The Denison Daily Herald. (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 226, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 3, 1906 Page: 2 of 8
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aecond-elaaa matter.
Terms «f subscription—Dolly;
CMie week .........
One month -
‘three month* (If paid In advance) •
a town
It reel* wkh the people of Den-
themselves to my what sort of
ffi shall be 1
GOOD ROAD8.
be built here.
A pound of coal in the bln I* worth
sever*! ton* in the mines right now.
John Alexander Dowie may yet
seenre sufficient material to write
book on the strenuous life.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY WWRA! f>,
One year ........
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Subscribers daatrtnc the add reel
their paper* changed win please
both the old and the new addreaa
The municipal campaign which has
just closed was about as quiet as the
gubernatorial campaign has so far
been. There was a good deal of Inter-
est and some good hard electioneer-
ing but It was done In a quiet, digni
fled way.
The gentlemen who are elected to-
day should bend their energies to give
Denison a clean municipal govern
ment and so far as lies in their power
see to It that Denison taxpayers get
a dollar of value for every dollar of
the city’s money that is spent.
TELEPHONES No. IX.
TUESDAY, APRIL 3. 1306.
The Houston Post is of the opinion
that all the cities of Texas will
eventually adopt the commission
form of government. The Herald be-
lieves it is by far a more practical
form of government and It would like
very much to See it given a trial in
Denison.
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT.
A reader of the Herald who has be-
come greatly interested In the com-
mission form of government for mu-
nicipalities asks the Herald to out-
line what a commission government
really is. The Herald knows no bet
ter way of doing this than to publish
the following outline of the Galveston
charter under which that city is gov-
erned by a commission. This outline
is taken from a recent issue of the
Dallas News and is as follows:
A Mayor and four Commissioners,
or Aldermen, elected by the people of
Galveston from the city at large, con-
stitute the municipal government.
The Mayor and four aldenuen con-
stitute the Board of Commissioners,
•f which body the Mayor is president
The Mayor and Aldermen shall not
he less than 25 years of age at the
time of their election, shall be cltl-
sens of the United States, and shall
have resided in Galveston at least five
gears.
The salary of the Mayor Is $2,000
per annum.
The salary of each Commissioner,
or Alderman, is $1,200 per annum.
The Mayor must devote at least six
hours per day to the business of the
city, The charter does not specify
how much time the Commissioners,
or Aldermen, must devote to the serv
ice of the city.
The Board of Commissioners shall,
by a majority vote, designate one of
Its members to bo "Police and Fire
Commissioner,” one to be “Commls-
aioner of Street# and Public Proper
^y,” one to bo "Waterworks and Sew-
erage Commissioner,” and one to be
"Commissioner of Finance and Rove-
Bite.” These shall be In direct and im
mediate charge of the departments In-
dicated. |
The Board of Commissioners, By a
majority vote, has power to appoint
all officers and subordinates of every
department of the city government.
Policemen and firemen shall be se-
lected by the Board of Commissioners
from the Hat proposed by the Police
and Fire Commissioner.
The Board of Commissioners is re-
qulred to elect the following officers:
Secretary, Treasurer, Attorney, As-
sessor and Collector of Taxes (one of-
fice), Chief of Police, Chief of Fire
Department. Engineer (who shall also
be superintendent of Streets), Audi
tor, Secretary of Waterworks and
Sewerage (one office). Harbor Mas-
ter, Sexton, Superintendent of Water-
works and Sewerage (one office).
The Board of Commissioners has
power to create, fill and discontinue
offices not especially provided for in
thts charter. The salary of no such
office shall exceed $900 per annum.
In the case of officers created by
the charter, all of which are named
in the foregoing, the Commission may
remove any incumbent for causes
specified in the charter. Such re-
moval shall be made through Im-
peachment proceedings.
The Chief of Police and the Chief
of the Fire Department may tempo-
rarily suspend any member of his de-
partment, but shall file his reasons
for so doing with the Police and Fire
Commissioner. This Commissioner
has the exclusive right to try any
member of such departments against
whom specified charges may be made,
and to dismiss such member from the
service of the ciiy, or to inflict lighter
punishment, in case the charges are
sustained.
The Board of Commissioners has
the right to require additional duties
of any officer of the city at any time.
Each Commissioner shall audit all
claims and accounts against his de-
partment, but no account shall be
paid unless approved by two or more
members of the Board.
The Board of Commissioners must
hold regular meetings once each! of the city and only two blocks from
we- k. and may hold special meetings.! the business street. It is a shame
“i1** - «»»"'”«»*■ -w «> ■»'■
The Treasurer Is required to depos *)Rrk' *n,f *day is. going to come
it the funds o^ the city in bonded de- ; whcn B w*11 be utilized.
posttori«a. which depositories shall j -
pay not less than 3 per cent interest Jo*in w Oates is In Birmingham
on the balance. and the papers are expecting him to
The Board of Commissioners shalli,i>ave a blF Pile of money there. John
act as a lioerd of Equalization. rarely, leaves money In a place unless
The Auditor is required to examine ,hc local Players bold the biggest
tin bnoka and accounts of all officers band*.—Houston Post
HWHlthlJ’- It has been rumored in North, Tex-
■ P that John W. Gates' had a habit of
sometime playing his money instead
of bis cards and it has been intimated
that he did this in Houston.
The Board of Trade holds Its regu-
lar monthly meeting next Monday
night. Let's start the new year off
with a rousing meeting with every
member in attendance. There is much
work that can be done and a united
«£R#t will advance Denison’s Inter
esta materially.
Why not Inaugurate another side-
walk building campaign? Surely Deni-
son ought to do better in 1306 than
she did in 1906 and she did very well
indeed in 1306. Talk the matter over
with your neighbors and see If they
will not join you In building a side-
walk the entire length of the block.
WITH THE EXCHANGES
Not one taxpayer In a thousand is
In favor of filling mud holes with
more mud. and few would follow
such an unprofitable policy In their
private business. Why, then, should
the city of Paris continue doing41?—
Paris Advocate,
If filling mud holes with mud is
bad proposition then the split log drag
Is not what It’s cracked up to be.
There have been found seven Im-
portant bills passed by the last legls-
lature defective In great part by lack
of proper steps to make them efficient
for the purposes for which they were
enacted. Verily, somebody was very
careless or Inefficient.—Athens Re-
view.
The last legislature holds the rec-
ord for carclossness and Inefficiency.
Its work In that respect should be a
constant Incentive to future sessions
to be a whole lot more careful and
conscientious In the discharge of duty.
—Fort Worth Telegram.
It should also be an incentive <o
voters to exercise more care in choos-
ing representatives, selecting only
such as are both capable and con-
scientious—men who will represent
the will of the constituents rather
than a clique of politicians interest-
ed in defeating that will—Houston
Post.
The lesson to be learned from the
last legislature is that the people
should be careful in selecting the men
they send to represent them. In the
past they have been too much inclined
to let anybody go who wanted to go.
good, bad and indifferent.
all sobts
of visitors to Washington
The split log drag Is
many sections of the state
suits are better road*. Th___„ _ „
simple device, cap be made in half a | Quentin, the clbven-year-oid sou of
dpy, Is inexpensive, and there is no; ih, Bre»i<ient, is a pupil at one of the
trilTto mKil *t‘°°,d, TM^be ilveB a public schools of Washington, say*
n- York Tlmes-
* .ro*<1 building is drainato. •-vvho can bring me some old gloves
,h., i. !. ?*,!0 “hapes *h0 roa<l *M(1J for cleaning off the blackboards?”
■jjjyyjrtaJ5? rfcadllir; Vm'A i the teacher asked the other dhy.
raln.lt fUIa “P the ruts can,” promptly said Quentin.
WJfct “re “ t.*-'
reports from sections where it has. . luirf_
been used for any length of time tht- A 7
split log drag seems to be the ’onlvi were tak['n iu t0, fe **• “uprtir"e
solution of the road problem for ™ «rart‘ They *,00<! toT * tew momcat*
ral district*. WtUaot fba farmers 0fl“d K“®d with aw« on that dlstln-
Hopkins county give it a teatTStuwiy I Kultfbed body. "W hat do you think of
It Is worth the while for the wear and I tb*m‘ Johnny?” asked the toad papa
tear it would save your wagons the!*® party of his son. Why,
relief it would be to your patience toiJohnny r<*Pllcd' tbink ,hoy
travel better roads. Did you like a tree full of owls.'—Kansas City
think of the hard work your ^ar'
horses and mules must do hauling! • • •
heavily loaded wagons over bad' The late Justice Daly of New York,
roads? This wean away their flesh, frequently enlivened the tedium of
and corn nt the present price makes it! legal proceedings had before him by
expensive to waste horseflesh on ba<l his kindly wit.
roads. However, don’t think when; One day a suit was brought beford
you have used the drag one time the! him in which damages were claimed
road should be as good as a macadam-! by reason of an assault. Plaintiff had
ized street. It requires regular and been knocked down by the defendent
continuous use of the implement to [and severely pummelled while proa-
keep the roads good Just as It doeaitrate. One of the witnesses seemed
anything else. If you fed your horse very reluctant to answer the quea-
once a year and expected him to keepjtions put to him on cross-examination,
fat you’d get left. Likewise If you! In which he was upheld by the court.
use the drag one time and expect it
last forever, you will be fooled.
Use common sense in this matter Just
as you do In other undertakings.—Sul-
phur 8prings Gazette.
HERALD ECHOE8.
It is a mighty poor excuse for a
man who cannot do something to help
push his home town to the front. If
you can’t do anything else you can at
least write some friend the good
points about the town. You can never
tell when such seed will fall on fertile
soli —Denison Herald.
That the disposition to “write to a
friend" may be encouraged every
town should be supplied with printed
facts relative to It so that even the
"poor excuse for a man” would find
It easy to do something for his town.
—Corsicana Sun.
"With all due respect to your Hon-
or,” complained the attorney for the
plaintiff, ‘ ‘the court does not appear
to take cognizance of the underlying
principle in this case.”
“In my opinion,” replied his Honor,
good-naturedly, "the underlying prin-
cipal In this case Is your client, Mr.
Attorney,”—Harper’s Weekly,
The truckers up around Denison
are pleading for relief from excessive
express and icing charges. They
have lived to learn that these two
trusts are absorbing a large share of
the profltB on the labor of the truck
farmer,—Tyler Courier.
The fruit and truck growers of the
balance of the state should join with
their Denison brothers and make com-
mon battle against their common ene-
mies. It is only by close affiliation
and active, energetic co-operation that
success can be expected.—Denison
Herald.
What the fruit and truck growers
need first of all is somebody who will
fill the attorney general’s office.—Ty-
ler Courier.
The Denison Herald says:
There is such a thing as covering
ground so fast that practically no im-
pression is made. It Is a good idea to
make haste slowly in all important
matters.
The old saying that “haste makes
waste” is as true today as when it
was first spoken.—Houston Post.
STATE NOTES.
The Huntsville Poet-Item says that
it is this sending away for corn and
breadstuffs that keeps Texas people
broke. That comes very near being
the truth. Now the question of mo-
ment is, why don't you build home in
dustrle* and patronize them?—Austin
Statesman. <
The industrial development of the
states has been lagging but there are
indications that this is soon to be
changed.
A number of the Texas towns are
making efforts t<^ get city parks. The
move is a good one. The need for
parks may not be felt now, bui in the
course of ten, fifteen or twenty years,
when many of the small towns have
grown to be cities, the need win be
fully realized. The time to get them
Is at present, when real estate is
comparatively cheap. That town Is
a fortunate one which has officials
who are far-sighted and lay the foun-
dations broad and deep for the future
needs of the place.—Terrell Trans-
script.
Ail of which brings very forcibly to
mind the fact that Denison should be
congratulated on having four blocks
set aside for a park In the very heart
The Beaumont Chamber of Com
merce has closed & deal for the loca-
tion In that city of a $50,000 glass fac-
tory. The plant is expected to be In
operation by Sept. 1 and will employ
100 men.
Farmers of the McClannahan com-
munity, near Marlin, have organized
a $6,000 stock company and will build
a cotton gin.
Howard Martin, an assistant In the
attorney general's office at Austin,
died In Fort Worth Sunday from the
effects of a surgical operation. He
resided at Weatherford before remov-
ing to Austin.
The following Texas postoffices
have been ordered discontinued:
Hickey, Panola county; Gusher, Hard-
in county; Lund, Travis county: Me-
Duff, Bastrop county; Clardy. Umar
county; Flynn, Cass county.
The Bell County Poultry Associa-
tion will hold Its third annual poul-
try show at Temple Dec. 11 to 14, in-
clusive.
The Fanners’ Union of Kaufman
county has decided to build a cotton
warehouse with a capacity of 1,500
bales. It will be located in the town
offering the best Inducements.
Tobacco experts from Ohio are in
East Texas Investigating the tobacco
lands In that section.
Sabine dog fanciers won several
prizes at the recent show In Milwau-
kee.
, The coal miners’ strike has started
oaf quietly. How will it end?
Every election adds emphasis to
the fa/;t that all raqrilriat<-q ran',
Now let's all get busy and try and
build a greater Denison. We havt a
splendid foundation on which to build
knd a splendid citizenship to build
The Denton it' ana
thinks so well of th£ split log drag
that it is advocating its use on the
sidewalks. It says:
It would be a good idea to try the
split log drag on Denton’s sidewalks.
TELLS BY
THEIR SLEEP
“I can tell by my little
ones’ sleep when a cold is
coming on” said a mother
when speaking of the advance
symptoms of colds in children.
“Thev toss about, are rest-
less, their breathing is heavy
and there are symptoms of
night sweats. The next morn-
ing I start with Scott’s Emul-
sion. The chances are that
in a day or two they are all
over it Their rest is again
peaceful and the breathing
normal.”
Here’s a suggestion for
all mothers. Scott’s Emul-
sion always has been almost
magical in its action when
used as the ounce of preven-
tion: Nothing seems to ovet
Two Irish farmers who had not
seen each other for a long time met
at a fair. They had a lot of things
to tell each other. “Shure. It’s married
I am,” said Murphy. "You don't tell
me so,” said Moran. “Faix, yes,” said
Murphy, "an' I’ve got a fine healthy
b'oy which the neighbors say is the
very picture of me,” ,
Moran looked for a moment at Mur-
phy, who was not, to say the least, re-
markable for his good looks, and then
said: “Och, well, what’s the barrum
so long as the child's healty?”—Dub-
lin Gazette.
• • •
A young Irish lady one day entered
a railway carriage where three Eng-
lishmen were seated. When the train
had started, and was about half a mile
out of the station, the three travelers
began talking about the Irish, when
one of them was heard to say: “Why,
the Irish sleep with the pigs.”
“Yes,” interrupted the young lady,
"and travel with them, too.”—Kan-
sas City Independent.
V • •
Senator Foraker, In discussing a
rather unfair attack that one states-
man had made upon another, said:
"This reminds me of the young man
from the country who went to New
York to take a course of boxing les-
sons.
“He chose for his Instructor a no-
tably hard-hitting heavy-weight. The
heavy weight said to him, as the first
lesson began:
" 'Now, I may hurt you a little, but
you mustn't mind. And yon, in return,
hit me Just as hard as you can. Don’t
be afraid. I shan’t bother.*
"And he smiled maliciously.
“And the malicious smile stilf ling-
ered on his lips as—-bang—with a
crashing blow on the Jaw the heavy-
weight wont down.
“He rose palnfiiUv.
‘“That was a soaker you gave ms,
and no mistake.’ he said; 'but, by the
way. what Is that In your glove?*
‘“Oh, it's only a horseshoe,’ said
the pupil, chuckling. ‘I Just put It
there for luck.’ Kan sis City Journ-
al.
• • •
Congressman Longworth, at his
bachelor dinner, told a /story about
mud.
"An American in Liverpool, waiting
for a boat home,” he said, “ate his
last dinner oa foreign soli with an
Englishman.
"The Englishman complained of the
mud in America. He told a number of
tall stories about the execrable roads
of America, and the scrapes they had
gotten him into, both walking and
driving.
"At the end of a particularly tall
story of this kind, the American said:
‘‘Yes, we have a lot of mud In Amer-
ica. I admit It. It is nothing to the
mud over here, though.’
“‘Nonsense,’ said the Englishman.-
“'Fact,' the American replied. 'Why,
this afternoon, on a walk out Chester
way, I had a remarkable adventure—
came near getting Into trouble with
an old gentleman—all through your
accursed mud.’
"‘Some of the streets are a
greasy at this season, I admit,
the Englishman. ‘What was
venture, though V
" ‘Well.’ said the American, ‘as
was walking along Bold street, I ntv
ticed that the mud was very- thick
and presently l saw a high hat afloat
on a large puddle of very rich ooze.
" ‘Thinking to do some one a kind-
ness, I gave the hat a poke with my
stick, when an old genthwan looked
up from beneath, surprise and frown-
ing.’
"Hello,’ I said, ‘you’re In pretty
deep.’
“Deeper than you think,’ be said.
Tm on the top of an omnibus.'
Kansas City Journal.
• • •
Aunt Erelyn took little Anna to the
French church and gave her a nlcklc
to put in the alms-basin.
Anna looked at the coin with evi-
dent satisfaction, and then nestling
dose to her aunt she whispered
"How much are you going to give?"'
Her aunt opening her hand display-
ed a quarter of a dollar.
“Oh;” exclaimed the child, excited-
ly, “don’t do it, it isn’t worth It’’—Lin.
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contract for several ‘years as a special
writer for the World,
Recently a young newspaper man
was Introduced to Mr. McCardell.
"I’m delighted to meet you, Mr. Mo
Cardell,” said the youth gushingly,
"I'm so fond of clerer people."
'Well, I’m not,” said the humorist
rather crustily, "so I think wo shall
be very good friends.”—New York
Morning Telegraph.
• • •
A story la told of how the late ex-
Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore of New Hamp-
shire. when he was superintendent of
the Concord and Claremont railroad,
once wrote a letter to one of hie sec-
tion bosses who had done something
to displease him. All the man could
make out was the date and Superin-
tendent Gilmore’s signature, says the
Boston Herald.
Some time afterward, being in Con-
cord, the man went to call on the
superintendent at his office.
“Hello, John, how do you do?” said
Mr. Gilmore. “Well, what are you
doing now?’
“Why, I'm up here at the same
place on the same section, Mr. Gil-
more,” said John.
"What!” said Mr. Gilmore; “didn’t
you get a letter from me?” naming
the date.
“Yes, sir.”
“Well, didn’t you know that that
was a letter of dismissal?”
“Letter of dismissal!” crWL
tonished John. "No! I couldn't.
It out, except that it was trowl
quarters and signed by you,
after aorae study I concluded it,
pass. As none of the
the road could read it, they
cepted my statement that it
pass from Mr. Gilmore, and I
been riding on it ever gince*
John kept his place on the i
—Exchange.
• • •
The late Speaker Reed &rrlnd j|
station after the local train had|
the express, which was due inuk
did not stop, and he was due to i
a speech some distance up th* j
that evening. He telegraphed I
press that a large party waa <
at the station to take the train,
he told the station agent that he I
wired the express to Btop, and i
lim to flag the train. When it f
ped Mr. Reed got aboard and i
rate conductor with a telegram b
land.
“I was told that a large party I
waiting here to take the
said.
"Well," replied Mr. Reed, *lf I
not a large party, I’d like to i
who !*,’’
COLONIST RATES
WEST AND NORTHWEST
Dally, Feb. 16 to April 7, very low rates to California, 0
Washington and intermediate points. Only $26 to San I'm* \
cisco, $32.40 to Portland. Tourist car service.
HOME6EEKER8’ RATES
Tuesdays and Saturdays, to Panhandle Country,
days for return. 8topovers.
LOUISVILLE, KY, and Return
March IB, 16,17,18. One fare plus $2.
limit
CHICAGO, OMAHA,
KANSAS CITY, DENVER,
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ST. PAUL,
ST. LOUIS,
DES M0INE3,
8T. JOSEPH,
little
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your ad-
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Chicago dally.
Regarding trip anywhere, writ*
PHIL A. AUER,
G. P. A.,
C. R. I, &G. Ry.,Ft. Worth, T«.’;
child weakness quite so
ehf • *7
Scott’s Emulsion.
come
effect
ectively and quickly
•con S'SOWKS. 09 tort at, New Ysrk.
• • •
Roy L. McCardell's suggestion for a
a3 «>ra‘c section, “Nobody Work, Like
Father,” recently won the $100 prizo
offered for the bait idea on the hub
day World. He has just renewed a
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