Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-11-11
ELECTRIC line N
MONTANA TALKED
Plentywood Boosters Back
of Proposed construc-
ton Activity.

Plentywood, Mont. Nov. 11.-Now
that Plentywood is sure to remain the
permanent county seat Of Sheridan
county the business men here propose
the idea Of building an electric rail-
road from Plentywood to Raymond.
the 500 Line north Of here and is but
seven miles from Plentyweod, and all
the trafic between the 500 Lane and
the Great Northern line here Is car
ried on from Plentywood to Raymond.
The 500 Line has a resident ticket and
express agent at Plentywood, and the
passengers between the two roads are
Plentywood the county seat there will
continue to be a large amount Of busi-
ness brought here from all the 500
Line town, including the distance from
Whitehall in the northwest corner OF
the county to Westby In the northeast
end. It has been figured that this
electric line can be constructed for
tions that tho farmers along that line
will donate the right Of way, and be-
cause Of the convenience 1t will bring
to all the people In the entire north
end Of Sheridan county it Is believed
that it will not be a hard matter to
raise the necessary capital.
Inc oe1aaT ana eupper Sivsn py .ne
church here cleared $115.26.
Arrangements are under headWay
to open q mammoth skating rink here
for the winter season.
George wsatherhsad. a newspaper
writer who came here several months
ago from Bismarck, North Dakota.
nj 0uyh hA
the county seat campaign, has OPEN
ed press bureau here. He will also
continue a publicity campaign in be-
half Of the business interests Of the
city.
James Armand. Jr., and Emery
LundQuist, who have been connected
and recorder here. have resigned.
LundQuist will return to Poplar to en-
gage in the mercantile business with
his father, while Armand will remain
here to engage in other ONCE work.
Tho weather in eastern Montana has
been more mild this fall than any sea-
ers are still blowing. Local nimrods
are taking advantage Of the mild sea
son, and duck shooting is still being
followed with great sport. The lakes
in the vicinity Of westby northeast Of
here have been alive with the 1eatn-
cred tribe this fall, and there has been
some great returns.
The business mon Of Plentywood are
contemplating a general mass meeting
to be held at nearby future date
when arrangements will be put under
headway to organize 4 county fair as
sociation.
Several Equity meetings will be held
in Sheridan county this month which
will be conducted by Organiser NJ. F.
ganized are. Medicine Lake. Novem-
Der 30: Antelope, November 81: Coal
ridge, November 50; Reserve, Novem-
Der "a; DaEmar, November IS.
Both hotels at Plentywood have
changed hands and are being operat-
ed under new management. The
tombstone Of Stanley, North Dakota,
and the Leland has been sold to c. C.
Christianson Of Lindley, Montana.
The Sheridan County News, publish
ed at Plentywood by George Cook, has
been sold to George w. Tilton, for
merly a newspaper publisher in North
Dakota, who has already taken
charge. The News has been one Of the
leading democratic papers Of the
county.
The big blacksmith shop operated
here by Thorstein & Son was COM
pletely destroyed by hre which oc-
cured at midnight. It requires con-
siderable effort to save adjoining
buildings. The confiagration canno,
be accounted for as there had been no
fire in tho shop for several days.
The work Of laying the waterworks
and sewer pipes is about completed
ana 1t Is expected that within another
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