Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-09-02 | Page 10 | Thousands on the Move

THOUSANDS ON THE MOVE Those In la charge of the poor fund fundin fundin in Weber county complain men sent out from Omaha and other labor centers to the the railroad camps east of here bere find their way to Ogden and many of them be- be become be come a public charge Recently of o laborers direct direct- directed directed I ed to the construction camps only 00 remained at st the point of des des- destination destination Of Ot the who flunked nearly all of them came to Ogden m various degrees of ban bail luck Many of them had to be sent to the iry and not a few young tel fel fel- fel fellows fellows lows were treated for tor disease Some method of fixing reSponsIbility responsibility for tor the hordes of shipped out should be arrived at EItler the agencies should be re- re required re required to find transportation back to the point of shipment or the themen themen themen men themselves should be called upon to show good faith or be pen pen- penalized penalized Communities like Ogden Ogden have bave abig a abig abis big task taek in la attempting to handle the drifters who bo seemingly desir desirous ous of getting work are In fact tact try try leg fog ing to escape every task that con con- confronts confronts fronts them Tramps are Ire being manufactured by the ease with which the way way- wayfarers wayfarers farers eke out an existence and evade doing a hands hand's turn to make mako an honest livelihood