The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-17
HAVRE GETTING MORAL.
Sunday Closing Ordinance the Result of
the Reform Wave.

the Reform Wave.
Great Falls, April 16-From a town
with reputation for the widest Ii
centiousness Havre may grow to be
the strictest in the state-for time. A
few weeks ago vice Haunted itself on
the streets, the town was the w:ctst
open of the wide open; now on Sunday
one may not even buy a peanut, rUch
less wash the alkali dust from his
throat with glass of malt extract.
And all this because Havre people
wrote President James j. Hill t1r ad
vice and his reply, in effect was 70
clean up the town, physically AMI NOR
ally or the division point was likely to
be changed. The cleaning, up was
necessary. Reports from that town told
story of moral depravity tha- was
not fit for print in it's details. The bet
ter citizens saw the point md set to
work to correct it. The story Of the
public meeting, the resolutions passed
and the action of the town council have
been given in this column. The result
of the movement is embodied in the
following ordinance and, though it is
over-stringent and for that reason thc
more liable to violation, the Havre peo-
pie are to be congratulated for having
at length struck the right trail:
IAN ordinance relating 20 closing sa-
looms, business places, places Of amLse
ment, and to conducting business fIom
IL o'clock p. m. of Saturday nigh IN
| til u o'clock p. m. Sunday night CT
| each week.
BE it ordained by the board Of alder
| men of the town IF Havr2:
Section j Thu from and attrr the
| passage of this ordinance all places of
| bushes s, saloons and places of amuse-
| ment within the town If Havre, and
within three miles thereof, rHctit as
| hereinafter provided. must be closed
and remain closed from u o'clock of
| Saturday night until 10 o'clock of Sun
| day night of each week.
h Section 2. No person within the
| limits of the town of Havre, and within
| three miles thereof, shall sell or offer
| for sale any beverage or Intoxicating,
| spirituous, vinous or malt liquor, or to-
| baccos, or canned goods, or goods, or
| merchandise of any description, except
as herein provided, in any building, sa-
| loon, tent or booth, or in any s'reEt or
| alley of said town, from - o'clock Of
Saturday night until u o'clock of Sun
| day night of each week. Any Iereon
| violating the provisions of the preced-
ing sections shall be deemed guilty of
| misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof. shall be fined not less than $40
and not more than 500, or be i!npris-
oned for a term not to exceed au Gays,
and shall forfeit his license
Section 3. Provided that nothing in
the preceding sections of Ibis ordnance
shall be construed to prohibit restau-
rants, lunch counters and hotels from
remaining open and serving lunch and
meals and furnishing lodging. or to
hinder or prevent livery stables and
bicycle stables from remaining open for
the purpose of renting and hiring con-
veyances horses and bicycles to trav
elers and pleasure seekers, or to hinder
or prevent or prohibit druggists from
filling doctors prescriptions, or to pro-
hibit dairy men and milk men from
delivering milk, or ice men from de-
livering ice.
Passed by the board of aldermen and
approved April 7, 1899.
| "EDWARD DOYLE, Mayor.
! ATTEST:
&C, w. LING, Recorder