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Show THE CITIZEN your own readers and get the low down on this fish and game business. Look back in your files and compare a Madsen story written by the late Walter Bratz with your present editorial and wake up. Bratz was formerly sporting editor of the Telegram. We have no personal grudge against Dave Madsen. At one time he was a market fisherman and no doubt that is the reason that our fish and game laws have been heavily loaded with seines and small fines. However, we do find fault with the way he plants his trout because he cannot get results and he is only wasting our money. If there was good fishing in this state there would not be a single protest against Dave Madsen, but he has not delivered the goods. lie has used his office for political campaigning to make himself popular. He attends all meetings and is always the principal speaker and there is no room for others. If he gave the boys good fishing and hunting he would never have to go near a political meeting or any other kind of a meeting to make himself popular. The Citizen is for any man that can deliver the goods. TOD GOODWIN The many friends of James Todman Tod Goodwin of this city, were greatly surprised as well as shocked when they heard of the sudden and untimely death of this popular young newspaper man and writer. He was the son of Judge C. C. Goodwin, one of the most brilliant editorial writers of his day. Judge Goodwin was one of Utah pioneer newspaper men and was one of the early owners of the Salt Lake Tribune. A few years before his death, Judge Goodwin sold his interests in The Tribune to the late Senator Thomas Kearns, and shortly thereafter, started the Goodwin's Weekly, a fearless paper of the people, and its policy is still upheld under the name of The Citizen. At the death of his father, Tod took over the weekly and successfully conducted its business for several years, when he sold out and went to New York City and became interested in the brokerage business, later moving to Chicago, where he recenlty died. Tod was an able writer and newspaper man and quite naturally followed in the footsteps of his father. He made quite a reputation for himself, was well liked by all who knew him and he made friends wherever he went. BIG ROBBERIES Two big diamond robberies have taken place in this city recently and so far no clue has been secured of the crooks. There is no question but what the jobs were performed by professional crooks. It appears that these professional crooks would have a very hard time to remain in any city for any length of time without the knowledge of the police. No man with a police record should be allowed to remain in the city any longer than it is necessary to send him on his way, or be placed behind the bars for safe keeping. Many cities in the country have resorted to strict supervision over strangers who come to town who have no visible means of a livliliood, with a subsequent result that crime is being held down to a minimum. It is often said that it takes a crook to catch a crook and under such pretense an occasional crook gains admittance to the police department with the promise that he will peach upon his fellow crooks. No good ever results from such conditions because it is well known that a crook will not uncover another crook, unless it may be to protect his own hide from behind the bars. Thus it can be seen that such stoolpigeons are very undesirable and are daily a menace to the department in that they tip off their friends of intended raids and also help protect their friends in crime. Under such conditions if business men install burglar dc- - vices in their places of business, it docs not take the croolj to discover where the traps are set. No one but the best of citizens should ever bo admin an officer of the law. The men should be well paid as am incentive to rid the city of all crooks. It is a hard task toj up all the crooks, but general conditions can be made y comfortable for crooks in every city where there is a will out and get them, that they will soon leave. Of late years there has been so much attention gi liquor question that the real criminal plays his game withi safety and the crook is becoming very bold. LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS After spending much time and money in drawing up scores of them were thrown into the waste basket Thurstf midnight when the seventeenth state legislature adjourned House was the first to close its session and Speaker S. M. J sen entirely ignored a request of the Senate to postpone ' f ai a adjo ment for a few moments. There was some important proposed legislation that by the way. Many of the more radical measures first duced were voted out of order at this time and the people a long breath of relief as they saw many tax increase med irok 1 Wop defeated. Those who left their pet bills to the last hoping thatflie would be forced through, via the pressure route, were sadk fpe appointed. The legislature refused to consider any meas a hurry and the result was that a large portion of the vi the legislature came to naught at the last moment. CONGRESS ADJOURNS S1I The relief over the adjournment of Congress is genuiw general. During the last few days of that body the specterl t Sc possible extra session flared before the country for a brief J m iod. It is hinted that the possibility of an extra session lJ 3oo flared before the country for a brief period. It is hinted tkl possibility of an extra session being made necessary, operata 3fid a way at least to expedite business in the closing hours,, dfcj the filibuster. With the old Congress out of the way, alltl and attention is centered on the opening of the TOtli Coi which takes place December 5th of this year. The newll will organize with Nicholas Longworth as Speaker and wiftl same chairmen on the most important committees. TMW Connecticut will continue the headship of Rules. The orgsj3 tion of the Senate is, frankly, in doubt. If Smith and Yafi L seated it is generally assumed that the Republicans will oil ize that body, but in this connection it can be said that evUit( both men are unseated the Democrats are not as yet makin! positive claims as to what they are going to be able to do. The futility, if not the actual element of danger, in a 1 session of Congress such as has just been completed, again been made evident in the people of the country. A 4 suit, there has been an immediate revival of the proposM the political year so that the short session! be eliminated. Unfortunately, there is always a very consider gap between a proposed reform of this character and its adoption. re-ma- ke so-call- ed af CARELESS PARKING Automobile parking is done in a very careless manfc this city. There is absolutely no system and the ordinary of! just rolls his car to the curb, regardless of the amount he takes. As a result we find large open spaces between not room enough for another car to drive in, yet a great of space. Parking should be done in a systematic manner as closely together as possible. It would pennit the pai five or ten more machines on a block and this is quite annf traffic. Many times a driver will roll between two cars, |