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Show ifilJTST" ; L0CD0IS S'U . THE CURFEW I' ' Every evening at nine o'clock, one ? tears the tolling of the hour,' which to most towns the swe 'of , Bingham "' Canyon mean that all children should vbe.oM ths street How many ehil- ", i -drea'ra Bingham Canyon observe this . 1 law? How , many children feel that ,' with the Tinging of the curfew their fun for the day is over? Few if any, ' J pay the least bit of attention to this J o'clock bell, and why not? . , -'. ', ' v M th lw in Bingham Canyon - states that all children should be in 'f "their respective homes when this bell . rings, the law should be enforced. It '. i the young folks of today who make , th men and women of tomorrow, .', and this being granted, why not guard Y" Jor the coming men and women? Is it the fault of the children? - r JUardly. The fault liel with the par-: par-: I ' ents, who, their anxiety to see their : 1 ( offspring have a good time, fail to See the danger lurking in children ' keeping late hours. 1 --' It is a known fact that the parent i 'y . of " today cannot keep up with the ' V younger generation, this being a day , . of jazi and speed, but even at that, :- the parent should at least have , ' , enough to say that in a measure would curb the younger set from their dash upon the rocks. An Instance of this is called to mind by a yoUng married woman who told 1 us that when she was a young girl her. father was so . strict she never wa allowed to go out with young men, never allowed (except accom- panied by her, parents) to attend a v dance and according to her story she r felt she had the meanest parents in ' .the world. : This 'young matron is - '. now happily married and declares she has the best parents in the world, ; '' . because when 'the sees conditions as . y .' ; ' they are today, she thanks Cod her V' parents DID raise her as children ' should be raised. 7The curfew.' If this bell is to be - Bingham Canyon, let's1 enforce what it really stands for. " SPEED . Have you ever, noticed how many people in Bingham Canyon observe the traffic ordinance of this town? We have, and we can count them on the fingers of our left hand. Car owners of this section, as well as in most of the others find a particular ; delight in racing their engines to the fullest extent merely for the purpose of telling their friends how fast their ' car can step.' v. . It has been noticed that caf owners own-ers keep an, -eagle eye on the exact " location of the traffic officer, and - should he be stationed at Main and Carr Fork, then the race down -the lower part of the canyon begins. If he happens to be in the lower section ' '. of town ,then the law is violated in the business section. - , Every once in a while one reads of y. a peculiar sentence imposed by a judge who has a speeder brought be-lore be-lore him ,and although not a judge, , we, in our anxiety to see human life Spared, would Suggest wh'ea a per-V per-V o is caught speeding within the city - limits of . this town that his car be taken "away for the period "of one month, that he spend thirty days in . jail, and be fined $100, half of the fine (" . to go to the upkeep of the children's I .' playgrounds, or the building of others oth-ers Can't be done just for speeding?' f i Sure it can, for the crime is more ; than jttsr' "speeding," It is premedi- Y tated ' man ; slaughter, and as such , onld : result in , a long visit to the . It Is the duty of every citizen of .. ' Bingham Canyon to report these lun- .atic drivers, and assist in making it safe' for the pedestrians of this dis- :-: 'irict.;' ; 1 v. |