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HICKENS and hot weather cause
more family rows than any
other caunes temperance advo
cate to the contrary, notwith
standing," laid a lawyer who
liaa SDent n srrunA no i r . i. 1 i
; la the whirl and dash of Justdce court lltl
, ration. "The colder and stormier the
( weather the lesa are the fights. When Its
i question or not whether the family will
, free, or starve to death the trouble
. microbe la out of a Job, But with the coming
, of spring onions, radishes and other green
, things are planted In the gardens. Also are
J the chickens turned out to scratch by the
j neighbor who cares little for his garden,
j but dotes on his henhouse. Chicken flies
, over fence. Wife of man who gardens spies
(chicken digging up the seeds warranted to
1 rw or new ones given In exchange. Wife
rushes at chicken and with aid of skirt
j captures the. brute. With a muscular twist
of the wrist the pirate's life Is ended and
i the. oarcass thrown back over the fence.
What follows can be Imagined. The next
day It usually pours In the Justice court.
"This Is the way the thing Is generally
carried out: The wife of the man who owns
',the dead chicken comes to the police court
i first, because It Is understood that action
In the police) court costs nothing no charges
; or fees. The lady desires to make a com
plaint, but diligent Inquiry discovers the
fact that all she can or cares to complain
about Is that the other lady made threats
to kill, burn or destroy. She does not care
to sue to recover the value of the fowl and
the case Is not strong enough to .warrant
taking before the magistrate. Hence lady
la directed to Justice court where peace
warrants are Issued and much trouble
cauted for boistrous persons who bark bet
ter than they smite. Lady la Informed In
Justice court that the process will cost her
5 about balf for the court and the re
mainder for the constable h serves the
summons. As she usually has come straight
away from the scene of hot words IS is
How Ames Prepares Its Trophy-Winning: Teams in Stock Judging-
HEN a stock Judging team from
Ames won the Spoor trophy
at the International Live Stock
show at Chicago In 1901, some
people were unkind enough to
w
couaan t be done again. During the two
succeeding years Ames won the Spoor
trophy for the second and third time, and
annexed It permanently. The next year
two trophies were offered, one for the best
work Judging horses, and the other for
cattle, sheep and swine. Ames promptly
annexed the horse trophy. The following
year it made a flying trip to Ohio and then
r uie Ames men bucKled down to buslnana
and It came to Ames In 1908 and 1907. thus
making It the permanent property of the
Iowa State college.
In 1908 another trophy, shown in the
accompanying cut, was put up to become
the permanent property of the school win
ning It three time.
The Ames team
brought It to Iowa.
Last year thev r.
peated the performance. Already the
atchful animal husbandry professors are
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Missouri Valley Debaters
HE Missouri Valley High school
sTT 1 took the championship banner
I I of the Sputhmestern Iowa Do-
oaiing league, i ne team, com-
posed of Stough McGavren, Qus
H el man and Tom Tormey. hav-
lug won on both sides of the questtn, "Re-
solved. That American cities shoiAd adopt
a commission form of government." The
boys will meet Fort Dodse. the winners
oi me northwestern district, within a few
m"a "ope to reverse the decision
wiai Missouri "V a'le got there two years
ago in the sonU-flnala, "
M uuv IA.1 TUtJMEl.
tlTS 1IKIMAN. MISSOl'Rt VAULM-i
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS.
It ,
i l 'My J
K . V
I d-1
? Poor Mm's Court.
nothing to her, com pa roil with Vic mcia
slty for satisfying her sens.) of outraged
Justice. She lays down the for any
Justice of the peace knows that If the com
plainant gets a night's sleep on the matter
outraged Justice won't be worth 5 cents,
and he makes It a point to have the money
posted tn advance.
"These preliminaries attended to the
constable is despatched with the summons.
Lady, who did the toreador business with
chicken Is haled into court. Sometimes
she, weeps; often she Is accompanied- by
seven-eighths or nine-tenths of the nelg
borhood, and If she isn't the latter is sure
to arrive later In various degrees of des
habille and sympathy. Lady who was
haled in as a rule makes It a point to
plead the defenceless woman at the mercy
of the mob and begs for her husband.
That modern annlhilator of time and la
bor, the telephone, is .used to call hubby
Off his Job. He comes with dirty hands
and In his perspiration . and overalls.
When he discovers what's wrong he has
to press his utmost fortitude Into use to
prevent his giving his wife a sound spank
ing tight therev Later both sides get to
telling their story. Domestic; and neigh
borly patriotism comes to the front like
the prima donna in comic opera. The
court rooms seethe. Lawyers are neces
sarilyImperatively necessary. Lawyers
are obtained. Each charges from $5 to
115 and more If the clients have the coin.
It's then up to the Justice. He makes a
few passes and tlther binds one party to
the district court to give peace bonds or
says not guilty. Either way It comes out
each side stands ,to pay from $25 to ;0.
Nothing Is gained. It's back to the hen
house and garden spot again and in a day
spotting material for next year's team. If
1 goes well, by the time the 1910 Interua-
t,onal Mm r60 troInjf
wU, tQ Bwe tt( eol.
lectlon , tro n nom ot n6W
Soon after the results of the 1909 contest
were announced, a prominent live stock
breeder said to a man who had been on the
Ames team a year previous. "Now Just be
tween you and me, how do you fellows do
It?" It took a half hour's talk to convince
him that there wasn't some secret In the
process of making stock judges at Ames.
The only secret In the process Is hard
work nd oon8tnt training. "To make the
team" Is the goal of tha student's ambi
tion from the time he pays tits first janitor
fee until the proud day when he sees his
name among the upper five, or sadly
tucks his sheepskin under his arm and
trudsas away without having attained the
coveiea nonor. ino "prep" in the animal
hu8bnlry course is set to work Judging
siock me iirst aay oi tne term. Twice a
week, for two hours each time, he practices
In the stock judging pavilion. At first he
Is given a score card and told to mark the
points In which the animal he is working
on foils to come up to his Ideal. This is to
teach him the points ot an animal, and
he''- relative Importance. He learns to
tell a spavin from a aldebone. He Is taught
to tell the age of a horse by looking at Its
v-". u tj,""a " mwiui oi iwrw
house steak In a steer by feeling of his
back.
After awhile two animals are brought
Into ths ring at once, and then three or
four. The student, who U becoming more
nrnfli-t.nt hv thla ilm ni h.m i
order of merit He is required to get up
before the class and explain his placlngs.
comparing the good and bad points of each
animal, giving to each one Its due. Often
his Ideas conflict with those of the In-
structor. and he Is shown the error of hi
wayaBy continued practice his Judgment
lmproves, and he dally becomes more pro-
ficlent.
When he comes back at the beginning
. .. ... ....
of his sophomore year, with a reef In the
bottom of his trousers and a microscopic
,.n . Mrn.r nf hi. head. h. 1. aJn
cap on one corner of his bead, he Is again
set to work Judging stock
Thls year's
work deals more with breeding stock and
v d
time h ha. rnn.nl,t hi. aor.homor. vear
he lias learned the fine points of ail the
breeds and classes of stock.
During the fall of bis junior year the
student makes his first try for the team.
Score cards have long since been dispensed
with, and now .van th. .hMt ct r,.n- on
which he wrote his reasons during his
sophomore year I. discarded. He I. '.Wen
a card on which to record th. number of
the animal, a. h. places th.m and th.
rest he must store In hi. memory. He may
b. ealM on to give hi. r-a-on. for hi.
ploclnB. soon after Ui. class 1. placed, or
""ca' or
l.t.r, with a dox.n
, That I. part of th.
ax a him a a.iv.f.i
i siiay ve a weea
other classes between
training that la tn mak
lock Judg "Get a picture of th. animal
HLRL JUSTICE 'EQUITY
Are: Administered
Justices
"aaaaaaaaaaa-- -a-
Office of William" Altstjvlt, "Lithe
Bisitarck.'J Omaha's' Fatcovs Justice or the Peace..
or two Mrs. Spinach colls Mrs. Leghorn a
bad name and tho row is on again. No
body ever sues under a peace bond. This
time the litigants have learned it costa
money to go to law. Therefore they fight
It out In peace and comfort and with fi
nancial economy.
"Cases like this take up about half the
time In, Justice shops. Most of the other
cases concern suits for debt, replevin and
attachment proceedings, usually based on
the same grounds and ejectments. Mar
riages don't amount to much In Omaha
anymore. The system In the count judge's
office Is too fine. If a magistrate U to
marry the yearning couple, --It might as
well be the one who issues the license,
from the standpoint of the county Judge's
office, and few who don't care who mar
ries them so it's done quick escape to the
mere Justices. Somehow in the old days
the Justices used.to tdo better at it, but
there are ministers nowadays who keep
the sharp lookout.
"The law allows the Justice to charge $3
for his servlcts In adjusting the holy bonds.
But If he is waked up in the middle of the
night, as often happens, or jerked away
from his Sunday dinner, he looks mighty
sour If he don't get a five. Once there
was a benevolent old Justice of the peace
in Omaha who was called up at 1 o'clock
of an exceedingly frosty morning, by a
well dressed young man and an equally
well dressed young woman who had a de
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TROPHY WON BT AMES COLLEGE STOCK JUDGING TEAM.
Gossip and
'Bob" aad "Charlie."
N THE YEAR 1S77. relates Cur
rent Literature, two young men
stood up with the rest ot the'.r
class ut Bowdoln university to
receive diplomas. One was called
Bob, the other was called
Cftarlie.
They were Maine boys, both of
them, and of about the same age. Within
the last few weeks those two boys, now
grown Into grUxled men In the early 60s.
hav beaui cohsdIcuuui in th nsau.ii it th.
.v
. .h . ....
w,v,aa, ifu, nci in iUr mine, uuu iiuuugii express. o nt w u ea to head
after devoting the best years of his life quarters:
tO Wrestling With Arofln utArml rtir.iivlni, 'Will ..n V, tk.n u
,h 7aath mA,n .7 7, T
o'oe with death, enduring the very limits
... , . ,or, A . ,J . ,
". . ,W Unn'd Uath" r b,t9 't0
or privation ana hardship, more than once
' "n u umcr uy
W'L" aiurjr w uicovcry mi innuea tne
wnoie worm ana win send his name.
Kobert R W "" the ages
. w vii vim v& uilio.
The other boy. Charlie, went In fr
fortune. He had already developed th
knack of the money-maker, and he did
not tle up hl" Ulenl ,n "D"'". lie sold
He sold Ice. He sold lumbsr. He
clulr banks and trust companies and
J' -as.-d
ont JTV '
Pp'n. Jhy N,W, Y"r "
!. V. hl on.y gone. hi. repu-
W I. U liberty lo, he took
the 10:4J train on th. Southern Limited.
: 7 ." I .- ",, "
ported by a Lnlted States marshal and
two d.putle. on th. way to th. federal
prison at Atlanta. Qa.. to which ha hail
tn sentenced for t.rm of flftn yeara
A . . "
TIIE OMAIIA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 6, 1910.
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sire to be wedded In haste. They had Just
quitted a dance and wanted to splice that
night so as to overcomo parental opposi
tion. The Justice shlveringly got into some
clothes, called his wife and daughter for
witnesses, and, with chattering ueth, pro
nounced them man and wife. ''How much
do I owe you?" demanded tho young man.
"Oh," replied tho Justice In deepest satire
and with as much of a drawl ss the tem
perature would permit. "The law allows
me 3." It was a fatal mistake. "If that's
the case,' replied the groom, 'take this
cigar on me to remember me by,' and the
couple departed before the Justice got his
breath.
. "A couple appeared In another Justice,
court a ya or so ago and were married.
There- was quite a party of guests. After
tho ceremony the groom invited the party,
to a cafe for a lunch and bottle of beer.
The - Judge ' went along, tco. The parly
was a merry one and none happier than
the groom. At the restaurant the bride
excused berself, left the room and never
came back. The wedding guests dispersed
In horror and a few hours later the groom
In a state of frensy, rushed back In the
Justice court looking under tables, chairs
and la closets for his wife. It was
learned1 later that the lady had about $300
of his money. The groom recovered.
"Did you ever know that Justices of the
peace In Nebraska are expressly designated
the officers to prevent dueling. It la even
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Stories About Noted People
Every legal device to save him had been
tried and had failed, and Charles Wyman
Morse has now become convict No. 2814-
that la all.
Practice! No Deception.
"I wish to deny," said a Cincinnati
editor, "that Mr. Taft, when he was law
rtporter on my paper, once practiced de-
ceptlon on a train crew.
"Th, itory goea that Mr. Taft had teen
studying a case in Somervllle and found
u . .. . A.
" culJ'u" 1 " D"-K l ln ,nat
"'" managed to stop the
e , . , ' "i". i
Somervllle to take on a linn nartv?1
The answer came back, 'Yes.
.44. ' , " "' ""
Tn A tPP t
Somer-
un yuung law reporter got atoara
un nis copy, ana tne conductor said:
" 'Where's that larae party I was
to
take onr
1 II n 1 III
was the grinning answer.
"And that's the story," the editor con
cluded, "which I desire to deny in toto."
.4 Bill ISM Story.
jne roiiowing anecdote appeared In the
first number of the Bookman and has Just
rrL . . . .
NT-n, K V. who
w short .peech at an
uthof. dinner tn London thaVwa. mucn
rrined b th. bookmen DrMant
,ht. publl.n.rfc at wnom ,t WM lnd,rVc 1?
lnMH ..,.. . v. K ...
.lmd. "Just a year ago." h. ..Id. "I was
walkJng 0n the principal .treet. of India.,,
apoll., when I met a ma. who., appear-
v. .... v. . ....
" w" rMUW "
ery depths of povarty. His cloth.. m
bo as recourse to the annotated statutes will
show. If any duel is pulled off In a jus
tlcu's jurisdiction I suppose he Is to blame
for It. This Is not so bad, though as It
would be In other states. Besides being
responsible for dueling the Justice of the
peace has a lot of other unueual duties to
perform. For Instance In the country dis
tricts he Is a 'fence-viewer that is to see
that fences demanded by law are properly
built as per prescription; again, in places
he la an overseer of the poor, and in other
sections It Is his duty to Impound dis
eased cattle, know If sheep have any
thing wrong with them and the like. Tou
can't tell me that a Justice docs not have
to be a versatile and accomplished per
son. .
"There is no diplomat like a Justice court
constable. He ' Is Indeed a veritable
Chesterfield. The other day a woman of
foreign birth came .into a court and an
nounced that she had been presented with
an 'invitation' by a gentleman to come to
the place on a certain hour on a certain
day. It was not discovered what ailed t he
good dame until she produced her In
vitation,' which was found to be a sum
mons arresting her on a serious charge.
As she had a husky looking husband and
several other athletic-looking relatives
around the house when the constable called
It will be agreed that he handled the case
most discreetly.
"Foreigners are more prone to get Into
thoroughly engraved on your mind and you
will never forget It," Prof. Dlnsmore tells
the class over and over again. Before they
have been at work a month they have
their minds so full of these mental pictures
that It looks like an art gallery. Only a
man who hao his mind card Indexed .can
produce the required picture when It is
called for. It is men of that kind who
make good stock Judges.
The climax comes shortly before the
American Royal at Kansas City, when a
trip Is taken to some good live stock show,
such as St. Joseph or Kansas City, when a
the entire class Is set to work Judging the
prize animals. From morning till night
they work, class after class appearing be
fore thorn in kaleidoscopic regularity. By
the tlnm the two-day workout Is over the
student crawls Into bed feeling that be
could not tell a Hereford cow from a
Buff Cochin pullet. Ho doesn't care
whether he makes the team or'ls run over
by Armour's six-horse wagon. Just so he
can shut his eyes to that endless procession
of broad-backed cattle and hogs with a
ragged, bis face unshaven, his hair long
and matted and his feet unshod. As I
passed him a look of recognition came Into
us eye.
" 'Nye, old fellow, don't you know me?
Don't you know Abel P. Jones, who was
your classmate at college?'
" 'What, Jones! Is It really you? Well,
well, what can I "do for you?'
For heaven's sake, help me. I am starv-
ing. Lend me half a dollar.'
"I felt in my pockets. They were empty.
I had no money myself. But a bright
thought flashed through my mind
" 'Abel. I oan't lend you the half dollar;
I haven't got It But look here. I'll tell you
what l will do; 1 11 let you publish my next
,. , .
Oentlemen. that was Just a year ago;
and this month Abel P. Jones sent me an
Invitation to go to Europe with him In hi.
steam yacht."
O.e o. George W.
Durlng a Friday afternoon lecture on
hl.tory in a Baltimore educational Instl-
tutlon the Instructor had nm mnithv
., " '
uirijuimiiuii vii in cnaracior ot cieorge
Tl' . -1. I .. ... I ..il..
muiuwiuu, loucnui upon
hl" Y,ork " tha organiser of tha revolu-
ow." asked th. Instructor, "if Grg.
Washington were alive today, what pr.o-
"cal part do you think he would play In
pra,nt-day politics, iudaln. from th.
PatT"
A rni,..A -u .... .v.
A prolonged .Hence on th. part of the
pupil, followed thla Finally, however, on.
Ud saw a way out.
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,r- lusnsa, -wouian t be b. too
oidr'-Livplncotf. Magazine
t m Hit t , -.. .',. . ii , rm
trouble than American-bom people, "out
they are better In paying their debts. The
people that como to this country from
other nations as a rule are the most honest
people in the community. I should say
that the great proportion of them are as
nearly perfectly honest as human beings
attain.
"Real criminal cases are comparatively
rarities In the Justice courts, coming oc
casionally from ounide the city. Install- ,
ment houses do not have difference with
thriftless creditors as much as might bo
supposed. Single women and widows are
seldom sued. As justice courts have nothing
to do regarding real estate possession and
titles-of women, children and widows may
get. the worst of it some times, but this Is
not evident In the justice courts. Single
women who are self-supporting live within
their means in this city. They seem to
know their own ability to make money
better than the men, married and unmar
ried, and are not so prone to assume liabili
ties they can't swing.
"A Justice of the peace has great op
portunities to become the arbitrator of
difficulties Involving both bad feeling and
property considerations. If both sides are
convinced that he Is disposed to throw
aside his official guise and simply decide
their case on Its matter of faot merits,
with kindly advice to each, they often
get together right away and patch up
their differences. It means dollars and
cents to the Justices, however, not to do
this. They are paid from the fees and
every day a case hangs on and the more
complicated It grows their emoluments In
crease. But If litigants can get a. dif
ference settled without subjecting It to
the rigid application of law they are us
double curl in their tail. But it Is all over,
na th8 net day five men are wearing
mlles thBt c-n b seen half a mile away,
wn,la tn8 others try to grin, and register a
vw 10 maKe tr,e team net ycar-
xne American itoyai is something or an
unknown quantity to Ames. Three years
o uiuugui mo uuyiiy iiume Willi Ulw
blHeBt COTa t0 tnelr ""edit that had ever
been, made In a student Judging contest.
In 1908 the Kansas team slipped one over
on their competitors and carried away the
trophy, and last year Missouri headed the
list. The Ames team went homo grim and
determined, and set such a pace at the
International that. Missouri fell down to
sixth plaoe, and was lucky to get that.
The students' Judging conteut at the) 1909
International will long be remembered as
one of the fiercest fought battles of the
kind ever held. The record of 4,910 points
out of a possible 6,000 made by Ames sits
a record far In advance of anything ever
before mode at the International, and one
which probably will not be equalled again
for years. This victory has once more
made good the claim of the Iowa Agricul
tural college to having the best animal
husbandry course In the country.
The men who composed this year's team
were M. G. Thornburg of Linden. la.: J. I.
Thompson of Jamaica, la.; O. D. Baker of
Edmund. Wis.; R. W. Cassady of Whiting,
la., and HAward Vaughn of Marlon. Ia
The team was coached by Prof. Dlnsmore
with the assistance of the other member
of the animal husbandry department.
M. G. Thornburg Is a practical live stock
man. He was raised on a stock farm and
fed cattle from the time ho wns old enough
to bandle'a scoon shnvoi ,min h .
Ames to reinforce his practical knnwi,,,
with a little scientific agriculture and in-
older.tally enter the race for the stock
judging team. In the final ata.ua .
Chicago he was high man on the Iowa
team -and third hlrh mn in
test.
Thompson In another man'who has been
raised with a- love for fine stock He
stayed out of school for two years and
followed up the show circuit In 1908 with H.
J. Hess' herd of Angus. He has been with
got- stock all his life and has had er
,ende. experience with ponies and sheen'
"Tom, y" ranked next to Thornburg in
the contest.
C'as.ady ha. a farm of his own at Whlt-
'"if. Ia.. known as the Walnut Rklge Stock
faim. He already has one of th best
herd, nf IIrr..-H- i- , ...
- juw na is a sue
cessrui Dreider
or norsea and hiL-u k..
. . "
juung man in Iowa ranks Uglier in the
estimation of the breeders than Cassady.
ncV ZL7 LT
Undent of the sheep department .r ih
Iowa state fair for the U. thrt. v
and is n'JJ'. 'V hrM ?,e,tr'
Interstate fafr " Blow Clt, ilJL '
... ux L1,y' ha"
back to the farm to raJa. .
kind of .tuff thTt will ,1 "! ,
th. top 1 the .how r J. M ? .OWar'1
' "' l" snow rings. He I. In th.
Dusmess to stay and will h h, ,
later.
ually better satisfied! to 1st It go that way,
provided there Is no trickery r knaver
behind one side. ,
"The moat pitiful cases that come to
the Justice courts are the defendants in
ejeotment proceedings. Landlords and
agents seek to put a tenant out for the
non-payment of rent or other reason. It
lis surprising how many poor people Uilnlt
that a tenant cannot be evicted in the
winter time. This hallucination seems to
have taken a firm hold. Many a time "l
have had to dispel it and the looks of
hopelessness and misery I saw on their
faces mode mo never want to do it again.
Others think the time in which they may,
retain possession Is greatly over what tha
law specifies.
"Recently hired girls have had a lot of
litigation in the Justice courts. It la a
murk of ever Increasing "Independence of
hired girls. They sue for wages, not be
causo they will not be paid but because
they were dismissed in a hurry and, told
to wait till the regular pay da for the
cash. The mistress and the domes Uo has
trouble. Mistress gets in a huff and or
ders the girl to leave. Girl demands her
pay. Mlstreba, who knows she has the
worst of tho bargain at the best la those'
days of limited domestics, says she will
pay at the right time. Qlrl comes to jus
tice court and sues. Mistress is haled in
and caused great annoyance and' trouble.
Girl feels as though she has evened
things up. Her payday Is then due or past
due and she finally gets her monoy Thl
act was put on the other day in one ef
the local justice courts and the girl hasn't
called for her money yet. There are
usually costs for the mistress to pay.
"But day in and day out a Justice court
is the dullest, most prosaic of places and
It Is rarely that a gleam of humor, human
interest or savagery Is seen. Vindlctive
ness and misfortune are the principal char
acteristics revealed. ,
Vaughn was given a Shorthorn calf to
feed when he was 6 years old, and ho has
been feeding them ever since, except when,
he has been in school. Three years aro
Vaughn won the scholarship given for the
best corn and stock Judging at the state
fttir. e cam6 to Ames and played the:
stock Judging game so well that he made
the team Jn his Junior year.
Baker is a Wisconsin man who was
renred on a farm. He received his early !
education at a normal school In Wlscon- ;
sin, but left off Judging schoolma'ms toy
come to Ames and take the animal hus
bandry course. His work has been char
acterized by unusual ability to remember
animals and clearness in reasoning.
Lectures on Civics
LINTON ROGERS WOODRTTFK'
of Philadelphia, secretary of
National Clvlo Improvement
league, will make two addresses
mi
in Omaha this week on the gen
eral toplo of the "city beautl-
ful." He will urge upon the people of
Omaha the newssty of a clvio pride which
W,n d" wond,'r" towards making Omaha a
, " ;i'"l", ior Deauty of Us
""" a,ld Ir"s and thorougfares.
Mr' Woo,lllff "H1 speak on Tuesday
evening to the Women's nun at the First
'""K"""""'" cnurcn and Wednesday
Dtii'rno"n ho w111 address a Joint meeting
ommerclal club and the Real Es-
ta, "change. Mr. Woodruff Is a sneaker
of a nstlon-wlde reputation, who has been
aevot,nK many years of his Ufa to the
",udy of municipal affairs and he will pre
sent some practicable Ideas on how to mak
mttna mor8 beautiful,
CLINTON RfKKRS WOODRUFF
Secretary National Municipal Leagusv w
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