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Show Sot Abuse. The Dispatch is not abusing Marshal Mar-shal Knight. It commends him m his every honorable effort to enforce the ordinances, but it desires to see him enforce them impartially and has evidence, before it that he is not doing this. It costs the city money to prosrcata the law breakers,and it does the city no good to take up cases "on suspicion" there must be proof and usualy. if the case is worth prosecuting, it can be gotten. This paper doss not say tha t the drug stores do or do not Eell whisky an intelligent jury said that one druggist did not sell Gerilas Roberts (a man bo lost to all enabling inticnts through excessive drinking that he is generally considered past redemption and utterly unworthy of belief) whisky on a certain day in January, although the marshal and Gerilas himself said to "the contrary. It cost the city money j to obtain tnis verdict. If this;ruggist,or any other druggist, or any other man, is breaking the law the public will be quick to commend Marshal Knight tor bringing the offenders to justice, but there are honorable hon-orable ways in which a man can do hia duty, be that duty ever so unpleasant. The marshal has other henchmen then Gerilas. Let him confer with them and learn if they can't tell him of saloon men who are selling whisky after af-ter hours, on the Sabbath, permitting gambling if there are not men other than saloon keepers, violating city ordinances openly. It is the opinion of a very great many in Provo that the executive branch of the city adminis tration could, if it would, employ its time tar more profitably and bene6ci-ally bene6ci-ally to the city than it is now doing. Marshal Knight has done and is doing do-ing much boasting of what he is going to do for us. An evening cotemporary joins him in his boasting, and praises Mr. Knight for his work, and has something some-thing to say about "a small souled individual" in-dividual" who contributed an article to this paper recently. "Taxpayer" is an honorab'e gentleman. He couched his complaint against the marshal in gentlemanly language and his i ommnnicjitinn vcan crivpn Bnans. Tt was thought that a man whocaucussed with Mr. Knight, stumped for him, voted for him, and pleaded wiih others to vote for him. knew more about him than did anyone connected with Toe Dispatch, and this paper has not yet had arguments presented to it that even tend to lead it to disbelieve "Tax-pa) "Tax-pa) er's" words, or doubt that his intentions in-tentions are anything but honest and sincere for the betterment of his party and the city. During the campaign the republicans crn-d economy in the administration of the affaire of the citv. The Dispatch merely wishes to remind the present adminisirationof this,and to caution it to be careful in its expenditures. In other words, do not prosecute one class of offenders and wink at another, and in prosecutions, especially, always "be sure you are right, then go ahead." District court and attempted to levy on s me goods belonging to the defenuaLt who, when an invoice had been takt n, took the same and threw it on tLe floor and denied the officer the right to take the goods in his possession. It is claimed also that the defendant pushed the officer aside, slapped him ou the face,and made a movement of her hand toward her breast where a pistol was concealed which was wrenched from her by Scott. Mrs. Marks denies that she made any resistance against the officer and states that she informed him that the j judgment had been paid which lact he could ascertain by telegraphing to Salt Lake city. Defendant also states that she preferred the officer to take some valuable jewelry until the matter was settled, provided a correct invoice was taken of the goods. Any move toward a pistol is denied. The case is still on trial, Thurman prosecuting and King and Iloutz defending. de-fending. The married folks' picnic and party in the First ward yesterday afternoon and evening was a brilliant success. jeremian, wno is 12 years old, is already al-ready a confirmed pessimist. Among the things he continually grumbles about are his lead pencils, which never have points, and to sharpen which he always has to borrow a knife of some schoolmate. "Why don't you have a knife of youi own, Jerry?" one of the boys asked. "Got no pockets to keep it In," said Jerry. "Then why don't you haVe a pocket?" "If I had one I'd have a hole in it." "Well, even then you wouldn't be any worse off than you are now." "H'ml Yes, I should. Iflhadapock-et'n Iflhadapock-et'n a hole in it I never'd have anything to lose through it." Jerry sighed deeply and went on whittling whit-tling his pencil with the dull blade of the other boy's knife. Lewiston Journal. |