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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1928)
ARTHUR J. WEAVER Whose constructive record in his own community and in the state nominated him for GOVERNOR of Nebraska As President of the Constitu tional Convention he rendered a great public service in direct ing the work of that body suc cessfully and so economically that he turned back part of its appropriation to the state treasury. A Most Unusual Endorsement During the 1D25 session of the Nebraska Legislature when Presi dent Coolidge was considering Cabinet selections, the-following resolu tion was unanimously passed in the House, every member present voting for it: “WHEREAS, it has b-vn widely published that the name of Honor able A. J. Weaver of Falls City, Nebraska, is beinc ursed before the President as a suitable perst.n for the office of Secretary of Agriculture in the Cabinet of the President, and WHEREAS, the Honorable A. J. Weaver being a practical farmer and a nan of great executive ability in business affairs and of wide experience in public affairs, and is exceedingly well <!ua!lGed by reason of experience and ability for a place in the Cabinet; therefore “BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives or tne State of Nebraska that we heartily endorse Mr. Weaver for this posi tion arid strongly urge the President to recognize the agricul tural interests of the groat west by selecting him for this position.*' A similar resolution was passed by unanimous vote in the Ne braska senate on the same day: Arthur J. Weaver is still “a Practical Farmer • * a Man of Great Executive Ability * * of Wide Experience in Public Affairs * * Exceedingly Well Qualified by Reason of Experience and Ability.” Such A Man Will Make Nebraska An Able Governor EDUCATIONAL NOTES. The Holt County Teachers Institute, which was held on Thursday and Fri day of last week, was especially suc cessful. Only one teacher of the whole teaching force of the County was absent. This was because of ill ness. Some of the teachers must come a distance of sixty miles by auto over sand trails. Two-hundredi seventy three teachers and seventy-five Senior Normal Trainers of the county were in attendance. All members of the faculty did their best to make their classes very instructive and interest ing. Chas. W. Taylor, State Superintend ent of Schools, gave a very interesting I opening address, after which he held separate conferences with the High School and Rural teachers. We regret that he was able to be with us only the first half day. Mrs. Otley D. Campbell of the Oma ha Public Schools gave some very con structive work in Music Appreciation and the teaching of Music. She also had charge of the Community Singing periods. Mrs. Campbell has a charm ing personality and exceptional abil r ity for holding the attention of her ' audience. Malvina Sco.'t gave instruction in Reading and Number work Methods for the Primary and Intermediate grades. Her work was very interest ing and her classes were over crowd ed at every session. Miss Scott has served as Primary Instructor in the Kearney State Normal for ten years, and is considered one of the best in the state. Joseph G. Masters, Principal of the Central High School, Omaha, held in teresting sessions of special benefit to the High School teachers and superin tendents. His address on the old his torical trails were especially interest ing. He told some very thrilling stories of the hardships of the pioneers and their experiences with the Indians while trying to settle up our country.! Professor F. M. Gregg of the Ne braska Wesleyan University talked to the teachers on the necessity of the development of a good moral char acter in school children. He gave in struction as to how Character Edu cation should be taught in the schools. Professor Gregg is the author of the Character Education Manual now be-; ing used throughout the schools of Nebraska and has studied this subject thoroughly. The teachers wer, reated to an en tertaining program given on Thurs day and1 on Friday by St. Mary’s Academy. Both programs were very well rendered and were welcomed by the teachers as a recess from the routine work. The Program and Mixer on Thurs day evening, of which the O’Neill teachers took charge, was enjoyed by a large number of teachers and their friends. The O’Neill Teachers gave a very pleasing musical program, after which Mr. Masters gave some thrill ing stories of the pioneers and Indians along the Powder River. Every one then adjourned tjo the gymnasium where games were played and refresh ments were served. The faculty members and teachers in attendance reported that they had spent a very enjoyable as well as profitable two days. I wish to take this means of thank ing each teacher in the county for his or her conscientious attendance at all sessions. LUELLA PARKER, County Superintendent. The Frontier Prints The Sale Bills PLEASANT VALLEY. Merney Tipton’s called at the C. A. Grass home Tuesday. George Zeller sawed wood Monday for Claude Hamilton. George Fink and Claude Hamilton nutoedt>ver to Ewing Tuesday. George Fink has five or six men picking corn for him this week. Fred Bredeholft finished threshing buckwheat in Pleasant Valley last week. ,, Claude Hamilton and mother spent Sunday evening at the George Fink home. Mr. and Mrs. George Fink spent Tuesday evening at the Cora Hamil ton home. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter and Cljdc Streeter autoed over to Nor folk Monday. Mrs. Floyd Haynes is at her moth er’s, Mrs. Wert, and has been quite sick since Sunday. The Crumley boys and Claude Hom ilton took in Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the Royal Monday night. Mrs. Ralph Pribill and children spent the week end with her father, Mr. Carpenter, of Creighton. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Grass and daughter, Katheryn, spent Sunday afternoon at the Prince Stevens place. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Ethen Allen a 9 Vi pound baby boy on the 7th of October. Mother and1 baby doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Perkins and sort, Bobby, spent uie afternoon Mon day, at the Cora Hamilton place. Mr. Perkins helped saw wood. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hart ford an 8 Vi pound baby girl, on the tilth of September. Mrs. Hartford will be remembered as Constance Grasa, of Page. Mother and baby are doing fine. Mr. and Mrs. Henry, of Tecurnseh, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Henry and baby, Beth, of Colridge, and Mr. and Mrs. James Miner, of Bartlett, Ne barska, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sny <?er, of Page, all spent the day at the George Fink home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Henry and baby, Beth, and Mr. and Mrs. James Miner returned to their' homes Sunday night., while Mr. and Mrs. Henry, of Tecurnseh, will spend the week with their daugh ter, Mrs. Frank Snyder. SURROUNDING AND PLEASANTVIEW ITEMS Levi Yantzi trucked hogs for Elmer Warner Friday. Joe Kubik delivered corn to Arm strong Monday. Bessie Klingler, of O’Neill, visit ed in District 159 Monday. The dance at the Michael Mullen home was well attended Friday even ing. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey Miller were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bessey. Wm. Steskal and McDermith Bros, have returned from South Dakota. They worked in the harvest field. Mrs. Bert Freed entertained the Guild at her home Wednesday and in the evening her many friends came to remind her of her birthday annivers ary. A delicious luncheon was served and all wishing for many return of the day. A number of friends attended the weakling of Louise Gottchalk Wednes day to Mr. Jahns, of Los Angeles, Cali, fornia, in the Lutheran church in At kinson, the 10th, at seven o’clock in the evening. Lunches was served in the basement of the church. HOTEL WELLINGTON Now you can get a good room in the heart of the city for only OMAHA ROOMS WITH 8ATH--92.50 Free Garage "There is Gb(p Substitute for Experience99 % our car runs better with Conoco Gasoline because Conoco is refined «. to make it do that very thing BORAH PRAISES HOOVER RECORD AS A LEADER Veteran Senator Finds Candi date Singularly Fitted to Deal With Present-Day Problems. PUBLIC SHOWS INTEREST Biggest Issues Arc Agriculture, Con servation, Maintenance of Constitu tion and Simplification of Govern ment. By Senator William E. Borah IN many respects this is an excep tipnal campaign. I have never taken part in a campaign In which the issues were so extensive in nurn her, and at the same time so serious in their import. If the discussions can be kept upon a level with the issues involved it will be a campaign worthy of the intelli gence and patriotism of the great American electorate. In the cam paigns of the past we have had our problems of government, of human freedom,—great political questions. We now have our economic problems and they are no less vital to the hap piness, and, in my judgment, to the freedom of the people, than the is sues which have been settled by the voters in other campaigns. My feeling is that peoplo look seri ously upon the Issues of the cam paign. They feel deeply. There is more voluntary political activity than I have ever seen in a campaign. This interest is a healthy condition of af fairs,—it is the most gratifying fea ture thus far of the contest. Voters Independent It may not be quite orthodox Jo say so, but 1 have also discovered an independence of thought and action upon the part of the voters that is refreshing as well as encouraging. No political party is entitled to win unless its candidates and their posi tions upon public questions command the confidence of the majority of the electorate. Instead of a political party fearing, it ought to covet the earnest and sincere initiative upon the part of the Individual voters rela tive to public questions. The Republican party has nomi nated a candidate whose intellectual and moral equipment, whose years of arduous things done and achieved, singularly and especially fit him to organize and harness these great economic forces in harmony with sound business, and, at the same time, in harmony with the rights of the masses. Born in humble station, acquainted with adversity, taking his steps slow ly but with a sure purpose, now a master of economic principles and theories, an engineering, organizing and directing mind, tested at least under the responsibilities of an awlui catastrophe and unheard of emer gencies, a humanitarian whose vigi lance and foresight saved the lives of millions—his record and his quali fications are submitted with confi dence to the consideration of the American electorate. Outstanding Figure When the great War closed, second only to the Commander-In-Chief and to the General In charge of the forces, the outstanding and impressive figure was Herbert Hoover. Through his brilliant, tireless and resourceful leadership not only were the fighting forces fed, but countless thousands of women and children, even across the fighting lines, were snatched from the skeleton clutch of famine. A great newspaper of a different political faith, speaking of one, and only one, of his many performances during the War, has said: “Whatever Mr. Hoover may do in improving our own commerce and bettering com mercial relations in the world today, lie may have the consciousness that he has written the brightest chapter that any one man has written in the history of the War.” This was in reference to one mat ter. There are others. Whether tom posing the war passions of contending foes in order that he might be per mitted to feed hungry children, or contending with diplomats and gen erals for the privilege of passing on food to the helpless and the dying, or setting up the machinery in a foreign land and among a suspicious people with which to feed daily eleven mil lion famine-stricken men and women, whether breaking down and controll ing the war spirit that he might care for those on the other side of the conflict, whether finding markets for accumulated food products at the close of the War, or organizing and bringing into marked efficiency a great department of the Government, he has met responsibility with superb confidence and continuing success. Three presidents have called him to great undertakings. Three presi dents have assigned him to extraor dinary tasks. He did not fail them. I venture to believe that the Ameri can people are going to assign him to a still greater undertaking and stil! greater responsibility. A man with his record, with his creed, can safely be entrusted with the affairs of the American people. He possesses that kind of ability which rises to meet the emergency. He was clothed with all but auto cratic power and he did not abuse it. lie was trusted as few men have oeen trusted and he was faithful to the trust. CURTIS PLEDGES PROMPT FARM AID Vice-Presidential Candidate Asks Non-Partisan Solution Under Hoover Leadership. URGES JOINT COMMITTEE Agricultural Situation, He Ex plains. Is of Deep Economic Importance to Citizens. By U. S. SENATOR CHARLES CURTIS Republican Vice-Pres idea tin I Candidate. Senator Curtis, in his Address of Acceptance, stressed the impor tance of prompt action on the question of farm aid. “The prob lem," he declared, “is of deep seated economic importance to every citizen without regard to oc cupation or political prrty.” He added the significant thought that “properly its solution is and al ways should be, non-partisan." For the leadership of such a non-par tisan movement, involving the ex penditure of hundreds of millions of dollars by the federal govern ment, he declared that the leader ship should be Hoover’s—a man well worthy of the party’s choice. HE question of the proper re lief for Agriculture is a try ing and perplexing one. The problem is of deep-seated economic importance to every citizen without regard to his occupation or his political party. Properly, its solution is and always should be, non-partisan. I am con vinced that if a small joint committee of the House and Senate were ap pointed to study the problem and to find its proper solution, the necessary relief quickly could and would be af forded. The Committee could be as sisted in its ta* bv the advice and experience of the most capable ex perts on the subject whose services can be obtained. It will be remembered that for years we had great trouble with the problem of settling our standard of value. The failure to settle the ques tion bad brought forth the Greenback Party, and later the Free Silver party. In 1899, that great and able statesman from Maine, Thomas B. Iteed, a,point ed a Committee of Eleven to draw a measure fixing the standard of value, in three weeks the committee had agreed upon a draft of a bill, and the Gold Standard Act of 1900 was the result. We have had no trouble with that question since then. If such a committee could nettle so satisfactor ily that great and vexing question, surely a similar committee of able leg islators specifically charged with the task could agree upon an agricultural relief plan which would be equally satisfactory. The solution will be found, and found promptly. Our party has pledged itself to the development and enactment of measures which will place the agricultural interests of the United States cn a basis of economic equality with other industries, to in sure its prosperity and success. Phiiacsphy of Farming Encouragement of Agriculture al ways has been a Republican doctrine. It is a necessary part of dur philos ophy of government. Agriculture is the basic industry cf the country and in the very nature of things will ever i be so. Whatever is to the detriment of the farmer is, eventually, to the detriment of all our citizens; his wel fare and prosperity are inevitably re flected In the welfare and prosperity of the whole nation. Many plans for the encouragement of Agriculture have been proposed, and many have been given effect by our party. In the course of my pollt ! leal life every one which in my opin ion promised an appreciable measure of sound relief has had my whole hearted and active support. Of recent years, twro farm measures have been introduced by me in the Senate. Two Democrat members ol the Mouse joined in tlieir preparaton and introduction. The first was known as the Curtis-Aswell Bill, It croat 1 cn Interstate Farm Marketing Association. Its purpose was to pro tv oto a ml stimulate the orderly Uow <>! ’I’iculttaul commodities in com to t r:; to remove burdens and e :"u on nueh commodities in com n re ; u:i:l to provide tor the process . p: paring for market, handling, ring and marketing of ag c nunadltles through co-op SAYS FARMERS I NEED HOOVER AND TARIFF . <p Congressman Dickinson Warns Against Past Records of Democrats. PLATFORM IS EVASIVE Iowa Leader Declares Hoover Knew How to Handle Agrlcutural Problems. WOODSTOCK, la.—Herbert Hoo ver and a protective tariff was the specific recommended for the curing of farm ills by Congressman L. J. Dickinson of Algana, la., a leader of the farm bloc In the House, in an ad dress here this afternoon at the farm ers’ meeting and Republican rally. "The record of the Democratic party has always been for a tariff for revenue only," Congressman Dickin son Bald, "and they have never been converted to a tariff for protective purposes. "Herbert Iloover, in his acceptance speech, declared ‘an adequate tariff is the foundation of farm relief.’ He fur ther declared that ‘the domestic mar HON. L. J. DICKINSON ket must bo protected. I will use my office and influence to give the farmer the full benefit of our historic tariff policy.’ ‘'Protection of dairy commodities has greatly increased under the pro tective tariff policies as carried out under the present Republican admin istration. We increased by executes order the tariff on dairy products from eight to twelve cents a pound. This domestic market can be preserved for ' the American producer under the Ro : publican policies, and It can be lost , under the policy outlined by the Derao i cratic platform. "Apparently, to satisfy a certain group of farmers, a cleverly devised sentence was written Into the Demo cratic platform whereby the party pledges that an honest endeavor will he made to formulate a legislative plan whereby the losses In the con trol of surplus crops will be charged back against the unit of the product. This Is a faint effort to describe the equalization fee. After the adoption of this platform, Governor Smith was quoted in the newspapers as saying that he was opposed to the fee, but that he pledged that the mechanics would be devised through conferences with the friends of agriculture to for mulate a legislative program to carry out his platform pledges. This is the same problem over which a dispute has been raging for eight years. The Democratic platform simply adds more confusion to an already con fused situation. "The pledge of Herbert Hoover is definitely certain. He knows in ad vance how this problem can be han dled. Any conference ho calls will be merely for the purpose of arrang ing specific details. His pledge cre ates the experimental stage of such a program. He believes agriculture can be organized to where it will be self sustaining, and by reason of his knowledge and experl once, he is In a position where lie can nead that or ! ganization." Sings Hoover Praises Miss Marion Tniley has joined the ranks of Herbert Hoover supporters* I ' - .—l