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The Washington herald., 1907-12-04

81 a Gallon for ReiSinger's Ice Cream.
And il is guaranteed under the Pure-food
Law, Serial No. 1863. 235 G st NV.
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Purissima N Superior Rye whisky.
Ripe with age and of the melluwest de-
velopment. A whisky of medicinal value
VIM. Cannon, lbs 7th ST. Phone n. 52S.
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Include other Corporation,.

They have been asking additional power Of super
vision over street railways and they feel now that
they should ask Sor similar authority with respect
TO the other public utility corporations-the two gas
companies. the electric lighting and power comuany
and the telephone company. They believe that they
should b. gwen similar powers 10 the administrative
powers Of the Interstate Commerce Commission or
those Of the Public Service Commission in New York
CITY
With these powers should be given authority and
money with which 10 employ experts from time TO
time IN SPECIAL Investigations as to those public
utility corporations. With the assistance Of such
experts the Commissioners could make all necessary
inquiries and subsequently could make all necessary
regulations respecting the affairs of these corpora-
tons At present they have neither the power nor
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Taxes on Public Utilities.

Under the direction Of the Commissioners the as
SCISSORS Office prepared for the first time in its his
tory a detailed statement upon the subject Of the
taxation Of public utility cOroraIions IN the District
of Columbia, in order TO determine whether these
corporations are fully assessed under the law The
following summary Of the statement shows the taxes
assessed again Slch corporations in the District Of
Colmbia Tor The year ended June 30 Isz-
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RochdnIe CO-operatIve SocI..,

Great Bear Spring Water, Gals. 20,
Office, 704 1lth ST Phone Main 34@0
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Table d'HOte Dinner, z5e; Lunche. N
Ia carte Park Hotel, Winter GARD en-. N. Y
ave; and 1th ST. Hungarian Orchestra
curing lunch, dinner. anc supper
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Include Il IN Saturdays sale at Wesch-
ler's, $50 Pa ave. NV. You will be pleased
with results. Prompt returns Phone I2S9
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Sea Foods, Always Fresh and Fine.
Phila. Oyster & Chop House, 5l3 18th ST. NV
The Washington herald., 1907-12-04

Speaking Of Flowers.
One always gets the best at GUIDES and
his flowers last longest. 1914 f.
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wnr pcpartment CIerk Die..

After an illness or only two days. Ed
mond COtteriH a veteran clerk Of the
War Department. died al 2-15 o'clock yes
terday afternoon at his home. 1707 Cor
coran street. He is survived by his wife
and three children. Charles A Cotteriu
OF the Associated Press; Mrs. s. b. Pen
uebaker. and Mrs. g J. Gillette
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In other words, the public utilities in the District
Of Columbia paid about II per cent of the total
amount Of taxes os. realty and personality collected
IN the year 1897. IN this connection the Commission
ers desire 90 renew the recommendation previously
made to Congress that the tax upon street railway
corporations be increased from to per cent upon
their gross receipts with specific provision that
the tracks Of all the street railways shall be ex-
cluded from assessment.
thorough examination shows that majority Of
.he original charters in the District Of Columbia
contain specific provision 10 this effect and it has
hSen the custom Of the assessors Office TO re
gard the tracks Of street railways real estate for
the purpose Of taxation, this position being based
the theory that the tax upon the gross receipt
Of each corporation is franchise tax for the occ-
ratinn Of the TnIlllic sfrrnfs
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Rates should BE Adjusted.

The Dersonal-tax law. approved July l. 1902 which
provides for the taxation Of public utility CORPORA
tions and financial institutions provides for a tax
of per cent upon he gross receipts Of the street
railway corporations, per cent per annum on the
gross earnings Of the gas companies, per cent
per annum on the gross earnings o, electric light
ing companies. per cent per on the gross
earnings of the telephone companies. and IL per
cent per aTnum on the value Of vessels ships and
boats owned by steamboat companies. and per cent
per annum on the gross earnings Of national banks
and Trust companies.
IL Is suggested 70 Congress that a more equitable
arrangement Of these taxes might be arranged Il
has already been shown that the tax upon the eross
receipts Of the street railway interpretations might
well be increased from 10 6 per cent and il is
quite possible that similar increase could be i'm
posed without deirment upon other public utility
corporations. On the other hand 4 reduction of
the taxation national banks and Trust companies
would seem to be etuitable
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Complain Against Railways.

With these privileges come grave responsibilities
Having surrendered the occupation Of the streets
and avenues the public is entitled 20 the best and
most generous service which can De rendered. con-
slstent with a fair return upon capital invested
The extent and character Of tins service is always
difficult problem The convenience Of the citizen
who demands more frequent street-car service con
ficts with the views OF the corporation officials
who. quite naturally, seek the largest possible divi-
dcnds
The protest Of the consumer against CxOrbitant
rates IS ignored by the corporation. which desires
10 add to us surplus. Somewhere between these
Two extremes there Is happy mcdium-a plane Of
equitable arrangement 20 which both sides ought 10
Yield willing agreement The determination IL the
numerous and yeXati0us questions which arise be
tween the corporations and the public could be
more readily reached II the Commissioners should
be given additional powers for the regulation Of the
street railroad and other public utility corporations
IN the District Of Columbia
Under different acts Of Congress- they now have
considerable DOWers Of this character but experience
has shown that they canEot properly conserve the
interests Of the public without additional authority
a TINS kind They believe that reasonable regai-
at]a of such corporations by the state is now re-
qulred as the only alternative 10 municipal owner
e1ff
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APPEAL FOR POWER
Commissioners Ask Congress
to Grant Authority.
AFTEn PUBLIC CORPORATIONS
Annual Report OF District Body
shows Pressing Need for Full Do
minion Over Railway, Gas, and
Telephone Companies-WOuId Re
duce Taxation Imposed on Banks.

That the many vexatious questions
which arise between the corporations and
the public could be more readily deter
mined if the Commissioners should be
given additional powers for the regula-
ton Of public utility corporations in the
District, was brought forth in the annual
report of the District Commissioners.
which was sent 10 Congress yesterday.
The report states that under different
acts Of Congress the Commissioners now
have considerable powers of this charac-
ter. but that experience has shown that
they cannot properly conserve the in
terests Of the public without additional
authority. The report asks that powers
similar TO those of the Interstate Com
merce COm7nissiOn, or those Of the Public
Service Commission in New York City, be
given the Board Of Commissioners.
Particular stress is made by the Com
missioners on street railway companies,
gas companies, telephone companies. and
other corporations Of a similar character
The report reads:
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Floral Tokens for DebutanteS.
Phone your order 20 Shaffer. 18th q I
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Buy Your ChrIstmas Money

From the Mercantile Society, 1905 f
NV. Lowest rates; investigate
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The Report In Detail.

The question Of the regulation and control Of pub
lie utilities Is one that is properly engrossng
the attention Of municipal authorities eyerywhere.
and IL Is appropriate that Washington should be q
model IN respect TO its treatment Of public service
corporations The latter not only enjoy monopoly
in serving the public with the necessities Of daily
life. such as transportation. light telephone facili-
ties, &c. but it is matter Of fact that the fran
chise for the use Of the public thoroughfares by
these corporations secured absolutely without
cost.
II Is true that they now pay small percentage OF
their gross earnings in lieu Of a franchise tax but
Tor many years they enjoyed the monopoly without
making any recompense therefor. In addition 10
tins. II j. no eXaggeration 20 say that the public
sentiment Of the community is adverse 10 the estab-
lislment of rival enterprises
In the cases Of the street railroads. which occupy
the principal streets and avenues. such rivalry is
physical imposSbility but even should another gas
company or another telephone company seek 10
establish itself here the difficulties and embarraSs-
ments. TO say nothing Of additional expense imposed
upon the citizen. would undoubtedly operate 10
prevent such concession being granted. Il must be
admitted. therefore, that these publc-utilty cor
porations enjoy monopoly which Is not likely 10
be disturbed.
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eIis.ing law, taxed per cent. On profits from the
same class Of business Incorporated savings banks
pay per cent, while building associations engaging
in similar lines Of proht pay ? per cent. These
various rates for practically the same class OF bust
ness re inconsistent.
Tho Commissioners have already submitted 70
Congress a bill for the reduction Of taxes oa ma
tional hsLks from 20 3 per cent on thsir gross
earnings. and the tax on trust companies from 20
per cent their groSs earnings and this measure
will acaln b. t,reseuted
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09

4. u. Snow s. Co.. Stock Brokers.
"a Commercial Blk. Both Phones 1873
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Go Back to Nevada Elated With
Conditions in Southern Oil
Region.
TALK ABOUT FORMATIONS.
Pipe Line Company Organized Co Con-
vcy Product OF Wells To
Moapa.
Special Correspondence.

! Special spondence.
Goldheld. New. Sept. 5.--Two nromi-
neut members OF the old stock ex-
change. II. d. MaoMaster and Don c..
! Aldrdgo have just returned from n
/ visit 90 the recently discovered Virgin
river OH fields In southwestern Utah.
Tho field covers wide area and is sit
uatcd go miles from the Nevada and
no miles from the Arizona line. Both
men have had considerable experience
I and say tho oil produced in the virgin
river Held is different from anything
OH experts have had to deal with here
tofore OF 10 chemists analyses. mo- two
agreed. the tests showing gravity all
the way from % 90 a. a small percent
age Of asphalt is found. but tho majori-
ty report that the OH has a parlfilne
base.
only one well has been drilled $50 far
but 80 feet from the river channel
which IS said 90 have a capacity of 100
barrels @ day The oil comes from the
first sand az a depth % SO feet and mis-
sand strata was found 20 be "a teeL
deep. There are three oil stratas show
ing on the surface The formation is
lime and shale and al the third strata
Gordon lime is found IN abundance. the
same sand from which tho ohio field
gets its great production. The straias
dip $50 feet TO the mile and the forma~
ton is very uniform SO 10 rs easy 90
estimate the depth at which the stratas
will be found After drilling the We'll
a freshet came down the Virgin river
and washed away the drillers' camp,
which stopped operations for the time
being. No attempt has been made 90
shoot the well. as 10 was feared 10 would
get beyond control and flood the farms
and orchards below. leading TO damage
suits
In this field il will not be necessary
% use castings OF any kind except az
the surface, TO case out the boulders
and prevent cavings. casing is unneces-
sary after shale Is encountered, as IL
stands up like a brick wall In the
present well only 30 feet OF casing was
used and this will probably be blown
out with sufficient pressure from be-
low after the well has been shot. The
oil win float by gravity TO the railroad
at Moapa. distance Of 10, miles, 10
which point pipe line will be laid by
company now being organized.
Chemists unite IN pronouncing the oil
very valuable and the field Is said to
present great opportunities for men op~
Grating on small capital.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
UNITED STATES SMELLING.
Company Does Not Depend ON Copper
Mines for its Earnings.

we asked a director Of the United
states Smelling Refining q Mining
company" says the Boston News Bur
eau 10 what extent the earnings OF
that company would suffer by reason
OF any reduction IN the selling price
Of copper. He says:
Many investors have classed the
United States Smelling. Refining g.
Mining company with the purely cop
per-producing properties. This is an
error which probably has been re-
nected 10 "a considerable extent in the
price OF the stock
The Centennial Eureka mine IN
Utah produces ore carving In values
about One-third gold. one-thlrd silver.
and one-third copper. Today IN every
ounce OF copper disappeared from the
mine, IL would still afford very hand
some profit TO the company The Rich
mOnd- Eureka mine. In Nevada, is a
lead-silver mine, which carries no cop
per whatever
o. THE Real del Monte and Pachuca
mines. in Mexico, produce ore running
in value about so per cent silver. and
90 per cent gold. The mines produce
no copper
The Mammoth mine 60 California,
is the only mine OF the company which
properly can be designated as "a copper
property and even this mine carries
gold and silver values averaging about
g325 DER ton. which constitutes am Inn
portant factor iu reducing the cost Of
ore production. There are also sew
eral other favorable factors which en-
able the Mammoth company 20 pro-
ducc copper al a low figure The mine
is worked by tunnels instead OF shafts.
and 90 also requires no pumping. There
IS no railway haul except a short jour
ney down the companys own tram
way 90 It's smelter' and. furthermore,
the mine ls extremely fortunate an con-
trolling BOZ the near vicinity an ample
supply OF lux. The latter factor
aion contributes much 20 cheaper the
cost of tho cOmpany's copper
For the year 1906 the company re-
ceIyed am average Of 19.f1 cents per
pound for copper and 20 is estimated
that when the Mammoth production rs
doubled. as % viii be On the autumn.
the Mammoth company can enrn as
much ON 1f-cent copper as a. could al
| the price received ty 30 for copper dur
inE 1906.
" THE conclusion therefore. seems
| clear that although the ordinary cop
] per-ur0duciuc property may apprehcnd
perhans substantial reduction bon net
/ earnings Tor che year beginning next
! January. as compared with 1906. and
l the United states Smelling Refining
] a. Mining company may incur some
I losses ON account OF shrlnkage in value
! OF custom ores on hand caused hy n
/ declining market while the contents
] ~ the ores arc being reduced M re-
] fined copper. set the Tnitede states
] company NAV look forward with cou-
/ fdencc to "a large Increase ln net earn-
] iuFH duriur 1905
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
MAY BUILD RAILROAD.
Nevada Ilils Company Tired Of De-
pending on Teamsters

At the meeting OF the directors Of
the Nevada Hills Mining company held
I'm this city on Saturday, &c was decid-
ed 90 take steps towards the building
OF "a railroad % FairvieW from Fallon
Nevada. distance OF about IS miles
a committee. consisting Of Windso
v Rice. W. II Clark. John o. Hold
son and John a Kirby was appoint
ed 20 go into the. matter OF securing
rights Of way make surveys and OBJ
tain estimates on the cost Of cOnstruc-
ton. etc.
Under present conditions the mine
can be furnished two cars of 30 tons
each por day In doing development
work alone. 10 costs $40 "a ton 20
move this ore 20 the railroad station
at Fallon. and that means an annual
expenditure on wagon haul alone Of
&3ZIea0 "a year. while the total cost
of delivering the ore an tao smelters
would De- approximately t3a5.UNO a
year ou little batch of two cars "a
day This much money win build an
electric or steam road Oh camp. and
20 was shown no the meeting that the
difference boo transportation charges.
with the lime built. would return the
cost 90 the company inside of three
years
W. H. Weber 600 his report to the d.
rector makes the assertion that there
are between 81 900, 600 and 10000. 600
worth of orc exposed In The mine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
BECK TUNNEL
ON TOB0GGAH
Apparently Brokers Are Of 0pln-
ion the Usual Dividend is
Not Forthcoming.
DIRECTORS MEET TOMORROW.
Uncle sam Consolidated and May Day
Acknowledging Quo
tatiOus.

There was plenty Of enthusiasm
about the Goor OF tho salt Lake stock
and Mining exchange during today's
early calls. Features were plentiful.
The bears swooped down upon Beck
Tunnel and beginning at S2.o5. ham-
merod St AN tho way down to $50,
closing with slight rally The
shorts took advantage of the situation
and covered an the way down t0 tho
stopping point n is very evident hy
tho way things went today That there
are lot OF people iu Salt Lake who
believe the directors viii either cut
the dividend when they meet t1mor-
row. or else they viii pass Do entirely.
Contrary 30 the performance ut
Beck Tunnel. Uncle Sam Consolidated
and May Day advanced Uncle sam
has gone up a half dollar share
within tho past two DAYS while May
Day has made a gain during the same
period OF fully 33 Is per cent seven
Troughs moved up "a few points ou the
strength Of the report in circulation
that Los Angeles parties have secured
an option on q large block Uf the
stock az handsome figure OF
course, no one knows whether the
option win be exercised or not. but
there are people willing 10 take the
chance. believing that the chances for
an advance are good
The listod stocks attracted so much
attention that the unlisted issues were
almost lost sight Of However. there
were some Inquiries for Untah Treas
ure Hin and Standard Copper. the
former selling at ~. 43 and 40 cents,
while the latter came out az 80 cents.
The colsing quotations and sales
were:
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ooLpFIFLp sMELTER.
\ New Bureau Correspondent says
Plant Is Not Perfect.

A travelling correspondent of thc Bos-
ton News Bureau. Who has been look
ING over the Garfield plant OF the
American Smelling & Rehniug 60.
plant IN Utah. says:
The Garfield smelter. which cost
about $1,000 600. IS an enormously pig
plant. but 81 does not run smoothly.
There are many metallurgical defects
which have prevented the treatment OF
All the ore sent 10 81 and many thous-
ands Of tons are piled up awaiting
treatment
The trouble has been that the Gug-
genheims insist on running and erect
ing their shelters from the New YORK
Office through "A Board Of Strategy ana
they do not get the results They are
now planning to double up the size %
The Garfield plant probably 10 take care
u contracts originally intended for tho
san Bruno plant In California which
had TO be abandoned.
AS the Utah Copper and Boston
Consolidated companies are dependent
upon the Garfield plant they are hav-
ing a hard time Of t. I'm the FIRST place
they have difficulty I'm getting their ore
transported TO Garfield and when they
get IL there they cannot get &c treat
Oh
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
BOSTON COPPER CLOSE.

Mass. Gas. 50q51; Mass. Gas, pfd,
S00 S0ta; Arcadian. "a 0bN; Bing-
ham Con. 11011iB: c.. & A., 1910
142: Cent. 22g22&: copper Range,
cas- m 64h: CRANKY. 100 bid; Mass.
az n 3: Michigan. II a H12: NJ. O..
c.. bid. North Butte. 81 p ~ 81; Os-
ceola. 1881 asked. Phoenix. ! Is "a
TX; ". l.. 404h shannon. 1873 a.
13%; Trinity 15& ale; Utah Con.
42042h Winona. 76S; Wyandot,
90 m1.0O. Boston Con. Oia a 2l Y
L.. S. s Ccom) 4004Ota; U. S. $. 40
G4OiS. ADV. 2iaG2& AIlouez. 33d36. At
lantic. 18Gl3A; 3. Coaln.. 100 p: C.. &
H.. 200 at EOS: c. NJ. 5000. d. W, 1ih
a14tk: Franklin. 10GiO1a Mexico Con,
9h asa: Mohawk 6Sa70; Nevada Con,
Ohd11i Old Dom, 25AG2s. Parrot, lila
di5A. Quincy, S7dSs; Santa Fe. 2&0
2s: Tamarack. 1906: United Cop, asa
S.. Victoria, 57sG6h; Wolverine, 40
asked: Az. Coml, 16d16i5 Royale, 1863
q17ik: Balaklala, 7hq7i4; Greene-Ca-
nanea, 1915 all.
Copper Range. ex-div 200 today.
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importance 20 Park city and means an-
other regular producer FOR that imloi q
ant camp The advantage Co. De- gained
IN bringing the Creole into the combine
alton ie that of having dcop enali T.
equipped with a splendid hoiHting nant,
Immediately available, besides adulnk
materially 90 the mineralizcd area or
thc merger company.
Tho location of the possessions OF ihe
uintah Treasure Hlll company now exc
tend from the town Of Park CITY clear
through 10 tho Woodaldc property on
the Silver King Coalition mines ana pr
fald 20 contain a continuation ol iht
samo contact from which tho silver
King has extracted It's riches DO the
past
II IL understood that Jesse Knight
who IL controlling factor in the one
torprifo, has directed that the property
shall be operated through the Creole
workings.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09

Nineteenth Ward-Ou tho 4tth
inst the Nineteenth Ward Amusement
association win give a farewell ente.-
tainment to Elder Joshua 5. Buchan'"
who leaves on n mission 20 great hll-
tain oct. Q Tho concert promises %
be a first class affair. Programs Wil
be issued shortly.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
PRICES MOVED
SLOWLY DOWNWARD

Now York. Sept. e.--Nory light
orders appeared Tor execution at the
opening of the stock market and
prices moved slugsishly downward.
Northern Pacific declined q and AM
orican smelling and Colorado Fuel
a. Third Avenue sold az an advance
OF ana Reading and Pennsylvania
rose small fractions.
A sluggish recovery set IN which
continued until Reading had risen
ia beyond saturdays closing. I'm
ion Pacihc rose j and half dozen
other stocks rose from p 90 q.
Amaigamated Copper reached %, but
Ucbral offerings at that level drove
90 on sharply and affected tho other
metal stocks besides restricting the
advance in tho railroads. Tho tone
was firm az the end OF the hour.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09

Wealth Not Bountiful--A petition
I'm bankruptcy was today filed foo the
federal court by Thomas Meath "a
merchant OF Bountiful. Davis county,
Utah lie schedules his liabilities nc
S1,775.92 with assets OF f719.80. on
the last named amount $40 is claimed
as helng eXempt from execution.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
ADDRESS TO TEACHERS.
Heads Of Departments Talk 10 Insti'
tute Held at Lafayette School.

The teachers Of the primary grades.
from first TO fourth inclusive, met this
institute work. The assembly was ad-
dressed by W. A. Wetzoll. musical SUI
pervisor; Miss Johnston, supervisor Of
physical education; Miss Resale Pol
lock OF the primary department. and by
Mr. Fairbanks supervisor OF art The
classes In the first four grades We're
all dismissed at 1880 to permit tho
teachers 20 attend.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-09-09
OPERATION PERFORMED.
Detective Matt Rhodes Stin in a Scri-
Gus Condition at indianapolis

Detective Frank Wheeling Is Ga re-
ceipt OF a letter from Mrs. Rhodes,
wife or Detective Matt Rhodes. who IS
now at sanitarium iu indianapolis.
undergoing treatment for O cancer in
the rght ear. The first reports re-
ceved from Detective Rhodes were
most encouraging but the letlc- from
Mrs. Rhodes indicates that the officer
is stiu iu "a most serious condition,
suffering intense pain.
Recently the physicians decided o.
use the knife and a portion Of Mr.
of dead issue taken out The treat
ment given Che officer is most hereto,
and be stin has hopes OF recovery.