Show THE CITY ROASTED judge Hu laniski comments on the chain gang which the council has ordered to labor on the public grounds party promises he will see to it that there are few prisoners tharo was a fair grist waiting for judge in the police court morning at 10 and the judge handled bliem in a very rapid manner first came a and certainly a guilty vs to judge questioned libin and hii promise to leave clo isely upon town let him go then came chas a once a year all around thief who lias berged two terms in alie city jail and almost wept as lie thought of again touching alio cold and unfeeling rock pile hia chin quivered as lie explained that he had just struck town cand wanted to go to sec his poor old uncle down in some unspeakable town in arizona his running mate was a man named thompson who had been working in alie idaho lumber camps he was warned by the judge that lie was in bad company but it he would leave town ho would bo permitted to do so but judge cried seavey 1 I done anything and his gray liaiga drooped in anguish as alie judge thundered you can go too then judge turned to chief davenport and said chief do you know anything about this move to work aliese prisoners on the public grounds only this said the chief alie prisoners and their labors arc at alie disposal 0 the street committee and aliey are ordered to proceed under guard to the city cemetery to work tomorrow every citizen support faig any ticket in the recent elections every man elected on either ticket and the parties have promised the laboring men eliat these men should not work on the streets or public grounds and party promises i hould be worth something ill see that they dont leave many prisoner sl call the next case the next case was that of two syracuse boys of 19 years charged with selling whiskey to indians the boys said they did not know there was any law against buying the whisky if the indian handed you the money and asked you to buy it aliey arc working on alie hooper ditch and came into town last night mr bennett under whom they are working explained eliat the boys were new to city ways and biad been led astray by alie ducky aborigine judge read tu alio boys the law in alie matter and fined them 5 each they paid after court adjourned judge giulan arki was asked what he meant by his remark ill see eliat they dont have many prisoners 1 I mean that I 1 shall bo as lenient as ia possible and be consistent I 1 shall drive these people out 0 town but I 1 ahall keep the number of prisoners down to a minimum for many years past the question has been agitated during campaigns rampa igns the laboring men have been insured eliat alio chain gang would bo kept off the streets it party promises arc worth anything aliey should kept in this case and alie clinin gang should not be allowed to be an eyesore to alio public by its persistent exhibition at tabor to which the citizens are entitled I 1 hhall keep the number in that gang as small as possible |