Show concerning the curfew EDITOR E JOURNAL I 1 notice botic e that ibri chairman carlisle states in d defense fa of his committees action in brin bringing in the unfavorable curfew r report c that the ordinance was riot not needed I 1 have reabon to believe that ifa if a canvass of logan city was wag made the great majority of itt iti it i ci citizens eizens would be found to differ from mr carlisle in his bis statement slate anent and if so 0 who then ou douht to determine tho qu pupation Pation of what laws lawa we shall or shall riot not have to 10 gov govern govera us Is it the people through the few whom they elect to serve or tile the few thus chosen who should decide if the chairman based his h objection to the culfen ordinance on the ground that they now have on their statute books too many laws la avs covering vering po ground somewhat similar and that they are not enforced it might be in point to ask and why not enforced and whose is the fault it is a conte fion aion ol 01 cul culpability on the part of some one and that someone should be called to account the excuse tails to excuse if the laws were rigidly enforced there might riot not be the necessity of a curfew law but as ion long as children are arc permitted to roam roain at will contractions contract ios q habits of mischief lois looseness eness loafing profanity obscenity etc all te tending to make recruits for the ha saloon and that which follows when once OR on the downward path then we say fay that something more inore should he be done to guard them statistics say fay that boys are needed annually by the mcaloon baloon to fill the vacant caused men dropping off into the drunkards grave whose bays are arc to be numbered among the recruits shall yours shall mine god help us nil all to do our oue whole duty by them now when habits and characters are forming but if we lid did not mean that and lid did mean that it was not needed at the present time then we infer that there has been a a time just past when it was war needed icso if so why then did we riot not have it I 1 why was it not granted us earlier covering er ing the summer months when there jere wa ass cethal known and felt need especially during the merry go round seaon seamen and as to its not being needed now durin during fall and winter mon months tilis let me conclude by saying that if the honorable board sees fit to grant it still ahe mothers and teachers in logan tt ill most lost sincerely thank them for thus ading abing a dina their own efforts to keep the boys and girls in their homes and at their studies the coming evenings of tile the new school year b ONE NE WHO SIG SIC rf CD THE rett rET KIOS |