The Frontier.
^VOLUME LI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1931 No. 39
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GATZ BROTHERS BUILDING
ARTIFICIAL ICE PLANT
The Gatz Brothers have secured a
lease on a plot of ground on the
right-of-way on the Burlington and
have begun the erection of their arti
ficial ice plant. The building will be
38x100 feet one story and will be
constructed of tile and will be stucco
ed. It will be located about twenty
five feet south of the Burlington
tracks on Fourth street.
The boys have purchased the new
ice machine and the new Diesel en
gine which will be here ready for
placing as soon as the building is
completed.
The building will be so arranged;
that railroad cars may, be loaded
easily.
The erection of an ice plant will I
mean much to this locality and will
bring business to O’Neill that has
been placed in other cities in the
eastern part of the state.
P. O. DISCONTINUED
AFTER 4i YEARS
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(Orchard News)
The Knoxville postoffice, which
had been in operation more than for-:
ty-five years, was discontinued Jan-;
uary 31st by the federal government.
The building in which the post
office, together with a large store,
was located, burned to the ground
last September. Arthur Wertz was
then postmaster and for a time after
the fire, mail was dispatched from
his home. Then Mr. W’ertz resigned
and moved away from Knoxville.
The Henefin Brothers erected a
new store and started operating the
postoffice. Then they decided they
would no longer have charge of the
postoffice. Patrons who received mail
at the store from now on will be ser
ved by a carrier. The Benefit! Broth
ers will continue to operate the store.
CHANGE IN TRAIN SCHEDULE
ON NORTHWESTERN LINE
An unexpected change in the train
schedule on the Northwestern was
put in effect last Monday morning.
—West Bound—
No. 11 due in O’Neill at 3:50 p. m.,
terminates at Long Pine.
No. 3 due in O’Neill at 11:07 p. m.,
goes through to the Black Hills and
Wyoming.
—East Bound—
No. 14 due in O’Neill at 3:45 a. m.,
comes from Wyoming and the Black
Hills.
No. 22 due in O’Neill at 10:10 a.
m., is made up at Long Pine.
PRE-NUPTIAL SHOWER
Miss Marjorie Carter was guest of
honor at a pre-nuptial linen shower
arranged by Miss Rachel Robertson,
at the home of Dr. and Mrs. L. A.
Carter last Tuesday evening.
The affair was arranged as a sur
prise on Miss Marjorie.
The guests arrived while Miss Mar
jorie was calling upon her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Carter.
The feature of the evening was a
mock wedding, with Miss Hazel
Schwisow, groom, Miss Corrine
Smith, bride; Charles Smith, ring
bearer; Sabanna Smith, flower girl;
Miss Clara Bell Evans acted as best
man while Miss Beryl Winchel serv
ed as maid of honor; Mrs. Mildred
Malone Spann, in a very clever man
ner, officiated at the ceremony.
Various games were played for en
tertainment during the evening.
A delectable two-course lunch was
served by Miss Robertson.
Miss Marjorie received many use
ful gifts.
The marriage of Miss Carter to
Mr. Vance Beghtol of Hastings, Ne
braska has been announced, to take
place early in April.
Saws.$1.00 to $3.50
Spade . $1.60
Keen Kutter Hake $1.50
Large 8 in. Screwdriver 25c
Drop forged Hammer.50c
Good Hatchet .$1.00
Planes .85c up
Enders Draw Knife.$1.60
No. 10 Scoop .-.$1.85
See the
KLONDIKE INCUBATOR
before you buy and it will
be a Klondike.
Warner & Sons
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I NTERESTINC. IN FORM ATION
IN OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
The January issue of Outdoor Ne
; braska, a magazine published quar
terly by the Game, Forestation and
Parks Commission, is filled with in
teresting information. It might be
called the Holt county edition, as
two Holt county ladies, in huntresses
costumes, grace the cover.
Some very interesting data is giv
en on page one in which figures tak
en from the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture reports, Bureau of Biolog
ical Survey, show that conservation
of wild life is worth one billion dol
lars ($1,000,000,000) per year to this
country. Estimate is made upon the
basis of the following items
Meat and fur production, destruc
tion of insects by birds, production
of fish, hunter’s expenditures and li
cense fees, tourist’s expenditures
credited to the drawing power of
wild life.
The outstanding article is Food
Habits of the Ringnecked Pheasant
in Central Nebraska by M. H. Swenk
of the Nebraska State Agricultural
College. After giving figures show
ing just what pheasants eat at dif
ferent seasons of the year, he con
cludes as follows:
“If the pheasant poulation is per
mitted to increase unrestrictedly in
Nebraska there will no doubt be in
creased injury to crops; but if the
birds are held down to reasonable
numbers they will probably on most
farms render a sufficient service by
destroying injurious beetles, cut
worms, grasshoppers and other nox
ious insects, as on the whole to bal
ance the harm done to crops.”
A description of thirty-five state
owned properties, twenty-eight of
which were purchased by the com
mission during the last two years, is
K 1 * Cll.
A classified report of expenditures
for the period from May 9th, 1929 to
December 31st, 1930 shows that the
sportsmen’s money was judiciously
spent, as much of it was invested in
public recreation grounds at ex
tremely low prices.
On one page is a picture of Gover
nor Chas. W. Bryan, who is now a
member and chairman of the Com
mission. Governor Bryan has made
the statement that he will not recom
mend any changes in the work of the
Commission.
Anyone desiring a copy of Outdoor
Nebraska probably can procure same
by writing to the Game, Foreata’i^
and Parks Commission, Lincoln, Ne
braska. addressing to State House
office.
RED CROSS
A special meeting of the executive
board of the local chapter of the Red
Cross was called this afternoon by
the chairman, Mrs. D. Stannard, to
make arrangements for a baby clinic
to be held about the middle of March.
Miss G. Elizabeth Reynolds, field
representative, who is here assisting
Miss Barbara Hazel, the school
health nurse, gave a very interesting
talk and some helpful suggestions
about the work to be carried out.
Dr. Gill and Mrs. Alma Farrier, of
j Chambers, attended the meeting.
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SUCCESSFUL COYOTE HUNT
IN MEEK VICINITY SUNDAY
A successful coyote hunt was stag
ed in the vicinity of Meek, Nebraska
last Sunday. A crowd of 300 to .500
took part in or witnessed the drive.
Those who wrere present say that
quite a number of coyotes were seen
during the drive but most of them
got through the lines in the lough
part of the territory covered; how
ever, three of the animals were pres
ent at the end of the hunt and paid
the penalty. About twenty-one dol
lars was received from the sale of
the coyotes after the hunt; the money
was to be used for the purpose of
buying shoes for some needy child
ren in he Meek vicinity.
SAUNTO—MOORE
Joe Saunto, of Sioux City. Iowa,
and Miss Catherine Mopre, of Has
tings, Iowa, were married February
2nd.
Joe has been in Sioux City for the
past two years where he is connect
ed with the Metropolitan Insurance
Company.
JOHNSON—BAUSCII
Francis Marion Johnson of O’Neill
and Ethel May Bausch, of Dustin,
were united in marriage by County
Judge C. J. Malone in his offie iff
the court house on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 11th.
FRON THE INMAN LEADER
Dan Davis, of O'Neill, was here
Tuesday visiting his sister Mrs. Kes
tenholtz. Dan was carrying his arm
in a sling as a result of smashing his
hand while helping move a house.
! The 15-room house on the Mrs. W.
j Bethea ranch, southwest of Ewing,
was destroyed by fire last week. The
! place was occupied by Wm. Spangler
j and family.
Little Marguerite, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gene Clark had the mis
fortune to fall on the sidewalk Mon
day morning, breaking her left arm
at the elbow. It was a bad fracture
and the-little one suffered consider
able pain. Dr. French, of Page set
the fracture.
CONDITIONS LOOK
BRIGHTER FOR FUTl'RE
With existing circumstances still
demanding relief in many parts of
the country, signs of a return to nor
mal business activity continue to ap
pear. New England mills have tak
en on several thousand new hands;
the Department of Agriculture prom
ises better demand conditions for
farm products during the marketing
season of 1981 and 1982 and the
Treasury feels that it can float a bul
lion dollar refunding issue at an un
usually low rate of interest.
JOHN l». McKENNA
John P. McKenna, one of the long
lime residents of O’Neill, passed
away in the Stuart hospital last Mon
day evening following an operation
performed for- colitis and appendi
citis on Thursday evening? of last
week.
Jack, as he was familiarly known,
had been ailing for some time pre
vious to his going to the hospital.
Mr. McKenna was born in Inde
pendance, Iowa, January 7, 1877 and
was 54 years, 1 month and 9 days old
at the time of his death. He came
with his parents to Holt county from
Independence, Iowa, in 1884; the
family located on a farm five miles
southwest of O’Neill. He w’as widely
knowm throughout this section of the
state; he was in the cattle and sheep
business and conducted a ranch south
west of O’Neill for a number of
years.
He w'as united in marriage to Elsie
Ambrose in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in
November, 1921; to this union two
children were born, Donald Raymond
and Ilene Ambrose who with their
mother survive. The deceased also
leaves three brothers and one sister,
C. F. McKenna, II. J. McKenna and
Mrs. John P. McManus, all of O’Neill
and James McKenna, of Saskatch
ewan, Canada.
Funeral services were held from
St. Patrick’s church in this city on
Wednesday morning at nine o’clock,
conducted by Rev. Father B. J.
Leahy; burial was in Calvary ceme
tery.
The pallbearers were Homer Mul
len, T. J. Coyne, Tom Enright, Tom
Joyce and John T. O’Malley.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to the many kind friends who
‘ assisted us during the illness and
following the death of our dear hus
band and brother.
Mrs. John P. McKenna
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McKenna
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. McKenna
Mrs. John P. McManus
and Family.
SIMON SIMONSON
Simon Simonson passed away at
the home of his mother, Mrs. Thom
as Simonson, who resided fourteen
miles northeast of O’Neill, on Mon
day, February lGth, of pneumonia
and heart trouble. He was aged 63
years, 9 months and 2 days.
For the past year or more Simon
has been confined to his room with
heart trouble at various times; he
would recover sufficiently to again
lok after the farm; he was taken to
the hospital in Norfolk a few weeks
ago where he remained for two
weeks; he seemed to be recovering
nicely and was returned to his home;
pneumonia developed a couple of
weeks ago.
Simon came to Holt county with
his parents in 1881; he has always
made his home with his parents;
since the death of his father a num
ber of years ago he has had charge
of the home place and cared for his
mother.
He was one of a family of six
children. He is survived by his moth
er, three brothers, Loren Simonson,
O’Neill; Colmer Simonson and Irving
Simonson, both of whom reside near
Agee postoffice fourteen miles north
east of O’Neill; one sister. Miss Sena
Simonson who resides at home.
The remains were brought to
O’Neill Monday morning; funeral
services were held from the Presby
terian church Wednesday morning at
10:30 o’clock, conducted by Rev. H.
D. Johnson, pastor; burial was in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Those from out of town who were
here to attend the last sad rites were
his niece, Mrs. R. C. Goree, Long
Pine, Nebraska; two nephews, Mc
Kinley Simonson, Omaha, and Mel
vin Simonson, Evanston, Wyoming.
When the last feeble step has been
taken,
And the gates of the city appear,
And the beautiful songs of the angels
Float out on my listening ear,
When all that now seems so myster
ious
Will be bright and as clear as the
day,
i Then the toils of the road will seem
nothing,
When I get to the end of the way.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the kind friends for their
i assistance and sympathy during our
! recent bereavement, the death and
j burial of our dear son and brother,
Simon.
Mrs. Thomas Simonson
L. A. Simonson and Family
C. T. Simonson and Family
I. B. Simonson and Family
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Chris Latter, of near Minden, Nebraska, estimated last summer [
that his Scotch and Austrian pine windbreak was already worth $500 |
I to his farm. The trees were four years old at that time and the tall- •
I est one is shown in the picture above as over seven feet tall.
Mr. Latter’s farm is on the high plains region of south central Ne- j
braska where many farmers think they can not grow' trees. Mr. Lat- |
ter planted the trees as directed by C. W. Watkins, extension forest- i
J er, cultivated the trees two years, and since that time has kept them j
I mulched with about six inches of straw’ all the time. He lost only s
i four or five of the 200 seedlings which he planted.
The trees are growing in a double row about ten rods north of the j
I farm buildings. Within four or five more years they will serve as an |
| excellent windbreak for the home and live stock.
The tree by which Mr. Watkins and Mr. Latter are standing is a I
Scotch pine. Next week the illustration will be one of Mr. Latter’s i
| Austrian pines which has also grown up into a beautiful little tree. ,
SLAIGHT—HUGHES j Harrington, of Atkinson.
! Mr. Emmett Slaight, of Fort Ran- Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Ellis, of Stu
dall, South Dakota and Miss Agnes ' art are the parents of a baby boy,
Hughes of Randolph, Nebraska were born Monday, February 2, 1931.
united in marriage at the Methodist I , . , , , . ,
parsonage, Monday afternoon, Rev. ^ baby daughter was born on
Benj. Kuhler officiating. Their ad-' J uesday, I'cbruary .1 1.M1 to Mr. and
dress for their future home will be Mrs. Lonnie ( tto, of Stuart.
near Joy, Nebraska. Miss Ella Tuttle of O’Neill was in
Stuart, Saturday on business per
MAI)E HIS FIRST taining to her ranch northwest of
FLIGHT SATURDAY town.
(Inman Leader) Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brown, whose
Ralph Colman, who is attending golden wedding anniversary will oc
flying school in Chicago, writes his cur tomorrow are enjoying a visit of
parents here that he made his first numerous relatives. They are Mrs.
flying trip alone last Saturday and Andrew Gilbert and son Lyle of Kan
will make one each week from now orado, Kan., Mrs. Z. X. Marshall and
on. Ralph is working his way son Ronald of Tekamah, Mrs. George
through school, working in the chem- Brown of Ellsworth, Neb., Mrs. A.
ical department of a soup factory; he E. Marshall and daughter Betty Lee
has been there since last September, of Kansas City, and Mr. and Mrs.
- Wm. Brown and daughter Constance
FROM THE STUART ADVOCATE of Chicago. Supt. and Mrs. Chas.
- Rogge, of Agar, Neb., will arrive
A baby boy was born this morning, this afternoon. More relatives are
February 5 to Mr, and Mrs. Bldgar also expected to arrive.
A SPENDTHRIFT is like a
cannon ball. He must go on. If
he stops his career is gone.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
