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The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice at O’Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Matter. One Year, in Nebraska $2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub lisher 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 between pub lisher and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES Display advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ads 10c per line, first insertion, sub sequent insertions, 5c per line. LIVING COSTS The nation is begining to pay Ijm bill for certain New Deal follies. Quite generally and very materi ally the cost of living is going up. It is true that the prolonged and serious drouth is directly to blame for most of the current price in creases, but were this country com fortably stocked with its normal surpluses of crops and commodit ies there would not yet be felt any serious price reactions because of drouth effects. Had the nation been stocked as of yore with millions of bushels of wheat and corn and oats carried over from previous ssurpluses; had not farmers been asked to curtail production of other items, and had not the government waged a sensa tional campaign to bring nbout its fabled "abundance of scarcity,” today's living costs would only have been nominally higher. As a specific instance, witness pork. It is soaring at an almost unpre cedented rate and as the prices rise, the ghosts of (5,000,000 little pigs and brood sows must surely haunt the progenitors of this scar city theory while these latter view with increasing alarm from Wash ington the rapidly changing con dition of living costs they have brought about. Of course, great pains are taken by Messrs. Roosevelt, Wallace and Tugwell to blame it all on the drouth, and while busy at this task none of them mentions the plow under campaign, the kill-the-pigs edict nor any of the other glaring major mistakes the brain trusters made in putting their theories into practice.—Ohio State Journal. SIMMONS SERIOUS Declining his opponent s proposal of a series of joint debates Robert G. Simmons appropriately replies to a letter front Terry Carpenter. Mr. Carpenter suggested the joint debate because, in his view, “the voters are entitled to some amusement.” That about measures the Carpen ter aims. He is willing to “amuse” his hearers by decanting on his large collection of political vargarides, elaborating plans that are ilusive ami impossible. Mr. Simmons, as would be ex peced from him, measured by his public career, regards the office of United States Senator as one of dignity, to be considered seriously. Me also regards the issues of the campaign as affecting the liber ties, the prosperity, the very lives of the people. So far the Simmons campaign has been conducted with dignity. With drssd, and with fin sense of the a respect for the people he has ad importance of the office he seeks. Anad that is thd difference be- j tween the two candidates for United States Senator from Ne braska. Voters do not care much to be amused by Senators at present— they want to know what sort of service they A/ill get from the man , they choose to represnt thm in the senate.-Omaha Bee-News. — "WE’RE FOR YOU, NEIGHBOR’”! These words of a Dodge counti i farmer, who stood in the rain to | greet Alf M. Landon after driving j several miles to be present when j the Landon train arrived in Fre-! mont, probably expressed as clearly as any others the impressions of residents of this region who saw and heard the republican nominee here. Alf Landon gives the impression of a man who middlewesterners might call “neighbor.” There is nothing of the high-powered politi cal spellbinder about him. He talks as the average man would talk. He is no orator, but every time he speaks he says something, in language which the common per son understands. Those who saw him here were agreed that he has a personality that is pleasing and friendly. The Landon smile brought cheers as he stepped on the platform of his train. The Landon voice, and the informality of his talk, were im pressive. He did not wish elabor ate arrangements, nnd there were none here. The simplicity of the gathering seemed to further em phasize the fact that this presiden tial candidate is not a politician who has made the school of politics his foundation for his candidacy, and who has held public office a good part of his life, but rather is a man of the people, in sympathy with the people and their problems. Too few men like Landon be come candidates for the high offices in our government. Our political races have been swung more by oratory than by the common sense and ability of the candidate.—Fre mont Tribune. President Roosevelt says he will make no political speeches or gest ures until October. He also said he would reduce taxes and balance the budget. “This paper will support Gover nor Landon for president," writes Editor Cranib, long time democrat, in his Fairbury Journal. “Which does not mean this paper has turn ed republican. On many things we entirely disagree with him. But there is one good, sound reason for supporting him, one good, sound reason why every American should support him. And that is to keep Mr. Roosevelt from pack ing the supreme court and paving the way for the destruction of the American constitution. Hence, we shall support Governor Landon. We only ask that he oppose, the Roosevelt radicalism, that he stands firmly for the Aniericnn system, that he associate himself with those who are strong for democracy jand opposed to the autocracy of the bureaucrats.# That he can also keep books makes it still easier to support him.” Some of these days some heckler is going to embarass Mr. Ickes a lot while he is making a speech by asking him to define a democrat. I U & I STORE Ph5r 3 Free Deliveries daily. Phone your orders ttttTtMHBBBaaaiittMaaaBaaBBHBBaBDGaaaBBBBBBBBGHaa TOMATOES EX. STANDARD GRADE. NEW *’At q q«t NO. 2 Cans 10c, CASE OF 24 CANS NO. 2'iCANS 13c CASE OF ojt 24 CANS 90m4CU SALMON—ALASKA PINK ne. ONE POUND CANS 2 FOR ^OC SUGAR. 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Our workers may never see a tax bill, but they pay 1 in deductions from wages, in in creased cost of what they buy, or j (as now) in broad cessation of > employment .... Our people j and our business cannot carry its excessive burdens of taxation. . ” —Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pitts burgh, Oct. 19, 1932. “I shall use this position of high responsibility to discuss up and down the country, at all seasons, at all times, the duty of reducing taxes, of increasing the efficiency of government, of cutting out the underbrush around our govern mental structure, of getting the most public service for every dol lar paid by taxation. This I pledge you and nothing I have said in the campaign transcends in import ance this covenant with the txpay ers of this country.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sioux City, Iowa, Sept. 29, 1932. Performance. TAX REDUCTION Estimated Tax receipts in 1937 represent an INCREASE of 196' . over 1933. The following are tax receipts, including customs, of the Federal Treasury for the fiscal years end ing June 30, 1983-1937 (figures for 1936 and 1937 estimated or partly estimated): 1933 $1,855,174,208 1934 ... 2,954,038,131 1935 .... 3,621,043,062 1936 (Est.) 4,228,036,000 1937 (Est.)_ 5,494,144.000 A Bill for the taxation of future undistributed earrings of corpor ations and a “windfall” tax on processors of certain agricultural products was proposed in March, 1936. The majority report of this bill, signed by democratic members of the house or repre sentatives Ways and Means com mittee, forecasts new lax laws in 1937:“This, (the pending tax bill), will take care of the President’s request UNTIL THE NEXT SES SION OF CONGRESS which can then act more intelligently in the light of conditions then existing.” THE NEBRASKA SCENE by James R. Lowell Few persons have been in doubt the past few weeks that Senator Norris would get in the senatorial race in due time, but, nevertheless recent proof of his intention to ac cept a petition candidacy consti tutes one of the hightlights of the campaign to date and furnishes political diagnosticians and fore casters Hvitji a verjy substantial bone to whet their teeth on. What impresses the prognosti cators most is the likelihood that the doughty old warrior from Mc Cook, long held invincible, may at last taste defeat in an election. It is pretty generally conceded that Norris in the race will help Bob Simmons, the republican nominee for U. S. senator, and damages Terry Carpenter. Persons close to Simmons say he | is well pleased with the turn of events, while Carpenter has made public his own displeasure. Re cently he attacked the alleged cir culation of Norris petitions among WPA and other governmental workers in the state, and such a course was being pursued by pe tition circulators following luke warm reception of said petitions generally over the state, he de clared. Republican leaders, who have decried Norris’ wining election as a republican and. then taking up his abode in the democratic camp, are picking up their ears. They fought him for years as a political “traitor,” but the harder they fought the more votes he seemed to get. This fall they forsee vindi cation of their “righteous battle.” Insiders say that Senator Norris was entirely sincere in his an nounced desire to leave active poli tics and that he really did not in tend to run again when he stayed out of the primary election this spring. However, some prognos ticators have suspicioned that he wants to show the Nebraska re publicans who have opposed him that he can go places without then party label. One fairly certain result of Norris’ candidacy by petition will be the "entrance of a number of petition candidates for various local and state offices. The sena tor’s coattails look good for a ride to a lot of would-be office holders. The quetion *>f “who will be Queen of May of the May,” alias democratic national committeeman for Nebraska, has been a vexing one ever since politics began warm ing up last January. It is even more vexing now that Senator Burke has seen fit to chuck over the job which he won in the pri mary election. The three-way factional cleavage in the state democratic party is be coming more prounced, if possible, and about the only apparent thread connecting the three factions is common approval of Senator Nor ris, albeit in varying degrees of warmth. The Burke faction professes to be for Norris, altho Dan Stephens, of Fremont, ring-leader of the second faction, stated when Senator Burke resigned as national committtee man that the action was “in keeping with Burke’s anti-Roosevelt atti tude” and would be followed, Stephens supposed, by Burke’s coming out for Simmons, the “power trust candidate.” Stephens’ faction is whole-heart edly for Norris, while Terry Car penter, boss of third camp, admitts Norris has his good qualities, but has another candidate in mind for the senatorship. Incidently, Stephens’ thrust at Simmons about being a “power trust” candidate got quick action from the Simmons stronghold. The latter termed the charge “un founded and. unfair,” and pointed out that as a member of congress he voted for the government oper ation of Muscle Shoals throughout, against measures to deliver the project to private interests, for Boulder Dam construction includ ing government develpoment of power there, and “worked for and secured appropriations for the ex tension and completion of the power plants on the North Platte irriga tion project furnishing power to western Nebraska and eastern Wy oming.” Meanwhile, it appears James C. Quigley, of Valentine, democratic state chairman, will handle the national post. POLITICAL SIDELIGHTS: In Older to counteract the deluge of speeches made or about to be made in Nebraska by republican and other anti-Roosevelt speakers, the democrats are starting to get busy. It has been definitely announced that these three democratic speak ers will appear in the Cornhusker state in the near future: Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, American minister to Denmark, who, incidently will travel by car and trailer with her husband as chauffeur; Senator Joseph C. O’ Mahoney of Wyoming making four appearances this week in western Nebraska; and Senator j James Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. The Nebraska farmer-labor party will make another attempt September 12 at Omaha to hold a state convention to organize offic ially and get the party’s candi , dates on the November ballot. Richard O. Johqson, republican j candidate for attorney general who has been pinch-hitting as a speak , er for the republican organization, I will start his intensive campaign September 14 with a series of ap | pearances in northeastern Nebraska. The democratic campaign for all state offices is now in charge of Charles F. Bn» th of Seward, vice chairman of the democratic scate central committee. He is head quartering in Lincoln. Lieut. Gov. Walter H. Jurgen sen is urging establishment of a “modified civil service’’ system for state employees, banishment of nepotism from state offices, and he declares that married women whose husbands are employed permanent ly should be dropped from state pay rolls. When the first of the two new sound trucks furnished Nebraska by G. 0. P. national headquarters made its trial appearance in Lin coln it attracted, an admiring crowd but apparently you cannot please everyone. The truck, bearing a “Landon-Knox” sign on each side, came down “0“ street playing the , Battle Hymn of the Republic. ' What the music came to the “Glory j Glory, Halleluiah’’ chorus, a dour 'looking individual (presumably a democrat) gloomily remarked: “I suppose they’ll play Jesus Loves Me next.” A political campaigner visited the state house the other day with the encouraging report that the drouth in that area got so bad last month that the trees were chasing dogs. State soldier relief funds for the needy veterans of the World War were paid out for a total of §96, 049 for the fiscal year recently ended, altho the income for the year was only §77,124. The differ enme was made up with a cash bal ance on hand. Income for the previous year was $81,908. The reduction this year was due to reduced, interest rates and some defaulting investments made by the state. The soldier re lief fund is dervied from an invest ment of approximately $2,000,000 of state general funds appropriated by the legislature for that purpose a number of years ago. In addition to rehabilitation work and obtaining federal funds dus to World War veterans and placing many in federal hospitals where mental oases are treated, 6,916 vetreans were placed on jobs thru the national re-employment service during the year just ended. The number of war veterans seeking jobs through this employ ment service at the close of the fiscal year had dropped to 2,611, according to Henry A. Kriz, clerk of the state fund relief committee, whereas one year prio 5.807 were seekin gwork. Mr. Kriz last spring succeeded R. D. Douglas. Despite extreme drouth Nebras kan’s are going to have their new cars and gasoline to rlun them, and moreover, they have the money (or credit) to buy them, as shown by new car registration and gasoline tax collection figures. During July 4,511 new cars were registered in the state, this being 202 more new cars than were reg istered for the same month in 1935. New commercial car registrations for the state this July dropped, however, to 788 from last year’s 807. For the first six months of ! this year, 3,946 new trucks were purchased, an increase of 748 over PHOENIX HOSIERY I This stocking Is a 7-thread ringless service weight de signed for women who want long service from their stock ings, yet a flattering effect. The all silk Duo-Stretch Cus tom-Fit top molds to any leg and is an assurance of per fect fit and long wear. 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STATE HOUSE SHORTS: A slight gain in the prices paid for most kinds of food, clothing, feed for livestock and other supplies needed for Nebraska’s 18 state in stitutions under the board of con trol is reported, over the June level by the board which received bids this week on supplies. This pur chase will be for the three-month period from October 1 to December 31. Secretary of State Swanson re ports that the state real estate commission creaed by the last leg islature in regular session has is sued 2,149 real estate licenses to date. Brokers have received 1,837 STOP! DOES HAVE MARVELOUS i FLAVORJ DOESN'T IT? You get real beer when you ask for Store. There’s a mighty good reason. Store has been a leader among brewers for 60 years. Store has the brewmasters —the formulas—the very latest equip ment. And Store is slow aged. In short —Store knows how! For beer with real authority, ask for Store. 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