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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1934)
Frontier VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934. No. 3 COUNTY QUOTAS ON CORN ACRES AND ON HOOS ARE RECEIVED - Contracts With Early Riders Attached Will Be Completed And Sent In To Washington. County quotas of hog numbers and corn acres have now been received by the Holt county corn-hog committee. The figures are final. Farmers will be putting their second signatures on the contracts within the next few weeks E. H. Lienhart, president of the allotment committee, believes. Girls in the county office have been typing the triplicate copies of the corn-hog contracts in the last few days and will put in the final figures as rapidly as possible. Once they are a day or two ahead, they should be able to type the remainder of the con tracts as fast as the contracts are needed. Contracts with early riders attached will be completed and sent in to Wash ington as quickly as possible. In these cases, the farmer has already signed the blanks twice and given the allot ment committee permission to for ward the forms to Washington as soon as they are ready. Recent concessions of the corn-hog section permitting farmers in all areas designated as drouth counties to grow corn for forage on abandoned wheat and oats ground, have helped many farmers in this county to meet the drouth situation. Present indica itons are that practically all the men who started he contracts regard the payments as crop insurance and will sign up the contract as soon as it is offered to them. Mrs. Margaret Jane Darr Dies At Her Page Home Mrs. Margaret Jane Darr died at her home at Page last Saturday after an illnes of several month of ailments due to old age, at the age of 78 years, 11 months and 26 days. The funeral was held last Monday afternoon from the M. E. church in Page, Rev. Yost officiating, and interment in the Page cemetery. Margaret Jane Darr was born at Kingston, Canada, on June 6, 1855. When she was a little girl her parents came to the United States and, settled in Missouri where she was united in marriage to John Darr at Bynumville, Mo., on February 25, 1875. Shoi'tly after their marriage they moved to York county, Nebraska, and in 1880 they came to this county taking a homestead near Scottville. They re sided here for several years, then moved to Arkansas where they spent one year, then returned to their farm in the Scottville neighborhood. In 1907 they moved to Page, where she made her home up to the time of her death. Mrs. Darr was the mother of six children, three of whom are left to mourn the passing of a kind and de voted mother, besides 14 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The children are, Mrs. Henry ltakow, Mrs. Mary Gibson and Mrs. James N. Car son, all of Page. Mrs. Darr had been a resident of this county for over 44 years and was one of the oldest residents in the county. She had an extensive ac qaintance in the eastern part of the county and was universally beloved by all her acquaintances for her many lovable qualities. I. P. Schafer and L. S. Larue, of Tekamah, were in O’Neill the first of the week in behalf of Judge Orville Chatt of that place, who is a candi date for congress on the democratic ticket from this district. Mr. Schafer, who is president of the Schafer & Peck furniture company of Tekamah, and Mr. Larue, a retired farmer and large landowner of Burt county, in formed The Frontier that between forty and fifty business men of that city are out in the district in an effort to better acquaint the voters with Judge Chatt’s qualifications and to let them know first hand the respect and esteem held for Chatt by his fellow townspeople. Mr. Schafer and Mr. Larue called on practically every bus iness establishment in O'Neill while here and contacted the majority of the business men of the city. They stated that they were following the same procedure in other towns in Holt county. Clarence H. Jonson, one of the re publican wheel horse* of Conley pre cinct, was an O'Neill visitor last Sat urday and favored this office with a pleasant call, extending his subscrip tion to Thu Frontier, Marriage Licenses Claude Risor, of Stuart and Miss Faye Perkins, of Taylor, received a license to wed in county court last Saturday. Walter Reis and Miss Cecilia Brud er, both of Atkinson, were granted license to wed in county court last Saturday. OttoHoehne and Miss Evelyn Pruss, both of Einmet, were granted a mar riage license in county court last Monday. Peter L. Gertzen and Miss Eva Friesen, both of O’Neill, were granted a marriage license in county court last Monday. CLASS OF EIGHTEEN GRADUATED FROM ST. MARY’S ACADEMY Bishop Joseph Rummel, Of Omaha, Delivers Address And Presents Diplomas To The Class. The Thirty-first annual graduating class of St. Mary’s Academy were presented their diplomas at appropri ate exercises in the Catholic church in this city last Saturday morning. Bishop Joseph Rummel, of Omaha, delivered the address to the gradu ates and presented them, and the eighth grade graduates their diplomas. Eighteen were members of the grad uating class of 1934, as follows: Robert Biglin, O’Neill Claude Callen, O’Neill Eileen Davidson, O’Neill Rose Davis, Norden Adris Fairbanks, Stuart Mary Joan Finley, O’Neill Eugene Gallagher, O’Neill Mariellen Gillespie, Tilden Mary Lois Hammond, O’Neill Evelyn Hoffman, O’Neill. Mona Melvin, O'Neill Robert McCarthy, O’Neill Margaret Quinn, O’Neill Rita Reardon, O’Neill Margaret Ryan, O’Neill Mary Sullivan, O’Neill Teresa Thiele, Clearwater Margaret Tyler, Valentine. Half Million In Land Bank Loans In County A total of $478,000 of federal land bank and land bank commissioner’s farm mortgage loans was made in Holt county, Nebraska, from June 1, 1933, to May 1, 1934, according to the farm credit administration. Of this total, farmers in Holt county used approximately $446,000, or 93.3 per cent to refinance their in debtedness. By refinancing, farmers obtained new mortgage loans which they used to repay their old debts. They generally reduced their annual interest charges in doing so. In a number of cases, scale-downs of in debtedness occurcd in connection with the new loans. These and other ad vantages benefited, farmers primarily. Secondarily, creditors benefited from the leceipt of cash or bonds in ex change for obligations they held. Of the loan money used by farmers in Holt county for refinancing their debts, about $129,000, it was estimated repaid their debts to banks; $34,400, their debts to insurance companies; $16,300, their taxes; $1,900, their debts to merchants; 263,900, their debts to “others,” or creditors not separately classified, including private mortgage lenders, mortgage loan companies, re tired farmers and many others to whom farmers were in debt. A total of about $32,000 of loans in the county was used for purposes other than refinancing the borrowers' debts. Of this sum, $12,900 was used for the purchase of land and equip ment, the construction or improve ment of buildings, and for general ag ricultural uses, including the provis ion of capital, while $19,100, the bal ance, was used for the purchase of stock in national farm loan associ ations, for loan fees, etc. Throughout the United States ap proximately $675,000,000 of land bank and commissioner’s loans were made from June 1, 1933, to May 1. 1934. Most of these loans were made to refinance debts resulting from the long period of low farm income. Generally farmers pay considerably less interest each year on the new than on the old loans. Land bank loans made through national farm loan as* soeiations carry an interest rate of 5 per cent, but there is a reduction to 4 V*per cent until July, 1938. Loans made direct by hanks carry a rate of 5sa per ccent, but there H a reduction | to 5 per cent until 1938. The rate on commissioner's loans is 5 per cent. Against these rates farmers in most cases had been paying from 5 to 8 per i cent, but on numerous loans they hud been paying 9 per cent, 10 per cent, and even above 10 per cent. Until March 26 the land bank and commissioner’s loans were made in cash. Commencing on that date they were made mainly in the government guaranteed bonds of the federal farm mortgage corporation. These bonds are exempt from all federal, state, municipal and local taxation, except surtaxes, estate, inheritance and gift taxes. They are guaranteed fully as to principal and interest by the United States government. In a relatively short period after they were issued, they sold above par and had met a favorable reception from farmers and their creditors all over the United States. With the use of these bonds the refinancing program is going for ward rapidly. Hochne-Pruss On Wednesday, June 6, at 9 o’clock a beautiful wedding was solemnized at the Epiphaney church at Emmet, by Rev. M. F. Bryne, when Evelyn Dolores Pruss and Otto Hoehne were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. The bride was beautiful in a gown of white satin and lace and a trail ing tulle veil, caught in cap style with orange blossoms. She carried white roses and lillies of the valley in a beautiful boquet. Miss Loretta Shaw attired in a vale blue taffeta with pink and white ac cessories was the maid of honor Evelyn Tomjack, in pink, and Luella Crandall, in yellow, acted as brides maids. The groom and his attendant, his brother Paul and the bride’s brother, Ivan, were attired in the conventional blue suits. Jerry Tomjack, in white, carried the ring on a satin pillow. Mrs. Frank Walter officiated at*the organ. The choir members were: Helen Iloehne, Mercedes Foreman, Kathleen Shorthill and Gladys Ries. The church was decorated in pink and white roses. The happy young couple will be at home to their many friends after June 11th. These young people come from two of the prominent familes of the Em met neighborhood and they have a host of friends in that secction of the county who wish them many years of happiness and prosperity, xxx Endeavoring To Get A Bonus Vote In Senate The first of the week Joel Parker, adjutant of the local post of the American Legion received, the follow ing letter from R. B. Handy, Jr., Ad jutant General of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, regarding the present status of the adjusted compensation certificates bill in the Senate of the United States, which is published for the benefit of the various members of the veterans of the late war in this county: “As this letter is being written, an effort is being made to get action on II. It. 1, the bill for cash payment of the Adjusted Service Certificates, in the United States senate. “A motion to discharge the Senate Finance Committee on this bill has been introduced in the Senate three separate times but it has been ruled by the parlimentarian of the Senate that it takes unanimous consent for such action and in each case, Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, has ob jected. “In a telephone conversation with our Legislative Representative in Washington, I was informed yester day that he was doing everything possible to insure an early vote on the “Bonus” Bill and that those Sen ators who are favorable to immediate cash payment of the Adjusted Ser vice Certificates were working with him in this effort. At the present time it is not possible for anyone to say whether the bill can be brought to a vote or whether it will die with the adjournment of (Congress next month.” The Busy Hour club met Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Lett Johnson. The afternoon was spent in piecing quilt blocks. Mrs. Ralph Krnst joined as a member, and Mrs. Harold Hough was present as a visitor. Re freshments were served by Mrs. John son. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Ross Y'orce. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Nance re I turned last Saturday night from Hol [ lis, Okla, where they had been called a couple of weeks ago on account of I the serious illness of Mr. Nance’s ■ brother. He is still confined to a hos pital but was well on the road to re | covary when Mr. Nance left there. FIVE FROM O’NEILL ENTER CREIGHTON GOLF TOURNAMENT Hap Huston, Of Plainview Is Winner; Bill Hammond, Of O'Neill Losing To Huston In The Semi-Finals. The Creighton tournament of last Sunday was one of the most success ful that the club has ever put on. It was attended by a large crowd from Northeast Nebraska. The local Country Club was well repersented. Five of our represent ative golfers attended it, three of whom qualified for the championship flight. Francis Soukup had the lowest qaulifying score of those from here, a 37. Bill Hammond and Orville Winchell followed him with a 38 and a 39. Jimmy Tuor and Jimmy McNally qualified for the Fourth flight with with a 48 each. “Blackjack" Tuor won this flight when he came from behind on the eighth hole to take the heart out of his opponent by sinking his approach for a snappy ten, win ning the hole easily. Jimmy McNally won the consolations on the ninth, when he won the hole to tie the score and won the toss-up. Orville Winchell won the Consola tions for the Championship flight by defeating Lightner from St. Edwards, on the last hole, one up. Incidentally, he shot a 31 to defeat his man in the second match. Bill Hammond was defeated jjn the semi-fVnals of the Championship flight by Hap Huston, of Plainview, on the last hole. The match was even up on the eighth hole and Huston sunk a long put to win the match with a 32. Bill was one over him with a 33. Hap won the finals three up, to carry home another cup to add to his collection. He won the Norfolk tour nament last Memorial day, and is coming up to play in the O’Neill tournament the 17th. The weather was perfect for the tournament, and the day was marked by the consistently low scores that were turned in all day. Gov. Bryan Threatens An Embargo On Livestock State Journal: An embargo on shipment of livestock from other states to Nebraska ranges is threat ened by Governor Charles W. Bryan. The action, Bryan said, was contem plated as a means of protecting Ne braska’s drouth depleted feed stocks, ranges and pastures. Unless Nebraska farmers take im mediate steps to curb shipment of out side catle into Nebraska for feed, an embargo similar to that enforced in Minnesota will be declared, the gover nor said. The governor urged that all farmers of the state and all ranch men reach an understanding among themselves that they will not accept outside stock for feeding on Nebraska pastures un til drouth stricken farmers and live stock men of Nebraska have been given the prior opportunity to rent available grazing land or purchase feed. “I hope that it will not be necessary to declare an embargo,” Bryan said, "but steps must be taken to protect Nebraska livestock and Nebraska ag riculturalists.” The governor said many complaints had been received in the last severe.' days that ranch men having live past ures were accepting outside cattle for grazing at fifty cents per head. “While we in Nebraska do not wish to be selfish, the matter of protecting Nebraska pastures and ranges for Ne braska stock is not a selfish propo sition,” Bryan said. "The taxpayers of our state are being called upon now to pay increas ed taxes to meet drouth relief costs,” he said. "When pastnre and grazing lands are rented to outside livestock owners, it means that Nebraskans are deprived of that much needed pas ture and that additional taxes will be required to care for Nebraska’s hungry livestock herds. "If complaints of shipment of cattle into Nebraska from outside sources continue, I will feel it my duty to de clare an embargo immediately,” he said. Nine American nations are about to sign an anti-war pact. It is an amiable gesture. Probably none of the signatories will fight unless they happen to get into a fighting humor. Speaking of thv? power of organ ized minorities, hasen’t you seen three wasps break up u Sunday school picnic. Hospital Notes Miss La Yaren Nissen was dismiss ed from the hospital on Monday. Fern Urwin, of Duff, Nebr., had her tonsils removed last Thursday. Miss Mary Ruther, of Inman, en tered the hospital on Monday with acute appendicitis and was operated on that evening. She is doing nicely. W. F. Harris, of Page, underwent a major operation on Wednesday of this week. Arragements Are Being Completed For Annual (iolf Tournament Here Final arrangements are being made for the Thirteenth Annual Golf Tourn ament to be held June 17, 18 and 19th at the O’Neill Ciuntry Club. Dr. Burgess, president of the club and chairman of the tournament commit tee, has named the following to be in charge of the various details of the tournament preparations: Tournament Dance—P. C. Donohoe, who reports that he has engaged the finest orchestra to ever visit O’Neill— Tammy Gardiner and his World’s Fair Band, twelve musicians direct from the Century of Progress in Chicago. Grounds—W. J. Biglin. Prizps—H. J. Reardon, who says that the prize list will be worthy of O’Neill’s Tournaments. Ladies Card Parties—Marjorie Dick son, who has planned a program of novel entertainment with beautiful prizes to the fortunate winners at bridge. Entries—F. J. Biglin, who promises a large registration from all sections of this territory. Local Showers Break Long Drouth Period This section of the state has been visited by several nice rains the fore part of this week, which has changed the complexion of the corn fields and pastures considerably the past two days and placed upon the faces of both the farmers and business men smiles that won’t come ofT. Monday night we had .5 of an inch; on Tuesday .38 of an inch and on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning we had .74 of an inch, or a total of 1.17 for the three showers. North, northwest and east of here the rainfall was much heavier than it was here, both on Tuesday and Wed nesday. Northwest of O’Neill the rainfall Monday night amounted to from half an inch to two and a half inches. In the Meek neighborhood and from there on northeast the rain fall on Monday evening was from one to two inches. On Tuesday the rain fall in several parts of the county was considerably over one inch. Prac tical! all of the country north of the Elkhorn river had a nice rainfall. The southern part of the county had received practically no rain up to 10 o’clock this morning, but luter re ports from Chambers stated that they hud an inch of rain in the South Fork valley and everything is fine in that section of the county. About the only part of the county that has not received rain this week is a small srip in the southwestern part of the county, near Amelia. Twenty-two hundredths of an inch of rain fell in this city this morning, bringing the total for the week to 1.39 inches. New Filings For Office The copious showers of the past few days have been very beneficial, not only to crops, but also to those aspiring for political preferment, as four candidates have filed during the past four days. Some of them have been expected to throw their hats into the ring for some time, so there is nothing very surprising in uny of the announcements. Following is a list of those filing since our last issue: Peter Duffy for the democratic nom ination for sheriff. Emmet A. Harmon for the demo cratic nomination for county attorney. Ira H. Moss for the republican nomination for clerk of the district court. Leroy S. Bartlett, Stuart, filed for the democratic nomination for state representative from the Sixty-fourth district, Richard R. Morrison, of this city, cast his hat into the political arena last Thursday afternoon by filing for the democratic nomination for clerk of the district court. Larry Snell and Robert Scholz were members of a fishing party that went up to Cherry county last Saturday i on a fishing trip. They returned Sunday, but were not very well satis fied with their fishing luck. SUPERVISORS FROM FIFTEEN COUNTIES HOLD MEETING HERE Two Federal Relief Directors From Lincoln Here For Discussion Of Caring For Needy. In response to a request of the state director of federal relief the county boards from fifteen counties in this section of the state met at the court house in this city Wednesday morning, to discuss the matter of re lief for the next fourteen months. Roland Haynes, of Lincoln, state di rector of federal relief, and his assist ant, Jack Woods, also of Lincoln, were here representing the government, be sides field supervisors and auditors. The members of the county boards in most cases accompanied by the county clerk, were present from the following counties: Sherman, Howard, Valley, Greeley, Cedar, Loup, Keya Paha, Brown, Gar field, Wheeler, Rock, Knox, Boyd, Holt and Thurston. According to the federal men some of the counties were not doing their share in taking care of the poor of their respective counties and the gov ernment officials had decided that if the counties would not do their share they would refuse to lend further aid to these counties. Their proposition was that each county levy 1.98 mills on the dollar valuation of the respect ive counties, the proceeds to be used for the relief of the poor. A levy of this size would raise a little over $33,000 in this county. But most of the counties are in the same position that this county is in. In this county the limit was levied last year and that has not been suffi cient to keep the county on a cash basis, and nearly all, if not all, the counties represented at the meeting are in about the same position that we are in here. The general fund of the various counties has been depleted dur ing the past three years in taking care of the poor, and in many counties, llolt included, judgments have been entered against them and levies have to be made to take care of these judg ments, so that the amount that can be raised for carrying on the business of the county is greatly reduced. We are of the opinion that the people of the several counties are in worse condition now than they were when Uncle Sam entered the relief field and the saddling of this extra burden on the counties is going to be more than many of them can stand. With good crops, and good, prices for farm products the several counties could very easily take care of their poor, for taxes would then be paid and the finances of the counties greatly improved, and they could do it for less than half of the amount pro posed. But with the present prices of the products of the farm, the farm er is unable to pay his taxes and what good is it going to do to make this levy, if they are unable to pay the amount H\is levy would raise into the county treasuries of the various counties. All of 44»c members of the county boards from the various counties agreed to the proposition as present ed to them by the federal representa tives to make a levy for the support of the poor. We understand from the chairman of the Holt county board, of supervisors that part of the gas tax money that comes to this county, and that averages about $1,500 per month, will be used in taking care of the poor, that is they will work on the roads and be paid from this fund for their labor. Outside of the gas tax Chairman Sul livan estimates that the amount of money needed in this county will not exceed $1,000. If they can get thru the next 14 months with no greater expenditure than that there will not be much of a holler from anyone. Gerald Cress, of Mason City, Iowa, led all his opponents in his race for the republican nomination for lieuten ant governor of Iowa, at the primary election in that state the first of the I week, but he did not receive the nec essary percentage of the votes to I secure the nomination, and the nom • inee will now be selected in a state I convention to be held within a few ! weeks. Gerald was born ar.J grew to manhood in this city and he has many friends here who tender congratu ! lations at the magnificent showing he made in the primary race in his adopt ed state and hope that he will be suc | cessful in the state convention. It is when the officers begin to hunt for escaped gangsters that we seem to bo living in a widespread country.