Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-06-10
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

ia POINT STAMPEDE TO BE IN JULY
July s. 9, and 10 the seventeenth annual big Wolf
Point stampede will be held. Fun day and night and
the genuine wild west rodeo are again assured.
wILLIsTON FARMER WILL BE TRIED
Trail of George Hayden, Williams county farmer.
charged with 'discharging a firearm with intent to
XIII William Kellar, a youthful neighbor. will open
the jury term of district court at Williston Monday.
ELECTRIFTCATION BID Is f. JUNE IL
Bids for construction of approximately 10 miles oil
electric line were let June l by the Lower Yellow
stone Rural Electrification association with Manning|
and Moves receiving the contract.
STORM DEPOSITS DUST SIX INCHs DEEP
Crews of workmen swept heavy deposits of dust from
Fort Peck lawns as a result of the recent dust storm.
Homes In the northwest section of the town were
hardest hit. There were n some instances a smuch
as six inches of fine soil deposited over growing grass
SASKATCHEWAN SOLON VISIT SCOBEY-|
j. B. Smith of Assinaboia and Thos. Wadell, of Moss
bank, Sask., both members of the legislative assembly
of that province motored to Scobey to discuss high
way matters with Scobey business men. The men are
interested in a direct route from scobey to Moose
Jaw.
RIVER PREACHER on 10 NEW ORLEANS
Harold p. Harner moored his 12-foot row boat to the
Wolf Point landing last week and spent the day there
following his several occupations Of preaching, music
teacher and piano tuner. He left Fort Benton May13
and his plans are to float down the Missouri to reach
New Orleans by Christmas.
AUTOMOBILE N MOTORCYCLE CRASH =
Two people were injured. neither seriously when a
car and a motorcycle crashed at a cross-raod on the
Nashua road north of Park Grove. The acr was
driven by Bud Fagen of Wheeler. vern Heath was
driving the motorcycle. The motorcycle came up on
the railroad grade and struck the car.
FORT BENTON RACE BOATS LEAVE PIERRE
The four st. Louis to Fort Benton Missouri river
racing cruisers left Pierre early Saturday after an
overnight stop there. The crew of the City of Fort
Benton took advantage of the stop to replace a brok-
EN- propeller, which forced the craft to accept a tow
into Pierre Friday afternoon.
HARLEM -QUARRY RAILROAD COMPLETED
Another major item of construction work has been
completed in connection with the Fort Peck project.
The army engineers have accepted the Harlem-Snake
Butte quarry railroad facilities just finished by the
Tomlinson-Arkwright Construction company. con-
tractors of Great Falls.
THREE IN COURT ON VIOLATIONS -
Lawrence Hagadone of Poplar was summoned before
Justice Hanson charged with reckless driving. He
plead not guilty and June 10 has been set for a
hearing. John Desjarlais and Charles Davis were
taken before Justice Gordon in Wolf Point by the
state highway patrol each charged with driving while
under the influence of liquor.
WOLF POINT MAN DIES AT Malta
Nick Wampack. Wolf Point blacksmith was found
dead in his rooms at the rear Of his blacksmith shop
at Malta by Shirrif Campbell. when it was noted the
was the cause of his death. Wampack operated black
deceased had failed to open his shop. Heart failure
smith shops in Culbertson. Zurich and before going
to Malta was a resident of Wolf Point.
BEET STAND Is GOD =
From numerous beet growers in the Fairview ter
ritory comes reports that the beet stand this spring
is considerably better than last year despite the neces-
sity of ~irrigating all crops up as was the case last
season. Although there has been little warm weather,
beets are said to be slightly ahead of last year. Thin
ming has been In progress for ten days and many are
preparing for the second irrigation.