LEGALS
(First publication July 10, 1917.)
♦ Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
NOTICE FOR PETITION FOR
ADMINISTRATION
Estate No. 3413
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, July 7, 1947.
In the Matter of the Estate of
James Morrison, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given to all
persons interested in said e tate
that a petition has been filed in
said Court for the appointment
of R. R. Morrison as Adminis
trator of said estate, and will
be heard July 31, 1947 at 10
o’clock A. M., at the County
Court Room in O’Neill, Nebras
kci*
LOUIS W. REIMER,
• County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 9-11
* (First publication July 10, 1947.)
LEGAL NOTICE
TO: The heirs, devisees, lega
tees, personal representatives,
and all other persons interested
in the Estate of Hanna M. Mar
ing, Deceased, real names un
known, and the heirs, devisees,
legatees, personal representa
tives, and all other persons in
terested in the Estate of Jerome
U. Maring, Deceased, real names
unknown, defendants:
You and each of you are
hereby notified that on the 17th
day of May, 1947, Oliver Maring
as plaintiff filed a petition and
commenced an action in the
District Court of Holt County,
Nebraska against you and each
of you, impleaded with others,
the object and prayer of which
is to have determined who are
k the owners of the South Half of
the Southwest Qua ter, the
Northwest Quarter of the
Southwest Quarter, and the
Southwest Quarter of the
Northwest Quarter of Section 12,
and the North Half of the
Northwest Quarter of Se:t on
13, all in Township 28, North,
Range 13, West of the 6th P.
M., in Holt County, Nebraska,
and to have determined the in
terest of each of said owners in
said property, and to have said
premises partitioned, or, if the
same cannot be partition d
without depreciating the value
of the shares of the several
owners, then to have said prem
ises sold in the manner provid
ed by law and the proceeds dis
tributed after payment of costs
and expenses, acco d ng to the
interests of the parties in said
real estate, and to have such
| other and further relief as equi
ty and good conscience may re
quire.
You are required to answer
said petition on or before the
18th day of August, A. D., 1947.
OLIVER MARING, Plaintiff
By Julius D. Cronin,
9-12 His Attorney
(First publication July 24, 1947.)
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed bids will be received at
the office of the Department of
Roads and Irrigation in the State
Capitol at Lincoln, Nebraska, on
August 14, 1947, until 10:00 o’
clock A.M., and at that time
publicly opened and read for
SAND GRAVEL SURFACING
and incidental work on the O'
NEILL-SPENCER Patrols Nos.
81003 and 81012 State Road.
* The approximate quantity is:
3,110 Cu. Yds. Sand Gravel
Surface Course Material
The attention of bidders is di
rected to the Special Provisions
covering subletting or assigning
the contract.
Compliance by the contractor
with the standards as to hours
of labor prescribed by the “Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938/’
approved June 25, 1938 (Public
No. 718, 75th Congress), will be
required in the performance of
the work under this contract.
The minimum wage paid to
all skilled labor employed on
this contract shall be ninety (90)
cents per hour, except that a
minimum wage of one dollar and
twenty-five cents ($1.25) per
4 hour shall be paid to:
Crane Operators
Dragline Operators
Power Shovel Operators
The minimum wage paid to all
intermediate labor employed on |
this contract shall be eighty (80) i
cents per hour.
The minimum wage paid to all
unskilled labor employed on this
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contract shall be sixty (CO) c nts
per hour.
Plans and specif cations for the
work may be seen and informa
tion secured at the office of the
County Clerk at C’Neill, Nebr
aska, at the office of the County
Clerk at Butte, Nebraska, at the
office of the D s riot Engineer
of the Department of Roads and
I rigation at Ainsworth, Neb
raska, or at the office of the
Department of Roads and Irri
gation at Lincoln, Nebraska.
The successful bidder will be
required to furni'h bond in an
I amount equal to 100 per cent of
[ his contract. <
As an evidence of good faith
in submitting a propo al 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
■rr'ouot not lecs than two hun
d ed ifty (250) dollars.
The right is reserved to waive
aU technicalities and reject any
' or all bids.
DEPARTMENT OF ROADS
AND IRRIGATION
Wardner G. Scott, State Engin
eer
J. M. Crook, District Engineer
Ruth Hoffman, County Clerk
Holt County
C. J. Tomek, County Clerk
Boyd County 11-13
I
(First publication July 24, 1947.)
NOTICE OF SUIT
To: George Jackson, also
known as George W. Jackson;
Mary Jackson, first real true
name unknown; Robin C. Jack
son, also known as Robert C.
Jackson; Loula G. Jackson; Carl
C. Jackson; Elsie B. Jackson;
John V. Jackson; Pearl Jack
son; James A. Jackson; Velda
Jackson; Leslie Earl Jackson;
Plete Jackson; Melda Johnson;
George B. Johnson; and All per
sons having or claiming any in
terest in the Southeast Quarter
of the Southeast Quarter of Sec
tion 20, and the Southwest Quar
ter of the Southwest Quarter of
! Section 21, and the Northwest
Quarter of Section 28, all ;n
Township 32, North, Range 10,
West of the 6th P.M., in Holt
County, Nebraska, real names
! unknown, Defendents:
You and each of you are here
by notified that on the 19th day
of July, 1947, Cecil L. Withe -
j wax and Ruby Witherwax as
plaintiffs filed their petition in
the District Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, against you
as defendants, the object and
prayer of which is to quiet
and confirm the title in th m,
the said Cecil L. Witherwax
and Ruby Witherwax, as joint
tenants, to the following des
cribed real estate, to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter of
the Southeast Quarter cf
Section 20 and the South
west Quarter of the South
west Quarter of Section 21,
and the Northwest Quarter
of Section 28. all in Town
ship 32, North, Range 10,
West of the 6th P.M., in Holt
County, Nebraska,
as against you and each of you
and to secure a Decree of Co rt
that you have no interest in,
j right or title to, or lien upon
! said real estate or any part
| thereof, and for general equit
able relief.
You are required to an w?r
said petition on or before the
1st day of September, 1947.
Dated this 19th day of July,
1947.
CECIL L. WITHERWAX AND
RUBY WITHERWAX,
Plaintiffs,
By Julius D. Cronin,
Their Attorney. 11-14
(First publication July 24, 1947.)
NOTICE
WHEREAS, Floyd A. Spence,
Convicted in Holt County, on the
7th day of November, 1945, of
the crime of ASSAULT WITH
INTENT TO RAPE, has made
application to the Board of Par
dons for a Parole, and the Board
of Pardons, pursuant to law
have set the hour of 9:00 A. M.
on the 4th day of September,
1947, for hearing on said appli
cation, all persons interested are
rereby notified that they may I
appear at the State Reformatory,
at Lincoln, Nebraska, on said
day and hour and show cause,!
if any there be, why said appli,- j
cation should, or should not be
granted.
FRANK MARSH,
Secretary, Board of Pardons.
RICHARD C. MEISSNER,
Chief State Probation Officer.
11-12
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(First publication Ju'y '‘4. 194?.)
Charles E. Chace, Attorney
NOTICE OF HEARING
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska. In the mat
I *er of the Estate of David C.
Baker, also known as D. C.
Baker, Deceased.
The State of Nebraska, To all
persons interested in said es‘t \
c editors and heirs take notice,
that Earl Baker, a son of siid
deceased, and interested as such
has filed a petition alleging t at
David C. Baker, also known as
D. C. Baker, died intestate in
Holt County, Nebraska on June,
26th, 1915 being a resident and
inhabitant of Holt County, Ne
I braska and the owner of the
following describea real esta'e
to-wit:
The North Half of Section 2,
Townslvp 29, Range 14, West of
the 6th P. M. in Holt County,
Nebraska; that no administrator
has been appointed in the State
! of Nebraska, and praying that
the Court determine the time of
death of the decedent, the heirs
I of said deceased, their degree
of kinship and the right of des
j -ent of the real property be
longing to said deceased which
has been set for hearing on Au
gust 15, 1947 at 10:00 o’clock
A. M. at the County Court
House in O’Neill, Nebraska.
Dated July 23, 1947.
LOUIS W. REIMER
COUNTY JUDGE.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 11-13
Real Estate Transfers
(Editor’s note: A glossary of
he abbreviations follows: WD—
warranty deed: QCD—quit claim
deed. The instruments filed at
'he Holt county courthouse are
listed from whom to whom, date
consideration, legal description.)
WD —Thomas Lehan to Ray
mond M Garwood 12-5-46 $200)
-WM-SWJ/i 28- SEViNEVi- NEVi
SWV4 33-26-15
WD — Katie Jacobson to
Glenn Taylor 4-9-47 $30C0- Lots
12 & 13- Blk D- Chambers
WD — Mary Bufrum et al to
Frank P Snyder 2-27-47 $1100
SWVi 22-29-10
WD — Ryland H Parker to
i Leonard Chaffin & wf 9-27-16
$6000- SM>- W'iNE'i- EV2NWI4
31- SWV4- W%NWy4 32-33-14
SD — Peter W Duffy to Ger
trude Hoffman 8-8-41 $19- Lot
1- Blk 36- Wixsons Add- Atkin
! son
WD — Hazel Mohr et al to L
[Vernon Harley 12-16-46 $250
Lot 7- Blk E- Park Add Cham
I bers
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O’NEILL LOCALS
Mr. and M s. A. Cowperth
waite visited Sunday in Cham
! bers at the home of Mrs. L. L.
j Fairbanks.
Miss Mary Kathryn Coyne ar
| 1 ived from M Iwaukee, Wis.,
j Tuesday, to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Coyne, for
about a month.
Mrs. E. M. Bauman entertained
at dinner Monday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Johnson and
children, of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Mrs. Ca'ria Borg entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Fox and
family, William Lang, William
i Herman, and Miss Ethel Lamb
at Sunday dinner.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Carroll
entertained the latter’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac De Hamer,
and her brother and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. August Dykstra
of Shelton, la. They visited
Monday and Tuesday.
weeKena guests at me numc
of Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess
were Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Par
menter and daughter, Elaine, of
McCook, and Mr. and Mrs. How
ard Miller, and son, Kentner, of
North Platte.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Allenderfer
entertained Mr. and Mrs. Frank
lin Baird, of Norfolk, for the
weekend.
Mrs. June Lane, mother of
Mrs. Ned Allendorfer, left Sun
day to visit her son, Vernon
Lane, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer E. Asher
and family left Monday to
. spend two weeks at Ogallala.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mulford of
Iowa City, la., left Friday after
spending a wreek with Mr. and
Mrs. M. E. Asher.
Jack Cromwell, of Livingston,
Mont., left Saturday after having
spent two week’s with his sis
ters and their families, Mrs. D.
A. Baker, Mrs. Albert Miller
and Mrs. Marvin Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Brinkman
left Friday to begin a two-weeks’
vacation in the Ozarks of Mis
souri.
Miss Janice Turner is spending
the week in the country visiting .
her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cleary.
Mrs. Stanley Holly and her
three children returned Sunday
after spending four days in
Omaha.
Edward Hynes, Jerry Tomjack.
and Harry Sullivan returned
Saturday after working for six
weeks on a combining crew in
Kansas.
Mr. and Mrs. William A.
Strong went to Neligh Sunday
to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tomlin
son and daughters of West Point,
visited relatives and friends here
Sunday.
Miss Jude Ryan, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Neil B. Ryan, went
to Ewing Tuesday to spend a
few davs visiting her aunt and
uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Bohn.
Mr. and Mrs. Me’vin Ruzicka
returned Saturday after a three
dav visit in Redfield, S. D.
Miss Peggy Sullivan left Sun
day to spend a week in the
country visiting her aunt, Mrs.
William Hanley.
UNSCHEDULED EXHIBIT
To Harry Marrison, his wife
and their two and a half-year
old daughter, Judy, the inter
national textile exposition at
Grand Central palace in New
York offered a chance to set
up temporary living quarterg
in one of the tents on display.
Presence of the family in their
cozy retreat made special offi
cers Charles Beekman and
Carmine Caruso do a quick
double-take when they discov
ered the setup.
Out of Old Nebraska —
Col. Peter A. Sarpy ... An
All-Around Leading Citizen
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By J m » C. O son
Superintendent,
State Hi. torical Society
Without a doubt one of the
most colorful and probably
one of the most imp rtant f g
ures in old Nebraska was
Col. Peter A. Sa py, fur trad
er, storekeeper, ferry-boat op
erator, and all-around leading
citizen.
Col. Sarpy (the military 11
le is of uncertain orgin —
probably something like a
Nebraska admiral) was born
in St. Lou's, Mo., in 180\ His
family was associated by
blood and occuapation with
those wea’thy, adven ur some
St. Louis families — the Choc
teaus and others — who dom
inated the fur trade of the Up
per Missouii for so many
vears. His father is said to
have been the fir t man ever
to attempt navigating the Mis
souri in a keelboat.
River Changes
Sarpy first came to Nebras
ka as a clerk for the Amer
ican Fur company, under
John P. Cabanne. Within a
short time he was manager of
the fur company’s poet at
Bellevue. Shortly thereafter
he established a post on the
Iowa side of the rive", wh ch
he called Trader’s Point. As
it has been doing for yea:s,
however, the Missouri chang
ed its course and so encroach
ed upon Trader’s Point that in
1053 Sarpy established a new
miles down river.
Col. Sarpy by no means
confined himself to the fur
trade, but expanded his op
erations to make the most of
the immigration flowing across
Nebraska to Oregon and other
points west. He established
ferries across the Missouri and
later across the Elkhorn and
the Loup Fork. His trading
posts were centers for the
best in store bought goods
that could be obtained in the
Nebraska country.
Probably no Nebraskan was
more closely associated with
the Indians. After the custom
of most of the early fur trad
ers he married an Indian girl,
Nicomi, daughter of an Iowa
chief. He diove hard barga ns
with his red brethern, but was
always generous in his favors.
Post Popular
Everyone of importance who
came up the Missouri stopped
at Col. Sarpy’s post. His
fame as a host spread through
out the west. It was Sarpy
who built a boat for John C.
Fremont on his return from
his Rocky mountain explora
tions. It was Sarpy also who
negotiated with the Ind'aos
for the safe passage of B ig
ham Young and his Mormons
In 1862, in failing health, he
moved to Plattsmouth where
he lived until his death in
1865. He was buried in St.
Louis. He left no decendents
and his estate stipulated that
Nicomi, his Indian, wife, was
to be paid an annuity un
til her death.
Ft. Kearny Once an
Important Post —
During the heydey of the
overland migration, when the
wheels of thousands* of wagons
ground great ruts' in Nebras
ka’s Platte valley, Ft. Kearny
now almost completely obliter
ated, stood as the most impor
tant post in all the vast dis
tance between the Missouri
river and Ft. Laramie, located
just across the present Nebras
ka-Wyoming boundary.
Set down in territory roamed
over and fought over by Paw
nees, Cheyennes and Sioux, Ft.
Kearny served not only to pro
tect the Oregon, California,
and Mormon trails from Indian
attacks but also to prevent the
tribes f. om making war on
each other. It was the Army’s
ammunition depot for the Ne
braska area and the point from
which most of the Plains In
dian campaigns of the early
1860’s were conducted.
Ft. Kearny bn the Platte was
the successor to Old Ft. Kear
ny located on Table creek near
the present Nebraska City.
Shortly after the old fort was
established in 1846 it became
evident that it would be of
little value to the overland mi
gration. Most of the wagon
trains started from Indepen
dence, Mo., to the south or
Council Bluffs, la., to the north.
In view of this, a scouting par
ty under Lt. D. P. Woodbury
was sent out to choose a moe
suitable location. He located
the new post, acco: ding to his
report, “ 17 miles from
where the Oregon trail turns
off to the south from the Platte
river (and) . . • 197 miles from
Ft. Kearny on the Missou i . . ”
The new fort was officially
named on December 30, 1848,
and, like its predecessor, in
honor of Col. Stephen W. Kear
ny, who had performed di tin
guished services in the Mexi
can war. Somewhere along the
line an extra “e” slipped into
the name.
The new fort definitely was
in the main stream of overland
traffic. In his report for 1849,
the secretary of war stated
that during the past 18 months
nearly 30,000 people passed Ft.
Kearny on the way to Califor
nia, Oregon and Utah. The next
year some 35,000 people passed
"the fort on their way West.
Later, virtually all of the im
migrant and freighting roads
from Missouri river points to
the Rocky mountains and be
yond converged at Ft. Kearny.
It is little wonder then that
Ft. Kearny grew in importance.
Yet its life as a significant mil
itary post was relatively short.
As early as 1865 most of the
Indian fighting had shifted
westward and only a small gar
rison was maintained at Ft.
Kearny. In the spring of 1871,
no longer needed as a military
post, it was abandoned alto
gether. The buildings were
torn down in 1875 and in De
cember of the following year
the government reservation
was relinquished and the site
homesteaded.
Cood Old Flavor
of th*
Good Old Pays!
“Let’s Stop for Premium
Quality FALSTAFF!"
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When You and I Were Young —
Peter Greely, 70 Others Want
Bridge at Dodge’s Ferry
60 Years Ago
(July 21, 1889)
J. W. Chisholm, of Cham
bers, has leased the Metropoli
tan hotel, purchased the fur
niture, and will conduct the
same for the next two or three
years.
A very painful accident oc
cured Friday. Ed G ady and
Martin Hilary were shooting
at a mark in back of Joe Kel
ley’s store. Mi*. Hilary was
handling the rifle and Mr.
Grady was showing him how
to work it when it accidently
discharged the ball, striking
Mr. Grady in the arm. Drs.
Bedell and Shore did what
they could for the sufferer,
but were unable to remove
the bullet.
The Frontier wishes the new
carpenter firm of Boyd &
Fagan unlimited success.
Thomas B. Gregg, county
commissioner, and Emma Ba
con were mariied July 18 at
Atkinson.
The boys have rung the bell
on the man across the way so
often we think he should take
a tumble and vamoose.
Diptheria, a desolater of so
many homes, has at last come
under the control of man. A
method of treatment has been
discovered which, by the inser
tion of a silver tube in the
swollen throat, admits free
breathing. Strangulation, the
thing chiefly to be dreaded,
is thereby overcome.
Milo Merritt has gone East
to attend to some business.
He will return soon, however,
and will become a permanent
resident of O’Neill.
50 Years Ago
(July 22, 1897)
A daughter of Peter Staf
ford, roadmaster of this divi
sion of the F. E. railroad, ate
some poison flypaper at the
Stafford home in Norfolk, and
she died.
The ball games that were
to have taken place the last
of the week between Laurel
and O’Neill were called-off on
account of difficulty in reach
ing a financial agreement.
' Last year the state tax for
Holt county was six and six
eighths mills, but this year the
assessors have made an in
crease of 60 thousand dollars
m the assessed valuation of
the county. The county of
ficers want the rate of taxa
tion reduced so that the people
will not have to pay more than
they did last year.
On July 13 the county super
visors met and the petition of
Peter Greely and 70 others
asking that the Badger b idge
across the Niobtara be re
moved to a point known as
Dodge's ferry was taken up.
The county clerk was instruc
tea to write the Boyd county
clerk to see if a like petition
is on file in that county.
Will O Connor met with a
serious accident Sunday mom
ing, which will probably cost
ill?1,, the sight of his right eye.
While putting a bottle of
beer in an ice box the bottle
exploded, cutting the eyelid
and penetrating the ball.
25 Years Ago
(July 27, 1922)
O Neill’s first big commun
ity picnic will be held on the
Country club grounds August
“ under the auspices of the
American Legion and its aux
iliary.
At a recent meeting of the
Region it was de
cided to dispense with the
wearing of uniforms at ser
vices in the futu e with the
exception of Memorial day
exercises. Many exservicemen
have failed to attend because
the uniform no longer fits.
An airplane spent Friday
afternoon and evening at Page,
where a lucrative business was
enjoyed in taking passengers
up for 20-minute rides. The
plane went from Page to
Lynch.
Application has been made
for a new bank at Spencer to
be known as the Spencer State
bank. It would replace the
defunct First National, whi h
closed its doo s a short time
ago. TCmil Folda, of Schuyler,
is the president of the propos
ed organization.
Treking with 229 children
through the mountaineous
wilderness of Asia Minor, W.
T. Gannaway, formerly of
Stuart, led 229 children, some
of them ill, through the moun
tainous wilderness of Asia
Minor to the Mediterranean
coast recently in connection
with his work with the Near
East Relief at the Turkish
nationalist town of Marsh.
10 Years Ago
(July 29, 1937)
George A. Miles, 75, died at
his home in this city last Wed
nesday morning alter an ill
ness ol little more than three
weeks. The funeral will be
held Friday morning at the
Presbyterian church. Mr. Miles
was born at Belmont, Wis., on
March 21, 1862. He came to
Brown county, Nebraska, in
1883. He farmed for a few
years and in 1891 he started
a paper in Springview. The
following year he purchased
the Home Rule at Ainsworth,
and in 1904 he purchased the
Holt County Independent at
O’Neill. On May 10, 1892 he
married Miss Clara B. Ship
man. Survivors include the
widow; two sons and one
daughter.
Dorlin Lockman, who has
been eight grade teacher at In
man for a number of years’ has
resigned to accept a fede a'l
position.
The grasshoppers have been
doing considerable damage, es
pecially to alfalfa, in the Plea
sant Dale vicinity.
John Wrede, who has been
operating the Redbird store
ror 30 years, soon will retire.
Leaves by Plane —
Vernon Johnson left Monday
by plane for Vermillion, S. D.,
with his paent’s houseguests,
Mrs. Reno Sorensen and son,
James. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin O. Johnson and
family are leaving today (Thur
sday) for Vermillion to visit the
Sorensens. They will also visit
an aunt of Mr. Johnson’s at Red
field and return in several days.
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