Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-18
OF OUR NEICHBORS


VALLEY OOUNTY GETTING FIRST CHECKS
The first checks for compliance with the federal con-
servation program In Valley county have arrived.
They represent a small part of the total to be re-
ceived, nearly $3.50, 900.
WORkMEN REMOVE Top SOIL FOR COAL
Resettlement administration workers at Saco have
been working six weeks removing the top soil from a
14-inch Ignite coal bed S miles south OF Saco. The
coal is being trucked to other resettlement projects.
PECK TUNNEL JOE NEARING CONCLUSION
With the steel tube lining of No. l tunnel finished
and the final concrete lining of No. 2 poured to the
deadlock near the outlet portals. construction oper-
ations on the Fort Peck tunnels are rapidly nearing
completion.
NEW TRIAL PLEAS BEING CONSIDERED
Motions for new trials for John Akers and Louis
Marsh were taken under ad%visement by Judge Ewell
of Havre, sitting for Judge Paul. An additional 80
days for the filing of a bill of exceptions was granted
In the Wallete case.
LUSTRE MINISTER HAS L RAZOR
Rev. Jacob A. Wall of Lustre has a razor he has used
more than 40 years. The razor, a streight edge, was
manufactured by a Sheffield. England, concern. The
minister also possesses the original box in which the
razor was delivered.
WPA WORKER INJURED IN CAyE-IN-
Moses White Horse, well-known Indian. was seriously
injured while working on a WPA project near WHO
ia. Frozen dirt, three or four feet thick. which hung
on a ledge above a gravel pit in which he was work
ing caved In and caught him.
w Il FINED FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
Adam and Jake Buxbaum of Fairview were fined 500
in justice court there for drunken driving. Charges
we're made by Patrolman Berg. A second charge of
resisting an officer was placed against them and they
have been bound over to district court.
HELD FOR MURDER OF OKLAHOMA MAN
Harold R. shurtlef. SO, alias Wesley WEIGH, pleaded
guilty to grand larceny in district court at Glasgow
and a few hours later the county officers received in
formation from Oklahoma that he was wanted there
for a murder ~allegedly committed seven years ago.
PET SUCCUMBs TO HLNESS-
Struggling for his life over a period Of many days.
Pat" pet alligator sent to P. Gorham at Scobey from
Florida, finally relaxed permanently last week. He
was in a coma five days. Accurate measurements
prove that the alligator grew 1-6Sth of an inch in
length while he was in Scobey.
WORKER GETS IN ICY ROOM
Julian Severs0n, buttermaker at the MIX river
creamery at Chinook shivered for 10 minutes In the
refrigerator room Of the creamery, where it was ten
below zero. He stepped into the room just at quitting
time and was locked in by a fellow worker who
thought he had gone home. Severson had to break
out a double window and crawl out.
YOUTH GETS REFORM HOO TERM
Donald Sorenson Of Williston, who pleaded guilty to
the charge Of stealing $23 worth Of liquor from a
liquor store there was taken to Mandan to serve a
year in the raining school. This was Sorenson's sec
ond conviction. the nrst having been in connection
with a car theft in 1929 and his request for a penit-
entiary sentence was denied by the court.
LIONS CONTINUE FIGHT FOR
Continuing their efforts to secure federal funds for
the Scobey and Richland dam projects, the Scobey
Lions club at their weekly dinner announced further
encouraging news from Washington regarding their
projects. 1t was also learned that clearance of water
rights must be given by the Fort Peck reservation
before final approval of the project is given.