The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 19

i wa UNOAY fcOHNINQ, MrfUAKYW, nil. THE FORT WAYNE iOURNAL QAZETTL, 19 The Fort Wayne Com Form of Gov ernment For Cities An Address Delivered by Mr. T. F. Thleme Before the Textile Industrial Club of the Knitting Mills on February 20th, 1 9 1.

Yayne I Fe Th movement spreading over tnls country which Is attracting as much attention as any other, end which will completely revolutionise tbe present ayatem under which the affair of clt'ea ar managed, li called "corn mlMlon form of government, and signifies a government br commie slonera. If originated eleven year ago In Galveston, Teitta, aa an emergency measure to rehabilitate tha city after tha great flood disaster of tha year XI00 when it was apparent that tha old volltlcal system waa wholly tnade Cjuata to meet tha oondlttona created tha flood. A oommlealon of five leading cltliene assumed entire control of tha cltyB affairs undtr a apa elal charter granted by the legislature The experiment uroved moat atlsfae tory and demonstrated to tha people for the first time that cities, attar all, are associations organised largely for business "purposes, and that tha old poMtfceJ and ward system Is out of data and not at all responsive to tha requirements of tha modern city Tha Oalreaton plan waa adopted ln the main by other cities of tha state of Tea, and with great success. Kven tually tha Idea waa taken up by the Commercial Club, of Dee Moines, Iowa, an exhaustive study of tha subject waa made, and by taking advantage of the experience of tha Texas cities. Dee Molnee furthet Improved upon the Texas charters by changes and additions, and succeeded In having a new charter passed by tha Iowa legislature, which wef adopted by tha oltl kens of Dea; Moines and made affect lve In that city Although since that time other cities have adopted the commission form of government with many modlflcatlone, yet today the Deo Molnee chaster la tha best known and the most comprehensive of them ail At the present time there are over 100 cltle In the United States tpertlng under this form of government, and from the fact that additional states already have, and others are expecting to put commission form atatutea upon their booka.

It la aafe to predict that within a abort time a majority th cltlea In this country will be gdverned under soma form of commission government. Why a change of system In our mu nklnal affalra la advisable and neoes aary la. fully described la tnr nrevloui artloleaf upon this subject, entitled "Municipal Sidelights and The Origin of the Bi partisan System," to which I only refer now because It will not be possible to go Into that phase of the aubleet In this address However. I will point out the five objectionable feature that exist in our present ays tern FirstFlection of officials by a par tlMn vote. Second Election of Councilman from Third Section of officials regard less of qualification for their respective offices.

Fourth The short tenure of office. Fifth Inability of tha people to re move objectionable officials, and their Inability to exercise direct control over jtBDiia grams ana jrsncnisea. Br what means and In what ner tlese Ave objectionable features of our present system can be auoceaa fully overcome by tha Fort Wayne commission, form." a purely business formf and to what extent the Dea Motns system baa overcome them, will be the subject of thla address The first steo necessary for a city to take In changing lta present system la to lncmce tne state legislature to puf upon the statutes tha aesirea Thar by a majority vote of Ha people, adopt auoh a charter When tha legislature faae paaaed auch a charter, with an enabling act, it doea not la any way affect the existing system of any city In the state aa It does not make It compulsory fc tham to change their system and adopt tne new onarter; therefore, it plaeeo no burden or obligation upon any city unless ma lorlty of Its cltlsens desire to adopt ltc and, on the other hand, no one city la gven an advantage, aa all cltlea have tha opportunity to adopt The procedure necessary for a city to adopt auch a aharter require a petl tlonr signed by 3ft per cent, of tha voters, asking for an election, and If a majority of votes at tha election are oast In favor of tha adoption of tha commission form tha city will, under business plan" proceed to tha. who la a Qualified voter and has resided in the cltr three years, can an nounce hlmseu aa a candidate for rector A list of auch candldataa w)ll be printed In alphabetical order on a primary ballot, and a primary election will be held at whloh each voter la en titled to vote for fifteen directors. The thirty highest candldataa will be tha nominees at a resrular election weeks later, at whloh the fifteen receiving tha hlgheat number of votes are chosen the board of directors No political or other party designation can be printed, on tha ballots, and all candidates must stand for tha city at large.

The salary of the members la fixed at $300 a year. In order to bar candidates who seek the office for the pay, and to Induce a classr eltl aeng to eerve whoae aim and ambition wilt be to give the people an economical and efficient administration, da signed for the whole city and regard lesa of persons or party lntereata rh ar elected for four reara At the first election eight will be alected for two years ana hi gwmm and thereafter, at every bi annual election eight and seven respectively, thereby always having "hold over men with experience. Tha dutlea of the board of directors are of a nature that will not hinder aay man from serving be ha mechanic bualnesa or profea alonal maa. an active or retired man. It la not work that la required, so much aa Judgment, honesty Impartial lty and a desire to eerve the city Tha dutlea are SrjtW A anointment of a mayor and head? of feur departments who am.

poea th board of administration). Second Appointment of three civil service commissioners. Third Appointment of two. election commissioners Fourth Appointment of three achool trustees. Fifth They can force; tha commis sioners to make the tax levy acceptable to two thirds bf lta members.

fllxth Bv a two thirds vote they but If auch an ord inane la not ae i ceptabla to the People they (the no pie) can apply the referendum vote, aa In tha Dea Molnea charter Seventh The board of directors Tan recall the mayor or any or all of the commisaionara for cause of a i thirds vote. Elahth They receive tha statement of tha auditor and hear regular re porta of orooeadlnga and accomrmen menta of the board of administration. These are about all the dutlea of the board of directors. The entire control and management of the city govern men rests In tha mayor and four commissioners 'who appoint all off! eta Is and employes under the civil aervtee rules. Tha board of directors cannot appoint a commissioner from their own ranks.

For the purpose of enabling tha peo pie to exercise complete control over the board of dtrectora they can use tha recall on one or all of the board. If SI per cent of tha voters will sign a petition which must contain a general statement of the grounds for removal, on ahich an election la held, and new ctmdldatea for the positions to be vacated are elected. The referendum anablea tha neonle to ratify by a vo any ordinance paaaed by the directors, provided again that a petition tof It per cent, of the iters cans ior it. Under the Initiative, the Deonie can. by popular vote, force the board of dtrectora to take action upon any measure, provided SB per cent, of the aSBsKi BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBa bbbbbbbbbVFbbbbbbbbbbbbbT 'BBBBBBBBBBt VbjBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBY THEODORE F.

THIBMtV city produce and sells water under a I make a mistake and select monopoly i wherever this is not donel jectlonable men on the hoard in order by tha city It la mr a. waterworks cor I to do harm there must be right each vlded Into Ave departments, vis First Department or public Affairs. SecondDepartment of accounts and finances Third Department of public safety Fourth Department of etreete and public Improvements. Fifth Department of parka and publlo property Th mayor haa charge of the de partment of public affalra, and ch of the other departments are put in charge of a commissioner and these five officials constitute tha board of administration, which manages the af falra of the cltr The salaries fixed for these officiate range from IS 000 to 16 000 for mayor, and 91 fcOu to 14.000 clalon of the board of dtrectora Tha civil service commissioners ax? amine and pass upon all applicants ror positions' in tne various Depart All meetlnfs are open to the public Monthly reports, giving receipts and expenses, and a summary of the proceedings of the board of administra tion are submitted to the board of direct ore. which are then minted ii pamphlet form for general distribution.

Thei the bualneea form and'ii differs from the Dee Moinea plan In these particu lar features Under the Dea Molaea plan there Js no board of directors. the entire control and management of tne city 1b placed in the hands of a mayor and four commissioners who are elected by popular vote, and a re call of one or all of the members of the commission can be bad while in the business form the recall applies to tha board of directors la other re spects the business plan la a copy of me Homes nian The faults of tha Dea Moines ayatem are due to ignoring tha essential dltlona that make for efficiency, otny and Interpretation of the will and hopea of tha people In the administration of tha city a affalra by electing the mayor and commissioners in stead of selecting them. These five positions are responsible ones, having tun control over ail affalra ol tha city therefore requiring experienced, and trained men each one especially se lectad for the work of hla department. Tne people are restricted in their choice to the candidate themselves, who naturally men seeking tha offices Out of the masB of candidates, running aa high aa 100 and over, tha people are auppoaed Co select the five best men. but how la thla possible when we consider that in th selection each voter will be In Ouenoed by many conditions, aa for Instance acquaintance, friendship, nationality, religion, occupation, pollttca.

etcT It Is safe to aseume that th pri mary election wnicn ooua aown tn jug candldataa to ten men can discard all good menand leave tha poorest material for final election, and would It not be likely that the best known or advertised man would receive the moat votea, because when people acan the ballot they will vote for names, that ar familiar to them no matter how much publicity waa obtained? Votera aa a rule are good natured anyway, and when they see BUT Joneap nam they vote for him, juat to give BUI a chance. The reaaon for this la that with our present ayatem, under' which have all been trained. It make little difference who gets the Job It la hit miss, at beetand whU you and I and everybody else know cannot remedy it. But these ar all minor considerations alongside cf the fact that qualifications cannot enter Into ur decision for choice of candidates, because we, th people, cannot select any one man except tha mayor for any one of the four moat responsible Aoes Tha four men put of the hundred who by chance, lock pr ood advertising receive the majority of votea, alt down around a table, and apportion tha four offices among themselves. If these four men should happen to be four ahoemakera, four lawyara or four mechanics, one must assume chars.

of tha department of which Includee the aaaeaor, auditor comptroller city clerk, eta. Another put himself at the head of the department of publlo aafaty, which tnclydee the nolle and Ar de par tmente, A third at th head of th department of streets and public Improvements and the fourth one will look a'1" Prks and publlo property Her, then, tha Dee Molnea plat fans down badly by trying to do the Impossible under a ayatem which forces five men without oualt flea Ions or fitness to assume chargeuf five Intricate, responsible departmenta Nolhuig can be morVabeurd. unleaa It la our present system of electing official. Along these lines I will quote from a letter received from the president of on of th large universities "It seems remarkable that a people possessing otherwise auch keen bual, ness aenae submit with ao muoh Indifference to the waeteful and tnoom potent conditions prevailing lutQur city governments. It all rests upon a sys tem which permits th domination of pontics, way were enouia con stantly recurring upheavals In the government In our cities in rorder to satisfy th ambition of aelf keeking politicians is In itself a Question fleeting upon tha Intelligence of the Amerlaan iteoDle.

"Why should there hot be In vry municipality classification of Its officers and servants Into executive and operating department! bars of th latter being appointed tot Indefinite periods contingent upon competency and good behavior; and to consist of a trained, expert man. Under such a system It would be possible to secure the services of competent men to manage puouo utilities ana institutions, but under present condi tions competent men shun such ap pointments or such responsibility partly because or tneir exposure to abuse criticism and political attack, and partly because of tha uncertain tenure of such positions." But there are vet other faults, as a large western city has experienced, and I quote from a letter received from one of tha representative that city who aerved aa president of tha commute that framed the char ter i have been Operating under the new form of government about nine month. However, I will aay that Aha result of tha officials elected to carry out tha new commission plan of government haa thua far been extremely unsatisfactory but we do not attribute tt In any degree to the fault of the form of government or the charter Of the four commissioners and the mayor elected, not one of them waa favorable to thla form ot government, but were trained and old tlm politicians, whose capabiiitlea were vote getting inateaa of ability to administer our city affalra; They got th votea necessary for their election but are wholly and absolutely unqualified and unfit to con duct the affalra of the city government IsTfact. I doubt very much If any ordinary business Institution would be willing to pay them ordinary clerk hire for their services along the lines of managing affalra. "It la ttoo earlv to predict tha ad vantagee or disadvantages of tha charter at thla time.

There la now a petition out for the recall of the mayor, and lntlmattona are that there will be for nearly all th comrala Lt uS consider tha short tenure of office. UnCcr an elective ayatem officials ar usually replaced at regular lections every two or four and that la another serious objection. It must be apparent to every one that, whether expert or not, a man becomes mora valuable and efficient In hla Una of work after a year or two and should be retained ao long aa he renders good service On account of this short tenure, of office, good men aeek employment In bualnesa and manufactur ing establishments, where they have permanent employment. It la only by cbanoa, and then rarely, that an expert or well qualified man la elected tff office under th present ayatem. Under the business system th five officials who manage the city are appointed and remain In office ao lonsj aa they doj satisfactory service, conse quently we get long tenure of afftoa.

which WUl attract tha very beat men to these positions. The chronlo office seeker, or the man without a lob naturally will find alt aorta of objeo tlona to thla bualnesa plan 'because there la no opportunity for them under fta operations There will be many poratlon, consequently business Th olty rune a market house, collects licenses and rents, collects garbage, cleans streets all business transar tlona, again bualneea The city lays mrka. Imprvee lta property. bultdo brldgea and viaducts all busl ness. The city runs a police, health and fife department, to protect He cltf id tneir property, wnicn la again bualnesa Everything tha flty does Is business, nothing hut business excepting enforcement of the laws which la dona bv col lev now.

but Influenced by nrl veto lntereata la It not true? There fore! If all the functions or our gov eminent ar buelnesa or controlled In the Interest of bualnesa It la apparent i ahould adopt pusineaa principle, Id put our city under a business sys tem. First of all wa must appoint or select our ofQclala and create a condition where tha office seeks the man To do that we must copy the one and only one method adopted the world ever hv nraanlsatlomi composed of many Individuals. It la the method adopted by manufacturing and business corporations, by social and fraternal churrhea Insur ance societies, political parties labor rganisaiiona, cnaruaDie organisations. hospitals, Improvement and city beau tlful" orcanlsatlona. banks, trust com pan lea and aavlnga banks.

These and many other associations of mm and have adopted the one aim pie effective, responsive system ot dele gating the eupervisiorw management and control of lta affairs to a email body of Its members called by various names according to thai nature of the organisation Th various titles aa algned to auch condensed bodies are Board of dlrectore. board of trustees, board af controt board of kdmlnlstra ore, board of coancllora, committee, etc men or a majority, whloh la hardly possible but If It doe happen the people nave th power to recall one fr all of the board, mhlcji la certainly la Sufficient aafeguard By reference to th five nblectlon able reaturea la our present bi partisanpartisan ayatem of city management, we find the following results obtained under tha bunlneee form and tha Dee Molnea plan respectively 1st Electlne officiate hv as nartl san vote" remedied In both the business and Dee Molnea plan zna "Election of council men from warda remedied In both plans. eliminated In the bualneea form. bttt remains. In tha Dea Molnea plan 4th "Short tenur of office, ellml nated In th business form, but re mains 1n the Dec Moines plan tth "Inability of the people to remove objectionable officials, etc Is accomplished by th recall which un der the Dea Moines plan Is had on the five commlMlonera, whHe In tha busl neaa plan th recall of the five com missioners la In th hands of tha board of director, but the people bv0 tha recall on th board of dlrectore The referendum and tha Initiative apply the same In both plana under true business pian wa aroom Cllsh a new clvla marksmanship we ava for th first time a chahc to load our guns ourselves and ahoot at real bull a ere.

Heretofore our gun have been loaded by politicians and office seekers, ana our bulls eyes have been cloud with ellver lining. It wilt develop that the people a Bole aim will be to put good on the board ot directory, and It will be the aim of thla board of directory show reaulta, and leeulta In the city a business mesne a cleaner healthier more beautiful city, a bet er managed city, a city of progress and culture, a city ot people with local pride and publlo splrltt and last but not leas, city where the taxpayer will pay the lower taxea because efficiency and Correct bualnesa method aN eliminate waste. produce reaulta and spell one hun area cents on tne aonar ti tne taxpayer for th money expended In conclusion It may be well to re mind the people that the auelness system Is, an American system, and well adapted to our conditions Tha directory and commission features are not new and untried, a th former haa been In operation In Europe many yeara and th latter In many cities In thla country By combining tha two, putting them on tried out bualnea principles, aucceed In creating a ayatem for managing tha affairs of our cities wnicn win coma nearer xui filling our Ideals of government of th people, for the peopl aad by th people." and produce better reaulta than have yet been obtained under any system ARRESTED FOR STEALING CAT FOR DISSECTION. MATICK, Feb John Squire, a Wetleeley colleg 4 Janitor, waa arrested today on a charge of ateallng cat for us In the dissecting rooms of ths col lege. Occasional complaints from the town a people had given tha police little concern untU re cently.

when a prise angora 4 valued at 1360 disappeared Miss Gladys Conie, of Near Coburn's Corner's, Occupies Enviable Place in DeKalb County Family Tree people who, from aerlous convlctlone, will object to both the business and ths Dee Molnea plan, yet It will be well to keep an eye out for the mottvea of ail who offer aerioua oojectiona appeal and arguments will not ba made to men who are Interested In a political way or from selfish motives In maintaining th old ayatem but It will be to Che disinterested, large majority of the votera. It must clear to all that oui officiate must be selected, not elected Let us bring th proposition nearer home, ta get "a clearer view The workman In tha factory or ahop, be he worker, or what not. dependa for good wagea. ateady employment agreeable. aafe and helpful surroundings and dltlons, upon good management at the top, and good management means men at the head who are Qualified by training expert knowledge and long experience Doea thla pot apply aa well to vry mercantile business, and to tha farmT What would the mechanics In a factory think, and how would they far.

If a grocery keeper waa forced on to inero as superintend ent by tha atockboldera, or suppose a bollermaker 'waa put tn charg of one of our large retail houses. gooda clerk assumed charge of a large farm. Thla la not overdrawn, but only feebly preeenta the The normal condition la, every trade aad every proiession oy useir Tn doubt maker la all right where belong ao Jo the dry gooda dark aad the grocery Keeper uefendera of th Dea Molnea ayatem argu that th five commissioners can appoint quail fled men under them If not done. It means disorganisation Inefficiency and wests, If dons, salaries equal to the commissioners must Da paid auch atltutee which la waste and even then tn moving spirit sud ore and controlling head remawia wltl commissioner and ha la not qualified. Result again wemcieni, nad management.

I Homo people object to classifying city management aa ouaineee. ttet see. First, must pay taxea in actual money and handling money I business Our money spent In paying salaries In money money again, therefore business The city la large purchaser of auppliea ana matensi tnai la pure nuaineae. The city aeaia with banks ruat corn nnUa.wlth tha county the state mm had and Intelligent Work brought bear "What Is everybody bualneea la nobody a business" applies with force to a larger body or individuals People are busy with thetr own affairs, and give no tlm or attention to other mattera. Nearly everybody belonga to oms organisation, be tt business, so clal, rellglnua or aome other phase of activity Let each one think It over and decide If the affaire of hla organisation can ba managed directly by the latockholdere or members, even if they (could, would they do It? 'Would it not be a fact that little or nothing would 6e acccrnipUahedT Let those who are stockholders In a business corporation be It a manufacturing business, bank or trust company, decide if It wooid be wlae for th atockhotJera aa a body to appoint their manager and active official a (not directors), and by meet tng weekly or monthly transact tha business of the organisation Therefore, tf tha wante and requirements man in every line or co operative activity 1 supplied by a ayatem pf condensed authority, why not In the city? And having demonstrated that the city la purely an organization for business, wny snouia we not eaopi me bualneea method and delegate our power and prlvllegea to a board of director? If a board of directors Is considered safe enough in every or ganlsatlon and corporation, why not In a eltv corporation? la It not a tact that thla system or operating unaer a board of directors is so aaie ana ffectlv In all bualnesa organiaationa that no other form hae ever been adopted or even auggestedT nut ton could not be If th people, rich and poor, did not have confidence In it, and Invest their money In Its shares Men who oppose this system try to discredit corporation and business or raalsatlons when ny cit ing tha corruptions to be found In thepb They fall to show however, that tha arstem Is bad and faulty Swindlers and dishonest men have taken advaniaa of the corporation system to dupe their victims.

In ths same manner as the same kind of per aona use tha church or fraternal organisations to steal and defraud. The fact remaina that mmiono ot peo nle. In fact, nearly all who have saved a tittle money have auch com 4enc la a bualneaa system, manageed by direct as to Invest in Its securities, ine MiriniMnnv. safety and correctm thla" ayatem is never queauonea, ana today our very Industrial, material and Metal lire rests on mis system, wnwn delegates the work and power of the many to tne rew and a manager commissioner for each of the other four departmenta ot the eltv eovernraent. tha board, of 01 rectors can and will aelect men quali fied for each poaltlon They cannot aelect them out of their own ranks.

Then can choose them from their own city, or go outside, but auch official must then reside In auch city If the city ahould plan aome large work. In the aewer or water works departmenta for Instance, they may desire an ax a th, ha4 nt the rMnCtlv Am partment who cannot found In auch city er to reorganise any other department and make tt up to date auch and bualneaa. The cltr erecta build lnga buys land, installs and oparatea machinery outias roeas, sewers and sidewalks; all business, large bualnesa Th city runs an electric light plant manufactures and sella llcht in pvuuuu wo av vnivit eiectriog at 'it Y'i awL jsssssImsW 3stX JpU i iaaaWtaBBBBSw narsBBBBBBBBBa Caw tbbT te asBBaaaaaaaaaaaTaaTaa aBaaaBBBfeBVaaaaaVBBBBaaaTaTam Wr. BssbbbH "iHaV iHHaJiBu BBBBBBBraBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBUffi BBBBBBBBW waaBBBBBBEBBBBBBBBBWal STSbBBBBBBBBBBBBBBb! BBBBBBBBWesBsTBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBW liJaSB f9JflLHHHfc AssBBBBBBBBBBBBBbH flRHSIHBgl liliaB I MbbbbbbbbbbbbbbHf IB PQlBH "4" 5JjBHPK aBBBBBBBBBaH lBKfc. saaflHH rSnBBBE9VJaBaBBBBnBBB Top Row Jamee Hart, James Hart, Mlron Vi Cfonle.

Sarah (Jump Conie. Nancy CBuckout) Conle. Lower Row Margaret (Boles) Hart, Emma (Coburn) Hart, Charlea Coburn, Roecoe Conie, hla wIM and Glad a and Levi Jump. an expert may ba wanted who could only be had from soma other city. In any event for each and every department th beat that can had will be elected, but If they do not prove satisfactory they can be discharged In the name manner aa la any bualneaa organisation.

Under the Dea Molnea plan the mayor, or one or all of the commissioners If Incompetent, dishonest, or for any other reaaon ought to removed, can and do continue In offic for six month or a year before the people will become sufficiently aroused to order a recall election Meanwhile the city auffera and lta bualneaa beeomea demoralised. The expenee of a general election 1 also very large. Under the bualneaa form consider for a moment what tha prospects are under the bualneaa ayatem for aecurlng an Independent, Intelligent, honeat body of cltlsens oa the board of dtrectora and to what extent the makeup of such body affects the management of the city We must remember that tha board of dlrectore la not an active or administrative body but haa dutlea only of an advisory and controlling character The success of their administration depends mainly upon the class of men they appoint to the officea of mayor AUBURN. In A. Feb.

2B Oladvs Conle, of DeKalb county, bears a proud distinction Bhe Is not only th only daughter In th Conl home but rep famllles, all of which, are ahown Inl me group Gladys Is the daughter of Mr and Mra. Roecoe Conle who reside near Coburn a Cornere In DeKalb county and when thla picture was taken she nao sue grand ratfters and four grandmothers. Remarkable as It may aeem but three of the family tree have been called by death while Gladys Is Just budding Into womanhood and is now a pretty country laaa of fifteen sum mers a regular attendant or the district school In th neighborhood, and much envied because of her numerous grandparents Shown In the picture are: Mr and Mra. Roecoe Conle. tha partrntsj Mr.

and Mra Mlran Conle grandparents Mr and Mra James Hart, grand parenta Mr and Mra Horace Conle, great grandparente, Mr and Mrs. James Hart, great grandparents Charles Coburn great grandfather and Levi Jump, great grandfather. This certainly Is a Hoosler family tree from which the fruit hangs thickly It is a record of fecundity which In French or Quebeo would receive stat recognlxatlon In DeKalb county, however. It can only recognised aa an example ao remarkable as to be worthy of public record and emulation Mere le the Reeerd. Gladys Conle waa born In DeKalb county, Nov 6.

IMS Bhe has one brother Roecoe Conle her father waa born In DeKalb county, Oct SS, 1S7S Elmlra (Hart) Conle, her mother waa born In AJlen county Oct II 1874 They reside on a Tarm near Coburn Corn are. Mlran Conle waa horn In DeKalb county FVb 1861 Sarah (Jump) Conle waa born In Allen county flept 1, 186J They reside now at Wood burn In Allen county, the performance of thla duty without fear or favor The sjcceie or failure of all business social, charitable and other organisation rests upon tha man appointed ny tne board ol directors to assume active management of their Institution When an institution la well managed there la little for the board of dtrectora to do, and they are only too willing to keep their officiate In office) In fact will make their positions mora attractive for fear they mls ht loaa them Since It te a fact that 1 la considered an honor fori men to be choaen on boards of directors, trustees, eta would It not be fair to assume that similar conditions would prevail In, the city board? And but have purchaeed a farm In this county and expect to move eoom To them were born eleven children and they are proud of thirteen grand children Jamea Hart whs horn In Ashland county Ohio, Oct. SO, lS4t and hla wife Emma (Coburn) Hart waa horn In DeKalb county, Sept. It 1860 They reside on a farm four miles east of SpenoervlUe. They have atx chil dren and twelve grandchildren.

(Of the great grandparent Horace conie waa born in Freehold Marih It 1U0 and hla wife Marv Buckout Conle was born In I ew York state May 1817 They have resided for S3 years on tha old farm Jamea Hart waa born in Ashland county, Ohio, May I 1811 and hla wife, Margaret (Boles) Hart, waa born In Ohio, May SO, 18X6. They reside on a farm two mllea east of BpencervlUe, which haa been their home foi more than fifty yeara They reared thirteen cnuaren. nave nrty aeven grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren Lorenxir Jump was born tn New York stats. Deo. 11 1823 He haa three children, eighteen grandchildren and twenty four great grandchildren Hla wife died more thai forty years ago now realdes In Illoksvllls, unio.

Charlea Coburn wss born In Ashland county Ohio Nov SI. IStT His first wife died thirty pine yeara ago leaving him a widower with five children. From, hla eecond marriage aeven children Were reared. He has twenty eight grandchildren and six teen great grandchildren aldea on a farm one mile east of fit Joa and haa been a continuous resident of the place for fifty four yeara Three Are Dead, On Aug IS 1903 Horace Conle died In thla county, and war at Ma death peat 61 years of aa Feb fl, 107, Jamea Hart was sum mined and ha had reached 68 year and Nov SI. it, hla wife died at tha age of aevet flva yeara What They Have Been, Few realise what a great trane fortnatlon haa tal(en place tn DeKalb county nee thla remarkable family flrat landed here.

They have aeen the change from a foreat whoae dea tseha were wolf, deer, turkey and occasional band a of roving eavagee, whose tralla became tha white mean roads, to a 'land of farms and cities. During their Ufa tha world ha changed lta course The star of republicanism haa ascended over tha world and even monarchlal govern ments have been tempered by It tenets Napoleon haa flashed aero the sky and returned to the clou da. During all these years tha great republic haa really been created and everyone of lta presidents have llve1 In the period covered by the ages ef theae men and women. Distance haa been annihilated, the elements hav been conquered and lightning aeta the pare while water glvea the motor power for the Invested eteamboat and railroad locomotive. The gotten gin the sewing machine and other great labolr savlng devices have changed modea of Ufa Well can theae aged people remember when there were no cltlea west of the Alleghentea, and St Louis.

Indianapolis, Chicago, Cincinnati Louie villa and Pittsburg were but settlements or Indian camps or were not even traced in the unbroken foreat a. The star of the empire had hardly begun lta weatward Journey and thev remember when the Spanish and French flags floated west of tha Mississippi They lived when the Pactfio waa reached and tha setting; sun casts Its morning ray a on the etere and etrlpes around tha world It has been the greatest transformation In the history of the world, and It haa been written In the blood of great eat wars and In the Ink of science. woutu yrvvKia hiiih viy wwrui aoh therefor may wa not expert th best element among bur cltUena to apply for positions on this board? Without Klltlca and with the secret ballot at nd, it seems equally certain that the olty at large, and Vll classes of Its people, will hav representation. However, If by aom chance th voters "GOOD YEAR RAINCOATS REIQN SUPREME" Fine Showing of Goodyear 1911 New Spring Raincoats For Men, Women and Children We are pleased to announce the arrival of our entire dock of new Spring, 19' Raincoats, Top Coats, Silk Rubberized Coats, Goberdine Enq lish Shpons and Rubber Coats for Men, Women and Children. The greatest assortment of patterns, collars, stylet and makes ever before shown in Northern Indiana.

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