Ukiah Republican Press (Newspaper) - August 11, 1916, Ukiah, California if CIRCULATION GREATER THAN ANY OTHER TWO PAPERS IN MENDOCINO COUNTY MORE THAN ALL PAPERS OUTSIDE OF COUNTY SEAT Volume MENDOCINO AUGUST 11, 1916. 1 J MPM ASKS EVOKE REVENUE AX Abolishment Of Franchise Provision Would Mean A proposed compromise in the gas situation in this city by the substitution of a scale of rates instead of the now in and the subsequent rates in exchange for the city's the yearly revenue tax provision in the company's was submitted to the Town Trustees on evening 1)y Manager H. C. Giles of the Ukiah Gas The proposition was held over pending an investigation the The most significant change is that the proposed new rates would effect every consumer in the since the decrease starts with the second thousand feet of gas instead of with the fifth thousand feel as is now the Tile letter of Giles to the Ukiah Gas Company ill by the terms of a among the provisions of which is one which decrees the In the very near of 21/^ per cent of our revenue yearly to the State tax covering physical valuation and is the current year something over a tax you must admit in order to do a small gas business such as we have in are aware also that our operating expense in the matter of oil and all that goes into the manufacture of is from one-third to greater than that of other gas companies in the and most of these commodities are on a constantly To instance the Santa which supplies the neighboring cities of Sebastopol and retails gas at 11.50 per thousand and their oil cost is in the neighborhood of 90 cents a while we are retailing gas at the same and paying for oil in our tanks per glance at the last yearly report submitted to the State will show you that the Ukiah Gas Company was laboring under a corporation deficit of nearly the placing of approximately a Investment in this community in the gas business we confidently looked for the same support of the venture that other communities accorded on page 8, column 2). REPUBLICANS LEAD TWO TO ONE IN COUNTY When the polls open on Tuesday August 29, 8,776 voters will be entitled to cast ballots in Mendocino Of this number more than half are with the Democrats in second and those who refused to state ranking The index to the great which is now being the registration to 4511; 2244; 193; 124; 249; Not 1455. TABLE GRAPE CROP IN COUNTY OUT PRICE IS HIGH That the table grape crop in Mendocino county will be about fifty per cent of average is the estimate furnished week by the State Horticultural but it hastens to state that this likely to be more than balanced by the prices being offered in Eastern According to yesterday's report of the California Kruit early Thompson Seedless grapes are bringing per crate in Chicago and in New Prospects are it is for good prices to prevail throughout the In the northern part of the state most of the counties will have crops considerable below the This is attributed largely to the damaging frost late in the The State average will be considerably lower than it was Inst according to the estimates of George P. deputy state horticultural The fruit crop conditions in this according to is as 60 per 100 per 50 per 30 per and 75 per 85 per cent. SHOWS B REQUA APPEALS DAMAGE SUIT FOR AUTOMOBILE Report Of Electrician Anker Is Filed With The Trustees IMPROVEMENT MADE Indebtedness Overcome Profit Is Returned During Year Returning a net profit of for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, showing a substantial increase in the number and turning the tables from a Indebtedness to due the department from the the report of City Electrician Florine Anker pays high tribute to the of the by Anker and former City Electrician William In his Anker the past year twenty consumers have been changed from flat rate to metered leaves only five flat rate are still several power services but meters will be installed on all of these n a and I will then be able to make a more complete showing distributing etc. There has been a net gain in consumers of 15 per thirteen of these being light and two The total commercial for the year amounted to aside from far street lighting and 602.42 for other city making a grand of The including for depreciation of plant and interest on the investment at 7 per total The surplus is being placed in a separate fund for the improvement of the but may be out at any time for other purposes in of emergency The investment in the system this year is an increase of 72 over 1915; the which has increased totals and there is in accounts The department now has 611 as against 596 last Electrician report shows the selling price per k. w. provided there were no The line and transformer loss is estimated at 20 per which would make the average price in the neighborhood of The report is most comprehensive in every and is a valuable example of municipal ownership under Nelson Requa has filed a notice of appeal from the justice court in the suit started against him by Mrs. Sarah E. Requa was driving Mrs. Cooper's car when it collided with an iron post in front of the Eversole She sued for damages and was awarded by Justice J. C. JULY mm mm CUPID ON BUSK IS SLACK Dan Cupid has taken a summer It Is not often that this little god of love abandons hla even during the scorching summer but he left last Friday and has not put in an appearance about court house As a result business is quiet at the marriage license bureau In the clerk's office and not a single license to wed has been Issued during the County finances slid another notch downward lust according to the report of Treasurer George A. John The balance on hand July 3 was and tbo receipts for the month were The disburse ments wore leaving a bal ance August 7 of Fees and fines were received as fol Justices of the M. James J. C. George E. Lay 50 T. L. W. V. Potter F. H. 50 W. T. G. R. County Clerk Hale Recorder James R. Sheriff R. R. Bean Cannery Opens for Thousand Cases is Daily Output The Clear Lake Canning which moved Its plant here from Lake county a few months started operations this morning and the directors predict a record Picking commenced in the Lake county fields yesterday and it is expected to have the cannery running at full capacity by next The company has accommodations at the local plant for 190 women to snap beans and about twenty men will be employed in the various Now machinery has been four new cappers have been put 4n and the directors anticipate a dally output of more than a thousand E. L. manager of the company will have general supervis ion of tihe both here and in Lake and the plant will be under the management of W. E. Smith who has been with the company for John Thomas has been employed as bookkeeper and shipping In addition to raising beans for the company is growing a hundred of beans for seed for Morse Seed Company of San The Lake county section has been declared by experts as ideal for the growing of California's finest FOR NEW A pile of at School and Standley streets and which will be used in constructing the new of the Savings have been generously admired iJy local but few who have commented upon them were aware of the fact that they were burned in Contractor U. N. Briggs is responsible for the which has been highly commended by those who have inspected It. The policy of the Savings Bank in its new home will be to patronize home industry to the extent according to President J. M. NEW OM CO. ORGANIZED BY LOCAL MEN California Rights On New Bought By Company TO OPEN S. F. OFFICE j. H. Barker Heads Firm Which Will Cover Entire State A new known as the California was organized in this city during the week and has bought the State selling rights for the burner from the in J. H. Barker is president and manager of the new R. L. Hutchison is and the stockholders are C. C. F. T. Barker and 11. B. The main of the company will be in San Francisco where a largo warehouse has been and the on Market street will be in charge of J. H. Barker Visits Factory producer was first introduced here by who came from and after local businessmen became interested in it Barker went East and spent several weeks at the after which he closed up contracts for the selling rights in A carload shipment is already en route from the factory and is expected to San the early part of next and the company will commence immediately to introduce tlie new invention over its Several large companies have already made flattering offers to buy out the young but they have refused to entertain any proposition to dispose of their Gas Economy Is Feature The producer is made so as to fit in any wood or coal stove and is guaranteed to produce made from the at a cost not greater than 25 cents per thousand It is declared by the manufacturers and those who have investigated even representatives of competitive gas companies who have come here especially to look into tlie to be the and most efficient gas known to is produced by a mixture of 96 per cent oxygen and 4 per cent coal said Hutchison therefore utilizes every heat unit of tlie It produces a larger amount of heat with the smallest possible amount of Increases Heat of Fuel addition to the advantage of the large proportion of heat thus cheaply created and the quickness with which it can be is the most form of there no ashes or A more eal gas for household use could not be the various methods that can be devised for rendering the of fuels more there tire none more promising than as is increases the heat of the original fuel over 75 per cent. The application of this principle for cooking and heating purposes tlie convenience of city gas with increased lower cost and simplicity of BORDWELL OR SENATOR EDITOR SMITH STEALS CLAIMS BRIDE Editor Fred J. Smith of the Fort Bragg Chronicle surprised his many friends Sunday when hO was quietly and escaped on the afternoon train before the glad news was made The bride was Lois Corbaley a charming and daughter of Mrs. H. A. After the which was performed by Rev. W. A. dinner was served at the Weller home and the happy couple left for a honeymoon in Lake Both have many friends who will shower HEIRS IN BIG HARDIN ESTATE AGREE ON SETTLEMENT After ten years of disputes and threatened legal the heirs of the late Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hardin includes acreage in the northern part of this have agreed upon division of the property and final A conference was held n Santa Rosa on Tuesday at which the division of the mammoth ranch was agreed For some years the death of their the heirs have permitted the property to remain as a portion of that and sought no division of the vast The division entailed ten thousand acres of land near one of the best stock ranges in the northern portion of the According to the agreement which was made each of tihe takes a certain portion of this property in his or her own and each has secured a principality in which is a valuable Those participating in the conference were Mr. and Mrs. Chet Mr. and Mrs. William J. Eardley and Amos Riley Hardin and C. H. Edward LOCAL MEN ARE APPOINTED SPECIAL TAX James C and C. M. Mannon have been appointed special tax appraisers for Mendocino In a state-wide campaign to equalize It is stated that pieces of property will be appraised In an effort to assist the in making up his booko for next The work will be done under the juris diction of the State Tax NELSON IS HEAVY LOSER IN BLAZE Nelson Requa was in town Tuesday from his ranch in Redwood valley and stated that a forest which has been In that section since has great damage to his Several cords of wood and miles of fencing were burned and it was only by desperate that his house and barn were Practically everyone In the was out fighting the COUNTY EDITORS MEET AT FORT 0R6ANIZE An enthusiastic meeting of the editors of the county was held at Fort Bragg last Sunday when a. temporary organization was and views were exchanged on many topics of importance to the E. P. Thurston was made temporary chairman of the association and West temporary A meeting will be held at August 20, at a permanent organization will be The editors in attendance included Fred of the A. of the Mendocino C. C. Cavanaugh of the Fred J. Smith and A. of the E. Thurston of the and C. A. West of The PICKS FORTY BOXES OF PEARS SEVEN Lee wellknown probably holds record for the growing of pears in this He commenced Monday picking this de fruit on his farm at the above and from seven trees picked forty pounds to the Pears are planted on an average of 135 trees to the acre and sell In the neighborhood of two cents a any live real estate man will figure It out for TO TEACH IN 8. F. Miss Laurence one of Mendocino county's successful young has passed the examination to the faculty of the Sun Francisco schools and has been given a school In that She Is the daughter of Mrs. H. McCready of this SURPLUS POLES ON PERKINS S The city electrical department has just completed rewiring Perkins from State to Wurt and has removed a number of unsightly The work was done under the supervision of City Electrician Florine Heretofore Perkins street has been burdened with a double line of but the old ones have now been removed and the work considerably improves the of the 01 Withdrawal Makes Clear His Desire For G. Walter Bordwell has withdrawn from the contest for the Republican nomination for United States Senator and in so doing has cleared the track for Willis H. Booth to represent California in the next In his statement of withdrawal Mr. Bordwell urges his followers to throw their support to declaring that he will take no chance of electing Hiram and making clear his for the success of the Republican ticket in the coming Los Aug. 9, 1916. County Clerk of Mendocino Cal. Have notified Secretary of State that i have withdrawn as candidate for United States Do not place my name on primary WALTER This telegram was received yesterday by County Clerk Hale Since nomination papers have already been it will be necessary for Prather to await instructions from Secretary of State Frank C. Jordan before his name can be removed from the Bordwell in withdrawing tendered his heartiest support and best efforts to bring about the nomination and the election of Willis H. Booth of Los Angeles in a statement which he issued announcing the reasons why he had He said at the best interests of the State and Nation imperatively require that a genuine Republican should be elected to the United States Senate from California this Three candidates have entered the lists for the Republican H. Booth and both lifelong and Governor Hiram W. while formerly a has been for several years past and is now at the head of another entrance into the race was at I the instance of all good and true who regarded Governor Johnson's bid for the Republican nomination as an unwarrantable intrusion and a public menace and who urged that my candidacy would his In finally yielding to such importunity and becoming a on page 8, column 5). ODD FELLOWS WILL HOLD CONFAB HERE A district of Odd Fellows will be held in this city August 26, the and Cahto lodges will join In a big conference and get-together Plans have already been made for the entertainment of the visitors and the local which will act as will spare nc pains or expense in making the meeting a red-letter An a an auto ride and other festivities will be mingled freely with the regular work of the TOWER OF JEWELS GOMES TO VICTORY The tower of made famous at the exposition In San Francisco last has come to the Victory theater in this It occupies a position on the new curtain at which was ed yesterday by the a Scenic Curtain and night was exhibited ences for the first By a uniquely arrangements real jewels illuminate the tower and it is a splendid duction of the famous Exposition The curtain is outlined by a few ads and is most Redmen Charter Special Train For Big Conference at Eureka The excursion for the great Red Men's convention in Eureka passed through Ukiah Monday forenoon and was boarded here by three representatives of At the Fort Bragg delegation joined the other delegates and It was a fine representation of young America that sped north to the scene of Great enthusiasm was manifested at their and if all the Red Men towns and cities send as lively a bunch as did Mendocino the convention will be a wonderful city was represented by Delegates A. McDonald and Fred and George L. who has taken a prominent part in work of | The delegates from Santana of Fort wero Great Sachem J. Gene pie and George S. a member of Santa was the which was ten coaches and two L. assistant the train as far as Engineer Aiken was In watching the work of W. J. the agent of the was alsto 99 55 18 38 57 4
