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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1931)
The Frontier. VOLUME LII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931. No. 10 NO MONEY TO FIGHT HOPPERS The following Associated Press ar ticle appeared in the daily papers of last Saturday: Washington, D. C.—Acting Secre tary Dunlap, of the agricultural de partment, told Representative How ard, democrat, Nebraska, that no de partment funds were available to fight a grasshopper scourge in his state. A serious outbreak has caus ed heavy damage in Nebraska and South Dakota. A similar South Da kota request for government funds was recently refused. Howard was told that the entom ology division had only a small ap propriation which could be used only for research work. Department field agents, however, are co-operating in the Nebraska and South Dakota campaigns by giving advice on control methods. A report on a survey in South Da kota is being awaited before a deci sion is made on reopening drouth loans there to enable farmers to pur chase feed for live stock. LOCAL NEWS John Mace, Omaha World-Herald representative, spent the week-end with Harold Shoemaker. Leonard Becker, of Osmond, Neb., has installed a shoe repair shop in the Brennan building east of the J. C. Penney store. Fairfax baseball team will play at Redbird next Sunday, August 1st. Redbird has a real ball team and will show their visitors a real game. U. S. Marshal D. H. Cronin and Mrs. Cronin and their little son and daughter, drove up from Omaha last Thursday and spent Sunday in O’Neill. ' Charles Jenkins and his daughter, Cecelia Balch were in Omaha last week. Mr. Jenkins shipped four car loads of fat baby beef cattle there which practically topped the market the day they were sold. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dempsey drove over to Mission Hill, South Da kota. Monday for a visit with Mrs. Dempsey’s mother, Mrs. Sheridan Simmons and with her grand-moth er, Mrs. M. O. Simmons who is quite ill. The latter lady is about 84 years I old and in failing health. Supervisor L. C. McKim and son V'erl, arrived home on Monday of last week from a trip to Readlyn, Sasketchewan, Canada, where they went for a visit with a brother of Mr. McKim; they were disappointed, however, as Mr. Levi McKim had re cently gone 300 miles inland where he expected to file on a homestead. Mr. McKim says that the part of Canada that he visited was dried out as badly as we are in this section of the country. The Dakotas were in fested with hoppers in many places, but the dry weather and low prices seemed to be the greatest handicap. Supervisor John Sullivan, accom panied by his son Harry and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sparks, drove over to Broken Bow, Nebraska, last Sunday where they spent the day visiting with his son Tom who suffered a broken and dislocated vertebra in his neck while diving into the Loup river north of Merna, Nebraska, on Fri day, July 17th. For several days Tom was almost totally paralyzed, but he has recovered so that he can move his arms freely and can also move his limbs to a certain extent. Those who have watched him closely are very much pleased at the ad vancement he has made during the past few days. The city has removed the "dip” I across highway No. 29 at the K. C. opera house corner and have just in* I stalled an under ground culvert. K. E. Calvert did the work. Federal Officer George Bay drove to Omaha last Thursday where he appeared as a witness in a few' "pad lock” cases in federal court; he drove home a cream colored Dodge car which he will use in his work in the future. Governor Bryan has announced that a letting will be held on August] 20th that will include 200 miles of j gravel, eighty miles of grading, and, three bridges. The letting planned J will add $360,000 to the state’s 1931 | ; oad building program; file total | then woulld be $8,700,000. The fire department was called to! the rear of the O’Neill National Bank, last Thursday evening w'here some w'aste papers were burning near the walls of the bank and over the pipe that comes from the buried fuel tank; when the alarm was turned in parties thought that the oil tanks were burning; no damage was done. FRANCIS ANDERSON FINED FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION Francis Anderson of Atkinson was arraigned in county court last Satur day charged with the possession of a quantity of alleged liquor. The com- j plaint was filed by Federal Officer George Bay. Anderson was apprehended by Special Officer Wright at the D. F. Scott barn dance northeast of Atkin son, Saturday night, July 18th. An derson is a salesman for McNess products. After listening to the evidence of both the plaintiff and defendant, County Judge Malone fined Ander son $100 and costs. Isay holt county WILL IS INVALID The followng was clipped from the daily press of Tuesday; the will in question was before Robert It. Dick son in District court who passed the will invalid. M. F. Harrington and George Harrington are the attorneys for the daughter, Zoreda D. DeWitt, J. A. Donohoe is attorney for Frank ! Searles; W. J. Hammond is the at torney and guardian ad litem for the minor heirs: “Lincoln, Neb., Jully 28.—That the will of Viola S. Mullihan of Holt county is void because it sought to create an estate in perpetuity, is the argument advanced by attorneys for her daughter, Zoreda D. DeWitt, in; an action in supreme court to compel: Frank Searles to buy the real estate that formed the estate disposed of j by the will. The latter instrument gave the daughter a life estate in the property, and bequeathed the real es tate to her child then living and any others that might be born. The law yers say that as no one could tell how many children might later be born, the will is also void for uncer tainty. They say that J. Sterling Morton tried to leave his Nebraska City estate, Arbor Lodge, in perpetu ity, so that it should always belong to a Morton, but that he was unable to do that because the law did not permit. They say it remains un changed, and that every state su preme court has held that estates in perpetuity are not permissible in this country.” Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Hough return ed home last Thursday evening from Thermopolis, Wyoming, where Mr. Hough has been receiving treatment for rheumatism. Compare —c Our'Values! - Compare — Our Prices! PENNEY’S SUPER VALUES ****♦■>•* *********** *********** It Pays . to Shop at Penneys M4 IT PAYS TO SHOP AT PENNEY’S Depression-hit purses revive quickly at Penney’s. Lower prices for better quality constitute the rem edy. And nowhere but at Penney’s are these tonic values for afflicted incomes compounded so effect ively. Enormous economies in Penney’s plan of purch ase, operation and selling are among the dollar-sav ing reasons why. Not forgetting, of course, the im pressive buying power of these more than 1450 stores in the markets of the world. Clearance on SHOES LOTI Light colors and Deau ville Sandals Clearance on SHOES LOT 2 Light colors $2.50 Values to $5.00 WONDER VALUE Voile DRESSES $1.79 Values to $2.98 It Pays - to Shop at Penney’s CHIFFON HOSE Silk to the top—that new high-twist silk that gives added smartness and service! Foot and heel are mercerized reinforced—and an extra silk thread spliced over the toe strengthens that wearing point. Full-fashioned, of course. Astonishing at only 79c, but you know you always find better values at Penney’s! ^ Picot Top! J ^ Cradle Foot! French Heel) Smart Shades! DRESSES \ $3.98 ) Values / to $9.90 : The New Auto Liability Law Effective Aug. 3,1931 Better Be Safe Than Sorry Secure your policy now through the L. G. Gillespie Insurance Agency ABOUT GRASSHOPPERS IN NEBRASKA ANI) SO. DAKOTA The grasshopper situation over the infested area including parts of Ne braska and South Dakota, has not improved much during the past two weeks. The counties in Nebraska where the most damage is being done are Rock, Brown, Keya Paha, Boyd, Holt and Knox; in South Dakota the most serious conditions are found in Greg ory, Tripp. Todd and Mellette coun ties. The writer has talked with sev eral persons who have traveled through the infested territory and each tells about the same kind of a story. The most interesting story of the situation was told by Merlyn Hough of this city who is employed by the Interstate Power Company in the merchandise department; in part his version of the conditions in South Dakota and Nebraska as we remem bei it, is that a large percent of the hoppers in South Dakota are of the migratory kind and many of them are from two to three inches in length; they seem to develope an extra pair of wings that are large and filmy; these hoppers will congre gate in the air and mill around for a time before leaving for new terri tory; it seems that the migratory noppers carry ine extra nying wings for only a short time when the wings drop off; the territory covered is quite spotted; in the vicinity of Ham ill, South Dakota they are quite des tructive; they have eaten the pas tures, small grain, corn and every thing, including the leaves from the trees; near this village one farmer was milking a herd of twenty-four cows; he was hauling the water four miles for them to drink and was com pelled to buy every mouthful that the cattle ate; he was selling the milk at a near-by town for 18c per gallon; another farmer near the same vil lage has a flock of 400 chickens that have had no feed excepting hoppers for over thirty days and the hoppers were so plentiful in the farmyard that when they perched for the night the fences, rolls of wire and other things in the yard were literally cov ered with hoppers; between Gregory and Burke, South Dakota Mr Hough says that he drove over two different strips of highway where the hoppers were crossing the roadway; in each case the strip of hoppers was at least 150 yards wide and were so plentiful that the car skidded several times while passing over them. At Winner, “Slim” Halverson and his airplane were employed to scatter three tons of poison; Mr. Hough says that he passed over the poisoned area two days later and the stench from the dead hoppers was very noticeable. Just how much punishment a hop per can endure is hard to determine. The Pullman Cafe at Winner sus pended one of the yellow hoppers in a Frigidaire so that just the head of O’Neill Market Hens, 5 lbs. and over..15 Hens, under 5 lbs.- .13 Hens, Leghorns ..11 Springs, 3 lbs. and over ..19 Springs, under 3 lbs. ..16 Springs, I^eghorns .13 Roosters .1..07 Eggs, No. 1 Eggs, No. 2 Eggs, No. 3 .16 .....13 ..09 Armour Creameries O’Neill, Nebraska The Best Market for your Produce. Open Evenings the hopper was frozen in an ice cube, its body was frozen hard, the hopper was removed from the cube and when warmed up he hopped away ap parently in good condition. At the O’Neill office of the Interstate Power Company an experiment was made, using a coating of Methyl Chloride gas (which is the gas used in re frigeration) covering the hopper with a white frost; almost instantly the hopper was frozen stiff; some time later the hopper was revived with out any material damage to it. P. J. McManus of this city just re turned home the first of the week from a few days trip to his farms in the vicinity of Winner, South Dako ta, where the hoppers are working; he says that the hoppers have clean ed up his wheat and almost every thing else in that locality. Holt county farmers, with the ex ception of those along the northern part, have been quite lucky so far, notwithstanding the fact that the hoppers have taken a little of the crop in places. The dry weather and extremely hot days are the serious handicaps to the crops in Holt county. TRAVELING BALL CLUB DISPLAYS WARES (North Loup, Neb., Loyalist) One o£ the largest crowds in the history of the Community Ball Park passed through the gates Wednes day to witness the well ballyhooed battle between the local ball club and the much advertised Cuban House of David. The bearded boys from the south hnd a decided edge so won easily, 5 to 3. Those of the fans expecting to see a club composed of clow ns and shadow ball artists were disappointed. This club played ball all the time, which accounts for their winning the great est percent of their games. John Honeycutt, now with the O’Neill ball club, who recently won from the fast Winner, South Dakota nine was on the mound for North Loup and gave a good exhibition of fast ball pitching. JOE SCHAAF, ATKINSON, LOSES THIRTY CHICKENS Chicken thieves relieved Joe Schaaf of thirty of his best White Rock, chickens last Sunday night. Mr. Schaaf resides one-half mile south and one mile east of Atkinson. Mr. Schaaf and Sheriff Duffy were looking for the chickens Monday but were unable to locate any clues. The chickens were marked with a hole in the web of the right foot.