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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1954)
Chambers News Mr and Mrs. Cletus Hoerle end two sons of Seattle, Wash., are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hoerle; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eld Beed, and other relatives and friends. Mr and Mrs. Robert Beed and son of Lincoln spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Beed, and family. Meline Medcalf of O’Neill vis ited her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Medcalf, a few days last week. Mrs. Elwyn R u b e c k and daughter, Katheryn, of O’Neill spent several days last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Honeywell. Mrs. Rubeck is recov ering fom a siege of mumps. Mrs. John Mitchell of Belden spent from July 27 to August 2 with her son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Young, and family and other rel atives. Mrs. Richard Harley and son spent last week with her parents, Mr and Mrs. Raymond Bly. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phipps and family of Lincoln came last Thursday. They brought her mother, Mrs. Ida Howard, home from St. Anthony’s hospital and visited in the Wintermote home until Sunday. 1 Cpl Wayne Hoffman, who is 1 stationed at Ft. Riley, Kans., is 1 spending a 12-day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hoffman, and Carrol. The following relatives gath ered at the C. V. Robertson home last Thursday evening for a pic nic supper in honor of Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Haussler and family of Holbrook: Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Walter, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Elwyn Rob ertson. The American Legion auxiliary met Friday evening, August 6, with Mrs. Ruben Peltzer. Thir teen members were present. A eport from the firing line was I report from the firing line was Mrs. T. E. Alderson. One new I member, Mrs. C. F. Gillette, was admitted by transfer from the Stuart unit. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Peltzer and Mrs. Kieth Sexton. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Grubb ! and family of McGill, Nev., came Wednesday, August 4, to visit her mother, Mae Hubbard, his sisters, Mrs. W. D. Reninger and Mrs. Clarence Wyant, and other relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Haussler and family of Arapahoe were dinner guests on Thursday, Aug ust 5, in the H. C. Walter home. Sunday, August 8, dinner guests in the Herman Cook home were Mrs. Ida Howard of Cal ifornia, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Phipps and family of Lincoln, Mrs. John Wintermote and Mr. and Mrs. Gauis Wintermote and Carolyn. Inman News Mr. and Mrs. James McMahan drove to Tekamah last Thursday where they attended the centen nial parade and celebration, re turning home Friday evening. Enroute home they stopped in Wrest Point and :alled on Miss Lily B. Munroe, Miss Lily Bru ner and Mrs. Amy Almy. Melvin and Elmer Michaelis and Mrs. Lloyd Smith drove to Omaha Wednesday, August 4, re turning that night, bringing Mrs. Elmer Michaelis to her home here. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Ticknor and Mr. and Mrs. George Laney returned o n Saturday from Flandreau, S. D., where they spent a few days in the home of I Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Laney. Joe is a son of the Laneys’ and a brother of Mrs. Ticknor. Mr. and Mrs. James McMahan drove to the Ft. Randall dam n._J_ ouuuav . Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fowler and son, Mark, of Olive, Calif., arrived Sunday and are spending a few days visiting Chet’s sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Butler. Miss Marilyn Siders celebrated her birthday anniversary on Thursday at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Juracek Sandra and Gaylene of Orchard helped her celebrate and wrere supper guests Mr. and Mrs. Evard Burns, Mrs. E. E. Burns and Elmer Graf fis of Laurel were guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. James M. McMahan on Monday. They were enroute to Palo Alto, Calif., to visit relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Synder and family of O’Neill were Mon day guests in the home of Mrs. Synder’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Siders and Marilyn. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Keyes and daughter, Miss Murl, of Valentine spent the weekend her visiting in the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Clar ence Hansen and family. To Columbus— Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French spent Sunday in Columbus visit ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Townsend._ _ ■ ■ ■ T J1 ■ * ~ --' "" » m ~ W. F. FINLEY, M.D. O’NEILL Downey Building OFFICE PHONE: 28 _ BIGLIN'S t Funeral Directors % O’NEILL { Day Ph. Night Ph. 38 487-R or 200 Our BIG REMODELING Continues Three More Days! Thursday — Friday — Saturday AUGUST 12-13-14 Mens identification BRACELETS Reg. 21.75 — NOW_ 7.99 Reg. 7.95 — NOW_2.99 Reg. 14.95 —NOW_6.99 WEDDING RINGS Gents’ — Reg. 20.00 — NOW_9.99 Ladies’ — Reg. 1 5.00 — NOW_7.99 Diamonds — Reg. 1 10.00 — NOW__ 79.99 Six Diamonds — Reg. $75 — NOW 49.98 Diamond* — Reg. 34.50 — NOW __ 23.50 Elgin - American P COMPACTS I Now Reduced.50% J I Ladies’ Hand-Tooled BAG - Reg. 30.00, NOW.19.49 4-Pc. COFFEE SET.25.99 (Includes coffee pot, sugarer, creamer, waiter) EAR RINGS - Reg. 1.10 - NOW 49c up e Miscellaneous Table— NECKLACES..Each 39c Men’s Nationally-Advertised WRIST WATCHES I 7-Jewel Were 19.75 Prices Start 14.85 I 17-Jewel Were 24.95 it Prices Start 16.85 | McIntosh Jewelry “Where Price and Quality Meet” ACROSS FROM THE GOLDEN MARKET REPORT i from “The Old Reliable” ATKINSON LIVESTOCK MARKET Atkinson, Nebr. Tuesday, August 10th, Auction Cattle receipts 803 head. Although there were many out state cattle buyers in attendance, it was apparent that most of them are yet unwilling to follow any further advance on stockers and feeders at this time. Although prices held fully steady with a week ago, competition was not as aggressive, resulting in a somewhat slower market. Medium to good steers of all weights brought from $17.00 to $18.50, plainer kinds $12.50 to $16.00, feeding heifers $15.00 to $16.50, with stocker kinds at $14.00 to $15.50, steer calves sold in a range of $17.00 to $19.00 with comparable heifers at $14.00 to $16.50 a hun dred.. Cows from $7.50 to $11.50 a hundred. Bulls $10.50 to $12.00 a hundred. Next Auction: Tuesday, August 17th — Current good prices for replacemen cattle are bound to attract larger re ceipts fom now on—so we again urge you to list your con signments early, so as to receive full benefit of all advertising. - Atkinson Livestock Market Phone 5141 Atkinson, Nebr. ERNIE WELLER, Owner DEAN FLEMING, Ass'i Mgr. State Capitol News . . - Valuation Decreases Ordered LINCOLN—With the primary ! elect;on campaign out of the way this week, the state settled back to other activities. Highway officials w'ere study ing the Iowra highway commis sion’s positive report on the feasibility of a toll road across that state and figuring out wrhat it might mean for Nebraska. Heads of departments at the statehouse were beginning to figure out their budgets for the next fiscal year. But the most interest was like ly to center on reaction by the counties to the state board of equalization’s action in adjusting tax assessments in 59 of the 93 counties. The final action amounted to a general decrease in real estate assessments across the state but done county by county and not on a blanket basis. It followred a period of backing and filling and hedging such as only officials facing election in a few days could go through. • * * No Worry tor Peterson— Of the five member board only State Tax Commissioner George Peterson could be half-way ob jective. An appointive officail, he didn’t have to worry about this week’s election. First, the board called in 42 counties. Some were asked to show cause why either their town lot or their farmland valu ations shouldn’t be lowered. Oth ers were asked why their valua tions shouldn’t be increased. The choice of those to be called in was based mostly on wheth er their abstracts of assessment showed a marked change from last year. But even though Douglas county had showed a 20 percent loss in town lot valuations and an 18 percent overall loss in val uation—Si96 million—it was not called in. Douglas county con tains Omaha, Nebraska’s wealth iest and most populous city. The reason given was that the Douglas county board of equal ization has recently placed on the books figures obtained in a scientific reappraisal by the Douglas county tax appraisal board (TAB). The TAB, set up by the 1947 legislature, has made a scientific reappraisal of Oma ha property. -dui in giving mis reason, me state board placed itself in a pe culiar position. For if it accept ed Douglas county scientific re appraisal, why shouldn’t it ac cept those of other counties? At least two of the counties called in had had such reapprais als. Richardson and Buffalo counties were quick to point out this inconsistency on the part of the state board. And Otoe county, which had a reappraisal several years ago, demanded that some i thing be done about Douglas county. * * * Pressure Continues— This pressure continued all week as county officials pointed to Douglas county to cover up changes they had made in their assessments. Some counties could point to genuine reasons for as sessment cuts such as drought, decline in the economy, or a large number of dying small towns. Midway through the first week of hearings, Douglas county of ficials—incensed at the criticism —offered to appear voluntarily. So did Lancaster county (Lin coln). Then the state board took an other direction. It decided to call in all the counties for hearings. It began to appear that a state wide blanket cut was in prospect. Probabilities were that Douglas county would be the yardstick with a blanket cut of around 15 percent so other counties could show the same loss in valuation from last year. But board members got a sur prise when the second batch of counties called in to have their assessments left alone. This brought a revamping of plans and the board went back to the old idea of treating each county by itself. In general these were the re sults: 1. Although there was a some what general decrease, the drought areas of southwest Ne braska, the range and cattle country of the sandhills, and the corn country of southeast Ne braska got the best breaks. The first two areas got it because of economics. Southeastern Nebras ka counties were decreased be cause their county boards have traditionally held land valuations high to get enough money to run governments and rebuild bridges after the frequent floods of the area. ' 2. Valuations in the bigger towns and cities got lopped slightly — all except Douglas county which was left alone. No one on the board would admit it, but this was tacit evidence the ; board now feels it may have overvalued the bigger towns in Iasi year’s statewide equaliza i tion. 3. Gov. Robert Crosby, chair man of the board, insisted that Douglas county was not used as a yardstick. 4. Counties where scientific reappraisals were • made were generally left alone. An excep tion was Lancaster county (Lin coln) which got a 10 percent cut on town lot valuations. # * * Toll Highway Study— A report was released on an extensive feasibility study by the Iowa highway department on possibilities for a toll road across the state. The department said there would be enough traffic to justi fy such a road across Iowa and that it could be built by 1959. This would hook up with a plan ned Illinois turnpike west from Chicago. Raymond McGrath of Omaha, chairman of the Nebraska Turn pike authority, said this paved the way for such a study here. A syndicate of investment bankers had offered to make a feasibility study in Nebraska if the Iowa report were satisfactory. They wrould have refused to do so if the Iowa report had been negative. There was one surprise in the Iowa report as far as State En gineer L. N. Ress was concern ed. He had expected the Iowa road to head toward north Oma ha and the Mormon Memorial bridge. Instead the Iowa report recommended a route toward Council Bluffs and south Oma ha. Ress shook his head about this, predicting some expensive construction to route the turn pike through the South Omaha area. Still up in the air will be what route across Nebraska and whether a toll road clear across the state is feasible. If the investment bankers foot the bill for the feasibility study, it may mean the legislature will not have to appropriate money for it. McGrath expressed the hope that something may still be done in tirrie for presenting of a plan to the 1955 legislature. | When You and I Were Young... Proves Alfalfa Adapted to Area Golden Brings in 2d Cutting 50 Years Ago Miss Gillespie, who has been in Omaha for the past 14 months, is home and expects to remain here for a few months. . . The deputv postmistress at O’Neill, Miss O’Malley, has received the welcome intelligence from the postal department, stating the allowance for the deputy’s ser vices had been advanced $100 a year. . . The first load of alfalfa to come to O’Neill was brought in from one of T. V. Golden’s’ farms. The load was from the second cutting. Mr. Golden says he has tried for five years to demonstrate that alfalfa can be grown here and now' he has the evidence. . . Marshal Martins re ports that he has received more notices of thefts from towns in this section this summer than ever before. 20 Years Ago John Steckmeyers, sexton at Calvary cemetery, must have beer born under a lucky star. He was in the pump house at the cemetery when the 950-gallon water tank exploded, blowing the east end of the building out and the tank itself through the vest side of the building. He was at the north door. . . Harrison Bridge of Orchard is the new proprietor of the filling station on the comer of Fourth and Douglas. . . The doctors of the county have filed suit in district court against the county to recov er $1,824.07 in claims against the county. . . A. E. Bowen returned last Saturday from a trip to Chi cago, 111., where he combined a stock buying trip with a visit to the exposition and a lake trip to Milwaukee, Mich. 10 Years Ago Bud E. Anderson’s Jungle Odd ities and three-ring circus will put on two performances in O’ Neill. . . Michael McDermott died in Idaho. Funeral services were held in O’Neill from St. Pat nck’s Catholic church. He was a World War I veteran and one of the first seven men to leave Holt ccunty in the draft. . . Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Whaley entertained at a dancing party' held in their home. An oldtime fiddler kept the party whirling. . . Robert Ryan was commissioned a second Peutenant in the air force and awarded silver bambardier wings at Deming army air field, N.M. One Year Ago William Grothe fractured his neck in a fall down the basement steps at his home northwest of Emmet. . . Natural gas will be formally ushered into O’Neill at a flare-lighting ceremoy to take place in front of the courthouse. Emmet Crabb will light the flare. . LaVern Morgan and Lodema V.efso were crowned king and o.ueen at the hay days celebra tion in Atkinsoin. The Atkinson Style shop won the grand prize in the parade with their float entry — “Prairie Women of Ne braska.” . . Another air force model H-18 helicopter reached the air force wind test site in O’ Neill. It was brought here from Memphis, Tenn. The new skipper is Capt. James T. Butcher, vet eran fighter pilot. Presented Gift at Memorial Tea— PAGE—The annual memorial tea of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service was held at the church parlors Thursday after noon, July 29. The girls’ chorus sang two selections. Mrs. N. D. Ickes presented an adult membership pin to Mrs. William Howell, who is moving to Plainview. The pin was given in recognition of Mrs. Howell’s service in the quilting depart ment of the organization. She was also given another gift. Mrs. Herbert Steinberg presented readings. Mrs. Merwyn French, jr, sang two selections. Mrs. Mer wyn French, sr., gave a reading. O’Neill News Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Miller and family left Sunday for a two week vacation trip through the Black Hills and to Denver, Colo. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fuhrer spent Sunday in Butte visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs. Walt Fuhrer. Ramona returned to her home with them. She had been visiting at the Sam Fuhrer’s since Friday. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Gatz and Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Lohaus returned j Saturday from Minocqua, Wise., I where they had visited for a week at Awassa Lodge. Mr. and Mrs. George Blinco of Chadron and Mr. and Mrs. Al bert Blinco of Willmar, Minn., were last Thursday guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Gillespie. The Blinco’s are former O’Neillites. Mrs. J. J. Byrne of Bridgeport, Conn., and Thomas Golden of Cheshire, Conn., left Monday after visiting for a week with their parents, Mr and Mrs. Clear Golden. Mrs. Golden accompan ied them to Omaha where she will visit her mother for a week. Mrs. Joseph Bruder and Mrs. Walter Ries and children all of Atkinson, visited Tuesday with their daughter and sister, Mrs. Herman Janzing and her hus band. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Schmidt. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grenier and Car roll and Harlan Sawyer of Ains worth spent Sunday in Lyons visiting Joe and Oza Grenier and their families. Robert Eby of Omaha visited Saturday at the home of his mother, Mrs. E. J. Eby. Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Langan, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hynes, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Eason, Mr. and Mrs. Max Wanser of Ewing, Mr. and Mrs D A. Kersenbrock, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Benson, Mrs. Ken neth Ellston and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Fuhrer were among those in Columbus Friday attending the horse races. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter entertained at a family gathering | at their home honoring her niece Mrs. Elsie Grubb and family of Ely, Nev. Other guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Hub bard, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hub- • bard and Mrs. Mae Hubbard, all of Chambers, Dr. and Mrs. C. M. Eason and Mr. and Mrs. Eugene • Porte and fomily Sister M. Calixta of Omaha I Midwest Furniture’s I Storewide Sale I NOW IN PROGRESS! I Save Up to I 150% I DURING AUGUST I Midwest Fum. & Appl... West O’Neill I and Sister Marie Brenden of Om aha will arrive Sunday to visit for several days with Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin and Miss Gen evieve Biglin. Miss Biglin will go to Omaha to drive them to w iMeill. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Osborn and son of Parker, Kans., were Sat urday guests of Mrs. Carrie Borg. - I I VENETIAN BLINDS All steel head box and bottom rail with self leveling tilt gear, au tomatic cord lock and sturdy cotton tapes. Flexible steel slats. A good blind at a sensa tionally low price. 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