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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1935)
Over the County MEEK AND VICINITY Mrs. E. H. Rouse spent Wednes day at the home of her son, Horace and family. Lois Jean and. Ilene Robertson spent se\reral days the past week with their aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Ernst. Dr. Finley was called Sunday morning for Mrs. Prichett. At the last report she was some better. Mabel and Mildred Hansen spent Sunday with Marjorie and Lois Lindberg. The young people’s class of Pad dock Union held a class picnic at the Mart Schelkopf home Sunday, after Sunday school. Several of the class were absent but those who attended reported a good time. Sam Robertson is the teacher. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Borg called at Fred Lindburg’s Sunday afternoon. Clarence Deval] has been helping Albert Kaczor make hay th« past week. He is helping Mr. Nolie at this time. Mrs. A. L. Borg helped Mrs. Sam Robertson cook for the threshing crew the past week. William Hubby has been helping A. L. Borg the past few days. Howard Rouse and family called Friday evening at the Eric Borg home. An inch of rain fell in this local ity last Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Wyant and children, of O’Neill, were guests at the home of Mrs. Wyant’s mother, Mrs. E. H. Rouse on Sunday. Leone Spindler spent Saturday night with Neva June Schelkopf. Muriel Graham, Leroy Spindler, Neva June Schelkopf and Walter Devall were supper guests at the home of Grandma Graham Sunday evening near O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse and sons and Arthur Rouse, also A. L. Rouse, of O’Neill, were guests at the Henry Walters home Sunday. Florence Walters, who has been visiting relatives here returned home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson and Paul were guests at the Levi Hull home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson and children, Wilma and Richard spent Sunday with Mrs. Nelson’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Walters. The two small sons of Harold Lindberg, of O’Neill, are visiting at the Fred Lindberg home. Miss Tena Kaczor has been stay ing at the home of her brother, Albert, while Mrs. Kaczor is away on a visit to South Dakota. The small son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wells, fell, striking his head and cutting it quite badly. First aid was resorted to as it happened just before the hard rain Saturday evening and the storm was too severe for a trip for help. The little fellow is getting over it nicely. Mr. and Hansen and children and Mrs. Clifford Wells and children drove to the Ed Heni fin home on Sunday. Mrs. Wells and children remained there for a longer visit."r „• Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson came up from Sioux City last Sat urday for a weeks visit with the John Robertson and J. K. Ernst families, and with other relatives. Miss Rachael Robertson left on Thursday for Mitchell, Neb., where she will teach school the coming year. Miss Robertson taught there last year. Felix Hostynek, who has been working at Page for some time is home again. INMAN NEWS Jack Lewis, who has spent the summer with his mother in Mem phis, Tenn., and with relatives in Mississippi, returned Sunday to the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Goree. Regular Services will be held at the M. E. church Sunday. The Pastor, Rev. Mertie E. Clute, has been taking her vacation the past three weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Chet Fowler left Monday for their home in Sioux City after spending a week here with relatives. John Anspach went to Emmet Tuesday of this week for a visit with his daughter, Mrs. John Con ard, returning Wednesday. Mrs. Forest Smith entertained at breakfast Friday morning for her brother, Elton Trowbridge and family of Bostwick, Nebr. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith and daughter, Doritha. Mrs. John J. Hancock and sons, Jack and Billie, and Floyd Miller and Clifford Hansen were here from Newman Grove Wednesday even ing visiting at the Mary M. Han cock home. They were enroute to Casper, Wyo. Mrs. E. R. Riley visited her daughter, Mrs. Emmett Bartsch and family at Royal a few days the latter part of the week. Mrs. George Wilcox is moving to Lincoln this week. Mr. Wilcox is ill in a veterans hospital at that place. Mrs. Wilcox and the child ren will leave Thursday. Mrs. Mary Flora and son, Leland, who have spent the summer with relatives in Arizona, returned home last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Paxon and two daughters, of Valentine, Nebr., and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cart wright and son, Neal, and Mrs. Laura Paxon, of Ebson, Kans., were week-end visitors at the Art Renner and George Kivitt homes. Ruth Jeannette Watson spent several days of last week in Nor folk with her little friend, Mildred Doughty. Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins and son, Harvey, and Miss Lois Cald well drove to Norfolk Sunday and visited at the C. E. Doughty home. Seth Mossman, of Creighton, and daughter, Mrs, Ed. Kell, of Carrol, Iowa, visited here Friday with Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Watson and other relatives. Miss Gayle Butler left Monday for Sioux City for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Chester Fowler, prior to going to Independence, Mo., where she will resume her nurse training. Stuart Hartigan met with a very painful, if not serious accident Monday when his team ran away. He was thrown from his machine and his right arm was badly crush ed. He was taken to the hospital at O’Neill where an operation was performed on his arm Wednesday morning. Virginia, 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hopkins, met with a serious accident Sunday evening when she was thrown from a horse. Her shoulder was dislo cated and the shoulder joint badly injured. At the advice of a local physician she was taken to hospit al at Omaha where her injuries were cared for. Judge and Mrs. C. J. Malone, of O’Neill, Miss Florence Malone, of Omaha and L. H. Malone, of Los Angeles, Cal., were here Tuesday afternoon visiting their mother and grandmother, Mrs. Mary M. Han cock. PLEASANT DALE Maurice Winkler is spending a week visiting at the Joe Winkler home. Little Duane Pongratz is visiting his aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. John Babl and family. Mr. and Mrs. George Webber, of Long Pine, were visiting at Joe Winkler’s Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Babl and family were dinner guests at the Joe Pongratz home Sunday. Raymond Winkler is helping Grandpa Weber with his haying this week. Mrs. Frank Kasda, Jr., is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young. Pleasant Dale school will open Monday, September 2. Miss Minnie Seger is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Henry Seger and son, Gearld, and Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Seger at Chester, Nebr., this week. Mrs. Ada Stahley and Mrs. Otto Hoehne visited Mrs. Guy Beckwith Thursday afternoon. L^ona Fern Beckwith was a guest Thursday of Myrlen Beck with. Clement Cuddy, of O’Neill, is in this locality this week helping Leon Beckwith in the hay field, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roseler and daughter, Doris, were Sunday visit ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Roseler of O’Neill. Mrs. I. R. Dickerson, of Atkin son, visited Friday at the home of Mrs. Dickerson’s mother, Mrs. L. G. Linville. Dean Beckwith has sold his transfer line to the Tenborg Bros. They took over the business Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Janzing, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pongratz and Miss Edna Heeb made a business trip to Nelig'h Tuesday of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler and family spent Sunday afternoon at Henry Shaaf’s near Atkinson. Friends and neighbors charivar ied Mr. and Mrs. Walter Spangler Monday evening. Before her mar. raige Saturday, Aug. 24, Mrs. Spangler was Mrs. Ada Stahley. George Weber and daughters, Vtillia and Pauline, Lillian Shald. and James ReHawk, of Stuart, called at the Joe Winkler home last Sunday eevning. Mr. and Mrs. Gus Seger and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Beckwith and fam ily were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beckwith Sunday. The Snappy Mixers 4-H Club meeting was held at the home of Helen Marie Mullen Tuesday, Aug. 20. All members were present. Demonstrations were given on meal planning and. baking sugar cookies. Miss Crandall was a vis itor. After refreshments were served, Helen Marie and Jimmie and Jeania played several selec tions on the guitar. Mrs. Andrew Johnson is caring for her newly arrived grandson at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Osborn. The baby was born Mon day, August 19. A straw stack on the Peter Ram old place was struck by lightning and burned Saturday evening. The Emmet ball team and fans are looking forward to a good, game Sunday afternoon when they meet the O’Neill team. Myrlen Beckwith came home Wednesday after a visit of three days with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beckwith. SOUTHWEST BREEZES John Bower had business the past week in Colfax county. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Berry were Sunday afternoon visitors at the Riley Ranch. John Baker made a business trip last week to Burwell and Broken Bow. We have noticed no items of printers or farmers going on a vacation. The farmers corn field can burn to a frazzle just as well without him around but what would become of the breezes if the print ers went on a vacation? Haying is pretty well wound up in the southwest,with stacks stand ing thick upon the meadows. A two-hour rain Saturday even ing soaked the ground in good shape, insuring a fair harvest of corn. Most fields were damaged some by prolonged hot weather. Glenn Saunders, of O’Neill, spent the night Sunday with dad at the home place, others of the house hold being away. Mrs. Carpenter and the girls are moving to Atkinson this week-end for the girls to attend school there this year. Tom Baker has had a very sick1 horse for a week, symptoms similar to that of apoplexy in humans. The horse has been down since Satur day, unable to get up. Mildred Whitcomb visited rela tives in northeast Swan precinct the past week. A new use has been found for the discarded inner tuber. If you see an old scout with sagging overalls attached to a pair of “galoushes,” the like of which is not on sale at any gents’ furnishing store—that’s it. Mr. and Mrs. Roblyer, of Atkin son, were with friends in the com munity Sunday, Mr. Roblyer as sisting Mr. Baker administering to a sick horse. Senator Norris reminds us that we had been outraged, in his op position to the release of Vic Sey mour. It was never clear to this writer why a sovereign citizen of Nebraska should be debarred from being a candidate for any office be cause his name was identical with that of the incumbent seeking re election. R. S. EMMET ITEMS Guy Harris, of O’Neill, who was visiting relatives here last week, had the misfortune to have his arm seriously broken at the elbow last Friday. He was taken to Om aha for treatment. Bill Tenborg trucked cattle to Omaha for William Luben, Jr., Sunday. Carl Luben accompanied him. Misses Dorothy and Eugenia Luben, Faye Sesler and Joe Sesler spent Saturday visiting in O’Neill. Jerry O’Connell, Louise Grothe and Joe Luth spent Sunday at Butte, Nebr. Quite a number of farmers from this locality attend the anniversary celebration of the Atkinson Live stock Market. Anna May Dill spent last week with Mrs. Luben and children. Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wills and Ro land returned just recently from a trip into Colorado. Mr. and Mrs. James O’Connor and daughter, Mary Belle, went to Ainsworth Tuesday to attend the fair there. The Ladies’ Aid of the Methodist church met Wednesday in the base ment of the church for a business meeting. Mrs. Dugal Allen took her grand children to O’Neill Wednesday to do their school shopping. Mr. and Mrs. William Luben, Jr., and son, John, Mrs. Nora Luben and William Luben, Sr., went to Clearwater Thursday to attend the funeral of a relative. Honey Creek Turkey Club The regular meeting of the Hon ey Creek 4-H Turkey club was held at the home of Vera and Joe Grut sch on Monday, Aug. 26. All mem bers were present and there were several visitors. After the regular business meeting a short program was given. A team demonstration on judging standard varities of turkeys was given by Margery and Bill Rees. The next meeting is to be at the home of Joe and Dale Curran Sept. 23.—Robert Rees. HUNTERS! There’ll be ducks in every slough this year—and not far off a Gamble Store to save you money on shot gun shells. Complete stock of sizes and loads.—Adv. THE NEBRASKA SCENE (Continued from page 4.) ents by the state is assessed to the various counties. A fund of $80,000 is available to create a system of employment in the penal institutions of the state. The goods manufactured are to be used by the board of control in maintaining state institutions, and not to be sold under any condition. The law is now in effect to put the proposal to abolish the office of state commissioner of public lands and, buildings to a vote of the people at the November, 1936, elec tion. A review of state history reveals that newspapermen without excep tion have been above the average in performing the duties of high governmental offices in Nebraska. A glance over the present state roster reveals six exnewspaper men who have made good. Fred C. Ayres, former deputy state aud itor, who was appointed auditor last week to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden death of State Auditor W. B. Price, has been in the weekly newspaper business in Upland, Eagle, Seward, Holbrook and Holdrege. He entered the ser vice of the state government as food inspector in 1913 under Gov ernor Morehead. Deputy Secretary of State Ira Tolen, who last week was chosen by the board of educational lands and funds to fill the newly created position of secretary of the state bonding commission at $3,000 a year, ran a paper for a number of years at Ord. State Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith is still the owner of a news paper at Seward. Deputy Secre tary of Agriculture McGaffin and State Railway Commissioner Mau pin are veterans of the newspaper business in Nebraska. State Pur chasing Agent Ferris worked for W. J. Bryan’s Commoner and once ran a weekly in the western part of the state. The state fairboard finally cast political caution to the winds and decided to permit pari-mutuel bet ting at the state fair next month. This was done in the face of much church opposition, and was for the purpose of saving the financial hide of the fair, according to Secretary Perry Reed. The fair week horse racing pro gram will be extended into an eight day meet, and the pari mutuel machine will be entirely under the control of the fair board with no outsiders musceling in. As a concession to the antibet tors, the cashiers’ windows for placing bets will be “hidden from the grandstand view and the eyes of the 4-H youth assembled.” State Auditor Price who died from heart trouble last week “with the harness on,” was the third Ne braskan for whom the state capitol was the scene of the last rites. A similar tribute was paid to Col. John M. Stotensburg, commander of the 1st Nebraska volunteers, who was killed in the Philippines during the war with Spain. The first such rites held in the present state house were for State Representative Trenmor Cone who passed away during the 1935 leg islative session. One thing is sure. If you buy an article labeled “Made in Japan” or made in Czecho-Slovakia you may rest assured that the money for the cost of its production did not go to American workers. There is one thing we need not be afraid of. The AAA will never pay Santa Claus to plow under every third present on Christmas Eve. A beauty specialist authority says that blondes are becoming ex tinct. Oh, yes? Go to any bathing beach and you will find them more in evidence than ever. The same thing is true of brunettes. Well, maybe if the processing tax is declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court the government can pay the farmers for not rais ing crops out of the $4,800,000,000 fund—if it has any money left. I Bat Not Rodent The hat, though It somewhat re sembles rats and mice In appear ance and Its nocturnal habits, does not belong to the order of rodents which Includes them. Bats form an entirely separate order of mam mals, the Chiroptern. distinguished by the wing or membrane which ex tends from the body to the ends of the feet. Our bats are all InsecU vora, while many species of the Old world feed on fruits. Number Thirteen Vurious theories of the origin of the superstition surrounding the number thirteen are advanced, but probably the one most widely cir culated Is that It arose from the fact that thirteen persons sat down to the last supper with Christ, just before the betrayal by Judas. The superstition that Friday the thir teenth bodes evil to mankind Is ex plained by the fact Friday became feared as the day of the crucifixion. THE HOLE IN YOUR POCKET PressK dispatches from Washing ton state that in the last twelve months $7,376,000,000 has been spent, which, with the $7,100,000, 000 that was spent the preceding year, makes a total peacetime rec ord spending of $14,475,000,000 for the past two years. Money has been spent twice as fast as it has been collected from the taxpayers. But all the spendings and. all the borrowed money must eventually be extracted from the taxpayers’ pockets. At the end of the new fiscal year, it is estimated the national debt will be approximately $35,000,000, 000, or a per capita debt of $270 on every man, woman and child in the country. These figures are so staggering in size that one cannot grasp them. But the individual tax bills of var ious kinds that will soon be coming due, can be readily understood by every taxpayer whose pockets will be emptied in order to pay them. Colonel Robinson, of the Yakima, Wash., Republic, in answering a “reactionary” citizen who asserted that taxpayers should have a voice in how their money is spent and that it should be spent as econ omicajly as possible, said: “The idea that tax money should be spent economically is just as far out of date as the other. If tax money were spent economical ly, there wouln’t be more than half of it spent, and that fact alone is sufficient to condem the idea. The prevailing thought is to spend pub lic funds uneconomically, so that more fundscan be raised and spent, thus putting more money into cir culation and increasing the pur chasing power of the people.” Sarcastic as is this paragraph of the Colonel’s, it states a distres singly plain truth. Its lucidity is positively flawless. Some day the people will wake up to the fact that they pay the bill for all the “political presents” that are given to them. BRIEFLY STATED Elvin 0. Alton, of Atkinson, and Miss Loretta Schrunk, of Emmet, were granted a marriage liecnse in county court last Monday. They were married by Rev. A. J. May in the Methoidist parsonage that af ternoon. A prairie fire north of the North western stockyards here caused «*. run by the fire trucks at 3:40 p. m. Monday. It was suggested sun rays focused by glass may have caused the fire. Damage was in tonsequental. Major and Mrs. F. M. Brennan and children have returned to Fort Leavenworth, where Major Bren nan is stationed, after spending the summer here as guests of Maj or Brennan’s mother, Mrs, Mar garet Brennan. Mrs. Esther Cole Harris went down to Omaha last Monday, tak ing her little son down there for medical treatment. Miss Grace Joyce is looking after the business in the office of the register of deeds during her absence. W. J. Biglin drove down to Jack son last Monday and spent a few days visiting relatives there and returned home Thursday after noon, bringing back his children, who had been visiting reltives there the past two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Todsen re turned last Thursday evening from a ten day visit with relatives in Grand Island and vicinity. Pete says that crops around Grand Is land have been hit very hard with the drouth and extreme heat. Playing here at the fair grounds Sunday before a fair sized crowd the baseball nine of Atkinson tasted defeat by a score that left the game in doubt until the last inning had been finished. The final count gave O’Neill 17 and Atkinson 15. Nebraska counties received dur ing the fiscal year, ending June 30, 1935, $3,111,947 as their share of the state gasoline tax, according to a recent report of the state treas urer. Of this amount Holt county is listed as having received $31,484. Mrs. John Riddle and daughter. Miss Gladys, of Onawa, Iowa, stop ped in the city last Saturday for a few hours visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Cronin while on their way to Brown county to visit at the home of a brother of Mrs. Riddle. Lester Shoemaker returned last week from Norfolk, where he was working in the Hotel Norfolk dur ing the summer months. He left Thursday for Hastings, where he enters the Hastings Business Col lege to complete a full business course. Duke Kersenbrock celebrated his twelfth birthday last Monday and that evening a large party of his young playmates gathered at his home to help him properly celeb rate the event. It is needless to say that the young folks had an enjoyable time. Romaine Saunders and his son, Ned, were up from their south country ranch last Monday. Ro maine says that most of the people of the south country have much more hay this year than they pos sibly can use and they do not know what to d,o with the surplus. Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Schildts and son, Robert, of Rock Rapids, Iowa, were in the city over the week-end visiting friends, leaving for home Monday noon. Mr. Schildts was formerly foreman of the Armour Creameries here but is now man ager of their plant at Rock Rapids. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich returned last Friday from a ten day trip thru Yellowstone Park and points of interest in the Black Hills. 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