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REVENUE TAX BLUNDERS t
Washington, D. p.t June 21.—A t
study of the “war revenue tax” dis- i
closes some of the most astonishing
blunders to be found in the entire <
legislative record of the present ad- <
ministration. The most elementary 1
principles of law maikng seem to >
have been disregarded. i
Iff the passage of any special tax 1
measure where the approximate de- t
ficit to be met is known, there are *
four simple requirements that are 1
obvious: 1
1. It should be determined where *
the burden of the tax should fall. ^
2. Based on accurate estimates,
the law should produce the amount of !
revenue needed. 1
3. The law should be phrased in
clear unmistakable terms, admitting
of but one construction that will in
sure a minimum cost of administra- ’
tion, prevent confusinon, and avoid i
useless, expensive litigation. i
4. Timely, adequate provision
should be made for revenue stamps, 1
blank returns, instructions, and all i
other numerous details entering into ■
the enforcement of such a law.
This administration failed on every
one of these counts.
1. Under the first essential, that of
determining where the burden of the
tax should fall, the Democrats flounder
ed repeatedly. They first announced
the plan of increasing the income tax,
and abandoned it on discovering that
financial returns should be delayed for
months under that method. Then they
turned to a plan of taxing freight re
ceipts. This was discarded with as
tonishing celerity. Political pressure
was too great. After other ineffectual 1
attempts the Spanish war tax was
adopted as a basis, giving the country
a “war tax’ in time of peace.
2. The second essential was dis
regarded. Their estimates were in
accurate. Had they been based on
facts instead of guess work, we would
not now have the treasury deficit as a
constant reminder of Democratic ex
travagence and inefficiency.
3. The third essential was disre
garded. There are conflicting pro- :
visions in the “war tax” as to when it i
shall take effect. Other clauses are so
obscurely phrased that it has been nec
essary to appeal to the courts for con- 1
struction.
4. The fourth essential was dis
regarded. So inadequate were the
provisions for stamps required under
the act that business all over the
country halted because of inability to
comply with the law. Long and annoy
ing controversies arose over penalties
for violations, resulting in needless
confusion for which no one but the
present administration is to blame.
Specific examples of the errors re
ferred to in the ‘war tax” law will be
discussed in later articles.
Wanted.
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We have 800 acre of good hay land
in South Fork valley which we wish to
employ man with sufficint help to
cut, stack, help bale and haul to
O’Neill or Inman. We want the cut
ting to start on or about June 25 and
not later than July 1, 1916. For
further information call on or write
REAM BROS.,
1-2 O’Neill, Nebr.
Attention.
To the members of Krieger Verein:
There will be an annual meeting on
the 26th of June, 1915, at 3 o’clock p.
m. in the room over the Harry G.
Jordan hardware store in O’Neill, and
all members are requested to attend
for the purpose of electing officers for
the ensuing year and such other busi
ness as may properly come before the
meeting.
JULIUS DUFT,
• ‘ • Secretary.
Land For Sale.
The lands owned by the late H. M.
Henley, Davenport, Iowa, are to be
closed out in order to close up the
estate. The estate owns 1120 acres,
or seven quarter sections in this
county. These lands were appraised
for inheritance tax purposes at
$14,450.00 and they will be sold at a
discount from these figures of $1,
150.00, bringing the price for the
seven quarters down to $13,000.00.
We will give time on one-half the
purchase price, at 6 per cent interest,
with option to pay on any interest
pay day any part or all of the balance
due.
J. M. COLEMAN & CO.,
3836 Saratoga St.,
1-2 Omaha, Neb.
Wanted.
To buy a young White Face Bull,
lot over two years old. Write or phone.
l-2p. JOHN ERNST, O’Neill.
Sullivan Wins Fight.
Omaha Bee, June 19: Jack Fitz
gerald, the pride of South Omaha,
found himself on the receiving end of
i 45-calibre wallop in the tenth round
)f his bout with Montana (Twin) Jack
Sullivan at Florence last night and a
couple of seconds later Sullivan was
carrying Fitzgerald to his corner
while divers seconds applied first aid
to the injured. Fitzgerald was floored
>n flour different occasions during the
mill and the fourth was the finish.
Fitzgerald started to rush matters
at the start, but Sullivan played an
easy, waiting game and was content
to duck and block during the first two
rounds. Then he began to speed up.
By the fiifth round he was putting a
little steam behind his punches and in
the sixth round Fitzgerald went down
to the count of nine. Again in the
ninth the South Omaha lad went down
and again in the tenth. The second
knockdown in the tenth was the finish
for Jack.
Two rattling good preliminaries were
staged. Quite an audience attended
the athletic carnival.
In District Court.
The case of the state of Nebraska
vs. John Latzel and Edward Wain
scott, who were charged with steal
ing four head of calves from Earl
Feezer last fall, was concludede in dis
trict court last week and after a few
minutes deliberation the jury return
ed a verdict of not guilty.
The prosecution was confuted very
ably Jby County Attorney Hodgkin
and he made a splendid argument to
the jury in behalf of the state. The
defense was conducted by J. A. Dono
hoe and he made a very eloquent
plea to the jury in behalf of his clients.
When the Senator gets right down to
it he can make about as eloquent and
convincing a plea to a jury as any
man who has ever practiced before
the district court of this county.
The Murphy will case is now on
trial and will probably occupy the
attention of the court the balance of
the week. This is one of the hardest
legal battles ever fought in
the district court of this county, with
M. F. Harrington and former United
States Senator W. V. Allen as oppos
ing council.
Obituary.
Sarah E. Norton, wife of M. F.
Norton county surveyor, died at her
home in this city last Sunday morning
at 6:30 of heart trouble, after an ill
ness of but a few hours.
Sarah Elizabeth Mason was born in
Freeport, Illinois, July 24, 1855. With
her parents she removed to North
Bend, Neb., where she was united in
Keeps Lit in a
Stiff Wind
The flame “flickers,” of
course, but it does not go
out.
The stick s absolutely dry I
—that is one reason for the
superiority of Safe Home
Matches. ;
Safe Home Matches are
absolutely non-poisonous.
For that reason alone they
should be in every home in
America.
Sc. All grocers.
Ask for them by name.
The Diamond Match
Company
marriage to M. F. Norton on May 1,
1878. In the early eighties they
moved to this county and settled upon
a farm in Lake township where the
family resided until their removal to
this city a couple of years ago, where
deceased resided up to the time of
her death.
Deceased was the mother of twelve
children, eight sonsandfourdaughters,
eight of whom are left to mourn the
death of a kind and loving mother,
besides her husband and three
brothers.
Funeral services were held from the
Methodist church Wednesday morning,
interment in the Protestant cemetary.
Mr. Norton is the dean of the Holt
conuty officials and during the funeral
as a mark of respect and to show their
sympathy for their brother official all
the offices in the court house were
closed and Judge Dickson adjourned
district court during the hour of the
funeral.
Card of Thanks.
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends for
their sympathy and assistance during
the sickness, death and burial of
our beloved wife and mother.—M. F.
Norton, Charles E. Norton, William
Norton, Ray E. Norton, Ira E. Nor
ton, Mabel F. Norton, Otto L. Norton,
Clarence A. Norton, Mrs. Alma
Alma Peterson.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST
For the week beginning Wednesday,
Upper Mississippi Valley: Showers
are probable about Saturday, the 2fi,
and again on Sunday, the 27. The
temperature will be close to Ihe
seasonable average.
Oiled Roads.
Breeders’ Gazette: Many small
towns of Illinois furnish splendid de
monstrations of what crude oil will do
on dirt roads. In some other states
oiling roads is older practice. In
Illinois the custom dates back only a
few years, and is confined mainly to
village and city streets. The results
have been very satisfactory. The
primary object of oiling has been to
abate that dust nuisance. This has
been accomplished and there has also
been a great improvement in road
surface both in dry and wet weather.
The usual custom has been to grade
up the road nicely and then sprinkle
on the oil sufficiently thick to make a
pasty mass of the surface. In some
cases this is then brushed or harrowed
or draged to mix soil and oil more
quickly than would be done by traffic
alone. With 4 gallons of 3 cent oil
per running foot of roadway the total
cost of oil and application comes
within $700 per mile, which is only a
small fraction of the cost of a hard
road. The oiled road sheds water so
well that even after deluges of rain
there is only a shallow mark made by
a passing vehicle. Roads that formerly
were gronud into deep dust during a
drouth stays firm and smooth when
oiled. Even paved streets are oiled in
some instances because this is con
sidered cheaper and better than
sprinkling with water. Water dries
away quickly; oil stays on guard over
the dust.
Now that some farmers have oiled
the roadway in front of their homes
the passing traveler gets a clear con
trast between the treated and untreat
ed black dirt road. With hard roads
necessarily coming very slowly and
with great expense, there is much
comment by farmers in favor of oiling.
They feel that money in oil would
cover ten times as much road as in
concrete, so that they would get an
appreciable measure of benefit from
it during their lifetime.
Nebraska Leads in Per Capita Wealth.
Lincoln, Neb.—Nebraska shines in
the report of the federal commerce de
partment on the wealth of all states
of the union. The Cornhuskers stand
ard floats at the top of all states for
the per capita of its wealth, taking into
consideration increase in population,
aggregate railroad mileage and total
average wealth of the state.
Iowa’s per capita is higher—but that
state has to hang its head on account
of a miserable population showing and '
because of a painfully low figure on
wealth “per railroad mile.” Nebraska, 1
with its 6,400 miles of railroad, has the ’
Hawkeyes far outnumbered with their
10,100 miles of railroad. :
Iowa lost 1 per cent of its popula- ^
tion between the years of 1910 and ‘
1912, while Nebraska went ahead 11
per cent in the same time. (
California also bobs up as a possible !
rival for Nebraska in the classification >
mentioned. Its per capita wealth is *
listed at $174 more than that of Ne- '
braska’s. But the figures are of 1912, (
of course, and based on a 2,500,000 1
population. Since that time these
figures are said to have risen per- t
ceptibly—while the total went down. $
Anyway, there are a lot of Ne- i
braska financiers who say they i
wouldn’t trade Nebraska conditions s
for the conditions on the coast state, a
They cite as proof the fact that the i
last banking reports show Nebraska 3
with a total of $232,000,000 bank de- {
(PNeill Celebrates
July 2nd and 3rd
BASE BALL TOURNAMENT
-AND
RACE MEET
LARGEST LADIES BAND
In the Middle West
ALSO LARGE MILITARY RAtfO
Automobile Races, Horse Races, Foot Races, Re
lay Races and other Sporting Events.
Large Dancing Pavillion
Big Display of Fireworks Each Night
Bring the Family Prepared to Enjoy the Biggest
Celebration Ever Held in this Part of the Slate
Free Rest Room For the Ladies and Children
July 2 arvd 3d
See Small Bills For Detailed Program
posits for its 1,200,000 people, while
California with more than twice that
number of people had but $256,000,000
of bank deposits, or a per capita of
$193 for Nebraska and only $102 for
the state that touches the Pacific.
Nebraska’s per capita wealth is list
ed at $3,110. That is nearly $500 more
—think of it—than the per capita
wealth of Kansas.
New York shows a per capita
wealth of but $2,626, Massachusetts
$1,805, Indiana $1,894, Illinois $2,660,
Missouri $1,752, South Dakota $2,239,
Wisconsin $1,875, or $1,235 less than
splendid old Nebraska has for each of
its sons and daughters.
Florida, whither went many hard
earned sheckles of the Nebraska
farmers, can answer to a per capita
wealth of but $1,307, considerably
less than half of Nebraska’s record.
Texas, another southern state where
Nebraska investments have been
chronicled by the hundreds, shows a
figure of $1,679.
Idaho with its watered plains and
rich lands—in the circulars at least—
has a per capita wealth of $1,680, while
Oregon has $2,661 and Washington
$2,511. Red apples and lumber in the
two states are “some” crops there,,
bpt Comhusker domain with its
waving wheat and budding alfalfa
have yet to be headed by anything
that grows on trees or in them.
The total wealth of the country is
$185,000,000,000, not taking into ac
count the ships belonging to the
United States navy and about $200,
300,000 worth of privately owned
water supply systems.
That is an everage of slightly over
$3,776,000,000 per state. Nebraska’s
otal wealth is listed at $3,795,000,000
>r about $20,000,000 above the average.
There are only seventeen states in
;'he union which run above the aver
ige. Of the seventeen Nebraska takes
ts hat off to none save those mention
id early in this story—and enough
snlightment is thrown on them to
convince the people that Nebraska is
•eally ahead of them.
A glance at the records as distribut
id by Uncle Sam shows also that this
date has another achievement on its
•oil. In proportion to its total wealth
t was second in the entire list of
itates. Some states maintained only
ibout an equal standing, but Nebraska
ncreased its per capita wealth from
11,882 to $3,110 in the eight-year
teriod, 1904 to 1912.
Queer Bits of News.
Iola, Kan.—A tombstone weighing
400 pounds fell on seven-year-old
Marion Oder in Iola cemetery. The
boy was not seriously injured.
Geneva, O.—Charley Tibbets, when
he learned that 100 flies killed now
means 1,000,000 less on August 1, de
dared he would wear a thin coating
of molasses on his bald head for the
next two weeks as an aid to fly-swat
ters.
...
New York, N. Y.—An Associated
Press correspondent with the French
array says that a German 42 centi
meter shell opened a grave in a ceme
tery in the village of Riche Bourg St.
Veaste and threw a coffin therein fifty
feet in the air where bones and wood
caught and hung on the side of a
church tower. Parts of the skeleton
are said to be still hanging on the
tower, as all of the residents of the
village have been driven out.
■CIWMHS HUH *'
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O’NEILL
To Celebrate July
2nd cvnd 3rd
We are making preparation to serve you the
best in the Soda Fountain Line and guarantee you
will be delighted with our service. I
Fresh and Absolutely Pure Fruit Juices used in all f
3 • our Syrups.
We also carry a full line of bulk and package Choco
lates and Candies—ICE COOLED.
“KEPT RIGHT, SOLD RIGHT CIGARS” \
Largest assortment in the city.
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Come in. You are always welcome.
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Golding Hotel Building. §