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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23
The COMMISSION Plan FOR CITIES
The Mayor President Of galveston Writes at Length and
Tells How Il Has Worked in that CITY

.-e5J
the newly appointed and elected com-
missioners took over the city govern
ment, the old charter having expired
upon the quail ton Of the new off,
GERS, the old board, including mayor
and aldermen, together with all their
appointees and employees. ceased their
connection with our city government.
On taking charge, the commission
found an empty treasury, city without.
credit, employees paid in script. which
was subject to q large discount for
cash, the floating Indebtedness rum
! ming back for several years. The per-
sonnet of the commission. together
with the heads Of the departments, in
spired confidence, and the city was
soon put on cash basis, her credit
restored SO that it could go In the
cpen market, buy supplies on the same
terms and prices as our best mer-
chants or wealthiest citizens, and the
Outstanding script was being taken up
1 with or surplus cash as it accumulat-
/ ed in our treasury.
] The result of the commission form
i Of government met the expectation Of
its most ardent friends, and was the
/ pride of every patriotic and civic low
ing citizen. Every detail had worked
without any friction or hitch until q
drayman was arrested and fined $40
bys our recorder for violating sani-
tary ordinance. The case was appealed
to the criminal district court, upon
the ground that our whole city gov
4 eminent was unconst tional, hence
q the recorder had no authority what
a ever to impose fine, and the ground
a for such action was that majority Of
4 our commission being appointiye, the
8 citizen was deprived Of the right by
ballot guaranteed him by the consti-
\ tuition. The criminal district court af.
4 frmed the verdict Of the recorder, but
the case was again appealed to the SUI.
preme court Of the state, and to the
great establishment of our people that
!. court by vote of two to one, pro.
nounced or form of government uncon.
stitutional, on the ground that our citi-
zens had no, voice in the selection OF
our officers who were administering
!. the government. Later the supreme
+ civil court held that the appointive
s feature was constitution thus our
commission was constitute in civil
. matters, but had no police jurisdic-
& ton. There was but one thing to: be
4 done and that was to apply to the leg.
/. islature, in session and nearing its
close, for a change in our charter elm;
& mating the appointive feature, which
was the weak point as decided by the
4 supreme criminal court We regretted
. to give up this feature Of our charter,
8 because we believed that the very best
. material for our city governmental could
4 always be had by the appointive
al fse ~
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23
MORE aPPOR1IONMENT
MAJORITY OF SENATE COMMIT
TEE SAID TO HAVE AGREED
ON IA s.

NEW BlLL-WHlcH WILL SUIT
NEITHER EAST OR WEST
SECTIONS
Following IS the essence Of an apz
portionment bill which il is understood
a maj ority Of the senate apportionment
committee agreed on last night. Un-
|dorbtedly the. bill will be subject to
changes, as it is not likely that public
sentiment will at this time, in the in
fancy OF the state, with possibly one
quarter the population we are abund-
antly able to support, sanction the i'm
crease in the number Of senatorial dis
tricts to within two Of our constitutional
limit. Any increase in the senate, es-
lpecially when accompanied BY de-
crease IN house membership, is bound
g arouse antagonisnl, owing to the pre-
va1llIlg sentiment, existing in all. states,
that the house is nearer the people.
I'm this connection it is understood a
! bill IS being prepared whereby the SEN
ate and house will be kept at the present
number, and at the same time leayinps,
Sargent and Dickey counties separate
! districts, as they are now. ss
81 ne proposed appo rtionment follows !:
~ Pembina Two senators, three repre-
sentatives.
Walsh wo senators four represent
atiyes.
Grand Fork Three senators, FIVE
representatives. s
]. Trail We senator's, three represent
atives.
cass Three senators, six represent.
atives
RiehIand Wo senators, four repre-
sentatives. ss3 II;
alive. ss7f5E5sssl:
Ransom One senator, Two represent
atiyes 338s'
Barnes IWo senators, three repre-.
sentatives.
Steele and Grigg One senator, tire.
representatives.
Nelson One senator, two representa-
tives:
Cavalier Two senators, three repre- ~
sentatiyes. s4s
Rolette One senator one represent
alive.
Benson One senator Two represent,
lSatiYes.
Ramsey One sera tor, two represent
atives:
Touner One senator, two represent.
atiyes.
stutsn,an one senator Tour repre-.
sentatiyes.
Il !. Mours One senate, twe repre-.
sentatiges.
sy-,1ile sfilator, ofle senta-
] tive.
Kidder and q inmor,s One senator
two representatives.
/ Burleigh One senator two represent.
atives.
1 Bottineau wo senator's, three repre-
4 sentatipes. g
Ward Three senator's, seven repre-.
sentatives.
Morton One senator, four represent.
atives.
Stark One senator, Two representa-.
4 tives.
Eddy and Foster One senator, tws
4 representatives.
Wells One senator, two represents
Itives.
Pierce one senator, two represents
atiyes.
Mclean, Two senator's, three repre-
sentatives.
McIntos One senator, two repre-
Il sentatives.
Williams and Nick enzie One seria
tor, two representatives.
1 Billings, Mercer and Oliver One sen
ator, one representative.
& McHenry Iwo senators, three rep
resentatives
Total Senate, 48; house 80
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23

Purity, the dictionary says, means
freedom from foreign matter
Hunts Perfect Baking Powder con-
tains no foreign matter. only the
purest ingredients.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23

Of the city commission bill introduced
in the senate by Mr.. Hanna and in the
house BY Col. Peake, the Fargo Call
says The bill introduced in the North.
Dakota legislature providing for city.
'nomrnis FIVE members to take
the place Of city councils, appears to
strike popular chord. With all re
spect TO the average city council, the
members thereof, as whole, do not
represent the financial or business IN
terests Of a city. Too frequently made
up OF men who become candidates be-
cause they have a capacity 10 get votes
rather than for their ability to properly
represent With commission elected
by a city at large, this could be over
come in a great measure. : 3s
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23

Il viii be noted IN the report Of the
denurrage bill passed BY Minnesota's
lower house of the legislature
that half the demurrage recovered BY
shippers from railroads goes to the
school fund. This odd provision is in
serted with a view to preventing rebat-
ing through demurrage payments
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23

The views Of the editor Of the Tri-
bune are set forth from time to time
in these columns, as questions Of inter-
est arise Of measures of merit Or de-
merit are introduced Or discussed in the
legislature Individually the Tribune
editor has not asked member OF the
Legislature to vote for or against any
measure pending IN either body, any
statement to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-23

For Fire Insurance, see r g. Rem.
ington.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
LETTER TO II. L. ALLEN,
Americas, Georgia.

Dear Sir: Paint goes by gallons.
There are useful and useless gallons.
Useful paint is lead-zinc-a nd-oil with
dryer and color; useless paint is whit
ing, china-clay, ground stone, barry
ties, benzine or water.
This stuff is put in, because it is
cheap, to stuff-out the paint, to make
more gallons to sell; of course, the
buyer doesn't suspect, or he wouldn't
buy it.
1t costs as much to brush on this
useless stuff as lead-zinc- and-oil; but
it looks like and feels like that in the
BRUSH the painter doesn't suspect it.
Besides, if the owner is willing, why
should the painter object to painting
two gallons for one? He is paid by
the day; more gallons, more days,
more money.
Average paint at full price is about
one-third this useless stuff; and aver
age paint at $125 or $3.50 or $175 a
gallon is two-thirds trash. Fool
paint is the proper name for all but
pure paint; it is made to fool people
with Knaye paint is another good
name; it is made, of course, by knaves
Sick paint is a name for an honest
weak paint. They are all weak and
all eXtravagant; too many gallons to
buy and too many gallons to brush
on Devoe is the standard
Yours truly
Al F. w. DEVOE & co.
Americas Construction Co. sell our
paint. d-15-w-20.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
WOMEN AND HIGH BALLS
MIX, SAYS A PARSON.
Chicago Man Says Women
Drink.
QUITE AS MUCH AS DO THE MEN
Pastor Hopkins Says He Saw Them
Putting Down Booze and Catch.
ing HighbaIIS as He
Travelled.

CHICAGO, Sept. 14-Challenged to-
day to prove the charge made in his
great sermon that Chicago women
were developing a craze for liquor
and gambling, the Rev. Frederick E.
Hopkins, pastor of the Pilgrim Con-
gregational church, said:
The other night at dinner in the
Auditorium Annex there were 100
women in the room, many of whom
had some kind of an alcoholic drink
before them.
Women drink in public. l mean in
the hotels, high class dining rooms
and restaurants, and the Pullman din
ing cars of the country. In these
places -o1 viii End them slipping
some mixed drink or taking a straight
whiskey.
1T is the same in other places. They
drink in their homes and many ac
quire the habit from their husbands.
4 have finished a trip Of $4,000
miles on Chatauqua work in the
West and South. In Pullman cars
had opportunity to study the drink
question among women.
AT the College Inn | have seen
women drinking whiskey high balls,
and, in fact, every kind of mixed
drink. The same is true at Rectors
the Wellington, the Grand Pacific, the
Palmer House, the Great Northern
hotels, Stillsons Cafe.
| have visited most of the highest
class restaurants and hotels in the
downtown district. In all | have
seen women drinking booze or mixed
drinks that is just as bad.
There is no denying the fact" he
said that the women of the country
are becoming the victims of drink. 1t
can be seen on every hand. Go to any
place where women gather in public
and you can see them drinking, not
light wines, but booze"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
FARMERS ARE ASKED TO
STAND AS A UNIT.
la Demand For a Higher
Price.
M 2( HINTS ASKED T0CO(PLRATt
~ g@t
In Securing for former the Minimum
Price of Is CentS...By United
Action Fight Can Be Ven.
lM 2( HINTS ASKED TO COOPERATE
Especial to Times-Recorder.)

ATLANTA, Sept. 14-President NJ.
L. Johnson of the Georgia Division,
Southern Cotton Association, has is
sued the following interesting and
important statement to cotton plan
tiers, business men and allied interests
throughout the state, saying in part;
70 Cotton Growers, Merchants, Bank
ers and Allied Interests:
Z The minimum price of cotton has
been fixed at Is cents, both by the
Southern Cotton Association and the
Farmers Union, with nothing to divide
as. Let's have our price.
The South's opportunity for fnan
eial freedom is at hand as never be
fore. The farmers are situated, as a
uIe, where they can command the
value of their cotton,
1t canot be denied that there is
no profit to the grower in cotton I'M
der ten cents. His profit will not be
much at Is cents.
Consideration of the present cost
OF the elements which enter into the
making of a crop of cotton. will at
once make apparent the small pit
lance going to the farmer.
There is no question as to the abil-
uy. of growers, merchants and bank
ers combined to handle this seasons
crop at a profit to themselves and in
a manner that will conduce to the up
building of the south They can do it
If they will 1t is not contended that
anyone should hold his cotton to the
INJURY of his creditor, but everyone
knows that at present prices, $50 per
tale can be advanced by merchant or
banker, and the debt thus cancelled.
This would put our cotton money
into circulation, protect our credit
and the cotton can still be held until
the mills and the buyers are ready
TO pay our minimum price of Is cents
which it is unquestiOnably worth.
Therefore the appeal is to every
farmer. who does not have to sell, to
sell none of his cotton for less than
IS cents
The appeal is cooperative to re-
Iieve the Indebtedness and get IS
cents for the staple.
The appeal is to the banker who
forms the last link in the chain, to
cooperate with the merchant and the
farmer, and see to it that not bale
of the south's great product is sold at
less than 10 cents.
We must get rid of debt and es-
sablish our independence, and in this
we must have the cooperation of the
merchants and bankers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15

IN HISTORY
Important Events That Occurred
September 18th,

506-Death of Philip fAustria, ia
Their of Charles V,
1609-Capt. John Smith sailed from
Virginia for England to recover his
health.
1663-Augustin Mezy appointed Gov
ernor of Canada
1758-American and British troops
routed by French at Fort Duquesne.
17S4-First balloon ascension in
England made by Lunardi.
1794-Abraham Clark, signer of the
Declaration of Independence, died.
Born 1926.
1S56-Three regiments of Missou-
rians marched to attack Lawrence,
Kas.
1S57-Brigham Young forbade Uni
ted States troops to enter Utah.
1S62-Dayid Emanuel Twiggs, who
commanded the Department of Texas
at outbreak of the civil war, died. Born
1890.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
RAILROADS ANNUAL
CERTIFICATE PLAN
Conventions in Future Will Pay
More.

From present rumors it is under
stood that the railroads operating in
Georgia will abolish in the near flu
ture the certificate plan by which low
er rates can be secured for meetings
or occasions including a stated at
tendance or over. Under the present
certificate plan, when rates of one
fare and one-third are granted, the
traveller pays the full fare to his
destination or the place Of meeting
presents a certificate and enjoys the
benefit of one-third far on the return
trim
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
WHY so WEAK!
Kidney Troubles May be Sapping
Your Life Away.

Your Life Away.
When a healthy man or woman be-
gins to run down without apparent
cause, becomes weak, languid, de-
pressed, suffers backache, headache,
dizzy spells and urinary disorders,
look to the kidneys for the cause Of
It all Keep the kidneys we'll and they
will keep you we'll Doan's Kidney
Pills cure sick kidneys and keep them
we'll
]. c. Culpepper, of State street,
carpenter and one Of the best
known residents of Albany, Ga, has
Gested Doan's Kidney Pills to his en-
IRE satisfaction and speaks Of them
Is follows: YES, they certainly did
me a lot of good. I used them for
backache and urinary troubles from
which I had been suffering for years.
had a constant dull pain across
my loins, so very. severe at times as
10 completely lay me up. It was very
bad a might. 1 could not rest well
IN any position. would wake up az
night and fell as though my back was
coming apart. I was hardly able to
turn over in bed. The kidney secre-
tions were very dark and contained d
sediment The action Of the kidneys
was altogether too free and passages
were accompanied with scalding
sensation. This bothered me a great
deal during the day and often at night
was called out of bed several times,
but until ! obtained box of Doans
Kidney Pills l found nothing that
helped me much They did the work
quickly and since using them I have
not had the backache. The urine has
regained the natural color and con-
1ains no sediment. l feel first rate"
Plenty more letters like this from
Americas people. Call at Dodson's
Pharmacy and ask what Americas
customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. -Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
9tates.
Remember the name-Doan's and
take no other.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-09-15
HOW's This p?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F. ]. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligation made
by his firm.
Waldin, Kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
A RAILROAD
To BE Built from Corvallis to the
Alsea Country.

If all plans work out, Corvallis
will soon have another railroad The
initial shipment of rails for the track
is expected to arrive by tonights
freight. 1t consists of four cars,
and 1t is to be followed by an addi-
tional six cars to be transferred in
Portland today.
Fifteen miles of rail are enroute.
Surveyors are now at work locating
the line. They have been in the field
on preliminary surveys and other
wise for four weeks.
The road is to run from Corvallis
along the foothills via Muddy and
Bellfountain and thence to the head
waters of the Alsea river. 1t passes
then to Blachly postofflce in the Lake
Creek country on the headwaters Of
the Siuslaw, and will be 3S miles in
length. The promoters announce
that work will begin as soon as the
right OF way is secured, and the line
finally located. 1t is to be standard
guage, and the section to- the head
of the Alsea, which is expected to be
completed and in operation this fall,
is estimated to cost $225,000 or
about $4,000 a mile.
The promoter of the road Is
stephen Carver. He built the line
from Ontario to Vale, in eastern Ore
gon, 16 miles in length. He bought
the Medford and Crater Lake road
at the first sale, and bought rails to
complete that line.
Corvallis and adjoining country
have already raised $4,000, to be
taken in stock.
The phenomenal part of the incl
dent is that all the work was done
without the facts becoming public.
The work was almost wholly in
secret, except where publicity was
obviously necessary. The matter
was handled through the CONNER
cial club, with the following general
committee, A. ]. Johnson, Virgil Il.
Waters, DR.. Withycombe, j. r. Smith
and w. d. DeVarney.-Times.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
Dead Baby Receivers.

Doctors sometimes disagree, as
was illustrated in the case of little
Robert Harding, infant son OF an
iron worker of the same name living
on Eighty-fourth street, New York.
Young Robert, fifteen months old,
was pronounced dead by one physi-
clan; another brought the baby back
to life.
Little Bob" was held in his
fathers arms at dinner table. Be-
ing of an inquisitive nature, he de-
cided to taste some of the steak
which his father was eating. I'm
fortunately, 1t was a bone he placed
ia his baby mouth, and Immediately
fell to the floor. purple and graspins
for breath.
Grabbing the infant, the father
ran with him down the street, carry
ing the babe by the legs, head down
ward. A crowd gathered at the
mans heels. retarding his progress
and crying, Hang him! He's cut the
baby's throat" Escaping his en-
ragged pursuers only after some difii-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
Abraham Lincoln

was a man who, against all Odds,
attained the highest honor a man
can get In the United States. Bal
lard's Horehound Syrup has attained
a place. never equalled by any other
like remedy. It is q sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis. fnfiuen-
"a and all Pulmonary diseases.
Every mother should keep supplied
with this wonderful cough medicine.
Sold by d. ]. Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
WILL RAISE ASSESSMENT.
Lane County Will Tax s. =. Lands
So an Acre.

Assessor B. f. Keeney informs the
Guard that he has decided to double
the assessment on the Southern Pa
cific company's congressional land
in this county this year. Last year
it was assessed on an average of 81
an acre, and this year the average
will be So. Some of the land the
company owns in the county is abso-
lutely worthless, while some of it is
great deal more valuable than $S an
acre, but the assessor concluded the
latter figure would be a good aver
age.
The assessment on the roadbed of
the company's main line will also be
advanced, and the total for the road
bed and rolling stock will be $40, 900
per mile this year instead of $751;
900, as last year. He assessed the
rolling stock last year at $4,000 per
mile and the roadbed at $4,000,
making the total, $4,000 but the
board of equalization cut the assess
ment on the rolling stock down to
$1,000, making a total of $1,000 less
than the assessor did. Nineteen
thousand dollars u mile is what the
road is assessed at in Douglas, Linn
and other counties in western Oregon
as agreed upon at an assessors con-
vention a year ago, and Assessor
Keeney intends to abide by the agree
ment made at that time.
The assessor is now going through
the mortgage records Of the county
and has discovered that the county is
losing a good many thousand dollars
in tax money by property owners not
giving in the credits OF mortgages as
required by law. He intends to as
sess all these credits this year, there
by adding a good sum to the tax col
lections.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22

Guilty. Harding entered the Yorkville
hospital, of which DR.. II. B. Sheffield
is medical director, and cried for g
physician. The first surgeon to APP
pear, gazing upon the black face and
limp body, pronounced the infant
dead. In response to the matron's
call DR.. Benjamin Freudenfall then
appeared upon the scene. He stuck
his finger down little Roberts throat
and felt piece of bone, which he
later extracted with pair of forceps.
Oxygen was then administered and
the baby soon recovered.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22

tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from a arrangement of the kidneys and
a cure is obtained quickest by a proper
treatment of the kidneys. If you are feel
ing badly you can make no mistake by
taking DR.. Kilmers Swamp-Root, the
great kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
1t corrects inability to hold urine and
scalding pain i'll passing it, aud over
comes that unpleasant necessity of being
compelled to go often through the day,
and to get up many times during the
night. The mild and the extraordinary
effect of Swamp-Root is soon realized.
1t stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant TO take and is
sold by all druggists i'll fifty-cent and
one-dollar size bottles. You may have a
sample bottle of this wonderful new dis
covery and book that tells all about il,
both sent free by mail. Address, DIR. Kill
mer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. When
writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, Swamp
Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the
address, Binghamton, N. ", on every
bottle.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
Special Eastern Excursion rates.

May 20. 21. June 6, 7. s. July g.
4, 5, August s. 8, 10, September H.
l2, IS. To Chicago and return,
s7s.15. st. Louis and return, s6s.1b
ST. Paul and return, Omaha, Council
Bluffs, Sioux City. st. Joe, Kansas
City and return $61.65.
VIM. M'MURRAY.
6-2f-tf Gen. Pas. Agt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-07-22
Take the Postmaster's Word for It.

Mr.. F. M. Hamilton, postmaster
at Cherrycale. Ind, keeps also a
stock OF general merchandise and
patent medicines. He says: Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diar-
rhoea Remedy is standard here in It's
line. 1t never fails to give satisfac-
ton and we could hardly AFFORD TO
be without It," For sale by DR..
Stones Drug Store.