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Niobrara Guility of Pollution
By MELVIN PAUL
The Frontier's Slatehouse Correspondent
LINCOLN — The state health
department this week c.ntmued
action in an area which ultimate
ly could affect many Nebraska
cities—wak- polluf.cn
Seven cities a'. > ig the Missouri
river were formally nour.ed they
must stop dumping untreated
sewage and industrial wastes in
to that river. Notification came
in a letter fr >ni Dr. E. A. Rogers,
acting director of the department.
The letters went to Niobrara,
South Sioux City, Dsncta City,
Omaha. Belie vue, i'iaUsmouth
and Nebraska Ci‘y. A-tualiy. it
was no surprise as city councils
of the seven river towns had been
fold six weeks ago that the health
department wanted to talk the
matter over with them.
Dr. Rogers wrote that a study
in 1950 showed "clearly that the
Missouri river bordering our
state is contaminated beyond
all accepted standards for water
serving as a supply for daily
purpose."
Later the department plans to
widen its efforts to include towns
which dump sewage into creeks
leading directly into the Mis
souri.
All of this is part of an “up
stream pull” by the department to
clean up the streams of Nebraska.
Almost every legislature finds
an anti-pollution bill and every
session finds some of the bitter
est opposition and most skillful
lobbying employed against it.
Such bills are axed every time.
Oddly enough it is the cities
and villages of Nebraska which
fight the measure. Apparently
thinking in terms only of the cost
of setting up adequate plants,
the cities fight the bill on grounds
they should have more time to
“clean up’” themselves.
But health department officals
are convinced that the “volun
tary” method will never work.
And so town after town drinks
of the water into which untreated
sewage has been discharged a few
miles upstream.
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Taxpaying Time—
State motor vehicle director
Owen Boyles explained details
iof the new motor vehicle tax
ation procedure. Personal proper
ly tax statements are coming out
•minus the motor vehicle assess
nent. That’s because 1953 taxes on
automobiles and trucks will be a
token tax only—$1. But in Jan
uary when citizens go to buy
their license plates they will pay
their 1954 motor vehicle taxes
at the same time. These will be
based on the 1953 levies, to be
sure, and for most folks will be
considerably less because of the
new 50 percent assessment law.
Boyles said that technically a per
son could pay his motor vehicle
tax now. But he might as well
wait until January when he buys
his tags. His county treasurer,
busy with collectng other per
sonal property taxes, would um
doubtly appreciate his waiting,
also.
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Self Help—
When Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Benson suggested that the
states assume more functions in
the agriculture program, Gov.
i Robert Crosby said he thought it
was a good idea. He said he could '
think of two places where this I
could be done. One would be!
strengthening the research pro- j
gram of the University of Nebra
ska college of agriculture. The'
other would be setting up some
kind of drought relief program
for small scale dry areas such as
Hitchcock county at present.
But when Crosby was asked
where the; money would come
from, he didn’t have such a ready
answer. He said that would be a
matter for the legislature if it
thought it worthwhile.
And he conceded that for a
statewide drought disaster fed
eral aid of some sort might be
necessary.
All of which pointed up the
problem which the Eisenhower
administration is posing for some
“states righters.” The latter have
hollered loud and long about fed
eral spending. But when the new
administration suggests that some
of these projects be given back
to the states, there is an awkward
silence from state officials who
don’t know where the money will
come from.
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Resignations—
Some interesting resignations
by state officials have taken place.
One is that of 76-year-old Henry
Bartling, secretary of the state
board of educational lands and
funds the past 12 years. Bartling
will step out on February 1. He
has gone through two “hot times”
with the board. One was after he
took office when he spent months
clearing up finances of the de
partment. The other was after the
Supreme court ruled that school
land leases must go up for auction
and couldn’t be automatically re
newed. Storms of abuse came
upon members of the board and
on Bartling. But the line was held
firm and the matter has apparent
ly finally simmered down after
appealing lease holders lost their
cases all the way up to the U. S.
Supreme Court.
The other noteworthy resig
nation was that of State Tax
Commissioner Norris Anderson,
who stepped out after nine
months in the office to take a
post with the stale farm bur
eau.
Anderson was succeded by his
deputy. George W. Peterson, a
man with considerable tax ex
perience from county clerk and
assessor in Knox county on up.
It is believed that Anderson re
signed because he had become
an advocate of broadening the
tax base, by either a sales or an
income tax. Crosby has been neu
tral on the subject, saying it is
up to the people But, Anderson,
who felt his hands tied while
holding a state office, apparently
wanted to get into a position
where he could actively campaign
for his ideal. Apparently after
months of working with the pro
perty tax he had come to feel
that it was not the answer, friends
explain. The farm bureau has ad
vocated the sales tax for several
years. Thus Nebraska has lost
what might have been its first
•‘sales tax-backing tax commis
sioner.”
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Off The Record—
ifet another case of a govern
ment body keeping things secret
from the public was uncovered.
| This time it was the board of re
! gents of the University of Nebra
> ska. In the opinion of newspaper
1 reporters and other observers
this body is spending an un
reasonable amount of its time in
•‘executive session,” which means
the doors are closed and the pub
lic and press are kept out.
This time the board of regents
appointed a committee to review
the question of allowing the
teachers college of the universitv
to grant a degree of doctor of
education. The action was taken
in “executive session” and the
word didn’t leak out until sever
al days later. When the policy
was announced earlier this year,
it brought a storm of protest that
a “watered down” doctor’s de
gree was being offered. But the
board stood pat. Now apparently
it is thinking things over.
Like most of us, it didn’t want
its possible “about face” publi
cized. So it went into an execu
tive session which lasted most of
the day.
O'NEILL LOCALS
Mrs. Albert House of Sioux
City is spending a few days here
visiting at the homes of her
sister, Mrs. Axel Borg, and fam
ily and her brother, Frank
Searles, and family.
Toyland—Bigger and better
than ever. Now open. Use our
lay away plan.—Scovie's West
ern Auto. O'Neill. 28-33c
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Borg
moved the forepart of this week
into the house formerly occupied
by Don Green.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville McKim
and Mr. and Mrs. William Ander
sen visited Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Williamson at Stuart on Sunday.
Thomas Harding left for Sioux
City Sunday where he will be
employed.
Miss Elizabeth Schaffer spent
the weekend with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Schaffer. She
attends the University of Nebra
ska.
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In the Bishop Block—Norfolk
Office Phone: 610
Res. Phone: 2842
Deloit News
Deloit received about two
inches of snow Friday evening
and Saturday morning. Most of
the corn is picked and corn
shelling is in progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Funk and
Vera Dell visited at the Kenny
Ziska home in Atkinson on Sun
day. Sheila returned home with
them for a visit with her grand
parents.
Farm bureau met on Tuesday,
evening, November 3, at the A.
E. Bartak home. The next meet
ing will be Tuesday, December
1, at the Bud Bartak home. Cake
and jello will be served.
Elayne Reimer was a supper
guest Friday evening at the home
of Joyce Demaray.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Sehi were
supper guests last Thursday eve
ning at the Virtus Sehi home.
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Stearns
attended a farm bureau meeting
at Lincoln last week.
Bob and Kieth Bartak return
ed home last week from Colo
rado where they had been deer
hunting northwest of Denver.
Each got a deer. While in Denver
they visited in the Harold Cook
home.
Leland Hupp, who attends high
school in Norfolk, spent the
weekend at home.
Mrs. Ted Twiss and Mrs. Henry
Reimer attended a meeting in
Neligh Tuesday, November 3, on
making glo-candles.
The Deloit pinochle club met
at the home of Mrs. Adolph Koe
r.ig last Thursday. Mrs. Leon
Sisson had high score and Mrs.
Vincent Thiele low. Mrs. Carl ■
Thiele won the traveling prize.
A dessert luncheon was served
by the hostess.
Mr. and Mrs. Ewald Spahn and
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Bartak of
Ewing and Doris Bartak of Nor
folk spent Tuesday, November
3 in Omaha.
Shirley Sehi visited Lapra Mae
and husband at their home in
Elgin last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reimer
and Elayne and Mr. and Mrs.
Lynn Carnes of Neligh visited
Sunday at the Don Starr home
in West Point.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Reimer were
dinner guests at Glenn Harpster’s
on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Laf'ortune
of Sioux City spent Saturday
night and Sunday here visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Harding, and family.
Monuments of lasting beauty
made by skilled craftsmen of
the J. F. Bloom Co. . . monu
ments from the factory to the
consumer. — Emmet Crabb, O'
Neill. phone 139-J. 3711
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Asher
were dinner guests on Sunday
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Appleby
of Inman. Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Nissen of Page were also present.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith
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and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harley
visited the Vernon Keeney home
at Norfolk on Sunday.
Sheryl Harley spent from Wed
nesday until Sunday at the Ralph
Beckwith home.
Sunday dinner guests at the
Vernon Harding home were Mr.
and Mrs. Bill LaFortune of Sioux
of Sioux City, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Harding and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Gerald Harding and family
and Mrs. Lois Leigh.
Venetian blinds, prompt deliv
ery, made to measure, metal or
wood, all colors.—J. M. McDon
ald's.
Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Gilligan
reuturned late Sunday from Ne
braska City where they had
spent four days visiting Mr. Gil
ligan’s mother, Mrs. Maude Gil
ligan. She had been “quite ill”
for six weeks but is “better.”
Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Wetzler
were weekend guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Cassius Arrasmith of Loup
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Worth vis
ited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lindberg
cn Sunday.
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Wagons, tricycles, bicycles,
sleds, dolls, etc. Use our lay away
plan. — Scovie's Western Auto,
O'Neill. 28-33c
Mr. and Mrs. John Tiefentnaler
of Butte visited at the home of
their daughter and family, Mr.
and Mrs. Hugh Benson, on Sun
day.
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HAVING DECIDED to quit farming, I will offer at public auction the following
described personal property on the premises, located 5 miles north of Chambers,
one-half mile west, one-half mile north and one quarter mile west, OR 1 2 miles south
of O’Neill, 5J/2 miles west, one-half mile north and one-fourth mile west, on —
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18TH
SALE STARTS AT 12:30 P.M. LUNCH SERVED ON GROUNDS
32 - Head of CATTLE - 32
19—MILK COWS, 3 to 7 years old 1—Black Whiteface Heifer, coining 2
6 Holsteins, 5 of which are 2d calf hfrs i ni | u n •, r n, i -.in «r
1— Roan Shorthorn, to freshen soon, ““ Sock Cow •* &lf
second calf heifer 1-Roan Shorthorn
3-Red Brochle Face Cows, to freshen S_CALVES
1—Reg. Black Angus BULL
2— Blue Roan COWS, to freshen soon 2—Jersey COWS, 4-yrs.-old, to freshen
1—Holstein Springing HEIFER by sale date
1—Red Brockle Face HEIFER, coming 2 2—COWS, 7-yrs.-old, to freshen by sale
1-JERSEY COW, 8-yrs. old_date
— 150 BU. EAR CORN —
TEAM of Smooth-Mouth Horses, good, broke - 6—SHOATS, wgt. 175 Lbs. j
FARM MACHINERY, ETC
2-Row Cultivator,
pull type
Single-Row J-D Cultivator
J-D Com Planter
Hay Stacker, good
McCor. Hay Rake, new
Hammer Mill
| 50-Ft. Drive Belt
Regular Tractor and
Power Mower
Harrow, 18-ft.
Disc
Hay Rack
Wagon on Rubber
Saddle and Riding Bridle
Set Harness
l/z-\n. Log Chain, good
Roll Chicken Wire, 10 rds.
8—Round Feeding Pans
Feeders and Waterers
Brooder Stove
Brooder House, 10x12
Cross Cut Saw
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Cupboard
Small Cabinet
2—Tables
Buffet
Piano
Davenport & 2 Big Chairs
Bed Spring
Wood or Coal Heater
Quaker Oil Heater
Sink
Farm Master Electric
Separator, new
Rocking Chair
2—9x12 Linoleum Rugs
2—8x10 Linoleum Rugs
Other items too numerous
to mention
TERMS: Cash on all personal property; none to he removed until settled for
JIM RASMUSSEN, Owner
COL ED THORIN, O’Neill, Auct. CHAMBERS STATE BANK, Clerk