| Show TO STOP WILDCATTING Great Falls Montana Leader At Atthe Atthe the thc coming session of tho ho American mining congress congre to bo ho hel held in Denver Don Don- vets vcr from October 1 16 G to October 19 the question of or legislation to stop wIldcat wildcat wild wIld- cat mining will vili be seriously consider consider- I c ed To that end a committee was appointed appointed ap ap- pointed at the time last session of oC the time conI congress congress con con- I gress to draft a bill providing pro for fOl the punishment of oC all an mining fakers and promoters of Illegitimate mining en enterprises en- en and this committee will report report re e- e port at Denver California has alrea already y adopted a aia law ia which has worked almost an complete complete com coin rl riddance dance from that state of spurious spurious spurious I rious mining stock alit and that lecherous parasite on the mining Industry Industry the the fake Cake promoter It Is probable that thal tho tIme proposed legislation which will vIll be submitted to the state legislatures this winter Intel will vill be fashioned after aCter tho the California law la which provides that any person pelson who shall undertake to soil ell ellor or assent to the publication privately private or publicly public of a fraudulently exa exaggerated report tending to give any person person person per per- son or 01 the tIme public generally the Idea of a greater value than such stock ma may really possess with the Intention of defrauding an all any person or 01 the tIme public pub- pub J lie lic shall bo deeme guilty of a n fel- fel i fel-i on ony and on conviction shall be punIshed punished pun pun- b by Imprisonment In state prison or a u. count county jail not exceeding two years ears or h by fine flue not exceeding live five thousand dollars or both A similar law Is needed In all tho tIme oth other othor r ruining mining states Montana Included ed |
