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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1932)
_“AS IRON SHARPKNETH IRON, SO ARE THE WITS EDGED AND BRIGHTENED BY FRICTION WITH OTHER MINDS.”_ THE FRONTIER D. H. Cronin, Omaha, Publisher Romaine Saunders, Holt county, Managing Editor Entered at the Postoffice at O'Neill, Nebraska as Second Class Matter. ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on Pages 4, 6 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 26 cents an inch (one column wide) per week; on Page 1 the charge is 40 cents an inch per week. Local ad vertisement", 10 cents per line first Insertion, subsequent insertions 6 cents per line. Every subscription is regarded as aif open account. The names of sub scribers will be instantly removed from our mailing list at expiration of time paid for, if publisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract be tween publisher and subscriber. Franklin D. is not having it all his cwn way in the east. The small daily paper has rather a struggle of it carrying an editorial department. A Honululu judge characterizes the modern ultra up-to-date press as the publicity agency for a “daily diet of dramatized dirt." Speaking of “governmental activit ies that are of rcnl unquestioned serv ice to the people,” how many such can you put your hand on ? If Cupone can do anything out of jail to restore the kidnaped baby, he can do it in jail. Let the arch gangster give the word if he is sincere. The farmer-labor party, promul gated principally by agitators subsist ing by farming the labor organiza tion, will keep up appearances by holding a nationul convention. The season for the extending of the glad hand is opening up. Even though it is a candidate interested in getting a vote, the cordiality of the hand shaking leaves you in a better mood. 1' -- A new angle in juggling stocks is disclosed by the revelations made by a member of congress from New York. Financial writers have been paid to boost certain securities and the sucker clement has done the biting. * ... Relying on cash being brought out of cold storage to revive industry is about as uncertain as a movie actress' matrimonial ventures. The few that could put currency in circulation in this way are probably not going to do it. * One of the tragic experience the farmer has undergone in this period of depression is to be ejected from the home and farm where he and family had toiled and planned for years, or become the tenant of the place which was once their own. Reaching into your pocket to pay the expenses of securing the convic tion of one charged with a crime and then into the same pocket for money to meet expenses in an effort to set aside that conviction is a statutory contradiction that the ordinary citizen fails to see any sense in, Heflin, the spectacular old warhorse from Alabama, has come back to the senate chamber with firey eloquence and clenched fists to regain his seat in that distinguished body. He de clares Senator Bankhead was illegally elected. It ie a political fight of little or no importance, but furnished a great entertainment to the spectat ors. Tom Mooney, serving a life sentence in California on conviction of bomb ing the Armistice day parade sixteen pears ago when ten people were killed, is to remain in prison. Gov ernor Rolph denied the plea for par don. The governor's decision will meet the approval of the country, save the raving red element that it falsely claiming to represent labor. Mooney was convicted after a fair trial. His comment* with that of his friends, on the action of the governor will confirm most people in the belief lo hie guilt. An early spring is something to hear about but never experience. It must be a slim defense when grim old Darrow envokes the golden rule in behalf of prisoner. Incomes of $10 a week are to be taxed 2 per cent in Russia. Perhaps in five years, the plan is to take the $10 entirely. If the guardians of the peace and dignity of the community are to be carried away by kidnapers, who is to see that the streets are kept lighted at knight? It is hard to understand how creat ing credit and giving everyone the opportunity of going farther into debt could be considered relief. The big gest relief we can think of is to get out of debt. The old fashioned boy who used to thrill when the bloodhounds chased Eliza across the ice in the Uncle Tom’s Cabin show, now has a daughter who yawns at the picturization of a World War battle in which 100,000 are killed. Three men in Oklahoma are being held for the slaying of an Indian. A half century ago the shooting of a few Indians was all in the day’s routine. The red man has come to a belated status quo he should have enjoyed long ago. Alfred E. Smith claimed after his defeat by Hoover, that ho was through with politics. He seems to be hard at it again, in an effort to become the nation’s president. If he goes back on promises made after a campaign how can people have faith in his campaign promises. And now they are forecasting a world shortage of wheat. Low prices brought aboift large deductions in acreage among the wheat growers so the next swing in the wheat market may be the other extreme of high prices. They say there is $7.50 worth of bakers’ bread in a bushel of wheat at present prices of flour. Other pro ducts of wheat such as breakfaet foods, show as much as $21 a bushel. It would seem that anyone with a mental slant that permits him to drive an uutomobile broadside into a moving train at a railroad crossing in broad daylight should previously hdhre been locked up for safe keeping. If their life only was at stake little concern might be felt, but in most cases the lives of innocent people are sacrificed or at least jeopardized by the crimin al carelessness of drivers. Railroad officials say they are receiving daily reports of crossing accidents where drivers of automobiles have shown an utter disregard for their own safety as well as those with them. Some seem never to learn that a railroad train has a track to move on and is not stopped and turned at will. It is a simple matter to slow down, get the automobile under control and look to see if no train is coming before proceeding over a crossing. Railroad crossings are not so numerous along tW> highways that this precaution will take much ef a driver’s time. Some weeks ago—or was it months —a man died in O’Neill without mon ey, without friends, without mourners, without any to write an epitaph or deliver an ealogy. His life had been a barren desert so far as the standards of Industry, culture, citizenship, are able to measure lives. Worse than that—it had been misspent in dissipa tion. The parental training and home influence had been that of the aver age in the community. He had been instructed and reared in the creed of his fathers, but for long years had abandoned church, had ignored spirit ual advisors and followed the ways that lead to death. But in the hour of death, when the coffined clay was to be laid away, did the church aband on him? No. Its authoritive repre sentative came like a ministering angel and did all that can be done at that gloomy hour. Men may be come indifferent, may abandon the church and spurn religion, but in the last scene of the drama of life the church does not abandon them. Aa Iowa woman is seeking the job of secretary of agriculture. Offers a Solution Neb, City News: Brother Charley was more or less upset because Mr. Ritchie’s “letter of congratulation” did not figuratively kiss the Gov. I, too, have my mirthful moments. After what the Gov., the Gov’s tax-paid campaign managers and state-owned army of inspectors, agents and spon sors did to Mr. Ritchie, it is indeed a Mirthful Moment for those who AL WAYS appreciate Abdominal Stamina, especially that of Our Charley, the World’s Champeen in that w. k. re spect. ASKING Mr. Ritchie to Forget It, Come Into Camp and Lie-Down Fido-and-Roll-Over, is almost like de manding an apology from the chap you’ve just Knocked Cold with your speeding motor car. IF, as this de partment suggested the other day, Mr. Ritchie and his friends (of whom some 45,000 were counted during the primary) are smart, they’ll stay away from Brother Charley, Tom Allen, Gene O’Sullivan and all their artifices. On the other hand, they’ll jump in to help elect as governor of Nebraska one Dwight Griswold of Gordon. This is not only a good year for all good men to come to the aid of the party: It is a glorious opportune occasion to rid this state of its Caliph of Bagdad. Educational Notes Most of the schools of the County observed Arbor Day in the school on last Friday by the planting of one or more trees on their school ground in memory of the George Washington Bicentennial. Bronze metal plates have been offered to the schools for trees planted in the memory of the Bicentennial by Mr. Watkins, Exten sion Forrester, College of Agriculture, at Lincoln. Any school who planted a tree in memory of this time should notify this office of the number of trees planted and the program held in memory of Arbor Day so that we may get these markers for you. The Inman Public School reports a very successful Patron’s Day on last Friday. Classes were held for the benefit of the visitors and exhibits of school work were shown. Many of the patrons and parents visited the school on the day. The following districts reported teachers for the coming year: District No. 11—Esther Fuelberth District No. 27—Margery Grutsch District No. 58—Carmen Cobb District No. 79—Marcella Hayes District No. 146—Elizabeth Bauer. The papers written by the seventh and eighth graders have been corrected and the grades are being recorded and will be sent to the teachers soon. County Superintendent, Luella A. Parker, accompanied the Normal Trainers of the Stuart Public School visiting in the rural schools on Tues day. They visited in District No. 72, 91, 136, 232 and 242. In each school special stress was put on a certain subject for the time the class was there in order to bring out certain points in teaching the subject. The Sisters and pupils of St. Mary’s Acadaniy are planning a Washington Bicentennial Pageant to be held on next Thursday evening. They have kindly offered to repeat the pageant on Friday afternoon in order to give any teachers and pupils in the county who wish to see this splendid produc tion an opportunity to come in. The various episodes in the life of George Washington will be protVayed with over two hundred pupils taking part in it. I believe this will be a very educational production and will repay any teachers or pupils for the time spent out of school to attend. County Superintendent Luella A. Parker, accompanied by Joy Custer, Mildred Taylor and Francis Soukup left Thursday morning to attend the Spelling Contest at Siousc City and the World-Herald Contest at Omaha. Joy Custer of the Stuart Public School and Mildred Taylor of District No. 122 will enter the Inter-State Contest as Champions of the County Contest and Francis Soukup wiH enter the World Herald Contest at Omaha as the Holt county World-Herald Champion. Fran cis’ mother, Mrs. Mattie Soukup and Mrs. Elsie Hough accompanied them. We are hoping that they may bring back some winners. Newspaper Editor) Skinning someone alive and hang ing a hide on the fence every day is one way to create reader interest, but it has obvious drawbacks and is not recommended.—Frank Jenkins, Rose burg. Oregon, NewR-Review. No editor, sitting in high places in the larger cities, will claim that his newspaper's influence is as great in proportion to circulation and invest ment as the home-town journal pub lisher's in over ten thousand cities of the United States.—George R. Averill, President,Michigan Press Association. Under the Georgia laws, if a news paper innocently makes an error of statement, it is subject to libel action. But if a man sboots another and kills him, and can show that it wa« -’•in tentional, that man goea free. A mis statement about a man, however dam aging is not so serious as to kill him. —W. T, Anderson, Editor and I’ .blish er, Macon Telegraph and Ni COUNTY AGRICULTURE James W. Rooney County extension Agent Cutworms Are Active Many small cutworms of the dark sided variety have recently hatched out in central Nebraska, O. S. Bare, Extension Service entomologist of the Agricultural College found last week in his work with county agents of that section. These small worms will undoubtedly do some damage to corn in May and June, Bare believes. Farmers had reported damage to alfalfa and early small grains in Ante lope, Madison, Merrick, Polk, Ham ilton, Platte, Adams and a few other counties of that section. During the past week, Bare has been in Merrick, Polk, and Hamilton counties. He will visit Antelope and Madison the week beginning April 25th. Damage being done now is mostly due to the larger cutworms which hatched out and developed to more than the usual size last fall, Bare says. He first thought all of the worms would be matured and out of the way by corn planting time, but the pres ence of the small worms now indicates that more trouble is likely to come later. Poison bran mash broadcast over the alfalfa and grain fields or scat tered along the corn row will control the cutworms, farmers have found who have followed Bare’s directions. The formula is, 100 pounds of wheat bran, five pounds of white arsenic, 2 quarts of blackstrap molasses, and enough water to make crumbly mash. Four pounds of Paris Green might be used in place of the white arsenic. The mash should be spread after four o’clock in the afternoon, or on a cool damp day so the worms will eat it before it dries out. One hundred pounds of bran will be enough for 15 acres broadcast or 20 acres of corn when spread along the rows. For the benefit of the doubting Thomases who question whether or not the cutworms will eat the poison bran in preference to green feed, Bare hasdemonstrated the popularity of the bran mash by making a ring of the bran mash about six feet in diameter putting a few cutworms in the center of the ring and then watching them. Invariably they will all head toward the wind, and crawl to the outside of the ring to begin eating the mash. The molasses in the mixture attracts them for several feet. The demon stration takes several minutes because the speed of the cutworm compares with that of the turtle in the fairy tale, but the worms always get there in a bee line and convince the skep tical onlookers that they like the poisoned bran. “IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN” A Bicentennial Pageant-Play In honor of the 200th Anniversary of the Birth of GEORGE WASHINGTON 1732-1932 This Pageant-Play will be presented by the student body of St. Mary’s Academy in the academy gymnasium on Thursday, May 5, at 8 p. m. The admission is: Adults, 50c High school pupils 25c. A matinee will be given for the children on Friday afternoon May 6. Admission: High school pupils 25c Grade Children 10c. EPISODE I “The Cornstalk Brigade” Place: Playground near Master Hobby’s School. Time: 1742. Characters George Washington, at the age of Ten George Hammond Drummer . William O’Connell Fifer James Mathews Captain Bustle Dale Kersenbroek Captain Mason _ George Peter Soldiers: John Morrison, Alfred Mc Namara. Paul Kubitschek, John Harty, Romair.e Stein, John Shoe maker, Robert Moore, Hubert Mc Namara, Robert Miles, Francis Hickey, Owen Hiatt, William Bren nan, John Protivinsky, John Stein, Robert Novratil, John Brennan. Girls and Boys of Master Hobby’s School: Mary Helen Martin, Con stance Golden, Marcella Hoffman, Sheila Barrett, Mary Ann Casey, Winifred Coyne, Mary Lee McDer mott, Mary Ann Janousek, Matilda Peter. Eileen Keeley, Catherine Mc Nichols, Betty McNally, Veronica Coyne, Dorothy Lowery, Corinne Kubitschek, Dorothy Davidson, Paul ine Hershiser, Mary Hickey, Mar garet Ticknor, Lorraine Agnes, Don na Gallagher, Leona Bazelman, Mary Miles. Mammy Lou_ Dorothy Valla Sammy_ _ Bert Brennan Topsy Eldora Lowery Dancer Constance Biglin Presented hy Girls and Boys of Primary, Grades l, 2 and 3. EPISODE II “Oh, For A Life At Sea” Founded on an Incident in the Life of George Washington. George Washington, at the age of fifteen William Kubitschek Lawrence Washington "Bardy” Kubitschek Sailors: William Biglin, James Bren nan, Neil Brennan, Francis Connelly, laine Griffin, Evert Hoffman, Robert Lowery, Victor McI>ermott, Robert McDonough, Edward McManus, Ger ald Riedel!, Robert Shoemaker, Leo Valla. Plantation Negroes: Jean Biglin. Gertrude Bowden, Nadine Coyne. Mary Harty. Lanone Miles, Harriet Hammond. Margaret Martin, Rita Moore, Louise O'Donr- II, Dorothy Reardon. Elaine Streeter, June Car Fri. & Sat. 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Jack Ker senbrock, William Miller, Louis: Peter, Edward Quinn, Robert Ryan, Edward Ryan. Jerome Savage, Ed Ward Stein, Francis Va'la, Thirteen Original States: Rosemary RiglH, Ruth Ann BigHn, Alice Ham i!* »n. Margaret Hammond, Claire Hickey, Trena Hoffman, Dorothy Jordan, Mary Ann Meer, Anna Pet er, Elsie Peter, Helen Peter, Lorcna Steskal, Helen Ticknor. Present. <1 by Girls and Boys of Grades 4, 5 and 6. EPISODE III •The Virginia Colonel" A Garden Party fives by Lord Fair fax, at Belvoir. in honor of the hero of Braddock’s Expedition. Characters Colonel Washington, at the age of Twenty-three Robert Biglin Lord Fairfax William Hammond Sally Fairfax Helen Reardon Elizabeth Pent Grace O’Donnell Ann Spearing Florence Brechbill Other Baux and Belles of the Period: Marian Arbothnot, Cecil Carr, Nor ma Cutter, Angela Galligan, Helen Graves, Florence Hungenberg, Irene Kirwan, Nadine McNally. Rose Larvger. Helen Sullivan. 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