ESTIMATE SHOWS MOST NEBRASKA CROPS SHORT (Continued from page 4.) and the production of 602,000 bushels as compared with .ISO,00 bushels last year. The condition of sugar beets is 88 per cent and the production 1,062, 000 tons as compared with 877,000 tons last year and the 1927-31 aver age of 1,028,000 tons. Estimates of fruits are as follows: apples, 38 per cent with a total of 380.000 bushels against 627,000 bush els last year. The strictly commercial crop in southeastern Nebraska is much better than that of last year and the production is estimated at approxim ately 220,000 bushels. Pear, 28 per cent with a production of 20,000 bush els as against 38,000 bushels last year. Grapes, 50 per cent and a production of 2,090 tons as compared with 2,960 tons last year. Peaches were almost a complete failure. Estimates of leading crops in the United States this year and last are as follows: corn, 2,284,799,000 bushels and 2,875,670,000 bushels; winter wheat, 340,355,000 bushels and 461, 679.000 bushels; spring wheat other than durum, 147,727,0(8) bushels and 224.736.000 bushels; oats, 687,647,000 bushels and 1,238,231,000 bushels; barley, 169,339,000 bushels and 299, 950.00 bushels; rye, 23,116,000 bushels and 40,409,000 bushels; potatoes, 293, 585.000 bushels and 357,679,000 bush els; tame hay, 65,290,000 tons and 69, 794.000 tons; wild hay, 9,122,000 tons nnd 12,187,000 tons; total apples, 149, 408.000 bushels and 140,776,000 bu. BRIEFLY STATED Mike Rotherham, of Ewing, is visit ing friends in the city today. Monsignor M. F. Cassidy went down to Omaha last Monday morning. Judge J. J. Harrington was looking after business matters in Norfolk last Wednesday. Bert Hubbard left last Tuesday for Omaha where he is attending the State University medical school. John Kersenbrock and family drove down to Burwell last Sunday and spent the day visiting friends. Ralph Oppen left Monday night for Lincoln where he will take up his studies in the state university. Miss Fern Hubbard returned to Lincoln last Tuesday morning where she will again teach the coming year. Seth Noble arrived in the city the first of the week to spend a few days looking after his business interests here. Miss Nellie Toy and Clarence Saun to left last Sunday for Wayne where they will attend the Normal for the coming year. Thomas E. Carney came up from Grand Island last Saturday and spent the week-end visiting with his sister, Mary E. Carney. Herbert lMiel, of Norfolk, and Miss Olga Mittelstaedt, of Page, were granted a marriage license in county court last Saturday. Jack Arbuthnot left last Sunday evening for Washington, 1>. C., where he will enter Georgetown University, to continue his law studies. Mrs. Olive Pendergast returned the first of the week from Kearney, where she had spent a week with her grand daughters at the Walter Warner home. The South Fork fair in being held at Chambers this week and several of our citizens are in attendance today and more are expected to attend to morrow. Mrs. Parley Hyde, of Chadron, was in the city a few hours Tuesday visit ing friends and relatives, while on her way home from attending a funeral at Battle Creek. Miss Mayme Meer and Miss Helen Gallagher left last Tuesday for Omaha where they will spend a week pur chasing their winter stock of goods and incidently visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Kevolinski, of Sargent, Nebr., arrived in the city last Sunday morning and spent the day visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Todsen, returning home Sunday evening. Mrs, Cora Kilpatrick returned last week from Omaha and Lincoln where she has been on a months business trip. She worked in an Omaha studio nearly a month retouching colored pictures. Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy re turned Friday night from a two weeks trip, during which time they took in A Century of Progress at Chicago. and visited at various points in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Todscn, Mr. and Mrs. M. P. Kevolinski and Mr. and Mrs. (Chris Yantzi drove over to Oak view last Sunday and enjoyed dinner in the park there. Clifford Burt, of Newport, and Miss Mildred Cooke, of Brocksburg, were granted a marriage license in county court last Monday and later that day they were united in marriage at Stuart by Rev. II. Chase Marsten. The ladies of the Country Club, under the direction of Mrs. C. J. Gatz. chairman of the committee, entertained with a dance at the country club last Tuesday evening. A large crowd wa present and an enjoyable time was had Mrs. Amil Kiser, of Kimball, South Dakota, arrived in the city last Sun day morning and accompanied by her sister, Mrrs. Larry Snell, they left that afternoon for a weeks visit at the home of their mother at Genoa, Nebr Louis Brennan, who has been spend ing the summer vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A Brennan northeast of this city, left last Tuesday for Omaha, where he if. a senior in the Creighton Medical school. Judge Dickson drove down to Wayn* Tuesday morning taking down his daughter, Miss Nancy, who returned to school f|t the Normal. Harlan Agnes and Harold Johnson went down with them and they will attend the Normal during the next year. The store buildings of George Bres sler are having the finishing touches placed thereon this week. Mr. Bres sler says that he has had several in quires from prospective tenants but that as yet neither of the store build ings have been rented. Mrs. R. R. Dickson has been enter taining the past week with a series ol Waffle breakfasts at her commodiou; home in the southwestern part of the city, followed by bridge. The firs' one was last Saturday morning and another this morning. Friday after noon she will eritertain with four fables of bridge. Parties interested in the establish ment of a hospital in this city hav» been in communication wth Zeb Warn er regarding the renting of his resid \ipce in the southwestern part of tht city for that purpose. No definite ar rangements have yet hern completed but Mr. Warner is of the opinion that the deal will go through. Mrs Cecilia Blach, who has spent several weeks with her parent, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins, who result north of O’Neill, left Sunday to resume her work as special representative ol the King Candy Company of Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs. Blach will visit friends in Pueblo before going on to Santa Fe, N. M., where she will begin work. Judge J. A. Donohoe came up from Omaha last Friday evening and visited relatives and friends in this city Sat urday and Sunday and left Sunday night for Cliadroti where on Monday morning he opened the fall term of U. S. district court. His secretary Miss Mae Hammond, came up with him and will Visit relatives here foi a couple of weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Chirk Gaines, of Des Moines, Iowa, arrived in the city last Saturday on their way home from a visit in Wyoming and spent Sunday and Monday visiting with friends in this city. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines were residents of this city for several years, Mr. Gaines representing the Nebraska Securities Corporation. They left for home Tuesday morning. M. Johnson and A Butterfield, ot Burwell, were in the city last Mon day. They are well contractors and were in the city with a view to sub mitting a bid for the construction of a new well for the city, for which bids were asked for last week. Mr. Johnson was a former resident of this colunty. having resided for years in the southwestern part of the county Fete Todsen drove down to Norfolk Wednesday morning where he attend ed a meeting of the managers of the J. C. Penney stores in this section of the state, returning that evening. Mr. Todsen says that from the information they received at the meeting busi ness is just booming in the east and the Penney officials are of the opinion that it will not be long before there will be a noticable increase in business in this section. Jl'DGE MORRISSEY DEAD Andrew M. Morrissey,, formerly chief justice of the Nebraska state supreme court, and well and favorably known in this city, died last Friday afternoon at the home of his brother, Charles, in Lincoln, at the age of 61 years. Judge Morrissey had many friends in this section of the state as he formerally resided and practiced law at Valentine and was a frequent visitor to this city. The following notice of his death is taken from the Lincoln State Journal: “Judge Andrew M. Morrissey, form, er chief justice of the Nebraska su preme court, died at 10:30 p. m. Fri day at the home of his brother, Charles, 1012 So. 14th. Since last May he had been with the treasury de partment at Washington, D. C., serv ing as an attorney for the comptroller of the currency. “Judge Morrissey, who was 01 years old, was taken ill at Washington the first part of last August, suffering a nervous prostration while about his duties. He was brought to Lincoln Aug. 20 and had been in critical con dition. Bronchial influenza, which he developed two weeks ago, was the cause of death. “His physician sain Judge Morrissey was critically ill also in the fall a year ago, having suffered a breakdown at that time. He had recovered, however, but was in poor health afterward. “Judge Morrissey was appointed chief justice of the Nebraska supreme court in 1915 by Congressman More head, who was governor at that time. The appointment was made on Jan. 21 of that year and in November of 1916 Judge Morrissey was re-elected. He was re-elected again in November of 1920, hut was defeated for re-election in 1920. "After leaving the supreme court bench, he entered the practice of law at Omaha with Arthur F. Mullen, now national democratic committeeman, as his law partner. The partnership ex isted until Judge Morrissey’s death. He had made his home at Omaha since that time. “Born at Livonia, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1871, Judge Morrissey came to Ne braska in 1890. He received his com mon school education in New York and began his legal education in 1896 after completing a term as deputy clerk of Dawts county. "2.0 began the practice of law at Valentine in the spring of 1898. He was soon elected county attorney of Cherry county, and served from Jan uary, 1899, until 1903. He declined re-election at the end of the second term and established a law partner ship with Judge F. M. Walcott and practiced law at Valentine until 1911, when he came to Lincoln and formed a partnership with Frank M. Tyrrell. Judge Morrissey previously had prac ticed law for a short time at Chadron. “After practicing law in Lincoln for two years Judge Morrissey was chosen private secretary by Congressman Morehead at the beginning of the lat ter’s term as governor. In 1915, Judge Morrissey was appointed deputy at torney general by Willis E. Reed, then attorney general. “He was a member of the Second Nebraska regiment in the Spanish American war. He was a Roman Catholic and was a member of Lincoln lodge, K. of C. He also was a mem ber of the Nebraska State Bar as sociation and the American Law institute. “When the American Bar associa tion went to London in 1924 as guests of the lawyers of Great Britain, Judge Morrissey was selected as one of the American orators to deliver an address in London. He taught at Northwestern university during the summer of 1924. (First publication September 7, 1933.) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed proposals w ill be received by Ed Campbell, City Clerk of the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, at his office in O’Neill, Nebraska, until 6:00 P. M., on the 22nd day of September, 1933, and at that time publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, tools and materials required to construct water works improvements consisting of a new water supply system for the City of O’Neill, Nebraska. Bids will be received on: Section 1. 1 12-in. Gravel Treated Well, 24-in. outside diameter, approximately 80-ft. deep, hav ing a guaranteed continuous capacity of 500 GPM. Alt. A. 1 12-in. Gravel Treated Well, 24-in. outside diameter, approximately 80-ft. deep, hav ing a guaranteed continuous capacity of 400 GPM. Alt. B. 1 18-in. Gravel Treated Well, 30-in. outside diameter, approximately 80-ft. deep, hav ing a guaranteed continuous capacity of 500 GPM. Alt. (’. 1 18-in. Gravel Treated Well, ,‘10-in. outside diameter, approximately 80-ft. deep, hav ing a guranteed continuous capacity of 400GPM. Section 2. 1 500 GPM Deep Well Tur bine Pump. 66-ft. setting, total heat! 220, installed complete with 40 II. P., 220 volt, 2 phase, 00 cycle, 1750 RPM normal torque low starting current type motor, electric controls, wiring, valves and piping. Alt. A. 1 400 GPM Deep Well Tur bine Pump, 65-ft. setting, total head 215, installed complete with 30 H. P., 220 volt, 3 phase, 00 cycle, 1750 RPM normal torque low starting current type motor, electric controls, wiring, valves and piping. Section 3. 144-ft. 8-in. Class ’‘150” Cast Iron Pipe. 5)00-lbs. Class “D” Specials. Section 4. 144-lin. ft. 8-in. Cast Iron Pipe Laid. 1 Wet connection. Section 5. 1 Brick Pump House for turbine pump only. Alt. A. 1 Brick Pump House for high speed engine drive. Alt. R. 1 Brick Pump House for slow speed engine drive. Engineer’s estimate based on 12-in. gravel treated well, 500 GPM deep well turbine pump and brick pump house for turbine pump only $4,522.00. For alternates add or deduct: For 18-in. gravel treated well_add $400.00 For belt drive pump head_ add 31G.00 For brick pump house high speed engine drive _ add 250.00 For brick pump house slow speed engine drive . add 1750.00 For 400 GPM deep well turbine pump with 30 H.P. motor deduct 275.00 Work shall be started on or before October 10, 1933, and completed on or before Dec. 1, 1933. Bids will be received only on type written forms furnished by the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, or the Engineer, H. H. Henningson, Special Engineer, 320-30 Union State Bank Building, Omaha, Nebraska. All proposals must be accompanied by a certified check properly drawn and properly certified upon a respons ible bank and made payable to the City Treasurer, O’Neill, Nebraska, in a sum equal to 5% of the proposal. Plans and specifications are on file with Ed Campbell, City Clerk, O’Neill, Nebraska. Contractors desiring a copy of plans and specifications for their personal use can secure same from the Engineer by depositing $10.00 for same, $5.00 of which will be returned to the bidders providing they return the plans and specifications in first class condition within ten days from date of letting. The City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids, or to accept by section or reject by section, and to pass upon the competence and respon sibility of the bidders and the accept ability of the security offered. C. E. STOUT, Mayor. ED CAMPBELL, City Clerk. 10-3 (First publication, August 31, 1933.) NOTICE OF SUIT Notice is hereby given that D. P. Wetzel, as plaintiff, has filed his peti tion in the District Court of Holt county, Nebraska, aganst: Laura Jor dan, William Taylor Jordan, Mrs. William Taylor Joi'dan, his wife, first name unknown, Elsie J. Oetter, Oetter, her husband, first name un known, John Doe and Mrs. John Doe, his wife, real and true names un known, and the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 25, Range 10, Holt county, Nebraska, defendants in plaintiff’s first cause of action; Laura Jordan, William Taylor Jordan, Mrs. William Taylor Jordan, his Wife, first name un known, Elsie J. Oefter, - Oetter, her husband, first name unknown, Richard Doe and Mrs. Richard Doe, his wife, real and true names un known, the Southwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter and the Northwest Quarter and the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 25, Range 10, Holt county, Nebraska, defendants in plaintiff’s second cause of action; Margaret Pratt Olsson, - Olsson, her husband, first name unknown, James Doc and Mrs. James Doe, his wife, real and true names unknown, and the Northeast Quarter and the North Half of the Northwest Quarter and the Southwest Quarter'of the Northwest Quarter of Section 17, Township 32, Range 11, Holt county, Neraska, de fendants in plaintiff’s third cause of action; William Ringer, Mrs. William Ringer, hs wife, first name unknown, Ben G. Ellis, Mrs. Ben G. Ellis, his wife, first name unknown, Joseph Doe and Mrs. Joseph Doe, his wife, real and true names unkown, and the Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 21), Range 10, Holt county, Nebraska, defendants in plaintiff's fourth cause of action; C. A. Hull, first name unknown, Mrs, C. A. Hull, his wife, first name unkown, Ralph Doe and Mrs. Ralph Doe, his wife, real and true names unknown, and the South Half of the Southeast Quarter of Section 21, and the North Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 28, all in Township 28, Range 14, Holt county, Nebraska, defendants in plain tiff's fifth cause of action; J. L. Fish er, first name unknown, Katherine Pearl Fisher, Patrick Hederman, George Doe and Mrs. George Doe, his wife, real and true names unknown, and the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 26, Range 10, Holt county, Nebraska, defendants in plain tiff's sixth cause of action, as defend ants; the object and prayer of said petition being to establish and fore close tax liens based upon the follow ing tax sale certificates: No. 3409, No. 3365, No. 3380, executed and de livered to Jabe B. Gibson by the County Treasurer of Holt county, Ne braska, on the 10th day of November, 1928, at County Treasurer's Delin quent Public Tax Sale, and by said Jabe B. Gibson assigned to D. P. Wet zel, the plaintiff herein; No. 3410, No. 3120, No. 3418, executed and delivered to Jabe B. Gibson by the County Treas urer of Holt county. Nebraska, on the 13th day of November, 1928, at County Treasurer’s Delinquent Public Tax Sale, and by said Jabe B. Gibson assigned to D. P .Wetzel, the plaintiff herein; for subsequent taxes paid under each of the foregoing certif icates und for general equitable relief. Said defendants and each of them are required to answer the petition of the plaintiff on or before the 9th day of October, 1933. D. P. WETZEL, Plaintiff. By R. J. SHURTLEFF, 15-4 His Attorney. (First publication August 31, 11)33.) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation in the State House at Lin coln, Nebraska on September 22, 1933, until 9:00 o’clock A. M., and at that time publicly opened and read for SAND UHAVEL SURFACING and incidental work on the DEVERRE ATKINSON PATROL NO. 827, j STATE HOAD. The proposed work consists of re surfacing 5.0 miles of GRAVELED ROAD. The approximate quantities are: 1,923 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel Surface Coure Material. The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering sub letting or assigning the contract and to the use of Domestic Materials. The minimum wage paid to all skilled labor employed on this contract shall be sixty (GO) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all un skilled labor employed on this contract shall be forty (40) cents per hour. The attention of bidders is also di rected to the fact that George Hodge, State Director of Reemployment, Lin coln, Nebraska, will exercise genreal supervision over the preparation of employment lists for this work. Plans and specifications for the work may be seen and information secured at the office of the County Clerk at O’Neill, Nebraska, at the office of the District Engineer of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Ainsworth, Nebraska, or at the office of the De partment of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln, Nebraska. The successful bidder will be re quired to furnish bond in an amount equal to 100% of his contract. As an evidence of good faith in sub mitting a proposal for this work, the bidder must file, with his proposal, a certified check made payable to the Department of Road and Irrigation and in an amount not less than One Hundred ($100.00) dollars. The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION, R. L. Cochran, State Engineer. R. F. Weller, District Engine r. John C. Gallagher, County Clerk Holt County. 15-3 (First publication August 31, 1933.) NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed bids will be received at the office of the Department of Roads and Irrigation in the State House at Lin coln, Nebraska, on September 22, 1933, until 9:00 o’clock A. M., and at that time publicly opened and read for SAND GRAVEL SURFACING and incidental work on the DEVEItRE ATK1NSON Projects Nos. 639-A & C, State Road. The proposed work consists of re surfacing 14.9 miles of Graveled Road. The approximate quantities are: 5,110 Cu .Yds. Sand Gravel Surface Course Material. The attention of bidders is directed to the Special Provisions covering sub letting or assigning the contract and to the use of Domestic Materials. The minimum wage paid to all skilled labor employed on this contract shall be sixty (00) cents per hour. The minimum wage paid to all un skilled labor employed on this contract shall be forty (40) cents per hour. The attention of bidders is also di rected to the fact that George Hodge, State Director of Reemployment, Lin coln, Nebraska, will exercise genreal supervision over the preparation of employment lists for this work. Plans and specifications for the work may be seen and information secured at the office of the County Clerk at O’Neill, Nebraska, at the office of the District Engineer of the Department of Roads and Irrigation at Ainsworth, Nebraska, or at the office of the De partment of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln, Nebraska. The successful bidder will be re quired to furnish bond in an amount equal to 100% of his contract. As an evidence of good faith in sub mitting a proposal for this work, the bidder must file, with his proposal, a certified check made payable to the Department of Road and Irrigation and in an amount not less than Three Hundred ($300.00) dollars. The right is reserved to waive all technicalities and reject any or all bids. DEPARTMENT OF ROADS AND IRRIGATION, R. L. Cochran, State Engineer. R. F. Weller, District Engineer. John C. Gallagher, County Clerk | Holt County. | 15-3 (First publication August 31, 1933.) NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate No. 23-11. In the County Court of Holt county, I Nebraska, August 29, 1933. In the matter of the Estate of Bern ard Hynes, Deceased. 1 Creditors of said estate are hereby notified that the time limited for pre senting claims against said estate is December 21, 1933, and for the pay ment of debts is August 29, 1934, and that on September 21, 1933, and on December 23, 1933f at 10 o’clock A. M., each day, I will be at the County Court Room in said County to receive, ex amine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. C. J. MALONE, County Judge. [County Court Seal] 15-3 Emmet A .Harmon, Attorney. (First publication August 31, 1933.) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Estate No. 2293 In the County Court of Holt county, Nebraska, August 29, 1933. In the matter of the Estate of Elm er E. Newman, Deceased. All persons interested in said estate are hereby notified that the Adminis trator of said estate has filed in said court his final report and a petition for final settlement and distribution of the residue of said estate; and that said report and petition will be heard September 20, 1933, at 10 o'clock A. M. at the County Court Itoom in O’Neill, Nebraska, when all persons interested may appear and be heard concerning said final report and the distribution of said estate. C. J. MALONE, County Judge. [County Court Seal] 15-3 DAILY LINCOLN JOURNAL SI.00 Three Months $3.50 a Year The Daily Lincoln NEBRASKA STATE JOURNAL can give two to ten hours later news out on rural routes and in many towns because it is the only large daily between Omaha and Denver printing at night, in fact after 5 P. M. The Journal prints edi tions right up until train time day and night. The Morning Journal comes in time for mail delivery the same day. Dailies printed on the Iowa line edit for Iowa readers. 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