Show THE I 1 aan Q I 1 gimeli ty by tv tie Ret kettring tring council ana I 1 city officials I 1 1 I 1 I 1 THE EX MAYOR IS CANED I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 after a good talking to by if mr r langton to which ho he retaliated Estal iata it was quite a surprise to the ex mavor when lie walked into mrs airs lbanks bord ing 1119 house tile other evening arid and found fou nd about ft 1 score ot of retired officials bials i and friends frienda there awaiting awaiting 0 him mr acted is as tile decoy I 1 and upon bome pretext or other induced the honored and surprised hero of tile occasion to ne company him to the place in question previous to all this tile retiring city councilmen and other officer 3 irrespective its a of party parly had decided upon presenting their respected ex lender leade r with some bome token of their high esteem for him and appreciation of hs labors at tile head of municipal affairs during d t ir ing tile past two years A cano cane was thought to be appropriate aud and useful and accordingly 1 a I most beautiful I 1 call ti fill stick u with i ill costly gold old head mas as purchased and it id a lt for the hie purpose then it as conceived that a 1 I banquet would be the proper place for guch euch a and ono one was waa ordered ex councilman councilinan laiglon was by reason r of f his good looks ind and eloquence chosen to the old council in del delivering iverin tin Ow speech of presentation when all a 11 wei 0 seated and the ex mayor hall had recovered from ills his first sensation of surprise mr langton claimed his attention tion and made a vory neat anil fitting speech in ill ho he spoke of tile dabols of tho the mayor for tile tho city and the keen appreciation aith which his co laborers regarded him lie ile i mad 1 1 adb 0 many rood points point s and ins his demarks I 1 w were ere received with nith great applause when th the speaker ke r concluded lie handed alio t ile beautiful b acau ilia ui present to tile ex cx was much affected iio ho replied in trembling trembling tones that lie mas isas unprepared to make ilia 0 response to such kindly words of endorsement ile he had certainly labored to deserve them and while he may done dona things in his official carper career which bad not been approved by otheir he a desired all to know that he had ever labored for the we welfare I 1 of logan Log anand and the good of lier her people lie ile may have made mistakes few officers do not but they nero m ere mistakes of tile judgment and were not made with bid bad intent ile he was touched by the demonstration made there thera in his honor and alq hoped that lie would always have a el claim ann upon the affections and the good wi will 11 of 1 with I i t it w whom b om he be it had ad been associated socia ted in an ail official capacity during the past avoy wo years cars ile iio would not accept the praises bestowed upon hini him by tho previous rev ious peal e speaker e except to harr iz i z r lita vcr silv ollir labored with him for tile tho interests arid and promotion of the city cit the closed nath with a happy happ reference to the cane which he boull would loan lean u upon on for ail sup p boitin in the future as ile he bad 11 leaned upon its donors in the past the table was wag ilia next topie topic for con and the good things before tit eliat it company are to be re after disposing of the meal ineal speeches were called for ron lion G IV thatcher makin making the first lie was follow ed cd by every man around the board di their I 1 names b by y to master ex councilmen peterson thaine hanson langton ind and haelst one made interesting and appropriate remarks and especially earnest earliest and respectfully were I 1 those hose of ill mr r peterson city attorney rich and ami policemen Iuli cemen farr crookston Crook slon mccullock ind and davidson all testified to their appreciation of the lie ex mayor and tile harmony with aith which they served under him then lufkin told how difficult it was to please people by collecting their water tax supervisor Ll aliason iason saiu said that he was leaving the streets in ill a better than lie ho found them and mr plaines talked again of the pleasure plea suie lie he had always taken in laboring with the retiring officials and tio friendship lie he should always cheari cl 8 it for them the onla C 11 V D J ullmer fullmer cut 1 a I gash in ill tile program it at tills this point ind and of course made every body laugh lie ile was waa followed liy by ife sars sloan turner ilay ball mirrum and crocket cacti of ii horn hom made a short talk suitable to the occasion the last speaker was non lion mosea thatcher who spoke epol cat it some length upon interesting themes tit all of which hidi had 1 a I direct hearing bearing upon the occasion ilia his remarks were received with rapt attention and were A ere followed by hearty I 1 applause the event was one of enjoyment nod and willbe will be long by till nil who alio were there |