Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-02-04
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

SIX n. ID. OOUTs GET HIGH RANKING
Six Wnliston Boy Scouts have attaine dthe rank of
Eagle Scout-the highest rank in Scouting. The boys
will be honored at a court of honor Feb. 10.
FAIRvIEw MAN Is RENAMED TO
Gov. Roy e. Ayers announced the appointment of B..
J. Anderson Of Fairview as a member Of the state
board of hail insurance for the term needing April
Is, 1899.
SIDNEY MAN Is OF AIR
J. M. Suckstorf of Sidney was elected secretary OF the
Rocky Mountain Association Of Fairs at the conclu-
sion OF a two-day annual meeting OF the organization
at Helena last week.
WALIETTE GIVEN FIVE YEAR
At law and motion court In Roosevelt county Frank
Wallette. convicted Of grand larceny At the last term
OF court in connection with horse stealing, was SEN
fenced by Judge S. E.. Paul to Ave years in the PEN
itentiary.
SIDNEY MAKES URN PREPARATIONS
Sidney will be host to district No. 2 basketball teams
Feb. 18-19-20. Teams entered include Fairview,
Froid, Bainville. Culbertson. Poplar, Lambert, Brock
ton. Savage. Richey and Sidney. The Hrst four teams
will be given trophy awards.
TAXI DANCERS ARRESTED AT
Four girls, who were arrested a few weeks ago in the
raid at the Bark project resort, and who had re-
Gently served vagrancy terms In the Valley county
Jail. were arrested at The Spot and all four have
been ordered to leave the county.
NEW WEATHER STATIONS ESTABLISHED
w. E. Vaughan. head of the state weather bureau.
has announced that five new weather observation sta
tions have been established In Montana for airways
use. The new stations are located at Cut Bank. Glas-
gov, Glendive, Great Falls and Lewistown.
WHEELER ovEROOME BY GAS
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Lands of Wheeler we're both
overcome by fumes from q gas stove at their home.
lands went to the home OF DR.. c. c. Lull to get as
sistaice, saying there was something wrong with his
wife as she had lost consciousness. He then collapsed
WIILLSTON SAYS mo" TO OPEN
Wflliston voters and the city commission combined
to maintain the status quo of liquor in the city on
two controversial points. The voters voted two to one
against allowing sale of liquor by the glass over the
bar. Liquor sales in that city now continue to be by
the bottle.
LARGEST INSTRUMENT Is RECORDED
II. r. Bjorklund, county clerk and recorder of VAL
ley county received a check for s234.90 from the
Montana Power company in payment of recording an
instrument. the largest ever believedAreceived there.
1t was In the form OF a mortgage in book form, con-
tanning 1872 printed pages.
NORTHERN MONTANA In GAME
Northern Montana is included in the 1000, 600 acre
game range created by proclamation by PreSluent
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The preserve completely en-
closes the 186-mile reservoir that will be created
upon completion of the worlds largest earth-illed
dam at Fort Peck.
FINDS MONEY IN OLD KITCHEN CABINET
Money found in a kitchen cabinet has %neighbors near
Malta in a quarrel. W. E. Mcfarland bought a cab
met for $3.50. When loading 1t a drawer slipped out.
revealing $3.50. The seller claimed the wad was not
part of the furniture deal. The money had been left
In the drawer by a bachelor now dead.
GAS WELL FIRE RDERE EXTTNGUISHED
Officers of the Phillips county Oil and Gas Co. have
been ordered to extinguish the fire a 1.-THE Cabbage
well at Cole, by the state public service commission.
The blaze must be put out and the hole plugged.
The commissions order alleged the company drilled
the we'll then neglected to control or plug the well.
SCOBEY DAM APPLICATION DISAPPROVED
A proposed dam and reservoir northwest of Scobey
has been disapproved by PWA. Cost being too high is
one of the reasons for the disapproval. The applica-
ton also received unfavorable reports for the reason
that the application proposes to store approximately
1850 acre feet of water in the reservoir but in the
opinion of the division there would be only about D.
800 acre feet available each year for storage pur-
poses.