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Show THE B Herbert ©o some temporary employment, knowing it couldn’t last long. been a faithful didn’t We do. We learned supporter of that from preceding page) and that you threw Frank out to accommodate Wendell, It looked like a smart trick to unload Wendell. He had for many that then know (Continued Maw-- aa SEARCHLIGHT when years, so we people it was from rumored surmised he had it coming. Ogden could get in your hair like they that you intended expressing your cus- tomary gratitude to another Commissioner. So it took us completely by surprise when the newspapers said you had decided to can Jugler all over again. But we warn you again that that fellow is smart. He knows all about canning. So In fact he knows almost as much about that as you know about reorganization. watch your step, Excellency. We’re too lazy to write many letters of condolence hke this one. THE EDITOR P.S.— With Wild Willie voluntarily complying with Utah’s traffic laws the highways must become horribly lonesome for your State Patrol. And as traffic decreases with gas rationing the plight of Pete Dow’s boys will become worse. As you know, Excellency, it pains the Searchlight to see you in such a quandary. Something must be done to maintain the morale of the State Traffic cops. Realizing that need the Searchlight—in line with our confirmed habit of rendering services to you gratis—offers a brand new suggestion. We feel certain you will accept it as another of our contributions to the successful administration of the State. While the boys were vainly trying to cateh up with Wild Willie, they rested at the There they learned most of the intriHighway equipment shack on West 33rd South. cacies of ace-in-the-hole, black-jack, rolling the bones, and kindred Nevada mercantile pursuits. And possibly your patrol boys felt that pasteboard proclivities and juggling the ivories might be less destructive of essential materials and gas. Riding up and down the highways to no purpose does seem wasteful. And perhaps, after all, the boys have something. Possibly they are conducting o a valuable experiment at the little equipment shack on West Thirty-third—on Willie’s main highway. perience. And they may be planning to expand as they gain knowledge and ex- Maybe they are thinking of bringing in a roulette wheel and other Nevada implements of commerce. They might even call their joint ‘‘The Pioneer Club’’—not exRather, such a familiar sign might beckon actly in honor of Utah’s pioneers. Utah’s official elite to the wondrous thrills of bucking the wheel, without having to travel 400 miles. Our suggestion is that the boys put in a ticker and a direct wire to the Chicago Such joyous relaxation!! Such wheat pit. Think how nice that would be, Excellency!! If the politicians get wise, a heaven-sent refuge from official and political cares!! mourners’ bench could be installed to wear them out in pleasant surroundings and in It might quiet the resentment It might help the political situation. painless fashion. . of party officials. And perhaps the Patrol boys might take a hint that Cousin Agnes could be installed as banker—a Nevada word for cashier—at double her Statehouse salary. Our statutes might remain unimpaired and perhaps That would help everybody. , respected hereafter. To avoid any embarrassment for the Administration the Searchlight would agree Altoin advance to look the other way—neglect the Neglected Truth, so to speak. We’re for it. evether, it’s a swell idea, Excellency. THE EDITOR. |