Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-11-18
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

AKE DOCTOR LOCATES AT WOLF poIxT-
DIR. l. 7. Krogstad. Medicine Lake doctor. arrived in
Wolf Point the first of last week and has taken over
the practice of DR.. E. N. Jones.
CONCRETE AND STEEL ON spnLway COM.
PLETED-The stately concrete and steel structure
across the entrance to the Fort Peck flood spiIway
is completed. Another lasting landmark is added to
the collection Of features comprising the project.
EASTERN COUNTY GROUPS MEET
Twenty members of the Eastern Montana counties
association met at the Elks club in Glendive Monday
At which time various roads and irrigation matters
within their district were discussed.
WORK STARTS ON RAPIDS PRO-
JHCr-Dirt flew Friday morning on the Glendive-
Fallon unit of the Buffalo Rapids irrigation proiect
Work will begin near the site of the pumping plant
which is about a mile and a half below the Fallon
bridge.
CARLOAD OF BEER Is HEID-Nearly a car
load of beer without the regulatory stamps demanded
by the state beer law was put under lock and KEY in
a Williston warehouse by the Williams county sher-
if The shipment, consigned to a Williston dealer
came direct from st Paul
SHOPLIFTERs CAUGHT Ar WOLF POINT
Joe Patterson and Tom Collins. transients were ar
rested on highway No. 2 near Wolf Point after they
had taken 81 pairs of silk stockings from a Wolf
Pont store. The men have been arraigned on a lar
ceny charge.
TWO MEN BURNED IN POWDER BLAST
William Schow and John Turner were badly burned
when a key of powder became ignited in the cab Of
their truck while they were proceeding to a coal mine
in the Elmdale community near Fairview. No rea-
son for the powder becoming ignited could be given.
-. CREIGHTON FINED IN as
zone of the largest operators of Illicit stills in the
northwest from 1928 to 1885, Ronald Creighton of
Williston was sentenced in Minot federal court to
serve six months in the county Jail and pay a $3.50
fine for conspiracy to violate the 1884 liquor tax
law.
WORK ON ROAD TO FORT PECK PROGRESS
NG-Work is progressing on the Nashue-Fort Peck
highway. Pile driving for two new bridges was COM
pleted last week and crews are now busy building
the bridges. Grading has progressed for about a mile
north of the oiled road on the lower end of the high
way.
VALLEY COUNTY MEN CHARGED WITH
SMUGGLING-Five men were arrested near Opheim
by the customs patrol in a roundup of alleged cattle
smugglers operating from Canada to the United
States. The men were Leroy Bergstrom, Arthur ON
Wig, Loring Cooper, all of Opheim; Virgil Neal. Can
opus, sask., and Frank Sherry. Glasgow.
ARSON IRA IN CAR ~RNING-Ra
Hill, %, Glasgow newsstand operator, was charged
with arson in a complaint filed in justice court there.
Hill, according to officers is alleged to have set fire
to an automobile which he recently purchased. Hill
reported that the car had tipped over on a hill and
hen caught fire accidentally.
EXPLOSION VICTIM DIES AT SCOBEY-After
a prolonged fight against overwhelming odds, Charles
Carter, rs died at Scobey, the second victim of a coal
wards and Tiny Wiley were terribly burned when
mine blast east of Scobey. Carter, with Floyd Ed
a keg of blasting powder exploded in the Wiley mine
where the boys were visiting.
STRIKE GAS AT WHITEHALL WELL=In the
second attempt at drilling for gas, drillers at the
Whitehall Syndicate well found their detectives. The
strike was made last week and operations had to be
stopped Immediately until a well cap could be deliv-
cred from Chicago to prevent damage by uncontrolled
escape Of the gas.
FIRST EARTH MOVING FOR SCOBEY GYM
Public spirited citizens from Scobey joined with civic
organizations in ceremonies at the school grounds
Armistice day where a new m-auditorium
and athletic field will be constructed within the next
few months. The ceremony was in the form of
ground breaking for the new structure.