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Oul of Old Nebraska . , .
P. W. Hitchcock Last
Territorial Delegate
The 6th and—not counting the
period of T. M. Marquette, the
first congressman from Nebraska,
served as delegate prior to the
state’s admission into the union
last territorial delegate to con
gress was Phineas W. Hitchcock.
Though Mr. Hitchcock, the father
of Sen. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, is
besi known for his later career as
United States senator, his cam
paign for the post of territorial
delegate in 1864 created a great
stir in Nebraska politics.
Phineas Hitchcock was born in
New Lebanon, N.Y., November
30, 1831, and came of New Eng
land stock. After a common
school education in New York, he
attended Williams college, grad
uating in 1855. After graduation
he worked as a newspaper report
er in central New York state and
studied law on the side.
Shortly after his admission to
the bar, however, he got the
urge to go west, and in 1857 he
settled in Omaha, then only a
frontier village, despite the fact
that it was the capitol and most
important community in Ne
braska territory.
The next year he maried Annie
Moned; the daughter of Dr. Gil
bert C. Monell, also a native New
Yorker and a pioneer Nebraskan.
In Omaha, young Mr. Hitchcock
practiced law and engaged in
business; for a time he was one
of the owners of the Omaha Re
publican, an important territorial
newspaper.
Like many another young man
of ability and ambition who came
to Nebraska territory, Mr. Hitch
cock soon was attracted to politics.
In 1860 he was a delegate to the
republican national convention
which nominated Abraham Lin
coln lur the presidency. The next
year, President Lincoln appointed
him marshal of Nebraska terri
tory. Later he was surveyor-gen
eral of the territory.
The most important aspect of
his territorial political career,
however, was his campaign in
1864 for the position of delegate
to congress. .
Hitchcock was nominated by the
new union party with which the
republican party fused in 1864.
His democratic opponent was Dr.
George L. Miller, who the next
year was to found the Omaha
Herald, fore-runner, incidentally, j
of the Omaha World-Herald, with
which Phineas Hitchcock’s son,
Gilbert, was so long identified.
The campaign was a bitter one.
Doctor Miller was a vigorous op
ponent of the Lincoln administra
tion and its conduct of the Civil
war. Nebraska territory was
overwhelmingly sympathetic to
the Union cause, and in some
communities Doctor Miller felt
obliged to have an armed guard.
Hitchcock won easily, with a ma
jority of 1,087 out of a total of 5,
885 votes cast.
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I No-Knead Dough Used
in Demonstration—
IA NCH— The Excello Project
club met at the home of Mrs. Er
nest Sixta Monday evening, Jan
uary 7, with 13 members present.
I to the polio fund. Mrs. Earl Ro
J The club voted a contribution
; sicky and Mrs. Ray Counts mix
ed, baked and served several dif
ferent kinds of rolls. They made
I Darker house rolls, clover leaf,
1 lucky clovers, knots, braids,
twists, snails, butterflies, cres
cents, cinnamon, caramel, pecan
rolls and a Swedish tea ring. The
rolls were made from a no-knead
dough.
The next meeting will be held
at the Harry Mulhair home Feb
ruary 4 for the second - half of
"Baking Quick Breads” with Mrs.
Don Allen and Mrs. Earl Rosicky
as leaders.
Other Lynch News
Mrs. Grace Edson returned
home Friday from Texas where
she visited with her nephew and
family the past 3 weeks.
Wallace Courtney was a busi
ness visitor in Atkinson Tuesday,
January 15.
Naomi Marsten, R.N., of Oma
ha, is asssisting in the Sacred
Heart hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Peters and
Mrs. Arch Maxwell, of Spencer,
spent Sunday, January 13, at the
Bill Teadtke home.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Rihanek and
family spent Sunday, January 20,
at the Clarence Koiund home.
Mr. and Mrs. Elver Rohde and
daughter, of Cedar Bluffs, la.,
visited at the Edmund Rohde
home last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoffman, of
Butte, visited Mrs. Harry Lewis
at the hospital Saturday.
The John Manhalter farm north
of Lvnch, in the Pleasant View
vicinity, was sold to Kenneth
Johnson last week.
Mrs. Ralph Blomenkamp. of
Butte, visited with Mrs. Harry
Lewis Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Wade entertained
at a prenuptial shower in honor
of Miss Twila Tarr, of Butte, on
Sunday, January 13. The after
noon was spent visiting after
which the bride-elect opened her
tofts and passed them around for
the guests to view. Refreshments
were served in late afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Samuelson
and Stevie, of Hartington, spent
Sunday at the William Havranek
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bennett
were recent visitors in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jehorek
were Butte visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weeder
were recent visitors at the Frank
Kavl home north of Spencer.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Kirwan, of
Ft. Randall, S.D.. called at the
Theodore Norwood home recently.
Mrs. Joe Slechta, ir., and son |
are staying at the Ed Whetham
home.
The Louis Cranford family, of
Spencer, visited at the Frank
Cranford home Sunday.
Circle I Meets—
Circle I, of First Presbyterian
church, met Thursday, January
17. at the home of Mrs. I*. A. Bur
gess. Mrs. Charles Fox was co
hostess. Eleven members were
present.
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RECENTLY ADVANCED . . .
Merlyn Anderson (above), son
of Mr. and Mrs. Merrill Ander
son, of Redbird. recently was
advanced to seaman first-class.
He is a gunner aboard the na
vy’s USS APL-27 and at Christ
mas time was at Subic Bay.
Writing his parents recently he
told of erecting a Christmas
tree in the ship’s living quarters
and stationing a large electric
cross on the top of the ship. He
He also told of a hurry-up per
sonnel inspection conducted by
an admiral in which the ship’s
personnel had only 20 minutes
to ready for the event.
Delayed Gift Exchange
for Kellar Aid—
CHAMBERS—The Kellar Pres
byterian Ladies Aid met Wednes
day afternoon, January 16, at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Grimes. The meeting was called
to order by the president and op
ened with the hymn, “Onward
Christian Soldiers.” Roll call was
taken and there were 15 mem
bers, 5 children and 5 visitors
present.
Announcement was made of the
Sunday - school and church ser
vices to be held Sunday evening,
January 20, with Reverend Lee,
of the O’Neill Presbyterian
church, delivering the sermon.
A report was given bv Mrs. Ber- j
nard Hoffman to be sent to Miss
Schipman. It was decided that the
Aid would meet at the Ed Eisen
hauer home on Wednesday after
noon, January 30.
The lesson, “The Christian Dy
namic,” was given by the pres
ident, Mrs. Elmer Wondersee. The
14 accompanying scriptures,
showing how to be the “Christian
Dynamic” were read by 14 of the
members.
The meeting closed with the
Lord’s prayer.
We then held our delayed
Christmas gift exchange after
which our hostess served a lunch
of sandwiches, salad and coffee.
Other Chambers News
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Roth and
Mrs. Elwyn Robertson droye to
Columbus Monday on business
and to visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Robert
son and. son, of O’Neill, visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V.
Robertson, and brother and wife,
Mr. aod. Mrs. Elwyn Robertson.
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Ilanna
and Oliver Woods, of Lincoln,
spent Sunday with Mrs. Hanna’s
mother, Mrs. Esther Wood, and
Chauncey.
Sunday dinner guests in the
Herman Cook home included Mr.
and Mrs. John Wintermote. Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde Kiltz and Mr. and
Mrs. E. R. Carpenter.
About 30 stockholders were
present at a meeting of the South
Fork Telephone company held
Saturday, January 19, at the
school in Amelia. The president,
Hermon Holcomb, was in charge
of the meeting. Elected to the
board of directors were: Ernie
Johnston, L. A. Barnett and
Claude Leirman, all of Amelia,
and E. R. Carpenter, of Chambers.
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors immediately following,
Herman Holcomb, of Chambers,
was x-eelected president; L. A.
Barnett, of Amelia, vice - presi
dent, and Ernie Johnston, of Am
elia, secretary and treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Tangeman
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Schmidt were Sunday supper
guests in the Eric Dankert home.
There were 8 ladies present at
a party at the home of Mrs. L.
O. Lenz on Thursday evening,
January 17.
Mr. and Mrs. George Thomson,
Mr. and Mrs. Wiljard Thomsqn
and Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Gross
nicklaus attended the funeral of
Will Bachaus in Atkinson Satur
day January 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong
and family and Mr. and Mrs. Art
Miller and Glen were Sunday din
ner guests in the Gene Halsey
home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. V., Cooper,
Arnold, Marie and Erna Zuelke
were Sunday guests in the home
of their brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson, and
family at Atkinson.
Vern Sageser, of Amelia, and
Edwin Wink, of Chambers, left
Sunday for Lincoln to attend a
fair convention.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Werner
and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Stanley Elkins and family spent
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Sunday at the C. L. Gillespie
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Loren Kruse wore
supepr guests Sunday evening in
he Steve Sladek home.
Board members of the Holt
County Agricultural Society met
.'hursday evening, January 17, at
he Vern Sageser home in Am
lia. They were accompanied by
heir wives, who spent the time
socially.
Mr. and Mrs. LeRo.v Holcomb
planned to leave Wednesday, Jan
lary 23, for Lincoln to attend a
i-H club leaders’ school. Law
rence Tangeman will take care of
he place and do chores. They will
be gone until Saturday night.
The Chambers cemetery asso
iation met Saturday. January 19,
t the Harley hardware.
EWING NEWS
Several American Legion aux
iliary members, of Sanders post
214, gathered at the home of Mrs.
Clarence Hahlbeek Thursday eve
ning for a carpet bag bee. Others
present, who were interested in
the project, were: Mrs. Mary Sny
der, Mrs. A. H. Marquardt, Mrs.
Lloyd Black and Mrs. Helen Sis
son. Two portable sewing ma
chines were used while others
sewed by hand or prepared the
rags for sewing. The evening’s
work resulted in about 10, pounds
of sewing rags which will be sent
to a veteran’s hospital to be used
in occupational therapy. The hos
tess pleasantly surprised the
group when she served home
imade ice cream, light and dark
cake with coffee, which with the
social hour that followed were
much enjoyed.
A club dance was held at the
Legion club on Thursday evening,
January 17. After the party, Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Lampert invited the
group to their country home to
enjoy a turkey feed.
Mr. and Mrs. John Archer
transacted business in O’Neill on
Wednesday. January 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Welke and
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Davis were
O’Neill visitors Thursday eve
ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Funk and
daughters, Mrs. Lee Spittler and
Rosalie, were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Regan near Inman on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Bridge
were Sunday guests at the home
of Mr. and (Mrs. Nels Jacobsen.
Mrs. Bertha Urban left Satur
day for Genoa where she will be
the guest of friends for a few
days.
Patsy Pollock, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Allan Pollock, cele
brated her 13th birthday anniver
sary on Saturday. Festivities for
the occasion began when she in
vited 9 girl friends to attend the
Ewing and Inman basketball
game at the Ewing high school
gym Friday evening. On return
ing to the Pollock home after the
game the girls enjoyed a birthday
supper served by Patsy’s mother.
This was followed by games, con
tests, music and watching tele
vision. At a late hour a slumber
party began. Pranks and stunts
continued past the usual bedtime
for the honored guest and her
friends. An 8 o’clock breakfast
was served the guests before de
parting for their homes wishing
Patsy many more happy birth
days. Sharon Murray, of O’Neill,
who was unable to be present for
the party, spent Saturday at the
Pollock home.
Victor Marquardt and family,
of Laurel, spent Sunday with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Marquardt.
Mrs. John Wunner entertained
a group of ladies at a canasta
party Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Meyers
and family visited at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Eacker.
Mrs. Alvin Gibson and daugh
ter, Marcia, were guests Sunday
afternoon at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Wayne Fry and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tomjack and
Terry visited George Ponton and
amily and Mrs. A. E. Ponton at
Neligh on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Philbrick and
daughter June, of Stuart, were
guests at the home of Mr. and i
Mrs. Dwayne Philbrick on Mon
day.
Things You Should Know About
School Leases
Since the Board of Educational Lands and Funds has resumed
the sale of school leases in Holt County, the Holt County School
Land Lease-Holders think that the people should be informed as to
what they are buying when they purchase a school lease.
Some people have the impression that they are getting a deed
to school land when they purchase a lease. Such is not the case.
When a lease is put up for auction the successful bidder secures a
lease which gives him the privilege of renting the land for a period
of 12 years, at a rental to be determined loy the “Board.” This rental
can be raised at any time by the board. The purchaser of the lease
pays the full amount of ihe bonus at the time of purchase. Any im
provements will be appraised by the Board of Supervisors, in case
the old and new lease-holders can not agree on the value of the im
provements. The new lease-holder pays the appraisal cost. The pur
chaser of the lease will pay the amount of the appraised value of the
improvements to the Countly Treasurer, to be held in escrow for
the former lease-holder. If the appraised value of the improvements
is not satisfactory to either party he may appeal to District Court.
If the lease-holder, who secures a lease by being high bidder at
public auction, desires to assign his lease to another party for a val
uable consideration, the state receives one-half of the consideration
of the assignment, exclusive of the value of the improvements.
Whenever an application to assign a lease is made to the “Board,”
the “Board” may put up the lease for auction if they deem it in the
best interests of the state, one-half of the consideraion received, ex
clusive of the value of the improvements, must be paid to the
“Board.” For example: If a man gives a bonus of $2,500.00 for a
lease (12 year) and then after 2 years he assigns the lease for $2,
000.00, the state would receive $1,000.00 of the assignment price of
$2,000.00.
Bidders on a lease should bear in mind that the payment of a
high bonus by any purchaser will enable the “Board” to raise the
valuation of the land, which will increase the rental to be paid by
the lease-holder. The “Board” will reason that if the land is worth a
high bonus then they do not have it appraised high enough.
At the end of the 12 year period the lease will again be put up
for auction. The prospective purchaser must realize that there is a
question whether the “Board” can execute a valid lease. Those lease
holders whose leases have been cancelled do not have much confi
dence in the state’s word or in a contract with the state. The new 12
year lease will be subject to any further interpretations of the Su
preme Court. There is some question, when a lease-holder dies dur
ing the term of a lease, as to what rights his heirs may have, the
lease might be cancelled and the lease be put up for public auction.
“It is taken for granted by the law that all lease-holders know
what they are securing when they execute a lease.” They are dealing
with the “Board” as “trustees.” “In dealing with a trustee, an indi
vidual is supposed to know what authority a ‘trustee’ has and deals
with him at his own peril.”
Anyone planning on purchasing a school lease should first con
sult an attorney and find out what he is buying.
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