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LEGAL NOTICES (First pub. April 3, 1952) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE OF HEARING OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT OF ACCOUNT Estate No. 3770 COUNTY COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. ESTATE OF S. A. SULENTIC, DECEASED. THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, TO ALL CONCERNED: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed for final settlement herein, determination of heirship, inheritance taxes, fees and commissions, distribu tion of estate and approval of fi nal account and discharge, which will be for hearing in this court on April 23rd, 1952, at 10 o’clock, A.M. LOUIS W. REIMER, County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 48-50 (First pub. April 3, 1952) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR APPOINT MENT OF ADMINISTRATOR DE BONIS NON PROBATE NO. 3757 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, April 1st, 1952 In the Matter of the Estate of Samuel G. Coover, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in said Estate that on the 1st day of April, A.D., 1952, a petition was filed in this Court Suggesting the death of Anna Coover, the Executrix of this estate, and praying for the appointment of H. S. Harper as Administrator de bonis non to make settlement with the Ex ecutor of the Anna Coover Es tate, and to make a Final Re port and Account in this estate and distribute the assets thereof pursuant to the Will of the de ceased and the Order of this Court. That said petition will come on for hearing on the 23rd day of April, A.D., 1952, at ten o’ clock A.M., in the County Court Room in O’Neill, Nebraska. LOUIS W. REIMER, COUNTY JUDGE (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 48-50 (First pub. April 3, 1952) NOTICE OF WATER BOND ELECTION Public notice is hereby given that at a special election to be held in the City of O’Neill, Ne braska, on the 22nd day of April, 1952, there will be submitted to the legal voters of said City the following question: “Shall the City of O’Neill, Nebraska, issue its negotiable bonds of the principal amount of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000) to become due twen ty years from the date of issue, provided, however, any or all of said bonds shall be payable at the option of the City at any time after five years from their date, drawing interest at not to exceed six per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, for the purpose of paying the cost of acquiring a necessary water supply well or wells to be connected to the existing water supply and distribution system of the City of O’Neill, and to defray the cost of pur chasing and installing therein necessary apparatus for the pumping of water, and for the moving and reinstallation of certain water pumping appa ratus now owned by the City of O’Neill, together with the furnishing of all necessary ap - purtenances therefor, and, shall said City levy and collect an nually a general tax on all the property therein in an amount sufficient to pay the interest and principal of said bonds as they mature?” r or said Bonds and tax ( ) Against said Bonds and Tax ( ) The polls for voting at said election will remain open from 8 o’clock A.M. to 8 o’clock P.M. of said day and the voting places shall be as follows: O’NeiU City First Ward, Basement of the Holt County Courthouse; O’Neill City Second Ward, at the Alva Marcellus Garage; O’Neill City Third Ward, at the O’Neill City Council Room. Voters desiring to vote in fa vor of said proposition will mark an “X” in the square following the words “For Said Bonds and Tax”; voters desiring to vote a gainst said proposition will mark an “X” in the square following the words, “Against said Bonds and Tax.” J. E. DAVIS, Mayor O. D. FRENCH, 48-50cCity Clerk (First pub. April 3, 1952) NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed proposals will be re ceived by the City Clerk of O’ Neill. Nebraska, at his office un til 2:00 p.m. April 28th, 1952, and at that time publicly opened and read for the furnishing of labor, materials and equipment for drilling and installing a city water well and pumping appara tus, and for moving and re-in stallation of certain water pump ing apparatus of the City in pres ent wells. Detailed plans and specifications may be obtained from the City Clerk. Bidders must accompany bid with certi fied check in the amount of 5% of the amount of bid to guaran tee that bidder will execute con tract and file required bond if succesful. The City reserves the right to waive informalities and irregularities and to make a wards on bids which furnish the equipment that will in their opinion serve the best interests of the City, or to reject any or all bids. engineers estimate of cost of total project is $11,800.00. City of O’Neill, • Nebraska J. E. DAVIS, Mayor DALE FRENCH, 48'51c__-City Clerk Soil Service Has Smooth Efficiency (Continued frdm page 14) drainages as nature left them as nearly as possible. If man has in any way blocked these drainages, either intentionally or by wind erosion as a result of cultivation these things can usually be cor rected and result in a benefit. In most cases drainages should be broad and flat, capa ble of handling the required a mount of flow without cuffing. Drainages that are built away from tne natural tlow usually result in excessive maintenance coSiS and in many ways prove impracticable. rtuaas frequently block or re tain urainage fiow because of in auequate or misplaced culverts or oi luges, ine now of water should ue allowed to ilow in as many natuiai drainage ways as possible rawer tnan combining them and intensifying tne flow in one place. was pointed out that we have inadequate weather records to make any good predictions for tne future. (Jur records only date back same 50 years or less. In some foreign countries, China for example, weather records date back some five hundred years and weather cycles have been quite well established and much good is derived from them be cause of the accuracy with which they can predict future weather. With our short span of weather recording it is impossible to know if next year will be another wet one or exactly how long this per iod of high precipitation will con tinue. It has always been the policy of the Soil Conservation Service to avoid drainage work Involv ing a group unless the members of the group were in common a greement and all were willing to have the drainage done. It was stressed at the Stuart meeting that the local personnel would be glad to irr.eet with any group to discuss their problems, but that arrangements for getting tne group together should be made locahy. At the first meeting dis cussion would probably hinge a round feasibility and practicabil ity of the project. If all agreed that something should be done then a survey would be made to determine the requirements. Af ter that the group would probab ly meet again and discuss the proposed system and if approved would make arrangements to i have proper easements drawn up and complete the job. However, if agreement is not reached the Soil Conservation Service will not attempt to complete the job. if the majority of the group wish es to force the issue their only al iciwauvc I.U JLUim d Ulcllllclgt? district. For complete informa tion on regulations for the for mation of a drainage district the interested parties should contact a competent attorney. This year it will be of consid erable help to the local techni cation for drainage the owner will explain a little bit about his problem. If it one that can be handled individually it will be well to know that. If group ac tion is required then it would be well to know what the status of the group is, whether any steps have been taken to discuss it as a group and whether or not they could arrange for a group meeting. It should also be pointed out that payments cannot be made for work done by a Drainage Dis trict nor can It be made for clean ing and maintaining old ditches. In keeping with the goal of the Soil Conservation Service, the lo cal technicians will be glad to as sist in any and every way pos sible on drainage problems in Holt county as well as other con servation practices. In apprais ing the feasibility of drainage they will try to keep in mind the amount of good that can be de rived by both the individual and j the group, the proper use and I treatment of the land involved. • Large Delegation ai IOOF Meet— CHAMBERS—A district meet ing of the IOOF lodge was held at Chambers Tuesday evening, March 25. About 120 were pres ent for the banquet held at 6:30 p m. at the Methodist church. A large delegation was present from Norfolk. Other towns represented were Inman, Page, Orchard, O’Neill, Atkinson and Ord, as well as Chambers. A program was pre sented. To Kansas City— Mrs. M. J. Golden expects to depart today (Thursday) for Om aha from where she will leave for Kansas City, Mo., Friday to visit her son-in-law and daugh ter, Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Owens, and new daughter, Nancy Ellen. Mrs. Golden will help take care of her new granddaughter when Mrs. Owens leaves the hospital. DH. FISHER. DENTTST. W. F. FINLEY. M.D. OFFICE PHONEs 28 First National Bank Bldq. O'NEILL Chambers Home Ec Students at Lincoln CHAMBERS— Fourteen girls from the senior and junior class es of Chambers high school with their home economics instructor, Mrs. Stanley Lambert, left Fri day morning for Lincoln to at tend hospitality day at the state university. The purpose of the visit was to acquaint the high school girls with the fields open to students of home economics. The day was spent touring the campus and inspecting the home economics rooms. They returned Saturday evening. Other Chambers News Roger Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walter, celebrated his 9th birthday anniversary Sun day, March 30. Fourteen of his friends were present for the oc casion. Refreshments consisted of the birthday cake and home made ice cream. The Valley Center extension club met Friday, March 28, at the home of Mrs. E. R. Carpenter with 14 members present. The president, Mrs. Herman Cook, conducted the business session. Roll call was answered by nam ing an Irish or St. Patrick’s des sert. A letter from the state pres ident, Mrs. Sam Maxwell, was read. The club voted to contrib ute $5 to the Red Cross. The health director, Mrs. Ray Hoff man, discussed the RH factor in the blood and how science had learned to cope with it in new born babies. Mrs. Charles Grimes, the reading leader, re ported on the book by Lloyd C. Douglas, “Time to Remember.” and “A Penny from Heaven,” by Max Winkler. The lesson on Sewing Machine Mending” was presented b y Mrs. Raymond Heed Refreshments were served ,e h°stess- The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. G H Grimes on April 18. Mrs. Ed Neiman and daughter, Patsy, came Wednesday, March Ti Shelton and visited un til Tuesday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hannah. The Neimans are now at Alda. Charles Spath has moved his produce station into the building formerly used as the printing of 'fice. He moved the first of the week. Mrs. Osro Dean and two boys came Friday to see her mother, Mrs. A1 Deirking. Mr. Deirking and her grandfather, John Walt «•. On Tuesday, April 1, Mrs. Dean and sons, accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Deirking, left for San Diego, Calif., where Mr. Dean is employed. Pfc. Raymond Walter left on Thursday, March 27, for a camp m Georgia after a two - weeks’ v'sR with his wife, Mrs. Edwina Walter, and his parents. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Walter, also his sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith, and family. He came from Camp Roberts, Calif., where he received his basic train ing. Stuart Musicians Attend Festival STUART — Thirty-five mem bers of Stuart high school mixed chorus drove to Valentine Friday, March 28, for the fourth annual NCNC choral music festival. Eight schools participated: Ainsworth, Atkinson, Bassett, Springview, Long Pine, Stuart, Wood Lake and Valentine, with David B. Foltz, director of music education, University of Nebras ka, Lincoln, as guest conductor. A concert for the public was given at 7:30 o’clock in the eve ning by the entire group with one solo or small group number from each of the schools. Stuart’s number was “Sylvia,” sung by the girls’ sextette, including Rav dean Kramer, Esther Gans, Faye Moses, Marge Chaney, Marge Weichman and Sharon Bigelow. Mrs. M. J. Pilch directs the Stuart chorus. The evening pro gram was tape recorded and re broadcast by station KRVN, of Lexington, on Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Did You Know? — A 50 bushel crop of corn re moves 80 pounds of nitrogen, 27 pounds of phosphate, and 55 pounds of potash from the soil ThIS is equal to a plant food of b00 pounds complete fertilizer or tons of manure. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. George Padrnos, jr.t of Lake Andes, S.D., were weekend guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Petersen. Mrs. Louis Prescott, of Fair bury, arrived Friday, March 28, and is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Anderson. Miss Gertrude Sullivan, of Omaha, spent the weekend in O’ Neill with relatives. She returned to her duties with the Bell tele phone company on Sunday. Miss Beverly McCarthy came Friday, March 28, from Omaha and will spend a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McCarthy. She plans to return to her work in Omaha April 5. She is employed by the Bell tel ephone company. Edward Mc Carthy, who attends Creighton university, Omaha, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McQarthy, and family. EMMET SCHOOL NEWS Tne lourth graue have finished their reader and are now reading History Reader." Tne eigntn grade boys plan to attend tne FFA meeting at O’ neiii Tuesday, April 1. Aenny ReacocK visited the den tisi at O’Neill. A party was held Friday after noon for Clark and Carol Gaugh enbaugh. The Gaughenbaughs are moving to Inman. Cake, sand wicnes, ice cream bars, and cook ks were served. Tours With Group — ATKINSON—Miss Joan Jarvis is spending her spring vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Jarvis. Their son, Dale, is on tour with the Plainsmen from Wesleyan ■ university, Lincoln Joan, wno is in her sophomore year there, has been a member of the group also beginning with the second semester of this year. Stable Flow of Once - Turbulent % Steel Creek Attributed to Dams A. Tom Alder, a farmer near Dor sey, says that for the past sev eral years Steel Creek has sel dom if ever been out of its banks. Tms can certainly not be attrib uted to less rainfall, for during that time rainfall has been more ihan average. While most of the rains have not been cloudbursts, there have been several that have been rather hard. For example, the one last spring that was ac companied by a damaging hail storm Mr. Alder says he expected the water to really do a lot of damage but that the creek never left its banks. Mr. Alder attributes this more stable flow of Steel Creek through his place to the fact that there has been a number of dams built above him on the tributaries that lead into Steel Creek. When asked of what benefit these dams had been to hiim he answered: “Well, for one thing there’s less fence to fix. For as long as I can remember,” he con tinued, “every time we had much of a rain the creek would be up and spread out all over the bot tom. Of course,Jences would be taken out and had to be rebuilt. This usually was at a time when there was lots of other work to do but fences had to be fixed to keep the cattle in the pastures. Usually you got stuck several times trying to get the job completed." There are at least 27 dams on the watershed above Mr. Alder, according to Bob Hill, unit con servationist. These dams are lo cated on the following places: Ira and Grace Moss, Willis But terfield, Delmar and Vernon Spangler, E. J. Revell, Joe Ku bik and Clayton C. Nelson (for merly owned by Fora Knight). Some of these darns are on spring fed streams and have formed excellent ponds that have been stocked with fish. However, most of them are on draws that only carry the water that flows off the fields and pastures after a rain or during spring thaws. A number of these ponds have grav el bottoms and the water slowly seeps away and disappears. Thus the emponding area is increased by the time the next rain comes along. Probably the oldest dams on the watershed are on Mr. Revell’s place. His first dams were put ih by WPA labor in the 1930’s. Now they are a sportsman’s paradise and attract fishermen from miles around, as well as serving as wholesome recreation for family and friends. Some of his first attempts to build dams to retard run off water was done with the hope of de creasing the flood flow through his lots and reduce the fencing problem. He has found that it did just that. He says: "Where we used to have to fix our fences after practically every rain now that has just been stopped — and we don’t get all that water down across our lots either." Mr. Revell is a strong believ er in dams and has done a lot to encourage others to become interested within the water shed. He. and Mr. Alder and the Spong ers intend to build some more this year. Many people have thought of dams in terms of flood control and the question has been argued pro and con. Without a doubt the ef fect of these 27 or so dams could not be determined on the flood flow of the Missouri river or even the Niobrara. However, Mr. Rev ell has achieved his aim several years ago in reducing the flood ing of his lots and now Mr. A1 utr, several miles down stream iias reported a noticeable change in the flow of the main stem of the watershed. However dams are only a part of the conservation program and probably cannot be given all the credit lor stabilizing the flow on this watershed There are some terraces and waterways, however, many more of these are needed. Crop rotations are better than they were ten or more years ago an., certainly a lot more of the area is in grass and legumes. True conservation will involve many practices and when applied on a large watershed basis will have a marked effect upon the whole area. People will note the change and will begin to talk about it. Flood damage will be minim ized, living will be more pleasant and enjoyable, and at the same tine, more profitable. Waterway Require* Little Maintenance— ‘‘My grassed waterways sure produced bromegrass seed,” said H. H. Miles, of Dorsey. ‘‘I har vested about 50 bushels, or 700 pounds, from one acre of my wa terway. There are about three acres in the waterway but be cause of sweet clover and other growth I only harvested one acre," Miles said. Miles stated that he could cross the draw almost anywhere now. The waterway required a little maintenance but it beats having a ditch. In addition, it produces well now. Seven hundred pounds of seed per acre isn’t hay, Miles stated. Tne grass waterway was blad ed in and seeded in 1946 as part of the conservation plan Miles developed for his farm with the assistance of the Soil Conserva tion Service technicians in the district Miles became interested m oecommg a cooperator with the Holt Soil Conservation Dis trict while doing layout work for the Production and Market ing Administration for which he is a community comitteeman. Approximately one-third of the richest topsoil of the U.S. has been washed to the foot of slopes, into streams, and down to the ocean. Nature requires roughly 500 t® 800 years to build up one inch of topsoil, according to the SCS. H a field has lost four inches of topsoil it has lost more than 2,00# years of nature’s work. American topsoil, this thin blanket of humus and decom posed rock—seldom thicker than the bite of a hard thrust spade — is one of the most precious single resources in our country. Don't be sorry this year —n our wallpaper and paint before you buy.—Western Auto. O'Neill. 41-t® Our land is just as long and wide as it ever was but it’s not as thick in lots of places. Attention Farmers! Our Hartz Hybrid Seed Corn Is Here! We have a limited amount of 306 and will not get any more, so get it while avail able. We have 5 other numbers available of which we will have plenty. No increase in price, same as last year. 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