VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1938. No. 23
O’NEILL IS TO HAVE
MODERN HOSPITAL
IN NEAR FUTURE
Misses Clara and Lucretia Shumaker,
Trained Nurses, Kent Zeb Warner
House For A Hospital.
Zeb Warner has rented his residence
in the western part of the city to the
Misses Clara and Lucretia Shoemaker,
of Colorado, who will take possession
the first of the month and will open a
modern hospital therein. The Misses
Shoemaker are the sisters of George,
Bert and John Shoemaker of this city,
and are natives of this county. They
are both graduate nurses and have
been employed in some of the largest
hospitals in the country, putting in
several years in Chicago hospitals and
later in hospitals in Denver, Colorado.
They have practiced their profession
for fourteen years. For the past few
years they have been operating a
hospital in Colorado and, through the
intercession of O’Neill friends, they
were pursuaded to come to O Neill
and open a hospital here.
The Warner home is well fitted for
a hospital. Located in the western
part of the city, in a quiet neighbor
hood, it is an ideal location.
The city is fortunate in having two
nurses with the ability and experience
of the Shoemaker sisters open a hos
pital in this city. It is something that
the city has long needed and will be
a benefit to the entire community. The
Frontier welcomes these estimable
ladies back to their “old home town"
and predict for them success in their
undertaking.
$100,000ALLOTTED TO NEBRASKA
According to a Washington dis
patch to the daily press the govern
ment has made an unemployment
grant of $100,000 to Nebraska.
The above allotment was made on
Tuesday and on Wednesday, Harry L.
Hopkins, federal emergency relief ad
ministrator, granted an additional
$300,000 to this state. This is more
money than had been awarded the
state altogether prior to this week.
Previous to these two grants the state
had received $278,199 in all.
The new $300,000 comes from the
discretionary or non-matching fund,
and is the first that Nebraska has ob
tained from that fund. Previous
grants have come from funds which
are only available in the ratio of one
federal dollar for every three dollars
raised and spent for relief by Ne
braska and its cities and counties. The
allocation from the discretionary fund
was asked by Governor Bryan.
IDENTIFIED AS (IRANI)
ISLAND BANK ROBBER
William Sharkey, 38, arrested at
Chicago on July 20 and taken to St.
Paul, Minn., to face a kidnapping
charge, has been identified by three
persons from Grand Island as one of
the robbers of the First National bank
in that city in September, 1932. After
the Minnesota officers get through
with him on the kidnapping charge he
will probably be brought back to Ne
braska to stand trial on the charge of
robbing the bank.
HOLDING LIQUOR CONFERENCE
Representatives of South Dakota,
Minnesota, Illinois, Nebraska, Wis
consin, Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, In
diana and Kentucky are meeting today
at DesMoines, Iowa, in a liquor control
conference. The meeting was called
by Governor Herring of Iowa who will
appear before the conference and out
line his views as to the advisability of
uniformity in liquor legislation. It is
taken for granted that the eighteenth
amendment will be off the statute
books shortly after the first of De
cember, as six more states vote on
repeal on November 7th and only
three more states voting for repeal
are needed to cancel the amendment.
MINNESOTA HAS SNOW
Duluth was covered with twelve
inches of snow, the first of the season
last Monday night, while other sec
tions of the state reported a fall vary
ing from several inches to a trace.
Automobile traffic was hazardous in
Duluth. The fall was the heaviest for
the month of October in 47 years, ac
cording to the weather bureau.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Stortz and Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Smith, of Omaha,
arrived in the city last Saturday after
noon and were guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mellor until Tues
day morning, when they returned
home. The men spent their time out
hunting pheasants and ducks, and, we
are informed, they secured the limit
of both birds each day they w«ro out.
HOG PROCESSING TAX
50 CENTS A HUNDRED
The processing tax on live hogs in
the administration’s $350,000,000 corn
hog program will be 50 cents per
hundredweight, effective Nov. 5, Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace An
nounced.
The tax will be increased to $1 per
hundredweight Dec. 1, 1933, to $1.50
Jan. 1, 1934 and to $2 Feb. 1, 1934,
continuing at that figure thru the
1934-35 marketing year. Wallace
said he expected tax collections dur
ing the two years to total $348,000,000.
Of this amount about $40,000,000 will
be deducted for advances made by the
treasury in the recent emergency hog
marketing program; about $200,000,
000 will be paid to farmers who re
duce hog production under the new
program; about $50,000,000 in addi
tion to funds obtained from a tax on
corn will be paid to farmers who re
duce their corn crops, and about $58,
000,000 will be used for relief pur
poses and for administrative expenses.
The tax will be refunded where
ever hogs arc used exclusively for
charitable distribution. Hogs used by
a farmer for consumption by his own
household also will be tax exempt.
D. H. CLAUSON BAGS A
“CANADIAN HONKER”
D. H. Clauson was feeling quite
perk last Monday. He and his broth
er-in-law, Mr. Planck, of Spearfish,
who was visiting at the Clauson home,
were out hunting pheasants and ducks
at Cash lake south of Stuart last
Sunday when they noticed a flock of
Canada geese coming. They got back
of a hay stack and when the geese
came within range, they let drive
and as a result two geese fell,
one to each hunter, or at least Dennis
says he got one of them and knowing
nothing to the contrary we are will
ing to give him the credit of being
the first O’Neill hunter that bagged
a Canada goose this season. He had
a good reason for feeling like a two
year-old the first of the week. We
have done lots of hunting but never
have had the luck to bag a goose and
we are rather envious of our name
sake.
BANDITS ROB BANK
AT NEBRASKA CITY
A band of gumen robbed the Mer
chants National Bank at Nebraska
City last Tuesday, during the noon
hour, and got away with $0,135.55 in
cash and currency, carrying two em
ployees and a customer away, leaving
the bank empty and made their escape.
Two of the three hostages, Dr. John
P. Gilligan, formerly of this city, and
Elmer Shuey, were carried on the
running board as a shield for thirteen
blocks but no one knew the bank had
been robbed until they dropped off and
notified the sheriff. William G. Eisen
mann, the assistant cashier, was re
leased four miles north of the city
and the robbers tossed him a loaded
revolver taken from the bank with the
remark, “you might need it.”
The first report from the authorities
was that there were five men, but
Shuey said that there were only four,
lie said that he looked up to see a
young man about twenty-four point
ing a gun at him and saying “don’t
move and don’t give any warning.”
“At the same time” Shuey said, “I
saws a bigger man, about forty years
old, holding a gun on Dr. Gilligan and
Billy Eisenmann up near the front of
the bank. Another big man stood
just inside the entrance to the bank,
partially concealing a machine gun
under his overcoat.”
He said two of the men scooped up
the cash behind the counter while the
other kept the three local men cov
ered. The man at the door, cool and
collected, issued orders to his more
nervous companions, had them look
for money in every desk and drawer
and even in the wastebasket. The
robbers put the money in what looked
like a flour sack.
The robbers did not appear to be in
a hurry to get away as they let Eisen
mann get his overcoat after they had
ordered the bank employees and Dr.
Gilligan to go with them. Shuey said
that two of the men shoved Eisenmann
into the back seat with them while the
other joined the driver. Three of the
robbers wore derby hats.
As soon as the robbery was dis
! covered the bank was locked to try
to save finger prints of the robbers.
Dr. John P. Gilligan, who was one
of the hostages taken by the robbers,
is the son of the late Dr. J. P. Gilligan
of this city, and was born and grew
to manhood in this city. For several
years he has been practicing his pro
fession at Nebraska City.
BRIEFLY STATED
The blind side of the stars can be
, photographed with the use of a new
I aluminum mirror device. What we
really need is something that will
photograph the blind side of the av
erage politician.
Mrs. J. P. Brown entertained twelve
guests at a dinner party at the Bak
ery Wednesday evening and with cards
at her home after dfinner. Mrs. It.
R. Dickson won the prize and Mrs. B.
J. Grady the all cut.
Bernard McCafTerty, who has been
visiting at the home of his mother,
Mrs. M. A. McCairerty, and- with
other relatives the past two weeks
will leave for his home at Casper,
Wyoming, tomorrow.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Filsinger and
Emmet and Violet Rosier spent Sun
day visiting at the Rafe Shaw home
near Josie, Nebr. They spent a part
of the day runting and bagged the
limit of the elusive ringneeks.
Mrs. W. J. Froelich and children,
Mrs. C. E. Stout and Mrs. H. J. Bir
mingham arrived last Friday after
noon from Chicago, Mrs. Froelich and
children will visit here for a time and
will later be joined by Mr. Froelich.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Welton, of Mul
len, Nebr., arrived in the city last
Friday evening for a couple of days
visit with relatives and friends here.
While in the city Ross made a call at
this office and talked shop for an hour
or so.
Joe Fisher, for many years in the
banking business at Ewing, was in the
city the first of the week. Joe is now
living at Elgin and is in the em
ploy of the federal land bank as an
examiner and was here looking after
the business of his employers.
On Monday afternoon f red Usen
baugh entertained ten of his little
friends in honor of his fifth birthday.
A delieous lunch was served by his
mother at 5 o’clock. Everyone had
a good time and went home wishing
Fred many more happy birthdays.
-
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Klinger re
turned last evening from a six weeks
visit with relatives in eastern Iowa,
Illinois and the Chicago Fair. Mr.
Klinger says they had a delightful
visit with their relatives and thor
oughly enjoyed the time spent at the
exposition at Chicago.
Walter Ryan, of Amazonia, Mo., and
Father Gassman, of St. Mary’s Kans.,
arrived in the city last Monday even
ing and have been guests at the home
of Mr. Ryan’s brother, Arthur Ryan,
while they have been enjoying the
splendid duck and pheasant shooting
in this section. The visitors have been
having splendid luck on their hunting
trips and are leaving for their homes
tomorrow morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John Frenking and
children and William Frenking came
up from Omaha last Saturday and
have been visiting at the home of Mrs.
Frenking’s mother, Mrs. M. A. Mc
CafTerty. The men of the party, ac
companied by R. E. Gallagher and
Bernard McCafTerty have been en
joying the duck and pheasant shoot
ing in this vicinity the past week and
have met with splendid success. They
expect to leave for home tomorrow
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Butts and son,
Rex, and sister Miss Anna Butts,
came up from Nebraska City last Fri
day evening for a short visit at the
home of Mrs. Butts’ sister, Mrs. D. II.
Cronin. Mr. Butts and son spent Sat
urday hunting ducks in the lakes in
the southwestern part of the county
and had very good luck. Sunday
morning accompanied by Miss Anna,
they left for home while Mrs. Butts
remained here for a protracted visit at
the home of her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gallagher and
Monsignor O’Laughlin, of Lincoln, ar
rived in O'Neill last Sunday evening
for a visit with friends und to enjoy
a pheasant hunt. Monsignor O’Laugh
lin was the guest of J. P. Mann while
in the city, while Mr. and Mrs. Gal
lagher were the guests of Mr. Gal
lagher’s mother, Mrs. E. F. Gallagher.
Accompanied by Ed. M. Gallagher,
Monsignor O’Laughlin and Don Gal
lagher enjoyed a pheasant hunt Mon
day and Tuesday southeast of O’Neill
and succeeded in getting the limit
each trip. They returned home Tues
i day afternoon.
WORK IS BEGUN BY
THE STATE MONDAY
ON HIGHWAY NO. 281
Begin Work On South End of Project
Near Oiled Hoad And Work
North—13 Men Have Jobs.
Last Monday work was started by
the state on construction work on
highway No. 281 south of this city,
under the supervision of Engineer J.
D. Osenbaugh of this city. Work is
being done now on the southern part
of the project, just north of the oiled
road, and they are working notrh,
A small force was at work Monday
and Tuesday, but on Wednesday they
had thirteen men and seven four horse
teams and two two-horse team at
work. Thursday they expect to have
10 four horse teams and two two
horse teams at work and will gradual
ly increase the number of men em
ployed. All of the men on the job
are residents of this county and all
of them, except the foreman, are
registered with the federal unemploy
ment office.
In addition to the work on the road
south of town Engineer Osenbaugh
also has a force of men at work on a
road down in Wheeler county, on
which forty men are now at work and
the resident engineers office is one of
the busiest places in town these days.
Now if they shortly get the paving
going, many men in this section who
have been on the unemployed list for
several months, will be able to earn
something to help take care of their
dependents during the coming winter.
POOR DEMANDING RELIEF
State Journal. Mrs. Clara Clay
ton, state child welfare director, said
federal relief was changing the at
titude of needy persons in many Ne
braska counties from a spirit of grate
fulness to one of demanding “our
share of federal money.” She said
her recent travels over the state in
dicated a distinct change in sentiment
as compared with a year ago.
“The people used to be very appre
ciative of everything done for them.
Now you can see them walk up to
relief headquarters and say, ‘I want
mine.’ One man even talked about
missing the ‘last federal pay day.’ ”
Mrs. Clayton said only three Ne
braska counties now had county wel
fare boards under the act passed by
the 1931 legislature. Of the three,
that in Platte county had been by far
the most successful, but she expressed
fear that Mrs. E. W. Johnson, relief
worker for the board at Columbus,
may leave in the near future.
Mrs. Clayton said the Platte county
board was one of the few agencies in
the state which had worked out a sat
isfactory means of meeting the trans
ient problem. In none of the three
counties where welfare boards are
maintained, arc they handling the re
lief problem, she said, due to the ap
pointment of relief committees for
handling of federal funds.
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes enter
tained fourteen guests with a dinner
at the Idle Hour last Sunday evening
and with cards at home after dinner.
The guests were friends of Mr.
Weekes who came up from Omaha
Saturday afternoon to enjoy a Holt
county pheasant hunt.
Farmers were picketing the roads
leading into Council Bluffs last Tues
day in an attempt to enforce the farm
strike that was called by the national
officers of the Farmers Holiday As
sociation. There were no pickets on
duty Wednesday and business went
on as usual in the Iowa city and Iowa
truckers were permitted to haul their
hogs and cattle to the Omaha market.
Mrs. M. A. Summers, one of the
old-time Frontier readers living north
east of this city, was a pleasant cal
ler at this office this afternoon. Mrs.
Summers had just returned from a
visit with friends in Omaha, making
the trip via auto, and she is convinced
that the Holt county corn crop is rs
good as that in any part of the state,
and much better, she said, than in
many parts of the state that she
' visited on her trip.
PROCESSING TAX ON CORN
EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 5
Secretary Wallace announced at
Washington Tuesday night that the
processing tax on corn will be 28
cents per bushel of 56 pounds, effec
tive November 5th.
It was rumored last week that the
President might call the Senate into
extra session in December. If he docs
f he will lose his faith in Santa Claus.
PHEASANT SEASON OPENS
—MANY RENTERS IN FIELD
The pheasant season opened last
Sunday and every man, both young
and old, who had a gun or could find
one, were out early and stayed late,
and they all came back with proof of
their prowess in the field, with a nice
bunch of pheasants. Some had only
one or two but many came home with
the limit. They all report this game
bin! as being very plentiful but hard
work getting them. The grass and
weeds are heavy and the corn stalks
til, and many fields filled with sand
burrs, so that hunting was not all
sport. Many of the local hunters were
tired and sore Monday, not being used
to the strenous exercise of walking
through cornfields and wading through
bunches of sand burrs and other weeds
of the fields, but nevertheless they
were happy as they had succeeded in
bagging one or more of the birds.
ROB NORFOLK BANK.
Robbers held up the Security State
Bank of Norfolk this afternoon and
got away with between $8,000.00 and
$10,000.00. They made their appear
ance about closing time, held up the
institution and took a couple of the
employees along as hostages. A cus
tomer who came into the bank and
did not know what was going on did
not obey the orders of the robbers
to stick them up quick enough and was
gun-clubbed, being severely injured.
The robbers left town going south on
highway 81 and passed through Hum
phrey about a half hour later.
Bank robberies are getting to be too
common and it is up to every town to
prepare to meet them with hot lead, as
no one can tell where they will strike
next
JUDGE WOODROUGH
STOPS HERE TO VISIT
Judge J. W. Woodrough, of Omaha,
was in the city for a few hours last
Saturday on his return from a hunting
trip to Cody, Nebr. While in the
city Judge Woodrough made a pleas
ant call at this office, renewing old
acquaintanceship. The Judge is the
same genial gentleman as he was
when he was presiding as judge of the
federal district court in Omaha, his
elevation to the circuit bench has not
changed him one iota. We thoroughly
enjoyed our visit with him. He left
here Saturday afternoon for Norfolk,
where he expected to spend a couple
of days hunting pheasants with a
party of Norfolk friends.
ANNOUNCES THE FARM
LOAN POLICY
L. J. Paulson, regional manager at
Minneapolis of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration Crop Production Loan
Office, called attention today to the
fact that October 31, 1933 is the ma
turity date for crop production, live
stock feed, and forage crop loans
granted during the spring and early
summer months. He stated that it is
not the policy of the Farm Credit Ad
ministration to insist on liquidation
of crops and livestock at prevailing
low prices, the spirit of these ad
vances being that they shall be repaid
from the proceeds of security when
sold. Interest for the funds loaned
was deducted up to October 31st and
that maturity date is emphasized as
a reminder to borrowers that addition
al interest will accrue thereafter.
The O’Neill Woman's Club will meet
at the club room on Wednesday, No
vember 1. In the study of Nebraska,
Mrs. Cadwell will give the early
history. Industries will be discussed
by Mrs. Carter; Conservation of Game
Life and State Parks by Mrs. Malone,
and Mrs. Osenbaugh will talk on the
State capitol.
SETH PARKER IS
COMING TO TOWN.
Yes, that most beloved of all radio
entertainers is to be impersonated at
the Presbyterian church on Friday
evening, November 3 by the well
known dramatic singer and artist, Mr.
John Howard.
Mr. Howard will be assisted by a
full company of local stage artists
and singers in his production, “A
Night With Seth Parker.”
Old fashioned costumes, old fash
ioned music and songs and loads of
fun from our local Cephus (Harry
Clauson) and Lixzie (Mrs. Pete Tod
son) will make this a delightful even
ing of entertainment.
Among other leading roles will be
those of Miss Wilma Dell Smith aa
, "Mu” Parker; Don Foddel-son as the
Cuptain. Dr. Burgess, Mrs. Genaco,
Malvina Pilfer, Mr. Yantai and Mr,
i Sauers.
I Admission, 10 and 25 cents.
ORVILLE THORSON IS
WINNER IN COUNTY
HUSKING CONTEST
Has A Net Total of 20.02 Bushels of
Corn For The 80 Minutes, After
Deductions For Gleanings.
Over a thousand people saw Orville
Thorson, of O'Neill, win the Holt
county corn husking contest held last
Tuesday on the George A. French
farm near Page* In eighty minutes
Thorson husked 20.02 bushels after all
deductions had been made.
Orville is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Thorson, who live fifteen
miles northwest of O’Neill. Orville
is 28 years old, weighs 150 lbs. and is
5 feet, 10 inches tall. He won the
Holt county contest in 1929 and placed
fifth in the State contest at West
Point. This contest was held on the
Ben Stalp farm where the National
contest will be held on November 9th.
Thorson will compete in the State
contest at Cozad on November 2nd.
Seven huskers picked more corn
than Orville did, but he husked much
cleaner than any other contestant and
this was the deciding factor. Thorson
husked 1,445 pounds gross weight. He
left 13 Vi pounds of corn in the field
for a deduction of 4014 pounds. The
hundred pound sample of corn taken
from his load had 514 ounces of husks
for a percentage deduction of two
tenths of one per cent. His net corn
husked was 1401.5 pounds or 20.02
bushels. Orville husked on No. 10
land.
Number one land was drawn by
Ralph Burival, of O’Neill, who placed
second and husked a gross total of
1.575 pounds. He left twenty pounds
of corn in the field for a deduction of
sixty pounds. His husks weighed 10%
ounces for a percentage deduction of
8.5. His net coin husked was 1,381.13
pounds, or 19.73 bushels.
Joe F. Mlnarik, of Ewing, husked
on No. 6 land and won third place.
He picked 1,870 pounds of corn, the
most corn of any contestant, but his
high percentage deduction on husks
and gleanings pulled his total down.
Joe’s gleanings were 31% pounds, or
a deduction of 93% pounds. His
husks weighed 15% ounces for a de
duction of 23 per cent. His net corn
weighed 1,344.28 pounds, or 19.3
bushels.
Fourth place was won by Herman
Meyer, of Josie, who husked 1,(510
pounds gross weight on land No. 2.
Herman left 11% pounds of gleanings
for a deduction of 34% pounds. This
was the smallest amount of gleanings
assessed against any husker. His
husks weighed 18% ounces, or adc
duction of 33.6 per cent. Meyer’s net
total was 1034.54 pounds, or 14.77
bushels.
The other contestants placed as
follows: Dan Mudloff, O’Neill; Leo
Burival, O’Neill; John Booth, Page;
LaVerne Thorson, O’Neill; Frank Ml
narik, Ewing; Merwyn French, Page;
Melvin Lamason, rage; Forrest Far
rand, of Dorsey.
While the weighing of loads, glean
ings and husks was being done and
totals figured the crowd was enter
tained in the high school auditorium.
Band music, a one act play and five
boxing matches drew the applause of
the crowd. Superintendent Dunlap ar
ranged the program. D. E. Bowen,
Chairman of the contest, awarded the
prizes to the winning contestants.
The Page Commercial Club and the
committee, D. E. Bowen, Alva Town
send and Alton Braddock, handled the
atfair as if they had been putting on
contests for years.
SIXTY-SIX STATE BANKS
ASK DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Federal Supervisor Donohe, who is
supervising the examination of state
banks who have applied for admit
tance into the federal reserve and
federal deposit insurance, has a list
of sixty-six state banks which have
applied for examination and which
have been forwarded to him from
Washington, according to the State
Journal. Donohoe said the examina
I tion of twenty-three state banks had
been completed and reports sent to the
federal deposit insurance corporation
at Washington. He has six examiners
and six helpers now on examination
assignments. Three more examiners
have been appointed subject to call
when needed. He hopes to finish the
examination of all banks applying by
December 1st. The federal law goes
into effect on January 1st.
The High School foot ball team
went down to Ewing Wednesday and
again took it on the chin, being de
feated hy the Ewing High school
team with a score of 12 to 0.