The Frontier
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No. 10
VOL. LIV.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933.
HUGH O’DONNELL
WINS AT NELIGH
GOLFING MEET
Max Golden Wins In The
Second Flight. Cadwell
And Winchell Place.
Hugh O’Donnell, Max Golden, Gaius
Cadwell, Orville Winchell, Joe Ryan
and Gene Gallagher went down to
Neligh last Sunday morning and part
icipated in the golf tournament of the
Neligh Country Club, held in that
city Sunday.
Too much O’Neill was the consensus
of opinion of the other players in the
tournament at its conclusion Sunday
evening. Hugh O’Donnell won the
championship flight; Max Golden won
the honors in the second flight; Orville
Winchell was the runner-up in the
third flight, while Gaius Cadwell was
the runner up in the fourth flight.
The O’Neil) boys are sure putting up
a nice game on the links these days.
BASEBALL
Atkinson took O’Neill into camp
Sunday, defeating the O’Neill boys on
their diamond with a score of 10 to 0.
One of the best games played in the
league Sunday was that between
Chambers and Ewing, with the game
resulting in a victory for Chambers
with a score of 2 to 1.
PAST MONTHS SHOWS IN
CREASE IN FARM PRICES
Most of the corn crop is in excel
lent condition and farm prices had
shown remarkable advance by July
15 according to Nebraska bankers in
their mid-month report released by
E. V. Jones, Assistant Agricultural
Statistician. Small feed grain are
very poor but winter wheat yields are
above earlier expectations. Pastures
and late feed crops were improved by
recent rains.
With the exception of southwestern ,
and south central districts, most of the
corn crop is in very good condition
following the rains received during the
past two weeks. There are some local
ities in central and eastern Nebraska
which have not received sufficient
moisture for corn but with the ex
ception of these the present corn crop
in these areas is fully up to normal or
better.
Corn conditions in most of south
central and southwestern Nebraska
are still very unstatisfactory. The un
favorable June weather conditions have
not yet been relieved and abundant
rainfall in the near future will be
necessary to insure these areas against
corn failure. The Panhandle counties
are in need of rain but the earlier
moisture reserve, and the fact that
crops are later in this district have
enabled them to withstand the drouth
in fair shape.
July rainfall was too late for im
provement in the small feed gain crops
but late hay and forage crops will be
greatly benefitted in most sections.
Pastures are showing good improve
ment.
Although recent grain market de-j
dines have reduced the general level
of farm prices, such prices on July 15
were the highest in many months. On :
July 15, the average farm price of
wheat was 85 cents which was 29 cents !
higher than a month earlier and 57 j
cents higher than a year earlier. The
farm price of corn was 45 cents which
was 16 cent higher than a month
earlier and 19 cents higher than a
year earlier.
The most remarkable price advance
was noted in that of potatoes which
advanced from 48 cents per bushel on
June 15 to $1.70 per bushel on July 15.
Poultry and dairy products made ex
cellent price advances but hogs, beef
cattle and lambs showed slight de
clines. Hay prices made very satis
factory price advances. On July 15
the price being received for alfalfa
was $1.60 per ton higher than a month
earlier and wild hay $1.00 higher.
Preliminary prices of farm products
now and a month ago are as follows:
wheat, 85 cents and 56 cents; corn, 45
cents and 29 cents; oats, 34 cents and
18 cents; barley, 34 cents and 20 cents;
potatoes, $1.70 and 48 cents; ulfalfa
hay, $6.20 and $4.60; wild hay, $1.60
and $3.60; hogs, $3.85 and $3.90; be«»f
cattle, $4.70 anil $4.80; lambs, $5.90
and $6.00; chickens, 8 cents and 7.5
cents; butterfat, 21 cents and 17 cents;
and eggs, 9.4 cents and 6.9 cents.
Mr. and Mr*. E. M. Gallagher re
turned last Sunday evening from Chi
cago, where they had been attending
the exposition, accompanied by Mr,
and Mrs. Donald Gallagher, of Lincoln.
TWO INJURED MONDAY
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Word comes from Atkinson that
there was a serious auto accident on
the highway near that city last Mon
day evening, in which Joe Brown, a
garage owner of Atkinson and T. C.
Hornsby, formerly of Valentine but
nowr connected with the Federal Land
Bank in Omaha, were both seriously
injured. Mr. Brown is in a hospital
in Atkinson while Mr. Hornsby is con
fined in a hospital in Valentine. Mr.
Brown has many friends in this city
who hope to hear of his speedy re
covery.
MARKET FOR THURSDAY
The markets have been advancing
the past three days and they seem to
be headed back where they were when
the great slump struck a week
ago. Wheat advanced six cents today
and corn five cents, and further ad
vances are looked for.
Following is the markets in this city
at noon today:
Wheat__*_70c
Corn _32c
Oats_ 30c
Rye. 50c
Barley_30c
Fat Cattle _$5.00 to $5.50
Feeders_$3.50 to $5.00
Hogs. $3.70
Hens, heavy_6c
Hens, Leghorn _4c
Hens, springs _7c
Leghorn springs_5c
Cream _18c
TENNESSEE AND OREGON
RAISE WET VOTE TO 20
Tennessee and Oregon joined the
other eighteen states last week and
cast a majority for the repeal of the
eighteenth amendment. Tennesse voted
last Thursday and Oregon on Friday.
The majority in favor of the I'epeal
was about 10,000 in Tennessee, and
about three to one in Oregon.
Oregon was the twentieth state that
voted on the repeal of the eighteenth
amendmept and the score to date is:
for repeal, 20; agaifist repeal, 0. Six
teen more states are necessary to
secure the repeal of the amendment,
which now seems assured, when old
time dry states like Arkansas, Ala
bama and Tennessee join the parade
in favor of repeal.
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
TO SELL NEW GASOLINE
The Standard Oil Company has pre
pared and is now ready to market as:
its regular grade gasoline a new j
purple-colored motor fuel containing
tetraethyl lead concentrate known in
the trade as “Q” brand, anti-knock
compound. Company officials state
that the new product meets the speci
fications of many premium gasolines
of the past. W’ith its new high anti
knock rating added to its other qual
ities, it will equal any gasolines in its
class and far surpass many of them.
No premium price is charged. The new
gasoline has been manufactured for |
some time by the refiners and supplies;
are already going to the field for dis-1
tribution. Motorists will be asked to
try Standard’s new purple-colored
super motor fuel and make their own
conclusions.
W. G. Kraft, who lives about two
and a half miles northeast of this city,
was a pleasant caller at this office last
Wednesday and extended his subscrip
tion to The Frontier for another year.
Mr. Kraft has resided at his present
location for the past twelve years and
he says that he has never seen better
corn prospects in the county during
that time, than there are today. One
year he had corn that went fifty
bushels to the acre, but he is of the
opinion that with favorable weather
for the next three weeks that this
years crop will exceed that. He says
that he has some corn that is seven
feet tall and is tasseling and silking
nicely.
Harry Kopp, who was sentenced
about a year ago to four months in
the county jail and to pay a fine of
$100, when convicted on the charge of
jury bribing, was released from the
county jail last Monday, having com
pleted his jail sentence. The fine and
costs, amounting to $153.15 arc not
paid, but Judge Dickson permith’d him
to put up a bond, signed by himself
ami W. R. Cobb, of Stuart, guarantee
ing the payment of the fine in a short
time and he was released.
The members of the Martez Club
held a picnic at the swimming pool
northwest of Chambers yesterday
afternoon. Instead of bridge, swim
ming was the amusement and a
picnic lunch prior to their return home.
BRIEFLY STATED
Merlyn Hough, of Neligh, was visit
ing friends in this city last Saturday.
Superintendent and Mrs.Roy Carroll
returned home last Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moss, of Norfolk,
were visiting friends in this city last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Mullen came
up from Norfolk last Saturday even
ing and spent Sunday visiting rel
atives in this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Brennan and son,
Jerry, came up from Norfolk last Sat
urday evening and spent Sunday visit
ing relatives and friends in this city.
Mrs. Arch Wyant and daughter, of
Anardaka, Oklahoma, arrived in the
city last Sunday evening for a weeks
visit with relatives and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Davidso^ and the
Misses Anna and Tressa Connolly left
last Sunday evening for a weeks visit
with relatives as Vasper, Wyoming.
Otto Lorenz, living northwest of this
city, is confined to his home with a
severe attack of pneumonia. His
many friends hope for his speedy re
covery.
Surveyors have been working on
the streets of O’Neill for the past week
and the residents of this city are look
ing forward to the early advent of
paving crews.
At the ladies golf tournament at the
Country Club last Thursday afternoon
Mrs. F. J. Dishner won the prize for
low score and Miss Anna O’Donnell
won the prize for low score on number
eight.
Work was started this morning on
an addition to the bottling work3 of
the Merri Beverage Co. The addition
will be 32x35 feet with 10 foot posw
Burge and Clevish have the contract
for the work.
Oscar Newman and his sister, Mr3.
Laura Storey, of Clearwater, Florida,
left last Friday afternoon for Valen
tine and Van Tassell, Wyoming, where
they will spend a couple of weeks
visiting relatives.
Deputy State Fire Inspector Emil
Johnson was in the city the first of
the week inspecting the various busi
ness places for fire hazards. Most of
the business places were found in
splendid condition, free from fire haz
ards.
Joel Parker took his motor boat out
to the Niobrara river last Sunday and
went for a little spin on the wrater j
above the dam. Joe is still in hopes!
that some day the Elkhorn river will
get deep enough so that he can go on
an exploration trip down the river.
Cletus Sullivan drove to St. Francis,
South Dakota last Sunday, returning
that evening. He was accompanied
by Miss Ruth Scott, of Atkinson, who
is returning to her work in St. Francis,
and Miss Bernadine Protivinsky, who
will remain for a weeks visit with
Miss Scott.
Ed. Pruss, of Omaha, arrived in the
city last Thursday night for a weeks
visit with relatives here and at Em
met and Atkinson. Mr. Pruss form
erly resided at Atkinson but has been
a resident of Omaha for over a quart
er of a century. He expects to leave
for home Sunday.
Dr. W. F. Finley and daughters,
Mary Joan and Catherine, left last
Monday night for Chicago to take in
the Exposition. After visiting the fair
the young ladies will go to St. Paul
for a couple of weeks visit with rel
atives. Dr. Finley expects to be ab
sent about ten days.
An order was signed by Judge Dick
son last Monday permitting the State
Banking department to pay another
dividend of 5 per cent to the deposit
ors of the Nebraska State Bank. This
will amount to $5,039.34. Several
months ago a dividend of a like amount
was paid the depositors.
Mr. and Mrs. AI Coding and baby
daughter, of Alliance, arrived in the
city last Monday for a visit at the
home of Mr*. Coding’s father, J. B
Ryan, and with other relatives here.
They were accompanied by Mr*. Em
met Doyle, of Chicago, who had beer,
visiting at the Coding home in Al
liance for the past three weeks.
HOLT COUNTY WHEAT
COMMITTEE SELECTED
Five Men Are Named To Form A
Temporary Organization.
The following five men have been
asked to serve as a county organiza
tion committee to help set up the
temporary organization in this county
to distribute information and contracts
connected with the wheat production
plan: James D. Beck and Norris Coats
of Stuart; John Sulivan, of O’Neill;
C. A. Townsend, Jr., Page, and Joe
Schollmeyer, of Dorsey. James W.
Rooney, local county agent, will act
as secretary to the committee.
These men will serve for about three
months or until a permanent organiza
tion is perfected later this fall. Their
first official duties were to attend a
district conference with similarly
chosen men from other counties. This
conference was held at Wayne, on July
21st. At this meeting they discussed
with state representatives of the agri
cultural extension service the w'heat
plan and the general outline of how it
is to be handled in each county.
Since the contracts which will be
offered to farmers will be open only
this fall, the big job for the county
organization committee will be to ac
quaint every single wheat grower with
the facts about the plan. A man who
“gets religion” next year and wants
to join them will be out of luck. Thru
county and township meetings, it is
hoped that all the information can be
gotten to all the wheat growers.
Should it be necessary, visits will be
made to individual farmers but this
would seem like an unnecessary ex
pense, particularly since all of the ex
penses of the local setup and adminis
tration is to come out of the benefit
payments which Holt county farmers
will get.
HISTORY CAN REPEAT ITSELF
In 1860, the federal government cost
the average citizen $2.08 per year.
4 In 1931 the cost of government, for
all units, was $107.37 per capita.
In 1913 the total cost of govern
ment was $2,900,000,000, and in 1919
$7,500,000,000, and in 1931 it was $14,
000,000,000.
In 1929— a year of inflated pros
perity—the total tax of the American
people amounte to 16 per cent of their
incomes.
In 1931—a year of bleak depression
—it amounted to 28 per cent. The
current year may be the most expen
sive in our history, with the exception
of the war period.
How much of the increase in the
cost of government, federal, state and j
local, can be laid to waste, is prob
lematical. But there is no question
but that it runs in the hundreds of
millions, for there are scores of bur
eaus, commissions and inflated gov
ernmental payrolls, many of which
simply duplicate the work of others.
We have permitted the government
to go into various tax-exempt busi
ness ventures in competition with the
livelihoods of private citizens who are
forced to pay the taxes to maintain
the competition.
More and more money is going into
tax-exempt bonds instead of taxable,1
labor employing investments. The re
sult is increased unemployment and
distress.
History shows many examples of
taxing people until they repudiate tax
obligations. Unless all units of gov
ernment retrench, it is not impossible
to force such a tax crisis in our own
country.
!
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Gatz left last Sun
day morning for a weeks vacation, j
combining business with pleasure.
From here they went to Sioux City
where Ed. expected to put in a couple
of days at Council Oak headquarters.
They will then go to Omaha for a;
short visit with relatives and will also
visit relatives and friends at Columbus
on their way home. They expect to
return next Sunday.
O’Neill relatives have received word
that Gertrude G. Graham, who under
went an operation on June 24th, at St.
Catherine’s hospital in Omaha has
been getting along nicely the last
couple of weeks and that she expected
to soon be able to leave the hospital.
Miss Gertrude has many friends in
this city who will rejoice to leurn that
she is now improving and will soon
be able to return home.
Benjamin McKathnie, one of the
pioneer residents of the western part
of the countw, now living in Atkinson,
was an O’Neill visitor the latter part
of last week and favored this office
with a pleasant call.
TO OPEN GROCERY STORE
IN McMANUS BUILDING
A. Seholz, who moved here
about a month ago from Spencer, has
rented the P. J. McManus building,
just north of his store, and will open
a grocery store therein shortly after
the first of the month. Mr. Seholz
was for many years ingaged in the
grocery business at Pierce and later
at Spencer and is said to be a;
thoroughly up-to-date merchant. He j
went to Pierce the first of the week
after his stock of fixtures that he had
stored there and will start installing
them as soon as they arrive, probably
tomorrow. The Frontier welcomes Mr.
Seholz to the business ranks of this
city.
BONUS INFORMATION
Joel Parker, commander of the local I
American Legion Post, says that many
veterans are making inquiries of him
regarding the present status of bonus
legislation and the commander says
that the information he has on the
matter is as follows: The committee
on World’s War legislation will pre
sent one or more bills at the next ses
sion of congress. Patman, the author
of the original bonus bill, says that
he will press his bill at the next
session.
Hon. Edgar Howard, of this district,
who is a member of the committee on
World War legislation, will urge pas
sage of his own bonus bill, which has
promise of prompt consideration of
the W'ays and Means committee of the
House during the very first days of
the next session. Mr. Parker says that
he has a copy of both the Patman and
Howard bills, should any of the vet
erans desire to look them over.
GRAND ISLAND WILL
HAVE HOME LOAN OFFICE
Grand Island was selected as the
site of the main offices of Nebraska’s
Home Owners Loan corporation
branch, at a conference of Charles
Smrha, Nebraska manager of the cor
poration, Arthur Mullen, democratic
national committeeman from Nebras
I ka, Representative Howard and John
C. Byrnes with the bank board.
The state will be divided into five
districts, with offices in Grand Island,
Lincoln, Omaha, Norfolk and Scotts
bluff.
Smrha said the bank’s personnel will
be taken up with the board Wednes
day when his recommendations will be
examined. He declined to name the
probable candidates for positions.
“I expect to have the five offices
open by August 10,” Smrha announced,
“In the meantime ,1 suggest all per
sons desiring home mortgage relief
get in touch with holders of their
mortgages, and explain to them the
need for relief. Unless mortgage
holders are willing to co-operate, the
plan cannot be successful.”
The board commented on the com
pleteness of Smrha’s report, and de
cided the location matters in lass than
half an hour.
The selection of Grand Island is con
sidered in some quarters a concession
to the Thompson-Bryan forces.
Norfolk’s district includes Madison,
Keya Paha, Boyd, Brown, Rock, Holt,
Knox, Cedar, Dixon, Antelope, Pierce,
Wayne, Thurston, Burt, Cuming, Stan
ton, Colfax, Platte and Boone counties
with the home mortgage debt above
$15,000,000.
Mrs. Charles Jenkins, who lives a
few miles north of this city, was a
pleasant caller at this office Wednes
day and extended her subscription to
The Frontier. Mr. Jenkins is recog
nized as one of Holt county’s most
progressive and prosperous farmers
and raises splendid crops every year,
having one of the best improved farms
in this vicinity.
For the past three or four weeks
workmen have been working on the
oiled road from O’Neill west to At
kinson, getting it into shape so that
it would be accepted by the govern
ment. Practically all the road had to
be worked over, the contractor using
two large bladers and a compressed
air disc in doing the work. They ex
pect to complete the work this after
noon.
J. A. Shimonek, principal of the
Ewing school, was in O’Neill Tuesday,
making arrangements with John L.
Quig, secretary of the fair, for the
Ewing school band to furnish the
music for the fair. Friday, September
Hth. It looks ir. if we are going to
have a fair.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allinger, of
North Platte, were in the city the first
of the week visiting friend*.
PREVENT SALE
OF BEER IS AIM
OF THEW.C.T.U.
Circulate A Remonstrance
Petition Against Issuing
of Licenses In O’Neill.
EXPECT 80 SIGNATURES
While the City Council has not
! passed an ordinance for the sale of
3.2 beer in this city the members of
the Wr. C. T. U. have prepared and are
circulating a remonstrance, petitioning
the city council not to license the sale
of the beverage in the city. The peti
tion has been in circulation the past
week and last evening they had se
cured fifty-two signatures thereto.
The circulators of the petitions say
they expect to secure 75 or 80 sig
natures before they file the petition
with the city clerk, possibly the end
of the week. Following is a copy of
the head of the petition:
“To the City Council of O’Neill, Holt
county, Nebraska,
“We, the undersigned being eligible
as voters in the city of O’Neill, Ne
braska, and in number equal to, or
greater than fifty percentum of the
total number voting at the last city
election, as shown by the polling lists
then used, hereby remonstrate against
any and all applications for, and is
suance of permits or licenses to sell
beverages containing more than one
hulf of one per centum of alcohol by
volume, in accordance with the pro
visions of H. R. 585 enacted by the
1933 session of the Nebraska Legis
lature.”
There is some difference of opinion
as to the exact meaning of the lang
uage of the law regarding the number
to sustain a protest. Section three, of
H. R. 385 reads as follows: “The city
council, the village board, unless ob
jected to by a petition containing the
, names of 50 per cent of the legal vot
I ers as shown by the polling list used
at the last city or village election, or
the county board of each of the polit
ical subdivisions of this state may
issue licenses to persons, firms, cor
porations or associations on applica
tion duly made therefor for the manu
facture, the importation and the sale
of beverage within the respective polit
ical subdivisions under their respective
jurisdiction, subject however, to the
limitations and restrictions imposed by
this act. * * *”
Does the above mean that the only
legal voters that could petition the
city council to reject the applications
would be fifty per cent of those who
voted at the last election, or does it
mean that fifty per cent of the elect
ors of the city—regardless of whether
they voted at the last city election or
not—to the number of 62, as there
were only 121 votes cast at the last city
election, have their petition effective.
It seems to us that the legislature
would never pass an act that would
enable a very small minority of the
people of any city or village to impose
their will upon the majority. There
are over 1,000 voters here, so that it
can be readily seen that if 61 persons
are enabled to impress their will upon
the other 939 it would be government
by a very small minority and one that
would be repulsive to the American
standard of political thought. We are
a firm believer in majority rule and
are always willing to abide by ths
wish of the majority of our people, as
expressed at the ballot box, and for
that reason we believe that the lang
uage of the statute would be construed
by the courts to mean that it would
take 50 per cent of those who voted at
the last election to prevent the issuing
of licenses to applicants.
The next meeting of the city council
will have to pass an ordinance legal
izing the sale of beer in the city and
provide regulations therefor, then
after this ordinance is passed the
i protest will probably be read and a
date set for hearing the protest. So
next week promises to be a very lively
one for the city dads.
The Independent says that the ap
proximate number of gallons of gaso
line in a carload is 80,000 gallons. As
the average tank car holds only 8,000
gallons George must have thought he
was writing about the circulation of
his paper and added another cipher.
Mrs. A. L. Wilcox entertained the
Martez Club ut her home last Sunday
afternoon, honoring her daughter, Mrs.
Homer Mullen, of Norfolk, who was
spending the day here.