(First publication Sept, 1 ,1938.)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
House at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
September 22, 1938, until 10:00
o’clock A. M., and at that time
publicly opened and read for SAND
GRAVEL SURFACING and inci
dental work on the Butte-Atkinson
Project No. 351-K STATE ROAD.
The proposed work consists of
constructing 5.2 miles of Graveled
Road.
The approximate quantities are:
2,931 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel
Surface Course Material.
The attention of bidders is di
rected to the Special Provisions
covering subletting or assigning
the contract.
The minimum wage paid to all
skilled labor employed on this con
tract shall be fifty-five (56) cents
per hour.
The minimum wage paid to all
intermediate labor employed on this
contract shall be forty-five (45)
cents per hour.
The minimum wage paid to all
unskilled labor employed on this
contract shall be thirty-five (35)
cents per hour.
Holt County Diggings
Bring To Light Facts
On Woodland People
Now that September has rolled
around and classes will be resumed
at the University of Nebraska with
in the next few days, Dr. Earl H.
Bell, assistant professor of anthro
pology, and his student scientists
are beginning to review the pro
gress that has been made during
the summer. Dr. Bell willingly
admits that the 1938 excavations
in northeastern Nebraska have
been the most successful in the five
years that archeological field re
search has been sponsored by the
university in this part of the state.
If one were able to summarize
briefly the high spots of this year’s
work, he might mention the follow
ing discoveries, which are of great
importance both to the scientific
world and to the people of Ne
braska:
1. The first major discovery of
a people with long, narrow skulls
who perhaps lived in the northeas
tern part of the state a thousand
years or so ago—a people whose
physical characteristics differ
sharply from the later inhabitants
of this region and the still more
recent aborigines.
John Hynes. These mounds were
erected over pits in which have
been deposited the remains of these
early people of a thousand years
ago whose culture we now call the
Woodland.
“Each pit contained the bones of
several individuals. In all cases
the skeletal parts showed evidence
that the dead had been exposed
on platforms. Later, as a part of
the burial procedure, what flesh
still remained was removed from
the skeletons were placed in pits.
In half of the mounds excavated
we found evidence of cremation.
All of the skeletal material from
these early sites was in bad condi
tion, due probably to the long
period which has elapsed since the
burial took place."
Dr. Bell said that the length of
time a skeleton lasts after burial
is dependent on the condition of the
individual at the time of death,
the amount of moisture in the soil,
its mineral content, and the type
of burial. The removal of the flesh
before burial helps to preserve the
bones, since dead flesh invites mil
lion? of bacteria which hasten de
composition. With this in mind
and remembering the region in
which the burial mounds were
found is relatively dry because of
good drainage, scientists conclude
that the poor condition of these
bones must be due largely to the
long period of time that has
elapsed. The finding of a few hu
man skulls in sufficiently good con
dition to permit of measurement
indicated that these people with
their long, narrow heads were simi
lar to the Woodland people of the
east.
the regulation of midway tightened
up. During the last few years, the
situation aroused Mr. Graff and
his resignation followed ineffectual
protests.
land, were given as something like
$7,000 up to August 30. This, of
course, doesn’t include the expense
of the President’s political trip to
Maryland on Labor Day, which is
the first Monday in September.
Democratic women meeting in
Boston predict that the next Con
gress will be more progressive
than the last one. But we hope
it won’t be more expensive.
they visited at the home of Will
Hayes.
Mrs. Frank Dishner, Mrs. Max
Golden and daughter Constance,
and Mrs. J. F. Finnegan of Hot
Springs, S. D., drove to Grand
Island Friday to take Rev. F. L.
Markey, who has been here visit
ing Mrs. Margaret McMillan and
Miss Mary Markey, there to take
the train for his home in Las
Vegas, New Mexico.
season and Sioux City the second
half. They are now playing for
the championship. Norfolk won
the championship at Sioux City
Monday, winning the last game
with a Score of 3 to 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mains
drove to Lincoln last Sunday, tak
ing their daughter, Jane, there
where she reenters the State uni
versity for another year. They
then drove to Omaha where they
visited relatives for a couple of
days before returning home Tues
day.
Plans and specification for the
work may be seen and information
secured at the office of the County
Clerk at O’Neill. Nebraska, at the
office of the District Engineer of
the Department of Roads and Ir
rigation at Ainsworth, Nebraska,
or at the office of the Department
of Roads and Irrigation at Lincoln,
Nebraska.
The successful bidder will be
required to furnish bond in an
amount equal to \W% of his con
tract.
As an evidence of good faith in
submitting a proposal for this
work, the bidder must file, with his
proposal, a certified check made
payable to the Department of '
Roads and Irrigation and in an
amount not less than two hundred
(200) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive all
technicalities and reject any or all
bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
ANI) IRRIGATION,
A. C. Tilley, State Engineer.
C. Lyle Carey,
District Engineer. i
John C. Gallagher, County
16-3 Clerk, Holt County.
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2. The first definite knowledge
that Nebraska is the farthest west
that these long-skulled people,
known as Woodland, have ever
ieen found. This summer marked
the first extensive excavation of
their culture in the state.
3. The recent discovery that the
present town of Pilger stands from
ten to twelve feet above the re
nains of an ancient Woodland vil
age.
4. The discovery of another
valuable site of so recent an origin
.hat it reveals in great detail the
leginning of white man’s influence
m the Indian.
5. The discovery of several tre
nendous mounds 60 feet long, 35
'eet wide, and 6 feet high, which
ire now being excavated to deter
nine whether or not they are true
Indian burial mounds. This will
nld new history to the chapters
if American archeology. Burial
mounds such as these have only
>een found farther east.
6. The 1938 field survey for the
Irst time had the opportunity of
>econiing acquainted with the ad
vantages or aerial photography as
»n aid in locating archeological
sites.
Before university scientists had
jndertaken archeological research
n northeastern Nebraska this re
gion was comparatively unknown
ind had been considered “barren”
ly many. But now, after five years
if intensive surveying, this area
ms come to be considered one of
die most important in the United
States, particularly so in the Great
F’lains.
Why? Dr. Bell points out that
it is significant not only because of
the prolific number of good sites
out also because of the great vari
ety of cultures representing the
several different tribes which suc
ceeded one another over a period
of many centuries. A complete
knowledge of northeastern Ne
braska archeology will contribute
much to the early history of Ne
braska and will help contribute to
the prehistoric narrative of the
continent in general.
An important reason for the un
usual success of the expedition this
summer was the cooperation re
ceived from the Works Progress
Administration, which state organi
zation place approximately seventy
workers in the field and in the
laboratory, and allowed the survey
to advance on three fronts—Ponca.
O’Neill and Stanton. Steve Wim
berly of Lincoln, who has been with
Dr. Bell several seasons, and who
left to take charge of an arche
oligical project in Alabama Sept. 5,
has been directing the work in and
around Ponca. He has been suc
ceeded by another university stu
dent, Stanley Bartos of Wilber.
At O’Neill a sizeable party has
been under the supervision of Perry
Newell of Lincoln. Because of the
sufficient number of workers this
year, Dr. Bell found it possible to
place his advanced students in di
rect charge of the diggings and
thus be free to keep in touch with
the work going on at all sites as
w’ell as in the laboratory at Lincoln.
All of the work this year has
been carried on in key locations so
that information has been uncov
ered from several time periods
ranging from the early prehistoric
era through the first half of the
19th century.
“The O’Neill site probably gives
us our oldest pottery culture in
this part of the state,” says Dr.
Bell. “The principal site consists
of eleven burial mounds from 10 to
30 feet in diameter and from sever
al inches to 3*£ feet in height.
These are located on the Holt table
at a point where Honey creek flows
into Eagle creek 20 miles north
west of O’Neill on land owned by
The university anthropologist al
so reported that in most of the
mounds, even where evidence of
cremation was not present, the
ground showed up burned red in
dicating that large fires had been
built in the mounds probably as a
part of the burial ceremony. Work
ers also found a considerable quan
tity of pottery entirely different
from that taken from later cul
tures. Dr. Bell describes the ves
sels as having straight cord im
pressions on the body and supple
mental designs made by impressing
cord on the rims of the pots. After
a few had been partially restored,
they appeared to be of a tall and
slender type with pointed bases.
The arrow points also discovered
were likewise different from the
points found in other cultures, the
principal difference being in their
much greater thickness and the
stem of the base.
The discovery of these mounds
and the material they contained
point to the fact that these people
were closely related both cultural
ly and physically to a wide-spread
race of Indians who inhabited eas
tern United States and whose arch
eological remains are known as
Woodland. Actually, this is the
first group of definite burial mounds
to be excavated in Nebraska, al
though the university party did
discover and work two lesser
mounds from the same culture last
year.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
John C. Mullen, brother of the
late Arthur F. Mullen, now lives
in Omaha and appears as the lead
er of the old Mullen-Burke Byrnes
Newbranch machine. At the Co
lumbus convention, the organiza
tion remained in the background.
Editor James E. Lawrence was al
lowed some latitude in outlining the
platform. Cajolery and persuasion
were used on Terry Carpenter to
get him to let up on his threatened
attack on National Committeeman
James C. Quigley who retained the
state chairmanship without a fight.
The Mullen machine also permit
ted Governor Cochran to go his way
unmolested.
“How about Senator Burke and
1940?”, was the question asked one
of the Mullen lieutenants during
the convention.
“We will cross that bridge when
we get to it,” was the answer.
Charles Graff of Bancroft, veter
an member of the state board of
Agriculture who resigned as a pro
test against the character of the
midway amusements at Nebraska’s
big show, won much support last
week. Educators and representa
tives of the social uplift forces in
genei^l studied the entertainment
offered to the public and investi
gated the surroundings of the 4-H
contingent. Perhaps the most
criticized attraction was “Bingo,”
a game forbidden by Nebraska sta
tutes. Guess games with the ele
ment of skill attached were num
erous. The dancing and hula
shows along midway had been fair
ly well edited, it was stated. More
than twenty-five years ago, Mr
Graff started the crusade for higher
and more cultured forms of enter
tainment. While he was president,
Governor Cochran has been noti
i fied of favorable action by PWA
| on grants totaling $428,511.15.
iThis assures a state building pro
gram of a million dollars, the. funds
being apportioned on a 45 per cent
grant and the state furnishing 55
I per cent of the money. A grant of
$225,000 has been secured for the
! girls’ dormitory at the University
| of Nebraska in Lincoln. An appli
cation for $300,000 for an athletic
building and dormitory at Curtis
is slated for favorable considera
tion.
The state university has scored
the third consecutive failure to get
a million dollar library. The last
attempt, an effort to get a fifty year
loan thru the RFC, fell down be
cause of the indifference of uni
versity authorities. The neglect
ed to set up an agency similar to
the plan followed in erecting the
stadium, the dormitory and the
student union building.
With cooperation from the uni
versity, the million dollar experi
mental laboratory for conserving
the waste products of agriculture,
may yet be secured. Under the
terms of the Bilbo bill, four of
these laboratories are to be es
tablished in the United States. Al
fred W. Beckmann of Lincoln, was
one of the original proponents of
the idea. Senator Norris supported
the bill and urged the location of
the laboratory on the state farm
campus. According to report, the
second choice is the campus of the
Municipal University in Omaha.
Deputy Secretary of State Don
ald Devries, has ruled that the time
limit on the filings by petition for
state offices expires at 5 p. m. on
October 8. This is the time for
the cldsing of the* office thirty days
before the election.
Candidates for the office of Audi
tor of Public Accounts will stage a
real battle for the position, ac
cording to present indications.
Harry Babcock, who withdrew as
a candidate before the primary, will
file as an independent. Prof. J. P.
Senning of the state university has
aligned himself with an Omaha
newspaper and is expected to op
pose Auditor Price. Prof. Senning
has written criticisms of Price’s
interpretation of the county bud
get law. It is expected that the
Omaha taxpayer’s organizations
and good government leagues will
support Ray C. Johnson the re
publican candidate. Babcock, the
independent contender, will seek
to get the endorsement of the
voters for a new system of public
auditing and accounting.
Charles W. Bryan, during the
week of the State Fair, held almost
continuous conferences with people
from all parts of the 'state. The
mails brought petitions and letters
of advice from the outlying coun
ties. Cecil Matthews frequently
conferred with Mr. Bryan. Ed
Schroder, veteran Bryan manager,
tested sentiment among the busi
ness men on the $30 a month old
age pension plan.
The rapid development of rural
electrification will add new sub
jects to the curriculum of the state
university. A new system of public
utility accounting has been inaug
urated by the public power dis
tricts. At the state farm there
are requests for courses in farm
stead group wiring. Farmstead
plumbing is another subject that
must be taken up by the state farm
professors.
_
Game Warden O’Connell is con
sidering the request of sportsmen
who want the fishing and hunting
license fee increased from $1.00 to
$1.50. It is stated that the increase
would bring in about $25,000 an
nually to be used in protecting
birds, and in propagating song
birds.
Speaking at the labor conference,
John L. Lewis linked President
Roosevelt and President Cardenas
as two great statesmen. But he
surely doesn’t think that Mr. Roose
velt would snitch some other folks’
oil and sell it to Hitler, does he?
The primary expenses of Con
gressman Lewis, running for the
Senate against Tydings in Mary
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The result in California seems to
indicate that a lot of folks out
there would prefer a $30 a week
pension to a monthly relief check.
Mexico is said to be in the midst
of a severe business decline. Didn’t
we read some time ago that Presi
dent Cardenas was trying out a
New Deal ?
BRIEFLY STATED
R. R. Morrison-'opened up for
business this morning in his old
location, the building having been
repaired, repainted and new shelv
ing installed since the fire a few
weeks ago. The new store presents
a very attractive appearance.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Moore,
daughter Marilyn and son Thomas,
returned Tuesday evening from
Nebraska City where they had gone
to attend the Golden Wedding cele
bration of Mrs. Moore’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Bro, which was
celebrated Sunday, Sept. 11.
Miss Alyce Jane McHenry of the
upside down stomach fame, of
Omaha, and who is a niece of Mr.
and Mrs. Loren Nelson of this
city, will be sent by the Twentieth
Century-Fox Film company, to
dramatic school in New York City,
and will also model for them.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Tomlinson
and Miss Vera Schollmeyer drove
down to Omaha last Tuesday morn
ing for a few days visit with
friends. Miss Bea McGinnis of
Omaha, who had been visiting rela
tives and old friends in this city
and vicinity, returned to Omaha
with them.
Jack Vincent, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Vincent of this city, has
been given a football suit at the
University of Nebraska, where he
is a second year student and it is
possible that we will have an op
portunity to observe Jack in action
with the university team before
the season ends.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Nelson re
turned Tuesday night from a two
weeks vacation trip spent at a
northern Minnesota lake. L. A.
says they had a dandy trip with a
lot of fine fishing. The fish were
biting good and they had no trouble
in catching all they wanted to
eat, as well as to bring home with
them.
Miss Agnes McCarty, Mrs. Will
McCarty and son Louis, and Miss
Mary and William Walsh of Du
buque, Iowa, arrived last Thursday
and visited their cousin, Mrs. Henry
Grady and family until Friday,
when they, accompanied by Mrs.
Grady, left for Atkinson where
Men have been busy the past
week securing the right-of-way for
the highway south from Page to
connect with South 20. When the
right-of-way has been secured it is
believed that the Highway depart
ment will let the contract for the
construction of the road this fall,
thus giving work to a large num
ber of WPA workers in this county.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell entertained
twenty-four ladies at a one o’clock
bridge luncheon at the M & M cafe
Tuesday in honor of her daughter
in-law, Mrs. Hugh O’Donnell of
Omaha. Mrs. Charles Stout won
the high score at bridge, Mrs. R. E.
Gallagher the all-cut, and guest
prizes were awarded to Mrs. Hugh
O’Donnell and Mrs. W’illiam Credel
of Omaha, and Mrs. J. F. Finnegan
of Hot Springs, S. D.
John Kersenbrock and sons, Jack,
and Duke, and Harold Lindberg
drove to Norfolk last Thursday
night and attended the Norfolk
Sioux City Nebraska League base
ball game. The play a split season
in the league and Norfolk won the
championship the first half of the
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Several business men from other
towns in this section of the state
and South Dakota, have been in
the city during the past two weeks
seeking locations for the establish
ment of business lines in this city.
One large mercantile firm from one
of the towns west has been looking
toward this city for several years
and has been here recently with the
view to securing a location, so the
indications are that the number of
business houses here will be in
creased materially about the first
of the year.
O’Neill Food Center
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Oranges
Ginger
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Macaroni „
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Crackers «
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