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The Frontier
Vol. LVI. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1935. No. 30
^TUBERCULIN TEST
FOR CATTLE HERE
TO BE COMPULSORY
Director Banning of Agricultural
Department Rules Petiton On
File Is According To Law.
During several months there has
been quite a controversy among
Holt county cattle raisers about the
tuberculin testing of the herds in
the county. Most of the cattle
raisers were in favor of testing,
while a few of the larger ones
were violently opposed to it.. A
hearing was held before the state
department of agriculture and the
director thereof decided that the
testing should proceed in the
county until the task was finished.
Thursday’s State Journal contained
the following about the Holt
county controversy:
“Over a protest of a small group
of cattle owners Director W. B.
Banning of the state department
of agriculture, at the close of a
hearing, ruled that Holt county is
a legal area for the testing of
breeding cattle for tuberculosis
testing. Banning and Dr. J. S. An
derson, state veterinarian, con
ducted the hearing in the gover
nor’s hearing room to accommo
date forty or more Holt county
cattle owners. Banning said that
in the absence of proof that the
petition before him does not con
tain bona fide names or that mis
representation was not made m
its circulation he would have to
accept it as a valid petition. It
contained the names of 1,862 own
ers of cattle in Holt county, own
ers of 70,239 head. He had a cer
tificate showing 1,757 owners in
the county whose cattle to the
number of 74,252 had been assessed
for taxation. The law requires a
petition of 60 per cent of the cat
tle owners owning 51 per cent of
the cattle in a county.
1 “Objections to the petition had
been filed by Charles W. Peter
son, Thomas Baker, John Bower,
Jack Widman and Hugh James,
owners living in the county, ob
jecting to the designation of the
county as a testing area on the
ground that the petition was not
circulated according to law, that
more than 51 per cent of breeding
cattle had been tested prior to the
filing of the petition, that signa
tures had been obtained by mis
representation and “unlawful
promises.”
“Peterson, chief protestant, was
present, supported by a part of
the others signing the protest.
A. H. Marquardt of Ewing and
others comprising a delegation of
more than thirty others favoring
testing, stated that petitions were
circulated without misrepresenta
tion and no coercion or threats
were used. In the absence of proof
against the petition’s legality Ban
ning ruled that the testidng should
proceed. It was admitted some
testing had been done before the
petition was completed. Peterson
said the petition did not show that
cattle owners were all owners of
breeding cattle. He said the ruling
might be contested but did not
say what steps he contemplates.”
Mrs. F. P. Hunter Wins
Holt Canning Contest
Mrs. F. P. Hunter, of Star, won
the Holt County Canning Contest
on her entry of one jar each of
meat, carrots and peaches. Mrs.
T. M. Harrington, O’Neill, won
second. All the exhibits were
excellent and the judges had con
siderable difficulty in selecting the
winners. Mrs. Hunter’s entry will
now be sent to the Agricultural
College at Lincoln to compete in
the State Contest December 20.
John Kohllman Winner
In Pasture Improvement
John Kohllman, Stuart, was re
cently announced as the Holt
County Pasture Contest winner.
He is to give a short talk over
WJAG at Norfolk, Sunday, Decem
ber 15 at 1:45 p. m.
The Pasture Contest was started
as an attempt to develop ways and
means to reseed land that was over
grassed or badly infested with
weeds. Many new methods have
been developed and the success of
Mr. Kohllman’s plan is worth the
careful investigation of many Holt
county producers.
All contestants who completed
are to be entertained at a banquet
in Omaha by the Omaha Chamber
of Commerce on Tuesday evening,
December 17, when the State win
ners will be announced. There is
also to be a short program over
the radio from WOW and WAAWr
at 3:30 p. m., Tuesday, December
17, when several pasture contest
ants will talk.
EVENTS AND PEOPLE
The acting of young Jack Cole
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. WT. J.
Coleman, of Omaha, has been re
ceiving favorable comment in the
Omaha newspapers this week. Jack
has been appearing in the Omaha
Community Playhouse production,
David Belasco’s “The Return of
Peter Grim,” which opened Mon
day and continues for one week.
Mr. and Mrs. Coleman formerly
resided here, and Mrs. Coleman will
be remembered as Mildred Downey.
S. J. Weekes returned lastThurs
day night from his trip to Wash
ington, D. C., where he had been
called by the head of the Agricul
tural Credit Corporation for con
ference. John says that things are
very lively in Washington, some
thing doing all the time. While
there he had a nice visit with Don
ald Gallagher and George Harring
ton and that both of them liked
their positions and were getting
along fine.
California, here I come—to Ne
braska. Last Sunday a picnic was
held on the river south of town, the
male participants parading in shirt
sleeves and flies, bugs and spiders
were circulating round with mos
quitos planning rear attacks. All
we need now is earthquakes ^to
shake down towerists in the old
seven-come-el even-game.
Mrs. Frank Dishner and Mrs.
Peter Morgan entertained twenty
four guests at a 1 o’clock bridge
luncheon Saturday at the Golden
Hotel in honor of Mrs. Edward
Girard, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs.
Hugh Birmingham won the high
score, Mrs. Hugh Coyne the all-cut
and Mrs. Girard the guest prize.
Mrs. Frank Biglin and Mrs. H.
J. Birmingham entertained at a 1
o’clock bridge luncheon at the Gold
en hotel in honor of Mrs. Edward
Girard, of Cleveland, Ohio, on
Thursday. Mrs. William Froelich
winning the high score and Mrs.
Girard the guest prize.
The teacher and pupils of Dis
trict 32 cordially invite you to at
tend our Christmas program and
box*social December 20 at 8:00 p.
m., at the school house. After the
program we will give away the rug
made at school.—Eileen Renner,
teacher.
Miss Florence Emmet, the state
director of the extension depart
ment of the agricultural depart
ment of the University of Nebras
ka, was in the city Tuesday and
Wednesday giving demonstrations
to the leaders of the Project Clubs.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Moss, Mrs. F.
N. Cronin, Mrs. Max Golden and
Mrs. William Froelich drove to
Sioux City Thursday where they
spent the day. Mrs. Froelich con
tinued on to Chicago, where she ex
pects to spend some time.
Mrs. F. N. Cronin entertained
the Martez Club at the home of
Mrs. Frank Biglin Wednesday
night. The high score winners
were, Mrs. Hugh Birmingham, Mrs.
Homer Mullen and Miss Marjorie
Dickson.
Harry Larson of Chambers, Vir
gil Ott and Edward Kirkpatrick
of O’Neil! were home from Friday
to Sunday evening from the CCC
camp at Niobrara. The workers
there are engaged in soil erosion
work.
Mrs. Stuart Meech, of Chicago,
is expected home the first of the
week and will remain over the
Christmas holidays visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. O’Doiv
nell and other relatives and friends.
— ■
Mrs. Chris Yantzie returned
Wednesday night from Omaha,
where she had been visiting rela
tives and friends for several days.
Mrs. R. R. Morrison and son,
Richard, returned Tuesday night
from Omaha, where they had spent
a few days on business.
CANCEL CONTRACT
WITH OMAHA FIRM
ON COUNTY BONDS
Holt County Citizens Felt They
Should Have A Chance To Bid
On Court House Bonds.
At a session of the County Board
of Supervisors last Saturday after
noon the contract entered into with
the Greenway-Raynor company, of
Omaha, for the purchase of the
$61,000 worth of court house bonds
was cancelled and the bonds will be
offered for public sale some time
in February.
Some Holt county citizens were
interested in bidding on the bonds,
knowing that there were no better
bonds on the market that those se
cured by Holt county real estate,
and felt that they were entitled to
an opportunity to bid on the bonds,
and for this reason the board decid
ed to cancel the contract entered
into with the Omaha firm. The
Omaha company were very nice in
the matter and made no objection
to the cancellation of the contract.
Application Blanks For
Seedling Trees Ready
The Clarke-McNary tree appli
cations have been received. You
may obtain a blank by writing to
F. M. Reece, Agricultural Agent,
O’Neill. These are seedling trees
available to farmers at the rate of
$1.00 per hundred. Many varie
ties are included in the list and a
maximum of 1,000 trees may be
ordered by any one person.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Orton Young, of north of
O’Neill, had her tonsils removed
Monday morning and went home
the same evening.
Mrs. Melvin Sanford and baby
went home Wednesday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Garhart, Wednesday morning at
8:30 a baby girl.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
by JameS R. Lowell
Despite the Triple A and its
financial benefits to agriculture, it
would appear that the tide of sen
timent in Nebraska has swung
away from the new deal, if a
forum for state university students
held recently at Lincoln is to be
taken as a criterion.
Featuring the forum was the
presentation of arguments both for
and against the new deal, with C.
L. Clark, Lincoln attorney, backing
up the Roosevelt administration,
and Former Governor Sam McKel
vie taking the opposite side. Inci.
dently, neither speaker presented
any new arguments that have not
been heard in Nebraska during the
past year.
Judging from the sentiments ex
pressed by the students after the
forum had been thrown open, the
anti-new-dealers were in prepond
erance, altho plenty was said on
both sides. A republican politician
who attended declared that the
number of student voices raised
against administration policies is
significant inasmuch as the new
deal program has been credited
with appealing especially to the
young people.
On the other hand, a democratic
party leader pointed out that the
student demonstration couldn’t be
taken as a guide to existing voting
sentiment in the state as there are
more young republicans than
scions of the opposite political
faith attending the institution.
The democrat also refused to con
cede that there was any consider
able anti-new-deal expression at
the forum, altho he admitted that
the young republicans might have
“made more noise.”
McKelvie’s shot which hit the
bull’s-eye most squareley was the
contention that the Roosevelt ad
ministration's unprecedented spend
ing is pushing the nation toward
chaos and that “spending two dol
lars for every dollar taken in is
poor business.”
Clark scored best with the as
sertion that Roosevelt acted when
action was necessary, and that the
present administration is the first
that has attempted to single out
the common people, including the
farmers, to receive benefits that
“heretofore have been held sacred
to the big industrialists and money
ed class.”
(Continued on page 4, column 2.)
TO THE ORIENT
WITH CONGRESS
Shanghai, China.
The reception to this congress
ional ship party in Shanghai was
wonderful. Members were thrilled
at passing an American gun boat
in the river. They were thrilled
again as they disembarked and
found a company of American sold
iers and the band playing “The
Star Spangled Banner.” It was a
round of entertainments by the
American and Chinese officials and
similar to the wdcome given by
the Japanese in Kobe and Yoko
hama.
The cars of the party are well
guarded. On our way to the Chin
ese civic cepter a few miles out of
Shanghai the roads are policed by
the “police army.” Members stand
with drawn revolvers and their
fingers on the triggers. It’s a
special occasion for this land of
trouble and many important states
men are in the group. Chinese
officials say most anything can
happen and they won’t take chan
ces—for that reason so much pro
tection.
Shanghai is a great metropolitan
dity. The flag of every nation
floats here. The foreign settlement
is well policed. Foreigners tell
us foreign settlement will go back
to the Chinese some day and that
some of the British are already
liquidating . In private confern
ces between business men here say
they feel sure that in ten years
Japan will control most of China.
Unconfirmd reports by very seri
ous minded men here are to the
effect that Japan’s “OK’s”
everything done by the Nationalist
government and that the Japan
ese have controlled the anti-nation
alist government at Canton for a
long time.
About 450 peopb ^to the square
mile in this part of China. The
rickshaw is popular , means of
travel as well as the modern taxi
cab. Rickshlaw fares very cheap
and the Rickshaw population runs
into the thousands. Those natives
pulling these carts are among the
refugees from the country. Living
standars are very low. Only 15
per cent literacy here, the officials
admit. Humanity is about the
cheapest thing.
The members of the party who
watched with keen interest the or
ganisation and industry in Japan
suddenly realize that here in China
the people are not organized. Chiru
ese merchants tell these American
shoppers that they would welcome
some other kind of government.
Their taxes are high and they pay
tributes. Chinese merchants indi
cate that Japan is taking their
trade. Tht»y tell Americans that
chain stores in America buy much
of the cheaper Japanese goods.
They apparently still remember
the Chinese-Japanese war of 1932.
Signs of that war are on every
hand.
On the Yellow Sea.
This is being written on the Yel
low sea. The passengers are won
dering why they call this the Yel
low Sea. It is because of the soil
erosion in China and the yellow
earth comes down the Yangtze
river and flows into the sea, turn
ing the water yellow. Folks here
say soil erosion is one of the things
that is hurting China. The river
is about 4,000 miles long. Our
boat went up the Yangtze river a
short distance and then up the
Wangpoo river. The river life is
tremendous and thousands upon
thousands of Chinese live on these
rivers all their lives.
The minister of finance for the
nationalist government made the
trip from Nanking to Shanghai to
be with the congressional party.
He speaks fluent English and be
lieves Americans are the real
friends of China. This gentleman
is 48 years old and sat at our table
discussing conditions. He told us
that he always employs 180 body
guards and continues getting daily
threatening letters. Kidnapping
for ransom, he tells us, is a great
pastime here.
Space for gardening and farming
on the outskirts and in the country
outside of Shanghai is hard to find.
There are no cemeteries here for
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
TAX COLLECTIONS
FOR COUNTY ARE
ON THE INCREASE
County Land Owners Have Paid
In Over 42 Thousand During
Month of November.
The office of County Treasurer
Winchell has been a busy place the
past month. During the month of
November taxpayers of Holt coun
ty paid the sum of $42,187.44
in taxes for the year 1936
and the sum of $12,498.51
back taxes, or a total of
$55,136.95 for the month. The
above is real estate and personal
taxes and does not take into ac
count any of the taxes paid on the
6,000 cars and tracks in the
county, as the latter are now taxed
separately and paid separately
from the regular personal tax.
The amount of tax money paid
in November is greater by about
$5,600 than that paid in November
of last year, 1934, and nearly $10,
000 more than was paid in the
same month of 1933. During the
month of November, 1934 the
county treasurer collected $60,
167.41 in taxes, $30,589.18 being
the current tax for that year and
$19,578.23 being back taxes.
During November, 1933, they
collected $45,471.92 in taxes and of
that amount $27,745.40 was current
tax for the year while $17,726.52
was back taxes, or taxes for other
years than the one in which it was
collected.
On the 7th of this month the
county treasurer called in $16,000
worth of warrants for payment,
thus cutting off a sizeable lot of
interest. It appears, that the
county is not as bad off financially
as some of our newspaper friends
tried to make people believe, just
prior to the recent bond election.
Catholic Daughters Hold
Their Annual Initiation
The Catholic Daughters held
their annual initiation here Wed
nesday night at the K. C. Club
rooms, with a covered dish luncheon
being served at the home of Mrs,
John Protivinsky after the initia
tion. The eight candidates being
admitted were, Mrs. Henry Bau
man, Mrs. Ralph Bauman, Miss
Bernedine Protivinsky, Mrs. Frank
Meyers, Mrs. James Marron, Mrs.
Lod Janousek, Mrs. Mary Zastrow
and Mrs. Lawrence Coleman.
St. Mary’s Cagesters
Lose To Inman Five
The St. Mary’s Academy Cardi
nals suffered their first defeat of
the season Tuesday night at the St.
Mary’s gym when they fell before
the cagesters from the Inman High
School, by a score of 22 to 14. The
second team also lost to the Inman
seconds, it also being their first
loss of the season, by a score of
18 to 11.
—
Public School Opens
Cage Season Friday
The O’Neill High School opens
their cage season Friday playing
Anoka on the local floor. Anoka
has appeared here once before this
season, having lost to St. Mary’s
in their second game of the seas
on. As Anoka is a member of the
Niobrara Conference this promises
to be a good game.
Nebraska 4-H Clubbers
Win Honors At Chicago
Nebraska 4-H club boys and girls
won their share of the major
awards in the National Club Con
gress last week in Chicago. Nu
merous first and seconds were cap
tured in competition with rural
farm boys and girls from every
other section of the United States.
Ruth Ann Sheldon, of Cass
county was in the “blue ribbon”
group in the national 4-H style
show. Orval Ketelhut, Lancaster,
placed in the “red ribbon” division
of the boys’ 4-H health contest.
Both were high honors for the two
Nebraska champions.
Judging teams were also suc
cessful at Chicago. The girls room
team from Dawson county compos
ed of Frances Weides and Irene
Conner was first. The baked food
team from Dadge county was sec
ond with twenty-three states com
peting. Nebraska was second in
meat identification with Keith Gil-j
more, Custer county; Elsie Bernas
ek, Fillmore county; Agnes Bruss,
Lancaster county; and Frank Kriv
olavek, Saline county, competing on
the team. The championship San
ders county 4-H poultry team was
eighth.
Four-H club girls from Nebraska
won numerous first places on their
exhibits. Ruby Kayser. Lancaster
county, had the prize winning
sample of canned fruits. Mollie
Svoboda, Saunders county, and
Ruth Sheldon, Cass county, had
firsts in the clothing exhibit. In
the potato show Box Butte county
4-H club members won numerous
major awards.
Nebraska girls copped two firsts
nine seconds and seven thirds in the
Haze] Atlas canning contest. In
the club exhibit, the Otoe canners
were third and won $60.00 prize
money. Firsts also were won by
Gladys Weitkamp, Washington
county, and Marjorie Ruth Pollard,
Cass county.
BRIEFLY STATED
Dick Fanski, of Wayne, spent the
week end visiting his sister, Mrs.
Cobb Olson.
Mr. and Mrs. James Walling, of
Aurora, spent Sunday visiting rela
tives and friends here.
Thirty-one new automobiles were
registered in the office of the
county treasurer during the month
of November.
F. M. Reece, county agent, went
to Lincoln Tuesday on business
connected with the agricultural
problems in this county .
Mrs. Paul Montgomery arrived
from Niobrara Sunday and Will
spend the week visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady.
Mrs. Harry Claussen left last
Saturday for Sheridan, Wyoming,
where she will spend a few days
visiting her brother, Henry Shaw.
Bonnie Beth, small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Yamell, fell
while at play at the public school
Tuesday afternoon, skinning her
chin.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant White and
children came over from Bristow
last Friday evening for a short vis
it with friends here, returning
home that evening.
The teacher and pupils in the J.
H. Carney district invite you to
their program and pie social, Tues
day, December 17, at 8 o’clock.—
Helen O’Connell, teacher.
Mrs. William Morgan, of Redon
da, California, left for her home
Sunday night after spending a few
days as the guest of her sister,
Mrs. Henry Grady of this city.
Mrs. L. G. Adams, of Treece,
Oklohoma returned to her home
Monday after a short visit with her
aunt, Mrs. Julia Uecker of this
city who has been seriously ill.
Last Sunday was a big day at the
home of Chief of Police and Mrs.
Chet Calkins, the chief having
reached his thirty-fifth birthday.
A dinner for the family marked the
event.
Marjorie Joan Cronin entertain
ed sixteen of her young friends
Saturday evening at a Chop Suey
supper. Mary Lenore Girard, of
Cleveland, Ohio, was an honor
guest.
Word received here this morning
from Charles Richardson indicates
that they arrived in Santa Anna,
California, on December 4th and
that they would remain there for
some time.
Mrs. Edward Girard and daugh
ter, Lenore, who have been the
guests of Mrs. Girard’s sister, Mrs.
J. J. Harrington, expect to leave
for their home in Cleveland, Ohio,
Friday of this week.
The senior normal training class
of St. Mary’s Academy were ob
serving schools in rural sections
Tuesday. They were accompanied
by Sister M. Dolores and Superin
tendent C. J. McClurg.
The basketball team of the Page
school played the Cardinals of St.
Mary’s Academy here last Frinday
and the Cardinals won, 30 to 6.
The second teams of the schools
played and the Academy team won.
O’NEILL MAN HAS
SEVERE INJURIES
FROM CAR WRECK
Lee Devereaux Found In A Semi
Conscious Condition On The
Highway West of Here.
While coming home from Atkin
son last Monday night Lee Devwr
eaux was forced by the blinding
lights of an approaching car to go
into the ditch, or was hit by the
other car, and hurled into the ditch,
he does not know which. The re
sult was that he suffered a broken
collar bone, broken ribs, a punct
ured lung and concussions. The
accident happened about 5:30.
Fred Beckheimer, blockman for
the International Harvester Co.,
and his assistant, Ed Syfert, were
coming to O’Neill from the west.
About eight miles west of town
they saw a man staggering around
in the road and as they went by
they noticed the car in the ditch,
with the lights on. They then
backed up to see what was
the matter and to render what as
sistance they could. Mr. Devereaux
was only partly conscious, could
not tell them who he was but he
said O'Neill and they got him into
the car and brought them to this
city and he was taken to his home
and Dr. Brown called. He re
regained complete consciousness
that night and says that he seen
the car coming up the road with
very bright lights and that he sig
naled him to dim, but the driver
paid no attention. Lee does not
know whether he went into the
ditch trying to evade the bright
lights or whether the other ear
sideswiped him. His car ha3 the
top torn and crushed and a rear
wheel smashed.
Br. Brown says that Lee is get
ting along as well as could be ex
pected, considering the serious in
juries that he had sustained.
Mr. Devereaux has been acting as
foreman on a water works project
at Atkinson and was on his way
home after his days work when the
accident happened. Lee has many
friends in this city who hope that
he will shortly be himself again.
The men who picked him up said
that they passed a car going west,
about Emmet, that had very bright
lights and, that although they sig
naled him to dim them, that the
driver paid no attention to them.
What Nebraska needs, more than
anything else at the present time,
is a good state highway patrol.
With a good active patrol a large
number of those driving cars on
the highways would use a ' little
more sense in driving or not drive
at all.
Attend County Officers
Convention At Omaha
Supervisors Sullivan, Carson,
Steinhauser, Matousek, Reimers
and Walters and Esther Cole Har
ris, register of deeds, went down to
Omaha the first of the week to at
tend the anuual convention of the
county supervisors, highway com
missioners and register of deeds
association of the state, which is
being held there this week.
Kiddies* Xmas Tree Here
Monday, December 23rd
The young folks of the county
are notified that Santa Claus will
make a personal appearance at the
Community Christmas tree in this,
city on Monday afternoon, De
cember 23, at 3 o’clock, when he
will distribute candy to all the
little folks in attendance. Do not
miss it.
Give Dinner For Firemen
The New Deal Oil Station and
Cafe operated by Asmus Brothers
entertained the O’Neill firemen
with a free dinner Monday night
in return for their services rend
ered when one of their tank wagons
caught fire a few weeks ago.
CHURCH NOTES
A Pentecostal Fellowship meet
ing will be held at Scottville hall,
Monday, December 16. Brother
E. W. White, of Grand Island, will
be the main speaker.
Services of the day will begin
at 11 a. m., 2 p. in. and 7 p. m.
The evening services will be pre
ceded by a Christ Ambassador ser
vice for young people.
Basket dinner and supper will be
served in the basement of the hall.
Chester Anderson, Evangelist.