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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 10, 1924)
WIRE CONCERNS HAVE BATHE Right to Use of Public High way Argued Before Rail Commission Lincoln, Neb., July i. (Special)— A varm fight was staged before ths state railway commission, Tuesday, between the Minnesota Electric Dis tribution company, which wants to string a transmission line from O’Neill to Creighton, and the North ern Telephone company, the lines of which will be paralleled In a number of Instances by the heavy voltneo wires. E. C. Hunt, the owner, told the commission that he had refused to consent to the Joint occupancy of the road because It would make It difficult to use the rural lines, which are one wire In construction and ais grounded. He was willing to sign If the company would pay the ex pense of making the rural lines me tallic, but the company Insisted that It has Just as much right to occupy the road as the telephone corpora tor and that grounded construction In not up-to-date construction any way. Gov. Bryan of Nebraska Is Still on Warpath Lincoln, Neb., July '—(Special)— The following telegram was received Wednesday by Purchasing Agent J. R. Farris from Governor Bryan In New York City: "Am glad state gasoline is selling well and Is forcing down the price of gasoline. If the gasoline combine does not reduce the r>rlce throughout the state by the tl 10 I get home I will put gasoline cn sale throughout Nebraska.” The state’s station In Lincoln re ports the sale of 2,900 gallons of gasoline Tuesday. Court Awards $4,000 Alimony to Mrs. Tutin Lincoln, Neb., July —(Special)— A brief In support of the Judgment of Mrs. Emma Tutin secured against her husband, Harry E. Tutin, wealthy Stanton county farmer, for $4,000 alimony and $30, a month for the support of their daughter, whose custody was given the mother, was filed In supreme court Wednesday. Mrs. Tutin was the second wife. She says that when she arrived on the Stanton county farm she found seven children and a lot of work to do. Her own daughter was born there. Her husband’s alleged cruel treament, she says, compelled her to leave him. GAS WAR HURTS ONLY SMALL REFINERS Lincoln, Neb., July ' (Special)— George Coryell, head of a large In dependent gasoline distributing com pany, In a statement today said that the agitation over gasoline prices was forcing the smaller refineries out of business, and that in the end the Standard and other large companies would be In such control that they could set the price at the refinery and the filling station as well. Mr. Coryell says that state com petition at 15 cents is not hurting the regular retailers very much. As the average car consumes about 240 gallons of gasoline a year, those who patronise the state nave only 40 cents a month, not enough to pay for the time consumed in watting for filling and the added mileage necessary to reach the outlying state filling sta tion. ASK COURT TO ACCEPT PLEA OF GUILTY Lincoln, Neb.. July (Special)—E. Baggl, attorney foi George Louis 1 lister, self-confessed (layer of his b. other, near Utica, will go to Se ward today to endeavor to Induce District Judge Hastings to accept a plea of guilty, which will mean a life sentence. Judge Hastings had previously shown a disinclination to act without the assistance of a jury to determine the degree of guilt. Mr. Maggi will try to induce him to call several witnesses and then act. If not the trial will come In Novem ber, when a plea of a mind diseased from brooding over parental favorit ism will be entered. 8C0TTSBLUFF PAPERS ARE CONSOLIOATEO ScottsblufT. Neb., July ' -fhe Dally Tribune has been pui chased by the Star Herald, a semi-weekly publication. The semi-weekly will now be discontinued, and under a new consolidation the Star Herald will be a dally publication. II. J. Wiener is the general man ager and managing editor, and the other incorporators are: A. B. Wood of Gerlng, C. C. Cross, C. H. Trickett and P. H. Kothe ALBION, NEB. MAN DIES FROM BURNS Albion, Neb., Julv (Special)— Frank Flakus, owner tn a cafe here, died Wednesday of burns he received when he attempted to light a fire 1 n the cafe cook stove In the morning. His clothing caught fire and he died In about four hours. i POTA8H PLANT AT LAKESIDE, NEB., SOLD Lakeside, Neb., July —The Stand ard Potash plant here passed Into other hands by order of the federal court- Max Grimes, of Denver, was the successful bidder at $20,000. Up on confirmation of sale the various structures will be dismantled and the residences sold. This plant was or iginally organised by Omaha aftid Council Bluffs capital and was con sidered one of the best among ths 19 plants in the potush fields of western Nebraska. STILL IN HAY STACK NOT HIS That Is Plea of Nebraska Man Convicted of Moon shine Offense Lincoln, Neb., June --(Special) —Thornley T. Hoppe. »»rmer of Richardson county, has filed an ap peal with the aupreme court from a oonlction for having a sttll in his possession. The still was found on a farm that Hoppe had vacated Six weekn before, hidden In the hay. He eays that he never had a still and that the law made a grievous error when It grabbed him on the charge, considering the fact that almost any body had access to the place after he left It. OLD QUESTION RAISED AGAIN Pay for Lieutenant Governor While Acting As Chief May Be Up Again Lincoln. Neb., June ~ (Special)—^ The old and much disputed question' of who Is to pay Lieutenant Gov ernor Johnson for the time he has been giving to the duties of a-jt rig governor har again been raised. When Governor Bryan left 10 days ago for New Yotk he did not think U would be necessary for Lieuten ant Governor Johnson to come to Lincoln from his home In Hastings and wrote him to that effect. Mr. Johnson did not arrive at the ex ecutive offices for nearly a week, but his presence seemed advisable, and he has been here several days. The constitution makes no provision for paying the lieutenant governor while he Is acting governor, further than his regular salary of $1,800 a year, but former Lieutenant Gover nor Barrows, who was frequently called to act while former Governor McKelvle was out of the state, was successful in securing an ap propriation of $1,800 by the legis lature to reimburse him for time occupied In the executive office. Lieutenant Governor Johnson said he was not worrying about his pay, and would continue to do whatever seemed necessary whether he got anything for it or not. Some of the state officers are of the opinion that Governor Bryan will personally re imburse him. Slayton, Minn., Pioneer Victim of Paralysis Slayton. Minn., June ~ 'Special)— A. R. Strom of Chandler, was strick en with paralysis while going to one of his farms and died while being brought to the hospital at Slayton by a nurse. He was about (0 years old. He had recently returned from California, where he spent the winter. MUNGER MAKE8 IT HARO ON LIQUOR DEALERS. Lincoln, Neb., June .—Federal District Judge Thomas C. Munger. who has come to be regarded as a terror to makers of moonshine whisky and the bootlegging Indus try, Is rapidly clearing his docket of that class of cases His latest dem onstration of the law was the sen tencing of William Stumpff, wealthy faimer of Merrick county, to a year and a fiay In the federal peniten tiary at Leavenworth, Kans., and Imposing a fine on him of $1,000 following his conviction of making and trafficking In liquor. Stumpff’s wife was fined $500 and his son given three months In Jail. Charles Penn, his farm hand, was also given three months, and Frank Tague. who helped handle hla goods. It Is alleged, was sentenced to 30 days In Jail. Tague was shot by officers while he was transporting a load of liquor to Lincoln several monua ago, and but recently was discharg ed from the hospital. Two other alleged violators of the prohibition law were sentenced by Judge Munger, Herman Beckman, tlx months in Jail, and John Smith a $200 fine. HARTINGTON GIRL IS BRIDE OF MEDICAL STUDENT Hartington, Neb.. June *" . -(Special —After keeping It a secret for nearly a month the marriage of Miss Lillian Paden, daughter of Dr. F. A. Paden of Hartington, to Dr. Leo J. Homan of Sioux Falls, S. D., has been an nounced here. The marriage is a culmination of a romance brought about through the work and meetings of the medical profession. The bride attended a training school for nurses a* a hospital in Omaha for some time and the groom is a student tn Creighton med’cal college at Omaha. Mrs. Homan has left here for Omaha and the couple will make their home at the Elms apartment In that city after July. Mr. Homan will com plete his course at the medical col lege next spring. OMAHA DOCTOR 18 SEEKING A PAROLE. Lincoln, Neb., June -—Dr. Les lie Fields of Omaha, serving an In determinate term In the penitentiary on conviction of performing a crim inal operation that was held to have resulted In the death of Miss Ruth Ayers of Hayes Center, has applied to the state hoard of par dons and paroles for a parole, ac cording to an announcement made today. He has served the requlsite tlma to entitle him to make thp ap plication. NEBRASKAN ON CLAIMS BOARD Represents America on Body To Settle Demands on Mexico Lincoln, Neb., July \ (Special)— Judge E. B. Perry, until recently state chairman of the republicans, has been named ns a member of a commission composed of an Ameri can, jj, Mexican and a Brazilian, which will sit on a large number of claims presented by private citizens of this country against Mexico for damages to property in Mexico dur ing the various recent revolutions. The position pays $12,000 a year and the time limit on the Job is five years. Fourth at Wayne Was Big Event Candidate for Governor Was Speaker—Winside Wins From Bloomfield , Wayne, Neb., July (Special)— Wayne yesterday entertained one of the largest crowds ever gathered here for a Fourth of July celebration. The weather was perfect and every thing went off as planned. Hon. Adam Mullen, of Omaha, republican candidate for governor was the prin cipal speaker. Music was furnished toy Omaha and Carroll hands. The baseball game between Win side and Bloomfield was won by Win side, by a score of 7 to 5. It was a 10-inning affair. The boxing exhibitions were unus ually good. The main event between Tom Conners, of Sioux City, and Wil lard Dixon, of Kansas City, vras stopped in the third round because the battlers were unevenly matched, the Sioux City man having the best of it. In the first preliminary, Jack McGill, of Wlsner, knocked out Earl Wade, of Pilger, In the first round. The second event, between Ray, of Wayne, and Young Dixon, of Kan sas City, scheduled for eight rounds, was won by the Wayne man by a knockout in the fourth round. COUNTY TREASURER ASKS SHARE OF FUND Lincoln, Neb., July \ (Special)— Myrtle Lancaster, treasurer of Chey enne county, is asking the supreme court to order paid to her out of the deposit guaranty fund $22,500 that the district court said she would have to lose because she deposited that sum in excess of the 60 per cent, of the capital stock of the Nebraska State bank of Sidney which the law places as a limit. She says that she placed the excess there at the request of a bank examiner who did not want to close the institution, and she thinks that under such circumstances the state ought to repay her. She also cites to the court its own decision in which it held the fund liable for an excess deposit made by the treasurer in a Custer county bank that also Tailed. HAY 8WEEP DRIVER INJURED IN RUNAWAY Newcastle, Neb., July '. (Special)— While riding a hay sweep on the farm near this place, Lawrence Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Bennett, was thrown to the ground and injured quite badly when one of the teeth of the sweep broke, frightening the horses and causing them to run away. The young man was shaken up severely and sustained a broken collar bone. SELECT CANDIDATES FOR COUNTY CLERK Hartington, Neb., July \ (Special) —Democrats from different parts of Cedar county comprising the Demo cratic county central committee will meet at the court house Hart ington, Tuesday, July 8, to select a candidate for county clerk. The re cent resignation of tba county clerk, Harry K. Durrie, makes it neces sary for both parties to select candi dates . TO PROSPECT FOR OIL AT NELIGH, NEB. Neligh, Neb., July (Special)—A company 1b being organized here to prospect for oil in thla neighborhood. It is proposed to have 30 local tnen take stock in the proposition and 20 have already signed. It is believed that this country Is underlaid with an oil strata. OMAHA HAS LOWEST TEMPERATURES ON RECORD Omaha, Neb., July '—Lowest min imum temperatures for the first two days of July ever recorded here were registered Tuesday and Wednesday. At 6 a. m. Wednesday 61 was re corded and at the same hour Tues day, 65. The highest temperatures either day was 75. WOMAN LANDS THE BIGGEST WALLEYED PIKE Storm Lake, la., -July (Special) —One of the biggest wall eyed pike pulled from the lake this season was caught by Mrs. Dan Fuller, wife of the energetic fish and game warden. It was 27 Inches long and weighed a trifle more than seven pounds. NEBRASKA CASH FUND IN GOOD CONDITION Lincoln, Neb., July (Special)— Contrary to some of the predictions made when the legislative appropri ations were In process of making at the last session, the state treasury has no deficiency at the present time, but on the contrary has $932. 000 In the general fund. The state received $2,600,000 during the month of June and paid out $1,262,000, leav ing a balance in all funds at tha close of the month of *‘‘,,636,000 R. W. CASSADY TO BE BURIED AT OLD HOME Body of State Official to Be Returned to Whiting Today Dee Moines, la., July 7. (Special)— The body of Raymond W. Cassady, of Whiting, la., secretary of the state department of agriculture, who was found dead in bed at the home of Mrs. Cassady's brotherinlaw, J. L. Gillespie, of Des Moines, early Mon day, will be returned to Whiting Tuesday for burial. Funeral arrangements had not been completed late Monday after noon, It was said here. M. G. Thornburg, chief deputy un der Mr. Cassady, found the body at the home of J. L. Gillespie, where the Cassadys had been staying, when he went there to Investigate the cause of hie ohlef's tardiness to work Monday morning. Doctors said Mr. Cassady had been dead for several hours and attributed his death to heart disease, which j had troubled bjm for a number of i years. Over-exertion on the golf ' course Sunday may have lnduoed the trouble, It was said. Mrs. Cassady, with the three chil dren and her sister, Mrs. Gillespie, are On a vacation at Spicer, Minn. Governor Kenndall appointed Mr. Caeaady state secretary of agricul ture soon after the creation of the offloe and he began his duties June 1, 1923. At the state primary elec tions this year, Mr. Cassady was un opposed and his death makes It ne cessary for the republicans to name a candidate at the state convention. Mr. Cassady was an extensive land owner near Whiting, la., and raiser of purebred live stock before his ap pointment as secretary of agriculture. Prior to his appointment he was a member of the state board of animal health. Born at Whiting. He was 42 years old and born at Whiting, la., and lived there all his life with the exception of the time he was secretary of agriculture at Des Moines. He was a member of one of Monona county’s oldest pio neer families. He attended the state university at Iowa City, and the state college of agriculture and mechanical arts at Ames for several years. Mr. Cassady was well known throughout north west Iowa, having been connected several years with the management of the Inter-State Fair at Sioux City, the State fair at Des Moines and other fairs and 11 va stock and agri cultural expositions throughout tbs s(ate, and was recognised as an au thority on agricultural and live stock subjects. In tribute to Mr. Cassady Govern or Kendall said: “I am profoundly shocked by the unexpected death of Mr. Cassady. Since he has occupied the office of secretary of the department of agri culture I have had occasion to be come Intimately acquainted with him and to esteem most highly his char acter and ability. I knew of no man connected with the administration of the state who has displayed a higher efficiency or more complete fidelity to the public Interest than he. It Simmons May Get Doable Reprieve Both Bryan and Johnson Expected to Issue Stays Tuesday Llneoln, Neb., July 7. (Special)— Two reprieves from two governors in on* day are likely to be thrust upon Walter R. Simmons, Boyd coun ty slayer, Tuesday. Acting Governor Johnson returned to Lincoln Monday. Mr. Johnson, as acting governor in the absence of Governor Bryan will sit with the board of pardons Tues day to pass upon applications of prisoners who seek paroles. He is also expected to Issue a reprieve to Simmons. Governor Bryan Issued a reprieve to Simmons which expires Tuesday. Unless another Is Issued Simmons must be electrocuted some time be tween 8 o’clock In the morning and 6 o’clock In the evening. To make the legality of the reprieve unques tioned, Governor Bryan will bo asked to Issue a reprieve at New York and send It to Lincoln. ESCAPES JAIL SECOND TIME South Dakota Man Again Saws His Way to Liberty Canton, S. D., July 7. (Special)— Sawing his way through the bare of hla cell of the county jail here, Wil liam Jennings, who la facing a charge of grand larceny for the theft of $70 from hie employer, a farmer near Beresford, two weeks ago, is again at liberty and a search has been started for him. Jennings, who escaped from the Jail at Beresford shortly after his arrest, was captur ed at Sioux City several davs later and brought to Canton. He effected both of his escapes by sawing through the bars of his cell. His escape Monday morning was discov ered at 6 o’clock, and it is believed that he got away some time early in the morning. Jennings is a farm hand and is described as being 5 feet, 6 inches in height, weight about 130 pounds, rather light complexioned, and be tween 40 and 45 years old. His nose Is a trifle crooked and his upper teeth are all missing with the ex ception of one, which is noticeable when he talks. When he escaped he was wearing khaki trousers and a blue shirt with white spots. will be difficult Indeed to secure an other man so capable and devoted as he to fill his place.” Whether the governor will wait and appoint the man named by the party as a candidate, or the party will make its candidate a man named by the governor to fill the unexplred term has not been disclosed. Besides his wife, Mr. Cassady Is survived by one son, Raymond, Jr., 11 years old, two daughters, Nancy, $, and Bethy, 2; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. El. M. Cassady, a brother E. M. Cassady, Jr., and a sister, Mrs. Edith McBeth, all of Whiting. Found Dead in Bed Monday RAYMOND W. CA8SADY The Island of Jamaica has beoome a source of supply for vanilla flavoring •x tract. Lumber Rate Revision To Iowa Point Held Up Washington. July 7.—Proposed new schedules revising rates on lumber from Missouri, Arkansas and Louisi ana points to Burlington and West Burlington, Ja„ were ordered sus pended from July 18 to August 17, by the Interstate Commerce Commission today. David Bloyd George first came into prominence when he campaigned against the Boer war in 1899. American Barristers Convene on Tuesday Philadelphia, July 7.—Prominent lawyers an jurists from all parts of the country began assembling here today for the convention of the American Bar Association which opens a. three day meeting Tuesday. Chief Justice Taft and Secretary of State Hughes are among the distin guished speakers on the program. FINDS WOMEN GETTING BETTER Educator Foretees Fewer Mar riages but Say* Wive* Will Be Finer Companion* Atlanta Ga.—The girls of today are not “going to the dogs"; so Dr. J. Ft. McCain, president of Agnea Scott College, who for years ha* come in close contact with girls In all walks of life said recently. Women will not stop having children, he said, although he does expect a slight decrease In marriages during the next generation. The woman of tomorrow will be better, prepared to give her husband that companionship which he de serves, Dr. McCain stated, and it will not be in the form of tea-table gossip. Her breakfast table conversation will be more enlightening than the newspaper which the husband mw grabs, and it may be that her inter pretation of the day's news will prove far more beneficial than edi torials which are prepared on th© cause and effect of dally events. ■Fn addition to this, the president said, the girl of tomorrow will not come into this world wishing sh© were a boy, as has been the case for countless years. So desirable will be her position in life that she will not be envious of possibilities now af forded those of the male sex. The world Is going through an evolution as far as the women ar© concerned, according to him, And women will emerge much the better for it. Dr. McCain admitted that he was “old fashioned" enough not to ap prove bobbed hair and certain style* which girls and women now persist in wearing, but he pointed out that these characteristics are purely sup erficial and have no meaning what ever as to the girl herseir. And the girl of tomorrow win b* better prepared to fight the battle* of life from a physical point of view. He said: “Little girls. In rompers and with short hair, are developing a degree of freedom In exercise and in growth that only boys have had. “The clothing of young women has never been so loose and light >s now. Sex hygiene is being na tionally taught by the better col leges and high schools for girls.” And so if you are worrying over the woman of tomorrow just forget it, advises Dr. McCain. Goldenrod Is Not Hay Fever Cause — Ragweeds’ Pollen, Scattered By Wind, Is to Blame for Irritant, Professor Finds Washington.—Don’t blame the goldenrod for your troubles, hay fever victims. This is what Prof. Albert A. Hansen, of Purdue Univer sity, says in a statement for the Am erican Nature Aesoclatlon. ‘‘There is so little truth in the frequently heard statement that the goldenrod is a hay fever plant that the accusation can almost be termed false.” According to theNature Associa tion’s statement, the goldenrod !» a glorious flower and truly Ameri can, only three of the sixty Ameri can species being found In Kurope. There Is white and gray goldenrod,. aa well as the more familiar vari eties. That is not strage when we re member that we now have white blackberries. There Is anothei species known as the sweet golden rod, the crushed leaves af whlchr give off a fragrance that suggests anise. Making elear the goldeni^d has nothing to do with hay fever, ths Nature Association's statement says* “Hay fever pollens must neces sarily be the ones that are scat tered by the wind. Goldenrod Is Insect pollinated, and the pollei* grains are rarely if ever wind dis tributed. The real enemies af hay fever victims are the ugly rag weeds.’’ There are some sixty species ot the goldenrod, and Prof. Hannon, calls it "the crowning glory of nature’s seasonal processian, ami when the great paint brush of nature sweeps the autumn land scape w can feel thankful for (her brilliant pigments of our native joldenrod.” Teeth Save Girl’s Life When Accidentally Shot Arkansas Ctty, Kan.—Decause she had Rood teeth, Elsie Farrar, 10 year* ©Id, Is alive today. Elsie was shot lr» the face by a .38 calibre revolver with f»h.lch her playmate, George Selpp. Jr. 10 years old, was demonstrating wh it he would do to burglars. The revolver was about a foot awa * from the girl’s mouth when accident ally discharged. The bullet struck Elsie In the nose, ranged downward, circled the mouth, knocked out two upper molar teeth and lodged between two others. Elsie calmly picked the missle from her mouth and ran for assistance. Coroner Warns Against Kissing of Pet Dogs " i London—The peril of kissing pet ^ dogs has been the subject of a warn ing by Dr. Ingletoy Oddie, chief Ive.don coroner, when holding In quest on Mrs. Agnes Hodgson, who died from a cyst. “Mrs. Hodgson was devoted to a Pom,’’ said Dr. Oddie, “an animal which ladies are so fond of kissing and hugging.
