Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-07-03

bar |, a. D. 1871, to September /,
1913, was about ,S19,5OO. This does

ID bsr !, a. D. 1871, to September
E73, was about s19,5OO. This doc,
not include the ccst of our crilnf6l
e. docket in the District Court. Ever
:, criminal sent to jail costs the count
:. - % per day for board. besides inc
~ dentals, fees OF officers, etc. Beside
le this the costof supportinsythe pauper
Il and vagrants in eur midst has bee1
about elS,OOO in the two years endin,
September l, a. d. 1873. It is est
mated that at least one-llalf of t!les,
pa!lpers and vagTants are the victim.
OF intempcrance.
we have a Territorial population
not exceeding twenty thousand. and
't yet we haveas many murders. breaches
y OF the peace, and general crimes com
! mltted as an ordinary community o,
" one .iand. ed thousand PEOPLE. What
y Is the secret Of this; There can lie
! but one answer. In the town of Hele-
ma alone there are moro saloons and
: gambling hells than will usually be
!, found III a place Of five times our
numbers. Here is the secret of the
vagrancY and crime which crowds our
hospitals and .iails, swells the crimi.
MAJ docket to undue proportions and
burdens onr young community with a
great and growing indebtedness. Five
men, unrcstrained by any law, are
pouring poison into the mouths Of our
people firing the blood aud filing the
Dra!n with madness, where in an Or
binary community there would be but
one, and that one subject to whole.
some restrictions. TO stop yacrancv
ana crime we must put check to this
system of unrestrained poisoning
which fills our streets with the clamor
OF lnadmen, and too often paints them
with blood.
1t would Re cheaper to support out |
OF the public treasury the men engag-
Ell in this busiEe IS than to allow them
unbr1dled license to carry on their
traffic in our midst.
Two criminal trials alone cost this
county about thirty five thousand dol
lars. We allude to the Territory as.
Onav;" for the killing of Forkey.
and the Territory as. Bull for the Iii.
ling OF Peelc. Both Of these cases had
their origiou in the bar-room and
bawtty house, Both mon were aconit-
ted on 2 second trial, although both
We're hung after leaving. the Is....ttssu Is....t I'd.
If yon deduct from our county III
debtcdness the expenses of these crimi-
nal trials, and expenses incurred on
account OF paupers, vagrants ami the
prosecution Of offences resulting from
intemperance, it would leave us free
from debt, and with a handsome sur {
plus i'll the treasury. I#
1t is grave question as to how far :
a few men have the right to carry oil I
a traffic to the injury Of every one else, !,
demoraliz;ng society and burtlening
the conn unity with debt aud conse- I
quent heavy taxation. But without t
this question: we deem; deem; !. II
the duty Of every good and true man I
to at least exert his influence against !
the abuse Of such a traffic, and to use t
oil lawful means to surround it with Y
proper restrictions and safeguartlS.-ln
At present any man can obtain license q
to sell intoxicating liquors by paying a
the necessary tax, and such license is i
without conditions. 81
Every applicant for license should :
be required to give a bond in the sum !.
Of at least five hundred dollars. Such
pond should be subject to liability and
license to forfeiture, il Intoxicating !! !
iqrors he sold to minors without the q q
consent Of parents Or guardian to {,
husbands after receiving notice from = =
heir wives to lcsist, or If sold to per Il
IONS already intoxicated. There should .
.lso be some restraint imposed upon &
he vending of impure or poisonous q
liquors.. sat- s7s'aa54 10 o '
weha no wish Or intention to
wage personal war upon those of our !.
eliow.citizens engaged in this bust. &c
lass. Our oppositios 10 to the obxse' OIL " "
he traffic and not to tho mes scho carru >. =
t on. We merely desire TO surrouni 9; G;
t with the same restrictions and safe G
u,ards as exist in nearlyall the states y y
f the Union. We ask nothine mora v y,
han this. We shall be satisfied witt, ;,
,othing less. s. 80 Ia u
Let ns then fellow-citizens. resolve It
d act IN concert uDon the following Ia u
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