The Globe-republican., 1908-02-20

| W. @. Ray has returned from hie tril
to Nebraska. He came In, as 1t were
between billiards..
l.. G. Van Vorhis and Bert Andrew
went to Pratt Saturday evening. Mr.
Van vorhis went over to join his wifi
and boy, who were visiting friends II
that place and they all returned hom'
Monday morning.
The township board has closed up th'
pool halls In Bucklin. This is mov'
In the right direction but there are othel
things that need to be attended to be.
fore things are just as they should b.
here.
Miss Emma walters and Master JameI
Walters and Howard Brickel Of Pratt
spent last Saturday and Sunday 10 Buck
lin. They returned to Pratt Sunday
night.
G.. F. TRACER is having the Nacan
room just north Of bis store room fitted
up and will put In stock Of groceries II
a few days.
HIP. McCaustland Ia In bis Office
again, and able to use his hot air ap-
paratus, after a few days off with TIT
tonsilitis.
Last Friday morning, while the bliz
} card was raging with all Of Its fury, thu
fire alarm was sounded and the met
turned out In the storm to locate the flrt
and fight It. II was soon discovered tt
be box car up near the round house
that was burning and the flames were
soon extinguIshed.
Constable T. H Hall made business
trip to Dodge City Monday as escort te
another party.
Guy Padgett has moved his barber
shop from the Van Vleet building To
what Is known az the Evans building
about one block north and on the op.
posite side Of the street from the old
stand.
This weather is hard on our sporting
citizens as 1t Is too Geld and muddy t
pitch horse shoes with any great en-
thusiasm.
There has been two or three scraps II
this town recently and none Of thu
parties thereto have contributed of theil
wealth to the school fund of the county
There is much complaint and mutterine
by many of our citizens that the lev
made and provided for such cases Is no
enforced, that these things are permitted
and nobody punished for them. The.
say, and with considerable truth, that
person can violate the law In Bucklil
without fear Of punishment, that so ia
as these minor offences are concerned
there might just as well be no law, tina
our good name as community Is In
jured by this neglect TO enforce the law
We will admit that there is much trutl
In complaints and assertions, but wher'
lays the fault? II is we'll known In thi
part of the country that this is not al
incorporated town. that we have no cit.
officers or city laws, that the only law
that we have under which these offender
can be punished Is the general laws o
the state, that we have no court herr
except a Justices court. Now our wise
or otherwise, laws prohibit a justice o
, the peace from bringing suit against
IL an in his own court. In other words,
justice of the peace cannot 20 out on tn
street and hail man into court for al
offence, though he may have been al
eye witness TO the offence, and try bin
| for the offence, some one must file com
plant against the offender, take out
warrant and have the party duly arrest
ed according to law before the justice
can try him at ALL Now whose duty
1t tc make this complaint and to see tha
the offender is brought to justice9 1t /
yours my fellow good citizen. and yo'
fail in good citizenship when you fail Il
do this whenever you have persona
knowledge of there having been an of
fence committed. Don't you wait TO
someone else to do what lie your duty t
your fellow citizens and your country
10 do yourself.