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VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1935. No. 43
DECLAMATORY
W CONTEST HELD
AT HIGH SCHOOL
O'Neill Elocutionists Take First
In Dramaitc, Oratorical And
Extemperaneous Classes.
The Sub-District declamatory
contest of the Nebraska Declama
tory Association, which takes in
the towns of O’Neill, Bassett, Bris
tow, Anoka, Atkinson, Spencer,
Ewing and Butte, was held in the
High School auditorium in this city
last Monday afternoon and evening.
Two winners were named in each
|division. These winners will at
ftend a district meeting, the time
land place for which has not yet
been set, and the winners of the
district contest will probably con
test for honors at a state contest.
Following are the winners at the
O’Neill contest:
Dramatic: “White Hands of Tel
ham, Nadine Kilpatrick, O’Neill;
“Little Man,” Helen Petersen,
Spencer.
Humorous: “Tony at the Base
ball Game,” Paul Kosan, Anoka;
“Ladies Aid at the Local Theater,”
Dorothy Brisban, Butte.
Oratorical: “Supreme Menace,”
Ralph Johnson, O’Neill; “All Em
bracing Americanism," Dorothy
Broderson, Spencer,
Extemperaneous: Mervin Kee,
O’Neill; Arline Adamson, Butte.
WHAT’S DOING IN
THE LEGISLATURE
1 By James R. Lowell
In view of the liquor control
problems being argued and studied
by Nebraska legislators, it is inter
esting to note what neighboring
states are doing or have done about
the question.
The South Dakota legislature
has passed a law creating a three
member state commission which
has exclusive licensing and taxing
power, altho approval of local
boards is required for package and
on-sale dealer licenses. Local op
tion is provided for sale by the
drink, and muncipal operation of
dispensaries is permitted. Dancing
or other amusements is prohibited
in places where liquor is sold by
the drink. License fees range from
$4,000 annually for distillers to
$200 for package dealers and $300
for on-sale dealers in the smaller
towns.
The Kansas senate has voted to
reconsider its recent action in kill
ing a bill providing for local op
tion on the question of manufac
ture, sale and taxation of 3.2 beer.
It is held likely that a bill will be
substituted for this measure, call
ing for a statewide referendum
next month.
Iowa, which has the state store
system, is having its troubles of
control, and a liquqor investigation
is being held to uncover alleged
graft on the part of liquor commis
sioners and other officials in charge
of control. The chairman of the
commission is under fire for viola
tion of the state liquor laws. Col
orado, where Governor Cochran
got many of his ideas for a Ne
braska control bill, also is having
its troubles, and Colorado legisla
tors are casting about for means
of improving the existing law.
In a recent radio broadcast, Gov
ernor Cochran renewed his stand
for local option. He said that de
lay in enacting legislation to legal
ize sale of liquor in this state is
costing the state government
thousands of dollars daily in rev
enue and is extending the length
of time the one-cent gas tax relief
bill must remain operative.
The senate liquor committee last
week tentatively approved local op
tion, but opposed the local option
provisions of the Wright bill which
were contained in the liquor bill
presented by the house committee.
The senate committee favors al
lowing the local communities to
vote on the liquor question at any
regular city or village election, but
not oftener than once every two
years, upon presentation of peti
tions signed by 30 per cent of the
Electors. The house committee
came out for local option only on
sale by the drink with the right to
exercise the option at a general
election not earlier than one year
after the law became effective. The
Wright bill was virtually the same
except that it specified two years
before local determination could be
effective.
Under the senate plan, all local
ities would be vret until they voted
dry, and voters would be given no
opportunity to differentiate be
tween off-sale and on-sale systems.
The house last week passed and
sent back to the senate the pari- j
mutuel gambling bill with three ■
amendments providing that one of
the three racing commissioners
should come from 2nd (Omaha)
congressional district, one from the
5th and one from the other dis
tricts; eliminating giving one-sixth
of the state’s racing fees to buy
jacks and stallions for use in im
proving horse breeding in the
state; and elimination of a pro
vision which would have limited
any race track to two meets a year.
There is a good chance that an
other amendment will be tacked on
providing severe penalty for “dop
ing” race horses.
Legislative action accepting for
the state the property of the old
Indian school at Genoa has been
completed. The property will be
placed under the board of control. 1
Governor Cochran has signed
H. R. 322, abolishing the separate
schedules for intangible tax re
turns. It carries the emergency
clause.
The senate has authorized in
vestigation into the “feud" between
members of the state railway com
mission. A special committee of
five, headed by Senator Callan,
will conduct the investigation.
| Celebrate Thirty-fifth
Wedding Anniversary
On Sunday, March 10, about 50
friends gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Grant, of Star,
to help celebrate their 35th wedd
ing anniversary. It was a complete
surprise to them, the party having
been planned by their daughter,
Mrs. R. L. Curran.
They were invited on Sunday to
the O. O. Newman home for dinner
from which they were called home
by their daughter, to find their
house filled with guests. The cars
were hidden and it came as a com
plete surprise when they walked
into their home.
Everyone brought baskets well
filled with food and dinner was
served in cafeteria style. Mrs.
Charles Cole made a lovely yellow
and white wedding cake decorated
with orchid and w'hite flowers,
crowned with a minature bride and
groom. This was the main decor
ation at the table where Mr. and
Mrs. Grant and their friends, who
were married in the month of
March, sat.
After dinner a mock wedding was
enacted, John Carson performing
the ceremony, which was most in
teresting and entertaining. Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Brady were attend
ants to the bride and groom, Mrs.
Ronald Carson was the train bearer j
and Ardis Newman the ring bearer.
(And by the way, the ring was
large enough to need one to carry ;
it.) The bridal party marched in!
to the strains of Lohengrin, played [
by Wilma Pickering.
A program followed the wedding j
ceremony, consisting of an instru- j
mental selection by the Pickering j
trio; a reading by Mrs. John Car
son and vocal selections by Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Cole and Mrs. R. L.
Curran. Mr. and Mrs. Grant res
ponded by short talks and Mr.'
Grant sang a song which was quite J
appropriate. It was entitled,
“Sweethearts and Wives.”
A gift is on its way to keep
fresh the memory of this day. ***
Oil Dealers Meeting
Held In O’Neill
W. R. Smiley, of Lincoln, repre
sentative of the Continental Oil
company; E. A. Willford, of Om
aha, city sales manager for the
company, and H, Opper, of Ains
worth, district superintendent for
the company in this territory, were
in the city Wednesday and held a
meeting for the Conoco dealers for
this territory at the Golden Hotel.
About twenty-five dealers from
towns in this section of the state
were present and the business out
look in the oil business for the com
ing year was discussed. According
to the eastern representatives of the
company they plan a great adver
tising campaign for the coming
year and look for a greatly in
creased volume of business.
Mrs. C. V. McReynolds returned
last Monday night from Lincoln,
where she had spent a week visit
ing relatives and friends.
Hospital Notes
Those dismissed from the hos
pital recently were: Mrs. Hanna
Dalton, Saturday; Mildred Har
bottle, Saturday; Everett Hoffman,
Friday; Mrs. Cornish, Sunday, and
James Carney, Tuesday of this
week.
Mrs. Fern Davis, of Star, under
went a second operation for ob
struction of the intestines Wednes
day of last week. She is gaining
strength rapidly.
Peter Price, a high school stud
ent of St. Mary’s, is a patient this
week. He has been quite ill with
pneumonia and complications, but
is much improved at the present
writing.
Miss Kathleen Cadman, of Em
met, was operated on for append
icitis last Monday morning, and is
convalesing nicely.
John Lynch, of Lynch, who has
been an inmate of the hospital all
winter, has not been feling so well
the past two weeks.
O’Neill Business Men’s
Dinner Held Tuesday
A dinner party of the business
men of the city, sponsored by the
Tiger Club, was held at the Bau
man cafe last Tuesday evening.
The meeting was called for the
purpose of deciding whether O’Neill
would celebrate the Sixty-first
year of its birth, which comes
along ni a few months, or whether
some kind of a celebration would
be given during the year.
After a short discussion it was
decided to celebrate the city’s an
niversary, which comes in August,
and G. A. Miles, who called the
meeting to order and was selected
as chairman, was empowered to
appoint a general committee on ar
rangements, this committee being
empowered to appoint all other
committees. The committee will
probably be announced next week.
Years Moisture Above
The Ten Year Average
According to Weather Observer
Harry Bowen the average amount
of moisture in this city for the
past ten years, during the months
of January and February and the
first ten days of March is 1.58.6.
During that period of time this
year the moisture here measured
1.65 inches, or a little above the
average for the ten year period
for this section. The moisture is
going down a little more every day
and with a few nice l'ains during
the next two months the subsoil
will again have some the moisture
needed for the summer season.
School Teachers Selected
At a regular meeting of the
school board held last Monday
evening the following teachers
were elected as members of the
O’Neill public school faculty for
the coming year: Superintendent,
R. W. Carroll; Principal, Harold
M. Denny; Commercial teacher, H.
L. Beal; Coach, Elmer S. Stolte;
Band and Orchestra Leader, L. M.
Durham; Ruth Kramer, Blanche
Collins, Mary Horiskey, Neva
Wolfe, Mrs. Lillian Barker, Hilma
Zimerman, Betty B. Jone3, Hilda
Gallagher, Ella Caffrey, Loretta
Shaw. There are still two positions
to be filled, that of teacher of heme
economics and. kindergarten and
music.
O’Neill High Loses Its
2nd Tournament Game
The O’Neill High School basket
j ball team were defeated in their
J second game played in the district
tourney at Norfolk last Friday, but
the boys get a good deal of satis
faction out of the fact that the
team that defeated them were the
runners-up for the title. They
played West Point and were de
feated with a score of 30 to 19.
West Point went thru to the finals
and were pitted against Norfolk
for the title, Norfolk winning the
game.
Bishop Joseph F. Rummel, of
Omaha, head of the Omaha Dio
cese of the Catholic church for the
past seven years, has been appoint
ed Archbishop of New Orleans. He
will move to New Orleans to take
up his new duties shortly after
Easter. His successor for the Om
aha diocese has not been named.
Miss Mary Morrison, who is at
tending the Wayne Normal, is ex
pected home tomorrow' evening to
spend the week-end.
EXPLAIN METHOD
OF TREATING SEED
GRAIN FOR SMUT
Spraying With Formaldehyde, or
Ethyl Phosphate Are Recom
mended Treatments.
Oats may be satisfactorily and
economically treated for smut with
formaldehyde when applied at the !
rate of 1 pound to 50 bushels of
seed, Holt county farmers were
advised this week by Agricultural
Agent F. M, Reece. The dry treat
ment utilizes the use of a hand j
mist sprayer using .a mixture of1
one pound of formaldehyde with I
one pint to one quart of water. i
The sprayer should have a glass
bowl in order to carefully guage;
the rate of application. While
oats are being shoveled about, four
or five strokes of the sprayer to a
scoop of grain will usually give
about the proper proportion. After
treatment, the grain should be cov-1
ered with a blanket for 5 or 6;
hours. Seed so treated is not |
poisonous and may be fed to stock, |
The use of a new improved ethyl
phosphate compound is practical i
for treating all small grain and
sorghums for smut. In using the
new compound, one-half ounce per |
bushel is recommended. If no
mechanical means are available for
mixing, a thoro stirring with a
scoop shovel is satisfactory. After
mixing, the grain should be left
uncovered in a wagon box or bin
for at least 24 hours before plant
ing. This treatment is es-1
pecially desirable lor barley as
it also controls barley stripe, seed-1
ling blight. The treated grain is
poisonous if fed to stock.
In using copper carbonate on
seed wheat, the use of two or three
ounces per bushel of grain is re
commended. The effectiveness of
treatment depends on a very tho’ro
coating of each kernel. An air
tight barrel or < >yicrete mixer
should be used as a thoro mixing
which is necessary with copper
carbonate cannot be accomplished
with a scoop shovel. Treated seed
should not be fed to livestock.
Nebraska Popular
With Tourists
The popularity of Nebraska as
a Meca for automobile vacationists
from all parts of the country is
indicated by a report just released
by the Conoco Travel Bureau, a
branch of the Continental Oil com
pany and America’s largest free
travel service. According to the'
report, 217,33b Travel Bureau tour
ists spent more than $8,941,968 in
this state last year.
It was also revealed that motor
travel thruout the entire^United
States was unusually heavy during
1934. Hotels, tourist camps, res
taurants and many other types of
business took in more money from
tourists than during any other
year since 1929. The Bureau sup
plied detailed trip services to 969,
485 vacationists, a figure 41 per
cent greater than the organiza
tion’s total for 1933. Statistics
also show that Travel Bureau tour
ists spent in excess of 40 million
dollars while they were away from
home.
The Conoco Travel Buerau is an
organization maintained by Con
tinental to provide motorists with
up-to-date information on North
American roads, routes, hotels, cot
tage camps, scenic and historical
attractions plus any other kind of
data likely to make vacation trips
pleasant and profitable. More than
100 carefully trained men and wo
men are employed in the Buerau’s
central offices at Denver. Conoco’s
22,000 service stations act as field
branches. It is predicted that one
and one-half million vacationists
will rely on Travel Bureau assist
ance during 1935.
1935 Contracts Cover
More Corn Land
With corn acreage averaging 15
acres higher per contract this year
than in 1914, Nebraska corn-hog
officials were fairly confident today
that more corn land will be signed
up by Nebraska farmers this year
than last year.
The average Nebraska corn-hog
contract of 1934 included an ad
justed base of 85 acres of corn.
Preliminary estimates on the sign
up reported to date indicate that
the average 1935 contract will cov
er about 100 acres of corn base.
The increase is easily explained,
corn-hog administrators point out,
by changes in the provisions of the
corn-hog program from those of
last year and by the tendency of
farmers to put all the land they
farm under one contract instead of
two or three. A signer who farms
land owned by more than one party
may sign it all under one contract
or under separate contracts. Many
men prefer the single contract.
The first of March, more definite
possibility of getting seed loans,
and the announcement by county
associations that late signers would
pay their own expenses for extra
work, will all tend to speed up the
signing of applications during the
coming week. In many counties,
farmers will start appraising corn
land March 4th and will clean up
the application signing as they
cover their territory. Checking and
listing of figures is beginning in
the first counties this week and
every effort is being made to com
plete the contracts for final signa
ture by corn planting time.
Gaius Cadwell Receives
Promotion Taking Him
To Huron.South Dakota
Gaius Cadwell, who has been a
resident of this city since January,
1929, as representative of the Trav
elers Insurance company, loan div
ision, in charge of their real estate
and loans in this section of the
state, has been promoted to the
position of assistant manager for
the states of North and South Da
kota, with headquarters at Huron,
S. D. Mr. Cadwell will leave the
latter part of the month and will
take over his new duties on April 1.
Mr. and Mrs. Cadwell have
been residents of this city for over
six years and have always taken
a prominent part in the social and
civic affairs of the city. They made
many friends during their resid
ence here, who, while rejoicing
in the promotion of Mr. Cadwell
| regret to see this estimable family
leave, but wish them success and
prosperity in their new home.
Mr. Cadwell will be succeeded
here by R. E. Moore, of Benkle
man, Nebr., who arrived the latter
part of last week and has been
busy becoming acquainted with the
company’s vast holdings in this
section of the state. He will move
his family here as soon as a suit
able residence can be procured.
The Frontier welcomes Mr. Moore
and family to O’Neill.
Willard Slocum
Dies In Chicago
The first of the week John M.
Grutsch, living northwest of this
city, received a letter from C. H.
Slocum, of Chicago, informing him
of the death of his father, Willard
Slccum, on February 14, at the age
of 76 years and 7 months.
Mr. Slocum homesteaded on
Honey Creek in the early days and
will be pleasantly remembered by
; the old timers. He was married in
this city and lived here for several
years where he was in partnership,
for a time, with C. J. Schram in the
general mercantile business.
Mr. Slocum had planned on mak
ing a trip back to the old home
town last summer, but owing to
the drouth he decided to wait until
things would look more favorable.
Corn-Hop Propram
Is Up To Schedule
With the reorganization meet
ings of corn-hog associations prac
tically finished and community
committeemen getting into the
fields to appraise corn land, the
1935 corn-hog program in Nebras
ka is moving along on schedule.
Unless weather is extremely un
favorable in March the appraisal
work will all be finished by the end
of the month in practically all of
the counties.
Clerks in the county office of
each corn-hog association are
checking and preparing to list the
figures from the application blanks
on big sheets so the totals can be
determined for each county and
subdivision in the county. This
tabulating and checking is likely to
occupy the time of the office force
during March and early April.
When the county totals have been
made, the figures will be submitted
to the State Board of Review for
approval. Every effort will be
made to speed the work along so
farmers can have their finished
contracts to look over at corn
planting time.
In all fairness to those who sign
up on time, those who do not sign
applications by the time the com
munity committeemen are at their
farms to appraise land will have to
pay their own expenses of late ap
praisal and office work if they want
to come in later. The county totals
will not be kept open after the ap
praisals are finished to take care
of those who are late in signing
applications. Experience with the
1934 program indicates that it is
more important to keep the pro
cedure on schedule for the major
ity of signers than it is to delay
all of it for a few stragglers. Ap
plication signers this year want to
know by the end of corn planting
time exactly' how many acres of
corn they can plant under their
contiacts.
Celebrates Eighty-sixth
Birthday Anniversary
On last Saturday afternoon the
neighbors and friends of Mrs.
Menish gathered at her home to
help her celebrate her 86 birthday.
They came with good things to eat
and at 5 o’clock the ladies served
a lovely dinner.
The afternoon was spent in play
ing cards and visiting and a pleas
ant afternoon was spent by all.
Every one present wished Grandma
Menish many more happy birth
days.
Those present were: Mrs. Cath
erine McNichols, Mrs. Tom Markey,
Mrs. John Carney, Mrs. Mussick,
Mrs. Walt O’Malley, Mr. and Mrs.
Herb Jensen, Mrs. Mayme Wilson,
Mrs. P. H. Hickey, Mrs. Joe Mc
Nichols, Mrs. T. F. and T. J. Dono
hoe, Joseph and James Donohoe
and Mrs. J. B. Donohoe.
Farmers Union Holds
Stockholders Meeting
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Farmers Union Gas,
Cream and Oil company was held
in this city last Tuesday at the
j court house. The stockholders had
j dinner at the Methodist church and
at 1:30 the meeting was held in the
district court room.
Reports of the officers were re
ceived, the annual dividend declared
and three directors were elected
for the ensuing year. The stock-!
holders proved that they were well
satisfied with the way the affairs
of the company had been run Tor
the past year as the three old
directors were unanimously re
elected.
Will Hold Tuberculosis
Educational Meetings
Cattlemen of Holt county are
cordially invited to attend one of
the following meetings on tubercu
losis eradication where the present
system of testing herds will be
fully explained:
O’Neill courtroom, Wednesday,
March 20, 2 P. M.
Chambers High School Auditor
ium, Wednesday, March 20, 8 P. M.
Atkinson Memorial Hall, Thurs
day, March 21, 2 P. M.
Stuart Library, Thursday, March
21, 8 P. M!
District Court Filings
Ella Erwin has filed suit in the
district court asking for a decree
of divorce from Roy Erwin. In
her petition she alleges that they
were married in O’Neill on January
25, 11»30, and that they both are
and have been residents of this
county. Two children were born of
the marriage, one, Bobby, aged 4,
living. She alleges that she has
always conducted herself as a lov
ing and faithful wife; that the de
fendant ha3 been guilty of ex
treme cruelty and has repeatedly
struck her with his fist and open
hand; that he has called her vile
and indecent names and has accus
ed her of infidelity and unfaithful
ness. That he told her that he no
longer loved her and would not
live with her. She asks for the
custody of her son and such other
relief as may be just and equitable.
Little Alice Jane McHenry, of
Omaha, whose operation in the
Truesdale hospital in Fall River,
Mass., for an upside-down stomach,
about ten days ago, is the niece of i
Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Nelson of this
city. Mrs. Nelson is with her
sister, Mrs. McHenry at Fall Riv
er, Mass., helping take care of
Little Alice Jane during her con
valesence. The operation was suc
cessful and she is making a very
rapid recovery and will be able to
return home within a short time.
[city election to
BE HELD TUESDAY
APRIL THE SECOND
Candidate List Is Small. With No
Petitions Yet In Circulation
For School Board Posts.
The city election is on Tuesday,
April 2, but so far the political at
mosphere has been very quiet.
There are three members of the
city council to be elected and three
members of the school board.
Petitions are being circulated in
the First word for the election of
John Portivinsky as a member of
the city council from that ward.
The present member of the council,
whose term expries is Frank Pha
lin, and we understand he will not
be a candidate to succeed himself.
In the Second ward Hugh Coyne
is a candidate to succeed himself, "
and so far there is no opposing
candidate.
In the Third ward petitions are
out for the nomination of Norb
Uhl, to succeed himself. Mr. Uhl
was appointed to the council a few
months ago to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of L. G.
Gillespie. So far no other can
didate has appeared in the field.
As members of the school board
the terms of Ben Winchell, Gaius
Cadwell and L. E. Downey expire.
As Mr. Cadwell is leaving the
city the first of the month, a new
man will have to be selected for
this position. Mr. Cadwell was ap
pointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the removal of Mrs. Hubbard
from the city. As far as we have
been able to learn there are no
petitions out for members of the
school board, one of the most im
portant offices within the gift of
the electors of the city.
Appraising Corn
Land In March
Nebraska farmers will finish the
sign-up of 1935 corn-hog applica
tions and appraise all corn land
under contract during the month of
March, a check up of schedules
Saturday of last week revealed.
Fanners will be given a chance
to sign applications until commun
ity committeemen visit their farms
to appraise corn land. Any one who
wants to sign up after that time
will pay for the extra cost of ap
praisal and office work, officials of
the corn-hog associations have
agreed. In fairness to the major
ity of men who have signed appli
cations at the regular time, associ
ations do not feel that they should
stand the extra expense and suffer
the inconvenience of the delay that
might otherwise be caused by a few
stragglers.
April 1 will be the last date on
which applications for 1935 con
tracts will be taken under any cir
cumstances. This date has been
announced by the corn-hog Section
at Washington as the final closing
date for the entire country. In
dividual states have been permitted
to set an earlier closing date if
they see fit.
Absentee landlords are being
urged to get in touch with then
tenants imemdiately if they have
not already arranged to put their
land under contract. Since the
landlord gets his share of the bene
fit payment as well as the crops
grown or- the land, the 1935 core
hog contract is particularly at-'
tractive to most landlords.
16 Attend Group
Meeting At Spencer
Sixteen of the young people of
I the Methodist church drove to
Spencer last Monday night, March
11th, to a special Group meeting.
There were about 80 present and
all ate together in the basement o;
the church and after a short pro
gram all went to the auditorium
where a short business meeting
was held under the direction of the
group president, Mr. Iye, of Cham
bers, and two special musical num
bers were rendered by the Spencer
junior choir.
The address of the evening was
given by Rev. A. J. May, cf the
Methodist church of O'Neill. He
spoke of the “Relation of the Youth
to Themselves to Other and God.”
Rev. May is sponsor of the group.
The next meeting will be held
early in May and the place will be
announced later.
George Bressler, of Neligh, is in
the city today, visiting old friends
and looking after business matters.