Change the Law Montana Stock Growers Association urged
The Pioneer urges Montana lawmakers to revise grand larceny penalties to reflect theft value. It argues current punishments are excessive for small livestock thefts and cites juries balking at penitentiary terms for a calf or pig. The piece commends County Attorney Horace S. Davis in a local case and links law enforcement to economic stability and public trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana Stockgrowers Association
Hoa Oman
Park County
Henry
Expensive Volstead Enforcement Weighs on Treasury
The article argues the Volstead Act costs nearly nine and a half million dollars annually for enforcement. It notes a rise from 3,000 to 30,000 agents with salaries from 1800 to 10000 a year and criticizes methods and cost efficiency in policing moonshine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Department of Justice
Havre
Bourquin
Butte
Worth What It Cost County Sweet Grass Prosecution
The Sweet Grass county district court spent 800 dollars to prosecute the Van Cleve case, while bootlegging offenses brought in 800 dollars, offsetting the cost. The piece argues law enforcement is essential, cites Arbuckle and Obenchain trials as warnings against lax prosecution, and says community safety and order justify public expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace S. Davis
Davis
van Cleve
Rankin
Sweet Grass County
Sweet Grass
Arbuckle
Burch
Madelyn Obenchain
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Maud Muller on Strike Elevates to Local Judge
A humorous verse depicts Maud Muller striking for higher pay, unionizing, and clashing with a farmer. After a zigzag path through the Labor Board and Warren G, a committee returns the decision and she is elected judge, earning a princely take-off daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Muller
Labor Board
Warren G
Post Dispatch
Items of Thirteen Years Ago May 20 1922
Community notes record Mike Whalen’s recovery from illness and the birth of a baby girl to Mr and Mrs C A Caulkins. The infant death of the Wallum baby is noted, trout caught by E Kepler, and talk of the wool mill reopening with wool prices at 23 ½ cents per pound from County Commissioner John Esp’s contract of Cotswold sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer
Mike Whalen
Henry Wallum
John Lord
Boulder Valley
W. L. Martin
S. I. Hopkins
Melville
C. A. Caulkins
E. Kepler
Boulder
John Esp
Esp
Supreme Court Declares Child Labor Law Unconstitutional
The May 15 ruling, delivered by Chief Justice Taft, finds the 1919 child labor act invalid as a federal taxation overreach into state police powers. The Drexel Furniture Co. case led to the decision, with internal revenue officials noting a small tax involved and plans to dismiss about 50 workers in the child labor bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
North Na
Atherton Mills
Ichm
J. George
Drexel’ Farniture Company
Taft
Internal Revenue
Teachers Examinations Scheduled Over June 1–3
Regular teachers examinations will be held Thursday Friday and Saturday June 1 2 and 3 Subjects for second grade certificates on Thursday and Friday for first grade and professional certificates on Friday and Saturday. county schools
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Big Timber Pioneer
Big Timber
Montana
Jerome Williams
American Press, Association
Harding
Grover Cleveland
State of
Frank Conley
Zander
Uncle Bim
Gthite
County
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Te Ad Ato
Scandinavian
Big Timber, Montana
American Legion
Percy G. Webb
Clyde E. Davis
Lamb
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