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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 16, 1936)
"*■ *«. Historical **«, ' ' j The Frontier _ 1 VOL. LVL O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936. • No. 35 NO INFORMATION YET ON SETTLING OF 1935 CONTRACTS County Agent’s Office Trying To Get Some Order In Remains Of Triple A Program. Representatives of the Extension Service met with local agricultural leaders at a conference in O’Neill Wednesday to lay the foundation to carry on a program for the ben efit of agricultural interests in the county. Plans were quite indefin ite but it is felt steps were taken in the right direction. Since the Supreme Court ruled out the AAA all agricultural agents have been left without clerical help until Con gres decides whether the remaining unpaid 1936 contracts are to be paid. Agricultural agents are paid partly from the general Federal Extension appropriation but if they are to be left in the county there must be a local cooperating organ ization to assist in office expenses, Preliminary plans were laid at the conference for an organization of this type but considerable import ance will be given to steps taken by agricultural officials in formu lating a new agricultural program. Every effort is being made in the county office to clean up all AAA work in relation to compli ance forms should Congress decide to pay the contracts in force at the time of the decision by the court. Nine hundred seventy-eight com pliance forms have been mailed in after being approved by fieldraen as being in full compliance. The balance are waiting for decision as to failure to meet the minimum re tirements, overplanting of corn, and landlords signatures. They are all being carefully filed until furth er word is received in regard to their disposition. Some of the help in the local office has been assist ing in getting this work straighaen ed up even tho they may not re ceive any pay for their efforts. Mrs. Herbert J. Worth * Georgianna Robertson was born in Jackson county, Indiana, on Sep tember 11, 1869, and died at her home 20 miles north of O’Neill, Nebraska, on January 9, 1936, at the age of 66 years 3 months and 28 days. She came to Nebraska with her parents in 1883 at the age of 11 years and they settled on a home stead 16 miles northeast of O’Neill. On September «2, 1886, she was united with Herbert J. Worth in marriage at the residence on the old homestead an<f the newly mar ried couple started life together on land the husband had taken from the government and on which he had built a sod house, a very popular kind of residence at that time. A few years later they dis posed of this land and moved to Wayne county, Nebraska, where they lived for many years but in 1931 they returned to Holt county where they have since lived. They were the parents of nine children, as follows: Ray H. Worth, Wake field; George H. Worth, Dalton; C. E. Worth, O’Neill; Ethel M. Schmidt, deceased; Edna P. Bos sow, Bancroft; Blanche E. Karr, O’Neill; Harold J. Worth, Dalton; Lilly M. Colater, Omaha, and Floyd A. Worth, of Dalton, all of whom were present at the funeral. Besides her husband and children she leaves surviving her 29 grand children and one great grandchild and one brother John A. Robertson, of O’Neill; one sister Mrs. O. E. Ott having died in 1933 at Dixon, Tennessee. She was a consistent member of the Methodist church and took an active part in the religious and I social welfare of her community. A wonderful mother, a loving wife. Relatives from a distance attend ing the funeral: Charles Worth, brother of Herbert J. Worth, Get tysburg, S. D.; Mrs. Ella Bonowitz, Vfc's Bonowitz and Clarence Liver inghouse, of Wayne; Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sundell, of Wakefield. > The pall bearers were, Orville f Worth, Charles Worth and Harold Bossow grandsons and Dick Rob j ertson and Robert Anderson and f George T. Robertson, grandsons of A. Robertson. Services were * lucted by Rev. A. J. May, of ^ieUl, and interment in the Pleas ant Valley cemetery 19 miles S north of O’Neill. *** The Weather High Low Mois. Jan. 10. 45 26 Jan. 11_ 45 23 Jan. 12_ 45 20 Jan. 13_ 43 13 Jan. 14 _ 42 20 Jan. 15_... 20 1 .10 Jan. 16_ 13 —7 .20 St. Mary’s Has One of Largest Senior Classes In The School’s History One of the largest classes of seniors are to graduate on some as yet unselected date in June from St. Mary’s Academy here. There are twenty-four,in the class, sev enteen girls and seven boys. At a previous graduation there were thirty-three so this class is not the largest of record for this school. Those to graduate next June with their home addresses, follow: Girls: Kathryn Leahy, Ewing; Marguerite Zernig, Norden; Kath ryn Donason, Vera Donason, Mills, Nebr.; Alda Pongratz, Geraldine Dusatko, Emmet; Laureen Bau meister, Stuart; Isabelle O’Malley, Amelia; and O’Neill: Cecilia Ed wards, Lucille Hickey, Catherine Stanton, Estelle McNichols, Kath leen Shorthill, Catherine Carney, Jane Mains, Mary* Coyne and Eliza beth Biglin. Boys: O’Neill, Donald Wehr stein, Bernard Rohde, Francis Sou kup, Donald Martin, Kilmer Stan ton and Bennett Heriford;'Francis Price of Amelia. Atkinson Beats O’Neill Basket Tossers 24 to 14 On The O’Neill Court The Atkinson Bearcats basket ball heaviers came down last Fri day evening and played the public school quint and when the smoke had cleared away they had victory in the bag, tied hand and foot, 24 to 14. Reserve quints of both schools stepped into each other and O'Neill ground out a victory, 25 to 15. The grade five of St. Mary’s Academy and the graders of the public school, both of O’Neill, also played and the St. Mary’s Cub Cardinals won, 12 to 6. An over flow crowd of spectators saw the games and went away feeling that all had their money’s worth of excitement. Find Thirty Bison Skulls A find that roused intense inter est in boys was made below the power dam on the Niobrara river about thirty miles north of here a few weeks ago. Wood choppers in what had been a part of the channel of the stream found buffa lo skulls where a herd had died in the quick sand. Perhaps a prairie fire or blizzard frightened the “wild oxen of Quivera” and they entered the water only to die in the relent less sand. It is known bison were deathly afraid of fire; the Indians knew this and often set fires, herd ed or guided the wild cattle to a four-mile V-shape fence and slaughtered them in a log corrall, Possibly, that occured near the re cent find. Three of the thirty or more heads recovered are at the public school here for study purposes. They look larger than the bison we know but the horns are very stubby. They are somewhat like the extra large petrified heads at the William Grutsch ranch on the Eagle Creek. The find is considered a rich one in the boy world and has supplied more mystery there than you can shake a stick at in six moons and a half a dozen suns. Jackson At Dow City, la. One of the cleanest, neatest and newsiest exchanges reaching the exchange table of The Frontier is the Dow City News, edited and managed by that capable former Holt county publisher, J. S. Jack son who operated a paper at In man and also at Chambers a short time before he moved, to Dow City, Iowa. The News is chock full of news and carries more advertising than many papers that are a half century old. The paper is issued every Thursday and the subscript ion price is $1.25 per year. Judging from the general appearance of Volume 1, No. 11, now before us, we freely predict the people of Doy City and vicinity are in for a red hot weekly treat and that J. S. is in for his share of deserved prosperity. Mrs. Max Golden went down to Omaha last Thursday night for a few days visit with friends. PLANS FOR COURT HOUSE ACCEPTED BY COUNTY BOARD New Plans In Conformity With Suggestions Made Previously By Board Members. Frank Latenser, of Omaha, arch itect for the new court house build ing, was in the city last Saturday with new plans for the Holt county court house and met with the coun ty board. The new plans were drawn in conformity with suggestions made by the members of the board at their meeting held with the archi tect a week ago. The plans as sub mitted last Saturday were approv ed by the county board and the building will be arranged as pro vided for in the drawings submit ted Saturday. According to the plans the different offices in the court house will be located as fol lows: The basement—Entrance to the building on the west. The first room on the north side of the cor ridor will be the assembly room; then the county treasurer’s storage vault; boiler room and fuel stor age room. On the south side of the corridor will be ladies and gents rest rooms; then the county sup erintendent’s office; supply room for county superintendent and a private office; county clerk’s stor age vault; county surveyor; county , agent and one office unassigned. The first floor—The first room on the north of the corridor west to east, will be the office of the county treasurer and next working vault; then the vault for the county court, private office for the county judge and the county court room. On the south side of the corridor, from west to east will be the room for the county board; then a cor ridor; office of the register of deeds; vault for the register of deeds; vault for the county clerk; then the county clerk’s office and com mittee rooms. On the second floor—North side, the sheriff’s office; office of the county attorney; Witness room; vault for the clerk of the district court and office of the clerk of the district court; on the east gide of the building will be the jury wait ing room and on the south side will be a room for the lawyers; office of the court reporter and office of the district judge and the district court room. On the third floor—A large jury room, 14.6x26.7; county jail with living apartments for the sheriff or his deputy, and with lavatories, baths and toilets. Creighton Alumni In This Part of State to Organize An organization meeting of Creighton Alumni residing in North East Central Nebraska will be held at the Golden Hotel in O’Neill on Tuesday evening, Jtina ary 21. A delegation of Omaha alumni and Creighton University faculty members will be present headed by Marchie Schwartz,, for mer' Notre Dame football star af All-American fame and now Athe letic Director and Head Football coach at Creighton University. This delegation will also include Father Quinn of the athletic hoard, F. E. Pellegrin, alumni secretary, Dr. V. J. Skutt, pre^identof Creigh ton alumni association, Dr. W. L. Sucha and F. E. Marren former superintendent of schools at O’Neill. Alumni and former students of this University are expected to at tend from Holt, Knox, Boyd, An telope, Wheeler and Garfield coun ties. A dinner will be served at 6:30 P. M. to alumni and their wives and talks will be heard from the visiting delegates from Omaha and others. Some of the high school coaches and high school seniors in this territory are also expected to attend. Reservations for the dinner at 50 cents per plate may be made through James P. Marron, Attorney, of O’Neill, Nebr. Set Record In Having Automobiles Stolen With everyone out to make and break records, here is one none wish to have bestowed upon them. The Miller Bros. Chevrolet Co., with a business here, at Valentine, Winner, Norfolk and Omaha, in one year, 1935, have had three auto mobiles stolen from them. The first car was taken by Richard Bonsor, of Rosebud, S. D., and that worthy is now serving time in a federal prison for transporting the machine over a stdte line. The second machine Wl*nt to two South Dakota men who art in a South Dakota penal institution for the offense. Recently, C. M. Miller drove a new car from Valentine to Winner, parked it in front of tie Miller es tablishment there and with several persons in front ef the building, where the machine in front could be seen, the car went out of the picture. The machine is a sport sedan, 1935, and had been driven only 2,600 miles. D. D. HU EBERT DIES AT A VET HOSPITAL Body Shipped This City And Funeral Services Held Here Thursday Afternoon. I). D. Huebert passed away at the Hines Veterans hospital in Chi cago last Sunday after an illness of several months, of a complica tion of ailments. The body was shipped to this city and the funeral was held at 2 O’clock this after noon from his residence northwest of this city and burial in the Men. onite cemetery northwest of here. ' it * V Deceased was bdrn at Henderson, Nebr., on Dec. 19, 1885, and spent most of his early jleani 4h that sec tion of the state. During* the World War he enlisted and served over seas and after the ya.r was over he came to this county and was a resident here until the time of his death. On May 29, 1924/ he was united in marriage to Miss Edna Harding at Yankton, S. D; Thia union was blessed with six children, four sons and two daughter^ who with their mother are left to mourn the death of a kind and affectionate husband and father. He is also survived by his father, two brothft’s and four sisters. Mr. Huebert had been ailing for several months and about three months ago he went to the Veter an’s hospital in Lincoln. From there he was sent to the Hines hospital in Chicago, where he died. The funeral Thursday after noon was largely attended, many mem bers of the local Legion post at tending, paying tribute to their de parted comrade. Supervising Engineer Appointed For Building Dan Farrell, Jr., of Omaha, for merly a member of one of the large contracting firms in that city, has been appointed supervising engin eer of the new court house and was in the city Monday getting ready to take up his duties here. Mr. Farrell is of the opinion that work on the new building will start about March 1, or shortly thereafter. He has recently been in charge as residentengineer of the new school building at Inman and is of the opinion that the work on that building woul be completed shortly after March 1. Hospital Notes Mrs. Peter Roudybusa, of Page, went home Wednesday afternoon feeling fine. Jeanne Selah went home Tues day morning. Mrs. Anna Brinkc, of Star, un derwent a minor operation last Saturday, returning home the same evening. Mrs. Paul Hartigan went home Monday afternoon feeling fine. Little 2-year-old Darrell John son was brought in Saturday even ing suffering from severe bums obtained when he fell into a pan of hot water. The little fellow is doing as well as could be expected. Mrs. Maurice Cavanaugh was brought in Sunday evening in a critical condition. She gave birth to a still-born son Monday morn ing at 5:30. She is convalesing slowly. Mrs. Art McClure, of Page, came in Wednesday morning and had a toe amputated. She went home the same day. Francis Hughes, who has been the efficient and accommodating clerk in Beckman’s drug store for the past year and a half, leaves the latter part of the week for Lincoln where he will enter the State Uni versity for the second semester. Francis intends to take up the study of law. FUNERAL SERVICES HELD SUNDAY FOR AGED O’NEILL LADY Mrs. Juba M. decker Is Dead At The Age of 83. Lived Here Nearly Fifty Years. Mrs. Julia M. Uecker passed away in her home in this city last Thursday night after an illness of several months of infirmities due to old age, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 20 days. The funeral was held last Sunday afternoon from the Methodist church, Rev. A. J. May officiating and burial in Prospect Hill cemetery. Deceased was born at Michigan City, Ind., on Sept. 19, 1852. She spent her girlhood and young wo manhood there and in 1888 she was united in marriage to Dennis Ly ons, coming to this county shortly after their marriage. They lived; on a farm near here for a few years then moved to this city, which had been Mrs. Uecker’s home for nearly fifty years. Mrs. Uecker was the mother of one daughter, Hattie Lyons, who passed away years ago. Mr. Lyons died in the nineties and is buried in the ceme tery here. After his death she was united in marriage to William Haynes, who passed to the great beyond in a few years. Several years later she was married to Gus Uecker, who died in February, 1934. Mrs.Sarah Jane Ridgeway Sarah Jane Naylor Ridgeway was bom October 11,1852, in Dela ware county, Indiana, and died January 13, 1936, at the old home in Holt county, Nebraska, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 2 days. At the age of two years she moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Naylor to Richland county, Wisconsin. Remaining there four years the family then moved to Warsaw, Missouri. When she was fifteen years of age the family moved to Adel, Dallas county, Iowa, and later to Perry, Iowa, in the same county. On January 22, 1882, she was united in marriage to George Rid geway. To this union were born four children, Ross and Glenn, of O’Neill and two daughters who,; with their father, preceded her in death; Alma, who died in 1930 and Ethel in 1918 and the husband and father in 1931. Besides the sons, Ross and Glenn, she leaves to mourn her loss three sisters, Mrs. Belle Billings, of Des Moines, la.; Mrs. Emma Jones, of Perry, la.; Mrs. Mary Herold, of Wadena, Minn., and three brothers, John Naylor, of Stratford, Iowa; Ar thur Naylor and Verne Naylor, of Perrry, Iowa. She also loaves six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Methodist church in O’Neill. In nature’s great plan two out standing figures were: The pio neer woman and the sacred role of Mother. Mrs. Ridgeway faithfully fulfilled both callings. A real pio neer, coming to Holt county in 1884, her first home was the home stoad. Her loyality to her husband and family in the early days, with time to, also, be a good neighbor, is appreciated by all who knew her. On the same section of Holt county land she was a bride, a wife and a mother, leaving her home only for a call which she willingly answered in death, to be rewarded by “well done, good and faithful servant.” The saddest call for a family is to say forewell to mother but by God’s great plan our grief will some day be a proud memory of her. ••• Clearing Ground For Court House Basement Contractor O’Brion, of Grand Island, who has the contract for excavating for the new court house arrived in the city Tuesday and this afternoon workmen started on the preliminary work, such as re moving some of the trees on the court house lawn. Mr. O’Brien was of the opinion that he would have the excavation completed by the 5th of February, and it would not be long thereafter until they start work on the building. Dog Grows A Horn Paddy, a little over one year old, a squat, flat, small white dog own ed by Cecelia Edwards here believes in armanent and has armored him self with one horn on the right side of his head at the point where cattfe grow horns. Paddy, small, knows his business. Each day he plays with a neighbor dog that is much younger and for a long lime the other dog was roughly handled by Paddy. Then Pad, rain or no rain, started growing his horn. This appendage is at the rear about two inches high. At the base it is as large as a silver dollar and it is rounded at the top like a stack of hay. Pad may plan on something sharp to sink in a neighbor dog, now able to toss Pad around at will. The horn bears no sensation of soreness and it is growing. It is hard bone. Those who have seen this knob wonder if the under dog is preparing for war. Cupid Struck Couple Offer Pennies To Pay Marriage License Fee A young couple, very much in love, strolled into the Holt county Court here recently and asked Judge C. J. Malone and his doputy, Mrs. Ruth Oppen, the price of a marriage license. Informed it was 92.00, the girl in the case flashed a hand somewhere and from under her arm or the front of her waist produced a fruit jar. A pile of Itennies was offered and the Judge suggested these be taken to the county treasurer's office for count ing. There, George Shoemaker counted out 200, some of them the old Indian head type and all look ing old. The couple said they had been saving pennies for the liijense a long time. The Judge considered the legal limit on small coins that may be offered anyone but relented and accepted the coppers. It is understood the wedding is to occur shortly and the license buying was to be secret, therefore no names of the principals are mentioned. January 12 Brings Vivid Memories To Old-Timers Old timers looked with awe on the driving snow storm that hit here last Sunday morning, the an niversary of the big blizzard of 1888, and those who listened to the Jackson day address of the presi dent wondered if history would re peat. But the storm Sunday did not last very long and it cleared up dnd we had one of the nicest winter days seen in this section for a good many years. There are many of us who have vivid recollections of January 12, 1888. The ground was covered with about two feet of snow, which fell a couple of months before und was hard packed and everyone was using bob sleds to get around in, the automobile being unknown at that time. The morning of Jan. 12, 1888, was nice and balmy and farmers and stockmen tending to their work were out of doors in their shirt sleeves. About 11:30 that morning it started to blow and snow and in less than an hour an intense bliz zard was raging and it was impos sible to see a half a dozen feet. In addition to the blinding storm the mercury dropped rapidly and the next morning it was forty be low zero. It might have been cold er but that was as low as the ther mometers in use in those days would register. Many lives were lost in this and adjoining counties and many made miraculous escapes from death. The stock loss was in the thous ands and many ranchers, who had large sized herds, were bankrupt after the storm. The cattle drifted with the wind and the prairies for miles southeast of here were dotted with the carcases of cattle that drifted before the storm until they smothered and froze to death. Forty-eight years ago. My, how time does fly. This office is m receipt of a let ter from Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Her ring, of Eugene, Oregon, extending their subscription to The Frontier for another year. Mrs. Herrine says they are having lots of rain in Eugene this winter and that at Cascade Summit, about 100 miles from Eugene the snow measures P5 inches. They have had no snow in Eueene so far this winter. Mr and Mrs. Herring extend New Years greetings to all their rela tives and friends in this vicinity and hone that the coming year will be the best yoo have ever known. LOUIS W. REIMER IS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNTY BOARD Board Members Go To Norfolk Tb Attend Supervisors And Com missioner’s Convention. The County Board of Supervis ors met last Tuesday morning and organized for the coming year by selecting Louis W. Reimer as chair man for the year, succeeding John Sulivan who had held the position for eleven years. But one ballot was taken, an informal one and the vote stood four for Reimer and three for Sullivan. On motion the election of Mr. Reimer was then made unanimous. At the afternoon session The Frontier was designated as the of ficial paper of the county for the ensuing year and Chairman Reim er named the following committees for the year 1936: Court House: Sulivan, Matousek, Walters. Finance: Carson,Stein and Stein hauser. Printing: Stein, Matousek and Sullivan. Tax: Steinhauser, Carson, Stain. Bond: Carson, Sullivan, Waiter Bridge: Walter, Steinhauser and Matuosek. Settlement County Officers: Sul livan and entire board. Claims: Matousek and entire board. Wednesday morning all the mem bers of the Board headed by Chair man Reimer, except Stein and Ma tousek, and County Clerk Gallagh er, drove to Norfolk to attend the annual convention of the county • supervisors and commissioners from this part of the state, which was held there that day. The state director of th«. old age pensions and an assistant district attorney were present at the meeting to explain the social security program to the members of the county boards. In conversation with one of those attending he said there is still a good deal of uncertainty about the * provisions of the security program. Blanks, which will have to be filled out by applicants for old age pen sions have not yet been received and they are of the opinion they will know more about the law after they can peruse one of the blanks. They are expected any day now. Justus Butterfield Dead At His Home Here After Several Months Illness Justis Butterfield died at his home in this city Wednesday after noon at 6:15, after an illness of several months of hardening of the arteries, at the age of 79 years, 3 months and 13 days. The funeral services will be held Friday after noon at 1 o’clock at the church at Venus, near the former home of the deceased, Rev. A. J. May of this city officiating and borial in Enterprise cemetery near Venus. Justus Butterfield was born at Kalamazoo, Mich., on Oct. 2, 185C. When a young man in his teen3 he came west and lived for a time in Buchanan county, Iowa, and moved to Knox county, Nebr., in 1878, loc a‘ing near Venus in that county. In October, 1882 he was united in marriage to Miss Quiney Canning, the ceremony being performed in Knox county. To this union 11 children were born, six sdns and five daughters, of whom six are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate father. The child ren are: Henry, Lawrence, Elmer and Clarence, of O’Neill, and Mrs. Hila Cook, of Middlebranch, and Mrs. Marvel Spar, of Winnetoon. There are also several grandchildren. He leaves one sister, Mrs. Cora Mont gomery, of Creighton and three brothers, Fred of O’Neill, Frank of Walnut and Thomas A. qf Orchard. Mr. Butterfield was for years a resident ef Knox county, being a resident of that county until 1918 when he moved to Bassett and lived the’e until two years ago, when he came to this county and made his home with his sons since that time. M^s. Lawrence Chapman came up from Omaha last Monday night and wall remain for about ten days assisting Miss Simpson in looking after the Chapman Style shop dur ing the illness of Mrs. Chapman. Editor Ralph Kelley was down from Atkinson Tuesday and favor ed this office with a fraternal call.. ,
