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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1937
Page
6
Nebraska towns face $780 344.47 extra due from counties as state aid shifts funding for indigent insane to a state levy. State board sets state property tax at 2.64 mills, down from 4.75, amid mandated assessments to cover hospital maintenance costs for indigent patients.
Auditors report the Nebraska State Aid Program cost 8,606,971.00 to operate in the first 18 months. Total funds on hand at the close of the last biennium were 1,770,866.91 dollars with federal support of 3,489,082.18 and state share of 5,117,889.12. State admin costs included salaries 90,892.16, travel 17,021.76, and postage 10,735.20.
Dr John Anderson state veterinarian says spread of anthrax in northern Nebraska may extend quarantine already stopping cattle movement in Knox Cedar and Boyd counties. Holt county reports infections at Niobrara emergency HQ as veterinarians vaccinate and trace soilborne germs blamed for cattle outbreaks.
The Nebraska game, foresta tion and park commission asked federal authorities to set the duck and goose open season from October 15 to November 15 this fall, instead of November 1 to 30 as last year. Secretary Frank O Connell said changes will be minimal for non migratory birds and fishing seasons.
WPA administrator announced the federal government has allotted Nebraska 50000 to supply labor to farmers fighting invading grasshoppers. In the next 48 hours district directors will issue orders to send men into fields to spread poison, with projects closed as needed to reassign crews.
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