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Bill Would Give Government Bight to Deal in Grain House Measure Would Give Secretary of Agriculture Power to Huy and Sell W heat. Washington, Dec. 0.—The secre tary of agriculture would be author ized to buy. sell and store wheat, to scours and maintain to the producer a i disenable price for wheat and to the consumer a reasonable price for bread, under a bill Introduced by Rep resentative Little, republican. Kansas. It would create the office of a superintendent of grain and bread in the Department of Agriculture, with power from time to time to sol) wheat at not less than the market price at Minneapolis. Buffalo. Kansas City, Chicago and New York ' as ho deems for th* beet interests of the country." The secretary of agriculture would bo authorised to buy wheat at a piioe not exceeding 11.10 h bushel. When it cannot be larnght at Chicago or Now York "for less than 11.83 a bushel, the secretary shall sell as much out of storage as he deems wise and at prices lie deems to the best Interests of the nation," The proposed legislating stipulates that farm paper could Ire rediscounted for national and state banka ami trust companies, incorporated livestock loan companies, co-operative credit com panies and other banking institutions. Representative Little, in presenting his bill in the house, said it had the approval of the treasury, the serre tnry of agriculture and the farm loan board. It was not Indicated, however, to what extent the administration as .1 whole was prepared to endorse the legislation. I j id if the hill the farm credit de partments of the several farm loan hanks would have power to Issue short term bonds or notes secured by paper discounted by it in substantial ly the same way as farm loan bonds are now issued, and to rediscount any paper held by it with a federal reserve bank when that paper reached a maturity of less than s>x months —— — — — Minnesota Tax Law Is Attacked in Supreme Court Mining Companies Charge ,QC’ cupational Revenue Act of 1921 Forms Restraint of Interstate Commerce. Washington, Dec. t>.—Argument in the seven cases brought to challenge the constitutionality of the Minnesota occupation tax law of 1921 was began in the supreme court today and will be concluded Thursday! The cases have attracted wide attention because two-thirds of the iron ore mined in the United States and one half of that consumed In this country is produced in Minnesota. Asserting that tlie law which taxed ill p' isons or corporations engaged in mining 6 per cent of the value of ail ore produced after deduction of the principal costs of mining was a restraint of interstate commerce. 27 companies, comprising nearly all en' gaged in mining iron ore in Min nesota, joined in attacking the sta-1 lute.. They contended also 4^iat it ivas invalid because it did not comply 1 with the provision of the Minnesota constitution requiring uniformity of taxes and was obnoxious under the federal constitution because it de prived those engaged in the Industry of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th amendment. The interstate commerce feature was argued by C. A. Severance and tlie equal protection and uniformity features by II. J. Giannis and Ofcar Mitchell. The state was represented in argument by Deputy Attorney General Oakley and 1'. 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Advocates of thg hill, as proposed by the administration, announced at tho outset they were determined to eliminate the amend ment and In support of their stand Chairman Jones presented a letter from President Harding in which the executive declared ho "would rather I the measure should full entirely tnan to have one enacted which will bring to us extreme disappointment, because we have entered upon a program in a half-hearted and rather indifferent way. " Elimination of the amendment was lramediaely opposed by a group of re publican committee members com posed of Senators McNary of Oregon, Denroot of Wisconsin and Willis of Ohio, who announced their intention of fighting in the committee and in the senate for some provision giving congress a measure of control over a fund from which shipping companies may be extended loans amounting an nually to as much as $30,000,000. Discussion raged about this ques tion throughout two sessions held by the committee and finally the matter was put over until after the committee had concluded its eonsideraion of oth er sections of the bill. Date in the day the McNary-Lcnrobt-Wiltis group put forward a compromise under wtflch the approval of congress would bo re quired only for an increase over the amount of government aid fixed in the originanl contract entered into between the shipping board and the private companies. This compromise received scant favor from Chal^nan Jones, who announced that he stood unqualifiedly with the president. Sugar Beet Speculation Begun in Platte Valley Scottsbluff, Dec. 6. — (Special.) — (jumbling on the bonus payment for this year's sugar beet crop has com menced in the North Platte valley, with speculator offering farmers from 50 to 75 cents a ton on their October 15 payments next year. Under the sliding scale contract sugar beet growers this fall ' received $5 a ton for their beets, but will share in the profits of tho sugar. Sugar company officials estimate this will mean an additional payment of $1.50 to $2 a ton. It is for this payment the farm ers are selling at a low price now. Nebraska Creamery Sends 2,700,000 Eggs to London Grand Island, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Spe cial Telegram.)—On December 9 a shipment of eggs consigned from the Fairmont Creamery company of Grand Island will leave Portland, Me, for London, making 18 carloads from this plant this season. A tolai of 2,700,000 eggs. Road Conditions (FumiKhrd by the Omaha Auto Club.) Lincoln Highway, East—Road* good. Lincoln Highway, West—.‘•Road* good. 0# L I). — Roads good. Meridian Highway—Roads good. Cornhusker Highway—Roads good. Highland Cutoff—Roads good. Black Hills Trail—Road closed north of Henson duo to construction in leaving Omaha, go west on Hodge street to Fifty second, thence north to Maple street, thence west to two miles beyond the rity limits, thence north to B. II. T. Roads good. R Y A.—Roads good. Washington Highway—Roads good to Sioux City < >naaha-Tulsa Highway—Road* good to i Topeka. Omaha-Topeka Highway—Roads good to Ftato line King of Trails," North—Roads good. King of Trails, South—Roads good to Hiawatha. River to River Road—Roads good to Bos Moin<*s. White-Way “7” Highway—Roads good. I. O. A. Nhortline—Roads good. Blue Grass Trail—Roads good. COAL We Can Make Prompt *• Delivery Semi-Anthracite Greenwood Lump .. .814.50 Modified Lump.813.50 Commercial Lump... .812.50 'Mine Run .••.$10.50 Bituminous Lump Franklin County .812.50 Charter Oak.811.50 Central .811.00 Liberty .810.50 Climax . .$ 9.50 Smokeless Lump Wyoming 12.50 Colorado 10.00 KE nwood 2261 JA ckBon 0840 KE nwood 2282 We Are Experts on Cleaning and Steaming Plush and Vel vet Garments. DRESHER BROS. 2217 Faraam Street Telephones: Omaha, AT Ian tic 0345 South Side, MA rket 0050 ---:-1 Feature Transactions of Livestock Exchange Pinion Skovgaard of Basin. Wyo., was on (he Omaha market with two loans of cattle. He said condition* in the Big Horn basin were very favor able so far this year and that there was plenty of feed on the ground as well as in the stack. "The past season was quite disas j trous to the cattle business of Wyo ming." said Mr. Skovgaard, "caused by hard winters, drouths and decline In prices. The old plan of producing beef cm the range is nearly a tiling of t lies past and from tuiiv on the only progressive plan seems to produce calves and feeders in the corn holt to finish for market ” I Cattle fndilig operations around | Snyder are heavier than usual, ac-1 cording to Joseph Nciwhoner, who was at the Omaha stockyards with a load [of mixed stock in which were seven yearlings averaging Ha'J pounds that Isold for yo.10 a hundred. "Hogs are plentiful in my neighbor hood and although there ways quite a lot of sickness iimong the herds, (he losses were comparatively small. Our section had a good corn crop and the price has gone up to (hi cenli/n bushel, which price will liavo a tendency to send a lot of livestock to market earlier than usual." * __ I K. R. Von Oden came in from Chap man with a consignment of short fed steers which were sold for *7.50 a hundred. lie said feeding was being carried on quite extensively around Chapman. “Corn is now 65 cents a bushel in my neighborhood,” said Mr. Von Oden, “and it appears as though the local supply will ho none too-plentiful to take card of the stock now being ted.” I Construction Resumed on W est Nebraska Hospital j Scottsbluff, Neb,, Dec. 6.—(Special.) —Py securing a loan of $25,000 from Denver, with additional advances promised as needed, the actual con struction work on the West'Nebraska Methodist hospital will bo started within a short time, according to F. S. McCaffree of this city, president of the hospital board. The unfinished six-story North American hotel structure, which was bought at a cost of only $40,000, will1 he remodeled. The first step will be the glassing in of the building, and j that will be done this month. Within eight or nine months, it is thought, the building will be finished. The hospital structure will cost np proxinnuely $200,000 when finished. ____ Poultry and Pet Show Opens With 60 Exhibitors I Columbus, Neb., Dec. 6.—(Special.) —With entries from nearly 60 exhib itors, most of them outside the county, booked in advance, officers of the Platte Valley Poultry and Pet Stock association are predicting that their annual show, which opened in Columbus Monday will be the largest in the history of the associa tion. Yesterday the banquet of the as sociation will be held In the Y. M. C. A. building. O. W. Phillips will net as toastmaster, while fJ. H. Gray, president of the local chamber of commerce; A. R Miller, W. W. Wit ter and Professor Cornman, judge of the show, will be among the speakers. Richard-ou County Want? $30,000 for County Fair Falls City, Nob., Doe. G.—(Special.» —A drive to raise $50,000 for the pro motion of a county fair association was started among the farmers, live stock breeders and business men of Richardson county. The funds are to be raised through tho sale of 500 Shares at $100 each. Paul B. Weaver of Falls City is general chairman of the campaign. A committee is now engaged in canvassing tho county for a suitable site for tho proposed fair grounds. Richardson county has had a fair grounds hefore, but it was abandoned some years ago. Investor in Movie House Gets Money Refunded A jury in District Judge Begley's court returned a verdict of ♦21,925 in favor of George O. Munroe. movie house owner of Beatrice, and against Urn llostottler Amusement company. The evidence brought out that cer tain figures In tha book* of tha nient company were “tampered wit*.” Munroe testified that he bought $22,* 000 worth of tha amusement stook on the condition that they purchase> It back on demand, lie charged1 they only bought $2,000 worth ot «• stock. ___ Toy Dept. 3d Floor. IT’S just awful important that a little hoy have a real desk and chair so that home lessons are like play and play a source of education. Just give a boy something to do and he’ll be ever so good. Desk pictured .$10.50 S%ivel Type Chair pictured .$ 4.50 Other Desks from... $ S.00 Other Chairs from. . .$ 2.50 —and then when he wants to play Circus n’ Everything why, there are the Schoenhut Circus Toys Reindeer .$1.35 Cow .... ..$1.50 Horse ..$1.50 Lion.$1.35 Goat.$1.20 , Camel .$1.35 Clown, 60« Hippo, $1.50 Cr* '-'W Elephant, $1.80 This little girl enjoys reading to her jester doll a story iuch as a doll of his age would appreciate. 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