PHALIN NAMED ON ALL-STAR QUINT
IN SECOND DISTRICT BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT AT NORFOLK
For the first time since the in
auguration of state and district high
school basket ball tournaments an
ONeill player has been named as a
member of the all-star mythical bas
ketball teams selected by the experts
from among the hundreds of players
participating in the events. The honor
is accorded Gerald Phalin of the
O’Neill team, unanimously selected
by the judges as left guard on the
Class B team. The. selection is es
pecially noteworthy because theO’Neill
team was defeated in the first game of
the tournament, by Plainview, last
Thursday evening, and thus eliminated
from further participation in the
tournament.
The O’Neill athletes, who went to
Norfolk last Thursday morning, were
unfortunate in drawing as opponents
for their first game the fast Plain
view aggregation and were defeated
by a score of 14 to 10. The score,
however, is not to be taken as an in
dication that O’Neill was outclassed,
as O’Neill led by a score of 10 to 6
until the last quarter, when Drake of
Plainview by a phenominal run of
brilliant plays annexed the bacon for
the enemy. He was easily the star
of the Plainview team and in the de
feat of Plainview in the finals by
Battle Creek with a score of 19 to 8
was due to his sustaining a bi’oken
ankle in the third round of the tourna
ment which took him out of the game.
Spectators at the tournament all de
clare that had O’Neill survived its first
game, with Plainview, the other teams
it would have met would have been
duck soup for the home boys. The
high esteem in which the O’Neill team
was held at the tournament is thus
expressed by the Norfolk Daily News
in its account of the O’Neill-Plain
view game:
“Although Plainview won the cov
eted victory in its battle with O’Neill,
the latter made a remarkable strug
gle during the entire melee which
ended 14 to 10. O’Neill was out
weighed, but not outclassed. Drake
of Plainview was a dead shot at the
basket, casting the ball through the
ring six times, five of them field goals.
Hunt and Phalin of O’Neill starred
for the losers.
“It can safely be said that O’Neill
was one of the best coached quintets
on the court Thursday. Coach Rid
dlesbarger has a smooth working
outfit.’’
Final scores at the tournament,
which concluded Saturday evening,
follow, and both winners and runners
up will go to Lincoln to participate in
the state tournament:
District No. 2, Norfolk.
Clftss .A
Norfolk, 7; West Point, 20.
Class B.
Battle Creek, 19; Plainview, 8.
Class C.
Pilger, 14; Pierce, 11.
The athletes making the trip to
Norfolk with Coach Riddlesbarger,
and their positions, were:
Mei'le Hunt, center; Francis Bazel
man, center; Erwin Cronin, guard;
Gerald Phalin, guard; Jack Arbuth
not, Francis Welsh and Bernard
Quinn, forwards. A number of high
school students also went down on
the early trains Thursday morning to
attend the tournament.
SUPERVISORS’ PROCEEDINGS.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb., 7, 1926, 9 a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present but Skid
more and Larson. Board called to
order by Chairman.
Minutes for February read and ap
proved.
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed on
the General fund:
J. W. Bennie___$ .26
W. G. Fletcher_ .25
Philip J. Keating_ 5.75
Elizabeth O’Malley_ 6.50
J. W. Rhodes_ 4.00
J. P. Gallagher_ 48.66
James C. Graham •._ 20.88
J. I. Gray & Co._ 47.10
Watson Hay Co..12.13
L. A. Carter_: 25.25
C. B. Nellis_ 30.00
E. Gibson_ 30.00
W. H. Briggs_ 3.76
H. W. Hubbard_ 4.00
H. E. McGintie_ .25
M. C. Palmer_ 5.50
M. Campbell & Son__ 60.60
James C. Graham_ 17.13
J. P. McManus Hdw._ 3.75
J. A. Farkes Co._ 60.02
James Vargisson_ 9.65
Galena Lbr. Co._ 24.71
L. C. McKim_I.. 30.00
John Sullivan_ 30.00
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed on
the Highway fund:
James Davidson_$ 14.30
W. H. Stein_ 16.85
J. P. McManus_ 12.50
J. H. McIntosh _• 69.00
W. H. Crippen_ 2.75
Elmer Snider_ 8.00
Howard Bauman_ 3.20
Floyd McIntosh_ 10.00
C. E. Havens... 20.00
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed on
Bridge fund:
Clintoir McKim Hi__ $ 15.00
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Notice To Automobile Owners
In order to save any further costs, kindly get
your 1925 Auto and Truck license at once.
Peter W. Duffy, Sheriff
* —..
Newhouse Bros. _____ 22.28
Lyle McKim _ 15.00
The following claims were audited
an 'don separate motion allowed on
the Roacf Dragging fund:
Milliard Hoffman _ $ 8.15
Mary E. Noble . .- 8.93
Ralph Gribble_ 7.46
Clyde Kiltz _ 6.75
T. W. Fullerton _ 36.00
John Friedel _ 12.60
Ray White . 15.70
E. C. Thomson_ 19.00
Fay A. Puckett_ 4.20
John A. Hayne _ 6.60
John Bratetic _ 12.90
James Gaughenbaugh_ 4.50
At 12 o’clock noon on motion board
adjourned until 1 o'clock p. m.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Chairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 7, 1925, 1 p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present but Skid
more and Larson. Board called to
order and went into committee of the
whole and continued checking county
officers.
At 2:30 committee arose and went
into conference with Senator John A.
Robertson on legislative matters.
At 3 o’clock p. m. on motion board
adjourned until February 24th, at 10
o’clock a. m.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Chairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 24, 1925, 10 a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
Board called to order by Chairman.
Minutes for February 7th read and
approved. On motion the following
official bonds were approved:
Justice of the Peace.
Theo Grof, Sheridan township.
Ernest Cracher, Deloit township.
Ed Welton, Josie township.
John Haake, Conley township.
D. B. Perkins, McClure township.
Township Clerk.
John Dorr, Iowa township.
C. H. Johnson, Conley township.
Road Overseer.
Fred D. Smith, Conley township.
T. F. Mathews, Shields township.
Joe Mlinar, Green Valley township.
R. N. Brittell, Grattan township.
C. F. Baker, Grattan township.
Township Treasurer.
John F. Storjohn, Coleman township
At 12 o’clock noon on moton board
adjourned until 1 o’clock p. m.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Chairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 24, 1925, 1 p. m.
Board met pursant to adjourn
ment. All members present. Board
called to order by Chairman.
The following claims were audited
and on separate motion allowed on
the General fund:
C. C. Bergstrom _ $133.25
Opal Ashley .. 90.00
Loretta Sullivan _ 90.00
B. T. Winchell _ 104.17
Anna Donohoe_ 41.16
Peter W. Duffy_ 179.16
E. F. Porter. 166.66
Harry Bowen_ 110.00
Dorothy Dunhaver___. 90,00
C. J. Malone_I_:_183.33
Winnie Shaughnesy_ 90.00
Grace Joyce__ 90.00
Anna Donohoe_ 158.33
Peter W. Duffy_ 33.80
E. F. Porter_ 27.74
At 6 o’clock p. m. on motion board
’adjourned until February 25, 1925, at
9 o’clock a. m.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Chairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 25, 1925, 9 a. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
Board called to order by Chairman.
Minutes for February 24, 1925,
read and approved.
Motion by Skidmore, seconded by
Nellis, that a committee of three
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members be appointed by the Chair
man to serve with him to investigate
the swamp districts of the county with
the view of straightening streams for
the protection of roads and bridges.
Motion carried.
Chairman appointed as such com
mittee to serve with him, Skidmore,
Gibson and Havens.
O’Neill, Neb., February 14, 1925.
To Hon. Board of Supervisors:
Gentlemen: In taking the assess
ment in 1924 I put the personal prop
erty of D. D. Murphy in School Dis
trict No. 37 and as living on Section
34-30-12, which was an error, as he
lives on Section 35-30-12 and should
be assessed in School District No. 177,
and hereby request that the County
Clerk be instructed to place this as
sessment in 177 and grant him a re
bate of $18.47 the difference in the
amount of school tax.
Respectfully,
T. J. DONOHOE, Assessor,
On motion clerk was instructed to
change the assessment as requested
and issue refund warrant to D. D.
Murphy for $18.47.
At 12 o’clock M. on motion board
adjourned until 1 o’clock p. m.
JOHN SULLIVAN, Chairman.
E. F. PORTER, Clerk.
O’Neill, Neb., Feb. 25, 1925, 1 p. m.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. All members present.
Board called to order by Chair
•OMIli
Mr. Krotter appeared before the
board in the matter of roads in west
part of the county.
Before the Honorable Board of Su
pervisors of Holt County, Neb.:
In the matter of the Application of
Frank O. Hammerberg to have the
taxes levied and assessed against cer
tain property in the City of Atkinson
Nebraska, removed and stricken from
the tax rolls.
Frank O. Hammerberg, being first
duly sworn on oath deposes and says,
State of Nebraska, County of Holt,
ss:
that he is at the present time the
owner of Lot 7 and the West 30 feet
of Lot 6, in Block 3, in Collins Addi
tion to Atkinson, Nebraska, and has
been the owner thereof since the 12th
day of December, 1922, at which said
time he purchased said property from
the Nebraska Conference of the Evan
gelical Association of North America
in the State of Nebraska, and that
ever since said date he has been the
owner thereof and in possession there
of; that prior to this date the Nebras
ke Conference of the Evangelical As
sociation of North America, in the
State of Nebraska, had been the
owners of said property, deriving their
title thereto by virtue of a Warranty
Deed from William L. Foxworthy and
wife to William Long, Henry Deckau
and Frank Hammerberg, Trustees,
Society of Atkinson, bearing date of
March 11, 1918, and filed in the office
of the County Clerk of Holt County,
Nebraska, on the 13th day of March,
1918, at 9 o’clock a. m. in Book 99 of
Deeds, at page 380; that this affiant
knows that from and after the 11th
day of March, 1918, to and until the
22nd day of December, 1922, that said
property was owned by the Nebraska
Conference of the Evangelical Asso
ciation of North Nebraska, and was
purchased by the membership of said
above described church and was used
according to the discipline and use of
*aid church for a parsonage and wa3
therefore not subject to the taxes for
the years of 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921
and 1922; that there appears on the
records of the County Treasurer of
Holt County, Nebraska, that taxes
were levied and assessed against said
property for the years of 1918 and
1919, and that taxes were levied
against said property for the year
1920, 1921 and 1922; that this is er
roneous.
Affiant further says, that said taxes
were erroneously levied and assessed
against said property for the above
described years for the reason as
hereinabove stated.
Affiant further says that this affi
davit is made for the purpose of ap
prising the Board of Supervisors of
this County with reference to the
situation and the ownership of said
property during said years, and for
the purpose of having said taxes
levied and assessed against said prop
erty for the years of 1918, 1919, 1920
1921 and 1922 removed and stricken
from the Tax roll of Holt County, Ne
(Continued on page eight.)
LUTHERAN BESViSES.
Tuesday evening, at Episcopal
church.
Rev. Wm. G. Vahle, Pastor.
PLEASANT VALLEY.
Charlie Kohler was an O’Neill
visitor last Friday.
W, P. Duncan and son, Arthur, au
toed to Clearwater last Sunday to
visit relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hough, of
O’Neill, visited at the Charlie Grass
home last Sunday.
Claude Hamilton and Clyde Streeter
were Brunswick visitors last Sunday
Mrs. Percy Grass visited with Mrs.
M. Darr, in Page, last Saturday even
ing.
PLEASANTVIEW ITEMS.
Walter Bohee called on A. Klinglei
Saturday.
Ed Sfeskal’s family called on Chas
Diehl Tuesday.
Ed Steskal delivered hogs to Emmel
market Thursday.
Wm. Murphey called on Franlt
Heeb family Tuesday.
Dell John delivered hogs to Em
met market Saturday.
Dell Johnson hauled corn fro *
Philip ranch Wednesday. **
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. V ,
O’Neill on business ” paring were 1
Mr. and Mrs.rr .
ping in Atk: Wright were shoj
Mr p. .nson Saturday,
sho*'- .nd Mrs. Alrin Walnofer wei
^ping in Atkinson Friday.
Carl Baker hauled oats from R.
Mohr place Monday for seed.
Ed Early hauled fence posts fro
Casper Winkler’s farm Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvill Siebert visit!
at the F. K. Siemson home Sunday.
George Barnes iB assisting W.
I “Ain’t Nature Wonderful” I
By “UNCLE PETE,” O’Neill, Nebraska. jj
(Courtesy St. Louis Post Dispatch.)
O’Neill,Neb.: The January fur crop
on the Doc Wilkinson fur-bearing
frog ranch several miles north of
Beaver Flats will exceed that of the
same month for several years past,
and also the November and December
crops of last year, according to east
ern fur buyers now at the ranch to
contract for the year’s production.
The furs also are pronounced by the
experts to be of superior quality as
a result of the unusually severe win
ter, and the commercial success of the
farm, established several years ago
as an experiment, is assured.
The fur-bearing frog is the result
of a number of years of experimenta
tion by the doctor, a noted scientist, in
an effort to prove the theory of evo
lution. The doctor long had contend
ed that the thin and exceedingly fine
coating of hair present on the com
mon frog of creek, pasture and pond
could be induced to a more luxuriant
and a thicker "^owth were <he am
phibian provide^* uio proper environ
ment. He accordingly beegan the
breeding of frogs in cementlined
ponds on his ranch, at which, owing
to the altitude the nights are cold.
As a result the frogs were unable to
burrow into the mud at the edges and
bottoms of the ponds for warmth and
soon began to grow a protective
covering.
By selection a strain of heavy fur
bearing frogs soon was produced. The
fur is of rich texture and dark green
in color and is in much demand for
collarettes and muffs, but the cost of
production so far has prohibited its
manufacture into coats and wraps.
The fur-bearing frog sheds its skin at
regular intervals as does its com
mon cousin. This makes it the ideal
stock for commercial fur farming and
the doctor believes that in time it will
displace all otl t.
Hershburger with his farm work this
week.
John F. Warner assisted Louis Babl
delivered corn to D. M. Armstrong
Friday.
C. A. Strong delivered fifty head of
hogs to W. A. Morrell near Atkinson
Monday.
Mrs. C. A. Strong and daughter,
Bessie, were shopping in Atkinson
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeo Bruder and
daughter were in Atkinson Monday
on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Guse and child
ren spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Winkler.
Paul Roth and Miss Ina Schrunk
spent Sunday evening with Mr. and
Mrs. Henning’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer spent
Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Klingler.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Maring called
on Frank Henderson and family near
Phoenix Thursday.
Zeb Warner planned to put out
several pairs of partridges on his
ranch in the spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler spent
Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Winkler and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mority, of Lin
coln, spent, the week-end with their
nephew, Wm. Roth and wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Walnofer were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Winkler and family Sunday.
Orville *Hitchcock moved his family
to the Allen ranch, north of Atkin
son, vacated by J. C. Winkler.
Carl Hoppe left by auto Thursday
for Seward county, where he expects
to visit friends for some time.
A party of friends gave a party
Saturday evening at the Mitchell
Wilson home in honor of Mrs. Wil
son.
Miss Lizzie Heeb assisted Mrs.
Henry Winkler, Jr., with her house
cleaning and papering Friday and
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fay Scripture and
daughters, of Atkinson, visited with
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bruder and family
Wednesday.
Mr. Seben, of O’Neill, finished the
varnishing in Mr. and Mrs. August
Hoppe's new house and they expect
to move into it Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heeb and family,
Mrs. Henry Winkler and Dorothy,
spent Sunday evening witn Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Heeb and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winkler and
daughter, Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. John
Pruss and family, Mrs. May Warner
and daughter were in O’Neill Satur
day on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Klingler and
Mrs. Wm. Murphy and son, Gerald
Francis, was entertained Tuesday
evening with the radio of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bruder.
Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Miller and
daughter, Garnet, of Omaha, Mr. and
Mrs. Ivan Cone, of near Atkinson,
were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Klingler Sunday.
A mimber of friends and neighbors
helped celebrate the birthday anni
versary of Mrs. A. C. Millington at
her home Thursday evening. Lunch
eon was served. All returning home
at a late hour wishing for many re
turns. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lesseman, of
Atkinson, were dinner guests of their
daughter, Tena Winkler, and called
on Mr. and Mrs. Charley Wright and
family in the afternoon accompanied
by Mrs, Winkler and her daughter,
Dorothy.
Royal Theatre j
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HOME OF GOOD PICTURES
- FRIDAY -
Thomas Meighan and Lois Wilson in
“PIED PIPER MALONE”
, Comedy
Musk by the High School Orchestra
-SATURDAY
RIN TIN TIN in
“FIND YOUR MAN”
Comedy and “Riddle Rider”
-SUNDAY & MONDAY
Norma Talmadge find Eugene O’Brien
—in—
“SECRETS”
Comedy and News
— TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Viola Dana in
“ALONG CAME RUTH”
Comedy—Cross-Word Puzzle Reel
- THURSDAY -
Jacqueline Logan in
“CODE OF THE SEA”
Comedy
Coming—
“Sun Down.” “Married Flirts.”
“Flowing Gold.” “Golden Bed.”
“Sea Hawk.” “So Big.”
THE SENIOR CLASS OF ST. MARY’S ACADEMY.
-Presents
“PRINCESS KIKU”
A Japanese Romance
March 17th, 1925
8:00 p. m.—Tickets 50 cents.
Matinee, 3:00 p. m.—Tickets, 25 cents.
A. M. D, G.
et
B. V. M. H.
CHARACTERS
Princess Kiku—Favorite niece of the Emperor-Loretta Ryan
O’Mimosa San—Lady in waiting-Vera Madsen
O’Yuki San—Lady in waiting-*—-Pauline Wirer/
O’Totmai San—Lady in waiting___Marie McLeod
O’Haru San—Lady in waiting _..____Agnes Carr
Sakara—A learned Japanese lady devoted to
ancient customs .._i_„__Joyce Kent
Ito—A little boy -1- Marion Arfeuthcat
Lady Cecil Cavendish—An English girl traveling in
Japan_ . _ •____Kamilla Uhl
Miss Prendergast—Her companion___Loretta Eupight
Moonbeam Faries—Agnes Bazelman, Rose Velder, Margaret Kane,
and Helen Wirer.
i Japanese Ladies—Anna Connelly, Mary Dunne, Kathorin<' -Tardec, g
Jeanette Murphy, Alice Minton, MagdaLn MudloiT ana i;one |
Timmermans.
Scene I. Tne Chrysanthemum Garden and Summer House. Prinsasa |
Kiku and her lndies-in-waiting. Intrusion of Lady Cecil.
Story of the shipwrecked baby. fl
Instrumental Solo—“Come Back To Erin” —-- Mary Langer
Scene II. Same scene. Sakara bribes little Ito to bring misfortune 1
on the Princess by a play-act, which the Princess bel eves is 1
reality. Mimosa’s description of the Emperors reception, g
i The working of Sakara’s spell.
jong—“The Dear Little Shamrock”- M nnnF 1
Scene III. Room in a Japanese hotel. Miss Prendergast’s soi'citude |
for Arthur, Cecil’s brother.
Vocal Solo—“Japanese Love Song”--Agnes Carr I
6 Reading—“The Flag of Erin” - Agnes Bazelman I
n Scene IV. Room in the house of Sakara. Sakara gives Ito forihe- j .
instruction. Mimosa’s fruitless embassy. Sakara s cuise. |
Instrumental Solo—“Kathleen Mavourneen” ....... Anna Marie Larsen *
Scene V. Room in a Jananese house. Kiku’s hallucination: \£hat I i
Touch Withers.” Cecil and companion s interview wi h Kiku s |
j ladies. Miss Prendergast’s consternation. 4
j Song—“The Sacred Heart On Erin’s Flag” __ Junior Class j}
Instrumental Solo—““Believe Me,” and “Garry Owen" Evelyn Pn^s a
m Scene VI. The Chrysanthemum Garden. Ito repents. KiVr sup- I
posed she had struck Ito blind. He confesses it was p!?y- I
;d acting. The story of the shipwreck. . ho nwre?- -i *
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