Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 January 1912 — Solving the Tramp Nuisance. [ARTICLE]

Solving the Tramp Nuisance.

The town of Colby, Kansas, is attempting to solve the tramp problem in the following novel manner: The authorities have had 1,000 meal tickets printed and these have been distributed among the housewives of the town. These tickets are good flor one' meal when countersigned by the city marshal. When a hobo appears at the back doo 1 ’ and asks for a handout, he is given one of these tickets which the marshal will redeem for two hours work on 'the streets. Unless the tramp follows this proceedure he goes hungry in Colby. This scheme appeals to us as being a good one, and we would urge the authorities of Lowell to give it a trial.—Lowell Tribune.