| Show I I I POLITICS AND THINGS I IThe I II I I IThe The meeting of the tho American party patty committee at J J. J E. E Darmer's office in inthe the ho Commercial building tomorrow Is Issia said sia to be Le for the purpose o of mal making an en estimate of the Ito expense of waging a campaign and also an estimate of the size of the tire slush lurid fund The revenue revenue rev rev- elmo raised from front the assessment ment made on the salaries of ci city will ivill wi form a nucleus for fOl the campaign und fund Mr Mt Darmer met sa says no convention conven conven- Lion tion ton date will wi be bc S set seL set S Reporters Reporter's as a rule are arc classed ed amon among the tho theise wise ise ones when hen they arc are arcIn In n the city rite Tho ordinary reporter can take tako care o of himself when he lie Is turned loose 1000 in his own bailiwick but once he breaks away Away from from Crom there the tho re regular ulal run and emerges into the tire country he is at sea The point of view is different Yesterday three re reporters 10 ro- ro porters went to Murray MUray to cover coverI the celebration The They acted as though th they ey were sere afra afraid 11 th the they cy were weren't wa wanted ir 01 A reporter looks look an any other ordinary ordinary nar nary animal and therefore attracts no attention In a strange community A kangaroo court was in session at i the high school grounds and the tire of the court were busy making making makins mak mak- ing ins arrests A coated blue-coated masquerader ader dashed down tire the street when one ono of the reporters saw sw him Sa Say officer Walt alt a minute said tho the reporter Can you ou tell tel me anything anything any any- thing about this program Are Arc you yen ou the town marshal What's going to come oft otT of next 1 The policeman grinned He belon belonged belonged be be- lon longed ed to the tho kan kangaroo court The reporter wandered down the tho street having been Informed b by that intuitive instinct which creates the news nose that a runaway was just about bout to lo occur Instinct led the re reporter reporter reporter re- re porter to I Ike he very spot pot where tho the runaway runaway runaway run run- away was as destined to be stopped by hr bya bya a a a- picket fence tence and when tho the affair broke loose he was on the ground floor While the tire reporter was watching the antics of or the tire horse a man with a baby rushed up to him forced the child Into his arms and then turned turne his iris attention to the horse The rhe re reporter reporter re- re porter big fat tnt sweltering under the them's rays lays of the hot sun and looking anything anything any any- thing but hut a father Cather held that bab baby much In the tho manner of a boy carrying a U sack of oC potatoes I wonder If the darn thing tiring can cn walk speculated the reporter brithe but brit buthe buthe he was afraid of moving his hi arms for or fear fc-ar of dropping the tho burden i. hen When the father Cather returned the re reporter 10 re- re porter orter r was relieved and tIre the the funny part of the whole affair Is that he does not remember the runaway He lie le remembers holding holding a child and that thal thatis i is al all aU S S The open n Sunda Sunday saloon is still sti running at ot Salt Palace and the tIre proprietor proprietor pro pro- Is said to Informed the theand and und the tire people le who have 1 pro pro- 0 r P tested that ho would not close dowl unless the other oIlier saloons in the el were ere compelled to close Ho lie says AYS Jr he 1 iras has a ll right ht to run tun on Sunta Sunday if other othel saloons have and ant the police polee can cun ar ar- him once a week if they want wain wal to Ho lIe lo is going to run S 4 When hon a u minister stands In his Iris pul pulpit ul- ul Tul pit and portrays the true tie condition of affairs In a community ho ire 13 is In Inviting mr In- censure If I he ho dares hares la lay tire the blame for fOI civic civi rottenness at the er door door- the man in the tire house house- sneaks s sout out and transfers It to the tire Step doorstep of a neighbor at the same amE tins lime cursing curs curs- m ing the man who vho charged him hint with wih the responsibility Burl Buri Armstrong |
