Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-06
NEWS OF OUR
MASON & WALSH BEING SUED FOR slos 600
Cleaned from Exchanges that Reach Our Desk

MASoN d WALSH BEING SUED FOR $685. O(
Damages in the amount of sl06, 900 are being asked in
an action by Olympic Commisary Co., of Chicago against
Silas Mason Co., and Walsh Construction Co., who re-
lnquished a joint contract for diversion tunnels at the
Fort PecF dam. The commissary company alleges that
1t had a ibcontract to provide living quarters and board
Tor employees of the construction company.
FIRE DESTROYS CULBERTsoN BUILDINGS
Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed the Gus
senhoven block, housing three principal business firms
and several apartments at Culbertson Thursday night.
The loss is estimated at $4,000. The blaze, reported
shortly after 7:3O had gained fast Roadway before the
Culbertson volunteer department reached the scene.
BLIZZARD KILLS TWO CIRCLE ~RANCHERs-
Al Hasselman, IS, and Mrs. Minnie Perkins, so. are dead
having persisted in the icy blasts and binding snowfall
WINE they were driving a team and buggy from Brock
way, south OF Circle to the ranch where they resided.
The storm overlook them when they were four miles
from home.
INSURANCE CASE BEFORE JUDGE PAUL
A case involving $3.50 fire insurance was heard in dist
riot court at Wolf Point by Judge S. E. Paul. The Farm
ers Mutual Fire Insurance Company was the defendant.
The insurance company claimed that the fire which de-
stroyed property at Bainville was set for the purposes
of defrauding the company.
GETS SIX MONTHS FOR NON-SIyPPORT-
Ernest LaCounte of Rainville was sentenced to serve
SIX months in the county jail when he pleaded guilty be-
iofe Judge Gordon at Wolf Point to a charge of deser-
ton and non-support. The complaint was signed by his
wife.
FRAZER INDIAN GOES TO
James Archdale of Frazer, who has made several trips
to Washington in the interests of Indian affairs, left for
the capitol recently to represent the Assiniboine Indians
OF the Fort Peck reservation in connection with the pro-
posed Wolf Point-Frazer irrigation project
WHOLESALE LIQUOR ARRESTS ARE MADE
Armed with warrants of arrest for the alleged sale of
liquor not in accord with the state liquor laws, the coun-
ty enforcement officials swooped down on alleged un-
lawful vendors and arrested ten persons, six of whom
were women.
VALLEY A RAISES CORN FOR FACTORY
Brooms of all kinds are being produced at a small fac
which is located on the S. Z. Dean farm east of
rairvlew. A few years ago broom corn was grown in
the Fairview locality for the first time and last season
MIR. Dean raised several acres of it.
SPINA MENINGITIS IN HINsDALE SCHOOLS
Campbell, 6, of Hinsdale developed spinal menin-
5itis following an outbreak a month previous. Primary
in that town have been dismissed and probably
he entire school will be closed.
RICHLAND COUNTY FAIR DATES ARE SET
!. M. Suckstorff, manager of the Richland County fair
49, ANNSo Az iC iNiidIl GUILTY.
air, one of the best in the northwest will be held Sept
8 and 9.
ARREST PHILLIPS COUNTY MAN FOR THEFT
Brown, farmer south of Malta was arrested last
charged with the theft of a number of sheep pelts
yhich were taken from the Big Warm sheds near Brook
The pelts were recovered.
COAL TRUCK RUINS GAS PUMPS AT POPLAR
"A heavily loaded coal truck ran amuck at Poplar to
ieanly strip the service equipment of Westland Oil
highway station The new automatic pumps
5ere smashed to bits and havoc generally occurred.
FIGHTING COCKS GO ROUGH WnLISTON-
quarter carload of real fighters went through Williston
nroute from the west coast to New York City. They
'ee so Tennessee game cocks and each of them looked
fit as a fiddle and ready for fight"
THREE WORKERS DIE OF FUNNEL INJURIES
lillian Stevens, Frank E. Torres and John Young suf-
fatal injuries as a result of tunnel injuries at the
ort Peck project last week.