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THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
Whither is Nebraska drifting?
Amidst political claims and counter
claims; pamphlets issued by state
i boards and bureaus and by chamb
ers of commerce, extolling the ad
vantages and superior qualities of
the Cornhusker state, the fact re
mains that Nebraska as a whole
has been slipping since 1920.
True, modern conveniences have
increased manifold and our larger
communities have been beautified
and recreational advantages in
creased, but the records show that
for the past 15 years the state’s
lands (Nebraska’s greatest asset)
has been diminishing.
The total assessment of real
estate, personal property, railroads
and intangible property in 1920
reached an all-time high of $3,811,
424,545. Since that time the total
valuation has been downward gen
erally until 1935 when it was ap
proximately 2,030,000,000. A gain
of $20,000,000 is shown for 1936
but the drouth will pull the total
down again in 1937.
The tremenduous recovery of
farm prices over last year is re
flected in the inceased valuations
placed on Nebraska’s livestock in
I
1936. Total number of cattle
is placed at 2,547,928 as against
2,488,476 last year. Valuation is
$67,326,678 or $8,000,000 over last
year. The average value per h^pd
increased $3 to the 1936 figure of
$26.42.
The number of hogs jumped from
883,009 to 978,491, and the total
valuation increased from $7,553,
969 to $10,932,050.
One of the large contributing
factors in the increased valuation
this year was the increase in numb
er of automobiles registered. They
jumped from 329,577 to 381,623,
and valuations skyrocketed from
$27,324,829 to $41,509,357. The
new law relative to taxing of motor
vehicles deserves much credit for
the gain.
On top of lowering valuations
since 1920, the population of the
state has also declined. The big
gain for the state came from 1860
when there were 28,841 inhabit
ants to 1890 when it reached 1,
058,910.
Since 1890 the population gained
slowly and not keeping pace with
Nebraska’s birth birthrate until 1,
377,963 was reached in 1930 A
census taken in 1935 shows that we
have lost 100,000 inhabitants in the
five years’ period, and are now
back to approximately our 1920
figure.
The losses have come in such
counties as Arthur, Banner, Boyd,
Brown, Cass, Cherry, Clay, Fill
more, Franklin, Garfield, Gosper,
Hamilton, Harlan, Holt, Loup,
Nuckolls and Thoma4i- Most of
the other counties have just about
held their own or increased some
since 1920. Biggest gains have
been in counties where the larger
cities are situated.
From 1876 to 1936 the average
annual rainfall has been 23 inches.
The bad years were 1890, 1893,
1894, 1895, 1899, 1910, 1916, 1931
[and 1934. The year 1894 was the
lecord breaker with only 13.30
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inches falling for the entire year.
The farm experts who shy clear
of political entanglements say the
reason that valuations have been
on the down grade in Nebraska is
because the soil is losing its fer
tility with use, while drainage and
the wornout condition of much of
the land makes for elss retention
of moisture.
During the extreme drouth year
of 1894 the state produced 46,410,
000 bushels of corn, whereas in
1934 the crop made only 6,145,770
bushels. What we need, accord
ing to the experts, is a sensible
plan of conservation, and. both the
republican and democratic plat
forms in the present campaign call
for such a system, altho the Roose
velt administration is credited with
taking the lead in such action.
The first barrage from the heavy
artillery in state politics broke
out this month, following the an
nouncement that the 1936 state
tax levy would be drastically re
duced.
Many republican newspapers and
leaders, chief among them Dwight
Griswold, republican gubernatorial
nominee, made haste to point out
thut the reduced levy means very
little.
Mr. Griswold states that “the ex
penses and appropriations of the
state of Nebraska are this year
the highest in the history of the
state.” He says that, “the money
simply is not being raised by a
property tax.”
Figures uphold Mr. Griswold, but
the democrats explain it nicely. The
bureaus that were created by the
last legislature are for the main
self-supporting, they say. For ex
ample, the real estate and. aviation
bureaus are supported by real es
tate men and aviators. The liquor
commission which makes a sizeable
dent in the government pocketbook
gets its money from liquor taxes.
The latter have gone a long way
towards financing the social pro
gram, which accounts for the larg
est increase in government spend
ing..
The political prognosticators
finally have decided that the vari
ous third parties that have attempt
ed to organize in Nebraska will cut
very little ice in the coming elect
ion. Both the socialists and the
Nebraska Farmer Labor parties
have tried unsuccessfully to get on
the ticket by the convention system
and this failure has discouraged
several other groups.
A large percentage, of the persons
backing the farm-labor group here
are individuals Avho have been as
sociated Avith various radical move
ments in the state in the past, the
political observes point out, and
some have run afoul of the law in
attempts to halt farm mortgage
foreclosure sales.
The socialist party of Nebraska
evidently has the same opinion of
the farm-labor group, as the farm
er's executive committee declined
the offer of the latter party to co
oprate in the coming election. The
socialists say the farm labor group
is not a movement of bona fide
labor and farm organizations, but
“primarily one of individuals avith
out farmers or laborers."
The mediocre showing of Town
send-plan candidates in the recent
Kansas primary election also is
convincing Nebraska politicians
that the old-age pension plan is
not going to be as potent a force in
the general elction as some of them
believed previously.
It has been rather definitely de
cided that Senator Vandenburg, of
Michigan, Avho announced some
time ago that he would speak in
Nebraska in support of the Landon
Knox ticket, and Robert G. Sim
mons, republican candidate for U.
S. senator, will appear at Scotts
bluff and. Omaha.
The democratic state organiza
tion has decided to establish state
headquarters at two sites—Oma
ha and Lincoln.
The State House Week in Brief:
Gasoline tax receipts received dur
ing July hit a new high all-time
record of $1,176,985 . . Liquor rev
enue for July slumped $53,033 be
Ioav the same month a year ago
last month’s total being $1.35,878.
The inference is that fewer Ne
braskans are trying to mix gaso
line Avith liquor.
The state treasury balance has
take i another jump, topping the
$7,874,925 cash balance of June 30
by nearly $400,000. The cash bal
ance July 31 avbs $8,247,508. The
state treasury now shows an over
all balance of $21,891,543, includ
ing $13,044,037 of permanent school
fund investments.
Measles are clown but scarlet
fever is up in Nebraska, state
healtjr department figures show
For the first seven months of this
year, 1,127 Nebraskans contracted
measles compared with 8,420 foi
the same period in 1935. Scarlel
fever cases, however, numberec
3,751 this year ar.d 1,243 last year
Other diseases showed little vari
ation.
The resettlement administration
which has regained some of its
fading glory since the drouth hit
the country, spent slightly more
than $4,500,000 in Nebraska in its
first year of operation. Standard
loans account for $4,096,914 of this
amount, and emergency seed loans
$58,820. Only $3,417 had been ex
pended in drouth grants up to
August 1.
Nebraska’s state employment
service, authorized by the 1935 leg
islature in co-operation with the
federal government, started oper
ations this week with Rudolf F.
Vogeler in charge. District offices
are being opened in Lincoln, Oma
ha and Norfolk, with branch offices
at Beatrice and Fremont. The
service is free both to employe and
employer.
“Keep your eyes on the woman
driver,” is the advice of Nebraska’s
“safest driver,” Lynn Douglas Mil
ler, 40, Cedar Bluffs. Miller was
singled out for this honor and
covering the state 20 years as a
traveling salesman. He will rep
resent the state at a “safety
motorcade” in New York City on
August 3. He has driven 342,000
miles without even a minor acci
dent, and his greatest problem has
been in avoiding other drivers.
His highway speed is 50 ni. p. h.
THIRTY YEARS Successful prac
tice is your guarantee that Per
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your glasses right. See their
representative at
O’Neill, Friday
August 21, 1930
HERE AT LAST—
Terms you have never seen
before. SI.00 down, $1.00
per week buys a CORON
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women pay more than this to
have their ironing done. Sale
price on Electric Refriger
ators. As low as $74.50. ^
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Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Fat &
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Auction Every Tuesday starting at 12:30 p. m.
Our selling charges are very moderate. If we do not sell
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