Floods Prompted City Government Plan in Galveston
James A. Edgerton argues the Galveston plan of government arose from the 1900 flood disaster and transformed the city. He praises the five member commission system, noting reduced debt, improved sanitation, and sustained low taxes while rebuilding. He predicts a national wave toward commission governance as other cities study Galveston’s success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pew
Concreral
America
MacMaster
Supreme Court
Galveston
Egies Wiere
Snlveston
Texas
Fos Linprsitites
Teneieentire
Hite
Governomnt
Park Fee Rates Display Per Day and Week
Rates listed show a daily charge of 1.00 dollars with notes of 1.50 and 1.75 per day and a weekly fee of 5.00 dollars. The fragment implies a park fee schedule likely printed in a public notice or notice board.
Rumble Buys Farm Adjoining Springdale Tracts
W Rumble buys 40 acres from Lee Ferguson adjoining the Springdale fruit tracts for apple trees to be planted this fall or next spring. Ferguson retains adjoining 40 acres. Price paid is 100 dollars per acre. The Erringfele company will plant and cultivate trees for three years, after which they will bear and be worth about 400 dollars per acre. Tract lies beside Springdale and will match with their trees. Eighty acres added to Bigin nelehbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. W. Rumble
Lee Ferguson
Springdale
NO WOMEN IN HIS PLACE Al Emmons Denies Enterprise Rumor
Al Emmons of Enterprise says he ran a respectable establishment and never allowed women in his place. He objects to a July 18 news item claiming liquor and girls were taken from a local joint and asks the paper to publish a correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al. Emmons
Enterprise
the Observer
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Connindon
James A. Edgerton
Hood
Oxford
Toggery
AL Andrews
la Grande
Mallowa Lake, Park
Milton North Powder Palmer Junction
Pendleton
Pleasant Valley Telecaset
Wallowa Weaton Walla Walla, Wash
Wallowa Lake Park
Eneiea
Dancine
Wallowa Lake
Joseph
Oregon
Rumble
Lee Ferguson Place
Elgin
Siegrist & Company
Waltham
Siegrist 29 Co., Jewelers and Pticians Egon
F. D. Haisten
LA Grande Investment Co
Bell Phone Main
Foley Hotel
LaGrande
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