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The Frontier __ . _ VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933. No. 4 J. P. GALLAGHER DIES AT HIS HOME EARLY TUESDAY Funeral Services Held This Morning. Was Pioneer O’Neill Merchant. James P. Gallagher passed away last Tuesday morning, at 7:30, after an illness of several months of dila tation of the heart, at the age of 62 years, 3 months and 28 days. James P. Gallagher was born at Scranton, Pennsylvania, on February 15, 1871. In 1878, w'hen he was a little boy of seven, his parents moved to this county and settled on a farm a mile east of this city. The family made their home there for a few years and then moved to a ranch southwest of O’Neill where they lived for a few years and then purchased a farm on the river southwest of this city, which they still own and where the family made their home for many years. When he was a young man of nineteen he took employment with J. P. Mann, who at that time was running a large general mercantile establishment in this city. Mr. Gallagher remained in his employ for ten years, then re signed and started in business for him self in the building on the corner of Fourth and Everett streets, where he has conducted a general store for thirty-four years, and was one of the pioneer merchants of this city. On October 10, 1906, he was united in marriage to Miss Winnie McEniry. To this union three children were born, one boy and two girls, who with their mother and his mother, Mrs. Bridget Gallagher, three brothers and one sis ter are left to mourn the passing of a kind, indulgent and loving, husband, father, son and brother. The children are: Frank, who is attending medical college at St. Louis; Helen and Hilda at home. His brothers are: Dr. Joseph C. Gallagher, of Toledo, Ohio; Dr. John F. Gallagher, of St. Louis, Mo.; Dr. E. E. Gallagher, of LaCrosse, Wis., and his sister, Mrs. Agnes Baker, of Cheyenne, Wyoming. A year ago last winter Mr. Gal lagher suffered a severe attack of the flu and he never fully recovered from this attack. For a few days he would be feeling good then a change in the weather seemed to make a change in his condition and for the past year he has not devoted much of his time to his store. He spent a good deal of last summer with relatives at Valen tine, as he said that the climate there seemed to agree with him better than it did here and then he would occa sionly go out to one of the many lakes on a fishing trip, a sport he was de votedly attached to. The illness of his beloved wife, the past two weeks, was a severe strain and undoubtedly hast ened the end. He was a splendid citizen, a good conscientious business man, with a pleasing and affable dis position that made and retained many friends. He had a host of friends, not only in this county, but throughout this section of the state where he was well known. The funeral was held at 9 o’clock this morning from the Catholic church, Rev. Father Leahy officiating, and was one of the largest seen in this city for years. Practically all the business houses in the city were closed during the funeral in honor of one of the best beloved of the pioneer merchants, burial in Calvary cemetery. His brother, Dr. E. E., of LaCrosse, and his sister, Mrs. Agnes Baker, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, were here and were with him at the time of his death. His other brothers, Dr. J. F. and wife of St. Louis; Dr. J. C. of Toledo; his nephew, Dr. John Murphy, of St. Louis, and his brother-in-law, Albert Baker, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, arrived in the city last evening for the funeral. The Frontier joins the many friends of Jim Gallagher in extending its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family in their hour of sorrow. NO FIRST YEAR CANDIDATE TO BE ACCEPTED THIS YEAR Omaha, Nebr., June 13, 1933.—Gen eral Johnson Hagood, Commanding the Seventh Corps Area, annuonced today that, on account of the economy re quired, no basic, or first year, candid ates will be trained in the Citizens’ Mliitary Training Camps this year. Only those who have had previous training in the C. M. T. Camps will be eligible to attend. On account of the decrease in funds allotted for these camps, the quotas for all camps are also reduced. HOLT COUNTY BOY DROWNS IN BLUE RIVER George Herzog, 28, of Lincoln, was drowned in the Blue River near Crete, Nebr., last Sunday evening, while swimming across the river. He had swum across and was on his way back when he went down suddenly, appar ently seized with cramps. A man in a motor boat saw him go down and sped a mile down the river for help. The drowning occurred about a mile above the recreation park. Five div ers searched for the body and re covered it in the channel a half hour after Herzog went down. Dr. A. A. Conard of Crete and swimmers worked vainlv for two hours in an attempt to resusciate Herzog, using a pulmotor part of the time. Herzog had lived in Lincoln for about fifteen years and at the time of his death was employed in the biology department of the University of Ne braska. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Herzog of Cham bers, and other relatives in the south ern part of the county. Mrs. George Bressler and son, Gail, left last Tuesday for New Orient, Iowa, where they will spend a week visiting their son and brother, Rev. Z. M. Bressler. Mat Beha accompanied them as far as Omaha where he will spend a week visiting his sister, Miss Nana Beha. TWO BIG VALUES for FATHERS’ DAY, June 18 TIES . . . they are qualities that would regularly sell for $1.00 and $1.50. Smart /summer foulards, crepes and twills, special at □ HOSE . . . from a noted maker, standard qual ity that sells regularly from 25c to 75c the pair. Silks, plain and patterns; special at SHIRTS i SHORTS (in Broadcloth or Rayon) FLORSHEIM SHOES VAN HEUSEN SILK SHIRTS MEN’S BELTS MEN’S GLOVES l MEN’S PAJAMAS all suitable for a Fathers’ Day gift. Come in and se lect a gift for Dad. ANTON TOY O’NEILL, NEBRASKA JOHNSON-HARDESTY Married, at the Presbyterian church in this city on Saturday, June 10, 1933, Orville H. Johnson to Mrs. Frances Davidson Hardesty, Rev. H. D. John son officiating, in the presence of a few of the relatives and friends of the con tracting parties. The groom is a lineman in the em ploy of the Interstate Power company and has been a resident of this city for the past two years, and has made many friends during his residence in this city. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson of this city and is a native of O’Neill and a graduate of the local high school. She is a charming young lady and has a host of friends among the people of this city and is very popular among the younger people. The young couple will go to house keeping in the southeastern part of the city. The Frontier joins their many friends in wishing them a long, happy and prosperous wedded life. KLINE-HANCOCK Married, at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hancock of this city, on Thursday, June 8, 1933, Vance Kline, of Ewing, and Miss Helen Hancock of this city, Rev. Aucock of the Methodist church officiating. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil G. Kline of Ewing and is a native of Holt county. He is very well and favorably knowm in the east ern part of the county as a young man of industry and thrift, with a host of admiring friends. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Hancock of this city and is also a native of Holt county. She was born and grew to womanhood in this city and is a graduate of the O’Neill Public schools. She is a charm ing young lady, who by her affable and pleasing manners has won a large circle of friends in this city and sur rounding community where she is well known. 1h£ happy young couple will make their home at Ewing and the many ^friends of the young couple in this city wish for them a long, happy and prosperous married life. A petition was filed in district court last week by the attorneys for A. E. McCauley alleging that he was being detained in the county jail without authority of law% as he claimed to have served the sentence that was imposed on him. The county jail record shows that he was placed in the county jail here on January 4, 1933, but he alleges in his petition that he was taken into custody by the sheriff on December 8, 1932, and kept under his control from that time to the present. The matter came up before Judge Dickson Wednesday and County Attorney Cronin raised the question that the court had no jurisdiction in the matter, as it had not been presented in the proper form. The court sustained the motion of the County Attorney and the matter was dismissed. J. B. Mellor, J. F. O’Donnell, Max Golden and Mayor C. E. Stout repre sented O’Neill at the dedication of the new bridge at Norfolk last Tuesday afternoon. They are changing High way No. 8 through Norfolk. When the road is completed the highway will run east through Norfolk and keep on the north side of the track. The bridge, that was dedicated Tuesday, is across the Norfolk river and is on the new highway. The local delegates say there was a large crowd in Norfolk that day and that the towns in this section of the state were well repre sented. O’NEILL DEFEATS CHAMBERS One of the best ball games of the season in the Holt County League was played on the O’Neill diamond last Sunday, Chambers and O’Neill being the contestants. The game ended with a victory for O’Neill with a score of 1 to 0. It was a good interesting game all the way through and the j issue was unsettled until the last man j was out in the ninth. — The fire department was called to the Max Golden residence Wednesday morning. When the department ar-1 rived the fire had been extinguished, j It was a gasoline stove that did not want to work properly. Miss Margaret Rhode, daughter of Mrs. Bridget Rhode, who has been in trnining in St. Joseph's hospital ir. Omaha for the past year, underwent an operation for appendicitis last week.' She recovered from the operation very nicely and is expected home next week for a couple of weeks vacation. WORD RECEIVED HERE THAT NEW FARM LOANS ARE READY Farmers in this county will be in terested in the statement just received by James F. O’Donnell, secretary treasurer of the O’Neill National Farm Loan Association, from Bert Waddell, Agent of the Farm Loan Commission er, stationed in the Federal Land Bank of Omaha, telling how it is expected there will be a very substantial scale down in the debts of many borrowers because the farmer getting a loan will be able to offer cash for settlement of debts which he might not otherwise be able to pay. Commissioner’s loan are being made to reduce and refinance farmer’s debts on a longer term basis, to supply work ing capital and to refinance foreclosed farms. The collateral accepted is first or second mortgages upon all or any part of the farm property, real or personal, including crops. Of course, before the Commissioner makes a sec ond mortgage loan he will ask the holder of the first mortgage to waive foreclosure rights in accordance with the Commissioner’s regulations. Loans are limited to a maximum of $5,000 each. These loans plus all prior mortgages or other evidences of in debtedness secured by the farm prop erty may not exceed 75 per cent of the appraised value thereof. During the first three years the loans are in effect, borrowers will not be required to make payments on the principal if they are not otherwise in default with respect to the conditions or covenants of their mortgages. The loan must be repaid in such annual or semi-annual installments as will dis charge the debt within the agreed period. The Commissioner’s agent also points out that these are collateralized and not personal loans and that the financial condition of the applicant as well as his history must be considered, including of course, the ability of the farmer to repay his loan. The prop erties are appraised by the Federal Lank Bank appraiser and he uses the same general values in arriving at the! value of the property to be offered as collateral. The principal difference between the Federal Land Bank loan and the Commissioner’s loan is that the land bank loan is made only on the farm property and can not exceed 50 per cent of the normal, appraised val ue of the land plus 20 per cent of the insured, permanent improvements, whereas the Commissioner’s Agent may lend up to 75 per cent of the normal value and accept second mort gages and personal property as security. The Agent points out that for the convenience of the public the secre tary treasurer of the local national farm loan association has been ap pointed as correspondent and that farmers should find it convenient and satisfactory to make their applications to this correspondent rather than ap ply directly to the agent stationed in the Federal Land Bank. D. Abdouch and family visited rel atives in Stuart last Sunday. BUSINESS MEN AND LIONS CLUB HONOR LINCOLN GUESTS Capt. Lute North and A. E. Sheldon are the Principal Speakers of the Evening. Acting upon invitations received from the Lions Club about forty busi ness men of this city met at the Grand Cafe Wednesday evening to partake of the evening meal and to meet Capt. Lute North, of Columbus, A. E. Sheldon and Frank H. Shoemak er, of Lincoln, and to listen to ad dresses by the two former on the early history of Nebraska. George A. Miles presided at the gathering and introduced the speak ers. He first introduced Capt. North. Capt. Lute North was one of the commanding officers of the Pawnee Scouts, organized by his brother, Capt. Frank North in the early seventies, which organization had much to do with the protection of the early set tlers in this state and the protection of the builders of the Union Pacific railroad in its construction across Ne braska, and even further west. Capt. North, who is now nearly 90 years of age, is a well preserved man and told of some of his early experiences in the state and said that he had visited this section of the state before the advent of the white man. His short talk was very entertaining and the^ audience could listen to him tell of pioneer life in this state by the hour,, but he said that he was not much of a speaker and his remarks were brief. A. E. Sheldon was then introduced. Mr. Sheldon is the secretary of the Nebraska Historical Society and has been a resident of the state for over sixty years and there is probably no man in the state better posted upon the history of Nebraska than Mr. Sheldon. He said that their trip through the state had three objects in view. The first was to urge the organ ization of Historical Societies in each county in the state so that matters of historical interest could be preserved for future generations and related many interesting stories of matter dis covered by investigators for the his torical society in different parts of the state. A majority of those present were in favor of the organization of a historical society in this county. The second object of their trip he said, was the assembling of data for the History of Nebraska that was to be written by himself, in collaboration with Prof. Wilson, of the Chadron Normal. The third object of the trip he said was the desire of the historical society to have Capt. North, who had so much to do with the pioneer life of this state, come into contact with the people of the different sections of the state and for him to again visit the sections where he met many thrilling adventures over a half century ago. (Continued on page 5, column 5.) Herodotus said “Anything may happen in the course of time.” The poor man who takes time to accum ulate money in bank here may become a rich man. THE O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders.