FEDERAL ROAD
AID DISCUSSED
Income and Expenses
Reviewed; $3 Millions
Needed by 1950
—
State Engineer F. H. Klietsch
recently released 2 statements
concerning Nebraska highways.
One showed income and ex
penditures, both state and fed
eral funds of the state high
way department for the period
1926 to 1947, inclusive, which
statement also included an es
timate of income and expendi
tures for 1948.
The other statement project
ed income and expenditures to
June 20, 1950, from January 1,
1948, in order to provide an es
timate of the state’s ability to
match federal funds made
available by the 1944 federal
aid highway act and $1 million
special flood relief federal
funds allocated in 1947, or a
total of about $26 million o£
federal funds.
He estimated the state's
1948 income for highway pur
poses at $9,900,000.
Estimating $4,500,00 to be
come available from state funds
this year for matching federal
aid, Klietsch said new highway
construction obligations during
1948 will reach approximately
$12,000,000.
This will bring to $30,000,000
the work undertaken in the 5
year $49,000,000 federal-state
road building program contem
plated for Nebraska on Octob
er 5, 1945, when the first post
war federal funds became
available, Klietsch said. But he
estimated that by 1950 Nebras
ka would fall nearly $6,000,
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'IF WE DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME' . . . Employing a stiff
armed, overhand pitch, President Harry S. Truman, a south
paw, tossed the first ball at the opening game between the
New York Yankees and the Washington Nats at Griffith sta
dium in Washington, thereby officially opening the 1948 ma
! jor league baseball season. It was the first hurling the Pres
ident had done since he pitched his hat into the political ring
by stating he was actively seeking Democrattc renomination.
1000 short of the original road
building program.
Klielsch said the state
would need "nearly 3 millions
more" by July, 1950, to gain
full advantage of all pres
ently available federal funds
allocated for matching in Ne
braska in order to then be in
position to start from scratch
on any additional allocations
made that are now pending
in congress.
Federal allocations, tne first
of which became available Oc
tober 5, 1945, and the last
year’s allocation available un
til July, 1950, totaled $26,900,
000, he explained, if Nebraska
! puts up $23,000,000. Up to July
this time, he said, Nebraska |
has provided for matching $12,
000.000 of that' amount.
In the statement released by
his department, Klietsch es
timated that at least $5,500,000
of the state’s $9,900,000 road
funds in 1948 would be requir
ed for maintenance. He ex
plained that the maintenance
cost included estimated $800,
000 for new equipment due to a
backlog on this item, created
during the war years when
very little equipment was
available. Also, abnormal
weather conditions have an
adverse effect upon highways
and likewise affect mainten
ance costs materially.
Out of Old Nebraska
KING CORN' BANNER
IRKED SOUTHERNERS
When former Gov. Robert W.
Furnas represented Nebraska at
the "World’s Industrial and Cot
ton Centennial Exposition’’ al
New Orleans in 1885 he had a
banner flown over the Nebra
ska exhibit emblazoned with
the words, “Corn is King!”
It is reported that this stir
red the ire of a good many
Southerners who had beer
taught to believe in the powers
of “King Cotton.” Nevertheless
Governor Furnas maintained
the banner throughout the e .
position.
The preeminent position
w ich this banner assigned
corn is in keeping with a
tradition established long be
fore the white man arrivod
in Nebraska.
Many years before the white;
conquered these plains there
were corn-raising farmers liv
ing in the valleys of Nebraska’;
rivers. For example, excava
tions by the State Historica
Society of the remains of ar
Indian dwelling on the Lou*
river west of Genoa turned uj
shelled corn raised in the are;
over 300 years ago.
And when the white mai
first came to Nebraska hi
found the Indians well versec
in the production of corn. Thi
Pawnees, Nebraska’s most im
portant resident tribe, tendei
fields of corn, beans and mel
ons. Included in their religioi
were rites connected with th<
growing of corn.
Likewise, com was the prin
ripal crop produced by Nebra
ska’s pioneer white farmers
Frequently th y tried to grov
seed brought from Illionis
Ohio, and other states.
Almost invariably these
attempts resulted in failure,
and the first successful crops
out here were produced from
squaw corn, or seed obtain
ed from the Indians.
The first crop usually con
sisted of sod corn. The sot
simply was turned over to :
depth’ of about 3 inches. Ther
without further preparatioi
the seed was dropped into hole
pierced with sharp sticks. Th;
next step was harvesting. N<
cultivation was needed.
Occasionally the second year':
crop also wouia cuusisi ui sui
corn. Usually, however, th(
soil would be plowed deepei
and the process of cultivatior
as we know it today would be
followed.
Through good years and bac
many of Nebraska’s farmers
have depended upon corn as
one of their principal crops.
Al time* drouth, hot winds
and grasshopper shave left in
their wake scene* of dismal
failure. At other times corn
has brought so little in the
market as to make if more
suitable for fuel than food.
Through it all. though, there
has been a steady improve
ment in the crop and Nebraska
has for years held its place at
one of the principal corn grow
ing states of the nation.
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Real Estate Transfers
(Editors note: A glossary of
the abbreviations follows: WD
—warranty deed: (JCD— quit
claim deed. The instruments j
filed at the Holt county court- j
house are listed from whom to
whom, date, consideration, le-1
gal description.)
QCD—Blanche Hurley Wen
dell to Virgil Laursen 1-30-48
$1- N*2 lot 11 Blk C- O’Nelil1
& Hagertys Add- O’N.
WD — John A Devine to
Virgil Laursen 10-29-47 $1- N- i
Vi lot 11 Bldk C-O’N & Hag
Add- O’N.
WD — Joseph Martin to
Ruby Bazelman 4-12-48 $1- All
interest in All 28- SEVi 30-31
11.
WD — F B Knapp to Alva
Marcellus 5-7-48 $1- W 30 ft
lot 3 Blk 16-O’Neill.
WD — Marne Mellor to M B
Higgins 5-10-48 $1200- Lots 18
& 19 Blk C- Fahys 2nd Add
O’N.
WD—J F Hladik et al to Ed
ward C Nissen 4-26-48 $10,
850- NW Vi 3-28-9.
WD—Mary E Jenkins to Ar
THE FRONTIER, O'Neill, Nel
thur R Miller & wf 2-11-48
$8000- NEy< 4-26-12.
WD—Charles H Diehl et al
to Edward Brandt 2-27-48 $4,
)00- East 40 ft lots 5-6-7 &
lots 0-10-11-12-13 & 14 Blk
15- Atk.
ED — Charles E Diehl et al
to Emma Diehl 12-29-47 $14,720
NEK 1- WV4 12- NEK 13-30
13.
WD—Lily Morgan et al to
Francis J Gilg 4-23-48 $1- Lots
1-2-3-4-13-14-15-16-17 & 18 &
strip 7*4 ft wide along west
edge of above lots in Blk B
Goldens Sub-Division- O’Neill.
WD—Louis Kliment to L F
Kliment 5-20-48 $3000- NEK
27-31-14.
WD—Leo Lyden to John W
Trail 5-18-48 $1- SEy4 29-26
10 EM» E*4 17-25-10.
WD—-Clara Johnson to Her
bert Timm 5-10-48 $1200- Lots
9-10-11-12-13 & 14 Blk 16- Ha
zelets Add- O’Neill.
WD—E L Fernau to M A
Miller & wf 5-20-48 $1- & ex
change e>2 NEV4- NWK NE
V4 NEK NWy« 9- S*4 NWVi S
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EV4- sm> nev4 swy4 15-32-11
Sub to oil lease.
WD—Henry F Rakow to Al
len Hill 7-26-47 $4000- NW»4
10-27-9.
WD—Marvin H Butler to Lee
A & Wm A Hobbs 5-10-48 $2,
590- NWft NW»/4 11-26-9.
Abraham Lincoln, who own
ed a small piece of land in
Council Bluffs, la., visited that
city only once in his lifetime.
He Went there with Gen.
Grenville M. Dodge to select
the western terminus for the
Union Pacific railroad.
Secretary of Labor Lewis B.
Schwellenbach has reported
that 84 out of 100 women now
work to support themselves or
others.
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