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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
HOW TO ECOAOn|zE
BY b. r. Potter.

II has often been said that public
officials should manage for the peo-
pie sthey do in their own private
affairs; but how many do this? Those
VINO do are exceedingly rare; but this
does not alter the fact that they
should do It, A man is importuned
by his wife and daughters TO recon
struct their residence, make it more
imposing in appearance. make ad,li-
tons to ii, moderniZe it, so it viii
compare favorably with the mansions
of some richer neighbors. He says
he cannot afford to do this, his en-
tire income is required to pay the
expenses of their present style of liv-
ing; to make the improvements
asked for he would have to mort cage
mis- property. The answer IS final.
the city council. A petition Is rre-
scented for an institution 10 Establish
which the city would have to mort
gage itself, making an issue of bonds.
But the project has been Endorsed by
prominent citizens and doomed by the
press. Men of influence advocate 1t
and nobody makes a noisy demon
stration against it. The aldermen
who would not mortgage his property
for the improvement Of his residence
votes to mortgage the city for a pub
lie appurtenance that perhaps is de-
sirable, but is not necessary
Public money and credit are not
viewed by those to whose keeping
they are entrusted the same as tnes-
servants fthe people view their
personal means, but the time should
be speedily inaugurated when public
affairs will be handled in a business
Ike way, as business men handle
their private affairs.
The time will never come when
the Cairo city council will not have to
hold a firm check on the other de-.
partments of the city government.
The police department will never
nave men enough ON its force; the
fre department, backed by the under
writer's. will want always men, horses,
material and new appurenances; the
board OF health. stimulated by the
ACTIVITY OF the state board, and by
the occasional spread of CONTAGIOUS
disease, will want much aid for In
spection service and otherwise: the
teVee committee viii justly always
need means to keep the levees ND to
the standard and the darinage pumps
IN good working order; the board of
pubic works viii ever want to push
street improvements; and then will
come the street committee with plans
for street cleaning and sprinkling:
the park board will never cease pre-
senting projects for identifying the
parks; the library board viii always
want many new books, although there
are thousands Of good volumes on
the shelves the patrons have never
read: and SO on to the end of the
chapter. To discriminate between
rhose demands that are based on ne
cessity and those that can be set
aside requires consideration but
lNtle Cairo with her big government
shouh not be saddled with unneces.
sary claims and appropriations or al
lowances.
The way to economic Is to iimin-
isn expenditures. CiraTel streets 10
not REQUIRE expenditures for cleaning
and less than brick for repairs, Judg.
ihg by large cities. one police patrol
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Two men Of Milwaukee, were dis
cussing the case OF person OF their
acquaintance whose obituary, 1t APP
pears, had been printed by mistake In
one of that city's newspapers. .p
"Oh. hor' exclaimed one Of the Ger
mans. $50 deS haf printed der funeral
notice of a man who Is not dead al
ready! Veil. now, he'd be- in u nice
Ok IL he vas one OF dose .beeble yot
believes everything dey sees In der
bapers"--Harrer's Magazine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
Not q Success,

Sawyer-Twistler has invented
combination broom that can be used
for a cane, trapeze, rolling pin. a
billiard cue. a lawn mower handle and
wooden leg. Gearing-He ought to
make money with a broom like that.
Sawyer--He could If he only knew
how to adjust the blamed tliI3g so II
would sweep.--Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
AT PUBLIC LlBRARBY.

The following testimonial refers 10
the Skovgaard Concert Party which
will appear at the library February
20, Is from Eugene G. Dana, of Niles,
Mich: The Skovgaard Concert Party
gave us a soul-satisfying entertain.
ment, ministering to the hunger for
the best music that voice and instru-
ments can supply
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
proner chiIls.

. aI've had cold chiils running over
me all day" the thin tmnn complained
"You ought to be glad OF That" sara
his heartless friend
II don't think I understand you.
why should be glad?"
ooh, well, you know. 1t Is quite an
ordinary thing to have cold chills
There's no cause for alarm. Just think
what an extraordinary thing 1t would
be IL you should have hot ciills run
ming over you."-New York Press.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Souc
The above Is correct statement OF
the circulation of The Cairo Bulletin
for the year 1910 and for the month
of January, 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 1st day of February, 1911.
LEO ]. KLEB,
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
FIGHT UNTIL THE END.

Life can be made . success. It
is not question Of climbing above
poverty: it is a question Of under
standing life. So many Of US have
been lured away and fascinated by
what turn out to be phantons and
false gods. We have had to wheel
back and begin over again and fight
along against tremendous odds. and
yet with al that life can be made a
success. for success consists in doing
right. in doing the best you can with
whatyou have. Fight until the end.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
Sorry He Asked.

"Haye You any special terms for au-
tomobIllsts% asked the man in bear
skin and goggles. ,. ,a.
.."Waal. yes" responded the old toll.
gate keeper, whose gate had been bro.
ken down by speeding machines.
Sometimes call them deadbeats. an
sometimes Gull them blamed rascals.
Anything else you want to know. mis-
terY-Chicago News.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Alderman Williams is acting mavor
of Cairo by vote of the city council
during the absence OF Mayor Par
sons. 1t Is to be presumed, however,
that his authority will be too short
lived to- enable him work any radical
administration reforms.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
a cobbler,s Dozen,

In most countries thirteen is always
spoken Of az THE bakers Dozen" but
In Italy It is. called "a cobbler's
dozen" There is tradition In that
land that formerly there was . law
compelling cobblers to put twelve nails
around. the edge Of 9 boot heel and
that when nails were cheap a thir-
teenth nall was driven in the center
for luck. stA -
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
Maley's Restaurant 81 Ohio
No n arm Done.

Dear me. pa said the beautiful
heiress, you'll mortify me to death
yet"
whats the matter now. Liz"
"Yon told John 10 80 down 70 the
depot and get the enrI's baggage right
out loud 80 that he couldn't help hear
Ing you. Why can't you learn TO say
station and luggage" ss,
"Oh, don't mind that. The earl
won't care. He's got used TO United
States talk. He asked me this morn
ing how got my dough and how
much | had OF it."-Philadelphia Rec.
ord
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
Fifty Years Ago Today.
Feb. is.

Five thousand people stood in
the rain at Pittsburg to hear Mr..
Lincoln. He spoke on the tariff,
avowing that he was unac-
quainted with 1t. Later he spoke
at Cleveland, where great
crowd escorted his carriage two
miles through rain, snow and
mud.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
roo LATE TO CLASSIFY.

FOR RENT--Two adjoining fats,
suitable for rooming or boardn
house. Southwest corner Fourteenti
st. and Washington Ave. Inquire
Sam West, Tower Bar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
The Bulletin u on sale At tho fol
lowing placer: .
coieman's, 702 Commercial Avsnus
Halliday House Nswa stand
Blue Front Restaurant.

"Skiddoo' comes quite naturally
after the ominous ''13." II "Zimmi4
will now make it "4-11.44" Wen let
'er go at that.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Cairo Alexander County, Illinois,
Population 13,147.
Mayor, GEORGE PARSONS.
Clerk. r. A. HATCHER.
treasurer, FRANK B, ARM.
STRONG.
city Attorney HUNTER BIRD.
comptroller. ERNEST WORKMAN.
Magistrate. ANDREW WHITCAMp
Chief OF Police. j. @. COWEIL.
alexander County, Population 27.4el.
County Judge, w. s. DEWEY.
County Clerk. JESSE II. MILLER
Circuit Clerk, ALFRED BROWN
Sheriff, A. s. FRASER
States Attorney. ALEX M.WILsON
County Superintendent of Schools.
MRS. FANNIE P. HACKER.
Assessor and Treasurer, W.D. Ltp.
PITT.
Coroner, DIR. JAS. M'MANus.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

No other medium reaches the PEG
pie of Cairo and vicinity as does The
Cairo Bulletin.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average number of complete and
perfect copies of The CAIRO
Bulletin printed daily and Sun
day during the year 1870. .22Sf
Average number OF complete and per
feet copies OF The Cairo Bulle-
tin printed daily and Sunday
during the month Of January.
1o11 $3.50
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

"How about the Mic? Greet. ohf'
Eyes. AS / remember Il too. up
several pages In TIE guiicbocs."
Washington Herald.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Let US paint your house. We win
give yon square deal on quality ana
price. Ask anyone. Billiard & Kitz-
miller
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Advertisers In The Bulletin place
their announcements before the PEG
- who nave the money to spend. l,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
. CAIRO N 1890

The Board of Trade at this time
had evidently about concluded that
1t would better lend It's assistance
to local masufacuring plans rather
rather than giving all its attention
to securing new enterprises. To this
end, he committee on manufactures
and the promotion OF trade" publish
ed a notice in the local papers lnvlt.
ing local manufactures wishing to
Increase their plants, and those cor
templating the organization Of
schemes calculated to benefit the
city" to address that committee, con.
sisting of John S .Aisthorpe. C. s.
Carey, Chas. Lancaster and Others,
who would cheerfully confer with
them.
p. E. Ellis returned home early In
March from a trip to Mexico with
the Illinois Press Association. He
said that the City OF Mexico cane
nearest to being a rival Of Chicago
Of Any city he had seen west OF
south. Its streets were teeming with
busy life and the walks SO crowded
that Il was frequently dicicult t:
move along.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

der Cousty National Bank was pub
Hshed showing loans and discounts.
s176,pl5. 50; u. s. bonds to secure
circulation, $25,o00.a0; premium on
y, S. bonds, S6,75000; capital stock
surplus fund $1,000: an
divided profits sS,3G3S9; individual
deposits sl5S, T7S.5S.
st. Patriek's Day was duly oh.
served in Cairo. Special services
were held in St Patrick's church
asd an eloquent lecture ON the Life
of st. Patrick" was delivered by Rev.
Father LaBlanch, of Anna. ban
quet was given at the IHibernian En-
CINE house, under the auspices Of the
Order of Hfbernians.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

The highest liberty Is In ksEnony
with the highest iaw.-0ilsa.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15
.-Kept Informed.

Green-I understand his wife has
money. Point--He understands 1t also.
---ExchanGe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Board OF County Commissioners.
J. J. JENNELLE Chairman.
G. v. NEFF.
DIR. EDWIN CAUSE.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

For signs with class see Billiard &
1000 Commercial.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

Best Coffee in city .s1l Ohio St
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

A quarterly report Of the Alexan.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-02-15

UMAN nature is the queercst thing in the world 1t sJ
pahizes actively with railroad employees when they dema
=. L rrrnr Il
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15
ECONOMY" IN PRINTING,

We src that Apostle Smoot has been
calling upon President Taft with view
to finding out what the President would
recommend to Congress. Nothing new
develops from this visit. especially ON
the Alaskan question, for Secretary
Fisher has fully explained his plan Tor
legislation in that direction, and this
plan was Professionally approved by
the President,
The thing which Smoot has in hand,
however, is the curtaimept of the
printing bills of the government, lie
proposes to substitute power presses
for hand presses in the delicate work Of
printing currency. which experts claim
is impracticablc. OF course, those who
have the printing machines which they
claim will do this work arc loud III
praise Of their machines and seek to
have them introduced IN the Treasury
Department for this work. The prhc-
tical men who do the printing, however,
declare that hand work is the only work
that is satisfactory; that machines have
been tried time after time, and that
none is able TO do the delicate, exact
work that is required. All of the prin
tors organizations in Washington arc
opposed to the proposed change, not be
cause they oppose progress, but because
they declare that the change which is
urged is Ineffective in doing the best
work
Smoot SAYS that he viii be able, by
making this change and by curtailing
the printing in the government printing
Office, to save 81 100000 annually. But,
if he does this at the expense of poor
cr work. and Of shutting of, the print
ing of reports, and documents that the
people wish TO see and Judge the merit:
Of for themselves, it viii be saving not
in the least in the line Of economy. 1t
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

wero given. such rs for tho march from
I'll Paso to San Antonio on an exceed
incly hot day. the troops being cncum-
bcrcd with heavy marching equipment
and large numbers of them dropping
out by tho waysidc utterly exhausted
That sort of orders wouId he avoided
with proper training.
The object of the concentration oil
the armv and what the Secretary ol
War really has in view. is the military
practice which will follow this con
ccntration, this military practice and
drill, and this unifying of the army
so that il may be made effective rs
4 whole in whatever portions OF 1T may
be called out. The Secretary s mean
ing was good but his acquaintance with
military parlance was not so clear as
to make his expression what lie really
intended IL TO be But the main thing
is the concentration, the military prac-
tice. and the. training of the army so
that it can he effective in mass ana
unified command as duty requires on
ruI1
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

lie opinion, the facts as they develop
prove that tho people are in n state OF
unrest. and are determiucd~t have n
change without exactly understanding
the drift Of the changes they put INTO
effect, and without considering the con
sistcncy Of one as compared with the
other All will doub;lcs work out to
ibe benefit of the people in the long
run; but IN the meantime, it is inter
ostiuG TO study the contradictory ten
denotes as they develop.
Rhode Island has just adopted a con
stitutional amendment changing from,
annual State elections to biennial Mas
sachusetts still keeps up its annual
State elections. evidently determined 10
forcstall any idea of introducing The re-
call into that State. But We believe
now that Rhode Island has changed To
biennial elections, that Mnssachusett
is the only State in tho Union which
has Il Gubcrnatorial term Of but one
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

is probably true That good many
things that arc printed might as wei
not be printed Bnt they arc printed
because of seeming demand. and AT
he request Of mcmber of tho Scnhle
or House, or OF n committee OF CON
prcss Where this printing IS ordered
OF course, 1T will have TO be done. The
appropriatc oversight. however, as tn
the number of copies 10 he printed
should he had. and the pilinG up OF
immense numbers Of any public docu-
mcnt uucalled for in the warehouses
should be stopped There is doubtless
here field for cconouiZinc, but we
doubt If that field is very large, and
we doubt il smool is the sort of man
that is capable of exercising the jnd2-
mrnt necessary TO n proper dIscrlmlna-
tion us TO the number Of documents
that arc to be printed of anything that
is ordered, or, in general, of overseeing
the printing Of public documents.
The fact is as 10 all of these matters
that there arc many vastly important
documents printed from time to time
which lhc people would bc glad to get il
they knew about them. Any one going
TO Washington and Investigating IN the
document rooms can find many things of
the very highest Importance that The
people would be glad 10 have, but which
the public knows nothing about y
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15
CONVICT LABOR ON ROADS.

With the coming of the Storm OF
last Friday. the convicta that have
been at work from a camp IN boX fd'
der county on The roads in that region
have been Withdrawn TO the penltch-
tiarv. The talk now is, thai inc con
vict road work will be transferred 10
points in the southern part oil the
State, where road work is much need
ed: But, if so transferred. the con-
yict camp will have to be south OF the
rim of the basin. for the cold IN the
elevated south platcaus is often cNcn
greater than in This immediate BASIN
Ii is certain that much road work Is
required IN the Dixie country, ana II
would be to the advantage of that reg
ion. ms we'll as to the advantage OF inc
state, i'm the employment OF It's con
victs, TO have a convict camp some
whore in that mild region, where good
road work could be prosecuted all WIN
ter to the public advantage.
Another place where road work could
he adyantaceously done is III the Trceh
River country Mt several points Inc
road from Moab to the railroad needs
a rood deal of work So do the roads
in the Emery county region. and o"
both sides Of Green River
good road TO the San Juan oil
region would be great help also to the
trade Of this city. and to the advantage
of Utah generally That oil region
now is supplied from the Colorado side,
but il ought to be supplied from thls
side because the oil fields arc IN Utah'
The road could to advantage. he put
through Wayne county across inc Colo'
RADIO TO the San Juan river, ana follow
mn that river TO The oil fields. Or, 1T
MIGHT 90 in from the Moab side.
The demand for good road work III
all that southern region Is very great
and there need be no fear that thc
roads will all be put IN good conaltion
either this year or the next OF ioi
MANY wears to come. The demand VIII.
he constant, the work Is beneficial anu
No time should be lost IN establishing
,ho camns in such southern regions OIL
the State as will be found most I'M
mediately profitable for that WORK
Warden Pratt has returned from inc
Eoct. and we expect to see tins matter
t.ken up and pushed by him, IN GOOD
nractical shape, with the least possihle
Io1op
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15
CONTRARY CURRENTS.

Two opposite tendencies are MANIFEST
in this country at the present time inc
ono which is most prominent is that
which provides for the recall OIL oiiF
GERS at the will Of the people. inns
recall is so lily defined ut present an"
is uscd in such haphazard and errat'c
manner AS TO show that 1t Is a mere
ovncr;ment The recall would naturally
come into force i'll cases where OFFICERS
have long terms of service, and where
thcv 90 wrong, to the disgust OF inc
pcople. When this occurs the idea Is
chat thc recall shall be put into erect
and that the offending officer shall he
superseded by someone more IN accora
with popular ideas. The recall. as
matter Of fact, would ht better III
cases where officers have life OF lndeh-
mite terms of service than where thclr
service is limited to buef term OF
wears. Where this term is short tue
recall would naturally be less frequent
ly applied; where the term is long
there the recall would have ITS most
interesting and effective operation.
On the other hand, there is ten
dcncy TO lengthen the terms of Office
holders. and TO have biennial III the
place of annual sessions OF the state
legislatures. The number of the states
which formerly elected their governors
and other State officers every year mas
decreased so that now but one State has
annual elections for State officers, The
annual election would be an cflcciual
stop to the recall, for with elections
every year there would be practically
recall every twelve months. The
people could, at the regular annual cleo
tlon, vote out any officer whom they
disliScd. and tho recall would have no
| service to perform,
And yet. right in the face of the
growth of the idea Of recall, number
of the States which have had two years
| terms for their State officers arc max
ing them four year terms, and those
States which have bad annual elections
arc making their elections biennial 1t
would be interesting TO trace the con-
ncctIon Of thought, If any exists. he
tween this idea of lcngthcning the term
of Office and introducing the recall. On
| the surface the tendency would seem
10 be against the recall. although this
is the most recent innovation and is
praised as the remedy for wrong action
on the part Of officials. That wrong
action, however. is cn'cctually checked
bv the annual election which has pre-.
vailed heretofore. But abandoning the
annual election would seem to mean
that the people do not care TO size up
their officers too often. and arc willing
10 trust them for longer terms
But whatever the explanation Of these
apparent contradictory currents of pub
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

good many OF these interesting docu-
monts are printed in small numbers.
and tho demand for them quickly cx-
hansts the supply .w hcncvcr the pubic
become. aware Of such document. nc
most pressing need i'm this matter Is,
to have the public Informed Of what Is
avaiable, so that orders can he scnt by
the people 10 their Senators and Ecp-
rcsentativcs asking copies of the docu-
mcnts that they might wish TO read.
The farmers arc better supplied in this
respect than any other class OF the peo-
pie through tho efforts of the Depart
hands of farmers, reports. speeches, aud
documents that arc considered yaluable
bv the department. This department
takes pains 10 let ihc farmers know
numbers Of those documents for dstri
button through its correspondents. But
In every other department there is :
failure TO act. They do not let the
people know what is available, and dc
not take pains 10 find out what the pco
plo would like 10 Get. What is wanted
moro than ANYTHING else is some husl
nesslikc administration or supervision
that would acquaiDt the people witt
what is available. so that orders coul'
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

Whether the ship s mess Of the bat.
iIcship Utah uses the. Mormon or the
anti-Mormon silver tray. it ism t likely
that there viii he any difference in thc
patriotism and hghtiug qualities of her
sailors, comments the Boston Travel.
cr. no doubt true enough, in the main.
But what does it mean BY an Can't.
Mormon .trays' \ second coffee trav
was added to this service, it is trne.
and the ship is that much ahead. But
why "auttMormon - in referring to
Itl
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-15

be made and Numbers printed 81,
poud'ng 10 the demand. ~
This is a branch of the suBioo. !,
eyer, the most important Of All "
appears to be entirely ignored H.. s% %
and those who are workinc ri.s p
III Washington ON this mcs,,on -
Is wanted is not curtailment - "
ing or publication. but bettar A.; ~
lnaiion on government print;nr j.
better system of letting the na
know what can bc had that :, =,
able. SO that dcmoud can he me-
cording to the Importance or ;nx
of the matter printed.