OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1908
MUNIC1PA
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British Cities Abandon Experi
ment After a Short Trial.
Every City That Tried to Run Iti Own
"Hello" System Got Poor Service and
Lost Money..
By WALTER F. BURGESS.
The act of parliament of 1S99 permit
ting municipalities to borrow money
for the purpose of establishing municl
pal telephone systems was taken ad
vantage of by the corporations of Glas
gow, Tunbrldge Wells, Hull, Ports
mouth, Brighton and Swansea. The
record of each has been one of flnan
clal failure. At the outset It was stat
ed by practical telephone engineers that
the plans and estimates on which the
systems were to be built were falla
cious and would inevitably lead to dis
aster.
The municipality of Glasgow, which
trades In everything from street cars
down to lodging bouses for hoboes,
was the first to take advantage of the
act Their license was granted In
March, 1000, and was valid for a pe
rlod of thirteen years. Instead of adopt
ing a modern common battery system
they decided to install a modification of
the old law system, which had already
been discarded by telephone companies.
Almost Immediately following the open
ing the predicted faults became appar
ent, and changes in the plant became
necessary. So many methods of work
ing the telephone were Introduced that
the department rapidly became a by
word and a reproach, and In July last
the plant was sold after being In op
eration barely five years at a loss to
the taxpayers of $200,000.
UDsoiete engineering methods were
not confined to Glasgow. At Ports
mouth and Swansea the clearing sig
nals were operated by push buttons
located at the subscribers' stations,
while at Brighton and Hull the clear
ing signals were given by a momen
tary earth contact mado by the rising
and falling of the switch hook. The
service given by these municipalities
was so poor that the increase-of sub
scribers, which was at first rapid owing
to the cheap rates and the glowing
promises of an clDclent service, almost
ceased. Official statistics show that the
National Telephone company for the
year 190D added 10,503 stations in the
competitive areas ns against 2,149 sta
tions added by the municipalities them
selves. Although Glasgow was the lar
gest of the municipal systems and con
spicuously the worst from a technical
point of view, Its financial lossss were
not proportionately grenter than either
of the other municipalities, which were
all small and struggling concerns. For
Instance, the balance sheet of tho
Brighton municipality shows that the
constructional estimates were exceeded
by 40 per cent, and the whole concern'
was sold Inst August at a loss to the
taxpayers of $18,500.
Further Investigations of the finan
cial statement of the municipalities
show that It was their practlco to dis
criminate In the taxntlon of tbelr own
undertakings and those which were op
erated under private control. A fair ex
ample of this discriminating policy may
be found iu the statement for the fiscal
year ending March 81, 1000, of the
Brighton municipality. Tho capltnl ex
penditure up to this dato on the tele
phono system amounted to $217,550.
At the rate for that year the undertak
ing Bhould have been charged with
about $3,707 for taxes, whereas the
balance sheet shows that only $200
was actually paid.
The Swansea corporation Is the last
to discover that tho operation of mu
nicipal telephony In practice and the
ory Is entirely different, and they have
Just decided to cut their losses and
sell out As they were the last of the
six., juiinlr jDOlltlcs to enter into tho
telephone business, their selling out
may be referred to as the "swan song"
of municipal telephony In Great Brit
ain. Immediately they announced their
intention the local press was Inundated
with letters of protest The mayor
was requested to convene a town meet
ing to discuss tho proposed sale. At
this meeting a number of speeches
were made and a deal of enthusiasm
displayed. It was resolved that the
subscribers to the municipal system
should be Invited by circular to agree
to pay an Increase on their rate,
amounting to $5 per annum for three
years, and thus avoid the sale.
Considering the loud tnimpetings of
the "profitable" results that had been
claimed at the existing rates, this pro
posal seems to be more than passing
strange. The result of this highly
original poll Is extremely amusing.
The official statistics of the telephone
system show that there were 1,487 sub
scribers, so. Judging from the enthu
siasm displayed at the meeting, one
might have anticipated that the mu
nicipality could count upon an increase
of revenue amounting to at least $7,000
per annum from the proposed canvass.
In the circular sent out it was stated
that no reply would be construed as a
refusal to pay. Now for the result:
rotal number of subscriber! circular
ized oo
Agreed to Increase rate 247
Refused to pay 169
Agreed conditionally 67
Did not reply 437
It will be noticed that out of 1,487
subscribers after four years of active
development there were only 900 who
could be circularized on a question of
payment, and out of this number 75
per cent would not pay a beggarly $5
per annum even for sentimental con
sideration. Surely no outside criti
cism can so pointedly indicate the ut
ter feebleness of municipal telephony
m ureat Britain.
Stanley Bros. Rough Riders.
One or the best attractions ever
seen at oar ball games is to be pnt on
Sunday, July 20th, when the Oregon
Oity Grays are to play the Camas
team ; following this game the Stan
ley Bros., the famons roogli riders
fr m Montana, will give a two hours'
exhibition of the most famons and
daring bronco and exhibition riding
with the largest band of hardest buck
ing horses ever gathered together.
Their program will include the sensa
tional and during Russian Drag from
horseback, pick up, rope spinning
Roman hypodroite, and two hours'
continuous performance of exciting
and blood-thrilling sport with fear
less horses by fearless riders. Many
outside horses will be brought in and
ridden by the boys free of charge
They will also be assisted by local
riders of considerable importance.
HOW MOLLY SAVED
PLEASANTVJLLE
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Ore gon for Clackamas County.
u. v. uunort, rnuutitr
Vs.
Jennie H. Gilbert, Dofedant.
To Jennie H, Gilbert, defendant :
In the name of the Stato of Oreeon
you are nerony required to appear and
aiiBwer the complaint filed against
you in tne above entitled suit and
court on or before the expiration of
six weeks from and after the first pub
lication of this summons, to-wit: the
7th day of September, 1008, and if
you fail go to uppear and answor said
complaint, for want thoreof the plain
tiff will apply to the oourt for the re-
ior prayed for in this complaint, to-
wit : for a decree against yon dissolv
ing the bonds of matrimony now ex-
isting between you and plaintiff on
tne ground 01 uesortion and cruel and
linuman treatment. xr.is summons
is published pnrsuant to an order duly
nmiie aim encored in tne above entit
d suit on the 2!ind dav of July.
iuo, oy noil, urant xi. Diuiick
ndge of the County Court for
Ul ckanias County, State of Oregon.
The date of the first publication
nureor is tne h-hii flay or July, 1008.
JNWWTUJN MeUOY,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Address, Room 715. Oreconinn
mug. rortiunu, ure.
Boy's Life Saved.
My little boy, four years j)ld had a
suvore actacK or oyseutery. We had
wo pnysinians; uotn or tnem gave
mm up. we tnon gave luni Chamber
Iain's Colio, Ohohira and Diarrhoea
Remedy which cored him and believe
that saved his life. William H. Strol
ing, Carbon Hill, Ala. There is no
doubt but this remedy saves tho lives
of many children every year. Give it
with castor oil according to the plain
printed directions and a oure is oor
tain. For sale by Hnutloy Bros., Or
egon City and Molnllu.
Child Cut Whh Scissors.
While playing, Sundav. with ft nuir
of scissors tho 18-moutl's-old daughter
of Mr and Mri, Geo. Elv of thin it
was painfully cut, falling on the scis
sors, cuting severe gusli in her noBo.
Dr. Somiuor was summoned and t.hp
ohild is getting along very well.
Mountain View.
We failed to send In our communication
last week ns we were at Chautauqua
like every one else In the berg.
Improvements still go on. .
Ed Gottberg has bought Mr. Koran's
blacksmith shop and Is making his shop
Into a dwelling house.
F. M. Amen, of Klngsley, Oregon, was
here last week and bought the house and
lot In this place belonging to J. Pierce
and daughter Retta.
P. D. Curran spent a few days of lust
week here among relatives and friends.
He is quite poorly lately.
Frank Balid and wife of Maple Lane
have bought Mr. Reymond's property on
Molulla avenue, and took possession last
week. '
Mrs. Jackson's sister Mrs. La Itay, of
Estacada, has moved Into Mrs. Hoha's
house on Division street.
Mesrs. Chester Elliott, Austin Nickels
and others, made a pleasure trip to the
mountains lust week.
Ernest Brand Is soojinnlng In Ihe moun
tains this week.
J. M. Gillette and O. W. Dlckeison wi-nt
to the cattle ranch on the Molulla, lust
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Weed, of Se
attle, were visiting relatives and friends
here last week.
Grandma Clark attended camp meeting
at Canby and returned home luat week.
Mrs. Glllett has found two gold pins
lately.
Born, July 0th, -008, to Mis. Mabel Os
mond, a son,
Mrs. Laura Billiard and daughter'
Gladys, spent Friday of last week on the
West Side visiting her brother Ed nnd
wife. They have a big 32-pound hoy.
Miss Edith Billiard Is visiting with her
cousins at Carus.
Miss Edna Gard, of Claikes Is attend
ing the Summer Normal at the Barclay
and boarding with Aunt Maggie Harring
ton. Mrs. Fisher and her sister, Mis. George
Wluldron, have gone to the hot springs
near The Dalles. Mr. Fisher boards with
Mr. Glllett and family.
Miss Irene Olnnle, of Hlllsboro, Is vis
iting with her cousins, Lillian Gillette nnd
Pearl and Ruby Francis.
Deafness Caunol Be Cured
by local applications, as thev cannot,
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Tliore is only one was to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional reme
dies. Deafness is causod by an in
flamed condition of the eustachian
tnbe.. When this tube is inflamed
you have a rumbling sound or imper
fect hearing, and when it is entirely
uiuseu, ueaiuess is tne result, and un
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tnbe restored to its normal
oondition, hearing will be destroyed
forever; nine cases ont of ten are
caused by catarrh, which is nothing
out an mnameu condition or the mu
cous snrfaceR.
We will give one hundrod dollars for
any case of deafness (cansnd by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars
free.
F. J. ORKNEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 75o.
Take Hall's 1'amily Pills for oonsti-
pntiou.
By ARTHUR H. GRANT.
Pleasantvllle had waked up. The cen
ter of a rich farming district, It bad
grown so quietly that It hadn't realized
that ft had outgrown its short dresses,
o to speak, until Henry Graham, the
enterprising manager of the Pioneer
Electric company in Mllldale, eight
miles away, asked for a franchise and
a contract to light its streets with
electricity, which he proposed to trans
mit from his recently enlarged Mllldale
plant ,
Pleasantvllle was divided between a
sense of shame at having so long
been content with oil lighted streets
and delight at the prospect of having
Its beautiful elm shaded streets as at
tractive In the evening as they were
by day. The city' fathers had dis
cussed" the project, and a final vote was
to be taken at the council meeting on
Thursday evening. Graham had made
the proposition that was fair to Pleas
antvllle and yet would give a good
profit to the stockholders and was con
gratulating himself on having done a
good stroke of business, for a prac
tically unanimous vote was assured,
when, as usual, the unexpected hap
pened.
On Wednesday afternoon trouble
alighted from the westbound express
In the person of Hiram Stlckney, a
Btoutlsh, middle aged man of the
"glad hand" type, but with little wrin
Wes around his eyes, which, to the
wise, were danger signals of a more
sinister character than was revealed
by the Jolly smile with which he greet
ed the clerk of the City hotel:
"'Lectric light contract let yet?" he
asked of that rather sleepy function
rj "No, but It will be tomorrow night."
"Maybe so and maybe not," replied
Stickney ns he followed the bellboy
to his room.
Twenty-four hours was all he need
ed to make his "maybe riot" come
true, for as the representative of the
Slicker Manufacturing company he had
become expert as a franchise killer
and as a builder of municipal plants.
A week later he and the mayor were
seated side by side on the platform of
the largest ball in town. The final
vote of the council haft been postponed,
nd Stlckney was that night to show
of
Mr. Henry O'Mallv. Sunt, nf 17. S
Bureau of Fisheries, and Mr. T. Hnl-
livnn, Hydraulic Enaiueer for P. H
L. & P. Co.. of this citv went to Clna.
adoro Monday to look over the ground
for the fish hatchery, and investigate
me water soppiy ror tne many basins.
CLACKAMAS HEALTH RESORT
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MODERN RUSSIAN BATHS
Baths Fridays, Saturdays and by Request
From Oregon Qtyyi miles ; From Gladstone 2 miles ; From Portland J 2 miles
the people of Pleasantvllle how nar
rowly they had escaped the wiles of
the shrewd Graham nnd how much
better it would be for them to have a
lighting plant of their own.
"We huve with us tonight," began
the mayor, "a gentleman who has
made a special study of the lighting
problems of cities like Pleasantvllle,
and whose coming to us at this junc
ture seems to me little short of provi
dential, lie will tell you tonight what
he has previously told your represen
tatives In the council, and 1 have no
doubt that you will agree with us that
It was wise to postpone action on the
proposed lighting franchise. I have
the pleasure of introducing to you Mr.
nirnm Stlckney of the Slicker Manu
facturing company."
Stlckney had not been idle during
his week in town. He had the history
of rieasantville down as fine as the
oldest Inhabitant. He knew all Its am
bltlons, Its Jealousies -of neighboring
towns, the range of trade of its mer
chants, and had taken the gauge of
almost every man of any prominence,
He began, therefore, by skillfully play
ing upon all the strings of local pride
nnd envy nnd ambition until, when he
reached the climax of his Introductory
remarks, be had his audience Just
where he wanted it. -
"Get your current from Mllldale?
Send your money to build up your
rival? Become a mere appendage to
another city? How long before you
would find your customers following
the wires over to Mllldale, nnd saying,
'If rieasantville has to get Its current
from there, why should not we got our
goods from there?' Whore would your
political lenders staud In the county
conventions when the Mllldalers would
refer to them ns representatives of
one of our suburbs?' No! Pleasant
vllle must not mortgage its future In
any such way. It Is strong enough and
brave enough to stand on Its own feet.
And It cnu do it" here he was inter
rupted by a perfect storm of applause
"and It can do it, and save moiTey in
the bargain."
Then he plunged Into the details of
1 munlclpnl lighting plant. Pollers, dy
namos, transformers, were described
as already the property of the thriving
little town, until the audience saw the
completed pluut nnd felt that sense of
proprietorship which Is dear to every
tight thinking American. "And the
entire plant can be Installed In four
months, nnd at a cost which will not
exceed $10,000 In fact, my company
has authorized me to make a coutract
with you for a trifle less than that sum,
If It can bo signed within two weeks;
as this Is the dull season In the year of
our business."
When he snt down, mopping his ra
ttier bald forehead for the oil latips
In the hall were helping out the tern-1
perature of an August night the may
or rose again nnd stated that although
Mr. Stickney had covered the grouud
very thoroughly, an opportunity would
be given to any citizens to question
blm. Lnter a vote would be taken
In order that the council might know
the wishes of its constituents.
The city engineer, whose training
nnd experience were limited to land
surveying and setting the grades for
the streets and sewers, felt that his
position required him to show that
he was not dazed by all the technical
terms which had been used. Address
ing the mayor, he said:
"Mr. Stlckney has told us that the
capacity of this plant would be 100
kilowatts. I would like to ask him
whether that 'is its" maximum or
minimum capacity." This question
was actually asked under the clrcum
stances described; In fact, the main
points of the story are a matter
history In a prairie city.
Stlckney never cracked a smile
he replied: "The question is well put,
A hundred kilowatts Is the normal
capacity, but the plant can carry the
overload for half an hour or so
twenty-five additional kilowatts."
While some other questions were be
ing asked by prominent ..citizens, anx
lous. to maintain their prestige, Molly
Zimmerman was whispering earnestly
to her brother. Molly was a high school
girl, who had been studying electricity
the winter before. With a few others,
she had gone over to Mllldale to fee
now wis mysterious current was gen
eratcd, and Graham, proud of his up to
date plant, had shown the little party
through It, explaining to. them the varl
ous pieces of machinery wiih which it
was filled. Molly's bright eyes had
noticed the hooded dynamo at one side,
and It was in answer to her question
that he explained about the duplication
of parts for use In case of a break
down. "And now we have seen the
whole plan," said Molly as they were
thanking Graham In the office.
"Oh, no," laughed he, "only one part.
The other part is the one that wanders
all over the town, lights the streets.
carries the current to the stores and
houses nnd distributes the surplus pow
er to the factories."
And so, as Stlckney talked,- he was
speaking to one auditor, at least, be
fore whom there rose up a picture of a
really up to date plant, and who was
bright enough to see the discrepancies
between his $10,000 outfit and what
was really needed to light her city.
Perhaps if it had been somebody
else's brother instead of her own who
was seated beside her, she might have
persuaded him to ask the questions
which she was too shy to ask for her
self. But Tom Zimmerman was more
intent upon listening to what the presi
dent of the Pleasantvllle bank (whom
Stickney had primed on the subject of
bonds) was saying, than on the half au
dible whispers of his curly headed sis
ter.
Right behind them sat Dr. Grey, who
had known Molly all her life. The doc
tor did not know anything about elec
tric light plants, but he knew that Mol
ly hnd a wise little head, and when he
overheard one of her urgent whispers,
he leaned forward and half playfully
asked:
"Are you trying to get a spokesman,
Molly?"
"Oh, Dr. Grey! Please ask him why
he has not said anything about trans
mission lines, and poles, nnd street
lamps, and meters, and what we would
do If the one dynamo should break
down !"
"Easy, easy, little girl," said the doc
tor. "Remember, I am in the Infant
class (for Molly taught that at Sunday
school), and 'tell me the story gently,
ns to a little child.' "
Molly blushed, but after a few min
utes of whispering the doctor rose and
asked one by one, though hardly In
their logical order, the questions that
Molly had suggested.
Tho doctor's first question, "Does the
estimate Include meters for commer
cial lighting?" was parried by the glib
answer:
"Oh, the customers would buy their
own meters."
"Yes, but how much would the me
ters cost?" .
The wrinkles overpowered the smile
on Hiram Stlckney's face, as he real
ized by the doctor's quiet way that he
was no longer dealing with make be
lieve questions, but with the real desire
for knowledge of a man who was ac
customed to look beneath the surface
of things. Admission after admission
was forced from him, until the trutll
tood revealed that his "complete
plant" was only a generating plant,
with no provision for distribution, and
poorly equipped one at that. He was
a game fighter, however, and did not
leave town until after the next council,
meeting, when franchise and contract
were both voted without dissent.
He hnd done the town one service,
however, for the franchise included a
proviso that tho name of the company
Bhould be changed to the Milldale and
rieasantville Electric Light company.
None of Stlckney's unfavorable predic
tions was fulfilled, for Pleasantvllle
has grown at the expense of some of
Its rivals who had no Molly Zimmer
man to save them from smooth con
tract agents and whose tax rates have
grown faslcr than their industries.
Molly's share In the affair was soon
generally known, for Dr. Grey was
proud of the fact that the quick wit of
one of "his girls" had been of such
service to the city, and two years aft
erward, when Molly became Mrs. Hen
ry Graham, the present that she prized
most highly was an electric chafing
dish, for the card that accompanied it
was Inscribed, "To the Girl Who Saved
rieasantville, From Her Spokesman."
ABANDON DfcUGS
and get well why
should a sick person take a dose
of medicine to make him well when
that same person, if well, would
be afraid to take that same medi
cine lest it would make him sick?
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ITS FACILITIES ARE COMPLETE
Best of food and an abundance of it. Fresh water from springs.
All modern necessities, such as telegraph, telephone, markets
freshly provided every day. Fuel in abundance. Cottages part
ly furnished or unfurnished to be had cheaply. Strict municipal
sanitary regulations.
NEWPORT
is reached by way of the Southern Pacific to Albany or Corvallis,
thence Corvallis & Eestern R. R. Train service daily and the
trip a pleasure throughout.
RATE FROM OREGON CITY
Season Six Months Ticket $6.00
Saturday to Monday Ticket 3.00
Our elaborate new Summer Book gives a concise descrip
- tion of Newport, including a list of hotels, their capacity
and rates. Call on, telephone or write
E. T. FIELDS, Local Agent, Oregon Cfty, Ore.
Wm. McMurray
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Children Interested.in Fair.
Prizes of $3, $2, and 1 are to he
ottered to the school children of (this
county for best letters to any friends
in Clackamas, Marion, and Washing
ton counties showing why these
rionds should be interested in the
coming Clackamas county fair. The
letters are to be written to County
upt. Gary, on or before Ana. 15,
who will grade them and forward
them to the parties for whom thev are
utendod. Ace of papas will be con
sidered, which will give pnpils iu
arious grades an equal chanoe.
Help for Those Who Have Stomach Trouble-
After doctoring for abont tweve
years for a bad stomach trouble, and
spending nearly five hnudred dollars
for medicine and doctor's fees, I par
chased my wife one box of Chamber
lain's Stomach and .Liver Tablets,
which did her so mnch good that she
continued to nse them and they have
done her more good than all of the
modicine I bought before. Sam n el
Boyer, Folsom, Iowa. This medioine
is for sale by Hontler Bros., Oregon
City and Molalla. Samples free.
We wish to call the attention of the
public to the full pae advertisement
of L. Adams on the back uage of this
issue. Mr. Aditms is patting np his
store iu great slinpe for iui immense
nalo and has beeu spending three days
in preparing the great bargains he has
to offer to the people of Olackamas
county.
rublicity of management by private
Individuals can be trusted to accom
plish better results than the privacy of
tnamiivim r.t by public officials. Else
irlci'l v o-i.i.
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Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over-Work.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood,
It used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
Therefore, when vourkidneysare weak
or out of order, you can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty.
If you are sick or " feel badly," begin
taking the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as vour kidneys are well they will help
all'the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis
take' by first doctoring your kidneys.
The mild and the extraordinary effect of
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. It
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of the most distressing cases, and is sold
on its merits by all fcC
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bladder trouble. "Mention this paper
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Dr. Kilmer's Swwin-Koot. and the ad
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Stereoptlcon Lecture.
Dr. C. A. Woody gave a Btereopti- '
con exhibition Sunday evening in the
Baptist church, representing foreign
immigration in all its phases, show
ing the immigrant as he leaves his
native land, then in the steerage of
the passenger vessel, his arrival at
Ellis Island and his life in the crowd
ed centers of our large cities. The
lecture was well attended.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the
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