Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-11-12
NEWS OF OUR NEIGHBORS
Cleaned from Exchanges thx Reach Our Desk
CULBERTSON POST ELECTS COMMANDER

CULBERTSON POST ELECT COMMANDER
E. l. Bowers, postmaster at Culbertson, was elected COM
mander of the Culbertson American Legion post at a
meeting last week.
TRAIN DEMOLIsHEs TRUCK AT CULBERTsON
A truck driven by M. Bertelsen was totally destroyed
last week when struck by a mail train on the railroad
crossing just east of the depot at Culbertson. The driver
was uninjured. The cab of the truck was covered with
tin and canvas which prevented the driver from seeing
the approach of the train. 1t is reported that no claim
for damages will be filed against the railroad company.
HUNTERS BAG DEER NEAR MISSOURI RIVER
Although hunters report deer are no so plentiful as in
previous years, many were killed during the three-day
open season last week. The river bottoms south of Gull
bertson and the Yellowstone valley near Fairview are
the favorite habitats of the animals.
BREAKS ARM AS AUTO SLIDES FROM
Milton Severson, salesman for Nash-Finch Co., suffered
a broken arm when his truck slid into a drain ditch two
miles north of Dore last week. He wa removed to
his home at Wolf Point where he is convalescing.
LANCER ELECTED NORTH DAKOTA CHIEF
In North Dakota, ex-governor William LANCER came
from behind to win the gubernatorial election from Wal
ter Wexford, incumbent, by approximately 5000 votes.
Both candidates led factions of the Non-Partisan league
in the race for the office. The people Of North Dakota in
the election November 3 voted to legalize the sale of
liquor.
COLD WEATHER STOPS DREDGES AT AM
Temperatures near zero for three consecutive nights last
week forced the shutdown of the river dredges for the
1886 season at the Fort Peck dam.
MALTA BOY DIES FRO WRECK INJURIES
Bud" Starkey, 10, of Malta died last Wednesday from
injuries sustained in a car accident south Of that city the
previous Saturday. The car overturned as it rounded a
corner at a high rate of speed. 1t was totally demolished.
Nine other occupants suffered minor injuries.
WOLF POINT SCHOOL INCREASES FACuLTY-
Misses Regina Briggrnan and Hazel Fogle have been add
ed to the faculty Of the Wolf Point grade school. In
creased enrolment necessitaed hiring the two new in
sructors.
RANCHER Is KILLED BY FALL FROM HORSE
j. +. Tuttle, Sc, widely known Valley county rancner and
farmer, was instantly killed last Wednesday when he
fell from his saddle horse while driving cattle. 1t in be-
lieved that his horse stumbled and he fell to the bottom
of a deep borrow pit.
WOLF POINT VISIT %GLENDIvE-
Five Wolf Point citizens last week were guests of the
Glendive Chamber of Commerce. The object of their visit
was to get cooperation from Glendive citizens and the
Chamber of Commerce in inducing the state highway
commission to allow completion of the Circle-Wof Point
highway.
SAYS POTATO CROP FAILED ONLY ONCE
Happy" Norby of Sioux Pass, south of Culbertson, says
that irrigation may be all right for most crops, but that in
potato farming, the dryland method will suit him. He
says he has had only one potato crop failure, using dry
land farming, in nearly 20 years.
BASKETBALL SEASON WILL OPEN SOON
Athletes in high schools in this section have hung up
their football suits and intensive basketball practices are
now being held.
ROOSEVELT COUNTY VOTES REPUBLICAN,
Roosevelt county gave its namesake, Franklin d., a hand
some majority in the general election, but elected almost
a solid republican county ticket. The closest race in that
county was for county attorney, Frank Catlin, Republic
an. defeating Erick Noun, incumbent Democrat, by ap-
proximately $50 votes.
FRED RATHERT MARRIED AT POPLAR
Fred Z. Rathert, president Of the First State bank at
Wolf Point and pioneer citizen Of that citizen of that city,
and Laura Nyland, deputy treasurer OF Roosevelt county,
were married at Poplar last week. They left immediate
ly after the ceremony on a trip through eastern states.