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The Frontier.
VDT I TT O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY DECEMBER 10,1931. No. 29
“THERE IS ALWAYS PEACE AT THE END, IF WE DO OUR APPOINTED WORK AND LEAVE TIIE RESULT WITH THE UNKNOWN."_
MANY SPECTATORS AT
Flannigan Trial
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
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The big attraction in Holt county
this week is the trial in district court
here of the cases against Janies and
John Flannigan, the Stuart bankers
charged with making false reports
to the state banking board and other
transactions classed as illegal after
they were aware that the Stuart State
bank was insolvent.
Judge Dickson is presiding. J. D.
Cronin, county attorney, and Assist
ant Attorney General Stahlmaster of
Lincoln are conducting the prose
cution. J. J. Harrington of O’Neill
and Herbert Curtis of Basset, at
torneys, represent the Flnnnigfms,
who are in court daily watching with
the utmost interest.
A jury was empaneled Monday,
consisting of Ralph Rosencrans, E. J.
Lenz, Henry Bausch, John Bruener,
Roy Waring, George Gilman, Fred
Goebel, Henry Heiser, Grover Shaw,
Charles Schollmeyer, George Shoe
maker and Lloyd Crippen.
The state has some twenty-five
witnesses to examine and the de
fense a large number. The sheriff
reported Wednesday that he had sub
poenas for thirty-two witness in all.
Tuesday and Wednesday were occup
ied largely examining witnesses to
verify certain records of the defunct
bank and taking the testimony of
a representative of the state banking
department.
The facts of the Stuart bank failure
have been published time and again.
The question involved in the present
trial is whether or not the defend
ants continued to operate the bank
as a solvent concern after they were
aware of its insolvency. Much in
terest is shown in the trial, the court
room being packed each day.. It is
believed the trial will continue into
next week.
SOCIALLY
The Martez Club was entertained
Monday evening by Mrs. Homer Mul
len. Cards furnished the entertain
ment, Mrs. H. J. Birmingham win
ning high score. Dinner was served
at the Idle Hour.
Saturday night the club was the
guest of Miss Rose Taylor. Mrs. C. F.
McKenna had high score at cards.
Dinner at the Golden.
Mrs. Ed Gatz entertained the Delta
Card Club Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Hess Baker of Chambers, spending the
week in the city, was guest and win
ner of high score.
Mrs. Roy Griffin entertained the
Contract Club on Monday evening.
Mrs. George Whitney carried off the
honors. The guests were Mrs. Frank
Dishner and Mrs. Ben Harty. Dinner
was served at the Golden.
Mrs. Dick Murray entertained
twelve ladies at her home last evening.
ST. MARY’S DEFEATS INMAN
HIGH SCHOOL
St. Mary’s defeated Inman high, on
the St. Mary’s floor, last friday by a
score of 18-9. The game was very
fast and close during the first half
with Inman holding the edge. At
the half the score was 8-9, Inman
leading. In the second half with the
team functioning perfectly and all
the boys playing excellent basket ball,
St. Mary’s took the lead and held it
until the final whistle blew.
The line-up:
St. Mary’s Inman
Points Points
Bob Burks rf 2 Jackson rf - 2
Bob Bordeaux rf 2 R. Butler If 0
Bob Biglin If 2 Reimer If 0
Matt Beha c (C) 12 V. Butler c .7
Dick Dubray lg 0 Smith rg .0
Ben Grady lg 0 Stevens lg 0
Jim Harty rg ~. 0 Fick lg ..... ..0
On Friday the 11th, St. Mary’s play
THE JUNIOR CLASS OF
THE O’NEILL HIGH
SCHOOL presents
“Junior Snorpheum”
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Consisting of THREE ONE - ACT
PLAYS. MUSICAL READINGS—
VAUDEVILLE. AT HIGH SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM WEDNESDAY, DEC.
16 AT 8 O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING
ADMISSION.15c and 25c
Top Prices
Efficient Handlers, Prompt
and Courteous Service
Are promised when selling your Xmas Turkeys to Armour Creameries
Our prices, good through next Tuesday, Dec. 15, delivered at our plant are:
No. 1 young Tom Turkeys, 12 lb and over .21 Old Tom Turkeys 15
No. 1 Hen Turkevs, 9 lb and over .21 No. 2 Turkeys .11
ARMOUR CREAMERIES
ONE1LL, NEBRASKA
the Guardian Angels Academy of
West Point, who have a fast five.
Come out and see one of the fastest
games of the season.
Mrs. Sanford Parker and grand
daughter, Miss Louise Tinsley, were
in the city Monday on their way from
Omaha to Gregory, S. D.
Mary Keenan of Los Angeles, Calif.,
is a guest at the home of her son-in
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John
Kersenbrock. They visited at Osmond
Sunday.
About $500 a week is being collected
by the sheriff’s office on distress war
rants. Since November about $4,000
has been turned over to the treasurer
from this source. There is still much
to be collected and some perhaps un
collectible represented in these war
rants.
Holt county is represented at the
slate convention in Omaha this week
of county commissioners, clerks and
register of deeds by County Clerk
John C. Gallagher, Register of Deeds
Esther Harris and—as far as The
Frontier could learn—the full county
board.
With the farm group meeting in
the school house Tuesday and some
thirty witnesses and many interested
spedtators from Stuart, Springview
and Atkinson in the city to attend the
Flannigan trial at the district court
room, O’Neill streets were crowded
with outomobiles. Restaurants and
lunch counters were busy places at
meal time.
Bad weather seems not to deter the
indefatble road buildler. Down on
highway 11 three miles west of A
melia the dump trucks have been
scooting back and forth from the clay
pits the past week claying the high
way grade and teams been kept busy
scattering the frozen lumps over the
surface. The clay surfacing is a
few miles ahead of the graveling work
on that highway.
John J. Dougherty died at his home
at Stafford Thursday last. The funer
al was held at St. Patrick’s church in
O’Neill Saturday. The deceased was
68 years of age, a native of county
Mayo, Ireland. He had been a resi
dent of Holt county since 1885. The
relatives who survive, as shown by
the record furnished the Biglin funer
al dirctors, are his wife, son John and
daughter Helen of this county, and
two sons, Mike of Los Angeles and
Pat of Council Bluffs. Another daugh
ter, Mrs. Mary Probert, resides at
Tilden.
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0. A. Kilpatrick and Anderson &
Slattery of Grand Island have been
in this vicinity the past week buying
horses.
At the meeting of the Holt county
Agricultural Society last week, Joe
Stein of O’Neill, Frank Snyder of
Page, Ray Lienhart of Chambers and
Joseph Matousek of Atkinson and
Richard Kearns of Star were named
as a board of directors. Peter W.
Duffy was chosen as president and
Richard Murray, vice president. A
secretary is yet to elect.
A house on wheels on the streets
F if id ay was an object of interest.
From outward appearance complete
living quarters had been built on an
auto truck, though we did not get
to “look within”. The “house” was
about 8x12 feet, two double windows
on each side properly curtained show
ing the work of a feminine hand, a
door in the rear with mortised lock
and decorative glass panel. It had
been constructed with thin wall board
and floored with quarter inch hard
wood flooring. It was something of
an object of envy to one of a gypsy
turn of mind. The truck had Minn
esota license plates.
County Surveyor M. F. Norton is
probably as old if not the oldest
official now serving in the state. Most
men retire from life’s busy cativities
long before reaching four score years
—and not so many reach that age.
Surveyor Norton is nearing eighty
five. He is at his office at the coyrt
house every day, always ready to go
out on any job of surveying that
comes up. He has held office most of
the time the past thirty-five years
and is thoroughly familiar with the
terra firma of Holt county in its en
tire extent of 48x60 miles. Mr. Nor
ton says he notices but little differ
ence in his physical strength the past
forty years except that his hearing
is no longer acute as formerly. He
clings to the full beard and long hair
of the patriarch.
The Navy Recruiting Station at
Omaha has been informed that, in
the interests of economy, the recruit
ing stations at Chicago and Milwaukee
will be closed within the next few
months. This will result in larger
quotas of recruits for the Omaha dis
trict which comprises most of Ne
braska, all of South Dakota and part
of Iowa. Commencing with Febru
ary or March the Omaha office will
be allowed to accept from fifteen to
thirty men per month. Throughout
the entire Naval establishment, every
effort is being made to reduce ex
penditures to a minimum consistent
with adequate national defense. Re
cruiting Stations at San Francisco,
Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Phila
i delphia and Seattle will also be closed
on January 31, 1932.
Basket Ball Going at High School
Basketball is under way at the high
school with an earnest endeavor to
put a good bunch of players on the
court. The first game will be De
cember 15, at Spencer, with both first
and second teams playing.
Tuesday evening the first team de-,
feated the second team 20-14. The
first team at present consists of
Sanders, Spangler, Bressler, Kilpat
rick and Pilger. Palmer, Miller and
Melden also worked with the group.
The second team consisted of Mil
ler and Smith at forwards, Cook and
Spindler at center and Harbottle, Pal
mer and Powell at guards. Kelly and
Liddy, guards, are not bale to practice
at present but will make competition
keen when they join the ranks this
week. Hunt and Meyers are out with
the squad keeping in shape so they
will be able to play when they become
eligible.
Kilpatrick and Sanders seem to
have the best eyes of the group as
early practice indicates.
COUNTY AGRICULTURE
James W. Rooney,
County Extension Agent
Annual Farm Bureau Meeting
About forty men and women at
tended the annual Farm Bureau meet
ing on Tuesday, December 8th. The
meeting was held in the O’Neill High
School auditorium. Mrs. Parker gave
an interesting talk on 4-H club work.
Mary Haffner, Loree Sauers and Mel
vin Pilger, members of the O’Neill
High School glee club, sang solos. A
report of the year’s extension ac
tivities was given by the county agent.
J. F. Lawrence of the Extension
Service discussed “Taxation” at the
meeting. His discussion of the levy
ing of taxes and the distribution of
the tax dollars was enlightening. Mr.
Lawrence showed figures to prove that
farm land, livestock and equipment
paid sixty percent of the taxes in this
state. Town lots and buildings pay
twenty per cent of the total.
For the past four or five years farm
property has not been able to stand
the burden. Mr. Lawrence produced
figures to show that seventy per cent
of the income of this country is that
received from calaries. He suggested
an income tax to relieve the real
estate of part of the tax burden.
Hints on Winter Management ot
Poultry
Dry sand or ashes put on the drop
ping board will prevent dropping
freezing to the boards and make clean
ing easier.
A good grade of alfalfa meal in the
mash will substitute quite satisfactory
for green feed.
Don’t spend time and money try
ing to cure sick chickens. Think a
bout the healthy ones and methods of
keeping them healthy.
Lock the chicken house at night.
Chicken thieves can do a lot of dam
age in a short time if given a chance.
A safely heated water fountain is a
good investment.
Remove and kill any sick birds as
soon as detected.
Hens can lay profitably if they are
healthy and comfortable. Health and
comfort are results of good man
agement.
Farm Bureau Directors
Farm Bureau Directors for 11)32
were elected at the annual meeting.
One director was elected from each
supervisor district and two women
were elected from the county at large.
The directors who were elected are:
Dist. 1 James D. Beck, Stuart
Dist. 2 Dave E. Bowen, Page
Dist. 3 J. K. Ernst, O’Neill
Dist. 4 Bryan French, Page
Dist. 5 Carl Keyes, Inman
Dist. 6 John Reiser, Stuart
Dist. 7 Frank Murry, Atkinson
Mrs. Mabel Hammerberg of At
kinson and Mrs. W. A. Thompson of
Amelia were elected form the county
at large.
The new board members will meet
at the Farm Bureau office on Thurs
day, December 17th to elect officers.
NOTICE
The W-N-A-X Service Station wish
to announce, that from the 15th of
December to January 1st, they will
give one half cent per gallon on all
gas, kerosene and oil sold at the
station to the Red Cross and local
charities, and one cent per gallon, on
50 gallons or over if you bring in your
barrels.
EBY OIL CO.
SERVICES AT THE FIRST
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00—Mr. Geo. C.
Robertson, superintedent. Our at
tendance is such that we are able to
continue the work of each department.
We use the best courses available.
Morning Worship 11:00—Subject,
“New Wineskins”.
Young People’s Christian Endeavor
meeting 0:45—Burdette Miller, leader.
Evening Service 7:30—The pastor
will preach a Temperance Sermon.
This subject is becoming more im
portant every year. We invite all
to attend the above services.
H. D. JOHNSON, Pastor.
Atkinson Graphic: Fred H. Swing
ley, president of the First National
bank of Atkinson, and H. F. Birming
ham of O’Neill have purchased the in
terest of the late Moses Campbell in
the lumber firm of M. Campbell &
Son in Atkinson. T. F. Campbell,
for many years junior partner of the
firm, retains his half interest in the
business and will continue as its man
ager, with Frank J. Weber his as
sistant.
Ewing Advocate: The lied Cross
County President, Dr. W. J. Douglas
and the Red Cross County secretary,
H. J. Snyder of Atkinson will meet
with the local Red Cross Committees
at the Presbyterian church Sunday at
3 P. M. These committees consist of
Ewing local committee and commit
tees of two from Golden, Inman, Mc
clure, Lake and Deloit townships which
are all included in this district. At
this time final arrangements will be
made for the distributions of what
ever necessary assistance people in
these localities may need for the
month of December.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Benj. Kuhler, Pastor
Attendance is climbing back to nor
mal, in the morning, since we are
getting broken in to winter.
Plans are on foot to have a Christ
mns program given by the Sunday
School, principally.
Preaching hours, 11:00 A. M. and
7:30 P. M.
Epworth League at 0:30 P. M.
As an expression of revolt against
and growing disgust with the super
ficialities of behaviorism and a mech
anistic philosophy, which is merely
an effort of man to be good without
divine help, there is an increasing em
phasis by our religious leaders upon
myscitcism, or religious experience.
Few folks can be persuaded that a
holy God will dwell in a polluted
temple. We can not be Christian by
disregarding sin or excusing it. There
must be a remedy for it, along with
alleviating its ills and disasters. “If
Christianity is to be pregnant is must
be pure.” And not till then will it
be effective in the salvation of souls
and society. The restored lost radi
ance that results from a glowing sense
of God’s presence will alone suffice to
inflame us with holy fervor and
passion.
We are trying to select themes
that will rekindle our hearts so they
will “burn within us” as we walk the
Emmaus road.
COMMITTEES GATHER
Red Cross Work
IS BETTER ORGANIZED
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A meeting of Red Cross workers in
the portion of the county where some
aid to families is needed during the
winter, meet today in O’Neill. Eleven
precincts, including the city will be
represented at the meeting by mem
bers of the Red Cross committees,
which are as follows:
Town Committee—Mrs. Brown, Mrs.
Rummel, Mrs. Arbuthnot, C. P. Han
cock, George Shoemaker and Hugh
J. Birmingham.
Grattan Township in Country—Pat
Hickey, Mrs. J. Quig and Mr. Frank
Barrett.
Shields Township—J. B. Donohoe
and Calmer Simonson.
Paddock Township — John Lands
worth and Frank Griffith.
Scott Township—John Carson and
Joe Schollmeyer.
West half of Willowdale—Clark
Young, Chas Berger.
Antelope—Chaw. Grant and Frank
Snyder.
Inman, town A. N. Butler and C.
D. Keyes.
Inman, country—Harry Hart and
Leon Tompkins.
Coleman—Mrs. VV. E. Owen, Mrs.
Mamie D. O’Neill and Mr. Henry Stor
john.
East Half Rock Falls—Blake Ben
son and W. R. Johnson.
Mrs. McCurtney, representing the
National organization and who has
been at Atkinson organizing the work
for the northwest part of the county,
will bring supplies today and instruct
the local workers in how to handle
what relief work may come under
their charge.
The survey of the relief workers
shows that the entire southern half
of Holt county is in need of no assist
ance whatever. Most families in the
north half are taking care of them
selves. Some families require help.
All Ready for Santa Claus
Arrangments are completed for the
municipal Christmas tree for the
children of the city. Fred Me Nally
and L. A. Jones and Geo Miles are
on the Candy and Nuts committee
Dr. Burgess and Jack Allinger are
on the Tree committee, and Dr. Carter
is on the General Committee.
Any business house wishing to place
bids on candy and nuts must have
their bid in to any member of the
committee by Monday, December 14th.
Will use 1000 pounds of candy and
200 pounds of nuts.
After being “under snow” since
November 21, a thaw Tuesday and
today has done much to reduce the
blanket of snow.
Mrs. Kane, mother of Mrs. Charles
Mullen and Mrs. Leo Carney of this
city, died Tuesday at her home in
Yankton, S. D. ,
The Lions Club bowling team de
feated the Black Jacks in a two-game
contest Tuesday evening, by a total
of 186 points.
C. F. Brinkman, representing the
National Security Fire Insurance Co.
of Omaha was in the city yesterday.
Mrs. Glenn Saunders returned Mon
day from a ten day visit in W'ahoo
and Lincoln.
Mrs. McLeod visited relatives in
Omaha this week.
Hugh Coyne was a Ewing visitor
yesterday.
Fred Kronk of Page was in the city
Tuesday.
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