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VOL. LIV.
The Frontier
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1933.
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No. 17
FRIDAY, SEPT. 8TH
CLOSES ANNUAL
HOLT COUNTY FAIR
Fair Is A Success, With No
Accidents or Thefts
Reported.
By J. B. O’Sullivan
Thursday a game of baseball be
tween O’Neill and Stuart was a chief
attraction and the exhibition was
thrillinp despite the score, O’Neill HO,
Stuart 20. Home runs, rarely clouted,
were numerous, six of them sending
runners around the diamond. Stuart
made three and O’Neill matched with
three more. The following Stuart
players made homers: I. Hytrek, F.
Hytrek and F. Holliday. For O’Neill,
homers were made by Elmer Lorenz,
Clyde Allen and John Harrington, the
latter president of the Holt county
baseball league.
The batteries of this game were,
O’Neill, Honeycutt and Allen; for
Stuart, Johnson and Hungerford.
Strikeouts, O’Neill 2, Stuart 4; hits,
O’Neill 30, Stuart 19. Pruss, of
O’Neill, made a three-base hit. Honey
cutt, pitcher, unlimbered his shillalah
and bagged three doubles and two
singles. The umpiring was handled
by Abdouch and Clauson, of O’Neill.
Friday, Red Bird and O’Neill played,
instead of Atkinson and Red Bird, who
were scheduled to play. The women
players of Ewing and Chambers were
carded to play baseball before the
men’s game.
Horse racing was classical and re
minded of good old times.
Five-eighths mile dash: 1st, Gloria
Sweet, owned by G. W. Estes, Basset;
2nd, Babbling On, owned by Vic Sand
ers, Chambers; 3rd, Billy Sunday,
owned by F. P. Shafer, Norton, Kans.
Time, 1:04.
County Race, three-eighths mile:
1st, Sweeing On, owner, John Reimers,
Inman; 2nd, Mayflower,owner,Andrew
Johnson; 3rd, Rameau Boy, owned by
William Cuddy, O'Neill.
Half Mile Dash, free-for-all: 1st,
Lady Flapper, John Eberhart, Bruns
wick, owner; 2nd, Buck D., F. P. Shaf
er owner, Norton, Kans.; 3rd, Good
cnoungh, owned by William Campbell,
Greeley, Colo.
An exhibition by Black Eagle, horse
owned by Ross Atkins, was an astound
ing show of intelligence. The animal
told its age, likes and dislikes, in
formed the crows it had the bellyache
and showed it knew as much as the
average human. It told of being 11
years old.
The Wotan famliy of entertainers,
radio artists known all over the world,
here in person, enthralled spectators
with song and dance. The party is
camped here and seem to like the
people here about as well as the people
like them.
Dr. Wilkinson hopped on a paltform
and to Woten music unlimbered the
fanciest pair of feet seen hei-e in a
coon’s age.
One of the horseshoe contests went
to W.S. PeVal, of Meek, who scored 67.
A Texaco oil truck driver scored 60
and Orville Marrow, of Agee, scored
56. Scores of several bther shoe
games were not available as this was
written.
Friday, like those preceding, was an
ideally tempered fair day, hot with a
wind or cloud sheet slipping in just
when one expected blisters on the
concrete.
Immediate cash not being available
Wednesday caused a slight misunder
standing which was ironed out and an
avalanche of kale loosed to satisfy
every demand and keep the fair ball on
its way.
Ten O’Neill girls were on the pro
gram Friday for a tap dance to al
luring music supplied by Roberta
Arbuthnot and the number charmed a
vast concourse.
Mack Eable sprang original stunts
Friday to demonstrate its super-intel
ligence. One stunt was the showing of
a watch to the horse and the question,
“what time is it?” The horse meth
odically tapped out 21 minutes to six
o’clock, astonishing several thousand
who realized the horse is on a par
with human beings in some respects.
A very large crowd saw an all
woman baseball game between women
of Red Bird and Chambers. Kwing
women, carded to play, did not appear
and those of Red Bird substituted.
The game was fur more lively and
matter-of-fact than the men’s game
between Red Bird and O’Neill, played
later Friday.
The result of the woman's game was
Red Bird 10, Chambers 0, close and
inte,*csting from start to finish. The
battery for Red Bird was Helen Car
son and Dorothy Shollmeyer, pitchers,
and Mary Richter, catcher. Chambers,
Dona Carson and Helen Cavanaugh,
pitchers, and Greta Cavanaugh, catcher.
Every spectator praised the women
for their clean playing and skill and
the spunk to get out and entertain
with one of the classiest exhibitions
seen here in years.
Men players of Red Bird and O’Neill
covered the diamond following the wo
man’s game. Atkinson, secheduled to
play Red Bird, defaulted. Red Bird
18, O’Neill 7, was the final count.
Beckwith and Axberg was the Red
Bird battery and George and Honey
cutt, pitchers and E. Allen, catcher,
the O’Neill toss-over machine. Mike
Pickal, Rcdbild, and John Kersen
brock of O’Neill, umpired. O’Neill
made 8, and Red Bird 20 hits. Seven
O’Neill and three Red Bird players
found only atmosphere with their
bats. Home runs were made by E.
Axberg and R. Carson, Red Bird
sluggers.
The horse racing Friday entertained
hundreds. In the one-half mile free
for-all, Prairie King was first, owned
by Buv Wanser, of Page; second went
to Lady Flapper, John Eberhart own
er, Brunswick; third to Mary Ancestor
owned by William McKnight, Atwood
Kausas.
Holt county horse race, half mile;
John Reimer’s Sweeping On, took 1st;
2nd, Mayflower, owned by Andrew
Johnson of Agee; 3rd, Rameau Boy,
owned by William Cuddy, O’Neill.
Shetland Pony race: ponies owned
by the following won in the order
mentioned: Cap Uhl, C. Keyes and Kid
Stauffer.
Buv Wanser, of Page, who deserves
page one every day, donated cash for
a consolation race and a jockey, Bant
Estes, known to every north Nebras
kan, donated a ride, making it possible
to stage one more race Friday than
was on schedule. The winners of the
consolation race: 1st, Billy Sunday,
owned by F. P. Shafer, Norton, Kans.;
2nd, Susie B., owned by Wm, Campbell
of Greeley, Colo.; 3rd, Boldie Bell,
owned by James Garner, Shelley, Nebr.
Extremely hot weather prevailed
during the fair. Hot southwest winds
stirred dust and caused crowds to run
cold drink sellers out of stock every
day. One man selling confections
stated he had sold at Chicago when
times were rosy and sold more here
than ever he did in the city of straight
and frequqent shooting where the fun
eral procession often is arranged be
fore the subject croaks.
The manager of the O’Neill ball
nine announced Friday he will play
his nine September 17th at Bartlett
against a nine there at night under
powerful electric lights, a novelty the
people are flocking to see.
As far as could be determined, there
was no accident in town or on the
fair grounds during the four day
county show. One pop corn stand
blew up and burned. No theft and no
injuries were reported.
Fair officials, Quig, Duffy and Mur
ray and the members of the board, of
directors were pleased at the Friday j
attendance and expressed their thanks!
to every one who helped make the
fair a huge success in the face of the
most adverse conditions. George Cole
man, of Inman, horse race starter and'
announcer, John L. Quig stated
handled his difficult task in a manner
deserving of especial thanks.
Numerous special police paraded
the grounds continuously but found
not a thing to do. The crowds behaved
unusually fine, officials said, in spite
of weather hot enough to hatch wild
cats from a setting of door-knobs.
WILL INSPECT BEER FOR
ALCOHILIC CONTENT
State Journal: The state department
of agriculture has not inspected beer
made in Nebraska breweries for al
coholic content but is putting on a
force in the state office and has two
men traveling about looking after the
collection of the 3 cents a gallon state
tax on all beer made and sold by brew
ers, distributors or wholesalers. The
department inspector who went to
Omaha Aug. 10 had authority, it was
announced, to inspect beer for alcohol
ic content. This work is not required
by the beer law. The beer bill origin
ally contained authority for stute in
spection and a fee payable to the slate
but this fee and power to inspect was
cut from the bill. It is now under
stood the only inspecting for alcoholic
content to be made by the state will be
where a request is made or where the
amount of alcohol is a question arising
out of prosecutions by law enforcing
officers. Thus far the collections cf
state tax from August distributors
totals $1JT>0. Some predicted this
tax would run up to $700,000 a year.
The tax for August is due Sept. 15.
ANOTHER PIONEER GONE
Charles Elkins, one of the pioneer
: residents of the south country, but
! who has been living in Omaha for
the past few years, died at his home
in Omaha last Monday,
For many years Mr. Elkins was one
of the most prominent citizens of the
southern part of the county and took
an active interest in the civic affairs
of that section of the county. He rep
resented his people for a couple of
terms on the county board, in the
earlier days of the county’s history
and a few years ago was a candidate
for membership on the board but was
defeated in the election, by a very
small margin. For the past few years
he had made his home in Omaha. He
was 78 years of age.
Surviving are his daughter, Mrs.
Beulah Carpenter, of Omaha, and a
son, Clyde Elkins of this city. We
understand that the remains were
brought to Chambers and the funeral
held there, burial in the Chambers
cemetery at the side of his wife, who
passed away several years ago.
PROHIBITION MAINE GOES WET
Maine, which for 75 years has been
a prohibition state, joined the parade
of wet states and became the twenty
sixth state to vote for repeal of the
Eighteenth amendment. The vote for
repeal was about two to one. There
seems to be no question now but what
the amendment will be repealed before
the first of the year.
Fred McNally and John Harrington
were down to Bartlett last Sunday
evening to witness one of the night
baseball games. While standing back
of third base watching the game Fred
was hit between the eyes with a hard
driven foul ball, which put him down
for the count. He said that he was
out for a few moments only but he has
a pair of discolored eyes and a cut
on his nose and forehead where the
ball hit. He was lucky that the ball
did not hit him a half inch either to
the right or left, as it would have
struck his glasses and perhaps caused
serious injury to hi# eyes. As it was
his glassies were not even broken.
He was lucky.
The O’Neill baseball team will go
down to Bartlett next Sunday evening
where they will play the Bartlett team
under the flood lights that evening.
Bartlett has a good team and they
have been playing night base ball for
several weeks, have been drawing
good crowds and putting up a fine
article of the national pastime.
RAIN HRINGS RELIEF FROM
UNUSUAL SEPTEMBER HEAT
The excessive heat for September
continued until Monday morning, when
rain fell in several portions of the
state and cooled things off in this
section. A light rain fell here Tues
day morning, amounting to .112 of an
inch. A heavy rain in the southern
part of the county Monday night and a
light rain in the eastern part of the
County the sume night. The ther
mometer registered 1*9 last Thursday;
loo on Friday and 100 on Saturday.
Sunday it was a little cooler, register
ing only 95. The excessive heat was
quite general over the entire state.
Miss Blanch Goree, who attends
high school north of Middle Branch,
met with an accident while riding to
school the latter part of last week.
She rides a horse from the H. J.
Stevens home. The horse stumbled
Mid fell on her. No hones were broken
but her head and neck were severely
injured. She was unconsious for
nearly two hours after the accident.
Her many friends hope that she has
not been seriously injured.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan, of Gillette,
Wyoming, stopped in the city the first
of the week for a visit with relatives
while on their way home from Prairie
du Chien, Wisconsin, where they had
taken their son, William, who enrolled
at Campion College there. They re
turned via Sioux City and were ac
companied back by Miss Mary Ryan
who left with them Tuesday for a visit
of a few weeks at their home in Gil
lette, Wyoming.
Elwin and Inez Benson, son and
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Blake Ben
son living north of this city, had a
narrow escape from serious injury last
Monday morning while coming in to
school. Just north of the cemetery a
tire blew out and the car hit the post
on a culvert and turned over. Neither
of them suffered injury and the car
Was only slightly damaged.
* Small, modern houses are in great
demand in this city at the present
time. Houses of this class are not
vacant very long when tenants move
out, the demand being greater than
the supply. Parties looking for a good
investment would find it in the build
ing of small, modern cottages.
John Erwin came up from Grand
Island last Saturday and spent Sun
day visiting Mrs. Michael Gallagher
and other relatives and friends here.
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ENROLLMENT IN O'NEILL
Schools totals «h2
The O’Neill public schools opened
on Monday of last week with a very
good attendance, which has increased
this week. The total enrollment in
the 'High school is 192 and in the
grades 277, or a total of lt>9 pupils,
divided in grades as follows:
Kindergarten 30
First Grade ..... 33
Second Grade ... 31
Third Grade-- 87
Fourth Grade..... .... 27
Fifth Grade . :tl
Sixth Grade . 23
Seventh Grade .. .. 34
Eighth Grade —_ 31
Total
. 277
High School.
Ninth Greek) 6S
Tenth Grade 64
Eleventh Grade __ .‘15
Twelfth Grade _ 27
Post Graduate Course . 11
Total 122
School opened in St. Mary’s
Academy last Wednesday! morning.
The total enrollment in the Academy
this year is 213, of whom ninety are
boys and 123 girls. The enrollment
in the various grades is as follows:
Kintergarten .. 15
First Grade . 7
Second Glade 19
Third Grade 17
Fourth Grade 13
Fifth Grade 22
Sixth Grade 18
Seventh Grade 11
Eighth Grade _ 23
Ninth Grade 16
Tenth Grade 24
Eleventh Grad® 26
Twelfth tirade 18
Total . 213
THREE MORE STATES
JOIN REPEAL PARADE.
Twenty-nine states now march
the repeal path. Only seven more
need follow to end national prohibition.
Maryland, Minnesota and Colorado
were the latest recruits.
All voted Tuesday to abolish the
eighteenth amendment and left the
score in 1933’s balloting for repeal—
29; against—0.
If the seven states now needed to
supply the three-quarters of the union
required for repeal are among the ten
voting before Nov. 8, the repeal
amendment will be ratified on Dec. fi
—date of the thirty-sixth convention.
The wets carried Maryland over
whelmingly. Fast mounting figures
put the repeal majority at nearly five
to one.
The margins were smaller but sub
stantial in Colorado and in Minnesota,
home of Andrew J. Volstead who
sponsored the prohibition enforcement
law. Late counts listed both in the
two-to-one class.
Prohibitionists promised undimin
ished efforts to block the trend which
on Monday cost them Maine, the na
tion’s first bone dry state.
Next week, on Tuesday, Idaho and
New Mexico vote on repeal. Two
weeks later—Oct. 3—Virginia votes,
and a week later—Oct. 10—Florida.
These four end the balloting until
Nov. 7 when six more vote—Kentucky,
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Carolina and Utah.
DUCK SEASON OCTOBER FIRST
TO NOVEMBER THIRTIETH
The department of agriculture at
Washington announced that the open
hunting season for waterfoul, coot and
jacksnipe would be limited to two
months this year as it was last.
Until the department became alarm
ed because of the growing scarcity of
wild fowl, the hunting season for
ducks and geese ordinarily was three
months.
The daily bag on ducks was reduced
from 15 to 12, not more than eight of
which may be canvasbacks, redheads,
scaups, teals, shovelers or gadwalls.
The possession limit for ducks was
reducer! from 150 to 24 and on the ex
cepted species, from 20 to 16.
The new open season for ducks (ex-!
| cept wood ducks, ruddy ducks, and
' butriehead ducks) geese (except Ross’
goose and snow geese in Florida am)
all states north bordering on the At
lantic ocean) brant (except on the
Atlantic coast), coot and jacksnipe in
clude Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne
braska, South Dakota, Montana, Colo
rado, Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
In Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oct.
Id to Dec. 15; in Wisconsin and North
Dakota, Sept 21 to Nov. 20.
J. P. and Joe Mann left Tuesday for
Chicago, where they will spend a
couple of weeks visiting friends and
looking after some business alfuirs.
ESTIMATE SHOWS
MOST NEBRASKA
CROPS ARE SHORT
Corn And Potatoes Are A
Near Failure In Some
Parts of the State.
Corn deteriorated slightly during
August and a production of 235,014,
000 bushels is estimated by the State
and Federal Division of Agricultural
Statistics, Oats and barley are ex
tremely poor and yields averaged about
the same as previously expected. Al
falfa, forage crops, pastures and po
tatoes have improved. Conditions are
favorable for the preparation of land
for wheat.
The forecast for corn is 235,014,000
bushels as compared with 269,293,000
bushels last year and the 1927-31 aver
age of 230,002,000 bushels. About 75
per cent of the corn acreage will pro
duce fairly satisfactory yields. The
injury to the balance of the acreage
varies from slight damage to almost
a complete failure. The injury is con
fined largely to part of the two south
ern tier of counties, some in
extreme western Nebraska and some
along the north central portion of the
State. The present moisture supply is
ample to mature the corn. Most of
the corn is far enough along that little
if any injury from front is expected.
The average yield is estimated at 23
bushels.
(tats are meeting previous expecta
tions with a probable yield of 10.5
bushels and a production of 23,373,000
bushels as compared with 74,190,000
bushels last year and the 1927-31 aver
age of 67,015,000 bushels. Oats turned
out slightly better than earlier ex
pectations in northeastern Nebraska
due mostly to more favorable moisture
supplies during June.
Spring wheat is poor and the pres
ent estimate of yield ik 8 bushels
which is the same as estimated last
month. The estimated production is
3.120.000 bushels as compared with
2.020.000 bushels last year and the
1927-31 average of 2,553,000 bushels.
There was a large increase in the
acreage of spring wheat in western
Nebraska this year. The estimate
for all wheat is now 29,014,000 bushels
as compared with 26,620,000 bushels
last year and the 1927-31 average of
65.850.00 bushels.
Barley, with a probable yield of 10.5
bushels will produce 8,872,000 bushels
as compared with 18,360,000 bushels
last year and the 1027-31 average of
13.430.00 bushels. Severe heat and
drouth previous to harvest is respons
ible for the low yield.
The average estimated yield of po
tatoes is slightly higher this month
than last due largely to improved con
ditions in the western Nebraska com
mercial potato section. The early
commercial potato crop in the Kearney
district is good. The farm crop is
generally extremely poor throughout
the State except for the later plant
ings in the northern portion. Much of
the farm crop is not worth harvesting.
The estimated yield is 52 bushels and
the production 6,240,600 bushels as
compared with 8,775,000 bushels last
year and the 1027-31 average of 9,
404.000 bushels.
The production of all* tame hay is
estimated at 2,517,000 tons as com
pared with 2,956,000 tons fast year and
the 1937-31 average of 2,649,000 tons.
An unusually large acreage of grain
crops was cut for hay, but the yield
was extremely low. The first two
crops of alfalfa were poor, but the
late cuttings of this crop due to good
August rainfall are expected to be
very good. Wild hay is below average
with an estimated yield of .55 tons per
acre and a production of 1,605,000 tons
as compared with 2,189,000 tons last
year and the 1927-31 average of 2,100,
000 tons. The production of wild hay
in the sandhill territory is estimated
to be about 25 per cent below normal.
Minor crops are rated as follows:
f lax is expected to average 6.5 bushels
per acre with a production of 13,000
bushels as compared with 18,000 bush
els last year and the 1927-31 average
of 91,000 bushels. The acreage of flax
during the last two years is much
below the 1927-31 average. The con
dition of buckwheat is 82 per cent and
the crop is expected to yield 10.5
bushels. The condition of beans is
65 per cent and the estimated yield is
8 bushels and the production 120,000
bushels as compared with 101,000
bushels last year and the 1927-31 aver
age of 87,000 bushels. The condition
of pasture is 64 per cent. The con
dition of grain sorghum is 70 per cent
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)