Show ARMY Of V C INVADE UTAH 1 a AND CH CHOKE K C COURTS URT r Hoboes Come Into City on c Freight Trains Many of Them hem Keep Keep Moving to Avoid Military Service i. i 1 By Frank FrankC C. C C Hunt pUZZLING the authorities w who o P. P PUZZLING t look in vain for a reason for fortHe tHe uia unusually large visitation hundreds of tramps are passing through Salt Lake this season The 1110 number seems larger than an ever eve over over- Ste this year year and the city court Is overWorked overworked overworked over over- worked handling tho the number of or cases brought before it During the year of or 1916 nearly 1500 men were arrested arrested arrested ar ar- rested on the charge o of vagrancy while many tramps were arrested on more serious charges Most of or the tramps claim to be traveling traveling trav trav- eling toward tho the ha harvest est fields In Inthe Inthe Inthe the tan fan the tide will sweep back toward the sunny coast of or California where the tramp can sleep outdoors jail aU winter winter win win win- winter ter and feast on nuts when rations rations ra ra- ra- ra are low Just now w there seems little excuse e etor for tor Idleness as work Is so BO j plentiful and Instead of or giving him the customary customary customary cus cus- tomary floater which Is an order to toI I leave ave town the police offer the wanderer wan wan- derer a chance o of steady work In Gar Gar- field I Hundreds of these homeless wanderers wander wander- ers fillS are taking advantage of ot this chance which is made possible through the construction managers at the American Ameri Ameri- can Smelting plant Few are deserting after arter re reaching the scene ene of ot activity ty and many of or the men are ae said sald to be physically and mentally by the chance for steady deady employment and fair fall treatment Those I who desert and return to Sal Salt Lake are I quickly arrested d by the police pollee and sent sentenced sentenced sen sen- t to lon long terms on the chain gang which is employed on the road in City Creek canyon Here Hero too the man who has long been out of ot work reestablishes reestablish reestablish- es his and hardens his muscles When his term ended he hela hele II la le fit to accept a real Job SHOWN SCANT COURTESY According According to the poll police pollee e it Is ii easy to tell the transient workman from the common vagrant and each Is shown the consideration due him The professional professional moocher and bum Is shown scant courtesy courtes while th the man out of ofa ofa a A. Job who is riding the he rods Is treated with respect and often allowed to go 0 on his way y unmolested sted No explanation is offered by local authorities for the sudden Increase inthe In Inthe Inthe the number of ot tramps who are visiting t the city rany of the nork workers are seasonal laborers from the lumber camps of ol Washington and Oregon the wheat wheal wheatfields wheatfields fields of ot Kansas the ice companies of the East or the dock workers and long long of or the Great Lakes where 3 1 men are employed for a a. portion of ot the year ear only and then left leU homeless anc and without family ties tIn Jn n the he la last t year several women tramps have been arrested In Salt Sail Lake Like Invariably these thes women and girls Ils were attired in mens men's clothing although the disguise w was s often orten s so apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent that they were apprehended as soon as they appeared on the streets In da daylight lIght Three Salt Lake girls ewe re caught Just us S they boarded a are freight re train bound for Los Angeles All AU were grossed dressed in mens men's clothing but butH all H 1 were heartily repentant when brought to the police station All railroads maintain maintain- extensive extensive po- po police po 10 lice Bee systems to protect their property from tramps and to prevent them from riding free when possible Thomas Burge special agent of ot the D. D R R. G G. railroad has had perhaps more experience ex- ex with this el element ment th than n any other official In the state DODGE PODGE ARMY SERVICE The class that Is traveling over the country now ow on the rods and aboard the box cars and on the bumpers Is distinctly a a. bad lot says say Mr Burge Many of ot them are young fellows seeking seek seek- ing to evade conscription while others are e I. I W. W W. W who seem particularly active at this time Is no ex excUse excuse excuse ex- ex cuse for men to be out of ot work now and I believe the United States government will soon take some action to compel compe these parasites to go to Work Tramps cost the railroads thousands of dollars donars each year They raid th the cars and set fire to property The They Y are a constant menace and compel th the e roads to maintain an extensive police system They often otten cause loss of ot life and endanger speeding trains The They y are passed on from one town to an another another an- an other by the police and released a n fe few w hours after atter their arrest in each olace According to Chief of Police J J. J Parley Par Par- ley White prohibition will keep keepman many tramps from entering Salt Lake Lalee City and will cause many of ot the old tim ers era erf to leave I The real al bum loves love his liquor quor said Chief White and follows it as a do dog e his master When the state Is dry the th ee professional will win cling to his train a as It speeds along or merely recuperate e perhaps for tor a few hours in Ogden According to local authorities th the demand for tor labor will win soon be so great Brea eat t that both the federal and state authorities ties will take action to compel th the e chronic Idler and brake brak beam traveler travel travel- er er- erto to go to t to work The Tho tramp ha has s been a picturesque figure of ot our na na- life for many years Ho He ha has s been an object of ot sympathy to th the e lady Indy of the house and the horrible example for the e missionary and tem ter temperance perance worker He lIe has been the tho subject sub sub- of or Innumerable Jokes on the vaude vaude- vine ville stage and an Interesting y stud study to the budding sociologist But the tramp has come to the en end d of ot his Ion long road There Is no place fo for r him now In the busy life of ot today Th The e grieving parent may soon noon be be- assured assure d that his query Whre Is my boy tonight r will soon be answered g The Tho wandering boy win will be doin doing ii his bit bit In the army or drafted int into o the ranks of ot tho the workers Auto Service to Pinecrest passenger 12 high power cars leave leav e Horne WIlles Drug Store 8 30 11 1130 30 0 30 Dally Daily Round trip 1 Advertisement ent |