Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-01-28
NEWS OF OUR NEICHBORS


POWER POSSIBLE AT FOR PECK DAM
Senator b. X. Wheeler recently inaugurated a gov
eminent STUDY oil power possibilities at the vast Fort
Peck dam project. The senator submitted to the war
department a commerce committee endorsed resolu-
ton directing army engineers to determine the adyis-
ability of installing works for the DEVELOPMENT and
utilization OF hydroelectric power at the project.
DANIELS COUNTY FARMERS GET CHECKS
Uncle Sam poured more than one hundred thousand
dollars in allotment checks into Daniels county last
week, fulfilling part of his deal with farmers who
have co-operated with him by conserving and build
ing the soil. Many more checks will arrive there. The
largest check received was for s1,724.34. issued to d.
c. Murphy.
SAIL FORMATION Is HIT IN WELL
Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. officials have announced
a we'll being drilled six miles northwest of Baker en-
countered salt water in the horizon in which oil is
found in the wells drilled south of there. Cores of the
formation at that depth were saturated with salt
water. The we'll will be plugged and completed as a
gas well.
TO REBUILD HIGHWAY YEAR
The state highway commission will start a survey
party working out of Glasgow to make a survey for
proposed changes in highway No. 2 for a 90 mile
stretch west of Glasgow. Plans are to rebuild this por-
ton of the highway, eliminating many curves and
making a more direct route If possible.
WILL CONTINUE R~EsETTLEMENT WORK
Work on resettlement land utilization and develop
ment projects which have been given Blaine. Phil
lips and Valley counties men will continue on the
same basis as in the past, it has been stated. An or
der was previously received calling a halt on work In
those counties.
MUCH COAL Is MINED AT WILLISTON-
Tons of coal. approximately $4,000 of them have
been mined from mines In the Williston vicinity since
the coal buying season started last fall. Trucks haul
ing coal from IL mines within seven or eight miles
of Williston keep the city weighing machines con-
stantly busy.
MAN HAS FROZEN FEET AMPUTATED-
Frank Lemieux of Brockton had both feet amputated
at a Wolf Point hospital. He was taken from his
stalled truck between Poplar and Wolf Point several
weeks ago badly frozen. He is a father of a large
family and has two children attending high school
at Circle.
PIONEER CALLED BY DEATH
Joseph Svoboda, 80, died at Culbertson following
a short illness with influenza. He was a resident of
the Culbertson community for more than rs years.
Funeral Services were held from the Catholic church
and interment was made there.
DAKOTA MAN IS COMPOSER OF NG-
A new song, dedicated to the millions of people in
the northwest who faced the drouth last summer. has
been written by Clarence E.. Cunningham, a bank Of
fetal at Williston. The new number is entitled
Home on the Plain"
WOLF POINT HOLSTERS BEAT POPLAR
Wolf Point defeated their ancient rivals, Poplar, on
the Poplar floor in a good basketball contest, 20 to
rs. They outspeeded, outguarded and outshot the
Indians to administer the latter's first defeat of the
year.
CANCER PARALYZES POPLAR YOUTH
Richard Grow Jr., of Poplar was brought back from
a Harlem hospital last week with his illness dag
nosed as due to cancer. He is suffering from paralysis
from the waist down, due to the malignant growth.
SIDNEY CHOOL II AGAIN
The Sidney schools re-opened last Monday after a
four-day shutdown due to influenza. The shutdown
came because at the time there was an increasing
number of students sick in all age groups.
WILL INVESTIGATE HIGHWAY
Without a dissenting vote the state senate decided to
investigate the work of the state highway commission
whose members Gov. Holt fired on Christmas eve.
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