Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-11-04
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
QUADRUPLET CALVES BORN IN HIGHLAND

QUADRUPLET CALVES BORN IN RIcHLAND
AT the Louis Stepan farm in the lower Yellowstone
valley there was born last week quadruplet calves.
II is reported that all of the calves are doing fine.
ROOSEVELT COUNTY OFFICE HAS LOWEST
COSTA bulletin recently issued by the Montana
Taxpayers association discloses that the Roosevelt
county clerk and recorders office was run the most
economical of any in the state during the year end
ing June 80. 1897.
ROOSEVELT TO GET NEW COURT HOUSE.
\ new 100000 court house building for Roosevelt
county was assured when the county board agreed
to cooperate with WPA and the school district to
secure the project, The new building will be erected
on the county jail block in Wolf Point.
LAST LOAD OF SUGAR BEErs SHIPPED
With the last load of sugar beets loaded Friday tba
Nashua beet loader will be closed until next wears
crop comes In, after shipping SO carloads or approx
imately 24OO tons of beets to the factory at Chinook.
The best average was about IS tons per acre
sCOBEy MAN ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS SELF
Paul Crumb. Scobey attorney is in a hospital at
Scobey with a gunshot wound from a rifle. the dis
charge of which, it is said, was accidental. The bull
ct entered his left side, barely missing his heart.
He was rushed to the hospital. Physicians state that
his condition is not serious.
ATTORNEYS FOR AKEIis FILE BRIEFS
Briefs have been filed in the Montana suprme court
by attorneys for John Akers, convicted on two counts
OF morse stealing. The briefs ask the judgments Of
conviction be reversed and the actions remanded
TO the lower court with directions that the informa-
tons be dismissed.
HURT IN ACCIDENT - Four
Frazer people. John Clark, 33, Joseph Escarega, 80,
Mrs. Roosevelt Jackson, 20. and her husband. 20.
were injured when the car in which they were going
from Glasgow to Frazer left the highway four miles
east of Glasgow. The vehicle turned completely over
and landed again on the wheels.
INJURED WHILE TO CHICAGO
While enroute to Chicago last week with a carload
of livestock, Jack Hurley and James Ostby, farmers
of the Froid community were injured when their
train was bumped into at st. Paul. Neither one was
seriously hurt. but Mr.. Hurley suffered a back in
injury. Mr.. Ostby was bruised.
AMATEUR HOUR BIG sUOA
CEsS-The amateur hour program sponsored by the
Catholic Altar society at Culbertson last Friday
night was well received and the large high school
auditorium was packed to capacity. Avis and Lor-
raine lnstness, of Froid, in a duet number placed
first.
CLAIMS LIFE OF
Phillips county's second hunting accident of the
year took place at the Nelson reservoir with George
l. WestoFer, 81, or GlasgOW, the victim. WeStOver
was drowned in the reservoir while trying to secure
a goose he had shot and which had fallen into the
water about 200 yards from shore.
STRIKE GAS AT POPLAR of CON
siderable but as yet undetermined quantity was hit
last Saturday at the gas test well being drilled six
miles northwest of Poplar. The drill was working
through salt water which now fills the hole and the
pressure of the gas was sufficient to raise it through
the liquid and carry it many feet into the air. at
looks like a commercial well" the drilIer has stated.
STOLEN CAR Is QUICKLY RECOVERED
undersheriff Frank Partridge of Phillips county re-
ports an automobile stolen from Saco was recovered
about two hours later at Fort Peck as the thieves
were endeavoriug to cross the Missouri river. The
car was driven by Joseph Petrey and James Kiefer.
about 20, who gave their addresses as Cleveland,
Ohio. They admitted taking the car at Saco.
PECK FILL NEAR LEVEL IN V~ALLEY-Army
dredges poured another 1000, 900 cubic yards of
earth fill into the Fort Peck dam during the first
half OF October. This raises the total amount In
place to 77,403,280 cubic yards. The result Of this
additional material has been to bring up the closure
section of the dam to the level Of the right bank
fill area, making one continuous core pool a mile
long.