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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
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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.
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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.
