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THE FRONTIER
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Romanic Saunders, Holt county,
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A French lady, after an operation,
spoke twelve tongues. Over here the
women are doing a good job of it
with one.
It is a strange policy of living that
spends money for pleasure and ex
pects to acquire the necessities at
the expense of others.
With their beloved Gandhi in jail
the religious and political fanatics of
India may make it decidedly interest
ing for the British government..
The village postmaster at Fordyce,
like a western Holt county citizen
caught in the relentless toils of the
law, wonders what it is all about.
The shades of Jesse James still
haunt the Missouri Ozarks. When
one of the natives turns desperado
he makes the big city gun men look
like pikers.
“He hath shewed thee, 0 man, what
is good; and what doth the Lord re
quire of thee, but to do justly, and to
love mercy, and to walk humbly with
thy God."
Large corporations are spending
money freely in advertisin their
products. They are getting it back
in the millions. What is good for
“big buRines” is good for the little
business. , ,
Why can’t the State of Nebraska
get license plates for automobiles that
are not billboard size. Michigan’s
aix figure plate is no bigger than Ne
braska’s four figure plate and is much
easier to read.
„ We .must give the failed banks
credit, for having not allowed their
meete tq all • become frost bitten.
The department of trade and com
aserce at the fetate house at Lincolh
’reports three and a half millions paid
to depositors of failed state banks
during the yepr.jpgt ended.
The inadequacy of Holt county’jf
court house for the present npeda
is shown at times when court trials
of general public interest are held.
The public wants to hear what’s going
on, hut not a very big per cent is
abe to get into the crowded quarters
of the district court room.
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Petitions are being 1 circulated in
the state for Arthur F,. Mullen for
democratic national (Jommitteeman
whidh place he has held for a number
of years. A petition has been handed
arodrd among O’Neill democrats the
past week, with no opposition mani
fested among the party adherents
here.
Nothing is heard from Kansas dur
ing the stress #f these times. It
used to be a cold duy when the sun
flower state didn’t have something
bubhlmg.M The old breed Has' passed
out of the picture and With them a
lot of interesting and fantastic prop
ositions that caused thg country to
arise apd tpke notice.
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Not until the president's message
called attertion to it was the country
aware . of the extensive work done
the past year on the waterways ami
harbors. We land lubbers take but
little interest in what is going on
along the water fronts. Mr. Hoover
says there has been 380 millions cubic
yards of earth moved, equul to the
entire amount handled in construct
ing the Panama canal. And we
thought that was a big job.
Back in the hard days in the nine
ties free silver advocates became
more or less frantic in their claims
that silver was the only poeeibU
redemption from an industrial de
pression more acute than the preaenl
one. The country stuck by the gold
standard then and for over thirty
years has ■> enjoyed great material
prosperity. The present effort to
awake the old free silver echoes will
pot arouse any substantial interest
throughout the country/.'4
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A Persian queen once defied the
authority of her lord the king. Pub
lic humiliation and a royal decree
that men should rule the household
was the treatment given for this
feminine refraction. Judical applica
tion of the methods of the ancients
might have a beneficial effect in our
modern times.
A few individuals may for many
years defy law and the traditions of
decency and apparently be immune
from the penalties that ordinarily at
tach to lawless conduct, but sooner or
later they smash up against something
they hadn't looked for—public opinion.
An enlightened public setiment will
do more to eradicate evils in a com
munity than any other agency.
A north Nebraska man, Harry John
son of Oakdale, is among the eleven
to win awards as master farmers at
the meeting of organized agriculture
at Lincoln. Pictures of the eleven
were grouped and published. They
are a distinguished looking bunch
that will compare with any group
of professional men, or they might
be mistaken for a bunch of Hollywood
stars.
At this time of numerous bank
failures the country over it is interest
ing to know and reassuring as well
that O’Neill has banks in which the
public can have confidence. The Fron
tier in this way calls attention to the
legal statement of the O’Neill Nation
al in this issue in the light of the
anylisis presented in the attractive
and instructive ud on the front page.
Many do not comprehend the purport
of a public bank statement as given
in the legal and officiul form. Realiz
ing this, the officers of this bank
are giving us an anylisis that reduces
a difficult thing to kindergarten sim
plicity. To be on the honor roll in
money management in a time of
money shortage means something. It
means more to the people of Holt
county than they may realize just
now. It means more to the business
interests of O’Neill.
Authorizing Wheat Dole
It was announced in Monday’s pap
ers that the upper house of congress
had passed a measure providing that
t>0 millions bushels of wheat held by
the federal farm board be used to
feed the hungry of the nation. A
resolution by Senator Howell of Ne
braska attached to the original bill
provides for 5 millions bushels of
this to go to the drouth and grass
hopper affected districts of north Ne
braska for stock feed.
The Hartington News furnishes ad
ditional information:
"The suggestion that some of the
wheat be secured to sustain the econ
omic life on the farms was made in
a telegram sent to Senator Howell
last week by a group of Cedar county
relief workers including George Ready,
county chairman of the Red Cross,
A. K. Hammers county chairman of
the joint? “relief committee, George
Beste, vice president of the First Na
tional bank, Ralph Smith, secretary of
thei chamber of Commerce and J. P.
"Osprey, publisher) rt|, ,the Cedar
(ijoynty News, all of Hartington. Sen
ator' Howell's quick response is to be
commended. •«
"The bill, which nohr awaits action
in the lower house of congress, pro
vides that the wheat be turned over
to the Red Cross or other charitable
organizations directing the relief work
The cost of the wheat so used will be
charged against the revolving fund
of the farmboard.” „
It is now suggested that a survey
of each county he made by township
und get the qame of each farmer,
number and kind of stock and amount
of feed on hand und additional tlu^
wii be needed This, information
should be got together by the relief
agency «f kfais couiufy so it •will be
known how much can be used in the
county.
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i , National Auto Show ,
When doors dpen Saturday to the
National Automobile Show in Grand
Central Palace, New York, Chevrolet
will occupy the position of honor on
the show floor for the fifth consecutive
year.
Lach year the National Automobile
Chamber of Commerce dwards first
place ut theh national shows to the
member company which has done ihe
larpest dollar volume of business in
the previous 12 months.
The award is much coveted in the
industry, because in addition to the
distinction it conveys it also carrie*
with it the ripht to first choice of
exhibition space at the national sho>v:
in New York and Chicapo. .
Chevrolet first achieved the position
of honor in 1928. Since then the com
pany has consistently maintained it*
leadership.
Ptx*|iKt.ive Winter Garden
Orchard News: Wednesday of this
week, Mrs. John Horiskey picked a
mess ,of delicious lettuce from her
garden, which the family enjoyed for
a family meal. She stated that for
the ptist couple of weeks the family
had been enjoying a mess} of lettuce
evei-V day or so,, ^ ,/ ‘
COUNTY AGRICULTURE
—
James W. Rooney,
County extension Agent
Poultry man Likes Mash Concentrate
Idea
William Brandt of Martel, one of
the speakers on the poultry program
of Organized Agriculture in Lincoln
this week says they have solved the
problem of mixing poultry mash by
using the mash concentrate idea. He
got the idea from the poultrymen at
the Agricultural College. He mixes
all the high protein concentrates to
gether for several tons of feed, then
adds the mixture to farm grown feeds
as needed by the chicks and the laying
hens,
Brandt’s young chickens made fast
er, more uniform growth with less
death loss and less cannibalism than
his chicks of previous years. The
chicks cleaned out the hoppers uni
formly instead of picking out part
of the feed and then crying for more.
His pullets were the best he had ever
raised. They were laying at five
months of age.
Farmers Slaughtering More Hogs
Farm Slaughtering of hogs, cattle,
and lambs for the home supply of
fresh and cured meat is said to be
popular again with the present low
prices of livestock. Farmers who have |
not butchered for a few years may
w'ant to review suggestions made in
Nebraska Extension circular 228.
County agents have it on file in their j
offices and another supply is available j
at the Agriculture College at Lincoln.
The circular continus not only sug
gestions for slaughtering hogs but.
also directions for cutting up the meat
and curing it. It is full of pictures
which help illustrate methods advo
cated.
Comparative Value of Alfalfa and
Cottonseed Cake
If a cattle feeder must buy either
alfalfa hay or cottonseed cake to sup
plement corn, he can afford to pay
about $25 per ton for cake compared
with $8 per ton for the hay. When
cake is fed with corn and prairie hay,
the cattle will do better if they get |
a little ground limestone, say a tenth
of a pound per head daily. This state- j
ment is based upon experimental work
done at the Kansas station. Similar
tests are being conducted at the Ne
braska Experiment station, and an
other test is being run to compare
corn fodder and corn silage with cake
and limestone as supplements.
Wherever feeders can buy Nebras
ka alfalfa hay, they will be helfting
local farmers by feeding the hay in
stead of buying cake which is shipped
in. Numerous tests at the Nebraska
Experiment Station have led those in
charge to believe shelled corn and
alfalfa hay is as good a fattening
ration as any available to Nebraska
farmers.
John Dressier Dies at Sioux City
Sioux City paper tells of the death
of a former O’Neill citizen. It says:
John K. Dressier 72, of Sheridan,.
Wyo., died Monday in the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Catherine Bocian,
2308 Dace street. Mr, Dressier was
visiting his daughters apd a son here
when he suffered a. stroke.
( Ml',. Dressier was born in Marion,
Ohio, June 3, 1859. Surviving are
his widow, Mrs. Mary, Dressier i of
Sheridan; seven daughters, Mrs. Ger
maine Randall, Misses Loretta and
Myrtle, all of Sheridan, Mrs. Cather
ine Bocian and Mrs. Peter Bocian,
both of Sioux City, Mrs. Margaret
Reeder of Spokane, Wash., and Mrs.
Frank Slachetka of Omaha, Neb.; two1
sons, Charles of Fort Lewis, Wash., j
and William of Sioux City, and a
brother, Ed of Marion. , ,
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An Unique New Year Greeting
The Ewing Advocate says this is
from an Alberta, CaaiuJa, paper. No
matters It!s not so bad:'
1881
Fifty years ago women wore hoop
skirts, bustles, petticoats, comets,
cotton stockings, high buttoned hoes,
ruffled cotton drawers, flannel r.ight
gowns, puffs in their hair, did their
own cooking, baking, cleaning, wash
ing and ironing, raised hi/ families,
went to church Sundays and were too
busy to be sick.
Men wore whiskers, sqm a hats,
Ascot ties, red flannel underwear, biz
watches and chains, chopped wood for
the stove, bathed once a week, diank
ten cent whiskey and five cent beer,
rode bicycles, buggies and sleighs,^
went in for politics, worked twelve
hoars a day, respected his neighbor’s
wife and lived to a ripe old age.
Stores burned coal oil lamps, car
ried everything from a needle to a
plow, ‘trusted everybody, never took
inventory, placed orders a year in ad
vance and always made money.
" ' 1931
Today Women wear silk stockings,
short skirts^ ‘row shoes, no corsets,
one ounce upderwear, have bobbed
hair, smoke cigarettes, paint and
' play bridge, drive oars, have pet clogs
and go in for politics.'
Men have high blood pressure, wear
no hats and. some no .hair, shave their
whiskers off,, shoot golf,'bathe icc a
day. drink poison, play the £toc mar
ket, ride aeroplanes, never gc b b«d
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What’s New
in the New Chevrolet Six
When you read what'» neu in the ru-u Chev
rolet Six, you, too, will agree it’* the Great
American Value for 1932. Syncro-Mesh and Free V heel
ing combined for the first time in alow-priced car! Engine
and chaaai* improvements that raise performance to new
heights of power, speed and smoothness! The finest
.
Fisher bodies Chevrolet has ever introduced. And the
same qualities of reliability and economy that have won
the approval of millions of Chevrolet, owners. All these
you will find in the new Chevrolet Six at one of the lowest
prices in the market! That's why the new Chevrolet Six
is called the Great American Value for 1932!
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Syncro-Mesh Transmission
Syncro-Mesh permits you to shift
gears with marvelous o'lickness,
quietness and rase. It even enables
you to shift rapidly from high hack
into second, any time you want to
ase the braking force of the engine.
A Smoother, Improved
Six-Cylinder Engine
Chevrolet now ha* down-draft car
buretion, new cylinder head, mani
folding. counter-balanced crankshaft
and ruldter mounting, increasing
power 20 Jtcr cent to 60 horsepower.
Simplified Free Wheeling
To take advantage of Chevrolet’s
Free W heeling, simply press a button
on tile dash. Until you pull it out
again, you "Free Wheel.” You
coast when your foot is off the accel
erator. You shift with magical ease.
65 to 70 Miles an Hour with
Faster Acceleration
Vital new features in Chevrolet’s
six-cylinder engine enable it to
develop 65 to 70 miles an hour. Stop
watch tests show an acceleration
from 0 to 35 miles in 6.7 seconds.
Stabilized Front-End Mounting
Chevrolet's exclusive method of
mounting front fenders, lamps,
double tie-bar and radiator securely
to the frame stabilizes the front
end and insures steadiness when
traveling over rough roads.
Smart New Fisher Bodies
Chevrolet’s new Fisher bodies are
the smartest ever to appear in the
low-price field. Furthermore, Fisher
craftsmen have added new elements
of strength, quietness and solidity
to the wood-and-steel construction.
Smoother Operation . . . Distinctive priced as low as
New Front-End Appearance . . . An ^k W ^
Improved Clutch . . . Down-Draft Car- -» ^
buretion . . . Counterbalanced Crank- Aa*ric“ f' ° ,b~ Fu!'r m*
shaft . . . Finger-Touch Front Seat Detroit, Mich. Division oj General Motors
THE GREAT AMERICAN VALUE FOR 1932
" SEE VOI R DEALER BELOW - ' ’
ARBUTHNOT & REKA
Telephone 216 Sales and Service O’Neill, Neb.
the same day they get up, are misund
erstood at home, play the ponies, work
five hours a day, play ten, die young.
Stores have electric lights, cash
registers, elevators, never have what a
customer wants, trust nobobdy, take
inventory daily, never buy in advance,
have overhead, mark-up, mark down,
quote, budget, advertise, stock control,
have annual, semi-annual, end of
month and dollar days, Founder’s days
month and dollar day's, Founder’s
days, rummage arid economy day
sales, accountings, recountings and
discountings, free deliveries;-c. b; d.
deliveries, no-return deliveries, bank
sessibns,' business session, a director
session, half holidays, staff holidays,
annual holiday, blue Monday, blue
gloom and never make any money!
If you like these conditions and
think life Worth Irving, I wish you a
happy 1932.
Gage county farmers are having
their troubles. The Hessian fly has
attack the winter wheat. A farmer
in that county says he has counted
ten insects on one plant of wheat
and has reported the matter to fed
eral farm experts with the hope of
getting some worthwhile tips how to
handle them.
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THE C#UNTY PRE«£
Chambers Sun: Rodell Roat Sr.
is suff ering with the mumps. A large
majority of the older folks are having
the mumps, which is rather an un
usual happening. ... On Christmas
day a bunch of carnation blossoms
were picked in' Mrs. Alma Barrier’s
yard here in town; and on Saturday,
the 26th of this month,, Mrs. Harve
Lee brought a bunch of patlsy blos
soms and a stem of nearly ripe
strawberries that she had picked out
in her hack yard.
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Stuart Advocate: John Shald of
Stuart had the misfortune to totally
wreck his car near Norfolk, and he
and relatives with hint were slightly
injured early last Thursday morning
John had gone to Eli to get his broth
er Garry who is seriously ill, and, was
taking him to the Veteran’s Hospital
at Lincoln,.accompanied by Mrs. Thus
| Dobrovolny, Henry Shald Jr. and Johi
Hoffman. N^ar Norfolk John, who
was driving was blinded by the lights
of a-n approaching car and failed to
see that the highway wa® .narrowed
for a bridge, which he struck, tele
scoping the car. John, his stepmother,
Mrs. Dobrovolny and hi® brother Hen
ry suffered slight cuts and bruises.
Garry Shald and Mr. Hoffman were
uninjured. Garry was placed in a
private hospital at Norfolk, and the
remainder of the party returned to
Stuart on Chrismas eve.
HEAVY FEED BEFORE SHIPPING
KILLS LIVESTOCK ENROUTE
Railroad Man Broadcasts Methods of
Preventing Losses During the
Shipment of Livestock
“Overfeeding jus,t prior to loading
livestock may result in heavy shipping
losses” state O. O. Waggener, Agri
cultural Agent for the Burlington
System Lines West, ih a farm radio
broadcast from Denver, Monday. “For
best results, according to our investi
gation, the last feed usually should be
reduced, 25 per cent to 50 percent.”
This is considerable of a departure
from the ordinary practice of feeders
in this section.
“Fat lambs will founder and even
die if left in the ya*ds at home when
given an excessive feed” continued the
railroad agent. “Last year in Illinois
and eastern Iowa inexperienced ship
[ pers lost heavily both in dead lambs
j and excessive shrinks because they
i fed too heavily just before Iqading.
The ordeal and excitement pf the trip
from feed lot to loading pens is a
severe strain on both the physique and
nervous system of highly conditioned
animals. This excitement is not con
ducive t® efficient digestional func-!
Honing. Indigestion, scours, and a1
bad appearance at market msually ac
! company this overfeeding practice.
“Many feeders through sympathy
j for their livestock attempt to feed,
1 heavy in an effort to forestall the long .;
period without feed which often ac-,
companies the trip to market. When j
sympathy takes this form (over-feed
ing) it is misguided and expensive to
ail connected with the transpcratatiort, I
sale and slaughter of the animals so 1
treated.
“The practice of last minute salting!
or withholding water for long per*!
iods prior to shipment is both in
humane and uneconomical. These |
practices, of course, are based on thei
, theory that the animals out of excess j
thirst will drink heavily just prior j
I to being sold. They often do drink
heavily upon arrival at market, but j
they usually eat very sparingly. An
I imals salted at shipping time scour
| badly and because of their scoured1
and wa'er-filled condition buyers us
' uallv cut heavily on their bid prices.
| If these animals are not sold the first
! day after arrival their shrink is us-1
| uaily excessive."
As proof of his recommandation j
i again -,t f altirg, Waggoner H-ited an f
I incident which occurred at the Denver'
j market not long ago when a carload i
>f thirty-five cows and heifers which
had been kept on salt and dry feed
for tWenty-four hours before shipment
arrived at that market. Upon Ijeing
uiveri access to water1 these cattle
floated badly and thirteen died before
Lhe services of a veterinarian could
ae obtained to learn the cause'of the
iiiiiculty. • In addition to the logs of
his cattle the owner suffered the in
Jlgnity of heing arrested by,g,j^qipane
>flficer and forced to fight in court a
charge of cruelty to animals which
was lodged against him.
The railroads formula for the pre
vention of losses is: Cut down the
last feed 25 per cent to 50 per cent;
hold back all sick or weak animals,
keep plenty of good fresh water avail
able, excite the animals as ljttle as
possible iri sorting; move to the load
ng chutes slowly; do not permit un
trained dogs to molest the animals;
avoid overloading; use only cleaned
and well bedded cars; do .not feed on
roard the cars:
A bulletin covering every detail of
‘Livestock Shipping loss prevention”
may be bad free by writing to the
Agricultural Department, Burlington
Railroad, Railway Exchange Buliding,
Denver.
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EDUCATIONAL NplES
By the County Hupi rintendeiit
The holiday season is past, teachers
pave all returned to their positions
after from or.e to two weeks vacation,
:nd school1 are well started once mere.
Fbe past four months of school have
reen interrupted by various holidays,
put the next five months will be one
long stretch of hard study, with no
rreaks except possible illness.
Most Holt county schools will have
a nine month’s term. A few schools
with very small enrollments will have
seven months. The average enroll
ment in Holt county rural schools this
year is 12 pupils. District No. 131,
near Ewing, is the largest, with an
enrollment of 37 pupils. Elizabeth
Bauer is the teacher. District No. 147,
rear Cacalpa is the smallest with an
enrollment of 1 pupil. Pauline Ober
mire is the teacher.
At the request of patrons of both
iistricts, District No. 87 and No. 220
rave been combined making one dist
■ict, now No. 87. These districts are
?outh of Chambers.
District No. 234, south of Atkinson,
ras Wen dissolved and the land has
>eef) added to surrounding districts,
rhis joining of districts will help the
ax situation to some degree.
This, year is the 2001 h Anniversary
rf George Washington’s birth and the
intire nation is making special jppep