Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1926, Page 19

THE EVE G STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C. TUESDAY., SEPTEMBER 7, 1926. o( the outlay payments for permanent | improvements, but $129,319,990 less| than the total payments, including | those for permanent improvements. Only 17 of the States raised sufficient revenue to meet all expenses during the vear, payments in excess of rev- pmr‘eed.- of debt obligations. cula: on a per c-aphn hasis STATE EPENSES PR CAPIA et 2 Expendnures for All Causes‘mrwo\emam- Tons to $9.20 for ent | citlsen: from 4 the preceding vea Total $1,613,562,230 |*% obtedne Last Fiscal Year. | Net indebtedness of all the States | increased to $1.251.702.639, or $11.1 | per “capita. Bonds issued in 1 | were largely for highwavs. Twent | indebtednese. but the aggregate in- Expenditures for all causes by the | crease in the net debt of the States 4% States amounted to $1,614.362,230 | was $118,683.000. In the fiscal year closing January 31.| Receipts for all the States from the - o gasoline sales tax amounted to $87.- 1926, an increase of more than a mil- | Sopoars, SAIe 1AX AR Vehlcls Hon dollars over pavments for the |ljcanses raised $198.710310, an In- Preceding fiscal year. the Census Bu-|crease of $36.771.000 in the gasoline Similar_pay- | tax and 000 in recelpts from §30, ‘ments for th in 1917 ag- | motor vehicle licenses. cregated $5 e it b el erian less than| "y, ¢, Figures Not Avaflable. Paymen.s for maintenance and op | Although no figures showing reve- eration of the general depariments of | nyes and expenditures for the District the States amounted 10 $1.035.478.035. | of Columbla for the vear were avail- or $9.20 per capita. Pavments fe ble. the compilation showed that wnaintenance and operation of publ | Nevada citizens paid more per capita service enterprises were $8.398.276: in tereat on debt. $57.661.948, and out other State last year. Ohlo and laya for permaneni improvements, ' Georgia stood at the other end of | $503.023.97 | the 1line State for | Per capita property and special the 45 2.- | taxes amounted to in Ohto, § 20, or § in Georgia and § in Nevada tetal pavments of the year, exclusive capita expenditures for maintenance enue receipts being met from the | | six States effected a decrease in their | !in taxes than the residents of any | ‘ondon Dlamond Flrms Prefer Brunettes. But Reason Is One of Many Trade Secrets|Terraptn Waddles Across Line o —_— Win $2.378 Purse. | PONCA CITY, Okla.. September 7 (). —A crowd of 15,000 persons saw | a terrapin owned by Ed Briggs of Falrfax, Okla., waddle first across the line to win the $2,378 purse in the annual terrapin race vesterday at the 101 ranch. The turtle owned by Tom By the Associated Press lects one it is only After unusual| LONDON, September 7.—Gentle- lr\mmullonu. men may prefer blondes, but London | While their employers are out the dlamond merchants prefer brunettes |(rufted brunette assistant ”:flm:g: when it comes to sharing thelr val- | window of a door which Is never | uable trade secrets. No one seems to opened. She i= tactful and ocourteous | [ mow why moat of the girla who arn |1 never discuses the movementa | 100, of JYichita made » Teqsslonn] their living in Hatton Garden, Lon- |Of her employer. | money. $300. Mrs. Roy French's don’s noted market place for precious | hen she leaves her situation it 18 | opery {00k third place and $300. She ones, have dark hair and dark eyes. | Kenerally to get married and retire | {ULY OO0 LTy But the gem dealers.do. " |trom business life. Her employer | All of the 3 terrapins qualifyl The diamond market guards all of (COnsolea himself. as he selects a,, 1 heats its secrets jealously and the riddle of ,"h“‘«' gem for a wedding gift, with | \.h, the dark-eyed, dark-haired girls In the | the hope that his preclous trade se- diamond office is likely to remain an creta will never reach a rival. unsolved mystery to the outside VOTE ON RAISING PAY. world | | Few girls find their way to the inner chambers of Hatton Garden by . " Mal tes. | 1f ambitious and desirous the ordinary commerofal routee. The |y o\ ¢, Decide 1f Leglslators Are of actuly winning his cae ” ‘] | spends lon; ours at nigl Iy for an employe. And when he se- Worth 88 a Day. on s b”.g and poring over | | TOPEKA. Kaps., September 7 (#).— % = FE books for citations. No matter how lar the Citizens of Kansas will decide at the | T bar TE Mo eres: e ruined! He should take care of his evesight and have his eyes examined at intervals. 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