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Show BAD CHECKS ' Burley and Twin Falls, Idaho, are badly troubled with bad checks; the Chamber of Commerce .in each town tried to stand-for something which would remedy the evil; but it all simmers down to the one final result: re-sult: It is up to the man or firm given one to act on his own initiative. There are laws enough; the statute is plain. But drastic Individual action is needed. All an association can do Is to list an offender, with the hope that other members of the association asso-ciation will also cease dealing with the culprit. In Denver the Retail Stores Ass'n list bad check writers for the benefit of the cashiers of all those stores which are members, so that the cashier may turn down an offered check of a person who has already stung another member. But individual prosecution is better still. t |