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WAS MURDERED
ON GRAND MESA
A Cloud of Mystery Raised After Many Years
and Dying Man Confesses That He Killed
Fred Thieleman, the Old Hunter, in Septem-
ber, 1883.

DELTA, April 22.-(speciaD-
ter twenty three years of mystery
and darkness a foul deed that oc-
CURED on the top of old Grand Mesa
has at last been cleared up and today
all Delta Is discussing the tragedy
just now brought to light.
Sheriff Gibbs, of this county, this
morning received a letter from a
trained nurse employed in hospital
in Indio, California, conveying the
information that just before he died
Frank G. Barr, "A patient at the hos
pital, called the nurse and other
witnesses to his side and confessed
to the preparation of dark deed on
the lonely Colorado mountain. He
declared that he could not die in
peace until he unburdened his soul of
the knowledge of the crime. He stat
ed that one day in September in
1888 he killed Fred Thieleman, IA
hunter and trapper, known at that
time all over the western slope, at n
camp on the edge of EgglestOn lake,
ON Grand Mesa. He stated that he
shot him through the head, using
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WILL. ANSWER
ON HIGH
Benedict Gimbel, Million.
aire, Beyond Reach
of Human Law
he DIED TO-DAY

NEW YORK, April 22.-CSpecial)
-Benedict Gimbel, the millionaire
merchant prince of Philadelphia
charged with an unnatural crime
against 16-year old Ivor Clark. and
who attempted to commit suicide
on Friday night in the room of an
obscure hotel in Hoboken by opening
the veins of his neck and wrists with
the jagged pieces of water pitcher,
is beyond the reach of human law
and before the bar of the tribune on
high 1t will be proven whether or
not this always highly respected
man. was guilty or innocent of the
terrible crime preferred against him.
This morning before three O'Clock
Mr.. Gimbel. with his wife and two
grown daughters at his bedside, and
the family physician from Philadel-
phla with them. passed from life af-
ter suffering horribly since Friday
night.
The remains will be shipped to
the Philadelphia home and in that
city the interment will take place.
Influential friends Of the deceas-
ed will probe the charges made
against him to the bottom asserting
that they we're blackmail pure and
simple.
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The Daily News, under its new
management, appeared as a morning
newspaper today. The paper Is 8
pages in size and very creditable In
its appearance to the new manage
ment. s. S. Sherman. of Pueblo, is
managing editor and Ray T. Vannet-
tisoh, news editor. Both gentlemen
have had experience in the daily
newspaper business and will undoubt-
less endeavor to fill the field OF a
daily morning paper In Grand June
fion The Sentinel welcomes them
TO the daily field in this city and
wishes them success in their under
taking.
In politics the paper will continue
to be Republican, and anticipates II
will perform all necessary service for
the party. when the necessity arises
for II to express its views.
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81 WILL GET 1T MYSELF"
The Last Words of William Il, Sharp
Before Blown Into Etcr-
nifty Saturday.

Tomorrow morning at the resi-
dence at 42S Chipeta avenue, will
take place the funeral of William e.
sharp, well known mining man, and
superintendent OF the mines of the
Sinbad Mining and Reduction com
pany. who met one of the most hor-
rible deaths on Saturday afternoon at
the distant mining camp in the Sin
bad valley, that ever befell a man.
Saturday afternoon Mr.. Sharp and
his force of workmen were employ
ed in development work at the mines.
Mr.. Sharp placed twelve sticks OF
giant powder on the hood of n black
smiths forge so that it might dry
out as it was damp. Mr.. Sharp had
done such thing scores of times
and It is made a practice In prac-
tically every mining camp In the
west. 1t Is a dangerous piece OF
business but nevertheless is general
" done. 1t is one of those ways in
which man carelessly courts death.
Later in the afternoon Mr.. Sharp
and Frank Bretz, one of the work.
men we're busy In tunnel. Mr.. Sharp
asked Brett to go and get the pow
der. "No, I am afraid of that pow
der and don't believe in drying II
that way" responded Mr.. Bretz. "All
right. I Will get It Myself" respond
ed Mr.. Sharp. He ran to the forge
out of the sight of Mr.. Bretz. few
seconds later Bretz was stunned by
a severe shock and heard an awful
exploslon. He quickly recovered,
knowing what had happened. He
found the forge blown to pieces and
the body of Sharp lying at the edge
oF the dunn. He went to the body
and found life rapidly ebbing away.
without speaking the unfortunate
man died few minutes after the eX-
nlosion. Both hands were complete
iv torn off. his face and chest were
horribly lacerated and his whoie
bodv more or less bruised and mangi-
ed. He had evidently dropped one
stick of the explosive or badly Jared
It as he picked It up.
The accident happened about tour
o'clock Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. Bretz. started to Grand juno
tion. rs miles away yesterday morn
ing with the remains; reaching here
early this morning.
rndertaker Gourley too charge OF
tho remains and prepared them for
burial The wife was almost prostrat-
ed with grief on hearing the terrible
The deceased was fS years of age.
| and Is. survived by a wife and sever
al grown children none Of the child,
rem being here The deceased had
| resided in Grand Junction amout one
year He was a thoroughly reliable
| straiehtforyyard honest man and was
well liked and respected.
He was a splendid mining foreman
and was held in high regard by the
companv. He was n warm personal
friend Of Dr.. f F. Eldrlgde, presi-
dent of the company and he is deep
II, erieyed over the tragic death. AS
an appreciation of the man DR.. Ed
1 rjdee viii have the remains laid In
his is private plot on Orchard Mesa
cemetery. TO await the dawning oi
The never ending day. D.,
The funeral services viii be N
charge of Junction Lodge NO. IA
Knights Of Pythias. the deceased be
ing member Of this lodge and or
der
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ODD FELLOWS VS.. RICE

This morning when Judge Shackle
ford opened district court nearly al
of the local attorneys and the mem
bers of the petit Jury were present
The civil cases were called and the
trial of the suit of r. B. Cassells, rep
resenting the Odd Fellows lodge oi
this city. versus p. A. Rice, the lum
ber man, was entered into. A jury
OF six men was selected this morning
and then an adjournment until this
afternoon was taken when the case
was entered into in earnest.
This suit involves the failure oi
the firm OF Mowrey & Kline to carry
out their contract of erecting the
odd Fellows hall. and a lien which
Mr. Rice had on the brick that Now.
rev was to use in the building anc
which lien Mr.. Rice foreclosed.
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a double barreled shot gun, killing
Thielman as he sat in his little tent
After taking what valuables Thiel
man had he fed from the mountain
leaving the dead man in the camp
Thielman and Barr were friends and
Were hunting together on Grand Mess
and becoming infuriated at his part.
ner Barr killed him.
The finding of the dead body OF
Thielman some days after he was
killed is matter of local history
The coroners jury returned verdict
to the effect that Thielman had evi.
IDENTIFY met death accidentally, as II
was generally believed he had died
by the accidental discharge of his
gun which lay beside the body when
found.
Years ago the affair was forgot.
ten. Barr left the country and he
never was suspected of killing Thiel.
man. The latter was known in Del
Ia, Montrose and other counties for
years and was one of the first settlers
of western Colorado.
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VETERAN MAHANEY AT REST

No funeral in Mesa county in years
has been marked by cuch large At
tendance as that OF A. d. Mahaney
pioneer of Mesa county and veteran
of the civil war, which took place
yesterday afternoon in Fruita, the
home of the deceased. The services
wre held at the Fruita church which
could not hold all who desired to
pay respect to the memory of the de-
parted. There were many beautiful
flowers.
More than forty old veterans, Of
the Fruta and Grand Junction corps
honored the memory of their dead
comrade.
The funeral procession from the
church to the cemetery was made VI
of 101 vehicles an evidence of th'
large attendance.
Fitting tribute was paid to thu
high character and splendid worti
of Mr.. Mahaney and the whole loweI
valley sincerely mourns his loss. He
was one of the substantial citizeni
OF the lower valley.
Many people from Grand juno
tion were in attendance.
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THEY WERE POISONED

As a result of the partaking
of some canned salmon for 1
their evening meal yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Merrill
are suffering from ptomaine
poisoning. AT the time 1t was
eaten the salmon appeared per-
fectly fresh and delicious, but
later in the evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Merriel became deathly
sick and we're i'll all through
the night and today. Mr.. Mer-
rill was affected more serious
" than his wife and suffered
intensely. A physician pro-
nounced ptomaine poisoning to
be the trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill are
greatly improved today but the
former is unable to be at work.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Brown,
who left for the west last
night partook of the same
meal and each was slightly i'll
when they left the city but 1t
was not thought at the time
that poisoning was the cause.
There have been several cases
of ptomaine poisoning in the
city lately.
n n n n a a a a a a q q
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LOCKOUT ENDS

GOLDFIELD, Nevada, April ga
(SpeciaI) THE Goldfield lockout, af-
ter being in effect Al days, has been
settled as a result of the ratification
of an agreement between the mine
owners and the miners made this
morning at an open air meeting at
tended by over 1000 miners. The
vote to accept the terms of the mine
owners was almost unanimous.
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lanes McKlnnie, who

James McKlnnie. who with a bro
ther took a trip to Cuba in the early
part of the year, has returned to re
sume his duties with the sugar fac
tory. Jimmie says that he had a
splendid time i'm making his investl-
cations of the sugar industry In CUBA
and combined business with a large
degree of pleasure. He spent some
time in Havana and visited Mantah-
zas ON the opposlte side of the island.
Going he went by the way of New
Orleans and returning he landed In
Florida at Key West. In going or
coming neither he nor brother were
siclf at anv time. although he says
n was only by the greatest effort on
his part that he kept from being sick
on his return trip.
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1T LOOKS VERY SERIOUS

The situation today regarding the
threatened strike of the Denver and
Rio Grandc trainmen, is very favor
able for the. men going out. The mat
ter Is the sole topic of discussion
among railroaod men. II is said that
the Indications are that the votes
on the proposition will he overwhelm-
ingIy in favor of the men going our
unless the officials meet their terms
af once
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LUTHER WHITE TO MARRY

This morning Luther E. White and
Miss Rosena Kensinger, both of this
city. we're ganted a license to wed
and II is reported that the ceremony
will be solemnized tonight. The
Young lady Is very attractive. Mr.
White is connected with the Grand
Junction Seed and Nursery company.
and has grown TO manhood in Grand
Junction. There are many friends
TO wish them happiness.
The daily sentinel., 1907-04-22

C. e. Goodin. route agent for the
Wells Fargo Express company. is in
town checking in r. C. Kyle and
checking out w. j. Burch. as local
agent. As announced some days age
Mr.. Burch retires only for short
time.
LosT-A gold headed umbrella Re
turn to this office.
WANTED-Competent girl Tor gen
erai housework. Apply at this of
flee. fI-1
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PALIsADE COUPLE TO MARRY

Charles L. Ford. and Miss Mabe
McCool, prominent young people o'
Palisade secured a license to marry
today and will be united tonight a
the brides home. The bride is eX
tremely pretty.
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l.. Croft. of Walnut Grove was an
arrival in the city Saturday ana VIII
become Interested with his uncle ~
some of the orchard lands OF thls
effr~
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Rev. ]. e. Weir leaves tomorrow
morning for salida to attend the ses,
lion Ton of the Gunnison Presbytery, OF
a. presbvterian church. He will re-
tnTn home about Friday.
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Owing to the inclement weather
Saturday. the special sale on lawn
mowers will he continued throughout
this week at Schmidts hardware
stnra
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RAN AGROUND

TOXIC. April 22.-(sPeeial -, !,
The Pacific mail steamer "MonsoIia soaas,
ran aground OF the japanese ,eosJ eoad'
today. All passengers were sa'eu
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HE is READY

los ANGELES. Cal. April ~
fsneciaD J. Jeffries anhoun- l
ces that he will meet Squires %nen ~
ever that pugilist has defeated 1me
other heavyweights Of this couhtlS
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BIG THEFT

SALT LAKE, April 22.-(Spec-
iaD- Fifteen thousand dollaIs I,s
worth of diamonds and saw IN ',l.. Jesii
was stolen from the pig jeNe''
house of John Baynes last Night
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It will pay You to take advantage
of the snecial sale on Lawn mowers
at schmidt and Sons hardware store,
this week only.
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George E. Haskell returned snday
from a short business trip 10 Den
yer OF several days duration
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n II. castle. of Delta. is in the city
on a short business trip.
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Mr.. and Mrs. John Mauver, of Lake
civ are visiting with friends here.
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p A. Lille, of Akron. Iowa. was an
arrival last night.
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E. w. Jordan is down today from
Palisade.
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DAMAGE

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!. DENVER, April 22.-(spec- 4
!. iaD-From all fruit sections :.
!. of Colorado reports have been I
!. received regarding the damage ::
{. done to fruit by the frosts and :.
!. freezing temperatures. A re- I
I, view of these reports indicates :.
= that the damage in no section :.
Z has been. very extensive, out :.
= side of Ffemont county which =
4. suffered frightfully. In the =
!. Montrose. Delta. Paonia, Grand :.
[. Junction. and other districts 4
!. the crops were more or less 4
= damaged but from no section Z
!. is a total loss reported. ::
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No. was several hours late this
morning.
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CAPTURED HIM

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z ,eoiei, -" oakley Thorne' {
& & Millionaire o1Pfoinli president Of the the (; (;
< < Trust 1,ui,t company of America. and {
< IS 9 employees OF the concern ] {
< < tmrs tu,s m of William c. Douglass {
< < assistant ASST loan agent of the con con. s
z z esTlS'% esTn who some time ago stole Z Z
< s95o 600 worth of Chicago, =
x Rock island and Pacific seeur- :
x tiles negotiable anywhere.
< Douglass made full eontes-
a sion this piNnine' 2
;
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A MORNING PAPER

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rie. o. T., Is deemed necessary for
sanitary purposes and Che same Is
hereby created. Said district 10 be
composed OF the following blocks, to-
wits Blocks numbered rs. "a. %. ~
and n. IN that subdivision of the city
Of Guthrie known a. East Gpthrie, and
bounded as follows. to-wit. From the
center OF Broad street on the west to
the center u Walnut street on the
east. and from the center of Springer
avenue on the north TO the center of
Perkins avenue on the south
Sec 2 That lateral sewer is
hereby ordered constructed in said
district beginning at the lamp-hole in
block GO. East Guthrie, said sewer TO
run south TO the center of block IS.
East Guthrie thenco east through
blocks 75, "A. 73. AZ aud a. East
Guthrie Said sewer to be construct
ed OF eight 90 inch wtriiied tile pipe.
Sec 3. That the city engineer be
and he Is hereby instructed 20 prepare
sections, pr0hles ana specifications Of
such lat ul sewer and submit the
game TO -he mayor and city council
together with the complete estimate
OF the costs Of the same az rs next
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a vote OF 81 to 70, passed over the
veto of Mayor Dunno the ordinances
granting twentyfour franchises to
the present street railway companies
OF Chicago The ordinances will be-
come valid. if ratified by referendum
vote at Tuesdays election, thus set
tling finally the street car franchise
question. which has been foremost
subject in Chicago for ten years.
Under the ordinances franchises
are to be granted for twenty years
to the Chi,ago City r5ilway and the
Union Traction companies. The com
panies are to give Universal transfers
on through routes and d setter service
for a cent fare The lines are to
be rehabilitated under the direction
of the city at a cost of $40.000,0o0
The city, on six months notice, may
buy the lines for $4,000, eco plus the
cost of rebuilding. While the compa-
nies operate the lines they are TO pay
the city So per cent Of the net in.
come.
Mayor Dunno, having easily defeat
ed former Mayor Carter Harrison in
the primaries, is standing for reelec-
llOt Olt lUt utitiOeinAi' Al1N'AF Ahi"
opponent on the republican ticket is
Frederick A. Busse, postmaster OF
Chicago, former state treasurer and
q politician of recognized ability. The
Hearst element has fallen into line
in support of Mayor Danne, but as
tute observers do not expect this ele-
ment to cut so much Of a figure in
the result as was predicted earlier
IN the campaign
The republican platform approves
In strongest terms the traction ordi-
nances as passed by the city coun-
Gil. The platform Declares that
with growing indignation but pa
tient firmness the people have endur.
ed inadequate service and submitted
to fagrant disregard of their conven-
lence and comfort By traction com
panies, and adds that the traction or
dinances make at least possible a
settlement which will end this condi-
ton
The Dsmocratic platform demands
the defeat of the traction ordinances
at the polls and immediate condemna-
ton of the street car properties by
the .ity for the purpose of immediate
WUNlfipdl OWutIHiiD anu bpci dlich'
Pending condemnation proceedings i'm
the courts there are to be no further
dealings with the traction companies,
except for the purpose of temporary
occupancy of the streets under revoc'
able licenses. The platform declares
that there must be no granting Of
franchises to "Wall street stock job
bers." The party aud candidates arc
unalterably pledged to municipal
ownership and the principle of the
| referendum.
Today there are the usual demon.
stration of confidence by the cam
paign leaders of both sides, although
each pleads with its supporters not
TO make the mistake of undertaking
the strength of its opponents. whose
respective iniquities are set forth in
| language showing the bitterness and
intensity of the contest.
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REGULAR
SPRING
ELECTIONS
TAKR PLACE TO NOR
ROW IN CITIES OF
MANY STATES
CHICAGO TONR UP
WITH WARM FIGHT
Traction Question is Again
the Burning Issue Be.
fore the Voters
CBy Associated pr~ss)

CHcago, Apri, l.-During the COM
ing week the regular spring elections
are to be held throughout large
section of the middle west Munich
pal officers will be chosen in a major
ity of the cities of Illinois. Michigan,
Wisconsin. Missouri, Kansas, Nebras-
ka and oklahoma and a number of
other states.
Tuesday is the day for the balloting
In all the states except Michigan,
which votes on Monday, In addition
to the local elections. Michigan is to
vote for members of the supreme
court, regents OF the STATE university
and a member of the state board OF
education. Unless precedent is up
set. the regular republican candidates
for these state offices will nave lit.
tie difficulty in winning out. In the
fifth congressional district of Michi-
gan primary election will be held
Monday to nominate a candidte to I'll
the vacancy resulting from the elec-
tIon of William Alden Smith as
United states senator The man who
appears to have the best chance of
succeeding to Mr.. Smiths seat in
congress is Gerrit J. Diekma, proml-
nent lawyer and politician of Holland
Mr.. Diskema has served for a num-
ber of years as chairman of the re-
publican state committee. He was
also member OF the Spanish Treaty
Claims commission.
In some of the larger cities which
hold elections next Tuesday the Is
sues are political, though in nearly
every instance local matters are so
thoroughly mixed in that II can hard
ly be called a straight political fight
In the smaller cities everywhere the
question is almost universally prohi.
bition and reform. Here and there
the contests have some bearing on
state and national politics and also
on factional interests in both parties
The municipal machinery in some OF
the larger cities win naturally have
great inilusn.e in the selection OF
delegates to the state CONVENTIONS
naxt year. and In these cities the par
ty leaders are conducting aggressive
canvasses in connection with these
municipal elections.
Chicago voters on Tuesday are tc
decide the fate of the street railway
ordinance The campaign closed
with rousing meetings in every sec
tion of the city, with speechmalSing
parades and fireworks, and has been
the most exciting that Chicago has
ever known.
On February IL the city council, by
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ACTORS SYSTEM
WINS HIM $4,000

Denver. April 1.--Fred Mace. tine
leading man in the Umpire at the
Broadway theatre. made a winning at
roulette and faro Wednesday night
and is S1l 600 10 the good" today.
Mr., Mace played the roulette sys-
TEN known to himself ana Richard
earle, the author of The Tenderfoot.
This Is the system.
play o. 2. IA, %, 30, ord double
each time until you are broke"
When Mr.. Mace started in at the
Navarro last Wednesday night he lost
$25 which was all the money he had
In his clothes. He borrowed $40 from
John Murray. agent of the Lillian
Russell company, and won Sl1 900
The SO bill belongs to the tluckyG
series.
Il was Just getting square" says
Hr. Mace when | was here the last
time / lost about $ll 600, and am sim
ply getting ont even / like the sys-
tenn invented by Carle and myself, and
whenever play always follow II. or
course. il isn't omplete unless you
double each time until you are broke.
But wednesday night / didn't go
broke.
Il don't suppose would have come
out such a heavy winter II they had
not raised the limit Al FIRST they had
s25 limit. but they raised It TO Sl00.
] thought that while ! was winning
might as well win right. SO they put
the limit up 10 Accommodate me.
Il first started In with faro. but
changed 10 roulette and kept at IL uu.
iii / got back All the money lost when
here befOre.
Mr.. Mace was lust climbing out OF
bed al ! o'clock the next day when
asked II he had really made the win
ming he u,rs reported 10 have made.
How did You fnG 4 OUT ne asked
AND before one had time 10 answer he
said. fI1I get in tronbIe for this
Those fellows ibid me 70 say that
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regular meeting or any special meet
ing called for that purpose.
Sec. 4 That when such sections.
profiles and specifications shall have
been filed with the city council rs
aforesaid, the city clerk be and he Is
hereby authorized and instructed to
advertise for bids for the construction
of said lateral sewer and the said ad.
vertisemonts mnst conform TO tho
requirements IN Ordinance No 5S5 en-
titled, AN Ordinance ordering the
construction Of section one OF the
main sewers OF Guthrie, O. IT,, said
bids to be opened IN the presence OF
the city council at its next regular
meeting or al any special meeting
called for that purpose.
Sec. 8. That THIS ordinance shall
TAXI effect and be la force from and
after its passage, approval and pub
licution.
Passed this 2lst day OF March. 1907.
Approved this 2lst day Of March.
1907
JOHN w DUKE.
tSliAI.) Mayor.
Attest; r. sElXAs.
City Clerk