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It begins to look as if the ion: desired and much needed int-- fpsbvement of Ravine avenue is about to 'materalize. It is true 1here is some dissatisfaction over. the Mt. and it does ap-. }pear quite too expensive for the” ikind of improvement adopted The criticisms so far as we have heatd.‘ are not oniy as to the total amount but as to ineqnalities in spmading the assessment From out stand point we prefer notto enter into the discussion of the question of total amount or reta- tive distribution among the. diff min-Kind a: in. W outs-mi autumn-diam , ~ ~ efent owners holding propetty fronting on the avenue We pre. fer instead t6 allow, if desired, the columns of the Maw-Letter to- be used :1! discussion of the whole question so be it the discussion item-tied on in a judicial spirit internally we. should be very s_o"r-* :1 not to see the Avenue im- Want} at once in a substantial manner. and 10 THE LAKE FRONT We shank add that there should be no temptation to slight the 36!) nor on the other hand. to tempt graft or any other dishonesty boust’any franéhise rights ofthe city; that they are paying any re- venue for the priviledge of’ using public property: _ On a certain street comer not far from the center; of Hmhiand ,h‘rk many thousands 3! 39398 have béen spent in mprovenseuts But just at the an: angle a huge unsightly pole stands. Not duty is it an eye sure in itseif but it is _made {tiil more meetiOnable by being tried constaptiy as a "bill- board." We (in ”hot accuse the owner dinner: 9! purposely dis- figuring the streets,i or to furnish- in; an opportunity {or such disfig- uring. The poles were not there Jul! scam there was excuse‘ (0: it and wheughey were less oh-1 Some three years ago if we're- member correctly we Were told that arrangements were being made to have the unsightly wire bearing poles removed and all wires put under ground. We. have very patiently waited. So far we have discovered no signs of the promise being earricd out. Ghent changes have been ruade in the last haif dozen years in imâ€" proving the streets and generally beautifying the city. and it has been done at great cost. to the pmpem Owners. and now the tax payers have vbted a large sum of money to still further beautify {be city. Why then s'bouid these “may poles still disgrace our meets? We are not_ aware that any many or Companies have "5“- ?“ sew“??? 71 1in e 01 iliqa r- fie so We will 1333 anmer it limbs! 15y; 533i askiu'c another question Doe: not every tax 3333330: 33+; 7 3335 pmperty With at; eye to £313 real value: and 11033.net“: meal- V31u3 defiend hugely 390:: what: In rth’e center 6f 3 rapici‘ groj viflage or city.- H: m fliuse e9 seIl at a reasonable price, knowing it ivili continue to rise; He’ may ”I: sore to all the. dimer: of 3- admitting properties- I5' there no way to reach bun? If it can be 311an in court that» it i; ‘ armis- ante; {that is one we; I. ., But is A: mere any reaso'r'l why that lot shs‘uld 03! bchcavi-Iy: taxed, on the scare of the large: revenue it brjngs to the owner? But we_ do gantmpate the neccbsuy ’9: as- any unpleasant measures to se' me the premix fetid“) ofé'wha‘t- is pbjectioa'al t6 tfie puma. If it is underStood that 3-,genefai public do not want :11:ij W' wd haven’ t the lhfihkfi daubt,’ bufi the a'nswe‘t will cheerfully remove than. The same win hqld true of the electric poles- hum years ago when living in o e of the eastern states. we were dalwenng a lecture against the _Ii nor traffic when the thought e to as that there was a law In th t state requiring that every dr ggistg when he sold any poison- ous drug. should paste a label on the battle. box or package con- ta ning the poison, having on it the skull. crossbones and the word u’ti Is severy substance contaie‘lng al oho‘l in whatever form, or by whatever game it may be called. is :9 poison and is so declared by eqery reputable taxicologist; it attired _to_ us that consistency. let '2! c still strange reasons should .cdmpell the liquOr dealer to make udci'nlike manner of the small silzni to show that the goods he: 9w§s dealing out whether wind. Em, brandy. whiskey or even hrd cider was a. poison * - new What would be the datum e cc: on; we will say a moderate drinker every time he lifted a glass oi liqyor to his mouth he shouId ac statirig at him the skull eross‘ i u99es and in bold letters the word ‘Along' the same line we quote the {odour-in; from the April num- he: "of the Run-J pf CM«3:~ lfimgmdncm My: {affine chic: of aicohol. ahd- tl‘tc ncvaic‘qften agar: anexaccted :‘o‘n aad trammaxpect e quarter-a. Here. for ctmale: . - , {The Dam “gathered that the im- aerial ca gk'wflick in our the entrance oi every immanent arinhhop m Rm algal! be taken dean and in it: price: afakull aha" be puff up. Thiaiavcry 0 line it on all sides with bill ards and reap a rich actual and the same time mark;- his fist an mble and wank All 0,01" Ward hbfldhdmwny and bone a hummus mm towel“! W ohm! duet. ”aw to 5:“ move». on.» Theic‘was a glause in the imposing ar“hc_h\ryupchalty. for ‘lect to comply' with ‘thezstat- age of pmazgfipn. ‘ Newgocigg.‘ V was, n‘éflcombipifions of men and Vuyw. wv- ywâ€"v .â€" men and den of the school chafirén, are springing up every film 2 And now coma"“1‘5e a50tt flaunt" Mutation it start: Out with ”tron: heading on back- jug whmhever it may be: Damn? and Cfint'on R. Wood- ' ' are. amoag' the Vice Presi- ‘de'n't5. Huey stir! fiith the theory that the more elaborate and cam- piexing you have politics the tea- er theipeople who can afford the um and energv take p_art.- Much electieg. therefore, leads ‘tow'ard oligarch-vibe rule of the few. , '2 The simple: you make politics {the more easily and the more Vant-(fly will the whole people take part; Simplfleatibn. therefore. kids toivard the rule of the 3,? .myâ€"democmcy The long ballot is the politicans’ tuna. The short ballot is the people 3 ballot. ' Woodrow Wilson is President. ’and suqh: men as Bu 8 Lindsey. Wanton Churchill. Home E. .- Fi'0m this theory they formulate the following: “- “ - 3 . The -‘.'-Short Bailot' principle Irâ€" Firstâ€"that only those bfl‘ices sh0u1d be elccmte which are im- portant enough to' attrn'ct (and de- serve) public examination. ' . 3 Second-That very few offices should be filed by election at one: time. so far as to permit adequate3 and unconfined public examine-.3 tion of the candidates. 3 i Obedience to these fundamental principles explains the computa- 'n‘vc success of democratic gov- érn'ment in the cities of Gte'at Britain and cthet fatticp demo- cracies. as well a! in Galveston. .Des- Maine: and othtt American cities thatare governed by Com- missions} ' . .. The application of these prin- cipals should be extended to all cities. counties and States. Do'vm neat Rome. Georgia. a a very Interestinginsmutim About sqvenjye'ats 310., it We mistake not a Mist Betty had inherited a small tactzdf,}and; 1With that self-sea" rificidg spirit sb‘often born of wo- men, ghe conceived the‘idea' of using this tract of land for a prac- ticnlbchool where the poor and unedueated mountaiu boys could get it feast a- mode“ education‘ and at the same time mm firming‘ and the mechanical art! to some practical extent. Through Miss; Berry 3 earnest; murageous and indefatiggble em me Moo! I!!! grown nod am and far out- grown at} its emit; conditions. today those young men who at him: we’ré flown“: up ‘without knowlédgc, yithoug ability. with- out ambition an: now being mould ed into selfauppomng and intel- iliguent citizen's. ‘ ‘ - It costs to support a young man iii this institution about 8100 00 a ycar. The yam: men me te- 'quired to also “one lid! of it and the rest Mis’Bény m by solic- we acme an"! mat. b“ wound What-within” “Why," at“. I _- vvt _ “umâ€"m" ‘ ‘ a» can. "at can; W n M ’ 1! Wk m up.“ - Thin reminds III f a 1‘er Eug- indet‘s tepon of be wonderful fertility 9! Illinois ‘ lone six- ty ycm aim. Ho tuned m and ”no substance his ex- peri'encc midtown - “I went out one morning into little patch 0! a fault noise pod and put my car down t0l stoned and I could distinctly hr“ the little potatoes quamliu and the big one: swearing ati them to It? still and stop crowding. On an- other ocean“ I saw a squash seed suddenly I up and the vine chased adtq of big: lover 3mm, IIIile. They .n and squeal: 5.1 “strolled along: edu- if theold pay was met them- Unluckily bone little. pk fe’II down and could not be found. The next fall when' the cm w» being gathered the pix was found inside the equal: vine. - ' HIGH PRAISE FOR HIGH- WOOD. PROGRAM Qfim’noa DAY WOOD. : his ex- --”I went out little patch '0! fly um and noun-unfit“. It. 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