Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-11-01
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
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KmLED BY HlT-AND-RUN DRlvER-Martin Ander-
son. so, of Nashua, was killed on the Fort Peck to Gas
gov highway by a hit and run driver. Mr.. Anderson
was returning from the dam when he experienced car
trouble. Seeing q car coming down the road he at
tempted to flag 1t. The car. which is believed to have
been a green Chevrolet coupe hit Andersons car.
Anderson was picked up about 20 feet from the wreck.
He died on the way to a hospital.
BANK RoBBER Is GIVEN DEFERRED SENTENCE
-Myron Rognlie. 10. Minnewaukan, N. D., youth who
plead guilty to a charge of robbing the Merchants
Bank at Rugby. was committed to the State Training
School at Mandan for observation. 1t was brought out
at a hearing that the boy had been held in high es
TEEN at Minnewaukan where he attended high school
and at the University OF North Dakota where he was
a student for two years.
CANDIDATE IN AUTO A~ccIDENT-While out on a
campaign tour Myrtle Nordwick. democratic candidate
for county superintendent OF schools OF Roosevelt
county met with an auto accident on a sharp curve
near Froid. The car failed to make the curve, turned
over once and a half and landed In the ditch. Guy
Miller, candidate for state representative was also In
the car. Neither OF the occupants were hurt.
WOMAN LEAPS FORTY FEET TO END LlFE-Mrs.
Ralph f. Nix, about SO and a former resident OF Gull
bertson, ended her life at Great Falls last week by
ledpiUB VII q ldIludu NiHuANt ~ AS
below. Her husband has been employed at Great
Falls as a pharmacist for a number OF years. An In
vestigation failed to reveal any definite motive for the
act.
POPLAR RIVER DAM GETS ~PRovAL- state
relief engineer has approved plans OF the Daniels coun'
ty planning board for the proposed dam on the Poplar
river near Richland and on the Valley-Daniels county
border. Work Of sinking four deep test pits Is to De
started at once to discover the formation Of the foun-
dation.
SKUNK BooTLEGGER IS - Skunk boot
logging has invaded Mckenzie county. North Dakota
Last week Axel Stron, game warden In the WiH1ston
district arrested a Mckenzie county man for having In
his possession is skunks and one badger which he was
holding until he could obtain a trapping license. The
man was fined $3.50. The skunks were released.
GOOSE SHUTDOWN LIvEs-The first goose re-
ported shot In the Poplar vicinity this season WAS
brought down and captured alive. 1t is now thriving
in captivity just as well az any OF Frank Bucks coHec-
lions. Ben Cover, who shot and caught the bird says
that anyone can kill a goose but 1t takes q top hand
to bring them In In perfect health.
GOVERNMENT WILL PERFORM PART OF
sPlLLWAY mas neeh
made that part of the work for the Fort Peck spiIfWay
win be done under contract and that the other part Is
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announcement was made public in a telegram received
by Sen. b. X. Wheeler from the secretary OF war.
CAR or BOOZE EVERY TWO DAYs-During Sep
tenber the Montana Liquor Board ordered 11,4l3 cases
OF liquor, an average OF about a carload every two
days. The first half OF October showed purchases OF
1O,415 cases Of liquors. A carload shipment averages
between TOO and 800 cases.
BOND ISSUE CARRIED BY HUGE MAJoRiTY-The
Culbertson waterworks bonds, voted on by taxpayers
or the community at a special election carried by an
overwhelming margin, the vote being 83 to g. Plans
for early construction of the new system are being per-
fected as rapidly as possible.
HURT I'M TRAIN cRAsH-Glenn Honey OF Poplar,
employee Of Frye and Co, was injured when locomo-
tive crashed into a caboose OF q cattle train In which
he was riding The collision occurred at Hinsdale. TWO
trainmen Of Hayre were seriously injured.