The Frontier
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I VOL. LVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935. No. 22
4 TWO YOUTHS GET
A YEAR EACH FOR
ROBBING A STORE
Two Transient Youths Plead Guilty
To Breaking And Entering A
Stuart General Store.
Last Saturday afternoon in dis
trict court Judge Dickson, on pleas
of guilty to breaking and entering
the general store of A1 Willering,
at Stuart, and removing therefrom
some boots, cigarettes, 12 pairs of
socks and other small articles to
the value of $10.25, sentenced to
the reformatory for men at Lin
coln two young transients, one year
each.
The boys gave their names, ages
and addressee as Fred Froelich, 18,
of Muskegon, Michigan, and Ed
ward Letwis Royal, 18, of Thomas
ville, North Carolina.
The break-in occurred on the
night of October 11 and next morn
ing, Saturday, Chief of Police O. L.
Leach of Stuart and Peter W.
Duffy, sheriff of O’Neill, located
the youngsters in a pasture hide
out about one and one half miles
west of Stuart. They professed
innocense but W’illering identified
the merchandise and Duffy brought
the two here and placed them in
the Holt county jail where both de
cided to plead guilty and take their
medicine. The boys had no car and
seemed to be trusting to luck to
escape being caught. Both refused
to give names of their parents.
Sheriff Duffy took his prisoners
down to Lincoln the first of the
^ week.
O’Neill Headquarters
For Shelterbelt Workers
A. E. Hutchinson has been trans
ferred to O’Neill and will be sta
tioned there to took after the work
of the shelterbelt in Holt county.
Approximately 50 miles of shelter
t belt will be planted in Holt county
next spring, but the ground must
be prepared and agreements sign
ed this fall.
The strip is to be 10 rods wide,
located on the half or quarter mile
lines running at right angles to
the prevailing winds and will vary
from one-half mile to a mile in
legnth. The trees will be planted
in rows 10 feet apart and the re
commended distance within the
row for each particular species
planted. The trees will consist of
such trees as Russian Olive, Ever
green, Chinese and American Elm,
Burr Oak or Pine Oak, Hackberry
and Cottonwoods.
The agreement with the farmer
is that the land is to be furnished
to the government without charge
this year. If the farmer is a AAA
signer he may use this acreage as
adjusted acreage for his contract
if he wishes and receive benefit
payments according to the contract.
If not a AAA signer the land is to
be donated until the government
has funds to pay for leasing. The
land is to be rented with the op
tion of purchase within five years,
and the rental fee which will prob
ably start not later than Jan. 1,
1936, will be based on an annual
payment of 9 per cent of the pur
chase price each year.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
by James R. Lowell
The state penitentiary is due for
a “blow-up” sometime within the
next nine months, say a number of
ex-guards who quit the employ of
the prison early this fall. Prison
authorities may be able to quell
the uprising in its inception so that
the outside world will never hear
of it, or it may reach newspaper
headlines the country over.
Fifteen guards, some of them old
timers, have turned in their equip
ment since Otto Dudschus resigned
as deputy warden late last summer.
Several of them were dismissed by
Warden Nate Harmon after a num
ber of cell bars were found par
tially sawed thru. The guards
were accused of negligence rather
than complicity.
But the majority of the guards
quitting the prison service have
done so because of the “tense at
mosphere” was ‘getting on our
nerves.”
Dudschus never made public a
reason for resigning from the pen
itentiary staff. He says confident
ially, however, that the job was
getting his goat.” He is selling
life insurance now, but he is think
ing about entering some phase of
the aviation industry. “The law
enforcement business is a good
thing to stay out of,” he declares.
‘I spent 15 years at it and I had
less when I quit than when I
started.”
The Low'ell Service reporter
gathered from interviews with a
number of the ex-prison guards
that the alleged latent volcanic
condition at the penitentiary is not
the fault of Warden Harmon or
anyone in particular.
A prison is naturally a dynamite
mine, and prison authorities have
to proceed cautiously in anything
they do. The mass psychology of
prisoners also may be likened to
the animals in a lion and tiger tam
ing act. The trainer must always
do things the same and maintain
an even temperment or a fracas is
likely to ensue.
Warden W. T. renton, who took
over the state penitentiary 23 years
ago when the wardenship was tak
en from the “political plum” orch
ard and put under the direction of
the board of control, was the most
successful warden in the institu
tion’s history. He was not hard
boiled but he maintained strict dis
cipline and moved along without
any “sudden jerks” to set the “an
imals” off. But a year or so ago
when he left the post, he was brok
en in health and his nerves were in
such a condition that he would
“PROVIDENCE,” said
Napoleon, “is on the side
of the biggest battalions”
--and business success is
on the side of the big
bank account.
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(Sf^JleiU Mational
23anh
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits,
$125,000.00
This bank carries no indebted
ness of officers or stockholders.
grab for his gun when someone
walked suddenly into the room.
Dan Kavanaugh who succeeded
Fenton also was more or less a
victim to “prison nerves" and he
died a few months after his ap
pointment.
Now comes Warden Harmon, who
was at one time chaplain of the
institution. The old-time guard,
who naturally doesn’t want his
name used, says that Harmon is a
fine man and a capable executive,
but not the type for a prison head.
“Mr. Harmon has too nervous a
temperment for the job," said the
| old timer, “and it doesn’t take an
experienced hand long to sense the
tension around the place. You-ve
got to have a steady hand to handle
the boys.”
I The list of tasks for the special
legislative session this month has
reached such length that if all of
them were to be attended to the
legislators would be in session for
several months. Present indica
tions are that Governor Cochran
will limit his call to only two or
three subjects aside from relief.
The governor is contemplating
re-enactment of a revised Cone bill,
known as the delinquent tax bill,
which was found unconstitutional
by the supreme court. Consider
able pressure is being brought to
bear on the chief executive for a
substitute law which would allow
the delinquent taxpayer to pay up
his back taxes without penalty.
A law to enable Nebraska to
take advantage of federal unem
ployment compensation benefits is
on the governor’s “must” list. “It
is necessary to enact an unemploy
ment compensation law so the state
will be able to receive allowances
credited from payroll taxes begin
ning the first of next year,” he de
clares.
The state would lose benefits of
an estimated $2,000,000 collected
from Nebraskans in 1936, if such
a law were not passed, he points
out.
After conferring with relief
authorities in Washington, At
torney General Wright is confident
an effective and satisfactory social
security law, aiding the aged
especially, can be drawn up and
passed at the special session.
The talk is now that the relief
act will contain a provision where
by counties may administer their
own pro rata shares of state funds.
It was a suit brought by 23 coun
ties not participating in federal re
lief, who objected to paying a one
cent tax on gasoline to be used for
relief in other counties of the state
and not in their own, that caused
the overthrow of the 1935 regular
session relief acts.
History of the most vital sort is
in the making in Nebraska- in re
lation to the governmental regula
tion of the trucking industry which
has grown from an infant to a
veritable giant in the past decade.
The truckers want a regulatory bill
introduced in the special legislative
session.
in keeping with the lederal act
passed by the last congress, the
state railway commission has
drawn up a bill after conferring
with truckers from over the state.
The bill would provide regulation
for common and contract truck car
riers with reference to insurance,
labor, safety, permits and rates.
The rate problem is causing the
most contention. The truckers
maintain that their rates should be
based on the cost of operation,
plus a reasonable profit. The rail
roads, of course, want trucking
rates parallel to their own.
Indidentally, interstate trucks
are Being assessed for the first
time in Nebraska’s history, accord
ing to State Tax Commissioner
Smith. About 100 trucks running
between points in Nebraska and
other states come under the new
truck assessment. Truck lines op
erating wholly within the state are
assessed lacally and the new as
sessment does not apply to them.
The unicameral legislature con
tinues to be the political Lorelei
luring- the most politically ambi
tious Nebraskans out into deep
water, altho the gubernatorial race
is running a closetsecond as an at
traction.
Recent filings (past two weeks)
for the unicameral post include the
names of 0. O. Johnson, Gordon;
Peter H. Claussen, Leigh; State
Senator A. L. Neuman, Tekamah,
and State Representative L. C.
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
OCT. 29 SET AS DATE
FOR HOLT COUNTY
HUSKING CONTEST
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Field Where Contest Will Be Held
Has Not Been Approved By
The Committee.
The Holt county corn husking
contest will be held Tuesday, Oct.
29. The committee in charge have
not officially approved the field, but
this will be announced next week.
Anyone interested in competing
in this contest should write or call
for qualification blanks at the office
of Agricultural Agent F. M. Reece.
These blanks must be returned not
later than Saturday night, Oct. 26,
as this will be the final date for
accepting entries.
In order to qualify the husker
should fill in the application show
ing how much corn he husked, in
one hour and twenty minutes when
witnessed by a neighbor.
Further details will be furnished
at the Agricultural Agent’s office
on request.
Farm Operators Short
Course To Be Given
The farm operators short course
opens Monday, No. 10. This is a
four months course in general ag
riculture and is open to farm boys
in Nebraska. The time spent is
well worth while in obtaining pracr
tical information along lines some
what difficult to obtain at home.
There are several courses open
such as, animal husbandry, farm
mechanics and many others.
Anyone interested should write
the agricultural agent or direct to
T. H. Gooding, Agricultural Col
lege, Lincoln, Nebr.
Junior Project Club
The Junior Project Club met at
the home of Mrs. Pete Thompson
Wednesday afternoon. An inter
esting program on variety in vege
tables was presented. A delicious
lunch was served by the hostess
Mrs. Thompson assisted by Mrs.
Helen Gillespie. The next meeting
of the Club will be held at the
home of Mrs. John Osenbaugh,
with Mrs. W. B. Graves as assist
ing hostess.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES.
10 a. m., Sunday school.
11 a. m., morning worship. Ser
mon subject, “Prevailing Prayer.”
6:30 Epworth League continue
the discussion of Christian Citizen
ship—By the Pqstor.
7:30 Evening service. Sermon
subject, “Our Greatest Need."
The choirs practice Tuesday
evening at 7:30 and 8 o’clock.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 7:30
each week.
On Monday evening of this week
about 150 of the members and
friends of the church met in the
basement for a supper and recept
ion for the District Superintend
ent, Rev. Paul Hillman, of Norfolk,
who has been appointed to the dis
trict for another year, the teachers
of the school and the new comers
and officers of the church. H. B.
Burch gave words of welcome to
the superintendent; Mrs. Harold
Lindberg spoke for the teachers,
with Prof. Roy Carroll responding.
Rev. D- S. Conard gave a word of
welcome to the new comers, with
Charles Yarnall responding and the
Pastor spoke for the Officiary.
Rev. Hillman gave a very fine ad
dress, fitting and helpful. Miss
Nadine Kilpatrick gave a group of
readings which were thoroughly
enjoyed by all. A community sing
spiced the program up and all
seemed to have a very fine evennig
together. After the program all
enjoyed a social time visiting and
getting acquainted.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Sunday School 10:00, C. E. Yant
zie, Superintendent.
Morning worship 11:00, “The
Secret Springs.”
Evening service 7:30. The
Young People have prepared a play
for this service. The choirs will
furnish special music for both ser
vices.
We are in the “Church Presses
On” movement. We need every
person in line.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. James Oppen en
tertained a party of friends at their
home last Friday evening with
cards and a luncheon. An enjoy
able time is reported.
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Rita Knapp, of this city,
and Harry W. Morton, of Griswold,
Iowa, were granted a marriage
license in county court last Friday
and were later united in marriage
by Rev. A. J. May at the Methodist
parsonage.
Harry Bowen, L. G. Gillespie and
J. C. Harnish went down to York
last Monday, where they are at
tending the Grand Lodge session
of the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows being held in that city
this week.
S. J. Weekes went down to
Omaha last Monday night to at
tend a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Regional Agricultur
al Credit corporation, of which he
is a member. He returned home
Wednesday night.
P. J. O’Donnell returned Friday
from Pender where he has charge
of a failed bank. While there he
turned his ankle splintering a
small bone, the injury requiring
crutches for getting around.—Ran
dolp Times-Enterprise.
Judge R. R. Dickson and Repor
ter McElhaney went up to Bassett
last Monday where they are hold
ing the fall term of district court
for Rock county. They also ex
pect to hold a short session of court
in Brown county before returning
home.
Mr. and Mrs. James Oppen and
children drove over to Creighton
Saturday evening and spent Sunday
visiting at the home of Mr. Oppen’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Oppen
and with his sister, Mrs. Melvin
Cross and family. They returned
home Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Weingartner
and Mrs. Ruth Falconer, of Rock
ford, Illinois, and Mrs. George
Winter, of Hanover, Illinois, ar
rived in the city the latter part of
the week for a visit with their
sister and aunt, Mrs. J. A. Naylor
and with other relatives here.
Mrs. W. B. Graves went down
to Lyons, Nebr., last Sunday morn
ing, where she will spend a week
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Jane Buckley, and with her
sister, Mrs. H. H. Hebberly, of
Los Angeles, who is spending a
few weeks at her mother’s home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Stout and
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Froelich re
turned Sunday afternoon from
Chicago, where the former had
been visiting and attending the
world series base ball games. Mr.
Froelich came back with them to
spend a few days visiting his
family.
Richard Arthur Strong, the year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. William
Strong of this city, died at his
home here last Friday evening
after a short illness. The funeral
was held Monday afternoon, inter
ment in a cemetery about ten miles
west of Elgin, at 2 o’clock in the
afternoon.
J. P. Mann left last Sunday night
for New York City where he will
be joined by his daughter and her
husband, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Murray, of New York, and they
will sail Saturday for Bermuda,
where they expect to spend a month
taking in the sights on that tropi
cal island.
Ed Burge, who has been in a
hospital in Omaha for the past
three months receiving medical
treatment, returned home the fore
part of last week. Ed is looking
fine, and while still a little weak
from his long confinement in the
hospital, will be his old self in a
short time.
Gordon H. Parks, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Marion Parks,* died at the
home of his parents about sixteen
miles east of this city last Sunday
evening, at the age of 7 years, 5
months and 8 days, of cancer. The
funeral was held at 2 o’clock Tues
day afternoon and burial in the
cemetery at Page.
Ira H. Moss and Harold Lind
berg, of this city, and Ralph Swan
son, of Omaha, returned last Fri
day afternoon from a ten day big
game hunting trip in the Wyom
ing mountains. The boys returned
with three Elk, one Deer and two
Bears, so they figure they had an
enjoyable and profitable trip.
They drove from here to Cody, then
forty miles southwest of that city
where they had to leave their car
and make the balance of the trip
on horseback. Their camp was 65
miles southwest of Cody.
Youth Guilty of Shooting
Taken To Reformatory
C. C. Bergstrom went down to
Lincoln last Friday afternoon tak
ing down Stephen Alder, who was
sentenced last week to an indeter
minate sentence of from one to
twenty years in the state reforma
tory for shooting at his brother
with intent to kill. While in Lin
coln Clarence took in the foot ball
game and witnessed the defeat of
Nebraska in a game that it was
thought, before the game, that Ne
braska would win, but they were on
the short end of a 12 to 7 score.
Clarence, who is quite a foot ball
fan, says the Nebraska boys play
ed like a lot of school kids and
muffed severhl easy chances to
score.
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i C. E. Angster, service manager
of the Miller Bros. Chevrolet Co.,
returned Wednesday from Grand
Island, where he had been in at
tendance at a mechanical school,
which was being conducted at that
point by factory Chevrolet men.
Proper instruction was given as to
complete servicing of the new 1936
Chevrolets, which will be announ
ced on November 2.
Governor Cochran contemplates
calling the Nebraska legislature in
special session on or about October
28 for the purpose of enacting cer
tain laws to take the place of those
recently declared unconstitutional
by the supreme court. The call
has not yet been issued so it is not
known just what matters will be
placed before the legislature for
their consideration.
J. F. O’Donnell, Jack Sullivan
and Lucian Cook, of Spencer, re
turned Friday from their trip to
Chicago, where they took in the
world series base ball games. The
boys say the games were real ball
games, everyone being nip and
tuck. They were agreed, however,
that Detroit was the team that had
the greatest punch and were entit
led to win.
Edward Gatz returned last Sat
urday from Burwell where he had
been in the interest of the Tolerton
and Warfield Company. New
Council Ook stores are about to be
opened at Ord, Spalding and Bur
! well.
At Bassett last Friday afternoon
the local public high school foot
ball machine went down to defeat
at the hands, and feet, of the Bas
sett public high school, 36 to 0,
one of the players reported.
BLOOD POISONING
STARTED BY BOIL
KILLS YOUNG LADY
Funeral Services Will Be Held At
, The Home Friday For Cora
May Bradley.
Cora May Bradley died in the
Lutheran hospital in Norfolk Wed
nesday evening, of blood poisoning,
after an illness of but four days,
at the age of 30 years, 3 months
and 1 day. The body was brought
to this city Thursday morning. The
funeral services will be held, at the
home of her parents, southeast of
this city Friday afternoon at 2
o’clock, with interment in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Cora May Bradley was born on
the home place southeast of this
city, on July 15,1005, and has spent
her entire life in this county, living
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Howard M. Bradley. She
is survived by her parents and one
brother, Alfred, and one sister,.,
Twilla, both of this city.
Miss Bradley was suffering from
a boil in her nose and saw a physi
cian on Sunday last. This did not
respond to treatment and after
seeing her physician on Tuesday
she was ordered taken at once to
the hospital at Norfolk, where she
passed away on Wednesday evening.
Power Dam Bondholders
Ask Grant to Issue Bonds
The Northern Nebraska Power
company, which now owns and op
erates the power plant on the Nio
brara river north of here, has ask
ed the state railway commission
for authority to issue two series
of first mortgage bonds totaling
$113,000, one series of second mort
gage bonds totaling $100,000, and
2,000 shares of common stock total
ing $40,000.
The bondholders bought in the
property at a referee sale a few
i months ago and are now seeking to
j reorganize the company, through
the efforts of a bondholder’s com
mittee.
WEST SIDE PROJECT CLUB
The West Side Project Club held
its first meeting at the home of
Mrs. Ralph Ernst on Thursday, Oc
tober 10. Twelve members are now
enrolled.
The lesson on vegetables was
very ably demonstrated by Mrs.
John Miller and Mrs. Vic Johnson.
Mrs. Roy Cole was assisting host
ess. Lunch, consisting of pumpkin
pie and coffee was served.
Our next meeting will be held
at Mrs. Fred Lorenz’s.
K. A. Wehl is carrying his arm
in a sling, the result of the kick
back of a gasoline engine he was
trying to start at the Power dam
on the Niobrara river Wednesday
morning. He suffered a broken
wrist of his right hand.
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Across the street from Interstate Power Co.