Top 10 Herefords Average $472 Each Henry Wood Bull Is Grand Champ Zero weather and seven inches of snow greeted the large crowd which attended the annual spring sale of the Holt County Hereford Breeders’ association held in O’ Neill on Saturday, February 5. Fifty-two head of cattle sold for a total of $15,755, an average of $303 per head. Forty-four bulls brought $13,865, an average of $315. The eight females sold for $1,890, an average of $236. The top 10 bulls sold for an average of $472 per head. Judge Wilford Scott of Chadron selected lot 24, HW Baron Dandy 24th, as the champion bull of the show. This Domino-Blanchard bred bull was shown by Henry Wood & Son of Ewing and sold to Rudy Dvorak of Atkinson for $600. Mr. Scott chose lot 20, Super Shadow 2d, as reserve champion bull. This Pioneer Shadow-Stan way bred bull was shown by George Rowse & Sons of Cham bers and was purchased by Myron Mason & Sons of Tecumseh for $470. Whitaker & Whitaker of cnam bers sold Midway Larry, a tried sire, to Harvey Krugman of O’ Neill for $500. Dan Donoghue oi Columbus paid $500 for LH Em blem 75th, a tried sire, consigned by C. V. & Elwyn Robertson of Chambers. Henry Wood & Son sold two bulls for $500 each. One sold to Frank Wilson of Stuart and the other to Lyle Caldwell of Niobrara. George H. Dorr of Creighton bought a bull from George Rowse & Sons for $420. Whitaker & Whitaker sold a bull for $420 to Walter Fick of Inman. Harold Melcher consigned a bull which was purchased by Max Wil liams of Bonesteel, S.D., for $410. H. E. Jacobson of Center paid $400 for a Rowse bull. S. R. Rob ertson of O’Neill consigned a bull which sold to Clinton Nelson of Verdigre for $400. Judge Scott picked lot 23, Miss Eclipse, as champion female. This Pioneer Shadow-Eclipse Domino bred heifer was consigned by George Rowse & Sons and sold If) Rudy Dvorak for $360. Henry Wood & Son had the reserve champion female, lot 56. This double-bred Domino heifer was purchased by Edgar Bruening of Hartington for $235. George Rowse & Sons consigned a heifer which sold to Rudy Dvorak for $340. Mr. Bruening purchased a heifer from Vem Sageser of Am elia for $275. S. R. Robertson sold a heifer to Sam Weiger of Cole ridge for $200. The Chamber of Commerce tro phy presented to the breeder showing the best bull and female was won by Henry Wood & Son. The Frontier trophy for the best three bulls was won by George Rowse & Sons. Dwelling at Orchard Destroyed by Flames ORCHARD — Fire believed to have been caused by a defective stove destroyed the home of Miss Mahala Liede here about 1 a.m., Tuesday. The flames had gotten beyond control when they were discover ed. Firemen fought the blaze se veral hours, but were unable to save anything. Miss Liede, who lost all of her personal belongings in addition to the house, is staying at the home of her sister, Mrs. Sara Harmon at Orchard. The loss is partially covered by insurance. Ag Department Official Visits— Reed Phillips of Washington, D.C., chief of the livestock analy sis section of the department of agriculture, Monday visited O - Neill. He spoke at a Hereford breeders’ meeting in Gregory, S D., and toured Ft. Randall dam. Mr. Phillips came to O’Neill to board an eastbound train. EDW. M. GLEESON DENTIST 2d Floor Gilligan Rexall Bldg. Ph 240 - Box 149 - Hrs. 8:30-9 REX W. WILSON, M.D. ROBT. M. LANGDON, M.D. PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS 128 W. Douglas St, O’Neill Phone 138 Auction Calendar There are five auctions listed on The Frontier’s sale calendar to ,’ be held within the next few weeks: Monday, February 14: John L.' j Blair & Sons, ranch close-out* - southwest of Chambers; 82 head of cattle; haying machinery; Cols. Ed Thorin, O’Neill, and Troxel ■ Green, Chambers, auctioners; Chambers State bank, clerk. (De tails on page 8.) Friday, February 18: Mr. and Mrs. John Kee, residing north west of O’Neill, will offer their 240-acre improved Holt county farm; some livestock; machinery and equipmtent; household goods; Col. Wallace O’Connell, O’Neill, auctioneer; Col. Verne Reynold scn, O’Neill, auctioneer - broker; Carl Lorenz, O’Neill, clerk. (De toils on page 11.) Saturday, February 19: Brown Motor & Impl., and Chambers Le gion post, community auction, in Chambers; Col. Merlin Grossnick laus, Chambers, auctioneer; Cleoy Alderson, Chambers, clerk. (De tails in next issue.) ’ 1 Saturday, February 26: North Central Nebraska Hereford asso- f ciation, 44 bulls, Bassett. (Write Tug Phillips, Bassett, for cata log.) Monday, February 28: Alfred and Lois Martens personal property sale, southeast of Atkinson; ranch buildings; 56 head of cattle; ranch machinery; hay; some household items; Thorin - Bowker Auction Service, sale managers. (Details in subsequent issues.) Top Angus Bull Sells for $840 < Bartos & Siders Get Top Honors A large crowd attended the annual show and sale sponsored by the Holt County Aberdeen Angus Breeders’ association held Tuesday in O’Neill. Seventy-three lots sold, averag ing $334. Thirty-nine bulls aver aged $441 while the 34 females averaged $210. Six 4-H club and FFA heifers in the offering produced an aver age of $188. The grand champion bull, Steel Creek Bandolier 139th, consigned by Ray Siders of In man and Louis J. Bartos of O’ Neill, brought the highest indi vidual figure—$840. The pur chaser was L. D. Putnam of O’ Neill, The reserve champion, Bando lier of SAR, consigned by Sand hills Angus Ranch of Amelia (Blaine Garwood), was purchased by Nels Nielsen of Niobrara for $750. Winner of The Frontier trophy for best group of three bulls went to Siders & Bartos. The entries were Steel Creek Bandolier 139th (the grand champion), Steel Creek Bandolier 137th and Steel Creek Bandolier 140th. They were pur chased by Putnam, Sam Regan of Ewing and Albin Conley of Sar gent. E. L. Miner & Son consigned Sultannah Queen, the grand champion female of the show, which was judged by James Krey cik. Sultannah Queen was shown by Sharon Vir Jean Miner. Leo T. Adams purchased this entry for $360. Blackcap Bandolier of SAR, consigned by Sandhills Angus ranch, was chosen reserve cham pion of the show and shown by Dean Garwood. Purchaser was Fred Krohn of Bloomfield for $250. Four of the club heifers went to South Dakota. Purchasers were Clara Blume, Velma Blume, Linda Lou Petersen and Ivan Lau. Two were sold to Danny and Terry LaRue of Ew ing. Col. Ralph Kuhr of Blair, as- ' sisted by Laurence Buller of Lin coln, Hi Mackey of Omaha, Chuck Beam of Alliance and Frank Beel aert of Page, conducted the auc tion. The association sponsored a banquet Monday evening at Christ Lutheran church. Eighty-six at tended. Dr. Robert Koch explained the I work being carriea out at the Ft. Robinson research station. Chet Randolph of radio station WNAX was master-of-ceremonies. Hand-painted plates produced by Miss Donna Mae Fuhrer were presented to 1954 purple ribbon winners among the 4-H clubbers at the Holt county fair and the stocker-feeder show. Danny and Terry LaRue, Nick Hammerlun, Bobby Beelaert, Kar en Garwood and Sharon Vir Jean Miner were the recipients. --- It Happened In NEBRASKA— I I J-ill'"" I---;-H -■* In 1541, it is believed, Coronado led a small band of Spanish soldiers upward from New Mexico to southern Nebraska. In search of Quivera, a “city of gold,” they found only a tribe of Indians called Quiveras. The gold was pure myth! Today our cities are no longer myth, and NEBRASKA DIVISION our greatest wealth is progress. One ex ample is seen in the public respect given United States Nebraska taverns, which have become Brewers well-regulated business establishments, Foundation accepted by all. no Firat Nat l Bank Bldg t Lincoln ■■ > - . • »*. ffrtate of Nebraska ' 0 VICTOR E ANOERSON. Goto MO* LINCOLN • January 18, 1955 Mil • uni Hm to Aa 15CU5 Ki r i f Mayor and City Coo O'Neill, Nebraska Gentlemen: It is my understanding that considerable speculation has arisen in O'Neill with respect to the proposed relocation of D. S« Highways 281 and 20. In the event that the City of O'Neill accomplishes the widening of these two highways within the corporate limits of O'Neill, as presently contemplated, and continues the parking arrangements currently in effect, ’ it is improbable that this Department will give consideration to any future relocations of these highways. This Department contemplates taking bids in March on the 1.5 mile section of U.S. Highway 281 and 20 from the west end of Douglas Street to the Danceland property. This improvement will very definitely establish the location of D.S. Highway 283 through O'Neill. This Department is not contemplating any modernization of the junction of D.S. 281 and 20 at the Danceland corner. This improvement is being deferred at this time in order that future consideration of the relocation from the west end of Douglas Street to Emmet may be studied with the possibility of shifting this loca tion parallel to the Northwestern tracks. A further relocation which might be accomplished in the future would be a relocation of D.S. 28l from the west end of Douglas Street south, which would remove this location from the present 4th Street location in O'Neill. This relocation would probably not be undertaken until such time as traffic conditions at the 4th and Douglas Street intersection became intolerable. I do not anticipate that this con dition will prevail in the foreseeable future. I feel that this thinking on the part of this Department will cer tainly justify the widening projects now being considered by the City Conn ell and contribute materially to the improvement of traffic conditions within the corporate limits of your comnunity. Sincerely yours* State Engineer Mrs. Frank Bose’s Mother, 90, Dies STUART—Mrs. Frank Bose re ceived word of the death of her mother, Mrs. Anna Oligmueller, 90, who died Tuesday, February 1, in Omaha. Funeral services were held Saturday, February 5. Relatives from Stuart were un able to attend because of the snowstorm and snow - packed roads. Other Stuart News Mr. and Mrs. George Bolen and family were surprised Wednesday •evening, February 2, when about 25 friends and neighbors gath ' ered at their home for a farewell party. The evening was spent playing cards and thfe self-invited guests brought lunch with them. The Bolens are moving to Ft. Scott, Kans. Mrs. Eld Meusch accompanied her father, Henry Fuelberth, to Omaha Tuesday, February 1, where they visited in the Rollie Case and Bill Smith homes until Friday. Mrs. Case and Mrs. Smith are daughters of Mr. Fuelberth. Mr. and Mrs. Berlin Micthell re turned home last Thursday after visiting Tuesday, February 1, with Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hill in Lin coln and Wednesday evening, Feb ruary 2, with Mrs. David Boldra in Omaha. Brenda Obermire visited with her grandmother, Mrs. Mary Hen ning, in Atkinson from last Thurs day until Saturday. SOIL TESTING Word was received from the soil testing laboratory at the Uni versity of Nebraska college of ag riculture stating the usual late winter samples rush is not on, as yet, ancf prompt service is still available. If samples are sent in soon, results will be returned in time for spring planting. The charge is $1.50 per sample. Superintendent’s Office to Be Closed Saturday— The office of Holt county super intendent of schools will be closed all day Saturday, February 12, as it is a holiday. Coming events noted by Miss Alice L. French, county superin tendent, include: February' 16 and March 16, Holt County Rural Teachers’ asso ciation, 8 p.m. March 28 - April 1, group spelling contests April 16, county spelling con test, 1 p.m. April 20, rural school chorus practice, 1:30 p.m. April 27-29, eighth grade ex aminations. May 11, eighth grade promotion exercises, 2 p.m. Mrs. French, Former School Head, Dies (Continued from page 1) here for the funeral were: Donald A. Miller of Los Angeles, Calif.; Miss Charlotte Miller of Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Dorothy Shrider of Denver, Colo.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stark of Sioux City; Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Miller of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. William Traub of Battle Creek; Mr. and Mrs. Lewis A. Miller of Lincoln; Mrs. Anna Huges of Battle Creek; Mrs. Elmer McGinnis of Wisner. Gary Gettert Is 2-Years-Old— Little Gary Gettert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Gettert, celebrat ed his second birthday anniver sary Wednesday at a dinner for relatives. The Friends of St. Mary’s are sponsoring a card party Sunday February 13, at 7:30 p.m., in St. Mary’s gymnasium. Prizes and lunch. 4, 5 and 6 grade mothers in charge. 41c Grass Seed Will Feature Program STUART — Ranchers, farmers and businessmen are talking about the program which has been plan ed for Monday, February 14. The Stuart Community club is going all out to bring valuable information and good entertainment to every one. The program will feature grass seed productions and pro cessing. New feeds and feeding for livestock, social security for farm people and interviews. Out-of-Towners Present for Sterner Rites— PAGE — Relatives from ' away attending the Edward Sterner funeral last week were: Charles Sterner, Charles Sterner, jr., and Mrs. John Ford all of Lin coln; Mrs. M. C. Hall, Sutherland; Mrs. Bonita Cordell and George Sterner both of Nebraska City; Mr. and Mrs. John Sterner, Weeping Water; Raymond Sterner of Omaha and Mrs. Verna Sterner of Elmwood. Singers were Mesdames Alton Braddock, C. E. Walker, Ray Snell and Gerald Lamason. _ JVlrs. Hester Edmisten, Mrs. Milo Landreth and Arthur Grass had charge of the flowers. Public Speaking Contest Here Saturday— The Holt county public speaking contest for 4-H members will be held in the courthouse assembly room at 9:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb ruary 12. All persons Who would like to attend are invited. The contest will be devided into four classes: For boys and girls 14 years-old and above,and for boys and girls below 14. The boy and girl winner of the senior division will represent Holt county at the district contest at Bassett on Feb ruary 16. Steel Creek Bandolier 139th, consigned by Ray Siders and Louis Bartos (above), won grand champion honors in Tuesday’s Aberdeen-Angus show, and sold for $840.—The Frontier Photo. Council’s Stand ‘Improvement’ (Continued from page 1) the city. “The streets are now a width of 69 feet in the first block each way from the stoplight. The two blocks containing the Ford garage and Chevrolet garage are a width of 61 feet. The balance of the pav ing on these streets is 41 feet wide. “This plan does not contemplate any widening of the three blocks on the east end of Douglas street, nor does it contemplate the wid ening of any of the downtown streets which are presently 69 feet wide, nor the cutting back or replacement of the curbs on any of such downtown streets. “East Douglas street is to be widened to 69 feet in the blocks between Fifth and Seventh streets, in front of the Ford garage and the American Legion club. West Douglas will also be widened to 69 feet in the blocks from Third street west to Jefferson street. Fourth street is to be widened from Everett street a distance of two blocks south to the Burling ton tracks to a width of 69 feet. The total of all blocks to be wid ened is eight. “The plan will also require re moval of portions of the Ford ga rage and the Arbuthnot and As imus oil stations, where exist facilities may encroach on the street or parkways. “The state has agreed to accept the expense of widening and re building the block at the west end of Douglas street,, and will con struct a new channelized corner there to carry traffic on highways 20 and 281. The whole project has been approved for federal match ing aid, thus one-half of all of the work done by the city will be paid for by the federal govern ment. ‘The city engineer has estimat ed the total cost of all the work for the city at the sum of $61,000. One-half of this amount, or, $30, 500, is estimated as the city’s share. As a matter of policy, if the work is done, the city con templates that the cost of paving in front of business properties will be charged to the owners through special assessments and that in front of residence properties will be paid by the city as a whole on the theory that no special prop erty benefits will accrue to the residence properties as such. Again it is estimated that G5 per cent of the city’s share of the cost would be recoverable by spe cial assessments and 35 percent otherwise. The 35 percent not re coverable by assessments is esti mated to be the sum of $10,675. “The city has entered into an agreement with the state, which provides for parallel parking on the main streets at such time as conditions may require. However, in a recent visit with the state engineer, the city officials were assured that there would be no re quest for parallel parking until such time as traffic volumes in creased to the point where a four lane street is required through O’Neill. It was the opinion of the state engineer that this might be 10 years or more in the future and might never be required unless substantial increase in highway travel results in the years to come. Thus, there is no plan or intention at this time to institute parallel parking, and the 30-degree angle parking presently in effect is to be retained. “The city has also been assured that if the planned street improve ments are carried out, the state will not consider moving the highways from O’Neill. The coun cil was told of plans of the state for the eventual rerouting of U.S. 20 from the west end of Douglas street directly to Emmet, follow ing the Chicago & North Western railroad right-of-way. ’The coun cil was also told that the rtate • Call us up and well deliver a new Ford to your door for your Test Drive. We feel that you’ll be delighted with the longer, lower beauty of Ford’s new Th underbird styling and the colorful new inte rior. We know you’ll go for Ford’s new Angle-Poised Ride . . . and ♦be performance of any of Ford s 3 new engines. planned to let a contract in March of this year for the rebuilding of the mile and a half of JJ.S. 281 from the west end of Douglas north to the Drive-In theater cor ner. The engineer stated that this work was going forward at an es timated cost of $75,000 as a part of the plan to keep the highways in O’Neill. “The city council realizes that no state officer is able to give the city any ironclad guarantees as to the location of the highways in the *years to come. However, the council feels that the state engi neer is dealing with the city in good faith, and that the city has received all the reasonable assur ances the circumstances will af ford. Likewise, the council be lieves that in consideration of all the facts the city is justified in making the expenditures requir ed, both as a matter of keeping the highways in O’Neill and as a matter of permanent and valuable improvement for the city.” Artist Dazzling; Audience Great (Continued from page 1) Samuel Sorin. In this instance the Brahms wine made mighty listenable music. Debussy excelled in depicting ! a mood and Mr. Sorin was equal in every way, to our country tastes, in interpreting the com poser’s impressionistic joy in L’lsle Joyeuse (Island of Joy). Mr. Sorin did Tne Little White Donkey by Ibert and no one ques tioned a little donkey, dressed in bells and bright strappings, trip ping down a narrow street in Spain. Ibert, a French composer, had a special fondness for Spain and Spanish costumes. The Toccato by Prokofieff prov ed to be a discordant but enjoy able five minutes, although some of the tones purposely were non sense and hard on the ears. No wonder this guy, Prokofieff, has dazzled his contemporaries; he’s a Russian! The Spanish Rhapsody by Liszt rounded out the regular program. Liszt composed for piano and Mr. Sorin’s brilliant technique thrill ed all. The guest exhibited a rare mastery of technical passages. The two teenage noisemakers in the balcony on the right would heartily agree with that. Mr. borin prefaced tnree en cores by quoting an 11-year-old’s review of one of his concerts in Kansas. The lad, writing in the school newspaper, said the pianist waited until the regular concert was over to play the pieces he wanted to play in the first place! His encores were Chopin’s Pol onaise, richly endowed with pomp, ceremony and grandeur; waltz and ballet refrains from Jo hann Strauss’ Die Fledermaus, and the Fire Dance by Manuel Defia, a Spanish composer. Despite the deep character cf the music, the concert was a solid success. Mr. Sorin’s generous and warm personality were in no small part a complement to his dazzling virtuosity. And the sandhills audience was magnificent.—RM. Drama Film to Atkinson— ATKINSON— The sensational new movie, “Reaching from Hea ven,” will play, at the Miller the ater in Atkinson Wednesday and Thursday, February 16 and 17, benefit of the Protestant church es here. There will be matinees each day at 2:15 and evening showings at 7:30 and 9:30. (De tails on page 3.) Baseball Meeting— There will be a baseball meeting Monday evening, Feburary 14, at 8 o’clock, at the American Legion elubrooms. Anyone interested in baseball for the coming season is invited to attend. Plaintiffs Say Action ‘Null and Void’ ■. e o (Continued from page 1) 281 will not be relocated and O’- 0 Neill bypassed.” The plaintiffs asked the court to temporarily restrain the city c and for an order permanently en joining the defendants. j Delayed Citation for Lt. Krotter 0 Robert J. Krotter of O’Neill, member of the Wm. Krotter Co., ° with farm implement, automobile, hardware, lumber and grain es tablishments in O’Neill, Spencer, Stuart and several other points, this week received a delayed commendation ribbon from the air force. The news was released through the information officer at the Sioux City air base. Krotter returned from the Far East about a year and a half ago. The citation said: “First Lt. Robert J. Krotter distinguished himself by mer itorious service as installations engineer officer, 6154th air base group, between November 30, 1952, and July 27, 1953. “He was faced with the need to perform many tasks and prejects beyond the normal scope of the installations section. ‘ Through his ability to organ ize, and through knowledge of in stallations functions, he was in strumental in expediting installa tions support by his group. Through maximum and thorough exploitation of available resources. Lieutenant Krotter accomplished all assigned projects with effi ciency and expediency. The suc cessful accomplishments under combat conditions is indicative of the exceptional engineering skill and leadership qualities possessed by this officer. Through his high personal qualifications and devo tion to duty, Lieutenant Krotter has brought great credit upon himself and the air force.” Orchard Polio ' Fund Hits $419.62 ORCHARD—The polio fund at Orchard now totals $419.62. 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