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VOL. LV. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6,1934. No. 29
l Nineteen From This
County Attending The
University of Nebraska
Holt county has nineteen students
enrolled at the University of Ne
braska this year. They fepresent
eight towns within the county. Six
are from Atkinson; three from
Chambers; three from Page; two
from O’Neill. Stuart is the home
of two, and Amelia, Ewing and In
man each of one.
The students from Atkinson are:
Charles E. Chase, Raymond E.
Collins, Charles Dwayne Crippen,
L. Jarvis MacDowrell, Evelyn A.
Zahradnicek and Henry C. Zahrad
nichek.
Charis E. Chase is a junior in
the college of law. Raymond E.
Collins is studying in the graduate
college. Charis D. Crippen is in
his sophomore year in the college
of dentistry. He is a member of
Delta Sigma Delta, dental fratern
ity. L. Jarvis Mac Dowell is a
freshman in the college of arts and
sciences. Evelyn A. Zahradnicek
is a third year student in the teach
ers college. Henry C. Zahradnicek
is a junior in the college of dent
istry.
At the University from Cham
bers are: Cleo Edwin Alderson,
Richard C. Kiltz, and William J.
Schricker. Alderson is a sopho
more in the school of journalism in
the college of arts and sciences.
Kiltz ranks as a junior in the Uni
versity college of medicine at Om
aha. Schricker is a sophomore in
the college of agriculture.
Page is the home town of: Velma
M. Berholtz, Harold Gallagher, and
Carl W. Matschullat. Miss Bern
holtz is in her junior year in the
college of arts and sciences. Gal
lagher is enrolled as a freshman in
the college of dentistry. Matschul
lat is a sophomore in the college of
i arts and sciences.
t< From O’Neill are the students:
” William D. Hammond, and Lloyd
Raymond Vequist. Hammond is a
sophomore in the college of arts
and sciences. He is a member of
Kappa Sigma social fraternity; and
is a cadet second lieutenant in the
University Reserve Officers’ Train
ing Corps. Vequist is in his fresh
man year in the college of arts and
sciences.
* Stuart students at the University
V are: Ralph James Chittick and
Fredric William Wilson. Chittick
is in his junior year in the college
of law. He is a member of Alpha
Tau Omega social fraternity. Wil
son is a freshman in the college of
arts and sciences. He, too, is an
Alpha Tau Omega man. He is
holding a Regents’ scholarship this
year.
Mrs. Minta Mae Lee, of Amelia,
is registered as a senior in the
teachers college. She is a member
of Psi Chi, national honorary psy
chological fraternity.
Mildred M. Miller, of Ewing, is
in her sophomore year in the teach
ers college. She is a member of
Theta Phi Alpha social sorority;
and of the Tassels, women’s pep
organization.
Curtis P. Smith, of Inman, is
enrolled ag‘a freshman in the col
lege of arts and sciences.
With an increased enrollment,
the University records show it to
be quite a cosmopolitan institution.
Besides students from practically
every county in Nebraska, some 35
other states are represented, and 11
foreign countries. Germany, Ire
land, and Persia are among the dis
tant home lands.
Poultry Meetings To
Be Held In Holt
County This Month
Lloyd Vance, Extension poultry
man from the Agricultural College
at Lincoln, will be in Holt county
on December 10, 11 and 13. He
will discuss feeding, management
and give culling demonstrations.
At this time of year with the price
of feed* as high as they are it is
unprofitable to feed poultry that
A does not make a reasonable return
on the investment. Mr. Vance will
demonstrate how to select the best j
producers and will suggest feeding j
methods in keeping with the price
and availibility of feeds.
Demonstrations will be held at
the following farms:
Monday, Derember 10, 9:30 a. m. j
t —at Joe Rruder, Atkinson.
Monday, December 10, 2:00 p. m. j
—at Roy Parker, Page.
Tuesday, December 11, 9:30 a. m.'
—at Carl Lambert, southeast of
Chambers.
Tuesday, December 11, 2:00 p. m.
—at Jim McDermott's, O’Neill.
On Thursday, December 13, Mr.
Vance will “Talk Turkey” at Mrs.
Chariotte Keidel farm, Stuart, at
9:30 a. m., and William Kretch
man farm, Atkinson at 2:00 p. m.
Mr. Vance will have many valuable
suggestions on handling, feeding
and marketing of turkeys.
Anyone interested in any of the
above meetings is cordially invited
to attend.
White Tail Deer In
Southwestern Holt
Old timers who recall when
prairie chickens were everywhere
and “big game” more or less plent
iful in the far corners of the county
are taking notice that some inter
esting and worth while game trail
ing is again in prospect. Not that
the silver tips or cougars have in
vaded the county but something
less ferocious, and they say just as
much fun to hunt. Three or four
white tail deer are making a pine
grove in the Bruner neighborhood
in southwestern Holt their hangout.
Those who have seen them say the
deer are large and fat—a tempting
situation for a man with a rifle.
Some time ago two white tails
were encountered at the Rafe Shaw
ranch to the northwest, some dis
tance from the range of the others.
They were seen at night as the
boys drove in with a car and were
apparently fascinated by the glar
ing auto lights, coming close to the
front of the car, but alert and the
two handsome heads carried high.
Efforts to corral them were of no
avail as fences mean nothing to the
nimble-limbed creatures who bound
over the wires with little effort.
Rafe says these two loped off
toward the hills and disappeared.
The skin of a white tail deer has
also been found out southwest in
the hills, mute witness that a
crafty hunter evaded the astute
game warden and has had fresh
venison.
Ranchers in that section are do
ing what they cap to protect and
encourage the increase of this
specie of game with the view of
having in future seasons the deer
in sufficient numbers for the state
to authorize open season.
The low price of turkeys and high
cost of feed this autumn discour
age turkey raisers in places inac
cessable to markets and some spoke
of turning their flocks out to roam
at large. With ample range and
protection for nesting in the oc
casional groves, wild turkeys also
appear as a possibility, so this
hunting combination already in
spires some of the old timers to get
the old rifle down from the pegs,
squint along the barrel to assure
themselves they are still able to
line the sights. R. S.
Mayor Kersenbrock
Provides Skating Rink
The kiddies of O’Neill have to
thank Mayor Kersenbrock for the
new skating rink that is being pre
pared for them on the corner of
Seventh and Douglas street. The
question of providing a skating
rink was put up to the Mayor and
he said that he would see what
he could do about it. He looked
around for a location and finding it,
in co-operation with the local re
lief officers made arrangements for
getting the ground cleared and
ready for water. The local Tigers
Club are to pay half of the neces
sary expense, which will not exceed
$20, and the city will pay the bal
ance. Engineer Gilbert is donating
the services of his men in survey
ing the ground for the rink.
After the necessary amount of dirt
is removed the city will furnish
the water to flood the rink and it
will not be long until the young
sters will have a good place to
skate.
Error
In publishing the list of prop
erty offered for sale to the gov
ernment for the postoffice site, pub
lished in the last issue of The
Frontier, an error was made in the
amount asked for one piece of prop
erty. The bid submitted by Emil
Sniggs for the west 10 feet of the
south 85 feet of lot 5 and south '
86 feet of lots 0, 7 and 8, in Block
2*1, original town of O’Neill, was |
offered for $2,500 instead of $4,500,
us announced in Inst weeks issue.
I). A. Criss was down from Stu
art last Monday,
NEBRASKA NEWS
OF STATE AFFAIRS
By Janies R. Lowell
Members elect of the rapidly ap
proaching Nebraska legislature
have a number of pet bills up their
sleeves. Trenmore Cone, veteran
representative from Valley, has a
plan to economize on the operation
of the seventeen state institutions
under the board of control. He
claims that he can operate these
institutions without the two and
one-half million dollar increase re
quested by the board.
Cone’s program includes trans
ferring old soldiers from Milford
to Grand Island where Cone claims
there is ample room for all inmates.
He would use the Milford institu
tion for a home for epileptics.
Furthermore, he would transfer ap
proximately 300 harmless state
wards from state hospitals to the
former Indian school at Genoa
which was presented last winter by
the federalgovernment to the state.
Cone would establish new activ
ities such as a broom factory, shoe
factory, etc., in penal institutions
and so make the inmates as nearly
self-sustaining as possible. On top
of this he would dig 50 wells for
irrigation purposes with prison
labor.
Will Maupin, railway commis
sioner elect, has a different idea of
how to conduct state institutions.
He thinks that a small levy about
equal to the levy which built the
new state capitol without bonded
indebtedness would be appropriate
at this time to carry on an inten
sive building program in connection
with our state institutions. It is a
matter of fact that a number of
buildings have to be erected within
the next ten years to care for state
wards.
Governor-elect R. L. Cochran has
just returned from the Missouii
river development association con
vention at St. Louis. Cochran is a
backer of all flood control and ir
rigation measures which affect Ne
braska. The governor-elect was
accompanied to this meeting by
Former Governor Arthur Weaver,
Mark Woods, president of Woods
Bros. Corporation, and John Aid
rich, manager of Woods Bros, and
outstanding champion of New Deal
measures in this state.
Governor-elect Cochran last week
announced the selection of a priv
ate secretary. The lucky individual
is T. M. Osterman of Central City,
who is a veteran legislator and
political handy man par excellence.
Mrs. Nellie G. Benson said con
fidentially to the Lowell Service re
porter that Governor Bryan has
asked the board to prepare budget
recommendations for establishment
of a home for epileptics in the old
Indian school property at Genoa.
The board made no recommenda
tion when it submitted its budget
because the property intended to be
turned over to the board cannot be
legally accepted until the legisla
ture acts.
State Purchasing Agent Farris
has called for bids on a $20,000
printing job for the legislature. The
bids were opened December 4, but
contracts will not be awarded until
the printing committees of both
the House and Senate convene
some time in January.
Cloyd L. Stewart, Bryan favorite
of the last legislature, who at an
early date was spoken of as a likely
candidate for Governor, (Floyd At
kins was the progenitor of this
idea) will support a reform in the
primary system of elections.
Stewart advocates adoption of a
plan similar to that in vogue in
Colorado. Under the system in
that state, party conventions are
held prior to the primary, and can
didates getting 10 per cent of the
vote at the convention get places
on the primary ballot. Others can
file by petition and if nominated be
come the party candidate. This
system prevents unknowns without
substantial following to enter the
primary election.
Governor Bryan, who fed the
populace nerts and more nerts, has
an idea which will set things aright
in regard to the tax propostion.
The Governor says that tax exemp-j
tion of all farms and urban homes 1
occupied by their owners, up to u
limit of $5,0U0, und for areas not
exceeding 1(50 acres in rural terri
tory, or one-half acre within the
limits of incorporated cities and
villages, is the latest governmental
expedient to receive Governor Bry
an’s personal endorsement.
A new subject in legal circles is
the question of whether a city can
take out bankruptcy. The state
board of educational lands and
funds today agreed not to oppose
municiapl bankruptcy proceeding
for the town of Spencer.
What Spencer wants is a plan
for setting up long term bonds with
low interest so that the state will
lose none of he principal of its in
vestment. A similar plan probably
is to be followed by the town of
Ralston, suburb of Omaha, but no
definite decision has yet been re
ceived by the board.
An order postponing further pay
ments of principal and interest on
the public obligations of the town
of Spencer has been issued in Fed
eral Court at Omaha.
The village admits liability to
meet its debts, listed at $220,049,
as assignment for a total assess
ment of $412,245.
Spencer in Boyd county recently
filed in Federal Court in Omaha a
petition of bankruptcy, acknow
ledging that it is unable to meet its
public debts and asking permission
to refinance under a recently in
augurated provision.
Robert Simmons, defeated can
didate for United States Senator,
would change the corrupt practices
law in this state. He would require
candidates to show all the money
received and, spent in their cam
paigns. The present law is a farce,
and candidates for public office can
register with the secretary of state
any amount that pleases their
whim.
The supreme court has dissolved
an injunction issued by the Cass
county district court restraining
the county attorney from prosecut
ing Plattsmouth merchants who
conducted a gift night as a business
promotional enterprise. This stunt
was claimed by the county attorney
to be a lottery.
At Fremont last week four buf
falos were offered #rs sale on the
block. Aleck Legge of near North
Bend purchased three of the anim
als and is planning to raise a crop
of buffalos of his own. The price
for the animals was approximately
$60.00 each. The buffalos came
from the government reserve near
Valentine. Three were sold at Wa
hoo week before last, and six were
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M. E. CHURCH.
A. Judson May, Pastor.
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
11 a. m., Sermon “The Power of
God.”
6:30 Epworth League.
7:30 Sermon, “The Greater Gifts
of Life.”
Special music at each of the ser
vices by the choirs.
Senior practice Tuesday 7:30 at
the church. Young People’s Choir
and prayer meeting Thursday at
7:30 p. m.
Ladies Aid meeting at Mrs. Lind
berg's Thursday 2:30 p. m., Dec. 13.
SERVICES AT THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School at 10 a. m., R. M.
Sauers, Superintendent.
Morning worship 11, “Catching
the Gleam.”
Evening service 7:30, “Christ
Through the Centuries.”
We extend a cordial invitation
to the public.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
THE CHRISTIAN ANI)
MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
Rev. Albert W. Swanson
Services will be held regularly
each Sunday at 3 p. m. in the Epis
copal church building.
“Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all ye lands. Serve the Lord
with gladness; come before his pre
sence with singing.”—Ps. 100:1-2
Welcome.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank those who so
kindly came to our assistance in
the death of our beloved husband i
and father.—Mrs. Martha Hill and
children; also Mr. and Mrc Oliver
Hill and Mr. and Mm. Richard
Hecht.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind friends
anti neighbors for their assistance
rendered and sympathy expressed
during the illness and death of our
beloved husband and father, —Mrs.
Marie Strubc and children.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davidson
and children, of Casper, Wyoming,
came down last week to spend
Thanksgiving with relatives and
friends here.
Thomas Liddy, who is in a CCC
camp at Fort Robinson,-came down
last Wednesday to spend Thanks
giving with the home folks. He
returned Sunday night.
Mrs. Edith Davidson, who has
been the deputy in the office of the
county superintendent for several
years, has accepted a position as
clerk to Mr. Anderson of the fed
eral relief force, and started on her
new' work last Friday. Miss Rose
Robinson, of Page, has taken the
position she vacated in the office
of the county superintendent.
Andresen & Beckman are getting
the basement under their store re
modeled and will open a lunch room
therein. They expect to have the
decorations completed in time so
they can open the place for busi
ness oil Friday of this week. They
are having a number of booths in
stalled and will have a very neat
and attractive place as soon as the
decorations are completed.
W. J. Froelich came out from
Chicago last Wednesday and spent
Thanksgiving with his family. He
left for Chicago Sunday afternoon,
H. J. Birmingham and C. E. Stout
taking him as far as Sioux City,
where he boarded a train for the
east. H. J. and Charley made the
trip to Sioux City and back in six
hours, very good time considering
the amount of snow on the high
way.
This section has been visited
with several days of cool weather,
the past week. While it did not
get very cold, 20 above being the
coldest, coming after the real Cali
fornia weather we had been having
the past two months, it seems very
cold. The snow fall was not very
heavy in this section, and west of
here, but was quite heavy in places
east of us and in the southeastern
portion of the state.
There have been no new develop
ments in the federal building site
during the past week. We under
stand that a representative of the
postoffice department will be in the
city the forepart of next week and
will look over the different sites
offered and make his recommenda
tion to the department. Shortly
after the filing of the report a site
will possibly be selected and then
bids for the erection of the build
ing will be asked for.
Mrs. H. J. Hammond, Mrs. Ira
Moss and Mrs. P. C. Donohoe enter
tained forty guests at a 1 o’clock
luncheon last Saturday in honor
of Mrs. Hammond’s sisters, Misses
May me and Rose Grady, of Denver.
Mrs. L. A. Burgess won high score
at contract bridge and Mrs. Palz
received the traveling prize. Mrs.
W. J. Biglin won the high score
prize at pinochle and Mrs. R. R.
Dickson the traveling prize, and
Mrs. Catherine Davidson the all
cut.
A light snow of about five inches
fell here this morning and after
noon. It snowed from about 8
this morning until about 3 o’clock,
but the fall was heavy only at
times. The snow is very light and
a good stiff wind could now give
us one of the kind of storms the
“old timers’’ love to talk about.
While the snow is tough on the
farmer with a lot of cattle and
very little feed, it is a blessing for
those who have in fall grain, as it
will be of unestimatable value to
full grains.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Marsh, of
Walnut Grove, Calif., arrived in
the city last Wednesday for u few
days visit at the borne of Mr.
Marsh's uncle, Robert J. Marsh.
Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have been
making a tour of the Uinted States,
visiting all the iargcr cities in the
union. They left home last April
and since that time have been tour
ing the country, with u couple of
side trips into Canada. They are
now on their way home and left
here Saturday for Oklahoma, where
they will visit relatives for a few
days and then continue on their
journey.
Final Check-up On Corn
Hok Compliance Started
Last week the corn-hog super
visors were called into O’Neill for
instructions relative to the second
compliance. They started work
the first of the week and will call
on every signer during the week or
next ten days. It will help the
supervisors and incidently will cut
down expenses if each farmer will
have his sale slips available when
the supervisor calls.
Word from Washington show*
every contract but one has been ac
cepted at this time. The total pay
ments to signers so far have been
over one hundred and fifty thous
and dollars. The second payment
which is due now will amount to
over one hundred thousand dollars,
which is supposed to arrive in the
next few days.
Report of the State
Relief Committee
According to the report of the
state relief committee there are
now 42,930 families on relief in
this state for the month of Decem
ber, an increase of 7,000 for the
past month and the committee, in
a meeting with Federal Relief Di
rector Haynes, allotted $1,235,971
relief to counties. This will cover
the entire month of December and
one week in January.
The needs for the coming month
were estimated at $1,526,342. Di
rector Haynes explained that the
state committee made grants for
November on a basis of $28 to $30
per family. Because of a cut of
over ten per cent in the relief allot
ment from the federal government
for December, the grants to the
counties have been made up on a
basis of $27 and $29.
The state committee regrets this
decrease, in view of the increasing
needs for fuel and clothing, but it
believes it can make up this in
crease largely by allowing an in
creased amount of commodities
such as fresh and canned meat. An
accumulated amount of such food
has been purposely held back to
make possible a larger allotment
for December. In the list as pub
lished, Holt county is shown to
have 345 families on relief and the
amount allotted to this county for
the period above mentioned is
$11,987.
Among the various counties of
the state Douglas county has the
most families on relief and Lan
caster Comes second. In Douglas
county 13,002 families are on relief
and the amount allotted to that
county for this period is $492,278.
In Lancaster county there are 4,278
families on relief and the amount
of relief money allotted to that
county for the period is $154,366.
Basketball Schedule of
St. Mary’s Cardinals
The St. Mary’s Academy basket
ball team have a very heavy sched
ule for this season. They have
nineteen games on their 1934-5
playing scedule, as follows:
Dec. 6—St. Joseph, Atkinson, here.
Dec. 11—Chambers, there.
Dec. 18—Page, here.
Dec. 21—Orchard, there.
Jan. 4—Page, there.
Jan. 11—O’Neill, High School.
Jan. 13—St. Mary’s, Grand Island,
there.
J an. 15—Ewing, there.
Jan. 18—Long Pme, here.
Jan. 20—St. Francis, South Dakota,
here.
Jan. 22—Inman, there.
Jan. 27—Spalding Academy, there.
Feb. 2—St. Francis, South Dakota,
there.
Feb. 6—Orchard, there.
Feb. 10—St. Mary’s Grand Island,
here.
Feb. 12—Inman, there.
Feb. 15—O’Neill High.
Feb. 17—Spalding, here.
Feb. 19—Chambers, here.
Statement of Expenses
Following is a statement of the
expenses for the Boyd-Holt Wheat
Production Control Association for
the months of July, August and
September:
Salaries..-. $19.00
Supplies 4.23
Total -..$28.23
Mrs. J. B. Hertasler, who hud been
visiting at the homes of her sisters,
Mrs. J. B. Mellor, Mrs. 1). Stannurd
and Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot, for the
past four weeks, left for her home
in Denver Wednesday morning.
OVER 200 ATTEND
TRI-COUNTY LEGION
CONVENTION HERE
Arthur Miller Elected Commander
For Holt County, Succeed
ing Gerald Miles.
The American Legion Convention
for the Second district W3S held in
this city last Tuesday and was at
tended by about 200 Legionnaires
from the counties of Holt, Boyd,
Knox and Antelope counties, which
comprise the district.
The Atkinson High School band
was present and furnished the
Legionnaires with plenty of musk
during the day and evening.
The convention was called to
order at 2 p. m., at the K.
C. Hall and was presided over
by C. W. Conklin, commander of
the local post. The convention was
attended by Fred B. Winter, nf
Grand Island, State Commander;
H. H. Dudley, of Lincoln, State
Adjutant; H. A. Kriz, Lincoln,
State Service Officer; H. C. Fitz
patrick, Norfolk, Senior State Vice
Commander, and Dr. W. J. Douglas
of Atkinson, commander for this
district.
All of the above officers addressed
the convention and told of the aims
of the Legion and its officers. That
the officers all stand very high in
the estimation of the members of
the Legion was evidenced by the
hearty applause given each speaker,
during his address and at its con
clusion.
At a business session of the
members of the Legion from this
county Arthur Miller, of Atkinson,
was elected County Commander,
succeeding Gerald Miles of this
city.
A banquet was tendered the vis
iting Legionnaires at the Golden
last evening and was attended by
150. C. W. Conklin presided as
toastmaster and all the visiting
officers delivered short talks, as
well as some of the Legion mem
bers from this county.
The local members of the Legion
feel that it was one of the best
conventions of the order ever hcIH
in this district and the visiting
delegates were loud in their praise
of the hospitality extended by the
members of the local Legion post.
Footings of the Tax
Fist For Holt County
Footings of the tax list for Holt
county as reported, by John C. Gal
lagher, County Clerk, to Wm. H.
Smith, State Tax Commissioner.
Tax 1933 1934
State $ 43,192.24 $ 38,651.06
County 87,652.25 90,940.84
School 200,778.14 203,3302*2
City and
Village 27,026.42 29,874.32
Township 19,367.56 20,781.30
Misc’l.- 519.16 1,085.70
Poll__ 6,560.00 6,699.50
Old Age
Pensions 2,785.00
Total $385,096.77 $394,147.94
Change In Library Hours
After December 5 the Library
will not be open on Wednesday
afternoons. The hours will be:
Thursday afternoons from 2 to 6
p. m., and on Friday from 2 to 5:30
p. m., and in the evening from 1
to 9. On Saturday afternoon from
2 to 6 p. m.
Mary McLaughlin, Libriarian.
Operated On At Lynch
J. B. Mellor and Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Halstead, of Tuthill, S. D.,
were in the city last Tuesday on
their way to Lynch where Mr.
Mellor’s and Mrs. Halstead’s father,
George Mellor, is in the hospital.
He has been there for the past
month and was to undergo an oper
ation this morning, Dr. B. B. Davis,
of Omaha, to perform the oper
ation.
While he is to undergo a serious
operation George’s many friends in
this city and county hope that it
will be successful and that he will
shortly be around again as well as
ever.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Sophia Nortil hud her ton
sils removed Saturday, December 2.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. William
llurty, Tuesday evening, a baby
girl, weight 6 pounds. Mother and
babe are both doing fine.
Miss Mary Sullivan spent Wed
nesday in Bassett returning home
that evening.