Bill Would Give
Government Bight
to Deal in Grain
House Measure Would Give
Secretary of Agriculture
Power to Huy and
Sell W heat.
Washington, Dec. 0.—The secre
tary of agriculture would be author
ized to buy. sell and store wheat, to
scours and maintain to the producer a
i disenable price for wheat and to
the consumer a reasonable price for
bread, under a bill Introduced by Rep
resentative Little, republican. Kansas.
It would create the office of a
superintendent of grain and bread in
the Department of Agriculture, with
power from time to time to sol) wheat
at not less than the market price at
Minneapolis. Buffalo. Kansas City,
Chicago and New York ' as ho deems
for th* beet interests of the country."
The secretary of agriculture would
bo authorised to buy wheat at a piioe
not exceeding 11.10 h bushel. When
it cannot be larnght at Chicago or
Now York "for less than 11.83 a
bushel, the secretary shall sell as
much out of storage as he deems
wise and at prices lie deems to the
best Interests of the nation,"
The proposed legislating stipulates
that farm paper could Ire rediscounted
for national and state banka ami trust
companies, incorporated livestock loan
companies, co-operative credit com
panies and other banking institutions.
Representative Little, in presenting
his bill in the house, said it had the
approval of the treasury, the serre
tnry of agriculture and the farm loan
board. It was not Indicated, however,
to what extent the administration as
.1 whole was prepared to endorse the
legislation.
I j id if the hill the farm credit de
partments of the several farm loan
hanks would have power to Issue
short term bonds or notes secured by
paper discounted by it in substantial
ly the same way as farm loan bonds
are now issued, and to rediscount any
paper held by it with a federal reserve
bank when that paper reached a
maturity of less than s>x months
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Minnesota Tax
Law Is Attacked
in Supreme Court
Mining Companies Charge ,QC’
cupational Revenue Act of
1921 Forms Restraint of
Interstate Commerce.
Washington, Dec. t>.—Argument in
the seven cases brought to challenge
the constitutionality of the Minnesota
occupation tax law of 1921 was began
in the supreme court today and will
be concluded Thursday! The cases
have attracted wide attention because
two-thirds of the iron ore mined in
the United States and one half of that
consumed In this country is produced
in Minnesota.
Asserting that tlie law which taxed
ill p' isons or corporations engaged
in mining 6 per cent of the value of
ail ore produced after deduction of
the principal costs of mining was a
restraint of interstate commerce. 27
companies, comprising nearly all en'
gaged in mining iron ore in Min
nesota, joined in attacking the sta-1
lute.. They contended also 4^iat it
ivas invalid because it did not comply 1
with the provision of the Minnesota
constitution requiring uniformity of
taxes and was obnoxious under the
federal constitution because it de
prived those engaged in the Industry
of the equal protection of the laws
guaranteed by the 14th amendment.
The interstate commerce feature
was argued by C. A. Severance and
tlie equal protection and uniformity
features by II. J. Giannis and Ofcar
Mitchell. The state was represented
in argument by Deputy Attorney
General Oakley and 1'. J Ryan.
* Most of the ore mined In Minnesota,
it was asserted by counsel for the
mining companies, was obtained by
the open pit method, the loading of
it upon cars being as much a part
of interstate commerce, it was in
sisted. as was the loading of grain at
an elevator, which the supreme court,
it was pointed out, had held to be a
part of Interstate transportation.
By French law a French girl who
marries a foreigner loses at once her
nationality.
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5——Universal Reproducer
which give* natural accuracy of lone be
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and teflections—Irom the time they see
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Madden Clause
Storm Center ot
Shipping Bill
Amendment Making Aid Sub
ject to Annual Appropria
tion Attacked in Sen
ate Committee.
Washington, Uee. 6.—Storms await
ing the administration shipping bill in
the senate were foreshadowed during
initial consideration of the measure
by the senate commerce committee.
The setorm center in the committee
was tho Madden amendment attached
by the house, making the shipping aid
fund subject to annual appropriations
by congress. Advocates of thg hill,
as proposed by the administration,
announced at tho outset they were
determined to eliminate the amend
ment and In support of their stand
Chairman Jones presented a letter
from President Harding in which the
executive declared ho "would rather I
the measure should full entirely tnan
to have one enacted which will bring
to us extreme disappointment, because
we have entered upon a program in a
half-hearted and rather indifferent
way. "
Elimination of the amendment was
lramediaely opposed by a group of re
publican committee members com
posed of Senators McNary of Oregon,
Denroot of Wisconsin and Willis of
Ohio, who announced their intention
of fighting in the committee and in
the senate for some provision giving
congress a measure of control over a
fund from which shipping companies
may be extended loans amounting an
nually to as much as $30,000,000.
Discussion raged about this ques
tion throughout two sessions held by
the committee and finally the matter
was put over until after the committee
had concluded its eonsideraion of oth
er sections of the bill. Date in the day
the McNary-Lcnrobt-Wiltis group put
forward a compromise under wtflch
the approval of congress would bo re
quired only for an increase over the
amount of government aid fixed in
the originanl contract entered into
between the shipping board and the
private companies. This compromise
received scant favor from Chal^nan
Jones, who announced that he stood
unqualifiedly with the president.
Sugar Beet Speculation
Begun in Platte Valley
Scottsbluff, Dec. 6. — (Special.) —
(jumbling on the bonus payment for
this year's sugar beet crop has com
menced in the North Platte valley,
with speculator offering farmers
from 50 to 75 cents a ton on their
October 15 payments next year. Under
the sliding scale contract sugar beet
growers this fall ' received $5 a ton
for their beets, but will share in the
profits of tho sugar. Sugar company
officials estimate this will mean an
additional payment of $1.50 to $2 a
ton. It is for this payment the farm
ers are selling at a low price now.
Nebraska Creamery Sends
2,700,000 Eggs to London
Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Spe
cial Telegram.)—On December 9 a
shipment of eggs consigned from the
Fairmont Creamery company of
Grand Island will leave Portland, Me,
for London, making 18 carloads from
this plant this season. A tolai of
2,700,000 eggs.
Road Conditions
(FumiKhrd by the Omaha Auto Club.)
Lincoln Highway, East—Road* good.
Lincoln Highway, West—.‘•Road* good.
0# L I). — Roads good.
Meridian Highway—Roads good.
Cornhusker Highway—Roads good.
Highland Cutoff—Roads good.
Black Hills Trail—Road closed north of
Henson duo to construction in leaving
Omaha, go west on Hodge street to Fifty
second, thence north to Maple street,
thence west to two miles beyond the rity
limits, thence north to B. II. T. Roads
good.
R Y A.—Roads good.
Washington Highway—Roads good to
Sioux City
< >naaha-Tulsa Highway—Road* good to i
Topeka.
Omaha-Topeka Highway—Roads good to
Ftato line
King of Trails," North—Roads good.
King of Trails, South—Roads good to
Hiawatha.
River to River Road—Roads good to
Bos Moin<*s.
White-Way “7” Highway—Roads good.
I. O. A. Nhortline—Roads good.
Blue Grass Trail—Roads good.
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Charter Oak.811.50
Central .811.00
Liberty .810.50
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Feature Transactions
of Livestock Exchange
Pinion Skovgaard of Basin. Wyo.,
was on (he Omaha market with two
loans of cattle. He said condition* in
the Big Horn basin were very favor
able so far this year and that there
was plenty of feed on the ground as
well as in the stack.
"The past season was quite disas j
trous to the cattle business of Wyo
ming." said Mr. Skovgaard, "caused
by hard winters, drouths and decline
In prices. The old plan of producing
beef cm the range is nearly a tiling of
t lies past and from tuiiv on the only
progressive plan seems to produce
calves and feeders in the corn holt
to finish for market ”
I Cattle fndilig operations around
| Snyder are heavier than usual, ac-1
cording to Joseph Nciwhoner, who was
at the Omaha stockyards with a load
[of mixed stock in which were seven
yearlings averaging Ha'J pounds that
Isold for yo.10 a hundred.
"Hogs are plentiful in my neighbor
hood and although there ways quite
a lot of sickness iimong the herds, (he
losses were comparatively small. Our
section had a good corn crop and the
price has gone up to (hi cenli/n bushel,
which price will liavo a tendency to
send a lot of livestock to market
earlier than usual."
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K. R. Von Oden came in from Chap
man with a consignment of short fed
steers which were sold for *7.50 a
hundred. lie said feeding was being
carried on quite extensively around
Chapman.
“Corn is now 65 cents a bushel in
my neighborhood,” said Mr. Von Oden,
“and it appears as though the local
supply will ho none too-plentiful to
take card of the stock now being ted.”
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Construction Resumed on
W est Nebraska Hospital j
Scottsbluff, Neb,, Dec. 6.—(Special.)
—Py securing a loan of $25,000 from
Denver, with additional advances
promised as needed, the actual con
struction work on the West'Nebraska
Methodist hospital will bo started
within a short time, according to F.
S. McCaffree of this city, president
of the hospital board.
The unfinished six-story North
American hotel structure, which was
bought at a cost of only $40,000, will1
he remodeled. The first step will be
the glassing in of the building, and j
that will be done this month.
Within eight or nine months, it is
thought, the building will be finished.
The hospital structure will cost np
proxinnuely $200,000 when finished.
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Poultry and Pet Show
Opens With 60 Exhibitors I
Columbus, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Special.)
—With entries from nearly 60 exhib
itors, most of them outside the
county, booked in advance, officers
of the Platte Valley Poultry and Pet
Stock association are predicting that
their annual show, which opened in
Columbus Monday will be the
largest in the history of the associa
tion. Yesterday the banquet of the as
sociation will be held In the Y. M.
C. A. building. O. W. Phillips will
net as toastmaster, while fJ. H. Gray,
president of the local chamber of
commerce; A. R Miller, W. W. Wit
ter and Professor Cornman, judge of
the show, will be among the speakers.
Richard-ou County Want?
$30,000 for County Fair
Falls City, Nob., Doe. G.—(Special.»
—A drive to raise $50,000 for the pro
motion of a county fair association
was started among the farmers, live
stock breeders and business men of
Richardson county. The funds are to
be raised through tho sale of 500
Shares at $100 each. Paul B. Weaver
of Falls City is general chairman of
the campaign.
A committee is now engaged in
canvassing tho county for a suitable
site for tho proposed fair grounds.
Richardson county has had a fair
grounds hefore, but it was abandoned
some years ago.
Investor in Movie House
Gets Money Refunded
A jury in District Judge Begley's
court returned a verdict of ♦21,925 in
favor of George O. Munroe. movie
house owner of Beatrice, and against
Urn llostottler Amusement company.
The evidence brought out that cer
tain figures In tha book* of tha
nient company were “tampered wit*.”
Munroe testified that he bought $22,*
000 worth of tha amusement stook on
the condition that they purchase> It
back on demand, lie charged1
they only bought $2,000 worth ot «•
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Toy Dept.
3d Floor.
IT’S just awful important that a little
hoy have a real desk and chair so
that home lessons are like play and play
a source of education. Just give a boy
something to do and he’ll be ever so
good.
Desk pictured .$10.50
S%ivel Type Chair
pictured .$ 4.50
Other Desks from... $ S.00
Other Chairs from. . .$ 2.50
—and then when he
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why, there are the
Schoenhut Circus Toys
Reindeer .$1.35
Cow .... ..$1.50
Horse ..$1.50
Lion.$1.35
Goat.$1.20
, Camel .$1.35
Clown, 60«
Hippo, $1.50
Cr* '-'W
Elephant, $1.80
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wonderful little red table; she on a chair and he on a rocket
t* match; all of which makes the “make believe” ever so real.
Your little friends will love furniture of this kind, too.
—the Chair is $1.35.
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