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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

make written reports of the financial
status of the city, the city council
and special detailed reports upon the
I reaacs: Oh any member of the council
he disbursements of city funds by
the commissioner Of finance can be
done only on the order of the council
by certificate Of the commissioner OF
accounts. His salary is to be $500 a
year.
he commissioner Of public works
Wiil have charge of all roads, streets
and highways. bitches and public i'm.
provement, street paving, sidewalk
construction, public buildings, real
and personal property of the city and
all parks. He will be the inspector
OF all sewers. gas and water pipes.
fountains and water plugs. His salary
will be $500 a year.
The commissioners of public safety
VIII have charge of the police, fire.
sanitary, health and charity and cor,
recting departments. The health or
nicer will be under his supervision. He
VIII be the inspector OF all plumbing,
weights and measures. He shall be
acting judge during the absence Of
the city Judge. His salary is to be
5000 a year
The charter further provides that
every officer of the city shall establish
certain Office hours and must be at
his office during such hours.
According to the best estimate the
cost of running the proposed city by
the plan Of third class city charters
now in vogue would be about $4,000
a year for salaries of officers and EN-
ployes of the city. Under the propos-
ed plan it will cost the city about
$4,000, including the police, fire ana
highway employees.
NO franchise or renewal for any
public utility can be granted unless
a majority of the electors OF the city
SO declare. BY the use of the prefer
entail ballot political parties are elm
mated from the election, as the des-
ignation of a candidate by party is
not made. Conventions are abolished
person to become candidate files
certificate of nomination with the
city clerk signed by fifty voters.
A voter must express more than one
choice If there are more than two can
didates for any one office. That is,
he must vote for his first, second and
third choice for the office. A tie is
to be decided in favor of the one hay-
ing the greatest number OF first class
votes
BY the use Of the recall any officer
may be removed by petition signed
by at least twenty per cent of the
voters at the last proceeding election
for governor. A special election rs
called. BY the initiative the voters
may make their own laws and offer
theiT own ordinances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
LOVE.

Love came at dawn when all the
world was fair.
When crimson glories, bloom and
song were rife;
Love came at dawn when hopes
wings famed the air.
And murmured. q am life.
Love came al eve when the day was
dcne
When heart and brain were tired, and
slumber pressed;
Love came at eve, shut out the sink
ing sun,
And whispered. q am rest
w Wilfred Campbell
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Il is the understanding that Senator
Jonathan Bourne OF Oregon, in the
course OF a lecture in Boston on The
Seth, is to launch the president
iai boom OF Senator i.aFoiiette and
make an effort to capture the New
England delegation to the national
convention for the Wisconsin dis
turber of the public peace. 1t goes
without SAYING that Mr.. Bourne might
be in better business.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
aerlsstteY pIstlnetly parislsn.

Grisette ia q generic name applied
to the Partisan shop or working girl,
but IT does not obtain In other cities
OF France. The name is derived from
the girls" or gray cloth. which was
at one time generally worn BY the
lower cisgses In class-ridden coun-
try. Even after this mark OF dis1pc-
ton fell into disuge with the coming
OF a more democratic spirit IN France
the name "grisette, continued In gen.
eral use,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
COLONIAL THEATRE
LARGER AND PRETTY
Frank sansone, Manager Of Picture
House, to Extend Amusement
Place largely.

By the first of May, the Colonial
theatre will be increased in size to
almost double its present capacity.
The end wall of the picture house is
being torn out at the present time by
workmen and the building will be ex-
tended to the alley and room made
for the placing of 200 more opera
chairs
Manager Frank Sansone of the Col
ANAL gave a brief outline of his plan
Of adding to the theatre today. The
Colonial will be run all during the
summer months and will be air cool
ed by means of fan ventilation, q
shaft will be run through the ceiling
and two exhaust fans will be set to
keep the place as cool as summer
garden during the warm season
The frightening Of the theatre will
not decrease the power. of the pic
lures as the floor will be sloped 10
the end and the incline will graduate
SO as to give those in the rear of the
theatre as good a view as front seats
or middle sections will.
The same decorations will be con-
tinued in the addition, the green shad-
ed incandescent lamps, and mahog-
any fixtures TO be completed almost
as soon as the new building extern
sion.
The Colonial will have a seating
capacity of 500 after installation OF
the 200 additional chairs and will be
one of the most comfortable and
roomiest of theatres found anywhere
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

According to Newton. Iowa, news
PAPER. the location Of the new derot
there is in re air. Looks as IL
Newton contemplates becoming a sta
ton on an aeroplane line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

The Burlington Hawk-Eye notes it
MS a curious situation in which state
drives its home capital beyond its
boundaries to find profitable invest
ment and fair taxation, and at the
same time erects barriers against
other capital coming in. Yet that is
what Iowa has been doing for many
years. The present legislature should
not adjourn without correcting this
anomaly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
Not by Aesop.

Mrs. Hen was in tears; one of her
little ones had been sacrificed TO make
repast for visiting clergyman.
Cheer up. madam" said the rooster,
comfortingly. You should rejoice
that your son Is entering the ministry
He was poorly qualified for lay
member. anyhow"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Proctor Knott, the noted Kentucky
orator, is reported sinking into the
valley of the shadow at his home in
Lebanon, Ky. He is now in his
eishty-irst year. While member OF
congress away back in the Cleveland
days he achieved fame by a speech
Which put Duluth on the map with a
smile around it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Lovers of cheese will be glad to
know. on the authority Of the bureau
OF animal industss of the United
States department of agriculture, that
pound of cheese has nearly the same
food value as two pounds of fresh
beef or any other fresh meat; it is
worth as much or more than mound
% ham and is more digestible ana is
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

A Bloomington, H.. school teacher
who told her pupils that there is no
such thing as hell soon discovered her
mistake The pupils told their pa
rents Of the statement and they
promptly convinced her that there is.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

It is an old saving that no man is
a hero to his valet, and there is now
medical authority for the supplements
airy statement that no woman is an
angel TO her physician
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

The papers are predicting that If
Buffalo Bill goes 10 congress there
will be an equestrian display that win
make Champ CIarlz's rurnored mule
team pageant look like small side
show
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

The sun crossed the line at five and
quarter minutes before noon yester-
day II was something Of an astro-
nomical accomplishment, but ii caus
cd less trouble and profanity than
INC simple crossing of a telephone
line.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Between Canadian reciprocity on
one side and Mexican animosity on
the other this country is likely TO
have about all il can attend to prop
erlv.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

The new style Of postal cards
authorized by the government arc nov
III use in some parts of the country.
They are printed in red ink and bear
the picture of Abraham Lincoln
They are somewhat smaller than the
old style cards.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Gossip has 1t that within month
Colonel Roosevelt will enjoy the ad-
ded distinction of being a grand
father.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
THOUGHT EoR IHE DAY

Fame is what You have taken;
Characters what you give;
When TO this truth you waken,
Then you begin to live.
-Bayavd Taylor.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Just how far does the kitchen
Farm Journal
It all depends upon the amount OF
Kerosene the hired girl uses in hurry
ing the fire.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

The Roosevelt dam held up the wat
ers Of Salt river, but nothing has yet
been found to check the Roosevelt
flow of speech
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Accidents will happen, but the best.
regulated families keep Or. Thoma-'
Electric Oil for such emergencies. II
subdues the pain and hea 8 the hurts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

equal 10 two pounds OF eggs or three
pounds OF fish. Help yourself sec
end time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Slogan for 1911: Swat the first
fly.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Looks and feels like spring. Let us
all hope there viii be no fare back.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22
NOTES AND COMMENT.

You can't keep q good man down.
e1claims one OF Joe Bailes's admir-
srs Bat where is the application p
pertinentIy inquiries the Omaha Bee
Well there is this advantage te
the senatorial deadlock says the
Iowa Falls Citizen. If YOU can't
have your oTn way, the other fellow
can't have his var
Tie Humboldt Independent he
lieyes that q good dose Of Canadian
reciprocity would aasist in curing tho
mania that nov possesses large
number Of people in this country.
A man who stole a motor boat en-.
CINE has been Gent TO the worshouse.
Three cheers ezciaimg the Peoria
Herald-Transcript Now show US
the man who invented the blamed
thing"
The Quincy Wing reports that the
promoters Of a comedy entitled we
Won't Go Home TIL Morning went
somewhere else. They went broke.
The destination was natural and
Obvious.
'Iosa, observes the Burlington
Hawk-Eye, has wisely decided not
to call constitutional convention.
Few states, If any, have a better one
than the tiIne-tried, yard-wide, all
wool organic law this state nov has Z
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

Means. to Do Right.
Carlyle: The great soul Of thil
world is just
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-22

keokuk, iowa $1,000. March p, 1911
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

While the fve-cent piece is q
small thing to worry over, the
average person will admire the
persistence of the North Dakotan
who remained in st. Paul two days
in an endeavor to recover a nickel
he had dropped in a vending
machine that failed to work says
the Dispatch. It was principle
and not the amount for which the
stranger was fighting. Most
citizens feel that somehow q
swindle has been perpetrated on
them when they drop coins into
the machines that fail to deliver
the goods. It is human nature to
perfer to lose a S. bill rather than
to be cheated out Of a nickel.
While the owners of the machine
in this case undoubtedly had no
intention Of getting the North Da.
kota mans money for nothing, few
will not admire him for making q
fuss.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

Something must be wrong with
the state examiners since they
cannot find a shortage where there
is one, and make out a report with.
an o. K. attachment when those
letters stand only for "uut kon.
siderable" An article in this
issue under a Valley City head
gives certain fact about former
state treasurers, that if true, shows
why we have to pay such nigh
taxes. $ll, 600 is no small amount
to be overlooked when checking
over the books, neither is $500
or $4,000. These are the amounts
the state is said to be short and it
has taken an investigating COM
mittee to make the matter. public
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

The owner of the Lidgerwood
Broadaxe spent several days in
Washburn during the Bickford
trial and gave Washburn a good
writeup on his return. One of the
many good things said was the
following: IL the Washburn
hotel gets to be 1000 years old it
will never serve better homemade
bread or better or more whole.
some, satisfactory meals than it
served that week. A good hotel for
for a town is like a good wife for
q man-more to be desired than
rubies. Washburn has drawn the
number.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
ADDRESSES BANKERS
st. Paul Man on North Dakota Pro-
gram at Fargo.

St. Paul Man on North Dakota Pro.
gram at Fargo.
The North Dakota state bankers
held a two days session at Fargo.
In addition to routine proceedings en-
tertainment was provided by a local
committee. The wives Of local bank
ers also arranged to entertain the
visiting women.
A demonstration of the gas produc-
ing possibilities of Ignite coal was
given. A complete model plant was
constructed, under supervision Of w.
8. Snyder, until recently superintend-
ent of the Hebron sub-station. Mr..
Snyder also delivered an address be-
fore the bankers.
President Mcdowell Of Marion called
the association. to order. Following
the invocation, by Rev. j. M. Walters,
Mayor Lowell welcomed the financiers
and response was made by Mr.. Craw-
ford of Sentinel Butte.
Addresses were made by President
Ilusk Of the German-American Nation
al of st. Paul, President Phelan Of the
Bowman National bank. President
Graves of the James River National
bank of jamestown and Vice Presi.
dent Corwin of Wells-Dickey company,
Minneapolis.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

The Bickford trial has given
Washburn considerably more ad.
vertising than was expected. A
marked copy of the Philadelphia
Public Ledger shows, on it's front
page, a short write up of the trial.
It was a little incorrect but proved
the fact to fasteners thst there is
a town in this state by the name of
Washburn.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

There are no more passes in
North Dakota. The railroads is
sued calls asking all holders of
free mileage to turn in their trans
portations by July l, Exception
is made in the case of regular
officials and employees of farmers
institutes and in the Ignite coal
experimental work.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
IN NORTH DAKOTA.
News d. the Week From War;
GUS Parts Of the State,
BIckFoRD IS FOUND GUILTY.
Former state Treasurer Convicted Of
Misappropriatins Funds While
Holding office.

g. Luther Bickford, the former state
treasurer and long prominent in pol
itics in North Dakota, was convict
ed by the jury in the district court
at Washington Of embezzlement of
$64.63 Of state funds. The jury was
out nine hours. The minimum sen.
tence is one year. No notice Of appeal
has been fled.
The a was given to the jury
after the concluding argument had
been made to the jury by w. L. Smith
for the state. Judge Crawford then
charged the Jury and that body re-
tired. After several hours, when moth
ing had been heard from the jury
room, the general expectation was
that a disagreement would result.
Judge Crawford announced court
would convene at any time to hear the
verdict.
When Judge Crawford asked the
foreman for the jury's finding the
strain of the moment vas plainly Wis
ible on the face of the defendant, who
had been subjected to severe cross
examination during the last few days
Of the nine-day trial. The verdict
found Bickford guilty Of the embez-
zlement Of $54.63 Of the: funds of
North Dakota, interest on Flaxton
bank certificates of deposit.
The former treasurer listened in
silence as the verdict was read. He
declined to comment on the finding,
but George Bangs, attorney for Bfck-
ford, declared the verdict was palp-
ably contrary to the evidence offered
in the 8 He said an appeal as
suredly must be taken.
Bickford was arrested Jan. 18
charged with a shortage in the funds
of the state, estimated at that time as
amounting to about $4,000. The fol-
lowing day the charge was dismissed,
leaving only one charge, that brought
by w. L. Smith, states attorney of
Burleigh county. 1t was on this charge
Bickford was tried and convicted.
G. Luther Bickford is q resident of
Burke county. He came to North Da-
kota in 1884, graduated from the state
university at Grand Forks and then
moved to Bowbells. During the recent
primary election when Bickford. q pro-
gressive. was defeated for renomina-
ton by Gunder Olson, . stalwart. it
was freely charged there were irregu-
larities in the state treasurer's once,
but Bickford and his friends ascribed
the charges to political motives. He
is married and has one boy. His wife
was Frustrated by the news Of the
jury's finding.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

The president has now signed
the proclamation opening the
reservation to entry on August IA.
Four places we're named as reg
istration points some time ago
and now Garrison has been added
to the list. That village is fortu.
nate in being named. 1t will
mean quite a bit to the merchants
who fit out the people taking
claims, and the advertising, by
those who go there to register,
will make Garrison better known
than it has ever been before.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

One former state treasurer had
just been found guilty of embez-
element when an investigating
committee tells of another treas
urer getting a bonus for maintain.
ing balances in excess of that de-
signated by the state board in Gel.
tain banks. The committee says
the last three treasurers have lost
state money amounting to $4,000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

There are q few dealers in various
wares who never invite the public
into their places of business ex-
cept by leaving the door unlocked.
Isn't your trade worth asking for?
Some very intelligent and success
full men deem it q business necess.
ity to advertise Minot Indepen-
dent,
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
Two Boy. Drowned.

William Henderson and Levin Nc
Dowell, both aged seventeen, were
drowned in the Mouse river near Vel
va. The boys we're in swimming.
Henderson got into deep water, Nc
.Dowell tried to pull him out and both
went to the bottom. McDowell's
father endeavored to rescue the boys,
but life was extinct when they were
brought to the surface.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

Another important law that
went into effect last Saturday was
the auto license. A fee of So must
be paid to the secretary of state.
This money will go towards i'm
proving the public highways.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

The boy scouts from many of
the towns in the state will 60 to
Valley City and camp during the
chautauqua. Competent men will
have charge of a school of instru-
ton for the boys during their stay
there.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

Montana is being transformed
from a cattle range to a state
devoted to general farming, yet the
value of it's live stock increased
from $5l, 724,OOO in 1900 to $84,
GIL, 1000 in 1910, showing again
that diversified farming is the real
thing.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
Charged with White slavery.

William Osker, charged with white
slavery and arrested in Pembina upon
the complaint of immigration author
tiles, will be given q hearing July s.
Osker came to Pembina with q young
girl, who he said was his daughter.
The couple came from Winnipeg.
They were going to Minneapolis, to
which place they had tickets, the girl
travelling on half fare.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07

Odd c~hurohyard Inscription.
The following quaint Inscription il
taken from q monument In q London
churchyard:
To the memory Of Emma and Mary Lit
tloboy, the twin children Of George and
Emma Littieboy, who died July 18th, 17sS.
Two Littleboys lie here,
Yet, strange to nay
These Lttleboys are girls.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
Verdict ordared for Road.

Judge Amridon directed the jury, 1t
Fargo to return q verdict for the de-
fendant In the $4,000 damage suit Of
]. l., Hart against the Northern Pa
cinc. Hart, the administrator Of the
estate Of Chester =. Starr. was killed
in the Northern Pacific yards at
Jamestown.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
On Condition.

Customer-Ser here! thought yor
said these things would grow In any
climate. Dealer They will. But If
you want to grow them In this climate
you've got to have a dollhouse for
them, Of course.-Puck. -
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-07-07
FRIDAY, JULY 7th, 1914

Sam CLARK, who recently retired
from the Minot Reporter, will
soon be at the head of one of the
largest dailies in the state.