Show y O. O 1 x 1 J j r I ti r r JAi t w b t I t Ur y r J i p ErT Er T i 4 5 T lt 1 J f 7 i t r. r q i e i t y 7 M MEr a 1 i. i THE TI SALT LAr j 1 lR RIbAY C JUNE JUNEr JUNE Thebes ee III Ill Acq Acquires ires r Petticoat Za Council un i And Chooses Mere e Male as To o rs a I j y ar v n ok r ri A i s. s I It b S I a an n s. s j t 3 iq 1 The petticoat t government of Thebes g grouped ou ped about bout the new new marshal Oscar Garrett I I S. S Ill In June me 6 ti H By A. A was chosen 3 to 1 as town marshal Oscars main concern he has been I Tho Service Service Tho police force of f this little town is a 1 happy mat just now Oscar Garrett Is his name Didn't a a. bunCh of ot women as he puts It choose choos him ham Yep And wont won't things hum during the present petticoat regime Yo You said It brother Thebes recently underwent a political po political po- po eruption In the last election the Citizens Citizens' I composed of rt women with one exception w was pitted against ag tho the Peoples People's ticket composed of ot men The women won and from mayor down went of oC of- of fice flee Mrs Nora II Gammon mayor ma or called a meeting and the Important subject of oC a police po force arose Three holdover men trustees still were in 10 of office Ice One of oC them quit cold sayIng sayIng saying say- say I Ing he 1180 have ve anything to do with petticoat government Another failed tailed to show up and so with me the w women sticking sUcking together Garr Garret I PROUD OF OP HONOR Im proud to be chosen by women wom wom- en he said gracefully and Im I'm glad to be bossed by them I doubt if it there is another bunch of women in the country that have the ability these women here in Thebes have Of course there Is quite a task head of us in cleaning up the town But I am sure that they will establish establish establish lish a precedent for Cor the rest of ot the country One cherished theory that women placed in political control would lose their senes of humor has already been blasted higher than Pikes Pike's s peak With nary a chuckle they filled the tho fire department committee with I men Now this in Itself Itse eve doesn't unit sh show w wa a a. sense of the ridiculous until it is known that the Thebes fire department department depart depart- ment simply aint Its It's Just a a. case I of everybody grabbing a bucket and throwing all nil the water he can impressed by his hla feminine bosses Is in cleaning the the town morally and phys Physically cally JUST LUrE LIKE SHELBY I r took th this this s Job ob with a a. a cl cle out the moonshine elem element nt through here rough he he- he says sars And when he gets adds Thebes Is going ng to be as dry dryas as a the grapefruit you buy in t an n armchair lunchroom LIke the Women In n control the marshal rejoices at a the result of the rl election o on af If Or eOr only because c of opt l its publicity pub pub- i Itt value to fit e the town It works v just lIke a a. prize fIght it ll was ex ex- ex rt d. d Look at Shelby Mont where the Gibbons Dempsey chat chain match is to be held whoever Who Whoever I ever heard of oC Shelby before And who ever heard of Thebes before now |