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City Building
(By J. A. Arnold

Action" is the key note of
success.
For Rent" signs are evidence
OF coming decay.
Cheap noteriety will retard
the growth of any city.
A city's worth is in proportion
to its progressiveness.
You will have the largest city
in Texas if all do your part.
A business, unless based on
honesty is bound for disaster.
The saddest words Of tongue
or pen, The city that stood
still"
Talk alone will not build a city;
put some hard work into your
efforts.
Smoke" is what counts;
there should be no limit to the
volume.
Patronize home merchants
and help the town grow and
prosper.
The peaceful, quiet city will
eventually become a bore to the
live man.
The road 10 success usually
lies next TO a steam or electric
right-of-way.
Make the city as YOU would
your home place Of beauty and
c0ntentment.
Big pay rolls are more essen
tial 10 a community than big
bank accounts.
If necessary sacrifice your
personal gain for the good Of
the community.
Progress and the world prog
resses with you; If you don't
YOU may get lost in the shuttle
Some cities are as clay IN a
mans hands TO make or break
as they see it, an depends on
the potter
Search for the good in a com
munity and you win find album
dance; search for the bad, and
you will find plenty
Make haste slowly. Build
only with a sold foundation, be
honest ana Industrious and sue
cess is sure to follow.
A good hotel; a good news
paper and a commercial organi-
zation are first class assets and
can be used 10 advantage at all
tunes.
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20. Atticus Webb. represen..

Prof. Atticus Webb. represent
ing the Anti-Saloon League OF
Texas. was here Sunday. He
addressed a good sized audience
in the court house in the after
noon and at night addressed
another large crowd in the Meth
odist church on the subject Of
Good Citizenship. " He is a
splendid talker and gives out
good food for thought.
Read the aGtbf Martin q VOL
colt on thest page of this
issue ~ n u
Mrs. w. w. Johnston and three
sons, Earnest, Bob Scott and
Willie, of Gonzales. came in
Tuesday to visit the family of
S. |. Johnston on the Kokernot
ranch.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

charge of the meeting and in
vited all the candidates present
to address the voters of that
community. and all responded
to the call, laid their claims be-
fore the people, and each one
came home believing that they
had won the day, especially
Andy Wilson. He feels that he
has a cinch he is the only man
in the race tor county clerk.
The neYHddie and harness
shop /thj eouth side Of the
squaE wa{s a share Of your
patrfaage. New saddles, new
harress ZIgon or buggy) or
anytNn/it the leather goods
line VII rkpair your old har-
ness or sad Hes or mend your
shoes. J. \ Moore. a 1t
The ordinance of baptism was
administered TO Mrs. j. II.
Moore at the Sanders tank in
the north part of town last Sun
day evening after the evening
service at the East Side Christian
Church.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

w. b. Burford says there was
a hole in the cloud out at his
place east of town and he is
yet in dry territory.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30
FuIler's Earth Production

Washington. d. C. May p.
report issued .oday by the United
States Geological Survey shows
that the total production Of Full
ler's Earth in the United States
in 1911 was 1875 short tons val
ued at $50, AS. Florida ranks
first in the production of this
mineral. The other states in
order of their rank in output and
value in 1911 are, Georgia, Ark
sansas. Texas. Massachusetts,
California and South Carolina.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

Don't BAY a big price for sad
dies andVtarness before seeing
my stockM | may be able to save
you some pnF \. A. Moore,
Western WnhmillI old stand,
south side oAtAss<uare. AZ 1t
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30
Texas Game Birds

Waco. Texas. May .. An or
ganizauon has been perfected in
this city for the protection Of
Texas game and birds. Philip
:. Earnham. representing the
American Game Protective and
Propagative Association with
headquarters in New York adj
dressed the association at It's in
itial meeting and spoke in favor
of q state association for the
protection Of game and birds,
and asked assistance Of the new
organization in perfecung a
national game law regulating the
killing of birds and game.
The LadlsA the Cumberland
Aid Society viii Serve ice cream
and cake at a/onvenient place
on E5TNe on election
day. AZ q
J. W. Graves left Wednesday
afternoon for Fort Worth and
from there will go 10 Jacks
boro and Join his wife who has
been visiting relatives several
weeks. They will return home
together some time next week.
w. b. Burford says there was
a hole in the cloud out at his
place east of town and he is
l.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

Paul Selman is again in the
tailoring business in Lubbock.
having purchased his former out
fit from Royalty a Lainer. The
two shops. the Lubbock Tailor
Shop and the Nobby Tailor
Shop have been consolidated and
will be conducted by Messrs.
Selman and Jones under the old
name of the Lubbock Tailor
Shop at the same stand. See
their ad in this issue Of the Ava
lanche.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

If you want TO dispose of any
n your property call at our office
give US a list of what you
He for sale or exchange. We
SSge surprised some by finding
1fem buyer. Let us surprise
bu. AT any time when you are
town call at our Office and let
talk business. Have for sale
his week a fine home on Broad
law. Get busy and find out how
bsv it is to own such an up-to-
pate home.
/ A fine proposition to offer on
hell located business lot it won t
Ie with us long.
: Have 800 acres of land in Yoa-
rum county TO trade for automo-
lsle.
| If YOU have any residence lots
lose in TO trade, call at our office.
4 If you own property of any de-
Eruption in Lubbock county you
you'd like 10 place in our hands
b render for taxes, we would
e glad TO give the matter our
breful attention.
100 acres of fine land five miles
rom town, can be bought at
light price.
| $40 acres ten miles from Lub-
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

w. r. Cope left Monday after
noon, for Hedley, Texas,
where he goes to visit his
daughter, Mrs. X. B. Jones.
He will be absent several weeks.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

Scott Wolffsrth has purchased
the residence formerly occupied
by F.. b. Penney. located on
South Second and Galveston
street and viii occupy same after
the first of June,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

Notice
The new Lmping ground is
now ready Al am prepared to
S pseI isl the fae,%D o 49, your :.
w Graves ~ a Ct
Mrs. j. l.. Douthit and grand
son. Martin Douthit. of Glenrose
Texas. are here visiting Mrs.
Douthit's sister. Mrs. r. II
Wilson.
Sam Arnett was here from the
Ellwood ranch in Terry County.
Monday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

dies, harnes
in the We.
stand an,v
a couplci
leather gtC
ing 70 ~
able PRED
pair depJrt
mend yOt q
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

TI|TI TWI |TT DO T'77 ITI| TTIN
10 useful igain. Can mend YOU
old shoes too. j. A. Moore.
AZ /
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-05-30

If you wsrTa No Devifv see
A. J. Hicks. Ccs<blacksmith on
the eas<sIde Of = square.
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Announcement

! have 0Dened . joe on sad
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-27
RELIGION OF MARK TWAIN
Tie ee.icved in Cod but Not That De-
ify IntsFfered in Small
Matters.

81 believe in God the Almighty"
81 do not believe he has ever
sent a message to man by anybody
or delivered one to him by word of
mouth or made himself visible to
anyone at any time or place.
81 believe that the Old and New
Testaments were imagined and writ
ten by man, and that no line in them
was authorized, much less inspired,
by God.
81 do not believe in special proyi-
dence. If one mans family is swept
away by a p%estilence and another
mans is spared, it is only the immu-
table law of the universe at work.
God does not interfere in such small
matters, either in favor Of one man
or against another.
eff / break the moral laws | can
not see wherein 4 lnJure God. lie
is beyond reach Of injury by me. |
could as easily injure a planet by
fhrowing mud at it.
AThe moral laws are mans laws,
not Gods.
81 would not interfere with any
mans religion. If it comforts him
it must be taken as a valuable pos
session to him. But l am not able
10 believe that a mans religion
makes him anything but what nature
made him, no matter what the re-
ligion may W in early
sos. From Payne's Biography Of
Mark Twain"
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WHERE NATURE DOES 1T ALL
story Of Old HI Robinson Demon.
strates That Kansas Is a Won
derful Country.

William Alien White, at an old
fashioned Halloween party in En-
poria, told a Kansas story.
mature is superlativcly helpful
here is Kansas" said Mr.. White, as
he watched a half-dozen pretty Kan
sas girls who tried, Their hands fast
behind their backs, to snatch
with their teeth the enormous Kan
sas apples floating in a tub Of water.
mature is SO superlatively helpful
here that one could almost believe
the story Of old Hi Robinson.
"a neighbor, passing His fertile
farm one autumn day, found the old
fellow smoking a corncob on a fence.
"rNothin' to do, Hip he asked.
"eNo, nothin' much, the old man
answered. 4 had a right smart grove
Of pine trees to cut down, but blamed
if last weeks cyclone didn't level 'em
for me and split 'em up as we'll
Wonderful countryj Kansas
said the visitor.
"You betP Hi agreed. you
know them stumps l was goin' ia
blast? Well, the lightnin' saved me
the trouble
"Do tell Say, that's a fine po-
tato crop over there, Hi And the
visitor nodded toward a field Of
white-blossoming vines.
"rYes, amt it?' said the old man
Pm jest waitin' for an earthquake
to come along and shake the 'tateri
outen the ground, same as usual
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TO ESCAPE THE o |

Beggars and professional vaga-
bonds who have passed thirty years
do not fail each year when the winds
of October blow to select their win
ter quarters.
It is then that each of them COM
mits some %oirense, we'll knowing
that he will get a penalty Of six
months Imprisonment. The delin-
quent SO times his offense that he
will not be at liberty until the month
of April, in the first warn breezes
of spring. He chooses his winter
quarters wisely, for he knows the
good and bad prisons.-Le Cri de
Paris.
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ROYALTY THAT NEEDS EDITING
Frederick tho Great Was NotorlouSIy
Bad In Both Spelling and
Punctuation.

Royal authors sometimes need a
deal Of editing. A glazing instance
is Frederick the Great, whose SPELL
ing and punctuation astounded Car
lyle. "Asteure" for "a cette heure"
was a specimen of the former; "and
as for punctuation, he never could
understand the mystery Of it; he
merely scatters a few commas and
dashes, as if they were shaken out
of a pepperbox, upon his page, and
so leaves it." How, asks Carlyle, can
such slovenlinesS be explained in a
king who "would have ordered arrest
for the smallest speck of mud on a
mans buff-belt, indignant that any
pipe-clayed portion Of a man should
not be perfectly pipe-clayed? He
can only conclude that Frederick
really cared little about literature
after all. Also, 'he never minded
snuff upon his own chin, not even
upon his waistcoat and breeches." 81
am a king and above grammar" said
another monarch.
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cENsoRs.

Censors are to thought what spies
are to innocence; they both find
their gains in guilt, and where it
does not exist they create it. Cen
sors class themselves as lettered. Pro-
ducing nothing themselves, they are
always in the humor of their ster-
.lity. No writer who respects him
elf would consent to be a censor.
The title Of royal censor was almost
a reproach under the ancient regime.
Has it been rehabilitated under the
imperial censorship? These men
viii bring into the monarchy all the
traditions Of the empire. They will
treat the liberty of the press as they
do the administration, and we shall
be marching under the guidance Of
the errors Of Bonaparte without thu
prestige of his imperial glory anc
the quiet of his unity.-Benjamir
Constant.
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COMMISSION FOR AN ARTIST
Golaon Hadn't a Sou, but the Job
Was Not Quite What lie
Expected.

Robert Henri, at a Halloween
supper in New York, talked Of his
student days in Paris.
"Then there was R0ignon, dear
old BOignon," said Mr.. Henri,
smiling p%ensively at a decoration of
pumpkin jack-o'-lanterns. L0ignon
was always in hard luck.
zone day the poor fellow was pac-
ing up and down in front of Jou-
WINS restaurant in the Boule Mich,
hoping, you know, that some ac-
Iuaintance would happen along and
invite him in to dejeuner-of course
he hadn't a sou-when a superb
limousine darted out of the Boule-
gard Raspail, drew up, and disgorged
Willard, the famous picture dealer
Of the Place Vendome.
"Milliard rushed up to D0ignon,
seized him by both hands and cried.
GA commission for you, my dear
HOignonl l have a commission for
YOU. Can you attend to it at onceY'
"I can indeed, cher patron said
ROignon, in a tremulous voice, and
a tear of joy trickled from his eye,
but he brushed it away hurriedly.
What is your commission, sirY
"The picture magnate consulted
his magnificent gold repeater.
GIN fifteen minutes he said, the
train from Pont Aven arrives at the
Care Montparnasse. My old house
~eper-Marce you know-will
be on it. She's deaf and almost
blind, and l want you to run up to
the station, meet her, and bring her
home.'"
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cINcH FOR

One of the most striking changes
wrought in Japan during the Japan
csc e%mperor's reign is that brought
about by the abolition Of the sump-
tuary laws. Fifty years ago no jap
anese could eat a meal, ride in a con-
veyance or wear a garment without
considering whether the law would
be offended. Whatever a mans rank,
he might not have more than two
kinds of soup and six of other eat
ables at his ordinary meals. Minute
regulations were also in force as to
the quantity of sake allowed at an
official banquet, high dignitaries be-
ing limited to three cups and those
of inferior rank to two. The use of
sedan chairs by men was restricted to
the aged and sick. A nobleman OF
the highest rank was not allowed ia
spend more than G8 on a dress fol
his wife, and the lower orders had to
adjust their dress bills to a scale
fixed according to their income
London Chronicle.
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NOISY A~ERoPLANEs.

The constant circling of aero
planes over houses at Newhaw, Sur
sey, in close proximity to the Brook
lands track, has led to a protest by
the residents. 1t is alleged that
some of the machines have been in
the habit of flying very low over the
houses. "Aeroplanes, in fact, on fly
ing days, are as common as rocks"
was the remark of one resident, "and
they make fifty thousand times more
noise" A letter has been received
from the authorities at Brooklands
saying that airmen have been warned
not to fly low over houses. -London
Mail.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-27
WHEN AN EGYPTIAN MARRlEs
Quaint Ceremonies Still Survive In
the Rural Districts Of the
Land Of Pharaoh.

However modernized Cairo is, OF
will become, rural Egypt remains
the same today as it has been for
countless generations. One Of the
quaintest sights out in the country
is a native wedding. / was fortu-
nate in seeing two Of them, one from
a train and the other while walking
near the village of Heliopolis, which
is the site of the ancient city Of On,
mentioned in the Bible. The bride
and bridegroom were completely
screened from the public gaze by a
canopied arrangement on the back
Of a camel. 1t locked like an i'm
menee ottoman, adorned with a coy
er illuminated by gorgeous patterns.
The erratic and alarming way it
bobbed up and down, this way and
that, must have greatly enhanced the
pleasure Of the happy couple inside
his camel was followed by the bril-
j party-all women-seated on a
g train of camels, each camel sup
ing two women. The great,
sy creatures (the camels, net
vomen . were almost enveloped
lmense rugs, on the top Of
apparently, a feather bed had
posted, and on this the ladie;
l, giving vent every few mo.
0 a prolonged shrill trill
gathered was intended fol-
song. Altogether, the in.
Of the spectacle was ex.
comical.-A. W. Cutler
Nes World Magazine.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-27
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CAS- ORIA

Ernest Anderson Of Kansas
City arrived Saturday to spend
the holidays with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. August Anderson.
Arthur Kriehn Of Kansas
City arrived Sunday morning to
spend the holidays with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Kriehn.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-27
X REASON.

"Pa, why do they call it Dame
Fortune ?"
Because Dame is feminine. For
tune is symbolized as a woman"
"Why do they symbolic Fortune
as a womanp"
Because she's nearly always late
when you have an engagement with
her"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1912-12-27
SOCIAL UpLlFT.

"What a sanctifed pose Billings
ley gives his head, Do you notice
how ~reverently he lifts his chin and
rolls up his eyesH"
eyes, he got that watching the
score board" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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UNEXPECTED HAPPENED.

The Struggling Lawyer (pompous-
ly)-Anything unusual happen
while l was out?
Office Boy latter some thought
Yes'r. There wasn't any debt col
lectors called.-Tit-Bits
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ANOTHER SNARE.

"The speed mania Of the age leads
to crime. Take time, my young
friend"
@But suppose that leads to steal
ing watches?'
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QUERY.

"The doctor said Boobbs must
take an ocean voyage for plenty Of
fresh air"
Where will he get fresh air on
the salt sea"
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ITS CLASS.

'Tell us something about the new
comet"
"It cannot be seen by the naked
eye"
"That is but a bare statement"
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MI. Clyde Wright, Manager of
the Grand, spent Tuesday
in Wellington billing the town
and advertising his next attrac-
ton, "The Prince of Tonight"
which appears here New Years
Eve Tuesday, December 31st.
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EXPLAINED.

"Pa, why is a fool and his money
soon parted2"
$50 that a wise guy can live with
out working, my boy"
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REALLY SMART A

'He always says the right thing
at the right moment, doesn't hep
"More than that, he always keeps
still at the right time"
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cLEw.

"The solar system is a great astro-
nomical mystery"
"But they ought to solve it with
the sun spotted
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HISTORICALLY CORRECT.

"She's crying over the bad luck
that woman always brings her"
"Quite fitting that she cries-that
q Jonah should end in a wall"
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lNAccuRATE.

"Mrs. Jones' dress had a bizarre
trimming"
@ThaFs just like a mani It was
bead lace"
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A 0 OF WOOD.

Smith-sappington has a voice Of
wonderful timbre.
Jones-Its not surprising-he's
such a bloekhead !-Judge.
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ADMISSION.

'Mr. Gufins, l am going to raise
your rent"
care you? Well, that is more
thar | can DO"
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Waiter-Well, sir, how did you
find the beef?
Diner-0h ! happened to shift
"a potato and-weII, there it was.
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PRIDE.

"That weather man is rather on
ceited."
Naturally, he is something of a
yane man."
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Mosr lMPoRTANr THINe.

@Are you trying to raise anything
on your placer"
Eyes, the mortgage"
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IN THE SUBURBS.

81 like constant variety in life"
'Do you care much for it in
cooks?"
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PASSING PooR.

eHer face is her fortune"
~Ah, mel That's a round about
way you have Of saying she VIII nsV-
or own a limousine"
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ONIONS ARE BETTER
- w
Decided Not to Com
~ WamslI Of Neighbours
90 wafOOkInS.

Y IOO upying an uptown
Y for a long time
y EHCCe by the daily habit
~ n~eighbors Of cook
ne suggestion Of
tier half Of the
H1OME led to see the
A. Mad about it, with a
hint y would move I'M
less the 2 IS. abated.
r A week wen, Maid hubby one
evening: "Mary, dioA you say that
you were going to seq the agent
about those onion peopleP"
eyes, l did" replied Mary, ''but
that was before l met Mrs. Parker.
We have exchanged calls this week,
and l like her very much"
Whereupon hubby gave u%tterance
to a peculiar sound that his wife was
able to interpret.
81 knew that you'd take it that
way" added the wife. "But even
you, Henry, must admit hat there's
a great difference between the smell
of a friends onions and those Of
people we don't know"
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THE FUNDS.

"Wherek do people get the money
to build castles in Spain2"
Il guess Nthey borrow it from
banks of clouds"
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Henpeck-Oh yes the major was
in the war.
Mrs. Henpeck-Then his fighting
days started in 1852
Henpeck--Oh no; he didn't mar
ry until 1885.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-24
THAT JANITOR

Why not have a janitor? Can anyone advance a reasonable reason why we should not have a court house janitOr?
 Your correspondent suggests a salary of $500 or even $500" a year.
 This is entirely too small a stipend for such talent as would be needed to attend to the scien- tifc and strenuous duties that would fall upon the physical and intellectual powers of one lone man.
 It seems to me that 5000 or even S1,000 would be a saving in the long run"
 Then there is another consid eration 1 wish to call the atten- tion to- The people are exceed ingly prosperous. Taxes, as a factor in our yearly budget, dwindles into the infnitesinal when compared to the impor- tance of a janitOr ensconsed in our magnificent court house.  Then it wouldn't do at all for our officers to be burdened with the extra duty of sweeping and dust ing their quarters. Such a
The Prescott daily news., 1912-05-24
SALOON INITIATIVE PETITION

Little Lock, May 24-A certi- fled check for S75 has been sent the Secretary of State as an in demnity in connection with the Camden saloon initiative petition. W. P. Holmes, editor of the Camden Beacon, has agreed to publish the bill with out cost to the state. This is the petition the attorney general has held invalid, as it specifies that it shall be submitted at the city election April ? last.