Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-08-22
NEWS OF OUR NElCHBORS

WINE STORM DOES DAMAoEA hard and
steady windstorm that swept eastern Montana Satur-
day caused damage In several places. Some small
buildings at New Deal and Wheeler were overturned.
At Glasgow q high tention wire was dislodged from a
post and was blown across the Great Northern railway
tracks near the city. The wire which carried $500
volts OF electricity burned out expensive equipment in
the depot.
CHRISTOPHER HORDE Over -WILLIsToN-
Like a plague Of ancient Egypt. a horde of outraged
and hungry grasshoppers swept down on Williston
Saturday night. Their bodies blaokened the fronts and
windows Of buildings. They were thick In sidewalks.
The invasion Of the city by the insects is unique in
the history OF Williston. oid-time residents believe.
BUILD NEW GRAIN BloWER-In their own
shop with machinery designed and built by themselves
Schelechter Bros, farmers Of the Whitehall vicinity
are manufacturing a truck grain blower OF their own
invention which is finding ready sale to farmers OF
the northwest The devise is a real time and labor
saver.
ROBBERY At BAINvlLLE SUNDA NIGHT
Taking time to open up the car, open the front ell
trance doors and drive away, thieves entered the
Grandland garage at Bainville and stole a new VS.
Ford. The car was later found near Glasgow. The mot
or was damaged considerable due to excessive speed
that the car had been driven.
INVESTIGATING BOX CAR RoBBERiEaA SER
les OF box car robberies on the Great Northern railway
is being investigated from Winiston to Kalispel by
special agents. Robberies have been occurring at regu-
lar intervals, and the thieves are believed to belong to
a gang Of operatives and 60 about their work in a
systematic manner.
BODY FOUND IN MISSOURI UNIDENTIFIED
The badly ~decomposed body of a man believed by Of
ficers to have been the victim of foul play, was found
in the Missouri river a mile and a half above the in
take Of the government water works at Fort Peck.
Identification Of the body is impossible.
GLASGOW DoPE RING cRAcKED-Climaxing a
three months investigation Of narcotic conditions in
Valley county, officers arrested three men for posses
sion and selling Of opium derivatives. In a series Of
raids officials believed they cracked one of the biggest
dope rings to have ever operated in that section.
~RATTLEsNAkE ON FROM PoRcH-Mrs. H. B.
Warren Of Glendive narrowly escaped stepping on a
large rattler on the steps of her home. She was going
into her house when she heard the rattle and found
the big snake curled up on the second step. The snake
was killed with a hoe.
MALTA TO CAST BALLoTs-Malta will vote
upon the proposal to construct a city hall under the
PWA setup October /. Petitions carrying the names
of a sufficient number Of qualified taxpayers have
been signed and presented to the city council for con-
sideratton.
OFFICERS FRUsTRATE JAIL BREAK posi-
BILE jail break was frustrated at the Valley county Jail
last week when Glasgow officials discovered that an
unidentified man had sawed away part Of the bars Of
one window.
DIES As RESULT OF F~ALL-George Hughes Jr,
about so, died at Wolf Point the result Of injuries re-
ceived when he fell from a boxcar. Hughes was be-
leved to have been sleeping on top Of the car and
rolled of.
CARS OF WHEAT MOVING OUT OF POINT
Six or seven carloads Of wheat are moving out Of
Wolf Point every day. When the price went to $100
many farmers in Roosevelt county contracted to sell
large amounts OF grain at that price.
APPLE TREE IN N unusual phenome
non is reported by H. M. Smith, a resident of Culbert-
son. A Mcintosh Red apple tree in his yard is in
bloom The usual time to blossom is In May.