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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1919
Page
5
The article analyzes conflicting 1919 Wyoming measures on saloons and licensing. It notes Hardin Chapter 25 banning open saloons after June 30 1919 and questions whether later approval of occupation licensing nullifies earlier acts. Officials disagree on legal effect and potential nationwide shifts after demobilization.
The new prohibition rules begin now and allow a Wyoming saloonkeeper or former owner to pursue a test action. If pursued, he may be permitted to operate until next January.
An official Red Cross notice shows 161 families in Big Horn county received home service advice in four months. The program helps with illness after soldiers return, family finances, missed payments, and school attendance, and notes postwar increases in service.
The Basin band performs tonight at the post office corner for an all ages audience. The group plans a special program for the old timers picnic tomorrow replacing the usual Saturday night concert. Members report steady improvement over the past week.
John T. Wayland announces banks will distribute hand grenade savings banks to children under 18 via commercial banks and trust companies. Each child signs a thrift agreement and may save vacation money in the grenade, exchanging funds for War Savings Stamps. A child gains permanent ownership after enrolling in a savings society and purchasing a $5 War Savings Stamp.
A pledge form states a student will save money during vacation and invest in War Savings Stamps and Thrift. The bank holds a grenade as collateral until the saver accumulates enough to purchase War Savings Stamp and gains membership in a Savings Society. If the goal isn’t reached by October 1, 1919, the grenade is returned to the bank.
The article argues selling Liberty Bonds under market value shows thrift in buyers who expect par at maturity. It notes bankers can aid sellers to extract value and that most sales go to thrifty purchasers who will hold to maturity. Roosevelt warns thrift over extravagance and urges saving through the War Savings program.
The piece argues wasteful spending in public affairs amid war taxes and rising costs. It notes motor vehicles used in public work idling or left unused, urging public servants to set tighter examples and curb extravagance to avoid increasing civic burdens.
The piece argues government ownership is a practical issue for citizens to decide. It cites business experience since the war favoring private control for efficiency and criticizes government employees as slack and slow to innovate. It warns against rapid socialization fearing a Russia like abyss and Germany threat.
The long running feud between Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Representative Ben Johnson of Kentucky resumes. Johnson accuses Pomerene of aiding rent profiteers in the District of Columbia as the two prominent Democrats clash in Congress. Amity seems unlikely without stronger measures than a simple pact.
A record of the judiciary committee shows members voting on the prohibition bill with several votes noted as against the measure. The article continues from page one detailing how individual representatives aligned on the proposal.
Representative Glasson of Wisconsin signed the minority report while Representative Pou of North Carolina, a strict prohibitionist, voted against the bill. Pou argued a law so harsh as to bar a farmer's wife from making blackberry wine for personal use could not be enforced.
A Basin band promenade concert is set for next Saturday August 2nd with dancing and special features. All discharged men and their friends are invited to attend and further particulars will be provided next week.
The Taft letters to Republican senators discuss a proposed middle course for the senate deadlock, criticizing President Wilson's wartime and peace conduct, and questioning the Shantung provision. White House denies Wilson influenced the Shantung settlement, stating reports are false and that the president would defend it only on expediency. Letters to Mr Hays hint at six interpretations but do not detail them.
Transportation experts say Romania needs about 4,000 locomotives and hundreds of miles of new track, but currently has fewer than 100 trains and under 400 locomotives. The fastest service offers one first class coach and three third class cars, with trains moving at a third of prewar speeds and often crowding roofs with about fifty riders per coach.
Land er Wyoming July 24 State Game Warden W T Judking reports from a state tour on game preservation. Prosecutions for out of season sage chickens continue as birds grow large. Fifteen paid deputies and over $16 000 from licenses plus about $1 500 from confiscated hides and furs have been collected. Elk are in good condition with an unusually large calf crop and winter feeding has been contracted at Jackson Hole.
Magistrate George Genung of New York urged a group of women to support their party firmly. He warned against non partisan alliances and third parties, saying loyalty strengthens the party and brings results. He cautioned longtime Democrats not to defect and expect rewards from Republicans.
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