Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-03-05
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
Cleaned from Exchanges that Reach Our Desk
LEAGUE CONVENTION HELD AT w1ILIsToN-

LEAGUE CONVENTION HELD AT WLLISTON-
Nonpartisan ~leaguers Of Williams county met at Willis
ton last week for their annual convention. A league
cleavage" was imminent, precipitated by a secret cauc-
us" alleged to have BEEN held Immediately before the
conclave.
WANTS BOAT AT FORT PECK
A southern Montana man has already written the Glas-
gov chamber of commerce asking for information con-
corning how he might go about obtaining a franchise to
operate boats on the lake to be formed by the Fort Peck
dam reservoir when completed in 1899.
ARE EXPECTED THIS YEAR
Grasshoppers are expected in much larger numbers this
year than last in Montana according to the entomology
department at Montana state college. The prediction is
based on the annual egg survey" recently completed by
state and federal entomologists.
WOLF POINT ROD AND GUN club ELECTS
Cash Moore was elected president of the Wolf Point Rod
and Gun club at its annual meeting held there last week.
The club voted to establish feeding racks along the river
for game birds.
AVERT OAL SHORTAGE AT WATFORD CITY
A hurry call to the Fairview coal mines averted an acute
coal situation at Watford City during the recent cold
period. Fuel for only a few hours remained in Watford
bins when the shipment arrived.
SNOW SLIDE FATAL TO RICHLAND YOUTH
Leslie Van Definder, eight year old boy who lived south
of Poplar, was killed last week by a snow slide, while
feeding pheasants. His body was recovered short time
after the accident but the boy could not be revived.
WILLISTON AVIATOR BAGS 30 COYOTES
E. NJ. Garfield, Williston aviator, killed 30 coyotes from
his plane last week. He shot IA while flying from Froid
to Wolf Point and marketed the pelts on arrival at Wolf
Point.
BROCKTON WINS DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
Brockton high schools smooth working hoopsters won
the district tournament at Poplar last Saturday evening
by defeating the Poplar quint q to %. 1t will be Brock
toms first trip to the state tournament.
wnLLsTON LUTHERANS TO INSTALL ORGAN
A $1,000 pipe organ will be installed in the First Lu-
theran church at Williston this summer. 1t will be pur-
chased from the Moorhead theater of Moorhead, Mimi,
and will be presented as a gift from the Mems club.
PREDATORY MAGPIEs CAUSE STOCK DEATHS
The willy magpie has become a menace to stock raisers
of the northwest According to reports received from
farmers and ranchers at Glendive, magpies in that ter
ritory have killed many cattle, chickens and sheep.
FORMER POPLAR STARS ON HONOR TEAM
Louis Longee and Duncan Dupree, former Poplar high
school basketball stars, were picked on the second all
state college honor team. Both players are from the
Northern Montana college at Havre.
NASHUA OPEN MONDAY
Schools at Nashua re-opened Monday after being closed
a week due to fear of a spinal meningitis epidemic. The
epidemic was believed terminated by a weeks quaran-
tine.
SCOBEY A INJURED AT FORT PECK
George Weldele, formerly of Scobey, was reported in a
critical condition at a Fort Peck hospital as a result of
an auto accident. The extent of his injuries was uncon-
frmed.
CROSBY WILL FEEL PRAIRIE GAME BIRDS
Prairie game birds in Divide county, North Dakota, will
be fed from a fund sponsored by local sportsmen and the
North Dakota game commission Feed for six weeks is
expected to sustain the birds through the winter.
WPA FORCES CONSTRUCT SKATING Kinks
Two skating Kinks were completed last week at Medicine
tracks from the depot and at the schoolhouse.
FAIRvIEW SENIORS WILL HAVE %"ANNUAL"-
The senior class of the Fairview high school has voted
to publish an "annual" yearbook. The publication will be
named the "Firefy."
CITY HALL AT MALTA VIII BE PROJECT
Malta has been assured by the W administration at
Helena that its city hall construction project is on the
list of approved works for Montana.
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News Items Taken from Files of
The Plentywood Herald of
20 YEARS AGO