Show f AB ABOUT THAT AND t By 81 D J G Citizens of ot Shelby Montana and andIA It IA vicinity put pp up of dol- dol dollars dol dollar lars lara lar to obtain a championship prise fight and ad win In publicity for tor forthe the city The Th desired result has haboon bo bona n obtained Shelby is la known pu Is Ia I followed All the world has learned that Shelby hn duty streets and nd straggling buildings S that Its II sanitation was to such an extent a 0 state elate Inspector was placed on the Job and that the town was wag full tull of boot bool le e cr and wild women Spending to get this kind of pub pub pub- Haiti seems f e ma to behe be the he he height of something I Who W remembers the me Oay oay I nearly everybody froze their own I Ic ice cream on pa Sundays and holidays I and It U ono one ate ato the kind that wu was nU by a dealer It took five tin or ten minute to get rid of the that adhered to th the roof of ones one's mouth listening to some of the ox- ox client ex-client eXIc I eX-I c c addre addresses officeholders officeholder can male when then the menace of an ap- ap approaching ap approaching election lj is remo ed one or how bow a political office can be 10 attractive enough to Induce can can- can dl to utter and stand sibie for the piffle and claptrap U they y peddle In the midst of cam cam- cam palin To the man who woo takes the news as it comes from tho the wire Bire Ire and as- as as assembles it for publication in the newspapers th the tha l manner In which news about prohibition and It its q enforcement is dominating the then n news of the day Is quite striking If 1 th there here ro Is one paramount Issue In inthe the United States today It seems to tob hi 1 prohibition The world court tI ti and the poor old tariff may Inay consider themselves big Issues but the question that re- re re receives the most inott nos and pub pub- publicity Is the Qu question of and Its ts enforcement ement All of us recall the announcement ement that was made when the amend I amend b the final vent Dent was Tas ratified bi state necessary The announce announce- announcement announcement ment went said that at last lost a 11 trouble trouble- sore Issue had been disposed of Xh The liquor question would bother th the American public no longer We should hate haie known better for there ji I I is m-arcely m a question that has hs been beens beene s e In this country for tor all 1111 time I Even Een en the old silver question is a aHie 11 e one ne today The rhe tariff I quos tion has 1111 been settled as aa many times I Ii an has been d declared lared dead i or the he flooring of the tho Washing Washing- Washington Washington ton avenue bridge has bumps but It still stUl is a the lit e issue butI I i After all we ire should be bo glad we wedo wedo wedo do not settle our questions like they do ill In Bulgaria Greece or even In n Germany Germany-by by accidentally killing oft off the factional leaders It If suca obtained over here Gov- Gov Governor Gov Al AI Smith now would be hot hot- hotfooting hotfooting footing It into Canada seeking to tod too tod d o the assassins on the dry sl ii o oan I an and Mr would have hll his handbag permanently packed ready to beat boat It the moment the wets ob- ob obtained ob an upper hand tr ir govern govern- governmental governmental governmental mental affairs Whether or not prohibition is a asi can be bo answered by each from his own experience and observance Do you u o-u drink as now no aa as you ou did before beCore the prohibition I era Do your friends and relatives drink as much Do you e S s e u as a much liquor in the homes ot of those you visit as you did be- be before be before fore and do you see more or less drunkenness at dance halls at re- re so rc-so-ls sots so-is etc eto Do you see as much drunkenness on the streets as be- be bel be before fore fre and do your friends relatives l or spend as much for booze as they did before One ml might ht ask the police If on Saturday nh nights they pay as IlS many visits Mails to squalid hom homes where frightened little lit lit- littI lit little tI tle faces are lire pressed against the windows to see the police como come to papa tor for whipping mama President Harding in his ria flag Day address told the American leg leg- legion leg legion ion it should Insist upon every Am- Am American American Am American citizen learning to sing The Star Sta Banner T Mr Hard Hara lag Hara tag once tooted in a braze brass band an so should hould know something about mu music lc He ought to know that every ev- ev every ev every ery American cannot be taught to sing our national anthem unless such American I li is given ghen a course In vocal instruction and even with Ith vocal instruction tome some must have e I i a new set of vocal cords grafted upon n them In order to handle the theu I u elody I The truth is our national an- an anthem anthem an anthem them require a voice with a II range I wider than most of us enjoy The is not one of those which flows forth freely treely and smoothly I Perhaps this is fortunate for lor it If It did our national anthem might the popularity of Sweet A Adeline among the Inebriated X Nevertheless it is unfortunate that the anthem cannot be sung with more ease ense Luncheon clubs hav have I triad to Star sing The Star Spangled Hanner but the result has hIlS been I sad indeed l and it is not fitting titling that our national anthem should be made ridiculous by poor perform ane Thus America America a song which can be bo sung with ease and pleasure re usurps the place which belongs s to the other |