Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-04-18
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

OSWEGO MAN GIVEN YEAR FOR
Claude Hart Of Oswego pleaded guilty to an informa-
ton charging burglary before Judge John Hurley In
district court and was sentenced to serve a year in the
state prison. Hart, according to the deputy county at
torney, entered the City OF Sanish, once known as the
beer boat" which WAS tied up on the bank Of the
Missouri river near Oswego and stole articles from 1t
last january.
WANT DAM PROJECT FOR
To obtain construction Of a big dam on the Poplar
river about half way between Scobey and Poplar the
commercial clubs Of the two towns will send a delega-
ton to Washington to show the need OF such a pro-
ject this summer. The dam would be about 20 miles
south of Scobey and would back the waters into a res
ervodr covering about 1000 acres.
BowDoIN LAKE NOT CLOSED TO HUNTING
Reports that all Of Bowdoin Lake is to be reserved as
a sanctuary for migratory waterfowl appears to be
erroneous as the result Of latest information reaching
Malta from ]. N. Ding) Darling, chief Of the biologi-
cal survey at Washington 1t is stated that over one
third Of the lake will he open for shooting.
FORT PECK WORKER FATALLY INJURED
Lewis Davis, IS, of Loring, in Phillips county suffered
fatal injuries while working on open excavation at the
downstream tunnel walls at Fort Peck when he was
struck by a load OF falling shale from a clamshell.
Davis was alive when he was picked up after the &C.
cident, but he died while being taken to Fort Peck.
LANG. HELMER TIE IN POPLAR ELECTION
A tie resulted from the unofficial ccdnt Of votes cast
In the Poplar school election, R. f. Lang and Howard
Helmer being credited with 1856 votes each. No provis-
ion is made by law on a tie, so the outcome will doubt
less be unsettled unless the official canvass OF the
votes discloses an error In reporting them.
MUSIC EVENT PROGRAM AKIN SHAPE
Preparations for the annual May music festival May
IL at Havre are going ahead rapidly and NJ. f. Gourley
chairman Of the festival committee announces that the
parade will probably be the largest In the history OF
the festival. Over 1875 merchants and organizations
have promised floats for the parade.
DEATH STILL PUzzLINc-Unable to definitely
accept either suicide or the murder theory in the case
of Wilbur J. Jones, young elevator manager at Vince
lock, who was found dead in the elevator, Williams
county police authorities are continuing investigation.
Jones was found dead in a Wheelock elevator from a
gunshot wound. A rifle was found near the body.
W MORE PILOT UNNEL READY-Two
more OF the pilot tunnels were holed through at the
Fort Peck dam last week. The crews Of Mason &
Walsh company, contractors, reached the deadlock
with No. 2 bore Tuesday and No. 8 was hoed through
Wednesday. Only one more remains to be completed.
~sPoRTsMEN TO oRcANIzE-A meeting OF
~sportsmen OF this section Of the state was held at
Bainvnle and preliminary steps taken for the organic
alton Of an association for the protection and couser-
walton OF wild life. A meeting OF sportsmen will be
held at Poplar soon.
FORMER PLENTYWooD BOY ON DEBATE
TEAM-August lbsen, Of Glasgow, formerly OF Plen-
tywood, who Is attending the Billings Polytechnic In
stitute was a member Of the schools debate squad
which debated with teams from Bohemian, Missoula,
Helena and Dillon last week.
BEET OWE RECEIVE cHEcKs-The first
checks in payment OF the sugar beet allotment were
received in Blaine county last week. The shipment con-
stituted lac checks totaling $38,521, payable to grow
es In Phillips, Cascade and Blaine counties.
oPHEiM DEBATE TEAM WILL CLASH WITH
FROID-The debating team OF Opheim high school
will go to Froid April 10 to take part in a debate. The
winners there will later meet the winners OF a Turner
HinSdale debate.
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