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The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30
Thinkographs

Of course all our days are numbered, as the good books says. If you doubt it. look at any calendar. Solomon was wise He waited until he had grown up before saying: spare the rod and spoil the child"
 The taxpaying goat and the soldier coat are standing on each side of the Congressman, and will butt him either way he turns.
 This Republican Congress is evident Iy looking around for some kind of l fax to cover the soldier bonus that will have to be paid by the Democrats.
 Take the world as you find it, but don't expect to take it with you when you die-even Morgan couldn't do that. He had to leave it behind on its axis. We do not believe that woman can win in her race with man, if her skirts and hair are both bobbed, her stockins rolled down and two-bits worth of red paint on her lips.
 Douse the jazz and give us "Shoo Fly" and Captain Jinks' again for change. Any change must be for the better.
 -O-
 The average fish and game commis- sion does not cut down the price of fish any. It neither fishes nor cuts bait. About all it ever does is to draw salary.
 An empty minds q knot-hole ill plank
 It's just yaecum spot; \ nothing, vapor. void and dank.
 Where the knot that ought to be is
 not.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

Dispaches state that Russia wants big loan from those participating in the Genoa conference. Also that the Sim Feiners want big loan from the United States. Sorry, but just loaned a lot to Debs to finance his next cam paign for the presidency, and to the Sultan of Zulu to buy spring hats for his harem.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

Electricity in the hair and gas ol the stomach ought to give light enough
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

Army officers and prominent men of san Francisco and Los Angeles are under arrest for defrauding the Gov ernment out of nearly q million dollars ou an auction sale of army goods. Gosh Is everybody honest any more: Ii so, who? Diogenes would have a harder job now than he had before, and he failed the first time.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

This being Lent the devil is supposed to be on forty day vacation, but the dispacheS about crime in the papers do not indicate that he is anything but very busy on his job of raising hell upon earth as well as populating the one he presideS over elsewhere.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

Douse the jazz and give us "Shoo Fly" and Captain links again for a change Any change must be for the better.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

Of course all our days are numbered as the good books says. If you doub it. look at any calendar.
The Nevada County picayune., 1922-03-30

solomon was wise He waited unti he had grown up before saying Spar the rod and spoil the child"
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

Roberts, John G. Milburn. Alvin NJ
Owsley Frederick B. Patterson, Frank
lin Remington, Henry Wade Rogers.
Mr. and Mrs Finley ]. Shepard, DR..
Joseph Silverman. Hoke Smith. Melville
e. Stone, Jesse I. Straus, Oscar s.
Straus. Henry w. Taft. Robert NJ.
Thompson. Daniel j. Tobin. w. X. Van
derbilt. Henry Van Dyke. Miss Maude
Wetmore, Henry White. Daniel Willard,
Arthur Williams. the Rev. Clarence H.
Wilson. Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, Mat
thew Woll, Theodore S. Woolsey, owen
d. Young and William Hiegler, Jr.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17

street. Brooklyn, caused an explosion on
the ship yesterday which shook the
neighborhood and sent clouds of heavy
smoke over a wide area.
Two dining room stewards. George
Grimes and George Geineis. dived over
board and were picked up by firemen
with graphing hooks.
Three fire alarms were turned In. and
serious damage was avoided by the
quick work OF firemen. under the d.
rection of Deputy Chief O'Hara. and a
fleet of tugs belonging to the Shipping
Board
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
EXPLOSION ON SHIP
SHAKES NEIGHBORHOOD
Torch Spark Causes 3 Alarm,
Fire-Nobody Hurt.

A spark from an acetylene torch. with
which workmen were burning Off plates
of the oil-burning steamship Vaba of
the Italian Commercial oil Company,
in the dry dock at the foot of Dwight
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
VIII Meet January 10.

Tho committee will have its first
meeting In Washington on January 16.
Among the members are: Lawrence
r. Abbott, DR.. Cyrus Adler, Samuel III.
Beach. August Belmont. Cornelius N.
Bliss, Jr. Marion l.. Burton. Irving L.
Bush, Hover 70. Coffin. Louis A. Cool
3dge. Frederick r. Coudert, John w.
Davis Cardinal Dougherty, Major-Gen-
eral Clarence r. Edwards. Livingston
Farrand, Marshall Field, Haley Fiske.
Michael Friedsam, Bishop Thomas f.
Gailor. Samuel Gompers, John Hays
Hammond, Major General James r.
Harbord, Job E. Hedges, Francis Lee
Higginson. Jr.; David Jayne Hill, Hale
Holden, jeremiah w. jerks. Robert
Underwood Johnson. Harry Pratt Jud-
son, Otto II. Kahn, Darwin p. Kingsley
Mrs. Joseph r. Lamar, Robert Lansing.
w. c. Lee. A. NJ. Loeb, Samuel Nc
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Problem Is Serious.

II think this is a matter of very great
Importance. Serious consequences may
follow at any time from widespread
opinions based upon misunderstanding
1t Is. moreover, a matter of some diff
Guilty because our people are so busy
with their own affairs and so extern
sively bombarded with communications
about what they ought to do and ought
not to do that it is difficult to get
their attention for anything which APP
peals to the Imagination so little as
demand that they shall engage in the
study of a difficult subject.
II think that such a committee ais is
proposed, drawn from the leaders OF
opinion in many different callings and
sections. may find avenues of approach
to the public mind more effective than
anything yet attempted"
Cardinal O'Connell OF Boston wrote
that II he were to give the reasons for
his acceptance he would repeat the
words of Mr.. Root.
The New York herald., 1922-12-17
Big CIVIC PROBLEMS
BEFORE BODY OF 100
Elihu Root and Cardinal
O'Connell Accept Appoint
ment by Alton b. Parker.

Alton B. Parker. as president OF the
National Civic Federation. has referred
TO committee of 100 representative
men and women these two questions
which were discussed at a federation
conference in New York on November
10 and IL:
How far and In what manner should
the United States participate in inter-
national affairs?'
How far is it wise at this time to
reduce our army and navy?"
In his letter accepting membership In
the committee Elihu Root said: Il will
gladly serve as a member of the pro-
posed committee of 100 to be raised
under the auspices OF the National Civic
Federation for the purpose of promot-
ing the diffusion among the American
people of knowledge and understanding
of international relations,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
SOURCES OF BOOTLEG SAMPLES

Tho a. samples of bootleg collecci and
analyzod for The Daily News and NEA
Service came from the following places
CLENEi.AND--iD Bought from ne
gro IN cabaret az Is cents q half pint;
~ bought from foreign woman al ti.:5
, half pini. "a bough, from barber shop
.oo'hi,cS ~ 81 half mint.
CHiCAGo-dl Rough, over hotel lar
Il g. half pint. - bought IN Salooi
~ s. a half pint az bought from moon.
sinner and hooileeg-f az g. q half pint.
SEATTiE-nl Bought IN lolins
house al 81 pint. t2l distilled vine
'"ught in puolrcom At = cents a drink
- ioughi through a hotel clerk Of a
ootieggcr who delivered :. In a rcstaur
snt
SAN FRANCIScO-lp Bought IN 81
loon At Is CENTS q drink. ~ bought from
regular hootlegger 90 bought in small
nasks In saloon.
Los ANGEi.ks--iib Bought IN cigar
store at s3.s pint. ~ bought from
hcotl.ggcr in off.ce building lobby al
81 quart: %, bcoEht from Hollywood
druggist az ~ a pnt.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala.-lil Bought
from drug store porter. o. bought from
"a farmer who solicited swimming party;
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
PROHIBITION PARTY OPPOSES
AnTI-sALOon LEAGUE PLAN

"ndrr public account of fhs money
collects and spenos" 81.
Thlv. Mckee wsH tolt. was exactly
h. proloss, made by Go,crpur Edward
Z. Edwards In thi. ca,npalgn for United
aAies senator from New Jersey
Il don't ,Erc n u h." M q Mckee.
ticyernor Edwards n a wet and sm
dry --but I agree with him IN his
,rpre on ~ the Ant .Ssiccu League
Iprys Held Numerical PUWtr.
''Thr by fight between the crys and
vets n ~ national and state Legislators.
rhe dry~ are IN the majority Z 10 4.
md We mean 10 hold our own and In.
rcssr our numbers II possible.
Eve are against light wines, ard beer
ecsusc the liquor traffic canuot b. reg.
lIri,d-- u must lie abolished. think the
v.n. and beer ar tsiion will die jcut IN
No or three years and bootlexgihg viii
~sc thin 10 years Only dc,th can
ur. III. old drunksrd.
"ail this trouble and controversy and
Increment failure and breaking IL tho
y ware due 10 the fact thar the eish.
'een,h amendment was not properly
written.
'Tho amendment says Intoxicating
auor II /, had said aicohoiic' liquor
v. Nvlld now have prohibition In fact
instead q ihcory. We shall have u
-,eniualiy. ana without changing the
amendment. too. The higgef force In
ringinz IT win be- the Prohibition part
net IN. Ants hon League"
Mckee. predicts the return 10 Con-
sr.ss - Randall II Csi.fcfn n IN tho
,cNi elect on. and the ,ic,rry q ~ least
We additional dry congress"icn In Oh n
~ we'd ~ soiuc N other States.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

trust Fund which has 80 900 lett IN
scquesls 10 { Ehi ho-zc.
t'isns Party slate.
The i'ruhihi,ion party In This state
a. n other states p" says Chairman Nc.
k.e. will pu' ts-keis into the f.ell a,
h. coming ,lc-ton bur though the
ariy machinery viii he preserved IN
ickeis VIII contain the names q dry
sndhiates - a., MAJOR T. ~ al parties.
IN ether wUrds We are not fighting
uf sur party ticket a. much ~ Ne arr
,or dry officials. no matter What the G
.oliiical affiliai ons.
Our sim T. not o. 81 tex 10 guard
he g-ese Tho man Who like. be,r
.sn't ~ 90 enforce the dry hw. II j. Tia
zeal prohibiionis,. who drinks dry ~
veil a. 'liks dry who ought 10 cnf re
=
I'VE sr- also against the Ant -silo a
League u may want prohibit ou, bu;
1 wants 70 run II and maintain iis mem'
,ers In jobs a. scnsors ~ morals,
'srhe Anti-salvon League Is ono %
the worst enemies OF the Prohibition
party. II Is a donlnating tyrann.cal
crowd. and 10 should be compelled to
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

y bourh, from ncsro on street who
ook order and made delivery s,cr.
DALLAS. Tea Three samples con
iscaicd IN three different raids hy shcr.
a.
DENVER COL Bought In pub.
;o offirc 90 bought from hotel hell.
'cy. 81 a pint. 90 bought Ia c.gn
tore s. pnt
MEMPHIS Tenn Three s.tnipi .
onflscatcd by fod.ral agents N three
aids
NORFOLK. VAN Brught from be-
'cl hin ov. ~ bought frum hotel cot
piack. ca bought Ia a hotel Icoiroan
Al different hotels
OKLAHOMA CITY. Gal. IN seized
n raid on saloon. ca bough, from porter
IN hotel
NEW YORK Bousht .n Wcst tfth
street restaurant - ssapnt
BOSTON f'ough' IN drug store
icctor's prescription being furnished
with hquor. AZ g. pint
PROVIDENCE. e. Bought IN ~
loon al a. a Pint,
wAsHfNGrON-tD BOUGHT through
harbershop porter %, bought from vir'
gina milkmsn; C0 bought from ho,el
bellhop.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
LIQUOR FINES
USED TO BUILD
!, PARKS IN CITY

MILFORD. o.. Sept 2.--it's an ~
wind that blows no good. In the opinion
II Major NJ. u. Scott, of this thriving
village.
Mayor Scott has beaten copper stills
into wash boilers gasoline containers.
and similar articles Of Legitimate" use.
with the money obtained from sale 81
these together with the fines he has
collected from their owners. he has built
Fairgrounds and recreation ceniers for
the youngsters. and other municipal i'm.
proyements.
Since January Mayer Scott has assess.
cd si.s.oco In LIQUOR fines. 81 which the
share going To Milford was $4,000. Hun
drcds of iilc.t stills have been confis'
Gated ana their owners sent 10 prison.
Miiford's monuments TO prohibition
are being rsid Tor By fines into Nil.
ford's treasury from the rum peddlcrs
mccnsh ners and Ell manufacturers II
Cincinnati. which !. 20 m los away. The
mayor u ~ ford II their terror. His jur-
isdiction as prohibition .nforcer ranges
all over Hamli,o, County. but Cine n
natl n MS happy hunting ground. Ills
three officers haul Cincinnati dry iaw
viola,ors before the mayor az the rate
~ five q day.
"wc are the prohibition capital OF the
state" he says. And here you see the
first good that whisky has done" he
adds. pointing TO the rapidly CROWN:
number Of civic improvements.
whisky money built most q our
polling booths. our public playground
and parks. is going 10 keep ON until
Milford hasn't any more stills. ans
Jbootleg poison IL stamped out In ous
vicinity"
Mayor SCOTS ldsa to convert liquor
fines into public playground facilities
and municipal improvements h per
haps the first OF Ne kind In the United
o
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
HOW DOES DRY
REGIME AFFECT
LIFE HAZARDS
u, EDWARD n. TIllERRy.

NEW YORK. Sept As prohib ton
Frightening human life, To get an un-
biased vlcs. the question was put to
OF cials 81 big life Insurance conpHr.
les whose business n IL 10 know why
people die and how many are going To
die.
What do your statistics. your charts
and your mortality research show about
the effects cf prohibition" they we're
asked
An said there were no statistics. Some
thought u doubtful whether the Ques.
tion ever would be answered And some
minated strongly an opinion that pro.
hibition has had no effect whatever on
mortality. Statements follow:
James ~. Craig. actusry. Metropolis.
tan Life Insurance Company:
1T ~ q fficui, 20 tell what influence
prohibition has had. Last year saw the
lowest mortality on record In the UnItci
States hut the same phenomenon &C.
cured In England. VIII Oh has no profit.
b,tion. Mortality. On the other hand.
past five years as the previous five -
i'r. r. u. Rockwell. medical director.
Equitable Life Assurance Society:
1T seems 10 us In our review OF appli.
cat ans that prohibition has made no
q ference. without ansiyxing causes.
We sec no difference In mortality be.
cause of prohibition.
John X Gore. vice president and &C.
iuary. Prudential Life Insurance Com
pany:
We can't tell because We can't &c,
the facts: people do not remember or
they do not tell Us what drinking they
d.. Applications show ss much drink.
ing n ever. but we can't tell what the
effect II on mortality. Although mortal
i,y decreased In America hast YER. u
also decreased IN England"
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

,ppl,inH the 'yonkers fian' where en-.
.orccm-nt l. lsx, by cooperating with
fife ais " they wiz enforce the lAw.
focusing publiclt. aeon ihesn II they
son't.
Anderson says New Yorh STATE al.
esdy has 10000 mcmberr ~ the. Az
led Citizens Of America. srd he enroll
nsni cainia.Kn 10 just beg inning.
|"when the sh, h turned On al DE-
en- people will eome in he ead.
Timer. are prominent bankers. lawyers.
manufacturers. and even A fvN prcnfh
crr who by .opp,~InR ps,.1 1,Ieicr havs
placed themselves Ia the sstnc tAtascry
with frcwsy whIsserrd suoerhIsts
when they see that through sgnossncc
prejudice they have lintd w With
he CT minsls they viii come In cut u
The wet % .
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
ny EpWARD u. TIIIERRy,

NEW YORK. Sept. 2.-iiow long do
prohibition leaders think Il viii take
to make America dry?
Twenty Years. says william
". Anderson state superintendent Of
the AntiSaloon League.
Anderson. though state lender. II
the most mil tant prohibltlon.st In The
country and he admits he has the har'is
est job IN tho wetirst state In what he
|calls liquors black bclt'--New York.
Iihode Island. Connecticut. New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
In AN Interview with NEA Service hs
made these predictions:
''WIihin five or sis years We viii
have broken the political backbone
II beosc and ehecked al serious II.
forts 10 change the dry law.
within another five or six ycsrs
the bectlegEers VIII be No generally
iu jail or in terror that tlse volsirsd
aet win mt he bruixen any more
than other laws arr.
AFTER TINT Il win take % years
Tor ronplete education ef tIse people
especially those of foreign birth or
extraction Respecting tlse naiuv
and effect ~ alcohol 20 the paint
wlsrrc prohibition VIII no longer be
an issue or q prebirm."
Anderson thinks prohibition really
will be- here IN 1871. PERHAPS eariicr--
hut 1871 In his conservative estimate.
Magazine straw votes don't bother
ns." he said. 'issr does the grow M
pEltation for beer and light wine. There
ISN'T one chance In 100 OF the volHieid
act being changed"
Qualifying. he added. But n II IN
"hTng.d--rnark you. Il viii only be ten
porary."
Consumption ~ alcohol has dropped
TO 10 or 20 per cent compared with pre-.
prohibition days Anderson estimates
The number ef drinkers. he thinks. has
decreased almost ms much.
- haven't any illusions about con.
Ercssrncn and leg slators." he ssiS> u
know lots 81 those who vote dry are wet
personally They're honest II they vote
sccordlng 20 the sentiment OF their con
| stituents.
politicians and the public general,
wiii eventually &c, II through theil
heads thar anarchy is the only alter
native 10 enforcement and observance.
The Anti-Saloon League win be ncccs
ary. Anderson says through mot q
land perhaps all--of the ~ years nee
lsssafy 10 make prohibition prohibit.
"li will cost uiorc. too" he said. 'bs
cause We now have two jobs where "
formerly had one. These are: first. I
hold the law by clecting dry congress
men and state legislators; and second
TO enforce the inw by Organizing IN
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03
ANDERSON STATES
Is YEARS NEEDED
TO MAKE 'ER DRY

publ Ia get behind the regularly con-
sti,uied local enforcement suthoriiies--
bsck up good officials. Jack up the
theirs.
we are pushing thrce.fold plan:
First community enrolment for en-
toscemeni through the newly formed
Allied Citizens Of Amefica. Inc"
forcing everyone 10 take . definite
tand either for o. against law and or
lrr. ssrond. cnsciins an enforcement
ordnance IN every community; third,
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

lEFFERSON.--fur q plenty for the
.irls and hoys 81 the Marion country
,gricultur,l ciubdtl Ia i"lng happily
,ni cipa,ci by the youngsters. handel
together N the interest o. bette. more
gs,cn'aiisei pr1ducc down cn the
arm." The boys agree That they'll oil
>, ~ the cn,anrm"it Seit 70 aud II.
and the gfis a.sr they u all have ncw
lrss.,s. The Denton Chamber f Com
rsrcc planning the COED iinse In 60
pcr,tl with the agricultural agent
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

NEW YORK, Sept INV VIFor y
being infused into the aiinost dormant
Prohibition purity with these strangely
coupled aims;
To el,c, dry c'mgrrsmncn and Dr.!
state legislators. Irrespective ~ political
nartirs-snd 10 prevent the An'i-Sslco.,
League from running prob bit on
This IL the stat-in.nt AZ John Mckee
recently elected New York state chair
man Of the Prohibition party.
Mckee II Brooklyn reel estate man
10 years old. temperance worker al
hts life. IIc IL also treasurer q the IA
tive Races An,i.iIauor Trsffir Asscci-
ton and treasurer ~ the FRONT, ilcr
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

william v. Iindcr. government chemist.
Ia 10 knock one nut much more quick.
ly than would high grade whisky
Their consumption over any consid.
cradle period undermines the general
constitution 10 n point where n seems
much more susceptible 20 many dis.
eases.
while not Immediately 20 sonous.
causing sudden blindness or death. ms
docs mcthyl or wood alcohol. their o..
feet In definitely and cumulatlveiy
harmful"
Dangerous Elements in Moonshlne.
The dangerous elements In moonshIne
and doctored WHISTLES. for most part.
Lander explains. are due 20 tho un.
scientific Disabling and blending. and
TO the unsanitary surroundings IN which
most NJ the operations are carried on.
"MoonshIne." rays Lindcr. "ls pro-
duced for most part under the most un.
scientific and unsanltary conditions.
Tho mash In fcrmented In barrels or
tubs. usually In the open backwoods or
n musty cellars. Under such conditions.
the development Of wild yeasts and tn.
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-09-03

nut bopticg consumers In Boston
Washington. Cleveland and Los Angeles
need not Jump 10 the conclusion that
because these samples were passabIe.
elI bootleg vended In these cities In rafp
For other samples bought in these
places proved dangerous.
or tho remaining % samples, IL were
docsorcd and diluted WHISTLES or vhls.
kies produced from an alcoholic base
and artificIally colorcd and Favored: n
were raw moonshne Of varying degrees
of rankness. one was poor beer. con.
tanning wild ycasts: and one was n dis.
titled wine. OF POOR quality.
Where Sampler Were Collected.
samples were collected from these
widely scattered cities: Dallas. Texas;
Memphis. Tenn: Denver. Col: Nodfolk.
Va: Oklahoma City. Okla: birmingham.
Ala: Cleveland. Chicago. Seattle. wash
San Francisco: Los Angeles: New York:
Providence. II. J.: Boston and Washing
Con.
They ~cre bought from a wide range
Of bootleg channels and anaiyzed with.
out selection. They came from drug
stores bell boys. boo,blacks. BARRIERS.
porters. miiknen. ncar.bcer saloons and
similar channels IL the trade. with a few
seized IN official raids.
The samples were assembled IN wash.
insion. and analysed for the Daily News
and NEA Service by government chem.
lists In government laboratories.
The analyses she 1cd that when you
buy bootleg you set nearly always a
dangerous connection Of coiored and dis.
guised alcohol. OF a raw distillate full
Of aldohydcs and volatile polsons that
will leave you with an awful head the
day after drinking. and wrecked con.
stitution after repeated doses.
"AAe1sydes" Are Perileus 90 Health
Ths. '.aldchydes" found In the moon.
shineE and dortored WHISTLES are Gle.
mcnts intermediate between aicohols
and acids. They arc derived from the
higher aicohols by the oxidation and
removal Of n certain hydrogen content
and the addition Of very small amount
Of oxygen converts them into active
acids.
The effect OF these aldchydes." says
William v. Lander, government chemist.
us 10 knock one out much more quick.
iy than would high.grsdc whisky.
Their consumption over any con.
siderable period undermlnes the general
constitution to a point where II seems
much moro susceptible Ia many diseases
.."Whilc not Immediately poisonous.
causing sudden blindness or dath as
does methyl or wood alcohol. their effect
" definitely and cumulaiively harmful g
dangerous Elements In MoonshIise.
shines and doctored WHISTLES are cle-
The "sidchydcs" found In the NOON
shines and doctored WHISTLES are eie-
ments intermediate bctwesn aicohols
and acids. They are derived from the
higher aicohols by the oxidation and re-.
movsi 81 a certain hydrogen content
and the addition Of very small amour,
Of Oxygen converts them into active
acids.
The cffec, IL these sldchydcs." says