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The Frontier
VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1935. No. 46
SISTER MARY UNA
OF ST. MARY’S DIES
OF FLU-PNEUMONIA
Death Was Very Sudden, Coming
After An Illness Of But
Four Days.
Death once more visited St.
Mary’s Academy, and on March 30,
called Sister Mary Lina, the teach
er of the Second grade.
Until Wednesday morning,
March 27, Sister Lina was in school
but grew suddenly so ill, she was
obliged to give up. Her death was
caused by flu-pneumonia and sev
eral complications which sapped
her vitality and gave her no chance
to overcome the disease.
Sister Lina, coming from Mead
ville, Pa., entered the Order of St.
Francis at Buffalo, N. Y. She
spent about twenty-six years as
superior in various parish schools
—St. Leo’s of Columbus, Ohio; St.
Joachim’s, Buffalo, N. Y.; St.
Elizabeth’s, Charleston, W. Va.,
and St. Leonard’s Portland, Oregon
Her work in those schools was
with the pupils of the Seventh and
Eighth grades.
Since coming to St. Mary's, near
ly four years ago, she has proved
herself a kind, patient, and thoro
teacher of the little tots, and they
have learned to love her and ap
preciate her worth.
Her death was most edifying,
and the community will miss her,
as she was an inspiration to all
who knew her. The funeral was
held Monday morning at 9 o’clock
in St. Patrick’s church, Rt. Rev.
Monsignor McNamara officiating.
Mother Claver and the Sisters
extend sincerest thanks to the good
people of O’Neill for their sym
pathy and generous aid during
these days of trial.
WHAT’S DOING IN
THE LEGISLATURE
By James R. Lowell
The adage has it that a gift
horse should not be looked in the
mouth, but there is a growing un
dertone of thought in Nebraska
that questions the benefits derived
as a whole from the FERA.
Congress is pretty certain to
pass the $4,880,000,000 work relief
bill, the largest appropriation in
peacetime history for any nation.
Federal representatives intimated
just before the state passed the
$4,000,000 relief bill that Nebraska
would get in the neighborhood of
$35,000,000 during the next two
years if the state relief bill was
passed and if and when the nation
al relief bill went through.
The Lowell Service recently
made a brief survey and found the
sentiment to run something like
this among business men, farmers,
privately employed laborers, and
even among a part of the FERA
administrative employees:
The CCC has done an admirable I
piece of work, and other federal
relief measures have good points.
The rural rehabilitation farmstead
program looks like a good experi
ment, but it can be only a drop in
the bucket so far as solving the
relief problem is concerned.
Work relief is more to be desired
than the dole, BUT there is bound
to be an enormous amount of
waste where millions are to be
spent in a short length of time
with a hastily gathered adminis
trative force. The same work
could be done much more cheaply
and efficiently thru private indus
try.
A number of those interviewed
suggested that if the grade-cross
ing elimination projects, rural
electrification, et. cetera, contem
plated under the new work relief
program, were given to private
contractors with the job being the
chief consideration and relief sec
ondary, things would work out
better for concerned. There
was considerable doubt as to the
advisability of spending nearly five
billion dollars, however.
/ Many persons, and not all of
them were republicans, expressed
the opinion that we would be better
off if the federal government had
never gone into the relief business.
Relief rolls would be about 50 per
cent smaller if local authorities had
had the administration of relief,
they said.
It was pretty generally agreed
that we have the bull by the tail
where the relief problem is con
cerned, and there is certain to be
“hell-a-poppin” when the federal
government does withdraw from
the business of relief.
There was considerable argu
ment as to whether morale has been
maintained or lowered by the mam
mouth scale of relief.
The opinion was frequently ex
pressed that while the federal gov
ernment gave the desire to keep
relief out of politics as one of its
prime motives in administering re
lief itself, the fellows at Washing
to are using this same relief as a
political football to assure Presid
ent Roosevelt’s re-election in 1936.
Within a few weeks a represent
ative of the Lowell Service will
make a tour over the state to get
the general opinion of Nebraskans
on the relief question, which is gen
erally agreed to be one of the most
serious the country has ever faced.
Is too much being spent for re
lief in Nebraska? Would local ad
ministration be more satisfactory
than federal administration ?
Would we be better off if the fed
eral government had never gone
into the relief business? Is there
any possible way of getting out of
it now? Watch this paper for a
cross-section of Nebraska opinion
on these and similar questions.
Prospects for immediate passage
of a liquor control law were dim
this week with the law makers in
dulging in a large amount of ora
tion and house members hieing
themselves to the radio micraphone
at frequent intervals to let the
folks at home know they were “in
there and fighting.”
One of the more important
amendments adopted to date is by
Hanthorn (R) of Superior, specify
ing that on-sale and off-sale lic
enses shall not be issued to the
same establishment, and, that liqu
or sold by the package must be
taken to the purchaser’s residence
before the seal is broken and con
sumed there.
The house has approved giving a
state liquor commission final pow
er in granting licenses, altho the
various local authorities shall have
an opportunity to make recom
mendations “unless for good cause
shown.”
State wholesaling and state dis
tilling have been entirely deleted
from the bill.
An amendment by Barnes, of
Cherry, defines a hotel as a
place with at least five rooms for
transients, instead of 25 as origin
ally provided. This is important
as the hotels probably will be
among the main places where liqu
or by the package is sold, and. in
smaller communities where only
one license is issued, the hotel will
be the place that gets the license.
Another important amendment
is by Havekost, of Hooper, requir
ing labeling of quantity of each
liquor container, and providing that
no amount less than one-half pint
be offered for sale. This elimin
ates the one-tenth pint bottles now
on the market, legally in most
states, which make it handy for a
man to step into the alley and
polish off a drink.
Local option, which is certain to
be the chief bone of contention, had
not been tackled early this week.
The meat of the legislative ac
tion during the past week aside
from the liquor question:
The senate threw aside the 35
member uni-cameral proposal and
adopted a revised scheme by Dafoe
of Tecumseh, allowing 49 mem
bers. Under the districting of
this proposal, the minimum popula
tion would be 19,901 in Otoe county,
designated as a district by itself,
and ranging up to slightly more
than 37,000 population in each of
two districts, one of which would
be Washington and Dodge, and the
other, Madison and Pierce. The re
maining 46 districts would have a
population each somewhere be
tween these two extremes.
The administration - sponsored
gasoline port of entry bill was
passed by the senate and is now in
the house. It would require the
department of agriculture to es
tablish ports of entry where motor
vehicle fuels may be imported into
the state. The object is to avoid
bootleggingof gasoline from neigh
boring states where the gas tax is
lower than in Nebraska.
A bill was revived, reducing the
salary of the clerk of the supreme
court from $5,000 to $3,500; court
reporter from $4,000 to $2,700, ef
fective in 1939. Judges were
lowered by previous action from
$7,500 to $3,?00 per year.
A bill was introduced at the in
stigation of Governor Cochran, to
combine the soldiers’ home at Mil
ford with the one at Grand Island,
thus allowing the state to put the
Milford property into other use.
The senate passed a bill to create
a state compensation court with
three judges at 83,600 a year and
a clerk at 83,000 to hear and de
cide all claims brought under the
workmen’s compensation law, and
fix allowances for services of doc
tors, lawyers and nurses. The bill
has yet to run the house gauntlet.
The house passed its bill to re
quire state highway department to
maintain federal aid roads thru
cities of less than 2,500 population
and to pay half of cost thru cities
of 2,500 to 25,000 population.
The House killed Representative
Perigo’s bill to raise the levy on in
tangible property. This means in
tangibles will be taxed under the
old law which the legislature of
1933 sought to change. The bill
passed by that legislature was sub
sequently declared unconstitutional.
The governor signed a bill per
mitting governmental subdivisions,
banks, private trusts and other
financial institutions to invest in
FHA securities and make loans
under the federal housing program.
The senate judiciary committee
changed the proposed chain store
tax to exempt “any public utility
or place of business at which the
principal business conducted is the
sale or handling of agricultural or
dairy products, petroleum pro
ducts, coal and building materials,
and stores owned by co-operative
companies.’’
Nebraska is losing the distino
tion of being the cheapest state in
the Union in which to own a new
car, due to action of the present
legislature.
The average first year tax on a
car in this state up until now was
$51.05. This included the license
fee, gasoline tax, federal gasoline
and oil taxes which averages $5.50
per car, and federal excise taxes of
$17.95.
Contributing to Nebraska’s fall
from grace, in the eyes of the new
car buyer, are the one cent tax
levied for relief and the probable
50 cent levy to finance a state
police force. This state will still
remain near the bottom of the list,
however.
Incidentally, State Tax Commis
sioner Smith estimates that 90,000
automobiles for which licenses were
issued in this state last year,
escaped being taxed because they
were never listed when the asses
sor came around. He says that
while 407,144 automobile licenses
were issued in 1933, only 316,462
cars were placed on the tax lists
last year.
Will Hold District
FHA Meeting Here
Next Monday night there will be
a district meeting held in this city
which will be addressed by the
head of the FHA for the state of
Nebraska. This district comprises
six counties, with O’Neill as the
headquarters. The meeting is for
contractors and material men and
the benefits of the FHA will be
discussed by the state officials. The
meeting will be held in the dining
room of the Golden Hotel.
Corn-Hog Sign-up
Above Last Year
The first of April was the last
day applications could be made for
1935 corn-hog contracts. Monday
night a total of 1,509 applications
were on record in Agricultural
Agent Reece’s office, which was
nearly a hundred over last year.
This indicates a large majority of
the farmers are interested in the
attempt to control the production
of basic commodities and thereby
increase their net return from their
farm. This number of applications
covers approximately 80 per cent
of the total corn and hog produc
tion of Holt county.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
help and sympathy in the loss of
our dear husband and father. Your
kindness will always be remember
ed. —Mrs. Peter Claussen and
children.
Lyle Switzer, of Clearwater, and
Miss Lovenia L. Gunter, of Ewing,
were granted a marriage license in
county court on April 2.
STOCKHOLDERS OF
COUNTRY CLUB RE
FLECT DIRECTORS
Plan Decorating And Planting of
Flowers And Trees, And New
Playground Equipment.
The stockholders of the O Neill
Country Club at their meeting
ing Tuesday evening elected the
same board of directors as served
the previous year. The directors
in their meeting following the
stockholders session elected Dr. L.
A. Burgess as president, it being
the fourth year that Dr. Burgess
has acted in that capacity.
The activities as outlined by the
directors are planned as follows:
The club, house will be redecor
ated, flowers and many new trees
will be planted, playground equip
ment will be installed on a large
scale.
The following committee of ten
has been named by the president
to conduct the feminine activities
for the coming year: Mrs, George
Agnes, Chairman; Mrs. R. M. Sau
ers, Mrs. H. J. Birmingham, Mrs.
C .J. Gatz, Mrs. Sam Lidell, Mrs.
Cob Olson, Mrs. Pete Todson, Mrs.
J. P. Brown, Miss Marjorie Dick
son and Miss Helen Biglin.
The club officials will stress four
major events during the coming
season:
The opening dance, about May
20th, with the best orchestra avail
able.
The annual Invitation Tourna
ment to be held on June 23, 24 and
25.
The Fourth of July celebration
with a large and better program.
The annual Stag Party, the clos
ing event of the season.
There will be many intervening
entertainments that will be most
enjoyable, it is hoped. The financi
al report shows the ‘club to be in
the best condition of its history.
A membership drive will be con
ducted and it is hoped that a larger
membership may be obtained than
was had in 1934 when the club had
83 members. An invitation will be
extended to all residents of O’Neill
to join the club, especially will new
residents of the city be encour
aged to share in the pleasures of
the 1935 season.
C. M. T. Camps Will
Be Held This Year
Citizen’s Military Training camps
will be held again this year, accord
ing to an announcement made to
day by Major General Stuart Hein
tzelman, Commanding the Seventh
Corps Area. A quota of 4,000 will
be trained in the Seventh Corps
Area, which consists of the States
of Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas,
Missouri and Arkansas.
The camps will be held from July
2 to July 31 at Jefferson Barracks,
Missouri, for Basics and Infantry;
from July 3 to August 1 at Fort
Snelling, Minnesota, for Basics,
Infantry and Feld Artillery; from
July 10 to August 8 at Fort Lin
coln, North Dakota, for Basics and
Infantry; at Fort Riley, Kansas,
for Basics, Infantry and Cavalry;
from July 23 to August 21 at Camp
Pike, Arkansas, for Basics and, In
fantry; and from August 1 to Au
gust 30 at Fort Crook, Nebr., and
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for
Basics and Infantry.
The object of the C. M.T. Camps,
General Heintzelman states, is to
develop the manhood of the nation
by bringing together young men of
high type from all walks of life,
in the same uniform, on a common
basis of equality, and under the
most favorable conditions of out
door life; to teach them the priv
ileges, duties, and responsibilities
of American citizenship; to incul
cate self-discipline and obeidence;
and. to develop these young men
physically, mentally and morally.
All applicants are examined
physically, and those who meet the
requirements are considered for one
of the training camps mentioned.
Travel expenses to the camps are
refunded by paying candidates, up
on arrival at camp, the travel al
lowance of five cents per mile for
the distance from their homes to
the nearest camp. The same allow
ance is paid for the return travel
the day the candidates leave camp,
all necessary expenses at the camp
are paid by the government. Food,
uniforms, lodging, athletic equip
ment, laundry service and medical
care arc furnished without expense
to the candidate.
No obligation for future military
! service of any kind is incurred by
those who attend these camps.
Snow Brings Relief
From Dust Storms
The dust storms that have raised
! “cain” in Nebraska and several
; midwestern states during the past
1 three weeks seem to be over, at
least for the time being. Saturday
night we had a nice snow fall,
amounting to about four inches,
which contained .28 of an inch of
moisture. Most of the snow was
gone Monday and Monday night
we had another fall of about five
j inches, which was very wet, and
measured .38 of an inch of mois
| ture. Tuesday it snowed ihost of
thct day, in spurts, and the snow
melting as soon as it fell, it was
almost impossible to measure the
moisture content. Then Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning we
had another snow fall of about
three inches which will add consid
erable to the moisture. It is estim
ated that there has been at least
an inch of moisture during the
past five days and this will assist
in placing the ground in excellent
condition for spring planting and
will be invaluable to the fall grains,
both rye and. wheat as well as the
, pastures.
James Dolan Dies
At Wyoming Home
James P. Dolan, 10, passed away
at his home in Riverton, Sun
day night following a long illness
; during which he had been failing
1 rapidly, due to his advanced years.
I Funeral services were held from St.
Margaret’s Catholic church, the
Rev. Fr. Leo Morgan in charge.
Interment was made in the family
plot beside the remains of his wife
who preceded him in death in 1931,
and two sons, James P. and George
who passed away within the past
few years.
Rosary was said at the home of
Mrs. Grace Campbell, a daughter,
in this city, Wednesday evening at
7:30, and the funeral services were
also held, from her home today.
Funeral arrangements were und
! or the direction of E. E. Davis of
the Davis Mortuary.
Pallbearers were: P. J. Cain, F.
B. Simon, Felix Applehans, J. E.
Smith, A1 Kirch and A. C. Allen.
James Patrick Dolan was born
on October 3, 1858 at Clinton, Iowa.
He resided for many years with
his family at O’Neill, Nebr., from
! which place they came to Riverton
1 about 15 years ago and have re
i sided here ever since.
He is survived by one sister who
was in attendance at the funeral
from Powell, Wyo., in company
with two of her sons, and the fol
lowing children: Mrs. Frank J. Gill,
of Lander; Mrs. Joseph Sinkula, of
Wisconsin; Leonard Dolan, of Bail
oil; Mrs. Grace Campbell of this
city, and Ted Dolan, of Laramie, all
of whom were present at the funer
al.
The surviving members of the
family have the sincere sympathy
of all their friends, as this has been
the fourth death in the family
within the past four years and is
quite a blow to them.—Riverton,
(Wyo.) Review, March 28.
.1. A. Mann Appointed
County FHA Chairman
M. S. Archer, of Ewing, super
visor of the F. H. A. for this dis
trict, was in the city the forepart
of the week. Mr. Archer announces
that he will move to this city the
coming week and make this his
home. He also announced the ap
pointment of J. A. Mann as county
chairman of the F. H. A. for Holt
county.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mills, of
Gregory, S. D., were in the city
last Saturday and Sunday visiting
relatives and old friends. They
were on their wedding tour as
they were married Saturday morn
ing at Gregory. We understand
that Mrs. Mills is the owner of a
Gregory county farm a few miles
from Gregory and they will make
their home thereon. Although well
past seventy, Hank was stepping
around like a twenty year old
youngster. O’Neill friends tender
congratulations and good wishes.
Dr. N. P. McKee, of Atkinson,
was transacting business in this
city last Wednesday.
Hospital Notes
Marion Clouse went home Satur
day afternoon.
L. Z. Ballinger went home Mon
day afternoon.
Fred Wagman, of O'Neill, was
operated on for acute appendicitis
Friday evening the 29. He is con
valesing rapidly.
Mrs.- Guy Johnson, of Opportun
ity, came in Monday afternoon for
medical treatment. She is much
improved this morning.
Mrs. Asher expects to go home
today
Reduced Interest On
Loans Offered By
Federal Land Bank
The Federal Land Bank announ
ces a reduced interest rate on its
loans.
“The lowest interest rate ever
offered adriculture on mortgage
credit is now available to farmers
obtaining Federal Land Bank loans
through the O'Neill National Farm
Loan Association of O’Neill, ac
cording to Jas. F. O’Donnell, Sec
tary-Treasurer.
“Mr. O’Donnell has just been
notified of the permanent reduct
ion of the interest rate from 5 to
4 Ms per cent, effective on all land
bank loans closed after April 1."
Informing the secretary-treas
urer of the new permanent rate,
D. P. Hogan, president of the Fed
eral Land Bunk of Omaha, declared;
“As in the past, the Federal land
banks again have taken the lead in
reducing interest charges. This
new rate marks a milestone in the
progress farmers are making by
conducting their credit affairs co
operatively. The reduction will
mean a saving of thousands of dol
lars to the land bank’s future bor
rowers in your community.”
Commissioner loans, also made
by the land bank on either first or
second mortgage security, will con
tinue to bear 5 per cent interest.
First Shipment Of
Seed Oats Arrives
The first shipment of govern
ment seed oats for Holt county has
been received in O’Neill and is
available for distribution at the
Farmers Union Elevator. Addi
tional shipments of oats are ex
pected in the near future. There
is also a small supply of Spring
Wheat available.
To date no barley has been re
ceived since there has not been suf
ficient orders received for a carload
shipment. There is also consider
able barley owned by Holt county
residents that is available for seed,
some of which has been sent to the
state seed analyst for seed tests.
A list of people having seed for
sale is on file at the Agricultural
Agent’s office and anyone having
seed for sale is urged to list it so
that the public may be informed of
the source.
City Election Quiet;
Uhl Defeats Parker
The city election passed off very
quietly last Tuesday, a very small
vote being polled. As there was
only one contest in the city, that
for councilman in the Third ward,
the voters refused to get excited
over the election. The Third ward,
where there was a contest, polled
the heaviest vote in the city, and
then only about half of the normal
vote was cast. Norb Uhl, who has
been filling the position by appoint
ment, filling a vacancy, was elect
ed over R. H. Parker with a vote of
138 to 82. Following was the vote
cast in the several wards: First,
70; Second, 33; Third, 220.
Paddock Project Club
The last two meetings of the
Paddock Project Club were held at
the homes of Mrs. S. R. Robertson
and Mrs. C. A. Widtfeldt, March
15 and March 29.
Lessons on meat cookery and
meat dishes were demonstrated at
the March 15 meeting, and lessons
on first aid and safety in the home
were demonstrated at the meeting
on March 29. These lessons were
explained by the leaders, Mrs.
Frank Nelson and Mrs. A. L. Borg.
John G. Deines, 46, a traveling
salesman who made his home in
this city for a couple of years, died
at his home in Lincoln last Tues
day afternoon. He left here about
a year ago and moved to Lincoln,
failing health compelling him to
resign his position. He is survived
by his wife, a son and a daughter.
I “BOB” MARSH DIES
AT HIS HOME OF
A HEART ATTACK
Was Sick But A Short Time, Being
Ordered To Bed Last Friday
Due To Heart Trouble.
Robert J. Marsh died at his home
in this city at 7:30 last Wednesday
morning after an illness of five
days, of heart failure, at the age
of 68 years, 9 months and 27 days.
Bob was sick only a few days.
He was around town as usual a
week ago and circulated a petition
for members of the school board,
the forepart of last week, covering
the entire business section. He ex
erted himself then, as it was a very
blustery and windy day, and he
felt mean for a few days after and
last Friday consulted a physician,
who ordered him to bed. He had a
heart attack shortly afterwards
and he sank rapidly until the end
came Wednesday morning.
Robert J. Marsh was born in
county Mayo, Ireland, on June 6,
1866. When he was a few years
of age his parents came to this
country and settled in Scranton,
Pa., where the family resided until
the spring of 1878 when they
moved to Nebraska and settled on
a farm northwest of this city,
where they- made their home for
many years. Some forty-five years
ago he moved to this city and he
has been a continuous resident of
O’Neill ever since.
On October 15, 1895, he was un
ited in marriage to Miss Kate Men
ish, a daughter of one of the pione
er families of the northwest set
tlement, who survives him.
“Bob" Marsh was quite active in
civil and political affairs in this
city and county. Coming to this
county with his parents fifty-seven
years ago, when he was a little
under twelve years of age, prac
tically his entire life was spent in
this city and county. He was a
member of a good-sized family,
three boys and two girls, and Bob
lived to mourn the departure of all
of his brothers and sisters.
He always took an active inter
est in politics and. served this dis
trict as a member of the County
Board, and later served as post
master of this city. Last spring
he filed on the republican ticket as
a candidate for state railway com
missioner and won the nomination,
being defeated in the democratic
landslide by Will Maupin. Altho
defeated in the general election he
felt pretty good over the fact that
he carried this county by over 1,600
votes, in the face of a heavy demo
cratic vote.
For several years he has been
writing insurance, both life aiul
fire and met with marked success.
He had an agreeable personality
and had a faculty of making and
retaining friends. He was about
the last survivor of the large col
ony of Pennsylvanians that set
tled the country northwest of this
city in the latter seventies, at least
the last that we know of that live
in this section. He was a good
citizen and his sudden passing will
be a source of sorrow to many
friends over the county.
The flineral will be held from
St. Patrick’s church Friday morn
ing at 9 o’clock, interment in Cal
vary cemetery.
Presbyterian Men
Hold Meeting Here
The men of the Presbyterian
churches of Atkinson, Stuart, Kel
lar and Bethany met with the local
Presbyterian men last Monday
night. A fine program of quartet
1 music and instrumental music had
been prepared. Dr. A. V. Hunter
gave an excellent address on Build
ing Foundations for the Future.
A number of men from the Metho
dist church, with their pastor. Rev.
May, were guests of the local
group.
Busy Hour Club
The Busy Hour Club was held at
the home of Mrs. Clarence Way
man, Tuesday, March 26, 1935. All
members were present. Visitors
were Mrs. Fred Lorenz, Mrs. Otto
Lorenz, Mrs. Albert Roseler, Mrs.
Eddie Roseler and Martha Boldra.
A shower was also given for the
bride, Mrs. Charles Vorce, who re
ceived many presents. After the
shower adelicious luncheon of fruit
salad, doughnuts and coffee was
sei'ved by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held April 24 at
the home of Mrs. John Miller.