New Low Price Announced in Gasoline War Peopled Station Will Sell Fuel at 8 3-4 Cents, Start ing Saturday Morning. Gas: 8*4 cents per gallon. This sign will hang today in front of the People's Gas station. 1016 North Sixteenth street, and will re main there until Christmas, at least, according to H. O. Churchill, pro prietor. Churchill’s new price is s cut of 1*4 rents from his recent price of in cents per gallon, which is still the lowest price in Omaha. Churchill announced his latest offen sive In the ‘gasoline war, which has waged for six months, as he signed a contract for a supply of gasoline which, he says, will supply his trade until Christmas. Hopes to Continue. The price will continue at 8*4 cents as long as his supply lasts. Churchill announced. When it Is exhausted he hopes to renew his contract. Church ill's station has a capacity of 8,000 gallons per day and he claims to have heen running near capacity for weeks. Other independent gasoline dealers are not planning to meet Churchills cut, they said Friday. Many of then, have not met his recent price of 13 cents per gallon, and the price asked bv independent dealers varies from 10 to 15 cents. Oil 15 Cents Quart. Churchill also announced Friday that he had contracted for a suppiv of triple-filtered oil to he sold at 13 cents per quart. Churchill’s cut in Omaha came si multaneously with the announcement that independent dealers in Sioux Falls, S. D., will meet the state price s of 15 cents per gallon for gas “with5 out service,” beginning Saturday. Sioux Falls retailers have charged IS cents per gallon, but believe that they can make a profit at 15 cents by eliminating the various free services for motorists. The "old line’’ companies in Sioux Falls are making no attempt to meet the state’s 15-cent price. Two Women Injured in Crash at Beatrice Beatrice, Sept. 26.—Mrs. .lames Stone of Nehawka, Neb., suffered a broken shoulder fracture and other injuries and Mr* Charles Green of this city was severely cut and bruised when the car In which they were rid ing collided with one driven by C. L. Bothell at Tenth and Grant street*. Both women are in a hospital. The ears were badly damaged. WO AW Program v____> Saturday. September ll> * p m pnpular bait h#ur S 31!, dinner program e P m . Deluxe prnrrtm 12 o. m. midnight, wowl frolle by Frank Hodek, Jr. end hie Omaha Nightingales, tranemltted from Wowl Rooet at Roaeland ’ Gardens. _ KFNF Program V -* Shenandoah. la.. 266 meters. Saturday, September 27: 12;S0 to 1:0ft p. m, noon dav concert; 7:30 P m.t concert bv Stra han. Ia.. u^dfr direction Zeno Baan. Jr ; 10:30 p. m.. old time barn dance by Smith B»’Hingw and other*. I'l ' = Spooks to Raid Ad-Sell Meet "Spooks" will he the renter of at tentlon at the next regular meeting of the Ad Sell league Monday evening. The "spooke" may not be there. In person, but they will he as real as though they were because Arthur Delroy, "spook" expert, will he the speaker of the evening. Delroy Is known as the "Spook Man" because of his avocation. He Investigates psychic fakers, mediums, spiritualists, hypnotists, mind readers and others of their Ilk for eastern newspapers. His long association with these per sons has given Delroy the ability to perform tricks whirh are their stork in trade. He will demonstrate his ability to emphasize parts of his talk. Farm Land Values Under Scrutiny * Tax Commipiionrr Gathering Data to Confute Conten tion of Railroads. Fairbury, Neb., Sept. 20.—State Tax Commissioner William H. Smith of Lincoln attended a speotal session of county commissioners in Fairbury Wednesday to lay before the hoard the situation with reference to rail road taxation. The railroads have claimed their property Is valued too high, especially in proportion to the valuation of farm lands. The Rock Island partially won a case in the su preme court of Nebraska on this basis, satisfying the court that the value of farm lands was really higher than the assessed valuation while the value of the railroads is not above that fixed for purpose of taxation. This situation grew out of the land boom which collapsed in 1921. Commissioner Smith argues that the selling value of land during the boom period should not be taken as the real value for taxation purposes. Had there been a boom in railroads be contends, they would have also sold high for a time, only to find later that the boom had collapsed and that the real value was less than some of the figures at which the sales were made. Commissioner Smith also argues that the actual figures In many deeds placed on record do not always rep resent the value of the land but usu ally more than the land would actual ly sell for or be appraiRed at. He, In tends to show that a farm will some times sell at a high figure because of its location, the owner of a neighbor ing farm being willing to pay above the market price to get this partlcu lar land because It adjoin* hi*. Mr. Smith seeks affidavits and copies of real estate transfer* in the office of the register of deed* so that he can make It clear to the court that the valuation of farm lands which the railroads have used as a basis for their contention is not the true value. The railroads contend that they were assessed at 100 per rent of their true valuation while farm land was assessed at only 00 per rent. The su preme court In ihe Rock Island case upheld this contention in part only, granting the railroad relief to a cer tain extent. Shipping Board Seeks Friends for U. S. Ships Appeal Made to Large Ship pers for Aid in Reduc ing Ocean Freight Rates. Washington, Sept. 26.—An appeal to American shippers to assist in the fight for lower ocean freight rates by building up the American merchant marine is contained in let ters which are being sent out by the United Stales shipping hoard to large shippers throughout the coun try. After outlining the government policy to develop American vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of the national ocean commerce, the hoard asks the shippers to reply to four questions. These are: "If foreign flag vesels are used by you. what advantage. If any, do you derive from their use as against American flag vessels? , "Is It your policy to direct the method by which your raw or manu factured materials from foreign sources shall be transported, and could you designate American ves sels for such importations? "Could you advise that you will in sist that at least 51 per cent of the Import or export business under your control be transported In American vessels? "May we count upon your co-opera tion in directing your foreign ship ments b y American vesels?" In explainnig the development of the mercantile marine under the shipping board's administration, the letter says: The shipping board operates no ll vessels In the coastwise trade and it operates no vessels in the foreign trade in competition with privately owned American vessels. Excluding the AVcst. Indies services and certain industrial carriers of the 300 odd ves sels now engaged in overseas foreign trade under the American flag only 26 are privately owned, and more than 273 are operated by tho govern ment under the direction of the ship ping board. It having proven lm posible to transfer the vessels to private American capital, under pres ent world conditions, the situation Is this: Government operation or no operation at all under the American flag. "Transportation charges. when domestic, can be regulated by oon gress through government egerry. Discriminatory charges against American commerce on the ocean ran bo prevented only bv the operation of ships under the flag of the nation therefore, but for these vessels the American Importers and exporter:* would be without voice in the deter mination of ocean freight charges that insure protection to those #le i men?* in our Industrial Ufa from ih# farmer to the consumer. These farts arc submitted for your Information so that you will ha'* them before vou should those eeekfpp to disturb this protection to Am*r lean commerce present the matter tc you In a different light.” Bee Want Ads produce results. Ti Special Bargains In Used Sewing Machines Glance at Thia Group of Saving Opportunitiea One Fine White $AA50 Rotary, only. ££ One FREE, $Af| only. 411 Dandy DAVIS, 8' A good a» new . Q STANDARD, per- 84 E feet eondtion, for. 9 One Fine 84 Q DOMESTIC but. 0 One SINGER, bo* top, 8C ; good order . 9 Many Other Varietiea From Which to Chooa# EASIEST TERMS I MICKELS ISth and Harney AT 4361 ■■■■■——j——i— t * Samday Newspapers Will Ann