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VOLUME 70—NUMBER 5 __ O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1950 PRICE 7 CENTS
Atkinson Council
Reconsiders Action
■ — *
Reverses Stand on Power
Issues and Workmen
Resume
ATKINSON — Consumers
Public Power district workmen
are making hay in Atkinson
since the city council reconsid
ered its earlier action on a
transmission line issue. And the
high tension line along the Chi
cago & North Western railroad
right-of-way will be completed
“in just a few hours.”
The building of the line from
the east (O’Neill) became com
plicated several weeks ago when
a group of residents sought a
restraining qrder in district
court to prevent the 23-thou
sand-volt line running through
the residential district.
L. C. Walling, manager of
the O’Neill District of Consum
ers Public Power, declared the
residential route already was
a compromise over earlier plans.
Finally Consumers decided
lo run the line, which is in
tended to vastly improve At
kinson's power service, along
the North Western rail right
of-way in the industrial dis
trict (instead of residential)
to a new substation in the
heart of town.
Construction crews were at
work a fortnight ago when the
Atkinson city council voted
3-2 to order abandonment of
the route.
Consumers immediately with
drew men and material. Editor
Ralph J. Kelly, of the Atkinson
Graphic, rallied the citizenry to
become interested in the affair,
printed unofficial ballots and
maintained an unofficial voting
booth in order to gain a con
sensus of opinion.
At a meeting of the council
Monday night, June 5, the bal
lot box was opened. Three hun
dred thirty-one votes had been
cast— 323 “for” the Consumers’
plan to complete the line along
the rail right-of-way, 8 “ag
ainst.”
A vote of the council was cal
led with the result of a 3-3 tie.
Voting against the transmision
’ line were Earl Coxbill, R. O.
Jarvis and C. C. Raymer; vot
ing for the line were Hugh O’
Connor, L. P- Haynes and Roy
Dickerson.
Mayor Francis D. Lee was
obliged to break the dead
lock. casting his lot "for."
Result is a reversal of the or
iginal vote at a meeting in which
not all council members were
present.
Unofficial ballot read:
“Shall Consumers Public Po
wer District be permitted to
construct electric transmission
line along proposed route on
north edge of the Chicago &
North Western railroad right
of-way through Atkinson to
connect with proposed new sub
station at Carberry street for
puroose of serving city of At
kinson with improved electric
service?” ,
In the Mav 26 issue of the
Graphic Mr. Kelly published a
lengthy discussion of the situa
tion under his own by line.
Mr. Raymer told The Fron
tier that the principle objec
tion to the line along the
tracks or through any section
of town was on a "safety bas
is” and "such a line would
create radio interference.
He said those who were op
posed to the line construction
in the heart of the city had con
sulted an engineering firm, Ful
ton and Kramer, of Lincoln, and
had talked with interested per
sons in a number of cities and
towns where problems were
comparable.
Fulton and Kramer proposed
/tunning the line around the
city with a spur feeding the At
kinson substation where power
is “stepped - down” for dom
estic use
G. R. Nicholas, OHS
Instructor, Resigns
At the regular monthly meet
ing of the O’Neill public school
board of education Monday,
members accepted the resigna
tion of an instructor and auth
orized repair of the old school
building.
G. R. Nicholas, English and
dramatic instructor for the past
IVz years, submitted his resig
nation. Nicholas will enter bus
iness in Wilber. He had been
reelected for the 1950-’51 school
year. . . ,
Board members authorized
repair of cracks in outside walls
of the “old” school building.
According to Ira Moss, secre
tary, moisture has been seep
ing through causing plaster to
fall.
A Lincoln auditing firm
will audit the O’Neill board of
edueation books as well as the
high school activities books,
Moss said.
O'Neil) Queen
Places 3d—
Miss Bernadette Hynes, 16.
O’Neill Lions club queen and
entry in the statewide Lions
beauty contest, placed third in
the competition at Scottsbluff.
Present at the Lions conven
tion and contest were Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Bowen, Miss Hynes,
Miss Nancy* Beha and Mrs.
Leona Hynes, Bernadette’s mo
ther.
11 HOLT PEOPLE
RECEIVE DEGREES
Osenbaugh, Schaffer, Toy
Among Nebraska ‘U*
Graduates
The University of Nebraska
conferred degrees and certifi
cates at commencement exer
cises held on the campus Mon
day morning, June 5.
Among those honored were 11
Holt countyans.
The following persons from
the O’Neill region were recipi
ents:
Charles O. Shane, of Atkin
son; Frank O. Skokan, of Nio
brara; Merwyn G. French, jr., of
Page; Ernest J. Gotschell, of
Atkinson; William S. Mattern,
of Creighton, associates in ap
plied science, college of agricul
ture.
Reid R. Harrsch, of Niobrara,
bachelor of arts, college of arts
and sciences.
Harold E. Dickerson, of At
kinson; Lawrence E. Honke, of
Butte; Edwin Juracek, of Nio
brara; Harold D. Shane, of At
kinson; Marvin F. Sobotka, of
Inman; Raymond Van Norman,
of Bassett; bachelor of science,
college of business administra
tion.
Robert W. Turner, of Cham
bers, bachelor of arts, college of
engineering and architecture.
Earl G. Eastman, of Bassett,
bachelor of science in architec
tural engineering, college of en
gineering and architecture.
Silas R. Barton, of Creighton,
bachelor of science in civil en
gineering, college of engineer
ing and architecture.
Clayton D. Sumpter, of Bas
sett, bachelor of science in me
chanical engineering, college of
engineering and architecture.
John D. Osenbaugh, of O’
Neill, bachelor of science in
pharmacy, college of pharmacy.
Agnes R. Troxell, of Burwell,
bachelor of arts in education,
teachers’ college.
Shirley M. Schaffer, of O’
Neill, bachelor of science in ed
ucation, teachers’ college.
John S. Shaw, of Atkinson,
doctor of dental surgery, dental
college.
Donald L. Shaneyfelt, of Long
Pine; Anton Toy, jr., of O’Neill,
bachelor of laws, college of law.
Charles F Walker, of Page,
master of arts, graduate college.
James M. Tische, of Wood
Lake, degree from college of
arts and sciences, certificate in
journalism.
Holt Republicans
Elect W. W. Griffin
William W. Griffin, Holt coun
ty attorney, Saturday was elect
ed chairman of the Holt Repub
lican committee in a meeting
held here.
Griffin, who was secretary -
treasurer of the group, succeeds
Ira H. Moss. Moss had been
chairman for the past 8 years.
Thirty Republicans from all
sections of the county attended
the meeting. I
Moss, Julius D. Cronin, both
of O’Neill; Guy Cole, of Em
met; F. J. Brady and Edward F.
Matousek, both of Atkinson,
were chosen delegates to the
pre-primary convention sched
uled to be held at Omaha June
13.
Convention alternate dele
gates include: Mrs. Guy Cole,
jf Emmet; H. D. Grady and
Chairman Griffin, both of O’
leill, and Arthur Runnels, of
Stuart.
A new secretary - treasurer
will be chosen following the
pre-primary convention.
Holt county Democratic or-!
ganization met Saturday after
noon, June 3, and reelected John
Sullivan, of O’Neill, chairman
for the coming year.
Other officers chosen were:
John R. Gallagher, O’Neill at
torney, secretary, and Mrs. C.
V. Sullivan, also of O’Neill, head
of the women’s Democratic
group.
Sullivan, Gallagher, Louis Ko
pecky, of Inman, Francis D. Lee
and Neal McKee, jr., of Atkin
son, were selected as delegates
to the pre-primary convention
slated to be held in Omaha June
13. . .
Alternate delegates included:
Fred Mack and Hugh O’Connor,
both of Atkinson; Thomas Sul
livan, M. H. Horiskey, and John
Grutsch, all of O’Neill.
About 20 Democrats attended
the meeting in the Knights of
Columbus building here.
Flower Show Dales
ATKINSON — Tuesday and
Wednesday, June 13 and 14,
are the dates set for the annu
al iris show in Atkinson. The
exhibit, which is sponsored each
year by the Atkinson Iris so
ciety, will be staged in Mem
orial hall. Doors will be open
to the pubic at 2.30 o’clock
each day, and will remain open
Tuesday evening
Mrs. W H. Harty and daugh
ters, Miss Helen and Mrs. Kev
in Kocina, of Creighton, attend
ed the graduation of their son
and brother, Jack, from Rock
hurst college, Kansas City, Mo.
NAMES ACREAGE . . Gary
Waller (above), 12-year-old j
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W.
Waller, of O’Neill, has been j
awarded $10 by Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Asimus. Gary named an
acreage southeast of the city
the “Carl and Ann Boy Scout
Ranch.” Mr. and Mrs. Asimus
last year donated the acreage
to the Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca.—O’Neill Photo Co.
GOL WEDDING
E T DELAYED
Celebrate i n Connection
With Silver Wedding,
Family Reunion
STUARi — The Stuart city
auditorium was the scene of the
celebration of a golden wedding
anniversary, a silver wedding
anniversary and a family reun
| ion on Sunday, June 4.
Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Philbrick,
! of Rapid City, S. D., were cele
brating their golden wedding
! anniversary which was post
poned from January.
Nathaniel E. Philbrick and ;
Alexandra Albertson were mar
ried at Laurel on January 23,
1900. They traveled by covered
wagon to Oklahoma, were dis
appointed in the country and
retraced their journey to Mead ;
county, Kansas, where they
homesteaded.
Still longing for their home
state, they returned to Ne
braska after a few years and
settled in the Orchard and
Ewing communities.
They came to Stuart in 1911
; and lived on a farm north of
| Stuart until 1925 when they
j moved to South Dakota.
Three of their 4 living child
! ten and their families were in
; Stuart to help them celebrate.
They were: Mr. and Mrs. Darrel
j Freeman and family, of De \
; Smet, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Ora j
I Philbrick and family and Mr. !
and Mrs. Henry Hutcheson and
I family, of Stuart; also Mrs.
Philbrick’s brother, E. J. Al
bertson, of Grand Island ana |
Mr. Philbricks’ sister, Mrs. Olive
Wedding, of Laurel.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Philbrick
were celebrating their silver
wedding anniversary. Their 4
| childen were present: Mr. and
1 Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick and j
daughter, of De Smet; Mr. and
Mrs. Dwight Philbrick and
daughter, Miss June and Bob of
1 Stuart
Mrs. Dwight Philbrick and
Mrs. Marion Armstrong each
baked a silver wedding cake.
The 8 Hutcheson brothers and
sisters were here for the reun
ion. They were: Mr. and Mrs.
Leslie Hutcheson, of Long Pine;
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hutche
son, of Onawa, la.; Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Spillman, of Lebo, Kans.;
Fay Hutcheson, of Woodbine,
la.; Mrs. Pearl Blower, of Ar
nold; Mrs. Orlo Shaffer, of
Moorhead, la.; Mr. and Mrs.
Ora Philbrick and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Hutcheson, of Stuart.
Other relatives were: Miss
Norma Jean Hutcheson, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne Hutcheson and
-daughter all of Long Pine; Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Humerick, of Os
mond; Harold Humerick, of O’
Neill; Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Moore,
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Kuhlman
and family, all of Onawa, la.;
Mr. and Mrs. Elton Besly and
family, of Halsey; Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Alderman, of Newport;
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Rowland, of
Turin, la.; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle
Lezatte and family, of Spring
view; Billie Hutcheson, of Wood
bine, la.; Miss Leona Hutcheson i
and Mrs. Lottie Lofquest, of
Stuart.
The entire group enjoyed a
basket dinner at noon and held
open house from 2 to 5 o’clock ;
in the afternoon.
—
FILES FOR SUPERVISOR
Fred Catron on Monday filed
for the position of supervisor
from the Fifth district Catron,
a Republican, is from Cham
! bers.
REV. BIRMINGHAM
TO NEW LOCATION
Atkinson - Emmet Pastor1
To New Location;
Rev. I Jell Stays
Appointments and reappoint
ments of Methodist pastors for
the coming year were announc
ed Sunday night, June 4, in the
closing session of the annual
Nebraska Methodist conference
at St. Paul’s Methodist church
in Lincoln.
Assignments of mterest to
Holt countyans include:
Rev. W. C. Birmingham, pas
tor at Atkinson and Emmet for
8 years, to Wisner and Beemer;
to be succeeded at Atkinson and
Emmet by Rev. E. G. Hughes, of
Tekamah. Reverend Birming
ham requested the transfer.
Rev. V. R. Bell, pastor at O’
Neill, reappointed for another
year—his third.
Rev. Roy M. Wingate, pastor
at Inman and Ewing for 2 years,
to Kilgore, Merriman and Cody,
to be succeeded at Inman and
Ewing by Rev. C. C. Chappell,
who has just completed his the
ological training.
Rev. T. O. Brownfield, pastor
at Page, has already moved to
Cozad; to be succeeded by Rev.
C. E. Wilcox.
Rev. Duane Hutchinson, who
has been pastor at Chambers
and Amelia for the past year,
to Pauline and Ayr; to be suc
ceeded by Rev. L. R. Hansberry.
Rev. L. R. Mullis. who pre- |
ceded Reverend Bell at O'- {
Neill and has been stationed
in New England for the past
2 years, returns to Nebraska
to become pastor at Clarks
and Pierce chapel near Grand
Island.
Rev. Adolph Majorin, who has
come to the United States from
Latvia under the displaced
persons act, will serve at Clear
water. %
Rev. Carl B. Rayburn, former
ly of Page, goes to Greeley.
H. R. Tompkins of Inman,
was appointed associate lay
leader in the Norfolk district.
Reverend Bell was made a
member of the board of Metho
dist hospitals and homes.
During Reverend Birming
ham’s stay records show 184
members were received into the
Atkinson church, 10 at Emmet;
60 were received by transfer at
Atkinson, 1 at Emmet. There
were 117 baptismals of child
ren under 12 and 94 baptismals
over 12 at Atkinson; 5 under
and 5 over at Emmet.
Reverend Hughes’s family in
cludes his wife and a son, 8,
and a daughter, 2.
Reverend Mullis, who with
his family spent Tuesday night
and Wednesday in O’Neill, re
quested the transfer from New
Hampshire to Nebraska.
O’Neill Sisters
Are Both Majors
Two O’Neill sisters who are
members of the army nurses'
corps are now majors. They are
Catherine Ullom and Madeline
Ullom.
Madeline’s promotion from
captain to major was announc
ed a week ago. Catherine has
been a major for about a year.
Madeline, who is now station
ed at Burke hospital, Ft. Sam
Houston, near San Antonio,
Tex., was a prisoner of war on
Corregidor for 3 years.
Catherine is stationed in the
Panama Canal Zone.
Ex-Resident Makes
Plea for Youths
Phoenix Insurance Man
Adds $10 to Youth
Center Fund
The fund-raising drive for the
proposed O’Neill youth center
was boosted $135 during the
past week as money continues
to come in.
Latest donors are:
John Berigan, jr., $50; Alfred
T. . Drayton. $50; Ira H Moss,
$25; Mike O’Sullivan (Phoenix,
Ariz.), $10.
L. D. Putnam and District
Judge D. R. Mounts, who have
helped direct the fund-raising
movement, said still more mon
ey has to be collected. Total is
now over the $2,700 mark.
The committee is strongly
enteraining the idea of build- .
ing a structure in Ford's park.
Mr. O’Sullivan, now a Phoe
nix, Ariz., insurance executive,
wrote an eloquqent little note
to which his $10 check was at
tached:
“I was an O’Neill youth . . .
about as poor a® O’Neill youth
as there could be. The O’Neill
business and professional men
then, except a very few, were
as cold as ice to me—a poor kid.
“A great number of convicts
that start a life of crime were in
towns of 5,000 or less and were,
in most part, poor boys—boys
who were not on the ‘in’ in any
thing in their town.
“Someday I hope to talk to
the business and professional
men of O’Neill in the hope that
I can spark them into steering
young, poor O’Neill boys into
proper way of life and living.’’
Mr. O’Sullivan said he thought
the youth center was a wonder
ful idea.
Elected Vice-President
of State Auction Group—
ATKINSON — Ernie Weller,
well-known Holt auctioneer,
Sunday was chosen first vice
president of the Nebraska Live
stock A-uction association. The
convention was held at Norfolk.
O’Neill’s Prelim Census
Figure Now at 3,050
CENSUS AT A GLANCE
Vernon O. Taylor, assistant supervisor of the bureau of the
census at Keamev, has released “unofficial preliminary" fig
ures for the following cities and towns with the understanding
that this release does not include the “missing persons” check
now being carried on, nor does it include new arrivals within
the city during the census operations. Therefore, these "unoffi
cial preliminary” figures will increase somewhat in varied
communities.
PERSONS DWELLING UNITS
HOLT COUNTY
1950 1940 In. or De. 1950 1940 I or D
O'Neill _ 3,050 2,532
Atkinson.. 1,350 1,350 _ 449 404 45
Chambers ... 393 388 5 154 135 19
Emmet _ _ 62 89 27 20 24 4
Ewing _ 702 681 79 225 187 38
Inman _ ...... 238 206 32 79 66 13
Stuart _ 779 760 19 253 221 32
Page- 272 335 63 106 111 5
BOYD COUNTY—
Naper- 189 195 6 63 57 6
Br^tow-,- 146 188 42 58 55 3
Monowi_ 66 99 33 21 28 7
Anoka - 60 117 57 21 36 15
Butte-__ 614 623 9 198 174 24
Lynch - 432 487 55 149 151 2
Gross- 29 23 6 10 7 3
Spencer.._ 509 635 126 168 191 23
WHEELER COUNTY—
Bartlett-.... 145 176 31 51 56 5
Ericson ._ 186 279 93 67 87 20
ROCK COUNTY—
Bassett- 1,065 931 134 374 282 92
Newport - 206 275 69 74 87 13
Official Declares City
Gains 518 Persons
During Decade
(Special to The Frontier)
O Neill's "unofficial prelim
inary'' census count for 1950
was fixed at 3.050 persons late
Wednesday by Vernon O.
Taylor, of Kearney, assistant
census supervisor in this dis
trict.
This represents a gain of
518 persons over the 1940
count of 2,532.
Last week O'Neill's incom
plete count revealed 3,038 per
sons, but this figure was re
vised upward by 12 persons.
When "missing persons"
have been accounted for and
the national average is com
puted, O'Neill is expected to
gain an additional 1 or 2 per
cent.
Atkinson's Count
Sam* as 10 Yaars Ago—
ATKINSON — The popula
tion count at Atkinson is the
same for 1950 as it was in
1940, according to figures re
leased Thursday, June 1, by the
census supervisor.
Some interesting facts con
cerning the city of Atkinson are
shown here from 1920 on.
In 1920, Atkinson had a tabu
lated count of 1,300, which de
creased 156 to bring the total
count in 1930 to 1,144. How
ever, a gain was made in the
next 10 years. In 1940, the fig
ure was 1,350 or a gain of 206
people.
The count from 1940 to 1950
j remained the same, with the
; latest unofficial count 1,350 peo
| Pie.
Bassett Gains 2d
D*cad* in Row—
BASSETT — The figures just
released by the bureau of the
census, show Bassett’s popula
tion count just 134 more people
in 1950 than there were in 1940,
bringing the population to 1,056
people instead of 931 people.
In 1920, the city of Bassett
had a tabulated count of 664,
which decreased 29, bringing
the total count in 1930 to 635.
However, an increase was made
during the next 10 years. In
1940 the figure was 931 or a
gain of 296 people.
The count from 1940 to 1950
was increased by 134 people,
bringing the present unofficial
count for 1950 to 1,065.
Hospital Contracts
To Be Let Today
A contract for the building of
St. Anthony's 40-bed hospital
here will be let today (Thurs
day) subject to the approval of
government hospital financing
agencies.
James M. Corkle, chairman
of St. Anthony’s hospital build
ing fund committee, said the
opening of bids will begin at 2
p.m. today (Thursday) at St.
Mary’s academy.
Corkle said 5 or 6 general
building bids have been receiv
ed along with 7 or 8 bids each
on the contracts for wiring,
plumbing and heating.
Frank M. McNett, of Grand
Island, architect for the $400,
000 health center; Vern Pang
born, of Lincoln, and other fed
eral representatives from Kan
sas City, Mo., will attend the
meeting.
Rev. Yaquib Khan
Atkinson Visitor—
, ATKINSON—Yaquib. Khan,
j of Pakistan Province, was a
] guest of Miss Laura MacLach
: lan and her parents, Mr. and
! Mrs. Robert MacLachian Fri
iay, June 2.
Reverend Khan has been in
the U. S. for the past year at
tending seminary at Pittsburg,
Pa. He and Miss MacLachian
have worked together for 11
years in their missionary work
in Pakistan. He began his work
as a child in the village attend
ing school there, going through
the seminary, finally coining to
this country to finish his edu
cation. He now holds degrees
equal to any other degree in
theology and also has a mast
er’s degree.
He will return soon to be
come president of the only sem
inary in his native country. AH
protestant ministers who go to
Pakistan are trained here. He
and Miss MacLachian are both
associated with the United Pres
byterian missior. work. She is at
lome now on leav®.
Claude Hamilton, 54,
O’Neill Man, Dies
Claude Hamilton, 54, well
known O’Neill businessman,
died at his home at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, June 6. He had been
in ill health for a number of
months.
During recent months the
late Mr. Hamilton sought med
ical attention at Rochester,
Minn., as well as other points.
But his health declined stead
ily.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 10 o’clock in
St. Patrick’s Catholic church.
Very Rev. Timothy O’Sullivan
will officiate and burial will be
in Calvary cemetery here.
The late Mr. Hamilton had
lived most of his life in Holt
county.
He was born March 27, 1896,
at Lynch, the son of the late
Frank and Ruth Hamilton.
Prior to his coming to O’Neill
in 1930 he had worked on the
construction of the Spencer dam,
north of O’Neill. *
At that time the dam was
owned by Northern States Pow
er company. Later he worked
for a time for Armour & Co.
He owned and operated a
tavern here.
Survivors include: widow;
son—Claude, jr., of O’Neill; and
Joseph, of Monmouth, I1L;
daughters — Mrs. Margaret
Wildes, of O’Neill; Mrs. Hazel
Lawrence, of Valentine; Mrs.
Dorothy Saindon, of Denver,
Colo.; Mrs. Dan Helmers, of
Rogers, and Leona, of O’Neill;
5 brothers and 5 sisters.
Pallbearers will be: Larry
Bourne, Paul Bourne, Dean
Reed, Joe Jareske, Francis Mur
phy and Luther Schulz, all of
O’Neill.
CIT1 LOYEES
GET PAY BOOST
Police, Street and Water
Workers Will Draw
$200 a Month'
The O’Neill city council held
a 5-hour session Tuesday night.
Business on the agenda was
varied indeed.
City employees, including 3
policemen and 3 street depart
ment and water department
employees, were issued pay in
creases, amounting to a flat $50
per month boost. Employees
were drawing $150 per month,
will draw $200.
Leo Anderson, new general
superintendent, reported to
the council and was formally
granted authority to run the
city's affairs and hire-and
fire city employees, except
police, who are responsible to
the mayor.
Twenty-five persons u re on
hand to present various prob
lems to the council. These con
sisted mostly of persons inter
ested in sewer and water ex
tensions and building permits.
The council room was so con
gested that several persons sat
on the floor.
In addition, 2 paving engi
neers were on hand to talk pav
ing possibilities with the coun
cil and a parking meter sales
man presented a proposal. How
1 ever, no action was taken on
either item.
Possibility of an extensive
I citywide cleanup campaign was
discussed and tentatively plan
ned within the next few weeks.
It was also decided to spray the
city at the same time if neces
sary arrangements can be made.
The council learned that the
new sewer outfall and lift sys
tem would be in operation in
a ‘ week or 10 days.”
Improvements for
Hi way 281 Slated
Gov. Val Peterson Wednes
day announced through a letter
to The Frontier his proposed im
provements for 1950 for high
way 281 north of O’Neill.
Governor Peterson said: “At
the present time the (Nebraska)
state highway department con
templates sending out notices
for bids on July 5 for the grad
ing, culverts and graveling —
preparatory to blacktopping —
on the 5 miles north of O’Neill.
“These plans are, of course,
subject to approval of the U. S.
bureau of public roads.”
Peterson also saidi “We plan
to take bids for the grading,
graveling and structure for that
section of highway 281 starting
approximately at the junction
of highway 28.1 and 12 (the
Spencer-Lynch junction) run
ning south about 7 Vi miles.
“This improvement would in
clude a new' bridge over the
Niobrara river.
“Upon completion of this
work it will leave a 5-mile sec
tion of 281 south of Eagle creek
without hard surface.”