The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1925 Page: 18 of 18
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HOUSE BILL NO 1
effect that it will lower rat1 to fann-
ers This in the biggest joke of all
Why do they furtnsti ueetricitj to :
Much has been said pro and con fanners through the country where
wenfiy la the papers of the state the high powered lines of the utilities
b reference to house bill No 4 known run at present? They need no f ran-
ts the irrevocable permit Petitions tins i serve these winners 1 can't
arc out for :i referendum on the bill imagine that a farmer can be deceived
The following is nn Jttiterview giv by this tommy-rot
out by Wash Hudson a member House Bill four is vicious iniqui-
f the last legislature and we publish tous and undemocratic it1 completely
it so that the people may be inform- disarms the people so far as existing
d as to what the hill contains : franchises are concerned and leaves
Much has been recently written by them helpless in the clutches of the
the lviblic utilities in favor of House greedy corporations
Hi!) four hut nothing has appeared It is my honest opinion that this lull
in print as far as we know ugainst is unconstitutional in that it under-
t be bill I have made a careful study takes to do indirectly what the Con-
f the bill studied it from every stitution prohibits to be done dtreet-
slanrlpoint before it passed the legis-
lature 1 have read so far as I know
oil of th revocable permit laws pass-
'd by othii states and House Bill
four stands separate and alone in its
provisions as the framers of this bill
ly
DISTRICT 67 REMODELS
SCHOOL BUILDING
Pleasant Hill school district 61) of
It V M’ up I I MIMV I IT Wl mi" Ml
tuiiou$ly and carefully cut every "t s( of A vard has just completed nn-
provision out of the Wisconsin hill pi'iiving and remodeling their school
and other revocable permit laws that building and the grounds amounting
protects the people The various ad- to aroud $400
vi-rtismeentfi of the Utilities which Humbert of the school board are:
law appeared in the papers have J- Millage L R Cropp and J P
wlated that Home Bill four is pat- Miller
temcd after the Wisconsin law Hm t ‘
Hilt four is not patterned after the BATTENBERC IS PLACED
Wisconsin law or any other law The ILLITERACY
utilities preach and teach a theory ’ -
baf this hill does not carry out this L !’ Battenberg president of V
'dteory The theory the utilities preach been appointed by Goy-
perbaps is all right hut the law they ‘IMI)r 1 VjPI as u member of the
advocate is all wrong
Our constitution provides that ttfil--Ges
must receive their franchise from
the cities in which they are to oper-
ate bV vote of the people these
franchises not to run longer than 25
years Under this hill tin public utili
State Illiteracy Commission of
which Hughes B Davis is chairman
The purpose of the commission is
to i dominate all illiteracy in the state
and is working with the American Le-
gion in the campaign
The commission is composed of the
vwun e iiuiT inis mu me uioiic uiui- i
i n leading educators and citizens of the
tv that has a franchise in the city of K
Tulsa for instance can simply file
a written declaration and agreement
with the City ami Corporation Com-
nision that ft surrenders the franchise
which is about to expire and the ror-
state
RETURN TO ALVA
r Mr and Mrs Robert G Taylor and
Iteration commission without hearing family who have been in Pawhuska
is compelled to issue such a utility the past year have returned to Alva
“permit which can only lie cancelled Mr Taylor has accepted his old po-
'modiflcd or annulled by the Legisla- stion on the Alva Record
Cure and under section 1 of the liill
First Gas Stove
The first gas stove on record wm
used In 1S70 hy a baking powder com-
pany to demonstrate cake linking at
the Philadelphia Centennial exhibition
At thill time the gasoline stove was in
this permit cannot he altered atned-
d annulled or revoked unless it is
injurious to whom? The citizens of
the city of Tulsa? No unless it is in-
jurious to the citizens of the State of
Oklahoma It further provides that
She permit so issued cannot lie altered
intended annulled or revoked if inj general use and until the end of the
aw doing an injustice is (lone to such century the gas stove made no great
public utility Under this provision L headway
of the bill it will be impossible to re-
volte a permit after it has once been j
sssned for the reason that the utili-
Yy would always he able to show that
south revocation would be an injury
to its investment
By section 4 of the hill the public
utilities have deliberately undertaken j
Se indirectly violate the Constitution j
f ur state and deliberately have un
Her taken by authority of law to ac-
quire rights in perpetuity This law
provides for taking away the last
vestige of local control of the cities
wr existing franchises of public
Milities In other words a public util-
ity has a franchise to furnish light
power heat gas electricity or water
ami fin people are dissatisfied with
-lid public utility and its franchise
Build Nests in Cactus
Birds of New Mexico build thell
nests in the spiny branches of the cac-
tus where their eggs are safe from the
many animal thieves who nre not brave
enough to encounter the needle-tike
spines even for a delicious meal
s expiring or soon will expire the:
franchise can be extended indefinite-j
by by the Corporation Commission
and tin people can have no vote or
voice in the matter and eannt ap-
pear ami have a hearing before the
is granted extending the
franchise
Another thing this hill ends com-
petition Undpr section fi of said hill
be corporation commission is given
jurisdiction to determine whether
laddie convenience will be served in a
givtm community by permittig another
utility to operate a like business The
fjoration seeking a franchise must
t ile a petition before the corpora-
tion commission have the same set
sfown for hearing advertise the hear-
ng of such petition for at least two
vvwlis at which time any one having
m objection to the issuance of such
permit can appear before the corpora-
tion commission and show cause why
the franchise should not be granted
Why this inconsistvcy? This hill re-j
fiew'-n the people the right to a hear-
ing before the corporation commission
fstjranting the utility the permit but
uvokes it mandatory upon the corpor-
ation commission to hear the public
Good for Tender Feet
Front London comes the report of
a new Invention ilist promises to add
more than a m‘ io the comfort of
humanity It Is a pedoscope Roentgen
apparatus that shows the exact posi-
tion of the hones and muscles of the
foot when trying on new shoes It Is
asserted that this device facilitates
not only a perfect til but also the cor-
rection of foot deformities by suitable
footgear — The Living Age
The Kit-Kat Club
KP Kn emit was the name of a
1 aii'ilt ii club founded in KkSfl
i i I pastry cook
You Never Can Tell
The mun who brags too much that
he runs things about his house may
refer to the washing machine — Duluth
Herald
T rue Economy
The handy man removes the rubhet
heels front ills shoes and shifts them
utilities in its objections and the ag- 0 ’be opposite feet when they begin
grieved party can appeal to the Su- i to run down on one side Then the re
iHWJtie court Is this fairness? verse side gets the wear and he get
The proponents of the hill state j double value out of one pair of rubhet
Thai if this law is permitted to go into heels
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Doughty, A. W. The Alva Record (Alva, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1925, newspaper, June 4, 1925; Alva, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2133266/m1/18/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 27, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.