The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-06-20
HUME, MO-, IS INDEED
THE '%'SPOTLESS TOWN"
Little Family City Unites II
Fight Against Rubbish--Has
No Commercial Club.

Hume, Mo. Special: Hume. tn,
little white city OF the border" Is q
[ spotless town. A short time g Hume
citizens hattled a whole day with tin
cans in q campaign that included every
backyard In town. Clean, white Hume
was kaStoundeu SAt the. !wagonloadsE Oi
tin and rubbish heaped toEethersin In tho
FIRST municipal cleanup. Yard beauti-
Tying has followed the cleanup AZ a
logical course ..s.-... -" "a tsg
Hume IL a town where community
thinking has entirely supplanted the
commercial club and largely replaced
Suup-cipal government. 1t is one bic
family In the common business OF
town management.
Some neighbors recently imagined
that Hume, the "stT1feless town." was
slipping back a bit. A city attorney
a been named. The town had always
boasted a census which showed:
81 Idlers, none. .. ..A ,
Saloons, IN T. Il. ...' ~ s
Pool halls and bowling alleys. none
Lawyers, none.
The Last Lawyer In Hume.
But Hume has not acquired a law
yer. Rather one Of its principal bust
ness men has acquired the law. Hume's
city attorney Is proprietor or one of the
largest stores, and the town people do
" y NASI bS@NuoN ~SAAAA va
went to the Kansas City School OF
Law and graduated at the head OF his
class he has acquired the lawyer
point OF view.
The last lawyer came to Hume wear
ing q high silk hat and he had the
high silk hat lawyers point OF view
When Hume sighted the tall silk hat
moving around the town square Its
people settled down to a quiet peace
fulness. Soon the "strifeless town
was as lawyerless as OF old.
Orde-liness is q respected in Hume
as the fine technicalities of the law are
ignored. A. large star, defying con-
cealment, marks the functionary who
combines the Offices OF deputy sheriff
constable and town marshal. The first
official act OF Harry l.. Curtis. the new
mayor, was to fine the three arms OF
the law" for permitting a horse to run
at large.
Ordered to Arrest Himself.
But / won't pay the fine" the mar
shall constable deputy sheriff protest,
ed. Il won't put myself in Jail"
Yes, you will," the new mayor In.
sisted. II regard you as a deputy
sheriff when I fine you. As town mar
shall you are to arrest yourself and II
a conflict arises I win expect the town.
ship constable to join the marshal IN
making the arrest, UNFOLDING the mu-
niclpal authority"
This view a2peased the obdurant one
and he paid part OF his salary bach
into the city treasury to clear the fne
Again all was harmony in Hume.
A spirit OF cooperation on the part
OF the 500 inhabitants OF Hume insures
success and a unique ~thoroughness IN
movements like yesteEday'sitown clean,
up. With the aldermen as ward cap.
tains using wagons provided by tho
city, Hume back yards were cleared oi
every trace Of rubbish.
The Entire Town Helped.
The measure OF Hume's unanimity
in community thinking is best shown
by the splashing Of paint brushes
which resulted when the town edito'
suggested that Hume would be a pref
tier place II all the houses and build
ings were white. Every home owner
who has since painted has painted
white. Only three dark colored home,
remain.