The Seattle Star Newspaper, March 5, 1924, Page 6

PAGE 6 Aecpy ate Bide a6 Ride ant No Skim Milk ppening to San Francisco's big Hetch Het uard carefull Every Newspaper a- | ee ne Avan. and United Preas Service We W *THE story of what is he project should serve as a warning to municipal power enterprise Hetch Hetchy valley was granted to San Francisco in the Raker a express condition that it be used for and by the people. The two b ern California power companies let the city spend $45,000,000 damm Tuolumne river, at the same time quietly establishing friendly relat those city officials whose co-operation they would need. Today the power is ready for ti the administration has no plans In step the two companies with the kind offer to relieve the people of their dearly bought power at ridiculously wholesale rates, and the city is in an up-hill battle to prevent the grab. Seattle must not allow its Skagit enterprise to get into this situation. must not pile so many millions into construction that the plant. will | hopelessly debt-ridden that it cannot meet its obligations. That is why The Star, in the interest of public ownership, insists an imme- diate and impartial investigation is needed into construction and expendi- tures on the Skagit to date. Nothing would suit the private power interests better than to see the git sunk under its own financial load. Nothing would suit them better than for the taxpayers to feed and milk the cow, then to turn it over to them, so that they could skim off the cream and turn the skim milk back to the public. Nothing would suit them better than to have a city council that would be malleable enough to mold to their will. That’s why the private power interests have notified Ralph Nichols and William Hickman Moore that if they tried to run for public office, the inter- ests would see to it that they could not be elected. AND THAT’S THE REASON THE STAR BELIEVES. THESE TWO MEN, WITH JOHN E. CARROLL AND WILLIAM T. CAMPBELL, SHOULD BE ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MARCH 11. There must be no “skim milk deal” on the Skagit; Seattle’s power must be ¥ Seattle to 5 De You THINK Youle EVER Gel Tme To Sew A FEW BUTTONS ON My’ CLOMES AxD GeT MEA Bile % EAT ? yeople, but bond money distributing Ska- QUESTIONS AND “Day Some ae | | | The Wowes.of the Raen ~ No. 19 Your Own Third Degree kept safe for Seattle. Remove This Handicap T IS doubtful if there is full realization of the handicap under which the fight against graft and corruption in Washington is being carried on. Politics impedes progress at every step. There are men of both parties who are earnestly trying to expose and punish the guilty and protect the public. There are men of both parties—in and out of public of- fice—who are trying to block the investigation. There are others who see in the whole oil scandal little more than a matter of, partisan gain or loss. The unfortunate relation of Attorney General Daugh- erty removes the government's régular legal machinery from the field. This has been partially offset by the appropriation of $100,000-to hire outside lawyers to try the cases. But before cases can be tried they must be prepared as to facts. Before the senate committee can get to the bottom of ‘the mess it must be able to run down leads and clues. At an enormous expense the bureau of investigation of the department of justice is maintained for this purpose. This is Uncle Sam’s police force and detective bureau. It is, supposedly, a body of skilled operatives trained in the pursuit of crime and the sifting of fact. It is a powerful, secret organization that extends over the whole country— and beyond. During all these months that bureau has done noth- ing to assist the government which supports it. So long as Daugherty is attorney general he, thru Burns, will con- trol the secret service —and it will continue not to function in the public interest in the oil cases. It is all right for Daugherty to remain in office until he has a hearing. It is, indeed, quite proper. But it would seem to be a failure in public service and a diversion of public funds to permit the bure«u of investigation to be palsied during these critical months. President Coolidge could very well give an earnest of the relentless purpose which he has said he holds, if he would go over the head of the absent attorney general and take such steps as would galvanize the bureau of inves- tigation of the department of justice into the utmost activ- ity and most perfect co-ordination with the senate and the special oil attorneys. ; The public is paying for this great agency and has a right to its utmost service at this moment. The presi- dent can, if he will, remove this handicap. Poland’s new cabinet will be formed by Grabsky, which: looks like an American idea. A Tourist Attraction TEAMSHIP companies that operate between Seattle and Alaska report that advance bookings for the summer months already have begun. It is also stated that if reservations keep up at tne present rate, it will be impossible to take cure of all the Alaskan tourists during June, July and August. Alaska is becoming one of our greatest attractions to tourists. Any one making this trip is ever afterwards a booster. Veterans of Foreign Wars suggest a “poppy day,” probably as an adjunct to leap year, The Port Site Bonds MONG the important bond issues to be passed on at the election March 11 is the matter of providing funds to pay for the Skinner & Eddy site recently pur- chased by the port commission. The total of these bonds is $600,000, to run over a 80-year period, and should be voted, beyond question. The port commissioners have arranged to pay for this property on a three-year basis out of the earnings of the port, but they believe the proper way to finance the deal is by the 30-year bond issue. This would preclude the possibility of any special tax levy for the purpose, and at the same time, would avoid the necessity of using port funds needed for operation and extensions along other lines. YWewever, they didn't get Mr, Denby's scalp. He is bald. Kicking on the Weather LL of us are eternally growling about the weather. “\ But if we don’t like it, we can move. Nature is a magnificent hotel-keeper, ready to provide any kind of accommodations wanted. Professor Barnes of McGill university in Montreal re- ports that in Greenland the snow is nearly two miles deep in places. : This is exceptionally interesting, scientifically. But most of us are interested mainly because we're not living there and have to shovel, PUTTING TWO AND TWO TOGETHER |} Fellowship of nor i be undertaken. ‘ quests cannot DITOR. can exten research Unsigned re- be answered — Mayo Brothers’ How may one ad-| ASH WEDNESDAY The Temptation and Decision of the will of God y jours, and as all real human expert Q. Which are the four largest nee must be. He faced uncertain-| steel! producing cities? ties that called for moral ture.) A : for experiment an a means of attain-| and Birmin, ng experience and character. Char} an for um came by| Q. What 4s difference in ving his way thru dif-| time and cost for a trans-Allantic forward | poy and the present Sheffield the t took on the average tro to go to Europe in 1709, 1 cost about 25 pounds sterling $125); it now takes five and one- half days on the fastest steame for a first-class passage costs ion which forced itself upc ntior ng shall pomsession be to God and G Him t He Es Tellin men. g It itemea ean | to Congress | all tim O Aho strange || dexcerpts trom the Congressional j as tempted to the tu | Record) jmost and did not sin, be Thou {help and stay. We look to Th strength and guidance. Thou est how much we need Thee abide with us. Am (Copyright, 19: What record did you make? Answers: 1, circle; 2, shoe; 3, screw; 4, airplane; 5, trolley car All rights reserved, Science Service. What Folks Are Saying LOUIS A. COOLIDGE, Massachu- setts: “We are turning over all the power of our citizenship to a con- |stantly concentrated power at Wash- lington. We are losing our charac great for-|ter states and as individual citi- in the great: | ze We are submitting to govern nd theft, the;ment by groups and blocs, We are ge of the|treading a perilous path.” me since | UNASSIMILATED IMMIGRANTS | Hamtramck, a ctty of 60,000 inhab-| situated within the limits of! 0, *. L. Fagley) it, is making a bid for fame. At a recent mass meeting of its resl-| wrote as a Gentile, meaning us. | Luke is simpler than St. Paul, but ‘we cannot enough admire his Gos. |pel. He wrote the most beautiful | book in the world. eee | PROFESSOR ALFRED M. TOZ- |ZER, Harvard college: “Marriage, |perhaps, is the only social institu. | |tion that can be traced back direct ly to man’s pre-human ancestors." + 16515 ——— SCIENCE { Electric Welding }: | ro Tribu inson (DJ, J erted by Senator Rob- rkansas o- The number of scientific or me- chanical discoveries made accident- ally is legion. The true origin of| electric welding has just become known. Professor Thomson institute, SECRET TAXATION This concealment of aR s of Franklin |tunes to escape tax in lectures passed cur: rent from large Leyden jar condens ers thru an ignition coll. ‘The large |terminals of the coll were {n cor |tact and were welded togeth ithe current, a practically in: |neous dixc of low “vo h in amperes. Thig suggested to Professor omson the process of effec fon of metals by gh voltage current to voltage, but not until 1885 did LETTER FROM LORING UNDERWOOD, scape architect: lans- No formal flower garden, which is designed on a drawing board without careful re. | gard for how it will fit Jings can ever be succ a Jew, have all seen formal gard: Gospel and|type. They look as unha Luke was a Greek and!netful of fish out of water." est record of perju of sabo h HERSEY book in the ¢ deep in th aoh 3,000 (a) heavy astreni ne have leisure to follow up this| idea In the experiments which} then ensued he pérfected the modest | pparatusa which soon developed in. large transformers for heavy | work, \r “steppi ster, of Fletcher B has requested a “Spring poem,” submit the owing, entitled: SPRID DN PUGET SOUND In other places, trumpets blow To grect the welcome birth of Spring; Thru broken bonds of Winter snow, She comes, an adult, sudden thing. But here, no heralds vlare her birth; No charted Great Divide is found With subtle steps she comes to carth On Puget Sound! so we They compare all waterfalls with Niagara They compare all automobiles with Buick On Display This Week at the Exppmen 7g QMPany East Pike at Harvard Avenue Open until 10 p.m, No time is set when one can say, “Rehold! Today the Spring arrives!” She steatx upon us, day by day. Unnoticed in our busy lives. As dawning Day suffuses light That gently greets ua alt around— So Spring comes slipping into sight On Puget Sound. A brighter, warmer day or two, A robin calling down the brecsc, A violet that peeks at you, And carly buds on rested trees; A longer, brighter tiilight glow, A sense of warmth, of life, of cheer And then, one day we wake to know That Spring is here! Giritge Tonn. JUDGE WHO SAW] HAROI it me that trary opinion the real the names are with: hich levies | AND THE f | THAT HAD e dulous hope ered my heart ig the UP, until the following'dag | from sylvania aid on. an $2,000,000 to $2,000,000, and belief ts that that man was Andrew W. M . secretary of e treas- ury. One man in New Jersey and one man in Illinois paid on similar brackets of income. 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