The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-09-30

Senator Jim Reed OF Missouri
who is an almost insufferable poiiti-
cal demagogue, notwithstanding the
fact that his is an extraordinary
brilliant mind, declares himself IN
favor of reasonable" modification
of the dry laws so that the rights
of the citizens shall be protected
against unwjse and often brutal acts
of prohibition officers Those VINO
best know Jim Reed know that ne
is wetter than a soaked sponge
Once upon a time, sixteen years or
so ago, Reed was mayor OF Kansas
City and during his tenure of that
office his side-kick was Jim Fender
CAST, the keeper of one OF the most
notorious of the tough saloons IN
the North End--a district populated
by denizens of the underworld; and
it was to Jim Pendergast's joint the
writer was compelled to repair on
an occasion when he was commis-
stoned to seek an interview with the
then mayor of Kansas City, jim
Reed; and it was through the SER
vice of Pendergast, as an interme-
diary, that the interview was grant
ed. Reasonable modification" II
honestly admitted by Senator Reed
would mean nothing short of the
restoration of the distillery and the
brewery. And at that, the writer Is
not cocksure that it would not be as
well for us all as to continue in
definitely under existing conditions
Two New Hampshire housewives
quarreled over a piece of flannel
one had sold to the other and kill
ing and suicide followed. The
moral is obvious: chewing the rag
over rag, is dangerous.
| Called to San Francisco to iden
tify a woman under arrest for shop
lifting, Los Angeles lieutenant OF
police went to Jail and was shocked
to see that the woman was his wife
Being a Los Angeles policeman
wife probably gave her inside in
formation that inspired her will
contempt for law.
An esteemed friend of The Silve
State editor, John Appleby, New
York zone chief of federal prohibi
ton enforcement, says champaign
is being alphabetically made at ;
cost of $1.75 a quart and is selling
at $40 quartz trifing profit o
$500 per cent. Prohibition ha
made law breaking the most re
munerative pastime in which on
can indulge.
From the White House comes tn
news that a survey of the coal stu
alton convinces President Harding
that shortage during the winter i
inevitable, as a result of the miners
strike, but it will not be particular,
acute. This makes us anxious t.
once again hear from Henry For,
and son, Edsel, who have told US t,
defer buying, as prices are going t
tumble. If prices don't drop We ar
going to tell Henry and son, Edsel
all about God and the bad man.
Mrs. Anna 0lesen, the Minnesot:
Democratic nominee for the Unite,
States senate, declares that $40 an,
prayer were all she hal to star
her campaign. Not for any insig
nificant sum would we say aught t,
discourage the good sister, but W,
knew a man, once upon a time, VIII
opened his campaign for official pre-
ferment with one of the most soul
full prayers We ever have had tn,
pleasure of listening to, and at tn,
close of the campaign, after the bal
lots had Tailed his defeat, he con
fided to us the startling statemen
that that particular bailiwick wa
inhabited by sufficient number O.
damned liars to pack the corridor
of hell.
Chicago federation of labor say,
that the Ku Klux Khan is an un
American order. There has beer
much to indicate, to say the least
that the XXX. is a disorder.
In radio parlance lost" mean.
everybody listen" On a part,
telephone line no particular sigma
is required to command the undi
vided attention of every subscriber
who isn't in dough up to her arm
pits.
Market reports advise us thai
hogs are demanding better prices.
That is not news--they've been do
ing that, wholesale and retail, for 4
long, long, long time.
Students of economy are not tn,
keen observers they are disposed t,
lead US to believe them to be, or a
any rate none of them has directed