Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-03-04
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS

TWO MEN GET PATROL FINES AT POPLAR
Frank Spindler and Eugene Etchart were brought be-
fore Justice Hanson at Poplar by Patrolman Cum
mings for lacking car and drivers licenses.
HEARINGS ON POWER AT DAM SITE
The advisabilty of installing works for the develop
ment of hydroelectric power at the Fort Peck dam
will be considered at public hearings to be held this
week. Today a meeting will be held at Fort Peck.
WHEEIER RESIDENT Is ARRESTED. FINED
George Maicelunas of Wheeler is In the Valley
county jail serving out a fine of 500 imposed on him
following his arrest on a charge of operating a motor
vehicle while under the influence. of liquor. The man
was arrested by the Wheeler constable.
POPLAR WINS DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
Playing before 1925 spectators in the final game of
the 1887 basketball tournament at Sidney, Poplar de-
cisioned the Sidney Eagles 81 to IA. Poplar regis
tered three wins in the playor. defeating Fairview.
Culbertson and Sidney.
HART TRANSFERRED TO PARK COUNTY -
Appointment of George L. Hart as Park county extern
sion agent succeeding H. D. Hurd. who has resigned
to accept another position, has been announced. Hart
has been county agent in Daniels county for the past
two years. He began his new duties Monday.
ACCIDENT VICTIM BURIED AT C%ULBERTSON
Funeral services for Floyd Moothart. longtime resi-
dent of the Culbertson community, who was acciden-
eNAy "NfNN WIZ hSih ouhuuy WIN w q huitu
when a charge of dynamite in a mine exploded. He
was thrown some distance by the conclusion.
WOUNDED LAD Al HOSPITAL
Wallace Keller 10, farm youth, who has been in a
critical condition in a Williston hospital, is now
steadily improving. George Hayden, 41-year-old Will
liams county farmer. is being held on charges of as
sault with intent to kill, arising from the shooting.
MAN FOUND DEAD NEAR PEERLESS
Tho 1ifalaoa hodv IF AIhort n hriotiorcor Doar,oe So
mer, was found beside the Great Northern right-of-
way. one mile east of Peerless, death having occurred
while Mr.. Christensen was walking home from Four
Buttes. Heart trouble was presumably the cause of
death.
PLAN TO DRILL FOR OIL AT RAY
Plans for oil exploration this spring of the Nesson
fats field along the Northumberland county lines
in western North Dakota were discussed by oil COM
pany representatives. Leases on more than SO 900
acres of land in the Nesson flats area have been OBJ
tanned.
MANY ATTEND SCOBEY PRINTING TRIAL -
Scobey was the mecca last Thursday for farmers and
taxpayers from all parts Of Daniels county who came
to hear the legal battle in which the county commits
sioners are defendants in an action instituted by Bur
ley Bowler. arising over the official newspaper desig-
nation.
PECK POWER TUNNEL TO BE PAINTED
With placement of q steel power" lining In No. l
tunnel completed, arrangements are now being made
to clean the steel by sandblasting and to apply pro-
tective coatings Of paint to the metal surface. No. 1
is the tunnel which may be used for the development
of hydro-electric power.
NEW LANDING FIELD BUILT FOR UCKS-
improvements are being made at the new game ref
uge at Lake Bowdoin. Latest innovation is the es-
Enlistment of an electrically-lighted landing field
for birds which may be coming in from the north at
a late hour or which have found feed in nearby fields
too enticing and need help to find their way back af-
ter dark.
BOARD OF HEALTH VIOLATIONS TIED
Complaints charging failure to obey rules and regu-
lations of the state board of health were filed against
Mrs. Marie Moen and Mrs. E. Boline, Wheeler hotel
operators. They have pleaded innocent. In both COM
plants 1t is charged the hotel rented rooms to more
than one person, which had less than 500 square feet
Of space, and that lavatories were not kept in a sani-
tary condition.