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Newspaper
Las Vegas Age
Location
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
2
Growl about taxes has become habit like meals and holidays. Yet taxes fund education highways and government services, and the writer argues the price is small for the benefits received by children, the poor, and public needs.
The piece argues that current law allows non residents to vote on bond issues after six months, potentially outnumbering taxpayers and burdening future generations. It supports taxing citizens as voters, suggesting protections so non taxpayers cannot overburden taxpayers with bond debt.
The movement to improve roads has grown into a national priority. Wider initial highways reduce future widening costs and the adoption of road oils and asphaltic materials enables waterproof hard surfaces on vast rural miles.
An authoritative estimate shows demand for copper to electrify 325 miles of line and 1300 miles of track will exceed 55 million pounds. This surpasses 1878 US copper production and the copper used on locomotives in 1896, signaling stronger copper output and broader economic benefits for metal producing states and the nation.
The Constantinople wage survey shows six and seven year olds embroidering at one cent per hour and subnormal children in cigarette factories. A boy hotel worker eats leftovers, a beauty parlor worker earns 80 cents weekly for 12 to 14 hours, while men earn 46 to 48 dollars monthly and women 12 to 20. The Republican leader argues tariffs protect American wages and homes.
University of North Dakota at Grand Forks defies a 25-year winless stretch by posting its first unbeaten season since 1903. With new stadium and three coaches Jack West Clyde Starbeck and L I Tiny Lewis the Nodaks win the North Central Conference title and eye intersectional games for 1929 with offers from Colgate Oregon and Minnesota among others.
Report notes soap bars bearing czarist likeness found in Moscow provoking surprise among Russians. The piece questions how such items came to light. In Chelmsford England every tramp at the Poorhouse must endure a cold shower for bath, a measure believed to relieve overcrowding.
United States Senator T Coleman Dupont of Delaware resigns due to illness at his Maryland country home. Delaware Governor Robinson has not named an appointee. the state Republican group prefers Daniel Hastins, Wilmington Municipal Court judge.
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