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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1914-02-06
Cites Under
Commission Form

Because of the interest displayed
in the question of commission
form of government for Lennon,
The Herald starts this week a
resume of 1913 law. Tins feature
will continue for several weeks, its
purpose simply being to give our
readers an understanding of what
the commission form of govern.
ment really is:
Sec |, Cities under Commission
In addition to the classes of
citizens now existing there is here
by created further class entitled
"Cities Under Commission"
Sec 2, How Incorporated-Any
city of the first. second or third
or under special charter can be.
come incorporated under the pro-
visions of this act.
Sec. 3, Question Submitted
Whenever. of the legal voters of
any city, number equal to fifteen
per centum of the number of votes
cast for mayor at the last previous
municipal election at which a
mayor was elected in such city,
shall petition the mayor an d
council thereof to submit the
question whether such city shall
become Incorporated under this
act. to a vote of the electors of
such city it shall be the duty Of
such mayor and council to submit
such question accordingly at an
election held within twenty days
from the date of the fling of such
petition with the auditor of such
city, and to appoint time and
place at which said vote may be
taken, and to designate the persons
who shall act as judges at such
election, but such question shall
not be submitted oftener than once
in any calendar year. Provided
that should any city entering upon
the commission form of govern
ment elect to be governed by a
board Of three commissioners in
stead Of five as provided by law,
or should any city having entered
upon the commission form OF
government desire to reduce the
mbershIp of such board from
FIVE to three members. the voters
thereof at the time of the election
to determine whether or not such
form of government shall be adopt
ed, or, where such form of govern
ment has already been adopted
with FIVE commissioners in control,
then at any annual election or
special election called for that
purpose upon a petition by fifteen
percent Of the voters of such city
as shown by the last preceding
election for mayor, then and in
either of such cases, the voters OF
sucn city shall determine at such
election whether the governing
board of such city shall consist OF
three commissioners or of five com.
missioners. Provided, that if the
majority of voters in any city.
where five commissioners are in
control, shall determine that the
governing board shall consist OF
three commissioners. then SAID
three commissioners may be elect.
ed at any municipal election, or at
any special election called for that
purpose as herein provided.
Sec. 4. Election, How Held.
Excepting as herein provided such
election shall be held in the man
ner provided by law for holding
municipal elections in cities of the
class to which such city may be-
long. The mayor of such city
shall give at least ten days notice,
of such election by publishing a
notice thereof IN the official news
paper OF such city. The ballots
to be used at such election shall
be In the following form:
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
Had tuberculosis,
Now Insured

When You know a man has been
afflicted with Consumption, and
later obtained insurance. IL means
that he has recovered his health,
as in this case:-
237 Dean ST., Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Gentlemen:-I was troubled with
night sweats. a severe cough and
was very weak; having. in fact. alb
soIutely no ambition whatever.
consulted a physician. who told me
my lungs were affected. Not sat
isfied. went to another doctor, who
said that ! was in the first stages
of Consumption. At this point
started TO take Eckman's Altere-
tive. The night sweets stopped al
most Immediately, my cough be-
came Iooser and gradually disspo
peared. NV weight is now 142
pounds and my physician has pro
nounced me perfectly sound =
which, together with the fact that
have Just been accepted by two
different insurance companies for
insurance, makes me sure Of my en-
tire recovery" (Abbreyiated)
Eckman's Alternative is most eff
ficacious in bronchial catarrh and
severe throat and lung affections
and upbuildins the system. Com
tains no harmful or habit forming
drugs. Accept no Substitutes.
Small size, 81; regular size. %. Sold
BY Owl Drug Co, 9O4 G st; French
Drug Co. 18th and Pacific av.;
Crown Drug Co. 1892 Pacific av.,
leading druggists. Write Eckmans
Laboratory. philadelphia, Pa, for
booklet of recoveries-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
FAWCETT
RENEWS
ATTACK

Again making the deliberate
charge that graft existed in the
Tacoma police department and
that the city had been thrown
open to vice, Mayor A. V. Faw-
cett in today's council meeting at
tempted to pass a resolution per-
hitting him to introduce at Sat
urday's graft Investigation '.all
evidence that the doors of the
city are thrown open to the vice
element"
Commissioner Mills strenuous
ly opposed the resolution, and i'm
dueed Commissioner Woods to
vote with him against it, thus
tying the vote, Com missioner
Drake being absent. Although
the resolution was lost, Mayor
Faweett will introduce all posi-
BILE evidence to prove graft and
vice charges Saturday, as he will
be presiding officer at the probe
and can permit or restrict what
ever testimony he desires.
In addition to repeating his
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

charges today, the mayor openly
announced to the council that
blind pigs" were being operated
at 210 and S12 Portland avenue
Gentlemen, there are / 30 sa-
looms in Tacoma paying $1,000
license each, yet these blind pigs
and others are allowed to sell
liquor without licenses"
Mayor Fawcett said today that
he would be prepared for the
probe Saturday, although some of
his witnesses had left the city.
: I've got ont hot case that
ought to make the city sit up and
take notice." said the mayor.
They have defied me to prove my
charges, and / think they will be
mighty sorry that they made such
a demand before this investiga-
tion is through"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
Boil the Water
.ss 80. %e~ ~.~ s.~ .~~
TyphoidGerms;
Don't Sprinkle!

Boil the wateri IL IL dangerous
to drink it raw.
Don't sprinklei There are
thousands of Tacomans without q
drop of water I'm their homes.
These are bulletins issued from
the city hall today. IL you sprin-
HE you are liable 10 arrest IL
you drink unboiled water you are
liable to any number OF diseases.
With three fire engines pump
ing water last night at top speed,
one of them taking II out of the
muddy Puyallup river near. the
tidewater mark and the others
pumping fro mthe North End
springs water system into the city
mains, a small emergency supply
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

of water was put into the Alaska
street reservoir.
But before noon today the res
ervoir water began to drop at the
rate of three inches per hour,
and unless the Green river grav-
ity water is turned on soon
more than half of the city will
be out of water.
II was reported this morning
that Green river water would be
flowing to the city by O'Clock.
but at noon Il was said the ser
vice might not be resumed until
tomorrow. The enormous break
in the pipe line Is the worst of its
kind in the history of Northwest
water systems.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
FAWCETT HOTEL PRAISED

In answer to Chief of Police
LOOMS recent charge that the
Fawcett hotel, Il th and c streets.
was the dirtiest dump in
town." Mayor Fawcett today
read to the city council two re-
ports from State Hotel Inspec-
tor J. #. Myhan and City SAM
tary Inspector Robert It. Ches-
nut, who recently examined the
hotel.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
swINDLERs ACTIVE

BRlDGEPORT, Conn, Aug.
12--Orders were issued by the
police officials today for the ar
rest of a gang of swindlers. al.
legged to have sold many tickets
for $50 apiece in the Hungar-
ian section of the city for pas
sage from Bridgeport to Hun
gary by airship route.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

tel was lone of the cleanest of
Its class that IL has been my duty
to look over" and Chestnut re-
ported that the entire hotel was
kept spotlessly clean and sani-
tary.
IT'S pretty easy to prove a
man a liar-if he isn't careful
what he says In public" remark
ed the mayor, after submitting
the reports.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
GERTIE, READ THIS TO MoMMER

ROSEBURG, Or, Aug. 12.-Assertng in court
that 1T was useless to try to escape from woman
when she once became infatuated with a man,
Joseph Kunstatsky, local shoemaker, yesterday
promised to marry his divorced wife, Marie Kun
statsky
courthouse
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
EIUDEs 4 CRUISERS

BOSTON, Aug. 1.-THE Ger
man steamer Koln arrived here
from Bremen today. having elud-
ed four British cruisers during
the latter part of her voyage,
according to her commander,
Captain Jachens.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

ed suicide in his cell at the city
jail. He fastened his suspenders
around his neck and the other
end to a window OF the cell. The
rubber of the suspenders stretch
ed, however, making Burke's at
tempt Intellectual.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
". TT. NOTIOCE

The w. c. T. u. will enjoy an
open-air meeting Friday Bas-
ket lunch will be served at noon
in Lincoln park. Business and
regular program to follow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Arrested last night by Patrol
man Ellingson after he had at
tempted to start trouble in
dozen lower Pacific avenue shops
by entering and shouting OBJ
scene names at the clerks, Billy
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
No InstalIment License Fee

rink at Wapato lake. vas refused
By the city council today because
that body has no authority to
change the license fee system.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Mrs. Edith Montgomery today
presented a claim with the city
council for $4,000 damages for
the death of her son, Claude.
who was killed July 8 in a runa-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Confessing that be had tried TO
rob the collection box of the
pay-telephone in the Federal
building Monday night. George
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Most complete line Of Milwau-
kee Sausage and Meat Products
In the city. Duenwald's Delika-
lessen, 31S 18th st. -. Adv. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

REORGANIZATION Co., artistic
floral work. 93S Q st. Main 800.
adv. "
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

of South wellington. sin miles
from here, and cleaned up every
building in the place, leaving
500 families homeless.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12
Must Tear Down Mill Ruins

to tear down the ruins. Prop
erty owners petitiOned recently
but the city has no funds for
such purposes.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

NAMAIMo, Aug. 12.-origin-
ating near one of the mine
shafts. fire yesterday swept
through the coal mining town
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

way accident at North 18th and
Orchard streets. The mother as
serts that the runaway was
caused by an appraised street
car guard rail. The claim was
filed with the city clerk.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Commissioner Mills was today
instructed by the city council
to order the owner of the old
Mentzer mill property, near
North 26th and Proctir streets,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

DIR. Ashton removed to Gross
Bldg, q Sc. Advertisement
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Allen. captured after chase
down A street by spectators, was
yesterday afternoon sentenced by
Justice Magill to spend three
months In jail.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Decorations. Hipz. nori.t, :. 7 q X.
Advertisements"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

asylum grounds by the work of
inmates. Several acres of grass
and brush surrounding the hos
pital and town of Steilaceom
were burned over and the fire
is still smouldering today.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1914-08-12

Sweeping across the prairies
above Steilacoom, a brush fire
burned to the county
road outside the Fort Steilacoom
Hospital for the Insane, and was
only prevented from entering the
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
Wilson'S Triumph in Mexico.
New York " orld.l


The President Mexican policy, con
corning which there have been many
misgivings, has triumphed. The dicta-
tor has resigned. A constitutional gov
eminent is to be established. There will
eventually be peace at home and peace
with the United States.
When Gen huerta on the 18th of
February, 1913, telegraphed to Presi-
dent Taft, - have overthrow this
government and the forces are with
me- he had no thought of the man
who in two weeks was to be President
of the United States OF of the forces
that that man would array against the
Mexican usurpation.
One week after Mr.. Wilson $ inaug-
uration he gave due warning to Gen.
IIuerta and all other Latin-American
chieftans who gain Office by intrigue
and assassination when he said: eve
can have no sympathy with those who
seize the power OF government to adj
vance their own personal interests and
ambtions.' Huerta laughed at this
avowal, and not few citizens of the
| United States pronounced it visionary
and fantastic.
Yet the new American doctrine that
usurpation is not to be recognized OF
this hemisphere has been established il
| one country where its success SCENE,
most doubtful. Against Huerta 5 airy
assumption Wilson arrayed admanan
tine conscience. In opposition to the ty
rant 5 armed forces Wilson marshalle,
| the forces Of liberty and Justice
1t has taken some hard fighting il
| Mexico TO overthrow the Government
but moral courage of a higher order ha
been needed to enable the Admimstra
tion at Washington to hold true to it
principles. The honor OF victories wo1
in the realm of morals is no less thai
that of battles gained ON bloody fields
Thanks to Woodrow Wilson. a grea
country and an oppressed people ar
: uusn the threshold of new epoch.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
They Who Knock at Our Gates. Mary
Antn.

They Who Knock at Our Gates. Mary
Antin.
This last book by the author Of "The
Promised Land is Il plea, straight
from the heart, for patience, fairness
and sympathy for the immigrant com
ing to our shores "The Declaration of
Independence like the Ten Command
ments must he taken literally and APP
piled universally this is the text
Of the first chapter, and eff we took
our mission seriously-as seriously say
as the Jews theirs-we should live with
a copy of our law at our side and
obhee every man who opened his mouth
about it to square his doctrine with the
the gospel Of liberty" This is high
thinking surely. but difficult living. If
we feel when we read ''Thev Who
Knock ut Our Gates " that we are get
ting but one side of the immigrant
question, it is a side that will do Ms
good to know for she stirs our con
science ana makes us realize the i'm
migrant : sentiments and aspirations
for the better things denied him in his
homeland. We did not know the "scum
Of the earth - would talk like this. - y
widow down in Division street was
complaining bitterly Of the hardship OF
her lot, alone in an. alien world will
four children to bring up. In tho
midst of her complaints the children
came home from school. Well sale
the hardly pressed widow. bread ism 7
easy to get in America, but the chill
dren can 90 to school, and that s mor'
than bread. Rich man, poor man, it !
all the same; the children can 90 t,
school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18

The scene has shifted quickly again
at Wilmington, and w. d. Policy dis,
appears from view after a few months
ownership of the Deerfield Valley
Times. The new owner is Martin A.
Brown of Wilmington, Boston and
Winchester, Mass, the arbiter elegan-
tiarum of Democratic politics in Yer
mont. Mr.. Brown, for a guess, will
not make the Times a pronounced poll
teal organ. For some time we have
missed from the Times those thrilling
editorials that under the management
of one Dixon were generally under
stood to be written in a Brattleboro
law office. On the retirement of Mr.
Policy, Edwin L. Foster becomes edi-
tor of the Times and Henry s. White
| is manager and treasurer.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
STATE NEWS NOTES.
Big Damage by Cloudburst in Jericho.

Big Damage by Cloudburst in Jericho.
\ cloudburst caused $12, 600 to So. 900
damage in Jericho recently. Rivers and
brooks overlooked and 10 bridges, some
of them iron, went downstream The
roadbed was quilted out 10 feet deep in
some places and the rivers course was en-
tirely changed. Sand and gravel covered
the meadows and made the loss to George
Willard not less than 81 600, as his hay
was ready to cut and was wholly ruined
by the sand. Mr. and Mrs Doyle, whose
loss was heavy. had to wade a long dis
lance to a place of safety, as the water
washed into their windows. Every farmer
on the Lee river suffered from 500 to
$1,000 damage. Earl Hurlburt was one Of
the heavy losers, all his crops being de
stroyed. 1t is thought that it viii be
years before he can cultivate his meadow
again the river cut through his meadow
when the course of the stream was
changed His loss is estimated at over
$1,000. \ blacksmith shop was washed
down the river.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
Member of the Associated Press.
SATURDAY, JULY Is, 1914.
GOVERNMENT INSURANCE SUPER.
VISION

One of the great developments of
the future will be in the economic
handling of life insurance. 1t is rath-
er surprising to have our erstwhile
Nermonter, Darwin p. Kingsley, pres
idcnt of the New York Life Insurance
company, outline a plan of campaign
to obtain an amendment to the United
States constitution by which the super
vision of insurance would be taken
away from the states. He wants Con
gress to have 1.-the power to regulate
the business of insurance. -
He maintains that the adoption of
such an amendment is of vital import
ance to the policyholder himself be
cause it would mean cheaper insurance
The saving in taxation alone to all the
insurance companies in the country
would be $lo,000,o0o a year, Mr.. Kings
ley says.
In addition, he asserts, there would
be savings in other ways, for the in,
snrance companies would not have to
| deal with insurance departments in
every state and would not be compell-
ed to hire lawyers to appear before
each state legislature to argue for or
| against legislation. The result would
be relief from much confusion and the
| installations of national insurance
commissioner. There would be one list
of regulations instead of 4S, one form
| of policy instead of many and only one
system Of handling insurance matters
"'ATy first step in a nationwide cam
| paign,' said Mr.. Kingsley, twill be
to submit to the insurance executives
throughout the country the question as
to whether or not they want fedora
supervision of insurance business. Ii
asking this question, | am sending t.
them the opinion of former United
States Senator John c. Spooner on the
legal effect of the proposed amend
ment to the constitution.
Mr.. Kingsley's stand is revolution
airy from the standpoint of big insur
ance interests, but he may be tn,
prophet to blaze the way If the head
of other big insurance companies woul,
cooperate with him some importan
| changes in existing conditions woul,
take place at an early date. The none.
raised by taxation on life insuranc
companies and savings banks is in
direct and perhaps is not felt by in
dividuals, but it is nevertheless take
from the people of moderate means i
large percentage Of cases. When h
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
RTOPDAN OBJECTS.
Rutland Man Dislil-es Federal APP
nointmcnta IL Vermont.

NJ =. Riorden Of Rutland lever hear
Of him.: writes the Boston Globe a rath-
er striking article on the distribution of
federal patronage i'm Vermont bv Martin
\. Brown. He IS little mixed in locat-
ing Mr.. Browns lumber camps in Brattle-
boro, but several Of his statements will be
read with interest or amusement:
"One of the principal federal offices in
Vermont is the United States marshal
ship. There were several applicants for
this position who have done splendid
work for Democracy when the way was
dark and the laborers few, but the office
was given to an unknown lawyer from
Brattleboro, in Windham county, where
Mr.. Browns lumber camps are located.
The first official act of the new mar
shall was to reappoint three Republicans
as deputy marshals who have held this
office for years, and will continue to hold
| it while men who have labored in the
| Democratic party 90 unrecognized and I'M
rewarded
| The deputy relationship of internal
revenue in Vermont is another desirable
| federal office, but an unknown man from
Brattleboro. in the same county of Wind
| ham, who has resided in the state of Yer
mont about one year and who is as little
| known to the Democrats of the state OF
Vermont as the Akoond of Swat, re-
ceived the appointment.
Then Mr.. Brown bestowed the coIlec
torship Of the port of Burlington on a
gentleman rich in the worlds goods who
desired the office wholly for the honor
while honorable and worthy men who
have spent years Of toll and given much
of their meager means to promote the in
terests and advancement Of the party
We're ignored and set aside
| This method of distributing fedora
patronage and the general feeling of dis
satisfaction that exists in the state as q
result Is rapidly tending to disrupt and
ldisorganize the party almost to the dis
lappearing point, when. by genuine Demo
cratic leadership by men who have borne
the burden. a strong vigorous opposition
lparty might be developed to battle against
miSrule, extravaganza and Incompetence
NOW apparent in the state.
: IF Mr.. Brown has any doubt concern
ing the truth of this proposition let hin
tear himself away from the Boston boar,
of trade long enough to come to Vernon
and run for United States senator, as tn
; article intimates that he may do and h
viii learn just how popular his system o
Investigations, appointments and absen
treatment has been, and Just what a Rat
thing Campaign can be developed iron
this line of action
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18

The Afevican pao,.Io-TLeir S+,na,l,
for rraoaa,,, M tar, ~ !,
i"'h'"
Among the new books on Mexico this
Is one OF the best worth reading. 1t IS.
written from the point OF view OF the
Constitutionalists; upholds President
Wilson $ policy, and frankly states
that the one solution for Mexico 5
problem Is non-intervention. There is
a fierce Remuneration of Porfrio Diaz
and his regime, including the group of
able men known as the 'scientifeos;
an analysis of the character of Fran
cisco Madero and the cause Of his
downfall, and a most Illuminating dis
cnssion of all the issues for which the
peon is fehtin% To-Day. "To-day,' to
quote from these writer's, " the poems
are fighting rs they fought in the days
of IIidalgo and of Juarez for the land
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-07-18
Advertised Letters.

Men - Nick Banascino, Max Blumer,
Albert Drown, Charles Chapman, Guy
Doolittle, Ernest Hatset. Billy Lee, An
drew Laucue. John Maloney, F. +. Put
nam, c. n. Spelman, George n. Wilson.
Women-AE>s Grace Baker, Miss Julia
NJ Leonard, Miss Ellen Taylor, Miss
Mabel c. Washburn, Mrs Ethel Cham
berlain Mrs George \. Chamberlain, Mrs.
John 5. Coburn, Mrs {. F. Hale, Mrs.
Flora NJ. Rubeor, Mrs William Rogers,
Mrs. H. \ Webb.