Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-09-10
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBOnS
IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AUTO MIsHAP-

IN HOSPITAL FOLLOWING AUrO IsHAP
Miss Jent Goss is in a hospital at Scobey with a broken
knee-cap and several teeth knocked out and Helen Byd-
ely has a broken arm and an injured ankle as the result
of an accident on the highway near Scobey Saturday
evening. Jack. Helen and Janet Goss, Helen and Elsie
Bydely and Marjorie Jones were returning from Plen-
tywood when the accident occurred. Going over a knoll.
the sun blinded the driver of the car and the machine
crashed into a road grader.
ARRESTED FOR DRINKING DRIVING
RUDE Gronle and Martin Larson of Homestead were
arrested at Culbertson last Tuesday night by Highway
Patrolnan on charges of drunken driving. Larson was
fined S1O0 and was given a suspended sentence of 30
days, the fine to be paid in ten days. Gronlie was given
a sitter penalty as this was his second appearance be-
fore the Culbertson judge. He was fined $500 and was
sentenced to 30 days in Jail. He is in Jail at Wolf Point.
JAH BREAK is THWARTED AT MALTA
A possible Jail break was frustrated at the Phillips coun-
ty Jail when an undersheriff searched George Collins,
held there for forgery, and found three new hacksaw
blades in his trouser leg. The blades had been passed
through the jail bars by one Jack Bremen, who is now
held in the county jail on a charge of conniving at the
attempted delivery.
WAFER DAM PROJECT SEEMS CERTAIN
The dam on the Poplar river near Scobey seemed as.
sured last week after a message received from Sen.
udihSo L. Nlllidy. DtH- murray stated lldl ne was happy
to advise that Washington bureaus have received final
clearance from the comptroller general and that he was
wiring to put into effect the project as quickly as pos
sble.
ACCUSED SLAYER ENDS LIFE
Max Bauer, Glendive switchman who was held on char
ges of first degree murder in the Staying of his estranged
wife, was found hanging from the steel grating in the
rear of his cell at the county Jail. He was suspended by
two blue work handkerchiefs. He had apparently stood
on a chair and kicked the chair from under him.
PROJECT FILL RECORD is ESTABLISHED
The month of August saw 100000 cubic yards of ma
terial built up into the ever-rising barrier against the
Missouri river at Fort Peck. This extraordinary yardage.
from four 2S-inch dredges, exceeds that of every other
calendar month since the start of dredging operations at
Fort Peck.
MONTANA-DAKO4A GAS WELL BLOWS IN
The first of four gas wells being drilled by the Montana
Dakota Utilities company on the Boudon dome near
Saco has been brought in, it is stated by James Phillips.
Phillips is Glasgow manager of the company. Drilling of
a second well has begun on the Kyle lease two miles east
of Saco.
son PROJECT TO HAVE $4,000 ACRES
The demonstration area under the Soil Conservation
project in Roosevelt county will comprise $4,000 acres.
The project will be in the Froid and McCabe areas. with
headquarters at Culbertson. Work on the demonstration
area will start soon with a corps of technical advisors
assigned to the project.
SIDNEY-CULBERTSON 0 LET IN OCTOBER
-Four miles on each end of the Culbertson-Sidney road
will be let for construction by the Montana Highway
Commission at its meeting in October. The survey is al
ready under way to establish routing and grading.
AWARD GIVEN FOR 0 O INJURIES
George DeMoss of Williston, whose suit for SIS, 900
against the Great Northern railway was awarded $500
by a jury in district court. DeMoss was injured while
removing a deck from a sugar beet car.
CHINOO MAN STILL ACTIVE AT 11 YEARS
Marcus Howell, Blaine county's oldest citizen, recently
observed his 101st birthday. He remains active despite
his years and looks after a vegetable garden on his small
farm southeast of Zurich.
PECK MAN HOOKS MONSTER
B X. Johnson Of Fort Peck went fishing in the Missouri
river the other day and hooked a big one. 1t was a stur-
geon weighing Is pounds. The fish was caught on a line
baited with a minnow.
INDIAN LEADS GUILTY TO LARCENY
James Crazy Bull, charged with larceny in connection
with the theft Of 286 fence posts belonging to Frank Mat
telin near Poplar, pleaded guilty in court at Wolf Point.
The posts were valued at $57.
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