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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1939. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOURNAL PAGE FIVE Commissioners Find Much to Claim Attention Organization for New Year and the Award of Contracts, Etc Ee qnires Much Time. Winding up the business of un old year and starting on a new one in volves no small amount ot work, in the case of a county, especially where there is a change in one or more o the commissioners and numerous ether elective officers, all of whom havc to be checked out and in. So, it is not surprising that the Cass county commissioners took several days in January to complete their extra wort: outside of the usual list of claim bills awaiting to be acted upon. Tho sessions of January 3 and 4 cl the old board were devoted to rou tine matters, including reports ol fees collected in the various county o'.ices during the fourth quarter and t ie approval of claim bills to wind up the year's business. The list of fees reported for the final quarter of the year was as fol lows: County Judge 1925.35 Register of Deeds 427.75 County Clerk 305.25 County Sheriff 175.75 Clerk of Dist. Court 721.93 Order of County Judge granting Mother'3 Pension to Dorothy Cream er approved Appointment of Theo. R. Davis as Constable for Weeping Water City by E. B. Taylor, Justice of Peace of Weeping Water City, approved Official bonds of Theo. R. Davis Constable for Weeping Water City and Louis Schmidt, Road Overseer Elmwood Precinct, approved Official bonds of IL A. Meisinger Assessor for Eight Mile Grove Pre cinct and Miles M. Allen, Assessor for Plattsmouth City, third ward approved by the County Judge and i;ied with the County Clerk for re cording. A claim of West Disinfecting Co filed December 30, 1938, in amount of $42.75 for disinfectant and spray er to sheriff was rejected. Supplemental fee report of Lil lian G. White for fees collected from Jan. 1 to 4, 1939, inc.. was receiv ed. Amount, $12.15. Official bond of WTm. Sheehan, Jr., as Road Overseer In CenUu'-. precinct was approved. Official bond of Alfred Gansemer, Assessor for West Rock Bluff pre cinct approved by the County Judge and filed with the County Clerk for recording. Balance of time of the old board at its two day session was taken up v.ith allowance of claim bills. The New Board On January 5, the new board met. at which time the newly elected of ficers and deputies assembled in the County Commissioners' office and; were sworn in by County Judge A. . II. Duxbury. The County Board proc?ded to re organize for the year, with Geo. L. Farley, chairman; H. C. Backemeyer, vice chairman, and R. E. Norris, Jun ior member. Appointments of the following were filed with the County Clerk: Blanche Hall. Deputy County Clerk; Helen W. Warner, Deputy Clerk of the District Court. Bids on books and supplies were opened, the bid" of the Plattsmouth Journal being declared the lowest and best, and was accepted. A resolution approving depository banks and escrow securities (listing same in detail) was passed. This in cluded all of the eleven banks in the county, as follows: Alvo, Avoca, Eagle, Elmwood, Louisville, Manley, Murray, Nehawka, PlattHmouth and Weeping Water (two). Official bond of Wm. E. Norris filed to qualify and hold over as Justice of Peace in Tipton precinct, as George Reitter, who was elected to that office has returned his cer tificate of election and refused to qualify, was approved. Dr. J. W. Brendel of Avoca was appointed as County Medical Ad viser for the year 1939. Wm. Kruger of Nehawka was ap pointed as a member of the Soldiers Rel'ef Commission for three years, term to end January 31, 1942. The officers of the Cass County Farm Bureau filed a sworn Itemized frlatenient of the expenditures of the BMreau for the year 1938 in the total amount of $2.,800.00 and a budget or estimate of the expense accessary to carry on the Agricul tiiiK'. Extension work in Cass coun ty dviing the ensuing year 1939, in tiie omcunt of $2,800.00. for the support of Agricultural Ex tension Work in the county for the ear 1939. as the question of mak ing such appropriation was submit ted to a vote of the electors of Cass county under the provisions ot Sec tion 2-1113, 1937 Supplement to the 1929 Compiled Statutes of the State of Nebraska, at the election held on November 3, 1938, and the County Commissioners have been advised by the written opinion of the County Attorney of Cass county, and also by the written opinion of the Attorney General of the State of Nebraska, that in accordance with the result of said vote an appropriation for such purpose could not legally be made by the Board of County Com missioners of Cass county. The Cass County Agricultural So ciety filed its annual report of the society for the year 1938, together with a request for an appropriation of $2,000.00 to conduct the fair in 1939. The Board examined and ap proved the annual report and voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to help finance the county fair for the year 1939. Salaries of office clerks and help ers for the year 1939 were set as follows: Clerk for County Treasurer, $1,200 a year. . Clerk for County Judge, $1,080 a year. Deputy for Register of Deeds, $1,000 a year. Clerk for County Superintendent. $720 a year. Clerk- for County Clerk. $780 a year. Clerk for County Attorney, $390 a year. Deputy County Sheriff, $75 per month. Two janitors, each, $50 a month. Pay for extra office help, $2.25 per day. Salary for County Relief Worker, $65 per month. Estimate of Expense, 1939 The Board approved the following "Estimate of Expense for the Year 1939:" General Fund $ 70,000.00 Poor Relief 37,000.00 Road Fund 35.000.00 Bridge Fund 28.000.00 Mothers' Pension 4.000.00 Soldiers Relief 1,500.00 8.68 35.50. 10.50 59.00 13.90 Total . .-$175,500.00 Claims Allowed "The complete list of claims allow ed at January meetings includes: MOTHERS' PENSION FUND Mrs. Cleo Capper, Mother'3 Pension. January. 1939 $ 30.00 Maggie Herrington, same 20.00 Catherine Falk, same 13. uu Mrs. Anna Pittman. same 30.00 Mrs. Lucille Gaines, same 15.00 Gretchen Simmons, same 20.00 Maggie Holcomb, same 25.00 Marie Richards, same 15.00 I.eatha B. Reeves, same 15.00 Minnie Eledge. same 35.00 Elsie K. Tweton, same 20.00 Edna Marie Greene, same 7.50 Hattie Fidlier, same 10.00 Minerva Coolman. same 15.00 Dorothy Creamer, same 10.00 45.00 3.00 6.55 GENERAL FUND Ruth Patton, salary, Dec. $104.16 Georgia White, same 83.33 Lillian G. White, salary and expense, December 125.71 J. A. CapwelT, salary, mile age and stamps, Dec 115.93 Robert D. Fitch, for surveys, drafting, mileage and office work 205.85 Warren F. Taylor, rodman, chainman, asst. drafting Avis Sylvester, stenographic work. WPA H. C. Backemeyer, salary and mileage, December 101.20 H. C. Backemeyer, stamps, stationery and phone calls, December Harry. Nielsen, salary for December 100.0 0 G: L. Davis, merchandise to county farm 2.25 Cecil A. Hennings. deliver ing commodities, Dec 15.68 W. H. Puis, salary and post age. Dec, 1938 50.15 W. H. Puis, prem. on increase in amount of county farm insurance policy 11.50 Geo. L. Farley, salary and mileage. December 71.00 C. E. Ledgway. salary, P. O. box and expense, Dec 168.62 Helen W. Warner, salary for December . -- 83.34 C- E. Ledgway, Clerk Dist. Court. Dist. Ct. expense 113.32 Mary Jane Mark, salary for December 32.50 Cass L. Sylvester, salary and mileage, December 196.80 Avis Sylvester, work in the sheriff's office, Der 12.50 John Kopp. salary, Dec 50.00 Leland L. Laase, mileage for Assistance office, Dec.- 47.05 H. Sylvester, salary, mileage, December 163.08 H. Sylvester, jailor fees and meals to prisoners 115.25 Geo. R. Sayles, salary and expense, December 174.90 Blanche Hall, salary, Dec 104.16 Albert Olson, same 60.00 A. H. Duxbury, same 183.33 Minnie Hild. same 90.00 Miles M. Allen, same 50.00 John E. Turner, same 166.65 Henrv T. Woster. same 95.84 Ellen Sundstrom, taking Mrs. Ballinger and Mrs. Reno to Omaha hospital 2.20 Cass Co. Farm Bureau, sal'y. mileage and expense, Dec. and balance Nov. 258.19 The Kay Dee Co., supplies to -County Treasurer 18.82 Woodruff Printing Co., sup. to County Clerk Nehawka Enterprise, sup. to Co. Treas. and Co. Judge Retail Merchants Credit Bu reau, bulletin service, first quarter, 1939 A. H. Duxbury, fees in Co. Court (14 cases) H. Sylvester, same Cass Co. Treasury, stamps. env. and expense, Dec 125.17 R. J. Larson, P. M., stamps to Assistance Director 17.00 Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Co.. service to court house, iail. farm and implement huilriinir 116.79 CaDoell Electric, lamps to county farm 1.S0 Weeping Water Republican, nublishins notice for to. Treasurer - 3.00 Plattsmouth Water Corp., for service to court house 15.25 Carr Bakery 19.84 Tidhall Lumber Co.. coal to county farm 56.72 Standard Blue Print Co., annnliea to Co. Surveyor 3.47 Bates Book Store, supplies to county offices, sewing and commodity room 19.65 Greth Garnett. salary and mileage. Dec. 113.40 Marie E. Kaufman, same 63.85 Alnha C. Peterson, salary and expense, Dec 183.96 Elmpr Hallstrom. salary and mileage. Dec. 10 to 31 38.40 Harris Laundry, ldry. work for county jail 11.50 Iuisville Courier, publisn- inn- nntirps. Co. Treas 9.00 riias. L. Graves. J. P.. costs in fnnr court cases 9.30 fipn. stander. wood and posts to county farm o3.wu Knorr's Store, mdse. to coun ty farm and com. room Lorenz Bros., mdse. to the county farm 65.88 H. M. Soennichsen, mdse. to county farm, sewing pro lept. commodity clerk and surveyor 299.60 Leonard Hanks, phone calls, FSA Alvin H. Boettcher, salary for Dec. FSA 32.50 Weyrich & Hadraba, mdse. to county farm 1-75 Plattsmouth Creamery, shorts to county farm r 20.00 Plattsmouth Journal, print ng. supplies and room rent for election S5.4 Dan C. Brown, for repairing wheelbarrow Fetzer Shoe Co.. mdse. to the county farm Bates Book Store, supplies to assistance office F. G. Fricke Co., mdse. to the . jail and county farm 4.05 Lillian G. White! " salary for Jan. 1 to 4, inclusive 16.40 J. "W. Brendel, M. D., salary as county medical advisor, fourth quarter 50.00 Georgia White, salary, Jan. 1 to 4. inclusive H. B. Perry, moving furni ture at county farm Alpha C. Peterson, salary and expense. Jan. 1 to 4. inc Marie E. Kaufman, salary Jan. 1 to 4, inclusive Hobson Funeral Home, fun eral expense Fred Dow J. A. Capwell, salary, Jan uary 1. 2, 3. 4 " 14.25 E. J. Richey, coal and sup plies to court house 306.35 The DeLuxe Check Printers, supplies to Clerk Dist. Court Weeping Water Republican, relief order books and ptg. Standard Oil Co., gaa to the county farm service to poor, Dec 35.30 Vilbur S. Eaton, M. D.t same 51.00 AVevrich fe HadraDa, meet. and sup. to poor, Dec 9.95 Beit H. Lytle, neipers on wood project 195.15 Kroebler Hardware, repairs to court house and poor 1.75 Kroehler Hardware, mdse. to vodo project 15.55 Binger Lumber & Coal Co., coal for WPA project s.oo F. G. Fricke Co., mea. to poor, December . 19.55 J. W. Brendel, M. D., service to poor, December 4.50 . W. Brendel, M. D., service and medicine 29.00 Dr. P. T. Heineman, aeniai service to poor, December 3.00 O. E. Liston, M. D., meaicai service to poor, December 32.2 a G. G. Douglas, M. D., same.. 5a.uo Louisville Pharmacy, medi cine to Door. Dec 24.40 Harris Laundry, coat hang er to commodity clerk 3.00 . H. Boetel, hauling rubbish from commodity store .50 E. J. Richey, coal to recrea tion center 7.75 E. J. Richey, lumber to sew ing room 4.00 Adams Drug Store, medicine to poor, December 1.85 4.86 2.00 ROAD FUND Louie F. Hennings, road wk.. RD No. 2 A. A. Schoeman. same. KU 3 Frank Koziol. same, RD 4 Louis Schmidt, same. RD 7 Louis Schmidt, for dragging roads. RD 7 Carl Compton, road work in RD No. 14 Frank Hoffman, gas. RD 15 F. G. Fricke Co., paint and brush, RD 1 Roy Comstock, road work in RD No. 5 Walter H. Smith, to apply on R. Comstock account, RD 5 Anton Auerswald, blacksmith work, RD 9 Binger Lumber & Coal Co., lumber, RD 13 19.44 Chris J. Elgaard, hardware and supplies, RD 14 1.90 Wm. Sheehan, Jr., road work in RD 8 11.80 Fred Koehler, same, RD 9 C. W. Stoehr, same, RD 1 A. O. Ault, hardware and supplies, RD 2 J. I. Fitch, road work. RD 27 Philip Spangler, for dragging roads, RD 14 Trunkenbolz Oil Co., gas and supplies, RD 13 Standard Oil Co., same, RD No. 13 SuRE it AirJ T ia MUCH WHAT A ViotAMi SPENTS I tiS WHAT you FEEL SHE u 5PetlD F ybo cSAVe HEi?C - i ins ChftN-t , rr-' l FSA will Seek Fund for New Co-0p Farms Brain-Child of Tugwell Considered Hoderately Successful Ariz ona Farm Thriftiest. i 2.04 6.60 7.00 1.S5 10.96 1.25 26.27 8.00 80.60 15.58 4.50 38.65 26.20 9.60 53.00 3.56 4.25 46.28 3.22 1.00 19.80 67.00 2.65 7.75 3.85 4.66 4.31 HG No. 5 $102.66 Chas. Hoback, graderman on HG No. 5 Glen Miller, graderman on HG No. 2 36.94 John Gruber, engine man, HG No. 2 51.36 A. F. Sturm, lumber 10.32 P. Melchiors & Son, magneto repairs Herman Dall, blacksmithing- Ofe Oil Co., grease, supplies- Wallace C. Nelson, wood to quarry Keckler Oil Co., gas, sup C. A. Ruse Motor Co., repairs to quarry Anton Auerswald, blacksmith work Keckler Oil Co., supplies to quarry August Krecklow, supplies to Sheehan and Gruber Farmers Co-Op Oil Co., gas and supplies 59.20 Cass Co. Motor Co., repairs to quarry Isadore Sheldon Tucker, 2862 yards rock 114.48 Chris J. Elgaard, hardware and supplies .60 6.35 26.85 12.50 27.00 3.00 6.00 6.00 4.25 5.80 6.68 Clubs Pursue More Vigorous Talent Quest 'Build Up to Yankees" 1939 Watch word in Baseball Best Prospects Listed. 46.24 23.70 59.11 28.50 4.05 30.98 6.00 . ......i Kathryn Grosshans, clerical tue couhcj vm.uu..o j worb for Co Tre4S t DeC.T. 40.00 unanimously to reject me requebi Elleu sundstrom. salary and for an appropriation of $2,800.00 j mileage, December 95.75 BRIDGE FUND Wm. Sheehan, Jr., for bridge work $ 23.S5 C. W. Stoehr, bridge work 18.50 A. O. Ault. hardware, sup 5.00 T. W. Engles Lumber Co., lumber and supplies 11.07 T. W. Engles Lumber Co., lumber and supplies 23.92 Tidball Lumber Co.. lumber. 127.04 Louis Schmidt, bridge work- 13.80 Louie F. Hennings, same 15.35 Bhiger Lumber & Coal Co., lumber 66.96 Searle & Chapin Lumber Co., lumber and supplies 168.47 E. J. Richey. lumber 13.45 J. W. Banning, same 20.90 Capital Bridge Co.. repairs to bridge one mile west of Greenwood 1754.15 Capital Bridge Co.. repairs to bridge 2 M miles east of Cedar Creek 1150.25 Capital Bridge Co., repairs to bridge mile south of Cedar Creek 525.59 Capital Bridge Co.. repairs to culvert. 1 miles south of Cedar Creek 278.70 Capital Bridge Co., piling at washout 1 mile south of Cedar Creek 199.38 Capital Bridge Co.. repairs to bridge between Sections 1 and 2, Twp. 11. Range 9 727.S2 COMMISSIONER'S DRAG FUND Third District F. E. Pulec, blacksmith wk.$ 11.00 Searle & Chapin Lumber Co., hardware and supplies McCarty Oil Co.. diesel fuel- D. A. Lubricant Co.. grease to Parish 33.99 Penn. Consumers Oil Co., gas Keckler Oil Co., gas, Bup. Jacobsen Welding Shop, for welding and repairs 35.50 Wm. Kitzel, road work and help 57.56 Farmers Union Co-Op. Assn., gas and supplies 37.34 Ress Machine & Supply Co., labor and repairs 28.15 Bert H. Lytle. road work 82.00 Trunkenboltz Oil Co., gas and supplies 3.10 Andy's Garage, repairs 17.75 30.00 50.00 76.12 77.37 10.47 22.15 12.00 6.00 4.16 22.82 79.40 COMMISSIONER'S ROAD FUND First District Gamble Store, hardware and supplies $ Kroehler Hardware, hard ware and supplies Ray Campbell, sal'y, Dec D. L. Ramel, graderman on HG No. 1 - Plattsmouth Water Corp., for service to implement bldg. Bauer Auto & Supply Co., labor and repairs 59.01 4.25 7.70 30.00 50.40 4.50 COMMISSIONER'S ROAD FUND Second District Standard Oil Co., gas and supplies ' $ 8.00 POOR RELIEF FUND Ray Campbell, salary, Dec $ Dewey C. Reed, same Sattler Funeral Home, fun. expense Nancy E. Jones Sattler Funeral Home, fun. expense Wm. R. Miller Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Co., service to com. room.. Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Co., service and supplies to sewing room 14.95 Mrs. Nettie Brittain. care of Jennie Gould, Dec Mrs. John Leddy, care Fide- line Earl Embury, tractor pulley to D. Reed Cloidt Service, gas and sup plies 1 Cappell Electric, labor and material, wiring at sewing room Dr. N. D. Talcott, medicine and service to poor, Dec Dr. C. O. Herman, service to poor 11.50 Plattsmouth Cemetery , Board,' opening graves, Wilson, Mil ler and Jones 21.00 Mrs. Verna Austin, care of Mrs. Riley Jones 21.00 Searl S. Davis, Guardian of Chas. Philpot, room rent for WPA Sanitation project Mauzy Drug Co., medicine and supplies to poor, Dec. Plattsmouth Loan & Building Ass'n, rent,-light, water to sewing room, Dec 31.49 Warga Hardware, sup. to ct. house, sewing and wood projects Bestor & Swatek Co., mdse. to sewing and commodity rooms Shrauger Pharmacy, med. and supplies to poor, Dec Dr. F. R. Molak, dental ser vice to poor, Dec. Riggs Optical Co., artificial eye to Harry Cole . St. Joseph's Hospital, hosp. e-tp.. Mrs. Phillips L N. Kunkel, M. D., medical 8.00 35.61 COUNTY HIGHWAY FUND Anton Auerswald, black smith work $ 3.00 Bauer Auto & Supply Co., for labor and repairs to county machinery 15.45 August Krecklow, supplies .75 Farmers Co-Op. Oil Co., gas and supplies 10.08 Ress Machine & Sup. Co., for labor and repairs Fred Rueter, salary and stor age, December Geo. Small ( salary, less work for school district 53.76 Ray Rouse, salary, storage and help 69.00 Noell's Garage, gas F. J. Knecht. gas and sup. Trunkenboltz Oil Co., same. II. L. Kuntz, repairs Chris J. Elgaard, hardware and supplies Frank Read, salary, Dec Herman Wohlfarth, salary and storage 72.50 G. B. Snodgrass, patrol stor age for December C. F. Reichart, same Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Co., serv. Nehawka patrol Sanford Homan, salary and storage, December Keckler Oil Co., gas. sup Eugene L. Ludwick. repairs Jacobsen Welding Shop, for welding and repairs Ofe Dil Co., grease, sup H. H. Becker, welding Standard Oil Co., gas, sup David Sjogren, spark plugs. 14.35 7.90 5.25 27.00 5.00 40.00 5.65 ri.50 14.24 46.05 45.97 4.50 1.95 33.75 5.00 5.00 1.25 65.00 37.50 .85 60.00 1.90 3.00 59.11 2.60 COMMISSIONER'S ROAD FUND Third District James C. Lytle, graderman$ 89.6 4 F. II. McCory, gas, sup 11.19 S. S. Petersen, blacksmith'g- 5.10 J. B. Elliott. Jr.. for hauling tractor and repairs 12.19 Iowa-Nebr. Light & Power Co., service Union patrol .95 Don Parish, salary, storage and expense, Dec. 109.80 H. W. Christensen, engine man. HG No. 4 14.60 John Finkle, graderman," HG No. 4 and expenses 32.74 Earl Elliott, engine man on HG No. 3 and expenses 63.62 AID LOUISVILLE STATE BRIDGE FUND John II. Busche, salary as tollman. December $ 70.00 Earl A. Mayfield. same 65.00 C. F. Wheeler, same 65.00 Louisville Bridge Co., int 952.85 Louisville Bridge Co., paym't on principal 526.14 COMMISSIONER'S DRAG FUND First District Frank Read, salary, Dec $ 41.25 Floyd Fulton, sal'y, exp. 69.50 Continental Oil Co., gas, oil- 79.14 Bauer Auto & Sup. Co., labor and repairs, machinery 245-63 Standard Oil Co., gas, sup. 39.05 COUNTY ASSISTANCE AD MINISTRATION FUND Paul Vandervoort, II, salary, mileage and exp.. Dec: $ 79.86 Lillian Sedlak, clerical work for Asstce. Director, Dec 55.00 Rita Libershal, same 45.00 TIPTON PRECINCT GRAVEL FUND J. II. Fidler, for road gravel and hauling $219.22 By FRED BAILEY WASHINGTON (UP) Resford Guy Tugwell's most famous brain child co-operative farming can stand alone now. Tugwell, a member of the original new deal brain trust and under-sec-retary of agriculture, fathered the idea of community farming tour years ago while administrator of the Resettlement Administration. Dr. William A. Alexander, a for mer southern minister, who succeed ed Tugwell, has become the foster parent of the growing child. The only change has been in renaming Resettlement Administration to Farm Security Administration. There are four large co-operative farms Casa Grande, Ariz.; La Forge, Mo.; Lake Dick, Ark., and Irwinville, Ga. ranging from 3,500 to 11,000 acres each and operated on a community basis under FSA supervision. The most socialized and the most successful of these farms in 1938 was the 4,200-acre tract operated as the Casa Grande Valley Farms, Inc., near Coolidge, Ariz. It provided 60 families with a "fair income" and may show a slight profit to the gov ernment. Casa Grande is the prize "guinea pig" of the ico-operative experiment in which the FSA expects to inter est congress to the extent that ap propriations may be obtained for scores of other similar enterprises. The government has invested more than $500,000 to establish the 60 families, recruited principally from migratory laborers, in comfortable modern homes, rent free. The en tire trace of fertile, irrigated land in the Gila Valley is community farmed. Each family received a guaran teed income of $50 a month and a share in any income from the farm above that amount. If the project reaches expectations of the FSA each family ultimately will receive $1, 200 a year, in addition to housing. The families did not buy anything when they moved in and will never own any part of the project. WThen any disgruntled family leaves an other takes its place. The project and all property remain in govern ment hands. The corporation must pay the government one-fourth of the pro ceeds from the sale of its principal crops hay, cotton and wheat the annual amount to be not less than $8,300 nor more than $22,847. The latter would mean a 3 per cent in terest on the development. From the cash income each fam ily buys its needs from the commun ity commissary at wholesale prices. Each family has a one-acre plot for a garden. The government decides what is to be planted and In what quantity. The FSA dismissed R. A. Faul as manager last December, charging he was "dictatorial" in his manage ment. Faul charged that the entire setup was communistic. "From my knowledge of the So viet economic setup, I would say about the only difference between this co-operative farm plan and that operated in Russia is that the gov ernment is paid its share of the gross Income in cash instead of kind," Faul said. The 60 houses are built about a community store, school and com munity center. It is a town witnout a name, a policeman or a bachelor. It has only two "ordinances" no drunken rowdiness and clothes lines must run north and south. SOUTH BEND PRECINCT GRAVEL FUND J. H. Fidler, for road gravel and hauling $372.56 GREENWOOD PRECINCT GRAVEL FUND J. II. Fidler, for road gravel and hauling $551.10 COMMISSIONER'S DRAG FUND Second D.istrict W. O. Martin, engine man on - ' 1 ELMWOOD PRECINCT GRAVEL FUND J. H. "Fidler. for road gravel and hauling $5i 1.90 FACE ASSISTANCE PROBLEM Dockage facilities maXo Platts mouth an ideal factory site. Wel come and a splendid opportunity to expand should be an induce ment to these contemplating a change In location from the more thickly populated centers and flood areas of the east. LINCOLN, Feb. 4 (UP) The as sistance troubles bobbed up again today with the prospect that they will be placed in the legislature's lap for solution soon. The problems were aired at a con ference attended by Chairman Frank Brady and Carl Peterson of the legis lature's appropriation committee, State Assistance Director Neil Van demoer and C. W. Eubank of the board of control, which administers the state assistance program. This is the priucipal problem: The assistance office under its $7,500,000 appropriation for the present bien nium does not have sufficient funds to carry the program through to July 1 unless drastic cuts are made in as sistance drafts beginning in March or April. However, assistance rev enues apparently may bring in r.bout $250,000 more than the $7,-500,000. By PAUL SCHEFFELS NEW YORK (UP) Almost as regularly as the little hand follows the big one around the clock, an anxious band of baseball rookies, their palms sweating and their faces twitching, report 'to major league fpring-training camps for their try at the gold and glory of the Big Time and this year's no exception. Nobody has to tell a big league manager that his club, no matter how powerful, can last forever. Its stars, one and all, fade just as surely as a pair of socks. But this year, the two big leagues have more than Just the usual rebuilding motive. The rest of the American League. in trying out an enormous crop of freshmen, is trying to build up to the New York Yankees' great club while the National League la des perately ransacking the minors and the sandlots in an attempt to create a team potent enougn to mane mo World Series look like a contest in stead of just a workout for the Am erican League champions. Many to Be Disappointed The greater part of the 1959 bunch of young hopefuls will get just a quick "look-see," depending more or less on their club's indi vidual needs. Another group, pro jected into the limelight by the big prices paid for the right to their services and by sensational minor league records, will be given every possible chance to succeed. The newcomer most squarely in the public eye. of course, is Freddy Hutchinson, the $100,000 pitching beauty bought by the Detroit Tigers from the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League. He's had only one full year of professional baseball ex perience but already is listed as part of the Tigers' "Big Three." Per haps Detroit's need of pitching ptrength led to this departure or perhaps the idea that the kid might be another box-office wonder like the Indians' Bobby Feller. The Yankees, already the best team in baseball, have come up with a most discouraging, at least to the rest of the league, list of important newcomers. Charley Keller and Joe Gallagher from Newark and Kansas City, rt spectively, are two red-hot outfieldera whose 'batting strength make them apparent sure-fire clicks, worthy enough to rank with Joe DiMaggio and Tommy Henrich. Pitcher Jack Haley, the coal miner from Newark and catcher Buddy Rosar, who ia ranked right behind Bill Dickey and Arndt Jorgens, are two more of their brighter prospects. Best Prospects Listed A detailed review of the remain der of the leagues' hopefuls would be voluminous, but here's a club-by- club list of the better prospects: ATHLETICS Infielders: Bill Lil- lard, San Francisco; Joe Gantenbein, Toronto; Bill Nagel, Little Rock: pitchers: Jim Reninger, Baltimore: Henry PIppen. Sacramento; Leon Kyle. Pensacola; Sam Page, Spar taneburg; Bob Joyce. Oakland. BROWNS Catcher Hal Spindel. Seattle: pitchers: Lou Tost, Holly wood; Jack Kramer and Harry Kim berlin, San Antonio; Emil Bildilli, Springfield. INDIANS Infielder Oscar Grimes, Milwaukee. SENATORS Pitchers Forrest Brewer. Augustine; Walter Master son, Philadelphia; Bucky Jacobs and Joe Haynes, Charlotte; Bob Over street, Orlando; Arnold Anderson. Charlotte: infielder James Vernon and outfielder Bobby Kstalclla. TIGERS Outfielders Frank Secory and Barney McCoskey, Beaumont: pitchers: Fred Hutchinson, Seattle; John Tate and Dizzy Trout, Beau mont; Jimmy Lynn, Columbus; catch er Dixie Parsons. WHITE SOX Outfielder Joe Ged zius, Lubbock, Tex. YANKEES Outfielders Charley Keller. Newark; Joe Gallagher. Kan sas City; pitchers Jack Haley and Nick Strincevich. Newark: Al Piech ota, Kansas City; catcher Buddy Rosar. Newark. BEES Infielder Eddie Miller. Kansas City. CARDINALS Infielder Marion Martin, Rochester; pitcher Ken Raf fensberger, Rochester; Lew Krausse. Elmira. DODGERS Pitchers Whitlow Wy att. Milwaukee; Russ Evans. South ern Association; Bill Crouch, Nash ville; infielder Bert Haas, Nash ville. PHILLIES Joe Discards, all other leagues. PIRATES Outfielder Bob Elliott. Sally League; Mel Preiblsch. Eastern Lsague; Fern Bell. A. A.; infielders Jack Jeulich; Frank Gustlue. Hutch inson; pitcher Ken Heintzelman. In ternational League. REDS Infielders Charles English. Los Angeles; Eddie Jcost. Kansas City; pitcher Paul Gebinidu. Syra cuse; outfielder Nino Bougy, Syracuse.