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VOL.LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,1986. No. 39
JNivestiture of
' MSGR. McNAMARA
NEXT THURSDAY
Most Rev. Joseph F. Rummel, D. D.
Will Preside At Solemn High
Mass At 10:00 A. M.
Next Thursday will be an event
ful day for the Catholics of this
f city and section of the state. On
that date dignitaries of the church
from all over the state, as well as
laymen, will assemble in this city
for the investiture of Monsignor
J. G. McNamara, beloved pastor of
St. Patrick’s church.
Following is the program of th:
day:
Solemn High Mass at 10:00.
Officers of the Mass: Revs. P.
J. Vanderlaan Celebrant, J. O’
Flynn, Deacon, J. Hilt, Sub-deacon.
Master of Ceremonies: Rev. E.
J. Applebaum.
Most Rev. Jos. F. Rummel, pre
siding
Deacons of honor to the Bishop:
Revs. B. H. Lordemann and J. J.
| Crowley.
Sermon at the Mass: Rev. Win,
J. Leahy S. J.
Sermon at the Investiture, Bish
I op Rummel.
Public reception for Monsignor
i McNamara in St. Mary’s gym
| nasium Thursday evening at 8:15.
St. Mary’s Cardinals Win
And Lose One; Atkinson
Wins From O'Neill High
St. Mary’s basketball tossers met
. the St. Mary’s team of Grand
^ Island last Sunday and. made up for
the defeat handed them by the
Grand Island team in that city a
few weeks ago. The game resulted
in a score of 28 to 13 in favor of
the local team.
On Tuesday evening the Inman
High school team defeated St.
Mary’s on the local floor with a
score of 28 to 16. It was a very
* interesting game.
The O’Neill High school team
suffered defeat at the hands of the
Atkinson high school team on the
Atkinson floor last Tuesday night.
The score was 34 to 20. The At
kinson team have been very suc
cessful this season, not losing a
game so far.
Set Date of Annual
Corn-Hog Meetings
Saturday, February 23, at 10:30
a. m., has been set as the date for
all of the annual community meet
ings and elections of the corn-hog
association in this county. Produc
ers and landlords who have signed
applications by that time may vote
at the meetings.
Application signing will not nec
essarily close on that date, but
those who wish to take part in the
election of community committee
men for 1935 will have to have
their applications signed and in the
county office by Feb. 21.
It will be necessary lor tne
county office to prepare a list of
application signers for each of the
community meetings, and get this
list into the hands of the man who
will preside at the meetings. A roll
call will be the first item on the
program at the community meet
ing. Nominating and voting will
be done by written ballot and ac
cording to the articles of associa
tion of the corn-hog association.
The articles of association are uni
form thruoutthe United States, and
the elections will be held strictly
according to instructions.
Community committeemen elect
ed at these annual meetings to
serve in 1935 will appraise the corn
land, approve certain other papers
and reports, and take part to some
extent in the compliance program
4 during the year. They will also be
the first committee to whom com
plaints should be taken during the
year, and the County allotment
committee will depend upon them
for their knowledge of the locality
and their judgment in settling mat
ters that may come up. The chair
man of the community committee
is automatically a member of the
board of directors, and the board of
k directors elect their own officers
and allotment committee to handle
the 1935 program in the county.
Two Cases of Assault
Heard In County Court
Wilford Ridgeway was before the
county court last Wednesday to
answer to a complaint filed on Feb.
11 by Rhoda Ridgeway, who al
leged in the complaint that on or
<$>
about February 10 the defendant
did unlawfully assail, strike and
w'ound her. When arraigned be
fore the court Ridgeway plead
guilty to the charge and was fined
$10 and costs of $4.25.
On complaint of Stanley Fuller
ton, filed on February 1, 1935, be
fore County Judge Malone, alleging
that Frink Heuton did, on Feb. 1,
unlawfully assault and threaten
another, to-wit, Stanley Fullerton,
and did unlawfully strike and
wound him. Heuton appeared be
fore the county court on Feb. 4.
He plead not guilty to the charge
end was placed under bond of $200
to appear in court on Feb. 9, for
trial. He appeared on Feb. 9 with
counsel and the case was tried to
the court. After hearing the evid
ence the court found the defendant
guilty and assessed a fine of S10
and costs, amounting to $18.65, and
in default of payment that he be
confined in the county jail. The
defendant gave notice of appeal.
He has ten days in which to com
plete his appeal.
CORN-HOG SIGNERS
MAY EXPECT CORN
LOANS NEXT FALL
L'nable Now To Announce Amount
of Loans Due To Variance
In The Price of Corn.
Corn hog contract signers can
count on a corn loan next fall,
Chester Davis, administrator of the
agricultural adjustment act, an
nounced definitely this past week.
Non-signers will not be eligible to
take the loans.
The amount of the loan cannot be
announced at this time because no
one knows what the price of corn
will be next fall. Any amount set
at this time might be completely
out of line with supplies and prices
in November or December when the
corn crop is harvested.
In announcing the corn loan and
tying it up with the adjustment
program the administration has re
sumed it “ever-normal granary"
policy which Davis discussed with
Nebraska farmers in the meeting
at Lincoln early in January. This
policy, if followed year after year,
would tend to make up for the fat
and lean years provided by Mother
Nature. It would encourage all
farmers to do what many of them
always try to do,—keep a crib of
corn in good years for insurance
against a crop failure. It would
also tend to maintain a more uni
form supply of feed grains on the
farm which in turn would mean a
more uniform supply of fat stock
coming to market.
Consumers as well as producers
should be interested in uniform
rather than erratic prices of feeds,
the administration feels. Here in
Nebraska, for example, farm prices
have been exceedingly low during
the good crop years when farmers
had crops to sell, and now that
there are no crops to sell, feed
prices are high and working a hard
ship upon producers who have to
buy. They are, spending all their
money this winter to keep body and
soul together and will be poorly
equipped to recover in 1935 from
the crop failure in 1934.
Mrs. R. R. Dickson
Returns From East
Mrs. R. R. Dickson returined, last
Tuesday night from a six weeks
visit with friends in Wasshington,
D. C., Philadelphia and New York
City. She spent several weeks in j
Washington as the guest of Mrs.
James H. Hanley, formerly of
Omaha, and visited all the points
of interest in the capital city.
While there, in company with her
hostess, she attended many social
functions and met many of the men I
and women who are now prominent |
in the official life of the capital
city. On her way home she visi
ted for a couple of days with rela- j
tives in Wisconson. Mrs. Dickson ,
says that she had a very enjoyable
time during her visit to the capital
of the U. S. A.
Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Oxford, of
Chambers, were transacting busi
ness in the city today and favored
this office with a short call. The
Doctor has practically recovered
from the automobile accident he
suffered last fall, but still has to
wear a steel support for his neck,
but looks forward eagerly to the
time when he can discard it, which
will not Be for a few months yet.
WHAT’S DOING IN
THE LEGISLATURE
By James R. Lowell
When the legislature convened
the commonly accepted four most
pressing issues before the law
making body were liquor control,
regulation of pari-mutuel betting,
deciding upon the exact form of
the one-house legislature would be,
and relief. It is interesting to note
the legislative status of these prob
lems at the present time.
Legislation on liquor control has
been more publicized, perhaps than
any of the other three issues. Sev
en bills representing almost all
shades of belief on the liquor ques
tion have been introduced. A
special liquor committee is to be
formed to consider these measures
and both friends and enemies of
each plan will have a chance to
speak their mind.
The most talked of liquor con
trol bill is the one prepared by At
torney General Wright and which
is popularly termed the “adminis
tration bill.” Dry proponents have
attacked, this bill unmercifully. R.
P. Hutton, superintendent of the
Nebraska anti-saloon league, says
that the bill would “create in Ne
braska a government of the people
by the politicians for big booze,
and would guarantee a life term to
the present occupant of the gov
ernor’s chair, for it would give
Cochran the power to create a per
sonal politicial machine of 40 or 50
thousand, everyone of whom would
be a hard worker for the perpetu
ation of the administration ...”
Mr. Hutton objects especially to
the clause which would prevent any
community from preventing the
vending of liquor in its midst until
a two-year period had elapsed. He
also thinks a five-member liquor
commission would be mere satis
factory than the pi’oposed. three
member board appointed by the
governor.
Governor Cochran states that he
approves of the liquor bill framed
by the attorney general in most of
its aspects, but that he would like
to preserve the right of local option
in every community. He also wants
bootlegging stamped out so far as
possible, and would keep the state
itself out of the liquor business.
He thinks that the most satisfac
tory liquor bill which this legisla
ture can pass will be shaped in
general around the “Wright” bill,
with certain details of that bill
amended.
The pari-mutuel bill sponsored
by Ak-Sar-Ben has been in good
standing with the senate, altho sev
eral other measures intended to
control betting on horse races have
been introduced. The bill as ad
vanced carries only a few minor
amendments, principally one to
make county 4-H clubs, other live
stock shows and rodeos eligible to
share in the distribution of benefits,
along with county fairs. Still an
other amendment strikes out a pro
vision which would have elimin
ated dog racing. A bill permitting
dog racing will come up for con
sideration this week.
Two bills intended to decide upon
the size of the uni-cameral legis
lature, which may have not less
than 30 nor more than 50 members,
have been introduced, but not much
headway has been made altho a
special committee has been named
to study the matter. One bill
would provide for 30 members and
would leave the districts from
which they would be elected the
same as the present senate dis
tricting. The other would allow 50
members and would re-district the
state. i
However, ground work is being
laid by the special uni-cameral
committee, before enactment of the
constitutional amendment. Early
this week the committee had re
pealed sections of the state’s laws,
and several others are being stud
ied, in view of giving legislation
for determining the exact setup of
the one-house law-making body
clear sailing when action is con
centrated on the measure.
As predicted by the Lowell Ser
vice, Governor Cochran last week
recommended, passage of a bill ad
ding a cent to the present gasoline
tax as a means of raising $2,000,
000 a year by the state to assist the
counties (raising about $2,000,000
a year for relief) and the federal
government (which put in about
$12,000,000 for relief thru the
FERA last year) in carrying on
the task of human relief for the
next two years. This was the last
of the four major problems to'be
tackled by the legislature, but eon- j
vinced now that the federal relief
administration at Washington
meant business when it said that ■
the state (including present county 1
funds for relief) must raise $4,-1
000,000 a year for the next bien- j
nium as a condition for receiving
further federal aid.
The additional one cent gas tax
would raise $2,077,990 a year if col
lections hold up to last year’s level.
Moreover, no extra cost or special
machinery would have to be set up
to collect the tax.
Relief for taxpayers has been a
popular subject foi consideration
in the legislature during the past
week. One measure which would
delay the date at which taxes be
come overdue, elicited from Repre
sentative Bock, of David City, the
classic remark that “no matter
when or how the people have to
pay their taxes, it’s going to hurt
just as much.”
Relief for taxpayers in the form
of pcstponment of delinquent dates
of taxes has passed the senate in
the form of S. F. 6 and was well on
the way to final passage in the
house early this week. The bill
postpones from March 1 to May 1
the delinquent date for the first in
stallment of real estate taxes and.
from August 1 to September 1 the
second installment.
S.F. 118 allowing the small home
owner who loses his home because
of delinquent taxes, to bid on his
property at tax sales, was well on
the way to final passage by the
senate early this week. Senator
Stewart has led the attack against
the bill. He says that "it forgives"
taxes and imposes an additional
hardship upon the man who pays
his taxes.
The house finally passed the Cone
moratorium bill, H. R. 1, banning
suits on notes and thereby leaving
holders of second mortgages with
out redress in the matter of col
| lecting upon their hfcsMng after the
first mortgage has consumed all
the equity in the mortgaged prop
erty. The bill was amended, how
ever, to bring tax sale foreclosures
of real estate under the morator
ium. The general supposition of
house members is that the senate
will modify the bill.
The senate revenue and taxation
committee finally approved a bill
which would permit payment of
taxes on the installment plan.
Taxes could be paid in installments
of S2.50 or more at any time, under
provisions of the bill, and would be
allowed a 10 per cent discount on
taxes paid in full 30 days before
they become due. Senator Green,
of Sidney, is the introducer.
The probing epidemic which
seems to hit every legislature has
broken out again in this session.
Among the departments to be
probed are the bank department,
board of educational lands and
funds, and the board of control.
From present indications, SJU,
000 will be appropriated for an in
vestigation and audit of the bank
ing department, particularly the
receivership division. H. R. 97 by
Representative Hyde, of Gothen
burg, provides for an exhaustive
audit of the state treasury and the
board of educational lands and
funds. The governor had previous
ly caused to be introduced a bill
calling for an audit for the past
two years, and H. R. 97 would cov
er the period prior to 1931. The
governor’s measure was passed by
the house to meet one of the early
conditions laid down by bonding
companies in the Hall bond case.
An investigation of the state
board of control, proposed by reso
lution last week, has been voted by
the house. The probe will be con
ducted by that body’s finance com
mittee. Representative Worthing,
of Omaha, who introduced the reso
lution, said that he had no specific
charges to bring in regard to the
conduct of the state’s 17 institu
tions. However, some talk was
heard of irregularity in the man
agement of the Milford soldiers’
and sailors’ home. The later should
be able to meet a probe with equa
namity, however, as it has long
been a subject of investigations by
the legislature.
Senator Callan's bill to create a
state police patrol has been mak
ing good headway and appears to
be slated for final passage. Ob
jection has been raised to a pro
vision in the bill which would fin
ance the patrol thru a $1 wheel tax
(Continued on page 5, column 5.)
ANNUAL MEETING
OF BAH GROUP IS
HELD IN O’NEILL
Wm. Ely Elected President With
Hammond and Davies Filling
Other Offices of Ass’n.
The Bar Association of the Fif
teenth Judicial district held their
annual meeting and banquet at the
Golden Hotel in this city last Tues
day evening. At this meeting of
ficers were elected for the ensuing
year, and are as follows; President,
William Ely, Ainsworth; vice presi
dent, W. J. Hammond, O’Neill; sec
retary-treasurer, Wayne A. Davies,
Butte.
The banquet was the social event
of the meeting. President Ely acted
as toastmaster and the members
listened to an address on the life
and works of Abraham Lincoln,
by Judge Clarence J. Malone,
which is said to have been highly
instructive and disclosed that the
Judge had spent considerable time
in reading the life of this famous
president and the history of his
country.
One of the subjects that came up
for general discussion was the in
corporation of the lawyers of the
state, as proposed in a measure
now before the state legislature.
There was a general discussion of
this measure and it seemed to be
the concensus of opinion that the
bar of this district was almost un
animously opposed to its enactment,
altho no vote was taken on the
measure.
The next meeting of the associa
tion will be held in Ainsworth some
time in May. The association holds
four meeting each year, the annual
meeting always being held in this
city.
Government Seed Orders
Should Be Placed Now
Word from P. H. Stewart, in
charge of the distribution of seed
for the Seed Stocks Committees in
forms us that allocations to states
and counties will hold up until Holt
county has been alloted 15,000
bushels of white Kersian Oats,
3,000 bukhels of barley and 1,000
bushels of Spring Wheat.
County Agent Reece has been in
structed to accept applications on
the strength of a seed loan being
available in the near future. Farm
ers who will be interested in ob
taining seed of this kind should get
in touch with Mr. Reece as soon as
possible.
Few Clarke-McNary
Trees Still Available
Holt county farmers have al
ready ordered a large number of
trees for spring planting this year.
County Agent Reece was informed
that the supply of Green Ash, Cat
alpa, Honey Locust, Russian Olive
and Soft Maple is already exhaust
ed. However, there is still a small
supply of American Elm, Chinese
Elm, Cottonwood, Russian Mul
berry, Caragana, Box Elder and
several varieties of Evergreens
available. Anyone wishing to ob
tain trees should make application
to Mr. Reece as soon as possible in
order that they will not be disap
pointed if the supply should run out.
Last Sign-Up
Before Election
Contract writers will be in the
following towns to assist farmers
who wish to make application for a
1935 corn-hog contract. Only those
who have signed an application are
entitled to vote at the election.
Tuesday, February 19, at Stuart,
Atkinson, Emmet and O’Neill.
Wednesday, Feb. 20 at Page, Ew
ing, Inman and Chambers.
Danger of Infestation By
Smut In County’s Crops
With large supplies of seed for
spring planting being imported
from other sections, Holt county
farmers face a grave danger of
smut infestation among small
grains this summer if necessary
precautions are not taken, Agri
cultural Agent Reece warned this
week.
With the prospects that Nebras
ka farmers will buy more than a
million bushels of seed grain, most
of which is a mixture of different
lots and handled thru elevators or
seed houses,the necessity for treat
ing is more important than ever.
As a result of increased smut
danger this j’fear, farmers should
treat all spring grains planted.
AmosGramlich, Sarpy county farm
er, has been placed in charge of the
immediate smut-treating campaign
and demonstrations which are plan
! ned for every section of the state.
If enough Holt county farmers are
interested, a series of demonstra
tions will probably be held here.
Use of formaldehyde is still a
common and. satisfactory method
of treating oats, Gramlich has in
formed Mr. Reece. A mercury
compound, the new improved ceres
I an, is preferred for barley as it not
1 only controls covered smut in bar
ley but also seedling blight and
barley stripe. Wheat may be
treated with either copper carbon
ate or the mercury compound.
John Martin Resigns As
Chief of Police; Chester
Calkins Is New Officer
John Martin, who has served as
| Cihef of Police for the past nine
and a half months, tendered his
resignation to the Mayor last week
and on Tuesday noon retired from
the position. John, never very
keen about the position, says that
i he just got tired of the work and
i decided to quit.
While serving as chief peace of
ficer of the city he made many
friends who will regret to learn
that he decided to quit the position.
He made a good officer and the
city officials were sorry to see^him
leave the service of the city.
ChetC’alkins was appointed Chief
of Police to succeed him and he
donned the star Tuesday noon.
Chet is a long time resident of the
city and, we predict, will made a
.faithful and competent official.
—
Farmers Must Try For
Pasture Improvement
Nebraska farmers will probably
have to depend more on temporary
pastures this year than ever be
fore for livestock grazing and as a
result are showing an interest in
early pastures. Many permanent
pastures were severly damaged by
drouth and the need for improve
ment is imperative.
Arthur Peterson of the Nebraska
Agricultural college, who is devot
ing his full time to the statewide
pasture improvement contest, says
sweet clover is especially adapted
for eastern Nebraska. Second year
clover furnished ample pasture about
corn planting time or sooner. It
should be pastured heavy, Peter
son says, as it becomes less palat
able if allowed to grow too rank.
It furnishes pasture up to some
time in July.
First year sweet clover planted
either early on a light snow or lat
er about spring grain planting
time makes some pastures in July.
In the eastern section where a
nurse crop is often planted, careful
pasturing of the nurse crop and
clover can be practiced from the
middle of May on. Farmers agree
usually that judicious pasturing of
the nurse crop gives either grass
or legume a better chance than
cutting for grain or hay.
Sudan grass is an outstanding
mid-summer drouth pasture. If
planted about corn planting time it
can be pastured in about five or
six weeks. Many farmers plant it
following rye pasture, by plowing
the rye, packing the seed-bed and
then seeding. Sudan has a very
high carrying capacity and is pal
atable. However, it is relished by
chinch bugs and if infestation ap
pears heavy, it is best to leave it
out of pasture mixtures. Farmers
should also watch, Peterson be
lieves, for mixtures of sorghums in
sudan seed which might cause
stock poisoning. Pure Sudan, how
ever, is safe.
On thin, badly eroded soils in
southeastern Nebraska, some farm
ers have tried Korean Lespedeza
and found it a fair pasture crop in
mid-summer and fall. O. E. Hen
ning, Mead, has grown the crop
with success.
In any event, the success of
temporary pastures depends to a
large extent upon a well packed
seedbed which is weed clear.
In another column will be found
a notice for bids for the graveling
of 3.6 miles of highway 281, south
of this city. The bids will be open
ed on March 7. This is the portion
of the highway that was completed
about a year ago and has been
graveled once. Local road officials
were of the opinion that this sec
tion of the road would be oiled this
summer, and may be later on.
ASK BOARD FOR AID
FOR BUILDING NEW
COURT HOUSE HERE
Request A Grant of Three Fourths
of Cost of New Building and
Three Blocks of Paving.
Mayor John Kersenbrock, W. H.
Harty, John Sullivan and Emmet
Harmon went to Columbus last
Monday to meet with the State
Planning Board of the Federal Ad
ministration of Public Works to
submit a couple of O’Neill projects
to the board for consideration, and
financial assistance.
The first proposition submitted
was the paving of Fourth street
from the corner of Douglas street
three blocks north to Adams street.
They made application for 75 per
cent of the estimated cost of the
paving, which has been estimated
at $25,000, the balance to be paid
by the city and county.
If this paving is laid it will be in
front of a block of ground owned
by the county and a block owned
by the O'Neill school district, on
which are located the court house
and the O’Neill public school. On
the other side of the street is a
block of ground owned by St. Pat
rick’s parish and nearly a half
block owned by the Sisters of St.
Mary’s academy and used as a
playground. The other half of the
block is the site of the new federal
building. The other block is owned
by individuals.
The other proposition submitted
by the O'Neill delegation was a
request for $110,00 for a new court
house. The present building has
practically outlived its usefulness.
It is much too small for present
needs of the county and then, also,
it is, deteriorating rapidly and a
new one is budly needed in the
county. On this proposition they
also asked the government for 75
per cent of the $110,000, the bal
ance to be taken care of locally.
The committee met with a
splendid reception from the Plan
ning Board and they are confident
that the requests will receive fav
orable consideration at their hands.
Hauptman Gets Death
For Lindberg Kidnaping
After a little over eleven hours
of deliberation the jury trying
Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the
kidnap-murder of Charles A. Lind
berg, jr., returned a verdict of
guilty, which means that Haupt
mann will end his life in the elect
ric chair. This morning Judge
Blanchard sentenced him to die in
the chair the week of March 18.
The jurors verdict of guilty, with
no recommendation for mercy, com
pelled Judge Trenchard to pro
nounce the death sentence. Had
the jury recommended mercy a
sentence of life imprisonment
would have been mandatory.
After the verdict was rendered
the jurors disclosed that on the
first ballot taken every member of
the jury, which was composed of
four women and eight men, voted
guilty. Then the next ballot taken
resulted in a vote of eight to four,
four voting to recommend mercy
and eight against. On the fourth
ballot the verdict was unanimous
without recommendation.
Attorneys for Hauptmann say
that he will not die the week of
March 18 as they are going to ap
peal the case.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Emmet Sleight, of Redbird,
suffered a skull fi-acture in an
automobile accident Friday night,
and was brought in for treatment.
She is slowly improving.
Miss Thelma Bausch, of Spencer,
was operated on for Empyemia
Monday evening. She is improving
as fast as could be expected.
Ed. Crowley is up on crutches
and will soon be going home.
The W. C. T. U. ladies of O’Neill
Local Union, will give a program
Tuesday, Feb. 19, in honor of the
memory of Frances E. Willard, at
2:30 p. m. at the M. E. chuch. After
the program dinner will be served.
All members of Local Union come
and bring your friends. Make it a
real program.
Mrs. A. L. Wilsey, Local Pres.
Mrs. Sammy Lancey and daught
er, Catherine Amarlis, returned to
their home in Highmore, S. D.,
Tuesday after spending two weeks
with relatives here.