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Show One Citizen Speaks Plainly of a lay member of our community, commun-ity, it seems quite plain that the Hercules company is determined to enforce all its rights in this region. This is well and good. Let it continue to enforce them. It's the best thing that can happen. hap-pen. It all tends to wuke up the people. We need it. This company has tor years Deeu running a high volt bare wire iron system over the heads of the people in direct violation of, the law'and city ordinance and j the usage of all well regulated cities. How long shall this be cont;nuedV The council we have elected to enforce the city ordinances ordi-nances don't seem to have' the courage to enforce them for the protection of the people. Some night a wind will blow down some of these half rotten poles with the bare wires and 'some one will bei electrocuted, and offered up a burnt offering as a sacrifice, a testimony of contempt for law a testimony Ul IIJC li-g,iig" J I council to enforce the ordinance , for their protection. This will surely come to pass it is only a question of time. Not long ago one man in Provo was electro-j electro-j cuted and two more nearly so by Ithjs sa.m.e bare, wire system j Lhtt week a i taagwas huf'afc tUjt L live" ttfh i "i e" pass "J bare wires with - T in Logan a norse 2 . rjr running into the v-- wires the result of rotten pou and bare wire. Lastly, Lxl t Senator Monsen was nearlj killed by a tapeline coming in ' contact with a bare wire while measuring the height of a buikk ino- How many warnings ao we" need V Let them enforce their rights. We haven't energy ener-gy enough to "assert our rights. If we had, they would have to put in insulated wires, and poles ' to clear the street 22 feet, j No w. enforce the rights of the people! .. j Citizen. |