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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1932)
Sffi THE Frontier VOL. LII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1932. No. 40 “THERE IS LITTLE PLEASURE IN THE WORLD THAT IS TRUE AND SINCERE BESIDES THE PLEASURE OF DOING OUR DUTY ANI) DOING GOOD.” SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NO DEBTS FINANCES SHOW UP O.K. Following is a report of the finan cial condition of the O’Neill Public School, School District No. 7, as shown by the statement of City Treasurer C. P. Hancock dated January 31, 1932 to the Board of Education. Receipts SI 2,575.79 Disbursements 11,164.83 Balance $ 1,410.96 The statement bears the notation “No registered warrants.” County Treasurer W. E. Conklin paid the last of the bonded indebted ness in June, 1931, so that in accord ance with the report of the City Treas urer, School District No. 7 on Febru ary 1, 1932 was entirely out of debt and had a bank balance of 81,410.96. This is an enviable condition indeed as compared with many districts who are struggling under the heavy bonded indebtedness and expensive everyday maintenance of schools. Last year in an effort to reduce taxes the Board of Education reduced salaries of all teachers but the super intendent, whose salary was fixed 2 years previously by written contract, 5 per cent and thereby lowered the levy $1500.00. At the February, 1932, meeting the Board reduced the salary of the superintendent $750.00 for the coming year and all other teachers 7% per cent in a further effort to re duce taxes. In view of the extreme financial stress which prevails the Board of Educa tion considered this action to be nec essary for the present and, although the teachers suffer somewhat thereby, their salaries at the reduced rate are still higher than the salaries many men with families to support are re ceiving, and rate fairly high consider ing the reduced cost of living. Mr. Roy W. Carrol, present princip al of the O’Neill Public School, was elected superintendent for next year at a meeting of the Board of Educa tion February 18. Mr. Carroll came to O’Neill as prin cipal in January, 1930, since which time he has won the esteem and re spect of the student, the faculty and the townspeople by his tireless efforts to promote the interests of the School and to develop the finest ideals in the students. Under Mr. Carroll’s guidance the Board of Education feels that the O’Neill Public School will continue as one of the finest schools in Nebraska. Mr. Carroll was graduated from Hastings College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1923. He has since done post graduate work at Kearney Normal and the University of Ne braska and now has the equivalent of a Master of Arts degree. Mr. Carroll was principal of the Nelson High School for four years, of the Hartington high school for two years and has been principal of the O’Neill high school for the past two years. In 1930 he was elected a dele gate from Nebraska to the Delegate Assembly of the North Central Asso ciation of School and Colleges. OBITUARY George H. Cherry was born at Waterloo. Iowa. January 13, 1862 and died at his home in Martin, S. D., February 23, 1932 at the age of seven ty years one month and ten days. Mr. Cherry moved with his parents to Holt county in the spring of 1878, living there for thirty years, moving to Mar tin, S. D. in 1918. He was married to Miss Mary Wagers March 13, 1885, to which union were born four child ren, all of whom are left to mourn his death. Beside his children he leaves his wife, ten grandchildren and two: great grandchildren. The children are | Mrs. Bertha Jones of Martin, Mrs. | Grace Houston of Page, Mrs. Blanche Downey of O’Neill and Harry Cherry i of Martin. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. j H. Fravel, were held at the home Wednesday afternoon and the remains. were taken on the evening train to O’Neill and burial was made at the Lambert Cemetery Thursday after noon at two-thirty. Services were conducted at the grave by the Rev. W. P. Kelley of Neligh, Nebraska. Briefly Stated M. R. Sullivan was over from Hart ington over Sunday and Monday. Dr. and Mrs. Meer came down from Valentine Sunday and returned Mon day. Margaret Frazier departed Friday for a visit of a week at her home at Old. Miss Mary E. Carney spent the week-end in Sioux City visiting rel atives. _ The W. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs. Naylor Tuesday afternoon, March 1, at 3 o’clock. W. F. Grothe of Emmet was a pleasant caller yesterday, while in town on business. The Conley cream station is being brightened up with a coat of paint and a new floor has been laid. M. T. Eveland is able to be on his feet again after being unable to walk since last July. He got around for the first time last Sunday. Esther, Robert and Jeanne McCar thy, Gene Harty and Anita Knapp formed a party that drove to Winner and Calome Sunday. All returned Monday except Anita, 0. M. Herre of Norfolk arrived in the city Tuesday and has opened up a jewelry and watch business in the Reardon drug store. His announce ment will be seen elsewhere in the paper. Deputy Sheriff Bergstrom took a prisoner, Leo W. Hines, to the pen itentiary Monday. Hines was sen tenced to serve one year after plead ing guilty in district court to a charge of arson. The Ladies Guild of the Presbyter ian church will meet with Mrs. L. A. Carter on Thursday, March 3. A com mittee will serve. A good attendance is desired as we will have election of officers a this time. Stuart having: a supply of relief flour on hand they graciously relieved the O’Neill committee of a bad siua tion Tuesday by sending down 100 sacks of flour. Seventy-six sacks of this was apportioned out in two hours. A class of school student were down from Atkinson yesterday to “listen in” at the Flannigan trial. Sheriff Peter Duffy pioleted them to the coui’t room, which was filled to seating capacity at the time, but chairs were brought in and a place provided for the class. Butte defeated O’Neill High school Tuesday evening by a score of 42-21, in the fastest game of the year. O’Neill was taken by surprise during the first half and trailed 28-7 at the half. Meyer led the offense with 12 points and Bressler and Kilpatrick looked good on the defense. Sanders and Hunt did the rest of the scoring but failed to make a large per cent of their shots. nnouticing.... That we have just opened in O’Neill our Watch, Clock and Jewelry business. We will do general repair work on all makes of time pieces and guarantee the work. Also are putting in a nice line of Jewelry and Watches -arg IN THE REARDON DRUG STORE O. M. HERRE 1 Henry Tomlinson was able yester day to get around town after a month tied-up at home on account of an ex crutiating attack of lumbago. Mr. Lester Stewart and Miss Veiny Johnson, both of Newport, Nebraska, were married at the Methodist pai son age Monday evening, February 22nd. They will make their home at New port. R. H. Mills received word the first of the week of the death at Max, Neb., of his brother VV. W. Mills. He died only a day or two previous to his six ty-first wedding anniversary which he and Mrs. Mills would have celebrated Tuesday had he lived. Marshal Scott Hough got stalled in the nuid on the hill by the convent in his rounds at an early hour this morn ing and had to commandeer a truck to pull his car out. The fast melting snow has rendered the streets and roads in bad shape and stalled cars are not uncommon. A car of^uzen apples stored by the G. & W. company, dealing in fruits and vegetables here during the fall, is being hauled out by farmers to use as hog feed. The apples have been stored in a building belonging co the First National bank and it is neces sary to get them out of the building to protect the floor. Talking with a party of men over from Center. Knox county, Monday it was learned that considerable live stock has been lost in that section during the period of bad weather. One of the party said a neighbor of his had lost 35 head. Over to the north in Boyd county comes the story of one man losing 50 head. Art Cowperwaite calls attention to a phase of “relief work” not many have thought of—that of throwing a little grain to the birds. He has had under his watch care during the win ter quail and pheasants in various localities that he has taken pirns to furnish with feed during the months the ground has been covered with snowr. — A basketball game scheduled for to morrow evening at the high school gym promises to be the sporting fea ture of the season. The two teams, known as Canadians and the All Stars, are lead by two well known gladiators, .lohn Kersenbrock and Fred McNally The fans are hoping they’ll toss the ball to one side and let John and Fred settle it on the mat. Approximately 2000 car owners have secured their license plates with 2500 more in the county either driving with the old numbers or letting the car remain idle. Drivers out with the old numbers are subject to arrest but considerabl lienency is being shown this year. Some farmers say they will noi be able to get the plates until after they thresh, which is a good way in the future. Irene Bellar, 17-year cdd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bellar living 10 miles northwest of town, sustained a sprained ankle joint and fracture of both ankle bones in a fall a week ago. She is attending school in O’ Neill and her folks were in after her Monday to take her home. The junior class, of which she is a member, re membered her with tokens of their friendship, for which Miss Bellar feels deeply grateful. Atkinson Graphic: S. M. Aldridge. 75, died at 8:15 Wednesday night at his home 14 miles northeast of Atkin son. Mr. Aldridge was one of Holt county’s pioneer homesteaders and had lived on the place where he died al most fifty years. He had been in ill health all winter, however wras not in serious condition until about a week before his death. He is survived by his wife and two children, Ray and Mrs. Chas. Keeler. The Mellor Motor Co. have their show room arranged fresh and bright preparatory to showing the latest “new Ford” which will be announced early in March. A novel and attrac tive piece of art work has been done with paint and brush to the floor by the McDonough paint company, which transforms the dull and unattractive cement into a pleasing appearing floor. The room is also equipped with a radio and a few potted plants and a splendid portrait of Henry Ford add? to the artistic effect. Ford dealers in the towns from Ne I ligh to Valentine, to the number of | about 50, met at the Golden hotel 1 here Tuesday evening. Two of the j Ford company’s men were here from j Omaha. The meeting was in the in | terests of business expansion, with j some valuable points pif'sented in j the matter of sales and particularly enlarging the business in local com munities as to service in recondition I ing the cars in use. The Mellor Mot 1 or Company was represented at the I meeting by the full office force. Paul J. Gruver, factory representa-; tive for the Chevrolet Motor Co., with i headquarters at Kansas City, Mo., was here the past week looking the town and business prospects over. He is J arranging to move his family to O’ Neill in the near future and will make this point his headquarters and will be the Chevrolet factory man for this territory. Sunday was the 40th wedding an niversary of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Har nish. The occasion was observed quietly at home with those of the family who could be present. Mr. and Mrs. Pierson of Neligh spent the day with them. Mr. and Mrs. Harnish have been residents of O’Neill for over forty years, they coming here from Niobrara during their early married life and have spent these many years together here. Mr. Har nish was connected with the United States land office in those early days and upon its removal from Nio brara to O’Neill continued that con nection, came here and bought town lots and built a home. Their friends congratulate them on reaching the 4Gth anniversary and wish them many more similar occasions. They are taking advantage of a lull in the poultry trade at the Armour plant and are inaugerating the spring cleanup, which means when all is com plete a lot of painting and white washing. Bad roads in many places und laying season for the hens now beginning reduces the supply of poul try coming in. Mr. Jones says they have on hand now 1500 head of live poultry. Beginning about April 1 they will for the next two months handle 100 carloads of eggs. Just now the manager is hoping to interest the company in a program of expansion which means the enlargement of the plant here and the tearing away of the east end of the old building. He hopes to get an addition enclosing the space on the northeast to fuinish quarters for the creamery end of the business. No definite plans, however, are as yet under way. The semi-blizard of last Tuesday was bad medicine for a grizzled old coyote at Dave Huebert’s out on Honey reek. Dave had set some traps near the carcass of a mule which lately died. He got a coyote in one of them that was evidently a veteran of the gulches. He was marred and scared with bullet holes and the vicious jaws of steel traps. There was a bullet hole through the muscles of the neck, two in the side and one through the hock joint. Both feet were gone ! on one side, evidently the work of I traps. When found he was caught i by one of his remaining two feet, which he had about bitten off. His ! teeth w'ere worn down to the roots. ! But he had a splendid pelt. Dave had caught one previous to this and re ceived $7.50 for the pelt. He thought the one he has now should sell for considerably more. Bee-News: The history of Karnr-l Korn logically, hooks up with Valley county, popcorn center of the world. It was originated by William C. O’ Sullivan, formerly of O’Neill. He and Miss Stella Hempel, formerly of Spen cer, were W'ed shortly after the war. Several ups and downs landed them ! in Casper, Wyo., running a small pop corn stand. There they evolved the ' candied popcorn and made $7,000 in 15 months. Otto Johnson of Ord, * brother-in-law of O’Sullivan, got into the game, and went to Lincoln and started a Karmel-Korn shop. John son’s son-in-law, Anton Beran, also of Ord, got into the business. Now Mr. and Mrs. O’Sullivan own the Kar mel-Korn patented formula, which is paid for by 535 shops in the United States, and these shops buy a lot of Valley popcorn. Recently the O'Sul livans did a little shopping in Ne braska for 6,000,000 pounds of pop corn. ST. MARY'S WINS TWO MORE GAMES Last Friday evening the St. Mary’s Cardinals defeated the O’Neill high school team 13-12. After trailing along for three periods they overcame the lead of the O’Neill team in the closing minutes of play. Meyers and Beha tied for high point man with nine points each. Monday night St. Mary’s went to Inman and brought back a 20-18 vic tory after an extra period game. The game was the last one of the season for the Cardinals. They will leave Thursday for the District tournament at Pierce. How to Fail In Business An eastern nespaper publishes the following excellent set of directions on how to fail in business: “A trade publication points out that according to Bradstreet’s report tor 1930, 95 per cent of all business fail ures were non advertisers. One does not hesitate a minute about insuring his home or place of business, but how about the business itself? The suc cessful business man is the one who goes after business; the failure is the one who sit? around and waits for business to come to him. Bradstreet’s percentage shows that the going busi ness man is an advertiser.” PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 10:00—Mr. Geo. C. Robertson, superintendent. Morning Worship, 11:00—“Knowing God.” C. E. Meeting 6:45—Mr. Lopp will lead on the subject, “Precious Prom ises.” Evening Service 7:30—"In Spite of our Shortcomings.” Our choirs will furnish special music for the above service. H. D. Johnson, Pastor. Candidates File Judge R. R. Dickson filed two week ago as a candidate for renomination for district judge. We have heard of none others filing for this office. Y'esterday Judge C. J. Malone an nounced his candidacy for renomina tion as county judge and filed with County Clerk Gallagher the necessary document to have his name placed on the ballot for the coming primary. He is the first to file. Numerous candidates are coming forward for supervisor. In the Second district there are five candidates and in the Sixth four. The lineup in these districts now is: L. C. McKim, Charles Richter, Har ry Fox, J. B. Long and John Carson in the Second, and John Steinhauser, John C. Delosh, J. A. Coufal and Rich ard Moon in the Sixth. In the Fourth district Supervisor L. E. Skidmore was the only candidate up to yesterday. EDUCATIONAL NOTES Mrs. Parker and Miss Perry, Red Cross Nurse, visited School District No. 113 and No. 141 on Friday, Feb ruary 12th. The School District No. 141 the parents, teacher and pupils of District No. 59 met with them. Miss Perry examined the pupils and then talked to the parents and teachers. On Friday, February 19th, Miss Perry visited the Emmet School. All pupils were examined, then a fine program was presented by the school children, in memory of Washington’s birthday, after which Miss Perry talk ed to the parents and children re garding “Good Health” as a charac teristic of good a citizen. County Superintendent, Luella A. Parker, attended the Annual Conven tion of County Superintendents held in Lincoln last week. She reports a very interesting and instructive con vention. A report has come from the Secre tary of the Board of Education at Ewing that they have rehired their teachers for the coming year. They ! are as follows: El.ia McCullough, Superintendent. John A. Shimonek, Principal Elsie Chase, N. T. Grace Benjamin, Home Economics Howard T. Zook, Coach Pearl Borden, 8th Josephine Retzloff, 6th and 7th Alice Selah, 4th and 5th Myrtle Wood, 2nd and 3rd. BIG LAWSUIT GOES TO Jury Today 9DAYSTAKINGEVIDENCE After nine days of taking testimony, fighting their way through, proving and disproving, examining and cross examining, court—jury—attorneys— spectators heaved a sigh of relief and rested from the long strain when court adjourned last evening in the Flannigan case. This morning the batteries of the attorneys opened in oratory and argument for and against convicition of the accused. It has been one of the hardest fought cases in recent history in Holt county. Hour after hour was spent in examining witnesses to establish this, that and the other thing. Keen legal talent met keen legal talent and Judge Dickson kept watchful eye and held a firm judicial hand over the whole proceedings. The jury has been under the watchful care of Bailiff Frank Barret at all times while not in the jury box. By noon Thursday the pleas of County Attorney Julius D. Cronin for the prosecution and Judge J. J. Har rington for the defense had been made. Two others are to follow this afternoon. The case will go to the jury by 4 o’clock. Will Sue Stockholder)* The adjourned meeting of the de positors of the failed state bank of this city was held yesterday. It was stated that there had been realized from the assets of the bank $44,000, but that there was only about $5,000 of this available for the depositors, the balance being absorbed by other claims. A committee was authorized to make a trip to Lincoln to consult the state banking department as to steps to be taken with respect to the Dickson note. This committee consists of the following: Theo Kubart, G. Janzing, George Bressler and M. H. Horiskey. A motion carried to commence suit against the stockholders of the bank. A number of matters were discussed and the meeting adjourned subject to the call of chairman Bressler. Rock County Leader: Sixty-one counties in the state will receive a total of $82,298.50 from the state treasurer as a result of action taken by the last legislature. The money is due ihe countits as refunds as o%rer payments of motor vehicle license fees collected by them for the use of the state registrtaion bureau, which keeps a card index of cars and owners for the entire state. The county of ficials are permitted to retain five cents of each payment as their own office fee*. Of the balance, thirty per cent goes to the state and seventy per cent to the county. In making computations in the past many count ies have remitted to the state thirty percent of the gross collections. It is this that must be refunded. r—---—-' Friday & Saturday Specials Small Premium Hams ic Half or Whole, per pound . . . AtiC Chuck Roast, 2 lbs . . 25c Fresh Pork Sausage 2 lbs 25c Chile Con Came bricks, ea. 15c Large Package Oats, 2 lor 35c 10 bars Naptha Soap . 25c Beans,98 percent clean,ft*.25c Karo dark Syrup, 10 lb pail 52c Pink Salmon, two 1-lb tins 23c WhiteFrost Flour 48-lb bag 99c Jumbo Peanuts, pound 10c 10 lbs Macaroni, . . 65c Red Triumph Potatoes bag's5 s1.50 These spuds are in the best of condition. Be sure to see them R. R. MORRISON-Groceries, Meats Phone 24 Phone 23