Show A v nn D HOARD or Ol S Ono One time a R real estate man tool Eugene Eugeno Field FJeld out to Highland Park and tried to sell him a home It hap- hap to bo be In tho the spring season and ho tho pIneo was suffering Its usual annual an- an nual mal Inundation atlon Do you ou know wh why wo we 0 call It Highland High High- land and Park asked tho the agent I Because thero there Is 19 neither park nor high lon land here replied tho the humorist Much tho ho same samo reason must bo be assigned as- as signed for Cor calling one branch of tho the city Ity government a a. board of ot public works It gets that name namo because It Il doesn't work orl Oh of ot course COUre tho the mem members ers hold meetings meeting's They putter over bl bids s and contracts The They scan papers to see ice what enem enemy the they can punish h what frIend thc they can reward And then tho they adjourn without doln doing any Jn effective public work That is wh why thc they are aro ro called a n. board Df Jt f pUblic works J It is high time Imo for lor or tho the state tate to tako awn way away from them tho the power they the have abused bused For the good of the cit city that board oard Should hould be 00 sawed off ort |