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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-12-05
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The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02

At the meeting of taxpayers last l last night held at Firemen's hall the proposition 10 lease or purchase the
 plants of the Northwest Light and Power Company was riddled by various speakers. While the meeting WAS call ed for the purpose of giving every tax payer sn opportunity 10 express his views there was not a single word ad-
 vanCed in favor Of the proposed lease.
 The opinion Of every one who spoke
 was that the election was being forced upon the taxpayers before they were placed in the possession Of information that would permit them to vote inteIli- gently. Resolutions asking that the election be postponed until the tax payers could secure more information were passed.
 The principal speeches were delivered by F. J. Shaw and J. M. Tanner. Coun. .cilman Shea, one of the water-wOrks ElaAA-4AGG 4IA AlE Nt L-e aAihRN4A~5 Al tho proposed lease, was invited to ap- pear before the meeting to explain its advantages, but he refused to appear,
 Dr.F. C.Norman was chosen as chair man of the meeting and E. J. DohertY, secretary. Dr. Norman said the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the provisions of the pro. posed lease of the Northwest Light & Power COmpany's plants in an inform al manner that more information might be gained and that the voters might thereby act more intelligently. He Invited everybody to speak freely. Frequently, after speeches had been made againsl the proposition, be asked for those who favored it or who under stood the advantages that it was con- tended might be g lined from the lease to speag, but there were DO responses.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02

met iu secret session on Friday after noon and called a special election on a notice of p hours. With a notice of only P hours the people are to go to the polls and decide a question regard ing the expenditure of s25OOO for a plant that 8 great many of them think to be worth only about half the money!
 "As a business proposition to any .buslners man how many of you would take into consideration anything Of this sort? What chance have lthe peO- pie of this town had to investigate this natter They have had no chance to see if the property is worth lhe money it is proposed to pay for it. No en- giueer has certified as to the value of tEe water plant; no engineer has Cer- ufed as t,L the value of the electric light plant. No expert has shown what thor income IS, and the company has not allowed it's books to be seen. l do not see how any thinking man can consider it all in any other light than that Of @ farce.
 Scores N. ". l.. 6 P. Co.
 Personally I know nothing about an electric light plant or a water plant, bu. 1 know something of the company which is proposing to sell this light plant to the city. This same company chat would now hand the city gold brick or something equivalent is the very company which made 1t necessary for this town 10 build its water plant. No enc would have contemplated such a thing if it had not been for the fac
 that the Northwest Light & Power Go. attempted to hold up the city for its fire protection and as Mir Kiehl, the secretary, said when the committee went to them with a proposition: "IJ is not Q question of what Lhe city wants 70 pay for it's hydrant service, it is 8 question Of what we propose to let them have it for" These bluffs were used until the city got to work on its own water system and the pipe began to arrive here, and then Mr, Shepsrd came up here with a lot of offers to take the pipe of our hands and save us 8 lot of expense and other things, but that pipe was laid and the city got It's own water system, and the whole thing was paid for in three years time or less.
 No Information Provided
 Tt appears to me that fl the city coun. ciI were acting in good faith in this mat ter, 1t would give the taxpayers a little more timeaud information as to owhether it were going to buy a reservoir that would hold all the water required, or whether it were going to buy a sieve that would cost thousands of dollars in repairs before it could be made pGrma- nently useful, or if the water were clean and pure or whether filled with filth, vegetable matter and germsr Iif the light plant is in first class condition and up to date, or if it has an engine that is broken down or near fly so, or if its income is s3OO or $7OOr
The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02
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contracts on behalf of the city for the purchase or lease of lighting and power plants, is what sum can be realized from taxation during that year, over and above the present running expens. es Of the town, and If the highest tax that can be assessed upon the present valuation of accessible property, coupl- ed with the sums realized from the license moneys will not, after paying the current expenses Of the city, amount to the proposed contract price of the power or lighting :plsnt, then the council IS with authority to execute such a contract on behalf of the city for The council is without authority to incur greater indC btedness or liabil- ity of any kind in any year than the current revenues of the municipality for that year, in other words, all con- tracts made by the council during any one year must pot involve a sum great CT than the current revenues collect ible during that year.
 Lense uEogals
 "The proposed contract for purchase or lease indicates that the total liability is to be $25,OOO bearing 8 per cent. interest which, of course could not be paid during the year of the execution of the contract, con- .sequeutIy such a contract would be in direct violation of the latter part of section 5 above quoted.
 j. "The council may labor under the impression that 1t has the power to en- ter into such a contract and provide that only such portion of the contract price shall fall due each year as will enable the town to pay the same during that ear without exceeding its power of taxation, but such an interpretation is violation of both the letter and spirit of the statute, for it is immaterial when the payments mature under the contract, the entire obligation is in- cured when the contract Is executed, and the object of the statute is to pre-. vent the council from burdening. the city with an obligation which will have to be taken care of by its successors.
 Personal Liabilities
 "It seems to us that if the law were carefully explained to the council and the limitation of their powers as defined by the the statute brought to their attention, as well as the right of tax payer to have such a contract declared null and void, that they would retain from entering into such 8 contract, particularly since it is probable that all of the couucilmen, who participate iu the execution of such a contract or as sent to the same, might be held PER- SONALLY LIABLE FOR THE CON TRACT PRICE, Tha councilmen are agents for the city; they have such powers as are expressly granted to
The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02
Meeting of citizens protest against holding election until more information is had as to the value of Northwest Light & Power Companys plants what it would cost to repair them, what is their income and other informatiOn-=Hot speeches made and all in opposition

or if it has any income at all. For the council to simply ask the people to go next Monday and vote on what coun- cilmen say is all right on their bare
 words, not backed up by expert opinion, ia apreposterous. "
 Illegal and UouuoiImon P8r5onnIIy Responsible
 Mr. Shaw then cOntended that the ! proposed lease and purchase is illegal and that the city councilmen signing it would be personally responsible for the rental price. In support of this he read ! the following: ...
 | Opinion of ShGolElr ford & Lyons, Of JuuOnu
 "COncerning the intention of the com mon council of the city of skagway to l purchase the plant and equipment Of She Northwest Light & Power Com pany for the sum of S25,OOO or to lease the plant with option of purchase,
 Ut is our opinion that the Common Conncil is without authority to make any such contract in behalf Of the City of Seattle. Section 5 of an act entitled, An Act to codify the laws relating to the municipal corporations in the Dis Jrict of Alaska enacted by congress 1 in t9O4, reads as foIlo8s:' That the common council may exercise other powers by ordinance or resolution, but no diuaucs or resolution shall be valid unless adopted by a vote of four members Of the council, at a meeting where not jess than i've members are 1 present. The council shall have no authority to issue bonds or incur any bonded indebtedness, nor shall they have authority to incur a greater indebtedness or liability of any kind in any year than the current revenues for . that year. and paragraph 9 Of section | 3 of the same Act provides among other ! things, That the common council council shall have power to assess and collect a general tax for school and municipal purposes not to exceed 1.-two per centum of the assessed valuation upon real and personal property etc, Paragraph 8 Of the same Act is as fol- flows: The council shall have power TO provide for fire protection, water supply, wharf, public health and police protection and the relief Of the de5ti- tuLe and irdigent.' A car,ful consider ation OI the foregoing portions Of the statute wlll enable one to determine
 whether or not the common council has the power to enter into a contract for the purchase or lease of Q lighting
 plant which will finally cost S2S,O0O
 The council under the laws has no power to levy an assessment in excess of two per centum of the assessed valu-
 aJiOn of all the property within the
 corporate limits, and the council lis
 without power to contract for any in- Idebtedness unless the sams can be ipaid during the year of the contract out of
 the moneys realized during that year from the collection of taxes, also from
 whatever 1t receives from license
 moneys collected from liquor dealers
 anl othes licensed business within the
 corporate limits.
 "The first question for the council to
 decide, when endeavoring to ascertain l its power concerning the execution of
The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02
PREMATURE SAYS
 f. J. SHAW

F. J. Shaw spoke, in part as follows:
 ."As I understand the question, 1t is proposed to submit tO all the taxpayers on Monday next the proposition as to whether the council shall lease for 8 period, or rather lease with 8 prospect of buying, the property, rights, etc., of the Northwest Light x Power Co.,, the first payment to be 8sO0O, the second would be S5OOO and so on until the full price had beel paid when the property would be delivered.
 "I noticed in this evenings paper a copy of the contemplated lease. It seems to me if the council were really sincere in itsdesire to getan expression of the opinion or the taxpayers of this town on a question Of such moment and and involving such a large amount of money, more time should be given the people 10 consider the question and scme authoritative estimate Of the val. uaCiOu and the income of the property should be presented further than wha. has been given by the council, which
The daily Alaskan., 1907-06-02

CContinued on Page 2.)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
VICTIM Of MANY
GREAT SORROWS
PIERCE GulNNE, WELL KNOWN
NEGRO, GOES INSANE AS,
RESULT OF HIS TROUBLE.

| The troubles of life have conquered
poor Pierce Guinne, well known
NEGRO of Cairo, aged GO years, who
was adjudged insane yesterday by {
commission composed of DR.. Samlie
Dodds and Dr. Henry A. Davis.
Guinne was very violent and the
sheriff was obliged to use handouts
to prevent him from injuring himself
Tor others On the trip 10 the Anna
hospital last evening.
Guinness insanity is due to family
troubles and the physicians report Of
his case sounded as it all the contents
of Pandora's box had escaped and set
tied upon Guinne.
Two Of his daughters. Mrs. Ethel
Pluck and Mrs. Maggie Robinson, are
insane and are confined in the hos
pital at Anna. one of his sons was shot
and Killed, one of his grandchildren
was burned TO death, another was
drowned and his house was destroyed
by fire, Guinness mind gave way I'M
der the strain and he is hopelessly
insane. He was man of good habits
and the case is an unusually sad one
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPER.
ANcE UNION TO HOLD lNSTi-
TuTES IN ALEXANDER
AND PULASKI couN.
TIES.
IN CAIRO JUNE I4-I5
Gold Medal Contest VIII Be a Feature
Of Institute at GoIconda--Six
Counties viii Be Rep.
resented.

The w. G. r. y. of Alexander, Pu
laski Pope. Massac, Hardin and John
son counties will hold an institute at
Golconda. June 4 and 3.
One Of the features of the meet.
ing will be gold medal contest, one
contestant from Cairo, Willard,
Mounds and Olmstead. two from Pu-
laslSi and four from Golconda heing
scheduled to take part.
Miss Helen Doughsr ty, of Cairo,
Will sing at the sessions Non
both days and also at Metropolis.
Rev. Mary T.. kuhl. state president
of the w. C. T. u. Miss Bertha Boys
a graduate of the Columbia School
Of Oratory at Chicago Mrs George
of Cairo. district W. c.
7. T. superintendent of the six coun-
ties mentioned and Mrs Grace Ath-
erton, superintendent of the Alexan.
Ter county w. G. r. IT,, will conduct
he institute and have arranged to
lold similar exercises at other points
IS follows: Metropolis June 9Th;
Ioppa 18th and Sth; Mound City 9th;
Mounds, 10th; Pulaski, 18th; Villa
Ridge, 18th; Ullh, l3th; Cairo, 14th
md 18th; OlmsIead. 10th; Unity 18th
md 18th.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
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! uHARL1sToN. NO. 4
; :
May II. 1907.

The track team of the Charleston
High school disbanded Monday morn
ing, but before doing so. cleo ed Muir
lay Hequembonrg to captain the team
|of 1908. Hequembourg was the win.
nei OF the loving cup presented at the
cape Gifardeau meet TO the best all
around athlete, and it is reasonably
sure that the track team OF next year
under such able guidance. will equal.
u NOT surpass, the great work done
by the team this year. Paul Wharry
was elected manager of the Athletic
association.
Some little excitement was caused
OH South Main street Friday morning
by horse jerking down the big sign
In front of the Griffith Shaving Par
Tors. Several people seated near by
escaped injuries only by beating a
hasty retreat from the scene.
The High School baseball team de-
feated the Charleston nine by score
OF to in game at Sportsman
park Thursday afternoon. The game
was played for the purpose of giving
the High school team some practice.
A notice which appeared in the
Charleston papers some time ago to
the effect that the railroad company
was going to pay little attention to
he watermelon traffic this year, were
going to make no additions to the
train schedule, and were not going to
increase the force Of dispatchers, has
been denied by the railroad company
The officials have said that they were
going TO put forth especial efforts to-
ward furnishing adequate service. and
hat the traffic in melons would be
given more attention than usual. This
Information allays great deal of
ceiling which the notice had excited |
lmong the melon raisers, against the !
abroad company and, although the |
acreage of melons threatened to be |
'ery short, the season is very back |
ward and Il is time enough yet for the |
armers to get their usual acreage Of !
Melons planted. Representative e. p.
)eal OF this county, was instrumental
n getting several good laws passed
which will assist the farmers in the
melon district in disposing of their
rop.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
The Sixth Day

Pabst brews beer five days
of the week-the sixth day
is cleaning day.
Tanks, watts, kettles and
pipes are thoroughly cleansed and
steriized. Only pure. filtered
water and scalding steam are used.
Floors, walls and ceilings are
scrubbed and secured. Cleanliness
is absolutely imperative everywhere,
Tor Pabst knows that the only way to
brew clean beer is to keep the brew
eE spotlessly clean.
And one-sixth Of the time Pabst
considers none too much to insure
positive cleanliness in the brewing of
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
MOUND CITY, ILL.,.
s~~~~>~S~~%A~~
May Is. 1907.

May 10, 1907.
"The Tourist Concert compan,
will be at the opera house Frida,
night May cath. After the concer
az the opera house THE Tourists
will play for dance at Firemen'
ball. Tickets 50 cents.
Miss Ethel Webb the Fifth grade
teacher, has returned to her home
near Anna to visit her parents a few
weeks. after which she will attend
chool al Valparaiso.
Mr.. Clyde Richie and wife re
net aome Friday.
d., J A NJ. Gibbs and wife OF
nifty, wee in the city Thursday. at.
ending the chautauqua in the after.
'ocn. the Doctor to be initiated into
lc mysteries of the Eastern Star"
lodge in the evening.
Mr.. l. Connell and wife left Satur-
day noon for Chicago.
Winfield Hillerich is spending Sun
day with his parents.
Joseph S. Mertz. wife. mother and
sister drove TO Cairo Friday after.
noon In the formers machine. The
ladies' did some shopping while there.
Miss Minnie Boyd visited friends In
Mounds Friday.
Walter Walker. Gene Willard and
Floyd yesterday spent Friday even
ing In Cairo.
Mrs. Frank GOA and mother. Mrs.
Titus of Mounds. spent Friday with
Mrs. John Welson.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
BIRDS POINT, MO.
80 $s%F% = %%%p 80 . .
May IL. 1907.


Mr.. and Mrs. James Clair, who have
been visiting friends in Jonesboro
Ark, returned home Monday.
Mrs. l.. A. Prayer who has been
visiting her son and family of Jones.
boro, returned home Sunday.
Some Of the young folks went for a
days sport Sunday. Among those
who enjoyed the outing were Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Smith, Miss Burgess and
Curley Smith, Miss Carrie LEVEL and
Mr.. Eadon, Miss fsssie Smith and
MI George Beard and our genial mef
chant. Joe Williams. All report a
fine time
Mrs Lillian Griggs returned from
Wyatt, Mo-, Wednesday, accompanied
by her sister-iniaw, Miss Lena
Griggs.
Mrs T. A. Austin and Mrs. Starks
were Cairo visitors Tuesday,
Mrs. Holly's sister who has been
her returned to her home at
East Prairie Wednesday.
Mr.. Curley Smith and Miss Bur.
CESS, Miss Essie Smith and Mr..
street visited Cairo Monday. Mr..
Smith left for Dyersburg. Tenn, and
Mss Burgess for her home at Ullin,
Il.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
GUARANTEED LIQUOR CURE.
No Detention From Work or Loss Of
Time-Desire for Drink De-
stroyed by orrine.

When one of our most reliable
druggists makes positive statement
that he will guarantee to cure the
liquor habit If Orrine Is used In &C
cordance with directions or refund
the money It shows his great faith in
the treatment. 1t Is in this way tina;
Orrine is sold by the leading druggist
in nearly every city and town. In
every box is registered guarantee
which entities you to a refund Of
your money II Orriue fails to effect a
cure.
No other cure for the liquor habit
has been sold In this way and the re.
markable guarantee shows how far
superior Orrihe is to the ordinary
sanatorlum or home treatment. There
IS no detention from work or loss of
time when Orrine is used. II de
stroys the desire for liquor. so that
the drink is not missed also cures the
deranged stomach, weakened nerves
and other III effects of excessive
drinking. restoring the patient to per
fecf health.
Orrine is prepared in two forms.
No. I. the secret remedy which can
be usei in food or drink without the
knowledge Ct the patient; No. for
those who take the remedy OF their |
own free will. Both forms are guar |
anteed A registered guarantee in
every box.
Treatise on how TO cure drunken
ness froee on request Orrine Co,
Washing on. D. c. The price of
either fosn is 81 a box making the
cost OF the complete cure less than
one-tenth what it is usually charged
at sanatoriums. with a guarantee
that the expense will be nothing un
less a cure is gained Mail orders
filed.
orrine Is for sale by Paul @. schuh
& Sons.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-19
Menkey showed shr.~sn.,s.

An example of almost human intel
isence was shcwn by q monkey 1t
the Paris 400. As he swung himself
forward to a locker beyond his reach
he noticed that the cord to which he
eiung had knot in It SO be stopped.
uncid the knot. reached the locker
and from a bunch OF KEYS given him
~ his keeper finally selected the
roper one and opened the door.