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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07
WHAT TIKI PEOPLE ARE GOING
10 EVENTUALLY DEMAND.

Sooner or later cities like North
Yakima will demand something better
IN the way of municipal government
than IL afforded by the present system.
This rs no reelection on the present
council or other bodies that make MP
the governing power. They are Just
rs good il not better than the aver
age has been for years. But il is be-
ing pretty generally CONCEDED that the
running Of city is purely a business
proposition and must be So consider
ed. unless confusion. exhGrbitant tax
alton aod increasing Indebtedness pc
suits.
There is hardly IA member of the
present council. who. if given the job
OF running the city. could not perform
his task more satisfactory than the
entire body taken together. This has
been proven beyond question whore
authority to conduct the affairs of
cities has been delegated to asma.l
number of men. amply paid and upon
whom the responsible duty rests.
Giving their entire attention to the
business In hand. they are indepcnI
ent OF political considerations and en-
ueaVOr 10 make the same record to
hold their places as does the compc-
tent secretary or president OF pri-
vate corporation.
The new idea in municipal govern
ment /. spreading. When the coun-
try at large first began TO he interest
ed in the subject. il was necessary to
look to Galveston. where the idea or
iginated. Tor presidents. Dies Moines
was next to follow Galveston, hut
since then several cities have seen the
wisdom Of the new way. and have
adopted 1T. AS is known. los Angeles
is considering it. aud the latest Cali
fornia city to take up the idea is Berk-
eley The common desire is to con-
-centrate the city government, make il
more like a business organization. to
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07

the end that It may the better trans
act the business of the people of the
city. and make 1t more responsible
and responsive to the people.
In the Berkeley case an entire new
charter has been framed for adoption
the CITY so far having been governed
by the regular town charter prescrib-
ed by the general California laws, The
president of the board of freeholders
| which prepared thu draft Is Prof.
William Carey Jones head of the de-
par,ment of Jurisprudence at the Uni
versity of California, and one of the
mem bers of the board is Benjamin Idc
Wheeler, president Of that institution.
Another member is man who has
been active in improvement club work
in the university town.
This new Berkeley charter contains
all the modern ideas. Under 1t the
municipai government will be placed
in the hands of a small number of
responsible officials. 1t provides that
the elective officers shall be mayor
an auditor. four councilmcn and four
school directors. That is all. The
council shall consist of the mayor
and four counciImen, and the board
of cducation shall consist of four
school directors and the council who
shall be appointed commissioner of
finance and revenue, This plan binds
the council and board of education to-
gcther.
Under this charter the municipal
government will be divided into four
departments: department of finance
and revenue: department of public
health and safety: department Of pub
lie works: and department of public
supplies: while the mayor is specially
charged with the general supervision
of all public utility companies
The new Berkeley charter goes to
the fullest possible length to provide
for non-partisan elections. Ii pro-
vidcs fo" nominations by petition. and
the form of petition Is most carefully
prescribed. This petition is not to be
Il document to be circulated and sigh
ed on a single sheet as is the common
practice. Each signature must be on
a separate sheet of paper, and must
be sent separately to the city clerk,
and the signatures mus. be verified by
that official. Furtherm ore. it is pro-
videO that within Il certain period.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07
ARE
NOW ON FILE
Of LANDS ENTITLED TO WATER
Exclamation Office Hus Basis TO.
Water Applications TO land rndcr
the .5unnysidc Project.

plats have been received ut the
United States land office here, accord
ing to an announcement made by Reg
lister Saint Thursday, OF the lands
which will be placed under irrigation
from the Sunnysidc project in 1899
and subsequent seasons, These plats
are filed as a basis for applications,
for water rights for irrigablc areas OF
private lands. Lands which will be
placed under irrigation from the sun
nySiG" project this Year and in sub
Scquent seasons are. aS hitherto an
nounccd, sections II, go; II, q; 10.
p; 10, 90; 10, %; 9. 20; >, IS; 5. -:
and 9, "a. Water Is to be furnished
for that portion of the land shown or
the list on file in the land office, land
which has hitherto received water and
is now in cultivation. Water for the
remainder OF the irrigable portion
will be prOcurable from time to tirie
as announced. Water right appiica-
tons may be made for the irrigahlr
areas shown on the piats.
Charges Are Announced.
Charges as announced in the latest
circular from Washington will be So
per acre of the irrigablc land for the
BUILDING of the system. payable in 10
annual irstalnents. and for operation
and maintenance minimum charge
at present and according Ia rates, at
later date, the rates to b" fixed af-
ter data has been procured. For the
present the charge will be 80 cents
per acre for operation and maintc-
nance for irrigablc land for which wa
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07

Williams Indian Pile Ointment
will cure blind. bleeding ard itching
piles. 1t absorbs the tumors, allays
itching at once, acts as q nOultice
gives instant relief Williams In
dian Pile Ointment is prepared for
piles and itching of the privare
parts. Sold by druggists. mail SOC
and 500. Williams Mfg. Co.,
Props, Cleveland, o. For sale by
Fred l.. .Ianeck e O "
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07

The Yakima Roslyn Coal company
has sold its retail business in North
Yakima to Charles s. HUFF and L. t..
DeKay. MIR. HUFF is a well known citi-
zen and Mr.. Dekay IS n member Of
the firm OF Hughes & DeKay. Mr..
Huff has had IS years experience in
the coal business and will manage the
local office. They will handle the
Rose Land company coal exclusively.
Mr.. HUFF had deal on for n place
west of the city but has decided that
North Yakima is good enough for
him and has concluded to stay here
He was with the Western Fuel COM
pany Of Butte for Is years.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07

ter is ready whether the water is used
or not. No water will be furnished
until the first instalment of operat-
ing and maintenance charges has been
paid. Failure to make any two pay
mcnts may result in cancellation of
granted rights.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-04-07

Sick headache. constipation and
biliousness are relieved by Rings
Little Liver Pills. They cleanse the
system. Do not grippe. Price csc.
Sold by c. w. Camp.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
Observation-Disclosures

John K. Richardson, of Gerlane,
and Mrs. Martha A. Richardson, of
this city, were united in marriage
by Rev. w. T. Danner at the M. E.
parsonage at $50 Wednesday even
ing.
Neither groom nor bride needs
any formal introduction to our
readers in this city and the sur
rounding country. Mr.. Richardson
made his home for several years
with his i'll brother and family in
this city and before and after the
death of DR.. Richardson devoted
Cnuch of his time an ! means to the
comfort of Mrs. Richardson and her
daughters.
Since he has engaged in the mer-
camille business at Gerlane he met
with uncommon success in bust
ness way and all that was lacking
for his happiness was congenial
helpmate, to share his love and re-
spect and his prosperity. Mrs
Richardson is an accomplished
lady. She is a fine musician and
has many other accomplishment
to make a home beautiful and
happy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson have
the we'll wishes of host of friend:
in this city and elsewhere on theil
matrimonial union. Their home
will be at Gerlane.-Kiowa News
Review.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
School Land Contest

The first contest over school land
in Barber county, under the new
law, occupied the attentioni oi
Judge Garrison yesterday. Ernest
Cole and Asa Reeves of Eagle
township are .contending for the
same quarter. Each has made his
Improvements and each had his
witnesses in court to prove his side
of the case.
The contest was still on when
this paper went on the press and
there is no telling where it will end
but it is safe to predict that it will
go to higher courts regardless of
Judge Garrison's decision. 1t will
be found when it is ali over, also,
that Judge Garrison's decision will
stand, for in matters coming before
his court he is as we'll or better
posted than even your supreme
judges.
MIR. Cole is represented bv At
torneys S. |. Field and Samuel
Griffin. Mr.. Reeves is represented
by G.. M. Martin.
The land in controversy may be
worth the price of the litigation
but it is doubtful.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
The Robber Umpire

Every baseball fan can read this
from the Junction City Sentinel
with a lot ofproht. This is a sea-
son of the year when that great
American institution, the umpire,
is getting his, and take it from
any follower of the national game,
it is coming to him. Only few
weeks ago the editor of tie Senti-
mel overheard a conversation be-
tween one of the most noted base
ball managers of the West and an
ambitious young umpire. The
young umpire was desirous that
the manager boost him for a job in
faster company. Il am a good
UMPIRE" he said. The manager
looked at him in disgust for a mo-
ment and then replied: "There
are no good umpires. l have been
in baseball twenty years and new
er saw good umpire" That re-
mark forcibly illustrates the atti-
tude of both players and public
toward the arbitrator of the game.
Baseball crowds may tolerate an
umpire when the home team is
winning, but the country over,
home crowds invariably view the
umpire as rotten when the home
team is losing. And this rule ap-
plies not only to the grown-ups,
but to the boys on the lots as we'll,
as is shown by the following story
which the writer one time heard
told by Webb McNall, the distin-
guiShed Smith county man who is
well known the state over. Nc
Nall has several sons. One Satur-
day forenoon they notified their
father that their ball club was to
play game at neighboring town
IN the afternoon and asked his per-
mission to go along. The permis,
sion was granted. The boys re-
turned home in the evening, Just
before supper time. The family
sat down to the table and started
to eating supper. The boys said
absolutely nothing of the ball
game. Supper finished, Webb and
the boys were doing chores about
the barn. Finally Webb said:
"Well, the umpire robbed you,
didn'the?' eyes, he did," respond
ee the boys in INDIGNANT chorus,
"He is a rotten robber.'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
New Townsite Opened Near Kiowa

The townsite of Hardtner, ten
miles west of Kiowa which has lust
been started, is now open for de-
velopment, and the owner of the
tract of land on which the town is
starting, Jacob Achenbach, will in
a day or two turn over all the lots
except a few that he reserved for
his own use, to the Kiowa, Hardt-
ner and Pacific Railroad company,
of which he is vice-president. AL
ready a number of lots have been
contracted for by men who will
build business houses on them, and
a number of residence lots have al
so been chosen and the work of
construction will begin as soon as
the material can be placed on the
ground. An elevator, one or two
lumber and coal yards and bank
are already assured. The Kiowa
Hardtner and Pacific railroad will
be extended to the new to wa at
once, the grading contracts having
been let, and the Company will
build stock yards as soon as the
line is completed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
"CoI., . "GeneraI," ETC., Tabooed

Commander H. NJ. Nevius of the
National g. A. R., in his report be-
fore the National Encampment
held at Salt Lake City two weeks
ago, raps the custom OF giving
army titles TO veterans. He
says there is no authofityior it and
he wants it stopped. Hereafter,
therefore, It Will be your duty to
address your friends as plain John,
Bill, Jack or Jim as the case may
be, instead of Col" Capt, !"
"Major' or General.
Commander Nevius says:
have received many letters dur
ing my administration from vari-
Gus Departments, inquiring as to
what was the proper title for De-
partment Commander, or a Post
Commander, or other officers in the
Grand Army of the Republic, as to
whether it should be General,
Colonel. Major or Captain. And
speak of this now because | have
been confused many times by re-
ceiving letters from distinguished
persons and comrades addressing
me as General, and have been very
much embarrassed at different
times in different places by being
introduced as General.
There is no military rank attach
ed to any member Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. The titles
of General, Colonel, Major, ETC.,
are titles which belong to men in
military service. The Rules and
Regulations of the Grand Army of
the Republic wisely provide that
the rank or distinction so necessary
in active service is laid aside in
the Grand Army of the Republic,
and that all are comrades; that the
distinction or names applied to
comrades holding Office is distinct
ly set forth, namely, the Command
erin Chief shall be called the
Commander-in Chief; the Senior
and Junior Vice Commander in
Chief shall be called Senior and
Junior Vice Commander in Chief;
comrades commanding a Depart
ment, Department Commander,
and Senior and Junior Vice Depart.
ment Commander. Comrades
commanding Posts are rightly
named Post Commander, Senior
and Junior Post Commander.
If we would all pay attention to
the Rules and Regulations In this
respect, it would save mach en-
barrassment and confusion.
| earnestly hope that hereafter
all comrades will observe the prop
er names to be given to the com
radeS in accordance with positions
they hold in the Grand Army of
the Republic. Generals as we'll as
drummer boys in active service
have been Commanders Chief
of the Grand Army of the Re-
public.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Cole Nero. Co. have the stock
and are making the prices.
\ c. E. Thompson and wife and
son, Melvin, and w. H. Thompson
returned on Monday from their Wis
it in Salt Lake City. The trip
was pleasant one and the short
vacation was appreciated bv them.
DIR, ]. Harry Gay,th eye special.
ist, will be in Kiowa, September
10th and 18th, and at Medicine
Lodge, Monday and Tuesday, Sep
tember 18th and I4th, at Lake
City, September 18th, and at Shar-
on September 10th. Bring your
eyes.
The Kansas Mail and Breeze
complains that the anti-cigarette
and tobacco law is not being en-
forced, and concludes that the law
was passed without any intention
of enforcing it. The fact remains,
nevertheless, that more boys and
young men are ruined by cigarettes
than all other vices combined. The
"coffin nail cigarette is far more
destructive to boyhood and young
manhood than the open saloon.
-
U. S. Lands and family returned
from the Yellowstone Park and the
exposition at Seattle Saturday.
They were in company of w. H
Harris and family going out and
all had a fine trip. Mr.. Lands
met t. V. Brown and family al
Seattle and reports them enjoying
their vacation very much. Mr.
Brown has not fully decided where
to locate permanently, but he like:
Seattle very much and it is prob
able that he will settle down there
after seeing more of the coast coun.
try.-Kiowa News-RevieW.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
Bootleggers at KioWa

The city of Kiowa is we'll repre-
sented at the county boarding
house this week. On Sunday Mar
shall Bunton Of that city phoned
Sheriff Mathews and County Attor-
ney Field that he made a catch"
and asked them to drive down and
get the bunch.
County Attorney Field went
down in his car and Zeal Johnson
took the sheriff in his. When they
arrived there Marshal Bunton had
FIVE men and one woman under ar
rest-Frank Baker, John F. Steph-
enson, Roy Brannan, George Rick
man and John Wllhite and wife.
A third automobile and driver were
engaged-Luther Benton and his
car-and the party brought the
prisoners to the county Jail, on a
commitment issued by Justice Bu-
chanan of Kiowa.
Each prisoner is charged sepa-
rately. Some are charged with
selling Intoxicating liquor while
Others are additionally charged
with maintaining a nuisance.
The marshal raided a house or
"shack" near the depot when he
made the arrests. He got some
whiskey and beer and fixtures, and
also located some "blind tiger" at
tachments and it is thought the
evidence is complete. The goods,
1T seems, were dispensed through a
hole in the wall and the purchaser
could not see the seller. The house
was fixed up on latest prohibitory-
evading plans and specifications.
One man-Stephenson-is about
IS years of age. He lives at Haz-
elton. He claims that he is not
identified with the gang-that he
merely dropped in to get a drink
when the marshal and his deputies
made the raid. The officers are
inclined to give some credit to his
story and if he does the square
tihng in his testimony it may not
so hard with him.
Mrs. Wilhite was not put in Jail.
She has a babe in arms and Sheriff
Mathews is keeping her in his res
idence.
1t is claimed that this bunch
has been doing business for some
time and their reputation is quite
notorious, not only on the matter
OF "booze" dealing but in extend
ing aid and comfort to other Grim
inals, and Kiowa says it has gone
on long enough.
The preliminary hearing of the
prisoners will be held before Judge
Buchanan at Kiowa today.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

The Cole-Reeves school land
contest brought Eagle township to
the county seat en- masse yester-
day. Competent judges say the
land is hardly worth the per diem,
mileage and lawyers fees.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Mrs. G. R. Taylor is moving
from her farm into the city this
week. She will live in Mrs. Hig-
gins's property on Washington av-
enue east. Mrs. Taylor is keeping
Allen Hers children and comes to
town to give them the advantages
offered by our splendid schools.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
Seed Wheat

Fine Harkoff seed wheat for sale.
Perfectly pure. $I.25 per bushel.
Mary Best,
Medicine Lodge, KS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Come to the Badger at Gerlane
for lumber and all kinds of build
ing material.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
New remnants every day-at

Dwight Mills sells paints, var
nishes and oils that can't be ex-
celled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Frank Illingworth was consider
ably perplexed on his trip to Colo
rado, according to word recently
sent back. Some place along the
road a dealer sold him coal oil in
stead of gasoline and of course his
car refused to go. Frank and
those who were on the trip with
him "tinkered' on the machine a
half day before they discovered
that they had been closed" with
coal oil. We would have trembled
to have been that dealer when
Frank discovered the real cause oil
all his trouble.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Waldron Chase is expected to
drive in with his car from his
Colorado trip any day or hour this
week.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25
Stole A Watch

/ eS.S - N'ANSA
Ray Foster, a young man who
has been working this summer for
B. E. Wadsworth west of this city,
was arrested yesterday morning
charged with stealing Mrs. Wads-
worth's gold watch. He is also
accused of having stolen some
gloves belonging to Mr.. Wadsworth
| and another pair belonging to
another hired man. He is now in
Jail awaiting trial.
Some time ago young Foster
claimed he was robbed in the night
time at Mr.. Wadsworth's home and
his story was given credit and a
kdiligent search was made for the
thief, but it is now thought that
! the alarm given by him at that
time was fake and that he was
merely crying stop thief" to cover
his own tracks.
| The evidence so far is only cir
cumstantial but it is very storng.
He was caught in rooms and other
places without explaining his pres.
ence, and those are the places from
which the articles disappeared.
His preliminary hearing has not
jvet been set.
l. Your dollars go farthest at Coles.
| Let the Badger at Gerlane figure
your lumber bill. Right stuff at
the right price.
| The last half of Prof. Pickett's
hypnotic entertainments last week
"winked out" on account of lack
of subjects. The professor seemed
to have such a power that one
strong lock at the boys, large and
small, made them flint of heart.
! There is one young man in town
who was afraid to venture out of
his room after dark while the Pro-
fessor was IN town.
The city water supply has been
severely taxed during the past sew
eral weeks. One source of lower
ing the supply is at the Santa Fe
depot and the city officers are con-
sidering the advisability of putting
| in large meter there. Under the
present contract the company is
supposed.to supply only three en-
gines daily but most of the time
it has been supplying from FIVE
to twelve and therefore paying too
little. If a meter is installed the
company will be obliged to pay
for all the water it uses and the
resident consumers will be better
protected. Many lawns and trees
. in the city are suffering very much
on account of insufficient water.
i Every person who has made up
1 his mind that there is going to be
no corn IN this vicinity this year is
, invited to come to the Index Office
and see some samples brought in
5 by George Stewart who farms the
, old H. M. Stone place southeast oI
this city. This corn is fully matur.
| Gu dliQ tklC CdlS dLS IkOIll u11lC lLClISs
to a foot long. The stalks meas
ure from ten to twelve feet. Il
this corn has been cut short on &C.
count of the dry weather, and we
suppose it has, we can not imagine
what it would have been in gooc
season.. Mr.. Stewart says he has
I about 90 acres of this kind Cf corn
1t is better than most fields in that
neighborhood because it is on an
{ exceptionally good piece of sol
and it also was well farmed. Mr.
!. Stewart counted the grains on one
. | of the largest ears he has so fal
found and there were oo6 grain:
on it, only four grains less than
what is considered an extfaordi
narily large ear. Don't lose cour
: age too soon. Barber county i.
t@k, - he kr<r<
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

For Sale: New hve-reom house
on N. Main street. Call on or ad-
dTess,E:: L. Taber, Medicine Lodge,
Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

For Sale-Richardson's Messages
and Papers of the Presidents in 10
Vols. indispensable to lawyers and
other public men. May E. Hoss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

For sale cheap: Piano, kitchen
cabinet, side board, book, case,
mantel, large heater, wheat drill
and wagon. Mrs. Hoss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Mrs. Chas. Owen and children of
Wellington are visiting Mr.. Owens
parents, H. Owen and wife, in
this city. They arrived Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-08-25

Here is a small injustice that
should be brought to the attention
of the Railroad Commissioners:
1t costs STA more to go from Med
icine Lodge to Wichita, leaving at
$40 a. M, than it does leaving at
40 D. NJ,