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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1936)
The Frontier D H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postofflce at O’Neill, Nebraska as Second Class Matter ADVERTISING RATES: Display advertising on pages 4, 5 and 8 are charged for on a basis of 26c an Inch (one column wide) per week; on page 1 the charge is 40 cent an inch per week. Want ads, 10c per line, first insertion subsequent insertions, 6c per line. One Year, In Nebraska_|2.0u One Year, outside Nebraska $2.26 Every subscription is regarded, a. an open account. The names o. subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub lisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at thedesignated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. Supervisors’ Proceedings O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. S, 1936, 10 A. M. Holt County Board of Super visors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by the Chairman. Board spent forenoon in auditing and approving road claims. 12:00 noon, on motion, Board ad journed until 1:00 P. M. John Sullivan, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 3. 1936, 1:00 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by the Chairman. The following claims were audit ed and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on Road Fund in payment of same: L. A. Schlotman_$ 84.20 J. H. Gibson_63.20 Chas. L. Beebe_108.16 Dept, of Roads and Irri- i gation_ 9.62 John R. Ruther__ 6.96 John R. Ruther. 1.26 Gurtie Minnahan_ 8.60 Floyd Sanders_z_19.20 Irvin Jensen_2.00 Georgo Cubick_41.20 .Toe Cubick_41.20 C. E. Linn_7.00 Art R. Sanders_12.00 L. A. Whaley_ 10.40 B. B. Thomas _ 9.66 John Cleveland _ 4.00 P. J. Hickey _ 3.20 John Schmidt_12.76 Mervin Butler -_ 6.00 Continental Oil Co._ 26.08 Alfred Walter_ 3.40 John Callelly_ 6.04 Alex Frickel_ 7.00 Hewitt Bros._23.69 Dens Oil Co._63.86 Ed J. Matousek_ 10.00 John A. Carson_10.00 Ed Sparks_3.00 Claude Miller_28.00 Wm. L. Ulrich_ 66.40 ium LOXDIU_Z.UU 1 Island Supply Co._7.66 Island Supply Co._ 36.03 ] Arbuthnot & Reka__ 39.38 < Arbuthnot & Reka_ 4.60 < Arbuthnot & Reka_89.80 The following claims were audit ed and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on Unemployment Relief Fund in payment of same: Interstate Power Co._$16.00 Roberta Arbuthnot_16.00 William Gats_31.00 N-W. Bell Telephone Co._64.04 The following claims were audit ed and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on County Poor Fund in payment of same: Elva Bogue_$16.00 Mrs. Anna Sauser_8.16 Greenstreet Bros._16.31 Mrs. E. J. GUI_11.08 Casper Wagman_21.00 Ed F. Quinn_16.00 6:00 P. M., on motion, Board ad journed until January 4, 1936. at 9:00 A. M. John Sullivan, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 4, 1936, 9 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. Minutes of previous meeting were read and upproved as read. The following claims were audit ed and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on the General Fund in pay ment of same: John A. Carson _$23.00 Ed J. Matousek_22.16 Louis W. Reimer - _ 16.60 John Steinhauser_18.00 J. C. Stein_16.50 John Sullivan_82.00 Mrs. O. M. Sanders _ 31.25 J. W. Walter_26.00 Mr. Latenser, the architect on the new court house building, was present at this meeting and sub mitted floor plans and specifica tions of the proposed building and the Board spent the balance of the day examining and making suitable changes in Bame. 4:00 P. M., on motion, Board ad journed until Saturday, January 11, 1986, 10:00 P. M. John Sullivan, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 11, 1936, 10 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. Minutes of previous meeting were read and on motion approved as read. Mr. Latenser, the architect on the court house building, was pres ent at this meeting and presented revised plans and office arrange ments and Board spent day in ex amining and checking plans. 4:00 P. M., on motion, Board ad journed Sine Die. John Sullivan, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 14, 1936, 10 A. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met on this date as required by Statute for the purpose of or ganizing board for ensuing year. Members present, Sullivan, Carson, Matousek, Reimer, Stein, Stein houser and alter. Meeting called to order by the County Clerk. Board proceeded to the election of a Chairman for the ensuing year. Motion by Walter, and seconded by Sullivan, that nominations for Chairman be made by ballot. Car ried. First informal ballot resulted as follows: Louis W. Reimer . 3 John Sullivan - 2 John A. Carson —. 1 First formal ballot resulted ns follows: Louis W. Reimers _ 4 John Sullivan - 3 Motion by Sullivan, seconded by Stein, that vote for Louis W. Reimer for Chairman for the en suing year be mado unanimous. Motion carried. Thereupon Louis W. Reimer was declared elected Chairman for the ensuing year. The newly elected Chairman de ferred naming his committees until the afternoon session. 12:00 noon, on motion, Board ad journed until 1:00 P. M. Louis W. Reimer, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O'Neill, Nebraska, Jan. 14, 1936, 1 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by the Chairman. The Chairman presented the fol lowing standing committees for the year 1936: Court House—Sullivan, Matou sek and Walters. Finance—Carson, Stein and Steinhauser. Printing—Stein, Matousek and Sullivan. Tax—Steinhauser, Carson and Stein. Bond—Carson, Sullivan and Walter. Bridge—Walter, Steinhauser and Matousek. Settlement with County Officers —Sullivan and entire Board. Claims—Matousek and entire entire Board. Board proceeded to prepare the Annual Estimate of expense for the year 1936. Motion by Stein and seconded by Matousek that The Frontier be designated as the official paper for the year 1936. Carried. Motion by Carson and seconded by Sullivan that floor plans and office arrangements of the new court house building as submitted by the architects, John Latenser and sons bo approved and accepted. Carried. 5:00 P. M., on motion, Board ad journed until January 16, 1936, at 9:00 A. M. i Louis W. Reimer, Chairman, i John C. Gallagher, Clerk. l - THE NEBRASKA SCENE ." by James R. Lowell Just three more weeks and the curtain will go up on Nebraska’s biennial “big show," which this year will have the largest east in history with plenty of amateur tal ent, according to present indica tions. March 6 is the date on which all filings must be in, while the “professionals," or those holding an office who desire to run for an other post, must pick their part ir the "melodrama” on or before Feb 24, as required by a new state law The contest for a seat in tht state railway commission which ap. pears to be dragging will havt considerable new life injected intc it in a few days when Warren R Pool of Lincoln, steps into the ring At present only three men havt filed for this office—Hugh Drakt (R), incumbent; Harry L. Scotl (R), Lincoln; and George L. Gooc (D), Bridgeport. Pool, the newcomer, who lef1 state university to fight overseas went to work in the Havelock rail road shops upon his return in ordei to finish university, took two en gineering degrees, and is now ar employee of the state highway de partment, hag it figured out that the railway commission can use ar engineer to good advantage aftei many years of almost complett domination by lawyers. John S. Jones of Wymore, is tht fourth man to file for state treas urer. He is a republican. The latest to hitch his wagon tc the congressional star is Lloyd E Chapman (R) of Lincoln, an at tomey, who hopes to represent tht 1st district on an anti-new-dea platform. He declares that “il the government’s stranglehold or j business and industry is removed they will revive and prosperity will Inevitably follow.” Another 1st district republican who is likely to run for congress is Harry E. Sackett of Beatrice, an attorney and well known in state republican circles. In the 6th dis trict, Cullen N. Wright, Scotts bluff, another well-known repub lican figure is fidgeting with his hat with congressional intentions, while in the 2nd district Ted Met calfe of Omaha, third place man in the republican primary for govern or two years ago, is spoken of as a congressional possibility. Candidates for a seat in the uni cameral legislature are breathing easier since Assistant Attorney General Murphy has submitted an opinion that the unicameral redis tricting act is valid, despite the claim of Jack Chase, of Omaha that several localities in the Ne braska metropolis were left out in the cold. Murphy said there were “careless errors” in the act, but that the intent was clear and there Is no need to call a special legisla tive session. There are few congregating places too lowly to harbor a politic al confab of some sort these days. Two of the larger fetes scheduled for the near future include a speech by Governor Alf Landon of Kansas, Feb. 28, and a speech by Senator Black of Alabama, Feb. 22—both to be at the university coliseum. Landon’s speech will be a high light of the second annual Repub lican Founders Day celebration of the republican party in Nebraska. Mrs, George B. Simmons of Mar shall, Mo., who has been busy tos sing bombs into the new deal camp during the past year will also be a speaker, and the republicans will work on their plans of political strategy the same day. Senator Black, a strong new dealer and labor champion, will ap pear under Nebraska labor and farm auspices. Nebraskans may be casually in terested in the fact that the valua tion of the state, as returned by local assessors and as equalized by the state board, is $2,030,243,633. or a decrease of $29,000,000 from the 1934 valuation, and that the tax bill for 1935 totaled $43,878,947, or nearly $2,000,000 more than the year before, but they will be more interested in knowing what their neighbors are doing as regard bushels of grnin, livestock, radios and diamond rings. The folks over in Cherry county have the largest number of cattle —210,262 head—and Kimball coun ty folks have the least with 9,041, but the average value is highest in Dixon county. There are only 2,488,476 head of cattle in the state Tax Commissioner Smith’s figures show, compared with 3,029,487 in 1934, but the total valuation is $68,182,223 as against $46,726,457 in 1934. Custer county has the largest number of horses—19,177—while Deuel has only 1,366, but Otoe county steeds are worth the most per head. The same county has tho largest number of mules with 2,396, but York county mules are the best. Burt county farmers are tops when it comes to tho total valua tion of their hogs—$286,940—altho the farmers of Cuming county have 1 tho largest number of hogs of any 1 county In the state, a total of 34, . 369, and Douglas county hogs are worth the most per head. Saline county folks have $78,178 worth of poultry, high for the state, but the flocks in Hooker county are few and far between. Lancaster county leads in dogs which are valued at $66,435, while the ranchers out in Hooker county must struggle along with only $1,240 worth of dogs. Dawes county has 13,971 sheep and goats and leads the state, but Scottsbluff county has the record for bees with 1,291 stands. Grant county hasn’t a single bee, so far a3 the assessor could And out. Gage farmers have the most wheat on hand to the tune of 257, 813 bushels, but the assessors fail ed to uncover any grain in Arthur, Blaine, Dakota, Garfield, Grant, Holt, Loup, McPherson, Rock or Thomas counties. Every county but Arthur had some corn on hand, while Saundera led with 792,720 bushels. Madison county appar ently has a corner on oats, and the spuds are piled highest in Kimball county. The average Nebraskan would think that the Platte river coun ties in the irrigated section would have the most hay and alfalfa on hand, but the honors go to Cuming county with 4,905 tons. Platte county farmers have the most invested in farm machinery and were assessed on more than half a million dollars worth of plows, manure spreaders, etc., but Cheyenne county has the most tractors, threshing machines and combines. Douglas county naturally has the most automobiles and house hold goods. Hooker county has the fewest cars and Banner county folks have little inside their homes but drygoods boxes, if the assessor was correct. McPherson hasn’t a single electric refrigerator, while Douglas has 6,456 of them. Strangely enough, however, Lan caster county has more electric washers than Douglas. Believe the assessors or not, but in 1935 there was only one camera each in Arthur, Blaine and Greeley counties, while the folks of Arthur county had to walk miles to find out what time it was, for their were only 7 watches and clocks in the county. One would naturally think that Douglas with the largest popula tion would have a corner on the diamonds and jewelry, but Lan caster county, the home of so many public officials, was way ahead with $208,866 worth. What jewelry the Banner countyfolks possessed must must have come from the dime store, as the assessor lumped it off at $15. Every county was well supplied with radios, Douglas county leading with over half a million dollars so invested. Everyone knows that Cherry county is the largest in Nebraska. It has 3,462,084 acres, but the land has nn average value per agre of only 83.08, whereas Douglas county land is worth $92.40 an acre. For total valuation of land, however, Lancaster conies first—$33,118,000. The total valuation of Nebraska lands is $1,140,719,997, or about I $160,000 above 1934. Motor vehicles registered in Ne braska last year totaled 431,494, or about 6,000 more than for 1934. according to the registration divi sion of the state road department. This includes passenger cars, trucks, trailers, busses and motor l * t | SOME people avoid a bank as they do a dentist. They don’t go to either until they absolutely have to do so— and the price they pay for neglect is 3 sometimes awful. ft t i t The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK ft Capital, Surplus and i Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This Dank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders. , MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION ! r 1 cycles. Passenger cars alone to taled 347,311 or nearly a thousanc over 1934. Total fees paid amount ed to 81,988,640 compared with SI, 867,063 the year before. Figures compiled by the Lowell Service reveal that there were 34,227 new passenger cars regis tered in Nebraska in 1936 as against 21,778 in 1934. Trucks totaled 6,297 and 6,411. Ford led in passenger car sales with 11,713 of this make delivered to Nebraskans. Chevrolet which was high in 1934 took second place with 9,204. Plymouth continued in third place with 4,986. In commercial car sales, Ford jumped from second to first place with 2,447, and Chevrolet dropped to second with 1,927, or about 400 less than 1934. International placed third with 936. Sales of life insurance in Ne braska totaled $52,372,000 in 1936 compared with $51,353,000 in 1934. . . . While Nebraska’s general fund reached an eight year low late last year, it managed to increase its cash balance in January from $146,286 at the beginning of the month to $178,068 at the close. Ex traordinary appropriations made by the legislature, together with delayed jjayments of taxes under the new law, caused the fund to be unusually depleted in the latter part of 1936, but from now on it will go a-kiteing. Approximately $10,960,0000 will be invested in highways in Nebras ka in 1936. About $7,750,000 will be for construction, while $3,200, 000 is earmarked for maintenance. Last year approximately $7,714,000 worth of work was done on high ways. The 1935 law making a differ entiation between types of arson cases has helped the state fire mar shal to do a better job of prosecut ing that offence. Of 20 investgia ; tions made Into suspicious fires last year, 13 made confession of their guilt. Eight were convicted and sent to the penitentiary or a re formatory, five were paroled after conviction, one was sent to a priv ate hospital, three had charges dis missed, and three are pending. Bloodhounds were used in three cases, with success in one of them. BRIEFLY STATED Doc. Green, of Lincoln, was look ing after business in this city last Tuesday and incidently boosting his candidacy for the republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Blain, of Grand Island, who came up a week ago Saturday for a few days visit at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Peter Todsen and family, left for home Wednesday morning but could get no farther than Bartlett, and had to return, the roads south of there being impassable. j ... ■ — Frank Johnson, brother to Mike here, section foreman at Belden, with crew of three men rolled in here one night last week on snow plow- work. All spent the night at the Johnson home here. Francis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Matthews, was operated on for an attack of appendicitis in ( Sioux City the middle of last week. He is getting along nicely and is expected to return home the end of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DeVoro, of Dubuque, Iowa, arrived in the city last Tuesday evening and will make this city their future home. Mr. DeVore has been transferred hero from Dubuque as maintenance man for the Interstate Power company, filling the position formerly held by Lester Vance, who has been transferred to Clinton, Iowa. READY TO SERVE YOU DAY OR NIGHT SOUTH OMAHA Your Home Market for Live Stock of All Kinds The Yards Never Close at South Omaha I UNION STOCK YARDS COMPANY OF OMAHA, Ltd. SUBSCRIPT!! IN OFFER EXTENDED Due to the condition of the roads the past few weeks, we are extending our offer of $1.00 a year for new and re newal subscriptions to Saturday, Febru ary 29, 1936, that those living off of the main highways may have an opportunity to use this reduced rate. The dollar-a-year subscrip tion rate is good only in Holt and adjoining counties and only on paid in advance sub scriptions! All subscriptions due up to the first of the year must be paid at the $2 a year rate, then a year in advance can be paid for one dollar. The Fr< intier ,