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Show FRIDAY, NOVEMBER THE PAGE EIGHT SURVEY CAUSE OF HIGH TAXES Probably no other individual ia more responsible for our present high rate of taxation than is V. W. Jones, whieh eonies from his ineffieney displayed in the roast rut-- ion of the Price to Colton gtijieliue, as everyone knows that a city can levy only thirteen mills, plus the, interest and sinking fund for outstanding bonds, and it is from these outstanding water bonds that ia the chief cause of the present high tax. Had the piteline been properly constructed these water bonds would hare taken care of themeseives from the revenue from other towns and corporations that were eager to join on to the water system, but afraid to do so on account of the flimsy manner in which the pipeline was allowed to be put in. And from past exerienee we ean safely say that their judgment was not erroneous, as at no time has this piieline been dejtendable, and we all remember last wiuter when we had one stretch of six months when we had no spring water, to say nothing of the smaller stretches whenever it hapjiened to rain, and it is not until recently and after a large exjienditure of money that the water system eould be deluded on at all Much still remains to lie done before we ean rely on it and make it a laying asset instead of a knows who haa had any dealings.with any project such as liability. E pqieliues, tramways, railways and aoforth that the first requisite is to secure a right of way. This ran be bad over all state and government lands for the mere asking and filing of the necessary iuaa and notes. Fur the city of Price this has not lieen done yet, and then ia no document on file which gives any right of way to Price for any tart of its pipeline. The engineers have been aid in full several years ago, and are resentful at the idea of being compelled to conform to this part of their contract. The city has recently paid another engineer to icrfert its title to the waters living used. PIPELINE CONTRACT AMBIGUOUS. The first requisite of a sieeification for work of this kind is to be clear, plain and free from ambiguity. The specifications as made for thia pipeline were uncertain wiializiiig calling for tensities if certain conditions came about, and in places railing for the most exacting methods of procedure. This, when read by any intelligent contractor, haa a tendency to make the bids high. Thia did make the bids of all the contractors very high, because if the exacting methods and penalties were to lie strictly construed as read in the no contractor eared to take any chances, and did take no chances. This ia why the inexperienced contractors were the low bidden, getting the work and giving us the deplorable job that we have, which we all know from ast experience is so. For instance, the 8iecificationa railed for backfilling tamping with water, when we all know that much was done with two furrows from a plow turned over into the trench. Another instance. They called for only contractors of great exjwreience, when we all know that the contractors employed never had any. No mure had the engineers. Another instance. They railed for a penalty if the work was not done on a certain time. This time was more than a year late and penalty waa not inflicted. Then what ean we infer from such a state of affairsf The icnnlty was inflicted on the of Price City. And, reuiemlier, when you iay your taxes to the county treasurer on Decenilier 3d, thia is a part of that lenalty, which has been so cunningly reversed to apply to the taxjiayer instead of for his protection. PIPELINE IS HUGE JOKE. Probably no pipeline ever constructed ujmn the planet from the time of Noah and the flood up until tbe present time bas been the subject of the two jocular extremes. Anyone on t lie outside ever having latticed it would laughingly apply a joke to it, while anyone having an interest in it would turn red with anger at its vpry mention, and wonder if there would ever be an end to the burden imposed ujion 1dm by thia wonderful exhibition of engineering skill and manipulation. Proliably no other council ever fell heir to aucli a white elephant as did the outgoing one when it inherited the pipeline, and while they had due warning, we do not believe they anticijwted any such conditions as they afterwards found. We are willing to admit they have improved the pipeline 100 ier cent, and have taken up and relaid mile after mile until it is now in fair workalde corn! :t ion, but much remains to be done to ' make it what it should lie. This good work will lie kept up by the incoming council and in leas than another year we will have a brand new line that will lie an asset to Price City instesd of a liability, and will produce a revenue from the sale of water to the users just as soon as they ean lie assured that the flow will be lermancnt. Thia will decrease the tax levy, instead aa it now is and haa lieen increasing it. The sale of water after the pipeline is put in shajie will iay both interest and ainking fund on bonds and produce a revenue to the city besides without any additional eliarge for water to the consumers within the rity limits and without restriction to the quantity used. W. W. JONES FOR MAYOR. Could anything lie so alrnurd ? Could any conscieutioua taxpayer knowing the ramcity of an individual make such a mistake T What drenmer awoke from such a profound alumlierf The ability of an individual once demon-rated is that not enough f Who would rare to trust him again f Where is the pnqierty owner who would agree to street' paving so badly needed with auch a set of demonstrated inefficiency in siwerf To do so and get the aame results as was obtained on the pqieline would almost bankrupt every pnqierty owner affected by it. Only a few months ago after tieing released from the pipeline, and after unking a statement that the city of Price eould not maintain and tqierate the pipeline at a profit, this same V. W. Jones presented a bid for the consideration of the rounril whereby be eould obtain a contract for the furnishing of the eity with water at a very exhorbitant figure. Needless to say the same waa flatly refused without consideration, whatsoever. Now cornea the aame (Political Advertisement). W. W. Jones seeking election as mayor under the pretense that all leaks and oVerhead expense will be readily adjusted and he will now make the pipeline a porfitable asset to the city. Was he honest when he waa connected with its construction and operation when he said it eould not be made to ay f Or was he honest when he aaid he would lease it and make it profitable to himselff Or ia he honest in now seeking the office of mayor under the pretense that he can now make it profitable to the eity 1 Or, why didn't he apply his magic hand to it when lie was connected with its construction and operation? Or, does he believe and still maintain: The tax layers of Trice are easy old things, i Though bitten and cheated a dozen times o'er, When touched by his pious devotion Respond easier and better than ever before. J MAY BE NOT. (Political Advertisement). very-on- sjieei-ficatio- na tax-paye- rs at . MWIWTC. Two Oata Per Word Each Insertion Xo Cliancs Aceonnta. I WANT rent. A FARM V. O. Uoi WILL PAT CASH 141. WANTED TO RENT OARAGE FOR one car. Phone 218 WJ. FOR BALE OLD NEWSPAPERS IN bundles of a hundred, twenty-fiv- e rents. The Bun. WANTED HORSES OK CATTLE TO feed for the winter. II. W. Paine, Castle Gate. coil SALE UNCALLED FOR DYED and remedied army overcoat; civil-an style. Flume 11 SW2. Mornings. FOR SALE M O D E R N BAKERY. building and fixtures at Price. Center of the city. Address, Box SKI, Price, Utah. WANTED five-roo- house. Price. m TO RENT FOUR Olt furnished or unfurnished G. A. Whitlock, Hadley store. FOR SALE FORTY ACRER LAND half mile from Price city limits on county road west. Bargain. Frank Grosso, Price, Utah. EGS AND BARRELS FOR SALE Five, ten, fifteen and fifty gallon rrels and kegs for sale cheap. See eve Lands ris, Helper. OR SALE ONE 80 HORSEPOWER power holler, horlsontal type. Is t Grand Junction. Address George 'leteher. Grand Junction, Colo. For automobilists who smoke an ash eeiver has been invented with sharp e lints with whieh it ean be hung in the nphostelry of a ear. detiomins-ma- . Coupon books of several Sun. Tbo stock. in Kept anv-ler- OF CARBONS FIELDS, ETC. COAL (Continued From Page Six.) triet 14 of the Manti forest reserve. Considerable timber for mining purposes is being brought down from the mountains before winter snows come. Lump eusl from Carbon rouuty is selling this week at Zion at $7.50 the ton. Coal ia selling at Duchesne at ten dollars a ton. Some of it goes in from Castle Gate by truck. Mohrland worked two days the past week. Business for that camp is soon to increase, however, say United States Fuel officials. Most of the Utah Fuel company properties put in fulltime last week. The demand for coal is increasing, but that for coke ia light. United States Fuel shares are quoted in Salt Lake City at $68.00 bid and $72.00 asked. Standard Fuel fifty-tw- o bid and fifty-eigasked. Indejiend-en- t Coal and Coke forty-fiv- e and fifty. M. Klapakis of Price haa applied to the state publie utilities commission to operate a stage line between this city and the new camp of the Utah Coal and Cuke conqiany in Horse Canyon below Sunnyside. Also to the Great Western, the George A. Storm impoht sition. " RAILWAYS ABE PBEPABED IN THE MATTER OF FUEL -- Storage of large quantities of coal ia being effected by railroads entering Salt Lake City for their own consumption during the winter mouths, and in order that all ears and other equipment used in coal transjmrtation may be released for handling of fuel euusigned for public consumption, one Urge storage pile containing about thirty-fiv- e thousand tons has already been established by the Denver anil Rio Grande Western at Zion. While the Oregon Short Line has not established a storage pile there, it has large quantities stored at other points. Altogether the Denver and Rio Grande Western has about sixty thou-an- d tons stored for consumption on its lines there and at Soldier Summit. The Oregon Short line haa almut a hundred thousand tons piled in three large storage lots at Poratello, Lima, and Glenn 'b Ferry, Ida., and exiecta to increase this amount, possibly establishing a pile in Salt Lake City. 0ierating officials of the roads point to the move as one whieh will act as a material help to the public at Urge in ease a general rush demand for fuel such as was experienced last year at this time occurs at the outset of cold weather. Practically twenty-fiv- e carloads of coal is required daily op the Utah lines of the Denver and Rio Grande Western. When it is considered that almut a hundred rap are required to keep this service moving without interruption in the supply, the imjiortanre of storing the foal in advance of the time it will lie needed is realised, say operating officials. One hundred ears are minted to as a Urge number in the time of surh a stringency in traiiRmrtation facilities as occurred last year. COMPENSATION ASKED FOR THIS MAN'S FAMILY Hearing of the petition of F. Ansel-mguardian of Antoinetta, Stephano and Ansetta, minor children of Frank Como, for compensation was held by the state industrial commission last Friday. Como waa killed by John while at work in the Spring Canyon minea at Storra. Ilia widow appeared to the industrial commission for eoiiqieiiHation and it made an award of $0.52 per week for a icriod of three hundred and twelve weeks and directed the coal company and the insurer, the state insurance' fund, to o, Av-osti- REPUBLICAN TICKET le Surprising ar Isn't it, how Many of these ar Days are Just right For Suits. The Price City Election Next Tuesday We sell Wooltex Suits Selection of a set of randidales for officers to lie placed iu control of a citys affairs does not often result in getting such a well balanced list as is presented to the voters of Price on the ticket to be balloted for republican on Tuesday next. This "party" is really a combined coalescing of all elements in the city, and ia divided between the two great parties, being not a politically jmrtisan ticket at all, and carrying the name of republican to conform to election regulations and to avoid political difficulties. It will readily be conceded that to be really efficient and acceptable a city's governing body must lie eoniHsed of men divided among the various activities and divisions of the citys population. That the candidates on this ticket meet this requirement is readily recognized by a glance at the list. As was minted out man by man in the last issue of The Sun, tbe spirit of which article has been so readily caught and related by various other agencies in Price, there seems to he a sjieeiai fitness for the Misitions mssessed by each candidate, and some )iarticular reason why the voters should easily content themselves to jnit their "X st the top of the republican ticket and call it good. That the water system is Price's greatest public concern need not ' told. That some mistakes were made in the original ronst ruction of the pipe-lin- e has licroine quite well known to everyone during the jwst eight months. That the changes, and improvements made by the present city council have put the system in a pretty prod working condition has proliably been hammered into the consciousness of all who keep abreast of events. That a mayor and council must lie placed in charge of the eity who will no pi hack into a set idea and rejient the old errors is a promsition so plain as to make its pointing out superfluomi. That Thomas Fouts, A. D. Hadley, Lake H. Young, Alliert E. Horsley and Leo Frandsen with Gomer P. Pea-eocthe holdover councilman will constitute just such a body, will lie dismted by nobody. That John Potter as city recorder will lie efficient and callable pies without saying. That Claude Empey will make a cajiahle and efficient eity treasurer is bevond k. What more ean anvliodv want? ' TAXPAYER. (Political Advertisement.) rates were withdrawn, it is Tieeause of the general protest in Utah that the contemplated reductions would depress the market for under-stiai- I tali coal, which is already d, so restrict- -- None better - at $18. 75, $28.75, $36.00, $44.00 and $52. 00. Also Wooltex coats from $19.50 up. A. D. HADLEY Corner 8th and Main Phone 235 Good Goods At the Price of the Other Kind . CHRISTMAS SEALS HELP TO DESTROY PIACUE The fourteenth nnmiul cull to arms in the world war against tuberculosis has hecn issued by the Xutional Tuberculosis association through the Utah Public Health association to the leople of Utah. The call is a liersumil one to every man, woman and child in the state and nation. The Utah Public Health association expects every icrson in this state to do his hit in tlis ceaseless conflict against that arch enemy of the human race consumption. Xo truce is to lie declared until the invading hosts of tubercle bacilli are vanquished. Misery, destruction and' death tramp in the wake of consumption' and the cause of this devastation must be annihilated. It ia a duty that every man owes himself and his fellowmcn to gird on the armor of prevention and render service in the cause of good health. Enlistment in the ranks of the hosts for tbe next great offensive against the enemy in Utah will commence on Thanksgiving Day, November 24th, when this vear'e Christmas seal sale campaign wifi lie launched iu every community of the state to raise funds with which to fight tulierrulosis in Utah during the next year. Every man, woman and child can enlist as an active fighter in the battle against tulierrulosis by buying Christmas seals. It is sinqile, inexiiensive and an easy matter to become a soldier in a cause, the success of which will brin to humanity one of the greatest boons it could receive freedom from the misery and death of consumption. Will you enlist in the cause of good health? . ou do your bit to help free Utah from that scourge of ? humanity-consump- training al p-an- y. f tion ed that the mines are working only the questions asked of evenr citizen of the state by the Utah almut 60 ar rent capacity. Public Health association. I will. OREM RAILWAY DOES NOT This is the answer exierted from OBJECT TO THROUGH RATE every redblooded citizen who has the interests of Ins state, his own health and the welfare and happiness of his Answer to the SU Lake and Utah children and his fellow citizens at heart. Orem Line) to the rnmpl.iiiit brought 80 answer the aasociation rays: Buy Chrintuuis seals, for ,iT 108C by the Bamberger Electric against the in ms way you can best and most effectively protect yourself and help guard Utah railway and Ihe Sail Lake and the safely of others. ie purchase small or large, Utah was filed licfore the public utilevery single one aupplies just that much ities commission last TiiesdHv. The more effective ammunition for use against the insiduoua enemy. case is that in which it is sought to Miss Milli cent Woodward, have through freight rates establishThough she is only thirteen years of ed on coal from all mints on the line champion typist, is soon Englands to age, Miss Naomi Ehangland uf Efcoming of the Utah railway hv wav of Provo this country for the purpose of at- fingham, Eng., actively assists her fato Ogden. The Salt Lake and Utah in tempting to lift the American ther in the cup. of race horses. make the payment. Apjieal was taken from this award by the coal company and the insurer to the supreme court, which tribunal reversed the award, holding that Como did not meet death while in the course of his duty, the death being due to the act of an insane man who struck him a'SfcU? with a shovel, resulting in death. His FOR sU.ver, Avostino, is now confined in YOU the state mental hospital at Provo. Now comes the guardUn of the minIf you know the Auto. Truck or or heirs of the dead man and asks its answer asserted it Lad no objecTractor buslnesa. Men wanted today The tions to joining in such compensation for the children. to fill big paying Jobs In garages, through routease is taken under advisement. service stations. Also Cariienters, ing as ictitioned for, provided a satisBricklayers, Plumbers In big defactory division of through rates is mand. We train you In short time, Morton People Lose. and help you earn while you learn. agreed to by the other carriers Owners of government mineral leasur graduates make good money. Don't h 'Me. Act now! White for es may uae any portion of the surface free information today. necessary for the mining and removal EMERY COUNTY REQUESTS of coal in spite of surface rights as TRADE CHILDRENS DENTAL CLINIC SCHOOLS granted by the state, Judge William 141 E. 1st So., Salt Lake City; Cub Such success was hud with ihe den-tM. MeCrea of the Third District court cbme in Rich county that the Utah at Salt Lake City held laat Wednesday. He bases his decision nnder the Public Health association lias been apDlt. C. X. JKNSEV HAS NEW PLAN fact that the state accepted the land pealed to to place the clinic in oistu-tm- n m Emery county as soon as FOR SCHOOLS grants from the national government, possubject to the rights of the coal owner sible, it is announced from the office to use the surface for all purposes of James II. Wallis, executive sccre-tar- y of the association. This is one reasonsblv incident to the mining As a step toward lowering the of the The removal and of decision coal good health activities of the expenses of the schools. Dr. C. N. waa given in the rase to which Judge association wh:ch is made wssible by Jensen, state superintendent of MeCrea refused to t the Morton the purchase of Christmas seals last public Instruction, suggests a platoon school plan by which the Coal company permission to bnild a year by the people of Utah. There number of the pupils that can be track across a forty-acr- e tract of land are numerous sections of the state housed In any one building may held by the Standard Coal company where dental service for children is be greatly Increased. It la known as the alternating school system. under federal patent in Carbon ronn-t- decidedly limited and in some places Under It Dr. Jensen tielleves that 4 It is not necessary for the holder actually lacking. the expenses for buildings, which In Rich county, where the clinic has in Utah, he saya, has been very 4 of a mineral lease to condemn a right of way over such part of the surface just finished its work among school heavy, may be greatly reduced In the future. as may be required for purposes rea- children, three hundred and eight were The system la being tried out incident to mining and remov- examined and dental work was com tentatively. Dr. Jensen finds. Ini 4 sonably the court aavs. pleted on the teeth of two hundred coal, few of the schools of Utah. He 4 ing ana ten. It is the desire of the does not advocate it as a plan for Public Health association to Now Called Off. reducing the number of teachers- 4 supplv required in a school, and is fear(lcntal clinic work in everv section WASHINGTON, D. C.. Nov. Z ful that where this Is tried out of state the where this class of puMic the standard of efficiency of the 4 The Union Pacific system haring with4 drawn its tariffs pnqxising lowrr rates health activity is needed. teaching force will drop. Nevertheless, he believes that 4 than now It is minted out that tbi can onlv existing on coal shipped from be made the platoon system might readily possible through the Mipisir. cancelled and into the find a place In Utah aa a welcome Utah, Wyoming s- -: l method of reducing expenditures 4 proposed rates, the interstate com- of the coning ('hri-t- v s.r. for school purposes. merce commission has discontinued its , . ; nr.'KilMipr ?t"! mik, t, e recent order calling fur hearings. The ana z t. U'., mhC BIG MONEY Weather Suit-a-bl- e (Vut political! jr itartfastu. luiutft a a pewml tiiUrti lo meet wiili urm-ia- l ink as ricctkiu rcgulaikma.) For Mayor. THOMAS Ft ll'TS For Councilman. Four-YeTerm. A. D. HADLEY For Councilmen. Two-YeTerm. LAKE YOUNG ALBERT E. HORSLEY LEO FRAXDSEX For Recorder. JOHN POTTER For Treasurer. CLAUDE EMlEY (Political Advertisement.) j iaai UpOWCROFT MADE IT. Cottee Can Be Cheaper But H Vont Be So Good. Try Blue Pine Coffee and Get Real Coffee Satisfaction. |