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The Frontier
VOlTlII. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932. No. 49
“IT IS ONE THING TO SEE THAT A LINE IS CROOKED, AND ANOTHER THING TO BE ABLE TO DRAW A STRAIGHT ONE ”
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▼ BRIEFLY STATED
Catherin Cox is here from Calif.
Miss Dorothy Collins spent Sunday
at Plainview.
Chales Lovequest of Stuai’t was in
the city Monday.
Mr. George Simpson, who lives on
the Dickson ranch, is sick.
Clerk of the Court Moss was an
Atkinson visitor yesterday.
Stanley Zarr moved into one of the
Parker houses on Wednesday.
Lenore Reka, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Reka, is much improved.
Mrs. Sadie Harte went to Omaha
last Tuesday morning for a few days
visit.
Peter Reifers bought a load of used
furniture Tuesday that came from
Norfolk. *
Alic Lieck has been employed as an
additional bookkeeper at the Armour
Creameries.
Uriah Haskins of Long Pine, a
brother of Mrs. G. A. Fox, was in the
city Monday.
Henry Kaup and Harry Gill were
down fron Stuart Sunday to attend
the theatre here.
Mrs. John Kersenbrock took her
son to Sioux City Thursday morning
to an eye doctor.
a Mr. and Mrs. John Osenbough
drove to Broken Bow, Neb. on busi
ness last Sunday.
Mr. Dick Jordan took his wife to
a hospital at Lincoln early Monday
morning, by train.
Miss Jeanette Rourke, niece of Leo
J. Mullen, returned to her home at
V Sioux Falls, S. D.
The little son of F. T. Engelhaupt
of Chambers is visiting with his uncle
A. Engelhaupt of O’Neill.
Mrs. C. B. Scott is back in town
after a two weeks visit with her
mother at Broken Bow, Neb.
Mrs. Alma Farrier and Mrs. Mar
garet Youngboth, of Chambers, were
shopping in O’Neill last week.
The barn dances at Murray’s Ranch
last night went over big. There will
be another one next Wednesday.
Aloys Kaup and daughter of Stuart
were in the city Tuesday to make
some purchases at O’Neill stores.
Babe Warford was taken to the
University hospital at Omaha Monday
morning for an appendix operation.
L. I. Bayne of Spalding was in the
city yesterday with a truck load of
white seed corn which he was offering
for sale.
Last Saturday in county court Jay
Butler entered a plea of guilty to a
charge of possession and was fined
$100 and costs.
Miss Eileen Enright returned to
Omaha Sunday morning after a few
day’s visit with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Enright.
At the K. C. hall club room Tues
day night the local society of Catholic
Daughters entertained the court from
Atkinson at Bridge Whist.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Simmons and
daughter Millicent were visiting with
Mrs. Simmon’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Englehaupt of Chambers.
Mrs. Jack Salmans departed Sat
urday for Grand Island, where she
joined Mr. Salmans who is in insur
ance work in that place. They will
make their home there.
Mrs. Shanner and son Luther were
over from Page Tuesday. Luther has
bought a half section of land near
Middle Branch and is arranging to
break and crop some of the place this
season.
John Moler, 81, sustained a broken
arm in a fall last Thursday. He is
being cared for by his daughter who
reports that he is helpless from para
lysis which either occasioned the fall
or resulted from the injury.
Renewing her subscription, Mrs.
H. H. Mitchell, of Jeffers, Mont., writes
an appreciative word for The Frontier,
and says “we enjoy it very much and
look forward to its arrival every
Tuesday.”
Lillian E. Coombs, living north
east of town, was a caller last Friday.
It being Arbor Day many places were
closed, hence she was unable to ac
complish some errands for which she
had come to O’Neill.
The city council met Tuesday even
ing to finish the work of the year
previous to the new organization
which will be affected at a meeting
next Tuesday. Bonds were approved
for those elected to another term, in
cluding mayor, treasurer, clerk and
councilmen.
Petersburg Index: Misses Euph
rasia Mitchell and Loretto Enright
drove to O’Neill to spend the week
end at the home of Miss Enright; Miss
Eileen Enright of Omaha was also
a week-end guest of her parents and
returned to Petersburg with Misses
Enright and Mitchell for a short visit.
Court Deuel and Therlow Lord, old
residents of the Page neighborhood,
but now living at Santa Ana, Calif.,
were in the city the past week. Mr.
Deuel came here to start proceedings
in county court for the settlement of
an estate. Mr. Lord is a son of the
late Wm. Lord, an old resident of
Page.
A farmer from Keya Paha county
bought a Farmall with plow attach
ment at Biglin’s yesterday, loading
it onto a truck to haul home. They
come from sixty or seventy miles out
now to O’Neill to buy equipment and
supplies and back home the same
day. It used to be a week’s trip from
Keya Paha.
Speaking of grasshoppers, they are
having the real thing in South Africa.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry White, of Amelia,
this county, have a daughter serving
as a missionary in the dark continent.
Farmers in the area affected, say it
seemed as tho the cloud of insects was
500 miles wide in some places and
three times that long. There was an
attempt to attack them from motor
trucks, but were quickly outdistanced.
They are moving at the rate of 100
miles a day.
This is the bird nesting season and
those interested in reducing the num
ber of crows, and incidentally collect
ing the bounty, are "marketing” the
eggs. Yesterday one individual brought
186 eggs to the county clerk’s office
and another brought 86. The bounty
is 5 cents a piece, making them of
considerable mo8o sale value than
poultry eggs.
Farmers in eastern Holt and west
ern Knox have been coming to O’Neill
the past few weeks to get their plows
and listers sharpened for the spring
farming. Shops are not as plentiful
as they once were over the country
where such work can be done. O’Neill
has two well-equipped places for such
work and they are drawing business
from a large territory.
The Burlington will retire 420 men
on pension May 1st. There will be
some changes affecting the O’Neill
district. F. G. Gurley, now general
superintendent at Lincoln, goes to
Chicago as assistant to Vice-Presi
dent Flyn. F. R. Mullen, now super
intendent at Lincoln, advanced to gen
eral superintendent. S. L. Fee goes
to Lincoln as superintendent.
The Hastings Daily Tribune con
tains a picture of H. E. Zimmerman
as one of the successful candidates at
the recent municipal election. He is
better remembered here as Harold,
having been born and raised in O’Neill,
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Zimm
erman. He is elected a member of
the city council from the First ward
in Hastings.
A few friends went to the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biglin Tuesday
evening in honor of their seventeenth
wedding anniversary. The guests
brought the dinner prepared for serv
ing. The evening was pleasantly spent
at cards. The guests were Mayor and
Mrs. C. E. Stout, Mr. and Mrs. Rear
don, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Campbell and
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Birmingham.
Mrs. Nellie Simmons, of Grayville,
S. D., has been visiting the past two
weeks at the homes of her sons Bryan
and Charley Simmons and her daugh
ter Mrs. Babcock. From here she
goes to North Bend to visit a dauj#iter
Mrs. Hans Andeson, and then goes to
Toolee, Utah, where she visits another
daughter and then to California for
a protracted stay with others of her
family.
A representative of the federal de
partment of justice at Omaha, Mr.
Dewey, has been in the city recently
looking up the criminal record of a
local offender who at present is serv
ing a jail sentence in Omaha, received
in the county court of this county, j
Federal authorities are involving him
in charges that are likely to put him
where authorities here will not be
bothered with him in the future.
The last of the Flannigan trials in
district court has been definitely set
for May 16. Judge Dickson will not
preside at this trial, but says he does
not know as yet who the presiding
judge will be. The personal injury
case of Vivian Lange against A. J.j
Kubitschek, tried during the winter
and a verdict rendered for defendant
for $15,045, is said to have been com
promised at $7,500. A guardian will
be asked for Miss Lange in county
court.
The county board yesterday denied
the petition to divide Sand Creek pre
cinct. Dissatisfied with the way road
work has been done, the east half of
the precinct sought to withdraw and
organize with a set of officers. On the
west side of the proposed dividing
line sentiment was in favor of con
tinuing as one precinct. The tendency
at present is to consolidate rather
than make more divisions of territory.
The county board, by unanimous vote,
declined to grant the prayer of the
petitioners.
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Jack Frost returned to pay the
country a visit Monday and Tuesday
In spots a considerable coat of ice
resulted. Word from the state agri
cultural authorities conveyed the re
assuring information that if the
temperature did not fall much below
JO fruit blossoms and gardens would
not be damaged. That was as low
as the temperature reached in this
county. The clouds and breeze were
favorable to taking out the frost w'ith
out killing effect. The foliage out
: on the trees retains its green and the
pansies look fresh in their purple and
j fold, _ _
The local Red Cross committee has
compiled a list of those who have
taken flour and wheat from that sent
in by the government. There are
some BOO names on the list with the
amount each has received. Fifteen
100 pound sacks of wheat has been
allotted to each so far though not all
have received that amount. One 100
pound sack of flour has gone to the
most of them though some have had
as much as four sacks. It is stated
that the same amount will be avail
able for each again from this same
source.
O’Neill has a building that has been
in continuous use as a hardware store
for over half a century. It is what
was known originally as the McCaf
ferty corner where John J. McCafferty
started the hardware and furniture
business that still survives. It is
known now as Warner & Son. There
have been four different owners dur
ing the years that are gone but the
store arrangement and stock contin
ues about as it was in the beginning,
the stock being kept up by renewing
as goods are sold. It is the only build
ing and location in town that has had
such a history for so long a period.
The wet weather tests the state
highways. No. 20, long in use in this
county, is unaffected by the general
soggy surroundings occasioned by the
drizzling rains and wet fog blanket
spread over the country. No. 13 as
far out as the South Fork is all right
but from there on is in bad shape
when wet. No. 11 south out of Atkin
son is inadequately graveled for wet
weather. None of it is properly grav
eled and much of it is nothing more
than a sticky clay surface, though an
attempt was made to gravel it all.
Traversing a naturally wet section,
that highway needs a proper surface
finish.
A man claiming to be from Detroit
appealed to an O’Neill grocery this
morning for a bite to eat. Depression
being mentioned the gentleman from
the Michigan city said we know noth
ing about it here. At Detroit they
line up—40 or 50 thousand idle men—
at the soup counters. Here we have
a few and are able to take care of
them—there they are massed in thous
ands. He said he had a good home
all paid for and had been employed
at the big factories but with many
other was “laid off.” He struck out
for the west to get away from the
sights and scenes of clamorous crowds
of unemployed.
Tuesday evening at the offices of
the Interstate Power company a fare
well get-to-gether party was held for
R. H. Orton, assistant manager here,
who left Wednesday for Debugue,
la., general headquarters of the com
pany. Mr. Orton goes to the general
headquarters at the call of the com
pany who is putting him in a higher
position. The employees of the com
pany here showed their friendship and
esteem by giving the social function
Tuesday night. None but those con
nected with ithe Interstate partici
pated. Cards were the main feature
of the entertainment. Mr. Orton was
presented with a handsome traveling
set as a token of esteem from his
office associates here.
Pop and Peanut Time
Herrick Press: The Senate knocked
off for an hour to look at the big army
and navy parade held in Washington
on the 6th of April, as part of the
George Washington Bi-centennial Cel
ebration. Some may think that it was
an undignified and trivial thing for
the Senate to do. Really, it was a
precedent worthy of being welcomed
and followed. The whole blase, ir
ritated and struggling population
would be better and happier if. even
for a brief hour now and then, its
members would lay aside the inten
siveness of their personal affairs, and
relax amid the attractions of parades,
county fairs and general old time el
bow rubbing. The country is sorely
in need of a let down, and an era of
pop and peanuts.
Tall Tales
Seven years ago a farmer hung hi*
vest on a fence in the barnyard. A
ralf chewed up a pocket in which was
a gold watch. Recently the animal, a
staid old milk cow, was butchered foi
beef, and the time-piece was found
in such a position between the lung*
of the cow that respiration kept tht
watch wound up and the watch had
lost but four minutes in the last sever
years.
Ewing Advocate: Many horse*, ir
a wide area of territory around Copen
hagen are dying and in most instances
death has been caused by the animals
eating sand in an endeavor to obtain
feed from the over-pastured fields of
fall-sown rye. Post mortem examina
tions by veterinarians have revealed
the cause, and in some instances as
much as two quarts of sand have been
found in the animal’s stomach. A
rented} recommended is to drench the
striken beast with Itwo quarts of
melted lard. This is used in the early
stages of the sickness, and will lubri
cate the sand and often give relief
RESOLUTION
Bankers of Group 3, in session at
Norfolk last week, adopted the fol
lowing:
WHEREAS, the Federal Land Bank
of Omaha has adopted the policy of
requiring borrowers who are delinqu
ent on interest payments to give a
chattel mortgage on all their personal
property as additional security for
interest payments due and, in many
cases, interest not yet due on their
real estate loans.
In cases where the borrowers have
their personal property mortgaged to
banks or others, said Land Bank has
required their borrowers to give a
second mortgage on all their personal
property. In many cases said Land
Bank has included in the amounts of
such chattel mortgages not only past
due interest, but interest payments
not yet due, and other items such as
taxes not yet delinquent and unpaid,
and for which said Land Bank has
advanced no money or assumed any
obligation; and,
WHEREAS, we believe that the
practice of said Land Bank in taking
second mortgages on farmers’ person
al property will not only make it im
possible for banks safely to make
further advances to such borrowers,
but will be the means of requiring en
forced liquidation by hundreds of
farmers throughout the state who are
making an honest effort to meet their
payments to the said Land Bank and
will eventually do so if not forced to
the wall by such a policy as is now
being practiced by said bank; and,
WHEREAS, We believe the practice
of said Bank of including in the a
mounts of said chattel mortgages such
items as interest payments not yet
due and taxes not delinquent, and for
which said Bank has assumed no ob
ligation or made any advance, to be
illegal, we request the Secretary of
this Convention to submit this ques
tion to the Attorney General of Ne
braska for an official opinion. With
the view of a change of policy, either
by regulation or ammendment to the
laws, if necessary, we request that a
copy of these Resolutions be sent to
the Federal Land Bank at Omaha, to
the Federal Land Bank Board at
Washington, D. C., and to members of
Congress from Nebraska.
Harvey Weeks of Amelia has been
endorsed by the county party organ
ization for postmaster at that place.
Mr. Weeks has conducted a restuarant
in Amelia until recently.
Turkey Meetings
Tw'o turkey production meetings
will be held on the Mrs. Charlotte
Kiedel farm, one half mile north and
one half mile east of Stuart. The
Amelia meeting will be at Mrs. Verne
Sageser’s in Amelia. These meetings
will start at 1:30 in the afternoon.
Brooding and feeding of turkey
poults, and building of equipment
will be covered at this meeting. Mr.
J. H. Claybough, Extension Poultry
man, will be in charge of the meeting.
All turkey growers are invited to
attend these meetings.
Methodist Church Notes
Benj. Kuhler, Pastor
Not such a bad record last Sunday.
Come again. Sunday School at 10:00
A. M.
Twenty-five at League Sunday even
ing in spite of rain. I heard them say
we enjoyed it, too. They have real
discussions, not mere paper clippings
to read. Come and hear them, at 7:30.
Evening preaching hour 8:00.
Prayer and Bible study service
Thursday at 8:00. After opening ex
ercises the young folks have a sep
arate leader.
We invite you to worship with us,
if you are not attending elsewhere.
Services at the First Presbyterian
Church
Sunday School 10:00—Mr. Geo. C.
Robertson, Supt.
We rejoice to see an increase in th«
attendance. There is a constant ef
fort on the part of the teachers to
improve the teaching.
Morning Worship 11:00—“Being
Yourself” will be the topic.
C. E. Prayer Meeting 7:15—This
will be led by Luree Sauers.
Evening Service 8:00—“The Chal
lenge of the Great.”
Our Choirs are planning special
numbers for both services. You can
help your community by being in
terested in the best things.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
[[Notice to Patrons]
Starting on May 1, we will inaugurate a strictly
cash system. Positively credit sales will be dis
continued. This is done in the interest of our
selves and customers and to make possible lower
prices. We appreciate the liberal patronage ac
corded us and will continue the same standards
of quality and service.
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