The Frontier
VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933. No. 5
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HIGHWAY 20
ASSOCIATION
IS ORGANIZED
Group Formed At Gordon
To Push Completion of
Highway Number 20.
Last Friday, in response to invita
tions sent out by the Kiwanis Club of
Gordon, delegates living along high
way number 20 from O’Neill to Har
rison, met at Gordon and organized a
highway association that has for its
purpose the completion of highway 20
on west into Yellowstone Park. This
city was not represented at the meet
ing, but the association will have the
hearty support of the people of this
section in any plans advanced for the
improvement of number 20. The fol
lowing resolutions were adopted at the
Gordon meeting:
Resolutions:
This association 3hall be named The
Northwest Nebraska Highway 20
Association.
The principal purpose of this as
sociation shall be to further the im
provement of U. S. Highway 20 from
O’Neill west to the Wyoming state
line and on to Yellowstone Park. The
association shall also co-operate with
other groups in urging the improve
ment of highways which connect No.
20 with Omaha, Lincoln and Norfolk
and other eastern Nebraska points.
This association feels that the fur
ther improvement of Highway 20 with
oiled pavement from O’Neill west will
bring to this highway and to the
state of Nebraska a large amount of
travel, especially from South Dakota,
thus bringing to our State Treasury a
large amount of gasoline tax money.
The oiled surfacing, already laid in
this section during the administration
of Governor Bryan has proven very
satisfactory under our soil Conditions
and with our amount of traffic.
This association feels that North
west Nebraska should have its full
share of highway money spent in this
section, considering area and popula
tion and the prospect of further de
velopment.
eW wish to expres our appreciation
to the State Administration and to the
Department of Roads and Irrigation
for work previously done and we
pledge our support for the future.
We recommend that a delegation,
consisting of at least one from every
town in this section, visit Governor
Charles W. Bryan, on or about Mon
day, June 26th, to present our needs.
We urge that the delegation and the
association officials also contact those
handling Federal highway funds and
urge that our share of those funds
be spent on Highway 20.
HOLT COUNTY DELEGATES
ATTEND STATE DRY MEETING
Mrs. H. M. Uttley, president of the
Holt county Chapter of the W. C. T. U.
and Mrs. Frank Oberle returned
Wednesday afternoon from Lincoln,
where they had been attending the
state convention of the dry forces
which was held at Lincoln last Tues
day. In addition to the two delegates
from this city four delegates from the
western part of the county were also
in attendance.
At this meeting the dry forces de
cided against a referendum on the
beer law, but decided to take the mat
ter to the courts and attempt to get
the law held unconstitutional. As the
law does not become effective until
August 9, 1933, the chances are that
they will be unable to start their
action until the law becomes effective
and people start selling the beverage
that made Milwaukee famous.
BASE BALL
The ball games in the Holt county
League last Sunday were noted for
the exceptional heavy scores made in
each game. O’Neill crossed bats with
Red Bird on the Red Bird diamond
and went down to defeat with the one
sided score of 18 to 3. This is the
worst defeat suffered by an O’Neill
team in several years.
Atkinson journyedto Chambers where
they took theChambers boys into camp
with a score of 8 to 4.
Stuart and Ewing indulged in a
slugging match at Stuart which re- j
suited in a score of 13 to 12 In favor j
of Stuart.
Mrs. Bill Hammond, Bill Jr., Misses
Mary Jeanne and Harriet left for
Chicago and the World’s Fair Wednes
day. They went by auto and expect to
be gone a week or more.
JUNE HEAT CLAIMS
ONE LIFE AT O’NEILL
J. O. Brady, Columbus Salesman, Dies
Shortly After His Arrival Monday.
J. O. Brady, 59, of Columbus, died
in the Golden hotel in this city last
Monday afternoon about twenty min
utes after he had registered and been
assigned to his room. A heart attack,
possibly brought on by the heat was
the probable cause of his death.
Brady registered in the hotel about
2:30 and was assigned to a room. He
was escorted to his room and on going
up the stairs remarked to the bell boy
that he was very hot and did not know
whether he could stand it or not. Pos
sibly fifteen minutes later a maid
heard him calling for help. She called
assistance and they investigated and
found Brady dying. Dr. Paul Tipton,
of Omaha, who was in the city at
tending the golf tournament, was
coming down the hall and he was
called to the assistance of the dying
man, but could do nothing, and he
expired in a few moments.
Brady was about 59 years of age
and had been traveling for the Be
atrice Creamery company for a num
ber of years. He leaves a wife and
son, the wife residing at Columbus.
The Gass undertaking firm of Colum
bus drove up yesterday afternoon and
took the body back to Columbus, leav
ing here about 4 P. M.
SCAVANGER PARTY AT
COUNTRY CLUB FRIDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hammond and Those
In Their Car Win The Prize.
Something new in treasure hunts
was held last Friday evening at the
O’Neill Country Club. A committee of
the ladies organized a “scavanger
party” to which all the club members
were invited. Almost one hundred
people were present.
Mrs. George Agnes outlined the
“plan of battle,” set the time limit,!
and gave the following list to each
automobile driver: 1. Golden curl;
2. Buffalo nickel; 3. Duck egg; 4. 1931
dollar; 5. Copy of Tennyson’s “Cross
ing the Bar”; 6. Four leaf clover;
7. Black thorn walking stick; 8. 1931
license plate; 9. black corset; 10. Re
cording of “Stein Song”; 11. Red ear
of corn; 12. Picture of Charles Chap
lin in costume.
Each car was given a number and
the car securing the greatest number
of articles by twelve thirty was to
receive the prize—six dollars. Within
the time limit four cars had returned
with all the required articles so the
judges decided to examine the returns
as to authenticity, for example, some
of the black corsets smelled faintly of
black Rit and one of the dollars looked
scratched up a bit. However, Mrs. J.
J. Harrington annqoinced that car
number four had won. The winning
contestants were Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Hammond and daughter, Mary Jeanne,
Harlan Agnes,Owen Donohoe and Mrs.
Herb Hammond. J. R*
THREE STATES JOIN IN
ON THE REPEAL PARADE
Three more states joined the former
eleven the first of the week for the
repeal of the eighteenth amendment
with substantial margins. The three
state voting repeal Tuesday were:
Iowa, New Hampshire and Connecti
cut. Iowa cast 377,275 votes for re
peal and 249,943 against, a majority,
of over 127,000 for repeal. In New;
Hampshire a light vote was cast and
resulted 75,999 for repeal and 30,340
against repeal. Connecticut gave a
six to one majority for repeal the vote ;
standing 296,915 for repeal and 35,349 '
against.
Fourteen states have now held elec
tions upon the repeal of the eighteenth
amendment and every one of them
have voted for repeal. The biggest
surprise to the supporters of the
eighteenth amendment is the Iowa
vote, which had been looked upon as
favoring the eighteenth amendment.
California and West Virginia are the
next two states to vote upon the
amendment, June 27. They will be
followed by Alabama and Arkansas
who will hold their special elections on
the amendment on July 18.
HAPPY STITCHERS
The Happy Stitchers club met at
the home of their leader, Mrs. Roy
Cole, last Tuesday morning, June 20th.
and organized with a membership of
eight. The officers elected were: Alda
Pongratz, president; Olive Beckwith,
secretary; Evelyn Ernst, news report
er. The Happy Stitchers reviewed the
different kinds of seams.
JUNE HAS BEEN A MONTH OF
RECORD HEAT—LITTLE RAIN
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June all-time heat records have been
broken all over the middle west dur
ing the past three weeks. Hot dry
weather has been the general fule
over the state as well as the middle
west. Last Tuesday night light show
ers fell in several portions of this
county, the heaviest rainfall in this
section being in the vicinity of Inman,
where three-quarter of an inch was
recorded. In this city the last rain
fall here was on June 8th when .49
of an inch fell. Before that, on the
7th we had .13 of an inch and on
June 4th .09 of an inch. Following
is the temperature in this city, as rec
orded hy Weather Observer Bowen
for the month of June, up to and in
cluding today:
Date Temp. Date Temp.
1 _ 92 12 82
2 90 13 78
3 . 95 14 87
4 . 94 15 98
5 .._.97 16 .97
6 ..99 17 98
7 . 96 18 . 99
8 . 84 19 100
9 .94 20 99
10 .104 21 94
11 .101 22 .94
In some sections in the south cen
tral and southern parts of the state
they had a fairly good rain last Tues
day night, but in this immediate vi
cinity the showers seemed to be local.
A light rain fell in the vicinity of Epi
met and came a few miles this way
and then north of this city several
miles and on toward the eastern part
of the county there were light show
ers. Showers are predicted for this
section of the state tonight.
JOE RYAN TRIMS LONG PINE
GOLFER IN A SPECIAL MATCH
George Miner, of Long Pine, has
learned that a youngster does not have
to qualify for the championship flight
in order to be a pretty fair golfer. In
the O’Neill golf tournament Mr. Miner
was one of the contestants in the
chimpionship flight and was profuse
in giving reasons why he failed to
carry off the honors of the meet. One
of the local enthusiasts kidded him
about his golfing and said that there
was a young lad in this city, who
qualified for the third flight that could
beat him. Mr. Miner did not think
so and the match was arranged and
Wednesday afternoon Mr. Miner and
Joe Ryan proceeded to settle the mat
ter on the golf links, followed by a
large and admiring throng of golf
lovers. Joe Ryan shot a 77 for the
eighteen holes, 13 better than his
qualifying score, and defeated Mr.
Miner three up and one to go. Had
Joe made that ^core in the qualifying
round he would have landed in the
championship match. Joe gives prom
ise of being one of this sections lead
ing golfers, as he is developing fast.
MRS. GERTIE SNYDER
Mrs. Gertie Snyder died at her home
about three miles northeast of Page
on Wednesday night at 11:10 P. M.,
after an illness of several months of
cancer, at the age of 54 years, 8
months and 14 days.
Gertie Ann Finfc was born at Elk
Creek, Nebr., on October 7, 1878. On
March 24, 1897, she was united in
marriage to Walter S. Snyder at Elk
Creek, Nebraska. To this union three
children were born, one son and two
daghters, who with her loving hus
band and several brothers and sisters
are left to mourn the death of a kind
and affectionate wife, mother and
sister. The children are: Edith Merle
Miller, Roy Ellis and Elva Oleta, of
Page.
The funeral was held from the
Methodist ehurch at Page last Sat
urday afternoon, Rev. Yost officiating,
and was one of the largest seen in that
little village for many years.
Clinton Uttley, youngest son of H.
M. Uttley of this city, who has been
post office inspector in charge of the
St. Louis office for several years has
been transferred to San Francisco and
placed in charge of the San Francisco
division, according to word received by
his father. Clinton has been in the
postoffice service for the past thirteen
years and has received rapid advance
ment in the service. lfis O’Neill
friends tender congratulations on his
success.
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The O'Neill Gun Club held a meet
ing last Monday evening and decided
to have a shoot on Monday. Septem
ber 5, IMS, the first day of the Holt
county Fair. These shooting events
were very popular for a few years but
the last couple of years the Club has
not been putting on any. They expect
to have several shoots during the bal
ance of the year.
LIONS CLUB ANNOUNCES
STREET NUMBERS READY
The local Lions Club started num
bering the residences and business
houses of the city about a year ago
and they now have the plates with
numbers printed thereon and residents
of the city can call at the Bowen
Racket Store and get the number for
their place of business or their resid
ence and tacks with which to put them
on. These are being furnished resid
ents free by the Lions Club. If all
of our people will place the numbers
on their residences and places of busi
ness it will give the town a better
metropolitan appearance.
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JERRY BRENNAN IS HURT
BY AUTO AT NORFOLK
Norfolk News: Jerry, small son of
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Brennan, 908 South
Sixth street, received a number of
painful bruises and cuts when knocked
down by an automobile near his home
Saturday afternoon. The name of the
driver, a boy, was not learned.
Jerry was walking across the street
from his father’s car when struck by
the machine. The driver apparently
did not see the boy, and was not
aware he had hit the lad until his
attention was called to it by a com
panion, according to reports.
After striking the boy, the young
driver stopped his machine and as
sisted the lad who was taken to a
doctor who found no broken bones.
Jerry was recovering from his in
juries Monday, members of the family
stated.
MRS. D.D. MURPHY DIES
AFTER HEART ATTACK
Was a Pioneer Resident of Holt County
Living Here for 55 Years.
Mrs. Dan. D. Murphy died at her
home northeast of this city last Mon
day evening about 11 P. M. of a sud
<TAri heart attack at the age of 69
years, 4 months and 16 days.
Bridget Dwyer was born in Eyries,
county Cork, Ireland, on February 3,
1864. When she was a little girl her
parents came to America and settled
in Northern Michigan, where they re
sided until the spring of 1878 when
they came to this county and settled
on a farm in what was known for
many years as the Michigan settle
ment northeast of this city. On Jan
uary 24, 1882, she was united in mar
riage to Daniel D. Murphy and since
her marriage has resided upon a ranch
near O’Neill. She was the mother
of nine children, one son and eight
daughters, six of whom are left, with
her loving husband, to mourn the
death of a kind and loving, wife and
mother. The children are: Mary, Bea,
Dennis, O’Neill; Helen, Amarillo,
Texas; Bernice, Omaha; Linus, Den
ver, Colo., all of whom were present
at the funeral except Linus, of Denver,
who was unable to attend. She also
leaves three sisters and one brother,
Dr. J. R. Dwyer of Omaha, who with
his wife and Mrs. T. J. Dwyer, came
up from Omaha Wednesday evening
for the funeral. The sisters are: Miss
Julia Dwyer, Omaha, who has been
visiting here the past month; Mrs.
Mary McCarthy, Los Angeles, Calif.;
Mrs. Will Carroll, Spokane, Wash.-,
Mrs. Will Keefe, Albequrque, New
Mexico, and Mrs. H. J. Coyne, O’Neill.
Mrs. Murphy wa3 the daughter of
John Dwyer, one of the pioneer set
tlers that came to this county in the
latter seventies and lived in this vicin
ity practically all her life. Shortly
after her marriage the family moved
south of the river and took up ranch
ing on a large scale, but the blizzard
of 1888 cleaned them out of cattle and
the following spring they moved north
of this city, on the homestead of her
husband where they lived for a few
years and then moved to their pre
sent place on the Red Bird where the
family have made their home for over
forty years. As the daughter and wife
of one of the pioneers she endured
many hardships during the early days
of this county's history. When the
family came here there were but two
buildings in this city and the county
was without a railroad or roads of
any description, only occasional cattle
trails. In the early days about the
only means of communication, was by
word of mouth, as then postoffices
were few and far between in this sec
tion. Most of the residents in the very
early period had only oxen for farm
work and when they wanted to visit a
neighbor, if he lived six or seven
miles away, they though nothing of
walking that far, making their visit
and walking back home. Mrs. Murphy
belonged to that sturdy class of pion.
VERNE ALDER IS FORCED
TO PLAY 3 EXTRA HOLES
TO WIN GOLF TOURNAMENT
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C. W. Odle, Joe Ryan
Pat Harty and James
Tuor Win the Next
Four Flights.
LADIES PLAY BRIDGE
One hundred and fourteen entered
the Invitation golf tournament at the
O’Neill County Club last Sunday. Phil
Ziemer with his Bell Hotel was out
there to serve lunches to the tired and
hungry golfers. George Bartlet and
his orchestra furnished the music for
the tournament dance which was held
Monday evening. The tournament was
successful in every phase, a large
crowd attended, people coming from as
far as Texas and Detroit, Michigan.
Bridge parties were held Sunday and
Monday in the Club house for the
wives of the players. The champion
ship match itself was one of the
closest ever held here, George Light
ner and Verne Alder were obliged to
play twenty-one holes before Alder
finally won out.
At the bridge party Sunday after
noon there were fifteen tables. Mrs.
Ben J. Grady won the high score at
contract; Mrs. Gaius Cad well high
score at auction and Mrs. H. E. Coyne
won the door prize.
At the party Monday afternoon
there were ten tables. Mrs. Ed. F.
Gallagher won the high score at con
tract; Mrs. Hastings, of Newman
Grove, high score at auction, and Mrs.
R. R. Dickson won the door prize.
Heat, wind and rain tried to halt
the championship play-off Tuesday.
Verne Alder, a young lad of seventeen
from Pierce, Nebraska, defeated
George Lightner, St. Edward, Ne
braska, one up on 21 holes. Alder had
the match fairly well in hand until the
third hole of the second round when
a heavy gale blowing a great deal of
dust set in. In the next few holes
Lightner evened up the score and put
his opponent one down at the six
teenth. By this time the wind and
raijn had stopped and the sun shone
once more. Alder took the seven
teenth after Lightner got off a poor
drive and sent his second into the
rough.
It looked like Alder had the match
on the eighteenth green. Lightner
muffed his approach and Alder was
on in two. Alder, a stroke to the
good, missed his putt and Lightner
sank a twelve footer to tie. Three
extra holes were played, each time
Lightner sinking a long putt to tie.
On the third extra hole, Lightner re
duplicated his approach on the ninth
and, missing his putt received a new
putter instead of tne silverware set.
Hugh O’Donnell, after being de
feated by Ray Russell of Omaha, went
into the consolations and defeated his
uncle, P. J. O’Donnel, in the finals.
Three O’Donnells were in the cham
pionship flight, Hugh, P. J. and E. L.
C. W. Odle, the hard hitting driver
from Ainsworth, showed his prowess
in flight number two when he defeated
E. Harp, Joe Baldwin, Jack Holland,
and C. Rothmeier. Odel consistently
put his drives hole-high on number
one and passed the two-fifty mark on
the others. Harry Reardon of O’Neill
losing to A. Calvert went into the con
solations and defeated Harp to win
the flight.
In flight number three, Joe Ryan of
O’Neill, won from D. V. Fuller, C. E.
Stout, Hugh Birmingham and Walter
Mauch. F. J. Biglin took tne con
solations.
Pat Harty, O’Neill, received the
copper beer set (which can’t be used
until August) from P. C. Donohoe
in the fourth flight. Doctor Kirz was
supreme in the consolation’s play-off.
Jimmie Tuor defeated Bratt in the
last flight and Bob Huston was suc
eers that developed this country and
made possible many of the luxuries j
and comforts that we enjoy today and j
whose ranlrs are thinning fast. She
lived to raise a splendid family of
children and to see them started on
their life’s work. She was a loving
and devoted wife, mother and sister
and a loyal and helpful neighbor and
friend whose passing will be sincerely
regretted, not only by her immediate
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cessful in the consolations. There
were only nine players in this flight
so all but George Wilcox and Bob Hus
ton received a bye in the first round.
The following is the list of entries
as registered on the scoreboard for the
different flights:
Championship Flight—Huston, Hol
bert, E. G. Donohoe, E. L. O’Donnell,
Hugh O’Donnell, Ray Russell, George
Lightner, John Robinson, Max Golden,
Amm, Jack Miller, P. J. O’Donnell,
V. Alder (champion), Cad well, Ed.
Boisseree, Miner.
Second Flight—Paul Boisseree, H.
E. Coyne, Jack Holland, H. W. Coyne,
Dr. Burgess, Baldwin, Odel (winner),
Harp, M. M. Sullivan, Mahannah,
Rothmeier, Hutchinson, Browne, Dr.
Tipton, Reardon, Calvert.
Third Flight—Hammond, Stout, Ful
ler, Ryan (winner), Birmingham, Mc
Carthy, Ben Harty, Baber, J. F.
O’Donnell, Buckendahl, Green, W. J.
BigHn, Dr. Hastings, Patitz, F. J.
Biglin, Mauch.
Fourth Flight—James Harty, Whit
ney, McDonald, Dr. Kirz, P. C. Dnm>
hoe, Max Berger, A. J. Ryan, Lutt,
Frank O’Donnell, Forsyth, Stockwell,
Dr. Mitchell, P. B. Harty (winner),
Johnson, Jackson, Wagner.
Fifth Flight—Wilcox, Bob Houston,
Martin, Agnes, Bratt, Tuor (winner),
Allen, Ken Berger, and J. P. Mann.
Following is the list of entries in
the twelfth annual golf tournament
of the O’Neill Country Club:
O’Neill—W. J. Biglin, F. J. Biglin,
Ed. M. Gallagher, H. J. Birmingham,
P. C. Donohoe, S. J. Weekes, H. J.
Reardon, W. J. Hammond, J. D. Cron
in, F. N. Cronin, C. E. Stout, F. J.
Disnner, Max Golden, J. J. Harring
ton, Dr. W. F. Finley, R. R. Morrison,
C. H. Bratt, D. H. Clauson, C. J. Gatz,
I. H. Moss, H. E. Coyne, Ben Harty,
George Agnes, L. A. Burgess, L. C.
Walling, Harlan Agnes, F. Montgom
ery, Jim Harty, Gaius Cadwell, Arthur
Ryan, Ed. O’Donnell, John McCarthy,
Ken Berger, Max Berger, J. F. O’Don
nell, Hugh O’Donnell, Roy Griffin, J.
P. Mann, Billie Hamond, Geo. M. Har
rington, Jame3 Tour, P. B. Harty, E.
T. Campbell, P. J. O’Donnell, J. A.
Mann, B. J. Grady, R. R. Dickson,
R. L. Jordan, Joe Ryan, C. P. Han
cock, J. B. Mellor, C. Olson, Dale
Tressler, Dr. J. P. Brown and J. A.
Arbuthnot.
Omaha—John J. Allen, William
Wagner, Dr. P. W. Tipton, K. F. Ho
greve, R. B. Genoways, Ray Russell,
and J. H. Holland.
Spaulding—Nick Fox, Frank Hil
lard, Ed. Boisseree, H. Coyne, M. M.
Sullivan.
Neligh—Lyle Jackson and Chick
Rethmeier.
Pierce—A. Calvert and V. Alder.
St. Edwards—George Lightner.
Newman Grove—W. C. Hastings.
Lynch—George Wilcox and Dr. Kirz.
Norfolk—H. E. Browne.
Atkinson — Harry Snyder, Boyd
Planck and Roy McDonald.
Niobrara—C. R. Green, J. D. For
syth, E. H. Lutt and A. J. Ryan.
Long Pine—George Miner, and Earl
Harp.
Detroit Mich.—Owen Donohoe.
Dubuque, Iowa—Tom Hutchinson.
Sioux City, Iowa—Jack Miller.
Bassett—Robert Huston, Roy H.
Patitz, Walter Mauch, and Duwayne
Stockwell.
Fairbury—George Whitney.
Plainview—O.C. Buckemdahl, LeRoy
Baber, Lee J. Amm, Harry Houston,
and J. E. Fickling.
Tilden—Pat Stanton.
Chillicothe, Mo.—Frank M. Holbert.
Ainsworth—Joe Baldwin and C. W.
Odle.
Dallas, Texas—Frank O'Donnell and
Dr. J. P. Mitchell.
Albion—R. H. Martin.
Hartington —John Robinson.
Greeley—James Lannigan and J. M.
Boeder.
Ord—Col. Weller.
Spencer—L. L. Cook.
family, but by a large circle of ad
miring friends and neighbors.
The funeral was held this morning
from the Catholic church and burial in
Calvary cemetery. The funeral was
very largely attended, many coming
from distant to attend. The Frontier
joins the many friends of the family
in this section in extending to them
its heartfelt sympathy in thoir hour
of sorrow.