Over the County
PLEASANT DALE
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and
son, Glen, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beck
with and family, Laverne Stahley,
Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst and
Evelyn Ernst spent Thursday even
ing at the William Schmohr home.
Fred Beckwith and Dean called
at the Guy Beckwith home Sunday
evening.
Mrs. S. M. Ohmart returned
Tuesday from Paddock whei’e she
visited with friends and had the
priviege of attending the services
conducted by Rev. C. M. Ander
son at Paddock. Rev. Anderson is
pastor of the Pentecostal Assembly
at Anoka, and, brings with him an
orchestra of talented musicians.
One special attraction is the virba
harp, a $300 instrument. The at
tendance has been good considering
the weather, but were not held a
few evenings because of the cold.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson
of Emmet, who left Dec. J20 for
Sinton, Texas, intending to‘ spend
the winter there have written to
friends recently concerning the con
ditions there. There are all sorts
of beautiful flowers, fruit and veg
etables in abundance, acres and
acres of half mile rows of all kinds.
Just now the winter garden vege
tables are being shipped, 147 car
loads being shipped from Sinton in
one day. News received later says
that the cold wave here has reached
Texas and much damage was done
to the fruit and vegetable crops.
Gus Seger is recovering from an
attack of rheumatism. Ralph Beck
with has been helping with the
chores. Mrs. Beckwith and child
ren stayed at the Seger home
Thursday and Friday of last week.
Darwin and Harold Seger called at
home Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. Eugene Seger
visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Burge in O'Neill last
Monday evening.
Myrlen Beckwith and Harold
Winkler were absent from school
several days last week because of
the cold weather.
Eighth grade pupils are prepar
ing for county examinations.
The appearance of the school
house has been brightened by a new
set of curtains.
Mrs. Carl Lorenz visited Satur
day in O’Neill with her sister and
family, Mr.and Mrs. Ernest Harris.
Mrs. Guy Beckwith and children,
Daryl and Arlene, visited with Mrs.
Beckwith’s mother, Mrs. Vera Hick
man near Atkinson, Friday.
INMAN NEWS
County Superintendent Clarence
McClurg was down from O Neill
Sunday visiting among relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Peterson, of
O’Neill, were here Sunday visiting
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Conard.
Mrs. John Anspach was a week
end visitor at the homejlof her
daughter, Mrs. John Conard, at
Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGraw,
Mrs. George Coventry and Mrs.
Minnie Crosser went to Burwell
Friday where they visited among
friends and relatives.
Clarence Smith and Paul Dob
bins and son, Paul, of Ainsworth,
were here Sunday visiting at the
F. H. Outhouse home. They had
been looking after business matters
at Wayne, Nebr.
The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist
church will serve an oyster supper
at the I. 0. 0. F. hall Friday even
ing.
County Supervisor Ezra Cooke
was here Monday looking after
business.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gannon and
son, Arthur, drove to Wayne Wed
nesday where they visited at the
W. H. Gifford home until Thursday
when they drove to Bancroft to at
tend funeral services of Mr. Gan
non’s uncle, John Gannon.
Mr. Jonason, of Atkinson, was
here Monday looking after busi
ness interests for the Nebraska
Farmer.
Emmet School Notes
Intermediate Room
The following were absent from
school Monday: Loise Grothe, Lest
er Cadman and Donald Cadman.
In our Knighthood of Youth club,
Zane Cole, Frankie Sesler, Treslyn
Vogel, Helen O’Donnell and Ernest
Koppenborg killed their dragons.
Election was held Friday after
noon for new officers of our club.
The president is Helen O’Donnell,
vice president James Moreman and
secretary, Donald Cadman. Arthur
Jurgensmier was elected librarian.
The monthly exams were taken
this week.
The honor roll was quite short
this time. Those that were on it
were Helen O’Donnell, James Fore
man and Donald Cadman.
High School Room
Anna pose O’Donnell and George
Fernhola were absent Wednesday, i
The pupils in the Latin class find
the third conjugation very dis
agreeable.
Joe and Faye Sesler, were absent
from school Monday because of bad
colds.
Leo Strong visited school Friday
morning.
Our arm bands were received
Friday and pleased everyone that
got them.
George Fernholz was absent from
school Monday.
The monthly school party was
held at the home of Dorthy Luben.
The guests were Paul and Howard
Newton, Francis and Roean Bush,
Earl Farr and Leo Strong. A good
time was reported by all.
The classroom songs are as fol
lows: Ltain, “Spellbound;” Alge
bra, “For All We know;” Geom
etry, “I’m Looking For An Angel;”
Agriculture, “County Boy;” Eng
j lish, “Pardon My Southern Accent,
You All.”
EMMET ITEMS
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan and
Charley and” Leslie Strong spent
Sunday visiting at the Clifford
Anderson home in O’Neill.
Bobby Luben spent the week-end
with Francs Luben.
Miss Evelyn Tomjack spent the
week-end with relatives in Ewing.
Leo Strong, of O’Neill, spent sev
eral days last week with Charles
and Leslie Strong here.
Roberta Bush spent the week
end in Emmet.
Jack Kazda, of Atkinson, spent
the week-end here visiting at the
Carl Hoppe home.
Mary Ann Winkler spent the
week-end with her folks north of
Emmet.
Sterling Mohr, of Orchard, was
here over the week-end visiting
with relatives.
Anthony O’Donnell boarded at
the Bert Bessie home last week
while teaching school.
Mrs. Guy Cole entertained at two
tables of bridge Monday evening.
Ice cream and cake were served.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ernst, Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Beckwith and child
ren and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz
and son called at the Wra. Schmohr
home Thursday evening.
Mrs. James O’Donnell and Ed.
were shopping in O’Neill Monday.
John Conard, Pat McGinnis and
Harry Werner went fishing at Dewr
ey lake Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Tibbett and
family, of O’Neill, called at the
John Lowery home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard McConnell
and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Puckett were Sunday dinner guests
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alex
McConnell.
Mrs. Frank Sesler and Miss
Lucille Lowery called on Dorothy
Sesler and Ella Prange last Tues
day evening.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Mrs. R. D. Spindler and daugh
ter, Mary, and Mr. and Mrs. Gust
Johnson and Raymond, and Arthur
and Clarence Devall spent Wednes
day evening at the Griffith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Young and
children, Leonard, Edward and
Helen, spent Thursday evening at
the Rouse Brothers home.
Walter Devall has been quite ill
the past few days.
Rev. Anderson, of Anoka, is
holding services at the Presby
tian churdh. The cold and stormy
weather of the past week caused
them to stop for several days.
Stanley, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. Blake Benson, is quite ill of
pneumonia at the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith and
Cecil were dinner gu:-stc at the
Ralph Young home on Sunday.
Velma Johnson, who attends high
school in O’Neill, spent the week
end with the home, folks. It was
the first time she had been out
since the holidays.
Joe Hendrix, of near Atkinson,
visited at Mariedy Hubby’s last
week.
Howard Rouse, Paul Nelson, El
mer and Clarence Devall helped
put up ice at Frank Griffith’s on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg called
at Gust Johnson’s Sunday.
Paul Nelson trucked ice for Fred
Lindberg on Tuesday.
Arthur Rouse made a businesss
trip to O’Neill on Monday.
Monday made us think spring
was just around the corner, but
Tuesday was not so good, foggy
and some colder.
Elmer Devall and Dorothy Har
rison motored to Norfolk over the
week end.
Paul Nelson and Marjorie Hen
drix are planning a visit at the
Hendrix home near Atkinson on
Sunday.
Mrs. F. H. Griffith spent Tues
day afternoon at the Johnson home.
Mr. and Mrs. Frits Worth and
children have moved on the Mart
Schelkpof place.
Most New Year resolutions turn
yellow about the same time that
the Christmas jewelry turns green.
THE STORY OF FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS
(Continued from page 1.)
exceed three hours; should be equ
ally divided between the majority
and the minority; and, that no
amendments should be in order ex
cept such amendments as wrere off
ered by direction of the Committee
on Appripriations. That proposed
rule, forthwith, brought forth a
storm of protest, not only from re
publicans, but, likewise, from a
number of democrats. The protest
came from members who independ
ently felt, or who had comniitteed
themselves in campaign pledges to
the proposition that any emergency
works appropriation should be
broken down and earmarked by
legislative action, so that they
would procure assurance that at
least certain amounts would be al
located to their respective districts,
and then, too, there was the idea
heretofore alluded to, which has
been greatly accentuated by the re
cent decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the so
called “Hot Oil” cases, to-wit, that
congress has already gone far be
yond the safety zone in delegating
its legislative power, and was now
in danger of going still further.
Before there was further consider
ation of the proposed rule on the
floor of the house, the democrats
met in caucus and the general
action of the caucus was to bind at
least a majority of the democrats
—a sufficient majority to constitute
a majority of the House— to the
general proposition set out in the
rule, but some thirty or forty dem
ocrats gave notice that they would
not be bound by the caucus, and an
other eight or ten not in attendance
at the caucus, explained they could
not subscribe to the conditions of
the proposed rule.
On the day following, which was
Wednesday, January 23, the rule
was taken up on the floor and, at
the outset, the Chairman of the
Rules Committee proposed an
amendment ito the original rule
which provided that while no
amendments to Sections 1, 2 and 3
of the House Joint Resolution
should be in order, except such
amendments as were offiered by the
direction of the Committee on Ap
propriations, that Sections 4, 5 and
6 would be subject to amendment
from the floor. Of course, as the
Chairman of the Rules Committee
conceded, the most of the resolu
tion was in Sections 1, 2 and 3, and
as the minority leader pointed out,
amendments were to be permitted
with respect to the trimmings
rather than affecting the heart of
the matter. In other words, such
amendments as were to be permit
ted were amendments with respect
to certain administrative details,
and were not amendments with
respect to the amount carried in
the appropriation, or which further
defined how the money should be
expended. That was still reserved
to executive decision and discre
tion. The rule, then, with this
single amendment was, following
approximately an hour’s discussion,
adopted by a vote of 250 to 140.
Thereupon, followed the general
debate upon House Joint Resolution
117. That proceeded for the bal
ance of the afternoon, January 23,
and on through the afternoon of
January 24, until shortly follow
ing 0 o’clock, when the final vote on
the resolution was taken. Certain
committee amendments to Sections
1, 2 and 3 of the resolution were
offered and accepted. They, how
ever, altered the resolution only
in slight matters of form rather
than going substantially into its
substance. The debate was spirit
ed and sincere, and amendments
were offered, which in the opinions
of their sponsors were necessary
to properly safeguard the approp
riation or to preserve the independ
ence of Congressional action
These amendments, however, raised
their heads merely to be bowled
over.
During the course of the debate,
a supplemental message was re
ceived from the White House which
acted as a tonic to the solidity of
the democratic ranks, with the net
result that just before 7 o’clock,
the House having been in session
eight consecutive hours, the vote
on the resolution was recorded as
328 for and 78 against. During
the course of the debate in the
afternoon, I received a telegram
from the governor of Nebraska in
which he asked me to undertake to
see to it that a definite sum of
money was set aside for highway
projects. He pointed out that the
state highway departments know
definitely what projects can be ac
complished in the immediate future
and have the organization neces
sary to felicitate their construction.
The eventual action on the meas
ure then before the House was at
that time so obvious that I could
only reply to the Governor by tele
gram that in view of the parli
mentary rule under which the meas
ure was being considered, coupled
with the attitude of the majority
toward any amendments which
might be proposed within the re
stricted latitude for amendments,
any practical prospect tliat the
Housse would amend the bill to set
aside any definite amount for any
purpose was precluded.
By this action, yesterday, the
House has contributed to the event
ual certainity that this gigantic
sum for relief purposes will be
provided. By this same action,
however, the House has not made
clear just how and, in what res
pects the program is to be effectu
ated. The president has said that
he desired the appropriation to be
in one sum, wholly without ear
marking, for the reason that that
would facilitate orderly breaking
down of the appropriation, and
for that reason would enable him
to put something in excess of three
million men to work within a
thirty day period. It is only fair
to the membership of the House to
say that while opposition to the
resolution at times and in places
was rather violent, there was not
any serious opinion that disputed
the advisability of making the ap
propriation, even in that huge
amount, for emergency relief pur
poses. The reasons that members
found it difficult to go along at
many points were traceable main
ly, if not solely, to the proposed
method of handling the unprese
dented relief fund.
For my own part, I supported
the proposed amendments which
would have curbed extreme dele
gation of legislative power and
which would have written-some pro
gram for the making of these ex
penditures, but when these efforts
failed and we had the alternative
simply of voting for or against the
resolution, 1 voted for it. I voted
for it because there was no other
bill to vote for. I voted for it be
cause I realized that there are .1,
500,000 men and women who need
jobs. I voted for it because 1 be
lieve we must give unemployed
men back their self-respect. I do
not, however, like the idea of Con
gress so completely abdicating its
responsibility and surrendering
that responsibility to the Execu
tive arm of the government..
It is not altogether without reas
on to say that the rumblings al
ready heard in the House against
this surrender of legislative power
are exceedingly mild when com
from the Senate, and even before
pared to what is likely to issue
the House had completed itR action
yesterday, certain Senators had
touched off very violent blasts.
Inssofar as the House was per
mitted to speak, it has spoken.
What will the Senate say ?
KARL STEFAN, M. C.
GAMBLE’S 1935 HEADLINERS!
Listen, John, to these headlines
for Gamble’s Headliners—“We Buy
Old Tires—Clean Up Sale G & J
Tires up to GG% off—Radio Sac
rifice Sale—40 Boxes Soap Chips
FREE with each Blackstone Wash
er—Clearance Sale, Winter Items,
Frost Shields, 29c — Electric De
frosters, 19c.”
Introduce Cochran’s Bill
On Liquor In legislature
The administration liquor bill
was introduced in the legislature
last Tuesday. The bill was drawn
by Attorney General Wright, after
an investigation made by him of
the operation of liquor laws in sev
eral states, which investigation was
made at the request of Governor
Cochran.
The plan would require every
community in the state to try out
the legalized liquor before exer
cising the right of local option. No
local elections would be permitted
until two years after the act went
into effect, and then only after it
had been petitioned for by thirty
per cent of the qualified voters of
a city or village.
Under the terms of the act local
option would apply only to the sale
of liquqor by the drink. Liquor in
packages could be sold in every
| community and would not be sub
ject to local option.
It limits licenses on a popula
tion basis. For liquor, two “on”
The O’Neill Hatchery
Friday and Saturday
VIM CUBES—For Horses and Cattle SI.80
FLOUR. 1.65
MOTOR OIL—Paraffine Base, 1-gal. 59c
(In 2-Ral. cans, cans included.)
Oats are selling rapidly at 73c* Let us know
if you want some.
Car of Bran and Shorts on track Friday—
We can give a good price off the car.
SUNSHINE Flour—Fully Guaranteed $|,80
BON-TON Flour. 1.90
BON-TON Flour in 98-lb. sack 3.70
We Always Carry Mother’s Best in 24-lb. and
48-lb. Sizes.
SOY BEAN OIL MEAL $2.65
POULTRY GRIT—98% Limestone 90c
O’Neill Hatchery
Everything In Flour And Feed
KnockprooS at Price of Regular
EN-AR-CO
MOTOR OIL
Paraffine Base
Wear Proof
For high compression and other motors. Half a
Century of experience is back of this famous
gasoline.
It is PURE—POWERFUL-QUICK STARTING!
MELLOR MOTOR CO.
Phone 16 . O’Neill, Nebr.
and two "off” sale licenses would
be permitted in cities of 1500 or
less and one more “on” and one
more "off” sale license for each
additional 1,500 persons.
In cities and villages under 1,000
population four licenses of each
type for the sale of beer would be
permitted, with an additional lic
ense of each class for each ad
ditional 500 population.
The terms “on sale” and "off
sale” would have the same meaning
as now used in the classification of
3.2 per cent beer licenses. “On
sale” licenses are for sale of beer
by the drink and “off sale” by the
package. Under the Wright bill
the granting of both types of lic
enses in the same building would be
prohibited, except for separate
parts of hotels.
The major features of the bill
are as follows:
Licensing power is vested in a
state commission of three members
to be appointed by the governor,
no two of whom shall be members
of the same political party.
Separate licenses for the sale of
beer and hard, liquor by the drink
are authorized.
Issuance of “on sale” and “off
sale” liquor licenses for the same
premises, or adjoining premises,
forbidden. ^ The only exception is
for “large buildings” or hotels ac
commodating at least 150 guests,
located in cities of 25,000 or more
people.
On sale liquor licenses in cities
under 25,000 to cost $300, in large
cities $400.
Cities and towns may levy oc
cupation taxes equal to the state
license tax, but no niorp.
Near beer would be subject to
the same regulations as full
strength beer, and no spiking
would be permitted.
Advice to job-holding Democrats:
reap, for the winter is coming.
METHODIST CHURCH
A. J. May, Pastor
Rev. Paul Hillman, the district
superintendent, will preach in place
of the pastor next Sunday morn
ing and evening at the Methodist
church.
Everybody invited to hear Rev.
Hillman.
Choirs will furnish special music
for their respective services.
THE CHRISTIAN AND
MISSIONARY ALLIANCE
Rev. Albert W. Swanson
Services will be held regularly
each Sunday afternoon in the Epis
copal church building.
Sunday school at 2 p. m.; devo
tional hour at 3 p. m.
Have you ever given the claims
that Jesus Christ has on your life
some real thot? He bought you
away from a life of selfish pur
suits, and the price He paid was
His own holy life. What will you
do with His claims?
Prayer service Thursday at 7:30
p. m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
G. L. Wilsey at 407 E. John St.
Welcome!
Small Investment
in
NEW AUTO PARTS
BE YOUR
OWN BOSS
and
Earn Between
$40 and $50 per
Week
P. O. Box 185
Kearney, Nebraska
Fight the Tax Racket
PROTECT YOUR POCKETBOOK FROM
NEW TAX RAIDS
Forty-four state legislatures are now in session
doing their best to start America off on the road
to prosperity by balancing their respective bud
gets and maintaining a sound financial condition.
Although chain stores already pay millions of
dollars in Federal, State and Municipal taxes
they, like every other responsible American busi
ness, realize new taxes are necessary and stand
ready and willing to pay more taxes so long as
they are equally, fairly and honestly applied.
Unfortunately, however, among honest efforts
to raise money by state taxation, a number of
unjust bills are being introduced, backed by sel
fish interests, which are primarily interested in
forcing chain stores to raise their prices by levy
ing special taxes upon them and letting their
competitors go scotfree of such taxes.
To use the language of the street, these efforts
are just RACKETS.
Because it will be YOU CONSUMERS—inno
cent bystanders—who will be most seriously
hurt if such tax bills become law, chain stores
are calling your attention to them now and are
urging you to take active steps to protect your
pocketbooks promptly—while there is yet time.
THE MENACE OF CHAIN STORE TAXES
In order to give you the benefit of the lowest
possible prices in these hard times, we have cut
our operating expenses to the bone. If special
chain store bills become law, however, our only
way of paying them will be to RAISE OUR
PRICES.
To levy special taxes upon chain stores is final
ly to set up a new tax upon food, clothing and
other items that are necessities to millions of
consumers. Instead of chain store taxes, these
proposals are in reality taxes on your prime
necessities of life.
For your sake—and for our own—this situa
tion deeply concerns us. Of greater concern to
us, however, is the fact that such chain store
taxes will bring HIGHER PRICES to our cus
tomers at a time when millions of them are all
but starving through their inability to pay even
the lowest prices.
PROTECT YOUR POCKET BOOK
Chain store taxes are legalized raids on your
poeketbook. Their enactment, though produc
ing no real benefits to the state, will COMPEL
you to pay more for your necessities of life.
If you are opposed to such destructive and
costly taxes, write to your state senator and rep
resentative promptly. Urge them to oppose dis
criminatory legislation against chain stores.
In the interest of good government, they will
welcome your viewpoint.
IH§E1ID' STORES!
YOUR FRBEND AY tWEALTKViE