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Spokane, Washington.
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Chicago $ 72.50 St. Louis .$70.00
New York $108.50 Buffalo $91.50
and many other eastern points.
On sale Sept. 15th and 25th. Going limit 15 days; final
return limit 29 days. Also October 17th, 18th and 19th; return
limit November 15th.
Liberal stopovers in I either direction. All ticket agents
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We will sell GOOD DRY SOUND 4 inch Flooring Rustic
Ceiling or Drop Siding at from 10 to IS dollars a thousand. Boards
one dollar less. Price depends on quantity wanted and distance
you are from our mill. Ask our man-to show you the stock.
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CLOVER LEAF DAIRY.
The Leading Dairy of Pullman.
Phone tanners {(MS.
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logical inspection by State College
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Oct .20
a. J. Dressier will set up his
merry-go-round here next week To
the boys and girls of Pullman and
vicinity under 1: years he will offer
the following prizes: To the boy
or Kir) bringing In the best two
apples a prize of ?3 will be given;
to the on.- bringing In the second
best, $2.00; to the one bringing the
two third best. J too worth of
tickets. The same prizes will be
offered to those bringing in the first.
second and third best potato-
LAWS GOVERNING
COMMISSION FORM
Extract* From State Law Concerning
Commission Form of Government,
Twenty-five For Cent of Voters
May Call for Flection.
A large majority of the voters do
not have a clear copception of the
commission form of government, and
therefore are not in a position to
form a conservative opinion as to
whether or not Pullman .would be
best served by such a government. In
order to enlighten our readers in re
gard to the workings of the commis
sion form of government. The Herald
publishes below extracts from the
state law, enacted by the legislature
of 1911, pertaining to the manner of
placing a city under a commission
form of government, elections, quali
fications of candidates, etc". Next
week further extracts from the law.
dealing with the powers of the mayor
and commissioners, the recall, etc.,
will be published:' V > ' '
Be it enacted by."the Legislature of
the State of Washington: ■.'■■.'
Section 1. That any city, now or
hereafter, having a population of two
thousand five hundred and loss than
twenty thousand, as shown by the
last state or federal census, or by any
special census taken by the city In
the manner prescribed in section
7485, Remington and BalUnger's
Annotated Codes and Statutes of
Washington,' may become organized
as a city under the provisions of this
act by proceeding as hereinafter pro
vided. \; \ • ■',' V;'
Sec. 2. Upon petition of electors
equal in number to twenty-five per
centum of the votes cast for all can
didates for mayor at the last pre
ceding city election of any such city,
the mayor shall by proclamation sub
mit the question of organizing as a
city under this act at a special elec
tion to be held at a time specified
therein, and within sixty days after
said petition is filed. If said plan.is
not. adopted at the special election
called, the question of adopting said
plan shall not be resubmitted to the
voters of said city for adoption within
two years thereafter.
Sec. 3. All regular elections un
der this act shall be held triennlally
on the first Monday In December, at
which time there shall be elected a
mayor and two commissioners, who
together, shall constitute and be
known as the "City Commission,"
and who shall serve for a term . of
three years and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified: Pro
vided, That the first election hereun
der shall be held within sixty days
after the adoption of the proposition
to organize under this act as provided
for herein: And provided further,
That tho commission elected at the
first election shall serve until the
third Monday in December following
such first election,and for three years
thereafter.
Sec. 4. All existing laws govern
ing cities of the second class or ap
plicable thereto, not Inconsistent with
the provisions of this act, shall apply
to and govern cities organized under
this act. All by-laws, ordinances and
resolutions lawfully passed and in
force in any such city under its for
mer organization shall remain in
force until altered or repealed under
the provisions of this act.
Sec. 5. If any vacancy occurs in
the city commission the remaining
members of said commission shall, by
appointment, fill such vacancy for the
unexpired term.
All of said officers shall be nomi
nated and elected at large. They
shall qualify-and their terms of office
shall begin on the second Monday
after their election. The terms of
office of the mayor or councilmen or
aldermen of such city under the for
mer organization shall terminate at
the beginning of the term of, office
of the city commission elected under
the provisions of this act, and the
terms of office of all other officers of
such city under such former organi
zation, except as hereinafter pro
vided, shall terminate as soon as the
commission shall by resolution de
clare.
Sec. 6. Each member of the city
commission shall, before qualifying,
give a good aud sufficient bond to the
city in a sum equivalent to five times
the amount of his annual salary, con
ditioned upon the faithful perform
ance of the duties of his office, which
said bond shall be approved by a
judge of the superior court of the
State of Washington for the county
In which said city is located and filed
with the clerk of said court. And
said commission may, by resolution,
require any of its appointees to give
bond to be fixed and approved by said
commission, and filed with the mayor.
Sec. 7. Candidates to be voted for
at the first and all regular municipal
elections, under the provisions of this
act, shall be a mayor and two com
missioners, who shall be nominate
at a primary election; and no other
names shall bo placed upon the gen
eral ballot except those selected ln
tho manner hereinafter prescribed.
Tho primary election for 'such nomi
nation shall be held on the second
Monday preceding the | municipal
election. The! officers of * election
appointed for the municipal; election
shall be the officers of the primary
election, which shall be* held 'at the
same-place, so far as'practicable,
and the polls shall be opened and
closed at the same hours as are re
quired for 5 the municipal election.
Any person desiring to become a
candidate for mayor or commission
er shall, not less than 13 nor more
than 25 days prior to said primary
election, file with the city clerk a
statement of such candidacy accom
panied with the filing fee required
by law. ' s
He shall at the same time file
therewith the petition of at least one
hundred qualified voters requesting
such candidacy. Each petition shall
be verified by one or more persons
M to the qualifications and residence,
with street number, of each of the
persons so signing the said petition.
Immediateuy upon the expiration
of the time for filing the statements
and petitions for candidates, the city
clerk shall cause to be published
over his signature for three succes
sive days in all the daily newspapers
published in the city, in proper form,
the names of the persons as they are
to appear on the primary ballot, and
if there be no daily newspapers, then
in two issues of any other newspaper
that may be published in said city.
The said clerk shall thereupon cause
the primary ballot to be printed.
Sec. 10. Each member of the city
commission shall have the right to
vote on all questions comipg before
the commission. Two members of
the commission shall constitute a
quorum, and the affirmative vote of
two members shall be necessary to
adopt any ■motion, resolution or ordi
nance, or pass any measure, unless
a greater number is provided for in
this act. Upon every vote, the yeas
and nays shall be called and re
corded, and every motion, resolution
or ordinance shall be reduced to
writing and read before the vote is
taken thereon. The mayor shall pre
side at all meetings of the commis
sion; he shall have no power to
veto any measure, but every reso
lution or ordinance passed by the
commission must be signed by the
mayor, or by two members of the
commission, and be filed and re
corded within five days after its
passage, and the same shall be in ef
fect from and after thirty days after
its passage, except as otherwise pro
vided.
Sec. 11. Cities organized under
the provisions of this act shall have
all the powers which cities of the
second class now have, or hereafter
may have conferred upon them; all
of which said powers shall Inhere
in and be exercised by the commis
sion provided for in this act. The
executive and administrative powers,
authority and duties in such cities
under commissions, shall be dis
tributed into and among three de
partments, as follows:
I. Department of public safety.
11. Department of finance and ac
counting.
111. Department of streets and
public improvements.
The commission shall determine
by ordinance the powers and duties
to be performed in each department;
shall prescribe "the powers and
duties of officers and employees; may
assign particular officers and em
ployees to one or more departments;
may require an officer or employee
to perform duties in two or more
departments; and may make such
other rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary or proper for
the efficient and economical conduct
of the business of the city.
Sec. 12. The mayor shall be
superintendent of the department of
public safety, and the commission
shall, at the first regular meeting
after election of its members, desig
nate by majority vote one commis
sioner to be superintendent of finance
and accounting; and one to be super
intendent .of the department of
streets and public improvements; but
such designation may* be changed
whenever It appears that the public
service would be benefited thereby.
The commission shall, at said first
meeting, or as soon as practicable
thereafter appoint by majority vote,
a city clerk, and such other officers
and assistants as shall be provided
for by ordinance: Provided, That
any officer or assistant, elected or ap
pointed by the commission, may be
removed from office at any time by
vote of a majority of the members of
the commission, except as otherwise
provided in this act: Provided fur
ther, That any member of the com
mission may perform the duties per
taining to any and all appointive of
fices in his department, but without
additional compensation therefor.
Sec. 13. The commission shall
have power from time to time to
create, fill and discontinue offices
and employments other than those
herein described, according to their
judgment of the needs of > the city;
and may, by majority vote of all the
members, remove any such officer or
employees, except ias otherwise pro
vided /for in this act; and may by
resolution, or otherwise, I prescribe,
limit or change the compensation of
such officers or employees.
Sec. 14. The commission shall
have and maintain an office at the
city hall, or such other place as the
city may provide, and their total com
pensation shall be as follows: In
cities having a population, of two
thousand five hundred (2,500) and
less than five thousand (5,000) the
annual salary of the mayor shall be
five hundred dollars ($500), and
that of each of the commissioners
two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
'Such salaries shall be payable in
equal monthly installments. •',-...
(Continued next week.) „ ,
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Made an Assignment.
Horton H. Hasl/dl last week
made an assignment of his stock of
clothing and gents' furnishing goods
to the Spokane Merchants' Associa
tion for the benefit. of his creditors.
Valuable Horses Burned.
The big barn of J. O. Cooper, five
miles south of here was destroyed by
fire Saturday night. The flames
were discovered by the boy of a
neighbor who was passing along the
road. He gave the alarm and Mr.
Cooper and his men rushed to the
barn but could save little. Corbln,
a beautiful bay stallion, well known
in this section, .and Stuntney, ; a
handsome brown Shire stallion, were
both burned to death as well as a
team of work horses. Mr. Cooper
valued the stallions at $5000 each
and places his loss at about $18,000,
with but partial insurance on the
barn and contents.
Big Crowd to Colfax.
Over a hundred residents of this
city went on the excursion to the
county fair at Colfax yesterday, each
wearing a Pullman badge. Ninety
seven tickets were sold at the 0.-W.
R. & X. station for the evening train
and many persons went in automo
biles and other conveyances.
Candidates for Governor,
Hugh C. Todd was In Pullman
this week greeting his many old
friends and incidentally setting up
fences in his campaign for the demo
cratic nomination for governor. Mr.
Todd says that he is in the race and
expects to receive a strong backing
In Seattle where he is now practic
ing law. His election to the office of
county clerk and later to the legis
lature prove that he is a good vote
getter. ]
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M.
E. church will serve a chicken din
ner in the church dining room Fri
day evening, October 20, from 5:30
on.
Christian Church, Sunday, Oct. __.
Sunday school, 9:50; Prof.
Isaacs, Supt.
Preaching 11:00 a. m.*, by the
pfistor. ,
Christian Endeavor, 6:30.
Preaching 7:30 p. m., by the pas
tor.
On Sunday morning the sermon
will be the third in the series of
morning sermons on "The Apostolic
Church." . . .
The evening sermon will be the
second of the series of evening ser
mons on "The Christ," the subject
for next Sunday evening being,
"Christ, the Citizen."
One week from Sunday night the
pastor will preach on "The Holy
City." There will be a discussion of
"Social Christianity or the Ultimate
Civilization." It Is the pastor's plan
to give, during the winter, one Sun
day evening to the consideration of
some social phase of Christianity.
The sermon for Sunday, the 29th, is
the first of these talks. The Novem
ber subject will probably be the agi
tation for world peace.
St. James Episcopal Church.
Rev. J. G. Robinson, Rector.
Sunday school and Bible class, 10
a. m.
Morning service, 11 a. m.
A cordial invitation to all.
The Degree of Honor was enter
tained Tuesday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Robt. Burns.
• D. S. Henry is seriously ill at
Colton, and M. D. Henry, of this city,
a son, is at his bedside. Mr. Henry
Is 79 years of age and for many years
resided in Pullman.
T. C. Eliott of Walla Walla was
in Pullman this week looking after
his business interests. '
Mrs. R. H. Vermllye spent several
days with friends in Colfax this
week;
I _ Mrs. C. H. Talmage entertained
the "Neighborly Neighbors" of Sun
nyslde hill yesterday afternoon.
ewartsvule
Chris Naffzlger made a busing
trip to Spokane and Wallace i
week. , lMt
Mr. and Mrs. V. L. Higgle '_%&
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Mr*
Davis. M> v
Mrs. James Hendry vsite( i th *
week with her parents, Mr .„^
Mrs. W. F. Paullus. ' D<J
Miss Wauda Hill of McMinnvlhV
Oregon, visited a few days this week
with her former school friend mi..
Belle Higgins. ' m n
Word has been received from
Great, Falls, Montana, that Fred
Young, formerly of this nelghbo^
hood, had had one of his legs brokef*
in four places in an automobile acci
dent. He is reported as recovering
and the leg was not removed .>
Miss Belle Higgins visited' a f ew^
days this week with Miss l rma l
Neffziger. > '- t ■- . 4$
The Ewartsville grange will g| v ,
a harvest dance at the hall on Pri
day evening, October 27. Every:
body invited. Tickets will be sold
Mrs. Angeline Hill, better known
to us as Grandma Hill, who formerly
lived in this neighborhood for many"
years, died last Friday at Green
lake, Seattle, of senile decay. She
had been an invalid for about »^
year. . „4^. *« ', „ ■ '.V?
Edgar,; Arthur and Will Browner
expect to leave this week for their
home in Missouri.
M. J. Murray's sale was well at
tended. ' ' .«'
Miss Irma Naffzlger was the
recipient of many gifts at a parcel
shower given her at the Duthie homes
in Pullman by Misses Rena Duthie
and Mary Chandler. • *|
James Paullus expects to leave
for his homestead at Plummet!
Idaho, about Saturday or Sunday. H
Many Ewartsvillers attended the
Colfax fair this week.
Claude Rucker started his hay!
baler this week.
Mrs. Emma Johns visited her sis
ter, Mrs. Rese, at Albion this week.*;
JOHNSON
Mrs. Fowler and daughter, Mis!
Beatrice, visited in Uniontown last
Sunday. , fi
Frank Willoughby and family
drove to Lewiston last Saturday,
returning Sunday.
C. N. Matheny took in the closing
day of the fair at Lewiston.
A small delegation of Johnson
people heard Gypsy Smith at Pull
man last Saturday. ' '%
Frank Willoughby has sold his
residence in this city to a newcomer
from Tennessee, Mr. MclnturfT.
- Alfred Nelson and family, a
brother of Joshua Nelson, has lately
arrived from Richmond, Mo. They
have come to this state hoping that
Mr. Nelson's health might be im
proved. ,%
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Will Sell Livestock and Farm Imple
ments. M
A. M. Hays & Son are advertising
a public sale of livestock, farm im
plements, etc., for Friday, October
27. The sale will be held at the
Hays farm, one mile north of Pull
man, and will begin at 10 a. m.
sharp. Among the livestock, offered
for sale will be about twenty good
horses, 'wo mules, twelve head.of
cattle, 35 hogs and three dozen
chickens. The implements, harness,
etc, will include one Studebaker
wagon and rack, one Mitchell wagon,
one hack, two plows, one harrow.
two buggies, four sets of harness and
a blacksmith outfit. :;
Free lunch and cigars will be o«
tap at noon, and Col. J. B. Hi*
will be the man behind the hammer
: Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Clarkson went
to Thornton the first of the *<#•
to make arrangements for the ere*;,]
tion of a building to accomniodi*
Mr. Clarkson's stock of general MM
chandise. The building will tit
erected by the Odd Fellows lodge"'
that place on the lots recently, V^y
chased by Mr. Clarkson. The entirt,
lower floor will be occupied by,Mr\j
Clarkson's stock, while thejseconf|
story will be used for lodge purport*
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J. J. Rouse is threatening to s*e
the 0.-W. R. & N train for being <»
time yesterday morning. Mr. B°j.
was desirous of taking the roorniM
train to Colfax to wear a Pulln)»
ribbon at the fair, but for some un
known reason the train broke, .
precedents and ambled into ullin * !
on schedule time. ConseauenW^
"Jimmie" missed connections ..«,'
was obliged to search the city M £sl
automobile that was headed toff| jfl
the county seat. J ' :-A*
G. F. Johnson left Tuesday tot h*
home at Mountain Home, '^j,^
after spending a few days in ' >-£
man on business. He moved ;
here two years ago and '?•
pleased with his new location. *
he and his sons have 720 .acre ,^,.
of which will be Irrigate*l ,D .
near future.