The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1892-01-02
IN DURANGO VILE
croat and Noble Characters
Have Been in Jail in
Past Times.
v,w civ Jail Is the Peer of ANY
similar Structure in Mon
tana.

,.;sit to the average city Jail is not
lated 10 cause "A person any great
nrt If pleasure nor is one supposed
.;nco an absorbing degree of interest.
an institution, to use a stale joke,
10 = graveyard, those inside can't get
;t they wished and those on the out
1on't want to get in if they could.
lils. like many other things, are
liz necessities brought on by the
b,ios Of the race. They are therefore
h. institutions and any improve
Its made in them should interest tie
3ipq public just as much as the
INNS written about Office buildings.
Mi houses, etc. This is the time Of
Vben a man is supposed to eyincc
interest in the lot of those who are
81 fortunate as he, and try if pos
] IN amclorate the condition of such
brtunates.
kany strange scenes, often pathetic to
Iamarkable degree, in dramas and in
Ies. are represented as occurring in
no durance vile, and the effect of
E,b IN thehearer or reader is sometimes
,dorrul. The Jail scenes in certain
KS where mother and son, husband
wife or two lovers are cruelty thrust
RI. prrhaps to never meet again, are
H. sufficient to melt a heart of stone.
6mau. and even men. have been
Dwn 10 90 into Mysteries Ove such
Ne and to be carried from the theatre
4 urpcarious mental condition.
Diner strange and grewsome tales are
about jails in the olden time during
| IuauisitiOn when prisoners were
kturri in all conceivable manners be
kse they did not see lit to believe Just
the authorities prescribed. Some
bat men have in times gone 10y been
kfned in Jail for trivial matters which
klay would not be considered very bal.
bv some promincnt.bu not necessarily
bat men. who commit thcfts of money
ID frequently steal the franchises of the
|opIe 90 by fraud to congress.
Rliileo who invented the telescope,
Dnyan who wrote the immortal Pill
Inns Progress and host of other bene-
ctors of the human race were sent to
h for some little thing or on trumped
! charges. 1t is even said that during
le present century some of the ac-
laintances Of Robert Fulton wanted to
I've him sent to Jail as being an insane
Id, therefore, a dangerous person while
Ie great inventor was trying to induce
kme one to help him build the first
)eamboat.
After reading the above it will have to
! acknowledged that a Jail is often a
bidding of more than passing interest.
the list of building improvements
bmpleted in Great Falls during the
BAR nearly ended mention should be
tade of the addition to the city Jail.
ne amount involved is in the neighbor-
bod Of $4,000 and the new structure is
Jade, maks as worthy an appearance.
btside and in. as such places usually do.
be addition is GOx25 and two stories
Ugh. 1t is made of brick and finished off
J the inside in tirst-class shape. BY
bidding this addition three commodious
kns for females, which were badly
f:ded before, are ready for use.
hey are on the second floor and are
Dnnected with "a gOod-sized bathroom.
p the new part there are also Il coy
room for Sol Yates, the janiter.
be for the hoschouse foreman, Sam
a large office, a closet for the of
to leave their uniforms in when oil
uty, and a stable ten feet wide for the
team. and many other improve
eEts.
The old part has been enlarged and
lie kitchen put where the office used to
:. The cell room has been freshly
mented and presents a neater and
appearance. \ stairway has
put in connecting the police court
.th the Jail office which is a great con
%nience. The city hall and jail are now
ally one building. The hose house has
plastered and looks very fresh and
This work was all done by
at rustling contractor, George Grant
d that he did his part well no n who
spects it can doubt. This Jail improve
ent was planned and supervised by the
y engineer. George b. Morley. 1t is
" as commodiously and conveniently
ralgned as any in towns twice this size