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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1928)
INCREASE IN SMI TTY WHEAT ALARMS EXTEttre Geneva, Neb.. ' - » UP;- Tin steady Increase in the percentage of smutty wheat marketed each year has resulted in agricultural author ities regarding the situation ser iously, according to Loe W. Thomp son. county agent. Since 1922, the percentage at the Omaha Grain Ex change has increased continuousl' and rapidly. In checking this ever growing evil, Thompson suggests a strenu ous campaign. The trouble can be ccnomically and easily prevented, he said, it the growers will only take care and time treating the seed. Copper carbonate will prevent the disease and is easily administered at a cast of three to five cents a bushel. VETS’ HOSPITAL NEEDS STATED Proximity of Utilities May Be Deciding Factor, Di rector Declares Lincoln, Neb., - ... (UP) Nothlng definite has yet been done toward establishing a veteran's hos pital in Nebraska, a letter to the United Press from Frank T. Hines Maid. Hines is director of the vet eran's bureau at Washington. Requirements for the hospital site, however, were outlined by Hines, In the following statement: "The general requirements for a hospital site in Nebraska include an area 100 to 200 acres, depending on the topography and suitability of the ground for building purposes. "All general utilities, Including gas, electricity, water, sewag, dis posal, etc., are, of course, desirable, and it is preferable that the site be within a reasonable distant* Irom a city or town, but this re quirement is not essential provided freight and passenger transporta tion facilities are available.” It recently was reported that the hospital would also serve the states bordering Nebraska. Hines indicated that veterans from other states would be sent to the hospital only in case the capacity exceeded the demand in this state. In this re spect the letter said: "The hospital will be essentially for veterans of Nebraska. The de gree to which other states may be served will depend upon the extent to which this hospital is used by patients from Nebraska.” EVEN DEPUTY SHERIFFS AUTO NOT THIEF PROOF Fremont, Feb., ... (UP)-' Even a deputy sheriff's .ar Is not safe from auto thieves here, as was demonstrated a few days ago wnen a car belonging to Russel Anderson was taken from in front of the courthouse. Believing his car to be safe, Anderson had never locked it, but he will change his ways, he said. DROUGHT HARMS CORN IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA Lincoln, Neb., I (UP)—Ne braska's chance for a record break ing corn crop has been lessened by continued dry weather, it was learned from A. E. Anaerson, rea* oral statistician. With the exception of the extreme western portion, the entire state is badly in need of rain. From 15 to 20 per cent, of the to tal crop is suffering, Anderson said. In central and north central Ne braska the situation is said to be ex ceptionally bad. The district has had little moisture for more than a month. About 50 per cent, of the crop there has burned. It was said. NAYS CRASH RUINED FILM HOPES, SUES FOR $50,420 Lyons. Neb., _ _ (Special)— Doris Kennard. former resident of Lyons, now of Los Angeles, is suing Harry Thornburg and the Illinois Electric company for $50,420 for In juries suffered in an automobile ac cident on the west coast March 3 She alleges that her film aspira tions were ruined as a result of the accident, in which she suffered scars on her forehead. She was riding in an auto driven by Roscoe Jenkins, when a car driven by Thornburg and belonging to the electric com pany crashed into it. The girl, who is attractive, declared she had re ceived offers from many movmr picture producers but now cannot accept them because of the scars on her forehead. Ciliion E. Sale, one of her companions on the ride, is suing the same defendant for $102, 123. He was taken into court on a ftrctcher and. it is said, may be paralyzed for life. OMAHA WOMAN ATTFMPTS THIRD TIME TO KILL SELF Omaha, Neb., <UP>— For the third time in a few months. Mrs Antoinette Clifton attempted self destruction here Tuesday. Prompt medical attention saved her life af ter she had taken a small quantity of poison. Disappearance of her daughtrr. Mrs. Margaret Wondra, 22 years old. led to the attempts. On each occasion, Mrs. Wondra was found living with her husband. BEATRICE "Y” BUILDING REMODELED FOR $30,000 Beatrice, Neb., <UP> — Remodeling work on the Y. M. C. A. building here virtually has been completed, and the building is said to be one of the finest in the country In cities of equal size About $30,000 has been spent on remodeling. The completely equipped gymnasium is large enough to stage indoor track meets and the •trimming pool has a balcony with • •eating capaaiiy of 300. TWO NABBED ON BOOZE CHARGE Former Enforcement Offi cer and Bootleg Queen Held at Lincoln Lincoln. Neb., <UP) fiarl Hannings and Louise Vinci* querra, wanted at M'Cook and Benkelman on liquor charges were arrested this afteroon by Sheriff Q. R. Hanson of Holdredge. Word to this effect was received by State Sheriff Condit. The sheriff searched the car for liquor and found none but discovered a gun under the seat and decided to hold the pair. Hanning is a farmer policeman and law enforcement agent of Lin coln and Mrs. Vinciquerra used to call herself queen of Omaha bootleg gers. TRANSMISSION LINE IN KEARNEY COUNTY O. K.’D Lincoln, Neb., (UP)—The state railway commission authorized the Western Public Service com pany. of Scottsbluff Wednesday to construct a transmission line in Kearney county. DISABLED VETERANS GATHER AT LINCOLN FOR CONVENTION Lincoln. Neb., (UP)— Delegates to the annual convention of the disabled veterans of the World war were arriving here Wed nesday. The convention opened Wednesday night. More than 300 men were expected to attend the meetings, which will be continued Thursday and Friday. FRATERNITY BOYS DEFY LINCOLN ZONING LAWS Lincoln, Neb., ~ (UP)— There's a zoning ordinance In Lin coln against fraternity houses In the residential district. The boys of Alpha Sigma Phi were willing to give it a try. So they moved into the exclusive district under cover of darkness. Wednesday legal proceedings were started by the city to force the "fiat” from the large house it has leased. The house was rented to the chapter Tuesday, the legal petition said. The city planned immediate action but the fraternity represent atives sensed there would be trouble so they performed the moving oper ation in the middle of the nrgns. "Possession is nine points of the law,” said one. NEBRASKA SOCIALISTS PUT UP STATE TICKET Omaha, Neb., * (UP)—A state ticket was put in the field by socialists meeting here last night. Neal Nye, of Pender, was nominated for governor; Sam Lern er. of Omaha, lieutenant governor and Mrs. Eva Travis, of Omaha, secretary of state. The nominations came after a speech by Norman Thomas of Now’ York, the party’s candidate for president. The meeting endorsed Thomas and elected the following presidential electors, whose names v.ill go on the Nebraska ballot: John Leidy. of Plattsmouth; Harold Hester, of Red Cloud, and Warren Campbell, Dr. Harold Gifford. Mrs. Eva Travis, L. Wltken and Max Selicow, of Omaha. To re-establish the partv in Ne braka a mass convention of 500 per sons must act. Plans were made for circulating of petitions to se cure the necessary number of sig natures to place the party nom- * inees before the secretary of state lOV.'A COOL MINER CAN’T STAND NEBRASKA HEAT Nebraska City, Neb.. (UP)—The harvest field is a poor place for a coal miner, according to Morris Hallev, 40 years old, for mer coal miner, who worked for a few’ days in the harvest fields near here. Halley became ill and started back to Iowa. He was overcome and spent the night on the Ne braska City courthouse lawn, toe weak to get assistance. Halley told Sheriff Ryder that he was born in West Virginia, brought up os a miner and that his life had been mostly spent under ground. Sudden change in occupation, es pecially in the harvest weather of Nebraska, has affected his health and he will be sent to a hospital in Iowa. IMIVAIW.HI WAK Vr.TKKANS IIKAR NAXTONAL t.Y.ADEP Lincoln. Neb., (UP)—M W. Rice, national commander of the Disabled War Veterans, was the principal speaker on the program of the annual convention of the vet •rans that opened its second day here today. The convention started last n'.ghl with a formal welcome and a re oly. Commitees were appointed tc report tonight. More than 300 vet 'rans were attending the meeting \TKINSON. NEB.. PIONEER WOMAN ANSWERS CALI Atkinson. Neb., _ . (Special) —Mrs. Lucien Enbody. 69 years old, one of Holt county's earliest pioneer women, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Henry Heu ton, here. Fifty years ago she came to the county with her husband settling on a homestead six miles east of Atkinson. NORFOLK PAIR HELD ON STATUTORY CHARGL Madison, Neb., • (Special) —Mrs. Ella Shinkus, operator of a Norfolk rooming house, and Charles Berry. 40 years old. also of Norfolk have been lodged in the county Jail here, and bound over to the district court, after entering pleas of not guilty to a statutory charge. They were arrested in a rooming house at Norfolk. Mrs. Shinkus recently filed a petition in district court, asking for a divorce from her hus band. Robert Shinkus. well km wi farm* uear Battle Creek. GUARANTEE FUND BODY MAY GIVE MORE PUBLICITI Lincoln, Neb.,__ (UP)— The Nebraska Guarantee Fond com mission meeting in executive session here today, discussed publicity pro cedure but took no action toward changing the methods now employed for placing commission activities be fore the public. The discussion was in connec tion witn a general reworking of rules of the commission. After the meeting this morning it was pre dicted the rule changes adopted will be inconsequential. The commission was scheduled to elect officers late today. There ap peared no question but that the present officers will be chosen at no change in salary. DEATH FOLLOWS DRINKING BOUT Authorities Investigating Tragedy Near Crofton, Neb., Tuesday Crofton, Neb., i . (Special) —Joe Heilman, 45 years old, a former farmer of Herrick town ship was found dead In the road 14 miles northeast of Crofton. Leonard Habiver and Heilman h*d gone to Wedmore Island to visit Nick Wedmore and it is alleged a drinking party took place during which Habiver and Heilman got in to an argument and Heilman start ed to walk home. Habiver followed in the car and while going up the hill leaving the island he saw Heilmans body in the road and it is supposed on ac count of his condition was unable to turn out so he tried to straddle the body and dragged It some feet causing Injuries which later caused his death. Habiver then deserted the car, which was found near the body, Tuesday morning, by A1 Eggers and Louis Habiver. A Crofton physician was called and ordered the men to take Heilman’s body to the sheriff’s office at Yankton where an inquest was held. Heilman leaves, besides his wife and children, a number of other rel atives in and around Crofton. Fun eral services were held at the Im manuel Conception church at Beaver Creek at 9 o’clock this morn ing. NORFOLK FI R FARM HAS CAPITAL OF $100,000 Lincoln, Neb.. (Special* —The Norfolk Fur farm with a capi tal stock of $100,000 has secured ap proval of the secretary of state to its articles of incorporation. It Is owned by Frank Warner and Robert E. and Hazel Drescoll. The com pany is enclosing a quarter section of iand in Madison county, upon which it proposes to raise muskrats for their furs. This animal forms the bulk of the million dollar raw fur trade yearly in Nebraska, and its fur is bringing excellent prices. The proposition has been thoroughly investigated, and Is believed to pre sent an opportunty for monv making on a highly profitable scale. The last legislature gave permission for the formation of such companies, and the success of this initial en terprise on a large scale is expected to be followed by similar farms in favored localities. NEBRASKA AUTOS ARE CONSUMING MORE GASOLINE Lincoln, Neb., .1 . . (Special) —Nebraska owners of automobiles are consuming more gasoline all the time. Total collections for June were booked to $306,000 today by the re ceipt of checks for accounts overdue. This is $46,000 more than was col lected for the same month a year aeo. Th'* fund now containing $460. 000. All unpaid road contracts the work on which was done during the winter have ueen paid, and the mon ey is piling up, less maintenance costs, to take care of about a million dollars worth of new construction contracts, which involve consider able mileage in Pierce ar.d Madison counties. NEBRASKA ADVENTISTS OPEN ANNUAL CONFERENCE Lincoln. Neb.. _ (UP) — The Nebraska conference of Sev enth day adventists opened their 50th annual camp meeting here last night with nearly 2,000 people at tending. S. G. Haughey of Grand Island, presided at the opening session. In cluded in the speakers were the fol lowing group from the Washington headquarters in the world's general conference of Adventists: Rev. G. W. Wells, Rev. J. T. Boettcher, Prof. H. T. Elliott, and W. T. Burgan. Rev. J. E. Saunders, a missionary from India also was a speaker. BOX Bl'TTE COUNTY TO ADVERTISE IN EAST Alliance, Neb., (UP)— 3ox Butte county win be widely ad vertised in eastern newspapers this fall, according to Secretary Jordan of the Chamber of Commerce. Jor dan recently made an airplane trip over the county taking pictures at large ranches of threshing opera tions, crops, and exceptional live stock. The pictures are to be used in publicity matter sent out from the Chamber of Commerce showing the quality and quantity of agricultural products of this county. WAYNE TO PURCHASE OIL BURNING ENGINE Wayne, Neb., —Wayne’s city council is asking bids on a new oil burning generating engine for the power plant here, the cost being estimated at $54,360. The plant now has two engines and they are Jus*, sufficient to carry the load. The new engine is needed for emergency use and also to cut the cost of pro duction. The council made an additional reduction in light rate for those who pay bills before the 10th of each month Cracks (Jp Trans-Ocean Plane Charles A. Levine, the playboy of aviation (inset), caused the hearts of spectatori to skip several beats when he landed his famous Bel uuca monoplane Columbia in a fence at Cur ftiwitoil tis* Field with disastrous effects for both. The above picture shows the wreckage, from which the millionaire junk dealer emerged without a scratch. MivitmU Rescued From Atlantic’s Clutches Captain I'rank 1. Courtney, inset, and his three companions, were forced down in mid Atlantic while flying from the Azores to New foundland, and were picked up after a long (Internationa) search by the S. S. Minnewaska. Their giant seaplane was drifting helplessly and but for their being in the steamship paths they wouli have been lost. Newsreel) Engine Ride Thrills Amelia *™~ ' ■1 ~~ ~ .. \melia Earhart—“Lady Lindy"—got a thrill out of donning iveralls and riding with the engineer of the Pennsylvania train vhich bore her to New York from Pittsburgh. The trans Atlantic aviatrix showed she could hardle a throttle as well as i pilot’s “stick." New Health Officer Dr. Shirley Wynne, deputy in the office of Health Commis« sioner Louis 1. Harris of New York City, who will take over his chief s post on August 4. Dr. Wynne has had long exper ience in municipal health protn lems. (International Newrreel) The Old “Mauler” in a New Role Famous Rfder Passes Mrs. Rosalie de la Mar Tou saint Witcher, the 1'irst woman circus bareback rider, who was found dead in the house near Batavia, N. Y., in which she had lived the life of a recluse for twenty-live years. In her old age she earned her living by telling fortunes and culti vating a meagre garden. Here is Jack Dempsey, alongside Graham McNamee, at the Tunney-Heeney championship fight, somewhat bewildered, ap parently, at playing the roje of spectator at a ring classic. It was the first time he ever attended a heavyweight champion ship battle as a mere customer. Dempsey picked Tunney to win over ‘‘the old rock from down under ” (IntarnaUMal N*viral)