Reprint from "The Kalispell Times"

Ok, so when we were up in Kalispell, I picked up a little free paper that restaurants have sitting out, called "The Kalispell Times". It had a reprint from "The Kalispell Times" on September 16th, 1920. I simply had to repost it here for those of you who aren't up there. I want you all to know that the duplications, misspellings, etc., were all part of the original article (or so I assume - they may be the result of the reprint - at any rate, they aren't MINE).

Wheel of Booze-Laden Car Comes Off and Runner Abandons Cargo. Smuggler Escapes and Sheriff Possesses His Dodge and $2,000 Worth of Whiskey.
Out at the station of Power there is a Dodge automobile and a cargo of whiskey which Sheriff I.S. Martine of Teton county gauarded all one day in the hope that the owner would appear and claim his property.
The owner disappered in to the darkness at 3am on foot, after smashing a wheel in an attempt to evade the sheriff, who waited for this appearance in the belief that if he returned at the same speed at which he left he could be back 'most any minute.
Sheriff Martine received a tip at this Choteau office of the coming of the cargo and left for Power late in the evening. At Power he was only five minutes ahead of the whiskey runner and that he did not get his man was due only to a handicap resulting from the intense darkenss.
Misjudging the distance of the car as it approached, Sheriff Marine stepped into the road whiel the driver still had time to turn, and turn he did.
As the car swerved around, the high speed caused the spindle of one front wheel to snap off and the driver was instantly afoot -- and running.
Within the car was whiskey worth $2,000 if bootleggers' prices are to control, which with the automobile brought the value of the property abandoned by the driver up to at least $3,500.
This catch was the second run down in the north country within the apst week. Sheriff S. Alsup of Shelby pursued a whiskey laden Ford fro a long distance last Monday, but the chase ended with the sheriff having the satisfaction only knowing that his man did not escape with his load.
The smuggler's Ford was faster than the Sheriff's, but Alsup of Shelby pursued a whiskey Ford for a long distance last MOnday, but the chase ended with the sheriff having the satisfaction only knowing that his man did not escape with his load.
The smuggler's Ford was faster than the sheriff's, but Alsup tried to overtake it with bullets from his gun.
With every shot the smuggler would drop out a sack of bottles, the same as a balloonist throws off sand bags to gain altitude, and finally so reduced his load that he pulled out of the sheriff's sight.
In going back over the road Sheriff Alsup found seven sacks which the runner had thrown out. Each sack had originally been filled with bottled whiskey, but of the entire lot only four bottles had survived the fall.

Ok, so: FYI: Jeff says the proper spelling of the Sheriff's name is "Martine" with an "t", and he was quite well known apparently.
And, I have to say that my favorite line is "but Alsup tried to overtake it with bullets from his gun"... giggle