Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1934-09-06
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBOE

TRUCK DRIVERS PROTEST WAGE cUT-Pro-
testing against a recent cut from $1.30 an hour to 20
cents a mile for trucks hauling rock for r. Newton
Mcdowell Inc, contracting company near Malta, some
~ men employed at the Strater rock pile struck. de-
manding 80 cents a mile. The answer given the men
by the Mcdowell company was to pay them off. A
number of trucks have been brought Ia from other To-
calities- One man who has two trucks on the Job de-
ciared that last week he cleared but IS with both
trucks working.
LOSES GAME WARDEN JoB-Ben Fed1e has
been dismissed as game warden OF the Wiliston dis
trict His successor has not been named. A LANCER
appointee and prominently identified with the LANCER
faction In that county, Fedje was a member OF the
'rump' legislative session which met In an attempt
to white+wash the LANCER administration. His dismiss
sal is regarded as part OF a campaign by Acting Gov
ernor Ole Olson to break down the LANCER political
machine In that state.
siAMEsE PUPS BoRN At scoaEv-on erhth,-
ton at the Ford Pharmacy beside q recently hatched
turkey with one body and two necks and heads. ID a
freak pup with two bodies combined, with only one
neck and head. The freak was one OF a litter Of six.
It's mother Is a fox terrier. The pup was living when
born but the mother mercifully killed 1t by biting into
its brain, then carried 1t away from the rest of the
puppies to a far corner Of the pen. The bodies of the
puppies are OF opposite sex.
FORMER FAiRvIEW BOY iNvENTs-That the
quaint folk songs and native language OF the fast dying
races OF Indians may be preserved for posterity, tech
meal science has come to the aid OF the anthropolxtst.
Phillip A. Jacobs. instructor In general engineering at
the University OF Washington and Grin b.. Johnston,
formerly Of FairvieW and engineer student have In
vented a portable electric recorder, acclaimed far au
perior to any instrument in use today.
FIGHT PROPOSED BUS LINE-The board OF
directors OF the Havre chamber OF commerce has gone
on record as disappearing the granting OF a franchise
to the Great Falls Coach Lines to operate a bus line
from Great Falls and Bainville. A letter carrying the
objections has been sent to the Montana Railroad com
mission.
SWALLOWS IODINE-SteveA Adams, race horse
owner, at the Valley county fair at Glasgow last week
was not seriously effected as the result OF accidentally
swallowing a small quantity OF Iodine. The iodine
was In a bottle and Adams mistook it for beer. An
antidote was given him and he recovered In a few
hours.
BEER DEALERS TO DoNATE-Wmiston beer
dealers banded together and pledged their support to
help needy Wilnston school Riddles who are finding IL
dlfficult to attend classes, by donating to the school
children all the net profits made on beer sales In VIII
nston on labor day. A dance was also sponsored and
funds turned over to aid the children.
TooLE COUNTY FARM PRODUCE HOT STUFF
-Forty-tWo farmers In Toole county undertook mus
tard farming this year. More than 40 cars OF mustard
seed were contracted for this season to fill orders for
firms. Mustard In that section averaged 500 to
TOO pounds per acre.
ROOSEVELT COUNTY MAY GET scHooL
NuRSE-An effort is being made to secure tor Roos-
evelt county a school nurse to be paid for by federal
funds. Last year several counties were provided with
public health nurses. whose salaries we're paid In this
EXPERT COMING TO AID iNDiANs-John Col.
Her, United States Indian commissioner has announced
the detailing OF Supt. John g. Hunter OF Fort Defiance.
Arizona to handle urgent work In land extension for
the Sioux Indians on the Fort Peck reservation.
is VICTIM OF ILLNEss-Mrs. Frank Moon, one
or the pioneer settlers OF north eastern Montana died
at Cuibertson last Monday following an extended III
ness. She had been an invalid from a complication of
ailments for about two years.
FIRST BABY BORN IN Observation-Disclosures
Ann, an SA pound baby girl was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Tom Colley, and to she goes the distinction Of heinr
the first born In Wheeler, one OF the new towns Gre
near the Fort Peck dam site.