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VOL. LVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1936. * No. 38
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* PROLONGED COLD
CONTINUES WITH
NO SIGN OF RELIEF
Snow And Wind First of The W eek
Delay Train Service. Low of
-28 Reached Thursday.
The last half of January and the
first five days of February give the
young generation an idea of what
the old timers went thru in this
country in the years that are gone.
For the sixteenth consecutive night
the thermometer has been below
zero, climaxing the long stretch
last night when it registered 28
degrees below zero, the coldest
night of the winter and the coldest
for several years.
The long stretch of sub-zero
weather during the latter part of
the month of January makes that
month the coldest in the history of
the local office, according to the
records in the office of Observer
H. Bowen, whose records go back
to 1917. But even the old timers
are unable to recall a month of
January when the mercury dropped
night after night and continued
dropping for fifteen nights during
the month, as it did this year. The
average temperature for the month
of January was three-tenths of a
degree above zero ^or the thirty
one days, which should be a record,
if it is not.
There has been more snow dur
ing the month than there has been
any winter for several years. We
had about six inches of snow last
Sunday and Monday and about
three inches Wednesday night
which gives us eighteen or twenty
inches of snow on the level. Many
L of the cross roads in the county
are impassible, after being partly
opened the latter part of last week.
Snow is drifted in many places to a
depth of several feet and it will
take several days of good weather
to get the cross roads of the county
opened up.
The storm ol last Sunday anu
Monday was quite general over the
state and extended eastward over
> the central states. The North
western passenger train due here
at 11:07 Monday night did not get
here until about 9 o’clock the next
morning. Since then they have
been running nearly on time. The
Burlington passenger from Sioux
City was annulled on Monday
night and since then they have
been running on time. Busses from
the east missed out Tuesday morn
ing but got thru Wednesday morn
ing only a little late.
The following will show you at a
glance the intensity of the cold
wave, which commenced on Jan. 16
and in the twenty-two days there
have been but two days in which
the mercury registered above zero
in the morning; the two dates being
Jan. 17 and Jan. 21. Three days
during the past twenty-two it re
mained below zero for the 24 hours,
the dates being Jan. 25, when 4
below was the highest point reach
in twenty-four hours and on Feb.
4 when it also register —4, and on
Feb. 5 when it registere —1 as the
warmest during the twenty-four
hours.
At 1 o’clock this (Thursday)
afternoon it was still —15 below
zero and it begins to look as if it
was going to remain below zero
another twenty-four hours, which
would make 72 consecutive hours
of below zero weather, something
for the old timers to chat about.
The record since Jan. 16 follows:
Date High Low
Jan. 16 .. 13 —7
Jan. 17_ 9 5
Jan. 18 -- 6 , —12
Jan. 19 -. 2 —10
Jan. 20_ 1& —14
Jan. 21_ 33 1
Jan. 22_ 33 —18
Jan. 23_ 9 —17
Jan. 24_ 9 —7
Jan. 25_—4 —} •
Jan. 26_ 4 —19
Jan. 27_ 7 —22
Jan. 28_ 12 —2
Jan. 29_ 14 — W
Jan. 30 .. 10 —10
Jan. 31_ 12 —9
4 Feb. 1_ 10 —13
Feb. 2_ 8 —4
Feb. 3. 10 —7
Feb. 4_—4 —22
Feb. 5_—1 —21
Feb. 6_— —28
Temperatures in this section of
the state on Tuesday morning were
| as follows: Columbus, —14; Valen
’*tine, —21; Winner, —11; Ains
worth, —5; Bor.esteel, —8; Fuller
ton, —12; Gregory, —12; Laurel,
^^—16; Randolph, —18; Spencer,
—16; Stuart, —20; West Point,
The western part of the state
was not hit very hard with the
storm of Sunday and Monday, but
according to weather reports the
thermometer went much lower in
that section of the state on Wed
nesday night than it did in the
eastern part.
According to weather forecasts
the end of the cold wave is not in
sight and more snow is predicted
for this section of the state.
O’Neill High Basketball
Team Wins Two More;
Orchard Beats St. Marys
Flashes from basketball trenches.
Last week late hand-to-hand en
counters resulted in a win here by
the local public school team over
Inman, 30 to 14. When the second
line of defense boys struck out for
fatigue duty the result read, O’Neill
15, Inman 11.
At Butte, O’Neill piled up 23
and Butte public school 20 tallies.
Then, here on the academy gym
floor, the Orchard set-up sat down
on the Cardinals of St. Mary’s
academy, 16 to 11. Struggles for
first position in several sections
are heating as the end of the bask
etball season can be seen just over
the hill.
Present Conditions
Rival Swiss Alps
A new sport for this section has
been established out on the snow
plated hills in the vicinity of the
John A. Robertson home, about 20
miles north of here on Eagle creek.
There a party of young bloods,
some from this city and others
from farms are strapping skiis to
their feet and whizzing over hills
like summer swallows chasing but
terflies. The sport is credited with
being the acme of excitement and
numerous tumbles result in slight
injuries because of the cushion of
snow. The speeds attained have
not been clocked but it is believed
some of the skiiers glide around
fast enough to shame an airplane
stunter or a pickerel running a race
with another pickerel. The hills of
the Eagle for this purpose have it
all over the hills of the Alps and
no doubt soon our skiing devotees
will wrest laurels of the snow ar
tists of Minnesota and Canada.
BRIEFLY STATED
George Van Every, foreman on
highway projects in the southern
part of the state, in the Republi
can river valley recently ravaged
by floods, is home to spend the
snow season with his family here.
The O’Neill High School basket
ball team has been entered in Class
A in the annual high school basket
ball tournament which will be held
in Lincoln some time next month.
This is the first time the O’Neill
school has ever entered in Class A.
S. J. Weekes returned from Om
aha last Friday night, where he
had been attending a meeting of
the stockholders of the Occidental
Building & Loan association, Mr
| Weekes being a member of the
(boai'd of directors of the institu
tion, which is one of the largest in
the state.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
by James R. Lowell
While the growing thunder of
political oratory presages another
political campaign wh5b the people
will be called upon by this and that
candidate to save the country from
chaos by putting him in office, a
more vital battle unobserved by the
average Nebraskan is being waged
It concerns one of Nebraska’s
greatest unsolved problems—trans
portation.
Principal actors in this “survival
of the fittest” struggle are the
railroads and the waterways. The
battle has been going on apace for
many years, but now it is coming
to the crucial stage.
Nebraska produces farm and.
ranch products each year to the
value of more than half a billion
dollars. About 60 per cent of this
goes to pay the bill for transport
ing this raw material from the
farms to the processors.
It is a matter of record that the
Panama canal enables our two sea
coasts to ship to each other for
one-half what it costs the Missouri
valley states to reach either coa t.
: (Continued on page 4, column 3.)
O’NEILL PCA WILL
HOLD ITS ANNUAL
MEET NEXT WEEK
Production Credit Group For Four
Counties Will Gather Here
Next Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the O’Neill
Production Credit association will
be held in the High School Audit
orium in this city on Wednesday,
Feb. 12, commencing at 10 a. m.
A large number of farmer stock
holders from Holt, Boyd, Garfield
and Wheeler counties are expected
to attend the meeting.
The order of business includes
the election of directors, the annual
report of the executive committee,
and discussion of future lending
policies. Janies W. Rooney, sec
retary-treasurer of the association
will present the financial statement.
Present directors of the O’Neill
PCA are Frank Kaiser, of Spald
ing, D. C. Shaffer, of Emmet, E. W.
Moss, of Burwell, R. B. Geary, of
Inman and A. U. Dix, of Butte.
Representatives of the Produc
tion Credit corporation, of Omaha,
and th<f Federal Intermediate Cred
it Bank, of Omaha, both units of
the Farm Credit administration,
will discuss operations of the Pro
duction Credit association which
suppliesfarmers and stockmen with
short term credit for general agri
cultural purposes.
Applications For
Trees Increase
Holt county farmers have now
made application for 14,300 Clarke
McNary trees thru the office of Ag
ricultural Agent Reece. Farmers
still wishing to get the trees in
the spring should make application
at once.
Farmers in every section of Ne
braska have now made application
for 661,600 seedlings in compar
ison with 361,7000 at the same time
last year. This already represents
one half of the total supply avail
able for spring planting.
Chinese Elm continues to be the
popular three among Nebraskans
as they have asked for 210,200 of
them. Austrian and Jack Pine,
Russian Olive and Red Cedar are
other popular choices.
Enlistments Wanted
By U. S. Marine Corps
United Marine Corps Headquart
ers, Washington, D. C., has an
nounced that there are quite a few
openings for youn£ men in the U.
S. Marine Corps, provided they
have the necessary qualifications,
mental and moral, and can pass the
physical examination required of
all men enlisted in this branch of
the service. Any young man who
is interested, should write the U. S.
Marine Corps Recruiting Station,
Room 501, New Postoffice Building,
Kansas City ,Mo.
The requirements for enlistment
will be explained in detail, for this
branch of the naval service which
is recognized here and abroad as
one of the finest in the world.
Schools Make Successful
Sale of Christmas Seals
Holt county teachers have just
completed on of the most spectacu
lar seal sales in years. This year
I set the quoto at $100 and I am
pleased to say that our teachers
met it and went way beyond. It is
a fine tribute to a worthy cause.
Special mention must be made of
the fine spirit manifested by the
people through out the county, in
this enterprise. We are pleased to
say that it was one of the most
successful sales ever staged in Holt
county. A total of $131 was col
lected. Let’s give three cheers for
the Holt County Teachers.
County Superintendent.
()’Nei«l Project Club
The O’Neill Project club met
Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 5 at the
home of Mrs. Connelly. Mrs.
Burch and Mrs. Cunningham dem
onstrated home needlework. After
the lesson a delicious lunch was
served by Mrs. Protivinsky and
Mrs. McDonough.
Supervisors John Sullivan and.
John Steinhauser, and D. A. Criss,
of Stuart, drove to Lincoln and
Omaha last Sunday, returning
home Wednesday night. Mr. Sul
livan said the roads were in pretty
good shape from Omaha to O’Neill
Wednesday.
CONGRESS
AS SEEN
BY A NEBRASKAN
By Karl Stefan
The vote against spending
$1,260,000 for studying the potato
wa3 the first combined move on the
part of the democrats and republi
cans in the Houae to start saving
money. It was predicted that more
of this action to saye the taxpay
er’s dollar will be seen during the
next few hectic months of this ses
sion of the Seventy-fourth Con
gress. That was noted at an in
dependent meeting of those who
are interested in neutrality.
Crime in Washington is continu
ing to grow. The traffic in heroin
and other dope is declared to be on
the increase. Three dope peddlars
were arrestedyesterday. Right now
there is a campaign against reck
less driving. Many arrestes are
being made.
Congressmen have just learned
that the army and navy lobbies
want a “bigger and better” appro
priation for these two competing
branches of our national defense at
this session of Congress. The ap
propriation bills for those two
branches have not been written but
information by the grape-vine tel
egraph indicates that the army and
navy will ask for many millions
again this year. Those fighting for
a reduction in the army and navy
appropriation favor adequate de
fense for the United States but
they will fight against appropri
ations which would result in the
Uni'ed States being put in the
position of aggressor.
A meeting was held tonight by
Congressmen who represent dis
tricts that are particularly adapted
to dairy farming. The meeting
was well attended due to the fact
that Confireasmeu received tele
grams from cooperative creamer
ies asking them to attend. A legis
lative program was decided upon to
protect dairy farmers against in
roads being made by foreign pro
duced milk products. There is no
party politics at these meetings.
There are now about four organi
zations of Congressmen who meet
regularly to work on beneficial ag
ricultural legislation. The member
ship is composed of democrats, re
publicans, progressives and farm
laborites. The usual idea is to get
behind one beneficial bill and then
all concerned work for it when it
comes on the floor of the House
for consideration. Many of these
bills that these organizations favor
however, are usually held up by
gag rule. Congress so far has
shown no disposition to relax this
rule which is maintained by both
parties.
Under.the reciprocal trade agree
ment with Canada the duty on hay
has been reduced from $5 a short
ton to $3 a short ton. Some ques
tions have been asked about the
duty on rye from Canada. That
duty is 15 cents a oushe! of 56 lbs.
and the duty has not been changed
under the new reciprocal agree
ment. However, a lot of rye is
coming to our country from foreign
lands. Letters from Holt county
indicate that thousands of bushels
of rye are still in the farmers
hands and not sold. One letter
states “I think 1 can safely say
that 75 per cent of the rye harvest
ed last fall is still in the farmers
hands and the price is 35 cents a
bushel.” In answer to that, this
information is given:
The two principle crops in Holt
county are rye and hay. Thirty
five cents a bushel for rye is below
the cost of product:on. A small
por'ion of the rye will be used To"
hog feed as there was very little
corn raised, but owing to the
shortage of hogs there will be very
little of that rye fed. It is known
that rye is not suitable feed for
other animals. Just wsat oppor
tunity the farmer who is holding
rye in Holt county will have to sell
this rye depends on how rapidly
foreign imported rye will be ab
sorbed in the American market.
The official figures on ry- impo r
tation coming to this office today
show that for the eleven months,
January to November inclusive in
1935, 9 641.335 bu-hels of rye were
imported into this co"ntry from
foreign countries. Th:s rye was
valued at $1.754 346. In 1933, 8,
005,796 bushels of rye were import
EXTEND DOLLAR A
SUB. RATE TO THE
END OF FEBRUARY
Those Living off of Main Roads
Have Been Shut Out By
Drifted Snow.
On account of the condition of
the roads during the past three
weeks, making it almost impossible
for those living any distance from
the main highways to get to town,
many of our readers have been
unable to take advantage of our
subscription offer for this year. In
order to give them the opportunity
to get their favorite newspaper for
$1 per year, we have decided to
extend the time of our offer to Feb.
29, 1936, which was to have expired
on Feb. 8.
Many hundreds of our readers
have taken advantage of our offer
and we have added during the past
three weeks many new readers.
But there are still many of our
readers who have been unable to
get into town and for their benefit
we are extending the time. Re
member, you can get The Frontier
for one year by the payment of
only $1.00 until the close of busi
ness on Feb. 29, 1936.
ed into this country valued at $3,
874,062, and in 1934, 7,622032 bush
els were imported into this coun
try, valued at $3,544,157.
It costs the taxpayers a lot of
money to keep the Senators and
Congressmen in this town. Senate
expenses are $3,296,852. Included,
in that is an item of $7,000 which
the Senators spent for mineral
water in the last fiscal year. They
also spent $670 for paper cups and
some of the newspapers are say
ing something about that. Con
gressmen do not get mineral water.
Some Congressmen have stated
at meetings that they’re afraid that
| corn countries are watching Uncle
Sam very carefully. He raises too
little corn, they raise more of it, if
he reduces production of pork or
beef they raise more and wait for
the opportunity to sell it to us.
That’s why the present flood of
congressional opposition to some of
the lower rates on farm produce
coming to the United States from
foreign countries.
Tourists visiting the Congress
ional Library here in Washington
are amazed to find that the old
story they were told in school that
Abraham Lincoln wrote his Gettys
burg address on the back of an old
envelope while riding on a train, i:
absolutely untrue. For in one of
the gold cases they can see the
original copy of Lincoln’s Gettys
burg address, written very neatly
in pen and ink, in the famous man’
own writing.
The House voted with great speed
to pay farmers $296,000,000 for
performing AAA contracts prior to
the supreme court decision. There
was hardly any objection when the
ques'ion was put to a vote as an
amendment. The Senate expects
to meet “the same moral o’d ga
tion” form in the near future. Th'*
questiort now is: “Where is the
money coming from?”
There are so many automobiles
in this town that there is not
enough room in the garages to
house these machines, and even in
zero weather these automobiles are
allowed to be pa ked on the streets.
P’aying around the capitol build
ings are any number of li tie negr
children. Negroes have rereved
the same privileges as the wh te
people, and take advantage of that
fact. You know, fortv-six per cent
of the population in Washington i
colored.
Hogan Resigrs From
Omaha Land Rank
Dennis P. Hogan, who has been
president of the Federal Land Bank
at Omaha, since the establishment
of the bank in 1917, has tendered
his resignation as bank president,
effective May 1, 1916. The board
of directors of the bank will meet
on Feb. 18, 1916, to select a suc
cessor to Bfr. Hogan. There has
been a good deal of fire under Mr.
Hogen the past three years, and a
strenuous fight, led by Arthur F.
Mullen was- waged to get his scalp.
Hogan finally got ‘ired of the sera i
and tendered his resignation. He
is engaged in the banking and live
stock business on an extensive
scale in Iowa, of which state he
was a resident at the time of his
election. He is a life-long democrat.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Alice Cole came in Thurs
day, Jan. 30, and is receiving treat
ment for burns she received when
a steam pipe burst while she was
enroute to Atkinson on the bus.
Snow Covered Ground
Tough On Pheasants
Since the ground has been cover
ed with snow considerable concern
is felt for Holt county’s pheasant
stock. Their natural sources of
food supply are covered and if they
are not fed most of them, if not
all, will die. H. C. Mapes, game
warden for this district, has done
what could be done in the way of
distributing feed, but the condition
of the roads makes much work in
that line impossible.
The game warden attempted to
get to places where groups of the
ring necks were the fore part of
the week, but was able to get only
six miles from town. He suggests
that farmers interested in the
pheasant supply distribute grain
where the birds may have access
to it. L. C. Walling has the crews
of the local power company taking
grain with them for distribution as
they make their rounds.
State Wide Seed Corn
Testing Is Underway
Nebraska’s state-wide seed corn
testing campaign, designed to al
leviate the serious seed problem
facing thousands of farmers in
many sections, is underway. Farm
ers in Holt county are being urged
to bring their seed to the Agricul
tural Agents office in O’Neill for
germination tests which are free
of charge.
M. K. Young, who is directing
| the state campaign in cooperation
I with the Nebraska agricultural col
lege extension service reported
early this week that the seed situa
tion in northeastern Nebraska is
rather spotted. Some seed is avail
able in parts of Nance, Antelope,
Knox, Pierce, Burt, Dodge and
Dixon counties.
The smooth type of corn is germ
inating much better than the rough
type. The former matured more
rapidly last fall in mo3t commun
ities and is regarded as better seed.
Demonstrations are being put up in
offices of county agricultural ag
ents showing the difference between
the two types.
Cold Weather Freezes
City’s Water Mains
The intense cold of the past
three weeks is having its effect on
the water mains of the city. Mains
are broken in three places and
workmen were busy Wednesday
digging up and repairing them. If
it were not for the fact that there
is about 18 inches of snow on the
level the city officials are confident
that many of the mains would now
be out of commission. It has been
setoral years since the freezing
weather affected the water mains
of the city.
Shovel To Grand
Island And Back
Norb Uhl and Charles Richard
son drove down to Grand Island
last Monday and started back
After spending two days on the
road fighting snow drifts and un
loading a few times so they could
get out of the different ditches
| they slid into, they finally reached
Spalding Tuesday evening, secured
a ride to this city, leaving the truck
at Spalding and reaching here late
Tuesday night. Norb went back
Wednesday after his truck and load
B,Tsy Hour Club
The Busy Hour Club met at the
home of Mrs. M. E. Gray. All mem
bers were present except Mrs
Clyde Hershiser and Irene Hcrshis
e . Visitors were Mrs. J. K. Erns.
and Esther Dick, and Rose Nozicka
of Atkinson. The time was spent
making quilt blocks for the hostes
and contest games were played
The prize was won by Mrs. Ralph
Ernst.
A delicious lunch was served by
the hosfess, consisting of hamburg
ers, mince pie, pickles and coffee.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. Vic Johnson on the
27th of February.
GROUP MEETS HERE
FOR ORGANIZATION
OF A FARM BUREAU
Local Organization Necessary To
Retain A State And Federal
Paid County Agent.
Agricultural producers from var
ious parts of the county met in
O’Neill, Thursday, Jan. 30th, and
drew up preliminary plans for the
reorganization of the Holt County
Farm Bureau. This reorganization
is necessary now because state and
national laws require that there
must be a local cooperating organ
ization carrying on and sponsoring
extension work before an agricul
tural agent will be placed in a
county. If an agent is already in a
county the work is to be discon
tinued after Feb. 1, unless a co
operating organization is started.
It also1 specifies the name of the
organization shall be the Farm
Bureau.
The question naturally comes up
—what would happen should the
agent be transferred in case a co
operating organization is not set
up. In answer to this question the
AAA records would be taken to an
adjoining county or to Lincoln. The
last payments when made would be
handled from an outside office. If
a new agricultural program is of
fered it would be handled from a
neighboring county as part of a
district since all adjoining counties
have started their organization
work. All women’s project club as
sistance from outside would be
stopped and no leader’s training
meetings held of which there are
three days per month reaching a
membership of over 300.
All 4-H club work would be cur
tailed since no outside work would
be given. All other activities car
ried on at the present would be
discontinued. This work has been
carried on the last two years and
supported mainly by the AAA and
county. It has also been and will
continue to be free of charge ex
cept for membership.
If the people within a county do
organize a farm bureau the exten
sion service of the United States
and Nebraska will pay the salary
of the agent for extension work
providing the local group will fur
nish him with suitable office, equip
ment, help and transporation.
Several meetings have been held
and a temporary board of direct
ors in charge of organization were
nominated. Those appointed are:
James D. Berk, John Risor, Frank
Murry, O. R. Yarges, Mrs. Mabel
Hammcrberg, Mrs. T. M. Harring
ton, Mrs.Casper Pribil, J. K. Ernst,
A. L. Borg, Harry Ressel, rrank
Alien, Wm. Riegge, D. E. Bowen
and Bryan French.
The groups decided to organize,
which meets the first requirement
and allows the state extension ser
vice to grant the county another ItO
days to get the organization func
tioning. The family membership
will be two dollars a year.
It was decided not to join the
state and national organization
of the farm bureau this year. The
adopted policy was one of only ex
tension work and no commodity
available within the county is to
be handled for sale or profit. An
organized program of work wa
adopted.
In view of the bad roads it will
be necessary to solicit membership
by mail. Prompt response from
everyone will be appreciated.
Bridge Approaches
Will Be Graveled
In another column will be found
a notice for bids on graveling and
incidental work on the approarhes
to the Red Bird State Aid bridge.
The notice calls for two and one
tenth miles of graveling. Another
notice asks for bids on graveling
two and one-tenth miles on the
approaches to the Grand Rapids
State Aid bridge. We understand
that more of these roads will be
graveled as soon as additional
funds are available.
Pep Project Club
The Pep Project Club met at the
home of Mrs. Slothower on Janu
ary 29. Eight members and one
visitor were present. The lesson
on “Home Needlework” was given
by Mrs. Coutts and Mrs. Slothower.
Lunch was served by the hostess,
assisted by Mrs. Lester Vance.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Roy Warner.