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Newspaper
Basin Republican
Location
Basin, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1922
Page
2
The Kansas state auditor orders departments to cut travel, field work, and overhead for the next four months citing farm price contractions and reduced incomes. He warns of higher delinquent taxes and possible county shortfalls in meeting state quotas.
Secretary Weeks directs a national tour with Assistant Secretary Wainwright and General Harbord to inspect military supplies and strengthen ties among the regular army National Guard and rescue forces. They plan larger summer camps with up to 200000 enlistments and focus on training needs.
The foreign debt refunding bill will be the Senate’s first major action after passing the House. It will become law once signed by the president and is expected to remain largely unchanged from Mellon’s proposal. Democrats may seek to curb Secretary Mellon’s discretion, while Republicans push for broad powers to speed debt settlement.
The pneumatic tube mail service in New York is to resume after years of disruption. A joint post office committee has authorized Postmaster General Hays to sign a ten year contract for tube operation. Similar moves are expected for tubes in Boston Chicago and St Louis.
Attorney B. H. Bilis of Greybull had business in town on Monday. Peter Enders of Stucco was a Gret of the week Visitor in town.
The National Lumber and Manufacturing Co argues that steep taxes deter timber investment. A 60,000,000 foot annual cut over 20 years would need about 1.75 million dollars in new capital, while rising logs and labor costs shrink profits and tax collectors grow louder.
The article argues that removing federal transportation taxes will cut rail costs by 3 percent on freight and 8 percent on passenger rates from January 1. It notes 1920 tax payments by railroads at about 490.6 million dollars with ten months net income near 497 million, and that taxes rose 164 percent from 1912 to 1921 while dividends declined.
Thirty years of data show rail travel became safer. One death per 5.67 percent of passengers in 1920, far lower than 1889 when risk was higher. The Interstate Commerce Commission compiled the figures, noting overall trend toward safety despite bad years. Team work wanted, leave orders with Joe Zamora west of O'Neile.
A 1921 letter reports on the Nonpartisan League's recruitment tactics in Wyoming. It accuses organizers led by B C Dorman of pressuring farmers to enroll for $18, forming crews and quotas, and states the aim to tie farmers to radical labor groups while criticizing the New York Workers party emerge. The piece contrasts enrollment incentives with alleged misuses of funds and influence.
A historical column argues Britain gains from postwar control of Africa, noting rail and sea dominance may aid its development and questioning calls to cancel Britain’s war debt as Americans overlook such benefits. It also reports Judge Metz arriving from Cody to clear civil cases ahead of the criminal docket.
The Western Acceptance Company of Denver files a foreclosure notice for a chattel mortgage on a Ford Runabout owned by Ed Magoon of Big Horn County Wyoming. A public auction is set for January 13, 1923 at 2 PM at the Yellow stone Auto Garage in Greybull to satisfy $366.52 including principal and costs.
Dairy cows provide a steady income year round and help cover living expenses with minimal bank borrowing. In Northern Colorado, at least 500 beet farms with ten or more cows show large scale dairying can be profitable. Beets and cows convert beet tops and alfalfa into higher cash value, with manure boosting beet yields. Johnstown area farms exemplify this prosperous mix.
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