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Show e 0 Univ:twity of Utah Library EXCHANGE . VNlyyAy nut!t f&tli Hake Vf i&rsr y (yv S DiposJOrder "Stands as Is Councils Unanimous Vote FIRST, the Individual Vol. 24, No. 18 SALT LAKE CITY, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1901 f . Ten Cents Per Copy . Four Citations Per Day Is Sugar House Police Average In talking with the officers assigned to the Sugar House area (22 to 25 men) it seems that the number of traffic tickets issued should be larger than number of accidents which ' have occured. 5 This is especially true in areas noted for the number of accidents which occur at certain intersections. For example; if there is a large number of accidents occuring at 13th East and 21st So. and it is obviously caused by people running or jumping a light then the thing to do is for the police to watch the area and issue tickets for running or jumping lights. If there is honest, persistant enforcement in areas of high frequency (accidents) then the number of accidents in that area will decrease. 1 ! ; I : . If I -- From looking at the record of tickets issued per officer on a five day week basis it appears that between 4 and 5 a day is the average. The two extremes we found were where one officer issued 84 moving violation tickets in one month and another officer issued four citations for moving violations. When asked if they operated on a quota the officers replies were negative. We had to ask about one mans record. It appeared that Continued on Page 4, Col. 5 il Young Mahout to Lead Republican Statewide League toatdfap Weve been sabotaged ! J ! Last week, it was the typesetter, we think . . . anyway, last week a paragraph in was supposed to Browsing read: We pick the Colts and the University of Utah to win first place in Football. It came out T pick the Green Bay D!P0i,jie,ft) Charges that South Salt Lake is a speed trap, there is issued too great a number of borderline eolauonr Utah to win first place in football. Wed rather see the Rams win than Green Bay . . Glad to see a little spirit in the organ- ization . . . spirit shown in changing the line. Im watching the printers in here putting type away . . lucky they, had phonics instead of look say . . . imagine putting individual letters away using the Look Say method? WOW! On Teenage Press Conference last Sunday the Kiddie South Salt iAke Marshal refused to reinstate former Deputy George was called (pictured above) to hear petitioners. ft h.VHng to do so for any reason, or no reason. Continued on Page 3, Col. 2 gel tick- - C3ilght f0r the city; that South Salt Lake is black in name and black in cause, were made by citizens spokesman, Mr. Bill Ackerman, Garden Avenue, in the Council chambers last Satur- 231 er. collected up to $3,000 in traffic to collect more than $70,000. He charged that the Public Safety Department was revenue hungry. Mr. Ackerman said that the day, Acting as spokesman for the petitioners who were seeking the reinstatement of former deputy marshal, Mr. George Momburger, 239 Garden Ave., Mr. Ackerman spoke from notes he had gathered from citizens who had mailed them Paul C. Mayor Moore Bolinder ' Kar Krew potentials had difficulty separating membership in a private organization from fascism. The big difference, in this case, is, the private organization is not running for political office and seeks rule by law, not men. To South Salt Lake petitioners: Any person who has the right to appoint must be granted the right to dismiss. And the person must be able 10 that Mom-burg- people of South Salt Lake felt that the city was being bypassed by motorists who were afraid to travel within the city. He also charged, Are we covering up ticket writing? Why less tickets the last few days? burger. A hearing was scheduled by the South Salt Lake Mayor Vem J. Bolinder City Council, as a result of the turned to Marshal and action, and a complaint taken asked if fewer tickets Dipo had been to the daily newspapers in issued. Salt Lake City by Mr. Mom Yes, said the marshal, burger that a letter had been released (see last weeks Her- in answer to the statement old) ordering the issuing of that 20 tickets a day were traffic tickets to cover sued by each man on cost of the $70,000 public the Justice of the Peace duty the Mr safety budget Mr. Momburger George Searle, said that it was added that if more tickets were not so. not issued the salaries might In line with other cities of not be met. our size and problems, we are Mr. Ackerman claimed that issuing about the same number the City of Murray, with 16,000 of traffic citations, put in the population collected $21,000 on justice. traffic fines; the City of Mid- Marshal Dipo pointed out of a with 5,802 that each man, to do his population vale, duty properly, should write about 5 tickets a day in addition to his contacts. (A contact is when a ticket is not is-m- ore . Bill Ackerman to him, dropped them at his home or telephoned in. George Searle Some three weeks ago, Marshal Henry Dipo had accepted the resignation of Mr. Mom- - written.) Donald O. Martinson I !' Elected Chairman Young Re- publicans t ; u'.t : I feel that one of the goals of young Republicans in Utah shall be to make a concerted effort to attract the voter to the Republican Party. These were the words of Mr. Donald O. Martinson, Salt Lake City, in his acceptance speech at the Young Republican League of Utahs biennial convention in the Union Building, (Cont. on Page 4, Col. 4) non-com-mit- 5 i 1 ted It was pointed out that the City of South Salt Lake is in the center of Salt Lake City and that 40,000 cars a day travel down State Street through South Salt Lake thus the situation is quite different from either Midvale or Murray. South Salt Lake has four schools between 21st and 23rd South. In the last six months two pedestrians have been killed. Judge Searle pointed out that when an officer sees a violation he must take action. This city could raise between two to three hundred thousand dollars a year If tickets were written for each traffic violation that occured on State Street alone. The true picture of the efficiency of an officer is how (Cont. on Page 4, Col. 1) |