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VOL. LV. O’NEILL,NEBRASKA, THURSDAY,AUGUST 9, 1934. No. 12
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FIRST GOVERNMENT
CATTLE PURCHASE TO
BE HELD SATURDAY
Cattle Are To Be Delivered By The
Producer To The Designated
Shipping Point.
The first cattle to be purchased in
Holt county will be at Atkinson Sat
urday, August 11, when permits for
200 head have been sent out. A simi
lar number will be delivered in O’Neill
next week. This will start the
cattle buying program in this county
which will continue for some time.
In connection with this program
there are several things of interest to
the public. No one is to be solicited
to sell cattle to the government. Any
one desiring to sell catle to the govern
ment must do so of his own accord.
The cattle are to be delivered by the
producer to the designated shipping
point. They are then appraised by
the B. A. D. Inspector who places the
price on the animal that the govern
ment is to pay. The producer has
the privilege of accepting or rejecting
this price. It should be remembered
the inspector has a definite price range
which he cannot exceed.
The producer must be present when
the cattle are delivered as no rela
tive or agent can sign the necessary
papers.
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ine name ui trie uvunuiuei iiiubi uc
stated on the inventory so that they
may be notified, that cattle covered by
their mortgage is being sold. The
lienholder must sign with the pro
ducer if the cattle are mortgaged.
O’Neill relatives received word last
evening of the death of Claude Madi
son, 48, at his home in Spokane,
Washington. Claude left here about
twenty-fie years ago and went to
Butte, Mont, where he lived for sev
eral years, then moving to Spokan%
where he has lived for about eight
years. He had been in poor health
for about seven years, suffering from
a heart ailment and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves to mourn his
passing a wife and three children in
Spokane; his mother and two sisters,
Mrs. Evans and Mrs. C. E. Cunning
ham, O'Neill, and Mrs. Claude Good
sell, Quinn, Minn., and five brothers,
Roy, Madison, S. D.; Henry, Sturgis,
S.D.; Harry, Norfolk; Elmer, Pilger
and Bryan, Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Gallagher and
sons and Mrs. M. A. McCafferty re
turned last Monday evening from their
trip to the Minnesota lakes. While
on their way home their car was run
into by a truck and smashed beyond
repair, and they were compelled to
finish the trip by rail. Fortunately
no one was seriously injured, Mrs.
Gallagher being the most seriously
hurt, suffering severe cuts and
bruises and from the shock of the im
pact. The car was a new one that
Mr. Gallagher purchased prior to
starting on the trip. The truck was
driving on the wrong side of the road
and hit them head on.
Attorney Ivan D. Evans and John
W. Kelly, of Broken Bow, were in the
city Wednesday boosting their fellow
townsman, Edwin Squires, for a posi
tion on the supreme court of the state.
While here they called at this office
and we renewed an acqquaintance of
several years with Mr. Kelly These
gentlemen say that the people of Cus
ter county are solidly backing Mr.
Squires for a place on the bench and
they expect to see him one of the
nominees when the ballots are counted.
MILK AND
CREAM PRICES
We the undersigned milk and cream
dealers and dairymen, find it is ab
solutely necessary that we advance
the price of milk and cream.
Milk delivered at the house 10c
per quart, fic per pint; cream 20c
per pint and 40c per quart. This
also advances the price of milk and
cream to all merchants and milk
and cream dealers. These prices to
become effective on and after Au
gust 15, 1934.
JOHN L. QUIG.
JOHN DUMPERT.
A WALT SPANGLER.
C. L. HARDING,
P. V. HICKEY,
J. C. CARNEY.
L O. JOHNSON.
FRANK PETR,
NAUGHTON BROTHERS.
Fined For Seining Of Fish
Stanley Gross and Emil Zikmund, of
Valley county, were arrested by Game
Warden Wallace Weller at Swan Lake
for seining. They were brought tc
this city and taken before Justice of
the Peace McKenna on August 1st
Zikmund plead guilty and was fined
$10 and costs, amounting to $4.65.
Gross appeared before the justice on
August 6 and also plead guilty and
was fined $10 and costs, amounting to
$4.75. Now if the game wardens will
watch some of the residents of this
county who have been making a
habit of seining for several years and
put them out of business some of us
who love to fish might have a little
luck once in a while when we go fish
ing.
EXPERIENCED HAND
CAN SHOW HOW TO
BUILD TRENCH SILO
Little Feed in Sight, And Coming
Winter To Be One Of Hardest
On Livestock In The State.
All farmers in this county who have
ever used trench silos are asked to
report immediately to the office of this
newspaper or to the agricultural
agent's office at O’Neill, their names
and the location of the farm on which
each silo is located. These farmers
are also asked to be public spirited
enough to tell visitors to their farms
how to dig the trench silo and how to
use it.
During the present emergency, few
people realize that there is very little
feed in sight in the entire state and
that the coming winter will be one of
the hardest ones on Nebraska live
stock in the history of the state. Even
tho dried up corn does not make
much feed, it will be better than noth
ing. The quickest way for one farm
er to find out how to dig the trench
and how to use it is to talk to another
farmer who has had the experience.
This is exactly what this news story
proposes to do—get the man with ex
perience on a list so those who want
to know can visit him within the next
few days. If this newspaper office
can be of help in the plan, the people
in the office will be glad to help out.
Trench silos recommended by the
agricultural college in a bulletin they
put out are about eight feet wide at
the bottom but twelve feet wide at the
top. The trench is eight to ten feet
deep, and can be as long as needed
to take care of the feed available.
Some poles or planks are needed at
the top to keep the side walls from
caving. The dirt taken out of the
trench is banked up against the poles
or planks to help drain off the rain
and snow water. Three or four inches
of loose dirt make the best cover
for the silage after the trench is filled.
Farmers can dig the trenches with
plows and scrapers and horses or
tractors. If a small road grader is
available it comes handy in loosening
the dirt near the trench walls.
E. E. Cole, of Star, was an O’Neill
visitor last Saturday. Mr. Cole left
Sunday for St. Louis, Mo., where he
will spend a few days visiting old time
friends. Then he will put in a week 01
more visiting at the home of his sister
in Kansas City. He is making the
trip by auto with Mrs. Hugh J. Elder,
of St. Louis, an old-time friend of the
family, who has been visiting at the
home of relatives near Verdel for the
past three weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Heitman came
home last Sunday night from a two
weeks vacation spent with relatives in
Minnesota and South Dakota. Mosl
of their time was spent at the home ol
Mr. Heitman’s mother near Mentor
Minn. They also visited, at Duluth
Minn., and made a trip to Winnepeg
Canada. Jack says that crops ir
northern Minnesota are fine, as they
have had plenty of moisture in the
northern part of the state.
Lucian Cook, of Spencer, one of the
republican candidates for state sena
tor from this district, was in the city
Tuesday, renewing old arquaintenan
ces.
Eric D. Naslund, of Lincoln, attor
ney for the Veteran's Administratior
was looking after legal matters in the
county court in this city Tuesday.
William Mlady and his brother
Charlie, and a *niece. bf Verdigre
visited here Sunday at the home o
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva.
The young people of the Methodis
church gave a farewell party for Cle
one Clark Thursday of last weeek.
Page Bank Reciver Sues
To Collect Money Alleged
Due Bank From County
Holt county has been made the de
fendant in a suit filed in district court
this morning by E. II. Luikart, re
ceiver of the Page State Bank, to re
cover the sum of $2,013.33 alleged to
be due the bank by the county.
The petition alleges that on or about
September 14, 1931, said bank was
taken over by the Department of
Trade and Commerce of the state of
Nebraska and on September 28, 1931,
the bank was declared insolvent and
the plaintiff in this action made re
ceiver. At the time of the failure
they had on deposit with the county
board bonds having a face value of
$10,000 given to protect the county
on county deposits carried in the bank.
These bonds were in escrow in an
Omaha bank. On or about about
October 13, 1931, these bonds
were turned over to the county, by
the escrow agent, the county having
on deposit in the failed bank the sum
of $6,500 at the time of the failure.
The county held the bonds until April
3, 1934, when they \vere sold for
$7,708.33, the price of the bonds hav
ing advanced materially during the
time they were in the custody of the
county.
The petition further alleges that the
county had collected $1,000 in interest
on the coupons attached to the bonds.
They allege that the amount due the
county from the bank was $6,695.00
and that there remained in the hands
of the county treasurer the sum of
$2,013.33 which belongs to the bank.
They ask the court to determine the
amount due and that the defendants
be ordered to pay the plaintiff said
amount with interest at 8 par cent
from April 3, 1934, and for costs ex
pended and for such other relief as
may be equitable.
J. V. Johnson, one of the energetic
farmers of Sand Creek precinct, was
an O’Neill visitor last Friday and
favored this office with a pleasant call,
extending his subscription, Mr. John-,
son was formerly a member of the
county board and is a candidate for
the republican nomination to that
office at the coming election. He filled
the position very acceptably when a
former member and the people of that
district would be assured of able repre
sentation if he was again selected for
the position.
Joe Nuquist, of Osceola, accom
panied by a friend, was in the city
Tuesday passing around advertising
matter in the interest of the candidacy
of his mother for the democratic nomi
nation for governor. Mrs. Nuquist
has at least one ardent supporter for
the high office of governor of this
great state as her son believes thatshe
would make an excellent governor.
It might be possible for the demo
cratic party to go further and fare
worse.
Lysle Jackson, of Neligh, was look
ing after legal matters in this city last
Monday. Mr. Jackson is now the
chairman of the republican state cen
tral committee and he is quite opto
mistic about the result of the election
this fall. He says there is no ques
tion but that the entire republican
state ticket will be elected, at the No
vember elections and that after Janu
ary 1 Nebraska will have another re
publican United States senator.
D. Abdousch, who has been a resi
dent of this city for over thirty years,
is moving to Omaha, where the family
will make their future home. Mr. Ab
dousch and the boys are there now and
the balance of the family will follow
later. He is going into the fruit and
grocery business in the city, having
purchased lots and built a building
thereon. It will be one of the large
outdoor markets, now so popular in
the city.
Harrison Bridge, of Orchard, is the
new proprietor of the tilling station on
the corner of Fourth and Douglas
operated the past few years by J. C. j
Parker. Mr. Bridge comes from Or-1
chard w’here he maintained a filling
station and auto laundry for five years.
He seems to be a hustling and am
bitious young man and will prove n
valuable addition to the business lif' j
of this city.
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Mr. ard Mrs. Victor Halv,» and son.j
Fred, and daughter, Margaret visited
< at the Frank Cernousek home at Wal- j
nut, Nebr., last Sunday.
£ Eddie Cat* is building n porch on
■ the rear of his building on Douglas1
street, occupied by Helen’s Hat shop. |
FLOOD ADDRESSES
OVER 500 FARMERS
AT K.C. HALL HERE
Traces History of Agriculture In Re
gard To Demand For Agricultural
Products, Since Year 1914.
On last Friday afternoon some 600
farmers and ranchers of Holt and ad
joining counties gathered in the K. C.
Hall at O’Neill to hear the address of
Francis Flo>d, erstwhile farm paper
correspondent now salesman extra
ordinary for the Farm Administration.
Mr. Flood is one of the hundreds of
propagandists sent out by the Farm
Administration and other government
al agencies and bureaus, to talk to
small groups and to endeavor to sell
them their policies and principle".
There are several of these men now
in Nebraska; they are to be found in
every state of the Union, selling the
New Deal to the drouth stricken and
depression ridden taxpayer, at govern
ment expense, that is financied and
paid by the now overburdened tax
payer.
In his address, which lasted in the
neighborhood of two hours, Mr. Flood
traced the history of agriculture in re
gard to production and demand of
agricultural products from the start
of the war in 1914 up and to 1932
when we had on hand the largest sur
plus of agricultural products ever
known and prices at the lowest in
several years.He attributed this sur
plus to the stepped up production
which was effected during the war
when hundreds of acres of marginal,
pasture and grazing lands were put
iftto production to meet the war de
mand, and the subsequent falling o*f
of the demand at the end of the war
when the European countries again
began to produce the bulk of the pro
ducts for their own use. He stated
that crop reduction plans were the
only means of reducing this surplus
as long as we followed, our plan of
Rationalism, or restricted trade which
has been the policy of this country
since the war. That is our policy of
protecting our home industries, of
keeping American labor at work, and
keeping the present high standard of
living of the American farmer, rancher
and laborer; by keeping out of this
country the cheaply produced products
of the European peasant, Mexican
poen, Chinese coolies and all cheap
laborers, by a high and protective
tariff.
In nis taiK ne aavuctiLeu mi:
of Internationalism, or free trade; the
reduction of tariffs so that foreign
nations could flood this country with
cheaply produced goods and products;
force the American producer to meet
their prices and thereby reduce the
American farmer and laborer to the
same deplorable condition in which
the farmers and laborers of European
and other countries now are. Mr.
Flood indicated that this was the
policy which he advocated, and the
policy which his sponser the Admin
istration in Washington advocated, as
a means of reducing our surplus of
products, hy a means othi r than hy
crop reduction plans.
There is no doubt but that the policy
of free trade would reduce our surplus,
if the tariffs were reduced and we
went on the world market to under
sell and did undersell all other pro
ducing nations our surplus would soon
be reduced, and our people would
also be reduced to the same conditions
of life and living as the farmers and
laborers of the countries of Europe
and Asia.
In this era of dictators and nation
alism in Europe, when the object and
purpose of all European governments
is to make their nations self support
ing by encouraging the home product
ion of all products necessary for their
National life, and the excluding hy
law and high tariffs of all foreign
products, it is doubtful if a policy of
free trade would be welcomed hy them,
and a policy of free trade can not
he indulged in without free access tc
all markets.
Mr. Flood informs us that all our
troubles are caused by the great sur
plus of agricultural products and the
remedy lies in the reduction of that
urplus. That the reduction of that
turplus is the object ami purpose ol
the wheat, corn and other reductior
programs, which will reduce that sur
plus hy taking out of productiot
thousands of acres of rich and pro
ductive lands now in cultivation. How
ever, Mr. Flood failed to inform us oi
the object and the purpose of th«
government—by another of its man)
bureaus—to increase production iim1
the surplus hy the numerous irriga
tion project# now in the building whirl
will bring into cultivation thousands
Of acres of dry and arid lands which
now can produce nothing. Perhaps
our Bureaucracy and its bureaus are
following the policy of not letting the
right hand know what the left hand
is doing.
Hospital Notes
Bonn, tx> Mr. and Mrs. William
Wabs, of Spencer, Friday, July 27 a
baby boy, weight eleven pounds.
They were taken to the home of their
sister, Mrs. Strong, on Wednesday
morning.
Carl Miller, who was injured a
month ago, came back and was oper
ated on Friday afternoon, for cystic
tumor of the abdomen. He is feeling
much better than at any time since
the injury.
Sammy Ticknor, of Inman, went
home Friday evening.
Miss Rita Knapp went home Tues
day, July 81.
Little Verne Wrede went home
Tuesday evening, July 31.
Catherine Carney, north of O’Neill,
had her tonsils removed last Friday
morning,
Billy Hammond, Jr. had his tonsils
removed, Tuesday morning, August 7.
Adeline Anderson was operated on
for appendicitis Wednesday morning,
August 8.
Miss Ruth Barnard
Married At Omaha
World-Herald: A pretty wedding
took place Monday evening, when Miss
Ruth Barnard of Omaha, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Barnard, of O’Neill
became the bride of Roy J. Byers of
this city, son of Mrs. S. E. Byers of
St.Joseph, Mo., in the parlors of the
First Congregational church.
An alter banked with flowers formed
a background for the ceremony. Rev.
Howard Ohman officiated.
Preceding the service, Miss Nellie
McCully sang “At Dawning.” Miss
Ellen Rice played the wedding
marches.
The bride’s gown was of pale blue
peati d’ange lace, cut on long, flowing
lines, with a V neckline cut lbw in the
back. Narrow shoulder ruffles form
ed little cap sleeves avross her should
ers. Her long gloves and small tur
ban were also made of the lace. She
carried a shower boquet of rapture
roses and sweet peas.
Miss Blanche Schroeder, the bride’s
only attendant, was gowned in pink
lace, made sleeveless and floor length.
A small matching hat and lace gloves
completed her costume. She also car
ried pink roses.
Little Margaret Jean Yantzi, niece
of the bride, served as ring bearer.
She was dressed in pink taffeta.
Mr. Byers’ best man was William
Barnard of Onawa, Iowa.
A reception for eighty guests fol
lowed the ceremony. Assisting were
(heMisses Florence Nelson, Iola Mc
Quinn, Mary Kopecky, Helen Petersen,
Evelyn White and Florence Malone.
Out-of-town guests included the
bride’s mother, Mrs. S. M. Barnard,
and the former’s sister, Mrs. C. E.
Yantzi, both of O’Neill, and Mrs. J. T.
Barnard of Onawa, Iowa.
After a short wedding trip, the
couple will live at 2108 H. Street.
More Corn-Hog Checks
Received By Farmers
Frank Allen, treasurer of the Holt
County Production Control Associ
ation, reports the arrival of the second
installment of corn hog checks cover
ing the remainder of Early Payment
contracts. Individual notice will be
mailed to each producer stating when
and where he may obtain his checks.
THE WEATHER
Temperature Precip
High Low itation
Fri., Aug. 3_ 9b 6b
Sat., Aug. 4 109 72
Sun., Aug. 6 — 107 71
Mon., Aug. 6 —103 73
Tues., Aug. 7 ._101 09 -T
Wed., Aug. 8 103 09
Charlie Pavlik and daughter, of
Verdigre, stopped for a short visit at
the home of Victor Halva last Sun
day morning.
Congressman Edgar Howard w-as in
the city for a few hours last Friday,
looking after *he condition of his polit
ical fences,
Mr*. Henry Zimmerman, of Spencer,
was visiting O'Neil! friend* last Mon
day.
Bert Harris, of Lynch, was tran*
acting business in thia city last Tueg.
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CALVARY CEMETERY
BUILDING WRECKED
BY TANK EXPLOSION
Steckmeyer, Who Was Standing Beside
The Tank, Escapes With But
A Few Bruises.
John Steckmeyer must realize now
that he was born under a lucky star.
John, who is the sexton at Calvary
cemetery, was in the pump house in
the cemetery yesterday morning
pumping water when the big 950 gal
lon water tank exploded, blowing one
end out through the east side of the
building, taking the wall with it, and
the tank itself through the west side
of the building,taking the west side
of the building out with it. At the
time of the explosion Mr. Steckmeyer
was standing on the south side of
the tank, having just come in the door,
which was on the west side of the
building. He was thrown up against
the south wall of the building and has
a good-sized bump on his head as a
result of the collision with the wall,
but otherwise was unhurt. From the
appearance of the wrecked building
it seems impossible that a man could
have been inside it at the time of the
explosion and escape instant death.
The building was built of cement
blocks, about 12x12, and a large
number of the blocks were hurled thru
the roof, taking about half the roof
off, and cement blocks were scattered
over the cemetery within a radios of
75 feet from the pumphouse. Andrew
Springer, w'ho is the sexton of the
protestantfeemeitery,adjoining, said the
explosion was terriffie and that cement
blocks were hurled at least 100 feet
in the air. He was only a few feet
from the scene of the explosion and
when he entered the demolished pump
house Mr. Steckmeyer wras partly
dazed from the shock, but seemed to
be not seriously injured. It was a
miraculous escape.
Doctors Of County Sue
To CollectRefused Claims
W. J. Hammond has filed suit in
district court against the county of
Holt to recover the sum of $1,824.07,
claims against the county held by the
various doctors of the county, which
were rejected by the county board on
July 24, 1934, and for which he now
brings suit. There are eight different
causes of action in the petition, one
for each of the physicians whose
claims were rejected. Following are
the names of the physicians and the
amount of their bills: Dr. N. P.
McKee, $81.67; Dr. C. W. French,
$144.66; Dr. E. J. Oxford, $202.34;
Dr. F. L. Wilson, $125.33; Dr. M. H.
Carrig, $120.85; Dr. W. J. Douglas,
$266.40; Dr. W. H. Briggs, $90; Dr.
J. P. Brown, $792.82.
Page Youth Killed In
California Auto Crash
Glenn Rost, 21, of Page, was killed
at Stockton, California, Wednesday
when his automobile crashed, into a
standing box car.
Mr. Rost was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Rost, who have lived for
a number of years northwest of Page.
He leaves to mourn his death his
parents and one sister, besides a host
of friends in the eastern part of the
county. The body will be shipped to
Page for interment.
Superintendent and Mrs. Roy Car
roll returned last Tuesday from Lin
coln, where Mr. Carroll has been tak
ing post graduate work in the state
university.
Announcement
I have purchased ihe Deep
Rock Oil Statical from J. C.
Parker, taking possession on
August 1. I have had several
years of experience in the oil
business and it will he my en
deavor to give you efficient and
painstaking service at all times.
Call and let us fill your tank and
change your oil. I assure you
that I will appreciate a share of
your business,
Harrison Bridge