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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-07

CARPENTERS 1000 at - so a day...... 81 40. 900
Brckayer,. 1900. at IS IS a day...... .s21 900
plasterers 900 at IS day.............. go. 900
Plastsrcrs helpers, 1909. at s. so day. $4,000
lronworkers. y. OOo at $3.50 day...... lisp, 900
Laborrrs rs NO at 81 a ...,......... 100000
Electrical workers. 1000. at - day. 2Ss. 900
Stonccutters. 1000 at IS day. .......... 1900
Plumbers 800 at a.25 day ....,....... $50 900
Boernakcrs. nachinists, mosaic work
crs marble pollshers, wood fathers and
others 80 ooo Observation-Disclosures. $500 100
unclassined ,,nskllled trades $1,000 .... 100000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Sis, 100 900
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25

been issued when the waterworks svs
TEN was put in. and more could not h.
legally ISSUED. The city council pur
chased Il lot and put it into the hands
OF a former mayor as trustee, who Dor
roWed money from Il local building as.
ISOLATION to erect a suitable city hall
with assembly or council room, magis.
trates' and clerks offices, committee
rooms. free public library rooms, CITY
jail and rooms for the fire department.
The council committee on buildings
and grounds superintendent the col.
struction of the building. and the asso
citation dues are paid from the CITY
treasury. The structure is now nearly
laid for ard is Il municipal orname
as well rs a municipal utility.
That Hocpeston's UNIQUE form Of
government furnishes a valuable ex-
ample to other towns cannot be sue.
cessfully questioned. The city's healthy
condition proves its success. There are
located within the corporate limits of
the city five of the largest factories of
their kind in the United States. The
employees in these factories receive
good wages, and in hundreds of in
stances the workingmen have paid for
their homes. which they would have
probably been unable to do had there
been saloons in the town. One of the
chief characteristics Of the men who
have aided in building up the town is
their constant disposition to work to-
gether.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Social Reform In Small TOWN..

~
1t will be remembered that the infa-
nous Jukes family, a typical group of
degenerates, had their being in a rural
settlement not a hundred miles from
New York, and communities of much
the same order exist today within the
same radius of the metropolis, whole
groups of families where none of the
mDe is able to read or write and
whose morals are at the lowest ebb.
Here is a field white to the harvest,
Tor missionaries, social reformers and
settlement workers, and the call to serv.
Ice Is loud and imperative. says Les
e Weekly. What can be done at
once to relieve the mOnotony Of village
life and to give the community u good
a upward on the path Of intellec-
tual progress? Much in many WAYS. If
only the half dozen active persons to
be found in every village will Join
hands in the effort. Take a community
numbering from 500 to 800 souls. In
such a village there are certain to be
three or more churches, the pastors of
which. after the fullest discharge of
clerical duties. have some time on their
hands. Suppose they add to their
the schoolmaster, the leading
and the justice Of the peace.
A good working committee of six may
mus be had for social improvement.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
A VALUABLE CLUB.

Village Improvement Society Build
ing Up Geneva. Ill.
Inc Improvement club of Geneva.
ILL.,, Is an organization much to be con-
graduated upon its civic accomplish.
ments since its inception twelve wears
ago.
At first the object Of the association
was to clear from the streets the un-
slightly litter of old tin cans and rub
Dish which had accumulated for a long
time, to cut down some dead trees and
to plant new ones.
One after another accomplishment
followed upon opportunitt. saws the
brooklyn Citizen, and the results have
e a library started. a new station
house built, an unkempt cemetery nut
In order, the sc%hoolhouse repaired al
a woman member elected to the school
board.
Several men Joined in the movement
inaugurated by Mrs. Julia Plat Har-
vey. but while they furnished part of
the necessary funds and applauded the
efforts they were satisfied that the wo-
men could profitably take the lead.
The money for the care of the streets
is raised by the usual methods of lawn
fetes and other entertainments.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Boards OF Trade

A board of trade is a necessary ad
Junct to the welfare Of every comm,.
hity. Its objects should be primarily
10 roster present industries, develop 10.
cal resources. publish practical infor.
nation. solicit and immigra.
ton. Investment and the establishment
OF new manufactures and to secure to
lne town and incidentally to it's mem.
pers TIE benefit of cooperation In the
~rurtherance of legitimate projects. Its
work is c~oextensive with the particu.
lar interests of the town in which il. is
located. 1t should have a salutary eff.
rect upon municipal affairs if needs re-
CURED it and be at once the recognized
factor capable Of building. sustaining
ana insuring to perpetuity the best in
terests Of all the people.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
ADVERTISING A TOWN.


Oeea Plan Adopted by . wiaeawake
Board Of Trade.
A town located not far from st
Louis has probably made greater eainl
ID wealth and population during the
past five years than any town of it,
saze In Missouri. The reason ia O far
TO seek. The energetic people who
comprise its inhabitants have neglected
no opportunity to further its prosperity
fnd have worked in unison to accom-
plish the desired end. They knew their
Town was well located and possessed
many natural advantages and decided
to acquaint the outside world with
these facts.
A wideawake board Of trade was or.
ganized, and the work Of booming md
building up the town begun. Since then
the place has been transformed. Bet.
Ter schools have been built, the streets
are kept clean and in good repair, good
roads have been laid, and there are few
healthier or prettier towns IN the coun.
Try.
One Of the methods employed by this
Downs board Of trade may be used in
any community with a certainty Of
good results. 1t is called the ~envelope
method. The board had envelopes
printed. on the back Of which the
points of excellence Of tie town were
advertised. These were furnished to
the business men, with their business
card added, at a merely nominal cost.
The scheme proved very successful ana
brought business and desirable resi-
dents to the town.
A town may be well located and DOS
sess valuable water power or other
commercial and manufacturing advan-
tages, but if these desirable conditions
are known only to the dwellers therein
they are not likely to be taken full ad-
vantage Of. So thought the board of
of this town, and with it to think
was to act, and to the ready wit and
energetic action of this organization is
much Of the increase in population
and industry which has come to the
place.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Lydia e. Pikham's Vegetable COMPOUND.

got together II decided to make q
change in the condition of affairs and
see If they could elect a mayor and
board of aldermen who would wipe out
the saloons. They asked Jacob S. Nc
Ferren, the young president of the vii
lage bank. if he would undertake Il G
task. He replied that he would and
said he would serve without salary in
order to help make up for the loss of
saloon licenses.
The number of inhabitants necessary
to organize as a city under the Illinois
law is 1000. Those who wanted a city
government were a little doubtful Of
the village having that number, and it
was whispered about that they waited
for election day to make the count.
They found the necessary number some
way or other and Immediately applied
them to organize as a city. and the new
mayor and council were elected with,
out serious opposition.
They went right to work and repealed
the saloon ordinances and fixed their
salaries at 81 for the two years term of
the mayor and so cents for the two
years term of the aldermen. They
expended the meager of the
little municipality with wisdom. al
at the end of the first year they had
affairs in better shape than they had
expected. They had builded better than
they knew. They had set a pattern
which has been religiously followed by
each succeeding administration.
During II administration of these
men, all of whom are successful for
themselves in a financial way and
against whose administration Of the
little city's affairs there has never been
the slightest suspicion of wrongdoing.
there have been inaugurated extensive
municipal improvements much greater
and more numerous than usually f; |
income. AL excellent system of water
works has been installed. representing
an outlay of $4,000; a fine city build
ing has been erected at a cost of $40
600, several miles of brick and asphalt
pavements have been laid in the
streets, and twice as many miles Of
s,ermanent sidewalks have been added
' o the list.
The city hall, a handsome. cOmmOdi-
z .us and substantial building. costing
} 10000, was built in a way that other
q owns might probably copy after.
:onds to the full extent Of the law had
II
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25

RemOdeling a town is at the best ex.
pensive business. and as a consequence
the idea is gaining ground that a vii
lage ought to be tastefully planned
from the beginning with a view to its
beauty and the comfort Of it's inhab-
1tants. Notable instances of this can
be found in the suburbs of Chicago,
Tuxedo Park and Berkeley. Cal. Built
with a proper regard for beauty, these
villages provide open spaces dotted
with trees. and there is an air Of repose
which does not suggest the growth of
Q day.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
H~OOPESTON'S RE.
ILLINOIS TOWN BUILT UP CUB.
llC SPIRITED CITIZENS

All the Municipal oGicers "
Without Salaries. and o1iOoAre
Barrcd-HOy. "a Ci.y Hall. eng
100000. Was Erected.
Gr.at has been the growth of Pc
eton, ILL.,, where they have no sns
and the municipal officers serve he
m%unificent salaries of 80 cents ar
for the MAYOR and - cents a ytOr
the aldermen. The members he
council would serve for nothllut
should they do so their acts. untle
laws of Illinois. would have nal
force. They have, therefore, tAie
salaries at as low Il figure as pee.
and when the end of the year 3
they either donate their warrany-
gregatins $3.50. to some poor widr
to the free public library, or turin
back into the city treasury.
This state OF affairs vas inaush
In the spring of 1877, when the III.
pality was changed from a village
city organization. and has beef
giously observed ever since. say
New York Herald. In its early
Hoopeston was organized as Il vi
and money was needed TO make |
improvements, SO II OF the "
boards concluded to license saloon
fixed the license at $1,000 a year.
ing six months of that year one
paid his license and ran a saloon
another man paid for the privilee
three months, SO that for a short
the town had two saloons. These p
We're just like other saloons In
towns. Men who ought to have II
better spent money there that oue
have been used for the support OF
families. Boys took their first
and acquired habits which wr'
their after lives. The regular hat
got drunk and fought each Other
abused their wives and children.
sionally some one would become
Gently intoxicated to lie down
railroad track and get killed. ant
Or two murders resulted from til
looms that had paid $3.50 into tn
lage treasury for license to pr
such results.
A number OF public spirited eli
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
h Would You Dot

People are fond of telling what they
would do If they had $1.OOO.OOO. It's
safe to bet that nine men out Of ten IL
they had $1.OOO.O0O would do nothing.
Kansas City Independent.
Water freezes every night Of the
year at Alto Crucero. In Bolivia. while
at MONDAY the sun is hot enough to
blister the flesh.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
WHAT is A .-COLDY"
The Word That overs q Multitude
of Ills ExpOunded.

Professor Lolnberg. in the Vienna
Clinical Review. on an essay on colo
IN the head. says that the ordinary
cold is no individual complaint. but
only Il collective name for a large mum.
Der of different complaints"
lie continues. The attempt to dis
cover a universal remedy against IA
cold Is just as absurd as to search for
a generally efiicacious remedy for
headache The particular complaint
or which the cold is the
can only be ascertained by careful ex-
animation Of the nasal cavities and
n~elghboring parts" Hence sufferers
should be circumspect In the use of
remedies.
The professor says only that which is
true. but Of which the mass OF man
KIND is Ignorant. Colds are Of innu-
merable varieties, but the most com
mon one is that which is persistently
misunderstood. 1t is attributed to any
thing but the right cause, which is a
microbe.
All it's symptoms are those of a high.
~ infectious fever. and the public in
stead of blaming the microbe Of infec-
tion and striving to kill it will persist
IN denouncing drafts. wet feet. low
temperature. etc.
They exclude air. the enemy Of thu
microbe. from their rooms; they supply
q temperature In which it can multiply.
and. having become thoroughly inocu-
lated by breathing the germ laden at.
mosphere. they lind that a cold current
OF air causes them to shiver. The shiv-
ering of the ordinary mind decides the
question of causatiGa
1t is significant of every fever that
It begins with shivcring. and u cold
Is no exception.
Cold. wet feet. drafts, etc. are at
nest only accessories. By putting q
greater strain on the animal ecOnOmy
they decrease Its resistance to micro
bal infection.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Not an Enterprt.tnr Town.

A certain town neal New York could
sell 300 building sites to New Workers
and add thousands of dollars to it's tax
roll II 1t would spend a few thousand
collars for a good sewerage system.
Ihis 1t refuses to do on account Of the
cost. though it is losing So where it
V 81. When men become moss
grown. they no longer have any bust
ness in public life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25

In almost every state in the Union
and in almost every town and village
there are laws and ordinances to pre-
vent live stock from running at large.
This being the case. there is no excuse
for maintaining fences on a resident
street. What is saved in their first cost
and yearly repair can be spent on
lawns and flower beds to the great Inn
Drovement ofthe property.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Public Spirited Cit,....

Springfield. Mass. celebrated her
golden jubilee by providing for a park
along her river front, SOL .29l % being
Saised by popular subscription to pur.
chase the land. Happy Springfield
with such public spirited citizens! Wise
Springfield to invest In beauty for bel
'tsople!
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25

docs your mother allow you to have
two pieces Of pie when you are at
home, Wiliie?" asked his hostess.
mo. ma'am."
swell. do you think she would like
you to have two pieces here?"
"Oh, she wouldn't care" said Willie
confidential'y. This isn't her pie."-
Little Chronicle.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Town v

Ihere are always certain citizens In
a town who begrudge paying out a cent
Tor Improvement. eve where they are
TO be directly benefited. but let half a
dozen start in to paint and fix up their
residences and the chances are that ff-
" others will follow and thus work a
general Improvement.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
An Illustration.

He-What would you call a polite
6ction:"
She-Why, if l should say to you,
REALLY. Mr.. Jones, l hope you are not
thinking Of going so soon!'-Judge.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-04-25
Spades and a Club.

Mike Teaching Pat poker)-Well,
what how We got?
Pat-Four trOwels and a black sham.
8Ock.-Puck.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10

encouraging character. Aside from the
increasing seriousness of affairs in
Eastern Europe, which brought about
a further decline in British consols
the decision of Umpire Wright favor
ing the hard coal operators and re-
ports of probable strike among the
Colorado coal miners were quite sufli-
cient to check any trading that might
otherwise have developed. The
banks continue to lose currency heav-
lily to the interior. Several large ship
ments were made West and South to-
day, indications pointing to a heavy
weeks movement, considerably in ex
cess perhaps Of that reported a week
ago.
The rates for foreign exchange were
practically unchanged from those Of
yesterday. The days business was
limited TO the better known railway
shares and the fractions, the latter
showing marked strength. The active
issues were the Pacifics. Atchison, st.
Paul. New York Central, Reading,
Pennsylvania. Rock Island Southern
Railway. Erie and Amalgamated Cop
per. The coalers made no response 10
the decision already referred 10. No
dohnite news was heard 10 account for
the improved tone OF the traction
stocks other than more gossip OF an
all around combination. There was
practically no market in the early
afternoon. but In the last hour short
covering indicated that the market
had been oyersold and prices were bid
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10
NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans La, Sept. 9.-Spot cot
ton remains quiet and firm to sell. The
lowest price at which middling cotton
mas been sold in this section was at
Weatherby, Miss, where thirty bales of
new cotton sold at an average of 11Hc
per pound. Sales to-day, 1850 bales.
including 1900 to arrive. The Cotton
Exchange Committee reduced quota
tons an eighth on all grades.
The future market opened steady and
quiet, with prices from 7@1O points
higher than the close of yesterday. The
better opening was caused by more
favorable Liverpool cables than were
expected. The bears again had things
their own way and at one time in the
earlier hours had prices from S@12
points lower than the close of yester-
day and about 20 points lower than the
highest figures of the morning. 1t is
now the general opinion that an inn
menSe short interest exists. In the
trading of the morning October first
advanced 9 points above the close of
yesterday to $3.50, then declined to 9.35c
and recovered to 9.46c; December ad-
vanced IL points to 9.45c, declined to
advanced 10 points to 9.47c and declined
movement set i'll, which carried prices
up gradually to the close, when the
list for all positions except September
showed net gains of 1905 points.
New Orleans, La, Sept. 9.-Cotton fu-
lures steady. September, 10.32Q1O.34c;
October, a.60@9.61c; November, $500
9.52c; December, 9.49@9.50c; January,
951@e. SIC; February, 9.52@9.54c; March,
o 5AnQ &c
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10
NAVAL STORES.
Wednesdav. Sent.

Wednesday, Sept. 9.
SPIRITS-The turpentine market
opened steady at soc, sales SO casks. and
closed firm at 54Ssc bid, with no closing
sales reported. After the closing the
demand improved and the offerings
were all taken at the market figure.
The trade are interested at the mo-
ment as TO the extent OF the reaction.
for the current belief is that this is
only a moderate reaction. None be-
lieve that the bottom is now to drop
out of the market Few believe that
the price Will even see its last low point
after the demand after ro-day's clos
ing. II is now without doubt a see-saw
market. and the next move is expected
10 work prices 10 A higher level. To-
days receipts were 1858 casks, and the
exports l02 casks.
ROGINs-The roein market opened
firm and uncha nRed from yesterday,
with sales Of S6f barrels, and the de-
mand good The closing was nFm with
q and below Be- lover with sales 81
iIsI barrels. Reports that business
was done on private terms after the
closing ~ higher prices were heard.
The receipts were 2 ssk barrels. ane ne
exports 1919 barrels. Throughout ~
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10

New York, Sept. 9-Reports of de-
terloration are coming in from many
sections of the South through va
rious channels and the feeling is gain
ing ground that cotton is not doing
so we'll as was the case a week or so
ago. The weather has been exception
ally fine for some time, but the fact
that the temperature at night has been
very low, appears to have been over
looked. The mercury has been decid4
eddy too low and on this account the
conclusion is reached that the crop
will never prove a heavy one, no mat
ter how long frost may be delayed this
fall. An early frost, it is admitted
would lead to a great buying scram-
Bile, no matter how big receipts may
be at the time. The movement is sure
to be heavy, since it has been next to
nothing so far, and until it exceeds
last years total will not count for
much as to prices except at the mo-
ment. The market developed much
weakness soon after the opening, ow-
ing to big receipts at Savannah and
some bear selling by people who got
fooled on the last crop. Some Southern
selling also took place here. Port re-
ceipts to-day, 5000, against $4,000 last
year. Gables unsettled, at to 20 net
loss. Yarns in Manchester were irreg-
ular and cloths easier. Cooler wealth
er was indicated for the Southwest.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10

lowest figure. with the market finally
very steady at a net gain of 461l2
points. The fluctuations in prices we're
almost entirely an affair of speculation.
Inc bull contingent circulated reports
OF Doll weevil damage in Texas. and
CANNED that an usually large short in
terest had been accumulated on the
late decline. This led to covering on
tne part of the local talent supplement-
ca by renewed investment demand. it
also being openly asserted that the
Ieadlng long interest remained intact.
ana that it would continue to do so on
the claim that the movement must fail
snort OF splnners requirements for some
tiihe 10 come; that the effect of the de-
cilne mas resulted in a better buying
oasis with receipts of cotton adding too
slowly to the volume of the movement
III view of the uncertainties of the
weather, and the possibility of an early
Irost. Reports from Texas are still con-
alueraoly mixed, most advices indicat-
ing favorable weather with accounts
exaggerated as to boil weevi1 damage.
ana receipts rapidly increasing.
0ollon futures at New York. Sent. q.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-10
wnre & LeIand,s cotton Letter.

New York, Sept. 9.-The market is
suffering from the indiscretions OF Two
prominent operators, recently active In
September and October deliveries. A
decided change of attitude on the part
of professionals was noticeable at one
time yesterday and large quantity
of short cotton was covered. 1t looked
as though something better might DE
expected in the immediate future, out
shortly after midday the entire trade
appeared to be seized with a desire to
sell, prices broke sharply and this sit
uation prevailed again this morning.
The number of traders who had cour-
age fought to buy, but cotton proved
exceptionally limited. Sentiment is I'M
Guestionably bearish in the extreme,
and it is almost too early to make
money shorting cotton. When II is
considered that prices have had a de-
cline of a cent a pound, that the crop
is only just beginning to come in the
market, and no one will know any
thing about the yield until after frost
period. With December and January
selling around 91ac and October below
CSC. the situation is different from that
existing at 1oAc, but the people who
forced prices q of a cent higher than
they had any business to do, have I'M
doubtedly lost an enormous sum of
money, and their suffe "a g has caused
demoraliza ton. 1t is always So rrices
were inflated and now the market is
suffering. We are on the eve of a free
movement of new cotton. This, in it.
self. means that conditions will be diff