Neb. State Historical Society
vFIRE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT DESTROYS
SCHOOL AT INMAN
O’Neill Fire Department Called To
Help Fight the Blaze, And
To Prevent Its Spread.
Wednesday night at 11:55 a call
was received here for assistance in
battling flames that broke out in
the two story frame public school
building at Inman. One of the
most violent winds started blowing
from the north an hour or more be
fore, and when the call came the
storm was at its zenith, choking all
living things outdoors and reducing
visibility to practically nothing.
Gerald Miles, fire chief here,
Norb Uhl and Mayor John Kersen
brock manned one of the fire trucks
and made the run to Inman as
quickly as possible. Intense cold
rode in with the wind and those
at the fire were powerless except
to try to keep from freezing and to
prevent spread of the fire.
Mayor Kersenbrock reported sev
eral hay barns caught fire and
were barely saved from destruction.
The building roughly was valued at
$6 ,000 and the contents at about
$9,000, making a loss in all of $15,
000. There is insurance but how
much was not learned.
Building and contents were en
tirely destroyed.
Mrs. Luella A. Parker, superin
tendent of Holt county schools,
said that in her opinion the school
would have to be rebuilt since large
size rooms are scarce at Inman.
No one has an idea as to how the
fire originated, but it is presumed
here a furnace fire had been banked
and that something went wrong
under pressure of the extra heavy
wind.
Mrs. Parker also said the build
ing had been renovated and new
furnishings added orly last fall at
considerable cost.
The school building was close to
the center of Inman. George Cor
nish is the school’s superintendent.
Fifty-eight Students
From St. Mary’s Go
Home For Holidays
Fifty-eight students of St. Mary’s
Academy here, who come here to
attend school, from other towns or
from out in the rural districts, and
stay at the academy building dur
ing the school term, went to their
various homes to spend the Christ
mas vacation period.
They are as follows:
Edna, Kathryn and Vera Dona
son, Mills, Nebraska.
Thelma and Rachel Genereux, of
Bartlett, Nebraska.
Alda and Armella Pongratz, of
Emmet, Nebraska.
June Douglas, of Newport, Nebr.
Geraldine Dusatko, Grace and
Ann Pribil, Marie Antoniette and
Rose Marie Stewart, Elsie Peter,
Francis, Mary and Margaret Dic
key, Catherine Claire Conklin, Rita,
Robert and James Moore, Mary
Margaret Early and Elaine Street
er, all of O’Neill.
Laureen Baumeister, of Stuart,
Nebraska.
Kathryn Leahy and Genevieve
t Morris, of Ewing, Nebraska.
Lillian Thiele and Frances Sands,
of Clearwater, Nebraska.
Virginia Nollette and Mary Ann
Meer, of Valentine, Nebraska.
Marguerite Zernig and Gertrude
Langer, of Norden, Nebraska.
Mary Bachelor, Kennedy, Nebr.
Mildren Wemsmann, of Headlee,
South Dakota.
Doris Ganser, Wood Lake, Nebr.
Teresa Moler, and Mary Ann and
Veronica Casey, Spencer, Nebr.
Mary Bruder, Mary, Rose, John
and Daniel Gaffney, of Atkinson,
Nebraska.
Joseph, Agnes and Jackie Roth
erham, of Peoria, 111.
Rachel, Pat and David Burke, and
Pat Laney, of Inman, Nebraska.
Phyllis Farran, Dorsey, Nebr.
Marvelane George, Orchard, Ne
braska.
Peter and Delmar Price, Amelia,
Nebraska.
(Marie, Madeline, Bonnie and Don
ald Hynes, Phoenix, Nebraska.
# Monica Held.^hambers, Nebr.
Ten Holt Countv Boys
Leave For CCC Camp
Ten Holt county boys left this
morning for Niobrara where they
will enter a CCC camp. We under
stand that they will receive their
physical examination at Niobrara,
take the “shots” necessary and will
then be transferred to other camps
in different sections of the country.
Following are the boys who left
this morning: Ben Warford, Albert
Fernholz and Leonard Heinowski,
O’Neill; Otto Steinbach, Stuart; Al
fred Anderson, Joseph Deermer,
Atkinson; Levi Outhouse, Inman;
Boyd Geary, Ewing, and John Alls
house, Stuart.
Sister Etheldrede
Dies At Alliance
A Western Union message re
ceived here Saturday informed the
Sisters of St. Mary's Academy of
the death of one of their former
teachers, Sister M. Etheldrede. For
the past two years Sister had been
teaching at Alliance, Nebraska.
Sister Etheldrede came to St.
Mary’s Academy in 1901. For 14
years she taught grades five and
six. In 1924 she was transferred to
the high school as sponsor of the
Tenth grade. For a number of
years she was in charge of Dram
atics at the Academy. Most of her
religious life was devoted to the
love and service of St. Mary’s Ac
ademy. Those who knew Sister
Etheldrede wiil remember her as a
kind, charitable teacher for whom
no sacrifice was too great.
Sister Etheldrede leaves a moth
er, three sisters, and three brothers,
one of whom, Rev. Edward Brack
en, S. J., is stationed at Loyola
University, Chicago.
The funeral took place from St.
Agnes Academy, Alliance, Nebr.,
on Monday, December 21. Your
prayers are requested for the re
pose of her soul. xx.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Dick Tomlinson and baby
boy went home Dec. 22, both feel
ing fine.
Pat Shea entered the hospital
Monday, Dec. 24, for medical treat
ment. At present he is somewhat
improved.
Mrs. Robert Lamb and baby girl
went home Christmas day. All
doing fine.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. William
Schroder, Dec. 26, a baby
named Mary Ann, 6 pounds. They
went home Jan. 2.
Miss Clara Shoemaker was off
duty a few days, suffering from an
attack of influenza.
Mrs. Jim Fleming came in Dec.,
26, suffering with pneumonia. Her
condition was quite serious for a
few days but she is now on the
mend.
Miss Frances Lamason, of Page,
was operated on Saturday, Dec. 29,
for Empyemia. She went home on
January 2nd.
Jim McDermott was brought in
New Year’s night, a victim of an
auto accident. Several stitches
were taken in the face and head.
He had no serious injuries.
Baby Margaret Helen Harty was
taken home Jan. 2. She is gaining
in weight and feeling much better.
We wish to take this oportunity
to thank the Carol singers for their
generous program Christmas eve,
and also all those who helped to
make the day more pleasant for all
the invalids confined to their beds
duringthe holidays.—Hospital staff.
Order blanks for Clarke-McNary
seedling trees have been received
at the County Agent’s office. Prices
of the trees remain the same as
last year, that is, $1.00 per hundred
for windbreaks with a maximum of
400 trees, and 75 cents per hundred
for woodlots with 1,000 maximum.
Applications will be filled in the
order they are received. Only lim
ited quantities of Chinese elm, red
cedar, and russian olive are avail
able. Trees will be shipped in
April, 1935.
Those that were New Year’s din
ner and supper guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John Juracek at
Star, Nebr., were Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Cernousek and daughter, Phyllis
Ann, and Alfred Cernousek, of
Walnut, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Juracek and family, of Star, and
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva and
family, of O’Neill. The afternoon
was spent in visiting and playing
cards, which was followed by a
dance in the evening.
Mrs. Anna McKenna arrived in
this city Sunday evening to spend
two weeks here visiting with rela
tives and friends.
Ezra Cooke, recently elected Holt
county supervisor, was at the court
house here on business Thursday. I
Government Will
Buy More Cattle
Holt county has been granted an
additional cattle sale at O’Neill
where the government will buy 350
head of the most distressed cattle
on Saturday, Jan. 5, 1935.
Anyone interest in this sale
should get in touch with their com
mitteemen or the agent as soon as
possible.
Permits will be mailed to each
individual and no more than the
permitted number will he accepted.
The cooperation of individuals will
be appreciated because this quota
cannot be exceeded.
Youths Sentenced On
Chicken Theft Charge
Sitting here as Juvenile Judge,
Robert R. Dickson Wednesday aft
ernoon, pronounced sentences on
two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Lanphear, of O’Neill. It had been
alleged the boys stole several chick
ens from Eli Hershiser. The boys,
Charles Lanphear, 18, and Albert,
15, plead guilty and Wednesday
Charles was sentenced to one year
in the reformatory at Linclon and
Albert was sentenced to the state
idustrial school at Kearney until
he attains his majority—21 years
of age.
It is likely Sheriff Peter W. Duffy
will take the boys to the institu
tions Thursday or Friday.
Has Visions Of
A City Swim Pool
The latest scheme of Mayor John
Kersenbrock to show everyone here
a good time next summer is to save
about 72,000 gallons of clear cold
water that each day escapes from
the Gatz Brothers ice plant in south
O’Neill, in a concrete walled and
floored swimming pool he has plan
ned- This water, in summer, is run
over a garden but it is figured the
use of it in swimming should not
ruin it for garden use. Water is
rather scarce you see, so what’s
the matter with making ice, using
it for swimming and then on a
garden?
Norb Uhl Appointed
As City Councilman
The city council met Wednesday
night and during the meeting Norb
Uhl w'as named councilman for the
third ward to take the place made
vacant by .the resignation of Lloyd
Gillespie, who was elected state
representative and who therefore
must spend considerable of his
time at Lincoln.
Last Suday afternoon Donna, 9,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Vanderlinden, at her home in south
east O’Neill, gave several of her
friends invitations to a party she
tendered in celebration of her birth
day. Those attending were Mar
garet Thavenent, Leah Bruegman,
Lois Lee Olson, Virginia Daly, Jac
queline Abbott, Betty Lou Harris
and Willa Marie Vanderlinden.
Lunch was served, games played
and jigsawT puzzles worked for
prizes.
Tuesday William Maxwell, Gene
Sanders, Allen Spindler and Ed
ward Kirkpatrick skated to Inman
on the Elkhorn river and to prove
it mailed the sports editor of The
Frontier a postcard which arrived
and bore the Inman cancellation
stamp. A report was circulated
but found untrue, that the card had
been mailed at Inman by a friend
w'ho went there in an automobile.
C. E. Lundgren, of Valentine,
came to this city January 1 to take
over the Chevrolet sales and ser
vice agency of Arbuthnot & Reka,
for the Miller Chevrolet company.
Mr. Lundgren is supervising the
rearrangement of the interior of
the building and the installation of
some new equipment. When the
details of arrangement are com
plete he will move his family to this
city, and will reside here.
Miss Alice Trihy, who for sev
eral years was a teacher in the
O’Neill public school, arrived Fri
day night to spend a few days
visiting with frends. Miss Trihy
is now teaching in the public schools
at Gretna, Nebr. She returned
home Sunday night.
S. J. Weekes went down to Om-1
aha last Tuesday night to spend a
few days sitting as a member of
the loan committee of the Agricul
tural Credit Corporation.
GROUND SOYBEAN
HAY SERVES WELL
AS A STOCK FEED
Soybean Hay and Molasses Will
Soon Be On the Market Here
For Holt (’aunty Use.
Ground soybean hay and molas
ses, which will soon be available for
purchase by Holt county farmers
has good feeding value, Prof. H. J.
Gramlich of the Nebraska college
of agriculture has informed Agri
cultural Agent F. M. Reece.
Experiments conducted in a num
ber of states where soybeans are
grown tend to show soy bean hay
of good quality and equal to, and,
not infrequently slightly superior
to good alfalfa hay. Experiments
at the University of Nebraska in
dicate also that molasses fed in
limited quantities possessed a value
approximately equal to cocp.
With corn now costing farmers
approximately $40 per ton, soybean
hay and molasses mixture is rela
tively the best buy available, Gram
lich says. It is highly nutritious,
to a large extent digestible and
should prove satisfactory in a live
stock ration.
The mixture which will probably
be available will come in 100 pound
bags and will present no handling
difficulty. It presents q balanced
ration for work horses and milking
cows. Prof. R. R. Thalman of the
college of agriculture says it is not
necessary to feed any other supple
ments altho the daily ration can be
cheapened by mixing it with straw
or fodder for cows not milking, or
idle horses. The price at which
this product will be available to
Nebraska farmers is below corn
and alfalfa when the cost of the
dairy ration is considered.
Seed For Spring
Should Be Ordered
Application blanks for seed oats,
barley and spring wheat are on
hand at the Agricultural Agents
office. Anyone who will need seed
from this source should get their
order in early so that they will be
assured of obtaining supplies. Ord
ers will be collected at the county
agents office. As soon as the ord
ers total a carload the seed will be
shipped out. Upon arrival of the
cars, those who ordered will be
notified, so they can take it off the
car. If they do not have facilities
to store it at home it can be left
in the elevator for a charge of one
cent per bushel, per month. The
seed must be paid for when it is
taken out of storage or from the
car. Oats will cost 75 cents per
bushel; seeding barley, $1.10; mai
ling barley, $1.35; wheat $1.35.
Because of a very limited supply
it is advisable to order early. Any
one wishing to order should see or
write Agricultural Agent F. M.
Reece for application blanks.
Cub Scouts
Due to the interest on the part of
a number of boys for Cubbing, Rev.
H. D. Johnson, chairman of the
North Central district has called a
meeting of all who are interested.
Some of the problems to be consid
ered will be how it should be spon
sored, how many packs to organize,
the election of committeemen, etc.
Cub Scouting is proving to be a
fine program for boys under 12
years of age. It is promoted by
the Boy Scout organization but is
entirely different from the Scout
program. It provides a fine pro
gram for the younger boy.
Fathers and mothers are urged to
attend this meeting. It will be held
in the Presbyterian church Thurs
day night at 7:45.
Last Friday evening at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dahlstein was
held the monthly party of the Sun
day school class of Archie Bowen,
of the Methodist church. Besides
Mr. Bowen these were present:
Howard and George Dahlstein, Her
bert and Berwin Shaver, Donald
Bowen, Lavem Lynch and Jack Ot
ten. Once a month the class holds
a party at one of the homes.
D. H. Cronin returned last night
from Omaha and Nebraska City
where he had spent the past ten
days visiting relatives and firends.
Mrs. Cronin had the misfortune to
sprain her ankle last Monday even-1
ing and she and the children were
unable to return Tuesday night, but
are expected home the latter part
of the week.
The Frontier Offered
For One Dollar A Year
During the month of January the
Frontier is making a subscription
rate of $1.00 per year to both old
and new subscribers in Holt and
adjoining counties. Old subscrib
ers, who are in arrears, will have to
pay their back subscription at the
old rate of $2 per year, and they
can then pay either one or two
years in advance at the rate of
$1.00 per year. Advance subscrip
tions not accepted at this rate for
more than two years in advance.
Just think of it! Fifty-six col
umns of reading matter every week
during the year at the very low
rate of $1 per year, less than two
cents a week. The serial story that
has been runing in The Frontier
for the past four months will be
concluded in the issue of January
17, and on January 24 we will start
the publication of another very in
teresting serial, “The Man From
Yonder.” This is a very interesting
story. Do not miss the opening
chapters.
District Meeting Of
FERA Nurses Here
A district meeting of county
FERA nurses was held here at the
courthouse Thursday afternoon
under direction of Beatrice Bozartn
of Lincoln, district nursing super
visors of SERA.
Those attending and the counties
in which they work and addresses
follow:
Ruth Martin, Wheeler county,
Bartlett; Alta B. Carlsen, Garfield
county, Burwell; Katherine Jar
dee, Brown county, Long Pine;
Elizabeth Pokamy, Boyd county,
Spencer, and Beatrice Bozartn, of
Lincoln. All are graduate nurses.
The meetings are for study and
the holding of nursing up to stand
ard. Meetings will be held at
O’Neill once a month.
Receives Jail Sentence
Lewis Tasler, of Atkinson, was
before Judge Dickson last Tuesday
on a charge of adultry. He was
arrested on Dec. 31, 1934, at Gor
don in company with Mrs. Marie
Oxner, of Atkinson, wife of Ed
ward Oxner of that city. The com
plaint in the case alleges that Tas
ler and Mrs. Oxner, a married wo
man whose husband was living,
lived in a state of adultery from
December 18 to December 31.
It appears that all the parties
lived in Atkinson and that the de
fendant and Mrs. Oxner left there
December 18 and went to Gordon,
where they were apprehended on
December 31. Tasler was brought
here and Mrs. Oxner was to have
been sent to one of the government
camps for transients by the officers
of Sheridan county.
When arraigned in court Tasler
pled guilty to the charge and the
court took die matter under advise
ment. He was again taken before
the court on Wednesday morning
and sentenced by Judge Dickson to
four months in the county jail and
to pay the costs of the action.
Corn-Hog and Wheat
Committeemen Asked
To Lincoln Meeting
Chester Davis, administrator of
the Triple A farm programs, will
be the leading speaker of the wint
er organized agriculture meetings
at Lincoln this year. He talks at
the closing session of the week on
Thursday afternoon, Jan. 10. Rev.
Frank G. Smith, of Omaha; O. E.
Baker and Miss Ruth O’Brien, of
Washington, and J. S. Jones, of
Minnesota, are the other outstand
ing speakers of the general meet
ings at Lincoln.
Five hundred corn and wheat al
lotment committeemen of Nebraska
have been urged to come to Lincoln
for the Thursday meeting with
Chester Davis. A special forenoon
program is being planned partic
ularly for the allotment commit
teemen.
In addition to the opportunity to
meet with the federal administrator
the allotment committeemen will
hear a final report of a special
committee appointed by W. II. Bro
kaw, state administrator, to draw
up recommendations, regarding the
set up of the 1935 corn-hog pro
gram in Nebraska. The special
committee is made up of seven al
lotment committeemen from all
parts of the state and six district
supervisors who will work under
Brokaw’s direction in 1935.
When approved by the group of
allotment committeemen at the
January 10th meeting, the recom
mendations of the committee will
serve as a guide for all county as
sociations to follow in getting the
applications and contracts signed
for 1935. Local meetings are like
ly to be held in most counties dur
ing the latter part of January and
farmers will be making out their
1935 papers soon after the meet
ings.
Reports coming in to the state
office from some counties indicate
that many farmers are ready to
sign contracts for the coming year.
Other reports indicate that quite a
number of men want to ge> their
seed supply and figure out how they
will handle their farm work with
a limited amount of horse power
before they make the decision re
garding tho 1936 contract. Under
the provisions of the new contract
the signer agrees to reduce his corn
acreage but can use the land for
small grain or other crops.
Tot Breaks Shoulder
In Fall From Bucket
Like any healthy child, Marilyn,
about one year old, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Ernst, climbed
tables, chairs and things higher,
and fell innumerable times without
serious injury. Then, Friday, she
mounted an overturned bucket and
desperately tried to insert one of
her feet in a paper bag.
The girl tumbled off the bucket
and yelled when anyone placed a
hand on her shoulder. She was
taken to a doctor and he found his
young patient suffered a broken
shoulder bone. The Ernsts reside
on a farm three miles west of
O’Neill.
Receive Injuries
In Auto Collision
Last Tuesday morning at about
2 o’clock, automobiles containing
Louis Babl, John Cook, John Murry,
James McDermott, son of Mrs.
Dominic McDermott, Cecil Conklin
and wife, and Paul Schwciso, accord
ing to Chief of Police John Martin,
collided near the New Deal oil and
gas station on West Douglas street,
injuring several of the occupants
and damaging the automobiles.
A report says Cook suffered a
broken nose and, McDermott scalp
and facial cuts, and others less ser
ious injuries. Most of the injuries
were the result of front seat pas
sengers passing thru windshield
glass, it was reported.
Edna May McDonald has filed
suit in the district court asking for
a divorce from Clarence J. McDon
ald, on the groudsn of extreme
cruelty. In her petition she al
leges that they were married at
Butte, Nebr., on Nov. 5, 1U32, and
that she has always conducted her.
self as a true and faithful wife.
She alleges that he has been guilty
of extreme cruelty as he deserted
her five weeks after marriage and
has since refused to have anything
to do with the plaintiff. One child
was born to them, Clarence McDon
ald, one and a half years old. She
asks for the custody of the child
and that he bo required by the
court to pay such alimony as the
court may deem just and proper.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Gordon Harper, Page and Marie
Beeloert, Orchard.
Robert Freed, Atkinson and Irene
Zahradnicek, Atkinson.
George Stanek,Amelia, and Mary
Malloy, Atkinson.
Thelma Riley, O’Neill, and James
Cronk, Page.
Guests Christmas at the ranch
home of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Mil
ler, seven miles west of town were
Adam Hays, Mr. and Mrs. V. C.
Johnson and son, Virgil, Mr. and
Mrs. L. O. Johnson and children,
Marvin and Betty Jane, Mr. and.
Mrs. Harold Hough and daughter,
Phyllis, and Stella and Alberta
Van Every.
Leslie,son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Van Every, of Opportunity, came
down from a ranch near Gordon,
where he is employed, to visit his
parents and the Mr. and Mrs.
George Van Every family here sev
eral days before returning to Gord
on next Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Young and J
children have moved from O'Neill ;
to Wayne where Mr. Yoiin'T has a
position with the Buick garage.
NEWLY ELECTED
COUNTY OFFICERS
TAKE THEIR JOBS
Mrs. Parker Refuses To Turn Office
Of County Superintendent
Over To Mr. McClurg.
Ben Winchell took charge of the
office of county treasurer this morn
ing. He has as his assistants Geo.
Shoemaker, deputy, and Ed. Han
cock and Miss Della Harnisb aa
clerks. Retiring Treasurer Con
klin, who has filled the office very
creditably for several years, is as
sisting in the office for a few days
cleaning up some odds and ends.
In the office of county superin
tendent there are two officers this
morning. Mr. McClurg, elected to
the position by the voters of the
county at the last general election,
made his appearance this morning
and made a demand of Mrs. Park
er for the office. She refuses to
turn the office over to him and the
result is that there are two county
superintendents in possession of
the office. Mrs. Parker and her
deputy occupy the desks in the
offica while Superintendent-elect
McClurg and his deputy, Harold
Weirs, of this city, are occupying
chairs within the office.
From what we have been able to
learn an opinion from the late at
torney general of the state is re
sponsible for the mix-up. It ap
pears that along about 1929 the
legislature provided that all the
candidates for non-partisan offices
should be elected at the same time
and it is the contention of the
couty superintendents of the state
that they hold office two years more
and that their terms will not ex
pire until January 1, 1937. County
superintendents over the state, who
failed of re-election were advised to
hold thir office until the case was
decided by the supreme court, as
we understand a case was startad
in the district court of Lancaster
county and was then to be taken
to the supreme court. It was de
cided that if county superintendents
would relinquish their offices and
then the supreme court would hold
that their contention was right they
would be out in the cold and the
only way they could protect their
rights would he to hold onto the
office until the supreme court
passed upon the matter.
Mrs. Parker say3 she has no de
sire to inconvenience Fuperirtend
ent McClurg in any manner and
that in refusing to turn the office
over she was merely protecting any
rights that she might have. We
understand that the district court
refused the contention of the county
superintendents and then the mat
ter was taken to the supreme court.
It is expected to have a decision
from that tribunal vithin a week
or two
There are no changes in the other
offices of the county. Clerk Gal
lagher succeeds himself; Clerk of
the District Court Moss also suc
ceeds himself; as does county sher
iff Peter Duffy, register of deeds
Esther Harris and county attorney
Julius D. Cronin.
As members of the county board
Supervisors Root and James re
tired, and they are succeeded by
Ed. J. Matousek, of Atkinson, Ezra
Cook of Chambers. The new board
will meet next Tuesday and organ
ize for business.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to the neighbors and friends
who were so kind and helpful to us
during the sickness and death of
our dear husband and father.—Mrs.
Jens Hansen and children.
Mrs. Laura Burke and son, Robt.^
ert, left Tuesday night for San
Francisco. Robert, better known,
as “Bobby,” will sail January 10th
from San Francisco to Hawaii,
where he will be stationed at the
Naval base there for the next two
years. Mrs. Burke wi'l remain an
the west coast for three or four
months visiting with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mrs.
Morris Johnson and Mrs. Nellie
Hoar and son went by automobile
to Lyons, Neb., where Mrs. Hoar,
sister of Mrs. Johnson, Sr., expects
to make her home. Mrs. Hoar, her
husband and young son are moving
from California to Nebraska.
John Honeywell, rancher south
of Chambers, had business at the
county seat Thursday of this week.
