Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-07-29
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

BAINvHIE A CLOSES ~vOLUNrARuH]I
Because. according to bank officials. present condi-|
tions do not permit profitable operation. the Farmers
State bank OF Bainville. was voluntarily closed last
week. No statement as to Its reopening was issued.
ATHLETIC ROGRA AT SIDNEY POOL-|
A regular program Of athletics for ecah week is un-
der way at the Sidney swimming pool. The schedule
includes free swimming lessons. races for varying age
groups, k~ittenball. bicycle racing and diving.
CROSBY BOY WINS PRIZE ON MODEL u
With a model with cooling system under the tenders
to give more room In the body. Carlyle Jacobson Of
Crosby won a $25 prize in the Fisher Body C~raftsman
Guild. The boys model was Of wood, painted black
with chromium bumpers.
%pOsTOFFTOE FOR NASHUA POSSIBLE ii
The receipt Of a full complement Of post office furni-|
ture and fixtures at the Nashua postonice would seem
to indicate that the federal postal officials are plan
ming a newer and better building there. as the pres
emit building Is not large enough to house the equip
ment, +
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MALTA CELEBRATES 50th A~NvVERSAkf-
On July "a and rs, the city Of Malta celebrated her
50th year of existence on the high line" as one OF
COW towns that Jim Hills railroad made possible. The
celebration featured the fifth annual Malta rodeo, and
'HS SHPSSeou W tOild uudu VI III lOTmeT
citizens in a sort of homecoming.
FAIRyIEW BAND on MIIES CITY PROGRAM
The Fairview band took part in the program Of the
state water conservation meet last Saturday. its trip
being sponsored by the Fairview and Miles City COM
mercial clubs. The Fairview band worked in conjunc-
tion with bands from as far west as Great Falls and
Butte in furnishing the music for the meet.
BLLNDING DUST STORM CLOSE TO FLOOD
In a dust storm 30 dense that he could not drive his
car, Wesley Keiser, travelling near Brady, was held
up within six miles of the Brady flood where the
highway was washed out. The proximity to areas Of
high water and flood did not prevent the dust from
being so thick that motoring was impossible.
MORE WHEAT IN U. S. THAN CANADA
With Canadian wheat production the lowest In years,
due to the prolonged drouth in western Canada, the
United States holds the advantage in regard to the
wheat crop. For the first time in several years the
United States will have more wheat for export than
their traditional competitors for the worlds wheat
trade.
OPHELM VISITED BY PETTY THIEVES -
The Opheim depot and the Farmers Union oil station
there were broken into last weekend. and amateur
robbers ruined combinations on both safes without
opening them. Small amounts Of cash were taken
from cash registers after the unsuccessful attempts
10 DTedk into the SaIeS. A comparison Is drawn be-
tween this robbery and the one occurring in Scobey
a week previously.
BRAWL RESULTS In KNIFE
AS the result of a violent quarrel early last Saturday
morning in Wheeler, Jack Murphy, project truck
driver, is in the Glasgow hospital with a serious knife
wound in the abdomen, and William Thompson, tool
checker. is in the county Jail. Both men decline to
state the cause of the fight. thompson. q former res
ident of Missouri, has admitted serving a prison term
for larceny there.
BATTLE ON MORMON CRICKET CONTINUES
With 3,000,0 900 acres Of Montana crop land in
tested with the worst insect pests known. the battle
against the Mormon crickets continues. An addition
al sum of $117,250 allotted to the work, making a
total of nearly $500. 900 being expended In an at
tempt to keep the pests off the finest irrigated crops
in the state. Both ten fences and poisoning methods
are being used to check the insects.