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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1930)
The VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1930. No. 24 Election Surprises In Holt County Conklin, Moss, Harris, Cronin and Norton Republican Winners, Ennis Loses to Duffy. Republicans Lose Clerk, Gain Register of Deeds Senator George W. Norris’ decisive victory in Tuesday’s election became more apparent Wednesday as late returns from the state were tabulat ed. Indications are that his final plur ality over Hitchcock will reach 70, 000 and his majority over both his opponents will run close to (50,000 votes. The Omaha Bee-News says: When 1,841 out of the 2.040 precincts in the state had been heard from, the vote was, Norris 226,416; Hitchcock 160, 246; Craig 12,314. Norris’ lead over Hitchcock was 66,170. Senator Norris carried every con gressional district but the second and had the high vote in every county but three. He carried 30 counties by more than two to one over his Democratic opponent. He swept down through the Third congressional district, rolling up a majority of 15,000, piled up a lead of 8,000 in the First district, took the Fourth by 12,000 or more and ran up his old time majorities in the Fifth and Sixth districts, where his lead was more than 30,000 in the two dis tricts combined. While Senator Norris was thus rolling up hpge majorities through-; out the state, Charles W. Bryan, democratic candidate, was gradually j adding to his comparatively small ESTHER COLE HARRIS Elected Register of Deeds by a nice majority. but safe majority over Governor Weaver. His lead probably will be 10,000 votes when all returns are in.! When 1,839 out of 2,040 precincts; had reported the totals for governor | were: Bryan 203,561; Weaver 196, 261 giving Bryan a majority of 7300. j Democrats gained two seats in the j house of representatives by electing I four Democratic candidates for con gress. The four Democrats elected are: John H. Morehead, First dis- j trict; Edgar Howard, Third district; J. N. Norton, Fourth district; A. C. Shallenberger, Fifth district. Robert Simmons, Republican, was re-elected by a decisive majority in the Sixth district. Malcolm Baldrige, Repub lican, defeated E. R. Burke, Demo 1 JULIUS D. CRONIN Elected County Attorney, Tuesday, without opposition. crat, by 733 majority for Congress man from the second district. Democrats made substantial gains in both the house and the senate of the state legislature. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Democratic candidate for senator, carried Doug las county, his home, by only 5,353 out of a total vote of about 65,000, and he carried Butler county by about 500. Hitchcock even lost Lancaster county, which some stalwart Repub licans who suported him claimed he would win by almost two to one. Senator Norris’ strength was gen eral all over the state. He carried county after county normally Demo cratic by large majorities. Attorney General Sorensen was running far ahead of his opponent, Grover Long, of Columbus, and ap parently would have a majority of (>0,000 or more. Theodore W. “Ted” Metcalfe of Omaha, will be the next lieutenant governor of Nebraska. He is a Re publican and a son of Mayor R. L. Metcalfe, a staunch Democrat. Ted Metcalfe did not have serious oppo sition and is running along with Sor ensen. The Republican candidates for state offices all were elected by big majorities. The dean of state officials I Land Commissioner Dan Swanson, I was elected for the seventh consecu- j tive term. Secretary of State Frank Marsh, and Hugh Drake, railway commis- 1 sioner, were re-elected. G. W. Marsh j was elected state auditor, and T. W. Bass was chosen state treasurer. He has been private secretary to Gover nor Weaver. Charles W. Taylor, state superin-1 tendent, w'as leading John M. Matzen his opponent, by a safe margin. Constitutional amendment provid-1 ing for stockholders’ liability in fail ed banks—Carried. Constitutional amendment author izing appropriations to repay deposit ors of failed banks—Defeated. Power proposal No. 322—Defeated. Power proposal No. 324—Carried. Power proposal No. 326—Defeated. The office of County Assessor is hanging in the balance. C. D. Keyes, republican, the present incumbent, has a majority of 13 over his oppon ent, John Melvin. The mail votes may easily change the result. John C. Gallagher, democrat, was elected county clerk, over E. F. Por ter, the present clerk, by 354. Peter W. Duffy, democrat, was re elected sheriff over J. S. Ennis by 881 votes. The republicans gained one super-1 visor. Rodell Root, republican, was! elected supervisor over Elmer Gibson, | the democratic incumbent, by a de-1 cisive majority. In the third district a contest be-j tween W. H. Shaughnesy, republican and John Sullivan, democrat, was a close race; Shaughnesy won by 8j votes on the face of the returns, but j as we go to press we learn that the ! mail votes have been counted and that Sullivan won by two votes. J. C. Stein, republican, was re elected supervisor in the first district over Henry Mullen. Hugh L. Janies, democrat, was re elected supervisor in the seventh dis trict over F. O. Hammerberg. Crist Andersen, democrat, was elected state senator over Ross Ams-1 poker, of Springview, by a vote of about 127; Andersen lost the other four counties of the 22nd district— Rock, Brown, Keya Paha and Boyd counties, by one vote; Holt county gave Andersen a majority of 128, making his majority in the district 127. The mail vote will perhaps change these figures some. E. O. Slaymaker, democrat, was1 elected state representative over C. E. Havens by about 827. The entire republican state ticket j with the exception of governor, was elected. W. E. Conklin, republican, defeat- j ed Harry F. Miller, of Atkinson for ! county treasurer by 403. Mrs. Esther Cole Harris was elect- ! ed register of deeds over B. T. Win chell, the present incumbent, by a majority of 493. Ira H. Moss has the distinction of polling the largest vote that was cast j for a local candidate. He received a majority of 1080 over his opponent, William J. Wilkinson. Senator Nor- : ris is the only candidate who receiv ed more votes than Mr. Moss. The senator carried the county by 1650. Julius D. Cronin, republican, was | re-elected without opposition. M. F. Norton, republican, was re- ■ elected county surveyor without op- j position. UNOFFICIAL COUNTY RE TURNS OF ELECTION For United States Senator— George W. Norris, R . 3,601 Gilbert M. Hitchcock, D 1,951 Beatrice Fenton Craig 236 STATE TICKET For Governor— Charles W. Bryan, D 2,980 Arthur J. Weaver, R 2,810 For Lieutenant-Governor Theo. W. Metcalfe, R 3,114 Janies C. Agee, D .. 2,158 For Secretary of State— Frank Marsh, R . 2,967 L. A. Larson, D 2,351 For Auditor of Public Accounts— Geo. W. Marsh, R__ 2,791 Cecil E. Matthews, D _2,383 For Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings— Dan Swanson, R.. 3,043 John Thomassen, D__. 2,100 For State Treasurer— T. W. Bass, R 2,75” Charles Smrha, D 2,37 ^ GEORGE W. NORRIS Re-elected United States Senator by over 70,000 majority, on Tuesday. For Attorney General C. A. Sorensen, R n-- t„„,. D V-/ 9 • uv»i viioviiy iv Grover Long, D F'or Railway Commissioner— Hugh Henderson Drake, R E. A. Walrath, D 3,142 1 2,241 j 3,194 2,024 CONGRESSIONAL TICK KT For Congressman, Sixth District— Robert G. Simmons, R 3,471 John McCoy, I) 1,903 LEGISLATIVE TICKET For State Senator—22nd District— Crist Andersen, D 2,742 Ross Amspoker, R 2,614 | For Representative, 64th District— E. O. Slaymaker, D 3,110 C. E. Havens, R 2,283 COUNTY TICK For County Clerk— John C. Gallagher, D E. F. Porter,'" R For Register of Deeds— Esther Cole Harris, R B. T. Winchell, D For Clerk of the District Ira H. Moss, R William J. Wilkinson, For County Treasurer— W. E. Conklin, R Harry F. Miller, D ... For County Sheriff— Peter W. Duffy, D J. S. Ennis, R For County Assessor— C. D. Keyes, R John J. Melvin, D For County Attorney— Julius D. Cronin, R For County Surveyor— M. F. Norton, R. For County Supervisor, J. C. Stein, R Henry P. Mullen, D For County Supervisor, W. H. Sbaughnesy, R John Sullivan, D For County Supervisor, Rodell Root, R E. Gibson, D For County Supervisor, Hugh L. Janies, D F. O. Hammerberg, R ET 3,016 2,662 3,056 2,563 Court— 3,310 D 2,224 3,097 2,694 3,390 2,509 2,760 2,747 4,380 4,181 1st. District j 399 231 j 3rd District 558 ! 550 | 5th District 481 398 ; 7th District _ 600 j 447 ! TOWNSHIP TICKET For Township Clerk— James J. Kelly, I) 578 John Murray, R 484 j For Township Treasurer— Maurice J. Graham, D 549 Andy Clark, R 491 For Justice of the Peace— George Shoemaker, D 567 Jake Ernest, R 478 For Township Assessor— W. T. McElvain, R 534 John C, Carney,* D 490 CITY TICKET For City Justice of the Peace— J. H. Meredith, R 447 John L. Quig, 1) 225 Sheridan Simmons 104 For City Assessor— L. G. Gillespie, R. ... . 379 T. J. Coyne, D 332 M. J. Enright ~ 90 ] Proposed By Initiative Petitions— For No. 822 1,994 Against ............ — 1,509 j For No. 324 ..... 2,431 Against 1,401 For No. 826 1,620 Against 1,595 Proposed Constitutional Amendments For Senate File No. 149 2,278 Against 1,031 For Senate File No. 189 1,469 Against 1,670 NON-POLITICAL For State Superintendent— Charles W. Taylor 2,571 John H. Mat/.en 2,410 For County Superintendent— Luella A. Parker 4,711 AINSWORTH VS. O’NEILL The stage is set for a real battle when the worthy Ainsworth team omes to exchange punts with the O’Neill boys, Saturday afternoon at he fair ground at 2 o’clock. A lot of enthusiasm has been created for the jjame. The town, the school, in fact everybody, have put themselves back of the team to make this one of the big games of the season. The O’Neill boys expect to give a good account of themselves, and you will miss a good game if you are not out Saturday to see the boys play. Come—get into the spirit of the high school yells. The high school wants you there to yell with them. Come! See the future championship team of the northwest. GAS-ELECTRIC CARS REPLACE STEAM TRAINS Last Tuesday morning the Burling ton placed two new $90,000 gas- elec tric motor cars on the O’Neill-Lincoln run, replacing the steam trains be tween thpse two points. These cars are all steel, 78 feet long, have mail, baggage and express compartment, non-vaporating hot water heating system, 400 horse pow er generating engine which sends cur rent directly to the driving truck mo tors. These cars will attain a speed of 40 miles per hour within 700 feet and j will handle 4 passenger cars at 60 miles per hour. One passenger coach ! is used on the run out of O’Neill. DEVLIN DID NOT KILL SELF, FAMILY INSISTS (Norfolk Daily News) Dan Devlin, 36, who was found dead in the parage at his home near the corner of Norfolk avenue and Eighth street Sunday morning, did not end his own life, in the belief of members of the family who were in Norfolk from Plainview yesterday afternoon. Mr. Devlin, members of the family said, apparently was changing a tire on the car, under which he had plac ed a jack, at the time he w'as over come by fumes from a running mo tor. They also stated that Mr. Dev lin did not cut one of his wrists with a razor, but that the wound on his arm was a barbed wire cut he receiv ed last Wednesday. Saturday night, they said, he greet-1 ed a number of his friends in the > business section and was in a happy j and cheerful mood. He had planned j to leave for Omaha with Mrs. Devlin 1 Monday morning, they added. , I Funeral services were held Wed-j nesday morning at the Catholic church in Plainview, the Rev. Fr. Brady officiating. Members of the Norfolk Veterans of Foreign Wars post, and the Plainview American Legion post had charge of the mili tary funeral services. Mr. Devlin was born at Lucas, Iowa March 1, 1891 and moved to Nebras-1 ka with his parents in 1902. He re- : sided for a time at Bassett and later ! at O’Neill, from where the family moved to Plainview, where his par ents now live. For two and one-half j years he lived at Tilden, then coming j to Norfolk where he was a salesman for the Ryal Miller Chevrolet com pany for eighteen months. At the time of his death, he was employed by the Beeler automobile company of Tilden. He was a world war veteran, hav ing served overseas in the field artil lery of the 88th division. He saw services for one year and seven months and was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He was married October 16, 1924, to Josephine Lambert. Besides his widow, he is survived by one son, Walter, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Devlin; four sisters, Miss Catherine Devlin, Miss Mary Devlin and Mrs. J. F. Boetger, all of Plainview, and Mrs. F. W. Wupper, Huron, S. D.; two brothers, M. W , of Albion and G. E., of Kansas City, Kansas. Burial was made in the Plainview cemetery. 1 JOHN BOOTH WINS THE CORN HUSKING CONTEST A crowd of about 800 people at tended the second annual Holt Coun ty corn husking contest which was held in the Frank Peters corn field on the correction line one mile south of O’Neill last Saturday, beginning at ten o’clock. There were seven entries. John Booth won first place in the contest; Laverne Thorsen, second and Orville Thorsen, third. Orville Thorson was winner of the contest last year and made a good showing at the state contest. The contest lasted eighty minutes. The winner of this contest will en- I ter the state contest which will be I held at Alma, Nebraska, November! 11th. The winner of the state con-: test will compete in the national ' event that will be held at Norton, Kansas, three days later. Col. James Moore, who was in ; charge of the contest, presented the winner with a $30 purse, the second j with a $10 purse and the third with a $5.00 purse. Following is a list of the contest ants, the number of pounds of corn after the deductions were made for gleanings and husks, and the number I of bushels: Lbs. Bu. 1. John Booth 900 13.28 2. Laverne Thorsen 982 Vi 13.01 3. Orville Thorsen 909% 12.12 4. Herman Myer 855 Vi 11.41 5. George Welden 826% 11.02 6. O. E. Dixon 796 10.61 7. Forest Ferrand 704 9.38 The judges were G. E. Miles, Dr. H. L. Bennett and W. C. Templeton. James Parker was the official time keeper. Col. James Moore wishes The Fron tier to extend his sincere thanks to all those who contributed to the suc cess of the contest in a financial or personal way; he deeply appreciates the interest manifest in the contest. MANY GAME FISH PLANTED IN NEBRASKA WATERS 1929 and 1930 have been banner years for Nebraska sportsmen. No bi-ennium in the history of the state i has produced, rescued and distributed j one-fourth as many game fish as the ■ two years past. Between one and I two hundred thousand channel cat fish were seined from the rivers near the Missouri, river and from its wat ers as well, and distributed along smaller streams, over the state. More than one million sunfish, crappie and bluegills Were seined from small' lakes and ponds where they must ■ have perished if left therein and were planted in waters where they have provided sport and food for many. Fifty carloads of large lake bullheads have been taken from shallow west ern lakes and distributed in all parts of the state. Many of those were legal size and fishermen caught a number before spawning time. But thousands spawned and the result is that every bayou along the Elkhorn is plentifully stocked with these good, table fish. Bass production has received ten I times the attention it ever has. In ; addition to increased production at the three state hatcheries, more than two hundred thousand fingerling bass have been reared by private fish cul turists. Fifty thousand of these bass ranging from three to six inch es in length have been planted in waters between O’Neill and West Point. Several thousand rainbow trout have been grown in nursery I ponds, some nearly to legal size, and ! planted in trout streams of Iloit and i Antelope counties. In the fall of 1929, several thous and fingerling bass were planted along the Elkhorn. Last month, when j the state seinjng crew were taking | out the course fish, these bass were ; found to be ten inches long. Next year they will be full of fight. PROGRESS ON C TO C HIGHWAY Before winter sets in a very pass able road will be built from O’Neill to the south Iloit County line. This is one of the bad gaps in the Canada to Canal Highway. This highway has now been laid out from 400 miles north of the Canadian boundary and south across North Dakota, South | Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Okla homa, Texas and Mexico. It is the j shortest and most direct route across 1 the United States. Travel will begin this year and will rapidly increase as ! soon as the advertising gets under j way. Each town gives its quota to ward defraying the expense of adver tising and marking. Chambers, even though it is off the highway, has more than doubled its share. A federal designation of the entire highway will be expected ns soon as the few miles of unfinished road is filled in. The only remaining bad one is between the south Holt county line and St. Paul, Nebraska. The advan tages of this highway to O’Neill can not be overlooked. A. K. STEVENS BAGS A LARGE EAGLE A. E. Stevens shot a large eagle while hunting on Antelope Slough last Friday afternoon. The bird has a wing spread of more than seven feet and was a beautiful specimen of | the king of the air. Mr. Stevens is | undecided as to the disposition of it; I he may have it mounted. I WOMAN’S CLUB NOTES Sixty members of the O’Neill W'o man’s Club were present at the first literary meeting of the year held at the club rooms, Wednesday evening, November 6th. The meeting was con ducted under the able leadership of Mrs. R. E. Gallagher. The prize Pulitzer play of 1930, “The Green Pastures,” was the sub ject of the meeting. A short and instructive study of the drama by Mrs. A. L. Cowperth waite prepared the listeners for an interesting and educational review and discussion of this remarkable play by Mrs. J. J. Harrington. Mrs. Harrington’s talk was inter spersed with bits of history of the play itself, of the author, of its lead ing actor, its success on Broadway, and with Rabbi Cohn's conception of the play as he saw it and as he wrote it, to the O’Neill Woman’s Club, at Mrs. Harrington’s request, and negro spirituals sung by the sixth graders of the public school under the direc tion of Miss Roberta Arbuthnot. The youthful singers were in negro costume, and their interpretation of these negro spirituals was very love ly and their appearance most pictur esque. Among their selections was ‘Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen,' a favorite negro song used in the presentation of this play. Mrs. F. J. Dishner closed the meet ing with an entertaining talk on a chapter of the play that the author was very fond of but which was ex cluded from the play when it was fin ally presented to the public. The next meeting of the club will be held December 3rd and will be in charge of Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek. PROSPERITY VS. DEPRESSION PROSPERITY is up for election, running to overthrow DEPRESSION. It’s for the people to decide which will be chosen. Every man and every woman is privileged to ballot—. every day. DEPRESSION has no rightful place with a hundred and twenty mil lion people, exchanging goods and services—capable — accustomed and willing to work—more highly skilled than other peoples—leaders in effi ciency and progressiveness — backed by the vast natural resources of the United States. When we make it possible for the man who works to have a job we make it possible for him to buy food for his family and so help all business, including that of the farmer. The rest of the world is of small importance compared with that free market of 120,000,000 people—hom ogeneous—of like tastes habits and aspirations—living under the same laws—free of trade barriers. Foreign trade may be troubled by tariffs and revolutions, but at their peak our ex ports represented only five and a half billions of dollars of gross business in a year out of a total American in come of ninety billions. Stagnation of circulation is what’s the matter with agriculture and with Business. Everyone can help to get that circulation moving again. Government can’t make Prosperity —alone. Bankers and other business leaders c a n’t make Prosperity— alone. It’s the people, united in opin ion and purpose and courage, who determine Prosperity. They can elect it—none other. Ballots that will be validly count ed for PROSPERITY are of many kinds. Some one of them every man and woman can cast. For example: Help n deserving man or a woman to get a little paying work—or, bet ter, a regular job. Spend wisely and not too timidly, and anticipate scheduled expendi tures so far as is practicable. Turn the deaf ear to false, mis chievous rumors: and don’t repeat them, if you do hear them. Be willing to pay a fair price. Don’t take advantage of the other man’s necessity. Recognize that he has as good claim to a fair profit as you. When a vampire that fattens on the miserie of others shows up, help to make him unpopular. Discourage calamity howlers. Keep bu -ness moving evenly, and remember that, to the average man, his job is particular business. When possible, reassure him against his fear of losing it. Save, but save wisely, not in fright. Invest for the profit that sound en terprise pays and for the added profit that will come after the hysteria of pessimism has passed. RED CROSS NOTES A meeting of the local Red Cross was held at the Library building on Tuesday evening; all officers were re elected with the exception of Mrs. Frances Cronin, who resigned, and Mrs. Harold Lindberg was elected to fill the vacancy. The officers are: Mrs. D. Stannard, chairman; Mrs. H. B. Hubbard, vice-chairman; Mrs. Har old Lindberg, secretary; C. P. Han cock, treasurer. The annual member ship drive will be made November 11 to 27th. A house to house canves will be made if it is possible to do so. Anyone who has been missed by a solicitor can go to Stannard’s and re ceive their membership card and pin by paying their dues. Mrs. Frances Cronin and Mrs. Har old Lindberg put up the posters in the business section of the city Tues day, for which the local officers wish to thank them.