Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-05-31
NEWS OF OUR NEICHbON
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wlLLlsToN ARMER HEAT BIG HAWK
Roy Jackson. farmer living near Wrliston is cheating
a chicken hawk hen and getting quite a chuckle out
of 1t. A few days ago Jackson found a chicken hawks
nest bearing five eggs. He destroyed the eggs and re-
placed them with five hens gigs. The hawk Is hatch
ing the eggs. They should be chickens in a few more
days. Jackson is wondering what the hawk will do
when she finds she has been cheated.
OLD FORT PECK NEVER HAD ANNoN-
Although 1t was a frontier trading post for years. SO
far as he knows there were never any common at Old
Fort Peck. 1t was stated by C. Turf Prentice, discuss
ing the recent report that a piece OF q cannon was
found near the site. MI. Prentice recalls as a boy that
remnants OF the fort were standing when he WAS =
boy. All traces Of 1t were washed away when the
Missouri river changed It's course In 1918.
WILL sPREAD HOPPER BAIT FROM PLANE
"A plan has been perfected by which 1t will be possible
TO spread hopper bait from a plane. The experiment is
being tried In Daniels county. With q plane 1t requires
less than three minutes to spread 400 pounds a bait.
making 1t possible to poison about 1900 acres per
day. The pilot flies close to the ground and the halt
comes down through a hopper into a funnel shaped
apparatus.
STANDARD OIL COUPE BuRNsA Standard Oil
coupe driven by George Taylor provided considerable
excitement In Gendive when the car caught fire in the
city. Efforts to put out the blaze proved futile. The
fire department WAS called to the scene but were,
mixed up on the address and were DELAYED shout
eight minutes due to the fact that the starter In the
fire truck would not work.
SCORES OF MUSICIANS AT TouRNEY-More
than 700 musicians are expected to participate in the
seventh annual music festival at Williston June 7. Fn-
teen visiting bands will participate. A parade one mile
long will start at 1880 a. m. from the armory. Visiting
bands will play a half hour concert at Recreation
n0rk 4 "a hand ncuont {r n.a-.. - .8
at Harmon park.
cuLBERTsoN BRIDGE NEARs COMPLETION
Construction OF the bridge over the Missouri river
at Culbertson Is nearing completion and the remainder
OF the work to be done can now be estimated in weeks.
The job Will probably 60 down as one OF q record In
bridge building. Contracts have been let for road con
struction TO the approach on the south side Of the
river.
NATIONAL 70 JUNE .
National guard companies Of Montana will 20 into
~encampmenf June 3 to %. according to orders issued
by Col. Williams. commanding officer. The camp will
be at Fort Harrison near Helena. Companies from
northeastern Montana are stationed at Culbertaon.
Wolf Point, Poplar and Bainville.
MALTA PEOPLE vIcTIMizED-A swtndler pass
Ing himself off as a contractor who was about to start
q fleet OF trucks on the Malta rock gathering Job
worked a successful racket on several Malta mer-
chants. He was successful in quitting the city with q
amount on cash In return for q HANDFUL az
worthless paper.
" BIG TOW BOATS COMING UP MISSOURI
-Presaging the river navigation which is to come as
q result OF the Fort Peck dam, two big dieselpowered
toW-Doats will leave a government boatyard at Gas
conaue, Missouri to be used at the Glasgow project.
~ 4 estimated that the distance by river is more than
1000 miles. Each boat Is 107 feet long.
FUNERAL HELD FOR WILLlsToN CITIZEN Y
rRIDAY-FuneTal services were held for E. c. McKru
travelling salesman for more than a quarter OF a CEN
fury. Mokril died from a heart attack last Tuesday,
lie was a we'll known salesman OF this territory having
q wide acquaintance throughout the Upper Missouri
country
Sco6EY BOY KILLED AT FORT PEck DAM
Lloyd Burke OF Scobey died following injuries received
while at work on the Fort Peck dam. Burke WA an
ployed with a diamond drill company and was acci- !
dentany hit on the head. He suffered d fractured
skull.