Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-09-18

runs against the heft-oeafCy-Ont-
ton machine. The department heads
pay no attention to Smithy and
bring their suggestions or troubles
to Ches and Matt or Paul, the real
heads of our city. The latest rumor
is that the near Mayor fears TO
cross his bosses in any way as he
expects to receive one of the Circuit
Judgeship nominations next year.
The Board of Public Works might
aid in dispelling mystery that is
worrying our citizens just now and
that is what has become of the
street cleaning department. A street
cleaner in action is just about as
rare as four per cent. beer or
four-leaf clover. There was a time
that we would see a little group OF
the colored Republicans out making
q bluff at cleaning the streets, but
they have disappeared. The old
joker flusher that washes the dirt
mp on the pavement and allows you
to sweep 1t back again has also dis
appeared without leaving a trace.
Jupiter Pluvius, however, has taken
pity on our afflicted town and has
sent plenty of rain lately as a sub
stitute for the street cleaning de-
partment. And as Saturday Is
housekeeping time, Louisville has
had copious showers on that day
for thirteen consecutive Saturdays.
Some people say that the street
cleaning department disappeared
when the balance of the street
cleaning fund gave out, that depart
ment being like the rest of the city
administration--financia1ly embar-
raised h'om too much reform.
Here's another mystery the resi-
dents of the West End would like to
have solved. The Board recently
placed an electric light in the alley
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty
sixth streets and Slevin and st. Ce-
ella, and in that alley there is not
semblance of a residence, just
one old unoccupied brick stable.
Now, why the light? Those solving
the puzzle will be given copy of
"How Near Mayor Smith Reduced
Our Taxes From $1.76 to $1.98,"
or the Shawnee Park jazz" dedi-
Gated to the colored Republicans by
Mister Chesley.
The State Fair visitors were given
sight of how our Fire Department
handles itself this week. OF course
the performance wasn't new or
novel to Louisville people as they
see it very often. 1t was sur
prise to many, as Chief Neunsch-
wander, recently of Cincinnati,
didn't announce that this treat was
on the programme. A big Sea-
grave motor pumper, one of the
most expensive pieces of fire APP
paratus in the department, was de-
molished in front of the grand
stand. Many of the visitors APP
plauded, thinking that was on the
programme, but the Louisville tax
payers present didn't seem to be en-
joying it, probably thinking of how
they would be stuck for the cost Of
the show Capt. Charles Newhall
was in charge of the Fire Depart
ment at the Fair and he got the
wreck cleared away in a hurry, hav-
ing had much experience in that
line under the present administra-
ton. Residents living near our
local fire houses have started a new
and novel gambling game. One bets
the other that in responding to an
alarm that all will not come back,
the wager meaning that the reel,
en- CINE or hookw and ladder will be
wrecked before the return trip.
These accidents and collisions have
occurred so often under the present
administration that the odds have
gone up, one having to bet two and
three to one that the "hick" fire
men won't come back safely
Well, it's been one mighty gloomy
week for the keystone police, and
the comedy police are just so blue
that they don't take part in the
usual stirring checker games held
| in the station houses. And the
cause OF the gloom is attributed to
the State Fair. 3 The Keystoners
went down there this week of
course to take in the Fair, but the
sight of the farm tractors, plows,
the big fat sows. the prize bull, so
unlike the "bulp' they get from the
campaign collector, all of these old
country reminders just made the
Keystoners plain homesick. Several
of them just stood in front of these
country scenes and beloved like
the calves nearby. as they thought OF
the old farm "back hum" Just
two or three years ago they were
holding down good job, happy and
care free, with plenty to eat and
drink INCONSISTENCY. For amuse-
ment they went to them old Hill
Holler barn dances or pitched horse
shoes with the boys in front of
Hank Spudder's blacksmith shop.
All was rosy then until one of the
Republican ''slickers" from the city
came and inveigled them into COM
ing to. Louisville and be town con-
stable 'by gosh" And that hae
brought troubles galore. The "gol-
derned" crooks are stealing every
thing but their caps and uniforms
the colored Republicans are brow
beating them and now the Hert-
Searcy-Chilton machine collector is
taking big wad out of their sal
aries Yes, sir, the State Fair sure
made the Keystoners feel blue. But
some of the more hardened cut
loose and smiled though their heart
was breaking. They drank red
lemonade till they nearly busted, >
rode steen times on the scenic rail
way and pretty near got their fill
Of bananas, of course throwing the
Feelings on the walks. But after
all 1t was a grand reunion for the
Keystoners Every spc' from Hc.ss
Cave. Gravel Switch. Podunk and
Hell-fer-S artain was represented by
our comedy police at the State Fair
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