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tibe. - han.m The thankrs of everycitizen of %VibÊette is due the retirmg tuembers of the Village board, whose ternis of office will end on -the evenm fflO )gay 4. Tliey have been goÔ4d public Servants, faithful to the duies imposed ýupon themn, con- scienticus in thir efrorts. to do the things whichî they considercd best for the greatest number of their fet1ow citizens., That they voluntarily withdrew frosu furtber service is no. doubt due to a belief that they ýhad sacriflced.sufficieftt time to thet wor of thle village, and. that others qlhould assume a share of the burden. Mrs. Esther Dunshee Bower, George F. Iliff, Clinton B. Coch- ran, Nathaniel F. Webb and Michael J. Sporrer ..ay weusit ake pride in the quality of service rendeteid. Only Mr. Sporrer had- consented tô accept renoinfation, but after, receiv.ing it was compelked to withdraw because of removal to Washington, D. C. The. most one rous task of the present regime lias been the revising of the Village code, which bas been comPleted and Published under the. direction of Trustee Bower, chairman of the Judiciary comnmittee of the board. While al _; tho hnar . t1 eVillage President and AN URGENT NEED At frequeflt intervals events occur mwhich bring iorcibly to the fore tht need for an historical society upon which would devolve the duty of colecting and preserving the interesting data Of tht founding of tht village and tht more inter- esting personalities who had a. share in making thp rpA. ,z f thshn<vears. This naper has sev- tweeu n eftL.Thi pnit 1iLfl'was quit*---- however, when thé fact was established that thé same contractor was engaged on the two jobs, and that he.was using *4a.ndis award" labor, flot recognized by tht. union. The men were paid $1 an hour, for a flve-;day, forty-ýhour week. The union ýSCale Catis fr 1 for a six-hu a thirty-hour week. The high union 1scale is'putting the union- con- tractors in a. serlous situation, and making it dfcutfor them to secur e contracts. It also pro- vides a temptationi for those who belie ve that they can get away with it, to em Ploy -men who will accept, less, than the sPeicified, rate per hour. This Practice is. .flot so prevalent. at theépresent time, when spr ing work is in fuil s wing,, but when the rush is over men who want to work will be likely to "chisel"î on the scale in order ta retain eniploymtflt. In such circumstarlces history may repttitseii, eand the 'onditioni--oL , few years ago, when the union was practically wrec ke<J, May return. The union contractors are even now meeting v.ith an obstacle to the, securing of work in the high wages demanded by the union. Regardless cof propaganda to the contrary, the depression and its effects are stili with us. Many people whose homes were neglected during the hard years ha~ve only. partially recovered fioni financial losses, was outmoded years ago, and to attempt to en- force it will result in idleness of many men whio might otherwise be employed on a fair price basis. FOR CoopERAT!iON . .A mi Nationa for its ,spccial'ly for !shall be a 7i officiais. d iffet kinds of coa for heating, plants.: Said she: "Ye hey ter: hev coal that -will give Yer quick convulsion!," Probably right.i 0f'coursethis is office information, and. as such should probably flot be' ment ioned.. Howi-, ever, we know you won't sgay, a w,%ord about it. An argument dèevtloped amng the bighbÉows, (?) of the staff, as arguments fire- quently ,dQoover grammatical '- construction, s p e 11.1 n g,, etc. Týhis time it wvas about horse- back riding. A contributor had referred to the pastime as 'Ihorse riding," and a. ady de- - partment editor questiontd its correctriess. Tossing a quefy ini- to the air she received several replies, one. of which was in the form of another question, "H-ow would one ride a horse except upon his back?" To tlhat a demure miss, softly spoken and not given to unnecessary vords, nmade answer:. "Ohi," said she, "you'd be surpxrised. Did vou ever see Miss So-and-So ride a horse*-" Not reaches a point just back. of the., horse's ears. This causes the horse to raise his head in pro- test, when the lady bounces back a f ew. inches, finally reaching tht M'iddle of the horst again, whiere the saddle is 1ocated. But she do-esn't stop, there. As the horst continues to carry bis burden. the lady bounces further and further back of the saddle, finally rtaching the extremne rear boundary- of the horse, f rom which she slides, usually with a, ireat deal of grace, to the ground." Tht dernure men. t be Tut PMAmiom Rxpolt?* I to be: