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Show - H Good Advice. .ditor Uaknku ;,)' treat you will B f -Til low inea limited apace in vour paper H -for a .short address to the peopln of H JLhi. ffi B From s6mo roportH that have come to B p j we I take itjihnt Rome of tlio people are m labor lujr tJulor a wrong impression con- H -ceriiin-x thu itqulrements of the B ordinances of this city. I hnvo been m informed that euvurnl of thu citizens B desiring to iinprovv their Rurmiindlncs B ., were Hiking nd vantage of a fnvorable B opportunity to gravel the sidewalks m adjacent to their homer, have boon B warned bv certain officers but well menn. H ing person? (hat they were 'dying thuni-H thuni-H ' selves liable to prosecution fi- Hitch H work, I wiali to say to allelic)) that B this is not true, on the rontnuy, I hnve B n plan in mind (ami I boliuve thecouncil H ,, la in accord with mc) to caiwe a general B 'graveling of the sidewalks all over the B Permit mc to pay in connection with H this matter that it is our intention to H inforce theordiimncc in lehitiou to gates H Swinging out over sidewalks. Perhaps H it would bv whII to quotu the ordinance B an order to avoid any misi n o standings B "All gates which open up 1.1 any of the H' sidewalks of this city, so a" to swing H out over such sidewalks, or any part H thereof, except self-closing gates) in goul B repnir, arc hereby declnrul to be a H nuisance, and are heroin-requited to to H, Temovcd or eo changed 01 constructed H as to swing inside the lot, and any H person who shall hereafter construct or H inainttiin any gate which swings out H ouer such sidewalk or, any part thereof, H except self closing gates in good, lopnir, H and any person who, fova period of ten H days, fails to remove or:imuge any such H gate now existing, and not self jlosing, B in good repairs, so that the name thai' m ' swing inside the lot,' after being notified H so to do by thu citv marshal, U guilty of H an oirense and upon conviction thereof H shall be liable to a line in any sum not B - exceeding twenty-five dollars, etc' etc." H And it is further provided as follows: H ''and the, city, marshal is hereby H authorized ana djrectel to t'codve the H ame." This ordinance is presented H for the .careful consideration of the H ; people for tlm. rent 0,1 thatsomc. who-H who-H v might be considered to be in u'positioif B to i'C well informed in regard " to such H .matters have been found to be laboring H under a misconception in regard to it. B And while it is not our purpose to B jtiforcu this or any other ordinance in H such a way as to cause haidsliip to any H person, and I regard this as the utmost, B importance, reports having come to m B of several peitons having been injured H bo running against these open gates in B the dark. Moreover, it isjmost annoying B to be compelled to walk out in the mud B to get past these open gates even in the B 'daytime. B My purpose in speaking' of these B matters is to try to get tlio people to see B the nece.'.biiy of complying with th' B ordinance without enforcement, it would B come much cheaper. It has been said, B -"That people if best governed who is B least governed." I would Bay rath-r H a people is best governed , who govern B A, themselves, or in other words, wiio have B bseu brought to suth a state by a proper B " 'enfoiceiwnt of the law that observance B " of the same has become 11 fixed habit. B It' is a recognized principle that B $ : governments are instituted among men B " for the purpose "f promoting the public m peace and general welfare of the people, m 'and 1 hold it to be the duty of the B officers of a city not only to control lie B laweleesbut to direct the efforts oftlie M .Jaw abiding along tho same general B lines, in order that there miJit be unity B ,of purpose and harmony of action We B elect men for this urposu and require B them ,to make oath and execute a bond M for tho faithful performance of their H iduty. Anditbecomes the duty of eviiry M Jaw abidingcitizen to uphold thooflicers. B If ovurv citizen would do what Jies in B nispo.ver willingly ami with public B fipir.it our city would becomo a thing of B' ibeauty and. njov, B John S. Wilms. |