The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-07

Jay.walking is a habit SO frmiy
estabifshed IN all Missoula natives tnat
enforcement of the new ordinance re-
quiring pedestrians to cut no corners
has necessa rily been tiHsed with good
humor. But Officer William Moore
traffic squad pro tempore, found one
jay walker yesterday whom he did not
treat with his usual Kindness. 1t was
"Hey. YOU, get on back into that lane
and stay there" in a most police tone
OF voice.
The Jay walker was City Commits
sioner John I3rechbill, author of those
striking lines on Higgins avenue. the
commissioner had reverted to 1916 tao
tics in an absent minded movement.
He went back within the bounds he
had set without delay; like gentle
man." as Moore put it.
Pedest rians. however, are not the
only transgressors of the traffic law,
No, by q long way a Prominent Citi-
zen che called himself that IN the in
terview he offefed) counted during II
few min utes "a automobiles without
license tags or with 1916 numbers.
Moreover. to quote him. Il saw care
IeSSly driven ItldcutHeS oo'CiS 'i''''
| three children during those same Few
| moments. All of the cars were going
| fast, and not one of them missed muir
der by less than six inches. The traffic
| ordinance should be enforced in such a
! way as TO win respect
! To discuss the disposition of Police
Sergeant Therriault is like giving away
army secrets, for behinG n ierocious
| manner the sergeant carries more
Kindness than is commonly found in n
dozen policemen. But the sergeant
| told this one himself:
"There is a man, working for n big
construction company here, who goes
on periodic drunks.' lie said, and
makes trouble for the world and night
mares for himself. When he's sober
no workman could be better, but on Il
| jag he is Il fright He was brought in
here the other night. all jazzed ap.
He wanted a drink first and then a
| chew of tobacco and then a doctor.
| babied him all ] could and then left
him in his cell. He began to yell right
away. He said if he wasn't sent to the
hospital he would die. ] stood It as
long as ! could, tnen I went down
stairs. Look here said. III you don't
shut up III beat all the booze out OF
you and then turn out the light so you
can enjoy your snakes That finished
him. He didn't make another sound
and in the morning he was all sober.
plain talk did what they usually
need a hospital for. and the joke of it i.
that l wouldn't nave nit hf.n II he'd
bitten me-
patriotic but bibulous citizen
marched into the police station Tues.
day night to register. He had gra,
hair, but no argument would quiet hi:
drunken demand to be enrolled for tn
draft Finally the desk man gave in.
Whats your name" he asked.
Jake Twaddle.'
How old are you?'
"Fifty-two.'
Where were you born" and so o.
through a long, long list of FOOLS
questions. Finally the examiner said
, IAN right, now wen search you"
ri The patriot endured the search an
went patiently down to IA cell. In tn
morning he had lost mis- Jag In the con
tented sleep of n man conscious, q
having done his duty.
mo. Pm not physically disabled
answered one man at a south side pre-
cinct Tuesday. But the registrar ha
noticed that one of his legs was shol
and called attention to the fact. "Ol
). that's all right. That won't keep m
out of the army, will it?' was tn
mans reply.
Uncle sam will not get a traine
army from the draft. IL the registra
ton data in precincts 3 and 10 in SOut
: Missoula are amy criterion. Only thrs
men were found in the two precinc
who had had any military traininl
One man in precinct had receive
the training, but apparently had n
acquitted himself well, for he had bee
dishonorably discharged from IL
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