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a I The Frontier VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1934. No. 42 ------------- ■ -- --- CONTRACTED CORN ACRES RELEASED FOR FALL SOWING Farmer May Plant Wheat Next Fall On His Contracted Acres At The Normal Planting Time. Administrative Ruling No. 43 of the corn-hog section at Washington re leases contracted corn acreage for the seeding of fall wheat next fall instead of on December 1, 1934, the end of the present contract. The ruling reads as follows: “Crops for harvest in 1935 may be planted in 1934 on the contracted acres after the date that 1934 corn acreage on the farm on which the contracted acres are located, or 1934 acreage in the locality of such farm, is actually plant ed to a crop for harvest in 1935.” This means, Nebraska corn-hog interpreters believe, that a farmer could plant wheat next fall on con tracted acres at the normal time for planting wheat in corn stalks in that locality. Since the time of seeding wheat in corn-stalks, and of seeding wheat in plowed land or stubble is practically the same, the ruling means that farmers can seed winter wheat on contracted acres at the normal time for seeding next fall. The definite ruling will be welcome news in western Nebraska where much of the corn contracted acreage will be fallowed this summer and then seeded to wheat next fall. This news will en courage sign-up of corn-hog contracts materially in the southern and western parts of Nebraska. Organize Junior Ep worth League A local organization of the Junior Epworth League was organized here last Sunday by Ellen Cole, of Emmet,! at the Methodist church. Among i those who joined the league are: Shirley Nelson, Donna Clark, Marjorie Aucock, Mildred and Eldon Harbottle, Pat and Donald Mitchell, Edwin and Ralph Porter,- Gerald Leach, Marvin Van Every, George and Howard Dahl stein, Dwain Abbott, Junior Vander linden, Beatrice and Marie Harris, Beleimer and Howard Coats, Junior Harris, Lucille Pcniand, Alice Rieken, Doris Scofield, Marion Olson, Wanda Spangler and Helen Hagensick. Monday evening a party was tend ered the members of this organization by Mrs. F. J. Aucock in the basement of the Methodist church. Mrs. Au cock was named as superintendent of the unit at O’Neill. Seed Loan Office Opened The Frontier has just received word that an emergency crop loan office has been opened at O’Neill, and farmers desiring loans should apply to J. C. Walker, Feld Inspector. According to the regulations under which the crop loans arc to be made this year, any farmer who secures a loan must obtain a statement from the county production council, where one exists, that he does not intend, to increase his acreage or production in violation of the Agricultural Adjust ment Administration program. In counties where a county produc tion council has not been set up, before any application for a loan will be considered the farmer who is apply ing will have to give satisfactory evidence that he is cooperating with the production control program of the Agricultural Adjustment Administra tion. The maximum amount of an emer gency crop loan that may be obtained by any one individual is $250, the minimum is $25. „ Applications for loans in any amount from $25 to $150 may be accepted by the emergency crop loan office pro vided the farmer does not have suffici ent security to obtain a loan elsewhere. A farmer applying for $150 or more must first make application to the Production credit association for a loan from it. Rejection of this ap plication by the Production credit as sociation will be considered sufficient evidence that other credit is not avail able and the applicant may then make application to the emergency crop loan office. CARD OF THANKS Wr wish to thank all our neighbors and friends for their kindness during the illness and death of our husband and father. We also wish to let Mr. md Mrs. Willard Clyde and daughter know how we appreciated their ser vices in singing the beautiful songs.— Mrs. M. A. Summer and family. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Todsen and child ren pent Sunday with relatives and friends at Grand Island. High School Gridstcrs Start Spring Practice A call was issued to football field braves by Elmer Stolte, public school coach Wednesday after school hours. Depending on weather, practice for this spring was to start Thursday af ternoon and it was expected 11 to 20 gridstcrs should turn out for work tow. ard pegging places on the regular goal galloper unit of this school. Accord ing to the raw material in brawn and brain, and any seasoned timber here available, the pigskin jugglers of this section might as well run up the white flag before next falls games get under way. Conditions Under Which Tenant May Rent Con tracted Acres For Cash Under certain conditions, tenants who have been renting for share rent now have permission from the Corn Hog Section at Washington to rent contracted acres in 1934 for cash rent. The conditions, however, are so re stricted as to make the use of the plan very limited. In the first place, the change in the lease from 1933 would be subject to approval of the county corn-hog al lotment committee who must satisfy themselves that the rate of cash rent is a fair rate for the land involved,. This will keep landlords from demand ing a high cash rent before allowing tenants to put the farm under the corn-hog contract. Secondly, the landlord of the place must either have all of his land hold ings under the corn-hog contract, or he must have become a party to at least one corn-hog contract as a pro ducer or as a landlord on a share rent farm. Most of the requests for this per mission to rent contracted acres for cash had come from large holders of land who wanted to help tenants on some of their farms without the land holders theselves becoming parties to the contract. If they sign up all their farms or enter into a contract on any one of them on a share rent basis, there would be little object in the land holders shifting any contracted acres to cash rent on any farms. A landlord who has only one farm may prefer to take cash rent for the contracted acres instead of signing the contract as landlord on land rented for a share of the crop. Revival Meetings At The Methodist Church Beginning next Tuesday, March 13, special meetings will be held in the local Methodist church, which will con tinue until Easter Sunday. The meet, ing the first week will be in charge of the Rev. Lawrence Yost, who will preach from Tuesday until Friday. On Sunday, March 18, the Rev. E. W. Nye, of Lincoln, will be here and will have charge for the two weeks preceding Easter Sunday. These meetings are open to everybody and your cooper ation is invited. The two local Protestant churches, the M. E. and Presbyterian, are cooperat ing as much as possible in the church loyalty campaign which is in operation among a thousand churches in Nebras ka. Both churches urge sacrificial at tendance at all regular church meet ings during the next three weeks. Both churches are rejoicing in increased interest thruout the winter, but feel the need of a yet deeper loyally. Go to Sunday School and church next Sunday. Support the plans which the pastors and their helpers have so care fully and prayerfully made. Rev. F. J. Aucock. Hospital Notes Alice Sexsmith was operated on Monday night for appendicitis. Mrs. A. T. Crumley, of Page, was dismissed from the hospital Wednes day afternoon. Baby Kenneth Wrede, who has been critically iill for the past week, is much improved and will go home the last of the week. Here is another town bidding for winter resort business. Six miles west of Custer, South Dakota, Mrs. Mar garet Fox grew fine Irish potatoes outdoors and she dug some February 17, kept them until a few days ago and cooked them. Some of the spuds measured three inches around. If anyone in Holt county has raised any thing this winter save Cain and a moustache The Frontier would like to hear about it. __ Weatherman Harry Bowen’s rain catcher at the court house Saturday morning registered a rainfall amount ing to .no of one inch, every drop of which entered the ground where it fell. Filing: For County Offices Several candidates for county office have submitted their filings within the past week, as follows: Thomas Hanrahan, of Atkinson, democrat, for supervisor from the Seventh district. Ezra W. Cooke, of Chambers, filed for the republican nomination for sup ervisor from the Fifth district, now represented by Rodell Root, republican. Rodell Root filed for the republican nomination for supervisor from the Fifth district, to succeed himself. G.S. Withers, of Wyoming township, filed for the republican nomination for supervisor from the Fifth district. J. J. Krska, of Atkinson, filed for the republican nomination for county treasurer, a place now filled by W. E. Conklin, republican. Edward O. Dibble, of Atkinson, filed for the democratic nomination for supervisor from the Seventh district. Mrs. Luella Parker filed for renom ination to the office of county super intendent, a position she has filled for several years. Judge Dickson Addresses Lancaster County Bar State Journal: District Judge Rob ert R. Dickson, of O’Neill, addressing Lancaster County Bar association Sat urday night at the Cornhusker hotel, declared “the country needs more sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the caliber of J. E. Lancaster of Platts mouth.” His statement was one of a scries of suggestions for the better ment of crime conditions. “If we had more officers like Lan caster, it would put the fear of God into more of those who disrespect the law. Then you could rest in peace with the assurance that your property and home would be safe.” In the early part of his address, Judge Dickson said he came as a "plain spoken American citizen be lieving in the fundamental principals of the government as it had. been established.” He said warnings of our fathers had been left behind and the nation had embarked upon strange waters in a strange craft. He ex pressed the hope, however, that the country was embarking upon a new era of prosperity and surpassing any previously known. Recognizing the “crime wave” and disregard for law, he said a number of factors had been blamed, among them lax marriage and divorce laws, the automobile, mental defectives, pro hibition and others. Since all these combined had brought about the pre sent state of affairs, he recommended several changes. He said: “Give the judge on the bench the right to believe and disbelieve and let him express his convictions. “Remove from him the shackles of legislative enactments and strained judicial interpretations and you will banish from the halls of justice per jurers, suborners of perjury, jury fixers and alibis. “Judges and. juries should not be ex pected to believe when as citizens they would ^iot. Give trial judges and juries credit for having common sense. Place the responsibility where it be longs, on the trial judge and jury. If the trial has been fair and the record is free from error, keep hands off the jury’s verdict. To set aside such a verdict causes disregard for law and constituted authority. Men become desperate and take the law into their own hands. “There will be no material change until there has been a revision of our general and. criminal statutes and pro cedure to meet present day conditions. Such changes will not come overnight. “Judges should not be compelled to sit gagged, blindfolded and tied hand and foot in fear of being reversed or criticized if they dare be more than referees. “If executive and legislative bodies want to do something for law enforce ment let them repeal every statutory law, rule and regulation that is out of tune and does no respond to the heart beats of the decent citizenship of the state and the people will see that those remaining on he statutes are enforced and the guilty punished.” Judge Dickson gave reminiscences of his law practice in the early part of his experience. He said that often he was glad to accept a fee of only $5 but that the sum then would buy con siderably more. Office rent, he said, was $.'! per month. Mr and Mrs. .1. G. Lydon mude a business trip to Omaha last Saturday morning,returning that evening. While jin the city they purchased complete beauty shop equipment and Mrs. Lydon will open and maintain and op erate a beauty parlor in her home in i the eastern part of the city. Entire Teaching Staff Of Public School Elected To Serve For Another Term The public school board, of O’Neill j met Monday evening and re-elected! the entire teaching stall to serve an other term. Those re-elected and j their salaries as announced at the j beginning of this term and the po sitions they hold in the school follow, as well as their place of permanent residence: Roy W. Carrroll, superintendent, <2,2,50, O’Neill; Harold M. Denny, I principal, $1,670, O’Neill; Hubert L. Beals, commercial, Washington, Iowa.1 $1 ,297; Catherine Lawler, English,; Lincoln, $1,067; Neva Wolfe, 7th grade j Lynch, $870; Elmer Stolte, coach and teacher, $1,318; Mrs. Lillian Barker, 5th grade, Lincoln, $870; Betty Jones, 6th grade, Randolp, $870; Ruth Kram er, social service and language, Neligh, $1,146; Hilma Zimmerman, 4th grade, Nelson, $870; Ella McCaffery, 2nd grade, Orleans, $870; Wilma Dell Smith, music and kindergarten, Chad ron, $1,067; Mary lloriskey, 8th grade, O’Neill, $950; Loretta Shaw, 1st grade. O'Neill, $870; Helen B. Stolte, normal training, Atkinson, $870; Hilda Gal lagher, 3rd. grade, O’Neill, $870, with a slight reduction for the third grade teacher the first year. Following is the personal of the school board, with one vacancy: Dr. 11. L. Bennett, president; Mrs. Ethel Hubbard, vice presiednt; Anna O’Don nell, secretary and H. J. Birmingham and Lee Downey. Sate Highway Department Will Erect Garage Building The State Highway department pur-1 chased an acre and a half of ground off the Jap Kitts farm, on the southwest corner, just west of the city limits, and will erect thereon a garage for the maintenance of their highway [equipment and an office for their em ployees. I The building will he 6Gx60 feet, ^built of lumber with concrete founda tion and floors. The building will cost about $2,000. The biulding will be erected by local people and local firms will furnish the material. They will also maintain a machine shop in the garage for the repair of their equip ment. It is expected that work on the construction of the biulding will com mence within a week, and will be rap idly rushed to completion. CWA Information On Holt County Employment It is our belief that at this time most of the people in Holt county are familiar with the drastic cuts thruout the state of Nebraska in CWA work. Every week of our total number of employees there is being made a ten per cent reduction. This takes in a large territory and many people who are taken off wonder why. They feel that they arc not being given a square deal. I wish to assure you at this time that careful consideration is giv en when reductions are made. At a Regional meeting held at Nor folk on February 28, all these things were considered and the following solution was offered. Private industry was to absorb all men taken off CW'A payrolls. It is realized that Nebraska is not an industrial state and so co operation is requested, from all mer chants, farmers, ranchers, hay-balers and any person hiring men. By the above statement is meant that when ever you are in need of help, regard less of what type, we would appreciate it if you would call on us. We have complete lists of registrations in this office and can refer to you various persons with or without experience, and with references. Should any business men hire help without calling on us for referals we should appreciate being notified so that if the person is registered, we can cancel the registration. W'e trust that cooperation from all the business men can be expected. L. B. Youngworth, Manager, National Reemployment Service. Judge and Mrs. K. R. Dickson went down to Lincoln last Thursday after noon, where on Saturday evening the Judge addressed the Lancaster county bar association, at their annual ban quet. According to the Lincoln Star, Mrs. Dickson was a guest of Mrs. Charles W. Bryan at the executive mansion last Friday. They returned home last Saturday evening. Rev. J. G. McNamara, assigned here from Bloomfield as pastor of St. Pat rick's Catholic church by Bishop Rum mel, is expected to arrive here Friday. Tentatively, a reception is planned for him in the gymnasium of St. Mary’s Academy on March Id. Fire Destroys Old Ice House South Of Town At 11:30 last Friday night the fire siren sounded and the red flare of the fire demon on the southern horizon drew a large crowd to watch the end of the huge Gatz Brothers icc house south of the John L. Quig residence. According to Edward Gatz the structure was valued at around $1,000 and there is no insurance. It has not been determined as to the probable cause of the fire. When the blaze was discovered the building was doomed and while firemen quickly appeared with two trucks they were powerless as the scene of the blaze is about a quarter mile out of town. The ice house was constructed by Thomas Donlin about 1908 and later Frank Valla became the owner. The Gatz Brothers bought it about 1917. No ice was placed in it for the past three years. The lumber was part of the large frame Catholic church that stood on the site of the present brick about 1910, or about that time. The ice house measured about 50 by 50 feet with 20 foot walls and a high roof. A great number of people gathered near the Northwestern depot and watched tired-shingles ride above and drop in the eastern part of town. Hitfh School Holds Declamatory Contest The High school declamatory con test was held at the High school in this city lust Saturday evening, com mencing at 7:.'H). Sixteen contestants participated, with the following re sults: In the oratorical section Ralph John son won first with “The Unknown i Soldier” and Marvin Kee was second. In the humorious Margie Hunt won first place with “The First Day at the Kindergarten” and John Luben was second. In the dramatic section Max Hough won first with “No. 1627" and Nila Renner was second. In the extemporanious Wallace Pow {ell won first witn “U. S. Security for Feace.” The winners in the several divisions will represent the O’Neill high school at the district contest, to be held at a time and place to be designated later. CITY POLITICS WARMING UP City politics give evidence of warm ing up the past few days. Today a petition is in circulation placing in nomination John Kersenbrock for the office of mayor. C. E. Stout, the pres ent mayor, is a candidate for reelection. Petitions are also in circulation for Levi Yantzi for councilman from the Third ward, a place filled for several years by Mike Johnson, who is a can didate for reelection. So far there has been no opposition to W. H. Ilarty, councilman from the First ward and a candidate for re election and Thomas Brennan, coun cilman from the Second ward and also a candidate for reelection. Ed. Campbell is a candidate for re election as city clerk and Ed. Quinn for election as city treasurer, a posi tion to which he was appointed a couple of months ago, upon the resig nation of C. P. Hancock. So far no op position is in the field against them. For the school board, as far as we have heard, there are but three candi dates: Dr. H. L. Bennett is a candi date to succeed himself and Anna O’Donnell is also a candidate to succeed herself. There is one vacancy, caused by the removal of George Shoemaker from the district and for this vacancy Ben Winchell is a candidate. Last Saturday at the south J. B. Ryan ranch, a spike-head, struck with | a claw hammer, broke off striking James McDermott, .'50, son of Mrs. Dominick McDermott of O’Neill, in one eye, and it is feared the eye-ball may have to be removed at Norfolk, where he was rushed. McDermott was treated here by Dr. J. I’. Brown who advised the patient to go to Norfolk j for treatment by specialists. A shower was tendered Mr. and Mrs. Robert Strong, who were married at the Gospel Mission at Long Pine Feb ruary 20, at their farm home north west of here Tuesday evening. One who attended said there were more than 70 persons in the gathering at the farmstead. Before her marriage, Mrs. Strong's name was Helen Cole and she is a daughter of Mr. anil Mrs. Roy Cole of O’Neill. The condition of Mrs. Ratliff, who suffered n stroke about a week ago, is about the same according to the ut j tending physician, Dr. Brown. 535 CARLOADS OF WILD HAY SHIPPED OUT OF O’NEILL IN 2 MONTHS Some Of Those Doing The Buying Believe llay Will Be Sought I'p To .May 1. The business of handling wild Elk horn Valley hay in Holt county is forging ahead by leaps and. bounds. In the month of January 184 car loads went out of O’Neill over the North western railway while during Febru ary the record shows 351 car loads went out, most of them to points in South Dakota, Federal government agencies are buying most of this hay and paying an average of $5 a ton for it. Within the sixty day period, from January 1 to March 1, the total number of car loads pulled out of O’Neill were 535. In each car there is about thir teen tons and the average price is* $5 a ton. About 6,955 tons is the O’Neill hay shipping record for Jan uary and February and the money paid to the haymen amounts to about 134,775. There are seven towns on the North western railway in Holt county and it is assumed the hay record, there is equal to that of O'Neill. If this as sumption is correct, 3,745 car loads of wild hay went out of the county in the sixty days and the wild hay producers were paid the considerable sum of $245,425. As far as can be learned, at this time there is no glutted murket so far in the South Dakota area where most of this hay is being consigned. Some of those doing the buying here believe the hay will be eagerly sought up to May 1. There has been talk of a price rise but nothing definitely can be ascertained regard ing this. There has been considerable hay trucked out of here and there is no way to obtain anything like exact figures on the amount of such ship ments. Also, there is shipments of wild hay from north Holt county from Spencer and Lynch on the North western and this outlet has removed an amount of hay that is not added to the Holt county shipments enumera ted above. Chain Hardware Store Expected To Open Here From present indications this city will have another chain business house about the first of the coming month. A national hardware and automobile accessory supply house has been dick ering for a location in this city for several months and we understand that arrangements are expected to be com pleted within the next ten days for a very desirable location and if the deal is finally consumated the new estab lishment will open for business about the first of the coming month. The new store will be a valuable addition to the business interests of this city, which is recognized as the best trad ing point in this section of the state. — Rob Rank At Sioux Falls Tuesday morning robbers entered the Security National Bank of Sioux I Falls, S. D., scooped up $46,000 in cash, loaded the teller, bookkeeper and two stenographers into an automobile with the loot and escaped. A motor cycle policeman, who investigated the bar racade of machine gon bulled that the bandits discharged to awe the people who had gathered around the bank, was shot by one of the bandits and will probably die. Although pursued for a while by officers they made their escape. Arthur F. Mullen has tendered his resignation as democratic national committeeman from Nebraska, and the : vacancy will be filled by the democratic state committee at a meeting to be held on March 17, according to an an nouncement made by State Chairman Thomas in Washington.. There prom ises to be a lively scrap between the Bryan and anti-Bryan forces for the control of this committee and the naming of the new committeeman. The St. Mary’s Academy basketball team at the district tournament closing at Neligh Saturday gave the enemy a working out until Saturday afternoon i when it was defeated by Oakdale 36 to 20. Thursday this team trimmed Page, Friday it beat Johnstown and Saturday Oakdale defeated it 30 to 20. The basketball tournament of the ! local high school ended last Thursday | night when the Juniors took the fresh | men into camp with a score of 26 to i 11 und became the champions of the j High school.