Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-12-16
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
DISTRICT SOIL MEETING HELD

DISTRICT SOIL MEETING HELD - State of
ficials of the soil conservation setup Interpreted furI|
damentals of the 1898 program for agents and 9th
ers at a meeting held at Wolf Point last week.
BEARS BEGIN ANNUAL SLEFNp-The bearl|
in the Williston zoo-Bilie, Gopher, Goldie ami
Dusty-last week began their winter Information
Other alternating beasts at the ZOO are expected "A
follow suit soon. A
POWER CUT OFF BY SWITCH ENGINE
switch engine near Saco caused a "short circuit /
the power lines. leaving the city OF Glasgow withou
power Monday morning. Steam from the engip.a
burned the wires. 4
PROMINENT FAIRVIEW FARMER DIES II
John Helm, Fairview, prominent farmer of that com
munity, died suddenly of a heart attack last week
Mr.. Him had finished breakfast and was working a II
his desk when the attack occurred.
ALL CITIES DECORATED FOR
The Christmas holiday season is approaching, an
from items Cleaned from newspaper exchanges, all
towns and cities in Northeast Montana are reflecte
ing the occasion with brightly decorated streets AM
store windows.
AT SIDNEY TO SUIiVEY PROPOSED PROJECf1
A government man from Miles City was in Sidne,l
last week making a survey for a proposed recreation6
al project, to- be conducted in that town under thy
WPA. He received a favorable response from sidne{
citizens ~ II
CAT WALKS II MILES IN ZERO WEATHER.
When the Al Neiskens family of Malta moved to Bozd
man recently they left their Angora cat with friend
at Fort Peck. Last week the cat showed up at a homI
in Nashua, after walking IL miles from the projed
site, in zero weather. |
PROJECT STOPPED by LAND TROUBLE
H. iIur n tho n,nnit 10 ao,ro ant;or oc uororI
Wegley land possibly will decrease by one-third thu
acreage under the Lewis and Clark reclamation pro|
iect near Williston, which was approved recentlj
by the state board.
SURVEY MADE ON HORSE DISEAsE-Accord|
ing to a QUESTIONABLE survey conducted In Divid{
county, N. D., of which Crosby is the county seat
revealed 26 per cent of the horses in the COUNT
were afflicted with sleeping sickness in the recen|
epidemic.
FOOD FORE RAZED AT WOLF POINT-Th}
food store owned and operated by Charles Hauge al
Wolf Point was Quilted by fire last Tuesday evening
A clerk, Sverre Larson, narrowly escaped fatal burn1
when his clothing caught fire as the heater exploded
The store has been closed for alterations, awaiting
arrival of an insurance adjuster.
REWARD FOR CAR THIEF SD
reward has been offered for Information leading to
the arrest of the person who appropriated Leg
Hughes car at Malta last week. The car was driven
about Is miles and was found the following day by
Phillips county authorities. Mr.. Hughes made the
mistake of leaving his car, filled with gas and the
keys in it, on a Malta street.
COMMITTEE 70 PICK
committee has been named at Williston to pick the
winner of the civic service trophy which will be
awarded annually in that city by DR.. L. B. Lochter-
man. The Williston doctor established the fund for
the trophy from nickels received from persons he
had brought into the world during his residence
in Williston. The nickels were presented him COM
memorating an anniversary of his medical service
in the city.
MAN KILLED AT FORT PECK
Elmo Bailey, "a, employee at the Fort Peck dam was
suffocated when he was buried in two successive land
slides al a storage pile near the project spillway las'
Saturday. Bailey had lived in New Deal recently, and
had beeh a resident of the Glentana community ror
many years. Bailey was working with a crew LOADING
sand onto a conveyor when the first slide came
He was dug out In a few minutes, only to have a Sec
ond cover him. 1t was more than an hour before
his body could be recovered.