Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-25 | Page 8 | Idle Men in Ogden must Work or Leave

IDLE MEN IN OGDEN MUST WORK OR LEAVE All Are to Be T alien. Into Custody and Given One of the Alternatives. ... OGDEN, April 24: The co-operation, of the members of the police department in making the idle men of the city either' go to work for the government or indi-. vkluals-or go to jail is sought by H. W... Beckett, Sr.. federal employment exai-' iner for Ogden, who has addressed a let-' ter to the chief -of police. In the letter Mr. Beckett said that' the police wpnld be. doiny a patriotic service if they would round up the . idlers and ' compel them to go to work," go to .jail i or leave town. The letter is prompted by: the appearance of men loafing around street corners, who are known not to have performed any kind -of -work in several sev-eral months. One class of. the idlers which the police will round up early in the campaign, it is stated, are the members of the "Alcohol' gang," composed of men whp ' formerly . frequented ihe: saloons. They are -too ; old for the 'draft by two to five years. The niember's 'of this gang 'are " well "known to the police. . i . -