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ORDINANCE NO. 172-A
An Ordinance Authorizing the Pur
chase of One 90-foot 24-inch
gravel packed well for Municipal
purpose, to Supply Water for the
City of O’Neill. Nebraska, and
Declaring an Emergency.
Whereas, heretofore the City
of O’Neill, Nebraska, entered
into a contract with one Frank
Shanner, to dig and construct
a 90 foot 24 inch gravel packed
well on Lots One (1), Two (2)
and Three (3) and the North
Three feet of Lot Twenty-four
(24) in Block Thirty-three in
Fahy’s Sub Division of Lots
One, Two, Three, Fourteen,
Fifteen and Sixteen in Block
Thirty-three of the Original
Town of O’Neill, Nebraska,
said well to develop and pro
duce 300 gallons of water per
minute, otherwise a dry hole,
and said well did not develop
or produce said amount, and
Whereas, the City of O’Neill,
Nebraska, has heretofore pur
chased the above described
premises on which the afore
said well is located, and
Whereas, the present water
supply of the city of O’Neill,
Nebraska is inadequate to sup
ply the existing demands and
needs for water, and in face of
the present dry weather and
approaching summer an emer
gency exists that the City of
O’Neill, Nebraska, must have
immediately a greater supply
of water.
BF. IT ORDAINED BY THE
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OK O’NEILL, NEBRASKA:
Section 1. That an emergency
exists wherein the City of O’Neill,
Nebraska, needs a greater supply
of water, and the present supply of
water within the City of O’Neill,
Nebraska, is insufficient to supply
the existing and future demands.
Section 2. That the City of
O’Neill, Nebraska, purchase from
Frank Shanner, One 90 foot, 24
inch gravel packed well situate on
the above described premises now
owned by the City of O’Neill, Ne
braska, for the sum of $800.00,
which amount said Frank Shanner
agrees to accept for same.
Section 3. That the Mayor and
City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to draw warrant on
the Special Water fund of the City
of O’Neill for the sum of $800.00,
to pay for said well.
Section 4. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force and
effect from and after its passage,
approval and publication as pro
vided by law.
Passed and approved this 6th day
of May, 1937.
JOHN KERSENBROCK.
Mayor.
Attest:
C. W. Porter, City Clerk.
ORDINANCE NO. 173-A
An Ordinance, providing for, and
authorizing the making and en
tering into a contract with the
George Zieg Co., for the painting
of the Water Tower of the City
of O'Neill, Nebraska.
Whereas, more than seven
years have elapsed since the
Water Tower of O'Neill, Ne
braska, has been painted and
repaired, and
Whereas, it is necessary that
said Water Tower should be
painted and repaired, to pre
serve it and keep it in u san
itary condition.
THEREFORE. BE IT ORDAIN
ED BY THE MAYOR AND COUN
CIL OF THE CITY OF O'NEILL,
NEBRASKA.
Section 1 That the City of
O’Neill, Nebraska, enter into the
contract submitted by the George
Zieg Co., for the painting and re
pairing of the Water Tower of the
City of O’Neill, Nebraska.
Section 2. That said contract
shall be executed on behalf of the
City of O’Neill, Nebraska, by being
signed by its Mayor and attested to
by its City Clerk, and that the cor
porate seal of said city be attached
to said contract.
Section 3. That this ordinance
shall take effect and be in force,
from and after its passage, approv
al and publication as provided by
law.
Passed and approved this 6th day
of May, 1937.
JOHN KERSENBROCK,
Mayor.
Attest:
C. W. Porter, City Clerk.
| KARL STEFAN
Is PWA To Be Continued?
Public Works programs are being
discussed by many congressmen
who are called frequently to meet
and discuss the plans for continu
ing the PWA after June 30 of this
year. Legislative action is neces
sary to extend the authority of the
PWA beyond that date, and the
economy talk is worrying mem
bers who have projects pending
in their districts. The request for
a billion and a half for the WPA
with no recommendations made for
PWA is another reason for worry
ing among these members. Ne
braska has a number of important
PWA projects pending. Some mem
bers who are opposed to the con
tinuing of PWA projects tell Ne
braska members that Nebraska is
getting more from the treasury
than it is putting in. They call at
tention to the fact that in 1936 the
government gave Nebraska over 23
million dollars and only collected 9
million in federal taxes from our
state. The fact that Nebraska is
on a paying basis and ow’es no
money is also thrown up to Ne
braska members frequently.
Avoiding Air Disasters by
Use of Helium
The German investigating com
mittee headed by Hugo Eckner is
expected here soon. Many mem
bers are interested in why the Ger
man airship did not buy American
helium. They believe that if the
Germans had used helium the dis
aster could have been avoided. The
United States has most of the he
lium deposits of the world. It is
reported that some is to be found
in the Third Nebraska district. Its
output is controlled by,our govern
ment. The Germans could have
bought it here had they so desired
as the government officials here,
thru which it can be released to
foreigners, were prepared to re
lease it to Germany. The cost of
the helium probably figured against
its use in Germany.
Washington Kntertains Again
Washington is entertaining the
deelgates to the annual national
convention of the Red Cross.
Thousands of these delegates are
here. The streets are beautifully
decorated with Red Cross and Am
erican flags. The town is also get
ting ready for thousands of boy
scouts who are coming from all
parts of the world to attend the
Boy Scout Jamboree. All of the
vacant space along the Potomac
River bottoms is taken up with
huge tents and temporary quarters
for these boys who will come from
all parts of the world. Last year
the Jamboree was postponed on
account of a spinal meningitis ep
idemic in this locality.
Impressive Ceremony At Arlington
The American War Mothers held
their thirteenth annual Mothers’
Pay ceremonies at Arlington ceme
tery Sunday. It was one of the
most impressive ceremonies ever
held here. Mrs. Howard C. Bone,
president of the association, headed
the pilgrimage of War Mothers in
lying wreaths on the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier. Nebraskans at
tending the ceremonies took occos
ion to go over the great cemetery
and found many familiar names on
some of the thousands of tomb
stones on the beautiful grounds.
Practically all of the patriotic, mil
itary and naval organizations of
this city participated in the cere
! monies and helped the war moth
ers to make their program success
ful. - *
Has Hardest Job
Mr. Brown, who is the Superin
tendent of the two office buildings
in which 435 members of the House
have their offices, has one of the
hardest jobs on capitol hill. He has
charge of 300 regular employees
and 150 charwomen. These char
women. who go to work at 4:30 in
the moi'hing, get fifty cents an hour
but there’E a joker in it for them—
they can get only about three days
a week work. So a lot of them get
other jobs which net them a very
fair weekly salary. These char
women do the scrubbing, dusting
and cleaning of the offices. The
other 300 employees are plumbers,
electricians, carpenters and men
skilled in all kinds of work. Some
of these men have been with Mr.
Brown for a score of years. They
get from $1,100 to $1,600 a year.
Besides that there are about forty
policemen working in the two build
ings. Most of these are patronage
appointees and most of them go to
school after working hours.
Third District Callers in the Capitol
Recent visitors in Washington
from the third district were: Har
old Cramer, Mr. Fricke, Mr. Hoek
enberger, Alfred parks and Hon.
Edgar Howard, all of Columbus;
Walter Steffen and Glen Noble of
Norfolk, Rex, Henry and Lon
Wright of Fremont, and Mrs. Ed
Rissler of Crofton.
Records Yield Historical Letter
A search into various records re
garding the public service of J.
Sterling Morton of Nebraska, has
produced a most unique letter for
the information of the Third Con
gressional office. This letter is
passed along because of its un
usual historic value:
May 8, 1882
“My Dear Governor:
Yours on your fifty-ninth
bitrhday reached me Saturday
and 1 was glad to hear from you
and of your good health. And I
congratulate you on being young
in heart and good feelings toward
all humanity. You have been
spared the greatest trial that can
come to one who is the husband
of a good and true woman. All
other hopes, ail other misfor
tunes are dust in the scale as
weighed against the loss which
puts a grave between you and the
mother of your children. It ends
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Beauty School
Norfolk. Nebraska
Visit One, Two or All Three
on 1 Burlington Ticket
Treat yourself to a glorious, carefree
vacation this summer in cool, colorful
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Travel by train. Your vacation begins
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and you’ll have extra vacation days for
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Unusually low round trip excursion
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all these Western vacationlands.
L. E. DOWNEY, Agent
Burlington Station
Telephone 34
the poetry in the volume of life
and begins the dreary prose of
old age in loneliness, it ends the
summer and begins the winter.
“I am glad you have given me
the full history of my catalpas.
Seed of the original trees sown
by Ex-President Harrison, gath
ered by Doctor John A. Warder,
the seed of these trees grown in
the nursery by R. W. Furnas and
set out at Arbor Lodge by my
self. Thus in a tree we link
Harrison, Warder, Furnas and
Morton. That is good history
and its living volumes will be
uttered to the remotest tree
growing ages, each edition being
gilded by sunlight and embellish
ed with gorgeous flowers. Pos- j
sibly their history here at Arbor
Lodge may get lost but I hope j
not. I will try to hand it down
carefully. A tree is worth leav
ing to one’s children anyway, but
trees like my catalpas are very
valuable as transmitters of
pleasant facts and agreeable as
sociations. Send, or better bring
up a specimen of the Catalpa
Gate Post.
“Mr. Storey* was amazed at
Nebraska and delighted with
Arbor Lodge. He enjoyed every
hour of his visit from Tuesday
A. M. until the succeeding Sun
day P. M.
“When you can do so, come and
stay here over night, present my
regards to your family, and be
assured that I wish to see many
more birthdays as you yourself
desire to reach. And believe me.**
Very truly yours,
J. Sterling Morton.
To Ex-Governor Furnas, Brown
ville, Nebraska.
*Wilbur Storey, Publisher, Chi
cago Times; ** Furnas Corres
pondence.
Graduation exercises of O’Neill
high school at K. C. hall Thursday
evening.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
The battle lines are being drawn
for the fight against the unicameral
legislature.
Both political parties are in the
melee, and their forces are united.
The party managers want the num
Vacation in
Omaha at the
4
ber of members increased and de
mand most vociferously that the
candidates be restored to the par
tisan ballot. Even in a national
campaign, the state chairmen found
themselves handicapped by the ab
sence of 266 partisan candidates
from the local tickets. The party
machines had to depend on candid
ates for county offices for local or
ganization contacts. All the seek
ers after county office were aloof
during the campaign and were in
clined to paddle their own canoes.
Another group of men—the plat
form peddlers — also encountered
hard going. In both the republican
(Continued on page 8, column 3.)
Live Wire Tips for
Saturday’s Thrifty Shoppers
Besides being a natural shopping day this
Saturday will be especially prominent in the
minds of thrifty persons. Check the items you
are most interested in and bring this ad with you.
BANANAS—Per Lb.__ 6c
TOMATOES—Per Lb....-.I5c
NEW POTATOES—Per Peek..... 50c
ft
FIG BARS and GINGER SNAPS—2-lbs. 19c
KELLOGG’S CORN FLAKES—2 pkgs. 25c
1 Package of Pep FREE!
WHOLE KERNEL CORN—2 Cans - 25c
EVAPORATED PEACHES—2-Lbs. 25c
EVAPORATED APRICOTS—Per Lb.18c
BALLOON SOAP FLAKES—Pkg. 29c
O’NEILL FOOD CENTER
E. J. RENWALD, Owner
.
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Passed on to Customers
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