The Cedarville Herald, Volume 29, Numbers 1-26

m <ywwfi PilBUC SALE! n i ^ m ^ t i pnLJle saloon whai te known** ilitp Jaw -* Jfsil»n«3 f*nu- tw i and ■t,n» -iislf mites aouth n; til*. tlic SHALL THE MAYORS OF tma a rt ’pcerxo ti if mo croco f io vroro pnhniteti k> tec vctcsn cx a ccr,e:ol electro,, ana 89$3J votes were cant a t tto election, h M only COX'?:) votes wero cast either way oa tho Ettmlel- (Vdarviite *-n he K.-F raj pik»\ THURSDAY, MARCH f * 1906 , t'mnnurminjp a t ! o*rI«*£*ftj p» »?.<, s I iR timt , tho following property; & HEAP OF HOUtfSM ft » % OHIO CITIES BE VESTED WIIH AUTOCRATIC POWERS? .mro ten' ware A* i*: mg f:f 31 urivmg yea rs r*i-.l: I griooral pappose wfc-.ViS y? 0- ! '-teC ! ite,***: mUsV CT'^L** year* old: l gelding four years old #ir«U by L ittle F rank SritS;*; t aws year old Ally by Oo-A-Head.} t yea r­ ling cu lt fry Maple,Bulls, 2 MILCHCOWS % 57 HEAD OF HOGS 57* t',insisting of 20 lwgg; $ brood eowof Poland Chinn boar. head of stock 23 fall p ig s ;l HAY, FODDER AND CORN. About 13 tons a t good mjEed hay, 4 JO bushels Of corn in yils, 200 bjmhela of oats and 130 shocks of fodder. FARM IMPLEMENTS; * t two-fioftse wagon, hay ladders; T eidjtvators, 1 three-horse and 1 two-horse breaking plows, k double shovel plow, I McCormick mower, i Milwaukee hinder, 1 gravel bed, sleigh, sled, buggy, hay rake, corn planter, Richmond fertilizer 'wheat drill, 1 fifty tooth harrow, 2 s e ts of dophte work harness, 1 se t of single work harness, 1se t of buggy harness check lin e s ,, lead reins, saddle, 2 hay forks and 150 feet of rope*, etc., etc, ( i, s “ ■,' TBRMS MADE KNOWN OK DAY OE''SADl2, :‘V ' *•*” - JOHN W. JOHNSON g. T* Baker* Auct. J , IT. Andrew, Clerk, . i. Feed'your liair; nourish it? give if, something to liveoiu Then it will stop falling, and will grow long and heavy* Ayer’s Hair Vigor is the only hair food you canbuy. For60 years it has been doing Just what we claim it will do* It will not disappoint you. - Ur ii#ir ttwd in b* r»tr Oiott. ftmtenw rmbm ijwt’iHuir vijior* «iu>»fcti!n*itt»imH •M (rrww,»»d now U it toxrtmn inch** toug, TOM*»**iin** t)il«n<l 1 d reonlt to M«nfMrM>l m l a J. It. F i »* k (ColoradoSpun**,Oolo. #1 m M* Wtl*. f o r ,n<r, atsrco ., tlvnw< 3 (l«.M bi ^ Short Hair PROPOSED LAWS Threaten the Bights of the People. U n d e r t h e m , Each Municipal C h ie f Executive Cou ld C re ­ a t e a M ach ine o f REVOLUTIONARY IN F LU EN C E Mayors Would Also Be tators In Taxation, Dic- (By Henry R, Gall.) Cohimbufc* OhiK=-There fs now pending; before the Ohio General As­ sembly proposed legislation which, if enacted into law in its present form, would confer upon the municipalities of the state and the mayors of those municipalities official and political power -proportionately ‘ fay greater than is now possessed hy the gover­ no r of Ohio or by the president of the .United States. ' , From servants of the people who elect them, Ohio mayors,, especially those.in the, large cities of the state, wifi become the masters o r'th e peo­ ple If they' use-for personal or polit­ ical ends .the powers proposed in the pending legislation; ‘ ^ The -indications are , that all the measures wil receive serious,, and not improbably favorable,' consideration, a t the hands of the General, Assam- bly. For measures of. such great im­ portance, ■contents' Xing .as they do a [radical; departure from all- precedents of municipal administration,, they received comparatively little atten­ tion or discussion. - tt. is obvious that the' citizens of Ohio should give these hills their careful and attdious consideration fend,- that there should Bo widespread discussion of them be­ fore they are placed on the statute books. * ' INSOMNIA 1 m « h walnri*jM«»nU« for’lnioftnl*, with »*»»h*«Bnftlictad for o»*r twantr rcari. n»* $cmtmmtg •MrHaa>*A>*SyCa.,Chick(aerW.1F. V/t — ninr,inwmnurn in a vrmjwiufiify nofe fa r helifnd vour ttwfi in <le,Vclt»pm«30f» vhl* ,i. - t a ; ^ ffirfh t«» toifitydollarEi i n„r «ff.?. atufi th e lan a is alT good $25.00 I S $25.00 -WtlMt BW A- RW>BlackDud farm IN NDRTMKA^I* TBXA8, along tho t m midar.a MAit ROAD abB‘d u f ‘ly tiro iiVfit in t e a s , o u r nropto xv&ftfe YOU, an d AJ RwigiiiHdiy wdcoiim awaits tiro ttiriff v wan and his family. Ronnil trip fjofncsfokftP »r« nn fair* twice monthly Hekbid, to a ll pnints in fTt*sai'i. and flats- ‘eight kingw,A.y!{f>Hotisi6% Gttlv® tan ami Hftn AilfmHo tw ltll infbf* •rmfiav* Kiop-fwr-rfli is v ia Hie Erlurn, T» van Midbtml an d Bofiilt*' Fanfio Hystuiis. •r* t, r tvisiliro glarlly farnfslifel UF&fl apidlfation to « - fc«— w W. IRUAX, LANWAGLK1* AirtMMy, DAftQA, OWd* - Tilt- J ' i M t u m fh— n f Pi«s#«g«l, dgeht* l a w 3 Could Hold Club Over Every Property Owner. Among the'most sweeping of the new powers sought to bo conferred upon mayors and municipalities In the pending legislation is a provision giving city, councils the-tigh t to cre­ ate a clty tax board, to bp appointed by the mayor, of which the mayor himself may bo a member, this board to have the power to fix anil change tho Values of all -real and personal property In the City for taxation pur­ poses. Under this provision a mayor could, if he desired, use tho taxation ma­ chinery for personal o r political pur­ posed. Ho could increase the tax val­ uations on property owned hy polit­ ical opponents and favor his political friends in ,fixing tuo tax valuation of their property. It does not follow that a mayor Would Set Aside lu t in g Stats Laws. The city may, if It eo desires, get aside bxlctlng d a te lawn -whleli pro- vent tho .construction of a utreef rail­ way line on a street against tho Wiphen of a majority of the property ownero on such street, and grant a franehico for the construction of a line on that street. Jt would also be possible for cities to pass ordinances fixing the number of hours which women and minors may work in workshops, stores and factories, and also the conditions un- der which they ma^ he employed, which may bo construed, into a right to even fix the wages such women and minors shall receive ' for their -work, j The city may also do all public work which is now done by contract,. municipal workshops for th e ' menu- factoring of the materials nsed In the Construction and repair of all hinds of city work - , ‘ The city, may compel all.publlc ser­ vice corporations using wires to place th e same-underground, it may also- build tunnels for street railway ser­ vice and ICase the tunnels to street railway companies. PAINE BUA DEAL? WITH NEW FORM OF. CITY GOVERNMENT, ‘ „ t 1 " y .*1 k\ i » ‘ ** k- ? jE> Knpvvn as the , Ohio Mayers’ partments under their control, tho di­ rector of public cafCip. director of public eerciee or rky solicitor, cbould do anything not picaamg to tho mayor or refuse to do anything demanded -by the mayor, t?ie latter can remove the official who co offends, „ The health department, i t is provid­ ed, shall bo composed of from one ta three members, to serve for a three* year term, tho members of the board to he appointed by the mayor, but re­ movable only for .cause and after pub­ lic bearing. Further, the employes of the department,- Including tho health ‘officer, .shall bo appointed by the di­ rector of public safety or tho board, and be protected by civil service pro-; visions. -MAYOR CAN DEBATE AT COUNCIL SESSIONS The bill says the mayor shall attend council meetings and may engage in debates. . Although the hill provides for the extension of the merit system, under which the employes of the police and fire departments-are pow> partial# protected from partisan politics, to the health,' pferk, waterworks, electric light, transportation: and , other bp - called public utility departments, it does not, surround the employes of those departments with the same safeguards which now protect th e em­ ploye's of the fire and police depart ments, . Under the present law the mayor in _pmkiug appointments under the merit system must select |o r each vacancy cue of thfe names submitted to him from the eligible list oE those who si . -t * £ 5 » r * £ Departments. . . »,# sftions. The -proposed now provision litlort of the ELectlye For,the ] | *ia the smme aa the present’law, ex- Blll, It Provides For the Abo- ggpt that "candidates not selected by 'Appointive system In ,Cjty ! |Tthe mayor may be. dropped by the ; JScommission a lte r having been certi­ fied . to thp mayor a total of three times,"' Thfs would make it ’posible fat the mayor to destroy the eligibll- ity-of an applicant who had satisfac­ torily passed ah examination, by hay- lag the civil service".commission Sub­ m it'the name three times. would do this , but there is nothing in tho proposed' law to prevent his so doing. Ho could, figuratively apeak- iritT, hold a club over every property owner In tho city. Every mayor will have a t his dis­ posal for distribution among his per­ sonal or political friends hundreds anti in many casc-s thouranda of polit­ ical positions, In tho largo cities of tho state, where patronage, pubHc privileges and favors a t tho disposal, of the mayor can to used effectively fpr purely political purposes, the may­ ors could construct powerful political machines that could bo destroyed only through a popular uprising of the people. Not only are tho oneial and polit­ ical powers of the mayors Immensely Increased by tho proposed legislation, but the powers of municipalities, In- dependent of tho mayors, afo greatly enlarged. Each municipality may own and operate any or all public utilities. Cities might, under tho pending leg- J;Iatian, enter into tho manufacture of all nftieics needed for tho operation of public utilities iu competition with existing Industries, ; This legislation, coupled with that directly conferring greater power c:i tho mayors, would indirectly increase the power of mayord by placing in their hands an enormata amount of patronage that does not now exist* Mayors Would Have Grasp on All lobo* Still an&tkfcy provision in tho pond­ ing legislation is that relating to the appointment by tho mayor of three eivii service commlesionora had tho application of tho so-called merit nyg- im tv tka police, firth watprwork# and park aopartmehts and to other public utility departments. TUoro So no provision feipiirlng tho appoint* meat of a bibastfsaft , commiobion tjhife Would deco* so far as possible, all loopholes lor the appointment and fSfitolEisal hi pablte etapfoyeo for pure* ty political purfpaco. ° 'fbo foregoing to only a general suififtiSng up t>l the proposed' now powers 1 a ? tho mayors and mtinSeipal* itlcs. All of thin' pthtllsg legislation is fcSjWtsntaSsCvi in four bsia-^Hoaeo kill No. ©fl, by tiopvnciitatSvo Flaao of Tolctioj Uffl No, 03; by ^tsifor Fwd if, ttfrm ofutilovoiatii and ffaufifi CH!» Km. IS* and iso, w Ftcfkwe!! pnd Jleis* i f f of (f'uy#ba/j[* g'Wniyy House, Rill No: 173, by RepreSenta*. tlve Paine of Toledo, is, more gener­ ally loiown as the Ohio Mayors’ auso- eiatlott-mhnlclpal code bill, and more properly-known- a s Mayor Johnson's bill. Tt was almost wholly drafted by City Solicitor' Newton D.',Baker of Clveiand under the direction of the Cleveland mayor. . I t was introduced by the Republi­ can.. Representative from Toledo, L. H,- Paine, a t the request of Mayor Johnson/ for' the reason that Mr. Paine is the chairman of the house committee on 'cities, through Whoso' hands the measure must pass before it is submitted to the house far final" action. ' ’ Mr. Paine, in Introducing it, an­ nounced that he did not wish to ho understood cS Indorsing all Of the provisions of the measure, and ex­ pressly reserved the right to propose amendments.- * - The general purpose ofthp bill la tq provide a new form of government for the mdUlClpalities of the 'state. If seeks to abolish th e present system, under which the ‘heads of municipal departments are elected directly py the people, and to provide for .single department heads, practically all of whom shall be appointed by the may­ or, It leaves to the people of each municipality the right to elect,’a city; theaourer and city auditor. It abol­ ishes the' olllce of vice mayor and pro­ vides that the president of the council shall be elected by the council. It abol­ ishes the existing board of public ser­ vice, the members of which are elect-* ed by the people and are responsible directly to the people, and gives the mayor the right to appoint and re­ move a t his pleasure a director of public service who shall have ali the powers now possessed by tho board of public service, except tho right to fix the salaries of all public service employes. ta k e s away t h e r ight TO ELECT A SOLICITOR It takes from the people the right to elect a city solicitor who shall bo directly responsible to them and gives; the mayor the right to appoint and remove that official at bin pleasure. It abolishes tho existing bipartisan hoard of public safety and provides for a cinglo head of that department’ CAN-DISMISS EMLPOYES . AT His FLEASURE Under the present lav? no member of the. police or fire department may he dismissed by the mayor except for good cause and after a public hearing. This Jaw ie "not changed .in the new bill, but that section relating to the merit -system In all other depart­ ments provides that."nothing In, this act shall proveat the dismissal pr dis­ charge of any appointee,by tile mayor for any cau se ,thu s giving the mayor, the. power of dismissing a t his pleas­ ure any employe outside of th e fire or -police departments. , Anltai* fFntn thb » side Wor t e -additional powers sought to be conferred upon the may­ or by the Paine ,bill, several provis­ ions have bedn added that will greatly enlarge the powers, of municipalities. Foremost among these provisions ia one which given to each' municipality tho fight to acquire, construct, equip, own and operate, a street railway sys­ tem, o r an artificial gas plant, and to engage In the business of furnishing for private ns well ns public, use, for heating, lighting and power ,proposes, artificial and natural gas and electric­ ity. At the present time the city has tho fight to furnish for private use only water oml natural gas. T h e Paine bill extends that right so as to include artificial gas, electricity and street railway transportation. If has bees suggested that the lan­ guage employed in tho ownership sec­ tion would not only confer upon mu­ nicipalities the right to own nnd op­ erate all public utilities, but wOuld also permit a city to establish fac­ tories, rolling mills,, electrical manu­ facturing plants, machine shops, eta, for the purpose of equipping the mu­ nicipally owned enterprises with card, tracks, wirc3, machinery and other accessary equipment * CITIZENS MUST VOTE ON OWNERSHIP OPERATION Under tho provisions of the Bains hill no city may own or operate a Ptrcpt railway system unless tho ordi­ nance providing for cueh ownership to be. appointed and bo removable at an&operation id Submitted to and rat- tlio will of tho mayor. I t creates a civil service commis­ sion of three members who shall ha appointed and removable a t the plea*- tiro of tho mayor. Tho mayor can, if he desired, appoint all tho Commis­ sioners from the ranks of hla own po­ litical party. The duties of tho, com* mission ara to administer tho merit system, which shall he applied to the police, fire, hcaltii, park and water­ works departments, and to all so* called public utility departments, such as municipal street railway systems, municipal electric light plants, etc. I t created- U board- of control to to compfisod of thd mayor, and tho heads of ail departments, a majority Of whom are appointed by him, and rot- poses to this board the right to fix the- salaries of ail public eorvice employes and to award contracts for work not to cost more than $500, ONE HEAD WILL UtREcT , MANY CITY DEPARTMENTS It provides that the director of pub­ lic safety* appointed by the mayor, attdll have charge of all work now doiio by t t o -board of health had i t addition bo shall be the ndatoiotm* tiw head of tho fire, police, ehtrityi wreetloho ant! building departments of tho City. Ilo shall tannage and ^ make aJS contracts in roferenco ‘to tbo f police' fdatlono, firo houses,, cettie*| tosiea, reform retools, tosicen of ear*f reetios, Jnfiraaries* hospitals, work* ; liatctB, fa r a t, p'estlmtsacs anti ell I m h it thitilmblo m reformatory teitP tntirius under the toatw i of the city. If. to thetnsMiejweni r<f nil the d#> ifled by a, vote of tho electors of tho city a t a special or general clectithL If a majority of tho elec-torn voting on tho proposition vote In favor of it tlio ordinance) ohal go into oGeet. The bill docs no t provide that a ma­ jority shall consist of* a majority of all those voting at^an election. Under d N ’ r o t i i t H U N T I N G T R I P ! -laoS'inv* Wor..‘.L.<> f?3m«M,iro$ife3,$h s«r„i i i n t o moo ltf£?.TA * * Ki UUg * OKOTQWfJS , » from 7.63i3 33,.fib * g r * - , ;5 f *wvrs-** rv*. cat .. r i r : c . - - 1 .;-; ’IfWtct* •fftnftK.’-sf'-j,* i'tfyfc i-iof'-:; • r;.c5^ cljf 9C tt!-- »a!i|{rocS, - ■icicirtsst.i?*. Daftifc '.j*. j» « (k S’.Cf.'U.J o .: .... f MetjHKycXUw* A ., iliaijt1 *>tjirwUiBinni pal ownership pyojro^itlon, a fracticn' over £5,523 would to oaQckct to carry It, gltkangh that onober wcaiJ to 3D.CWless than a majority c fa ll votes o a t a t tto -election., Tho section further provides that no municipality con dkpoaa of a pub­ lic utility system unless tho proposed calo to ratified by two-thirda of tko electors voting on tho propssitlep, thu s' making it more difficult for a city to dispose of a public utility than It would be to gain possession of one, Tho cams section before mentioned provides that tho council may submit to a veto of the people far ratification or rejected any ordinance or resolu­ tion granting p. franchise creating a right or.-involving the expenditure of money. . It further provides that "if within <130 days after the passage of a rcsoiu* s-c/otrios too corio c f ; o p 02 led from tho llrroo i'Bli Tho cnstol! ed any city moy* by ordSuoiro, r-ovldo for a do* panmeat of loves ctoacccssmctjts c f cor mora thna threo psrsens who shall to oppslstcfi by tto tion or prdinanco granting a franchiso- 10 per cent of the electors voting at the last municipal election, petition Jfhe council to submit-the same to a % PRESENT POWERS • % | OF THE MAYOR. \ J He ip tho chief conservator of 4> • ..the- peace. j t He mayappolnfmembeta of the board of public safety, aubject ‘ tp the approval of the council. Ho may appoint a private secre­ tary and other clerks and afe- slstanta in his. office. He may veto any resolution or - ordinance of fha council. *■ He tnay call the heads of the § various city departments to & meet with ,him for consuita- % tion and advice, -* Y- He may appoint policemen and firemen under rules and regiu lations of the merit system. , - He may appoint the members of the board of health.' He may attend council meetings ^ to-answer questions when re- jsj quested by the council to.do % <7f so, but not othcrwlse. - * q?************************-:* vote of the people, said, resolution or ordinance shall not hecome operative until m submitted and approved. -Another important section of the • Paine bill in reference to added pow­ ers is the following; , To regulate the l^qurs and con* dltlons of labor of women fend mi­ nors under the Iage pf eighteen yeafs in shops, factories and oth- - e r places; to employ factory in* . specters, to provide for the in- 1 spectioa of shops, stores and fac- torles, and "enforce" proper health- - and sanitary conditions therein. -Under this provision the city coun­ cil, might take action equivalent, through regulation-of hours, to fixing maximum wages for employed women and minors in every -shop, store, fac­ tory and mill. Stiil another section of .importance is the following; - * To perform any public work’"'" and to repair and maintain the Sanie by contract or by the direct employment of labor; kind to erect and maintain the ’necesary workshops -for tbe repair and construction of city work. COULD APPOINT THOUSANDS OF* PUBLIC EMPLOYES, The purpose of this section is to permit the city to abolish’all contract work such as paving, grading, build­ ing cowers, constructing public build­ ings, and, in short, to do directly all that Is now done by public contrac­ tors. - „ It bus been suggested that under this system -the mayor, by reason of his greaty Increased appointive pow­ er, Would be able to -appoint hun­ dreds, and m some cities even thous- sands, of public employ sb every year. One other section of general inter­ est is the following: To require the placing of all wires of electric light, telegraph, telephone and other companies occupying the otreeto and high­ ways, tsadeigTound; to regulate the construction of conduits for the Came; to build conduits and tunttels and to lease the use of tho same for a period of not to exceed tea years. Also the Mowing section: To regulate the charges and rates of fare, the speed, service, illuminating power and general condition of servlco of companies supplying water, gas, electric lighting and power and street railway service. • All sections of the Bafne bill relat­ ing to the increased powers of tho municipality shall go into eifeet im­ mediately upon the passage o f a the bill, The now form of government proposed shall go into effect on the third Tuesday after tho first Monday in November, 1067. «*****3*-K**C~K4S * ■• HOWE'S DILL PUTS | ^ TAX MACHINERY $ IN MAYOR'S HAND. ;; This Measure Would Abolish. Hoards of Review and Enabto City's {lead to Di&tate t«l& Assessment of" Real "and Per­ sonal Property for' Taxation Purposes. I I »" *A\ » From the standpoint of additional power sought to bo conferred upon mayors and muntcipalitiea of Ohio by measures now pending before the Gen oral Assembly, tho one next in impott- anco to tho proposed new municipal code to-Cenato Bill No, go, by Senator Nrcd <3. Howe of Cleveland, Tito itoatmro, like tto Palm bill, waa in ­ troduced at tho fcq toatof Mayor John emi of Cleveland, . . . UrtoSy summarised, tho Howe bill teeita to abolish existing boa*do of re­ view and Place in thd bauds of tlio r o w e? otoh city the entire taking roaehlaery tot- such city* end ^ivvs to the mayor, either directly c# sadlroct- m inti and complete power to fix and ehauotf tho vataes -of all rear umi per- «uaal property wfthiii tto rouakipaldy ttos taxation purposes* ceycv one! Dtojeet to rcnavpS by k in . Tho duties <oS tw h dcrart* saeat may, t»y ordisonco of tiro . conneil, ho oanforrod upon t t o mayo? cad such other adptolstro* tivo offielaia of tho city os the roay- -or may appoint. Quch bsard shat! have tho power to increase* dSmtoich and c;|Ualfeo for tho purperjea o* taxation, tto value of ali real and „ jjorsaaal property o f every nature and clQ- ncription, aa well as all monies * pnd credits within tho limits '*>? . paid City; to mako nuditioun and deductions, to" hear complaints, to Investigate valuations* to subpoe­ na witnesses* to administer oaths and examine persona under oaths • |n regard to their own and other person’s property and tlio value taereof, and to order any real or personal property, credit or In­ vestment, to bo placed on- the -du­ plicate Tor taxation, and to adopt each other measures as may bo necessary for carrying out the pur* poses of this act. MAYOR MAY APPOINT OR DISCHARGE AT PLEASURE - tt the mayor of a city were clothed with the powers sought to be con­ ferred upon him by the provisions of Senator Howe’s bill; the "one man power” contemplated by the Paine blH would, in comparison, sink Into In­ significance. - The reader may gain some slight conception of the tremendous power proposed for the mayor if, -In Vend­ ing tbe foregoing section, which enu- >merates the powers of the proposed tax bqard, he will substitute the words •'the' mayor” for the words "such- board.” The section would then read; “The mayor shall have power to in­ crease, diminish and equalize for tbo .phrppses of taxation tbe value of dll real or personal property*’’ etc. The Howe bill does not seek to fix the terms of members of the ta r teg. commission. I t leaves-that wholly With the mayor. He may, appoint a t hi'4 Will and discharge a t hid pleasure, thus absolutely edntrolling the .act of every member. If the council so de­ cided the mayor himself may he n member of the board and-appoint and remove a t his pleasure th e other mem­ bers of the board. If he IS*a Repub­ lican mayor and wishes to Use his tax­ ing powers for political purposes,-bo may add a few thousand' dollars,to the tax valuation of the property of 3bbn Smith, Democrat, who ' recently op­ posed his election* or he may out down the tax valuation of the property owned bv John Drown, Republican, who rendered him political service in tho, recent campaign; and vice versa, if he is a Democratic mayor who has :personal -political ambitions to serve, t CITIES COULD OWN EVERY HIND OF PUBLIC -UTILITY* i - c W M 1 proposed Legislation Confers Right to Establish Machine, Car and Electrical Plants, ^ :TT“W wTTVTT4!TT“ "-“"T* "ft Among tbe large number of addi­ tions to the present powers of .Ohio Cities included in the newly proposed, legislation, the following are the most Important: To create a ctiy tax hoard; which shall ,have complete control of the ap­ praisement and tcappralsemeni of all real and personal property within the corporate limits for taxation pur- .poaetti ■•■■ - To build, own and operate a street railway system. To obtain possession of, by appro­ priation proceedings, existing street railway systems. To grant renewals of existing street Tallway franchises to .other than tlio holding company or companies. ' To grant street railway franchises on any or all streets of the city, with­ out first obtaining the consent of a majority of the property ownero on such streets. To regulate Die hours and condi­ tions of ’labor of women and minors in cbop3, stores and factories, and ap­ point inspectors to enforce local or­ dinances o r state laws relating to*tho health, Sanitary and labor conditions la such institutions. To grant a street railway franchise without receiving application there­ for: To build, own and operate an arti­ ficial gas plant, or to obtain posses­ sion of, by appropriation proeecalngk, Iny existing artificial gas plant, To abolish all public Contracting end do all public work by direct em­ ployment of labor. To build and maintain public jforl;* shops for the repair and construction of all city work. To compel lighting, heating, power, telephone, telegraph and street rail­ way companies' to place all wires un­ derground and to build coadtiila and tunnels, and lease the came to such companies for 10-yea? periods. To regulate a t any time tho charges and rates of faro, tho speed, service, illuminating power aaq general con­ dition of -cervioo of all public service corporations, . | ' MfiTJtGER'S BILL WDULD ENLARGE FRANCHISE POWER. I I ; » Makes Provision for uratito fey too -City UotiWefl to Asy-tedt* vidua! or Corporation Without Waiting for an Application m\ P.eceiviisg Bids. ***##**#*#»***4HN h44*« iN 4^ - Howe Hill No. 136* wMdt was te- troiluced by Eeprosoatatlva Mcfsgor at Cuyahoga county, a t Mayor d'otosoma roquest, deals exclusively with the street railway franchise -qaesttoa-. and like tho ottos* measures* seeks‘to ca* iai'go tho powers of the mnaicipallfy. It provides that hy a rosjority veto of th« iiebpte of % niattolimtitu, the pro- fitiowi of existing frinehlim Um » adring'£riv?MBpylksifcD £;? & tor.* riafsr* aod t to ablate- lug g SccT-scnta t o o a cwlariiy ej tko rroyerty owners ateng a fropsed roate, may ha scifcsico, In otto?words, -ttodfy coussrii*may grant a franehico to coy todivfdaal or esrpe-attsa wUkcat waiting fc? an a?> plleatlcn for fcach franchlca* v/ittout receiving bida as to tka rate of fore, gnd wiiljcat-'ektaiolnajfeo onneent of a nqJcsSty c f tho ipropariy awnem alocg tka proposed mite, if a major­ ity q Z tbo votero dcel&va In favor of tho proposition. . , " STUCKWELL’D DILL % EXTENDS POWER IN l t FRANCHISE PLAN. * % Gees Extensivefy into the Street ^ Railway Franchise and Mu- niclpai Ownership Questions and Increases the Clty*a Pre­ rogatives In These Directions. Tho SfoCkwell bill, technically known as House Bill Ho. 158, which wao „ introduced ot the request of Mayor Johnson, goes more extensively Into the street railway franchise and municipal ownership questions than does the Paine municipal code bill, and seeks to give municipalities increased and new powers In dealing with these questions. Stockweti’q hill provides that at the expiration of a/franchise It may he renewed ^’either to ike original holder thereof, o r to any other individual, in­ dividuals or ' corporation, upon such conditions as may he conducive to tho public interest,” The purpose of this provision Is plain, It makes it possible for an in­ dividual other than the holding com­ pany to obtain a franchise over lines where franchises are expiring dr have expired without "obtaining the consent of-a majority of the properly ©where along the route,'os the original com­ pany was obliged to do. - •Stockwell’d bill further provides that a t the expiration of any grant or re­ newal Df a-grant the city shall have the power'to "appropriate the track?, poles and wires fend*other fixtures.au I appliances stationed or maintained in the streets and* used in the operation of a fcreet railroad” In the event that a majority of the voters shall declai o in. favor df municipal ownership anl operation, ff the city appropriates the property of a streef. railroad company the, pries tq be paid shall be the cost cf ropro- *during Hie same a t the time of such acquisition, less depreciation, .with an. .additional stem, pof to exceed 20' pet cent of the total, which price shall be paid In cash before’taking possession of such street railway. Another interesting provision of •Stookvell's MU is that the question ot .acquiring and operating a street rail* - road maybe submitted to the voters of a municipality every two years. SOLICITORS AGAINST CDD e . CoIUmbUs, Ohio,—By tbe over­ whelming vote of 85 to 1, tho city so­ licitors of Ohio* in ^annual, session here, declared against that section pf Mayor Johnson’s code bill providing for the appointment of th<yfkfilcitor by the mayors, ,j ' Newton .1). Baker of Cleveland was tbe only solicitor to vote in favor of it. Tho 35 others believed the so­ licitors should be elected, .A special cbmmittee of solicitors also reported In favor of the election of public service directors, The may­ ors*' code hill provides tor their ap- poin'ment by .the mayor, , The ' city solicitors, hy resolution* decforeS-'-againbt every "radical feature of tbo Johnson amendments, HOW ISTHIS. We offer One Hundred Dotlnrs Reward for any easo of Catarrh»that cannot bo mired ly Hall’s Catarrh Care, If, J. Obcnnoy &Co., Toledo, a. Wa tho undersictied, Imvo known F. J. Ciienney for the last 15 yeate, and belicvo him ptriertly liouorablo in ali tuolncei rranaaetions and financially pble to carry out any obligations made by Ida firm. Welding, Human A Marvin, Wholesale Urnggiots, Toledo, O. . Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken intctoaliy, cctingdircctilt up&n tbo blood and raueou. surfacesof the system. Testimonials free {’rice VCepf-rbattle, Sold by all druggists. Take Hall’s Family Pills for constipation. —IFOl! SADIE: A £ aero farm close lo (JcdarVllla w ith good house and barn. Also a fine stock farm of SCO acres w ith a $3,006 frame dwelling and good $000 ten an t house. 2 good barns, 850 rods now tile ditch, splen­ did fences, four And one half miles from Mechanicsburg, O., 13 miles from London, IS*),' mites from Springfield, m milea'from Catawba Station and elevator on Dig Four railroad, Gm ilrsfrom tho Columbus, London and Springfield traction him. A11 for $30.00 pe t acre* Smith AsClematis. Uii^XCciStd S fD ‘i££ id C umu . H foe tive J a n u a ry fith, 1008, through Pullman Steelier will leave Cineiimati a t 8:30'A. i f MOvery Fri­ day v ia duco ii^C re sen t; l?otite,and Sou thern Hailway to Habile con- uo'etlng with Munson fcs Dinete Steamer "P rin c e Cteorgo” a t P. M . , ' on SatttraaS’di and through Sleeper iroh i Moiulo every Friday a t t;00 P . M. north to Cincinnati on a rrival of S team er'“ Prlneo Ceorgo’1* iro ia Ifavftna, Ticket now on salo pod until May 8 lst at tho rate of for tho round-trip from Utotfmmtl in­ cludingmeals and berthaon steam­ er, Fo r in fofmat fen addrcfiai^Franh Johnson* Special Agen t i t e e n p r Dcparfment Mniteon SB Fines, 'Washington V, If,, u lilo j o rW . €h liincatteih <#, P , A. <|«rrr» dsiTese* t emt bfaut t luclhnati, | l ? oy W m k w i l l d ^ 'j T ^ T y - J S * V Editor-St'i’a ld , have gathered «» ibafc w ay h o v f 'toh well as m y trionds* riveifc fo r whftfc ib information pertain and their wealth, w amount I e«h «ssm from the repo rt o t Indian Inspector, « There a r e 1*470,Oi Osage reservation. ]iro tillable- There under oil and g«te te , p^yslO per cenfcroy; the past Biac, months oil a t 51 ee»t0 P er 1 |108,031* Ano ther s' bring tho royalty. « the fiscal yea r. Affe royalty is increased - Last year th e Osage rentals o f thete la and cattlemen $27f «elyed„ as in te re s t < funds $416,fill* From o ther sopre, $100,800* Th is m ake 816 that has beep them du ring th e ; Tbere a te 1,037 Osag share in th is annul' Df this number; 841 and 1,096 are mijsed the first report, (Of several y ea rs and Warded to th e seore terior tor record* I t has been ea id ii that Poor Lo. h a s b -mistreated- b y ,t h e (and tru th fu lly said by the unscrnpulo«) sorry to say th a t tod unscrupulous iellou to all sorts, o f ache Indians money* apd cessfulin th e jr efioj getting i t abou t ali meut, has m ade amp tlieir fu ture, and ■ happy If l e t alopej most of th em are . this> m istreatment, th a t they do succe good living ou t of i lore the shftfks g e t - » ve^r g reat amount out of them hy tt officials also, but foke it good Matured Someone lias sale no sentiment In an thmk that it waft w j he has no delicate * or of the, fu tu re, There is a certi < superstition among clearly shown by incident. Quo of John Stink by n an years ago taken fm> ttas supposed' to h fortunate for h im , trance, or somlconsc however he was 1 hurled in tho ir pri which was by placin sitting posture, ar around th e body, as (on the burfaCo of c< leave tho body to be carried away After he was thus ■gained conciousnesi burial pa rty go t to c poor John there agi day to this the tribe ostracized him5 been that i t hia e^lf-St th from the happy hun liaunt them, eo thej tile least th ing to d p-ior John ia an ou ta himself altogethe- tto cannot ho md Ahouse or ten t, b e that some ouo la ai time seeking h is life hs carries a large h THE0L0 R BMm pm. $ absolute *t Th* f r t : h ptfhtf S « i h H n h ® » t f i i * a - s i t 0