La Junta tribune., 1911-11-18

fore they we're walled- Naking
beauty spot ou, Of this ursiEhtiy
dumping ground vas one Of Mayor
Speer's dreams His dream came
true. Cherry Creek Is walled .oT a
distance Of four miles. with sauken
gardens, chlldren's playground. and
boulevard adjoining. sad Is nos on,
Of the show places Of Denver. The
cost o. improt ements was taxe5 o.
the abairiBs proTeiy Hhe1 e vote
was taken 10 lmproye Tie frt M
on Cherry Creek there vas bare
majority. on the second mile tEere
wcse a few less kietors. on the third
mile there we're Only seven opa1 20
10 making the improvements. and on
the fourth mile not one. Il was a
campaign Of eiueation that BROUGHT
results peuyer'z great audit1rium
hAi similar experience. Their wers
so many people opposed to tbo audit
toriHm At nnt that X vas IN t5e
courts fsr tso years before IL rft
started Now the people Of Denyer
would not BE- deprived Of the audi
torium for four umes what 10 cost
Mayer speer save very iutre-t-
ing account Of some Of his otsaFva-
tons whilo making tour 81 Eu-
rope with 100 members Of the Eos-
tou Chamber 0f Commerce last sum.
mer. The party made a special -,ady
of municipal goverumeui In Ea-5ud.
Germany. Belgium. Austria. France.
and other countries Municipal soy-
ernment Ia an exact scienr. Boa
many Eufop an countries. Thcy have
schools where the science Of marIri-
pal government i taught Youns men
are educated for the position of
mayor. and are called from one
city 10 another In much the SAME
manner as preachers are ~call, 9" in
this country When young man
makes good on the Job Of u-Ayor DO s
small town be generally recsisas a
"eall" 10 a larEe city at nor re-
munerailve sa'ary. Mayors are elect.
Cd f'r NJ. or as long as they max.
good, and az certain age ar pen
stoned frr life
IN this country muriciraiiiie can
ouly 90 sHeh thinrs as are e1p-s-sly
proyhJd by law IN most Eur peau
countries they can Do anythinz that
Is not prohibited by Law Mr1iet
pallties have many sources % -a,s
nue. They own city property aDE
srsHt tracts q land outside ,f the
city limits 10 the ialI lncrras.s in
value from any cause the whole ufo
pie get the benefit and not saEle
individuals Most an rf the cities
own their oan water and Hight rI1ut-.
some % thCm have even gon. .trt7
the bnsinsss q cordu,ting mgl. eirai
bake shops. when the bar shops
have combined and raised rae price
u bread There are sfvera hundre
cities In Europe in which a1 muuici.
pal taxes are paid. and there Is one
city in which each male tlypayer r.
cviy's $50 per anBum from the rev.
elues u the city. One r.re owns a
daily newspaper which yiI'ss an an
uual revenue 20 the city of over 800
600 Tho newspaper bel1uz ed to a
man who had spen, most ~ bis days
roasting everybody and eFr-ythiug in
the town. ou his dcathb.d be repent
"a and left the neWspap,r % tho
people q. tho town he hlI yilihcl
during most ~ bis III. Mayor sperr
hoped ard PRAYED that some II the
Denver newspaper ownsrs would eH.
p rieuce . similar ohar4 q heart
some day
Mayer spe,r. address var one Of
the mcst interesting ~ have listen
I'd 10 in many a day Il uas repletc
with Information that vas new.such
as one does no, usually run across ~
the newspapers and periodicals OF tAs
day, and vaB OF such nature a.
ouly those who made a special study
OF municipal Affairs abroad would
come 90 touch with or acquire.