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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1930)
MYSTERY FIRE DESTROYS HOME Farm Residence Near Roy al, Neb., Burned Early Thursday Royal, Nob.'— (Special) — Fire of nnknewn origin destroyed the farm home of Mr. and Mr*. Emmett Bartrh, two miles southeast of here, Thursday morning. Mrs. Bartch and their children were at Inman, Neb., visiting her IMirents and Mr. Bartch had spent the night at the home of his broth er, a short distance away. Nothing was saved from the build ing. There was Insurance on both th# building and Its content*. URGES LEGION TO TAKE HAND Commander Would Pro vide Work for Un employed Omaha, Neb.,—(UP)~In his first principal address since his election as national commander of the Amer ican Legion, Ralph T. O Nell, To peka, Kansas, speaking at the Arm istice dinner of Omaha post Friday night called upon the 881,000 Legion nlres to find that many Jobs for Idle world war veterans. If necessary he asked that each man create a Job for that purpose. Hr urged the 10.000 posts of the I«gidn to start work of constructing post homes or other needl'd build ings, Earlier In the fall, he said, 4,000 of the Legion poets replying to u qucstlonaire, gave an estimate of *10,000,000 to be expended by that number at some time In the future for construction. ‘•The creation of Jobs for nearly 1,000,000 men, and the building pro gram which would reach $25,000,000 at the same ratio If applied to all posts thrown quickly into the revival of business can easily be a turning force for the revival of good times." the national commander said. "It Is a concrete way of serving our nation. O'Neil also announced that an unemployment commission of the l^egion has been appointed and that u meeting will be held at National headquarters in Indianapolis In a few days. On the commission, he said, are representatives from large Industrial centers. Howard P. Sav age, Chicago, past national com mander of the Legion, has been named chairman. Detailed plans are to be worked out so that within the next 30 days every post in the country will be functioning to re lieve unemployment. "In 1821 and 1922 the legion over night established employment agen cies in their posts throughout the country and put more than 1.000.000 veterans to work. These unemployed had been unable to establish them selves. Today the Legion faces a similar task-finishing Job. CREDIT BUREAUS TO MEET AT GRAND ISLAND Grand Island, Neb.,— (UP)— Mem bers of the Associated Credit Bu reaus of Nebraska will be in Grand Island November 14, for the annual convention of the organization. Credit men from 25 Nebraska bureaus are expected to attend, to gether with their wives. Entertain ment has been arranged for wives of the delegates during the business cessions of the credit men. C. O. Stiles, former secretary of the Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico associations and now field eeretary of the national association •vill be the principal speaker. Officers of the state organization a ho are expected to attend the con vention here; are Fred W. Yanders, Nosth Platte, president; Arthur Varah. Hastings, vice president; and Max Meyer, Lincoln, secretary. FEIGNED ATTEMPT ON HIS OWN LIFE Yankton, S. D--(Special) Fri day aUcrnoii Sheriff H. R. Mtlllkcn a ml Dr. F. A. Mocre were calied out to the Wallouch farm to attend one John Caer wonka, who was supposed to have swallowed carbolic acid They found the man outside the farm home, on the ground with a small, partly emptied bottle of em bolic acid by his side Dr. Moore examined the man and stated that he must not have touched the acid for he was un harmed and showed no burns In his mouth or other signs of drinking the poison. Czerwonka had formerly worked for Walloch but has been away for seme time. No cause for the action was as.'tjnsd. PUSHING WORK ON NEW STATE HIGHWAY Crcslon. H. D.—(Special)—Work i the new state highway, north ot Crcston, is progressing rapidly. It la expected the work will be com pleted In a ccuplo cf days. The crock channel was made straight to protect the bridge and crude. Tlic cr.rtll frc;n the channel v.cj used in building the grade. her hearing restored BY AUTO ACCIDENT York. Neb.,—(Special)—A terrific wrenching ot the back of her neck, when the automobile driven by her husband struck a large ’ock in tire road, throwing Mrs. J. M. Johnson egclmt Ute roof cf the car. testored her Impaired hearing. Mrs. Johnson did not note the improvement the day ci the acci dent. but the next morning she :cund she r :uld hear the rustling of leaves anJ the ilightoc: sound cf a woke. WOMAN « YEARS OLD DIES AT WOOD LAKE Wood Lake, Neb. — «Special) — One of the oldest women in this vicinity, Mr*. Emerline Louisa Clarkson died here at the age of 92 Phe was first married July 3. 1855, to Daniel S Lilly in New York. Leonard M. Lilly of Bowman, N. D. prd Florence H. Kelley of Wood Lake are children of this mar riage. February 3, 1894, she mar ried John Clarkson, a Civil war veteran at Tekamah, Neb. He died in 1912, She has lived here with her daughter for the last 13 years She was one of 11 children, of whom only one, Mrs. Eunice Moore, of New York, her sister, survives. DID BANK JOB, ASKS CLEMENCY Nebraska Nurseryman Who Worked Lcne-Handed Appeals to Board Lincoln, Neb. — (UP) — H. L Cloxson, Columbus nursery man who turned bank bandit August 15, 1929, and looted the Bank of Lush ton, will appear before the state pardon board November 12 in a plea for elermney for commutation of his 5 io 17 years in the peniten tiary. Luosson, o'* years oiu, jn iua pu» on record told the story of Ills crime In the brief words: “Becoming de spondent over financial affairs, 1 took about $1,200 from the bank at Lushton, Neb., which was all re turned." His record had been good prior to the robbery and he was considered a respectable dtlken of Columbus. C. A. McCloud, of York, president of the looted bank, has written the paidon board declaring that “Clos iton Is not a criminal at heart," and that "I believe Closson has had his lesson and the public and soci ety of his community and state, In my Judgment, will not be injured any by his release." The nurseryman was captured by state officers at his home a few days alter the robbery of the bank following his return from hiding out Rt various towns near Lushton. With him was the money lie had taken in the lobbery. He was traced through the license plates on the bandit automobile. H. H. Halvin, president of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, and County Attorney John L. Rid dell. of York, favor clemency in the case Congressman Edgar Howard, of Columbus, had appeared in court and asked that cltmency be shown at the time Closson was sentenced on his guilty plea. Twenty eight other inmates ol the penitentiary or reformatory will present their pleas before the board for either paroles or commu tation. ANCIENT SWORD TO HISTORICAL SOCIETY Columbus, Neb. — (UP) — Wil 11am Riekcrt, farmer of near here has turned over to the state His torical society an old sword which was found in the ruins of an Indian house on his farm. The sword is believed to have been carried Into the state by a member of the ill fated Spanish expedition of 1720. E. E. Blackman, curator of the Nebraska State Historical society, has extended an invitation to Riek crt to appear on the program at the annual meeting of the society In Lincoln January 5, 1931, and tell the story of finding the relic. Blackman said it was probable the sword fell Into the hands of Indians following the defeat of the caravan of 50 Spaniards and sev eral hundred Indian allies by un friendly Indians about two miles west of the present town of Mon roe, Neb. CRACKSMEN PAT VISIT TO OAKDALE BUSINESS HOUSES Oakdale. Neb. — (Special'—One of the boldest robberies known In the history of the town was pulled off Monday night. Robbers entered the section house, stole n sledge hammer and a bunch of tools, then went to Main street, broke in the glass door of the Farmers’ Union store and entered, breaking open the safe and stealing $150 and a gold watch. At the Chevrolet garage they got $6.50 from the safe. At the Malm Drug store they did not suc ceed in getting the safe open but left it in a badly battered condition. At the blacksmith shop they stoic a number of tools, and made then cscap". RANDOLPH PRIEST IS SENT TO HARTINGTON Randolph, Neb. — (Special) — Rev. Bernard H. Lordcman. Catho lic pastor h:re for 1G years has been appointed by Bishop Rmnmel oi Omaha to be pastor of Holy Trinity church at Hartingtcn. While hetc Father Lordcman erected a line church and has been active lr. community affairs. He will be suc ceeded here by Rev. B. H Teves formerly at Petersburg and Fordyce Rev J. T. Bernauer. acting past er cf Holy Trinity since Rev. F Schnuet’gen resigned, has not vet been assigned to a parish. Rev Father Brennekant who has beer assisting at Hartingtcn has gone t> a small church near Lincoln. FARM NEAR I VONS SELLS AT $151 PER ACRl Lyons, Neb. — (Special) — At public auction the Peter Frcld farm southwest of here was sold for $151 an acre. There are 115 acres. It was bought by Gu* FVoid ana Mrs G;orge Os berg. The sole was held lo settle the Froid estate It is said by those who know land values that the farm is worth much more Q What was Douglas Fairbanks' real name? R. L. F. A. His nc’P" was Ullmrn hut h nas now had the namA. Fairbank. leualiSsed. 1 United States Needs Courage to Face and Admit Economic Facts Stephen Bell, in Commerce and Finance. One of our English subscribers who has been on a rath er extended tour of the United States and Canada, visiting not only the cotton belt but the middle west and Pacific coast, keeping his eyes and ears open as he traveled, called on us recently for a chat before sailine for home. His com ments on things American were so Interesting and novel that we have presumed to write the fellowing in the form of an interview. “You Americans, by and large, are a queer lot.” “Weil,” we replied, "it has sometimes seemed to us that even Englishmen have their peculiarities. What is it about us that has struck you as particularly queer?” “A number of things. For one, your apparent fear of facing the real facts and truth about the state of business and your sublime confidence in faith cure as a remedy for business troubles.” "Confidence in faith cure? we don t quite get you. "Exactly. Your newspapers and business journals are full of it, talking voluminously and most persuasively of the ‘psychological factor’ as a business depressant. They be lieve, or affect to believe, that by painting the picture in brighter colors than it really is they are helping to restore the lost prosperity, though they have little knowledge of how prosperity came to need restoring. "Everything of a bearish nature seems taboo, and only prophecies of a ‘constructive nature’ that tell of good times coming are in demand by the business press. Your government especially seems to foster this disposition. Your president addresses the bankers in Cleveland, play ing up all the favorable things he can think of and min imizing the unfavorable, but saying nothing at all of the factors that are holding back business recovery as if he feared their mention would magnify their malign power. His secretary of agriculture manifests a strong desire to find a scapegoat on which to lay the blame for the failure of the Farm Board and other government agencies to sus tain the prices of wheat, cotton and other things. “I find that the press of Great Britain has been much misunderstood in this country because of its indomitable determination to draw as accurate a picture of the real business situation as is humanly possible. When and where it finds the situation black, it says so, believing that a knowledge of the truth affords the surest way to finding a remedy for it. We carry into the business situation thf. same principle that was invoked by Marshal Haig when he declared that our troops were ‘fighting with their backs to the wall.’ With this knowledge before us, we buckled up as we never would have done had he assured us the situation was "well in hand.’ “Your avoidance of the fundamental factors that brim* business depression is another manifestation of your queer ness. It is no secret that your agricultural depression is due more to the inflation of farm land values far beyond the possible returns of farming operations than to any other one cause, but no one, apparently, dares to assert public ly that business depression is due to the inflation of urban land values and rents. Both these overheads must be de flated before business can really recover. “What you in this country need perhaps more than anything else is some strong, opinioned Jeremiahs who don’t care a whoop whether they please the public fancy or not, who will tell you the truth about things. TO SO HAVE LIVED. Three of us went last Saturday To hunt the festive pheasant; It was a golden autumn day And everything was pleasant. And then the car began to miss, Although a model ‘'A,” And we could barely creep along The graveled right of way. At Viborg then we found a man Who shortly made it pur, But not before the town had learned Just who aoid what we were: Nor is that quite exactly right, But over one of us, The town was quickly all aflame, As him they all discussed. For Doctor Jim and Lawyer Sam They had no special use; But Doctor Jepson there must stop— They'd hear of no excuse. For 40 years they’d called on him, Nor ever called in vain; No stricken soul in all that, town, But he had eased its pain. And stop we did, the three of us, And in the softest, beds We soon had stretched our weary limbs, And rested greying heads. Next morn the town was up betimes And at the orean of dawn. With Joyous {treetint's still kept up, The pheasant mint was on. Who shot those birds I'll never tell— It makes no never mind— But to our car the best of them Their way would quickly find. We had our limit very soon, No further need to slay. But it was hours after th..„ Ere we could get awn.. Nor could we go till we agreed To come again, and soon; Our premises were all receive.! As some new sort of bcon. • • • Now looking back, I wish I'd lived So thr.t in my own name. Someway, somewhere, juot half that crowd Mioht pay me such acclaim. —Sian Page. Mrs. McCormick Discredited. From New York Times. The press will hardly agree with Mrs. McCormick that it is bein'* "throttled” by the four members of the Senate committee investigat ing her campaign expenditures and ! activities who have said: We have not at any time spied on Mrs. McCormick. Wc have not tapped her wires. '.Vc have not read her correspondence, either private or oflieial. We did not rhle her files ♦♦♦nor have we, or any one of us. cr any agent for the had knowledge of any such acts. That denial is cr ice erica!. To controvert it indisputable evidence is required—some form cf legal proof that the committee statement is untruthful and tha; Mrs. Mc Cormick's complaints have foun dation. The Senators have properly notified publishers that libel laws operate against any who print un supported charges that the com mittee or its agents have been guilty of criminal acts. Newspapers Shabby Aftermath. There is plenty of enthusiasm iisplaycd about putting up posters, political and otherwise, and the hammers ring out right merrily, but taking them down alter thev have •erved their purpose is quite an other matter. Wh n election is over, or an amusement attraction passes into history, the posters rd vertising the event remain in their places to become weather beaten and to flap disconsolately in the wind. These old advertisements add nothing to the beaut' of a cit\ or the surrouning countryside. As a ma’ter of facet, thev arc eyesores. Thev should W removed as seep, as they have served their purpose j.r.d. with a sense of fair plav will have no quarrel with that. But when ever Mrs. McCormick can bring to any courageous newspaper real PToof to sustain the assertions she has been making, she will find that the press has not been “throttled” by Senators Nye, Dale, Wagner and Dill. Instead of being “throttled,” the American press would be relieved if this din of charge and denial be tween Mri McCormick and the Senate committee should die away, n may be that for a time it was good politics for her to tilt against the committee. At the outset Sen ator Nye undoubtedly showed feel ing against Mrs.-1 McCormick. For a time she may have seemed a reg ular Republican set upon, despite her sex, by an insurgent one. But Senutor Dale of Vermont is no in surgent. and he joined in the state ment. The performance has gone on so long, with so little evidence to sustain the protest of Mrs. Mc Cormick. that it must be the bore to Illinois voters which it undoubt edly has become to the rest of the country. Destroying Food. From Los Angeles Record. California this year is producing 2,000,000 tons of graoes. The federal farm board, believing the price will be low, okehs destruc tion of 300.000 tons of grapes in or der to boost the price level. This may be good economics, but you will never make the man-in the-street believe that a deliberate destruction of food, while thousands are hungry, is anything but a crime. It is a crime, and the federal farm board, already preaching sa botage unchecked, is a party to it. Owen D. Young has a much clear er conception of things when he says: "If America starts to burn sur plus wheat and des‘roy surplus rood when people are hungry else where. that fire will start a con flagration we cannot stop. If Amer ica burns surplus cotton when peo ple are unclothed elsewhere in the world, that lire will start a con flagration we cannot stop.” There is only one thing to do with a surplus, says the wise Mr. Young: "Sell it!” The farm board thinks only of todav; only of a few ccople; only of the welfrre of one class. Young thinks fee tomorrow; and of the welfare of all classes. A Lesson in Bridge. From Detroit News. Another lesson one hr.s to learn by more cr less bitter experience is that an ability to shuffle a deck of cards hke a vaudeville magician doesn't necessarily make your part ner a swell bridge player. But the Dear Things Crave Happi ness. Not Comfort. Yon Know! A news heading states that “In rr.nitv Increases." No wonder. Women, who have the coolest cleanest, most comfor:ab> and cheapest styles of dress, want tc don men’s clumsy, hottest, ungain Iv. homely and awkward overalls. Ye God:!—Lake Andes iS. D.) Wave. it would seem, this task shculd be unpesed upon those who put them up in the first place and benefited bv them. Even in their pristine state, they offend the esthetic sense, but when they are reduced to tatters bv the elements they are things of depressing ugliness. Supreme Test From Nctenkraker. Amsterdam Chief: I want you to prove you; powers as a salesman. Just sell that gentleman some of these cigars. Salesman: But 1 sold him some of them last week, Chief- That is the tr » LAMONT ENTRY PICKED FOR CHAMPION STEER Omaha, Neb.,- . —Robert P. Lamont, jr., son of the secretary of commerce Thursday, placed among the major winners at the Ale Sar Een stock show here when his Her eford entry, "Mischief” was named gTand champion steer of the stock exhibition. Lamont’s ranch is at Larkspur, Colo. "Mischief” sold for 95 cents a pound at auction after his victory. The University of Wyoming en try Rosie Herrier was named re serve grand champion steer. He was also champion short horn steer of the show. The champicn Angus steer was College Marshall, shown by the Colorado Agricultural coll-'gc Fort Collins, Colorado. SERVES FLOCK HALF CENTURY Bancroft, Neb., Minister. Recalls Incidents of Pioneer Days Eancroft, Neb.,—(Special)—Rev, William Harms, pastor of the Evan gelical Lutheran church, seven miles southwest of Bancroft, has been pastor of that church for the past 50 years. He was born in Han cver, Germany and when 13 years of age came to America. He re ceived the degree of M. A. from the Lutheran college of Watertown, Wis., and his theological training at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo. In th: year 1880, he received a call to his present church which at that time had only 13 members. In speaking of those early days, he said, "Bancroft, Be:mer, and REV. WILLIAM HARMS Pender did not exist. Pender was an Indian reservation. There were no section roads. The railroad went as far as Lyons. That first winter was a bad one. We were burning corn to keep warm and cook our meais. The Indian reservation was burned off and all the snow drifted into our community. My sister was keeping house for me, and we had warning that a severe storm was approaching. As we had only enough corn left to cook two meals, we decided it would be best to go to a neighbor’s house. We stayed with the neighbors for six weeks. No one could get to town. As I had six sacks of flour, they were distributed to all the neighbors to keep them in food till the weather was better. We had to go through the hay loft to get to the cattle, there was so much snow around the barn. But we lived through it, and it was a gieat experience.” The first church building used by this congregation was 20 feet wide and 30 feet long. This .building s:rved as church, school, and par sonage. A room 12 feet by 20 feet in the same building served as par lor, bedroom, kitchen, and study. Because cf the gradual increase in members, a new building was erected in 1805 and another in 1900. During the 50 years of his min istry Rev. Mr. Harms has baptised 1300 children and confirmed 700, performed more than 200 marriages, administered communion to 30,000 communicants, and officiated at nearly 300 funerals. Besides the church work the community a two room school where two teachers are kept busy teaching the grades, Bible history, and catechism. Rev. Mr. Harms feels satisfied that he has. done the right thing by staying on the one field so long and says, ‘T would do it again. My peo ple are doing fairly well toward the church and are paying $10 pci member toward missions. They can do this, for we have h:d no com plete crop failure during these 50 years.” At a reecnt district convention, he was given a purse of $300 to take a trip to Germany. As he mentioned this, his face showed his happiness over a work well done. Th n lu raid. ‘ I do net know whether I will go cr not. I got my wife from there: but things are so different now. Germany is not the Germany tl:. t T knew.” HOOPER GIRL WINNER IN MIDLAND MUSICAL TEST Fremont, Neb. — (Special* — Making a score of 9 i. Mildred Schwab, Hooper irenhman, took first place among 125 Midland col lege students who took native mu sical ability tests under the direc tion of Prof. Oscar L.vdrrr, director of the school of tine urn, rrcrvtly. Hu group, compo'ed or freshmen and students trying out for the rcappciln choir, averaged M. One hundred is n perfect rct c. Ml. s Schwab rccelvtd a $10 tjt.z' 'or h*** i sc hie venter.' WILL AUCTION 9,000 TURKEYS Norih Platte Co-Operative Group Seeks High Bid on Holiday Birds £cottsbluff, Neb.—(UP)—Approx imately 8.000 turkeys will go on sals here Friday as the sale of the tur keys of the North Platte Co-opera tive Poultry Marketing association is held. Bids on five carloads of the fes tive bird were rejected by the mar keting committee cf the association earlier this week when unsettled market conditions just preceding the election produced prices that weie not acceptable to the sellers. Although the turkeys have not teen sold as yet, the following load ing points and dates are an nounced: Lusk and Sidney, Monday, November 10; Bridgeport and Sccttsbluff, Tuesday, November 11; Tcrr:r.gton, Monday and Tuesday, November 10 and 11. The approximate value of the turkeys to be sold is $30,000. IOWA EXHIBITORS WIN PRIZES AT AK-SAR-BEN Omaha, Neb.— —Iowa exhib itors snared the greatest number of grand championship awards in the million dollar Ak-Sar-Ben stock show here Monday, the Hawkeye state exhibitors taking six grand championships. £rand championship awards were: F. W. Hubbell of Des Moines, grand champion Shorthorn bull; C. O. Graves of Georgetown, Ky„ grand champion Hereford bull; El liot Brown of Rosehill, la., grand champion Aberdeen-Angus bull; Wayland Hopley of Atlantic, la., junior grand champion Aberdeen Angus bull; Allen Cattle company of Colorado Springs, Colo., junior grand champion Shorthorn bull: Tracey and Warye stock farm of Nashua, la., grand champion Red Polled bull; H. P. Olson, Alton, 111., ’unior grand champion Red Polled bull. In the lamb division the Univer sity of Nebraska swept all honors, while E. L. Lambert and Son of Corning, la., exhibited the grand champion and Junior grand cham pion in the Percheron horse division. •BUY NOW" CAMPAIGN IS SPONSORED BY ORPHANS Omaha, Neb.—(UP)—Omaha is la .he midst of a “Buy-Now” cam paign which has been designated by the Omaha Chamber of Commerce publicity bureau as a means of overcoming business depression. Newspapers, radio stations and ill business houses are co-operating in making the campaign a success. Placards are appearing in store windows, while motion picture houses arc running trailers advising patrons to ‘ buy-now” and 200,OOu otter stickers and inserts have been, ordered and will be distributed to Omaha business houses. Among the organizations who rave indorsed the plan are the Omaha Engineers club and the Lions club. PROPOSED GAS RATES ARE REJECTED AT 1 AIP.BURY Fairbury, Neb.—(UP)—After sev eral months of consideration, the city council Wednesday refused to rcirept the proposed rates of the Peoples Natural Gas company, pur chasers of the Fairbury Gas com pany. The gas company had made more man $30,000 worth of improvements in the Fairbury company, and the council was unable to compromise an rates, there being a difference of about $1 per 1.000 cubic feet. The council ratps were 10 per cent more than at Belleville. Kan. The gas company’s offices were moved to Auburn. The company continues to supply this city with artificial gas through the local plant 1EK AMAII STOCKMAN TO EXHIBIT AT CHICAGO Chicago, 111.— (UP)— Blue lib bons at the International Livestock xposition in Chicago will be com ing back to Nebraska, according to the show official? this week who are completing the entry lists. The show opens November 29. H. C. Stork of Tekamah. Neb., is the latest purebred stock grower to enter the show. The Burt county farmer will show a herd of prize winning Polled Shorthorn cattle at the International. Tho herd of 12 cattle shown by Stork will be entered in competi tion with cattle from every section of the country and Canada. Last year the cattle of this breed were shown lroin eight states. FORMER TIAKTINGTON MAN RISES WITH BATHE FIRM Har ting ton Neb.—(Special)—Rob ert S. Eallantyne, who was born here and later moved to Norfolk is now midwestern division manager of the Pa the Exchange, Inc., one of the largest film companies in Amer ica. Ballantyne after going- to Nor folk managed n theater there. Then lv> became manager of the Mutual Film company of Omaha. In 1913 he became manager of the Des Moines office of the organization and when the Omaha and Dos Moines offices were merged, he be came manager, in or~i.a. NEBRASKA MAN RAISES OWN CIGAR MATERIALS Wayne, Neb —(Special)—William Fehrs, of L"?lie precinct, raises his own tobacco and makes cigars for his own use. Tne tobacco stalk is about the size of a cornstalk and bears a cluster of pink flowers \ hich form seed pods at the top <i tlit* stalk. The leaves are large an i long, each stalk bearing ,'cv nvl. The lower leaves, which are il'.c larjct. »vc be t. for cigars. I tin dries tho oth: s and feed:, turn to his chickens and ho**