Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-10-11
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

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kin, deputy sheriff OF Blaine county. has received Of
ficial notification from the War Department that he
mas Deen awarded the distinguished service cross for
extraordinary heroism In action during the Champaign.
mafhe uelensive, In France the night Of July IA, 1918
Wheh a member OF the gun crew had been killed, +"
according to the citation, Private Larkin took his
pace. Whie performing these duties, he himself was
severely wounded in the abdomen but continued the
performance OF his duties, refusing to be evacuated
until he was overcome from the loss OF blood
CHANGE ARTIST PLIES HIS TRApE-Business
men OF Roosevelt county towns and especially Froid
have been taken in" lately by a stranger who gave
his name as ]. R Kelley. Kelley, 1t is said, enters q
business house and on making a small purchase. tend
ers a ten dollar bill in payment. While the clerk is
making the change, and before the transaction is COM
pete, Kelley produces another smaller bill and asks
cnahge Tor II. The purpose is to get his victim mud
died, which Is usually successful, and he gets away
with a five dollars or more to the good. Kelley wai
apprehended at scobey last week.
DISEASE HEAVY TOLL IN DEER col.
oNiEsA pestilence, believed caused by the drouth
IN western North Dakota, is sweeping through the
river bottoms causing death to scores OF animals, Alex
strom, game warden OF Williston. has declared. Vet
erinarians examining a dying animal brought TO the
city announced that the deer was probably suffering
from a disease OF the blood stream. caused from eat
g puAoohCu HtcNt upon WHICH the deer
are feeding because OF the scarcity Of good feed. i
COMES TO oBTAl DRoUTH PICTURE
Like a billiard table with its covering of, is the way
webster Powell, special writer for Harper's Maya
zine, who was in Williston last week, described the
devastation in arid South Dakota. Powell. who is
specially assigned to the drouth-stricken areas Of the
northwest is travelling by car through Minnesota.
North and South Dakota, Montana, Iowa and Neb.
raska gathering material first hand for a series OF
articles for Harpers Magazine.
G. N. TRAIN COMPLETES ANNIVERSARY RUN
Great Northern train No. 81. crack mail train, has
completed Its 25th anniversary run. The train. the
fastest long distance In the world, left st. Paul on its
maiden trip, Oct. 4, 1909. Two mornings later the
business men Of Seattle received two days mall In the
same delivery. clipping almost eleven hours off the
passenger train schedule.
ALLIGATOR FOUND IN DITCH NEAR SIDNEY
-Four young boys found an alligator between two and
three feet long swimming in an irrigation ditch near
Sidney. The alligator was caught and is now being
cared Tor at a farm. No information Is obtainable as
to where the animal came from but 1t Is believed 1t
may be the alligator brought back from Florida some
time ago by a Richland county family.
SPEED BLAMED FOR FATAL CRASH Deaths
OF Rudy Geiger and Yorke S. Hrom In an automobile
crash last week were due to an accident resulting
from excessive speed, the coroner's Jury has decided.
It appears that both cars were In about the center OF
the road and that Brom, at least, was travelling at a
high rate OF speed. The accident occurred near Wolf
Point.
POPLAR AIRPORT TO BE DEDlcATED-Plans
are completed Tor the dedication OF the Poplar airport
Saturday. A big program has been lined up by the
Poplar business men. The Three Musketeers. out
standing aerial show troupe will provide features at
the airport. Beatrice Goltz, plentywood, a member
OF the troupe will perform her spectacular parachute
Jump.
PLANT FISH NEAR sIDNEY-The Montana Fish
and Game Commission has planted $500 fish In the
streams of the country south Of Sidney. The shipment
which was brought by truck included perch, catfish
and black bass. An additional shipment Of 4,7O0 black
bass was recently planted In the sugar factory lake
near Sidney.
POWER LINE TO PROJECT NOW USED
The 228anile power line from the Rainbow sub-station
at Great Falls to Fort Peck has been completed and
Is now carrying the full electrical load required at the
project The load on the line is not heavy at present.
a heavier power load will be carried when dredging
starts.
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