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VOL.LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1986. No. 47
George Agnes Severs
Connection With Seth
Noble Lumber Business
A business change of consider
able importance was made in this
city last week when George Agnes
disposed of his interest in the lum
ber yard of Seth Noble, to Mr.
Noble, and Mr. Agnes will retire
from the business in a short time.
George Agnes has been a resid
ent of this city since July 31, 1918,
when he came here and took over
the management of the yard. For
the past seventeen years he has
been among the business leaders of
the city and O’Neill business men
regret to see him retire from the
business ranks of the city.
Mr. Agnes says that he has not
definitely decided, as to what he
shall do, but says there is a pos
sibility that he will engage in an
other line of business and continue
to make this city his home. We
hope so, as no town can afford to
lose business men of the character
and ability of Mr. Agnes and we
voice the sentiments of the hun
dreds of friends of Mr. Agnes over
the county in hoping that he will
continue to make his home in this
city.
Blood Poisoning Fatal
To Mrs. Hazel Johnson
Mrs. Hazel Marie Johnson, of
Dorsey, died in the local hospital
last Sunday morning about 8:30,
toxema of pregnancy, shortly after
the birth of a still born child, at
the age of 37 years, 10 months, 19
days. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 and burial in the
Dorsey cemetery, Rev. H. D. John
son of the Presbyterian church of
this city ociating.
Hazel Marie Brady was born at
Dorsey, Nebraska, on May 18, 1897,
and spent practically her entire life
in that section of the county. Her
parents, the late John A. Brady
and Mrs. Effie M. Brady were pi
oneer resident of Steel Creek pre
cinct.
On September 7, 1921, she was
united in marriage to Guy Johnson,
also a member of a pioneer family
of that section, the marriage cere
mony being performed at Lincoln,
Nebr. Four children were born of
this union, two of whom have pre
ceeded their mother to the great
beyond and the other two, with
their father are left to mourn the
death of a kind and loving wife and
mother. The children are, Marcella
Iolene and Geraldine Fay. She
also leaves to mourn the passing
of a kind and loving daughter and
sister, her mother, Mrs. Effie M.
Brady, a sister, Mrs. Fay Johnson,
and two brothers, C. L. Brady and.
W. L. Brady, all of Dorsey.
Iowa Will Place A Ban
On Tuberculus Cattle
Following is a copy of a letter
under date of March 2G, 1935, re
ceived by J. A. Anderson, Chief of
the Bureau of Animal Industry,
Lincoln, from H. A. Seidell, Chief
of the Division of Animal Industry
at Des Moines, Iowa. It is pub
lished as it should be of consider
able interest to Holt county cattle
men. The text of the letter follows:
“In reply to your letter of March
23rd, I wish to inform you that it
is our intention to place in effect
a regulation, not later than Jan. 1,
1936, to require the application of
the tuberculin test to all cattle,
including steers, shipped into Iowa
for feeding or grazing purposes
unless such cattle originate from a
clean herd, in a Modified Accredited
area. There is a possibility that
such a regulation may go into ef
fect before that date, applying to
certain states where there is known
heavy infection.
“The reason this regulation is
not in effect at this time is that
it is our intention to give the west
ern states the full advantage of the
year 1935 to have their cattle test
ed so that they may be placed on
the Modified Accredited list; thus
taking advantage of the money al
lotted by the federal government
thru the Jones-Connally bill for
this work, which will be available
only during the year 1935.
“It has cost the federal govern
ment and the State of Iowa ap
proximately$10,000,000 to rid Iowa
of bovine tuberculosis. We have
eighty-nine of our ninety-nine
counties accredited at this time and
by January 1, 1936 we expect the
entire State of Iowa to be an ac
credited area. This being the case,
it will be necessary that we see
that it is maintained as such. That
is why we must insist that the
cattle shipped into the state for
feeding purposes, aa, well as for
dairy or breeding purposes, are
cattle free from tuberculosis.”
Marron, of Verdigre To
Take Over Law Offices
of Raymond McNamara
Raymond W. McNamara, who
came here from Hartington last
December and took over the law
practice of George Harrington,
when the latter went to Washing
ton to accept a government posi
tion, leaves the first of the week
for his old home at Hartington. He
disposed of his business here to
James P. Marron, of Verdigre, Ne
braska. Mr. Marron was in the
city Wednesday and said that he
would be here next Monday to
take over the office. Mr. Marron
is married and the father of two
children, and he expects to move
his family here the coming week
and make this city his future home.
Mr. Marron is a graduate of
Creighton University and has been
practicing law at Verdigre for the
past four years. The Frontier
welcomes Mr. and Mrs. Marron to
O’Neill and are sure they will en
joy living in the best little city in
this section of the state.
Southern Dust Gives
Red Hue To Sky Here
Residents of this section of the
state witnessed a phenomena in the
sky last Wednesday morning about
6:15 and for a couple of hours later.
About sunrise the sky in the east
looked as if the entire country was
on fire, and residents wondered
what was going to happen. Blow
ing almost a gale from the south
east most of the night the air was
full of red dust gathered from the
fields of Oklohoma and Kansas, and
the sun shining through the sky
filled with this red dust was respon
sible for the burning appearance
of the sky. Considerable snow fell
early that morning, followed by
rain, and the snow was covered
with the red dust from the south,
giving it the appearance of red
snow'. Southern dust covered most
of the state Wednesday.
The dust storms were so bad
in parts of Kansas and Oklohoma
last Tuesday that schools had to
be closed in many cities. Accord
ing to the daily press farmers are
leaving northwest Oklohoma by the
thousands, being driven out by the
dust storms that have swept over
that state during the past tw'o
weeks.
Says To, “Work Like
Hell And Advertise”
F. VV. Anderson, of Cozad,, Nebr.,
one of the most successful mer
chants in any city in the country
of 1,800 people, was in Chicago
last week and spoke before the
Chicago Executive Club last Friday
night, and gave the following reas
on for his success: “Work like hell
and advertise.” Anderson has a
$300,000 business in a town of 1,800
residents and says that five per
cent of the gross business should
be spent in advertising. He ex
pressed dissatisfaction w'ith gov
ernment intervention in business
with: “If we keep on going the
government will be doing every
thing for us, and we don’t want
that.”
Find Nest Contining
Eighteen Snakes
A couple of weeks ago while R.
L. Crumb and G. F. Benash were
working on a FERA project, haul
ing clay from a pit located, on the
U. E. Owen place, northwest of
Phoenix, they dug into a den of
eighteen snakes. There was a large
crack in the side of the hill in
which the snakes had built a nest
of grass. There were three var
ieties of snakes in the nest. There
were five coral snakes, one of an
unknown species and twelve blue
racers, averaging in legnth from
seventeen to forty and a half
inches.
Mrs. W. J. Froelich and Edward
Campbell drove down to Sioux Gity
last Friday and met W. J. Froelich
who came in that afternoon from
Chicago and brought him to this
city where he spent the week-end
with his family. They took him
back to Sioux City Monday after
noon where he took the train for
Chicago.
WHATS DOING IN
THE LEGISLATURE
By James R. Lowell
After debating liquor control for
several weeks and giving the gen
eral impression that local option
would be a part of the control
I measure, while sale by the drink
would be confined to Omaha and
possibly a few other wet commun
ities, the Nebraska house of repre
sentatives surprised everybody in
| eluding itself by deciding on a bill
which is sopping wet in most re
spects.
Salient features of the bill which
probably will be passed on to the
senate this week:
Immediate authorization of sale
both by the drink and by the pack
' age in all towns, unless a petition
for a referendum is signed within
20 days by 35 per cent of the
voters.
Liquor would be served, in priv
ately owned liquor stores, except
: in smaller towns where there pre
sumably would not be enough busi
ness to justify a liquor store going
into business, when a business
house such as a drug store might
secure a license to dispense the
liquor, and excepting hotels which
might serve in a dining room pro
viding the establishment had an
other dining room where liquor was
not dispensed. Sale in restaurants
would be out.
Open hours for establishments
handling liquor would be 7 a. m. to
8 p. m.
Liquor stores would be minus
tables and chairs, this insuring
that all sale by the drink would
be to customers “on the hoof.”
Licensing would be in the hands
of a five-member state liquor com
mission (one from each congres
sional district).
All package liquor would have
to be taken home for consumption
and it would be illegal to carry
around a bottle on which the seal
had been broken.
The handling of beer would re
main much the same as at present,
altho no liquor dealer could sell
beer. The legal alcoholic content
would be boosted from 3.2 to 5 per
cent.
Hard liquor license fees would
be—distillers, $1,000; wholesalers,
$500; wine manufacturers and rec
tifiers, $250; retail by the package,
$150 in cities under 25,000 popula
tion and S200 above that figure;
retail by the drink, $300 in the
lower population bracket just men
tioned, and §400 elsewhere.
The state tax on liquor would be
50 cents per gallon, and on beer,
3 cents per gallon.
Chain liquor stores would be pro
hibited.
Incidentally, Superintendent A.
E. Sheldon of the state historical
society, has brought to the atten
tion of legislators the fact that a
number of towns in the state can
never be wet. Towns whose sites
were donated by prominent early
settlers and which would revert to
the donor or his heirs if liquor
were sold include Lyons, Republic
an City, Walthill, Rosalie, Winne
bago, Franklin, Weeping Water,
Arborville, Table Rock, Pawnee
City and Gibbon, according to
Sheldon. At Cambridge the public
park would be lost if liquor were
sold.
Friends of Governor Cochran say
he is not overly pleased with the
house liquor bill, especially as con
cerns local option, or the lack of
it, but he is keeping in the back
ground for the present at least in
hopes that the senate will polish
the measure up a bit.
The senate has decided to spons
or a measure providing 48 men for
the new unicameral assembly. The
state would be divided into 48 dis
tricts with each district sending a
man to the legislatui'e. After ob
serving the halting hectic work of
the house for the past few weeks,
many legislative observers are
looking forward with relief and
pleasure to the coming of the
smaller, one-house body in 1937.
Ninety days after the legislature
adjourns, the state will be in the
bonding business. Governor Coch
ran signed last week the bill by
Cone, of Valley, which requires
public officials to cancel their pre
sent sureties in commercial bond
ing companies, or their personal
sureties as the case may be, 60
days after the bill becomes a law.
The bonding bill is the direct re
sult of the action of bonding com
panics early this year refusing to
write State Treasurer Hall.s official
$1,000,000 band unless the premium
was raised from $5,000 to $10,000,
and also doubling the premiums on
county treasurers.
An initial appropriation of $100,
000 is provided to start the state
bonding plan,and start a revolving
fund. In general, all administra
tive expenses and losses are to be
paid out of premium receipts and
interest earnings of the fund re
ceived from bank' in which the
funds may be deposited. No claim
against the fund may ever become
a direct obligation of the state gov
ernment or paid out of tax revenue.
New state laws of recent vintage
and general interest include:
Setting up 30 ports of entry in
an attempt to stop the smuggling
of gasoline into the state from
neighboring states where the tax
is lower;
Requiring counties to comply
with a law requiring counties to
pay for the care of their inmates
in state hospitals for the insane,
this to be done if necessary by a
mandatory levy to raise funds in
the counties affected, but not com
pelling payment of sums now due
the state (total of $82,000 to date,
of which Douglas county owes
$57,000);
Authorizing cities and villages
to issue sewer extension warrants
to cover excess cost over available
funds on hand for such construc
tion;
Increasing professional require
ments for registered nurses and
placing administration of the law
in the hands of the state nurse
board, under the state superintend
ent’s jurisdiction.
Among the major measures to
get the axe last week were two
bills which would have provided ad
ditional state aid for the state fair;
one proposing a two-tenths of a
mill ton-mile tax on trucks and
another which would have greatly
increased the tax on trucks; a sec
tion of a bill t'^ require separate
$1 license fees'-dir hunting and
fishing.
The most recent subject of leg
islative investigation is to be the
administration of relief funds in
Nebraska, with four democrats and
three republicans joining in the de
mand for the probe.
The resolution authorizing the
probe asserts “there are expres
sions of much dissatisfaction with
administration of relief thruout
the state,” and that “practices of
the state relief committee in the
administration of federal relief
have been questioned.” The resolu
tion provides a $300 appropriation
for prosecuting the probe and is
broad enough to include investiga
tion of all relief funds in which the
state has a part in distributing,
including county agencies.
Following closely upon passage
of the resolution came the an
nouncement from state and federal
relief authorities that an immedi
ate effort is to be made to pare
down relief rolls.
The legislative probe of the state
insurance department has been
brought to a close with an at
tached report recommending more
adequate funds to enable the de
partment to employ technical help.
The report states there are
“manyirregularities in past years,”
but “any irregularities that have
occurred have not been thru mal
feasance but have been largely
due to insufficient technical per
sonnel and facilities with which to
function.”
Reversing its previous action,
the senate has endorsed an appro
priation of SIO.OOO for an audit
and investigation of the state
treasury, the bill already having
been passed, by the house.
A legislative committee named
to investigate the state normal
school at Wayne has taken enough
testimony from faculty members
of the college, students and other
citizens to fill 400 typewritten
pages, but early this week no
definite action had come out of
this probe.
State officers whose salaries are
reduced under a law passed by the
1933 legislature have finally found
someone who consented to test the
validity of the law. lie is State
Superintendent Taylor, and he has
filed a mandamus action in the
supreme court to force State Treas
urer Hall to honor his quarterly
salary warrant on the basis of the
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Funeral Services Held
Monday Morning For
Mrs. Johannah Hynes
Mrs. Johannah Hynes died at her
home in this city last Saturday
morning after an illness of several
weeks from a heart attack, at the
age of 74 years.
Johannah Morrisey was born at
Schullsburg, Wisconsin, and came
to Holt county in 1884. The year
after her arrival in this county she
was married to Bernard Hynes,
who was one of the pioneer settlers
on Eagle Creek, northwest of this
city. She made her home on the
farm until the spring of 1920 when
they moved to this city to a home
on south Tenth street, where her
husband passed away in December,
1932.
A year ago she traded her home
on Tenth street with Scott Hough
for a home on Benton street, not
far from St. Patrick’s church where
she resided up to the time of her
death.
Mrs. Hynes had been a resident
of this county for forty-nine years.
She endured all the hardships and
priavtions of pioneer life, but bev
el1 was heard to complain. Mr. and
Mrs. Hynes had, no children and
they enjoyed life together and with
the children of Mr. Hynes’ brother,
the late Austine Hynes. She was
of that old school of pioneers who
are rapidly passing to the great
beyond, and her death will he deep
ly regretted by many friends in
this city and county and her many
relatives.
Deceased leaves two brothers to
mourn her passing, Martin Mor
; risey, of Storm Lake, Iowa, and
t Mike Morrisey, of Schullsburg,
Wis. The latter, accompanied by
his son and wife and two nieces,
were in attendance at the funeral.
The funeral was held last Mon
day morning from St. Patrick’s
church, Rev. B. J. Leahy officiating,
and she was laid to rest in ? alvury
cemetery at the side of her hus
band. The funeral was largely at
tended, many of the old friends and
neighbors coming to pay their last
respects to one of the county’s be
loved citizens.
Schollmeyers Celebrate
Forty-first Anniversary
of Their Wedding Day
On Wednesday, March 27, about
100 friends and relatives gathered
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Schollmeyer to help them cele
brate their forty-first wedding an
niversary. It was a complete
surprise to them and had been
planned by their children.
The guests met at Henry Scholl
meyers and at about 11:30 all drove
to the Joe Schollmeyer home to
gether. As Mr. and Mrs. Hughes
and son, of Bloomfield, had ar
rived a few minutes before the
other guests, Mr. and Mrs. Scholl
meyer were visiting and failed to
see the cars arriving until they
were driving into the yard. It
was a few moments before either
Mr or Mrs. Schollmeyer could think
why everyone was coming as they
were so surprised.
The guests brought dinner, which
was served cafeteria style. Two
large three-tier wedding cakes and
one smaller cake stood on the table
at which Mr. and Mrs. Schollmeyer
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Axberg
sat. The smaller cake was for Mr.
and Mrs. Axberg, it being their
first w'edding anniversary. Mrs.
Axberg was formerly Miss Emma
Schollmeyer. One of the larger
cakes was decorated with pink and
white and the other with red roses
and yellow ribbons. Both were
decorated with a minature bride
and groom. These cakes were
baked by Mrs. Ralph Chase
Mrs. Frank McDonald and. Mrs.
Arthur Tomlinson. The smaller
cake was baked by Vera Scholl
meyer.
At the table with Mr. and Mrs.
Schollmeyer and Mr. and Mrs. Ax
berg were seated Grandma Richter,
mother of Mrs. Schollmeyer, Mr.
and Mrs. William Wilson, Mr. and
Mrs. Wohlers and Grandma Pinker
man.
After dinner a mock wedding
wes enacted with Mr. and Mrs.
Schollmeyer as the bride and
groom. They were attended by Mr.
and Mrs. Axberg. Mr. Wohlers
officiated as Judge Tie-em-up.
The bride was attired in white
and wore a white veil. She carried
a boquet of mixed roses. The
bridesmaid was attired in flowered
chiffon and carried a boquet of
mixed roses. Guyla Mae Scholl
meyer was train bearer for the
bride and Rolland Hughes carried
the ring on a pillow.
The bridal party marched in to
the strains of “Lohengrin,” played
by Mrs. F. McDonald.
After the ceremony several of
the young folks sang “Silver
Threads Among the Gold" and
“School Days.”
The bride and groom were then
presented with a gift from their
many friends and congratulations
were extended.
A charivari was next in order so
the guests^ gathered outside and:
charivaried the couple in the good
old fashioned way. Mr. and Mrs.
Schollmeyer then passed cake to
the charivariers and the remainder
of the afternoon was spent in vis
iting.
As the guests began to think
about “home and chores” it wras de
cided to have a wedding dance at
the Township Hull. Those who
cared to stay were served with
supper. Later in the evening the
folks gathered at the hall and spent
the evening in dancing.
Those attending from a distance
were: Mr. and Mrs. Wohlers, of
Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Hughes and son of Bloom
field. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wilson
were the only couple present for
whom Mr. Schollmeyer had per
formed, a marriage ceremony, while
he w'as Justice of the Peace several
years ago.
All of the children and grand
children were present except three
daughters and their families.
Minnie, of California, Rosie, of
Portland, Oregon, and Hilda, of
Walnut. The latter being unable
to attend on account of the illness
of her small son. Families pres
ent were, William Wilson, Roy and
Ralph Pinkerman, Mrs. Clyde Mc
Kenzie and children, Leo Farran,
Thomas Hiscocks, John Slack, Mrs.
Eppenbach and children, George
Calkins, Frank McDonald, Ralph
Chase, Ernest, Fred and Charlie
Richter and Phil Allendorfer.
Other guests were, Rodney Tomlin
son, Mrs. McDonald and Albert,
Ross Ridgeway and Marguerite,
Vera Pickering, Grandma Richter,
Grandpa Chase, Mr. Addison, Mrs.
Taylor, Hazel Gifford, Virgil Pink
erman and Walter Hough.
V. A. P.
Excess Corn Loan Fees
Are To Be Refunded
The Railway Commission has
sent out information that a consid
erable amount of money collected
as inspection fees on 1934 corn j
loans is to be refunded. Those who
have some of this money coming |
should send their warehouse cer-:
tificate to the Railway Commission I
at the State Capitol in Lincoln for !
cancellation. This should be done
immediately.
Patrick A. Morrison
Dies At Omaha
Patrick A. Morrison, 68, died in
St. Catherine’s hospital in Omaha
last Friday morning, after a short
illness. Mr. Morrison was a form
er resident of this county, living
with his parents just north of this
city and went from here to Omaha,
where he has made his home for
the past forty-four years. Surviv
al are his wife, Bridget; two
brothers, R. R. of this city and
James of Atkinson; five sisters, Mrs.
Dan Cronin and Mrs. Hannah Don
ohoe, of O’Neill; Mrs. John Fallon,
of Gregory, S. D.; Mrs. John Mech
aley, of Casper, Wyo., and Mrs.
Julia Brennan, of St. Louis.
Parking On Douglas
Street Heing Seeded
Workmen started work Tuesday
afternoon seeding the parking
along the mile of paving in the
city with blue grass. The city is
doing the work, the seed having
been received from the federal gov
ernment, thru the efforts of Mayor
Kersenbrock. Residents along the
paving are requested to keep the
parking watered, so that the grass
will grow. With the parking, on
both sides of the street covered!
with nice green evrdure it will
make this one of the prettiest
drives in this section.
Thomas Hanrahan, one of the
old timers from the western part
of the county, was down from At
kinson last Tuesday, visiting with
friends and looking after business
at the court house.
FHA District Meeting
Held Here Monday At
The Hotel Dining Room
Over 100 persons attended the
district meeting of the FHA which,
was held in the dining room of the
Golden Hotel last Monday evening..
This dirtrict comprises six counties
and there were representatives pre
sent from practically every county
in the district. Most of the lumber
dealers in the district were present,
as well as several contractors, in
fact about every line of the build
ing trade was represented.
The state headquarters were rep
resented at the meeting by Holder
P. Holm, of Lincoln, chief risk ex
aminer; It. G. Dorway, represent
ing the Pioneer Paint and Glass
company, of Lincoln; John O'Don
nell, financial relations manager,
Omaha; Ed. Whelan, supervisor
FERA for Nebraska, and James
Caddock, Omaha, who presented
moving pictures showing the set
up on improvements sponsored by
the FHA.
The meeting was addressed by
Mr. Holm, who stressed the necss
sity of the program and explained
in detail the workings of the FHA.
He was followed by Mr. Dorway.
of Lincoln, who explained the FHA
for the benefit of the retail lumber
dealers in this territory and the
dealers in paints, including paint
ers, and building supply dealers.
From the standpoint of the fed
eral men the meeting was one of
the most successful they have held
in the state, as a great deal of in
terest was manifested at the meet
ing in the workings of the organiza
tion. What pleased the federal
men more than anything was the
apparent willingness of the supply
men to co-operate to the fullest ex
tent in furthering the program.
Those representing the state
headquarters left early Tuesday
morning for Fremont, where a.
meeting was held Tuesday evening.
April Moisture Up
To Thursday Morning
Reaches 3.19 Inches
This section of the state has been
blessed with an abundance of mois
ture the past ten days. Precipi
tation began falling on Saturday,
March 30, when we had .2 of an
inch and .26 of an inch on March
31. The month of April, up to this
morning, has added 3.19 inches,
making a total of 3.47 inches of
moisture that we have received
during the past ten days, and from
appearances we will have more be
fore it clears up. Of the moisture
received, both snow and rain, one
inch fell from 10 o’clock Wednes
day morning up to 8 o’clock this
morning.
With the moisture of the past ten
days we have now received more
moisture in the month of April
than we have received since April.
1930. During April of that year
we received 4.14 inches. As there
are still twenty days of April re
maining the chances are that the
moisture this month will exceed
even that of 1930. The moisture
received since 1930, during the
month of April, according to the
records kept by Harry Bowen, is
as follows: April, 1931, .61 of an
inch; April, 1832, 1.83; April, 1933,
1.24; April, 1934, 06.
Wet Snow Killing
Cattle Short On Feed
On account of the feed shortage
and the wet snows of the past ten
days many of our farmers are suff
ering losses of live stock, accord
ing to reports that are reaching
here. Now that we have received
a good supply of moisture a little
warm weather would be very ac
ceptable.
Camp Creek Fix It Club met at
Meek school house April C. Mat
erial for a project was given out
and preparations for the years
work was made. Next meeting
will be held May 3.
The Nebraska quota for CCC
replacement has been fixed at 1,004.
Of this number Holt county wilL
supply 11 young men who will be
enrolled in the service on April 16.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted
us during the illness and following
the death of the late Mrs. Bernard
Hynes. — Miss Catherine Hynes^
Mrs. Austin Hynes and family.