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LOCAL NEWS.
Forest Smith and Roy Warner were
in Norfolk Wednesday looking after
business connected with the new Pon
tiac car for which they are the local
distributors.
Paul Schwisow received a message
this (Thursday) morning announcing
the death of his mother, Mrs. John
Schwisow, of Fairbury, Nebraska.
Mrs. Schwisow made her home here
for about eighteen months several
years ago. Mr. Schwisow will leave
on the early train Friday morning to
attend the funeral services.
Mrs. A1 Seversen, and two sons,
Curtis and Bobby, of Pueblo, Colorado,
came Monday for an extended visit i
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
McPhariin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Gladson, of I
Omaha, are happy over the arrival of i
a son, James Walter, on the 18th of i
July. Mrs. Gladson was formerly i
Miss Agnes McPhariin.
Major Owen Meredith, who has
been stationed at Panama for some
time, landed at New York City July !
21st, and he and his family are now t
at Lexington, Kentucky. \
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Considerable interest is being taken (
in the gravel pit ten miles east and <
a little way north of O’Neill, where
the gravel is being pumped from the i
pit to be placed on the highway be- <
tween Page and O’Neill. <
Mrs. W. J. Chapman and daughter, 1
Phylis Dean, who have been visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mc
Phariin, will go to Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, tomorrow to visit her brother- i
in-law, Harold Chapman. 1
11 •
John Cavanaugh suffered a number 1
of broken ribs, injury to his back, i
many bruises and perhaps internal
injuries when a hay stacker fell upon <
him last Tuesday afternoon, in the '
hay field near his home southwest of i
O’Neill. ,
Grand Master of the Independent 1
Order of Odd Fellows, T. J. Fletcher <
of Orchard, made an official visit to *
Elkhorn Valley lodge in O’Neill last
Wednesday evening. A goodly num
ber of members were present and en
joyed' the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. J , F. Evans have \
moved their household goods to ,
C’Neill from Oskosh, Nebraska, and
wiil make their home here. They will
occupy their residence In the west part
of town as soon a? vacated by Dr.
Burgess and family.
ANNUAL STATEMENT OF W. E. CONKLIN, COUNTY TREASURER
OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. SHOWING RECEIPT8, DISBURSE
MENTS AND BALANCES FOR THE YEAR BEGINNING JULY 1st
1927 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1928. — ’
RECEIPTS
To Balance on Hand July 1st, 1927 __ 1245 516 99
To Total Tax Collected vvvSito
To SUte School Land Funds Collected HI 16 flMftn
To SUte University Land Funds Collected _ 2 059 'ft
T° State Apportionment for Schools Collected___ 18 102 56
To Miscellaneous Collections (County General Fund)_I 763258
To Miscellaneous Collections (County Bridge Fund)_ 347 26
To Miscellaneous Collections (County Road Fund)_ 2 341 20
To Miscellaneous Collections (County Dragging Fund)___ 27,568.80
lo Miscellaneous Collections (Inheritance Tax) ___ 283 58
To Miscellaneous Collections (Interest on County Deposit: >__ 4 286J0
To Miscellaneous Collections (Fines and Licences) __________ 690 50
To Miscellaneous Collections (Redemption Fund)_ 52 837 60
To Miscellaneous Collections (Fees) ' ___ 1013.90
To Miscellaneous Collections (SUte Highway Supervision)_ 1,009.84
To Miscellaneous Collections (SUte Highway Maintenance)_ 11,815.22
$985,338.06
DISBURSEMENTS
By SUte Treasurer’s Receipts (Consolidated Fund)___$ 93 108.24
By SUte Treasurer’s Receipts (School Land Fund)_ 16876 35
By SUte Treasurer’s Receipts (University Land Fund) ' l’919.66
By State Treasurer’s Receipts (SUte Highway Supervision) ._ 1,012.06
By SUte Treasurer’s Receipts (SUte Highway Maintenance) _ 11,841.27
By County Genera) Fund Warrants Paid____ 81 370 40
To County Bridge Fuhd Warrants Paid_ 32*607.03
By County Road Fund Warrants Paid__ 28*616 72
By County Dragging Fund Warrants Paid_Vl37!l6
By County Mothers Pension Fund Warrants Paid_ 2*960.00
By County Judgment Fund Warrants Paid ___ 16*870 85
By District School Orders Paid_ 236*271'.49
By District School Bonds and Coupons Paid_ 16 40L16
1 By District School Judgment Paid___* *426!oo
By District School Free High Orders Paid __ 30 730.00
By Township Treasurer”* Orders Paid __ 72,257.43
By Village Treasurer’s Orders Paid____ 22*373.59
By Water Bonds and Coupons Paid___10*137.50
By Sewer Bond and Coupons Paid ___ 3,300.00
By Electric Light Bonds and Coupons Paid_*777.00
By Gratten Township Library Orders Paid_l,60olo0
By Coleman Township R. R. Coupons Paid___ *420.00
By Redemption Fund Paid____ 52,777!60
By Refund Orders of County Board Paid ____ 419.70
By Scott Township Judgment Paid __ 637.90
By City, County Road Fund, Paid City Treasurers.. 1,194.38
By Salaries Paid_ _ 7,129.1
By Balance on Hand . _ .. _ 233,177.44
$985,338.06
BALANCES
State Consolidated Fund _ $3 625.61
State School Land Fund ....1'671.30
State University Land Fund ... ____. 226.67
State Highway Supervision Fund __ 18.33
State Highway Maintenance Fund _ . 214.41
County General Fund _______ 10,496.51
County Bridge Fund _ 1,143.89
County Road Fund1 12,716.37
County Dargging Fund 4,640.16
County State Highway Fund__ 27.05
County Soldiers Relief Fund _ ___1,122.27
County Special Emergency Bfidge Fund _ . _ 221.40
County Mother’s Pension Fund__ 807.96
County Special Bridge Indebtedness Fund_M 28.26
County Prior Indebtedness Fund __ '_ 223.20
County Judgment Fund __* 1,018.26
District School Fund ... . 82,506.34
District School Bond Fund_ 24,897.16
District School Judgment Fund 929.82
District School Free High Fund 22,654.82
Township Fund 28,399.80
Village Fund ______ 8,263.80
Water Bond Fund 10,907.68
Sewer Bond Fund . .. ..2,614.41
trie Light Bond Fund _.. .. 773.11
Grattan Township Library Fund 650.22
Coleman R. R. Bond Fund 5,106.79
Redemption Fund 1,409.65
County School Fund .„.. 93.97
Irrigation Fund - - - - 193.31
City County Road Fund 78990
Saott Township Judgment Fund 116.66
Water Rent Fund lit 62
Excess Fees from W. E. Conklin, County Treasurer ___ _ 4,821.63
$233,177.44
Cash on Hand In Banks ______ $210,947.54
Cu-h in Office 4,190.26
!* held in trust __________ 18,039.64]
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STATS OK NEBRASKA, COUNTY OK HOLT, RR:
f, W. E. Conklin. Traaturar of Holt County,'do wdamnly Rwrar that th#
foregoing etalemanl of r#r*'pU, dUburarmantu and balance* It tru# and cor
rwt to th* b*»t of my knowledge ami Miaf.
W. K. CONK 1.1 N,
County Trratur.i.
Hubwribcd and "Worn to b*for# m# thl* 2nd day <>f Augu«t, ltf.’w
(Count Clark 8*al) E. E. FORTE R,
County Clatk.
A seven pound daughter was barn to
VIr. and Mrs. A. V. Virgin Tuesday
norning.
The three weeks’ Bible school con
lucted at the Methodist church closed
ast Friday. A program was given
it the church Sunday evening consist
ng of songs by the primary pupils,
ieveral readings and two short plays
mder the direction of the dramatic
eacher. Miss Fern Hubbard.
The committee in charge of the Old
Settlers Picnic, which is being held
his year in Morrow’s Grove on Aug
ist 8th and 9th, announce that Lieu
enant Governor George A. Williams,
if Fairmont, and Senator C. E. San
!all, of York, will be the speakers on
'hursday, August 9th. The speaking
s scheduled to take place about one
i’clock. Arthur F. Mullen is to speak
n the 8th.
14 YEARS SINCE
HOT WINDS CAME
Omaha, Neb,, July 25: Sweeping
ip from the stubble fields of Kansas,
hirty-four years ago tomorrow, July
16, 1894. hot winds ate deep into cen
ral and western Nebraska, leaving
fast areas of devasted crops.
As one pioneer at Hastings recall
'd it ir. an interview three years ago,
'nothing remained but a burned land
icape, not even a blade of buffalo
trass.”
The devasted area extended into
he central pait of the state and from
■ast of Hastings to the western bor
ier line.
At Omaha the temperature was
!06; at Chadron 108 and at Superior
112. A few days later rain fell in
mrts of the state, but many farr ers
vere forced to irrigate what crops re
named, and used the continued winds
o turn their windmills. Stock hnd to
>t- fed from stored food and rmovod
’rom the range.
Such winds would be impossible to
lay, it is believed, as the theory is
hat they came from great tracts of
inbroken stubble fields or barren
ground. Diversified farming has re
noved this condition.
OFFICERS AT A CELEBRATION
Amelia Rejoices Over Location of
State Highway Through Town.
(Lincoln Star, July 30, 1928)
Atkinson, Nebraska., July 30.—The
little village of Amelia, 30 miles south
>f here, Saturday swarmed with ranch
srs, farmers and business men from
Holt, Rock, Keya Paha and Garfield
counties, for one of the biggest good
road rallies ever held1 in this part of
the state. More than a thousand of
them, cattle men, hog men, hay men,
lairy men, merchants—rubbed elbows
and talked roads with the largest
delegation of state officials ever to
visit this county.
On the speakers’ platform was R.
W. McGinnis, general agent, Chicago
Si North Western at Lincoln, who owns
a ranch adjacent to Amelia and has
never ceased to take an active part in
the development of Holt county. He
managed affairs on the platform and
introduced the officials, who weye:
Roy L. Cochrane, state engineer;
Frank Marsh, secretary of state; C.
A. Randall, chairman railway com
mission; W. M. Stebbins, state treas
urer; L. B. Johnson, state auditor;
Ross Amspoker, senator, Twenty-sec
ond district; L. E. Slaymaker, repre
sentative, Sixty-fourth district; Robert
R. Dickson, judge, Fifteenth judicial
district.
Others who took part in the speak
ing were C. B. Steward, secretary Ne
braska Farm Bureau federation; Wil
liam M. Ely, candidate for judge, Fif
teenth district; S. J. Widman of Ame
lia, in charge of arrangements.
The meeting was planned as a cele
bration because of the locating of
highway No. 54 between Atkinson and
Burwell. This highway, when com
pleted, will be the connecting link
north and south between the Elkhorn
valley in north central Nebraska and
the Platte valley and cross state high
ways in the southern part of the state.
Mr. Randall gave a most interesting
talk, calling the hay men’s attention
to applications now peiiumg ucioro in
terstate commerce commission to in
crease hay rates on western lines and
action by the state railway commis
sion to protect the Nebraska hay men.
Mr. Steward stressed the need of
good roads for the farmers and also
the great need in Holt county for a
county extension agent, and in con
sequence, after his talk, a petition
was prepared and many signatures
secured, requesting the county board
to take action necessary in this di
rection.
The party of state officials, chap
eroned by Mr. McGinnis, arrived in
Atkinson Friday evening and were
guests of the Atkinson commercial
club at a dinner at the Leland hotel
and a reception at the city park house
during a concert played by the Atkin
son band. They stayed over night in
Atkinson, and Saturday morning drove
the thirty miles to Amelia.
Other features of the program were
music by the Atkinson band, a ball
game betwen Atkinson and Ballugh,
foot races, h(«so races, broncho rid
ing and other minor sports. One of
the outstanding events of the day, and
one which shows the hospitality of
the people of the Amelia community,
came at noon when fifteen ladies un
der the direction of Mrs, M. L.
Sageser opened the little school house i
and took charge of free serving of J
fried chicken, salmis, sandwiches.!
baked beans, cakes, pies, ice tea and
coffee to more than 500 people,
McGinnis, instead of Amelia, may
he the name of this village before veryj
long, say many of the people living)
in the community, There is a move-1
ment on foot to change the name,
those favoring the change because the!
town is an often confused with otherj
towns in the state that have similar i
names, Mr ha, Harpy county, and!
Almeria. Loup county, “Boo" Mc-1
Glnnis, say many of his friends, ha*
one so much for the development of!
the eo<»ntrv around the town that j
many of the residents are talking I
seriously of renaming the place fori
him.
At the I
Redbird Ball Park I
Sunday I
August 5 I
Redbird I
(VNeill
I Redbird has defeated Lynch 5 to 1. I
I O’Neill defeated Lynch 2 to 0. These I
I two teams are evenly matched and I
I a good game is assured. I
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