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VOL. LVL O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1935. No. 27
FRONTIER’S FIRST
EDITOR IS DEAD AT
HIS MEMPHIS HOME
Word Is Received Here Thursday
Morning of the Death of
W. D. Mathews.
W. D. Mathews, founder of The
Frontier, died at his home in Mem
phis, Tenn., last Wednesday night
of cerebral hemorrhage, following
a paralytic stroke that he suffered
last Sunday, according to the tele
gram received by The Frontier this
morning from his son, Charles B.
Mathews, of Kansas City. Doc
celebrated his eightieth birthday on
the second of last October.
W. D. Mathews was a native of
Wisconsin and was born on Octo
ber 2, 1855. He came to O’Neill in
July, 1880, coming here from Mon
roe, Wis., and established The
Frontier which he successfully ran
for several years. He was the most
prominent factor in the upbuilding
of this section of the state. He
issued many boom editions of The
Frontier, telling of the many and
varied resources of this country
and scattered them all over the Un
ited States and the result was that
hundreds of homeseekers came to
this county from practically all
over the union, and the country
rapidly developed. The city also
advanced with the county and it
was not long until O’Neill was one
of the best known cities in the
state, largely thru the promotion
of Doc Mathews, as he was loving
ly called by the old timers.
While here he served as post
master of this city and during his
term as postmaster the postoffice
building burned. As The Frontier
was also located in the building it
was also destroyed. (We think this
was in 1884.) Doc installed a new
plant for The Frontier at once and
shortly thereafter, with the local
I. O. O. F. lodge, they erected the
building that was for many years
the home of The Frontier, and
which was destroyed by fire in
December. 1924.
Shortly after the erection of the
new building he sold the paper to
James H. Riggs, a young man from
Iowa who had been in his employ,
and the latter operated it for many
years until it was repurchased by
Mr. Mathews in 1891, and at the
same time he purchased the Item,
which had been operated by Clyde
King and the writer under the
name of King & Cronin and the
two papers were consolidated. At
this time Mr. Mathews was en
gaged in the banking business in
this city and in a couple of years
his partners purchased his interest
in the business and he retired from
the newspaper game in O’Neill.
Prior to his repurchase of The
Frontier, however, he started an
other paper in this city called the
O’Neill Free Press and Clyde King
was the shop printer during 1887
and 1888. The paper was discon
tinued during the following year
and Mr. Mathews went into the
banking business, in which busi
ness he was engaged for several
years when the drouth and hard
times of the early nineties caused
him to retire from the business.
Along about 1894 or 1895 he
went to Arkansas and again en
gaged in the newspaper business,
running a republican newspaper at
West Plains, Arkansas, and he
organized, a colony here and took
them down into that country. None
of them remaining there very long,
some of them returning to this
county and others seeking other
places of residence. Doc finally
left there and moved to Little Rock,
Arkansas, where he ran a repub
lican newspaper for several years.
But running a republican news
paper in Arkansas was not very
remunerative and he disposed of
the business and moved to Mem
phis, Tenn., where he engaged in
the insurance business and met
with marked success. For several
years he had been state agent for
one of the large insurance com
panies of the east and was on easy
street financially.
Doc Mathews was a real friend
and an honest foe. There are many
people in this county who have
kindly remembrances of Doc and
they tender their sympathy to the
sons and daughters who are left to
mourn the passing of a kind and
indulgent father, a loyal friend and
a good citizen. Peace to him.
Miss Helen Givens visited rela
tives in Norfolk over Sunday.
Hospital Notes
Frank Suyder, of Page, went
home Tuesday morning, feeling
much improved.
Miss Rore Mary Biglin was
brought in last Thursday afternoon
with an acute attack of appedi
citis and was operated on at once.
She is convalesing nicely.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Cheyney of this city Monday morn
ing, at 8 a. m., a son weight five
and a half pounds. All are doing
well.
Mrs. Josephine Peshet, 70, moth
er of Mrs. Merriman of this city
was brought in Saturday suffering
from a gangrene foot, due to a
diabetic condition. It was found
necessary to amputate the foot and
part of the limb. She is convales
ing very well at present.
Miss Clara Shoemaker was con
fined to her bed the last of the week
with a cold and sore throat. She
is again on duty.
PEOPLE AND THINGS
' Monday was Mrs. Carl Petti
john’s birthday and the event was
observed in grand style. A three
course dinner was served in the
Pettijohn home at 6 o’clock and
guests were Lee Hershiser, Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Ritts and Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Butterfield and child
ren. The guests were deeply in
terested in a new radio, electrically
powered by wind mill, and after
listening to a long program, card
games were played and finally the
guests departed after wishing the
hostess many more happy birth
days.
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State Land Commissioner Swan
son was in the city the first of the
week, looking after some of the
state school land in this county and
while in the city favored this office
with a short call. Mr. Swanson
is serving his first term in the of
fice and has made good and will be
a candidate for renomination and
re-election and he should have no
trouble in realizing both ambitions
as he has made a good conscient
ious official.
O’Neill relatives have received
word of the marriage at Ponoma,
Calif., of Richard Walter Krake to
Miss Georgia May Eldrige at Pon
oma on Friday of last week. Mr.
Krake was a former resident of
this county leaving here a couple
of years ago for the west coast.
O’Neill friends tender congratula
tions.
Monsignor J. G. McNamara went
down to Wisner last Sunday morn
ing to attend the funeral of his
father, James McNamara, who
passed away on Friday evening.
From Wisner he was to go on to
Omaha to participate in the Instal
lation of James Hugh Ryan, D. D.,
as sixth Bishop of Omaha.
William R. Brugeman purchased
the McPharlin barber shop last
Monday and opened up for busi
ness Tuesday morning. Bill has
been an employee of the shop for
the past thirteen months, is a good
barber and no doubt will uphold the
standard of the shop as being one
of the best in the city.
An employee reported Tuesday
that Armour Creameries have been
operating night and day and em
ploying 96 feather pickers and that
the firm is shipping out the sixth
railway carload of turkeys, dressed
and ready for Thanksgiving tables
of the east, this fall, within a few
days.
The official count by the canvass
ing board shows a majority for
issuing $61,000 of bonds for a new
court house of 199. The official
count shows 2,374 for and 2,175
against. There were 68 mail votes
and of these 61 were for and 7
against.
County correspondents and ad
vertisers are requested to get their
copy in early next week as we in
tend to print on Wednesday instead
of Thursday, so that the force can
properly enjoy their Thanksgiving
feast.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to all who helped us and
extended sympathy during the ill
ness and death of our dear one.—
Mrs. Jennie Callen and family; Mr.
and Mrs. Karl Callen and family.
WALTER CALLEN
DEAD FOLLOWING
A LONG ILLNESS
Funeral Held At Catholic Church
Wednesday Morning; Burial
At Atkinson Cemetery.
Walter R. Callen died at his
home in this city last Sunday, after
an illness of ten months of cancer,
at the age of 48 years, 5 months
1 and 29 days. The funeral was held
from the St. Patrick’s church in
this city Wednesday morning, Nov.
20, Rev. B. J. Leahy officiating and
burial in St. Joseph’s cemetery at
Atkinson.
Walter R. Callen w'as born at
Battle Creek, Nebr., on May 11,
1887. He lived there until 1905
when he came to this county and
located near Atkinson, where he
made his home until three years
ago when he moved to this city.
On June 2, 1913, he was united in
marriage at Atkinson to Miss Jen
nie T. Bauman. Four children were
born of this union, three sons and
one daughter. The children are:
Ivan E., Claude G., Ventura Mar
ie and Walter R., Jr., who with
their mother are left to mourn the
passing of a kind and loving hus
band and father. In addition he
is also survived by a brother, Karl
G., of Lincoln, Nebr.
Mr. Callen was in the employ of
the state highway department for
several years, formerly at Atkin
son and being transferred to this
city about three years ago. About
a year ago he received a severe
bump on the face from the door of
the maintainer while working on
a foggy day, which later developed
into cancer, w'hich was the cause of
his death.
Holt County Receives
More Corn-Hog Checks
Treasurer Frank Allen received
$2,082.00 as payment for the sec
ond transmittal of Group III con
tracts. This brings the total re
ceived on 1935 contracts to $96,
448.50. Notice of Acceptance has
been received on most of the Group
IV contracts so that only the third
transmittal of all groups will only
have about 100 contracts which
means about 85 per cent of the
signers of Holt county have re
ceived their first checks. Checks
on the last transmittal can be ex
pected within the next few weeks.
Seed Corn For Coming
Year Will Be Scarce
With much late and soft corn
produced this year, Holt county
farmers are apt to face a serious
seed situation next spring unless
efforts are made immediately to
locate good seed. Such was the
warning issued this week by Agri
cultural Agent, F. M. Recce.
A great deal of the late corn has
been injured by freezing weather
and as a result but very little of it
will make good seed for the 1936
crop. With very little 1933 seed
available and. hardly any crop pro
duced last year, most farmers will
have to depend upon this year's
crop to furnish seed.
D. L. Gross, extension agronom
ist at the Nebraska Agricultural
college, recommends the selection
of sound ears at once for seed. This
corn should be picked and hung up
in a dry place to dry. The barn
loft, unless well ventilated, is not
well suited for drying out corn be
cause of the moisture present. A
shed is much better.
Court House Bonds Sold
On A 3 Per Cent Yield
W. V. Raynor of the Greenway
Raynor company of Omaha, was
in the city last Tuesday and while
here purchased the entire issued of
the Holt county court house bonds,
paying par for them and accrued
interest at the date of delivery.
The bonds will run 15 years and
will draw interest at 3 per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually at
the office of the county treasurer
in this city.
To Try Attorney On
Contempt Charges
The banking • committee of the
house of representatives, who in
vestigated the handling of defunct
banks during the last administra
tion, recommended the dismissal of
F. R. Radke, chief attorney for the
department on the grounds of in
competency. Their report was
scathing on the way the funds of
the department had been handled.
Radke retaliated by suing the
members of the banking committee
of the house for $50,000 for de
famation of chatacter, the petition
in the case being filed the first of
the week.
The representatives then instruc
ted the attorney general of the
state to bring action against Radke
for contempt, the attorney general
being instructed by the house to do
so. If this case comes to trial it
will be tried before the house of
representatives and it will be the
first time in the history of the state
that such action was taken.
Gerald L. Allen, of Royal, and
Miss Amy Bruner, of Amelia, were
granted a marriage license in the
county court last Monday.
—World-Herald Photo.
O’Neill Girl Wins Frock In National Contest
Jean Hammond, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Hammond, of this
city, won the white chiffon dress
she is wearing in the above picture
for writing the best letter in a
contest sponsored by a national
movie magazine. Inis is one oi
the gowns worn by Ginger Rogers
in the production “Top Hat.” She
also received a black lace gown,
but does not know why as the prize
was to be only one.
DEATH TAKES AGED
LADY WHO WAS ONE
OF EARLY PIONEERS
Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan Dies At
Her Home. Funeral Arrange
ments Not Complete.
Mrs. Elizabeth McMillan died at
her home in this city about three
o’clock Thursday morning of in
firmities due to old age at the age
of 82 years and six months. The
funeral will probably be held Sat
urday, if her daughter can reach
here in time.
Elizabeth Grutsch was born at
Hamburg, Ontario, Canada, on May
24, 1858. She grew to womanhood
in her native town and in 1870 she
was united in marriage to Neil Mc
Millan, the ceremony being per
formed at Brighton, Canada. Two
daughters were born of this union,
both of whom are living. They are
Mrs. Anna Kirwin, of this city, and
Mrs. Marie Ross, of Detroit, Mich.
There are also three grandchildren
and six great grandchildren, and
two sisters, Mrs. Margaret Allen
and Mrs. Catherine Smith, both of
this city.
Mrs. McMillan came to this
county in the spring of 1885 and
the family located on a farm north
west of this city, being among the
pioneers in that section. In the
spring of 18H0 she moved to O’Neill
where she has since made her
home. For many years she and
her sister have made their home
on east Douglas street, just across
the street from the library, and
their place has been one of the at
tractive spots in the city for many
years, on account of the profusion
of flowers grown there and the
splendid gardens they raised year
after year.
Mrs. McMillan was a splendid
woman, one of the real pioneers of
the olden days in this section of the
country. She endured all the hard
ships and privations of pioneer life,
but never complained. She was of
that pioneer line that never grum
bled or complained, for to do so
would display weakness, and these
pioneers never displayed weakness
or dispair. They persevered and
finally emerged into the clear
bright sunlight of better and hap
pier days.
Her daughter, and her sisters,
who have been her companions for
many years will miss her, as will
many friends in this city who knew
and admired this Estimable old lady.
Donald Gallagher Gets
Federal Appointment
Donald Gallagher, son of Mrs. E.
F. Gallagher of this city, but who
has been practicing law in Lincoln
for the past dozen years, has been
appointed, attorney for the Federal
Power Commission and will move
to Washington, D. C. to enter upon
the duties of his office about the
first' of the month. Don has many
friends in his old home town and
they know that he will make good
in the responsible position to which
he has been appointed, and they
will all be pulling for him to go on
up the ladder in his chosen pro
fession.
He has been very successful in
his practice at Lincoln and has en
joyed a lucrative practice, but he
decided that the new position gave
him such greater opportunities in
his chosen work that he decided to
give up his Lincoln practice and ac
cept this position. Good lusk, Don.
Grounds Surveyed For
New Court House Here
Frank Latenser of Omaha and
his crew have the grounds survey
ed here for the new courthouse.
There is considerable speculation
as to whether there is to be strip
of ground on the south and west
of the new building, between it and
the sidewalk, for grass and trees
ot if the building is to rise at the
edge of the walks. Some believe
the latter situation would tend to
make the building a red hot propo
sition in summer as well as to de
tract from it’s appearance.
The new court house will be
erected in the center of the court
house square. This will bring the
north side of the building to with
in about twelve feet of the old
building. It will set back from the
sidewalk about eighteen feet. This
week The Frontier is publishing
the notice asking for bids for the
excavation of the basement of the
new building; also a notice asking
for bids for tearing down the old
jail building and removing it from
the grounds. The bids are to be
submitted on December 5 and work
will have to commence on the ex
cavating by December 15, in order
to live up to the specificatiohs of
the government. ,
Father of Monsignor
McNamara Dies At
His Home At Wisner
James McNamara, 92, father of
Monsignor J. G. McNamara of this
city, died at his home in Wisner
last Friday evening after an illness
of but a few days of complications
due to his advanced years. Mr.
McNamara came to Nebraska in
1871 and settled on a farm several
miles northeast of Wisner. For
the past thirty years he has been
a resident of Wisner and was
Cuming county’s oldest resident.
Two daughters and five sons sur
vive.
Funeral services were held at
Wisner last Monday morning at St.
Joseph’s Catholic church, his son,
Monsignor J. G. McNamara of this
city celebrating requiem high mass
and Rev. Thomas Walsh of Battle
Creek delivered the funeral sermon.
Holt County Canning
Contest November 25
The twenty Women’s Project
| Clubs of Holt county are sponsor
i ing a canning contest. Nov. 25 is
the last date jars may be entered.
Entries are to be made with Mrs.
T. M. Harrington in O’Neill. They
will then be judged as soon after
the 25th as possible. The contest
ant must be at least 21 years of
age.
The exhibit will consist of one
jar of fruit, one non-acid vegetable
and 1 jar of meat. Exhibits to be
in uniform quart jars. Anyone in
the county is eligible. First prize
winners of the county contest will
be eligible to enter the state con
test at Lincoln not later than Dec.
20th. All exhibits except first
prize may be returned to the owner
upon request.
Care Must Be Used If
Corn Loans Desired
Much Nebraska corn will not
grade high enough to qualify for
federal corn loans unless farmers
take precaution to handle the 1935
crop in the best possible manner,
P. H. Stewart, extension agrono
mist at the Nebraska college of ag
riculture advised Agricultural Ag
ent F. M. Reece this week.
Reasonable delay in husking, a
careful culling out of rotten ears
at cribbing time and storing of corn
in well ventilated cribs or in rel
atively small piles is suggested by
the agronomy department at the
college of agriculture, Stewart
says, in order that the corn may
meet loan requirements. Presence
of a high per cent of moisture in
much of the corn together with
damaged ears and kernels by pests
will make it difficult in many cases
to have corn which will meet the
regulations.
Corn must grade No. 3 or better
to be eligible for the 46 cent fed
eral loan. Two factors which are
most likely to throw the 1936 crop
into a lower grade are moisture
content and damaged kernels. No.
3 corn may not contain more than
17 Ms per cent moisture and not
more than 7 per cent damaged ker
nels under federal grades.
The agronomy department at the
Nebraska college of agriculture be
lieves that grading of corn can be
greatly improved by carefully cul
ling out rotten ears when the corn
is cribbed. Where a high per cent
of moisture is present in the corn,
the building of special ventilators
in cribs may be worth while.
Will Print Wednesday
County correspondents and ad
vertisers are requested to get their
copy in early next week as we in
tend to print on Wednesday instead
of Thursday, so that the force can
I properly enjoy their Thanksgiving
feast.
Rodell Root was up from Cham
bers today. Mr. Root informs us
that he has sold his ranch near
Chambers, the deal being made by
Pat McKillip of Albion. The new
owner will be a man named French
from Ewing.
Erwin C. Cronin made a business
trip to Grand Island this morning.
He expects to return Friday.
FALL JURY TERM OF
COURT FINISHES ITS
SESSION THURSDAY
All of the Jury Cases On Docket
But One Are Disposed of
By Noon Today.
The fall jury term of the district
court concluded its labors about
noon today and the jury has been
discharged. The docket was pretty
well cleaned of jury cases at this
term of court, in fact there is only
one jury case left on the docket and
it was continued over to the next
term by agreement.
The jury in the case of the State
of Nebraska vs. Alva Baker re
turned a verdict last Friday morn
ing finding the defendant guilty as
charged.
A jury -/as empaneled Friday
and and they started on the case
of the State of Nebraska vs. Ed
ward Thomson, who was charged
with Baker in the wool deal. Fri
day and Saturday were taken up.
with this case and it was submitted
to the jury Saturday afternoon and
they found the defendant guilty.
They are both in the county jail,
neither having been sentenced. The
Thompson case was the last of the
criminal cases that were up for
trial at this term.
The next case on the docket was
that of Arthur L. Fluckey, admin
istrator, against Bertha L. Ander
son. This was an action brought
on a note. The case occupied the
attention of the court the first two
days of the week and the jury re
turned a verdict for the plaintiff
in the sum of $2,978, the amount
sued for. In this action Julius D.
Cronin represented the plaintiff
and Judge J. J. Harrington repre
sented the defendant.
The next case tried waB that of
Marion G. Deibler vs. Hugo Latzel.
This wu3 a suit brought for com
mission on a land deal. It was
tried in the county court a few
months ago and the case was woa
by the plaintiff and waH in district
court on appeal by the defendant.
This case was concluded shortly
before noon Thursday when Judge
Dickson directed a verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $460, the
amount sued for. In this case
Julius D. Cronin represented the
plaintiff and Lyle Jackson, of Ne
ligh, and Emmet A. Harmon repre
sented the defendant.
Mrs. Sullivan Named
Acting Postmaster
Mrs. Agnes Sullivan, widow of
the late postmaster, M. R. Sullivan,
was named last Tuesday as acting
postmaster of this city to succeed
her husband. As congress is not
in session she will serve as acting
postmistress until after the con
vening of congress in January at
which time she will probably be
appointed to a full four year term.
The Frontier believes that this
was the proper thing to do and we
are sure that Mrs. Sullivan will
make an efficient and accommod
ating postmistress.
Carnegie Program To
Be Given Next Monday
The following program, sponsor
ed by the O’Neill Woman’s Club,
and to which the public is invited,
will be given at the Library Mon
day, Nov. 25 at 8 p. m.
Just A Dance, by Nathaniel Dett—
Virgil Johnson.
“Loch Lomond” — Mary Kathryn
Coyne, Jane Mains, Maybclle
Osenbaugh, Lanone Miles, Peggy
Cambre and Ruth Osenbaugh.
Accompanist, Nadine Coyne.
Talk, “The Library Movement ami
Andrew Carnegie — Miss Anna
Donohoe.
Cornet Solo, “It Was Not Thus To
Be”—Edward Quinn.
Reading, “The Mansion,” by Henry
Van Dyke—Nadine Kilpatrick.
“The Magic of the Moon,” by Ira
B. Wilson—Mary Kathryn Coyne.
Jane Mains. Accompanist, Ev
elyn Mains.
Readings, “Merely A Suggestion”
and “When Pa and Ma Are Sick,”
by Edgar Guest—Helen Seybold.
“Hungarian Dance,” Brahms—Jane
Mains.
CARD OF THANKS
We sincerely thank all our
friends and neighbors who were so
kind and thoughtful in assisting us
at the time of the death of our be
loved husband, father and brother.
—Mrs. J. H. McPharlin and family.
