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Show LOAFERS ARE BEING ROUNDED UP BY THE POLICE A crusade against non-workers in Ogden was started estcrday by Serjeant Ser-jeant (,eorue V. Smith "'! the local recruiting re-cruiting station and officers of the police po-lice department. Serjeant Smith conferred con-ferred with Police Chief Thomas E. Browning recently ana secured the cooperation co-operation of the department in rounding round-ing up loafers and men with no risible means of support, giving them the opportunity op-portunity of entering the army or "getting "get-ting a job breaking rock without pay," as Sergeant Smith expressed it. The first trip wa6 made last night Sergeant Smith says he encountered half a dozen men in the parka who could give no satisfactory explanation of their leisure. They were assured (Kit f i Vi i .-.-I limn tVioir t- r, ro fnnnit In similar condition, would mean they would fight or go to jail. Sergeant Smith says Chief Browning has assured as-sured him he would order the arrest of any man on a vagrancy charge on his recommendation. "We are trying to round up these loafers and give them a chance to do their bit," he said. "If they won't work they ought to fight or go to jail. Those who are willing to work or to fight ought not to tolerate such drones and, with the co-operation of the police department, de-partment, we propose to find them and give them the chance. "The parks and pool rooms of the city are the loafing places of this class usually and in our trip last night we found quite a number.' oo |