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VOLUME LI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1931 No. 43
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Bazelman Lumber Yard
Destroyed By Fire
The Hanford Ice House Also Burns
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The Bazelman Lumber Company’s
yard and general store was totally
destroyed by fire here Monday even
ing the blaze being discovered about
8 p. m. Piles of lumber were still
burning at 9 o’clock Tuesday morn
ing.
Starting in the lumber shed, the
flames spread rapidly over the whole
establishment, sweeping through the
adjacent store and office buildings
owned by the firm.
Firemen brought the blaze under
control about 9:30 or 9:45 p. m., al
though they could not save any of
the plant.
About 9:15 o’clock the same even
ing, fire broke out in the Hanford ice
house in the southwestern part of the
city. This structure, built a few years
ago, was practically empty, although
a pile of hay was in one corner. Gatz
Brothers had several tons of rock
salt stored in the building which they
intended to use in their brine tanks
at the artificial ice plant.
The inside of the ice house was
destroyed although the walls and roof
are still in place.
Fannned by a rather stiff breeze
from the southeast the fire scattered
embers over a wide area of the busi
ness and residential sections.
At least fifteen fires started on the
roofs of dwellings and business
buildings but all were extinguished
with practically no damage result
ing. Citizens mounted their roofs and
kept watch most of the night to pre
vent more of these roof blazes.
Firemen were at the scene of the
Bazelman fire all night and succeed
ed in keeping the flames from spread
ing to other buildings.
The quickness with which the fire
spread when it started in the lumber
shed was described by a witness, who
declared that he walked past the
lumber yard just before the whistle
blew. He had gone only a few steps
further when he heard the alarm.
Turning around to see if he could see
the cause, he found that the whole
lumber shed seemed to be on fire.
The lumber in the yard was valued
at $25,000; the large brick building
40x70 two stories high, with an addi
tion 50 foot deep on the rear; the
sheds that covered the entire yard,
and the stock of goods in the store
would amount to at least $25,000,
making their loss at least $50,000.
Mr. Bazelman carried $10,000 insur
ance on the lumber and sheds; $5,000
on the brick building. Fred Bazel
man, who conducted the store, says
that he had no insurance on the stock
of goods, which he valued at $7,000.
The south wall and the front were
pulled down Tuesday.
The firemen are to be commended
for their excellent work in saving the
west side of the city from being to
tally destroyed, which could easily
have happened had a few of the small
fires gotten away from them.
Mr. Bazelman expects to rebuild
the lumber yard of tile and will stai’t
work on it as soon as the debris can
be removed.
The new fire truck and pump that
the firemen are asking the city to
furnish for the use of the citizens of
the town, would have been quite a
help at the fire Monday evening. The
equipment asked for would enable
the firemen to get water on a fire
easier and quicker and thereby would
save the property owners consider
able money from loss by fire. The old
truck is hard to start; the firemen
j say that they experience much diffi
! culty in getting the engine to start,
which means considerable delay in
getting to a fire. The old truck has
been in use for thirteen years and is
i not very valuable to the department.
The voters are going to vote on the
question whether or not the city pur
chase a new truck and pumper for
their own protection. The firemen
really get no particular benefit from
the new truck; the real benefit comes
to the citizens in general who may
have a fire. Think it over and vote
on the question of your own protec
tion.
O’MALLEY ANNOUNCES
GOOD NEWS ON HIGHWAY 13
“Dr. W. F. Finley,
O’Neill, Nebraska,
Dear Dr. Finley:
I have good news for you. I talked
to Governor Bryan and to Mr. Coch
ran, on the completion of No. 13, and
I have the assurance that the entire
unfinished portions will be completed
this year.
The Governor’s program saved
over $000,001) on the two lettings of
February. Therefore, he is able to
enlarge on his road program. It is
hard to conceive how this could be
done, but we surely have a Governor
who is producing results.
Hoping I can be of service to you
in some way during the remainder of
the session, I remain,
Yours very truly,
George W. O’Malley”
Mr. O’Malley is from Greeley. He
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THE DISTRICT COURT
CONVENED MONDAY
The regular spring jury term of
the District Court of Ilolt County j
convened Monday morning with’
Judge Robert R. Dickson presiding!
and Ted McElhaney reporting.
The first case to come to trial was j
that of Clifford Wiseman, charged
with the theft of a set of harness’
from Ed Roche, residing in the east-1
ern part of the county. The state j
produced witnesses to prove that the
harness was the property of Ed j
Roche; that it had been stolen and
sold to Orlov “Bud” Caldwell, who
resides one mile east of the Hydro
Electric dam across the Niobrara
river north iM O'Neill; about Febru
ary 14th, Caldwell testified that he
purchased seven sets of harness from
the defendant at $20 per set. Wise
man claimed that he was at home at
the time that the state claimed the
harness was taken, and remained
there until after the time the harness
was recovered; the harness was tak
en Friday night and located at the
Caldwell farm Saturday evening by
Deputy Sheriff C. C. Bergstrom and
a sheriff from Winner, South Dako
ta. Many witnesses were examined;
a large amount of evidence present
ed by the defendant seemed to have
no direct bearing on the case, but
every chance was given Wiseman to
prove that he was not guilty of the
crime charged.
The case was given to the jury at
six o’clock Wednesday evening; the
jury informed the baliff shortly after
midnight that they had reached an
agreement; Judge Dickson was ad
vised at once; he went to the court
house and received the verdict.
The verdict was that the defend
ant was guilty of burglary; the val
ue of the harness was fixed at $30.
The penalty for burglary at night is
from one to ten years in the peniten
tiary.
County Attorney Julius D. Cronin
was prosecuting attorney; George
Harrington represented Wiseman.
Judge Dickson has not pronounced
sentence at this time.
As we go to press the case of the
State of Nebraska versus James
Hood is being tried. Hood is charged
with the possession of a still, mash
and intoxicating liquor. Hood was
apprehended by Federal officer
George Bay on December 26, 1930,
and bound over to the district court
on bonds, which he furnished.
W. T. Wills and son, of Butte, Ne
braska, are attorneys for the de
fense; County Attorney Julius D.
Cronin is representing the State of
Nebraska.
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SUNSET LODGE HELD UP AND
ROBBED WEDNESDAY A. M.
Shobert Edwards, the night man j
at Sunset Lodge, was held up and j
the cash register rifled of about $50 :
or $60 at two o’clock Wednesday |
morning. Shobert says that two men
with handkerchiefs over their faces |
entered the office and ordered him to |
put up his hands and turn around, \
which he did; the bandits then hit i
him on the head and took the money |
from the till.
Shobert says he became conscious j
some time later and reported the i
loss to Joe Bazelman who is one of
the managers.
Some young men who were return
ing from a dance in the southeastern
part of the county, stopped at the
station and found Shobert uncon
scious on the floor; they secured
some water and revived him.
An effort is being made to locate'
the thief.
GOLDEN RULE STORE
OPENING LAST SATURDAY
The new Golden Rule Store open-;
ed for business last Saturday morn
ing, in the building just west of the j
First National Bank.
A large crowd of visitors and buy
ers from all parts of the county vis
ited the store throughout the day.
W. H. Allinger, the proprietor, has
supervised the remodeling of the
building according to his own ideas.
The store is fashioned after and has !
the appearance of a city store, with
deep show windows, large shelving,
drapery, enclosed racks for dresses,
mirrors, decorations and fixtures
cause the rooms to have a very at
tractive and inviting appearance.
The clerks are Mrs. Edward Gatz,
Mrs. Bee Renschler, Dale Tressler
and Janies Harty, all of whom were
associated with Mr. Allinger in the
Penney store for the past few years.
MR. AND MRS. M. F. EVELAND
ENJOY SIXTY-FIRST
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Eveland cele
brated their sixty-first wedding anni
versary Wednesday, in a quiet way
at their home on Fifth and Everett
streets.
Mr. and Mrs. Eveland are getting
quite feeble but are enjoying fairly
good health.
BABY CLINIC
A very successful baby clinic was
held at the Woman’s Club rooms last
Monday. More than fifty babies, from
Star, Opportunity, Inman, E m m e t,
Chambers and O’Neill were register
ed and examined.
I)r. L. A. Carter, Dr. J. P. Brown,
Dr. W. F. Finley and Dr. Douglas,
assisted by two registered nurses
from Atkinson, very willingly gave
their time to the examinations, for
which the local chairman, Mrs. D.
Stannard, the health nurse, Miss
Barbara Hazel and the nursing com
mittee of the Red Cross wish to ex
press their most grateful apprecia
tion. They also wish to thank the la
dies and girls from the Home Hy
giene and First Aid classes and Miss
Mary McLaughlin for the assistance
rendered during the day. Several
more ladies than could be used offer
ed their services, which was com
mendable.
CONOR ESS M A N SIM .VI ON S
REMAINS IN WASHINGTON
A letter from Congressman Sim
mons informs us that he will remain
in Washington, D. C., until summer.
In part his letter follows:
‘‘I have an accumulation of Depart
mental work that time did not per
mit me to take care of during the
session of Congress. 1 have found,
also, that 1 can be of direct aid to
our Nebraska people while I am here
in Washington where I am able to
give personal attention to their re
quests for service.
All three of our children are in
school here. It does not seem fair to
them to take them out of school now.
Accordingly, for both official and per
sonal reasons, I shall remain at my
work in Washington until well into
the summer.
I shall be pleased to hear from you
or any of your readers if there is any
service that I may be able to render
them here."
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETING AN1) LUNCHEON
The American Legion members
held a regular meeting last Thurs
day evening, followed by luncheon at
the Grand Cafe.
The members listened to reports
from committees along the lines of
activity. They discussed the fifty
per cent loan proposition on the ad
justed compensation certificates. A
report was made that thirty members
of the Legion had applied for loans
on the bonuk.
As we go to press we learn that
about seventy-five World War veter
ans haVe applied for loans on their
certificates in O’Neill; some of the
applications come from as far east
as Orchard, Nebraska.
JUNIOR GIRLS’ ATHLETIC CLUB
The Junior Girls Athletic Club met
Friday evening at the O’Neill Public
School. Agnes Loy, Norma Davis
and Ruth Osenbaugh were initiated
into our club. There arc now twen
ty-three girls in our club. The follow
ing girls were awarded pins:
Myrtle Brown, Ruth Osenbaugh,
Lois Templeton, Delta Gunn, Ruth
Harris, Thelma Crellin, Agnes Loy,
Frances Youngkin, Eloise Liddell,
Myrle Burge, Florence Surber.
Florence Surber was also awarded
a numeral.
During the five months of our ath
letic work, much progress has been
made by these girls.
MICHAEL LANGAN
Michael Langan died on Friday,
March 13, 1931, at the home of his
brother, Martin Langan, in Boyd
county, where he had been visiting
for a few months.
Mr. Langan was one of the very
early settlers of the country; he
came here when the country was
new and has built up a farm and
happy home on the banks of the
Honey creek, where he homesteaded
in the early days.
Michael was born in Shulleburg,
Wisconsin, July 12, 1854. He came
to Holt county in 1779 and home
steaded on Honey' creek near the
Eagle creek where he has since re
sided.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Bridget Hynes on July 5, 1886; to
this union two children were born,
M iss Mary, who passed away April
16, 1928, and Michael, w'ho resides at
Maple Grove, Nebraska.
Funeral services were held from
St. Patrick’s church Monday morn
ing at nine o’clock conducted by Mon
signor M. F. Cassidy; burial w'as in
Calvary cemetery.
THOMAS JEFFERSON CLARK
T. J. Clark passed away at his
home in Inman, Nebraska, last Mon
day morning at the age of 75 years
and 27 days. He w-as born in Penn
sylvania, February 19,1856. He came
to Holt county in September, 1929,
from Manville, Wyoming.
He was united in marriage to Mrs.
Elizabeth Richardson, at Lusk, Wyo
ming on September 1, 1928.
Mr. Clark leaves six children by a
former marriage; his first wife died
six years ago in Johnstown, Nebras
ka. The children are: Mrs. Eugene
Wallace, Harrington, South Dakota;
Mrs. Lewis Wilson, Lingle, Wyom
ing; James Clark, Norden, Nebraska;
Thomas Clark, Casper, Wyoming;
William Clark, Johnstown, Nebras
ka; Mrs. Grant Owens, Lusk, Wyom
ing.
Funeral services were held in In
man on Wednesday; burial was in
Johnstown, Nebraska.
SI'S A. ANDERSON
Sus A. Anderson passed away Sun
duy at his home twenty-seven miles
southwest of O’Neill along the north
line of Wheeler county.
He was born in Sweden, December
25, 1845, and was 85 years, 2 months
and 0 days old at the time of his
death.
He came to Wheeler county from
Sweden about fifty years ago. He
was never married.
Funeral services were held from
Chambers Monday afternoon at two
o’clock, conducted by Rev. W. L.
Peters, Baptist minister; burial was
in the Chambers cemetery.
CHARLIE SIMMONS BOUND
OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
Charlie Simmons was arraigned in
county court last Friday charged
with breaking and entering. The case
grew out of the finding of two men
in the Hewitt gasoline bulk station
at Atkinson on the night of Febru
ary 19th. Night watchman Spence
identified one of the men as Charlie
Simmons. The case will perhaps
come up for hearing at this term of
court.
OF all kinds of hunger there is
none like money hunger. Physi
cal starvation may be the result
of financial improvidence.
The O’Neill National
Bank
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.