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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 10, 1953)
H ■ , Legal Notices (First pub. Dec. 3, 1953) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney notice to creditors ?: o Estate No. 3938 In’* the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, November 25, 1953. In the matter of the Estate of Robert H. Johnson, Deceased. CREDITORS of said estate are hereby notified that the time limited for presenting claims against said estate is March 24, 1954, and for the payment of debts is November 25, 1954, and that on December 24, 1953, and on March, 25, 1954, at 10 o’clock A M., each day, I will be at the County Court Room in said County to receive, examine, hear, allow, or adjust all claims and objections duly filed. LOUIS W. REIMER . County Judge (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 31-33c Visits Patient— Cal McElvain of Fairmont is visiting at the home of his bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McElvain. On the way here, he stopped in Norfolk to visit his sister, Mrs. Herbert Russ, who is a patient in Our Lady of Lourdes hospital. ROYAL THEATER Thurs. Dec. 10 THE BLUE GARDENIA I Anne Baxter, Richard Conte and Ann Sothern with Raymond Burr, Jeff Donnell, Richard Erd jnan and George Reeves. Family night $1; adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl. Fri.-Sat. Dec. 11-12 Howard Hawk’s THE BIG SKY Co-jtarring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt. With fist and fury and lusty might . . . they carved America from wilderness. Adult 50c; children 12c; tax incl. Matinee Sat. 2:30. Children un der 12 free when accompanied by parent Sun.-Mon.-Tues. Dec. 13-14-15 When you see ARROWHEAD Color by technicolor . . . you’ll share every thrill of the battle between the army scout and his lifelong enemy, the Apache chief! Charles Heston, greater than in “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Jack Palance tops his role as the killer in “Shane.” Katy Jurado, exotic beauty of “High Noon”! Adult 53c; children 12c; tax incl. All children must have tickets. Matinee Sunday 2:30 ..DANCE.. AT O'NEILL American Legion Auditorium & BALLROOM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12th ACES Of RHYTHM Admission: Adults $1 ; Students 50c ■ "My loughest witifer jobs arc easy .my FARMHAND does fhe work!" FEEDING FROM THE STACK is sy. Breaking frozen stacks is no problem with a Farmhand Loader. The rugged Manure Fork digs in, Grapple Fork Attachment pins down the load . . . then husky hydraulic power tears it loose from the stack. I clear snow from feed lots, too, with the high-capacity Scoop and use the 8-foot V-Plow to ridge fields, open drifted roads. My detachable scoot Farmhand Loader saves me work every ON MANUR*FORK week in the year. V Farmhand' ~~p HYDRAULIC LOADERS HjLU V-FLOW HURRY R. SMITH IliPLS. “Your JOHN DEERE Dealer” Phone 562 O’Neill State Capitol News ... , Carmody Says Unicam Rushed Bill By MELVIN PAUL The Frontier's Statehouse Correspondent LINCOLN — The “fat” may have “fallen into the fire” tms week as far as the question of some highly important wording in highways laws was concern ed. The attorney-general’s office ruled that funds 1 om the gasoline tax and from motor vehicle regis tration fees couldn’t be used to maintain roads on non-statutory highways. These highways, amounting to about 1,915 miles in all, have never actually been placed on the state highway sys tem by the legislature. But be cause state and federal funds were used in their construction they have been added through the years. The opinion said that only “in come from other sources” could be used on these. Since the gas tax and registration money con stitutes the largest slice of state money available, prohibiting its use on the 1,915 miles—about 20 percent of the entire system— •would mean they couldn’t be maintained, State Engineer L. N. Ress declared. But in its contracts with the federal government for matching money for these roads, the state promised to keep them maintain ed. Highway officials expressed fears that if they weren’t kept up, the federal government might cut off its highway funds. That could wreck the current con struction campaign. This was what brought talk of a special session of the legisla ture. * * * Deleted Words— The trouble seemed to stem back to an accumulated confusion in wording over the years. The state highway system has never been completely defined. The word “federal highways” i s sprinkled through the statutes although there really is no such thing. They are only state high ways built in part with federal funds. Walter James, state revisor of statutes, tried to bring this to the attention of the legislature in 1947 and even drew up correc tive bills. But no one paid any attention as the legislators were anxious to get the session ended and return home. This year the state highway de partment decided to have another stab at it. . . They drew up a bill defining the state highway system. And in another “catch all” bill they de leted the word “federal” so there would be no conflict between the statutes. The “catch all” bill was duly introduced and was among tiie last bills passed in the session. The “definition” bill had quite another fate. • * * Highway Commission Controversy— For in the meantime senators fighting the idea of a highway commission came up with the idea of a “highway study com mittee.” In order for this group to have something to do, the backers decided to let it have the job of defining the state highway sorstem. The bill defining the .system was tucked away and never introduced. When plans for a highway com mission were sidetracked by an attorney general’s ruling that all its members would have to live in Lincoln, the commission back ers turned to the “highway study committee" idea. This was large ly incorporated into the highway commission bill which was event ually passed. All except that business about “federal” roads being part of the highway system. Somehow, that got "left out all the way around. And this ommission has proved crucial. Carmody Charges— A long time backer of the high way commission plan, Sen. Arthur Carmody of lYenton, charged that if a special session had to be called the blame could be laid at the door of the state highway department. He said they rushed through the “catch all” bill in the closing days of the session, creating the muddle. But Engineer Ress said the bill contained sections necessary for the department to carry out its current two year construction program. Those included access regulations and survey rights. • * * Sales Tax "Threat"— Governor Crosby’s initial re action was to say he wanted to seek every avenue before calling a session. Some insiders said he didn’t want a session where the tax question migiu oe raised. Al though the legisiatu e is lestncted at a special session to matters contained in the governor’s call, such a session would provide a sounding board for opinion on the tax situation. Some quarters believe that the position of those favoring a sales or income tax is stronger than it has ever been. A clear indication of this came when the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution recommending “a sales or income tax or a combination of both.” Up until two or three years ago, Lincoln was an anti-sales tax stronghold. But sources say that some Lincoln merchants got tired of turning in higher assessments than their neighbors in an effort to be honest. The continued dis advantage has made some of them believe a broadening of the tax base is the only answer, it is reported. The Chamber resolution went through the hands of three sep arate committees and emerged virtually as the taxation sub-com mittee wrote it. Observers re marked on the startling unanimity thus displayed. Omaha is still expected to fight a sales tax, however. And Omaha has always been able to get three members on the legislature rev enue committee This solid core has consistently been able to get enough help in the nine-man grcusp to kill all sales tax bills Record of Repeal— The repeal of the 18th amend ment which had prohibited liquor occurred 20 years ago this month. Nebraskans voted 328,074 to 218, 107 in the 1934 general election to repeal the prohibition amend ment to the state constitution and the 1935 legislature legalized the sale and distribution of liquor in June, 1935. Since then $43,903,908 in tax revenues from the sale of alcohol ic beverages has gone to the state, according to Licensed Beverage Industries, Inc., national public relations arm of the alcoholic beverage industry. In addition approximately $7,800,000 has gone to the cities and counties and school districts from state license fees retained by these units as well as from occupation taxes. Chairman Tal Coonrad of the state liquor commission summed Brand New 1953 • Chevrolels • Oldsmobiles • Cadillacs A Few Left Immediate Delivery PLUS . . . The Best Deal AT Lew White Motor Co. Phone 100 O'Neill it up this way: “While the public revenues derived from legal sale of alcoholic beverages are sub stantial, in analyzing the entire picture it should be remembered that these revenues are not all protit. The administration and enforcement factor now requires about six percent of the sta‘e revenues received. However, this represents a marked contrast to the prohibition era when we still had liquor traffic and with great er enforcement problems but no public revenue benefit from its sale and distribution.” 20 Attend Meeting of Community Club INMAN—The Community club met Monday evening, December 7, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders. About 20 attended the meeting conducted' by the president, Mr. Siders. Refresh ments were served. Other Inman News Mrs. M. L Harkins and daugh ters, Hildred and Mrs. H. E. Smith, spent Tuesday, December 1, in Norfolk on business. Mrs. Leo Hines of O’Neill spent Tuesday afternoon. Decern her 1, visiting in the Harry Mc Graw home and attending the Harmony club meeting. M '. and Mrs. Donald Wolfe oi Amelia were Tuesday, December 1, visitors in Inman. Mrs. Wolfe attended the Harmony club that BEFORE YOU BU Y^gr NEW CAR - ASK YOURSELF THESE 5 QUESTIONS \ ECONOMY... 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Naomi Ross, who is employed at O’Neill, was an Inman visitor Sunday. O'NEILL LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. Robert Asher were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Asher of Page. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Asher and Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Asher were also present. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ralya and family of Grand Island visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ralya, last week. Ella Rita Schmidt of Omaha spent a week’s vacation visiting her mother, Mrs. John Schmidt, and other relatives and friends here. Stuart Gals Win Volleyball Opener— STUART — The Stuart high school volleyball team won the first game of the season. The players joymeyed to Spencer Tuesday night, December 1, to play against the Spencer girls. The score was 37-31. " -- Phone us your news — 51. _. NOTICE Anyone found trespassing on the fol lowing randies at any time will be pro secuted. Joe Gallagher Jim Gallagher H. A. & Bob Van Horn Harold Melcher W. S. (Bill) Simmons Earl Wright Jack Sisson | ELKHORN FLOWER SHOP 405 E. 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