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VOL. LV.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934
No. 5
“OWEN” DONOHOE IS
WINNER IN ANNUAL
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Stanley J. Lewis Is Defeated 2 and 1
By Donohoe In Finals Of The
Championship Flight.
LADIES ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE
The Thirteenth Annual Invitation
golf tournamentof the O'Neill Coutnry
Club came to a successful conclusion
Tuesday afternoon when Eugene E.
“Owen” Donohoe, of Detroit, Mich.,
won the Club honors by defeating
Stanley J. Lewis, of Omaha, 2 and 1.
The new champion of the golfers of
this section, Mr. Donohoe, is a former
O’Neill boy, having been born and
grew to manhood on a farm a few
miles north of this city, but has been
here but very little since he went away
to school some 25 years ago. For
several years he has been practicing
lawr in Detroit and is considered one
of the leading members of the pro
fession in the automobile city.
The runner-up, Mr. Lewis, was also
a former resident of this city, resid
ing here for several years and during
his residence here was a familiar
figure on the links of the O’Neill
Country Club. It was a splendid con
test and the contestants were fol
lowed by a large crowd of enthus
iastic golf bugs.
One hundred and. eleven entered the
tournament this year and it is said
that it was one of the best ever staged
by the local club, which is noted in
the state, among the golf bugs, as
putting on splendid tournaments. A
large jolly crowd participated amd
everyone seemed to thoroughly enjoy
themselves.
In order to handle the crowd five
different flights were put on and the
winners of the different flights were
as follows:
Flight No. 1, Championship—E. G.
Donohoe, winner; Stanley J. Lewis,
runner-up.
Flight No. 2—-Max Golden, winner;
John McCarthy, runner-up.
Flight No. 3—Dr. L. A. Burgess,
winner; W. J. Biglin, runner-up.
Flight No. 4 —R. M. Tomlinson,
winner; Bud Houston, runner-up.
Flight No. 5—Josiah Coombs, win
ner; K. A. Wehl, runner-up.
The ladies of this city, as well as
the visiting ladies, had an enjoyable
time at their bridge parties during the
tournament. Cards were played, at
the Club house Sunday and Monday
afternoons. At the games Sunday
sixty ladies participated and in this
contest Mrs. W. J. Biglin won high
score; Mrs. George Agnes the door
prize and Mrs. Robert Larson, of Til
den, high score for out of town ladies.
The card games Monday afternoon
were participated in by forty-four
ladies. Again Mrs. W. J. Biglin won
the high score; Mrs. H. J. Birmingham
the door prize and Mrs. Donald Gal
lagher, of Lincoln, the high score for
-X>ut of town ladies.
Out of town visitors were ioua m
their praise of the hospitality extend
ed by the O’Neill ladie3 and their con
duct of the entertainment, many
claiming they were among the finest
parties they had ever attended.
Following is the story of the con
test for the championship: In the
first flight in this battle George Light
ner eliminated Orville Winchell who
was the medalist of the meet, 3 and 2.
Ray Russell eliminated Billie Ham
mond 4-3; Hugh O’Donnell eliminated
L. J. Aram, 2 up. S. J. Lewis elimin
ated Joe Baldwin 1 up. H. J. Houston
eliminated George Goff 4 and 2.
Owen Donohoe eliminated J. L. Brown
7 up. S. B. Shiveley eliminated D.
Stockwell 1 up in 23 holes. Carl Harp
eliminated Bob Biglin 3 and 1.
In the second round Lightner elim
inated Russell 3 and 2; Lewis elimin
ated O’Donnell 3 and 2; Donohoe
eliminated Houston 5 and 4; Harp
eliminated Shiveley 1 up in 20 holes.
In the third round of the champion
ship flight Lewis eliminated Lightner
3 and 2 and Donohoe eliminated Harp
3 and 2. In the finals Donohoe de
feated Lewis 2 and 1.
Flight No. 2—Max Golden elimin
ated DeFell; Soukup eliminated Birm
ingham; Odle eliminated Mauch; Mc
Donald eliminated Father Brady; Bau
essere eliminated \A. Griftin; John
McCarthy eliminated Reardon; Pat
Harty eliminated Don Gallagher;
Martland eliminated Bennie. In the
second round of this flight Golden
eliminated Soukup; Odle eliminated
McDonald; McCarthy eliminated Bau
esBore; Pat Harty eliminated Mart
land. In the third round Golden elim
inated Odle; McCarthy eliminated
Harty and in the finals Golden won
from McCarthy.
Flight No. 3—Judge Donohoe elim
inated Roy Patitz; Buelow eliminated
J. F. O’Donnell; L. G. Raber won from
Hugh Coyne by default; L. A. Bur
gess eliminated E. C. Green; F. J.
Biglin eliminated Gaius Cadwell;
Stockton eliminated Stout; P. C. Don
ohoe eliminated Bill Stannard; W. J.
Biglin eliminated C. C. Barr. In the
second round, Judge Donohoe elimin
ated Buelow; Burgess eliminated Rab
er; F. J. Biglin eliminated Stockton;
W. J. Biglin eliminated P. C. Donohoe.
In the third round Dr. Burgess elim
inated Judge Donohoe; W J. Biglin
eliminated F. J. Biglin and in the
tinal match Dr. Burgess defeated W.
J. Biglin one up.
Flight No. 4—Jimmy Tuor elimin
ated W. W. Mahannah; Kay Potts
eliminated Steve Allen; Bob Houston
eliminated Bob Roberts; J. J. Ryan
won from E. F. Gallagher by default;
R. M. Tomlinson eliminated W. H.
Harty; W. J Hammond eliminated
Pete Stafford; Art Turner eliminated
Carl Goucher; Hugh Ryan eliminated
Jim Harty. In the second round Potts
eliminated Tuor; Houston won from
Ryan by default; Tomlinson elimin
ated W. J. Hammond; Hugh Ryan
eliminated Art Turner. In the third
round Houston eliminated Potts; Tom
linson eliminated Ryan and Tomlinson
defeated Houston 4 and 3.
Flight No. 5—The field was not
large in this flight and the honors
were won by Josiah Coombs who de
deated K. A. Wehl.
Those In Attendance
Following is a list of those who
registered for the tournament and
most of whom participated in at least
one or more games during the three
days:
O’Neill: F. N. Cronin, H. J. Birm
ingham, P. C. Donohoe, W. J. Biglin,
W F. Finley, R. R. Dickson; J. F.
O’Donnell, E. M. Gallagher, Ira H.
Moss, Dr. L. A. Burgess, Ed. Camp
bell, Joe Mann, H. E. Coyne, W. H.
Harty, J. B. Ryan, Ted McElhaney,
S. J. Weekes, J. B. Mellor, J. J. Har
rington, F. J. Biglin, F. J. Dishner,
J. D. Cronin, P. Montgomery, C. J.
Gatz, H. J. Reardon, W. J. Hammond,
D. H. Clauson, J Davidson, G. M.
Harrington, R. R. Morrison, B. J.
Grady, Max Golden, P. B. Harty, A.
M. Turner, Thomas Mains, G. C. Cad
well, L. C. Walling, K. A. Wehl, R. B.
Mellor, Earl Burtis, James Harty,
William Hammond, Jr., J. R. Gallagh
er, L. J. Tuor, Steve Gilbert, C. E.
Stout, Bob Biglin, George H. Agnes,
Peorge S. Agnes, Francis Soukup,
R. M. Tomlinson, J, P. Mann, Hugh
Ryan, Orville Winchell, E. F. Gal
lagher, John Allen.
Omaha: James Boler, S. J. Lewis,
Josiah Coombs, Carl Goucher, Judge
J. A. Donohoe, F. L. Martian!, John
McCarthy, Joe Proskooil, Hugh O'Don
nell, Ray Russell.
Racine, Wis.: Earl Bulow.
Los Angeles, Calif.: George W.
Stannard.
St. Edwards: George Lightner.
Lincoln: Donald Gallagher, VV. W.
Griflin and R. F. Griffin.
Detroit, Mich.: E .G. Donohoe.
Norfolk: J. L. Brown.
Ainsworth: Joe Baldwin, C. W. Odle.
Bassett: D. D. Houston, Ray H.
I’atitz, Walter Mauch, Dwaine Stock
well.
Blair. 11 F. Mullen.
Tilden: Dr. C. Larson, C. C. Barr,
Sr., C. C. Barr, Jr., Roy Potts J. J.
Ryan.
Butte: W. W. Mannah.
Pilger: Robert Larson.
Clearwater: J. W. Bennie, Dobn
Depol.
Plainview: L. G. Baber, L. J. Anun,
S. B. Shively, H. H. McKinney, G. L.
Millnitz.
Atkinson: Roy McDonald.
Spencer: J. M. Pucelick, Lucian
Cook, J. O. Stockton.
Randolph: P. J. O’Donnell.
Niobrara: C. L. Green.
Spalding: N. Fox, Paul Bauessere,
Dr. M. M. Sullivan.
Greeley: J. M. Lannigan, F. Fitz
patrick.
Long Pine: Earl C. Harp.
ScottsblufT: Pete Stafford.
Mitchell, S. D.: Bob Roberts.
Shoemaker Finds He Has
An Excellent Gravel Pit
George Shoemaker has leased a
gravel pit on his farm, six miles south
of town, to Henry Enning, of Lincoln,
a road contractor and. they are now
taking the gravel from the Shoemaker
place and spreading it on highway 281
south of town. George says that he
has known for thirty years that ho
had a small gravel pit on his place,
hut he never opened it up until a year
ago, since which time he has been
using gravel from the pit on his own
place. But he was astonished when
these road men went out there and
made tests of the gravel, to find that
he had. a very extensive pit, and the
gravel is said to be of the very best
quality.
Where the pit has been dug George
says that he had been in the habit of
cutting from a top and a half to two
tons of hay per acre, each year. The
gravel is a dark blue in color and
tests made by the road men to the
depth of 20 feet show that the gravel
extends all the way down and ap
parently gets better the further down
the gravel lies. With the great de
mand for gravel George has a little
gold mine on his farm.
Wheat Benefit Payments
Larger Than Expected
Wheat benefit payments received by
contract signers by the end of this
year will amount to about $4.75 per
acre for the wheat seeded for 1934
harvest by these farmers. The wheat
contract has become the greatest crop
insurance policyl Nebraska farmers
ever had.
Contract signers received and cash
ed one check representing the first in
stallment of the 1933 payment. When
the secretary of agriculture accepts
the compliance statements on the 1934
crop, he will send out the second
check which is the last installment of
the 1933 payment. In October, each
man who has compiled with the con
tract will receive the third check,
which is the first installment of the
1934 payment. These three checks
for all contract signers, will bring
nine to ten million dollars into Ne
braska by the end of 1934.
Unless wheat prices should go up
to parity levels and stay there l'or the
next year or more, contract signers
will get a 1935 payment next year.
Wben compliance with the contract is
checked a year from now, each con
tract signer who has complied woll re
ceive the second installment of 1934
pay and also the 1935 payments. In
other words, when the contract signer
cashes his third check this Octoberj he
will be half through getting his benefi.
payments for the two years of com
pliance with his wheat contract.
Should wheat prices go to parity
and stay there, the 1935 payment
might disappear, but the farmers
would get a higher price for all the
wheat they had to sell instead of the
benefit payment on 54 per cent of their
base production, plus the market
price for the wheat they sell.
The amount of benefit payment for
1934, the amount of the first install
ment, the amount of the processing
tax, and the statement regarding par
ity price are to be announced by the
secretary within the next few days.
How much reduction will be requested
of contract signers in 1935 may not
come until later reports on the 1934
harvest are received.
NUPTIALS
Roy Waldo, of Bartlett, and Miss
Jesse Viola Lawrence, of Atkinson,
were united in marriage at Atkinson
last Thursday, Rev. McPherson of
ficiating.
Frank Havranek, of Atkinson, and
Miss Beatrice Bowers, of Anoka,
were united in marriage at the Meth
odist parsonage last Monday by Rev.
F. J. Aucock.
Judge E.F. Carter, of Gering, Nebr.,
was in the city the first of the week
getting acquainted with the voters in
this section of the district. Judge Cart
er is Judge of the Seventeeenth Jud
icial district and is a non-political
candidate for Judge of the supreme
court. Coining to O’Niell and Holt
county is like coming home to Judge
Carter, as he was born on a home
stead a couple of miles north of Mid
dlebraneh, and lived in this county
several years. His father farmed near
Middlebranch and afterwards worked
for a number of years in the Middle
branch mills for John Eberley. Judge
Carter is a first cousin of Ray War
ing, living near Middlebranch and he
was a guest at the Waring home while
in this county.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Frenking and
children came up from Omaha last
Saturday evening to take in the golf
tournament and visit relatives and
friends. Mr. J. J. McCafferty, who
has been visiting the Frenking home
in Omaha for the past six weeks, re-1
turned home with them. Mr. Frenk
ing returned home Tuesday, while Mrs.
Frenking remained for a several weeks
visit here.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lewis came
up from Omaha last Saturday to at
tend the golf tournament and spend a
| few days visiting friends in this city, j
Farmers Should Soon Have
Second 1933 Wheat Checks
The first wheat compliance forms
from Nebraska went to Washington
Friday of last week after being re
viewed and passed by the state wheat
administration office in Lincoln.
Thurston and Butler counties were the
first to get their forms on the way.
Federal re-check engineers have
completed a check of about three per
cent of the work of local wheat super
visors in about fifteen counties. Meas
uring of fields and filling out of blanks
is practically complete in thirty of the
65 counties with wheat associations.
Within another week all counties ex
cepting those in western Nebraska
will have finished, the local supervis
ion work.
No definite word has been received
from Washington regarding the speed
with which the compliance blanks can
be handled and accepted there, but
indications are that no time will be
lost and farmers will soon be cashing
their second installment of 1933
checks. The acceptance of the 1934
compliance blanks will automatically
entitle each contrat signer to the first
installment of the 1934 payment in
October.
This means that all contract sign
ers of the state, who had wheat in
1933, and who complied with the pro
gram, will have two wheat checks this
fall. The total amount to come into
the state is likely to be six to seven
million dollars. The exact amount
cannot be determined until the amount
of the first installment of the 1934
payment is announced.
First reports of the supervision
work and the re-check show that prac
tically all the measuring has been
done accurately, and that compara
tively few farmers have overseeded
wheat or taken out less than their
correct number of contracted acres.
Almost without exception, farmers
are adjusting their acreage to the
right figures and complying with their
contracts.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The annual school meetings were
held over the county on last Monday,
and reports of the Directors have come
in very promptly. The first report
was received the same afternoon of
the meeting from District 122, near
Chambers. William Ermer is Director.
In spite of the general conditions,
most of the school districts have
closed the year with very little debt.
District 251, Ash Grove school, near
Middlcbranch, a two year approved
high school which was organized last
year with considerable expense, has
been able to pay off $1,243.29 of their
debt. They had an enrollment of 17
high school pupils from Holt and Knox
counties from which they received
$1,386.00 of free high school tuition.
The school board members are F. L.
Carey, director; Emil Block, moder
ator, and George Rector, treasurer.
No additional information has yet
been received regarding the summer
study center which was mentioned in
last weeks paper. Any teacher or
high school graduate who is interested
in this should communicate with the
county superintendent’s office. As soon
as any further informatidn is re
ceived a personal letter will be sent
to each person interested.
Students desiring free high school
privileges for the coming year, who
have not made applications, should do
so before July 1. Any student de
siring to make this application, who
does not have the card may procure
one from the superintendents office.
The following students have had
perfect attendance during the past
school year. These are in addition to
the list published a few weeks ago:
Dist. 3: Ardis Mellor.
District 20: Shirely Bates, Arthur
Jurgensmeir, Monica Shorthill, Zane
Cole, Treslyn Vogel, Esther Luben,
Frankie Sesler, Merle Foreman, Dar
ley Banks, Shirley Dill, Zelma Banks,
and James Banks.
Dist. 31: Lela Johnson and Harold
Stewart.
Dist. 33: Neva Moler.
Dist. 56: Doris and Ardis Hansen.
Dist. 57: Neva Ickes, Donald Bridge,
Sybil Ji kes, Ruth Holliday and Goldie
Bridge.
Dist. 80: William Allendorfer.
Dist. 82: John Mitchell, Bessie
Mitchell, Trula Hartman and. Ruby
Hartman.
Dist. 107: Henry Fleck.
Dist. 121: I awrence Tangeman,
Joellen Hoerle and Dorceen Tangeman.
Dist. 131: Annabelle Daniels.
Dist. 155: Vernon Siebert.
Dist. 158: Robert Schmaderer.
Dist. 172: LaVern Campbell.
Dist. 183: Garold Risor.
Dist. 206: Norma Herrick, Joyce
Herrick and Billy Krysl.
Dist. 213: Walter Zahradnicek.
Asks That Transients Not
Be Fed Unless They Work
The Federal Relief office in O’Neill
is asking people of the city not to
furnish food or money to transients
who have not worked to earn it. Miss
Doretha Grady, Federal relief worker
says:
"Tansients are being cared for by
the Relief offices in all counties. The
Relief office in O’Neill furnishes orders
for a meal or groceries to all tran
sients who apply for aid. In return
for a thirty-five cent order a transi
ent is required to work for one hour.
We find that some would rather beg
on the streets or at the houses than to
work for their orders. Therefore, we
are asking the people of O'Neill to
cooperate with us by refusing to give
cither money or food to any transient
before he has worked for one hour.
Bcrger-Ciray
Kenneth Berger, of O’Neill, and
Miss Erma Gray, of Page, were united
in marriage at the Methodist parson
age at Neligh, on Thursday, June 7,
1934, Rev. Kelly, Methodist minister
officiating.
Kenneth Berger is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Berger, living northeast of
O’Neill, and graduated from the
O’Neill high school in the class of
1924, and since that time has been en
gaged in ranching and farming north
east of this city.
Miss Erma Gray is a nativo of Page
and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
R. R. Gray, pioneer residents of that
village. She graduated from the Page
high school in the class of 1924 and
later attended the Wayne State Norm
al. Since her graduation from the
Stale Normal she has been teaching,
the last four years in the grades of
the Page public school.
The young couple toured eastern
and southern Nebraska on a wedding
trip and are now at home on his
father’s ranch northeast of this city.
This young couple have many
friends throut the county who wish
them many years of wedded, happi
ness and prosperity.
New Filings For Office
Miss Bea A. Murphy, of Shields
township, has filed for nomination to
the office of county superintendent.
John T. Lamson, of Page, filed for
nomination to the office of county sup
erintendent.
W. S. Kirkland, of Atkinson, has
filed for the republican nomination to
the office of register of deeds.
Seymour Harkins, of Lake township,
has filed for the democratic nomina
tion for supervisor from the Fifth
district.
J. B. Fullerton, one of the pioneer
residents of Pleasantview township,
filed for the republican nomination for
representative from this county.
United States Marshal Chet Leedom,
of Rapid City, South Dakota, accom
panied by his Deputy Gilmore, of
Deadwood, were in the city Tuesday
noon on their way to R1 Rena, Okla.,
with five federal prisoners. Mr. Leed
on has been Untied States Marshal of
South Dakota for a little over eight
years, and he lays down the cares of
office at the end of this month, being
succeeded in office by a good democrat.
Mr. Leedom was raised down in Os
mond, where his father was engaged
in the newspaper business for many
years, and the son took up the same
line of work in his adopted state.
Chet says that he will probably re
enter the newspaper game after he
lays down the cares of office, as it is
the work with which he is most
familiar.
Mr. and Mrs. Ora Bowen and Mrs.
Olive Pendergast left Wednesday
morning for Kearney where they will
spend a few days visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Warner. Mrs.
Warner is a sister of Mrs. Bowen and
a daughter of Mrs. Pendergast. They
will also attend a play being put on
there called the “Exodus said to be
something on the order of the PaHsion
Play and for the presentation of which
the citizens of Kearney have been
planning for several months. They
expect to return home Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ryan left this
afternoon for Park Rapids, Minn.,
where the will join the O'Neill dele
gation for a ten day fishing trip. Mr.
and Mrs. Ryan expect to be absent
about two weeks. During his ab
sense George McCarthy, substitute
carrier on Route No. 1, will take Mr.
Ryan’s place as mail carrier.
MAKING EFFORT TO
ADJUST PIG QUOTAS
TO FIT CONDITIONS
Requirements Regarding Number Of
Litters That May Be Farrowed
Have Been Removed.
Farmers signing corn hog contracts
need not worry about the number of
litters they farrow in 1934, according
to administrative ruling Cl of the
corn-hog section. The ruling states
very definitely, however, that the
farmer must ke*ep within his allot
ment of pigs raised from the 1934
litters.
The removal of the requirment re
garding number of litters farrowed
will permit those men who have al
ready farrowed more thon their ad
justed number to sign up the contract
without technically violating it before
they sign it. The ruling will also per
mit those who have poor luck with
their pigs this year to farrow more
fall litters in order to more nearly
reach the 75 per cent allotment of
their hog base.
Because of the adjustments neces
sary to meet the county quotas, some
farmers now have more pigs than
they are allowed under the adjust
ment. Instruction from the corn-hog
section are that no one should kill the
extra pigs at the time of signing the
contract. No statement has been made
regarding the final disposal of the
extra pigs.
Adjustments in corn acres for this
county will change the total number
of acres a farmer can have for grain
this year, but none of the corn which
is planted need be destroyed. The
extra acres can be grown for fodder,
with the exception of those who took
out practically 30 per cent of their
corn base as contracted acres, all other
farmers can keep the same number olj
contracted acres and change the per
centage figure on the contracts. For
example, if a man with a 100 acre
corn base has taken out 25 acres as
contracted acres and he gets cut five
per cent to 96 acres for a base, his
25 acres become 26.3 per cent instead
of 25 per cent of his base. The benefit
payment will be made on not to ex
ceed 30 per cent of the adjusted corn
base.
Grasshopper Poison
Is Still Available
For the benefit of anyone who has
been troubled lately by grasshoppers,
there is still quite a large amount of
poison available in O’Neill, Atkinson,
Stuart. Anyone interested in obtain
ing some should, see John Steinhauser
at Stuart, Hugh L. James at Atkin
son, or County Agent Reece at O’Neill.
This poison is free of charge and will
be distributed as long as it lasts, the
only requirement being that the empty
sacks must be returned. The warmer
weather after the rain will cause the
hoppers to become quite active and
only careful supervision of the crops
will prevent serious damage.
Hospital Notes
W. F. Harris, of Page, went home
last Friday afternoon.
Miss Eleanor Jones, of Chambers,
had her tonsils removed last Friday
and went home Saturday morning.
Miss Wanda Spanglkr was operated
on for acute appendicitis last Friday
evening, June 15, and went home
Wednesday afternoon, June 20.
Leon Sargent, of Opportunity, ent
ered the hospital Wednesday with
bruises and cuts which he received at
his home Wednesday morning.
Little John Conner, son of Rev. and
Mrs. W. G. Conner, of Venus, Joseph
ine Conger, of Inman, and Billy Timm,
of Page, all had their tonsils removed
June 21.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends for
all their kindness during the illness
and death of our dear wife and
mother..—C. T. Simonson, Mr. and
Mrs Vinton Simonson, Carol Simon
son and Mamie Lou Simonson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hubbard came
up from Lincoln last Friday morning
to spend a few days visiting friends
and looking after business matters.
They left home early in the morning
and arriived here about 9 a. m. They
returned to their Lincoln home Mon
day afternoon. Mr. Hubbard says that
it is very dry down in that section of
the state, as the recent rains they had
in Lincoln did not extend very far out
in the country.
Mrs.FrankOberle and granddaught
er returned last Saturday from a three
weeks visit with relatives in Wyoming.
