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Legal Notices (First pub. June 2, 1955) NOTICE OF SUIT TO: Jsftnes W. Gibson; Mrs. James W. Gibson, first real name unknown; The Heirs, devisees, legatees, personal representatives and all other persons interested in the estate of Bradford F. deavland, deceased, real names unknown; and all persons having or claiming any interest in the West Half of the Northeast Quar ter of Section Twenty-eight, Township Twenty-seven North, Range Ten, West of the 6th P.M. in Holt County, Nebraska, real names unknown, defendants. You and each of you are here by notified that on the 26th day of May, 1555, George E. Moo * as plaintiff, filed Ms petition in the District Court of Holt County, Nebraska, against you as defend ants, the object and prayer of \yhich is to quiet and confirm the title in him, the said George E. Moor, to the real estate herein above specifically described, as against you and each of you, and to secure a Decree of Court that you have no interest in, right or title to or lien upon said real estate, or any part thereof, and for general equitable relief. You are required to answer said petition on or before the 11th day of July, 1955. By: JULIUS D. CRONIN GEORGE E. MOOR, Plaintiff, His Attorney _ 5-8c (First pub. May 26, 1955) Julies D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WELL No. 4039 COUNTY COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. ESTATE OF ETTA E. SHRIN ER, DECEASED. THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, TO ALL CONCERNED: i Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed for the probate of the will of said deceas ed, and for the appointment of James R. Marne as Executor thereof, which will be for hearing in this court on June 16, 1955, at 10 o’clock A.M LOUIS W. REIMER County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 4-6c (First pub. June 2, 1955) Elven Butterfield, Neligh, Attorney NOTICE OF REFEREE’S SALE Notice is hereby given that by virtue of an order of sale direct ed to me by the District Court of Holt County, Nebraska, in aa ac tion pending in said Court where in Elva McDermott is plaintiff, and Hazel Saide, et al., are de fendants, being Case No. 15002, to sell at public venue the following described real estate, to-wit: —The Northwest Quarter of Section 32, Township 31, North, Range 12, West of the 6th PM., in Holt County, Nebraska— I will offer said above described real estate for sale, and will sell the same to the highest bidder for cash on the 7th day of July, A.P., 1955, at the hour of one o’clock P.M., at the front door of the Court House in the City of O’ Neill, Holt County, Nebraska, when and where due attendance wall be given by the undersigned, sole referee. Said sale will remain open for one hour. Purchaser will be required to pay fifteen percent of his bid on the day of the sale, and the bal ance at the fame of confirmation. Dated this 1st day of June, A.D., 1955. JULIUS D. CRONIN 5-9c Sole Retcree (First pub. June 2, 1955) Norman Gonderinger, Attorney NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL No. 4041 COUNTY COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA. ESTATE OF WILLIAM F. GROTHE, DECEASED. THE STATE OF NEBRASKA, TO ALL CONCERNED: Notice is hereby given that a petition has been filed for the probate of the will of said de ceased, and for the appointment of W. P. Dailey as Executor thereof, which will be for hearing in this court on June 23, 1955, at 10 o’clock A.M. LOUIS W. REIMER County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 5-7c (First pub. June 2, 1955) Julius D. Cronin, Attorney NOTICE FOR PETITION FOR ADMINISTRATION Estate No. 4042 In the County Court of Holt County, Nebraska, May 27, 1955. In the Matter of the Estate of Einar Peterson, a/k/a Ejnar Pet erson, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in said estate that a petition has been filed in said Court for the appointment of Christine Sanders as Adminis tratrix of said estate, and will be heard June 23, 1955, at 10 o’clock A.M., at the County Court Room in O’Neill, Nebraska. LOUIS W. REIMER, County Judge. (COUNTY COURT SEAL) 5-7c Don Lanman Plans to Enter Morningside— Donald Lanman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Royal Lanman of O’Neill, is planning to attend Morningside college, Sioux City. A service veteran, Don was graduated from high school in 1950 and will be gin his college career next Sep tember, with pre-medicine as his course of study. course of study. Morningside is a liberal arts college. |r MEET ENDS V JULY4th I No Racing on Sundays or Mondays I (Except Monday, July 4th) H 8-Race$Daily-8l ADMISSION 75c I (Including State and Federal Tax) Kf LADIES' DAYS K* TUESDAYS and FRIDAYS W& (Admiuion for Ladies 85c) NO CHILDREN ADMITTED Bva DON'T MISS THE " S $10,000-ADDED AK-SAR-BEN HANDICAP JULY 4TH .^p In Cooperation with the AMERICAN LEGION AMERICAN FLAGS Cleaned Without Charge June 1 — June 12 For Flag Day, Jane 14th FLAG DAY, June 14, is the day set aside each year for Am ericans to honor their flag. At home, at sea, in far comers of the world, civilians and members of our armed forces will pay their respects to Old Glory. HELP TO INSURE "New Glory for Old Glory” . . . bring in your flag. Speak up for America with the Stars & Stripes on Flag Day, June 14. O’Neill Cleaners — O’NEILL — n State Capitol News . . . Take Steps to Raise Revenue LINCOLN—The legislature re turned this week from the me morial day recess with considera tion of the proposed $220 million state budget as the main item of business left to be done. But everyone also expected more debate on who was going to pay the cost of the proposed in terstate route across Nebraska. Few expected an uneasy settle ment made just before the recess to stand unmolested. This is the proposed 400-mile defense superhighway the federal government wants built from Omaha past Lincoln, Grand Is land, North Platte to the Wyo ming border west of Kimball. The states share of the cost would be $1.6 million a year. This would be about one-fourth the amount of money the Nebras ka state highway department ex pect^ to put on all of its roads each year. So if the four-lane super highway is to be built it would either mean cutting down on other road construction or else providing new revenues. The legislature tied itself in knots last week trying to decide 1 what to do. By the time members went home for the memorial day recess the legislature had taken only two definite steps toward raising revenue: 1. Voting a 16 percent increase in the cost of commercial truck license fees. Increases ranged .from $2.50 to $125 and were ex pected to bring in $625,000 a year. 2. Increasing the fee for auto mobiles weighing less than 3,000 pounds from $6 to $8. This would garner another $200,000 a year. But along the way was strewn the broken wreckage of a number i of proposals. Here is a blow-by blow account of what happened. • • * Crunched Legislation— When the debate opened there were these revenue-raising pro posals facing the legislature: Proposed license fee increases for all trucks—both commercial and farm, LB 519. The Automo bile fee increase was on the same bill. A proposal to raise the state gasoline tax one cent to seven cents, LB 436. A measure to place a ton-mile tax on the bigger trucks. LB 362. The revenue committee had pro posed an amendment to make this apply only to non-Nebraska trucks hauling 15 tons or more. Round one—Sen. Dwight Bur ney of Hartington proposed a half-cent increase in the gasoline tax. He said this would raise $2.5 million a year, or more than enough. Gov. Victor Anderson told a group of senators this seemed the easiest way to get the job done. This was accepted by a vote of 27-6. Round two—The oil dealers’ lobby got to work overnight with some able assistance by the farm organizations and the railroads. Result—the legislature reversed itself 24-17 and killed the gas tax bill, LB 436. They were aided by an erroneous report that the truckers had worked for this pro posal. While the truckers would have liked it better than a li cense fee increase, they weren’t behind the initial move. Round three — The truckers’ lobby, aided by shippers and oth er business groups, barely killed the ton-mile tax proposal, LB 362, by a 22-21 vote. The choice here was excruciating for many senators. The railroads—anxious to jab their competitors, the truckers—have worked hard for this bill. But the trucking lobby tried to show the senators that it would force trucking com panies out of their districts, thus losing them industry, truck taxes, and license fees. xtouna lour—ny uii£> umc uiuj the license fee increase bill was left. Some of the senators were begining to wake up to . the fact that different lobbies were crunch ing up the proposals one-by-one. By a bare majority the legislators refused to kill this bill. Then they added the increase to the auto mobiles and tacked on a 32 percent increase on commercial trucks. The ever powerful farm element in the legislature was able to side track the effort to increase license fees on farm trucks. Round five—Sen. K. W. Peter son of Sargent talked the legis lature into cutting in half the proposed increases on trucks. He pointed out that this would come on top of a 60 percent increase slapped on the trucks two years ago. While a 16 percent increase was better than 32 percent in crease as far as the truckers were concerned, it was evident they still didn’t like it and might try to get it changed. Although Peterson t is a former trucker, he insisted the Nebraska Motor Carriers as sociation had nothing to do with his proposal. The trouble seemed to be the lack of leadership in the legisla ture. And when some senators did try to hack a path out of the wilderness, no one would follow them. The result was that the lobby groups were able to make mincemeat of the proposals one at a time. As the senators came back from recess the question was whether there would be a round six. There still wasn’t enough money being raised. But there was the chance that the truck in crease might be the “compromise” that would suit everybody. Dis like it as they might, the truckers had to admit it was better than the ton-mile tax. • * • Big Budget— While the increase in the state government budget from $194 million to $220 million looked, tremendous, appearances were deceptive in this case. For one thing, the total budget includes everything that the state agencies have for spending. So it includes not only money from property taxes but from taxes on gasoline, cigarets, and liquor tu ition and dormitory fees paid at the state institutions of higher learning; federal grants - in - aid for welfare, hospitals and high ways; and even such things as the money paid for football tic kets at the University of Nebras ka. But when it came down to what the property owners would have to pay in increased taxes, the total seemed to come out around $11 million more. This includes all the special le vies for mental hospitals, insti tutional building construction, and funding of the state teach ers retirement fund. For the socalled general fund, about $8.3 million more would be used. So this means the state general fund levy will have to be increased a little more than one mill ($1 more tax on each $1,000 worth of assessed property). Why the increase? About $2 , million more is needed to help cure patients faster in our state mental institutions. Another $2.8 million is needed to keep the Uni versity of Nebraska in competi tion with other nearby universi ties on faculty, services, and in struction. Almost $1 million would go to the safety patrol to add more men. A new welfare program for the totally disabled will cost another $1 million in property taxes. An increase of $3 a month for each , person on the assistance rolls— voted by the legislature — takes another $1 million. The rest is scattered among the various agen cies of government. , * * * LAST WEEK CAP NEWS - The legislature drove hard last week, trying to plow through as many tough bills as possibile be fore the decoration day recess. Major decisions were made on two of the perennial problems— roads and schools. It took two days of debate to get through the 63 section LB 187, a complete recodification of the laws under which the state highway department operates These have needed overhauling for a long time and more and more law suits have crept up over discrepancies in the present sta tutes. But this was no dust-dry re classifying of laws. LB 187 brought up for debate a number of principals involved in the total road picture. Considering that the state high way department laid on the line many a law section for which it had fought hard in previous ses sions, the department did well in initial debate. It turned out that the greatest controversy came over something done by the state advisory high way commission. This was a pro posal to streamline the 9,864-mile state highway system. The commission after two years of study had .recommended prun ing 918 miles off the system and adding 436. This had brought vigorous protests from the com munities along the 918 miles. They came down before the pub lic works committee at the hear ing on LB 187 a couple of months and objected in no uncertain terms. Senators from districts which would lose considerable mile age were just as vehement in fighting the “pruned” system. Sen. Frank Nelson of O’Neill, for example, said it was unfair to take this step when there had been no chance for a public hearing where people could have a chance to make a ease. But the legislature went ahead anyway and voted to adopt the map by a 22-14 vote. But this really put the fat in the fire. There was an inglorious scram ble among the senators to tack onto the revised system their particular highway or road. Sen. Charles Tvrdik of Omaha with a broad grin even proposed adding to the state highway system “two miles from Cedar Creek to my favorite fishing hole.” The “lose out” senators didn’t even pause to smile. Finally, Sen. Norman Otto of Kearney, who had voted for the commission map, moved that the vote be reconsidered. He and seven other senators switched positions and the commission map was re jected. Only an hour of turmoil had elapsed. That left the state with the present 9,864 miles of road which the state highway department maintains. • * * Controlled Access— Another section of LB 187 dealt with the right of the depart ment to control access to some of its new, modem roads. Access control means the right to say where side roads are allowed to enter the highway. The department contends it needs this power or dozens of hot dog stands, filling stations, and motels spring up—each with a separate driveway onto the high way, endangering traffic safety. Somewhat to the surprise of observers, the legislature voted down all efforts to water down this power. Lobbyists for the fill ing stations had proposed amend ments but apparently no one worked very hard on them. The other section of general public interest concerned the power of relocating highways. The state engineer now has this. But the advisory highway com mission has been itching to get into the act. The only trouble is that under the constitution it can’t be given executive powers. The legislature adopted an amendment worked out by the public works committee, leaving the power with the engineer but requiring “the written advice” of the commission and the consent of the governor. * * * School Reorganization— School forces, which have had spectacular success in this ses sion, suffered a slight setback in debate over a school reorganiza tion bill, LB 398. But the loss was not as bad as it might seem. LB 398 among other things proposed to give the state school district reorganization committee veto powers over the actions of the county committees. The legis lature struck this out on a mo tion by Sen. Arnold Ruhrike of Plymouth. But left in the law after the major debate test were these pro visions: The state board of education shall appoint a new state com mittee. It is hoped that a rejuven ated committee will be better able to work with local groups. County committees are given two years in which to draw up some kind of reorganization plan for their county. If they don’t get to work, they will be dissolved in two years and another committee named. Juke Box Bill— Looming in the legislature was a question that no one had an ticipated. It started when the re venue committee introduced in the legislature a bill to tax all coin vending machines. Members said such a bill was drafted early in the session and they wondered why it had never been intro duced. A day later several members of the legislature introduced a re solution condemning the practice of drafting of bills designed to harass particular industries or the general public. Three days later Sen. Sam Klaver of Omaha said he was the legislator who had asked that the “juke box” bill be drafted. He said he had decided against intro ducing it after learning it would hurt the industry too much. A public hearing was held on the measure, LB 557. It went se dately on for an hour with a large number of opponents speaking against the measure. Revenue committee members asked each speaker whether the tax (ranging from $25 to $100) was “confisca tory”. Most replied that it was. Then the revenue committee chairman, Monroe Bixler of Har rison, said that there had been some unusual things in connec tion with the bill. He introduced Rush Clarke, North Platte attor ney who had been called in as a special investigator by Atty. Gen. C. S. Beck. Clarke read from 85 pages of sworn testimony he said he had taken in interviews with six Omaha men engaged in the coin vending machine business. At several points in the testi mony the name of Senator Klaver was mentioned as having discuss ed a coin vending tax bill with some of the men interviewed. The revenue committee intro duced a resolution in the legisla ture calling for appointment of a committee of senators to investi gate “improper practices of mem bers affecting legislation and le gislative procedures.” The committee said it took this action after hearing “sworn state ments . . . tending to indicate im proper practices by members of the legislature.” The same morning in a drama tic 45-minute speech to the legis lature, Senator Klaver denied he had ever taken “a penny, dime, quarter, or any other money” in connection with legislature. In a voice that often sobbed with emotion Klaver said, “I feel I am fighting for my life. My re putation is worth more to me than my life” To reporters afterward he said his categorical denial applies to ■ ■ ■ T Money to Loan — on — AUTOMOBILES TRUCKS TRACTORS EQUIPMENT FURNITURE Central Finance Corp. C. E. Jones. Manager O'Neill t Nebraska _ PUBLIC SALE Belonging to the late Walter Richard; on premises on west edge of Chambers on — FRIDAY, JUNE 3rd - 1 P.M. Farm Machinery Including 1949 34-ton Chev. pickup with stock rack; 1947 Ford tractor, power lift, excellent cond., recond.; 14-in. 2-bottom plow; cultivator for Ford tractor; 7-ft. mower for Ford tractor; 2-row stalk cutter; J-D manure spreader; 12-ft.. hay rake; G.I. compicker, l-yr.-old.; harrows; harness; wire; cribbing; stock tanks; lumber, chute, hog waterers. Household Goods DeLaval Jr. cream separator; geod GE elec, refrig., like new; 10-in. oil burner; cabinets; cupboards; beds; bedding; dining room table and 6 chairs; dressers; desk; elec, washing machine; radio; davenport, etc. Terms: CASH. Clarence Richard & Leona Hodgson Owners CoL Ed Thorin, O’Neill, Anct — Chambers State Bank, Clerk any allegations that he had offer ed to block introduction of such a tax bill for a $2,500 fee as alleged in the sworn testimony gathered by Clarke. Joan Rosicky Weds Merle J. Sieler in Ceremony at Lynch LYNCH—A very pretty May wedding took place at the Assumption BVM Catholic church at Lynch on Tuesday, May 24, when Miss Joan Rosicky, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rosicky of Lynch, became the bride of Merle J. Sieler, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sieler of Butte. Before the altar decorated with flowers, Rev. Charles Kamber of ficiated at the double-ring cere mony and offered the nuptial mass. The traditional Lohengren “Wedding March” was played as the bride entered the church on the arm of her father, who gave her in marriage. The bride wore a floor-length white gown of imported hand clipped rosepoint lace with fro thy nylon tulle over nylon net be ing blended in a three-tier skirt. The bodice was trimmed with ir idescent sequins and seed pearls, featuring a peter pan collar. Her fingertip veil of illusion net was held in place by a perky little hat with an edge of pleated tulle on lace and touched with sequins and pearls. She carried a bouquet of red roses. Her only jewelry was a pair of pearl earrings, a gift of the bridegroom. She carried the tra ditional something old, new, bor rowed, blue and a penny in her shoe. xvxid. i-/cuc nuuia^ w do II id nun of honor and Miss Marilou Sieler, sister of the bridegroom was bridesmaid. They wore identical gowns of lace and net over satin, blue and yellow respectively. Each had a matching headband and carried colonial bouquets. Belinda Sieler, n e i c e of the bridegroom, was flowergirl. She wore a blue gown of net over taf feta with a matching headpiece. She carried a white lace basket of rose petals. Judd Allan was ringbearer. His suit was white with a navy blue jacket and he carried the ring on a satin white pillow. Dayton Sieler, brother of the bridegroom, was bestman. Bill Rosicky, brother of the bride, was the groomsman. They wore blue and gray suits respectively. Each wore a carnation bouton niere. Hugo Sieler, brother of the bridegroom, and Dale Audiss, friend of the bridegroom, ushered. Both the mothers of the bride and bridegroom chose navy blue dresses with white accessories. Each wore a corsage of pink rose buds as did the bridegroom’s grandmother, Mrs. Nick Sieler of Butte. The music during the wedding was .furnished by the church choir under the direction of Sis ter M. Priscilla, OSB, with Irene Stenger at the organ. Kathryn Mulhair sang “Ave Maria” by Gounod and at communion time “Oh What Could My Jesus Do More”. At the close of the services, the bride presented a bouquet to the Blessed Mother. Mrs. Ray Counts and Miss Irene Stenger sang “On This Day Oh Beautiful Mother”. After the ceremony a reception was held at the city auditorium for about 200 relatives and friends. The wedding cake was baked and decorated by Mrs. Al bert Schindler and was cut and served by Mrs. Okley Patch of Indianapolis, Ind., aunt of the bride. Mrs. Stan Bjornsen and Mrs. Henry Rosicky poured. Serving the bride’s table were Miss Dorene Huber and Miss Jo lene Micanek, schoolmates of the bride. The bride was graduated from Lynch high school with the class of 1952 and has been teaching the past three years in Holt county. The bridegroom was graduated from Butte high school with the class of 1950 and since his dis charge from the army in Septem ber, 1954, has been farming with his father. A wedding dance was given by the couple on the same evening at the Butte Legion hall after which the couple left on a short honeymoon. For going away the bride chose a navy blue suit with white ac cessories and the red rose corsage from her bouquet. Upon their re turn, the couple will live on a farm near Butte. Embarrassing Moments Told in Roll Call— The Grattan Farmerette club met at the home of Mrs. William Hanley recently. Twelve members and one visitor were present. Roll call was answered by telling a most embarrassing moment. The president, Mrs. Mabel Harmon, conducted the business meeting. Entertainment was furnished by Iris Eppenbach. Lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Rachel Harmon on June 8.—By Iris Eppenbach, news reporter. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Lashmett and daughter of Scottsbluff spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. D. D. DeBolt. DR. H. D. GILDERSLEEYE OPTOMETRIST Northeast Corner of 4th & Douglas O’NEILL, NEBR. Phone 107 Eye* Examined . Glasses Fitted Office Hours: >.S Mon. turn Bat. ^ ' install bnjant automatic f HEAT NOW Order a new Bryant Gas Furnace installed now— help us avoid a fall rush. From now until August 31st, you save 10% on any Bryant heating appli ances. 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