Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-01-16
DO YOU REMEMBER
News Items Taken from Files of
The Plentywood Herald of
20 YEARS AGO
BROADUs HAS STREET NAMEp FOR Hou r

BROADUS HAS STREET NAMED FOR HOLT
Broadus has a street named Holt. Frank [. Busch n
gineer-rancher who laid out the town about 16 wears
ago, was asked recently if he had had some inside in
formation then that Elmer Holt would one day be gov
efhor. liz denied any mystical prophetic powers. He
had, however, known Holt for a number of wears
POSES AS PRIEST AND LANDS IN JAIL
Following a search that centered in the whole of eastern
montana, Lee Rooney, 81, wanted in Valley county for
obtaining money under false pretenses, was arrested in
Miles City. Rooney pleaded guilty to the charge of DOS
ing as a priest and collecting money under this ouisa
for his personal use.
ICE HARVEST AT FROID IN FULL SWING
The annual ice harvest at Froid is on. Farmers in that
community, who usually put up a supply of ice for
summer use, are ~enlarging their supply by several tons
this season. The grade of ice this winter is said to be
the best in years, and is being cut from the Missouri
river.
FOUR ARE ARRESTED AS RESULT OF FRAcAs
Arrest OF four men as the result of a fight in the Bark
Valley Beer parlor in which Frank Barnard, deputy
sheriff, was beaten has been reported. Neil Logan. whom
officers characterized as the leader of the group, plead
not guilty when arraigned.
DRIVE is ON TO HORSE DISEASE
"A drive to rid Williams county, North Dakota, of bots
got under way last week. The only effective treatment
for bots is that of administering carbon disulphide Dur
ing January or early February and should be given by
a veterinarian.
MANY ATTEND ANNUAL FEEDERS TOUR
Around 225 feeders business men, livestock commission
men and railroad officials participated in the fourth an
nual livestock feeders tour held in the Fairview and
Sidney areas. The group visited five farms in the Fair
view district.
GLASGOW DOCTOR BEATEN BY %AssAILANr-
DIR. {. Il. Larson. GLASGOW phvSiciap cuHoroJ ;c;,,r;oc
OF undetermined extent at the hands of an unknown as
sailant at his office. He was beaten into unconscious
ness. His attacker is believed to have been a drug addict
whom he had previously refused to give dope.
ENGINEER is LIE IN AUTO UPSET
Lieut.. Rudolph Green, %, with the army corps of en-
gineers stationed at Fort Peck died in Jamestown, N.
Oak, Saturday night as the result of injuries he suf-
fered when his automobile slipped off the road at Ell
bridge, North Dakota.
BUTTREY COMPANY PREPARES TO OPEN
A crew Of workmen are r~emodeling and reinishing the
Coffey building at Wolf Point to make it ready for the
stocks of merchandise the F. A. Buttrey company will
retail in a new store they will open as soon as the build
ing is ready.
RME IN WILLIAMS GET. -sEHLTERBELTS
-Shelerbelts will be furnished to 10 Williams county
farmers this year, five from the Bottineau School of
Forestry and five from the U. S. Great Plains station at
Mandan, N. Oak.
NASHUA GETS NEW TYPE PHONE IA
The Mountain State Telephone company will spend
$4,000 in the near future to give Nashua a telephone
exchange of the latest automatic dial type. Service will
be started within the next 60 days.
GREAT NORTHERN BUILDING
The Great Northern railway has a bridge and build
ing crew in Sweet Grass erecting a one-stall roundhouse
for the accommodation of locomotives that are tied up
there each day.
RIPLEY SAYS LONE TREE AT FORT PECK
Believe it or not, according to Believe 1t Or Not" wide
iy published newspaper feature, the city of Fort Peck
has only a single tree. Ripley was right but development
OF yards around Fort Peck is now in progress.
FROD EARLY SETTLER PASSES AWAY
Funeral services were held at Froid for Allen Purves,
81, pioneer settler of the Froid community who died at
his home southwest tof Froid.
w SUSPECTS ARE HELD FOR ROBBERY
Harry Kilfoy and Ted Chapman have been arrested in
connection with the robbery of $50 from the Roosevelt
hotel in Glasgow.