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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24

number of cases was about 1,500 or l. 6O0 He then spoke of the present work of the office. and of the spec tacle in the office of Prosecuting Att torney Delaney from day to day. He declared the city court had grown from an unimportant place where eases are disposed of in a few min utes. to a tribunal that is sometimes in session all day. Back in 1887 he said there was a slight increase made for the other officials, but since then the salaries have been unchanged. There is not a soul in Bridgeport" !" he said. "who is familiar with the court who opposes the measure" Taking up the question of fees of the city court. she said that in 1910 Judge Foster received $490 and the deputy judge about the same. But this reve- nue is regarded as aside from the reg ular salary of the court. a small mat ter of which the people know and care little.
 Judge Foster followed. He said he did not propose to :, make any argu- ment for the proposed salary increase, but wished to attend to put the com mittee in possession of such facts as he had learned during his four years in the city court. and to answer any questions that might be proposed. In that the bill before the committee ap- plies solely and simply te crimina work The city court passes on every crime in the city of Bridgeport. from a drunk to a murder. and the work is growing so that one day recently there were two branches of the court. with Judge Wilder over one branch and Judge Foster over the other, one session lasting into the afternoon and the other covering good portion of the morning.
 Then he took up the question of the civil jurisdiction of the court. He explained that the judges are allowed s per day for their work. the term day being a day or fraction of a day. He told the committee frankly that whether the judge sat for five minutes or until Il o'clock at night, as he had, the judge receives the s5 fee. Ac- cording to his books from January t. January ending 1911. he received S470. The preceding year the fees amounted to S365. Going back several years he traced the fees back to when they amounted to $55 for the deputy judge and s190 for the judge during the frs years he. was connected with the court.
 He reminded the committee that it
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is a%difficult matter to change sal aries. once they are fixed. and that whatever the committee decides upon at this session of the Legisla ture is Then he pointed out the increasing work of the court the cosmopolitan character of the population, the cases from the foreign element that require the work of the court. Whatever the committee decides upon is likely to be in force for the next 10 or 15 years" said Judge Foster. "In any event it can't affect me for mon than two years if I am reappointed." vigorous attack upon the system of salary regulation of city positions by the Legislature. 'I have no synpa- thy for practice that fixes salary of a Bridgeport official by the Legis- lature The citizens themselves should have this matter in hand" And he added that he regretted the friends of the city attorney have fallen into the Republican practice of seeking a salary raise for him through the Legislature. He knew no reason why the city should trouble the legis- lative committee about 1t.
 As it has been the practice of the Legislature to fix salaries. he said, he wished to speak word for it. In the proposed bill. he said, he believed the judge and prosecuting attorney were we'll cared for. but the assist ants were not properly provided for. He had heard tribute from other ad vocates of the bill. for Judge Foster and Prosecutor Delaney, but there were men equally able and of just as high character and industry in the offices of their assistants. Each has the same authority the same work to perform and their salaries should be somewhat alike flor that reason. If it were arranged. said he. that the important cases came before the judge, as in the old days. and the deputy judge passed upon minor mat ters. then there might be logic in the disparity of their proposed salaries. eve would like.'' said he, "to have the men occupying these offices re- ceive a reasonable salary for the work they do.
 As for the fees, he expressed him. self as strongly opposed to the con- tinuance of the present system. "I am uncompromisingly opposed to fees for any officials. There should be a
 fiat rate, there should be no guess work. All fees should go iHto the
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BENT DEMANDS THAT
 CITY COURT SALARY
 GRAB 60 TO PEOPLE
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Senator Archibald McNeil, Jr., was the first to be heard. He called at- tentson to the salaries in other cities, Hartford with its corporation counsel receiving s5.GO0; Waterbury paying $3,- coo and s1, 800 for an assistant: New Haven with its $3.500 man. He said that s3.000 would barely suffice to recompense the Bridgeport city att Iorney for his work. He paid tribute ro the worth of the present incumbent. Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan, who has held office under three administra- faith At least three hours a day are required on the average for the city business.
 Representative Bent argued along the same line. declaring that cities smaller than Waterbury pay more. He said a former city attorney had dis cussed the pending measure with nm, said the bill was just All boards and city officials have the right to seek sae advice of the city attorney.
 At this point Chairman Bartlett in- te1rupted to inform the speakers that he had been given a proposed amend uient to the pending measure. em- powering the city attorney to appoint an assistant for a term of two years, beginning in January at a salary of si 50a. He asked for an expression of opinion on that line. Senator McNeil thought such an assistant would be deSirs ble and Representative Bent spoke favorably to the proposition, saving he believed it to be really nec- rs,sary for the city attorney to have an assistant, such as are found in other cities.
 Representative Meltzer declared the city attorney of Bridgeport the hard est worked man in his official capacity in the city. It Is necessary for the cit ,icrI,f 70 wr.te his opinions for the city off cials who consult him. If he charged fees at regular rates. it would cost the city three times the salary fixed in the bill Bridgeport. he pointed out, is second in population. and aspires to salary it pays it's city attorney the legal mouthpiece of the city
 The city attorney sits with the claims committee. at its every meet ing, and is at the call of all other boards committees and city officials, and he must be ready to answer at short notice any questions of legal procedure.
 Attorney George F. Mara favoring the increase proposed for the city at torneys office. quoted figures of the salaries paid in other Connecticut cit ieS. At the last session of the Legis- lature the office of assistant city at such office he pointed out. and then he called attention to the expenses of the city attorneys office He has hecn accustomed. said Attorney Mara, to call upon Democratic lawyers tp search titles. look up back taxes. and tr employ city sheriffs or lawyers to laDl- into the merits of claims against the city Tn 1910, he said these ex- prnses in the Second District were ss23.3I and in the First District about seo0 The city attorney IS really the claims committed. but he gets his in- forma ton on such matters second hand If the city had to pay s1500 for legal services in connection with
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24

or on the suffragette ticket. by 91 votes over 67 cast for City Clerk S. H. Boucher. MT. Jackson made a speech, promising to be a good Mayor. He urged those present to emulate MT. Boucher's example and rise from the ranks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24
JACKSON CHOSEN
 BY SUFFRAGETTES

The membership campaign closed last night at the Y. M. c. A. with a mock election. during which Alder man H. H. Jackson was elected May
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-02-24

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The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

ing of a laundry at the Deaf Mute
Institute, and the State University.
The opening of the extra session
is enlivencd by the reconvening at
the same time of the Pulaski County
Grand Jury, which, it is expected.
will proceed at once to a thorough
investigation of the charges of
wholesale bribery brought on the
floor of the House by Representative
Little. He and many Others. it is
understood, have been subpoenaed
to testify, and if there is anything
ito be uncovered, Prosecuting Attor-
ney Bob Rogers is expected to un-
cover it. With the wholesale in
dictments and meager convictions
by Prosecuting Attorney Rhoton in
the session of 1905 to emulate, Mr..
Rogers realizes that he has no small
task ahead of him, and that to Sc
cure convictions, he must have some
thing more than speculative de-
duction and well founded suspicion
upon which to base charges that
will hold good.
If there have been any detectives
at work during the session securing
evidence, as was done in 1905. it is
not known, and it is not believed any
such testimony will be forthcoming
At least two months had passed be-
fore there was any popular sus-
picion of corrupt practices in the
Senate 1t was known that there
was powerful clique that control
ed things, but it was believed this
was for only an exercise of power.
Then came the charges by Mr.. Lit
tie that the ruling majority of the
Senate were purchasable and had
been purchased on several measures.
Then came the II told you so"
chorus from all quarters, and the
whole state has been left on the
verge of expectancy for the revela-
tions Mr.. Little has repeatedly
promised when he goes before the
Grand Jury. But has he positive
proof? is the question asked by all.
In his speech on May 3, he said:
Il know l may be called upon to
name instances, to cali names and
to disclose what l know, and that
my inability to furnish convincing
proof of the guilt of individuals will
be taken in certain quarters as ref
utation of my charges, but, gentle
men, | cannot believe that among
fair and reasonable men the unfair or
unreasonable thing will be expected
or demanded of me | am not a de-
tective and have not sought to as
sumo that role"
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27
Bergman.
We are needing rain.

We are needing rain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soutee welcomed a
new baby this week.
Mr., Fields, our depot agents oldest
son, of Kansas City, Mo, is visiting
him this week.
Frank Maxey Of Elmore, Mimi,
who was visiting here last spring
was operated on last week for ap-
pendicitis,
Rev. Carson, the blind minister
preached at Ninety-nine Sunday night
and it is estimated there was over
two hundred present.
Mrs. X. Newman and Mrs. John
Murphy, of Harrison, Mrs. John
Martin and daughter, of Myrtle, Wis
tied at Frank Whitney's this week.
Mrs, Whitney, who was a candi-
date for school director, says she was
very thankful for the gentlemen who
voted for her and the gentlemen who
would have voted for her if they had
been allowed, and TO the rest she will
be a candidate next year.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

For the past three years no effort
has been made to "boom' the zinc
and mining industry in North Ark
ansas, but this does not mean that
no progress has been made Our
mine owners have been earnestly at
work to solve individual problems
and have been shipping more ore
each year until the animal out put
now is in the neighborhood of $780,
600. In the near future our people
will wake to a realization of the
fact that the zinc and lead mines of
North Arkansas constitute one of
its richest resources after all.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

THE bill prohibiting the amalga-
nation of the white and negro races
in Arkansas is one of the most dras-
tic measures of any sortever enacted
in any state Under the provisions
of the bill, any form of amalgama-
tion is made a felony against the
woman the same as against the
man, and>the provisions as to prima
facie evidence are literally drawn.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27
ARKANSAS editors are planning for

ARKANSAS editors are planning for
junket for the week beginning Iune
10th. They will go from Little Rock
to Mena and down to Stuttgart,
then around the rice belt and on to
Forrest City and Lake Village, re-
turning by Warner so day can be
spent at the Arkansas state farm,
thus permitting the editors to see
what the state has in the way of
productive lands.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

Our U. S Land Office reports last
week one of the busiest in its history.
95 homestead applications were filed,
isolated tracts sold; and cash re-
ceipts aggregated $13S0.55.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

DIR. E. Richards, a Homeopathic
physician from Kansas City is here
with his wife looking at the town
and county and will probably locate
with us.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

THE three-mile petition upon which
the Little Rock anti-saloon interests
have been at work siuce last tall is
now about ready to be filed with the
county judge,
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

ASSESSOR Russell, of Conway coun-
ty, found several parties who were
rated in Bradstreet's Reports at
$4,000 TO 100000 and assessed
at S. 900 or less.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

Z LESLIE is to have new $40, 0,000
brick hotel. Frank Greenhaw form
erly of Leslie but now of Little Rock,
is the chief promoter.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27

THE Berryville Fair will be held
this year Sept. II, 2S, % and 80.
The Association promises to make
it better than ever.
The Harrison times., 1911-05-27
CRESCENT Hotel. Eureka Springs,
opens the first of June.

THE Missouri g. North Arkansas
Railroad is preparing to build a
$25, 900 depot at Helena.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
STRANGE DIET.

After drinking carbolic acid and
swallowing a door key, three-year-
old Harry Fulton of Monticello, N,
~. is enjoying life as much as any
of his playmates. Several days ago
he found a bottle Of acid and sam
pied It. Prompt action of physi-
clans saved him. The other day,
presumably feeling the necessity of a
brass lining to his stomach for acid
experiments, he proceeded to swal-
low the ancient door key. He shows
no III effects, but the doctors say an
operation viii be necessary. There
10 CONSERVATION in the Fulton house
hold. Harry holds the only key to
the front door, and does not seem to
care what may happen.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
DON'T ABUSE OTHER PEOPLE
Making spitefuI Remarks Is Easy, but
Provincial and by No Means
Clever.

There is nothing clever in making
spiteful remarks about people, even
though at the moment they may raise
laugh among the hearers who
would not for the world be indiscreet
enough to utter such themselves. A
finished man or woman of the world
holds his hatred, says Emerson, at
arms length, and does not remem-
Der spite. Nothing is quite so pro-
vincial as making conversation a
string of hateful personalities. There
is not person of average intelli-
gence who could not acquire a repu-
tation for the wit which scintillates
in the abuse of other people were he
to utter, instead of REFRESHING, the
first impulsive criticism that comes
to mind when some vulnerable per-
son-and who is not vulnerable ?-is
under discussion.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
JOHN MUIR'S CURIOUS STORY
How He Was ApprIsed by Teicpathy
Of the Arrival Of an Old
Friend.

John Muir, in his new book, "My
First Summer in the Sierras," mar
rates curious instance of telepathy.
He spent the summer Of 1869 in the
beautiful wilderness around the Yo-
semitic valley. One day he was bus
lily sketching on the North Dome
when suddenly he became possessed
with the notion that his friend, Prof.
j. ID. Butler Of the University of
Wisconsin, was below him in the val
ley. He jumped up, full of the idea
of meeting him, being almost as
much startled as if some one had
Unexpectedly touched him and made
him look up. Instantly he went run
ming down the slope and along the
brink Of the valley, looking for a
way to the bottom, feeling drawn IT.
resistibly.
Gradually his common sense con-
WINGED him that he could not pos
sibly reach the hotel until after ev-
erybody would be asleep for the
night. He therefore compelled him
self to stop, but the next day he
went into the valley and found that
Professor Butler had arrived the
evening before, unexpected by any
body. He had been four or five
miles distant at the moment when
Mr.. Muir was so suddenly apprised
of his presence.
'He had just entered the valley
by way Of the Coulterville TRAIL"
says the author, "and was coming
past FL Captain when his presence
struck me. Had he then looked
toward the North Dome with a good
glass he might have seen me jump
up from my work and run toward
him. This seems the one well de-
fined marvel of my life Of the kind
called supernatural"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
COW FRIGHTENED MINERS,

An amusing story of how a COW
badly scared some miners comes
from Larksville, near Wilkesbarre,
Pa. Straying in search of better
heritage, COW belonging to Mrs.
Patrick Fogarty was swallowed by a
mine cave-in. The cave-in was over
old mine workings of the Kingston
Coal company and it deposited her
with a broken horn, many cuts and
bruises in an old gangway, and her
bellows of fright, echoing weirdly
down the gangway and through the
mine, terrified many of the mine
workers. Others, realizing what had
happened, went to the cows aid, and
drove the bewildered animal along
the gangway and to the front of a
slope, and after great effort got her
to climb the slope to the surface.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
BULL AND SNAKE IN BATTLE.

A furious fight apparently took
place the other night in the "Wild
Australia" inclosure at the Festival
of Empire at the Crystal palace, for
one of the attendants found valu-
able carpet snake dead near bull,
the reptiles head being completely
smashed. The bull had been bitten
by the snake, but examination
showed that it hadnot been poisoned,
although the animal was suffering
from fright.
1t Is thought that the snake, which
is is feet long, forced its way out
Of its house into the stock yard in
which the Australian cattle are kept.
There the reptile, which weighed 55
pounds, probably fell foul of the
bull. The bull, after being bitten,
probably succeeded in trampling on
the snake or battering it with his
head. The snake could not have pos
sibly escaped into the grounds be-
cause Of the high galvanized fencing
which runs round the stock yard
London Standard.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
sALLooNIsTs' MISFORTUNE.

Five military balloonists, who were
on a practice trip in an army bal
loon, recently had a thrilling expert
ence near Montargis, France, where
all but the pilot were successfully
thrown out of the basket TO the
ground, and rendered unconscious.
Inc balloonists were caught by
strong gusts Of wind. They prepared
to come down, and one of the party
was suddenly thrown out of the bas-
ket. The balloon instantly bounded
up, and the remaining Aeronauts
opened the escape-valye. AS 1t was
coming down again, the balloon was
caught in a sort of whirlwind, and
the four balloonists were thrown out
one after the other. The pilot was
the only one who escaped with only
slight injuries.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.

Country lard, good color and clean
123c per pound.
Country bacon, lie per pound.
Black-eyed peas. 81 90 per bushel.
Country shoulders. 12ic per pound
Country hams, 19c per pound.
Irish potatoes. 81 so per bushel.
Northern eating Rural potatoes
81 so per bushel
Texas eating onions, SIPS per
bushel
Req eating onio1s,$1.50 per hushel
Dried Navy beans, $500 per
bushel
Cabbage. 8 cents Q pound.
Dried Lima beans. lOc per pounu.
Country dried apples. 1Oc per
pound
Country dried peaches, lOc per
pound
Daisy cream cheese, Csc per
pound
Full cream brick cheese, Csc per
pound
Full cream Limberger cheese. 25c
per pound
Popcorn.d dried on ear. &c per pound,
Fresh Eggs 25c per doz
Choice lots fresh, well-worked
country butter, in pound prints. 36c.
FRUITS.
Lemons. 25c per dozen
Navel Oranges, 30c, 40c, per doz
Bananas, 15c and zoe doz
New York State apples $500 to
s4 so per barrel
Cash Price Paid For Produce.
POULTRY.
Dressed hens, 12ac per pound
Dressed cocks, 7c per pound
i've hens, 10c per pound; live cocks,
&c pound; live turkeys. 16ac per
pound
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
Honeseekers.

Excursion fares to points in Colora-
do. Idaho. Kansas, Michigan, Mis-
"ourl, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
Utah, North Dakota. South Dakota
Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, Oklaho-
ma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Mexico,
New Mexico. Wyoming. The Illinois
Central will sell round-trip home
seekers excursion tickets to points in
the above named states every first
and 3rd Tuesday at very reasonably
reduced rates. For further informa-
ton call on, write or phone ticket
agent Illinois Central, Cumb. 49,
T. l.. MorrowAgent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-10-07
MORE GOOD ROADS WANTED
Congressman French's Proposal for
the Expenditure Of $500, 100000 In
Five Years Meets Approval.

The proposal that the government
spend $20,O00,000 a year for five
years and the states a like sum in
building new roads, offered by Rep
resentative French of Idaho, will
find general favor. Sooner OF later
we must abandon our present ran
dom and systemless building of
roads and substitute for it definite
plan. Why not start in now?
The plan of Mr.. French seems en-
inently fair, and the total sum
100000, 000-while of course insult
fcient for the entire country, would
give satisfying results Nothing
would give a more decided impetus
to the "See-A merica-Firs move
ment, and nothing would give the
people Of the country broader views.
Today few people travel except in a
restricted local zone, but with good
roads and the use of automobiles be-
coming more general every day, the
east and west could be more neigh
borly, while the north and south
could hobnob with each other. Mr..
French's proposal should receive the
serious consideration of congress-
Boston Globe.