Show Shooting Down Light Gloves Expensive Amusement Amusement- Bob Nicols manager Bountiful city Municipal Light plant appear appear- appeared ed d before the Bountiful city coun council council cil Wednesday evening and com com- complained complained that the company is suffer Ting J ing considerable loss and annoy annoy- annoyance annoyance ance from boys breaking streetlight street streetlight streetlIght light globes with flippers bebee guns rocks etc He said it takes his his' men a big portion of Saturdays each week eek to replace the broken globes Some of the big globes are quite expensive so those with the smaller ones make it expensive amusement Some localities are es especially es- es especially bad He mentioned the the corner c on First North and First West and the Effie Eme Huffman cor cor- corner corner ner as some of the worst Mr Nicols said it if was very difficult difficult cult to catch the boys and when they are arc caught they are turned over to the juvenile court and they escape with practically no punish punish- ment mentA Some time ago some boys were brought into the juvenile court and the court sentenced them to work out the fines on Saturdays but the boys only showed up a time or two so the whole thing did not amount to anything He related another time when a group of boys living on the bench were picked up and the parents of the the boys met with them at the hearing All the parents but one sided in m with the boys but the theother theother theother other parent went after the boys and since they have had no more trouble there It was suggested at council meet meet- meeting ng ing ing that everybody should be in in- interested interested in apprehending boys who indulge in this practise and especially the parents and do all allin allin allIn in their power to discourage this I wasteful sport as it is far too ex ex- expensive expensive I pensive for the amount of amuse amuse- amusement amusement ment it furnishes Members of the city parks com com- commission commission mission have told the city council what they have been able to accomplish lish in this direction so it might be well to make a sort of a project of it |