Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-11-12

A. Stahlberg, who was appointed
by the Federal Wi er's Project
department TO compile a history
Of Sheridan county and which will
be preserved for posterity. Each
week an installment of this inter
esting, historical and geograph-
ical report will be published in
The Herald. Sources of Informal
ton for the report are mentioned
by the writer.
The report on Sheridan county
has been considered the best in
the state ~ editors of The State
Guii NOW bcing prepared.
SOCIAL FEATURES
GO The Farmers Union. the Amer
ican Legion with It's Auxiliary, the
Commercial Clubs. Plentvwoods re-
Gently organized Lions Club and local
branches OF political organizations ex-
ert probably the greatest influence en-
the social and economic life of the
county. There are n labor unions, but
many farmers organizations have been
active througl out tie district at vari-
GUS times. some of them with very rad
ical prcerpns. The Progressive ar
mers' Club, the United Formers
League. the Farmers National Holiday
Association and the Nonpartisan
League are outstanding examples
The Wonen's Hane Demonstration
Club. thu Lutheran Daughters Of the
Reformation and other womens glcUp7
are prominent II most communities.
and suca reiig;l Is and senirel gious
societies IS IN, knights of Columbus.
the Womens Christian Temperance
Union AMI tie Luther League arc ac-
tive in tier own fields. There is a he'd
Cross chapter which did outstanding
work during tie War and the fallcw-
ing epidemic of influenza. The Masons,
the United Workmen and the Odd Fell
lows are represented in the county,
and MANY of the foreign-born and
their descendants belong to the Danish
Brotherhood and the Sons of Norway
lodges. The Eastern Star and the De-
gree of Honor have many members.
The Parent Teacher Association, the
Education Association and the Library
Association are useful groups. There
are active Boy and Girl Scout organ
i~zations and All Clubs. The lndepend-
ent Grocers' Alliance has several mem
Der stores. All the organizations men,
TONED which have headquarters in the
county have them at Plentywood, with
the exception of the A. 0. U. w. (Out-
look). the Danish Brotherhood dag
MARI and the Sons Of Norway (Antel-
ope). The Masons, the United Work
men. the American Legion, the Dan
ish Brotherhood and the Sons Of Nor
wav have their own halls (F.H,J,N.R).
The Sheridan County Memorial
HOSPITAL at ~Plentywood is now the only
hospital in the county, the one at Out
look md Medicine Lake having been
closed for years. II was established IN
1922. as a county memorial to soldier.
in tie World War. Celia McNerney IS
the Superintendent and It employs
three other nurses. Ii has p bees, but
has accommodated up to % patients ct
one time A well-appointcd operating
room and an oxygen tent are parts s.
its equipment. and a now and up-to-
date N-rav unit has recently been IN
stalled to take the place Of an older
one which fen into d%isrepute when Dr..
Harry J. Robb was killed while oper-
atinr ii iii 1922. The hospital is gov
erned BY a board of seven directors,
who state that ii will be enlarged ~
1926 Three private rooms. a ward par
titioncl Ton eight beds, 3 coal room
and 4 laundry win Sc added tIlO).
Pellet 81 e7cridan oountv admin
istevs1 hy 4 local FEBA Office, chiefly.
some clothing and food have been
distributed By the churches the LODGES
and tie American Legion AuNlAaly'
The health seal drive against tuber-
culosis and the sale Of peoples for the
benefit Of veterans hospitals ere Ia
miliar annual events. but the hiring OF
4 county physician and the main'en-
ance Of a board Of health are the only
permanent local programs tor the con-
trol and prevention Of disease. a school
nurse is sometimes available (H.P).
There are certain customs, peculiar
rather TO large rcrions in the North
west than to any n county, when
are found in some nelghborhoods mere
MANY cf them are Of scandinavian or
Join and have to do with particular
seasons or events. At Christmas, Tor
example. it is customary to eat certain
food usually known by their Sean
diravian names. luteisk. lefse OF pot
elijah. potatis korv and fattigmand
Tutfeig Swedish: literally. brine-hshl
is \ dried cod or similar fish reduced
IN extreme tenderness bv being soaked
in a ctronq brine of wood ashes or I've
then cooked and served hot. usually
with melted butter. lotse Norwegian
l. ! sort Of huge cr.dAle ca Ike made @