Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1937-09-16
NEWS OF OUR %NEIGHBORS

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Cleaned from Exchanges that Reach Our Desk
POPLAR GAS WE'LL is DRILLED DEEPER I
The drilling of test gas wells northwest of Pop}
has reached a depth of 1000 feet. and is being stea
lily continued. in spite of difficulties caused by stra
of sand and water which have to be penetrated.
INF,NTILE PARALYSIS %POsTPONEs sCHOd
occurrence of a case of infantile paralysis
Watford City has caused the postponement of
opening of school there. Officials have taken this st|
as a precautionary measure. although there seems
be little danger of contaeion in this case.
PROJECT WORKER KILLED by ONTACT
While at work on the power wires being strung ne
the laundry in Fort Peck, Fred Anon, electrician I
the project. was killed by electrocution last Thursda
He was taken at once to the Fort Peck hospital, b
it was determined he had died simultaneously.
LAST FIELD BOULDERS TO DAM PROJECT{
The last of Is. 00S carloads of glacial rock to be us
at the Fort Peck dam project has been taken to t |.
site and placed on the upstream face of the dam. I'll
makes a total of sos. 243 cubic yards of field bouldd
used in the construction. All the storage piles ha
been used up.
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL IN AVONDALE AREA
Misunderstanding. livestock-killins hail swept tt
Avondale area last Wednesday in a storm that pill
ice three feet deep in the coulees and pushed Ill
drifted snow in front of cars. The storm belt w
about three miles wide. and beyond its limits, t
storm took the form of torrential rain.
ONE BADLY BURNED IN SCOBEY BLAZE
A fire apparently caused by a cigarette in the Gorha
hotel in Scobey last week resulted in serious burr
For H. N Ca M of tho south Scohpy country. COW
fused by the smoke in the room, the man jumpd
through the window, falling at the bottom of tt
basement stairs. Although the bruises as well
burns are severe. Camp is expected to recover.
FAIRyIEW THIEVES o FILLING STATIO
-Maskd and armed with pistols, two robbers enterd
the east Fairview filling station last week, and at I'll
point of guns forced the attendant to open the yaul
where they secured about $500. After tempting j.
lock the attendant in the vault, they left the pa
and all trace of them had disappeared by the time 0
fcials could be summoned.
DRUNKEN DRIVER CROWDS SHERIFF. 4
GARDENING down the left side of the road between NJ
shua and Frazer. a car driven by a drunk crowde
the Valley county sheriff into the ditch and contil
ued on its way. The sheriff, whose car was not dan
aged by the incident. followed the other car an
brought the offender to Glasgow where he was fine
SIS in justice court.
sCOBEY POWER, LIGHT RATES
Town officials and citizens of Scobey are protestin
the power and light rates charged them by the Mon
tana-Dakota Utilities company. A conference betwee
the company manager and the mayor of Scobey re
suited in no agreement, and the city which pays
flat rate and has, it seems, been refused a meter baa
is. is investigating the possibilities of a municipa
plant.
MEXICANS INJURED IN WRECK !
Three Mexicans, all laborers on farms in the Sidnej
area, were seriously injured with decorations, brokeI
bones and bruises when the pickup in which they
were riding met with an accident, the particulars oil
which have not been learned because of the serioua
of all passengers. The car which belonged
to the employer of one of the men was completelJ
FIGURES GiNEN on DAM EMPLOYMENT
Figures for the end of August show the total employ1
ment on the Fort Peck dam project to be 5,137, del
crease of 4S during the last half of the month. This
an extensive layof when weather conditions
make work impossible, and other phases of the dam
work are completed. Promotions among dam laborerd
the past year have been 2,314, most of which were
among common rather than skilled laborers.
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