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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 27, 1935)
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEET ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF O’NEILL. NEBRASKA (Continued from page 5.) street lighting system and furnish ing electric energy thereto during the term of this contract, a con sideration computed upon the fol lowing schedule of rates, to-wit: SERVICE CHARGE: One Hundred Twenty Seven Dol lars ($127.00) per month. ENERGY CHARGE: (In addition to service charge) Three cents (3c) per KWH for all electric energy consumed by the street lighting system. Provided that said consideration shall not be less than the sum of One Hundred Twenty Seven Dol lars ($127.00) each month during the term of this contract. III. That the Company shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each month, render a bill to the Municipality for the operation and maintenance of said street lighting system and the furnishing of elec tric energy thereto during the pre ceding month, and the Municipality shall pay said bill within fifteen days from the date of presentation thereof. • IV. That the Municipality here by represents that it has taken due SALESMEN WANTED MEN WANTED for Rawleigh Routes in O’Neill. Write today. Rawleigh Co., Dept. NBF-252-SB, Freeport, 111. 3-4p WANTED TO BUY A CHILD’S BED in good condition. Call Phone No. 39. 6-2p I have a buyer for a modern house. —R. II. Parker, O’Neill. 3tf FOR SALE NIC-SAL for lice. Paint it on the > roosts. Cheap too.—O’Neill Hatch ery. 6-1 GOOD USED Grain Binder and Farmall mowers.—F. M. Keating & Sons, Atkinson. 0-3 FARMERS—Bring your barrels to the New Deal Oil Co., O’Neill. Kerosene, 7% cents gal; Tractor Fuel, 8*4c gal; First Grade Tract or Oil 40c Gal.; Axle Grease 25 lbs. 99c; Gun and Cup Grease, 25 lbs., $1.49; Machine Oil, 30c Gal.; Harness, Separator and Oil for Maytag Washington Mochines, 40c per gal.; 6 gal. Transmission Oil, $2 .00, including can. We guaran tee our petroleum products to be as good as any brand you buy, regardless of price.—NEW DEAL Oil Co., O’Neill-Burwell-Ericson. 6-2 I HAVE a few young Hereford Bulls that I will offer for sale for a short time.—J. C. Stein. 5-2p YELLOW GERMAN Roller Can aries; Singer $2.50; Female 50c. Robert Novratil, Phone 1,37, W. Hancock Street. 5-2p REGISTERED Hereford Bulls, from calves to 15 months.—Walt er Sire, Inman. 52-7p Q’S QUALITY Milk and Cream. The best by test, at John Kersen brock’s, or phone 240.—John L. Quig. 40tf TRAVEL BY BUS via Grand Island-O'Neill Stages Lv. 8:00 O’Neill Ar. 8:45 Ar. 12:15 Grand Island Lv. 4:15 Service thru to Hastings, Lincoln, Kearney, North Platte, Denver, Salt Lake, Boise, Portland, Los Angeles and San Francisco. For information call GOLDEN HOTEL Phone 36 We Carry Express Dr. J. L. SHERBAHN CHIROPRACTOR Phones Res. 147-R Office 147-W Diamond—Watches--Jewelery Expert Watch Repairing 0. M. Herre—Jew eler In Reardon Drug Store W. F. FINLEY, M. D. Phone, Office 28 O’Neill :: Nebraska DR. J. P. BROWN Office Phone 77 Complete X-Ray Equipment Glasses Correctly Fitted Residence Phone 223 Dr. F. A. O’Connell / Dentist GUARANTEED WORK MODERATE PRICES O’NEILL :: NEBRASKA and proper action, in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Nebraska, to appropriate sufficient funds for the payment of bills to be rendered hereunder and it agrees that if such funds shall be insufficient fpr that purpose it shall, at the time and in the man ner and to the extent provided by the Statutes of said State, appro priate additional funds and-or as sess, levy and collect a tax suf ficient for the prompt payment of said bills. V. That the Company shall, upon proper written request therefor from the Municipality, install ad ditional overhead street lighting equipment and maintain, operate and furnish electric energy thereto, at the rates hereinabove specified and service charge as follows: For each Overhead fixture $1.00 per month For each Ornamental Post $2.00 per month Provided, however, that the Com pany shall not be required to in stali any such additional street lighting equipment during the last year of the term of this contract, or of any extension thereof, unless the Municipality shall give notice to the Company, evidenced by a certified copy of resolution or ord inance passed by its governing body, that it is going to and has elected to renew this contract for a period of not less than five years, and provided further that the Com pany shall not be required to ex tend its street lighting circuit farther than four hundred (400) feet for each additional overhead street light, and one hundred and fifty (150) feet for each additional ornamental post. VI. That the Company shall op erate and maintain said street lighting system at its own cost and expense, and shall patrol said sys tem at least once each week and promptly replace all broken or burned out lamps. VII. That the Company shall render good and sufficient service for the purpose of this contract but shall not be liable for failure of such service due to causes be yond its control. VIII. That this agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect for a period of Five (5) years from and after the date here of; provided, however, that the term hereof shall be extended an additional Five (5) years if the Municipality shall not, within sixty (f!0) days prior to the expiration hereof, notify the Company in writing of its desire to terminate the same at the end of said Five (5) years. IX. That all contracts and agreements, written or oral, here tofore existing between the parties hereto and covering the subject matter hereof, (if there be any such), are hereby cancelled, and the Municipality hereby represents that it has by appropriate action repealed or amended all ordinances, resolutions and rules, or parts thereof, heretofore adopted by it in conflict with the terms hereof. X. That the Municipality repre sents that this agreement has been duly authorized by a - vote of its Council in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Nebraska, and certified copies of the proceedings therefor shrill be promptly furnished to the Com pany for approval of its Counsel. XI. That if any Section or part of a Section of this agreement shall be declared null and void by any competent authority, the re maining portions hereof shall not be affected thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto af fixed, the day and year first above written. INTERSTATE POWER COM PANY OF NEBRASKA, By > Vice President. ATTEST: Assistant Secretary. CITY OF O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, By. . Mayor. ATTEST: Clerk. (SEAL) TAXPAYERS NOTICE! The second installment of the 1934 Personal Tax becomes delin quent on July 1. After tjiat date we are compelled to issue distress warrants and turn them over to the Sheriff for collection, which will make an extra cost to the tax payer. We are taking this method of calling your attention to this mat ter so as to save you the extra cost of a penalty. B. T. WINCHELL, 5-2 County Treasurer. (First publication June 13, 1935.) NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL Estate No. 2481 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, June 13, 1935. In the matter of the Estate of Thomas E. McKenzie, Deceased. Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed in said Court for the probate of a written instrument purporting to be the last will and testament of Thomas E. McKenzie, Deceeased, and for the appointment of John M.Grutsch as executor thereof; that July 5, 1935, at 10 o’clock A. M., has been set for hearing said petition and proving said instrument in said Court when all persons concerned may appear and contest the pro bate thereof. 4-3 C. J. MALONE. County Judge. (County Court Seal.) J. D. Cronin, Attorney. After discussion the following motion, in the form of a resolution was proposed by Councilman Bren nan and seconded by Councilman Protivinsky: RESOLVED that the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, enter into a “Contract for Municipal Street Lighting”, for a term of Five (5) years with Interstate Pow er Company of Nebraska, a Delaware Corporation, with of fices in Dubuque, Iowa, in the form presented and read to this meeting, and made a part of the minutes hereof, A roll call was had upon said motion, w'hich resulted in the fol lowing vote: Ayes Noes Yantzi Protivinsky Brennan Harty Uhl None The Mayor stated that the mo tion had been carried by a unan imous vote of all members of the Council present. C. W. PORTER, Clerk. (SEAL) STATE OF NEBRASKA CITY OF O’NEILL CLERK’S CERTIFICATE I, C. W. Porter, the duly elected, qualified and Acting Clerk of the City of O’Neill, County of Holt, and State of Nebraska, DO HERE BY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Council of said City held on the 12th day of June, 1935. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said City this 12th day of June, 1935. C. W. PORTER, Clerk. (SEAL) ORDINANCE NO. 156A An Ordinance providing for the making of a contract for street lighting in the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, with the Interstate Power Company of Nebraska, a Delaware Corporation, and to repeal Ordinance No. 127A. Whereas, the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, heretofore, on March 6, 1931, duly passed and enacted an ordinance authorizingvthe entering into a contract with the Interstate Power Company for street light ing and which contract, pursuant to said ordinance, was made and entered into and, Whereas, in said contract it was provided that the City in the event the City failed within 60 days prior to the expiration of said contract to notify the Interstate Power Company, by resolution duly passed said contract would extend for an additional term of five years, and Whereas, the City of O’Neill, Ne braska, and the Interstate Power Company, a Delaware Corporation, each respectively desires to ter minate and cancel said contract and enter into the contract here inafter set out in this ordinance. Said Interstate Power Company, by their local manager, who per sonally appeared before the City Council, waives notice of termin ation of said contract as provided for by Ordinance 127A, and Whereas, the Interstate Power Company of Nebraska, a Delaware Corporation, is desirous of fur nishing equipment for lighting the streets in the City of O’Neill, Ne braska, and furnishing electrical energy therefor and the said City is desirous of purchasing electrical energy for lighting the streets within said City, from said Com pany and Whereas, the City of O’Neill, Ne braska, and the said Company, hereby mutually desires to enter into a valid contract for the pur pose of lighting the City of O’Neill, as provided for and authorized in this ordinance, and Whereas, said proposed contract is in words, figures and characters as follows: •CONTRACT FOR MUNICIPAL STREET LIGHTING” THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into in triplicate this 28th day of June, 1935, by and between INTERSTATE POWER COM PANY OF NEBRASKA, a Dela ware Corporation, with offices at Dubuque, Iowa, its successors and assigns, hereinafter called the “Company,” and the City of O’Neill, County of Holt, and State of Nebraska, hereinafter called the “Municipality”; WITNESSETH THAT, WHEREAS, the Com pany now owns and operates a street lighting system within the corporate limits of said Municipal ity, consisting of: 59 - 60 C. P. Lamps in Overhead Fixtures 34 - 100 C. P. Lamps in Orna mental Posts and WHEREAS, the' Municipality desires that the Company shall continue to operate said street lighting system; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual coven ants and agreements herein con tained, it is. hereby mutually agreed by and between the parties hereto ag follows: I. That the Company shall oper ate and maintain said street light ing system (including the renewal of lamps) and furnish electric en ergy for the same in accordance with the following schedule, to-wit: NUMBER IN USE—59; SIZE OF LAMPS—430 C. P. Lamps in Overhead Fixtures; HOURS OF BURNING—As Ordered by the Municipality. NUMBER IN USE—34; SIZE OF LAMPS—100 C. P. Lamps in Ornamental Posts; HOURS OF BURNING-^-As Ordered by the Municipality. That the Municipality may, upon proper written notice to the Com pany, order the size of the lamps and-or hours of burning changed to meet its desires. Provided, how ever, all of the lamps on each of the present circuits shall have the same hours of burning. II. That the Municipality shall pay to the Company, each month, for maintaining and operating said street lighting system and furnish ing electric energy thereto during the term of this contract, a con sideration computed upon the fol lowing schedule of rates, to-wit: SERVICE CHARGE: One Hundred Twenty Seven Dol lars ($127.00) per month. ENERGY CHARGE: (In addition to service charge) Three cents (3c) per KWH for all electric energy consumed by the street lighting system. Provided that said consideration shall not be less than the sum of One Hundred Twenty Seven Dol lars ($127.00) each month during the term of this'contract. III. That the Company shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each month, render a bill to the Municipality for the operation and maintenance of said street lighting system and the furnishing of elec tric energy thereto during the pre ceding month, and the Municipality shall pay said bill within fifteen days from the date of presentation thereof. IV. That the Municipality here by represents that it has* taken due and proper action, in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Nebraska, to appropriate sufficient funds for the payment of bills to be rendered hereunder and it agrees that if such funds shall be insufficient for that purpose it A MONTH S REFRIGERATION • In fact, you will save more than that with a General Electric for the famous G-E sealed-in-steel mechanism uses only 5c or 6c worth of electric current a day. SIO delivers a G-E Refrigerator to your home tomorrow. A dozen G-E Models to select from — prices as low as A. V. VIRGIN O’NEILL, NEBRASKA shall, at the time and in the man ner and to the extent provided by the Statutes of said State, appro priate additional funds and-or as sess, levy and collect a tax suf ficient for the prompt payment of said bills. V. That the Company shall, upon proper written request therefor from the Municipality, install ad ditional overhead street lighting equipment and maintain, operate and furnish electric energy thereto, at the rates hereinabove specified and service charge as follows: For each Overhead fixture $1.00 per month For each Ornamental Post $2.00 per month Provided, however, that the Com pany shall not be required to in stall any such additional street lighting equipment during the last year of the term of this contract, or of any extension thereof, unless the Municipality shall give notice to the Company, evidenced by a certified copy of resolution or ord inance passed by its governing body, that it is going to and has elected to renew this contract for a period of not less than five years, and provided further that the Com pany shall not be required to ex tend its street lighting circuit farther than four hundred (400) feet for each additional overhead street light, and one hundred and fifty (150) feet for each additional ornamental post. VI. That the Company shall op erate and maintain said street lighting system at its own cost and expense, and shall patrol said sys tem at least once each week and promptly replace all broken or burned out lamps. VII. That the Company shall render good and sufficient service for the purpose of this contract but shall not be liable for failure of such service due to causes be yond its control. VIII. That this agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect for a period of Five (5) years from and after the date here of; provided, however, that the term hereof shall be extended an additional Five (5) years if the Municipality shall not, within sixty (60) days prior to the expiration hereof, notify the Company in writing of its desire to terminate the same at the end of said Five (5) years. IX. That all contracts and agreements, written or oral, here tofore existing between the parties hereto and covering the Subject matter hereof, (if there be any such), are hereby cancelled, and the Municipality hereby represents that it has by appropriate action repealed or amended all ordinances, | resolutions and rules, or parts | thereof, heretofore adopted by it in conflict with the terms hrr«*of X. That the Municipality repre sents that this agreement has been duly authorized by a five-sixths vote of its Council in accordance with the Statutes of the State of Nebraska, and certified copies of the proceedings therefor shall be promptly furnished to the Com pany for approval of its Counsel. XI. That if any Section or part of a Section of this agreement shall be declared null and void by any competent authority, the re maining portions hereof shall not be affected thereby. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto af fixed, the day and year first above written. Therefore, be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of O’N’eill, Nebraska, Section 1. That the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, hereby does en ter into the aforesaid contract for lighting the streets within the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, with the In terstate Power Company, of Neb raska, a Delaware Corporation, and that the Mayor and City Clerk exe cute said contract on behalf of said City of O’Neill, Nebraska, and that the City. Clerk duly attest said contract as provided for by law. Section 2. That Ordinance No. 127A of the City of O’Neill, Ne braska, be, and it hereby is, re pealed. Section 3. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publi cation as provided by law. Passed and approved this 12th day of June, 1935. JOHN KERSENBROCK, Mayor. Attest: C. W. Porter, Citv Clerk. (SEAL.) ORDINANCE NO. 158A An Ordinance to regulate the speed of railroads, locomotives, trains and cars and to prescribe the penalty for violation of same anu to repeal Ordinance No. 67. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of O’Neill, Nebraska, that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to run, permit or cause to be run within the city limits of the City of O’Neill, any engine or locomotive cars or train of cars or hand-car or other vehicle at a spee<J greater or exceeding 25 miles per hour. Section 2. Every railroad com pany so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and pay a fine of$100.00for each such offense. Said fine to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the State of Nebraska brought for that purpose before any Justice of the Peace, County Court or District Court in ' the State of Nebraska having juri isdiction of the amount in contro versy. Providing further that one or more fines may be recovered in the same action. Section 3. That Ordinance No. 67 be, and it hereby is, repealed. Section 4. This Ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after its passage, approval and publication. Passed and approved this 20th dav of June, 1935. JOHN KERSENBROCK, Mayor. Attest: C. W. Porter, Cify Clerk. (SEAL.) Henry Beckman made a business trip to Bloomfield last Sunday, re turning that evening. FREE! Electric Mangle with Model 2-E Washer at its reg. price—Wheeling double Drain-A-Tubs with Power Washer—Electric Fan or Short Wave Aerial Kit with Electric Radio—10-piece quality Enamel ware Set with purchase of a Coro nado Refrigerator. NOW going on at Gamble Stores. FOR SALE CHEAP ] Corona Typewriter 1 Burrough’s Adding Machine 1 Majestic Combination Radio-Phonograph ALL RECONDITIONED A & B DRUG STORE O’NEILL, NEBRASKA “WATCH THE FORDS GO BY” <EE THE FORD EXHIBITION AT THE CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION AT SAN DIE** MELLOR MOTOR COMPANY Ford Dealers 15th & Douglas O’Neill, Nebr. I