(In accepting articles for publication under this hearing, the Herald assumed No Responsibility for the views express ed by their authors.) AN OPEN LETTER AND AN APPEAL FOR HELP To the Editor of the Harald: Dear Sir: The prosperous valley of Britton Thun has a liquor iissance that looks stronger that Judge Prather and the district aliormey. Right here, beer and whiskey are brought in large quaautities, the pitchaser -beers, no wich and a bey of 1¢-years has been found twice carrying bedr or Whiskey in its buggy to treat minors. This muth's brother was drugged good elder for a boy of 16. ‘This lawlessness is impossible when Claude M. Burnett (8 at home. » His address is Camp Stewart, Co. D., 16th Geg., Pau. Infantry, El Paso, Texas..He has just received tavo anldavits which will get his U.S. A. discharge, and today’s paper states he just pay his fare done. Britton Run nerds the benefit of his influence in this darkness of free whiskey. This letter is a request for District Attorney Thomas to get information about Maner nuisaure, also an appeal of one leading financier for help. How way this Guard (Burnett) be har ved home from Texas, when, possibly, he has not the enasho bring him? MRS. CLAUDE M. BURNETT, Centreville, Ma. July 29, 1916,