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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

Wanted-A dozen laying hens and a good
COW. F. o. Box 1872, Hood River j24
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08
Executors Notice.

AHsSotVi NUtilC.
Notice is hereby given that the uHd ersignad
mas been appointed executor of The last viii
ana Testament OF Frank y Hammond do
ceased, ny The County Court of the state Of
oregon, Tor Hood River {, unity, and ali Nor.
sons having claims against the estate Of "a ia
ueceaSeu are hereby notid d to present the
same, win proper Won hers attached within
SIX months ofth date of the first pnbiicstinn
OF thus notice, at F0S Commercial Block port
land, Oregon HENtY IAVWA ort
johnson & Van ZAnte Lva6lttt
H'''' "'HS '"I Estate. iSa5
For Sale-Three horses. j. A. Davidson
pnono o"i'i'' j29
Lost,.An umhrel a, sii, er handle; monogro n,
H. D. W. on handle. pl on %. iIs
Manted-A cheap hack horse. Telenroro
odelt 10. Chas, l, Thomas, Dee, ore ia
;, For sale--saddIe pony. Phone lS7K
f. E. Lyon. o '0' ~ -
Chickens for Sale-A dozen hens ord
rooster; also 40 chicks. Pauline Tai.
mage. Phone 2052 NJ. ;s
For sale-Sixty young ducks, weight
tour to five pounds, Phone 2lS2 X 100
Ramona Hotel fixtures and lease Gov
sale. Apply to G, A. Dano. iS5 i5
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

+ r ale-S0 feet front on State street, with
GOOD barn suitable to make over into house.
Price 81 500, If taken soon. ]. often, il
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

Lost-GIey duster, betv cen E. H. Shepards
phone 2Q-X. M
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

For Rent-Furnished rooms, with water,
light and bath Mrs. H. j. Frederick. is
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

Wanted-old rubber G. T.. Easterly on
Jerico Lane. Phone 1921. will be at the
Feed shed every Saturday. iyi
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

For Sale-Almost new wagon. half truck.
FOR sale or exchange for one horse wagon. p
Railway. 30
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

For Rent-Nicely furnished room, close in;
w WI rent 10 one or two gentlemen. Inquire
ilo oVole oI, iyl5
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

Lost-One agate watch charm. Finder re.
turn to Paris Fair Store and be rewarded ia
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

,Fouhd-Lady's white serge coat Saturday
once Tor particulars. tS1
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

90 l,pst ,hd or strayed-Female ollie dog, answeS
lS7-M- '' husnes, pno'r
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-07-08

Dee. one I%iJ1ne Iiobi o IL from railroad camp a..
abon,, ny H. lIsnI gray mare, flea bitten. ",
rn',n5 nUUus li99 pounds, aged Is wears sho, |,
S tsEa No. q, n on left shoulder. SIS rfwsf,
20 nea neg up and notify us ETH 'n,,
phone 1921. sAeA"i ho"F ~ -
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
SECURE SUPPLY OF FRESH AIR.
Necessary VentIstors Can Be Put In
with Little Trouble.

Where Steamboat is installed. ac-
cording to Suburban Life, ventilation
is especially needed, for the absence OF
flues and open fireplaces depriveS the
rooms OF a constant source OF pure
air, and architects are often negligent
In supplying efficient substitutes for
them. When building house, IL Is
very easy to have at least one open
grating communicating with the out
side air placed AT the highest possIe
BILE point In every room, with flap.
II desired, to prevent this outlet be-
coming an inlet, but. even when the
house is built without those necessary
yentilators. they can be easiry made
with very little expense or trouble,
Perhaps the simplest method OF pro-
vidlng a constant inlet for room is
to have a counterpart OF the lower rail
Of the sash-frame made. with upper
and lower surfaces parallel When
this is put In Its place aud the win
dow shut down on it, air comes in
readily at the junction OF the upper
and lower frames, and at a height
which prevents those sitting In the
room from feeling any draught
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
A Municipal MonopoIy.

For some time there hns been fric-
ton between the citizens and authori-
ties of Wheeling. w Va, because the
former, in defiance OF city ordinance.
prefer to buy natural gas at Is cents
for lighting purposes rather than pay
rs cents for gas manufactured by the
city. which. they claim. Is not worth
the difference. At present there is A
three corDcred fight on. The citizens
are trying to have the monopolistlc or
dinance rescindcd, while the city has
brought suit against consumers to re-
strnin them from using natural gas
except for heating purposes and
against the natural gas company to
prevent 1t from selling gas except for
fuel.
In it's answer the company has ex-
ploded bombshell by declaring that
during the last ten years 1t has sold
3i,000,000 cubic feet of natural gas TO
the city gas works. where 1t was
mixed with artificial gus and resold to
consumers at I5 cents a thousand, al
though the city paid only Is cents for
It, Yet Wheeling used TO be a show
town for municipal ownership,
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
The Real Taxpayer.

The taxes the poor man pays are
the largest single item in his expendi-
ture. II he pays S1S month for rent
SO. so to SO Of this Ia for taxes. Every
pound of meat. suit Of clothes and pair
Of shoes he buys costs more because
Of the taxes due to graft, waste or In
efficiency II the cost OF running the
city Of Boston could he assessed di"
rectly so the people could know what
the city WAS costing them. each family
would have to pay about $170 year,
II 90 per cent of this amount is vast
cd or stolen. which under present con-
dItIons IL probably setting 1t low the
graft cost for each family Is about $50.
as much as the average mechanic can
earn by two weeks hard work.-Bos-
ton Traveller.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
ruN's RAYS ABOVE THe CLOUDS.
eaIoonists Compelled to Shelter
Faces from the Fierce Heat.

At the height of two miles the sun
shines with fierce Intensity unknown
below where the dust and the denscr
air scatter the rays which. thus diff
fused. lose their Intensity while H.
Eliminating every nook and corner OF
our houses, AT heights exceeding flve
miles this diifused light Is mostly
gone and the sun shines a glowing
ball, sharply outlined In sky OF
which the blue is so dark as TO ap-
proaoh blackness, At the outer limits
OF the atmosphere the sun would ap-
pear a brilliant star OF massive size
among other stars; and II one stepped
from It's burning rays into shadow no
would enter Egyptian darkness. AT
the height of a mile and hnlf VIC
found IL necessary to shelter our
faces to prevent sunburn. although tho
air around us was but little warmer
than that of the previous night. being
about 40 degrees. AS the afternoon
wore on and the balloon began TO
cool and sink. We were obliged To
throw out much sand, casting 1t away
a scoopful at a time and Just after
sunset II was even necessary 10
empty Two or three bags at once.-At-
laDtic.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
Wiko CouraeI.

In 1905 Norwich, Conn, purchased
the local gas md electric plants, the
amount Invested being s590.e00. Three
years later the electric generating
plant was shut down, and a contract
for current was made with a private
company.
When the plants had been under city
management for year Mnrtiu f. Jen.
sen. eX-trcasurer of the city. stated
that after allowing 5very possible cred
It to the city and setting aside only .
per cent for depreciation the loss on
the electric plant for thirteen months
was SIG. 723. In closing the article In
which this statement appeared Mr.,
Jensen wrote.
Examination Of local municipal ac-
counting covering a period from 1867
10 1905 convinced mo thot cities CON
Quoting their affairs through unpaid
md unframed commissioners run hope
lessly into debt because appropriations
are overspent- | except the gas and
electrical commissioners who have not
had time to make history.
ITO those contemplating going into
municipal lighting under Norwich con-
ditlons I would say. DON'T"
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
Now tho City Fothers Can Sleep,

Municipal ownership of the Delta
QaJ gas plant has been a losing prop,
ositlon. The plant has been turned
over TO Ricbland man, who agrees
to run the plant and give the city
$40 gas. For long time the light
plant has been causing the members
Of the town council TO '1ie awake
nights" for. to tell the plnin, unvar.
Disbcd truth. the Delta gas plant is q
losing proposition and Is a great big
elephant or something or other on the
bands OF the council. and they have
been looking around for some way 10
relieve the situation, like the Irish
man who sneaked up and caught the
wildcat by the tall and began swing
Ing II around. afterward finding out
that II was not what he had thought
1t was. he yelled Justify to his friend
Pat, For Gods sake come and help
me let go OF the dom thing. Light
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
AN EXPENSIVE PET.
. tho City Juotifed In Paying Such
Enormous Board md koop2

e'N'''SSS SSa' " a'S bNooP'
Every citizen OF New York and par.
tlcularly every direct taxpayer should
rend most carefully the speeches Of
William Ii. WINS and Edgar j. Bevey
on the expenditures Of the city of
New York. IL after peruslng those
speeches he has any doubt tbat the
question OF setting our house In order
Is urgent, then II is difficult To sec
what can convince him outside Of the
actual suspension Of payment by the
municipal treasury.
1t has taken us ten years to end out
how little We know about running
city Rut yet short us the time Is,
the result hns been reached gradually.
We have passed from one unwarrant.
ablo expenditure to another until we
have placed ourselves In a position
where there is practically no demand
which we can logically refuse. As
Mr. Levey pointed out. the loss on
the Staten Island ferry annually is
STJo,000, md this Is almost exactly
the taxation paid by Staten Island to.
ward the administration Of the city,
It now receives, therefore, its police,
lighting. water. roads and ndmlnistra
tion generally for nothing and is In
position to make a demand for a free
ferry on the theory that anybody cnD
walk over the Brooklyn bridge for
nothing.
1t takes Gfty-four men to run ono
Of the Staten Island ferryboats fol
twenty-four hours against eighteen
men on q Lackawanna or n Pennsyl
vania bont- We simply cannot afford
1t. We nre taxed up to the limit As
Mr.. Levey says, manufacturers arc
moving out beyond the city limits be
cause of taxation. Ultimately rents
Will come down In consequence. Large
districts Will detcrioratc and their tax
able value Will be lowered
Our enormous expenditure and our
enormous debt. presumably contracted
to help the city. is hurting 1t. We nre
doing much which individual effort
and pride should do q great deal bet
ter. and incidentally we are sapplne
the self reliance Of our people In o
way that would cause our grandfathers
to turn IN their graveS,-Wnll Street
Journal.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
MORE WORKERS, LESS WORK.
The London Water Board Has Too
Many Employees and Big Ooficit
Rcatdeo

Tho London Water Board Has Too
Many Employees and a Big Ooteit
BosIdoo.
At recent meeting OF the metro
politan water board Of London, re-
ported IN the London Morning Post.
II was stated that the anticipated def
icit for the current financial year
would be nearly 100000. One of the
members. Mr. Musgrave, gave some
figures which are very interesting In
this connection. He stated that five
years ago, when the water was being
supplied by several private companies.
their employees numbered only 5S1.
Now, In spite OF the consolidation un-
der the municipal authorities, their
employees number 1872 In other
words, 1t takes 81 per cent more mu
nicipal employees to do the same work
that was done by the private employ
ees. for there has been almost no In
crease IN the amount of water sup
piled In fact the larger number Of
employees under the board are actual
ly accomplishing less, because the
board pays the Bank of England more
than 100000 year 10 handle some
financial matters which under private
management were taken care of by
the companies employees.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
a Return to Contract Labor.

The Leeds corporation at It's meet
ing on Dec, 2, 1908, decided to abolish
the works department which was set
up In 1909 and wherever practicable to
revert to the course Of letting by con-
tract the work of the corporation. The
mover Of the resolution said that his
experience was that work done by d.
rect labor was not carefully thought
out In every detail before 1t was COM
menced and that 1t had led In every
case to much unnecessary expenditure.
1t was au Interference with private
trading and WAS n Socialist measure
and TO abolish 1t would be IN the best
interests OF the ratepayers and citi-
zens generally, the traders and the bet.
ter class OF workers, Yorkshire Post.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
THE NEW WATCHWORD.
Confidence and Corporation Between
Corporation and Customer an Ideal
Quite Possible of Attainment.

Quite Possible of Attainment.
According to Professor Meyer OF the
railroad commission of Wisconsin, ono
Of the chief aims of public utilities
commission should be TO bring about n
hearty cooperation between the cities
and the utilities companies which
serve them, the ultimate purpose be-
Ing to secure for the consumer the best
service at the lowest price compatible
with n fair return upon the capital In
vested. According to his view, tho
commission IL not merely on the ono
hand to protect companies from tho
open attacks Of dcmagogues and the
insidious attacks of grnfters and on
the other to protect cities from the
rapacity Of corporations whose motto
is charge all the traffic Will stand"
II Is beyond and above thls-to bring
the two parties to a franchise agree
ment into a spirit Of cordial and intel
ugent cooperation.
AGitators tell us that the interests Of
the corporation and Of It's customers
are necessarily aDtagonistic. That is
not true, and any city or corporation
which acts upon that false assumption
does 80 ut It's peril Every day 1t Is
becoming clearer that a corporation
that has a monopoly is ne exception to
the general rule that no business can
afford to antagonlze Its customers and
that good service Is a better guarantee
of perlnanence thnn a long contract,
On the other hand, q city that demands
tho impossible is likely to get half
hearted service and 10 Involve Itself In
vexatIous litigation and experiments.
Professor Meyer reminds corporations
aud cities alike that 1t is time to aban-
don childish squabbles and pucrile eff
forts to obtain petty advantages over
each other-which can only be tempo
rary-and to approach the solution of
the great problems which confront
them In q large and mnnly spirit, with
open minds and, II necessary, open
books That this Is no day dream Is
proved by the Increasing number Of
cities, large and small, where mutual
suspicion and hostility have given
place to confidence and cooperation.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
SENTIMENT AGAINST MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
M. 0. WAVE RECEDES.
The Country 10 Learning Ito Lesson
Why Experiment ExtravasantIy and
n;ooetroueIN7

The Country 10 Learning ito Lesson.
Why Experiment sxtravasantIy md
Dsastrously7
The entrance upon new year finds
public sentiment In a more subdued
and thoughtful state on the matter of
municipal ownership md operation of
utilities, The country experienced a
sort OF wave on this subject but the
wave is recedlng. 1t has been some
thing of a fad and fads have to pos.
sess some pretty good staying qualities
il they nrc not swept away,
The failure of Cleveland to make a
SUCCESS Of street chr system man,
agcd by the city Is n case In point that
has excited much comment and much
serious reelection. And the more the
people of that city reject the less lia-
BILE they seem TO be to- make another
effort in that direction.
But this case only serves to illustrate
q general principle applicable every.
where. II is a truth that municipal
operation Of all such utilities Is eXpen.
sive to the taxpayer. 1t Is a truth that
all business. whether conducted by the
city or by a private corporation, must
be conducted with the same regard for
economy. the same regard for making
the investment self sustaining and
profitable
And 1t is true. whether 1t ought to
be or not, that those who manage a
municipal enterprise do not exercise
L.. I,lz n.I oh, L.. ,x-I
vnte enterprise. The tendency is d.
rcctly to extravaganza and waste and
toward doing things on a lavish scale.
This Ia so notoriously true I'm enter
prIsos undertaken by the government
that the utmost watching is necessary
to prevent the treasury from being
raided and wasted
When 1t comes to the municipality
precisely tho same danger Is found
The idea is inbred apparently that
whenever the public undertakes any.
thing money is not to be spared
Wages and salaries are more thought
OF than the cost Of the Investment and
tho need Of making q business show
ing. Men do not plan or think or work
for the public with the enme idea Of
conserving the interests Of the proprie,
tor that they do In q privnte enterprise.
These fundamental difficulties con-
front every municipality owned enter
prise In the country And the feeling
Ia now gaining ground that the city
that undertakes any scheme for Itself
must make showing alongside Of any
private concern that may offer to rem
der the same service. There is no
sentiment any longer in the oase. 1t Is
matter OF business strictly The pub
lie have no pride longer In the thought
that they own and operate any utility
if the tax they pay to maintain 1t Is
more than would be the expense Of
private operation.
And all these considerations operate
to force the municipal plant Of wbnt-
ever name TO make showing which
I'm the nature of things 1t Is most diff
cult for it to make, hence the receding
Of the municipal ownership wave. 1t
gives away to perfectly natural and
Inevitable conditlons.-Kankake Qll)
Republican.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
FiIIino Their Pocket. In tho Dark.

a village in Georgia owning a mu-
nicipnl electric plant has passed an
ordinance forbidding the use of tung-
stcn lamps. Evidently the city fathers
know all too well that the new lamps
will reduce the electric bills by fully
third and do not mean to suffer this
financial loss. A number OF progress
I've electric light companies In large
cities are now furnishing these lnmps
TO customers at cost and without In
creasing the price OF current-Dnllas
TEX Times. Herald.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
GETTING WISDOM IN WALES.
Expectations Rovorsed-More Taxes
Instead of Ceea.

Instead of leea.
In 1896 the gas and water works
Of Rhonda, Wales, were taken over
by the municipality. In order to get
the taxpayers TO consent To this they
were told that the profits which then
went TO the stockholders would be ap-
piled toward the reduction Of taxes
The result has been the exact reverse
OF the prediction, for both plouts have
had deficits which have had to be
made up by taxation. although no re-
duction has been made in prices.
In the Inst year Of private owner
ship tho profit on the gas works was
10 per cent on the investment. Last
year there wns loss of SLIPS, which
has TO he puid out Of taxes and which
Is equivalent to increasing the price
of gus s cents a thousand feet The
writer in-the Western Mall who gives
these figures assigns as one Of the
causes that much less gas ia made per
ton of coal than was the case when
the plant was under private manage
ment The result is the more remark
able because there are now six times
as many consumers as there were in
1896.
The situation in the waterworks Ia
even worse. In It's last year of opera
tion the company made n profit OF
S21 $50, which municipal management
has changed into loss OF S14,16
This also has to be borne by the Tux
payers, but the city has now been
given permission to raise the water
rates to figures 20 TO % per cent more
than those Of the company.
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
Cnn't Oct Rid Of It,

The city OF Bath, England. has for
some time been trying to dispose OF
the electric plant which 1t purchased
mutually acceptable terms were agreed
upon, but the board OF trade IN parlia.
mentary board corresponding TO our
public utilities commission) refuses to
permit the sale, This may deter other
British cities from making risky e1
nerimanIS
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14

The Pittsburg board of trade mas
taken up the system Of municipal wa
ter rates with n view Of having them
altered so thnt present injustices VIII
be corrected. An instance was given
OF a mill having n single bydrnnt for
drinking water and obtaining all thc
water used for mechanical purposes
from its own wells. which was charged
at $4,000 per year for the city service.
One property owner declared that four
OF his warerooms I'm the downtown DIS
frict were vacant. owing TO excessive
charges for wutcr.-Publlc Service
The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1909-03-14
WHOSE FAULT
Was II Bad Luck or Msmanaeement7
Tho Taxpayers Take No PIeaaure In
Feeding Their White Elephant.

Was II Bad Luck or Mismanagenent7
Tho Taxpayers Take No PIeaaure In
Feeding Their White Elephant.
The municipal electric light plant OF
Frankfort Ind. was brought into
prominence recently by the bursting Of
fywheel which damaged IT to the
extent of $4,000 to $4,000 aud caused
great Inconvenience to the factories
and business houses that depended on
the plant for light and power. The
accident is said to have been due to
incompetent supervision.
About year ago n dislntcrested cid
zen of Frankfort wrote to m inquirer:
Wo havc a city OF from 1000 10 12.cO.
Tho original cost tof the municipal light
Ing plant] was something over $4,000.
While tho city has no report. from data
on tilo j should Judge that the cost was
about s1a (per street arc lamp]. City
taxes have been doubled since the In
stallation OF tho municipal lighting plant
Service Is extremely poor, and. while IL
appears To be tho Pet OF councilmen. thcro
Is not a taxpayer In this city who does
not regard this plant os n white elephant.
Laet year wc had 10 lights. aud the re-
ceipts from all sources from the lighting
plduk WtIS o'tI 40 wv WHO
tho total expenses were something over
$500 thus making tho not cost OF opcrot
Ing expenses 81 Go. or that sum for 40
street lights Within the next two years
1t Will be necessary 10 expend about $40.
GOo on machinery and repairs.
II your city lie out of debt. has low
tax levy and a large surplus of cosh that
you wish to get rid OF. my advice TO YOU
would DO TO build q municipal lighting
plant.
This was the city where few years
ago the feeling I'm regard to the poor
service became so bitter TINT tbe citi-
gens made Jack-o'-lanterns Of pump
kins and invited the council to inspect
the new lighting plant. At that time
threats were made openly that the
poles would be torn down unless the
service improved