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.”
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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.
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