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THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebraska — The repub
licans will make a most unexpected
drive to elect a senator in 1940.
One contingent has talked of H. G.
Keeney of Cowles. Among the
farmers there has been some en
thusiasm. None in Omaha where
Mr. Keeney presides as president
of the Farmer's Union.
Arthur J. Weaver governor from
1929 to 1931 and defeated for aj
second term by Charley Bryan, is!
the proposed candidate. Mr.
Weaver cleaned up a state deficit
of $5,000,000 and was defeated as a
result of his action in making the
“White Spot” somewhere near re
splendent. Mr. Weaver’s work on
the Missouri River project has
made him popular in Omaha and
the eastern section of the state
where the heavy voting population
resides.
Passage of the country home
rule bill on March 1 by a vote of 31
to 6 ends a long battle for the sub
mission of a constitutional amend
ment which must be voted on at the !
1940 general election in Nebraska.,
By its provisions, counties which j
wish to change their present sys
tems may do so by a vote of the
citizens and the approval of the
legislature. Emil Von Seggern of
West Point was chief sponsor of
the bill, which received strong sup
port from Douglas county.
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“For the first time in the eight
een years that the state budget
law has been in operation, the leg
islature has not acted upon the
governor’s request , and introduced
his bills,” stated Stat0‘Ta*" Com
missioner W. H. Smith, as the leg
islature adjourned for its four-day
spring vacation without doing any
thing whatever, about the two ma
jor appropriation bills submitted
to it five weeks ago by Governor
Cochran.
At the request of L. B. Murphy
of North Platte, original introducer
of LB 185, which would have made
necessary an election in every town
served by a private utility comp
any purchased by a hydro-electric
district, hearing has been continued
until March 15, in Order to permit
the drafting of a new bill, which
will be in the nature of a compro
mise between the districts and the
irrigators of the North Platte val
ley.
In regard to his bill, Murphy said
“All we are insisting on is the right
to say whether the power we use
is going to came from ,.ne Guern.-*"/
dam or not. The bill w-as intended
exclusively for the protection of
the iirigators in the North Platte
val'ey.”
-March assistance payments to
dependent children of Nebraska
will be the same as those of Febru
ary, thanks to the action of the
legislature on the last day before
their “spring vacation,” in passing
LB 429, the bill which places the
allocation of assistance funds on
a basis of need, rather than popu
lation for the remainder of the bi
ennium, ending June 30. The vote
on the bill was 37 to 1, the lone
opponent of the bill being Dr. A. L.
Miller of Kimball, who declared
that the need basis “penalized six
ty counties which have been careful
with the expenditure of their as
sistance money.”
Rate Expert Little of the Nebra
ska state railway commission spent
last week in Washington, battling
for more equitable freight rates for
Nebraska. Low freight rates to
the east and high westward tariff
seem to be the ideas of the rail
roads. Jack Hartnett of Omaha
was present to assist Mr. Little in
the hearings. South Dakota had a
delegation present, consisting of
R. B. Willard of Mitchell, D. L.
Kelley of Pierre, and S. W. Carr
of Aberdeen.
Hearings on the monopoly fea
tures of the Nebraska radio-news
paper situation will be held in
Washington in May. Faced with
an appeal to the higher courts, the
Coryell company has withdrawn
its application for KREL. It is
reported that KOMO with the back
ing of Tom Pendergast, in Kansas
City, gathered in the prize. How
ever, the monopolistic features al
leged by the Coryells still stand as
part of the records, and they will
be probed by the Federal Commun
ications Commission.
A measure sponsored by the
League of Municipalities, which
would divert a part of the automo
bile license fees to cities and towns
for use on city streets, has been
held in the legislative revenue com
mittee for further consideration.
Advocates of the bill point out that
while city residents pay a large
part of the automobile license fees,
the greater part of the money re
ceived is spent on county highways.
The proposed measure provides that
the fees paid by city residents be
divided, half to go to the city, and
half to the state.
Word has been received in Lin
coln from Representative Coffee in
Washington that money is now j
available from the department of,
agriculture for loans for the con
struction of small pump irrigation
projects in western Nebraska.
These loans are to be made to low
income farmers who need pump-ir
rigation in order to make their
farms productive, and they are to
be for not more than $2,000 each, to
bear 3 per cent interest and to run
for 20 years.
"Failure of the FMAC is a tragic
demonstration of the weakness of
our present law governing the is
suance of securities and the power
of the bureau to police investment
firms for the protection of the pub
lic. The present legislature has a
splendid opportunity to render a
great public service by plugging
the legal loopholes that made such
a failure possible,” declared Paul
Jones, chief of the state bureau of
securities, in a recent statement in
regard to the failure of the First
Mortgage Acceptance Corporation
of Omaha. "The bureau now has
adequate power to examine a com
pany, but it is handcuffed by lack
of finances necessary to make such
examinations.” Jones asked the
legislature to give the board of
securities authority to examine any
and all investment firms and to
charge the expense of such examin
ation to the company, just as the
banking department does.
Jones' attitude and views were
later challenged by Dwight Holmes
of the Omaha Better Business Bu
reau, who appeared before a legis
lative investigating committee. He
declared that lack of enforcement,
not “loopholes” in the law, was the
reason for the continuation of op
eration in Nebraska of the FMAC.
Holmes asserted that “the bureau
had the power under the old law,
and retained it under the new law,
to order and audit an investiga
tion of FMAC when it applied for
a renewal of its brokers’ license.
The cost of the audit could have
been charged to FMAC. Repeated
ly I have called Jones’ attention to
the provision of the statute which
allows this.”
In reply to a request for an opin
ion from Ernest Adams, legislator
from Omaha, Attorney General
Walter R. Johnson stated Thursday
that “the state bureau of securi
ties has at all times had full author
ity to inspect and examine the af
fairs, books and records of the
First Mortgage Acceptance Comp
any of Omaha, and the bureau could
have charged the expense of such
examination to the company.”
On Mar. 1 Paul Jones was named
co-defendant in a $10,000 suit filed
in the district court by Clara E.
Hawk, who asks for damages
caused by Jones’ “negligence” in
licensing the First Mortgage Ac
ceptance Corporation. Another
defendant is the Massachusetts
Bonding and Insurance Company,
which furnished Jones’ bond, and
which, the plaintiff alleges, is leg.
ally liable for JoneV actions and
alleged misrepresentations. Other
defendants named are George N.
Clingerman, L. S. Holmes, and
George M. Hauser, agents of the
corporation.
An important decision of the Ne
braska Supreme Court was made
last week when it ruled that the
1911 law limiting to three acre feet
the amount of water allowed to ir
rigators in any one season cannot
be applied to water appropriators
with rights prior to that date. State
Engineer A. C. Tilley stated that
the difference in amount of water
which will be received by later ap
propriators will be particularly
noted at times of shortage.
Compulsory automobile testing
is evidently considered a “racket”
by the unicameral legislature, for
the amendment sponsored by E. M.
Von Seggern of West Point, requir
■ ing two inspections each year, re-1
ceived only three votes, and one of
them was his own. Declaring that
“we can’t legislate brains into auto
mobile drivers,” Edwin Schultz of
Elgin called attention to statistics
which showed that inattention on
the part of drivers, rather than
mechanical defects of cars, is re
sponsible for 24 per cent of the ac
cidents.
The consolidation at Lincoln of
the regional offices of the soil con
servation service for the northern
great plains, formerly at Rapid
City, S.D., and at Salina, Kansas,
has been accomplished and the ad
ministrtive personnel moved into
offices here last week. The service
which takes care of conservation
projects, water facilities, projects,
flood surveys, and CCC conserva
tion work, will cover Nebraska,
Wyoming, Montana and the Da
kotas, according to A. E. McClym
onds, director. Other members of
the regional staff are as follows:
A. E. Jones, associate regional
conservator; Walter V. Kell, agron
omist; William T. Angle, erosion
control practice director; R. J.
Alvcrs, business administrator; C.
J. Frances, engineer; William Pate,
soils department; A. I). Stoesz, nur
seryman; M. C. McMurtry, wild
life; A. D. Ellison, program im
provement, and II. G. Bobst, CCC
administrator. II. C. Mortlock
continues in charge for Nebraska.
Frank B. O’Connell, secretary
of the state game, forestation and
parks commission, says that he ex
pects some 10,000 young pheasants
to be added to Nebraska’s bird life
this year. Bids for brooders, pens
and runs were called for March 1st,
and these sets are to be distributed
to co-operative agencies over the
state, under the provisions of the
Pittman-Robertson act. The sum
of $25,000 is available for the work
this year, three-fourths of which
is supplied by the federal govern
ment. The pheasants, hatched at
the state game farm, are to be dis
tributed when a day old, about (
April 1; then when they are from
ten to twelve weeks old, they are to
be “put on their own” in the var
ious counties.
Since Nebraska is now involved
in vital changes in rate structure,
and regulation and taxation of
transportation agencies, transpor
tation has been chosen as the sub -
ject of a one-day conference to be
held April 14 on the campus of the
University of Nebraska, according
to recent announcement made by
Prof. C. M. Hicks. Among the
leaders in the transportation in
dustry who will take part in the
discussions are Ralph Budd, presi
dent of the Burlington railway;
Philip Locklin, former economist
of the interstate commerce com
mission; and Samuel O. Dunn, edi
tor of the Railway Age.
New York Fair Warning
There comes at this time a warn
ing concerning the employment
situation at the New York World’s
Fair. There will be very few jobs
for the young boys who come from
all points of the country, hoping to
get employment. Of course there
will be openings for soda counter
clerks, hotel page boys and so on,
but there are more than enough un
employed youths in the Metropoli
tan area to take care of these open
ings. The barest living expenses
during the Fair will be from $12 to
$15 a week. For a boy who will
not heed these words of wisdom, if
such there be around O’Neill, it
is advised that a chap should bring
enough money for one month of job
seeking, and fare back home!
The Umbrella Man
The appearances of Neville
Chamberlain, with his ever-present
umbrella clutched in his hand,
causes us to remind the citizens of
O’Neill that we don’t see so many
of these umbrellas around town as
we used to see. You recall the old
fashioned stands that stood in each
hall and are still used in some
homes but more likely to be found
in an attic or antique shop. So
many folks today walk in the rain
and shine, bareheaded, that the
umbrella is not so popular. A
Georgia town repealed a dollar-a
day license fee from the umbrella
repairmen. The main reason was
because no councilman owned and
used an umbrella or had a neighbor
who carried one. They decided the
repairman deserved a “break!”
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Notable Prayer
Following a closed meeting of a
Military Affairs Committee, when
reporters went into the room, they
found on the conference table a
card reading as follows: “A prayer
for today—Oh Lord, help me keep
my nose out of other people’s busi
ness—Amen.” At the bottom of
the card someone wrote with a pen
cil “And stay on this side of the
Rhine.”
New Federal Debt Ceiling
Secretary Morgenthau told a
House Appropriations Committee
last week that the National debt
will reach $50,000,000,000. and that
it can do so without endangering
the country’s financial structure.
Where the economic limit for tha
federal debt should be placed may
be debatable. Congress some years
ago set the statutory limit of fed
eral debt at 45 billions. One ques
tion is asked: “Would a federal
debt of 50 billion dollars be a good
thing from a national defense
angle? Would such a debt be a
handicap or a help if War were
forced upon us? Is not the finan
cial condition of a Nation as im
portant from a national prepared
ness standpoint as battleships,
modern guns, air planes or sub
marines?”
Another Case of Midas?
Freshman Congressman Karl
Mundt of South Dakota took the
floor the other day and asked the
suppression of the government film
which depicts South Dakota as a
general dust bowl. He thinks it’s
bad advertising. Among other
things, he told members that the
“richest one hundred miles square”
is located in hi.4 state, The Home
stake Gold Mine. Nebraskans take
issue with him and say the richest
100 miles square is in Nebraska,
“if it rains.” One reason is that
everybody knows that Uncle Sam
has 14 billion dollars worth of gold
buried in the ground and not an
ounce of it can be eaten. A new
philosophy has sprung up here urg
ing the storing of real food instead
of worthless gold.
Soon this congress may be asked
to give the administration addi
tional power to raise *he price of
gold from the present price of $35.
an ounce. We raised the price from
J20.67 an ounce 16 its present price
in 1934, then told the world to bring
it over. Nobody except the gold
miners and holders of ..lock in gold
mines make anything from the gold
and most of it comes from foreign
ers. They get our good dollars for
it and buy real American raw and
finished material. We take the
gold and bury it. Money experts
say we lose when we buy the gold
and we will lose if we keep on buy
ing it. The rest of the world doesn’t
care for the gold except what they
can get for it from us. Their
profits are tremendous. It makes
good times in foreign lands. So in
the long run the richest IOC miles
square is the ground where the ac
tual feed comes from and not lan 1
from which gold is dug.
Attend Masonic Meeting
Mr. and Mrs. Waller Raecke of
Central City, Nebraska, have been
in Wash’? gton several days, Mr.
; Raecke was here oi'tt:rlly with
' prominent Masonic Lodge officials
to take part in the many celebra
tions on George Washington's
birthday anniversary. He was
among the Grand Masters and
j Grand Secretaries of forty-nine
jurisdictions attending the annual
| sessions of the Masonic Memorial
association. These prominent dele
! gates hald some of their meetings
! in the Washington Memorial Tower
at Alexandria. This memorial is
one of the great points of interest
for thousands of visilois to Wash
ington. They also visited the lodge
rooms where Washington was mas
ter and where he attended meet
ings.
Believe It or Not
The last time George Washing
ton’s face was seen, was one-hun
I dred years ago. That was on the
occasion when Henry Clay and a
! congressional committee drove by
j stage coach to Mount Vernon to
| transfer the body to the present
more appropriate resting place.
The records here show that when
I this party arrived they found that
ghouls had broken into the leaden
casket to get a view of the face of
; Washington. This record indicates
that Washington’s body was pre
served in alcohol and that the party
found the face in almost perfect
condition. The first resting place
for Washington was built in the
center part of the basement of the
Capitol in Washington. The same
box and vault are still there but in
his will Washington specified Mt.
Vernon for his burial place. His
wishes were followed. The Wash
ington vault in the Capitol is still
in use to temporarily hold the bod
ies of famous men whose bodies
sometimes lie in state in the capitol
rotunda.
“Cream Checks to China”
The House after a bitter fight ex
tended the lifetime of the Export
Import Bank. This bank loans
money to foreign countries. It had
its birth when we started trading
with Russia. It now loans money
to South American countries and
has loaned 25 million dollars to
China. One farm district member
voted against it with the remark.
“It’s taking farmers cream checks
to loan money for war in China.”
i Nebr. Farmers Union Head
H. G. Keeney, President of the
Nebraska Farmers Union, was a
very attentive observer at the hear
ings on the Cost of Production bill
before the House Agriculture Com
mittee. So was John Norton, a
former Congressman from Nebra
ska who is now employed by the
Agriculture department. Mr. Keen
ey, who is also vice-president of the
National Farmers Union, has been
here as the Union’s representative
appearing before the Commerce
Department in connection with the
next census work.
This urge of fighting to save the
world for democracy seems to
break out about every twenty years.
New York minister says that the
way to make the world peaceful is
to help the have-nots. That is
what the New Deal has been doing
for six years but they seem to need
more help than ever.
The wind blew so hard in Mil
waukee the other day that it
stopped the clock in the tower on
the city hall. There are no clocks
in the dome of the national capitol.
One of the causes of
failure is that people
will not turn from
envy of the successful
to emulation.
The
O'NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital. Surplus and This Hank Carries No
Undivided Profits, indebtedness of Officers
$140,000.00 or Stockholders.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
MAKING FARMS PAY
Two years ago an Ohio business
man began an experiment dealing
with making farms pay if farm
boys were properly trained. This
manufacturer from Ohio felt his
plan of selecting twenty young men
from 18 to 23 years of age, all an
xious to own and operate his own
farm without government and pri
vate colonization, w o u Id make
farming pay its way. Each boy
lives in a dormintory, studies pro
duction of farm products and cattle
feeding under direction of experts.
Each boy is paid a weekly wage.
The second year they receive tracts
of land, own homes but still get
a good salary. Ten new youths are
added to this “back to the farm”
movement, each year. The third
year they are permitted to lease 80
acres and can purchase the land
later on. They are encouraged to
market their products cooperative
ly. This attempt has been in work
ing order for 2 years and only one
boy has left the farm. One must
bear in mind that the success of the
movement so far is due to the fact
that these lads are selected from
farm families. They come from
homes where farming is inherited,
where love of the soil, putting up
with hardships, struggling for a
paying farm, has been inbred. The
idea of taking a boy who knows
nothing about farming, who has
been raised in the city, has not the
training and instruction regarding
planting, without the desire to be
a farmer, without the deep respect
and regard for the land, is where
colonization has failed in most
cases. We hope here in O’Neill
that this gesture to try to make
farming pay and to educate the
youthful farmers will succeed.
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SPRING IS IN THE
ATMOSPHERE
Winter is still with us, and heavy
in many places, but the seed cata
logs are beginning to find their
way to many a dining room table.
The illustrations of spring hats and
printed dresses caused many a
thrill to shake the feminine form.
There comes the annual news re
garding the baseball training
camps, the increased fitness or
slipping of some great hero of the
diamond who practices under south
ern sun. Along about this time of
year those winged creatures start
making preparations to return to
their northern homes and start
house - building. Housewives in
O’Neill start getting cleaning im
plements in order and laundering
the cloths for window-washing and
the cleaning of woodwork. Winter
snows and colds begin to give way
to signs of future garden spading
and house painting. Spring is
sweet! The smell of eartfi after
the shower, the sight of a rake is
more inviting than that of a coal
shovel. The air of spring replaces
the odor of furnace smoke and we
are jubilant that March is here
and spring is not far from us.
With the new year still in the
opening stages, we are wondering
who will let it go by without try
ing to put a new gadget into the
Constitution.
If we choose the right kind of
Congress it won’t be necessary to
call on the Supreme Court so often
to save us from our own follies.
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