Show li 4 J Metered Parking r cant can't argue with a gadget and it takes no 5 you I JL notice of wiles used to some success on softhearted softhearted softhearted soft soft- hearted traffic policemen Therefore a clever genius do down Oklahoma way invented the parko- parko meter with the idea of solving the parking g problem for cities and enriching the public cof- cof fen fers Much good has been said of them and andon on n the other hand they have been pronounced l Jn ip in robust language the most annoying contraption of the mechanistic age At present we have haye neither praise nor censure for or them never hay hay- l ing used or seen one The inventor though ov overlooked one great chance when he was in the throes of creation He should have played upon the gambling instinct in- in of homo sapiens If he had built into his gadget a doodad that would return every fifth his robot timer would be quickly q adopted 5 as an amusement device and never a word of oft t complaint would the city fathers hear fromi from i the cust customers mers t Our only thought at the moment is that the good old western spirit should be c called up the willingness to try anything once Two hundred dred machines will soon be installed b South Temple street and Broadway for ora a popularity larity ari y test When they line the curb itt it will take a nickel for an hours hour's parking The motorist mo- mo who parks for only ten en minutes will have to to take the bitter with the sweet sweet for for now now- and then he find that the last ke has used may pa parker only part of his nickels nickel's worth and he may get a break or or a tick ticket if he leaves Ih his car there ther too long ilon The law of averages will probably apply j jO o that in the long run the parker will be deprived deprived de- de of bf of none of his constitutional rial rights Ji 4 The authorities mean well in giving the par ometer a trial here so be neutral f until it has proved d its worth or worthlessness That's the stand well we'll take take take-at at least until we find we are just fresh out of of when he drive up to one to reserve for our very own own 5 cents' cents worth of time and arid public prop property erty for foran ran r. r jan an an al fresco garage |