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Home My WebLink AboutHistory of the Bozeman Police Dept_Chapter 07 ' Chanter 7 ' Dav Book & Blotter ' In the basement of City Hall in a secured area are reports and other papers related to the Bozeman Police Department. Needless to say, most are covered by a thick layer of dust. I was able to locate journal type books that captained the daily activities of the ' Police Department . The earliest that I found was dated 1925. 1 found each quite interesting and several of the entries somewhat humorous. ' As I read many of the entries, I felt myself going back in time as I know what it is like to be a law enforcement officer. In order to respond to the "emergency call", the ' officer would have to summons a taxi cab in order to get where he needed to be in a timely manner. It was also quite interesting to learn that Police Officers of yesterday were bound by many of the same legal standards that today's officer must adhere to. The mode of transportation for yesterday's officer was "foot Patrol". Numerous entries were made where an officer would find unsecured property and contract the ' business owner. Officers were so familiar with their beat they knew things were okay just by the looking at the store interior. Examples of this would be certain lights on or the position of the cash register drawer. I will take you back to November 10, 1925. I have not changed the spelling nor the grammar of entries from the Blotter and Day Book. In some cases, I omitted either ' the first or last name for the privacy of individuals involved and their relatives. Try to imagine you as being the Police Officer an duty during that time period. What type of training was required? What were the educational requirements? What standards were ' used for recruitment and hiring? I can assure you that it is nothing like what is required of today's officer. ' November 10 1925 8:30 m: A call to the Montana. Hotel. They had a hucker in there. That they did not want her there. We told her to leave town and she said she would. ' Shipps & Andy ********** ' November 13 1925: Told Mr. Williams that his negro porter was suspected of gambling in the rear of the barber shop. Mr Williams says that the porter may play same cards with 22 0 f1 1 one eyed negro (probably OW Smith) but he thinks that is all. Also told Mr Williams that porter was suspected of selling "moon". Mr Williams thinks not. Mr Williams says he will investigate both matters. FMB November 18.1925; Called to 117 E Olive. Some boys throwing snobals at negro. Charley house. But failed to conect with them. Chief November 21,1925: John the carpenter came to us and said Bab had nocked him down in Sheperd's place. We told him to go to Mr. Wilson and sign a complaint. He said he would go Monday noon. Shipps & Andy November 14 1925 1 am: I came out of my alley. Shipps meet me on the comer of Bozeman and Main at Scags Store. I said we would find out why there was a light in room 17 of International Cage. The china. man said old man and to go see. We went. We found C Nix in bed with his clothes an. And three mickey's right side of his bed. You can get him if you want him in room 17 4 bottles. Shipps & Andy ********** November- 22,1925: I seen Vinson go up in the room over branch office with 2 young girls. Chief ********** November X3,1925: I told Vinson that he must go to work. That I was going to Vag him. He said he was looking for money from home. I told him that did not excuse him. Chief 23 November 23,1925: I seen Vinson in the Shany Hi with Miss Ruba 16 year old girl 4 pm. Chief November, 24,1925: Brown seen Vinson in from of Shany Hi last evening with a young girl. Chief ********** November 29,1925: We made twa trips down to the coal sheads. Everything OK. Shipps & Andy December 1,1925^ Called to International Cafe at 5:30. Some trouble. But could not f nd out a thing. Shipps & Andy ********** December 2.1925; Mr Fox was found in his roam this a.m. at 9. Died don't no just what was rong. Chief December 5,1925: Picked up three Hoboes on E Mendenhall with bottle of Condence alchall. Sent them out of city on freight train. Chief December 7,1925: Coplens truck hit a car about I2 p.m. at Main and Bozeman. I hear 24 that the truck is in fault. Chief December 8.1925: I had the spedometer fixed an Na 1. We may catch some rasers in the evening. I hear they are speeding up an $ and S Av. Chief December 15 1925: I arrested Leaman as a witness and being drunk and his case overlooked as a mistake of mine. Chief ********** fecember 29,1925: I went up to Millers and found na man that I thought was doing a Tong. Think Mrs Rossenbery had a pipe dream. Chief January 2,,1926: Entry Hated in the "Blotter" that stated " l~ficial Report to FM Brawn in Police T~epartment is $4017.00 fines paid". Chief Authors note: Based on my research, I believe this is the amount of fines that were collected during 1925. Janus 2 1926 11:25 m: Light went on. A call to the International Cafe. Happy said that Lee Ping was drunk and had tarn down the curtain in 1~ront. IIe got in a car as I was getting there and have not seen him since. Andy 25 Februar„y,,1,,1926: Policemen Notice -College authorities request that any bays who are delegates to the Vocational Congress who are seen on the street between 9 am and 12 noon and 1 pm and 4 pm be sent to the college gymnasium. Also that you watch the Pullmans the boys are sleeping in and see that no women or girls loiter around them. FMB February 1.1926: Notified Sim Beck to move his manure pile as it had a bad oder. Chief February 1,1926: Made two trips to the Pullmans. Everything seamed all right. Andy February 2,1926: I sent 3 High School boys to college at 1p:30 am. Chief February 2,1926 2:3U am: Light went on. A call to Pullmans in the Milwaukee yards. Everything seamed all right. Central said the call came from Gallatin Hotel. I think it was a prank. Andy Februa 6 1926: I see they have opened up the rooms of International Cafe today. That means trouble. Chief ********** February 9.1926: Light went on. Call to the Bozeman Hotel. There was a bunch in the toilet making to much noise. I called them dawn. Shipps 26 Februa 16 1926: One new flash light battris for Andy. Chief ********** Februar 2D 1926 12 oclock: Light went on. A call to the Bungalow Cafe. A lot of high school kids gat to loud. Shipps & Andy Februa 20 1926 ] :3Q am: Light went on. A call to the New York Cafe. ~ big bunch in there. I gess they might have had truble if we had not have been there. Shipps & Andy June 9,,1927: Found where someone had attempted to enter Wilson Store thru rear coal shoot. Gillette & Barnes ********** June 9,1927,,: Went to 603 West Lamme St. Gat a book for the Library. Shipps ..~~c 9, ;.927: Called at 421 E Mendenhall far a book. The lady was not at home. I left word far her to return the book to Library. Shipps .~ f, *°°" • ^ 1927; Some one brok in Flint & Fields warehouse at Wallace and Peach. I7aven't missed anything. Shipps 27 August 25,1927_ Call fram Rossman 71S S Tracy that a bunch of bays had kidnapped her son who was just recently married. Rossman run them down with a club and got his son back. Gillette AuQUSt 26..19927: Lite on call to International Cafe to inspect traveler check 7936730. October 25s 1927_: Call from Sheriffto search freight train coming from west. Had been holdup at Logan. Train was leaving when call came in. Barnes &. Gillette November 5,1927_ The dog catchers caught 12 dogs and put them in the pound. Shipps ********** November 5.1927: Turned the big police dog to the girls at the Bozeman Hotel. Shipps ********** November 23,1927: Called to the 600 Black and got 12 head of hags and put them in the pound. Con & Shipps ********** December_11,1927: Piggly Wiggly coal shed open. Gillette ********** 28 December 21 1927: Arrested one Billey Goat for trespasing. Shipps December 21,__1927: Mrs Smith will call at S pm and get the goat. Shipps ********** December 23 1927: JB Moay started to work as night watchman at the East End. Shipps January_15~1928: Caught a horse crossing Main St at Bozeman Ave hitched to a buggy. No driver. Took horses & Buggy to Pratt's farm. Barnes ********** February 27.1928: The Bozeman Meat Market is killing young beef and mutton in back shed of there shop. A good mess for warm weather. McKay ********** March 25.1928 _ Call to New Peking. Had been fight. Was over when I got there. Ones who stated fight were gone. Chinks want warrant for them. ********** April 29,1928:_ Call to Elks home to take a man home to prevent fight. Sherrif beet us there. Forrest & Hanks 29 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Mav 1.1928: Mrs Miller at 104 W Lamme reported that her little girl was lost. The Miller girl was found upstairs asleep. Shipps ********** Ma 11 1928 12:15 m: Picked up 2 boys and floated out of city. Shipps Ma 14 1928 10:30 m: Boose party at 521 N Grand came to an end with a drunken fight. McDonaugh, Forrest & Barnes Mav 15,1.928: Persin Jeweler Store robed last nite. Attempted to rob Gallatin Drug store last nite. Shipps Mav 15,1928: Police officers company Agents McDanaugh & Jones. Went to McMahony ranch 12 miles up Bridger Canyon and seized one 60 gallon still. 32 gallons of moonshine whiskey. Ma 17 1928 4:30 m: East end ok McKay Mav 19,1928: Killed one female dog at pound. Barnes ********** 30 May_22 1928: Call to 213 E Qlive. Two ladies having trouble over line between gardens. Barnes & Shipps ********** M 27 1928: Arrested Thompson driving car while drunk on N Bozeman. Put up $25.00 bond. Hanks & Barnes ********** June 18.1928 11:3D nm: Lite call to 222 S Willson. Mrs Thompsan daughter had been gone since 9 pm -came home while there. Mrs Thompson said she did not allow her to keep company with boys. Barnes Au st 5 1928: Answered call to 4xfard moms. Five men drunk and raisin hell. Men gon when we gat there. Sly & Forrest A must 11,,,1928: Call to 201 N Black. Found about 1 pt whiskey, 3 qts wine, arrested S people. Con, Forrest & Shipps Au ust 19 1928: Sawyers store broke into last night and the safe broke open and the money taken. Don't no how much. Shipps 31 Au ust 23 1928: D Karroll -Great Falls -Buick Lic #3455 Mont. and Cicil Murphy - Bozeman -Ford Lic #29628 Mont. Came together. Slightly damaged front and rear fender and running board. Karroll was backing from curb. Sly September bL1928: Arrested Compton drunk. Gave Compton chance to go home - came back to police station started arguing about being arrested, then stopped me (Barnes) on St. Tried to argue about being arrested so we brought him to jail. Sly, Walton & Barnes September,6,1928: Mrs VerWolfe reported Mexican had taken her two little daughters Jane & Betty to show. Picked up Mexican at Rialto. Had paid the girls way in. Locked Mexican up. Shipps & Sly ********** September 1,1=1928: Called to Hardesty office and killed one dog. Arnold &. Shipps September 11.1928: Arrested Buzard. Drunk Posaation of moonshine whiskey and asualt. Con & Davis September 16,1928: Call to So Willson. Got a bitch took her to pound. Barnes ********** Sentember,,,18,,1928: Found manhole cover off at 3'~ & Dickerson. Sly 32 September 28.1928: Light call to 119 S 6~'. Kids raising cain. All gone. Barnes ********** Se tember 29 192$: I was going south an Tracy and Leo Killeyband was going east an Olive. He hit the rear end of motorcycle. Broke handle bars & Bent fenders. Bent axil and tire from his car. Forrest October 2.1928: Lite call to 411 W Olive. Boys causing disturbance feting air out of tires, turning water on porch. Officer gave 4 bays a good scare and sent them home. Barnes October 5.1928: Call to 217' S 8~' to get a dog that was having fits. Took him to pound and killed him. Sly & Barnes ********** October 17' 1928: Released James on agreement to leave City dump. Also to leave City by 10-22-28. Barnes October 24.1928: Raided # 10 E Peach -drunken party. Evidence was broken as we were intering. Chief, Con, Alburn & Ollie L Sly 33 Uctober 2S 192$: Arrested Sam dead drunk laying in street on North Rouse. Walton & Sly November,6,1928: Kelley to report at 10 am Nov 7, 1928 -running dance without license. Barnes & Sly ********** November 3Q. 192$: Brought Taylor to station investigation, several complantes being mad, boys bothering girls on the St. Walton December 7.192& Light call to 411 W Ulive_ Girls having party. Ice cream stolen from back porch. That they new who took it but would not tell, Did not find it. Sly Januar_v,_1,1928 4 am: Call to SZD So Willson. Someone had tried to get in house - man was wearing New Firestone Rubbers. Barnes & Sly Janna 7 1929: Raided room over Main cafe. Crap game going on. Got money and dice box on table. Sly ********** Janua 12 1929: Arrested Harry drunk and using Fomistells doorway for a water toilet. Barnes 34 Janua 16 1929; Called to 31f N Plumb St and got one police dog and put it in pound. Con & Shipps ********** January 18.1929: Sold the police dog to P. Benell far $2.00 on time. Con ********** January 31,,1929: Arrested Buck. Locked himself in toilet at Club cafe and vomited all over floor dead drunk. Richards & Sly Februa 7 1929: 4 sleepers 19 below zero. Barnes Februa 25 1928; Arrested Al in New York cafe. Gave him a chance to go home. Barnes March 3 1929: BC Brown going So on Willson and Norman Hamill going N on Willson ran together. Both to blame. Sly & Barnes March 11 1929: Arrested McKay in New York cafe drunk and using vile grammar. Was using dirty language yvu could hear a block before he went into the cafe. Jenkins &, Richards 35 1 1 1 March 13.1929: Killed a bitch on Montana Ave that was in heat. After complaints had been made. Shipps & Barnes ********** March 20 1929: Answered light call to 308 S Tracy Ave. Negro woman had fainted - everybody seemed to be sober. Richards & Sly March 26,1929: The Gallatin Lumber Co The Sweet and Co The Ryan Frit Co The Bozeman Bottling Works was broke into on the Hite of 3-25-29 Shipps ********** Apri113,1929: Arrested a bum for mooching in front of Montana Power Co. Richards A ri117 1929: Arrested Payton on Sa Wallace for speeding on No Wallace 40 mi per hour. He put up $5.00 bail. Richards, Jenkins & Sly ********** Apri129.1929: Earl arrested for letting chickens run out. Richards ********** 36 Mav 4,1929: Warned a boy to quit seting his dog after neighbor cats. Barnes May 14,1929: Tom Wheeler started to work as policeman. Belt started to work as dog catcher. Barnes Mav 27,1929: Floated Tailor. The telephone girls donated $3.00 to help him on his way. Barnes June 11,,,1929; Jay A Stucky started riding motorcycle on May 29 as speed cap. Barnes June 22 1929: Several cars on the street wouldn't start when the owners tried to start them. A man was hanging round the cars and he went and started one car for "two bits". Looked like he had been jimming them on purpose. We asked him to stop so we could talk to him and he started to run down No Boz St. Pete fired a couple shots in the air but he kept going and we lost him dawn a couple of blocks. Richards & Jenkins ********** June 26,,,1929; Released McLane on pramice to leave town. 51y ********** July 8,1929: Took chicken eating dog to pond and killed it. 37 July 2$.1929: Gave Kelley ten minutes to leave town. Stucky & Sly ********** July 23.1929: Notified Mrs Eldridge on Boze that complaints were coming in about her caw bawling all night. Sly July 26,1929 Geo P Dier Lic 44-750. I wanted him to take a tag for not stopping when entering Main St. He refused tc> take tag saying he did not have to. I told him he either had to take tag and appear in Court or put up a bond. So I asked him to come to station with me and he refused. Called me a liar etc, so I brot him to station and make him put up a $ l O.OQ bond (check). Pete Jenkins ********** July 30.1929; Dave Stewart started to work as traffic officer. ******~r*#* Au~vst 5.1929; Outside light at Sawyer's store out all night. Anderson August 13,1929: Went down and looked the jungles over and found no one there. Jenkins & Anderson Au uat 21 1929 9:45 am: Chief ofPolice Pete Holt and Motorcycle Policeman Marlin Zallman were both shot and killed in the police station at Livingston, Mont. ********** 38 August,31,1929: Light call from Rialto Theatre wanting policemen there to help with crowd. Jenkins September. Z7, I929: Harry Voulkos -little boy was hit by a car at the corner of Main and Black. Elk Wagner was driving the car. Nothing serious. Sly October 2,1929: Went to 409 S Grand and told them they had better keep their chickens up. They said they killed all their chickens so it must be somebody else whose chickens are out. Stewart a•**~*#s*** December 21,1929: Lucius Jenkins reported that Hanry Hyatt dog tore the coat off of his little girl when she was passing by his place about 9 pm. Hyatt lives at 201 N Black. Jenkins February 21.193Q 5:45 pm: Caught bum female dog on So Bozeman. Killed her in my wood shed. Jenkins ********** March 3,1930: Harry Sinkler reported that he ran into Mr Stanton the mail carriers buggy in the 300 block on South Church St. at 6:55 pm causing some damage to buggy. Also to Harry's car. No one hurt. Harry said Mr. Stanton had no lights on his buggy. Wheeler 39 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 March 29.1,930: Sold at auction impounded mares. One gray no brand to Joy O'Donnell $12.00 paid. One bay mare no brand to Fred dams $11. SO paid. Barnes Chief of Folice ********** A ri130 1930: Phone call H. Renn, Clark Apts. Said he caught Nelson of Nelson Cab Co. taking gas from his car. Wanted to get out warrant. Advised him to come in and see the Chief this a.m. Said he would. Wheeler Ma 8 1930: Light call. Sheriff's office said there were four men in a Ford car Lic 27277 driving down Main St. Wheeler June 10 1930: Robert Jones ordered to go to work. Barnes June 29,,,1930: Arrested dames Turner for driving with no lights on his car. He almost ran into me at the intersection of Church and Main. Cash $3.75 Cell No 2. Stewart ********** Jul 3 1930 7:45 m: Call to Chinese laundry - reported a hold up -could find no one. Wheeler ********** 40 Au ust 29 1934 11:50 m: Phone call to Baltimore Hotel. Got bitch that is in heat running around on the streets. Wheeler Author's Note: In this particular "Police Blotter" and entry was noted on October 8, 1930 that stated the amount of fines are $1763.91, an average of $220.36 a month. Februa 19 1931: Called to Library. There were some boys on the steps passing mean remarks to people coming in and out. Went right up there. They were gone when we got there. Jenkins & Anderson March 3 1931: Park basketball. Big night. Anderson March 4 1931: East end ok Snow storm Anderson ********** March 23,,1931: Prowler in Irving School building Friday night 20`~ March. Missing about $b.00 and 5 pencils. Stewart ********** Mav 2•__1931 12:40 am: Chased car with 381ic an out of town east but couldn't catch him. Drove down Main St. about 40 miles an hour. Stewart 41 June 9 93:Girl on Pinto Pony called at the Police Station and said she wanted a Police at once. Said Smith and his wife were fighting. I asked her where. She said we would have to follow her. She took us to Bozeman and Peach. It was all over. Jack Ganffer & Andy ********** June 11 1931: Went to Elks Club found and confiscated slot machine No 195688. A five cent machine. Stewart & Barnes dune 26,1931: Light call to Hawthorne School house. Kids raising dickens and playing on swings. Neighbors complaining. Sent them home. Ralph ********** Jul 5 193 : Call to 411 N Wallace. Dog under porch -afraid of fire crackers. Took it out. Stewart July 8.1931: Went down to 317 Perkins Alley and went in and found 4Q gals of beer mash and approximately 225 bottles of bottled home brew and syphone hose and bottle capper and caps. No one home when we got there. We took all the bottled brew to the station and left the mash. And nailed and locked the house. Mr Arnold & Mr J Smith July 11.1931: Escorted six car load Gypsies through town. Mandervill & Barnes 42 July 15,1931: Orvill Jones & wife stopped to pay a friendly call at Police Station. While on their was to Billings. Barnes ' Uctober 28,_,1931, 1:05 am: Telephone call to 119 S 6`~'. Boys writing on side walk with white and black paint. Gane when we arrived. Probably some Fraternity playing a joke on the Alpha Omicion Pi. ' Jenkins &. Sly November„ 8,1431: Just returned from hospital after interviewing Bob Langacre about ' accident east of town. He says "I just opened car door and stepped out while going 50 mi per hr"• December 10.,1931: Telephone call to 119 W Cleveland. That there was someone in ' the basement and to come at once. Went right up there. No signs of anyone. Took Erickson taxicab. Driver Walter Latta. ' Jenkins & Anderson 1 Februa 9 1932 3:15 am: Officer Sly on way home supprised burgle in Joe Rosman Gro. Store on Grand Ave. Burgler went out back way through Kenion Nobles lumber yard. Sly gave chase, firing three shots at burglar who out run bullits. Large quanity of Gro found cashed in lumber yard. Also ducking sheep skin lined coat left by burglar. Barnes Februa 13 1932 1 am: Telephone call to New York Cafe. No disturbance. Chinaman excited - to much business, I guess. Sly 43 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1VIav 20.1932 `Some women fainted on Main St front of Club Cafe. Salvation Army man took her away in car. Sly Mav_ 29,,193x Sam: T saw the daar at the bath pause standing apen, Found it had been forced open.and one shower was gan at the 01d Turist Park. Anderson J~ ~ J;,93~.: Security Bank .held up Auavst 10.193;~_ 3 am: 8altimare .Hotel held up. $55.7D taken. August 21..1932. 9 nm: !Gall from Walton - SherifP.s office. Someone stole .six chickens, Rung there heads of~in chicken house. We looked thru the jungles but could find no bums cooking chicken Richards & Andersan October 22. i 932: Called to 2 i 3 S 5~'. A bunch of kids molesting a party by throwing things in windows and an porch. Gone when l got there. Stewart November lU 1932 10:50 : Phone call to killing station on So S~' Ave. Someone trying to steal gas. Was several minutes getting the Chen started. Dave had brought the man to station before I gat there. Sly 44 Janus 6 1933 12:20 am: Picked that Tramp kid from New York up on Main St front of Baltimore Hotel on an investigation. We can't have him around and make ow boys stay off the St at late hour. Took him to county. Westlake will call the Chief in the morning. Anderson Janus 11 1933: Put tag on car lic no 80057 for running over fire hose. March 6.1933: Call to library to scatter kids. Richards s***~**~r** March 31.1933: Paid out of Red Cross fund for transints. Hotel 1.00, gas 92 cents, sandwich 1.00, meals 17. $d Jul lb 1933: On complaint from a man by name of Dexter. T picked up our friend Scotty in the city park on 8~. He is charged with exposing himself to young girls. Stewart Au st 12 1933: Bozeman Feed & Grain safe cracked. 80 cash taken. must 1Z,1,,,,,,,_. 933: LK Purce Garage entered & safe cracked. Diamond ring and 300 cash taken. August 12.1933: Northern Auto entered & safe cracked. 45 1 1 December 19 1933 1 am: McCarty in Fleming Hotel. Was at lunch counter drinking coffee. McCarty came up behind me and started telling me about some wards him and Mr Fleming had. I told him I knew nothing about there trouble and then he started telling me how he disliked the boys in blue. Said we give nobody a fair chance and that we were no good and ever thing he could think of and started away and turned around and told me that I wasn't even Human. So brought him in. Bond set at 25.00. Jenkins Janua 8 1934: Call from Cal Erastus Williams called from Helena re: bunch of men headed this way from the east. Four trucks and six cars left Laurel at 10 am. Probably 100 to 12S men, mexicans and foreignors and others, presumably headed far Helena to put on some kind of demonstration. They may attempt to steal gas here. Notify Col Williams when they arrive and leave. Henderson Februa 19 1934 3 m; Mrs Dale complans about her husband acting queer. Sly Februa 21 1934 8 m: Called to Ellen Theatre. Two goats decided to go to show. Was up stairs when we got there. Arrested them and brought them to station. Later took them to dog pond. Bond set at $1.00 each. ' Jenkins & Stewart Februa 26 1934 1 am: Complaint from Geo Baxter at Baxter Hotel. He says at 6:30 a.m. every morning two big trucks come by the hotel with their cut outs open and it wakes up every body in the hotel. n Stewart 46 ~~ Februa 26 1934 1:40 am: Found where someone drove into Kinon Noble lumber co coal yard and got some coal. But don't look like very much as there wasn't enough tracks. Jenkins February 26.1934 ,6,_20 am: Went up and notified the truck drivers. Anderson ********** March 1 1934 10:45 m: Same woman came to the station and told me she thought same was being mistreated up in the Montana Hotel. l went up and investigated and discovered the noise she heard was coming from the church below there. Stewart March 16,1934, 6 pm: Mrs Alexander, music teacher at Emerson reports that sometime within the last hour her purse was stolen aut of her desk at school. Furse contained no money but did have three sets of keys in it. MEH ' March 20 1934 10:45 m: Phone from Westlake wanting me to go out East of town and watch for car lic 6-74 till he got his clothes on. Called Erickson's taxi and went out and picked up the car and took Sarah Gilkrist and Bille Kenyon driver of the car to the ' Sheriff's office and held them until Westlake arrived. These women supposed to have lifted $50.00 off a cook that works for Joe Merrill at Merrill's Road house up the canyon. Stewart Agr114.1934: Officer Ralph Sly resigned. Ralph Richards appointed. ' MaY,.1.1934: Officer Dave Stewart resigned. Harrill Revin appointed. 47 fl 1 1 1 June 6,,,,,1934: Bay mare sold at auction to JH Foust for $1DAD. Delivered to him. Brand on ]eft sholder. Jenkins Author's Hate: This brand was described as a YS or KS with a bar across the top. ********** June 15,1934 2:25 am: Mrs Plew went to Baxter Hotel and told clerk to call police. Said she drove by Belskawls Tire Shop and saw a man in there. Went right up and could find nothing that looked suspicious. Tried all doors and windows -they were locked. Cash register was open like it was at 9:3D pm last Hite, safe looked okay. Hogg ********** August 5,1934 10 nm Charlie Crance reported a man lying in the road out by the golf course. We went aut and found man who gave his name as Covell. He had been drinking and had gone to sleep in the road. Says he was headed for the Carolus ranch. Brought him in and locked him in to sleep it off and will turn him out at 6 am. Richards & Anderson August 8,1934 4:50 om: Mr Sweet called. Said there was a man robbed in jungles and was at his office. Isbell had come and got them befor I got there. Jenkins J 1 Se tember 14 1934: Dance at I~OF Hall. Was a Woodman dance and private. Anderson October 9.1934: Miss Cook says kids are a nuisance around library every night. Richards 48 ' May 19,.1935: Two CCC boys brought another CCC boy to station. He was terribly drunk -put him in Cell #2. His buddies were to come to station about 8 am to take him ' to camp. 12 noon; Made the CCC boy clean up cell and turned him loose. Anderson Mav 19,,1935: Andrew Cosick, Rte 3, Bozeman came to station to get permission to take 125 head of cattle through town. Had them north of town. Wanted to come through ' on Broadway and go east. Said he had plenty of help o told him to ga ahead without getting usual written permit. MEH November 19.1935 6:30 um: Some man came in from chink alley. Said there had ' been a fire in the E. end shack. They had carried the old Chinaman out and put out the fire. He is pretty sick and is not able to take care of himself. We put him back in after the smoke cleared away. I called Dr. Smith. He said he had been to see the Chinaman ' few times and would go see what could be done about this. Says the Chinaman has T.B. and is going to die. ' Richards 1 49