Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, June 10, 1921, Page 11

| L ISE1F AUUC PRIAEVES AL T T ey L l';\ i Al ,;'a it AL ST 1T A g R L g e oo TUAA ol 16t Derplunh shosaof mreh TSI NS P Feld i3 avpvwesd ARAT apl ey LARGER REVENUE FOR ROADS Tendency Toward Devoting Increased Portion of Motor Vehiclss Tax to Highways, (Prepared by lhe United States Depart- ent of Agriculture) For a numhe. ot years the general tendency toward devoting an ever-u- creasing portion of the motor-vehicle revenues to road work under. the control and direct' supervision of the state highway departments lhas been very noticeable. Prior to 1912 only a very small portion of the motor-vehicle registration was devoted to this purpose. In 1920, 76 per cent of the re®enue, or $77,531,582,57, was applied to road work under the direct super- vision of the state highway depart- ments, and in addition $20,465,578.04 was applied’ to 'road work by counties or other local supervision, but with little or no direct supervision from the state highway departments. In most states the motor-vehicle revenues are devoted to maintenance and repair of the state roads or other improved highways. These states seem to have solved fairly well the difficult problem of securing funds for the mainteénance of the more im- portant roads under the ever-increasing traffic -requirements. As both the traffic and the revenues increase with the number of cars, there apparently exists a possibility of so adjusting the registration rates as to keep pace with the ever-growing maintenante charges. A number of the states having in general but a small mileage of im- proved roads. have recently adopted the plan cf capitalizing the motor: vehicle revenues and devoting these funds to road construction. ‘The states doing this are Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Missourl, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming. In them bonds have been voted or issued for road con- struction, and the principal, in some instances also the interest, is to be paid entirély from the motor-vehlcle revenue. At the beginning of 1921 there were still seven staies in. which motor trucks were registered at the same rate as passenger cars, but in recent years there has been a very decided tendency in most states to increase the fees required for motor trucks over and above those required for passenger, cars.. This Increase Is usually based on the weight of the truck and . its carrying capacity, its horse-power, or a combination of these factors, » The most general practice seems to be toward definitely limiting the maximum total road weight of the vehicle and basing the registration fee Hauling ‘a Large Load of Farm Prod. yce in Open-Top Truck, Covered Witht, Ennvas A few states have udopted a scale of fees, which In actual practice serves to make the operation of very heavy trucks impracticable, In Colorado, New York, and Oregon, in addition to the registration fees, n state tax on gasoline or other products used for the propuision of motor vehicles fs also levied! In some states motor cars are taxed a8 personal property in addition to the required registration fees, In Alabama, Dela- ware, Idaho, Iowa, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Carolina, Penn- sylvania, Tennessee, and Vermont, the registration fees are in lieu of all personal property taxes. Their Playing-Cards Different. American playing card manufac- turers have a profitable market awaiting them in Mexico and other Spanish-speaking American countries. But cards must be of patterns differ- ent from those to which Americans are accustomed. People in those coun:ries demand the Spanish pack, which consists of only 40 cards, ard Furthermoré, the face cards are different. The ace (called “as") {s much like ours; the “rey” (king) wears a crown, the queen Is repre- sented by a young woman, and the Jack-(“caball”) is-a horse. Most of the playing cards used in Spanish-American countries are fm- ported from Spain,.and are smaller than ours. Commonly they are thin and flimsy, so as to be hard to shuf- fle, and tearing easily. tens. Words Change Their Meaning. 'fhere are many instances where words change their meaning complete- 1y in the course of time. The word mansion meant simply a tent pitched for soldiers on their march. Later on it was applied to a roadside house for the accommodation of strangers. CHILDREN’S PATENT LEATHER MARY JANES Ankle strap Slippers, sizes to 8— Speclal Py “Operating 16 Exclusive Shoe Stores Misses’ White Canvas Oxfords and Pumps, sizes up to 2 c e e Low il tary heels— MEN’S TAN CALF OXFORDS - Goodyear welt soles— Spetial’ $4.29 " sizes up ‘to Special . . Best Grades of Tennis Shoes at Very Lowest Prices Consumers Shoe Co. 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Out Grave Danger in the Increasing Craze for Pcnhunalydt. —— Recently. telum the editor of the Journal of the American’ Medical As- sociation, thé mlnmnr of a prominent church in Chicago was asked by the head of the social work department to ‘on’ the ' establishment on psychoanalysis. put his approv. of a lecture coul Being In doubt," he conferred with sev- eral medical men’of his congregation. Finally ‘a neurologlst settled the mat- ter by sayiug: “By all' means have it. 1t should prove' very popular. Half the: congregation’ I8 already crazy and the otier halt'is' en route to ‘the asy- lum?” The jest was not 'wholly a jest. Peo- ple are'paying too much attention now- adays to their minds. An abnormal interett in the workings of one’s own mind produces either an introspective philosopher or a “common nut.” When the interest Is related more or less distinetly to a concealed but neverthe- less obvious fascination for cogitation on things sexunal, it has elements of danger. Physicians are beginning to wonder where the normal interest of the lnymun in these subjects ends and, the scope - of the psychiatrist com-’ mences, We are flooded with books on the subject by lay psychoanalysts; the “moviec” picture it; the theaters dramatize it; the churches have lec- tures on it. In the not too distant fu- ture this psychoanalytic craze, if it continwes, will make the medical psychatrist a very busy man. ] .NOT AN ERA OF YOUNG MEN Idea That Present Age Is Extraor- dinary in That Respect Is Shown as an Error. We are given to thinking of this era of ours as the era of young men, but the average age of Washington's cab- inet was under 40 years, observes the Villager, Katonah, N. Y. Hamilton Jefferson, forty-six; General Knox, was thirty-two; Randolph, thirty-six; thirty-nin one. ' What is It persuades us to the notfon that leaders of earller timen were always older than the men hold- ing the corresponding offices today? What explains the boast thet our own generation is the first to discover and dispose of the horrible waste in- volved in “1alddle age? . Is ‘the Im- pulse just the contempt ol stoday for yesterday? Or are we mluled by the ‘powlered wigs of the earlier time? £It WAS a.young lan’s army,” some whip- persnapper second lleutenant returned from France told us in éxplanation of “how we won the war.” A young man's army!, Whenever wag there ano(her kind? The whippersnappers confessed, mey had never thought of it In that/way. They had ccme to concelve of ‘the Civil war as having bewn fought by men . ltke thosc few who :still totter along In their blue uniforms on Memo- rial day! Says Uncle Eben. “Wuncaponner time,” sald Uncle Eben, “dar was a mouse dat sald he could whip a cat or a bull terrler or anything. But every. time he saw any critter on four le; ‘cep another mouse, he hid hisse’f. De in-tire mouse population said he was a ter- rible fighter, an’ if it wasn't for his mercy de cats an’ de bull pups would be as extinet as buftaloes. Even a mouse kin be a conversation hero if he knows when to run.” Nicknames of Some es. . Haonibal, Mo, Is known as the Bluff City: Little Rock, the City of Roses; Springfleld, Mass., the City of Homes; Cleveland, the Forest city; Charleston, the Palmetto city; Los Angeles, the City of Angels; Jackson- ville, the Gateway cl Always With . We cannot give away our troubles, least of all by making them public property. Wherein It Resembles Taxes. Getting along with human nature 18 life’s biggest bother.—Toledo Blade. ! N>. 9330 No. 9445 Sizes 340 50 bust. HELD BE w o TO Sizes 34 to 44 bust. 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