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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
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and Maxine. were Thursday night ,lense(l from over 500 publications. Dated February 14, 1939
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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.
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