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Ffcge Two—B The attorney general ruled that any municipality has the authority to sell or dispose of municipally owned property in such manner as it deems proper and com pliance with statutory provisions is not required. Saxbe went on to rule that a munici pality, such as Caldwell, which has not adopted a charter limiting its powers by adopting the provisions of the statutes relative to the sale of its property, has authority under the power of Article XVIII of the constitution, acting in good faith to dispose of property belonging to it in such manner and for such consideration as it deems proper, without compliance with any of the provisions of Chapter 721 of the Revised Code. Under these provisions, the council several months ago leased the municipally owned mine site to Ralph Gibbs as the site for the new Noble Block Company. The lease runs tor a period of five years. There No Clerk Hire Attorney General William Saxbe also ruled that the Revised Code, as enacted in Am. H.B. No. 914 and Am. H.B. No. 937, respectively, 102nd General Assembly, makes no provisions for the office of clerk of the county courts created by such enact ments, nor is there any authority for the designation of a deputy sheriff, an assistant prosecuting attorney, or other elected official to assume any of the duties and respon sibilities specifically given to the county judge. County SHOT-IN-TIIE-ARM By George Peck A great many of our Amer ican citizens labor under the erroneous impression that be cause of our highly progressive individual income tax rates, the rich are paying for most ©f the "drunken sailor" scenci tng of the Federal Govern finent. Because of this mi taken idea they are not per turbed abour the manner #hich the Federal Government tosses tax-money around— With apparently no thought of economy. Well, let's tuku a look at some of the individual income tax statistics! Those figures knock into a "cocked-hat" tin potion that the "Economic Royalists" are bearing tin brunt of Federal Government extravagance and waste: Three out of four incorv.o taxpayers, some 30 million in dumber, in 1955 fell into first bracket rate of 20 per cent. These 30 million "non jHtah" citizens accounted for 85 percent of all personal ftceipts. And further, even Jliree-fourths of this amount f&me from the "definitely ncn Srich" who reported taxable in comes of $2,000 or less. The surtax rates, starting fibove the $2,000 income levrl, jprogress to a high of 71 pt: gfent, or to a combined rate 91 percent on incomes of $200, #00 or over. Yet here again, lialf of the revenue from the purtax was paid by income groups up to $16,000—$18,000 for single persona, or double that for married persons where EDITORIAL PAGE *Cov^R5 No a i rouNjy LtKf. t+j£ SuNf^i i Iiiion tfo l»c Tested An opinion by Attorney General William Saxbe in Columbus, which has already been used twice in the village of Caldwell, will be tested in the near future, according to the Ohio Newspaper Association, which has taken exception to its interpretation. has Judge-elect Clayton McKee had asked the county commissioners to provide him with a clerk but under this ruling, their hands arc tied and no money can be appro- This editorial was enclosed in a recent edition of the West Virginia Business Col lege newsletter. President T. B. Cain failed to reveal the source but the Journal felt it to be worth reprinting in view of the momentous international events of the past several months. Mr. Cain is a native of Caldwell. On October 4, 1957, United States radar stations in the Arctic picked up a flying object which was too high to be a plane and which followed an orbit instead of the trajectory of a missile. Within a few minutes came Russia's announcement that the first artificial world satellite had been launcehd. According to the Russians it was 23 inches in diameter, weighed 184 pounds, and circled the globe every 96 minutes. They described the location of the orbit and mentioned the fact that its altitude varied between 200 and 560 miles above the earth's surface. It was sending out radio signals on the regular short wave band so that millions could hear it To the Russians these signals probably conveyed valuable information regarding conditions out in space, but they also can be said to have a message for us Americans. Tlie Aiiierietm Way the combined rate reach 50 percent. (Certainly these zens i cannot be tagged "rich"). To put it another way: If 50 percent were set as the ceiling for the combined personal in come tax rate, it would mean only u loss of $700 million or around 2 percent of the total personal income tax, based on the 1955 experience. My associate, Willis E. Stone, President of the American Progress Foundation, is work ing for outright repeal of the 16 th Amendment (Income Tax). He has produced auth entic figures to show that such repeal would not jeopardize our national security, nor ham per any legitimate, cons'itu tional function of the Federal Government. This repeal can only be accomplished by an other Amendment to tho Con stitution, which must be rati fied by three-quar'ers or 36 of the individual States. To get this proposed amendment be fore the 48 State Legislatures will require considerable time, even though several of the States already have indicaled their willingness, yes, even their eagerne. s to ratify such an amendment. Therefore, pending such rati fication by the required 36 States to abolish the personal income tax, it has been sug ges'ed that the maximum com bined rate on personal incomes be set at 50 percent, instead of 91 percent as of now. The pro ponents of this limitation give sound reasons for advocating same. They point out that not For Ail Your Insurance Needs HOWILER INSURANCE SERVICE Of lit f: n WV*t street CAUV\ELL Phone 2jy-W OHIO n-e was no prior advertisement of this intention by council and th^ public was not aware of any of the provisions until the deal had been transacted. Last Tuesday evening, the council waived parlimentary procedure and the lot in Caldwell which they have owned since 1948, was sold back to Worl W. Thompson for the same price the village of Caldwell paid for it or $3,000. The public once again had no prior knowledge of this sale until it had been Consummated. In the latter case, the village may have obtained much more, dollars and cents wise, had the lot been advertised for sale and sold to the highest bidder. But according to Attorney General Saxbe, this need not be the case and the village can dispose of the property as they see fit. But the Ohio Newspaper Association thinks otherwise and they firmly believe that the public should be told of such transactions, prior to their sale, since indirectly it is owned by local taxpayers. The outcome of the testing of this opin ion will be watched with interest here in Caldwell and other Ohio villages. priated for such hire. The newly elected judge must take over these duties himself or pay a clerk out of his own salary, if he deems that such is necessary. The commissioners will furnish the office and the necessary supplies but that is as far as they can go. Under no circumstances, according to Attorney General Saxbe, can they authorize and pay for an additional clerk. The new offices of the county judge will be located on the third floor of the court house in rooms formerly occupied by the prosecuting attorney. "Hello Americans! Here I come again. I was launched by a 200,000 pound rocket thrust, which could throw a hydrogen war head into any part of your country. Look at my orbit. It is almost a perfect circle. It shows you that my makers understand their business. They knew where I was going and they told you where I would be in advance. Go to sleep, Americans, dream about your big, beautiful, high powered, rooster tailed, chrome plated 1958 automobiles. Dream about your giant football spectacles. Dream about your television programs. Dream about your ranch type homes. Dream about your beauti ful women. Dream about your gay parties. Silly Americans! Teach your children baton twirling, teach them "How to Live," but never, never teach them mathematics, never teach them science. That's too hard! Lazy Americans! Don't bother to think, don't bother to worry, someone will take care of all of that for you. What do you care if your Army and Navy and Air Force refuse to work together? Just go on dreaming, stupid Americans, the slave labor camps are closer than you think. So long, dear Americans. I'll see you again in $6 minutes." oniy do the present high sur tax rotes fail to provide a siz able revenue, but they ad versely affect the total tax take as follows: 1. They encourage efforts to secure income in non-taxable forms, or to postpone receipt of income. 2. They discourage the flov of capital investment, and les sen incentives for individual: to invest in any project tha' involves risk. Why take a risk when if that venture is suc cessful, Federal Government between corporate and in dividual income tax, will tale the lion's share? Certainly the adverse effect upon our American econom of the punitive rates on per sonal incomes outweight the arguments of the "socializers that tax rates should be base-i on "ability to pay." The latter is a concept that js definitely un-American and stems direct ly from the Russian Kremlin tf the top rate on corporate incomes .were also fixed at 50 per cent, the combined lo.s might reduce the income tax take by 2 billion dollars. Th ,would be a temporary loss, however, because private in vestment spending would bt stimulated and after a short lag, tax revenue inevitably would increase. Faced with the knowledge that the next budget will call for more defense spending, Federal Government is going to need every tax dollar it can muster, without killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Setting a maximum of 50 per cent on both personal and cor irate income tax will help materially toward that objec tive. It will be a "shot-in-the rmn to risk taking—to risk taking which has cvr-r been the prime ingredient of Amer ica's economic achievement. THE mvmPsE €M,Pwm dhyo Those persons in this area who had not retired for the night on Tuesday evening of last week had awakened from their slumbers around 1:00 o'clock on Wednesday morning had the op portunity of seldom witnessing such a beautiful sight as that which met their gaze. The heavy snowfall of Tuesday af.ernoon covered the earth in this locality to the depth of some three inches, the sky overhead was fully covered with light clouds through which the rays from the full moon penetrated casting a A E I A N W A Y E U -I'd [vf° OrW 1 p* tiy JV'-.. ..nst ill.*'- I rre production up by following the Red Comb Quality Egg Program 1 Red Comb Egg Moth I kept in front of laytrt, all timet. 2. Red Comb Scratch Groin or* hand fed up to 50° of total f«ed contomption s the sure way to get maj rmm production of o.ualiry eg with the uniform yolk colt 1 1 n e a v o a n -.rrong shells that top prices o».. all 11«».'es. XL Nly I e i o u a 1 i y suits at W foo n w Cost. bot H0BLE HATCHERY ., .i:». r*iick« \i ill. mil: m^h Feeding The Fire Political Matters and Otherwise By JESS S. HARRIS Batesville Beaver township is located in the extreme northeastern section of Noble county, the "capital" of which is Batesville. This section of the county was early settled by pioneers known as Quakers who continued their residence in that community for many years following but finally drifted to other localities. Then came to the front, the village to become known as Batesville, one of the county's most promising villages and to later become incorporated. In the years many of its residents forged to the front in prominence and popularity, so much so that quite a number became leading officials of the county. There were four auditors, Daniel Neu hart, Homer L. Hastings, Jerome Shively and Charles R. Atkin son, the present incumbent one ecorder, Milton Roach two sheriffs, David Miller and Clint Clucus one treasurer, A. C. Cooper, and two county com missioners, Curtis 6. Betts and John D. Brown. Batesville has always main tained its prominence as an ideal business and social center and is widely known throughout that section of Ohio. It is not gener ally known in other sections of the county that approximately one mile of the Baltimore & Ohio railway is located in Beav township and only a short distance north of Batesville. Dis tance has separated Batesville from the county's seat of gov ernment but in friendship and ociability not at all. reddish glow over the landscape and forming a sight seldom ever een in the community of Noble county. The sight was certainly beautiful. Reports from various sections Ohio say that many real tate owners are greatly in arrears in paying their taxes. From Cincinnati comes the re port that in Hamilton county the delinquency amounts to more than one and a half million dol- By the accidental overturning of an oil stove and the explosion that followed in a glass factory Martins Ferry, Belmont county, on Tuesday of last week the building was completely des troyed by fire, during which the lives of six employees, five omen and one man, were lost. An adjoining home was also destroyed and some of the inmates removed to a hospital. Former National Secretary of the Treasury George H. Hum phrey, of Cleveland, was placed under arrest in the Forest City last Friday on the charge of exceeding the speed limit, driv ing 45 miles per 'hour in a 25 mile zone. He drew a fine of $10 and costs, which he paid. Several prominent Republicans various parts of the nation have offered suggestions that President Eisenhower resign as (Continued on Page 3-B) THIS WEEK IN WASHINGTON •srw ffe i\ W Chevrolet works wonders in every weight class! HEW HUSTLE I NEW MUSCLE! NEW STYLE! New light-duty ApacheS new medium duty Vikings ... new heavy-duty Spartans •. all bring you the latest in dollar-saving truck advancements for 1958. Abovei Series 0 medium-duty tractor model. Center.- Series V REP. JOHN E. HENDERSON No Easy Answers Swirling around Washington are many proposals which will take the form of bills in the Aext Congress to provide the means for training more scientists in the race which Sputnik I illus trated so dramatically. Most of these proposals call for some kind of Federal scholarship whereby promising s'udents would be chosen for scientific education in existing colleges and universities. We face a grave problem in the shortage of scientists. It is un doubtedly an issue which Ijas grown during the years—aggra vated by the need for scientists by the Department of Defense as well as by private industry. It is one that not only involves our struggle with the Soviet Union but our own material pro gress. The problem is not new despite the sudden attention it is now receiving. On the con trary, educators, industrialists, and government officials have been concerned with it for sev eral years. Almost two years ago, Major General Emerson Itschner, Chief of the Army's Corps of Engine ers, discussed it with me at grea' length. Since that time, I have studied the various aspects of the problem. It is apparent with the information already avail able to us that Federal scholar ships, while they are worthy of erious consideration in the next Congress, are not sufficient to provide the needed scientists. Student initiative is as impor tant, or more important, than money for education. There are many private and public schol arships already for which there is not the competition that should be expected. I recall a little noticed but sober and valuable report several years ago by the Congressional Joint Committee on Atomic Energy which pointed out the failure of American students to elect the courses in the early years of high school which would prepare them to continue a scivn tific education. Alter gathering the best available testimony, the Committee concluded that the difficult courses in mathematics and science had little appeal Where we start to give them that appeal is difficult to deter mine. However, it is not just the school problem. It also rest with parents and communities in almost equal responsibility. What Congress does or does not do about Federal scholarships may be important, but it probably has less bearing on solving the problem than what is done in (Continued on Page 3-B) •X" CHEVROLET A Sr 100 heavy-duty cab-and-chassi*. mm* REVOLUTION IN V8 DESIGN! It's the 230-h.p. Workmaster V8 with Wedge-Head design V for big power in heavyweights! SAFER SEEING WITH 4 HOOTS! Stylish new dual headlamps put more light where it's most needed for better vision at night. AN IMPROVED POWERMATICI Powermatic* is more efficient and economical than ever with an additional drive range, 3-5. hut i Only franchise# Chevrolet dealers fesfi From Journal Files Ten Years Ago Noble county commissioners H. G. Williams and Charles Rayner will seek a second term for this office and Auditor George E. Bates will ask for his first full term, according to an announcement made Monday at their regular meeting. The Reinersville coal company, doing business at Dexter City, has been sold by Lawrence King and Maurice Colley to A. E. Smith, of New Philadelphia. In the future it will be known as the Newport Coal Company. Earl Tarleton, Walter Ram sey, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ram sey, all of the Sharon Grange, were members of the group from this county who received the seventh degree recently at the national grange convention in Cplumbus. Another gas well was drilled in rear Canton, Sunday, by Virgil Watson and associates, and it is now oroducing 2,250, UuO cubic ft. *i%wrstiar, TVcwiber 12, 1057 FALLING IN LOVE One of the surest ways of learning to be neat and orderly about the home is to make every little chore a work of love. It takejj a little bit of energy and.a great deal of love to wash the dishes right after a meal. If one can place themselves in a position where every little thing that is done is made an art of some kind, life bestowes count less blessings. So many girls are spick and span before they get their man. Their clothes must be clean, pressed and neat. They powder and paint and dream as they set their trap. When some unsuspecting boy walks head on into their trap and they have him hooked, line and sinker, their neatness evaporates all too soon. What a tragic mistake. Watch the high school girls out on a date. Sort of check on th$m through the courtship days, note the little journey taken before the marriage yoke really gets set. Make your last check note six months or a year after. Far too many turn a complete flip-flop, become un tidy, fat, sloppy, and careless. Great heaps of dirty dishes, unmade beds, dirty floors and clothes scattered from the basement to the attic. Sometimes this sort of makes her man look over into green pas tures and starts a wedge in their union. Of course some men are like that too, and in such cases, eventually they become classed *s belonging to that group known as white trash. It is not enough to fall in love with some man or woman. One must fall in love with life and the chores of life. This is a problem that outsiders can do nothing about. It must be worked out alone. You could take a sloppy woman and have her dressed like a fashion show and fix her home as neat as a Dutch oven. Next dgy you could do it over again. 409 West Street Phone 125 Cddwell, Ohio mmsmm IS® 7 See Your Local Authorized Chevrolet Dealer display this famous trademark V n Uncle Sam Stille Grand opening ui iiie Ickes Bros. Plumbing display shop will be held Saturday, Dec. 13 in their new location, formerly occupied by the Guernsey Me morials. Nineteen students of £he Sar ahs vi lie senior and junior classes in Center township have the distinction of being the only school group introduced in the Hou^e of Representatives during the session in Columbus. William Hill, promfhent Cald well merchant, was removed from his home on North street, Tuesday, to the Marietta Me morial hospital for observation and treatment. New arrivals Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Larrick, of Summerfield, announce the bii th of a son, Nov. 3. The new arrival has been named Larry Hildreth. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ball, of Spruce street, are the parents of a son born Tuesday in the Good Samaritan hospital. Zancsvilie. COLLEY INSURANCE BIG NEWS IN EVERY EN CINE I More power, economy and de pendability features in the Task V Force S8 engine line! NEW "N STEP-VAN BODIES! Three all-new Step-Van models —are ready to save money and work in door-to-door service! SURE-FOOTED 4-WHEEl DRIVE I With twice the traction* new Chevrolet 4-wheel drive models will go anywhere off the road! Optional, extra cost. S«rte 31 pickup model. Latest editions of the **Big Wheel" in trucks! 1 i k I