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HOPE
THE SECOND HAND MAN
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
BOUGHT AND SOLD.
The Story of the Short Ballot Cities
A Scries of Articles on the New Commission Form of
Municipal Government
By RICHARD S. CHILDS
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The Success of the Commission Plan
Jend JYJachine hop
All Khtds of Saw Mill and Farming
R-E-P-A-I-R-S
We Carry a Large Stock of
Auto Repairs and Supplies
Wall St., next to Opera House
If you care for the BEST GOODS
at the BEST PRICES
trade with
H. J. Eggleston
Manufacturer of Harness anil Saddles
Dealer in Wagons, Buggies, Farm Implements
Hay and Grain for sale.
LUMBER
OF ALL KINDS
Irrigating Lath and House Lath
A Specialty
The Umber we cut from U the best in thecoun
try, mill Ah mile southeast of Bend.
Pine Forest Lumber Com'y
BEND, OREGON
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Bargain Period
November 8 to December 20, 1911
THE BEND BULLETIN
and
PORTLAND DAILY TELEGRAM
Entire Year of 1912
Rest of 1911 Free.
Regular Rates $6.50 for Both Papers.
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IT Is m istsy imiiior ti proo ron
ludoly ll .lit In tru silonttlh
flllllOII llmt iim oil) Is hotter gov
erned than illiol her Nevertheless,
despite tlio difficulty of making runt
pnrlsotis, there Is iut lilutc more cortnln
tliuii tlu fiict Unit. whether tlio com
mission form of i:ot vriittu'iit Is (lip Ideal
form or not. It Is lienor itinn ilio form
of government which preceded It In the
various cities.
The I it ill lint of cities which now
hnvo tlio commission form of govern
ment numbers sixty-right. .Mnny oth
era hove oted In favor u It nml nn
uniting for legislative notion Of those
sixty-eight, however, many nro of very
mm 11 slio. Some of them. In fnct. nr
more Hinges nml do not present tlio
problems ttuit a oil does. Adopting
".".(HM iw n mlnlmiim iHipuliuioti for u
Into city, the list run ns follows:
Massachusetts UUiticodtcr, Haver
hill. Tennessee Memphis.
lown - lliirllugtoti. Cedar Itnplds.
Des Moines, sioiu City,
Kansas l.cmouworih, Wichita. To
peka Mlssnurl-Sl. Joseph.
Toxns-Atistln. Dalits. Port Worth.
Galveston. Houitun. Waco.
Of those M'U'iitocn cities nine have
hnd the plnn In iu'IiihI operation so
short n tlino-n ytr or loss-Unit no
curat" couiHirson of the results of
the new regime no cominircd with the
olil Is not jet possible All rellMhlu
testimony regarding the commlsUu
plnn must therefore bo Iwscd on the
remaining eight cities
llrlef ns the trl.il litis been, the evb
tletiee nevertheless Is stitrtllng In
every one of these cities thorn had
Urn waste. Home lorruptlnn and
murli Inottlcleney. In nil of them iwr
t) machines Imil been In coiuptoto con
trol nml hail Iteoti maintained In run
Hint; unler Ht t;n public expense
through Hilltlcnl favoritism In the
making of appointments How timeti
the pines" cost the cities wns reveal
oil when the govcrnim-nt tassed Into
the hands of men who. having obtain
ed ntlloc without the help of the
"gaugs." coulil afford t Ignore them
(inhesion's cxricucv bus already
bts-u iliwerllxsl.
(llolicester CommUshiu plan In ef
fect ltKKt. The tlmt jewr" reurt
ahowisl nil bills plil hihI h risliicilun
In the city itebt of fIS.CU). It l
clnliuisl tlmt the roflils iuu I roots
hne U'on liettvr kepi Ht Jiloiii less
nnmml exMuse. The city bookkeeping
hns Ix-cn roforuuil. ami the iiiuiiiiIm
ulniicrs pulut to :i risliictlon In the ex-
pome of curing for public property.
It U mill too early to iIoiiihiiiI much In
the wuy of tniiKlble results
Ilincrhltl-l'ommlsslon plnn In efrrrt
In 1WH1 The tlrst jettr'a remrt tin
dor the new plan allow oil n khvIiii; of
tU'.U) In runtilng oi'iisi-h when
the commission took hold the IIiihiiiIhI
Ntittus of the city was tory Imd It
had rcHclu-d both Its debt limit mid
tnx rate limit nml was steadily fall
IriK behind In Its mj inoni. App.-nls
were Ix-lne made to the k-Klslnture for
an extension of the ihi rate limit, but
(Ida extension has now Ix-como uiiiiih'
! essnry. In addition the city lm rolisl
no license, the revenue from the sn
! loons belnc no Ioukit needed The
romuilsslon has Ik-oii tlghtliiK a hlK
I battle ncnlnst the pis und elex'trle
I llcht inonoix)lleN to obtiiln lower rules
i for the city urn) for prhnte onsunient,
1 and hns ohtulncd from the people pur
I nilMlon to resort to mtinlclpni owner
j'shlp If noteHary There wus tierce
political opposition to the comtnlshlon
i nt the expiration of Its first term, hut
I It wna re-elected I'arty llnea In lluv
I erhlll, which wua formerly a lie public
an city, hare Ix-en completely broken
The communion conalsta of two Dem
ocrats, two Ilepubllcuns and a Ho
clalUt. Cedar Ilnplds, In. Commission plan
In effect In 1103. The commlxlou hua
reduced the tax rate and the debt,
while maklntr certain blK Improve
ments, audi na the acquirement of a
big Island Ui the river, out of current
rxpenaes Instead of bond Issues The
Island la for munlclpul tmlldliiKs In a
handsome park aettlne. In accordance
with a "city beautiful" plan devised
by an export, The police and (Ire
department forces hove been enlarged
despite the reduced lax rate.
Den Molnea, In. Commission plan In
effect In 1007. In Hh first yeur the
4om'mUslon saved 118-ts'Xj In ninnlnn
Vxpensca, oa compared with the pre
ious yeur under the old government.
3t made better bargains fdr the city Ih
lecrlc llfcht charcs. obtained Inter
rut on city dcosiH for the tint time,
cleaned vtreeta and alleys better, (the
alleya had formerly not been cleaned at ,
all) and wiped out the "red light dls
trlct." the effect of which hns since
been ahown In reduced crime. A ays
.tern of periodical linen which were
practically licenses levied In this dls
trlct formerly brought In u huge your
ly revenue and the financial results
above noted were obtained despite the
ceasing of this Illegal Income-
Leavenworth, Kan, - Commission
plan In effect In 1IXJM- The commission
tag reduced the bonded Indebtedness
by $112,0f0, while the tux rule hua rev
jqalned stationary. Kansas U a prohb
bltldti iitate, but Leavenworth had at-
wnys dolled the Inw nud nllnwisl the
I Slllootls to ovist, NllbJlS't to porliHllcnl
i tluos whli b brought In $SO,(hvi n jour
I The couiliilsslou closed the saloons nnd
' tllsposisl of this lllegnl reelilln with
out disturbing the tnx rnte. Uer J'.'ihi,-
(Xsj wns sient In special Improveliieiits
DAMES AND DAUGHTERS.
MIs mien n 0. IHplrjr tmN bc-n r
eltvlfil iisslsliint auperlnieiHliMit of the
Ilosloii public schools,
Miss llheii MrCormlrk nnd Mrs. I!vn
Wilder liitxi' been nppolnleil HHH'elnrs
In Ihe bureau of weights nml mciismes
In New York.
Mrs. Unity, wife of nu American
btiiln speclullst prnetiolug in .Inpiin.
hns unilcrtiiUen ii tilp hi Ihe wilds of
Afrlni wlljtmit n while est ml. Wie
likes iiihoiiliiro.
Mrs Annie ,1 Ciltinoll h been se
lls tnl to hiineed Mrs Wtilicluilmt
t'h'tnluu ns the hend of tin iiseaich
bureiill of llnrwinl lllilversliy Tlnee
)ents ngn, while nsslsilug Mrs. I'loin
lug. Mrs. Cannon dlseownsl ilirce new
NllllS.
j Miss (ihodscn Khittmum t- alil to
i be the llrst I'erslnn woruiii to come
, to this country to bo oiluoniod I'ntll
she left her nntlve hoine n few weeks
iSFSft1rfpP'3gtag'Tsti.
Palace
Restaurant
Rooms for Rent
Confectionery, I'nill
I'lcnlc Suppllc.H, ClKrn
J. 1:, Taggarl & Co.
tin tlrnt yx iih nciiliMt nil nwruco of
... " , , . '" i Pill' irii imt mum iiuiur n n Tn-
4iW In preUous yeur In the llrst I , n, , , tll..,tlX f
tlio I'ershin-Ainrrlcnii Kducniiomil ho
cloty no man had err w lirr fnce.
Miss Khnnoum will cuter the Unheo
ally of Chlciigo this full.
two years under the new system six
miles of street were pitted ns ngnlnst
twelve miles In the preceding twenty
five j ears
Dallas, Tex. Commission plnn In ef
fect 11H)7. In Its llrst two years the
ciimmlsslott wiped out n deficiency of
f'-'OO.OOO mid established it credit tml
mice. At tlio expiration of the llrst
term of the commission, n petition sign
ed by :i.7ts wtten was clreiltnlnl miild
mnch eiiihiisbism nskliig the comuils
sinners nil to run for re-olis-tlou The
chnuiber of commerce mUertlses Ihe
eommlsslou goernmeu( ns n desirable
fentnre of tlio city to attract new In
diistrles
Houston, Tex Commission plnn In
effivt III HKi,"i The commission nslili"
cd the tut rate in per cent mid estnb
llsheil ii policy of so regulating exs'ii
ill tit res ns to further ri'duce tin rule 10
Hr cent tsich )ear. until the tnx W
couus one half what It wus under Ihe
old government A (touting debt of
fUHi.UH) wns pnld off nml In llK the
cush on linnd wns J:,ih The city
hits Isiught n wnlerworks nnd miiilo
enormous pitting nildltlnns twhleh are
not assessed on proert In Houston!
bus HClllrcd new sirks and deepetiisl
the ship channel Instistd of languishing
III the hov of n foiloral siitislily The
price of gas bus been forced down from
Sl.ft) to Jt I." per thonsiiiiil In aiher
tlslng herself to nttmct new Industries,
Houston states "her city hall Is n blisl
nesx house, she tins no wards, no wnrd ,
Istlltli'lans Hint no graft "
More remnrknlile than the fact Hint ,
oery one of these cltlis tins bettered
Its lltmnclHl condltloii-tbe surest
proof of eillclency-ts the fuel that In
none of the whole sixty eight hits thorn
yet iM-en rcMrtcd n single serious nl I
legation of graft. Any Instance of
graft, whether proved or merely nl
legisl, would have been seized Umiu
triumphantly by the enemies of this
t)p f goterntiietit nnd mngiillbsl nnd
exploited to the utmost, bill thus fnr
the objections hnio perforce Ix-eu
mainly thcorcilcnl.
A t)pe of these theoretical objoe
tlous has hei n the fristieut stntement
that the commission plan Is "un Amor
Icnu." Ves. thank Heaven" A city
government In which graft Is not eten
usptcd Is decidedly un Amerlenti
It looks like the splendidly ndmlnls
lered cities of Klirope The sisiuer we
can Atiierlcnnlxo this un Amorlrmi
thing the bolter!
The phenomenon flf the comiutssliiii
plnn of goiertiineiit which glios the
most sntlsfaeiliiu to ninny pi-nplo is
ihe complete dlsflpperancu from In
tlttetice of the lyplcnl ward polllloUn
The whole Held of "xnnilt Hilltles'
seems to bate disappeared In (Jul
lesion, for example, the nomination,
which nre recognized ns eutunalliig
from the totltlcliius who formerly con
trolled the town, gel only kl) r cent
of the voles In nil the cities It Is
claimed Hint Ihe city service hns been
put on n nonpartisan basis, with n
grent Incrense In efficiency Certain It '
Is that uuder the commission plnn. !
'tilidldules hnve reiH-nlcdly Iteen elect I
ed without the help of isjlltlcnl inn
chinos, while the voters are casting
their bnllots without relying ukhi tlio
guidance of the mnchlnea either.
L'niler tie typical old style city gov
ernment with lis multiplicity of pet
ty ehs-llve olllces, clntturnto political
machines nre ticcenry. The govern
ment cannot (to on without them
They hare supplied n renl deficiency
In our governmental plan, tilling n gap
between the (tcople and their public
iicrvanta which hnd to lie filled some
how We hnve no right to curse the
politicians, for they hnvo been highly
useful to us Itnthcr wo should pity
them! The politician tins one of the J
hardest Jobs In the world. In return )
for hi serrlre In applying the ticcrs- i
vary cobtstton to our ramshackle gor-1
ernment nnd keeping our Impractical
form of democracy from collapsing at
together, we have forced him to make
n ratch-aa-cntch-cau living, giving him
small, Insecure others In the govern
ment, nud bouncing him without cere
mony or Justice wllh every change of
administration, We have put him In
n position where he could acquire '
wealth by having tin easy conscience
nil coulil mm nothing but defent mid I
discourtesy If be were honest. Con
sidering the power he has had to do
evil without gelling caught at It, It
Is astonishing thai he baa served us
no worse.
fJoodby, old friend! You hnve cop.
trlhutisl to our Amir lean life a unhiue
type, tinknowu elsewhere In tlio world
-genial, plclurif iite, human mid use-fill-but
the people nre beginning to
learn how to do without you, und In
days to come, they will arrange their
business directly with the candidates
without your friendly Intermediation!
The sqund short ballot theory upon
which the auccess of tlio commission
liiibased,,lri opwison to certain of our
pet (Ktiiiicoi sunersiuions, win or aeun
with Ui the next ouper.
I Fly Catches.
I Pitcher Lew Ultchle. the former
1 Qllnkcr. Is pitching the best ball of his
1 career this hciisou for the Cul,
rilcher Cnldwell of the llighlMiiilers
tins nil the isirmnrks of beleg h gissl
pitcher, nml, besides Ills nblbiy In this
, respect, he Is n good hlltn and nil
round tstll phijcr.
i lliwtoii fans nre satlstlcd U,.it I'resl
dent llussell has nicked UP two renl
Will plajor In Oiitllebler Jwkoii mid i
lllllebler McDolinld lllld )0llng fellows !
who will come nlotig even fhter mi i
other ystr
i Jih Agler. the tlrst tseinu Niught I
from Newark by the Cut- t not I
twenty jtsirs old lie bus absorbed
nil the big lengue ndxlce llmt Joe Me
Jluiiltr could ghentul Is going to tin
prove boenliso ln Is wllllni. to learn
more.
Ths Fir Houss Plot
The famous u.ve House plot t assns
sliiate the CiikIIsIi king In i'-vi mis
carried from the merest acrid, m 'the
house In wlib It Charles II s stii)
lug hitppetiliig to catell tire lie was
obllgisl i bstie for New mark, i a little
' sooner than he had Intended
HIGH CLASS
BUILDING
OF AM. KINDS.
llNtltiintcs I'urnlslicU
tin Inrgo nr Hitinll
I'liittiat'lH, fur cur
Mntrinir itlom.
or Inehiillii"; arch
itecture, plumlt
Imk. iHilntlnK, etc
J.W.Dimick
New
PALACE
MARKET
Charles lto)d, Crop.
MEATS
Vegetables, etc.
00 YGAHB
CXPCIHENCE
Dril.
Ilnsiil Is said to Iihvp liern tlrst in
tnslured by Cl.ltlK Noiing. wt taught
Chinamen the art of nuking it about
they Mr MH II a
DsrUy.
Ilnrley Is the most widely n.ltlvntcd
of nil cvrisils.
llSEIE
Tnsoc Mna
Dinant
CorvmaMTa Ac.
Was Candlts.
When wax I'HtidhM Ins nine .' olornl
through keeping lhe iim Ih- restored
by being nibbed oer with clean
tlHIlllel idlghtly dlptsl In i .rlts of
wlno
An. r.-i1! .kl-hst tdr"rt! .
.i, ti t frl'
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I'.I.Ml. I.t.'l 11,1 U.ll U' A I. Ilf
r utttMut. " "it .!''. In lb
SciciUific American.
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if muf ( Hi )V irtit.
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MUNN&Co'0,0'",""NewYork
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O'DONNELL BROTHERS
UNION MARKET
A Bargain in
Lumber!
OUH FIHST ANNUAL CLKAHANCE SALE
For thirty tluys wc will .sell our rouh
luinbur nt $10 per tliousiind. Wc have
contracted to move a million feet of tim-
lier by Nov. 1st ami must luivo nsiin. Nut tlio milv
luinbor yiitil just tv llrst class place to obtain u bill
of lumber. Our motto holds gissl: "A little better
lutnlMir for u little less money."
BEND LUMBER CO.
Star Restaurant
Watch for our
ANNOUNCEMENT
next week.
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MRS. NELLIE WRIGHT
BOND STREET, BEND, OREGON
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