The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, May 09, 1935, Image 1
^'eb. State Historical Society ^ The Frontier VOL. LV. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935. No. 51 * PIONEER COUPLE CELEBRATE THEIR GOLDEN WEDDING Mr. and Mrs. Ft. FF. Murray FFave TFieir Entire Family Here For Celebration Sunday. Surrounded by their family of ten children and a score of grand children Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mur ray of this city celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary last Sunday. That day will always stand out as one of the most en joyable in the lives of this pioneer couple as they kept open house during the day and evening, and, surrounded by their children, they greeted their hundreds of friends who called to pay their respects. R. H. Murray was born in Mon roe county, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. Shortly after reaching his majority he came to this county and settled on a homestead 10 miles east of this city, fifty-one years ago last March. About the same time that Mr. Murray came to the county the Roche family also ar rived and settled a short distance from the home selected by Mr. Mur ray. In the Roche family was a daughter, Julia Agnes and on May 6,1885, Richard II. Murray and Miss Julia Agnes Roche were united in marriage, the ceremony being per formed in the Catholic church in this city by Father Brophy. Mr. and Mrs. Murray took up their life together on the home stead of the groom where they made their home for thirty-five i years, until they retired from active farm life and moved to this city in the spring of 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Murray are the parents of ten children, all born on the home place and all of whom are living, enjoying good health and were present at the wedding anniversary. The children are: Mrs. Ellen Blomberg, Gill, S. D.; Mrs. Mar ♦ garet Hagen, Sheridan, Wyo.; Mrs. J. E. Perkins, Page, Nebr.; Mrs. Mattie Soukup, O’Neill; George Murray, Lead, S. D.; Mrs. Lauretta Burshek, Newell, S. D.; Mrs. Gert rude Streeter, O’Neill; Mrs. Anas tasia Williams, Gillette, Wyo.; Mrs. Elsie Streeter, Page; Mrs. Wini fred Matthews, O’Neill. Mrs. Geo. Murray, of Lead, accompanied her husband here and was present at the anniversary festivities. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have twenty-two grandchildren and one great grand ’ child. In order to start the day prop erly Mr. and Mrs. Murray and their ten children attended 8 o’clock Mass in a body. After Mass they re paired to their commodious home on east Douglas street where they were at home to their many friends during the balance of the day. Their home wras beautifully dec orated for the occasion, white and gold predominating. These colors were also carried out in the table decorations. At high noon a three course wedding dinner was served. At this dinner Monsignor McNa mara and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bauman, who recently celebrated their fifty-third wedding anniver sary, were honored guests. Fifty five relatives were present and en joyed the bountiful repast that had been prepared and partook of the mammoth wedding cake. The wed ding cake decorations were those that were used on the wedding cake at the marriage of their youngest daughter eight years ago. Among the decorations used in the home was the wedding bell that hung in the bride’s home at the celebration of her wedding to Mr. Murray fifty years ago. This bell was also used seventenn years ago at the double wedding celebration of two of their daughters, held at L their farm home. The following out of town guests were present for the anniversary: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Baker and daugh ter, Elma, of Plainview; Mrs. Por ter Streeter, Mrs. Jack Smith and son, Harry, and Mrs. Frank Far rell, of Brunswick; Mr. and Mrs. Adam Pilger and son, Pilger; Mrs. George Fields, Newport. Mr. and Mrs. Murray were the k recipients of many beautiful and ’ useful gifts among which was $50 presented to them by their child ren. There is no family in Holt county that stand higher in the estimation of their many friends and the people of the county generally than the family of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Murray. For thirty-five years he w'as one of the largest farmers in the county and among its most prosperous. As the years passed he kept adding to his original homestead until at the present time he owns 800 acres of splendid j farm land, adjacent to his old homestead. While he was always attentive to his own affairs he also took an active part, in the earlier years, in the political and civic affairs of his precinct and county. In the early nineties, on account of his integ rity and positive convictions, he was recognized as one of the polit ical giants among the farmers of the county who dabbled in politics. His word was always good and he commanded the respect and admir ation of all his friends and neigh bors. The writer has known Mr. and Mrs. Murray for nearly a half century and wishes to join their many friends in wishing them many more years of wedded happiness and prosperity. TO AWARD TRIPS IN 4-H CLUB WILD LIFE PROJECTS Prizes To Be Awarded To Forty Club Members and To Eight Leaders In Nebraska. Forty 4-H club members and eight local leaders in Nebraska will be awarded prize trips to a wild life conservation camp this sum mer, it wras announced this week as details of a new club project—con servation and restoration of wild life—arrived at the office of Agri cultural Agent Reece. One boy, one girl and one local leader at tending the camp will be further recognized by being given a schol arship or national trip. The increased interest in wild life and the extensive conservation program carried on by the Nebras ka Game, Forestation and Parks Commission makes this an excep tionally favorable time for taking up the new 4-H project, L. I. Fris bie, state club leader says. All club members are eligible to com pete. Rural boys and gnus will write a story entitled, “My Contribution to Conservation of Wild Life,” as a part of the requirements. Reports and stories are to cover the activ ities of individuals and clubs be ginning not earlier than March 1, and ending July 1. The state con servation camp will be held late in the summer. Suggested activities for clubs and individual members include preventing and eliminating unnec essary burning of nesting grounds and game cover, making a survey of wild life of the community, hav ing a club campaign for obedience to game laws, making conservation and restoration of wild life a fea ture of each monthly program. In dividual club members may take part in such activities as locating and saving pheasant’s nests when cutting alfalfa, winter feeding of birds and game, planting wild flow ers and trees, and erosion control thru plantings. Prospects Good For Blue Grass Seed Rlue grass is said to be growing rapidly in the pastures and mead ows in the southern part of the county and residents therein are looking forward to getting a good bunch of mazuma from seed houses when they come here next month on their annual seed harvest. A resident of southern Holt, who has sold seed for several years, says it looks now as if there would be the greatest crop of blue grass seed ever harvested in this county this season. C. V. McReynolds Recives Promotion C. V. McReynolds, who has been the director of the FERA for the counties of Boyd and Holt with headquarters in this city, has been promoted to the position of dis trict engineer with headquarters at Ainsworth. He left for his new post last Sunday. We understand that a Mr. Stuart from Burwell will arrive shortly to take the posi tion made vacant by the promotion of Mr. McReynolds. Bernard Fitzsimmons came up from Omaha last Saturday evening and spent a couple of days visiting old time friends here, returning to Omaha Monday. EWING HIGH WINS IN COUNTY TRACK MEET HELD HERE O’Neill Places Second W ith Fifty two and One-half Points Against Ewings 62'j. The annual Holt county track meet was held in this city last Sat urday afternoon. The meet was won by Ewing, who scored 62Va point; O'Neill second with 52^ points; Inman third with 19 points; Stuart fourth with 11 points; Page fifth with 8. The results of the various events were as follows: Discus—Won by W. Snyder, Ew ing; Crosser, Inman, second; A. Bois, Ewing, third, and Green, O’Neill, fourth. 880-yard run—Won by Baten horst, Stuart; Gaskill, O’Neill, sec ond; A. Leach, O'Neill, third; Cole man, Inman, fourth. Shot put—Won by Snyder, Ew ing; Crosser,Inman, second; Green, O’Neill, third; A. Bois, Ewing and Pilger, O’Neill tied for fourth. 110-yard low hurdles—Won by Bergstrom, O’Neill; Cadwell, O’Neill, second; Cheney, Stuart, third. Javelin—Won by Snyder, Ewing; Hoibeck, Ewing, second; Calvert, O’Neill, third; Crosser, Inman 4th. 100-yard dash—Won by R. Pol lack, Ewing; Snyder, Ewing, sec ond; B. Kunz, Ewing, third; Mc Graw, Inman, fourth. 880-yard relay—Won by Ewing; O’Neill second; Inman, third. High jump—Won by Cadwell, O’Neill; Halleck, Ewing, W. Kin der, Ewing and T. Sodka, Page, tied for second. One mile run — Won by N. George, Ewing; Calvert, O’Neill, second; R. Murray, Page, third; D. Thorin, Ewing, fourth. Pole vault—Hart, Inman, first; Clevenger, O’Neill, Cadwell, O’Neill and Hove, Stuart, tied for second. Broad jump—Won by Cambre, O’Neill; L. Woods, Page second; W. Snyder, Ewing, third; and C. Hoedeck, Ewing, fourth. 60-yard high hurdles—Bergf strom, O’Neill, first; Ashwell, O’Neill, second; Crosser, Inman, third; A. Bois, Ewing, fourth. 220-yard dash—Won by P. Pol lock,Ewing; LoiusCambre, O’Neill, second; W. Snyder, Ewing, third; Cole, O’Neill, fourth. McManus Store Broken Into, And Attempt Made At Golden Rule Store Some light-fingered gentry broke into the P. J. McManus store last Tuesday morning by prying the lock off the front door. There was about $2.00 worth of dimes and nickles in the cash drawer and they took all the money except three dimes, which were left in the till. Mr. McManus says that he be lieves they did not take anything else. Parties sleeping in the Fox hotel across the street, say they heard a noise and looking out the window saw a man standing on the side walk in front of McManus’ store and a Chevrolet car standing near the curb and that it was 5 o’clock in the morning. An attempt to get into the Gold en Rule store that night was also made. They succeeded in breaking the lock on the rear door, but there was a heavy bar across the door, which barred their entry. They started filing the bar, but whether it was too hard, or time too short they gave it up and did not succeed in gaining an entrance. Sign Large Contract For Advertising Last Friday this office signed up the largest advertising contract ever signed in the county. It was between The Frontier and the A & B Drug Stores, Inc., and calls for 1,500 inches of advertising to be used between May 1, 19.35, and De cember 31, 1935. Fifteen hundred inches means 75 columns of adver tising during a period of eight months, more money than has been spent for advertising by several firms who have been in business in this city for years. Anderson and Beckman opened their drug store in this city last October in charge of the junior partner, H. F. Beckman. Henry is a firm believer in the value of printer’s ink and has been a per sistent advertiser. He says that he is firmly convinced that if a man wants to sell merchandise these days he must let the people 4cnow w hat he has to sell and the price he wants for it, and the best way of, informing the public of these facts j is through the advertising columns of the local papers. Bearing out1 his belief in advertising Mr. Beck man says that their business has increased every month since they started and he looks for a splendid business the balance of the present year. The Frontier is naturally pleased that this firm selected this news paper as the medium in which they are going to carry on this adver tising campaign, but we can assure him that this newspaper goes into more Holt county homes than any other newspaper published in the county, and therefore is more valu able as an advertising medium. Try it Mr. Merchant, and convince yourself. Hospital Notes Gerald Graham had his tonsils removed Friday, May 3, and went home the following day feeling fine. Mrs. Ed. Cornelies was taken home Wednesday afternoon where she will remain in bed several days, convalescing from an operation for ruptured appendix. The public is invited to attend National Hospital Day, May 12. There will be open house at the1 O’Neill hospital from 2 to 5 in the I afternoon. The program follows: . 2:00—Selections, Public School; Band. 2:30—Chambers Quartet. 3:00—Reading by Miss Doris Locke. 3:30—Selection, Public School Band. 4:00—Songs by St. Mary’s Acad emy. 4:30—Chambers Quartet No. 2. 4:45—Impromptu Speakers. 5:00—Selection, Public School Band. The program is to be held on the hospital lawn. _-__ WHAT’S DOING IN THE LEGISLATURE By James R. Lowell Approval of a 50-member plan for the one-house legislature by the house of representatives and the liklihood that the senate will con cur leaves the legislature in sight of the goal so far as this law making body is concerned. Now what can Nebraska look forward to in 1937? Political prognosticators who have studied the unicameral set-up say that one of the outstanding features will be the elevation of the small town newspapers to a new sphere of importance in pol itics. As the legislature w'ill be non-partisan, there will be no party issues to confront the voters, so the issues to be decided at the polls will be proposed laws. The effect of this will be to make the legislative session merely a laboratory period for making into laws the will of the people. Lobby ists instead of congregating at the state house to push their various causes will have to convince the people out over the state prior to the election, and this means that the newspapers of each legislative district will be the mediums thru which issues are cussed, discussed and advertised. At the primary election the two candidates receiving the highest vote will enter the run-off at the general election. The legislature will become vir tually the board of directors of “Nebraska, Inc.” None of the state officers of the legislative sessions, nor the supreme court will have any power so far as the legislature is concerned, and bills may be in troduced at any time. However, the supreme court, the governor and other state officials will be in close contact with the law-making body thru an execu tive secretary of the legislature who will be on duty the year around at the state house. He will serve as a clearing house agent for the distribution of information to the legislators, and they will be kept informed thru him of issues that may arise during the ad in terim periods. A speaker of the house will be selected when the legislature con venes and he will preside in the absence of the lieutenant governor. About 100 employees, including a (Continued on page 4, column 1.) MAY FETE HELD WEDNESDAY AT PUBLIC SCHOOL Programs Held On School Grounds In The Afternoon and At Night In The School Auditorium. A May Pay fete was celebrated on the public school grounds last Wednesday afternoon, enjoyed by all the pupils of the high school as well as those of St. Mary’s acad emy, and a very large crowd of the parents of the children. The program began at 2 o’clock with a band concert by the O’Neill public school and St. Mary’s bands. From the quality of music fur nished it is evident that O'Neill will be able to furnish their own band music in the future for all public doings. Then followed: Processional. Crowning of the May Queen, a very pretty and impressive service. Military drill by the first, second and third grades. A ribbon dance by the first, sec ond and third grades. A Maypole dance by the sixth and seventh grades. Recessional. There was a very large crowd in attendance and many comments were heard as to the excellence of the program rendered. At the con clusion of the program many of the parents visited the various rooms where the work of the dif ferent classes were on display. Another performance was given that evening in the high school auditorium, which was also well at tended. The evening performance commenced at 8 o’clock. The first was two numbers by the orchestra, which were very well received. A little playlet, “Bulla” was given by the Ceaser class. This was followed by an orchestra number and then a playlet, “A May Fete,” given by the fourth and fifth grades. The eighth grade pre sented facts of Nebraska, which was followed by Miss Elizabeth Graves who gave Facts of the O’Neill Public School. City Council Meets And Is Organized The City Council organized for the year’s business last Tuesday night. The only change in the per sonnel of the council is in the councilman from the second ward, John Protivinsky taking the place held for several years by Frank Phalin. H. E. Coyne was elected presi dent of the council for the ensuing year. Mayor Kersenbrock presented the following appointees to the council and on motion they were unan imously approved. City Attorney, Emmet A. Harm on; Police and Poundmaster, Chet Calkins; Engineer at pump station, Jess Scofield; Medical Advisor, Dr. L. A. Carter. The mayor named the following committees for the ensuing year, and they were on motion approved: Street Commissioner — H. E. Coyne. Streets and Alleys—Coyne, Prot ivinsky and Harty. Lights—Uhl,Brennan and Harty. Water—Brennan, Protivinsky and Uhl. Sewer—Protivinsky, Coyne and Harty. Walks and Crossings — Harty, Coyne and Yantzi. Parks—Yantzi, Coyne and Prot ivinsky. Auditors—Harty, Uhl and Coyne. Custodian of city property—Levi Yantzi. Finance Committtee — Brennan, Coyne and Harty. A financial statement of the city was read disclosing the city’s fin ances to be in good condition and an estimate of the expense for the ensuing year was prepared and ap proved. Dug Hunt was selected, without opposition, to his old position on the streets. * The Frontier was selected as the official paper for the ensuing year. Referendum To Decide Wheat Program Future Talk about what the next wheat adjustment contract will be is all speculation because the next wheat program has not been written, F. M. Reece, agricultural agent, is as suring all what growers of this county in a series of community meetings. The important question to be settled by the referendum is wheth er or not the wheat growers of the county want a future contract drawn up for their consideration. Any future contract will be volun tary, not compulsory, and voting favorably on the secret ballot in the referendum has no connection with the acceptance of a future contract if it is offered. Officials in the state and federal offices of the wheat program have urged farmers of this county to send in their ideas about what a future contract should contain. A few improvements can be made in the present contract in the light of two year’s experience. Ideas of the wheat producers will be care fully considered if a future con tract is prepared. Suggestions from this county are being as sembled at the county office to be sent in to Lincoln where state of ficials wilt summarize them to go to Washington. O’NEILL HIGH TO • GRADUATE CLASS OF THIRTY-THREE Class Has Twenty Young Women And Thirteen Young Men; Ex ercises To Be Held May 2.'f. The O’Neill High School gradu ation exercises will be held on Thursday evening, May 23. The class this year comprises thirty three, twenty young ladies and thirteen young men. This is the largest class graduated from the high school since 1930. Following is the program of the exercises on that evening: Procession, music by the Or chestra. Invocation—Rev. H. D. Johnson. Vocal Music—High School Girls. “Education on Trial,” a short play by members of the Senior class. Vadedictory—Harold Jones. Presentation of Eighth grade diplomas—Superintendent Carroll. Presentation of Diplomas to Graduates—Dr. H. L. Bennett. Benediction—Rev. H.D. Johnson. The Bacculaureate exercises will be held at the Methodist church on Sunday evening. May 19, 1935, at 8 o’clock with an address by Rev. A. J. May. Following is a list of the gradu ates: Girls—Augusta Adamson, Lora Aim, Norine Barker, Hazel Brede hoft, Muriel Brittell, Garnet But terfield, Hattie Chimel, Margaret DeLong Margaret Hamilton, Helen Hendrick, Orletha llolz, Marge Hunt, Helen Knapp, Helen Murray, Violet Pinkerman, Doris Powell, Ethel Schulz, Margretha Nelson, Lola Stauffer and Anna Toy. Boys — Bernard Allen, George Cook, Orville Green, Harold Jones, Mervin Kee, John Luben, James Marsh, William Martfeld, Beach Medlen, Donald Pilger, Gene Rum mel, Robert Smith and Merle Spangler. Bids Called For On Post Office Building Under date of May 4, 1935, the Government has advertised for hids for the construction of the postoffice building in this city. Bids are to be received in Washington and publfely opened in Washing ton, D. C., on June 4, 1935, for fur nishing all labor and materials and performing all work for the con struction of the building. Upon application one set of drawings will be furnished free to each general contractor interested in submitting a proposal. If the contract for the building is let on June 4, it is possible to have the building completed and ready for occupancy possibly by the first of the new year. (Jets Sentence of One Year For Chicken Theft Louis Tomjack was before the district court last Monday charged with chicken stealing, to which charge he plead guilty and he was sentenced to one year in the pen itentiary, to which place he was taken Tuesday. Tomjack is 31 years of age and was accused of stealing ten chickens valued at $10, which he sold for $7.00. Work of excavating for the new Parker building on Douglas street commenced last Monday and by the end of the week the basement will be ready for the cement workers. O’NEILL TRACKMEN WIN IN NIOBRARA VALLEY MEET HERE Robert Calvert Sets New Valley Conference Record of 5:9 For The Mile Run. O’Neill won the Niobrara Valley conference track meet here Tues day by scoring 60 points. Lynch was second with 28. Butte scored 23, Spencer 9, Inman 9, Stuart 5V4, Anoka 3V6, Chambers 3 and Bris tow 1. Robert Calvert, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Calvert of this city, hung up a conference record for the one mile run, 5:9. The form er record was 5:11. Results of the contests follow: 100-yard dash—Won by Nelson of O’Neill; Cambre, O'Neill, sec ond; Ray Zink, Lynch, third, and Ritterbush, Chambers, fourth. Time 10.6. 220-yard dash—Won by Nelson of O’Neill; Ray Zink, Lynch, sec ond; Alexander, Spencer) third, and Ritterbush, Chambers, fourth. Time, 24.6. 440-yard dash—Won by Spindler of O’Neill; Robert Zink, Lynch, second; Collins, Lynch, third, and Kunz, Stuart, fourth. Time, 59.5 One-half mile run—Won by Ha geck of Lynch; Batenhorst of Stu art, second; Greeno, Anoka, third,; Gaskill, O’Neill, fourth. Time, 2:13. One-mile run—Won by Robert Calvert of O’Neill; Sedlacek of Spencer, second; Spangler, O’Neill, third,and Bartling, Bristow, fourth. Time, 5:9. 60-yard high hurdles — Berg strom of O’Neill and Stutzman of Butte tied in first and Cadwell of O’Neill and Crosser, Inman, tied for third. Time 8:8. 110-yard low hurdles—Won by Bergstrom of O’Neill; Stutzman of Butte, second; Cadwell, O’Neill, third, and Alexander of Spencer, fourth. Time, 13 seconds. Pole vault—Cadwell, O’Neill and Johnson of Butte, tied for first; Stutzman of Butte and Chaney of Stuart tied for third. Height, 9 feet, 9 inches. High jump—Won by Cadwell of O’Neill; Dennis of Butte, second, Greeno of Anoka and Stutzman of Butte tied for third. Height. 5 feet, 3 Vi inches. 880 yard relay—Won by O’Neill against Lynch and Spencer. Time, 1:4 3.3. Broadjump—Won by Louis Cam bre, O’Neill; Stutzman, Butte, sec ond; Craig, Lynch, third, and Asby of L>4nch, fourth. Distance, 18 feet, 11 inches. Shot put—Wlon by Ray Zink of Lynch; Crosser, Inman, second Green, O’Neill, third, and Juttte, Chambers, fourth. Distance, 37-ft. Discus—Won by Crosser, Inman; Stutzman, Butte, second; Ray Zink of Lynch, third, and Jutte, Cham bers, fourth. Distance, 108 feet, 10 Vs inches. Stuart Farm Hand Is A Suicide Glenn Wilson, 45, a vteran of the W’orld War, hung himself last week in a barn at the E. J. Eby farm seven miles southwest of Stuart. He had been employed by Mr. Eby about two months. He came from Kansas and is said to have worked in the vicinity of Chambers for a time. He carried an American Legion membership card, indicating that he belonged to a Kansas post. Plan Building New Houses Several residents of the city are contemplating erecting new houses in this city this spring, provided they can get water mains extended on some streets so as to get wate for the residences. The residences are to be built for the purpose cf renting and without city water they would not be very valuable for that purpose. O’Neill needs se-v eral new homes as there are not sufficient houses in the city to take care of the demand. If at all pos sible the city dads should provide the necessary water extensions, so that the city can grow. NOTICE Any person or persons caught loitering around the city jail or getting in contact with prisoners confined therein, without permis sion of the chief of police, will bft prosecuted. CHET CALKINS, Chief of Police.