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Show UTAH Page Two Utah Valley News Successor to Public Opinion Journal Published every Friday moralag by Group Would Sell - - (Continued from Pag Ono) by the Grantee, and the third to be rbimen by .these two appoin- tee. If they cannot agree on tha Provo, Utah. third member of the board, then he ahall be appointed by the matter November II, HIT at the poet rhalrmaa of the public ntllltlee Entered aa second-clas- s attleo at Provo, Utah, under the Act of March I, 1171. commission or by tha Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ef I NortA First PUBLISHING CO. UTAH VALLEY Waat L'tab. Another Franchise? The Utah Power and Light company id necking a renewal of its franchise in Provo city. Its present franchise will expire at the end of 1939. This has been in force during the past 50 years. They now ask for another ten yeara to operate here. Shall we give it to them? , ' Since the question haa been raised, the City commission has decided that an election must be held to decide that question, and has ordered the city recorder to obtain bids on the initiative petition copies so that the sponsors, headed by Jacob Coleman, can circulate the petition. Few people will misunderstand the true nature of the proposed vote on the franchise. It is a third election on the Tower question in Provo, The first in 1936 was won for municipal power. The second in 1937 returned Mayor Mark Anderson to complete the municipal power project", and also elected Commissioner Jesse Haws as the municipal power candidate opposing Walter P. Whitehead who refused to accept the peoples will in the 1936 election. This present demand for an election on the franchise can be construed in no other way than another test of the peoples determination to build their own power plant. To grant a franchise to any private corporation for . the generation and distribution of electric current in Provo means death to all plans for a municipal plant. No one supposes for a minute that, if the people of this city renew the Utah Power and Light franchise, a municipal plant will ever be built here. Sponsors of the franchise petition argue that the people are now satisfied with the new lower rates, and hence the agitation for a municipal plant has lost its force, and the people have changed their minds. These sponsors argue that the Power company is a utility here which has done much for Provo. It has ' hundreds of employes whose wages and salaries are a direct benefit to the city. Its purchases of coal and other materials are of vast importance to the community and the state. ' To cut off the Utah Power and Light from Provo would remove from this community a key industry which would cripple the Valley here for yeara to come. Besides, they argue, it is an economic waste to build another power plant when we already have one which can supply ample current for a much larger community than now exists here. Sponsors of municipal power present these argu-- 1 ments: Lower rates in effect now in Provo are proof of two things first that they have been too high all these years, for the Power company produced current years ago as cheaply as now. All these years they have been overcharging us and we have been paying the bill. In fact we have already built a 62,000,000 plant in Provo, but the Power company owns it, and uses it and charges us for the current. The next one we build will be our own, and the revenue from it is going into the city treasury to help cut down our taxes. In the second place, lower rates' were put into effect solely because the threat of municipal power forced them to be lowered. If that threat were removed, who would stand for the people then? Does the Power Company think we are so puerile that we would sell our rights for a mess of pottage, or do they think we are like children, lured to sleep aa night falls by the promise of a penny? What is $2,500 to this city for a franchise out of which the Power company has made millions and intends to make more millions". In the third place, the production of electric current and its sale here must be extremely valuable or the Power company would not go to the lengths they are going to keep the people from getting it, Look at all the machinations they have invoked to defeat the will of the people expressed at the Power election in 1936. Court action without end, and delays and propaganda have filled the city to nausea. The only way we have changed eur minds is to make them up more firmly to run our own business, control our own affairs, and see to it that any administration we elect shall carry out the mandate of the people." Who is right in all these conflicting statements? Well, we will have a chance once more to determine the truth of the matter, for the "people are always right. Whatever the verdict at the franchise election may lie, we will lie agreeable and endeavor to carry out the wishes of the majority. Following the formal reading of tha proposed franchise at the City commlaalon meeting Tuesday, Mayor Mark Anderson read the following reply which waa agreed to by the commission unanimously: Mayor's Matemrnt "We are now under contract with Nuvien and Den to flnanca and construct our electric system. To vote the Power Company a new franchise for Twenty-fir- e Hundred Dollars a year would not make sense. And why would tha peopla want any private company the competing with their own. people's plantT However, If oar peopla should he Influenced into doing such an Inconsistent thing. It Is not likely that Korean would desire to risk $850,000 In ouch a fickle community and may with, draw from the picture. This la tha hope of the opposition. "Provo City can make a net profit of Seven Thousand Dollar a month on tha Power Companys new low" rates, or n total of In ten years. The $540,000 Power Company la offering ns exten$25,000.00 for a ten-yesion on their present franchise. Is tha Coleman group working for Provo City or for the Power ar VALLEY Lyvert W. Johnson, Burl Graham, Leonard Cockrell. J. S. Fallen, W. W. Ercsu-brac- k, W. C. Miller, R. A. Morefield. Denzil A. Brown, J. Elmer Ralph C. Dunn, C. Nello West-ove- r, Alma E. Wright, E. D. Jacobsen, E. A. Paxmaa, W. raul Theodora A. Madsen. Flrmags, J. Earl Lewis, J. W. Hulsh, Harold Boshard, Peter M. Jensen, Bell, Ray L Bnrningham, Sidney Martin If. Graham, N. Ilalvos W. Russell, B. Crltcblow, J. C. Madsen, John Roundy, Alfred C. Graham, Paul D. Vincent O. Hill, Johnsou, Chester Johnson, Leslie Carle, Jean Hoovar. Orrel J. Bounett, Margaret D. Terry. Albert E. Terry, John L, Studied Schofield, J. E. Cheever, Harold Power B. Makln, Clayton Jenkins, Alex (Continued from Page Ona) lledqulst, Reed J. Kaudsen, John Michigan, Report Holland, W. Baum, Walter P. Whitehead. Holland, Michigan, with a popuThomas C. Larson, Tenia Larson, lation of 17,650, reports as foP Leouard P. Guy. lows: Fred W. Clegg, A. V. Billings, "The year 19S7 haa been the E. J. Nelson, L. C. Carter, Albert most year In the history Frank J. Earl, Andrew of ourprofitable Richards, Electric Plant, the net InHartley, Samuel J. Jonas, W. Earl come being $141,185.15." Cadd, Jole Batchelor, Patrick H. Cash and liquid assets In the Jones, Arthur Brown, B, M. Bills. electric fund $288,161.41. Referred Q. W. Fitsroy, for A. E. Rawlings, depreciation! 8hermaa Bukofxer, J. Melvin $767,477.80. Transfers from the electric Duke, John J. Orphanidla, O. II. fond to the General Fund ef the Helndselman, Paul P. Robley, City total $851,924.84 alnce 1128. u Data Better Quality Eyewear Eyewear in flattering 1938 style . . . with many improved comfort features. Benefit aa have otheri by our superior optical service. "President Gadsby promises sereral things not contained In the proposed franchise ordinance. The ordinance would be binding only on Provo City and not on the Utah Power and Light Company. Gadsby'a letter la d merely a lot of promises and not even proposal to the Provo City Commission. PETITION SIGNERS: Tha following la a complete list of names rlgned to the petition presented to the City commission et Its Tuesday meeting: Jacob Coleman, C. T Kelgley II. C. Kay, Allan D. Johnson Virgil J. Smith, H. R. Bandley, Samson G. Sargis, Wm. R. Butlsr. off-han- t Optometrist QUALITY USED CARS 29 Chevrolet Sport Coupe 29 Chevrolet Coach Studebaker 29 Sedan 4-D- $45.00 . . . 68.50 125.00 COME IN TODAY INSPECT Drive and Be Convinced That We Have Just The QUALITY USED CAR Youve Been Looking For Russ Traher, Inc. 150-Nor- Anytime th PONTIAC G.M.C. TRUCKS Sales and Service University Avenue . Provo, Utah. 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Ha explained that this was the true phase of the Chnrch Security program, which required large inrutmenta without hope of profit The reason JJu in the fact that the balance of trade is against Utah, that tho people here j buy millions of dollars worth of goods more than they produce to ship out of tho state, and henco the mortgage debt of Utah has risen from $7,000,000 two or three decade g0 to the staggering total of $44,000,000 today. Utahns are buying things without revenue to pay for them, and the people must recognise that no country can expect prosperity without the people themselvL. producing new wealth. Thera Is, however, no lack of industries, or ' manufacturing In Utah, but capital will not Invest unleu there la hope of profit. You yourself will not tnvut If you fear no profit will result, declared Mr. Watkins. Uomplkationa Arise The problem la complicated alio lu that most efforts to solve It involvu "stepping on mmeunel tou," for If unemployed are pnt out on the land. It adds to the competition farmers already have, j and thousands of them are being paid NOT to raise wheat, or hogs, or other crops. If you build a factory to make woollen goods meet the competition of other factories elsewhere, and If you use farm products to manufacture industrial alcohol or fuel oils you run amuck with the present oil companies. In every line of endeavor where tha problem of unemployment has been attempted to he solved, the efforts hare run counter with some already established Industry. Question of Services Despite all this. Mr. Watkins waa not hopeless, but pointed to Utah's day products which might be developed more fully, and Insisted that the application of labor and study to our problems will aolre them. One field remained too, that of our services, for which the people spend millions annually, for things being dons for them which they could do for themselves. He refused to enlarge on this phaso of the question in the limited time left, but promised a further discussion at some future time. "The leren Is working", he concluded. Economic necessity Is forcing us to consider ways and means of meeting new situations. When finally w are forced to THINK a way out the solution will be found". . Clark Allred, county farm curlty administrator. win u, assume his new duties or dtatrt. for supervisor Utah, Weber w. atch, Salt Lake, Summit, Dba sane, Tooele, Morgan, Box ElZ Cache, Uintah, and Daggett m,,1 ties. It la likely that he tain hla office in Provo upoB return from San Francisco. i 6. I SHOES I) Y E I) At the most modern Repair Shop in Irovo $284,-$$5.1- (Continued from Pago One) bers. 8uch projects would Include remodelling homu, build Ing homu, or beautifying premise of members, such members to repay the money aa soon as poulble. thus creating a revolv ing fund for the quorum to carry on other projects to nu up the Idle hours of Its members. The chief difficulty In the way of utilising Idle hours of members Is the lack of materials. This Is the basic reason for creating a sash fund, explained President Vacation Bargains th. Mln-nuot- a. Welfare Plan - - Center 120 West returned from u convention of tha American Association for the of Science, and Advancement Western Society of Soil Science, held In San Dingo, Calif. At tha convention, Dr. Martin gave u paper on soil algae research carried on in tha soils laboratory at B. Y. U., where ho U professor of agronomy and bacteriology. Meeting principal soil workers of the west coast at tho convention, ho L. D. S. Church BUICK 15c m Thursday afternoon. tax-paye- rs rednetlona. plant. Anaheim, California, Population Recent Report 11,000. Buy power at wholesale for $.00929 per K. W. H. (leu than on cant); sella at top rats of 5.S and an average rate of 2.9 rente and shows a profit of $104.063. 0( lut year. Will the Utah Power and Light give Provo a wholesale rata as low as that paid by Anahalm? asked Mr. Hawe. One City Reporta Lou The mayor found one city In the United Statu that reports a loss (book loss) on Its electric plant. That Is Virginia, Upon examination of the record, they fonnd s top electric rate of two cents. Minimum cent per charge la twenty-flv- a month. Cash on hand Reserved for depreciation In ona year $67,091.98. Net book lou In one year $11,681.88. Virginia haa a population of 12.000 and operates a electric plant, and pays approximately the Provo price for eoal We have a number of reports from cities with populations rang, ing from 10,000 to 20.000 and I will be glad to let anyone look them over In my office In the City and County building. You Inneed not take second-han- d formation from jag nor from tho Power Company's experts. Come and see those reports first hand,1 coal-stea- announced Dr. G. H. Heindselman 8j Ur. T. L. Martin, dean of the report an advancement la Holland's top electric rate Is y,t selenco at demanding of 4.5 cents and the average rata la college of applied problems 2! 2.5 cents per K. W. H. It Is Brigham Young university, has nected with chemistry 0f coal-stu- Company? "Provo City ! being pnt tq much nnneceaaary expense and delay by useless elections and court actions. Members of the Coleman committee are also on committee thiT local that has much to say about economy ad bualnuas methods In These same pergovernment. sons have also on frequent oct caslpns demanded more city service and more municipal Improvements while asking for tax Friday, July NEWS j An Extra Bedroom Turn that useless attic space into a comfortable and cozy bedroom, a room for Junior, or a guest room. can be done easily and inexpensively. Come to Utah Timber and see for yourself what can be done for as little as $5.00 a month . . . see the plana ttf aH kinds of remodeling and renovating. 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