The Glenwood post., 1916-03-25


that city.
THE RESULT
IN aLENwooD
Along the line of thought suggested
in Mr.. Nisbet' interview the Post has
approached many Glenwood merchants
and citizens and sought their views as
to the effect on this community of put
ting the new law in operation. The
answer has invariably been high COM
pliment to the new law. One merchant
says that men who were rated as dead
heads in his store and whose accounts
he would gladly have sold for ten cents
on the dollar are now coming in and
paying q little on the old account and
sometimes stopping and purchasing for
the family some needed article for
which they pay cash. Another mer-
chant declares that his January and
February sales were much better this
year than for the same period last year
and that his collections were twenty
per cent better.
When Mayor Thorson was interro-
gated by the Post upon the effect Of
the new law, he pronounced it very
good, and said: 81 fully agree with
Commissioner Nisbet that in the mat.
ter of eliminating crime and contribu.-
ing toward safe and peaceful COM
munity the new law has worked won
ders. Since the first of the new year
now almost three months-we ahave not
had An arrest in Glenwood and the ro.
lice officers inform me that there are
now less than one-tenth of the men
asking them for place to sleep !n
comparison with those who formerly
made such requests.
"It is also matter of common
knowledge that what were considered
the buns and old soaks who formerly
infested our streets are now notable
for their absence. Where they have
gone I do not know, but am greatly
relieved to know that they have gone
somewhere for this element was always
source of great trouble and embar-
rassment to all city officers as well IS
to our good citizens. A man who has
been frequent visitor to our town
for number of years came to me the
other day and asked, What has be-
come of all the loafers who used to
pace up and down River Front at all
times of the day and nightl' tod
him I did not know and I was not suf-
ficiently interested to start an investi-
cation, but that was nightly inter
ested in the fact that our city was now
almost rid of this element and that our
ladies and children could walk the
streets with greater feeling Of secur-
ity than at any previous time in the
city's history"
"But how about bootleggingi" the
reporter asked. "I do not know" re-
piled the city's executive. "In fact
I cannot know much about this or other
violations Of the law except - our cit
i.ens bring me the information. Too
often the mayor is the hast man in tho
city to be made aware Of law viola
tions.. Unfortunately there are people
in every community who are quite
ready to tell Of violations Of this, that
or the other law, but unfortunately
they make their talk to the wrong peo-
pie. They are quite ready to volunteer
their information. in private and some
times even to crowd ON the street
corner, but when it 10 suggested that
they lay the facts before the mayor or
the city marshal, they shut up like
CLANS and are not heard from again.
"There may be some bootlegging in
Glenwood, but think. there is less
than the majority Of our people predict
ed before election and believe that
our people are pretty well agreed that
thus far the conditions have been very
satisfactory. have Investigated some
reported cases and have mot yet Been
able to secure sufficient evidence to
warrant An arrest. However, you may
say for mo ard for tho city council
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