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The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice at O’Neill, Nebraska, as Second Class Matter. One Year, in Nebraska $2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of sofcaeribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub Jmher shall be notified; otherwise Ac subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Beery subscriber must understand Ant these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES Bisplay advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ads Me per line, first insertion, sub sequent insertions, 5c per line. Minutes of Meetings of the County Board O’Neill, Nebraska, January 14, 1937, 9:00 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. There being no quorum present meeting adjourned until 1:00 P. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman, John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 14, 1937, 1:00 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present except Stein. In the absence of Chairman Stein, it was moved by Reimer and seconded by Matousek that Carson act as temporary chairman. Carried. Motion by Matousek, seconded by Gibson that the following wage -cale for the year 1937 be adopted: Single Man 25 cents per hour Man and Team 45 cents per hour Man and 4 Horses 05 cents per hour Common bridge labor 25 cents per hour Foreman Bridge Workers 40 cents per hour Trac tor and Grader Operator 40 cents per hour Road Dragging 60 cents per mile Round Trip. umea. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. In the Matter of the Application For the Renewal of a Mothers Pension by Margaret Thomas. ORDER Now on this 12th day of January, 1937, this cause came on for hear ing upon the application of Mar garet Thomas for a renewal of her mother’s pension; and was submit ted to the Court. On consideration whereof, the Coart finds that the said Margaret Thomas is entitled to receive a mothers pension of $10.00 per month for the months of January, February, March and April, 1037, and no longer. It is therefore, considered that the said Margaret Thomas shall receive a mothers pension for said months, and that the board of sup ervisors of Holt county, Nebraska, make the necessary order, direct ing the payment thereof. ROBERT R. DICKSON, Judge. I. Ira 11. Moss, Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Ho t county, Ne State of Nebraska as. Holt County fcraska, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of “ORDER” in the Matter of the application for the Renewal of a Mothers Pension by Margaret Thomas, as the same appears from the original on file and of record in my said office. WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court this 12th day of January, A. D., 1937. Ira H. Moss, Clerk of the District Court. (District Sourt Seal l&th Judicial District Holt County, Nebraska] By Inez O’Connell, Ilenutv. Motion by Sulivan, seconded by Smith that the above order be ap proved and warrants drawn on Mother’s Pension fund in accord ance therewith. Carried. On motion the following official Bonds were approved: George Bay, Constable, City of O’Neill. Ronald Grass, Justice of Peace, Antelope Township Mark W. Hendricks, Clerk, Sand (Yeek Township. Chas N. Smith, Justice of Peace, Sand Creek L. E. Joy, Pustice of Peace, Dus un. Harry Fox, Justice of Peace, Paddock. Lyndley Crumley, Clerk, Ante lope. Roy Siders, Treasurer, Steel Greek. Chas. V. Cole, Clerk, Steel Creek. Anthonly O’Donnell, Clerk, Pleas ant View. Merrill Smith, Road Overseer, District No. 47. Roy L. Johnson, Road Overseer, District No. 3. Frank Osborne, Road Overseer, District No. 28. J. H. Carney, Road Overseer, District No. 4 Ray Cearns, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. 30. W. A. Dierks, Road Overseer, District No. 68. i Anton Dobrovolny, Clerk, Holt Creek Victor Howarth, Clerk, Swan. Ed Stracke, Road Overseer, Dis trict No. 10. H. R. Holcomb, Road Overseer, District No. 70. C. E. Kiltz, Treasurer, Chambers. Earl Doolittle, Road Overseer, i District No. 61. R. M. Tom jack, Treasurer, De ■ loit. David Adams, Treasurer, Dustin, Kermit Grimes, Clerk, Chambers T. H. Lawrence, Justice of Peace, ' Ewing L. C. Hertel. Clerk, Conley. H. W. Tomlinson. Justice of Peace, O’Neill. F. P. Murphy, Constable, Stuart. I. R. Dickerson, Treasurer, At kinson. S W. Brion, Jr., Clerk, Ewing. A. H. Marquardt, Treasurer, Ewing. Elmer Krueger, Road Overseer, Dist. No. 35. H. J. Harte, Clerk, Inman. John B. Honeywell, Road Over seer, District No. 39. f,:00 P. M. On motion. Board adjourned until January 15, 1937, 9 00 A. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallugher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 15, 1937, 9:00 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. Minutes of previous meeting were read and on motion weer approved as read. Board spent forenoon in discus sion of the purchase of Court Room furniture and fixtures, and also Linoleum and other necessary fur nishing. , , .. t The communication from Mr. La tenser, <the Architect, regarding these different items, were read at the meeting. 12:00 noon. On motion, board adjourned until 1:00 P. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 15, 1937, 1:00 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. At this time, Board began to pre pare the Anuual Estimate of Ex pense for the year 1937 and spent some time in consideration of the different items of the Estimate. Board uIbo made an inspection of the New Court House and Jail Building. 5:00 P. M. On motion, Board adjourned until January 16, 1937, 9:00 A. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 16. 1937, 9:00 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. Mem bers present, Carson, Gibson, Ma tousek, Reimer, Sullivan, Smith. In the absence of Chairman Stein, John A. Carson was appointed as temporary chairman. Meeting called to order by temporary chair man. Minutes of previous meeting were read and on motion were ap proved as read. Motion by Smith, seconded by Matousek that the County of Holt purchase for its use at the price and upon the terms as stated in the contract One Model 66 Grader at a price of $1,550.00 together with one Austin Blade Grader. Carried. Motion by Sullivan, seconded by Matousek that the following Es timate of Expense for the year 1937 be approved and ordered pub lished: Carried. County Bridge $20,000 County Officers 20,000 Clerk Hire 8.000 Printing apd Supplies 7,500 Assessors 4,500 County Poor and Blind 20,000 Courts and Juries 3,000 County Fairs 2,000 County Judgments 15,000 Building and Repairs 1,000 Coyote Bounty 500 County Roads 1,000 Justice and Misdemeanor 300 Mothers Tensions i,avv Feeble Minded 1,000 School Exhibit 200 Coroners Inquest 200 Insane 2,000 Board of Health 500 Soldiers Relief .. 500 Miscellaneous 2,000 Premium on Treasurers j Rond _ 750 Interest on Court House Bonds 1 .BOO O’Neill Paving District No. S 1.500 12:00 noon. On motion, Board adjourned until 1:00 P. M. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 1C, 1937, 1 1:00 P. M. Holt County Hoard ot supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by temporary Chairman. Board spent afternoon in consul tation with Mr. Henry Moberg, Superintendent of Construction 01 the New Court House and Jail Building with respect to some min or changes in the painting in the Court Room,, cleaning the walls of different offices, which have become stained and blackened and also re pairing some small defects in the acoustice plaster. 4:00 P. M. On motion. Board adjourned until Monday, January 18, 1937, 9:00 A. M. J. C. STEIN. Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 18, 1937, 9:00 A. M. Holt County Board cf Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called j to order by Chairman. Minutes of previous meeting were re id and on motion were approved. Mr. Walling of the Interstate Power Company met with the Board and the matter of the pay ment for electrical conduits from the pole line to the Court House building wras discussed. Mr. Wal ling stated that it was not the policy of the company to install underground conduits without mak ing charge for same. 12:00 noon. On Motion, Board adjourned until 1:00 P. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 18, 1937, 1:00 P. M. i Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. The applications of the County Officers for office and Clerical help for the year 1937 were presented and read at this meeting. After a lengthy discussion on the monthly wage scale for clerical work it was moved by Sullivan, seconded by Carson that all Clerks in the County Offices, also Deputy Sheriff be apid a monthly wage of $70.00 per month and that Book keeper in the County Treasurer’s office be paid a monthly wage of $85.00 per month for the year 1937. Carried. WHEREAS, Chambers and Southern Holt county has no eastern road outlet, except 281 North and South, and WHEREAS, a highway con necting with State Highway 95 at U. S. Highway 281 and run ning east to Ewing and there joining Highway No. 8 would be of great value and would meet a demand for an eastern road out let from that section, NOW THEREFORE, 1 move you that the board go on record as strongly favoring the desig nation and construction of a road east from State Highway 95 to Ewing and that we urge our Senator to sponsor and work for such a designation by law. J. C. Stein Louis W. Reimer J. H. Gibson Walter K. Smith John A. Carson Ed J. Matousek John Sullivan The above resolution, on Deiug put to a vote by the Chairman w%s declared carried. The following claims were aud ited and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on General fund in pay ment of same: John Sullivan $ 35.50 J. C. Stein 26.50 Walter K. Smith 28.00 Louis W. Reimer 68.50 J. H. Gibson 32.20 Ed J. Matousek 49.30 John A. Carson 43.00 The following claim was audited and approved and on motion was allowed and warrant ordered drawn on Road fund in payment of same: Ed J. Matousek $ 11.25 The application of Harry Bowen for Postion of Janitor of the Court House for year 1937 was r ad at this meeting. Motion by Carson, seconded by Sullivan that salary of Janitor for Court Hous be fixed at $100.00 per month for year 1937. Carried. Motion by Matousek, seconded by Sullivan that Register of Deeds be allowed a proof reader at a salary of $10.00 per month for year 1937. Carried. 5:00 P. M. On motion, Board adjourned until January 26, 1937, 9:00 A. M. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. O’Neill, Nebraska, January 26, 1937, 10:00 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. Minutes of previous meeting were read and on motion were approved as read. Mr. Biglin appeared before the Board relative to Linoleum for the New Court House. Mr. Robertson and Mr. Gillespie appeared before the Board•in re gard to insurance on new Court House. 12:00 noon. On motion. Board adjourned until 1:00 P. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O'Neill, Nebraska, January 26, 1937. 1:00 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. On motion, the following claims were allowed on the Unemploy ment Relief fund: Seth Noble .. $ 4.50 Dr. O. W. French 50.00 Mrs. F. H. Griffith 5.00 John Wrede 12.00 Buclin Store 5.00 Bucklins Store 5.00 Council Oak, O'Neill 14.00 C. E. Stout 22.00 George Syfie .. 5.00 Barnhart Store 10.00 Hoskinson’s Market 44.88 Atkinson General Hospital 19.28 Farmers Union Store 4.00 Fair Store 24.00 Wilson Hospital 90.00 L. C. Smith & Corona Co. 6.00 Campbell Lumber Co. 10.00 It. R. Morrison 2.00 Ben Grady 29.00 D. H. Cronin 8.75 R. E. Chittick 12.30 Wm. Clarke & Son 8.00 Fern Cashett 1.00 Mrs. D. K. Stuart 27.20 Galena Lumber Co. 6.30 Chace and Chace 15.00 Finkbine Brothers 4.00 J. I. Gray 36.00 J. C. Penney 88.35 Harry Cowles 28.06 Midway Store ..... 5.00 Mrs. Mary Wilson 22.00 U & I Store _ 3.50 Arbuthnot & Reka 3.01 Mabel McKenna 12.00 Watson Hay Co. 5.00 Northwestern Bell Co. 43.41 Dr. L. A. Burgess 1.50 L. W. Reimer 12.00 Roberta Arbuthnot 12.00 J. P. Protivinsky 24.00 Monica Bazeltnan • 6.00 Council Oak Store 10.00 J. H. Wunner 6.15 J. P. Gallagher 60.00 Thomas Richards 20.00 K. B. Market , 77.35 On motion, the following claims were allowed on the Administrative fund: Roberta Arbuthnot $ 20.00 Holt County Pub. Co. 24.63 Remington Rand Inc. .87 Geraldine Cronin 70.00 Chambers Sun .65 L. C. Smith & Corona Co. 6.00 Margaret Joyce 70.00 On motion, the following claims were allowed on the county relief fund: Walter Snider $ 65.00 J. I. Gray 40.50 J. P. Gallagher . 57.40 Emil Qloor - 5.00 Lutheran Good S Home 32.00 J. P. Piotivinsky . 21.00 John Melvin 4.00 I)r. N. P. McKee 56.25 C. E. Stout 15.40 Anton Toy 8.09 Ben Grady 25.60 Minnie Hough Taalor 92.50 Mayme Wilson 40.00 U & I Store 44.00 Reardon Bros 12.25 Harry Sowles J- 10.00 Chace and Chace ... 8.00 Yantzi Store . 36.50 Alva Bogue . 10.00 Council Oak, O’Neill 57.82 Mrs. Tom Green - 9.31 Council Oak, Atkinson . 16.50 Dr. J. P. Brown - 46.00 Farmers Union Store 33.75 Harold A. Gill 5.00 Gallagher Lumber Co. 4.50 Golden Rule 7.03 ^ewenSrsfona YOUR FRIEND AT MEALTIME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. FEB. 26 AND 27. 1937 Canned Apricots Fancy tree ripened Blenheim Apricots in good syrup. Exceptional value at our sale price of 15c for the large No. 21/2 can. Thomas Laxton Peas We are anxious that you try this new English va- jj nety. An extra large sweet, meaty pea, that is simply delicious. Don’t fail to try them at our special price of 12c on the No. 2 can. Preserves Strawberry and Raspberry Preserves in the large 24 ounce jar at a special price of 18c. A delicious spread for bread, hot biscuits and for a cake filler. Vanilla Wafers Fresh baked wafers at a special price of 2 lbs. for 25c. Cookies you enjoy with coffee and with gelatin dessert or ice cream. Coffee Pmmd^i9c—3'ibs.55c Frigate Sardines No finer fish for Lenten lunches than these fancy Norway Sardines in olive oil. In easy opened alum ?■ inum tins. For this sale, 2 cans for 13c. Post Toasties For this sale the large package of this crisp, crunchy Breakfast Cereal at a special price of 10c. Golden Brown Sugar Correct sugar for cake frosting and pancake syrup. Wednesday special, 2 lbs. for 11c. ■ ■ Combination Soap M ^ Oxydol 13c Matousek Bros. Dairy 3.50 Ralph Leidy' 1.00 Mrs. McLeathan . 4.00 Dr. C. L. Sturdevant 13.00 Smith Bros. 3.00 Shald’s Market 10.00 Robert Schultz 24.50 Western Hotel 3.75 John Wrede 22.00 Watson Hay Co. 9.50 I)i . O. W. French 15.50 W. H. Chicken _ 5.00 J. C. Penney 32.63 A. E. Bueklin 15.00 R. E. Chittick 6.65 Dr. W. J. Douglas . 30.00 Mrs. Joe Brown _*. 16.00 Barnhart Store 30.00 O. F. Biglin _ ... 235.00 The following claims were aud ited and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawl on General fund in payment of same: C. C. Bergstrom $112.15 Harry Bowen ... 10.00 Ruth S. Oppen 70.00 Loretto Phalin 104.17 Luree Abart . 70.00 B. T. Winchell _ 1G6.6G Ciarence J. McClurg 31.76 Geo. Shoemaker 104.17 Peter W. Duffy 209.7G Ira H. Moss -- 166.66 Marjorie Dickson . 70.00 (Continued on page 5, column 3.1 Please accept these fine novels WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS EVERY year this newspaper brings you at least three— sometimes more—of the finest stories in American fiction, in the form of serials which ap pear from week to week. Were you to buy these novels, from the pens of the highest paid writers of fiction in the world, they would cost you at least $2 apiece in book form. 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