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Show THE CITIZEN - Why not set our police force in operation to pick up all careless drivers. All drivers who cut the comers, who swing out of line and cut your front wheels off in order to gain a cars length, whose only aim is to get somewhere without regard to road courtesy and who have no respect for ought to be picked up and fined not less than 8299 for the first offense, and. for the second offense be barred from the highways for at least five years. Such law enforcement would soon bring respect for individual and property rights and at the eiid of a week we would not have a careless driver on the streets. Let us gel rid of these murderers! Let us get rid of all criminals, and the best way to do it is to turn the present prison hotels and amusement parlors into real workshops. Every prison ought to be made pay for itself and not one cent of tax money should go for its upkeep. When that time arrives, we will have few criminals. However, under present lax conditions, the criminal has an easy time of it and he really dictates what his penalty shall be. We are glad to see California wake up. There is no place in Utah for criminals. Lets get rid of them. . i For the time being, there is more talk in political circles regarding probable candidates for state offices for the presidential election next year, than there is in the coming fall city election. Dave Madsen has taken Governor Dern out on a fishing trip and some of the other boys can now be heard during their absence. John Oldroyd and John Walker are coming out for secretary of state, and Hal Farr wants to be attorney general. There is some talk of Bill Spry popping in on us at any time to make the race for senator, but he is going to find a lot of local talent ready to contest him in the race. SORT OF NONPARTISAN . I HOW ABOUT THIS right-of-way- s, RIPENING if ish on this side of the pond as to believe that we will be allowed push so far ahead that we can go in and collect our debts. The Democratic party appears to be all shot to pieces. Governor Dern who is supposed to be the big chief, tells his ward heelers that the Republicans elected him, and there you are. The Democrats are up a tree and do not know what to do. They will probably wake up after the Republicans have elected their man, who ever that will be, to the office. There will be a big field in the race to become candidates on the Republican ticket. Sounds like victory. Dern feels that the Democrats must use him again. The Republicans hope they will in order that an old score may be evened. It is said that Mayor C. Clarence Neslen has been building fences throughout the state to support him for governor on the Democratic ticket. Surely lie will consent to give Dern a second term that is if Dern can win at the polls, where we believe he is doomed to lose. He is what you call an accident governor and such never repeat. Ernest Bamberger, Republican national committeeman, says that the people are so well satisfied that he expects to see greater gains in the Republican offices than ever before. While all the countries of Europe have been moaning about hard times, the people in the United States have much prosperity and there is no good reason why prosperity should not continue. NO ONE WANTS JOB In an investigation conducted by the Chamber of Commerce, it i found that this city is the highest taxed property city in the state Most of the outside counties assess upon a 50 per cent basis. Let u pass the buck to the state board and see what they will do with it. 1 is a matter that must receive somie attention. The state law calls fo full valuation, but this is the only city in the state that endeavors live up to the law. As long as we are willing to pay, why not? Colonel Lindbergh could probably be elected to the highest oi fice in any state of the Union, if he desired to run for office. If no there are a lot of praise bluffers. Now, what are his politics an what party claims him? FUTURE AIR BUSINESS Has aircraft a future? What will be the concrete. results fo lowing the airplane flights of Lindbergh and Chamberlain to Eu rope? May significant accomplishments in the increased use of th air for travel be expected in the way that has been predicted by th boy hero? There will undoubtedly be a big drive in the next congress i favor of aircraft for National defense. Aeronautic enthusiasts, especially those who agree with Colonel William Mitchell, will- ag gressively champion their views which favor larger appropriation for aeronautics for the army and navy. Colonel Mitchells explc sive letter to the press criticising bureaucrats of the navy becaus of their alleged partisanship for battleships is apt to be but a fort runner of such criticism, and it will be aimed at Congress in th hope of swinging larger appropriations for aeronautics at the e - 1 r pense of water-craf- t. The post office department, backed by the declaration of Lini bergh in one of his addresses in Washington in which he stated thi our air mail service was regarded as marvelous throughout Europe M is increasing its efforts to expand and improve the air mail service tf Postmaster General New facetiously admits that he is a nut on thi subject. The department is withdrawing all government operate planes and turning the routes over to private contractors. Depar ment of Commerce bulletins show that cablegrams and mail inquirie are being received from foreign countries asking for informatio relative to American planes, particularly of the types that have bee c used for flights. The business opportunities that will be developed in America aircraft will be very extensive. trans-Atlanti- WOMANS WAGE i fc A The Womens Bureau of the United Sttaes Department of has investigated the earnings received by women in industrial occ i pations in fourteen states. In Rhode Island, the medium, or midd wage, of all the women investigated was only $16.85 a week, meani that half of the women received less than this amount and half r ceived as much or more. Medians in other states studied rang i4 from $14.95 in New Jersey to $8.60. in Mississippi, with the remai f ing eleven states ranking as follows: Ohio, $13.80; Oklahoma, $1 Georgia, $12.95; Missouri, $12.65; Kansas, $11.95; Arkansa $11.60; Tennessee, $11.10; Delaware, $11.05; Kentucky, $10.7 South Carolina, $9.50, and Alabama, $8.80. Lab rs Who is going to be the next postmaster? Guthries term of office expires the first of the year. Whether he is going to be allowed to hang over or whether some new man will be appointed has so far received very little attention on the outside. In fact but few people know that our postmasters term expired January 1, just passed. If there is a chance for a new man, now watch the race. . i i k i . 4C The naval conference at Geneva is turning out to be a big fiiasco. Former agreements are not being lived up to and the United States finds itself among a lot of fellows who are very polite, but who just inform us that they are going to add just a little to the former agreed naval ratio. What else could we expect. Surely there is none so fool- - . Of the 90,000 people accidentally killed in the United State s in 192G, 48,000 deaths occurred on streets or in other publ places, 19.000 in industry and 23,000 in homes. About of the worlds railroad mileage and three fifths of the worlds telephone wire mileage are in the Unite States of America. j one-thir- d, n |