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Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03
TO THE CITIZENS OF BRYAN.

Having read in Saturdays Eagle a
proposition from outside parties TO
the City Council OF Bryan to install
another Water & Light plant in the
city. and believing from best informa.
ton We have been able to obtain that
a large number OF our citizens are OF
opinion that the city should own It's
own water plant. we take this method
OF placing before you a proposition
submitted by us, about July 1903. to
your board of Aldermen, at their re-
quest. but 10 which proposition we
have never, as yet. received any re-
ply. Said proposition is still open
for acceptance by the City and is as
follows:
To the Honorable Mayor and Board
OF Aldermen of the City OF Bryan;
Gentlemen:
In response TO your request that we
submit TO you a proposition for the
purchase of that part OF the property
OF the Bryan Water. Ice. Light a Pow
er Company. generally designated as
the Water Plant" we now here sub
init the following. towit;
We propose TO sell to the City OF
Bryan the following property. which
we understand is all that you wish TO
purchase belonging 10 said Water
Plant" and we. hereby refer pou to
the official report filed with you by
Prof. ]. c. Maggie. employed by You as
an expert to inventory and value said
property. for itemized statement OF
said property. to-wit:
LIST. The Stand Pipe. specified In
Group 3" OF said report.
End. All property specified In
Group 5" Of said report. except the
Gardner Feed Water Pump and the
Fairbanks-Morse Feed Pump.
srd. All property specified in Group
Z" OF said report. designated as Wat
er Distribution system.
ith. All property specified In
Group H." designated as Water
Works Supplies and Stock on hand"
All OF which property We now pro
pose to sell TO the City OF Bryan for
the sum OF Sl2.00O.OO cash. provided
the said city OF Bryan will assume the
payment OF all amounts owing by us
on the Water Works bonds now out
standing and release us from ANY fur.
Their liability on same. the said amount
still owing by MS on said bonds being
the sum OF s35OO.OO with interest there
on from June I. 1909.
BY referring to said report OF Prof
J. c. Nagle you will observe that he
has valued said property. including the
: per cent Percentage for Superin'
terdence during construction" etc. at
the SUN Of si2.97i.6i. In his letter
accompanying said report. Prof. Nagle
suggests that he did not include
in above figures the Going Value" and
the Franchise Value" OF said plant,
and does not specify what these values
are. though same should be- added to
said sI2,s7l.6i in order 10 arrive at
the true value OF same. You will
also observe from said report that the
original cost OF said property. includ-
ing said Z per cent Percentage" was
s26. isl.50. which We now offer TO sell
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

The city Council of Cleveland,
Ohio, has passed an ordinance impos-
ing a fine Of 500 on a theatre man
ager who allowes late corners to be
seated during a performance. Now
il the city council Of Cleveland, Ohio,
would impose a similar penalty on
those who manage the church
services for allowing worshipers to be
interrupted by late corners, what
would happen Yet the principle in
volved is the same in both cases, isn't
III
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Some Texas papers appear to think
that DR.. G. {. Rankin absolutely
controls that element in the State
that fayors prohibition. While DR..
Rankin is a smart mana very smart
man-there are some people in Texas
who still reserve the right to think
occasionally for themselves and for
whom the astute divine holds no COM
mission as spokesman.-Brownwoo
Bulletin.
This reminds us that a prominent
newspaper man said last fall that no
matter what Senator Bailey might say
or do there are fifty thousand Texas
voters who would say il was the
right thing.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

The Galveston Tribune says:
There are not great many militant
suffraeettes in Galveston but there
are a lot of good women who will see
to it that their husbands pay their poll
tax"
Then il they will see that
their husbands vote right they will
have done their whole duty as clti-
zenesSes.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Experience has taught that some
thing good TO eat-and drinks a
strong drawing force when II is diser-
able to get people together. For this
reason The Eagle suggests a Business
Mems banquet. to be pulled oft at
some suitable time and place. Those
interested in Bryan's future just sim
ply must get together in a way they
have never done before. The Ban
quet is a good way to start il.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03
Respectfully submitted.
THE BRYAN WATER LIGHT q
POWER COMPANY.

As stated in the foreoing PROPOSE.
ton, our contract with the City will
not expire til October 1914. DURING
which period said city viii have 20
continue paying TO US the water rent
Of $4,000 per year Should the city
see M TO accept the other PROPOSE
tion made by said outside parties and
agrec 20 pay the now company the an
nual water rents specified In said pro
position. this would necessarily re-
suit in the city paying double rent.
and possibly net receiving as salts
factory service as YOU are now get.
ting Whereas. II the city accept our
proposition as above stated. Il can
thus own and operate It's own plant.
thus saving the above amounts 10 be
paid by il as water rents. which could
be used by the city In extending It's
mains and furnishing water 20 a mum.
Der OF citizens who are now paying the
water tax and receiving no benefits
therefrom.
THE BRYAN WATER. ICE. LIGHT
4 POWER co.
BY T. j. Preston. Pres.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Mrs I,a.gs- hate 10 have man
a,wrvs complaining about some little
ihing Now. my husband II continually
harplng on the lace curtains. Mrs.
wusrr- Yes aud my husband has been
Kicking On our froni door every morn.
Ing ~ X o'clock for the past twenty
wears - Puck.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

The newspapers are printing the
usual amount OF sentimental dope
about the death OF the old year and
the birth Of the new, about nine
tenths of it being old stuff worked
over-some Of il not even patched
and refurbished, but presented with
all its frayed spots, rips and tears; its
stains and discolorations.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

said city OF Bryan fer said sum OF
si2 100000 and the assumption OF pay
ment OF amount still ewing on said
bonds. as above stated.
In addition TO the foregoing. we Will
agree. n the City Council desires, 10
keep our Reservoir supplied with wat
err as storage tank for said city for
a period Of eighteen months from
date OF sale OF said property, from
which tank. when necessary for fire
protection or other emergencies, the
City can obtain an extra supply Of
water. which we wiz agree to furnish
the City at the price OF % cents per
1000 gallons. provided the City will.
at its own expense. install a meter on
the pipe leading from the reservoir to
the stand pipe. which meter shall be
read monthly and the City TO pay
monthly for the water actually used.
at the rate OF % cents per 1000 gal
Ions.
II Is also TO be understood and
agreed. OF course. that the City shall
carry out and perform all our con.
tracts for furnishing water which may
not have been completed by us as yet
II is also to be understood and
agreed that this sale. II made by us.
shall In no wise affect or impair any
contract we may have with the City
In regard to Electric Lights. nor shall
It affect our franchise SO far as IL
applies to Ice. Light and Power. and
that your acceptance OF this PROPOSE.
ton shall release us from all liability
OF any kind to the City in connection
with said Water Plant
We will agree to pay all obligations
now owing by said Plant. except the
said Water Works bonds herelnbe-
fore mentioned.
As you know. our Water contract
with the City viii not expire until
October 18th. 1914. Under said con
tract the City is paying us the sum
Of $4,000 per year for water. making
a total amount OF slO.23S.5S which
the City will have to pay us for water
from present time TO said October 10.
1914. and the City's ownership OF said
plant viii therefore save TO the city
the sum OF $4,000 per year now being
paid TO US for water. and will enable
you to extend the mains and water 10
many parts of the City that are now
without water or fire protection, thus
extending the water and fire protec.
ton TO numbers OF cur citizens who
have for years been paying the water
tax and receiving no benefits there
from.
In view OF the foregoing facts We
feel that the proposition now here
made by US is very liberal and one
that the city can well afford to ac
cept II II desires TO own It's own water
plant.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Survivors Of the scige OF Paris re-
Gently had horseilesh dinner in COM
memora,ion OF the event. This sug-
eests that the survivors Of the seige
Of vicksburg might get together and
have mulemcat dinner il the price
of mules wasn't so darned high.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

The old man up stairs in the Eagle
building don't need any New Years
resolutions for his own use but he
has ON hand an unlimined supply for
other people. which can be had for
the asking.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03
LOST.

Ladies' black purse containing si5
in money and pair white wool gloves.
also some Christmas cards. Return
To 4. w. Crenshaw at City National
Bank and receive reward. %
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

This is the time Of year when the
artistic farmer exercises his most dis
eliminating power OF PERCEPTION in
the fine art OF seed selection.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Probably ninety per cent OF the
Cook psr,isans in the unpleasantness
we're not influenced by sympathy for
Cook but by antipathy for Peay.
The lauer's selfish and overbearing
conduct was the root Of the trouble.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03
Kent Him Busy.

-you haven't had time 10 make any
friends. Then you have lived In vain"
"Not on your life. I've managed 10
make some hnllr anemies" Cleveland
Leader
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

II the fence rider is a hermaphro-
dite the fellow without a poll tax
receipt is neuter--aa emasculaied IL.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Don't let the hookworm sap your
energy and cause you to procrastInate
ill too late to GET poll tax receipt
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03
Competent.

lrate Passenger believe fyou'r
driving over every ston~ 10 rye sca1'
Driver WAL. sir. II takes q pufy
good driver TO hit 'em alL-Bosiea
HERALD.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

Can the farmer of Brazos county
afford to raise Is cent cotton and pay
30 cents for corn and % cents for
bacon' Maybe he can live at il but
he can certainly do much better.
It's all RICH, TO raise the cottot # he
raises the corn and bacon also.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-03

BRYAN. TEXAS. JANUARY 3. 1910.
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
GRAND LODGE, o. E. s.
Meeting Held in New Haven Last Fri
 day-Oficers Elected.
Jan. 29, 1910.

Meeting Held in New Haven Last Fri
 day-Oficers Elected.
 The annual meeting of the Grand lodge of the Order of Eastern St r of Connecticut was held in Masonic hall, New Haven, Friday afternoon and even ing. The morning session started at ter o'clock and the time from then unti one o'clock was taken up with the hear. ing of reports, etc. An adjournment was then taken for about one hour so that the delegates might procure lunch
 The election of officers took p!acn at the afternoon session, with the follow ing results: Grand matron. Mrs. K. A. Case, Bristol, Grand patron, James Simpson, Torrington; assistant grand matron, Mrs. M. Clark, HIgganrm; as sistant grand patron, Frederick Cooper Hartford; grand secretary, Mrs. J. A Burwell, Winsted; grand treasurer, Mrs. Ida Fisher, Hartford; grand conductress. Mrs. Bertha Schuff1er, Bridgeport assistant cOnductress, Mrs. Bertha L Gallup. Moosup. The following ap pointments were made: Chaplain. Mrs. Mary Kenyon, Putnam; lecturer, Edward Fuller, Torrington; marshal, Mrs. Adele Jennings, Goshen; organist, Agnes Kilbourne. Southington; grand Adah, Miss Elizabeth Benjamin; grand Ruth. Lillie Perkins; grand Esther, Mrs. Shirley; grand Martha, Miss Mary Orr; grand Electra, Miss Etta War ner; grand warden, Miss Emily Brown; grand sentinel, John Mix.
 The members of the Palestine lodge, which was instituted a week ago, fur, nished a fine supper to the deleg ,tes in the banquet hall.
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
WHAT MAKES HIGH PRICES :?
Falls Village Writer Thinks Over-
 Production is the Cause.

EDITOR THE NEWS:
 - Too many people wish to live i'll the cities and villages, work little, wear good clothes, and let the farmers sup port them.
 The tide has turned For several years the farmer has been wor king hard for small pay. Now produce is higher, md see how the city people are kicking.
 They may go without their meat; that will not do any good. Some of them must get out and go to work.
 What makes beef high? The high price of grain. What makes grain high The Western farmers cannot get help to produce more. What makes eggs high The high price of grain. Many have sold all their hens because they thought they could not afford to buy grain at present prices. The result: Few eggs and 50 cents dozen all winter. What makes milk high? High grain and hay. If farmers cannot get a fair price for milk, they will stop producing and sell their hay and grain.
 When was young lad I read an article in magazine that said the sub urban population was increasing so much faster than the rural population, that eventually th4 rural population could not support the suburban, and there would be a famine. It made quite an impression on my mind, and I now think that some day it will come true With that ill mind, have always been food producer, as well as a consumer and think if more would do this, the problem of high prices would be solved
 M. c. DEAN. Jan. 29, 1910.
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
NEW RAILROADS PROPOSED IN 1872

Following the completion of the Con- necticut Western railroad, various con- nections were proposed.
 The Springfield branch from Tariff vile was first proposed ill February 1872. A trip of inspection over the Con- necticut Western railroad was made by "a party of Springfield gentlemen inter e5ted ill the proposed branch from Springfield to Taritfville. Several hun dred thousand dollars were voted in aid of the extension"
 A project was started in Berkshire county, Mass, i'll February, 1872, to build TO ld from the Connecticut Western from the "big fill" between East Canaan and Norfolk to Stockbridge, Mass, "whcro it will connect with the Lee and Hudson railroads, making an almost air line connection to Albany"
 The Shepaug Valley railroad company was authorized "by an act of the last legislature to extend it's road northerly from it's present terminus at Ljtchfeld and connect With the Connecticut West ern railroad, and Salisbury was named as the most advant tgeous and proper point of such connection
 March 8, I872-"Chief Engineer Skunk is engaged Ill surveying the route for the proposed branch road from New Britain to Collinsville.'
 {, branch road from the Danbury and Norwalk road across to New Milford was favorably urged in April 1872, and was thought "likely to succeed"
 In July 1872, railroad was proposed from Sheffield to Connecticut Western at Chapinville. The plans were said to be sufficiently advanced to warrant the belief that the road would be speedily built
 To be continued
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03

formed, was colsi lere1 ty some as merely fish story,' and in order that our readers may see with their own eyes we secured a piece of this ice and photo graphed it. The fsl shown WAS a rock bass, while in otler cakes were frozau oullheads anl other varieties of the fiuDy tribe. One man was es ?ecially favored, having two bullheads il one cake of ice. Besides the fish, quantities of weeds were froz)a ill the ic3, as are plainly seen iu tue picture. Of c)urse this ice will produce col air when it melts in the refrigerator. but is that all it will produce when the thawing out of the fish and veg station takes place next summer?
 Various opinions have boen expressed IS to the purity of the ice taken from different sources of supply, and, as natter of satisfaction k. R. Atwool, the jceman, has had the ice from four differ mt places analysed. That from the oil kiln quarry" was not analysed, as it is generally considered good. Aside
 rom this, practically all of the ice to be lsed in the village the coming season las been taken from two sources, viz:
 he Barnes quarry and the Gillette meadow. The quality of the former has lever been questioned. and the analysis corroborated the popular belief, as the melted ice from this place showed no injurious ingredients, and was as pure as that from any of our local spring water supplies. This is gratifying to those who rely upon the iceman for their next summers "coolness," as is ',lso the fact that liberal quantity has already been harvested, and there is no danger of a shortage.
 The latter supply, from which several icehouses in the village were filled, is best described in the words of the analyst: "the water had clouded appearance and contained a large quantity of finely divided organic matter in suspension, probably of vegetable origin also traces of nitrites."
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
Mother Shipton's Prophecy

The following prophetic lines were the exception of that part of the pre- dIction relating to the end of the world in 1881. the prophecy is remarkably accurate. Many people can remember the excitementa and dread caused by these lines when they went the rounds of the newspapers in 1880, many cases of in- sanity having been traced directly to them among nervous and superstitious people.
 Carriages without horses shall go, And accidents fill the earth with woe; Around the world thoughts shall fly In the twinkling of au eye;
 Water shall yet more wonders do, Now strange, yet shall be truei
 The world upside down shall be, And gold be found at root of tree; Through hills man shall ride And no horse or ass be found at his side; Under water men shall walk, Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk; In the air men shall be seen In white, in black, in green; Iron in water shall float
 As easy as a wooden boat; Gold shall be found mid stone In land that's now unknown; Fire and water shall wonders do; England shall at last admit Jew: And this world to an end shall come tn eighteen hundred and eighty-one
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
REPORT ON FERTILIZERS
Connecticut Agricultural Station Gives
 Analyses on Various Brands.


 Analyses on Various Brands.
 The report on commercial fertilizers, pamphlet of IF pages. has just been issued by the Connecticut Agricultural station at New Haven. It contains an analysis of nearly every brand of fer tilizer which is sold in the state as we'll as analyses of many materials used as amendments or manures.
 For instance, from the southern cotton fields, winch are themselves poor in fertility, there are yearly brought into Connecticut 6,0)0 tons or more of cotton SC ed meal for use as fertilizer, chiefly on tobacco lands, at acost to our growers of more than $lS1,000 This is all bought under guaranty aud the analysis of this station determines whether the guaranty is correct or whether the buyer is entitled to q rebate on the price. The present higl prices of cotton seed meal may indicate that southern farmers now see the unwisdom of selling abroad an element of fertility which they most need at home.
 The fertilizer report also contains an interesting discussion of the subject of "1llers" aud "conditioners. Hereafter the station will determine the solubility aud probable agricultural value of tho
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
Screech Owl Was "Ghost"

Vixen John Farley of Thomaston tore down the haunted house" and replaced it with a new building everyone sup posed that che ghost stories from that neighborhood would cease, but such was not to be and people driving by at night would continue to hear screcching and screaming. The ghost" was discovered the other day by T. J. Pfaefflin, who ascended a telephone pole near the house to make repairs and was surprised to find the top of the pole hollow and occupied by a screech owl and her two young ones.-W Winsted Citizen.
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
FROM THE News OF FEB. B, 1872.

FROM HE NEWS OF FEB. 23, IS12.
 A local rural resident who recently visited Boston for tho first time, and not being Well informed i'll the phenomena of tides, was greatly interested in the sights around the "Hub." The first morning, on going to the docks, seeing the shipping lying in the mud, and go- ing again at sundown finding the water ten feet higher, wrote to his family, among other wondrous sights, that "the water rose in Boston ten feet in one day, and not D mite of rain here, I guess there must have been a heavy rain up the stream"
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
Mouse in Horses Nose

The Winsted Citizen is responsible for this item: "A mouse which had it's home ina barn on the farm of A. M. Rayden- bow, situated off the Colebrook road, cupied by Bessie, an equine used 6y MT. Raydenbow on his milk wagon, and then ran up the horse s nose. MT. Ray denbow, before starting for Winsted yesterday morning, noticed that blood was coming from Bessie's nostrils, but he gave the matter little thought. When Bessie reached the bottom of the hill she sneezed out the lively little mousse"
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03
VETERANS OPINIONS
Regarding Statues of Lee and Davis
 in the Hall of Fame.

Regarding Statues of Lee and Davis
 in the Hall of Fame.
 At the eighteenth annual meeting of the Connecticut Regimental Veteran Secretaries Association held in Hartford last week, President D. c. Kilbourn of East Litchfield alluded in his annual address to the proposition to place statues of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis in the American Hall of Fame at Washington.
 The address was to the point and brought forth various expressions. after which it was finally decided to embody the same in the printed report of the meeting It was the opinion of some of the secretaries present that to place the statues of Lee and Davis in the Hall of Fame was not proper. The objections raised in Meriden, at a meeting of the c. A. R. of that city, were cited, in which it was said that if there was sufficient protest it was thought that the statues would not remain. Those who discussed the matter expressed admira- tiOn for General Lee, but could not sympathize with the scheme of having the two statues along with those of the defenders and leaders of the Union in the stirring times of 1861 to 1865.
 On the other hand. Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R of Ne " Haven decided that the war was over, it's memories should be forgotten, and that there was no reason why a statue of General Rob Tt E. Lee s'l07ll not be placed in the National Capitol
Connecticut western news., 1910-02-03

FIRST PULLING MILL IN UNITED STATES.
 Few people here today know it, but Ashley Falls, Mass, has the honor of erecting and establishing in 1759, the first "fulling mill'' in the United States. This item will cause many young people to ask their elders, "What is a fulling mill?"