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Show THE DAILY HERALD THE HERALD Want-Alvbn jo faumm HenU rare rw mm next ttm ya have Law. Try tnwie, r rent mwr'T e THE WEATHER IT AH Generally fair, WcdiK-- day fair, winds fciemniitg northerly, First in news, first in circulation, first in advertising, and first delivered in the homes. wro mmm repeal sf raei mi age YEAR. H TH1KTY-E1GHT- C NO. 202. PROVO, UTAH, TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 1921 Vi HIGHER AGE The Mayor And The Majority LIMIT URGED Asks City Com to nescina iu Former Action. Delegation mission AGE LIMIT DETRIMENTAL riAIM Containing Praying for Higher Standards ' 1500 Filed. First Speaker. "W do not intend to be dictatory in this matter," Bald Attorney - er than lessened by such an action on your part." L E. Brockbank. "Many people of the dty are wondering why the age Hmlf was not raised Instead of low-tre- tttttXOSSi URGES Professor J. The school board is very In this question met) interested ud ould have been represented here this evening had it not been tor another meeting which they aatt attend. "It i a problem for the school to eoaelder, according to Principal Hrmoa of the Provo high school, who is very much opposed to- the lowering of the age limit Boys who should be in school will now be attracted tsway from their studies by the poolhall. "Proro is a university towB. Boys and girls are sent here from tftrfer the country tad we don't safe guard them any nore than to permit them to enter the poolhalls here three years earlier than they can in their own M. Jensen of the gene, Ore. Major V. L. Martin completed the Inspection of the hupe ships and announced that the expedition would set out on the S50 mile trip to the Oregon city Itetween 8 and 8 o'clock. ' The commander of bet air fleet stated that the frtght from Santa Monica over tue Tehacbapi mountains to this city yesterday thoroughly tested the stability of tbe craft, as they were forced to fight heavy winds for more than half the o call thing ttliliiW No Evidence of Violence or t Felonious Intent Found in Death of Bristol Couple, i' t ARTHl lt N. TAYLOR. Arthur N. Taylor was elavted president of the Provo Chamlier of Commerce by the board of directors at the meeting in Sutton Cafe Tues day uoou. Mr. Taylor succeeds the late John S. Smith as president Aldous Divon was .elected di rector, taking tbe place made va cant by Mr. Smith's death. Vice President Herald It. Clark presided at the meeting attended by Directors F. S. Harris. W. O. Creer. T. F. Pierpont. A. N. Tai lor. Tress- nrer F. O. Warnlck, Secretary E. 8. Hinckley and Mayor O. K. Hansen. The election of a president follow- ed Secretary Hinckley's report of the last meeting and was xn the motion of Dlrectcor W. O. Creer, seconded by Directors Pierpont and 11. Herald Readers Vote 0n Pool Age K I MOTHER-IN-LA- PRAISES BRISTOL' Charles L. Bristol and his wife. Doris G. Bristol who were found dead Suuday evening in he bae-- S" meut rooms at 320 E. First orth street, came to their death by asphyxiation, according tq the ver- - ;i. diet of the coroners Jury who made t. an Inquest into the death. The Jury also found no evidence v ' of felonious intent or violence. The Inquest wsa held before V Judge GiMirga P. Tarker of the ;j Provo city court, th Jurors being 1 L. A. Culliertson, Alex Hedquiat and Charles II. Wright and waa conducted by County Attorney Mar- - J, ? tin M. Larson. The witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. t Melviu Fillmore, their were counted this morn log in opposition to tbe bill. Opposition leaders are Mills of New York; Treadway of Massachusetts llaylew of Oregon and Watson of Pennsylvania, all Republicans and staunch supporters of President Coolidge, who has declared against a bonus. The adoption of the "Gag rule" for the consideration of bonus reIndications point to quirements. an attendance of approximately 4(10 when the vote is taken and about 130 votes would be necessary to block the passage. . ( ni the opposition cannot muster half that number. daughter, I Irene: 8heriff J. IX t r V. Toung university, who has just turned from a trip to the southern part of the state, said that people everywhere are asking what effect the coming of the steel industry to Provo will have on Provo as an educational center. He said that, it -would be well for the city to maintain high standards and suggested J. Wm. Knight, in addressing the information of the city com- 1021 by asphyxiation f rom i that if the age limits differ in tbe the Provo city commission Monday mission. , from a burning gas beater" arising various cities o fthe county It may as That this Information may be and lack of ventilation. From the be well to call a conference of the evening argued In favor of the re- accurate as possible .only ballots of evideuce we discover' no felonious official concerned and have uni- peal of the public poolhall ordin- Provo citizens of legal voting ace Intent or vlolenec." form action. ance which places the age limit at will 'te accepted and counted. All A wire has been received by the A. O Although Spear expressed 18 Mr. Knight said it was coupons will le retained and wilt be Funeral nome from W. H. Hatch the belief that the commission had his years. opinion that a majority of the at the disosal of the city commisBristol of Vergennes, Vermont, some reason for lowering the age voters of Provo favor the repeal of sion at any time, for checking purfather nf the dead man, asking that limit, he said that personally he the ordinance and the raisins of poses. the body be sent Thursday to that i to never desire would change the the age limit to 21 years. He sugbelow, sign ballot the coupon city for burial law unless the sentiment of the gested that the city commission find onClip the first line If you favor the to Crime, Word is awaited from L. F. Mr. majority of the people was In that out what a majority of Provo citi- rei enl of the ordinance DEALT IN OIL STOCKS ter of Pierpont brought np the matDavis, father of Mrs. Bristol, relaborne town. unpaid notes given in the direction. He said that he had zens think about poolhall age limits and on. the second line if you do not Service. News tive to the sending of her body to Provo Springville campaign to pur- International Col. "From 70 to 80 per cent of the enough faith in the integrity of the March, 18. Den- Grand Junction. Col. DENVER, and act accordingly. favor the repeal of the ordinance. International News Service. chase the site for the steel plant. people of Provo are opposed to the members of the commission that 18. March was WASHINGTON, if be The Herald hopes to ascer- Your full name must signed He said aiiout 75 per cent of the ver's murder trunk mystery rescind their action tain theDaily lowering oof the moral standards of they should Eight federal officials, including a solved late last night, when Fred drifts of public opinion for vour vote is to be counted. the city. This problem is not solved were they certain they had donel cabinet member, two senators and notes had been paid, that others had Jnnssen, suspected of murdering his WKAF ASKS INJUNCTION by lowering the age limit The same C. " Baseoin AGAINST STATION WHN wrong in lowering tbe age limit. Sleiup, secretary to refused payment. placing her body- - In a "I for one would not want to be wife andwhich trouble will be encountered now unThat the commission had made a President Coolidge. were found to was later opened nt trunk, the Steel Day celebration if der the IS have dealt in oil stocks, their names where its grewsome International Newe Service. year limit as previously mistake by changing the ordiuunc we had not made good our word to Ogden, I'tah, NEW YORK, Marcch IS. Silenctader the 21 year limit. iK'ing discovered on the books of were discovered, confessed contents poolhalls was the opluir regulating "Thi may be a competition be- - of Tom Thompson, who said that ing of 484 radio broadcasting stabrokerage concerns in Washington, the Columbia Steel to turn over the to police. Itween cities and if it i allowed to is easier for a policeman to tell tt Ckveliind and New York, it was plantsite free," Mr. Pierpont deJausscu was arrested at Pueblo tions, scattered throughout America, may result from an action Indisclosed today to the senate oii clared, and explained that he could yesterday. tarry on the age limit will soon be age of a young man 21 yea town to 16 committee by Lewis D. Bond, chief not accept a position on the general Janssen'8 confession was simple. stituted in Federal court by the years of age. There Is of age than one 18 years of ag ao town in Utah county or In the He said that in the past many boy accountant for the federal trade eomniitee until the note indebted- He said that he had met a Mexican American Telephone & Telegraph Rate of Utah that has an age limit have gone to other towns to pla commission, who for a month has ness is cleared np. offered him $150 to do t'.ie act- company, rjierating station WEAF Dr. Harris suggested turning the and tor poolhalls as low as 18 years. been going over the books of vuri- that the man accepted for an injunction restraining ual pool. unpaid notes to a collection agency and killing; by station ous brokers. The poolhall Is not the proper was taken to his home where further broadcasting Mrs. Maud Beeley Jacob, repr by The names reported to the com- - and that the note signers be called plans were laid for his wife's death. WHN, a statement issued place for boys to go to and we senting the high school faculty, sal into court. one of the owners should do all we can to keep them , m it tee by Bond were : Janssen said he went for a walk, George Schubtl, that physically many of the boy the latter station asserts. General way from there. Attorney Harry M. lenviug the Mexican in the bouse. of tin the seventh, eighth and nint' and summons have honld also exist between Complaint various grade would pass for is years t When he returned he went to a Dnngherty. Schu-be- l, dtlet in enforcing the law. It should age althongh they have not as yi room adjoining that of his wife's lieen issued against Iiwe & Secretary C. Bnsconi Slemp. alleging infringment on patt be difficult, to Senator Davis Elkins, Republiwhere he had an empty trunk in keep the boys un- reached that age. Especially is tni fa" age can, West Virginia. readiness and awaited fo rthe Mexi- i ents held by the telephone comaway from the poolhalls. the case, she said, In the slowe pany. have the age of all of these boys sections of the school where mot Senator Charles Curtis, Republican to commit the crime. WIIN's owners declare similar l these can, Kansas. various cities and it should of the boys will take advantage o He said that his wife was kneelis . employed by 484 be B. Rouse, Representative Arthur comparatively easy to keep a lowering the standard. She de ing on the floor praying when she apparatus all of which might check on them." Republican, of Kentucky. was killed. Janssen said that after uther stations, clared It was her opinion that mauj have to cease operations were Says Majority Oppose. Representative Thomas J. Ryan, the bodv was placed In the trunk later of these boys will be found in tfc This, would 'ioilil!-p.Prof. J. M. Jensen of the B. Y. and while he was tleing it np with the suit successful. New York. ,1 William Knight said that he poolhalls and that they should b WEAF, a comercial station, as present as a citizen and not as dismissed give Wells of iUurcscutative are th( the Mexican, Goody C. because has he from returned Salina they and paid rope, protected i member of any organization. He tvpe that cannot protect themselves. iKuntz, Republican, West Virginia. vicinity, in Sevier county, where he him. placed the trunk on the back a virtual monopoly, Schubel said. Krch and went tf oca. ine next Representative Joseph H. Hiiues, has spent several Jwlared that he was against the "I have tried to thing this quesdays in university morning it was shipped to a point lowering of the poolhall age and tion out fairly and squnrly," said unio. .jmoucuii, SLICE IT OFF, NEW extension work. H'd that he has heard many people Dr. Brimhall. "My educational pride METHOD TO REDUCE He reisirts that the people of in California. KILLED. his sons came AVIATORS with of home her "Press educationsee the people to not like in the would standards making young disappointment Sevier county are anticinorthern 17. March PENSACOLA. raange. He more than Fin., lowered to was certain that a al standards any JAPANESE EMPEROR'S International News Service. concerning their age, there clothing scented with strong Lieutenants Charles Porter and pating the building of a railroad in Mjority of the voters are against r would like to see the civic stand falsify MENTAL FACULTIES FADE CHICAGO, March 18. A trail tbe near future to the coal beds la it. The same thing bacco smoke. Inquiring as to the Olln H. Miner, were in no truth is ee lowering of the kill instantly limit from ards lowered. through the operating room to of cause of the scent, she was told by ed near here today when their air Salina canyon. the raising a to IS years of ace.age said concerning was OPPOSED TO LUW Sinxvanuo. LONDON, March 18. An official girlish suppleness and that "you Both the I). & R. G. and the and game her sou that he had just been in a plane fell from a high altitude. I am certain that the ideals of First, last and all the time I am the standards of the fish T'nion Pacific are apparently in the bulletin issued at Tokio states that just knew she wers them" figure,, to ar said a minutes few for then was we members poolhall of It were the state. JN of the type They using of the city commission opposed to lowering the standards laws faculties of the Japanese has been blazed here by Mrs law would make range with a truck driver for the land plane, and were in the air field. The I). & R. G. has had con- the mental fe jnst as are gradually weaueuing Thomas Bryne. high a that of other of anv kind. I stand for the rais- that the higher emperor cessions for or basket but has football several of the years, our of peip'.e. the before out young crash hauling but time a short citizens," snid Mr. and hope for his recovery is slight, For years, according to Mrs. Knight. "On this ing of the standards. The motives poachers foiled to act. com came. has ball team to a neighboring loestion, however, we differ some- of the commission in nuiKing me Instead of that the higher law to a leutral .ews dis- Byrne, she has been alarmed at the according The I'nion now is Pacific of them. seeking snortsmen munity. what We oome here as a college change I don't know, but I am cerrapid increase of "too solid flesh." and unless the D. & patch from ToK'io this nftei'ioou. Mayor O. K. Hansen, as the ARREST PLEASANT GROVE R. concessions, 'The judgement o fthe Individual The Brlgham Toung uuiver-- tain that they are the kind of men added that the attend- Every new reducing scheme found The inG. dispatch R. acts before will names the 5, commission, for probApril The is and will be Deputy Karl Boshard Monday ably be given an opportunity the greatest fact- who want to do the best for the ought to be considered.has been pre- spokesman she sweated to ing physicians fear an immediate her a ready customer formed the delegation that the peti or in the on the petition that arrested Francis K. Judd, of Pleas- build. in sweat baths, she wore rubber turn for tbe worse. city, regrndless of what boys. and received lieen had tion are regularty worthy evening subthis My happen here. here sented of of the this the who ant at consideration Grove, Hirohito. Prince request Crown "In the waseirdw she hoisted dumbbells: she The people generally, says Proand consideration. filed.A United States marshal, and on a fessor Jensen. unanimous expression from ject a number of things come up for of high respect to lie pros- marri.il last your, is acting as re swung Indian clubs all to no avail "We have studied the question of on this apiear differs out commission t loin ion of the of The stands postal One thing charge And then came the announcement professors of the university discussion. The First ward of Salina gent, with an overwhelming the age limit continually both in" law. Judd was released on a $2000 perous. "uui show that the The cnqieror is in his forty-fifthowever, and question of Dr. Leslie F. M.ieli- - '.lit, of lowering of more prominently, and the Aurora ward are contemand out of the of the the poolhall city. mothers l"e Mamlards is of the he since bail. a been not has ailing the University hospital, good tuing majority lhat undetrimental to the that is that it la new "We plating building said Mayor Hansen. meeting year, lie the views of many throne in 11)15. ascended wanted avoirdiiiHiis conk; 'a carved "Hnmninry. I am not impugning, to allow our boys to assemble in It also with the houses in the near future. into this question not have Jumped motives of any of the member fathers. away, and Mrs. Bryne just rompplaces not of good domestic repute. without due consideration but have BETHLEHEM STEEL NET "It differs with the ediicntinn.il ed to the hospital. INCOME IS $14,74.152,1 Comn'lssion. TYRRHEMV TOO HARD TO I have high The poolhall has an unsavory standand studied it from every conceivable schools the public mimnitv. CONVICTED OK SLAYER for u nf tnem anA know ing in the home. "It's really too simple." she said SAY; NAMED LANCASTRIA In cunrge. ni angle. as men of MUST DEGREE MURDER NEW YORK, March IS. Bet hie- after the oieraiioii, and she smil"The commission hits apparently the university. theThose in saying that you high moral chnrae- frank ttm "I onier of eonmmriiry PRICE. .March 1K.A verdict of International News Service. net concluded that. it. can do mote for Hie morals ingly looked down tit her toes, lie ennnot f;i:d three men In l'i'ovo hem Steel corporation earned llf... ... vli.WS tli., LliM'tiN. March l.". It is less strangers for years. "The surgeons are jealous of your reputa-- h the bov in the poollmll than out of VIL'OroilMJ1.. , , , ,.,.,.,..,1 l.oilt income of 14.P.74.152 in 1!23. an in- - giiiby of murder in the first decree n on n mis Knur "... . ..r crease of $:i.7j."21 over 1:'22. tliei in the case of (lie state versus E. F. trouble to change tli" nam- of ju. t cat off my unnecessary flesh 1InyorThere Is no man it, or that bv lowering the staudird fommi lower stamlariis; tne wi iiare i:nu tue s peK, a Mexican, charged il!i the ship than to teach the public how ::: has ev,.r lieen elected to that Hi.. sewed me up again." shows today. After not Is' so many oo wi perpetuity of tbe no tiinn sn' io- - orum- auiiu.'l or ;,,i.,,-,.sithe Voitlll i.....t T' lour '1 a, list the A of Lewis Madrid at dreelilto p 'Umiiuce her old one. ,v era has d iv- ued. ration with such a unanimous enter the poolhall as if the stand- is fur preferred divideii.li j providing In. is of tlx; Provo city comn'isi-oni- . T"e ns bv fore ihe Cuuard Steamship coniffiny this wns efii.iv.'ileiit of .ii. i( a shun- River. J:'i:.arv L". w.v r. vot, wove. bold up. Such reasoning; community." was the' been entrusted aid f by l.ave "We lower-,.I the hat 1 . to lias rei liristened the liner Tyrrlu-nl.Mrs. Harmon said it to have been hack of jury at Castled lie. and on tin' average amount of eoiiitn .i. everything is wrong, or wny not lower the Kftindard was the concent constituents ot oi.r cny to iuaii the y"n llllT(' ''""P with the ex 15 years or eliminate the age rcgu-anil are stuel; ok: tanditw during the year p.i,iits iveeiwd bv Sheriff Rav mid hereafter she will sail Provo of . ...... i. ... ...,.1 it.,.t it was, enforce the lav. too ..r i. i.ict linn in ..n't Lnncastria. The company f After dividend pnymenls of SI2.0NV D:laing. i She best of our aKIiiy. I believe that Intiotl altogether. so it 1,, "nllis thinsnot rs bn1,.. ijiio tiic yet 18,doin; for i.ekefs Ute'TOHfTmuny di-- 1"im1 that Lo- many pa-- i nuers nsU'-has a lower because of her two sons us ?.27. there was a surplus of ?2.28,-fo- r with this leave 1" ,K' '" .Vmr as well as the "Even if Springville used nil question l.t.inii at Aiieilcau Fork, Sunday to have i V.i'S:, j if !"( 1(11 Mil!thei(tt inw,...,in and we will Iminlle it as we coi,:inri (I with a ir-, bud filtered a b x car rud fired on "that ship with the tunny name." advantage , greatest advant-you- r age limit than Provo change 'interested in fighting getUi:,,' .'.',v,.,' villi. $2.", ac-tIt of $2.."".2,t;25 the prouo,,s several shots at Madrid, killing him or were making liidieerous efforts the best advantage of the ;, former action we as nil educational center should liev nlhe Manager .Frank White. ti "Tynheuia." almost instantly. "' mutter. The people's year. estiiua- - have a higher standard. Now, as win of She related how one evening one city." y"u will lie heightened rath- - to the argument that the higher re- '' - w - f TRUNK MURDER - " IS CLEARED UP RAILROAD TO a tuned pitch I SAUNA COAL j n. in which sr sev- - V Ca 1 7 ; snt ! 1 h pool-ball- J V i- - ' j :;.: iuii - ; jiLT.-i- 1 I i J - t 11 i bo-l,- ngs. ! Only twenty minutes was allowed Boyd, Deputy Otto Birk, County i to each side-fo- r debate of tbe bill, Physician L. C. Potter, Dr. J. G although this cloture can lie aban- Clark and Mrs. Susie Davis, moiuer doned by nnaulmnus consent The of Mrs. Bristol Tb witnesses testified as to' the "Gag rule" permits no changes In the legislation by way of amend- finding of the bodies in the room ment and It must tie defeated or Sunday evening, the condition of the room and the physical condition passed as it stands. There i.as been some complaint of Mr. and Mrs. Bristol Saturday against house leaders for taking up night and Sunday. or the honua nnncr suspension Mrs. Davla testified that Mr, rules. Some congressmen wanted to Bristol had clwava been devoted to change It to make tt optional with , his wife,.... almost to a point of .leal . . . ' i 1 u.naei..la.,.1.11.,.. ..w,nn i j i.ri-iilll7 KilUM-IMIHJ'. ' ine sain suat a uaa IrlPQ - i rlalra-J in take Insurance or cash. They every way te look out for the wel-- 2 ed that 75 per cent of the aoldlera fare and comfort of Mrs. Bristol T preferred cash. Others asserted on ! nd that h had been a Wntf' and'" the other hand, that veto of the bill considerate "I waa certain should tt provide for The verdict of the' Jurors jf'-"- f heavy cash expenditures, while that "Charles L. Bristol r' there was aome chance of tpprovlng a. Bristol came to.theba--1 tween the hours utit thethe Insurance policy plan. ' ) - Man's Body to Be Sent Thurs- - i 1 day to Family Home in ermont. trip. "In view of the splendid mariner in which the planes stood up on the initial trip, I am eeu more confident that the cruise will be a success," said Commander Martin. "I do not labor under the false impression that the feat shall be easily accomplished, but I know It can be done. Whether we are successful depends on us. The ships represent Harris. the nearest approach to. perfection Mr. at first declined the yet reached In aircraft construction. office. Taylor Insisting that lack of time Weather conditions thorougbout would .prevent bis acceptance, but northern California and southern later consented to serve as presi were Ideal and It dent after Ofegou reported other directors bad as improbable that anything sured t!m that active 4ould happen to delay the ships in would J given by all other officers 'HeieraHy fair faud the entire taking the-tr- ; membership. wth northerly winds" was the foreMr. Hinckler reported the meet cast for all California north of in Salt Lnke at the Steel Duy announced at the United ing States weather bureau this morn- committees. The names of Thomas F. Pierpont ing. O. K. Hansen were suggested as Lieutenants Wade and Smith and and on the Steel Day Sergeants tinnier, Ogden and Har- representatives committee and one of these vey, other uiemliers of the expedi- general will lie the Steel Day speaker for tionary force, arrived at the field I'tah 'county. Other speakers will with Major Martin early this morn- lie President W. E. Creed of the Col- Husband of Dead Woman, Aring. umbia Steel corporation and Govrested in Pueblo, Confesses ernor Charles It. Mabey. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS lnter-mountai- n st.; yes- terday were run out of their hangers at daybreak today and tuned up preparatory to hopping off for Eu- - en Sixty congressmen sjiec-tacul- cruise around the earth's circumference, the three Douglas 1 ACCIDENTAL Des-crll- Nawa Service. MAT I IKK FIELD, SACRAMENTO, CaL March IK. Fulley equip- army pin ties which landed here SAYS DEATH x WASHINGTON. March 18. d by its opponents as a "tombstone iKinue" lecttiise a "soldier must die to get his money" or wait tweuty years for the maturity of bis insurance policy, the new soldiers bonus bill was taken up by the house today under a rule which assured Its passage during the after-noo- International - Harmon, under whoae direction the petition haa been circulated ta the city, said that ai fathers and Bothers the. delegation felt that the commission 'should rescind lti action and raise the age limit as it was previously to the recent change. TRIP IS TUESDAY'S SCHEDULE ped for a second jump in the UP BONUS BILi By T. O. HAYWARD. E , INQUEST JURY International News Service Staff Correspondent Weather Conditions in Coast States Reported Ideal. ar 18-ye- ar Mfg. atirJ 500-MIL- 18-ye- ar consideration. HOUSE TAKES Sixty Congressmen Are Opposed to New Soldiers' lionus Hill. Eugene, Ore, Reached This Evening by Army's Aviators. . delegation representing 1500 of Proto net with the resldei-t- s Monday Proto city commission (teoiug and urged tbe commission t rewind it .former action of iiuine of in ordinance lowering the at which boys are allowed In ,ioolhalls from 21 to IS yeara of age. The delegation-- consisted of I. E. Brockbank, Dr. George H. Brimkall Mm. George H. Brlnhall, Prot. J. M. Jensen, J. William itnignr, u. A. gpear, Mrs. Maude .Beetey Jacob, fom Thompson and Mrs, Sarahv A JaatJhe petition would be given due J (XX SECOND DAY . Harmon. Tbe commission accepted the peO. K. tition and through Mayor Hansen, Informed' the delegation "3 this question with and we municipal. will handle it, as we believe, to the best ad The Herald subscribes to that American doctrine of rule by majority. vantage of the city.' It is for any other system to With those words Mayor O. K. Hansen dis missed a group of Provo citizens who had prevail within the United States. The Herald also subscribes to the doctrine come Deiore me city commission, to plead for that public officials, legislative bodies, espethe repeal of the new public pool hall ordicially, are merely representatives of the nance which lowered the pool hall age limit American people,- - American citizens and from 21 years to 18 years. voters, and that these public officials, in Several Provo citizens had told the mayor their public acts, are merely instruments to and the commissioners that, in their opinion, a majority of all citizens are opposed to the register the majority opinion of their constituents. limit. They suggested that the That's the representative form of governmayor ascertain if this be a fact; Mr. Knight ment made world famous by the United urged an election to find out where the ma- States of America. jority of Provo citizens stand. All right, then, the matter now comes to The mayor's reply was not understood by this point: those petitioners to mean that he would find Are of of Provo in out what the majority of citizens want, but favor oftheanmajority limitvoters for pool halls, or that the city's legislative body would "handle do they favor the former limit, 21 years ? it (the question of the age of boys frequentIn an American city the majority should ing pool halls) to the best advantage of the govern, and majority opinion should prevail. city." The here, apparently, is not It was understood by the petitioners that whether question 18 years is the right age, or whether the mayor would govern his action, and it 21 years is right, but was presumed that he was speakine for the ty hat do the majority of Provo citizens commission, by his (and their) judgment as think about it? to whether the limit is the best for If the majority favor the present ordithe city of Provo. nance, then it should remain on the statute The Herald does not argue for, nor against, books of the city. the present ordinance. The Herald does If the majority favor raising the age to 21 not presume to judge which is the better limit years, then the present ordinance should be But The Herald does believe that the major- repealed and the former ordinance ity should rule I This is the land of where laws are enacted, or repealedmajority, because It seems to be up to Mayor Hansen to place the majority of voters demand such action; all his reasons for lowering the age limit bethat, at least, is the fundamental theory of fore the people of Provo, and then learn what American government, federal, state, and it is that a majority of Provo citizens want. 18-ye- A. N. TAYLOR FLYERS HOP OFF C. C. PRESIDENT You leave FOR POOLHALL Petition Names 'ROUND WORLD PRICE TWO CENTS ;r |