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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1935)
Neb. State Historical Society . . ;h f The Frontier s V0L LV> O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1935. No. 52 SIX MORE ROOMS * TO BE ADDED TO GOLDEN HOTEL Arcade Will Be Placed Over Private Alley Connecting With Second Floor Of P. O. Building. Plans have been completed for adding additional rooms to the Golden hotel and work will start thereon about the first of the month. The building just north of the Golden, now housing the postoffice, was originally intended for an ad dition to the hotel when same was needed, a door being placed on the north side of the hotel proper at the end of the west hall on the second floor. The second floor of the building will now be utilized for the purpose for which it was originally intended. An arcade will be placed over the private alley from the second floor, connecting the two buildings, and six more rooms will be added to the hotel. All of these rooms will be equip ped with bath, part with shower and part with tub baths. In addition to installing baths in these rooms the management in tends to install baths in four more rooms in the hotel proper. These additional rooms were made neces sary on account of the increased patronage the hotel has been receiv ing the past few months, as there is hardly a night that they do not have to turn away transients seek ing accommodations. Meeting Held Here On Law Enforcement Friday Last Friday Secretary Beals, of the League of Nebraska Municipal ities, and Police Lieutenant P. S. Payne, of the Omaha police depart ment, held a regional meeting of the league in this city, which was attended by about forty of the city and village officials and police t officers of this section of the state. The meeting was called to order about 1:30 by Secretary Beals who explained the purpose of the meet ing. Mayor Kersenbroek was then introduced and in a brief address •welcomed the visiting delegates to the city. Lieutenant Payne gave an ad dress on law enforcement, which was attentively listened to. He urged closer cooperation between the citizens of the cities and vil lages with their police department and urged that all police officers should be in uniform, even in the smaller towns where only one of ficer was stationed. He presided at a round tablediscussion, answer ing questions propounded to him by representatives from the various towns and villages. The meeting lasted all the after noon and officers who were present were of the opinion that they re ceived much good from it and were glad they were present. Expect To Begin On Paving Next Week John Roberts of the Roberts Con struction company, of Lincoln, was in the city last Tuesday. They have the contract for the paving on Fourth street and Mr. Roberts said they have about four more days of work at Norfolk and as soon as that job is finished the crew will come here and put in the Fourth street job. They will prob ably arrive here the forepart of the week. Assessors Nearing Finish County Assessor Sullivan says that fifteen of the precinct as sessors have completed the work of assessing their townships and have sent in their schedules, which ^ leaves twenty-one still to complete their work. All schedules must be in the hands of the county assessor by the last Monday in May. A perusal of the schedules show that the valuation of the county will be about the same as last year for taxation purposes. While cattle and hogs, and horses are assessed higher than they were a year ago there are fewer of them in the k county, so that the total valuation f will be about the same as that of last year. Henry Beckman went over to Bloomfield last Saturday for a few days visit with relatives and old friends there. During his absence his efficient assistant here, Francis Hughes, has been looking after the business of the A. & B. Drug store. Hospital Notes Miss Wilma Chicken, of Inman, 16 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chicken, submitted to an operation for acute appendicitis Friday afternoon, May 10. At present she is much improved. Mrs. Ed Cornelius came back to the hospital Saturday morning and was operated on Tuesday afternoon for obstruction of the intestines. She is convalescing slowly. George Tomasek, of Dorsey, sub mitted to an operation for acute appendicitis Sunday evening at 9 o’clock. He will soon be on the road to recovery. Edward Crowley, of north of O’Neill, fell Sunday evening while walking on his crutches and farc tured both bones of the lower limb, the same leg that was broken last December. He remained here and had a cast put on. Tuesday he was taken to the University Hospital in Omaha. Mrs. K. D. Fenderson came in Monday morning and had her teeth extracted under anaesthetic. She went home the same evening. Zeb Warner came in Monday suffering a severe heart attack. He is receiving medical treatment. Mrs. Margaret Hughes came in Tuesday evening for Medical treat ment. Little 7-year-old Josephine Cong er, of Inman, was brought in Wed nesday forenoon with a cut on the knee from a fall on a piece of glass. Five stitches were taken, the wound bandaged and the little one was taken home that after noon. The hospital staff wish to take this opportunity to thank those who took part in the program Sun day. It was largely attended, over 200 guests partook of refreshments and all enjoyed the program. The children’s band was especially ap preciated. The readings and songs also called forth applause. On account of the rain, several num bers were omitted. We also wish to thank all those who brought flowers, helped serve and donated for the entertainment. i Country Club Opening To Be Friday, May 24 The opening dance at the O’Neil] Country Club will be held at the club house Friday eevning, May 24. P. C. Donohoe, chairman of the dance committee, has engaged Jerry Winters and his ten piece orchestra for the occasion. Dick Jordan has assured members of the club that this orchestra is one of the best to ever visit O’Neill and he has booked the same band for three dances at Danceland. Phil Ziemer will be present on the even ing of the opening to serve a mid night lunch. Use Poison Bran In Cutworm Control Cutworms have attracted consid erable attention over this section of the state recently by their presence in large numbers. Damp cool weather is favorable to the growth and development and they may do considerable crop damage up to the middle of June. While no one method is entirely effective the best means of combating them seems to be with the poisoned bran mash after they appear in the spring. The most successful form ula for mixing the poison is 100 pounds of wheat bran, 5 pounds of white Arsenic, 2 quarts blackstrap molasses and enough water to make a moist crumbly mash. Four pounds of parisgreen may be sub stituted for the white arsenic. The dry poison should be mixed with the bran. The molasses should be diluted with 2 or 3 gallons of water and then poured over the bran. This will make sufficient poison to treat 15 acres if broact casted or 20-25 acres if the mash is scattered down the corn row. Anyone wanting further inform ation should write the agricultural agent for Extension Circular 1508 —Corn and Garden Cutworms. Harold Garnick Dead At Colorado Home Friends have received the news of the passing of Harold G. Gar nick, of Boulder, Colo., on May 6. Mr. Garnick formerly lived one and one-half miles southeast of Emmet, and many friends and neighbors will sorrow with Mrs. Garnick and daughter, Nadine. He was ill but a short time, peritonitis being the i cause of his death. I Outlook Favorable For New Court House And North Fourth Paving Mayor Kersenbrock, Supervisors Sullivan, Carson and Steinhauser went down to Lincoln and Omaha last Sunday to interview road of ficials and other federal officers re garding the paving of Fourth street, two blocks north from Douglas street, in front of the new federal building, and a grant to the county for the purpose of building a new court house. They returned home last evening and report that it looks very fav orable for the new’ paving as well as the grant for the new court house. They report that the of ficials in both Omaha and Lincoln look with favor on both projects and it is possible that the necessary grants will be approved within the next month. Local Legion Post Host To Visitors At a large and enthusiastic meeting at the K. of C. Hall May 9, the local post of the American Legion was host to twenty legion aires from Stuart and the District and County commanders. Dr. W. J. Douglas, of Atkinson, District Commander, was the prin cipal speaker. He spoke very highly of the accomplishments of the local post and congratulated post officials for having attained their membership quota. The post now has one of the largest mem berships in its history and has won two nations membership citations. Arthur G. Miller. County Com mander, of Atkinson, also spoke briefly. More than sixty-five Legion members were present and all showed keen interest in Legion affairs. Following the meeting a Dutch lunch was served. Frederick Beilin Dies At His Home Frederick Beilin died at his home in this city last Sunday evening after an illness of a couple of years of cancer, at the age of 72 years, 6 months and 6 days. The funeral was held Tuesday after noon at 2 o’clock, services in the Biglin Undertaking parlors, Rev. A. J. May officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Frederick Beilin was born at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Novem ber 6, 1862. He gre\v to manhood in Wisconsin and in 1892 he was united in marriage at Merril, Wis consin, to Miss Mary Baron Hegan. Two children were born of this union,John, of O'Neill, and Charles, who has been living at Denison, Iowa, for the past six weeks. He was notified of his fathers death and arrived here Monday morning. The year after his marriage, in 181)3, they moved to this city and Mr. Beilin had resided here ever since. After his arrival here he was employed as a section man for the Northwestern railroad and worked for that company for 27 years, until his retirement some thing like 15 years ago. Will Observe Memorial Day Memorial Day will be observed by the local American Legion post with a program at the K. C. hall followed by the usual exercises at the cemetery. W. B. Quigley, of Valentine, leg ionnaire and attorney will be the principal speaker. Music will be furnished for the occasion by the O’Neill high school band. Receive Inch of Rain This section of the state was blessed with a splendid rain last Friday night, 1.01 inches falling during the night. It has been cloudy and cool since then, with intermittant rain, that added .36 more to the rainfall of Friday I The fashion of the hour! The favorite of fashion- i obles! Eyelets fashioned / by “Peggy Palmer” I —-rilinBIIIIIIMlhMffllffif Real distinction is tailored into every oncl Dark and light shades. Choose from six sparkling stylesl Cleverly embroidered into novel pat* terns, these dresses are the essence of all that is new and wanted I Sires 14 to 44 — Sunfastand Tubfast. night. From reports received from the south country the rain was much heavier there than it was here. The rain was quite general over the county, altho not as heavy in the northern part as it was here and further south. According to daily press reports the fall here Friday night was heavier than it was at any point in the state, but other sections have had copious rains since then. Now we want some warm weather and then watch things grow. Two Calves Stolen From Murphy Pasture Last Monday night thieves got away with two fohr-month old calves from the pasture of Den Murphy, a mile and a half north and a mile and a half east of this city. Mr. Murphy missed the calves Tuesday morning from the pasture and upon investigation seen w'here they were taken thru the fence and loaded in a truck or a car on the highway, a little north and west of the pasture. Frank Freisen, who lives just north of Mr. Murphy, says that he head a car on the highway be tween 10 and 11 o’clock Monday night, which is probably the time the calves were taken. The calves were valued at $20 a head. Officers are investigating the theft but so far have been unable to obtain any clues. To Re-examine Relief Case Load In County During the past week the Holt County Relief office has received instructions to make a re-examina tion of the relief case load in Holt county. Application banks have been sent out to every relief client on the relif lists with the instruc tion to return them to the relief office before May 18, 1935. Clients who do not return the application form will be considered as closed, cases from the standpoint of ad ministering relief. It is hoped that the relief case load will be mater ially reduced by the procedure. The following is a copy of the letter sent to each relief client to gether with the application for re lief, and signed by Roberta Arbuth not, county relief director: “The Nebraska Relief Adminis tration is requesting a re-check of all persons now receiving relief. “We are therefore asking that you fill in the enclosed application completely and return to the county relief office by May 18, 1935. If there are any questions which you do not understand, your visit or will be glad to help you if you call and ask her to call in your home. Please leave no question unanswered and write plainly. We are enclosing a stamped, addressed envelope for you to return the ap plication. “If the blank is not returned to this office by May 18, 1935, we will assume that you have employment or other help which will enable you to care for yourself, and your case will be closed. “Thank you for your co-opera tion.” National Educational Better Housing Contest The County Contest of the Na tional Educational Better Housing Contest will be held in the O’Neill high school auditorium Friday evening, May 17, at 8 o’clock. The boy and the girl winning first place will each receive a prize of $10.00. Each boy and girl plac ing second will receive $2.50. The above prizes have been made possible by the following Holt county business men: S. J. Weekes, McDonough Paint Store, Galena Lumber Co., Seth Noble, J. C. Penney Co., H. E. Coyne, James Davidson, Golden Hotel, A & B Drug, Inc., Atkinson Lumber Co., Atkinson Better Hous ing Committee, Dan O’Connell, Norris W. Coats, Krotter Lumber Co., The Tiger Club. Tony C. Pease and Lillian Som er, both of Verdigre, and Emil Vonasek, of Walnut, and Miss Lydia Nike, of Verdigre, appeared in the office of the county judge last Tuesday morning and after ob taining marriage licenses were un ited in the bonds of wedlock by County Judge C. J. Malone. S. J. Weekes and J. D. Cronin made business trip over into Knox county last Wednesday. DIES FROM BROKEN NECK RECEIVED IN FALL FROM HORSE Eugene H. Luben Thrown From A Horse While Looking After Cattle In His Pasture. Eugene H. Luben, one of the old< time settlers of the Emmet neigh borhood, met with on accident last Friday night that resulted in his death. Friday evening Mr. Luben rodfr out into the pasture to look after his cattle. He failed to return and a search was instituted for him but they were unable to find him. The next morning his body was found in the pasture. Aparently his neck was broken and it is thot that the horse bolted—as there was a heavy electrical storm about that time—throwing Mr. Luben to the ground, breaking his neck in the fall. Eugene H. Luben was born in Elgin, Nebr., July 5, 1896, and was 38 years, 10 months and 6 days old at the time of his death. Shortly after his birth his family moved to Chambers where they lived for one year then moved to this part of the county, settling near Emmet, which has since been their home. On Jan. 8, 1918, he was united in marriage at Neligh, Nebr., to Miss Nora Barnes, of Emmet. To this union three children were born, who with his wife are left to mourn the death of a kind and in dulgent husband and father. The children are: Eugenia, Dorothy, Esther and Robert, all at home. His aged parents, Mr. and Mi's. William Luben are also left to mourn the pasing of a loving and obedient son. The funeral services were held, last Monday afternoon from the Lutheran church at Atkinson, Rev. William G. Vahle officiating and burial in the Atkinson cemetery. The funeral was one of the largest seen in that section for many years, attesting the high esteem in ! which the deceased was held by his friends and neighbors. Anticipate Large Crowd At Golf Tournament Members of the O'Neill Country Club are looking forward to an ex ceptionally large crowd at the an nual golf tournament on June 23, 24 and 25. They have word from several former O’Neillites that they will be here for the tournament prepared to put up a struggle for the honors of the meet. Among those coming for the tournament from a distance are Mrs. Max Janes, of Bakersfield, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. George Stannard, of San Diego, California. Lumber Business Shows Increase A local lumber dealer informed, us the first of the week that he had figured more lumber bills the past three months than he had at any similar time since he had been in the lumber business here, about 20 years. Many of the bills figured were for new construction and others for repairs and enlarge ments to present structures. It begins to look as if 1035 was going to be one of the best years this city has had for some time, in the building line. Baseball Schedule of Junior Legion Following is the schedule of the American Legion Junior base ball teams for the season of 1935: May 19: May 19: O’Neill at Atkinson and Stuart at Bassett. May 26: Atkinson at Stuart and Bassett at O’Neill. June 2: O’Neill at Bassett and Stuart at Atkinson. June 9: Bassett at Stuart and Atkinson at O’Neill. June 16: Atkinson at Bassett and O’Neill at Stuart. June 23: Stuart at O’Neill and Bassett at Atkinson. — - ■ Plans Received Here For Federal Building Plans and specifications for the new federal building have been re ceived in the city. According to the plans the building will be 72x64 feet, fronting on Fourth street. It will be an imposing looking structure and will add much to the appearance of the northern part of Fourth street.
