Walkerton Independent, Volume 72, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 10 July 1947 — Page 3

July 10, 1947

Asks Repeal of House Trailer Tax Congressman Robert A. Grant, of South Berni, introduced a bill in the House to repeal the seven per cent Federal excise tax on new house trailers and charged the pres ent administration was collecting

j— , ’ I Statement of Condition Farmers State Bank of Wyatt i WYATT — INDIANA — WALKERTON At the Close of Business June 30, 1947 RESOURCES Cash on hand and due from Banks $1,285,353.69 U. S. Government Bonds 1,971,.*’>69.89 । Other Bonds and Securities 28,303.81 Loans and Discounts 1,146,367.36 Furniture and Fixtures 1,500.00 Bank Buildings 4,500.00 ; Overdrafts 259.23 ’ $4,437,653.98 LIABILITIES I : Capital Stock $ 50,000.00 Surplus 50,000.00 Undivided Profits 110,609.68 Deposits 4,227,044.30 $4.137.653.98 OFFICERS William Leman, ('hairman of Board Louis W. Gerber, President J. K. Stickel, Vice President J. H. Mottice. Cashier Wayne Burch, Assistant Cashier Deloris Alderfer, Assistant Cashier । I DIRECTORS 1 William Leman J. K. Stickel Louis W. Gerber Carl Haab J, H. Mottice Members Federal Deposit Insurance Oarixinition I I . I I Fri. & Sat. Low Prices! I = I 11 Pennant White Syrup 10-lb. pail 95c I 11 Karo Syrup, light IJ-lb. 15c f 11 Sun-Maid Raisins pkg. 29c = 11 Jumbo Apple Butter 2-lb, 6-oz. 39c i Ie Kitchen Towels roll 15c 1 11 Quart Mason Jars doz. 69c I Ie Quart Kerr Jars doz. 69c f || Pint Kerr Jars doz. 59c i Ie Pint Mason Jars doz. 59c i I FOR TABLE TREATS I I GET KARN'S MEATS | B C hoice Sirloin Cuts lb. 61c | | Choice Round Steak lb. 59c = B Choice T-Bone Steaks lb. 59c E | Smoked Hain Ends lb. 45c = * Brick Cheese lb. 43c E । I Minced Ham lb. 41c = i I Slicing Bologna lb. 33c = i I | • | Karn’s General Store! STORE HOURS „ „ PHONES = a H 1 a.m.t09 p. m. TYNER Plymouth 8361 R = I daily except Sunday Walkerton 151F11 = J ■ WE PAY HIGHEST MARKET PRICES FOR EGGS

a "luxury” tax from veterans pu" chasing trailcoarhe' for desperate j ly needl'd homes. The measure, House Bill Xm । 1 her 3878, was immediotelv refer red to the Way ami Means Com J mittee, of whicn Congressman Grant is a memlrer, where it is ex- 1 pected to come up for considera- |

ti<m. "I f* el the entire trailercoach । industry lias a just cause in eek I mg repeal of this tax." Congress 'man Grant said "I have a number of trailercoach dealers and mauu , fartureis in my own district ami । know their problems. |<' ( q more than four years, almost the entir> I output of the industry has bet n ' going to provide much-licedetl I homes f<>r war workers ami veterans 1 "It is ludicrous, to say the bast for the present administration to > levy a so-called luxury tax on house , । trailers that veterans are putchas 1 । ing for desparately needed homes. ' The tax is particularly unjust dur ' ing a nation-wide housing shortage j such as the country is now expei , iencing, ami it should be repealed.” DDT Spray Keeps Cattle Fly-Free j Keep beef and dairv tattle tlyfree by modern spraying with I»I>T. i the Purdue University department I :of entomology advises. This pres- I i ent day technique which makes for ' contented animals in the summer J is an improvement over the pioneer method of prmitting the cattle to run through the woods to brush away the flies, says Glen I.ehker. envmologist. For spraying cattle the entomologist recommends the use of 50 percent DDT wettable powder mixed with water at the rate of two pounds in five gallons. It is applied at the rate of one quart ' per animal, and three or four api plications each season at about : three week intervals or as needed j DR. V.B. WOLFE OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Ph. No. 7—Office in Resident* I , ..

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arc rt'cmi.memh'd. A throe gallon cmiiprossed air spratm or larger equipment tiepemling > n the nun her of animal' to he treated i> suggestefi for the jo|>. la kker warns that under m> circuni'tai <<■- should DDT oil solu mi cattle. These mat cause in jury, but wettable l»l»T pow.ln arc safe for livestock. House centipedes nre} upon clothes moths and cockroaches, hut most people kill these great bene factors of mankind on sight. i —

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NIU ( WE OPENED Little \V ynmttte Pave which has laid donnat t f>r I’d years is rmw t being opened to the publ t. Improvements consist.- of instating a thirty-five foot brnige over a six * tt-foot pit electrifying with the latest woH m cave lighting with lluorescent photo flood- ami mercurv lights This is the first cave in America to have .dl these forms of lighting. Amateurs may now try their -kill with the help of powerful flo<)ds