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Leakage of Water from Dam Can Be Stopped Several Ways I I Wf'nt M THn.-o ..,.! ,11.. ... , . . - LINCOLN There are several u ly.s of stopping water leakage in a dam, but it is advisable to lmil out how the seepage occurs hi lore attempting to correct it. John Steele, Extension agri ci.t ural engineer at the Unlver ,,iy cf Nebraska, says seepage tumid at the toe cr lower face dt the dam Indicates water Is , i pirn directly through the dam i,r utuier it. If r.o water is foundxat these Mints, It is probably percolat ing into a gravel or sand layer, reck faults, or old drainage Inns that were not closed dur um construction. If the water drops to a certin level and stays Mere, the leak Is in the part el the pond above the water line. Maming the pond may help lo cate the leak and make it easier to .seal." Steele points out. Seepage can be stopped by puddling and compacting the luebleni area. This can be done liv draining the pond and .thor oughly compacting the "seepy area" with a sheep's foot roller. Cattle and hogs can be used to trample and puddle the area. If the soil has a high percent er, o of sand and gravel, it may be well to blanket the pond bot tom with a foot or two of clay .soil. Materials such as bentonite or volclay also may be used to stop seepage. These clay materials are used for sealing earth work and preventing water movement, Steele points out 1 I Bentonite can be applied by I '.S-'wiU-frs)i-i'Kl--'iiSi ' 1$ Ik 8 1 4 V & Is I? Vff s i. r r- m it; m Hi Light up his Christmas with the crisp colors and sparkling patterns of some of these handsome spcrt $0 OR shirts A,7U up SOENNICHSEN'S -t '-I ! HiTnrc:-iY THE 8 j j:i .L?1 mODtl S-153F01 REFRIGERATOR-FREEZER WITH 100 IB. TRUE 0 FOOD FREEZER AND AUTOMATIC CYCLE DEFROSTING Special For Terms Christmas SEE IT TODAY AT: ilfva (Si SALES - 5th & Main Plattsmouth the blanket or the sprinkle met- noas. me blanket method con sists of draining the area, plow ing or disking the surface to a depth of 4 to 6 Inches, leveling with a drag, and spreading 1 to 2 bags of bentonite evenlv over every 100 square feet of area to be treated. The bentonite should be mixed with the top 3 cr 4 Inches of sojl, using a disk, spike tooth harrow, or hand rake. The area should be rolled or tramped to obtain the original soil den sity. When the pond i.j filled with water, the bentonite will swell and seal the soil pores making the soil water-tight. A layer of pure bentonite also can be spread thoroughly over the bottom of the pond at the rate of 1 to 2 pounds per square foot. The sprinkle method is used when the pond cannot be drain ed, according to Steele. In such cases, the bentonite is sprinkl ed over the' top of the water or ice. It will sink to. the bottom, swell and form a TH1 over the leaky area. This method is less dependable than the blanket, but it is also cheaper and some times gives good results. It is extremely important to keep animals out of the pond as they will break the jelled sur face. Still another method has been recently developed for sealing lAnlro In nnnln HV. I n .IKnJ In icaiw ill jjuuua. una juciiiuu in volves the use of polyphosphate, - v;- i ts? IP 1'i I IS :1a -a, w HAVE ITS TWO-DOOR Enjoy the finest . . . o Gibson two-door refrigerator' freeier with automatic cycle defrosting. Frost never accu mulates, no defrost water to empty. Gibson convenience features appeal to the wise homemaker, the price ap olt to every budaet. SERVICE Phone 233 JOHN S sodium trl-polyphosphate, or tetra-s o d 1 u m hydrophosphate which are non-toxic, white granular or powder materials. These are the same materials commonly used in household soaps and detergents. They may be applied with the blanket met- I hod mixing them into the upper layer of soil and compacting thoroughly. These materials are not too satlslactory on sandy soils hav ing less than 10 per cent clay or silt, Steele emphasized. Merit System Offers Jobs in C'vil Defense Applications are being ac cepted for key positions in Civil Delense by the Nebraska Merit System. 'ihe Congress of the United States during the first half of this year appropriated lunds lor implementing PL 85 i08, the Federal Civil Defense Mobilization Act. One of the requisites of this law is that the lunds be utilized to expand civil defense organiza tions by adding paid personnel to State and local civil defense stafis. It Is also required that persons employed under this law be subject to Merit System standards and procedures in ob taining employment. Under these provisions the Ne braska Civil Deiense Agency has established ten key State posi tions to administer and direct the civil and defense mobiliza tion of the State and assist in the establishment, organization, and effectiveness of local civil defense so that all the State will be properly organized and provided with the necessary sup plies for an eemegency and that proper communications can be maintained. Individuals can qualify for most of the these positions with out college education providing they have had the required type of pYnpriencp nnrl thu rpmiirH numoer oi years oi mat exper ience. College education on a year-for-year basis can take the place of some of the required experience. Interested individuals will find the necessary requirements given in Merit System Announ cement Bulletin No. 132 posted in most Post Offices. Also, this bulletin may be immediately ob tained by writing the Nebraska Merit System, 2002 State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Positions of Administrative Officer, Operations and Train ing Officer, Fiscal Officer, and Supply Officer are in the salary range""6f 'JS'GST- Communi cations and Warning Officer has a range of $440 - $570. Positions of Administration Women's Activities (Female). Administration Continuity of Government, Medical and Health Coordinator, and Welfare Co ordinator are in the salary range of $400 - $515. The Supply Clerk (Male) has a range of $295 - $380 and re quires certain types of clerical, commodity and supply exper ience. Most of the positions will be filled at the minimum salary. The Civil Defence Agency will also be employing individuals in clerical positions, and other agencies under the Merit Sys tem are in need of such em ployees. Individuals interested in such positions should write the Merit System stating amount of different types of clerical ex perience they have had and a brief statement of their educa tion and the number of years of training in typewriting and shorthand. Such examinations are given each week in Lincoln and in other towns as the need arises. Examinations for the Civil Defense positions will be given the latter part of December or the first part of January. Ap plications for these examina tions must be postmarked by midnight of December 22, 1960. More detailed information and application blanks may be secur ed frorii County Welfare Offices, State Employment Offices, and Civil Defense Offices, as well as from the Merit System Office. Mrs. Emma Jameson Diss Monday at Lincoln Aged 90 Mrs. Emma Jameson, 90, wid ow of the late Samuel Jameson, an early day resident of the Weeping Water community, died Monday at Lincoln where she made her home for many years, Owing to her age she has been at a rest home there. She was an aunt by marriage to Bert Jameson of this city. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 at Umbergers chapel in Lincoln, Rev. Donald McCall of Tecumseh, officiating. Burial was at Oakwood ceme tery, Weeping Water, with pall bears Jay Kear, Lloyd Kear, Fred Ungelking, Watson Jones, Glenn Kurtz, Allan Casari. 1 i Knl Ottin-lv iati rnilitl- "A man who says he has r.o I politics might as well admit to I having no moral sense, no in terest in others, and no connec tion with the world he lives in." CELEBRITY ft- RkW. The Second By Carroll Kraus " School of Journalism A majority of the members of the 1961 Nebraska Legislature now seem to favor a broadened tax base for the state, accord ing to a poll conducted by the University of Nebraska School cf Journalism depth reporting class. - , Indications are that 25 of the 43 lawmakers would vote for the "right" bill that would broad en tax base. Fourteen of the senators in dicated they would not vote for either a sales, income or com bination tax during the next session, and four others were undecided or wished to study the tax situation further before answering. Thirty-seven senators ans wered the, poll either by letter or by "telephone. Other poll re sults and earlier voting records of the six non-answering legis lators were used to complete the poll. Although a majority of the senators indicate favor for a broadened tax base, differences of opinions as to precisely what type of broadening is needed and for what thje collections should be allocated could pre vent any legislation from com ing about in 1961. While most of those in favor of a broadened base believe the combination of a sales and income taxes would produce the best results, others indicated a perference for one tax only and little backing for the other. And some senators would like revenue from a sales tax, for example, to be ear marked for specific purposes such as public schools. Others said the only acceptable bill would provide that collections go straight into the general iund, with allocations through budget requests. The main reason most of the senators eive in favor of a tax base change is that under Ne braska's present dependency on the property tax the home own er and farm owner bear an un fair portion of the tax load for operating state government. They also say that there is in equality witnin the property system itself among various classes of real esta1. A number said a ruw tax base was needed to provide adequate financing for public schools. Others said the. property tax will be able to raise enough funds to meet expanded govern ment costs in the future with out a tremendous increase in property rates. Among both supporters of a broadened base and supporters of the property base, majorities concurred that more work on the present property tax struc ture will be needed if the law stays in effect. As one legislat or put it, "This should be done in every session." Of the 14 lawmakers who said they were ajainst the broaden ed base, several thought that a new tax base w-ould mean only higher tax payments and fur ther inequalities. Some senators indicated little concern over "so-called tax problems." They noted that Nebraska is in an enviable position-" nation-wide with low per capita tax rates. They thought tax changes were necessary only to the extent of1 "complete and proper execution of existing laws'' along with elimination of government' wastes and inefficiencies. However, the State Supreme Makes History- -, yi''i I WW 4 Surest Thing Court only recently invalidated two 1959 laws which provided penalties for failure to report intangible properties for taxa tion. The full effect of the rul ings isn't known yet. However, indications are that in Lancast er County, for example, some $57,000 may have to be returned to taxpayers. State Sen. Terry Carpenter of Scottsbluff, sponsor of the tax penalty laws who has always opposes sales and income taxes unless imposed on the local level, said the invalidation may spur consideration of sales or income measures. Carpenter, however, will not be around in the 1961 sessions since he did not run for office this Novem ber. The view that Nebraska's present tax laws will be gener ally suf,fifil,ent onc(" waste and inefficiency" are done away with is also the view of Governor-elect Frank Morrison. He has advocated a general govern ment financing program of operating government at top ef ficiency alter making a full in ventory of needs "before talking about new taxes." Besides eliminating waste and Inefficiency, Morrison has advo cated that school districts ex haust all possibilities for rea sonable consolidation, since the districts are heavy taxers. The governor-elect admits that Ne braska may some day be forced to a sales tax by the fact that all our neighboring states have them. If the legislature should pass a broadened tax bill in the 1961 session, he has said he would sign the "right kind," just as senators said they would vote for the proper measure. Hcwever, Morrison says he feels the sales tax "is the most unfair tax there is. It taxes the person who can least afford it." He says he feels the income tax, however, is the most equit able but "the federal govern ment Is already in that field so heavily." He contends that the property tax's main evil is that it tends to discourage home ownership, which he regards as necessary for a stable economy. However, some government and tax authorities claim that the savings in government that AS IT SOARS In th olr from lit launching pod 4,000 (eel abov Anchorag, Ihs flril Nike-Herculei fired from a melropaliton-orta lile and lha flnt from a tilt in toulhern Alaska. Breathing tmokt and flame. "Celebrity" blotted to 70,000 feet before arcing down on lit target at '40,000 feet altitude more than 60 milet oway. Men of Bottery B, 4th Misiile Battalion, 43d Artillery launched Ihe mitiile al 2:14 p.m., Monday, November 21, with more than ISO ipectatort al Site Summit and more than 600 al the observa tion area on Fort Richard ion. The tactical launching wat Ihe flnt In a teriet of twice-a-week ftringt from Site Summit at part of U.S. Army, Alaska's Air Defense Artillery annual service practice. Southern Alaska missile units will complete the service practice about December 13. Morrison speaks of would hard ly be sufficient to finance the needed expansions he also wants without an increase in property taxes. Among the programs Morrison has advocated are attraction of new industry to Nebraska, de velopment of new uses for agri cultural products, accelerated water an,d soil utilization, and conservation, park and recrea tional development. He differs markedly in his views on a tax base from Nebr aska's present governor, Dwight Burney, a long-time advocate and legislative supporter of a broadened base. However, Bur ney, who will return as lieuten ant governor in 1961, does not think that the recent Supreme Court invalidation of the two tax penalty laws will make a "big difference" in the push for a sales or Ineome tax. He said, according to the information he had repeived, the penalties "have been ' causing 'people' to move investment capital out ol the state. If that istrue, it would seem we're better off without those penalties." Whatever the position of the governor and lieutenant gov ernor in 1961, taxes are sure to be a big issue in the legisla ture perhaps the biggest. Nearly all the senators answer ing the depth reporting class poll agreed on that point. The incumbents returning may re member the 1959 session when more than 160 tax-connected measures were introduced. Young Men In Uncle Sam's Service The Selective Service System of Cass Co., Board No. 13, in ducted on Dec. 5, Marvin Leo Gawehn. The inductee went for his basic training at Fort Leon- ard Wood, Missouri, and is to- ducted for a term of two years. I Ah,o Larry Jenkins, and in ductee transfer to Burbank, Calif,, was inducted Oct, 24. He is taking his basic training at Fort Ord, Calif. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York: "I consider Mr. Nixon one of the vital forces in the Republi can party, but I don't think, between elections, when a party loses the Presidency, that the party has an actual head." TU -.ft... li.. . 1. -f il. iiicii ctiiur 11 if rub.i ui ine select the Automatic GAS Sjr1 It's easy to make a MODERN GAS APPLIANCE a Surprise Christmas Gift this U V' i 1$ year- A" you do is stop at T'1e Gas Company and arrange for the purchase of ml a gift certificate which will be enclosed with a FREE Miniature GAS Light. V-M-j The package will be Christmas wrapped ready to put under the tree. I"HE PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA, SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Thursday, December 15, 1900 Section B PAGE SEVEN NEWS FROM AVOCA Mrs. Henry Friends received word thatjner. Miss Berner and Bob Finn Mrs. A. C. Hansen Is a patient 1 of Tecumseh plan their wed in the hospital at Omaha, she j ding Dec. 29. has been there for quite sqmcj Neighbors gathered at the El time and will have to stay for a mer Kepler home Sunday eve longer time, her address is Uni- ning for a house warming. Those versKy of Nebraska Medical Cen- present were Mr. and Mrs. Er ter, 602 South 44th St.. Omaha, ! nest Emshof f , Mr. and Mrs. Nebr. Mr. Hansen was former- ! Stanley Emshoff, the Harry Kpp ly superintendent of schools at'ler family, the Kenneth Wcssel Avoca. I family, Mrs. Sophia Emshoff and Mrs. Eva Bond attended the Mr. and Mrs. W. O Baler. The funeral services for her son - in-. Prank fit.rat.ton al Wash - Ington, Kansas Tuesday. , Mrs. Emma Itawalt returned home from a vis't with her nep hew Ralpn Spen?er and family at Scottsdale, Arizona. Mrs. Carl Zalser, the postmas ter announces the post office will open all day Saturday, December 17 and 24th for Christmas mail ing. Mrs. Glen Stubbcndlck, Mrs. Roy Berner and Mrs. Lesly Bern er were hostesses at e. miscel laneous shower Sunday after noon at the Glen Stubbendick home, honoring Miss Kaye Ber- Christmas Shoppers' Guide o 3: 1 j ! j Model A28A Muhi-Cyclo AUTOMATIC wilh Staintart Steel Tub 2-Speed 2-Cycle 269VS188 Model 109 with Stainless Steel Drum HI-LO-OFF Heat Control "Speed-Dry" Cycle si8995 fe3 Model Wringer Washer with Stainless Steel Tub Automatic Stop Timer l"'s s1299;t 90 RAY & JOHN'S SALES -SERVICE 5th & Main ll-t:J... P il r nunudy oedjun, inginsr can LA Appliance she wants most. K Mascman ! venmB was si-em p aymB u,ua. ! were won by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kepler, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. 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