Show PKUVO PU1XTS ASIDE not taxes artesian wells the drug store business and the abSS1Ut necessity of liberal appropriations to the secret service fund there u nothing very certain wiles it fa a fad that spotters will ii + o the money given them to buy wbtiky Itt the drug store fcr lie tidrpose ot stpprejjinn the liquor traffic I there 1 any one thing more than anotherol which our citizen have reaun to feet proud i u oar prohibitory pro-hibitory ordinances that are 5 thoroughly enforced TUAT AUGUST Ie islative body our city council has recently been about evenly dUided on the question of some radical measured introduced by tae committee finances t reduce the expense and increase the revenues of the ciy expnse i perhaps too much to tx tour t-our local law makes to vote for a reuiu tioa m their own salaries or the salaries ot their especial pet appointee It anY rate the proposition was hotly opposed and when finally came to a vote is stood five in favor ant four against toe the new financial measures introduced by Cnainnnn Booth of the committee on finances Mayor Dtuenberry voted with the four against such hasty legislation legis-lation as he had a perfect right to do whereupon Chairman Booth tendred his resignation as chairman of the committee com-mittee on finances which Mayor Dujea bern deemed to accept We have heart some criticisms of the acton ot Mayor Dusenberry in this connection which we cannot help but regard aver a-ver unjust The fact of his voting with the minority and therebv making lag It a tie only proved his opposition IS te hi position to too mucn haste In bu matter and the fact that he declined to mater accept Chairman Booths reaisnaua proves his willingness to consider the provs wilness question still further just as any ths interested presiding ofhcer should have acted under the circumstances JAMES A BEAS the sheep and cattleman A driving about town th s man was seen drivng abut tOII week JUDE DOEBERRT has come back > us from his visit among friends in C fomia THE COSTCTCED hot dry weather i becoming Imo oppressive B t PBOVO August 231SSG |