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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1938)
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 subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid ior, if pub lisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription-price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. BOND ELECTION (Continued from page 1.) bonds, if adopted, are going to cost in increased taxation. The valu ation of the District in 1937 was approximately $1,230,000. Assum ing that the bonds will be paid off in fifteen years and that they will draw 3interest, and local bank ing opinion is that they can be dis posed of for less than that figure, the amount required to be raised yearly to retire the bonds and pay the interest over the fifteen year period would be approximately $2,600.00, or a levy based upon the I present valuation of 2% mills. That would mean a cost to the tax j payer of 22 Vi cents on each $100.00 of assessed valuation. For the past six or seven years the District has been accumulating a Building Fund at the rate of approximately $2,000.00 per year. With this pro gram adopted, the necessity for that building fund will have past and that money can be applied to the payment of bonds and interest which would mean that the school tax would have to be increased only enough to provide an addition al $600.00 per year. Some years ago, when the legislature adopted the free high school act it provided that rural schools should make an annual levy for the purpose of paying such free high school tuit ion. Since that time, the rural schools in this county have annu ally levied from 2.8 to 3 mills per annumn for that purpose. This school district has never had to make such a levy because it has provided a high school but has profited therefrom in that numer ous students from rural schools have attended this school whose districts have paid their tuition to this District at the legal rate. The adoption of this proposed program will enable this District to ade quately care for all such free high school Htudents desiring to attend school here and by reason of the adoption of vocational training in Agriculture, home economics, trades and industries and increased recreational and athletic facilities will attract additional students whose tuition will assist in de fraying the expenses of the Dis trict. O’Neill is becqming an edu cational center. A large number of students who wish to go to school here are prevented because we do not have adequate facil ities. This deprives these children of the right to attei^ thPv O’Neill school and accordingly loses to u? the tuition thesd * dMhheh would bring. II > . With the present school popu lation und the prospects of a stead) increase, it is merely a mutter oi time until the District will be com polled to obtain additional facilit ies. By accepting this propositioi y** and voting these bonds, the District will be able to obtain an outright cash grant or donation from the Government of $38,250.00. In order to obtain this donation it must be accepted now and work must proceed within a specified limited time. It would seem to be good business on the part of the school district and its tax payers to vote these bonds and obtain this donation rather than delay the mat ter until such time as the entire cost will have to be borne by the District and its tax payers. SOUTHWEST BREEZES (Continued from page 1.) than the mill run of governors but has got a lot of credit for the pay as-you-go policy which was set up in Nebraska by the constitutional convention. But Mr. Cochran is about as shrewd at the political game as any of them and is cam paigning now on an “all-Nebraska vacation.” If I have been correctly informed as to the cost of the election sup plies, $23 for each set, not includ ing the ballots, it is costing Holt county $2.50 a vote for the pri mary in Swan precinct. The total cost for the precinct is just under $50. Out of a voting population of close to 100, just 15 republicans and 4 democrats voted. There are 43 polling places in the county. Adding the host of the ballots the total for the county runs around $2,500. This is duplicated in No vember, so it costs us $5,000 to vote. Do away with the primary, simplify and reduce by half the election supplies and the cost of electing our officers could be re duced to a third of the present cost. Mugwumps, politically in clined women, reformers overbur dened with ultra civic ideas are ready to hang anyone who lays profune hands on the sacred pri mary, but I challenge anyone to show where we are better in our government now than under the convention system. I fell in with Jesse James and Fred Swingley a day last week and went to Burwell, which means we three sat it out together while the boys—and a few ladies—from the ranges of Nebraska, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona, Tex as and Oklahoma exhibited their skill in the saddle. Long a prairie dweller I had acquired some pro ficiency at horsemanship in the days now gone, and Jesse himself having spent much of his earlier life aboard a saddle nag, supposed this sort of thing would hold more interest for us than for one like Fred who had spent nearly half a century in a bank but found him equally alert in noting the fine points of riding exhibitions. In my day, as old men are apt to say, if you stayed in the saddle at all, hung it out until your raw bronc was ready to surrender if it took half an hour or half a day. The rodeo rider is required to stay with his mount 10 seconds. All but one at Burwell did so until they tackled the hump of the dun-colored steers when most of them were rolled at the opening of the chute. A Bur well rider made the first successful go of it with the Bramuhs. Each time a Nebraska rider rode to a finish he was greeted with cheers. Several thousand were on the i grounds and a more orderly, well ■# '^nW’HEN you bank a dollar that’s the beginning of it. When you spend it that’s the end of it. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers $140,000.00 or Stockholders. I * Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation I behaved group of humanity, from concession people and performers to the kids who “sneaked” in, non* could ask for. The Weather High Low Mois Aug. 11 80 49 Aug.' 12_91 63 Aug. 13_ 99 72 Aug. 14 .—-- 97 71 Aug. 15 _ 83 63 .06 Aug. 16_ 83 58 .43 Aug. 17 _ 84 53 Total precipitation for August, .55 inch. Total precipitation since January 1, 1938, 16.63 inches. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Constance Golden and Ei leen McKennu* entertained a num ber of their young friends at a Treasure Hunt Wednesday evening. Lyle C. Johnson of Omaha, ar rived Saturday and will spend the week visiting with his brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin John son. Miss Dorothy Morrison, who has been visiting at the home of her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Davidson at Casper, returned home Friday. Dick Brennan of Omaha, arrived Sunday and will spend a few weeks visiting at the home of his grand father, Jim Brennan, and other relatives. Miss Ann Harty and Tom Harty left Thursday morning for Neligh >vhere they will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. O’Hern for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Selah have •eceived word that their daughter, Jeanne, was married to Lynus Nor lorse of Norfolk, on or about the 10th of July. Bob Dwyer of Butte, Mont., ar ■ived Thursday and will visit at the home of his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Stout, for i few days. Judge R. R. Dickson and Report er Ted McElhaney drove to Butte Thursday morning where they held a special term of district court for the day. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Greenfield of Hastings, drove up Sunday, bringing back her mother and sis ter, Mrs. Christina Williams and daughter, Connie. Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Downey and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mellor returned Saturday night from a five weeks trip thru Yellowstone Park and the west coast. Mrs. O. F. Biglin, Mrs. F. N. Cronin, Miss Genevieve Biglin and Robert Biglin drove to Jackson on i - - - - - - Old Time Dance K. C. Hall, O’Neill Wed., August 24 Music By Davis’ Old Time Orchestra f Atkinson j EVERYONE INVITED Good Order and Music Assured KIRWAN & JENSEN, Mgrs. ....----•« Thursday and spent the day visit ing with Sister Calixta. O’Neill friends have received word that Marvin Johnson and Lona Cromwell, both of this city, were united in marriage at Sioux City on Sunday, August 14. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Nelson and daughter, Nancy Jo, who have been visiting Mrs. Nelson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Reardon, returned to their home in Omaha Sunday. Miss Theresa Connelly left Mon day night for Casper, Wyo., where she will spend her two weeks vaca tion with her brother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Connelly. Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot, Mrs. D. Stannard and Miss Evelyn Stan nard returned Saturday from a two weeks trip to Omaha, Des Moines and Ames, Iowa, and to Winona, Minn. Miss Marion Dickson, who for the past six weeks has been visit ing her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Anderson in Salem, Ore., and other relatives on the west coast, returned home Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Johnson and son of Hyannis, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller and sons, of North I Platte, arrived Saturday and visit ! ed at the homes of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Crandall. Governor and Mrs. R. L. Cochran and daughter were in the city for a few hours last Monday on their way from Ericson to Niobrara. They expected to go from there Wednesday to the western part of the state. Miss Louise O’Donnell, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Wil liam Credel for the past month, returned home Sunday. Miss Mar garet Lyman of Omaha, accom panied her and will visit here for a short time. Sister Georgella arrived Wed nesday night from Columbus, Ohio, and will teach in St. Mary’s Aca demy the coming year. Sister Georgella is an O’Neill girl and this is the first time that she has been here in ten years. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Ryan drove to Sioux Citty last Saturday and looked after business matters and then came back to Jackson where they spent Sunday visiting rela tives and friends in the “old home town,” returning Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Ira George of Os mond have rented the Mrs. Eliza beth Grady residence in the west BARBER SHOP In Peterson’s Pool Hall UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Hair Cuts 25c Shave 15c BILL BRUEGMAN BARNHART’S MARKET Free Delivery Service ' Phone 364 “YOUR MEATING PLACE” WATER MELONS, Large Size from.-... 25cuP S CANTALOUPES, “Sweet as Honey” 4 for 25c and up, according to size EATING APPLES, Fancy California Per fiozeri..29c JONAHTAN APPLES, Large Red, 2-lbs..15c CONCORD GRAPES, Per Basket .25c PEARS, Bartlett’s for Canning, Per Lug 95c PEACHES, At MARKET PRICE GREEN PEPPERS, Per Lb. 15c i ORANGES, Sunkinst, Med. Size, Per Doz. 18c SPAGHETTI, Franco American, 2 cans.18c ; CHEESE, Brick or American, 2-lb. Box.45c BOILING BEEF, 2-lbs.. 25c PICKLED PIGS FEET, Each... 5c Armour’s Star Hockless Tenderized HAMS, Per Lb...23c I POTATOES COBBLERS, No. 1, 15-lb. Peck.19c 100-lb. Bag.-.89c Highest Cash or Trade Prices for Fresh Eggs! SUGAR, 25-lb. bag, cash price..$1.30 SUGAR, 100-lb. bag, cash price ..$4.95 I 7 When you buy Storz you get an ALL GRAIN beer. That’s where Storz gets its extra fine flavor—by using the best of everything and slow-aging. Storz really knows how. Four times Storz Beer his been judged World’s Champion hi international competition. Year after year it has kept its tremen dous popularity. When you buy beer, ask for Storz. It is top quality, and is priced right. STORZ BREWING CO.( OMAHA part of town and moved their household furnishings here Friday. Mr. George is the newly elected music instructor in the O’Neill pub lic school. Paul Montgomery of Lone Star, Kans., was in O’Neill last Friday visiting his brother, Francis, and 5ther relatives and friends on his ivay to Denver where he will join Mrs. Montgomery who has been visiting there for the past month. FOR SALE On account of ill health we are obliged to give up the hospital business. Every thing lor sale. Private sales, call or phone, 372. O’Neill General Hospital. L0UCRET1A AND CLARA SHOEMAKER, R. N. The old fashioned citizen who used to vote ’er straight just for the privilege of carrying a gasoline torch has a son now who can only be kept regular by a relief check. ) $ HELP $ t We have helped many people | in this community with their t; financial problems. Perhaps we can help you. [: We make quick, cash loans t on autos and furniture for it: many useful purposes, such $♦ as . . . paying bills . . . taking I a trip ... or buying some needed article. A complete line of insurance and bonds is also handled by this office. COME IN AND SEE US! Central Finance Corp. Chas. P. Hancock, Mgr. 1st Nat’l Bank Bldg. O’Neill Here's a way to save money that may appeal to you / HENRY LETS DRIVE 1 WE. V J- WHO SAID WtU, WE D NEED ? OVER TO THE BURTS LEAVEN! ANY ^ ANYTHING I SOMETHING TO OXH SUNDAY. | WANT TO TAllT) REFRIGERATOR A^OUT A ' *.0*? 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NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Sample Ballot THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF CITY OF O’NEILL, IN THE COUNTY OF HOLT, IN THE STATE OF NEBRASKA r August 23, 1938 “Shall the Board of Education of The School District of City of O’Neill, in the County of Holt, in the State of Nebraska, issue the bonds of said School District in the amount of $30,000.00, bearing interest at the rate of not to exceed five per cent per annum, interest payable annually, bonds to be retired in not to exceed twenty years, said bonds to be dated November first, A. D., 1938, and Shall the Board of Education of said School District cause to be levied annually against the taxable property in said School District a tax sufficient for the payment of the interest and principal of said bonds, as the same become due. The proceeds of said bonds, together with funds on hand belonging to said District and with a grant of funds from the United States Government, to be used for the pur pose of constructing and furnishing a building in said School District, to be used for school purposes; for the purchase and installation of a heating system and for altering and improving the building now i being used for school purposes in said District, the total cost of such projects to be $85,000.00.” Vote “FOR” or “AGAINST” FOR said bond issue and said annual tax levy _ AGAINST said bond issue and said annual tax levy ..... Voters who desire to vote in favor of said proposition will indicate the same by marking an X in the square following the words “FOR , said bond issue and said annual tax levy.” Voters who desire to vote against said proposition will indicate the same by marking an X in the square following the words “AGAINST said bond issue and said annual tax levy.” ♦