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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
Alabama COnn1encements
Hobson Pays Tribute Alabama Presbyterian ColegeLd dell of Ensey, Wins Medal-Florence Nor
 nal Awards Diplomas

1 the closest attention of the large crowd throughout. The essays and orations were of a high order
 Diplomas will be presented Wednes- day to the S1 graduates by the president, 1 M. c. Wilson, as follows 1 Elementary professionals: Lily Ambroce, Mary S. Banks, Mary Bradshaw, Eliza beth Fuqua, Maud Hardy, Marguerite Irwin. W. K. Norton, Rhoda Sanders, Iva Sandlin, Ernest Shelton, Willie B. , Stanley, Clayton Thornton, Ruby Whit aker.
 Literary professional: Thomas Brown, Katie Burns, Beulah Garrett, Lucy Han 1 lin Mary Jackson, Elizabeth Petree, Isa- bel Turrell.
 Scientific professional; Martha Louise Ellis. Harley Gilmore. Emma Vaughn.
 Academic: Stanley Foote, James Haley, Henrietta Jordan, Frank Young.
 Literary and scientific professional: Co., rinne Tuthill, Etta Waits, John M. Pha- | gan.
 Graduate literary; Mrs. A. B. Camper. | The programmes:
 Trio "Gypsy Rondo,' CHaydm, Mary Southa1l, Henrietta Davis and Grace Phillips.
 Essay, ''The Teacher Out of School" Miss Mary S. Banks. l Essay, 'The Laxity of Law" Miss Lucy Hanlin. Polish dance, (lhoma), MISS Maiy Shepard
 Grafton. ''The Dawn of a Better Day" Harley Gilmore.
 Essay Modern Dramatists,' Miss Mar tha Louise Ellis.
 Polacca brillante, (Bohm), Miss Hen i rietta Davis.
 Essay. Mark Twain, American Hu- morist" Miss Mary Jackson
 Grafton. Time Flies. Frank Young.
 Duet, Mary Darby, Lydia Kilborn.
 Essay, Sums as a National Asset l Miss Emma Vaughn.
 Essay. "Is Human Life too Cheap?' Miss Iva Sandlin. I Murmuring Zephyrs. Gensen). Miss Lydia Kilborn.
 Essay, Needs of Rural Schools Miss | Beulah Garrett. a l Grafton. Student Self-Government," Stanley Foote.
 Swallow Song (Bohm), Miss Matte | Lee Smith. i Delivery of medal by W. H. Mitchell | to the winner, Harley Gilmore. At the conclusion of the programme the class presented a beautiful bas relief, Aurora" to the school, and the class ivy | was planted,
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PULLMAN SHIPS
 102 CAR LOADS Strawberry Season Just Closed Most Successful in History of County

Cullman May 3O.-(Special.)-The ship ments of strawberries from Culman has been almost finished for the season. Not wthstanding the fact that the crop this year was much better. both in quantity and quality, than for several seasons, had it not been for the extremely dry weather just at the latter part of the season several more cars would have been shipped from this place.
 There were, up to the close of the sea son, when carlot shipments ceased, 95 cars shipped in solid carlots Before the beginning and since the associations have ceased to ship in large quantities, the estimate is placed at seven cars, which have gone by express, making all told 1O2 cars of the entire crop. This ex- ceeds the shipments of last year by about 40 cars
 The berry industry is growing in this county each year. and Is fast coming into prominence as the leading agricul- tural product In few more years the berry output will be equal to if not better from a financial standpoint than that of the cotton, which is now the principal money crop.
 Following upon the heels of the berry business, the shipping associations will be engaged for the next several weeks in the marketing of the potato crop. This will be handled the same as the berries.
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Columbia Loan & Invest
 ment Company

Negotiate loans, buy and sell mort gages. Investments recommended. We invite correspondence or a personal h. terview.
 22O N. Fist St., Bfrn,fngham, Ala.
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 Contractors are invited to submit sealed proposals for the erection of a brick, succeed addition, or wing, to the state capitol building, in the city of Montgomery, Ala.
 Plans and specifications may be had from Frank Lockwood. architect, Mont gomery, upon the deposit with him of certified check for twenty ($20.00) dollars for each set. The said check will be returned to the contractor de- posting same upon the return by him of the said drawings and specifications in good condition
 All bids must be in the hands of the secretary prior to 12 o'clock, noon Thursday. June 8, 1911. The right to reject all bids is reserved.
 Montgomery, Ala, May "A, 1911.
 ALABAMA CAPITOL BUILDING COMMISSION. THOMAS M OWEN Secretary. b-25-1bt
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BIG CLASS AT
 FLORENCE NORMAL

Florence, May 30-(Special)-The grad uating exercises of the State Normal col lege were held Tuesday morning in the college chapel and the programme held
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-31
 LEGAL NOTICES
ESfice n G0nfrScfSrs

NOtice to Contractors
 Sealed proposals will be received by the undersigned at city engineers of- flee, in city building, until 12 o'clock noon, Wednesday, June IA, 1911, for laying about 5000 yards of brick paw ing on a concrete foundation; about 20OO feet of granite curbing, and all necessary storm sewers, inlets. etc. Specifications furnished on application. A certified check for $500 must ac- company each proposal
 The right Is reserved to reject any and all bids
 JULIEN SMITH, City Engineer. 5-25-21t Selma, Ala.
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FOR RENT
NORTHSIDE.

y1s Elvton St., w. End. 5N 16.00 We only have room to give location, number of rooms and price. Phone Rental Department for full particu- lare Both phones No. 42.
 w. E. LEEDY 6 CO.,, Phones 42. 1l2 N 2lst st.
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FOR SALE-S5-acre farm. miles Of Birmingham, on 24th street road; 70 acres cleared and in cultivation; i'm proved with 4-room cottage faces public road; tenant on farm will sell growing crop, horse, COW and imple- ments at close price. Minge, 21lS lst avenue. Main 1346. 1-2t-we-sa
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ROOMs-WANTED-BOARD

WANTEDlTwo or three nicely furnished
 rooms for light housekeeping, near Five Points; must be reasonable. Address Mi rare Aee-Herald 5-30-2t
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LOsT-sTRAYED-STOLEN

morning from 18th street and Avenue II and 18th street to Avenue F, Catholic church, a small pansy brooch with diamond center Finder please return to Anglin Real ty and Insurance Co, POPS 1st avenue, and receive reward.
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MUST BE SOLD IN 30 DAYS. 1r SIT, 4 I,1 ISIIIrIn ErI-R NrITI-PE PIrCI


 ESTABLISHED FURNITURE BUSH
 NESS.
 S700 stock, store, small building and lot. worth $500; store has two stories, sec ond story has three rooms and space to add two more rooms at a small cost can be used for dwelling; bottom floor will carry a large stock; buildings new; brown ore mining trade; regular work at all times; l also have another busi- ness that pays SIP per month that I will put in. without extra charges this place is in a growing section and within an hours ride of Birmingham; the present stock will pay back two-thirds of the in- vestment, in other words. the business will just cost you s40o more than what the present stock will pay; after seeing the proposition if you don't think it worth more than twice the amount asked I don't ask you to buy; reason for selling, owner leaving; price s1200; terms $500 cash, balance as you can spare it.. Write
 A. C. PHILLIP,
 Green Pond. Ala. 5-31 St
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ONE CENT 4 WORD

RATEs-0ne cent . word dnyJ no ad. taken for less thnn 25c for first inser- ton, Cash must accompany order.
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FOR RENT-Nicely furnished front room in private family, South High lands home, to ono gentleman only; electricity. bath. References required.
 Call Bell phone 2S67. 4-l4 tf
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WANTED-HELP
WANTED-SALESMEN
WANTED-FEMALE HELP

WANTED-Young lady solicitor must have fascinating appearance and know the city Call Wednesday 9 to F, at PIP 5th avenue. north
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LIGHT housekeeping: one room furnished complete, gas stove screens, electric lights, hot and cold water; also two rooms furnished complete. 2321 9th ave nue
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CLOSE in, cool, screened room' reason able; private entrance and veranda
 Bell 6S73. 5-30-2t
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FOR RENT-Eight-roo furnished house, all modern conveniences; located in the
 coolest part of South Highlands. Call
 Bell phone 3404 b-12-tf
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$500 cash, S95 per conth, buys prettiest bungalow in Ardis Heights on paved streets. Modern in every respect. just being completed, has 6 large rooms, two bedrooms, with tile bath between Large sleeping porch, hardwood floors, furnace heat Let us show you this beautiful home. Whittemore & Will Hams, 712 Empire. Main 2S5; Peoples 961.
 5-S-3t-su-tu-
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HOTEL MASON. 2O16 5th avenue. beautl' fully furnished rooms. steam heat. bath.
 phone home comforts with hotel serv. ice u-l-tt
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FURNISHED rooms, modern, on car line, complete for light housekeeping, screened. bath, dishes linen, gas stove; two blocks from park and library; rent reasonable. 4121 Sd avenue, south, Avon dale. o-oV-ot
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FOR TRANSFORMATIONS comfortable
 rooms in Birming gham seminary. 1722 9th avenue north. Peoples phone 355,
 Bell pbone 575 5-31-5t
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FOR RENT-A most desirable room with large closet and convenient to bath; private family; excellent meals across the street. Main 4424. 1901 10th aXenue. south.
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IHE ANALOA-beautifdi Lurhlsheo rooms; furnace heat, bath. phone 5Ol 21st street corner 5th avenue. n-l-tf
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FOR RENT-Cool, nicely furnished room; bath attached. 719 North 18th
 street 0-oV-ol
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TWO nicely furnished front rooms, bath' hot and cold water, lights and phone. 161O 9th avenue, opposite Park. Bell 32Sl.
 5-30-6t
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FOR RENTING large, furnished rooms for light housekeeping; cheap
 for the summer. 2S09 7th avenue.
 Peoples phone 2T51.
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FOR RENT-To gentleman only. large cool, pleasant front room; high.
 splendid viey of mountain in south
 Highlands home. Near Five Points.
 Address D-12, care Age-Herald NICE rooms. $25O per week, up. 1717
 9th avenue. 5-31-6t
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TWO connecting rooms with board; pri-
 vate family; South Highlands Bell Sos main St-su-tu-we
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CONSIGN your horses and mules to our
 auction sale Thursday. June 1. Flies
 S Son. 5-31-2t
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22
DIR. EDMOND RICHTER STILL
HELD FOR RANSOM BL BRIGANDS

Berlin, Aug. 19.-Dr. Edmund
RicEter, the German engineer cap
tured May 10th, while carrying on
Typographical studies on Mount
Olympus, the tabled home of the
Greek gods, in the wild frontier re-
slon between Turkey and Greece, and
heid for ransom, has not yet been
released in spite IF the united eff
forts Of the German and Turkish
governments.
NeWSpape dispatches confirm the
general belief that DR.. Richter, like
Miss Ellen Stone, the American mis-
slonary ransomed by a bulgarian
band in 1901 for s65,O0O. has fallen
into the hands not Of ordinary noun
tain b%rigands, but of a Greek pa
trIotlc band and that the ransom of
$225,000 demanded for his release is
destined for the partisan warfare
about to be renewed in Macedonia.
DIR. Richter, who was engaged in a
semi-ofhcial mission, mapping the
region for a German geo
graphical society. was captured we'll
inside Turkish territory. his Turkish
escort Of Grenadiers being killed by
his captors. Letters from Laiios. the
bandit leader, demanding the ransom
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22

dence, making a visitation. when, half
an hour before the l~ynching, calls
came to him to go out and try to dis
perse the mob about the hospital. All
the nan frantic telephone appeals
for help from the distracted nurses
failed to bring any officer Of the law
or other representatives of order and
good citizenship The whole miser-
able story is one without a hero.
An Unshocked Community.
There are many good people in
Coatesville who are deeply grieved
over this tragic occurrence. 1t would
be false to the facts to imply that
there are not a large number Of
genuine and pubiic-spirited Christians
in the place. Nevertheless the town
as a town is not seriously oppressed
by it's shame. LOiterers on the treet
jest over the subject. On Tuesday
baseball match held first place in the
interest of many persons. The second
night after the lynching [ found the
leading moving picture show full. On
Wednesday,, three days after the
tragedy which has sent COatesvllleS
name ringing around the world, the
business men Of the community. &C
companied by their friends and fam
lilies to the number of more than a
thousand. locked their doors and took
two special trains to Reading for a
picnic.
To a casual observer 1t appears
very much as if the o~ld-fashioned
sense of sin is lacking in Coatesville.
Yet sincerely believe Coatesville to
be rather above the average Amerl-
can community. A day Of fasting,
rather than a picnic, would seem to be
in order.
Father Halohan says that lack OF
obedience to authority is one Of the
roots of the trouble in Gainesville.
Young people earn plenty Of money
an the mills and are alloWed to spend
it themselves. They do not obey their
parents; they are frivila Is-minded;
and they are not taught respect of
the law by the bearers of public Of
fee. He frankly says, though, that
he probably will not preach upon the
subject: what can he say?
Coatesville conditions call for heart
searching among the Christian lead
ers. For if religion is not able to
tame the natur of men who have
been closely under it's influence for
generations, what can it do. anyhow?
Everybody rs blaming the Coatesville
I police, who were shameleSsly incOm-
petent, and tied in the meshes Of pet
ty politics; but back of the police
men stands public opinion; and back
of public opinion stands-or shOuld
stand-the teachings of religion. Mob
law means the failure of the
churches.
THE RELIGIOUS RAMBLER.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22

or $4,000 Turkish pounds H225. 900
we're delivered through Turkish viii
Layers. 1t was therefore assumed that
he was held in Turkish territory, and
Tor ten weeks a small army, under
personal command Of one of the
Young Turk leaders. has been carry
ing on regular military operations to
locate his captors while representa-
tives Of the German Government and
the firm employing DR.. Richter nave
been securing the mountains with the
gold for his release. According to the
news dispatch Hamid Bey, the Young
Turk commander of the expedition,
has now suspended the pursuit, learn
ing definitely that Richter is held in
house of one Alyannis. The band
which captured Richter is probably
harbored in the Greek monastery Of
st. Eelias, near The cap
ture, the correspondents are assured,
was organized by the Greek National
Society,"" the organizer being a Cap
tain Strait, formerly a Greek officer,
who lived several years in America.
and was carried out by the band un-
der Captain LalioS.
A further dispatch from Salonika'
states that on account of the great.
s-owth of the band-warfare on the
Greek frontier, it is proposed to sus-
pcIu az Po1 AANiIl , uCl
ors in order that the troops in the
Olympus Mountains can be used in
warning on the band.
The Richie incident is only one Of
many facts pointing TO a renewal of
the so-called band warfare between
irregular attachments OF Greeks and
BulgarianS against each other and
mutually against the Turkish troops.
which drenched Macedonia in blood
for many years. The struggle was
suspended at the time of the Young
Turkish revolution. Bulgarian "komi-
~tatjes' and Greek partisans fighting
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22
CONGRESSMAN WHO WILL HEAD
INDUSTRIAL PROBE.

Washington, Aug. LIT has be-
come known here that Martin w.
Littleton, congressman from Nassau
county, New York, Will be chairman
of the proposed Congressional Com
tee which Will be authorized to in
vestigate the Industrial conditions Of
the United States. This committee
Will, 1t is reported here, be the most
important one appointed by Congress
In recent years. 4 am advised"
states Mr.. Littieton. that there IS to
be a thorough inquiry into all the
commercial ills Of The nation and that
d conference will be called to deter
min the problem of how to deal with
the industrial situation in America.
1t is a project hat will involve a
most drastic investigation and bring
together capital and labor in an eff
fort without bias to find out just
what should be DONE THAT is the
haas. SIS. .6..6.... Sc ..6....6
best news | have heard" says George
w. Perkins, former partner of John
Pierpont Morgan, who recently testi-
fed at length before the Stanley COM
nittee which will be authorized to in
and operations of the United States
Steel Company.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22
REPRESENTS HOME OF THE
TRUSTS AND IDLE RICH
Cause Of Derisive Cheering and laugh
ter in the House Yesterday After
noon.
CIV the Associated Press

10y
Washington, d. c., Aug. 19.-Deris-
i've cheering and laughter from the
Republicans and applause from the
Democrats threw the House into 4
state Of confusion this afternoon when
Representative Fowler, of Illinois. at
tackled Republican leader Mann as the
Representative of a district which - the
home of the trusts and the idle rich
Mr.. Fowler's description of a dog
birthday party said to nave been given
by a idle idle Rich" family IN
Chicago, caused such an uproar that
Representative Beall. of Texas. tenn
porarily in the chair almost gave up
pounding his gavel for order as a bad
job.
Mr.. Fowler resented remarks Of NJ.
Mann which he construed as a reIi"c-
ton upon his recent speech in when
he asserted greatness was more Likely
to spring from the common people
than from the idle rich.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22
McDermOtt Wins Swimming Marathon
(By the Associated Press.l

ST. Louis, Mo. Aug. 19.-MicHdrI
McDermott, OF the Chicago Athlete
Association, thirty COmpe-
titOTs today in the fifth annual ten
mile swimming marathon in the Mis-
sissippi River, under the auspices OF
the Missouri Athletic Club for the
National Amateur Athletic Assocld-
ton championship and won in one
hour and forty-One seconds. IN"
official time for the race vas eleven
minutes below the mark Of last year.
set by /. b. Goodwin. of New York.
McDermOtt was pressed for first
place by A. NJ. Goessling, who finish
ed fOrty-tWo seconds behind him and
Chauncey Heath, fifty-three seconds
back of the winner. Goessling ana
Heath carried the colors of the Mis-
souri, Athletic Club. Eighteen start
ers completed the race
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22

side by side with the Young Turkish
troops TO capture ConstantinopIe ana
overthrow Abdul Hamid. The G~sae.
and B~ulgarians were bitterly a5s.r.
pointed by the results Of the over
throw. the era Of good feeling t..
passed. hostilities have already been
resumed on a small scale. AMI rrv
both sides are preparing to take aF-
vantage OF the dissensions within tn,
Young Turkish committee. whjea is
rapidly losing its grip on the admin
istration OF the empire
The State of Prussia, which. uu.eA
the United states, does not iroWn HnnD
lotteries but derives no inconsistent,
revenue from q state owned n man
eyed lottery. has concluded a contract
with Bavaria, Baden and Wurtem5u--.
extending the operations OF the Pras-
sian State lottery to these States For
this the PTussian lottery Will pay Ea-
Varia alone S554,000 per year for each
of the first FIVE years OF the contract
and thereafter 5000 on evcdy $50
lottery ticket sold in their territory.
The arrangement with the other States
has not been published for tna
three states which have hitherto haa
10 lotteries of their w and have
forbidden the operations of other lot
terieS. the arrangement gives Il most
welcome addition to their revenues
Without any corresponding risk or bur-
den on their subjects, while for Prus-
STA it is one step nearer the r|caliZa-
ton of the Imperial lottery monopoly.
toward which she has been striving
since the foundation of the empire
in 1870. Only Saxony and the city
of Hamburg now email outside Of
the fold and the absorption Of their
arteries is thought TO be a matter Of
only a short time.
While the price paid the Southern
States for their participation in the
lottery is large. Prussia can Well at
ford it. the net annual revenue from
the State lottery being about $500
900. The annual receipts of the lot
terry. which now are more than SCI
100000, will Of curse be largely in
creased when the sale Of the tickets
can be pushed in the South German
states. an increase from the present
number of 100000 tickets included in
each seni-annual drawing To 40. 600
or 100000 being contemplated.
A lengthy program Of Legislative
work has been drawn up for the I'm
perial Parliament to deal with on its
reassembly after the long summer Va
cation, although it is fully expected
| that most of it will be carried over to
the succeeding Reichstag, to be elect
I'd at the end of the year. In TIA"
ITSt pace. al Ulll " TtloIiH tHt ran
road ticket tax, which in its present
form gives rise to bic com
| plant. will Occupy attention. Then
comes a bill to provide for persons
injured while rescuing others from
| peril. While better provision for sail
ors hurt during their duty aboard
ship is to be asked for. Further bills
deal with the liability of surface car
for accidents. and amend
ments of the espionage laws and the
patent laws are to be presented \
very stringent measure for the pun
ishment of food adulteratOrs has also
been filed.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-08-22

Rather a backward summer.
VIVA makes you think so? -"
far none Of the neighbors have been
over to borrow my suitcase'-De-
troit Free Press.
The Ely miner., 1911-05-05
VITAL STATISTICS
18 Births and 8 Deaths in
Ely in April

Health Officer o. w. Parker
made his report to the council
Tuesday evening on the general
health of the city. DR.. Parker
reported as follows:
BIRTHS 10, female 8.
Nationality, Austrian IL, English
l, Finnish 4, Italian l, total 18.
DEATHS male 4, female 4.
Nationality, Austrian 4, Finnish 2,
Scandinavian 2. Married 4. single
a. Adults q, infancy a, total 8.
CAUSES OF DEATH = Broncho
Pneumonia 1, Convulsions1, Neph-
ritis (Acute Hemorrhagic) l, Head
Injury, (accidentaD /, Rickets
with Bronchitis l, Stillborn l,
tuberculosis of lungs (consump-
tion) 2.
There has been but one quaran-
tine during the month and that for
a case of Smallpox. On April 80
there were no quarantines. This
has been one of the freest months
from contagious diseases that we
have experienced.
The Ely miner., 1911-05-05

Roll Call:-Present, Alderman Luh-
tanen. Matheson, Toms. Banovetz,
Seraphine and Harri. Absent, none.
The call was read as follows:
That a special meeting of the
city council will be held on April
2oth, 1911, in the council chamber for
the purpose of purchasing supplies
and equipment for the engineering
department.
Moved by Alderman Toms supported
by Alderman Harrl that the matter of
supplies and equipment for the engi-
neering department be referred to the
purchasing committee to work in con-
junction with the city engineer with
power to act. Carried.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Luhtanen that
the City band be instructed TO dis
continue their practice in the room
now being used for that purpose and
that the matter of fixing the room
for the engineering department be re-
ferred to the buildings and grounds
committee with power to act. Car
ried.
Moved by Alderman Seraphine sup
ported by Alderman Banovetz that
the council adjourn. Carried.
l. visited, JR.,
City Clerk.