Show BUMP ON HEAD GOOD AGENT ACT IF IT IS POLICE COMMITTEEMAN'S HEAD Great oaks from little acorns grow ow is a maxim im tho the police arc saying softly and with variations One Ono variation is Little bumps cause trouble to grow The Tho bump was received Wednesday by jy a member of tho the police committee as he ho dreamed dream cd his way do down Main street keeping his bis path close to tho tho edge of tho the thoroughfare h are and to tho the towering walls of tho the buildings s lining the he street His namo name is a secret buthe buthe but butic he ic is a tall man A certain sign was ns not up high enough h to comply with the be city ordinance nance mince and antI a bump on the tho head hent was received received re re- by tho the commit The bump put a dent in a n new derti derby that cost at nt least 71 75 fi cents and antI knocked a campaign cheroot from a surprised face Thin Tho committeeman turned loose a few fe samples of the best ho he had hall in forcible expression of thought and then swore vengeance on tho si sign n. n it its owner thin Iho 1 hoI I police pollee tho the ordinance and everything c eh else that could possibly be conne connected with it Wednesday night an awe awo inspiring doleful sound issued from Chief Toms Tom's office at the police station tation shortly after niter tho certain committeeman entered the private sanctum Just what bat was sa said d dat at- at tho at-tho tho meeting was known only to Tom Pitt an and the committeeman but lt yesterday yester yester- yesterday day a war was declared on s signs on tho the street For several hours Main lInin street shingle owners wore seen out in their shirt sleeves s with hammers and nails placing si signs ns far above o the sidewalk sidewalk side side- walk out of reach rench of tho the topknots of tho the most hi high h. h No more signs will be he permitted to tobe tobe tobo be bo down where it is possible for a person person per por son bo he he be police committeeman or no to bat his Lis head heart on it and to be bo caused tho the mental and financial pain of coming corning com corn ing down tho the street with a broken bonnet The Tho day after the thC committeeman was rn rapped on t the hr H block block several policemen police police- policemen policemen men camo canto in for a severe secrA reprimanding from his highness the tho chief They were scolded for not having noticed the si signs before and for not having haying them raised rai beyond th the danger point Yesterday Yesterday Yester Yester- day lay and today there has hns been a R very noticeable cranin craning of necks on the part of Main ain street officers in an effort to determine just whether a man could be bo found tall taU enough to rap his head headon on tho the signs ns in their new positions |