The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-07-19
PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRANS
PORTATION DEPTS. SHOW
CLEAN SCORE

Shelby, July lin handling the
travelling multitude that attended the
Gibbons fight at Shelby,
July 4th, the achievement of the ope-
rating, passenger traffic, safety and
police departments of the Great Nor
thern Railway was likened to the pre-
cision with which overseas forces
were directed in their big movements
that entailed rail transportation to
and from the fronts.
At Shelby probably close to 5000
people were brought into the town
the night of July 3rd, and taken
right out on the regular and special
trains the following night, right af-
ter the fight
No Losses Reported
The record of this movement was
remarkable in that there was not a
single complaint of a theft or loss
of personal articles, no report of in
jury, not one disturbance of serious
consequence, not any delay of bag
gage nor the loss of even n parcel
which the railway handled. .
All of which shows this particular
sporting throng was in the best of
humor, due to its soberness. There
was no visible drunkenness TO MAJ the
gathering which represented nearly
every walk in life from the effete
East as well as the picturesque West.
Bankers, business men, gamblers and
middle class salaried men from the
east mingled happily with the ranch
owners, COW boys, sheep herders, In
dams and women and children of
Shelby and its surrounding Montana
range country.
Company's Police Organization
There was a protective force, how
ever, injected into the big gathering
which worked as a telling factor
the police and detective army con-
sisting of railway special agents, de-
tails of detectives from the police
departments of the larger cities of f,
the country. small town sheriffs from 4
a dozen states, government prohibi-
ton agents, department of justice
men, revenue officers and deputy
sherifs sworn in from the ranks of /,
the American Legion forces-in all F..
probably 500 officers of the law. .
Martin Lins, chief special agent of
the Great Northern's Police Force,
in immediate charge of til spec
ial agents, foreign" sheriffs and de-
t~ectives detailed from the big cities.
He had probably a hundred men I'M
Ter his command and they devoted
heir attention to riding incoming .
rains, for a week before the fight,
ypotting and wedding out visiting
.rooks. confidence workers and sharp
RS. Besides they guarded night and W
Law a couple of miles of Pullman m
leepers parked on the siding in Shell
~ near the arena. Thus, while the
Northern Railways operating
md passenger department forces
ooked after the actual movement Of
he people, the law officers protect
d them against contact with thieves.
Employees Cooperate 81
C.. L. LaFountaine, superintendent q,
f safety Of the Great Northern Rail {.
ray, with his force of men, worked Il,
1cessantly against all accidents
the arrival and switching of trains. va
he result in all was a revelation of de
hat such cohesive operation of diff TO
forces can accomplish. Supt. m;
aFountaine expressed himself as be- m,
g amazed that not one person was lie;
Credit for preventing ac- int
is due to the excellent coope- CT
ton given by the locomotive en-
neers, firemen, conductors, brake be
and switchmen that handled all WI
e incoming and outgoing regular
ID special trains, he declared. tn,
1t seems that the cooperative do,
rces of the railway had anticipated SO,
Terything and laid their advance de,
ans accordingly with such precision wi,
at they registered one of the most of
scores in the history of pas we
niger transportation movement. an,