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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1935)
Kth 9i*t'm ♦ The Frontier --------— ! - .. VOL. LVI. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1935. No. 5 ASSESSMENTS ROLL SHOWS A DECREASE OF 16,000 IN CATTLE Horses Are Fewer In Number But Are Worth 11 Thousand More Than A Year Ago. County Assessor Sullivan says that the job of assessing Holt county property for the year is about over, except for some odds and ends. A perusal of a recapitulation of the assessment roll discloses that there are 16,000 head of cattle, of all ages, less on the assessment rolls this year than there was last year. Last year the total number of cattle, of all ages, assessed in the county wTas 91,000. The total number assessed this year was 75, 000. The assessed value of Holt county cattle last year was $1,633, 205 while the assessed value for this year is $1,537,620. There are 111 head of horses less in the county this year than there was a year ago, according to the assessment roll. But, while there are 111 less horses in the county they are worth $11,885 more than the greater numher a year ago. Last year there were 11,884 head, assessed at $351,160. This year there are 11,773 head and they are valued at $363,045. The personal property of the county has shrunk considerably during the past year. The total assessment for the year 1934, on personal property, was $3,233,336, while the assessment for this year is $2,955,000, a loss of a little over $278,000. The assessment figures are not yet complete and it is pos sible that this amount will be raised a little when the complete figures have been tabulated . PLEASANT DALE Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weber and children, of Long Pine, and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Schatf, of Atkinson, spent Thursday afternoon at the Joe Wirkler home. Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Seger Sunday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Keeney and daughter,Shirley Jean, of Nor folk; Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beckwith, of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seger and son, of Belleville, Kans., and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith and children. Mrs. Vera Hickman and son, . Franklin, and granddaughters, Olive and Arlene Beckwith, spent Sunday at the Wilbur Coleman home near Phoenix. Miss Vera Coleman returned with them for a visit. Three-fourth of an inch of rain fell here Monday afternoon. About thirty families of neigh bors and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Heeb gathered at their farm home and enjoyed a bounteous pic nic dinner and ice cream and cake. The ball game between the single and married men furnished a great deal of excitement, the married men claiming the victory. Miss Olive Beckwith returned home Sunday after a w'eeks visit with her grandmother, Mrs. Vera Hickman. Mrs. Gus Seger and daughter, Minnie, Mrs. Darwin Seger and Mrs. Verne Beckwith visited Mrs. Ralph Beckwith Friday afternoon. Elwin Babl is visiting at the Joseph Pongratz home this week. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seger and son returned to their home in Kansas Sunday. They live twelve miles from the flood area. They spent an afternoon sight-seeing and taking pictures of the ruins. SCHOOL NOTES The final teachers examinations prior to September 1 will be held in O’Neill on Saturday, July 6. Study Center examinations will be held on Friday, July 5. Those persons who are desirous of finishing their woj 1: should plan on writing at thir time, s > *hat it will he possible to ;-ecure the right number of col lege hours for certificate renewals. We are planning de^nilely to organize some study centers thru out the c Minty. People desirous of taking Study Center work should write into the office not later than the 25th of June. The course will be organized for six or eight weeks at a cost of $3.00 per hour. Some districts in the county are anxious to build new school houses. Two plans have just been formu lated whereby a school may secure aid from the government in finan cing new buildings. The first plan enables the districts to secure a grant of 45 per cent with the dis trict raising the balance to match the grant. The sgcond plan will enable a district, thVt is not finan cially able, to secure a grant of 45 per cent and a long time loan at 3 per cent interest for the balance. If this plan is worthy of consider ation, and would suit your needs, write into the office for further details. County Superintendent O’Neill And Vicinity Gets 1.23 Inches Of Rain The Past Week This section was visited with a couple of nice rains the past week. Last Monday it drizzled all after noon and a nice shower in the evening gave us .56 hundreths of an inch. Wednesday night we had another nice rain which measured .67 hundreths of an inch, making 1.23 inches so far this week. The precipitation for the month of June now measures 3.68 inches and for the year 1935, 16.14 inches. This is .74 hundreths of an inch more precipitation than we received during the entire year of 1934 and only .53 hundreths of an inch less than we received during the entire year of 1933. The rain of this week was quite general. In the northeastern part of the county they say the precipi tation Monday was about one inch and the rainfall last night in that section was about the same. Small grain never looked better in this county than it does today, the only danger being that the heads are liable to get so heavy that the stalks will be unable to hold them up. A heavy, soaking rain would lodge much of the grain. The southern and southwestern parts of the state had a regular deluge Monday. They had a little over three inches at Columbus and heavy rains in the southwestern part of the state and in eastern Colorado caused the Republican river to go out of its banks again Tuesday, flooding much of the ter ritory that was covered w'ith the flood waters a couple weeks ago, but the damage was slight. Marguerite Welsh Weds Sat. At Grand Island Miss Marguerite Welsh, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. William Welsh of this city, was united in marriage at Grand Island,, Nebr., last Satur day to K. P. Hoffman, of Omaha, the ceremony being performed by the pastor of the Catholic church in that city. Miss Marie Welsh, the bride’s sister, was the maid of honor, and her brother, Francis, was the best man. Mrs. Hoffman is a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy and of the University of Nebraska, being a member of the Phi Beta Kappa. After the ceremony the bride and groom left for Orleans, Nebr., where Mr. Hoffman is stationed at the present time as an assistant state engineer working in the flood district. Guests at the ceremony included the bride’s mother, Miss Grace Welsh, a cousin of the bride, and Miss Mabel Boremus, a college chum. Mrs. William Hershiser and daughter, Pauline, 10, and Mr. and Mrs. Archie Faulhaber and child ren, all of Sauk Center, Minn., ar rived here last Saturday. Mrs. Hershiser visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Hershiser and with other friends and relatives and herself and daughter and Ar chie Faulhaber returned to Sauk Center Monday. Mrs. Faulhaber and her children remained here for an extended visit. The visitors, former residents here, reside in the old home town of the famous writer, Sinclair Lewis, and they mentioned that he comes of a fam ily of famed persons, one of whom is a doctor of great renown and there are others who have forged far ahead of the “common herd.” The Busy Hour Club meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Clyde Hershiser June 6, 1935, with all members present except Mrs. Ralph Ernst. The visitors were Mrs. Robert Gartner, Bessie Fuller and Martha Boldra. The afternoon was spent in embroidering dish towels. A delicious lunch of ice cream, cake and salads was served. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Grey on June 27. Hospital Notes Mrs. Orton Young, of near Op portunity, went home Tuesday of this week. Virginia Rausch, from near Meek, had her tonsils and adenoids removed Wednesday morning and went home Thursday afternoon. Atkinson Noses Out ' Red Bird By One At Atkinson last Sunday a large crowd enjoyed themselves watch ing a battle royal between the Red Bird and Atkinson baseball mach ines and after ten innings had been fought through Atkinson emerged with 8 and Red Bird with 7 scores. Red Bird made ten hits and the Atkinsonites got twelve. Strike outs, Atkinson 8 and Red Bird also 8. The Red Bird battery was B. Tomlinson, Karr, Conard and E. Schollmeyer; for Atkinson it was Ford, Ford, Ford and B. Troyshin ski.. Judge Donohoe Misses Golf Tournament Here Judge J. A. Donohoe drove up from Norfolk Wednesday after noon for a short visit here. He was accompanied by his secretary, Miss Mae Hammond. Judge Dono hoe had been holding a term of fed eral court in Norfolk, completing the term Wednesday noon. He leaves here this afternoon for Grand Island, where he will sit with Judge Munger in the trial of a lot of cases growing out of the Fraser-Lempke bill. The Judge says that the trial of these cases compels him to forego the pleasure of participating in the O’Neill golf tournament. Charles Burch Visits Here Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burch, of Roseland, La., their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Cox, of Bogalusa, La., and two of Mr. Cox’s brothers, Muris and Aubrey, of Roseland, La., stopped here Wednesday on their way to Yellowstone National park for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Burch. Charles and H. B. are brothers. The visitors also are to viisit cousins of the Burch’s, Will and Edward Dexter, prominent ranchers of near Amelia, in south west Holt county, and a brother, George Burch of near Chambers. Charles Burch resided in west O’Neill 21 years ago and is no stranger in this vicinity. At pres ent he is operating a newspaper at Amite, La., near Roseland, The Amite Progress. ECONOMY LEAGUE MEETING The Holt County Economy League will meet in O’Neill on Sat urday, June 29, at 2 P. M. Taxpayers are reminded of the necessity of attending and support ing their local taxpayers’ leagues. In this way they are contributing to the support of the Nebraska Federation of County Taxpayers’ Leagues. The state organization, by its work in the last two or three ses sions of the Nebraska legislature, has accomplished a good deal in the way of tax reductions. Martin Conway, Secretary. SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Yes sir, at Gamble Stores during their BIG FREE SALE. Flash light FREE with a Tackle Box— Roller Skates FREE with a wagon —Johnson’s Glo-Coat & Mop FREE with Garden Hose—And many others NOW!—Adv. J. E. Markey and Mrs. Schuyler Rictor, of Glenwood, Mo., Mrs. Stanley Rictor, of Madison, Wis. and Francis L. Markey, of Denver, Colorado, arrived in the city last Monday evening for a visit at the home of Mrs. Frank McMillan and Miss Markey. Mrs. Schuyler Ric tor and her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Stanley Rictor, will remain this week, while the others will remain for a more extended visit. J. E. Markey is a brother of Mrs. Mc Millan and Miss Markey, Francis Markey is a nephew and Mrs. Stan ley Rictor a niece. Petitions containing nearly 300 names have been filed with the city council asking that a special election be held in the city for the purpose of voting on the sale of liquor by the drink in O’Neill. The election has not been called yet, but it will probably be held the forepart of next month. MISS MARY JOYCE DIES AT HEI* HOME OF LONG ILLNESS Last Rites Held Here Tuesday Morning At St. Patrick's Church. Miss Mary Joyce passed away Sunday, June 10, at her home in this city, after a llingering illness. The immediate cause of her death was a heart affection which she had recently suffered.. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Joyce, pio neer citizens who made their home in O’Neill for a long period of time. She is survived by one brother, Thomas J. and four sisters, Anna, Grace, Agnes and Margaret, all of this city at the present time. She had been active in church and social affairs and had held positions of trust during her resi dence here and had endeared her self to a large circle of friends. Funeral services were held Tuesday, June 18 to St. Patrick’s church at 10 A. M., with Monsignor J. G. McNamara, assisted by Rev. P. J. Vanderlaan, officiating. The pall bearers were, James Earley, Frank Phalin, Charles Reka, R. E. Gallagher, Clarence Stannard and Charles F. Naughton. Interment in Calvary cemetery. Biglin mortu ary in charge of the funeral ar rangements. *** Canning Demonstrations To Be Held In O’Neill With the canning season “just around the corner,’’ Holt county women will have an opportunity to review' the best methods of put ting up fruits and vegetables by attending a canning school at In man on Friday, June 28, from 9:30 A. M., until noon and at O’Neill in the Methodist church basement, starting at 1:30 P. M. Miss Margaret Murphy, repre sentative of a well known canning company, will lie in charge of the school which has been arranged by Agricultural Agent Reece She has been holding similar demon strations in Iowa, Missouri and Kansas and is a specialist in can ning foods. Study clubs in the county are ^ cooperating in sponsering the can ning demonstration. Copies of ex tension circular, 992, giving all the latest methods of canning fruits and vegetables will be available to all women attending the meeting. 25 Holt County Boys Selected For 3C Camp The following boys were selected by the Holt County Relief Commit tee and successfully passed enter- j ence requirements at Camp Nio-j brara: Robert Seger, Stuart; Charles j Worth, O’Neill; George Timmer man, O’Neill; Elmer Ott, O’Neill; ( Elmer Hart, O'Neill; Dale Stearns,! O’Neill; Richard Vallier, O’Neill; . Ralph Taylor, Middlebranch; Irwin Maynard, Walnut; Joe Mikus, At-; kinson; Orla Northrop, Atkinson; | Raymond Cody, Atkinson; Joe j Weller, Atkinson; Orin Heminway, j Ewing; Harry Larson, Chambers; I Francis Price, Amelia; Burdette j Lintt, Inman; Walter Tomlinson, O’Neill; Wm. McNally, O’Neill;' Melvin Meyers, O’Neill; Edgar! Seger, Stuart; Francis Goebel, j Stuart; Bert Kuntz, Stuart; Clar ence Grant, Stuart. Wes. Murphy, Stuart, alternate.■ Annual Crop Days The annual crops clay at the Ne braska college of agriculture will be held Tuesday, July 2, according to word received here this week by Agricultural Agent Reece. The event is being held later than usual due to the late maturing of small grain. Holt county farmers have been invited to attend. A varied program is planned for farmers who attend with experi mental work at the agronomy farm east of Lincoln, under special ob servation during the afternoon. A speaking program has been arrang ed for the morning hours. Discussions of weed control, pas ture improvement, experimental tests with Cheyenne wheat and hy brid corn program are scheduled for the morning. Dr. F. D. Kmm, chairman of the agronomy depart ment, will preside over the session. An illustrated lecture on “exploring the world for new crops.” will be an added featun. The field trip to the agronomy farm i.s scheduled for the after-' noon. Six stops will be made | where visitors will see: (1) Al- I falfa plots showing varieties and 1 strains, special selections, soybean cultural studies. (2) Manure' and rotation plots. (3) Tempor ary pasture demonstration and pas ture experiments. (4) Winter wheat varieties—smut and date of planting. (5) Oat varieties and manner of planting. (6) Barley varieties and dates of planting. One interesting feature will be | a visit to the oat plots where a sample of every car of government seed oats was planted. Group One Contracts Signed This Week Early indications were that prac tically every applicant who signed an application for a 1935 corn-hog contract on land that was covered by a 1934 contract would sign the final agreement. Approximately 900 are ready for signature this week of which a large percentage are already sign ed at this time. The remainder should be ready to sign in the near future. Individual letters will be mailed to all signers telling them when and where they may sign their contracts. — Dr. Finley And Mary Joan Finley Injured In An Auto Accident While coming home from Sioux City last Tuesday evening the car driven by Dr. W. F. Finley, of this city, became unmanageable, on ac count of a defective steering gear, and crashed into another car, going east, a few miles this side of Laurel about 6:30 Dr. Finley suffered, a couple of broken ribs, and had a hip injured, besides suffering con siderable from shock. His daugh ter, Mary Joan, was with him when the accident occurred but luckily she escaped with only slight in juries.. Dr. Finley was taken to a physicians office in Laurel, O’Neill relatives were notified and Gerald Phalin and Rqbert Biglin drove down to Laurel that evening, leav ing here about 0 o’clock. After their arrival in Laurel they took Dr. Finley to Sioux City where he is now confined in St. Vincents hos pital. From what we have been able to learn of the accident something went wrong with the steering gear and the Doctor lost control of the car. The driver of the car going east, said that he noticed the car was wabbling from side to side in the road and apparently out of control, and he attempted to evade it by going on the other side of the road, but as he came up to it the car swerved again and crashed into him. Both cars were badly smash ed, but the driver of the other car was uninjured. We understand that Dr. Finley is not seriously injured, a fact that will be pleasing news to his many friends in this city and vicinity, but he is liable to be laid up for a couple of weeks. Reunion At Oak View Held By O’Neill Class ’34 Last Friday members of the 1934 senior graduating class of the pub lic school took a day off and held a reunion with picnic at Oak View park. The graduates last year were, Geneva Wilkinson, Birdie Doolittle, Norman Medcalfe, Ben nett Sanders, Pearl Burge, Hazel Anderson, Ruth Leach, Mona Bress ler, Jack Deines, Opal Harbottle, Grace Loy, Elva Stauffer, Cleta Van Every, Margaret Honeywell, Luella Hartford, Willa Wilson, Robert Cook, Ruth Evans, Mary E. Spindler, Hazel Johnson, Fred Cole, Vivian Clouse, Loraine Ennis, Eliz abeth Medcalfe, Arleen Page and Nila Renner. — The mumps have become quite! popular in southeast O’Neill. Among those suffering from this complaint this week are the fol lowing: The entire Grant White | family; Cleta Van Every, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Van Every; Delta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.' Bert Gunn; Gene and Ned Porter, sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter and Ruth Merle Harris, daughter of Esther Cole Harris. Mrs. Gordon Murray, of New York City, arrived last Saturday night for a protracted visit at the home of her father, J. P. Mann, and with other relatives here. Police Chief’s Clothing Goes For A Calf Feed Chief of Police Chet Calkins has been missing things lately, prin cipally clothing, so Mrs. Calkins kept watch and caught red handed a thief who swallows all his loot as well as the material evidence. The family calf, several months old, had just downed three half hose worn by their son, Harold, 9, and four socks belonging to the Chief of Police. Without doubt there will be “investigations" when such things are missing again. Rohde-Shaw Nuptials Held Tuesday Morning At St. Patrick’s Church The marriage of Ambrose V. Rohde and Loretta C. Shaw was solemnized at St. Patrick’s church at 9 A. M., June 18, 1935, with Monsignor McNamara officiating at High Muss. The bride was charming in a gown of white organza and a trail ing tulle veil caught in cap style with oraTTge blossoms. She car ried a lovely boquet of white roses and baby’s breath. Miss Blanche Collins, of Wayne, Nebr., acted as maid of honor. She wore a gown of green organza with white accessories and carried a bo quet of yellow roses. Miss Margaret Rohde, sister of the groom, acting as bridesmaid, was attired in yellow organza with white accessories and carried pink roses. The groom and his attendant, Clarence Shaw brother of the bride, were attired in the conven tional grey suits. The little Misses Joanne Bur gess and Peggy Jeanne Gribble, as flower girls, were very lovely in their pink ruffled dresses. Ralph Shaw and Bernard Rohde were the ushers. Sr. M. Ascensia officiated at the organ. Mrs. Otto Hoehne and Miss Mary Virginia Agnes sang “Ave Maria.” The church was decorated with pink and white peonies. Following the ceremony the brid al party journeyed to the home of the bride south of O’Neill, where they partook of a sumptuous wed ding breakfast which was served by Mrs. Warren Gribble and Miss Grace Prible. The home was at tractively decorated in the bride’s colors, blue and white. Immediately following the happy young couple left for points east, where they will spent thei.1 honey moon.. The brides going-away outfit was a navy blue crepe suit with white accessories. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Shaw, of Cham bers. She is a graduate from St. Mary’s Academy and the W'ayne State Teachers college, and for the past three years has been a suc cessful teacher in the O’Neill Pub lic school. The groom is the son of Mrs. Bridget Rohde, of O’Neill. He was graduated from the O’Neill Public schools and at present is assistant manager of the local Council Oak store. The young couple will be at home to their friends in the Scott apartments after July 1. Out of town guests at the wed ding were: Mrs. L. F. Curtis and Marilin Jean and Billy, of Sioux City; Mrs. II., F. Planck and Mrs. J. M. Ramsay, of Spearfish, S. D. *** CARD OF THANKS We wish to give our thanks to all our kind neighbors and friends for the kind words spoken to us, and for the help; also to Rev. John son for his sympathetic words, and to the quartette. Especially do we wish to extend our thanks for the beautiful flowers that were sent us in our bereavement, the tragic death of our dear husband and father. Your kindness will never be forgotten.—Mrs. F. F. Freisen; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Dick and family; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Freisen and family; Klas Friesen; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Unger and family; Henry Freisen; Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Frei sen; Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Goertzen and family. Shobert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Edwards, was home last Sat urday and Sunday visiting his par ents and his sister, Cecilia. Sho bert is a CCC camp member sta tioned near Ponca, Nebraska. GOLF TOURNAMENT HOLDS THE SPOT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB Wm. Hammond, Jr., Named By Dr. Burgess As Captain Of The Club’s Golf Team. Visitors to the tournament begin ning Sunday will find a program of entertainment that has never been equalled in past events. The prize list contains many beautiful and useful articles. The ladies bridge parties will be most enter taining and those entered in that phase of the tournament will play for valuable and handsome prizes. It is promised that Art Marco’s orchestra, playing for the dance Monday evening, will be the finest ever to play at this annual event. Word has come that scores of visitors will come to O’Neill for the three days, June 23, 24 and 25. All O’Neill people who have not paid club dues and wish to enjoy the tournament pleasures are ask ed to pay annual dues before the start of the tournament inasmuch as no one living in O’Neill will be permitted to enter unless all an nual dues are paid. Dr. L. A. Burgess, president of the club, has named Wm. Ham mond, Jt\, to be captain of the club golf team as well as director of club tournaments. Mr. Hammond will arrange a series of interest ing matches and events to be play ed by club members during the summer months. He will captain the golf team that will engage teams from other golf clubs in this part of the state. Mrs. Katie Hansen Dies At Pomona, California Mrs. Katie Hansen, wife of Geo. E. Hansen, passed away Sunday, June 16, 1935, at her home at Pom ona, California. Mrs. Hansen was born in Den mark, November 29, 1866, and came with her parents to Iowa at the age of eight. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen were married October 7, 1873, and ten years later moved to Holt county, Nebraska. They were pioneer settlers in Holt county, Mr. Hansen taking a homestead in the vicinity of Meek, where they lived until they moved to Pomona, California, in 1922, where they have since made their home. Mrs. Hansen is survived by her husband, George E. Hansen, five sons and three daughters: The children are: David, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Joseph and Charles, of Pomona; George D. and Daniel H., of O’Neill; Mrs. Carrie Borg, O’Neill; Mrs. Gertie Hoyer, Deming, Washington; Mrs. Esther Roberts, Los Angeles, California. There are also twenty-four grand children and sixteen great grand children. The body will be brought to this county for interment in the ceme tery at Blackbird, near the old family home. The funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon, June 25, at Blackbird. Honey Creek Turkey Club Organized The Honey Creek Turkey Club was organized last week and the following officers were elected: Margery Rees, president; Joe Grutsch, vice president; Vera Grutsch, secretary; Robert Rees as reporter; Mrs. Ralph Rees, local leader; Marie Grutsch, assistant leader. Other members of the Club are, Bill Rees, Joe Curran, Donald Viquist. A demonstration of good and poorly incubated tur keys was given and future plans for the Club were made. The next meeting will be held at the home of William Grutsch on June 25. J. W. Rooney, secretary-treas urer of the local Production Credit Association, returned W'ednesday night from Broken Bow, Nebr., where he had been attending a meeting of the secretary-treasur ers of the different associations in western Nebraska. Mr. Rooney says that he never seen Nebraska look nicer than it does at the pres ent time. There is an unusually large crop of alfalfa and small grain is looking immense. Claude Stout, of Tekamah, Miss Libby Latta, Mrs. J. P. Gilligan. and Ed. Kirby, of Omaha, drove up last Saturday night, spent Silnday with riAative's and friends here and left that evening for home.
