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§VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1035. No. 34
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McCLURG NOW HAS
if OFFICE OF COUNTY
SUPERINTENDENT
Mrs. Parker Sends Office Keys T<>
Mr. McClurg Before Supreme
Court Makes Decision.
Everything is jiovv quiet and ser
ene in the office of county superin
tendent and Superintendet McClurg
and his assistant, Harold Weirs, are
in complete control. Last Monday
morning Mrs. Luella Parker sent
the keys of the office up to Mr.
McClurg, thus relinquishing all
claim to the office, several hours
before the matter was decided by j
the supreme court.
The case was argued in the su- j
preme court last Monday morning |
and the court announced its decis- i
ion shortly after the noon hour, sus-!
taining the decision of the district j
court, that the superintendents had |
no basis for their claims. It was
announced that a written opinion
would be handed down later.
Organize County Board
At Meeting Tuesday
The new county board met last
Tuesday, shortly before noon, and
re-elected John Sullivan, one of two
democrats on the board, to the
position of chairman for another
year. Sullivan was the only one
mentioned for the position and the
election was unanimous.
After convening after the noon
hour the chairman announced the
following committees for the en
suing year:
Court House—Matousek, Stein,
** Steinhauser.
Finance—Stein, Cook, Matousek.
Printing—Carson, Stein, Reimer.
Taxes—Steinhauser, Cook. Car
son.
Bonds—Cook, Reimer, Stein.
Bridge—Carson, Reimer, Stein
hauser.
Settlement with county officers—
v Reimer and the entire board.
5 Claims—Matousek and the entire
I board.
The Frontier was selected as the
| official paper of the county for the
1 ensuing year.
O’Neill Man Finds
Black Widow Spider
Elmer Bowen calmly walked out
f to a shed at the Bowen home in
I north O’Neill, plucked a “bug'’ he
1 saw dangling in a corner and found
it to be a black widow spider with
, an entire spread as large as a half
dollar. Its belly was decorated
with the usual red hour glass, in
dicating it to be a female fully de
veloped and ready for business, in
this case assisting the undertaker.
The spider was sent to a certain
Nebraska school where a teacher
said it was very doubtful if there |
are any black widows in Nebraska, j
It was returned but its body shrunk i
and it is hard now to identify it.
Some here are wondering how we
are to get any sleep next summer
if black widows increase again.
Cold weather is supposed to hold
down the hatch. Down south is
their ordinary habitat. The pois
on is more than 100 times more
deadly than that of the rattlesnake, j
Spring Seed Orders
Are Coming In Fast
Application blanks for seed oats,
barley and spring wheat are now
being called for at the Agricultuur
al Agents office by many producers.
Anyone who will need seed from
this source should get their order
in early so that they will be as
sured of obtaining supplies. Or
ders will be collected, at the county
agents office. As soon as the or
ders total a carload, the seed will
be shipped out. Upon arrival of
k the cars, those who ordered will be
•notified, so they can take it off the
car. If they do not have facilities j
to store it at home it can be left in
the elevator for a charge of one
cent (lc) 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; malt
ing barley $1.35; wheat $1.25.
- Because of a very limited supply
• it is advisable to order early.
Anyone wishing to order should see
or write Agricultural Agent F. M.
Reece for application blarks.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Harrington
left this afternoon for Omaha to
attend the funeral of Edward Nord- j
strom, brother-in-law of Mrs. Har- j
rington, who died Wednesday.
Frontier Sending Out
1,200 Extra Copies
The Frontier is sending out 1200
extra copies of this week’s issue
to prospective readers over the
county. Read it over. See what
you can get for a whole year for
$1. Then go to the postoffice, get
a money order for one dollar and
mail to this office and The Fron
tier will visit you each week for
the next fifty-two weeks. It’s the
biggest newspaper value in the
county. Join our great and grow
ing family of readers and do it
today.
Two and One-Half
Pound Infant Dies
One of the smallest babies ever
born in Holt county was Donna
Rae, weighing only 2 Vis pounds,
born last Thursday morning to Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Calkins in southeast
O’Neill. The daughter lived only
about twenty hours and died Thurs
day night. Friday the remains
wrere interred in Prospect Hill
cemetery.
Those who saw the little girl re
marked about her remarkably small
size, comparing her to a little doll.
Dr. J. P. Brown was the attending
physician.
Preparing For Display
Of New Model Cars
Manager Lundgren, of the Miller
Brothers Chevrolet Company, of
this city, has a force of men at
work remodeling and redecorating
the garage formerly occupied by
Arbuthnot & Reka, which they
took over the first of the year.
They have torn out the petitions
in the front part of the building
and will change the doors and when
the work is completed it will be
much brighter than formerly. Mr.
Lundgren says that he looks for a
splendid business this year as he
has had many inquiries from pros
pective customers, regarding the
1935 models, one of which they
have on display on their floors.
Four Brought Here On
Charge Of Violating
Federal Liquor Laws
Last Sunday the matter of fact
slam-bang, wheeze and sizzle of one
of the largest alcohol distilling
plants allegedly being operated con
trary to the federal laws, situated
north of the quiet town of Wood
Lake, in Cherry county, was indi
cative that all was well on the Nio.
brara but there approached two
men who may have thought when
they saw a huge alcohol still in op
eration that all was alcohol wells
on the rugged old river.
Jesse B. Owens and Elvin E.
Cook, investigators for the Internal
Revenue Alcohol Tax Unit of the
United States, had arrived on the
scene. They found a still, it is
learned from unofficial sources, was
capable of making from 300 to 400
gallons of alcohol each day. Since
the tax on alcohol is $3 a gallon it
would seem that Uncle Sam may
have been let down to the tune of
about one-third cf a million dollars
a year on product of this outfit.
The investigators destroyed the
still and then took four men to
Valentine as prisoners. While the
six men were at Valentine a dram
atic incident occured at the site of
the still.
People came from everywhere.
A nice Sunday with nothing to do
and no where to go. Big news.
A mammoth still confiscated by
“feds” or “reveners” or yet “fur
riners” and the news quickly spread
on wings as of wind to show what
real speed is.
As hundreds of persons from
Valentine, Wood Lake and other
towns nearby gathered around the
still, so a report from Cherry
county indicates, a rather drowsy
man drove a huge truck right
amongst them, stopped the truck,
opened a door, blinked like a be
wildered owrl facing a lantern, then
jumped out and bee-lined straight
for the sand dune section of Cherry
county. No one has seen this man
since and it is believed he may be
still going.
In his truck was five tons of
granulated sugar, a lot of sugar
yet only enough to supply the huge
still until he brought another five
tons from some unknown source.
One Cherry county man des
cribed the layout as clean. He
said that he had not known there
was a still in Cherry county.
Monday occured another chapter
in the case. Owens and Cook
brought the four prisoners to
O’Neill and they were taken before
United States Commissioner F. J.
Dishner at his office here where the
four were charged with the follow
ing offnses against the United
States revenue laws:
Making mash fit for the distil
lation of spirits on premises other
than a duly authorized diistiUery by
law, carrying tn the business of a
distiller without giving bond as re
quired by law, the concealment of
non-tax paid spirits on premises
other than provided by law.
Each of the four men entered
pleas of not guilty. Mr. Dishner
set the bond of each at $5,000 with
the exception of Stone and his bond
was set at $1,000. None of the four
could furnish bond and they were
incarcerated in the Holt county
jail, subject to thp federal author
ities. Hickman and Stone gave
bond Wednesday and the others are
expected to furnish bond tomorrow.
The prisoners range in age from
about 25 to 35 years. As to their
places of permanent residence it
is believed that Hickman lives at
Wood Lake, Stone at Valentine and
the ether two, as far as The Fron
tier could learn, have no permanent
address.
Charges against the men, sum
med up, mean defrauding the U.
S. on distilled spirits. Penalties
for this are severe. All four waived
a hearing when arraigned here.
Nebraska Climate Not
Changing, But Changed
The climate of Nebraska is not
changing. That question has been
settled. It has changed. The fact
was brought home a few days ago
when a caravan of covered wagons
rolled in here from the west and
pitched camp in southeast O'Neill,
near the Northwestern railway
tracks.
Monday afternoon a Frontier
news hunter visited the camp and
interviewed the “mayor” of the
little canvas city, E. L. Suitor, who
said he had been near Stuart about
thirty days and came here by de
grees.
There are three covered wagons,
16 head of horses, one automobile
and the usual accoutrements. There
are seven persons, Mr. and Mrs.
Suitor and five children, all grown.
The Suitors were here last sum
mer, camped just north of the
Northwestern stockyards. The
family has been here numerous
times in a decade or more and per
manent residence has been at Til
den, Neligh, Meadow Grove and
other Elkhorn river towns.
Suitor said that last 'summer
after he left here a tornado at Lake
Andes playfully taught his best
wagon how to do summersaults in
the South Dakota tempo and. when
the zephyrs had finished their tune
—and the wagon—he was richer
by about one cord of kindling and
short one wagon, the best in the
procession. The horses appear in
fair flesh considering the sparse
vegetation nature offered last seas
on. Monday evening the caravan
moved to near the James Moore
farm where the scenery, perhaps,
was more to the liking.
There is a man here who remem
bers but two incidents during the
blizzard of January 12, 1888, but
he was only five years of age at
the time, his birth occurring in
1883. He says he recalls his
mother showing him the storm
through a window and that all he
saw was something like a sheet
over the window. He recollects
also seeing the Northwestern rail
way section men blasting great
cakes of snow skyward where the
snow fence is in west O’Neill.
This boy lived on the cemetery hill
in 1888.
To satisfy numerous inquirers
it may be stated the paving to start
the 17th of January is that part
conneced with the placing of storm
sewers and the balance of the pav
ing work is to follow in regular
sequence, depending cn the weath
er. How many men, how many
days of work and other details are
not available at this time hut it is
certain the job is almost half as
big as the one finished here a few
months ago.
CARD Oh' THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all those who so kindly |
assisted us during the death and
burial cf our darling baby. Dona
Rae.—Mr. and Mrs. L. D. Calkins
and daughter.
BRIEFLY STATED I
Buyers of cattle are reported .
scouring Holt county for stock that
is reported scarce after the fedeeral
clean-up. There seems to be an in
creasing demand for hogs also.
Mrs, Martha Strong, of Norfolk,
mother of Mrs. L. D. Calkins ar
rived in response to a message in
dicating her daughter was seriously
ill. Mrs. Calkins is out of danger.
Gen Lydon on Monday went
back on the road for the O’Neill
Photo company, after spending two
weeks of her vacation here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael
J. Lydon.
Mrs. Ralph Moore, of Inman, re
cently won an award in Poultry
Tribune’s contest on her high pro
ducing Leghorn pullets. Mrs.
Mcore is one of the outstanding
poultry women of this section.
Eggs from this flock are sold to
the O’Neill hatchery.
Both J. J. Delay, ©f the Delay
National bank of Norfolk and J. II.
Moeller, of Leigh, have asked the
state banking department for
authority to open a new bank at
Columbus. Each man represents
one of two rival groups of finan
ciers, reports indicated.
Not as much wood is being used
as fuel here this winter as was last
winter according to householders
quizzed. It is believed the limit of
pruning, thinning and removal of
windfall wood has been reached in
the county and that reylantings will
be heavy from now on both for fuel
and windbreak purposes.
Several farmers recently made
inquiries about watch dogs, young
ones that will at least bark when
prowlers are on farms. O’Neill
never was accused of being short
on dogs. It is suggested those
seeking such dogs get in touch
with Chief of Police John Martin
who may know of good homeless
watch dogs.
Elmer Wolfe and Mrs. J. K.Ernst
received a shipment of pedigreed
cockerels from C. S. Byers of In
diana, one of the greatest Buff
Orphington breeders. These birds
are from high producing hens and
possess color and quality seldom
seen. The O’Neill hatchery is
using a great many such birds to
build quality in their flocks.
Laverine, sen of Mr. and Mrs.
George Van Every, will be 9 years
old next Saturday. Laverne, quiz
zed, said he would be in a receptive
mood Saturday and if anyone cares
to take him by surprise he will do
his part by being as surprised as
the dickens. Laverne was born on
the anniversary of the great School
Children’s blizzard, January 12.
Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George Van
Every and sons, Marvin, Laverne
i and Dean, went to Page and visited
Mr. and Mrs. Heeb Asher. The
I beys inspected the Page school
building and pronounced it a
marvel for a town the size of Page,
large, finely appointed and having
a high class manuel training lay
out.
Ice skaters who waited all week
for a chance to cut fancy figures
on Kersenbrock lake and. other
sheets of ice were materially re
minded the climate must be chang
ing to a tropical one. Ice melted
rapidly the latter part of the week
and the first of this and boating or
fishing would have been more in line
with the temperature.
A play entitled “The Tin Hero”
was offered show goers in matinee
Tuesday afternoon and the stand
ing room sign was out before the
doors had been opened half an hour.
Wednesday evening a packed house,
the school aduitorium, greeted the
players and enjoyed the presenta
tion. All the players were juniors
and are public school students.
Nothing has been heard for a
week regarding the location of the
new federal building. Late last
Thursday the department wired W.
G. Beha making him an offer for
his corner, which was also to in
clude the Episcopal church ground,
just north of the Beha property.
An acceptance of the offer was dis
patched but so far nothing further
ha3 been heard.
Production Credit
Association Will
Hold Meeting Here
Plans were completed Thursday
for the annual meeting of the
O’Neill Production Credit Associa
tion, to be held Thursday, January
17 in the Golden Hotel at O’Neill,
beginning at 10 a. m. A number
of borrowers in this county will at
tend the meeting which was called
by the president, R. II. Lienhart,
of Chambers.
E. R, Heaton, president of the
Production Credit corporation of
Omaha, and Mr. Lienhart will dis
cuss operations of the Production
Credit associations, which supply
short-term credit for general agri
cultural purposes.
Other orders of business include
the election of five directors, the
report of the executive comimttee,
and discussion of loan policies.
James W. Rooney, secretary-treas
urer of the association, will pre
sent the financial statement.
Present directors of the associa
tion are A. U. Dix, of Butte; E. W.
Moss, of Burwell; George Weber,
of Stuart; Frank Kaiser, of Spald
ing, and Mr. Lienhart.
The O’Neill association serves
farmers in Boyd, Holt, Garfiield
and W’heeler counties.
Supplies Of Grain
Sorghum Seed Short
Supplies of genuine atlas sorgo
seed will be extremely short this
sprng, P. H. Stewart, extenson ag
ronomist at the Nebraska College
og Agriculture, has notified Agri
cultural Agent Reece. He warned
that much seed offered as atlas
sorgo will not be “true atlas.”
Atlas has proven its value for
Nebraska conditions as a forage
and ensilage crop, Stewart says.
Unfortunately in 1934, the demand
was so great that much seed sold
in good faith through regular seed
channels turned out to be other
varieties. Seed of this so-called,
atlas will probably be on the mark
et in some localities.
One variety, hegari, may be avail
able to Holt county farmers for
spring planting. It has produced
slightly heavier yields of cured for
age than black amber sorgo during
a 6-year period in Nebraska exper
iment station tests and was unsur
passed in grain production. It
should prove satisfactory as an
emergency forage crop. As a for
age crop, is should be equal or
superior to blackhull kafir and
grohoma. Because of its shorter
height, hegari will not yield nearly
as large a tonnage as atlas sorgo
and other tall sorgo varieties. The
seed is rather soft and starchy
and may give some trouble in se
curing stands although it should
be less troublesome than feterita.
In any case, the seed should be
treated with copper carbonate be
fore planting.
Methodist Church To
Hold Special Meeting
Next Sunday will be a red let
ter day in the Methodist church
when the pastor will receive about
30 new members into the church,
and baptize several. Following the
reception of members the choir and
congregation will participate in the
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper.
This day will be known as “Come
to Sunday School and Stay for
Church IJay.” It is expected that
the largest number during the pre
sent conference year will be in at
tendance at this special service.
The choir will render special music
and assist in the ritual of the Sac
rament.
In the evening the Young People’s
choir will give a special program
consisting of special music, negro
spirituals and chorus songs, and
talks on religious topics. The even
ing program will be conducted by
the young people.
Two Pioneers Meet
After Sixty Years
Ed. A. Fry, editor of the Herrick
News, of Herrick, South Dakota,
visited friends in O’Neill last Sat
urday on his way to Grand Island,
where he was accompaning a sick
friend to a hospital there. Mr. Fry
returned Sunday and visited in this
city for a time with Mrs. Mina F.
Gadde and son, John.
Mrs. Gaddie is also an old pioneer
having moved here with her par
ents in the fall of 1873, when she
was five years of age. Her parents
were Mr. and Mrs. James E. Bader
and Mr. Bader homesteaded near
where the Dorsey postoffice now is
and had a good crop of corn, wheat
and oats and, a good garden in 1874
when the hoppers came a'ong ami
cleaned them out.
Mr. Bader moved his family to
Niobrara in the fall of 1874 and
Mrs. Caddie has known Editor Fry
ever since he came to Niobrara.
He resided there for a number of
years and edited a prosperous and
popular newspaper. It is needless
to say that Mr. Fry and Mrs.Caddie
had a nice visit.
St.Mary’s Canisters Win
Frcm Public School 27-22
A game of basketball looked for
ward to by basketball fans here
for some time between St. Mary’s
Academy and the public highschool,
both of O’Neill, was pulled off on
the public school floor Tuesday even
ing before one of the largest
crowds ever to gather at a local
game. There is keen but friendly
rivalry between the schools. A
hot battle was anticipated and the
spectators were satisfied. St.
Mary’s 27, Public school 22 is the
result of the battle. The reseerve
teams played, the public school
basketeers winning 14 to 13. The
scores tell the nip and tuck feat
ure of the contests.
Oil Company A User Of
Newspaper Advertising
Newspaper advertising will again
form the backbone of Continental
Oil Company’s 1935 sales promo
tion program, the largest in the
history of the company, it was an
nounced here today by Charles
Reka, of the firm of Arbuthnot &
Reka, Conoco’s local managers, who
stated that The Frontier has been
selected to carry Conoco advertis
ing. *
“Proof of the value of newspaper
advertising, backed by quality pro
ducts and outstanding sservice,” he
said “is seen in the fact that our
company during 1934 showed a
gain of 65 per cent in the sale of
Conoco Processed Motor Oil as com
pared to the previous year.
“As a matter of fact, Conoco’s
gross sales in 1934 were better than
for any year since 1929—a fact
that leads us to believe that gen
eral business conditions are defin
itely on the upgrade. Of course,
Continental Oil Company hasn’t
just marked time, but has gone out
after business, backed by a larger
advertising program year after
year.
“This years marks the sixtieth
anniversary of Continental Oil
Company, and we expect 1935 to
be the best in our history.”
The Six Club was organized in
southeast O’Neill today, Thursday,
with the following members and
officers according to Phyllis Mit
chell and Leah Bruegman:Davine
Iioy, president; Leah Bruegman,
secretary; Phyllis Mitchell. Donna
Vanderlinden, Jean Calkins, Mar
garet Thavenent, Maxine Wilkin
son and Virginia Daly. Saturday
the members meet at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Loy and at
some one of the other homes each
Saturday thereafter. The presi
dent, somewhat older than the
others, is a directors of their activ
ities in the club.
Rev. H. D. Johnson returned
from Atkinson Wednesday night
following the installation service of
Rev. W. R. Radliff as pastor of the
Atkinson Presbyterian church.
Tuesday night Rev. Johnson moder
ated the installation of Rev. R. C.
Propst as pastor of the Valentine
Presbyterian church. In both ser
vices Rev. Johnson represented the
Presbytery of Niobrara as Moder
ator.
What is the jack rabbit popu
lation of Holt county? Perhaps
several millions. Over at Chambers
G. A. Kelly decided to buy some
rabbits and within seven days he
had purchased 3,000, some of them
being cottontails. A Norfolk firm
wanted them for re-shipment to
New York city where a charitable
organization planned to donate
them to those in want.
L. M. Merriman, suffering acute
sinusitis, was placed in St. Joseph’s
hospital at Omaha last Thursday
and was reported today as greatly
improved by Mrs. Merriman who
went down to see him last Satur
day and returned Sunday. Mr.
Merriman operates the Merri
Beverage Company.
COMMISSION VIEWS
APPLICATIONS FOR
OLD AGE PENSIONS
Over Half of Applicants For The
Pension Are, Or Have Been
On Relief Rolls.
At a regular meeting of the Old
Age Pension Commission held at
the court house on January 7, there
was presented over sixty appli
cations. An examination disclosed
that over one-half of the applicants
were receiving, or had been receiv
ing, relief.
Attention is called to Section 13
of the Act which provides: “Dur
ing the continuance of the old. age
pension, no recipient shall receive
any other relict from the state, or
from any political subdivision
thereof, except for medical and
surgical attendance." In view of
this provision of the law, the com
mission was undecided as to what
course to pursue.
Most of the applications were in
due form and entitled the appli
cants to share in the fund; but,
under the law if they accept aid
from the state or county they can
not receive a pension. Consider
ing the number of applications
filed, and the number that will
probably be fined, and the money
available; and that in no event
could a pension of more than $2.00
per month be granted, and. that
this would be of little help to any
of the applicants; and that on Feb
ruary 1 there may be a material
change in the matter of rejief that
might affect the applicants, it was
thought best to defer action on all
applications until the next regular
meeting on February 4, at which
time it is hoped that-all those en
titled to share in the relief will
have their applications on file with
the secretary, John C. Gallagher,
of O’Nell..
While the law does not prohibit
a person receiving an old age pen
sion from receiving help from the
federal government; yet, according
to reports, the unemployable,
which will include nearly all of the
applicants, will have to be taken
care of by the county, which would
prohibit the drawing of an old age
pension if county relief was neces
sary and accepted—leaves matters
in such shape that the committee
deferred all action on all appli
cations.
Hospital Notes
Robert and Marjorie Sholes, of
Inman, had their tonsils and ade
noids removed last Thursday.
Mrs. Fred Bredehoeft was brot
to the hospital Tuesday suffering
from an attack of pneumonia.
Pat Shea, who has been quite ill
the past two weeks, is up and
around the hospital the last two
rta j «.
Corn Fodder Available
In Bales Or Chopped
Word was received from Gram
lich Monday stating that corn fod
der may now be purchased by any
one in any quantity. The fodder
may be had, either cut with an en
silage cutter or else just the baled
stalks. This makes very good
feed after it is chopped as there is
very little waste. The fodder con
tains a small percentage of corn.
The baled fodder may be purchased
for $10.00 per ton and the chopped
fodder for about $11.50 per ton.
Mrs. Roy Johnson spent thv
week”s end visiting in Page with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs^ Wiltcn
Hayne. Mr. Hayne, operator of a
blacksmith shop, is the “Puddle”
Hayne who turned common base
balls to cannon balls when he pit.li
ed for for the O’Neill baseball
team nine years ago. At the time,
home folks, one survivor said, were
never surprised to see an opposing
player come home wounded but
were astonished if he were struck
by a pitched ball and did other tha.i
attend his own funeral. “Puddle”
could throw straight, too much so
for those who hated to have the
fuzz scorched off a thigh to make
'em nervous so they would miss the
next two. The trouble was players
used to bat in two or three places
at once, they were so excited, so
they scraped “Puddle’s” cannon
balls now and then in spite of pre
cautions.
O’Neill walks never were more
slippery than this Thursday morn
ing following a light fall of snow.
