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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10
Street Openings.


To the Honorable the Common Council;
Gentlemcn--Your Committee on
Street Openings. to whom was refer
red the petition OF II l. Russell. for
acceptance OF plat. respectfully report
we have had the same under consid-
aration and seeing no objection there
10. recommend the adoption of the
following resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
CVAS w BURTON.
WIN r. ZOELLER,
JAMES VERNON.
w II C HINDLE.
JOHN T. THOMPSON,
FRED W. KNAPP,
EDWARD r. REUScH
Accepted. and on leave. the follow
ing resolution was offered:
Nv Aid Burton:
Resolved. That, the plat OF "A M.
Henry's sub Of Block 3. OF Cook
Farm. Sub. Of part OF ?. G.. ~. lss,
1876 and lSO." etc, be- and the same
- hereby. accepted and approved. and
the Commissioner OF Public Works. be.
and he 10 hereby directed. to sign and
approve same.
Adopted an follows;
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COMMON COUNCIL
lcontiHssd from page o..
From Board Of Health.


To the Honorable the Common Council;
0entlemen-In reply TO requests for
proposals TO construct a driveway for
the use or the new Contagious Diseases
Hospital. the Board OF Health received
the following proposals:
j. M. Spaulding. cinder and
u. w. Rieharason. cinder and
gravel ..h................. 1883. 90
and for grading and seeding the
grounds at this hospital:
j. w. Richardson Sllb.OO
The Board Health has therefore
entered into contract with said j. w.
richardson for building said driveway
and doing the grading and seeding
mentioned. and herewith requests the
approval and confirmation Of the same
by your Honorable Body.
Respectfully submitted,
THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
BY JOHN II. MCKINLEY,
Secretary.
Referred to Committee on Health and
City Hospitals
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10
Claims and Accounts.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Centlemen--Your Committee on Claims
and Accounts 10 whom was referred the
Controllers list Of Approved Accounts OF
May 3. 1911 respectfully report that we
have examined the same. and believing
them to be correct, recommend that
they be paid from the proper funds.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10

sessment bonds to May LIST. 1910.
amounting TO s2.379.02, was paid.
The city Treasurer submitted the
following statements, showing amount
OF securities in the strong box and
sinking fund cash on hand
STATEMENT SHOWING AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES IN STRONG BOX.
March Ito the credit OF
the Detroit City Sinking
Fund ....-............ ,4O9 II
May 9--is Special Assess
Bonds taken up ....- 2.s7s OF
s3.i4s.oso rs
May as Special Assess
ment Bonds Nos, 4470 to
4b17 deposited ....,. 1872 81
May 9--To the credit OF the
Detroit City Sinking
May s-To the credit OF
the g AS. a l. Fund. $4,000 90
May 9-Total amount OF Sc
curities In the strong
box ..........s....s.. ..tS,045,Ids os
STATEMENT SHOWING SINKING
FUND CASH ACCOUNT
March ITO balance ... : 6.sS6 "a
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen - Your Committee on
Licenses. to whom was referred the va
rfous resolution granting permission %
William Clark, Elizabeth A. blarkburn
p. Jacobs. and L. Hdykorsh TO pedd1e
have has the same under confederation;
have received the written reporte % tho
Poor Commission as 20 their financial
condition. and cannot see wherein any
sIderation We therefore rccommeud
thai their respective requests for permis-
sion TO peddie without license % de-
MED. -.
fCo~ss..sA - r~Gs ns~~A
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10

lnasmuch as the Boulevard Is ex-
tremcly dusty and In great need ~ re-
pairs. Will your Honorable Body, kindly
give this matter immediate attention.
Respectfully yours.
NJ. r HURLBUT,
Commit sioner.
Referred TO Committee on Ways and
Means
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From cJtv rr.as,rsr.

from CITY Ireasurer.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen--l herewith submit my
trial balance for April 20 1911
Respectfully submitted.
MAN G. KOCH
City Treasurer
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-05-10
0 From Department Of Parks and
. nauIsUarda

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen-In order that some or
the most needed work may be started
at once. especially the roads that they
may be used before the pleasure saasrIi
IN over, will your Honorable Body
kindly direct the City Controller to Dor
row from some fund the sum OF $4,000.
the same to be returned from the up
Precipitation OF this department for the
years 1911 and 1912. when II becomes
available, and credit the same In
amounts as itemized below:
Belle Isle Maintenance
Account Item. Amount
No. e56-Roads and walks. 1000
No. 26S-Oiling .......,...... 1000
No. l54-Bathhouse service . 100
Belle Isle Improvements-
Account Item Amount
No. 320--Auto stand Jefferson
avenue .............t 500
No. 3ss-Casino shelter. ~ 500
No. 3il-Bathouse grounds. ... 1000
Boulevard Maintenance
Account Item. Amount
no. SC0-Resurfacing .......... $4,000
No. S62-Oiling ..............,. 1000
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l., APRIL 30. 1911
Aggregate City Bids .s 42.sS0 rs
Aggregate Accounts Re-
ceiyable .......... 56,72s rs
Sidewalk Bills ........,.. GS IS
Special Assessment Rolls. 5s9.574 O6
Special Assessment City
Bids .....,,........... 522s5 90
Noxious Weed Account 62l 60
Noxious Weed City Bids. 81 %
Tax Levies ............. 4?7.497 II
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Outstanding General City
Bonds ''.'.........''' s'S2s.Ooo 90
Outstanding Bonds, An
nexed Districts ........ 656,656 60
Outstanding Special As
sessment Bonds .. 1907 O66 %
Sinking Fund Bond Acct 3l56566 29
Special Assessment Sinking
and Interest Bond Acct. $4,000 90
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REPORTS OF COMMITTEES.

Accepted and placed on fils
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
RATS MAY PROVE MENANcE.
Physician Sees Danger of Plague ir
Rodent-lnfested Ships.

Chicago.-"Until all ships coming
to the United States from plague
infested China are stopped outside
the harbors of ports of entry and the
rats aboard absolutely destroyed,
America will continue to be in grave
danger of a death-dealing plague, in
every way as bad as that now raging
in the Orient"
This warning is sounded by DR.
G. Frank Lydston, professor of gen
ito-urinary surgery at the University
of Illinois. well known writer and
one of Chicago's. best known ply
sicians. DR. Lydston personally in
vestigated the second epidemic OF
bubonic PLACE in Australia a few
years ago, and is one of the best in
formed men on the subject in the
country.
1.-THE rat flea plague of all types is
essentially a Chinese disease" said
DR.. Lydston. IF the plague is of q
particularly virulent type. as l un
dertsand is the case in this present
Chinese plague. and if the resistance
Of the victim is low, the victim dies
before the glands, which are really
protective barriers against poisons IL
the blood, have a chance to react
This accounts for the lack of visible
bubonic symptoms in this Chimes
plague"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
WAY TO WIN IN POLITICS
Keep on Saying Something until
Every Ono Gets to Be-
llevIno It.

THE way to win In politics" JOB
Hedges said once, is to keep on say
Ing something until every one gets to
believing 1t. 1t don't make much diff
ference what that something is. My
office boy went to Bridgeport once on
one OF the 50-cent boat excursions. He
was late getting back to the boat, and
by the time he reached It every chair
on the desirable side Of the deck was
filled. He thought Of scheme. Have
you seen the whale?' he asked those
near him. They've got a whale tied
to the dock and he's thrashing around
with his tail like anything Those he
spoke to paid no attention. So he
went on. and told the story to others.
By and by a few rose and went to
see the whale He kept on telling the
story. More went around to see the
whale. At last the fever seized every
one and they crowded to the other
side of the boat to see the whale. My
office boy was left alone on the deck
He selected the best chair, and placed
1t IN the most desirable position by
the rail. The crowd didn't come back
He wriggled about uneasily, and final
ly he jumped up and ran to the other
side of the boat by gosh said he tc
himself, I believe mebee there is Q
vhale'~
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
THOROUGHBRED ANIMALS AND
PLANTS.
Their Great Commercial Value.

There is as much difference be-
tween thoroughbred and ordinary
plants as between thoroughbred and
ordinary animals" This statement
is made by ID. NJ. Ferry & Co., of De-
troit, the greatest flower and vege-
table breeders in the country, AMI
appears in their 1911 Annual Gaia
logue just issued. They argue for the
great value and economy of thorough
bred seeds. ANY fundamental na-
tural law which applies to animals ap-
plies equally to plants A good COW
e. e. thoroughbred) eats no more
than a poor one, but may give twice
as much butter-fat Good blood
makes as much difference with corn
as with cows. But thoroughbred
plants, Ike thoroughbred animals,
are not produced in one or two geneI-
atoms, for no matter how superior an
individual of common origin may be,
its progency are as rule like the
general run of it's antecedents- Hence
the need for seedsmen like d. NJ.
Ferry & Co. They have experience,
the best plant breeding equipment in
the United States, and the business
acumen to sell only such seeds as
have been bred from the choicest
stocks for many generations.
ID. M. Ferry & Co.'s Seed Annual
for 1911 may be had free of charge
by writing to them at Detroit, Michi-
gan. II contains much of interest
for those who think
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
FIGHT FOR PEOPLE
President TAFT Takes Firm Stand
For Cheaper Living.
Absolute Silence is His Only Answer
To All Pleas For a Change
OF Attitude.

on.-Embarrassed Is a
mild word to define the predicament
in which members of Congress have
found themselves since President |
Taft submitted his proposition for
reduction in the cost of living through !
the medium of reciprocity with Can
ada.
High protectionists, confident of the
sympathy of the Executive, have not
hesitated to go to the White House
with predictions that the party win
be disrupted If the program is in
sisted upon. Insurgent Republicans,
many of whom have become unac-
customed to visit the White House at
all, have been uursuing policy of
silence.
While some of them are ready to
admit that the proposed agreement is
in line with the tariff arguments,
they fear to adopt it lest they bring
upon their heads the wrath of agri-
culturists.
! President Taft is said to be about
the only one who is showing no con-
Germ about the situation. He is said
to have met all arguments against
the agreement with determination
to disregard mere political objec-
tons, whether they come from stand
patters or insurgents.
He believes that what he has rec
commended is right, and he has maze
it clear that so long as he continues
so to believe, he cannot be dissuaded
| from using every force at his com
mand to promote legislation to put
the agreement into operation.
That President Taft realized fully
what arguments would be advanced
by protectionists against freedom of
| tariff relations with Canada is prov
ed by the ways and means committee
of the house, or the finance commit
tee of the senate, was apprised in
advance as to what articles would be
affected by the agreement
His consultations were had exclus
4 lively with the Government trade ex
perts and only such of those as were
believed to be beyond political inhu
ence. In nothing he has done since
he has been President, has Mr.. Taft
displayed so independent spirit.
Progressive Republicans are de
irving some comfort from the fac
that Senator Aldrich and Speaker
Cannon and others of the "old guard
apparently were as much in the darl
as any one else about the President,
plans.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Strike HaIts Passover.

New York.-The output of un-
leavened bread, eaten over all the
world by orthodox families during
the feast of the Passover. is tied
up by a general strike of the Matzo
bakers here.
The strike went into effect as or
ders were pouring in from distant
cities for the passover supply. New
York is the center OF the Matzc
trade. Strike leaders say 1000 bak
ers are involved in the strike which
is for higher wages.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Refugees Swarm From Mexico.

Ell Paso, Tex.-Mexican refugees
are floclxing over the border into
Texas near La Jitas, east of here in
Brewster County, to escape taking
sides either with the federals or the
insurgents. Many are bringing their
horses and cattle and United States
Government officials are somewhat
puzzled over the situation that con-
fronts them. If they seize the ami
mails for duty the Mexicans will
be destitute. Few of the refugees
have any food. but will be able to
work their way into the states and
get employment.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Perfect chocoIat. Cake.

Three squares unsweetened choco-
late, four eggs. one and one-half cups
white sugar, one-haf cup butter. one
half cup milk, one and one-half cups
sifted -four. two level teaspoons baking
powder, one teaspoon vanilla. salt.
Melt chocolate over hot water, beat
egg yolks and sugar thoroughly, add
the creamed butter. stir till very
light; add melted chocolate, then milk
and -four after sitting three times, and
baking powder. Beat the whites OIL
eggs to stih froth and add last with
vanilla Bake in a slow oven abou
one hour. Make one very large loa
or two small ones
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

It is said tat ice one and half
inches viii support man; four inches
thick will support cavalry; five inches
thick will supper. an s4-pound cannon;
ten inches thick will support multi
tude. and Is inches thick will support
a railroad train. These figures, Of
course. presupposes that the ice is Of
an even thickness. not having thin
places. and only to true ice. not slush
ice or to ice when the temperature Is
above the freezing point. After tbaw
sets in but little confidence can be
placed on the r----~'i' - 'he ice
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
sns Keeps a Secret.

Coroner's Detective Frank Paul hae
an amusing experience recently and
he has not as yet decided whether It
was Joke OF the truth. The cir
cumstances are these:
Paul was sitting in his ofice,
meditating on the ways of the world
in general The telephone bell rang.
Hello" said the detective. in his
best manner.
Come down here. quick" said an
agitated feminine voice. there's q
murder being done"
What is the address7" asked the
vigilant sleuth, and I'll be down
right away"
IT'S none of your business" wal
the snappy reply. and the receiver
was hung up with a bang.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

Chief Joe Engleman, leader Of the
Miamis, was talking in Peru. Ind.
about his tribes claim against the
government.
I'VE Miamis will never fall into tho
same trap twice." said, In the cult
waited tones of a university man. the
handsome chief. I'VE know from ex-
perience what to expect. We are like
the beautiful girl who accepted the
hand of her millionaire employer.
"'Yes, Clarence the girl said. pat
ting the millionaire's scant gray nair.
I will marry you. but l have one re-
quest to make
Name it. my love- said the dot
ing old man
Let me select she replied. my
successor at this desk
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
H.roI.m under knIfo.

Heroism on the operating table Is
generally regarded as a necessary dis
play of fortitude and therefore not
calling for particular mention. Its
finest examples come under the OBJ
servance OF only very few persons
at best, and these few generally for
get quickly what they have witnessed
in preparing for another operation.
There is nothing particularly thrilling
about 1t, no attending battles or self
sacrifice or catastrophes to lena 1t
color and attract attention.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
A Budding Merchant.

The jeweler had left his new boy In
charge of the store while he went
home to his dinner. but not until he
cautioned the youth that all the goods
were marked and that he must not let
anyone take goods with him unless
they were paid for.
well, Sam" he asked upon his re-
turn, did you have any customers7"
you beti" said Sam. gleefully And
l got his money. tool sold one man
all those brass rings you had that
were marked 1Sc on the inside. and
here's the money! dollar and ninety
eight cents."-Iudge.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

an organism untitled for the trial of
strength, and when the strain is over
her system has received shock from
which it is hard to recover. Follow
ing right upon this comes the nervous
strain of caring for the child. and
distinct change In the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
q happy and healthy mother of chill
dren, and indeed childbirth under right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting
from an unprepared condition, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial
1t isn't as though the experience
came upon them unawares- They have
ample time in which to prepare, but
they, for the most part, trust to chance
and pay the penalty.
In many homes once childless there
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes won u normal,
healthy, and strong.
Any woman who would like
special advice in regard to this
matter is cordially invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn,
Mass. Her letter viii be held in
strict confidence.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

woggs-So you got stung In that
mining company You should have
known better.
Boggs-How could 1? It looked
like a real thing; no fake earmarks
about It. Why. there wasn't single
man on the board Of directors who
was prominent IN nrblic life-Puck.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Floods Block Trains.

Los Angeles.-Trafic on the Coast
line of the Southern Pacific is ser
iously objected as the result of flood
conditions in the northern part OF
Santa Barbara County. The reports
received at the local Offices of the
Southern Pacific are to the effect
that the tracks have been covered
with debries at the Mud flats west OF
Gaviota. The track is reported TO
be intact, but It will take several
hours to clear it,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

A large clothes basket lined and
allied with many-times folded blanket
or large cushion makes coy nest for
baby, and in this the little one has
room to lie and stretch his little limbs
about 1t makes a change from the
cot. and the babe is more out OF
draughts In the basket than when lying
on a heartrr''9 n front Of the fire.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

Living typhoid germs have been
found in fly stomach six days after
the fly had sucked them in. and these
germs were in their "specks" for two
days after germs were eaten by Miss
Fly. Consumption germs were taken
out of the belly of fly at a fly post
norton. Mrs. Fly had sucked these
particular consumption germs In IF
teen days before. Diphtheria germs
live In flies a week, but cholera germs
die out IN a courle Of DAYS.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

A few Sundays since, in a small
school at Independence, Va, the sub
ject was THE Wise and Foolish Vir-
gins" One of the teachers asked the
class the following question: Which
Of the invited guests did not have
their lamps trimmed and burning
The one to respond was pretty little
girl Can you answer the question,
Molly?" asked the teacher. "Oh. yes,
SIR" said the little girl, 1T was the
foolish virginian National Monthly
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

"D'you recollec' old wot's-1s-name?"
I'm with the collar?" al Wot
abaht Imp" "'E ad to go down Uerk
of the head) you know-they Civ i'm
wot you call it-didnt arr git 1t.
don't think" "ReelyI" "Adn't you
card. them" 81 did ear somefng. but
no details. not afore now."-Punch-
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
EccentrIo WORK sasket.

There are work bags made Of tur-
ties. Could anything be odderf And
yet they are not unattractive, queer
as they sound. The shell OF the tur-
tie is lined with some gay silk, and
the tail is pulled over and inserted
In the mouth. then used as a handle.
They make nice sewing baskets. and
will undoubtedly appeal to the lovers
Of the eccentric
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

If kid gloves have become spotted
with mildew they should be placed in
bottle with lump Of ammonia about
the size Of walnut; cork the bottle
tightly and leave them for short
time. when the mildew spots will
quite disappear. II left too long, how
ever, the ammonia will rot the
stitches; so they must be watched
An alright box viii do equally well
as a bottle.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Tho MIX tyranny.

As an article of diet milk is over
estimated Man Ia the only animal
who when grown to be adult drinks
milk. The COW herself will not drink
it except In rare instances. Many
horses refuse 1t. In the wild. If the
grown lion or elephant or fox were
disposed to dispute with the young
lings for possession of the udder he
could prevail and rob the sucklings
till the race persisted
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
All Had Done Time.

you know Mrs. Van elders fam
ny portrait gallery that she started
last year," Yes" We'll. that great
criminal detective officer who guarded
the wedding presents when Frostie
Van Glider married the Oldest De
Graft boy. told me that he recognizes
seven OF the portraits. and they had
all done time whatever that means.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
rey m,,R,NE EVE REMEDY

for Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes
and GranulatedE yelids. Murine Doesn't
Smart-Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists
Sell Murine Eye Remedy, Liquid, 25c,
soc, s100. Murine Eye Salve in
Aseptic Tubes, 25c. s1.00. Eye Books
and Eye Advice Free by Mail
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicag,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

j No doubt many uses can be founs
for a fathers existence and yet when
you have your gun with you and you
nnd one within range, you kill II on
principle. not. that you are afraid Of
1t biting you. but that there is a
chance OF IL biting the next thing, hui
man or otherwise. that comes along.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02

$50 fur" said Brother Dckey,
though had my ear ter de groun'.
ter ketch de smalies' SCUM, amt
heerd no footsteps er Mister Chris'-
mas comm my way. an reckon he's
gwine ter take me by surprise by CIV
in me whole hami"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
psrdonablo Pride.

my grandfather"-the young man
spoke not without a touch Of pride
my grandfather lived to a green old
age. Three times after his seventeen
birthday he was taken In by the con
ddanca trick"
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
conorets Floors for ships.

Concrete floors were tried in num-
Der OF wooden vessels carrying ore
and coal on the Great Lakes as sub
stitute for wooden floors. which suffer
severely rom the clamshen buckets
The concrete foors are said to stand
tha wear well
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Jamaica Wants 1s15 EaIr.

Kingston. Jamaica.-The Jamaica
chamber Of commerce is directing a
proposal to recommend to the Gov
eminent the holding of a big exposi-
ton here in 1915. coincident with the
formal opening Of the Panama Canal.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-02-02
Real Tough Luck.

Our Cedar Point correspondent is
recovering from stroke Of paralysis.
the editors office was burned. and the
Bulletins head reporter Is about 10
write up her own wedding. 1t is what
you might call tough luck all around
Florence Bulletin.