VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1934. No. 9 - . ■■ — - __------ -- -- ^1, .. ___... .. . ... ' O’NEILL RECEIVES NEW ALLOTMENT FOR CITY PAVING Planned To Pave Fourth Street From Douglas To Railroad Tracks And To Widen Douglas Street. Last Friday the Governor and State Engineer announced the location of approximately $3,000,000 of the $4, 000,000 federal road funds allotted to Nebraska under a program worked out by the state engineer and himself. Of this amount he assigns about $2,000,000 to federal system work and $1,000,000 to work within cities and villages. The allocation made takes in practically all sections of the state. In this program O’Neill is allotted $30,000 for widening the paving on highway No. 20 to 18 feet and the curbing—the latter to be paid for by the city or the property owners— making the highway, outside the four blocks that is paved clear across, 40 feet wide. Also paving on highway 281 from highway No. 20 south to the Northwestern railroad tracks. When here Governor Bryan said that this program, as far as this city was con cerned, was tentatively agreed to by the federal engineer and it was hoped that this work could be commenced soon. The second road program to be an nounced within the week was announc ed Wednesday. This is the secondary road program and entails the expendi ture of $1,300,000 of state and federal funds. There was $1,000,000 of the federal funds left over from the for mer designation and to this is to be added $300,000 of the state gasoline tax money. In this later appropri ation Atkinson is allotted $30,000 to be spent on the county highway north from that city, approximately seven miles of grading and structures.. Corn-Hog Association Expenses 3*/2 Percent Expenses of the Holt County Corn Hog Association up until July 1st, will amount.to 3% per cent of the benefit payments which farmers of this county will receive on their contracts, Frank Allen, Treasurer of the associa tion says. He based the figures on the benefit payments at 30 cents per bushel on corn and $5.00 per head on the hog allotment, compared with the budget turned in by the association for expenses up to July 1. Books of the association are open to all men who sign contracts, and will show actual expenses of the as sociation from the time activities started last January until June 30th. The facts of the case contradict rum ors which may have been going around about the excessive expenses of the association. Practically all of the money spent will go to local people, most of them membfers of the association, who have done the work. A little money has been spent for office equipment and supplies, and the remainder has gone for services and mileage of associa tion committeemen and employees. A new budget will be drawn by the directors of the association to cover the period from July 1 until the close of the year. This budget is not likely to be as high as the one for the organ ization period. In other words, the total expense of the corn-hog associa tion will likely not be more than 6 per cent of the benefit payments. This means that farmers receiving benefit payments will pay in association ex penses about 6 cents out of each dol lar of total benefit payments. The average corn-nog association 01 the state has drawn up contracts cov ering 350 thousand dollars in benefit payments. Had a commercial corpor ation attempted to set up and mange an organization handling one-third of a million dollars in a year, the corpor ation would have deducted about 25 per cent for organization expenses, and then probably have employed a manager with a salary of from five to 10 thousand dollars per year, to handle the business of the organization. In the case of the corn-hog associations, the members themselves have man aged the organization of the associa tion, and have not only been econ omical, but have spent practically all of the money within the county. Alpha Club The regular meeting of the Alpha Club was held Wednesday, July 11th at the John A. Robertson home, with Miss Rachel Robertson as hostess. Ten members responded l<> roll i«*h Other guests: Mrs. Sam Robertson, Mrs. L. A. Ott, Mrs. Ralph Ernst, Miss Doris Robertson, Miss Dorothy Ott and Miss Mary Luber. The following program was given: Roll Call, Memory Gem; Piano Solo, “A Curious Story,” by Curieuse His toric—Miss Hazel McDonald; Book Review, “Anthony Adverse,” by Henry Allen—Miss Carol Simonson. The club will meet August 8 with Miss Grace Lansworth. Four of the club members leave this week for their vacation. Misses Carol and Mamie Lou Simonson will visit in Council Bluffs and. go to the World’s Fair in Chicago. Miss Hazel McDon ald will visit her sister in Los Angeles, Calif. Miss Dorothy Simonson will visit friends in Erickson. mrs. McDermott dies AFTER LONG ILLNESS Funeral Services Held From Catholic Church Tuesday, With The Rev. B. J. Leahy Officiating. Mrs. James McDermott died at her home just south of this city last Sun day afternoon, after an illness of sev eral months of cancer, at the age of 46 years, 6 months and 26 days. Alice Theresa McNichols was born on a farm northwest of this city on December 19, 1887, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. H. McNichols. She grew to womanhood in this section and was for several years one of Holt county’s most successful rural school teachers. On September 13, 1913, she was united in marriage to James W. McDermott and since her marriage has lived on a farm just across the river south of this city. She leaves to mourn her death her huband, her mother, five brothers and three sisters besides a host of friends in this city and vicinity. Her brothers are: Frank, of Seattle, Wash.; William, Butte, Mont.; John, Joe and Walter, of this city, and her sisters, Mrs. J. B. Dono hoe, Mrs. T. F. Donohoe and Mrs. P. V. Hickey, of O’Neill. Mrs. McDermott was the daughter of one of the pioneer families of this county. She was a splendid woman, of pleasing personality and enjoyed the friendship of all her acquaintances. For the past couple of years sha has not been in very good health, submit ting to an operation a little over a year ago. For a time she seemed to gain, but the disease had obtained such a foothold that it was impossible to check it and she passed peace fully away a little after noon last Sunday. The funeral was held Tuesday morn ing from the Catholic church, Rev. B. J. Leahy officiating, and the esteem in which the deceased was held was shown by the large crowd that attend ed the funeral, it being one of the largest seen in this city for some time. The Frontier joins the many friends of the family in tendering the be reaved relatives its sympathy in their hour of sorrow. A number of friends gathered at the John McNally home Sunday afternoon and enjoyed a feed of fried chicken, ice cream and cake, it being a two fold even in honor of Mrs. Lillian Murphy,of Seattle, Wash., and Tommy and Eddie Ring, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Murphy is visiting relatives here, and has been a life long friend of the McNally family. Tommy and Eddie Ring are relatives of the Corrigan family, and they departed for their home Sunday nighV Tommy has been in Nebraska and Oregon for the past two years. When the first call was made for the CCC work he went with the first squad to Oregon, serving his full time there. He was accompanied home by his brother, Eddie, who spent the winter here. They went from here to Sioux City where they will visit with relatives, and will stop at the Exposition in Chicago before go ing home. The boys made many friends who wish them a safe journey home. IN DISTRICT COURT The Lincoln Joint Stock Land Bank has filed suit in the district court to foreclose a mortgage given by Emily N. Allen on September 18, 1925, for $6,000.00 on the east half of section 17, township 30, range 14, west of the 6th P. M. ' They allege in their peti tion that she failed to pay coupons No. 14, 15, 16 and 17, due on Sept. 1, 1932, March and September 1, 1933, and on March 1. 1934, and that she also failed to pay the taxes due on the property for the years 1931, 1932 and 1933, and that there is now due and unpaid the sum of $6,633.30. They ask the court to determine the amount due nnd that if not paid in a reason time that the land be sold. Christ Anderson was over from Bristow last Tuesday looking after his political fences in this section. Nebraska Candidates Seeking Nomination List of primary filings for all Con gressional and State offices with the exception of the State Seriate and House of Representatives, as compiled by the Lowell Service, Box 84, State House Station, Lincoln, Nebraska. United States Senate. Republican—Robert Smith, Omaha; Robert Simmons, Lincoln; Kenneth L. Wherry, Pawnee City; Barton Green, Lincoln; U. S. Kenne, Fort Calhoun j Democratic—Edward R. Burke, Om-! aha; Lloyd L. Bollen, Friend; Charles [ W.Bryan,Lincoln;Charles Bryan Mor-j earty, Omaha; William E. Reed, Mad ison; Anthony T. Monahan, Omaha. Short Term Republican—J. H. Kemp, Fullerton; A. A. Rezac, Omaha; Dana B. Van Dausen, Omaha; J. S. Kroh, Ogallala. Democratic — Richard C. Hunter, Omaha; Albert W. Weichel, Lincoln. Governor Republican—Theodore W. Metcalfe, Omaha; Dwight Griswold, Gordon; C. A. Sorensen, Lincoln; George B. Clark, Tilden; George W. Sterling, York. Democratic—R. L. Cochran, Lincoln; Terry Carpenter, Scottsbluff; Frank J. Flopping, Wayne; Eugene O’Sul livan, Omaha; W. B. Banning, Union; J. G. Strobble, Nebraska City; W. F. Porter, Lincoln; Mrs. Maude Nuquist, Osceola; John F. Rohn, Fremont. Lieutenant Governor Republican—C. A. Green, Lincoln; Harvey L. Webster, Tekamah; Lewis C. Westwood, Tecumseh; C. W\ John son, Potter; Stanley Wright, Alliance. Democratic—Walter H. Jurgensen (incumbent), Lincoln; T. A. Guttery, Lynch. Secretary of State Republican—rrank Marsh, worioiK; Ralph S. Smith, Lincoln; George C. Snow, Chadron; Charles B. McMahon, Stanton; Charles W. Hill, Kearney. Democratic—Harry R. Swanson (in cumbent), Omaha; Charles H. Dris coll, Lincoln. Auditor Republican—A. D. Spencer, Barnes ton; George W. Marsh, Lincoln; Harry L. Babcock, Lincoln. Democratic—William B. Price (in cumbent), Lincoln; O. H. Olson, Hast ings; C. A. Frost, Omaha; Paul F. Halpine, Omaha. Commissioner of Public Lands Republican—Gernie B. Thomas, Lin coln; J. A. Axtell, Fairbury; Harvey H. Walker, Omaha; A. J. Morris, Lin coln; Leo N. Swanson, Omaha; Dan Garber, Red Cloud; George L. Wil liams, Lincoln; Leo Lowenberg, Albion. Democratic—Harry P. Conklin (in cumbent), Scottsbluff; Harry E. Reav is, Battle Creek; C. A. Lord, Lincoln; John W. Tillman, Osceola; George Jackson, Nelson; Arnold J. Lillie, Plattsmouth; George Werner Deshler; Thomas J. Walsch, Stanton; Walter H. Jensen, Lincoln; Archie S. Gilland, Kearney. Treasurer Republican—T. W. Bass, Lincoln; L. B. Johnson, Omaha. Democratic—George E. Hall (in cumbent, Lincoln. Attorney General Republican — Don Gallagher, Lin coln; George Heinke, Nebraska City; Jackson B. Chase, Omaha; Lee Basye, Lincoln; Ernest F. Armstrong, Au burn; C. P. Anderberg, Minden; Rich ard O. Johnson, Lincoln; H. B. Reyn olds, Lincoln; Henry S. Payne, Omaha. Democratic — William H. Wright, Scottsbluff; Raymond McNamara, Hartington; Francis V. Robson, Lin coln. naiiway commissioner Republican—Harry A. Foster, Om aha; Arthur B. Walker, Lincoln; Bert M. Hardenbrook, Ord; James F. Miller, Orleans; Robert J. Marsh, O’Neill; George L. Jackson, Litchfield; R. H. Sawyer, Lincoln; Alvin C. Smith, Scottsbluff; J. L. Kizer, Lincoln. Democratic—Andy Welsh, Milford; Philip Kohl, Wayne; H. L. Challberg, Potter; Lynn C. Roberts, Omaha; Fred A. Good, Lincoln; J. C. McReynolds, Lincoln; Hugh La Master, Lincoln; Frans Johnson, Wahoo; L. C. Oberlies, Lincoln; James A. Slaughter, Omaha; K. C. Knudson, Omaha; Will M. Mau pin, Lincoln; Horace M. Davis, Lincoln. Non-Political Supreme Court Second District—L. B. Day (incum bent,) Omaha. Fourth District—Edward E. Good 1 (incumbent), Wahoo; J. A. Brunt, Fairbury. Sixth District—E. F. Carter, Gcr 1 ing, Edwin E. Squires, Broken Bow; James L. Tewell, Sidney. State Superintendent J. A. Jimeraon. Auburn; Charlr ■ W Taylor (incumbent), Lincoln; Miss, Caroline Rcngton, Hastings; Lulu S. Wolford, Lincoln. (Continued on page 4, column 1.) j WHEAT PROGARM FOR COMING YEAR HAS NO CHANGES Unless Otherwise Notified Wheat Con tract Signers Must Lay Out 15 Per Cent Of Base Acreage. No change was made in the benefit payments, reduction pequired, or pro cessing tax of the wheat adjustment program for 1935. Secretary Wallace, in making the announcement, said he might change the amount of reduction to a percentage below 16 per cent during the next six weeks if he thot it wise to do so. Unless otherwise notified, wheat contract signers will be required to lay out 15 per cent of their wheat base acreage as rented or contracted acres for 1935, the notice to the Boyd-Holt county allotment committee said. If the secretary should change the re duction to 10 or 12 per cent before the first of August, farmers can easily prepare a little more ground and seed the wheat. Contract signers may seed up to 85 per cent of the base acreage on their contracts again this fall and next spring for 1935 harvest. Nothing was said in the announcement about the 54 per cent minimum requirement, but it is assumed that this requirement will be in force during the coming year. Benefit payments will be the same as last year. Farmers who show com pliance by turning in the compliance blanks now will automatically get the first installment of 20 cents per bushel of the 1934 payment in October of this year. Another nine cents less ex penses of the county association will be paid when the farmer has complied, next spring. When the contract sign er receives his October check this year he will be half thru cashing wheat payment checks for his two years of reduction. Processing tax of 30 cents per bush el on wheat used for human food will continue. The tax to date has paid for dll the benefit payments due farm ers up to this time. Francis Flood To Speak In O’Neill Wheat and corn-hog allotment com mittee members of this county are urging all members of the associations to hear Francis Flood discuss the Triple A program on August 3 at O’Neill. Flood is to talk at a series of 21 district meetings all over the state from July 23 to August 4. The general public as well as mem bers of the control associations is in vited to attend the meeting at O’Neill. The program will start at 2 p. m. The effect of the drouth on the Triple A programs, the results of the first year of the wheat program, the next six months of the corn-hog pro gram, and the policies behind all the adjustment plans will be among the points emphasized by Flood in his talk. After visiting practically every country in the world in his travels, Flood has spent the past year and a half in Washington with Secretary Wallace and the adjustment admin istration. He says he has been in the most fascinating activity in the whole world—an atempt to recover from national depression. If he runs true to form, his talk will be sprinkled with wit and humor about brain tnustors, base figures, hog evidence, use of contracted acres, excess pigs, and some of the other items of the programs which have caused no end of discussion during the past six months. Each meeting will also include a question box period handled by county and state officials of the adjustment administration. Those who attend will be asked to write down their questions during the first part of the meeting in order to handle the ques tion box in an orderly manner. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heartfelt thanks to the many kind friends and neighbors for their assistance and the kindness shown us during the sickness and following the death of our beloved, wife, daughter and sister, and for the many beautiful floral trib utes.—James W. McDermott and Mrs. P. H. McNichols and family. Miss Marion Golden announced her approaching marriage to John Robin son, of Hampton, Iowa, at a party given in her honor at the Golden hotel last Monday rveiling. There were 15 guests present, including Miss Dorothy Blodgett, of Lincoln, nnd Mrs. Irl flicks, of Norfolk. Mrs. Froelich and Mrs, R. B. Mellor &on the prizes. THE WEATHER All O’Neill heat records were broken jjast Monday when the thermometer | climbed to 111. There was only one | other place in the state as hot that day, and that was Grand Island, where it was also 111. Geneva has the rec ord for the state as the thermometer touched 118 there on Wednesday. Temperature Precip High Low itation Fri., July 13_ 99 68 Sat., July 14 —1Q3 64 Sun., July 15_102 68 Mon., July 16.Ill 67 .07 Tues., July 17 107 66 .37 Wed., July 18 104 68 Thurs., July 18 108 70 All records for continued heat have been broken in this section during the past week. The thermometer from Friday, July 13, up to an including Thursday, July 19, has averaged just a fraction less than 105 for each day of the week. Above table tells the record. Corn has been standing it fairly well, despite the intense heat, but some farmers are now afraid that the early corn has been damaged be yond redemption. From Sunday, July 8, up to and in cluding Saturday, July 14, the temp erature averaged 100 for each day of the week. Children Should Be Taught To Swim On last Saturday a tragic accident happened at Lake Okaboji, an Iowa summer resort. Five girls, the young est 17, and the oldest 28, were wading along a rock reef that extended out into the lake. One of the girls slipped off into deep water. The other girls came to her rescue, floundered in, and all five girls were drowned. Not one of the girls could swim. The Omaha Bee-News in comenting editorially on the tragedy says in part: “One lesson is clearly and poignantly emphasized by this sorrowful happening. Every child should be taught to swim at an early age. Children will swim as naturally as puppies, if given the op portunity. Swimming pools shotild. be provided in every community where a river or lake does not furnish oppor tunity to swim. To be able to take care of oneself in emergency is just as essential to know as any other branch of knowledge in which children are given instruction. It should never be necessary to record of a group of girls ranging from 17 to 28 years of age that not one of them knew how to swim.” The above is well worth consider able thought on the part of the par ents and other citizens of O’Neill, and of other communities of Holt county where they do not have an adequate, safe and sanitary place for the child ren of the community to learn this most important art, swimming. For the past six or seven years, due to the lack of water in the Elkhorq river, the children of O’Neill have not had the opportunity of learning to swim, and as a result we have a num ber of young men and women and more growing to manhood and woman hood each year, who are unable to swim. Let us hope that an adequate, safe and sanitary place for the children of O’Neill to learn to swim will soon be provided. We can then be assured that the daily papers will not carry the sorrowful and tragic account of the drowning of any of our children, as they did of those of Orange City, on last Sunday. Mr. and Msr. F. M. Daley, of Jer ome, Idaho, arrived in the city last Saturday morning for a few days visit with relatives and friends here. They left home about three weeks ago and visited relatives at Deadwood and other points in South Dakota, and then made a visit to the World’s exposition at Chicago, and visited, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P .J. Biglin in this city, Mrs. Biglin being a sister of Mr. Daley. They also visited with his brother, William Daley, at Emmet. They left Tuesday morning for home, going by way of Denver. Mr. and Mrs. Daley had an enjoyable visit j here with their many old time friends, j as they were both resident in this j city until about 1894, when they moved west. They are now living in an irrigated section of the country and | Mr. Daley says they do not have to worry about any rain. -- J. H. McPharlin received a telegram last Thursday giving him the news that he was again a grnndfather, a son having been born to Dr. and Mrs.! .1. H. McPharlin, of Salinas, Cnlif. Dr. and Mrs. McPharlin visited here short ly after their marriage, a little over a year ago,* | GOV. BRYAN SPEAKS TO CROWD HERE ON AFFAIRS OF STATE Governor Reviews His Record, Taking Credit For All Good Legislation Passed In Recent Years. Governor Charles W. Bryan arrived in the city last Tuesday afternoon, a little late for his meeting, which was caused, he said, by locking himself out of his automobile at Norfolk and being forced to have a new key made before he could gain entrance thereto. But although a title late he talked for nearly two hours to a crowd of be tween 400 and 600 people on the court house lawn. The governor was in good form and gave no evidence that his serious illness of last fall and winter had in any way impaired his ability as a stump speaker. He was introduced by Judge J. J. Harrington, and he at once launched into an attack on political attorneys’ meaning, of course, our former fellow citizen, Arthur F. Mullen, although he was not mentioned by named. He said he drew the line on political attorneys who were employed to thwart the will of the people at so much per. As usual, in all his addresses, he took credit for all the good state legis lation that had been enacted during the past dozen years or more and said that he had saved the people of the state from having any bonded in debtedness, by refusing to call the legislature in session three years ago, when petitioned by the members to do so. He claimed that during the first three months in office he had saved the people 32 per cent in the amount they were paying for roads in the state of Nebraska, by preventing collustion in bidding on roads. Bryan went into office in 1931 the last time and that was after the price of everything had commenced to come down, and it was the times, more than any act of Bry an’s, that caused, a reduction in the bids on road contracts in the state. He ran true to form all thru His1 address. He came out flat footed for Ihe immediate payment of the sold- ; iers bonus and an inflated currency. He referred to the O’Neill paving and said that we had gotten it from the government, but that we did not get any more than we were entitled to. After the talk some one remarked that while O'Neill got one mile of paving wonder what Plainview had done that :hey received over five miles. Taken all in all, Bryan made a good appeal for himself, and while he said Lhat he was supporting the New Deal tie believed that the Square Deal was the best one for the people and he