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VOL. LII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1932.
No. 34
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“A CHEERFUL TEMPER. JOINED WITH INNOCENCE. WILL MAKE BEAUTY ATTRACTIVE. KNOWLEDGE DELIGHTFUL, AND WIT GOOD-NATURED.”
5 COUNTIES UNITE ON
Relief Work
ARE ACTIVE IN CEDAR
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Organization of a central executive
committee of the drought and grass
hopper stricken area of Nebraska was
perfected at Creighton last Sunday
afternoon at a meeting attended by
nearly 75 representatives of the seven
Nebraska counties generally included
in the above territory. The executive
committee was organized for the pur
pose of co-ordinating the agiencies
already at work, to direct a general
appeal to the more prosperous parts
of the state for feed for live stock and
to discover other means of securing
additional supplies. Distribution of
such help as will be secured will be
in the hands of the various local com
mittees as at present.
Mayor Saunders of Creighton ar
ranged for the use of the city audit
orium. The meeting was called in
order by J. P. O’Furey, who breiefly
reviewed the effort of Senator Howell,
who had secured an amendment to
the joint resolution providing for the
appropriation of 40,000,000 of wheat
for the needy, which amendment pro
vided for the appropriation of 5,000,
000 bushels additional for stock feed.
Congressman Howard had also pledged
his help to hurry adoption of Howell
amendment. Urging the need for a
central agency in the territory he
called on B. Ready to act as chairman.
Mr. Ready explained that the pre
sent effort was to so organize that an
accurate survey of the entire territory
could be made quickly so as to get
full advantage of the help of the na
tional government and to cooperate
more fully with Governor Bryan in a
canvass of that part of the state which
enjoyed good crops. The central com
mittee was to aid in getting more help,
he said, the distribution to be made
thru existing organizations or commit
tees. Need for a central committee
was indicated by fact that so few out
side of the territory really appreciated
the need for help if the economic life
of the people of the territory was to
be maintained.
rermanem organization was com
pleted by the election of Mr. Ready as
permanent chairman and a decision
that the committee should be com
posed of two representatives of each
county, to be selected by the county
delegations present.
Members of the committee elected
were: Antelope, M. M. Mitchell, Or
chard and A. J. Celery, Neligh; Boyd,
Chris Anderson, Britow and W. T.
Wills, Butte; Cedar, George Beste and
J. P. O’Furey, Hartington; Holt, John
Sullivan, O’Neill and Dr. W. J. Doug
las, Atkinson; Knox, J. D. Forsythe,
Niobrara, Ralph Emmons, Center;
Keya Paha, M. M. Wood, Burton and
Roscoe Buck, Springview and Rock, M.
Fredrickson and Charles Riley, Bas
sett. Brown county is expected to be
represented at the next meeting. By
vote of the meeting L. W. Scheibel
purchasing engineer of the Interstate
Power Co. was made a member of the
executive committee at large, in ap
preciation of his cooperation. The
central executive committee elected
J. P. O’Furey, Hartington, as secre
tary and Ralph Smith, also of Hart
ington, was named assistant.
It was decided that an accurate
survey be made in each county in
order that the needs of each section
may be definitely ascertained so that
the committee may function for the
general good, having in mind par
ticularly the needs of the samll farmer
who will be driven from the farm if
not materially assisted.
iuemuers ui tue cuiimuucc
that they would have this survey com
pleted in each county within a weak,
so the committee decided to meet
again next Sunday at Creighton to
consider the problem further.
Those attending the meeting were:
Antelope county—M. M. Mitchell, Or
chard, A. J. Celery and H. S. Cole,
Neligh and John Forbes, Brunswick;
Boyd county—W. T. Wills, J. T. Seiler,
A. B. Wallace and W. S. Crouch all of
Butte. Cerad county—B. Ready, L.
W. Scheibel, Geo. Beste, R. J. Rich
ards, Ralph Smith, J. P. O’Furey and
A. Hirschman, Hartington. Holt
county—John Sullivan, O’Neill, Dr.
W. J. Douglass, Hugh L. James and
C. N. Gonderinger, Atkinson, John
Steinhauser, Stuart. Knox county—
W.W. Walton, Center, Ralph Emmons,
J, H. Reifenrath, Crofton, E. H. Ma
son, P. H. Pterson, Wausa, J. D. For
sythe, Niobrara. Those from Creigh
ton included Mr. Effie Metteer, Mrs.
Erik Risness, Mrs. W. A. Meserve,
Mayor H. F. Saunders, Richard Steel,
R. L. Rice, B. J. Huigens, J. Collen,
J. M. Jackson, J. J. Kennedy, Wr. C.
Lovejoy, J. P. Ryan, J. V. Peck, E. E.
Jacobs, P. B. Crew Dent Vanderer and
Wr. W. Fickling.
Edward Kirkpatrick, 15, and Mar
vin Van Every, 12, skated from O’Neill
to Emmet and back in six hours. They
made the trip on poor ice, which there
and back by way of the Elkhorn is
about 32 miles.
BOARD ORGANIZES
The county board convened Tuesday
and affected their organization for
*Si*32 ,by re-electing John Sullivun
I chairman and the following com
mittees:
Court House Committee—James,
McKim and Root.
Finance Committee—Skidmore, Mc
Kim and James.
Printing and Supplies — McKim,
Stein and Root.
Tax Committee—Steinhauser, Skid
more and Stein.
Bond Committee—Root, Steinhauser
and James.
Bridge Committee-Skidmore, James
and McKim.
Settlement of County Offices—
Stein and entire board.
Claims—James and entire board.
Another Pioneer Passes Away
Mrs. Augusta A. Welton died at
her home in this city Thursday, Jan
uary 7, after a protracted illness, at
the age of nearly 83 years. Mrs.
Welton had a continuous residence in
O’Neill of nearly fifty years. She was
born at Plymouth, Ohio, April 9, 1849,
being the daughter of Ludwig and
Augusta A. Huntley. Her father was
a native of Ohio and her mother a
native of Conneticut. She was mar
ried to Barnabus Welton in 1804 at
Cleveland, Minn., and was the mother
of four sons and four daughters.
In 1880 the family came to Holt
county and settled near Brush creek
but a few years later moving into
O’Neill, Mr. Welton being elected
sheriff, succeding I. R. Smith in that
office. Mr. Welton was also police
judge in O’Neill for some years and
at one time operated a bakery here.
He died in the early nineties.
The surviving children are Ed Wel
ton of Holt county, Mrs. Alta Gun
thorpe of Denver, Mrs. Ada Gaffer of
Mankato, Minn., and Mrs. Etha Pilger
of O’Neill. Deceased was the grand
mother of Ross H. Welton, editor of
the Hooker County Tribune, which was
founded by her son John Welton, who
I acquired his trade as a printer in The
Frontier office.
The devotion which has been shown
their mother in her declining years
and 'vfailing helth by children and
grand children has been noticed and
remarked upon by those of the neigh
borhood. They have left their own
homes to come here to minister to
her comfort.
The funeral was conducted Sunday
by Rev. H. D. Johnson at the Presby
terian church and interment made in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. Sumner Downey went
to Inman Tuesday to attend to a few
business matters.
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Mrs. Gene Sanford has been at
Inman visiting with her sister Mrs.
E. J. Enders and other relatives.
Oscar Dixon was taken into county
court Saturday last on a charge of
possession of moonshine liquor. He
pleaded guilty and was fined $100 and
costs by Judge Malone.
January weather can go to excesses.
Tuesday the streets were flowing with
water and yesterday it was frozen
solid. The morning record was 7
above with some two or three degrees
colder by evening.
L. 0. Chapman is able to be back
in his office again after a spell of
illness which at one time became
serious. His many friends are glad
to see Lew around again after some
weeks of being kept in.
Under the auspices of the Ameri
can Legion a play will be given the
evenings of January 21 and 22 at the
K. C. Hall, with the somewhat fear
some title, “Ghost House.” Local
talent will be on exhibition and is said
to be worth more than the price of
admission.
According to an item from Burwell
sweet clover poisoning is claiming
much livestock in that vicinity. Dr
J. Gaukel, veterinarian, says the
trouble does not yield to the usual
treatment for poisoning. He has is
sued a general warning against feed
ing sweet clover without a balanced
ration.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vitt went to
Omaha Wednesday upon 'receiving
word of the death of their little 4
year-old grandson, Jimmie, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vitt. jr., who live
in Omaha. He had been operated on
earlier in the week for the removal
of the tonsils and died Wednesday.
The funeral will be held Saturday at
10 o’clock at Elkhorn.
Supervisor Rodell Root of Chambers
is able to be in attendance at the
meeting of the county board after a
few weeks being laid up at home
nursing a mild case of the mumps.
Mr. Root says there have been many
cases of this supposedly juvenile mal
ady in his community. Infants, child
ren, youth and those of mature years
have been alike affected. It has been
for the most part not severe.
Drouth Victims Not Beggers
No head of a family in the drouth and grass- j
| hopper affected district of this county should deprive j
I himself and family because of personal feeling. An I
{ individual is in no sense humiliating himself, tlis- {
! gracing his family nor bringing reproach on family }
* traditions by going to the supply station nearest j
| him and making his needs known. Or if it is im- {
! possible to get to that supply station tell somebody.
If it were a matter of shiftlessness, lack of frugal- j
{ ity and industry the situation would be different. {
! No one is responsible for the devastation of grass- {
hoppers and the withering work of drouth. Men »
{ and families have done the best they knew how. j
! That the stark necessity for supplies for the house
J hold and also for the barnyard faces some, is no *
} fault of theirs. They should make their need known j
I as a legitimate right of a citizen. There is a strong »
j and robust citizenship of Nebraska that will supply j
{ that need.
The committee here at O’Neill has had to draw !
} the line on some maintaining commercial dairy herds {
{ who have been taking feed intended for other pur- }
} poses, but no needy one will be denied.
C. A. Strong and his son Robert
returned last Thursday from a ten day
trip to Bloomington, 111. They took
Mrs. C. A. Strong to Dr. B. H. Pick
ard of that city, where she will be
under his care for about three months.
Mrs. Albert Klingler returned with
them. She has been under the care
of Dr. Pickard for the past six months.
Dr. Pickard is a brother of Mrs. Kling
ler. She reports an improvement in
her health.
Jack McKabe died Monday at the
! Beha hotel where he has been as a
{ county charge for some time passed.
1 The remains were taken charge of by
Biglin’s and funeral was held yester
day morning at 9 o’clock at St. Pat
rick’s church. There were no sur
viving relatives in this section. He
was born in Chicago in 1801. The
family were early settlers a short
: distance east of town, and later came
to O’Neill to reside.
The Beha boys write their parents
here of seeing the latest army of
jobless to move upon Washington as
it passed through Ilarrisburgh, Pa.,
some 12,000 strong. They were well
treated by the governor and given a
j meal at his expense. A few required
hospital care at Harisburgh. They
traveled on the rubber tires. The army
was graciously received at the White
House but President Hoover doubtless
felt his inability to put 12,000 men to
work as much as any of us vtould.
We had the pleasure of meeting in
the city Tuesday, A. T. Crumley of
Page. He has come to the county in
recent years, that is to say, some ten
or twevle years ago, coming here from
the Texas gulf coast region. He has
the rare gift of vivid description and
can talk entertainingly of the country
and personal experiences. He likes
Holt county to the extent of adding
quarter section to quarter section un
til he has three of them in a row in
a splendid neighborhood beyond the
wilderness east of here. The past
season has been a trying one but
Mr. Crumley managed to raise corn
and other grain which he is finding
a ready market for now, right at
home.
The Scout Officers
F. J. Sexsmith, O’Neill, was elected
chairman of the North Central dis
trict of the Covered Wagon Area
council, Boy Scouts of America, at the
annual district meeting at Creighton
recently.
Other officers are: Scout commis
sioner, Dr. Jerome Pucelik, Spencer,
and finance chairman, H. B. Burch,
i O’Neill.
Scout towns comprising the North
Central district are: Lynch, Atkin
son, Bristow, Stuart, Gross, Center,
Brunswick, O’Neill, Spencer, Orchard,
Page, Ewing, Creighton and Butte.
Scouters of the Covered Wagon
area, Boy Scouts of America, will hold
their annual meeting in the gymnas
ium at the State Teachers’ colleg,
Wayne, Neb., Friday evening, Jan. 20.
The Covered Wagon area, comprising
northern Nebraska from Iowa to
Wyoming, takes in 84 towns and cities,
i including O’Neill. Between .‘100 and
500 men are expected to attend the
meeting.
A pageant depicting work of the
area for the last year, election of
officers, reports of committees, and
an address bya nationally known scout
official to be sent out by the New
York office will be highlights of the
meeting.
Chapman’s January
Clearance Sale!
Sacrifice of BETTER
Dresses and Hats
DRASTICALLY Reduced for Immediate Clear
ance. Without exception these dresses are
of the type that ordinarily sell in the higher
price range. . . . Dresses for all occasions, Flat
Crepe,CantonCrepe and Sheer Woolens—sizes rang
ing from 14 to 46.
Dresses Lj Dresses
Values to $19.75 Values to $13.75
$11.00 $7.00
Closing out a line of wool and silk
dresses as low as $2.00.
CHAPMAN’S STYLE SHOPPE
HYGIENE CLASS ORGANIZED
The class for adults in Home Hy
giene and Care of the Sick was organ
ized Monday evening, January 11, at
the public schools. The class met
from 7 to 9 P. M. and will meet a
gain Thursday evening, January 14,
at the same time.
Those who have enrolled are Mrs.
C. J. Davis, Mrs. Iola Lowery, Mrs.
J. W. Hickey, Mrs. William Welch,
Miss Mave Welch, Mrs. Ed Olson, Mrs.
W. A. Jochum, Mrs. Wm. Hershiser, |
Mrs. E. M. Harris and Mrs. Edith
Davidson.
All those who are expecting to en
roll in the class are asked to be at the
next session so that they will be able
to get in the required amount of work.
Death of Mrs. Warner
Mrs. Zeb Warner passed away on
Sunday after a lingering illness and
much suffering. Her devoted hus
band and family ministered to her
throughout the weeks of sickness and
were with her as the end came.
Deceased was born as Mason City, I
III., on February 19, 1870. She came
to this county with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Johring, from Lancaster
county, Nebraska, in 1884. On Sep
tember 1, 1890 she was married to
Zeb Warner, an early rancher of this
county and now a resident of O’Neill.
Mrs. Warner was the mother of seven
children, five sons and two daughters.
They are Walter B., Charles R., Elmer
and Elizabeth Wurner of O’Neill, Mm.
Fannie Stevens of Sioux City, John
F. Warner of Atkinson and Fred A.
Warner of Lincoln. These, with her
husband, her mother and other rela
tives survive.
The funeral was held at 2 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Presbyterian
church, conducted by Rev. H. D. John
son. It was very largely attended,
man attending from Atkinson and
vicinity where the family formerly
lived. Burinl was in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
HEALTH CONTEST
A health contest under the auspices i
of the American Red Cross is to be
held in the O’Neill schools for child
ren in the grades.
Those children who meet the re-1
quirements of the contest will be pres
ented with buttons at the Achievement
Day program to be held the last of
March and will be designated as five
point perfect children.
The five points upon which the con
test is based are named weight, hear
ing, vision, teeth, and throats. If
in addition the children are keeping
the health rules they are eligible for
the five point buttons. The health
rules consist of taking care of the
teeth, keeping clean, getting 10 to 12
hours of sleep at night with windows
open, eating the proper foods, drink
ing at least 2 glasses of milk daily
and getting out door exercise.
If the children are found to have
defects, notification slips will be sent
home to the parents. These slips have
space on them for the physician or
dentist to sign when the child is
brought to him for examination. If
these slips are signed and brought
back to the nurse or teacher the child
will be given credit and will be eligible
for the five point button. Unless the
slip is returned, the child cannot be
counted as having ihe examination.
About the Hoppers
Those investigating in .he grass
hopper districts claim that millions of
grasshoppers which hatched during
balmy December days have since been
killed by cold sleet and snow. Thous
ands of newly hatched hoppers sunned
themselves last month in warm and
sheltered spots.
Farmers around Bassett claim that
little red lice grew on many grass
hoppers last summer and apparently
attacked them. They have wondered
why state and federal entomologists
have not discovered an eiTective pra-j
site to control the grasshopper, just
as parasites have been discovered to
control other pests.
Objections have been raised to feed
ing poisoned bran to grasshoppers.
Farmers say it is hard to handle, hat
it has to be applied under ideal weath
er conditions, with numerous follow
up doses, that the cost has prevented
use except in limited areas, and that
as a result of its use whole flocks of
turkeys and chickens have been
wiped out.
A grasshopper stupefied wi*h poison
bran may live several days, the farm
ers. assert, and in the meantime be
come easy prey for fowl. Too many
such ’hoppers prove fatal to the bird.
A Little Girl's Poem
The following verse was written by
Doris Carpenter, age 10. a pnnil in
district No. 243 in Swan township:
1 love the summer time so fair,
With all her flowers and trees,
The yellow fielcts of waving grain,
Her butterflies and bees.
The cows stand in the laughing brook,
The lambs play on the hill,
The morning glories nod at us,
From out the window sill.
The winter is a season gay.
The fall is gone too soon.
But nothing is so dear to me
As those pleasant days in June.
$4,000.00 FOR JOHNSON
Convict Morris
LANGE CASE TO JURY
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“The* mills of the gods grind slowly
but they grind exceedingly fine.” A
large grist is coming from the “mills
of the gods" in district court here.
The jury in the case of Johnson vs.
North Nebraska Power company
brought in a verdict for the plaintifT
for $4,000 and interest for three years.
Frank Morris was found guilty.
With three others he was charged
with butchering and stealing a calf
in a pasture in the Ewing neighbor
hood. One of the three, Roy Norwood,
had previously plead guilty and re
ceived a sentence of three years in
the penitentiary. The third, Ray
Angus, is yet to go to trial. Morris
has not been sentenced.
Atkinson, Stuart, and Ewing are
prolific sources of litigation this ses
sion of court. The trial of a personal
injury case from Atkinson is drawing
a crowd to the court room every day.
Vivian Lange was injured on the high
way a mile east of Atkinson when her
buggy was crashed into by an auto
mobile driven by Adolph J. Kubitschek.
It happened at night. Through Sam
Lange suit is brought for $20,000. A
Maryland insurance company is in
volved as a defendant. They are rep
resented by Story & Thomas of Oma
ha and J. I). Cronin of O’Neill. D. R.
Mounts of Atkinson represents the
plaintifT. Many witnesses are brought
into court from Atkinson. A human
skeleton suspended from a step lad
der also figured in the case. The jury
went to Atkinson yesterday to look
over the scene of the crash.
The Lange case went to the jury at
noon, today.
James B. Meyer, residing eight
miles northeast of town, plead guilty
to a charge of “possession of a still,
mash and liquor” and was sentenced
last Saturday by Judge Dickson to
30 days in jail and to pay a fine of
$500. Serving of sentence is deferred
until April 1, 1932.
FINANCED MUCH RELIEF
What the County Huh Done the Past
Year in Aid Work and Bounties
Under the classification of appro
priations, donations and relief for the
po>or there was paid from county
funds last year $25,642.69. Of this
sum $15,554.69 was used for food
supplies and fuel for county depend
ents or partially dependent. Mother’s
pensions were paid to the amount of
$2,988. Other items were such as med
ical and hospital expenses and numer
ous miscellaneous items.
Bountines were paid as follows:
Crow heads, 10c per head $1,273.00
Crow eggs, 5c per egg 658.25
Coyotes, $2 per head 554.00
Total $2,485.25
While bounties and aid for the needy
have no connection as to classification,
there was paid for these two groups a
total of $28,127.94.
Methodist Church Notes
Benj. Kuhler, pastor
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M. Keep
ing on fine notwithstanding winter and
roads.
The morning theme will be taken
from the Sermon on the Mount. What
Christ has to say about divisions,
cause, cure, etc.
The evenig service will be in union
with the Presbyterians at their church.
This service will be under the auspices
of the W. C. T. U. which is their an
nual Victory Service. Several short
talks will be given.
The Epworth League will meet at
6:30 as usual. Their motto is “Oth
ers” rather than self. They are earn
ing their credits for both Bible and
Mission study. And they have already
paid one third as much on World
Service as the rest of the church.
TERMS OF COlTRT
Dates for holding court in the var
ious counties of the Fifteenth judicial
district arc as follows:
Boyd county—Equity: June 13,
Sent. 8, Dec. 15. Jury: March 7,
Oct. 3.
Brown county—Equity: Feb. 4,
June 15, Sept 10. Jury: April 18,
Oct 81.
Holt county—Equity: June 20,
Sent 12. Jury March 21, Nov. 14.
Rock county—Equity: Feb. 4, June
15, Sept 10. Jury: April 4, Oct. 17.
Keya Paha county—Equity: Feb. 4,
June 15. Jury: April 25, Sept. 19.
O’NEILL LOSES TO BASSETT
The O’Neill high school team lost
to the Basse'.t five by a score of 12-6,
in last nights game. Lucy of Bassett
made ten of his teams points. Bress
ler. Hunt and Sander played* good
basket ball, but they could register
on the loop. The O'Neill second team
lost to the Bassett seconds 24-4.
Tom Campbell of Atkinson was in
the city Monday.
