The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-02-21

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r Callahan f big Husky X boys, b,
: ~ Il seven even hin himself and q wife
30 ,t segs who vi worked 'ail''1 u'''
T. B:r side, ,,,,.,. returns of the
Yes, out ... sns and they could
famine ys .bo side, the Callahans
arsieI, ., On thew f,syt' could pay, the IN
10 C .s.o1seable e. to the company,
f9s agl r. MT complain, no, not
I'D It T ald it It realized that no one one
re- 2; -h nye d done better than the
, sI'asa', autumn Of 1882, RoOge-
u u ~ ,s1s elected president on me tHe
tst . n~i ticket. Hoover and the
sn3 2;!ssns were were repudiated: Ro9s-
nra r. sss out to do something for
gsit ,s S~S tie man." Something
IL ~. t3sI 3 and substantial was 60
Yf5Gt''"LI - done for the farmers.
MI, i 4th, 1888 the great hope
Aa q. office, and in the session Of
t'2k 9..''S Immediately following,
s31S 334 and the Federal Farm
;5s n-a,t act were passed and
5g,ed. There were going to be
.s+ mare foreclosures and eve,
s y Xxx Eyery farmer was promised
'g a,srarnment loan bearing 5 per
y. interest to refinance himself
.,-' .et ready for the prosperity
NV. Inv 9 was now sure. The president
,i s. fieside radio talks was very
I-o5 e. and confident, and infer
~, II hat ar1y and all farmers could
+ enhanced by the mere asking.
ii the capitalist papers, big and
n, mail sang songs of optimism.
01ly the Producers News was
nv arv and of color, and neither
he Galatians nor many Of the 9TH
= farmers paid much attention to
4, coatentions. Now, they all said:
II We can only harvest a good
aoD again every thing would be
srriv and the goose hanging
hiqh." No t all Of the farmers APP
pl1d for these loans and paid
their application fees, and their
appraisal fees, and some of them
got loans, but none up to the great
expectation.
The Galatians prepared and
Re.ed their land as usual, and
summer fallowed what they did
not seed, in compliance with their
contract with the company, as was
tAeira custom in the carrying out
ID The utmost detail the very best
farming tactics. But 1888 was hot
and dry and the searching winds
EIIted and withered the crop.
There was a little wheat, enough
toF flour and some seed. Again
hopes were blasted. But the Cal
iahans kept on working. They
hauled fruit and vegetables from
he west and peddled them where
eei they could find a market, and
ss t9ey hustled they made money,
!lai Is Q living and a little more
IN The game.
,o N the h !; fall and early winter Of
l@5, Callahan ran a fruit and
ga2.le stand in Williston, N.
=. @.llng the fruit and vegetables
c 1ey trucked in from the west.
v va' gay in early December as he
T vs. walking down the street and
y. 'ss 9 n front Of the Great North
KUN nO'el' someone hollered "Lal-
rasoll, at him and he turned ana
S SHGeu a representative Of H
Ss ' TIn;l,. the Billings manager of
"a, ~ C Union Central, sitting in his
h. n p .als in front of the hotel,
r,i1 sSsnt Il being in the area on
bsSo ~ :, Come over here Gala
a5,, a ss agent said. HursheI Cal
nans ana can not recall the agents
sel n, .s St9 ;, ne says he knows him
a1d viii r1'a ~. .na !; he is a Missourian,
The ] aao seF the name if necessary
1to rs agent asked Callahan to get
st S Irs SaF for a visit, when af-
CalaB.Tai,taln inquiries about
ai so su q activities, the family,
geaefaliss S discussion of conditions
ion il 9'I 3,, and the farming situa-
I'd. q q {3SSt s y the agent refer
lage ~ sae !. Federal Farm Mort
hit II H. 4. asking HursheI what he
4 BIZ n h. ana remarked that MANY
,ntaper ' aE . were taking adj.
1ss, he ,,d AZ and applied for
ledersi ft f. wondered how Ioroa :