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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
NEW YORK CONVENTION WILL
URGE MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP

New York, Feb. 26.-The convention
On municipal ownership and franchises.
which is to continue for three days,
opened here yesterday. There was a
good attendance. The delegates were
welcomed by John G. Agar, who, in his
address, held that the conditions in
American cities are such as to make
the thoughtful and patriotic seek
some method of improvement. This
convention has been called" he said,
for the purpose of furnishing facts
and information, and of organizing a
permanent bureau for the collection
and distribution of such municipal sta
tistics relating to the best method of
supplying commercial wants"
The first paper read, Recent His
United States" was prepared under the
direction of the late Charles Waldo
Haskins, dean of the New York School
of Commerce. and was read by Joseph
Il. Johnson, the present dean of the
school.
Clinton Rogers Woodruff of Phila-
delphia opened the discussion of recent
history of municipal ownership in the
United States. He said, in part:
What is the cause of the unde-
niable growth of popular interest in
the municipal ownership of public SER
vice franchises? | reply that the move
ment is primarily due to the popular
Indignation at the corruptness and
degradation incident to the policy of
private ownership. The people are
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

awakening to an appreciation of the
dangers lurking in the a'hadows of such
relationships as now exist between city
governments and private corporations.
There is an ethical reaction against
such practice as l have briefly mem
toned. and it is manifesting itself in
demand for municipal ownership.
.'As yet / doubt whether there is any
very general feeling on the essential
impropriety and immortality of a policy
which permits private concerns to en-
joy public privileges for ther private
profit.
What inherent right has my indi-
vidual to become rich throRh the
grant of a municipal franchise 4 priv
ilege?
Il have used the term muicipaI
ownership throughout my rem;hs as 1
distinguished from private owrNship.
have not used it to include oImply.
municipal operation. That is another
question. because for some time to-
come in most places we will have to
utilize private concerns and their ex-
perience and business capacity but
only as agents and not as principals.
I'm other words, the compensation
of private concerns must be limited to
fair return for the services rendered.
and no more"
Charles T. Yerkes being absent. his
paper was read by the secretary. His
argument was against municipal own
ership.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
Crowds at Fat Stock Show.

Denver, Feb. 25.-There was an i'm
mense attendance yesterday at the Fat
Stock Show. Two-thirds of the House
of Representatives, the Senate almost
to man. 200 members of the Chamber
of Commerce, $50 members of the Real
Estate Exchange, and thousands of
citizens and visitors from abroad were
on the grounds in the afternoon. They
swarmed like bees among the stock
pens and crowded the buildings.
At the Western Packing Company's
building, IT'S employees gave an exhi-
bition kill of cattle, sheep and hogs
One thousand visitors packed the kill
ing floor at one time. Many ladies'
were in the throng, and all were pre-
sented with roses and souvenir badges.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03
MORGAN MEETINGS.
TO ROUSE DENV

Extensive preparations ave being
made for the series of meetings to be
held in Denver March 18th to 29th.
which are to be conducted by DR.. G.t
Campbell Morgan. formerly of Lon.
DON but now of this country. AS the
official representative Of the North.
field Extension Movement. DR.. Morgan
becomes the successor of Dwight L.
Moody, and as such, occupies perhaps
the foremost ecclesiastical position in
America.
DR.. Morgan was for years a success.
1ul preacher in London, his church be.
ing one of the largest in the metropo-
us. When the trustees of the North.
held Extension Movement were look
ing for man to take up the WON laid
down by d. L. Moody, it was VI DIR.
Morgan that their choice and
the marvellous success which has at
tended his efforts during the past two
years is indicative of the wisdom off
their choice.
The committee, in charge of the
meetings in Denver, with Rev. w. j.
Harsha, ID. D., as chairman, are busily 4
at work arranging for what it is ex-
pected VIII be the greatest and largest
series OF meetings ever held in Colo |
rado. All of the services will be held
in the spacious auditorium of Trinity, /,
Methodist church, and every detail of
preparation for the meetings is being !
looked after with utmost care. 4
One of the features of the meetings
Will be a chorus of several hundred
voices to lead the singing Informa-
ton about the meetings is being sent |
broadcast over Colorado, and host
OF out-of-town visitors is expected.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

One of the new babies in New York
weighs only two and ii quarter pounds,
and yet the parents are strangely
proud of it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Robert Fitzsimmons is writing a
play. Judging from the conformation
of Bob's braincase the worst that has
been said OIL the modern drama is to
be justified
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Paris objects to the American cake
walk as 'barbarous and disgraceful; ="
therefore it will not displace the
chaste and modest canecan in public
favor
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

DR.. Lorenz says American surgeons
are progressive. This is true. Some
of them even have progressive appen-
6ix-cutting parties.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

China certainly feels convinced that
1t is not always the "commercialized'
country where knighthood never was
in flower that is the Shylock in MAX
ing a settlement.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Two leagues hare been started in
London by society people, who pledge
themselves not to drink wine or other
intoxicants between meals. They
make no promises, however, as to the
number of meals they intend to have.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The man who taught King Edward
to play golf is in this country. He
ought to be able to command big
prices for tuting, especially around
New York.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The Haitian revolutions are an I'M
proyement on some of the other revo-
lutions. They are managed with such
celerity that the government does not
have much chance to get deeply in
debt
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A New Jersey condemned murderer
is putting in his last days writing a
book. The only way to reform some
men is to hang them.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

]. Pierpont Morgan says his debts
far exceed the value of his chattels.
There is no immediate necessity, how
ever, for getting up a benefit in Mr..
Morgan's behalf.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Scientists claim that there is no
cure for consumption, but the break
fast food inventors have not yet given
II up.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The news that the eminent German
historian, Prof. Mommsen, in fit of
studious abstraction set fire to his
hair points to a boom in Fliegende
BIaetters absent-minded professor
foxes.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

It has been decided by the Iowa Su-
preme Court that the owner OF hlVe
of bees is responsible for any damage
they may infiict. This may lead to
the evolution of the stingless bee.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

King Edward should obey his physi-
clans and eat less. A king is a man
who. above all others, has no right to
do as he pleases.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The professor who can discover &
serum that will prevent train disas
ters can be assured of the public's
gratitude.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Every man is total abstainer be-
tween drinks.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Again our admiration of DR.. Lorenz
Is increased. He says that he isn't
going to write a book about America
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

The man who got drunk on three
pints of patent medicine ought to bo
able to write testimonial that will
be worth something.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A high Gerr'an official has COM
mitted suicide to avoid being snubbed.
Some people take snubs altogether
too seriously.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

DIR. Tomlins sees possible poetry in
q yawn or a sneeze. We are not sure
on this point, but we have suspicion
that a yawn goes well with good
deal of poetry.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

With the weather bureau costing
Uncle Sam s1,250.000 a year. there
ought to be a good prophet in it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

for a hen. They must have a meat
trust over there. too
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

British advices indicate that thu
Mad Mullah was dead, but not ire
trievably so.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Women are not always devoid of {.
sense of humor. The late Mrs. Grant
used to call herself Penelope. because
she accompanied Ulysses on his wan
derings around the world.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A Utah girl broke her jaw In de-
batting the merits of Apostle Smoot.
How she must have talked
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

A New York genius is converting
the popular plays into books. This is
a worse offense, II possible, than max
ing plays out OF the popular books.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

Good-by to the pleasures of soli-
tude and privacy when Marconi gets
that wireless pocket telephone per-
fected.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

You can't persuade the oldest in
habitant that the good die young.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

State prohibition in the Vatter OF
kissing will never succeed. 1t is bet
ter to settle questions of that kind by
adopting the policy of local option,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1903-03-03

GOCter, w. w w WnlIney, j. +. Morgan,
George j. Gould, H. O. Havemeyer,
John d. Crimmins and John G. Car
Isle. hi -et
Austen Chamberlain, the. British
postmaster general. in behalf of his
father, the colonial secretary, who is
in South Africa informed the House
of Commons that the British Alaskan
commissioners will be selected after
consultation with the Dominion gov
ernment. ~
District Attorney Jerome of New
plot by which several life insurance
companies have been defrauded out of
large sums of money. Policies were
secured on good risks and then the
dead bodies of other persons were
palmed off on the companies for
those of the insured. sr.
Fire partially destroyed the new
brick car barn at the new winter quar-
ters of the Barnum & Bailey circus in
Bridgeport, Connecticut, February oath
and burned a number of cars belong
ing to the circus. The loss is estimat-
ed at 100000, on which there is insur-
ance of $4,000.
The main building and laundry of
the Mississippi Female College at Mer-
fdan, Mississippi were burned on the
morning of February 24th. There were
200 girls in the building, all of whom
escaped. Many lost all but their night
clothing. The loss will be heavy, but
the college will continue its session in
temporary quarters.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17

traffic likely to be upon the high
way, specifying in his judgment the
kind of road a wise economy de-
mands. The improved or perman-
ent roadway of all highways so i'm
proved shall not be less than eight
nor more than twenty-four feet in
width, unless for special reasons it
is required that it shall be of greater
width"
The Constitution of the United
States puts no such limitation upon
the Government as to prevent the
cooperation provided for in this
bill, and so far as public policy is
concerned that remains to be settled
by the concenses of opinion by the
people of the United States. It was
not considered good public policy,
until very recently, to undertake to
deliver the United States mail to
the people living in the rural dis
tricts, but it has been found upon
trial to be useful, very economical,
and very beneficial to those living in
the rural districts and yet for forty
or fifty years the people in cities
have been favored by having mail de-
livered at their doors, while people
living in the rural districts have
been Disseminated against because
we had not discovered, until lately,
hat it is good policy to deliver mail
alike to people in the country and
in the city. One is almost as easily
~obtainable as the other. There is no
reason why mail could not have been
delivered to the people in the rural
districts forty years ago as we'll as
at the present time; as a matter of
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17
ESCAPED AN AWFUL FATE.

Mr.. H. Haggans of Melbourne,
Fla, writes, "My doctor told me [
had Consumption and nothing could
be done for me. I was given up to
die. The offer of a free trial bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, induced me to try it..
Results were startling. I am now
on the road to recovery and W all
to DR.. Kings New Discovery. It
surely saved my life" This great
cure is guaranteed for all throat and
lung diseases by Druggists. Price
SOC. and $1.OO. Trial bottles free.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17

connection with any State or politi-
cal subdivision thereof, so that the
United States should furnish one
half the cost of improvement and the
State or political subdivision there
of, cooperating, should furnish the
other half. Sections s., 6 and Z are
quoted from the bill as follows:
"Section 5. That any State or po-
litical subdivision thereof, through
its proper officers having jurisdic-
ton of the public roads may apply
to the Director of the Bureau for CO.
operation in the actual construction
of a permanent improvement of any
public highway within the said State
in the following manner: Every
application for the cooperation
herein provided for shall be accom-
panied by a properly certified reso-
luton stating that the public inter
est demands the improvement of
the highway described therein, but
such description shall not include
any portion of a highway within the
boundaries of any city or ]incorporat-
ed village.
"Section 6. That the Director of
the said Bureau upon receipt of any
such application, shall investigate
and determine whether the highway
or section thereof sought to be i'm
proved is of sufficient public import
ance to come within the purposes of
this Act, taking into account the use
location, and value of such highway
or section thereof for the purposes
of common traffic and travel, and for
the rural free delivery of mails by
the United States Government, and
after such Investigations shall GER
tify his approval or disapproval of
such application. If he shall disap-
prove the application, he shall GER
tify his reasons thereof to the pub
lie officer or officer making the appli-
cation.
"Section Z. That if the Director
of said Bureau shall approve such
application, he shall cause the high
way or section thereof therein des-
cribed to be mapped, both in outline
and profile. He shall indicate how
much of such highway or section
thereof may be improved by devia-
ton from the existing lines when
ever it shall be deemed of advantage
to obtain shorter or more direct road
without lessening it's usefulness, or
wherever such deviation is of advan-
tage by reason of lessened gradients.
He shall also cause plans and speci-
fcatiOns of such highway or section
thereof to be made telford, macadam
or gravel roadway, or some other
suitable construction, taking into
consideration climate, soil and ma
terial to be had in the vicinity there
of, and the extent and nature of the
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17

CONGRESSMAN dlJ0T L. DIOWu1OWJ
of Tennessee, sends us the following
article regarding his much-discussed
Good Road Bill. We commend the
argument to the consideration of
Progressive Farmer readers.
The fact that the United States,
Government has taken no substantial
part in building or maintaining pub
lie highways in this country, for the
last two generations, is accepted by
many people as final proof that the
general Government is forbidden,
either by Constitutional limitations
or by sound public policy, from n
gaging in any such internal improve
ment. On the other hand it should
be noticed that no system of public
highways was ever built up or main
tanned in any country without the
substantial aid of the general Gov
eminent of that country. The al
most universal lack of improvement
In regard to our public road system
is directly referable to the fact that
there has been no well established
system or policy pertaining to the
question. Those who have done most
to agitate for permanent improve
ments have found that the farmers
of the country have almost invari-
ably been opposed to any general
plan heretofore suggested for the
building up of permanent and dura-
bic roads; although it is generally
conceded that the farmers would be
benefited as much, if not more, than
any other class of people by such
roads. The real reason for the farm
er's objection is found in the fact
that, according to the ordinary
scheme of improvement, he would
be called upon to pay the entire bur-
den of cost; which he intuitively
feels to be greater than he ought to
bear, if not greater than he is able
to bear. Considering this long con-
tinued opposition by the people in
the rural districts and the lack of
policy on the part of the general
Government, and especially consider
ing that road building is undoubted-
ly a public duty which rests upon the
Government in some form, it seems
likely that the farmers are entitled
to some assistance in bearing the
necessary burden of cost to improve
the public highways; and that the
United States Government should
step forward with some definite pol
icy and assume some share of the
burden and responsibility which is
necessary to produce a creditable
system of public highways; and
which has, as stated above, never
been effected in any country at any
time without the substantial aid and
encouragement of the general Gov
eminent of the country.
The Brownlow Bill Oh. R. 15369)
seeks to establish such a policy to be
followed by the United States. 1t is
a policy of cooperation and seeks to
bring in the general Government
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17

Editor of The Progressive Farmer:
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-02-17
O
FEDERAL AID TO ROAD IMPROVE
MENT,

Liberal Appropriations by the National
Government Advocated by Mr. Brown
low.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-10-15
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for Hood River. He declares as soon as
he can dispose of his property in Port
land and on the coast he is going to in
vest here, and perhaps sooner.
L. G. Morgan has gone to work at his
old situation with S. E. Bartmess.
A. ]. Dean, son of 0. c. Dean, has re-
covered from his recent severe illness.
The woman's alliance of the Unitarian
society will meet Friday afternoon, at 2
o'clock, with Mrs. 4. l.. Smith.
The ladies' aid of the NJ. f. church
will meet Friday afternoon of this week
with Mrs. o. l.. Stranahan, at 2:3O
O'Clock. All ladies of the church are in
vited to attend.
Mrs. A. r. Middleton, after visiting
in Hood River for the past month, will
go to Portland today. Mrs. Kline will
remain for a while longer with her sis
ter, Mrs. G. r. Bone, who has been
quite sick for the past few days.
Hon. John A. Smith of Blalocks was
in town Wednesday looking after lum-
Der and wood. He found both scarce
articles in the market.
The Pine Grove literary society met
Saturday evening, October 10, for the
purpose of taking up its winters work
in the literary line. A goodly number
wore present. The following officers
were elected: Miss Riddell, president ;
Maggie Wells, vice president; Clay
Brock, secretary; Lulu Hunt, treasurer
Perry Wells and Mabry Jackson, SER
geants-at-arms; Miss Hunt, critic. All
are looking forward to a series of in
structive as well as entertaining meet
ings,
Miss Idell Woodworth returned home
the first OF the week from visit at The
Dalles.
An increase in the ue-to- Name nur-
sery stock is noted in another column.
Miss Maud Noble returned Tuesday
evening on the overland from a FIVE
months visit with relatives and friends
in Iowa and Missouri. She says she
had a splendid visit and all that that
implies, but is glad to get back home
and to Oregon again.
Recorder Nickelsen held court all day
Monday There were two jury trials in
which S. F. Fouts and ?. F. Fouts were
each found guilty of breaking the city
ordinance by selling liquor on Sunday.
P. F. Fouts was fined $50 and his son
500, and his license was revoked. The
defendants appealed the matter to the
circuit court. A. A. Jayne handled the
case for the defendants and HIT. Hume
appeared for the prosecution. The wit
nesses were Portland men imported for
the occasion.
The Frankton school opened Wednes-
day in the new building with a good at
tendance and with four teachers to
WELD the birch. Professor C. II. Crom-
we'll, principal; G. W. Brown, interme-
diate Miss Stella Brown of The Dalles,
primary, and Miss Bess Isenberg in
charge Of the Columbia school. The
prospects are of the best for a very sue.
cessful school year in all the depart.
ments. The pupils have a house and
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1903-10-15

The l2-year-old son OF Postmaster w.
Hill of Chenoweth was accidentally shot
in the arm, Thursday, while out hunting
He was climbing fence and caught the
hammer OF his gun on rail, discharg-
ing the weapon and inflicting a wound
IN the arm and hand. He was brought
to Hood River, where his wound was
dressed and was then taken to the hos
pital at The Dalles. The wound is se-
rious, some three inches of the bone of
the forearm being torn away.
II. j. Byrkett brought to the Glacier
office two onions that weigh six pounds
cier sanctum. Three-pound onions are
pretty big for an old fisherman TO grow.
Mr.. Byrkett's garden is one of the best
in town. He is not only the best fisher
man in town but he is not slow when it
comes to growing garden sass.
The Valley Improvement company
has force OF men at work on the old
Van johnson place replacing thepresent
aume with ditch The work will be
continued on up the river, and will
make a much more secure irrigating
canal, and greatly lessen the danger of
breaks in the berry season.
Mrs. Will G. McRae of Portland came
up Monday and made payment on the
20 acres she bought OF Joseph Humheet.
Barnes, the real estate man, made the
sale. Mr. Humheet intends to buy else
where in Hood River.
New students are entering the Hood
River school each week, and the enroll
ment is now over 40 students to each of
the nine teachers.