Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1921-07-28
HANIl MOON
POLICEMAN

"Baying the Moon" IS proverbial
expression signifyi2s ness initial
and resultless occupation. The fgu-e
or picture is of the anbi.io-s h1rt
ing dog, being tied u2 anl r2-t-siae
from his usual pIeas1oabla cccuca
tion of baying the trail Of live game
sitting upon his ha-n,hes gnI Will
ing away the tagging min ties b.
baying the moon. Eo Ga.n5 nth
ing thereby and the @2o1n Is net
I the least dimmed as r-s11.: cf Ii
tunaful vociferations.
So, I, being out of ny rs-al BIS.
ness Of writing for the public IS
means CT livelihood, engaged il t.
exercise largely for my cw1 amusc
n1ent, not thinking to at'ra t any :
) tt2-1tti \ to myself nor produce an
disturbance of traffic in tie rocn,
ther b..
t tie article so entitled, for ius{
thst rass n, seemed to refer tt br,.
berry anacng the police, it We BIZ
;n11licaticn which was certainly n
..n>andad. 7 know that it Is imp ssh
fer tbcse who remain in usual en
lawful ways to see tie thin~s whic.
nav BE- gcing on outside their sight
ard herring, I am sure the police Of
thi5 city sra keeping their ways wa1l
5hoS they are conscientious and eli
oiert. anj ] have no reason - bsliav
5'2ea 5'2eat. ..slllay are accepting bribas for ..
hitting illegal selling Of iilege
liquor.
But anyone will admit that tt
-aftc il iq-or ray be goirg on Wit
~ the conscious permissi \ IF t,
police. It was not stated in t.
article last week that such perzrie
SIGN IS beng sold or given il til
ci.y. The t71ing of such an im9iicc-
ion or irsinration from that articl
was de1ijcd1y far-fetcbed. It is prs
si5le that such activities are purpose
" hidden from the police. Moreove-
It is highly probable. Ny statemen
that s-ch permission might be s3l5
fer Money was \ purely general CT
anl was n2t Intended TO apply to tt
- =-
local strait n. The application iva
made, il it was made at all, by some
one else, for what reason I can only
make a vague blind guess. have not
E:g It il for the pcIice" in any way.
II someone else has, and took my
general remarks as a ready-made
means OF taking it out on them" it's
their battle, and decidedly not mine.
I have not seen this traffic going
on. 7 have seer. occasionally an in
toxicated man. But the man who
made the statement about seeing
liquor sold freely, made it under
circumstances and in manner that
made me believe he knew what he
was talking about. I said last week
that | presumed there are not so
many bars as there used to be, and
offered that as explanation of the
freedom with which the stuff seem
ed to be flowing at the place referred
to. Perhaps that man ought to go to
the police with his information. That
is not for me to say. | do not in the
least doubt that he would get action
if he did.
Now conditions as to liquor, gamb-
ling and other forms cf vice are no
worse here than II ncst ether citio
They are not nearly so bad IS
some other places ] have seer. b.
every observing citizen who has ii
betterment Of the corr 0,Un..57 at hear
will admit that there i. a biz CHAM
for improvement. No city that I know
of is without it's @Oi a1ckea axe"
The statement that determined
effort on the part cf the proper Of
fcials would rid a community cf the
liquor traffic and Of cher vices is
general one, and is 70 nao~e aDpIici
able to Wisconsin Rapids tan t
other places-and no less. Ever
good citizen would be eZre-tad t:
help,-and would be glad to do s..
Let it BE- understood that I am n
seeking natoriety. I an \ the REV
who real minds at The theater last
week. I an content if in sny way
hep witkot1t being personally. Encwa
IN ratter, to bring out into tn
liglt sne Of the dirty basinese
tda5 fears and avoids tie light
Publicity Of any kind is a gocd vcr-
r2inieiae Gnd disinfectant.
RE-.