Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-08-16
OF OUR NEICHBORS

EARLY scoBEY SETTLER DIEs-Mrs. Martha
Bonnes. one of the first settlers in what is now Dan
iels county. died at Portland. Ore. last week after a
lingering illness.
w ROOSEVELT SOM AT GLENDlvE-James
and Franklin Roosevelt Jr, and a friend, Mr.. Jackson,
were In Glendive, arriving there on a special plane Of
the National Parks Anyways They left Glendive for
Chicago.
NEW PAPER AT FORT PEck-Fort Peck is fast
gaining in big town life. The first edition Of the Fort
Peck Press has been circulated throughout the ter
ritory. The first issue of the newspaper contains much
of interest about the work on the big dam.
ROOSEVELT COUNTY PULLING OUT OF DEBT
Roosevelt county is nearly $4,000 better off finan-
cially than a year ago. and July /, = 1894 was worth
sos 1873 more than July ], 1892. according to a re-
port published by the state examiners office.
KILLED IN AUTO AcclDENT-J. M. Erwin. so,
proprietor OF a tavern on the Fort Peck road near
Glasgow was killed last Monday when the car driven
by a woman companion left the road during an at
tempt to pass a truck and struck headon against a
bank. Erwin suffered a broken neck.
TYPHOID FEVER Dunn, formerly
Of scobey died at Cole Montana, a victim Of typhoid
fever contracted while working at a stone quarry near
the Fort Peck Dam The deceased was a popular
young man OF scobey and vicinity, having lived with
his parents near Whitehall since early childhood. He
Is survived by his wife and two small children.
YELLOWSTONE VALLEY MAY YIELD GOLD
The valley OF the Yellowstone river may yet prove
to be one OF the richest gold prospecting fields left in
the world Is the opinion OF Thos. Smith, a geologist
and miner who has concluded a series OF tests. There
is gold In most Of the gravel. In a number OF places
the value is high. So much that 1t is enough to war
rant placer mining.
PETITION FOR sUNDAY MovlEsLPetitions for
limitations OF a law to permit Sunday picture shows In
North Dakota are being circulated in Wiliston. OPP
GRAFTON would be Permitted after 2 p. m. under the pro-
posal. A similar measure was defeated by a few hun
dred votes In q special election less than q year ago.
II 10000 signatures are obtained on the petitions. the
measure will go on the ballot In the November cleo
tion.
cL~ouDBuRsT AND HAIL DA-MAGEs-Daniels
county people are several thousand dollars poorer az 4
result OF q terrific hall and rainstorm last week. The
storm destroyed all crops In Its path and washed out
roads, culverts and fields In the heaviest downpour
ever seen there. In less than thirty minutes approx
imately 2 inches OF rain was recorded in Scobey
while west and south Of the city the flood was much
heavier.
ENGlNEER KILLED IN ~WREck-Robert Jeliey.
veteran locomotive engineer OF Glasgow was killed
early Friday morning when the Great Northern crack
west bound mail train crashed into a stalled automo-
bile near the west crossing at VOL Point. six cars
were deraied. The engine also left the track and
was buried to the smoke stack. Jelley was killed In
stantly. The car, owned by Carl Bremen OF Brockton
had become stalled at a switch. He was on his way to
Wolf Point to get aid when the fast moving train
struck the vehicle.
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