Show PL THE blia butil 1 for many years this city lias has had al an ordinance ordin ince against stock running i at large in our struts a and nd providing I 1 I 1 for their I 1 being 4 tal and held for th paNl paine llen i ct W 0 cj ao aa penalty formerly blat that pan altyS was ais csc a head but now it ia 3 sac 10 or lio 1101 iseR ses and ancl cattle and for calves sheep and wine despite th that it ordinance however horses and cattle roani roam the streets bythe by the score without being molested during the spring and summer they then kept the streets free from everything except weeds and did much damage to peoples gardens flowers etc whole herds of sheep pasturing in in so some me sections of the city now they are re breaking into pt oples corrals and stacks and a little later they thel will commence to bark and break down any small trees which havo ha survived they have cave been a menace to our camp grounds and our tarl park and the people who have had c charge barge of our public grounds have lost the crops they planted amounting to a good many dollars doll dol lATs vs and have despaired of trying to malce make those ground look like anything and for tou four long giong years there has not been a penny collected under that ordinance the pies elit city administration has probably been criticised criticized more severely for their failures in that respect than in any other and it is not lecausi they were out of sympathy with the ordinance but simply bee because ause they too sympathetic ito to can cali the officer who failed to enforce it instructed es they even pleaded for its enforcement but to no avail of course we maintain tb that at people should have pride enough and honor eno enough ugh to take care of their animals anima I 1 s but since sice they If avent may the next cop either enforce the ordinance or loose his job |