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VOL. LV. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1986. No. 35
EXPENSE ESTIMATE
OF COUNTY SHOWS
INCREASE OF $12,300
Fund For County Poor and Blind !
Increased $15,000; Judgment
Fund Totals $23,000.
The estimate of expenses of Holt
county for the year 1935, as made
by the county board at their meet
ing on January 11, 1935, is $128,
350.00. This is an increase of $12,
300 over that made a year ago for
the year 1931. The increase is ac
counted for in the following funds:
Bridge fund is increased $5,000,
from $10,000 to $15,000; clerk hire
is increased $1,000, from $7,000 to
$8,000; assessors increased $500,
from $4,000 to $4,500; county poor
and blind increased $15,000, from
$15,000 to $30,000; courts and
.juries reduced $4,000, from $8,000
to $4,000; county judgments re
duced $2,000, from $25,000 to $23,
000; court house and jail increased
$500, from $1,000 to $1,500; build
ing and. repairs increased $500,
from $1,000 to $1,500; mothers pen
sions increased $1,000, from $2,500
to $3,500; feeble minded increased
$150, from $350 to $500; coroners
inquest increased $100, from $100
to $200; insane increased $200,
from $300 to $500; board of health
increased $300, from $100 to $400;
soldiers relief increased $200, from
$500 to $700; teachers institute in
creased $100, from $150 to $250.
Then $750 for the county treas
urers bond is included in the estim
ate for 1935, which was not in
cluded in the estimate for 1934.
Also in the estimate for 1934 there
was the sum of $7,000 for elections.
As there will be no elections during
the year 1935 no estimate is made
for this purpose.
It will be noted that the largest
estimate of expense for the coming
•year is that for the county poor
and the blind, the largest estimate
ever made in this county for this
fund. Since 1930 the following
estimates were made each year for
this fund: 1930, $10,000; 1931, $10,
000; $1932, $10,000; 1933, $17,000,
so that the increase in this fund for
the coming year, over that of 1933
is $13,000. The next largest item
on the list is county judgments for
which an estimate has been made
for the coming year of $23,000.
Grattan Library Board
Requests Book Donations
At a meeting of the Library
Board it was decided to ask the
public to contribute books that are
not being used at this time. Due
to financial conditions and the lim
itation ' of appropriations the Li
brary Board is unable to buy new
books this year.
It is thought that many families
in O’Neill have valuable books in
their homes that have been read by
members of the family and then
put aside. If these people knew the
keen demand for reading material
at this time they certainly would
contribute the books to bring hap
piness and in many cases education
to others who may not be in a
position to buy books. It is a gen
uine charity, an unselffish deed that
costs the giver nothing. It is hoped
that many valuable and interesting
books may be received.
Miss Anna Donohoe, a member of
the board, will aid any giver in the
selection and choice of his intended
gift. Many books are unsuitable
and Miss Donohoe will be glad to
advise in this connection. The real
co-operation to the public is asked
in this charitable undertaking.
Kindly call Miss Donohoe if you
have books to donate.
Historical Society Head
Would Like To Inspect
Prehistoric Holt County
A. T. Hill, director of the State
Historical society, Lincoln, wrote a
letter to an O’Neill student of arch
aeological subjects stating that he
would appreciate an invitation to
come up and study works of anci
ents on the upper Elkhorn river
next summer.
Mr. Hill says in part: “The last
two years we have had an archaeo
logical expedition in the field work
ing in south central Nebraska fol
lowing the culture of the earth
lodges. If it would be possible for
you to send us a few representative
pot-rim shreds from your vicin’ty
for our museum here we would be
under great obligation to you. We
have in our museum the largest
collection of prehistoric plains pot
tery in the world and it is visited
and studied by scientific men over
a large territory.
“As we are very much interested
in making an archaeological survey
of the state we would like to keep
in touch with you.”
Next fall perhaps, Mr. Hill is to
be invited to inspect everything
“queer” in Holt county. We are,
of course, sure that this is where
Adam and Eve set up housekeep
ing and where we, their descend
ants, have at least been Abel to
raise Cain ever since.
The moundson Bill Grutsch’s, the
causeway on Edwin Alder s, the
village sites and 1,000 earth house
ruins should interest Mr. Hill and
his party.
Arthur Wyant Dies
Following An Illness
Of Several Months
Arthur Guy Wyant died at his
home in this city last Tuesday even
ing about 9 o’clock, after and ill
ness of several months, at the age
of 47 years, 7 months and 20 days.
The deceased was a native of
this county. He was born at Cham
bers on June 5, 1887, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Wyant, and
had been a resident of this county
all his life. On May 31, 1910, he
was united in marriage to Miss
Beryl Nona Boyd, who with three
children, Mrs. Bernice Dailey, Be
atrice and Thomas, are left to
mourn his passing. He is also sur
vived by his father and mother,
five brothers and four sisters.
Art Wyant was engaged in the
automobile business in this city for
several years and also carried the
mail between O’Neill and Cham
bers. The past two or three years,
because of ill health, he had been
unable to engage in any active line
of work.
The funeral was held Thursday
afternoon and burial in the cem
| etery at Chambers.
Horse And Mule Sale
Brings Large Crowd
And Excellent Prices
Last Friday at the sales pavilion
at Page Buv Wanser’s second horse
and mule sale got under way and
by evening of Friday it was certain
that 350 head of animals had been
sold with a heavy carry over for
Saturday. Dr. H. L. Bennett, who
was at the sale Friday, said there
was so large a crowd of buyers
there that after one hour of selling
in the pavilion the auctioneers
moved outdoors.
Saturday evening a mart reported
here that he believed more horses
were sold that day than there had
been Friday.
The highest price paid for a mule
was $190; another sold for $175.
The best price r'-jlized for a horse
was $156. Ail the prices given
were paid Friday and. no reports on
Saturday sales have been received.
Asked To Keep Cards
In Employment Office
On The Active List
In order to be eligible for work in
this county as well as all counties,
persons registered with the Nation
al re-employment office are re
quested to keep their registration
cards active.
By the word, active, is meant to
drop into the office at least one each
60 days. Failure to do so will
automatically cancel your card,
and, it is then transferred to the
inactive section of the files. Should
work be available only cards in the
active file are given consideration.
If you live too great a distance
from the office, drop a penny post
card stating that you are still look
ing for work and the necessary
notations will be made to keep you
open for employment.
Government Cattle Sale
For Friday At Atkinson
Will Not Be Conducted
Practically no cattle were listed
for the government sale at Atkin
son Friday, Jan. 18, and as a result
it has been necessary to cancel the
sale. With increasing cattle prices
and most of the inferior cattle al
ready taken out in past sales, no
one cares to sell at government
prices.
Altogether the government has
taken out 18,612 head of cattle
from Holt county that were owned
by producers living within the
county. Approximately 2,500 head
were purchased in the county that
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belonged to residents outside the
county.
Of the total bought only 300 head
were condemed and buried. The
benefit payment amounted to $96,
302 and the purchase payment
$174,926. All the producers ex
cept a few from the last sale have
received their checks.
O’Neill High School
Cagesters Beat Lvnch
By A Score of 25 - 21
On the public school gym floor
here Tuesday evening the local
school basketball team won two
games. The results of the first
teams game was O’Neill 2D, Lynch
21; the second teams scored 13 to
10, in favor of O’Neill. Both games
were exciting and players and
school officials were favored by a
large audience.
During the height of the contests
Santa Claus walked in and shower
ed spectators with the contents of
two large boxes of chocolate candy
bars. Momentarily, the games were
stopped, the crowd entered a side
line game of its own and that froz
en personality that causes a col
lective small town behavior freeze
up, perhaps caused by the late de
pression melted until there was
liquid laughter enough to start an
othei Johnstown flood. Mayor
John Kersenbrock was “Santa
Claus.” John believes in having
that Christmas feeling 365 days a
year.
Rural Rehabilitation
Rural Rehabilitation may not
mean much to many people, but to
the girls and boys and the mothers
and fathers on certain farms in
this county, it means food, clothing,
education and hopes • for better
days. It is becoming clearer all
the time that rural rehabilitation
is blazing a trail that leads away
from the blighting influence of de
pendency, out toward the more
hopeful goal of self reliance and
social security Scores of eligible
stranded farmers now on the relief
roll of this county will be given aid
in the way of advance cash rent,
the necessary subsistance to carry
on their spring planting, feed for
the subsistance of their work stock
necessary to carry on their spring
work, and necessary capital goods.
There are three kinds of cases
that the County Committee expects
to deal with.
1. Persons now receiving relief
who will be stranded on farms un
less additional help is given them.
2. Persons now on relief who
have moved to town from farms
and who would prefer returning to
farms if proper set-up could be
made.
3. Persons on relief who have al
ways been average men farm hands
and the like and who do not wish
large tracts of land. Plans are to
put them on small acreages or give
them supplementary employment.
There is no doubt that rural re
habilitation is greatly needed in
sections of the county, where on
account of economic conditions,
many farm families have lost most
of their entire possessions.
These people have been much dis
couraged. Rural Rehabilitation plan
proposes to aid both educationally
and financially in establishing these
families.
The relief committee is asking
the cooperation of all real estate
men and land holding organizations
who might have land for these
projects.
The new form of application cov
ering the rehabilitation plan is now
in the hands of the County FERA
Committee. Applications for re
habilitation for Holt county can be
made with the Relief Director, at
O’Neill, Nebraska.
Rural Rehabilitation projects are
no experiment and are not new.
Eighty-four thousand families have
been accepted for rural rehabilita
tion to Nov. 1. Rehabilitation funds
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have been granted to 45 states
totaling $23,813,711 (including No
vember grants).
Rural Rehabilitation is not a pro
gram of public charity. Benefici
aries are expected to give their
notes for payment in full for both
subsistance and capital good ad
vanced. Advances made for cash
rent, seed*, and feed are expected \
to be repaid in cash by Jan. 1 or'
Feb. 1, of 1936. There are no re
servations regarding the matter of
repayment on capital goods furnish
ed. Every promise to pay is as
sumed to be made in good faith.
Carl Miller, of near Stuart, was j
in the county seat on Saturday.
DISCUSSIONS OF 1935
CORN-HOG PROGRAM
WILL BE NEXT WEEK
Meetings Will Be Held In Six
Towns And One Precinct
Thruout the County.
The 1935 corn-hog program will
be discussed and the details of the
new contract explained at public
meetings at seven districts in Holt
county. All old Contract signers
and anyone who may be interested
in signing a new contract are cord
ially invited to attend the meetings.
Meetings will be held as follows:
Atkinson: Memorial Hall, Mon.,
Jan. 21, 1:30 p. m.
Stuart: Stuart- theater, Tues.,
Jan. 22, 1:30 p. m.
Page: Odd FelltnVs Hall. Wed.,
Jan. 23, 1:30 p. m.
Ewing: Ewing town hall, Thur.,
Jan. 24, 1:30 p. m.
Chambers: Chambers town hall,
Fri., Jan. 25, 1:30 p. m.
O'Neill: County court house,
Sat., Jan. 26, 1:30 p. m.
Scott Precinct: Scott town hall,
Mon., Jan. 28, 1:30 p. m.
All meetings will start promptly
at 1:30 p. m.
Receive 37 New Members
At Special Services Sun
day At Methodist Church
Last Sunday, Jan. 13, 37 people
were received into the membership
of the Methodist church here. The
37 stood at the alter of the church,
and it being Covenant day in the
Methodist church, the audience re
newed the vows of the church and
then the new' members received the
vows and each group pledged loyalty
to the other, and to the church in
particular.
Five adults knelt at the altar
and were baptized.
Following the reception of mem
bers, the Pastor, Rev. A. J. May,
assisted by Rev. D. S. Conrad, ad
ministered the Sacrament of the
Lord’s Supper, to the choir first,
to the new members, and then to
the other members of the audience.
More than 100 received communion.
The choir assisted with ritualistic
service by singing the Amens and
the chants, making it a very worth
while service, graced with precision
and the sprit of worship.
The young people of the church
had charge of the evening program
in the form of a Gospel team ser
vice, consisting of devotions, special
music, and religious talks inter
sperced with Negro spirituals.
The Gospel Taam will go to
Chambers next Sunday evening at
the Methodist church for a special
service, and there will not be any
evening service at the church in
O’Neill, Sunday, Jan. 20.
On Monday evening Jan. 14, at
seven the members and friends of
the church sat together at a church
supper in honor of the new mem
bers. About 100 were present to
enjoy the eats and the program,
which consisted of some general
songs, a talk of welcome by Rev.
D. S. Conrad, The Mission of the
Church, by H. B. Burch; readings
by Betty Harris, and harmonica
numbers by Mrs. J. S. Ennis. Rev.
May acted as toastmaster. A
short session of the Official Board
was held in which the secretary
and treasurer read the monthly re
ports and some business was trans
acted. The meeting adjourned at
9 p. m.
Names of new members:
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Slothower,
Mrs. Clara Slothower, Mrs. Clara
Hagensick, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Reece, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cambre,
Lewis Cambre, Miss Peggy Cam
bre, Miss Rose Robinson, Miss
Maude Henderson, Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. George
Oren Zink, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Fleek, Mrs. Grace Lamason, Elsie
Lamason, Mrs. C. C. Bergstrom,
Miss Ruth Harnish, Miss Adel Cal
vin, Miss Rebecca Haskin, Miss
Clara Cole, Miss Bernice Scofield,
Miss Doris Scofield, Miss Muriel
Brittell, Miss Neva Lierman, Miss
Thelma Ellis, Miss Alma Morrow
and Miss Wilma Dell Smith.
As affiliated members:
Miss Ruth Kremer, Miss Bettie
Jones, Miss Adalene Kee, Melvin
Kee and Mrs. Ann Asher.
Those baptized:
Mr. and Mrs. George Zink, Ber
nice Scofield, Doris Scofield and
Alma Morrow. ***
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Charles Mullen was ill of a cold
several days last week.
DROUTH SUPPLIES
OPEN TO PUBLIC
Feeds of all kinds, except hay,
which have been shipped into the
four commissaries of Holt county
are no released for purchase by the
public. Such feeds as corn fodder,
soy bean hay, drouth ration, and
cotton seed cake, are now available
and do not require a permit from
the relief authorities.
Omaha Land Bank Has
Advanced Over Million
To Holt County Farms
The Federal Land Bank of Oma
ha has made 438 loans totaling
$1,093,000 to farmers in Holt
county since the Farm Credit Ad
ministration began functioning in
May, 1933, the land bank reported
today.
These loans, made to refinance the
“depression” debts of farmers on a
long-term, low-interest basis, are
of both land bank and commission
er types.
“If this great cooperative credit
system is to be preserved for the
use of future farm generations, we
must recognize two business prin
ciples,” said Frank A. O'Connor,
general agent of the Farm Credit
Administration of Omaha. “First,
the land bank, as a lender of money,
must service the loans efficiently.
Second, the borrower must recog
nize his responsibility to his fellow
cooperators and do everything
within his power to meet his pay
ments when they become due.”
Jack Heitman, local manager of
the Gamble store, left last Sunday
morning for Madison, S. D., to at
tend a meeting of the managers of
the Gamble stores from the western
part of Nebraska, South Dakota
and part of Minnesota. The meet
ing is an annual one and will be
attended by all of the head officers
of the organization, who will dis
cuss business conditions with the
managers of their varous stores,
and plans to make the stores of
more value to their patrons in the
several states. Mr, Heitman re
turned Tuesday evening.
John C. Barrett, an attorney of
Omaha, was looking after lepal
matters in the county court here
last Monday.
The Man
from Yonder
A New Serial by
HAROLD TITUS
No one knew anything about
Ben Elliott when he arrived in
Tincup, but it wasn’t long before
his name was on every tongue,
for hadn’t he given “Bull” Duval,
Nick Brandon’s hired thug, a
heating he would never forget;
hadn't he taken over the impos
sible job of running the Hoot
Owl outfit after many an older
and more experienced man had
failed; and hadn’t he hud the
courage to defy Brandon himself,
the man who held Tincup in the
hollow of his hand?
The old-timers stood by and
scratched their heads—here was
a youngster doing things that
couldn’t be done and doing them
well, in spite of fire and dyna
mite and many another hazard.
And Ben carried on, unconscious
of the magnitude of hid job, car
ried on for the sake of a little
girl whom he had never seen—
until one day he discovered that
she was a little girl no longer,
Lut a lovely young woman—and
the one person in all the world
that Kick Brandon really cared
for.
Here, indeed, were complica
tions, hut Ben Elliott thrived on
complications though he had to
admit that the winning of Dawn
McManus was the toughest job
he had ever tackled.
Harold Titus tells this thrill
ing tale of romance and adven
ture in his latest North Woods
story “The Man From Yonder.”
Readers of this paper who are
familiar with the clean, vigorous
stories that Titus writes will he
glad to know that we have ob
tained the publication rights to
“The Man From Yond *.” All
of our readers, we are sure, will
enjoy reading it as it appears
serially in these columns.
Beginning In
Next Week’s Issue
RECORD OF YEAR’S MOISTL RE
According to the records of
Harry Bowen, U. S. weather ob
server in this city, Holt county had
15.40 inches of rainfall during the
year 1934. The rainfall by months
was as follows.
Jan. .451July 1.90
Feb. .34 [Aug. 1.03
March 2.11 [Sept. 2.00
April .06 JOct.
May 1.341Nov. .... .87
June . 4.36 [Dec. .35
Total 15.40
Fire Destroys Medlin
Slaughter House On
James Moore’s Place
Last Saturday evening about 7
o’clock fire destroyed the slaughter
house on the farm of James Moore,
one-half mile southeast of town.
The fire siren sounded and two fire
trucks responded but firemen found
little could be done. A northwest
wind prevailed and it was feared a
wind shift might endanger a large
barn and residence to the north
and northeast.
The slaughterhouse had been
used by John Medlin & Son in pre
paring beeves and hogs for their
meat shop here and it had been used
for this purpose Saturday. No one
has an idea as to how the fire
started.
Mr. Moore said the structure was
valued at about $1,000 and that
there is some insurance. It was
estimated that 1,000 persons went
to the scene of the fire. Damp at
mosphere caused a deep red illum
ination in the sky southeast of
town, caused belief the Burlington
roundhouse was afire.
No one was at the house when
the fire started. Mr. Medlin lost
tools, rope and pulleys used in
slaughtering.
Two Bills Introduced For
Redistricting State For
Unicameral Legislature
Two bills have been Introduced
in the legislature for redistricting
the state in accordance with the
unicameral legislative plan. The
first one introduced, which is spon
sored by nine members of the
house, seven republicans and two
democrats, divides the state into
fifty districts. By this division
Holt county is in district No. 9, and
the other counties in the proposed
district are, Keya Paha, Rock, Loup
and Blaine. Boyd county is placed
in district No. 19 with Knox cotinty.
In this bill Lancaster county is giv
en four members and Douglas
county eight members.
The other bill was introduced by
Carl T. Bremer of Hamilton county,
and redistricts the state into forty
districts. In this bill Holt county
is placed in district No. 31 with the
counties of Boyd, Keya Paha, Brown
and Rock, the same as the present
senatorial district. This bill allots
three members to Lancaster county
and six to Douglas county.
Last Saturday was the anniver
sary of the “big blizzard” of 1888,
forty-seven years ago. There have
been many bad storms in this sec
tion during that time, but that one
capped the climax—it was the
chieftian of them all. That morn
ing was a lot like it was iast Sat
urday morning, the only difference
being that in 1888 there was about
two feet of sow on the level and
had been since the latter part of
October. It was a very mild morn
ing and gave no indication of the
fierce tempest that would be rag
ing before the noon hour. The
storm struck here about 11:50 and
in fifteen minutes it was impossible
to see even buildings that were
only^ ten feet away. Hundreds of
head of cattle were lost in the
storm and several lives lost in this
county. Many of the citizens of
the county were out in the storm
and escaped with their lives only
after suffering untold hardships.
Several of the “old timers” were
discussing the storm last Saturday
and all agreed that such a storm
would be impossible in this day
and age, on account of the many
groves that would serve as wind
breaks. Be that as it may we
never want to see another storm
like it.
S. J. Weekes returned from
Omaha Wednesday evening where
he had been sitting the past three
days as a member of the loan com
mittee of the Regional Agricultural
Credit Corporation.
SUPPER GIVEN BY
MAYOR FOR FIRE
MEN AND OTHERS
Large Crowd Present At Chicken
And Mountain Oyster Feed
Held At Pump House.
Monday evening at the city fire
hall Mayor John Kersenbrock tend
ered his annual mid-winter supper
to firemen and city and county
officials, editors and others. James
Trigg, 79, perhaps the only living
man who fought the great Chicago
fire which started October 8, 1871,
was a guest of honor and after he
had a steaming cup of coffee, Mr.
Trigg went thru paces of a few
early day dances as nimbly as a
youth.
The purpose of the "feeds” is to
create and hold among business
men and others a feeling of good
will toward each other that should
result in a more unified effort at
building a better city and county.
The affairs are very informal.
Those present were: Chester
Calkins, James Davidson jr., Ger
ald Miles, Roy Johnson, Dr. C. H.
Lubker, Levi Yantzi, Jess Scofield,
Edward Hagensick, John Sullivan
(south), Robert Davidson, W. H.
Harty, Frank Phalin, Joe Martin,
Frank Clement, Roy Carroll, Elmer
Stolte, George Miles, L. B. Young
worth, Theodore Zahradnicek. Har
old Wier, Hugh Coyne, George
Shoemaker, Bernard Mathews,
John Protivinsky, William Gatz,
Sam Lopp, Peter Duffy, Norb Uhl,
Jimmy Tuor, Dr. W. F. Finley, John
Steinhauser, Tom Brennan, James
Trigg, Roy Warner, R, R. Morrison,
Dr. L. A. Carter, E. J. Matousek,
Anton Toy, John Kersenbrock, Bert
Winchell, Clifford Davis, Emmet
Harmon, Clarence Stannard and
Bert Gunn.
Holt county chicken and moun
tain oysters were the "pieces de
resistence” or whatever the term
used to signify something having so
much attraction there is no resist
ence. A washtub of the fried
chicken disappeared under the spell
of willing magicians and the moun
tain oysters caused several to plan
on attemptng to import some for
planting here in lake beds that are
good for nothing else.
Mr. Trigg was a substitute fire
man at Michigan City, Indiana,
when there came a call from Chica
go for help. Some regulars and
subs were sent, the others remain
ing in case a fire broke at home.
The Chicago fire had been burn
ing a week when Mr. Trigg reached
the city. Water used was pumped
from Lake Michigan..
The most generally accepted
story of the great fire runs that
the O’Leary family had company
and that the men folks played
cards as the shades of night settled
while Mrs. O’Leary now and then
remarked “it’s high time O’Leary
the cow was milked. The men con
tinued to play, however, and per
haps O’Leary, because of the dark
or something, could not find the cow
and did not want to waste time out
searching for something they knew
was of small importance compared
to the big game at hand.
So Mrs. O’Leary, the story runs,
grabbed a bucket and went to milk.
She set down a lantern and the cow,
likely one of those critters that
can insert both hind feet in a gal
lon bucket without turning her
head, promptly kicked over the
lantern and away went the hungry
flames. Mrs. O’Leary roused the
men, the alarm brought firemen but
the city of Chicago was doomed.
Headley Appointed To
Department of Justice
Frank Headley, who made his
home in this city during- 1931 while
he was in the employ of the Stand
ard Oil company, has been ap
pointed as special agent in the
United States Division of Invest
igation of the Department of
Justice, and is now in Washington.
Mr. Headley made many friends
during his residence in this city
who will be pleased to learn of his
advancement.
An extra heavy mist fell here
Wednesday morning, which later
turned to snow and was much cold
er, making the streets one sheet of
ice and almost impassible. The
snow did not amount to much, but
was sufficient to make the sleet
covered walks and roads nice and
smooth. Many of our residents
had severe falls on the streets, but
luckily no one was severely injured.