Salt Lake Telegram | 1917-10-12 | Page 19 | Layton Folks Handle Tramps

LAYTON AYTON FOLKS I HANDLE TRAMPS I Wanderers Welcomed and Put Putto to Work Show No Appreciation tion I By Dy Special News SN Service LAYTON L. Oct 12 Remunerative occupation was was vas the offer offet made by several sev soV- eral Layton farmers to the tho beg begging re requests requests requests re- re quests of tramps who have been ap appearing appearing ap- ap I Irregularly In tho the past two weeks The shortage of labor has made I It imperative that the tho working power of the town be comprehensively utilized uti uti- uti and the tho appearance of the Rents gents met with more approval than the ordinary migration Three I beggars worked the back bacic doors of the west side of town Wednesday and I last week several men out of positions and out of funds stopped over night In town S Some Somo of the offers of occupation have been heen accepted and ono one of ot those men Is at present employed in the beets Most ost of 01 them had the ordinary ordinary nary disinclination of their kind for tor la labor la- la bor but accepted the alternative of ot working rather than remaining hungry The trend ot of move according to business business business busi busi- ness men and storekeepers seems to be I south and it is said that nearly fifty unemployed men have appeared In two weeks coming from the North orth with either cither Ogden den or Salt Lake as their destination