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

YOUNG SHEEP HERDER BROWNS, osWEco-
The body OF Peter Bagadoy, age 80, was recovered
from a reservoir near Oswego by members Of the
sheriffs office Of Wolf Point. The young man had
attempted to swim his horse across an artificial lake
that had been filled by rain. and apparently unaccust-
omed to the handling Of horses while in the water.
and being unable to swim. both rider and horse were
drowned.
PATRoLMAN HALLS LIGHT INTO COURT
State highway patrolman N. ]. Cummings put In a
busy day at Poplar Tuesday. He was responsible for
eight violators being fined In Justice court, and issued
warnings to many others. Clarence Reinertson, form
erly of Plentywood. now Of Fort Peck was one OF the
eight hailed into court and paid a IS fine for exces.
sive speed through the city.
FIRE HIGHWAY BUILDING
Fire OF unknown origin threatened seriously for a
time to destroy the state highway building at Culbert-
son. Quick response by the fire department and
strong pressure OF water soon had the flames under
control. The cab OF one of the trucks where the fire
had seemingly started and the roof Of the building
were badly burned.
VALLEY COUNTY OFFICERS CAPTURE TWO
Claire Schofeld, who gave her address as Great
Falls, and Charles Brown OF Wheeler were turned
over to McCone county authorities by Valley county
officials after they had been arrested near Glasgow as
suspects in a holdup In which Peggy Ward reported
az Isl vi q uldmOnQ ring ana Wy In cash.
LIGHTNING STRIKES HoUs NEAR POPLAR
Martin Berglees new house In the Anderson com
munity near Poplar was hit and extensively damaged
by lightning. The bolt went through the entire house
following electric wires. 1t tore a corner off a piano.
loosened plaster, cracked the foundation and smashed
a corner OF the house prop ar.
HOUSEWIVES FIND USE FOR HAIL STONES
For something new in desserts, try the dish which
was prepared by housewives of Orthel in Williams
county. These thrifty individuals took the baseball
sized hail which fell in that area last week and treated
their families to ice cream, frozen by utilizing the
hail.
MANY TOURISTS At FORT PECK DAM
A total Of 1855 automobiles carrying 1855 visitors
from So different states visited the Fort Peck project
during the past five weeks. Montana alone was rep
resented by tourists from 81 Of its IS counties. L.
cense plates from six Canadian provinces were also
seen.
WEST POPLAR RIVER PROJECT URGED
A mass meeting OF farmers and business men re-
sponded to a call to act on the West Poplar river pro-
ject near Richland. Delegations from Opheim, Glen
tana, Peerless, Scobey and Flaxville swelled the
crowd. Senator James T. Sparkling was chairman.
TORNADO WRECKS BARN AT s'oux PASS
A small tornado wrecked the barn on the C. J..
Sjostrom farm near Sioux Pass. The roof OF the
structure was carried nearly 500 feet. Other smaller
buildings In the community were wrecked in the
twister which was local in extent.
SCoBEY BANK TO PAY ONE DIVIDEND
Andrew Foley, receiver OF the First National Bank OF
Scobey announces the payment of a first and final
dividend for that bank. The bank was closed In July,
1891 and since that time the affairs Of the institution
have been in the hands OF a receiver.
cAs-LlNE PROPOSAL Jus AT MALTA
With a plan IT. build a 1,45Omile natural gas pipe
line from northern and eastern Montana fields to the
Minnesota iron range and Twin Cities. interested par
ties from Minnesota were In Malta last week to con-
fer with city and county officials.
siDNEY-FAIRviEW HiGHWAY COMPLETED
Surfacng with crushed gravel on the SidneyFairview
road was completed last weekend. Grading is prac-
tically completed over a distance Of eight miles.
September Is is the dead]ine for completion OF the
work.
~PATRoLMAN ~URED-Patrolm Don Mercer
OF the state highway patrol department suffered arm
cuts and bruises when his motorcycle struck a hole in
the pavement. Mercer is from Sidney.