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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

Mrs. George Wagner yesterday
was elected president OF the Y.
w. G. A. to replace Mrs. w. w.
Seymour, who has filled the Of
flee for the last three months,
and who assumes the office OF
vice president. Mrs. G. s. Dowie
was elected second vice president.
Mrs. ]. p. Weyerhaeuser and Mrs.
9. X Staudt were chosen for the
board Of trustees. A dinner viii
be held at the association next
Tuesday evening At $50.
MIR. and Mrs. Isonis Ohiser have
announced the engagement Of
their daughter Margaret to Chas.
Elfers. The wedding will take
place Oct. 81.
Mrs. A. d. Engley Boek Il bscl
In Tacoma after summer pasyed
near RosedaIs.
The Junior Day Nursery club
will hold . jitney dance at the
Glide rink Wednesday evening
for funds to maintain the Day
Nursery Icons orchestra will
furnish the music and prizes will
be given to the dancers.
Miss Margaret Long viii enter
tain this afternoon, honoring Mi1a
Erma Biggs. who ID to be an CO
tober bride.
Mrs. Frank q. Clonaeuic an1
daughter Of Portlnnd. are visit
ms Mr.. Marie Smith, 81 North
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

water any larger than will be sufficient to pay the
interest, cost of maintenance and cost of operation
and in addition sufficient sum to pay off the in
debtedness of the plants.
But in addition to requiring the of light
and water to pay all these, it is proposed that
they be charged with part of the costs of maintain
ing the other departments and thus relieve the tax
payers to this extent, when as matter of fact and
principle all the expenses of all the other depart
ments should be paid out of the general fund.- that
the people may know just what they are costing the
tovr
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
The COUNCILS CRAZY BUDGET SCHEME
Blow Home-Owne Merchant and Manufacturer; This Article Explains Reasons VIII

The mayor and Commissioners Mills, Atkins and
Woods take the position that the city the water
plant and that the water department should pay to
the city rent for the of the ground occupied by
the various buildings used by the department.
AS a matter of fact the city has never paid any
thing the original cost of the water plant 25 years
ago. All that has been paid is the interest, and the
consumers of water have paid it, and in. addition
have helped out by contributions to the general fund
nearly every year for the last 20 years.
1t the city owns the water plant, the taxpayers OF
the city should pay the interest the debt and not
the consumers of water
Now it is gravely proposed not only to compel the
consumers of water to pay the interest on the debt
but to charge the consumers Of water an additional
which is to be called "rent'' for the use of the
property which the consumers of water are al
ready paying all the interest, and in addition to this
1t is proposed to compel the of light and
water to pay further hold-up of one and one-haf
per cent on 30 per cent of the appraised value of the
two plants.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF
In the old days in Tacoma when the Tacoma Land
Co. and it's allied interests power in politics
in Tacoma, and the Tacoma Land Co. owned large
part of the land inside the city, the same stockhold
owned what was known as the Tacoma Light &
Water Co.
AS stockholders in both companies they to it
that the rates paid by the consumers of light and
water in the city of Tacoma were sufficient not only
to pay good rate of interest the amount invested
III tne Tacoma LgnI q water Co., out also a SuIflc-
lent sum to pay the taxes of the Tacoma Land Co.
was added to the bill of the consumers of light and
water
The commissioners in the other four departments
are trying to do what the Tacoma Land Co. actually
did do-compel the consumers of light and water to
pay large part of the cost of operating their de-
partments, all of which expense should be paid by
the taxpayers of Tacoma and not by the consumers
of light and water.
EVADIEG RULING OF STATE BOARD
The state board of accountants has compelled
these commissioners to desist from an attempt to loot
the water department and the light department
(Which means the consumers of light and water in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

of improved property in Tacoma pay part of the
income of the light and water departments of the city
of Tacoma, unless they are occupying their own
buildings, as the bills for light and water are nearly
always paid by the tenant and not by the owner and
even when the bills are paid by the owner, they are
really indirectly paid by the tenant.
So that the only persons who are contributing any
thing to the light and water funds are the owners Of
property who are using their own property them
selves and the tenants of the owners of improved
property in Tacoma. None of the unmproved prop
erty in Tacoma pays any revenue to the light and
water departments.
The large buildings of the city up to the present
time have generated their own lighting current and
in have been competitors of the city and
have not been any of to the light de-
partment
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
CLASS LEGISLATION

the last 20 years.
CLASS LEGISLATION
This movement is entirely in the interest of the
large taxpayers and against the small taxpayers and
the consumers of light and water, and it is intended
to make it impossible to reduce the rates for water
and light to the small consumer, and by keeping up
the rates for light and water and diverting the
cepts of the two departments into the general fund
of the city under the guise of "rent," interest,
taxes, ETC., thus to reduce the taxes of the large
taxpayers who are not large consumers of water and
who pay no part of the interest charges and other
costs of maintaining the water department. although
the department has spent thousands of dollars OF the
amounts collected from the small consumers of faci-
tiles to protect the property of these very large tax
payers who pay little or nothing into the depart
lment.
If 100000 year can be taken from the light and
water departments all of which has been paid in by
the consumers of light and water, and not by the
taxpayers of the city, it will leave that much less for
the big taxpayers to pay.
1t will not benefit the small taxpayer for he is
usually consumer of light and water well as n
taxpayer while the big taxpayers contribute little
nothing in proportion to their holdings to the
pense of the light and water departments
REAL PURPOSE OF THE MOVEMENT
If this deal is put through it will be impossible for
the light department to reduce the rate for current
to the small consumer to cent kilowatt hour.
1t will be heavy blow to the Puget Sound Electric
Light Power Co. if the city rates 60 down to one
cent kowatt, and 1t will be unable to keep up it's
present rates. That company is charging the people
of Ruston where the smeter is located, rate of II
cents kilowatt and if the people of Tacoma are
Given rate of one cent kilowatt it will make a
glaring example of the difference between munich
pal plant operated for the benefit of the Of
light and water and the victims of private corpora
-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

Mr.. and Mrs. EdWard g. Bulb
bins. 2012 East oath street. are
receiving congratulations on the
birth Of daughter Aug. %.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
DEPARTMENT ALREADY MIXED DRY

The water department is now barely self-sustain-
ing on account of the onerous burdens placed upon
lit in the past From time to time since the de-
partment has existed all the money in the treasury
|of this department has been appropriated" and
used for the relief Of the taxpayers.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
TACOMA GAS co. INTERESTED PARTY

Ii the new rate OF one cent kilOwatt goes into ef
feet, it will result in the displacement of large num-
Der of gas stoves and gas fixtures and the gas
pany will be compelled to reduce its present exorbt-
ant rates for gas or lose its customers.
The managers Of the gas company are not going to
reduce their rates or lose any part of their business
if there is any possible way to prevent it, and the
ordinance granting rate Of one cent kilowatt to
the small consumer and the best way to do this is to
load down the water and light department with the
burdens of the other departments to such an extent
that it will be impossible to make this low rate to the
small consumer
There are many people who do not thing that any
rate can possibly be too low to large consumer who
think it is outrage to put the small consumer on
the same plane as the large consumer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
Our Hong Kong Kolum
Talk o. the Times
BY SELAH AND CHINA BOY
sTELLA's BARGAIN CoUNTER

WV Az Il - "
Some DANES
paint their eys-
brows because
they've got to
draw the line
somewhere.
. .
Most n Q W
gowns cost just
one good cry.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
POLICY OF THE LIGHT DEPARTMENT

considered that is his duty to protect the interests
of the of light, the people who are paying
all the costs of the light department. and that
the business has been developed to extent that
it can be safely done, the cost of light should be
duced to the consumer, and that the city admnstra
ton has no right to take money from the
Iof light and water and give it to the taxpayers.
This has already been done to the water depart
ment until it has been exhausted and if the present
raid goes through it will be unable to pay the inter-
est on it's bonds
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
NATURE OF THE INDEBTEDNESS

The Indebtedness of the light department consists
of serial bonds, of which payable every six
months and in 16 years the whole cost of the plant
both principal and interest will be paid off, and the
plants will then belong to the taxpayers of Tacoma
(who have paid nothing whatever towards their
cost and not to the who have paid all the
interest and all the principal
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11
EVADIEG RULING OF STATE BOARD

Tie State board of accountants has compelled
these commissioners to desst from an attempt to loot
the water department and the light department
(Which means the consumers of light and water in
Tacoma) for the benefit of their own departments,
and they have got together and are trying to do
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

indirectly what the state board has shut them
from doing directly, as has been done annually
the last 20 years.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1915-09-11

ARE NOT CONSUMERS PAYING ENOUGH
There is no reason why the consumers Of light ant
water should be compelled to pay rate for light and
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18
Louis Kay, 4 1f X T1est K w
All the leading brands of
Kentucky Whiskey,
Fine Wines, Gin, Apple Brandy.

pay Express charges the following in lots of
a quarts and over Bottled in Bond goods.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18
Seed Bed Preparation.

The Importance of a well pre-
pared seed bed can scarcely be
over estimated, Time and labor
spent in the preparation of a good
seed bed for any ofour cultivated
crops yields large profit, yet
this source of profit is the one
most often neglected.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18
What Is a Fair Rate?

We do not know what constitutes a
basis for rate making and have never
heard OF anyone who did claim to
know much about it, but II the pros
perity of the farm is factor to be
considered and the railroad commits
sion concludes that an increase in
rates is necessary, we would prefer
that II come to us through articles OF
consumption on their journey from
the factory to the farm. We would,
for example, prefer that the rate on
nogs remain as at present and the
rate on meat bear the increase, for
any farmer can then avoid the burden
by raising his own meat, and farm.
er who will not try to raise his own
meat ought to be penalized. We
think the rate on coal and brick can
much better bear an increase than
the rate on cotton and flour. We
would prefer that the rate on plows
remain the same, and machinery,
pianos and such articles as the poor
er farmer cannot hope to possess bear
the burden of increase.
The increase in rates should be so
arranged that the farmer who lives
at home will bear no part of the bur
den, but let the farmer who boards
in other states and countries and
. who feeds his stock in foreign lands
pay the price OF his folly.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18

Plants obtain their food in solu-
non in the soil ~aost surrounding
soil particles. The roots exert
a solvent action on plant food
minerals, therefore the more fine
ly the soil is pulverized the more
soil particles we will have for
the roots to come in contact with
to obtain plant food. If the seed
bed is hard and cloddy, or has
large open spaces in it, the roots
will be restricted in their feeding
space. The plant food is made
available largely though the &C.
ton Of bacteria or small living
organisms in the soil. These
organisms require air, moisture,
and warmth in order to do their
work and these conditions are at
their best only in a we'll prepared
seed bed.
A we'll prepared seed bed will
absorb and retain much more
water available for plants than
one poorly prepared. Much Of
the available water is brought ur
from below and if the soil.is moi
we'll pulverized and does moi
make a good contact with the
subsoil. the water from below
will be restricted in it's movement
upward.
A well prepared seed bed i:
one that is deep, we'll pulverize(
and well firmed down. There
are various implements that may
be used in securing this condition
For throughout the summer, it is
a good practice to disk before
blowing. This will insure a gooC
contact between furrow slice
and subsoil.
The implement to be used aftel
the breaking pillow must be deter
mined by the condition of the soil
Frequently the drag is the mos
effective, or the spike-tooth har
row may be best, and if thu
ground is cloddy or not in TIN
best condition, the disk may b.
necessary. Ones judgment will
tell him what to do next if a deel
we'll prepared seed bed is kept il
mind. Thorough preparation ant
frequent tillage of seed bed be
fore planting. Surface tillag,
cobserves moisture and make
more plant food available. TIL,
chief object of tillage after tn,
crop is well started is to kee]
down weeds. If weeds are kill
ed before planting, then less cul
tivation will be needed afte
planting.
Summing up, the reasons 70
good preparation are as follows
1.-The seed bed is the store
house for moisture which acts a
a carrier of plant food.
2-It is the stratum of soil fror
which most of the plant food
obtained.
3-lt is the stratum of soil i
which the organism are most &C
tive in rendering plant food avail
able.
At is the stratum of soil i
which most of the feeding root
of plants are developed.
SIT kills weeds and reduce
the amount of cultivation neces
sary after planting.
cit puts the soil in conditio
to absorb some moisture whic
would otherwise run off the SUI
face.
Better plant a little late on
well prepared soil than early O
poorly prepared soil.
A firm compact seed bed, we
pulverized, is important with q
crops, and especially importal
with small seeded crops, ar
, when the soil is dry.
D. S. MYER, Dept. of Agronom,
College of Agricultur
Ky. State Universit
The following was clipped fro
, the Cincinnati Post about a We;
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18
SWAT THAT FIRST FLY.

Because the housefly does not
roar, and because it has not the
appearance of brute strength and
ferocity, we do not hunt it down
as we do the wild beasts of the
jungle. And yet the common
housefy is the most dangerous
animal in all the world. By the
spreading Of sickness and disease
it has caused more misery and
death than war.
Now is the time to begin the
battle with the fly. The Cincin-
natl Consumers League experts
point out that a single pair OF
flies, breeding in the spring, by
July 80 will have a progeny of s..
TAG, $40, 500. 1t is impossible tc
estimate the ravages of this
number of the pest. But we dc
know that it all can be spared us
if now, before egg-laying begins,
we all do our duty and
Swat that first fly!
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18

OCT, VI lsduoli Nhh' ~ "hsS"i "
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
Chief Justice
Edward d. White, louisiana.
Associate Justices
Joseph Mckenna; California
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Massachusetts
William Il, Day, Ohio
Horace II. Lurton, Tennessee
Charles +. Hughes, New York
Willis Van Devanter, Wyoming
Joseph r. LAMAR Georgia
Nlahon Pitney, New Jersey
L. 5. DISTRICT COURT
Eastern District OF Kentucky
Judge, A. NJ J. Cochran, Naysvile.
LEGISLATIVE
U. S. Senators; Ollie NJ James,
Johnson N. Camden
Congressman 9Th Dist, w, ]. Fields.
n.azAaa.-p---..--s - Y1lNna=E-. Nv-TG
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18
rate INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-.
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Fr666ets Of Pillow and Farmer Who
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
Lecturer National Farmers Union.

Lecturer National Farmers Union.
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in granting an
increase in freight rates In the eastern
classification Of territory; the applica-
ton of the roads to state and inter-
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances of President
Wilson on the subject bring the farm
ers of this nation face to face with the
problem of an increase in freight
rates 1t is the policy of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare of the farmers squarely and
we will do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to ef-
fectively meet the demands of com.
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileage
is needed to accommodate the move
ment of farm products. II in the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase in freight rates is necessary
to bring about an improvement in our
transportation service, and an extern
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted, and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion of
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines of Least Resist
The freight rates Of the nation have
been built up along lines of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
nave pursued Tdifff5aS without
mercy and with the power of organ
ICED tonnage they have hammered the
life out of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
vitals out of our transportation system
and since we have had railroad COM
missions, these interests, with skill
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved.
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to en-
ploy counsel to develop his side Of
the case and, as a result, the products
of the pillow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense. A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product of the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate of
any necessary commodity in CON-
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out of pro
portion with that of the products OF
the factory and the mine.
(. We offer no schedule of rates, but
hope the commission will be able to
give the railroad such an increase In
rates as is necessary without levying
further toll upon the products OF
the pillow. The instance seems to pre-.
sent an opportunity to the Railroad
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classes
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-03-18

The following was clipped from
the Cincinnati Post about a year
ago but it is yet timely and true
enough to repeat and re-repeat:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-01
1t THE EMPIRE.

| Manager Charles Berkell's first fea-
ture week in Rock Island started off
/ by setting a new attendance record at
1.-THE Empire last night, when the seat
ing capacity for both performances
was sold cut Mr.. Berkell states that
500 people we're turned away at the
first show. No explanation is needed
further than that The patrons of
vaudeville have faith in the promises
Of Manager BerkelI. He said that ev-
cry act on his bills for the current
week would be features. He has made
good in the first bill. which opened
I yesterday, and there is nc reason to
doubt that he will repeat in the last
half Of the week.
+ You ought to enjoy every act on the
bill now playing, at least the big audi
ence at the first performance last night
did. Judging by the reception that was
given each number. The acts in the or
der Of appearance are as follows: The
HaIkins are silhouette pantomime nov
city shadowgraphists and their work
is very realistic; Green ana Parker
sing, talk and dance, the male member
of the duo deing an exceptionally clev-
.er comedian skipper, Kennedy and
/ Reeves. the comedy punch OF the bill,
one Of the trio appearing in black face,
sing delightfully."-, and have a line of
funny business that is above the stuff
ordinarily offered by acts Of that style;
The Freshman" is a musical sketch
in which six people appear, very pretty
and sweet the girls wearing colonial
costumes in one Of the scenes with at
tractive effect; Herman and Shirley
are seen as The Mysterious Masquer-
aders," an act that it is impossible to
describe. Herman is a contortionist,
but if YOU have prejudice against this
class OF exhibition YOU will forget it
when you see him in action, He de-
votes himself mostly to a series of
marvellous dancing movements. The
sketch is wierd but beautiful Through
out it's a corking vaudeville bill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-11-01
RAIDS BLIND PIG;
CLEARS UP THEFT
officer Alleged TO Have Found Il
Chickens Stolen Friday in Cellar
Of Place.
oWSER TAKEN on TWO CHARGES
Adam hapoge, 400 Ferty.sixth Street.
Assessed Fine of go and Costs
for Violation of Law.
OWNER TAKEN on TWO CHARGES

When Officer Dennis Mccarthy walk
e5 into a house at 400 Forty-sixth
street yesterday afternoon to arrest
the owner for conducting blind
p.g' be did not know that he was
about to Kill two birds with one
s.one. When going through the cellar
81 the place he found 10 OF the Is
chickens alleged to have been stolen
from the coops Of Mrs, Anna Gillespie,
1915 Seventh avenue, Friday night.
Adam Kapoge, charged with being
The owner Of the house was arrested
Of two charges. One was for violating
the saloon ordinances and the other
vas burglary and larceny
From activities about the house yes
terday morning Officer Mccarthy deem
ed thai The place needed watching. Ac-
cordinEly he kept in the neighborhood
greater portion Of the day until he
bad satisfied himself that his "hunch"
was right. He then went in the house
and he declares that he found a man
drinking beer. He followed up this
Investigation going into the cellar,
where he found five empty beer cases.
In a tHr surrounded by ice he said he
found the beer hotties
Owner CouIdn't Explain.
The chickens were running loose in
the cellar and ne questioned the owner
regarding them lie declared that
KapoEe could not give a satisfactory
explanation how the chickens hap
pened 20 he kept there and they we're
taken To the police station, where the
owner later identified them,
Eapoza vas fined S25 and costs this
morning for selling liquor without a
license The case charging him with
The thief Of the chickens was continued
until Saturday He has retained H. NJ
McCsskr.u TO defend him.