The Delta independent., 1921-01-28
DO wiz NEED ANOTHER
DISTRICT JUICE? (?

ciselys I'll give some OF my reasons.
In the first place we have only two
terms of court year. and that gives
us poor chaps who live out in the
country only two excuses year to go
to the county seat to attend court.
We need more vacations than that,
and we want to have a good lawful
excuse to leave our work at home for
the good wife look after the cows to
milk and the hogs to slop. and few
acres to irrigate, while we have to
20 and look after the court to see that
1t is run all right. OF course we have
some other vacations, such as q week
or two of fishing, and q week or 70
of In the fall for the deer hunt and
a few things like that. But what arc
n few vacations like there? A mare
bagatelle. Compared with the holidays
our schools have they are nothing. 70
we pine for more court terms. twice
a. many a year II possible. Then see.
II would double our chances to get ON
the jury and we do not want to be de-
prived of these double chances.
OF course crime is ON the decrease
and our jail is vacant most OF the
time and not as much court work in
the District from this source. but then
il there were another Judge. could
we not stir up something to keep
him busy? II ye outsiders could not
perhaps the members of the bar might
be able TO help out.
There might be and are some seri-
GUS objections to having another
| Judge, but these could be easily over
come. One of the most outstanding
objections is that there are SO many
candidates for the job.
To be sure the salary don't amount
TO much, only paltry $4,000 or $4,000.
1t is not the salary they want-forbid
the thought! 1t is only the honor of
the thing. Just imagine to be called
YOUR HONOR" or JUDGE or IF
THE COURT PLEASE" What is
money compared to these? (PoetryD
We hear first and foremost NJ. ID.
Vincent wisher Number one. II
wouldn't do for him to have the place,
for Dontcherknow he would want to
do all the spelling himself and the
lawyers trying the cases before him
would have NO chance at all and court
in every county seat would lap over
into tho next term and they would
not be able to get through at all. Well
have to eliminate him.
Secondly. there is Moynihan Of
Montrose. he is too good looking and
jovial for q judge. Would never do
| Monnie. You also are eliminated. Then
there is NJ. Fairlamb. No three. We
know he is q fine lawyer and all of
that but we all know that he'd "Be
there in just five mintnes" and that
would spoil the job. Wouldn't do at
all brother.
But let us get down to brass tacks.
Now there is Mortimer Stone. 1t looks
as though he is the best fitted all
around lawyer of all for the job, don't
you think? We don't know if he could
be persuaded to accept the job. but
II Numerous requests were made by
| his friends and members of the Bar"
he might be prevailed upon don't you
think? Can't put him in the eliminator.
Then should say that we need an
other Judge especially on account of
the condition of our taxes. 1t does not
seem reasonable to right thinking
person that we should be let off so
easy here with the light taxation we
have for 1921. Why see. We have only
s190.7l4 and odd cents for County pur-
poses and in this School District No.
STAGES for School purposes and
! S2S,0l3 for City purposes, it looks as
though we ought to have more taxes
to keep us well balanced. Now the eN
ira terms of court would help us out
along these lines amazingly.
We would have the court and steno-
grapher and District Attorney and