| Show the small boy and the 22 rifle editor vernal express would you be kind enough to publish the following at the ashley sunday school the question of young boys carrying fire firearms arms and especially the 22 has been discussed this question came up last summer in the parents class and most parents agreed that the habit many boys have of carrying 22 rifles and killing every little animal they come across is ia very much to be discouraged cou raged valuable live stock 1 is deiy often killed by these ca careless boys and the lives of people endangered we of the ashley district a great deal of this business is carried on feel that a united effort Is necessary or oi the part of the people of the county to stop this very unsatisfactory habit on the part of boys in fact we think it a state and national evil that needs attention we might be able to control the matter as far as our district is concerned if it were not for other boys from other districts ovel whom we have no control coming among us there is a great deal of brush in our district and shoot ing is very dangerous as people can not always be seen when the thoughtless boy OY is shooting at quail rabbits or birds another thing a boy born and raised with a 22 in his hand Is generally useless for any thing else and if the v time and money thus spent were utilized in providing some other and moie commendable kind of sport we wc think it would be much better we are of the opinion that enough money is worse orse than thrown away in tho pui chas of and ammunition to pa and equip a vely nice public play ground tor for oui each year why not offer some pi em luni I 1 urn to our boys for theft efforts in an industrial line and encourage them to raise something and produce something instead of trying to destroy life and so let us operate cooperate co in deiy important matter of discouraging cou raging this harmful diac tice among young boys and N work ork not only for a sane ath of july but for a sane sabbath and every day in the year subscriber |
