Show mr and mrs james jamea C hacking the name by which the child la is s to be known is 13 bryan mantle hacking BE OUR OWN MASTERS timely thoughts and ideas lx alx pressed by A citizen on A subject that concerns all of Us vernal april 3 1906 EDITOR VERNAL EXPRESS we note with P pleasure leasure that davis county utah is 11 about to have an electie light plant owned and operated by the people A local company has been at work for sometime now the tha contracts aro let for the necessary work and 90 per cent of the people have signed an agreement to use electric lights such a thing possible po seible in ashley valley we have the facilities the power is near by why not organize a company let the people take stock and get our own power plant then we shall be our own directors and will not be gulled by private speculators no private company would run the risk of putting in an elec erectile tile plant if they did not see good returns ahead it will soon be done the right of way secured in our ashley canyon and then we shall all join in the chorus it might have been different A private company furnished logan city with lights and put the thumb screws on so tight that the citizens rose up and put in a city electric plant and at a great saving to the city and people many utah towns today have elec elective tiie lights it pays the farmers have their houses and ata stables es and cellars wired and they use just what they need and pay for just what they get meeting houses stores public buildings and streets need electric I 1 lights rockefeller a monopoly on our canyon streams nor on electricity but he measures out the coal oil tons let us get out of the age and bondage of coal oil as we did from the good old tallow candles lets spend some of our money in building up our town and valley let us as a community be awake to our possibilities and secure those things within our reach which will make life worth living and benefit our children and keep the yoke of op bession off and it will never have to be borne the best way to prevent monopolies Is 13 to monopolize mono moro plize the opportunities our selves and be joint beneficiaries shall we operate our electric lights and water systems our selves or pay romp |