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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1935)
Over the County MEEK AND VICINITY Quite a large crowd attended the Ladies’ Aid Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. George Hansen. Mrs. Hansen served a delicious lunch. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Ray Wilson. Prayer meeting was held at A. L. Borg’s Thursday evening. The next meeting will be held at the William Hubby home. Miss Mary Emma Spindler came out from O’Neill to spend Sunday with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. Ted, Crawford and daughters, Wilma Jean and Lad omora Mae, spent the week-end at the Heminway home at Ewing. Virginia Rausch spent Saturday at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Will Kaczor. Horace Rouse spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. E. H. Rouse. Mary Emma Spindler, of O’Neill, Mrs. Roy Spindler and Leone and Leroy, were dinner guests Sunday at the Frank Griffith home. Mrs. Orville Harrison and daughter, Mary, called Saturday at the home of Mrs. E. H. Rouse. Lois Jean and. Ilene Robertson spent Sunday with Laverne and Helen Borg. Ed Henifin and family were Sun day guests at the George Hansen home. Walking seemed to be the fad last Sunday as Elmer Devall de cided that the hill was much to bad for his Buick to climb. Arthur and Lawrence Rouse spent Monday evening at the Frank Griffith home. We’ve had rain or snow every day or night for a week and a half, in this locality. The moisture is bringing the grass on nicely, but the snow has been hard, on the stock as most of them are thin and feed is getting scarce. Warm sun shine and rain is needed now'. Some from here attended the funeral services Monday for Mrs. Barney Hynes. The Ilynes family formerly lived in this locality, but moved to O’Neill several years ago. INMAN NEWS E. L. Watson has been quite ill for a week. He is resting comfort ably at this time. Harvey, small son of Mr. and Mrs. John Sobotka, Jr., is quite ill with with pneumonia. Mrs. George Laney is suffering with an infection on her face this week. The measles epidemic is still flourishing here. Attendance at school has been very irregular. Mr. and Mrs.J. Murphy, of Page, spent Sunday here at the William Thompson home. The W. C. T. U. will hold an in stitute at the M. E. church Friday of this week. Two sessions will be held,morning and afternoon. Lunch will be served at noon. Clifford Andrews, of Stanton, spent the week-end here at the W. H. Chicken home. M’\ and Mrs. J. S. Jackson and son, Robert, have gone to Cham bers where Mr. Jackson will edit the Chambers Sun. The Jacksons will move their household goods to Chambers later if they decide to keep the job. The R. N. A. Lodge met with Miss Gladys Hancock Wednesday of last week. Mrs. W.. S. Goree was assisting hostess. W. H. Chicken and daughter, Miss Dorothy, drove to Sioux City Friday for a days shopping. Miss Muriel Chicken, who is a student at the Wayne State Normal, accom panied them home for the week end. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins drove to Norfolk Saturday taking with them their son, Dr. Charles Tompkins and wife and son, Har vey. After spending Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Doughty, Dr. and Mrs. Charles Tompkins left for their home in Indianoplis, Indiana. Harvey re turned to Lincoln where he is a student at Nebraska Wesleyan university. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins returned to their home here. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Kopecky were called to Omaha the first of the week on account of the death of her brother, James Holub. This is the third time during the last thirty days that Mr. and Mrs. Ko pecky have been called to Omaha. Her sister-in-law, Mrs. Frank Hol ub passed away about a month ago and her mother, Mrs. Marie Holub passed away about ten days ago. Holy week services will be held at the M. E. church every night next week. The local pastor, Rev. Mertie E. Clute will bring the messages. A surprise party \las given for Mrs. J. R. Hopkins at her home Friday afternoon, the occasion be ing her birthday. About thirty guests were present and a lunch was served. Mrs. Hopkins re ceived a nice gift. EMMET ITEMS Jimmie, Anthony, Helen, Anna Rose, and Mrs. James O’Donnell, were shopper in Atkinson Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Mohr and children returned tc their home at Orchard after spending the winter at the Charles Vogel home. The Misses Evelyn Tomjack, Teresa Pongratz and Geraldine Harris attended the Omaha Flower Show during the week-end. John Tenborg and. Pat McGinnis trucked a load of cattle to Omaha last week. Mr. McGinnis returned with a new Plymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Keller and family, of O’Neill, called at the Gene Luben home Sunday. Quite a crowd attended the sale at the Andy Brown farm Monday. Rev. T. C. Priestly went to In man to show some pictures at the Methodist church Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kloppen borg and family called on Mr. and Mrs. William Luben, Sr., Tuesday evening. Mrs. Kane, of Chicago, is visit ing at the Cal Tenborg home. Miss Dorothy Sesler is visiting at the Sam Thompson home in O’Neill. Harold Wilson, who is in the O’Neill hospital, is said to be im proving. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole attended the Flower Show in Omaha last W’eek. Helen Peterson went to Atkinson Tuesday to have dental work done. Mrs. John Lowery received, word from her daughter, Lucille, who is visiting in Montana and she says the snow is three feet deep there. PLEASANT DALE Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ritz and daughter, Betty, Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Shellhammer and son Wal lace, and Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beck with were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Call Lorenz Sun day evening, March 31. A delic ious lunch, consisting of cake, strawberries and ice cream, was served by Mrs. Lorenz. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Segar and family, of Norfolk, spent the week end visiting the G. H. Frohardt and Gus Seger families. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith and family called on their new neigh bors, the H. A. Crawford, family, Friday evening. Low'ell Johnson is building a new five room house in O’Neill. Mrs. Ada Stahley and LaVerne, and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and Glen, were dinner guests Sunday, March 31, at the Charles Greig home near Stuart. Mr. and Mrs. Darwin E. Seger visited a few days the first of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Burge and family. The seventh and eighth grade pupils are preparing for examina tions to be given this month. Mrs. Gus Seger and Mrs. Harold Seger and Phyllis June and Harold Eugene spent Monday afternoon visiting at the Ralph Beckwith home. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Bogue Saturday, March 30. Mrs. Bogue before her mar riage was Miss Mable Werner. Mr. and. Mrs. Otto Hoehne, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorenz and Glen, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith and family spent Friday eevning, March 20 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Ernst. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith spent Sunday evening visiting Mr. and Mrs. William Schmohr and children. Sketch On the Life Of Thomas Crowe (Nebraska offered a prize for the biography of the life of a Nebraska man who has made the most of his opportunities and the following For prompt and cour teous service for your petroleum needs in the vicinity of O’Neill and Page, Nebr., call the Hicks McClees Oil Co. Dealers in WNAX fair price petroleum products. Give our tractor fuel a trial. Tank Wagon Service HICKS McCLEES Manager O’Neill Phone 167-J Page Phone 40-J Mr. Crowe gave for this purpose but refused to sign his name at the last, thus it was never printed. As it told so many things ox his early life we have decided to pass this on to his friends.) A highly respected man and an authority on caitle, he leads a happy life on his holdings of some 7,000 acres along the Niobrara river in Northern Holt county. He had a dislike for notoriety, hence his name will not appear in this story. Born in Northumberland county, England, Feb. 22, 1862, he was one of a family of seven children. One early spring morning in June, 1887, found our cattleman landed at Quebec, Canada in charge of fourteen head of cattle and two horses. Employment on a large Shorthorn farm kept him until Sept. 14, 1887. Not having any desire to have the monotonous life the laborers on this farm led, he bought a ticket to the end of the railroad, signing his life over to chance. The railroad went to Run ning Water, S. D. The next morn ing he crossed into Nebraska on a ferry to Niobrara. Fifteen dollars a month hired a farm hand then as it did during 1932-'33 and our pioneer “hired, out” for that sum on his second day in Nebraska. The seed for his domain of 7,000 acres of today south of Lynch, Ne braska, was soon sown; a pony and saddle were traded for a premption. A shack built, where supreme sim plicity reigned. Gunny sacks filled with husks were his bed. Little by little his ranch was added to, until it now cares for from 500 to 700 cattle yearly, which fre quently top Chicago’s market, as well as 600 head, of hogs. Part of the grain for this stock is stored in a huge elevator made from na tive timber, containing in its make up 72 tons of cement and 2 tons of nails. The buildings on the home place are well arranged, number ing about fifty. After our pioneer had been here a few years he discovered that a widow with two small children was homesteading not so far away. This widow soon became his wife. His wedding suit consisted of blue shirt and overalls. The Indians in the early days each fall came to camp along the Niobrara river to peel bark from the trees. They did not cause any trouble, however they were treated, nicely and given small amounts of food. In the winter of ’94, after the crop failure, the river did not freeze and everyone turned their stock loose to rustle for themselves. When Boyd county was first op ening up, he found room for as many as fourteen at one time in his home, who were going there to settle and needed a place to spend the night. The first steers which were ship ped to Omaha were taken from grass and brought S2.75 a hundred. The highest price received was 14 cents in 1918. The present depression in round figures has cost him S3(),000.00 not only thru drop in prices but notes, which he held from those hard working people who haven’t been able to pay their debts. This pioneer coming to America with no worldly goods, has proven that America is truly the land of opportunity.—Lynch Herald-Enter prise. Corn-Hog Sign-Up Higher Than 1934 The sign-up of applications for 1935 corn-hog contracts in Nebras ka now totals higher than the number of contract signed in 1934. Over 92,000 applications have been signed in the state. In this county, 1,509 applications have been signed compared with 1,380 contracts last year. This represents about 80 per cent of the number of corn-hog growers in this county. The amount of corn acreage in volved in the 1935 applications will run four to five per cent higher than the acreage signed under the 1934 contract. The amount of land retired from corn production in 1935 is likely to run 10 per cent higher than the corn contracted acreage in 1934. The acreage re tirement on the 92,000 applications is about 28 per cent, which indi cates that most farmers took out the maximum amount for benefit payments which they are regarding this year as crop insurance. County offices are busy making the final changes on applications, summarizing and listing the fig ures, and getting the listing sheets' ready for approval by the state board of review. As soon as this is done the majority of the farmers who signed up their farms with no change from last year will receive their typed contracts for final sign ature. This county is aiming to get these contracts out to the men at corn planting time or before so that they will know about their acreage of corn before they finish planting the crop. Other cases involving some changes since 1934 will be only a few days later. Those who estab lished new hog bases will be de layedslightly longer, but the county office expects to clean up all of these cases within the next six or eight weeks. - - - - Explain Wheat Modifications Wheat contract signers in Ne braska who have an extra acreage of winter wheat or who are in areas where the moisture supply will permit the seeding of spring wheat, may increase their wheat acreage in 1935 up to 1G5 per cent of their wheat base providing they sign a supplementary contract agreeing to continue the wheat ad justment program thru 193G, and to show compliance in the two ■years as a total. The modification of the wheat compliance program for this year will be of greatest benefit in south eastern Nebraska where quite a large percentage of farmers have extra wheat in the ground which they have been using for pasture and to hold the soil. A few con tract signers in northwestern Ne 1 braska may be able to seed a little spring wheat if the moisture con ditions are favorable. In other areas of the state con tract signers and committeemen are already asking if the modifica tions can be worked backwards. They want to make their reduction April 11 Sale Post poned until Thursday, April 18 JOHN L. QUIG, Mgr. NO matter liow niueii you earn, unless you aeeumu lale some of ii in hank you will remain poor all your 1 i f e. (The (D'llelU HaiiomU li ci n h Capita!, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This bank carries no indebted ness of officers or stockholders. in 1935 and seed the extra acreage in 1936. This proposal is being submitted to Washington for the consideration of the wheat section which will look at the matter from a national standpoint. Borrowing wheat acreage from next year may not be attractive to many general farmers of south eastern Nebraska since they ha%'e a fairly definite crop rotation system and like to have some wheat each Jyear. It may, however, permit them to harvest a little extra acre age this year at the expense of the 1936 crop. The acceptance of the supple mentary contract and modifications is entirely voluntary. Each wheat grower is being mailed a letter and given additional information if he comes to the county office of the wheat association. The decision is to whether or not he makes use of the modification,rests entirely with the producer. Under the provisions of the sup plementary contract the man who signs it can use his wheat con tracted acres in 1935 for wheat or any grain providing lie lays out an equal number of acres in 1936, in addition to whatever contracted acreage may be required under the 1936 contract. Farmers in the drouth area interested in working the modification backwards are al so asking that they be permitted to lay out enough contracted acres for two years in 1936 and then use all of their land in 1936. __ GAMBLE'S NEW 48-PAGE CIRCULAR! John, have you seen Gamble’s new 48-page circular—It’s just 48 pages of bargains that we can get right here in our own town. APRIL SPECIAL—12 Gal. Drum Gamblex Oil, $4.98 inch tax and drum. WHAT’S DOING IN THE LEGISLATURE (Continued from page 1.) old constitutional salary of $5,000. Under the law enacted two years ago, his salary is cut to $.‘5,400 per year. While brother state officers may regard Taylor with a kindly eye, he is no hero to the legislature. A resolution was immediately intro duced taking Taylor and other state officers who are abetting him, severely to task for the court ac tion. Governor Cochran is com mended, however, in the same reso lution for having accepted the sal ary cut, being the only state officer to collect his check for the first quarter of the year based on the reduced rate. In 1J33 the state supreme court gave a decision which enabled elec tive officers of the state to collect under the old rate until January 1, this year. Harvey Johnson, Omaha at torney, was named by Attorney General Wright to represent the state in the action filed by Taylor. Wright took the course in view of the fact that, he is one of the of ficers whose salary would be low ered if the act is upheld. For Safe ^ Successful Sales Sou til Omaha C6W1PET3TIVE—CONVENIENT—COURTEOUS Union Stock Yards Company of Omaha, Ltd. Don’t Shoot! 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