Yellowstone monitor. [volume] (Glendive, Mont.) 1905-1928, 1908-08-06
WELL! WELL! WELL!

Here we are. Who would have ever
thought, when we were walking
a good stretch over the hills to the
country school, inventing deviltry,
stealing slate pencils and throwing
kisses at the girls-that we would be
the coming Napoleons of the city of
Glendive, Montana-the moral dictat-
ors Of law and order, the fathers of
our city fathers, the sole judges Of
right and wrong and the composers of
music by which all the saloon men
must dance.
All this seems like Rip Van Win
kle dream, but fellows, tell you it's
true-just as true as it is that corn
fed beef is sweeter than the beef of
wild steers. Now fellows, this COM
parison may seem strange to you, but
note it's ignifcance-when we came
here, the people of Dawson County
were hospitable, courteous, benevo-
lent, truthful, frugal and industrious.
They never disputed land boundaries,
they divided venison, borrowed flour
from one another, chewed tobacco
from the same plug, and drank whis-
key from the same bottle. never ask
ing the make of the tobacco nor the
brand of the whiskey. Free, easy.
generous and obliging, but keen OBJ
servers, we'll read, intelligent CONVEX
sationalists, peaceable, law-abiding,
nervy and fearless-it seemed to us
like living under the old roofs of their
fathers and treading in the footsteps
of their grandfathers, caring naught
70. office or leadership. an easy prey
to slip in on, dictate to and rule.
So we framed up and organized q
society declaring for new laws anG
strict compliance Herewith. You SEE
these fellows were here too long, rest.
ing in the meshes of the old law nets
enjoying life and running their bust
ness to suit themselves and their
neighbors. without consulting oul
wishes or asking our advice.
You see these fellows cannot under
stand that the country has slipped
away from them, and we, the frs
missionaries on the ground, are en-
titled to be seen, recognized and con
suited as to their movements and do
ings. These saloon men are stubborn
class of fellows, but we told then
where to head in at and that they
must change the whiskey brands anc
reduce the selling hours. Soda water
from IL m. to 6 a. m. sounds great
deal nicer to our ears.
These old fellows because they pay
taxes and are qualified voters and res
idents of Glendive think our brother:
in the country holding down nome.
steads under the federal law and oul
friendly petitioners staying for 9
month or two in the city have no right
to subscribe their request for reform.
These old fellows raised on buffalo
milk, their stock grazing the public
lands without lease or cost, get humps
in their backs and utter grunts, as
much as to say, ''get out of oul
way But we won't; and we want
them to understand we came to stay
and rule, so let them be reconciled tt
their Kings.
When the Review says the city il
paying for all the liquor sold by saloor
men-l kick. When the REVIEW com
pares the taxes paid by saloon men a!
against their proceeds on goods sold
and calls the proceeds city money do
nated-somebcdy lacks common sense
The proceeds of my business or Labor
earnings are my money, and when
choose to buy drink | defy the Re
view:to say, 1.-THE city paid for it. :
The funds of my labor buy food
clothes, liquor and even newspapers
hut it takes the gall of the Review t.
say, ''city money.
When money is paid for Review
lottery slips to help some worthy LADY
- o,,t;no across the Paclf