Celebrating history: Put a lid on gambling

In last week's column, there was a letter from a Mr. Wilson calling Havre "One Wicked Little City." Its contents had clearly been maligning Havre's vices and its prominence within the business district. There was no response in Havre's defense in the newspapers this week, but on the front page of The Hill County Democrat's Jan. 29, 1916 issue, the city of Havre was finally taking notice-again:

LID IS ON FOR GOOD

Mayor D. S. MacKenzie, through the police department, has put the lid on gambling in Havre, and the town is shut up so tight that they are not turning a card or casting the dice for a...