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The Washington times., 1909-07-11
FAMOUS BRIDGE BURNS

TROY, n. Y, July 1.-THE old wood
covered Troy bridge across the Hudson
at this place. which was opened for
traffic in 1893. is no more. Today a mass
of embers is smolderng on either side,
and there is a great gap in the middle.
The bridge caught fire supposedly from
an electric wire, and was completely de
strOyel
The Washington times., 1909-07-11
GULF OF ADEN LAND
GROWS FINE COTTON
Liverpool Firm Finds Experiment
Highly Successful, Says
Report.

LONDON. July u.-Isidore Morse and
John McFadden, the Liverpool cotton
kings, who several months ago obtained
immense concessions Of land in Firth
rea, north OF the Gulf OF Alden, have
just received the first consignment OF
cotton grown there under the super
vision of experts.
The samples show that ErithFea will
b. one OF the greatest cotton growing
countries in the world The quality Of
the cotton is in many ways superior 70
that produced by Southern States.
The Washington times., 1909-07-11
TITLE FOR BUSCH, BREWER.

ST. LOUIS, July 12-"Privy Counsel
Of Commerce is the title which the
Grand Duke OF Hesse has conferred on
AdOlphUs Busch. the millionaire brewer
OF St Louis. Busch is now at CarIs-
bad, Germany, and yesterday celebrated
his SEVENTEEN birthday.
The Washington times., 1909-07-11
Babies Who Captured Prizes
WINNER.

WINNER PRIZE
Theobald Hosofer, 32 st. N. W.. Preiest Baby.
James Bancon, 62I Orleans n. Baby. Chair
Holiness W.. Fates Baby Knife Fork suoon
Darius Gaskins, 24o First St N W. Youngest Cup
Born May p.
Mildred Pauline Bates Cong Heights Baby. Gold Pins
AIeen Wilson, Baby Gold Chain
Mrs n. Mother Card Case
Mrs Olive Yaeger. Youngest Hat Pin
1902 Marion n. W. nc Yearsl
The Washington times., 1909-07-11
WESTON NEARING GOAL.

SAN FRANCISCO. July n.-Edward
Payson Weston, the veteran pedestrian
IS nearing his goal on his continent
walk. He win start tomorrow morning
on the last lap Of his journey from Sac
EamentO 10 this city. 10 miles.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
OGDEN A BENEFICIARY.

That the Spokane rate case decis-
ion Is OF great importance to Ogden
is made evident by the fact that in a
similar case now pending before the
Interstate Commerce commission, In
which the complainants are the merch-
ants of Reno, Nevada, the jobbing
houses of San Francisco and Los An
seles interviewed in behalf of the rail
roads TO oppose the contention OF the
Reno merchants, claiming that, ii
Reno we're granted terminal rates.
other interior cities would make sim
liar claim and thus the jobbing houses
CT the coast cities would suffer.
Ogden jobbers are awaiting with
much interest the receipt of the full
text of the decision, for it may prove
Of vast advantage TO Ogden.
A Salt Lake business man. stu.
dent of these rate issues, told local
banker that in his opinion the Spokane
decision, when made to apply to this
section, will add materially to the I'M
portanoe of Ogden as jobbing and
distributing center and tend to ma
terially increase Ogden's prosperity.
Local jobbers have been handicap
ped when they sought to extend their
trade to those fields now held by the
coast cities. For instance, In Nevada
they found they were Disseminated
against in favor OF San Francisco and
Los Angeles, the freight charges TO
Ogden being in many cases equal to
a local rate back added. Now II Oe-
den, with the broad enforce
ment Of the Spokane decision,
is to receive freight rates
approximately proportional on mile
age basis to those charged San Fran
cisco, the jobbers of Ogden will be
able to not only invade the western
Nevada territory. but they will make
the San Francisco wholesalers do bus
mess on fair margin of profit OF
force them ont of the field.
The full text of the Spokane rate
case decision will be published in this
paper as soon as it is received from
Washington.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
February Is, 1909
February 16, 49,
OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION.

There is wheel loose somewhere
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
DEMANDING CONSERVATISM.

Charles A. Moore, head of big man
ufactories producing machinery and
supplies for railroads. has sent out a
circular to the press, In which he
says.
Investors are afraid. They believe
that public hostility Is still strong
against railroads and they fear that
there will be legislative restrictions
and administrative activity in state
and nation which may increase expe1-
ditures. reduce revenues and thus tend
to impair interest and dividends. Hol-
ders Of capital can be reassured as to
future legislation If those Immediately
interested will allow 1t to be known
that they desire conservatism.
Appeals which many citizens are
making by letter to federal and state
officials ask that every measure for
restriction of railroads shall be care
fully investigated with a view to as
certainlng whether railroad has re-
sources to meet the cost and whether
there is reasonable certainty that the
proposed law will promote and not
retard the development of Transports
tion facilities. The movement does
not contemplate a relaxed vigilance as
to observance of law by railroads; 1t
does not countenance withdrawal or
suspension of remedies for pust griev-
anceS; 1t does not seek on behalf Of
railroads immunity from the obliga-
tion to increase the safety of the trav.
cling public. All that is urged Is that
railroads, when compelled by law to
Increase their expenditures. shall be
allowed adequate revenues for main
taining proper operation, a wage scale
In accordance with American stand
ards Of living and dividends sufficient
to attract investment-the last named
to insure the borrowing and hence the
constructing power Of transportation
companies"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
WATERWoRkS COMMISSION.

Mr.. Editor.-In the matter of the
proposed "Waterworks Commission. "a
a great deal has been said and written
as TO the possibility of finding three
honest men who would serve the city
as water commissioners without com.
pensation."
1t is urged that II the three gentle
men whom the mayor might select
and the council might confirm should
act dishonestly-one or all of them
why, there is the $4,000 bond that
each one Of the patriots would have to
give.
This whole question Of the manage
ment Of the waterworks does not hinge
so much on the matter of honesty of
the men as on the policy they adopt.
1t is not only a question of men but
of methods and policies.
1t has always been fashionable to
sneer at the lack OF honesty among
men. Two thousand years ago an old
loafer named Diogones made a great
hit by going about the streets Of Ath-
ems in broad daylight with lighted
candle telling every one that he was
looking for an honest man" People
have been repeating the story ever
since as If 1t proved anything.
The fact Is, that honesty is the
commonest Of human virtues. 1t is
good horse sense that Is so scarce.
More business men fail from incom-
potency than from dishonesty.
And yet it is a custom when firm
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

|. cessitating his resignation. and the
Washington dispatches are predicting
his retirement. ISis opposition TO
this preseryative Is indorsed, however.
by The Journal Of the American Med.
ical Association. Says this paper:
Briefly stated. the referee board
the scientific attainments and unim-
peachable reputation or whose person
mel requires that It's decisions be CIV
en- the most thoughtful consideration
has. In a series of experiments on
poison squads extending over a per
iod OF four months, reached results
Numerically opposite to those arrived
at by DR.. Wiley in similar series OF
experiments which he conducted for
nearly year.
This decision Of the board leaves
the question Of the physiologic action
of sodium benzoate on the community
practically where It was before: that
is. that while the substance is known
TO be bacterial poison. its deleter-
ious action on the human organism is.
in the words of the Scotch verdict, not
proven
ut is greatly to be regretted that
the public announcement OF the de-
cision of the referee board should not
have been so worded as to make clear
to the public mind the limitations OF
the question under consideration
There is some danger that to the
Wiley's work Is discredited, when az
a matter of fact 1t means nothing of
report emphasizes is that under the
conditions of the experiments-w which
consisted in giving healthy young men
certain definite quantities of sodium
benZoate for a period not exceeding
out deleterious action and is not In
furious to health. To assume from
these findings that the use OF benzoate
of soda In foodstuffs is therefore be-
yond criticism Is absolutely unwar-
that the board itself would be the last
body TO sanction such an assumption
Neither is there the slightest ground
for assuming from the experiments
that benzoate OF soda in milk used by
infants and invalids is not deleterious
or injurious"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
BENZOATE OF SODA.

The fact that large financial inter-
ests are taking up the cudgels on both
sides of the fight over benzoate OF
soda as food preservative shows the
Importance of the question and indi-
Gates the necessity OF scrutinizing the
authority and integrity OF opinions OF
fered to the public. declares Literary
Digest The scientific press are now
telling what they think OF DR.. Wiley
and the preservative he condemns.
and we shall give their findings as
they appear from time to time. Some
writer's speak of benzoate of soda as
being used to disguise stale and in.
ferlor meats and fruits, and while this
may be true of some firms. there are
others using 1t whose character and
cleanliness have stood every test. The
findings of the referee board appoint
ed by the President to review the de-.
cisions of the Bureau of Chemistry.
S" ~ Nui ISSUE loI reDTudTy o.
have been regarded by certain people
as discrediting DR. Wiley and his la.
bors in behalf of pure food The ac-
ton of the board in reversing the de-
cision OF DR. Wiley in regard TO the
harmfulness of benzoate OF soda as a
preservative has in particular been
viewed by the Doctors enemies as ne
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
wATERWoRKS COMMISSION BILL
REPORTED ADVERSELY.

The Ogden Waterworks commits
sion bill has been killed In committee
Let us rejoice The bill was con
ccived in darkness and never was In
tended to stand the light of criticism
After rejoicing. let us hope that the
members of the city administration,
now that the waterworks problem Is
again before them for solution, will
cease treating the taxpayers OF OG-
Gen as unworthy OF being taken into
their confidence, and that, before act
ing on the important matter OF dis
posing of the management of the wat
erworks system, they will submit their
plans TO the people for consideration.
But, above all, let us hope that some
Cay soon they will inform the taxpay-
ers as to the extent and value of the
waterworks property this city is sup
posed to have purchased
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

IN the machinery of the city admin
istration
The manner In which the water
works commission bill was handled
indicates that there is no head to the
affairs of the city unless that neao
be James DeVine-
After reading A. w. Agee's letter In
another part OF this paper, the public
will become convinced that even De-
Vine must be headless.
A. w. Agee. who is a lawyer OF
considerable ability and former lieu
tenant governor OF Nebraska. by q
careful search of the records has
proyed one OF two things, that the
members OF the present city admin
istration are deceiying themselves or
are attempting to deceive the taxpay-
ers of this community In either
case there is gross incompetency dis
played, which calls for public consid-
Grafton
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

this for your own good. 1t hurts mo
more than it hurts you. You might be
tempted 10 take 1t apart and look at
the wheels. So l will just take Il now
before you ruin 1t and give 1t into the
charge OF three honorable gentlemen
whose names | have in my mind. They
Will manage and take care OF it Tor
you, dear child. for the next six years.
and every year they will make you a
report on what they have done with
your property, and II there is any,
thing coming to you you can see by
the report how much II is, and any
time you don't like the way they man.
age 1t, you can go 10 the law about IT,"
You see, Mr.. Editor, this question
of who shall run the waterworks is
after all not so much a matter of hon
esty as of policies. Shall the old
cold-blooded money-making policy con-
tinue?
Shall the system be operated for the
benefit Of the citizens or for the sole
purpose of plling up money to lie in
some bank?
Was the city made for the water.
works or the waterworks made for the
city?
Why have the people struggled for
19 years to recover possession of this
great public utility
Here Is the answer:
I'm order that every house In
every part of this city shall be sup
piled with city water. If not at once,
then as soon as IT can be conveniently
done.
2-In order that the supply OF drink
ing water may be so handled that II
will be free from mud and the germs
OF disease.
3-In order that the supply OF
water may be increased by purchase.
or otherwise, go that there will be
plenty and to spare in the years TO
come, when Ogden shall have become
a city of twice its present size.
VIII the promoters of the commits
sion plan guarantee that the Little
Ogden" policy will not be continued?
VIII they give a bond protecting
the city from the pin-headedness oil
the first set of commissioners as well
as from their dishonesty?
Or will 1t not be better for the people
to remain in possession OF their prop
erty now they have IT.
Yours for the Greater ogden.
(Signed) o. A KENNEDY.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

falls, for people to say Wonder what
the trouble was? They seemed hon
est enough"
Honesty. or the lack of it, prob
ably had nothing TO do with the fail
ure. 1t came from following the
wrong policy. The firm rented store
room in the wrong locality; filled the
shelves with the wrong goods, gave
their clerks the wrong instructions /;
put out the wrong kind of advertis-
ing. and when customers came failed
to please them. Honesty had nothing
to do with It.
The people of'Ogden have been try
ing to regain possession OF the city
waterworks Tor the past 19 years.
Why?
Because they were dissatisfied with
the policy of the waterworks manage
ment under private control.
The ogden Waterworks company
of Baker City, Oregon" was honest
enough in its dealings with the Ogden
public. but its policy was objection
able
Why?
The company was a private corpora
ton, formed for the purpose Of max
ing money,
To make money was its policy. 1t
stuck to its policy Every year 1t
planned to make all the money it
could out Of the waterworks. That
was its business, and it stuck closely
to business. "
The people of Thirty-third street
west of Washington. of Twenty-eighth
street west of Wall. of Twenty sixth
street east of Quincy. of Wall avenue
south of Thirtieth street, OF Five
Points. Of Twentieth street, of any
one Of dozen remote localities might
petition for extension of water mains
but there was always the same smil-
Ing reply. 1--WE are not making any
extensions now"
Petitioners might offer guaranty
Of S per cent profit on the cost of max.
ing the extension. No good.
They might urge that with the ad-
vent Of city water their locality would
build up and thus other customers
would come to the company Still the
same reply
They might even argue that be-
cause of the lack of pure water their
locality was visited by the dread ty-
phoid I'VE are not making any ex-
tensions"
Why?
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

Because 1t was not the policy OF the
company. The company was perfectly
honest about It. Why should the
company divert money. that should go
to the stockholders In dividends TO
pay the cost of running pipe line
out TO John Jones house in Sundown
addition?
Why should the company Invest
more capital in extensions that only
promised a return OF per cent when
the company's profits on the money
already invested was much greater
than that?
Let John Jones run a private pipe
line down to the nearest main or else
move his old shack into town
Every day the people OF Ogden
found new proof that the ogden
Waterworks company of Baker City
Oregon" was not organized as a pub
lie benefactor, but to make money for
its stockholders, and for that reason
they yoted-three to one-to buy the
waterworks and own them themselves.
The people of Ogden do now own
the waterworks. They paid S555. 400
LOT UneIQ. Inc system mas Deeu
turned over to the city and the puT-
chase money has been paid.
What is the next step?
Some well-meaning gentlemen think
that the first and most important
thing Is TO put the management or
the waterworks at once and effectual-
ly as far away from the reach and in
f1uence of the citizens of Ogden as
possible. Appoint a commission. they
say, who Will handle the system for
the people for the next six years In
a conservative, businesslike manner
With them it is not question OF
what the people want to do with their
own property, but what is best for the
waterworkS.
Their attitude toward the citizens
In this matter reminds one strongly
of little scenes that are often enacted
in homes where some child has been
allowed to purchase some costly toy
or plaything with the money from its
own savings bank,
Before the child has had time to be-
come at all familiar with the workings
of the toy the fond parent says:
NOW, my dear child. you have
played with that toy long enough. 1t
Is too valuable and cost too much
money to allow you to play with 1t any
more. Now, don't pout! l am doing
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
CURE FOR PNEUMONIA.

The following Is u cure for pneumo-
MIA. which is being applied with great
success In Colorado:
Saturate a ball of cotton as large as
a one-inch marble, with spirits Of al
cohol. add three drops of chloroform to
each ball of cotton. place it between
the patients teeth, and let him inhale
the fumes in deep long breaths for
fifteen minutes, then, rest for fifteen
minutes. or longer. Ii needed; then
inhale again fifteen minutes. and re.
peat the operation, as directed. for
twenty-four times and the result will
be that the lungs will expand to their
normal condition, and In twenty-four
hours the patient is out Of danger and
in forty-eight hours he is cured-al.
though weak.
Cotton should be changed twice in
fifteen minutes.
Another method of inhalation for
elderly people without teeth, and pa.
tients in last stages Of pneumonia:
Get a small alcohol lamp, or any
other heating apparatus, and a DOR.
celaln cup. make a one-inch thick
cover of wood for the cup-put four
small nails under the cover to prevent
sliding off; bore a one-half inch hole
in the middle and Insert in the cover
q one-half inch rubber tube long
enough to reach patients mouth. then
boil alcohol diluted with water 5 per
cent, or palmer. half and half (no chic
roform needed in this method) and 10,
patient inhale through tube the fumes
of the boiling alcohol in deep long
breaths for fifteen minutes.
THEY KNEW ALL ABOUT THE
SALARY GRAB.
As we understand our esteemed
contemporary, who so glibly prates Of
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

the virtues Of his colleagues, members
of the city council, he and the city
counoilmen knew, long prior to the
time OF the Standard expose, that Mr
De Vine was attempting his salary
grab. but that paper and the city
councilmen kept mum. Well, let it
go at that. Another such a defense
will keep the members of the
city administration explaining to
the end of their terms in
Office. In the meantime read A w.
Agee's communication In this issue OF
the Standard, under the heading.
Startling Disclosure in the Water.
works Deal"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06

AS we understand our esteemed
contemporary who so glibly prates of
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
IF YOU ARE A TRIFLE SENSITIVE

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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-06
THAT PIG IN A POKE.

Here is a story in brief which
should interest every water taxpayer
In this city:
January 4. 19O7-Gin property sold 10
Ogden Waterworks
company Consid-
Grafton, $4,000.
December 81, 190S-Gill property
transferred to Og-
den City by ogden
Waterworks COM
pany as part OF
S155,4OO purchase.
February Is, 1909-Glll property again
purchased by Og-
den City and war
rant ordered drawn.
February l6, 1909-Warrant on City
waterworks fund
to amount of s4,-
SS4.10 drawn in IA
vor of Ogden State
Bank in payment
of Gill property.
OUR CITY ADMINISTRATION.
There Is a wheel loose somewhere
The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-08
4 FAIR WEATHER BREEDER

The result O. the observation taken at Moore wha, aL midnight, June '. 1909, is as follows. Temperature time obServat'n. 5l above Max. temp preceding "A hours G6 above Min. |" |" 30 above Mean e u u 5S above
 Barometer 30 IS
 Raining and Colm
The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-08
HIS WIFE IS GONE.
OFFICIAL CITY PAPER.

Editor Howdeshell of the Kctchi' kan Miner is one of the cleverest and most versatile writers in the north. He is usually a cheery soul, out of late his editorials have had a mechanically ring. Here is his ex' rlanation:.
 Our wife is gone. Gone to visit our mothcrinlaw. Gone back to the old home and the real cream. Back to the old oaken bucket and the mud pies of memory. We are not saying this Co make other men cnvious whose wives are not gone. But it is a sort of whistle to keep our courage up. For long time the opportunity to hang out all night and make q monkey of ourselves has looked good. Now. with no restraint on our conduct. no fearful wife waiting 10 throw her hooks into our hair. no one to lie to. nobody to pacify with a,.Sul inventions, no person to care q whoop whether we go to the bug house or not; now that the very hour and moment is pregnant with witchery and our horoscope is psy- Chologically correct for a riOtous period of dcbouchery, We get sleepy at S:3O and nope off to bed like a molluSk.
 Its enough to drive an OStenta. tious drunkard to the Keeley tnsti- ute. Solo has lost its charms and nlghbaIls are a mockery. We do not want to play poker or lick up studs cr do any of the hundred disreputabl things that a few days ago seemed S, cntrauciug. If things had banned out as anticipated, We would be an actor in the jollification drama instead ct Is playwright.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-06-08
BABY BUY HAD
 ITCHING HUMOR
Which Broke Out in Different Places Nothing Would Help Him Mother Almost in Despair Skin Quickly WithOutaSCar and Trouble Has Never Returned
SINCE USING CUTICURA
 MOTHER GIVES IT PRAISE

Several months ago, my little boy. now two and half years old, began to