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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
SEWERAGE FOR union CITY
Report of Committee Presented Herewith
for Your Special Consideration.

the work TO begin during the pres
ent year, than | estimated in re
port to you some time ago tina
could be spared. / then said, if
remember correctly, if there wer,
no ordinary expenses incurred
that there would be surplus from
1905 taxes available for sewer
this year of about So, 200. 1t nov
appears to me, as shown by tn,
foregoing statement, that the avail
able surplus should be nearer IS,
600. This may be accounted fol
in part by an increased income
from the water and light plant,
Now should we conclude, gentle
men, and should the people of the
city conclude by an affirmative
vote to authorize you to go into
this work, we may reasonably de.
pend on 200 surplus next year,
with the tax rate remaining like il
is now, $1.15. Then if sewers
should be commenced this year
would recommend that the tax
rate be increased for next year %
cents, thus putting the rate back
where it has been for many years
until this year. This would give
about 50, 500 additional money,
which added to the amount avail.
able for this year and next, at
$4,000 per year, would bring the
total amount available for sewers
up 10 December 81, 1907, say $10,-
500. As you will see, this makes
an allowance of 81 ,000 per year
for contingencies.
According to arrangement with
the council at its last meeting, &C.
companied by AldermanS. S. Alex
ander and Superintendent Wade, l
made trip to Corinth, Birming-
ham and Holly Springs to learn
what we could in regard to the
sewerage of these cities how it
was put in, what it cost, and to
apply the conditions we might find
elsewhere to our own home town.
At Corinth we found local condi-
tions much the same as they are
here, and that seven and one. half
miles of sewers had been complet-
ed for about six months. We ex.
amined the ground carefully where
the main sewer pipe is discharged
into a branch about one mile from
the city and found the local sur
roundings at that place IN no man
ler offensive. No septic tank or
vat is used at Corinth, the method
being the same that we talked
sbont here at first and that has
oeen in use elsewhere for the last
years. The seven and one
lalf miles cost complete about
s22, 500 or $4,000 per mile. This
loes not include the expense of
connecting private houses with
he sewers, this being matter for
he owners of the houses. The
,eople are connecting at Corinth
cry slowly because of the cost of
be same and of the scarcity of
The work was done by
bond issue, but it will evidently
q several years before the people
re fully connected, although there
J a city ordinance requiring that
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18
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damaged in consequence of such
thing, If they would go to Holl,
Springs they would find their fear
are groundless, because there th,
sewers terminate within the cor
porate limits of the city with peo
pie living around about, as stated
Much courtesy was shown us alsC
at Holly Springs by the superin
tendent of the water and sewer
plants, and we are satisfied if sew
ers are put in in this city the work
will cost as little, if not less, thar
at Holly Springs. The people are
attaching to the sewers at Holly
Springs very slowly also, for the
reasons given for Corinth.
If you conclude, gentlemen, that
we are ready to begin the work OF
sewers in this city it will be neces-
sary to order an election, where
each tax payer shall have the right
to record his vote and instruct us
whether to go forward or not.
The money on hand now was col
lected for other purposes, and it
would not be proper or lawful for
us to divert it and lay it out in a
way not provided by law at the
time the tax was collected. Furth-
er, to begin the work means that
it must be finished; to finish it un-
der the plan | shall advise will re-
quire more time than the present
Board will be in Office. If the
people had not spoken authorlta.
lively upon the subject, our sue
cessors IN i g bit conclude we had
made an unwarranted use of the
money on hand and refuse to go
forward and complete the sewers
on the lines laid down at the be-
ginning.
/ suggest, gentlemen, and rec
Ommend that this work be COM
menced as soon as practicable and
that about four miles of sewer he
contracted for and built, together
with the necessary septic tanks
and filtering beds as quickly as
the same can be done, having due
care always that nothing be done
so hastily that mistakes may be
made. A comp etent engineer
would have to be employed, plans
drawn for sewering the whole
town, specifications drawn for re-
ceiving bids, etc. Then would
recommend that four miles be let
to the lowest and best bidder, to
gether with the septic tanks, etc.
This would cost probably $4,000
to $4,000, which amount can be
made available. as | have set out,
by the time the work can be done.
1t will take some time to make the
necessary surveys, drawings and
calculations and to advertise for
ind receive bids, but | hope if the |
work is begun at once that much
# it may be completed by Decem-
Ter next. If we should go SO far
IS to make the entire outlay for
be first four miles before the taxes
re collected next year we could
10 as we did with the deep we'll; !
We could borrow the money on
ur own note and pay it back
ghen the taxes are collected. We
7ould have no power to bind the
ity, but with the people behind
5, instructing that the work be
one as we were doing it, there
'ould be no danger.
] am aware that objections have
cen raised to doing the work in '
le way ] have set out for the |
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

the same shall be done within q
reasonable time.
At Birmingham we found a won
derfnl city, controlled by energetic
men who are doing things on big
scale. The city engineer quit his
work and gave us every courtesy
we could have asked and far more
than we had any right to expect.
He went with us fourteen miles
away to where the sewers of the
cities of Birmingham, Bessemer,
Calera and others, all combined,
are being discharged into septic
tanks prepared for the purpose.
We had been advised in advance
that the city engineer, Mr.. Kend-
rick, was regarded as high author
ity on the construction of sanitary
sewers all over this country, and
particularly on septic tanks in
connection Herewith. He advised
us that the use of such tanks is
not yet out of the experimental
stage, but that enough had been
developed to justify and demand
their use by all cities and towns
where there is any question about
the discharge of sewers in locali-
ties where people might be dam.
aged by the con fa mination of
streams, or by close proximity of
homes to the place of discharge.
The sewers of these combined
cities, remarkable as it may ap-
pear, after having been emptied
into the vats or tanks, the water
running away from them is per-
fectly clear and appears in no way
offensive. Everything found here
was on too big a scale to do as
much good in the work needed at
home, except that we could see how
it was done and could determine
what the result would be under
like conditions on a smaller scale.
After receiving many courtesies
from the officials at Birmingham,
we looked about us for a city
nearer our own size, where such
conditions as exist ut home had
been pat to practical test. Being
advised that Holly Springs, Miss,
was the place, we at once went
there. The city has about 5000 |.
inhabitants, we were advised, and
it appeared to us conditions for
laying the sewers were much the
same as they would be at home
for doing .sach work. About seven
miles of sewers have been laid
there emptying into tank or vat
to receive the discharge
of the main pipe, with gravel beds
for filtering the water just below
he septic tanks. The seven miles
here, including the tanks, cost
about SIS, 600; this money provid
I'd, as is usual in such cases, by a
bond issue. Although there are
is many as three residences where {,
people have been living continu
,usly within a very short distance 1
II where the tanks are located, [
he Superintendent advised us .
hat no word of complaint had {
cached him of anything offensive ,
n unpleasant connected with the G
ewers from any of these people. '
t appears to us that the idea that '
Te had bad formerly that our own c
ewers, if built, could not be ter u
linated in Houser Creek at some d
oint near the city, is dispelIed, v
nd we feel justified in saying that
any person living near the creek b
hould feel like they might be Il
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-05-18

L0okl Best Patent Flour
at $5.25, at mill. Strictly
guaranteed or money re-
funded. Dahnke-WaIker
Milling Co.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

"One of our greatest troubles is to
.tFevent patients from being killed by
Kindness" said a trained nurse in one
of the public hospitals. "On visiting
days, when relations or friends are adj
mitted, we have in many cases to exer-
else extreme vigilance. The amount Of
improper. eve dangerous, food which
one ablebodied relative can smuggle in
under cover Of a satchel or q volumi-
nous cloak is almost incredible.
Only a few weeks ago 1 captured
and carried away from the bed Of a
convalescent typhoid case a %pasteboard
box containing two big green pickles
and a piece Of exceptionally rich cocoa
nut cake. It was the boys mother
wlo brought the dainties, and presum-
ably she did not wish to shorten her
sons days in the land.
This sort Of thing is Of frequent oc-
currence in a hospital. 1t is strangely
Illustrative of how little the average
man or woman understands the deli
cate mechanism Of the stomach and
stomachic disease."-New York Press.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

Sa::cC the State Fixed Hotel Prices,
Before. during and for a time after
the Revolutionary var the courts of
the commonwealth used to fix the
prices of tavern board and liquor, so
when the soiourning stranger from
afar struck Richmond he could pretty
neariy know what horse feed and
breakfast" cost. There was also an
ass.Ze Of bread as we'll as of drink.
The price Of bread was regulated by
the price of wheat. A fourpenny white
loaf. a twopenny white loaf, a four
penny brick loaf and a %fourpenny
brown loaf had each to weigh so much,
according as they had other ingledi-
ents mixed with flour. In those days
a Boston biscuit" costing | cent had
to weigh six ounces and two drains
and so on. The connection between a
loaf Of bread and sixty pounds Of
wheat at so much per bushel has
grown beyond the grasp Of the modern
mind. However, ia the old time in
Virginia the custom of regulating the
price, or, rather, the weight, Of a loaf
of bread by the price of the wheat Of
Which it was made was universal, So
far as liquor was concerned, the courts
used to fix not only the price Of q sin
gle drink, a quart or a gallon Of the
stuff. but also "a gorum of punch
Richmond Dispatch.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

Gamblers will be strictly mp
against it in Charles Mix county
from now on. An anti gambling
association has been organized,
w. A. Prather Of Academy as pres
ident, and with mem bers residing
in all parts Of the county, and it is
proposed to put a stop to gambling
In all of its forms.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

The yes CATION Of the methods
81 apefating tile Chicago packing
houses bringing 10 light many
things ta3 tead to hart The sale Of
tie pacElng AoQse products. The
ItfluEg ID tfe alarket viii also nf-
FEEL, asjeas astnporarilg the stock
faarks. unfortunate, but Il Q
blafao lest not With those who re-
veal iEe offenses but with those
who haFe committed hem. Solar
az tbe nefal public is concerned
fs would ihe aG tears shed ii the
Chicago pas aele driven out Of
business e~ntiBeIy, New packing
houses as9af aeao spiing up, prob
ably aaalst b hc asock ranges.
Ihe 8nand lof meat products
Koa51 fellall tie same, SO that the
pElee of b would not be perma-
aantig aered. Il Would Of course
require sofae tame to establish the
new plaata, and during that time
sla shock raising sections would
snhef. bat for years the stock men
So the mercy Of this gi-
&A%MEENrA WHE GNEN#x
antle monopoly. With the hope
81 securing new and competing
nlal the stock growers could
afIosa to stand a temporary loss.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
Following the Flag.

hen q soldiers went to Cuba
and the Philippines, health was
the rnoss important consideration.
Willis Y. Morgan, retired commits
sary sergeant g. s. A., Of Rural.
Route 4, Concord, n. f., says: II
Waa two years in Cuba and two
years III the philippines, aud being
subject to colds, took d.. ,ings
New Discovery for Consumption,
whieh me Id perfect health.
And nov, u New Hampshire, We
find title best medicine in the
world Ter coughs colds, bronchial
aoaAlea md all lung diseases.
] 6aarantaesl At R w. Rnssell Drug
Price SOC ana $l.0o. Trial
ias5xIl
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
She Works at Home,

Hicks-.I understand Mrs. Bias has
learned how to keep her husband at
home. Wicks-Nonsense! Bias is out
with '.the boys nearly every night.
Observation-Disclosures me. Imean
the work she does at home keeps him.
She's a ~dressmaker, you know.-Phila-
delphla Ledger.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

The records Of the secretary of
state show bat there were twenty
new banks organized in this state
during the month Of May. Most
of these were il new towns starting
along the new lines Of railroad.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

WANTED: District Managers to
post signs, advertise and distribute
samples. Salary $500 weekly,
$500 per day for expenses. State
age and present employment.
IDEAL SHEAR Co., 80 Randolph ST.,
Chicago.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
~unnyaiIing Pursuit.

Don't be SO sweeping. In your judg-
inents. There's that prominent man |
mentioned just now. who | am sure
has always pursued an upright life"
THAT may be, but he's never caught
up with it."-Baltimore American.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

SUNlNONS.
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
FIRST JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. jss
In Circuit Court within and for Bon Homnle
County.
Abby Elsie Vrooman,
VS.,
John Vrooman,
State of South Dakota sends greeting:
To John Vrooman, Defendant.
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint of this action, which
was filed on the Path day of Apri1, A. 1906 in
the office of the clerk of the circuit court with.
IN aud for the county of Bon Homn1e, state OF
South Dakota, at the coufs house in the city of
Iyndal1, county of Bon Honme, South Dako.
ia, and serve q copy of your answer upon the
subscriber at his office, on Main Street. in the
City of Scotland, South Dakota, within thirty
days after the service of this summons, exclu.
sive of the day of service, If you fail to an
swer the complaint within that time, the
plaintiff will apply to the court for the relief
demanded in the complaint.
Dated at Scotland, South Dakota, this 25th
day of April, AID, 1906.
ROBERT DOLLARD,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
Denartment Of Insurance.

Company's Certificate of Authority.
Whereas, The Des Moines Mutual Hail
Insurance Association, a corporation or
ganized under the laws of Iowa, has
filed in this Office a sworn statement
exhibiting its condition and business for
The year ending December 81, 1903, CON
formable to the requirements of the laws
of this state regulating the business of
Whereas, The said company has filed
in this office 8 duly certified copy of its
charter, with certificate of organization
in compliance with the requirements Of
the insurance law aforesaid;
Now, Therefore, l. John c. Perkins,
Commissioner of Insurance of the State
OF South Dakota, pursuant to the pro-
visions of said laws, do hereby certify
hat the above named company is fully
empowered through its authorized agent
to transact it's appropriate business Of
Hail Insurance in this state, n ;So
31st day of December, A. D. 1906.
In Testimony Whereof, 1 haye h%ereunto
this 18th day of February, A: 2. 1906:
(Seal.) JOHN C. PERKINS.
Commissioners of insurance.
BY H. E. Walseth. Chief Clerk.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
Sarcastic.

First Medical Nanny practice has
doubled since l came to this town.
Second Medical Man-oh, so you have
got another p~atient2
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
The Great Eastern.

The Great Eastern was ESQ feet long,
SO feet beam, IS feet draft when load
ed, 1900 tonnage; paddle engines,
I,Go0 horsepower nominal; screw en-
gines. LOO horsepower nominal. She
was commenced to be built ut Millwall
III the spring of 1851 and was launcE-
ed after many difficulties on Jan. so,
1858. The history of the Great Eastern
was from the first financially an IN
fortunate one. She made several yoy-
ages TO the United States at q great
loss to her owners, but in 1865 and 1866
she somewhat redeemed her character
by successfully laying the Atlantic ca
bic. Subsequently, owing to her vast
SIZE. she was instrumental in laying
most of the important cables across the
Atlantic, i'll the Mediterranean, through
at auction in Liverpool to be broken
up bringing the sum of $290,720.-Lon-
don Globe.
The Auman Dody's Tireless Organs
Man has within him d stationary en-
CINE called his heart. which, with its
veins and arteries, constitutes a per-
feet system Of hydraulics, compared
with which mans best work is clumsy,
intricate and wasteful. The lungs ate
a working bellows, the most perfect
method of sanitary ventilation. The
stomach is a working vat Of marvellous
perfection. The brain is a wondrous
condenser, and the skin is a great
working evaporation, with reserve auto
matte appliances, ready for extra work
in moments Of need. All these r in
action at all times, day and night, tire
less, unceasing, self Winding and re-
pairing, for seventy years or more.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
:. !. 81 r,,Inr

Eys.ssi rs Value of this pack
age. plaa . Fair Damsel $4,000,
zs:siaress Cork Hah? Fair Damsel-
You II what ! said. Those ere love
ietacF s9s! old Bag ;ocogne, and I'm
SO 'e.a to my lawyer-Cleveland
f4aas.er
l8a s;si.a III n.a5i W. Ger discentent.
&c ~ ila sasHlia vino did his ,l,,tv IN
IL I'll ta.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

The absent are like children-helpless
70 defend themselYes-Reade.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14

ANNUAL STATEMENT
For the Year Ending December 81,
a. ID. 1905,
Of the condition of the
DIES MONIES MUTUAL HAIL IN
sURANcE ASSOCIATION.
Organized under the laws of the State
missioner of Insurance of the State
of South Dakota pursuant to the laws
of said state. President, Q. e.. Chesley;
Secretary, w. S. Hazard, Jr. Incorpor-
ated. Jan. ID, 1899. Commenced bust
ness, FEB. 10, 1890. Principal office,
4O5 to 4O7 Croker building.
Net ledger assets Dec. 81, Of
previous year .............. So,5So.oo
Net received for premiums. s75,7s4eo
Other receipts ............... o,Zo3.3o
Total income ............. SSO,0441O
DISBURSEMENTS.
Net paid policyholders. $25,252.67
paid agents .............. 31,467.64
Salaries, etc, Of officers and
home office employes....... 1l,7Sl.Oo
taxes and icenses......... 1,371.4O
Other items of expense. :. S,SS2.42
Total expenses ............ s7s,761.22
Cash in S11,1I3.3S
Net outstanding premiums. n,3oI.I4
Total assets .............. So, 531.12
LIABILITIES-NIL.
RISKS.
Risks outstanding at the
mcnt 81, GGG, O6s.5O
Risks written since preced-
ing statement ............ 2,OS3, 1853
-----
Total risks ................ So, 149, 554.33
Risks cancelled and expired
during the year ............ ISL ,691.0O
$2,S67, S63.33
BUSINESS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH
DAKOTA DURING THE YEAR 1905.
Risks in force 81, 2SS. 9S5.OO
Premiums received .......... ~ ,SG1.6S
Losses paid l4,S00.59
Losses incurred ............. Il, SGO.o9
EXPENSES incurred .......... 13,06l.O9
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1906-06-14
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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25

me like the bark on a tree, / might
be tempted to notice the handsome
child, although mes frightful forward
and mischievous.
Only yesterday 1 looked up from cut
ting my old pieces of carpet into
strips for rug, to see Nibsey punch
ing a boy, head and shoulders taller
than himself. The blood was trucking
down the big fellows face. Calling
up to the window, he said, proudly:
Say, NTH Newman, did you see me
do him? 1 9Th him a buggy nose
like everything"
l suppose l would have lived right
along, finding fault with all the moth
er and child did, if Mrs. Gray hadn't
been taken suddenly ill.
Norman Gray called me at midnight
The doctor was already there, and it
did not take him long to order her
removal to the hospital, where he said
an operation for appendicitis would
be necessary. l disagreed with the
doctor, and told him that disease was
only fad of the profession, and few
old-fashioned remedies for inflamma-
ton of the bowels would soon put her
on her feet. and not to be so fast tor
a knife and a reputation.
AS the husband and doctor tenderly
lifted the young thing into the am
bulance, she looked up at me. through
all her pain, her big, brown eyes Dust
like Nibsey's, I noticed) full OF tears.
and whispered:
please be kind to my little boy"
Sure / replied. all kind of choked
up; Il guess my bark's worse than my
bite, child
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1906-08-25
FOR THE AMERICAN MARKET
Process by Which italian Cherries Are
Prepared for the Festive
Cocktail.

An interesting report showing the
maner in which Italian cherries, mil
lions of which are used in American
cocktails, are prepared, has been re-
ceived at the department of COM
merce and labor.
By the Italian processes, cherries
to be packed in spirits are brought
to the factory and cleaned by women
They are then subjected to the sui
phur bath to preserve color, and are
afterwards passed through three al
the fluid is increased from 80 to the
60 grade. The entire process of
preparation consumes nearly As days.
Male labor is employed throughout
after the cleaning process at wages
approximating 40 cents a day.
When bottled for shipment the
cherries sell at about 40 cents
pound. Preserved or candied cher
ries take the sulphur bath, are then
stoned, cooked in sugared water, to
which sweetening is gradually added,
and are then left for two or three
days in the basins until the sugar
slightly ferments. They are then
boiled again in water in which the
proportion of sugar is increased, and
on finishing are either sold for can
died cherries or are bottled in a
heavy syrup. Women do the cleaning
and pick the stones; men do the rest
Such cherries invoice at about IS
cents per pound