The Frontier
VOL. LII.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1932.
No. 36
“SET YOURSELF EARNESTLY TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE MADE TO DO, AND THEN SET YOURSELF EARNESTLY TO DO IT/
RETRIAL OF BANKERS
Postponed
UNTIL FEBRUARY 8th
Some from outlying parts of the
county were disappointed upon learn
ing Monday that the Flannigan case
had been postponed. On Saturday the
following order was entered by Judge
Dickson:
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA
The State of Nebraska, Plaintiff,
vs.
James C. Flannigan and John M.
Flannigan, Defendants.
ORDER
Now on this 23rd day of January,
1932, this cause came on for hearing
on the application of the defendants I
for a continuance of this case on ac- j
count of the sickness of one of their,
attorneys, Frederick S. Berry; and
was submitted to the court.
On consideration whereof, said cause
is continued until the 8th day of Feb
ruary, 1932, at ten o’clock A. M.
It is ordered by the Court that the
clerk notify all jurors summoned for
January 25th, 1932, that they appear
in this Court on February 8th, at
ten o’clock A. M., 1932, instead of;
January 25th, 1932.
Robert R. Dickson,
Judge.
Mrs. Testman Passes Away
The remains of Mrs. Mary A. Test
man arrived here last Sunday from
Tyler, Tex., where she died, on Fri
day, January 22, of apoplexy, age
71 years and 8 months. Deceased was
a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Kearns, early settlers of this com
munity, and a native of Montreal,
Canada. She was a sister of the late
Thomas Kearns of Salt Lake, Utah.
Her home was formerly in O’Neill.
The funeral was held at 9 o’clock
Monday morning at St. Patrick’s
church, Rev. B. J. Leahy conducting
the burial rites. Interment was made
in the Kearns’ family plot in Calvary
cemetery, where Mrs. Testman’s fath
er and mother and other near relatives
are buried. Her daughter and hus
band, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Stafford of
Scottsbluff, Neb., Mrs. W. B. Roberts
of Tyler, Tex., and Virginia Donnelly
of Ontonogan, Mich., daughters of
the deceased, and her son Robert Test
man of Grand Island, Neb., were here
to attend the funeral.
SOCIALLY
Bernadette Brennan entertained the
Martez club Tuesday evening. Dinner
was served at the Grand Cafe.
Mrs. George Agnes entertained Sat
urday at noon foy Mrs. George Whit
ney, leaving for Omaha. Lunch was
served at McMillian & Markov's, and
a social hour spent at the Agnes home.
Mrs. C. F. McKenna entertained the
Contract club Monday night, after a
7 o’clock dinner at the Golden.
The Catholic Daughters had a ocinl
meeting in their room at the K. C.
hall Tuesday evening. Lunch was
served at the Grand Cafe at 11 o’clock.
At bridge Mrs. Melvin had high score
and Mrs. Arthur Ryan consolation.
The Delta card club was entertained
at the home of Mrs. Merle Hick on
Monday evening.
For City Oliices
The line-up for city officei's as now
shown from the various petitions is:
Mayor—C. E. Stout (incumbent),
L. G. Gillispie and John Kersenbrock
Clerk—Ed Campbell (incumbent),
Ed Quinn.
Treasurer—C. P. Hancock.
Police Judge—M. J. Enright (in
oumbent).
Council—1st wa’il W. 11. Harty
(incumben); 2nd ward, Thos J. Bren
nan, James Seybold; 3rd ward, Mike
Johnson, Clarence Zimmerman.
Briefly Stated
Homer Mullen left yesterday on a
business trip to Omaha.
The next meeting of the Women’s
Club will be held Thursday, Feb. 11.
J. C. Harnish attended the board
meeting of the Odd Fellows home at
York the past week.
Levi Kroger was up from Bloom
field. He went to the ranch of his
nephew, Wallace McKim.
Deputy sheriff C. C. Bergstrom left
yesterday for Grand Island to attend
the convention of sheriffs of the state.
E. J. Mack of Atkinson was shak
ing hands with O’Neill friends and
looking after business here yesterday.
L. G. Gillespie has a new Chevrolet
sedan, finding the coupe he had been
driving inadequate to his present
needs.
The three Carr girls, Bruce Rum
mel, Russell Bowen and Charles Han
cock drove to Norfolk Sunday to see
“Frankenstein”.
Bert Hubbard plans on leaving to
day for Lincoln to resume studies
at the state university at the be
ginning of the semester.
Wednesday, Julius Belew and Faye
Clemens, both of Amelia, were granted
a marriage license by the county court.
The marriage is to occur at Chambers.
■Jack Quig made a trip to Knoxville
and Center, the first part of the week.
He reports conditions bad as to farm
ers being able to get their live stock
through.
Word has been received here that
Warren Hall, son of Mrs. Rasley of
the Royal theater, and well known
here, has suffered the loss by fire of
a theater at Iowa City, la.
The monthly meeting of the O’Neill
branch committee of the American
Red Cross will be held at four o’clock
in the afternoon, Monday, February
1, 1932, at Stannard’s store.
The Red Cross Nurse, Miss Perry,
will be at the public school in the
auditorium, every Saturday, 11 to 12
A. M., to meet with rural school teach
ers who have problems to talk over
with her.
Pete Todson, manager of the Penny
store, departed Sunday for Kansas
City, where he is attending this week
a convention of mangers of the J. C.
Penny Co. stores for the Missouri val
ley district.
•Just casual observation disclosed
at one time early one day, automobiles
in O’Neill from the following counties:
Douglas, Dodge, Hall, Madison, Knox.
Valley, Brown, Keya Paha and two
from Iowa.
O. M. Herre of Norfolk was in the
city yesterday looking over the busi
ness prospects with the view of lo
cating here and opening a jewelry
business. M. Reimers accompanied
him on the trip here.
In a three-game bowling contest the
American Legion defeated the Oilers
6(5 pins. Bowling contests continue
their populartiy and fascination, not
only to the participants but also to
a goodly crowd of spectators.
Henry Grady, O. E. Clevish, James
Brown and C. L. Harding drove to
Long Pine last Sunday to attend the
funeral of Mr. Ross the depot agent
of that city. He was a Spanish war
veteran and it was a military funeral.
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Farm Experts to Give
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Will be in O’Neill and Atkinson on February 11
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James W. Rooney,
O. S. Bare and l*. fi. Stewart of the
| Agricultural Extension Service at
| Lincoln will speak at ten meetings in
northern Nebraska regarding the
grasshopper prospects for 1932 and
the possibilities of getting good seed
into this territory for spring planting.
The meetings have been scheduled
with county agents in Cedar and Holt
counties and with local committees in
the other places.
The men are to be at Hartington
and Crofton in the evening. They will
be in Bloomfield in the afternoon and
: at Niobrara in the evening of the 9th*
at Spencer the afternoon of the 10th,
and at Naper that evening; at O’Neill
the afternoon of the 11th, and at At
kinson that evening; at Long Pine the
! afternoon of the 12th, and Spring
I view that evening.
Mr. Bare and F. D. Butcher of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
surveyed this part of the country last
fall to find out how many grasshopper
eggs were laid by the 1931 crop of
grasshoppers. Since the survey Mr.
Bare and Professor Swenk of the De
partment of Entomology of the Agri
cultural College, have studied the
facts and recently issued a report.
Bare will discuss this report in detail
when he meets with the farmers a.
the ten meetings. He will also give
his opinion regarding the condition of
the eggs at the present time and the
control measures that will probably be
necessary this spring.
Stewart spends pratically all of
his time out in the state working with
farmers and their crops and soils prob
lems. He also has contract with the
Nebraska Crop Growers association,
a group of men who have been grow
ing certified grain for seed. Stewar
will not only discuss the possibility of
getting certified seed for farmers of
this area, but he will also take up
farming practices which should yield
the maximum of feed crops early in
the year.
Holt County Woman Receives Medal
Mrs. Jessie Kiltz of Chambers has
received a medal from the Agricul
tural Extension Service. These med
als were given to the woman’s pro
jectclubchairman in all counties where
woman’s project club work is carried.
They are given in recognition of the
service which these women render to
the work in their individual counties.
Victor Johnson of Sand Creek was
in the city Monday, having business at
the court house. Mr. Johnson has
: been a resident of Holt county since
1884. For a number of years he rep
I resented his district on the county
; board.
Mrs, L. C. Chapman and daughter
Mrs. Ulbrich went to Omaha yester
day, the latter expecting to leave therd
: Sunday, for her home at Los Angeles.
Mrs. Chapman will make her pur
chases for the spring trade while
away.
Mike O’Brien is back on the Burling
ton passenger between O’Neill and
Sioux City as conductor. Mr. O’Brien
has been out of the passenger service
for something like a year. His friends
here are glad to see him back on the
old job again.
The hours of service for the night
policeman have been changed to 6
p. m. to 7 a. m. Formerly he went
off duty at 4 in the morning, which
gave ample time between that hour
and the time the days’ business com
mences, to steal the town blind.
John Grey, a merchant at Page, i
•had business in the city Tuesday. Mr.
Grey says the payment of the dividend j
to depositors of the failed bank puts
sixteen or seventeen thousand dol-j
lars into the hands of the people of
his community from that source.
Last Sunday M. H. McCarty, John
and Esther, drove to Colome where I
they visited for a time with thei j
daughter and sister Katheryn. From
Colome the went to Winner, heir
accompanied from there home by Toby
Dailey, who is spending the week here.
Word was received yesterday of
the death at Atkinson of Bill Dicker
son, one of the first settlers of Holt
county. He settled at a very early
date with the colony that came in ’73
and located in the Elkhorn valley just
southeast of here. Mr. Dickerson had
long been a resident of Atkinson.
The Ladies of the Pi-otestant
churches in O’Neill are holding a pro
gram in connection with the World’s
day of prayer on February 12. This i
day of prayer will be observed in
nearly fifty countries. Please keep
it in mind. Further announcements
next week.
A number of the O’Neill members
of the Lions club, with those from
several points east of here, attended
the charter meeting of the club at
Atkinson Monday night. Some 300
participated in the banquet. Those at- [
tending from here were well pleased
with their visit.
A regretable error occurred in tin
program for the Woman’s club pub
lished last week. The addition of an
“s” made Mrs. when it should have
been Mr. The program was brought
in late, when we were about ready to
close up and go to press, but as an
accomodation, room was made for it
and in the hurry thus occasioned this
slight error occurred which meant more
to the individual concerned than to
those reading the paper. Those who
have notices, programs, announce
ments or other items for publication
should bear in mind that it takes time
for printers to get it ready for the
paper. It is not a momentary slight
of-hand performance, but hard, ex
acting work. The Frontier is printed
as a rule Thursday afternoon, but
hat doesn’t mean matter brought in
Thursday can be assured of publica
tion.
4 A few wise ones are taking ad
vantage of the decline in land values
and are buying Holt county land. The
largest land transaction recorded at |
the office of the register of deeds just
lately is the purchase of 1720 acres]
by Chas. Peterson, an extensive ranch-1
er living sixteen miles south of At
kinson. Other smaller tracts have
changed owners and an occasional
sheriff deed is filed for record.
Many were over from the Page
neighborhood Monday to get checks
cashed at the banks here which they
had just received from a 25 per cent
dividend from the failed bank at Page.
This payment means much at this
time to the depositors of that bank.
To some it means they will be able
to supply their own needs for feed in'
place of losing stock or getting what
‘hey could from the relief cars.
Though called here on the sad mis
don of burying their mother, Mrs.!
Testman, her three daughters, Mrs.
Stafford of Scottsbluff, Mrs. Donnelly)
of Michigan and Mrs. Roberts of *
Texas had the privilege of seeing,
many old friends. They were guests j
of Mrs. R. E. Gallagher, a companion
of each in their school days. On their
return home they are stoppng for a
time at Grand Island, where the fami
ly formerly lived.
About torty irienus ami neignoors
of Mr. and Mrs. James Fleming and:
Charles, called at their home Sunday
evening with well filled baskets for
lunch for a surprise party, which was j
complete in every respect. Everyone1
had a good time and voted the Flem
ings wonderful hosts. Mr. Fleming is
the new road boss out in that district,
and that in itself is a guarantee that
we will have some good roads built,!
out in that part of Grattan township |
especially. Jim is a good fellow and
he will build the roads and bridges
where they are needed.
Ed VVelton brought in a part of a1
St. Paul, Minn., Dispatch of uncer
tain date containing a detailed ac
count of the wiping out of a settle
ment of Germans by the Indians in
18fi2 at Beaver Creek, Minn. Mr.
Welton’s parents came from that
neighborhood to Holt county and the
paper was among their personal be
longings. The story occupies a page|
of the paper with illustrations. It was]
written by Minnie Duce Carrigan of
Lakeside, Minn., who as a child of
8 years saw her father and mother
both slain by the blood thirsty Sioux,
herself, a younger brother and a
younger sister carried away by the
Indians. Their release w:ith other
women and children captives was
effected by United States troops not
many days after the massacre, l'tsj
a vivid picture of the price the pion
eer paid for his home in the wilder
ness.
Special 25c
Pillsbury's Pancake Flour. No pun
cukes us good us Pillsbury’s,
George Bressler's Store.
Oscar Cm# was in from Chun'bers
Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mayne and the
children are guests at the home of
Mrs. Mayne’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Meredith. They came in from
their home at Lincoln yesterday.
The Holt County Economy League
will meet in O’Neill on Saturday. It
is expected at that time a large
gathering will be in from all quarters
of the county. Mr. Bressler of this
city has prepared a report on salaries
paid county officers for 1981 and other
items of expense which will be pre
sented to the meeting.
William Froelich depurted Tuesday
on the 10 o’clock Northwestern train
for Chicago, after a few days with
his family here. Mr. Froelich had in
tended to take the family back with
him but found it best for them to
remain for the present. He had to get
back to Chicago to look after a case
in court.
Delegates to the Boy Scout conven
tion at Wayne Friday, from the north
central district are: F. J. Sexsmith,
O’Neill; C. I. Pease, Atkinson; George
Wilcox, Lynch; H. B. Burch, O’Neill;
Rev. Rufus F. Farley, Page; C. M.
Ball, Butte; Joseph E. Cook, Center
and Rev. W’illiam Wilson, Creighton.
Scout towns in the north central dis
trict are: Ewing, Page, Butte, Sreigh
ton, Center, Brunswick, O’Neill, Spenc
er, Orchard, Gross, Stuart, Bristow,
Atkinson and Lynch. Four hundred
members are expected at this con
vention.
A movement has started from the
south end of the proposed route to
establish passenger and freight ser
vice from Grand Island to O’Neill.
Wholesale and manufacturing inter
ests at Grand Island are seeking en
largement of their trade territory and
are looking this way for future de
velopment. The completion of the
state highway across to the Platte
gives that region ready access to the
north part of the state. In time some
of the traffic that has always gone east
may be diverted to the south. Men
interested in the possibilities of a
bus and freight line from Grand Island
were in O’Neill Monday investigating
prospects here for such an enterprise.
P. J. McManus says the loss sus
tained when his store was broken into*
a week ago amounted t'o $100. It was|
a brazen piece of work. Entrance was
made by smashing a %-inch gloss in
the front door facing the main street.
A comparatively small amount of
goods was got away with. The thief
had a propensity for flashy neckties
as he just about stripped the display
rack of the ties. A glass was obtain-!
able in the city and Mr. McManus had
he front entrance in repair at once. 1
Just now he is of the mind that hi |
surest protection from thieves and j
robbers is to establish camp in the
-tore at night with a Winchester at
the head of the bed.
THREE FINED AND GET
Jail Sentences
ONEHASAPPEALBOND
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McCauley, McAllister, and Angus—
three of the five Holt county men
convicted of attempted jury fixing in
the Flannigan bank failure cases, were
sentenced last Saturday by Judge
K. R. Dickson to six months each in
the county jail and to pay a fine of
1250.
Angus began his jail sentence
Monday.
McCauley furnished an appeal bond
of $1000 to take his case to the su
preme court. Tom Donlin of O’Neill
and James Carr of Stafford signed the
bond as surities.
Up to this morning McAllister has
been unable to furnish bond.
Juracek will be sentenced later.
Harry Kopp of Stuart, who with
Angus was tried last Friday, will also
be sentenced at a later date.
Mrs. McCauley some days before
sent a written apology to Judge Dick
son for her conduct during the trial
of her husband. The court took jud
icial notice of the apology and has
accepted the same as satisfactory.
Some additional evidence was taken
in the McCauley case which strength
ens the state’s side of the case.
A motion for a new trial in John
son vs. North Nebraska Power Co.,
was overruled. An appeal will be
taken.
Vacancies in the Government
The United State Civil Service Com
mission has announced open competi
tive examinations as follows:
Teacher of secondary English, 3,000
pesos to 3,200 pesos a year, normal
school demonstration teacher, 3,000
pesos to 3,400 pesos a year, Philip
pine Service. The normal value of the
Philippine peso equals 50 cents in
United States money. Applications
will be received until further notice.
Associate marine engineer, $3,200 a
year, assistant marine engineer, $2,
000 a year, Navy Department. Clos
ing date, February 16, 1932.
Assistant dentist, $2,000 to $3,200
a year. Public Health Service. Thin
examination is open to women only.*
Closing date, February 16, 1932.
Cytologist, $3,800 to $4,600 a year,
Public Health Service. Closing date,
February 16, 1932.
All states except Iowa, Maine, Mary
land, New Hampshire, Vermont, Vir
ginia, and the District of Columbia
have received less than their share
of appointments in the apportioned
departmental service at Washington,
D. C.
Full information may be obtained
from Local Secretary of the United
Suites Civil Service Board of B]x
aminers at the post office in this city.
The O’Neill relief supply station is
no longer open every day. The com
m l tee in charge of the work con
cluded two days each week they could
care if the needs, so will have
•l.o store open Tuesdays and Satur
days only.
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FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
SPECIALS
Lamb Stew per pound . 8c
Veal Roast per pound . 10c
Spare Ribs per pound . 10c
Pork Shoulder Roast . 10c
Fresh Sausage, 2 pounds 25c
Peaches, Red pitted Cherries,
Black pitted ("berries, Apri
cots, Pineapple, Blackberries
choice of any, 3 gallons 1.75
Macaroni, fnncy, 10 lbs 65c
Sugar, 10 lbs . . . 53c
Jello, assorted flav., 4 pk. 27c
1 lb. box Brach's pure Chocolates 30c
10 bars Quick Naptha Soap 28c
R. R. MORRISON-Groccries, Meats
Phone 24 Phone 23
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