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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

pose of supplying equipment for the Fire Department, and the erection of two new fire stations. There was also spent $1O,000 for an Emergency Hospital and S5,OOO for underground storm water sewers. One third of the purchase money was paid on account of the open- ing up of South McDonough and South Lawrence Streets. The street and san itary departments have been supplied with additional stock, wagons and wa ter carts. We have also had to contend with the unusual expenses incident to the occurrence of yellow fever in Lou isiana Florida and Mississippi In brief, the excess of s41 900 can be read fly accounted for. It was not consumed fin ordinary current expenses, but was invested wisely and judiciously and in the acquisition of property that will be used by the city for years to come.
 The current expenses of the city should be reduced and reduced at once, In 1907 there will mature $549,05G bcrds, which bear interest at the rate tf per centum per annurn. With our frances in good condition. 1t is prob able that these bonds could be refund ed at the rate of 1 per centum per an- mum, reducing the interest account thereby $5.49O5O per year. To accomp- fish this desirable result, however, 1t Is essential that the expenditures of the city should not exceed the revenue. Those who purchase bonds either for speculation or investment look with disfavor upon a bond issued by a mu- niclpality whose expenditures exceed it's receipts. This should be kept clearly in mind and an earnest effort should be made to reduce our expenditures. A conser yative public opinion would jus tify and uphold a rctrenchment at this time.
 My relations with the various city of- 6pialS have been most nleaSapf and desire to thank them, and especially the heads of the departm ants, for the many courtesies and Kindnesses shown me since have been performing the duties of Mayor
 Respectfully.
 c. P. Mcintyre,
 Acting Mayor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17
FINAL MESSAGE OF MAYOR
 M'INTYRE TOCITY COUNCIL

river navigable year in and year out, Montgomery will enjoy advantages over most interior towns with refer ence to freight rates. Such condi-
 tion will have the effect of causing reduction and readjustment of freight rates, and placing Montgomery In
 position where she rightfully belongs.
 For years, this river has been neglect
 ed to the detriment of this city. To
 the City Council belongs the credit of calling public attention to this fact.
 The agitation of this question was ta-
 ken up by the newspapers and the
 Commercial and Industrial Association
 with most gratifying results. Con-
 gress was induced to appropriate $100,- 900 and Is now fairly committed to the policy of keeping the Alabama river navigable during all seasons of the year. With its present superior rail- road facilities, and a navigable river. Montgomery Is destined to become a wealthy and populous city.
 Sanitary Department.
 One of the most important duties imposed upon the city government is to preserve the health of the commu- nity. The death rate for the city of Montgomery, as the report of this de- partment shows, Is exceedingly low. There are very few cities in the world that can boast of so low death rate us HI uhSdSdi6 may oC attributed to the topography of Mont
 gomery. Elevated as 1t is. partly en- circled by a river upon one side, and with a creek south of 1t Montgomery
 Is well designed by nature for the To- cation of an immense population. The city authorities have not failed to take advantage of these favorable condi- tions, as far as their means would per- init. Sanitary sewers cover a large portion of the city, and by means of underground sewers, the city is drain- ed of its surface water readily and satisfactorily. If we except parts of West End and North Montgomery. this city Is free from ponds of stagnant water and Is in a clean and sanitary condition. The sanitary sewerage sys- tenn, within the next year. will be ex- tended into the new territory The remarkably low death rate of Mont gomery, shows that there Is no justi- fcation for the prejudice which exists in some parts of the United States against this climate and latitude.
 Montgomery during almost the en- tire summer has been surrounded. so to speak, with yellow fever, and we have had the good fortune to keep the city clear of this disease. Yel- low fever was announced in New Or leans in July. Matters relating to quarantine, under the advice of the City Physician and the County Board of Health, were left to the State Board of Health. The efficiency of the State au- thorities Justified this advice and the reliance placed upon 1t by the city of Montgomery. This saved the Treasury thousands of dollars.
 The dread of an invasion of yellow fever has been a decided drawback to the material development of certain cities and States of the South. This disease has a peculiarly demoralizing effect, and brings commercial disaster to those cities which become infected with 1t. It Is for this reason that we ought to hail with so much delight the recent discovery of the means and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

Acting Mayor c. P. Mcintyre at the final meeting of the old City Council last night delivered his final message to the Council.
 He has served as Mayor for ten months during the illness of Mayor Thomas H. Carr and after his death.
 His message was as follows:
 To the Honorable City Council of
 Montgomery:
 Gentiemen-On account of the re- yrettable Illness and death of Honor able Thomas H. Carr, the duties of the ofice of Mayor, have for the past ten months been performed by the President of the City Council. MT. Carr was in delicate health for some time before he was confined to his room. and no doubt the care. worry and responsibility of this ofice were in measure the cause of his illness and subsequent death. Mir. Carr made an excellent Mayor. took an unselfish and intense interest in all that concerned the welfare of this city and proved himself in every way worthy of the high honor, which the people of Mont gomery conferred upon him, and 1t is to be deplored that sickness and death deprived the city of Montgomery of eAe benefit of MT. Carrs valuable ser. of his term of office.
 The city of Montgomery has expand ed and grown more within the past year than perhaps in any year during its existence Every standard by which we may judge of the develop ment of a city points to this fact The bank deposits. the railroad traffic. both passenger and freight. the postoflce receipts. and the number of stores and dwellings erected, all show that the business and population of Montgom- cry have greatly increased during the past twelve months. Real estate has sharply advanced in value, factories have been enlarged and new factories have been established. The people of Montgomery have enjoyd an unusually prosperous and successful year. This development has been observed with satisfaction by the City Council and the city officials of Montgomery. and has been fostered by them as much as possible. The administration, as far as 1t lay in its power. has encouraged every movement whose object has been the advancement of Montgomery.
 A matter of much concern to Mont- gomery and to her commercial inter- est Is the Alabama river With this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17
New Furnace at Apn,.ton.

Gadsden, Oct. 16-(SpeciaI) )-work is progressing in very satisfactory manner on the new furnace of the Ala bama Consolidate Coal and Iron Com pany. The mantle of the main stack is on and the steel jacket is being riv- eted. Three mammoth blowing engines are being installed, which will complete a battery of six, the engine house be- ing extended considerably to accommo- date the additional ones, making 1t one of the finest engine rooms in the State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

HALF OF THE PROCEEDS Of Electric Park today will be given to the Charity Fund of the A. O. H. Ga out and help them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

montgomery has increased her popuia- ton very considerably. and it is to this increase that may be ascribed a large numoer or arrests and convictions. The arrests and convictions have been In a great majority of cases for trivial of- lenses, and do not prove that crime and vice are Tn the ascendancy in this city.
 There has been much complaint In the city of Montgomery as well as Tn the entire South about the scarcity of labor. Various schemes have been de- vised for the purpose of relieving the situation. It is charged. and things that may be observed in Montgomery add color to the charge, that indolence and thrfftlessness have greatly increas- ed among the colored population. Laws have been enacted to put stop to va grancy. but success has not always at tended their enforcement. The legal profession understands how dificult 1t is to make out a charge of vagrancy It is surprising to the public generally to know that most frequently when charge of vagrancy is preferred, the de- fendant will be able to prove by some reputable person that he is employed In some way or another or that he has sought employment. If the depart ment had the earnest cooperation or the public, and such testimony was not SO easily forthcoming, it's success in dealing with this matter would be much greater
 Schools.
 The School System of Montgomery has been greatly improved within the past year. In the new territory three large and commodious school buildings have been erected for the accommoda- tion of the white children. These buildings are substantial and in meas ure ornamental in design and add con siderably to the nefghborhoods in which they are located. With these additions to the number of school houses, for the time being. the city has ample facilities for the education Of the white children of Montgomery. There is need, however, of at least one if not two more school houses for the colored children. The present school facilities for the colored children are by no means adequate.
 The public school system of Mont gomery Is abreast of the times and is up to the most exacting modern re- quirements. It should be source Of pride to the citizens generally. Our school system has well established reputation outside of Montgomery for efficiency and thoroughness, which has been an inducement for many people to come to this city to rear their children. Within the past few years the has assumed many burdens and spent much money in the development and mainte- nance of our public school system. The Council now has under consideration the erection of a central high school to be occupied by boys and girls. The present Girls High School will then be used for teaching primary grades.
 Education Is essential to true pro- rress morally and materially and this fact we cannot too often emphasize. Money judiciously spent on public edu- cation is as good an investment as can be made with public funds, and brings benefits to a community of the highest and most permanent kind. It has al- | ways been the policy of the City Coun- l ell to grant as large an appropriation | for public education as possible.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-17

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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-14

ing the present method, by sections,
townships and ranges, was one of the
most important steps toward the
settlement and growth of that region.
"The Connecticut Western Reserve
retained it's townships in squares of
five miles instead of six, but the sys-
TEN was the same. In Europe land
was entailed and progress halted a
thousand years. In swift-moving
America land is as transferable as a
horse or bale Of goods. The man who
has it is not required to keep it, and
with rapid and easy transfers, last i'm
provements have speedily been erect
ed. There is no bar to human pro-
gress like refractory land title.
The Public Domain.
Perfect titles, simple surveys, easy
transfers, secure and recorded, pro-
hibition of entailment, these are ele-
ments that seem to us SO common
place that it is difficult to realize how
important they have been to our ma
tional growth.
when the first currents that set
from Massachusetts, Connecticut and
Virginia were lost in the great ocean
of national unity, then came the pub
lie domain. Wise laws opened the
way to utilize the -.ch soil and health
full climate for the homes of a free
people. Individual ownership, stimu-
lating individual effort, was the in
spiration of the settlement of the great
northwest
"a few years ago the Turkish gov
ernmen brought forward an ancient
claim, $50 years DID, by which it was
proposed to take for the crown, the
lands surrounding the city of Joppa.
Private owners began to allow their
property to go to decay. They quit
watering the orange trees, and the
country was threatened with ruin.
The claim was abandoned, or the land
would have returned once more to it's
mother, the desert.
Before the white settlements in
America, the title was held by the
Indians in common. A number of
misguided gentlemen today are urg-
ing the seizure of all lands through
I the proposed medium of single tax.
They claim to have something original
in this proposition, but it Is not it is
aboriginal. 1t was not only necessary
to provide for good surveys and titles,
but free government, administered
by free men, was even more essential
''The ordinance of 1887 provided a
system out of which has grown all
the subsequent territorial organiza.
tions in the United States. The old
northwest, bounded on the west by the
Mississippi and on the south by the
Ohio, was larger than France and
larger than either the Austrian OF
German empire.
''The political jurisdiction of the re
mote states on the seashore would
have been a great handicap to the
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collected and became the guide to
Islam. The Koran says:
If whatever trees are in the
world were pens and He should swell
the seas into seven seas of ink the
words of God would not be exhausted
for God is mighty and wise
But the trees have not. become
pens. Had Mohammed been a true
prophet he would have foreseen the
time when the forests should be
turned into paper instead of pens and
when the Sunday newspaper would
contain more printed matter than
would make several Korans
"The man who can write a pithy
paragraph is great power in the
newspaper world. Bourrienne says
that Napoleon feared a paragraph
more than an army corps.
After being invited to address you
was in some doubt as to the choice
of subject when an editorial friend
suggested The Public Domain AS
this is non-partisan gathering | con-
cluded to act upon the suggestion.
"The people of Iowa are not as
much interested in this subject as
they once were, for not single acre
of the public land remains in the
ownership of the government in this
state
The land of Iowa has passed from
the control of the government to the
individual ownership of our citizens
and is being put to the best use by
furnishing homes and employment to
the inhabitants OF great and pros
porous commonwealth.
"The public domain was once a
more vital subject of interest than at
present.
"It was in debate on a land bill
that Webster made his celebrated re-
ply to Hayne and the Matchmaking of
the unoccupied lands was one of the
strongest bonds Of the maintenance of
the union.
public lands remaining and the sub
ject is still one or great importance.
Ownership and Prosperity.
"The first essential to the prosper
ity of any country, is that there should
be a good title to the soil. I wish
to recall to your minds a few of the
complex circumstances out of which
inc pTeeSnt perfect lllle VI tHe SIedI
northwest. has grown. There were
many real estate puzzles, growing
out of the vague geography, and the
wild prodigality with which the
royal British family dealt with
these provinces, which they neither
understood, nor in fact held. They
look the proposing colonists, figur-
atively speaking, up into high
mountain and pointed out all the land
in sight, and distributed it with a
vague and reckless profusion, plac-
ing over tapping grants which neces-
STATED almost endless trouble for
other people, long after the grantor
and grantees had gone to that land
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MAJOR LACEY ADDRESSES
SOUTHERN IOWA EDITORS
ed heads, editors and men having

ed heads, editors and men having
tape worm.
Lord Coleridge said that Judge is
a man who knows the laws of his own
country and that jurist is man who
knows something of the laws Of every
country but his own.
Definitions are always dangerous.
once got into trouble by calling a
v.olinist fiddler Artemus Ward,
fearing trouble referred to a sculpt-
OF as sculpist.
II am at loss whether to address
you as editors or journalists and have
therefore on the score of safety call
ed you both. a
at is true that today's newspapers
will kindle tomorrow's fires but the
thoughts of today's editorial will sur
2ive the cremation of the body.
Thought is immortal.
Courage and conscience are the
foundation of all good newspaper
work; but courage is not demonstrat-
ed by running amuck at everything in
sight and dyspepsia should never be
mistaken for conscience.
"The EDITORS stool is seat of pow
er, but when the power is abused it's
influence is weakened. The sincerity,
the candor and the fairness of the ed
itor are his surest source of strength
with the people.
"The same maxim which applies to
other public men is equally applicable
to the editorial profession: BE faith
full to the people and they will be
faithful to you
And the sentiment of either the
people or the press is never to be OBJ
tanned from mere clamor.
"The silent and earnest opinion of
the readers of the press are often diff.
ficult to fathom. The noise of the
shadows should not be mistaken for
the tide of the depths.
1T was said by public man that he
spent the first ten years of his public
life In maintaining an expensive pub.
licity bureau and trying to keep in the
newspapers, and that he spent the
| next ten years trying to keep out OF
them.
Advertising and News.
Think of the millions that the New
York Life companies have spent in
securing whole pages in the great
daily papers in the past. Now they
| get abundant space on the first page
free of charge.
"Mohammed claimed to be true
prophet. His Koran was written on
the shoulder blades of mutton and
| after his death the dry bones were
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growth of the new country. Religious

growth of the new country. Religious
freedom, exclusion of negro slavery,
the reservation of each sixteenth Sec
ton for school purposes, were the
great forces in the ordinance of 1887
This ordinance was not only a land
mark in our history, but was turn
ing point in the history of civilization.
The main features of the ordinance,
and of our national constitution, which
was also made in 1887, now seem so
natural and reasonable that 1t is hard
to realize the time when the principles
of these two great charters were not
recognized by all mankind
Land Hunger.
1.-THE constitution did not prepare
the way for our public domain. 1t was
that domain which prepared the way
for the constitution.
"The cesson of this great western
empire to the nation at large, was es-
sential to the adoption of the constitu-
tion itself.
THE Englishman, it is said always
has hunger for the horizon which
is another way of expressing the
thought that land hunger is charac-
It is a chronic condition of the Anglo
Saxon.
I'm 1853 Great Britain very seriously
discussed the proprety of giving up
Canada to France and taking Guade-
loupe including all the little islands
around it, in exchange. DR.. Franklin
wrote a pamphlet of fifty pages, to
prove that Canada was worth more
than Guadeloupe. Frannklin's argu-
ment prevailed, and in 1854 France
surrendered all claims east of the Mis-
sissippi river to England, and soon
after, all west of the river to Spain.
II will not follow up in this discuss
sion, the great event of the acquisition
of the Louisiana territory, our purchase
from Spain and Mexico nor our title
by discovery and settlement in Oregon
and Washington.
'The old northwest is now occupied
bv Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan.
Wisconsin and a part of Minnesota.
Minnesota was only half in the old
northwest territory, and has been said
to be only half sister to the other five
states of that territory. But the same
public land system has been extended
to our other continental acquisitions.
THE next great step in relation to
our public domain, was the free home
stead era which began in 1862. This
was second only in Importance to the
| ordinances of 1885 and 1857. However,
much we may criticise the lang grants
which aided in carrying the railroads
to the Pacific coast, it is undoubtedly
| true that the settlement of the vast
empire between the Mississippi and the
Pacific, was very greatly accelerated
| by this policy. Another important de-
rarture from all previous methods, was
| the adoption of the existing system OF
administering our public mineral
| lands.
Alaska Valuable.
THE old Spanish law, under which
| the crown owned all the precious
metals. was abrogated and every in
! ducement is held out to the hardy ex-
! plorer whose yenturesome spirit has
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led him into almost every part Of the
far west. Even far away Alaska, pur-
chased by Seward in 1868 and looked
upon as an indirect way Of giving ST.
100000, to Russia for her friendship
in the civil war, has proven to be ona
and each year that territory yields ua
in gold, fish and furs, very much more
than the whole Of the original purchase
price.
I'VE have today in the public domain
including Alaska, something over $780,
100000 acres of lands. The best of
the agricultural land has passed into
private ownership. A system of ma
tional irrigation has been entered upon
which will make homes for many more
millions of our population. Seventy
five million acres of tfmbered lands
have been set apart as permanent for
est reserves, but one of the greatest
judgment been greatly neglected
Nearly 5O0,Oo0,OoO Of acres Of grazing
lands still belong to the nation Most
of these lands are unsuited for the
making of homes by the old methods,
Much of the grass is annual, and II
grazed too closely, it will produce no
crop in the succeeding year. The sub
ject is a very interesting one and in
my opinion is one of the most import
ant with which this generation has to
deal. Some method must be devised,
by which the grazing may be carried !
en- SO as to produce the large st amount
of pasturage. To discuss this ques-
ton as it deserves, would occupy more
time than is allotted to me.
"The foremost and most reliable
form of wealth Is in real estate, but
corner lots may now be purchased for
a song in Palmyra and Ninevah, but
recently the Napoleons of finance have
obtained their commissions in the navy
and seek riches in another element by
watering stock.
! "Aquarius, the water bearer, should
be their emblem.
! 1.-The sunshine Of publicity has caus-
ed great evaporation in this liquid ag-
gregation Of wealth. Let me suggest
an epitaph for one of these so-called
captains of industry At the base of
the pyramid Of Cestius in the English
cemetery at Rome, lie the remains Of
the poet Keats, who caused to be In
scribed OH his head stone, Here lies
one whose name is writ in water
1 NO wealth is so enduring, as that
which finds it's roots in the soil, but
In = erica the very rich have gener-
ally preferred more productive,
though less secure, fern of property
who have grown rich by the wisdom OF
their s.te estors, are now busy tracing
their genealogical trees back to Alfred
the Great. None of them care to back
tn Noah, for that would connect with
their Jncles Shem and Ham.
Tie iplc domain will have accom-
plished its great purpose when it ha
finally passed into the ownership of
/ prosperous citizens"
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