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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1929)
PRESSES CLAW IN HIGH COURT Touch of Romance in Ac turn Against Estate In dtan Agency Employe LIMOOUf, N*B — i Rpcrlal)—7Ti support of her claim that tit# es tate ef pearl B Gordon, a former rr•Oderit of Decatur, owe* her $7 MW oat a contract that h« would leave a substantial portion of his prop erty to her Invtand of the 1500 that hbi will included Alice Mustek filed a brief in supreme court that re veals a tale with a touch of re main* Gordon was at one time a gov ernment employe In the Ranter In dian agency ig Knox county, and married the daughter of Charles E. Canfield, wealthy banker of Deca tur After Canfield's death the Gor dons moved to Decatur and moved In with his widow, a wife by a second marriage, and Gordon took over the management of the prop erty l iter Mr- Gordon di*d While living at Santee, Gordon became acquainted with Mrs. Amy Gray and her husband. The Gray's had three daughters. After the death of Mri. Gordon, to avoid any gossip an ring cut of the fact that Mr Canfield and Mr. Gordon lived alone in the Decatur home. It was thought advrahle to get a third lemon to live with them. Gray hav ing died Gordon wrote Mrs. Gray and asked that she allow one of her daughter* to come and remain with them Two were teaching school, and the other was a Junior In high school Bo she refused. Gordon, Is described as a man ac customed to having hU own wav, and he went down to Missouri where the Grays lived, and se cured an agreement that the young est. the plaintiff in this case, should come to live with his family under an agreement that she would re ceive from hi* estate a sum equal to what her sisters were getting a year The girl finished her high school while a member of the fam ily. and later married, Gordon started the young couple in farm ing on his land and dictated their remaining there till his death In 1»W> As he left her but (500. she sued for thr difference between that turd what she could have earned as a teacher If her career had not been Interrupted by his Insistence that she become a member of his fam ily, which sum he agreed to leave her when he told her she would not lose by accepting his offer. The Jury below gave her (2 000, but the court dismissed the claim on the ground that she did not remain for live rr«t of hi* life with the Gor rton family. HALF HATES FOR FEED TO NORTHERN NEBRASKA LINCOLN -• Special) —The state railway commission has granted au thority to make a half rate on car* lewd shipments of corn and oats for feeding purposes, f r the next two months, from Omaha and South Omaha and from South Sioux City and dlrcrUy intermediate station* aa point* of origin to stations on Ha JJne from Niobrara and the west located in the state. HI T HARDWARE FOR TOWER OF NEW CAPITOL LINCOLN ■ <UP)—A contract for Um< purchase of special hardware for the tower of the new capital build ing was awarded to the Lahr Hard ware company, of Lincoln, for $5, IMM by the capital commission Wednesday. CONVICT WHO TRIED TO ESCAPE WANTS PAROLE LINC'OLN <UP) — Memories of an attempted escape from prison In 1W5 by three convicted murder ers were recalled Wednesday when tl*e elate board of pardon and par ole* announced that Fred Weit**l Lad appealed to the board for a pwroie The case of Wettzel and 23 others will be hoard by the board at U* regular monthly meeting March 12. MIOKT ILLNESS RESt’LTS IN RLMWAL OF ROMANCE STELLA How u minor Diners Jed to a vacation trip, renewal of a four-year-old acquaintance and a hurried courtship and marriage was revealed with the return here o! Ted Hollins. 20 yean old. and hts fceide. formerly Gladys Lybarger of Tab** la Holsru had been aiding his fa ther. Charles Hollins, in a bakery hrie While recovering from a minor Illness, hia parents suggest ed he take a vacation and visit hie grandpa rente. Mr and Mrs Mill Rpnngle. at Logan. la. C«n the way he stopprd at Ta bw la. where he bad attended setvioi for a lime more than four yems ago He and Miss Lv burger had bsen friends then The friend ship voss quickly revived though 'Rev hud not met In Uie mean time. Hal* be proposed **iie gitI s parents Mr and Mr* J » t.ybairer asked her to watt unu: graduation from high school »« the »pnng Ho.ilnt left with Mlsa 1 > burger ostensibly for whaul, Intend tie drove to the hvmo of hi* grand parents at Logan from lagan he telegraphed to hi* parents fee consent to mar riage The tn* KSie was delivered by a frteud The partnis thought H • fake and sent no answer Lat er B! ’tiler mwage came Consent was g .rr< and two <Uva alter the hetaseanent the wrdduvg was held at Lagan at Oi.kHT ( Nor NOTATION IN WH» t? TkNNITONY LINGO UN >tT»- In a Nebraska wtseal ewicmon survey made by Ike hum*#'on retimed through the office if i»< rural Ruper intend# m L N Lyman at UnealN recently tire stole** erg it made that the groui^t a f s*a, <t*« i*r *i«t mutuum more asMMuse than al any other tune in lesen years. L- oa#* Irani bh weuta a report ed in *««*- K» siitM* so unusual fWMMtiaa (toaki«ng (he # mount of m**siu*e Ui Uu fc vutig and the tnafe af high ends WAVE or PELF RESTRICTION PWEEPS OVER NEBRASKA LINCOLN—«UPi — Death was preferred to life by four persons Wednesday In Nebraska.. While final preparations were be ing made for her wedding for today, Mira Ruth Connard, 18 years old, ended her life at the home of her slater by drinking poison. A note requested the picture of her fiance, Walter Eh off, be burled with her. After giving a bootlegger the last $10 she had to pay her husband s liquor bill, Mrs. Nora Kennedy, of Omaha, drank poison. Mrs. Lena Canneha. the woman accused of selling liquor to Kennedy, was fined $100 on a liquor charge. Everett Hudson, of Arapahoe, shot himself through the head with a shotgun near 3eaver City. He was a salesman and hts body was found In his distributing wagon. Despondent over 111 health, Alonzo A. Cave. 66 years old, of Lincoln, shot himself through the head with a revolver. A few hours before end ing his life. Cave had asked his doc tor If there was any hope for his recovery. HIS FARM NOW BIRD PRESERVE Nebraska Man Finds Ducks and Other Feathered Friends Return ANTIOCH, NEbT^- (Special)— Nebraska’s "Jack Miner,” is P. K. Keller of Antioch, who began to feed and band ducks in 1927 and has demonstrated, Just as the Ca nadian bird lover has, that they will return year after year. Keller banded 53 ducks In 1927. One duck. No 555,414 left to go south November 12 and returned March 12. Ducks banded in 1927 were heard from in Colorado. Texas, New Mex ico, Oklahoma and Louisiana when they were killed by hunters. Duck No. 555,414 nested in a hay stack in 1927. Keller fed the hay to stock In the winter. When the ducks came back in the spring this duck kept walking around the barn. He decided she was looking for her nest. He put a box on the roof ot the barn with some hay. She took possession ai once and hatched sev en little ones. She took them to the lake and lost them one by one until she had only two left. These two she turned over to another duck to raise which had five little ducks shortly afterward. Then duck No. 555,414 laid her second nest of nine eggs and, July 26, hatched eight. Keller reports that since he has established the bird sanctuary all kinds of wild fowl have drifted in, wild geese, sandhill cranes, ducks, curlews and grouse. SOLDIERS PAWN THEIR SHIRTS FOR DRINKS OMAHA—(UP)—A dozen or more Port Omaha soldiers will be in the guardhouse soon as result of a li quor raid here Wednesday. Federal officers making the raid found a large number of army shirts in the home of Mrs. Otto Glazier. Post of ficers traced the shirts back to the fort Jocker room and charge that the soldiers had pawned them for drinks. HUGE GORGE FORMS IN THE PLATTE RIVER KEARNEY—(UP)—An Ice gorge of huge proportions has developed In the Platte river west of Gibbon and fear is expressed that when a thaw comes, lowlands in that vicin ity will be inundated. EXPECTS MI CH FROM HOOVER IN RIVER IMPROVEMENT OMAHA—(UP)—Inauguration of Herbert Hoover means much for river navigation, Gov. Arthur J. Weaver, who is also president of the Missouri River Navigation associa tion. told the waterways commit tee of the Omaha Chamber of Com merce here Thursday afternoon. Weaver believes the task of those working for improvement of the Missouri above Kansas City will be greatly simplified wit i Mr. Hoover at the head of the government, he said. He advised river enthusiasts, however, to vigorously continue their campaign for increas-d appropria tion* ALIENATION SUIT EVIDENCE IS TOO MUCH I OK III BBV BEATRICE—(UP>—A crowded courtroom listened eagerly to the testimony introduced into the suit I of Charles Sears against Jack Dyerke for 110.000 for the alienation I of the affections of Mrs. Sears. The j testimony was of such nature \ Thursday that Sears fainted just | alter Mrs. Sears had told of show ing to a Beatrice woman some pic tures taken from Dyerke s room. When his wife told about some of the informal poses of the pictures, Stars groaned and fell back uncon scious. Dyerke Is a former roomer in the I home of Sears. 'OKI NSON SAYS OMAHA NOT so WICKED AS HE THOUGHT OMAHA—tCP >— Omaha Isn’t as | a .tied as he had thought it was, I AIL !.*. v General C A. Sorenson, j a hi recent ultimatum to Chief of j Poire PssuBOwakl caused a drastic cleanup here, told the men’s club of Dundee Presbyterian church here Wednesday night. He said the im preation that he had singled out Omaha was erroneous and that he was going to Insist on law enforce I meet m every sectidh of the state. Plans Nonstop Hop Around World A 24,0U0-mile nonstop around the world flight is the next ob jective of Colonel Art Goebel (inset), of Wichita, Kansas. Goe bel, winner of the Dole race to Hawaii, announced his plans following the successful flight of the Question Mark over Cali fornia. T he map map shows tentative route he would follow in circling globe. ICE CREAM MAKES ITS IVA Y One thing which differentiates the United States of America from other nations is that it takes its ice cream seriously. What in other countries is merely a summer con fection has become, in America, a standard article of food throughout the year. Few dishes are so characteristically American. Indeed, ice cream may be said to be linked up in an interesting way with im portant epochs in American history. An article in New Jersey Agricul ture points out that the earliest ad vertisement for ice cream in an American newspaper appeared in the New York Gazette of May 19, 1777. The public career of the frozen delicacy may therefore be said to be almost co-extensive with the existence of the republic. The advertisement referrd to was sur rounded by other advertisements ot competing commodities. Against these formidable opponents, ice cream has more than held its own. Today the annual per capita con sumption of ice cream in the United States is 2.85 gallons. The amount manufactured in the year 1927 is estimated at 335,703,610 gallons. This was a striking increase over the amount manufactured in 1920, which was 260.000,000 gallons. In 1910, the production was only B5, ' 450,000 gallons. It is worthy of note that the enormous increase in the decade 1910-20 was contemporary with the advent cf national prohi bition in the United States. The ice cream Industry is some times rriticised because of its sea sonal character. It is said to lack stability because it has a period of great activity in the summer months, and is comparatively slacs in the winter. In reply to this criticism, friends of the industry point out that the fluctuation is by no means so great as is generally su^nosed. Although about 60 per cent, of the annual output is pro duced in the five months of May, June. July. August and September, the remaining seven months are by no means a period of complete in activity. In one respect, the ice cream industry renders a positive service by its “irregularity." The peak in ice cream production comes generally at the peak of fluid milk production, and by utilizing what would otherwise be surplus milk, prevents a collapse of the milk mar ket which might otherwise ensue. Thus, according to F. C. Button, the author of the article above men tioned. the ice cream industry has a vital relation to the welfare of dairymen in America. THE OLD FLAME Baltimore Evening Sun She is the woman you might have married. And though all of that of course, is past, history, it is difficult not to experience a certain flutter ing of the heart in her presence. Your wife confident of her own hold, is not without sympathy. Or it is perhaps a subtle scheme for rubbing in what she considers her own triumph? She suggests that as Lucy always remembers the chil dren's birthdays you ought to do something nice for her. And what you decide without counseling your wife could be nicer than a pleasant lunch for two downtown? Lucy accepts. She bears her in creasing years gracefully. Could it be because she has not married? You look forward to the meeting with pleasant anticipation. The waiter, who has profited bv your previous generosity, is very desirous of pleasing. He assumes quite na turally that this is "the madam.” He not only assumes it. he expresses it with annoying persistency and fails to catch your signal to lay off. Friends appear £t adjoining ta bles. From their looks it is evident that running through their heads is the suggestive phrase "seeing you with a strange woman." You trv to be nonchalant, gay, reminiscent, but your every remark seems to re verberate through the room. Nor is your confusion lessened when you recognize in the corner a friend of your w-ife. an inveterate tease, whose twinkling eve is testimony enough that she will make the best of her discovery. It is impossible to avoid g certain formality and re straint that completely spoils the ocras;on. Well at least you have done vour dutv. You have been nice to Lucv and you can make a report to your wife. But. alas for good intentions? Your wife will rcnlv scornfully that you might have been nice to Lucv without takinc her to an expensive restaurant, with foreign waiters and service charges, when the b°st vou have done for her is to introduce her to a cafeteria. Mellon Gets From Under. From New York World. Drastic reaction in the stock market gives an added interest to that section of Secret arv Mellon’s report dealing with the general credit situation and the policies of the Federal Reserve System, For Mr Mellon devotes some attention to the speculative mania which has gripped the country, and this is a topic of more concern to many people today than Federal taxes, expenditures and debt redemption. As a primary factor in influenc ing the credit situation Mr. Mellon cites the gold movement of 1927-28 Eighteen months ago the gold stock of the United States reached a peak of slightly more than four and a half billions. Within the next twelve months half a billion Relatively Speaking. From Judge. "Hey. pop. what’s the difference between alimony and bigamy?” Alimony is keeping a woman apart." And bigamy?” "Bigamy is keeping two women apart. ’ — —-♦ » ■■ — Q Why were altars to an Un- j known God built in Athens'1 H. A. j D. A Several were built with this j inscription. They were erected dur- 1 nig a plague since the Athenians did not known what god was of fended and needed propitiation was exported. The shipment of this gold abroad was of inestimable value to other nations, enabling six countries of Europe and four of Latin America to place their cur rencies on a gold basis and giving tbenMan improved buying power whim should react favorably on the foriegn trade of the United States. In order to help this movement along, the Federal Reserve under took to maintain a condition of easy money by purchasing govern ment securities in the open market and so releasing their equivalent in cash. Such purchases offset the loss of gold, which otherwise might have caused higher money rates and reversed the outward flow of bold lunds. But this creation of artificial ease in the money market had one effect which the Reserve Eank autharities evidently did not lorsee. It gave great stimulus to stock-market speculation. Now the Federal Reserve is only casually interested in the fluctua tions of the prices of stocks, but it is directly interested in the use of Reserve Bank credit on a large scale to promote stock-market speculation. Consequently, when it seemed about a year ago that the gold experts had achieved their purpose the easy-money policy was reversed. Instead of buying more securities the Rt-»n%e Banks began to sell them and when this did not check the expansion of speculative credit the rediscount rates were ad vanced bv stges from the uniform level of 3 Vi per cent until they now stand at 4Vi per cent for four banks and 5 per cent lor the remaining eight. This thinly veiled disapproval of what lias been going on in Wall Street will probably attract more attention than anything else in Secretary Mellon’s report. It is es pecially notable in that it comes lrcm an official who in the past months has been quite ready to say a good word about the business outlook when the bull market gave the> appearance of growing stale On numerous occasions this year and last Mr. Mellon has come for ward with an optimistic statement just when one was needed to inject new energy into the tired specula tors. President Coolidge at times hat seconded his efforts, especially in January of this year when he broke all precedents by expressing a favorable view of the brokers' loan situation. Vassar Laughers. Fr om Time. Polyxtnie Kambouropoulos, well liked, dusky instructor o! psycholo gy at Vassar, showed her pupils, daisy chainers included, under 4,000 jokes and learned girls laugh most at humorous situations based on personal superiority, next at infciiority or predicament situa tions, next at incongruous situations. Those w'ho laughed at fewest jokes were Vassar's brightest minds. —.— ♦♦ - —* Poetic Pun. From Judge. Adam never would ot et That there little apple on a bet If mis little Rib and he Hadn’t shared the selfsame tre>.. --—-♦♦ Q. Why were front wheels of wagons made smaller than the back wheels? E N. A. The development of the prac tice cf making the from wheels of a ccach or wagon smaller than the rear wheels is due to the fact that a wagon so constructed is easier to steer or guide. Such a wagon will turn corners much more readily than if tha wheels are of equal size I at the rear POWER OF NOTARY IS BEING QUESTIONED OMAHA—(U P)—Nebraska su preme court will be asked to deter mine whether a notary public has the right to commit to jail lor con tempt of court a person who refuses to answer questions in affidavits. W. W. Whittaker, a notary here, committed Mrs. Pauline Farley, 44 years old, who was being resisted in her efforts to be appointed ad ministrix of her husband’s estate by her stepdaughter, Mrs. Genevieve Ciemmer. District Judge James J. Fitzgerald upheld Whittaker when M. O. Cun ningham, attorney for Mrs. Farley sought a writ of hivbeas corpus. Cunningham announced appeal to supreme court and Judge Fitzgerald leleased Mrs. Farley on $1,0C0 bond. It is said to be the first time this question has ever arisen in Nebras ka. NEBRASKA MAN OHIO SPEAKER Says Teachers’ Colleges Must Be Institutions of Higher Learning CLEVELAND, OHIO—(UP)—Dr W. G. Rcxsenlof, director of second ary education and teacher training in the state department of public instruction, Lincoln, Neb., spoke be fore the annual convention of the National Association of Stave High School Supervisors here Tuesday night. His subject was “The Prob lem of High School Normal Train ing.” His address in part follows: “The time is at hand when our teachers’ colleges and normal schools must step out and assert themselves as institutions of high learning enjoying all of the priv [ eleges and emoltuments that come with ‘academic respectability.’ Ths state is entitled to have for its teachers colleges this recognition of merit. It is obliged to provide for this recognition and obviously those charged with responsibility of prop erly administering and controlling the teachers colleges must set up the standards that will Insure the desired results. “Let it not be true of a single one of us that we have failed to proper ly appreciate ths problem as it ex ists to have taken the necessary steps to remedy the situation. That there are these who have not ap preciated the importance of the li brary goes without saying. It is a sad commentary upon the adminis trative abilities of college presidents when one is confronted by the state ment as I was confronted in whici. the president of one of our wester.', state teachers colleges made th* statement that he had several thou sand dollars of monty available for the purchase of books whenever it was felt that there was need for these additional books. Permit me to sev that this institution is fully reported in the study I have made and is found to be an institution having a library, according to its own count, of less than 7,000 vol umes.’ ’ NEW SYSTEM TO REGULATE OVERPARKING IN OMAHA OMAHA— -If you park ov ertime in downtown Omaha and I the traffic officer gives you a ticket, merely mail $1.50 to the clerk of the municipal court. This system which starts March 1, was originated by Lester Palmer, new’ municipal judge. Here is the w’ay the system works: Everyone who receives a parking tag may go to the clerk’s office, or may mail the fine. The first time in any calendar month the fine will be $1.50. The second time in the same month $3, and thereafter $5. After the first of the month a motorist can again violate the parking ordinance for a mere $1.50 once. Police Commissioner Henry Dunn warned motorists, however, that those who tear up parking tags will be "playing with fire." Bench war rants, resulting in fines of $10 to $15, will be issued to those who ig nore the policeman’s tag, he said. GIRL CARRIES MAIL ON DEAD FATHER S ROUTE GREELEY — (Special) — Estelle Francis has been carrying the mail between Spalding and Greeley for the last two weeks since the death of her father. Edmond Francis, the regular carrier. Permission has been asked of the postoffice department o permit her to hold the job until her father's commission expires, July 1, 1930. Th? trip has been made by Mias Francis every day alone although 'he mercury was below zero and the highways badly drifted. She drives her car more than 40 miles each tiay. JACKSON. NEB.. GRAIN ELEVATOR IS BURNED JACKSON—Fire of an unknown origin caused damage estimated at : bout $10,000 to the Atlas Grain elevator here Tuesday afternoon There was about two carloads of grain in the elevator at the time it caught fire. The elevator was of wooden con struction and was one of the larg est in northeast Nebraska. The ele vator was destroyed. HAS FIRE LOSS OF $45,000 FALLS CITY—(UP)—One build ing was destroyed and two others damaged in a fire that raged foi more than four hours early Wed nesday. threatening to destroy an entire business block here. Th? Colglosder and Son grocery store and the Howard and Miller shoe store, both housed in a double build ing. were destroyed with an approxi mate loss of $45,000. The Falls City Journal and the Arendt clothing store, flanking either side of the destroyed building, were damaged to the extent of $5,000. SOCIETY GROUP HAS SENSATION Omaha Divorce Trial Re veals Home Secrets of “400” Couple OMAHA, NEB.—(UP)—Family se crets were bared to a crowd com posed mostly of Omaha’s social elite, when the divorce suit of Frank Selby, prominent in financial circles, against his wife, who as the former Mary Norris, was regarded as the prettiest girl in the city’s 400, was called up in court Monday. Testifying for himself, Selby charged that his wife, by constant nagging had reduced him to such a nervous state that he could not properly take care of his business. On several occasions she threatened suicide, he said, once turning on six jets in their kitchen gas range after closing all windows and doors. He resuscitated her upon hearing her hysterical screams, he said. He charged that she had humiliat ed him on many occasions while at social functions and that she had attacked him on several occasions. PHONE CONCERN GETS INCREASE Nebraska Railway Commis sion Requires Improved Service First, However LINCOLN, NEB.— (Special)—'The state railway commission has given authoritw to the Lynch Telephone authority to tho Lynch Telephone increase its business rates from $1.75 a month to $2.75, net; residence rates from $1.25 to $1.75 and rural rates from $1.25 to $$1.50. These were as asked for by the company, except that it wanted the farm rates boosted 50 cents a month. The new rates are to become effective only when the company has rebuilt the farm lines and otherwise improved the general service. The company has been giving a restricted service, but under the new schedule it will give 24-hour service. Revenues of the company last yeat were $4,249 and expenses $5,338, but the latter included considerable de ferred maintenance and extraordi nary repairs, so that actual deficit from operation was but $395. The new rates are expected to increase revenues $711 and as operating ex penses will be less, the commission figures that the net revenue will be a trifle under 8 per cent return on p $10,000 plant. The present owners bought the plant a year ago foi $6,250, but have put considerable money into it since then. The com mission says the books show the original cost was around $18,000, and estimates the property to be well worth $10,000 at the present time Fred Sinkbiel, Jr„ is manager. The commission says the farm line rate asked for is somewhat higher than the other rates on a balanced rate structure and should not exceed $1.50 a month. CHARGE HE FORGED MISSING BROTHER’S NAME SIDNEY—(UP)—Warrants charg ing forgery were to be served Mon day by Sheriff J. M. Nelson, of Cheyenne county, on Fred Frahm, who has been held in connection with mysterious disappearance of his brother, John Frahm, of Phoenix, Ariz. John Frahm was last seen near North Platte, November 8, 1928. Tire warrants charge that Fred ,'orged his brother’s name to two checks written on the First National rank of Wahoo each for $100. The checks were dated more than r month after the disappearance ol John Frahm. They charge that Fred ' Frahm forged John’s name to them. SAYS MORE WOMEN ARE DRUG ADDICTS OMAHA—(UP) — More women han men are addicted to the drug habit, Dr. O. A. H. De La Gardie, of Minneapolis, division federal nar cotic enforcement chief told the Omaha Woman’s club in an address here Monday. Nervous temperament of the weaker sex makes them an easier victim to drugs, he said. MANY FARMERS ATTEND SEED EXCHANGE MEETING WALTHILL —(Special)— Ninety Lx fanners registered at the second annual seed exchange day held in he opera house at Walthill, Satur day. The exhibit of seed was much larger than that shown last year. The growing of barley instead of oats, best varieties and types of corn, speltz, alfalfa and sweet clover were all discussed by farmers and by B. H. French of the college of agriculture. How soil erosion is being con trolled on his farms was discussed by S. E. Morgan of Winnebago. H. G. Easton gave a alk showing the relation of the size of the ear to the total yield of corn. William Wingett told how’ he has never failed o obtain a good stand of alfalfa in -pite of the fact that at times he has sown as low as eight pounds of seed to the acre. JUDGE SAYS NEBRASKA NEEDS BOOZE CURE SHOI’ OMAHA—(UP'—Nebraska needs :n institution where its citizens can >e cured of the liquor habit. Lestei Palmer, youthful municipal judge who has charge of the police court rince taking the bench January 1 declared today. Palmer said lack of such an institution seriously hampers work of weaning inebri ates away from the cup that cheers. Other states have such places and derive much benefit from them, hr aid.