Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-12-30

NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS
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LIVINGSTON MEETS SIDNEY TEAM The
state championship Livingston hoop team played
Sidney there last night, Wednesday.
kIwANIsNs ENTERTAIN TEAM
Members of the Glendive football team and the
school faculty were entertained by the Kiwanis club
of that city last week.
CARS MUST HAVE VISIBILITY EQUIPMENT
Highway Patrolman Newton Cummings recently
warned motorists that cars must have visibility facll-
titles on the front. side and rear during cold wealth
err months. and drivers not complying with the rul-
ing will be prosecuted.
MAN HARBORs DEER SKINS, ARRESTED
Charles Shotswell. who lives on an island in the
Missouri river near Watford City, was arrested and
paid a 500 fine and will serve thirty days in iail
for having in his possession eight deer hides and a
front quarter of venison.
CIRCLE YOUTH DIES ON WAY TO HOSPITAL
Meningitis caused the death of Wilmer Kleppelid
last week as he was being taken to a Glendive hos
pital. He developed a severe headache in school and
when his temperature rose to los he was immediate
ly taken to Glendive, but died enroute.
son BORN TO C~ULBERTsoN sUPERINTEND-
ENT-A son, who has been named John Keith, was
born last week to MIR. and Mrs. NJ. A. Bodahl of Gull
bertson. Mr.. Bodahl is superintendent of the Gull
bertson public schools and is a prominent worker in
the northeastern Montana Boy Scout setup.
EMPLOYMENT DROPS AT FORT PECK -
Employment figures compiled for December Is show
1906 persons are on the Fort Peck project, a de-
crease of 344 since the previous report. Men laid
off are leaving the vicinity and many people on
vacations at this time of year are going south for
a bit of warmer weather during the holidays.
GIRL OFFERS SELF FOR s5Oo-In a letter to
Governor Roy Ayers, a girl from Maryland. Miss
Maurine Donnelle, has offered to marry any respect
able man for $500, the money to be sent to her fam
lily so they may have a happy holiday season. Many
donations were sent the girl, but the number of pro-
posals. believed many. is unknown.
BaGGING OyO FROM THE AR-Dewey
Lowers and Hardy Anderson. Wolf Point aviators,
last week reported they have bagged over 80 coyotes
since they started hunting in the fall, and expect
to get more before the winter is over. Cloudy days
have made visibility poor for the sport, Lowers said.
Lowers is Roosevelt county surveyor.
n DEAD, EIGHT HURT l. CRAsH-Archie
Olson, 20, is dead at Malta and eight others are in
jured, the result of a car crash. involving three ma
chimes that occurred at a bridge three miles from
Malta. One auto hit the bridge, two others piled up
and a third missed the mixup by going in the ditch.
All the injured were brought to Malta for hospital
ization. All the cars were returning from a dance at
Wagner, a hamlet near Malta.
CASES SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Thirty-eight cases growing out of the Wibaux flood
were settled out of court. 1t was announced at Glen
dive last week. The total amount asked for In the
charges was over 1882, 900. Most of the cases were
against the railroad company operating at Wibaux,
the company maintaining in defense that the flood
was an act of God and the company had an opening
in their fill sufficient to take care of any ordinary
flood.
BEGINS SERVING LIFE TERM-Mike Len.
convicted murderer of Amandus Moline at the lat
ter's farm home near Crosby several weeks ago, be-
Bismark last week. He was sentenced by District
Judge A.. ]. Gronna of Williston. Questioned by the
court at the time of sentencing, Len admitted he had
planned for several weeks to kill Moline, whom he
declared sane by a board at jamestown previous to
his sentencing.