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THURSDAY. JUNE 27. 1912
"Swat," says the editor of one
of our esteemed exchanges that
is quite a civditable newspaper,
BXOSpt for the lack of originality
often displayed in its editorial
department, "the fly."
Just now a great deal of in
terest is manifest in weather
conditions in this country. Crops
have been doing splendidly so
far, but the need of rain is being
felt. There are indications that
we will get it soon.
Dave Lee is having a strenu
ous time getting his drink em
portata firmly established in the
village of McGivw, Scotts Bluff
county. Judge Hobart of the dis
t ri 1 t cou rts u stained the remon -strance
against the action of the
village board in granting a
P'i--nse under bis first applica
tion, and now he is advertising
. nuke another unification.
Down at David City.' says
tli" Scottsbluff Herald, "the local
merchants have joined (together
and are offering to sell their cus
tomers all kinds of merchandise
at the same prices as Searsbuck
iV (lummy wad sell their goods
for. Now there is some class to
this sort- of a "stunt." The
Herald might add that the David
Tiiy merchants have also ar
ranged to properly advertise
their stunt and there is some
class to that, too.
The CrawfordVourier of last
reek makes use of a double
column article on its first page to
institute a "swat the fly" eam
pt gn. Says the Courier. "Swat
tl fly! Fly the swatter, the
l'! son. the club and the gun."
The Herald legs to inform our
brother editor that an Alliance
i .11 has invented a fly trap that
I. ts "tin1 swatter, the polsojl,
tli- clui) and tlie gun." all com
bined, in effectiveness in getting
rid of the disease scatteriug Hies.
It :s Humilton'sTriplieate Fly
Trap.
Foe OF 6RAFT-
ajjajj flawed
Piioto by American Press Aaaoclatlon.
M I or Gaynor in oilskins. The mayor doss his inspecting of city
work In person and thoroughly. In thia instance ha was examining New
York's great water supply siphon under tha Hudson river. Some other
city officials declined to descend the 1,200 foot shaft in a bucket.
1
r is kiiii regard os nothing short
of a miracle that nny man shouid
have tuo power to eleld inch
Dtarki il intlucnce over nny com-
hare not found him wanting- They
hnve seen hliu correct so ninny abuses
which they hnd thought never would
or could he corrected that they have
I ,-Mlil,. 111 hnvti f'lftli that In, will .1.. nil
luunlty. l,irKo or small, as is csen is,,! (hli wH Am, ru
by Mayor William J, flnynor of New iiavp oom to tr,iu ,..nci, nthor ThltiM
York. The whole spirit of the town
has changed since he moved into the , spenk
1 have come to such a pass that people
i i spenk of the Ten Coniuirtndoieuls with-
clty hall. There has been a decided
lessening of the nervous strain tvbtctl
was supposed to be u uecessary evil la
cident to life in n great city and a grud
ual return to n more normal state of
mind.
Set on a Hair Trigger.
In former days every administration
seemed to be set on a hair trigger, Hnd
this nerve teuaioti worked its wuy Into
the whole fabric of the city until It ex
tended down to the bootblacks. This
was due primarily, no doubt, to the
constant criticism of the opposition In
municipal affairs and to the knowledge
on the part of those who were critl
L'Ued that much of It was merited. The
cry of "graft" which was continually
being raised in one direction or another
was all that was required to start a
panic among; all those) who were iuter
ested. directly or indirectly. No snort
er was it stilled than trouble would
break out somewhere otoo,
Those In authority felt that they
must do something, and do it quick,
and iu their hurry to silence criticism
they often made bud matters sroroo,
Those who paid the taxes, whether as
proHrty owners or rent payers, felt
that they were not getting the worth
of their money. People who worked for
the city or did business with it were
required by the time honored luw of
precedent to pay tribute to some man
"higher up." Business men caught the
fever and became suspicious of each
other, anil so it went, with the voice of
BCCUaatiOQ always in the air. "IKi
your neighbor or he will do you" be
came the New fork motto.
Cannot Be Stampeded.
I inlet Mr. Oajraor all this has been
CbRSgOd The people have learned that
at last they have a mayor who cannot
out apologizing and discuss moral prin
ciples In public without blushing.
i. Las K .. great interest
in Wv "c "lit of real estate
in Bex - junty this year,
due partly at Uat to The Herald
calling attention lo the fact that
seeulators holding vacant lands
and city lots have not heretofoie
paid their just share of taxes
To put a premium ou leaving
lar. Is and lots unimproved by
;ims.'nsi ny, i ui m v i i ii i -,n j
... . A I I
higher in proportion to its vaiue
than the unimproved, is in out
opinion a very poor and unfair
policy. We are pleased to see
some move made to Correct the
error. The county commission
en are holding their last session
hs a board of equalization for
this year.
MAVOll UANUH AS A Yol NO I Bl SADtK.
IFiom u sjIsBtearaaS taken ai the ttasi he
snl "Uo' John V. Mi Kane 1.1 ih :n-
Kwtiary for eluclioi. trauuVJ
le Ktauipedei or curried on his feet.
SO regards New York us a meat busi
ness Institution nod Is determined to
administer its affairs with absolute
honesty and with no consideration otli
er than the Interest s of Us citizens.
who believes that eople should Ik- a
aeOMOl in tbotl dealings with the city
us iu their relations with each other
Hnd who holds the lights of every good
cltUeu to le sacred and inviolate
They hnve weighed him In the balance
-some of them with misgiving at Brat,
through their old skepticism -and they
"Quietly and Decently."
This revolution Is not due to the
fact that the mayor Is not radicnl, for
he Is radical enough to suit any one
but nu out and out auarculst, but rath
er to his wholesome point of view and
to his Insistence that all things be
done "quietly nnd decently." which Is
lone of his mottoes. It is attributable.
too. to the fact that he has always
kept close to the people and studied
conditions. He knows what the peo
ple want and understands their needs.
Twenty times at least he has been
told, sometimes by his most trusted
iolisera. that If he Issued this or that
new order, upsetting old conditions
nud smashing traditions in both eyes,
"the lien vens would fall." But undls
turlied he proceeded to lay down the
new policy, and the heavens are still
as far from the earth as before. The
only thing thnt ever happened when
he established mta of these radical
I new rules radical only in that tie .,
were In the Interests of the plain peo
plewas that a lot of folks. Includlug
: some of the early doubters. Jumped up
and gave three cheers for Gaynor.
I They have continued to cheer, for one
, reason or nnother. until It has devel
oped Into a habit.
Tens of Millions.
How much annual graft has been
ulNdished l.y Mr. (inynor since he took
office it Is impossible to state or even
closely e mate. Certainly it runa
Into the lens of millions. He found
1 corrupt In . and oppression all about
him. YVi 'a nit auy blare of trumpets
lie put ! i i practice the doctrines he
I had been preaching for years. He
.Brtt took the police Iu hand and by
vigorous measures put an end to club-
I bing and all undue interference with
the rights of the citizen. lie served
'hotlcO On the saloon keocrs. who had
boon DO)-tax $3,000,000 a year for "pro
toetion" through an association, that
If they paid any money to the police
they would le throwing It nway and
titat if he found it out he would see
that they were prosecuted. The police
were told that they must enforce the
law only In a lawful ,wny. and they
nre doing It bsjrosi the drenm of the
most altruistic citizen liefore Mr Gay
nor moved into the city ball.
Grafters Promptly Punished.
lie discovered that the doektuasters
i had been working the richest kind of a
gold mine at the city's expense. For
: many years without any sort of a
chi-ck on them they had l-en eolWyting
kirjre fe.-s from steamship companies
ini i to- ust of lirt-'tiij wharfs and
turning into the city :is much or us lit
tle us they pleased In his quiet hut
thorough way he COUKUI some of them
r d handed AraOIng himself of his
right to sit us a com 14 magistrate.
whieh no other mayor had ever exer
rised, lie hnd the pleasure of binding
one of ISOO) over to the trand Jury
Saved Over a Million.
Iu the one little iten of city priming
be effei-ted a saving of more than m
nillliou dollar a year. Other depart
moots were investigated with like re
suits and reorganized with new men
at the head of them Graft was abol
tshed and waste eliminated without re
: gard to who was hurt. In national (wi
llies the mayor is a strong DeaoacfSt,
.hut he holda that uutioi.ai politics has
no place in municipal affairs Conoo
; queutly he has net considered politi
, c lans nor political ooosoqi "uces. but
I only the interests of the people.
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1 TRYOMEOPMY Av4l ANTiotM SrTtuPlT r '
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City Meat Market
Having purchased the Roach Meat Market 1 will con
duct it under the above name, at the same convenient loca
tion. Corner Box Butte avenue and Fourth street.
We have put on our own delivery and will give our cus
tomers an unexcelled service. The quality of our meats is
guaranteed.
We expect to purchase the best home grown stuff and
do our own butchering, thus saving freight to Omaha and
back. We will sell steak at the following prices:
Chuck Steak . . 15c
Round Steak . .19c
Loin and T Bone Steak 22c
And other cuts in proportion
We carry also a full line of
Cured
meats
PHONE 640
J. R. Barb, Prop
Formerly ol the Drake & Barb Resident Meat Market
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