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The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26
By R E. COONEY

1.-THE judge thought there was a
good joke pulled somewhere, so he
suggested that / buy a drink. l spent
as it was safe to show.
"Cosgrove never forgave me. He
said the Cinnamon were due for a
fine of $40 each, and though he did
not know how much l fined them, he
had an idea that l got about $50
out of the deal.
HE threatened every time he saw
me that he was going to have papers
drawn against me by the county at
torney,' but I always gave him the
horse laugh. Those were great days
do you remember" cut in an old
timer, now in the capitalist class,
when the Elks' lodge met where the
old Comique. One night after lodge
meeting we found a sheepherder
drunk in a closet. He was probably
there before our meeting started and
may have heard part of the work in
rambling around.
Everyone vas feeling pretty good,
so we decided to teach him a lesson.
We placed him under arrest and re-
convened. He wanted to know what
he had done, so we told him he was
charged with the murder of a man
named John Smith. We had a lot of
in the bunch and we pro-
ceeded with the trial in formal ses-
sion. The jury retired and quickly
found him guilty and the judge SEN
fenced him to be hanged forthwith
To u intense surprise the poor fell
low broke down and changed his plea
% N of guilty. He said he had been
drinking heavily. In fact, pretty
nearly had the snakes, and that he
1idn't know what he was doing when
he shot Smith We showed him an
Did revolver that was lying around,
md he admitted that he was the
owner of it.
well, we hanged him.
eve had a lot of Elks' initiation
oaraphernalia, so we put the rope
around his neck and a black cap on,
also a sort of harness underneath
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

his arms, and we hung him, drawing
gently on the neck rope to make i
seem like the real thing. We had
given him a lot of drinks to steady
his nerves for the ordeal, but he col
lapsed.
1--WE had to carry him out in the
alley to give him the fresh air. AS
soon as we saw he was coming to, we
all ran away.
II fancy that poor boob quit drink
ing after that. The chances, are,
however, he simply thought he had
had a bad dream"
when the Milwaukee was build
ing its grade into Butte" said a
prominent lawyer, two or three of
the hangers-on around the justice
courts established a night court of
their own. They rented a room in
the Owsley block and fitted it up as
a courtroom. Night after night al
legged constables would grab drunken
graders and bring them up for dis
turbance or drinking.
Then someone would volunteer to
defend them. If the boob was broke
they dismissed him, but if he had any
money they fined him within a few
dollars of his roll and told him to
beat it out of town. This usually
meant going back to the grading
'It is a fact that this court oper-
ated for weeks until the police got
next to it and broke it up. No one
was ever punished because none of
the victims could be found to tes-
However, the story is true, as old
know"
'"They say this moonshine is bad"
laid Charley Holly, at the Leggat.
Well, / knew fellows who used to
get crazier drunk on good whisky
han they eve did on m~oonshine.
'Now take the case of Wrestling
Iurphy, who lived on the Anaconda
Dad. Murphy and / we're good
riends, but when he drank too much
lie went bugs altogether.
zone night he got terrible soused
nd imagined he was a cat. The
My way I could get him home was
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

1921, 1882 and 1858, R. S. U. s., Of
the revenue laws.
Inasmuch as the judgment against
defendants must be affirmed fol
other reasons, we refrain from con
sideration of that question further
than to say that it has been certified
by this court to the supreme court
under section 239, Judicial Code, in
Brooks VS.. United States.
1T is clear that the fourth and
sixth counts are sufficient. The
fourth charges that the defendants
unwayfully conspired to have intoxi-
eating liquor in their possession in
tended for use in violation of the ma
tional prohibition act. The posses
sion with the unlawful intent is plain
ly alleged. The sixth count is a suf-
ficient charge of conspiring to trans
port whisky without a permit from
the commissioner of internal revenue
and without making a record as re-
CURED by law. The evidence showed
that a still was found in a building
near the residence of Violette and
his premises, and that Moret was
near the still; that in the
house in which the still was placed
there were quantities of mash and
sugar, hops and yeast, a condenser
and gallons of mash in process of
capable of producing
alcoholic liquor; that in a
nearby building the officers found
sacks containing Canadian liquor and
barrels of 'moonshine' whisky. The
jury was authorized to draw infer
ences of guilt as to the intention of
the defendants. Testimony of the
circumstances surrounding the dis
covery of the still and of the conduct
of the defendants was relevant to
show what they were intending to do
with the liquor.
There was no error in refusing
certain requests for instructions as to
what constituted conspiracy. The
court quoted the statutory definition
and sufficiently covered the essential
elements in further, explanation.
"The verdict having been a gen
eral one and the judgment having
been under the whole Indictment, and
he sentence not having exceeded that
which lawfully might have been i'm
POSED under counts four and six, de-
'endants cannot complain. Abrams
IS. United States, $50 U. S. GIG.
Judgment affirmed"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

to tell him / was a mouse and have
him stalk after me.
when | got home his wife came
out and Murphy got afraid. He
climbed the telephone pole lust like
any cat would do and chung there
on the cross-trees, meowing.
II suggested to Mrs. Murphy that
would call out the fire department
and we would get him down with
the hook and ladder. But Mrs. Muir
ply was a very wise little woman
I'll get him down. she said. You
hide behind the fence
Il did as she wished, and directly
she came out with a saucer of milk
and put it at the foot of the tele-
phone pole, calling Kitty, kitty
Sure enough, Murphy came down
and started to lap up the milk and
then Mrs. Murphy rushed him. After
a few wallops Murphy took the count
and we put him to bed. A diplomatic
woman can accomplish almost any
thing"
The victim of this joke doesn't
mind telling it on himself, but will
~ ~ faAc Lilo Gill " 10 doCos
The doctor had prescribed exercise
and every day he used to put on his
old clothes, drop off at the end of
the car line and walk four or five
miles.
One day as he m%eandered along the
country road a woman hailed him
from a nearby farmhouse and offer
ed him a square if he would saw
some wood.
He sawed quite a pile, when she
brought him a hand-out of very
tempting victuals. She was a good
cook.
Now wood saving was exactly what
this man needed, so he came back
the next day and sawed some more.
Each day he was rewarded with a
very p%alatab1e lunch.
At the end of 10 days he was feel
ing very much better and had sawed
two cords of wood.
But jealousy broke up the career
of the ~incognito hobo. The husband
remarked one day:
Miranda, I don't want that damn
hobo hanging around here any more.
Besides we got enough wood to last
us all winter - and he's too good
If / catch him around here
again I'll fill him full of buckshot."
The man to whom this occurred
Is now very prominent in Butte's
business world. He ascribes his
present health to the exercise he got
those two cords of wood
Years ago.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

Hon. Charles S. Muffly, presiden
of the Montana Mining association
has taken up with the Montana sen
ator5 and congressman the matter O
the inequality which now exists il
the purchase by the government Of
silver mined in Montana. Under the
rule now in force there is a big dis
elimination against the Montana min.
er and this discrimination exists in
face of the fact that the government
is In no wise a beneficiary of it's own
rule. 1t simply works a hardship
upon the Montana miner, with no cor
responding benefits. The following
interview on this question has recent
ly been given out at Helena by the
head of the Montana Mining associa-
ton:
"In my opinion" said Hon. Charles
S. Muffly, president of the Montana
Mining association, "the treasury de-
partment should change it's rule
which applies to the purchase of do
nestle silver. AS it now operates it
works a handicap upon the Montana
miner. For instance, if a producer
of silver bullion in this state wants
to avail himself of the government
price for silver, that is, 81 an ounce
as guaranteed by the Pittman act, he
must send his bullion to the mint at
Denver. If he takes it to the United
States assay office at Helena, he will
get about IS cents an ounce for it.
This, in spite of the fact that the
assay office here will purchase gold
and pay for it and in spite of the
further fact that the assay office here
is a part of the government ma
chinery for the purchase of the pre-
ciOus metals.
"This is the way it operates. Sup
pose a mine operator takes a bullion
bar worth $4,000 to the Helena as
say office. This bar contains gold
worth $4,000 and silver worth ST.
600; that is, worth $1,000 under the
Pittman act, which is the agreed gov
eminent price for domestic silver.
The assay office here will pay for the
81, 900 in gold $20.67 an ounce, but
will pay only the market price of
about IS cents an ounce for the sill
yer. Of course, the miner will not ac-
that price for his silver. Then
what must he do in order to get the
government price of $1.00 an ounce?
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26
JUDGE B0URQW1M'S DECISIONS lM BOOTLEG
CASES ARE UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEALS

Decisions involving questions of
wide interest and great Importance
pertaining to the prosecution of pro-
hibition law violators have been
handed down by the circuit court of
appeals at San Francisco in two of
the six Montana appeal cases in
which United States District Attor-
ney John L. Slattery appeared for the
United States at San Francisco last
October. The decisions were in the
cases of the United States against
Fred Violette and Peter Moret of
Missoula and were received by Stat
terry last week.
Violette and Moret based their ap-
peal on the ground that the Volstead
act has operated to repeal certain
sections of the old revenue law per-
tanning to the manufacture of liquor.
The appeal court affirmed the con-
viction in the district court and held
that there was sufficient evidence to
conviction under the prohibition law.
These defendants were raided on a
ranch near Missoula September %,
1920, where $50 gallons of mash, a
very elaborate distilling outfit, a con-
siderable quantity of moonshine and
so sacks of Imperial Canadian whis-
ky containing more than 1000 quart
bottles, we're found. They we're con-
victed of conspiring to violate the
Volstead act on several counts in fed
eral court at Missoula April 13, 1921
and each sentenced to serve 13
months in jail and each fined $500
and costs. When the raid was made,
said Mr.. Slattery, the big still was
in operation. Moret set up the claim
that he was manufacturing vinegar,
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26
You wouldnf put on hobbies
to run a foot race

Then why load up on handicaps for
the days work?
A good deal of food, unwisely chosen,
does weigh the body down and clog the
digestion, and dull the brain.
Why put on the hobbies?
Grape-Nuts is a breakfast or lunch
time dish for those who want food eff
cheney, and mind and body efficiency.
Grape-Nuts satisfies and nourishes.
1t delights the taste. 1t is ready to serve
whenever you are ready to eat. And it
digests easily, quickly and completely
leaving no handicap of heaviness and
droWsiness.
Grape-Nuts is the food for health
and action.
II here's a Reason"
Made by Postum Cereal Company, Inc, Battle Creek, Mich.
Sold by good grocers everywhere!
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26
The Courts Ruling

The courts affirmation of John
Samlin's conviction in the district
court follows:
1.-THE question presented in this
case is whether the judgment of the
court below should be reversed for
the reason that the verdict of the
jury found the plaintiff in error
guilty of a crime not charged in the
information. The information alleg-
ed that on or about March 19, 1921,
the plaintiff in error, at a designated
place, did then and there maintain
a common nuisance, that is to say, a
building where intoxicating liquor,
to-wit, whisky, was kept and sold, in
violation of Title IL of the national
prohibition act. The verdict of the
jury was, we the jury in the above
entitled cause, find the defendant
guilty of the unlawful sale of intoxi-
eating liquor, to-wit, whisky, on the
18th and 18th of March, 1921 There
is no bill of exceptions. We must
assume that there was evidence to
sustain the verdict, that the court
properly instructed the jury, and that
the plaintiff in error saved OF excep-
lions to the admission of testimony
or to the form of the verdict. The
inquiry is whether the verdict is
compatible with the indictment. Sec
ton 1895 Rev. Stat. provides: In all
criminal causes the defendant may be
found guilty of any offense the COM
mission of which is necessarily in
Guided in that with which he is
charged In the Indictment In %
eye 468 1t is said that a conviction
cannot be had of a crime unless the
indictment in describing the major
offense contains all the essential
averments of the less, or the greater
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

while Violette, on whose premises the
plant was located, claimed that he
had no knowledge of the distillery
although it was less than $50 feet
from his residence and within the
same enclosure, according to Mr.
Slattery.
Fine Point in Law
John Samlin's case involved a fine
point in law. He was charged with
maintaining a nuisance where intoXi-
eating liquor was kept and sold con
trary to law. He was found guilty
by a jury of the unlawful sale of
intoxicating liquor. He based his
appeal on the ground that he had
been convicted of an offense with
which he was not charged. The cir
cult court of appeals affirmed the
conviction, holding that the informa-
ton against him contained in fact
the offense of which he was convict
ed.
John Samlin was the principal in
the famous state supreme court
search warrant decision handed down
approximately a year ago in which
the high court held that affidavits in
support of search warrants must be
based on fact and not on hearsay in
formation and belief.
He was arrested on the charge in
volved in the appeal decision March
10, 1921, and convicted in federal
court sitting at Helena in July of
last year. He drew five months in
the county Jail.
1t will take 80 days before a man
date is issued out of the circuit court
of appeal on receipt of which orders
to sentence the defendants will be
issued in federal court.
Violette and Moret e represent
ed by the legal firms of Russell and
Medin, and Heyferon and Patterson,
both of Missoula. Frank H. Hunter
of Miles City and Mcintyre and Muir
ply of Helena represented John Sam
lin.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1922-01-26

GAS said, this action of the depart
ment is not in keeping with the spirit
of the law. In fact, is in direct vi
olation of the spirit of the law, if
not in violation of the plain intent of
the law providing for the government
purchase of silver under the Pittman
act"
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

The referendum by the Pioneers oi Alaska on the question of eligibility to membership, recently decided in the negative at the grand igloo at Ketchi- kan should be accepted by those mem bers in favor of advancing the date tc 1905 as the will of the majority. Ii would be fatal to the membership of this grand old organization to have a part of it's members secede because of the decision of majority of Pioneers The date for eligibility has been set back to 1900, and it is to be hoped that in time the majority of the member ship will see fit to advance it, allow ing many worthy citizens to join; but until this time, we, as Pioneers, must abide by our constitution, and work enthusiastically to advance the order to the foreplace place in fraternal or. ganiZations.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

The report that none hut American citizens will be employed henceforth on the Alaska railroad is very satis- factory to Alaskans in general. While the road was in the construction peri HeSrIHS anu IreehS Uc euIpIUyeu, uuL that necessity is now over, and aliens should have no chance 70 take the jobs away from bona fide citizens. The many or woman who has been in this country the required number of years for naturalization and has not taken advantage of its easy laws allowing them citizenship is not worthy of job on any government enterprise. It is to be hoped that these men will be re- placed quickly and with efficient Amer ican citizens.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

A prophet who lived many years be- fore Diogones once said that "All men are liars" By this it is to be supposed he meant that all men would lie to conform to the rules of society, and tell half truths to save embarrassing situations and save wounding othcl S feelings. That this is a public bene- faction will be realized when one re- members the detestation with which the persons who brides themselves upon being "candid" and frank" are held The man who lies for self-glori- fication does no harm, but rather seeks that adulation which all craze but which is denied to us. It is the liar who lies for the purpose of injuring humanity which is the, menace to so- ciety at large. The time will come when such man or woman will be classed with the murderer and punish ed accordingly. Fortunately, such per sons are few, but every community harbors one or more of them, their slimy tongues causing more misery md anguish to their victims than any physical ill. .>
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
ELECTION

To the qualified voters of the Seward
 School District, Seward Alaska:
 Notice Is Hereby Given, That, in ac- coTdance with the law relative there to, and upon petition duly and regular ly filed, special election is hereby called of the electors of the Seward District of Seward. Alaska, for the purpose of electirg two members of the Seward School Board, to fill the vacancies caused by the resignation of two former members of said Board You are to vote by ballot at said election for the followings officers:
 A Clerk of the School Board, who shall serve as such Clerk to fill out the unexpired period of the person for merly elected to such office, to-wit, two years;
 A Treasurer of the School Board, who shall serve as such Treasurer to fill out the unexpircd period of the per son formerly elected to such office, to- wit, one year.
 Such election will be held in the Town Hall at Seward, Alaska, on the 18th day of April, 1922, between the hours of.S o'clock in the forenoon and o'clock in the afternoon of said da'- HAROLD PAINTER, Chairman, Seward School Board.
 Publish April 6, 1T, IS. 1922. .?
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

way, steamships will handle their ton mage for the Interior over the Seward dock. With a harbor accessible at all times to vessels of any draft, there is no necessity for the forty hours run to the Interior port, other than to de- liver commission freight, for Interior freights can be at its destination by landing at Seward before the steamers can make the trip to Turnagain Arm. The time is at hand when a number of large wharves with spur tracks will be built here, and when this occurs our city must be liberal in dealing with these industries.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

Seward is very fortunate in climatic conditions. While many towns this far north have been buried under a deep blanket of snow, residents of Seward have been using their autos all winter, and the ground is bare, the sidewalks clear, and the town ready for it's annual spring-time grooming At no time this winter has tne nier- cury reached within ten degr2eE ci zero. and an absunce of gaies au: G':l- CT meteorologi2 cal displays make chis a good abiding place fo'' the hardy homeseeker.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

While we realize it is not ethical to dun our patrons through the columns of this great family paper, we desire to state that we have many accounts out, reaching into the hundreds of dollars. To maintain our credit and eat regu- larly it is necessary that we collect as promptly as possible. By no other way can we meet our bills. Therefore If you owe the Gateway send in your check. with as much more as you can conveniently spare, and we will arise and call you blessed. We need your money.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
MAYOR RESclNDS ORDER
 REQUIRING POLICE SALUTE

YOUNGSTOWN, O., April 18.-May- or George L. Oles, who recently start ed lively discussion by ordering all police to salute him today ended thu argument by resembling the order, say ing that he was 'ttired of saluting.'
 "They have kept me so busy saluting that I haven't had time to do anything else" the mayor said.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
THE ALASKA RAILROAD

Trains leave and arrive at Seward a. folIows:-
 1:30- P. M. Monday and Thursday for Roosevelt, Tunnel, Girdwood and Anchorage. Arrive 9:45 P. M. Wednesday and Saturday. Connections at Anchorage on Tuesday and Friday at 500 A. M for Mat anuska, Wasilla, Houston, Tal- keetna, Dead Horse, Broad Pass, Mckinley Park, Nenana and Fair banks, Monday and Friday at S:30 A. M. for Matanuska, Eska and ChickalOon.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
ELECTION AT PETERSUBURG

PETERSBURG: One hundred and eighteen votes were cast here at the recent election. Edward Locken was elected mayor Five councilmen were elected as follows: Russell York, Jo- mas Olson, Thomas Lando, Chris Chris jensen and Earl Dinner, John Flint was elected to the school board. The telephone franchise carried.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

While we believe that the news dis patch stating that the harbor at An chorage was fast filling up with silt is slightly exaggerated, the fact remains that vessels of any tonnage are averse to making the Cooks Inlet trip if they can avoid it. and it is highly probable that upon the completion of the rail
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
AT, kETCHl.kAN

kETCHIKAN Thomas Torry was .'c-eiected mayor at the recent city ----~:~ >e'io.S'u.-r Jvuh AIfuersOn and :xel osberg were Ire e'?elected; as were Il. K, Thompson as third man; with J A. Talbot for treaurer of the schools
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
ELECTION AT SJTkA

SITKA: Felix Beauchamp was elect. ed mayor; and Waldo Mills,. J. w. John ston, Len Peterson, and. John Sorvello. as councilmen. Mrs. de -Armond was elected to the school board l
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
BUSINESS OFFICE FOURTH AVE.
 Telephone, Madison ss
Subscription, SIPS per Month

The Genoa conference is coming up to the expectations of many statesmen, who predicted that it would break up in row before it started. Russia and Japan are not willing to feed from the same trough, and Germany and France are ancient enemies. The United States was wise in keeping out of the mix up.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
JUNEAU ELECTION

JUNEAU: For mayor, Ralph. E. Robertson; for ceuncilmer, two years; Jock Woodland, I. Golustein, A. F.. Nc. Kinnon.
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 For councilmen, one year. Wm., J. Beck, James J. Connory. '. -'' . For school treasurer, Grover Vim
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18

Road work will be started earlier than usual this year in the different sections of the territory. The early spring weather is propitious.
The Seward gateway., 1922-04-18
MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE;
 DIES OF HEART DISEASE

BELLINGHAM, Wash: After cut ting his throat with a pocketknife and shooting himself in the jaw with a pistol, both of which failed to cause death, J. P. Hyde, former mayor of Blaine, Wash, a town of about 5000 23 miles north of her on the Canadian border, died at the hospital yesterday while coming out from an anaesthetic administered by physicians who were treating his wounds. .. x = v :',
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