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Show NOT A WICKED CITY. We find It Impossible to ngree with those of our contemporaries who Inveigh In-veigh ngnlnst S lit Iike City as n place eereclill) notorious for Its wickedness It Is true thit theie Is crime here nnd mis lemcinors lie not few Hut It must 1 e icniembere 1 that this la n cosmopolitan cos-mopolitan clt) I rohahly no Interior clt) In an) country takes on more of the rhiractcrlstlcs of a great s-aport than does our clt) so fir ns the gathering gath-ering tc gcther of mmy nationalities are concerned mil the assembling of these evil birds of prey nf the human species who set out to live by stealth and by means of law lessness This latter Is lor two reasons first when penple come, to a strange lmd the) nro to a consld-erolle consld-erolle legree no matter how well guai ded nt the mercy of sharpers, seron I this Is n grent mining region nnl It la known to the evil ones that mlneis hive money when they como to town also lint many nf these are RiilleleM! nnl trusting many live ns hermits on remoto hills nnl In rctlied gulches nnd com out ot long Intervals Willi Iheh pockets well lined such are the prey sought ly the charters Then there Is the continental tiavel the urin) I post with Itn pa)dn) all affording tempting opportunities fnr those who I loh and despoil bo It Is not to be won-derel won-derel at that thero Is wickedness here I but we deny that It exists In greater licportl n thin might falily te ex-lectid ex-lectid or In gieater degree than else- I wheie nd In general wo think It Is fair tn any that the authorities cxeiclse 1 a vigil nice and show an cfllclenc) that keep luwlessnuss at a comparatively Inn ebb Just now there his been a 1 uhllc outer) nt the belnvlor of coma of the Killers when they como lo tho I city but they have done nothing nt all serlnis what they do is moie in tho I natuit of unno)iinco and much of that without cliult Is filrl) ehargeible lo Ihe abolition of th canteen Before that when a soldier wanted a glass of leei hu null go in tho canteen and Ret It mil he unuo)el nnloly tcldom dilnklng to ex ess Hut when he comes .down Into the city nflct getting hla pay he docsn t tblnl it worth while to lenve off with one drink or even two .nnd then they multiply While It Is trui r ci baps tint the nbollllou of tho cinleen is ml wholl) icsouslbo foi the inno)nnie thla causes nn I tho con- I Miiucnt ti nililo tn the soldier anl cltl-aens cltl-aens It Is true wo believe lhat this lalolltlnn Is 11 strong contributing fie-tor fie-tor Anl vvc believe further thil If I the tumble ahnul 1 nt an) time become I sul 111s the military nulhorlllea would tike j romi t action by wiy nf suppression suppres-sion Hut after all the noldlera linvn committed llitln or no real crime they ate oftenei vlctlmh of It thin perpe-tratois perpe-tratois Anl const lerlm, all things the city Is filrl free from crime and Ihe 1 Hlrlnls nt doing their duty re-maikurly re-maikurly well especially when we consider con-sider tho sinnllnetis of our olico force W hen In ntb"i I ices nf Hie size of this city they hive flout lo the number of 1 ollcetnen that wo hive heie It Is auic-ly auic-ly out of line in compliln of crime, fnr r no of two things Is 1 ci lain under these conditions crlmo should bu more unchr kel hen than elsewhere, which Is not the 1 asc or else the crpctrallng rt cilnie Is actually less than In tho nvnime clt) nf this sl?e which wo bo- llivc 1 1 le actually tho case |
