Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1935-03-14
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

oNLY 6 BEER JOINTS At DAM GET PERMITS
"A report received by the sheriff Of Valley county
from the state board OF equalization says only 6 beer
licenses have been granted In the Fort Peck dam area
for a radius OF five miles. More than 10 parlors have
been operating within the dam area several months
and the reason given by the board for revoking the
licenses OF the majority Of the entertainment places
was because of taxi dancing allowed in them.
MARRIED MEN NEED NOT LIVE IN BARRACKS
IA clause requiring so percent Of all contractors en-
ployes to live In barracks In the Fort Peck TOWNSHIP
has been suspended In 80 far as 1t affects married
men, according to a telegram from Senator Wheeler.
Following a recent mass meeting at New Deal. a brief
was drawn up and forwarded to Wheeler protesting
against the order requiring all men, married or single,
to live in the government barracks.
MANS TRUCK CATCHES FIRE-While waiting
to be loaded at the Wachter coal mine near Medicine
Lake. the truck OF Nels Lodahl caught fire. The man
had started the engine to warm 1t up and stepped back
into the mine office. When looking out, the truck was
in flames. Considerable damage was done to the We
hicle.
WIDOW SPIDER CAUGHT AT c~ULBERTsoN-
A new venomous insect, one that has recently reoeiv-
cd wide notoriety through the state press put in its ap-
pearance at Culbertson. A black widow spider was
discovered by DR.. J. C. Munich while 1t was in the act
u oPhuiu8 d q IL PIopdiiHS " dn oAtouutu stay.
Black widow spiders are said to be deadly poisonous.
SICK WOMAN STALLED ON DAD ALL NIGHT
Mrs Stanton Cook, seriously Ill with pneumonia was
taken from Opheim to Glasgow by car last Tuesday
and the drivers fought snowdrifts and trouble the en-
tire route. The distance from Opheim to Glasgow is
approximately IS miles. 1t took % hours to make the
trip.
FoRMER WILLIsToN MAN INJURED; DIES
Carsten Sveen, former Wiliston employee Of the
GambleRobinson company, died at Fargo last week
from internal injuries received in a fall. Burial was
made at Fargo. Sveen worked as a salesman In
northeastern Montana for a number OF years. and left
several years age for Fargo.
MExIcANs CAUGHT RoBBINc BOX CAR SHOT
Two Mexicans, discovered breaking into a box car
ON the siding Of the Bismarck Grocery Co., at Sidney,
we're shot In the legs by officers when they refused to
stop on command. They are in a hospital while their
wounds are being treated.
POOL FUND HIcH-In a few hours
canvass, Sidney residents contributed $9S1.50 to be
used for the construction of a swimming pool at the
Rchand county metropolis. The move is under the
supervision Of the Chamber of Commerce and the
Kiwanis club.
FERA XXI OVER COUNTY MEDicALs-
Arrangements for the FERA to assume the costs OF
medical and surgical care OF relief clients In Williams
county, North Dakota, were made at a meeting OF
county relief officials, doctors and dentists with q. G..
Howell, director Of the state medical service.
GOPHERs OUT AT CROSBY-Gophers were out
for a time last week in the vicinity Of Crosby. Reports
of seeing them were made by a group Of men who en-
gagged in a rabbit drive. However, they have taken to
their holes again as recent billiards brought subzero
weather.
SLEEPING IckNEss CASE is REPORTED
The first case OF sleeping sickness to occur in Havre
has been reported. The victim Is Ruby ONell, IA
year old daughter of Tom ONell. Miss ONeill has
been in a state Of coma for the last ten days and be-
fore lapsing into sleep she was i'll for several days.