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Show o This City Should Follow Suit At tho County Commissioners' meeting Inst Monday, tho Proo City commissioners proaontcd n petition asking that tho County Commissioners Commission-ers pay a part of tho expenso for lodging nnd feeding tho mnny tramps thnt como to tho county scat. Tho County Commissioners agreed to pay ono-thlrd of this expenso for the mouths of January nud February. Why is Provo nny better than the other towns of this county? Every night tho marshal of American Fork furnishes lodging In tho city Jnll for from ono to twolvo unemployed men who aro going through tho country Theso men nro turned out In the morning to beg their hrenkfast from tho generous citizens of this city Would It not be much bettor If these unfortunnto men wero glovn n cheap substantial breakfast at tho expenuc of tho city, Instead of having to visit from houso to house? If this were done, tho county would, undoubtedly, help defray the expenses, as they are as much county charges lu this city iib If thoy wero In Provo, Nover before wore so many unemployed unem-ployed men going through tho coun-. try, und It Is a Christian act to see that they do not starve. |