PAGE 4—THE FRONTIER, O'Neill, Nebr., April 21, 1949
State Car/itol New-- —
Highways, Revenue and Education Top List
of Unicameral’s Post-Easter Agenda
LINCOLN,—Nebraska's legi
lature this week returned froi
its Easter recess to plunge ini
a crowded agenda with high
ways, revenue and educatio
topping the list.
The holiday weekend did li'
tie to cool tempers on eithc
* aide of the rea-hot issue c
creating a state highway coir
mission. The proposal was sti
alive this week only becaus
Sen. Norris Schroeder, of Hos
kins, withdrew his motion t
kill it. Minutes earlier, a mot
ion to advance the measure t
select file lost, 16 to 20.
Debate on the bill brough
forth some of the session'
most heated language. Thi
measure would establish a stati
highway commission with i
$7 ,500-a-year business manage
responsible to the state engin
eer. The seven members of th»
commission would be appoint
ed by the governors.
Sen. Arthur Carmody, of
Trenton, bitterly attacked op
ponents of the bill "who hav
en't the nerve" to offer a
mendments. Senator Carmody
rincipal introducer of the
LB 425.
"Others, the Trenton senat
or said, looking at Senator
Schroeder, “seek to ride into
the governor’s office on the
coat tails of somebody or some
thing.”
Schroeder reddened, and
protested: “I want you to un
derstand that I have no polit
ical aspirations. I voted myself
out of that long ago. I am sur
prised at the personal attacks.”
Then Senator Carmody turn
ed to Senator Louis Holmes,
of Grand Islland, and asked
why he did not offer an
amendment, rather than vote
to kill the bill. Holmes replied
he had offered a bill on reor
ganization of the highway de
partment but it had been kil
led in committee.
“And the little boy who had
his bill killed is now crying.’
Carmody retorted.
Schroeder withdrew his mot
ion to kill when backers urged
it be kept alive for amend
ments.
Meanwhile, Gov. Val Peter
son’s highway program contin
ued to make legislative head
way.
Latest action was the ad
vancement to the floor of LE
401 raising vehicle registratior
fees.
The amended bill provide:
for upping passenger car per
mits from $3 and $5 to $8 anc
also hiking commercial true!
registration fees. Researcher!
estimate the new schedule o
feees woulld produce an an
nual revenue of $6,894,817. Th«
safty patrol would get f 1 v <
percent, leaving 6Ms million. O
this, the highway departmen
would get $2,600,000. Countie!
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i- and municipalities would snari
n in the remainder.
0 Thus, four bills were before
i- the senators this week, design
n ed to increase revenue for the
state highway department tc
about $6,500,000.
r The other bills—to hike the
f gas tax one cent, to provide
- for a highway use stamp, and
1 to increase the equalization fee
e for diesel vehicles—w ere a
- mong the more important
a pieces of legislation on t h e
- week’s schedule.
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The highly controversial two
1 percent sales tax bill is also
> likely to come up for consid
■ eration this week. The mea
' sure, by Sen. Dwight Burney,
• of Hartington, has been report
ed to the floor by the revenue
committee.
' Legislative leaders have
shown an unwillingness to sup
port a state sales or income tax
unless there is no other way to
finance mounting government
costs.
Burney’s bill, LB 234, would
become effective October 1 of
this year. It would levy two
cents on every dollar’s retail
sale except sale of personal
services, transportation, rent
(except in hotels), tickets to
fairs, or to charitable activit
ies.
Also exempted would be
gasoline, on which a state
tax has already been paid
and articles like liquor and
cigarets on which the stale
now collects more than a two
percent lax.
Purchases under 16 cents
would be tax-free with a pen
ny tax on sales between 16 and
65 cents, and a two cent tax on
sales between 60 cents and $1.
15.
Observers were frankly puz
zled on the chances of the
bill’s success.
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On the subject of education,
the legislature this week had
on general file LB 388 which
provides a blanket tax levy on
all property in the elementary
school district.
The levy would not be more
than four mills but woulld be
enough to raise two-thirds of
the costs of operating the sch
ools of a county.
The measure was introduced
by Sen. Glen Cramer, of Al
bion, who told the unicameral
his bill would:
1 Discourage operation of dis
: tricts with less than five pup
' ils; relieve the teacher shortage
■ by encouraging districts to
> I merge or contract for instruct
ion, and make all property
bear education costs.
Sen. George Weborg, of Pen
; der, offered a motion to kill
the bill, but he was quickly
defeated without debate,
1 Earlier, tthe senators passed
by a 31-to5 vote a school re
districting bill with a home
i rule provision. It was LB 27,
by Sen. Williams Metzger, of
Cedor Creek.
The measure calls for organ
ization qf county committees of
from six to ten members. A
majority must be from rural
elementary school districts and
there must be at least one lay
member.
The county committees
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Phone 33 O'Neill
— Formerly Barger's Super Duper —
w o u 1 d meet once a year to
study the advisability of redist
, ricting. The county group
need not act if its members
vote against reorganization, bu
it must report to a state com
mittee of live, appointed by
the governor.
The bill provides for public
hearings on reorganization
plans, with a majority of all
electors within each unit re
quired for approval. Rural ter
ritories and high school dis
tricts would ballot separately.
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Meanwhile, there were two
developments on the primary
election front.
Governor Peterson signed in
to law the bill of Sen. John
McKnight, of Auburn, giving
Nebraskans a chaneh to mark
their first and second choices
on presidential and vice pres
idential nominees.
McKnighl said ihe bill will
make voting in the stale "a
more accurate picture of
grass roots sentiment.'* and
will eliminate the device un
der which a favorite son can
didate, with no chance of
winning the nomination, uses
the prestige of a stale pri
mary victory to influence the
choice of another candidate.
And on general file this
week, and apparently destined
for select file before the week
is over, was the much-amended
state pre-primary convention
law.
Amendments approved last
week allowed convention en
dorsed to any number of can- j
didates who gather 35 percent
of the vote of the delegates
voting. The law as it stands
now limites endorsement to
two. Earlier amendments to the
present bill set the number at
four.
Sen. Charles Tvrdik, of Om
aha, asked the ceiling be lifted.
He was at odds with Sen. Earl
Lee, of Fremont, on the man-'
i ner in which state convention
I delegates would be elected,
i Tvrdik wants the present met
hod left intact, while the legis
i lature has approved amend
ments by Lee providing they
; be elected at county convent
ions ten days prior to the state
convention.
CHAMBERS NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Art Dexter and
boys visited in the Darrel
Couch home Monday evening
Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Dale
and Sharon were Sunday sup^
per guests at the home of Mr
nd Mrs. Lyle Walters' and fam
ily.
L. J. Ekdahl went to West
on to visit his parents over thg
weekend.
Rev. and Mrs. L. A. Dale and
Sharon, Mr. and Mrs. August
Swager and Fritz and Elmer
were Sunday dinner guests at |
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rol
i lie Huntley and sons.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Daas and
' Joanne and Tom Salem drove
to Orchard Sunday to see Mrs.
Daas’ mother, Mrs. Nellie j
Leihiman.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Geeser
and Mr. and Mrs. Keith New
i house and baby son, of Lin
coln, were weekend guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Newhouse. 'They returned
home Monday.
Marlen Rassmussen, former
ly of Three Hill, Canada, is
here visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. James Rassmussen.
and family.
ttMMUT NEWS
Mrs. John Conard and daugh
j ter. Mary Lou, visited Mr. and
j Mrs. Rommie B. South, at In
' man on Saturday.
A very large crowd attended
the Wnv Lubcn farm sale, l'a
mijes South of Emmet, on Mon
day, April 18. Mr. and Mrs. Lu
ben have sold their farm to El
mer Schaff, of Atkinson, and
will move to O’Neill where they
will make their home in the
near future. Lunch was served
on the grounds by the Emmet
WSCS.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Mullen and
family visited at the Joe Wink
ler home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Dusut
ko and son, Jimmie, of O’Neill,
were Sunday guests at the Joe
, Babl home.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill O’Connor
and daughters, Helen and Mary,
visited at the Hansen home in
O’Neill on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Weiehman,
of Stuart, were Sunday after
noon guests at the Joe Winkler
home.
Owing to its great depend
ence upon monsoon rains, In
dia is more liable to crop fail
ure than any other country.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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the other day that MORE
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photographs — are needed
for use in the Jack and Jill
Corner. Each week The
Frontier publishes two or
more pictures of children
under school age. Why not .
arrange for a sitting now?
And your child's photo will
appear soon in the Jack &
Jill Corner.
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RISKING LIFE AND LIMB . . . Beatrice Dante guides one of
her trained chimpanzees along a ropewalk in a breath-taking,
hair-raising, death-defying act at the Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus in New York’s Madison Square Gar
den. The steel-nerved chimp thrills thousands with this peril
ous performance.
Teen Tattler —
Revival of Boy Scouts May Stop a Lot of
Wrong Doings’ Going on in O’Neill
By PAT BRENNAN
Hi everyone! Now that Eas
ter is past and things are get
ting back to normal, I suppose
you hated the thought of going
back to school. The last month
of school is usually the hardest.
Let’s make our motto, “The last
is the best.”
It sure was good to see the ex
high-school-graduates during
Easter vacation. They certainly
added life and color to the many
Easter activities.
Mrs. White Feted —
CELIA — Mrs. Ed White was
guest-of-honor Sunday at the
Elmer Coolidge home. The oc
casion was her birthday anni
versary. Those present were:
the W. E. Ragland family, the
Coolidge family, and the honor
ed guest.
Last April 13 nine Holt coun
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schools — St.
Joseph’s, At
kinson, Ew
ing, Page,
Chambers, In
| man, Stuart,
I St. M a r y ’ s
and O’Neill
i. took over the
county gov
l ernment for
| the day. It
" was so sue
UM1U1 11 let l
Pa* they may
Brennan have it again
next year. It
was the first time that this was
ever done in Holt county and
one of the few times ever done
in the state.
Friday and Saturday, April
22 and 23, is the fine arts festiv
1 al. There are 11 teen-agers go
j mg from OJNeill—Ivalyn Brady
Wally Shelhamer and Kiffie
Golden on instrumental; Johr
O’Neill, Claude Cole, Shirlej
Johrmg, Nancy Beha, Marilyr
Funk and Millie Larson f o i
voire; Ila Carter, and Dottie
: Her tor speech, good luck!
The O’Neill high junior-sen
| ior banquet will be on May 10
St. Mary’s date has not been de
1 cided yet, but, it will be be
tween May 10 and 15. The moth
er-daughter Girl Scout banquel
will be on May 17.
It has been heard that the Boy
Scouts are being started up
again. This organization, like
that of the Girl Scouts, will of
fer the boys many advantages.
I It will train them to become bet
ter citizens and stop a lot of the
| “wrong doings” that have been
going on recently.
I certainly hope the new lead
ers of this organization have
loads of good luck in starting up
the Boy Scouts once more.
I’ll be seeing you.
Soil Conservation
District Begins Tree
Planting in County
The Holt county soil conser
vation district office will be
open on Mondays and Thurs
days during the season of grass
seeding and tree planting for
the convenience of farmers and
ranchers who want to pick up
grass seed and trees.
Since Monday trees have
been planted for Joe Pongratz,
Joe Wagnon. George Shrunk,
G«>rge Collins and Rollo Ber
ry, all of Atkinson, and Fred
rick Wilson, North of Stuart.
District officials urge all
farmers and ranchers who
want trees planted, to prepare
the ground as soon as it is dry
enough, if it has not already
been done. Farmers and ranch
ers intending to have planting
done will be advised a day or
so in advance regarding the
arrival of the planter.
Child Honored—
REDBIRD — Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Wilson entertained rela
tives Friday evening, April 8,
at their farm home in honor
of their little son’s first birth
day anniversary. Billy Jim
was presented with several
gifts. Ice cream and cake
were served.
An ancient remedy for fever
was to wash water over the
patient and onto a frog, to
which the fever was supposed
to pass.
Holt Track Meet
To Be Held Today
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ATKINSON — The annual
Holt county high school track
and field meet will be held to
day (Thursday) at Atkinson.
Originally the meet was
scheduled for last Thursday, but
had to be postponed because of
a wet field, according to Atkin
son high’s coach, Randall
Smith.
Schools entered are: O’Neill
high Stuart, Ewing, Chambers,
St. Joseph’s hall and Atkinson.
The Balers entered the Sand
Hills relays Tuesday at Bas
sett.
EAGLES ARE 7th
O’Neill high school placed
seventh in the Sand Hills relays
at Bassett Tuesday with 25
points. Thirteen schools compet
: ed. O’Neill placed second in
j the mile relay; third in the fresh
man relay; and fourth in the
shuttle relay. Tom Sullivan won
third place in the high jump
| and Don Calkins won fourth in
I the broad jump.
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We expect our first carload of
“New Mobiloil”
to come in this week. We will
be able to fill all the orders you
gave us last fall in the very near
future.
New customers who wish to buy
New Mobiloil this year may take
advantage of the last fall prices
due to our quantity purchase
price.
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