JEFF DAVIS NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE
RISES IN DEFENCE OF THE HODO
Jeff Davis attracted considerable at
tention in New York last spring by
Instituting a hotel for transient ‘'ho
boes." For a long time the venture
was a socloliglcal success. Philant
hropists, cfity officials and church
workers co-operated with him in keep
ing the Hotel de Gink open. When
summer came canie the hobo guests
went away, some on roads and some
on side-door Pullmans, and the hotel
was closed, says the Great Divide, of
Denver. Davis is credited with (he
following sketch:
“If you want to learn 'What is a
hobo?’ don’t refer to your dictonnry.
Ask a hobo. He ought to know.
“A hobo Is a man making his way
from place to place, heating it or
working his passage honestly, in
search of employment, but at the same
time looking for an opportunity to bet
ter himself.
"For instance a aman in your town be
comes unemployed, and, believing that
he can better his condition by going
somewhere else, decides to ’pull his
freight’ (get away). Being broke, he
decides to ‘ride the rods' (underneath
the train) of the ’bumpers’ (between
the cars), of the Vide-door Pullmans’
(box cars). That man )s a hobo.
There are close to 2,000,000 hoboes
i in America. What if they demanded
charity passes? Think of the expense
it would he to the taxpayers. If thp
'hoes do beat the railroads, at least
give them credit for not Increasing the
taxes.
"Hoboes ask nothing of society ex
cept the right to work and the same
opportunity to migrate that was of
fered those early hoboes, 'the pioneers
of the West,' who blazed the way
through M'uihigan and the North down
through the central part of the. South,
and finally out into the West, thereby
clinching the whole of out great, big
country into a solid union .
"But the hoboes are not Christopher
Coluntbusing for new lands these days
—they are seeking work.
“The West still shouts, 'Come West,
young man, come West,’ and other
parts of the land seem equally eager
[ to impress the public with the gen
uineness of the specfic brand of gold 1
opportunities they are dispensing, and
thus the seed of 'hoboism' is sown
"The Pacific coast today is flooded
with at least 15,000 hoboes—skilled
and unskilled laborers, who have
come West either on account of graft
ing employment sharks or through ad
vertisements booming the advantage
of the Pacific coast and its ideal ell
mate. Convict forms, stockades, w.ood
yards, vag road work and Jail sen
tences are not gong to help matters.
In fact, it only aggravates the situa
tion, and is liable to result In serious
trouble.
“There are three kinds of unemploy
ed—those who will work, those who
won’t work and those who couldn't
work If they wanted to. The first Is
known as the hobo, the second as the
tramp and the last as the bum.
"But society, police officials and city
authorities classify the three as one
and treat them accordingly. A man j
broke and friendless is considered a
vag, and made to work for nothing j
on country roads, rock piles, convict ,
farms, and frequently confined in bull 1
pens for from thirty days to six !
months. This breaks the fighting1
spirit of the best man on earth.
“There are more than 80,000 such,
cases in America today.
“Peonage is st'ill in existence in the i
South, especially in Louisiana and j
Mississippi.
“Governor Brewer stated to me on I
my visit to the capitol at Jackson,
Miss., that they had to enforce the
vagrancy laws on account of the negro
element. 'I realize,’ he said, ‘that
the penniless white man must suffer,
but I can’t draw the color line.’
‘‘Some time back the governor of
Arkansas released 360 men, claiming
that it was unjust and uncivilized to
imprison them for nothing.
‘‘In many parts of America police
officers get from 50 cents to $2 for
each hobo they 'pick up.’ Many offic
ers have made small fortunes in this
unique business of hounding jobless
men.
“Improved machinery, immigration
and the desire of individuals to seek
their fortune are the conditions that I
make hoboes.”
COMPARATIVE
TEMPERATURES
_ I
Following *re tne lowest recorded j
temperatures for this year and last j
on the days lesignated. The minus i
sign before a cumber means below
Eero.
U. S. Weather Bureau.
191* 1917 |
May 1 . 23 22
May 2 . 29 30
May 3 . 23 22
May 4 . 1C 6
May 5 . 18 4
May 6 . 8 8
May 7.14 12
May 8 .6 12
I May 9.12 14!
[ May 10.21 20 j
I May 11 .32 28!
May 13. 28 32!
May I ? . 32 28 1
! May 14.28 28
May 15. 25 33
May 16 . 26 311
May 17. 35 >4
May 18. 33 38
May 19 . 26 30
May 20 . 30 25
May 21 . 2 33
May 22 . 28 38
May 23 . 30 34
May 24 . SO 34
May 25.. .. •. 34 35 !
MAV 26.32 33,
May. 27 31.34 j
May 28 . 34 3S j
TO FIND THE FIELD
THESE SPUDS CAME FROM
The high cost of potatoes recalls to
Charles Peterson, a mining nutn of
Alaska, on Incident the first season he
went into the Klondike. It happened
over about half a bushel of potatoes.
Peterson who came, out this fall and
is now stopping at tho Palace, misses
the "French fried" along with his
meals, and it makes him think of the
man who ran across the gold dust In
his spuds.
“When I got into Forks, n little
j place out of Dawson, I met a fellow
! by the name of Spear," Peterson said.
"He had Just bought about half a [
bushel of potatoes at the general store!
and when he washed some for cooking :
he found some gold dust in the bottom
of the pan. He wanted to know of the i
storekeeper just where the potaotes !
had been raised. The storekeeper did- |
n't know so Spear sot out to trace the
spuds to their original field. It's quite j
a Joke among the boys, because the
truth about the matter was, some one
had spilled some dust into the basket
of potatoes beside the counter.
"Well when I came out by the way
of Anchorage last fall 1 ran across
Spear up in the Mutanuska valley. He
told me he never found that particu
lar field of potatoes, but he had a
patch that was keeping him in spend
ing money, anyway. I guess the way
potatoes have jumped that It was best
he never found the field, after all.”
SENATOR ROBERT LA FOLLETTE
DENOUNCED AS A TRAITOR
WHEELING, W. Va.,—Denounced
tus a traitor to the American people
at a mass meeting of 2,000 citizens
here recently, Senator Robert M. I.a
Folletto of Wisconsin was ordered not
to come to Wheeling as had previous
ly been arranged. He was to have
delivered a lecture on "Undermining
of Democracy” at the Eoff Street
Temple.
A telegram was sent to President
Wilson, praising him for the fight he
had made for armed neutrality and
pledging him support in the present
crisis, and With it the resolution
adopted by the meeting, which was at- .
tended by people from all parts of
the Wheeflng district, including many
Ohio towns, as follows:
I Hubert UnF'allette was scheduled to
appear in Wheeling, W. Va., for an ad
dress, Thursday; 'in view of his recent
action in defeating the will of the
majority of the United States senators,
and in making the United States con
temptible in the eyes of the world,
a mass meeting of representative men
of Wheeling passed the following res
olutions:
“Hesolved, That we utterly con
dernn the treacherous conduct of Sen
utor LaFollette and his associates In
defeating the will of the United States
senate in its patriotic effort to pass
the armed neutrality act, and that we
denounce the mass enemies of their
country, and recommend to the organ
ization which was to bring the senatro
to this city that the engagement which
they have with the leader of traitors
be cancelled’’
A copy of the resolution was sent to
Senator LaFollette with cancellation
of his engagement here.
POLAR BEAR
ENACTS TRAGEDY
LOH ANGELES, March 29.—Capt.
Jack Bonavita nationality known ani
mal trainer, died here last night ns
the result of a fractured jaw and
severe lacerations receive din a strug
gle with a polar bear at a moving
picture studio.
He was putting the bear thru its
customary tricks when the animal be
came enraged and attacked him. The
trainer was saved from immediate
death by a traffic policemnn, who fired
six bullets into the animal, killing it
instantly.
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS
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13 .Cars tens Cold Storage
14 .J. J. Season Co, office
15 .Headquarters Saloon
21.The Lobby
24.Pioneers Igloo
26.Catholic Church
31 .Polet's residence
32 . Yorkey’s Cigar Store
41.opp. Webb’s Market
Engine House, Phone Main 97.
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