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: THE DALLAS POST Will lend its support and offers the use of its
.eolumns to all projects which will help this community and the great rural-
y Pban territory which it serves to attain the following major improve
“ments: I iy
1. Construction of more sidewalks for the prote
Kingston township and Dallas. :
2. A free library located in the Dallas reaion.
‘3. Bettar- and adequate street lighting in Trucksville, Shavertown, Fern-
brook and Dallas. 3 :
4. Sanitary sewage disposal system for Dallas. :
iv. B. Closer co-operation between Dallas borough and surrounding town-
‘ships. } = :
~ © @. Consolidated high scheols and better co-operation between those that
mo ; ly for fi otection.
+ 7. Adequate water supply for fire pr , I Liwhes as
wig, Too eration of a Back Mountain Club made up of business men and
: home owners interested in the development of a community consciousness in
Dallns, Trucksvills, Shavertown and Fernbrook.. law’ BA panera
sais 8A ‘modern concrete highway leading from Dallas and connec ng :
Sullivan: Trail at Tunkhannock... tii ~ SFA Hibs is 00 100 1984
"49. The elimination of petty politics from all School Boards in the region
sovered by THE DALLAS POST. ;
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WE GAVE THEM THEIR OPPORTUNITY
In a special article last week The Post described briefly some of the acti-
: rt i oi shrewd gentlemen who benefited so. magnificently
iby. the Civil War that their fortunes became the greatest single factor o
power in the pation. |. . 3 : 5 .
23 ing, th ibilities of any violations. of ethics on the part of Messrs.
Vm on: Carnegie, and Rockefeller there is considerable
‘food for thought in the fact that one group can extract wealth from conditions
that spread tragedy am” ‘another group. ° ;
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~ 3t was willing to pay exorbitant prices. In war, governments are like that. In
the system of rugged individualism which America was founding the opportu-
nities went to the strongest and these men apparently had that needed power.
It is certain that they cannot be censured because they had the courage
~to_gamble or the will to push their schemes to a successful conclusion. Their
.sagacity in sensing the opportunity is more to be admired than criticized. Yet,
the whole picture, with mounting fortunes on one side and dying soldiers on the
other, is filled with injustice and bitterness. .Upon whose shoulders does the
~ blame rest? ;
© Was it the fault of the government for giving these men the opportunity
_to capitalize on the nation’s tragedy? Could war have been averted then or, to
consider another era, could it have been evaded in 1917? Those two ques-
(4ions must hang unanswered indefinitely because any answer must rest on
theory. There is, however, a likely explanation.
oc Undoubtedly there were vicious private influences which had a part in
J exciting war, just as armament manufacturers, as exposed recently in na-
“gional magazines, encourage markets for their products today, but the major
“share of the blame must rest with the hate and jealousy the people of the
North and the South allowed themselves to feel.
~The activities of the robber barons were merely by-products of war—any
war. No war can be fought without graft and profiteering. The power to
avert war lies finally with the people who fight and pay. We, individually
and as a nation, are the first to blame. ?
Re, GOVERNMENT BEHIND HOME-BUILDING
“The Back Mountain Section has a tremendous opportunity to benefit from
the next major activity of government-—an attempt to stimulate heavy. indus-
_ tries by unloosing capital for homebuilding and repairing through Federal
~ guarantees of mortgages. oy
© “Experts estimate that it is possible to unloose credit to the tune of $1,500,-
000,000 or more in this manner. That money will go to painters, carpenters,
“masons, plumbers, contractors. It will buy cement, steel, paint, lumber,
yoofing, electric fixtures. It will pass through a hundred great industries,
creating jobs and opportunities as it goes. - Dallas and other local home-
owning communities have a right to their share.
: If building is greately accelerated, prices for everything involved are go-
“ing to rise. They are going to leave depression. levels behind and return to the
normal average—that, in fact, is one of the cardinal aims. Those who can
afford to repair and build now have an opportunity that may never be re-
peated in their lifetime.
THREE-HUNDRED-FIFTEEN THOUSAND PEOPLE KILLED
Between now and 1940, 190,000 people will be killed in automobile ac-
~ cidents.
ov The total of fatalities,for the entire decade that began with 1930 will be
- 315,000, and the injury record will touch 10,000,000.
8 The number injured will be fifty times the number of A. E. F. soldiers
~ wounded non-fatally in action.
: _ That is what it is estimated will occur if the automobile accident record
during the next six years follows the experience of the past four.
There is one way in which this ghastly forecast can be proven wrong.
~ That is by an aggressive campaign on the part of responsible motorists to
modernize and strengthen traffic laws, eliminate cars which are defective in
_ brakes, lights, steering and other essential parts, and to pass legislation which
enforces adequate examination for drivers. So long as the reckless, the in-
competent and the irresponsible rule the highways, as they do now, the lives
~ and property of all other motorists are in constant danger. :
CATCHING UP WITH EUROPE
We hear a great deal about overtaxed European countries and have al-
‘ways considered ourselves, gy comparison, fortunate. At the moment, about
~ one dollar out of every five we earn goes to government, the same ratio that
prevails in Germany. England is the highest taxed country. There govern-
~ ment takes one dollar out of every four of the national income. A few weeks
ago English taxes were reduced. Ours rise steadily. We pay taxes at al-
most every turn. .Unless their is a stronger public interest we'll soon be far
rope in the matter of taxes. ;
| Washington
rere I supplies in 6nd it uceded them so quickly
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Letter
Much has been said about the advis-
ability of reducing taxes, but pointing
a need and accomplishing the result
seem to be vastly different. There's
Automobile Club is sponsoring a peti-
tion to reduce gasoline taxes and motor
vehicle registration fees. Taxes are
preventing people from driving their
cars, from buying new machines,
argues the club. Reduce the taxes, put
cars on the road, revenue in the treas-
jury, and business in the automobile
factories, it advises.
The club has been obtaining signa-
tures for its petition at gasoline fil-
ling stations, the logical place ‘since
every motorist stops for supplies soon-
er or later. Indications now are, ac-
cording: to recent reports that more
than the legally sufficient number of
signatures has been obtained.
Officialdom, however, doesn’t like
the idea. Road commissioners have no-
tified filling station proprietors to “pull
in those petition blanks or lose govern-
ment business.” A recent news item
from the capitol at Lansing said oil
company representatives would be cal-
led to a conference with state officials
and told plainly that unless the petition
was withdrawn from circulation .they
would be prohibited from bidding for
state business. The governor said he
wouldn’t attend, but warned that if
these taxes are reduced the taxpayers
might expect substitute levies,
Shades of Washington,
Jefferson,
Roosevelt, past and present! What is
this country coming to when elected
officials tell those who elected them to
office they cannot have tax reduction?
What is officialdom coming ‘to that it
assumes the authority to tell business
whether it shall accomodate its cus-
tomers?
If the situation in Michigan is any
indication office holders are not in the
mood for tax reduction. Evidently they
will insist that the taxpayers shall pay
and pay and pay. And upon what
then will the taxpayers insist? Well,
it looks as if regardless of whatever
they decide to insist upon they'd bet-
ter get started or officialdom will be
telling them they can’t even decide to
i insist!
Now let us hope that the boast on
bank windows and printed on station-
ery and advertising to the effect that
"this bank is under Government su-
pervision” will mean a little mere in
the future than it has in the past. It
will help if the loeal directors of banks
wll be vigilant in watching out for the
safety of the trusts imposed in them.
The sordid record of finance in the
nast 15 months shows that there were
1,417 National banks that were not al-
lowed to re-open after the bank holi-
day of March, 1933. Late official re-
unlicensed May 1, and that 156 had
plans for re-organization approved by
the Comptroller of the Currency and
that 29 had apparently failed. A great
ymany of the banks reopened were in-
cluded in mergers, consolidations and
other new arrangements.
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The thermometer has recently been
hitting around 100 degrees in Wash-
ington, which is a sure sign that Con-
gress will wind up the session as fast
a possible, Old Sol must be obeyed.
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If you want to start a debate any
time among the Government's business
experts in Washington ask them what
is the oldest continuous.commerce on
the continent, There are pleaty of
American business houses more than
100 years old but: it is certain that
there are older continuous businesses
than that though not under the same
firm name.
Experts are now beginning to agree
that either the commercial fisheries or
the fur business is the oldest continu-
ous business, with . tobacco a second
because exports of that product began
soon after Jamestown was established,
and it now looks as if the commercial
fisheries are. beginning.to crowd out
the fur business for first honors as
North. America’s oldest continuous
commerce,
Washington's experts themselves are
now inclining to give. the honor to the
commercial fisheries as Canadian his-
torians and savants have been digging
up facts. on the 400th anniversary of
the discovery of Canada, to be observ-
ed this Summer. It is proven that the
fisheries off historic Gaspe peninsula
in Eastern Quebec were operated by
Europeans long before Jacques Cartier
landed there in 1534,
Poets’ Corner
“ LO Vv E ”
"Twas her first love and she felt
| thrilled,
{Her heart beat so loudly it could not
be stilled.
Early in the 'morning her
were of him,
And all through the day she was filled
with vigor and vim.
thoughts
“A penny for your thoughts”, the foiks
would often say.
But she would simply smile and turn
the other way.
She was young, yet her love was such,
That thrilled she was at his slightest
touch.
They’d often meet and take a walk,
And they'd enjoy a pleasant talk.
Sometimes they'd sit and they'd hold
hands,
"Twas then they made the
plans.
grandest
Love to all is a wonderful thing
Joy, or sorrow it may bring.
We often soar to heights above.
Our heart’s so light when we're in love.
MRS. JOHN GIRVAN
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ithe case in Michigan for instance. The |
ports show that 185 banks were still!
: : THE DALLAS POST, DALLAS, PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1934. -
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By PERCY CROSBY
Copyright, :
Back o’ the Flats
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LISTEN, OFFICER! | WONDER IF
You'd MING F (USED THE
~ PHONE WHEN You GET
Turoveu? ”
» Sift ings «
We have heard from sources fairly
reliable that a new concrete highway
is to be built from Tunkhannock to
Lutes’ Corners this summer. This sec-
tion of the highway from Tunkhannock
to Dallas will receive federal aid. Those
with political influence who seem to
be in on the know say that the road
corners will be completed next year
and will be built of concrete, provided
the federal government will make it a
federal aid road. If the State should
decide to build the section of road
from the county line to Lutes’ Corners
this year it will be built of water-
bound macadam instead of concrete.
That all sounds good but. we've heard
similar stories for the past twenty
vears. We'll wait till we see the con-
crete being boured before we'll begin to
believe that such a construction job is
possible.
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There is one business that appears
to thrive in good times and in bad
times. That is the milk. business.
Among those who are making a real
success of it in this section and who
have established business places that
are a credit 10 the community are the
Elstons with their Shady Side Dairy at
Kunkle; Nesbitt Garringer with the
Dallas Dairy; Harry Harter with: his
Trucksville dairy and there are still
many others that we haven't enumera-
ted.
Trucksville Dairy is being enlarged
with the addition of considerable floor
space in a new brick structure. The
grounds have been enlarged and im-
proved with landscaping. Nesbitt Gar-
ringer is just completing the installa-
tion of complete new equipment in the
plant of the Dallas Dairy and the
new offices and tiled interiors. Con-
tinual improvements are being made
at the Shady Side Dairy which is
housed in a rustic stone building on
well-landscaped grounds at Kunkle.
The attractiveness, cleanliness and
general appearance of any one of these
three plants deserves the congratula-
tions of the community.
—_—Q—
A few days ago a Wilkes-Barre fruit
merchant hailed us with the following
query, “Say who's that fellow at Dal-
las that always beats me in the morn-
ing to the produce market.” And then
in the morning, he’s ahead of me. If
I go earlier in the rwmorning, about
four o’clock, he’s still ahead of me.
‘Who is he?” We took a chance and an-
swered, “I'll bet it's C. A. Frantz”.
And sure enough that is who it was.
Maghe that explains why Mr. Frantz’s
store has gained a widespread repu-
tation in this community for the
ory that Mr. Frantz has been making
those early morning trips for more
than twenty years. In fact we be-
tomobile truck for
store delivery
. {this section. Am I right Mr. Frantz?
——
a year since we have
that there has been as much construc-
tive interest in the borough schools as
there has heen during the year just
closed. Students have been enthusias-
tic and filled with school spirit. Par-
ents have felt that their children were
making progress in their studies and
there has been no controversy be-
tween the head of the school faculty
and crochety citizens. Such a condition
speaks louder than any words of the
ability of the man who now heads the
borough schools.
‘We miss our old friends Frank Mor-
from the Luzerne county line to Lutes’
whole building has been improved with |
he added, “If I go there at five o'clock !
quality of its fruits and produce. And |
the writer knows from his own mem- |
lieve that Mr. Frantz had the first au- |
‘We don’t believe there has ever been |
been in Dallas |
| ris and George R. Wright. Both were | munity and we know that there are
highly intelligent ‘men who could talk 'many who knew them longer and bet-
sanely on current affairs. Their Hoehiter than we who, like us, miss them,
were closely associated. with this com- |toe. ‘
AMERTCY
ANIMALS!
* ITTLE = AMERICA, ANTARC-
TICA, May 29 (via Mackay Ra-
dio)—I think it is about time 1 gave
vou a report on our live stock. You
«now, we have a varied assortment
of domestic animals here leading
the strangest life that house pets
were ever called upon to lead, And
they are thriving on it. The pen-
guins. seals, whales and skua gulls
nave all-had the sense to depart for
, parts unknown, probably the west
eoast of South America and various
other warmer places.. No Anarctic
: — winters for them!
Yesterday a few
of us had an elab-
orate ceremony in
the cowshed. We
weighed the bull!
. You may remem-
ber that one of
doesn’t know whether it was a aog
or a dog driver that bit him. Abqut
half the men are wearing full
beards. The rest of us are shaving
regularly. 1 shave every day with
one of Commander Noville’s elec-
tric razors so 1 don’t need warm
water, The rest of the shavers haye
a terrible time getting in the cook’s
way to melt snow for their shaving.
We are in great need of a barber.
Cutting each other’s hair produces
some startling and comical results.
We are in need of exercise now
that our outside work is nearly over
and the storms, darkness and cold
prevent us from wandering much
out in the open. We are putting up
a punching bag and a couple of sets
of parallel bars. We also will do
some walking and skiing when the
weather permits. The doctor is
watching our diet very closely. |
our three full i LT 7 ;
blooded Guernsey| We are finding it difficult to keep
Fi] cows, Klondike, |ourselves and our clothes clean.
The popular pastime is stealing hot
water from Al Carbone, our Cam-
bridge, Mass., cook, but even when
we've stolen it we have to be very
careful using it for fear of sudden
chills. There ie a difference of as
much as thirty-five degrees in tem-
perature between the lower and up-
per bunks in our sleeping quarters.!
The warm air rising creates a situa-'
tion in which the man in the upper
bunk is perspiring, with his cloth-
ing all thrown open, while the man
below is bundled up, freezing. When
we wash our clothes we haven't
room to hang them up in the bunk
houses. They freeze instantly when
hung in the other buildings and it
is_almost impossible to dry them.
Speaking of weather, we are hav-
ing plenty of it here—storms, bliz- |
zards and cold such as I have never = |
imagined. But where Admiral Byrd
is, it is even worse. The lowest tem-
perature we’ve had has been 60 de-
grees below zero. The Admiral has
already reported 72 below, and the
winter is just commencing!
I'd like to see a parade of mem-
bers of our club. It would take
hours to pass, 21,000 of them. If
you’d like to join and receive mem-
bership card, big South Polar map,
for marking flights, tractor and dog
team trips, all without cost or obli-
gation, send your name, address
and three cent stamp to me at our
American headquarters. Address
Arthur Abele, Jr., president, Little *
America Aviation and Exploration
Club, Hotel Lexington, 48th Street
had a bull calf on
the way through
the Ross Sea ice
and that we chris-
_ tened him Ice
berg. Well, let me tell you that ice-
berg now weighs 350 pounds! His
official chaperon is Edgar Cox, of
Arcade, N. Y., who, in addition to
being our carpenter, is also our
cowherd, or cowboy, or shepherd,
or whatever the title is for a man
who plays nursemaid to a flock of
cows. Twice a day Cox milks Klon-
dike and her two sisters, Foremost
Southern Girl and Deerfoot, so we
have oodles and oodles of fine milk
with our meals and in our cooking.
He regulates the temperature of
our cowbarn under the snows, cur-
ries the cattle daily, feeds them,
beds them down and even sleeps
in the barn. He has for other sleep-
ing companions our two cats, Snow-
1 shoes, who has six toes on each
foot, and Cyclone, and one of the
| Esquimo dogs. We now have 119
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LeRoy Clark of
Cambridge, Mass.,
Our Commissary
Boss
dogs and seven pups, all in good
condition. Each dog gets two half-
pound portions of seal meat a day.
The pups, which average 22 pounds
each in weight, get kitchen scraps
of seal meat and other things.
Capt. Innes-Taylor’s dog drivers
are a terrible looking crew. They
are fully bearded and, dressed in
fur parkas and fur .mukluks
(boots), they look like wild bears
or worse. I was told this morning
that they have been ordered to
shave because Capt. Innes-Taylor
was bitten yesterday in one of the
dark tunnels and he declares he
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