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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It's Spring ...
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• REPAIR
• REMODEL
NOW!
Under Our
Monthly Budget Plan
You can paint, shingle, put in sidewalks,
a picture window, a new front door, or any
other home repair.
Under this .plan you can also build Ga
rages, Fences, and small Farm Buildings.
Under our Budget Plan payments may
be made monthly or seasonal for farmers
and ranchers. See us for estimates and fur
ther details.
See Us for Quotations Before Buying
Posts for Your Spring Repairs
Spelts - Ray Lumber Co.
Phone 74 O’Neill, Nebr.