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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

tanned community want Some or these wants
will best be supplied with the cooperation of pri
vate enterprise Satisfaction of others necessarily
will be deferred until methods to meet them can
be evolved or additional sources obtained. But
it should become the citys business to have them
supplied either by public effort or private effort,
under terms and conditions that will adequately
protect the public interest.
Granting these things then-and they have
been pretty well established fact by the work
o. the bureau-it would seem that even If city
government along constructive lines were dii1cuit
TO get it would be worth making q fight for. But
in this country in the position of standing
starving in the midst Of plenty for lack Of the
enterprise to reach out and take what we need.
Countless cities all over the country, even ham
pered as they are by want of coGfed and Access
sbe traditions and precedents, lave contributed
out OF their dearly. bought experience improved
and tested methods Of conducting city. These
methods in practice in these several
cities. Many more would come III their turn If
sufficient interest were aroused, but even without
waiting have an embarrassment of riches
fit TO hand.
And yet. in all the United States there is not
one governmental bureau OF information, not one
available of finding out these things under
either state federal government When a man
goes into office and is idealistic enough and en-
thusastic enough to want to fill his Office well,
and with benefit to him and IT, he must write to
the bureau Of municipal research here, private
agency and ask what he may do. We are here
for that purpose, it is true, and working
with might and main to prepare ourselves for his
questions but the fact remains that he should
be instructed under the authority of the govern
ment of which he is part, and not by indie
pendent and unofficial bureau.
Now you will begin to see why we are so anx.
ious that President Wilson will agree to sug-
gestions about Washington.
There, in city already under federal control.
where local politics do not exist. and where ma
tional politics not subject to yearly BIZ
yearly upheavals-there is the finest kind of
opportunity for putting theory to the test of
practice.
There is the whole machinery of federal gov
eminent to conduct a research for which we
would have to pay millions Of dollars, and for
which they Tould not have to pay a cent. and to
conduct &c under trained to observe and to
coordinate significant and important facts"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

like to see discovered, standardized and codfed
in Washington.
There is one, and only one best way for
cleaning streets; best way for arranging
school curricula: one best way for conserving
the public health These best ways they
discovered and firmly established, just
eticacious in one form of city government as they
in another
There is not, at the present time one city in
this country which is systematically finding and
using the best ways for conducting it's vacious
municipal departments
I'VE believe that the only reason for this scat
tered and disorganized state of things lies in the
inability of our many cities to find a common
meeting ground which TO thrash out the good
they have discovered from the bad they have not
known how to avoid
As things are at present. we offer the distress
ing and unnecessary spectacle Of whole people
struggling with universal problem in sporadic
patches, incoherent and unrelated; and OF ma,
tion which has failed to make common causa,
among its separate parts. of a question which is.
more than almost any other. a national one,
we need cooperation. We Iced concentration.
We have failed to establish a central reservoir for
the knowledge, independently come by, of the
many cities solving their difficulties in their own
way we have failed to provide central source
TO which these cities, beset by problems they are
not able to solve. can come for help.
The arrangement involves a foolish waste.
Here are countless cities ali over the country.
credit to their day and generation which follow
an uncharted way to excellence in some
two particular branches of government.
One city learns. we'll say. how to run fire
department with the minimum of waste and the
maximum Of efficiency Another turns up n good
working solution of checking the spread of dis
else Still another learns how to lay pavements,
and another how TO conduct its schools
Each Of these cities has discovered for itself
q fact OF primary Importance to all cities; yet
they cannot give it even to their neighbors, be-
cause they have official place of exchange!
THE situation is as absurd as that which oh
tanned in the dawn OF economic interrelations.
when every man caught and cooked his own food.
prepared the skins for his own clothing, and was.
In every phase of his activities sufficient unto
himself.
Now what we want to do is precisely analogous
20 the secondary economic period, when two men
divided their labors and one caught and cooked
Cor nourishment for two. nnd the other per
formed a like service In clothing the pair Each
hslvad his effort, End doubled his result
-'' is. in fact, remErkaSl7 70 me tkat tbls much
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
RASH ON FACE FOR 2 YEARS

Sioux Falls, S. D.-"My trouble of
skin disease started merely as a rash
on my face and neck, but it grew and
kept getting worse until large scabs
would form, tester and break. This
was just on the one side Of my face,
but it soon scattered to the other
side. suffered n great deal, especial
ly at night, on account Of its itching
and burning. l would scratch it and
OF course that irritated it very much.
This rash was on my face for about
two years, sometimes breaking out
lots worse and forming larger sores.
1t kept me from sleeping day or night
for couple of months. My face look
ed disgraceful and was almost
ashamed to be seen by my friends.
"A friend asked me to try Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment. would
battle my face with hot water and a
lot Of Cuticura Soap, then I would put
on the Cuticura Ointment. In less
than two days time, the soreness and
inflammation had almost entirely dis
appeared, and in four weeks time you
could not see any Of the rash. Now
my face Is without spot of any kind.
l also use them for my scalp and hair.
They cured me completely" (Signed)
Miss Pansy Hutchins, Feb. s, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept L, Boston"
Adv
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

guinea hens were brought by the vari-
Gus pupils. and their actions and
habits were explained by the teach
srs.
Joseph Bosnian, a fourteen-year-old
pupil in the sixth grade, decided that
he knowledge of the class in regard
% lambs needed strengthening. Just
rs the bell was ringing after the noon
cecess Joseph started up the front
stairs with a lamb tied to the end Of
4 piece Of rope.
why, Joseph. what have you
here?" exclaimed the principal, Mrs.
Mary Ryan
Little LAMP replied Joseph lacou'
cally. Nature study"
But the lamb probably becoming
suspicious, made a sudden leap. jerk
I'd the end of the rope from the boys
hands. and. with heels kicking. it
gamboled down the hallway to the
400 girls coming up from recess in
ong lines. The lamb wanted to join
he parade. II headed for the lines.
Some 400 girls promptly fed, scream.
ng
Startled by the screams, the lamb
shot down the steps and out Of a
side door. When last seen in was
making for the Bosnian residence,
with Joseph a close second. In the
meantime it was half an hour before
the teachers could assemble their
classes and quiet them down.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
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cult question, at the present stage Of our work.
but should say that ii will.
We are deeply interested In the laying out OF
cities Much depends on II than beauty
valuable as that Is. Yes, | think that II our plan
natures there will be need for ugliness In
our cties-at least, not that ugliness which comes
from ignorance"
We need ideals of public service in munclpsi
governments and we need ideals Of plain business
efficiency When We get them shall begin 10
have some idea of how much citys government
controls It's whole social ard political destiny
said Mr. Bruere
AS a matter of fact, | suppose do not Heed
to dwell at any length On the value OF good mu'
ncipal administration. | am not apt to find any
body who would dispute the fact with ne. But
! think can allow myself to insist upon onH fac
tor in its value which | do not find 10 be very
widely known.
If YOU say to the average that the Affairs
Of the city should be conducted with as much
business sagacity and economy as the affairs OF
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
MARY'S LAMB LOSES
PLACE AMONG GREAT
Modern Member of Sheep Tribe
Creates More Excitement
Than Animal Of MYTH.

Chicago.-Mary' lamb never caus
ed as much of a sensation as Joseph g
lamb did the other day at the Joshua
Pickard grammar school. West Twel-
ty-second street and South Oakley
avenue. More than 400 girls were
thrown into . panic as a result OF
animal was to have taken part IN
what probably will be the last class
Of back-to-nature studies in tbs
school
At the beginning of the winter Miss
Kate S. Kellogg. direct superinten.
dent, inaugurated a new class of ami.
NAL study from life. Cats. dogs, rab
bits. guinea pigs. birds, chickens and
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
Goats Eat Creme or Doors.

New York.-P Marsekke, an under.
:aker. complained TO Magistrate Muir
ply OF the Bronx that goats went
70 far as to tear off and eat the crepe
lie placed on houses OF mourning. He
Urged the magistrate to enforce a law
compelling owners of goats to kear
he animals penned up.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
Just a Bit Mixed.

London is laughing over a story
which has recently come out concern
Ing Lloyd George. 1t appears that
shortly after the death of King Id
ward an Englishman travelling In
Wales got into talk with an elderly
Welshman and happened to be the
first to tell him OF the kings demise.
And who might be king now?'
asked the Welshman.
Why, George is king now
"George!" he exclaimed in surprise.
We'll. how he has got on, to be sure
and me to remember him as little
lawyer in Criccieth,"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
MUM.

A mollusk came TO our first parent to be
named.
"Er-oyster!" announced Adam, after consd-
ering a moment.
Now. divers other creatures having got theirs,
were lettering about to pick up what of con-
ISOLATION they might and number OF these
burst out laughing hereupon
Just think how mum you'll have to be-" they
jeered.-Puck
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

private industries, he Will
naturally say yes, OF
course; but if YOU go fur
Their and suggest to him
that a sound municipal
regime can save him more
than money and time; that
it. can lift the whole level
of his social community and
that it can help TO conserve
everything about him, from
his business interests 10 his
health and his peace OF
mind, he is apt to think
either that you arc triiling
with him. or that you lean
toward paternalism' and
should be subdued.
City government should
and can be made to mean
much more than clean
streets or a capable fire de
partmcnt. Ii means the es-
adjustment and preserva'
ton of healthy relationships
in every phase OF the city
existence.
1T has in its hands the
health, the intelligence, and
economic capacity Of every
citizen. 1t can be so organ
lied that it will take leader
ship in filling every ascer-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
QUITE REMARKABLE.

big production. that musical comedy"
Yes; and a remarkable thing is that the cast
of characters Is even larger than the list Of
authors"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

Red Cross Ball Blue. all blue. best bluing
value in the whole world, makes the laun-
dress smile. Adv.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

y
dent Of the board Of aldermen of New York, who,
with Henry Bruere, director OF the bureau OF
municipal research. has just submitted to Presi-
dent Wilson a plan whereby the national capital
be used guide, philosopher and friend to
all other American cities.
There certain fundamental processes which
ali cities must adopt, irrespective of their several
forms OF government" he continues, land il is the
best of these, each after its kind that would
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
Their Drawbacks.

mo chicken fights are fair"
"Of course not. since they neces
sarily have a fowl element"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

Alas for the young man Whose only
claim to distinction is n little straw
lid With a multi-colored band
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
So They Are Erlenda.

Those two girls tell each other everything"
Everything but what they really think or each
other"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

L cannot happen In a day. nor
month, nor a year; but one national
administration should allow time
enough to make OF Washington a
standard OF efficiency among cities;
a giant laboratory for municipal re-
search; finished product of the dis
titled municipal wisdom gathered
here. there. and the other place, By
lesser cities. working independently
to find solutions to civic problems"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05
EXPERIENCE
OF MOTHERHOOD
Advice to Expectant Mothers

The experience Of Motherhood Is try
ing one to most women and marks dis
tinctly an epoch in their lives. Not one
woman in hundred is prepared or un-
derstands how to properly care for her-
self. OF course nearly every woman
nowadays has medical treatment at such
times, but many approach the expert
ence with an organism untitled for the
trial Of strength, and when it is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Following
of caring for the child, and distinct
change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charming than
happy and healthy mother Of children,
and indeed childbirth under the right
conditions need be no hazard to health or
beauty. The unexplainable thing is
that, with all the evidence of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting from
an unprepared condition, and with am
pie time in which to prepare, women
will persist in going blindly to the trial.
Every woman at this time should rely
upon Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, a most valuable tonic and
invigorator of the female organism.
In many homes MS~SSS
once childless there NV ~%&ESA%M
are now children be- W II N&W
cause of the fact Va SRV
that Lydia E. Pink ~ y n
hams Veg ~ rs IL
Compound m ak Nm SrSsIsR>W
women normal, SOES SLANySNNI
healthy and strong. VS. 80 an. 80. ~
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl-
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman and held In strict confidence.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1913-07-05

In m any homes
once childless there
are now children be-
cause of the fact
that Lydia E. Pink
hams V eye t q BILE
Compound m a k e 8
w o m en- norm al,
healthy and strong.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-25
THE CENTRAL HIGH
SCHOOL HAS VERY
SERIOUS PROBLEM
More Room Needed-Grad-
uating Class Numbers
20, While Nearly 800
Freshmen

With a graduating class of 10 or 20 and
an incoming freshmen class of about 800,
the Birmingham Central High school
faces serious situation Monday on ac-
count OF lack of room.
The 'Freshles" yesterday at noon com
pleted the first semester Of the first high
school year at the Paul Hayne school
on South Twentieth street and at $40
o'clock Monday morning will begin their
second semester at the Central High
school. That class numbers about 800
School will be dismissed Monday at |
o. clock. states DIR. Phillips, in order that
fected by the teachers and the students
may secure their new books
The retiring class which has completed
it's studies, but which will not hold its
graduating exercises until June with the
regular graduating class, numbers but
about 90 DIR. Phillips explained this yes
lerday by stating that when the year was
first divided up so that pupils could en-
ter both in February and in September,
and parents did not become accustomed
to the new arrangements and the classes
entering in February for the first few
years were small. The system had been
In operation but two years when the
present graduating class entered, and its
small size is accounted for because the
new order of things had not yet become
familiar to the students and parents, ana
few took advantage of It, Dr. Phillips
states. however. that the difference be-
tween the two classes is becoming smaller
each year and he anticipates that within
the next few years the September class
and the February class will be about
equal in numbers.
''It is difficult to estimate the number
Of new pupils who will enter the elemen-
tary school Monday for their first year,
stated DR.. Phillips. However, this num-
ber has never been near as large as
the new students at the beginning of the
regular year in September, and we do
not expect 1t to be so this year.
Its big problem to get 25o0 students
properly readjusted, since we are so
pressed for room. | believe there are few.
outside of ourselves who have the prob
lem to contend WITH who realize what
we have to deal with. Where classes
are small we can combine them, but where
the classes are large and there Is not
enough room we have to seek an outlet
some where else. In this case We usually
try TO transfer a class, but here there is
much trouble For instance, we have
q vacant room In one of the South High
land schools and a crowded room at
East Lake say probably in Ensley.
The proposition that these children go to
the South Highland school is not always
fsvorably received. We have to consult
with both the pupil and the parents, but
we are doing the best we can and will
continue so to do.
There will be a class of from 10 to 80
freshmen to enter the Ensley High school
Monday also and this total will bring
the freshman class now entering upon
its second semester close to 400 pupils.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-25
AT THE HOTELS


L. Hooper of Albertville, D. NJ. Lyme
Of Hartselle and P. Ell. Goldsmith of Mont
Somery are registered at the Metropoli-
tan
H. o. Dummett of Mobile, c. l. Lee of
Hartselle and J. H. Bankhead, Jr, of
jasper are among those stopping at the
Morris.
w. J. Nixon of Livingston H. II. Cassil
of Atlanta and H. H. Watkins of Guin
are registered at the Florence.
+. M. Robertson of Fayette, Tom Neu-
gall of Pell City and W. o. Cromwell of
Montgomery are registered at the Bir-
m'ngham.
E. p Murray of Montgomery. L. d.
Holloway of Florence and N. Jones of
Memphis are at the Hillman.
L. B. Thompson of Atlanta, J. ]. billiard
of Russellville and W. S. Winn of Mont
gomery are among the arrivals at the
Empire.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-25
WHAT CITIZENS THINK
OF COREY'S TESTIMONY

A number of well known Birmingham
men were asked yesterday for opinions
on the testimony of former President W.
e. Corey of the United States Steel cor
poration before the congressional inves-
tigating committee this week
1t will be recalled that some striklrs
differences were shown in the testimony
of Mr.. Corey from that of Chairman y.
H. Gary, who had previously testified.
Birmingham men, while not expressing
so much interest in the differences OF
opinion between Mr.. Corey and Judge
Gary were unanimous in thinking that
Mr.. Coreys praise of the Birmingham dis
trict can have none but good effect.
Here are some of the views expressed:
Leo X. Steiner: II have read with much
interest Mr. Corey's testimony about the
Steel corporation and the Tennessee COM
pany. II Is certainly strong advertise
ment for Birmingham rails and for. the
Birmingham district generally. What
Corey says under oath seems to have the
ring of sincerity. believe he was telling
the truth"
Col. j. C. Maben, president of the Sloss-
Sheffield Steel and Iron company: In
their testimony before the committee of
Congress investigating the Steel trust
Judge Gary and Mr.. Corey fatty contra
dict each other. Judge Gary before the
Stanley committee says one thing, while
the former president comes up now AM
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-25

Reading of the disaster at Mckin-
ney, Tex, this morning reminded me
of a somewhat similar happening back
in 's5," said John Sparrow yesterday
afternoon. "At that time l was the
northeast Texas correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune with headquarters at
Dallas
"There had been a sensational sui
eide in sherman and I was playing 1t
for all 1t was worth TO the Tribune.
1t began to look necessary for me to
go to Sherman. but by an unexpected
stroke of luck l succeeded in getting
the story fully and sending 1t to the
Tribune l was pluming myself on
scooping the other fellows when I got
a telegram from the managing editor
of the Tribune giving me an awful
call down.
1T seemed that the Ender hotel in
Greenville had collapsed and about
eight of the most prominent men in
the town had been killed. There was
another chap in Dallas named Nc
Nealus who was correspondent for the
old Chicago Times. In some way which
have never found out he got the
tip that the hotel had fallen and
flashed 1T to his paper
1.-The story was played all over the
first page of the Times and the Tri-
bune didn't have a word about 1t.
While had been congratulating myself
on handling the suicide so well | had
been badly scooped.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-25
COMMISSION HEARS
RIGHT OF WAY CASES
Underwater Institutes Condemnation
Proceedings to Obtain Right of Way
Along Possum Valley Road

W. A. Lester, w. G. oliver and Sump-
ter Bethea are hearing the evidence
In the condemnation proceedings in
stituted by the Tidewater to secure a
right of way across certain properties
along the Possum Valley road at Oak
land. The individual owners of the
property are Mrs. Sarah w. White, DR..
r. M. Cunningham, Ed Warren and B.
M. Allen. The commissioners, who are
all we'll known real estate dealers,
were appointed by Judge ]. P. Stiles TO
determine the amount of compensa-
tion the property owners are entitled
to for the right of way. F.. K. Camp
bell and Forney Johnston are repre-
eenting the Tidewater company; Allen
& Bell the property holders.