, 1923-05-24

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ROADS SHOULD BE PROTECTED THIS TIME OF YEAR
Highway M,Iss DEPARTMENT and at the resident e dent en- sng in ~ Mr. NJ: !: W W
whether all the blame for e' bad as 70 roads, sa%p is bei inenk pr sepa0psly n, as t
condi Meeh a agp a mo IS 1f the %s, roads int in this IS eoa ,ats were in excellent
excellent ~s e AL we rosd son nj stmmaa ourselves %rssay because ss;a sew we were to have
during the past few days and as a result weeks of work on the
roads has been jeopardzed. ~ ~@
II It " vii | be almost impossible for the Highway Department tc
dried up and in cases where the ruts are 50 deep that the drae
W. no. IN them we are certain to have bad roads for the bal
t~houghtless truck drivers ploughed through ugh with tn hea y Laads
and left ruts which can only be filled by the use of a blade ma.
places so the result will be that many . of these aa roads 40 a1 will l1e be
Naturally, all ca cars and nd trucks cannot be kept off the roads
Just because they are muddy but all of us can be especially
Our roads generally dry up in the course Of a few hours lrsS after
a a sd5n IS so s NheGe tSa t possible trips should be delayed until the
Remember during the next few months when you are driving
is not altogether to blame for the road condition as very possibly
some thoughtless driver went over the road too soon after the
recent rains and ploughed ruts which could not be filled up.
LABOR COMMISSIONER MAKES SENSIBLE RULINGS
When the Child Labor Law was passed by the last Legislature
many feared that if it was not administered properly It would
The administration Of this law was left to the State Labor
Commissioner Conn Hon. Frank Clark. and as that gentleman was a
towards the enforcement Of the measure.
The Commissioner, if he so desired, could absolutely prevent
the working of children under 16 years of age at any employ
ment !. the selling Of newspapers and therby cause a great
naroshlP U many poor families who depend for assistance upon
the small earnings of their children between ID and l6 wears
of age.
Not considering the money earned by children between ID
and 10 years of age all sensible people realize that in most in
stances it is much better for boys between the ages of IA and
10, to be working reasonable hours at some kinds of work than
to be playing around the streets at all times. Many boys have
completed their common school education before reaching l6
years of age and oftimes are well along in their apprentice
ship by the time they have reached that age.
Mr.. Clark states that it is his intention not to keep boys be
tween Ia and Is from working but to see that when they do
work they are protected morally, mentally and physically. The
Clark.
The Republican feels that Mr.. Clark in this matter has taken
the broad sensible view of the matter and that the people of
Wyoming will with one accord get behind him in his efforts
to secure a sane enforcement of this act.
In this city Mrs. G.. II. Merrel has consented to act as the
representative of the Labor Commissioner and permits for the
employment of children between Ia and l6 years of age can
be secured from her whenever the employment is not of a nature
which might injure the child.