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Unicameral Eclios By Bernie Camp Informafion Director Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation (Unicameral Echoes is made r-vai!abl- to you through the cooperation of yovr local n?ws paper and the Nebraska Farm Fureau Federation. Opinions expressed are not necessarily thos? of this newspaper i. Costs cf Government lp Just as for everything els? bought today, people are having to pay more lor their govern r.ients. local, sta'e ar.d nation al. Costs lor government have cone up all aion the line be cause governments like people must buy goods and supplies aid the services of people. It cam-- as no surprise, there fore, that the cost of the Ne braska state rovernment oper ations was estimated by Gover nor Val Peterson to be about S83.500.000 GO for the next bien nium. 1943-51. Including feder al funds available to the stae for Miatchirn hiehway funds and other services. Governor Peterson fixe d the total cost of the state rovernment at about Fs'W:3F iff 11 if y, 0T Ford-frc'Rec' .':..':3.ics' (2) Ger.une Fcrd Spada'. Ford Er.'.prtent (4) Facfory-cp?r jvec' ef foods' PLATTSMOUTH MOTORS "Your Tricndly Ford Dealer" Dial 287 v. The Gasoline That Has "Control"! The Famous Phillips GG "Control" is designed to five you fast, smooth sction hot weather or cold for uniformly high-level performance all vcar 'round. Huehner's "68' Station TANK WAGON SERVICE Phone 212 Plattsmouth FOR SALE ALL MODERN HOME 5 Rooms and Bath First Floor 2 Apartments Second Floor Good Income Property. FOR RENT Modern Home 2 Bedrooms Partly Furnished Possession Immediate. e SEE OR PRONE STEPHEN M. DAVIS 2nd Floor Plattsmouth State Bank Bldff. Phone 6111 or 3216 5125,000.000 for the next two years. To convey some idea cf what this vill cost Nebraska taxpay ers, the cost of state govern ment during the nxt year will be approximately what the av erage gross farm income of the state was from the cash sale of crops during the 1931-41 ten year period. The next year, Ne braskans will pay 14.225.000 for state govenment, if the Gover nor's recommendation is accep ted. The yearly average of crop sales in the 1931 to 1941 period was approximately $50,000,000, according to the State-Federal ! Division of Agncutural Statis I tics. I Admittedly, the 1931-41 per iod was one of the worst for crops and prices because of the combination of drpught and de- j pression. However, with an un j certain period ahead, does any ! one know for certain that times I similar to those years may not I come again, and does anyone j know how soon? Therefore, a re-examination o f Governor j Peterson's budget will be almost : certainly one of the most im i portent tasks of the current leg- islaturo. I The $33,500,000 estimate in ' eludes only those state govern j me;tt activities which have been carried cut in the past. It does not include a $12,000,000 yearly ; state school aid program, or the twenty-year highway improve ment program, which is esti : mated to cost approximately ; $19,500,000 a year. I The state budget for the cur ; rent biennium (1947-49 was ' $53,000,000. This was the high ! est budget ever to Gate. During the last twelve years, from 1937 ; to 1949. inclusive, the state bud ! get has been: S40.00C 0C0 in 1937-39 S38.000.000 in 1939-41 S42.000.000 in 1941-43 S39.000.0C0 in 1943-45 S45.000.000 in 1945-47 $53,000,000 in 1947-49 These figures are given in round numbers to the closest million collars. They indicate also that the cost of goverment decreased slightly during the war years due to curtailed state i rovernment activities m mgn- wav construction and other ! services to the people. None of ; thece figures include federal ! funds or emergency appropri ations, but represent only the i taxes collected from the citi zens of the state by the govern ment. i v ltn government cosis ai ' most doubling between the cur rent biennium and the 1949-51 biennium, state Senators are making every effort to keep costs down and will re-examine carefully all phases of the Gov- Capture The Full Color of Winter With A KODAK 35 CAMERA With Range Finder Cclor picture taking is a cinch with this fine "miniature." Has Flash Shutter to 1-200, Kodak Anaster f-3.5 Lumeniz ed Lens, and coupled range finder. See it here today. $75.00 plus tax. SCHREINER DRU& The Gund building erected in 1904 is one of the newer buildings along Main street and stands at the corner of 4th and Alain near the Cass county court house. The building when built was occu pied by Edward Donat and down through the years it has been his place of business and the building at this time is owned by Mr. Donat and his son, Kenry. For many years the Soennichsen store was lo cated on the south side of Main street across from the Gund building. The top floor fc of the building has long been occupied by offices of lega1 firms, for many 3ears Mat thew Gering, noted crimina attorney, having his quarter there and is now occupied by Attorney A. L. Tidd. The Cass ernor's budget for possible points at which the total figure can be trimmed down. Senator John Callan, Odell, and .his dudget committee are not "spendthrift" minded. All members of this committee ana all members of the Unicamerai want to keep the costs of gov vemment down, if they can do so without imparing the effici ency and service of the state government to the people. They are farmers and business men and merchants and must pay taxes even as you and I. Furth ermore, when this legislative session is finished they must come back to their home com munities and do business witn the people they represent. The Senators are aware of their re sponsibilities to the people who elected them. At best, no matter what the final figure arrived at for the state budget, the people of Ne-. braska will have to expect that government is going to cost them more during the next biennium than it has during the years just past. On the other hand, the people can lower their demands for services. State sup port or government assistance of any sort brings government supervision and regulation and increases the cost of govern ment. The choice of the kind of government Nebraskans have is, in the final analysis, up to the people, speaking through their elected representatives. SOUTH BEND Mr. and Mrs. George Vogler and boys. Miss Ruby Kenwantz and John Kupke spent Wednes day evening at the Leonard Roeber home. Mr. and Mrs. William Haynie and family spent Wednesday evening with Dora Richards and girls helping Mrs. Richards celebrate her birthday. Mrs. Glen Kuhn spent Friday in Ashland at the L. R. Ward home. Mrs. Ray Carnicle and baby visited her sister, Mrs. Norman Mayfield Saturday at Ashland. Friday dinner guests at J. L. Carnicles were Mr. and Mrs. DOWN MEMORY LAKE WHO REMEMBERS . . . . . . when the medicine shows came to town? You could have a tooth or two extracted free if you'd go up on the stage to be a guinea pig for a dem onstration of painless dentistry. You could have corns or bunions removed painlessly, too. Eetween acts they sold snake oil, tooth powder and other patented medicines and drags. ...when the right and left shoes were made identical and could be worn on either foot? This made it possible to wear down the heels evenly. . . . when the American Boy maga zine featured photographs of Crom well Dixon experimenting with a bicycle-operated bi-plane? In those times aeroplanes were still pipe dreams and we were sufficiently elated over such wonders as the tele phone, electric lights that replaced gas mantles and door bells that we could m,ake by using salammoniac wet batteries in glass jars. When mother was talking on the old wall type telephone (perhaps standing on tip-toe) we would hold the green receiver wire and pinch it and won der why it didn't stop the conversa tion. . . . when women wore Merry Widow hats with big, broad brims and long hat pins sticking out? No masher ever dared to molest a girl in those days. In a crowded street car the hat pin stuck out farther than the lady's bustle. . ..vhen some boy's marbles got on the loose and clattered all over the floor of the classroom, causing a terrible racket? Severe disciplinary measures always fol lowed. Or, how the girls in the class would snicker, swallow their chewing gum and then ask to be excused from the room? . . . when the f erris wheel on the midway of the 1893 World Colum bian exposition in Chicago was dis mantled and later removed to the St. Louis fair where it was reassembled? The wheel was 250 feet in diameter and had 36 cars with a capacity of six persons each. It revolved on an axle 33 inches in diameter and 45 feet long and weighed 56 tons. After the St. Louis fair it was wrecked and sold as scrap metal 1 - ' ' ttfe . ribiv.TZS and the Band Box beauty par lor are also occupants of the iC j? vi.'- ' ' . .x LATE FOR nEIl TRIAL ... Ar riving: in Los Anjelcs from New York to face trial on marijuana charges, Vicki Evans, shown here, was greeted with the news that Itobin Ford, involved in the same ' case, had been arrested again on ! similar charges. Summoned to ap i mar for trial in mid-January, Tiis Lvans repeated her story that lack of funds" prevented her ap pearance sX tiai time. Tom Carnicle and Mr. and Mrs. : Clyde Hasweil. Mr. and Mrs. John Gakemeier Jr. were week end guests at the Bill Rosencrans home. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Campbell spent Wednesday afternoon in ' Elm wood. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Grady, and Mr. and Mrs. John Grady were supper guesu Friday at the Bill Rosencrans home. Levi Everett has Lc ' n releas- : ed from the University hospital . and is now at Rest Haven in : Weeping Water. i Jess Fidler, Jason and Jerry Streight, Glen Thiessen. George Bobst and Eill Rosencrans at tended the Golden Glove fijhls at Omaha Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Livers and baby of Weeping Wa ?r spent last week end with t.:e Vyril Livers family. , Mr. and Mrs. Paul Campbell entertained a group of their neighbors and friends at pi nichole Friday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Munn and Dennis and Mr. and Mrs. Craig Moller and boys were Sunday dinner guests at the John Fipps home. Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Cox and children visited Monday at the Tyler Munn home. Mrs. Diana Eushnell is re ceiving treatment at Bryan Me morial hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Valgene Ewing attended the Golden Gloves fights at Omaha Friday even ins:. Mrs. Glen Thiessen was a Lincoln visitor on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rosencrans and Jackie visited Sunday eve ning at the Jess Fidler home. Mr. and Mrs. Jason Streight and Jerry w?re Sunday dinner guests at the Jess Fidler horn" Jim Crawford was taken to the Clarkson hospital Friday evening. Mr. Crawford was threatened with pneumonia. Latest renorts are he is better. Mrs. Betty Leming visited SAY IT WITH FLOWERS . . . and she'll under stand ! Make your selection from our profusion of fresh varieties. KOFMOCKEL FLOWER SHOP Phone 6193 Ut 5xVi, I i i&' i - f i 1 11? ih. - ill; f fTfff - top nuur. ucns also have offices in the build ing. Nebraska Pioneers re Dreamers Lincoln. Neb. Nebraska's pio neers were not only adventurers and workers; they were dream ers who fixed their eyes on the future. There is much historical evi dence that these men were fird with enthusiasm and am bition. They wanted the terri tory of Nebraska to be a great one. and eventually to becom" a powerful new state in the Union. Education fieured prominent ly in the early proceedings of the territorial legislature. When the first territorial legislative session (representing about 20 009 people) convened in Oma- Mrs. Ei'l Rosencrans Monday .afternoon. Mrs. Emma Koifmiester sner.t Tuesdav afternoon with Mrs. Tyler Munn and Friday after noon with Mrs. Claude Sack. She also called on Mrs. George Vogel Monday afternoon. i Goodyear Mud and Snow Tires Liberal Trade-in Allowance Trade Now SINCLAIR C. E. SHELLENBARGER We 5128 South 24th St. ha in January. 1S55, the Acting , Governor T. W. Cuming made ! an impassioned plea for edu- j cation public schools and col- j leges and universities. j The legislature, among other i things, promptly chartered Ne braska University, to be iocat ed near Fontanelle, and two other colleges to be located a Nebraska City and Omaha City. ! But this was only the begin- ' ning. In the next nine years, ' the legislature chartered no less than 24 universities and colleges. Among them were the University of Nebraska at Sara toga, Nebraska University at Wyoming, and a University of Nebraska to be located at a site as yet unselected. j One newspaper editor of the time observed, "The Nebraska University is apparently on wheels." This phenomenal interest in higher education was, of coursc, ; part of the times. Those days ! were marked by a great land ; boom. "Paper cities" were laid ; out and lots offered for sale. One such city proposed to be . the eventual capital of the U j S. and several proposed to be j the state capital. When the 1 ; boom busted in the mid-seven- j i ties the paper cities disappear- i ed. With them went the paper I colleges and universities. Only 1 ; two survived Brownville col ; lege which became the Nebras I ka City high school, and Mt. j Vernon Seminary which later ' became Peru Normal. But the interest of our pio neers in both public school and higher education would not : down. Two years after admis : sion to statehood, the lesislature ; chartered, on Feb. 15. 1S69, the University of Nebraska. From the sale of land. $100,000 was realized to construct a build ! inc. On Sept. 7, 1871 the Univer ; sity opened its doors to 20 stu dents, twelve of them described as "irregulars." From this humble beginning, 80 years ago Tuesday, Feb. 15, the University has grown with Ne braska into an institution of many buildings valued at over ' eight million dollars, and a stu - SERVICE PLATTSMOUTH Congratulations Mo SOENNICHSEN and Best Wishes On Your Hi 1 11 1 1 Tllfl H HI HI 7 x ' i III "1 ill ij p p Mr, Soennichsen Has Served Plattsmouth in the Grocery Business Continuously for the Past 60 Years. Are Proud to Have Supplied Provisions to This Store. Domain Provision Company 7HE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEW! I -WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday. February 10. 1949 PAGE THREE dent enrollment of over 12.000 for the current school year. Over 70,000 students have passed through its halls of learning. Dogs Stand by Their Victim L Y N N, Mass. (U.R) Harrison Smith, 66, had the misfortune to encounter three St. Bernards in full flight after an automobile. Smith suffered severe head in juries when he was bowled over by the dogs. True to tradition, the St. Bernards waited beside the prone Smith until help ar rived. The first paid fire department was established at Cincinnati. YOUR AUTO IS ALL THE SECURITY YOU NEED HERE FOR A QUICK CASH MUTUAL PHONE 3213 CONGRATULATIONS On Your 60 th Anniversary j? H. M. SOENNICHSEN 1 Casco Butter has been sold in the H. M. Soennichsen Store for the past 20 years. i rati :smGUin ureamery "Heme of CASCO Butter" 203 Main 5t. Omaha, John Davey, father of the modern science of tree surgery, taught himself to read at the age of 23, by painstakingly picking out words from the New Testament. FILES Ml Like Sin! Mi New S Grin Thousands chanjre proans to trrins. X'sn a ihr-lnrS formma to relieve discomturt of pilfs. Sent drusrgists by rioted Thorn ton & Minor Clinic. Surjn?in(T QUICK palliative tv!ief of pam. itch, irritation. TfHiis to soften, piirink swfllinsr. L'? tln'ti.irx' xru'-. Get tube Thf.rr.ton it Minor's Ilectal Ointment or Rer i Sup positories today. Follow lalel direeiiona. 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