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The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1915-06-10

Ou OHe Blue, uo
took it. turned it over and on the blank
side drew In large black letters the
words: Zone Of Harper's Authors. I
am Starving"
Before any one was aware Of his In
tention O'Brien had attached a string
to the cardboard, hung it about his
neck, walked down to the street and
paraded up and down before the pub
fishing house. OF course large crowd
gathered, but O'Brien was obdurare
against all entreaties.
won't stop till get some money
from Harper" said he. and he didn't.
A compromise was soon effected
through the medium Of q five dollar
bill, and O'Brien went on his way for
that day.
Apparitions.
At noon Of night and at the nights pale
end.
Such things have CHANGED to me
As one by day would scarcely tell a
friend
For fear Of mockery.
Shadows, you say, mirages Of the brain!
know not faith, not I.
Ia It more strange the dead should walk
again
Than that the quick should die?
Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
NEGRO HANGED
FOR RMURDER Of
MESSENGER BOY
CLINT WILLIAMS INSISTED ON
HAVING SHOES sHlNED JUST
BEFORE GOING TO THE SCAF-
FOLD.

Fort Worth, Texas, Aug. Clint
Williams was hanged here today. His
neck was broken by the fall He in
sisted on having his shoes shined be.
fore going to the scaffold and had eat
en- a hearty breakfast, telling the Jail
ors "This is the life"
Clint Williams, a young negro who
killed Oscar Scroggins a young white
messenger boy here last winter, had
only one expressed ambition while
awaiting hanging during the past few
weeks. That was to eat as many
watermelons as possible. officers at
the Jail here did their best to supply
his want. Williams killed the mes
senger boy and took his bicycle. He
threw the body into a well. When ar
rested, the negro confessed. The rope
for hanging the negro has been used
at several previous hangings in north
Texas. 1t was borrowed for this ex-
ecution from Sherman, Texas.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
STATE BOARD
RAISE VALUES
IN CARTER co.
CATTLE, SWINE, DIAMONDS AND
JEWELRY LANDS AND CITY
LOTS ARE RAISED BY STATE
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

The state board Of equalization has
passed u2Yn the Valuations rendered
by the county tax assessor and has
reported he following changes in val
ues to the Board of County Commits.
sioners:
That tic Variation of cattle should
be raised per cent, swine Il per
cent, diamonds and jewelry, % per
cent, tanzs FOR storing crude oil to
l. cents per barrel. That valuation
of lands should be raised per cent,
city. town and illage lots per cent.
making a total aggregate increase in
the assessed valuation of the county
of $G72, ,oJ6."
The budget s. omitted tc the excise
board OF the county has not been
passed on yet, but will be Saturday.
The city 5 asking for a substantial
increase, and that question is being
threshed out by the board.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
MORE TICKETS
FOR The: SUN
DAY SCHOOLS
MAYOR SAYS HIS OFFER, LIKE
TENNYSON'S LITTLE BROOK,
RUNS ON FOREVER ALL UN-
DER FOURTEEN GET TICKETS.

Last Sunday the Sunday schools
of the city We're greatly augmented
by the adduon of substantial num-
bers in attendance, thanks to the
offer of the mavor and rroprietors OF
the picture shows of the city.
The mayor stated this morning that
many did not understand that the
offer was to be made permanent, but
that such is the case. Any child un-
der the age limit will he given a
ticket to one OF the picture shows
the coming week.
These tickets are good only for a
matinee, and not for the night shows.
The pastors report that the scheme
is eminently satisfactory, and are look
ing for a ecord-breaking crowd on
next Sunday morning.
The mayor has had ample tickets
printed, and all the pastors or SUI
perintendents o. the Sunday schools
are required to do is to call, and
they will be furnished.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
NA5ON5 HAVE:
Bic TINE 1T
LONE GROVE.
THIRD DEGREE TEAM OF THIS
CITY AND SEVERAL VISITORS
ARE ROYALTY FEASTED AFTER
CEREMONIES

Several Masons of this city, includ-
ing the third degree team of this
lodge, went 20 Lone Grove last night
to confer the third degree upon one
candidate there. After the work was
finished, the visitors were ushered
into the dining room where long
table was groaning beneath the
weight of tie fiGest fried chicken that
ever tickled the palate of hungry
pilgrim.
After the visitors had finished with
the last course, of ice cream, they
were simply transferred to another
table, where the finest melons grown
in a community made famous by them,
were cut ready to be served. BY the
time. the visitors had finished with
the melons. they insisted that they
be permitted to go home, before the
hospitality of Lone Grove overcame
them, and trey were not able TO do So
Among those present from this city
were: Ed SanClin Otis NJ. Smith
Roy NJ. Johnson, DR.. Harlow, w. L.
Davis, A. Eddlcman, Harold Wallace
Errett Dunlap, Z. A. Fox, Mr.. Butzow,
Ralph Ramsey, Roy Shores, DR.. How.
ard Cox, II. II. Sayre, w. r. Roberts
and Jim MURPHY
Every visitor vas loud in praise of
the entertainment given them by the
people of Lone Grove, and are looking
forward ic the time wher the Lone
Grove lodge viii require the services
of the third degree team again.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
WHAT BETTER
WEATHER Do
YOU " 4 N 7 ?
sNoW.cApPED PEAKS OF COLO
RADC HAR6oR NOTHING BET
TER THAN CITIZENS OF THIS
CITY ENJOY.

The weather has been most de
llghtful here all season, but yesterday
and last night have exceeded all rec
ords so far. The mercury at the
local obs rvatory yesterday register
ed a maximum Of Sc, with a minimum
of &c.
Blankets were very comfortable
this morning, and most people arose
later than usua' on account of that
comfortable feeling experienced just
after dawn.
Weather conditions in this county
have been goo6 all season for all
crops. with the exception of wheat
and oats. which were cut short by
excessive rains. but cotton, corn and
all other crops give promise of an
abundant harvest Only twice this
season has the mercury passed the
100 ma-S.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Closina in On Warsaw.

Petrograd, Aug 3, via London An
official statement issued from gen.
eral Headquarters admits the Rus
slams have retired from the Blonic-
Nadarzia line on Warsaw.
After trying for three weeks to
force the Russians to evacuate War
saw and the Polish salient by en-
circling ,noven ents from the north
and pres sure fl ON the west, the Aus
tro-Germ ms haNa commenced attacks
on the fortresses Of the capital and
those of Lomza and Ostrolenka to
the northeast and Ivangorod to the
southeast.
Berlin claimed last night that the
Russians have heen driven back to
the advanced defenses Of Lomza; that
the Nafew mas been crossed near
Ostralenka; that. driven out of their
Blonie positions the Russians have
fallen back into the outer lines of
Warsaw, whic! the Bayarians are
attacking. and that tn. Austrians
have captured tne western part of the
fortress Of Ivangorod.
Thus that should prove a decisive
battle for the Polish capital has be-
gun in earnest
In the meantime Field Marshal Won
lMackensan slowly is advancing from
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
HOW LONG TILL
RELIEF MAY
Be EXPECTED
THAT is TIE CRY OF SUBSCRI5-
ERS OF .-.oNEER TELEPHONE
COMPANY 0F THIS CITY ARE
COMP LkINING.

How long i'll it be before We c II
expect the corporation commission
give us some relief?' is the cry that
comes to the ears of the city officials
every day. and they supplant their
query by Passing a few opinions them
selves =; on the telephone service,
to which hey are inclined to believe
they are entitled.
Mayo Mullen has calls every day
relative Ia this subject, ard the only
answer ne can give them is that he
hopes the commission will get at the
question pretty soon and do some
thing a5)ct the matter, whether fav-
orable 70 the C tizens or not Then
they will know what steps to take to
get the relies sought
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Mans Body Found in Box Car

Enid, Okla, Aug. 4.-The body of an
unidentified man was found in an emp
ty box car here today. A blood-stain-
ed iron pin about ten inches long and
weighing about three pounds, was
found near by. Evidence at the Cor.
oner's inquiry developed the fact that
the man purchased a pair of shoes
Friday and had IS in money then. The
aoroners jury decided the man had
been murdered and robbed. An un-
finished letter addressed to Burt Long
low, Ilcnnessey, Okla, was found in
a pocket. The man was killed at least
three days ago, officers believe.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Mrs. Eula 1ay Makes Bond.

Sherman, Ten. Aug Mrs. Eula
Day, who shot and killed her husband,
Ed l.. Day at Gunter this county,
yesterday after on, was brought to
Sherman this Torning and immedi-
ately went bCcre the granI jury.
After an Indictment had been re-
turned her bone was Sc. by agree
ment be.ween her attorney and the
county attorney at $500. She made
the bond Immediately.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05


the southeast between the 2 stula
and the Pug ii an effort : 1T OF
the Russian arhies, which : rently
are maxi lg leisurely exit n War
saw AMI the western ! ; while
General NOn BuClow in h 7 der en-
circling movement throu jourland
has reached Kupischki, : ne fifty
miles west 6 Dvinsk, lie Wilma.
Petrograd railway.
Although the operations of Won
Mackensen and Won Buelow appear to
offer tn most dangerous threats to
the retiring Russian armies, the Rus.
sian geuera staff is paying more
attention to Fitid Marshal Won Hin
denburg, who las been trying with
more or less success to force the
line of the Narew. Here the Rus
SLAMS are offering the most stubborn
resistance and, according to an Of
fetal dispatch from Petrograd, in two
battles of three days each. succeeded
in checking the Germans and inilict-
ing heavy losses on them The Rus.
slams alsJ admit severe casualties.
When the dispatch was sent a
third battle was III progress.
Berlin claims that in this battle
the Germans have been successful
and have forced a crossing of the
Narew near Ostrolenka.
On the whole the Russians, so far
as can e gathered from the official
reports, are making an extremely or.
derly retirement They are losing
comparatively few prisoners and. eX-
cept for the thirty-two guns aban-
doned to the west of Ivqugorod the
Germans make no claims to the cap
ture of heavy pieces of artillery.
Quiet has settled dow, along the
western font except in the Argonne
and the Vosges, where the German
attempts to recapture lost ground or
take new trenches have failed ac-
cording to the French communication.
New moves Of the greatest import
ance are Anticipated in the near east.
Ministers of Great Britain, France,
Russia and Italy have had a confer
ence VITA the Greek government. A
dispatch from Paris says that an
Italian officer recently arrived at
British headquarters in the Medit-
erranean to arrange for this.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05

BERLIN, AUG. 5.-WARSAW WAS
TAKEN TODAY BY THE GERMAN
TROOPS, ACCORDING TO AN OF
FIciAL' STATEMENT MADE AT
TIE GERMAN ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS. YESTERDAY AND LAST
NIGHT THE BAVARIAN TROOPS
BROKE THROUGH THE FORTS OF
THE OUTER AND INNER LINES OF
THE CITYs DEFENSES.
THE RUSSIANS MADE A DES-
PERATE BUT FUTILE RESIST
ANCE NORTH OF WARSAW,
WHERE TWENTY-FIVE OFFICERS
AND FORTY-ElGHT HUNDRED
SOLDIERS WERE CAPTURED.
In courIand Yesterday, the Germans
captured twenty-five hundred Russians
in Fught Geneze.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
$50 MINERS ESCAPE TRAP
Heavy Rains Flood Mine, but Men
Get Out by Arshaft.

Indiana, Pa, Aug. 4.-Wading in
water, at times to their necks, 450 min.
ers escaped early today from the
Sample Run mine near here after be,
ing imprisoned for several hours. 1t
is believed no lives were lost.
During the night heavy rains so
swelled a little stream near the shaft
that great volume of water poured
into the mine. Exit by the usual way
was cut off, and the men made their
way to an airshaft and climbed to
safety.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
KING ALBERT DECORATED
President Poincare Confers Cross Of
War on Belgian Ruler

Paris, Aug. 4.--President Poincare,
during a visit yesterday to the king
and queen of Belgium at the village of
Loo, the occasion being the first an
niversary of the German ultimatum to
Belgium, conferred upon King Albert
the decoration of the Cross of War.
At the same time NJ. Poincare said
that France considered Belgium's
cause to be indissolubly linked with
hers.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Germans Nearing Riga Now.


London, Aug. 5.-The vast turning
movement of the Germans to the north
of Warsaw may cut off the retreat of
the Russian armies. The Germans are
now within one days march Of Riga
in the north, and the cavalry menace
the Warsaw-Petrograd railways. At
kupisch the heavy fighting continues
with the Russians resisting desperate
Iy. Defeat there would let the Ger
mans through one of the most import
ant lines of defense. The battle RACES
now along the Narew river where the
Russians still hold the Germans in
check and at one place in this section
repulsed them with heavy losses.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
WAR MAKING
PROF|TSFOR
STEEL MEN
BETHLEHEM STEEL COMMON
STOCK SOLD TODAY AT 301,
WHICH IS GAIN OF 269 POINTS
SINCE WAR 5EGAN.

New Ysrl: Arg. 5.-Bethiehem steel
common stock, which sod today at
3O1, has gained 269 points since the
war started The rise of the shares
of this m 'nition-supplying corporation
has seen few parallels in the history
of the stock exchange. The com
pany was Incorporated ~ 1904, and
has never paid dividends
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
GERMANY'S BIGGEST OK
LED re THE SLAUGHTER

Schwerin. German, AUG. 5.-"Sul-
tan" the biggest OK in the world,
has been brought here for slaughter.
He was exhibited at all the big cattle
fairs in Germany He is a giant OF
flesh and bone. just a fraction of an
inch under feet, 10 inches in
height. and weighs 4,1S9 pounds. He
is pure white. and was bred from a
zebu or Indian bull.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
SIX pAN-AMERlcAN DIPLOMATS
INVITED BY PRESIDENT WILL
SON TO JOIN UNITED STATES.
WANT GROUND PLAN
Pan-Amercan Diplomats to Confer
With Lansing as to Plans for Estab-
fishing Form Of Government. U. S.
a. Nexco's Best Friend.

Washington, d. c. Aug. Six Pan
American diplomats, who were invited
by President Wilson to join the United
States in formulating a plan for re-
storing peace in Mexico, arrived today
for a conference with SECRETARY Lam
sing.
The first task of the conference will
be to establish a ground plan to bring
about a form of government, yet re-
tanning the sovereignty to Mexico.
The United States will make it
plain to the world that it is MeXico's
most powerful friend.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
FIRE SWEPT
LAKE RESORT
THREE DEAD
THREE CHILDREN CREMATED,
EIGHT COTTAGES PURNED AND
THEE OTHERS DYNNMlTED AT
LAKE DELAVAN, WIS.

Delavdu, Wis. Aug. 5.-Three chill
dren were burned to deati, eight cot
tages were destroyed, anG three 9th
ers dynamited to save others, in a
fire last pight at Lake Delavan. The
children were confused and refused
to jump rvn an upper story window to
safety.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
WARSAW TAKEN BY GERMANS
SAYS BERLIN STATEMENT
GERMANS CLAIM THAT BAVARIAN TROOPS YES
TERDAY AND LAST NIGHT BROKE THROUGH
FORTS OF OUTER AND INNER LINES OF THE
CITY'S DEFENSES.

But Futile Resistance North Of
Twenty-Five offcere ForyEsht Hundred Sol
Germans Claim to Have Captured
RuansVa Turning Movement Of Germans
Of Line of and Heavy Fighting
Kupsch important DeensesGe
Being Along Narew River
Been Repulsed Heavy Steamship
by German submarne Exception Being
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Sunday Blue Law Defeated.

Montgomery, Ala, Aug. 4.-By a
vote of "a to the drastic Sunday
blue laws measure was defeated at
last nights Sc: sion of the senate
The bill provided for the prohibition
of baseball. moving pictures and all
Sunday 3musements except golf.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
CORONER AT ERIE ESTIMATES
THAT SEVENTY FIVE LIVES
WERE LOST IN FLOOD.
MILITIA IS ON SCENE
Troops Being Used to Keen Order and
Crowds of SIghtseers Away-Vac-
cination Against Typhoid General
Five Million Dollars Less.

Erie, ia, Aug. 5.-The coroner to-
day estimates tGe total deaths at Is
as the ,oll of Tuesdays cloudburst
here.
The state militia has leen called
out to keep ordet and sight-seers are
being kept away
Vaccination against typhoid is gen
eral.
The p-)perty losses will reach five
million dollars.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Texas Atstracters Adjourn.

Corpus Christi, Tex, Aug. 5.-The
Texas abstracters today at their
closing session elected j. o. Morris
of Galveston as president. Next years
convention towr was not chosen.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Troops Leaving Nogales.

Washington, d. c., Aug. 5.-The re-
tirement of the Carranza troops from
Nogales has relieved the critical situ-
alton, making the use of force by
Americans unnecessary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Sink Another Steamer

London, Aug. 5.-The British steam
ship Contello of S91 tons net, has
been sunk. With the exception of
one man, who was drowned, the crew
has been saved.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
Demand Permanent Peace.

Paris, aug. -Presider; Poincare
sent a message to the chamber of
deputies today saying Frar ce will not
sign peace urtii treaty securing
permanent European peace is pos
sible.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
DIED NF HEART FAILURE

Wsrney Evans, Sherman Business
Man, Victim of Heart Trouble.
Sherman, Tex, Aug. 5.-Warney
Evans, a leading young business man
of Sherman died suddenly today OF
heart trouble.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
WILSON'S BUSY DAY.
President Was a. Work at Six O'clock
This Morning.

Cornish, n. h., Aug. President
Wilson VS. at work at o'clock to,
day. Rain prevented his game of
golf, and re passed the morning in
study. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson will
have been dead one year tomorrow.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
WEATHER FORECAST

New Orle'n La. Aug. 3
The weather forecast for Ok
lahom. for tonight anG Friday
is partly clordy.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05
FIRST BALE OF COTTON

Mobile. A'a., Aug. Ala
bama's first bale Of cotton
brought ten cents here today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-05

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-10
GETTING READY
TO POWDER MILK

sTANDTsH. Mich. Mar. 1o.-(spe-
cial.-The factory OF the Interns.
tional MIX factory here will close
Tor two weeks 10 repair the plant
fere for increased business. and
owing to the fact that the Merrill.
Soel MIX CO.. OF New York has got
decision in court 10 the effect that
the system OF drying milk at the
Rant here was an infringement on
their patent, and the drying OF all
milk at the Standish plant will have
to be done for the Plymouth and
Bad Axe plants. This will require
the running OF the 5;andish plant
night and day. The drying OF milk
TO powder Is comparatively a new
business. but already the milk is
shipped in the form of a powder all
over the United States and Canada
in carload lots. Many thousand
dollars are paid out here every
month for milk TO farmers.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-10
House in Committee of
Whole Takes
Action
SPIRITED DEBATE
HAD ON MEASURE
Rep. Flowers Drives
Steam Roller
Effectually
From a stan Correspondent.

LANSING, Mich, March l0.--The
house OF representatives. In com.
mittee OF the whole Tuesday after
noon. placed the seal OF its approval
on n measure knocking si9,0o0.00
OF OF the tax rolls OF Wayne county
and imposing tax the greater por-
ton OF which viii be borne by the
city OF Detroit
And a Detroit solon. Rep. Charles
Flowers. proved material factor
In putting the deal across Rep
Flowers mounted the front seat OF
the steam roller which hattened his
colleagues from the metropolis with
great regularity and eclat--what-
ever that In.
Thegsteam roller was oiled. tuned
up" and put into action Tuesday
for the first time since II crushed
the resolution introduced by a
Wayne county man. Rep. Sheridan
Ford. providing for an investigation
OF the now infamous Van vorce case.
And. as on the former occasion. Rep.
Flowers was one OF the crew
The special object for setting the
crusher In motion was the Newell
Smith automobile horsepower tax
bill. which would impose tax OF
rs cents per horsepower and 25
cents per 100 pounds or weight on
automobiles. propelled by gasoline
power: OF 81 per horsepower and
% cents per 100 pounds weight on
electric autos and 10 cent? per
horsepower AMI Is cents per 100
poands weight on motor trucks and
would also remove all motor We
hicles from the personal tax rolls.
The Detroiters offered no obiec-
ton whatever 10 tho tax feature Of
the bill. insisting only that the We
hicles should be permitted 10 re
main on the tax rolls and. failing In
this. that portion OF the money
accruing from the-specifc tax should
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-03-10

man who owns a car In Detroit Is
In favor OF this BILL" said Rep.
Flowers.
Replying Rep. Ashley called atten-
ton 10 Rep. Flowers ability as
Judge OF public sentiment by citing
HIS statements relative TO Wayne
county's desire for suffrage two
years ago and the 10000 plurality by
which Wayne county turned down
that measure In the election.
Then the vote was taken and the
efficacy Of the steam roller as leg
islative adjunct was demonstrated
when the amendment was defeated
Sc to rs. only the Wayne and Kent
representatives voting for H.
Rep. William II. Jones then moved
that the clause exempting automo-
biles from other taxation be stricken
out This amendment lost by a
vote OF 56 to ~.
From then on the fight of the
Wayne members was conferred on
getting a portion OF the moneys ac-
cruing from the horsepower tax re-
turned TO the county. An amend
ment proposing TO split the funds
thus secured on $3.50 basis be-
tween the state and county was de-
feated. 80 to Al, the high water
mark In the fight on the bill. Sue
cessiye proposals TO split the funds
in ratios OF 10 to 30 and 80 to 20
were also defeated, the vote for the
split growing smaller each time as
the steam roller gained momentum.
There was nothing to It" after
that. every amendment. no matter
how simple. being voted down.
Rep. Culver did succeed in jam
ming through an amendment limit
Ing the amount to be used for sal
aries In the highway department 10
two and one-half per cent OF the
sum accruing from the horsepower
tax. but that was all.
A series OF joke amendments
closed the consideration OF the bill.
Rep. John NJ. Biggerstaff moving
that the title be changed from
Michigan Auto Tax Law" to Mich.
igan Steam Roller Law" and anoth-
er representative attempting TO at
tach proviso that the word auto
mobile IA used In this act shall be
construed TO include Ford cars"
As final move. Rep. James ID.
jerome. OF Detroit, attempted to
have all er the enacting clause
stricken out but failed by vote OF
SO to 32. BALLENGER.