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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 27, 1931)
Down Town, O’Neill Opposite Texaco Sta. 3-Nights-3, starting Fri.Sept.4 Matinee on Sunday Afternoon! “TED” NORTH PLAYERS —WITH— “TED” NORTH — MARIE PETERS — BARNEY WOLFE — ARTHUR KELLY — BILL DOREH TY AND VICTORIA MAYNARD OPENING PLAY—FRIDAY “THE NUT FARM” A Cracking Good Comedy ADMISSION: 25c and 50c No extra charge for Reserved Seats EXTRA—ADDED ATTRACTION! The New Orleans Rhythm Kings The Southland’s Hottest 8-Piece Orchestra INMAN ITEMS W. C. Hancock, who visited friends at Newman Grove the past week re turned home Monday. Mrs. John Conard of Emmet spent Monday here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Anspach. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Chase of Page were in Inman Sunday visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary Hancock. Miss Darlene Thompson is spend ing the week in Ewing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sholes. Miss Ruth Killinger is here from Wayne, spending her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Killinger and family. Mrs. Doogan and Mrs. Emma Tay lor of Battle Creek, came Sunday and are spending the week with their niece, Mrs. Kary Keyes and family. Mrs. Cleve Roe and daughter Haz el, who have spent the past month with her daughter, Mrs. George Pet erson, at Casper, Wyo., returned Nebraska State Fair Night Show Will be Spectacular Event Thaviu, distinguished band leader of the world, is corn ing to the Nebraska State Fair with an especially fine program consisting of his band and musical revue “Follies of Life.” The costumes, scenery and stage setting used in the Folies Bergere in Paris as well as many prin cipals are direct from Paris. Sixty-two people constitute the cast. The entire evening program is spectacular from beginning to end. You will be pleased with the night show and fireworks. For a complete daily program write GEORGE JACKSON, Secretary Capitol Building Lincoln, Nebraska SEPTEMBER 4-11, 1931 A BANK BOOK is one that can be read backwards or forwards with equal pleas* ure. The O’Neill National Bank Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders. home Saturday. Chester Fowler, who has been at tending summer school at Lincoln, came Saturday night for a week’s visit with his father, Charles Fowler and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins left Friday for Ceresco, Nebraska, to get their son Charles who has been prac ticing medicine with Dr. W. W. Noy es, in that city this summer; they went to Omaha for a short visit. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schmidt and Miss Blanche Douhatchek, of Newr man Grove, accompanied by Mrs. J. J. Hancock and sons, Jack and Billie were in Inman, Monday visiting at the Mary M. Hancock home; they were enroute to Casper, Wyoming. Dewey Davis went to Brownsville, Nebraska the latter part of the week to get a truck load of fruit; he re turned Sunday and disposed of his load on Monday and Tuesday he left again for Brownsville to get another load; his load consisted of peaches, pears, grapes and several varieties of plums. Everything is in readiness for the Fifty Year Golden Jubilee at the M. E. church next Sunday; an interest ing program for the day has been ar ranged; the first service will be held on Saturday evening at 8 p. m. Sun day will be a big day for the church; many former pastors will be present and services will be held morning, afternoon and evening. Kenneth Leidy, who has been em ployed at Lincoln, came home Mon day to recuperate from the very pain ful injuries received in'a motorcycle accident on Friday. Kenneth was rid ing his motorcycle when a car struck him, breaking his left arm and one finger, breaking several ribs on the left side and cutting a long gash on his right leg that required several stitches to close. T-MMET ITEMS Mervin Kee visited Bernard and Leonard Dusatko, Sunday. Alberta Hindman visited Aladene and Nayadene Kee, Sunday. Edward, Charles and Raymond Winkler are drilling rye this week and are hurrying to get finished be fore school begins. Glen Lorenze celebrated his ninth birthday anniversary, Saturday; sev eral spankings were given him by his boy friends. The Pleasant Dale school will open Monday, August 31. Some painting and cleaning of the school buildings is being done this week. Mrs. Carl Lorenze visited Mrs. Mary Beckwith, Thursday. Friday they visited Mrs. Ada Stahley, and did some shopping in O’Neill. The Emmet Ladies Aid met at the parsonage, Wednesday; there is a lot of quilting to be done and every one is urged to attend the meetings each Wednesday. The 4-H Club girls, the Happy Stitchers and the Boy’s Knot Club met with Aladene and Mervin Kee at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Kee for their final meet ing Tuesday night. Mrs. G. A. Seger and Mr. and Mrs. Vein Beckwith returned home Fri day after spending a few days in Norfolk. Harold Seger, who under went an operation for appendicitis Monday, is getting along fifte. It is much drier further east than it is here; at Battle Creek there has been no rain since July 4th and the corn is burned until there is not a green leaf; between Meadow Grove and Tilden there is a lot of nice green it my in me stauiv. A number of ladies in the neigh borhood say that the cucumber lice are ruining their cucumber vines; the under side of the leaves get cov ered with the lice and the whole plant soon wilts and dries up; there doesn’t seem to be any way to get rid of these pests. Many of the farmers are cutting their corn into fodder for winter feed. Some are cutting their fodder into silage; those who don’t have silos on their farms are digging pit silos in which to store the silage for winter feeding; this is considered a very good method of preservation and al most every part of the corn plant is utilized. Mr. and Mrs. Vern Beckwith drove over to Winside, Thursday to see the ball game between the Cuban House of David and the Sioux Falls Can aries; the score was 12-3 in favor of the Canaries; the Cubans were very interestirjg and the fans got a big kick out of hearing them talk, al though they were unable to under stand what they were saying. GRASSHOPPER AND DROUGHT VICTIMS While Sammy McKelvie and the Lincoln State Journal are vigorously denying that any real damage has been done by grasshoppers and drought in Nebraska, a flood of let ters comes to me from the actual victims, asking information as to when, where and how they may ap ply for the relief which the govern ment has promised to extend. The only information I have been able to give to inquirers has been to cite them to the recent statement by President Hoover, who told the Asso ciated Press that the Secretary of Agriculture had the matter “well in hand.” In that interview President Hoover clearly indicated that it might be possible for the Secretary of Agriculture to employ from fif teen to twenty million dollars for this purpose, the money having been appropriated during the late session of Congress for, relief of the victims of drought. Reeenty the volume of requests for information regarding the relief fund became so large that 1 directed my Washington secretary to visit the Department of Agricul ture and ask for information which 1 might carry on to the inquirers in the northeastern Nebraska counties. This morning 1 have the following telegram from my secretary: Washington,, Aug. 7. Hon Edgar Howard, Columbus, Nebraska. I talked today with the Depart ment of Agriculture. Secretary Hyde is now in west, making personal sur veys of needs of states seeking re lief from the drought and grasshop per plagues. We expect his return to Washington within the next ten days, when a report will be made to President Hoover; then, after deci sion is reached, announcement will be made whether the President feels funds can be given for relief. No thing is now available as to instruc tions or reports until secretary con fers with the President. Lillian F. Forbes, Assistant Secretary 1 wish I might be able to semi some better information to the grass hopper victims in the North Nebras ka counties, but the best 1 can do will be to send a copy of the above telegram to all who have addressed me on the subject. I have been en tertaining the belief (founded upon President Hoover’s recent public statement) that relief wiuld be ex tended to the grasshopper victims promptly, but the foregoing tele gram from my secretary paints a gloomy picture of that prospect. In this connection I desire to state that my recent visit to Washington with reference to the grasshopper problem was not for the primary purpose of securing financial relief for the grasshopper victims. The primary object was to urge the De partment of Agriculture to IMME DIATELY attack the grasshoppers, destroy them quickly, and thus pre vent the damage which has been done. My thought was that the young hoppers could be speedily des troyed by the scientific methods adopted by the Department, thus preventing the great loss which has fallen upon the farmers in the local ities most infested. I further felt that the government could prevent still greater damage in 1W-‘>2 by des troying this year’s crop of the pests BEFORE they could deposit their eggs in the ground. It has been carefully estimated that within three years the hopper pest, starting in South Dakota, has increased in vol ume one thousand times. Quite nat urally it follows that if the increase shall be as proportionately great in 19,'!2 the pests will ravage all the middle west farm states. And pos sibly by that time the sleepy Secre tary of Agriculture will wake to the situation and attack the pests vigor ously. The shame of it is that pen nies might have accomplished this year what it will cost ten dollar bills to accomplish next year. I shall also send copies of the above telegram to the county clerks in all counties where the hopper plague has touched, and will ask them to kindly advise their people in harmony with the statement given to my secretary. I have done my best to get our great government inter ested in the plight of agriculture in the devastated districts. I regret that I have not been able to arouse the officials in Washington to more active interest. Sometimes I think that the average official connected with the present administration in Washington has just the same inter est in the welfare of agriculture that a coyote displays in the welfare of a chicken or a rabbit. EDGAR HOWARD YOU’RE ENTITLED TO FACTS (Nebrakaska City News-Press) “Some public boards, notably coun ty and city commissioners, are re quired to print their proceedings. County and city treasurers are charg ed with the important duty of pub lishing their financial statements at stated intervals. Some school auth orities print financial statements, just as their proceedings are usually well covered. “But not all school districts are in the same mood as the Nebraska City district, for instance. Recently a newspaper asked for a financial re port from a school treasurer, was told it was none of his business. It was necessary for him to threaten a mandamus suit before he could get information to which the public was entitled. When the light was thrown on that school district’s affaris, the reason for silence was plain to be seen. “There would be fewer demands for audits of public records, less sus picion on the part of the public, if men who are elected to office would just remember that they are respon sible to the taxpayers in no less de gree than the employe of a commer cial organization is responsible to his stockholders. “Complete confidence of the public is easy to obtain if you keep that public informed. Certainly the tax paying public is entitled to KNOW THE FACTS about its “corporation'’ —the city, county and state. You, aa a taxpayer, are entitled to every fact concerning your city, your school dis trict, your county and your state. If you cannot have those facts you be gin to suspect. Frequently your sus picions are well grounded when fact hiding is continued.'’ ACCIDENT STATISTIC S FOR STATE OF NEBRASKA Compiled by the Nebraska Press Association and the Rebabiliation Division of the State Department oi Vocational Education. Report for Two Week Period Ending August 11, 1931 No. of Accidents Inj. Deaths Tot. Motor vehicle 319 . 417 2J 488 Other public 104 , 403 3 100 Agriculture 120 117 "3 120 Industry 36 43 2 45 Home _. 90 88 2 90 Total 669 768 31 799 Motor vehicle accidents shot up to a record total for any ttro week per io<l since this iceident study was commenced, more than two years ago with 438 total casualties, of which 0 persons were totally disabled and 21 people were killed. Motor Vehicle Keport tor Period Ending August 11, 1931 Cause of No. of Accident Accidents Dths Inj. Skids Tire blowouts Mechanical defects Loses control Speed -.... Passing car struck car passed . Passing car struck oncoming car Ditched by pass’g car Collision Struck obstruction Struck pedestrian Drunken driver Driver asleep _ Passing signals and highway markers No lights Blinding lights Heckless driving Railroad crossing Miscellaneous 25 16 8 21 26 39 24 14 18 42 i l 6 9 93 15 23 2 3 0 2 3 0 3 0 0 19 6 130 9 20 2 . 4 3 8 21 7 32 4 4 10 30 5 38 , Total_ 319 21 417 93 collisions caused 130 casualties. 15 intersection accidents happened as a result of poor visibility due to high corn and weeds. This is a favorite summer time alibi of the reckless driver who comes onto a highway in tersections and looks afterward. 9 cars either hit highway maintainers clouded by dust or were crowded into ditches or other cars by them. 10 accidents were caused by hit and run drivers. 6 people fell from tars and 14 were hurt while crank ing cars and 5 were run over while starting cars. Mechanical defects and blowouts caused 38 injuries and 4 deaths. The depression apparently is causing people to neglect repairs and tires at the expense of injury and human life. 43 accidents in which trucks were involved injured 51 people, disabled 3 others and killed 4. Considering the relative number of trucks and' other cars in Nebraska, this may not j seem a large proportion of truck cas-, uallies but it is interesting to note j the cause of accidents in which j trucks took part. Trucks participat ed in 23',< of all accidents due to cars being struck or ditched in meet ing or passing; in 28% of all colli sion accidents; in 17% of all struck pedestrian accidents and in 19% of all reckless driving accidents. Accident Causallies since Jan. 1, 1931 Inj. Motor vehicle 3453 Other public Agricluture Industry Home 967 960 441 941 Dis. 107 35 90 34 45 Dths 176 74 29 25 54 Tot. Cas 3736 | 1076 ! 1079 j 500 1040 Total 6762 311 368 7431 Much has been said since the fight for the referendum on the truck bill i started about the relative hazard of trucks or pleasure cars on our high ways. Analysis shows that there is no particular hazard about either of these vehicles but either of them be come terrific engines of destruction in the hands of a “Reckless Driver,” a “Speed Maniac," a “Road Hog” or “A Plain Damn Fool.” { Highest Cash Price 1 Paid for Cream, Poul try and Eggs. i Get our prices on Poul try your door. j Independent Cream Co. P. J. Connelly, Mgr. A tourist stopped at a lonely cabin in the Tennessee mountains. He no ticed four good sized holes in the door. *' I don't like to be inquisitive, but what are the four holes in the door for?” he inquired. "We got four cats,” answered the mountaineer. “But why didn’t you have one good sized hole?” “ — Hell, stranger, when I say Scat 1 mean SCAT!” O’Neill Nebraska HOME CF COOP PICTURES Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28-29 Spencer Tracy in “QUICK MILLIONS” With Sally Eilers. Master of a mighty city—he gate-crashed the smart set, this leader of the hard boiled set, and fell for a deb of the social set. Hard fisted, trigger-rich, cold-blooded, but he went soft loving a debutante. Sunday and Monday, Aug, .30-31 Constance Bennett, in “BORN TO LOVE” With .Joel McCiea. She lived for love and was ready to die for it! Thru the dreary years of a loveless marriage she remembered one perfect hour of perfect romance, the lever she lost and the love child she couldn't claim. Then miraculously she recaptured her lost romance and again braved conventions taboos. Don’t miss this stHr you love in a love story you’ll never forget. Tuesday and Wednes.. Sept. 1-2 Richard Arlen, Louise Dressier (as Calamity Jane) and Francis Lee in “CAUGHT” A tough elderly woman fighting mad and diabolically clever, heading a gang of male cut-throats; a daring young fellow sworn to wipe out the band single-handed. Tuesday 2 for 1. Thursday, Fri., Saturday, Sept. 3-4-5 Big Special! Warner Baxter, Lupe Valez, Charles Bickford and Raymond Hatton, in “THE SQUAW MAN” There's everything in this version that has been in former ones, only it is more plausibly done. See it, no matter if you have already seen it on the stage or silent screen. Wed nesday is family night. f / Out-of-town friends always are home when you arrive if you let them Vnow you are coming, by LONG DISTANCE ■ ■ ■.■■ ■■ i ■ .. . 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