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) ) ) ) ) ) i Page Two THE HAWKEYE-RECORD and THE LISBON HE][LtLD 104 2nd Ave., North. Mount Vernon, lows Official Newspaper MountVernon and Linn County Lloyd McCutcheon Estate, Proprietor James W. McCutcheon, Editor Published at Mount Vernon and Lisbon, in Linn County, Iowa, every Thursday. THE MOUNT VERNON HAWKEYE I'IIE MOUNT VICIINON. I()XVA, IIAV(I~ICYI.;-IlICCt)IlI) AND "Fill." LISIV,)N ltEIIAIA) NHOULD INVESTIGATE ILEGISLATURE AL1AEGEI) IACENSE S~VlNDIJE The item/ about trucks registering in Nebraska and picking up plates (Continued from Page 1) at filling stations in Omaha ,be- There is nluch extra work ahead fore entering Iowa ought to be in- for the Senate which mnst act on vestigated thoroughly. The writer confirmation of a long list of ap- has noliced few Iowa numbers on pointments of Governor Wilson duc the big, heavily loaded long dist- to ,be sent up fronl the gubern:~lor- anee operated trucks which pass ial offices this week• Founded in 1869 by S. H. Bsuman lhrollgh Mount Vernon. It is a conservative statenlent to THE MOUNT VERNON REMARKER Founded in 1893 by Minard Lazier say, so wc have been advised by ......................... those who have studied tile nlatter THE LISBON HERALD exlensively, that the biggest trucks Founded in 1894 by W. F. Stahl do not pay enough in ton mile tax Subscription Rate Ore' year, in Linn and adjoining counties, per year ............... $1.50 One year, outside Linn and adjoining counties,but within the state, per year. ........................ $1.75 One year,oatside the state ........ $2.00 Notices for entertainments or other gath- erlngs to which a charge is made. 10 cents per llne, minimum charge 25 cents. Card of thanks and resolutions of respect 10 cents a line, minimum charge $1.00 Display advertising rates furnished on ap- plication to responsible advertisers. Member, Iowa Press Association, National Editorial Association, Foreign Advertis- ing Representative, Iowa Newspapers, Inc., 405 Shops Bldg. Des Moines, Iowa. Entered as second cla~s mail matter at the post office of Mount Vernon, Iowa, and Lishon, Iowa. An Attempt At Some Straight Tbinking On Road Financing II. I?. t 14, a bill to divert moneys from the primary road fund to con- slruct l'arul-to-market roads, is still b~.l'ore the Iowa senate. This hill, because of its proposed diversion of primary road funds, is one of lhe most important before the leg- iMature. Few people, legislators inchlded, seem to fully grasp the FO~t (] situation. In 1936 Congress appropriated for farm-to-market roads in Iowa $65~,tm0, which h'~d to be matched with a like anlount by July l, 1939. In 1937 $640,000 was appropriated to }m available until 1940. hi 1938 $3S2,im0 was appropriated, to be available until 1941 and this year tim same amount may again he ap- proprialed to be available for 1942. This makes a total of $2,t)62,0tt0 that will be available to Iow't dur- inR' 1939. ~OMI.',ONI,] )lAY BE 1 II .~A PPOINTED Quoting from the Indianola Re- cord: "Now if the state would take a similar amount out of the primary road fund right now and match the federal aid it would make $4,124,- 01m available to spend on farm-to- market roads. Spread all o~r the state, Watson (~)tmty m~)uld re.Dive al)lWuxintately $41,240 as her share. .iud~'(,d by the job done umler fed- eral and state su0ervlsion in Vghite Oak townshilI two years ago, thL~ tvnuh| gTade, but not gTnvel, six miles of road." There is an answer to just how far all of the funds sought would go on a state-wide farm-to-market progr'tm. In some counties nlore miles could be built. Costs of build- inff roads are higher in southern Iowa counties than in the level northern counties with plenty of vravel available. I"i"I)ERAIJ AID IS O I"UEN EXPENSIVE Another point that is not under- stood. All federal aid must be ex- pended under the supervision of the Highway Commission. Highway ,':ore m ission standards of road building are higher than the or- dinary county standards. Thus it costs more to build to those specifi- cations. ~qo it is with all the fed- eral aid. A county willing to have farm- to-market roads not put to the grade of a primary road can in many cases imild as many miles of road out of its own funds as It could matching federal funds. The difference would be that the hills would not be cut down as much or lhe fills would not be as high. You may wonder how such rapid progress has ,been made in many Iowa counties in building farm-to- market roads. The state is now furnishing more than $6,000,001) each year for farm-to-market roads from four-ninths of the gas tax money and all of the ton mile tax on trucks. To this is added a county tax and the 25 per cent as- sessment abutting property pays for surfacing a county road. Money silent this way by the county sup- ,wvisors under the supervision of the connty engineer will buy more miles of road, dollar for dollar, :is ],'"islalion Ihis session will be enat.led because of preponderance of votes. The sleam roller is in gear for duty but so far has seen little use. Not all of the dcnlo('rats llllve Ol)lmscd republican organi- zillion plans. "]'he tl'uth is spine of lllelll llav(• :letiv(dy supported Nucll nlells/1 rcs l)crhltps ell the theory lhat an over-ambitious re- .................... I ................................ Abbey Creek ]dent.l weeks, following a hunting acci-1932, 1933, 1934, viz: Part N pt. Gee. Lot 1. Sec. 3, Twp. Mrs. Nathaniel Dean i ..... 85, Range 6, North of the 5th P.M. that same was at such sale purchased hy ------ i MONT ~V()I{TII~VIIILI,] E.U. Tuck, and a certificate issued to him Mr. and Mrs. Fred Alexander l IlEADINC (IF THE :MONTH by the Treasurer of said Linn County, Iowa. (and by said E. U. Tuck the same were Saturday evening callers at l --, , /was duly assigned to Paul Sidlinger,) and the Th~n 15ann h.~m~ Now the most essential reauing of the ..................... "~ ,r ..... the right of redemptitm will expire, and a ~.~ _ .. '. ..~ lth- Is yours in asingle inexpensive rreasurer's Deed for said property will he Mr. anct Mrs. Merrill Uoffman, pocket-size magazine ! Mr. and Mrs. Than Dean, Mr. and~ l,:.,.h month The Reader's Digest brings' made unless redemption from such sale i will be made within ninety (lab's from the you the 35 m~st stimulating, thought pro- Nits. E. F. Nation, Donald, Beverly vokin~r articles skillfully selected and con-completed service hereof. lhan will uloney spent under any hook-up with the federal govern- m(ml. If you don't believe this ask tile Linn supervisors or coun- ty engineer. With much more being spent on farm-Is-market roads in Iowa than is spoilt for new construction Oil primary roads, we should remem- ber that primary roads carry 90 per cent of the traffic. That state- ment alone is evidence that fitrm- to-market roads do not need the CXltensive grading that government stand'lrds may call for. PRESENT IaLURRY AFFI,XYIPS ilATIC ON" ROAD BONDS A I)'lnker has informed the writer th'tt tile present flurry over raid- ing the primary road funds has al- ready affected the interest rate on prinmry road bonds. Iowa primary road })ands bear a very low inter- eat rate ,because investors, over a period of 20 years, have gained eon- fidenee that the legislature will not monkoy with the gas tax set up whioh pays the interest on the bonds. As an example Worth counly refunding primary road bonds were quoted recently at 1.4 |)('I' cent. xA'imn we read in the l)aDers of a track license s)tdtehing swtndle xvhi(,h is ,,;aid to be leasing Iowa from $1,500,000 and up ill truck license fees ea(.h year while the legishttu~ lazily attempts to raid printary road funds to make good ou its pledges of nlm~ farm-to- nmrket roads and does nothing to ('onllwl the big tnn*ks to pay for Ilmir thmn~'e to the highways, it bnrns ItS up. 1)id you ever follow one of these: ]ileral box cars on wheels when it hogged the road and you couldn't pass and try to get its number? Many of thent are registered in some other state, l'sually only a lrailer number is on the rear end and you can't see the truck nnln- ber if you want to report the driv- gas tax, license fees on any kind of a tax to cover the danlage they do to the pavements so say nothing of tile incotlvenienco to other motor- ists. It is said that tile h~rg~r the tru('k the le~s it lh'tys of its por- tionate share of the (~),~t. The little truckers, tit(" local fellows lay their share and lmy nlneh nlore in pro- imrtion than the big feUows. In- (.identally the hig" fellows maintain a very efficient lobby. HEAVY TRUCKS DO GREATEST DAMAGE TO PAVI~MENT ]t is the big heavy trucks, haul- ing 15.000 pounds and nlorc which give the greatest punishnlent to the )avement and will pound them to )leeDs in a fraction of the time ordinary pleasure or business cars will. Tile legishtture has a challenge before it to see that the big truck- era pay their fair share of highway cost and maintenance. When they do that they will have nloney to buihl and maintain primary roads and to build farm-to-u~arket roads. 'WAY BACK WHEN Items of Interest in Mount Vernon And Lisbon 10, 20, 30 Years Ago TEN YEARS AGO in tile solo division, tile sextette and tile girls glee club were tile other lh'st place winners, Mrs. Elizabeth Wahner and Mrs. Herb Walmer left today for Long Heaeh, California to visit George VVahner who was injured in an automobile accident. The Hedges lamber and Coal eonlpany have installed a new oats huller which was put in operation for the lirst time on Monday. Laurence Travis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Travis, h'td the misfor- tune to fall off a pony belonging to Robert Ellison last I,'riday and suf- fered a fractured bone ill his left arnl. Myron Ellison called his mother, Mrs. Ottis Ellison by long distance telephone last Saturday nlorning about 6:30 o'clock to wish her a happy birthday. TWENTY YEARS AGO March 12, 1919 The Clyde Johnson hurtle was de- stroyed t)y fire about mid-night Thursday. Most of their house- hold effects were saved• Buell Maxwell, Ralph Harman, Ario Goodyear and Mauriee Hat-- l)ublican I)al'ly i'ecor(1 made ill this NT()PI)IN(: LEAKS :t5;.~(,Inbly will (,yen(sally collapse Senator A. Claire Dewcy of ~ f)'om over-load. )o;;l:7:ls ,),t.lt ?:. ,o:,a ,I,,.'N,,T,: ,,N ,I,,,,.,,EEPE,,S -'Y. • " g le ,'ales laX ,~ 1 ) is losing the state frmn two to live , o m} ot flea real An inlpressive memorial serviee l r ) P Operty taxahon wMows who have held for Ralph Davis Hahn, Mount~re .... "' " " Vernon's seventh hero to give his .acnecl the age of 6o and who have gross earnings of nol more than life in the war, was conducted at $600 a year. This on condition ~the Hahn home, by the Bey. R. D. that the widow had live(1 in lhe Parsons Thursday afternoon, premises for at least tire years. Word frmn l')onald Boyd is that lie was writing on the eve of his de- NO MORE THAN" RIGHT parture fronl France, when later Just before the rccess,a bill was orders were received, and now he, introduced in theHouse to aid has no idea when he will leave, county poor funds. Rep. Hoegh of Miss Beulah Crawford, who has lLueas county andthirteen other been taking her training as a Red[representatives introduced H. 1,'. Cross nurse, in the camp in Macon, I 576 attthorizing supervisors to ) al se Ga., has been transferred to the q" '~ the mill levy for pea. fund Waltcr Reed hospital, Washington, I from one and a half to three bills D.C. but providing that if the increase Prof. F. M. MeGaw took in all of the state conference of Centenery workers at lies ,Moines over the week end. Word comes from Fred Bittle, who is still in Bordeaux, France, to the effect that he has been pro- muted to sergeant. Oren Travis is now ward master at the base hospital at Camp Dodge. It is not likely he will get home before fall. THIRTY YEARS AGO March 16, 1909 Mattie Warren was the winner of the Wolfe twenty-five dollar prize at the high school on Friday evening. J. F. Vert)a and family have moved from west of town to the property at the south edge of Mount Vernon purchased from is not then adequate to nleet the poor relief needs of the county, the Iowa Enlergency Relief Adminis- tration shall make up the defie- iency. IT DID HAPPPEN : It is apparent that in this ses- stun of the legislature there is a total laek of awe and reverence on the part of its nlenlbers for that august and fornler awe-inspiring ;group known as the state highway conlnlission. In fact. this legisla- i ture has been sticking a I)ron~ in the conunission's vital spot which is. of oourse, the llrinlary )'oad fund. Heretofore that fund was regarded as sacrcd. Not so now. Ill the first place, some of the money is sure to he pried loose for the farm- to-market road fund which is about !to be created ill a bill that already has passed the House and is Pending in the Senate. Secondly, there has been enacted a law this session re- quiring the commission to budget its expenditures and subnlit the ':budget to the legislatme for ap- proval. As if those things were not suffioient to reduoc the state high- way eonlulission to InoFe hl]Itlb]e position "in(1 asl)irat trois, qlong conies Rep. Alesch of iqymouth oounty with H. F. 458, requiring that all additions to the primary road system must have the Upl)ro- val of the state executive council. The general tone of the bills directed against the state Ilighway oommission is to take away certain delegated powers Over highway (x- penditures and return those p)'e- rogatives to the legislature, WHAT ASSEMi~Ly NICEI)S For seven weeks this correspond. ent has been seeking an opening to give readers Of this newspaper an insight into the "politics" of lhc legislature. At mid-session we havc to report that little vestige of poli- tics has entercd tile legislalive scene. A lively republican vs de- mocratic issne has not appeared on the horizon. A real battle between opposing party factions has not de- Patrick Sullivan recently. Mrs. Joe Henik severely scalded herself with hot salt water when she spilled it on her arms when preparing brine for meat. Robert Bail and Miss Ethel Gib- son were married at Springville on Wednesday. Miss Mary Little expects to spend next Sunday at Manchester as the guest of Miss Belle Olmstead. ,Mr. and Mrs. lb. C. Hartung went to Blairstown Monday to attend the funeral of their friend, Mrs. L. A. Bowers. C. W. Neff has been asked 4by C. M. Buffington, Meehanicsville un- dertaker, to care for his business, while he goes south for his health. fir. and Mrs. F. A. Wood of Chi- cago, Ill.. are expected Saturday to lie guests in the Prof. H. M. Kelly homo, A LESSON IN ADVERTISING There's a yarn shout a man who made bad pies and couldn't sell them, so he resorted to advertis- ing. As soon as lhe ads appeared in the paper, a crowd of people came in responsc to his a(1, and the pie man suddenly realized he would I)e ruined if he sol(l bad pies. So he hunk out the sign, "All Sold Out." threw away bis stock of bad lies and thereafter nlade only good ones. imild ridicule an(] ineffectual re- The lesson to be drawn is that I sistence. only those goods can l)e success- What the legislature needs is a fully advertised which have merit good phi-fashioned party scrap that and gave a good value for the price i will put zest into the qsscnlbly. ]t charged. It is a profitable pro-]may lie that the democrals re'tlize eedure to patronize only those mer- [ that full-bodied resistence to the chants who advertise. Advertised lrepubliean program is futile and a goods must make good.--Key west[waste of effort. Whatever the re- (Fla.) ('itizen. publioan nlajoriCy desires to achieve [~('aF (loop Ilion ttave jobs that are ]loal'ly sinecures 1)ecause the nice arc I)ermilted lo sit in chairs and op(,rtllc tile doors by nleans of ropes alta('hed to the doorknobs. The fFout door chaps nlust \vork st;nl(lill~, ono oD oit]leF side of the l/laiu ontl-ancos. T]tcy have a code of siKnals OF ]4uocl,~s Oil the door to iulli(~;lle whether a pcl'son wants in or out. A doorlceeper has to t)e it I|IHII of extvaordinary acunlen. eSl)c('ially when he is oll dnty at the door of a conlulittee rooln. Here Iv(, has to I)e half diplomat and half dotc(,tiw,; he must spot a gate ('F;INhel" lind till'l/ llilll il~vay. He has to let ill only those who have t)usin(,ss tilt, F(,. lie is tile guardian of S:LIIC(UIllS andhe takes his job seriously. Mauy of the (toorkeep- ing jol)s in lhc Iowa I,egishtture wcro heht in the past by veterans of the Civil War. bul all these are IIOXV gonc, all(1 lheir pl:lc('S 110%" aro fille(l t)y some wllo saw action in ~l ]flier \VaF. Soutbeast Franklin Mrs. Wilton Gunn The pupils of Graver School had a picnic dinner at school on Tues- day, as a farewell for Darrell Stahl and Chariene Curttright, who left for their new home, near Tip- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Stahl and family moved from the Lineback place Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kohl moved to the Line- baek place. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Litts and Mr. and Mrs. Nort Litts were Cedar Rapids business visitors Tuesday. There was no school from Tues- day on the remainder of the week at Brush College on account of the illness of the teacher, Mrs. Elmer Briggs. Others who have been suf- fering with the flu or bad colds the past week are the John Theu- rauf family, Mrs. Willard Light and family and the Simmons fam- ily. At this writing all are im- proved. Mrs. Clarence Border and Mrs. Clifford Kettering were guests on Thursday of Mrs. Wilton Gunn The trio made looms during the day. Miss Helen Stewart came Thurs- day to spend the remainder of the week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stork. Quite a few from this commun ity, in fact. nearly everyone at- tended John Deere Day at John Miller's in Lisbon, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ciha enter- tained a group of friends Thursday evening. Mareh 2nd, in honor of their 12th wedding anniversary. After all evening spent in playing games and Chinese checkers, a de- licious lunch was served at a late hour, complete even to the decorat- ed wedding cake, baked by Mrs. John Light. Those who were pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johnston and Roberta, Mr. and Mrs. Emer Slater and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jonh Light and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Light and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kohl, Elizabeth and John, Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn and Jimmy, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Kettering, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stork and family, Helen Stewart and John Manser Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Gunn and Jimmy attended the Linn and Franklin Corn Club at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Burt Neal Friday eve- ning. Junior Brown, oldest son of Wm. Brown, had the misfortune " to break a bone in his ankle Saturday afternoon. While playing in the barn at LaVerne Simmons', he went to jump from the manger and twsted his ankle. Clarence Bor- der took him to Dr. Gardner, who dressed it. LOW WEEK-END COACH FARES TO AND RETURN Good going Fridays and Saturdays. Return leaving Chicago not later than 12:00 noon follow- ing Wednesday. Co l# yea" local Ticket ,'4 t #r (mJed~e..o & I~MLWA¥ and Maxine. were Thursday night ,lense(l from over 500 publications. Dated February 14, 1939 More than '['HREE M[IAAON busy pep-, PAUL SIDLINGER supper guests at the Arvcl Dauben-pie including LawrenceTibbett,Henry Lawful Holder of Certificate. mier home, By Robert F Milota Ford, Paderewski, Cornelia Otis Skinner: Mrs. Letha Kaplan and son Wil-Zane Grey, P, ernard Baruch, Rupert His Agent and Attorney. Hughes, George Ade, Helen Hayes, Emily, Published ill the Mt. VoFIIOn liam are spending a few days at Post (;eneral Pershing, and Sinclair Hawkeye-l{ceord, ~]Itt'('}l ') ~), I (;, the John Lentz home earing for Lewis have found in q'he Reader's Digest -' them as theyare confined in beda quick and effortless way to read the11939. i rightest and mast vital articles