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1 The Frontier
VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY I. 1934. No. 33
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FIVE HUNDRED ARE
PRESENT AT CORN
MEETING IN O’NEILL
Professor Hare and Robert Holland
of University, Speak and
Answer Questions.
John A. Robertson, of Joy, was one
of the principal talkers at the corn-hog
program meeting held at the K. of C.
hall here last Friday afternoon. About
500 farmers attended and many pro
pounded questions relatives to the
working out of the loan proposition.
Professor O. S. Bare and Robert
Holland, of the agricultural college
of the university, Lincoln, attended
and answered questions and spoke at
length.
Mr. Robertson stated he was at
Schuyler recently at a corn-hog plan
meeting and that 500 farmers heard
the plan explained, while at West
Point the next day about 900 farmers
gathered to hear the experts, including
Mr. Robertson, who is an ex-state
senator and a charming speaker.
It was proposed at the meeting here
that there be named a committee in
each of the 42 Holt county voting
precincts and that they name delegates
to name a permanent Holt county com
mittee to act under Ray Lienhart,
chairman. A temporary committee
of seven was named here Friday and
this body is to function until the per
manent committee is authorized. The
farmers were deeply interested in the
proposition.
Names of those on the temporary
committee are John Holliday, Orchard,
Ray Lienhart, Chambers, E. W, Sny
der, Page, Harry Harte, Inman, Fred
Lindberg Meek, Fred Beckwith, Em
met, and James A. Beck Stuart.
Alternates—II. S. White, Amelia,
Joseph Winkler, Emmet, Charles Mul
ford, Stuart, George Rost, Page, Mar
tin Conway, O’Neill, Fred W’atson,
Amelia and Harry Ressel, Chambers.
The temporary committee met and
elected Ray Lienhart chairman.
A meeting was arranged for Jan.
3, Wednesday, when the temporary
committee was to arrange a series of
community meetings in Holt county,
perhaps one to each voting precinct.
Later, perhaps several months from
this time, a permanent committee will
be named to handle the corn-hog pro
gram in the county. It will be the
borrowers themselves who will elect
a permanent set-up. James W. Rooney
acted as chairman of the meeting.
To (live Eighth Grade
State Examinations
On January 12, eighth grade state
examinations are to be made in every
Holt county town and at Scotville,
Phoenix, Amelia and Deloit, accord
ing to Luella A. Parker, school super
intendent. This is to be the first
eighth grade examination this term.
Examinations are to be in the follow
ing subjects:
Forenoon: Drawing, penmanship,
mental aritmetic.
Afternoon: Spelling and civics.
None save eighth grade pupils may
be examined.
The superintendent requests that
eighth grade registration cards now
going out to teachers be filled out
promptly and returned to the super
intendent’s -office at O Neill.
Rav Calvert Wins Cup
At Blue Rock Shoot
Sunday a blue rock shoot resulted
in Ray Calvart obtaining permanent
possession of a cup he and Bert Gunn
each had held two years. He had been
shooting for the cup four years.
Mr. Calvert beat his opponent by
eight birds, a feat evidently hard to
accomplish when Bert is shooting his
best.
The shoot was held at the grounds
just east of Mullen field..
Wagon With Team
Struck By Automobile
The deadliness of modern highways
was brought home to Joseph McNich
ols a few evenings ago as he crossed
a highway north of town in a wagon
powered by a team of horses. An
automobile swung out of the dust and
din k. Heaved the rear end of the
wagon into the atmosphere and the
teum tan away, halting of their own
accord. Mr. McNichols was merely
shaken up, receiving no serious
injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Link Sawyer and child
ren, Grenlen, 18. and Tom, 12, spent
two days nt the Maurire Johnson home
here, returning to their home town, St.
Charles, S. I)., Monday night. Mrs.
Sawyer and Mrs. Johnson are sisters.
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One Hundred and Two
Corn Loans Completed
One hundred and two warehouse
certificates have been filed in Holt
county, according to information se
cured from the office of John C. Gal
lagher, county clerk, on Tuesday of
this week. These warehouse certifi
cates represent 5)8,992 bushels of
corn and a payment of $44,540.40.
FARMERS REQUIRED
TO SHOW HOG SALES
WITH ALL EVIDENCE
Forms Will Be Furnished For Listing
All Hog Sales, With Purchaser,
During Years 1932-1933.
The corn-hog section of the agricul
tural adjustment administration at
Washington will furnish to all farmers
interested in the corn-hog contract a
special form upon which the farmers
can give additional supporting evi
dence of their hog business during the
years 1932 and 1933. So far no
special form has been provided in con
nection with the com part of the corn
hog reduction program.
The hog form includes a blank for
listing the sales of 1932 and, the party
to whom or through whom the hogs
were sold,. Another blank is also in
the form for hogs sold in 1933. A
man may attach additional evidence
in the form of sales records if he has
them available.
Two other tames are avauame on
the form to list the purchase and sale
of feeder pigs handled by the farmer
between December 1, 1931, and No
vember 30, 1933.
Supportig evidence to be attached
to this special form may include sales
receipts, weight tickets, receipted
statements of persons or agency buy
ing, selling or consigning hogs, and
farm account records acceptable by
the state corn-hog administrator.
Two neighbors will help each far
mer count the number of head of
market hogs on hand at the time the
corn-hog contract is signed. As un
derstood by Nebraska corn-hog ad
ministrators this counting can be
done on some date close to the date
J on which the contract is signed.
Another O’Neill Boy To
List in The Hall of Fame
Here is another O’Neill boy who
has edged himself into the O'Neill hall
of fame. The story is told crisply ir.
a letter received from Michael O’Sul
livan, California, vice- president of the
Sunset Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany:
“It seems about time to mention
the fact that Dr. James II. McPhar
lin, M. D., an O’Neill boy is making
good at Salinas, California. The
Doctor has developed, a very fine busi
ness, is located in the new Salinas
National Bank building.
“Salinas is a town of about 20,000,
located about 150 miles down the coast
from San Francisco. Around Salinas
is a great head lettuce country, much
dairying, fruit and. ranches of several
kinds.
“Salinas sets back from the ocean
about 20 miles. You may hang this
where all may read it. Dr. McPhar
lin has made good and is one of the
leading professional men in the fastest
growing town in all California.”
“Packey,” as we remember the
Doctor here, is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. H. McPharlin, of O’Neill.
Celebrate Joint Birthdays
On New Years Day
At the Guy Cole at Emmet, New
Year’s day, was celebrated the 81st
birthday of Mrs. Clara Cole, and the
birthday of her grand daughter, Miss
j Clara Cole, 19, both of . O’Neill. About
25 relatives enjoyed a sumptous din
ner there..
Mrs. Cole has five children, four
teen grand children and one great
I grand child. Clara Cole, Jr., is a
daughter of the late Dean Cole.
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O’Neill Bets Snow Blanket
Weather focecast: Cloudy Thurs
day, possibly snow in the east portion,
rising temperature. That is for South
Dakota. This part of Nebraska is so
close to that state we have borrowed
their forecast because it was snowing
lightly here with strong indications
of a heavier fall as this was written
Thursday forenoon.
Last Sunday night a new Chevrolet
automobile owned by Ralph Chase,
farmer three miles north of Oppor
' tunity, was badly wrecked at it was
being driven from Page to Opportu
nity. What caused the wreck is not
' known. No one was badly injured.
Amaniucl Boshart
Amaniuel Boshart was born JulyG,
1884. and died December 23, 1933. at
the U. S. Soldiers Hospital in Los
Angeles, Calif., at the age of 49 years,
five months and 17 days.
He was married to Rena Coble in
1908, who preceded him in death May
18, 1910. To this union one child was
born, Mrs. Lucille Carr of Springview',
Nebr. In 1920 he was again married
to Jessie DuVal, who survives him.
He leaves to mourn his death, his
aged father and mother, Mr. and Mrs,
John Boshart of near O'Neill; two
brothers, Ed., and Aaron; two sisters,
Mrs. Mable Wrede and Bertha Bosh
art, all of near O’Neill; one sister, Ida
Phillips, of near Viewfield, S. D.; one
sister, Drusilla Reichert, of near Here
ford, S. D.; one grandchild, John D.
Carr, of Springview.
He graduated from Wayne College
State Normal in 1907. In the fall of
1907 he was principal of the grade
school in Springview. In 1908-1909
he was principal of the school at Bell
wood, Nebr., after which he returned
to Springview and was County Super
intendent. After serving as superin
tendent he became engaged in the
mercantile business in Springview,
Wewcla, S. D., and Gregory, S. D.
From April 1918 to November 1919
he served in the U. S. army. He was
a member of the Masonic lodge in
Gregory, S. D. In 1928 he moved with
his wife to Los Angeles, Calif, and
was deputy .sheriff at the Los Angeles
city jail at the time of his death.
He was known by all as a loyal
citizen, a good neighbor and a real
friend, a man of sterling character,
honest and honorable in all his uffairs.
Funeral services were held in Los
Angeles and burial made there.
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Forest Tree Seedlings
Are Now Available
Application blanks for ordering for
est tree seedlings have been received
at the Farm Bureau office in O’Neill.
About a miliion forest tree seedling.-1*
and transplants are available for dis
tribution. The broadleaf trees are
one year seedlings ranging from B to
18 inches in height and the evergreen
transplants (pines and cedars) are
3 year old transplanted stock ranging
from 7 to 11 inches in height.
The stock will be shipped about
April 1, depending somewhat on
weather conditions. Cooperators may
order 100, 200, 300 or 400 trees for a
windbreak and the charge will be $1
per hundred. In the case of a wood
lot, he may order 800, 000 or 1,000
trees and the charge will he 75 cents
a hundred. In both cases this in
cludes transportation by parcel post or
express.
Broadleaf varieties available are:
American Elm, Chinese Elm, Cotton
wood, Green Ash, Catalpa, Honey Lo
cust, Soft Maple, Box Elder, Hack
berry, Russian Mulberry, Russian
Olive and Caragna. Evergreen trans
plants available are: Austrian Pine,
Yellow (Bull) Pine, Easter White
Pine, Jack Pine and Red Cedar.
Holt county farmers wishing Jack
Pities should order early as there is
only a limited supply this year. Ap
plication blanks may he secured at the
Farm Bureau office or may he or
dered by mail.
NUPTIALS
Libby-Nelson
Recently licensed to enter the state
of matrimony by C. J. Malone, Holt
county judge, were William A. Libby,
25, Long Pine, son of William II. Lib
by, and Evelyn Nelson, 11), daughter
of Henry L. Nelson, of Ainsworth.
William Ralph Ermer, 88, O’Neill,
son of Frederick W. Ermer, and Helen
Pearl Calhoun, 18, daughter of Fred
erick W. Calhoun, O'Neill. The judge
married the first couple mentioned on
December 21). The last named couple
was licensed December 21).
Johnson-Johnson
Sunday, December 24th, Mr. Low
ell Johnson, of Atkinson, and Miss
Leta Johnson of O’Neill, drove to
Yankton, S. I)., and were united in
marriage. The best wishes of the
community go with the young couple.
Ernter-Calhoun
William Ralph Ermer of O’Neill,
and Helen Peal Calhoun of Chambers,
were united in marriage at the Pres
byterian Manse, Friday evening, De
cember 21). The Rev. H. D. John.-on
performed the ceremony. The couple
will make their home on a farm ten
miles south of O’Neill.
Frank Schmidt, of Ewing, president
of the Holt County Taxpayer’s league
came here last Saturday and presided
over a regular meeting of the league.
ORATORY CHEERED
BY CROWD AT TAX
PAYERS MEETING
Charles C. Kirkland of Atkinson, Tells j
of His Early Experiences In
Industrial East.
The regular meeting of members of
the Holt County Taxpayer’s League
in the district court room at the court
house last Saturday afternoon brought
out some oratory that sank deeply
into about 60 auditors who applauded
and appeared to be in full accord to
the views expressed.
Charles C. Kirkland, of Atkinson,
made an extended speech, mentioning
the fact that he started to work at a
cloth weaving loom in Philidelphia
when but nine years old, that at 15 he
was earning the wages of an adult
weaver and he explained how union
women weavers at noon, when bosses
were absent, would ncedlc-in loose
end-lengths of yarn, intended to cause
the goods to go to pieces prematurely,
later, and thus cast odium on the
factory or mill, because the union had
some grudge against the operators,
perhaps had fire or threatened to fire
some laggard. He said he saw cloth
come out of some of the first und
some of the most modern looms and
knew just what eastern manufactur
ers were up against.
Mr. Kirkland also mentioned a proph
ecy some man made years ago to the
effect that as taxes mounted, moneyed
folk would place their cash in non
taxable securities, resulting in mil
lions thrown out of employment, just
what has happened before our eyes,
he said.
He also told of his having worked
around a coal mine, of a certain work
man using more powder than any
other miner, blowing his coal to pieces,
marking his cars a ton-and-one-half
when they held but a few hundred
pounds, and how the owners could not
fire the man because if they did every
i man would lay down his tools and
.walk out of the mine, paralyzing the
works.
Mr. Kirkland said that if conditions |
were as they were when he knew them
at first hand, he never in the world
would take a coal mine as a gft. He
told these things to show the condi
tions that have and may now prevail
in the industrial East, to show what
many industrialists arc up against.
Hurley Jones arose several times
and delivered gems of thought directed
at operation of county government.
He mentioned that around 18D4 one,
Barrett Scott was hot some $1)0,000
and had been taken for an early day
ride and that now this county is some
$70,000 in the hole, not thru theft,
yet in about the same predicament as
in 1804, and thut some taxpayers are
still living in luxury and others up
against it.
J. B. Donohoe arose and state that
if there are faults in our county gov
ernment system, the blame rests
squarely on the voters themselves. He
indicated he believed there should be j
more of bridge and road work done
by home people and a tightening of
outgo as well as a diligent effort at
bringing in county income. Mr. Dono
hoe was applauded several times.
John A. Robertson, of Joy, ex-sen
ator, arose three or four times and
he stated the proposed sales tax is
likely to be a very live issue at the
coming state legislative meet.
Three members were named to in
vestigate the commissioner plan of
county government. They are J. B.
Donohoe, Martin Conway and Wallace
French, the latter of Page, the other
two of O’Neill.
A motion was nuiuc 10 vote on wit
matter of holding four regular meet
ings annually, the last Saturdays of;
March, June, September and Decem
ber. Put to a vote, it carried unan-1
imously, but with the proviso officers
may call a special meeting in between
regular dates any time they wish.
Frank Schmidt, Ewing, president;
C. C. Kirkland, Atkinson, vice-presi- j
dent, and Martin Conway, O’Neill,
secretary-treasurer, are the officers of
the league.
The executive committee: .1. B. Ful
lerton, Atkinson, Stein’s district; John
A. Robertson, Joy, Carson’s district;
George Bressler, Middle Branch, Sul-,
livan’s district F. J. Schmidt, Ewing.
Reimer’s district; Robert Starr, Amel
ia, Root’s district; C. C. Kirkland.
Atkinson, James’ district; Joseph
Kaplan, Stuart, Steinhauser’a district.
The next meeting is to be the last
Saturday in Mureh unless a special i»
called.
During the year 1U32, league officers
-ay .the supervisors drew, ench, from
over SHOO to over $1,500, or u total of
over $7,8(H) for thut year.
Boy’s Broken Elbow
Is Mending Nicely
According to Mrs. John Allen, her
son. Junior, nine years old, who re
ceived a broken left elbow Friday,
December 22, is in fine condition at
the home of a relative at Norfolk,
considering the outlook the first few
days following the accident. His arm
is in splints, but a cast may be placed
on it soon. Mr. and Mrs. Allen re
turned here Monday morning. Junior
may be brought home when a cast has
been placed on the arm. The break
occurred when Junior fell in getting
olT a Shetland pony. The break is
in the joint.
FARMERS MUST DRAW
MAPS SHOWING LAND
TAKEN OUT OF CORN
Different Scale Will He I'sed In An
Effort To Make Farm Maps
More Legible.
Nebraska farmers who sign a corn,
hog contract will draw a map of their
farm to show where the acres to be
taken out of corn are located. This
map resembles to some extent the
one drawn in connection with the
wheat contract.
Some improvements have been made
in the blank. One of them is that the
farmer can use a different scale in
draw’ing his farm on the sheet of
paper. So many of the wheat farmers
draw their maps on a small scale that
most of the maps had to be copied
over again in the county wheat ad
justment office. One disgusted party
said the maps looked like a fly had
jumped out of the ink well and flound
ered around on the paper.
According to instructions on me
corn-hog form the farmers are to draw
the boundaries of the land which is
to be covered by the contract, show the
location of the house and indicate by a
double line the location of public roads.
They are to show the approximate
size and shape of each field or part of
a field designated as contracted acres
under the corn-hog plan. They are to
write in the acreage and the 1933 crop
of each field or part of a field to be
contracted.
Since the maps in the corn-hog plan
are to be drawn in detail only on the
particular land taken out of corn, far
mers will not need to spend much
time in making the diagram of each
field of their entire place.
Near Tragic Accident
From Use of Air Rifle
A seven year old boy handling a new
air rifle obtained as a Christmas gft,
accidentily pulled the trigger Tuesday,
sending a BB size slug into the flesh
of Bernard, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Edwards. The pellet struck
the edge of the eye-brow bone on the
right side, only one-half inch from
the eye-ball, and penetrated almost
half an inch. It was removed by Dr.
L. A. Carter. The boy’s eye was saved
by a quirk of luck and if the ball had
not struck bone th6 affair might have
resulted in a tragedy. Modern air
rifles, boys say, have much greater
generation, trajectory and velocity
than is realized by the older gener
ation.
Johnson Appoints A
Committee of Women
Business continues to be rushing in
the office of Max Johnson, federal
relief director for this county. Last
week lie appointed the following ladies
us a committee to assist in the relief
work in this city: Mrs. A. D. Palmer,
chairman; Mrs. It. Arbuthnot, Mrs. R.
M. Sauers, Mrs. Pete Heriford, Mrs.
Francis Nelson, Mrs. J. H. MePharlin,
Mrs. P. W. Curtis and Mrs. II. B. Hub
hard. These ladies will work under
the personal direction of Mr. Johnson.
Two CWA Projects
Ordered Discontinued
E. T. Seeley, of Lincoln one of the
engineers of the state CWA was in
the city u couple of days last week
and again on Wednesday of this week,
inspecting the progress made on the
CWA projects in this county. After
an examination he ordered work on
two projects discontinued, as he
claimed the work performed was not
up to standard and that the money
used on them could be used to better
advantage on some other projects.
Della M. Harnish returned from Lin
coln last Friday night. She attended
a meeting there in connection with
the statistician of the federal relief
her recent appointment as clerk to
administrator*. l*-r work territory
comprises five counties.
INJURIES RECEIVED
IN AUTO COLLISION
FATAL TO TEACHER
Miss Vera O'Neil Fails To Recover
From Injuries Received Near
Dunbar A Week Ago.
Miss Vera O’Neil, 27, teacher in the
public school of this city, died Sunday
morning about eight o’clock in a Ne
braska City hospital from injuries
suffered in an auto collision near Dun
bar, Nebr., last Thursday night at
ubout twenty minutes till twelve. She
received a fractured skull, broken jaw,
broken arm and bruises.
Harvey Rickets, 25, of Syracuse,
driver of one of the cars, was killed.
Mrs. Vincent Young, of Otoe, a sister
of Miss O'Neil, and Robert Elliot of
Syracuse, also were injured, but have
improved.
Miss O’Neil was riding with her
brother-in-law, Vincent Young, his
wife and baby, on No. 2 highway near
Dunbar. A witness to the accident
said that the car driven by Young
came from the east and was going up
the hill when the Rickets car came
from the north at a high rate of
speed and failed to stop at the stop
sign leading onto No. 2 highway and
struck the Young car broadside.
Vincent Young, who, with his year
and-a-half-old son, escaped serious in.
jury, drove the automobile in which
Miss O’Neil and her sister, Mrs. Young
were riding.
John Connolly received a message
from Dunbar telling of the accident
and he and his sister, who have long
been intimate friends of Miss O’Neill,
hurried to her bedside in the Nebraska
City hospital.
Sheriff Ryder was called to the
scene of the accident and on invest
igation found a pint bottle of alcohol
and a revolver, ulong with several
empty bottles in the Rickets car.
Both cars were badly wieuked.
Glass was scattered for considerable
distance and both cars were spattered
with blood.
Miss O’Neil and Mrs. Young are the
daughters of John O’Neil of Dunbar.
Miss O’Neil was highly respected
here; in six years she had won every
one to admire her. She was a first
class teacher and held a warm spot
in the hearts of pupils, parents and
acquaintances. News of her passing
cast a note of sadness in many homes
here at the height of the Christmas
New Year holiday season.
Miss O’Neil had been teaching
seven years, the first two near Dun
bar. She went two years to Peru
Normal, at Peru, Nebraska. She was
born Dec. 28, 1906, the accident which
resulted in her death occuring on her
27th birthday anniversary.
John and Grace Connolly returned
home Sunday night and informed The
Frontier that the funeral of Miss
O'Neil was scheduled to be held at
Nebraska City Wednesday morning,
Jan. 3, 1934.
Miss O’Neil leaves her father, liv
ing near Dunbar, two sisters, Mrs.
Vincent Young, of Otoe, and Mrs.
Vivian Young, of Rock Spring, Wyo.
Her mother died about two years ago.
Miss O'Neil, and. those with her had
been to Nebraska City attending
the theater, and were on their way
home when the accident cut short her
tenure of life; muchifto the regret of
hundreds of sorrowing friends and
many relatives.
Boys Continue Baseball
In Spite of Season
Last Saturday the East side Minors
and the South side Sluggers again
crossed bats, dogs, legs and arms on
Mullen field, the score being in dis
pute, according to some of the boys.
One boy clams the south side won 10
to G, while another is sure the result
mentioned should be reversed. One
player, said to have been a stranger,
stole 17 bases and a pair of ice skates.
Richard Loy clouted out a home run
and it was estimated two dozen three
baggers were made. Batteries: East,
Wm. Maxwell and R. Loy; South, J.
Auten and B. Edwards. The l*oys say
they are going to try and play games
in January and February, whether
Californians like it or lump it.
Have You Seen A
White Bird Around?
What is a snowbird? There is a
lively agrument here about this. Is
a snowbird any small bird one may
see during winter? Is there a snow
bird? Mike Horiskey says the snow
bird is properly named snow-bunting
and is almost white all over its body
and the the grey “snowbird" Is proper
ly named prairie horned lark. Have
i you seen a snow-white snowbird?