The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-07-09


After reading one OF the big daily
papers reaching Phoebe. and any one
of them on any day. one Is struck with
the alarming number of cases OF ban
ditry occurring in almost every section
of this land No special section APP
pears TO be free of the holdup man.
like lightning. they are apt to strike
any place and at the most unexpected
moment.
As a rule the holdups are pulled OF
in broad daylight. ON the crowded
streets OF our large cities. or at any
hour In the small towns and villages
The oldtime tricks of safecrackers. who
worked at night. are being abandoned
by the modern bandits. who seemingly
prefer to work in the open and take
the most desperate chances Then.
too. they use a high powered automo-
bile in which to make their escape. and
1T Is surprising how small a percentage
of them are apprehended.
We do not know what 1t means. nor
have we seen advanced any theory for
the growing number of holdups. With
money fairly plentiful and wages good
I II would seem there Is less incentive
than ever before for such desperate
.
men willing to take chances on the
penitentiary or getting shot to death
than we have had In this country in
the past. But whatever it is that Is
causing 1t. it is a good idea for bank
ers and merchants and men accus-
toned to having good sized sums of
money around to be extremely careful
AS we said before. the bandits appear
to be operating pretty much in the
same form as lightning. in that we
can't tell where they'll strike next.
And 1t might be right here In our
midst.
Liberty bonds are like anything else
when a great number of them are
thrown on the market the price de-
clines. The best security in the world
today as good as the money in your
pocket carrying fair rate of inter-
est. with every dollars worth Of prop
erty in the United States back of them.
they have in the last several months
steadily declined in price. There could
be no other reason than that they have
been thrown ,on the market In great
quantities.
Money is Tightening up" as the
Germs which invested millions in bonds
now need the money. and they are
: throwing the bonds on the market
Many persons who spent more than
they could afford within the last
eighteen months and went into debt
now find themselves in need of money
and they are sacrificing their bonds
to get it.
pnt he Of dc xxyi11
|, soon be in the hands of people who
will not have to dispose of them, and
then the price Will begin to ascend
That is why we feel we can't tell Lib
. erty bond holders of Phoebe and vicin.
. ity too often nor too emphatically tc
hold onto them. The man who hold.
on need not be concerned with the pre-
: vailing price; the man who can buy
them at present and hold them will bs
winner. The rate at which the bonds
are now selling does not reflect any
thing wrong with the United States
1t reflects only the pressing need 70,
money Of thousands who few months
ago had enough to loan the government
some.
What we need in this country Il
fewer hard workingmen and NOR
Woodworking men.
Why is 1t so many Phoebe people ar
v willing to do favors for those who d.
not need any favors?
We don't want to start anything
= but we believe we're right when w
say that at present prices it would b
cheaper for the engaged man to e
his girl sue for breach of promise.
l. Always call lawyer Judge
minister doctor" and a soldier ma
jor'' IL you want to be sure Of maxim
friends. r..
II Pioche young man happens \
wear business suit when he is call
ing on girl 1t isn't always sig
that he means business.
And possibly II we get dry con
gress 1t will prohibit raisins. dande
= lion and "stewed" prunes.
II you'll take good look at an
= late picture of Francisco villa you ca
readily believe everything you hea
about him.
Some Of our o;cer Phoebe citizen
VI can still remembe, when the wome
had a habit of kissing each other whe
they met
With all the trouble we've got
this country we can't see the advisabi
ity OF trying to get into communities
with Mars. We might nave
feed them. too.
'io William Randolph Hearst had bette
be in good condition II he runs Il
president. for he'll have long wa
to run.
When some Phoebe women pick up
paper they always act as though the
haven't gotten their moneys worth III
less they read the death notice
-. someone they are acquainted with.
We've also noticed that the wife
the man who strikes for eight hou
day and double pay for overtin
generally puts In fourteen hours a d.
and gets no pay for it.
Isn't It about time the political win
TANNERS in this country inaugurated
silence strike?
There are some people in Phoebe WI
60 to bed tired because they spend I
day hunting for something easy to
A. nra~nu man has auCceadod