Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-02-21
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

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Burke. 26-year-old Williston boy, was a member OF the
crew on the light cruiser, USS Concord. which steam-
ed to the distressed Macon, the u. s. Nays queen OF
the air which went to the bottom OF the Pacific. Out
wardly, fghthearted 81 surviving officers and men
who stood by" until the dirigfble struck the water
and then got away in rubber life boats. The Williston
boy has been stationed aboard the USS Concord In
Pacific waters for the past two years and has served
eight years in the United States navy.
FOUR LEAVE FOR cAPITAL-A delegation OF
four, Frank H. Livingston, superintendent Of Wolf
Point schools; L. E. Larson, principal of Poplar Indian
school; Harold Knudson, chief clerk Fort Peck Agen-
cy and M. C. Johnson, principal of the Brockton school
left last week for Washington. d. &C., to present claims
for aid from the Indian department in constructing ad-
ditional housing facilities urgently required to take
care Of the increasing number OF Indian children at
tending public schools at those towns.
SWALLOWS MEDICINE AND DIEs-Arthur
Goodrich, two years old, OF the Fort Peck section died
suddenly after accidentally drinkins a small portion
OF a prescription from a bottle. The medicine had
been prescribed for Mrs. Goodrich in 1929 for a ner.
vous aiment from which she suffered at times. The
bottle was not marked as poison. Mrs. Goodrich had
left the bottle in a drawer in a sewing machine where
the baby found II.
mAOOG nCNOGnSON 10 Ill Al TUNE
Mrs.Alice Cicotte. better known as Maude Henderson
is Ill al her home in Harlem. She has been in poor
health the last few months. Maude Henderson head
ed a troupe Of players who toured the northwest and
Canada for a number Of years. The company came
from the east about 1910 and filed on homesteads north
of Harlem where they have made their headquarters.
covered on the floor OF the county Jail at Malta led to
Illustration OF an attempted ~jailbreak by Roy Forester,
federal prisoner held there ON a Mann Act charge.
FORESTER was trying to cut his way to freedom with
the aid OF a crude saw fashioned from a pairing knife.
He had cut about one fourth Of the way through a
steel bar when his work was discovered.
KAUFMAN NOT GUILTY, STRAW VOTE SAYS
If a jury in Pennington, New Jersey, had been as
divided in Its opinion as about 100 Glasgow people
are, there would have been no hope for a verdict In
the case OF Bruno Richard Hauptman. A straw vote
taken last week showed surprising division Of opin-
ions. OF So people who cast votes. Sc expressed belief
that Hauptman is guilty while 40 declared he is not.
WILL SELL TAX LANDS TO vERNME
The Blaine county board Of commissioners at a special
meeting gave an option on 100000 acres OF county tax
title land at $1.2 an acre to the land policy section OF
the federal surplus relief corporation. The opinion
was expressed that the grazing lands would be better
administered by the government agency than would
be the case If they were retained by the county.
OLD NEWSPAPER is ON DISPLAYING Medi-
cine Lake Wave has on display a copy Of the Ulster
County Gazette, a newspaper published at Kingston,
N. Y, Jan. 4, 1900. 1t Is a ~four-page paper and carries
a full account OF the death and funeral Of George
Washington. The paper has been kept in a fair state
OF preservation and is readable.
DlLLAGE CONVICTED ON THREE COUNTS
Lee Dilage Of Ignite, N. D, was convicted on three
counts on a wool smuggling indictment by a jury that
returned it's verdict at a term of federal court in
Minot with Judge Miller presiding. The trial was in
progress since Jan. %. He was sentenced to serve
four years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth.
THREE ARE HURT IN CAR ACCIDENT
Three Williston young people escaped with minor in
juries when their automobile skidded over a 30-foot
embaniment on highway IS about IL miles south OF
that city. Myrtle Kline and Eugene Dunnigan receiv-
ed leg injuries and scratches and s. j. Schile received
leg and face cuts. The car was badly damaged.
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