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AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



Canton, Ills., is still stirred up 

 about Mr. Cole's bee lawsuit. In the 

 Canton daily Register we notice that he 

 has advertised to sell his bees very- 

 cheap to some one who will move them 

 away. 



The Register also copies from page 41 

 of the Bee Journal, our remarks on 

 the case, and in the next column charges 

 the Mayor and Aldermen with ineflS- 

 ciency for not attending to their duties 

 in keeping the city clean, and averting a 

 threatened calamity in the form of 

 epidemic diphtheria and scarlet fever. 

 Here is an extract from the article, and 

 it shows how unpopular the Mayor and 

 Aldermen are at home : 



But here in Canton physicians 



report cases of contagious disease to the 

 Mayor, who sends the City Marshal to 

 tack up a notice on the infected premises, 

 and that is all. Is it any wonder that 

 diseases getting a foothold here retain 

 it ? Is it not a wonder that before this 

 time scarlet fever and diphtheria both 

 have not become epidemic ? 



If the epidemic finally comes the 



Mayor and Aldermen of Canton, and the 

 Mayor especially, will richly deserve the 

 execrations of a community, the interests 

 of which they seem to forget that they 

 ever swore to serve. 



A year ago, when the Register voiced 

 the demand of the people of Canton for 

 a rigid sanitary ordinance, and an effi- 

 cient Board of Health or Health Officer 

 to attend to its enforcement, Mayor 

 Maple promised that such an ordinance 

 should be speedily prepared and pre- 

 sented to the Council. He prepared the 

 ordinance, but it was never presented. 

 Mayor Maple considered further — and 

 pocketed it. This may, or may not, 

 have been in order that His Honor 

 might pocket also the $200 which he 

 claimed, and was allowed at the close of 

 the year, for maintaining a vacancy in 

 the position of Health Officer for twelve 

 months. 



The Register desires to inquire of the 

 Mayor and Aldermen of the City of 

 Canton, whether there must be an 

 epidemic or a hanging before the health 

 of this community can be as well pro- 

 tected as that of others ? 



Perhaps these officials have been too 

 busy persecuting Mr. Cole to be able to 

 attend to their official duties. 



Illinois Bee-Keepers should 

 read carefully the following letter, and 

 immediately state their views on the 

 proposition made by Mr. Jas. A. Stone. 

 We heartly endorse the idea. A confer- 

 ence should be had at as early a date as 

 possible, and the time and place sug- 

 gested will probably be as good as any 

 that can be arranged. Let all who are 

 interested be heard from at once. Here 

 is the letter : 



I am decidedly in favor of the proposi- 

 tion made in the Bee Journal of July 

 9, on page 40, under the heading of 

 " Illinois Bee-Keepers." We always 

 have a meeting of the bee-keepers at 

 our fairs, and the Honey Department is 

 their headquarters. 



Now, if some particular time can be 

 named which will be understood by all, 

 there will be without doubt a good rep- 

 resentation, and no better opportunity 

 could be had for arranging a programme 

 for the annual meeting. And if it is 

 thought proper, a place for meeting in 

 the city will be arranged for. 



I will suggest that our President, P. 

 J. England, name the time of meeting at 

 the Springfield Exposition, Sept. 7 to 

 11, and that it be as early as Wednes- 

 day, in order that if necessary our 

 meeting can be adjourned to the city at 

 a later day, or have time for extended 

 meetings at the fair. 



I believe that the bee-keepers of our 

 State ought to show, in the best way they 

 can, their appreciation of what our last 

 Legislature did to advance our interests, 

 for upon the manner in which we treat 

 what has been done, depends what we 

 may yet hope for in the future. 



So if we do not obtain what we want 

 in times to come, we will only have to 

 look back to the present and condemn 

 our inaction. Jas. A. Stone. 



Bradfordton, Ills., July 16, 1891. 



I^eining^er Brothers, of Fort 

 Jennings, O., have sent us a cage of their 

 yellow bees. They are really beautiful, 

 large, and well-marked. They say that 

 these bees aa'e the progeny of an untested 

 queen which they mailed to Douglass, 

 Ohio. They may well be proud of their 

 stock, for they add: "Most of our 

 queens reared this season produce bees 

 with 4 or 5 golden bands," 



