Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-03-01
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

RIG LET FOR FIT. PECK DAM
The largest contract let last week for the Fort Peck
dam was one for $77s. 500 to the General Electric
Company for furnishing motors, controls. switch
boards and spare parts for dredges. The next larg-
est contract was ~$253.015 for flange steel pipe for
the 2S-incn dredge pipe line. State federal high
way construction from Glasgow to the dam will
start within 10 days. weather permitting. Work on
the railroad from Wiota to the dam has been re-
stunned after being suspended because OF the warm
weather.
GREAT LAKES DAM III BE PAID FOR
declaring their willingness to endeavor to get con-
tracts for repayment satisfactory ito the Public
Works administration signed up by Land owners OF
their district, commissioners Of six OF the irrigation
districts in the Milk River project urged ON the rec
iamation engineers office at Denver last week
prompt action for construction OF the so-called Chain
OF Lakes storage dam.
$4,000 allotted TO %BEAuTTFY PARK
The first and biggest tree project in the state of
North Dakota. $50 trees. will be planted in the
Harmon Park at Williston under a CWA landscap-
Ing plan requiring the employment OF 100 men and
expenditure of $40. 900. The trees are OF the green
ash and elm varieties and two to four inches In d.
ameter. The project will require a month to com
plete.
MALTA AND POPLAR WIN DIST. TITLES
6-A@ - tN N& ANo. . Ou1
nament played at Frazer Saturday night, defeating
Frazer by = score of 36 to 80. On the same evening
Poplar won the championship OF District No. 2 at
Brockfon. defeating Brockton. 20 to II. They will
compete at Great Falls with other Glass B high
school basketball teams for the state championship
In that division on March I to 10 inclusive.
PROMINENT WHLzsTON
DIES DENLY L. Skrivseth, 81, pioneer
Photographer Of North Dakota. died suddenly with
a heart attack last Friday morning. Just the day
before. his renter. who operates the skrivseth farm
near Plentywood was In Wiliston and they talked OF
: new dam on the property and repairing
GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATED AT FROHn
approximately l50 people from Froid and com
munity gathered at the Liberty theatre In that
town sunday OF last week to do honor to Mr.. and
Robert zich, Sr. on their golden wedding an
which occurred on that date.
MEXICAN SLAYER SENTENCED AT Malta
Guerrero. 30-year-old Mexican beet laborer.
pieaded guilty In district court at Malta, Mont, to
7 charge Of manslaughter and was sentenced bv
Judge Hurry to serve three years and nine months
In the state prison.
TO ERR ARMER Observation-Disclosures
auspices Ut me Farmers Union a meeting was held
AZ Chinook to organize a cooperative association to
operate a farmers elevator. Five incorporatora
were selected to apply for 4 charter.
ROOSEVELT FARMERS RECEIVE CHECKS
Wheat allotment checks representing the first pay
nent on 1916 contracts and totaling $94, 90I 40
reached Frank Farley OF Cnlbertson Tuesday OF last
week.
GABRIEL DUN
E c. Gabriel, county attorney from 1916 TO 1920,
vas appointed county attorney at a special commits
soiners' meeting at Malta. Mont, following the death
,f County Attorney ]. H. Forster.