Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1911-07-29

? BRAND.
10 euslnsss Man.
such q man 40 Armour. who has the
money, who 10 not frightened by the
power Of monopoly. and who might.
II he chose. be remembered as one Of
the real benefactors Of the country
by breaking down the telephone mon.
opoly and making Of the great tele.
phone convenience blessing within
the reach Of all and as cheap, In pro-
portion, a. the national postonice.
Drop penny in the slot and tele.
phone"
Aid. Herman J. Bauler. who origi.
mated the Seventy Cent Cos league in
the mayoral campaign, proposes to
settle telephone rates now that the
league has completed it's end Of the
gas price rates and left II for the
courts TO say whether the 76 to SO
cent sliding scale ordinance 10 fair.
Aid. Bauler insists that the penny
telephone idea is all right and says
he has worked out the idea without
the aid Of any expert like Edward w.
Bemis or w. J. Hagenah. who were
engaged in both the gas and telephone
rate investigations.
Aid. Bauler wants to change the
name Of the Seventy Cent Gas League
to tho penny Telephone League" !"
The alderman declares that the tele.
phone meter problem may be salts.
factorily solved, although mechanical
experts throughout the country have
been endeavoring to solve It for years.
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Following is the political calendar
for 1911 and 1917:
| September 10, 191l-Convention
composed Of Cook county precinct
committeeman. to nominate six au.
perior court judges.
November Z. 1911-Judicial cleo.
ton.
January 27. 1912-First day for a.
Ing aldermanic petition.
February 10. 1s12-First day fol
nling petition for nominations for Of
hces to be voted At April primaries.
February ~. 1s12-Last day fol
Ming nominations for alderman.
February 81. ls12-Primary for al
dermanic nominations,
March 2. ls13-LAst day for films
call for congressional and state con
ventions.
March II. ls12-Last day for nliua
petitions for April primary (Munici
pal Judge excepted).
March 25. 1sl2-Last day for hlina
Municipal Judge petitions.
April 2, 19l2-..ldermanic election
April 8, 1912-Primary for ofices e
be filled at fall election.
April IL. l9l2-County convention.
April II. 19l2-Congressional con
vention.
April 10. 1s12-state conventions.
November 8, 1912-General elec
ton.
| Following are the ofaces to b.
filed In 1911 and 1912:
November Z, 1911-Ten Superior
court judges, one Circuit court Judge
| April 2. 19l2-One alderman from
each ward.
November s, l912-President ant
vice-president of the United States
twenty.seven presidential electors
governor, secretary of state, attorne,
general. lieutenant governor, stat,
treasurer, auditor, three university
trustees, members of congress, mem
ber of the legislature, one state sen
ator from even numbered senatoria
district, states attorney, president O
the county board, and fifteen mem
bers OF board, recorder of deeds, cir
cult court clerk, superior court clerk
coroner, member of board of review
two members Of county board of as
SCISSORS. nine judges of the municipa
court, three sanitary trustees.
The Water Meter Trust is at worl
again. It Is threatening the healt
Of the people by agitating the installs
tion Of meters In every house. Thi
will mean curtailment of the amour
OF water used In every home. It mean
the spread Of disease and uncleanl
ness. The City OF Chicago 10 benin
all other cities in the world with II
water system. New York has to 8
! over . hundred miles for fresh wstsl
yet its supply never fails. Chicsg
has water In plenty at Ito door an
yet II = always talking about wats
meters-in other words. yssrnins "a
graft What Chicago really needs
q water works system that pump
water. Il needs at least three usN
water tunnels running out into u