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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1928)
WHEAT CROP IS IN THE SHOCK Southern Nebraska Farmers Have Average Yield of About 30 Bushels Falls City. Neb.. . <UP) Witti 75 per cent, of Richardson county's 1928 wheal crop already harvested, farmers were or me opinion that one of the biggest crops In the history of this area would go to market in the near future. Threshing in many fields will get underway the latter part of this week and it will be In full swing by the middle of next week, weath er permitting. A few farmers are planning to stack their grain but for the most part the grain will be threshed from the field. Wheat will average about 30 bushels an acre, a survey revealed, and the test on grain cut by com bines was 62. The first grain sold in this vicinity brought owners from $1.13 to $1.15 a bushel. Cutting oats on a largp scale should start late this week but some farmers, who started harvest ing wheat later, will not be able to commence on their oat crop until next week. The oat crop is slightly above the average. HE rLOTTED TO POISON MEMBERS OF FAMILY Omaha. Neb, -How Leon ard Masfk. 49 years old. attempted to poison his wife and all of his seven children, except his favorite daughter, who foiled the plot, and how he himself drank some of the poison and died, was related by members of the family. Masek was said to have attempted the plot when his wife refused to place their fomn ofH \t\ hlS YlAlTlP. Masek had been drinking heavily for several months, members of the famidly said, and without the knowledge of Branche, his favorite daughter, placed poison in the cof fee pot when he found her alone at their home. He warned her not to drink any coffee, but not before her father had taken a cup himself and gone to a neighbor. Masek was trailed from the neighbor's farm where the body was found by Jon Krecek, a stepson. Recently he complained that the farm home was in his wife's name, site said, and asked her to deed it 0Vv5r to him. She refused and he left the house, threatening "to get a good lawyer.” lie returned later and placed poi son in the coffee, his wife said. WOULD KLEP HIS WIFE OUT OF THEIR CAFE Alliance, Neb., (UP)— Because his wife's presence at meal-times in his cafe seriously impaired the service and often was the cause of "entertainment” be tug afforded the patrons, the propriet or secured a restraining order pre venting her from frequenting the cafe until August 1. The wife began divorce proceed ings recently but their business re lations. that of jointly owning the cafe, has complicated matters. It seems that she has been taking her meals there regularly, and no end of arguments have resulted. Some of them have become rather violent. The judge ordered the wife to eat elsewhere for a short time in the hope that the couple may be able to meet again and carry on perfectly normal relations. SUES FOR INSURANCE ON LIFE OF FIANCE Omaha. Neb.. (UP)— Suit of Miss Nellie O’Brien against the General Accident. Fire and Life Insure nee company of Scotland on a life insurance policy issued to James O’Hara. Omaha attorney, her fiance, was started in federal court here today. Thirty days before O’Hara was found in his office, a bullet hole in his head, he named Miss O'Brien beneficiary in a $10. 500 policy he purchased from the Scottish insurance company. The company contends that O’Hara committed suicide, while Miss O' Brien contends he was accidentally killed while cleaning a revolver. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PARTY TO DRILL IN LINCOLN Lincoln. Neb. (UP) — George W. Vallery of Denver, most eminent grand master of the Knights Templar, and a party of 40 slate officers of the order, will stop In Lincoln enroute to the 37th triennial conclave of the grand en campment at Detroit. It is planned to have several drill teams put on exhibitions during the stay here. Mr. Vallery Is a former Nebraska man. having been born at Platta moutb. and is well known through out the state. The state officers (raveling with him are from west ern states. The party will occupy 1« pullman cars, together with a lounge car. three dining cars and one baggage car. The total of 21 care will make up the longest special passenger trains, so far as la known, that has , vrr been operated anyahere in the world. Burlington official! say. TO CSLLSRATE COMPLETION «r IRRIGATION CANAl Gothenburg. Neb.. —Celebration tomorrow of the com pletion of the Thirty Mile canal be tween Cotad and Oothrnburg mark' one of the great achltiemenu of farmers In the middle west. The ditch, cemp'rted without fartnoton of an irrigation dwtrict and without a bend lour, will filar# IS.9M acres of rch Platte land under imgatom with the pcreibillty of including 10. us.' Ai.gr? k;u to the STAGE IMITATION DUEL USING &OA1A.N CANDLES Fordyce. Neb., ' (Special)— Two Fordyce men staged an imita tion duel when they equipped them selves with roman candles and en gaged in a "deadly combat.” Alter taking positions at the regulation distance apart, at the proper signal they applied matches to the fuses of the candles and advanced toward each other. In the midst of the con flict. Mr. Hoesing was struck by one of the balls of fire from a well di rected shot of his opponent, wnitn hit him in the breast, setting fire to the shirt and severely burning him. He extinguished the blaze and soon had Mr. Weinandt on the re treat. MISSING WOMAN BACK AT HOME Clairvoyant’* Tip Caused Search to Be Made for Her Grave Near Omaha Omaha, Neb., (UP)—Mrs Mary Hanson, whose "body” was "located” in a lonely spot near here by a professional clairvoyant trav eling with an Uncle Tom show, Wednesday, has returned to her home at Sulphur Springs, la., Har vey Sautter, assistant county attor ney, has been notified by relatives. Acting on information furnished oy the medium, the relatives induced Sautter to dig up considerable ground in a fruitless eflort to find Mrs. Hanson's body. Still believing the fortune tetter knew her business the relatives (vent back to Iowa to get a more definite "location.” While they were -ucir me unking wuuaui irttji peared. COLERIDGE PIONEER WOMAN 89 TEARS OLD Coleridge, Neb., <Spe cial)—Grandma Morrison one of the few real old Cedar county pioneers, celebrated her 89th birthday anni versary at her home surrounded by her children and a number of friends. She was born in Pennsyl vania. She has been in the county for 48 years. She is the mother of 13 [ children, eight living. She also has 28 grandchildren, 40 great grand children and two great great grand rhildren. About 35 relatives enjoyed a bounteous birthday dinner at her home. SEEKING PERMANENT HOME FOR DESERTED BABES Chadron, Neb., -Jack and Jean, twins born to Mrs. Grace Mc Donald in Mrs. John DeWalt’s home on Valentine’s day and who have been deserted by their parents, are looking for a home. The mother left her babies with a vote on March 7, asking that Mrs. DeWalt take good care of them un til she returned. Since then nothing has been heard from the mother, and Mrs. Vet Canfield, wife or the Dawes county jailor, Is making ar rangements through the Nebraska state welfare department to find a home for them. The mother told Mrs. DeW'alt that their father was a sheep shearer In Wyoming and that he was working at his trade until they might get sufficient money to make a home for the children. “I have taken a great liking to the twins and will dread giving them up. They are such good babies,” said Mrs DeWalt. According to the policy of the state, both must be placed in the same home, it being the practice of the state welfare department never to separate twins. APPROACHING DEATH HALTS PROSECUTION EX-NEBRASKAN Omaha, Neb., “ (UP)—Fed eral District Attorney James C. Kinsler announced today he had dropped criminal charges against Walter L. Stickel, former Kearney, Neb., millionaire lumberman, who is reported dying at Hollywood. Cal. Stickel and 10 of his associates ivere convicted in federal court here five years ago for using mails to Jcfraud In connection with sales of •lock in the Colonial Timber and Coal corporation of West Virginia. Stickel was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $10,000 by Judge Woodrough. He appealed to circuit •ourt and the case was remanded for new trial, which was to have started his fall. Kinsler said he has investigated flickers condition and learned that if cannot recover. One side of his hroat is paralyzed. "I will take fuU responsibility for Dismissing the case,’’ Kinsler said ‘Our Investigation shows Stii kel to ze near death. He did not benefit tram the Colonial case, in fact hr last several thousand dollars in the JeaL” HAS WHEAT YILI.D OF 48 HI MILLS TO At RI Falls City. Neb . (CP)— vield of wheat, so far believed un paralled in Nebraska this season baa been secured by Melvin Ernest, farmer of near Falls City. He har vested 734 bushels of grain from a 16-acre trait for an average of 3f bushels to the acre. Nt’MEROl 8 THEFTS C LEARED BY CUKE SI OF BOYI Cherokee, la. iSpee.al) —The theft of chickens from sev eral place#, the theft o! golf club* from the country club, the burg lary of a grocery 'tore and mali cious distruction of property at the Baptist church have been cleared by the apprehension <4 the member* of two bands ot boys, all of whom are undrr IS years of rg». The boys have ranlr-ted tc Bhrrilf Bangwln and may be per riitfd to settle for thet* drpredr ' j»*e Tunney to Hit “Lit” Trail; Author Wilder as Mentor They’ll Saunter Along the Literary By-Path* of the Old World *-■»>— By JACK V. KEENE International llluetrated Nev*e Speculator, N. Y.—When the dust and the shouting die down after the heavyweight cham pionship fight July 26 in Yankee Stadium, one of the sweating principals will turn his eyes toward the most amaz GENE TUNNEY Bej ~ Tnmur i» — TOM MEENEY ing pilgrimage, perhaps, in *11 the history of fisticuffs. J'or Ce no Tunncy, wRo 'got Shakespeare such a swell break aa the front page* recently, la going lit'ry this summer In really a Mg way. BONIEST! Win sr lose—you can take tba ex-Marine* word far It—he la going to kaap his tete-e teta with Mr. Tom Hoe ray, than rush away to Europe an an Intel lectual vagabondage. And for a trainer In hla lit'ry roadwork along the by-paths ef EngMnd. France and Germany, Tunney b going to have no leas a personage than Thornton Wilder— PuUtzer prise winner, classical scholar and author ef the best seller, "Tba Bridge of San Luis Bey." That both the titleholder and hla scholarly mentor are eager to hit the Dictionary Trail is proved by the fact that Author Wilder will leave his teaching work at the fash ionable LawrencevlUe Boys' School to remain with Tunney during part of his training. Then he will break away and call on July 7 for Europe, where he plana to rent the house of Henry James In the south of Eng land. TunDey will Join him there following bis engagement with the brawny Australian. "What do you and Tunney expect te get out of your trip abroadT“ asked the reporter of Mr. Wilder. "A fine time," he said. "We ll read aloud from books that we like; we'll talk, and Tunney will get away, for a while, from the admiring throngs." PAIN. By Paley. Pain Itself is not without its alleviations. It may not be violent and frequent, but it is seldom both violent and long continued; and its pauses and intermissions become positive pleasures. It has the power of shedding a satisfac tion over intervals of ease, which, I believe few enjoyments exceed Solitude Religion. Avis D. Carlson in Harper’s Maga zine. Professor Whitehead, in his ar resting little book, "Religion in the Making,” remarks that “religion is what the Individual does with his own solitariness . . if you are never solitary you are never re ligious.” Perhaps the statement Is a pic turesque exaggeration, but it has a fundamental truth which every great religious leader has empha sized. The wilderness and Gethse mane are symbols not likely to be outgrown in the religious life. But how is the urban youth to be solitary today? At college he works surrounded by people, eats with 40 or 50 others, goes out to a crowd ed dance or movie house, comes back to sleep in a dormitory. He is rarely away from people, for even a half hour at a time. Wehn he comes cut of college the situation is not much differ ent. He rides to work in a crowd ed street car or subway, or if he drives his own car his mind is upon all the pedestrians and other driv ers whom he must avoid. For eight hours he works in the midst of other workers. He lunches in a place buzzing with the noise of feeding humanity. If he dines at home he is still not alone. Even if he does not go out alter dinner, the radio with its jazz from New York and Los Angeles can be de pended on to keep him from soli tariness. When he has the chance to be alone he Is apt to run from it He has hadi no training in aloneness. Aloneness is emptiness so far as he is concerned—a nag ging, painful emptiness which he cannot tolerate. The churches are no helps in the matter of solitariness. Sunday school classes, discussion groups, circle and board meetings, “social VimiWf " orlrl wot- ce ^ 4 full pews—unless one hi, a already learned the art of solitariness in the midst of throngs, most churches are a downright obstacle to the solitariness which the ages have found essential to the relig ious life. .. -- Not Role for Churches From the Milwaukee Journal. In a political campaign, of course, one learns to expect everything. Al ways there is a good deal that dis gusts sens.ble people, always a good deal that springs from strange ideas of what must be fed to the crowd. One may be permitted to hope, however, that some of the plans outlined for the presidential cam paign will be discarded by thought ful people who see that there are depths unworthy of descent for any party triumph. It is natural that re publican leaders expect the nomina tion of Governor Smith; so does almost everyone. But it is disquiet ing to read that these leaders plan to meet what they expert will be an active personal campaign by organ izing church clubs, women's organ izations, business men's clubs and all the rest of it in every town, city and hRmlet where they can. They might well leave the church es out of politics Rel gion will be in volved if Governor Smith is nomin ated; It is clear now that this will be Inevitab'e. But to go to the churches will be direct violation of the spirit of American Institutions, since there have been American irv sUtutions. It will Invite a kind of civil dissension and division that we have not *cm * nee negro slavery was abolished It will hurt the t au«e and Effect. From Passing Show Judge Prisoner you are charged with habitual drunkenness. What excuse have iou to offer? Pri-cr.er— None your honor, ex I crpt habitual thirst. mm.*- ■«» Q What ran be used to paint faded awning* •' t a. K A A good oil tv-.cr th lined w'th turpentine to tiu ronsittency of water la u*rd in painting awnlngr. • • Q Where la the City of a Tlunditd Tower? ? ft h A. Pavia, Italy. U aa ratted ?;om 'I many Ivweta ted tUrp.ta. For the Beach Girl Ruth Taylor, cinema beauty, says not to forget printed chiffon when you are making up your beach dress. She has fluffed her costume up With large chiffon flowers on the shoulders and left the rest a plain coat-type frock. Deep rose and pale green make an attractive color scheme, while the small hat, ropes of large pearls and black sotin slip pers make an alluring combination. (InlarnatlonaJ Illustrated Nawa) churches end divide men from their friends. It is easy to say a thing is un American; yet if anything is un American this proposal is. It Is un fortunate enough in all conscience that there should be all these inde pendent campaign clubs such as were active in the Karding cam paign. raising vast sums which are not included in the public report of party expenditures It is a way of dodging the making public of slush funds. But at least they might leave the churches out. Loose Claims. Prom Kansas City Star. Under cross examination the press Bgent for the Missouri committee cn public utility Information ad mits that he had no authority for his statement to another utilities man that word had gone down Irora Associated Press headquarters that the utilities committee* were to be taken care of. The statement evidently was made to impress his colleagues with his ability In get ting propaganda published as news. Such statements, of course, do not bear scrutiny. When the pub licity man tells of his achievements he sees that he tells a plenty. His success in impressing the people who employ him with hi* effective ness has a cash value. The uncriti cal person who listens to him would be I'd to think uiat the world marched at his command. But most of his works are merely conversation. Along Came Rcth Bulletin. Sydney. George—Oh. 1 say Ruth, I'd no idea when I introduced you to Perce that you'd become engaged to him. Ruth—That's a «?urcv crncidenc*, tint it—neither had Price. • a q Who signs the land grant pat ent*? 1? H R A. The appropriai.cn act o* March 7. 1W#. calls Sot one clerk d >-rusted by the president of the United State* to sign all land grant patents. At the present tlr.e Mrs Viola B Pugh of the general land Uf.it bold. J..I ;jci.; n. COUNTY BOARDS MUST HOLD MEETINGS IN OPEN Lincoln, Neb., (UP) — County boards that transact public business behind locked doors are not living up to the letter and spir it of the law, the supreme court said today m a decision which gave Arthur H. Johnson, farmer, a per manent injunction against Colfax and Platte counties. The counties proposed to build a drainage ditch to which farmers objected. Evidence showed the board of supervisors excluded the protesting farmers from a meeting in which they decided the location of the ditch. The court enjoined the counties from constructing a ditch ordered in a closed meeting. TRAVELER MUST HEED CROSSING Nebraska Supreme Court Sets Aside $33,000 Ver diet for Damages Lincoln, Neb., " (UP)—A traveler who does not "look and listen” as he approaches a rail road crossing is guilty of negli gence, the supreme court said to day in setting aside a $33,000 judg ment obtained in Cherry county against the Northwestern railroad. The judgment was obtained by Otto P. Moreland, administrator of the estate of his deceased son, Hub er, who was killed when he crosed a railroad track at Crookston, Neb., in an automobile. Evidence showed that there was a freight train one one track and the passengers of the auto did not see an approaching passenger train. T’Vio that. tVw» frpiaht: train was not a diverting circum stance. .— ♦ ♦ -■ " ■ ■■ ■ PAROLES OR PARDONS ASKED BY Zi CONVICTS Lincoln, Neb., (UP)— Twenty- four prisoners of the peni tentiary and state reformatory ap peared before the state board of pardons and paroles today. Eight of the prisoners are serv ing time for acquiring farm ani mals and fowls that didn’t be long to them. MAY ESTABLISH GAME PRESERVE NEAR NORFOLK Norfolk, Neb., (UP)—A fish and game preserve may be established near Spring Lake, ac cording to State Game Warden, Frank B. O'Connell. The proposed preserve is about 12 miles south east of Norfolk. Conditions at Spring Lake are ideal for such a preserve, local Waltonians say, and the establish ment would mean much to the propagation of fish and the preser vation of wild game. O'Connell looked upon the pro ject with favor, and informed the Waltonians that the state was car rying on an extensive program for the purpose of establishing pre serves wherever conditions war ranted such. Fish nursery ponds are to be established in many sections of the state this year, he said. TOWNS TO BENEFIT FROM SCHOOL FUNDS Lincoln, Neb., (Special) State Superintendent Taylor has approved 185 towns whose high schools will each receive $500 from the state to help finance normal training instruction. Among the number are these from northeastern Nebraska: Albion, Ainsworth, Atkinson, Ban croft, Belgrade, Bloomfield, Butte, Laurel Leigh, Lynch. Madison, Meadow Grove, Neligh, Newcastle, i XNtrwmiux uiuvc, awv* -- O'Neill, Fender, Pierce, Clearwater, Creighton. Elgin, Emerson, Ewing, Greeley, South Sioux City, Howells, Hooper. Plainview, Ponca, Randolph, St. Edwards, Scotia, Scribner. Stan ton, Tilden. West Point, Wisner, Wolbach and Wheeler, and Keya Paha county high schools. drainage matters arf GIVEN CONSIDERATION Homer. Neb., (Special) Representatives oi Dakota County Drainage District No. 2, and of Omaha Drainage district met here Tuesday for the consideration of joint construction of an outlet of the Omaha creek into the Missouri river. If the project goes through as con templated. a cutoff of the Omaha creek will be made through the Ada M Petty farm to the rivtT. The matter will be considered again in the near future, and If the outlet is constructed. Drainage Dis trict No. 2 and Omaha Drainage district will each have a separate outlet to the river for their, waters. RETURNS TO 1IIS Ol.D BUSINESS AT WALTHILL Walthill. Neb., 'Special' —Ferd Schmledeskamp. who six veur- ago sold hii meat market and grocery to F E Barney and tried his luck m the business world at Wayne and Omaha, has returned to Walthill and bought his old busi ness back. CORN CROP BENEFITED BT RECENT RAINFALL Walthill. Neb.. 18**flal’ _ ffravy rains Saturday night and again Monday night in the vicinity of Walthill puts the corn crop in fine shape and practically assures a crop some fine hall south or town did some damage to crops out was not over a very large strip »D*h water in the Omaha creek bottom waiihrd ronvtderabl* »mail grain iown and covered It with such , heavy deposits d mud that It Fill not be »>'* to sirfe'thten up aga *• TO CELEBRATE DITCH OPENING Nebraska Irrigation Project Financed by Farmers Is Completed with No Debt Gothenburg, Neb., July 9.' (Spe cial)—This section of Nebraska will celebrate on July 13, the comple tion of an irrigation project, the most remarkable feature of which is that it is the only one to date where fanners paid cash for its construc tion and did not issue a dollar of bonds to finance it. The canal is 33 miles long, and leaves the Platte river at a point 10 miles west of here, skirts the north edge of the hills for its full length, emptying back into the river 10 miles east of Cozad. Fifteen thousand acres of choice valley land will be irrigated, and there will be water enought to wet down 10.000 more. Late in 1926 the farmers owning the land under the ditch held a few preliminary meetings, organized a company, hired engineers and let contracts. While the work was in progress 131 of the raised on their own credit without issuing any bonds tie sum of $375,000, and the canal v ill be dedicated with every obliga t on met in full. As a compliment to the farmers and a recognition of their success in co-operative attainment, the chambers of commerce In Cozad and Gothenburg have arranged for the celebration, which it is expected will be attended by 20,000 people. A huge platform big enough to con tain all of the 131 stockholders is being erected, with the hillside form ing the natural stadium for visitors. Secretary of Agriculture Jardine wai De me principal speaker, wiui Carl Gray, president of the Union Pacific. Hale Holden, president of the Burlington and minor officials down for short address. The ditch will water vast alfalfa fields main* iy. _ FIRST AIR MAIL SERVICE FROM LINCOLN TUESDAY Lincoln, Neb., July 9. (UP)—Lin coln will get its first sight of an air mail plane tomorrow when overnight service between Lincoln and New York City is inaugurated. The first plane will leave Lincoln at 2:45 p. m„ with two passengers and hun dreds of pounds of mail that has been accumulating in the Lincoln postoffice for weeks. It was not known today whether more than one plane would be re quired for the maiden trip over the route. Prior to the plane’s take-off from Page field south of Lincoln a parade from the postoffice to the airfield with speeches at the field have been planned. Postmaster Trev Gellaspie will drop the first sack of mail aboard the plane. COLUMBUS MAN FAILED TO KITE ON STOCK “TIP" Columbus, Neb.. July 9. (UP)— "High pressure’’ methods failed to sell one Columbus man stock in a concern that he was assured would reap him a fortune. Some days ago there came through the mail to a number of Columbus business men an offer to furnish a daily report of stock market con ditions for the introductory price cf $1 for 30 days. Several men sub ; scribed to the service from the east ern concern. Thsn one morning a few weeks later came a telephone call from New York City to one of the sub scribers to the service. If the Col umbus man would only send his :heck for 1,000 shares in so-and-so mining stock, which was going to $20 shortlv a voice on the other end ol the wire said. The $20 phone call, however, failed to convince the Columbus man that he was foolish not to buy at once. “It's only going to cost me a two cent stamp to tell that company what I think of it,” the Columbu.7 man said. FIRST CARLOAD OF NEW NEBRASKA WHEAT RECEIVED Omaha, Neb., July 10. (UP)—First carload of new Nebraska wheat ar rived at the Omaha Grain Exchange Monday from Holmesville, Cage county. It was shipped by Ray Wil liams, manager of the Farmers' Ele vator at that point and was two pounds heavier than Gage county 1927 wheat. It graded No. 1 hard winter and weighed 62.7 pounds to the bushel. It contained 11.8 per cent, moisture and 11.03 per cent, protein. Because of a bad break in the market the car was not disposed of in Monday’s trading. A steady inrush of the new golden grain is expected by elevator men here. With elevator stocks at the lowest ebb in many years in Omana all of the Nebraska crop can easily be taken care of. elevator meu said In spite of the large number of labor-saving combines placed in ser vice in the wheat belt there is still a great demand for harvest f.andLs. government labor bureau otficia** said. Late harvest in Oklahoma and Kansas is holding laborers in those ‘tates. Before advent of the com bine Nebraska fanners employed about 12.000 hands for wheat cut ting. The number this year will not exceed 8.000. it wan said. From $'J to H per day with board is being p,:id in most instances. NURSING PONDS FOR TROUT NEAR ALLIANCV Alliance, Neb. July 10. (UP*-. Lake Minatare drain, west of A! ianre. Neb., will be the neat of Turning ponds that will furnish more ihan 200.000 trout every year. The work of establuhing the ponds non directed by the elate game and fUh (ommivsion Carp and other rough (tali, to the amount of 500000 - 4*,cU are taken yearly front Lake Umatgrt. The lake was stock'd with 8.000 TtiUhrada re ently. Member* of the 1* aak Walton league were active te ,ht distribution