Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1920-12-16
NO LAWYERS OR
CRIME IN TOWN
For Years There Has Been No
Cause to Have the Law on
a Soul in Eucora, Kan. /.
COL0NIzED BY CHICAGOANs
Only Once Has Crime Raised Its Hydra
Head and That Was When
Bandit Robbed Bank Twice
In One Month.


Eudora, Kan.-1n the line of model
law abiding localities, Sir Thomas
More wrote piece about n place he
called Utopia. Although Sir Thomas
failed to say so In so many words, he
may be quoted as asserting In effect
that Good morning. judge was re-
mark one never would hear in Utopia.
Utopia, however. exists only in i'm
agination. Eudora. now-it's in Kan
Sas.
For the last two years at least there
has been no call to have the law Oh a
soul In Eudora. 1t was at that time
that the last of Eudora's police judges
passed out of Office and the office
passed out with him. Since even long
err ago what once was the Lookup has
been simply the basement Of the city
hall, no more. no less. And that strong
arm Of the law, the city marshal. to-
day would be mere figurehead did he
not unite In his person the additional
functions Of street commissioner and
grave digger.
Back In 1857 Endora was coloniZed
by people from Chicago, the Kansas
City Star says. But before long, like
the colonies Of ancient Greco. she cast
Oft the yoke Of the mother city and
now they have not even police court
in common. The town took Its name
dian chieftain Of the friendly Shawnee
tribe. There may have been some
thought that the honor should go to
the chief himself. but his name was
Paschal Fish, and Eudorans, ever con-
Rlderate of the future, hesitated to
fasten on posterlty such a P. O. ad-
dress as Fish, Kan.
The stormy days of the Civil war
Inflicted no more on Eudora than an
attack of nervous prostrat!On when
Quantrell passed within three miles on
his way TO Lawrence. But true peace
did not begin to settle on Eudora until
Kansas went "dry."
Dlscouraging for Lawyers.
About twenty years ago there were
Two lawyers In town. and when they
died they left no successors. 1t had
Lecome evident that Endorn was TO
field for le al talent. One old inhabi-
tnnt thus states the present legal sit
untion:
vlhere be still" he drawls, "sema
liars left around these parts, but no
lawyers"
In the folklore which already Is he
ginning to surround the regime OF the
last police Judge Is this anecdote:
A culprit was hailed into court on
some trivial Offense. Guilty or not
guilty?" asked the judge-then before
the prisoner could 'nswer-"You must
he guilty. II you were not guilty they
wouldn't he bringing yon In here"
Only once has crime reared It's n.y.
dra head and looked really nasty In
Eudorn That was when l9-yenr-old
bandit robbed the Eudora State bank
twice In n month shot policeman and
pnt a bullet In the jaw of Fred Starr.
cashier and present mayor They still
live on that excitement Of 1909. back
in Eudora. and they declare it'll last
'em.
Since then there hasn't been a thing
unless you count the time q negro
whipped out knife and slnshed
rev suit Of store clothes which John
Paxton had Just put on.
Vet It's Lively WithaI.
Don't believe for moment that all
that rectitude means Eudora isn't mod,
ern. It's thriving little city of $50
inhabitants md they rate per capita
wealth Of 1894. according to bank de-
pOsits.
Eudora Is not candle light village
There's electric lighting, twenty-fonr
hours of 1t to the day. And you should
see Main street Of a Saturday night
when the movies are open. Motor cars
(almOst every Eudoran has one or
twO) are lined up several deep along
the curb.
But the most recent Innovation Is the
paving just voted in by the council
Three miles Of the city's streets are to
be treated to an asphalt surface and
no more will the dust whirl in over
Ed Pilla's dry goods stock or car
springs be jeopardized. But most of
all. has the paving come as boon to
Herb LandOn, street commissioner.
Herb, 1t has been mentioned, also is
city marshal and grave digger. Baffled
as he was in those two branches of his
career Herb has turned the forces Of
his pent up energy and enthusiasm into
the street making job.
Such Is the town Of EudOra, which
long ago passed out of the class which
is designated as tone horse"