The Frontier « j * ___ _ _ ______ VOL. Lin. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1933. • No. 45 f beverages containing more than 3.2 per cent of alcohol intoxicating liquor, rhe matter will probably come before he legislature next week and while it s said that the senate would probably 'avor the proposal the house is liable ;o be against it. Clark Calhoun, one of the pioneer •esidents of the south country was a pleasant caller at this office last Wed lesday and extended his subscription :o The Frontier to January 1, 1934. Calhoun came to this county with his parents fifty years ago, and, with the ■xception of three years, has been a •esident of the county ever since. He 'armed near Chambers for years and made a financial success of it. He dis posed of his holdings last month, in ending to take things easy for a while, put Clark got so used to hustling that le just could not be idle so he expects :o leave next week for Sauk Center, Minn., where he may engage in busi less, providing the field looks as in citing as he expects it to be. The Frontier regrets to see an old timer ike Clark leave the county, but he said that he would probably be back ;o old Holt again, if not to live that le would have to come back every so >ften to visit old neighbors and friends, [f he decides to enter business in Min lesota his many Holt county friends lope that Prosperity and happiness will be his in abundance. The Front ier will accompany him to his new Minnesota home to keep him posted ipon the affairs in this section of the country. Chambers Sun: Mrs. Louie Taggert ind little daughter, Ann Edith, were quite badly burned Friday evening when Mrs. Taggart in some way up set a pot of hot tea. Ann Edith re vived a scalded right arm and Mrs. faggart a patch on the lower left limb. LET CONTRACT FOR EWING SCHOOL The Ewing school board let the con tract last Tuesday for the erection of a new school building there, to take the place of the one destroyed by fire last December. The general contract was let to Harry S. Holtz of Sioux City, la., for $24,715. The heating and plumbing went to E. L. Rodwell of Omaha for $496.76. The electric wiring was let to Quelvog and Son of Norfolk, for $1,192.80. The total is $30,876.55. The building will be of fireproof construction throughout with a vacu um heating system. Work on the new building will com mence the week of April 3. JAMES H. HANLEY NAMED RADIO COMMISSIONER James H. Hanley, a member of the Omaha bar for several years, w'ho was raised and grew to manhood on a farm a few miles north of this city, was appointed a member of the federal radio commission by President Roose velt last Thursday. The position pays $10,000.00 per year. Jim has many friends in this city and county who extend congratula tions upon his appointment and know that he will fill the position with credit to himself and those responsible for his appointment. The district over which he will pre side includes Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Mis souri, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Il linois. The postion is one of the juciest political plums that the administration has the handling of and Nebraska democrats are to be congratulated that they had sufficient power to get a maj or appointment like this for a resident of this state. AN OLD FRAUD BOBS UP AGAIN The following appeared in Wednes day’s Sioux City Journal, as a special from Ponca: “Two mysterious letters received by two Ponca business men have aroused considerable comment here. The let ters are thought to be part of an in ternational swindle scheme and were mailed from Barcelona, Spain. “In the letters the sender, who, signs himself “S” and begs secrecy, claims he is imprisoned in a Spanish prison on a charge of bankruptcy and pleads for his “friend” to come to Spain and pay the register of the court the ex penses of his trial and to obtain pos session of his private portmanteau in which he says is a secret pocket con taining two checks drawn on American banks to the sum of $360,000 which he may cash. As a reward he offers to pay his liberator a third part, $120,00.” An O’Neill citizen received a letter this morning, also from Barcelonia, Spain, and is another of the old swin dle letters that have periodically ap peared in this country, most of which are from Spain. The letter the O’Neill man received is couched in practically the same language as the one above mentioned. A post script says that he is waiting patiently your answer to intrust you all my secrets. An ad ditional postscript says: First of all answer by cable, not letter. It has been several years since a letter of like character has bobbed up here, but the workers of the swindle evidently make it pay or they would not keep it up year after year. A resident of Plainview, who has some reputation in his city and county as a “scrapper” arrived in the city last Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of “cleaning up” a resident of this city, in other words to beat his head off. The Plainview man tackled the job all right but soon discovered that he had taken a bite that was a little too much for him and he was convinced of that a little later as he lay on the ground suffering from numerous abraisons on his face and body, thoroughly licked, that he had tackled a man’s job and was unable to fill the bill. He returns to his Pierce county home a sorer, but let us hope a wiser man. REMINGTON-DeHART Ralph Remmington and Miss Oral DeHart, both of Chambers, were united in marriage at the Conrad residence in this city last Friday evening, March 24, 1933, Rev. D. F. Conard performed the ceremony, in the pres ence of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lowrie. The bride for several years has been a teacher in the Chambers public school and has an extensive acquaint enance in the south country. The groom is one of the progressive farm ers of the south country. Their many friends tender con gratulations and good wishes. EXAMINATION OF McCauley shows INJURIES A FRAUD Small Hook Found In His Clothing With Which Wounds Were Made. On account of the numerous reports going over the county, regarding the physical condition of Arthur McCauley, The Frontier decided that it was about time that the people of the county be given some inside information regard ing this case. It will be remembered that Mc Cauley was convicted of contempt of court, the charge growing out of the bribery, or attempted bribery, of the Flannigan jury a little over a year ago. After his conviction he was sentenced to six months in the Holt county jail and to pay a fine. The case was appealed to the supreme court and the sentence of the lower court was affirmed and mandate is sued under the date of December 6, 1932, received in the office of the clerk of the district court of this county on December 7, 1932, and committment issued. Prior to December 5th, McCauley, according to the information that we have been able to receive, was around the streets of Atkinson apparently in his usual health. But he was taken sick and the sheriff reported that his condition would not permit his incar ceration in jail. So Mr. McCauley re mained in Atkinson until January 4, 1933, when he was placed in the county jail here. H*? complained of being sick, unable to eat and when he did e&t he claimed he was unable to re tain food upon his stomach. Dr. Brown of this city and Dr. Douglas of Atkin son held a consultation and agreed that they would order him taken to a local rooming house and placed in the charge of a registered nurse in order to have a record of his condi tion from day to day. While the nurses daily report of his condition did not show any alarming symptoms, or that the patient was very ill, he kept complaining and about the mid dle of January, on January 17, 1933, he was taken to the University Hos pital at Omaha for observation and treatment, if found necessary. On account of the various reports that were being circulated around town regarding his condition Judge Dickson wrote the Dean of the Uni versity Hospital for him to send him a statement as to the true condition and trouble, if any, of McCauley and send him a report when he was dis charged. , Under date of January 24, 1933, the following letter was received re garding the condition of McCauley. January 24, 1933 Dr. Poynter has referred to me your correspondence concerning Mr. Mc Cauley. We have felt as did you, that Mr. McCauley exaggerates his symptoms and is in a way a malingerer. We found upon proctoscopic examination that he had a few small polyps and anal fissures. The polyps were re moved Saturday and treatment is be ing directed toward the healing of the fissures. This should be accomplished in a few days following which he should be able to return for his sent ence. F. J. Bean, M. D., Ass’t. Supt. Uni. Hosp. Under date of January 31, 1933, the following letter was recived from the University Hospital at Omaha: January 31, 1933 Your patient, Mr. McCauley, is ready to be dismissed. Will you kind ly arrange to have somebody call for him. We have been unable to find anything further wrong with this man and believe that he is undoubtedly ex aggerating his symptoms with the idea of avoiding a return for his sent ence. Last Saturday we removed a rectal polyp and found two small anal fissures which have since been heal ing. He has been up and about sev eral days, is on a general diet and requires no medication beyond an oc casional cathartic, such as, mineral oil. Gastric analysis has been negative and there is no indication of further trouble in the gastro-intestinal tract. We believe he can safely be returned to the County jail although this is j much against his will. I am sending a j copy of the enclosed letter to Dr. Douglas at Atkinson at the request of Mrs. McCauley. F. J. Bean, M. D., Ass’t. Supt., Uni. Hosp. (Continued on page 8, column 1.)