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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1928)
WARNS BUYERS / FALFA SEED Presence of Foreign Seeds One of Most Important Things to Look For Lincoln, Neb., • (UP)— Heed buyers have been warned by thr Nebraska department of agri culture against the purchase cf alf alfa seed which contains the seeds of Johnson grass. Numerous samples of alfalfa seed examined and tested in the state laboratory by Miss E. L. Morris, state seed analyst, have been shown to co: tain foreign seed in the form c Johnson grass. From this time h is presumed that alfalfa contain ing foreign seed has been sold in this state. Farmers should get away from the practice of buying seed on the basis of appearance and quality alone, the department advises. Con trary to what farmers think, seed that is of good appearance may not produce a good crop. Perhaps It may germinate well, but a good crop ca not be assured because the plants produced may not be strong enough to stand the climatic con ditions. In other words, the seed to be valuable, must be able to pro duce a plant that will withstand tire climate. Johnson grass is adapted to south ern conditions and winterkills north of a latitude of 37 degrees, the de partment of agriculture said. Many thousands of dollars have br«- lost In Nebraska In the last few years because alfalfa seed not adapted to this climate has been planted. In some cases foreign seed cannot be identified, but a thorough investi gation of the origin of the seed will usually show if the seed will pro duce hardy plants. CREDIT "HOBO BEDDLER" WITH BREVETING WRECK Columbus, Neb.. . (UP)— A "hobo peddler" turned hero at Creston, Neb., today, prevented what might have been a serious wreck on the Chicago and North western railroad, and then disap peared before he could be reward ed for his efforts. The peddler, an elderly man whose name is not known, walked out of town along the Northwestern tracks when he failed to make sufficient Bales to warrant remaining. He found a broken rail near the town of Groat which railroad men said would almost certainly have de railed the next train. He returned to Creston to Inform a section crew of his discovery. HE WOULD RETAIN CONTROL OF ESTATE Lincoln, Neb. _ (Special) —Albert M. Strangland has ap pealed to the supreme court from a judgment of the Wayne county district court in ousting him from control of the estate of George Wil liams. The complaint was made by Nellie 1. Hecnan, one of the heirs of the deceased, who charged that he was incompetent, that he was dissipat ing the estate, that he had plunged into needless and expensive litiga tion and had hired a string of lawyers. The county court had first ousted him. Strangland denies all of the charges. He says that while It was true he changed lawyers at various times, they had either quit on him and had been discharged. He says that O. H. Johnson, a man of pow er and Influence in the community, was interested as a joint owner with Williams In part of the estate and the Johnson was trying to profit by what was being done in the way of settlement. Because he opposed him, his lawyers left him and it was necessary, in order to protect the estate, to hire other lawyers. He claims that he was the victim of v asm 11> wir mcucB umi were employed by Daugherty at Wash ington to prevent justice being done. EARLY FRt'lTS ARE TOTAL LOSS FROM FREEZES, SAYS Falls City, Neb, (UP)— Extent of damage from the recent freezes in Richardson county has been determined by A. I. Bolles, Missouri Pacific railroad agent, af ter a survey of orchards in this area Apples and cherries escaped dam age. Bolles said, but the peach, apri cot, plum and pear crops are a total loss. Henry Wyatt, government ob server. said that no damage was caused by the freeze Thursday morning, when the mercury sank to 30 degrees. FINDS PIECE OF SHOE NAIL IN HER FOOT Plainview, Neb., (Spe cial*- Mrs. Ed Singtry. who had been having trouble with a sore foot found that a shoe nail had worked up into her foot. She said ‘hat her foot had been bothering her for some time but had not given It much thought. When she first consulted a doctor the trouble was not thought to be any thing to give cause for worry. However when the foot did not get better an X-ray wan taken and showed that a piece of shoe nail about a quarter of an inch long had broken off the point of five nail and worked up into the foot about an inch and a half. HtiWEI.L Hit LINKS TO DEBATE WITH METCALFE W.u ingtun D. C, Hr (tutor Howell ha* sen! the follow ing Itfer to Richard L. Metcalfe In reply to Mrtcalie's letter to the arnalor “My dear Mr Metcalfe;. Your letter of the fourteenth instant la on hand, and I thank you for the suggestion contained theietn How ever, I have other plana for Uw campaign “Your congratulation* tn connec tion with my nomination are in deed appreciated, and you may be aaaurrd I heartily reciprocal* “ BARBER* FINED FOR VIOLATING STATE LAW Lincoln, Neb, <UP>— Ray Fiekler and Henry Blevhl, of Snyder, were the first barbers prose cuted under the Nebraska barber law for practicing without a license, it was learned by the department of public welfare today. Both men pleaded guilty before Judge Waldo Wintersteen at Fre mont. The law' provides for a fine of from $5 to $50. FRASER DENIES MAKING PROFIT Head of Woodmen of the World on Witness Stand Lincoln, Neb? __ (UP)—W. A. Fraser, sovereign commander ol the Woodmen of the World Life In surance company of Omaha, de clared on the witness stand today he never owned a cent of stock in the Woodmen Building corporation which took the lease on the W. O. W. building for 99 years. He furth er said he did not make any money from the sale or lease of the build ing nor did any member of the executive council get any profit. Frasers testijmony was given in the suit of Frank E. Folts and others against the Globe Life In surance company and officers of the Globe and W. O. W. The suit is an attempt to foice the defend ants to put back into the treasury of the W. O. W. company about $2,000,000 used in purchasing stock of the newly organized Globe In surance company. SEEK CLEMENCY FROM BOARD OF PRODUCERS Lincoln, Neb., _ (UP)— The following cases will be heard before the state board of pardons at Its regular monthly meeting May 8, 1928, It was announced to day. Penitentiary—paroles: Jesse Webb, sentenced from one to 20 years in Perkins county for forgery on April 1, 1921; Edward Falconer, sentenced to from one to 10 years from Doug las county on March 20. 1920, for breaking and entering: Rex Mc Cauley, sentenced from Thurston county on January 27, 1927. to from one to five years for felonious as sault; Vern Stakeley .sentenced from Scottsbluff on August 7, 1926. to from one to five years for forg ery; Frank Martin, sentenced from Douglas county on June 12. 1918, to from three to 15 years for forg ery; and Jack Ward, sentenced from Sherldon county on August 15, 1919 to from one to 20 years for forgery. Commutations: William Hodge, sentenced from Boyd county on May 17, 1923 to 10 years for rape and Dave Oerd, sentenced from Douglas county on February 4, 1926 to from six to nine years for breaking and entering. Reformatory—Paroles: Clayton Carlisle, sentenced from Douglas county on April 21, 1926, to from one to three years for auto Hieft; Levert Curtis, sentenced from Lin coln county on March 20, 1926, to from two to three years for burg lary; John Works, sentenced from Sheridan county on November 6, 1926 to from one to 10 years for burglary and larceny; William Mur phy, sentenced from Morrill county on March 8, 1926, to from twro to five years for auto stealing; Henry Hirschman. sentenced from Cedar county on September 21, 1926 for chicken stealing; Edward Montgom ery’, sentenced from Grant county on March 2, 1927, to from one to seven years for theft of harness; Clare Rowe, sentenced from Grand county on March 2, 1927, to from one to seven years for theft of harness; Willis Race and Norman Made, both sentenced from Dodge no i non *« from one to two years for burg lary; and Chapman Helbert, sent enced from Richardson county on March 17. 1927 for from one to three years for chicken stealing. Commutation: James Market, sentenced from Douglas county on February 4. 1926. to from six to nine years for breaking and enter ing. Reformatory for women at York —Mrs. Minnie Hines, sentenced from Scottsbluff on September 6. 1927. to from six months to two years for unlawful possession of liquor asks a parole. MINIATURE TORNADO CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGE Dawson Neb., < Special - —A miniature tornado formed northwest of here and did damage on the Belden and Ulmer farms. Mr. Belden. working in the fields, saw the twister strike the corner of his home, removing a part of the kitchen roof, and a corner of the porch. A wagon and hayrack were picked up and carried about five rods. On the Martin Uimer farm. Edgar McClain, the tenant, saw the storm coming toward him and threw him* self flat on the ground, escaping in jury- The wind picked up a brooder house and another small building, and scattered them over a 40 acre pasture. Another brooder house with small chicks was turned com pletely over, but prompt work saved the chicks, only eight bring killed. FORM CORPORATION TO TRANSiPOR I' AIRM AIL Omaha. tUPi—At a meeting of aviation enthusiasts last mght plans w«r* made to form a corporation to bid for the contract fur carrying airmail on the proposed Ontaha-fli, Louts route. 'Hie com pany would be capitalised at 17*000. The meeting was held under aus pices of Omaha chapter National AermistHie association E E Hup linger Aims riomas and R M Al lison. the tatter an airmail pilot were named a aummtite* to York out detail*. FRANCHISE TO OMAHA VOTERS Street Car Company Asks Another Vote Before Going into Court Omaha, Neb., (UP) — Dana Van Ducan, city corporation counsel was instructed by city com mission to meet with Emmett Tin ley, attorney for the street railway company at an early date and draw up a franchise for submission to the commission n'i later than April 30. This action was taken on request of John N. Shanahan, new presi dent of the company, who declared his intention of asking a referen dum vote on a franchise at the earliest possible date. A proposed franchise submitted to the voters a year ago was defeated, and the com pany has operated without a fran chise since that time. At the meeting’ between Shana han and the commission it was agreed that the city will not ask for an order ousting the company from the streets after May 28 as had been threatened and that the company will not press its demands for a perpetual franchise in federal court. Both Shanahan and the commis sioners were optimistic that voters would accept a fair franchise this year. It was pointed out that when the franchise was voted on before a contlment hostile to the company existed here, but since Shanahan gBiliru cuiiiiui Miia ncntiiiiriit mbs almost entirely subsided, COCK PHEASANT HAS GRUDGE AT MAIL MAN O'Neill. Neb., (Special) — A quarrelsome Hungarian pheasant cock is interfering with the trans portation of the United States mails on rural route No. 1 out of Inman, Neb,, 10 miles southeast of here, and unless a conflict between Nebraska laws and federal regulations can be adjusted a portion of the present route may have to be abandoned. The pheasant cock is making al most daily attacks upon Eugene E. Clark, the rural mail carrier, when he passes along his route in the vi cinity of the pheasant s hang-out, and necessitating extensive detours by the mail carrier to avoid him. A federal regulation applying to rural mail routes provides that the route must be kept open and pass able on penalty of abandonment of the section in terferred with. Under the Nebraska laws Hungarian pheasants are protected from slaughter at all seasons and a $100 fine is provided for killing one. The fighting pheasant cock of which Mr. Clark complains takes up position in the middle of the road when he sees the mail approaching and proceeds to strut and crow. If the carrier does not detour his car to keep from running over it the bird attacks with feet and wings and beak and Mr. Clark has great difficulty in avoiding injuring it. and the problem :s no joke to him. MUCH PROPERTY SAVED FROM PRAIRIE FIRE Chadron, Neb.. (UP)— A prairie fire w-hich swept three half sections of pasture northwest of Chadron Tuesday for a time threat ened to spread into the White River valley, where it would have endan gered several farm homes, valuable buildings and supplies. Fire fighters from Chadron and vicinity got the flames under control on the edge of the valley. DECLAMATORY CONTEST TO BE HELD AT WAYNE FRIDAY Wayne, Neb., -Northeast Nebraska High Scnool Declamatory association will hold its annual con test in Wayne next Friday. Students taking part have won in two pre vious subdistrict contests. They are: CiAiciupvM aiicuuo cyraniu^ '— Fanske, Wayne; Alfred Larson Wakefield; Elroy Stromberg, Oak land; Thomas Cox. Cedar Rapids; Ray Dover. Madison, and Paul Witt. Wausa. Oratorical—Berle Blecketer. Homer; Maude Erickson, Oakland; Lloyd Pospishil. West Point; Ber nice Miller. Clearwater; Edmund Sedivy. Verdtgre. and Howard Whistler, Battle Creek. Dramatic— Delmae Bliss. Tekamah; Beulah Galbraith. Wisner; Mary Ruth Wa termoulder, Winnebago; Leora Kic singer. Atkinson: Pauline Rogers. Clearwnter. and Harriet Wiley. Ne ligh. Humorous—Dan Chambers. Wisner; Frank Heckt, Stanton: Genevieve Romminger. South Sioux City: William Beha. O'Neill: Max well Halderson. Newman Grove, and Maine Preuss. Bloomfield. Winner? will go to the state contest. WIFE BEATER JUMPED INTO MISSOURI RIVER. BELIEF Omaha. (UP'—Police arc inclined to D'urcve that Joe Can nella. whose automobile, the engine running, was found on Douglas street bridge, had jumped into the Missouri river and ended hi* life Cannella* car was found a short time after his wife called police and asked that he be arrested for beat ing her at their home. Mrs. Cnn nella said she and her family have lived in terror of Cannella for the last three night*. She expressed the hope that the police theory of sui cide' was correct. Cannella recent was acquitted of a murder charge. SEIZE Mir; STILL JUST AH IT IF COMPLETED Omaha. Neb. (UP* —A huge still with a capacity of Wo gallon* of alcohol a day waa seised bv federal Utt agent* just aa work men finished its installation In a deserted three-rtory house here. A. K Dclann and P C. Lynch, plumb ers wrrre at rwsied just a* thev start • ed gathering thetr tools lo leave the place upon completion of the! task The still had not been used but tire home had been piped sta rs rry thing sss In tea dine«a EXTENSIVE LAND OWNER WANTS ROAD IMPROVED Columbus. Neb. (UP>— Paving of the Lincoln highway be tween Columtous and Fremont should be extended west from Ames either tilts year or next, is the de sire of Fred Eason prominent farm er of near North Bend, one of the heaviest property owners on the route. Eason attended the annua) meeting of the Nebraska Lincoln highway association and was one of the leaders of the movement. Eason owns four miles of land on the route that would be paved If the former custom of having land owners pay one fourth of the cost of the paving, Eason's share would be about $2^,000 CONTEMPT CASE IN HIGH COURT Bcyd County Man A.ppeals from Sentence of Six Months in Jail Lincoln, Neb., CSpecian —The appeal of John H Brandt from an order of Judge Dickson made in Bovd county, committing him to jail for six months on a con tempt of court charge, was argued and submitted to the supreme court Monday afternoon. Brandt had ex ecuted a mortgage on some brand ed cattle to the Bank of Herrick, in May, 1922, and when it was not paid, the bank, in 1926. instituted replevin proceedings. *1—.t T»_l__i._m _ * ««*v»»** VTA UV/J u LV/um jr 1V/UI1U a lot of cows in the possession oi Harold T. Dickey, on whose farm they had been left by Brandt. The bank left the cattle with Dickey under an arrangement by which he was to feed them- Before the case was heard, the state charges, Brandi moved the cattle over to his owr place in Holt county, where he sub sequently disposed of them Erandt contended that the cattle seized under the bank’s writ were , not the Identical cattle covered by the mortgage, but the attorney gen eral said this made no difference as they were cattle that the court had seized and still had in its legal possession. Brandt says his wife owned the cattle that he took from the Dickey farm, and that his at torney had advised him he had a right to take them. The state contended that as a matter of fact Brandt did not own the cattle and that the wife’s own ership claim is a fraud. If they were actually hers she had other means of asserting her ownership. The defendant claimed that he could not be guilty of contempt as the court had Issued no order in the matter and that they left the court’s custody when the sheriff turned the cattle over to Dickey. HOPE TO SEND CHAMP JUDGES TO ENGLAND Lincoln, Neb., (UP)— If money can be raised to pay their passage across the water, members of the 4-H club champion dairy cattle judging team of America. I who live at Albion. Neb, will be sent to the international dairy judg ing contest at Wye. Kent, England, it was decided Monday. It was estimated $3,000 will be necessary to finance the trip. Much of the amount will be raised in Ne braska although some funds have been promised from the national organizations. L. H. Daft, president of the Ne braska Dairymen's association, A. W. Lamb, vice president of the state board of agriculture and T- A Leadley, have been appointed a com mittee to handle the organization cn i *-» or (hn 4«tn it r> w ‘ t' • The members of the team are Jess Bilyeu, Joe King and Russell Hughes of Albion. BANKER SNEEZES AND DISLOCATES HIS SHOULDER Trenton. Neb., (UP)—A hearty sneeze which C. W. Simonds of the Citizens State bank of Tren ton indulged in while at his desk resulted in a dislocated shoulder. Simonds raised his head from his work at the bank’s book, hoisted his arms simultaneously, and un leashed a vigorous •'ker-choo." An swering his howl of pain fellow workers tried vainly to replace his dislocated should bones. Two phy sicians wrere than called and the bones replaced .but the patient was i in no condition to continue work, and went to his mother's home in Stockvtlle to recuperate. NO REPUBLICAN BALLOTS ARE CALLED EOU THERE Columbus. Neb.. <UP>— No republican ballots were called for during the primary election at St. Bernard township in Platte county. Ninety ballots, all democratic, were brought to County Clerk Hoge by John W Schroeder of St. Bernard township. Schroeder explained that several years ago there was a republican voter in the precinct but he had finally been converted to the demo cratic party He voted his own ticket for several election*, but fin ally at one primary he askrd (or a democratic ballot and Raid. “Pel lows. Uve played a lone hand a* long a* I’m going to After this I'm with you fellows." YOUNG PEOPLE'* MMTKTT Pt'RUlfA*K* HTIUOmfON Plaint lew, Neb.. • Spe cial! The Comrades of tne Way, a local voung people's society, have recently purthaaed a new itereoptt eon machine, Tltey expect to use the machine in the work and also to present programs <>t religion" sna educational nature to the public. The lirst picture, the oberam tnergau passion pisy, was presented Sunday evening. TRAVELS TO COAST BY AIR MAIL __ [ Main photo shows Miss Gladys Shaw as she climbed into a mail plane at Hadley Field, N. J., on the first leg of her flight to visit her mother on the Pacific coast. Miss Gladys Shaw, shown |p inset, is traveling first class *.ail and saving plentv of time. (InUrr.&tloBal N«»«r«!| VETERAN PITCHER FLU VICTIM I I Walter Johnson, former pitcher for the Washington baseball club, was forced to leave camp at St. Augustine, Fla., and return to Washington, suffering a severe attack of influenza. Although en route to Johns Hopkins' Hospital in Baltimore, he remained in Washington to be under the personal care ol Dr. Kaufmann, physician for the baseball club. (International Illustrated News! REMUS FREED FROM ASYLUA r'l IT' ^ ifr T'l -1 T WiT--*.....1— I • run— «• #r • George Remus, self-styled king of l*ooiteggers, who killed hi* wife and then convinced a jury of Ins insanity, was liberated from the Ohio asylum by the court of appeals. However, tb« State prosecutors are bitterly fighting (or a reversal of the judgment. If definitely fteed, Remus declared he would return to Cincinnati, settle his financial affairs, and start s world wido lecture tour against prohibition. OsiMaafMaai ■*——o
