was a crime in Mas
sachusetts Bay colony att years ago.
historical researchers pointed out
yesterday.
Bay colony records showed an order
adopted by the colony's General Court
in Boston, May IL, 1859, which de-
clared:
For preventing disorders arising
In several places within this jurisdic-
ton by reason of some still observ-
ing such festivals as were supersti-
tiously kept in other countries, TO the
great dishonor OF God and offense of
others, it is therefore ordered
that whosoeVer shall be found OBJ
serving any such day as Christmas
or the like, either by forebearing OF
labor. fessting or any other way
shall pay for every such ofiense 5
shillines - hne to the county ."
Evening star., 1936-12-26

THE vallee show Is supplemented
= by a film called Sinner Take
ALI" It is billed as a comedy mys-
terry, as If no one had the heart to
say more. Or, more accurately, 1t
may have been the feeling that the
picture is relatively unimportant, In
view of Vallee's presence. 1t Is un-
important, all right, even though 1t
has its amusing moments.
Sinner Take All finds Its excuse
for being in q plot which relates to
q conspiracy to kill wealthy family.
It is full Of all kinds of characters
who ought to be put out Of the way,
and three of whom are. As they die,
one by one, the police department
and the press in the form of fertile
minded police reporter, follow a
chain of clues designed to leave every
one dizzy but the lucky victims. A
fairly close follower of such things,
however, may catch the drift of
things some time before the film
comes to its none-too-novel end.
RRUCE CABOT Is the tougn-talK-
- ing, fearless journalistic genius
who sticks with the series Of crimes
to the bitter end. and finally comes
up with the guilty guy. He is all
right in a part that isn't. Margaret
Lindsay is the heiress, the daughter
who Is supposed to be doomed with
other members of her wealthy FAM
lily. 1t is hard to say what else she
might have done with the part, but
the lightness with which she ap-
pears to take the deaths Of her
father and brothers constantly gives
the impression that it is all just make
believe. Stanley Ridges and Joseph
Calleia are two others in the cast
who stand out. the former as man
aging editor full Of dirty tricks, the
latter as a racketeer full Of dirtier
ones.
Sinner Take All'' is nothing to
worry about. either at its best mo-
ments or its worst. You will get
your moneys worth out Of the Cap
itol bill this week In those minutes
when Vallee sings "All Points West." "
j. G.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
Front Page
Girl Shown
At Belasco
Opera Scenes Offer
Stars and Expert
OrchestratiOn.

~ ONT say you never heard this
one before. The llamas who
live in caves wherever wherever
- lanas hve-over in Mongolia
have heard it-and probably know 1t
backwards. Society gal inherits a
newspaper. The managing editor Is
a tough citizen who does not like So
ciety gals or women. Gal puts on
horn trimmed glasses and fiat heels.
Gets Job on own newspaper. Finally
proves she can take 1t and the hard
boiled boss does not like society gals
and women except one.
It Is at the Belasco and the name OF
it Is THE Girl on the Front Page"
The front page Is no place for her;
she belongs back in classified some
where Buried among the ads.
Through 1t all there seems to be a
blackmail ring attempting to operate.
All the servants belong to Thursday
Club or Friday Club or Some-Day-
of-the-week Club and cooperate to
get the goods on their employers and
then squeeze. At the end Of an hour
of it all Christmas eve, when the film
was previewed, Mr.. Edmund Lowe (the
managing EDITOR had just kissed and
made up with the society gal miss
Gloria Stuart and was at the point
of battling with her again. If Mr..
Edmund Lowe did not clean out that
blackmail ring and then marry the
lass script writer's are low creatures,
no longer to be trusted by honest
citizens.
There Is one sequence that Is very
funny. Mr.. Reginald Owen, who is
almost always good, contributes this
sequence by doing the rhumba to end
all rhumbas with Spring Byington,
who does not want to rhumba with
him because he is her butler and he
Is only there because daughter Gloria is
trying to pass him of as an earl and
you can see how mixed up it gets every
time you 60 into 1t. Anyhow 1t is a
very funny rhumba.
The Belasco program also includes
a commendable short subject. "L'Opera
de Paris" In which the orchestra and
all the internationally known stars of
the organization present scenes from
the great operas. H. M.
Evening star., 1936-12-26
ROCKEFELLER DRIVES
80 MILES IN DOWNPOUR
By the Associated Press.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, December
26.-John D. Rockefeller observed
Christmas yesterday by taking a 30
mile automobile ride late in the after
noon. most of 1t in driving rain.
His only son. John D.. jr.. who is
visiting him for the holidays, did not
accompany him.
What took place inside the Case
ments, the 97-year-old philanthro-
pist's Winter home. only the Rocke-
feler household knew. The custom
ary secrecy prevailed. Santa Claus.
however, had paid his visi there, too,
for Chauffeur Vincent Frasca's black
haired little girl was riding new
bicycle. and another child was play
ing with her on scooter. They kept
within the grounds.
Rockefeller seemed to be in excep-
ttonally good health and spirits.
Evening star., 1936-12-26


Otherwise, perhaps because the
audience was full of turkey, the revue
left the traditional somnolence OF
Christmas undisturbed. 1t is brightly
colored affair, 1t is varied as revues
should be, it has dancing Of merit and
acceptable music, but 1t did not have
the verve one expects of one-hour
performances. Those germs in the
vallee system, despite his valiant effort
TO ignore them, seemed to have en-
tirely too much to do with the mood
Of his show. It is brand-new pro-
duction, too, which may have been an
other factor.
"All Points West" Is nelodious,
poetic and dramatic. It deals with
the lament of a train announcer
whose job it is to send others to all
parts of the world, while fate keeps
him always in one spot. As Vallee
sings the sad tale of what train
caller thinks, the different persons
who inspire his thinking appear on
one of the most effectively lighted
sets that ever has graced the Capt.
tolls stage. 1t comes to its end on a
stray shot fired by policeman after
an escaped criminal, sending the train
announcer on a longer journey than
any OF those he had envied. 1t Is
something to remember.
= y *
As FOR the rest Of Vallee's revue,
"A he has peopled it with comedians.
dancers and vocalists, and combina-
tions of these. There is Cyril Smith,
the Englishman who sings droll songs;
Joe Doris. who dances so much like
Ray Bolger that one forgets who is
Initiating who: the Bernards and the
Duvals, q quartet of dancers; two vo-
cal foursomes and Judy Starr. the
new girls voice in Vallee's band.
Next to the tone poem the pre-
ferred item seems to be the dancing
Of the Bernard and Duval combina-
ton. This quartet warns up on
satirical variation on the dancing OF
the gay nineties and comes back later
10 do even better with commentary
m the ballet as 1t is danced IN full
length revues these days. Sophis-
ticated dancing with sardonic flavor
If we know what they mean.