16 PAGES — 2 SECTIONS I SECTION — 8 PAGES •NtiER North-Nebraska’s b astest-Gro wing Newspaper VOLUME 70—NUMBER 8 __O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29. 1950 PRICE~^ CENTO Valuations Are Up $1,399,522 Motor Vehicle Values Are Increased Over $500,000 Total assessed valuation of all tangible property in Holt county has increased $1,399,522 pervisors has increased 1,352,942 over the 1949 valuation, accord ing to L. G. Gillespie, Holt county assessor. The 1950 Holt valuation stands at $27,162,072 as compared with $25,762,550 for 1949. The total valuation includes rural real estate and improve ments, city real estate and im provements, telephone, tele graph, individual assessments, business assessments, vehicle and insurance assessments The largest single increase in • the valuation was in the value of motor vehicles. Although there was a decrease in the number of vehicles, the increas ed valuation stands at $578,070 for 1950. The 1950 total actual value of the 5,399 vehicles, accord ing to the records, is $2,512,655 while the 1949 actual value of 5.811 vehicles was $1,934,585. Gillespie pointed out that the decreased number of vehicles made little difference with the valuation. Later model vehicles with an increased value appar ently have been purchased. This, Gillespie said, was the reason for the big vehicle valu ation jump. This increased figure in the motor vehicle department paral leled the post-war trend of 1949 when the valuation swelled more than $600,000 over 1948. Cattle values increased slight ly over last year’s figure, the record shows. The value of 121, 837 head of cattle stands at $7,394,380 for the current year as compared to 120,023 head during 1949, which were valued at $7,093,170. j , 4. . - The number and valuation oi hogs, sheep and poultry in creased slightly over the 1949 figures. Total actual value of tractors increased $116,350 over the $592,990 1949 figure. Other farm machinery topped by $105,985 the $658,965 1949 point. ___ — _ . • There was a ness valuation increase oyr last year. Business values for 1949 were set at $1,109,405 as compared to the 1950 actual value of $1,131,660. There was less taxable land for 1950 assessment than for 1949. Number of acres assessed for 1949 was 1.453.780 while the current taxable acreage fell to 1,440,615. , Largest valuation decrease was shown in the class ‘‘A’’s in tangibles. There was a $439, dip from the 1949 figure of $2,245,610. Class “A” intangible property includes money on hand in banks or savings ac counts, postal savings, checks, drafts or bills of exchange. There was a similar drop in the amount of “B” intangible property. In 1949 $1,079,920 was declared while the_ 195° figure stands at $999,035. Class B in tangibles include shares of stocks in corporations, securi ties, debenture bonds, annuities and royalties. . M Overall, most other classes of assessments increased slighty to swell the total. New Outfall-Lift System in Operation The city’s new 33-thousand dollar outfall and lift station was placed in operation Friday morning. The event marked ar. important milestone in civic im provement. An engineer on nand for the inauguration of the sewerage improvement estimated that waste was flowing through at the rate of 250-gallon-per-n:in ute. O'Neill’s sewerage system bogged down last fall under the increasing disposal burden and the city council ordered an out fall and lift station, which wa.‘ intended to remedy the “back ing up” of the sewerage. City officials on hand Friday expressed satisfaction with the immediate results. The system, which was install ed more than 30 years ago, had been unimproved during the in teivening years. O’Neill sewer age is dumped into the Elkhorn river as usual, but the new mechanism increases the flow. FIRMS TO CLOSE Member firms of the O’Neill Chamber of Commerce will ob serve the Fourth of July by remaining closed all day Tues day. The Fourth closing is in accordance with C of C policy. Because of the holiday, The Frontier urges its advertisers and correspondents to plan as cordingly in preparing their material Twenty-nine Nebraska coun ties are ahead of the state av- ; erage in the Treasury's inde pendence savings bond drive. Lyle P Dierks. chairman for Holt county, has been adviwd TURF - BREAKING RITUAL PLANNED St. Anthony Ceremony Will Be Feature of Legion Celebration A ground-breaking ceremony for St. Anthony’s 420-thousand dollar hospital will be a fea ture of the American Legion sponsored celebration here Sat urday and Sunday, July 15 and 16. This was decided Monday evening at a meeting of inter ested persons in behalf of the hospital building committee, headed by James M. Corkle. Corkle was to select a com mittee to work out plans for •the ceremony in cooperation with Simonson post’s celebra tion committee. Ceremony was tentatively set for 2 p. m. on Sunday. Corkle said a guest speaker would be invited to appear in the brief, formal ground-break ing ritual. In addition there will be some music and remarks from several others. At the same meeting, the Sisters of St. Francis were empowered to draw on Sf. Anthony's hospital bui’diog funds (now on deposit) to be "paid out for construction purposes." Busboom & Rauh, of Salina, Kans., general contractors, have advised Mr. Corkle that their equipment will be on hand and ready to swing into action im mediately after the ceremony. Last week the bids were giv en federal approval and the contractors now have the way clear to proceed with their plans. It is expected that the actual construction will stimulate new mntributions to the hospital from persons who heretofore had held up their giving until “dirt was moved ” Ainsworth Edges O’Neill Rockets, 7-6 Ainsworth on Tuesday night, June 27, edged the O’Neill Rockets, 7-8, in a baseball game played at Ainsworth. O'Neill trailed until the top half of the 5th frame when the Rockets tallied 3 runs on a pair of hits, tying the ball game A 4-run spurt by the host team in the bottom half of the 5th provided the win ning margin. Darrell Graham and Darrell ! Heiss divided mound chores I for the Rockets. Graham whiff ed 4 Ainsworth swatters while Heiss fanned a similar num ! ber Richardson, of Ainsworth, went the route on the hill, put | ting 7 O’Neill batsmen down ! via the strikeout row. Boxscore: O’NEILL (6) ab r h e Homik, 2b_ 5 0 0 2 JDonohoe, 23b 4 0 11 Tomlinson, 3b — 10 0 0 Adamson, If_ 4 0 0 0 Morrow", M., If 4 0 1 0 Lorenz, ss_4 111 I Gorgen, c - 4 110 Heiss, p_2 10 0 | Graham, p 2 0 0 0 Morrow, R., rf __ 4 1 2 1 Damkroger, cf — 3 2 0 0 Holz, cf_10 0 0 Totals _38 6 6 5 Ainsworth (7) ab r h e Richardson, C., cf 4 0 1 1 Snyder. 2b 6 0 10 Orr, lb_ 5 2 0 3 Lany, ss- 5 2 0 1 Richardson, G., If 3 1 2 0 Rodnick, 3b - 4 110 Raitt. c - 4 110 Mundorff, rf_ 4 0 0 0 Richardson, D., p 4 0 1 1 Totals_39 7 7 6 Postal Service to Be Curtailed CLARENCE ERNST NEW CHAIRMAN Succeeds D. E. Bowen as Head of Soil District; New' Tree Record The regular meeting of the supervisors of the Holt Soil Conservation district was held Wednesday. June 21, at the courthouse annex. Members present were: Clar ence Ernst, of O’Neill; R. L. Heiss, of Page (new members elected at the recent election), and Elmer Allyn. of Stuart. Others present were: D. E Bowen, of Page, former chair man; A. R. Marquart, of Lin coln, assistant state conserva tionist: L. F. Bredemeier, of Valentine, district conserva tionist; A. Neil Dawes, Holt bounty agent, and SCS staff members C. R Hill, A. L. Mc Masters and H- T. Young. D E. Bowen presided at the ' meeting until the organization of the board was complete. New officers are a s follows: Clarence Ernst, chairman; R. L. Heiss, vice-chairman: Elmer Allyn. secretary-treasurer. The board accepted the following applications for as sistance by the district: Wil liam Fryrear, of Atkinson; Lyman Park, of Page: Robert H- Fox, of Atkinson, and Ed die Hrbek, of Redbird. The board also approved the following complete conserva j tion plans; William J. Froelich. [of O’Neill; H. R. Rouse and ! Gerald Risor, both of O’Neill. [ Mr Marquart complimented the district supervisors' pro I gress during the past 6 years. | He also welcomed the new members and gave them a , brief resume. H e compared ; their duties as being similar I j to the members of the board of , trustees for a bank. He also complimented Mr Bowen for his fine service as board mem ber since the beginning of the ; Holt district. In his progress report, Mr. j Hill gave the following: For ' the past 6 months, 51 applica ; tions have been received com prising 46,913 acres. This makes a total of 442 applications re ceived to date covering 323,830 acres. Also during the past 6 months. 19 plans have been de i veloped on 8.209 acres making a total of 307 plans completed ; to date representing 179,240 acres. This year the district set an other record for planting 137, 697 trees. Of these, 13.283 were . pine and cedar, 112.395 trees j and shrubs sold by the district, 9.219 were purchased from j Clark McNary by coopeartors and planted with district equip ment, and 2,800 furnished by the cooperator from other sources and planted by the dis trict machinery. ‘The tree record is one to be proud of and ranks among the top in the state,” Hill said The drill, purchased this spring, has been used to seed over 471 acres of grass and 238 acres of alfalfa on cooperators’ . farms and ranches. The seeder i treader has been used to seed 335 acres of native grass mix- 1 ture. * i Among other accomplish ments the first 6 months in clude 42 miles of terraces. < EMMET ERATUM ... 1 Census-Taker Is Short 12 EMMET— The official nose counters have published the fact that Emmet has 62 citizens as of 1950. During the past few years this central-Holt_county village has been depopulated fast enough without officiald o m making matters worse. This prompted Mrs Guy Cole, who functions as sort of a 1-woman chamber of com WOMAN CARRIED 20 FEET BY WIND Airs. M. E. Davis Unhurt Thursday Evening in Unusual Encounter An ugly storm early Thurs day evening, June 22, provided a harrowing experience for an □ Neill farm woman. Dark clouds gathered in the aorth find west and a combina ion wind-hail dust storm swept across the county between 6:30 and 7 o’clock. Mrs. M. E. Davis, who lives near Opportunity, went into her >ard to look after her chickens, was trapped by a small twister, and literally carried through the air for a distance of at least 20 feet. She was dazed and shocked but escaped injury. A number of chickens with which she was working had the same experience. At O’Neill .14 of an inch of rain fell accompanied by light hail and lots of wind. Clouds of dust swept across the county with the wind. The storm, however, spent itself without doing much damage. Meanwhile, many Holt county farmers whose com was washed by heavy rains earlier have completed their replanting. Corn ind small grain are generally making good progress. Weather summary, based on 14-hour periods ending at 6 p. m. daily, follows: Hi Low Prec. June 21_ 80 60 June 22 _ 93 68 June 23_ 83 60 .14 June 24_ 90 68 June 25_ 88 75 June 26_ 75 55 June 27 _ 69 60 North-Central League Meeting Scheduled Dick Tomlinson, of O’Neill, aresident of the North-Central iay-and-night league, has call ?d a meeting for Friday, June 10, of league directors. Meeting is called for 8 p. m. and will be held at the Green \rrow in O’Neill. ’ Purpose of meeting is to discuss the entry >f Johnstown into the second lalf of the league schedule, and to elect a new league sec tary. Second half of the 7-team eague schedule begins July 6. Try Frontier Want Ads for juick, economical results. f>merce. to pull her hair She« says Emmet has 74 sturdy res I idents today and provides The Frontier with the following breakdown: Tenborgs __ 6 J. O Connors 4 Conards _ 3 F. Klopb’gs„ 3 McConnells 2 Perrys _8 Lawrence _ 1 McMillans 2 L. Tenbcir&s 3 P. Newtons 4 Peacocks _ 5 Newtons 3 Coles - 3 Gaffney _ 1 E. Klop’gs _ 2 Urbanski 1 Luth-,_ 1 Foremans „ 5 F. Tdnborg 1 Wills _ 5 Sercks 6 Farrs _ 2 Daileys _ 2 "This totals 74 and it is 4 Escape Serious Injury as Auto Flips Four persons early Sunday es caped serious injury when the eastbound car in which they were riding overturned on U. S. highways 20 and 275 near In man. Mrs. Fred Miller, driver of the car, said she momentarily "dozed” at the wheel and when ’he awoke the car was heading for the north side of the highway. \s she attempted to pull the ?ar back onto the road, the ve hicle turned over and ended on ‘he south edge of the highway. The accident occurred around 5:30 a.m. Occupants of the car were Mrs. Miller’s husband and child ren, Gary, 11, and Nancy and Natalie, both 7. Mrs. Miller and the children ! were rushed to the O’Neill hos pital following the accident by £f passing motorist. They were kept under observation for Sun- j day and then released. All suf fered minor cuts and bruises. | The Millers were enroute from California to Ohio. 2 Injured In 1 - Car Accident Mrs. Joseph Sehollmeyer, 76, of O’Neill, is in a Sioux City hospital following a 1-car acci dent Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 o’clock on the Danceland comer, 2 Vi miles north of here. Mrs. Sehollmeyer was report ed in “fair" condition by O’Neill hospital authorities when she was removed to Sioux City. She had received a broken right arm and right leg, cuts and lacera tions of the face. Mr. Scholl meyer, 86, driver of the car, re ceived bruises and cuts about the neck. Both suffered shock. Highway Patrolman Fay Rob eson, who conducted the inves tigation following the accident, said the Sehollmeyer car was rounding the Danceland curve] on U. S. highway 20 going west. Robeson said tire marks showed that the Sehollmeyer vehicle i hugged the shoulder of'the i curve for 132 feet before crash- | ing into and shearing off an 8-1 inch diameter wooden guard pole. The vehicle came to a stop and rolled over on its left side after hitting a 16-inch diameter | wooden safety pole. Mr. and Mrs. Sehollmeyer were on way to the country. ►right " Mrs. Cole explained. “rf you could count the few across the street from the cor porate limits you would have 11 more. I hope that census takers aren’t that far off ev erywhere they’ve worked. I won t go so far as to say they can’t count when they run out of fingers and toes, but as a counter of noses I can’t recom mend them-” ERNEST A. MILLER RITES AT VENUS Retired Knox Official Dies At His Home Near Star STAR—Ernest A Miller, 78, long time resident and retired rancher of western Knox coun ty. passed away Friday June 16, at his home, known as the Walnut Hill ranch, near Star. Mr. Miller was born May 9, 1872, in Germany and came to this country with his parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Gustav Miller, when 7-weeks-old. The i family located near Hoskins, where Mr Miler grew to man- , , hood. On Apsril 27, 1896, h* was married io Hulda Eckert and the couple lived near Hos kins until 1912 when they moved to western Knox county where he lived to the time of his death. He was confirmed in the Lutheran church at Norfolk when a young man and was a charter member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran church at Ve nus. For several years he wa6 an elder of the church. He was also one of the county super visors for a term of 8 years. Funeral services were held at the St. -Paul’s Lutheran church at Venus on Tuesday, June 20. with Rev. E. Quast of ficiating. Mrs. Frank Pierce and Mrs Fritz Rokahr sang 2 hymns with Reverend Quast at the organ. The flower girls were th? granddaughters: Verna Miller, Beverly Boelter, Claryce John son, Joyce Miller. Eileen Mil ler and Glenda Molt. The pall bearers were grandsons: Walt er and Clayton Johnson, Har- , old. Earl, Melvin and Arnold Miller. Burial was in the Hos- , kins cemetery. , Survivors are: Widow: 3 sons |. Ewalt and Richard, of Star, ! Robert, of O'Neill; 8 daugh ters — Mrs. Martha Tate, of , Dalles, Ore.; Mrs. Clara John son, of Walnut; Mrs Delbert Boelter, of Page; Mrs George ! Mott, of Verdigre; Mrs. Pearl ; , Groeling. of Venus: Mrs. Wil- I j bert Widhalm, of Madison: ■, Misses Viola and Dora Miller. t of Norfolk: 35 grandchildren: ; ] 12 great-grandchildren: 2 sis ters — Mrs. Herman Buss, of ( Hoskins; Mrs. Frank Miller, of j Pierce; 6 brothers — Otto, of t Burke. S. D.; H»nry, of Witten, S. D.; Fred, of Hoskins; Frank. ; af Hoskins; Paul, of Homick, j la.; Herman, of Plainview. He was preceded in death ay 3 sons and a sister. t Deadline Today—39 Already Seek Office Thirty-nine persons todate have posted filing fees and are candidates in primary election that is to be held August 8. Three of the candidates have filed for the state legislature from the 28th district. Deadline for filing for county positions is today (Thursday) at 5 p.m. Only elective office thus far that has gone begging is that of county superintendent of public i instruction. Incumbent Elja Mc Cullough was not available Wednesday for comment. Miss McCullough has been Holt su perintendent for 13 years, but until now has not filed. Meanwhile, the most sought county position is that of the sheriff's office. Todate. 8 can didates have filed for the the poet. They include) Republicans—Glea H. Wade, of O'Neill; D S. McCage, of O’ Neill; Lawrence Hamik, of Stu art; Lawrence Haynes, of O’ Neill; and Ben Getter, of O’ Neill Democrats—Leo S. Tomjack, of O’Neill; Thos. J. Davis, of Inman; and John Kersenbrock, of O’Neill. William W. Griffin, incum bent county attorney, of O’Neill, has filed for reelection on the Republican ticket. Norman Gon deringer, also of O’Neill, has filed for the post on the Demo cratic ballot. Three remain in the race for the county clerk's office. They are: Ruth Hoffman, incumbent, Republican, who has been an officer since 1*45, Esther Cole Harris, Republican, register of deeds for 20 years, and Earl L. Watson. Democrat, of Inman. Mrs. Harris had previously filed for reelection for register of deeds She withdrew her ap plication for nomination June 12 B*c«um the county has been depopulated during the past decade, the register of deeds office is expected to be elim inated and the normal regis ter's functions will come under the county clerk. John Grutsch, Holt county service officer, who had filed for county clerk, withdrew from the race June 20. Two candidates will vie for the position of county treasurer. J. Ed Hancock, incumbent Re publican, has held the treasur er's office since 1942. Other can didate is James J. Mullen, an O'Neill Democrat. Three Republicans and 2 Democrats have posted fees for the position of county assessor. Candidates are: L. G Gillespie, incumbent, of O'Neill, Republi can assessor for 7 years; Wil liam F Wefso, of Atkinson, a Republican; Joe Winkler, of Emmet, also a Republican; Tom Sullivan, and Gordon Harper, both O’Neill Democrats. Lone candidates for the of fices of surveyor and clerk of the district court arc the incum bents Leonard Thomazin, Re publican, of Chambers, who has filed for reflection as surveyor and Ira H. Moss, Republican, of O’Neill, for the post of clerk of district court. Ten residents of Holt county have filed for supervisor’s of fices. Candidates are: District 1—Arthur R. Doty, Republican, of Coleman pre cinct, and Albert Sterns, incum bent, O’Neill, Democrat. District 3 — Andy Clark, in cumbent, O'Neill, Republican; and Louis Vitt, O’Neill, Demo crat. District 5—Oscar W. Peterson, Amelia, Democrat; Fred Catron. Chambers, Republican District 7—Alex Frickel, At kinson, Republican incumbent; D T. Withers, Amelia, Demo crat, and George Collins, of At kinson, Republican. Candidates on the nonpoliti cal ballot for the senatorial pos ition from the 28th district, which embraces Holt, Rock, Keva Paha and Boyd counties, are: Frank Nelson, incumbent, O’Neill; Norris W Coats, Stuart and Fred J Jungman, Atkinson. - I Red-Backed Troops Into South Korea The United.States is pouring men and machines and war ma- j terials into Pacific pipelines to j reinforce the new fighting front \ drawn early this week against * communist aggression in Asia. ! 3 North Korean Reds, backed | and trained by the Russians, broke across the 38th parallel in the Song Ak mountains of Korea on Sunday. The U. S and Britain, only t United Nations countries with \ sizeable military establishments ( in the area, are in combat ac- t tion to defend South Korea and hurl back the invaders. | i A number of Holt countyans s are believed in the Korean vi- ‘ 1 cinity. Among these are Lt. John Lee Baker and Lt. Herbert c O. Brennan, both jet aircraft pilots. ( "Voice of Xhe Frontier" . . . t TOO on your dial . . , 9:45 a. m. $ three times weekly—Monday*, J Wednesdays, Saturdays lr FINAL DISPATCH WILL BE AT 6 PJKL Postmaster General’s Move To Economize Takes Effect July 3 O’Neill postoffice service will be curtailed beginning July 1950 In compliance with an econ omy order from Postmaster General Donaldson and PO instructions regarding curtail ment of service, the O’Neill of fice will maintain short work and service hours after that date. Postmaster Agnes E. Sulli van said the following window service hours will apply: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday* only, 8 a.m. to I p.m. Final mail dispatch each day will be at 6 p. m., and all mail should be in the postoffice by 5:30 p- m. to insure dispatch the same day. Heretofore, the window has oeen open daily, Monday through Saturday from 8 a. m. jntil 6 p m. In addition, there was a 10 p. m. mail dispatch lor first-class mail received at the office between 6 and 10 p. n. daily and Sunday. The curtailment is in line with a nationwide economy nove instituted by Donaldson. Meanwhile, the PO has ap jroved plans for door-to-door nail delivery service in the ci ty, and supplies are already on land to equip the carriers. However, O’Neill residents nust qualify for the service aefore delivery is inaugurated This will include marking of streets and numbsking of houses and business firm*. Plans call for door-to-door delivery in a portion of the city once each day. twice daily delivaries in the busi ness district for individuals and firms desiring delivery service. The Lions club and Chamber )f Commerce have been back ng the plan. Headon Collision Injures 1 Seriously EWING — Deloris Hagelstein, 13. of Osmond. Sunday night iround 9:30 o’clock received a jrain concussion as the result >f a headon collision near the irive into Summerland dance >avilion. IVt miles east of here. Miss Hagelstein is in an Os nond hospital and is reported n "fair” condition. The accident occured at the i southbound car driven by G. 7. Mott, of Page, swerved to he east edge of the Summer and road and collided headon vith a northbound car driven >y Laverne Seliner, 18, of Mc Kean. Occupants of the Mott car in luded: Mr. Graves. Mrs Mott, luth and Blanch Graves, all of >age Riders in the Sellner car iere: Miss Hagelstein. Dean lagelstein, 15, and Crystal Ha lelstein, 23. all of Osmond .All were rushed to the Os nond hospital but none were eriously injured. Patrolman Robeson said a mage to both vehicles was xtensive. Injuries Fatal To Ewing Man, 73 EWING — John G Bauer. 73, rho was injured in an accident a** of he-® May 30, died at :45 a m. Wednesday in a Nor o’k hospital Bauer, a farm resident south ,f wa3 the driver of a mrth bound car that was trav ■ling alone state highway 108 rhen it collided with a car raveling west along U. S. high way 275. The Bauer car turned ompletely over and then plung d down a 30-foot embankment. The accident occurred at the ntersection of the two highways t a point one-half mile east of ere. Funeral arrangements are in omplete, lalifornians Here— Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd £. Mont ornery and family, of Los An cles, Calif., visited Mr and Irs. Albert D. Johnson Wed esday, June 28 4