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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 28, 1933)
I '• : . The Frontier «• I ‘ • . VOL. LIV. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1933. No. 32 CORN-HOG PROGRAM WILL BE EXPLAINED AT FRIDAY MEETING Working of Corn-Hog Program To Be Discussed In Full For The Benefit of Committeemen. Holt county corn and hog growers are asked to meet Friday, Dec. 2'J at O’Neill to elect from three to five members of a county corn-hog com mittee and to hear a general discus sion of the corn-hog program as it has been outlined by the federal man at Washington and the state corn-hog committee. The meeting will be held at the K. C. Hall and begin sat 1:30 o’clock, James W. Kooney, Emergency Agent says. John A. Robertson, one of the state corn-hog committee members who lives at Joy, will be at the meeting in O’Neill next Friday to give the views of the state corn-hog committee and to help in the selection of the Holt county corn-hog committee. He will discuss what the state committee feel are qualifications of the county coin miteeman, laying particular emphasis on the choice of men who are well acquainted over the county, who arc wholeheartedly in sympathy with the emergency programs, and who have the time and ability to* put upon the work at hand. These committeemen must be able to present the corn-hog plan to other men in the county at community meetings, must be able to help the Emergency Agent in estab lishing policies and setting up the county organization to sign up con tracts. The committee which is chosen will pick three men in each precinct to act as the local corn-hog committee. A representative of the extension service at the agricultural college in Lincoln will also be at the meeting to explain in a general way the corn-hog plan. He will probably not go into as much detail as Mr. Rooney will in the community meetings. This man will, however, be able to answer gen eral questions for farmers and give them an idea about the first of the official rulings that have come out from Washington. Use of Contracted Acres “What can I do with the land taken out of wheat and corn?” has been one of the most common questions farmers ask about the wheat and the corn-hog adjustment plans. As they make plans for 1931 crops, farmers are becoming more anxious every day to know what they can do with the ground. In most cases farmers have ad mitted that the government was pay ing them a good return for the land and they could afford to leave it lie idle or seed it down to improve the fertility of the soil. Thousands of farmers over the corn belt are now thinking about the future productivity of their farms than they have thought in the last 20 years. They want to use the money for the benefit pay ments to help finance a soil improve ment program. Rulings on what may be done with the land taken out of wheat are: 1. Plant it to permanent pasture, including alfalfa and clovers, with or without a nurse crop. 2. Planted to a soil improvement crop like sweet clover. The crop can not be pastured or cut for hay. 3. Fallowed to store moisture or kill weeds. 4. Planted to farm wood lots. These points and many others will be taken up at community meetings at school houses and other meeting places in the next few weeks. Farmers will have a chance there to ask more questions and get each other’s ideas. Yesterday under direction of Rev. F. J. Aiicock, of the Boy’s Honor club, the following were to go out on an all day hike, cooking dinner and sup per under cover of the blue sky: Ger ald Leach, Donald and Pat Mitchell, Ralph and Ned Porter, Marvin Van Every, Harold McCleese, Eldon Har bottl^, Robert and Berwyn Shave Maurice Kirkpatrick, Harold and George Dahlstein, Donald Bowen, La verne Lynch, Junior Harris, Junioi Vanderlinden and Norman Slopover Archie Bowen is manager of this club Father Clement Ryan, S. J., oi Creighton University, Omaha, son oi J. B. Ryan, arrived here last Saturdaj ar.d left for Omaha Tuesday morning Father Ryan assisted in celcbratinj the several Christmas Masses here a< St. Patrick’s Catholic church. James Robertson and his wife camt Christmas and visited at the home oi Mr. Robertson's father, John A. Rob ertson, of Joy. The Robertson son an« daughter-in-law reside at Sioux City. Bey Seriously Injured In Fall From Pony Junior, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, suffered a broken elbow when Carol Hunt, 9, and Junior decided to jump off a pony they had been riding last Friday afternoon about 3:30 in the northeast part of O’Neill. Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hunt, landed on junior. The break was considered very serious and he was taken to Norfolk. Junior is at the home of Mr. Allen’s parents in Norfolk, and doctors there are waiting until the swelling goes down to determine if an operation must be performed or the bones may be set. Faculty Leaves Town For Holiday Season The faculty of the public school here, not including those who reside here, are out of town during the Christmas vacation to enjoy visiting in old home towns or with home folks. Included are, H. L. Beals, Washington, Iowa; Miss Catherine Lawler, Lincoln, Miss Neva Wolfe, Lynch, Nebr.; Elmer and Helen B. Stolte, Atkinson; Mrs. Lillian Barker, Lincoln; Miss Betty Jones, Randolph, Nebr.; Miss Ruth Kraemer, Neligh; Miss Vera O’Neill, Dunbar, Nebr.; Miss Hilda Zimmer man, Nelson, Nebr.; Miss Ella McCaf frey, Orleans, Nebr.; Miss Wilma Dell Smith, Chadron, Nebr.; Loretta Shaw, south of O’Neill. Roy W. Carroll, superintendent, Harold M. Denny, principal, and Miss Mary Horiskey, eighth grade teacher, reside here in O’Neill. Base Ball Played Late In December Last Saturday afternoon on Mullen field east of here the South Minor and East Sluggers, boy’s baseball nines, crossed bats, the result being a victory for the lads on the east side. South battery was Ralph Porter and William Maxwell. East battery was Jiggs Van Every and Richard Loy. Home runs—Richard Loy and Wil liam Maxwell, one each. Three-baggers—R. Loy, 3; D. Mitch ell, 1; J. Van Every, 2; R. Porter, 2; W. Maxwell, 2, and P. Mitchell, 1. Casualties—Bernard Edwards was struck in stomach by baseball. Ber nard was water carrier. Dog fights—one. Attendance—three. Old Batteries Are Dangerous As Fuel Those in the habit of burning old storage batteries to obtain heat or clean chimneys have been warned in various parts of the country that bat tery cases, either of wood or composi tion, emit a gas that is deadly to human beings. From 15 to 20 per sons die annually in large cities after inhaling the gas, one report indicated. Many persons in O’Neill have burned batteries without suspecting they en dangered the lives of those outdoors. HOLIDAY BIRTHDAYS It came near being unanimous in the George Mitchell family. The birth days are almost all on holidays or outstanding dates. Mr. Mitchell was born on April 1, Mrs. Mitchell on July 1, Margaret on Thanksgiving day, Merle on March 17, Donald November 4 and Phyllis on Christmas day. Mr. Mitchell is host ler here for the Burlington railway and the Mitchell home is in southeast O’Neill. Wednesday, Roy Johnson and Chest er Calknis opend a fire plug in south east O’Neill and released enough city water to place fresh water in the mains in that part of town. It was thought the water may have been slightly impregnated with rust. Thru an idea originated by Levi Yantzi the water was spilled in a huge “buffalo hollow” in the southwest corner of Mullen field where it was expected the children of the east side should find good ice skating in a few days. Last Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Harry Bowen, federal weather ob server here reported his thermometer registered 72 above zero, breaking all previous December records. Twice be fore, he stated, a temperature of 6fi was attained here in December. There i was no wind and light clouds Friday Animals and humans seemed to suf fer from the "heat." - George- Van Every, foreman on a i; road project in Wheeler county, spent r Christmas Hay with his family here He returned Christmas night. Georgf 11states the project there was of wonder jful benefit to farmers in that section. BRIEFLY STATED William Mitz, of Sioux City, Iowa, was in O’Neill on business last Friday. Hugh McLeod, student in engineer ing at the University of Detroit, Mich., came and remained during the holidays. Mrs. Bessie Baker and son, John Lee, arc here from their home at Omaha visiting friends and relatives in O’Neill and Chambers. Mrs. Hans Egger, of Columbus, ar rived in O’Neill Monday night to spend a week visiting at the home of her mother, Mrs. Goldie Liddy. - - -. —■ Mrs. Larry Coleman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Enright, went to Omaha Wednesday and is expected home the first of next wr<5ek. ■_ Mrs. Anna Kirwio left by train last Thursday for Sioux City whefe she planned to spend a week visiting rela-; Roy Oberholzer, for' a week. Harlan Agnes, who a'ttcnds Wayne normal college, is spending the holi-j days here at the home of his* parents', Mr. and Mrs. George Agnes. According to Max Johnsori, relief work manager for Holt county, the recent zero weather did not halt road nor other work he is directing. J. J. McDermott and family, now of Rising City, Nebr., spent a night last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Fernholz southeast of Emmet. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dauer drove to Mankato, Minn., last Saturday morning to spend the holidays with relatives. The returned Tuesday. Carrol Simonson is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clamer Simonson, of Agee. Carrol teaches school at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Bill lleese, of Colome. >S. D., br-otJrw of Mrs. Joe Fernholx, Emmet, visited his sister last Thursday afternoon, then returned to his South Dakota home. ' Thomas Edwards, of the Seth Noble force, and his family, left early Mon day by automobile for the home of his brother, Bill, a farmer living cast of Orchard. The municipal skuting rink was given a good test by youthful skaters the past few days and has been found one of the best investments made here in a long time. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shaver and child ren went by automobile to their old home, Winner, S. D., Sunday. The family planned to visit there several days or a week. Wednesday evening at the Ed. Campbell home Mrs. Frank Froelich and Mrs. Edward Campbell enter tained for Mr. and Mrs. William Froc lich, of Chicago. Cecil Hunt, his wife, and his brother, Earl, sons and daughter-in-law of Doug Hunt, came from Sidney, Nebr., to spend the holidays at the Doug Hunt home here. Mrs. John Karl, of the Dry creek section, who was operated on for re moval of the appendix a week ago, is much better Thursday, hospital at tendants reported. Dr. C. H. Lubker was at Fremont to celebrate Christmas at the home of his brother. When he returned he found his office flooded, due to frost broken water pipes. Bruce Nance, International Har vester company representative of this community, was called to Oklahoma City Wednesday morning, because of illness of his father. Miss Catherine Cox is here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles McKenna. Miss Cox lives in Virgina. She arrived Friday night on the Bur I Iington passenger train. I --- | Miss Nancy Dickson, youngest ] daughter of Judge and Mrs. R, R. Dickson, returned from Wayne normal college to be at home during the holi day season. She is to go to Wayne I next Tuesday to resume her studies. ________ It ia believed a greater number of O’Neillites now living elsewhere are here for the holiday period than have come home in several years. The Frontier wished to chornide the re turn of everyone and regrets any names inadvertently omitted. Holt County Schools Scheduled For Aid C. W. Taylor, state superintendent of schools, has approved relief work funds for 19 teachers and the C'VVA commit tee ha* allowed the allotments. There is hut $1,600 a month available for educational work and of this $1*00 is available for work relief of rural teachers, but it is expected that $18, 500 a month should be available soon. It has been proposed to pay the teachers $50 a month. Holt county approvals named are: District 160, Martha Kaup, teacher; District 171, Mrs. Pnuline Napier, teacher; District 63, Helena Hiscocks, teacher; District 13, Marjorie Knoll, teacher. Seasonal conditions and realization that work actually may be obtained has caused increase in Nebraska em ployment registrations within a week front 77,000 to 03,418 for CWA and t’WA jobs. Last week 42,463 were given jobs; the week before, 31,000. Atkinson Man Injured When Car Turns Over Sunday afternoon about 5 o’clock a car driven by Fritz Green failed to take the corner one mile west of the Dr. H. L. Ben net residence in west O’Neill and Ted Green was catapulted thru the glass of one of the automobile doors. Ted received many cuts about his head and face. He was attended by Dr. L. A. Carter who had to make three efforts at halting a hemmorhage caused by an artery cut. His lower lip was peeled down, breaking and exposing an artery which is close to the bone and very difficult to reunite. Ted lives at Atkinson and Fritz on Eagle creek. The brothers went to their home after receiving medical treatment. Old Timers Are Right In Regard To Weather Once more the old timer has been corrobrated in an assertion frequently h^»ard regarding the weather. He had been telling us a long time that the climate is changing, that the winters are not what they used to be. For a long time weather experts said such talk was due to the man exaggerating youthful recollections. Now comes J. B. Uincer, chief climatologist of the federal weather bureau, who recently told the Associated Press: “Grand dad was not so far wrong in his statements about the exit of the old fashioned winter of his boyhood days.” The country generally has been having a cycle of mild winters since a series of seasons colder than normal around civil war days. That of 1855-56 was the coldest on record for more than a century. The warmest in more than 100 years in Washington was that of 1931-32. Grand dad, or even dad, probably re calls winters of the cold cycle, officials say, when he says they are not what they used to be. Recent winters are in marked con tiast to those of early days. Of those from 1854-55 to 1872-73, 14 were cold er than normal. In New Haven, where records run back to Revolutionary war timer, the last 10 have averaged above normal, as have 18 of the last 21, and the last 33 of the last 45. Thirteen of the last 15 in St. Louis have averaged above normal. Weathermen figure December 1 and ends March 1. —-— Marriage Licenses Howard E. Pcttijohn, 34, and Nettie L. Jackson, 21, of Stuart were licensed and married by Judge C. J. Malone here December 23. On December 26 Judge Malone is sued a marriage license to Raymond j Johnson, 26, Morrill, Nebr., and Soph i ia Siemsen, 25, of Atkinson. Fred Enquist, over 21, Wausa, Nebr., and Alma C. Lindberg, over 21, of ! O’Neill, were licensed to wed here on December 23. Wednesday evening a winter party I gathered at the George Van Every home and went to the Elkhnm river and roasted wienies over a campfire. Those comprising the party were, Harvey Weyman, Dick Robertson, Levi Fuller, Ray Weyman, Bessie Ful ler, LaV'erne Hartford, and Stellu and Cleta Van Every. - Roy Goree and family, Long Pine; Lorena McManus, Casper, Wyo,, and Edna Simonson, of Stuart, ure here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Loren Simonson. Lorena is a teacher in the Casper schools. Ralph Mellor is up and around : again this week after an attack of flu. Perry Elijah Chase Perry Elijah Chase, highly respected resident of Page, died Wednesday, December 27, 1933 at the age of 78 years, seven months and 11 days, of angina pictoris. Mr. Chase was born in Dane county Wisconsin on May 16, 1866. lie went from there to Blunt, S, D., from that place coming to this county in the spring of 1890, where he lived the remainder of his life. He was married November 1, 1876 to Delphine Hadley, at Nevada, Iowa. He survived his first wife, and was married a second time, to Ida Sten nenberg at Kansas City, Mo., who with two children, one son and one daughter, are left to mourn the pas sing of a kind an affectionate husband and father. The children are: Mrs. Ruby Skelton, of Spencer, Nebr., and Raymond Chase, of Denver, Colo. Mr. Chase had been principle of the schools at Page and Inman for many years and was a leading educator. A great many of the people of eastern Holt county had attended schools di rected by him, among them being, Judge C. J. Malone, Leonard Hess, John Gray, and all those of that gen eration who lived in this county at that time. He had been postmaster at Page for 21 years. The funeral is to be held ut the Methodist church at Page, the time having not been set, but it is supposed it will be Saturday. • - Windows Broken In Buildings At Emmet At Emmet Christmas night, un known vadals smashed glass in the windows of the James O’Connor hall, the postoffice building, the entire west side of the Nye-Schneider building, the Methodist church, and other build ings, That night a car trailer was stolen from the J. B. Ryan ranch seven miles west of here. Collects Specimans of Cactus As A Hobby One of the most unusual collections in this city is that of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lowery, attendants at the service state and cabin camp on the south side of O’Neill. As a hobby, the Lowery’s started making a cacti gar den and they now have about 30 dif ferent kinds of this plant. There is cactus from Texas, Cal ifornia, and one which originated in Africa, some from the vicinity of Long Pine, and some from nurseries. A thorny variety the past summer grew almost 18 inches high. Some kinds thrive during dry weath er and other kinds do best when there is an abundance of moisture. As near as possible, the plants are put in soils like from which, the originally came, sand, gravel, clay loam loess or mix tures, perhaps rock predominating for some rare cactus. Perhaps the most prized specie in this collection is one found after tour ists left the station. It is known to grow only in Colorado. BIRTHDAY PARTY Last Saturday afternoon at four o’clock, an invitation birthday party was held at the home of George Mitchell in honor of Phyllis Mitchell’s seventh birthday. Her birthday is on Christmas, Children who attended: Jack Dempsey, Marvin Leach, Jean and Harold Calkins, Jacqueline and Eldon Abbott, Millicent Simmons, Marion and Sonny Boyle, Leah Brug geman, Maxine Wilkinson, Lois Lee Olson, Vincent Cunningham and Jun ior Johnson. Dr. J. H. McPharlin and wife, of Salinas, Calif., Mrs. Hazelle Seversen, and son, Bobby, of Salida, Colo., Mr. and Mrs. James Chapman and daught. er, Phyllis Dean, of Omaha, Owen McPharlin, of Omaha, and Eldon Mc Pharlin, of Iowa City, la., sons and daughters, and sons and daughters -in law of Mr. and Mrs. James McPharlin, spent Christmas at the McPharlin home here. They will go to Omaha to spend New Year’s with Mr. and Mrs. McPharlin’s daughter, Agnes. Wednesday, December 20, J. F. Glaze, farmer north of Page, made out his papers and became eligible for a loan on 6,000 bushels of corn. Mr. ! Glaze still has 6,000 bushels of corn which may be security for an addi tional loan later if her cares to re quest it. Enard Leach and family left early Sunday morning by automobile for Forest City, Mo., where the family planed to spend a week visiting rela tives in the old home town. NEW FUNDS ALLOTED TO HOLT COUNTY FOR MORE CWA PROJECTS O’Neill Street Projects Have Ileen A Noted An Additional $600. Funds For Chambers. According to Max Johnson, relief worker and payroll certification officer for Holt county, this is the second week of CWA operations under new classifications of unemployed men de signed to give the men actually in need of work help. The new plan is working out in fine shape. AN ap plications for work are passed on by Mr. Johnson. During intensely cold weather there will be fewer jobs, but as soon as the weather permits the CWA program is to be pushed forward at top speed. At this time there are about 600 jobs available in Holt county. In the county arc 28 approved projects. None call for more than 18 men, per shift, two shifts, employing about 36 men. A new project is that of street work at Chambers, to consist of grav eling and repairing. The O’Neill street project has been alloted an additional $600 to be used to rtppair the east-west street one block south of highway No. 20 here for a detour while paving No. 20 next spring. Mr. Johnsons chief aim now is to stand pat on classifications, many in sisting on getting jobs who arc evi dently not greatly in need of them. At the same time it is realized some arc in need who not long ago were well fixed. Mr. Johnson was sent here to do relief work and he does not favor extending relief to those who can get along without it. At the present time, Johnson states, there are less than 100 families in the county receiving direct relief. This re duced number is a result of all able bodied men having been given CWA jobs. Before the advent of the CWA, over 200 families were receiving aid thru Mr. Johnson’s office, so it is ap parent that over 100 men in Holt county have in recent weeks been pluced on jobs and thus given a chance to support themselves and their de pendants. George Bay Goes To An Omaha Hospital Tuesday night George Bay, 61, form er federal prohibition ugent here, who had been ill, was not feeling as he should and he took a train for Omaha where he entered the Methodist hos pital. He was accompanied by Dr. J. P. Brown. No late reports from his bedside huve been received here. Muss and Fuss Taken From Flue Cleaning Job Those who stage free exhibitions while taking down and setting up stovepipe to remove soot might be interested in knowing how a few householders do this irksome task. When a very hot bed of coals lies on the grate, common salt in generous portions is sprinkled on the fire, sev eral pounds to a furnace, and every draft on the heating plant is left open | for .'10 minutes or longer. Several re sult satisfactory. AT THE HOSPITAL At the O'Neill hospital today, Dr. J. P. Brown removed the tonsils from Bernard McNamara, aged six, and the boy withstood the operation in grand fashion. An emergency appendictomy was performed on the person of Harold Lindberg Wednesday night at the hospital in this city, by Dr. J. P. Brown, O’Neill, and Dr. F. L. Wilson, Stuart. Mr. Lindberg is resting easy. Harry Bowen, federal weatherman, here, gave everyone a Christmas pre sent when his thermometer registered one below Sunday, three Monday, Christmas, and 12 below Tuesday, the morning after Christmas, with nice white frosting Christmas afternoon one inch deep in the shape of a snow that was more frost than the genuine article. Thanks, Harry, come again, with some more of that California weather. Billy Lynam, of Omaha, grandson of Mrs. Ellen O’Donnell; Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Credle, of North Carolina, and Frank O’Donnell, Dallas, Texas, are here visiting the O’Donnells. Mrs. Credle is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. O’Donnell. ! - Mrs. Thomas Quinn left Saturday for a 10 day visit with her daughter, i Mrs. R. J. Regan, at Creighton, Nebr.