The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1908-04-23
CuRFEW AT PANAMA.
Employee Suggests That One Is
Needed In Canal Zone.
TWO MEASURES ADVOCATED.

Jne OF tne workers, Living In bache
ior Quarters, Wants Proteetio
Against the convivia! Among vi
kumbsr-Visws Of a Daring Dis
sentsr.
Bachelors employed by the isthmiai
canal commission and living IN the ca
bal zone, at Panama. are debating
heatedly whether they need curfev
law for protection against the bibu
ious and conyivial among their nun
Der. The suggestion that u curfew law
be established for night roaming bach.
elors on the tsthmus came from one
OF the employees living In bachelors
quarters. says a Washington special
correspondent or the New York Post.
The trouble began when this employee.
who Is stationed at Paradise. taking ad-
vantage OF the canal commissions In.
yitation for suggestions looking 10 the
betterment OF the service. made these
two:
F1rst-The establishment OF curfew
hour. not later than 10 O'Clock in the
evening. when lights IN bachelors quar-
tiers should lie extinguished.
Second--The absolute prohibition or the
practice OF bringing liquor into quarters.
The employee added ENORMOUSLY in
making the second suggestion that he
did not know whether II was against
the present regulations TO have liquor
In bachelors quarters, "but II not IT
should be-"
La advocating these two measures
he
these reasons.
There are many employees OF the com
mission whose duties Ars both arduous
and exRcting. and at the end OF the days |
labor they are I'm actual need OF undis- /
turbed rest TO NJ them for the duties OF I
the morrow. When this is denied them |
through the action OF various roisterers !,
who periodically make their quarters =
assembly OF DRAWERS whom a respecta- !
Bile 90 saloon keeper would not tolerate
(the writer Ii aware that whosoever
this shoe pinches will be tho loudest In
denunciation OF him). II Is evident that
the service given TO the isthmian canal
commission by all who come within the !
zone OF their disturbing Influence Is not
and cannot be as efficient as IL should be.
For the benefit OF dlpsomnniacs who
will indulge in stimulants regardless OF
dstriment to personal health and the
writer would not deny them their rights"
Ash canteens In the various towns with
BOOKING ken" attachments, where their
orgies could be INDUCED In without dts
turbink those who have no desire TO take
part In them and who have rights" which
should be respected.
The response was instantaneous and
yiyacious. An employee at Culebra
heartily Endorsed the plan, but sug-
gested that the curfew should not be
rung until IL O'Clock. Eleven O'Clock ,
would suit everybody better than 10 ,
?. M, because those who attend Y NJ
:. A. classes. tournaments, entertain !
nents. lodge meetings and more intI- /,
nate rendezvous would be put to a n
'reat deal OF Inconvenience II not al :
owed to turn on lights on retiring" :,
inc seldom thinks OF the hordes OF ;,
anal employees returning nightly In ;,
hrongs from Y. NJ c. A. classes
The Culebra employee wasn't so sure ),
bout the ACCESSIBILITY OF the second :,
lggestion. He thought II would re- =,
uire the presence OF n zone police g.
ian TO keep the bachelors from bring ~
~ whisky into their quarters, but -
e added, ut is 10 be deplored. to be ..
are. that orgies are sometimes In =.
ulged In by coterie OF friends, such -
ractice being, | am sure, against the
tistlng rules OF the com mission.
he habltual drinking OF some OF ~
ie men makes It also very disagree ~ ~
bic Tor their-roommate especially, -, ~
~ s9ea a practice, in my estimation, 90.
Innot be regulated or stopped, what 49,
'er means the officials may employ" ~,
Another employee at Empire who Is
Identity sociologist. vegetarian, a W
sciple Of Bernard Shaw and be- ~
'yer In paternal form OF govern :,
emit. at once declared his willingness
go 20 bed when curfew tolled the ~,
ell OF parting day. He thinks II -,
'uid he perfectly lovely II the en- 20
'yees could be made to eat legumes 49,
official order instead OF meat. W
Andrew Bearup, locomotive en- ~,
ieer. is the only dissenter who has Ou'
pressed himself publicly. He Is full 70
wrath In bllstering words he seeks ,ue
dispel the idea "that the bachelor u'i
pulntion OF Paradise consists OF In "'u
Rates and rowdles." Bearup says
Il be has been a resident OF Paradise m
eight months and has not seen a
inken or disorderly person In that Los
ton In all that time He suggests
the employee who advanced the cur A
plan that If his duties BE so ar goa
'us that II is necessary for him to Wv
Ire with the chickens that he may 70
.,' a'e uis energies Tor the morrow dra'
'eiisye that 1t would be policy for he
J TO migrate TO some other climate. n,
be certainly cannot be In perfect Tho
It'll AS for taps OF curfew. 80 b
say that the majority Of us are b,s
-e than twenty-one years Of age and Win
e been severed from our mothers ne
on strings sufficient length OF ,,,nt
e TO know when we wish to retire. or
Experiment With partridaes. st.
be state fish and game commission ,ha