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Show THE CITIZEN S 'i These homes are situated mostly north of Ninth South that the acquaintance of some of our police Jt element has ripened into friendship. If the heads street. Notwithstanding this big cut in taxes, the total in taxes e Pahlic Safety Department decided that changes should Ide why were these men left in plain clothes service at all! to be collected will about equal the total of 1927. Assessor Preece is receiving much praise for his just equaland see. ization in taxation, a movement that will meet with the general tint . '5; approval of the public. QUESTION OF PADLOCKS offi-eVitli-"t- Jxiist ?!Srill-.wai- his F i' t I federal Prohibition Director George A. Goates ordered ephties to padlock six alleged bootlegging establishments Ingham. COMMERCIAL SURVEY : are now wondering when the director will swoop people d4 upon this city, or will it be impossible to secure enough e &ks to go round! ana; ...j eaPhe Hoover for president campaign has started in New actj state. In Ohio, however, we note that the Buckeyes have 1 one else in sight. . 'X j. The Chamber of Commerce has started its industrial survey of .the city and when this is completed, much valuable information will be had regarding our real standing. It is really an audit of the industrial situation of the city, and it will dearly show where we can branch out for greater and substantial A CRIMINAL CHIMNEY One must have fires in the stoves these cold days to keep WAR TALK from freezing to death, but the smoke inspectors will arrest all lorll this war talk we read about in the papers, what does who allow the smoke to escape fromtheir chimneys. This is andiant Is it only propaganda by certain interests to build about as bad as our recent cigarct law which made everyone a lie Grar machines, or is something being kept from the people! criminal that smoked. Cannot someone think up another handicap to place upon Confhere is only one nation that could put up a scrap against id that is England. The people of these two nations are our citizens! ;oing to war to please anybody, then what is there behind NO RIGHT OF WAY 1 Dur recently announced proposed billion dollar navy no t oit has stirred Europe, and the people there are no doubt The pedestrian has no right of way in crossing the streets in the downtown district on Main street. Left hand turns cut reclering what it is all about. Eefhere has always been a saying that the nation that builds out the right of way. The pedestrian is supposed to cross with 3 the red light, which stops the automobile facing the light, but p.),i war machine mil some day use it. This nation needs protection. It needs a good army and it needs a good it does not stop the car coming from the left on a turn. The thi but it does not need the biggest war machine on earth. result is constant dodging and we are lucky in not having more accidents. Thanks to good traffic cops. ;oi President Coolidge says that there need be no alarm over resent war talk, but President, our present proposed naval ONE WAY ram cant help but create talk throughout the entire world. otectj . development. te si We i i i i: . ii I. ade-;di&- WANTS TARIFF INCREASES gar: icatowa offers tariff levies to aid farmers ; proposes increases lore than dozen farm commodities. Salt Lake Tribune, ar Representative Europe is trying to make us believe that this country must circulate at least a billion dollars a year in Europe to prevent an industrial and financial crisis over there. The European who thought that up is a real advertising J. J. Dickenson, Republican, Iowa, has man and we take our hat off to him. itmosed an increase in the import rates on more than a dozen 80 f PROSPERITY AHEAD talf jfiti A new year has dawned, leaving 1927 an episode in American history. It was a great year and great things were done. And looking forward to the end of 1928 we cannot do otherwise more coming of prosthan believe that there is a twelve-mont- h perity and development and national growth. With the period of experiments over, always necessary in a young country, each year brings the United States greater sta- commodities and the transfer of a number of others from e frfree to the protected list. Dickinson, who is a leader of lusJPaim Bloc, states that his proposal is designed to benefit :armer. While in addition to the Republicans, some Dem-ilitfrom the farm section were expected to favor this bill, d Democratic leaders have refused to commit themselves to le ffprogram. is EXPENSIVE SPANKING i i i I ! i bility, prestige and world recognition. Every year witnesses foiFormer Sheriff Benjamin R. Harries was assessed $500 in great new projects executed. Our government is safe and ages for allowing a man to be spanked in his jail while practical. Radicalism of an earlier period is giving place to iff. No doubt the court took the stand that the pail was sensible conservatism that understands the needs of both capsly a place for confinement of prisoners and not one for ital and labor in their close relationship. lical punishment. We still have our problems and conflicts of opinion; but p. it is obvious that national understanding and intelligence is deit GOOD WORK BY ASSESSOR ciding important issues. We have every reason for looking for1 ward eagerly to the coming months of 1928. it County Assessor Joseph II. Preece says that a cut in the More than eight billions of dollars have been spent in estabn presidential district of the city will amount to about $5000,-peji- n taxes for the people. Old dwellings which have nearly lishment and development of the electric light and power indus;nieme obsolete as compared with the modern homes are a han-th- e try in the United States. owners and are worth very little. Hundreds of that1 homes are vacant and cannot be rented, and there is no Mayor Neslcn was a great traveler and now he can travel on why taxes should be piled up on such places when the on his own time. This is the handwriting on the wall for GoviCeii stment is not there, nor the value. ernor Dern. y 1 ? ! i - |