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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

It. B. Bancroft describes An Audience
The most attractive article in the
Bohemian for February is an account
of The Cartoonists of the Middle
West by Raymond Roy Olson. with
portraits and reproduced cartoons.
The work of George w. Rehse, Ralph
Wilder, E. Donnell, Perry J. Carter, ].
n. Darling and others is described as
significant and popular. The number
contains also an account of How and
Where Tobacco is Crown by Carl
Werner. and there are other special
articles and stories.
with Abraham Lincoln" The fiction
is led by Mrs. Humphry Wards serial,
Marriage la Mode" and there are
six short stories.
The Worlds Work for February is
an unusually good number, several of
its articles being of such substantial
quality as to demand the attention Of
thoughtful readers. Booker T. Wash
ington has significant paper calle1
"A Cheerful Journey Through Missis-
sippi," which is, naturally, an Opt
mistic study of the negro problem
| from the most eminent Of negroes.
"A Farmer Whose Son is Also a
Farmer" is the suggestive caption OF
an article by Edward Berwick. Lieut..
Col. J. H. Patterson describes Hunt
| ing the Rhinoceros and the 2ipEcpo--
| anus in Africa sport wh'ch Is
soon to be taken up by an eminent
statesman-an there is thorough
/ article dealing with The Night Rid
ers," by Edward A. Jones. John d.
/ Rockefeller describes The Diffcult
/ Art of Getting" and there are other
valuable contributions by C. NJ. Keys
10. F. Lewis, Elisha H. Talbot and
others.
Any one who ever spent a week
end at a great fashionable country
estate will appreciate the delicious
humor of Frederic Arnold Hummer
novel "Mr. Buttles,'' published con-
plete in the February Smart Set. Mr.
| Buttles, himself. is the butler o.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Everdun Towers, and conceives and
carries out a scheme for organizing
the upper servants into corporation
and getting the perquisite business
down to fine points. Lord Everdun 5
magnificent home becomes thus mere
ly a splendid hotel. Guests come and
go, enjoy themselves and are politely
fleeced. all unconscious of the corpor-
ate arrangement of which they are
the victims. OF course complicafit rs
arise. and there the naive roguery Of
Buttles stands out as a splendid ckas-
acter study. The story is far above
the average of periodical literature.
The delineation of Buttle's char cter
may almost be said to suggest the
best work of Dickens.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

The Bureau of Statistics estimates
the number and value of farm animals
in the United States on January / as
follows: Horses 2o,64o,Goo, value 81.
974,Ooo,oOo; mules 1858, 900, value
437,0S2,O00; mich COWS 21.720 900
value s702, 5000; other cattle 40.
$4,000, value 1868, 100000; sheep S..
0S4,O0o. value 1912 $50 900; swine 81.
$4,000, value $354,745OoO. Durins
the last year the value of farm animal
has increased $194,029, 600.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

The legislature is wrestling with the
problems how to stop junketing. About
everybody outside the legislature
knows without the expenditure of any
gray matter that the most direct,
prompt and effective way is simply not
to junket
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Four more counties Of Indiana have
voted for local option BY large ma
jorities. This make seven counties
which have voted under the option
law, and all have gone dry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

forces overcomes the other. Mr..
Clews adds that just which will pre-
vail cannot be told at this juncture;
but that it is sufficiently plain that
period of waiting can do little harm;
in fact. may do much good. so long as
the undertone remains as sound as it
now is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Strauss has written an opera
"Elektra" which, it is said. knocks
the socks off "salome" that is, The
Cedar Rapids Gazette explains, IT
would knock them off II salome wore
as much as pair of socks.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

The Minneapolis Tribune has re-
ceived from President-elect Taft an an
swer to its letter asking his opin.
ion of the advantages of public golf
courses, the city of Minneapolis hav-
ing under consideration the purchase
of 600-acre tract for such course.
Mr. Taft says that he regards golf
as a great game, especially for men
over fifty, and that wherever public
courses can be established it will be
In the interest of public health.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Chicago has decided to give up the
teaching Of vertical writing in the
schools and go back to the slanting
penmanship The chanre was brought
about by the refusal of the CONNER.
cial world to employ those using the
vertical system.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

One Of the splendid things about
the Iowa legislature is the marked con-
trast it presents to the Illinois legis-
iature.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
DAILY BY MAIL.

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One year. 500 Four months " "
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Subscribers failing to receive their pa "a
pers promptly will confer iaso'
giving notice of the fact
Address all communica tions 70 NV
THE GATE CITY S s,,n iowa.
No. is, North Sixth St. heoAuh- IOWA
THE GATE CITY is on sale at the ioi-
lowing news stands: 1ohnson
Hotel Keokuk, cor. Third and Jonnsoh'
c. II Rollins & Co. 6ss Main 81
Ward Bros SO Main Street
Depot News Stand.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
keokuk, Iowa. February /, 1909.
A BOY.

A boy-the greatest thing on earth
A dawning life of ma.chless worth;
A problem grave through every age;
Source of wisdom for the sage;
Loyal friend and comrade rare;
At once a JOY and-s despair.
Who seeks with love and gentlest art
Finds treasures rare within ais
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

This 'lossum business leads the New
York World to believe that some
southern dialect expert will get the job
of poet laureate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Train Ne % on the Milwaukee road
has been lost since last Thursd1y. The
number Of the missing train is sugges-
gestive, to say the least.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

The impending war" has thus far
been confined to the yaps and the Japs
and the chances are II will never get
any farther
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
Fatal Auto Accident.

CHICAGO. Jan. 30.-There was one
fatal auto accident today, one man be.
ing killed and one injured on account
of the blizzard here. Telegraph. tele-
phone communication badly crippled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

1t has been well said that quite of.
ten We are the architects of our own
misfortunes.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Thought for the day: Dishonesty is
prsma facie evidence OF short-sighted-
ness.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Don't know what "gargoyle face
Is? Look in your mirror.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
street Car Takes Tumble.

CINCINNATI, Jan. 30.-12 passen-
gers were seriously hur- this morning
by street car plunging over fifty
foot embc ,'-ment. The mo.orman will
die
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

A present ioy-yet. more is he
A glorious hope for years to be.
George Herbert Nelson in the Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01
THE CURRENT MAGAZINES.

Leading articles in Outing Tor feo-
ruary are Along the American Riy-
iera.p by Charles Frederick Holder
.Adventuring tmong the Fills" by
Ralph D. Paine; Gathering Sap IN
the Sugar Bush" by r. R. Sallows; A
second-Clas Trip Into Spain by p.
G. Allen; THE First Families OF Chi
cagop Continued by A. c. LauI'
"Under the Ditch in Texas, by
Emerson Hough: Truck Farming IN
Florida by e. P. Powell, and Inc
Orphan of Sourdough CITY,, story
nv Robert Dunn. The nun. er is ex-
cellently illustrated.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

The Daily Gate City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Perhaps the weightiest article IN
4,a c,rren, number of McClure's Mag,
azine is an excellent appreciation OF
the late Grover Cleveland, the title
being cleveland the Ian me aulii,
ar Is George F. Parker, who enjoyed
the friendIiest relations with the Pres
ident. OF special scientific value 5
work at the Rockefeller Institute.
nv Burton J. Hendricks. and Inc
Scientific solution OF the Liquor PROP
lem" by Henry Smith Williams. "ons
Navy on the Land" Is the title of a
paper BY George Kibbe Turner, an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-02-01

Leading articles in the Review OF
reviews for February include Italy :
Exbausting Emigration" by Waitef
= WE'VE. "The China that Is" by
David Lambuth; Government Solves
the smoke Problem" by John =.
cochrane: SIX Marvel Man and writ
err, BY Joseph B. Glider ana otner
important papers. The department
devoted to The Progress Oh .ne
World, as usual. is worth the price
Of the magazine in itself.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
PARADISE GLlNTs.

Paradise, July 9.-Warm dry wealth
er Crops look fine but a rain is
nee led.
A cattle buyer is here buying
cattle.
Luther Applegate is quite Ill.
Nova Straley has gone to Walla
Walla to work.
Earna Fisher is back in Paradise
once more.
Mrs. Joe Beach has gone to Seat
tie to visit her kinfolks and attend
the fair.
T. W. Applegate and his brother
Ray are helping Bail Shelton put up
his hay on the river.
1t is rumored that Paradise is to
have new postmaster.
George Redman was married the
fourth of July, to Miss Ruth Alder,
at Fora.
Jean Fisher has gone to Waits
burg to work.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15

Mr. and Mrs. E. o. Maxim and baby
were at wallowa, Monday.
Fresh Fish every Friday and Sat
Irday at Cray & Willett's City Mar
ket.
Elgin Flour at W. ]. Fu-.k & Cos.
Patent $3.50 a sack, straight grade.
Sl.40 a sack.
Mrs. Sarah Hill of Portland is a
guest of her cousin, w. W. White.
and Mrs. White.
II your sewing machine needs re-
caring, call at the Second Hand Store
We guarantee to make them run.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Cover of Calhoun
county, Iowa. are guests of their
niece, Mrs. ]. B. Seibert.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ratcliff OF
Salem arrived Saturday for a visi-
II the home OF their son, G. |. Rat
cliff.
The Epwo-th League will give
avn social on the NJ. E church lawn
friday evening, July 16. Ice cream
md cake will be served.
Rev. W. S. Crockett and daughters
returned home Friday from Olympia
Wash. where they visited after the
ldjournmelt of the Christian cOnven-
lion at Turner.
The water works pipe is laid on
River street TO the briuse by ~. n.
Graves. Work will begin next on
he pipe up Resi- iielce street to the
reservoir.
Lon Davis returned Saturday from
business trip to La Grande. He
was accompanied home by his relative
Mrs Chas. Ward. and children of La
Grande, who come for a visit.
Clothes sent TO La Grande A. B. c.
laundry every Tuesday. Bundles must
1e in Ca!vin's barber shop Monday
oiobt 20b4
If you want excellent home grown
strawberries call up o. ]. Roe. Noun
.ain View Frdit Farm. Home Phone
Cherries and ra a5pberries will be ready
n a couple of weeks. Order now.
Mir. and Mrs. d. R. Allen arrived
IN Enterprise Saturday from sojoIrr
If several monhs in southern Cali
ornia, where they went soon afte:
-heir marriage at Moundsville w. Va
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
CHICO CHlRPS.

Chico, July 6.-This is getting to
De a booming town.
The glorious Fourth of July was
celebrated at Chico by large crowd;
25O people, not counting the kidlets.
The bucking contest was great, s5.75
being paid to the rider, Sam Davis.
Sam rode the bucking broncho,
straight up"
The fishing excursion on the fifth
vas said to be all right, 10 people
attending. Two of the boys caught
}75 fish in two hours, out of Ches-
nimnus.
Mrs. Daisy Greenwood is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Jane Daugherty.
''Uncle" Henry Fiske will start for
Walla Walla with horses, July 10.
Mrs. Harmon has been quite Ill
from oak poisoning, but is recovering
George Haas was calling on Lee
Haskins Sunday eyengin.
A broncho reared up suddenly and
struck Ed Kirkland on the shoulder,
breaking his shoulder blade, and
breaking his little finger off square.
Maggie Edgmand Is visiting Lee
Haskins this week.
There will be dance at the Fine
ballroom, near Chico, July 16. Basket
supper. Everybody invited, good
dancers, especially.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
GUARDIANS SALE OF Re.,
PROPERTY


In the matter OF the estate OF Alvin
b. Montgomery. minor.
Notice Is hereby given tho, 1.
virtue Of an order of the cour,,
Court of the STATE of Oregon q.
Wallowa County, made and epte,sa
on the 18th day of July, 1909 am.
powering and ordering the nnda,
signed guardian OF the estate :,
Alvin B. Montgomery, a minor n
Wallowa county. Oregon, to sell Al
private sale all the estate rieht
title and interest of the said ward !,
and to certain hereinafter descr,h
ed real property in Wallowa count,
Oregon, l will from and after Satin,
day. the 14th day of August 1909
proceed to sell at private sale all q,
the estate, right. title and interest
of said ward, Alvin B. Montgomery
in and to that certain tract of rs,l
property, described as follows, towit.
The west fourteen feet and four
inches of lot seven in block four IN
the town of Enterprise, Wallova
county, Oregon.
The terms of sale are as follows.
The entire purchase price to be laid
in cash on confirmation of said sale
by the court and the issuance and
delivery of the deed by said guardian.
Dated July 18th, 1909.
47e5 j. A. BURLEIGH, Guardian,
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
TWO MEN INJURED BY
EXPLOSION AT LIMEkILN

AT an explosion at the Christy
limeKiin in Hurricane canyon satur.
day evening, Mr.. Christy and j B.
DrlSkell both were injured, the lat.
ter quite seriously, having an arm
and leg broken. Christy was bruis.
ed and shaken up.
briSNell was assisting Christy in
burning lime, the work beine wa,,
uhuer way when a rain came up
suddenly and an explosion occurred
- - supposed lead let in the
water, generating carbonic acid gas
suiiiclent to cause the explosion
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
Notice OF The Sale OF Real prou..t

Notice OF The Sale OF Real Property.
In the matter of the estate Of R.
James Beard, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that Dur
suant to an order of County Court Of
the State of Oregon, for wallowa
county. made and entered on the 9th
day of July, 1909, l will, as the ad
ministrator with the will annexed
of the estate OF r. James Beard. de.
ceased, from and after Saturday, the
l4th day of August, 1909, proceed to
sell at private sale the following
described real property of said estate,
and all the right, title and interest
which the said r. James Beard had
therein at the time of his death,
to-wit:
The southeast quarter Of the
southeast quarter and the west half
of the southeast quarter of section
thirty-three in township six north,
and lot numbered two of section four
in township five north of Range
forty-five east of the Willamette
Meridian in Wallowa County, Oregon
The terms of said sale are as fol-
lows: Cash in hand paid upon the
confirmation of sale and delivery Of
deed Hereunder.
Dated July 18th, 1909.
w. B. APPLEGATE,
administrator with the will annexed
of the Estate of R. James Beard
deceased A7ch
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15

So far the sugar beets planted
lear this city as an experiment b!
he sugar company, are doing splen-
idly. Mr.. Workman, who is In
.hlrge for the comIEny, says the
growth has been the best he ever
Jaw anywhere in the same length
jf time. Sc .eral fields are likely to
80 20 tons to the acre, and the beets
ire growing deep into the ground.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
HoRSETHIEF CAPTURED.

Sheriff Edgar Marvin returned
from Aso;in Tuesday with Arthur
Huise of Lostine, charged with
lorsestealing. Hulse was arrested by
'Asotin officers at the instance of
Sheriff Marvin. He had seven horses
IN his possession, only four of which
were his own. One of the others
has been identified as the property
Of John Cramer of Wallowa. Hulse
was lodged in the county Jail.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
S. j. DoRRANcE DEAD.

Samuel j. Dorrance, the well known
stone mason, died at the home of
MS brother w. c. Dorrance, on Crow
creek, Tuesday evening at 5 o'clock,
OF tubercular trouble. Funeral ser.
vices and burial will be held at the
Prairie Creek cemetery this, We'd
nesday afternoon at O'Clock, Rev.
samuel Harris of Enterprise Presby-
terian church officiating
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
NOTICE OF REFEREES SALE.

Notice is hereby given, that the
undersigned referee appointed by the
Circuit Court of the State Of Oregon
for Wallowa County, in the cause
therein pending wherein Emma J.
Churchill, is plaintiff and Nancy j.
Lapham, Grace p. Churchill, Myrtle
Ward, nee Nora NJ. Churchill Roy L.
Churchill and B. R. Lapham, guar
dian, are defendants, under and BY
virtue of a decree and order OF sale
made and entered In said cause on the
18th day Of June, A. d. 1903, direct
Ing me as such referee to make sale
of the hereinafter described lands
will on the 14th day of August, A.p'
1909, at 10 o'clock a. m, sell at pubic
sale to the highest bidder for cash u
hand at the County Court house door
in Enterprise, Wallowa County. Oregon
the following lands described In saia
decree to-wit, South Half Of Nor'n'
east Quarter and the North nan VI
Southeast Quarter of Section ThirV.
Two in Township Six North, ol
Range Forty Five East of Willame'"
Meridian in Wa'lowa County, Oregon,
together with all right, title anu
interest the plaintiff and defendants
have In and to said lands.
Dated at Enterprise, Oregon, mi'
24th day of June, A. d. 1909.
i7c5 EDGAR MARVIN, Referee
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
Continued next week.

Rev. W. S. Crockett leaves Friday
morning for North Yakima to dedi-
cate a Christian church at Selah,
next Sunday.
Prof. Sutton of Eugene will be at
the Christian church Sunday morning
and evening and will deliver a
series of lectures for six consecu.
tive evenings beginning Sunday
night. All invited. The same lee
lures will be delivered in Wallowa
and Lostine.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
Gus Schluer Dead.

G. c. Schluer, well known retired
ranchman of Prairie Creek, diet
Saturday, July 10, in New York city
ifter a brief illness. Mr.. Schluer
eft his home at Joseph few week.
ago for trip to his native land, Ger
many, and became i'll while visiting
lis sister in New York. Funeral and
burial will be in New York this We'd
leslay.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
HORSE SALE

Twelve head of good, young d,,.
horses viii be offered at priy,,s
sale at Shackelford's barn in e.,.
prise. Saturday. July "a. Apnror.,
3 months notes. ~,
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15

The Court having passed upon ana
audited each of the bills separately
as appears from the signature OF
the court thereon, II Is ordered
that said bills be allowed and war
rants issued by the county clerk IN
navment of the same as allowed In
classes and amounts as follows:
General Fund.
] B Olmsted, salary, county
judge. May ...... ...... $6o.oo
Edgar Marvin. salary, sheriff,
Nav - ...... 166 &C
W. c. Boatman, salary. clerk,
Nav - -. ...... 125 90
B. F. Miller, salary, as SCISSOR,
May ...... ...... ..'.'' iVV w
J. c. Conley, salary, school
superintendent, May ..... SO 80
W T. Bell, salary, treasurer,
May ...... ...... ..'''. ou Vo
Chas G. Bilyeu, salary, dep
uty clerk, May .......... 10 90
Chas. E. Crow, salary, dep
uty sheriff. May ....... 70 90
Ella Daley, salary, stenogra-
pher, May ...... ......... 4O OO
E. ]. Forsythe, lights, May Is 90
W. o. Millikin, scalp bounty, 40 90
d Richards, scalp bounty, 10 90
John L. Johnson, scalp bounty so
Gerald Holmes, scalp bounty 90
Kenneth Blevans, scalp bounty 90
S. r. Haworth, On account
Of contract .... ...... 5000 %
J. b. Olmsted, salary. county
judge, June .... .... sc Sc
Edgar Marvin, salary sheriff,
June .... ...... ...... 166 &c
VI. {. Boatman, salary, clerk,
June .. ..... ..... 125 90
3. F. Miller, salary, assessor,
June ........ ...... ...... 1OO VI
]. c. Con.ey, salary, school
superintendent, June -. SO SO
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15

The entire plant was burned.
Diskell was taken to Joseuh =,
his Injuries attended by DR.. Tboma
son. He is getting along as vs,, ?
could be expected. =
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-07-15
City and County
Brief News Items

One-Minute Washers-the Only
Best Washer. For sale by Ashley.
Air. and Mrs. ] s. Wagner return
ed home Monday from months
stay in a sanitarium near Portland
for the benefit of Mrs. Wagner's
health. She is much improved and
is slowly but surely gaining in
strength.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-07-23

CantOn's New Band.

Canton has a new band composed o
young musicians, all residents of tn,
city. This new organization is under
the leadership of Prof, Peter Anderson
cornet, and the other members are
Ed ward Nelson, cornet; Mozart Skart-
vedt, cornet; Ben Kennedy, cornet
Mr.. Field, cornet; Edgar Hervig,
clarinet; Arnum Isakson, clarinet;
Auskar Skartvedt; clarinet, Mr.
Johnson, Saxaphone; Steiner Chraft,
alto; Henry Feldman, alto; Nels Moe
tenor; Joseph Nordseth, baritone;
Frank Bankson, tuba; Peter Thomp.
son, snare drum; Alvin Isakson, bass
drum; Otis K%nutson, piccolo.
The boys made their first public
appearance on Tuesday evening of
last week, playing 1t several points
along 9Th street, and were accorded a
hearty welcome, and everybody was
delighted and surprised at the pro-
ticiency Of the young bandsters. They
played several pieces with marked
ability and we're loudly applauded.
The LEADER hopes the boys will
stick to their work and Col. McDer-
mott gives them the hotel basement
to practice in. Our citizens should
encourage them In every way possible
and thus help to secure q good band
for q town noted for its love Of music.