Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-01
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

WATER PROJECT APPROVED
Announcement has been made by Senator James E.
Murray after a White House conference that the
Glendive unit of the Buffalo Rapids irrigation project
is to be constructed. This. when completed, will wa
ter 1900 acres of land in the Yellowstone river
valley and surrounding country.
F CATTLE FOR BANGS DISEASE
Daniels county farmers have been warned by Deputy
State Veterinary ]. w. Richardson to test all stock.
whether for shipment or not. for the dreaded Bangs
disease. The state will reimburse the owners Of
stock which reacts positively to the test up to the ex-
tent OF SIS.
CHRISTOPHER POISON Is D~KSTRKBUTED-
Roosevelt county farmers who wish to poison grass
hoppers to wave whatever crop they may have vet
are being supplied with the poison from = central dis
tributing point at Culbertson. The county agent has
announced that If the demand justifes, other stations
will be designated throughout the county.
WOLF Din PREPARES FOR STAMPEDE
Wolf Point residents and business men are "al set
for their 18th annual stampede to be held there july
9Th 9th and 10th. An outstanding program of events
mas been planned. a forceful advertising campaign
has been conducted, and the town expects a large
crowd to attend the three-day Wild West celebra-
ton.
AN> " DnUA4VN Nv
To petition their god for crop-saving rains, a large
group of Assinniboine Indians. including a truck load
from northeast of Regina adm one from Moose Jaw,
gathered at Frazer from Saturday, June 10, until the
following Monday performing tribal dances and rit-
uals in the hopes that the needed rains would fol-
low.
SIDNEY CONSIDERS MAI, DELIVERY
A survey is being made of Sidney residences and bus
inpae p1ococ Or viaru 0f the oocc;hx,;.x - ea1 -.uv
delivery in that city. Under the present proposal, $40
residences and 1T places of business would have the
service, which would necessitate the revision of mail
ings lists and the use of street numbers on the en-
velope addresses.
CROWD AT WILLIAMS COUNTY MEETING
Almost a thousand people attended the. williams
county Farmers Union held at Wallis Sunday, June
20. The speakers of the afternoon included Henry
Williams, president of the organization in william
county, State President Alex lind and Morris Erick-
son, state secretary. who urged the Union to con-
tinue their organized cooperation.
NEW DESIGN, PLATES FOR 1885
The 1898 Montana state auto licenses will have one
feature beyond the black figures and outline of Mon
tana on the orange background, 1t has been an
nounced by Warden Ted Bergstrom Of the state pris-
on. The licenses will have the outline of a steers
head between the county index number and the plate
number.
SOOBEY GYMNASIUM PROJECT APPROVED
The delegation of Scobey men who went to Helena
last week to further the plans for the new Scobey
gymnasium report a successful trip from every az
pect. The conference with WPA officials in Helena
resulted in the state approval of the plans, which
were then forwarded to Washington for a federal
okay.
MISSOURI GOES HROUG PEG TUNNELS
The first of the Missouri waters to flow through the
giant tunnels at Fort Peck were diverted from their
natural course and caused to flow through a man
made channel last Thursday morning at S o'clock.
The closure of the river channel will soon be COM
pleted and all the water will flow thorugh the four
channels.