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MUST BE HARD OF HEARING
The Frontier, January 19:At the
weekly luncheon of the Lions Club last
Tuesday the question of a reduction
in the telephone rates and the light
rates, charged in this city, was taken
up and fully discussed. It seemed to
be the concensus of opinion that the
rates charged by both of these corpor
ations were too high, considering the
times, and that they should be reduced.
Outside of the discussion no action was
taken regarding the matter.
Independent, January 27: As a
member of the Lions Club who was
present at this meeting, we are at a
loss to know Why such an article
should appear at all. The facts are
that this was NOT discussed nor was
any action taken in regard to this
matter, as the Lions Club has refused
to take this matter up at any time.
The question is not one for the Lions
Club to handle. The Lions realize
that these institutions are an asset
to O’Neill and the Lions are friendly
towards everything that will be a help
to O’Neill—that is what they are or
ganized for and nothing else. If any
Lion gave out).any such a false state
ment, he should be censured for it, and
if not then The' Frontier should be
careful. It is such things as this that
puts the Lions in bad and should be
stopped. The Lions are here to boost
and not tear down. Keep this fact in
mind.
When the editor of the Independent
says the matter of the reduction of
rates was not discussed at the above
meeting we can only say that he is
badly in need of an ear trumpet, for
he must be very hard of hearing.
We have the word of several memb
ers of the Club that the matter was
discussed at this meeting and that
as a matter of fact the same matter
was brought up at a former meeting
some three or foiy weeks before.
The Frontier did not say any action
was taken on the matter, but stated
positively that no action was taken,
otherthan dismissing the matter.
The Frontier did not express any
opinion nor make any comment on
the matter discussed by the Lions, but
as this is an organization organized
for the purpose of promoting the
material welfare of the \arious cities
in which they are located this news
paper, as a duty it owes its army of
readers publishes various activities of
the Club as a matter of news. Con
trary to the implied opinion of the
Independent this is not a secret society
but its activities, when they effect the
people of the city, are matters of
public comment and should bo given
publicity. Get a trumpet, George!
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
By Frank P. Litschert
We have heard n great deal during
the past few months about balancing
the budget, reducing taxes and nation
al ancf local expenditures. So far as the
local units of government are con
cerned the agitation for economy and
lower taxes have had some effect.
Fewer municipal bond issues are being
sold than for many months. Expenses
in many states and cities are being
trimmed and this will eventually re
sult in lower taxes if the people will
only stay on guard.
But how about the national govern
ment? What are its prospects along
this line for the coming months? Are
we to have a balanced budget through
reduction of national expenditures, or
are we to have still higher taxes and
more economic pressure as a result?
Only the future can tell. Both politic
al parties were on record for economy
and the slashing, of expenditures. But
enough proposals have now been
brought forward to increase Uncle
Sam’s expense a dozen billion dollars
if all of them were to be enacted. And
very little is being heard about reduc
tion of expenditures and fewer taxes
at Washington. The Republicans are
naturally saying little, as they are
going out of power in a few weeks.
Perhaps Mr. Roosevelt will say some
thing to calm the troubled waters with
in the next few weeks. It is earnestly
to be hoped so. He is said to favor a
twenty-five per cent cut in expendi
tures.
Of the proposed outlay of billions,
many of the plans are for helping the
farmer. A great many people still
seem to have an idea that the United
States government can restore the
prices of agriculture through some
legislative magic. A huge program
has been mapped out and introduced
by the Democratic leader, Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, calling for an
expenditure of a billion and a half to
assist agriculture. The program is
said to include the recommendations
of the farm organizations of the coun
try, who were promised by Mr. Roose
velt in the campaign that if they would
get together on a program he would
agree to it.
The plan includes a provision for a
new billion dollar government agency,
the “Emergency Agricultural Refin
ance Corporation,” to lend up to $10,
000 to individual farmers on first or
second mortgage security providing
the total mortgages do not exceed 75
per cent of the value of the property.
The bill would also put the govern
ment squarely behind the Federal Land
Banks.
But there are many other proposals
for federal outlays of money. Senator
Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado, has
introduced a measure which it is
claimed, establishes a permanent fed
eral dole for the idle, with a half bil
lion dollar relief fund to be admin
istered by an Emergency Federal Re
lief Board. Another bill provides for
a United States Exchange Corpora
tion with a capital of a half billion
and authority to issue government de
bentures to the sum of two and a half
billions to lend funds to corporations
to provide employment, and to individ
uals to provide them with purchasing
power.
Then there are additional proposals
for the payment of the veterans bonus
which is due in 1946. Mr. Patman of
Texas still wants to pay for this by
inflating the currency. Other bills
provide for federal aid to states,
counties and municipalities for educa
tional purposes. In short, the number
of proposals for appropriating more
federal money to be raised either by
more taxes, by bond issues or by in
flation is so great as to make one
fairly dizzy in contemplation.
In the meantime foreign made goods
are flooding the country, coming over
our tariff wall for the reason that de
preciated currencies abroad have made
this possible. This shut down our
American factories and put out of
jobs American workers who could be
using more of the products of the
American farm, if the workers could
afford to buy them. Damming of this
flood of foreign made goods, made by
cheap labor paid in tin money, would
go a long way toward restoring busi
ness and agriculture in America.
MANY NEW BILLS
New bills in the house Monday in
clude:
H.R.No. 428, by Uttecht—To change
thie time for publication of estate
notices from “three weeks successive
ly” to ■‘for three straight weekly ,v.
lications.”
H. R. No. 429, by Uttecht—To re
duce the maximum rural school levy
from eight to six mills and to strike
the power of 60 per cent of the voters
of a district to vote a levy up to 20
mills.
H. R. No. 430, by Dugan—To permit,
in action for damages for the wrong
ful death of another, recovery for
such an amount as will compensate
for pain, mental suffering and loss of
companionship, not to exceed $2,500.
H. R. No. 431, by Dugan—To change
the provisions for blind pensions from
“may” to “shall” but retaining not
to exceed three hundred dollars a year
provision.
H. It. No. 432, by Meier—For a 4
cents a gallon tax on gasoline sold or
used in aircraft using any public land
ing field in Nebraska.
H. R. No. 433, by Meier—To appro
priate $4,332 for relief of Lloyd Hend
ricks for alleged effect of a mental
breakdown at the national guard camp.
II. R. No. 434, by Dugan—To pro
hibit manufacture, sale or giving
away of any gambling devices, includ
ing slot machines.
H. R. No. 4155, by McGonigle—To
fix the maximum rates for electric
energy, service charges not to exceed
75 cents a month, rates not to exceed
7 Vi cents a kilowatt hour for the first
50 hours and reductions down to not
to exceed 4 cents per kilowatt hour for
energy in excess of four hundred kilo
watt hours a month, and providing
penalties.
H. R. No. 436, by Adams and others
—For censorship of motion pictures
by the governor with seven deputies.
Emergency.
H. R. No. 437, by Cone—To stop the
sale of real estate for delinquent tuxes
and instead to issue for such delin
quent lands a Nebraska tax invest
ment security to draw 4Vi per cent in
terest and to be a first lien. Emergency.
H. R. No. 438 by Cone—To reduce
the salary of the bank commissioner
from a maximum of $7,500 to $4,000;
of the tax commissioner from $5,000
to $4,000; of the public works secre
tary from a maximum of $7,500 to
$5,000; of other code secretaries from
$5,000 to $4,000; of the state sheriff
from $4,000 to $3,600 and to reduce
all code and governor’s deparment em
ployees’ salaries 20 per cent but not
to cut below $1,000 minimum. Emer
gency.
H. R. No. 439 by Cone—To limit the
interest rate which can be collected
from building and loan associations to
8 per cent.
H. R. No. 440by Cone and Sheldon
—To change provisions for publication
of initiative and referendum measures
for every legal newspaper to one in
each county selected by the secretary
of state.
H. R. No. 441 by Cone and others—
To require appraisal of all lands be
fore forced sale and prescribing the
method.
H. R. No. 442 by Meier, by request
—For a state gasoline and oil busi
ness with stations in each county, the
surplus profits to go into the state
treasury for relief of the real estate
levy.
H. R. No. 443 by Freeouf—To for
bid purchase of live stock for slaught
er. except in open approved public
markets where animals are sold un
der competitive bidding, and to pro
vide penalties. Emergency.
H. R. No. 444 by Freeouf—For a tax
of 25 cents a square foot per year on
billboards, the revenue to go to county
road funds.
H. R. 445 by Freeouf—To prohibit
stockyards from charging for hay and
feed for live stock in excess of 10 per
cent above the market price and pro
viding penalties.
H. R. No. 446 by Larson—To elim
inate school taxes from the list of
taxes which become delinquent May 1
of the year after taxes are assessed.
H. R. No. 447 by Larson—To auth
orize H. I). Odell of Thedford to sue
the state for adjudication of his claim
for damage to his land from highway
construction. Emergency.
H. R. No. 448 by Larsen—To add to
the state highway system a road com
mencing at Gandy and running north
east to connect with No. 75 at Dunning
H. R. No. 449 by Brock and Peters
—To have the compensation of pre
cinct assessors fixed by county boards.
H. R. No. 450 by Jackman—To give
the state railway commission power
to regulate rates and service of all
electric utilities in cities of the second
class, villages or rural territory and
to provide that franchises by such
municipalities be indeterminate per
mits.
H. R. No. 451 by Freeouf—To re
peal the barber license laws.
H. R. No. 452 by Rohiff—For a
board of examiners to license garage
mechanics.
H. R. No. 453 by Steutville—To ap
propriate |2,500 for relief of James A.
Moore, for a heat stroke allegedly
suffered while employed by state *jub
lic works department.
H. R. No. 545 by Rohliff and Jack
man—To require licensing of “brokers
of transportation of passengers by
motor vehicles’’ and requiring bond
and fee in city in which they operate.
H. R. No. 455 by Rohliff—To per
mit persons owing delinquent taxes to
pay the principal of the taxes before
December 31, 1933, and to cancel the
interest.
H. R. No. 456, by Freeouf—To re
quire outdoor advertising firms to take
out an annual one hundred dollar lic
ense for operation of billboards, the
revenue to go to the state highway
fund.
H. R. No. 457, by Vance—To require
publication of all school board bud
gets.
H. R. No. 458 by Klopping—To cre
ate a division of dairy control in the.
state inspection department, to appoint
a dairy commissioner and to provide*
for regulation of the dairy business,
licensing of processing plants and en-,
forcement of fair price laws.
H. R. No. 459 by Nickles—To
strengthen the law requiring liability
insurance for persons against whom a
judgment for an automobile accident
has been rendered but is unpaid.
H. R. No. 460 by Barnes by request
—To repeal all full train crew laws.
Emergency.
II. R. No 461, by Reed and Mitchell
—To permit Lincoln to add any con
tiguous territory which has been sub
divided into tracts of not more than
20 acres.
H. R. No. 462 by Cronnse—To pe*v
mit the Douglas county election com
missioner at small elect.ons to dis
ocme with clerks if not needed «nd
let judges serve as clerks.
H R. No. 46d, by Crov.’.se—To re
quire the publication of members of
election boards in two iusnad of ihree
Douglas county newspapers.
H. It. No. 164 by Cvt i nse, by .t
quest—For a state tax if 2 cen„s mi
each t ne hundred dollar lV.ce value on
all ' lies of sleek.
H. R. 465 by Steulvi.'le—To per
mit citips to* acquire property by
eminent domain as well as at general
elections (it now takes 60 per cent at
special elections.)
H. R. No. 466 by Steutville—To
forbid city officers in cities of the
first class from leasing real estate for
more than two years.
H. R. No. 467 by Beushausen—To
have road overseers elected at the
general election instead of at town
meetings.
H. R. No. 468by Beushausen—To
make it unlawful for anyone to own
or posses more than five sets of fishing
lines.
H. R. No. 469 by Beushausen—To
provide for election of state railway
commissioners by district instead of
at large.
H. R. No. 470 by Diers—To regulate
sale of frozen desserts, fixing the milk
requirements, providing for licensing
of manufacturers under under the ag
ricultural department.
H. R. No. 471 by Fulton—To require
persons offering good for sale at pub
lic auction to furnish person conduct
ing the sale with a bill of sale in ad
vance and to provide penalties.
H. R. No. 472 by Reed—To provide
for printed construction codes being
incorporated in all building contracts
by the state and its subdivisions with
out being set forth in the contracts.
II. R. No. 473 by Nckles—To per
mt licensed workers in health pro
fessions who allowed licenses to lapse
to renew the licenses upon recommend
ation of the examining board and pay
ment of the renewal fees.
H. R. No. 474 by S. B. Johnson—To
provide that in actions properly
brought in municipal court a summons
may be issued against other defend
ants in any countv in the state and to
raise the pay of jurors from $1 to $2
when a verdict s returned and from
50 cents to $2 when the jury fails to
agree on a verdict.
H. R. No. 475 by Cushing—To re
quire town meetings to be kept open
until 6 p. m.
H. R. No. 476 by Cushing—To pro
vide that conventions for nominating
candidate.? be held on the fifth Wed
nesday before the date for elections.
H. R. No. 477 by Cushing—To re
quire the state railway commission
to furnish the tax commissioner with
the values claimed for rate making
purposes of common carriers or pub
lic service companies. Emergency.
H. R. No. 478 by Cushing—To re
quire the state board of equalization
to accept as conclusive for tax pur
poses the values of common carriers
and public service companies furnish
ed the tax commissioner by the state
railway commission. Emergency.
H. R. No. 479 by Cone—To regulate
the interest charges of building and
loan associations.
(Continued on page 8, column 1.)
BRIEFLY STATED
Get your permanents at Margaret’s
Beauty Shop and receive a 50 cent re
duction on guaranteed waves.—Phone
108, O’Neill.
M. R. Sullivan came over from Hart
ington last Friday evening to attend
the funeral of J. F. Gallagher Satur
day morning and to spend a few days
with the home folks.
This is “Ground Hog” day and if the
old saying is correct we are in for
six weeks of winter, for the old boy
could easily see his shadow today, if
he crawled out of his hole.
Mrs. Celia Newman, of Page, was
before the insanity commission last
Thursday afternoon, adjudged insane
and ordered committed to the insane
asylum at Norfolk. Mrs. Newman is
about 76 years of age, a widow lady
and had been living at Page. She was
taken to the asylum at Norfolk Friday.
E. F. Peterson has leased the build
ing north of the postoffice, recently
occupied by McNalley’s bowling alley,
and will open a pool hall and bowling
alley therein. The pool hall, now run
by Elmer Merriman, in the Brennan
building, will be moved there and
there will be one alley installed, so
that the lovers of this game will be
able to indulge in their favorite sport.
This section of the state was visited
with the only real snow fall of the
year last Tuesday. It snowed most
of the day, the fall here, according to
Weather Observer Bowen, amounting
to four and one-half inches. The snow
was much heavier west of here and
did not extend very far east. In the
eastern part of the state, it was rain
ing while it was snowing here. Local
farmers say that the snow will be of
great benefit to the fall grains. Wed
nesday morning it was nice and clear
and today it is quite warm. Tuesday
night the thermometer got down to
three above zero, which is the coldest
it has been here for several weeks.
FARMER’S DIARY SHOWES
UNFAIRNESS OF TAXES
A farmer livinb near Morrill, Nebr.,
has been keeping a diary for several
years and the othehr day he copied the
entries for the months of March, 1896,
commencing with March 15th and the
month of March, 1919, commencing
with March 20th and submitted the
result to a friend of his who resides
at Scottsbluff. This friend took a copy
years and the other day he copied the
of it with him to Omaha where S. J.
Weekes received a copy his last trip
down there. When John let us look it
over we were so impressed with the
comparative prices of 1896 and today
that we decided to publish it for the
benefit of our readers, and here it is:
1896:
March 15—Sold 100 bushels of corn at
7% cent sper bushel.
Bought one pint whiskey
25 cents.
March 17—Sold 6 dozen eggs at 4
cents per dozen.
Worked for Peterson, my
dinner and 35 cents.
March 25—Sold 19 hogs, average
weight 225 lbs, 2*4 cents
per pound.
March 26—Sold 500 bushels of wheat
at 14 cents per bushel.
Paid taxes on a section of
land, $117.00.
1919:
March 20—Sold 3000 bushels of wheat
at $3.10 per bushel.
March 23—Sold 80 hogs, average
weight 210 lbs, $22.00 per
hundred.
March 29—Hired man $4.00 per day,
board and room.
Sold ten dozen eggs at 46
cents per do,zen.
Paid taxes on section of
land $1,710.00.
It will be noted that in the above the
taxes increased from $117 to $1,710 in
the twenty-three years, between these
periods and while the price of farm
products were a good deal higher than
in 1896, they were a long ways from
being fourteen and one-half times as
great.
WANT TO REMOVE
PARTY CIRCLE
The bill to remove the party circle
from the state ballot was advanced to
third reading in the Nebraska House
of Representatives last Wednesday
with a vote of 59 for to 32 against.
Nine were absent and not voting.
Had this bill been in effect at the
last general election there are many j
democrats in the state house at Lincoln
that would not be there, including
many of the senators and representa
tives. In this county Roosevelt re
ceived a majority of 2,386 votes, while
Slaymaker was elected state repre
sentative with only a majority of 188.
As there were hundreds of straight
ballots cast, and many of them by
men and women who are normally re
publicans, it is easy to see what would
have happend to Mr. Slaymaker had
not these straight ballots counted for
him. Likewise many of the republic
an state candidates would have car
ried this county, with the party circle
eliminated, but with the party circle
all democrats carried the county. We
look for many democrats to change
their vote when the bill comes up for
third reading and defeat the bill as
they will not want to destroy the goose
that lays the golden egg.
HOLD-UP OF CHAMBERS
BANK IS THWARTED BY
PRESIDENT ED. ADAMS
(Continued from page 1.)
for several years and is married and
the father of three children, who are
living with their mother at Columbus.
He and his wife are divorced and for
the past several months he had been
living with his mother at Fremont.
His mother died the latter part of
December, since which time he has
been wandering around.
Boyle and Dr. Bennett, of this city,
were classmates at a veterinary school
at St. Joseph, Mo., for four years and
the latter said that he was surprised
that he had attempted a bank rob
bery. Boyle has been in trouble before
and served one term in the Nebraska
state penitentiary for writing no
fund checks.
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