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Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-06-04

= .687 g the alsl IS. 900 : fIe son-
nefs of the ~ o. Is loser
S. ~ cent q WEzIe we afs
attIzk btzs e zeur
five hundred ne eazIomers
aenth, which 4 tImsa s. many as
EHa city acquired Is whole ye6r not
So lone ago.
On Febfuaz tie combined book
value OF the Water. Light and Power
plants was s. .eI8 OLE ~ Only ss8,-
900 Of this sum Waa received from
taxes, the balance being paid from
earnings o. fEem money advanced By
customers. These utilities enjoy the
unique distinction Of not only paying
their wag out Of earnings. bat Of pay
ing for new additions and extensions
out Of earnings.
A very interesting feature Of the
Springfield Municipal System is the
rapid development Of electric heating
and cooking.
Electric cooking is no longer an ex-
pertinent in Springfield. Several large
apartment buildings are equipped With
electric stoves throughout. The num-
Der Of stoves IN service on city lines
doubled last year.
The municipal plant makes 3 spe-
cial rate FOR cooking Of 1 y cents per
kilowatt hour. The average family Of
five persons win require about $50
Hiowatt hours per month. which Isl
about 42.25. It is cheaper than gas.
The competing private company which
owns the gas plant as well as the
electric plant, does not offer special
rates or inducements for electric cook
ing because It desires to sell gas at
high rates. In Springfield it is ac-
tuaIIy IS per cent cheaper to cook
with electricity than with gas.
Our light and power rates are 80
low--fifty per cent lower than sur
rounding cities-that they beekon
manufacturers Of every kind to come
to Springfield and reduce their fac
tory costs. Mills, elevators. ice plants
and mines as well rs innumerable 9TH
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-06-04


similsfiy. edac6tlaa z
carried on bY the United is gov.
eminent and lal1l sontina
eaIIene Of fisheries Intfesz
mai herring pack from 81 Ga4 q
s.. 500 900 3 year i 11n years IIIs
college has placed t. shrimp industry
where i win enjoy similar develop.
ment b ten years = come IA addi-
ton to The foregoing the college has
rendered many services Is the state
and county fish commissions. the most
recent. and on eof tie most important
achievements e the college 81 fisher
les, has been the partial solution Of
the problem Of lifting fish over hy-
droelectric and irrigation DAMS. some-
thing Of great Importance Ii state
where hydro-eIectric power and Irri-
CATION are such factors Il the devel-
opment Of economic eaourcas.
Other Industries Helped
The coal aid metal mining indus
tries and the clay industry are inn
nortant industries that have received
material aid from the University Of
Washington. The education Of the
students and assistance rendered our
industries have been carried on Ct an
average cost Of 500 per year per
student less than that Of other com
parable educational institutions.
The Hartley Attitude
II the hostile attitude taken BY
Governor Hartley toward our edhca-
tional institutions had been taken BY
some one who did not know better,
never had an opportunity To learn
better, there would be some reason for
9 charitable tolerance Of il xen
from the standpoint Of q balance
Sheet funds used BY our Institutions
Of learning have been economically Ell
pended, they have been wisely used
and TO the advantage Of the entire
state and nation. The governor knows
better but his attack Of political by
drophobia Is 50 severe that he blindly
charges down the highways
and bymays Of the state swapping and
at everybody who dares to
remain in sight. The only way he
sees to reduce taxes is to put the
stop signal on every function of
state government-except that o. his
own office. AS for the functions Of
other departments Of state govern
ment he proposes to usurp for his
own office those portions that suit
him and to strange the rest. He reek-
ons without his host.-State Labor
News, May q, 1926.
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-06-04
AMAZING SUCCESS OF
SPR|NGFIEID'S CITY
OWNED POWER PLANT
(cOntinued frOm PAGE onsl

Continued from Page onsI
most part were directed against the
Municipal Ownership Act Of 1913.
This act has been upheld by several
decisions of the supreme court of
the state and may now be considered
as settled law.
Cuts Rates so Per Cent
In 1916 the company raised another
interesting question. It charged that
the city was selling electric current
at less than cost, in violation of the
statute which provides that munich
|pally owned utilities must charge such
rates as will make them self-support-
ing. Armed with court order, the
company employed auditors from out
side the state and took possession Of
al books and accounts. After the
searching investigation, these auditors
slipped out Of town without making
public their findings AS q matter Of
fact, the city plant was earning a gem
erous profit notwithstanding the rates
were nearly 80 per cent less than
company rates.
1t is often asked. Does Municipal
ownershlp payg It certainly does in
Springfield. In the first place, nau-
nieipal ownership has reduced rates.
The private company was charging 10
cents . kiIowatt hour before the m 4
nicipal plant was established, The
municipal plant has reduced It to s
cents. Moreover, the private plant
has benn compelled 70 reduce its
rates. It's rate now is cents kilo-
watt hour.
Saving $4,000 Yearly
The saving to the people Of Spring.
field by reason Of these reduced rates
Is enormous. In the eraly years Of
the enterprise, the saving rates APP
piled only to city consumers. Since
the company has been compelled to
reduce its rates, its customers enjoy
8 saving Also Had the old rates beer
applied to all the electric consumers
Of Springfield last year, they would
have paid $4,000 more for electric
current than they actually did pay.
The total taxes levied for ell city
purposes last year were, in round
numbers. e766,000. So our citizens
saved in rates more than 6F per cent
Of their city taxes Moreover. in adj
dition to the savings resulting form
the lower rates the city has earned
q profit in the business. This, too,
has grown steadily, until now (l925)
it amounts to over s115.000 a yeAr.
The savings realized BY the people
Of Springfield as result Of the vastly
lower rates for electricity has mounted
steadily from &5S 900 in 1917 to $3.50, :
coo ia 1925; the NET profits from s13.-
z35.0o in 1917 to Sis. d82.l5 in 1925.
The following table shows that the
rates in Springfield are over 20 per
cent less than in other nlinois cities
under private ownership.
The municipal plant nov (l926l has
Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-06-04
STATE UNIVERSITY
HAS REPAID STATE
BY GREAT SERVICE
CBy Harry W. call)

Those who may be inclined to be-
lieve the fulminations Of our "bal-
ance sheet" governor in his attacks
on the educational system Of Gun
state, might be convinced that huge
sums of money are being wasted.
They might also be Of the oplAion
that our institutions Of higher edu-
cation confine their activities to teach
ing the student body. That is fsr
from being the case.
It will no doubt be of interest for
the readers of this paper to know
that the University Of Washington
has been of inestimable service to
many Of the important industries Of
our state, not among the least being
the logging industry, Of which the
governor is q part.
Develops Dry Kiln
Among other things the Univer-
sity Forestry College has developed
dry kiln for Douglas fir lumber
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-17

Of the waters OF the Gila and Salt
rivers should be divided equally be-
tween Arizona and California. NO
water should be allotted td Mexico
which can be put to work in Arizona
or in any other state.
''Arizona's constitution provides that
the people shall have the right to eX-
press approval or disapproval, by the
initiative or referendum of any pro-
posed legislation touching their po-
litical or property rights. The de-
termination of the rights of the Arl-
zona people in the waters of the Colo
RADIO by agreement with the other
Colorado river states, is the most I'M
portant legislative proposal which has
arisen or can arise in the history or
this state. If an agreement be reach
ed when | am governor of Arizona !
shall recommend to the Legislature
that such agreement be submitted TO
the voters. This may be done quickly.
1t seems strange to me that this as
surance has never Ebeen given our
citizens. | say to you, while l am
governor of the state of Arizona, no
agreement on the river shall with my
consent become binding except by
vote of the people,"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-17
.AMERICAGI ES
FRANCE EASIEST
TERMS MELLON
(By Dispatch A. P. Wirel

WASHINGTON, July 16. = America
has given France more generous debt
terms that has England or any other
creditor, Secretary Mellon told the
world today in formal statement,
issued just before he departed on a
vacation trip to southern Europe.
In effect, Mellon declared, the
United States has cancelled all of
Frances obligations for advances
made ruring the war and is actually
getting a return, under it's agreement
with France, of only those loans made
after the armistice.
The treasury secretary explained
that his sudden declaration was oc-
casioned by "the erroneous compari-
sons in the American press of the
British French settlement and the
American French settlement"
1t was regarded here as an answer
to published reports from Paris that
the new French government might
seek modification of the American
debt agreement as result of the
terms provided in the British French
settlement.
Mellon, who is chairman OF the debt
cOInlnlSSlOH, GlreduN IdS SS1 NeU AOIiNS
that the commission has washed it's
hands of the French debt when it
signed the agreemene with Ambassa-
dor Berenger and that it was entirely
in the control of congress.
II Explaining that the United States
and Great Brithin had made their
debt settlements with France on dif-
ferent lines, Mellon said: IF, how
ever, we compare the settlement OF
Frances Indebtedness to England with
the settlement of her indebtedness to
America, France has had generous
treatment from us.
mo other creditor of France" he
concluded. has accorded SUCH gener-
Gus treatment"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-17
Boston Doctor Surrenders
in Murder Case
Continued from ~age one)

set at $4,000 and for Mrs Walsh,
charged as an accessory at $4,000.
The girls sweetheart, James ".
Ford, has confessed tos hiring DR..
Walsh to perform the operation. Ford
is held as an accessory. DR.. Walsh
was named in a murder warrant, but
todays indictment by the grand jury
superseded the warrant charges.
Police are searching also for a
doctor, thought to have cut up the
girls body after she died from the
operation.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-17
ALGER BEATS scHLoCKER
(By Dispatch A. P. Wtre)

SAN DIEGO, July 16.-Billy Alger
Arizona welterweight, won slash
ing 10 - round victory over Joe
Scholcker of Los Angeles here tonight
Alger, forcing the fighting all the
way and driving his :eft home to
Scholcker's body continually, took
eight of the ten rounds with the Los
Angeles boy getting an even break
in two, the first and the ninth. 1t
was great fight.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
a9I;.!'%yM(He Road goM| s%s1'II,A
EB:'etteraZsz1
NaaMHealthl6|11I1
BY DIR. ARTHUR L. FOSTER
WHAT ARE ADMISSIONS?

Steaedman's Medical Dictionary de-
fines adhesions as Glands of more or
less organized fibrinous exudate
thrown out on the surface of serious
membrane and connecting the oppos-
ing surfaces"
Now that you know exactly what
they are let us go into little deail
regarding them.
The Peritoneum
The abdominal cavity is lined
Serious membrane called the portion
cum. This membrane also forms the
covering of all organs in the abdomen.
Its area is equal to nearly two-thirds
that of the skin. 1t secretes clear
watery fluid (serum) which keeps the
membrane soft and moist.
So smooth is this membrane that the
intestines slip away from the sharpest
object. Surgeons often carry their
knife with one sweep into the abdom-
inal cavity without injuring the bowel.
So delicate is the coating of the men,
brane that the slightest touch abrades
it in the same way that the film on
Photographic plate would be affected.
Peritonitis
When the peritoneum is acutely in
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Aluminium Stops Prespiration


R. L. writes: "Will you kindly tell
me what l can do for Precipitation I'M
der my arms?
Il am young woman, 81 years of
age. My arms are so bad that am
often wet half way down to the elbow,
and nothing have tried has brought
results.
$50 | will be more than pleased if
you will tell me something. | have
tried alum in water"
Reply-Aluminum salts are the base
of all lotions and ointments used to
prevent excessive preparation. They
are expensive and the active ingred-
lent will do the work just as effective
ly. Your druggist can make up So
luton for you. 1t will do the work.
Why Are You Nervous?
A. H. S. writes: "(1) Will you
please tell me what to do for being
nervous? I feel well and eat and sleep
well but am quite nervous and at times
am very nervous.
"(2) My hands are usually wet
with sweat. Is this caused from the
nerves?"
Reply-(D Nervousness is word
that like charity, covers multitude
of sins. That is to say, it is symp-
tom of many disordered states of the
body. The only cure is finding and re-
moving the cause of your nervousness.
Study yourself. Find out WHY you
are nervousness and eliminate this
from your physical makeup. If you
can't find a physical reason, you'll
have to decide that it is all in your
mental makeup. Then clean house
mentally-forget yourself and your
nerves-get new viewpoint on life
recognize yourself!
~ Wet hands are a sign OF
NERVES" and when your neuro-vas-
cular system has been toned up the
excessive evaporation will cease.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
Yes, Indeed

Il saw an amusing sight the other
night" declared one of the smoking
room group. "a man met another on
the street just ahead of me and I
judged from their actions that a boot
logger was furnishing a patron with
quart of the profitable commodity. So
l watched the recipient of the oblong
parcel and he sidled around a corner.
Beneath the shelter of partly fin
ished building he unwrapped his pack
age and raised the bottle to his lips for
long quaff.
Just then brick, loosened by
sudden gus of wind, toopled from the
parapet above and smote the drinker
squarely on the head.
boy, what kickp I heard him
calculate"
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
Do Tell

A visiting minister was addressing
the Sunday school. Toward the close
Of his remarks he said:
"And, my little friends, if you do
all these things some day you will
wear gold crown. Yes, each of you
some day will wear gold crown"
A little chap in the front row. catch
ing the minister's friendly eye, piped:
"My facer wears one now"
mop said the minister.
"Yes, he does-on his toof!'
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07

famed its surface becomes roughened
and more or less dry. The fluid loses
its watery character and becomes
thick and glue-hke (fibrin). In chron-
ic inflammation the irritation of the Sc
GREETING cells causes them to become
over-active and an over-supply of
serum is secreted. If this reaches an
appreciate amount we call it dropsy.
How Admissions Are Formed
Admissions are always result of
damage to the peritoneum from infam
nation, handling during surgical OPP
erations, etc. The normally smooth
membrane is now covered with sticky
fibrin, which causes all surfaces that
come in contact to adhere to each
other. The fibrinous exudiate may be
likened to tiny threads almost as del
icate at the meshwork of spiders
web. These threads become organized
and converted into fibrous bands
which may grow as thick as ones
finger.
Effects of Admissions
In we'll developed case the abdom-
NAL organs may be bound together in
a mass so dense and intricate that the
most skillful surgeon stands helpless
before it. In other cases there may be
but one or two isolated bands that can
be readily removed.
Admissions are the foundation of a
number of serious internal disorders.
Many persons suffering from obscure
abdominal affections owe their condi-
ton to adhesions. Their effects run
all the way from constipation to intes-
final obstruction, from moderate dis
comfort to permanent invalidism.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07

not seem moist enough or if your cas-
serole does not seem quite full, add
more water. Slice half pound of salt
pork and place on top of the beans.
Cover and cook for two hours in a
very slow oven
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
Apple Sauce

Peel and core six medium sized
apples; cut into small pieces and place
in pan with one cupful of water (if
apples are rather dry use two cup
fuls). Cook over medium fire until
the apples mash easily. Remove from
fire; add one cupful of sugar and mix
well. Mash with spoon or potato
masher; pour into dish; sprinkle with
nutmeg or cinnamon and let COOL
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
By MARJORIE ADAMS

Don't you often tire of attending a
series of luncheons at which each
hostess tries to Guido the previous one
in the richness and elaborateness of
her food? / do, and, recently went to
a party prepared to be overfed and
utterly bored. However, the hostess
must have felt as | did for she sur
prised us all by having-what do you
suppose ?-baked beans! I guess all
of us were delighted and we showed
our appreciation by actually "gorg-
ing".
The Spread
The table was spread with red and
white checked cloth and a red and
white checked napkin lay at each
place. There was no centerpiece save
big brown earthenware pot of beans
fanked on one side by dish of cat
sup and on the other by one of pickles.
A maid brought in plate of hot
Boston brown bread and the tea in an
old fashioned silver teapot.
Sliced tomatoes were served as the
necessary vegetable and the dessert
was applesauce and gingerbread.
The luncheon was unique and has
caused all the prospective hostesses in
that set to don thinking caps for orig
inal ideas for their parties. l knew
that you would be interested, too, and
probably want to give 'bean party"
for your friends; so Pm giving you
the needed recipes. You already have
my gingerbread but here are the 9TH
ers in quantities for six persons:
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07
RECIPES
Boston Brown Bread

Boston Brown Bread
egg
cup of sour milk
1 heaping teaspoonful of soda dis
solved in
tablespoonful of boiling water
cup of molasses
cup of yellow corn meal
cup of rye flour
cup of wheat flour
tablespoonful of salt
Beat egg; add milk; add dissolved
soda to molasses and beat until foamy;
add to egg and milk; sift in the dry
ingredients. (Rasins may be added if
desired. Flour about half cupful and
mix with the battery Put into CREASED
mold and cover tight. Steam for three
hours. Let cool before removing from
mold.
like my bread crusty; so after it is
done l remove it from the mold and
place it in moderate oven for about
five or ten minutes.
Baked Beans
Soak one pound of navy beans over
night. Then cook over a low fire until
the beans can be mashed with fork.
Put in a pinch of baking soda into
them before removing from fire. Pour
into casserole; add salt and pepper
to taste and one-fourth Of a teaspoon
full of mustard; add four tablespoons
full of molasses and if the mixture does
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-10-07

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-22
MWANIANS ENJOY MUSICAL PROGRAM At
ENTHUSIASTIC LUNCHEON MEETING friday
RELIEF ASSO'N OF
A. & K. HAS BANQUET
And ENTERTA INMENT

The annual meeting of the An
droscoggin and kennebec Railway
Relief Association was held at Grand
Army Hall, Thursday evening with
election of officers as the principal
business and a varied program of
vaudeville entertainment. The meet
in G. A. r. hall followed a banquet
session at the Augusta Girls Com
munity Club at which nearly 100
members of the association were
seated at the laden board.
During the supper music was fur
nished by four piece orchestra I'M
der the leadership of Earl Peaslee,
which also played during the even
ing program at Grand Army hall.
Pat Allen and Ralph I.izotte won a
big hand by their duet renditions in
conjunction with the orchestra offer
ings. Lizotte also provided one of
the individual features of the even
ing, which was a sazophone solo.
The single act of Arthur Burns,
who appeared in blackface was re-
velation as to this clever entertain
er's versatility, even to his friends
and coworkerS on the A. & K.
Tiny" Burns also appeared In an
unusual act with Arthur Dorey and
Leo Tetu as the other members of
trio. With Leo Doucette at the
piano, these three boys presented a
program of vocal solos and trio num-
bers that fairly brought down the
house.
Lifting a piano on his chest, and
performing other seemingly impos-
sible feats of Drawn, George Tour
aine, another local entertainer, of ac-
complishment, was accorded a rous-
ing ovation by the enthusiastic as
sembly. Touraine made perfect
staples from iron bars of consider
able thickness and tensil strength by
bending them over his barred arm
When Mr.. Touraine drove 40 penny
spikes into a plank with his clenched
fist, and then pulled them out with
his teeth, his audience decided that
he had reached the ultimate in phys
ical exhibitions. A demonstration of
muscle fieXing also proved most in
teresting to the A. d X. group. Mr..
Touraine was assisted in staging his
splendid act by Waldo Froberger.
Harry Rose of Lewiston was re-
elected president of the Relief AS
ISOLATION for another year, as were
Z. w. Soule of Augusta, vice presi-
dent: Dwight Pearl of Lewiston, sec
rotary, and C. c. Cole, also of Lew
iston, the treasurer.
Directors were elected as follows:
Lewiston Division-Joseph Willet,
Robert Hurley, c. M. Penney. f. w.
Emery and j. p. Giroux. Augusta
Division-C. s. Lane, Samuel Perkins
and H. l.. Head. Bath Division
Frank Beale. Freeport Division-E
L. Varney.
The enjoyable observance and pro-
gram of last evening was planned
and executed by a committee of
which Z. w. Soule of Augusta, was
general chairman assisted by Sam
uel Perkins, C. S. Lane and H. l..
Head.
The Lewiston members made the
trip to this city in a special car
which took them back after the
evenings program.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-10-22
DOUG FAIRBANKS GLORIFIES BuCCANEERING,
ALL TO HAPPY END IN 1.-THE BLACK PIRATE"

to be rescued after startling en-
counters?
Sea pictures always manage to al
pear picturesque, but added to that
1.-The Black Pirate" is splendidly
done from a pictorial point of view.
Made entirely in subdued colorings,
soothing to the eye, and relief from
the prevailing black and white, the
entire film is a series of exquisitely
lovely pictures. Technicolor is the
process used. and the innovation is,
to our mind, notably successful.
A large supporting cast aids Mr..
Fairbanks materially in his mad
career, particularly outstanding be-
ing Donald Crisp as a sympathetic
Scotch pirate, Sam de Grasse as vii
lain-in-c chief, Anders Randolf as a
pirate chief and Billie Dove as the
fair lady in distress. A rouSng
musical score adds much to the pro-
duction.
During the showing ofNthis feature
the four-show policy is in effect, two
matinee performances at 2 and 4
o'clock. and twice in the evening, the
first at o'clock and again at s.