Show TO PREVENT GAMBLING john C hasson reformer adopts new plan ladies circulating petitions to be presented to city council john C haason who because hla brother lost money over the gambling table turned reformer rei ormer and wants park city purified in this respect hag had typewriter petit ons asking the council to take some action regarding it prepared and the same are now being circulated by different ladies ot the city k lor signatures there are nine ot these petitions and all ot them are being freely i goed mr blasson appeared batore the city council at its last meeting and his grievances it beina ani intention at that lime to have the gamblers of the city ar reeled and he appear personally against them since then lio weier his coar e of action has been changed and the petition is U e outcome PETITION following is a copy of the petition be presented to the honorable mayor and city council gentlemen V e the undersigner undersigned under signed citizens of park city would respectfully call your atten alon to the gambling evil which exists in oar city whereby the young men of this r community are slowly and surely drift log into the paths of vice in the j past few months two suicides have marked the course of its evil blight and in tl e homes of many want and misery I 1 exists by reason of the many who each are robbed of their earnings and which goes to support a class whose presence in the community in no way helps or benefits the people they have not the least desire nor never did have to earn an honest dollar but they prey upon the weakness of other men to enrich themselves and thereby baure caure many a heart ache maby miseries and many broken hearts leaving the par ants of children the means to properly bring op their children as americans should and must be brought op to make good citizens that in time i of peace they may be all that is desirable and in time of peril to have the physical manhood to defend their country e all know this evil does exist and we your petitioners petition ers believe that it is nathin the power of your honorable body to suppress it therefore we pray you take some action CP TO thac COUNCIL these petitions will be presented a tl council session next wednesday evening and what action will then be taken remains to be seen |