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Show YOUNG MEN ARE WITHOUT WORK Two young men charged with vagrancy va-grancy told such hard luck stories this morning in police court that they received re-ceived suspended sentences and the promise of the judg0 that he would assist ftiem to secure workr in case they were not successful through their own ofofrts They were arrested arrest-ed last night in the rear of tho business busi-ness blocks on Grant avenue, where they were looking for a place to spend the night According to the arresting officer, they had tried to beg from passersby enftugh to secure a bed, but their efforts were unsuccessful. Clayton Clay-ton Steele and Fred Erlckson were tho names they gave Erickson said that ho had been in the country only three years, having emigrated from Denmark, and is without with-out relatives or friends in the United States. He had been working on a farm for some time, when he thought he could do better further west. Since that time, ho said, ho had only had odd Jobs, and recently did not hac any money or Job. According to his story, ho was never given a chance to ask for work in the cities, becauso ho was arrested for vagrancy immediately imme-diately upon his arrival and ordered out of town. Steele's story dealt with hard luck also. He worked at Lima, Montana, recently, but was laid off. He claimed that there was so much red tape In the offices of tho construction company com-pany for whom he was working that h owed tho entire check for the meals he had eaten while waiting to bo paid. Consequently he said that he had to "beat" his way to Ogden, where he was trying to get work. Judge Reeder acquainted them with the fact that the Jail stood open for them when they wero not able to secure se-cure a b"ed anywhere else, and ho also told them that tho city would not object to providing them with a free meal now and then. He Impressed upon thoir minds tho fact that begging beg-ging would not bo tolerated and let them go to look for a Job. |