Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-11-11
)S OF OUR NEICHBORS


WOLF POINT PIONEER DIEs-John Listerud.
"A, pioneer of Wolf Point, died from a paralytic
stroke at the home of relatives at Miles City last
week. Mr.. Listerud came to Wolf Point in 1910.
DEDICATE NEW sCHOOI-Dedica-
ton exercises were held last Saturday for the new
Brockton high school. Principal speaker was William
Beatty, United States Commissioners of Indian Edu-
cation.
TOYs SOUGHT by SCOUTS AT WIILLsTON-
The Boy Scouts of Williston are again soliciting re-
parable toys, which at Christmas time will be dis
tributed to needy country and city children. The
toys will be repaired under a WPA project.
sroBEN STORE TO QUIT BUsINEss-The
Pete son-Battleson hardware store. pioneer Scobey
institution, has announced they are quitting bust
ness. The store has been in operation for 16 years.
The store this week il closing out its stock with a
clearance sale.
EMPLOYMENT LIST DECREASING At DAM
The Fort Peck project was employing 4.51O men
on October 81, a decrease of 203 the last Is DAYS
of that month. The big event at the project during
the week was the operating test made on the new
emergency generator for the tunnel control gates.
GAS WE'LL BLOWS IN At POpLAR-This sec
TONS first gas-producing well was brought in last
week when drillers of the well near Poplar struck
a big gas flow which is roughly estimated at a mil
lion cubic feet per day. Several Roosevelt county res
idents are financially interested in the venture.
o At WORK IN sCOBEY
Several complaints have been made by dog owners
recently that their pets have been poisoned. Officials
of that town have warned that an ordinance against
killing CANNES by poison will be enforced to the lin.
it, and apprehended violators may expect. to pay the
full penalty.
SCOBEY LOSES TO GLASGOW 20 TO O -
Playing under the lights at Glasgow last week, the
Scobey Sundays dropped the football game to elias
gov, &c to 0. A touchdown scored by Scobey from a
kickoff was disallowed when the referee ruled an
attempted lateral pass on the scoring play had been
passed forward.
CROSBY DEFEATs NJ is TO O1The
strong Crosby football eleven, which earlier this fall
defeated the Plentywood Wildcats IL to 0 on the
Plentywood field, last week triumphed over Ken
mare. Is to 0. The score at half time was IL to
for Crosby. Crosby has one of the strongest class
B teams in North Dakota.
SCOBEY GYM CONTRACT Is LET-Contract
for construction of a gymnasium as a WPA project
at Scobey was let last week to a Glendive contractor.
The low bid was s29, 900. and includes plumbing,
heating and electrical work on the projected build
ing. Nine bids were received. The building will be
constructed adjoining the Scobey high school.
TOWNSEND MEETING HELD AT CROSBY
indication that DR.. Townsend still has his followers
in this section is seen in a story in the Crosby news
paper announcing a meeting of the Plans supporters
at that city, which was held Tuesday night. Petit
lions are still being circulated in northwest North
Dakota, apparently urging congress to adopt the
California NJ. DIS proposal.
MAN FACES TRIAL FOR ROAD DEATH -
Manslaughter charges have been filed against Claude
Robinson and he is in Jail under $40, 900 bond await
ing district court trial at Glasgow for the killing
on a highway near that city of Ralph Nelson. Nell
son was killed by the car driven by Robinson while
walking with a companion along the road. The COR
oner's inquest returned a verdict that Robinson was
driving "in a careless manner and at an illegal rate
of speed while Nelson was walking on the proper
side of the road" The front Of Robinson's car was
caved in by the impact with Nelson's body