Feb. 17 – On this day in Montana History in 1936 a “burning court case” was decided. A Kalispell man was caught by police taking two pieces of wood from the North Star Dairy pile. When told his bond was set at $25 the man immediately took it out of his pocket and paid what was then a significant amount of money. The judge in his sentencing after the trial wrote:  “If you were a poor man with a family in need, instead of a large property owner without any dependents, this offense might seem less serious. As it is, those two sticks will cost you $25.”