The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
Progressive March OF
Cities and States

punishment of the husband or father
who deserts his wife or children or
neglects to support them. The man is
to be confined in an institution at hard
labor and his dependents are to re-
ceive 65 cents a day or he' will be pa
rolled in the custody of a desertion
probation officer subject to such con
ditions as the judge may impose.
If the man Is imprisoned at hard
labor, the official in charge of the in
%stitution will pay to the prisoners de-
pendents So cents a day. Sundays
and legal holidays excepted. The
money is to be paid as a part of the
regular running expenses of the insti-
tuition and may be charged against
the county from which the defendant
was committed.
The court may appoint one or more
discreet persons of good character
to serve as deseTtion probation officers.
In case a defendant forfeits a bail
bond, the judge may order that any
sum collected is to be paid to the wife
or children.
Asheville, N. c., boasts the distinc-
ton of being in the first in the land
whose people have at the polls in a
general election Endorsed printers ink
by directly voting an advertising tax,
as the best medium for exploitation of
its other attractions. The income from
this advertising tax first became oper-
alive in the fall Of 1910. and it was
used to such excellent advantage
through the Asheville Board of Trade
during that year and 1911 that the
streams of tourists grew to such pro-
portions that the hotel owners had to
build new hotels and increase the ca
pacity of existing houses. The enter
tanning capacity has been increased
more than SO per cent, the new struc-
lures and Improvements all being
thoroughly modern.
AS a pioneer along many lines Ashe-
vile enjoys no little distinction, being
the first municipality in the world to
pass an anti-dy ordinance March,
1880, and the first municipality in
the world to pass an anti-expectora-
ton ordinance (June, 1885. The first
good roads association south of the
Mason and Dixon line was organized
in AsheWille in 1898, and to this organ
ization is due western North Caro-
lina's fine roads and the splendid
paved streets which give Aaheville
second place in that respect among
southern cities.
Following the lead OF French and
German cities and New York, Seattle
and Los Angeles in the United States,
Cleveland has provided for a city
plan commission in its new charter.
The commission is to be appointed
by the mayor and is given broad and
comprehensive powers. The design
and location of works of art which are,
or may become, the property Of the
city are put under it's control. The
plan, design n location Of public
buildings, harbors, bridges, viaducts,
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and their removal and alteration, must
be passed upon by it, Plans for the lo-
cation. extension and plating of
streets and parks require its approval.
Finally the new board is empowered to
prepare plans "for the future physi-
cal development and improvement of
the city"
A downtown playground, where the
babies of every part of the town may
be left In safe keeping while their
mothers do necessary shopping, at
tend matinees or make visits, is the
aim OF the Normal School Parent
Teacher association of Los Angeles
for this summer. The members OF
this association include women from
all over Los Angeles, and these women
believe that not only their own chill
dren, but the children Of their neigh
bors, will be benefited lie they have
such a playground. Al kindergarten
department. will be maintained through
the summer for children too small for
the more strenuous out-of-door xer
sises, and trained teachers, as well as
many volunteer assistants, will be
constantly on hand to see that the lit
tie ones rave proper care, as well as
a little valuable instruction.
The city OF Hamburg. with nearly a
million Inhabitants, and the largest
foreign commerce OF any European
port, being the greatest sea gate for
the German empire has a wonderfully
efficient system of docks and basins
1T has to maintain its channel to the
sea by dredging the Elbe river for