Show I 0 i mast ment Letters be welcomed to 10 no this loncer depart depart- than but TP P f I e O Q C I Tl DT I Ion Letters Letter will not be letter relic relic- VIII g e eo pl idd words on n Names Write JL o Pes S O V 0 orn rn e er r not ib be s let on one side lide of or paper er wj will not be tolerated Give Em a a. Break Break Plea for Coppers i Editor Peoples People's Corner It was not more than three months ago when I wrote Tot an all article to the Peoples People's Corner mildly bawling out our downtown traffic policemen Since that time of course not be because because because be- be cause of what I wrote before downtown down- down t town own wn cops have changed their attitude attitude atti- atti tude ude and an apparent polite wave has swept over them For or the past several days I have read articles in ill which the officers were called bellowing bulls Whether this be true or not I dont don't know but I do know that for the past month there have been fewer complaints concerning the incivility of these traffic officers With the hot weather now In vogue rogue it Is no wonder that these men are a bit peevish and cranky when some local driver violates a traffic raffle regulatiOn When foreign cars violate a traffic ordinance it is different and exceptions should be allowed In this case casc It is no easy matter to stand out in n the hot sun the better part of a aday aday aday day and blow a little tin whistle So lets let's give II em a break and be a little more tactful In our criticism ism of the boys in African helmets ULYSSES Believes It Time TimeTo TimeTo TimeTo To Cease Attacks Editor Peoples People's Corner Isn't it time the militant persecutors persecutors persecutors perse perse- let up on Sheriff ex-Sheriff Patten and the deputies who served under him It SIt- Is is It has long since gone beyond the point of prosecution and andl turned to a vicious form of I tion Uon The c county has been raked time after time with a a. tooth fine comb Gossip and nd slander and unfounded unfounded unfounded un un- un- un founded charges have filled the air since last fall But every time any of the accused have been taken to court Curt they were forthwith forthwith forthwith forth forth- with found not guilty or 01 dismissed without trial Every man mart is innocent until proven guilty every one ac accused accused accused ac- ac must be given the benefit of every doubt With all the effort and the influence all aU the prosecution and the persecution not once has there been a conviction either in state or I federal court Does not that mean something to those th e who are houndIng hounding hound- hound Ing lug them Mr Patten served the city fifteen years often orten facing danger and possible possible possible ble death for society Not a single charge was made against him nor was he ever given any demerits He was promoted time after time Then he lie served the county four years and together with the five fifty deputies gave as good an administration as we have ever had Since retiring from office only four per cent ol 01 these men have ha been successful in obtaining employment ment b because cause of the vicious and slanderous campaign waged against them Surely there should be a let up and the p persecution tion should cease CITIZEN Arthur Otis northern Minnesota farmer chased wolves over countryside countryside country country- side and frozen lakes in hi his auto this winter He received ed 15 for each pelt I Jack Plane Egged By Poetic Muse Editor Peoples People's Corner Wake Vake for the dawning of election day calls every citizen t to vote ote and say whether or not the water bonds shall be issued and let Jet the voters pay and pay Such is the question that confronts confronts con con- fronts us now water we know that we must have and how In fact they've gone and bought it it- it and through seas of debt tin certain we must plow And so 50 the market place I do frequent frequent frequent fre fre- fre- fre quent and listen to the heated ar argument argument argument ar- ar about it and then I know less than I thought I did before I went It is not meet that we should argue why prices of fox farms soar up to the sky ever thus when public public pub pub- lic Ilc funds are arc near and citizens are forced to thirst or buy Ill I'll wager that the self same fights took place when Julius JuIlus Caesar entered entered en- en in the race in ancient Rome the aqueducts to build and politicians politicians clans deemed his motives base To the Inevitable we all must bow The water must be paid for then or now Bonds or no o bonds in ten or forty years if we wc dont don't pay our grandsons will somehow Come fill your cups and drink to happier days with chlorinated water Sing your praise to master roaster minds that rule your destinies He certainly certain certain- ly gets naught who never pays Give me a book of verse beneath beneatha a tree a loaf of bread a Jug of wine vIne and thee Ill I'll wash my feet in water if it its it's there but water bonds shall never bother me With apologies to Omar JACK PLANE Natives of central Africa believe I that trees possess spirits and wd a weird I Ic c ceremony remony must take place before a I tree can be chopped down J |