Feb. 6 – On this day in Montana history in 1920 State Stock Inspector Frank Lavigne reported that 182 arrests for felony charges of rustling had been made in the past year.  Poultry thieves were included in that number, and he reported that most charged had been sent to prison for stealing “all manner of stock which walks.”  He reported “several large organized bands of rustlers” had been broken up,” but he saw no decrease in rustling activity from recent past years. Horse and cattle rustlers tended to be “hard boiled,” he said. During the year, one horse rustler was shot resisting arrest but recovered, and  “two were killed outright.”