The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1902-05-10

ballet, opera or play is being per-
| formed, or any exhibition of dancing,
| Juggling, wax work figures and the
ike is being given for public amuse-
ment, and every person who employs
or procures or causes to be employed
or procured any female to sell or fur
nish any malt, vinous or spirituous
| liquors at such place is guilty of a
misdemeanor.
Sec. SGT. Every person who
causes, procures or employs any fe-
male for hire, drink or gain to play
upon any musical instrument or to
dance, wait, promenade or otherwise
exhibit herself in any drinking sa-
loon, dance cellar, ball room, public
garden, public highway, common,
park or street, or in any steamboat
or railroad car, or in any place what
soever if in such place there is con
nected Herewith the sale or use as a
| beverage of any Intoxicating, spiritu-
Gus, vinous or malt liquors, or who
| shall allow the same in any premises
under his control wnere intoxicating,
spirituous, vinous or malt liquors are
| sold or used, when two or more per-
sons are present, is punishable by a
fine of not less than fifty nor more
than five hundred dollars or by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail not ex-
ceeding three months, or both; and
every female so playing upon any
musical instrument, or dancing, wait
ing, promenading or exhibiting her
self, as herein aforesaid, is punish
able by fine not exceeding one hun
dred dollars or by Imprisonment in
the county Jail not exceeding one
month, or BOTH"
Box rustling, gambling and hurdy-
gurdy houses have received their
quietus.
And now there will be weeping and
wailing and gnashing of teeth, for
the very worst has happened.
The knell has been sounded for
the profitable industry of box
Trusting, the coffin has been ordered
for the variegated dance hall per-
formances.
Thus have two of the popular
modes of employment and revenue
Rbeen cut off
Imagine, if you can, variety show
without giddy, gaudy creatures to
lhelp you buy bottle, or on further
stretch consider the tameness of a
transforming layout without these
outside attractions inside.
The hurdy-gurdy is thing, a very
bad thing, of the past; perhaps the
variety shows will die a more linger-
ing death; but die they must, if po-
lice regulations are carried into eff
feet.
Yesterday Mayor Logan transmit
ted the following order to the police
department.
You will please notify all persons
concerned that on and after June /,
1902, the laws of the state concern
ing box-rustling, gambling and kim
dred offenses will be strictly en-
forced"
The sections of the penal code con-
corning crimes against public de-
,, cency and offenses against good NOR
ais, quoted above, are the text of the
orders from the mayor, not except
ing the gambling law, which is too
well known to require publicity in
this connection.
Within the next three weeks there
will be a great exodus of tinhorn
gamblers, dance hall fairies and
wingless angels from the green room
+, Where they will go the police only
know. 1t is now up to them.
-, Mr.. Logan has had an awakening
: his first week of Office which his pre-
decessor slumberously ignored fol-
four long riotous years.
Probably two-thirds of the felonies
L and misdemeanors which have black
) ened the court calendars of Flat
y head county during those past year.
a are directly traceable to the licens,
: allowed these unlawful pursuits
,. Right down to the present time,
crime still fresh in memory ant
which has not yet been passed by tn,
courts, the murder of William
ID Hawkes. in a notorious dance hall
s supposedly by drink sodden femal
re inmate, could not have happened ha,
T. the laws then been enforced a
"a Mayor Logan proposes they shall b
IS after June 1.
ID The men engaged in these variou
d. tabooed occupations are not dispose
to accept the ruling as final, but 70
to the sake of public decency it is to b
IN hoped that Mr.. Logan means bus
is ness and will so instruct and cor
" tinue to instruct the police author
er ties that every vestige of crimins
IS. misdemeanor affected may be wipe
IL out in Kalispell
ar This being done. the police coul
m may almost with safety go out c
business and the policemen wea