Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1910-02-19

ing Alderman Britten's suggestion
commission. consisting of himself as
chairman and Alderman Taylor and
Fire Marshal Koran as the other men,
bers, was named to at once investi.
gate the advisability of Incorporating
the idea in the building code.
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The Harvester Trust Is running
things with high hand.
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The laws of the United States are
made by human beings, and judges
must never forget that they. too, are
human beings, called to sit In judg.
ment." declared Judge George A. Car.
penter Tuesday night at banquet
given by the Chicago Bar Association
at the Midday Club rooms, in honor
OF his appointment by President TAFT
to a seat upon the federal bench. Lay.
men think of judge as an automa.
ton, sitting in his court hearing testi.
mony and handing down decisions.
They do not realize that sometimes he
feels as though he should like to throw
up his hands and say what he thinks
about some Of the arguments which he
hears"
The judge was profuse In his thanks
to the members of the Chicago Bar
Association for the efforts which that
body extended toward getting his ap.
pointment.
Three hundred and flfty.two mem
bers of the association were present
at the banquet. Other speakers be-
sides Judge Carpenter were Edgar B.
Tolman, John Z. Kehoe, James G. Nc.
Shane. James II. Wilkerson, special as.
sistant attorney, and Gardiner Lath.
rop. Joseph II. Defrees, president Of
the Bar Association, was POSTMASTER.
Ann Hizer and the True Temper.
ance Crowd from Missouri are deter.
mined to make dry spot out OF Chi.
cago, 1t is said. But they can't do it.
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Chicago Is going into the farming
and horticultural business, and plans
to raise oats for the police and fire de.
partment horses and also all the trees
and shrubbery needed for the small
parks OF the city. II will do this IL
plans OF Alderman Beilfuss, chairman
of the small parks commission, go
through. For years the city has own
ed what is Known as the Gage farm,
a 240.acre plot In Riverside. At pres
ent the city gets $500 per year for the
use of the land under lease and has
to pay $4,000 taxes on 1t. Chairman
Snow OF the Finance Committee dis
covered that the lease could be re-
voked, so he sent letter to Comptrol'
Ter Wilson asking that this be done
His action was taken after Alderman
Beilfuss had told him of the great pos
sibilities for the city 10 enter the farm
ing and tree raising business.
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More than one ward Is In need OF
a live alderman this spring, and a
cleaning out of the dead ones at the
coming election will help all con-
cerned.
Four applicants for the position OF
Assistant Commissioner OF Health were
examined at the rooms OF the Civil
Service Commission. Wednesday. They
We're: c. y. Ball, chief sanitary in
spector; DR.. Lyman Cohen, chief OF
the dlsInfecting bureau; DR.. Gottfried
Koehler, chief food inspector, and DR.
George c. Hunt, chief OF the hospital
ambulance corps The examination Is
a promotional oRs and the position
carries a salary OF $4,000 per year.
The brewers paid two-thirds of the
internal revenue taxes in Illinois last
year.
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Corporation Counsel Brundage, In
an opinion rendered 10 Chief OF Police
Steward declared that the Offering OF
prizes by business houses to be Won
through a rafile Is lottery and thai
the police have power TO force the dis
continuance OF the practice. Under
the opinion of the corporation counse
suit clubs and other rafies probably
VIII be stopped
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Frank T. Fowler, Chicago's new
superintendent of streets, announced
Tuesday that within a month specia
street cars will be employed in remoy
ing street dirt and garbage.
we have one car being completed