The Arizona sentinel., 1893-02-04

SUAi OAhNl SsS CcIii W G hOolSO Oi WHICH
 are indispensable inducements for the
 proper class of people to settle in a
 town pretending to be well organ
 ized community? The immortality ex-
 isting in Yuma is something that we
 cannot lose sight of not that private
 and hidden immortality, that exists
 more or less everywhere, but that
 broad-open and sham eless immortality
 that is patent to every observer in
 town. Familiarity with wickedness
 seems to make one forgetful of its
 bad influence, and to connive at its
 publicity. The city of Yuma is now
 old enough to have outgrown the
 ways, custom and laXity of rough
 border town. New men with fresh
 ideas have come in to settle down ard
 to teach the old timers the folly of
 their ways. They have introduced
 improvements that have identified the
 name of Yuma with thrift and pro
 gress. Still saloons and gambling
 dens multiply their attractions, be-
 come more numerous as they grow
 more tempting and degrading.
 Women of the "Chippy class" are
 constantly being imported to meet
 the increasing demands of the trade.
 Business men of the town whose names have graced the official column
 of your paper, collect rent and mul- tiply houses for these new scandals. In spite of the ordinance prohibiting the employment of women where liquor IS sold some of the prominent saloons are regular harems at night. Where are those in charge of licensesl Where are those in whom the sacred ness of the law is intrustedl Why have laws. if they will not be en- forced? Why invite company before you have had house cleaning? Oc- casionally we read of the arrest of some poor tramp or stranger for drunkenness, or disorderly conduct. | Why not arrest the old and stable | article whose falls are more offensive and detrimental to the town than the ''transien5 yisitors"2 Where are the officers of the law, especially at train times, when the precincts of the hotel | are often painted bright vermillion with the oaths, blasphemies and in decencie8 of men who vote at the town electionsl
 Is it their franchise that precludes the possibility of their arrest? A cer- tain class of local voters seem to en- joy special privilege to violate the laws of the town and those of com mon deceRcy, while the poor stranger for his first offenso is dragged to the tombs A new set of officials has lately taken possession of the city. Let them take up the ordinances al ready existing and insist on their en- forcement to the letter. A few new ones are sadly needed to do away with some of tho nuisances prevalent in town. Why are painted faced squaws with red flowing robes allowed to ply their infamous profession about the most prominent parts of Yuma? What town would tolerate the exhibitions often to be seen outside some of the saloons on our principal streetsl What sights for pure innocent child 'en to witness on their way to and rom school What sights for re- 3pectable ladies, as are often dis played in front of some places on Main street and Madison avenue! Paved streets and cement sidewalks Ire not the only things needed. ublio lecency and damper on open vice, tt least, do more to build up & town han any other improvement to be Let the new broom be lsed freely so that we may not so 'ften hear it said by strangers that Yuma Is the worst city on the ail- 'oad. OBSERVER.
 YUMA, February l, 1893.
 The Board of School Trustees