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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

Sufsfy-"For comfort and safety, convaced-after
1000 miles-that other in any price range
compare with my Kaiser"-Fr0 a Mavfeld Ky, SGT.
No Eusiqve Frazer average of Is hours
day, made the from New York San Francisco in
81 days without the slightest fatigue The road stability
remarkable Total absence of vibration Abso
lutte steadness of the e"-Frorn Belgian Diplomat.
Service AeesssibIhy-"I bought my Kaiser I sold
it's workmanship design and performance Have just
completed mile vacation trip and like the lubr
cation layout and the you get the engine. All
parts that might need repair accessible than in
any other These words only mine but those of
service station attendants In many localities."Froa
Peoria. Ill., Factory Supervisor.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

All Around sosoeon"I purchased the first Frazer car
sold in our 1t is the best automobile have
owned or driven and that takes in a 9oodly number
- From a Hamilton Mont, Farmer
E6orsfess Drivns-I have experienced such per-
Torrance and efortless driving have since became
the owner of Kaiser-wonderfu handle in traffic.
From a San Marcos, Cal State Forester.
The Bssf Ride Of ANI have driven Frazer S7 miles
recent mile trip through Canada averaged 266
miles to the Gallon owned and operated many diff
makes of period of great many and
until bought my Frazer have owned that
economical and truthfully that this gives
the best ride of any automobile have owned Fro,
. Cr0nstOn, r. l., Physician.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

enthusiastic endorsement that more than half our sales
result from owner recommendations!
We know very we'll what owners think about their
Kaiser and Frazer because they write Willow
Run by the thousands prasing the performance,
of control roomness, economy and, above al the ride
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

Roomnsss Friends who ride In my Kaiser are amazed
at its roominess and at the smoothness of the ride.
From a Milwaukee, WIS.,, Retired Businessman.
Ssying-"Our new Frazer has the oreexpensive-car
performance and styling and the lessexpensve
onay."-Fron Hamilton Ohio, Engineer.
Exeeksnf 7reo'nens-"We the list for months
when we took delivery of Kaiser In this day of
thetable deals, and policies it is
refreshing to report the excellent have had
from your dealer. .'-From Passaic, ~ j. Businessman
Most sofisfoeforyI-'T thank you for selling
Frazer 1t is the most satisfactory have driven
and have owned several different makes of in both
the priced and the high priced lines From Boston,
Mass, Insurance Executive.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

The Maricopa and Pima Indi-
an reservation was established
in 1859. 1t is located in Arizona
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

The Kaiser and the Frazer have been tried out In hum
dreds of millions of miles of motoring, by than
$4,000 owners, everywhere on earth.
The verdict of these critical buyers many of whom
long experienced with other fine overwhelmingly
favorable More than favorable! 1t adds up to such
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-12-02

From $500 letters recently received, the following
excerpts tell the whole story of why Kaiser and Frazer
owners like these cars Here unbiased, unsolicited
reports which reflect every type of driving experience
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

of one cent a gallon, ST. Louis
realized s905. COO in 1914, Kansas
City $467, 600; and Birming-
nam, Ala, 1901, 900.
There is an alternative to inlposi-
ton of new taxes represented in
the few cities which gain the major
portion of all of their revenue from
municipal ownership of public utili-
ties.
The Council of State Gov
ernments reported this about NUM-
cipal ownership:
"There is a small number OF
cities in the United States whose
citizens are entirely tax-free as the
result of profitable operation of
municipality : owned public service
enterprises.
"Al these cities many are be-
low 10, 900 in population. On the 9th
er hand, at least 10 cities Of more
than 20,0 600 population derived al
least 20 per cent of their total
revenue from contributions Of their
own public service enterprises.
MANY utilities, especially If
large cities, are operated at a mel
deficit, usually on the theory thai
their services contribute the gener.
al welfare"
Of the 10 cities, Jacksonville,
Fla, received 81 per ce,t of its
revenues from this source; Rocky
Mount. N. C. 70 per cent; Austin.
Tex, 80 per cent; while Los An
geles, Boston, Louisville, and Mil
waukee each received more than
81, 900, 900, the council reported.
The council also warned against
the inherent dangers" in the APP
plication of Tor : property taxes,
saying:
"Many Of these sources of local
income are not desirable forms of
taxation because they bear hardest
on those less able to pay.
Local taxes are easier to evade
than taxes levied in larger dis
tricts; their imposition has unde-
sirable effects in inducing the
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

marily government property. Fifty
two other cities Of more than l0O,-
900 population have such property
in total of $11. 900, 900, 900, the cen
sus bureau estimates.
The difficulties in the way of lift
ing tax exemptions are manifold.
There is, moreover, a sort of poll
teal ceiling against lifting prop
erty tax rates. n its publication
''state-local relations" the council
of state governments said:
Though localities have been his
t~orically dependent upon this dhe
property tax for the largest pro-
portion of their income, the tax is
apparently incapable of expanding
at a rate sufficient to meet grow
ing expenditures. This is prob
ablue due to political causes as
much as to economic ones, and
there seems at this time little pos
sibility of breaking property tax
rates through the political ceilings
against which they are now hard
pressed"
Thus the almost desperate hunt
for new sources of revenue. Al
ready, with less than hall the CEN
fury past, these new taxes, I'M
creamed of even so years ago, rep
resent from two to II per cent of
local revenue. In some isolated in
stances, no~n-property revenue is as
much as 76 per cent of the total in
St. Louis, for example, recently
added an income tax, thus joining
Philadelphia and Toledo as the on
ly three cities in the nation with
such a tax.
Philadelphia's tax, aimed at re-
capturing that committing popula-
TONS income, applies to all income
earned within the city, regardless
of whether the recipient residents
there; and to all residents VINO de-
rive their income from businesses
outside the city.
Parking meters, installed now in
almost 500 cities, are considered
essentially a traffic control de-
vice." but nonetheless produced
nationally more than &c. 900, 900 last
year.
Sewer rentals bring both Detroit
and Cleveland in excess of ST, 000,-
900 annually, with the tax spread
ing rather widely through the ma
ton. Garbage collection fees are
another source which reduces
varying amounts, depending upon
the service and the rate.
Such charges represent a prac-
tice more and more municipalities
are adopting: that of charging for
the services rendered. This, the ex-
perts say, has the double advant-
age of gearing the service to actual
need and of keeping it flexible.
Gasoline and motor fuel taxes
now are effective in more than $50
communities. Levying at the rate
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

OF h Cities,
Caused By Tax Drains

Editors note: This is the first of two stories on the pressing
problems of decentralization in Americas big cities ne tdsk "
maintaining and expanding essential services over an um s nm hn
able from which a large portion of their taAPayers aaN
moved, but who still work and play in the area. me ouHua Pc
News feels that the problem is of special interest IN wilmington,
because of the manner in which this city has grown ouI ~ an Enr
since the war years. The second story. Ihe states Get d oh III
Help" will be published next Sunday
BY LLOYD BRADY K
The Associated Press
Farm boys who went to the cities to make thef money
now are moving to the country to spend it, and IN the1
the cities are left with a host of fiscal problems.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY

movement of businesses and resi-
dent to lower tax reas.
weaknesses of the new sources
OF locally collected income demon
strate that these sources must be
used cautious sly; they should not be
depended upon to supply localities
with a major share of the revenue
needed to carry on fair ever-in-
creasing functional load.
FINALLY the multiplication of
local taxes makes it more difficult
to keep the nations public finance
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
Dragline Purchase
ADDears Definite

Purchase of a aragline by the
city seemed definite again yestei-
day following a week of indecision
during which the authority of the
machine has been batted between
the Civilian Production Admin
istration and the National Hous-
ing Authority.
II feel sure that we will be able
To purchase one before long. CITY
Manager j. r. Benson said yester-
day after his fight to procure a
-dragline had been Joined by Of
ficials Of the Veterans Admins
tration.
The federal owned draglines are
now in the hands of the CPA, MIA
told Benson.
Ethyl gasoline first went on sale
at Dayton, O., Feb. 2, 1928.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

teewomen, district alternate com
mitteewomen, and county vice
chairmen will be held in the state.
Pa,,1 r. Younts. executive We
commander. North Carolina depart
noan+ If the American Legion, has
announced.
AT the meeting plans for the
Dusk to Dawn membership cam
paign now under way, will be per,
fected. he said. ut is our hope and
aim to reach our Legion quota
of 1O7, 149 members and we believe
we can do it."
The "Dusk to Dawn compaign
is slated to end on March 81. Each
county in the State has been as
signed a quota based on the number
of veterans residing therein.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

f bysieass sensitive an $ to chs1,N.,
Of successfully a5h i NE pal
creased" IS the,..e
cali Mf fe4 S SoHaay: The s.,,., :
siS Goyey s.. Of Honssri,,
S. in January, m =, : tnIora'
wheat, grain stubb tIsuy il i,
fields feeding on or ID
gram and weed seed 5'Vea i,
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16
LEGION TO HOLD
CLINTON MEETING
Wilmingtonians Expected
To Attend Second d.
visional Farley

Ray Galloway, vice-commander,
American Legion, and Charles
Ford, Chef-de-Gare Of the Forty
and Eight, will attend the Second
Divisional meeting of the American
Legion at Clinton Feb. II, at 7:3o
o.. M, it was announced last night
Five divisional meetings OF
American Legion district com
rnanders, vice-commanders, county
chairmen, coordinates, officials OF
Voitu-es of the Forty and Eight,
Legion Auxiliary district commit
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

Boise Idaho, was settled in
1863 by Major Lugabill, U. S.
A., who established there a mill
tary post known as Fort Boise.
It was organized as a city IN
1864 and became the capital o.
the territory.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-16

Ethyl gasoline first went on sale
at Dayton, O., Feb. 2, 1928.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
SON Of FORMER
PASTOR IS KILLED
Billy Fike Dies In Automobile
Accident In Los Angeles
Brother Again Injured

Billy Fike, younger son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. T. Fike of 1880 Ralph
street, Rosemead, Calf, was killed
in an automobile accident Feb. IL
in Los Angeles, according to word
received by Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Gowen.
The Fike family resided in Laurel
in the early 30's while Rev. Fike
pastor of the Laurel Methodist
church. He is now employed in
road construction in Los Angeles
county. The two sons, Billy and
Lauress, attended a school of mort
uary, and the daughter, Miss Franc
es Fike, is a student of nursing in
Minneapolis.
1t will be recalled here that Laur-
ess, the oldest son, sustained seri-
Gus gasoline burns in an accident
shortly after the family moved from
Laurel to Philipsburg. He was
again injured when, after his broth
er's death, he was taking Billy's
motorcycle and was struck by
car and suffered a broken leg.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
SCHOOLS To ASK
FOR SPECIAL LEVY
Will Be Needed To Pay Higher
Salaries For Teachers In
Coming Year

The board of trustees of school
district No. 7 at its last meeting
passed a resolution to submit to the
people a proposal for a special levy
for operation of the school system
during the next school year. The
special levy, not less than 10 mills,
will be used primarily to meet the
higher salary schedule that will have
to be put into effect.
A spokesman said the board re-
allies the general salary level in
the teaching profession has been be-
low what it should be, and that
recent increases, substantial as they
are, are offset by increased cost
of living.
1t was added that this district,
like others, had hoped the legisla-
ture during its recent session would
provide some relief, but this was
not done.
The special levy will be submitted
at the election April 5 when trus-
,ees will be elected.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
APPLICATIONS BEING
RECEIVED BY LEGION
FOR JUNIOR BASEBALL

With the arrival of spring and the
ending of the basketball season, at
tention turns to baseball for the
coming summer and autumn. Junior
baseball, a major project of the
American Legion's national organ
ization, is being organized by local
posts throughout America.
S. S. Bliss, representing Laurel
post 1913, said this week that ap-
parently there is some misunder-
standing about ages and other nee
essary qualifications of boys who
wish to play Legion-sponsored base
ball. He explained that all games
will be played under the official
playing rules of baseball on regula-
ton diamonds and that the ball used
must be a standard league ball.
The competition will be open to
boys who r amateurs (boys who
have not been paid for playing
baseball), who had not attained their
seventeenth birthday before Jan. 1
1947. A boy born prior to Jan l.,
1880, is not eligible, but a boy born
in 1880 or thereafter is eligible.
Each player must have a birth
certificate or a certified copy or
record of one. The certificate must
be from the bureau of vital stats
tics, health department or a recog-
nized birth recording agency of the
state. Also required are finger
a photograph of the player,
and his signature for purposes of
Identification.
Applications are now being re-
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
REV.. VOMHOF LEAVING
AFTER 80 YEARS HERE

After almost 80 years as pastor
here of st. Johns Lutheran church,
Rev. Vomhof will leave Monday
for Roundup where he will assist
the pastor of the Roundup church,
Rev. Walter Leege. Rev. Vomhoff
recently resigned the Laurel pastor
ate. He is to be succeeded by Rev.
William Fredericks, who has been
called by the congregation and who
is scheduled to hold his first serv-
ices here Easter Sunday.
Rev. Vomhof was born in Illinois
and was reared at Goodhugh, MINI.
He received his training for the min
in Milwaukee, and st Louis
and was called to the church at
Edgeley, N. D., where he served
as pastor more than 16 years. From
Dakota he came to Laurel,
arriving here in August 1917. Since
then he has served st. Johns church
% years and seven months.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
MORE FILINGS ARE
MADE FOR ELECTION
First Ward Develops Contest
For Alderman-TwO Do Not
Seek Reelection

Five more nominating petitions
for candidates in the approaching
city election were filed during the
week at the city hall, with the first
ward developing a contest for al
derman. Other officials and two
aldermen from each of the four
wards are to be elected. The first
has three candidates for alderman.
Nominated for reelection are Pet
er Thomson, mayor; Philip Noel,
treasurer, and F.. H. Suddith, police
judge.
In the first ward are Fred Feuer-
bacher and Henry Conner for re-
election as alderman, with B. E.
Hughes, a railroad employee, as the
third candidate.
Paul Void is a candidate for re-
election as alderman from the second
ward, and Jack E. Freebury, en-
ployed at the yard office, is also
a candidate. Paul Wilson, second
ward alderman, is not running for
reelection.
Both present aldermen from the
third ward, ]. ]. Parker and DR.. l.
N. Smith, are candidates for re-
election.
Ira Rodgers and John L. Tubman
are candidates from the fourth
ward, Rodgers for reelection and
Tubman, proprietor of Tubman's
Food Mart, as a new candidate. 1t
is understood that E. A. Weber,
one of the wards present aldermen,
is not a candidate this year.
Filings close March % and the
election is April Z. Held with the
regular election will be special cleo
ton on a bond issue of $4,000 for
a municipal swimming pool.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
Red Lodge Rainbow
Is Entertained Here

With over 40 girls from Red
Lodge, in addition to a number of
Masons and Stars, the Laurel As
sembly of the Order of Rainbow
for Girls met last Wednesday even
ing at the Masonic temple. Officers
of the Red Lodge Assembly filled
all the stations with the exception
of two, and indicted a class of can
didates into the Laurel order. Down.
stairs a program of music was pre-
sented by the Laurel and Red Lodge
groups, after which refreshments
were served by the Laurel advisory
board.
Invitations were accepted to at
tend a meeting of the Columbus as
sembly on April g., and the Red
Lodge assembly on April II. A
part of the Laurel staff will officiate
each occasion.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
S|LES|A MAN DIES
Of HEART A|LMENT
M. V. Hagan, &C, Succumbs Sat
urday-SOn and Daughter
Are Laurel Residents

Martin Victor Hagan, sc, died at
his home two miles east of Silesia
Saturday following a heart attack.
Mr.. Hagan was born March II,
1881, at Necedah, Wis, the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter M. Hagan. In
1896 he moved to Hazel Run, Mimi,
where he married Isabelle Isaacs in
1905. In 1912 he moved to Bridger
where he homesteaded.
He is survived by his widow, four
daughters, Mrs. Jake Ostrum of Alb
sarokee, Mrs. Kenneth Bell of
Wapello, Iowa, Mrs. Ernest Nc
George of Silesia and Mrs. Gilbert
Peregoy of Laurel, and three sons,
Harlan Hagan of Silesia, Arthur
Hagan of Fossil, Ore, and Milton
of Laurel.
Funeral services were held We'd
.esday Afternoon at the Settergren
chapel in Billings. Burial was in
the Billings Mountview cemetery.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
c. 0. jerks RET|RES AS
G. n. VICE PRESIDENT

Retirement of Charles o. jerks
of st. Paul as operating vice presi-
dent of Great Northern railway, con-
GLIDING nearly Sc years association
with the system, has been announe-
ed by F. J.. Gavin, president. jerks
retirement is effective April 1.
His successor, with headquarters
in st. Paul, will be Thomas F. Dix
on of Portland, Ore. Dixon began
his career on Great Northern, and
since late 1943 has been president
and general manager of the Spo-
kane, Portland and Seattle railway,
a Great Northern affiliate, with
headquarters at Portland.
Regarded as one of the most sue
cessful operating officers in the
railway industry, jerks was 16 years
old and a student at the University
of North Dakota when he began
work for Great Northern as a clerk
in 1891. He held successfully the
positions of chief clerk, trainmaster,
assistant superintendent, and super
intendent before he was 80.
In 1912 he was advanced to gen.
eral superintendent in Superior,
Wis, and three years later became
general manager of the Spokane,
Portland and Seattle road. His cleo
ton as operating vice president of
Great Northern came on March l,
1920.
Top-ranking among his many
achievements as an operating offic-
er was his direction of the building
If the Great Northern's Cascade
.unnel through the Cascade range
Washington. The 7.79 mile tun-
lel, longest in the Western hemis-
,here, was completed in 1929.
Dixon was 10 years old when he
his railroad career. He
tarted as a Great Northern call
10Y in Superior, Wis, advanced
,radually in the operating depart
nent and, in 1917, became train
master at Great Falls. From that
ime through early 1912, he held
many important operating depart
nent posts on the railway in Mont
ma, Washington and Oregon.
In January 1912, Dixon was APP
Ointed general manager of Great
Iorthern's western district, with
eadquarters in Seattle, and on
let. /, 1913, became vice president
nd general manager of the Spo-
ane, Portland and Seattle railway.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
Mrs. FentOn Completes
Year AS Queen OF Nile

At the election of officers of Bath
Zabbia temple, Daughters of the Nile
of Billings Thursday at the Masonic
temple, Mrs. Emma Wismeyer
of that city was named queen
to succeed Mrs. G. w. Fenton, who
served the last year.
A program followed dessert lunch
con served in the temple dining
room, with music provided by Mrs.
L. w. Hageman of Laurel, who
sang "Indian Love Call" and
"Trees." Mrs. Gustave Simmons.
organist, accompanied.
Mrs. Fenton, retiring queen, pre-
sided at a business meeting during
which reports for the year were
read. 1t was announced that 122
articles of clothing and linen were
sent by the sewing committee to
the Shrine Crippled Children's hos
pital at Spokane, and that a fund
in support of the convaIescent brace
fund for crippled children who have
been dismissed from the Shrine hos
pitfalls had been contributed.
Others attending from Laurel were
Mrs. Hilmer Wage, Mrs. w. E.
Shay, Mrs. Roy Edwards and Mrs.
T. w. Evert.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
UNION SERVICES
FOR PASSION WEEK
AGAIN SCHEDULED
Three Pastors To Speak Dur
ing Series Beginning Early
In Coming Week

Continuing the practice inaugur-
ated two years ago, the churches
whose pastors comprise the Laurel
Ministerial association will again
cooperate in union Passion Week
church services the first three days
of next week. Participating are
the German Congregational church.
Rev. H. C. Haemmelmann, pastor;
Our Savior's Lutheran church, Rev.
C. o. Anderson, pastor; the Metho-
dist church, Rev. M. ]. Wilcox,
pastor, and the Church of the Naz-
arene, Rev. James H. Haueter, past
or.
Services to be held at 1880 p. m.
have been set as follows:
Monday, March 81, at the Church
of the Nazarene, Rev. Haemmel-
mann, speaker.
Tuesday, April 1, at the Methodist
church, Rev. Anderson, speaker.
Wednesday, April 2, at the Ger
man Congregational church, Rev.
Haueter, speaker.
Services for the remainder of the
week will be held by the several
churches as announced by them.
1.-THE general public is cordially
and urged to attend these
services and those of the church of
their choice" a representative of
the Ministerial association said.
Easter will be April 6.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
Missionaries To Speak,
Sing Here Next Sunday

Rev. and Mrs. Funk, missionaries
who have been serving in Hawaii,
will speak here Sunday evening,
March 80, at 8 o'clock at the AS
sembly of God church. They are
home on furlough after a number
of years in the Hawaiian islands.
Also in the party are five Hawai-
ians who accompanied Rev. and Mrs.
Funk to the States. They will sing
and play their instruments.
Rev. R. NJ. Hojem is pastor of
the Laurel church.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
F|REMEN ELECT NEW
OFFICERS FOR YEAR

At the Laurel fire departments
annual meeting Wednesday evening
of last week Lou Franzen was elect
ed president; r. A. Webster, sec
retary-treasurer; R. H. Sterrett, fire
chief, and Joe A. Larson, assistant
chief.
The department then convened as
the Firemen's Relief association and
elected Clarence ALEX as president;
C. A. Duncan, secretary, and Philip
Noel, treasurer.
Trustees of the Relief association
are R. B Packard, Chester Scott,
Kenneth Walton, Rynold Frank and
Frank Hartley.
Laurel outlook., 1947-03-26
Is Held For
Victim Of Accident

Funeral services for Harold Dale
Frickel, five-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Frickel who died last
Monday of injuries suffered Sund "
in an automobile accident in Laurel,
were held Friday afternoon at the
German Congregational church.
Rev. Herbert C. Haemmelmann,
pastor of the church, officiated.
The church choir sang "When
Peace Is Like a River" "Safely and
Tenderly Jesus Is Calling" and
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus"
P~allbearers were Jimmy and Billy
Frickel, George Bangert and Din
Frickel. He is survived besides his
parents and by his paternal grand
parents.
Burial was in Laurel cemetery.