The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Pos'.office at O’Neill, Nebraska as Second Class Matter. ADVERSTISING KATES: Display advertising on Pages 4, 5 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 25 cents an inch (one column wide) per week; on Page 1 the eharge is 40 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisements, 10 cents per line first insertion, subsequent insertions 5 cents per line. Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. The state laws are very strict re garding the disposition of cattle or hogs that die from infectious diseases, but it seems that some of our residents do not pay much attention to the law. Last Sunday the body of a dead cow was found in the Elkhorn river, about three miles east of this city, and a diagnosis of the carcass developed that the animal died from anthrax. We do not think that anyone would deliberately endanger the lives of their neighbors or their neighbors live stock, but they are certainly doing it when they allow animals that die from such diseases as anthrax to lie in the river after death, or to lie exposed on the prairie anyplace. The easiest way to dispose of them, so as to assure safety for themselves as well as their neigh bors, is to burn the carcasses. LOW-COST ROADS That the highway dollars is being called upon to show far greater re turns than ever before i^ definitely shown by a survey of s.uet and„high way paving and surfacing done dur ing 1931. Analysis of reports com pleted by the Asphalt Institute, from 48 state highway departments, 410 leading counties, 1G7 principal cities and 47 larger New England towns, shows that during 1931 an aggregate of 463,730,045 square yards of streets and highways, were improved beyond the stage of plain waterbound maca dam and gravel roads, or the equiv alent of 42,000 miles of 18 foot width surfacing. Of this large total, more than 20,000 miles, or about 48 per cent, were of the low-cost surface-treated types and nearly 7,000 miles, or about 10 per cent, of the comparatively low-cost road-mix types. Thus the low-cost types made up more than 64 per cent of the total improved. Labor receives a larger share of the dollar spent for this type of construction than from any other. A study of returns from 48 state highway departments shows a sig nificant gain in the oemparatively low cost road-mix or mixed-in-place types, even on main routes; this one type with nearly 60 million square yards showing a tremendous gain over 1930 and indicating quite clearly the efforts on the part of state highway author ities to make the highway dollar go as far as possible.’' SAPPING THE NATION In a recent addi'ess, Harold McGug in, Representative from Kansas, held that taxes are draining the life blood of the nation. In 1913 the total annual tax burden of the country was $2,900,000,000. At present, our ability to pay is less than it was then. Yet in 1930 the total bur den reached $12,200,000,000, and it is appreciably higher nov\ Where, in 1913, the total public debt averaged 143 .33 per capita, it now averages more than $255.00. Congressman McGugin, like other qualified observers, lays the principal blame for exorbitant taxes on the con tinual widening of government activ ities. More and more billions are de manded for “relief”—for ventures into business, for subsides for states. The great bulk of these appropriations can benefit but a small part of the country, and must be paid for by people who get little or nothing in return. In concluding his address, Mr. Mc Gugin quoted an editorial from the Galen, Kansas, Times, which criti cized the habit of many persons, who are opposed to increased governmental activity in general, to ask for it when they believe it to be in their interest and said: “Let every weekly news paper in the United States express that thought and sooner or later the people in every nook and corner oi this country will be awakened to the need of reducing these governmenta activities. . . That is true, and it should be reimwibered. The country papers of the nation are well fitte i to lead in a campaign *hat will stem the rising tide of taxation and pre pare the way for renewed industrial activity and stimulated employment. THE PRESIDENT’S ACCEPTANCE The speech of acceptance by Pres ident Hoover in response to official notification that he had been nomin ated by the Republican National Con vention as its candidate for President was much more than a political doc ument. It was a message to the people of the United States from the man in all the world best qualified to make a report upon what their govern ment had been doing these past three and one half years to meet the unex ampled emergencies that have arisen, and to chart the course that should be followed if we are to reap the full benefit of these measures and to ride safely through what remains of the economic storm that has shaken the world. The one thought that stands out more conspicuously than any other throughout the whole of this master ful address is that no matter what happens the foundations upon which this nation has been built must not be destroyed or disturbed. “We have maintained the financial integrity of our government.” “As a nation we have paid every dollar demanded of us.” “We have used the credit of the government to aid and protect our institutions, public and private.” “We have provided methods and assurances that there shull be none sufFer from hunger and cold.” “We have instituted measures to assist farmers and home owners.” “We have created vast agencies for employment.” Anove an, we nave mamiameu me sancitity of the principals upon which this great republic has grown great. As a nation we are undefeated and unafraid. Government by the pople has not been defiled.” If it had been a normal period through which we have been passing, such words would have been uncalled for, for all these things would have been taken for granted. But, the past three and one half years have been so far from normal that these declara tions of the President are a timely and solemn reminder of the evils we have escaped, immeasurably greater than any we have suffered. If we look back over the disasters of these years we find, as the President said, that three quarters of the population of the globe has suffered from the flames of revolu tion. Many nations have been sub ject to constant change and vacillation of government. Others have resorted to dictatorship or tyranny in desparate attempts to preserve some sort of order. The United States of America, thanks be to God and thanks to Her bert Hoover in greater measure than many are now willing to concede, stands steadfast and secure. Its auth ority undisputed, its foundation prin ciples undisturbed, its integrity un questioned, its form of government unchanged and unchallenged. In defining the measures that have been taken to meet the problems of these days, the President has not hesitated to use the personal pronoun. An whoever had better title? The program that has been adopted is his program, the measures that have been devised are his measures, the leader ship that has given us steady direction through all the stormy days has been his leadership. With perfect propriety he may say: “I called the leaders of business and of labor and agriculture to meet with me.— ‘‘I assumed the leadership in mo bilizing all the voluntary and official] organizations throughout the country1 to prevent suffering— "I held that the Federal Government should relieve distress through loans to the Stages “I first secured the creation by private initiative of the National cred it Association.” In similar fashion, when he came to summarize his views on questions of national policy, with perfect pro priety and with full assumption of responsibility, he said: ‘‘I am squarely for the protective tariff. l am against proposals to destroy the usefulness of the bipartisan Tar iff Commission. “I insist upon an Army and Navy of a strength which guarantees that no foreign soldier will land on Amer ican soil. “I favor rigidly restricted immi gration. “I have repeatedly recommended the Federal regulation of interstate power. “I have repeatedly, for seven years, urged the Congress either themselves to abolish obsolete bureaus and com missions and to reorganize the whole Government structure in the interest of economy, or to give some one the authority to do so.” And so, through twenty paragraphs, compact and positive, the President states his position. Throughout the entire message there is no equivocation, no evasion, r.o haziness of thought, no weasel words. In his opening sentence the President declared it to be his inten tion “to speak so simply and so plain ly that every man and women in the United States who may hear or read my words can not misunderstand.” That is precisely what he has done And in doing it he has produced a document that will not suffer by com | parison with any state paper of any President at any time on any subjed and that in comparison will make th hurried and ilkonsidered acceptanc speech of another candidate for Pres ident seem altogether trifling and in consequential. The President of the United State has spoken as the President of th United States ought to speak. WHERE RESPONSIBILITY RESTS The liquor question is a legitimat political issue in Congressional cam paigns. Any change that is to b made in the present status of th 18th Amendment must be initiated b; the votes of Senators and Representa lives. Those who are interested, 01 either side of the question, have a per feet right, therefore, to let their vote for Senators and Representatives re fleet their views. But the liquor question is not i legitimate political issue in the elec tion of a President. The fiamer of the Constitution, always on thei guard against the possibility of des potism or dictatorship, wisely elirni riated the President from having an; part in a proposal to change tha document. They did not want t< place it within the range of possibili ties for an ambitious 1’resident t< bring about a change with which hi might perpetuate his power. An< so the matter of altering the funda mental laws was left wholly in thi hands of the people and their repre sentatives. Any resolution to ament the Constitution which may be adopt ed by two thirds of the members o: each House of Congress is sent di rectly to the Secretary of State wht certifies it to the governors of variou; states for ratification od rejection The President can not sign the reso I lution and he cannot veto it. Hi | has absolutely nothing to do with it. How illogical it is, therefore, foi | any voter to let his ballot for Presi i dent be determined by his views oi the liquor question. Let us vote fo: a Representative or Senator who i; wet or dry as our views on the sub ject dictate. But when we are elect ing a President, let us vote ffif* ; I President. Let us vote for a mat i whose stability of character, whosi wisdom and sound judgment am whose tested experience make him : fit leader for the American people and whose knowledge of internationa affairs and his standing among thi ' statesmen of the world fit him fo; l that rank among the councils of thi nations which the Presidency of thi; great country imposes upon hjm. Better rrices tor tattle, iiors. A survey of the ca'tle and hoj market indicates better prices be tween now and fall. A recent Feder al report shows a decrease of 7 pe cent in the average supply of porl for the fall season. The supply ol hogs in July was the smallest for that month in twenty-eight years. The recent up-turn in price levels which started about the middle oi July, began with hog prices. Sinct that time other commodity prices have fallen in line, and it is now very evident that the trend has turner; toward much higher levels. Other estimates show that the sup ply of cattle will also be short of the average for the next six or eighl ,' months. Replacement cattle are run t ning from thirty to fifty per cent less t than two years ago, and Canadian - and Mexican range cattle are barred - from competing with domestic cattle by the republican farm taritf. i - j Now Is the Time to Buy Something. If you are holding out any money, whether it is a ten dollar bill or ten ■ thousand dollars, now is the time to i get it out and buy something. There • are more bargains all about you today ; than you will probably ever see again » in your life time. The Hoover de j pression relief program has released - several billion dollars of money and i credit. That this new credit is being . I used is evidenced by the remarkable Cup-turn in prices of certain commod - ities, such as cotton, sugar, eggs, but I ter. poultry, hides, cattle, hogs, sheep, i wool, and so forth. ■ | Trade reports also indicate that in* ! dustrial prices are beginning to rise. ’J Money and credit cannot be put in circulation over night. The process is : glow but certain. And once it be gins its cycle. ' j Every day you will se something ’ i that you wanted, and did not buy, | marked up a little higher. And it 11 will not be long until you find you , are unable to buy it. There might be ' a piece of land in your neighborhood ’ | that is selling too low and you know 1 it. It will never be any cheaper. It j j is sure to go higher. Buy it today, i No matter what you buy, buy some . thing of tangible value and let it i grow into real money for you. A t! static dollar today is worth little to I you and will be worth less before you _ , ■ are six months older. Look over your j home, your farm, or your business house. Find out what you need and buy it today, tomorrow may be too late. BETTER UNHEARD Jud Tunkins says sometimes you can’t believe half you hear, and the half you can believe is the one you wish you hadn’t heard.—Washington Star. THEY GOT RESULTS The reason this country does not be long to the Indians now is because ! pioneers didn’t sit and wait for the ! government to solve their problems.— I Los Angeles Times. HOLT COUNTY FARM BUREAU NOTES _ James W. Rooney County Extension Agent Eggs! Eggs! Eggs! If chewing gum is stuck to any j thing, even hair, white of an egg will 1 remove it. In cleaning leather chairs, J wipe all the dust and dirt from the j leather, and rub it with a cloth sat i urated in well beaten egg white. After j the leather is dry, polish it with a soft | cloth and the leather will look like new. When beating eggs spearately, beat the whites first and add a little to the yolks. They will thicken more quick ly and not stick to the beater as much as when beaten alone. If it is nec essary to cook freshly laid eggs, allow them to lie in cold water ten minutes before placing them on the stove to cook. They can then be taken out of the shell more easily. Yolks will not crumble when the eggs are cut if the knife is dipped into water just before each egg is cut. Silage Produces More Beef Per Acre An aci’e of corn fed as silage pro duces almost twice as much growth on calves as an acre of similar corn husked out and fed as shelled corn, three years of experimental work at the Nebraska Experiment Sation has hown. Calves wintered on silage and alfalfa hay produced 59G pounds of growth per acre of corn, while similar calves on shelled corn and alfalfa hay pi'oduced 334 pounds of growth per acre. In both lots, the calves were wintered rather than fattened. The trench silo is being recomended sti-ongly to Nebraska farmers again this year by the Agricultural College. In areas where the corn crop has been damaged to some extent by July drought, farmers can l-ealize the greatest amount of return from the fields by putting the corn fodder into a silo. Several farmers in northern Nebraska can vouch that the trench silo pulled them through the {fast winter without expense for feed and without emergency relief. Even though the corn crop may be good, the farmer who will have to buy hay might well consider the stoi1 ing of his corn in a trench silo this fall. If he can get twice the beef per acre from his corn, with practically no cash outlay, the net returns from his farm will be higher than if he husked and fed the coi-n in the usual way. o Inals vvnere ' the Doctor / r / rnmAC r rn nr» ' ■ V An actusl incident told to ut by one of our cuctom er* showing hew one tele , pbena call nay bo worth * more than telephone service costs in a lifetime. c , I unny looking thing up there, isii t it ? Daddy's somewhere up there ^hen he’s gone. I've heard him. 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