Legal Notices
(First pub. June 16, 1955)
Elmer C. Rakow, Attorney
Neligh, Nebraska
LEGAL NOTICE
To: Anton Kadlec, Anna Kad
lec, Marie Koza, Prokop Koza,
Joe Prenosil, —- Prenosil,
wife of Joe Prenosil, first real
name unknown, Clara Hall, Clyde
Hall, and all persons having or
claiming any interest in and to
the South Half of the South Half
of Section 20, except the right of
way of the Chicago and North
western Railway Company,
Township 27 North, Range 9 West
of the 6th P.M., in Holt County,
Nebraska, real names unknown,
defendants.
You, and each of you, are here
by notified that Vance L. Butler
and Bessie M. Butler, have filed
their petition in the District Court
of Holt County, Nebraska, agains1
you, and each of you, implead
ed with others, the object and
purpose of which is to quiet title
ir. plaintiffs, Vance L. Butler and
Bessie M. Butler to the South Half
of the South Half of Section 20,
except the right of way of the
Chicago and Northwestern Rail
w a y Company, Township 27
North, Range 9 West of the 6th
P.M., in Holt County, Nebraska;
to exclude you and each of you
from any interest in and to said
real estate, and to enjoin you and
each of you from claiming any
lien on or interest in said real
estate or from interfering with
plaintiffs’ possession thereof and
for general equitable relief.
You are required to answer said
petition on or before the 25th day
of July, 1955.
Dated this 14th day of June,
1955.
Vance L. Butler and
Bessie M. Butler
PLAINTIFFS
7-10
(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 an 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:
—Tha Northwest Quarter of
Section 32, Township 31, North,
Range 12, West of the 6th P M,
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.D.,
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
will 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 time of confirmation.
Dated this 1st day of June,
A.D., 1955.
JULIUS D. CRONIN
5-9c Sole Referee
■ —~ — - ■ » — 1 ■■ 1 ■ ■ .—1 i
(First pub. June 2, 1955)
NOTICE OF SUIT
TO: James 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.
Cleavland, 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, 1955, George E. Moor as
plaintiff, filed his petition in the
District Court of Holt County,
Nebraska, against you as defend
ants, the object and prayer of
which is to quiet a.id 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, ar.d
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 Llth
day of July, 1955.
GEORGE E. MOOR,
Plaintiff,
By: JULIUS D. CRONIN
His Attorney
5-8c
(First publication June 9, 1955)
Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
ROCK COUNTY, NEBRASKA
IN THE MATTER OF THE AP
PLICATION OF SAM ROG
GOW AND ISABELLE ROG
GOW, TO AUTHORIZE HAR
OLD HARGENS, ADMINIS
TRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF
ORLOW COLWELL, DECEAS
ED, IN HOLT COUNTY, NE
BRASKA, TO EXECUTE A
DEED TO REAL ESTATE.
ORDER
Now, on this 1st day of June,
A.D., 1955, this matter came on
before the Court upon the petit
ion of Sam Roggow and Isabelle
Roggow, under oath, directed to
this Court, alleging that on or
about the 2nd day of January,
1953, petitioners entered into a
written contract with Orlow
Colwell, now deceased, to pur
chase the Northwest Quarter of
Section One (1), Township
Twenty-Nine (29), North, Range
20, West of the 6th P.M., in
Rock County, Nebraska, for the
total sum of $6,000.00, of which
the sum of $1,000.00 was paid
at the time of the execution of
the contract; the balance was tc
be paid $1,000.00 on February !,
1954 and $1,000.00 on the first
day of each February thereafter
up to and including the year
1958, with interest at five per
cent on all unpaid principal
sums, payable February 1, 1959;
that the purchasers have paid a
total on said purchase price of
$1,400.00, leaving an unpaid bal
ance of $4,600.00 and interest,
$1,600.00 of which is in default.
That no deed of conveyance
was ever prepared or executed
by the deceased; that the ad
ministrator of the estate of Or
low Colwell, deceased, and the
purchasers have agreed upon a
compromise of the balance due
on said purchase price, which
compromise has been approved
by the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, in which
Court the estate of the deceased
is pending. That said compromise
contemplates a payment of $3,
800.00 by the purchasers, in
cash in full settlement of the
balance due on said contract;
that said funds are in escrow
pending completion of this pro
ceeding.
Petitioners pray that a day
may be fixed for hearing on
Sfcid petition; that notice thereof
be given as by law provided and
that upon said hearing, decree
be entered, directing the ad
ministrator of the estate of Or
law Colwell, deceased, for and on
behalf or said estate, to execute
and deliver good and sufficient
deed conveying said premises to
the petitioners upon payment of
$3,800.00 in cash, pursuant to
said approved compromise.
IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDER
ED, that a hearing be had upon
said petition in the District Court
Room in the Court House at
Bassett, Nebraska, at the hour of
ten o’clock A.M., on the 6th day
of July, A.D., 1955, and that
notice of the pendency of this
matter, and of the time and
place fixed for hearing thereon,
be given by publishing a copy of
this Order for three consecutive
weeks prior to such hearing in
:he Frontier, a legal newspaper,
printed, published and of general
:irculation in Holt County, Ne
oraska, in which County said
idministrator was appointed.
BY THE COURT
D. R. MOUNTS
3-8c DISTRICT JUDGE
(First pub. June 23, 1955)
Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 4039
In the County Court of Holt
bounty, Nebraska, June 16, 1955.
[n the matter of the Estate of Et
ta E. Shriner, Deceased.
CREDITORS of said estate are
hereby notified that the time lim
ited for presenting claims against
said estate is October 14, 1955,
and for the payment of debts is
Tune 16, 1956, and that on July
14, 1955, and on October 15, 1955,
at 10 o’clock A.M., each day, I
will be at the County Court Room
in said County to receive, exam
ine, hear, allow, or adjust all
:laims and objections duly filed.
LOUIS W. REIMER,
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 8-10c
(First pub. June 9, 1955)
John R. Gallagher, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 4034
In the County Court of Holt
bounty, Nebraska, June 2, 1955.
[n the Matter of the Estate of
Hester M. Hansen, Deceased.
CREDITORS of said ©state are
hereby notified that the time lim
ited for presenting claims against
said estate is September 30, 1955,
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and for the payment of debts is
June 2, 1956, and that on June
30, 1955, and on October 1, 1955,
at 10 o’clock A.M. each day, I
will be at the County Court Room
in said County to receive, exam
ine, hear, allow, or adjust all
claims and objections duly filed.
LOUIS W. REIMER,
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 6-8
(First pub. June 9, 1955)
Julius D. Cronin, Attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate No. 4037
In the County Court of Holt
County, Nebraska, June 2, 1953.
In the Matter of the Estate of
Agnes Soukup, Deceased.
CREDITORS of said estate are
hereby notified that the time lim
ited for presenting claims against
said estate is September 30, 1955,
and for the payment of debts is
June 2, 1956, and that on June
30, 1955, and on October 1, 1955,
at 10 o’clock AJVI. each day, I
will be at the County Court Room
in said County to receive, exam
ine, hear, allow, or adjust all
claims and objections duly filed.
LOUIS W. REIMER,
County Judge.
(COUNTY COURT SEAL) 6-8
Official Proceedings of the
Holt County Supervisors
O’Neill, Nebr.
April 27, 1955
1:00 P.M.
Holt County Board of Super
visors met as per adjournment.
All members present.
This was the time set for. the
hearing on the Road Petition to
include in the County Road Sys
tem a road commencing at the
Southwest corner of Section 5
Township 25, North Range 12,
West of the 6th P.M. running
thence east a distance of 5 miles
to the Southeast corner of Section
1, Township 25, North Range 12,
West of the 6th P.M.
After discussion with petition
ers the board decided to inspect
the road before decision to be
made.
The Township Board of Inman
met with the Board concerning
including in the County Road
System a road commencing at the
West end of present road between
Sections 6 and 7, Township 27,
North Range 8. Where the same
intersects the present County
Road running South from Inman,
thence straight east on said Sec
tion line to Junction of Highway
275 and 20.
A motion was made by BartheJ,
seconded by Tomlinson, to hold a
hearing on this road petition on
May 25th, 1955 at 2 P.M. Motion
carried.
2:30 P.M. This was the time
set for a hearing on Road petition
north of Stuart to establish a
county Road commencing at
Southeast corner of Southwest
quarter of Section 32, Township
33, Range 15, West of 6th P.M..
thence running west on correction
line 225 rods, thence Northwest to
the Northwest corner of the
Southeast quarter of Section 31,
thence Northwest to the North
line of the Northwest quarter of
Section 31, thence west to the
Northwset corner of Section 36,
thence North to the Northwest
corner of Section 25, Township
33, Range 16, West of the 6th
P.M. there terminate.
Motion by Batenhorst, second
ed by Barthel, that the prayer of
petition be granted and said road
be included in the County Road
System. Motion carried.
Motion by Frickel, seconded by
Flood, to put a steel deck on the
Gannon bridge at Inman. Motion
carried.
Motion by Tomlinson, seconded
by Batenhorst, that the County
Clerk be instructed to write a
letter to Senator Nelson favoring
the passage of L.B. 381. Motion
carried.
5:00. On motion the Board ad
journed until May 24, 1955 at
10:00 A.M.
KENNETH WARING
County Clerk
FRANK CRONK
Chairman
O’Neill, Nebraska
May 24, 1955
10:00 A.M.
Holt County Board of Super
visors met as per adjournment.
All members present. Meeting
called to order by the Chairman.
Minutes of previous meeting v/ere
read and approved.
The finance committee report
ed that all the fees of the various
offices have been submitted to
the County Treasurer as required
by law.
Motion by Barthel, seconded by
Ernst, that the following claims
be allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on the General Fund in
payment of same. Motion carried.
Atkinson Graphic, publish
ing fees .185.01
Kenneth L. Barthel, salary. 118.7o
A. M. Batenhorst, salary ..118.75
Matt Beha, wiring & re
pairing of courthouse
equipment . 5.20
City of OTMeill, Water De
partment . 50.70
K. L. Barthel, mileage - 2H.89
A. M. Batenhorst, mileage 55.20
Dorothy Bennett, salary .. 148.66
Dr. L. A. Carter, mental
hearing & examination.. 15.00
Marvin Clouse, assessing
salary . 4.00
Geo. E. Collins, salary.262 85
Geo. E. Collins, mileage. . 43.3C
Frank Cronk, mileage .... 45.54
Dudleys Laundry, laundry
services . 2.33
Clarence Ernst, salary ....118.75
Edw. N. Flood, salary -118.75
Alice L. French, salary .... 300.00
Alice L. French, mileage .. 29.61
Alex Frickel, salary .118.75
Alex Frickel, mileage -53.52
Gillespies, courthouse re
pairs . 3.05
Norman Gonderinger, court
costs . 50.00
Wm. W. Griffin, Co. Attor
ney, postage . 15.00
John Grutsch, Service Of
ficer, mileage . 864
J. Ed Hancock, salary-300.00
Esther Harris, salary -200.00
Carolyn Hiatt, salary -200.00
Holt County Extension Ser
vice .400.23
Kansas-Nebr. Natural Gas,
gas service . 52.65
Business
Opportunity
One of the top 3 major ap
pliance manufacturers de
sires dealer for representa
tion in O’Neill. Please reply
to:
BOX W
c/o The Frontier
Howard D. Manson, salary 266.66
Howard D. Manson, Clerk
of Dist. Court, court
costs.345.44
Midwest Furniture Co.,
courthouse equipment .. 31.30
Mark Muff, labor on court
house annex . 59.50
James Mullen, mileage ... 51.00
Mabel McKenna, salary ..166.66
Omaha Printing Co., office
supplies . 10 44
O’Neill Transfer, express
charges . 5.04
Louis W. Reimer, salary. .325.00
Charles Richter, salary ..225.00
Arlene Ruroede, salary .. 166.66
Ophelia Sessions, salary . . 200.00
Stuart Advocate, publishing
fees . 9.10
Leo S. Tomjack, prisoner
board & fee .193.75
Leo S. Tomjack, mileage .. 146.40
Arthur W. Tomlinson, sal
ary .118.75
H. W. Tomlinson, Justice of
Peace, Preliminary Hear
ings . 92.00
Kenneth Waring, Co. Clerk,
postage . 9.50
Wm. F. Wefso, Co. Assessor,
postage & mileage . 15.00
Zep Mfg. Corporation,
courthouse supplies _55.76
Geo. E. Collins, mileage .. 53.80
Frank Cronk, salary .118.75
Elmer Devall, assessing sal
ary .105.00
Helen Engler, salary .16G.66
Clarence Ernst, mileage .. 20.58
J. R. Freeman Co., court
house supplies . 44.15
Alice L. French, postage &
express charges . 32.41
The Frontier, publishing
fees & office supplies .. 147.44
William W. Griffin, salary.208.33
John Grutsch, salary .233.33
Hammond & Stephens Co.,
office supplies . 30.62
Esther Harris', postage _ 9.40
Leo Hines, labor . 5.25
Esther E. Kaiser, salary... 166.66
Joe Kubik, labor . 5.25
Lew White Motor Co., tow
ing charges . 1.00
Howard D. Manson, Clerk
of Dist. Court, court
costs . 47.75
Howard D. Manson, Clerk
of Dist. Court, court
costs .137.50
Virginia Morrow, salary .. 10.50
James Mullen, salary ....191.66
Nora Mullen, salary .200.00
Northwestern Bell Tele
phone Co., telephone ser
vices .258.45
Ranks Army Store, jail
equipment .115.36
Louis W. Reimer, County
Judge, postage . 6.25
Royal Typewriter Co., of
fice equipment .177.50
Servall Towel & Linen
Supply, laundry services 6.50
Stephenson School Supply,
office supplies . 2.13
Leo S. Tomjack, salary .. 233.33
Leo S. Tomjack, telephone
services . 4.29
Mrs. Leo Tomjack, matron
fees . 16.00
Arthur W. Tomlinson, mile
age . 54.90
John J. Underwood, salary. 116.54
Kenneth Waring, salary .. 300.00
Wm. F. Wefso, salary .... 300.00
West Publishing Co., office
supplies . 25.00
Ailene Wilkinson, salary... 166.66
Art Prange, labor . 15.50
Joy Kennedy, salary .205.16
12:00 Noon. On motion the
board adjourned until 1:00 P.M.
O’Neill, Nebr.
May 24, 1955
1:00 P.M.
Holt County Board of Super
visors met as per adjournment.
All members present.
Motion by Batenhorst, seconded
by Barthel, that Holt County pay
one year back on the free higa
school tuition of Lavon Knox,
daughter of Lloyd Knox of .Dis
trict No. 2%, and reject the two
years prior to 1954-1955.
Motion by Frickel seconded by
Ernst, that the following claims
be allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on the Road fund in pay
ment of same. Motion carried.
Alloy Industries, grader
blades . 147.99
Les Andrus, hauling clay
& gravel . 51.00
Delbert Anson, road labor 269.05
A. M. Batenhorst, freight
charges . 4.45 •
Bill Brewster, diesel fuel 82.75 1
Andy Clark, removing
snow fence . 7.00
Orville Clanton, hauling '
gravel . 20.00
Consumers Public Power
Dist., electric services.. 6.52
D. A. Lubricant Co., road
supplies . 25.93 -
Dankert Service, gas & re- !
pairs . 19.09 .
Fehrs Tractor & Equip.
Co., machinery rental .. 230.00 ^
Foree Tire & Supply Co.,
tire, tube & tire repair 83.20 :
Floyd Gettert, road labor 71.00
Harley Hardware, repairs 13.44
Albert Holbrook, road la
bor . 273.30
The Island Supply Co., re
pairs . 9.34
The Island Supply Co., re
pairs . 24.15
Melvin Andrus, road labor 105.00
John Angus, hauling clay 1
& gravel . 315.00 i
Albert Ballard, repairs &
repairing . 101.90 •
Ed Brandt, elegrader op- ]
erator .. 290.25 ,
Walter Brown, road labor 122.85 \
Kenneth Cadwallader,
driving truck . 168.00 (
Glen Cobb, gas, oil, & shop
bill . 45.46 ]
Continental Oil Co., diesel
fuel . 17.64 *
Continental Oil Co., diesel ,
fuel & oil . 128.45 j
Fees Repairs, repairs & i
repairing .. . 20.31
Fehrs Tractor & Equip.
Co., repairs . 110.19
Floyd Frahm, cat & patrol
operator . 265.00
Galyen Motor Co., gas ... 62.75
Floyd Gettert, road labor 264.00
Gillette & Son, gas & re
pairs . 34.40
Lloyd Hoerle, road labor 78 2 j
Ed Humpal, dirt . 12.50
The Island Supply Co.,
supplies . 69.92
Frank Johnson, oil, gas, &
battery change . 70.69
T. C. McShane Co., Inc.,
repairs . 67.15
Nelson Brayton, gas &
chains . 75.01
Asa Norton, hauling clay
and gravel . 180.00
Eugene Norton, driving
truck . 156.00
Page Oil Co., gas, oil, die
sel fuel, & tire repair.. 134.46
Platt Oil Co., used tires &
tubes . 7 25
Fred Roberts, road labor 260.40
Servall Towel & Linen Co.,
laundry services . 2.40
R. D. Stevens, motor grad
er operator ... 279.90
Clede Trobaugh, driving
truck . 184. CO
Lloyd Waldo, road labor. 26.82
Lew White Motor Co., re
pairs & repairing . 14.02
West Lumber & Coal, sup
plies . 4.05
Paul J. Kaup, road labor 264.60
Donald W. Krotter, Stuart,
gas, kerosene, & repairs 93.34
John McClellan, road la
bor . 235.00
Lyle McKim, road labor .. 204.75
Nebr. Tractor & Eqpt. Co.,
repairs . 10.58
Niobrara Valley Electric
Membership Corpora
tion, electric service .. 1 20
Vincent L. Osborne, ma
chine hire .1289.50
Cyril Peter, road labor .. 6.00
Petrometal Industries, re
pairs . 126.76
Richard Reed, dozer & pa
trol operator . 196.85
Art B. Sanders, patrol op
erator . 289.30
Shaw Oil Co., diesel fuel
& gas . 53.95
Shelhamer Eqpt. Co., re
pairs & supplies . 113.12
Frank Tracy, patrol oper
aior . y.az
Martin VanConet, machine
hire . 880.00
Western Auto Store, O’
Neill, supplies . 7.07
C. E. Wintermote, welding
& repairing services ... 76.10
Robert Johnson, road la
bor . 33.00
A1 Kloppenborg, oil & gas 24.49
Lester Marks, road labor. 47.00
Motor Parts, Inc., repairs 10.80
Eli McConnell, road labor 238.35
T. C. McShane Co., Inc.,
repairs . 24.22
Motion by Barthel, seconded by
Batenhorst, that the following .
claims be allowed and warrants
ordered drawn on the Road
Bridge Fund in payment of same.
Motion carried.
Tony Asimus, repairs &
welding . 13.55
Nebr. Tractor & Eqpt. Co.,
repairs & repairing .145.05
Motor Parts, Inc., repairs .. 1G.80
Page Oil Co., repairs . 22.C0
Ed Brandt, elegrader oper- ,
ator .53.50
Central Supply & Eqpt. Co.,
supplies . 43.60
Leo Kramer, repairs & re
pairing .\-74.71
Eli McConnell, labor. 27.00 ■
Motion by Batenhorst, second- j
ed by Barthel, that the following
claims be allowed and warrants ,
ordered drawn on the Mail Route '
Fund in payment of same. Motion ]
carried. ;
Melvin Andrus, hauling
clay . 31.2.00 ^
John Hawk, gravel . 297.30 (
Ed Humpal, gravel & £
hauling gravel . 201.50 j
Myron Papke, labor . 246.50 j
Road Dist. No. 5, machin- £
ery rental . 337.50 z
Calvin Seger, labor . 268.80 f
John Bonenberger, haul
ing clay . 468.00 .
Ed Humpal, gravel &
hauling gravel . 310.00 *
Asa Norton, hauling clay 462.00
Road Dist. No. 3, machin
ery rental ....1106 00 *
Road Dist. No. 5, machin- I
ery rental .-. 225.09 £
Walter Woeppel, hauling
clay . 100.00 J
Motion by Batenhorst, second
ed by Tomlinson, that the follow- f
ing claims be allowed and war- j
rants ordered drawn on the i
Bridge Fund in payment of same. r
iviuiion carneu. C
Armco Drainage Metal i
Products, bridge bands,
metal pipes and arches. 1222.72 ,
Zhciago & North Western ,
Railway Company, ,
freight charges . 774.55 .
tloskinson’s, supplies .... 59.80
Nielson Brayton Co., bridge ,
lumber .1633.1 S
Lester Porter, labor . 191.90
i\Tm. Siebert, labor . 203.20
Standard Gil Company,
gasoline & oil . 153.16 t
IVheeler Lumber, Bridge n
& Supply Co., bridge c
lumber . 982.37 E
roe Burda, labor . 225.15
Central Supply & Eqpt. a
Co., pipes, bands & arch o
& pipe arches .1494.63 r
Salyen Motor Co., gas .... 137.34
Motor Parts, Inc., repairs a
& supplies . 132.02 k
Carl Porter, labor . 149.15 P
frank Seger, labor . 120.65 V
Service Center, repairing. 22.65 3
Vnton Weichman, labor .. 243.10
Seven bids were opened on a £
ruck for District No. 5. Galjen J
Motor Company’s bid being the 1
owest bid, was accepted. J
5:00 P.M. On motion the board 1
idjoumed until May 25, 1955 at e
.0:00 A.M. n
KENNETH WARING f
County Clerk £
fRANK CRONK "
Chairman *■
Lorporal Tush La
Sets Summer Training— \
ATKINSON — Cpl. Robert
rushla, son of Sylvester R. Tush- v
a of Atkinson, is one of 3,000 g
oldiers supporting summer e
raining at Camp McCoy, Wis. j,
Corporal Tushla, a squad lead- ti
t in company G of the Eighth C
nfantry division’s 61st regiment,
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State Capitol News . . .
Last-Minute Axe for Ton-Mile
LINCOLN—As Nebraska’s le
gislators finally headed for then
homes last week they left behind
considerable new history.
When they reached final ad
journment on Friday, they had
completed the longest legislative
session in Nebraska history (114
legislative days) and had passed
the biggest budget in state annals
($224 million).
But when these records are
broken or long forgotten, the 1955
session will have an indelible
niche in the story of the state.
For it was in this session that a
legislature for the first time in
state history voted a resolution to
“censure, reprimand and con
demn” one of its members.
By an overwhelming 37-2 vote,
this action was taken concerning
Sen. Sam Klaver of Omaha. It
came on the recommendation of a
special investigating committee
which after five days of hearing
testimony made a report that
Klaver “sought profitable em
ployment as an attorney and ad
vertisements as a publisher,
as compensation for acts
to be performed in defeating
legislation which he himself pro
posed and threatened to introduce
at the present session of this le
gislature”.
The vote came after 80 min
utes of dramatic debate in
which Senator Klaver repeated
his denials of all allegations
against him. The emotion-pack
ed speech ended as Klaver men
tioned his sick wife and sick
son and then sat down in tears.
But Sen. Robert Brower of Ful
lerton, chairman of the special
investigating committee, said in
his deliberate, reasoned fashion,
“I am not prosecuting this man
. . . This report is our theory of
justice. The problem has been the
committee’s and now it is yours.”
Brower dwelt upon that part of
the committee’s report which told
of testimony by Jerome Witt of
Omaha, chairman of an associa
tion of juke box dealers. This
testimony concerned a meeting
Witt said he had with Senator
Klaver in an Omaha hotel last
December.
The report said: “Mr. Witt tes
tified quite clearly that he talked
at considerablle length during 15
or 20 minutes about the unrea
sonableness of the proposed $100
tax on juke boxes and he posi
Ainsworth Report
Upheld by Interior
Davis Boosts Along
Niobrara Plan
Acting Interior Secretary Clar
ence A. Davis has approved a
reclamation bureau report sup
porting the proposed $25,934,000
Ainsworth unit of the Missouri
river basin project. The Ains
worth project is number one on
the Niobrara basin development
program.
This was announced last Thurs
day by the interior department in
Washington which said the report
has been sent interested state
and federal agencies for comment.
Congress already has authorized
the unit with the condition that
construction not be started until
a report showing physical and eco
nomic feasibility was completed,
reviewed by the affected states
and approved by congress. The
report approved by Davis is in
tended to meet that condition.
If congress approves the report,
it would still have to vote an ap
propriation before construction
could be started.
The unit would consist of Mer
ritt dam and reservoir, and canal,
pumping, distribution and drain
age works. It would be designed
to provide irrigation water for
33,960 acres of land.
Merritt dam would be an earth
fill structure, 140 feet high, on the
Snake river, a tributary of the
Niobara. Ainsworth canal would
run about 50 miles across hilly
country to the west end of the
irrigated area.
Tentative estimates of construc
tion costs by functions, based on
July, 1954, prices, include $25,
433,100 for irrigation, fully re
imbursible; $486,100 for fish and
wildlife and $14,800 for recrea- '
tion. The latter two items would
be nonreimbursible.
“If the entire repayment ca
pacity of the water users is used,” .
the department said, “approxi
mately $7,997,000 of the cost allo
cated to irrigation could be re
paid within 40 years.
“The balance of the irrigation j
allocation would be repaid from
other revenues of the Missouri ]
river basin project.”
Mr. Davis is a former Lincoln j
attorney now high in the admin- J
istration, and is intimate with all }
phases of the Niobrara basin de- ]
velopment program. i
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Miss Harmon Feted— <
The Misses Marilyn Lindberg, 1
Sharon Hancock, Mildred Crabb,
Janet Seger, Janet Hull, Norma '
Timmerman, Betty Harmon and
Janice Holsclaw went to the ]
Town House for dinner Saturday ]
evening. Miss Betty Harmon, who i
moved to Scottsbluff, was the 1
guest-of-honor. Later, the young ]
ladies went to the J. Ed Hancock ■
home where they spent the night.
After an all-night visiting session,
the girls attended church togeth
er on Sunday morning.
Visit Mellors’—
Mr. and Mrs. Vem Grenier
went to George Mellor’s to visit
Sunday. Their son, Vem, remain
ed with the Mellors, and the Mel
lor’s daughter, Georgia Kay, re
turned home with Mr. and Mrs.
Grenier for a visit.
Mrs. John C. Gallagher return
ed Saturday from a three-weeks’
visit in Omaha with Mr. and Mrs.
David Upp and children, who
brought her to O’Neill and spent
the weekend here.
[ tively swore that Senator Klaver
offered to represent them for $2,
500 to be paid $1,000 in cash and
$1,500 by way of advertising of
juke boxes in the Public Ledger,
a weekly newspaper owned by
Senator Klaver; that he there
drew small diagrams of the pro
posed advertising on a paper nap
kin along with the terms of the
proposal, which was subsequently
lost”.
Brower told his fellow legis
lators, “There is no substantial
shaking of Witt’s evidence . . .
we felt that Klaver was not
just seeking information, indi
cating to me the seeking of em
ployment . .
An attempt to tone down the
resolution by taking out the word
“condemn” failed even after Sen.
Charles Tvrdik of Omaha plead
ed for “Christian leniency and
justice.” But Tvrdik eventually
voted for the censure resolution.
Klaver, who has served off and
on six terms in the legislature
since 1939, immediately promised
to run for re-election in 1956. He
said he would appeal to the vo
ters of his district for vindication.
* * *
Ton-Mile—
Some of the toughest votes of
the session were left until the
last minute. One of these was the
ton-mile tax proposed on trucks,
LB 362. This measure had been
killed, then revived and advanced
—always by the slimmest of
majorities.
Final vote on the bill came af
ter final vote on LB 519, which
proposed a 15 percent increase in
commercial truck license fees plus
boosting all automobile license
fees plus boosting all automobile
license fees to a flat $8.
LB 519 was whipped through
by a favorable margin of 26-16.
Then came the ton-mile vote
and it was dumped by a supris
ingly wide 16-26 margin. It would
have needed 22 votes to pass.
At the end it was apparent a
number of senators had voted all
along for the ton-mile tax merely
to use it as a club over the heads
of the truckers to be sure t.b
519 passed. As long as the truck
ers had to fight off the ton-mile
tax—much worse from their
point of view—they couldn’t con
centrate on LB 519.
mere was the much-voiced
real threat that many trucking
firms would move out of Nebras
ka. The Nebraska Motor Carriers
association—probably exaggerat
ing for emphasis—estimated that
$1 million in taxes and truck li
cense fees would be lost to Ne
braska.
The railroads lent assistance in
an effort to get the bill passed
because this would hamper their
competitors.
Many senators said this was the
worst decision they had to make
all session. Seldom if ever in Ne
braska history had there been
such an intense campaign of
phone callers, letters and other
tactics used. A constant drumfire
of publicity against the truckers
made it all the more difficult for
a man to decide whether or not
the tax would be good for Ne
braska in the long run.
Some senators said they had
voted against the tax as a “bad
bill’’ even though they knew
their constituents would accuse
them of cuddling up to the
trucking lobby.
Actually, the way the bill was
trimmed here and there the state
tiighway department estimated it
would bring in only about $900,
300 a year to the state highway
department and with administra
tive and other costs the depart
ment would net only about $470,
)00 a year.
On the other hand the truck
fee increase bill, LB 419, puts $1.2
million into state highway coffers
iach year. ,
ik * *
Highway Map—
Another important vote came
vhen the legislature adopted the
shortened version of the state
lighway system. This lopped 918
niles of duplicating roads and
spurs to nowhere from the 9,864
nile highway system.
It also added 404 miles,' many
3f them to towns with more than
LOO population. The change does
i’t take effect until July, 1956.
There was bound to be weeping
ind wailing around the state as
:ounties have to take over some
3f these roads which the state has
Deen maintaining. But in the in
serests of getting an orderly sys
;em of roads, it was a major step
brward.
* • *
Budget Bill—
When the legislature finally
idopted the state budget bill, it
lad grown to $224.8 million. This 1
vas $30 million more than the
>udget pased by the previous ses
;ion. It was estimated that about
>11.3 million more would be
leeded in taxes on property,
nore than a 20 percent increase,
t would amount to about 1.5 mills
nore tax each year for a state
general fund property level total
>f 6.50 mills ($6.50 tax per $1,000
vorth of assessed property).
• • •
roughest Session—
State Sen. Frank Nelson of O’
Neill, who headed homeward late
Friday described the session as
he “toughest in his four terms in
he unicameral, by far.” Senator
kelson left behind an enviable re
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DR. H. D. GILDER SLEEVE
OPTOMETRIST
Northeast Comer
of 4th & Douglas
O’NEILL, NEBR.
Phone 167
Eyes Examined _ Glasses Fitted
Office Hours: IS Moo. thru Bat.
_
cord: He introduced eight bills,
all of which passed and the best
known of the group was his
“save - the - trains” measure. He ,
was a consigner of four other bills '
—two of which were passed.
St. Mary’s Nuns
in Summer Schools
During the two weeks follow
ing the close of school, the Sisters
of St. Mary’s instructed 225 chil
dren in religious vacation schools.
Sisters Emilia, Laurita and Ma
rina taught at St. Peter’s Catholic
church in Ewing; Sisters Lauris
sa and Serafica at St. John’s, near
Clearwater, while Sisters Brigid,
Christiana, Thoma and Mildred
instructed the children of O’Neill
and the surrounding area.
Several Sisters have already
left for various colleges in order
to gain additional knowledge in
their respective fields. Sister Rose
is attending two sumrrier sessions
in Davenport, la.; Sister Gene
vieve is registered at Regis col
lege, Denver, Colo.; Sister Marina
is doing advanced work in math
ematics at Creighton university,
Omaha; Sister Mildred will com
plete her graduate work this sum
mer at Marquette university, Mil
waukee, Wise.; Sisters Laurissa
and Christiana will continue the
study of library science, the for
mer in St. Louis, Mo, and the
later in Los Angeles, Calif.; Sister
Emilia and Sister Laurita will
leave Sunday, June 26, fror Den
ver where they will enroll in
refresher courses at Loretta
Heights college.
July 9 Deadline
for Hunt Permits
Nebraska big game hunters have
only 16 days left in which to re
turn applications for 1955 per
mits. A game commission spokes
man said “big game hunters abso
lutely must have their applica
tions in the mail before mid
night July 9 for consideration for
a permit.”
A total of 0,250 deer-rifle per
mits will be issued in the open
season areas. For antelope-rifle
season, one thousand permits are
being allowed. There will be a
drawing to determine permittees
if more applications than the al
loted permits are received.
Application forms can be ob
tained from county clerks, con
servation officers and by mail
from the game commission offices
in Lincoln, Bassett, Alliance,
North Platte and Norfolk.
Miss Johnson Will
Teach in Lincoln—
Miss Marilyn Johnson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. A. John
son of O’Neill and a June grad
uate of the University of Nebras
ka teachers’ college, has signed to
teach in the Lincoln city school
system for the 1955 - ’56 term.
Her assignment will be announced
in August.
Miss Connie Jean Sholes,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Sholes, is spending several days
in the home of Mr.and Mrs. John
E. Babl.
Royal Theater
— O'NEILL. NEBR. —
Thurs. June 23
THE LOOTERS
Starring Rory Calhoun, Julie
Adams, Ray Danton with Thomas
Gomez and Frank Faylen. Five
desperate men and a girl who did
n’t care! Trapped on a gale-lashed
mountain.
Family admitted for 2 adult tick
ets; children under 12 admitted
with parent 50c; adults 50c;
children 12c;
Fri.-Sat. June 24-25
SIX BRIDGES TO CROSS
Starring Tony Curtis, Julie Ad
ams, George Nader with Jay C.
Flippen, Sal Mineo. Is this the
truth behind the great $2,500,000
Boston robbery? It is the story
af two strange companions—a cop
and a criminal.
Adults 50c; children 12c; matinee
Sat. 2:30. All children under 12
Free when acompanied by parent
Sun.-Mon.-Tues. June 26-27-28
UNTAMED
Starring Tyrone Power, Susan
Hayward, Richard Egan, Rita Mo
reno with Agnes Moorehead and
Hope Emerson. Cinemascope. Col
ar by DeLuxe.
Adults 50c; children 12e; matinee
Sun. 2:30. All children unless in
arms must have tickets
Wanted
Male Help
“Over $300 Monthly Sal
ary plus bonus to man select
ed from this county. Hard
work and good pay. Away
from home 4 nights, Monday
to Friday.
A-l Reputation a most;
strict investigation. Sales or
Public contact experience
helpful, but unnecessary as
special training required.
Must be available for im
mediate employment.”
Apply to
Mr. Hatfield
Golden Hotel
O'Neill
June 29
Wednesday, 10 A.M. to 7 P.M.
