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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1911)
Ml OPEIli OF THE C1ISSI F 01 0 IT GOVERNMENT Reports From Cities That Have Adopted This Form of Govern ment Most Flalt iring. TLe commission plan of goveri-f Slight tax reduction. Ex poet to pay ment 13 Just now agitating the minds of the people In the principal cities of Nebraska, and Plattsmouth, of course. Is among the number. We lave heard but very few opiose the plan, and if the Nebraska legislature complies with the desire of a ma jority of the people In these cities they will await no longer to comply with thore wishes. Nowhere has the plan ever been given a trial but what the greater majority of the peoplo are pleased with it. Kvery citizen of liattsmouth is Interested In this new plan. Ilelow we publish reports from dome of the principal cities where the commission plan Is In operation. The best plan of government Is what the people want. After it has been tried, and should the people become dis satisfied with It, they can go back to the old way If a majority of tihe peo ple want It that way. The reports mentioned are as follows: Berkeley, Cal The year has Just closed with over $40,000 surplus In our treasury, a thing unheard of be fore and which will lower the tax rate for the coming year. Improvements Increased. San Diego Tax slightly de creased, due to Increased valuation of Drope.rty. City conducted more economically than In twenty-one years. Colorado Springs, Colo Expenses reduced 10 per cent. City operated past year for practically $1 42,000 leas money than for several years. More water mains and hydrants at $1,700 less than previous year. Cedar Kapids, la Money spent to better advantage. Taxes reduced. Des Moines City more economic ally and efficiently managed. Get ting more results for the money in every department,. Costs less for Im provements. Taxes about the same. Streets lu belter shape than for twelve years. Keokuk Are saving money. Sioux City Estimate will save $50,000 during year. Hi tter contract work bIoiik all lines at less money. A fourth more value for taxes. Tl I! w SCENES AT MANEUVERS. $45,000 debt without Increase in taxes. Kansas City, Kas Fifteen thou sand dollars saving. Better work In different departments. Net Increased revenue over $26,000. Tax rate about the same, notwithstanding increase In salaries. Auditor reports discovery that street railway company owes city $56,889.98, which has been due seven years. Leavenworth. Com mission" form conduces to economy. Topcka, Will wipe out $40,000 deficit this year and lower light cost. Slightly lower water cost. Wichita Expenses much less. Haverhill, Mass Expenditures cut $15,000 over old system. Tax pay ers get 100 per cent on the dollar now Instead of 30 to 50 before. Memphis, Tenn Lowest tax rate in sixteen years. More street and sewer Improvements than In many years. City better lighted. Police and lire department more efficient. Aintln, Tex Water and light rates lowered twice by present ad ministration. More Improvements. Higher assessment and lower rate. IJenlson Hetter paving and light ing. More Improvements. No In crease in taxes. More interest on cily deposits. El I aso More efficiency In gov ernment. No increase In taxes. More Improvements. Fort Worth No Increase In taxes. Paving In public expenditures. Fire and police departments doubled. Galveston Put city on cash basis lu eighteen months. More progress In ten years than In any other period of city's history. Abolition of ward system makes strongly for economy Houston. Itcduced tax rate twice. Paid $18',. 000 debt in less than a year, ltetter streets, sewers, fire and police departments. $;t00,000 water plant taken over mid successfully operated. Iluilt $500,000 auditorium. Waco Saved about $19,000 on streets during the year. Taxes slight lv increased and put city on cash basis, but expenditures are less. Henutoi' Illuming In Town, Hon. W. H. Banning came up from his home at Union last evening for the express purnomt of addressing the High school pupils this morning, and, of course, called on the Journal, de parting this afternoon over the Bur lington for Lincoln. We very much regret to learn that the senator may lave Cass county to engage with a large lumber llrm In the northwest where ho has been tendered a most lucrative position. We hope he will conclude to reject this flattering offer, as we cannot afford to lose such valuable and estimable people. Mr. William Starkjohn was called to inaha to look after some business matters and departed for the city on the early train. (18 WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR Floor Coverin Linoliums, Oil Cloth Mattings, Ingrains. Velvet and Axminster Carpets! We always have a large stock to select from. 9x12 foot Tapestry Kwjjs 112.50 9x12 loot Velvet Rugs 16.20 9x12 foot Axminster Rugs 22.60 Senator Banning Delivers a Very Interesting Address Before the High School. Senator Banning of Union ad-! dressed the High school students this morning and gave an interesting ac count of the legislature, how It Is or ganized and the manner of procedure In making laws. The senator also gave the students some Idea of the amount of money that Is required to run the state Institutions. After discussing the manner of the organization of the legislature, from the election of the presiding officer In each house to the selection of the committees, Senator Banning traced a bill fromlts introduction into the house until It finally reached the gov ernor for his signature. And in sub stance stated that a bill would be in troduced by a member, covering some needed legislation, perhaps In agri culture, the measure was read for the first time on its Introduction and referred to the special committee on that subject, which either approved or rejected the bill. If the bill was approved it then went to the com mittee of the whole house, where it received attention and thorough dis cussion, and If approved by the com mittee of the whole, it was recom mended to be placed on the general file for passage. The senator explained the pre carious situation of a measure in its routine journey to the final passage by the house in which it originates, showing that the bill is liable to be killed at any stage of Its progress. After going through the branch of the legislature where It originates, It goes to the other body, where it has the same precarious Journey to make, through the same sort of com mitters, when, if passed there, It then goes to the governor for his signat ure, and if signed by him becomes a law. If an emergency clause Is ap pended It takes effect at once; with out such clause the measure will go into effect ninety days after the ses sion of the legislature creating the measure has adjourned. Senator Panning them talked of the numerous state institutions which had to be cared for by the legislature, and appropriations made sufficient to pay salaries and running expenses of these for two years. There are hree asyluuins, four state normals, one school for the blind, one for the deaf, two Industrial schools, one for boys and one for girls, and the peni tentiary. These Institutions have to be visited by a committee from each house of the legislature In order that the body may know the condition and needs of each. The current expenses of these lnstlttuions and the neces sary repairs from time to time de niand an enormous sum of money to keep them going. Senator Panning advised the students to make an Investigation along the lines he had discussed, so that when the young men go to the polls they can cast an Intelligent bal lot for the Interests of the general public. His speech was a very In teresting one from the point of prac tical know ledge of affairs of the state. Senator Panning will be a welcome guest at any time he should find It convenient to visit the Plattsmouth schools again. AsIiIiiikI Drainage District. NOTICE OF ELECTION. To Whom It May Concern: You are hereby notified that on tho second Tuesday of April 1911, to-wlt: April 11, 1911, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and G o'clock p. ni., Ashland Drainage District will hold Its annual election at tho store rcom of K. L. McKinney within the said district, situated on lot two (2), block thirty-three (33), In that part of Ashland, Saunders County, Ne braska, formerly called Flora City, for the purpose of electing one director of said district In place of Harvey D. Coleman, whose term as director will then expire. Dated March 16, 1911. Nelson Sheffer, President. A. 11. Fuller, Secretary. (Seal) Ashland Drainage District. Soldisrs Makm Time Cn 'he F.i3 Granite and It San An'onio, Tex. MEXICANS THINK in PEACE IN SIGHT m Si' r :.f &-"V " ... i 1M Limantour's Arrival In Capital Hailed as Harbinger. TALK OF CABINET CHANGES. 1911, by American PreM Aoclation. PROF. ROSSIGNOL TO GET PLACE Denver Man Olfered Taj lot's Job at State University. Washington. March 20. Peace is as sured in Mexico within the preseut week if ceitaln Influences now at work toward that end prove effective. With the arrival In Mexico City of Ministti Llmantour President Diaz began ' a conference which it is expected wil. result in the announcement within a f'w days of a reorganized cabinet. Minister Lltnantoiir will present an explanation of the demands of the revolutionists and the changes in the official family of President Diaz, ai well as the Institution of reforms ex pected to appease the insurgents. In the meantime President Taft, who arrived hero from Augusta, Ga. this morning, will confer with Ambus sador de la Dana and there Is good ground for the assumption that the troops now concentrated in Texas im mediately will begin a series of ma neuvers and return shortly to their posts. The coming of peace In Mexico also Is strengthened by the manner In which the ' revolutionists have com mented on the magazine article of Am bassador de la Rarra and the signifi cant spirit of expectancy with which the results of Senor Llmantour's con ferences in Mexico CHy this week ate awaited by organs of the Insurgents. TROOPS BRING RAIN TO TEXAS WAR ON K .USEFLY Big Campaign to Be Inaugurated to Exterminate Insect. Washington, March 20. The United States department of agriculture and the Anii'rk.in Civic association, which has headijuurtirs here, volunteered to co-operate in a nation-wide campaign for the extermination of the disease carrying housefly. L. O. Howard, the government's chief entomologist, will furnish for the pur pose of public instruction the results Of the Investigations carried on In yia past and also now In progress per taining to the manner In which the common fly disseminates disease germs and the results of an interest ing series of experiments in the whole sale extermination of this pest. TOM L. JOHNSON NEAR DEATH Lincoln., March 20. The position va cated by the resignation of Professor j W. O. L Taylor, head of the depart ment of economics in the statj univer sity, will probably be filled by Pro fessor James Kdward Uossigr.oi, now head of a similar department in the University of Ieuvcr. lie was teach ing economics in the University of Nebraska In the years 1 0 ( 8 and 19U9. Negotiations have been pending with professor Hossignol und his appoint ment is likely to be confirmed at the next meeting of the board of regents. WOMEN TAKE A FIRM STAND Will Look After Household Duties, but Will Not Work in Fieldc. Oandy, Neb., March 20. Encouraged by the recent decision of Judge Ctta of Hrule, who denned the rights ol husband 'ind wife relative to work on the farm, Nebraska women are declar ing themselves in no uncertain man ner. All through this section of the state the women have organized clubs and determined that henceforth larm work bha.l be done by the men, else it will, go undone. Not that in the past Nebraska worn en hpve done more outside work tlun the women of other states, but sinet iho Otto decision they say that they are going lo look after the household duties, and If the husbands cannot do the farm work alone, they will have to hire men. Within sixteen m'.les of this town the women, through an organizer, have ten societies, with an aggregate mem bershlp of 280. The women sign but one pledge, and that Is they will not milk cows, feed cattle, work in the hay and corn fields. They lay the law down to their husbands, quoting from the decision of Judge Otto. Famous "Three Cent Fare" Mayor of Cleveland in Poor Health for a Year. Cleveland, March 20. It is reported that Tom L. Johnson, the financier and politician, is critically 111 acd that his physicians have little hope for his recovery Mr. Johnson is the famous "three cent fare mayor" 0. Cleveland. He has been in poor health for a year, but his condition did not take a turn for the worse untti three or four days ago. CERTIFICATES " FORTEACHEHS Bill Pending in Legislature la Simplify Granting Licenses. Soldiers at Fort Crockett Spend Wet Night in Dog Tents. Galveston, March 20. Rain fell in torrents at Fort Crockett and almost drowned out the 2, BOO soldiers who arrived from the north on transports iind spent the night under the Inade quate shelter of their dog tents. It was the first time It had rained here in weeks and the downpour occurred at the worst poK'ble time for the new ly arrived troops before they could get their big tents up. Several largo tents were blown down and the smaller ones that stood were rendered practically uninhabi table. Thoiuh most of the soldiers were Boaked to the skin, they came up smiling when reveille sounded and en tered with enthusiasm into the work of setting their camp in order. "We had a pretty tough night of it," remarked one of the soldiers, "but it was not nearly so bad as those eight days aboard the transport." It seemed that the discomforts of the voyage were due more to overcrowding than to rough weather, although a heavy sea was encountered the third day out. Fort Crockett reservation Is prob ably half a mile square and Is west of the city on the gulf front. There has been no garrison there since the great storm of September, 1900, but the government has been constructing flue concrete barracks. Several of the buildings are ready now. The grade of the reservation has been raised to the level of the great concrete wall put up since the storm to defy the sea. Three gun and mortar batteries line the water front. Des Moines, March 20. One of the most Important matters to come be fore the legislature this week and on about which very little has been said, relates to a general change in the law as to the manner of handling teachers' certificates This Is to make It possi ble for the teachers to secure life certificates with little trouble. It pro vides that when the holder of a certif icate continues in the profession and carries on at least one line of profes sional study, a five year certificate can be secured, which, after a time, can be converted into a life certificate This applies to all holders of certif Icates no matter how low the grada may be and to holders of second grade certificates. This will be opposed ty many of the educators of the state aa a lowering of the standards of Iowa and opening the door to life certif teates for many who are confessedly not able to Eeeure certificates on merit The bill has been urged by a few teachers In the cities of eastern Iowa and It conies up for consideration dur ing the week In the senate. Will Remain as Chairman. Des Moines, March 20. C Duranl Jones of Perry will remain chairman of the state central committee of the Prohibition pa'ty. At the meetiug ol the committee Mr. Jones withdrew hi resignation. A conference of the Pro hibltion party workers In the state will be held in Des Moines on May The meeting will be In the nature ol an all day conference, followed by a banquet In the evening. Mu nay Warn ing Club. The Murray Dancing club will give another one of their pleasant dances at the Jenkins hall lu Murray on. Saturday evening, March 25. The! COIN "SWEATER" RELEASED E. J. Gregory Leaves Leavenworth for Former Home In Salt Lake City. Leavenworth, Kan., March 20. E. J. Gregory, who was sentenced to serve four years In tho federal prison here for "sweating" gold coins, was re leased on parole. He left Immediate. ly for his former home In Salt Lake. Gregory had a well equipped labora torv for "sweating" coins. P.y this method small partlcleH of gold were, wot 11 off of the coins, melted and sold as virgin metal. Gregory disposed of the gold to the Denver mint. Its un usual purity attracted the, attention of assayers at the mint and led to Gregory's arrest, lie began serving his sentence In November, 19U8. frankIames moves back In Poor Health, Former Bandit Returns to Scenes of His Childhood. Oklahoma City. Okla.. March 20. Frank James, brother of Jesse Janie who, when he came to Oklahoma unu bettled on a ranch several years ago. announced that he would live and die In Oklahoma, has changed his m'nl The death of his mother recently caused James to alter his plans. 11' has sold his ranch and will return to Ies' Summit, Mo. Included in the Huge Division Bakery. San Antonio, Tex., March 20. No feature of the so called maneuver camp here attracts more attention than the division bakery. The bakery can turn out 20,000 two pound loaves daily, and is at present delivering about hdlf thnt quantity. music will be furnished by the Bruce galo n( fie Mneh Wt.re limny 10iics of Jnnies' bandit dnys. They brought a big sum. James' health is not the best, wlihh also hud a bearing in his decision to to back to the scenes of his childhood. orchestra and those who attended the last dance know what this means. Yon are Invited to attend and have one of the good times of the season. E. G. DQVEY& SON CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bo'tghl Bears the RlKnttuxe ol Twain Monument Bill Passes, Jefferson City. March 20 Th sen ate passed the Sosey house hill appro priating $ln,0M) for a monument to be erected at Hannibal to the memory of Samuel I Clemens (Mark Twain I and aunronrlallni $1,000 lor placing a marker at the place of Ms birth, Flor ida, Mo. The bill provides for a com mission to be appointed by the gov f-rnor to havo charge of the work. START WORK 0NTARIFF SOON Chairman Underwood Expects Com mittee to Begin This Week. Washington, Mnrch 20. Chairman Underwood expects the Democratic members of the house committee on ways and nuans will begin work on tariff some time this week, and that by the time the extraordinary session is convened on April 4 some plan will have been mapped out to govern the procedure alter the bill to carry out the Canadian reciprocity agreement has been framed. The most complex question to come before the committee Is whether any tariff questions will be placed upon the Canadian bill as riders, or whether such schedules as the committee decides should he re vised, shall be treated as separate muusures. The certainty that hearings will be demanded by producing and manufact v.ring Inter-sts affected by any pro posed revision of the tariff may deter mine the committee not to complicate the Canadian question with consider atlon of such schedules as wool and woolens, cotton or agricultural imple ments. The majority Is a unit In fa vor of the Canadian agreement and it u hellrved the decision will be to keep It separate from other tariff mat tens, and take up schedules alter the Canadian bill has been sent to the senate. Although the Canadian bill will not 1 airy general tariff revision as a rider, It may go a great deal far ther than the McCall bill. Kansas City Grain Company Assigns Kansas City. M.irch 2n. Assignment for the proteellon of creditors was made by the Percy C. Smith Grain company of this city to A. C. Jobs nud H. T. Fowler. The company has capital stock of 100.000. The assets are fiso.uoo. Kill 11,000 Enemies of Corn. Waycross. Ga., March 20 The farm ers of this county have been having a "lark" for the last forty-five days In that time they have killed over 11.00C field larks, enemies of corn. A purs of gold, contributed by the farmers ot the section, was distributed among fall contestant who killed 1.300 birds , CONDENSED NEWS David H Moffat, the "silver king" o! Colorado, died at the Hotel Belmont, New York. Dining the month of February the deaths from the plague In India reached the enormous total of 88,498. Mrs Edith Melber. convicted of mur dering her child, was taken to Auburn (N Y ) prison to begin a minimum sentence of twenty years imprison mcr.t. Thirty thousand copies of three volumes ol the last edition of Tolstoy's coliect'd works have been confiscated nv ihe Moscow police Countess Tol Hoy has pretested against the con fiscstion Workmen making alterations in the substrensnry nt Philadelphia found beneath the Mooring $1,400 that had been lost for three years. The money was in $I0ii bills, mildewed and cov ered with dv.st. The waters of Central park's lakes. New York city, failed to give up the body of Dorothy Arnold the missing heiress, when searchers finished the last bio toiul The result disappoint ed thousand' who lined the shores The rOd passenger loach used by President Lincoln and which after waid conveyed his body from Wash ington to Springfield, III., burned In s fire n the railroad yards at Colum bus Heights, a suburb of Minneapolis. Mystery surrounds the death at Chi (aso of Mits Fanny C Wright, who tnheiitHl her father's estate of $150, 000 She expired in her apartments at the prewfter hole! a half hour after Siott Wa'lare twenty years old. had called to accompany her to a theater. When 'he confederate reunion -Is held in Little Rock in May records will be placed before the historical committee which will undertake ' to prove that she first shot of the civil war was fired near Pine Pluff. A"k., and not at Charleston, S. C, as so tredited by historians.