POCKET VETO
PUTS SETBACK
TO ROAD WORK
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27
Good roads development in various
states will be injuriously affected by
the “pocket veto” of the president
which killed the bill passed by con
gress at the recent session authoriz
ing the transfer of surplus machinery
and tractors, etc., by the war depart
ment to the department of agricul
tural for road work. House Header
Mondell and other leaders in congress
say this measure will be rushed
through again in the December ses
sion, unless the war department volun
tarily surrenders this surplus equip
ment.
The principal items sought in this
legislation are 500 1-ton tractors and
200 mobile machine shop units. These
units are well -equipped machine shops
awheel, fitted up to repair motor ve
hicles in the field. The officials of
the bureau of public roads are anxious
to have some of these units trans
ferred to the states so that the trucks
and other road-building machinery can
be kept in good repair. The war de
partment has 2000 of these machine
shop units and the department of agri
culture has asked for only 200. The
war department has 6800 five and 10
ton trucks and the department of agri
culture has asked for only 500.
This pocket-vetoed bill is really the
tag end of legislation along this line.
The department of agriculture offi
cials believe that the secretary of war
has authority under other measures
tn malrp thp transfers srmp-ht and thp
purpose of the legislation was merely
to direct that he do what he already
had authority to do. The original au
thority was given in the postoffice
appropriation bill, approved February
28, 1919, which in very broad terms
provided for the distribution of any
surplus equipment and supplies in the
discretion of the secreary of war foi
tho use of the states in road building.
Good roads advocates say that so fai
Secretary of War Baker has shown
himself to be far from sympathetic
with regard to turning over these sup
plies and equipment and that he told
one conference attended by Senatoi
Overman and others that “they are
building too many good roads and
taking the people away from the
farms.” At another conference he said
his interpretation was that the war de
partment should turn over only such
supplies as did not have a salable
value.
Past distribution of trucks has beer
of tremendous help in road build
ing, according to Thomas H. McDon
aid, chief of the bureau of public
roads, who says that it would have
been impossible to accomplish as
much as has been done in road build
ing this year without those trucks
from the war department. With there
it has been possible to haul materia!
hat never could have been delivered
by rail shipments.
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MYRTLE POINT
MARSHFIELD, Aug. 27.—Myrtle
Point is preparing for the annual Coos
Curry fair, to be held September 15,
| 16 and 17 and 18, and besides numer
, ous improvements on the grounds and
buildings, arrangements are to be pro
vided in two spots for the accomoda
tion of visiting autoists, at the regular
city camping grove and in another
grove owned by R. C. Dement, ad
joining the fair grounds.
President Whitaker of the fair as
sociation has announced that the im
provements on the grounds will in
clude an improved airplane landing
ground within the race course; a new
community building 34 by 70 feet for
exhibition booths, a women’s rest
room, numerous additional stalls for
livestock, a new landing to the agri
cultural building and a new entrance
to the fair grounds.
General Manager Cutler says he is
receiving more applications for con
cessions than ever before. The pro
gram for the four days has not yet
been arranged, but the entertainment
will surpass any heretofore given, the
directors say.
: MUST WORK 10 MINUTES
EACH WEEK OF PROVIDE
ALIMONY FOR HIS WIFE
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CHICAGO, Aug. 27.—Lieutenant Ed
| die Nelson, an air pilot, formerly in
| the government service, must devote
| 10 minutes of each week to earning
| his wife’s alimony. She will have
j him literally “up in the air” for that
j length of time in order to comply Avith
j a decree issued by Judge Trude. Nel
! son has been negligent in the matter
j of paying alimony and his Avife brought
| him into court.
j “He gets a dollar a minute for car
I rying passengers,” she exclaimed. “I
think he can well afford to pay the
i $10 a Aveek the court ordered.”
“Yes I believe he can give 10 min
' utes of his time each week to caring
for your needs,” agreed Judge Trude.
: “I’ll enter such an order.’
“He oAves me. $20 back alimony,”
i veneured the wife.
! | “I’ll add 2 minutes’ Avork to the
i order,” replied the judge. Nelson was
Avilling to pay. He even offered to
give his Avife's attorney a free ride.
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LONDON, Aug. 27.—A bundle of
manuscripts and letters belonging to
.! the duke of Marlborough, relating to
expeditions projected against Canada
, and Nova Scotia in 1708, Avere sold at
auction here recently for 950 pounds.
At the same sale a second folio
Shakespeare realized 150 pounds.
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Kodak finishing. Scarborough.
ShoAver and tub baths at the Club
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Graham Broad fresh every day at
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NOTICE
Section one of ordinance Nc. 65
provides for a dog tax of six dollars,
payable to the town treasurer on the
first day of July 1920, which tax is
now due and payable.
M. BROCK,
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