The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 15, 1908, Page 4

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BUSINESS SYSTEM VERSUS GRAFT “No one knows how many miles of road there are in King county, or how many miles have been improved.” This declaration, coming from James Morrison, of the county engineer's office, candidate for the republican nomina tion for county engineer, is a striking indictment of those who have served as county commissioners of King county and the entire ring system of county government Next to railroads, good highways are of the greatest im portance in the development of the county, Good roads are necessary in order that farmers may market their produce to the best advantage, and that the productive lands of the coun ty may be made accessible to the city. The price of farm prod ucts in the city is influenced largely by the cost of getting them to market. The building and maintenance of good roads is one of the most important of the duties of county commissioners, because good roads increase the value of all property they affect, and decrease the cost of living By increasing the value of the property, they make an in creased valuation on the assessor's books possible, without hardship to the owners of the property, whose incomes have been increased and expenses diminished The roads of King county have been sadly neglected hy county commissioners. No proper system of thoroughfares has ever been built for the county. Money dered on hap-hazard work, thrown away on afterward abandoned, and recklessly wasted tion in pretended repairs, made with the sole purpose of giving employment in return for votes and political work for candi dates. i Many of the roads improved by the county begin nowhere and end nowhere. property of henchmen of the county commissioners, at the ex pense of the public. The commissioners have figured on road building, not as a duty to be performed in the interest of the public, but as a species of graft to be used in furthering their own political schemes. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been expended on the roads of King county, yet no one knows how many miles of road there are in the county. There has been no system of road building, or any system of keeping track of road work The county commissioners do not want any system, Such a thing would necessitate constant and effective work. System also demands intelligible accounts, and the county commission ers do not care to have accounts intelligible to the taxpayers. Systematic road building is an issue in the present primary campaign for the nomination of county commissioners. We need a system which will insure the expenditure of county road funds where they will do the most good for the taxpaying public. We need a system which wil! climinate the political graft and show at a glance the cost of ali road work done by the county. Such a system would mean the saving of thous sands of dollars to the county in the actual work done; an increase of thousands of dollars in the value of taxable property and a saving of other thousands in the living expenses of the people. M. J. Carrigan and George W. Albin are pledged to intro- duce system and honesty into county road building. Beckingham and Rutherford, present county commission- ers, who are seeking renomination, are pledged to the old graft ring. has been squan stretches of road before each elec They have been improved to benefit the HEAVY TRUST HAND ON WEST- ERN FARMERS. More every day the people of the United States are com- ing to see that the private ownership of public utilities is ob- noxious. But in our western states this matter has taken on a new phase. Generally it is the city man who is ridden by the trust; it has been the gas company, the street railway and the water company; but in many parts of the west the farmer is awakening to the fact that he is about to be laid under trib- ute, The private corporation has come to his valley and laid its hand on the waters up in the canyon. Those waters have been harnessed and made to generate electric power. And for the use of that power the residents of the valley are taxed, At present the price may be satisfactory. These concerns are new. The man who has promoted the power company is a resident of the principal village served. He is regarded as a benefactor in the community. His enterprise is deserving of praise; his capital is entitled to an extra reward But how about the future? How about 10 years from now? When the promoter is dead or has moved away; whén the corporation has been sold to an eastern syndicate; when its capital stock has been increased and the service has been per mitted to depreciate ; are raised when equipment is neglected and rates -what then? About that time the prominent orchardman in the indigna- tion meeting will be asking who gave this corporation a per petual right in the waters up in the canyon Someone will want | to know where the authorities were when this concern was| chartered without any proviso limiting the rates it might] charge. A third will ask why a private and alien corporation| should levy tax on the community for the use of a public thing | like the waters which come from the snows up in the mountain | tops. And the man who sees his orchard withering for lack of | the water which he can no longer afford to pump at the in creased cost of power will curse the improvident men of our generation who let this thing go on In its manag ment of the irrigation worl s the government has shown how thi 1. In all government should be manag projects the water rights go with the land, and the dams, dikes and reservoirs are all held and administered in common—on a socialistic basis. There ls no landlord and no waterlord, Evewy man has his own acre and every acre is a proportionate owner of the water, ae ‘To let private corporations come in and establish them selves as powerlords is a crime against the coming gene ation. Monopoly unrestrained is invariably oppression, If power cal not be developed by communities and administered as a ¢om- munism, themthe federal government or the state authorith ry ought to see that there is supervision for such trusts whickf will go to their rates, capitalization and practical administration. Will the finance committee recommend the lanuance of bonds for $500,000 for the extension of the muntotpal lighting and power system, or will the effort to oripple all municipal enterprises continue? The municipal lighting and power plant has proven a source of profit to the elty, although figures have been juggied to make it appear other wine, With needed extensions, the plant will make enough profit to retiré the bonds in three years’ time. Bugene W. Chafin, prohibition candidate for president, was atruck on the head with @ brick in the race. riot at Springfield, U1, yester day. Can it be that the prohibition loader was taking part in the lawless soones of arson and violence, or was It just another case of A man's enemion taking advantige of « time of excitement to attempt to efen up scores? . YEASTHOP'S FABLES — Ae Translated from the Original Choctaw. nn) BY F. W. SCHAEFER. F. W. SCHAEFER. INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 16.--A’ re margable ding abould Chon W Demogr der running mate candidoot Mr. Kern hat drawn der fatal num ber afder all hope hat been allayed. Obinions here differ as he deserfed id, sifen von more chance. But Mr. Kern bared bise head un. ter der dunderbolt der pright of 14. (Martchi Note.-Der priaht «ite of a douader bolt is der ouldsite) He saya soot may came of id THE FOX ANO THE LEOPARD, The Fox and the Leopard got Into « little curbetone argu one day over each other's personal appe: bretaidends You,” denied Mr. feeling rather cru that morning Your face reminds me “ granted the Leopard. "It goes to a sharp potat” there's « broad head back of it," chirped the Fox. “You,” sal Leopard, “so fur back that {t really can't be sald to belong.) Det sides, what makes your hair éo ruatyt” Tt tant rusty 34 the Fox, “it's old gold, with a Roman finish By don't you get yourself dry cleaned’ You're full of spots. " indelible; they can't be changed,” answered the Leopard, “Hi Wouldn't have a spot | couldn't €o away from when | wanted ‘Well, TH introduce you to a spot where » eager a while,” growled the Leopard, whereupon he made goad swallowing the Fox ‘The fellow with the knockout punch always has the last word z aad == A Word From Josh Wise. sere OUTBURST OF EVERETT A man don't praise his dinner untess he's fed accordin’ t' bis appetite. “On what grounds” “Incompatibility of income. derstand.” ! om it is also noticed that the more business care and responsibility « man te burdened with the bigger he @ots to be around the waist Pook. Circumstantial Evidence. “Nora.” “¥is, mam.” “Is Bobby in the kitohenT” “No, mam.” “Do you know where he ist “No, mum.” “Did he get home from school? “Yie, svar.” “Have you seen bim?” “No, mom.” “How do you know he's home?” “Th’ cat's under th’ stove, mum.” Judge What He Left. The hobo had just finished dtaing. ‘eirsasinngesenrantiititaietmesieaaiietilit PATHOS Do you go a month without dinner, then In proportion to its size a beetle feast? “ fa stronger than 100 horses. ? we Every day without a Victor is a loss you can Thirty billion letters passed through postoffices of the world ta never make good. tee Come today and learn about our easy-pay- ment plan. 3 “He who takes the child by the hand takes the mother by the heart Payments as low as $1.00 down, | ee There were 10,027,039,000 com $1.00 per week. Sherman,Clay&Co 1406 Second Ave. mon brick x States last year. . de in the United e-* | Zeppelin can soar. Hin airship is no joke He stays up while it's working And comes down when it's broke. . oe | \ The sandwich gets its name from | Double Header 600 shares for sale at 8 conte, H |M. Herrin & Co, 610 Firat ave. *** Fire-Proof Storage BEKINS Moving and Storage Co. Corner ‘Third Ave, & Wasbh Main 1928 Great Bargain AnMO® 705 Pike at bos iscofers himaeluf of « stanting to redder or shoult haf been und looked on Kern, as me OSGAR AND ADOLF MEET JOHN W. KERN j\-| He Beare Up Veli Unter Hise Doom, Und tee so HMartened to Golitige Oot WHERE YOU LEARNED TO EAT iT LIKE A HORSE?” RECHOINED MR. KERN, KINDLY. Speckial Despootch From Osgar to|und Adolf assembled on hiss lawn | bine life, as after Id waas @ pitiless shock vieh wase caused by dor news from Denfer dot dot ladiana may yet be der step-mudder of vice STAR DUST BY JOSH PUGILISM —— POLITICS POVERTY they shout no loud fighters. " Harvard university yell ip 4 rah, rah, rah, rahe Harvard ei, j He Vould Not Falter Ne? oth cortain Efon gf Elegtet Brezidend. Py 6° ONG pf (0° ‘oye Hamlin: Do you think any Gold in Heck per ther Hamilton tne There must be, gold has ever been, Heckler has put over Sea ‘ Judge **#e Jeweler: You say the you winh engraved @ |this ring is to be, amd Irene | Young Man (som a): You, that's take ler—don't cut the “Irene” very * | Harper's Weekly, jy of portry, Offers me g He offers you a @ Washington Herald, “#6 An Englishman tn covered an old prison ig women many years, Food way them like to 4 dog's Keane, | were dragging Chale and werg ered with filth and vermiq, jwere mad from tortures Now is a0 investigation @f @ charitable institutions” “es A husband who missed he bad promised hie wife re by caught it when -he got home, “WE FEED DIS 6 TO DER HORSES.” “i6 THAT “Horn; entered und stuck to politign.” “Are you rich?’ I requested Not in worldly goods Buase iy: grass, “I see victory ahead, That | the law lis because [ am an optimist. Get that? Optimist, not optician.” Diss | waid Mrj Style, Fi for der benefid of Adoif but I am waid to have al ' “t subbose, Mr. Kern,” IT adv of whiskers i it m tured, “you haf become segue | “Ef vitskers wass wealt,” intro-| ’ - victory ahead, hafing duced Adolf, “your face voult be . ps © gofernor tvice mitould ofer-| your fordune.” Dis, for a man of Quality te taking iat” Adoifs mental insolfency, wass pr Exactly!” smiling drough hiss | goot eps ae spinach, “However, that makes «| We endet our visit mit Mr. Kern| or PP bent of anlE ep well-balanced ticket, my friend Bil by a « corn feast in bis} rene in that sew raylh © ly Bryan having twice seen the rear palatable mansion. Only von bun| Sult—and youl get tt if yout #2 lights of the presidential special dis mot interspersed der conversing Jostst om “Bradbury give} 2° appearing tn the gloaming Vere | came from,” insinuatet| tem” Clothes .. pit “ff der best shoult came to der Adolf, “we feed diss to der horses.” | : ih voret”-Adolf wasa apikking—"id “Is that where you jearned to eat! Call and the new voult find you a goot loser, yess?’ \it like a horse?” rechoined Mr. arrivals - and see how garments fit—noe erate prices—the: your faith on "Bradhary] System.” You're welcome to an account if got font to pay cash—pay tle down and a ittle at, time for the new suit, “To be sure,” gickied Mr. Kern. Even if elected I would face a Fairbanks fate with the philosophy of « martyr.” During @ ten-mioute intercession Mr. Kern gafe us der autography of Kern kindly Den we retreatet, Adolf taking along von of dose Kern cobs as a souven ear. We, believe Mr. Kern can vin In- diana ef he cdn lose Tom Taggart. a Dye want ‘Thaoaud grumbling at, anyhow? the earth? The Customer: No, sir, 1 don't; certainly oct in the sugar. és *% John L. Sullivan defeated Jake Kilrain at Richburg, Miss, July 8, 1889, in 75 rounds of bare knuckle fighting. im & “If you will exouse me,” be said to the kind Indy, “I will now leave | ,, There are 62.663 postoffices in the the table.” ™ ran ie ae And after bis departure the k. 1 ps ‘ discovered that the table was about], 7Thow shalt have mo other gods all he had left gests -spigen.- “Women and mules obey better when caressed than coerced.” “ee James Coffroth, the California! fight promoter, has decided not to/ allow any more women to witness) the fights he manages, declaring! The Woman of It. The forward movement of her sex Goes onward day by day And yet she off a street © gets In the same old backward way. Anxious. “Il feel uneasy about my money.” Why, I didn’t know you had noes any” WHOLESALE “I haven't. That's the reason I — feel uneasy.” DOWN- ‘TOWN STORE ra 1013-1015 FIRST AVENUE Hie Ambition. Old Gentioman—it grieves ma. tol pace Se cooennt ame f oumeeia rane WEST L AVE. r. To see you smoking, little boy. Don't pnd to WESTLAKE 1 fide — you want to grow up and be a big | rost-ornce sue-srarion las "x aes seu av Tt ue-Tows srome THE QUAKES TO AT BOTH QUAKER STC \ A Lot of Extra Special Cut-Rate Drugs NEXT WEEK — Well—Don't fail to see the papers. We're going te big bargain surprise. Will convince Seattle shoppers that always be purchased at both Quaker Stores. FOR LES | Lake Washington Excursi man” Little Boy—Not on yer life. 1 wanter be « jockey A Mystery Solved. You see him in his office, You see him on the cars; His face a gory spectacte Of scratches and of scars; You wonder if he pets = cat, Or has an angry wife; Your fancy keeps a squinting at The mystery of bis life. But never at the barber's You meet this luckleas man; And hence the right conclusion, Evade it if you can; Hits raror's dull as any hoe, And yet the martyreif Is bound economy to show, And always shaves himself! a a ——e PATRIOTISM earl of Sandwich, bier. } to eat bread perpetual gam stopped only long enough t between slices ot} { “Dear John: We reached here safe} and sound Already | am feeling bet I think the (Send Laura's bathing suit by let ter.) Atlanta Constitution A New York physician wants so. clety to My kites for its “health, } Auything at all so it isn’t a useful occupation as | Steamers FORTUNA aad URANIA Lea Madison and Leschi Parks Daily AND Life is made up, not of great sue rifices or duties, but of little things, if MADISON STRS. CYRENE AND KANTHUS BreTWEREN in which smi nd kindness and | ff vanes small obligations given habitaally STR. FORTUNA LEAVES LRSoHt STR. 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