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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06
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Down Where the Big Bananas
Grow. (Barron.) Tenor and
baritone duet by Byron G. Har-
Ian and Arthur Collins. Or
chestra accompaniment. 1t is
not hard to conjecture what
geographical locality is to be in
ferred from the title of this new
Collins and Harlan duet. The
song picturesquely describes it
as Where the tropic rivers flow
to meet the Gulf of Mexico"
gal Mandy are headed for
where it's summer all the time
and every old month is. June.
Virginia 49, Opening chorus,
The Humming Coon. (Smith
and Bowman.) Solo by Arthur
Collins with quartette refrain.
Climb Up, We Children, Climb
Closing Chorus. Minstrel rec
ord by Rambler Minstrels. Or
chesta accompaniment.
Tyrolean Echoes. (Stehl.)
Violin, flute and harp trio by
George Stehl, Paul Herreberg
and Charles Schuetze.
Idilio. (Lack.) Played by
Princes Orchestra. This is by
all counts the best twelve-inch
orchestra record we have issued
in many months. 1t has an in
definable charm that can be felt
but not described.
Selections from 'sTannhauser.'
(Wagner.) Part 1. Played by
Princes Military Band.
Selections fromtsTannhauser
((Wagner.) Part 2. Played by
Princes Military Band.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

Serenata Amorosa-(Patter)
violin duet by Stehl and Bieder-
man.
The Birds in Springtime--
(Wiggert) Piccola duet by Hen
neberg & Fritze. Orchestra ac-
compartment.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-01-06

And Drop All
Else Come
to Our Sale
BARGAIN
FRIDAY

Mems $3.50 Fleece
Lined Union Suits 69c
AT AUGUSTS.
Mems 25c Golf Gloves
for 1Oc
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
TELEGRAPHiC NEWS.

Gov. Deneen of Illinois announces he
will attend the national irrigation con
gress at Pueblo in September with a
party of friends.
A New York joy rider was sentenced
to fifteen years for running over and
killing child. few more like this
may aid in stopping the auto fools.
Gov. Haskell OF Oklahoma is giving
a first-class exhibition of law break.
ing and anarchy in his method of
arbitrarily moving the state capital.
The Singer Manufacturing company
stockholders are meeting today to au-
thorize S3OOO0,OOO OF new capital
with which 10 pay themselves a stock
dividend of 100 per cent. Watered
stocks and the people pay the bill.
Jack Johnson has sold his share Of
the moving picture films in the com.
ing fight for $4,000, the managers
selling at the same rate but Jeffries
Is holding for more money.
A Chicago man was fined 800 for
getting drunk and taking vengeance
out on his 3-yearold daughter, pick.
ing the child up and beating her and
breaking her hip. The brute should be
sent to Jail for six months and fed
On bread soaked in whisky.
Miss Elizabeth NJ Kilbourn, the first
woman who ever took a stitch on
sewing machine, celebrated her SOth
birthday at her home at WInsted
Conn, Tuesday. She was presented
with a purse of $50 In gold by friends
A prominent st. Louis physician was
shot twice while alightning from his
automobile by teamster whom he
had failed to cure of nervous trouble
II the practice should become com.
mon physicians would be up against
the real thing.
All the night riders trials set for
trial at Hopkinsville. KY. have been
postponed until the September term
of court because Milton Oliver, the
principal witness for the state. who
was recently wounded from ambush.
was unable to appear.
Canada has 100000 acres more
wheat planted this year than ever be.
fore. The census bureau states that
complete reports show the total area
now planted TO wheat throughout Can.
ada to be s,295.00O acres, which Is l..
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20

should have adopted the commission
plan. since II has been largely due to
the interest and enthusiasm created
by the Des Moines notifications that
the commission plan has gained such
popular favor throughout the country
in general Indeed. this scheme OF
municipal government is now more
commonly called the "Des Moiues"
than the Galveston plan.
Massachusetts alone. of all the New
England and Middle Atlantic states
appears in our list of commission plan
cities. The North Central group has
only one representative, the South At.
lantic and South Central have seven.
While the North Central group Of
staets Is barely represented at all in
the list, It should be noted that the
state of Michigan has recently adopted
constitutional amendments and pass
ed legislative statutes almost reyolu.
tionary in the degree to which they
confer municipal home rule upon the
cities and towns of that state. A
movement for similar sweeping
changes in Wisconsin is now on foot
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
COLORADO NEWS.

Dairymen are being fined in Den
yer for feeding brewers malt to cows
The first week in June the palisade
district shipped 1,176 crates of cher.
ries.
A Pueblo lad is in the hospital from
the effects of lacerated hand from
holding a giant firecracker when 1t
exploded. First victim so far announo-
ed in Colorado.
Merle d. Vincent is touring Arkan-
sas valley towns in the interests of
his candidacy for governor on the Re
publican ticket on a progressive plat.
form.
Agitation is on for division of the
seventh judicial district into two dis.
triots, giving one four counties and
the other three. Must want TO let the
judges have one continual.
According to the Denver Republican
only one saloon violated the closing
ordinance Sunday and his place was
then closed by the police and the
owner held for hearing. Guess Speer
means business.
The conviction OF Morris Mayer for
manslaughter in Denver lets him off
light. Mayer was driving an auto at
a wrecking speed last winter resulting
in the death OF three people. The yer.
dict was not severe enough, The
young man should be sent to Jail for
life.
Henry Butler, superintendent of the
Waldorf Mining and Milling company
at Georgetown, is suffering injuries
that may prove fatal. as a result of
being struck by lightning. He was in
the act OF throwing a switch from the
compressor when a bolt of lightning
shot through the tunnel.
George Bowlers, prosperous ranch,
man of Derby, Colo, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed during a
severe rain and electrical storm yes.
terday afternoon Bowlers, who had
been at work in one of his fields. was
hurrying toward the ranch house for
shelter when he was killed
One thousand dollars in prizes will
be awarded in the marching and drill
contests at the knights OF Pythias
state convention at Boulder on August
10 and 81 and September /. The com.
mittee on arrangements reports that
an unusually large delegation from
over the state will be here for the
convention.
With the exception of the Pullman
and the Santa Fe all the corporations
under the jurisdiction of the state
board of equalization for assessment
purposes have been assessed. The
total last year was $55,S67,977. This
years assessments will run close to
s6O,O0O,O0O. The advance may be
nearly s5,o0O,0OO, according to the Den.
yer Post arriving last night.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
rae RED MESA RESERVOIR.

Work on the Red Mesa reservoir
was begun on Tuesday last. In q
quiet way these people have been at
work on their project and now that
they have succeeded in financing It
they and their community are to be
congratulated. The reservoir is sit
uated at the lower end OF Hay gulch.
II will impound 1000 acre feet OF
water. viii cost $4,000. and win de-
liver its water through the Freed
ditch.
on Monday last the families inter.
ested, numbering in people about one
hundred. met with dinners at the site
and spent the day at games and gem
eral rejoicing. one Of the chief fea.
lures of which was the Mormon dedi-
cation services. mo man should be-
gin any great or important undertake
Ing without first invoking the aid OF
Deity" they are taught, and we OF
other faiths, but neighbors, should look
on and learn lesson. Their church,
which often aids in building up, fur.
nishes the money. Whatever we may
think OF Mormonism we must admire
some of their ways. Law abiding and
prosperous, they are among our best
citizens. Many people do not realize
the improvements which have been
made by the Kline and Red mesa sec
tons during the last few years Where
was sage brush are now fields. homes
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
THE COMING IRRIGATION CON.
GRESS.

The call for the eighteenth annual
irrigation congress to convene at Pue-
bio on the 26th of September provides
for the following selection of delegates
and Durango and La Plata county
should be represented by full dele
cation.
Fifteen delegates appointed by the
governor of each state or territory.
Ten delegates appointed by the may
or of each city of the United States
OF more than $4,000 population.
Five delegates appointed by the
mayor OF each city In the United
States of less than $4,000 population
and over 1000.
Five delegates appointed by the
chairman of each board of county com
missioners or county supervisors in
the United States.
Two delegates appointed by the
mayor from each incorporated town
having a population of less than one
thousand.
Two delegates duly accredited by
each regularly organized society de-
voted to irrigation, agriculture, horti.
culture and engineering.
Two delegates regularly accredited
from each college and university.
Two delegates duly accredited by
each chamber of commerce, board OF
trade or commercial club.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
SWEETNESS WASTED.

Charleston News and Courier.
Have you ever looked in the bottom
of your cup when you have finished
drinking your coffee or tea, or In the
bottom of your neighbor's cup? II you
have. you have seen lot of wasted
sugar or sand The average American
Is in too great hurry to wait for
sugar or anything else TO dissolve.
The result is that he puts about twice
as much sugar as necessary in his
coffee, tea or lemonade. The remain.
ing waste is enormous 1t is esti.
mated that Americans throw away at
least s10,000,000 a year by not stir.
ring.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
to keep his old Job.

~ hSNP Cio lOb.
NEW YORK, June 17.-Richard Au'
erbach, wealthy New York furrier,
this morning was Killed and almost
decapitated shortly after midnight by
a subway train. Whether he fell from
the station platform or deliberately
leaped to death is uncertain. Every
bone in the body was broken and the
head nearly severed from the shout
ders. The passengers on the crowd
ed train were thrown into panic by
Its sudden stop and were held within
the cars until the body was extricated.
Mrs. NJ. r. Koehler was a returning
passenger from Pennington last even
ing. where she visited friends for a
week or two. This morning Mrs.
Koehler boarded the eastbound train
for her home in Silver City, N. NJ.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
HINTS ABOUT CLOTHES

Dotted Swiss. lowered dimity and
cross-bar muslin are the avorite ma
terials or the gowns that are to be
worn at home this summer. and they
are also much used for undergarments.
A new material for undergarments Is
a sort OF crinkled silk that does not
need to be ironed and will be very
serviceable for those spending the
summer away from home. The union
suit is the favorite style for this ma
terial.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
uNwoRLDLY WISDOM.

Some people like to believe In i'm.
mortality because 1t promises a post.
ponement of punishment.
Don't judge Il man by the coat he
wears; Judge him by his neckties.
Best kind of weather is the sort
that doesn't remind you to look at
the THERMOMETERS.
Learn to quote poetry and you will
be In danger OF annoying great
many people.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20
RAPID RISE OF
COMMISSION FORM
OF GOVERNMENT



Seldom has an innovation in mu.
nicipal administration gained 30 rap
| idly in popular favor as the so-called
commission plan OF city government.
Adopted less than ten years ago AS
an emergency measure at Galveston,
Texas. after the great flood OF 1900,
the plan worked so well there that It
appealed to other cities and towns as
a ready means of relief from misgoy.
eminent, by the substitution of bust
ness for political methods of city ad
ADMINISTRATION. Today, many of our read.
ers VIII be surprised to know, some
| seventy cities, in no less than seven.
teen different states, are already work.
ing under or have recently voted to
adopt the commission plan.
Originally the commission plan, in
essence, was nothing more or less
than the substitution of five men. in.
GLIDING the mayor, for the old and
often cumbrously large city council
of one or perhaps two branches. and
| also for a considerable number of adj
ministrative boards or departments.
| There speedily becomes associated
with the commission plan n number
OF features which experience and rea.
son showed to be almost essential II
the people were to be saved from dan.
ger of autocratic control by these
small bodies of men with such broad
powers. These features include the
recall of elective officers, the initia.
tive and the referendum, each and
all OF which are too well known to
neerd explanation here.
| II is not our purpose to discuss the
merits or dement's Of the commission
plan at this time. but rather to pre-
sent TO our readers list OF the cities
reported ms having adopted the plan.
For convenience, we also give the pop.
ulation of these cities Unfortunately
ii is impossible to give the populations
| of the present time. and as estimates
are so unreliable, and as comparative
| ly few states have census of their
| w" 1870" 'iiS u'''""ia' 'ch9"Ses vi
| ne 'ni'eu otates' we nave thousht IL
DeS' " ni"Ae o"' Popula'ioh hsures
those of the United States census of
| 1900. While in some cases these pop
"'"'ions uo not serve larry LOT com
pa "'''' pu' poses' Set On 'he "hoie
'"eS WIN give soou seheral iuea OIL
the relative sizes of the cities which
nave auoPteu Jus COMMISSION pan
l" many 'nssahoeS' however II VIII
w """'' stooo t""t l"e places Oh only
a" 'eiS Jew 'houSahu population IN
'''V ""'u nv" uoup'iess seNerai tunes
'na' nun'oer vi INHABITANTS we men
''o' ''iis' 'eSl any one shoulu cohciuue
'""' INV eoi'''i9sioh pan ID mostly
'oii"ieu 10 piaces Oh hcohsequehtial
SIG eoi''pa. apie' III iso'' 10 tne rurai
W" i'"ipS Vi Nc" Hhslahu "hlch nave
iohs peeh governed ny poard OF Sc
iect men---ln many respects the pro
totype OF the commissioners we are
considering
FOR several decades the local aiialrs
Ioi the district Oh oolumDia nave Deeh
administered by commission OF three
ihleuupers' appoihteu ny the Presiacht
anu confirmed ny the senate oil the
ohileu ota'es' one Oh the members
must ne an engineer oihcer OF the
army ms district commission mas
peeh eons'uereu oS some as the hiouei
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1910-06-20

not Deen Wiling 10 go the whole ng-
ure' of the commission plan, have
adopted some of its most essential fea-
lures, particularly the small city coun.
ell and measures TO eliminate partisan
politics from elections The most no.
table example of this sort is Boston,
which within the past few months has
changed from a bieameral city council
of well toward a hundred members, to
a single chambered council of only
nine members, all elected at large;
while at the same time adopting nomi
nation by petition as Il means of elm.
mating party politics from municipal
affairs. Early in March of the present
described as semi-commission plan,
but what was really an amendment
to the old charter providing for non.
partisan primaries and ballot, and also
for nine councilmen-at-large in place
of eighteen ward councilmen and four
councilmen-at-large.
An examination will show that the
northwestern and the southwestern
groups some fifty out of seventy cities
which have adopted the commission
plan. Texas-quite properly, since the
plan originated there--has seventeen
OF the cities in the list, while Kansas
has sixteen. There is marked drop
from these high figures to Iowa, with
its five commission plan cities. 1t Is
perhaps somewhat remarkable that no
more OF the Iowa cities than I'VE
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
Mrs. Patrick PheIan.
HYMENEAL
Wnitn-HenricI,nen.


Christina HeRricksen and Charles o.
Watts were married by Rev. Charles w.
Savidge at his residence Wednesday after
noon at 4 o'clock. They were accompanied
by Mr.. Fred Lauer and Mr.. Homer Byar.
Morrison Wilson.
Miss Nette r. Wilson, daughter Of Dell
A. Wilson. and Mr.. Edgar C. Morrison
were married by Rev. Charles w. savidge
at his residence Wednesday evening at z
o'oIock
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
MeArdfe-Ryan.

Miss Frances X. Ryan. daughter OF Will
liam Ryan, and Mr.. Emmett f. McAiGle
were married by Rev. Charles W. sayidge
at his residence Wednesday evening at
O'Clock. They were accompanied by Miss
Sadie Convey and Mr.. Albert Huke.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
SCHOOL FOR "HELLO GIRLS"
Country Bred Applicants Eagerly
sought by New York
Company.

me young women who want TO be tele-
phone operators and are admitted on pro-
baton into the school Of instruction of tho
New York Telephone company get S a
We'k while learning the business. Form
erly they got s..
The increase was made because It was
desired TO attract a class OF young women
from the country who are we'll equipped
for the business in every respect and who
can manage 10 live on S a week while
learning, whereas eldng out an existence
on s. q week was impossible 10 some OF
them.
The telephone system Is more complex
now than formerly and the public is more
eNacting. More than 400 women are EN-
ployed at the fifty-five centrals OF this
city, and year by year an effort Is made to
make the operators more efficient
AS FesuH OF late only per cent OF
the applicants az the school have been
accepted and some OF those admitted are
discharged after a weeks instruction. not
having come up 20 the standard in alert
ness or general intelligence or dignity OF
department
90 tho last score the management is
worry particular these days. The mani
sestly frivolous young person has no
chance az all OF being kept very long al
the telephone school.
There was q time" said an official OF
the company, when telephone girls.
ahother they meriiad IL Or NOT were not
classed with the serious, hard workers OF
tbs eommunity' Rather thsy were a en-
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11

onym for trlfling, unbusinesslike behavior.
That day Is past.
To-day recruits to the service must have
not only a tair education, considerable in
diligence and q wide. awake, alert man
ner, but they must show a first-class apti-
tude for attending strictly to business in
business hours
''The country girl IS bound TO make good
as general thing. She is deadly in ear
nest her manners are good and what she
may lack In alertness at first is more than
offset by her logged perseverance,
There are New York girls who con-
ceive the idea of taking up telephone work
who make splendid impression at first
by their intelligence and alertness, but
who haven't perseverance enough to 20
through The school, nor patience enough
to master the complexities of the work
About 20 per cent Of the telephone girls
employed at our eentrals drop out every
year, some to get married, a good many
to fill better positions with other business
concerns and some to move to other
cities"
The greater number OF operators needed
and the greater care given to the service
Increases, II was learned. the number OF
supervisors at centrals. thereby giving
more chances to girls seeking promotion.
Supervisors get SIS a week
Girls ambitious to get beyond the $40
wage, which with few exceptions is the
maximum paid to women operators at the
centrals, look for and usually find en-
ployment at private switchboards in con-
junction with some clerical work. A young
woman who has spent three years or so in
a telephone exchange is q pretty good all
Ground business person, business men find.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11

of the functions OF stomach. liver, kidneys
and bowels is quickly disposed OF with
Electric Bitters. soc. For sale BY Beaton
Drug Co.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
IOWA LEGISLATURE SANE
Democrats Will Gain Only Three or
-Four New Members.
ARE DIVIDED SAME AS BEFORE
Carroll VIII Win by Plurality in
NeighbOrhOOd of Twenty Thou
sand--street/ Car Trouble
Near settlement.
ARE DIVIDED SAME AS BEFORE
(From a SAD Corresnondent.l

RIOu a SlaIL correspondent
DIES MONIES Ia, Nov, 1O.-(Speciai
Telegram.)-Up to this evening neither
state headquarters nor any Des Moines
newspaper office had been able to secure
complete returns from Iowa on the votes
for governor. The nearest approach was
exact figures from ninety-four counties
showing that Carroll probably received up
wards Of 2l,0OO plurality over Porter An
other count of about eighty-five counties
made the showing about Is 600, and stl an
other figure was over 1900, but it is GER
tain that the entire state ticket was elected
and that some Of the majorities run up to
1000.
Some figuring was also done on the leg
islature today and from this it seems GER
tain the democrats gained not more than
three or four members. Not only is the
majority about as in the past, but the
division among republicans remains un-
changed with the progressives having 20
majority.
street Car Controversy.
Representatives of the bondholders of the
street car company have arrived in the
city and state they will tomorrow present
to the city council a plan for a new city
franchise for the company. 1t is believed
that an early settlement viii thus be eff
fected.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
DEATH RECORD
Miles Gard.


Miles Gard, aged 81 years, died yesterday
Of palsy at his home, 1898 Emmett street.
The funeral win be held from the house
at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, with inter-
uent in Forest Lawn cemetery.
Mrs. Patrick PheIan.
FORT DODGE, Ia, Nov 10.-(Special
Telegram. Mrs. Patrick Phelan, pioneer
resident, was found dead in bed this morn
ing. heart failure being attributed by Cor
oner Lowrey as the cause.
Rev, DIR. Charles A. stanley.
BOSTON, Nov. lO.-Rey. DIR. Charles Al
fred Stanley, for nearly half century a
missionary in China for the American
board Of commissioners for foreign mis-
sions, died today. aged 20 years.
Ashley J. Elliott.
PEORIA, Nov. 1O.---Ashley J. Elliott one
Of the most prominent railway men in the
state. died today. aged 49. years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11
street Car Controversy.

PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND MAVEN
lock It's a hair ana scalp medicine
crows hair, removes and prevents dan
druff, stops itching. At druggists. bar
0ers and hairdressers.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-11-11

MASON CITY, Ia. Nov 10 Special -
one OF the most important murder trials
mat mas ever been fought out Ia the courts
OK northern Iowa wiz be on trial al the
opening OF court here on Monday ]. 8
shearer man aged 81 years, is aceused
and under Indictment for the murder o.
Henry Lucas The alleged crime Was COM
mitted on October 20.