Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1910 — Playing No Favorites. [ARTICLE]

Playing No Favorites.

“Now, officer,” says the chief of the suburban police force, "I want you to go on the automobile patrol today. Be fair and just in your work, note carefully the speed of the machines, and arrest the violators, but do not lay yourself open to the charge of persecuting the automobllists.” That evening the officer reports having captured 56 automobllists. "Fifty-six!’’ exclaims the chief. “Why, you must have graphed them indiscriminately. However, that is a splendid record. Were you fair, as I told you to be?" “Perfectly fair, sir. I pinched every third one of them. That gave them two to one the best of It, you see."