Show What No Gambling in Montana STATE Halts Gaming in Butte Dens says 13 the headline on a story which declares Buttes Butte's famous wide-open wide gambling joints were closed as the result of instructions by Montana's Montana's Mon Mon- tanas tana's attorney general to attorneys to stop gambling in the state The county attorney at Butte announced that he had instructed county and city police authorities authorities authorities au au- au- au to investigate and to make arrests wherever violations are found The sheriff said his deputies were making rigid investigations and the chief of police of Butte said his officers officers off off- cers were Investigating and Information would be given the county attorney It all sounds very convincing but we have our doubts We suspect it will be about as easy to stop gambl gambling ng in Butte and the other mining mining min mm- ing towns of Montana as it would be to stop the eruptions of Old Faithful For that matter matter matter mat mat- ter right here in Utah where we haven't anything anything anything any any- thing like Montana's tradition for the clicking of the roulette wheel the rattle of the dice or orthe orthe orthe the soft slip of the cards in faro bank weve we've found it ah an impossible task to really stop the operations of f the professional gamblers and their perennial crop of suckers |