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Show H Lawlessness. hVJ It is every day becoming more ap- hVJ parent to observing people that right HKW hero In Cedar, despite our educational V udvnntagrsand vhureli Inlluenees, wu f ?;b fite.tdll jlrlftltig Inn? a bitl statu of hVT fyQ 'X'lle'dcvelopcm'entHof'the past !wcclc have tended to impress this fact upon thu better claw of citizens. Men hold up aud nt the muzsclo of a rltlo oompelltd to perform unties for the wwr, k, nimtwinent of . wotild-bc toughs. , ' !'?)' ts with guns unit hnlvcs, and .t!'.cr sl,c'' dangerous and lawless pro- B Wt'llpgs. Oh, yest CVdnr Ib getting to H lie n tough tdwu. tfawa edirie from H . the adjoining tnlntng camps that they Bj "J0 "leo and quiet, except vyhen' a gang B t)l Cedar boyb eomeout uud rui nuiitck. mi M1 Ufi u reputation to' . b'e proud P k"' v; AydllVcrt'wcbeglnUoloQlt rtbolttor HBh " Wjciiaustt. Almost every day gangs of WjS& ' jouug ju'cn'tJiay be .seen hanging ub'out S'8 '4he tal'oo'n's' Seine of them much Jthc i worse for jlloVor, and many spending money -for intoxicants that nro sorely oieedeil by tUelr vi.vcs, tnothers or nls- , , -" urs ut homo.' ,'Kic liquor evil lias 3po!i . ( Valued gronhd foTt iu Cedar during the jpwjf I'' ' ,.rast four or five ear'ft and is now as- MMb- umlirtiubjj Rjatrmlng proportions that rPUr I f 's n.l'l'ur.nut ""leas nptiic strenuous WmJ ' - i liteasnrwj arc adopted Uic good namo of lffif "' tlie community will bo'd'amag'cd, If not ilfcf&. i ' ! outlrely lost. ;3lJ I , i;vennoCv the ladies of Cellar, alive Ktti ,; ( 1"Q situation, have taken It up , (hem WK J.6elyes to place in clfculntlpu petitions tKi 'ash'ing the city councti to restrict or en- HH I tlr(dvlirolibit tlie boln of liquor,, par- HH& Ucitlarlj' to minors. Tho full text Of- Ik' (lie petitions, .which aro being very gen (" tsrally signed follows. "To th hono.rnblo JIayor and City Coniifl of Cwlar City, Ulqli: BJ -lWrLnJm.Nt-,-Vliure.s,vthe,vieoof in- H , temppranee li growing to an, 'alanhliig M ' i jxtoijt in Cedar my, niv.J drawing with B ' r) Ji its meshes of illRtruotfon inaiiyytnmg M ' ,,,,,n-,f J.W VJ'ri: anil d ' , "''rt-ts. iticroij.lltlniih no-v jircT.1-' wwl .!. . lent among us in Ibis particular are bound to have r demoralizing effect upon tho voting of this community nnd be dctriin'cutnl In thu extrem'o to tho interests of educational Institutions of Cedar: Now, thorcfoic, wo tho undersigned citizens and reildeuts, deprlcallng the evils of intemperance, nnd deslrlug ever to promote nnd advance tins hi-torests hi-torests of our people, especially the moral and edueatloual training of imr youth, and to bulla up and develop tho institutions of our city, we do hereby here-by petition your honorably body to tnlto such steps, 'nnd to enact such legislation legisla-tion and measures as may bo ncecwary to restrain and restrict, or entirely prohibit the liquor tralllc of this city. Dated July 31, IM3." There Is nlso talk at tho nest municipal munic-ipal election of nominating a prohibition prohib-ition ticket, the candidates upon which will bo pledged to work for tho abolition aboli-tion of the liquor trnillc. Tho proposition proposi-tion meets with the hearty approval of Till: Iliiconn. |