Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-11
NEWS OF OUR NElCHB0RS
DANIELS COUNTY ~REAsuRER

H. l.. Hitsman. Daniels county treasurer, has resigned
and will take a position with the Department of In
ternal Revenue. He will be stationed in the Helena
office for two months. Howard schaner has been sell
ected by the county commissioners to fill the unex-
pired term until wyvil Bjerke will take over the du-
ties of the office.
DYNAMITE BLAST HURTS WPA CREW
Dwight Harris of Fairview was seriously injured
while blasting out tree stumps on a wPA project in
East Fairview. Two other men were injured slightly.
The injuries resulted in the amputation Of Harris
right arm. A dud charge which had been placed sew
erai days before was the cause of the accident.
ANTELOPE HERD WINTERS NEAR CHINOOK
A herd of between 200 and 800 antelope has been
seen by several farmers living north of Chinook re-
Gently. The animals, apparently looking for feed,
came in from the Frank Salfer ranch two miles north
OF the town and circled a hay stack several times be-
fore they were driven off by dogs.
HORSE DRAWN SLED VOW CARRIES MAIL
North country mail is now being relayed over ito 40
mile route via horse-drawn sleds. The mail carrier
who has been unable to cover the route to the north
towns of Hogeland and Turner with his truck. had to
abandon the faster mode Of travel and take to teams.
He changes teams enroute.
TRANSPORT TRUCK IN DITCH
The Northern Pacific transport truck piled up in the
ditch on the highway a mile south of Sidney enroute
from Glendive with a load of freight Off Sidney. The
front wheels skidded of the road and the huge heav-
ily-loaded car piled up over the cab as it nosed into
the ditch.
COOLEST MONTH OF JANUARY ON RECORD
The average temperature for January was the cold
est on record at Culbertson. according to Meteorolo-
gist w. A. Whitcomb. for many years a weather bu-
reau man of that section. Records have been kept for
2S years and January broke all records for wintry
blasts.
CONTRACT o M STEEL COMPLETE
Another large time of contract work on the Fort
Peck project has just been completed. The job con
sisted of furnishing and fabricating 15,472.000
pounds of steel for the lining of tunnels downstream
from the control gate shaft.
BLAZE IN GLASGOW SCHOOL ROOM
Fire discovered In the farm shop room of the Glas-
gov high school building was extinguished by MEM
bers of the city volunteer fire department after 1t
threatened the lower floor. Loss estimated In the
neighborhood of 81. 900 is fully covered by insurance.
REWARD OFFERED FOR ESCAPED FELON-
A reward of 800 is offered for the apprehension of
Chauncey Miller. who escaped from the Montana pris-
on farm Monday morning. Feb. l.. Miller was received
at the state prison in 1882 from Richland county un-
der sentence Of ten years for grand larceny.
q A MINER Is PAINFULLY
Reuben wills, miner In the Ntckwall coal mine near
Volt Point. met with a painful aosidspt . Monday
while working in the mine. A sharp-headed pick
slipped from the hands of a fellow worker and pierced
his hand nearly through.
GUN CLUB PAYS CASH FOR MAGPH6-
The Wolf Point Rod and Gun club announces that an
intensive program for the destruction OF magpies will
be carried out for the next few weeks. The club is Of
fering a cash payment of S cents for each bird.
MERCURY 10 BELOW, MONTHS AVERAGE
Mean temperature for January was 81 degrees below
zero or 1874 degrees lower than the average for the
month. official recordings at Poplar read. Precipita-
tion for the month was 10 OF an inch.
ARMY ENGINEERS WATCH FLOOD ARBA-
Army engineers on the Fort Peck project, many OF
whom have had service on flood control work along
the Mississippi are following food reports with spe-
cial interest.
DANIELS FREE PRESS GIVEN
The Daniels county board Of commissioners awarded
the county printing contract to the Daniels County
Free Press, a relatively new publication in Scobey.