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Show THE CITIZEN City Hears Application of Natural Gas Company Will the Hands of the Clock Turn Back? Or Will Salt Lake City Become a Smokeles City? By JOHN L. KOEPPLER have applied to the city for this fran- The hour has struck! Will Salt Lake City move forward? Or, standing still, opposed to progress, will she let other cities relegate her to the rear rank of American communities? Men are now in our midst, ready, able and willing to spend twenty millions of dollars in bringing to this mountain city, two hundred thirty-fiv- e miles from Wyoming, a flow of natural gas that will furnish not only cheaper fuel but cleaner fuel. Among the men who pay the fuel bills, among the women who clean the homes, there is unanimity of opinion, that no greater blessing could come to the city at this time than a supply of natural gas. It would take them not two minutes to decide. But pipes cannot be laid in the streets without a franchise, without the city's permission. Hence, the men who would inaugurate this worthy en- terprise have addressed themselves to chise. When the franchise is granted, these interests will not form a company for the purpose of capitalizing their privilege, turning it at a quick profit. Instead, they will proceed immediately to operate it themselves. No exclusive franchise is asked. Anybody else may come in after them and obtain exactly the same privilege. Within fifteen months from the time the Public Utilities Commission gives its certificate of public convenience and necessity, gas will be supplied to the city. The city may write into the franchise any. provision it wants to secure the prompt prosecution of the work. And more: The company consents that the Public Utilities Commission may regulate the rate to be charged. What else could the city ask? Cheaper Fuel Fifteen million people in the United States now depend for heat solely 3 CALIFORNIA In the Days of the Spanish Missions i The Quest for a Route to the Philippines. Strait of A nian. . Baja California, a Base for Northern Explorations. San Diego, Monterey and San Fransisco. By John L. Koeppler SERGAS de Esplandian The LAS of Esplandian, son of romance Amadis, was a much-rea- d about the time of Cortez. Here we read: On the right hand of the Indies there is an island called California, very near to the terrestrial paradise, an island peopled by Amazons. To this Portugese tale is traced the origin of the name California, although other authorities give it Indian derivation, while still others point to the Latin words calida forn-ameaning hot furnace. A New General Atlas of the World, published in London as late as seven x, Undaunted, Cortez himself set sail. He found the Bay of Santa Cruz, now the Bay of La Paz, and plenty of pearls. He established a settlement, but it did not last. So unappreciated were his . efforts toward the discovery of California that in subdued tones many cursed Cortez, his land, his bay and his discovery. FABLED CITIES. About this time appeared Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and his mulatto, named Sebastian. Theirs was the tale, which soon passed the rounds, of the Seven Golden Cities of Cibola, lying to the north. Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan friar, lent it credence. EARLY TRIBES and in discovered in the mountains various caves The Jesuits them painted figures of men and women decently clad, and of different spec- .... .... .... Not belonging to the natives who inhabited California ies of animals when the Spaniards arrived, these pictures and dresses, without doubt, belonged to a people more ancient and unknown to us. There is a tradition throughout the country that it was a gigantic people who came from the From various exhumations of bones by the missionaries, it cannot north be doubted that formerly the country was inhabited by men of disproportionate size. Clavijero. .... . PROGRESS THE PIONEER SPIRIT He who is silent is forgotten; he who abstains is taken at his word; he who does not advance falls back; he who stops is overwhelmed, distanced, crushed; he who ceases to grow greater becomes smaller; he who leaves off, gives up. The stationary condition is the beginning of the end. Amiel. I have always given a friendly welcome to new ideas. . . . My belief in the progress of man teen hundred twenty-onpictured California still an island. Cortez, the intrepid and insatiable! 'rtie valley of Mexico and tributary regions in his control, visions now loomed of a route to the Philippines, the Spice Islands. Then, there was the mysterious Strait of Anian, said to have been discovered by Cortereal, connecting Atlantic and Pacific, somewhere in the north. Saavedra sailed from the port of Tehauntepec. He reached the Ladrones and Mindanao, but after his death the expedition struck a series of misfortunes. A second expedition left Tehauntepec; a third, Zacatula. Both failed. Next, Mendoza sailed from Acapulco. He never returned. The entire crew perished, save three. With Cortez, however, failure was but a spur to renewed effort. Ever in his mind was an island, as he wrote the King, inhabited by women without any men, although at certain times they are visited by men from the mainland. If the women bear female children they are protected, but if males they are driven from society. More to the point, he had been told this island is very rich in pearls and gold, respecting which I shall labor to obtain the truth, and give Your Majesty a full account of it. Another expedition was despatched two ships, sailing from Tehauntepec. One reported the discovery of a mermaid! Ximonez, pilot of the other killed his captain. Zimonez anchored in a small bay to the west and named it Santa Cruz. He was perhaps the first white man to land on the shores of the peninsula of Baja (Lower) California. He met death at the hands of natives. e, is as fresh and as young as when I began to travel the path of life. This will account for my early attempt to perfect the to construct steam engine. the first American locomotive. ... Peter Cooper. the mayor and commissioners for the needful authority. Capital to lay the pipe lines and to meet every other incidental expense is in hand. Neither the city nor its inhabitants are asked to contribute one penny. Plain is the case which is thus presented to the mayor and commissioners. It is a case which needs to be decided quickly, and in no uncertain terms, in order that all doubt may be removed, if doubt there be, concerning the willingness of the city officials to carry out so simple, so wholesome, so popular a demand. It is up to all good citizens to make themselves heard. Today is the day. Tomorrow will be too late. What are the facts? A Generous Offer Ohio Oil Company, Prairie Oil & Gas Company, Producers and Refiners Corporation, George W. Crawford, Fred W. Crawford, Thomas B. Gregory and L. B. Denning all solid and reputable are the interests which lllllll'lllllillllllllllllllllill'llil,:ll,lllll,l,lllll,llllllll,IIIP ! ! s Lawyer, Doctor, Merchant or engaged in .eotne other pursuit you will find "Everything for Your Office at ji ? KELLY COMPANY Was 4181 Was 4180 5 fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii"iii7 jj Other cities have used natural gas for forty years and upon natural gas. more. Natural gas is twice as efficient as manufactured gas. Using the ordinary type of heating fixture, eight thousand feet of natural gas are equivalent to a ton of coal. The average cost of natural gas for cents the country is about fifty-eiga thousand feet. Compared to coal, natural gas reduces the cost of heating by a third to a half. Gas lights cannot replace electric lights. Installation of gas lights is not contemplated. By inexpensive additions, a coal furnace is equipped to burn gas, so, to the consumer, the expense of the change is merely nominal. In ten minutes an ordinary gas range can be adjusted to bum natural gas. The average cost of new equipment for heating and cooking by natural gas, if new equipment is necessary, is but a hundred and fifty dollars. So much for the saving. What about cleanliness? ht Banish Smoke Salt Lake City is in winter cursed with fog, five months of it. Soot is the cause. When it meets the damp air currents from the lake, a thick mist settles overhead, unsightly, Continued to Page 13) un-- ( newly-discovere- d Cortez sent Ulloa in search of them.. While Ulloa did not find the golden cities, he did sail up and down the gulf, around the tip of the peninsula, and up the Pacific coast. He is cred-- i ited with having discovered the Colorado River and Magdalena Bay. The gulf was named the Sea of Cortez. Ulloa never returned, and only one of his three ships made the voyage back to Acapulco. Cortez left for Spain in fifteen-fort- y. Two years later, Cabrillo, a Portu- guese navigator, sailed from Navi-daunder instructions from the Viceroy of New Spain to explore the outer shore as far toward the north as possible, and particularly to be, watchful for the long looked for Strait of Anian . . . and for cities and rich countries. (Continued to Page 14) d, SEND IT TO THE LAUNDRY LAUNDRY Distinctive Work Hyland 190 |