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Show Rollo- Glyphics I ByKlienRollo j I'm taking away from Dorothy's column of "Looking Back" this week, but I just couldn't help but comment on a couple of items that appeared in the January 23, 1925 issue of the "Record." The first was an account of the Iron County Commission. Com-mission. It emphasizes the changes that have come about Over the year's in what elected officials receive and what might have originally been intended. "Another motion prevailed to the effect that the County officials meet at one of the hotels for lunch on the day of the regular monthly meeting of the Board, each month, and that the expense of said lunch be paid by the County." "Grandpa Rollo," if you will, took a little editorial license with the following comments on that particular item. Again I quote: "First time we ever heard that salaried officials were entitled to have their meals paid for by the county. "For our personal information in-formation we should like to have the law bearing on this question pointed out to us." You see they even questioned the legality of such an action in those days. Now the common practice is travel expenses, meals, lodging, etc. when public officials "are conducting business for which they are elected." The second item, in the same issue, would really turn on the officers of the Sierra Club and other environmental groups. It deals with a drive to eradicate jack rabbits. Jack rabbits are now practically on the endangered en-dangered species, but of course the same does not apply to the coyote, which may be one of the reasons that there are fewer jack rabbits. This story was headlined, "2011 Bunnies Meet ' Waterloo." A first lead for the story read: "One hundred hun-dred men spent three hours Monday in the delectable pasttime of slaughtering rabbits in Parowan Valley. The story goes on to say that 20 men each from the gun and rod clubs of Parowan, Cedar City, Parowan, Paragonah and St. George participated in the drive with Parowan the champions in the contest. Portions of the story follow: "It was a hunt enjoyed by all, and considerable part of the county was swept clean of the animals during a bombardment of shots lasting three hours. "When a count of the rabbits had been made it was found that the average per man (excuse me, person by modern day decree) was slightly over 20 rabbits, the teams being credited as follows: Parowan 643, Cedar City 395; Paragonah 387; St. George 310; Beaver 270, a grand total of 2011 rabbits sent to the 'happy hunting grounds.' " And that's not all, a similar drive was planned for Washington County, but the date had not yet been set, the story revealed. My how times have changed. |