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Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
.FELLbAUM NAMED
Superintendent
OF CITY SCHOOLS.
Pentywood School to Open
September 7 Is
Announcement

e. H. Fellbaum, for the past two
years head OF the Froid schools, has
been elected superintendent OF the
Plentywood school, succeeding w.
f. Stegner, who resigned to accept
the pr~incipalship of the Miles City
elementary system, was the an
nouncement made by the school
board this week.
Fellbaum is expected to arrive In
the city this week from Minneapolis
where he has been attending the
University of Minnesota.
Fellbaum's acceptance was re-
ceived Monday and came following
his release from a position at Glen
dive which he had previously ac-
copied.
The new Plentywood school head
comes to Plentywood with seven
years of administrative experience,
two years at Froid, one year at An
telope and four years as head of the
Homestead schools.
He also served two years as in
structor in the Brockton schools and
from 1925 to 1926 taught at Hing
ham.
He is a graduate of the Sisseton,
S. D., high school, a graduate of the
Aberdeen state teachers college and
has a bachelors degree from the
University of Montana. He received
his masters degree from the Uni
y~ersity Of Minnesota this summer.
school Opens Sept.
u WA ..saounced today that the
Plentywood public schools will open
Tuesday, Sept. Z.
Upon his arrival this week Supt.
Fellbaum will confer with the retir-
ing superintendent and school heads
and further announcements relative
to the schools opening will be an
nounced at an early date.
Faculty Announced
The faculty for the coming yeal
has been announced. Seven new in
structors will hold positions In the
school system.
Helen Thorp. Glendive. a gradu-
ate OF Montana state college, will be
an instructor OF home economics
succeeding Lillian Kostka.
Bernard d. Myers, Wibaux, also
a Montana state college graduate
will be an instructor of science
CONTINUED On last page)
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
Dagmar Farmer Will
Have Corn Crop; Now
Nearly Shoulder High

Believe it or not. there are a Few
fields of ri In Sheridan county
despite the worst drouth in history.
Bruce A. Smith, rancher living 10
miles southwest of Dagmar, was in
Plentywood Tuesday and told The
Herald of a 2O-acre field of corr on
his ranch that was shoulder high to
a tall man.
The corr field received a good
start following a rain which came
to that area early In June and the
heavy downpour three weeks ago
brought stocks shooting from the
ground.
A rain Sunday, estimated to have
penetrated four inches In that area,
aided the corn crop.
Mr.. Smith said he has been busy
putting up" weeds for feed purpos-
es and that he guessed" that he
would have enough feed to winter
his half a hundred head of cattle.
81 have never gone in for farming
much" the Dagmar resident said.
Il raise cattle and strive for feed
and some gardening"
He said that he had never owned
a tractor and his ranching and small
farm work was done by horses.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
DUCK SEASON TO
OPEN OCTOBER 8

Sheridan county duck hunters
restrictions and a 3O-day shooting
seaso this fall that have bound
them for the past two years.
This seasons regulations, ap-
proved by President Roosevelt and
announced by the department of ag-
riculture, again prohibit the killing
of Wood ducks, Canvasbacks. Rudy
ducks. Redheads, ~Buffleheads, swans
and Ross geese.
About the only changes are Sec
tons shifting states from one zone
to another, raising the daily bag
limit on geese and brant from four
to five. increasing the bag limit on
coot from Is to rs and reducing the
limit on sora rails from 25 to Is.
The daily bag limit and possession
limit on ducks remain at 10 in the
aggregate.
Batting of waterfowl and doves
and the use Of live decoys are for
hidden.
The three she'll limit on repeat
ing shotguns is continued and hunt
ers will be permitted to use shot
guns no larger than No. 10 gauge.
The season opens in the northern
zone. which comprises Montana,
October 8 and closes November Z.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
RAIN COMES TO
EASTERN AREAS
GENERAL THROUGHOUT AREA;
HAIL DOES DAMAGE AT
POPLAR

Rain came to sections of north
eastern Montana Sunday with many
areas reporting heavy downpours.
The territory from Opheim to Ar.
cher received a heavy soaker and ~
the 500 line In Sheridan county.
principally in the Raymond area, a
good rain fell.
The Medicine Lake country which
was flooded by t~orrential down
pours three weeks ago, received an
other good soaker Sunday evening.
At P~lentywood and In this imme-
date vicinity the rain was light
compared to other areas.
At Plentywood .2S of an inch pre-
cipitation was recorded. The rain
came with a thunder storm late sun
day afternoon and then settled TO a
slow drizzle which continued until
early evening.
In the Outlook country a cloud
burst was reported and in the Dale
view territory bridges and highways
ere damaged by the torrents. The
Big Muddy at Plentywood was run
ming at high water again Monday,
an indication that rains northwest
of here were heavy.
The Homestead area reported
more than two inches of precipita-
tton In uudox douvpnour
Hail at Poplar
Reports of a terrific hail storm In
the Poplar territory reached here
Monday. The storm, which conferred
in the vicinity of the city. is said to
have inflicted damage to buildings.
Windows In the Poplar school build
ing were said to have been smashed
by the pellets with an estimated
damage of $1,000.
Speed Feed Crops
The rain came to benefit feed
crops seeded late in this county. Fol-
lowing the heavy rains OF three
weeks 60. a number of farmers
seeded millet and corn with the hope
that It would make feed and allevi-
ate to some extent the feed shortage
gripping this area.
In areas barren from drouth the
rain brought moisture to sub-soil,
dried out from abnormal precipita-
ton during the past year.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
RID AN MADE
EMERGENCY AREA
AND QUOTA IS UP
Additional Men, All Farmers,
Allotted by WPA and
Work Slated

More than heavy rains gave cause
for thanksgiving among the farm
population of Sheridan county this
week.
Advice had come from the state
resettlement and WPA offices of
having declared the county in the
emergency doruth area" and as
signed a quota of Ala men-all far
mers-to a new work program In
the county.
County commissioners were busy
this week working with the resettle-
ment office in lending all possible
speed for starting work on the par
tially-completed Carroll dam and
the new courthouse just the minute
the assignment of actual men was
made and engineers and foremen on
the job.
Although the quota of Ala mel
was allotted to the county at the
same time instructions came cutting
down the number of regular WA
workers to So in the county. In 9th
er words, for the month of August
Ala farmers may be placed on work
projects and so non-farmer relief
workers, making a total of 482 men.
While this would lessen the farm
relief problem, at the same time the
task of caring for unemployed and
needy town residents was becoming
more acute with each reduction
made In those work rolls. Commits
sioners estimated the number of
such people in the county would be
more than $50 families.
Inasmuch as only $1,000 was re-
ceived from the state welfare board
for care of needy persons last month
messages were being sent to officers
of the state welfare agency and
Montana senators at Washington in
ar effort to get the allotment to the
county increased to an amount
which might make it possible to give
some respectable degree of assist
ance to the $50 families In towns.
Unless the increase was granted
commissioners said, it would be abb
Continued on page ~
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
FIRE DESTROYS
CITY STRUCTURE

Fire caused by explosion Quilted
the building which housed the RE
hinder" office on First venue
early last night.
The explosion was said to have
been caused by a can of m~imeograph
ink which had been placed on an
electric stove and which boiled yer
Prompt response by the local fire
department saved the structure
from complete destruction.
The equipment of "The Remin-
der" Is practically a total loss, and
the building, a frame structure,
owned by Mrs. Rhoda York is prac-
tically a loss.
Some insurance was carried on
the building.
C. E. Hoist, proprietor of "The
Reminder" left Tuesday morning on
a vacation trip and the plant had
been left In charge of assistants.
The owner OF the building is also
away at the present time.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
WORK WILL Be IN
FULL SWING ON
PROJECT MONDAY
House for Sheridan
County Is Reality; Work
for Many

A reward to untold and untiring
efforts OIL the part of county officers,
many public spirited citizens
throughout the county and especial
ly in the city Of P~lentywood, the
first spadeful of dirt in excavation
for Sheridan county's new court
house was turned at 8 o'clock this
morning.
In the presence of a large crowd
assembled to watch the first opera
lions, A. j.. Olson, chairman Of the
board of county commissioners, and
p. G. Neville. mayor OF Plentywood,
turned the first shovel of dirt.
Besides the county commissioners.
members of the city council were
there and other county officials. Pic
lures were taken of the ceremony,
then the big LaTurno went into i'm
mediate operation of excavation.
The building of Sheridan county's
new courthouse had become a real
ity.
Just as o 0 as lights can be ar
ranged, two crews will be working
two full shifts.
Y. Hanson, district engineer, ac-
companied by H. Heinrickson, ar
rived in P%lentywood Wednesday.
Mr.. Hanson called the courthouse
project an ideal" job for WPA. He
said, 1--WE want the cream of the
crop on this job because we want to
show those critics in the east and
south that we can show something
really worth while for the money
expended
The district engineer stated that
work would be rushed ahead with
all possible speed on the new build
ing in order to get as much of the
concrete work out OF the way be-
fore frost catches up with u.s."
The general superintendent as
signed to the cour thouse construc-
ton is Harry Schier of Chinook,
who will arrive here in two weeks.
He has been in charge of construc-
ton of the new civic center at Glas-
gov and cannot leave there before
that time. Mr.. Schier, formerly in
charge of the big excavation project
of Shelly Bros. at Cole, is thorough
ly experienced, and according to Mr..
Hanson, will be most admirably
qualified to handle the job here.
When asked how long a time
would be necessary to complete the
new building, Hanson stated that,
although the frame work would go
up in a hurry, it would be just about
a year before the inside finishing
could be expected to be completed.
County commissioners, working
with the resettlement director and
relief administrator, were busy sell
Getting men from different sections
Of the county to assign to the prof.
ect. Two shifts of between 30 and
40 men each were expected to be
engaged and working on the prof.
ect by Monday.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
CALLED BY DEATH
HERE MONDAY
MRS. RALPH LUND SUCCUMBS
AT HOSPITAL; FUNERAL
IN ST. PAUL

brentwood and community paid
humble homage today in memory OF
Mrs. ralph Lund, to wnom death
came Monday.
Death to the respected Plenty
nood citizen came suddenly, unex-
pectedly, following birth of a son.
Last rites will be held today at
st. Paul, Mimi, her former home,
and to where the body was shipped
Wednesday. Burial will be at st.
Paul.
Death came to break a happily
welded life, leaving a husband,
grief stricken by the sudden trag-
edy, and a motherless child.
Born i'm St. Paul
Florence NJ. Lund was born at
st. Paul, Mimi. Nov. "a, 1900 where
she grew to young womanhood. Her
early education was received there
and following completion of her
high school studies entered the Uni
versity of Minnesota where she was
graduated.
In 1925 she came to P~lentywood
and served as an instructor in the
p~lentywood schools. Following the
completion of a successful term she
returned to st. Paul to accept a
taaohinQ nOeition there
On July 1, 1885 she was united
in marriage to Ralph Lund at the
Como Park Lutheran church In st.
Paul and together with her husband
came to P~lentywood which since
that time was her home.
In plentywood Mrs. Lund &C
quired a host of friends. During hei
residence here she was an active
worker in the church of her belief
the Lutheran church, to which she
had become affiliated earlier in lie
She was a member of the Plenty
wood Congregations ladies aid, and
was active in carrying out duties o
the church's Sunday school.
Relatives surviving are her hus-
band, infant son., parents Mr.. ant
Mrs. Lawrence Kelsey, st. Paul; one
sister, Mrs. Leonard Green OF st
Paul; three brothers, Howard o
Rock Island, H.; Laurence, Aurora
Mo-, and Sidney of st. Paul.
Tuesday the infant son was bap
tized and christened Ralph kelse!
Lund.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
Efficient Work of
Postal Inspectors
Revealed by Case

An intereting case citing the eff
hciency and ceaseless efforts of the
United States postal department to
stop tampering Of the mails was re-
vealed here this week by j. l.. Sor-
m, Plentywood merchant, who Fri
day received a check from the gov
eminent as reimbursement for mo-
ney sent by mall, but which failed
TO reach its destination, presumably
by pilfering.
Last December Sorem mailed four
dollar bills, with a letter, TO a rela-
tive In the Twin Cities as a token
of remembrance. The letter reached
IS destination but the money en-
closed by Sorem was missing.
The incident was casually men
toned to the local postal manager
and a few weeks later an inquiry
from the department came from Sc
CONTINUED on page ~
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
Outlook Farmer Cutting
Wheat Crop This Week

Even extreme drouth cannot to-
tally whip some Sheridan county
farmers.
This week Chas. Grant, prominent
farmer and rancher of the Outlook
country, Is cutting 80 acres OF wheat
which Charley" says. will run pos
sibly three or more bushels to the
acre.
Charley" says he can harvest IL
at a cost considerably less than a
dollar an acre and to cut 1t will be
a paying proposition.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
Race Horses Inspected
Here Enroute to Billings

Three trailer loads of sleek rae
ing horses passed through Plenty
wood Monday from Canada %enroute
to Billings where they will be run
at the fair which opens there Aug.
9.
The horses, eleven In all, were
held at the port-of-entry at Ray
mond awaiting the arrival of a state
veterinary who made the inspection
that day.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05

Members OF the Plentywood Are
department, Martin Nelson, chief,
Martin Reinertson. A. ]. LANCER and
Carl Lund left Tuesday for Anacon-
da where they will be delegates to
the state Aremen's convention which
there Thursday.
The Plentywood iremen went
from here to Great Falls where they
spent a day at the north Montana
fair. The convention at Anaconda
will last three days.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
New Customs Building to
Be Occupied This Month

The new federal building north OF
RAYMOND is expected to be ready for
occupancy late in August or before
September l, it was announced to-
day.
After the customs officials are es-
tablished in their new quarters. Of
fee hours will be from 8 am. to 8
pm. and no admittance to the Unit
ed States will be made after hours
with but one exception, that OF ex-
IRENE emergency.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
BOY SCOUT CHIEFS
IN SESSION HERE

Boy Scout executives of the Big
Muddy district met In session here
last Wednesday in the second of q
series to be held monthly In various
cities and towns Of the district.
In attendance were o. Leon An
derson, C~ulbertson; George N. Lund,
Carl Hole. Reserve: J. l.. Stephens,
Howard M. Lewis. Plentywood, Of
ficers Of the Big Muddy district; f.
Continued on page y
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
Lions Move to Sponsor
Club Room for Youths

The Plentywood Lions club at
their regular Wednesday luncheon
meeting moved to meet with the city
council and present a plan whereby
the basement of the city auditorium
could be leased and made into club
rooms for Boy Scouts and youths OF
the city.
The movement gained whole
hearted support and from general
indications the matter will receive
favorable action from the city coun-
ell.
Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-08-05
REPORTING TO CUSTOMS

Reporting to U. S. Customs Off
cial N. E. Baynham at Raymond
during July:
Automobiles $50, passengers q
427.
other vehicles Q, passengers 3.
Pedestrian, /.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Semi-Annual Sale Of
MEMS FURNISHINGS

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Al AND 81 so NECKWEAR; ALL HAND TAILORED. 79c
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% AND AZ so NECKWEAR ......................S16 S169
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e. TO S10 FLANNEL ROBES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $3.50
S7 81 I'd $40 HOUSE COATS ...................S $3.50
Soc AND 65c HOSE: Isle OR SILK MIXTURES 80. 39c
a. as GLOVES: MOCHAS PIGSKINS, CAPESKINS .S219
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ii e5 AND S2 90 MTJFFIERS; SILK OR WOOL ...... S69
"a 5O AND Al MrJFFT Frs SILK OR WOOL $3.50
a. RALEIGH PAJAMAS; BROKEN SIZES ........... Sl69
AND a PAJAMAS: NOTCH OR MILDLY Sl99
an o5 TO S12 so ROBES ... 1888
MANHATTAN SHORTS OR SHIRTS; BY ROBT. REFS 39c
S5 SWEATERs VARIED PATTERNS AND SIZES 49,. S398
MEMS CARRIERS ............. .......... 39c
IRISH LINEN WHITE HANDKERCHIEFS ......5 for 81
as IFWEIR RY SETS .-.,...,..,......,,...... S2.S5
FITTED DRESSING CASES .$495
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WOVEN SHORTS OR SHIRTS. sec
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Senators Fight Rider
CurbinS Inquiries

Members of a half dozen Spe.
cial Senate committees rallied to-
day to battle for elimination Of a
rider" from the $685., 0,000 de-
ficiency appropriation bill, that
would forbid use of regular Gov
ernment employees in any Con-
greSsional inquiry.
The rider" was slipped into
the bill by the House, without de-
bate.
Members of the La Toilette
civil liberties inquiry an d
Wheeler railroad inquiry commit
tees led the fight to kill the
rider" Senator La Toilette
PO of Wisconsin, head of the
one inquiry, personally issued an
appeal to other Senators to join
in eliminating the ban.
Inquiry heads pointed out that
in many inquiries, the use Of Gov
ernment agencies is necessary to
acquire information that would
be costly to gather in any other
manner. This situation was said
to be particularly true in instances
where a Federal agency has made
an inquiry of its own into the same
subject matter being investiga-
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
HOUSE GROUP PUTS THUMBS DOWN ON D. C. TAX BOOST
Filler Goes AIOft
In Leg-PO
MOnOpldne

MILAN, italy, Jan. 2S.-The
dream of Leonardo da Vinci ap-
parently was realized here yester-
day when Vittorio Bonomi declared
he had made the first successful
human flight" by travelling five
eighths of a mile in a monoplane
operated sclely by foot and leg
power.
The plane, designed by Enea
Bossi, Americanized Italian now
living in Philadelphia, Pa, was
powered by two propellers oper-
ated by an intricate bicycle mech
anism. The power eXerted by
Bonomi's feet was stepped up
through a series of gears.
Bonomi said the plane had a
maximum speed of approximately
% miles per hour. and its climbing
ability varied with wind currents.
He added he would enter the
strange ship in the $4,000 human
flight" contest sponsored by the
Italian Aero Club.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
TAYLOR CRUSH,
GIRLS STUNT

It started out as a publicity
stunt, but ended up in a true con-
fession court session.
Six comely girl students at
Western High School appeared
yesterday at Commissioner George
E. Aliens office pretending to beg
for a date" with actor Robert
Taylor, who will make a personal
appearance at the ball.
After the customary photo
graphs were taken the girls broke
down and confessed.
Matinee idol Taylor, to each
and every one of the girls, is
merely another actor.
They have movie brushes, "
they said, but their real heart in
tereSt lies in students right here
in Washington high schools and
colleges. The girls are Patricia
Engleman, Amelia Rosenbush,
Elaine Bonde, Betty Roderick,
Audrey Kemp and Mary Charshee.
Commissioner Allen announced
that still another movie star
Marsha Hunt, a washington girl
will be among the celebrities pres
ent at the festivities. The other
notahles include Jean Harlow, Joe
E. Brown, Mitzi Green, Jeanette
Macdonald and Abe Lyman and
his famous band.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
NAzISAND REDS
HIT IN HOUSE
MEASURES
Committee BacksPIans
To Halt Propaganda
Spread by Aliens
international News Service

Measures striking at mercenary
military service, participation in
foreign plebiscites, and dissemina-
ton of foreign propaganda in
America will be reported to the
House favorably today by the
House immigration Committee.
This was announced by Chair
man Dickstein, of the committee,
as it convened this morning for
hearings on the three bills. Labor,
Justice and State Department Of
ficials were expected to appear
the chairman said.
The measures are:
A Dickstein amendment to the
existing law to permit the Secre-
tary of Labor to terminate the
stay of aliens upon cause within
the six-month period which they
are now allowed to visit this
country.
A resolution by Representative
Phillips CD of Connecticut dis
solving the citizenship OF any
American serving in the army or
navy of any other nation.
A resolution by Dickstein strip
ping Americans who vote in for
eign elections or plebisciteS Of their
citizenship.
Dickstein charged that many
aliens are entering America under
the protection of the six-month
visiting period for the purpose OF
disseminating subversive propa'
ganda. His amendment would per
NIT their deportation, he said.
The Phillips resolution is espe'
cially designed to prohibit Amer1'
can mercenaries from participant
ing in the Spanish revolution, he
said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
MARC0N| RAY
AIDS P0NT|FF

VATICAN CITY, Jan. % q.N.s)
A slight improvement in the Pope's
condition this morning was attrlb.
uted at the Vatican to electrical
treatments through a development
of the micro-wave transmitter on
which the Marchese Guglielmo
Marconi has been working for
years.
The Pontiff, it was stated, spent
a good night" with several hours
sleep, and was stronger when he
aWoke.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
EXT0RTI0NISTS
WAIT PENALTY

NEW YORK, Jan. % GN.SO.
Max D. Krone and A. Henry Ross
today awaited sentence after they
we're found guilty of extorting
$4,000 hush money" from Alfred
E. Smith, jr., under threat of ex-
posing his relationship with Cath
crime Pavlick.
Krone, private detective, ac-
cepted the verdict placidly, but
Ross, Brooklyn lawyer, tainted.
The two can receive maximum
sentences of Is years each. They
will be sentenced February 5.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Banker S Wife Falls
Nine Floors 10 Death

NEW YORK, Jan. % GN.S).
Mrs. william F. Sanford, wife of
a New York banker, was dead to-
day of injuries suffered when she
plunged from a window of her
ninth-floor apartment. Police said
they believed she fell accidentally.
Mrs. Sanford, the former Janet
H. Wear, was a niece of Joseph
W.. Wear, Philadelphia banker
She had been suffering from a
nervous complaint.
The Washington times., 1937-01-28
Dance to Aid Red Cross

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jan. 25.
Flood sufferers of the Mississippi
Valley will be benefited by a dance
dance in historic Gadsby's Tavern
here tomorrow night. sponsored
by Alexandria Post, No. "a. Of the
American Legion, it was an.
nounced today. The entire pro-
ceeds will be turned over to the
Red Cross for flood relief.