Hungry Horse news., 1948-12-10


editorial column Other Edito
say" Dec. / issue Great Fal
Tribune
Personally. we have no desil
TO enter the current controvers
as to whether or not this area hs
too many bar rooms or tavern
Nor are We greatly interested
the Hungry Horse Bar associs
tons efforts in filing restrain
ing order against the state hquc
board TO stop further issuing c
liquor licenses in Hungry Horse
Martin City-Coram-Belton are
Nor are we foolish enough {
believe that said efforts are mo
tivated by an unseIfish desire I,
protect the citizenry of this reg
ion However. we do hope tina
the folks on the outside do no
get the impression that We o
this territory are lawless people
given over TO continuous spra.
of suds and foam and so GRIMM,
ally inclined that We keep the off
GERS busy day and night
That is far, far from the truth
Our sobriety, law observance and
law reinforcement compares very
fayorably with the virtues and
common decencies OF any other
Montana community. And in be-
half Of Martin City's bar room
proprietors. We state that we do
not know of an instance where
one of them is rolling DRINKS,
keeping open after hours, or
knowingly and Willingly selling
liquor TO minors and Indians.
In fact, our tavern keepers
tmost Of them married and with
nice kiddiesl are fine types of
people go out on sidewalk or
laws. of the land They are loyal
supporters of civic organizations. /
schools and churches (just good /
citizens, even as you and Il. Many
of the contructive features in our
community life would not have
been possible without the cold
cash aid cheerfully given by thesa
men and women Let's be fair and
give credit where It Is due.
We have yet to see any of these
people go out on sidewalk or
street and drag in weak trembling
victims. prop them up against the
bar. and force liquor into their
resisting mouths. If some thirsty
brother or sister occasionally be-
ZONES obnoxious, he or she is
sobored into proper place $
md restraint by the law. which =
s present in Martin City.
In connection with the foregoing ,
We appear to have =
hree types of outside critics The :
onest critics whose constructive !
riticisms oft times contains sug- r
estions We may follow with profit !
Then there are the ones who q
nvy our growth and prosperity, $
nd who say unkind. untrue things d
hitch neither help nor hurt. We \
an afford to laugh at these +
,lks.
Lastly. there are the su,,g. F
ypocritical horror-seekers who :
1co-npsss heaven, hell and all !.
1jacent territories in orSer 10 Il
nd one insignificant human fran-
~ upon which to vent their J
shteous 90 spleen and srakey
nom They walk or drive slowly !
st our taverns in fervent hope
ey may see or hear something
ey can interpret as being evil
q unlawfully. Should few work II
: men be at bar drinking II
lie beer after the days hard II
,or. they are branded as .thab- II
al soaks idling away their pre- h
'us time If a housewife chan Il
J to be seen cooling her throat
th a beer, after lon,, arduous
urs of changing diapers, coak-
meals, washing buds and
floors, she is stigmatiz-
IS a loose, wanton, charac-
:" And horror or horrors,
,uld there be music AID haopy
t tripping the lighC fantastic"
reto, the runour goes ont the
erns are low dens frequented by
Inken dissolute hbertines. who I
ulge in abominable dance or
s."
iawd. The reputation of angels y
sh from glory wouldn't be safe =
the keeping of this type of 81
-imputing scandal breeders, -
} invariably consider themsclv- 4
Is being paragons of virtue and X
sole repository and squintes- v
&c of human perfection. Behold II
say unto you. they are stencil n
S whose offensive affluni aris- X
from their own native habitat Y
ae sordid depths of evil mag II
ton n
dr. and Mrs. Daniel WEIGH, 4
tie, spent a few days in Mar X
City last week. Mr.. WEIGH ex- "
is to engage in the building n
lie here next spring. N
n honor of their daughter jan X
birthday Saturday Mr.. and Y
!. Earl Hollingsworth entertain u
Is dinner guests Nancy Brown, n
IS Sather, Wanna Stocker, Betty 4
kartheiser, Janet and Elaine X
lingsworN, Richard Gri,lev. "
In Kartheiser. Glenn Miller snd n
ne Byrd The young neople 4