The Havre herald., 1906-04-27
HAVRE, MONT, APRIL q, 1906.
GAMBLING WILL NOW CEASE.

| every county attorney IN the Statt
| which ''calls for the strict enforcement
| of the anti-gambling law" and which
l says:
II II do not deem it proper for me, as
a general rule, to attempt to make
prosecutions of violations of this OF
any other penal statute originally, but
it is within my province, and am de.
termined to hold local authorities
charged with the duty of enforcing
the law to strict account. By giving
this matter your immediate and care
| full attention you will show obedience
! to your official oath, subserve the SOL
emn mandates of the law and entitle
| yourself to every consideration and
assistance at my hands,
The attorney general defines his own
position on the gambling question as
follows:
"However, it is properly within my
4 power and province to entertain and
prosecute complaints made against
local officers for misfeaseance, non
feaSeance or malfeaseance in office,
and | have determined to insist, at
all times henceforth, upon this law be-
ing vigorously enforced, the same as
other penal statutes, or hold the local
authorities to strict account. | can,
and will, deal direct with local author
tiles and insist upon the faithful and
honest performance of duty by them,
or will file and vigorously prosecute
charges against them, under the pro-
visions Of section 1,545 of the penal
code, for their summary removal"
Added to his announcement is this
pretty pointed statement in Mr.. Ca
lens letter: "Public officers charged
with the enforcement of the law should,
in all honesty and decency, either per-
form their sworn duty, no matter how
distasteful, or else resign and permit
the selection Of others more suited to
the work. / stand for the enforce
ment of the law and l shall insist up
on the honest and faithful perform
ance of duties on the part of local Off
cials, and am ready to entertain, file
and prosecute complaints against any
local officers shown to have failed to
perform his duty. | have come to this
decision after careful consideration
and mature deliberation, and this law
must hereafter be upheld and enforced,
or else taken from the statute books.
1t is not consistent with the honest
performance of duty or obedience to
official oath for me or any other officer
charged with the enforcement of the
law, for any reason, to remain passive
respecting the enforcement of the an
I'll gambling statute.'
The HERALD's new type casting
machine has been shipped at last and
it is hoped that within the next thirty
days it will be here and in operation
Many new features in the way of
news of interest to north Montana
readers will then be added to the
HERALD. Our policy has always been
to give our readers all the news of the
district, and in line with this purpose
we cite the fact that the HERALD
is the only paper in the county which
maintains a corps of correspondents
in the several important towns of the
county.
The new direct primary law will
doubtless furnish many surprises to
Chouteau county voters as we'll as to
the candidates; but judging from the
number of candidates who have al
ready taken advantage of the oppor-
tunity, and by the interest displayed
by the voters generally, to say moth
ing of the large majority by which it
was adopted, 1t has struck popular
chord among the voters of this county.
John Pharson, the Chicago banker,
is credited with having said: "a mil
| liOnaire is a slave" This is true.
What is a mere million in these DAYS?
A man must have at least twenty
million before he can even be con-
| sidered "well Off"
The agricultural department says
that 100000 cords of wood were used
last year in paper making. And the
committee on the government print
ing office think it knows where the
most of it went.
DR.. Wiley, the scientist, is credited
with saying that most of the whisky
sold over the bar is merely prune
juice. That helps explain what is
meant by the saying that "a man is
full of prunes"
lhe government will no longer pay
express charges on money sent to the