Belt Valley times. [volume] (Armington, Mont.) 1894-1977, 1925-12-24

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that all farms. put together do not
produce enough IN year 10 pay tn.
annual bill for lawlessness and The
costs Of the courts and prisons in thin
country.
This report Is made on the estimate
submitted TO the National Crime Com
mission, after reading the articles ir
Golfers the report Of the Crime Com
mission Of Chicago. Washington, D. c.
and other large cities. we are led to
believe that the report Is correct. But
the question is. shall the farmers be
compelled 20 raise more produce on
shall some Of she crimes be abolished !!
The report says that the only way to
stop crime is to have the. punishment
quick, severe and immediate, and, we
might add, abolish some Of the Prison
Boards. VINO pay no attention to the
decisions of the courts but release any
and all as they see fit
THAT this being near the and Of
the year, records are being made by
the public officials. That Of crime is
filling all the papers. Last week at
Sacramento at the meeting of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
Rev J. h. Wilson Of the First Chris
tian Church Of Sacramento presented
the report of the Federation Of
Churches Of America, the same show
ing that drinking amOngst the young
is increasing, the use Of narcotics and
the lack Of home life is forging ahead
and all Of the same is laid at the dool
Of the Eighteenth amendment.
The officials Of the American Bank
ers Association state that the money
loss from crime during 1924 exceeded
ten billion dollars, exceeding the en-
tire import and export of the United
States. The number Of prisoners IN
the United States is 100000; the Grim
inaI element Of the United States is IN |
excess Of 1000 600. The aristocrats
of crime as defined by the National
Crime Commission, referring to mur-
derers. including gunmen and the WIN
some young girls who have shot their
boy friends, exceed $4,000
The criminals Of the country exceed
the combined population of Maine and
and locked in cells are more
than twice the people that are in the
State Of Nevada. According to the
report just issued by the State Con-
troIler of California, it cost the state
last year TO fight crime, disease and
fire the sum Of fifty-three million dol
lars, Of which over twenty million dol
lars was spent to fight crime.
The Eighteenth Amendment has
been accused Of most everything, but
we cannot believe that 1t Is RESPONSE
be for the above, but IL it is, then !
t Is about time for change, The
main trouble with the amendment "a,
he reformers and the politicians, ons
wanting more power and the other
gathering in the shelels for Eheh 4
'ersonal gain. Everything comes a. /
hose who wait, and one Of these days
here win be an awakenin8 and the
'eople win get what is coming b. Z
hem, and il viii be cold cold day
or reformers and the politicians. Il.
ther words, when crooks fail osst, hon :
st people WIN get their Just dues. +
THAT the headlines Of the Chicago
apers read: @Judge puts alimony !
. scrap heap" and then continues
hat Judge. Cook Of the Superior !,
'Ourt Of Cook county, which take in :
hicago, refused alimony to 100 =
omen who were seeking divorces and :
guarantee of their future support
trough the alimony channel The y
sdge states that in the future NO 81
ealthy women shall reeeive alimony
trough his court. where tifRfe are no m
siIdren involved
In view Of the fact that 50 many hs
aces and countries are ADVERTISING W
le ease with which divorce can be- X
cured in these localities, the above
ay be an advertising stunt On the eft
lrt Of Chicago. But alimony hounds ar
IouId take notice. It may pay them
investigate. The judge further re- ar
ar1rn that II IL hewossH his eomuwe