Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-08-20
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
{ Cleaned from Exchanges that Reach Our Desk
WILL OIL NAsHUA-FORT PECK HIGHWAY

WILL OIL PECK
AS soon as the oiling crew now surfacing the Plenty
wood Culbertson road completes the lob. it will move on
to the Fort Peck-Nashua road, it was learned this week.
The road will be regarded and regraveled before oiline
operations begin. Decision to surface this portion of
highway was reached after it was demonstrated that the
heavy traffic on it made it impossible to kesp a gravel
road IN condition for safe travel.
WOLF POINT HOST TO VISITING GOLFERS
willard Peterson of Scobey posted a II for the lowest
score in the invitational golf tournament at Wolf Point
last week. 20 club-wielders from neighborine towns at
tended the meet on invitation from the Wolf Point club
Inc VOL Point Herald says a lunch was enjoyed at the
10Th green. Editor Charles Marshall of that paper. him
sell a golfer of no mean ability, knows full well that re-
freshments are served at the 19th-not lSth-hole.
FAIRVIEW II. S. ADOPTS oman FOOTBALL
fairvlew high school will be represented by a Oman
football team this year. 1t is understood that Bainville
Lambert, Savage, Richey, Alexander and Sidney will also
nave o-man teams, which consists of three men on the
line and three in the backtield. The new system is wide
ly used in high schools throughout the country where
size and limited enrolment prevent having 11-man
squads.
CATTLE BUYER SENTENCED FOR BAD CHECKS
Louis Eats, Minneapolis cattle buyer. was sentenced 70
one year in the state penitentiary on recommendation of
County Attorney Erick Noun in law and motion court
at Wolf Point last week Eats was charged with issuing
fraudulent checks to several farmers from whom he
bought cattle. Eats pleaded guilty to the charge ard was
Immediately sentenced by Judge Paul.
LANCER IN WHLISTON FOR ORGANIZATION
William LANCER, former North Dakota governor, was in
winston last week personally supervising organization
IL MS political faction in Williams county. Mr.. LANCER
will run on an Independent ticket for governor of that
state In the general election. He is at present making a
tour OF the state, making speeches and organizing his
forces in each county.
SIDNEY SLAYER GETS 3O-DAY tEPRIEVE-
Pedro Cesaras, Mexican beet worker of Sidney sentenced
to hang for the murder of a fellow worker, was granted
a llth-hour reprieve by Governor Elmer Holt last week.
The new date of execution has been set as September 4,
when, unless a new repreve is granted, Cesaras will be
hanged in the Richland county Jail.
DEFEATED CANDIDATES FILE INDEPENDENT
Two candidates in adjoining counties, defeated in their
races for officei in the July Primary, have filed on indie
pendent tickets for the general election. In Roosevelt
county Ole Lien of Brockton has filed for state repre-
sentative and Nels Levang has filed for assessor in DAN
ias county.
PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO NEGLIGENCE
Ole K. Nasty has entered a plea of not guilty to charges
of negligence which caused a brush fire near Wolf Point
two weeks ago. Nasty was charged with lighting a fire
without taking the proper steps to ~exinguish it before
leaving Several acres of timber land were RACED by the
fire.
MOvIETONE MEN FILMING FORT PECK DAM
Two men representing Fox Movietone News are awaiting
favorable weather conditions to fir, with sound. the
Fort Peck dam site. The shots will be part of a release
of Movietone News, with Lowell Thomas, famous COM
mentator, as its narrator.
MARKET 40-BUSHE WHEAT AT FAIRVIEW-
Wheat yields as high as 40 bushels to the acre have been
reported from the irrigated lands near Fairview. Wheat
In the Richland county valley, all under irrigation, aver
ages upwards of II bushels to the acre. Dryland wheat
in the county, however, averages not over 6 bushels.
BROTHER OF FORMER SHERIFF KILLED
An auto accident near Park Grove took the life of Or
vile A. Fassett, 38, of Glasgow last week. He was a bro
Their of the late Sheriff All Fassett of Glasgow. His car
overturned, and he was pinned beneath the wreckaze.
WILL REBUILD WOLF POINT ELEVATOR
The stockholders of the Farmers Union elevator at Vol
Point last week voted to rebuild on the site of the build
ing destroyed by fire recently.