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FOR PRESIDENT
WliO BUT
HOOVER
DIVISION OF TAX DOLLAR.
Not many people understand how
their tax dollnr is divided. To them
taxation is an intericate subject, when
as a matter of fact it is very simple
w’hen one gets the proper starting
point.
The dollar which one pays over the
counter of the County Treasurer is
divided in this manner: 19 cents of
this dollar goes to the State Treasurer
to pay the expenses of state govern
ment, which includes expenses of the
State University, and educational in
stitutions, the support of charitable
and penal institutions, salaries of Su
preme and District Judges, expenses
of the legislature, payment of miscel
laneous claims and general adminis
tration of state government. All the
rest of the dollar, which is 81 cents,
remains in the county where it was
collected to be used for the support of
schools, county, township, city and vill
lage government. The Schools take
the largest share of the 81 cents. It
costs an average over the state of 45
cents of each tax dollar to support the
local schools, the rest of the tax dollar,
after substracting the 19 cents of state
government and 45 cents for schools,
goes to pay the expenses of local gov-1
ernment.
It will be seen from these figures,
which are taken from the records of
the State Tax Commissioner, that all
but 19 cents of the tax dollur is lo-1
cully levied1 and spent. That is local
county, town and school boards make
the estimate and the County Board
fixes the levy. So there is 81 cents of
the tax dollar over which the state
government has absolutely no control.
In this connection it is interesting to
know that no federal taxes for the
support of national government are
directly levied. All funds for the ex
penses of national govrnment are de
rived from indirect taxation.
The largest portion of the 19 cents
of state taxes goes to the support of
the state educational institutions which
takes 4.6 cents. The charitable and
penal institutions take 3.2 cents. The
Supreme and District Courts take 0.7
cents. The capital building fund takes
1.1 cents. General administration,
which is for the conduct of administra
tive offices at the State Mouse, includ-!
ing road employees and inspectors oft
various kinds, takes 1.1 cents. The
Governor has no control over any of.
these divisions save that of general
administration. If he had the power
to close the State House, dismiss all
state employees, including the build
ers of roads, stop the eradication of |
bovine tuberculosis and halt the oper
ation of every administrative office,
he would1 save each taxpayer 1.1 cents'
out of his tax dollar.
It is plain enough to one who takes
superficial interest in the facts and
records that when a candidate for'
governor states that he will reduce
taxes 30% he is making a promise that
he cannot fulfill. The campaign of,
education which is not going on in the [
state with reference to taxes is bring-1
ing the people continually to a better
knowledge of this subject. It is fair
to assume that after this campaign is
over it will be a little more difficult
for a scheming politician to win his
way to the governship or any high
state office by extravagant claims of
what he can do in the way of reduceing
state taxes.
REPUBLICAN NEWS LETTER.
Lincoln, Nebr., Oct. 8, 1928.
ith election day less than four
weeks away and voting sentiment
rapidly crystalizing, is is possible now
to make some prophetic observations
on the outcome in Nebraska on No
vember 6th. The verdict of open mind
ed observers, both those within the
state and those who have been sent in
from the outside to gauge political
sentiment, is that Hoover and Curtis
will carry the state by a large vote,
the size of their majority being esti
mated anywhere from fifty to a hun
dred thousand. The popularity of the
republican candidates grows as the
campaign nears the finish. The peo
ple of the state heard and saw Gov
ernor Smith, weighed his remarks on
the issues of the campaign, and im
mediately thereafter a decided swing
to Hoover and Curtis was manifested.
If there was any existing belief found
ed on sound evidence that Nebraska
was in the doubtful column is now
completely dispelled by plenty of good
evidence.
The campaign for the republican
state and congressional candidates is
being vigorously pressed from state
headquarters. Arthur J. Weaver
candidate for governor is carrying his'
campaign to the voters, making from
six to ten speeches daily. He dis-1
cusses plainly and without egotism or
distortion the issues of the state cam- j
paign. He and other speakers are
conducting a campaign of education,
not only for this campaign, but for
campaigns to come, so that voters will
not be misled again into believing that
a governor can do impossible things
in reducing state taxes and giving
financial relief to the people. Ob
servant voters know that the taxes
that have mounted high are not due
to expensive state government, but to
schools, which take 45 cents out of
each tax dollar, and to the expenses
of local government, such as county,
township, city an i village, which takes
.'19 cents more. Only 19 cents of the
tax dollar is taken out of the county
for the expenses of state government.
The statement of the democratic can
didate, then, that he can reduce taxes
:?0 per cent, is misleading, to say the
least. The governor has nothing
whatever to do with school, county,
township, city or village taxes. There
is only one department of state taxes,
general administration, that he could
possibly change. That department
takes 1.1 cents of the tax dollar. A
thirty per cent, reduction in that fund
would not make a flutter in the sen
sations of any taxpayer who now
thinks his tax burden insufferable.
Taxation has become a leading sub
ject of the state campaign. Arthur J.
Weaver and others of his ticket and
from the speakers bureau are carry
ing a campaign of education to the
voters on this most important subject.
They are not reaching all the voters,
nor are all of them being reached
with campaign advertising and litera
ture, but by the time this campaign is
over there will be a greater under
standing of taxation and state finan
ces and it will be extremely difficult for
any smooth talking candidate for a
high office hereafter to fool the people
with claims he cannot substantiate
and promises ho could not possibly
fulfill. The kind of campaign the
candidate for governor on the demo
cratic ticket is making, based on the
credulity of voters and assuming that
they can be made to believe anything,
providing it runs in the direction of
their hopes, like the lowering of taxes,
is about worked out in Nebraska. By
the time the present campaign of I
education is over it will be discovered!
that only appeals to the intelligence'
and fairness of voters produce effect
ive and lasting results.
Here is a campaign record that is
unique and is likely to stand unequall
ed during this and many subsequent
campaigns. W. M. Stebbins, state
treasurer, has been out in the state on
a tour of education, informing the
people first hand on the conditions of
the state treasury and telling them
how a state deficit was created, how
the amount of it was found by a bi
partisan legislature committee and
how it has now been completely wiped
out by a nd’* and a half special levy
made for tha\ express purpose In
fifty-two sp.,e<hes made he did not
refer to the inrt that he is a candidate
for re-election to the position he now
holds. Nevertheless the voters who
hear him are very likely to inquire
the political identity of a man who
makes such a sound business-like
statement of the financial affairs of
the state government and vote to keep
him at the duties he now so capably
discharges.
A new sort of political poll is re
ported by Editor Rob’t. Rice of the
Central City Republican. An oil sta
tion in his town has two gasoline
pumps, one labeled1 Hoover, the other
Smith. When a customer drives up
he is asked which motor fuel he pre
fers. Earlier the pumps ran neck and
neck in public favor. But more re
cently there is a decided change. At
the last report the Hoover pump was
ahead 100 gallons with a decided swing
to Hoover fuel in motion. From this
new kind of a straw vote the Central
City editor concludes that Central
City and surrounding community is
safe in the republican fold for 1928.
Hitchcock Lauds Hoover
Senator Hitchcock (Dem.) ot Ne
braska. Administration leader in the
Senate, quoted in Herbert Hoover’s
beliait in the Senate January 23, 191S>,
said then:
"I know something of the struggle j
Mr. Hoover has had with the packing
combines in the United States, and 1
want to say that if there had not been
a Hoover and a Food Administration,
the packers would have made a great
deal more than they did make. Mr.
Hoover has been vindicated. He came
out of the war, I believe, with a bet
ter reputation than any other public
official.’’
Labor Improves Conditions
Labor in Its collective efforts has
contributed greatly to the maintenance
o’ proper wages and to improved con- |
dltions of labor. But collective bar- t
gaining alone cannot overcome the j
forces that make for unemployment.
The problem of insuring full work all
the time is a problem of natiana. con- |
ceru. Our workers as citizen, at the ;
ballot box have a large part in deter
mining our economic policie .—Him
BI'flT 1105*t',’,7? in his NfiC’tvk sjKCch.
JUDGE DICK SON ’S
RECORD ON THE BENCH
It hardly seems necessary to call
attention to the candidacy of Robert
R. Dickson for re-election as Judge1
of the District Court of this Judicial
District. He has lived in this city for
more than forty years. Before his
election to the bench he was actively
engaged in the practice of law, and
was especially well fitted to perform
the duties of district judge. The
Judge is a most progressive and en
terprising citizen; he has contributed
of his time and means to every worthy
object and enterprise in the com
munity, and has responded at his own
expense to the call of the citizens of
the district on many public occasions.
Judge Dickson has always taken a
great interest in the education and
welfare of our boys and the girls,
and with this end in view has address
ed every high school in the district on
the Constitution of the United States;
hundreds of boys and girls will re
member his address and the benefits
derived therefrom. By precept and
example he has accomplished much
with juvenile offenders, and the once
erring boy is now leading an ex
amplary life, demonstrating what can
be accomplished when the right means
are employed.
A few years ago many land owners,
by reason of the slump in land values,
poor crops and low prices, were un
able to pay taxes, mortgages or in
terest; as a result many actions to
foreclose mortgages were brought.
In all cases against resident land
owners, Judge Dickson, upon entry of
decree, granted the owners of the
land, upon request, a stay of one year,
giving them a chance to save their'
homes. He has never confirmed a sale
until satisfied that the owner could
not save his home. This course of pro
cedure on his part brought about
adjustments and settlements between
the parties, and many land owners
were able to save their homes and dis
charge their obligations who would
not have been able to do so except for
the course of procedure adopted by
him.
Judge Dickson has saved the tax
payers of the district thousands of
dollars in jury fees by refusing to
call juries where, in his judgment, the
business was not of sufficient import
ance to justify the calling of a jury
for the term; either trying the cases
himself without a jury, or continuing
them until there was sufficient business
to justify the expense of a jury. Not
only the business of the district has
been conducted with fairness and dis
patch, and without the delays that pie
vail in many districts throughout the
state, but with economy to the tax
payers.
Since Judge Dickson has been upon
the bench he has disposed of more
than eight thousand cases, criminal
and civil, besides many juvenile cases,
(at least one hundred) not included in
this number. Of these cases Boyd
county furnished 1,402, Keya Paha
county 050, Brown county 1,435, Rock
county 1,142, Holt county 3,668. 201
cases have been appealed to the Su
preme Court, which is a compara
tively small number when we consider
the many important criminal and
civil cases disposed of in the district.
There were appealed from Holt county
112 cases with 11 reversals; from Boyd
county 44 cases with 9 reversals; from
Brown county 16 cases with 3 revers
als; from Rock county 18 cases with
2 reversals; from Keya Paha county 11
cases and 1 reversal, making only 26
reversals since Judge Dickson has
been upon the bench. This record is not
excelled by any Judge in Nebraska,
and is due to the careful and conscien
tions consideration of the law and the
facts in each case. Every lawyer in
the district knows that if the judge is
not satisfied with their presentation
of the case, he will make independent
examination of the law and the facts;
as a result his decisions are generally
accepted1 which accounts for the small
number of the cases appealed to the
Supreme Court and the very few re
versals. In recognition of this ability,
he was called by the Supreme Court to
sit upon the Supreme bench of this
state, and his opinions written as an
associate judge of the Supreme Court
reflect his ability as a jurist. Not only
the lawyers, but the citizens of this
district, have absolute confidence in
his integrity. His re-election assures
a continuation of the due administra
tion of justice and that without fear
or favor. Judge Dickson’s record and
service should insure his election.
.HOOVE
The Orchard Watchman
Tammany Hall has been the watch
man of that orchard, the city treas
ury, more often than any other or
ganization, and greedy as well as Im
mature men have usually been assigned
to Its outposts.
Big John Kennedy told his protege;
"A man who can take care of him
self with his hands, an’ who never
lets whiskey fool him or steal his
head can go far in this game of poli
tics. An’ it’s a pretty good game at
that, is politics, and can be brought
to pay like a bank."—.If. K. Werner i.i
Tammany Hall.
Women Are Partners
More than ten million women march
to work every morning side by side
with the men. Steadily the impor
tance of women Is gaining no* only in
the routine tasks of industry, but In
executive responsibility 1 Include 1
also the woman who stays at home i
as the guardian of the welfare of the :
family. She is a partner in the job
and the wages.— HERBERT HOOVER
in hts Remark speech.
Palo Alto Neighbors Praise
Kindly Hospitality of Their
Most Famous Residents.
MRS. HOOVER VERY POPULAR
She Planned Her California House
Herself and Superintended the
Building of It on Stanford
University Campus.
By Ruth Comfort Mitchell
PALO ALTO.—The town of Palo
Alto and the campus of Stanford Uni
versity fairly pulse and glow with
the presence of the Hoovers. It isn’t
only the visible manifestation of flags
and banners and flowers and printed
placards in the shop windows, but
something which is at once less tan
gible and yet more real and perma
nent—the genuine warmth of pride
and loyalty which radiates from faces
and voices everywhere.
Tiie Hoovers are and always have
b: ti an integral part of the picture
here, and it is interesting and illumi
nating to see them through the eyes
of college mates, old friends, neigh
bors, and newcomers, proud to share
thfdr world eminence.
Men and women of their own gen
eration remember their university
days and sketch two fine and vital
young people who showed in youth
the keenness, the energy, and devo
tion and balance w'hich have made
them what they are today.
It is a community rich in members
of the "I-Knew-’Em-When-Club.” Peo
ple like to paint them as they have
known them through the years—col
lege students, the young married cou
ple taking the great out-trail of the
mining engineer, forging steadily and
Herbert Hoover
solidly ahead by reason Qf grit and
endurance and cleverness, coming
into professional and material suc
cess and taking it simply and sensi
bly, coming back to build a typical
California home on a California hill
overlooking the campus where they
worked and played and found each
other in a community of interests and
character.
The Hoover house is reached by a
winding, mounting road from the
campus, and is built on a hill, with
the mountains piling up behind and
beyond it, and the red tiled roofs of
Stanford just below.
It is a low, rambling edifice of the
pueblo type and fits so perfectly into
its setting that it seems as compo
nent a part of the landscape as the
trees and the rolling ridge itself.
Neighborly House
The Hoover house is symbolic of
the Hoovers themselves in the way
in which it merges into its back
ground. There is nothing aloof about
it; it is tucked in cosily between its
neighbors. Hoover trees shade neigh
bors’ lawns and neighbors’ roses spill
over Hoover fences. There is a gate
cut into the wall so that the neigh
bors can come through, without going
round to the front, to share the swim
ming pool. Neighbors come and go,
now, in these dramatic days, as they
always did, slipping in with baskets
of fruit and armfuls of flowers; there
is no tension, no sense of strain or
impending strain in the atmosphere.
Mrs. Hoover feels strongly that the
California out-of-doors is so brilliant
ly, often harshly bright, that the in
sides of houses should be cool and
restful, and she has attained that ef
fect in her own. In all decoration she
is fonder of the beauty of line, or de
sign, rather than color. One stops
into a rather small reception hall,
round in shape, with stairs leading
down from it to sleeping rooms, and
the living room and the open roof be
yond beckoning from it. Everything
is low-toned and restful to the eye
which has just come in from emerald
lawns and turquoise sky—brewn on
floor and' wall and window, with an
Indian basket filled with hearty hued
zinnias for the only robust color note.
The guest rooms are below, and
they, too, are in the same color
scheme. They are delightfully invit
ing, deliciously comfortable, plain,
homey, simple.
Comfortable and Livable
There are generous beds and deep
chairs really made to sit in. There
is not a stiff, badly angled chair in
the Hoover house! There are more
of the cheerful zinnias in pottery
bowls, and books on the table which
are meant to be read. And there are
no delicate, monogrammed, too-ex
Charter No. 5770.
Reserve District No. 10
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
The O’Neill National Bank
At O’Neill, in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business on
October 3, 1928.
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts _
RESOURCES
$414,411.14
268.87
91,300.00
72,582.94
5,068.00
8,181.93
United States Government securities owned __
Other bonds, stocks, and securities owned_
Banking house, $3,380. Furniture and fixtures, $1,680
Real estate owned other than banking house _
Reserve with Federal Reserve Bank _ $28,009.28
Cash and due from banks ____101,205.92
Outside checks and other cash items___ 530.04 129,745.24
Redemption fund with U. S. Treasurer and due from
U. S. Treasurer .-____ 2,500.00
Total
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in _
Surplus ._Tl._____
Undivided profits—net ___ _
Circulating notes outstanding ...._
Due to banks ____
Demand deposits ._ _
Time deposits _____
Bills payable _____
Notes and bills rediscounted ....
1 ,
Total ____:..
45,617.40
$302,309.67
197,329.91
$724,058.12
$ 50,000.00
50,000.00
29,151.14
49,650.00
545,256.98
NONE
NONE
... $724,058.12
State of Nebraska, County of Holt, ss:
I, S. J. Weekes, President, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the beet of my knowledge and belief.
S. J. WEEKES, President.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of October, 1928.
(Seal) J. H. MEREDITH, Notary Public.
My commission expires Sept. 15, 1932.
Correct—Attest: C. P. Hancock, J. P. Gilligan, H. P Dowling, Directors
(This Bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders)
MEEK AND VICINITY.
Mrs. Frank Griffith and son, Cecil,
returned Sunday from North Platte,
where they visited for a few days
with the Charlie Griffith family.
N. I). Hansen and son, Adolph, of
Fairfax. South Dakota, came Sunday
for a visit at the Eric Borg home and
also to erect a windmill on his farm.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs. A.
L. Borg on Wednesday. Quite a large
crowd attended. The ladies are plan
ning on a bazaar to be held in the
near future.
Mr. and Mrs. Schelkpof and daugh
ter, of Geneva, Nebraska, came last
week for a visit at the home of their
son, Mart, and family.
The Herb Worth family, of Wake
I field, came last week for a visit at the
home of their son, Bob, and their
daughter, Blanche and son, Fritz.
The Ladies Club met at the home
of Mrs. Roy Karr on Friday evening.
Quite a few of the members were
away, but those who attended report
a fine time.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters and
daughter, Florence and A. L. Rouse, of
O’Neill, visited at the Rouse Bros,
home on Sunday.
F. H. Griffith spent Sunday at the
R. D. Spindler home.
The Dan Hansen family were week
end visitors at the Ed Henefin home at
Gregory, South Dakota.
Roy Karr has his house finished and
is painting it at this writing.
Eric Borg visited at the Frank Grif
fith home on Monday.
Quite a crowd attended the party at
Orville Harrison’s on Saturday even
ing and a good time was reported.
Arthur Rouse spent the week-end at
the Stierberg home near Orchard.
Mr. Gaddie was thrown from a
mower, when his team became fright
ened!, and ran away. He died soon
after the accident.
Mrs. Roy Young and daughters, and
her mother and brother, of Central
City, Nebraska, came Friday on a
visit with relatives. They spent Sat
urday at the Ralph Young home.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walters and
daughter called at the Ralph Young
home Monday evening.
Harry Fox had the misfortune to
get a badly sprained ankle while load
ing hogs one day last week
Mr. and Mrs. George Hansen and j
son, Gerald, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie \
Hoyer, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Hoy-1
er returned Tuesday night from a trip
to Southern California. They report
THE ROYAL THEATRE’
Home of Good Pictures
-Thursday, Oct. 11th
Barry Norton in
“FLEETWING”
Desert Law Damanded that the boy
share the spoils of his victory with
his tribe.
-Friday-Saturday, Oct. 12-13
W. C. Fields and Chester Conklin in
“FOOLS FOR LUCK”
You can’t tell anything about
comedy making.
-Sunday-Monday, Oct. 14-15
Big Special—Richard Barthelmess and
Alice Joyce in
“THE NOOSE”
To speak the truth meant his free
dom.
-Tuesday, Oct. 16th —;
Sally Phipps in
“NONE BUT THE BRAVE”
Life guard and mermaids on the
shores of a sun drenched sea in a
story of Youth, Love and Adventure
—with a Bathing Beauty Pageant film
ed in gorgeous technicolor.
- Wednesday, Oct 17th -
Ralph Lewis in
“CROOKS CAN’T WIN”
Politics, graft, greed, the myriad
darksome channels of crime.
- Thursday, Oct. 18th -
Eleanor Boardman, Conrad Nagel,
Lawrence Grey in
“DIAMOND HANDCUFFS”
You must meet the successor to the
gold digger—the diamond digger.
-Friday-Saturday, Oct. 19-20
Wallace Berry, Raymond Hatton and
Zasu Pitts in
“WIFE SAVERS”
As the Swiss Alpine guide—Berry
is a scream. The most hilarious
climber that ever tried out a yodel.
a fine time and the California friends
enjoying good health.
Little Ruth Lindburg ran a nail in
her leg which made a painful wound.
A short time later she injured one arm
quite badly.
John Kaczor and son, Bernard, and
Grandpa Kaczor came over from Boyd
county Tuesday.
Mrs. Clarence Hicks visited with
Mrs. A. L. Borg on Wednesday.
Engraved Xmas Cards at Frontier.
C. E. Havens
Republican Candidate For
State Representative 64th District
Election, November 6, 1928
Used Cars
1924 Dodge Touring
1926 Dodge Sedan
1927 Dodge Sedan
These ears rebuilt and will give lots of cheap miles.
J. M. Seybold
Graham-Paige Dealer,
O’Neill, Nebraska