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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1921
Page
2
One year in advance 1.50 six months in advance 0.75 Advertising rates provided on request. Business notices run until ordered out at five cents per line per insertion. Filed at Diller Nebraska post office for transmission through the mail as second class matter. The American Press Association.
Agricultural station measurements in Lincoln show Kimball county corn is smaller than Richardson county corn. West of the state ears are shorter, lighter, thinner, and fewer in rows. shelling improves in the east while kernel weight drops westward. Climate, not soil, drives these differences with cooler temps and shorter frost-free periods in the west.
County treasurers will file consignments of automobile number plates. Each county gets its own series with two plates per vehicle front and rear. Lancaster No. 2 and Gage No. 3, numbers start at 1 in each county next winter. Plates cost $15.95 per pair for autos and trucks, 10 cents for motorcycles and trailers.
Extension men from the College of Agriculture report farmers favor concrete feeding floors for hogs for feed savings and sanitation. Floors near the corn crib, facing south or east, aid drainage and weather protection. Full construction directions are available from the college. Manager Shaw notes Lincoln street car passenger use is down 5900 daily versus last year as more people drive, workmen drop, and jitneys gain.
Over 129000 stitches mark a year of work on a bedspread to be displayed for prizes at the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln from September 4. The exhibit showcases women’s craft amid the tents of the fair.
A fragmentary report notes a quote about principle over money as Towart debates who holds the Nebraska treasurer’s post, illustrated by coverage in the World-Herald. The text is incomplete but signals a political or budgetary dispute involving local officials.
The Lahl Ler village trustees met August 1 and approved 1924 estimates totaling $118.00 for salaries street work street lights planting water maintenance and building extensions for the year ending May 1 1902 as recorded and published according to law. H R Shuts Clerk.
The article notes a drop in tax revenue as wealthy individuals move investments to tax free securities. It cites an estimated 14 billion dollars in such securities and suggests total taxes of all kinds could be affected, reflecting the Committee on Finance’s concerns.
In 1916 one year after the new income tax began, 1217 men in the country paid federal taxes on incomes of 300000 dollars or more. The data reflects early enforcement and reveals the concentration of wealth subject to the new levy.
State treasurer Cropsey filed suit in a Lancaster county district court to compel payment of a $127 thousand salary allowance from the McKelvie code regime. He employs his own attorney as the governor and secretary of finance, Phil Bross, are cited in the dispute.
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