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Arizona republican., 1910-10-03
CALL FOR BIDS.

Sealed bids will be received by the Arizona Fair commission at it's office. Al North Center street, Wednesday, October Q, at 10 o'clock a. m. for re- pair work on exhibit building. Specifi- cations may be had at the commission office. SHIRLEY CHRlSTY,
 1 Secretary.
Arizona republican., 1910-10-03

haps will fill just as big a place in the little world the romance depicts. Altogether it is a pleasing story and there are many readers hereabcut who will await with some impatience the things that are going to happen to every body.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

nasked Not Paid For Want OF
Funds. as was the general rule nm
cef The old plan.
Much to the qualification of the
people, the council has also mau&
long strides towards the beautifica-
ton of the city according to com
lrehensiys plan prepared by Chas.
Mulford Robinson, the noted civic i'm.
l.oyement expert, and still more will
bo accomplished this year, including,
the building of permanent concrete
"seawall' along either bank Of the
RIVER and completely around the is
land, in the business section of The
city. The elimination OF the insight
ly sign-covered waste paper cans al
stseet corners and the substitution
OF receptacles of approved design, the
erection of street signs at all corners
and the adoption of the boulevard
system OF lighting are minor matters
worthy of note
All this has been accomplished by
five men who DO not cl9im to possess
more than ordinary ability and who
frankly state In their reports that
heir success Is very largely due to
The system under wAich they have
worked
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

islligible thar mas yet peen devised
Briefly stated tbs plan accomplish
cE these things:
First -lt makes the whole city, in
stead OF the wad, political unit
Second-lt concentrates and fixes
responsibility in the hsnds OF q few
men chosen by the whole city.
Third-It recognizes to the fullest
extent the principles Of local self
government, places the responsib lty
nron the people, and forces them TO
sovsfn themselves
Fouvth--It eaucates he people in
all governmental affairs.
Fifth--lt does away with partisan
politics IN purely business and local
matters.
Sixth--l makes tor Honesty ana ef-
ficiency IN Office and fidelity TO the
interests nj the people, instead Of
loyalty TO 2 political boss the guar
anty Of political security and future
pieferment
SeyenthIt makes the representa-
lives Of tie people careful Of their
conduct, since over their heads hangs
a. III tines the recall sword with
which they may easily be deeapitaied.
c,thes for neglect OF duty or for mis-.
eonlucl, even though il not be Grim
inal III Character
Elghih-It effectively destroys the
power cf the political boss by rem.
drring Il impossible for him to de.
lyer the goods bsrgained for, for
since the initiative. the referendum
and the recall have been incorporated
IN The plan the councilman who wants
4 be honest he's the opportunity. and
The man who nligkt be temple 10 be
dishonest is afraid TO take the
chances.
Ninlh-all gives city ia fact aud
ot uasely IN namea government By
the people aad TOR the people. by
restoring tc ,i,s elecior his legiti.
mate birthr ght-lto per CEN OF pow
er as q Voter in mimic pal election
kpliomlzed then, he salient features
q The law are
Concent alton OF executive author,
iig
Elimination u partisan politics.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16
How II Works
in Cedar Rapids

p rect nominations
An open field to al aspirants.
An alphabetically arr nged ballot,
Preferential voting, BY which nj
man can be elected 70 office unless
be receives a majority Of ALL the
votes cast.
Tho Initiative anc referendum.
The recall (which will seldom if
ever have to be usedl
TIE abolition Of ward lines.
chlefest Of all The advantages III
the plan is the first. the coneantra-
ton of executive authority, and re-
sponsihiliiy. which obviates the ne,
cessity Of chasing a lot OF alderman,
fe = esenung various wards, all over
town before they can be interviewed
by a taxpayey who has some legiti.
mate request which he wishes IL
hiring Eefore the council Under this
plan every councilman is on duty at
al times, he is paid q salary com
measurate, in a measure at least. vita
The valne Of his services. and there
Is little or no temptation TO graft.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

ids operated under a special charter
Slanted by the state legislature. This
charter was abandoned when the com.
mission plan was adopted, necessitat-
ihg many changes in ordinance and
methods that did not have to be made
in Des Moines, which was under the
general incorporation law. But ons
o. lhe advantages OF the special
Charter which the city is yet able to
retain, Is municipal court, known
as the superior court, which has CON
Gu rent jurisdiction in civil matters
with the district court, but none in
probate matters. The Judge of the
superior court Is ex-offcio Judge OF
the police court. His court is in ses-
sion practically all of the time, a con-
venience to the business interests OF
the city which can hardly be over
estimated.
What has been accomplished in
Cedar Rapids under the commission
plan can be accomplished in any city.
The most marked result of the adop-
ton Of the plan Is the increased in
terest in municipal affairs by men
who lad become disgusted with the
old ward heeling" methods and who
tad refused to become identified with
city politics because Of their disgust
ing character These representative
business and professional men are to-
day the staunchest advocates of the
new plan.
In the first campaign there were 4s
candidates for councilman and 9 for
nayor John I. Carmody, proprietor
OF the largest foundry and machine
shop in the city, was elected mayor.
Last MAY he was shot by a burglar
and died Ten weeks later Matt !.
Miles, young lawyer who had been
paced at The head OF the finance de-
pa'tment' beeame acting mayor inn
medlaiely Mr., Carmody was incapaeit.
afed, and was elected upon The may
ors death as the chief executive Of
Tie city, as contemplated by the com
mission plan. L. A. sherman, head
o, the department of public safety.
Is publisher of weekly paper. Henry
;. keefer. head9of the park depart
ment, was formerly foreman in a.
book bindery aud for two years city
clerk. Chas d. Huston head of tho
pubic improvements department. Is
proprietor OF printing establishment.
ne was twice alderman from the
fourth ward, and twice elected n,
,,he Democrats as mayor of a Repnb-
mean city L. j. Allison, former al
herman was elected to fill Mr.. Miles
nlace IN the department of finance.
hese men have given all of their
INC 10 the interests Of the city, work.
hg early and late. /,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

The commission plan, tha local poliii
/ cal boss, whose prototype has gfowl
UP in almost every town and city 81
I { he United States, always an IN
4 lIrincipled man ana invariably dom
mated by sonnet interest," was ef
llcctiyeily and etfactnaly elm eted
The elimination of ward lines also
eliminated the ward hee'a whosc
vocation is gone forever il this city
And this my besa proper place To
mention phase OF the new plan that
ought 10 have serious weight in eve y
ciiy where the adoption Of the plan Is
under contemplation. Voters viii do
we'll 10 bear this in mind: A munic
pality is a g,eat corporation in which
every voter is a stockhoder Unlike
other corporations, however, The value
ot thr electors vote is not measured
by his wealth or holdings, for cyery
mans vote counts the same hut Il
evey elector is stOckholder why
shouldn't he be privileged 10 vote FOR
every Esn who runs tor municipal
office? Think minute and you
viii saa that YOU haye a gesy small
voice in municipal affairs undtl ynur
mescni system. whereas under the
commission plan every can fidate IS
nominated eai large" and must pass
The approval Of all the voters. Under
this pl.n each voter helps TO namiu-
ate The tlcket--n0i 4 few politicians
--and has second opportunity 10
Say which Of the ten men nominated
Il the prima'ies are the best suited
0 fill the various departments OF city
sftairs Partisan politics has been
ecmpletely eliminated The majo
~ of men WHO have already announ-
ced ihems Ives as candidates at Tie
primaries his sprlrg are men Of rec
oanized ability, NOT petty politicians
ara the question whether an asplr-
ant IS Democrat or Republican IS
never heard
Two illustrations. Of Jhings al
ready sccCmpllshet, Will aeiye to II.
luslrate the evils ol the old political
system ana The advantage OF ihe now
business plan Of municipal govern
ment
For years the people Of The south.
IN section Of the CITY desired new
le-enforced concrete. bridge al Six.
tenth avenue, an important artery o.
raitic between tte country and me
acklug hors nd between tNo busi-
cess sections OF the CITY. The alder
ian from ihe Six.n ward. four wears
lgo introduced Ia the council q reso
nt ON iook.ng toVdWls tle ordc iug
q the bridge H was referred la tha
'nb.c ipr,ogemea committee All
er several weeks the committee
crtet. but reconHuendod THREE
bridges az al estimated cost of Sfa1-
'e0 The proposition was submitted
. the people and dcfea,ei
During ne p,esoA, yaa the cuUl
II has built magnificent S7S,aalt
bridge AZ Sixteenth avenue. ana
'lans are completed for S140.Gfl
ridge al Third avenue and a 500,
100 bridge at e. avenuo, which sill
% paid fer within twcnty-two years
md without increasing By lie frac.
ion Of mil the bridge levy that has
'een made annually for msny years,
nost OF which has heretofore been
expended in replanking the ca
ridges.
For ten years ihe people have d.
lied tae acquisition by the city OF
Nays island, a trace of seven acres
ituatcd in the middle Of the Cedar
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16
SOME THINGS ACCOMPLISHED

Il required a great conyulsion Of na
tire 70 gel the idea Of commission
plan Of COVE nment evolved-the ter
rlbla disaster al Galveston. II dif
rot require any misfortune nor an,
sreat pnblic scandal TO waken IN
people of Cedar Rapids to the advan
ages Of The plan. business and pro
Tess onal men Of this city and De.
Noires working in harmony 10 get
the original bin through the legisla
'nre- so far as Cedar Rapids is cor
cerned II cannot be said that has beer
Eiisgoverned in the past. as compare
with the administration of municipal
fifails in other cities. In fact. ID
Vas an ordinarily well governed clN
tut things that were demanded b
public seutiment were not done. ant
other things had heen done whic
rahlic sentiment condemned.
Automatically With the adoption
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE ctIREn

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure dear.
ness and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
iihiiamed condition of the mucous lin
ing OF the Euslachian Tube. When
ms tube Is inflamed you have a
r0npllng sound or imperfect hearing,
and when II is entirely closed. Deaf.
ness ness Is the result. and unless the in
ilamalion can be taken out and this
uloc restored TO It's normal condition.
hearing Will be DESTROYED forever.
nine eases out OF ten arescaused hy
o,,alarrh, which Is nothing but an IN.
tiamod condition OF the Mucous sur
,s ~, Me WI give One Hundred pollars
f, NN Tst Aof Deafness 4 caused bv
q,alafsht, lhaN cannot be cured by
iaa lan,' ; Ga'arrh Cure. Send for clrcu-
j CHENEY & co. Toledo, O.
soy To,d by Druggists. 75c
=. Ink, lase aall's Family pills for con-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

,,.,. @,tslser suppose every small
,gni, Sa,,.. eos,,a . of lls rlacsi ,laabl..al -
.sR'isf- Z Yes, you'l 0nd ours down
to..W y layein' bul he ah't much 10
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNCIL

The law provides that the business
OF 4 city shall be divided into five
departments. The mayor is the heaa
The public affairs, he must issue all
special licenses and permits, sign all
warrants, etc, and is tae presiding Of.
ticer OF the council, with authority
IL vote on every proposition. The
other departments are finance. PARKS
and public property and streets and
pupllc improvements. The depart.
ment OF finance deals with tax lsyies
and appropriations, revenues and dis
bursements. keeping such close TAB
that the council knows exactly al all
times the condition Of the public
funds. The head of this department
must approve all vouchers, after ap-
proval of the head of the department
IN which an item of expense was in.
Cured, before bills are paid. To him
are referred all matters of correc-
tons in assessments, regular and
and special, petitions for exemptions,
etc, but all these matters must fin.
ally be acted upon by the entire coun.
Gil. The department. of public SAFE.
ty has general jurisdiction over the
tolice and fire departments, which
are both under civil service. The ei,v
electrician and plumbing Inspector
The department of parks and pubIle
has jurisdiction over All
/ roperty except the police and fire
stations. The streets and improve
ments department is the busiesf q,
them all, requiring IA man who is fa-
Eillar with public afiairs, paving,
sewers, street lighting and A thous.
and and one other matters
Tie municipal wate- plant and tho
free public library are directly mai,.l
aged by separate boards of trustees.
appointed by the city council. ono
member for two years, one for four
and one for six, and locally the euo
cess OF this plan can be questioned
hg no one. The water plant was az.
CURED five years ago. after long
gal battle. but there has been
apmiHak reduction in rteS ta,e frAt.
lHfiA+*fathe olA-tAaipan1 an hay5nr
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-02-16

|lht MYte en supply ~ #vsh !Sre n
eniion, miles aud in'les m now maj
have been laid, the pressure tnprs,s
Cd, and all out OF the profits of tho
plsnt. The bonded debt Is being rn
duced mora than s20,eoO year. which
y about the amount formerly paid by
e c'ty 10 the company for hyd,ant
rentals.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
BY MAUD POWELL

them. anything more deliciously enhancing than the
soft rhythmic chink chink of these musical orna-
rnents can hardly be imagined. Another hatr orna-
1ent is head dress having beaded strings dangling
between the eyes on the ends OF which jingle tiny
bells. crudely carved from bits of horn
These 1.-THE limbed natives possess also deiicacy
of touch which they apply readily to the manipula-
ti0n of musical instrument their quaint bead
stringing plated straw work and the like 10 near
a Kafr boy play instrument OF the white man 5
fashionirq an ordinary mouth organ or the pIebe1an
co,certina is something of a revelation l heard
once in the solitude of the hills OF Swartzkop IN Natal
Kair lad softly playing concertina as he StroIed
1;+r1e haunting phrase he repeated over and over
again. producing tone 50 sweet and seductive that
| stood entranced As he passed me, some pretty
instinct of courtesy, or bashtuness peThaIs PIoPle
I;,,, 10 s,,hdre his tone to a breath of sweet
sound producing an effect in the stiffness OF the late
afternoon that was indeScrlbable.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
AMERICAS MUSICAL FUTURE

clothes of civilized cut that sit IN repus1Ve awkward
ness on these splendid bronze figures, 50 the white
mans song is also mOurnful mlsht.
The rude music of these katrS, beautiful IN It's
simplicity and quaintnesS is the true, characteristic
music of the Africa of yesterday; but 1t will not be
the characteristic music of the Africa of tomorrow.
Year by year the Dark Continent is becoming a
nality are already beginning to disappear through
contact with a superior Eventually all that IS
characteristic of the katir to-day will be eliminated
in the absorption of more complex clVlllzatlon
His music Will then cease to exist except IN the
phonographic records of tthnolOglsts.
This transitional period on which the katir has
tered brings home to us the circumstances of our
own aborignes Immediately before and after the
Colonial period and the conditions OF our Southern
negroes before and after the Civil War. lime was
when the weird ncantations the battle songs and the
burial chants of the Indian were the characteristic
music of the people who inhabited this country.
They were not of our race but their history is part
of our history and the most romantic element of 1t.
And their folklore and their music have been dill
gently collected and conserved for us
The Indian was a intensely musical being IN his
own unciyiliZed way: but the white who dis
placed him was not Our Colonial fOrebearS
psalm singers. The pioneers who opened up the
wilderness were too busy even tor that plous but
unmt1sica diversion Years passed before any phase
of our national existence found musical expression 1t
was the negro finally another alien to our blood, who
began to express the emotions OF his primitive nature
in song The simplicity and originality OF his ne!od1c
inspiration springing from his unsoph1st1cated ma
tl1re had an irresistible appeal and charm. He
brought into manifestation new and characteristic
musical idiom But after the Civil War the un
SOPHISTICATED negro became obsolete, and melodies
like 'Suwanee River disappeared with him.
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
Identified by His Tune

HAVE learned since through an Engi1Sl1llah VINO
i knows something of the katir that native man
Is known by the tune he always plays. Here we
have the primitive eXempltcauon OF the IeH 1no'l'
Moreover the Kafir has a way OF repeating ms tune
in cvcles in some manner untathomed by tIe
White man So my boy of the concerlna probaDIy
had some large rhythmic plan, winch MADE nm nm
ioa4b to stop playing lest he might thereby lose
count and perforce have to 60 back to the very
beginning. .. ~ >,caad;noI,-
,71ca They have fine voices and sing relIldr
Iii in chorus On of those strangely cleai
r,;gL+s under the Southern Cross, they VIII co12Te
af IN scores or even hundreds ranging tmeliIStIN .
?, groups about an enormous bonfire liGh t1iT9 ne
Iii sio6 IL unison IN chorus and ant1phollaHE. inc
1dr Of their song may be some strange ioilQre ol
Ill history OF it may be rehearsal OF the pIaNe
5aaTs Of the tribe or the daring OF wisdom OIL llen
bo,,nred and worshipful chief. One OF tne 8IouPa
Iii tart off with a slow. monotonouS dTohIi9 SeE -,
~ il1 presently ntone sort OF melody WHICH "ti
Ia lien I'D in turn by third group ana 50 OH ,ilI
-, Each group will have Its IndlVduS'i Ioe, "iilie
tbe arious groups viii answer one another oi 'lii
tether in a curious primitive counteTpoilt: Ai;u -;
GO - ayrand finale all will rise and sing to9ethei III
TlfortI1natelv the barrier OF language PIelell:eu
m f7 Gaining the full significance OF inns
;ai ceremonial: but can testify TO n"lnIs
I'D cadences in these barbara chants I'ldl "e'e
tanae1Iy familiar to my American ears.
Corrupted by the Whites
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
Corrupted by the Whites

IS saI ~ nar, has brought from his music halls TO
IT. ts SfT;nan T1 wilderness are finding favor among the
Krs The day not far 11 off, GGunG 5he 4Gbn 5s chant an
laI5e .ti fftina and thrilling it IS Like tile
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

idiom 50 intimately a part of the warp and
woof of certain phases of our national Ite that
ii not only serves to recall them to memory but
to express the national mood OF its tune.
Remarkably vivid and instructive has been
the evolution within the last halt century OF
\ national music in Russia. We may well turn
to ii as an object lesson to help solve our own
problem Before that time what music was
written in Russia a weak imitation OF the
Italian French and German composers. lhen
Mikhail Glinka. who had been educated nu-
sieallv in ItaIv and Germany determined to
write music that was of and for the Russian
people. His opera. Life for the Car was
Continued page I8
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26
Inspiration of the Civil War

IF it obliterated the melodious darky, that same
Civil War furnished the first real inspiration to our
native composers. Patriotic songs, marching tunes,
battle hymns and songs of defeat and victory were
turned out in endless profuSion- Much of this was
worthless and ephemera; but there remains d
fairly substantial residuum of crude homely, but
stirring music hallowed by patriotic associations,
and valuable not only that account, but because
it is Enthusiastically American in its musical
idiom
Almost half a century has elapsed since the close
of the Civil War and in that period Our country has
UNDERGONE an eyDansOn in the commercial arts that
IS without parallel in history: but we struck no new
note in music until the last decade brought INTO
vogue the reigning vulgarity of ragtlme. froWn on
it as we may must confess IN the end that II has
distinct individuality of rhythm. And that is
great deal; for rhythm stands at the root OF al
musical structure But above and beyond the vital
importance of its structural quality 1t has soul OF
1t is perfect expression IN musical terms
of our nervous vitality and OF national sWagger,
of the slapdash devil may care, get there or bust
method of the American.
| hope | have made clear the existence OF tour
IN, which have their
New-York tribune., 1910-06-26

WTRlTEk~ who attempt to glimpse the future
w Of music III America are fond Of the asser-
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-06-16
KEEP THIS
IN MIND
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING AND FUR
NITURE STORES OF CITY WILL
BEGIN CLOSING AT 6 P, M. ON
THE TWENTIETH INST.

Many people have Endorsed the plan
inaugurated by the merchants of the
city to close their stores in the after,
noon at o'clock, beginning on the
goth inst. and to continue during the
summer months. And now that the
plan is to shortly come into effect the
best way to popularize the movement
is to do all shopping before the clos
ing hours and prove to the merchants
that early closing hours do not in
convenience the buying public And
the fact that the stores are to close at
6 should suggest that you do your
trading before that hour and be out of
the store before that exact hour. If
YOU Wait until the closing time to do
your shopping the store must be
closed against you or you will be the
cause of keeping some one after hours
to wait on you. We can all work to-
gether in this matter, and make it a
very popular and profitable move if
We will.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-06-16
FIRED INTO
RESIDENCE.
UNKNOWN PARTY SHOT A PISTOL
BALL INTO HOME OF Mr.. JOHN
NALL WEDNESDAY MORNING..
INVESTIGATION is ON.

Wednesday morning at about 3
o'clock some unknown party fired a
shot from a revolver into the home of
Mr.. John Nall. at All North Sycamore
street The ball was fired through a
front window, tearing a hole through
the wooden blinds and through the
glass, breaking two large glasses, and
lodged in an opposite wall, striking
within few feet of the head of a
daughter of the home. Mr.. Nall was
awakened by the noise, and almost
simultaneously with the pistol shot an
auto passed the house, going north to
Lacy street and turning into that
street. An investigation was started
at once by Mr.. Nall, and yesterday
the city officers helped in an effort
to locate the .perpetrator of the out
rage. A number of people were ques-.
toned in the city court, but so far no
information or clue has been obtained.
Mr.. Nall is justly indignant over the
incident, and will leave no effort I'M.
used to locate the guilty party. This
is a serious offense and if the man
guilty is located he will have a Sc
rious charge to face