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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

The lower house of congress has
passed the wheat guarantee bill, and
it is predicted that it will meet with
but little opposition in the senate. 1t
carries an appropriation of one billion
dollars for the purpose of enabling
the government to purchase the wheat
crop of 1913 and 1919. SO as to pro-
tect the farmers and allow them the
guaranteed price of $2.26 per bushel
at the Chicago market. The pledge
was made to the farmers and in all
honor it must be fulfilled. There are
two ways open to the government,
one is to buy the wheat at the. guar
anteed price and sell it at the market
price. thus giving the consumer the
benefit of the reduction and charging
the difference to the expense Of the
war, and the other is to buy the
wheat and hold corner on it, excIud-
ing all imports by protective tariff,
thus holding the price up to the con-
sumer and avoid loss to the govern
ment. This bill shifts the RESPONSE
bility of choice onto the president by
giving him blanket authority to con-
troll all of the commercial machinery
from the purchase from the farmer to
the sale of the flour to the consumer.
and giving him authority to control
imports, manufacturers and exchang
es. It's mean trick to force free
trade president to personally declare
protective tariff on wheat. but it is
most likely what he will have to do
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

troduced provides for a three mill tax
on moneys and credits. The next pro-
vides for registrv tax on mortgages
varying as to length of term, none to
be greater than Soc per hundred doll
lars Of principal; the next was an
exemption of personal property a.
mounting to $500 in vsluation, $500
on machinery, and $500 on tools Of
trade. The last is provision for ex-
emption on dwelling houses up to
$4,000. OF course the exemption of
certain classes of property does not
reduce the amount Of tax that must
be paid, but simply shifts the burden
to other kinds of property. No ex-
emption is provided for land, hence
the bulk of increase will fall upon
the land. 1t is move in the direc-
tion of the Henry George theory of
placing all tax upon land. The argu-
ment put forth in support of the
amendment was that by exempting
farm improvements from taxation it
would encourage the making Of such
improvements, and the farmers fell
for the argument. but the exemptions
do not apply only to farm improve
ments, but to all improvements, so
that what the farmer will gain by ex-
emptions on his personal property will
probably be more than offset by the
increased tax on his land. It is re-
ported that the plan eventually is 70
adopt an income tax plan, but we be-
lieve no such bill has been introduced
at this session. Even if such a law
were adopted it would strike the far
mer harder than any other class, so
he could, not escape the burden by
that means.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
THIS TELLS HOW TO
FIGURE INCOME TAX
SquareIy Up to Every Individual
to Get Busy by March IS
or Suffer Penalty.

"Don't wait until the final due date,
March Is, for paying your Income Tax
and making your return. Avoid the
last minute rush. Any person can fig
ure ou' his liability today as well as he
can next week, and if there is any
point on which he needs advice he can
now get in touch with Revenue man."
This word Of advice is from James
Coffey, Collector of Intarnal Revenue,
Aberdeen, S. D., who is collecting the
Income Tax in North Dakota and
South Dakota. Collector Coffey is Civ
ing without charge every aid of his
office and his enlarged field force to
held the people get their payments
and their returns in by March 18th.
But the Income Tax men will not
pull your door-bell or your coat-tails,
according to the Collectors announce
ment. 1t is squarely up to every indi
vldual to figure out his own case and
to get busy if he comes within the
scope of the new Revenue law
Did You Earn This Much2
Every unmarried person who re-
ceived income averaging $l9.25 week
during 1913 and every married couple
who Jointly received income averaging
$3.50 week should secure at once
from the nearest Deputy Collector or
the nearest bank a blank Form 1040 A.
That form contains the information he
Will need to enable him to figure his
correct net income and any tax that he
owes the government
The law requires that every unmar-
ried person who had net income Of
$1,000 or over and every married per-
son whose net income was $4,000 or
over dncluding the income Of husband
or wife and the earnings Of minor
children, if any must make return
on or before March 18th. And this re-
quirement does not hinge on whether
the person owes tax.
Taxable Income.
An individual must include under
gross income all gains, profits and in
come derived from salaries, wages or
compensation for personal service Of
whatever kind and in whatever form
paw VI IIOul pTOIeSSlOuS, NOCdtlOIlS,
business, sales or dealings In property
OF all kinds, interest, rent, dividends
or profits derived from any source
whatever Very few items of income
are exempt
Deductions include ordinary and nee
eSsary business expenses, interest paid
or accrued on Indebtedness, taxes of
all kinds except Federal income and
excess profits taxes and assessments
for local benefits, losses actually sus-
tained, debts ascertained to be worth
less and depreciation on buildings ma
chinery, fixtures, ETC., used in business.
A further deduction is allowed for con-
tributions to corporations operated for
religious, charitable, scientific or edu-
cational purposes or for the prevention
of cruelty to children or animals to ar
amount not exceeding IS per cent of
the taxpayers net income as computed
without the benefit Of the contribution
deduction.
The taxpayer Is not allowed to de-
duct Rny QBrxuRal. living OF family sx.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

The professional economists are urg-
ing everyone to go ahead with their
business enterprises in order that
prices may become adjusted to a
peace basis as soon as possible. The
advice is good. for the purpose in
tended, but is it not equivalent to
asking every business man to sacri-
fee his own financial interests to the
good Of the Public? The merchant
knows that if he stocks up his store
with goods at present prices he stands
for loss. The wholesaler knows
that it is unsafe to load up heavier
than the immediate demand requires
or he stands for the loss. The manu-
facturer knows that if he manufac-
lures supply in excess of immediate
demands. paying present prices for
raw material and wages, he stand for
the loss. The laboring man measures
his wages by the present cost of liv-
ing and realizes that a reduction in
wages under present conditions means
a loss to him and he is not willing to
run his chances on an immediate drop
in prices. All of these branches of
industry can justify their position on
the grounds of business judgment.
Az no one branch of industry ie likely
to be considerate enough to shoulder
the entire loss, the reduction will
probably have to come gradually, an d
thus divide the loss between them all.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

The senate has passed bill provid-
ing for the taxing of grain in eleva-
tors on the basis of the maximum
amount of grain held during the year
instead of the amount on hand at the
date of assessment. 1t is claimed
that elevator men plan to ship out
their grain just about the time the
assessment is made 30 that their
houses will be practically empty, and
this bill proposes to catch them at the
highest point during the year. An
average for the year rather tnan a
maximum would be a more just as.
sessment.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
X X X X X X Il X X \ !, K K X X X !
No "can,t" in Bankino.

The vice president Of a big San
Francisco bank remarked recently that
they had run their business without
any bank after the fire Of 1906. with
out any money before the issue OF
clearinghouse certificates in 1907 and
without any men in the wartime inflU-
enza epidemic of 1918, offering further
proof If proof be needed. of the re.
sourcefulness of bankers-Pacific
Banker.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

The legislature is considering sew
era! bills for modification of the
asses sment laws. contemplated by the
constitutional amendment adopted at
N last election. The frat bill In.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
INCOME TAX PAYS
FOR PUBLIC BENEFITS.

4 Viewed in it's largest and tru-
X est sense, the payment Of taxes
is payment for benefits received
X or expected. Only from a mar
X row and essentially selfish and
X shortsighted viewpoint can the
X individual propose to himself
X the evasion of tax liability as
X desirable course of action. -
X Daniel c. Roper, Commissioner
X OF Internal Revenue
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

- tiiia dii!ptiit Si'tiit ioi llilpioN
;aa::erty or amy expense Of restoring
- Gtity or making good its cNlaus-
ii;t:. ~ which nn allowance is claimed
nader depreciation.
Figuring the Tax.
Before figuring the normal tax the
dividends arc deducted rs credits from
net income together With the personal
exemption. AS In previous years, divl-
deeds of domestic corporations are OK
rnpt from normal tax when received
by t!ie stakeholder
The normal tax rates for citizens
;inu residents are as follows: On the
first $4,000 of net income in excess Of
The credits the rate is 6 per cent; on
,!ny further taxable income the rate is
l. per cent.
The S;lrtaX rates apply to net in
come of each individual in excess of
$1,000. The personal exemption and
the dividends are not dcductible before
computing SurtaX. In the case of re-
turns by husband and wife, the net in
come Of each is considered separately
in computing any SurtaN that may be
N.HN. 'i III IotO 1>!ibhl'l l)t 'ilSctl loT
making returns of net income exceed
il,g $1,000, and demonstrations on thal
fern will show how to figure the sur
lax.
BUSINESS House Returns.
Employers and others who paid
wages, salaries. rcn!s, interest or sim
liar !"terminabe gains in an amount
Of $1,000 or over during 1913 to any
person must file all information return
with the Government. Blanks may be
secured from the Collector
Every partnership must file return
showing its income and deductions and
the name and address of each partner,
with his share Of the profits or losses
during the past year Personal service
corporations will file similar nfOrma-
ton for 1918
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
Dust,

Dust,
Dust, BY It's own nature, can rfss
only SO far above the road; and birds
which fly higher never have It upuu
dHiy wlngs.-Henry Ward BeecheN
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
Breaking L Gently.

Kind Old Lady Visiting peniten.
tiary)-Ah. my poor fellow: you look
like an honest man. Why did they put
you here?
Poor Fellow-Yer right; 1t was a
shame, Teddy. They put me here just
fer tryin' to4open up little business.
Kind Old Lady-Why. that was an
outraged What kind Of business
was It?
Poor Fellow-The little business on
the front Of a safe.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
Had a Reason.

"Whnt makes you so sleepy around
the Officer
"lt's my sense of duty, boss"
HUH
II lie awake too much at night
thinking about my work"
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

To Be Juror In London.
In the city Of London juror must
be a householder or occupier of prem.
lses, and must possess property to the
value Of five hundred dollars.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
Daily Thought.

The first years Of man must make
provision for the last.-samuel John.
SUI.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27

,fNrS~. amy amount spent for improving
tf&!@rty or any expense Of restoring
:. }trty or making good its cNlaus-
ii;t.. ~ which an allowance is claimed
t3ni,ur dpnrcciat;on
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-02-27
Saw Another Chance.

Saw Another Chance.
"Say, that lot you sold me is three
feet under the water"
us it?"
"Yes, 1t is, and you know It,"
well, it's good thing you told me.
can let you have a bargain in a
canoe.-K Kansas City Journal.
NIghtlneaIe's Voice Carries.
The nightingale's voice can be heard
for distance Of mile.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20

BEO0 Oor CoRfA0oooOooS-
Mr.. Page was here on business.
last Saturday.
Mrs. Drummer returned home
last Saturday night.
The home of VIM. Grace, west
Of town, was destroyed by fire,
one night last week.
E. z. Marks held another horse
sale here last Saturday. Several
from Cloverton came down to at
tend it.
Word has come that Miss
Queen Franklin was united in
marriage to Mr.. VIM. Smith of
Webster. last week. The we'd
ding took place in Grantsburg.
The newly-weds will make their
home in Webster.
The Markville church received
good and we'll needed scrubbing
last week. Mrs. Steinbring, Mrs.
Peterson, Mrs. Grevious, Mr..
Schmiege and lone Grevious did
the good work.
Our Community Home is to
have a house-warming next
Saturday night when a social is
to be held in the rooms set aside
for a community building. All
are cordially invited. A program
and games and eats will be in
order. Each one is supposed to
bring as many pennies as he is
years old. The proceeds will be
used to purchase books for the
library.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20
Windemere
Fren Our CorrsspseAsa1-

rHo1 OOR CO6xOOUoo0oot-
Miss Edith Hedberg spent Sun
day at the Lund home.
Chas. Anderson was baling hay
for S. M. Lund Saturday.
G. Brown and his brother,
Ralph, went to Minneapolis. last
Wednesday.
Miss Olga Lund, of Duluth,
came home Sunday for few
days vacation.
Edwin Olson, of Moose Lake.
spent the week end at his
fathr's home in section 20.
Mr.. Strong of Blue Earth, is
making an extended visit here
with his sister. Mrs. Shepard.
s. Dahlin, who is working in
Minneapolis, spent the week end
at his home in this community.
Herman and Anton Johnson
were hauling oats from the
Erickson place, one day last
week.
&c. Fisher and a Quail of Pine
City spent few days at the Hal
vorsen home while hunting for
big game. They were successful.
A number of Windemere's
young people attended the
shadow social in the Gunderson
school house, Saturday evening.
Homer and Martha Dewitt of
Anoka, brother and sister of Mrs.
Halvorsen, and Walter and Oscar
Peterson of Minneapolis, spent a
few days at the Halvorsen home.
Quite a few old friends and
neighbors spent a pleasant after
noon ut the S. M. Lund home,
Sunday. The Lund family are
leaving for st. Paul in the near
future.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20
Town of Wilma
PROM OuS Correspondent

Hyem OuS Cep:esDon1snt--
The woods are full of hunters.
Mrs. Frank Ogg returned home
Thursday.
Rud Stellberg returned to his
home last week.
Verona Ludwig spent Tuesday
with Mrs. Bates.
Mr.. Snyder was in Markville.
Monday. on business.
Mr.. Snyder has rented the Ran
dali place for another year.
Mr.. Snyder started working
for Mr.. Stellbreg. Tuesday.
Mrs. Ludwig and son. Francis.
autoed to Sandstone Thursday.
Mrs. Shute and Mrs. White are
entertaining number of hunt
ers.
We are planning one grand
program and dinner Thanksgiv-
ing.
There was no farmers club
meeting. Saturday on account of
high water.
Miss Anderson and Miss Lud-
wig spent Wednesday with Mrs.
Stellberg.
Mr.. Nash and son, Paul, are
here from Minneapolis for the
hunting season.
Stanley Munger and Nettie
autoed to Sandstone Saturday and
Nettie stayed with her sister.
Stella. They expect to come
home for Thanksgiving.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20

"a woman can do any intellectual
work that man is capable Of"
"No," replied the obstinate male /;
woman may write tragedies and
compose symphonies and SO forth,
but"
"But whatY"
81 never in my life saw one who
could keep score ut ball game"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20

or the other In one day, Dut IL
had to be over and over and over
again. How can you expect a
child, then. to remember a moral
by telling him once.
Another thing, you start to teach
a child that seven times five
equals thirty-fve and he wouldn't
understand; you tell certain boys
how they ought to~live and what
they ought to do, and they don't
appreciate it, because their little
minds are yet undeveloped; they
don't understand; they don't
know what you mean. Some OF
the fathers and mothers look at
me and wonder what l mean by
that particular thing that tried
to make as plain as can be. We
have got to get away down under
the skin of these little boys and
girls so as to teach them how they
ought to live and what they
ought to do, and it must be done
over and over and over again.
Take a little girl IL or IA
years of age who unfortunately
is endowed with a very high de-
gree of the animal and she is de-
veloping a very keen, lustful
nature, and she is taught by the
mother that she mustn't associate
with the boys. Why, she can't
understandings are just fell
lows to play with. She don't
know what the mother means,
and the mother isn't wise enough
to impart to the girl what she
particularly means. And then
she grows up, and the first thing
you know she meets some little
fellow and they go out in the
woods or some place in the park,
and she is ashamed to tell her
mother. The mother doesn't ap.
preciate it. Then you take the
girl to task, and you talk to hel
about it and you can tell her she
ought not to do it, and she
doesn't know why, and the first
thing you know some other fel
low goes out with her. She
doesn't understand how she
ought to live and how she ought
to take care of herself, and she
will 60 back and repeat the same
thing over and over and ove1
again even after telling her il
must not be done because 70,
haven't got down into her mine
the consequences to be assumed
from that line of conduct. Yor
have to have a wise man OF
woman. The father or mother
can't always do it.
Take a boy-what is a boy:
idea of ownership? Boys thinl
ownership is possession. HI
doesn't know anything abou'
title; nobody ever told him; h,
wouldn't recognize it if Their,
was a label on it. If he can re
duce it to his possession, it il
his. l have seen that ILLUSTRATED
time and time again. A DO,
knows that another boy ha
stolen something. He buys i
from that boy; he doesn't under
stand that he doesn't own it; an,
it takes a whole lot of time an,
patience to teach that boy al
understanding of ownership s.
that the man that owns it doesn'
lose the right to his possession
because it was taken from him
This boy buys it and gives some
thing in consideration; he think
he is giving up something, an,
it ought to be his. That kind O
a boy ought not to be punished
he ought to be educated so tina
he will know what it means
give him an understanding O
how he ought to live.
Some Of the little newsboy.
down here-some of them ar,
bright boys-they don't realiz,
they are committing highwa,
robbery. They will find some fel
low under the influence O
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20

fellow slips his fingers over there
and gets the money. The boy
never realizes if he can get q
PAPER onto a drunken man and
get soc or Csc, that he is steal
ing that money; he looks upon it
as a trade.
/ had an application from =
man to bring his boy back to
town. He had been committed
to Red Wing. Will you let me
take my son back l will send
him out to his uncle in the coun-
try. l said l wanted him to stay
there; l wanted him to get new
idea of life, so that when he gets
back he won't be around the de-
pot selling papers. He wanted
him back because it cost him $
a week to have his boy stay up
there, and he didn't want to
spend the money. Not a ques-
ton of the boys interest or boys
protection; it was a question Of
financial responsibility of the
father.
Looks easy; l havn't any but
boys and girls to deal with; they
are an easy proposition. When
you come in you find the people
will notice that you pass these
matters over apparently without
very much concern, and you
make a disposition, and then you
go home and scratch your head
and wonder whether you were
wise enough to make a proper
disposition of that boy or girl.
What is the thing to be done?
You do it because you must do
it. Especially in the cities where
you have to pass on from thirty
to sixty cases twice a week, you
haven't time to consider; you
must do the best you can and e1-
ercise the best judgment. why,
what a soft job that is; there is
nothing but kids there" The
Juvenile Court is referred to as
the short pants court" l know
it is, but it is one of the greatest
courts of responsibility in Chri-
stendom, because it means de-
velopment and education of the
boy and girl, may even mean the
salvation of a human soul, depend
ing upon the disposition of that
boy or girl at some crucial point
of their life by the Judge who is
sitting upon the case. There is
no more responsible position for
us; there is no more difficult 20
sition.
You can't always take a boy
or girl out of a home because of
their misconduct. Some years
ago | had a little girl who ran
away from home, she with two
other girls-one was IA, one Is,
and one 16; the girl Is had had
some experience in life-they
were together and they got q
room at one of the cheap hotels;
and there were three young fel-
lows about Is years of age that
met them on the street, and they
took the girls to the hotel and
stayed with them all night. The
three girls were brought into
Court. The boys had gotten W
early in the morning and had
gone away. The girls didn't
} know them except by the frs,
; name. There was very little t.
work on. The IA year old girl
was so frightened that she la,
on the floor all night. The Il
} year old girl had been through
the mill before. She slept in /,
separate room with one boy
The other girl went to bed with
one of the boys. They told m,
the story except the older on,
protested they lied. You car
learn to read the eye as we'll a,
understand the tongue. If W,
accept the words that are used
thew NAV ho frno nr nav MT ~
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-11-20

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using the American Want Col.
umn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-10-25
LAND DEALS ACTIVE IN
WESTON MT. DISTRICT

WESTON MT. oct. 25.--Sunday
night as Mrs J. w. Hyatt and family
were returning from Weston the
brakes gave way on their car and it
ran up the bank and turned over on
the grade just east Of the Mckenzie
farm. Mrs. Hyatt jumped out before
the car turned over but Mrs. Roy
May and the two babies and John
Hyatt. who was drivipg( were in it.
No one was hurt, but all weer badly
frightened.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. Hutland and fam
lily of Athena. visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. May last week.
John Uroe went to Kennewick.
Wash on business last week.
Roy Keyser left for Portland Tues
day after a weeks visit with relatives
on Weston mountain.
Charley May bought the Chas.
Schneider ranch Saturday and has al
ready commenced fall plowing and
seeding. Tom Booker and family,
who have been living there since Mr..
Schneider went 70 Washtucna to farm