The Frontier
D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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I unny looking thing up there, isii t it ?
Daddy's somewhere up there ^hen he’s gone.
I've heard him. The doctor's there, too.
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Mama says it got him when I fell and got
hurt—so I couldn't cry or anything.*’
We’ve tried to give you the thoughts ef
this toddler. Kis mother helped us . . .
mothers have a way of knowing . . . and this
mother tells how their telephone got the doc
tor in time when her baby fell while playing
and became unconscious.
erty; saves time and expense of trips;
keeps you in close touch with friends
and relatives —all for a few cents a day.
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CP/wtcction 0400 economy
in eve/iy <x/iop
More gasoline per mile and less power from
your motor—as your mileage creeps up
from five thousand to twenty-five thousand
miles—is the price of lubrication neglect
— the use of inferior oil, dirty oil, insufii
cient oil or oil of wrong grade.
To lengthen the useful life of your motor,
to keep repair bills low, to prevent loss of
motor power, to keep down gasoline cost
per mile—to secure operating economy—
requires high quality oil of correct grade,
replaced with clean oil at regular intervals.
meets
every specification of automotive experts.
It flows freely at low temperatures, holds
its body at high heat, contains no harmful
ingredients, does everything oil can dc for
your motor.
Consult the Polarine Chart. Use the cor
rect grade of new Polarine and you will
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