Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-02
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS

EMBATTLEp %cATTLEMEN THREATEN VAR
War doomed ON the horizon when North Dakota and
Montana cattlemen and their herds. bound for the
Sidney stockyards got slightly tangled up near the
Yellowstone bridge Due to some Misunderstanding
between nighboring counties. Mckenzie In North Da
kota and Richland both started their groups OF
cattle at the same time Meeting ut the spot a heated
discussion ensued as to just who would get the pref
erence Of loading. Cattle buying boards settled the
controversy. and decided In favor of the Montana
cattle owners.
ARE GIVEN JAIL sENTENcEs-Sam Krfvosha
and Sam Ross. former operators of q filling station on
the boundary line between Montana and North Dako-
Ia on highway No. Z. we're given jail sentences In dist
riot court at Wiliston- The charge was for stealing
wool from a Great Northern train. Krivosha plead
guilty and was given one year In the county jail and
assessed costs OF the case. Ross WAS given a sentence
of one to five years in the state penitentiary.
TO PRISON IN "a HouRs-Chare Riley =. a
transient, within "a hours after the theft of 4 Ford car.
was on his way to the state prison to serve a two
year term The car was stolen in Glasgow. and the
news was broadcast from the Wolf Point radio sta
ton. The chief Of police at Poplar picked up the
message and stepping from his home, noticed \ car
that fit the description. 1t proved to be the stolen car.
DR.. MEAD SIDNEY ~vIslToR-Dr. Elwood Mead.
commissioner Of the Bureau Of Reclamation at Wash
ington was a visitor In Sidney last week DIR. Mead
was impressed with the condition Of that territory.
which is practically all under irrigation DR.. Mead
later made a statement to the press that northeastern
Montana should be evacuated and turned back to
range land-that 1t was not fit for farming.
GUARD COMPANIES CALLED TO FORT PECK
Company "Es OF Culbertson and Company II" Of
Poplar OF the 163rd Montana National Guard will be
called to Fort Peck August s to act As q body guard
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will visit the dam site and Glasgow next week The
Culbertson and Poplar Companies are rated as the
best in the regiment.
MUCH HOPPER BAIT SPREAD IN DANIELS
Twenty-seven carloads OF poisoned hopper bait, total
ing 1,129. 668 pounds IVES spread by the farmers OF
Daniels county this spring. While sSs farmers ap
piled for the government bait. 10 Of them found It
would not be necessary to poison on their land The
bait did an enormous amount OF good la the opinion
OF hundreds OF farmers.
TO SAW At FORT PEck-Indica-
tions now are that the four great diversion tunnels At
the Fort Peck dam will be sawed through the Bear
paw shaIe through which they are to Be run. An ell
ectrically operated saw that looks like q sprocket
chain with extended teeth. and which bites into the
shale as 1t rotates. has been tried out and has proven
practical.
TO SERVE TEN N-EAHS-WAIIAc6 CAntrel. VINO
on the night of July I. attempted to hold up Kenneth
Gardner OF Sidney on the road between Wolf Point
and Poplar. and who fired q shot into the Gardner car.
was sentenced to serve ten years at Deer Lodge.
Direct information was filed In court and cantrell was
charged with first degree assault
TWO MEN KILLED Ar FORT PEck-Two men
were killed at Fort Peck when a boom on which they
were working fell from the Missouri river bridge be
ing built In connection with the dam The victims
were Oliver Whisky. OF Chicago. crane operator. and
Clarence Eggum OF Richey. Montana Eggum vas
formerly employed as riveter ON the Culbertson bridge
DOUBLE WEDDING Al FRoiD-A double wed.
ding took place in the Froid community when Elsie
and Snsana Wagner. became the brides OF Emmanuel
Li and George Green. The wedding party, to which
rs families OF that section were invited. was held at
the Jacob Wagner home
CASE or MALARIA- case Of malaria Ii re-
ported at the Fort Peck dam. Malaria La a tropical
disease and lis rarely found this far north
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