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The Frontier VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1934. No. 32 _ - ~ ___ Jens Peter Hansen Dies Following Stroke Jens Peter Hansen, who was born September 6, 1865, in Copenhagen, Denmark, and who came to Holt county in 1915 from Ida Grove, Iowa, died at a local hospital last Saturday evening after being ser iously ill a short time. Mr. Hansen had farmed in sev eral sections of Holt county and the home at this time is six miles southeast cf O’Neill, on the Elk horn river. Surviving Mr. Hansen are his widow and the following child ren: Mrs. Clara Paterson, Norfolk; Mrs. Esther Smith, Luella, Cora, Andrew, Oscar, Richard and Arnold all of O’Neill. Mr. Hansen leaves one sister, Mrs. Ellen Knudsen, of Battle Creek, Iowa. Rev. May read the funeral ser vice at the Methodist church here Monday afternoon. A large num ber of friends followed the remains to Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. Hansen was a man of sterling character. NEBRASKA NEWS OF STATE AFFAIRS By James R. Lowell Four major state department heads and one important chief of bureau appointed last week by Gov ernor-elect Cochran, while a num ber of department heads to whom the new chief executive has not gotten around as yet, are wearing their crowns uneasily. Ben N. Saunders, cashier of the Plainview state bank and a resident of Nebraska since he was six months old, is the new superin tendent of banks succeeding E. H. Luikart. Saunders has been in the banking business 25 years and is <58 years old. Conn W. Moose, Omaha insur J ance man for 25 years, is the new ' director of insurance succeeding Lee Herdman who has been incap acitated by illness much of the time since he took office under Governor Bryan in 1931. A. C. Tilley, maintenance engine er in the state highway depart ment, has been elevated to state engineer and head of the depart ment of roads and irrigation, suc ceding Cochran in the post he held, for 12 years. A. T. Lobdell, chief of the bureau of roads and bridges under State Engineer Cochran, and named acting state engineer by Governor Bryan when Cochran re signed to run for governor, has been retained in his old position by Cochran. Dwight Felton, director of the department of agriculture and in spection, is the first hold-over ap pointee to be announced. He will serve in. the same capacity under Cachran as he did under Bryan. Department heads now wonder ing what the near future holds in store for them include State Labor Commissioner Cecil Matthews, who many political observers believe is destined to get the gate; State Health Director P.H. Bartholomew, who is said to hold an even chance of staying; State Purchasing Agent J. R. Farris, also a 50-50 shot; and Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith, who probably can stay if he wants to. There is some talk too that State Game Warden Frank B. O’Connell, now holding over in his position because Governor Bryan has made no appointment since his regular term ran out last spring, probably will be retained by Coch ran. Attorney-general W. H. Wright will retain all of his present fellow assistants when he takes office the first of the year, and has named Milton C. Murphy of North Platte to fill the vacancy in the assistant attorney general’s office created by Wright’s election to the head of the department. Various groups and legislators are busy working up material to be tossed, into the legislative hopper V within the next few weeks. West I ern Nebraska ranchers want a law to make highway patrolmen deputy sheriffs, to enforce rules requiring stock truckers to carry a bill of lading showing ownership and his tory of cattle they carry. They in tend lo put across several other measures pertaining to similar pro , cadures. ' County officials meeting in their annual convention at Omaha passed resolutions which, among other things, asked the state legislature to apportion funds for relief, and oppose diversion of highway funds. Governor Bryan has revived his old. plan to widen 15th street for three blocks north of the capitol in order to provide a more impressive vista of the building. He will re commend to the legislature that provision be made for using part of the cash balance still on hand in the capitol fund to buy frontage on the street. Ak-Sar-Ben at Omaha has pre pared a bill providing that no in dividual can profit from horse rac ing ventures under the new pari mutuel betting law. The bill, as it will be submitted to legislators, provides a commission of three to be appointed by the governor and serve without pay. They would supervise the licensing and regulat ing of the entire pari-mutuel sys tem of the state. Other legislative proposals of re cent origin include providing a caretaker and room for a museum at Fort Kearney state park, an appropriation of $80,000 for sup port of the university college of dentistry during the next two years, and a liquor control plan whereby an absolute monopoly would be created on sales, control to be vest ed in a commission of three men to be appointed by the governor. State stores would be located in towns at local option. The state received bids on 44 road and bridge projects last Fri day. Low bids announced on 43 of the projects totaled $1,319,812. The remaining project is a viaduct at Beatrice, and plans are being studied in view of possible revision before the project is let. Accidents coming under the state bureau of labor compensation this year totaled 13,268 compared with 12,087 last year and 14,081 in 1932. Compensation allowed amounted to $124,122 compared with $374,940 a year ago and $471,975 in 1932. Hos pital and medical fees allowed to taled $136,864 this year. Dr. W. E. Lamb, state manager of the Townsend Old Age Pension plan, gave a talk on this plan to a small gathering in the District Court room last Friday evening. Plans were laid for the organiza tion of a local Townsend pension club. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sweitser and, son, Jay, of Milford, Nebr., came to O’Neill and spent Christmas with Mrs. Margaret Allen, mother of Mrs. Sweitser. The Sweitser family left here about 20 years ago. He operated a blacksmith shop near Meek. Stella, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Van Every has qualified for and accepted a position with the Northwestern Bell Telephone company here as a switchboard op erator. Miss Van Every had been teacher of several northern Holt county rural schools. Bobbie Burke, who is stationed at the Naval Base at San Pedro, Calif., arrived home Saturday night to spend Christmas with his mother, Laura Burke. After his return to San Pedro he is to be stationed for two years at the Hawaiian naval base. Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Morris Johnson went to Lyons and Sunday returned accompanied by Mrs. Nel lie Hoar, a relative. Sunday the Johnsons, Mrs. Hoar and Mrs. Cora Kirkpatrick and children, Edward, Lurlein and Morris, went to St. Charles, S. D., and partook of Christmas dinner at the home of Mr. and, Mrs. Link Sawyer. The Busy Hour Club met Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. Clyde Hershiser. All members were present this month. Part of the afternoon was spent piecing quilt blocks for Mrs. Hershiser. They also made plans for a pro gram and party later on. A de licious lunch was served by Mrs. Hershiser. The next meeting will be held January 31, at the home of Mrs. Ralph Ernst. Last Saturday afternoon a Christmas party was held by Phyl lis, 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell. Those attending were Vincent Cunningham, Jack Dempsey, Jean Calkins, Donna and Willa Vanderlinden, Leah Brueg man, Lois Lee Olson, Marion Boyle, Geraldine Allen, Virginia Daly, Maxine Wilkinson, Jacqueline, Vernon and Eldon Abbott, and Betty and Zanaga Kenifun. BRIEFLY STATED Leo Ryan,of Omaha, arrived Sat urday night to spend Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson spent Christmas with relatives at Wayne. J. B. Ryan left Saturday for Chi cago to spend the holidays with his children. Clarence Ryan, of Sioux City, ar rived Friday night to spend the holidays here. Hugh McManus, who has been in a hospital at Omaha, returned Saturday night. Larry Phalin, arrived Sunday from Denver, where he is attending St. Regis college. Miss Mae Hammond arrived Sat urday night to spend Christmas with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Heitman spent Christmas with relatives at Mad ison, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mullen spent Christmas with relatives at Creighton, Nebraska. Mrs. Mayme Bohme went to Fre mont where she spent Christmas with friends and relatives. Gus Krepla of Kimball, S. D., came down Tuesday to spend the day with Caryle Washachek. Levi Fuller, Jr., spent Christmas at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Levi Fuller, Sr., near Meek. Bob Biglin arrived home from Omaha where he is attending Creighton University, last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ott spent Christmas with Mr. Ott’s mother, residing tw6 miles south of Amelia. Miss Gladys Ryan came up from Omaha Monday evening to spend Christmas with her father, Art Ryan. Marvin Van Every is spending Christmas vacation at the home of Mr. and Mi’s. John Miller, near Emmet. Miss Mabel Erskine went to Nor folk Saturday night to spend Chris nias at home, returning Tuesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Norb Uhl left Sun day for Anthon, Iowa, to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Hudgel. George Van Every spent Sunday here with his family and returned to his highway work near Bartlett Monday. Bill Hammond, who is attending the University of Nebraska, arrived home Friday night to spend the holidays. Ralph Oppen, who is attending the University of Nebraska ar rived home Saturday night for the holidays. Edward O’Donnell arrived Satur day night to spend Christmas at the home of his mother, Ellen O’Donnell. Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson, of Hampton, Iowa, arrived Monday night to spend Christmas with rel atives here. E. D. Leach and family left by automobile for Forest City, Mo., early Sunday to spend Christmas with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards and children spent Sunday at the home of Bill Edwards near Venus, in Knox county. Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson, of Sioux City, are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rob ertson, of Joy. Matthew Beha, who is attending Creighton University in Omaha, ar rived Friday to spend Christmas i with his parents. Mr. and "Mrs. George Davies and children, Doris and Miles, of Deer Trail, Colo., arrived Saturday to spend a week with Mrs. Davies’ parents, Mr.and Mrs. George Miles. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Streeter spent Christmas at the home of his mother, Mrs. S. E. Streeter, at Brunswick, Nebr, Charles Manson slipped on oil at the oil pump plant and injured a knee previously hurt. He will be laid up several days. Frank Gallagher came up Sunday from St. Lous, Mo., to spend the Yuletide holidays with his mother, Mrs. J. P. Gallagher. Mrs. Gaius Cadwell and children went to Broken Bow to spend Christmas vacation visiting with Mrs. Cadwell’s parents. Members of the O’Neill volunteer fire department offer the public their eighth annual ball on New Year’s eve at Danceland. Frank O’Donnell, of Dallas Texas, arrived Sunday night to spend Christmas at the home of his moth er, Mrs. Ellen O’Donnell. Miss Adel Calvin went to Wa hoo Saturday to visit with her folks over Christmas. She returned to this city Tuesday night. Mrs. Roy Johnson visited rela tives at Sioux City Saturday and returned home on the Burlington passenger train Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beha, of Sioux City, arrived here Monday to spend Christmas with Mr. Beha’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter and children partook of Christmas din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ace Hubbard at Chambers. Small grain prices have been sagging daily but those who know say a startling upshoot may occur any day and hold for years. Bill Wehl, local agent for the Texas Oil Company left Monday morning for Beloit, Kans., to spend the holidays with his parents. Dr. Merle Hunt, of Battle Creek, arrived here Sunday and spent Christmas at the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Hunt. Mrs. Mary McLeod and daughter, Mrs. Bessie Baker, of Omaha, ar rived Saturday night to spend the holidays at the Clinton Gatz home. Mary Joan Finley, who is attend ing Duschene in Omaha, arrived home Friday to spend the holidays with her father, Dr. VV. F. Finley. Helen Toy, who is attending the Wayne Normal school, arrived home Friday to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anton Toy. Mary Morrison, who is attending Wayne arrived home Friday to spend the holidays visiting her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kaiser, of Kimball, S. D., came to this city Tuesday and, spent Christmas at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snell. Hugh O’Donnell drove up from Omaha last Saturday to spend Christmas with his parents. He re turned to Omaha Christmas after noon. George Van Every, state high way foreman, was called to Bart lett last week on business con nected with the highway depart ment. John McCarthy, employed by the federal government at Omaha, is home for a Christmas visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mc Carthy. Coach Elmer Stolte, spending Christmas with relatives at Atkin son, plans, according to a student, to go to Denver to vacation with relatives. The Burlington railway has been using a steam locomotive in place of the gas-electric fuss-lizzard the last week, much to the delight of children along the line. Chet Calkins assisted a relative from Grand Island in rounding-up mules near Bassett last week. The j mules were destined for the great-j st horse and mule market in the ( world—Grand Island. Bill Griflin, of Lincoln, arrived Saturday to spend the holidays visiting friends and relatives here and in Atkinson. * ————————— District Judge R. R. Dickson and J. D. Cronin left Thursday morning for Omaha to attend the state bar meeting at Omaha. Mary Lois Hammond, who is at tending Wayne Teachers college, arrived, home Friday night to spend Christmas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Hammond. The first several feet of ground surface here is saturated with wat er frozen so it cannot escape and spring planting seems certain to be made under ideal conditions. Mr. and Mrs. Z. W. Credle and daughter, Judith, came up from Omaha Saturday to spend the holi days with Mrs. Credle’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell. Mrs. Martin Blomberg, of White Wood, S. D., arrived in the city Monday evening and will spend two weeks visiting at the home of her parents,Mr.and Mrs. R. H. Murray. Mr. and Mrs. Hans Egger and daughter, Sharon Kay, returned to their home at Columbus Thursday morning. They Rpent the holidays here with her mother, Mrs. Goldie Liddy. Miss Roberta Arbuthnot arrived Saturday from St. Paul Minn., to spend the holidays with her par ents in this city. She is taking post graduate work at the Univer sity of Minnesota. A friend of Raymond and Alvin Bausch, pupils attending the public school here, reports that the boys were to start for Wyoming astride a motorcycle to visit relatives in the "cow country.” Patrick Boyle, rancher living 10 miles south of Chambers, visited here Monday with his sons, Pat rick and James, and left that after noon to spend Christmas with rel atives at Atkinson. William J. Hammond, Jr., who is attending the Nebraska Univer sity at Lincoln, accompanied his father, W. J., Sr., home Friday. W. J. senior had been on a business trip to the capitol city. Marie Biglin, of Salt Lake City, Utah, came Sunday night to spend the holiday season at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I*. J. Biglin. She expects to remain here until the 7th of January. Reports from upper Eag'a creek valley indicate several night hunts after raccoon have been planned for mid-winter. Those who have participated say there is nothing as exciting as coon hunting. George Barnett, of South Sioux City, well known here, conductor on a Burlington passenger run to O’Neill a few years ago, visited here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell last week. A. M. Turner, manager of the Armour poultry plant in this city, went to South Dakota Sunday to visit at Eton, Salem and Mitchell and to spend Christmas at home. He returned to O’Neill Tuesday. Margaret, Phyllis, Merle and Donald, sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. George Mitchell left here on the Burlington passenger train last Saturday morning for a brief visit with friends at Sioux City. Coyotes are heard yowling near midnight here and it is presumed they have increased or moved in from drouth areas to partake of the abundant rabbit crop here. A community wolf hunt might prove entertaining and profitable. Last Friday night Marvin Van Every and William Maxwell, boys, skating on Carlon’s lake, ran into a thin-iced water hole used by the Lawrence family in watering live ! stock. Besides a free ice-cold bath no serious results were suffered. _ An old fashioned blizzard fore cast for last Saturday for this sec tion turned tail and roared across from Colorado, Wyoming and Mon tana north of us to the Groat Lakes, leaving two and three feet of snow for Santa Claus’ sleigh. Cronk-Riley Last Wednesday morning, De cember 26, the wedding of Miss Thelma Riley, daughter of Mrs. Ella Riley of this city, and Mr. James H. Cronk, of Page, was sol emnized at eight o’clock at St. Pat rick’s Catholic church here by Vy. Rev. John G. McNamara. The couple was attended by Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Cronk, of Orchard, cousins to the grom. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cronk, the newlyweds, are teaching school and honeymoon plans are held in abeyance until after the close of the schools in the spring. Tentatively, a honeymoon may include visiting the cities of Omaha and Kansas City with the rest of the itinerary indefinite at this time. Residence of this couple is to be on a farm four and. one-half miles southwest of Inman and there they will be at home on or near May 15. The couple start on married life with the hearty well wishes of The Frontier as well as those of all who have the pleasuro of their acquaintance. Order Blanks For Seed Are Available Supplemental seed stocks of ad apted and superior varieties of grain held by the AAA as a seed conservation measure will be dis tributed to Holt county farmers at flat prices based on actual cost of the seed as grain, plus handling, cleaning and storage charges. P. H. Stewart, extension agron omist at the Nebraska college of agriculture and member of the fed eral seed stocks committee, this week, informed Agricultural Agent, F. M. Reece, of the prices. Spring wheat of the Marquis and Ceres varieties will sell for $1.36 per bu., feed barley of the Trebi variety will sell for $1.10 per bu., melting barley for $1.36 per bu., and oats for 75 cents per bu. The Holt county drouth commit tee composed of F. M. Reece, Roy Worden and Dave Bowen, will have charge of the distribution of the seed here. Seed now largely held in elevators in primary country dis tributing points will start moving as soon as allocations to drought counties have been made on the basis of needs as determined by re cent surveys. Farmers wanting seed should place their orders with the county committee. The total amount of seed held by ihe AAA is small in comparison to the total requirements probably not accounting to more than 60 per cent of the defect. However, the primary purposes of the program ia to protect superior varieties that have been developed over a period, of years, from extinction thru feed inging, or mixing br processing. Local elevators and seed houses ap proved by the county committee will distribute the government held seed to producers who will handle the receipts from sales. OPPORTUNITY District No. 127 gave a Christ mas entertainment consisting of music, a play entitled “Christmas at the Stebins,” a tree and old San ta himself. Mary Van Avery is the teacher. Leslie Van Every is home for the Christmas vacation. Those who are away attending school and are home for the holi days are, Ella Isert, O’Neill, Helen Cleveland, Plainview, Harold Young, Wayne, and Luretta Land man, O’Neill. Christmas day one of Holt county’s largest and undoubtedly healthiest and brightest families took dinner here at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Bellar. The family is that of Mr. and Mrs. John B.llar of near Emmet. The children are: Clayton, 17, Evelyn, 16, Floyd, 15, Ruth, 14, Doris, 12, Mary, 10, John and James, twins, 9, Francis, 8, Millie, 6, and Ralph, 4. All of the Bellar children are living. The Bel lar farm is six miles west of O’Neill and three east of Emmet. Santa Claus delivered a sample of actual artic circle weather here Christmas morning at about 5:30 a. m. Those who went to the Cath olic church before that time, to at tehd 6 o’clock Mass, experienced very mild December weather. On taking the air again about 8 o’clock it was found a zero temperature prevailed with a strong north wind spitting snow and promising a bliz zard that did not materialize. ---—--- ■ ■ imjM»~u ^ O’Neill Basket Ball Teams Victorious Last Thursday evening on the local public school gym floor the basketball team of that institution won over the St. Joseph’s Hall team of Atkinson 38 to 9. Second teams of the same schools played a game and again O'Neill won, the score reading 17 to 2. Friday evening on the academy floor here the St. Mary’s basketball team won over Orchard, Nebr., 24 to 12. A game between eighth grade teams of the school was voi by St. Mary’s 18 to 7. Public School Band Gives First Concert The first public appearance here last Thursday afternoon of the public school band under direction of Lyle M. Durham was a revcal ation of what the right man in the right place can accomplish. It seems impossible children with practically no knowledge of musie last September 1, should be capable of furnishing music that would be a credit to an adult band having years of practice. Those who heard the band frank ly said they were astonished. It ie evident now that within a few months this band is to become one that the re»f of Nebraska and southern South Dakota shall mavel at and make every effort to hear. O’Neill has foond that Durham, besides meaning something good to smoke, means the best to be had im tho way of good music. Award Contract For Paving of 4th Street Last Saturday Mayor John Kersenbrock announced that the bid of the Roberts Construction com pany of Lincoln for $27,992 for the paving of one-half mile from the center of town south to the Chicago & Northwestern railway tracks had been accepted. Work on this job, the mayor said, should get under way by January 15 and the north end block would be full width with the balance 20 feet wide. A job of paving here last sum mer, one mile east-west, was done by the Roberts company for $48,029. The new paving will connect with that laid last summer. No facts regarding the number of local men to be employed could be obtained at this time. Chevrolet Agency Here Changes Hands C. M. Miller and C. F. Lundgren of Valentine, will next week enter the Chevrolet business in this city, under the name of the Miller Chev rolet company. Negotiations for the purchase of the Chevrolet ag ency were concluded last week. Mr. Lundgren will move here and take over the management of the business. The Frontier welcomes him to the business life of O’Ne.ll. Skating Pond Ready Mayor John Kersenbrock said Thursday that the skating pond, located three blocks east from tne center of town, on Douglas street, is flooded and in readiness for use. Two lights with reflectors will be placed, one at each end, so the rink may be used at night. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES A. J. May, Pastor 10 a. m., Sunday school. 11a. m., Worship service, special music by the choir. Sermon—“A New Year Opportunity.” 6:30, Epworth League program. 7:30, Song service, special music by Junior choir. Sermon—“Anoth er Chance.” The Epworth League will hold a New Year Watch party next Mon day evening at the church basement. _ THE CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY ALLIANCE Rev. Albert P. Swanson Dec. 30 service at 3 p. m. Sermon “The Comfort of the Holy Ghost.” Prayer Service Thursday at 7:30 p. m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Wilsey, 407 E. John. Welcome. Last Wednesday morning, Judge R. R. Dickson sentenced Alex Holt Green, 32, to three years in the penitentiary on a recent jury con viction here of cattle stealing. The case had its inception about last June 5, when C. N. Thompson, 90, rancher near Amelia, missed two yearling calves.
