Neb State Historical Society
The Frontier
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VOL. LIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1932. No. 3
GOV. BRYAN PROMISES SURVEY
OF ’HOPPER AREA
LITTLE CHANCE OF STATE AID
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Supervisors John Sullivan, John
Steinhauser and H. L. James returned
from Lincoln Tuesday night, where
they had accompanied several other
members of the county boards from
the counties in this section of the
state for a conference with Governor
Bryan to try and secure state aid in
their fight against the grasshoppers
infesting this section. They received
no encouragement from the governor
that their request for state aid with
out matching dollars with the amount
donated by the state would be granted.
The following article from the State
Journal of Tuesday gives a ful ac
count of the meeting:
“A delegation from the drouth area
in northern Nebraska, after a private
conference with Governor Bryan Mon
day afternoon, received no assurance
that their request for state aid to
combat grasshoppers without match
ing dollars with the state would be
granted. On the contrary the govern
or said that many counties had applied
for state aid and he would first make
a speedy survey of the situation in
different parts of the state before he
would be able to say whether uncon
ditional relief could be given to
counties.
“Three or four western counties
have already received shipments of
poison bran. The governor did not
say how many counties are likely to
be in need of poison. Unofficial re
ports are that forty counties have
already sent in requests. The state’s
available fund is not expected to go
far with the demand increasing.
“The northern delegation informed
the governor there are counties with
out funds and cannot make a levy until
August, when it will be too late. They
said it is not now too late as grass
hoppers are still hatching. The call
ing of a special session of the legis
lature was not mentioned at the con
ference.
“Holt county was represented by
John Sullivan, chairman; H. L. James
and John Steinhauser; Knox and Ced
ar by State Senator Koster of Nio
brara; Antelope by M. M. Mitchell;
Rock by I. C. Freaderickson and Boyd
by James Curtis. Brown and Keya
Paha county board members were not
present. Antelope county, the only
county having funds available, has
ordered two cars of poison bran.
“The delegation presented to the
governor a statement prepared at the
recent meeting held at O'Neill in
which it was alleged that all counties
except Antelope declared their fin
ances are completely exhausted, that
their tax levies have reached the
legal limit and more than the limit of
the paying possibilities of their cit
izens. Conditions were represented
as such that if state aid cannot be
granted without first raising local
funds it will be necessary to let the
opportunity pass, thus forcing 12%
per cent of the population of the state
into a non-taxpaying class and thus
curtailing all funds of the state. The
statement submitted to the governor
asked him to grant state aid “without
strings to it.”
“It was signed by E. A. Smith and
D. H. McGee of Antelope county,
James A.Curtis of Boyd, John A. Stull
of Brown, E. J. Pierce of Keya Paha,
J. E. Cook of Rock, and Hugh L.
James of Holt. All the signers are
members of county boards except Mr.
Smith of Antelope who is pastor of
a church and Mr. Pierce of Keya Paha
who is county agent.
ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
The Eleventh Annual Invitation Golf
Tournament of the O'Neill Country
Club will be held on June 19,20 and 21.
The tourney which has always
proved to be the most popular in
Northeast Nebraska, promises to be
more successful this year than ever
before, and reservations and requests
for more information are coming in
every day.
Willard Kramer, of Stanton, the
champion last year will be back to de
fend his title, and Harry Houston, of
Plainview, the runner-up will also re
turn as well as numerous others of
golfing fame in this section.
H. J. Birmingham is the chairman
of the committee and Mrs. Ed Camp
bell in charge of the bridge tourna
ment which will be held for the ladies.
Mias Marguerite Hatch, who has
been the guest of Miss Edna Simonson,
returned to her home at Lincoln.
BRIEFLY STATED
L. A. Jones made a business trip
! to Ainsworth Wednesday.
Miss Edith Halloday will be the
teacher in District 39 next year.
W. B. Cooper, Chambers, was in
the city last Tuesday visiting friends.
Miss Marjorie Dickson spent Sunday
visiting with friends at Grand Island,
Nebraska.
John Phalin came up from Omaha
last week for a few weeks visit with
the home folks.
Miss Loretta Enright left for Wayne
last Sunday to spend a few weeks at
the Wayne Normal school.
An eight pound baby girl was born
to Mr and Mrs. C. L. Summers, of
Middle Branch, last Friday.
J. C. Alexander, of Orchard, was
looking after business matters in this
city the first of the week.
R. R. Morrison went down to Omaha
last Sunday to attend the funeral of
his old friend Reese Hanning.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Roach, of Page,
are rejoicing in the arrival of a young
son at their home last Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Erwin, of Grand
Island, were in the city last week
visiting old time friends and relatives.
Levi Krueger, of Bloomfield, is in
the city this week looking after his
extensive real estate holdings in this
county.
Bert Hubbard, who has been attend
ing the State University for the past
year, returned home last Saturday
evening.
The Children’s Day Program of the
Presbyterian Church will be held next
Sunday evening at 8 p. m. Everybody
welcome.
Clyde Streeter left for Lincoln last
Tuesday morning, where he will enter
the Veterans Hospital for an exam
ination and treatment.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oberle went to
Mellette, South Dakota last Saturday
to spend a few days visiting at the
home of Mr. Oberle’s brother.
Miss Anna Joyce left last Sunday
morning for Chicago, where she will
spend a couple of weeks visiting with
her sister, Miss Margaret Joyce.
Steve Donlin, one of the pioneers of
northwestern Holt, was transacting
business in the city today, and this
office acknowledges a pleasant call.
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Judge R. R. Dickson and L. G.
Gillespie are in Omaha this week at
tending the Masonic Grand Lodge, as
representatives from the local lodge.
Reese Hanning, who has represented
an Omaha fruit house in this territory
the past thirty years, died at a hos
pital in Omaha last Saturday morning.
Jack Grady, who has been attend
ing school at Atchison, Kansas, the
past year, returned home last Thurs
day evening for the summer vacation.
The Misses Mary Jo Finley and
Reta Riordan left Tuesday for Val
entine, where they will spend a week
visiting at the home of Miss Margaret
Tyler.
Thomas Crowe, one of the pioneer
farmers of the Northeast part of the
county, was looking after business
mutters in this city the latter part of
last week.
Mrs. Earl Purrer, of St. Louis, Mo.,
arrived in the city the latter part of(
last week, being called here by the
serious illness of her father, M. F.
Harrington.
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Hill, of Gordon,
accompanied by Mr. Hills mother,
spent yesterday visiting relatives in
this city on their way home from u
trip to Omaha.
M. R. Sullivan was over from Hart- j
ington the first of the week to attend
the graduation exercises of St. Mary’s
Academy, his daughter. Miss Helen,
being a member of the graduating
< class.
Commencement Exercises
At St. Mary's Academy
ANNUAL ALUMNAE REUNION OF
ST. MARY’S ACADEMY
Eighty-four of St. Mary’s graduates
assembled in the library of their Alma
Mater on Sunday, May 29th, for the
annual reunion. A very happy hour
was spent renewing old friendships
with teachers and classmates and re
calling memories of past school days.
At six o’clock Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament was given in the
convent chapel, after which the alum
nae and their honored guests, Rt. Rev.
Monsignor Cassidy, Rev Father Leahy,
Miss Mary T. Cullen and Mrs. F. J.
Kubitschek repaired to the gymnasium
where the banquet was served.
Red white and blue prevailed in the
decorations of both gymnasium and
tables.
One of the memorable features of
the evening was an address given by
Rev. Father Leahy directed particul
arly to the graduating class of 1932,
but furnishing valuable material for
thought to all present.
The menu for the dinner follows:
Fruit Cocktail, Olives and Radishes,
Baked Ham, Mint Jell, Creamed Pota
toes, Baked Beans, Salad, Lemon Vel
vet and Cake, Rolls and Coffee.
Under the direction of Mr. John
McCarthy, as toastmaster, the follow
ing program was given
“Oour Lady of May” Miss Mary
Morrison
“The Clergy” Mr. Cletus Sullivan
‘Spanish Dance”
Our bisters Miss Alice Hon man
“Alma Mater” Miss Marguerite Welch
Chorus—“To Thee, O Country”
“Welcome to the class of 1932”
Mrs. Elsie Petsel Hallock
Response Miss Florence Hugenberg
Federation Hymn
Class Day
On Monday afternoon, June ^thf
class day exercises were held in the
gymnasium of St. Marys Academy.
The decoration were carried out in
the class colors, sky blue and sand.
The girls of the graduating class were
attired in simple but lovely white
dresses.
The following program was given:
Grand March de Concert_Mary
Jean Hammond
Greetings _ Patricia Sullivan
Class History I.Rose Langer, II Hel
en Graves
“Due Fantaise” Guiseppe Verdi
Piano I “Ernani”.. Helen Reardon
Norman Custer
Piano II “Llombardi”_Irma
Marlatt, Helen Graves
Class Will John Robert Gallagher
Class Prophecy_William Hammond
“Trees” Song Poem Joyce Kilmer—
Rachback..Helen Reardon
Class Motto, Colors, Flower..
Marioin Arbuthnot
Class Gift...Norma Custer
Chorus—“Gently Fall the Shadows”
Class of 1932
Valedictory _ Nadine McNally
Class Motto—“Call that day lost,
whose low descending sun views from
thy hand no worthy action done.”
Class Colors—Sky Blue and Sand.
Class Flower—Tea Rose
Class Officers—President, William
Hammond; vice president, John R.
Gallagher; secretary, Helen Reardon,
and treasurer, Nadine McNally.
Class Roll—
Marian Arbuthnot, O’Neill
Mary Jane Barrett, Atkinson
Esther Boltz, Nenzel
Master Steve Davidson, of Casper,
Wyo., is in the city visiting at the
homes of his grand parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Morrison and Mr. and Mrs.
James Davidson.
George Shoemaker and son, Russel,
and his sister, Miss Mae, of Denver,
drove to Randolph last Sunday and
spent the day visiting at the home of
their sister, Mrs. William Burke.
Miss Mamie Shoemaker, of Denver,
Colo., arrived here the latter part of
last week for a couple of weeks visit
with her brothers, George, B* rt and
John Shoemaker and other relatives
here.
John Miskimmons, who now re ides
at St. Joseph, Mo., arrived in the city
last Monday for a few days visit with
old friends. John is still in the cat
tle-buying game, but says that buai
Robert Burks, O’Neill
Cecilia Carr, Stafford
Raymond Coday, Emmet
Norma Custer, Council Bluffs, Iowa
John R. Gallagher, O’Neill
Angela Galligan, Atkinson
Helen Graves, Tilden
William Hommond, O’Neill
Florence Hungenberg, Norden
Magdalen Jansen, O’Neill
Ida Kuhre, Norden
Rose Langer, Norden
Angela Lyons, Keyapaha, S. D.
William Lyons, Keyapaha, S. D.
Irma Marlatt, Crookston
} Doris McNally, O’Neill
! Nadine McNally. O’Neill
Grace O’Donnell, O’Neill
Stephen Price, Amelia
Helen Reardon, O’Neill
Helen Sullivan, O’Neill
Patricia Sullivan, O’Neill
Commencement
June seventh brought to a close the
school year at St. Mary’s. The exer
cises were held in St. Patrick’s church
at ten o’clock, with Rt. Rev. Bishop
Rummel presiding.
Six young men and nineteen young
ladies were graduated from the high
school. Four boys and twelve girls
received eighth grade diplomas. The
ceremonies were deeply impressive as
only church ceremonies can be, an in
spiration to the youthful graduates
themslves, as well as to their parents
and friends.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Rumniel chose for
his text in addressing the congrega
tion, those beautiful words, “Learn of
Me, for I am meek and humble of heart,
and you shall find rest for your souls.”
Devotion to the Heart of our Savior,
so strongly recommended by Our Holy
Father the Pope during the octave of
the beautiful feast of the Sacred
Heart, was pointed out as an ab
solute necessity in these trying times
of unrest among nations, in society, in
the family and the home, and in the
individual heart, times which are the
result of a system of education which
forgets the one thing necessary, the
education of the heart and soul; a
system which tends to make man in
dependent of man, yea, even independ
ent of God.
He congratulated the parents who
had ttie courage and the generosity
to sacrifice all to give those en
trusted to them by God the advantage
of a thoroughly Catholic education,
The responsibilities of the life they
are entering were impressed upon the
graduates, responsibilities they owe
to God, to their family and their home
to society and themselves. In the full
realization of these responsibilities and
in the living of lives in conformity,
with this realization they will find |
peace for their souls and the reward
of the loving Heart of Our Lord, here
after.
Benediction of the Blessed Sacra
ment closed the exercises.
Scolarship awards made at the com
mencement exercises are as follows:
Tuition at any of the State Normal
Schools—Nadine McNally.
Tuition at St. Catherine’s College
at St. Paul Minn.—Norma Custer.
Tuition at Columbus Normal School
at Sioux Falls, S. D.—Patricia Sul
livan.
Tuition at College of St. Teresa at
Winona, Minn.—Marian Arbuthnot.
Part scholarship at St. Benedict’s Col-,
lege at Atchison, Kan.—William Ham-1
mond.
ness is very dull in his line. During
the past winter he has spent most of
his time in Texas and Oklahoma.
The W. C. T. U. will hold their an
nual County Intstitute Tuesday, June
15th, 1932. Opening session, 1:30 p.m.
at the Presbyterian Church in O’Neill.
Mrs. Clara C. Clayton, Director of
Child Welfare Bureau of Lincoln, will
give an address in the evening. A
cordial invitation is extended to every
one.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Morey, of Puge.
were in O’Neill Monday. They sai 1
the principal reason for their visit wa«
to renew their allegiance to The
Frontier. Mr. and Mrs. Morey have
not been able to be out much the past
tew months because of poor health,
but are better now and able to be
about some.
Gerald Harrington, of Oakland, Cal
ifornia, and Frank Harrington, of
Seattle, Wash., arrived in the city last
evening, being called here by the ser
iousness illness of their father, M. F.
Harrington. George Harrington and
Ira Moss drove to Columbus yester
day afternoon and brought the boys
home from there, reaching here about
10:30 last night.
Mr. and Mrs. Judd Russel, who live
in the eastern part of the county,
drove down to Grand Island last
Friday to get their daughter Agnes,
who has taught in the Grand Island
public schools for the past eight years.
They brought a new Ford car back
with them. Agnes, and her sister, Al
berta, returned to Grand Island Mon
day morning to attend summer school.
M. F. Harrington has been seriously
ill at his home in this city for the past
two weeks. He was taken with an at
tack of the flu about four weeks ago
and other complications set in as an
aftermath of the flu. His children are
now all at his bedside. The many
friends of Mr. Harrington, not only in
this county, but the entire state, as
well as adjoining states, hope for his
speedy recovery.
A Jefferson county farmer walked
into the county treasurers office at
Fairbury with a basket loaded with
three fruit jars. “I want to pay my
taxes,” he said as he slid the jars
under the wicket to the waiting
official. The three jars were filled
with 2400 pennies and weighed about
twenty pounds. The taxpayer said
that he had been saving them for the
past fourteen months.
Another nice rain, amounting to one
and sixty-four hundred inches visited
this county last Tuesday night. We
understand that the rain exten’ded
from Valentine to east of Clearwater.
This makes about five and a quarter
inches of rainfall that ha3 saturated
this county in the past three weeks
and crops are looking simply immense
and farmers and business men are
1 wearing the smiles that won’t come off.
Mrs. Francis Brendan left Monday
for Washington, D. C., where she will
join her husband, Captain Brennan,
who has been stationed at the War
College in Washington for the past
yeur. Mrs. Brennan will also visit
her mother in Providence, R. I. for a
short time, after which she and Cap
tain Brennan will return to O’Neill to
get the children, who are visiting their
grandmother and other relatives in
the city. Captain Brennan is again to
be stationed in Washington for the
coming year.
TURN DOWN CONTEMPT CHARGE
Lincoln Journal: The supreme court,1
in chambers Monday, refused to issue
an order citing District Judge R. R.
Dickson of O’Neill to show cause why
he should not be adjudged guilty of
contempt. The application was made
by J. J. Harrington of O’Neill and
J. C. Cook of Fremont, attorneys for
John M. Flannigan and his two
brothers, James C. and A. E. Flanni
gan, who have been tried recently in
ortheastern Nebraska courts on,
charges of violating the state banking [
laws. The Flannigans ran a number
of banks in that section, the principal
one being at Stuart, which went down
in the depression.
it was alleged in tne application
that Judge Dickson, with intent to
prejudice and poison the minds of
jurors in Holt county against the
Flannigans, cause to be printed in
the local newspaper, O’Neill Frontier,
copies of correspondence the judge had
had with Chief Justice Goss relative
to the supreme court assigning an
other judge to try the i-ases against
two of the bankers. The supreme
court assigned Judge Landis of Sew
ard to the task, and requisitioned the
services of Judge Dickson to aid in
supreme court work.
It was contended that while in the
letter Judge Dickson wrote that he
had not any bias or prejudice against
any of the Flannigans, it was so
worded as to prejudice the supreme
judges against them when their ap
peals are heard in that court, and
that this constituted impeding justice.
The offense lay, they charged, in mak
ing public the contents of the letter.
It is also charged that before J. C.
Flannigan was tried Judge Dickson
privately advised him to plead guilty,
telling them that a trial would result
in a record so voluminous that the
supreme court would not read it thru,
and that this constituted a reflection
on the impartiality of the supreme
court. j, „
I CONTRACTS ARE ASKED FOR SIX
ROAD PROJECTS
BIDS TO BE OPENED JUNE 30TH
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The state is now advertising for
bids on six road projects in this county.
The bids are to be opened in Lincoln
and contracts awarded, if bids are
satisfactory, on June 30, 1932.
Following are the projects in this
county on which bids are asked:
For oiled gravel surfacing and in
cidental work on the O’Neill-Spenccr
and O’Neill-Atkinson projects, num
bers 14-A and 158-A, Federal Aid
Roads. The proposed work consists
of constructing eighteen and six-tenths
miles of oiled gravel road.
For oil sand surfacing and incident
al work on the Deverre-Atkinson pro
ject, number 639-D, State Road. The
proposed work consists of construct
ing twelve and five-tenth miles of
oiled sand surfacing.
For sand gravel surfacing and in
cidental work on the O'Neill-Bartlett
project, number 313-D, Federal Aid
Road. The proposed work consists of
constructing eight miles of gravel
road.
For sand gravel surfacing and in
cidentl work on the Chambers East
project, number 696, State Road. The
proposed work consists of construct
ing four and eight-tenths miles of
graveled road.
For reconstructing oiled sand sur
facing and incidental work on the
O’Neill-Bartlett project number 313-A,
Federal Aid Road. The proposed work
consists of reconstructing one and five
tenth miles of oiled sand road.
A SPLENDID TKBUTE
Lieut. Col Owen R. Meredith, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Meredith of this
city, and a graduate of the O’Neill
high school, has for the past four
years served as professor of military
science and tactics at the University
of Kentucky at Lexington, complet
ing his duties there at the close of
this school year. The Lexington Herald
pays the following splendid editorial
compliment to Lieut. Col. Meredith in
its issue of May 27th:
“From the earliest days in the his
tory of our state, Kentucky has felt
pride with ample reason for the con
tributions in leadership that she has
made to the national government, to
the army and the navy and to her
sister states. Today, in all fairness,
it is our duty to return thanks to the
state of Nebraska and to the United
Statesarmy fortheir loan to us through
the past four years for use in the
training of our youth of a man who
in character, in personality and in de
votion to the highest ideals of good
citizenship has been well fitted to join
the almost peerless ranks of these
leaders of the past.
“Lieutenant-Colonel Owen R. Mer
edith is completing a tour of four
years as professor of military science
and tactics at the University of Ken
tucky. Although his material achieve
ments have been his least, yet they
may serve as an outward indication
of what his service has been . The
report of the regular army inspectors
who each year have analyzed the ac
tual attainments of the military de
partment at the University of Ken
tucky has each year shown a higher
degree of attainment, their rating for
the past two years having been ex
cellent. During the same period, the
rifle team has brought to the Univer
sity of Kentucky the Hearst trophy
and the Pershing Rifles, only a little
over a year old, have just won in
competitive drill from teams represent
ing similar institutions in Ohio, In
diana and Illinois.
“No better measure of his ideals
for the youth under his guidance need
be sought than his own definition of
the purpose of the military depart
ment, the development of character,
leadership and citizenship. No one
in his position has striven more con
sistently and successfully toward these
objectives.
“In expressing gratitude to the in
dividual for his service to the com
munity and to the commonwealth,
it were indeed an oversight not to
congratulate the higher military com
mand for its wise foresight in placing
it- reputation with the civil population
in Mich capable keeping. We believe
the army is the better for the pos
se - *ion of such men upon its rolls.
We know that it is more secure in the
affection and confidence of central
Kentucky for this living evidence of
ita purpose.*’
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