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VOL. LVI. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935. No. 13
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Reduction In County
Tax Levy Is Made Up
In The State Levy
The county board of supervisors
was in session Wednesday and
made the annual levy for the fiscal
year of 1935. The levy made for
this county is a little lower than
that made last year, but the levy
made by the state board is a little
higher, so that the total levy made
for the state and county for the
coming year, 7.10, is the same as
that levied a year ago.
Following is the levy made for
the various funds of the county and
state for the coming year:
State Levy for 1935
General Fund_- 2.15
County Levy for 1935
General _ 2.70
Bridge --- -59
Road _-.. 03.
County Fair ....... .05
Judgments _ -95
Soldiers’ Relief-- 04
Mothers’ Pensions - .07
Coyote Bounty ... ..02
Unemployment Relief-.50
Total County Levy _ 4.95
State _ 2.15
Total for State
and County __ 7.10
Also a levy of $2.00 on each, and
every person within the county,
between the ages of twenty-one
and fifty years of age, for Old Age
Pensions.
Also a levy of ten cents on each
and every hive of bees within the
county.
Miller-Rieken
A very pretty wedding was sol
emnized at the Presbyterian church
on Wednesday, Aug. 7, at 11 o’clock
when Dorothy L. Rieken, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Rieken of
O’Neill, became the bride of Clay
ton O. Miller, of Norfolk, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of
Gross, Nebr. The ceremony wras
performed by Rev. H. D. Johnson,
pastor of the Presbyterian church
in O’Neill.
The bride was very beautifully
attired in a dress of dark blue net
with white accessories and carried
a bocjbet of white lillies and baby
breath. The groom was dressed
in dark blue.
Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Gillette, of
Chambers were the only attend
ants of the young couple. Mrs.
Gillette is a former class friend
and high school chum of the bride.
Mrs. Gillette wore a dress of med
ium blue floral crepe with white
accessories.
Immediately after the ceremony
a wedding dinner was served to the
bridal party at the home of the
brides parents nogrth ef O’Neill.
The bride is very well known in
this community, having lived here
for the past seven years, and has
been employed in several of the
business places in O’Neill, and dur
ing that time has won the admira
tion of a host of friends by her
likeable disposition.
The groom, a resident of Gross,
Nebr., for several years, was a
successful young farmer until two
years ago when he accepted a posi
tion with his brother, agent of the
Texas Oil company at Norfolk,
Nebr., where he has since been
employed, and where the young
couple will make their home in the
Mullen apartment house after Aug.
10th. The many O’Neill friends of
this young couple wish them many
years of happiness and prosperity.
xx.
Burlington Free Trips
For 4-H Club Winners
Once agaiA the Burlington is of-,
fering prize trips to the 1936 Club
week to some 70 outstanding Ne
braska local 4-H club leaders. The
announcement has just been made
by L. I. Frisbie, state club leader
at the college of agriculture, and
will interest Holt county leaders.
One local leader in each county
thru which the railroad passes will
get the prize which is equal to a
round trip to Lincoln and return
plus one-fourth of the registration
for Club Week which is held an
nually on the college of agricul
ture campus in June.
To qualify for the trip, leaders
must have been awarded a certific
ate of achievement and one award
of appreciation by December 1. A
leader having previously won a
Burlington trip is ineligible to com
pete for the award.
Commissioner Myers
Of Omaha, Is Dead
Commissioner Myers, of Omaha,
who had jurisdiction of the police
department of the metropolis, was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident while returning from Ok
lahoma last Saturday morning. His
son, Eldon, was also seriously in
jured. The accident happened about
5:30 Saturday morning, the car
leaving the road, -crossing a ditch
and striking a tree, a few miles
south of Gretna. Mr. Myers died
Sunday morning without regaining
consciousness and his son passed
away Tuesday.
County’s Corn Crop
Has Been Cut 50 Per
Cent By The Drouth
The past two weeks have been
the hardest of the year on Nebras
ka’s 1935 corn crop. It has been
dry and extremely hot. Wednes
day was one of the worst days this
county has witnessed for several
years. While the thermometer only
reached 100 degrees there was a
hot dry wind blowing most of the
day and it put the finishing touches
on a good many Holt county corn
fields as well as those of other
counties of the state.
One Holt county farmer, who
does a good deal of traveling over
the county, remarked Thursday
morning that the Holt county corn
crop was now damaged at least 50
per cent. He said that in some sec
tions of the county, where they
have had local showers during the
past three weeks, the corn still is
in pretty good shap and with a
good heavy rain within the next
few days they would have a good
crop, while in other section of the
county, a deluge would be of no
benefit to the corn crop, but would
help pastures immensely.
The best part of the county is
the northern part, where they have
had several showers that did not
reach the central part of the county.
High Low
August 8 - 105 74
August 9 . 92 67
August 10 100 61
August 11_:_ 99 74
August 12 ,- - 85 53
August 13 .. 95 54
August 14 —i- 100 68
August 15 ,_______ 98 68
Hospital Notes
Earl Parks, of Page, submitted
to an operation for acute append
icitis Saturday evening. He is im
proving rapidly.
George Kohler, 85, of Page, was
brought in Tuesday suffering from
acute indigestion. He is in a crit
ical conditon at present writing.
Lucille Penland, 13, daughter of
Mrs. Alice Penland, had her tonsils
and adenoids removed Wednesday
morning.
Wayne Shipman is slowly im
proving. He is still in a serious
condition.
George Brewster, of Page, went
home Sunday afternoon.
Survey For Fourth
Street Paving Done
W. J. Scott, of the firm of Scott
& Scott, engineers of Lincoln,.
Nebr., completed his survey of the
two blocks north from Douglas
street, on Fourth street, Tuesday
and went back to his office in Lin
coln Wednesday to prepare plans
and specifications for the paving.
It is thought that the plans and
specifications will be completed in
time to advertise for bids on the
work the coming week.
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Rep. Marion Cushing
Accidently Electrocuted
Marion Cushing, who has been a
member of the Nebraska legisla
ture for the past four sessions and
who has been frequently named as
a possible republican candidate for
governor at the coming election,
was electrocuted at his farm home
near Ord the latter part of last
week. He was trimming trees in
his yard when his ladder slipped
and he grabbed a wire to prevent
falling, which happened to be a
high tension power line and he was
instantly killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Walker
and daughter, of Aruba, Dutch
West Indies, were in this city Sat
urday enroute to the home of Mrs.
Walker’s mother, Mrs. Mamie
O’Neill. Mrs. Walker and daught
er have been in Nebraska since
June 1. Mr. Walker just arrived
in Fremont, Nebr., Aug. 7, where
Mrs. Walker and daughter met him.
The O’Neill Hatchery has a new
front and the same has been re
painted and now presents a neat
and attractive appearance.
Might Try Passing The
Hat To Pay For Paving
The following four paragraphs
are from the Holt County Inde
pendent of August 9, 1935.
“The city council at their meet
ing on Tuesday night created a new
paving district of the two blocks
north on 4th street, from Douglas,
which is in other words the street
from the First National bank corn
er to St. Patrick’s church.
“The city council without regard
ing the petition which had been
filed with sufficient signers, created
the district under a state law which
permits them to construct feeder
or secondary roads which connect
to state highways.
“They also selected W. F. Scott
of Lincoln, Nebr., to act as city
engineer to take charge of the
project.
“Under this plan the property
owners will have to assume the full
cost of the paving adjacent to their
property and also the city will have
to pave the intersections and also
in front of the property recently
purchased by the U. S. Government
for a new Federal postoffice, as the
city, as we understand it, eannnot
force the government to pave in
front of their property.”
The city council did not disre
gard the petition of the property
owners, for if said petition was not
filed with the council signed by a
majority of the property owners on
the two blocks, one of which was
the editor of the Independent, the
district would probably not have
been created nor paving ordered.
But the property owners requested
it and the city council granted
their request.
The law provides certain meas
ures to be taken when creating
paving districts, the cost of which
is to be paid by the property own
ers, in order to tax the costs to
the property. This has to be done,
even though the property owners
requested the paving, alto the edit
or of the Independent seems to be
unaware of that fact.
Unless the owners of the proper
ty along the paving paid for the
improvement, how did he suppose it
was to be paid for? This was the
only plan by which the two blocks
could be paved. We understand
that Brother Miles was the second
one to sign the petition for the
paving and the matter was ex
plained to him before he signed it.
But now he seems to think that
someone else should pay for this
improvement, as he says “under
this plan the property owner will
have to assume the full cost of the
paving adjacent to his property.”
But cheer up George, you made
enough by advertising the paving
in front of The Frontier office to
pay your share of the cost for pav
ing, so why worry?
City Arranges for Lots
For Car Parking Space
The city council has made ar
rangements with Zeb Warner for
the use of his lots on the corner of
Fifth and Douglas streets and will
use them for free public parking.
On many nights the streets of the
city are so congested with cars that
parking places are at a premium
and this space will add considerable
parking space for the benefit of
the people who come to this city to
do their trading.
New Building Soon Open
Lod Janousek moved his billard
and pool tables, back bar and other
equipment into the new Parker
building on Douglas street the oth
er day and he now geting the place
in shape to open his beer parlor
and lunch room. He says that it
will be about a week before he is
ready for business.
New Deal Expenses And
Deficits Still Going Up
Washington, Aug 12.—Complete
figures on the month of July, is
sued by the United States Tresury
Department, show routine expendi
tures for that month to have been
$380,149,350—an increase of 65 per
cent over July of last year. Em
ergency expenditures were $347,
385,727—an increase of 47 per cent
over July of last year.
The deficit was $448,626,133—an
increase of 80 per cent over July
of last year.
On the basis of July, the deficit
for the current fiscal year will be in
excess of $5,000,000,000, as against
$3,575,000,000 for last year, and
approximately $4,000,000,000 for
the fiscal year 1934.
Miss Clet, Stell and Lavern
Van Every were Sunday afternoon
visitors at the J. P. Miller home.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
by James R. Lowell
The dog-days' doldrums hang
heavily over the state house. The
political pot his simmered a bit,
but mostly from the early August
heat. Vacations are the chief busi
ness at hand, with even Governor
Cochran slippirtg away for a week
or so in the cool retreat of the
Colorado Rockies. Only the mach
inery of state finances continues to
click steadily on, and your cor
respondent for want of something
better to do has delved beneath the
surface to come up wi|h some
choice “debunkers" on the finance
subject.
Nebraska recently has been wide
ly publicized concerning her al
leged record of always living with
in her means, and the fact that
the state has never had any bonded
indebtedness. This is purely a
case of misinformation, the records
reveal.
It is true that the state consti
tution adopted in 1875 forbid the
state to contract debts of more
than $100,000 except in the case of
certain emergencies such as war
and invasion, and outlawed bonded
indebtedness.
Nevertheless, in 1896 the state
was $2,404,540 in the red, of which
$468,267 was bonded debt and $1,
936,273 was a floating debt in
which general fund warrants were
drawing 5 per cent interest.
This matter worried along until
1903 when the legislature passed a
new revenue law. A more inclu
sive system of valuation by as
sessors was inaugurated, but it
was not until 1915 that the state
got out of debt.
One of the noteworthy features
of finance in the Nebraska govern
mental system has been the en
tirely inadequate system of book
keeping employed since the incep
tion of statehood. That this sys
tem has not been much improved
upon up to the present date is at
tested by the Krent Bass-Oelkers
suit in which tne state treasurers
records were hopelessly jumbled
when the state sought to recover
money allegedly paid out illegally
to a bond sales house in regard to
bonds purchased by the state board
of educational lands and funds.
The constitutional convention of
1920 passed amendments which in
cluded limiting the taxing power
of the counties, as regards prop
erty, to 50 cents on the $100 actual
valuation, but a number of coun
ties have exceeded this limitation
in recent years.
The bright spot in state finances
concerns recent years, and George
Hall, present state treasurer who
has served in this position longer
than any other man in Nebraska’s
history.
Nebraska’s general fund balance
at the end of July, 1935, was $1,
013,204, representing a healthy
surplus. Nebraska is not indebted
in any form at the present time.
While state finance officials were
attributing the decline in total as
sessed valuation of the state in
1935 as against 1934 to decreased
number of livestock, to a large
part, facts and figures gleaned in
the state tax commissioner’s office
show a conflicting figure.
Almost a two and a half million
dollar increase in the total worth
of cattle under the 1935 state as
sessment in comparison with a year
ago is revealed by complete figures
from all counties compiled in the
state tax commissioners office.
This is in face of a decrease of
541,000 in number of animals.
For the current year cattle are
listed at the average value of
$23.38 per head, against $18.39 in
1934. This overcomes the shrink
age in numbers from 3,029,487 las^
year to 2,488,476. Total valuation
of all cattle for 1935 is $58,182,233
which compares with $55,726,457
last year.
Nebraska has 38,000 £ewer
horses assessed for taxation in
1935 than in 1934, but on account
of higher market prices for equine
stock the gross valuation is $315,
000 above last year.
The number of horses in the
state found by assessors as of
April 1 is 563,251, compared with
601,587 a year ago. They are col
lectively appraised for taxes at
$21,701,550 against the 1934 ag
gregate of $21,386,817.
An excellent opportunity for Ne
braskans to evaluate their ideas on
(Continued on page 8, column 2.)
A Letter From
W. I). Mathews
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 5, 1935.
Editor, The Frontier:
The death of my good old friend,
Charlie Millard, is a vivid remind
er that I, too, am getting along in
years, and the old man with the
scythe is due almost any time to
creep up on me and make the in
evitable fatal swing that winds up
this earthly career—makes a has
bqen of an izzer.
My birthday will come next on
Oct. 2nd, and it will be No. 80.
Quite a respectable old age, eh?
And I have lived a whole lot and
seen and, enjoyed much —■ some
grief of course, but the joy in it
dominates largely.
Charlie was the last of those
men who lived in O’Neill City when
I came to town—preceding me by
two or three months—from April
to July, 1880. He was also the first
man I met when I came in on
horseback from Brush Creek. We
were close friends—associated in
business and property ownership,
in society, political and fraternal
affairs, and I always found him a
square shooter. I cherish his mem
ory in my inmost heart.
My sympathy to his good wife
and children.
I can say with all O’Neill, ‘‘Peace
to the ashes of a good man—the
friend of all.”
Yours, with love to all,
W. D. MATHEWS.
Early Day Residents
Visit Their Old Home
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Adams and
son, Charles Elmo, and Mrs. Grace
Adams Faurote and son, Edgar,
and daughter, Marion, of Fonten
nelle, Iowa, arrived in the city
Tuesday evening for a short visit
with relatives and old time friends.
Mr. Adams and Mrs. Faurote were
former residents of this city, their
parents being Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Adams pioneer residents of O’Neill.
E. W. Adams practiced law here
for several years and served Holt
county as county attorney in the
early nineties, being succeded in
office in Jan. 1892, by the late H. E.
Murphy. The family left here in
1894 and moved to Fontennelle,
Iowa, where they have since re
sided, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Adams
passing away a few years ago,
Mrs. Faurote has visited here a
couple of times since the family
left here, but this was Mr. Adams’
first visit to his native city since
he left here and he says that he
can see many changes for the bet
ter in this city and section of the
state. They left Wednesday morn
ing for Chambers where they will
visit relatives for a few days be
fore returning to their Iowa home.
Carson Brady and
McWhorter Reunion
Is Held At Norfolk
The Carson, Brady and McWhor
ter reunion was held Aug. 11 at
Norfolk, Nebr., in Kings park.
Ninety-six relatives and friends
wrere in attendance. Ninety-two of
these are descendants of the James
Brady and John McWhorter fam
ilies who were early pioneers, com
ing to Nebraska in 1878 and 1879
from New York state.
Only one in each of these fam
ilies is left, Mrs. Newton Carson,
of Red Bird, is the Brady, and
James McWhorter, of Foster, the
other. Both were unable to attend
beacuse of poor health. One
daughter-in-law in each family is
left. Mrs. John Brady, of Dorsey,
and Mrs. Frank McWhorter, of
Omaha,and they were both present.
The older ones attending are
among the pioneers of today, com
ing here in covered wagons, driving
their stock with them. They en
dured all the hardships of the early
days, drouth, grasshoppers and a
condition of financial stringency
like our present times.
The day was spent in visiting
and the younger ones enjoyed the
pool, swings, coasters and various
amusements of the park.
At noon hungry appetites were
satisfied from well filled lunch
baskets.
Officers were elected, short talks
given and a poem read, written by
Evelyn Carson Wickham, who at
tended last year, but was unable to
attend this year. The same place
was selected for next years reunion
and the day is to be the second
Sunday in August.
Those who attended were: Mrs.
Frank McWhorter, Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Silver and son, Mr. and Mrs.
Schmidt and son, and Mrs. Lud
wick, of Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
Carson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Car
son and two children, of Lincoln;
Mr. and Mrs. Herb McW'horter, of
Nickerson; Mrs. Etta Compton and
two daughters, of Waterloo; Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Arp and daughter,
of Yutan; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mc
Whorter and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. Marvin McWhorter and
daughter, of North Bend;
Mr. and Mrs. Ford McWhorter
and 3 sons, of Hastings; Mrs. Irma
Sorenson, of Laurel; Mr. and Mrs.
I<ester McWhorter, three sons and
daughter, of Osmond; Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. McWhorter, Mr. and Mrs. Bert
Van Buskirk and son, of Foster;
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bowl, Mr. and
Mrs. Wiggo liarson and two sons,
and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Larson,
of Plainview; Mrs. Floyd Wolfe ,of
Lynch; Mr. and Mrs. James Car
son, and Mrs. Harold Kelley and
daughter, of Page; Mr. and Mrs.
Duane Carson and daughters, of
Chambers;
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Carson and
son, of O’Neill; Mrs. John Brady,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Guy
Johnson and two daughters, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Brady and two sons,
and Mr. and Mrs.Lloyd Brady, two
sons and three daughters, of Dor
sey; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Carson
and daughter, of Red Bird, and
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hunter, of
Star.
Mrs. Emma McCormick, of Fost
er; Mr. Moore, of Waterloo, and
Miss Fae Bear, of Lynch also at
tended. Norfolk friends calling in
the afternoon were Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Hansen and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Ileppecly and children,
Mr. and Mr3. Elvin Long, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Torbert, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Osborn, Mrs. Zack France
and Claudia Jones. xxx.
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Ewing Youth Gets One
Year At Reformatory
For Automobile Theft
Raymond Schilousky, of Ewing,
| was before the district court last
Monday charged with stealing a
Ford V8 automobile from Spann
Bros., of Atkinson last Wednesday.
He plead guilty to the charge and
was sentenced to one year in the
state reformatory.
The car was stolen between mid
night Wednesday and 7 o’clock
Thursday morning from the priv
ate garage at the Albert Spann
home in Atkinson. The car was
recovered Thursday afternoon on
the Burwell-Taylor highway, about
four miles west of Burwell, where
the car was abandoned as it ran
out of gas.
Schilousky was picked op the
next day at Burwell and on being
questioned admitted the theft of
the car and he was brought to this
city and brought before the court.
SCHOOL NOTES
Pre-opening day for the county
schools will be held on Saturday,
Aug 31. All teachers are re
quested to attend. Pre-opening
day this year will be regarded as
one day of institute. At the pre
sent time the date of the fall in
stitute is uncertain, however, it
will be for one day only. We are
required to have two days, yet,
pre-opening day may be designated
as one day.
Teachers having schools, should
see to it that their certificate is in
force. Those teachers who will be
securing new certificates should at
once, provided, they have positions
for the coming year.
We have had numerous calls at
the office from parents who are de
sirous of securing places for boys
and girls to work for their board.
There are quite a number boys and
girls who will be unable to go to
school, unless they can find places
to work for their board and room.
People interested in securing a boy
or girl should write in and we will
be glad to assist you in securing
someone.*—County Superintendent.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely thank our many
friends and neighbors for their
kindness in the death and burial of
our beloved baby, Larry Dean.—
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Slattery and
family.
Mrs. P. B. Harty and daughter,
Anne, and son, Thomas, went down
to Randolph last Friday morning
and spent a couple of days visiting
relatives in that city, returning
home Sunday evening.
Edwin Grimes Is Holt
County 4-H Wild Life
Conservation Winner
Honored this week for their work
in helping conserve and restore
wild life in Nebraska were 50 4-H
club boy3 and girls and local lead
ers from all parts of the state.
They were announced as prize trip
winners to the first annual Con
servation Camp to be held at Sew
ard August 20 to 23.
L. I. Frisbie, state club leader
at the college of agriculture, an
nounced the champions in various
districts. A11 have taken an ac
tive part in some conservation work
I in their 4-H projects. Edwin
Grimes, of Chambers, was an
nounced from Lincoln as the win
ner from Holt county.
“The prize trip winners and
others who have taken an active
interest in restoring and conserv
ing wild life are to be compliment
ed,” Frisbie declared in making the
announcement. “Most certainly
they are leading a worth whfle
movement to keep beneficial wild
life in Nebraska.”
Plans are now being completed
for the big camp at Seward. K. C.
Fouts, agricultural agent in Sew
ard county, is making local ar
rangements for the encampment
where prominent state officials and
wild game authorities will appear
on the four-day program.
Two of County’s Pioneers
Die Thursday Afternoon
George E. Hunter, one of the
pioneers of the Page country, died
at his home in Page this afternoon
after an illness of sevral months
of cancer.
Clauss Storjohn, one of the real
pioneers of the northern part of
this county, died at his farm home
about 2:30 this afternoon, accord
ing to word received in this city
from one of his sons, Henry. Mr.
Storjohn had been a resident of
that section of the county for over
fifty years and was about 85 years
i of age. He had been in failing
health for the past five or six
months.
Osmond Ball Club To
Play Here Sunday
The Osmond base ball club will
come up here Sunday and cross
bats with the O’Neill team on the
local diamond that afternoon. The
game will start promptly at 2:30.
The O’Neill boys will give them a
return game next Tuesday evening
at Osmond, where they will play on
their new athletic field under the
floodlights. Osmond is reported to
have a good ball club and a good
game is expected here Sunday.
Former Interstate Man
Dies At Omaha Home
L. W. Scheibel, formerly public
relations man with the Interstate
Power company with headquarters
in this city, died at his home in
Omaha last Monday, after a short
illness. Mr. Scheibel was connected
with the old Nebraska National
bank in Omaha for many years add
for several years was an employee
of the Interstate Power company,
the past three years with head
quarters in this city. He is sur
vived by his widow and three sons.
Mr. Scheibel wa3 an employee of
the Interstate until the latter part
of last March. He was 62 years of
age at the time of his death. He
has many friends in this section
of the state who will regret to
learn of his death.
P. J. O’Donnell Bank
Receiver At Pender
P. J. O’Donnell, who for the past
year and a half has been receiver
for the Security National bank at
Randolph has also been named a3
receiver for the failed national
bank at Pender and now divides
his time between the two towns.
The affairs of the Security are
not so rushing just now and Mr.
O'Donnellcan handle both jobs with
A. E. LeCtair in charge here dur
ing Mr. O’Donnell’s absence.—Ran
dolph Times-Enterprise.
Big Rye Yield
Another beiieve-it-or-not rye
yield report comes to the Graphic
this week from L. W. Ulrich, who
says he threshed one pice of rye
that averaged 48 bushels per acre.
Average yields seem to be around
20 to 25 bushels around this com
munity, with several reporting over
thirty bushels to the acre and one
44 bushels.—Atkinson Graphic.
