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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04

Attorney F. H. Heskitt went to
Anadarko on business today.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04

Go and see the big crowd at the
Palace Drug Store Dec. IS. 86-oI
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04

Or. Al. B. Leeds goes to Foss,
Oklahoma, tonight.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04
GhiGka8ha Electric Go
A SAVING Of STEPS.

IF a telephone would save you a
half dozen trips a day-it usually
saves people from three to six times
that wouldn't it be an eco
nomica1 investment
A telephone in your house or
place Of business costs you less than
10 cents a day. Six trips a day
would cost you not less than ten
cents each, or a total Of 90 cents.
In a month this would foot up the
enormous total Of SIS counting
Sundays and all. But some bust
ness men use their phone 100 or
more times a day. They couldn't
do withoutit.
Wei install your phone for you
in a days notice Our local ex-.
change and toll system have all
been overhauled and placed in a
first class condition. We guarantee
good service, prompt courteous at
tention. All sou have to do il to
ring up central
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04
MEMORIAL SERVICES.

The B. p. o. r. Lodge will hold
a memorial service at the Elks
rooms, Sunday afternoon, Dec. g,
at ! o'clock The following is the
program
Opening Address
Exalted Ruler A. Melton
Duet Misses Ray and Owsley
Opening Ode By the Lodge
Solo Miss Pyle
Address Rev. J B. Boon
General Eulogy.
Past Exalted Ruler R. Bond
Solo Mrs, Eugene Hamilton
Eulogy on Life of VIM. K Lowd
N. NJ. Williams
Eulogy on life of William w.
Purdom Frank NJ Bailey
Music Nearer My Cod to Thee"
Closing ceremonies.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-12-04

morrow.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
Features of Omaha's Charter.

/. Separate municipal elections,
2. Ward councilmen elected at large.
3 No franchises except voted by the
l. Department heads appointed by the
mayor.
8. Depository plan for city funds.
G. Separate tax commissioner system.
Z Advisory board to the mayor.
& Street improvements by special assess
O. Railways must build viaducts.
10. Absolute limit on tax levy.
board.
p. T~hree-year terms for elective officers.
The present form Of government for
omaha is one Of concentrated authority.
Only six officers are elected in addition to
the members Of the city council, and the
appointive power, with the exception Of
fire and police departments, centers in the
mayor, subject to confirmation by the coun-
Gil. The terms of all these officers are for
three years, except the police Judge, who
holds for two years, although they are all
removable for cause or impeachment. The
elective officers are the mayor, treasurer,
tax commissioner, comptroller, clerk and
police Judge. The mayor appoints the city
attorney, city engineer, health commits
sioner, building inspector, plumbing in
spector, city electrician and city prose-
cutor, and together with the members OF
certain administrative boards. The city
engineer Is by virtue of his ONCE chairman
OF the Board OF Public Works, whose asso-
ciates are the comptroller and the building
inspector. An advisory board, consisting
Of the mayor. city engineer. comptroller,
building inspector, chief Of police, chief OF
the hSe department and health inspector,
is vested with certain functions Of control
and supervision. The advisory board was
expected to serve as a sort Of cabinet to the
mayor, but in this It has failed completely
fhe deputies and minor employees of the
! various city officers are appointed by theiI
chiefs, in some few instances subject tc
confirmation by the council, but in reality
subject to the control of the council
through its power over the appropriation
for their salaries. The charter as framed
provided for a police Judge with a term o.
three years, the same as that of other city
officers, but 1t was found that in this 4
ran counter to a constitutional provision
limiting all judicial officers to two-yeai
terms and 80 a later amendment placed thu
police magistracy in a category by itself
Financial Safeguards.
In its safeguards for the city's finances
and in its restrictions upon the bulge
Omaha's charter is not only explicit. bu
carried into the most minute detail. TIL
salaries of all the principal officers, TO
example, are fixed at stated figures, which
can be neither raised nor lowered excep
by charter amendment, and the amount o
the official bond is likewise designated Il
correspond, The table OF salaries is a
fnltnrras
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

be chosen by election, while vacancies are
70 be hlled by the other members. The law
provides for a secretary Of the board. who
will also be the water commissioner and
act as general manage Of the plant when
Il is finally acquired. The water commits
sioner is insured a good-behavior tenure
with a salary that cannot be diminished
during his incumbency, though subject to
increase at any time by vote Of the water
board. The new law repealed the provision
authorizing the imposition Of a tax for
water rental for the current year. which
accounts in o small part for the reduced
tax levy for 1908.
street Lighting References.
The only specific references to street
lighting corporations in the charter are
those which give the council authority to
regulate the use Of the streets for excava-
lions by gas and electric lighting Of the
streets and public places. Another section
gives the mayor and council power to regu-
late and provide for the lighting Of tho
streets, laying down gas, water and other
pipes, and the erection of lamp posts, cleo
trio towers, or other apparatus and to regu-
late the same, and the use of gas and cleo
trio lights, and fix and determine the price
Of gas. the charge of electric lights and
~ wei I'LL IN A1AN9 - o0a $500
the city and regulate the inspection thereof,
and regulate telephone service and the use
I Of telephones within the city and to fix and
determine the charges for telephones and
telephone service connections, as we'll as to
tequire the removal and placing under
ground of any or all telegraph, telephone or
electric wires. The city is served with both
electricity and gas for lighting. The cleo
trio lighting company has a term agreement
to furnish street lamps at S94.5O per year,
nominal 1000 candle power and burning all
of every night. A condition of this contract
requires 1t to pay into the city treasury as
a franchise royalty 3 per cent of its gross
receipts from commercial lighting within the
city limits. The royalty paid for the last
year was IS, $50. 80. The gas company is OPP
Grating under a twenty-hve-year franchise,
which contains within 1t an obligation to
bid for street lighting at a price not ex-
ceeding $25 per year per lamp, but an addi-
tional IS has been added where Welsbach
burners are in use. The franchise contract
also includes a. stipulated sliding scale of
prices for private consumption varying with
the aggregate number of cubic feet con-
sumed the preceding year. The price Of gas
is now $1.S5 for Illuminating purposes and
81 for heating per 1000 cubic feet, with a
royalty to the city of 8 cents per 1000 cubic
feet. This royalty for last year amounted
to S14, 264.17. The city is paying for 44f
electric street lamps, 1858 gas lamps and
1913 gasoline street lamps. Aside from the
price scheduled in the gas franchise con-
tract the council has never undertaken ia
regulate the price for private patrons OF
either gas, electric lighting or telephone
companies,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
Omaha's water supply.

Up to the present Omaha has been sup
piled with water by a private corporation
operating under a contract with the city,
by which it furnishes hydrant service for
fire protection at specified rates. The num-
Der Of hydrants now in use is 1,4ss, and the
annual rental, S92, $50. Under the contract
with the water company the city has a
right to purchase without allowance for the
unexpired franchise at the end Of a twenty
hve-year period, which terminates In Sep.
TENDER next. 1t has also the right to &C
qulre the plant by eminent domain. in
which case the appraisement would have
to take into account the unexpired con-
tract. The acquisition OF the plant has
been constantly agitated and in antieipa-
tion OF the purchase bonds 10 the amount
OF $4,000, 900 were voted at the last city
election. To put this purchase plan into
effect a charter amendment has just been
enacted creating a water board separate
and distinct from the other branches OF the
city government. consisting OF six members
three from each Of the opposing political
parties, appointed originally by the COVER
nor for terms. expiring alternate biennials.
with a view to making a continuous board
with six-year terms. The successors OF the
govern0r-appointed commissioner are u
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
limits on APPROPRIATION.

In the matter Of appropriations the city
authorities are similarly tied down. Each
\ department must look for maintenance to
a particular fund and the amount of money
that can be raised for each fund by taxation
is limited not to a percentage on the as
sessment roll, but to an absolute sum.
The aggregate maximum Of the levy for
city purposes, exclusive OF schools which
are administered by separate school board,
is 81, 040, 900, divided as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

ceive a sum not exceeding s~eventy-fve C$75)
dollars per month, and not less than sixty
FIVE dollars per month, and each officer Of
police and fire department or engineer OF
fire engines, under the rank OF chief or
assistant chief, shall receive a sum not
be fixed by the Board of Fire and Police
CaRaa,fu9N1nar
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

The city has other revenues besides the
proceeds OF taxation. but they are Of com
p~arative insignihcance because the income
from licenses, hnes and penalties must, to
conform TO constitutional mandate, be
turned over entirely to the school board
for the school fund.
For street improvements an elaborate
system of taxation by special assessment
has been devised, largely as an outgrowth
Of past experience, by which abutting prop
erty enjoying the benefits is assessed for
the cost. These assessments are imposed
by ordinance after certain jurisdictional
preliminaries are observed and equalized by
the council as a board Of equalization. The
property owner has the privilege either of
paying the entire amount at once or Of de-
ferring payments for ten annual Install
ments bearing interest. in which case the
money is raised by the sale Of district inn
proVement bonds, against which the special
assessments are carried as a sinking fund
until the entire issue is taken up, The ex-
hibit OF receipts by the city treasurer for
1902 is a. follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

reconstruct and keep in repair any viaduct
or viaducts over or under its tracks for
the safety and protection Of the public.
The damages entailed by the erection OF
such viaducts are assessed the same way
as those for grading a street. While the
plans and specifications must be as re-
CURED by the city engineer and approved
by the mayor and city council, the cost of
the entire construction must be borne by
the railroads. Where there are two or more
railroad companies operating tracks crossed
by such viaducts the proportion Of the cost
is borne by each as determined by the
mayor and council A provision Of this
kind in a former charter was fought by the
railroads as unconstitutional and carried
clear up to the United States supreme
court, but the railroads lost and have been
required to submit to its requirements. AS
a result, although the terminals of the
railroads in Omaha cut through the center
Of the city, traffic is facilitated by a via
duct system, which has no equal in any
other city of its size in the country.
The city treasurer is the ex-oficio treas
urer for the school board. but this Is the
only instance where an officer serves more
than one municipal corporation, there being
separate county officers in all departments,
Notwithstanding the fact that the city is
inclusive in the county. The question Of
merger of city and county governments in
whole or in part has been repeatedly
agitated, but nothing has come OF 1t as yet,
owing to obstacles interposed by bene-
hciaries of the present system.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

Next to the question of revenue and tax
alton. n not ahead of It, the feature Of the
Omaha charter which has attracted most
attention Is that relating to the govern
ment OF 1.-THE FIRE and police departments.
The charter provides for a board of fire and
police commissioners, consisting Of four
members. appointed. not more than two
from one political party, By the governor Of
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12

This is the paper on Omaha's charter his
tory contributed by Victor Rosewater OF
The Bee to a series of articles reviewing
the municipal governments of the principal
American cities, now being printed in the
Denver Post. The figures incorporated have
reference to the charter as previous to
recent amendment by the legislature.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
Separate City Elections.

The change in the length of the official
term from two years to three years was
accompanied by a change of the time of
the municipal election, giving us our city
elections in the spring, while state and
county elections came in the fall. This
system Of separate municipal elections,
while it has not eliminated politics from
the city campaign has yet proved Of un-
questioned advantage in making the issue
clear cut and distinct from general po-
litical considerations. The contests for
the city Offices have been waged between
the regular political parties, but the fact
that while the city is strongly republican
the democratic candidates for one of the exs
ecutive ofices and for several places in the
council were successful shows that indie
pendent voting can be made more effective
than It would be If the city election were
only incidental to the lineup for general
party supremacy.
The charter establishes the depository
plan for city funds. 1t requires ali the
increment from public moneys to be turned
into the public treasury. Banks OF sub
stantial capital may become city depos-
itories by bidding not less than 2 per cent
interest on current balance and hling
bonds TO safeguard the city against loss
1t is needless to say that non of the banks
have ever paid more than the required
per cent.
The mayor and council have the au.
thority to require any railroad company t.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
Powers of Council.

The city council is vested with all the
usual powers of regulation and minor legis-
lation that pertains to such bodies. 1t must
act by ordinance passed through the regular
forms. The ordinances must be read three
times at separate meetings of the council.
The council meets once a week in general
committee and again in formal session.
With nine members, five affirmative votes
are required to pass an ordinance and six
to override the mayors veto. The incentive
and facility for combines therefore could
scarcely be greater. No bonds, excepting
renewal bonds, may be issued without rati-
hcation by the vote of the people. The
same applies to all ordinances modifying or
extending franchises involving the use Of
the public streets. Claims against the city
must be sworn to and approved by the
officer under whom the work Is performed
or to whom the supplies are furnished. On
the disallowance of any claim 1t throws
the claim into court, while another pro-
vision prohibits the mayor and council from
allowing any bill for labor or material ex-
cept through the order of a court after
such bill has been adversely reported or
and rejected by the administration under
which it has been incurred, or has beer
presented within eighteen months after II
was Incurred and became payable.
The Omaha charter is very pointed in Its
prohibitions designed to prevent ofhcia
corruption. That these provisions have haC
the effect aimed at is, however, open II
serious question.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-12
HOW OMAHA GOVERNS ITSELF
I Concise Review Of Salient Features Of
the City Charter.
FRONe AND WEAK POINTS SHOWN

Article Contributed by victor Rose
water TO Denver Posts Series on
Charter History ~ Prinei-
pal American Cities
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28

ing stores of the city to hang out
drapery of the appropriate colors; blue
for Washburn and crimson for the State
university. Every business house on
Kansas avenue should show that it is
alive to the chief interest of the day
by doing a little decorating. The old
town of Lawrence may be little slow
and sleepy but it always makes Mas
sachusetts street vivid with red bunting
on the occasion of big football games
but Topeka won't discriminate-the
crimson will wave with the blue on the
store fronts.
Among the big Topeka stores which
have agreed to decorate for the Satur-
day same are Crosby Bros, Mills Dry
Goods company, Burg Zeis, Chas. ,.
Eagle, Topeka Cash Dry Goods COM
pany. Robinson & Marshall, Jas. b
HAYDEN, A T. Waggoner, G. A. Wot,
Sam Hindman, F. w. Swearingen, To
peka Drug company, Stansfield's drug
store. DeIahoyde Picture company,
Jesse Elliott, Chas. McClintock, Palace
Clothing company, Payne's shoe store
K. U. headquarters will be at the Ma
tionaI hotel. and there. will be the big
display of red It would not be safe TO
nIt anv blue in that establishment
The team will have rooms at the Ma
tional. and the 500 K. U. reoters will
swarm there. The Santa Fe has maze
a rate of 80 cents for the round trip
from Lawrence, and from all other
towns of a fare and a third.
Today the posters for the game are
being printed They have a picture OF
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
SHERM ROWLES RICH.
Former Topeka Actor Has a
Slate Mine.

Sherman Rowles, once a member OF
the Topeka Modocs and since an actor.
is now owner of a slate mine in New
Jersey that is making him immensely
wealthy.
The news that Rowles had "struck it
rich in the east was brought to To-
peka today by Augustus McCune, bust
ness manager for the Louis James and
Frederick Warde company. McCune
knows Sherman Rowles and his broth
er, William Rowles. The latter has
been been the representative of Klaw
& ErlangeF in New Orleans for many
wears.
Sherman Rowles was playing with a
company which stranded in a provin-
cial town of New Jersey. Rowles was
without funds He telegraphed his
brother in New Orleans to send him
money. The telegram did not reach
William Rowles at once, and Sherman
Rowles was forced to wander about the
wilds of New Jersey for a few days
While doing so he discovered a slate
mine When the funds came Rowles
bought an option on the property and
then proceeded to develop the slate
mine The mine is now working. and
Rowles is turning out slate enough to
make his annual income much larger
than it was when he was playing TON
Logan" in Human Hearts and play
ing the hero in Neil Burgess County
Fair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28

in all the signals will be made before
the game. This is the principal object
of the secret practice. 1t is also stated
that some new formations and trick
plays will be practieed. ,s
The Lawrence Jefersonian-Gazett
says: e*n sag
THE Topeka papers are booming the
football game which K. U. will play
with Washburn college next Saturday
and they are encouraging the home
team to believe they are going to win
the game. OF course having sent a To-
peka crowd down to see the game last
Saturday there is some excuse for their
hope. After Saturday anything.
Coach Kennedy of the Washburn
team is working his men in secret and
they have improved remarkably since
he took hold of the team. He goes up
from Lawrence every morning and puts
the teams through haid practice daily.
1t wouldn't surprise Lawrence much to
see K. U. go down before Washburn al
though big crowd will go with the
team to try and shout them into victory.
While Coach Weeks will keep his men in
good trim the main strength of the team
will be kept for the Nebraska game
which will be played on McCook field
November H.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
COFFEE PARALYSIS.
A Well Defined Case.

Coffee paralysis IS not common but
there are more cases than folks imagine
and there are cases where the nervous
victim keeps on with the coffee until
the trouble is chronic and incurable.
On the other hand there are many
cases where leaving off the coffee and
drinking Postum Food Coffee in its place
has resulted in complete and speedy
cures as in the following:
For several years I was in an
alarming condition and had consulted
every physician in our town besides
three visiting specialists. My trouble
baff1ed them all. but their different YER
diets frightened me and the treatement
proposed was long, tedious and very
expensive My husband had already
spent a small fortune trying to help me
and the last effort was a $40 experiment
which did no good.
My trouble was a numbness or half
paralyzed sensation that would creep
over me especially bad at night, COM
mencing in my arms. shoulders and
down to my left side and was followed
by terrible pains and a pricl1ly senSa-
ton that is beyond description. My
hands would puff up and feel like great
1 Jumps, so thick and heavy and unnat-
ural 1 could do absolutely no work or
any kind.
/ 1T was then that my mother per-
suaded me that my condition was large
/ ly due to the use of coffee or which
/ was a great lover. She knew what leav-
ing off coffee and using Postum had
done in her own case and she finally
persuaded me to make the same shift,
which l did without much faith. To my
everlasting surprise the change was
wonderful for all my old complaints
soon lessened and are now completely
gone. The terrible feelings and sensa-
! tons that I cannot describe have stop
ped completely and I feel as if new
rich, red blood was flowing through my
veins bringing me health and happiness
/ ''Ali of this I know is due to my hav-
| ing stopped coffee and used Postum.
! Ny husband and three sons all use Pos
tum now and enjoy it greatly" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
I Mich.
Postum makes red blood.
Look in each package for copy of
the famous little book. The Road to
| WellVille''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-28
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL.
Topeka Team Will Play Fort Scott
Saturday.

While Washburn is having the fight
of her life with the State university
football team next Saturday. there is
going to be something doing for the
Topeka high school team down at Fort
Scott. The high school boys will leave
for Fort Scott Friday afternoon on the
Missouri Pacific, and Saturday after
noon will meet the strong high school
team at that town.
Fort Scott has been beating every
thing in the high school class in south
ern Kansas, and the game with Topeka
will practically decide the high school
championship of Kansas, with Kansas
City thrown in. Topeka has already
defeated Kansas City.
The Topeka team has been doing lots
of good hard work in preservation for
this game. It has been bucking up
against the Washburn first team, which
has given it the best kind of drill 1t
ought to be able to defeat Fort Scott
without much trouble, though the
Bourbon county boys are somewhat of
an unknown quantity.