Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-03-11
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

WILL START DRILLING TOWN WE'LL
Ole Lien Of Froid has moved his well-driling outfit
onto the location near the school and will start work
on the town well at once.
MANY MEN STILL on FORT PECK DAM
March l there were Asa persons employed on the
Fort Peck project, 6i7 less than on Feb. Is, this
year. OF this number. SO1 were employed by con-
tractors and 1858 by the government.
WOLF POINT YOUTH INJURED AT FOLSOM
Kirk 5. Booth. former resident of Wolf Point and a
graduate of Wolf Point high school, was injured in
the rock slide at Poison dam which snuffed out seven
lives. His injuries were described as bruises.
7. Is. TESTS TARTE IN HIGH SCHOOL,
The Sidney Woman's Club sponsored the Christmas
Seal Sale for the purpose of providing funds for tu-
berculosis x-ray tests and which are being conducted
in the high schools of the county. The work started
last week.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS ENDORSE EXECUTIVES
A resolution was adopted endorsing the policies of
Governor Roy L. Ayers and President Franklin D.
Roosevelt at a meeting of Young Democrats of Valley
county. About 40 attended the session which was
held at Glasgow.
ATHOLIC HELD AT ROm-
The district convention of all Catholic churches in the
Froid parish was held at Froid Saturday. The Rev.
Bishop OHara of Great Falls was present and ad-
dressed the assembly. The place of meeting next year
will be at Culbertson.
WHEELER OIL STATION Is
Two men, believed to have been implicated in a series
of Valley county ~robberies, held up an employee of a
filling station at Wheeler and obtained 500. The rob-
berry took place shortly before the station was to
have been closed for the night.
POINT COURT HOUSE, ARMORY
Sponsors of the proposed courthouse-armory at Wolf
Point met Tuesday to complete plans for the applica-
ton to Washington concerning the unit. Members
were present representing the school board, the
Board of Commissioners and the Commercial club.
SUPERINTENDENT G
Supt. F. H. Livingston of Wolf Point has returned
from his journey to several cities in the south with a
party of educators, where they attended important
meetings held by national heads of Indian education.
The series of meetings took them as far as New Or
leans.
OWE URGED AT FOR PECK MEETING
An overflow crowd attended the hearing conducted at
Fort Peck to determine the advisability of developing
electrical power at the great Fort Peck dam. In con-
trast to a meeting held at Great Falls there was no
one present who disputed the 7raeticability of the
project.
WOLF POINT LAD INJURED BY AUTO-
The fve-year-old son of Mr.. an dMrs. Tom Dorr Of
Wolf Point was injured when he ran into a moving
automobile. The icy streets caused the accident. His
face was gashed severely and the injury threatens the
sight OF one eye. His nose was broken. and his scalp
was torn.
SIDNEY LAMBS TOP
Lon Westcott, feeder who lives two miles southwest
of Sidney, received the top market price for the 1886
81 shipping season for a carload of lambs on the
South st. Paul market. They brought s10.75 a cwt.
The carload was stated to be the "best lambs deliv-
cred this season."
BRIDGE BILL PASSED BY DAKOTA SENATE
With the passage by the North Dakota senate at
Bismarck of the bridge appropriation measure, there
only remains a deal to be completed between Cover
nor William LANCER and the Great Northern railway
to make the Yellowstone river toll bridge near Fair
view free for all traffic.
PLAN HEDGES FOR COUNTY SNOW BREAKS
A plan for permanent snow fences along Valley
county roads by the planting of Carragana hedges,
has been approved by the Valley county commission
ers. 1t is also proposed that the work may be done so
that cooperating farmers will receive credit for the
work under the soil conservation program.