Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1937-11-20

/ was sentenced to serve three years
| In prison. Others arrested from time
/ to time during the next two decade:
drew terms of from two to three years
Much less serious was the offense o.
shooting with intent to kill, the record
shows. A prisoner held on that count
was found guilty Dec. IL, 1891, and was
In almost the same breath, however
the court bore down in all its wrath
upon one whose faulty technique led
to his arrest on a charge of branding
other peoples cattle" He got three
years.
Although celebration of Armistice
day could have had nothing to do with
it, the book Soberly records that on
Nov IL, 1897, two local youths drew
Is days apiece on charges Of resisting
an officer. Deeming the matter worthy
of comment, the book says, "They done
up officer Black"
Just to prove that the frontier had
residents who sought to give q certain
dignity to brawIing, the book records
that in 1895 one Joseph Jones became
extremely irked with a fellow citizen.
Instead Of casually hopping his enemy
as was the custom, Jones made the
error Of trying to be formal The
record says that he was given a SuS-
challenging to fight duel"
Conservation Moves
That game conservationists had
their troubles as far back as 1897 is
shown by a notation entered on Sept.
9 of that year, concerning a 5000 fine
levied upon an impatient nimrod for
using 1ernt powder to kill fish"
Sprinkled at regular intervals through
the book near the start of the century
are numerous items relating to the ar
rests of those who shot ducks out Of
season, and who we're usually fined
$10O.
The first mention Of mode Of loco
motion other than. that OF q horses
back is made on the record for Sept.
IS, 1898, when one William Pansey, de-
scr1bed as a race horse man." was
charged simply with breaking a bug
Qie." On the following day, says the
record, he was discharged when he
paid for buggie and costs"
BY 1899, the speed craze had begun
to make itself felt. This is proven by
an entry on Nov 26 Of that year, when
q 25-year-old youth was sentenced to
serve 80 DAYS for stealing a bike"
During the next decade, malefactors
stuck to horse stealing, in so far as
transportation mediums were con-
cerned the book reveals.
Start of the new era Is definitely
signalized under date of Aug. IA, 1910,
when the automobile is mentioned in
the record for the first and last time.
On that date. two 20-year-old youths,
1ne from Butte and one from Winni-
peg, were Jailed on grand larceny
charges, based on the theft of an auto
mobile. The book records that these
prisoners were released on bail, but
gives on further inl1ling as to their
If any.
Affording a sharp rebuttal to those
Who contend that flaming youth has
rome to the dogs in the past decade
md that boys of a quarter century ago
we're milder creatures than those of
oday, the book records that on June |
!, 1908. four youths were arrested. One
vas is, one was 16 and two were II. !
Their offense?
Says the record: Holding up the
shelby train"
The record further diScloSeS that the |
hree older boys each were sentenced /
o serve six years in the penitentiary !
The younger boys was also faced with |
he charge of murder in the second /
legree. The record alleges that he
shot and killed one Dempsey" in the /
curse of the robbery. He was sentenced /
o serve 80 years.