MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1925.
PAGE EI7E
MURDOCK DEPM
1'aul Fleming was looking after
some business matters in Weeping
Water last Wednesday.
Constable H. H. Lawton was a vis
itor in Elmwood one day last week,
going to serve some papers.
Attorney Allen J. Beeson was a
visitor in Murdock looking after
some legal business for the time.
Fred Breminer of South Bend was
looking after some business matters
in Murdock last Thursday evening.
II. W. Tool was a visitor at Lin
coln last Thursday, where he was
looking after some business matters
for the day.
Emil Kuehn was looking after
some business matters at Eagle on
last Thursday, driving over in his
ear for the day.
Carl Hoffman last week caught a
fish on the ice which weighed thirty
live pounds, near South Bend, which
is a pretty good catch.
Edward Bornemeier and the good wood, were visiting last Thursday
wife were looking after business in j evening and over night at the home
Murdock last Thursday and alsojof Grandfather and Grandmother H.
visited with relatives for a short
time.
Lawrence Rikli is having some
papering and other work, in this line
done at this time, with II. H. Law
ton manipulating the brush and
shears.
Mrs. M. Sorick, formerly of Mur
dock, but making her home in Lin
coln for the past few years, is re
ported as being quite ill for the past
few days.
Last Tuesday E. W. Thimgan took
a load of cattle to the South Omaha
market for the Buell boys and brot
bac k with him a load of calves which
they will feed.
Louis Xeitzel is doing nicely with
the Bible class which he is teaching
on Sunday evenings, there being
good crowds in attendance and much
interest manifest.
Mrs. O. J. Hitchcock and children
came to Greenwood where Mr. L.
Xeitzel met them with his auto.
They will visit a few days at the
home of L. Xeitzel.
II. II. Lawton has just completed
the retouching of the interior of the
home where J. J. Donelan lived,
which is about midway between Mur
dock and Louisville.
Harry Gillespie and Floyd Hite
have been changing some of the
leads for the electric light lines in
Murdock and thus adding to the effi
ciency of the service.
J. E. McIIugh was called to Omaha
last Tuesday, where he went to pur
chase goods for the store here and
to see that everything for the Christ
mas trade is provided.
W. O. Schewe shelled and deliver
ed corn last week and while he had
some corn lie was short on account
of the severity of the hail storm that
visited his place last summer."
E. W. Thimgan and Matt Thimgan
with their trucks have been hauling
corn from George Thimgan's place to
the elevator, while the latter was
shelling two days the past week.
Mrs. A. R. Hornbeck, who is at
the hospital where she is receiving
treatment is reported as showingjnas use)i jn caring for the farm and
good improvement, which is good no longer needs as he is now engaged
news to her many friends in Mur- j the mercantile business. The sale
dock. will start immediatelv after a free
Mesdames Otto Eickhoff and Her
man Schmidt were visiting on last
Marcelling and
Curling
AT MY HOME
Call Phone 40 for
Appointment
MISS THELMA
WINKLEPLEX
(Opposite Barber Shop)
Murdock - - Nebraska
I
Coach and Sedan?
The famous Oldsmobile economical, de
pendable, beautiful, unexcelled for service
on our floors now for inspection. Ask us
for a demonstration. You'll not be obligat
ed and we'll be pleased to show them to you.
Jess
MURDOCK
BRSQUET8!
Anthracite Coal for $13.50 Ton
Clean Lasting Intense Heat
MOST ECONOMICAL
No clinkers, very little ash. Burns in base burner, fur
nace, heating or cook stove. Easy to handle by house
wife. The most perfect fuel. Try it and be convinced.
Phone Us Your Order
Tool-Piauman Lumber o.
MURDOCK -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE JOURNAL.
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. William Winkler, at
Elmwood, they driving over in their
auto.
Mrs. II. E. Lawton of near Wabash
has been visiting for the past week
at the home of her cousin, Joshua
Sutphan and wife, at Xehawka, and
has been enjoying tne stay very
much.
Harvey and Emil Ileier were vis
iting at Louisville on last Thursday
evening, where they went to attend
a shower which was given for a
young man who is very shortly to
marry.
Jess Landholm is still at the hos
pital, where he is receiving treat
ment for an affection of one of his
hips, which has been giving him
some trouble for the past several
months.
Mrs. William Winkler and little
daughter. Miss Betty Jane, of Elm-
II. Smith and wife.
Attorney A. L. Tidd. County At
torney W. G. Kieck and Sheriff E.
I'. Stewart, of riattsmouth. were in
Murdock last Monday attending the
suit wherein Clites and the State
were the parties. The case was be
ing heard before Judge II. R. Smith.
Jacob Reumlin, of Brownville, was
a visitor in Murdock and a guest of
his sister, Mrs. August Panska, and
also at the home, of his daughter
Mrs. Fred Cordes, east of town, last
Thursday, he having a load of fish
which he disposed of to his numerous
friends.
On last Friday Mrs. C. I. Long,
who has been suffering from a tumor
for some time past, went to a hospital
in Lincoln, where she underwent an
operation for its removal. Since the
operation we have not heard how
the young lady is getting along, but
hope the best.
The recent Sunday school rally
which was held at the Evangelical
church was attended by a large
crowd, more than 200 being there.
Much interest was shown in the ser
vices, Messrs. Henry Reickmann and
Henry Schlaphoff being the principal
speakers on the occasion.
Emil Kuehn has just sold a quarter
section of land in Colorado, which
was the property of the Chris Guerr
estate, and at the same time disposed
of another quarter at the same place
for some Iowa parties, and he says
that there is some demand for real
estate and that the interest in lands
is increasing.
The village board mooting was
well attended by the tax payers, and
a keen interest manifested. Mr. L.
Xeitzels statements of the finances of
the village and light company set
thoughtful men to thinking. He had
his subject well in hand and it was
presented in his own convincing,
forceful manner and carried convic
tion with it.
E. H. Miller will hold a sale on
Friday of this week, December l;th.
when he will dispose of his stock,
farniinc machinery, etc., which he
mncn at noon. An
advertisement
listing the various offerings is to be
found elsewhere on this page.
Henry Heineman and Victor Thim
gan were over to Plattsmouth last
Friday, where Mr. Thimgan spent
the day and during the time Mr.
Heineman went to Omaha, where he
had some business matters to look
1 after and on his return stopped at
the county seat and picked up Vic
tor. During the day Victor was
visiting with some of his friends in
Plattsmouth and he has some very
close friends there and one especial
ly. Something resembling an old fash
ioned town mass meeting was the in
novation which enlivened the village
of Murdock last Thursday evening.
Most of the citizens of the town at
tended the meeting and listened to
much elonuence which was civen out
NEBRASKA
by the different members of the city
council. Now those who never were
at a meeting of this kind know how
a city legislative body is conducted.
The open forum meeting of the vil
lage board proved a pretty strong
drawing card against the medicine
show which was holding forth in
Murdock during the past week.
Struck a Hard Spot in Road
William Nelson, who is a jolly
old cove and a real good fellow as
well as being a good driver of a car,
struck a hard spot in the road on last
Wednesday when he with the good
wife and V. Smith were on their way
to Lincoln to see Santa Clans, and
as there had been a snow drift, the
water running into the road made it
very hard, and after Sir William had
gotten into the road, he disliked to
get out and put the chains on. It so
happened the writer came along
at about that time, and as we had the
chains on our Ford roadster, it walk
ed right up to the place with a feel
ing of confidence and a "flo and Get
'Em" snort from the exhaust. So we
hooked on to the big car and the
"twin two" otherwise knvn as
Henry's Model T motor buckled down
to pulling and led the way out to
firm soil on the top of the hill. Then
all were happy.
Bull Calf for Sale. j
I have a mire bred Scotch Hereford i
bull calf for sale, sec me
Schewe, Murdock, Nebraska.
-V. O.
Will Sing with Tatrol
H. W. Tool, who is a member of
the Arab Patrol, or otherwise of the
male singing chorus of the Shriners
of Lincoln, will sing with them on
Christmas eve. using Christmas carols
which will be sung at. the hospitals j
and shut in institutions of Lincoln,
bringing joy and gladness to thosj
who do not liavp the opportunity 10
get out and enjoy the great out
side worW.
Evangelical Church Services
Services at Louisville church at
9:20 a. m.
Bible school at both Louisville and
Murdock churcJies at 10 a. m.
Services in English, 11 to 11:30.
and services in German. 11:30 to 12,
at Murdook church. Young Peoples'
meeting at 7 p. ra. and evening
preaching services at 7:30. tf
Real Court in Murdrfk.
Last Monday wr.s held t'-.v trial of
Lantz elites, who wiis charged with
assault vnA battery before the trib
unal of just ire- presided over by Judne
H. H. Smith, rnd wss by far the
greatest drawing card in this city
i?inco the cessation of the band con
certs and the annual Ford days. Tho
house was more than Comfortably
crowded as tie people nil thougn.
and rig'.'.tly, that there would be some
fine point1: cf law 5-pi'led.
The prosecution was- conducted by
the countv attorney. V". C Kieck,
while the defence was looked r.ftcr
by the Hon. A. L. T: id. the Platls-monlh-
barrister.
JtuKc R:ai'b presided with dignity
and honor, and was able to render a
decision on a p.-;int cf law as quickly
ai an umpire ruling on a play in the
world serier:. Much merriment was
indulged in by the listeners until
the jiidge seeing it was interfering
with the grinding cf the mills ofj
ju.it ice put an immediate stop to the
hilarity.
For Sale
Three male pigs, full blooded1 Ches
ter Whites, ready for service. l-
miles west of Murdock.
G. V. PICK WELL.
dT-lOsw. Murdock, Neb.
Worked All Night.
Paul Iiinke and Harvey Meyers are
two pretty foxey workers and on
last Wednesday after they had at
t ended.' the medicine show at Murdock
they went home and picked corn for
Irvin Heier all the remainder of the
night. They started at a little after
twevlo o'clock and a little after four
they both came in with a load of
corn. Tiiis was in order to get the
corn out before they had to go to
shell corn at the home of William
Heier. Sr., who shelled on Thursday
and placed his corn in the crib. The
shelling was done by Robert and
Paul Stock who are excellent men
with the sheller.
'TAKE TO THE AIR"
Freedom of the air cannot menn a
license to every person or corporation
that wishes to broadcast his name or
wares, and thus monopolize the list
ener's set, declares Secretary of Com
merce Hoover. He made three recom
mendations to the fourth annual radio
conference looking toward the solv
ing of "the radio puzzle."
1. Radio traffic regulation by the
federal government to extent of al
lotment of wave lengths, control of
power and policing of the air.
2. Division of the United States In
to radio "service areas."
C. Delegation to the radio public
of these zones a large voice in de
termining what broadcasting sta
tions are to occupy the wave lengths
assigned to various areas.
Under Hoover's plan, it would be
necessary to set up some form of zone
machinery before which applicants
for broadcasting permits would ap
pear to establish their right to "take
the air." This machinery would re
port to the department of commerce,
which would issue licenses on local
recommendation.
You will appreciate the new de
signs in Christmas cards just in at
the Bates Book and Stationery Store.
They are beauties and priced right.
Bellevue CoHege
May Not Continue
One of State's First Institutions Now
Has Two Regular Students and
One Paid Instnictor.
Omaha. Neb., Dec. 10. The fate
of Bellevue college, one of the first
in Nebraska, hinges on a suit to quiet
title, which fias been filed by the
thirty-nine trustees.
The institution is located on a
fifty-five acre campus and consists of
six brick buildings, but only two
regular students are taking the
cour.se of study offered. About a
dozen Heilevuc women convene there
regularly once a week for a two
hour study of the Bible. The two
students are daughters of the care
taker, who is the only member of the
faculty of twelve persons to receive
a stipend.
" The trustees, according to their
attorney, are seeking to quiet title
to the property because certain of
the heirs of the original donor have
asserted that provisions cf the deed
j requiring maintenance of "a fine arts
college for liberal education" have
I not been lived up to. The heirs insist
the property should revert to them.
' ... . : I . r . .1 .
!!(.'(; I'll in a luuni til ;imiij iui inai
purpc.se in the caretaker's house,
and board for teaching the regular
pupils a business course. At stated
intervals other members of the fac
ulty teach and give lectures.
The institution was founded in
ISSo by Henry Clarke, sr., deceased.
DOUItlERGUE
BANS
"INTERNATIONALE"
Paris,
time in
history,
sen led
without
country
Dec. 11. For the second
France's modern diplomatic
a foreign ambassador pre
li is credentials Thursday
the national tanthem of his
being played.
President Doumergue Thursday
received the credentials of Christian
iiakovsky as soviet ambassador to
France. The band did not play the
"Internationale" or the "Marseil
les.'." On arrival in Paris M. Kakovsky
demanded that the "Internationale"
be played by President Domergue
refused to receive the ambassador if
he insisted upon this.
The previous instance of the re
fusil to play the "Internationale"
wa. when Leon Krassin, M. Rakov
sky's predecessor, was accredited.
SOCIAL WORKERS' FLOWER CLUB
The Social Workers Flower club
a ill meet on Wednesday. December
lt.th. with the Misses Olive and
P.kiii'-ho Horning south of this city.
Tin's will be in the nature of a
Christinas parly and all members are
iirgcd to bring a present for ex
( har.ge. dl4-daw
?REACHER-AUj
TO
'HCR SENT
FEDERAL PRISON
Cleveland , Dec. f . Rev. Albert
Sidney Gregg, author, lecturer and
head cf the American civic reform
league, was today sentenced to
twenty-two months in the Atlanta
federal penitentiary and fined $750
by Federal Judge Paul Jons. Gregg
was found guilty by a jury las Mon
day on a charge of sending obscene
matter thru mails.
NOTICE OF SALE
In the District Court of Cass coun-
ty.
Nebraska.
In the matter of the guardianship
of John Warga, mentally incompe
tent. Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order of James T. Beg
ley. Judge of the District Court of
Cass county, Nebraska, made on the
Sth day of December, A. D. 1025, for
the sale of the real estate hereinafter
described, there will be sold at the
south front door of the court house,
in Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebras
ka, on the 4th day of January. A.
D. 1920, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, at public vendue to the high
est "Didder for cash, the following de
scribed real estate, to-wit:
Commencing at a point thirty
rods north of the center of Sec
tion thirteen (13), in, Township
twelve (12) North, Range thir
teen (1.1). east of the Sixth
Principal Meridian, in Cass coun
ty, Nebraska, running thence
west along the south line of Lot
thirteen (13) five chains and fif
teen links, thence south three
chains and eighty-seven links,
or to the north line of Pearl
street, thence east along the line
of said street five chains and fif
teen links to the west line of
Maiden Lane, thence north three
chains and ninety links to the
place of beginning, except the
right-of-way of the Missouri Pa
cific Railway Company across
the northwest corner thereof;
also known as Lot one (1), in
the southeast quarter (SEU) of
the northwest cuarter (NW'i)
of Section thirteen (13), Town
ship twelve (12), North, Range
thirteen (13), east of the Sixth
Principal . Meridian, in Cass
county, Nebraska.
Said sale will remain open- ONE
HOUR.
Dated this 14th day of December,
A. D. 1925.
JAMES WARGA,
Guardian of John Warga,
Mentally Incompetent.
C. A. RAWLS.
Attorney.
dl4-3w
George W.
Holdrege Given
High Honor
Veteran Railroad Leader Who Start
ed Service in This City Re
ceives Deserved Honors.
Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 11. In recog
nition of the part he has played in
the growth and development of Ne
braska, the Kiwanis club of Lincoln
today bestowed it3 distinguished
service medal upon George W. Hold
rege of Omaha, retired general man
ager of the Burlington railroad.
Mr. Holdrege arrived In a spe
cial car to receive the medal and
participate in the celebration in his
honor. Among those who came with
him were W. Thiehoff of Chicago,
general manager of the Burlington
west of the Missouri river; E. P.
Bracken of Chicago, vice president in
charge of operation, and John L.
Kennedy of Omaha.
Speeches of appreciation of Mr.
Iloldrege's long services were deliv
ered by Mr. Kennedy on behalf of
the state, and by E. M. Westervelt of
Lincoln on be half of that city. Per
sonal appreciation was expressed by
Mr. Bracken.
Presentation of the medal was by
Dr. J. Stanley Welch, president of
the Lincoln Kiwanis club.
In his response, Mr. Holdrege re
viewed briefly the growth of Ne
braska, and pointed out the poten
tialities for continued growth. Devel
opment of agriculture through in
tensive and diversified cultivation of
the soil, he said, is the surest means
cf continuing this growth.
He urged support of a bill which,
he said, is to be introduced during
the p ref.cn t session of congresp, pro
viding an appropriation for an irri
eation project to soak the clay sub-
toil in sections of Phelps, Adams and
boosted, he said, by the business men
and farmers of the counties , and
should have the united support of
the entire state.
What the service of Mr. Holdrege
from the time he began as a clerk for
Kerrney counties. The project is
the Burlington at Plattsmouth in
1869 up to the present time, has
meant to Nebraska was outlined by
Mr. Kennedy. No single man, said
Mr. Kennedy, is more prominently
identified with the commercial and
agricultural development of the state.
Appearing on the Kiwanis club's
souvenir program was a history of
Mr. Holdrege 's activities as pioneer
rnd builder, and a tribute to his ac
complishments. In part it follows:
"George Ward Holdrege has al
ways had an abiding faith in the soil,
the c!imate and the people of this
great state. Hi3 optimistic faith in
Nebraska and the west has never
wavered. He lias manifested it not
only in the many railroad extensions
he has inaugurated and carried thru
successfully, but also by his interest
in the development of agriculture,
mining and forestry. He has shown
this unbounded faith by investing
largely in ranch properties and in
schemes for irrigation.
"His philosophy was ever that of
sympthy and optimism. As the home
steader became discouraged, it was
Mr. Holdrege who interceded for him
and provided him with free railroad
transportation elsewhere for tempor
ary relief and with free transporta
tion for his return to the cultivation
of his own homestead after the cause
of his discouragement had disappear
ed. Not only were the people return
ed to their homes with free transpor
tation, but also at Mr. Holdrege's
suggestion, the railroad company
transported their grain seed free of
of charge that these farmers might
have a chance to get a new start.
"Mr. Holdrege has ever been an
ardent supporter of experimentation
to determine the best cultural
methods for producing profitable
crops in the more or less semiarid
plain3 and sand hills of western Ne
braska. Knowing the abundant fer
tility of the soil and realizing the
lack of moisture as the big limiting
factor in the production of crops, he
dreamed of conserving this moisture
by improved methods of cultivation
and scientific crop rotation. He ar
ranged to test his theories on an ex
perimental farm near Holdrege, Neb.
"Not only has Mr. Holdrege been
an enthusiast for finding improved
methods of cultivation for the reten
tion of moisture already in the soil,
but also he has had a vision of util
izing the surplus water of Nebras
ka's streams to irrigate the lands
adjoining, in sections of the state
where adequate railfall is not always
dependable.
"He has spent liberally of his own
time and money in furthering such j
irrigation projects, in encouraging j
land owners to finance them and inj
urging their importance and value
upon the United States congress as
worthy of their financial support. j
"Perhaps no single factor has con-j
tributed more largely to the devel-,
opmont of Nebraska than the build-;
ing of railroads, and certainly no
man haa figured more largely in this
work than Mr. Holdrege.
"In honoring Mr. Holdrege, we of
Lincoln and Nebraska are proud, in
deed, that his services have reached
beyond the confines of our own etate. ;
We mention particularly Colorado,
Wyoming, Montana and South Da
kota, in addition to Nebraska, where
the name of Geoi-ge W. Holdrege is
always ppoken with a kindly feeling
of gratitude and admiration, not
only for the material progress and
prosperity which his genius as a
builder and manager of a great rail
way system has brought to us, but
also for the man, his warm heart,
his optimistic .vision, his sympathe
tic interest, his impelling Inspiration
and his burnng desire to serve."
President Welch of the Kiwanis
club In his presentation 6peech, said:
"Miserly hoarding, destructive dis
sipation, wasteful luxury and snob
bish idleness find no quarter In Ki
wanis ideals or Christian citizenship.
On the contrary, energies devoted to
character building, to encouragement
of the unfortunate to the preserva
tion of the state's natural resources,
to the earnest management of the
state's political and educational in
terests, and to the development of
great industry for a common useful
ness, do find a quarter In Kiwanis
ideals and true Americanism. Of
this latter class the Kiwanis club be
lives Mr. Holdrege to be a shining
example in Nebraska."
Mr. AVestervelt in his tribute in
cluded this: "It took a man of
courage, of iron will and vision to
Stand before executives of his rail
road in the clays of long ago and
ask for appropriations to extend the
railroad and the development of the
country, in the face of the fact that
at that time the eoiintrv w.ts nver-
run by Indians and scourged by grass- j
hoppers and continued drouth from'
year to year. Such a man was Mr. j
Holdrege."
Schools Urged
to Lead Public
to Citizenship
Vocational Society Told That
Educators Must Break
From Tradition.
Cleveland, The problem of the
schools today is to lead thought
back Into channels of good citizen
ship rather than more and more to
stuff it with knowledge, declarvd
Dr .C. A. Prosser,, director of Wil
liam Hood Dun woody Industrial In
stitute, Minneapolis, in addressing
the National Society for Vocational
Training.
"Break loose from tradition," he
said. "The old idea that literacy
will make for finer citizenship is
wrong. Good citizenship training
should be our ultimate aim rather
than craming the brain with know
ledge." Vocational education as he found
it in Paris and London was discussed
by L. A. Wilson, state director of
vocational education, New York
saying in part:
"To my mind the Paris School of
Printing is the most advanced and
complete institution of it3 kind in
the world. Here artisians work for
art's sake, often spending years on
one piece of work. In America art
is taken only semi-seriously ; in
France it is of economic importance.
Rut America leads in electric and
automotive training."
In discussing "The True Value of
Part-Time Apprentice Work,1'
George Datuell. member of the
Cleveland Building Trades Employ
ers' Association, urged that more at
tention be paid to this subject.
"It is through lack of proper con
sideration and earnest thought that
until lately apprenticeship in the
building trades fell into a pitiful, if
not dangerous, condition from an
economic point of view," he said.
This was due in part to trained
mechanics emigrating from Europe
before the war. Apprenticeship was
left to shift for itself because un
popular, developing a most serious
lack of interest which, if it had not
been checked before the war, would
have led the building industry into
chaotic condition."
Miss Ray Abrams. principal of the
Boys' High School, New Orleans,
urged the raising of standards for
supervision in high schools of com
merce. Industry's responsibilities in voca
tional training is quite definite and
looms as a large factor in the bet
terment of industry conditions and
the raising of the standards of qual
ity among workmen. Frederick E.
Searle, superintendent of Ford
Schools, the Ford Motor Company,
Detroit, told the convention.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hoy of Lin
coln, who have been visiting at
Council Bluffs, came in last even
ing to visit at the Leacock home and
were joined here by Miss Laura
Leacock, who is attending school at
Lincoln and they will spend the
week end here.
3l id
Fuel
As I have quit farming and moved to Elmwood, I will sell on
the Christian Miller farm two miles north of Murdock, the follow
ing described property, on
Friday, December i8ih, 1925
5 HEAD OF HORSES 5
One sorrel gelding, 6 years old, weight 1400; one sorrel mare; one
sorrel team, smooth mouth, weight 2800; one sorrel pony.
6 HEAD OF MILK COWS 6
Some are fresh and some will be fresh soon. One calf.
FARM MACHINERY, ETC. t
Consisting1 of a good run cf implements, also some household goods
and other items too numerous to mention.
TEEMS: All sums of $10.00 and under, cash. On sums over $10.00
a credit of six months time will be given cn bankable notes drawing
8 per cent interest from date of sale. No property to be removed
until settled for.
5. U. iiLLlR, Owner
Rex Young, Auct. Henry
22
Tax Measure
Called Rich
Man's Bill
House Minority Factions Label
Action as Product of Reactionary
Alliance of Both Parties.
Washington, Dec.
factions launched a
11. Minority
fierce att;u k
upon the $325,000.00(1 tax sl.r!i
bill in the house Thursday, brand
ing it as "rich man's bill" and
the product of an alliance of rea-1
ionaries in the republican and dem
ocratic parties.
Representatives Watson (Rep.)
of Pennsylvania, opened the fire
works with a eulogy of Secretary
of the Treasury Mellon, and then
praised the action of the ways and
means committee in modifying the
rotate law. Watson said be favor
ed outright appeal on the ground
that inheritance tax collection--should
be left entirely to the states
Then Representative- Collier
(Dem.) of Mississippi, attrn ked fin
anccial estimates furnished by t he
Treasury department to guide the
committee in drafting the bill, de
claring that they were misleading
and while Mr. Mellon suiM-sted a
tax cut of $300.0Imumh, -the com
mittee pushed this up to f :525,OOo.
000. "Now we have the president n
dorsing our bill," said Collier, an.l
added:
"We can raise the total reduction
$150,000,000 and still not incur a
deficit in the treasury, because the
treasury estimators have repeatedly
erred. I hope congress will repeal
all of the war-time excise taxes, the
automobile excise tax, the levy on
theatre admissions and Hie capita'
stock tax."
Tilt Over Estate Tax.
A sharp tilt occured between Re
presentative Oldfield Ini. of
Arkansas, a member of the commit
tee, and Representative Green
(Dem.) of Florida on the estate tax
feature.
Reccommendations are made in
the bill to cut the maximum rate
on estate taxes from 40 to 20 per
cent, with an increase in the credit
of the amount paid to the states
from 25 to SO per cent.
Green served notice be will ask
for an amendment to allow estates
in states which do
tate tax, such as
not have an s
Florida. to pay
only 20 per cent to
the federal gov-
ernment.
Florida is trying
to drain all of
the other states of
wealthy persons
by abolishing its state tax. but will
eventually be forced to restore it on
account of pressure of the m isses in
that state, according to Oldfield. Re
commendations made in the bill will
encourage uniformity of rates in the
states, he believes.
The opening gun of the progres
sive republicans was fired by Rep
resentative Frear of Wisconsin, who
scored the proposed slash in sur
taxes, repeal of the gift tax and
halving of the maximum rate in th'
estate taxes.
"England has an estate tax hich
er than ours, but it is proposed by
this combination of republicans and
democrats to cut rates in two." said
Frea r.
MONEY TO BURN
A man might light, his cigar with
a $10 bill to show his supreme elis
regarel for its value and be e xcused
for a bit of assinity that hurts only
himself. If he burned a burh 1 basket
full of $10 bills eve ry nor :ing of
the year, an insanity e ommission
would look into his mental condition.
Somebody would call for the help of
the army, navy and police force of the
nation. Yet, says Collier's that is
exactly what the United States is
permitting with its forest reserves
where fire3 impose a lo.-s e.Uaib nt
to $100,000 daily. Of the 92.000
forest fires last year, "the perfect
fools among us," to um Collier'
phrase, starteel 21,000, all of which
were preventable.
Tool, Bank cf Murrlock, Clerk