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Will Hold Benefit For
Recreation Association
Mrs. Rasley being interested in
our town and its public activities
has very generously offered the
proceeds of the show, "Make Way
for the Lady," March 2nd, to the
O'Neill recreation fund. This mon
ey will be used to purchase sup
plies. Your support will be ap
preciated.
Dramatic Club. Monday evening
was spent in reviewing several one
act plays and selecting three that
will be cast and worked up simul
taneously. New members are Dora
Hughes, Myrtle Brown, Mary Graf,
Hugh McKenna, Bob Gaskel,
Thomas Shoemaker, Willis Bach
man, Evelyn Kucklish and Mary
Janet Kubitschek. Next meeting
at 7:30 Monday evening in the
court room.
Art Club. Tuesday evening the
members interested in oil painting
chose their subjects and made pre
liminary sketches. Bars of soap
began to look pretty much like
Scotty dogs in the soap carving
division, and in pencil drawing the
time was spent on outlines and
'-hading. A drawing course is now
available that will start next week.
Hath Oscnbaugh is a new member.
Kite and Archery Club. During
the meeting of the Achery club an
other of the worlds old sports came
into the conversation with the
result that the club is now called
the Kite and Archery club. Kite
flying has been a favorite pastime
for all age.s and nations. A week
from Sunday afternoon, Feb. 28,
we have decided to have a kite fly
ing contest. All that is necessary
to join is that you have a kite
made by that time and cpme to the
court room and enroll as a member
of the club at the next meeting
Wednesday evening at 7:30. New
members, John Protivinsky, Gene
Porter, Junior Cavanaugh, John
Osenbaugh, Gene McKenna, War
ren Burgess, William Binkman,
Beraie Dailey, Jimmie Herre, Arth
ur Stauffer and Edward Stein.
Boxing Club. The Wednesday
meeting was postponed at the last
minute because the gym was being
used for a game. We will have a
meeting this week and members
will be notified of time and place.
Handcraft club. Thursday even
ing the handcraft club started mak
ing decroative covers for candy
boxes. New members are Mrs.
Tim Harrington and Olive Bec
with.
School Notes
By County Superintendent
Safety education hus found its
place in the Nebraska schools. Due
to the fact that so many children
have to trverse the highway going
to and from school, it has become
necessary to recognize the teach
ing of safety education in schools.
While highway safety is per
haps the most important feature of
the study, we must not forget fire
prevention, safety at home and at
play. The Nebraska safety council
is sponsoring a Junior Safety Coun
cil, membership being gained by
paying a 25 cent fee. The money
is used in publishing the “Nebraska
Safety Magazine,” and other ed
ucational material.
A Junior Saftey League is being
organized in this county and will
have a membership of about 800
this year. It differs from the Jun
ior Safety Council in that study is
more complete and members are
enrolled thru examination rather
than by fee. The pupil has a com
plete study of five units in safety
education, fire prevention, safety
at play, at home, first aid and
highway safety. When the study
is completed they are given twenty
questions to answer and must pass
examination with a perfect grade
before entitled to club membership.
Another feature is the club
pledge which must be memorized.
Membership may be revoked if the
pledge is openly violated. Rein
statement is by passing another
examination and agreement to
abide by the rules of the club.
Safety education is closely al
lied with the study of health. The
pupi! should know what to do in
case of serious accident. More ac
cidents are the result of careless
ness. During the year 1936 over
27,0000 people met deuth in the
United States thru automobile ac
cidents, somewhat more than in
1935, and within 10,000 of the
number of American killed in the
World War. Nebraska has shown
a slight decrease in this respect.
It is said that 67 per cent of all
car accidents are the result of
carelessness. If these facts be
true, safety education should ac
complish a lot in helping to min
imize accidents.
Our boys and girls of today will
be the drivers of tomorrow. There
is no need for this senseless mor
tality rate to continue. We are in
need of rigid highway patrol to
help eliminate some of these ac
cident). It is high time that we
recognize the necessity of safe and
sane living.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
Morning Worship 11:00—“The
Shut Door.”
Evening Service 7:30 — A very
fine service will be given by the
choir entitled "The Pink Rose.”
This consists of mu3ic and readings.
Our Institute of Religion will be
gin next Tuesday night. Courses
in Bible and mission will be of
fered. All are invited.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Sunday School 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 11 a. m.—
Special music by the choir. “Lift
Up Your Head Oh Ye Gates.” Ser
mon subject, “The Church und its
Mission.”
Epworth League 6:30—Clarence
Selah, leader.
Evening Service at 7:30—Dis
cussion period, meaning of religion.
The Epworth League Mind-win
ter Institute will convene at Cham
bers Friday evening of this week
and all day Saturday.
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Message on Court A Surprise
The President’s message to en
large the Supreme Court and retire
members after they, become 70
years of age and to add many new
judges in most of the federal courts
of the land, came to Congress as a
surprise. No member of Congress
knew the message was coming or
what it would contain. It is figured
that less than five of the leaders
knew about it before hand and
certainly very few news writers
knew about it because members
who watch the news columns for
the “guesses of newswriters” told
each other that nowhere did they
find a hint of the coming of the
message. Most members are study
j ing the message and now that it
has gone to the House judiciary
committee for the purpose of
bringing out a bill members are
starting to talk. At present they
seem a little split over some of the
recommendations but the complex
ion of the majority now is such
that the chief executive can get
just about what he wants from
this congress.
No News Leaks From Court
Many questions have been asked
in letters whether or not members
of the Supreme Court can be inter
viewed by newspaper men and the
answer to that is “NO.” Some of
these questions have come from
newspaper publishers and editors
who sometimes wonder why their
Washington correspondent cannot
get an exclusive interview with
the Chief Justice. Tradition for
bids interviewing members of the
Supreme Court.
Another interesting answer to
some of the questions is that you
can’t expect your Washington cor
respondent to bet a “beat” on a
Supreme Court decision. Many
guesses have been made and some
of them fatal. One financial firm
which leases a telegraph wire and
keeps the key open from 9 a. m.
until noon time, court convening,
has not been able to get Supreme
Court news to Wall Street much
before press services do. This same
firm once pulled a boner. It man
aged to flash a surmise while a
decision was being read. Certain
stocks skyrocketed as a result, but
later went into a nosedive when
the decision proved to be just op
posite that of the premuture in
terpretation. No one is permitted
to leave the Supreme Court cham
ber during the reading of a de
cision. There are no back door
outlets for Supreme Court news.
This is the only arm of the gov
ernment which does not patronize
the government printing office. For
more than three score and ten
years now, it has entrusted the
printing of all of its decisions to a
private printing shop in Washing
ton—and a “leak” has never been
known. The copy is handed out in
such piece-meal fashion that no
linotype* operator can digest the
whole.
Talking of the G. P. O.—our gov
ernment printing office, the gov
ernment printer has just issued his
annual report for 1936. This re
port shows that during the fiscal
year ending June, 1936, the print
ing for the various governmental
bureaus and agencies amounted to
$18,756,268.94; the Congressional
Record alone which costs about $35
a page eost the taxpayers $870,000.
The total congressional printing
anti binding cost $2,700,000. The
printing office is carrying a burden
approximately 25 per cent greater
than that carried during the war
period. The report shows that
“ems” of type set amounted to
2.241,740 M.
Seek Means to Eliminate Bindweed
The usual number of requests as
to what the government is going
to do about bindweed eradication
are commencing to come to the
third congressional office. The
matter is again being taken up by
the Prairie States Group, which
worked for two years on this prob
lem in an effort to get money ap
propriated for the purpose of erad
icating bindweed. The result of
that work was that experiments
are being made at Muscle Shoales
to determine if cheaper chlorate
can be made by the government,
in order that farmers can buy it.
Sodium chlorate, according to the
experts is about the only material
which will eliminate this weed, nnd
today it comes from Scandinavian
countries, costing about 8 cents to
9 cents a pound, which is prohib
itive. Requests have been made to
this office from Lincoln, Nebr., to
determine whether or not appro
priations can be secured for the
regular farm conservation program
to include bindweed eradication,
and the Prairie States group is
working here in an effort to bring
to the attention of the government
the seriousness of bindweed infest
ation on the farms in Nebra ka.
Lobbyists Supply Arguments
Congressmen’s desks are now
piled high with literature from
lobbyists who represent agruments
for and against nearly everything
a human being “eats—drinks—
wears — hears and feels.” These
arguments are reflected on the
floor of the House on every piece
of legislation that comes up. No
matter what any member has to
offer, there is some other member
who has an argument against it.
SUPERVISORS PROCEEDINGS
O’Neill, Nebraska,
January 12, 1937,
10:00 A. M.
Holt County Board of Supervis
ors met on this date as required by
Statute. Members present, Carson,
Gibson, Matousek, Reimer, Smith,
Sullivan and Stein. Meeting called
to order by County Clerk.
The Clerk appointed Matousek
and Stein as a committee of two to
confer with the County Judge and
ascertain if theh Bonds of the new
elected members have been filed
and approved.
I he committee reported that all
bonds have been properly filed and
approved.
Motion by Reimer, seconded by
Matousek that nominations for the
office of Chairman be made by
ballot.
Carried.
Result of first ballot for nomina
tions was as follows:
J. C. Stein_ 3
John Sullivan .3
This ballot resulting: in a tie vote,
another ballot was taken which re
A BANK book is one
that can be read back
wards or forwards with
equal pleasure.
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No
Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers
$125,000.00 or Stockholders.
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE
CORPORATION
j suited as follows:
J. C. Stein . 4
John Sullivan 3
Motion by Sullivan, seconded by
Reimer that Clerk be instructed to
cast the unanimous vote of the
Board for J. C. Stein as Chairman
for the year 1937. This motion was
carried and J. C. Stein was elected
Chairman for the year 1937.
Motion by Matousek, seconded
by Reimer that Board adjourn until
1:00 P. M., in order to give Chair
man an opportunity to select the
standing committees for the year.
•J. C. STEIN, Chairman.
John C. Gallagher, Clerk.
O’Neill, Nebraska,
January 12, 1937,
1:00 P. M.
Ilolt County Board of Supervis
ors met as per adjournment. All
members present. Meeting called
to order by Chairman.
The Chairman submitted the fol
lowing list of committees for the
ensuing year:
Court House: Sullivan, Keimer,
Smith.
Finance: Carson, Smith, Gibson.
Printing: Matousek, Reimer,
Carson.
Tax: Smith, Carson, Gibson.
Bond: Carson, Sullivan, Smith.
Bridge: Reimer, Sullivan, Ma
tousek.
Settlement County Officers: Gib
son and entire board.
Claims: Matousek and entire
board.
Motion by Reimer, seconded by
Sullivan that Holt County In
dependent be designated as the
official paper for the year 1937.
Carried.
The following claims were aud
ited and approved and on motion
were allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on Road fund in payment
of same:
L. T. Howard $ 16.75
Russell Carr 16.75
John Sullivan 22.00
John A. Carson ... 18.00
The following claims were aud
ited and approved and on motion
were allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on General fund in payment
of same:
John A. Carson $ 21.00
Singer Sewing Machine Co. 9.41
,T. W. Walter 12.20
L. W. Reimer 5.00
RESOLUTION
O’Neill, Nebraska,
To the County of Holt,
State of Nebraska:
S. Downey, Dr.
S. Downey respectfully repre
sents and shows unto the Honor
able Board of Holt county, Nebras
ka:
That he is a citizen and inhab
itant of O’Neill, Holt county, Ne
braska and that S. Downey and S.
Downey Investments are one and!
the same person and he is such
person.
That H. G. Asher and Rhoba
Asher, husband and wife, are the
owners of the following described
property:
Part of the Southeast Quarter
of the Southwest Quarter of Sec
tion Eighteen (18), Township
Twenty-eight (28) North, Range
Nine (9). West of the 6th P. M.
in Holt county, Nebraska, con
taining 24 acres, same being all
that portion of the Southeast
Quarter of the Southwest Quart
er which lies South of the C. B.
& Q. R. R. righ-of-way in the
Southeast Quarter of the South
west Quarter of Section Eighteen.
That for the year 1929 and 1930
inclusive said property was as
sessed as Pt. SEV4SW14 18-29-9,
24 acres. The taxes remained un
PHARIS TIRES!
“How can you do it?” said
one customer. “Everybody’s
tire prices are up and yours
are down.” Yes—we’ve ac
tually reduced prices on
Pharis Tires, while stocks
last—4.40-21, $4.25-5.25-17,
$5.78.
paid and became delinquent and
that the County Treasurer of Holt
county, Nebraska, duly advertised
and offered said land at public sale
for taxes but same was not sold
for want of bidders and that on the
15th day of January, 1932, there
was due the sum of §133.85 for
taxes and delinquencies and on said
date the County Treasurer of Holt
county, Nebraska, sold said land to
S. Downey for the sum of SI33.85
and issued to S. Downey tax sale
Certificate No. 4377 a copy of
which tax sale certificate is here
to attached marked Exhibit “A”
and made a part hereof. S. Downey
now has been advised, and believes
and now states and represents and
shows unto the Holt County Board
of Holt county, Nebraska, that the
following Description Pt. SE14
SWV4 18-28-9 24 acres, as set out
in said tax sale certificate is a void,
ague and insufficient description;
that to protect his lien he paid
subsequent taxes on said land un
der said Certificate as follows:
May 16, 1932, $56.59, same
representing the 1931 taxes;
Sept. 7, 1933, $47.15, same
representing the 1932 taxes.
Oct. 18, 1934, $43.10, same rep
resenting the 1933 taxes.
That there is now due claimant
on his said tax sale certificate and
subsequent taxes paid thereunder
the sum of $424.70 and he is en
titled under Sec. 77-2030 to be
reimbursed by the County of Holt
for the amount of principal he paid
for said tax sale certificate and
subsequent taxes paid thereunder
and interest and costs at the rate
of 10% per annum as provided for
by law.
Emmet A. Harmon.
State of Nebraska,
County of Holt
Emmet A. Harmon being first
duly sworn on his oath deposes and
says that he is the duly authorized
attorney for the above claimant,
S. Downey, and that the facts here
in stated are true to his personal
knowledge; that the several items
mentioned in the foregoing account
are just and true, that the goods
and services were furnished as
herein charged and that he pur
chased the tax sale certificate as
therein alleged and paid the sub
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sequent taxes and sub taxes there
in alleged and that there is now
due and owing him the sum of
$424.70 with interest thereon at
10% per annum.
Emmet A. Harmon.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 12th day of December, A.
D.. 1937
John. C. Gallagher,
County Clerk.
[County Clerk Seal,
Holt County, Nebraska]
Exhibit “A”
County Treasurer’s Certificate of
Tax Sale—Private
No. 4377
Amount _ $133.35
Fee .50
Total _ $133.85
State of Nebraska )
Holt County
I, W. E. Conklin, County Treas
urer of the County of Holt in the
State of Nebraska, do hereby cer
tify that the following described
Real Estate in said County and ■
State, to-wit: Pt. SEU SWVi 18
28-9 24 acres, was on the 15th day
of January, 1932, duly sold by me
in the manner provided by law, AT
PRIVATE SALE at my office, FOR
THE DELINQUENT TAXES FOR
THE YEARS OF 1929 and 1930
amounting to One Hundred and
thirty-three and 85-100 Dollars in
cluding interest and penalty there
on, and the costs allowed by law,
to S. Downey Investments for the
sum of 133 and 85-100 Dollars he
being the highest and best bidder
for same. And I further certify
that such lands have been offered
at public sale for taxes but not sold
for want of bidders, and that un
less redemption is made of said
real estate in the manner provided
by law, the said S. Downey Invest
ments heirs or assigns will be en
(Continued on page 8, column 3.)
Registered Hereford
BULL SALE
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA CONSIGNMENT
Thursday, February 25
1:30 P. M. Atkinson Livestock Sale Pavillion
Atkinson, Nebraska
Head of Bulls
The kind to sire calves that will meet
the approval of discriminating feeder
buyers. Big assortment; good ages; bulls for every need, from
calves to four-year-olds. All T. B. tested.
CONSIGNED BY: LLOYD SERCK, Royal, Neb.; M. A. BAIRD
& SONS, Brunswick, Neb.; MAX BAIRD, Brunswick, Neb.;
C. R. THOMPSON, Stuart, Nebr., and WILLIAM HILD, Bruns
wick, Neb. For catalogue write MAX BAIRD, Mgr., Brunswick.
Cols. E. C. WELLER and H. W. JOHNSON. Auctioneers
