Winners In Preliminaries
Of The Spelling Contest
The preliminary spelling contests
were held over the county on Friday,
February If>- Reports have been
sent in as follows:
Scoltville, District No. 38—Division
1, Rural: Group 1, grades 1 and 2—
Oral, First, Guyla Mae Schollmeyer;
Second, Lawrence Gifford. Group 2,
grades 3 and 4—Oral, First, Mary Ann
McKenzie; Second, Vernon Liska, Dis
trict 4.. Group 3, grades 5 and 6—
Oral, First Vivian Derickson, District
4; Second, Lois McKenzie, District 38.
Written, First, Donald Sprague, Dis
trict 3; Second, Vivian Derickson, Dis
trict 4. Group 4, grades 7 and 8—
Oral, First, Mildred Derickson, Dis
trict 4; Second, Dale Hcssert. District
3. Written, First, Rose Liska, Dis
trict 4; Second, Hazel McKim, Dis
trict 48.
Deloit, District 18*4—Division 1,
Rural: Group 1, grades 1 and 2—
Oral, First, Jewell Tomjack, District
18'4; Second, Addie Lu Thiele, Dis
trict 46. Group 2, grades 3 and 4—
Oral, First, Bonnell Tomjack, District
18; Second, Katherine Funk, Dis
trict 46. Group 3, grades 5 and 6—
Oral, First, Irene Mlnarik, District
18'/s; Second, Earl Schindler, District
46. Written, First, Earl Schindler,
District 46; Second, Irene Mlnarik,
District 18t£. Group 4, grades 7 and
8 Oral, First, Marjorie Thiele, Dis
District 46. Written, First, Josephine
Sturbaum, District 118; Second, Mag
dalyn Twiss, District 46.
Dustin, District 218—Division 1,
Rural: Grades 1 and 2, oral, Valera
Lofquest, first, Dist 218, no second;
Grades and 4, Helen McClurg, Dist.
86, first, and Wayne Montgomery,
Dist. 86, second; Grades 5 and 6, Oral,
Margaret Robertson, Dist. 218, first,
and Vernon McClurg, Dist. 86, second;
Written, Margaret Robertson, Dist.
218, first, and Vernon McClurg, Dist.
218, second; Grades 7 and 8, Oral,
Anna Montgomery, Dist. 86, first, and
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Charles Olberding, Dist. 11, second;
Written, Anna Montgomery, Dist 86
first, and Charles Montgomery, Dist.
11, second.
Meek,District 27—Division 1, Rural:
Grades 1 and 2, Oral, Frances Walter,
District 225, first, and Dojiald Burscll,
Dist. 64, second; Grades 6 and 4, Oral,
Edith Devall, Dist. 27, first, and. Hazel
Dcvall, Dist. 27; Grades 5 and 6, Oral,
Delores Claussen, Dist. 92, first, and
Lois Jean Robertson, Dist. 225, second;
Written, Lois Jean Robertson, Dist.
225, first, and Delores Claussen, Dist.
92, second; tirades 7 and 8, Oral, Max
ine Crawford, Dist. 84, first, and
Dorothy Langan, Dist. 166, second;
Written, Hazel Mae Rouse, Dist. 225,
first, and Mary Anne Wilson, Dist.
224, second.
Stuart—Division 1, Rural: Grades
1 and 2, Oral, Inez Hutchinson, Dist.
172, first, and Bernice Weber, Dist.
232, second; Grades 2 and, 4, Oral, Cora
Wilcox, Dist. 244, first, and Evelyn
Ziska, Dist. 1(58, second; Grades 5 and
6, Oral, Jenny Lockman, Dist. 58, first,
and Mary Crowley, Dist. 168, second;
Written, Mary Crowley, Dist. 168,
first, and Jenny Lockman, Dist. 58,
second; Grades 7 and 8, Oral, Alvin
Seger, Dist. 172, first, and Emma
Bruns ,Dist. 188, second; Written, Ida
Vinzenz, Dist. 168, first, and Viola
Ziska, Dist 168, second.
Stuart—Division 2, City Grades:
Grades 1 and 2, Oral, Elaine Cosner,
first, and Alctha Perrot, second;
Grades 3 and 4, Oral, Marion Haskin,
first, and Beulah Haskin, second;
Grades 6 and f>, Oral, Katherine Kopp,
first,and Caroline Schevchcnko, second;
Written, Caroline Schevchcnko, first,
and Mary Ellen Stuart, second; Grades
7 and 8, Oral, Genevieve Kopp, first,
and Lois Spease, second; Written, Lois
Spease, first, and Evelyn Haskin,
second.
Stuart—Division 3, Hip:h School:
Oral, Jean Coker, first, and Margaret
Shearer, second; Written, ltose Seger,
first, and Robert Flannery, second.
Gibson—Dist. 122, Division 1, Rural:
Grades 1 and 2, Oral—Kenneth Berg
lund, Dist. 93, first, and Betty Tom
linson, Dist. No. 60, second. Grades
3 and 4, Oral—Gladys Crippen, Dist.
100, first, and Raymond Noble, Dist.
122, second. Grades 5 and 6, Oral—
William Crippen, Dist. 100, first, and
Esther Taylor, Dist. 122, second; Writ
ten—Margaret Knight, Dist. 93, first,
and William Crippen, Dist. 100, second.
Grades 7 and 8, Oral—Frances Cleve
land, Dist. 96, first, and Catherine
Snowardt, Dist. 96, second; Written—
Marjorie Piklapp, Dist. 56, first, and
Dorotha Stewart, Dist. 122, second.
Emmet—Dist. No. 29: Division 2,
City Grades. Grade 1, Oral, James
Banks, first, and LaVcrn Kloppenberg,
second. Grade 2, Oral, LaVcrn Klop
penberg, first, and Robert Luben, sec
ond. Grade 3, Oral, Bud. Cole, first,
and Helen Peterson, second. Grade 4,
Oral, Esther Luben, first, and Clara
Lowery, second. Grade 5, Oral, Helen
O'Donnell first, and Lester Cadman,
second; written, Helen O’Donnell,
first, and Lester Cadman, second.
Grade 6, Oral, Monica Shorthill, first,
and Lorraine Wilson, second; written,
Teddy Moyer, first, and Lorraine Wil
son, second. Grades 7 and 8, Oral, Dor
othy Luben, first, and Mathel Allen,
second; written, Merrill Allen, first,
and Dorothy Luben second. ■*
Division 3, High School—Oral, Eu
genia Luben, first, and Anna Rose
O’Donnell, second; written, Anna Rose
O’Donnell, first, and Eugenia Luben,
second.
BRIEFLY STATED
A young gineration is an integral
party to the papalation.
Old Man Winter nnd Young Woman
Spring auto get a company license.
K. F. Siemsen, one of the pioneer
business men of Atkinson, was trans
acting business in this city this after,
noon.
George Van Every returned here
from Wheeler county Saturday night
and remained here because of the
snow.
Twila Bradley, of Inman, visited
here at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Vun Every last Saturday and
Sunday.
Joseph Cuddy went to Pla inview
Friday and to Ainsworth Saturday for
truckloads of fowl for the Armour
Creameries here.
Mrs. George Mitchell and Mrs. Fees
er Jr., and her sons, Donald and Pat,
went to and returned from Bruns
wick Wednesday.
The price of cattle was up and that
of hogs down a little Thursday.
Wheat and other grains were reported
steady, but inclined to sag.
Mr. and Mrs. George Agnes, after
a few days in Lincoln on business, and
a short visit with relatives in Omaha,
returned home Sunday night.
Saturday at Butte the Spencer high
school basketball team beat O’Neill
high school in final play of the Nio
brara Valley conference 34 to 29.
S. J. Weekes returned Wednesday
evening from Omaha, where he had
been serving on the loan committee of
the Agricultural Credit Corporation.
Arthur and Delos Edward and Ed
ward and Lyle Mitcheel, of near Orch
ard, visited here last Sunday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards.
Lyle Jackson, of Neligh, one of the
most promising young lawyers in this
section of the state, was looking after
legal business in this city last Tuesday.
George Harrington, M. R. Sullivan,
Joe Fernholz and T. J. Coyne drove
over to Hartington Thursday morning
to attend the funeral of P. F. O’Gara.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter McNiehols,
who tenanted a farm four miles north
of here near highwgay No. 281, moved
to the Henry Ritts residence in south
east O’Neill.
C. J. Malone, judge of Holt county,
on Monday, February 26, licensed to
marry, Herbert D. Urban, 33, of Mar
tha, Holt county, and Daisy Strong,
17, of O’Neill.
The public school basketball team
played at Ewing Monday evening, the
result being 20 to 10 in favor of
Ewing. Second teams played, Ewing
winning 20 to It).
Catherine Lawler, teacher of the
classes in English at the public school
here, went to Lincoln Friday evening
and returned Monday. Lincoln is Mi<s
Lawler’s home town.
Rachel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John A. Robertson, of Joy, a teacher in
the Loug Pine public schools, came
here by train Friday night for a few
days visit with home folks.
St. Mary’s academy basketball team
won a game with the Page team here
Friday night, 27 to 19. The second
teams went on the floor and the acad
emy team won again 15 to 5.
Basketball team of O'Neill high
school and Butte high school played at
Butte last Wednesday evening and
Butte won 34 to 20. The second Butte
team also won over O’Neill 14 to 7.
Frank Warner, Norfolk attorney,
has been recommended for appoint
ment as a special attorney for the
veteran’s administration at Washing
ton by Senator Thompson,of Nebraska.
The play that was to have been
given by the young people of the Joy
coniunity at Aaron Boshart’s place
last Saturday, was postponed until
Friday, March 2, because of the cold
weather.
Mrs. Archie Bowen and her mother,
Mrs. Pendergast, returned the first
of the week from Kearney, where
they had been visiting at the home
of their sister and daughter, Mrs.
Walter Warner.
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Monday night members of the Ep
worth League gathered in the base
ment of the Methodist church and
warmed themselves with hot chili.
After the feast the 18 present enter
tained at games.
A new gravel pit is being opened
southeast of Johnstown north of the
Northwestern track and on land said
to be owned by a loan company. The
gravel is to be for commercial use,
according to report.
Bernard Lydon has been ill of influ
enza at his home in southeast O’Neill
several days. The malady seems to
be gradually becoming milder in at
tacks here, yet now and. then, a victim
is forced to his bed.
Monday morning the thermometer
showed the younger generation what
it used to do for 30 days at a time when
it shrunk the mercury down to 24 be
low at Valentine, 21 below at O’Neill
and 18 below at .Norfolk.
Thomas J. Scott, 76, one of the
pioneers of the southern part of the
county, died at his home five miles
west of Chambers February 17.
Burial was at Chambers. He left a
widow and four children.
Mrs. James Van Every, who under
went a major operation at the O’Neill
hospital February 13, was released
Monday ami,is staying at the George
Van J&very home uptjl Friday at which
time > she plans to return to her farm
home.j; ij. ’i
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Miss Mabel Sheldon, missionary who
works in India, spoke to a large audi
ence at the Methodist church here
Tuesday evening and she handled her
subject as only one who lived long
and worked hard in the country could
picture so graphically.
The half foot of snow gave haymen
a needed rest and spoiled the making
of a one-town wild hay shipment
record for one month. Had nothing
interferred close to 400 carloads of hay
should have been billed out of O’Neill.
As it is shipments may break all
records.
Last Monday evening on the Acad
emy floor here the public school
basketball team of Clearwater was de
feated 20 to 8 by the Academy team.
No second team game was played. The
next Academy game is to be at Neligh
as part of the district tournament.
This starts March 1.
Members of the ancient and unreli
able society for noticing the first
spring robin are all a twitter at pros,
pects brought about by niild weather
and the fact the robins are late in ar
riving here this spring. The only
birds known to be here at this time are
English sparrows and some old scttin’
hens.
Playing basketball in the basement
of the Methodist church, “big” team of
the Boy’s Honor club trounscd the
Honor club “little” team Friday night
35 to 22. The boys of this club are
developing some clever players and
within a few months they may take
some of the best teams of this section
to a cleaning.
This, Thursday morning, the Bur
lington freight left O’Neill with 13 box
cars, most of them cargoed with one
commodity or another. At the same
time, U:45, an extra freight on the
Northwestern had a hard time chugg
ing east out of town, much of the
load being Elkhorn Valley wild hay or
corelaled products.
Margaret B. Clauson returned Wed
nesday evening from attending the
annual meeting of the Hairdressers
Association, which was held at the
Fontenelle hotel in Omaha on Febru
ary 2*> to 28 inclusive. She says that
a lot of new features were brought
out for this years coiffutje. While
away shv took social training in
shaping hair lines and croqunole mnr
celing. She believes in giving her
patrons the best and latest in her line
than can be procured and believes in
keeping right up with the procession.
The condition of Father Bernard
B. Westerman, who as a result of in
fluenza suffered ear infection his friends
feared might terminate fatally, was
improved according to last reports re
ceived here. He is in a hospital at
West Point where he is receiving every
aid in his fight for health restoration
medical science can muster. Father
Westermann is the assistant priest
here. His former charge was at Nor
folk.
According to Harry Bowen, six
inches of snow was the result of a fall
which staited last Friday about noon
and continued up to and including
most of Sunday. About six inches was
reported over most of Nebraska and in
every locality the moisture was ser
iously needed. There was little wind
here and no drifting occured. The
ground is so dry it is thought it is not
frozen and the water should sink in
stead of running to the river.
Ed. Earley, who lives out in Shields
precinct, has received word that his
nephew, Lieutenant Thomas Gaughen,
a son of Ella Early Gaughen, has been
assigned to duty at carrying air mail
between Columbus, Ohio, and Atlanta,
Georgia, since this job has been turned
over to the army air force. Atlanta
lies nearly due south of Columbus
about 800 miles. Lieutenant Gaughen
used to spend his summers working on
a farm in this county, and is well
known here.
Lloyd Davidson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Davidson, came home last Sat
urday after several months in the
southwest desert country, New Mexico
and Texas where he engaged himself
on several ranches and experienced
big scale cattle industry life. Lloyd
came home much sun-browned. He
learned horse riding while south
from well known cow country experts.
Much of the Texas panhandle country
was looked over and found about as it
had been cracked up to be.
Those who have occasion to hunt
the wilcy crow may find good use for
an idea credited to Elvin Butterfield,
af Neligh, who bought himself an owl
which he stakes out on his hunting
ground and waits for crows to gather
to decide what they are to do with
iheir enemy. It seems owls and crows
lon’t get along worth a hang and
when the crows have decided on what
kind of a death they are to hand the
nvl, the Butterfield gun blazes its mes
sage of death to the black rats of the
lir.
Race For U. S. Senator
On Democratic Ticket
Should Prove Interesting
Governor Charles W. Bryan has an
nounced that he will be a candidate
for the democratic nomniation for
United States Senator at the com
ing election, subject to the approval
of the democratic electors at the prim
ary next August. The coming primary
battle promises to be a very interest
ing one, as the other facion of he
ing one as the other faction of the
party will not permit Charley to have
the nomination without a contest and
at the present time it appears as if
Congressman Burke, of Omaha, is the
most likely choice for the opposing
faction. Governor Bryan has lost a
lot of political strength during the
past four years, but he is still a very
formidable candidate and will give
the opposition a merry battle at the
primary.
Terry Carpenter, congressman from
the Fifth district, formerly the Big
Sixth, has filed for the democratic
nomination for governor, subject to the
approval of the democratic electors at
the primary election next August.
Congressman Carpenter is serving his
first term in congress and has suc
ceeded in making more political en
emies in his own party during the past
two years than most men make in a
life time. He is unknown thruout the
state and it seems to us he would not
prove a very formidable candidate.
With Carpenter out of the race for
the democratic nomination for congress
from the Fifth district there will be
a pretty race for this nomination be
tween Harry Coffee, of Chadron, and
Emerson Purcell, of Broken Bow. The
latter, coming from the big county of
Custer, the home of many former
LIVESTOCK ON FARMS
FEWER IN NUMBERS
THAN ONE YEAR AGO
(Continued from page 1.)
99.3. Average value per head now
and January 1, 1933 are as follows:
Horses, $66.42 and $53.76; mules,
$81.56 and $60.17; all cattle $18.28 and
$19.95; milk cows, $27.09 and $29.25;
hogs, $4.16 and $4.21; and sheep and
lambs, $3.79 and $2.90.
The total value of all livestock in
the U. S. is $2,854,217,000 as com
pared with $2,674,509,000 on January
I, 1933, and $3,193,815,000 on January
1, 1932. This is an increase of 6.7 per
cent since January 1, 1963. The total
number of all livestock on hand Janu
ary 1. 1934, is 2.2 per cent smaller
than a year ago and .5 per cent smaller
than on January I, 1932.
eminent statesmen and in the thickly
populated section of the district, would
seem to have the best of the race as
they enter the field. But Coffee is an
energetic and hunstling young fellow,
with plenty of mazuma with which to
make an aggressive campaign and he
might fool the wise ones and come
under the wire ahead in August.
Willis Reed, of Madison, former at
torney general of this state and form
mer law partner of Senator Allen,
has filed for the democratic nomination
for United States senator. Willis
is a good campaigner and, prom
ises to make an aggressive cam
paign for the office. He will
probably fail to receive the ap
proval of the anti-Bryan faction of the
party, so that means that there will be
at least three candidates for this office,
if not more, in the democratic primary,
which would enhance the chances of
Bryan getting the nomination. Oh,
yes, the primary campaign promises
to be very interesting.
Peter Frank O’Hara, Of
Hartington, Is A Suicide
Peter Frank O’Gara, 59, an attorney
at Hartington and well and favorably
known here, was found hanging, ap
parently a suicide in the basement of
his home at Hartington last Monday
monring.
A. T. Forsberg, Minnesota drouth
relief administrator, telegraphed
United States Senator Henrik Ship
stead and Relief Administrator Harry
L. Hopkins at Washington that Min
nesota cattle are dying of starvation
in some counties given little or no re
lief feeds and That many animals are
sick on account of eating only wheat
instead of mixed grains. The telegram
asked speed in federal distribution of
relief feed in Minnesota.
CARD OF THANKS.
My deepest gratitude is extended, to
the relatives, friends and neighbors
for their kind expression of sympathy
during my recent bereavement.
Helen S. Simar.
NO SALE NEXT WEEK
Due to illness, the regular weekly
sale at Jim Moore’s place will not be
held on Thursday, March 8.
HELP WANTED
Man Wanted to supply customers
with Well Known Baker Products in
Holt county. Business established.
Car required.—Write S. F. Baker &
Co., Keokuk, Iowa. 38-4
FOR SALE
Four wheel Chev. chassis on disc
wheels with tires. Also Sedan body in
?ood shape; generator-starter.—Vic
Halva Shop. 41-lp
For Sale or Rent—320 acres 6% miles
northeast of O’Neill, $100 cash, in
advance, and one-third crop. Will be
at Western Hotel, O’Neill, Friday
afternoon and all day Saturday.—C. C.
Stahl, Western Hotel, O’Neill. 41-1
One Hot Water tank.—Mrs. Viola
Morgan. 41-1
Rhode Island Red roosters and pul
lets.—A. T. Clevinger, O'Neill. 40-2p
We have some 1932 White Oats for
sale for cash at 35 cents; also some
1932 and 1933 Barley mixed, Feed
Oats at 32 cents, at the following
stations: Waterbury. Laurel, Osmond,
Coleridge and Ilartington.—Holmquist
Grain & Lumber Co. 40-3p
Q’s Quality Milk and Cream. The
best by test, at John Kersenbrock’s,
or telephone 240.—John L. Quig. 40tf
BABY CHICKS hatched every Mon.
day. We do Custom Hatching, $2.25
per 100 eggs. Bring your eggs Sat
urday or Sunday.—Atkinson Hatchery.
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