Talk of Judge Dickson
To Young Chicken Thief
Recently Judge Robert R. Dick
son, in pronouncing sentence on a
young man for stealing chickens,
said:
“Well now, young man, I am
sorry, and I regret very much that
your conduct has been such that
you must be punished. You and
that 15 year old brother of yours
were charged, and both of you
plead guilty, to a violation of what
is known as our “poultry stealing
statute.” This act provides a pun
ishment of imprisonment in the
county jail not less than ten days
nor more than six months; or im
prisonment in the state penitent
iary not more than one year.
“On account of your brother s
age I committed him to the reform
school at Kearney. You being over
18 years of age prohibits me from
sending you to the reform school.
Now, you and your brother have
been for years and years living
vdthin a stone’s throw of two fine
schools. From your jparents I
learn that both of you refused to
further attend school afUyr the 8th
grade. The law required that you
continue your studies until you
were 16 years of age. Your par
ents and the school authorities
failed to perform a most important
duty,— that of seeing that both of
you attend school. Insead you were
allowed to spend your time in idle
ness, fitting yourselves for a life
of crime. The result is just what
should have been expected.
“Had your parents and the school
authorities performed the duties
imposed upon them by law, a dif
ferent life’s chapter would have
been written in all probability. In
vestigation now shows that your
parents were not ignorant of your
many acts that blazed the trail over
the road that you and your brother
were traveling; and yet they failed
to halt you,—failed to halt you in
your evil doings.' I sometimes
think that there are more delin
quent parents than delinquent
thildren; and at times that they,
not the children, should be punished
for contributing to the delinquency
of their children.
“A few presecutions of the par
ents would have a wholsome effect
in our community. The home is
the place to teach respect for law
and constituted authority; it is the
place to teach love of home, country
and flag, so necessary to good cit
izens if their character is moulded,
SALESMEN WANTED
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FOR SALE
CORN and potatoes.—Leo Burival.
34-4 p
FOR reliable eye service see the
* representative of the JVnigo Op
tical Co., of Norfolk, at Golden
Hotel in O’Neill from 0rOO a. m
to 5:00 p. m. Sat.,
January 2<i.
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red bushel good seed co»n, grown
in Knox county. Will be in Creigh
ton from Wednesday, Kybruary 4
to 8 at the oaffice of Bur?oy Huig
ens. Mrs. Bertha A. Young, .'5820'
Charles St., Omaha, Nehr. 34-3
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this office. ,, 3J-4
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TTfie best by test, at John Kersen
lorock’s, or phone 240.—John L.
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habits formed andtlie best in man
hood and womanhood developed. It
is the place to inculcate in the
minds of the children the great
underlying fundamentals upon
which our government is based. If
parents rely upon the churches and
schools to inculcate in the minds
of their girls and boys the truths
that are the bavs of good citizen
ship—let them no," be surprised at
the finished product. Many years
of experience have convinced me
that juvenile delinquencies can, in
DO per cent of the cases, be traced
directly or indirectly to the home.
You and your brother here are out
standing examples of parential and
civic neglect.
“The sentence that I am about
to impose upon you might seem at
first thought to be more severe
than the acts complained of would
justify. The crime of stealing
chickens has been carried on in
some form for years and years; at
first not for profit and gain. Years
ago there was developed in this
state a new and different class of
criminals—the professional chick
en thief who took for gain, and his
profits exceeded that of the cattle
or horse thief. The man who would
steal his neighbors cow or horse
would deem it beneath his dignity
to rob his hen roost. The business
of stealing chickens for gain con
tinued and soon reached such mag
nitude that to prevent it the pun
ishment was increased by legisla
tive enactment as we now find it.
“Cattle stealing was easily dis
covered and the identity of the
stolen animal was easy and cer
tain; but in the case of chicken
thefts discovery in a large flock of
the taking of a few chickens was
not easily discovered. like the stolen
personal property, and identifica
tion was difficult—perhaps the
chickerts were shipped out of the
country entirely.
“I thought at first that a jail
sentence for stealing chickens was
severe enough punishment, and
would put a stop to it. I discovered
about ten years ago that it would
not, and that some punishment
more severe was necessary to pre
vent its continuance. I found out
that a jail sentence would not ac
complish the intended purpose. I
have sent to the penitentiary every
one that has been convicted or
plead guilty to chicken stealing
w’ith one exception, and in that case
I paroled the thief to the sheriff,
after he made full restitution, be
lieving that this particular indiviil
ual would thereafter lead a law
abiding life—and he did.
“I realize, and I know, that we
still have, and will have, chicken
thieves regardless of the punish
ment inflicted; but I believe that
the prosecution, conviction and
punishment inflicted on the guilty
has reduced chicken stealing to a
minimum in this county and in
this district. It is now largely
confined to boys like you and your
brother, that have not been taught
it is a crime to steal your neigh
bors chickens, turkeys, ducks and
geese.
“Had you been taught that Di
vine commandment, “Thou shalt
not steal,” and your parents and
the school authorities had required
your school attendance, you would
not be here today in all probability.
Had you been charged and found
guilty of stealing a calf of no
greater value than the chickens and
geese you stole, the lightest punish
ment would have been not less than
three years in the penitentiary. Let
your sentence and punishment be a
warning to others. I hope that
your punishment will bring about
your reformation, and when you
are discharged that you will open
a new book, and that there may
never be recorded therein a single
dishonest act, and that your future
life and conduct may be in keeping
with good citizenship.”
BRIEFLY STATED
William Black, of Dustin, and
Miss LaVerne Lunge, of Atkinson,
were united in marriage at the
county court room by Judge Malone
last Tuesday afternoon.
Saturday a combined fall of rain
and snow amounted to .07 of an
inch of water and clearing skies
by Sunday at daylight sent the
thermometer mercury down to ex
actly zero.
Donald, 13, fell while roller skat
ing and as he raised his head an
other skater accidently kicked Don
ald in the head. The boy lost some
blood and is carrying a lump and a
sore cranium.
A crew of men are busily engag
ed in baling wild hay southwest of
here on the Patrick O’Connor
meadows. Enard Leach is handling
the office work here in connection
with the project.
Mrs. W. J. Froelich left for Chi
cago last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. F.
J. Biglin, Mrs. H. J. Birmingham
and Mrs. Edward Campbell took
her in a car as far as Sioux City,
returning home that evening.
The Presbyterian Ladies’ Guild
will meet Thursday evening, Jan.
24, at the home of Mrs. C. E.
Yantzi. Mrs. W. B. Graves, Mrs.
Edward. Gatz and Mrs. Margaret
Claussonwill be assisting hostesses.
Several trucks went into the
ditch in this vicinity last Wednes
day, on account of the slippery con
dition of the highway, especially
on the oiled road- As far as we
have been able to learn none of the
trucks were damaged.
Miss Helen Toy, of O’Neill, was
guest artist on a half hour varied
musical program given by the voice
department of the Wayne State
Teachers college at 9:00 a. m. last
Saturday over station WJAG, Nor
folk. Miss Toy played a piano solo.
Georg Van Every, state highway
foreman, was called to Bartlett last
week on business connected with
the highway department. Recently
George suffered a mashed thumb
in a machinery mishap, but rela
tives here reported the member
was healing nicely.
Sunday a notice was on the door
leading to the office of County
Superintendent of Schools Clarence
J. MeClurg. The notice was as fol
lows: “Office Days—Wednesday 8
to 12; Saturday 6:00.’’ So that
those having business at the office
may govern themselves accordingly.
Representative Lloyd Gillespie
came up from Lincoln last Friday
afternoon and spent Saturday look
ing after business interests in the
city and interviewing those of his
constituents that he could meet in
the short time here. Lloyd says
that he likes the work very much
and that it promises to be a very
interesting session, altho possibly a
long one.
Mark Summers, of Elgin, passed
thru this city last Friday enroute
to western Montana with a truck
load of household goods. Accom
panying him were the family and.
Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer and Grandma,
who, altho in her nineties, seemed
to be enjoying the trip and antic
ipating the pleasures of locating in
a new country. They were in a big
car with trailer attached, with
chickens, turkeys, etc.
This office is in receipt of a letter
from Mrs.O. F. Herring, of Eugene,
Oregon, enclosing a renewal of her
subscription. Mrs. Herring says
that she enjoys the weekly visits
of the paper very much, as i',
brings her the news of her old
home and community. Mrs. Her
ring was formerly Miss Lettie Ritts
ami was born and raised in this
community and has a largo number
of relatives here. She says she
wished that Holt county was get
ting some of the rain that they
have been getting in that section
the past few monhs. She says they
have had a very mild winter at
Eugene, with no snow so far, and
flowers are in bloom. But she says
that there is a lot of snow in the
mountains near them.
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
By Frank P. Litschert
Once more we are in the midst
of a fight to secure American ad
herence to the World Court thru
a resolution adopted by two-thirds
of the Senate. The Senate Foreign
Relations Committee by a score of
14 to 7 has voted to report out the
resolution for debate and action on
the floor of the Senate. The pro
ponents of the resolution believe
that they have enough votes to pass
it, and they hail the vote of the
committee as the first sign of
victory.
Even the most enthusiastic
World Courier must admit, how
ever, that the victory was only a
Phyrric one at best. For along
with the reporting of the resolution
went this statement which seems
to revive the substance of old Res
ervation Number Five, which pro
vides as a price for our adherence
that the Court shall not render an
advisory opinion in any matter in
which the United States has or
claims an interest without our con
sent. In order to realize the im
portance of this provision, if it is
enacted, as it undoubtedly will he,
because a majority of the Senate is
said to favor it, we must go back
to the World Court fight during the
Coolidge administration. At that
time the World Court resolution
was pushed thru the Senate but
with it went Reservation Five pro
viding that, if we join the Court, it
must agree in advance not to paaa
on any' matter in which the United
States has or claims an interest.
So important was this reservation
regarded by World Court members
that they would not accept our
membership under such conditions.
The anti-Court senators will at
tempt to see that the substance of
the resoluion is still binding.
Now since some of the questions
in which we have or claim an inter
est are t^e war debt question,
American tariffs, immigration, dis
armament, and so on, it is evident
that some of the members of the
Coi’.rt at least expected to settle
some of these tjuestons for us and
didn’t w'ant to be bound in advance.
Can you imagine what sort of
chance a war debt, or an immigra
tion question, from our standpoint,
would have in a court made up
against us and in which we could
have but a single vote?
With the substance of this res
ervation preserved as it should be,
it is easy to see, therefore, why a
reporting out of the World Court
reservation favorably, by the com
mittee, is not as big an internation
alist victory as appears at first
glance. For if the World Court
didn’t like our independent attitude
in the first place, what reason has
there been for a change of mind?
If they can’t run our business for
us because of a pesky advance und
erstanding, why play with us at all?
The old warriors of the Senate,
who by theiiMnasterly strategy de
feated. American membership in the
League and thereby rendered an in
valuable service to the peace and
independence of the country, are
against the resolution in its en
tirety and properly so. As Senator
Johnson of California said, when
the resolution was reported out:
“The fundamental problem of when
to join the League of Nations
Court still remains. I am, of course,
opposed to going into the League
of Nations by the front door or the
back door or otherwise, and 1 am
opposed to our going into the
League Court,”
What Senator Johnson says is
true. The fundamental problem
of whether to join or not still re
mains. But it ought to be easier
to solve now than ever before.
Never has the League’s reputation
for enforcing its rules and aiding
peace sunk so low as at present.
When opposed by one major power,
whether a member or not, it has
been helpless. It has been most
successful in questions such as de
termining the “color of ink and the
breadth of pen wipers” in interna
tional conferences. It failed in
Manchuria au*i it has failed else
where. Only the other day when
the Senate had reported out the
World Court resolution, word came
to us that Italy and France had
completed an agreement in Europe,
destined to settle the fate of Aus
tria and the future conduct of four
or five other minor powers. Pro
vinces in Africa were parceled out
and handed from France to Italy
“without the consent of the gov
erned” as a part of the bargain by
which Italy agrees to “take aim”
when France says so. Italy was
given the right to go as far as it
pleased in fighting Abyssinia, not
in the interest of democracy, but
for foreign trade and African booty.
In all of this the League of Na
tions was not consulted. Its name
was scarcely mentioned in dispos
ing of the fate of Central Europe,
and the soil of Africa. Nobody
thot of the World Court either
kindly or otherwise. Yet the inter
nationalists tell us that joining it
will end war and aid democracy.
Where and when have we heard
words similar to that before?
Stockholders of the O’Neill Pro
| duction Credit Association held
| their annual meeting in this city
today and elected officers for the
ensung year. The following were
elected on the board of directors:
R. H. Lienhart, Chambers; A. U.
Dix, Butte; Dewey Shafer, Emmet;
E. W. Moss, Burwell; Frank Kaiser,
Spaulding.. The directors elected
the following officers: R. II. Lein
hart, president; Frank, Kaiser, vice
president; James Rooney, secre
tary- treasurer.
The Fremont Joint Stock Land
Bank has brought suit against Gus
W. Robinson, et al., to foreclose a
mortgage for $4,500 given on Sep
tember 22, 1922, on the northwest
quarter of section 3, township 28,
north, of range 10 in Holt county
Nebraska. They allege that the
defendant failed to pay the inter
est coupons due on April 1 and Oc
tober 1, 1934, and that they also
failed to pay the taxes due on the
land for the years 1921, and 1930
to 1933 inclusive. They allege that
there is now due and payable the
sum of $4,561.31 and if same is not
paid within a reasonable time they
ask that the land be sold.
The Aetna Life Insurance com
pany has brought suit against De
los D. Miles, et al., and the west
half of section 3, and west half of
southeast quarter of section 3, all
in township 31 north, of range
9, west of the 6th P. M. On Feb
ruary 25, 1920 a mortgage for $10,
000 was given the plaintiff on the
land above described. When the
mortgage became due it was ex
tended to March 1, 1935. They al
lege that default has been made in
I the terms of the contract and that
there is now due he sum of $11,
448.21. They ask the court to
determine the amount due and that
if same is not paid within a reason
able time that the land be sold.
(First Publication January 17.)
ANNUAL ESTIMATE OF EX
PENSE FOR HOLT COUNTY,
NEBRASKA, FOR 1935.
The following is the estimate of
the expenses for Holt county, Ne
braska, for the year 1935 as pre
pared and approved by the County
Board of Supervisors of Holt
county, Nebraska, in regular ses
sion on January 11, 1935:
We will hold our regular FREE clinic at the
Golden Hotel
Monday and Tuesday
January 2 1 At 22
These free examinations include a thoro
analysis and explanation of your entire system,
and is given absolutely free to one member of
each family.
If you are ailing in any way, you should not
fail to take advantage of this opportunity to find
the exact cause of your trouble.
Married women should be accompanied by
their husbands so that both will have a thoro
knowledge of the examination at the same time.
CLINIC HOURS 9:00 A. M TO 5:00 P. M.
GOLDEN HOTEL
O'NEILL, NEBRASKA
TANNER & TANNER DR. C. H. LUBKER
Technicians Clinician
Bridge . $15,000.00
County Officers 20,000.00
Clerk Hire _ 8,000.00
Printing and Supplies 8,000.00
Assessors _ 4,500.00
County Poor and Blind 30,000.00
Courts and Juries_ 4,000.00
County Fairs .. 2,000.00
County Judgments . 23,000.00
Court House and Jail_ 1,500.00
Buildings and Repairs 1,500.00
I Coyote Bounty . 500.00
County Roads . 1,000.00
Justice and Misdemeanor 350.00
Mothers Pensions _ 3,500.00
Feeble Minded . 500.00
School Exhibit 200.00
Coroners Inquest _ 200.00
Insane . 500.00
Board of Health 400.00
Soldiers Relief . 700.00
Teachers Institute 256.00
Treasurers Bond . 750.00
Miscellaneous . 2.000.00
Total _ $128,350.00
35-4 JOHN C. GALLAGHER,
(Setl) County Clerk.
W. J. Hammond, Attorney.
(First Publication Jan. 17, 1935.)
LEGAL NOTICE.
All persons interested in the es
tate of William II. Shaughnessy,
deceased, both creditors and heirs,
are notified that on January 15,
1935, Estella Shaughnessy filed a
petition in County Court of Holt
county, Nebraska, alleging that
William H. Shaughnessy, a resident
of Holt county, Nebraska, died in
testate on January 9, 1933, being
the owner of Northwest Quarter
Section 9, Township 28 and South
west Quarter Section 28, Township
29 North, all in Range 11 West
6th Principal Meridian in Holt
county, Nebraska; that petitioner
is owner of said real estate and an
heir at law of deceased; that no
application has been made in Ne
brraska for the appointment of an
administrator for his estate; that
his heirs are Estella Shaughnessy,
his widow, and the following child
ren: Winnora Mullen, Esther
Reka, Thomas Shaughnessy, Harry
Shaughnessy and Ellen Philbin;
that the prayer of the petitioner
is: “Petitioner prays that the
Court determine the time of the
death of William H. Shaughnessy;
that he died intestate; decree who
are his heirs and their degree of
kinship and determine the right
of descent of the real estate above
described.” You are notified said
petition will be heard February 6,
1935, at 10 A. M. in the County
Court Room in O’Neill, Holt county,
Nebraska.
C. J. MALONE,
County Judge.
(County Court Seal) 35-3
Now is the time to subscribe for
The Frontier—one year, 52 issues
for only SI. Offer expires Feb. 2.
(First Publication Jan. 17, 1935.)
NOTICE OF FINAL
SETTLEMENT
Estate No. 2302
In the County Court of Holt
county, Nebraska, January 11,
1935.
In the matter of the Estate of
Hugh McKenna, Deceased.
AU persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that the
Administratrix of said estate has
filed in said court her final report
and a petition for final settlement
and distribution of the residue oif
said estate; and that said repopt
and petition v/ill be heard Febru
ary, 6, 1935, at 10 o’clock A. M.
at the County Court Room in
O’Neill, Nebraska, when all persons
interested may appear and be heard
concerning said final report and the
distribution of said estate.
C. J. MALONE,
County Judge.
(County Court Seal) 35-3
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