VOL. LII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19, 1931. No. 26
‘ FOUR THINGS BELONG TO A JUDGE; TO HEAR CAUTIOUSLY, TO ANSWER WISELY, TO CONSIDER SOBERLY. AND TO DECIDE IMPARTIALLY.”
COUNTY CAN USE SOME
WoodforTaxes
DURING THE WIN TEE
Barter and exchange as a mode oi
meeeting obligations is not altogether
obsolete. Commerce in its primativt
state was largely a matter of eg
change.. Perhaps one would have tc
rever back some gen. rations to line
, instances of citizens meeting theit
obligations to the tax collector v.itb
a load of wood,
A worthy citizen of Holt county
out in the hard wood belt along the
Eh -le was called upon by the sheriff
for the purpose of collecting some
delinquent tax. He was perfectly wil
ling to pay if he sheriff could suggest
a way to raise the funds. As matters
stood he was eu ting wood and cart
ing it to market to raise what funds
it would bring to maintain the house
hold.
Reporting his findings to the chair
man of the county board in this part
icular instance, Sheriff Duffy was told
to have him bring in the wood and get
credit at the court house. The court
house requires fuel, the jail requires
fuel, some families are supplied by
the county with fuel. Chairman Sul
livan thinks if they stock up a little
in this way it will be advantageous
to all concerned.
BOY SCOUTS HOLD MEEETING
A meeting of this District of the
Boy Scouts of America was held in
the basement of the Methodist Church
last Tuesday evening. A banquet,
served by the ladies of the church,
was enjoyed by all who were present,
about thirty-five persons attended.
During the banquet the group was
entertained by vocal solos sung by
Miss Ruth Kraemer, Mrs. Pete Here
ford, and Mrs. E. J. Eby.
Following the banquet Mr. C. E.
Stout, O’Neill’s genial mayor, told
the group in well chosen words that
t they were heartily welcome here.
Rev. Douler of Spencer then discussed
the topic “What Scouting Really
Ought to Mean”. He mentioned that
the “Dads” of a community are not
always all that they should be in
furnishing that most priceless com
modity for the boys, “Companion
ship”. We should bear our responsi
bility in such a manner that we will
^ help our boys toward the fuller real
ization of the ideals of “Scouting”.
Mr. H. B. Burch spoke on “A Nickle
a Head”, which is the quota for scout
ing in this District; he pointed out
that most people are spending far
more than this sum daily on items of
far less value. Reports were heard
from Mr. Harry C. Heald, Field Rep
resentative of the Boy Scouts in this
Area; F. J. Sexsmith, District Chair
man; Dr. J. M. Pueelik of Spencer,
Scout Commissioner, and H. B. Burch,
Financial Chairman.
A committee wras appoined to nom
inate officers for the coming year. The
election of officers will be held at the
next District Meeting which will be
at Creighton early in January.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Thanksgiving Service at the First
Presbyterian Church Sunday morning
at 11:00 o’clock.
W'e invite you to our Thanksgiving
and Praise service next Sunday morn
ing. Special Music.
Sunday Scholl—10:00.
C. E. Meeting—6:45.
Evening Service—7:30.
We will have an illustrated service.
Pictures of Siam will be shown. The
Young People’s Chorus will sing.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
Inman Leader: As a matter of e
conomy the C. & N. W. railroad com
pany will combine the Inman and
Stafford sections. The new order takes
['effect next Monday according to'an
j nouncement made by station agent
1 Tom Hutton. The foreman of the
Stafford section with the assistance of
o man will have charge of both
sections for one week. The next week
j Mr. Brown of the Inman section with
»; the assistance of one man from here
: will have charge of both sections.
Several telegraph operators have been
j laid off. Atkinson and O’Neill each
lose an operator under the new orders.
Highway Work Progressing
The continued favorable v, eather
1 make possible the operation of the
! crews on highways later in Lhe sea.-on
j than had been anticipated. The five
J mile stretch connecting Chambers
with No. 13 will be completed this
! week, John Sulivan, chairman of the
county board, informs us. Mr. Sulli
van is well pleased with the work on
that highway, the surface being fin
1 ished off as smooth as pavement. The
grade has been surfaced with clay,
no contract has been let as yet for
gravel.
Monday work was begun on the
3500 feet leading from the bluff to the
bridge at the old Grand Rapids site
on the Niobrara river north of Stuart.
All hands in all quarters of the county
where state road work is under way
are doing their level best while the
fair weather continues.
O’NEILL TO PLAY LYNC H
LN FINAL GAME OF SEASON
O’Neill plays Lynch here for the
last game of the season. Everyone is
working hard for a victory and there
is some confidence shown. There will
be no scrimmage this week for fear
of injury to anyone on the team. The
squad is in good shape and except for
minor injuries no one has been hurt
this year. Kelly, with a sore shoulder
is perhaps the most serious. He, how
ever, has played last and this year
both without missing a minute of
play or being substituted for.
Several boys will be playing their
last season of football for O’Neill.
Garland Bressler, a dependable steady
lineman will suit up for the last time
Friday. Ned Allendorfer and Frank
Peters two men who have been slow
in starting are both working hard to
make a good showing in their last
game. Delmar Spangler will get a
chance to play if possible and John
Harbottle, center will play if he makes
up his grades and becomes eligible.
Lynch will supply plenty of thrills
for the crowd by use of their end
runs with Thompson carrying the ball.
Unless O’Neill’s ends and backs fall
down on the job, O’Neill ought to have
a good chance to beat Lynch. One
trouble with O’Neill is the team lacks
weight as both ends are very light.
The guards will weigh around 140
and center 130, as John Harbottle has
i been inelegible the last two games.
The lineup will consist of probably
Kilpatrick and Spindler, ends; Bres
sler and Sander, tackles; Allendorfer
and Kelly, guards; Winchell, center;
Medlen and Pilger, backs; Hunt at
full and Liddy at quarter. Winchell
will probably play center as Kelly
has a hard time passing the ball with
his bruised shoulder.
Lets everyone turn out for the last
game and help the boys on a victory,
as the teams are very even and the
game ought to be a thriller. It will
inspire the boys a lot to have a lot
of home folks there to watch them.
Any team can play better at home
with the support of the home town
behind them. The boys ought to know
how to play by now as eight boys have
accompanied the coach to watch the
University play Kansas and Iowa.
Let’s everyone turn out.
We are always glad to get items
of general interest for publication,
but we would like to impress upon
those having such items the necessity
of getting them to the printer be
fore the hour of publication.
Drastic Price Reduction!
*tj§f RUG Sjjj
9x12 Irvington Seamless.$45.00
9x12 Colonial Velvet. 29.90
9x12 Shoreham Axminster. 40.00
8i4xl0i/2 Meadow Brook Worsted. 42.00
81/4XIOI/2 Blue Ribbon Fringed. 30.00
8i4xl0i/> Carlton Axminster. 28.50
i1 2x9 Amsterdam Axminster. 18.00
6x9 Carlton Axminster. 17.00
These Pa terns are All New First Grade Merchandise
No “Seconds” Carried in Stock
Q. F. BIGLIN I
Armour Poultry Plant is a
Hive of Intense .Activity
The Armour Creamries are a busy
j place at this season. A large amount
! f poultry is raised in this territory,
; and prices, while not as high as form
er oi.s, have not been affected to
| the extent that live stock prices have.
A visit to the Armour plant is an
education for one not familiar with
j he handling of birds in lar,'e nnn
j bers and they will find the manager, j
M . Jot , a genial and pleasant
gentleman. Busy though he is with
; n pressure of business and a large
j force cf worker s to manage, Mr. Jo>v s
courteously took time yesterday morn
ing to show The Frontier representa
tive through the plant.
Nearly the entire main floor is
taken up with the live poultry that
is being fattened and got into con
dition to slaughter and prepare for
market. The chickens are kept in
coops or pens placed one above an
other from the floor to the ceiling
andt contain eighty chickens each.
They are fed on a special prepared
balanced feed brought in by the car
load for a period of from four to
eight days. Mr. Jones explained that
they had on the floor that mornings
some thirteen or fourteen thousand
chickens. Turkeys are not cooped up
in this way but are provided a special
place to run.
After the poultry is put in proper
condition they are removed as rapid
ly , 5 possible to the floor below where
they arc dressed, hung in the cooler
fi some hours. They operate* their
getting n temperature of 14 below
iero. Tho cooling room is maintained
a -‘G above zero. About 2000 birds
arc being dressed daily How and to
i *p up tlie supply for filling orders
the force of “dressers’’ have been
* lei r till midnight for some days
pa t. Two thousand head of poutry
picked and nude and clean hanging
from rncks head down in the cooling
quarters is an interesting spectacle.
Thu chickens are packed systemat
ically, precisely, six in a row and two
rows to the box in sanitary boxes,
nailed up and are ready for shipment.
Turkeys are packed in barrels.
The plant here gives employment
to sixty workers, both men and wo
men, which puts considerable money
into circulation on each week. In
addition to what is paid out to the
workers an aggregate total of no
small figure is paid from day to day
to poultry producers in a wide ter
ritory adjacent to O’Neill.
ipome losses are entailed but Man
ager Jones has the business so well
organized and the birds scientifically
fed and cared for that out of the
many thousands constantly on hand
and being prepared for market not
more than two or three a day drop
over from some poultry disease.
3P0lks
Charles Kirland of Atkinson was at
the court house yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Chapman made
a trip to Center and Creighton, Tues
day.
S. A. Gardener of Omaha, repre
senting the G & R Insurance company,
was in the city Tuesday,
Peter Riser one of the early settlers
on the Niobrara south of Butte, was
an O’Neill visitor Monday.
Mrs. Ulrich has been in Omaha for
a few days making selections of
stock for the Chapman Style Shoppe.
Mission Praise service at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening, 7:30.
Stereoptican lecture on Siam. All
welcome.
Archie Bowen went to Gregory
Thursday last, returning Saturday.
Mr. Bowen has merchandise interests
in Gregory which require his fre
quent attention.
Mrs. L. M. Rohrer of Hastings, a
daughter of The Frontier editor, is
spending the week in the city. Mr.
and Mrs. Rohrer came up Sunday,
Mr. Rohrer returning that evening.
Alfred Snell of Page, died at his
home this morning. He was an old
resident of Page. Funeral services
will be held at the Mthodist church
at Page Saturday afternoon at 2 P. M.
Ray Warner, Ralph and Milt Lawr
ence and John Martfeldt were a party
that spent the last week of the duck
hunting season over on the Niohrara
in watchful waiting for the elusive
game birds.
William Froelich, who with his
family came here two weeks ago and
was called to Chicago on government
business, returned recently and Tues
with his family departed for their
home, making the trip by automobile.
The O’Neill Woman’s Club will give
a charity ball at Danceland Wednes
day, Nov. 25. Music by Red Wilson
Rhythm Kings. Tickets §1.00. Lady
spectators 25 cents. The proceeds arc
to be used in helping needy families.
_
The Gun Club will have a blue shoot
at their grounds next Sunday after
noon. Turkeys, ducks and geese have
been provided for the occasion and
those about town wdio are expert with
the shot gun are anticipating a great
afternoon of it.
Mike McCarthy, Herb Hammond,
Ira Moss and George Harrington—
unable to resist the lure any longer—
crawled into the old hunting togs
and early yesterday morning made a
beeline for the shooting grounds some
where out towards Wood Lake.
Neighbors and friends of Roy Cole.
I residing seven miles
town, expressed their
a substantial way. Mr.
confined to his bed
weeks. Neighbor
place Tuosd
, and ha
1
For a brief periiod indications
pointed to a good old fashioned snow
storm today, but it soon played out.
Early morning Tuesday found a lot
of cars hiking out from town for the
rivers and lakes that local Nimrods
might get in their work before the
duck season closed. No extensive
bags of birds have been secured this
season but most of those going out
have found the trip worth while.
► An attraction at the Royal last Sun
day was the appearance in the pro
gram of an O’Neill girl who has be
come well known to patrons of the
stage, since leaving here. The man
agement announced the appearance of
Georgia Hall in the pictures and
many here were interested in seeing
her. She is looking fine and evidently
making a success as an actress.
A bit of free entertainment was
furnished on the street Monday when
a flashing Cord automobile with a
California license, pulled into town
with a noisy radio attached doling
out vocal music. After driving about
the streets in this fashion a short
time the car was anchored at a prom
inent corner and the program of the
usual type let loose. All in the
neighborhood not particularly engaged
congregated at the spot. It was a
novel way of advertising some sort of
| a tire patch. *
The following hpoks are on the
Woman’s Club shelf at the Public
Library: Quiet Street, Michael Os
sargin; Year;? of Grace, Margaret
Ayer Barnes; Shadows on the Rock,
Willa Gather; The Tragic Era, Claud
Buck; Best Plays of 1930-31,, Burnes
G. Bowers; The Good Earth, Pearl S.
Mantle. The books art purchased
by the club and during the club year
are kept on the shelf for the use of
club members. After that they are
turned over to the library for gener
al learning. The club has purchased
forty-two books up to date.
The task of doing the dishes three
times a day and sometimes more often,
is apt to leave your hands rough and
“reddy”. A tablespoonful of pure
borax added to each gallon of water
for dishes, will soften the water and
counteract the, caustic effects on the
1 hands. The borax also aids the soap
to thoroughly cleanse all dishes and
glassware. The finest of china and
glassware or everyday variety with
all the gay colorings, will glisten and
sparkle like new when washed with
pure borax. While the borax does a
thorough cleaning job, it acts like a
lotion on the hands, leaving the skin
soft, smooth and lovely.
John Melvin has moved his stock
of groceries from the building north
of the post office to the Pettijohn-Wi
building on east Douglas street. U
recent years that location has
grocery or general
since the memory
habitant” ru
was
W. H. Kimberly, known to many i
| m this county because of his long i
j servicer; a a state Sunday school i
! worker, died at his home in Lincoln t
(Fi iiay last, at the aye of seventy j
j years. He had held the place of sup-1
' <‘i intcndcnt of the American Sunday I
i School Union, business manager of
| the Nebraska branch of the same
work, district and local superintend- j
•cut, being at the time of his death;
j superintendent of a Sunday school at S
I Lincoln Heights.
Shod Large Span of Horses
If one was tu be landed on by a!
j horseshoe eight inches long by eight j
inches wide, weighing three pounds,
and attached to a tear hoof of a horse ;
—one of the span said to be the
largest team in the world, he would
know something had happened—or!
wouldn’t know anything.
A set of such shoes—the four
weighing twelve pounds—is something
to see. Emil Snigga, the blacksmith,
has two of them on hand as a sort of
tangible evidence of a job of horse
shoeing he did early in the season.
Mr. Sniggs shod u span of geldings
for Floyd Brady of Dorsey that are
the largest ever seen in this territory
Their weight was not ascertained, hut
a picture of the team standing facing
each other with a man holding them
by their heads shows their extensive
proportions in full relief. They are
about one foot higher to the withers
than a man of ordinary height.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Benj. Kuhler, Pastor
Dr. Gomon's message last Sunday
morning was a good one, well poised
and well taken and food for thought
for all of us. Fine attendance again,
also.
We invite you again next Sunday
to services as follows:
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
Morning preaching at 11:00.
Epworth League at 6:30.
Evening preaching at 7:30.
Special music at both services.
Prayer services every Thursday
evening at 7:30.
A little girl said that the “Bible
did not end in Timothy, but in Revo
lutions.” We are preaching a Gospel
that ends in revolutions in the inner
Mfe, that casts out sin. There is not
a teaching in the world so revolu
tionary as the Sermon on the Mount.
If you do not believe it, read it care
fully and apply it to your own life.
SOCIALLY
Mrs. Ira Moss was hostess to the
members of the Martez club Tuesday
night. The guests were entertained
at cards. Mrs. H. J. Birmingham had
the high score. Dinner was served at
the Grand Cafe.
Miss Marjorie Dickson and Miss
Helen Biglin entertained Monday eve
ning for Miss Rose Taylor who has
been planning on leaving O’Neill
shortly. Cards were the principle
feature of the evening’s entertain
ment, the honor of high score going
to Catherine Lowler. Dinner was
served at the Golden.
The O’Neill Woman’s Club handed
in some important matter for publica
tion today that we regret will have to
remain over until anther week.
BOV DENS REACH THE
Fifty-Year
WEDDING JUBILE E
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1 ■ ! Mrs. George Bowden cele
I ra i their jg;• !cit 11 wedding anniver
1 oay ai t< moon, November 17,
*■- ;i ’ home of their daughter, Mrs.
Aval, Spangler of this city,
A dinner wn, ; ved at 2:30 in the
a‘i i noon. A largo Wedding cake dec
orati ;i in gold and white made a
beautiful enter piece on the well tilled
a I ■. Mr, and Mrs. Bowden received
* number of go i pieces and several
beautiful gifts. v
and Mr Bowden were married
n Nashville, Minn. by Thomas K.
Bottomly in 1881. Mrs. Bowden be
f >re her mmrige was Adelia Burch.
To them were born ten children, eight
of which are living. They have
twenty-two grand children and three
great grand children.
The first part of their married life
was spent near Valentine, Nebraska.
From there they moved to a home
stead twelve miles northeast of O’
Neill, where they made their home
until about four years ago when they
nioved to O’Neill on account of Mr.
Bowden’s ill health.
He is fit) years old and she is (58.
Those present were, Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Bowden and daughter Lorena
of Yuma Colo., Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Salvador and son, Paul Clifford, of
Wages, Colo., Mr. C. F. Bowden,
brother of Mr. Bowden of Spirit Bake,
Iowa, Mr. Clyde Bowden, Mr. and
Mrs. Andrew Wettlaufer ami family,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Bowden and
daughter Helen, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Classon and family, Mr. nnd Mrs.
Await Spangler and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Kartz and Richard and
Gertrude Bowden, also a few close
friends, all of whom are from O’Neill.
Mr. Elvin Bowden and Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Bowden and son Wayne who
are in Minnesota were unahle to
attend.
Workmen were moving in their e
quipment yesterday to repaint and
decorate the district court room at
the court house. Custodian Harry
Bowen has given the upstairs floors
» thorough treatment with floor dres
sing that helps the appearance under
foot and when the walls and ceiling
in the court room are brightened up
with paint a transformation will be
noted.
District Court Filings
Nov. 10.—Attorneys W. J. Ham
mond and F. B. Gandy for plaintiff.
The Travelers Insurance Company vs.
Arthur Frahm et al., foreclosure.
Nov. 12.—Attorneys Abbott, Dun
lap and Corbett for plaintiff. Fre
mont National Bank vs. Harold M.
Halbert et al., foreclosure.
Nov. 17—Attorney J. A. Donahoe
for plaintiff. E. H. Luikhart as re
ceiver for the Bank of Lynch vs.
Effie M. Brady. Law.
Nov. 17.—Attorney ,J. A. Donohoe
for plaintiff. Society American Flor
ists vs. Globe and Rutgers Fire In
surance Company et al. Law.
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