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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1934)
g-~■■ ■ ■■■—' ... ' -.- . Ml. I ■ . ... ...I ■ ■ ■■ ■■ _!JL" ' - VOL. LIV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1934. No. 51 ... .- ■ I -— ■ .. .. 1 ■■ . ■■ .1 ... l-—' ■. J. ■■ ... _-L-—"——i—- ——'—: Country Club Opening To Be Next Monday The opening of the O’Neill Country Club will be celebrated by a dancing party at the Club house on the even ing of Monday, May 14. Dancing will commence at 8 and will continue until 12:30. Refreshments will be served. A ten piece orchestra has been engaged for the occasion. It is anticipated that sixty couples ’will attend the party. Following is a list of new members who have recently joined the Club: R. M. Turner, Peter Todson, W. .1. Schendt, Tom Mains, S. A. Liddell, Louis Zastrow, James Harty, Orville Winchell, William Hammond, Jr., F. E. W’ilber, Page; C. F. Dunlap, Pago; John R. Gallagher. O’Neill Loses To Red Bird In Opening Game Of Season A fair sized crowd of spectators saw the opening game of the Holt County Baseball league between Red Bird and O’Neill here last Sunday afternoon at the fair grounds diamond when Red Bird made 11 and O’Neill no runs. ’ Sunday Page played at Ewing and Emmet at Atkinson. The O’Neill battery was Liddy, Tomlinson and Greener, and the Red Bird battery was Conard, Riehtor and Schoolmeyer. The umpire was Roy Karr. Red Bird made 11 hits and O’Neill 3; O’Neill made nine errors and Red Bird one. Eleven O’Neill men fanned the air and three Red Bird men. Because of the late start of the game, only seven innings were played. Red Bird has a ball nine of a caliber any city should be proud of. The boys out there must practice fine cur liques of the game until they get them as near perfection as is possible, and when their machine goes into action in a contest it functions in a manner mighty hard to beat. The O’Neill nine has not hit its stride yet, and whan it does, goose eggs are going to be transformed to mighty pretty fig ures. Service Representative Here Gerald Heim, factory representative of the Ford Motor Company’s Service School, arrived in O’Neill Monday evening. A school of instruction was held at the Mellor Motor Company’s G. iage Monday and Tuesday evenings for all Ford mechanics in this territory. He had a Sedan Delivery arranged with full equipment for the servicing of New V8 Ford cars and trucks. It is the policy of the Ford Motor Com pany to hold these schools on instruct ion regularly, so all Ford, mechanics may be familiar with new ideas and equipment to properly service Ford cars and trucks. It was the unanimous opinion of all of those who attended this was a most interesting and instructive school. Out near Green Valley, in Rock county, some Gypsies went to a ranch home where one of the women calmly went about searching the farm prop rietor and his brother-in-law. The woman found only a pocket full of nails, and the brotherin-law yielded 25 cents. The woman then went to the residence where she started to tell the farm woman’s fortune. The intended victim strenously objected, and the gypsy went to the trouble of asking for chickens and other articles. The Gypsie woman, refused every re quest, cursed the farmer and his wife in forty languages, entered a costly automobile and left the premises. Donald Gallagher, son of Mrs. Ed ward F. Gallagher, of O’Neill, was elected president of the Lancaster County Bar Association at Lincoln following a spirited debate because the constitution of the organization was missing and could not be found.* Mr. Gallagher's opponent for the place was Lyle G. Holland. Other officers elected were E. C. Fisher, vice-presi dent; H. E. Sackett, Jr., secretary; and J. J. Marx, treasurer. In Greeley county a wind mill was stolen a few nights ago. the fan and motor being lowered by block and tackle, loaded in a truck and hauled away. Last year several wind mills were stolen in Wheeler and Greeley counties, and no arrests have been made. Hunters here say the first move to be made against crows is to find their roosting places and that this is being done by those in the country. There is talk of a major crow hunt in this section and things look rather dark for the great big careless blackbird. Little-McConnell A very beautiful and impressive wedding ceremony took place in the Catholic church at Emmet last Sat urday morning, when Miss Harriet McConnell, of Omaha, and Harry Little, of Neligh, were united in mar riage by the Rev. M. F. Byrne. The bride is a very winsome girl, and had lived in the Emmet community a greater part of her life. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Mc Connell, of Emmet. She graduated from the O’Neill public school in 1928 and for the past three years has been employed in Omaha. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Little, of Neligh, and. is now employed by the Interstate power company. The bride was becomingly dressed in white satin and lace. She wore a veil, and carried a boquet of white roses, and lilacs. Her Maid of Honor, Miss Anise Samson, of Omaha, wore tan crepe with white accessories and carried a boquet of roses and, delphin iums. Miss Nelle Gaughenbaugh, of Emmet, was the bridesmaid, and wore blue crepe with white accessories. She carried a boquet of roses and sweet peas. Little Marilyn McCon nell, niece of the bride, carried the ring in a Calla lily. Mr. Little was attended by John lenborg, of Emmet. Miss Evelyn Pruss played the bridal march and, “I Love You Truly,” was sung during the ceremony by the Misses Bonnie and Tiny Welsh. Immediately after the ceremony a lovely wedding breakfast was served at the home of the brides parents to 25 guests. Relatives and friends of the bride served the breakfast. After a short trip they will make their home in Neligh. Their many friends extend congratulations and wish them very much happiness thru life. xx. Eeastern Archaeologist To Inspect Material Here Warren King Moorehead, director o/ archaeology of Phillips Academy, Andover, Magsachussets, has notified O’Neill people he expects to be in thjs vicinity this summer to inspect Indian artifacts, especially cutting tools, axes, celts and knives. The archaeologist is gathering ma terial for his “Revised Stone Age," to be issued as soon as possible. The first book is a world wide recognized authority, and copies sell at a premium. The trip takes in Wisconsin, Minne sota, North and South Dakota, Nebras ka, down to Texas, Colorado, Califor nia, the northwest and other points. Shortage of money is curtailing ex tent of the trip somewhat. The first Stone Age of North America was pub lished in 1910. The Great Plains country from Man itoba to Texas, the old buffalo country, is to be examined as to persistence of certain types of stone hatchets. About 55,000 hatchets and allied heads will be examined, classified and their distribution noted and compared to the linguistic division territory former ly occupied by those who used them. Thomas Wade and son, Emmet, of Sioux City, arrived in the city last Monday and spent a couple of days here visiting old time friends. Mr. Wade was a resident of Page for a number of years and still has a warm spot in his heart for this section of the country. He said that everything was looking fine up here, compared to what it was in Iowa and in the eastern part of the state. Lack of moisture in eastern Nebraska and in Iowa has thrown a scare into the farmers of that section and the people generally. When we had that nice rain here last week, it only sprinkled in the eastern part of the state and in western Iowa. Several days ago Linus Howard, son of Frank, while out fishing hook ed a fine fat catfish which pushed the scales down to pounds. On open ing the eat, it was discovered it had swallowed a red-horse sucker II inches long. The sucker was in almost as good condition as the catfish, only a small part of its head missing. Federal entomologists are anxious to try out a new mixture they believe may give grasshoppers a permanent I stomach-ache. Insted of mixing ! arsenic with water, an oil is used which does not dry out and may give a knockout blow anytime within sev ; eral months. Vincent, seven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cunningham, suff ered a mashed third and fourth finger tips Sunday morning while at play. Ur. L. A. Carter dre»»ed the wound*. BRIEFLY STATED Enard Leach went to Omaha last Thursday night on business, returning home Friday night. Lyle Miller, of near Lincoln, has taken a position at the Lee & Prentiss ranch south of Emmet. Mr. and Mrs. William Edwards, of Orchard, were in O'Neill shopping and visiting Monday afternoon. An epidemic of red measles has reached Sioux City and is expected to break out in this vicinity within a few weeks, unless weather or some other factor checks it. Joseph Cuddy went to Creighton, Wausa and other points nearby Satur day and. returned here with his truck loaded to capacity with fowl for the Armour Creameries. The Elkhorn river was about one foot above normal, or abnormal, last Sunday, the water murky, and teeming with catfish and carp on their annual tour of inspection. Upland plover are plentiful this year, some being found within the city limits. Students of birds say this bird has been steadily increasing since it has been protected. Chief of Police John Martin ap peared on the streets last Monday outfitted in a neat uniform, brass but tons and. all. Everyone must admit that it is quite becoming. Members of the graduating class of the Inman high school came to O'Neill last Friday evening and sat down to a fine banquet provided them by the juniors of the school at Inman. Mrs. Julia Waters came up from Omaha last Tuesday evening to at tend the funeral of her little’grandson, David Owen Biglin. She expects to return home the first of the week. -*--—f Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Bolef. of Jack son, came up last Taeaday attend the funeral of little David Owen Biglin. Mrs. Boler is a sister of Mrs. Biglin They returned home Wednesday after noon. Thursday Rev. H. D. Johnson and several boy scouts left for Creighton where a coUtt of honor was held Thursday evening to bestow merit and class badges on scouts of several towns. Some fine catfish have been caught here recently from Elkhorn holes. From mud bridge waters, sunfish, bull heads and a few other kinds have yielded themselves generously to young fishermen. E. J. Collins was down from AdJcin son last Saturday. While in the city he visited the office of the county clerk and filed for the republican nomination for member of the state legislature from this district. The lowly chinch bug is threaten ing this season’s crops in half a dozen states. Some genius may yet find a way to induce the chinch to dine on the grasshopper and thus give man a chance to enjoy life. Class night for the Seniors of the public school has been set for the night of May 22 and the baccalauerate ser mon will be delivered by Rev. H. D. Johnson of the Presbyterian church the night of May 20. The eleven pupils of rural school No. 67, six miles west of here, picnicked Thursday in celebration of the termin. ation of the school term. Miss Helen O’Connell is teacher. Her home is southwest of Emmet. Ned Porter, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter, of O’Neill, visited rural school No. 67 Thursday, six miles west of here. Luckily, Ned selected picnic day for his visit and his friends here say he is an expert ice cream tester. The army of crows, which myster iously appeared here about a month ago, believed to number 1,000,000 van ished, all but a few stragglers that have taken homesteads and anything else that they may require while rais ing a family. A robin in southwest O’Neill built her nest on a window ledge and the reason why may be intuition that high winds might topple the nest onl of | tree. Many bird nests lay wreck ed on the ground following Wednes j day's jamboree. One And One-fourth Inches Of Rain In Friday’s Shower Here at O’Neill last Friday, in a series of slow showers, a total of one inch and twenty-seven one hundreths of an inch of water fell and changed the scene outdoors from a dry to a wet one. As far as can be determined the rain reached most parts of Holt county, being heavier in the northern and northwestern part of the county, as well as in the southern and south eastern part. Last Sunday the gov ernment thermometer went up to 90 in the shade, and numerous distant thunder heads indicated more rain was in the brewing, but only a light show er fell here Monday. David Owen Biglin The angel of death visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. William J. Biglin last Monday evening at 7 o’clock, calling their little son, David Owen, a little over five years of age, to his Maker. David Owen was born on January 14, 1929, and was five years, three months and twenty-three days old at the time of his death. David had never been strong and healthy, suffer ing from a leakage of the heart, and he was deprived of the robust exer cise that was taken by other little folks of his age. Notwithstanding his affliction he was always cheerful and happy. His loving parents done everthing possible to have the little lad cured, of his affliction, having visit ed all the noted surgeons in the middle west, and lived in the hope that he would ultimately outgrow the ailment, but it was not to be. He suffered an attack of the measles a few weeks ago, which was followed by rheumatic fever, which was the cause of death. Besides his father and mother David leaves two sisters,Ruth Anne and Rose Mary and one brother, William, to mourn his passing. The funeral was held Wednesday morning, services at St. Patrick’s church at 9 o'clock and interment in Calvary cemetery. New Filings For Office AHhur O’Neill, of Coleman pre cinct, filed for the democratic nomina tion for clerk of the district court. Chauncey W. Porter, of O’Neill, filed for the republican nomination for supervisor from the Third district. Mr. Porter entered the race at the earnest soliciatation of several cit izens of this city and township. E. J. Collins, of Atkinson, filed for the republican nomination for repre sentive from this district in the state legislature. William Decker, of Page, has filed an acceptance to the nominating peti tion that was filed some time ago, and he is now a fiull-fledged candidate for a member of the state legislature. George H. Jones filed, for the repubr lican nomination for supervisor from the Third district. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Davidson, of Sioux City, visited several days here at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Davidson, and with other relatives here. At Sioux City Clyde is the owner of a fleet of trucks. The family spent a month visiting in Cali fornia, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davidson, at Casper, Wyom ing, and at the home of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Degman, of Buffalo Gap, S. D. The trip from here to Sioux City was made last Friday morning. Boys using broken sidewalk slabs and elbow grease and hay and mud have constructed a holding dam a few yards west of the Elkhorn river bridge over the stream one mile south of here and the choked stream is gouging a fine swimming hole as a reward for initiative and industry of those willing to work for swimming privileges. A flock of thirty-five large sea gulls passed over here last Friday morning when rain still was falling. The mys tery of how these birds know where and when rain is falling is said, to be their ability to fly with warm and moisture laden air from the Gulf of Mexico which, causes rain here when it strikes cold air currents. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hubbard plan on moving to Lincoln the latter part of this month. Jack Deines, who has been rooming at the Hubbard home since his folks left here about the first of the year, plans on going to Lincoln also after he graduates from the high school. One of the chief attractions at the Burwell rodeo this season, the dates being August 8, 9 and 10, will l»e ex hibitions by a crack troop of United j .States calvary each of the three days. O’Neill was one of the hottest points on the map Tuesday with an official high of 98 degrees in the shade. A high south wind carried very little dust. Wednesday morning the wind switched to the northwest and a brown haze of South Dakota dust enveloped the outdoors. Elect Officers For Board Of Education Monday evening the members of the Board of Education met and elected officers as follows: Dr. H. L. Bennett, president; Mrs. Ethel Hubbard, vice president; Anna O’Donnell, secretary. Committees: Birmingham and. Win ched, buildings and grounds; Hub hard and Downey, supplies; Bennett and O’Donnell, auditors. There is no indebtedness, a member of the board announced, of this public school dis trict, but on the contrary, there is a cash balance on hand of $5,000. Girls Club Leader Will Be In O’Neill May 11 Miss Helen Noyes, assistant state leader in hoys and girls club work, will be in Holt county for a one day meeting with all club leaders on May 11, agricultural agent Recce said. At the morning meeting, which will be held in O’Neill, Miss Noyes will meet wtih the leaders to outline gen eral plans for Achievement Days, and to give instruction regarding special rules for exhibits. She will also assist the local leaders in preparing plans for demonstrations and give instructions for judging teams and contests. In the afternoon, Miss Noyes will give special instruction on making lampshades, and arrangements of the reading and writing table. She will also give leaders help on meeting their requirements for teaching the problem on beds and bedding. Hunting For Meteorite A meteor that flashed across the sky here the evening of April 8, noticed by several persons, is causing an inter esting “star" hunt west of here. Rep resentatives,^ the Nininger Labora tories, I'Jfifi Fairfax street, Denver* using methods they devised, have de cided the fragments of the meteor, which exploded in mid-air, lie between the towns of Mullen, Tyron, Stapleton and Thedford. When a meteorite is a new fall, it is black, the corners and edges rounded, and when the fall is an old one, it looks rusty red. The Nininger labor atory always- is in the market for meteors or fragments. A fall of less than two pounds seldom buries itself in the earth. A meteor falling at night is noticed to flame until'within a certain height from the earth. The flame becomes extinguished when the body . strikes our atmosphere. Only the skip of the nickel-iron object flames and. only when it is passing through the strat osphere. One expert says these bodies travel from eight to for.ty-four miles per second. For some reason many meteorites of great size have been noticed darting across the sky here this spring, some believing their numbers have something to do with the unusual weather of the nation. < A dust storm described as the worst of the current series swept, or dry cleaned South Dakota and other states Wednesday. Millions of tons of South Dakota loam soil sifted down here but no Nebraska soil took the air and Nebraska feels winner in the greatest poker game on record.. While South Dakota held a spade flush, Nebraska held the gun and had plenty of sand to back things up. A huge so-called steam shovel (gas) has been performing here on mam street, picking up a ton or so of earth and handling it quickly and carefully, placing it in dump trucks so rapidly the truck drivers are kept on the jump, or bounce. Now the young railway engineers and airplane pilots all want to become operators of steam shovels. Livestock in this vicinity is slick j and satisfied, with grass six inches high in places. Other sections in this region were not so fortunate in getting rain. Holt county may be said to be j fairly certain of one thing, the wild bay crop, which needs water in May and June, May particularly. Wednesday evening Alberta Van Kvery gave a weiner roast to eleven ' of her friends on the Parker meadows \ on the F.lkhorn. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mills moved from the John Abbott residence, south east O'Neill, to the Henry Mills resi dence in south central O'Neill. Nothing Done At Loan Association Meeting Samuel N. Reep, of Minneapolis, field organizer for the Federal Savings and Loan Association, was in the city the first of the week. Mr. Reep was here last fall and, at that time, an nounced that he would return later and organize an association here, if the people were interested in having such an association. He arrived here Monday and the meeting was called for that evening at the court house to discuss the advisa bility of an organization here. There were but a few in attendance at the meeting, so that nothing was done in the matter and Mr. Reep went east the next day. We are of the opinion that had a sufficient number of people known of the meeting that there would have been a good attendance. There are several here who are of the opinion that such an organization would be a good thing for the town, as it would make money available for building purposes, and it is possible that they will put their shoulder to the wheel and see that such an organization is perfected. If an organization is as sured Mr. Reep will return and assist in the organization. Grasshopper Situation Considered Serious A report made after comprehensive investigation on the part of bureau of entomology workers indicates that the threatened grasshopper invasion is to be the worst on record unless adequate control measures are taken. The report said infestation is wide spread in South Dakota and there 68 counties may have a fierce battle to produce crops. North Dakota and Montana also showed heavy infesta tion, the report indicated. The Nebraska counties mentioned as having many egg pods in the ground are, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry, Dix on, Keya Paha, Knox, Rock and Holt. Control measures must be carried out in 223 counties of seven states, the report said. - , , . J , Hospital Notes Lloyd Cork, of Page, was dismissed from the hospital and went to his home Monday evening. Donald McClellan had his tonsils removed Monday morning and went home Monday evening. Mrs, Hazel McDonough entered the hospital Monday evening for treat ment. ' ,k John Carl was operated on Tuesday morning for appendicitis. He is get ting along nicely. Mrs. John Walter, of Chambers, entered the hospital Tuesday morning for treatment. Thelma Riley had her tonsils re moved Wednesday morning. Joe Peter had his tonsils removed Thursday morning. • John Kersenbrock shows no signs of swelling up just because he hap pens to be mayor of O’Neill. Several evenings recently Jess Scofield, city engineer, and Kersenbrock, have scrub bed, polished and swept and scoured everything in sight at the city firehall. The fire truck was cleaned and pol ished, a sink scoured, floors made clean enough so one might dine off them, and the same attention given things in general he bestows on his butcher shop. Kerseibrock jumped in overalls for the oceb&ion and they seemed to become him as well as any one else. The Senior Class of St. Mary’s Academy wish to invite you all to their play, “The Sunpath,” which they will present Thursday, May 17. The play is a three-act Comedy-Drama. It promises many amusing and enter taining moments. The evening, we fed sure, will be a most refreshing surprise to those who attend. The play will be given in the K. C. Hall. The curtain will rise at 8:16. The postal department, as a tribute to the Mothers of the United States, has issued a special commemorative stamp in the three-cent denomination and this stamp is on sale at all post offices. The new stamp is almost twice as large as the regulation issue, and it bears u reproduction of Whist ler’s painting,"Portrait to My Mother.' Mother's Day is Sunday, May 13, Mrs. P. R. Harty entertained nine ladies at 7 o’clock dinner at the Grand last Thursday complimenting Mrs. F. H. Rutta, of Nebraska City. The din ner was followed by an evening of pinochle at the Harty home. Mrs. C. F. McKenna won the high score and | Mrr. F. N. Cronin the all cut.