Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-06-03
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

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STEALS AUTO AT POPLAR, WRECKS IT.
Search is L being made for a thief who stole an agency
car of the forest department from the home of James
sweeney at Poplar and left II wrecked at a turn of the
four miles west OF that town.
sCOBEY HERIFF MAKES TRIP TO YUKON
Arthur Nelson of Scobey left for Seattle
where he will be joined by his sister for an interest
ing journey to the Klondike territory to visit their
father who has spent the past 40 years in the north.
FRASER GIRL KILLED IN ACCIDENT
Evangeline Fourstar, Is, of Fraser was instantly
killed when the car in which she was riding left the
road and overturned near Glasgow. Mabel Fourtimes,
with whom she was riding, was injured in the acct
dent.
GLAsGOW-FOBT PECK BOAT LEADS RACE
The Glasgow-Fort Peck boat beat all Corners to Kan
sas City In the first lap Of the race from st. Louis to
Fort Benton. They made the first lap 10 minutes >
ahead Of Malta and was an hour ahead Of the Great
Falls boat. They averaged Is miles an hour.
REINSTATEMENT DAMS TO BE ENCED-
Work on resettlement projects in western valley
county is continuing with the fencing and seeding OF
all the reservoir dams in the area. Fencing OF the
various dams will be completed by June l, he says.
and all of the dams will be seeded by July /, the start
OF the fiscal year.
t.2oO VISIT FORT PECK IN w WEEKS
The tourist information booth, operated by the Fort
Peck Recreational association, has registered more
than /, 200 visitors to the worlds largest dam within
two weeks. A total of 81 cars bearing 1900 people
have arrived and registered since May 8 when the
booth was opened.
NORTH COUNTRY CROP Is POOREST
Old time residents of the Opheim country say never
since they homesteaded in 1910 has the crop pros
pect been so poor. A late snow furnished practlcauy
all the moisture so far and due to lack of submoist-
ure it looks most discouraging. Range grass is very
short, making conditions for the stockmen serious.
INJURED AS BANK CAVES N
Sam Korsmoe of Poplar sustained severe cuts anu
bruises when a bank of Poplar river, where the new
bridge is being built. struck him and knocked MIN
AGAINST some concrete forms. He was rescued in an
unconscious condition and was taken to a hospital
for treatment.
l. NEW PHONE BUuLDING AT POINT
According to tentative plans, the Mountain states
Telephone Co, will build a residence and exchange
building on the site they now occupy at Wolf Point
The plans under consideration can for a one-story
h~naine and basement of frame construction, mod
ernly planned and appointed.
COWBOY AUTHOR SENT TO WARM SPRING,
Will James, Montana cowboy artist and author OF
IL hohC SoNOoy oho jimmy ahN thS POPoA@
stories, who lived near Malta, has been ordered con-
fined in the hospital at Warm Springs. A jury of
physicians issued a verdict that he was unsafe to be
at large in his community due to his excessive drink
ing. which has affected his mind and health"
FORT BUFORD BUILDING DESTROYED
The Mercer building, an old landmark at Fort Bur
ford, burned and the building and contents were de-
stroyed. The building was constructed soon after the
Civil war when the fort was established. Most of the
fort buildings were made from material from the
abandoned Fort Union, but this, which housed the
officers, was built of eastern pine shipped up the Mis-
souri, by boat. The villa contained 20 rooms.
GLENTANA Is ORDAINED PRIEST
The Rev. Eldon B. Schuster of Glentana was ordained
to the Catholic priesthood in Great Falls Thursday
by the Rev. FIR. Edwin V. O'Hara, bishop of the Great
Falls diocese. Father Schuster said his first sol
emn high mass in the Holy Name church in Glentana
on June /. Rev. Schuster is a graduate of the elias
Cow high school and has spent many years in prepar
alton for his vocation. His parents are longtime res
fdents Of the Glentana community.
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