| Show b S flow now many hoboes come coma corn Into Ogden den from from off ot the Southern Pacific Pa Pacific 7 That question was waa put to H If H 11 Cordon special agent of oC o the Salt Lake Loke division of ot the th Southern Pac Pacific I Our DOur reports he said c IndI- IndI IndIcate cate te over SOO a month as the number brought brou ht to the attention of our train riders Then News Newa and Views Vl w wanted to know what a train rider Is Is He Is one on or of o the seventeen men under Mr Jr Cordon with police powers They ride the merchandise I dise trains w to prevent the breakIng ot of seals or tho the en- en entering entering cn of o cars earn In any manner They work ork between Ogden Ofden and Sparks and since sinco they have havo been In the service the looting of ot cars carof of merchandise has haa ha been reduced by more than 50 SO per cent While crime throughout the country has been Increasing the box boxcar car robberies have hav decreased The Th last bl big ble box car c r robbery In Inthis this thie region in which the gangsters battled with tho officers was as as at when Deputy Sheriff Sey- Sey Seymour Sey-mour Sey mour Clark Clark was wac killed After tAfter the thi world war aI the tho pilfer pilfer- pilferIng r- r rIn In Ing of ot cars Increased but since 1 22 there has been been a steady decline Much of oC o the th petty stealing Is isby Isby by tramps and Officer Cordon said aid that the worst element Is among the young hoboes between 18 and 30 years year of oC o ale age a rc who con con- constitute con 75 75 per cent of ol th the wan wan- wanderers W We w are art compelled to keep after aCter them ho he said ald because to todo todo t do less would be to In Invite them tu to seek o our r road as an on easy way In Inand Inand and out out of o California In In and tall fail there thero thenIs Is isa a migration similar to that othe of th the birds and and- with the firSt first warm da spring prin the tho hobOes spring up of coming out of oC holc In inthe the ground In tall fall with the chili ot of winter In the tho air all they are westward Sound They represent humanity In three stages The Tho youngster starting out on an adventure sa s-sa as asa a alark lark the boy with the habit be- be belog be log formed and the confirmed lost lo t to respect self and robbed of oC to do They are a me menace ace to society as they drift front town to town skulking through back streets street like the pariah dogs does of oC China How lIow now are arc they hey to to bo ho redeemed Xo No ono one has ha found a solution ot of o the problem Perhaps the question audition should be How are arc we we- to prevent the tho male male- makIng makIn Ing ot of tramps As A B In all our all our big ble problems problem It ItIs not Is not tho cure rather it Is the pr prevention Moral disease Is 1 much the same aroas as physical disease e The most procedure Is preventive treatment When boys become hoboes they are not unlike boys who have have acquIred an unquenchable thirst for tor strong drink The Th saving of oC the boy must mus start tart before that bent of mind has manifested Itsel Itself Joseph Harris made II trip from Crom Ogden to Portland by automo- automo automobile automobile bile from Ontario Oregon Ore on going ove the tho J John hn Day highway SenS Sene Sc your our sight seeing touring friends over this now new road be advised It It It Is l SOO miles mile through tho th last frontier of oC America and they will see lice a land strangely new where there are aro Isolated homes and the tir winos wines whisper ot of the wilderness with Its Us magnificent distances For a day and J J J halt halt Ir Sir Mr drove along the Jc John hn Day valley out through the th wonderful for for- forest for forests of ot toe toe- toil sill est cots ests and down the tir canyon ails where the lh coloring Is Gorge Gorge- Gorgeous gorgeous ous Corce-ous ous lie He H was fascinated 1 with sith Ith the country It may may have hav brought home borne to him the tir day when a barefoot boy he t saw the barefoot great west which ever over since has bbs been his love The John Day has bas Just Jul t been opened and offers a peep Int IntO the thi almost uninhabited part of eastern and southern Oregon between Ontario and Arlington Dropping a few tew lines to News an Views the committee in II charge chargo of o the tho workshop tor for the bUnd blind sends this message The Th Weber workshop tor for the blind will be bo closed until Sop Sep September 13 This Till will U give the th workers a vacation vaca and also time for tor cleaning and repairing The Th shop hop was started less lees Ie than one oney y ar ago a o and during that time hu has dono done a good coed business and the tho take this opportunity to thank the tho public for tor it Its patronage and kindly Interest and to express their gratitude to those wh who ivo so loyally and unselfishly ed the shop since Its What hat a fin tine fine opportunity Is pre pre- presented presented to do an act of ol kindness Continued on Page n 1 op 00 News and Views and Views Continued l from Page Pace One by buying the goods foods produced produce by the blind of Ogden It Involves involve no charity or play of pity It simply gives fives those who are arc so badly handicapped a chance to todo todo todo do for themselves I can well afford lo to be thoughtful to patron patron- patronIze patronize ize isa the workshop for th the blind S S During a recent storm a family of four Cour in a small car arrived from Reno Heno Nevada They camped south of the tho Riverdale bridge find aud went two days without food except a bottle of milk given fh-en the baby They were stranded and hungry until assisted by the tho Army The Army always ys has responded to cries of despair But what hat hat reckless people are areto areto arto to be found among the th hundreds of thousands who attempt long journeys by automobile Without funds they trust start trust start InS ing to good tood luck to carry them through A car Is sufficient all by way of persuasion to to lead them out outon outon outon on to the th highway Once on the wa way they keep going until face tace to face ace with Ith stern realities they come to a full tull stop slop No tramp e cr attempted more with lithe lilUe than have hav some somo of the wayfarers In cars S Benching Beginning X November vember IL 14 H two new trains are arc to be operated oer oyet tho Union Pacific and Southern Pacific equipped with the latest type Pullman sleeping car antI and making the trip trip- from Chicago to San Francisco in 63 3 hours These trains will cut the time five hours hour hours This is one on of the Improvements in train service ser made mad possible by double tracking Where a singh sIngle track connected Omaha and San Francisco a few years ago aco now all the distance to Ogden and much of the road west from here I is double track The Improved railroad service Renice Is serving notice on the country that the west Is growing crowing Twenty years from now there will be a demand for more mon tracks and more trains train to meet the de- de developments de developments |
