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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1923)
^ THE FRONTIER P. H. CRON IN, JPU B LI8HER. * *f, C. TEMPLETON, Mitor and Business Manager. 6*R1TLL; _~~~NEBRA8K^ Cherokee County Report* “Forage Disetse” in Herds of Cattle Cherokee, la., Nov. ' ^Special)— A malady believed to be similar 60 tha disorder that afflicted southwestern Iowa In 192* has appeared in seve ral herds of cattle between Cherokee and Marcus. The disease Is called "forage disease” and la thought to be traceable to mouldy corn or moyldy fodder. Veterinarians hold that the fodder is probably nt fuult. Two postmortems have been held. Ir. one case contents of the stomach show ed that the animals had eaten corn and fodder. In the other care the animal had eaten only fodder. Symptoms are nervousness, a staggering gait and progressive para lysis, becoming total in the cases that have proved fatal. It is held to be probable that deaths from this cause will be rather numerous. There is no known preventative or curative treatment. STATE HOSPITAL 20 GROWER OF FINE FLOWER8 Cherokee, la., Nov . .—(Special)— B. Donohuetaoin shrdlu cmfwyp etaol Cherokee Is harmonious and Its peo ple "say it with flowers.” On Monday evening of last week Dr. George B. Bonohue, superintendent of the state hospital, donated to the Catholic Women gorgeous chrysanthemums In sufficient number to decorate the tables at which 160 were seated in Knights of Columbus hall for the Catholic Fathers and Sons banquet. On Tuesday the. Catholic women loaned these flowers to the W. R. C., who served a banquet for veterans of all wars and for wives and widows of soldiers. On Wednesday and Thurs day evenings the Catholic women em-~‘ ployed the Chrysanthemums to de corate the tables at their bazaar, and on Friday evening loaned them to the committee In charge of the Fa ers a»d Sons banquet at the Meth odist. On Sunday the same flowers brightened the Interior of Immaculate Conception church. The State hos pital greenhouses produce chrysan thers and Sons banquet at the Moth beauty. SPECIAL FEATURES FOR TATHER-SON BANQUET Storm Lake, la., Nov. *„ (Special) —The annual Storm Lake Father and Bon banquet is to be held next Wed nesday at the Methodist church. Many new and interesting features are planned for the occasion. There '• to be a senior and julor toast master. Ont event which is expected to create much rivalry is the spelling bee between fathers and sons, and will tend to decide which is the bet ter, “the good old way" or the new. Special recognition Is to be given the Dads who have the largest number * \ ot "ona present; also to the sons who have both their father and grand father present. All the bald headed dads will be expected to -put on a special stunt. RELATIVES WORRIED BY ABSENCE OF MANSON MAN Manson, la., Nov. ^ (Special)— For more than a week relatives have been trying to locate John Oberhel tnan, 83 years old, who disappeared from his home near Manson on Nov ember 9. Oberhelman left home stat ing that he was going out to sell oil, a business he has followed for the past year. Members of the family said that there were no family trou bles which could have prompted Tiim to leave, but for several days before his disappearance he had complained of pains In the head, and it la feared that possibly his mind had become effected. He has light brown hair .nd is slightly bald. The car he was driving bore Iowa license No. 18-0380. He has a wife and three children at home. INCREASE RED CROSS MEMBERSHIP IN COUNTY Btorm Lake, la., Nov. V-(Spjcial) —A harvey, of Newell, creasurer of the Ruena Vista Rer Cross, reports the Ruena Vista Ded Cross reports roll call was 950 members. He will have charge of the rollcall this year. H. O. Berger of Storm Lake Is la Charge of enrolling 250 members In Storm Lake. At the recent meeting of the directors, Mrs. H.K>. Hesla, of Linn Grove, was elected chairman; H. L. Fferce, of Linn Grove, secretary; Mrs. A. A. Wells, of Marathon, vice chairman, and H. A. Harvey, of Ne well, treasurer. The drive ends Thanksgiving day. CHEROKEE MAN TO SPEAK AT STORM LAKE Storm Lake, la., Nov. ^ (Spe cial)—Mr. A W. Ballenger, secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce at Cherokee, has been invited to Stortn Lake to talk to the members of the Chamber of Commerce here on the subject, “The Plan, as Carried Out in Cher ok ce.” MACHINE PIC S CORN MUCH MORE CHEAPLY Cherokee, la., Not. "^—(Special)_ Of interest to corn growers is the statement made by Frank Frits of Silver township, that with the aid of his 12-yoar-old eon. he harvested 76 acres in il day using a machine; at an expense ct JtJL^ aside frdtoi wages due himsel Mb the boy. He estimates the cost t picking by band at 11(0, plus board lodging and wash ing for the e^v" lent of aim ->an her M days PERMITTED TO STAY IN JAIL Mexican Prisoners Didn’t Want to Depart When Terms Expired Columbus, Neb., Nov. (Special) •-Because they liked the f*latte coun- j ty jail so well they hated to leave it two Mexicans, Mike Martina and Jose Ruis, arrested on charge of , shoplifting last summer plead with 1 Edward Kavenauglh, jailor, to let them stay "at least 24 hours longer." They first faced charges of grand larceny which were changed to petty larceny and County Judge John Gib bon then sentenced them to 90 days in the county Jail. Since they had al- I ready been in Jail for more than 90 days Judge Gibbon a few hours later Issued an order releasing the two men and tihey refused to go. They were permitted to stay 24 hours longer, WOULD DAMAGE FLYING FIELD Postoffice Department Pro tests Against Building of Transmission Line Lincoln, Neb., ov. —(Special)— On complaint of the »,ostofflce de- i partment the state railway commis sion has temporarily rescinded per mission to the town of Stapleton to string a transmission line into North Platte. The department says that if 1 allowed to follow the route suggested the wires would be so high as to pre vent the use of the flying field at North Platte by aerial mail carriers. The government has $30,000 Invested theft?, and emDlOVS 25 nun roirulnrlv NEBRA8KA8CHOOL8 MAKE GREAT PROGRE88 Lincoln, Neb., Nov. (Special)— A. A. Reed, state university exam iner, in a report on school progress in Nebraska, shows what an amazing in- > crease In attendance has been made In the last third of a century. In that time the population of the state has Increased 20 per cent.; the school census 21 per cent.; the enrollment In , all public schools 35 per cent.; the i enrollment In the grades of accredit ed schools 277 per cent.; the enroll- | ment in the accredited high schools j 2639 per cent.; the graduates of ac credited high schools 3275 per cent. In 1890 Nebraska had 18 high schools and in 1923 It had 411. The high school enrollment for Nebras ka Increased 1574 per cent. In 80 years, while that of the entire United States showed an Increase of only 825 per cent. It was pointed out that the free attendance law has been a big factor In causing the great In crease in high school attendance in the state- 9 8PECIAL 8E88ION NOT NECES8ARY HE 8AY8. Lincoln, Neb., Nov, (Special)— , State Auditor Marsh says that there , is no need for the calling of a spe- , cial session of the legislature to ap- I propriate money to pay the $400,000 j still due road contractors for work done in the biennum that ended with the 30th of June last. He snys that money from the federal government is being received right along, and that the state has a balance due it from 1 the government of over $600,000. This money was advanced by the state to pay contractors for the half of the I cost assumed by the federal govern- ! ment, which does not pay until the i whole project is completed and check- ' ed up. The state pays on estimates , as the work progresses. . WAR DECLARED*ON . ' PIGEON POPULATION Hastings. Neb., Nov —Perchance pigeon pot pie may become the popu- j lar piece de resistance of tho popula tion of this city. War has been de- 1 dared on the pigeons, which some claim have become a public nuisance. I Persons possessing firearms will have | little difficulty In obtaining license to shoot the birds and substitute them I on their Thanksgiving menu. It Is not known whether the pigeons migrated to Hastings from Omaha, where they are said to have made * time fly" by roosting upon the hands of a steeple clock, and where attempts were made to drive the birds away by putting' poison in theii feeding places. DESERTER HA8 ANOTHER CHARGE TO ANSWER Omaiha, Neb., Nov. i**- -(U. P.)— Police charge that Jesse u- Davis, 21 years old, alleged deserter from the second cavalry. Ft. Riley, Kansas, and Oladys Goodell, 12 years old, school girl were living as man and wife when arrested here Monday. Davis deserted on Nov. 10. and the couple have been here for five cfeys. police said. The girl, in the sixth i grade, said she was glad to run away 1 because “teacher scolded me." Her mother is an army nurse and her fa- i ther a private at Ft. Riley. She will . be returned to her mother. Davis j was turned over to military author ities. Search Prairies for An Escaped Prisoner Adams, Neb-, Nov. —(IJ. p.)— Sheriffs posses rode tu« prairies here today searching for Harry Brown, 20, prisoner who escaped last night by leaaping from a train as it .vas leav ing the station here. Brown was l>e Ing taken from Kansas City to i-in coln, Neb., to answer charges of for gery. He threw open a window and jumped from the train before two fed eral officers could stop him. The train was Immediately stopped and a search made for Brown. CONVICT SAYS TERM SERVED Demands Release From Ne braska Penitentiary In Ap peal to Supreme Court Lincoln, Neb,, Nov. (Special.) ‘—James Sanclear has appealed to the supreme court to release him from the state penitentiary. He was committed there in July 1916, for a maximum period of seven years on a grand lar ceny charge. The seven years are now up but the state won’t let him go The record shows that he was parol ed in February 1918, and within a month landed in the Iowa state peni tentiary for another offense. When he was released from there two and a half years later, he was brought back to Nebraska. Sanclear- claims that because the state board of par dons never adjudged him delinquent and a parole-breaker the time he spent In the Iowa penitentiary'should, count on his Nebraska sentence. The board did not adjudge him delinquent i, until after he was returned here but the state claims that the statute which makes a parole-breaker an es caped prisoner applies to his case. FORMER POLICE OFFICER IN AUTO THEFT CASE. Aberdeen, S. D., Nov. (Special) —Reese Price, former assistant chief of police here, was found guil ty of having a stolen automobile in his possession by a federal court Jury here. The Jury was out only an hour. Price, according to his statement, took the car as security for a loan which he advanced a young man who was out of funds. The youth, he stated, was unable to reach his family In the south, and wished to sell the car'to obtain his railroad carfare. Price purchased the car, and It later developed that it had been stolen from Twin Cities. The car, several dayt* after an In surance company had made a claim for it, caught fire In a local gar age, but the blaze was extinguished before much damage had been done. Prica was later Indicted on a charge of receiving stolen property. The youth whom Price claims the mon ey was loaned never returned to the city. The government, in its case against Price, charged that the lat ter was aware that the young man had stolen the automobile, and had a description of him, on file at the police station. Price and the young man were working together to get rid of the stolen car, the prosecu tion alleged. The last case on the criminal cal endar for the present term will be that against Edward McBride, for mer deputy collector of internal revenue here. McBride la charged with embezzlement of Internal reve nue funds. ' * * CONVICTION OF AN I. W. W. AFFIRMED. Pierre, S. D., Nov. p* (Special)— The supreme court has affirmed the conviction of Frank Godlasky. He was an I. W. W. was was arrested in Beadle county on the charge of mur dering a harvest hand who refused to take out a red card. While admit ting that he was one of two who were attempting to force the taking out of the red card, he denied the actual shooting, but alleged that It was done by the member who made his escape. The court holds that there Is enough evidence to sustain the verdict of guilty and the sentence of 15 years in the penitentiary. CHARGE THEY LOOTED IDLE PACKING PLANT Mitchell, S. D., Nov. (Special) —Orvls Yahne, George a. Wlttee, manager of the local rendering plane and William Curtis have all been bound over to circuit court on the charge of grand lareny. The bonds of Yahne and Wlttee were fixed at $750 and that of Curtle at $1,000. It is alleged that the three men as sisted In looting the plant of the In dependent Packing Company, which was closed last summer. Much of the machinery and tools that were taken from the plant was recovered, being found at the homes of the three men, according to the sherifT. HIS CORN WINS $50 AT MITCHELL SHOW Elk Point, S. D., Nov. ~*v (Special) —Jens Krogh, living west of town, has received a check for $50 as a prize on his corn, exhibited at the corn show In Mitchell. The exhibits consisted of Reeds Yellow Dent and some flint corn. FIND8 DEAD ’P088UM NEAR ELK POINT, 8. D. Elk Point, S. D., Nov. (Special) —A dead 'possum was tound on the farm of Mrs. Mary Anderson five miles northwest of town, which had probably been killed by a dog. 80ME FARMERS ARE DONE CORN HUSKING Miller, S. D. Nov. (Special)-r A number of farm r» nere have fin ished husking corn. Some of these had picking machines and they have since sold their outfits. Individual hand huskers have made good mon ey. The price is 10 cents a bushel. COMPANY A8KS ITS APPEAL DISMISSED. Columbus, Neb., Nov. —The Travelers Insurance Company has asked the Platte county circuit court to dismiss the appeal from the decis ion of the state labor commission which It filed recently against the commission's award of $5,250 to Mrs* Clara M. Buckner, whose husband Louis Buckner, was killed while em ployed by the Paxton-Davls Grocery companv. SHE TELLS OF SLAVERY DAYS Columbus, Neb., Negro Woman Born in Bond age During War Columbus, Neb., Nov. -i. (Special) Fourteen years ago Mrs. Mary Low ery 62 year old, negro woman, began the work of keepL/g the rooms in the Y. M. C. A. dormitory spick and span for the boys that make their home there. Seldiom has she missed a day. Born in slavery down in Georgia, she lhas lived in Columbus for 22 years and is the mother of seven children. Her husband works for the Rokar and fcon contractors out of their Lincoln office accompanying their contracting gangs. She was born months before her mother was freed from slavery and tells interesting reminisceuces of other dlays. Her mother and father were the separate property of two broth^s, Gregory and Spance Mammoth, men living many miles from each other. After the father’s release from slav ery he fought in the civil H’ar. A year later Mrs. Lowery was given her free dom by the other brother and the family was reunited. GIVE COAL DEALERS DOLLAR TO PROFIT. Fremont, Neb., Nov. .. (U. P.) — The "Uncle Jacob Coat Jj”, formed by a citizens’ committee here to sell state coal, has announced that it will give $1 of profit to the dealer on each ton of coal sold. Colorado coal is offered at ten dollars a ton and Illinois coal at nine dollars a ton. Each purchased will be required to give the name of his dealer who will in turn be donated $100 of profit. The plan the result of a plea made by the dealers that tfhey would be satisfied with a dollar a ton profit and asking that the citizens com mittee allow them to handle the coal sales for the city. In April the “Uncle Jacob »Coal Co” will give a public audit of its books to show how they were able to sell what is claimed to be the same grade coal at a much lower price and also turn a dollar profit over to the dealer. ORGANIZE PARTY TO GO ON TIGER HUNT. Bloomfield, Neb., Nov. (Special) —Fired by reports of others who claim to have seen the tigsr up, in Devils Nest country, local hunting enthusiasts are making preparations to go out nod bag the animal or an imals as tihe case might be. Art Mas on, C. Kinney and “Bud’ Blood hart were the firs' t< announce their in tension of invading the wild regions up along the Missouri but others have since joined these gentlemen in preparations'tor the proposed sor tie. ‘Pat” Salmon. Rev. H. H. ^yche and Jeff Goseard, it is said, lave joined forces with the hunters and B. Cunningham, a veteran of the Civil War, will also be one of the party. Just how they Intend to con duct the hunt has not been made publlj but It is reported that they have engaged the services of a* in dividual who has had considerable experience in ferreting out tigers— especially of the “blindi” variety, no less a personage than Sheriff John H. Kellogg. CROFTON LEGION POST HOLDS ANNUAL ELECTION Grofton, Neb., Nov. (Special)— The local post of The American Le gion elected the following officers for the coming year, at its annual meet ing Tuesday night: Commander John J. Lyons; Vice Commander, Adolph Carlson; adjutant, L. F. Reifert; Fi nance Officer, Isaac Bay; Publicity Officer, O. D. Salley; S&rgeant at arms, Don Carr; historian, A. O. Nel son; Chaplain, Lloyd West. The post is planning to put on some home ta lent plays this winter. It now has its own club rooms, which are used by both the legion and the Auxilary. LINCOLN FIREMAN SUES FOR ALIENATION Lincoln, Neb., Nov. ^—Herman H. Meyers, a member of the Lincoln fire department, has filed suit In the dis trict court for $50,000 damages against J. H. Castle, charging the latter with alienation of the affections of Meyers' wife. His petition represents Castlo as a man of wealth. Meyers was arrested following an altercation in which he is alleged to have knocked Castle down with a piece of gas pipe when he asserts he found Castle and Mrs. Meyers riding together. He says Castle attempted to shoot him, but the revolver failed to explode. OMAHA MAN APPEALS * HIS TEST ACTION Lincoln, Neb., Nov. ' (Special)— Harry A. Taylor, moving picture man of Omaha, has appealed to supreme court from a judgment that lie pay $5 nnd costs on a charge of contribut ing to the delinquency of Bovcn girls of youthful ages. He was prosecuted under a law that prohibits the em ployment of girls under fifteen In theaters on the stage. He proposes to test this law as applied to his case, where he merely paid the dancing teacher of the girls to train and present the girls In dancing acta as an opener for his performances. TRUNK FULL OF MUD. WORTH HAND30ME 8UM. Omaha, Neb., Nov. -Frank Bru baker, of Omaha, several weeks ago bought an old trunk at a sale of un claimed expressage and paid $450 for ft. When he opened the trunk he found it full of black mu<L Somebody suggested to Brubaker that he have the stuff analyzed. He took It to a smelting company here and has Just now got the report on It. The trunkful of mud had $1,806 worth of gold In It. NOw Brubaker n trying bis best to find out where the trunk came from. MUCH CORN IS TO BE BURNED Nebraska Fanners Plan to Dispose of Unmarketable Ears In That Manner Columbus, Neb., Nov. (Special) • ■—Continued high costs or coal hav* driven many farmers of Platte, Nance, Boone. Polk and ButPr coun ties to the us© of crude oil and pet roleum where basement heat is the rule if rapidly increasing consign ments of oil shipped by freight to -many farmers can be used as a crit erion especially when on shipments to lural points this year shows more than a 300 per cent. Increase over last year. That corn will be used for kitch en fuel in spite of the high prices is another declaration being made by many of the farmers who f nd their cribs, as the picking season advances, filled with nice appearing ears but musty cobs rendering them practi cally useless for market purposes, WILL TRY NEW CATTLE BREED Cuming County, Nebraska, Man Proposes to Test the Zebu West Point, Neb., Nov- „ -(Spe cial.)—Cuming county boasts of having the first zebu cattle in this section of the country. The state furthest i>$rth where they were here tofore was Oklahoma. These cattle thrive in the wanner climates. John Elsinger is the owner of two of these cattle. It is said that the milk of the zebu cow is like that of the Jersey or Holstein cow. Its meat is fine and is reputed to taste like elk. These cattle are said to be im mune from disease. They are rather small in stature and their color is a sort of buckskin with greyish hue predominating. Another peculiarity is that the male Is fully one-third smaller than the female _ , ^ ___ I SHERIFF LEWIS OF WAYNE COJNTY DEAD Wayne, Neb., Nov “ -*■ —-O. C. Lewis sheriff of WWayne county, and one of the early settlers of this county, died Saturday morning, following two months’ sickness. Mr. Lewis was a native of Missouri 68 years ago, where he spent his boyhodo dSys. As a ’ad he drift ed into Texas soon after the civil war, and followed cattle north from there when big drives wore made to the shipping points in central Kan sas. He lived a number of years in southern Iowa, in the vicinity of Af ton, and came to ayne county in the early eighties and has since been a resident of the county. He was serv ing his second term as sheriff of the county. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, one living in Kansas and the other in South Da kota. The funeral will he held Wednes day. BLOOMFIELD POTOFFICE TO IMPROVED QUARTERS Bloomfiel i. Neb., Nov- —(Spe cial)—The Bioomfield postofflce re quires larger quarters, owing to in creased business, and the department has asked for and teceived bids for a larger building. Lease on the pres ent building expires next June and the owner of the building, W. H. Needham, editor of the Monitor, is one of the bidders, the plan being to enlarge the present building by add ing 26 feet to the rear. Other im provements are included in the pro posal. REFUSE TO PAY 1 L OF SIOUX CITY CONCERN Lincoln, Neb. Nov. is. —(Special.) —State Auditor Marsh Thursday re jected the claim of the Pickus En gineering company of Sioux City for $3,824. The governor had not approv ed the claim nor had the department of finance, and the auditor held thes* recommendations were :.ocessary be fore he could issue a warrant. The company had the contract for build ing a graveled road in Boyd county, but the state insisted on shipped in gravel rather than the local product and this cost $3,824 more. The other state officers have declined to ap prove because the work was done under a contract drawn when the 1921-23 biennial appropriations were made, and that money to exhausted. The attorney for the company sub mitted the matter to the auditor In order that a rejection might give him a clear right to go into the district court after his money. -- A party of 17 girls enroute to tn«. prairie country of western Canada and to be marlred as soon as they reached there, recently passed through Montreal. They were from England. SCOTTISH RITE MA80NS GATHE0 in OMAHA * Omaha, Neb., Nov. —More than 2,000 Ancient and Accepted Order of Scottish Rite members gathered here today, for the sixty-sixth reun ion of consistofV No. 1, which will pass on about 150 candidates for the thirty-second degree of the order. Those attending the reunion came principally from South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska and will re main In Omaha until Thursday, when i the candidates will have been given til* thirtieth degree. CORN BUSKERS WILL CONTEST Championship of Northern Nebraska May Be ^ Settled Soon > • # _ * O’Neill, Neb., Nov. "C, (Special)—. John Davis of Page, and James Kel ley and J. M. Riley of O’Neill, may meet within the next two weeks to settle the corn Duisklng championship of North Nebraska, and for a medal to be offered by the O’Neill commer cial club and a substantia) side bet put up by several backers of the three speedy corn pickers. Davis record, madte last Saturday, near Page in Holt county, was 175 bush els,picked and cribbed in tiine hours and 86 minutes. On the same day Kelley, picking corn on his own ranch, clos® to O’Neill, husked and cribbed exactly 160 bushels in eight hours and seven minutes. Kelley's friends declare that working the same length of time u did DaviB he would have gathered at least 190 bushels. Riley has an average for 20 daya of 147 bushels husked and cribbed per day of eight hours. Riley Is husking corn on the Geers ranch northwest of O’Neill, working In corn whidh, owing to the wet year, is running but 65 bushels to the acre, While the yields on the Kelley and • Davis places, also reduced somewhat by tho unusual wetness, are averag ing 6 Obushels- AH .three of the men are using rubber husking mittens. CANT FORCE TELEPHONE TO EXCHANGE TO MOVE Lincoln, Neb., Nov. —-(Special) ‘—The state railway commission has ruled that it has no power to order a telephone exchange moved outf of a dwelling house in which is ‘locat ed a family with scarlet fever. The local board of health In the town of Liberty, Gage county, complained that service was being Interrupted because the guarantlne of the house, where the switchboard was located kept the lineman from attending to those tele phones that went out of order mean while, because he could not and would not enter the exchange to get'ftt the switchboard- The telephone company officials said that the town board was trying to embarass the company to get even for its protest against the town stFinging heavy current trans mission lines parallel to its own wires. GOLF CLUB MUST PAY FEDERAL PENALTY Nebraska City, Neb-, Nov. -*— Members of the local golf club will have to pay about $375 to Uncle Sam in taxes and dues in addition to pen alties for failure to make returns within the time limit. The revenue bureau has ruled that each member will have to pay $2.50 on member ship and $1.50 on annual dues. The fine will be $10 because the officers of the club were not properly Inform ed regarding the tax. This repre sents two years the club has been in existence. The matter of payment is to be taken up by the members a$ the next session which is the annual meeting of the association. BROTHER8 8ET RECORD FOR PICKING CORN Obert, Neb., Nov. ~ • Jay and Ha vor Lund employed at picking corn on the Math Westorburg farm west of here, recently broke the record In this community Dy picking 35$ bushels of corn in 10 hours. Jay, the oldest picking 184 bushels and his brother, 19, gathering 169 bushels. Both went out the day after and picked 100 bushels each. ALL OLD OFFICERS ARE AGAIN ELECTED Omaha, Neb., Nov. ’"S-For the 19th consecutive year, /lhas. S. Bar rett, Union City, Ga., was elected president and A. C. Davis, Gravette, Ark., secretary of the Farmers' Edu cational ami Co-operative Union at the national convention here last night. E. L. Harrison, Lexington, Ky., « was re-elected vice-president. The entire board of directors were re elected. 8TRAWBERRIES 8TILL BEING HARVESTED O’Neill, Neb., Nov. 1. (Special)— William Martin, deputy postmaster of O’Neill, la dining daily on straw berries picked fresh from his own beds, which still are blossoming and bearing. The several light frosts which have visited this section this fall seem In no manner to have im paired the productiveness of the plants, which are sheltered only by a few fruit trees. SPEAKER OF HOU3E OUT FOR GOVERNOR. Gering Neb.. Nov. Albert N. Mathers now speaker of the house of representatives of the Nebraska legislature in ail probability will be * candidate for the republican nomi nation for governor his friends say. WIFE WHIP* MATE Randolph, Neb., Nov. "X (Speclal> —James McSonnough, a laborer, ran amuck Tuesday evening causing con siderable excitement until he was ar rested by Marshall Carrol, after he had taken a severe whipping at the hands of his wife. WANTED TO HEAR REST OF THE STORY Omaha, Neb., : ,—J. T. Jefferson, Who gave his addres; at Huron, S. I)., refused an offer from a polico captain to obtain his liberty on his bond af ter being arreeted^for speeding, be cause, he said, a fellow prisoner was telling him about a quarrel with his sweetheart and he didn't want to leave "right in the midst of hla story." A polico judge fined Jec erson