The San Francisco call., 1906-07-15
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him to be elected, but his friends and
enemies alike say $4,000 would not
pay the expenses of the campaign.
The young millionaire had no sooner
taken office than he started to carry
out his reforms. To aid him in this
work he made George H. Eichelberger
village solicitor. Eichelberger is a
young attorney who came to Cleveland
from Urbana. He was formerly trav-
cling United States marshal and has
had as many adventures crowded into
his life as a hero of one of Richard
Harding Davis novels.
He was in the British army in Indo-
China and also in the service of the
Emperor of Korea. In the latter en-
pire he organized the Emperor's body
guard, and on the night of June 7, 1899,
saved the life of the ruler from band
of assassins. He still bears scar that
was received on that stirring night.
But to return to Mayor Pickands, or
Mayor Harry" as he is known to his
constituents.
In order to make the limited" sub
urban cars stop at his door, he had his
solicitor draw up an ordinance regu-
lating the speed of the cars within the
village limits. He had this ordinance
,trolled, and instructed his marshal to
make arrests for the first violation.
Two motormen were arrested. The next
day the limited" stopped in front of
his home.
AS the village did not have sufficient
funds to improve all the roads to suit
the tastes of Mayor Harry, he concluded
the idea of improving them with his
own money, thereby lowering the tax
- - 80 10.
prove the roads which he would use
on his way to and from his Office in his
automobile. Men and teams were put
to work grading, and all one summer
was spent in making the roads In the
village the finest in this part of the
country. This little fad cost thousands
of dollars. but of course 1t made auto
mobile riding more pleasant Besides,
what was money to Mayor Harry? He
wanted the roads improved. that's all
there was to it.
Next he passed an automobile ordi
nance limiting the speed of benZine
buggies to twelve miles per hour. He
was bound that reckless chauffeurs
should not whirl through his village
and give him the laugh. He in
structed his marshal to enforce the law.
and several deputy marshals were en-
ployed al the Mayors expense to aid in
the work. Ropes were stretched across
various roads and the automobiles that
did not stop when marshal or a
deputy stepped out from the trees and
waved a red flag soon came to grief
Many We're arrested and arraigned be-
fore Mayor Pickands, who holds court
weekly in the town hall in the village
When a prisoner is arraigned before
Mayor Pickands he had better retain a
good attorney. George Eichelberger is
a vigorous prosecutor and few men es-
cape The maximum fine is always i'm
posed Violators of the speed law who
were found guilty weri promptly fined
5000 and costs, mere nothing to the
Mayor, but oftentimes considerable
sum to the unfortunate automobilists.
So severe is the Mayor and so deter
mined is he to enforce the law that he
fined his own brother. ]. M. Pickands,
5000 and costs for violating his speed
law. On one occasion when his Mar
shall had caught the Mayor himself
speeding, Pickands ordered that official
to place him under arrest, but on the
advice of his solicitor he simply found
himself guilty and paid the fine into
the village treasury.
so many people were arrested in his
village that LIE little jail would not
hold them all. accordingly the Mayor
pulit village jail at his own expense.
He would have installed complete fire
department had not his solicitor ad-
vlsed him against 1t.
The most important work came last.
Inc Mayor wanted a dry village. His
solicitor got up.a Beal law petition and
the Mayor called an election. II his
campaign for the mayoralty was ex-
pensive. this campaign was like buying
lnHuence for an insurance company.