The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 10, 1929, Page 2

\ HIGHWAYS INCOME ~ REFUNDSFORESEEN nue of First Two Months, Due to Rebates RATE 3 CENTS SINCE JULY 97930 May Produce Gross Return of $4,000,000 Increase of $843,791.20 in gasolin? | Prine tax collections is expected by the qu’, state highway department for 1930. Rant Only a part of the increase will go! to the state highway department, , however, since the counties now share “in this revenue, one-third of the net is going to them. In 1928, collections totaled $2,204,- | cookan: Swittcurn't, 040.35, of which the highway depart: ment got $1,460,000. The sum of $724,571.55 was paid to 39,102 persons ‘who made applications for refunds. Returns for this year are not com- plete, but the department estimates; that $3,156,028.80 will be collected and $1,142,358.90 paid out in refunds on _ $6950 applications. ‘These figures represent seven months of tax collections on a basis of two cents per gallon and five months of the three-cent tax. The three-cent tax law became effective in July, but no money was received under it until August. ' During the first two morths of 1929, the highway department received - nothing, most of the money collected being used to pay refunds. In March, however, it received $40,000. The sec- cre quarter brought $510,000. the third quarter $620,000 and the fourth $2,000,000 AFTER ay STATIONS- Virtually Nothing Left of Reve-|# Figures So Far Indicate That) (\; ‘Toledo, V. Williston, Winnemuces Winntueg, WEATHER An extensive hig centered over Manitoba, weather prevails from the north ern Rocky mountain slo} to the upper Great Lakes: A deep. prensure aren is centered over ington, and warm weather pre: from the middle and southern Rocky mountain region northwestward the nocth Pacific const. 8 ie most northern stations, with. f ':| highest priced land is in the south ac is expected to produce $290,- y Of the refunds, 20,650 were é made in the first half of the year for “a total of $372,032.44 and 36,300 in the + second half for a toal of $770,326.46. Of the anticipated $4,000,000 collec- tion for 1930, it is expected that $1,500,000 will be paid out in refunds “on 174,000 applications. This is only $50,000 less than the highway depart- ment expects to receive as its sharc. Payments to the highway depart- ment for 1929 are expected to fall short of the estimate made by ve department in its budget for this year. Collections were estimated at $2,286,000 and refunds at $783.000 ‘ with a net income of $1,523,000 to the department. The increase in refund ents left the department $63,000 short of its anticipated revenue, ow- ever. ; _HowpD YOU ote: THIS ea Copenhagen.— NEA) — A full-s! | model of an “ideal home" on display here includes the following odd fea- tures: It is eircular, with a flat roof of prismatic glass; a rubber door mat is so situated that a step on it starts; mechanism to remove dust from! hoes; beds are equipped with rubber air mattresses; dining table has glass top to eliminate tablecloths; doors and windows are worked by electricity; ; floors are covcred with rubber; garage doors open and close automatically; antenna on roof picks up clectrical energy transmitted by wircless; in the study is a suction tube in direct con- tact with the local postoffi and Devils Lake, —5 | Jamestown, sit Blamarek- landan, 3; _. Pelee per Ton G-ineh 84.35 Lemp $450 FILL YOUN BINS KARLY Phone 11 THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1929 LOW, STEADY LEVEL OF PRE-WAR PERIOD| Highest wind ve Has Accomplished Halt in Downward Trend slow decrease during the past two or three years indicates that land has | probably reached a steady level.” Agricultural college. “Unlike Iowa, South Dakota ana| Minnesota,” Mr. Willard says, “land prices in North Dakota did not go so high and consequently have not ‘40 | had so far to fall.” The fall of land | Prices in South Dakota has Heed stopped, but in Iowa and | trend. ;| ‘The reason for the continued de- cline in land prices since .921 is the oe difference in price between what a CAST ; farmer pays for the things he buys! WEATHER Forec: For Bismarck and vicinity: Snow | and what he receives for the products | coment and Wednesda !he sells. “Only when the increased | For North Dakota: Snow tonight | efficiency of farmers overcomes this | and Wednesday. tinued cold. situation is ‘t safe to assume that a) plished in North Dakota.” Land prices vary widely in differ- er North Dakota association. The | ana. east, followed by northern Red River North Dakota | valley counties. Proceeding westward dition, due to) prices average less, approximately in y. ROBERTS, proportion to the normal production ‘Meteorologist. | per acre, according to Mr. Willard. (D ROADS Unimproved land is generally about | oudy: ronds bad. | $20 per acre less than improved land. roads fair. Listed below are the average 1929 (rend case hy ateerings toaile:-bad:| Renee ce ares Suceoee ee e f i ixnowing: roads. fair,| the state. These prices are the aver- | quently some prices were much higher ~————-———--—~ | and others ‘ere much lower than | shot down a chute; the average in any one region. house refuse is straight into an electrical destruction! In Richland, Ransom, Sargent, Dickey and La Moure counties the average selling price of improved land | Wells counties improved land aver- {is $43 and unimproved land is $32.| ages $28 and unimproved $23. In | Improved land sells for $41 and un-|Logan, McIntosh and Emmons ‘Increase of $843,791 in Gasoline Tax Expected by State for Year : [Weather Wepor LAND PRICES REACH {improved for $35 in Pembina, Walsh, | counties, $27 improved and $19 un- Grand Forks and Traill; while $31 | improved are the prevailing values. and $18 are the prices averaged in| McHenry. Bottineau, Renville, | Steete, Nelson, Griggs, Foster, Eddy | Ward and McLean counties have an and Ramsey counties. In Towner, | average of $26 and $19; and Moun- Rolette, “ierce, Benson, Sheridan and | trail, Burke, Divide and Rex Willard Feels Efficiency | | “Prices of land in North Dakota ; have just about reached the level they | were befor: the war, and the rather | This is the opinion of Rex E. Willard, | farm economist of North | : land values are still on a downward | or ‘ + | downward trerd in land values will | . be stopped,” declares Mr. Willard. | “This apparently has been accom- | ent parts of the stdte, a truth re-! vealed clearly by a summary of data | ; on land sales compiled by the Great- | nowing; roads | age of a large number of sales. conse- | Needless Pain! The man who wouldn’t drive his motorcar half a mile when it’s out of order, will often drive his brain all day with a head that’s throbbing. Such punishment isn’t very good Hein nerves! It’s unwise, and it’s unnecessary. A tablet or two of Bayer Aspirin will relieve a head- ache every time. 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