The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-05
TO CLOSE SALOONS
The Citizens League of Bozemsn Are
After the Booze Dealers.
MEN WHO KILLED AN ELK
They May Have to Pay a Large
Sum for Their Indiscreet Ac-
tions-The Laugh Is on the
other Excited Woman.
Special Correspondence of the Standard.

Other Excited Woman.
Special Correspondence OF the Standard.
Bohemian, Dec. 3.-The Citizens
league Of Bohemian held a rousing old
meeting in the Baptist church here this
evening and completed the organiza-
ton by electing its officers for the en-
suing year and appointing various COM
mittees to do the work of the league.
The officers elected are Rev. F. w.
10y, president; ]. H. Reesor. vice pres
ident; b. +. Maiden, secretary and E..
II. Fisher, treasurer.
The speaker of the evening was Rev.
d. S. McCaslin, the Presbyterian minis
ter here, late of Minneapolis, Mimi,
who was one of the principal workers
in reform in Huron, S. D., some years
ago, when that place was changed from
a city of IL saloons to a strong prohibi-
ton center. The Citizens league de-
clares that BoZeman as an educational
center must stand in this common
wealth as center of morality also,
and, with this in view, has undertaken
the work of totally annihilating the
saloons and other evils of Bozeman.
AS their opening effort in this campaign
they have drawn up a number of petit
tons headed as follows:
ITO the Hon. Mayor and City Council
of the City of Bozeman, Montana
Gentlemen:
I'VE, the undersigned voters and oit-
liens of the ofty of Bozeman, hereby
earnestly petition your honorable body
to enact and enforce the pending ordi-
nance to prohibit gambling in the city
of Bozeman."
These petitions refer to an ordinance
presented at the last meeting of the
city council by Alderman Koch to PRO
hibit gambling IN the city of Bohemian"
this ordinance to be acted upon at the
next meeting of the city council, which
will be on Thursday of this week, when
it is hoped by these petitions to show
that the prevailing sentiment in Boze-
man is against gambling and to thus
influence the city council to pass the
ordinance in question.
matter which is now being discuss
ed in law circles and causing a great
deal of interest here was brought about
by the arrest yesterday morning of Jo-
seph La Plant, Ezra Alsop and Sam
Wilson, by Game Warden James f.
Keown, for shooting a bull elk on the
Upper West Gallatin last week. These
young men were out hunting and being
under the impression that the game law
enacted in 1895 was now in force they
shot an elk for meat while in camp,
and upon their return home brought
the hide and a part of the meat in
with them, which led to their arrest.
Game Warden Keown has been inform
ed by Attorney General Haskell that
the old law of 1898 is still in force, and
that law makes the shooting of elk I'M
lawful and places a fine of $500 to $500
upon any violation of the same. The
over the prospect of paying a 5000 fine
for the killing of one lone elk, but find
that If they fight the case their at
torney will charge them $3.50 to find out
through the courts which of these two
game laws Is legal, and they are in a
great quandary as to what course to
take in the matter. All three of the
young men are taxpayers in this coun-
ty, young men of excellent character.
none of whom would knowingly violate
any law and 1t seems a pity that.
through these peculiar circumstances,
which cause two laws upon the same
thing but entirely contrary to each 9th
er to be upon the statues at one time, a
misunderstanding could occur which
SHOULD cause this great expense to three
honest citizens of this commonwealth.
The Mw of 1898, as construed by Mr..
keown, places this enormous fine upon
each one of the party which, at the
lowest amount placed as a penalty to
shooting elk, would make the three
young men open to a fine of $500. No
precedent is known to have come up in
the state since the enactment of the
law of 1895, although an arrest under
similar circumstances was made in
Missoula, but the accused party died
venting the settlement of this question
at that time.
The present case has not yet come
before the court, but II is thought the
parties arrested will plead before Just
ice of the Peace Stevenson on Wednes-
day.
w. B. Burket of the Gallatin Book e.
Stationery company gave a grand OPP
ening at his store on Saturday to dis
play his stock Of Christmas goods, ad-
vertising music, both vocal and instru-
mental during the afternoon and even
ing He had arranged a splendid pre-
gramme of selections from photograph,
piano, guitar and vocal music, FOR the
afternoon, and music by the Free Silver
band during the evening: but while
the store was crowded late in .he af-
ternoon quite a commotion was caused
by lady suddenly crying out that her
pocket had been picked. The lady in
question openly accused another lady
present OF having stolen her purse from
her pocket and. although no arrest was
made. the whole town was commenting
upon the circumstance during the rest
of the afternoon and evening. The end
OF the episode came when the lady
whose pocket had been picked returned
home and found her pocket book lying
upon the table. where she had left It,