Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-01-17
NEKS OF OUR NElCHBOE

MISSOURI RIVER A REDUCED LENGTH
Civilization is held responsible by engineers for the
reduction Of so miles in length Of the Missouri river
since the days OF the Lewis and Clark expedition. En-
gineers have explained bottom land along the river
formerly was wooded. During periods Of high water
the channel became clogged with clay and brush de
posits forcing the stream to seek a new channel. With
the coming OF settlers, the land was logged and the
river cut through the formerly wooded land with little
difficulty.
ESCAPES sERioUs iNJuRY-R. w. Borley. OF
Medicine Lake luckily escaped what might easily have
been a fatal accident Thursday while putting up Ice.
AS the last tier was being placed In the Ice house a
set Of tongs slipped and grazed Romey's head, striking
HIM a glancing blow near the right eye. inficting a
painful cut If he had been but a few inches farther
in the way of the tongs, his entire head might have
been cut off.
BIG FIRE At LAMBERT-Fire originating in one
Of the three buildings burned, swept the main bust
ness block of Lambert, leveling to the ground the
~postoffice. barber shop and a pool hall. Lambert has
been the victim OF a series OF CONGREGATIONS during the
past several years which has reduced 1t from an at
tractive business center, for a large and for some
years prosperous community. to greatly smaller pro-
portions.
ALMOST 5000 STILL ON JOB At FORT PECK
although nOrtno0Storn MONTANA Is IN m10LWlnter sea-
son, the total number of employees on the Fort Peck
project at the last tabulation, Dec. 81, was 4,97l. At
the outlet end OF the spillway, which is miles below
the dam, a force Of $50 men has started cutting down
timber. A small saw mill has been set up for the
purpose OF cutting the larger logs into rough dimension
lumber.
FAiRvlEW GIRL PoIsoNED-Helen Nelson. 81
yearold daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. julius Nelson, failed
n rovtvoo Hor acctAoptouv ko1{p0 a .0<%l ~ D1oc
leaf 40. The little girl had been staying at the home
of a ~neighbor. and, according to the story reached a
bottle Of poison from the shelf and drank part OF it
before she was noticed. She was Immediately rushed
to town but failed to revive after given medical aid.
vAcATEs DISTRICT couRT-A jury term Of
district court, which opened last Monday at Glasgow
was vacated Tuesday noon by Judge John Hurley. who
stated that the term would probably convene in Feb
ruary. The vote by the board Of county commissioners
declining to appoint a deputy county attorney during
the illness OF the regular attorney was an underlying
cause Of the postponement.
ICE HARVEST IS IN FULL SWING At LAKE
Medicine Lake Is favored with one industry that is
not accorded to many other towns, that is the annual
Ice harvest The annual harvest gives employment to
a crew OF ten or more men and lasts about two weeks.
Patrons from Froid, Homestead and Reserve began
hauling Ice this week. Six hundred tons will be put
up at Medicine Lake.
LOW RESERVE OF sUBsoiL MOISTURE
Northeastern Montana will 90 into the next crop sea-
son handicapped again by low moisture reserves, to
offset which better than normal spring and growing
season rainfall will be necessary II average or better
crop prospects are to be expected.
UNIDENTIFIED MEN IN CRASH,
Two unidentified men from Havre escaped injury Wed
nesday evening when they hit a guard rail on highway
No. Q near Box Elder, their car swerving into the
ditch. The car was slightly damaged.
GIVEN SENTENCE TO PENITENTiARY-
Leo Bean, charged with robbery OF the state liquor
store at Chester last June, plead guilty to the charge
and was sentenced to serve 20 years In the state
penitentiary.
BUS PERMIT D~ENlED-The Montana Public Ser
vice Commission has denied the application Of the
Great Falls Coach lines company permission to operate
a bus and freight line between Great Falls and Balm
vile.