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VOL. LIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932. No. 23
ROOT ESCAPES SERIOUS
INJURY WHEN HIS CAR
SLIDES INTO A DITCH
Damage to Doors of Car Prevent Him
From Freeing Himself
While coming to O’Neill last Mon
day morning to attend the regular
meeting of the County Board, Super
visor Rodell Root met with an auto
mobile accident, one mile and a half
south of this city. He was driving
west, on the correction line, and
noticed a car coming from the north.
There was a pool of water in the road
and he pulled to the outside edge of
the road to miss the pool of water.
He then turned his head for a moment
to look at the other car, and he must
have increased the pressure on the
wheel for when he again glanced
around his wheels were over the em
bankment on the south sid of the
banked uptrun; in attempting to turn
into the road the car went over on its
side, struck the south bank and re
bounded to the north bank, where it
rested when the car was stopped. The
doors on the right side of the car
were badly twisted and Mr. Root was
unable to open them and as the car
lay on its left side he had to have
help to be released from the car. He
suffered a badly scratched nose, and a
large bump over his left eye and a cut
on the top of his head, none of the in
juries being serious. The top of the
car, on the left side, was badly dam
aged and the left fender badly dented.
Mr. Root vTas very fortunate that he
was traveling at a low rate of speed
or he might have been seriously in
jured.
State Journal: George Geary of
Holt county received a judgment at
the hands of the supreme court Tues
day for $15 a week for 300 weeks and
thereafter for the remainder of his
life of $10.13, against the Maryland
Casualty company. Geary traveled
for the Norfolk Hide & Metal com
pany, and was permanently and totally
disabled when a motor truck he op
erated was overturned. The main
question at issue was whether the cost
of his meals and lodging, which were
paid by his employer consituted part
of his wages. The statute says that
these are not to be considered unless
th6 money value was fixed at the time
of hiring. Geary ate and lodged where
convenient and the employer reim
bursed him weekly. The court says
that the cost was capable of being and
actually was rendered certain, and that
a liberal interpretation of the statute
requires a holding that the cost was
a part of his fixed compensation.
A Daring Hold-Up
On Tuesday afternoon, bold bandits
entered the school at Dist. 152 and at
the point of sticks demanded the
teacher, Miss Ada Storts, to “stick
’em up.” After much resistance, her
hands were tied and she was put into
a car, and with her pupils, was taken
to the Dewey Schatfer home. She
was brought before Judge Mrs. Stech
er on the charge of having stolen a
heart. Much evidence was produced
to prove her innocence and she was
finally acquitted, while the conspirat
ors were fined. When the fines were
brought forth, they were things useful
in furnishing a new home.
About thirty friends of Miss Storts
were present. After being served a
delicious lunch, they left for their
homes at a late hour, all agreeing that
it had been a very pleasant afternoon.
Mose M. Grebe, for many years a
resident of this county, living near
Emmet, died at his home at Plainview
on October 13, 1932, at the age of
fifty-nine years. Mose was for many
years section boss for the Northwest
ern railroad at Emmet and moved to
Plainview in 1899, where he had since
made his home.
Joe Seacrest, A1 DeTeau and R. D.
Woodruff, of Lincoln, arrived in the
city last Friday evening and spent Sat.
urady morning hunting pheasants.
They had fairly good luck and left
that afternoon for Cherry county
where they planned to put in a few
days hunting ducks.
The road oiling machine crew, that
has been spreading oil on the road be
tween here and Atkinson the past two
months, have completed their part of
the work and left for Sioux City the
first of the week. The road has not
been completed, but we understand
that it has been opened for travel.
HEAT VALUE OF CORN
AND COAL COMPARED
Last summer, says the World
Herald, a Kansas farmer dumped his
wheat on the ground and refused to
sell it because of the low price. But
the determination of many farmers to
burn corn instead of coal is not just a
whim but it is an economical necessity.
Quoting the W'orld-Herald which says:
“The talk of burning corn on Corn
Belt farms this winter is not a stunt
or gesture of protest, but a matter of
economic necessity. Engineers at Iowa
State College have made a serious
study of the fuel value of corn and are
able to give the farmer some definite
figures as to the relative advantage
of burning corn or trying to trade it
for an equal amount of heating power.
Tests indicate that 141 pounds of
ear corn have the heating value of
one hundred pounds of Iowa coal,
which is rather low grade and cor
respondingly cheap. The heating val
ue of 40 bushels is equivalent to that
of a ton of coal. It takes a little more
corn to give as much heat as the high
er priced Illinois or anthracite coal.
At 13 to 14 cents a bushel corn ap
pears to be the more advantageous
fuel, save that it takes more frequent
feeding of the fire. As one gets farther
from a coal field and farther from a
market for corn than the average Iowa
farmer the advantage in using corn
for fuel grows even greater.
C. Peterson, who has been running
a bowling alley in the Dubois building
on Douglas street foj the past couple
of years, closed up the latter part of
last week and removed his alleys from
the building. We undestand that he
is looking over a location on the Bur
lington east of here and if it looks
good that he will move his alleys
there.
According to a report of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation made
Monday it had loaned up to September
30th, $1,016,328,228 to trust and in
surance companies, banks and building
and loan associations. The statement
said that 3,482 or 70 per cent of the
loans for banks, amounting to $14,
729,867, went to towns of less than
5,000 population.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Frenking and
daughter, Mary Ann, and William
Frenking, of Omaha, came up last
Friday afternoon and visited relatives
here over the week-end and incidently
got a few pheasants. Mrs. J. J. Mc
Cafferty, who had been visiting her
daughter in Omaha the past five
months returned with them. They re
turned home Sunday afternoon.
A local resident went out hunting
last Sunday for the first time in his
life. He returned late in the evening,
tired but happy. He related to friends
that the first pheasant he ever shot at
he knocked down and brought back as
an evidence of his marksmanship. He
did not say how many others he had
shot at and missed, but he sure got
; a kick out of knocking down the first
one he ever shot at.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Butts and son,
Rex, of Nebraska City, and Miss
Eleanor Wintberg, of Omaha, came up
last Friday evening and spent Satur
day visiting at the D. H. Cronin home.
Mr. Butts and son spent Saturday
hunting pheasants and the party left
Sunday morning for Genoa, where they
were to meet a party of friends from
Omaha and Auburn and spend the day
hunting pheasants in Nance county.
Men have been busy the past week
putting up the street markers and the
city now presents a very metropolitan
appearance. By going around the
city you can now tell, by looking at
the signs on the corner, what street
you are on and the location of the
different streets of the city. This was
a good improvement. We understand
that those who are responsible for
having the streets marked are now
contemplating a campaign for free
delivery of mail in the city.
W. S. Grimes, of Chambers, was an
O’Neill visitor last Tuesday and made
this office a pleasant call, renewing his
subscription to this household neces
sity for another year. Mr. Grimes was
| the winner of several premiums at the
i exhibition of farm produce at the
O’Neill Free Day celebration of Octo
ber 12th and was around collecting the
prizes that had been awarded by
O’Neill business men for the several
exhibits. Mr. Grimes and W. F.
Grothe, of Emmet, were the two big
prize winners of the day.
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BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Mildred McNulty spent Sunday
I visiting relatives in Atkinson.
Mrs. Edward Campbell entertained
the Martez Club last Tuesday evening.
The first of the week Ed. Olson pur
chased the old Downey residence in
the northern part of the city.
Sunday was an ideal day for hunting
and many of the local sports went out
and got their limit of pheasants.
Barney Higgins and Frank Carroll,
of Creighton, were looking after busi
ness matters in this city Tuesday.
W. L. Brennan, of Butte, county at
torney of Boyd county, was looking
after legal business in this city last
Monday.
James McManus came down from
Casper, Wyoming, last Friday for a
few days visit with relatives and
friends here.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Carter returned
last Thursday evening from a few
days visit with their daughter and
family at Kearney.
Jack Bartlett, of Middle Branch, and
Miss Jessie A. Cook, of Venus, were
granted a marriage license in county
court last Saturday.
Jack Allinger and a party of friends
from North Platte arrived in the city
last Saturday for a few days hunting
and visiting old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mullen came
up from Norfolk last Saturday even
ing and spent Sunday visiting rel
atives and friends in this city.
Bill Griffin, who is attending the
State University at Lincoln, came
home last Friday night and spent
the week-end visiting home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biglin and son,
Dave, left last Saturday morning for
Omaha, where they will spend several
days visiting relatives and friends.
Owert McPharlin and Morris Downey
came up from Omaha last Friday
night for a few days visit with rela
tives and friends in the old home town.
Howard Medlin, who is attending
Creighton University, came up from
Omaha last Friday night and spent
the week-end visiting the home folks.
A meeting of the Woman’s Club will
be held at the home of Mrs. J. J.
Harrington Wednesday, November 2nd.
The meeting will be of a civic nature.
Miss Catherine Lawlor, one of the
tewhers in the public schools, left for
Lincoln this morning where she will
spend the week-end visiting relatives
and friends.
A1 Strube went down to Omaha
Monday and came back Tuesday, driv
ing a new Buick Bus that will be used
by Fred Lowery on his O’Neill-Ains
worth bus line.
We understand that local employees
of the highway department have been
given a reduction in working days.
They are now working four days a
week, instead of six.
Frank Smith and Stanley Napier, of
Omaha, arrived in the city last Fri
day evening and were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Mellor for the opening
of the huntng season.
Miss Mayme Grady,of Denver, Colo.,
arrived in the city last evening for a
weeks visit with relatives and friends
here. She came here from Kansas
City, where she had been attending
market week.
Bernie McCaffery came down from
Casper, Wyo., last Friday morning for
a few days visit with the home folks.
Bernie says that things are not very
bright in Wyoming, from a business
standpoint.
Mrs. Alfred Sanders accompanied
by her mother left this morning for
Hastings, where Mrs. Sanders will
spend the winter visiting relatives.
Mrs. Sanders expects to return home
tomorrow afternoon.
A thirteen inch snow fall, termed the
heaviest in eastern Montana in twenty
years, fell there last Thursday. Side
roads became impassible and the main
highways were made passible by the
use of snow plows.
Donald Gallagher and Monseigneur
O’Laughlin, of Lincoln, came up last
Tuesday to visit friends and relatives
here and to enjoy a few days hunting
pheasants. They had a successful
hunt and left for home this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNally and
son, Bernard, and daughter, D0H3, and
Miss Medlin went down to Omaha last
Saturday and were attentative spec
tators at the foot ball game at Creigh.
ton stadium that evening, returning
home Sunday.
Ex-Governor S. R. McKelvie will ad
dress the republicans of Atkinson on
next Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. Mr.
McKelvie is a pleasing speaker and the
voters of the western end of the
county can be assured of an interest
ing and instructive address.
Dr. Erwin Gallagher, of La Crosse,
Wis., who has been on a hunting trip
in South Dakota for the past ten days,
arrived in the city last Sunday even
ing for a visit at the home of his
mother, Mrs. M. Gallagher and with
his brother, J. P. Gallagher and family.
The pupils of the public schools are
having a vacation today and for the
balance of the week, the teachers hav
ing left this morning for Norfolk to
attend the annual meeting of the Ne
braska State Association, v/hich is be.
ing held in that city today and to
morrow.
Although it rained nearly all day
Saturday, the first day of the pheas
ant season, this fact did not deter the
lovers of hunting from trying their
luck and several local nimrods had
pheasant for dinner Sunday, even if
they did get a good wetting while
getting them.
Dr. J. R. Dwyer and son, Jack, of
Omaha, came up last Friday afternoon
for a few days visit with relatives and
incidently to see that the pheasant
season was properly inaugerated. They
returned home Sunday, having in their
possession evidence that the hunting
trip was a success.
HOLT COUNTY FARM
BUREAU NOTES
James W. Rooney
County Extension Agent
4-H Club .Members to Ak-Sar-Ben
Holt county will be represented at
the Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show by seven
4-H Club exhibitors. Charles and Lil
lian Coolidge, of Amelia, will each
show a steer and Arthur Dexter of
Ballagh will show two steers in the
Hereford class. Earl, Evelyn and
Clarissa Ressel, of Chambers, will each
show a steer in the Angus class. Boyd
Ressel will show a long fed heifer in
the Angus class. These club members
will leave with their calves on Friday,
October 28th. The calves will be
shown on Wednesday, November 2nd,
and will be sold at auction on Friday,
November 4th. These club folks will
be accompanied to Omaha by S. E.
Dexter, of Ballagh and Mr. and Mi-s.
Ed. Jungman, of Amelia and County
Agent Rooney.
Hay Exhibit at Ak-Sar-Ben
The Holt County Farm Bureau is
cooperating with the hay dealers of
(Continued on page 8.)
JUDGE MALONE DECIDES
IN FAVOR OF THE WILL
IN A. PATTERSON CASE
Case is Expected to Be Appealed to
the District Court
A case that attracted a good deal
of attention, especially in the eastern
part of the county, was tried in the
county court the fore part of last
week. The case is known as the Pat
terson case. Some months ago Anna
B. Patterson, of Page died. Her
brothers and sisters, who are non
residents of the state, started action
to probate the estate. Shortly there
after, or about that time there was
found in an old box, containing can
celled checks and other old papers, a
will with the signature and attesta
tion clause cut off. The beneficiaries,
named in this will, want to probate
this alleging that the signature was
cut off without her knowledge or con
sent, either before or after her death.
This was the action that was tried in
court. There were n large number of
witnesses from Page and vicinity who
testified in the case and also a large
number that were apparently inter
ested in the outcome for they were
interested spectators throughout the
hearing. The beneficiaries named in
the alleged will were: Methodist church
of Page, Board of Foreign Missions,
Childrens Home and Myrta Van Con
nett, a niece of the deceased. If this
alleged will is held good the above
named beneficiaries would get the
estate, if declared void the property
would go to her brothers and sisters.
The estate is valued at about $30,000.
At the conclusion of the case Judge
Malone took the matter under advise
ment. Last Monday he decided the
case in favor of the will. We under
stand that the case will be appealed
to the district court.
MARQUIS-PETER
Married, at St. Patrick’s Catholic
Church in this city last Wednesday
morning, October 26, 1932, Howard
Marquis, of Chambers, to Miss Agnes
Peter, of O'Neill, Monseigneur M. F.
Cassidy officiating. Miss Mae Peter
attended her sister while Mr. Frelent
Pribil acted as groomsman.
The bride was charmingly gowned
in Roseglow satin and carried a beauti
ful boquet of pink and white chry
santheums. The bridesmaid was
beautifully attired in Peachbloom
crepe, trimmed in Ruche green. A
large number of the the relatives and
friends of the contracting parties were
at the church to witness the ceremony.
After the ceremony a delicious wedding
dinner was served at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Cyril Peter, uncle and aunt
of the bride, and was attended by a
large number of the relatives of the
contracting parties.
Last evening a wedding dance was
held at Danceland and a very large
crowd of the friends of both of these
popular young people were present to
enjoy the festivities and it is said that
it was about the nicest dancing party
hold in this city or vicinity for many
days.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
James Peter, one of Holt county’s
most prosperous farmers and stock
man and is a charming young lady
who has many friends among the
youn£ people of this city and vicinity.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Marquis, of Chambers, and is one
of the prosperous young farmers of
the southern part of the county. He
is a young man of sterling character
and affable and pleasing personality
and has a host of friends in this city
and county.
Mr. and Mrs. Marquis will go to
housekeeping at once on the farm of
the groom near Chambers and they
have the best wishes of their legion
of friends for a long and happy mar
ried life.
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First Blizzard
Rushville Standard: People were
astonished on arising from their beds
Wednesday morning to see one of
those old time blizzards sweeping the
country. It snowed and it blowed and
people had hard work getting to
their places of business that morning.
It rained all night Tuesday and the
rain froze as it fell, so sidewalk trav
1 eling was an impossibility. Most
people took to the middle of the street,
and even that was difficult. The wind
blew all day Wednesday and well into
the night. The clouds rolled away, the
wind ceased and the sun came out in
a clear sky this Thursday morning,
and the prospects are bright for a few
more weeks of nice, warm weather.