Show Sh Sheriffs Sheriff's Corns Corner By SHeriff Arden W. W Stewart As we approach the UN end of another year we felt it would be good to look at what Is happening In our area so far lar as crime Is concerned IN CHECKING our records we find some substantial decrease In crime despite the continued Increase In population Our records show a significant decrease is II In the thee field of vandalism and harassment In our outlying areas and campgrounds This has always been a problem and strong steps have been taken by this department to combat this situation WE ARE also seeing a decline in public and drunk driving This is i. due to I better and stricter laws and as well as a firmer stand by our courts While we weare weare weare are on the subject of the problem drinker I l would like to share this you BUSINESS Its It's nobody's business what I drink I care not what my neighbors think Or how many laws they choose to pass Ill I'll l tell tell t the world Ill I'll Ill I'll have haye m my glass Heres Here's one mans man's freedom they shall shaU not curb My right to drink Is ls undisturbed So he drank in n spite of law orman or orman orman man manThen manThen Then jumped into his ole tin can He stepped on the gas and l let t ther her ber g goDown go Down the highway to and f fro He took the curves at sixty mile With a bleary eye and a a- Ere Erelong long a car he had to pass pasS Then The 1 a crash and and scream scream and breaking glass The other car earls caris Is upside down About two miles from the nearest town The man is free but the wife Is caught And Md he he needs the help of f that t drunken sot Who sits sits' in n a maudlin drunken daze And hears the scream and sees the blaze But hut too far tar gone to save a alife life By lifting the car from off the wife The car is I. burned and a Mother dies And a husband weeps and a baby cries And yet there are still sun some lome folks who think Its It's business what I t drink WHAT DO YOU THINK ALSO ALONG these same lines we we weare are starting an Operation Highway Safety Program It Is being sponsored by the Safety Commission of the State of Utah and works as follows At designated times off duty officers will be assigned to different locations in the Tri Tri- County area consisting of of Daggett Duchesne and Uintah Counties These officers will be paid extra for their off duty work and will be checking for far forthe forthe the drunk driver Road blocks and check points will be set up The areas that tha t they will be watching will be around or near our r lounges and beer parlors THIS IS part of a warning that if you drink dont don't drive But If if you do drink and drive you youcan youcan youcan can expect to be arrested We are hopeful that this program will remove the drinking driver from our roads and streets and in turn help us to have safer highways and make our area a better place in which to live MAY WE wish you an enjoyable and safe holiday |