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j . THE OGDEN STANDARD, OGDEN, UTAH: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1914. , H I AS IN FORMER YEARS 1 We Celebrate Pioneer Dai I Glad to close our store all day as a mark of respect to those sturdy Pioneers who paved the way and laid i the foundation for this grand commonwealth we have I today ' I Another Way We Always I Celebrate is to quote SPECIAL LOW PRICES on wear ing apparel that all may have new clothes I a new suit hat or shoes, and have some I1 money left to take a little trip or do some en- i tertaining at home. For Instance note these Pioneer Day Prices: Men's Suits from . .25 to 59 -JL'm I Boys' Suits at 25 to 50 j l If Oxfords 25 "H I We have a few shirts, values to $2.50 for 95c J 125 Hats at 1-2 Price I GET YOURS Watson-Tanner CIo. Co. It MM j I NEW NOXIOUS WEEDS IN STATE OF UTAH I i Logan, July 22 Dr. Frank Harris in company with Mr. H. R. Hagan of the Utah Agricultural College made a jt trip bv motor through the frozen J wheat fields of Park Valley. They ii-; expect to tabulate information obtain 3j ed with a view to helping the farmers !l of that section in aoiding such frosts It as that which injured their crops this j.) year. They -il be gone about a week. m Prof. William Peterson and Dr. B Itobt. Stewart will leave for San Juan county in a few days. They go to j that region in order to carry on the j i r I McBride's t Massage I Cold Cream I For Tan and I Sunburn 25c llyff cBRIDE I IT A Drug Co. "THE HOUSE OF QUALITY" 2463 Wash. Ave. ; I MEET US I At The HERMITAGE JULY 31. soli survey which thev are conducting I over the entire state.' They hae now j made a map of practically every geo logical strata in the state with the exception of the region they will visit next week. Dr. R. J. Evans, state leader In farm management, is planning a state-wide campaign to be conducted among the farmers and real estate owners for the purpose of eliminating some nox ious weeds which he says have made their appearance in the state for the first time He will send out informa tion describing the weeds and meth ods of elimination. Word has been received at the j Presidents office that a delegation of Russian agriculturists will visit that institution and the experiment station within the next few days. The party consists of a delegation sent to Amer ica to study - farm conditions and methods of agricultural education A large relief map rf Utah measur ing over twenty-five feet in length Is nearly completed at the Agricultural College. This map is being construct ed under the supervision of Professor Wm. Peterson and is to be put on exhibition at the Panama-Pacific ex position in 1915 at San Francisco. nn ARMY WORMS ARE RAVAGING FIELDS Harrisburg. Pa., July 21 Federal government field agents toda began an investigation into the ravages of the army worm in Pennsylvania. The reports received at the depart ment of agriculture today showed that the worm has appeared in large num along the northern tier. Erie reported a bad visitation Today a new pest was reported from several corn growing counties, it being the wel worm which attacks the interior of the stalks and Is very destructive. oo HEAT OVERCOMES NATIONAL GUARD Milwaukee, July 21. Fifteen mem bers of the Wisconsin National Guard were overcome by heat during the maneuvers at Camp Douglas today. The day's march took the men over the seven miles of sandy road while tbey were loaded down with equip ment. A temperature of 100 decrees was reported in many parts of the state. u u HEAVY EARTHSHOCKS. Washington. July 21. Heavy earth shocks somewhere In a radius of 1, S00 mPes of Washington were record ed t"day by the seismograph at Georgetown university. The vibrations beccn at "61 p. m and continued fifteen minutes oo I I Read the Classified Ads. 1 WATERWORKS. WATER REVENUE 10 TAXES In last Friday's issue of the Stand ard appears a local storv under the heading, ' City Officials Are Figuring on the Tax Rate." In this story we are told that before the close of July the city commissioners will, in accord ance with the law, fix the rate of tax ation on real and personal property to raise funds to defray the expenses of the city government for the ensu ing year. It appears that the present rate of taxation in Ogden city for city pur poses, is 12 mills, which, added to the levy made by the county and state makes a total of 35.5 mills. This also includes the city school taxes. It is an important occasion. It is manifest that if 12 mills will not pro duce enough revenue for running tho city, then expenditures must be cut down or the tax levy raised, say to 13 mills, which is an unlucky number, especiall.v in this case. Of course, the valuation of property, especialh busi ness property, might be raised from one-seventh of its Belling value to, say one-fifth, which would help some. But the mayor has still another idea. There are the waterworks. You will remember, Mr. Editor, what a time the city had in getting posses sion of the city waterworks system some four or five years ago. You will recall that the opponents of municipal ownership said that a city could not run a water system as cheapls or as well as a private corporation could, that there would be graft and reckless expenditures, and as a result no profits from the sale of water, but now let us hear what the mayor says about it, quoting from the above men tioned story: "The tax levy for the city in 1913 was 12 mills, and Mayor Fell says he does not anticipate that it will be any higher this year. In fact, he is of the opinion that it will remain at the same mark With the city water-1 w orks department furnishing a net I revenue each month and with econ omy exercised in various directions, the mayor plans to get along with the same amount of money as the city rad last year. "He says that he can see the way clear for the last half of the year and still have in the treasury some money at the beginning of next year. A number of accounts have been paid off and there is left a balance on hand in favor of the city, and, with the curtailing of water main exten sions and lessening other expenses in other directions.. Mayor Fell says there will be no necessity for increas ing the tax levy." I take it for granted that the mayor has been correctly quoted and "that he can see the way clear" for it wa3 not always so. The writer of this sat at the reporter's table in the city council room twenty-five years ago this month and heard the mayor, then a member of the Fred J Klesel city council, answer the roll call and east his vote in favor of selling the city water system to John R. Botn well for the sum of one dollar. He was sincere in that vote and in casting it as he did he had the backing and approval of a large pro j portion, perhaps a majority, of the 1 citizens, but that does not do away with the fact that after a lapse of twentv five years he finds the water works system a fine thing for the city to own. It saves taxes It , is a revenue producer-an ever present help in lime of need. It furnishes a "net revenue each month." That Is, it makes money for the city the whole i year round. But the paragraphs I have quoted contain still another story. Among other things they illustrate the futil ity of "voting for good men,'' instead of voting for principles and platforms. The mayor was elected as a 'good man for the office " and he fills the requirement. iso one impugns nis integrity or the integrity of the other city commissioners They are all good men but they are wrong dead wrong in their attitude toward city ownership of public utilities. To begin with the are probably not very enthusiastic, even theoreti cally, over the city owning the pub lic utilities and after the city has once acquired them their policy would probably be the same as the one they now apply to the water works. That is to say, if the city should come into possession of an electric light plant the city commissioners would probably run it not to burnish light so much as to make money out of it a profit. For by reading again what the may or says you will see that It Is his idea that city waterworks are established not so much to supply water to the people as to make a profit, and thus save money to the tax payers For if the mayor's statement means any thing it ib a frank admission that the "net revenue" from the city va- M All Honor to Those Brave Men and Women Who Landed in This II Valley on July 24, 1849. j j Have, too, a little thought for her who daily prepares the food for fu- j ; ture saviors of this city, county and state. Install gas in your house j v and Buy Her a ted Modern Gas Range 1 'TIS A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY . J . I Utah Light & Ry. Co. J terworks is beiig Averted from tho water department to the payment of "other expenses in other directions," What other construction can be placed on the expression "curtailing of water main extensions," than that the city commissioners plan to use the money thus saved for other pur poses? Thus the city waterworks are being operated not to furnish pure water, and plenty of it, to all all the peo ple of Ogden, but to make a profit and thus keep down tho tax levy. The mayor virtually says so. There are localities in Ogden where the people have been clamor ing for years for a chance to drink some of the city water they own When a private corporation owned the system applicants for extensions were met by the stereotyped statement "we will make no extensions until all litigation with the city has been settled," Since the city acquired the system many extensions have been made, but always on an 8 per cent basis, always with the view, not with furnishing water to the people, but of making money for the waterworks system. It is safe to say that there are still hundreds of houses in Ogden city where the occupants must continue to use well water and that, too, where the ground water is in many casea contaminated and unfit for drinking purposes It is one of the contribut ing causes to the large death rate from typhoid. Again, the failure to extend the mains retards the growth of the city. There are scores of owners of va cant lots who will not build on their property because they can get no as surance that the city will furnish ,i connection with the water system The policy of the city government, as outlined above, illustrates quite aptly the difference between the so cial and the capitalistic administra tion of public utilities If you ask the average citizen to define Social ism he will, in most cases answer glibly that it means "the public own ership of public utilities," but that is only half the story It is necessary that publir utilities should be managed democratically that is, for the benefit of all the peo ple, and not capitalistlcally for the benefit of the few. Otherwise, the people are no better off than they would be if private corporations still controlled the utilities The first es sential for success in the public man agement of utilities is that they should be run at cost, and not as t profit. For instance, a waterworks svstem should be operated to supply!. people with good drinking water at cost and not to give the city a chance to make money out of its citizens. The present water rates are no lower now than they were when a pri vate corporation owned the system and in some cases they are higher. The city is making a net profit ot from $30,000 to $40,000 by selling water to its citizens and is using that money to pay general expenses, whereby it is taxing the many for the benefit of the few, to be more exact, for the benefit of the taxpayers, which, to be still more exact, means the benefit of the large taxpayers. Let us take an instance that I know all about. The last time a deputy assessor caught roc in my office he found me in possession of the follow ing described personal property, to wit: One roll top desk (somewhat worm One revolving Office chair (has seen better, days). One Maey filing caa? (slightly bat tered) Two ordinary kitchen chairs for ' customers, (rather rickety, meaning the chairs, not the customers I The deputy assessor agreed with me on a valuation on this junk where by I estimate that my taxes this year will reach the modest sum of about $2 I am not one of the large taxpayers. Now then, If Mayor Fell should not be able to keep the tax levy down and should be obliged to raise the rate from 12 to 13 mills my taxea will be increased, of course. They will be increased from $2 to $2.06 I should worr . There are lots o! people in this city who do not pay taxes or water rates. They pa rent The owner of the u,,o tVo all tflvos hut he make3 nuuoc v'-1 , the rent that much higher, so the renter really pays the taxes, and the cost of the city water There are still other people who cannot be classed as large taxpayers, who. nevertheless, pay some taxes. They belong to the great middle clasi. owning their own house, a four or five-room cottage, built on their own lot. They pay taxes on the house 'and lot and also on the daughters piano The average tax of such an average citizen is around $25 per year. In ad dition to that he pays for water for his house and lawn about $12 a year. He pavs this $12 a year for city water because he does not buy the water at cost but seems to prefer to pay a double price so that taxes will be less. Xow let's see: If the mayor cannot keep the tax levy down but has to add one more mill, Mr Average Citi zen will find that he has to pay more taxes Yes. Indeed His taxes, in stead of being $25 will be increased to $25.60 It is easy to see that no should worry, too. If. however, the city should sudden ly become so socialistic as to sell water at cost, and should cut clenr from the ancient custom of grafting on It sown citizens, then Mr. Avr-r-, age Citizen would be able to buy oil' the city water he needs at half the present price a clear saving of $6 a year. That ought to offset nicelj that Increase of 60 cents on his regu lar taxes. But there are citizens and tax pay ers who would not find It to their financial interest to have the City operate the public utilities soeiallv What thev would save on cheaper water they would lose on hlpher ; - LAST TIME TONIGHT Pierre of the Plains A Story of the Royal Moun ted Police. Performances 7, 8.20, 9.45 Only a Dime. -it happens pioneer day I every year J men's oxfords supply your needs in the way of a new I izlt $$1.85 suit, a new hat, a new shirt or any other j I all leathers W 1 I f II I i ll 6.oo z-i M arc,e of apparel, while prices are lower I l tZZlOIruc. than ya ve ever seen tnem n really high- I n c J , grade wearables, 1 $3.50 oxfords $2.65 I $4.00 oxfords $3.00 5 M It fo ZlZt ll fs -save money and also get just what you ; $6.00 oxfords $4.50 , . 1 5 , ,. want at - I men s shirts tM at these mark-downs. wSw SF V $1.75 shirks a! $1.35 JWMMS '5fciTi3y $2.00 shirts ai $1.55 I v tmileccles BUfLDNO B i 1 ' I a taxes. Who are they Well, I have made a rough estimate and find that if a citizen is paying ordinarilv as high as $2 taxes a year an increase of one mill in the tax levy would raise his taxes to $2 06 and the increase of $6 would just exactly eat up the saving of $6 he would make on cheaper water. ".Mayor Fell says there will be no necessity for increasing the tax levy. " Very well. then, will he sell water to the citizen for cost? If he cannot do both things, which will he elect to do? Give the people cheaper water or raise the taxes on the people who have so much prop erty that their taxes amount to more than $200 a year? For. as it is now. all the profit that he makes for the city out of the sale of water at two prices goes straight into the pockets of the large taxpaers of Ogden city. It is not my purpose to claim that it is the deliberate Interest of the city commission to favor big stock-1 holders or taxpayers at the ex-1 pense of the small taxpayers, still that is the result of their present i policy. Not one taxpayer in ten profits from the high water rates In fact, there are many of the large taxpayers - those who pay in excess of $200 who would be gain ers through reduced water rates. For many of them have their money in vested in dwellings or buildings where water Is used in large quanti ties and they could well afford to pay more taxes if they could buv water at actual cost. But it is a cinch that the citizen who pay no taxes, those who pay only l small sums and those who are under the $200 limit, composing nine-tenths or more of the 30,000 population, are losing the money the city waterworks earn for the city and the other one tenth the big taxpayers-are saving just that much There is but one way to do justice in this matter and that is to sell the city water at cost and then let thr people who own this city pay tty taxes necessary to run it. O. A. KENNEDY. Mr. Kennedy may be overlooking the fact that Osden, in order to pre j pare for the future, must plan exten- j sive improvement to its waterworks sstem. and the knowledge of this perhaps prevents the commissioners reducing the water rentals. Ed. ORPHEUM 10 CLOSE FOB THE SEASO! Following the presentation of the j regular weekly program of Empress vaudeville and the moving picture drama, "The Wrath of the Gods" on , Sunday nieht. the Orpheum theater will be closed for four weeks. During this period the theater will be redec orated and resurfaced for the 1914-15 season. When it Is reopened in the autumn, it will be with a six act bill of Em press vaudeville and all subsequent bills will contain six acts, this havinc, been arranged by Manager los. Goss during his recent trip to Chicago and New York. A few weeks after the reopening ot the playhouse, the Em press vaudeville will be replaced bjr the Loew Empress vaudeville. Marcus! Loew having purchased the interests Of the Sullivan and Consldine com pany several months ago In addition to the improved vaude-, vllle. Manager Goss announces that! the best road show s that could be booked wiii he seen In Ogden next season. Anions them will be the fol lowing: The Gilbert and Sullivan Opera company with Dp Wolf Hopper. "Sevon Keys to Baldpate' "Wben Dreams Come True," in which Joseph Santley of Ocden, appears "Shepherd of The Hills" a beautiful drama; "Nearly Married," "Trail of the Lone- i some Pine,'"' one of the New York suc cesses; Ruth St Dennis and her com pany; '"Baby Mine," "Today," "Too Many Cooks," which has been playing to big business; 'Peg 'O My Heart." that old favorite "Forty-five Minutes from Broadway," 'Broadway Jones," "Potash and Perlmutter," the biggest comedy now in New York; "Things that Count," "Marriage Game.'" '"The Yellow Ticket,'' and Maude Adams in her new show, the name of which has not yet been announced. oo OLYMPIC COMMITTEE CALLED TO MEET New York. July 22 Colonel Rob ert M. Thompson, president of the American Olympic committee, has directed James E. Sullivan secretar m of the committee, to Issue a caU for kpl a meeting of the executive commit- iH tee to be held at the New York Ath s;9 letic club on Monday next. Many i j important questions relative to ac- j tive preparations for the next Olym pic games will be taken up at this i I meeting. According to Secretary Sul livan, who has just returned from a j trip abroad, all the foreign countries are making great efforts to put j strong teams in the field for the games at Berlin in 1916 and America cannot afford to remain idle. oo . . ' M. W. A. NOTICE 1 All members are requested to attend 1 funeral of Neighbor C. A. Folkraan at f Fourth Ward, Wednesday, at 2 p. m. ORSON F. OLSEN, Consul. T J. H SHAFER. Advertisement. Clerk. E oo "1 1 Read the Classified Ads. I r : I I LAST WEEK OF VAUDEVILLE BIG COMEDY ACT ON NEW EMPRESS BILL ; One of the biggest screams that ever played the Orpheum circuit but never appeared in Ogden is now head lining the Empress bill for the com ing week. It is "More Sinned Against Than Usual" with a cast of 10 play ers. The same special scenery, elec trlcal effects and superb staging that marked its successful tour of the Or-1 pheum circuit will be seen at the Em press. To have missed "More Sinned Against Than Usual" is to have mis sed the laugh of the season There are five otheT excellent acts on this week's bill which will close the sea son for vaudeville. The first per formance will open tomorrow after noon. Box ofice opens today Adver- j tisement. I FREE! FREE! FREE! I 1 H A QUART OF ICE CREAM TO YOU If you have one of our yellow packers or know of one B j and will 'phone us its location, giving street and num- ber, we will present you with 50c worth of Delicia Ice I ! Cream for your trouble. II j j BROWN ICE CREAM CO. I ! PHONES 315 and 316 2456 LINCOLN I j Ask your de aler for OUR " g I Delicious Raisin Bread I in Sanitary Wrappers , 10c m IE HESS BAKERY Scientific Bakers j JJ3, 2557-61 Grant Ave. Phone 601