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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1936)
The Frontier D H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice 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, 5c per line. One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska $2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub lisher shall be notified; otherwise Hie subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. Tribute To City’s Founder In a copy of the San Diego, Cal., Evening Tribune, of Feb. 10, 1936, appears a picture of General John O’Neill, founder of this city. He was a handsome young man with the long chin whiskers and large mustache that we usually associate with Buffalo Bill. Under the pic ture the following paragraph tells some of his history: "A figure of romance and adven ture whose influence was felt on two continents in the last century, this Irish patriot and American general is also identified with San Diego. He is the late Gen. John O’Neill, and the picture was con tributed by his son, J. H. O’Neill, 3501 El Cajon ave., resident of San Diego for many years. The gen eral came to America as a youth, joined the U. S. cavalry and fought in the Iidian wars and in the Union army during the Civil war, rising to the rank of general. In post war days he made tviro fortunes in business, spending them both in behalf of the Irish. Joining the Fenian movement, he led two at tempted military invasions of Can. ada. Later he sponsored move ments to take the Irish from over crowded urban areas to colonies at O’Conner, Emmett, O’Neill and At kinson, Nebr. He visited San Diego in 1861 and made it the subject of a description in one of his books. A street here is named for him. Mrs. Margaret O’Neill, 2334 F. st., and Mrs. Nicholas Martin, 2467 E st., are both granddaughters of the general. Another granddaught er, Mrs. Hans Nansen, whose husb and is a nephew of the explorer, Fridtjof Nansen, and Mrs. A. D. Spreckles, lives in Oslo, Norway.” CORONADO RADIOS! Really, John, the most beautiful radio cabinets I’ve seen this year are Coronados and by actuaftofn parison, side by side, I’ve yet to see a set that bents them in tone or features—And they’re still on sale at Gamble’s Winter Mark-Down Sale. 7-tube A. C., cut to $34.95— 5-tube, $16.95. Farm Sets, low as $19 .45 complete.—Adv. Walks To Town For Mail John J. Schmohr was in Wednes day from his farm home three miles west of the city. John walk ed in as he said, it would take him about a day shoveling snow so that he could get his team out of his yard and the chanaees were that it would be drifted full by the time he got thru shoveling, so he decided to walk. He started for home about .‘1 o’clock with a sack full of mail for himself and neighbors, as it is the unwritten law now that if a neighbor manages to get to town that he will bring out the mail for all his immediate neighbors. This savors a little of the olden days, when it was the regular practice, as people couldn’t get to town in the winter months. Holt County School Notes By Clarence J. McClurg The date of the Eighth grade graduation exercises will probably be Tuesday, May 26?^ Tfie exer cises will be held in the morning this year, since we are planning upon making it an all day festivity. In addition to the customary ex ercises, I will sponsor a rural school track meet in the afternoon. This will take the place of the County Spelling contest. It will be a new event, as far as Holt county schools are concerned, and I believe it will meet with favor among our school patrons of the county. Competition will be divided into junior and senior groups. The junior group will be comprised of - ■ —————■——■ WANTED Reliable Men by National Organization l Must be now employed, have foresight,fair education, mech anical inclinations, and be willing to train in spare time or evenings to qualifv as IN \ STALLATION and SERVICE expertson all types of Electric Refrigerators and Air Condi tioning equipment. For in terview write, giving age and present occupation, j UTILITIES ENGINEERING ! j INSTITUTE 4tt4 N. Wells St., Chicago, III. grades one to four, while the senior group will be made up of grades five to eight, however, they will compete in different events. A district meet will be held about the first of May, and first and sec ond place winners will be permitted to compete in the county track meet. First, second apd third place ribbons will be awarded to the school scoring the largest number of points. First and second place individual honor medals will be giv. en to the individuals scoring the largest number of points. I am sponsoring this event, be cause the rural schools do not have a chance to take part in many school activities. This is a rural school event, and only pupils below the Ninth grade will be permitted to compete. Small village schools such as Emmet and Amelia will be permitted to take part, since their enrollment is about the same as our larger rural schools. Seed Corn Testing Due to the irregularity in germ ination of seed com for 1936 plant ing, Ag. Agent. F. M. Reece has been given NYA assistance to test com. The service is free of charge to everyone. Anyone having a sample of corn they wish to have tested should send or bring it to the office in O’Neill as soon as pos sible. Five days are required for the test. Sufficient equipment is available to take care of nearly all anyone would want tested. Test ing is the only sure way of know ing the germination of any seed. Thomas Whelan Married At Las Vegas, Nevada District Attorney Thomas Whel an and Mrs. Jessica Wright, of Beverly Hills, were married Jan. 2 in Las Vegas, Nev., it was learned today. Mrs. Wright is employed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayeras guard ian for Jean Parker, the screen actress. The couple succeeded in keeping their marriage secret until today. “I didn’t think it was a matter in which the public would be interest ed,” Whelan told reporters at the courthouse. Whelan revealed that he had met Mrs. Wright at the Press club pre Exposition ball at Hotel del Cor onado in March, 1935. She is de scribed as slender, with red hair and blue eyes. Mrs. Wright is well known in the movie colony and in Los Angeles. She is a good friend of Mrs. Burton Fitts, wife of the Los Angeles dis trict attorney. Her former husband, who was manager of Grauman’s Chinese theater in Hollywood, died in 1932. She has two children, Thomas and James Wright. Whelan revealed that Eugene Pallette, the screen actor, and his wife drove Mrs. Wright and him self to Las Vegas Jan. 2 for the wedding. The couple will make their home in Mission Hills, Whelan said.— San Diego (Cal.), Evening Tribune of Monday, Feb. 10. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 10:00—Mr. C. E. Yantzi, superintendent. Morning Worship 11:00 — “The Inexhaustible Comparative.” Evening Service 7:30—“Forgive ness of Sin.” H. D. Johnson, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Sunday School at 10 a. m. Morning Worship at 11 a. m.— Anthem by the choir. Sermon sub ject, “Washington and Our Coun try.” There will be an evening service this coming Sunday and our newly appointed District Superintendent, Rev. W. A. Albright, will be with us for the service, to be held at j 7:30 p. m. Epworth League at 6:30 p. m. We will have our postponed old fashioned box supper on next Mon- ; day evening with a short program and Rev. Albright will be with us. This is for everybody. Ladies bring box with supper for a gentleman friend and yourself and lets all 1 have a good time. The proceeds will go for coal. The boxes will be auctioned to the highest bidder. _ i BRIEFLY STATED When a nation embarks on un- j controlled inflation it is like taking a balloon ride without a parachute. , There are too many pacifists who J are in favor of abolishing national ^ defense everywhere except in Rus si^. ( Mrs. P. B. Harty entertained the Martez Club at her home Wednes day evening. Mrs. W. J. Froelich and Mrs. Edward Gallagher were the prize winners. ■ ■■- ...-.. — Janies Tuor left this morning foi Minneapolis, Minn., where he ex pects to spend a week visiting his sister. Remember the good old days be fore 1914 when European problems seemed to be at Feast 3,000 miles away? Larry Snell left Thursday morn ing for Lincoln where he will enter the Veterans hospital for medical treatment. Walter Brown, of Chambers, and Miss Freda Sengelman, of O’Neill, were granted a marriage license in county court last W'ednesday. Mrs. Homer Mullen came home from Omaha Wednesday evening where she had been visiting rela tives and, friends for the past two weeks. Ralph Lumsden, mho has been a resident of this city for the past year as a representative of Swift & Co., has been transferred to Kearney, Nebr. This is a promo tion and his many friends in this city will rejoice to hear of his good fortune. About a dozen men left here last Friday with Mike Johnson to as sist the Burlington in getting to Sioux City. They did considerable shoveling between here and Sioux City, as well as around the yards Ihere, returning home on Monday ifternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mellor and Clarence Stannard returned last light from Omaha where they had >een visiting friends for the past 'ew days. They came as far as ^eligh by car and were then com lelled to take the steam cars in irder to get home. It is estimated that keeping the lighways open this minter will cost he state highway department in :xcess of half a million dollars, rhese big new plows cost a lot of noney but without them the high vay department would have been lelpless this winter. THE NEBRASKA SCENE by James R. Lowell Old age pensions are about to jecome a reality in Nebraska, after NEW PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES • • • VALVE-IN-HEAD ENGINE • . • FULL-FLOATING REAR AXLE make Chevrolet the world's greatest truck value NEW PERFECTED HYDRAULIC BRAKES always equalized for quirk, unswerving, “straight line” stops NEW FULL f TRIMMED DE LUXE CABS with clrar-visiim i nut mil nil t pan*'I for eafr rout ml '^e lrut‘iw with the greatest pulling-power in the entire low-price range . . . the safest truck that money can buy . . . and the most eco nomical truck for all-round duty—that’s the new’ 1936 Chevrolet! See these new Chevrolet trucks—subject them to any ami every competitive test—and you will know that they’re the tvorld's thriftiest high -pottered trucks and therefore the world's greatest values! CHEVROLET MOTOR COMPANY, DETROIT, MICH. A||/ NEW MONEY-SAVING Ly G.M.A.C. TIME PAYMENT PLAN U /ft t amfMsre I hex mill's low del I tern! price s and W V law monthly payments. A GENERAL MOTORS VALUE MEW HIGH COMPRESSION VALVE-IN HEAD ENGINE with increased horsepower, increased torque, greater economy in gas and oil FULL-FLOATING REAR AXLE with barrel type wheel bearings i in I l/.tnn rrwuit'lk NEW 1936 CHEVROLET TRUCKS Miller Bros. Chevrolet Co. Phone 100 C E- LUNDGREN' Mgr' O’Neill, Nebr. I __ three years of promising. Appar ently the first pension funds will be distributed around March 1. The state's first old age pension lawr, passed when Charles W. Bry an was governor, failed before it got started because of inadequate financing. The second, passed dur ing the regular 1935 session of the legislaturewas held unconstitution al while the present law was passed last fall in special session. There are approximately 86,000 persons In the state old enough to come under the provisions of the pension measure, but it is estim ated that less than 30,000 persons over 65 years of age will qualify for pensions. The greatest element of contro versy centers upon the ability of children, legally liable for the sup port of parents, to contribute suf ficient support. Old folks that have been receiving relief will be among the first to be established on the pension rolls. The first official old age pension applications to reach the office of the state assistance board director came in the same mail from Fillr more and Furnas counties. From present indications, the amount of the pensions will vary considerably in the different counties. Sheridan is the only county proposing to pay the full $30 per person a month. Kimball county intends to pay its old folks $15 a month. Platte ex pects to pay $17 a month, Sherman an average of $12.30, Thomas $28 and Dundy $15. Nebraska’s oldest citizen, Sol omon Riekner, 114, of Howard county, is to receive the full $30 per month pension, while the ap plication of his daughter, Mrs. Cora Corbett, 70, has been approved for $10 a month. The relief problem is serious in many parts of the state since the FERA closed its pocketbook Feb. 8, turning over to the state and coun ties the task of caring for unem ployable citizens in need of assist ance. Omaha and Douglas county make up the sorest spot in Ne braska. Officials there must de vise ways and means of continuing relief for approximately 9,000 fam ilies. Old age pension machipery is expected to lighten the relief burden considerably beginning next month. WPA is giving employ# ment to more than 21,000 Nebras kans. -—7 Warren R. Pool, Lincoln engine er and nephew of the former state official, Charley Pool, has entered the race for state railway commis sioner on the democratic ticket. The contest for the atorney gen eral’s chair has been opened up, following the announcement of At torney General W. H. Wright that he will not seek another term. His assistant, Paul P. Chaney, has filed for the office on the democratic ticket, as has Fred G. Hawxby Au burn attorney and former state sen WANT TO HIRE MAN IMMEDIATELY with farm experience for steady local job. Good pay every week. Car necessary. Write or sign your name below and mail to Box 164, Dept. 6937, Quincy, 111. I ~~ *| I , I Age.. Number of | I I • years lived on farm. ! [ i 1 Name..'..J ' Address ___._ [ ator. Richard O. Johnson, Lincoln attorney who secured the republic- j an nomination for attorney general r two years ago, also is intending to get in the contest. There is a rumor dirtulatittg that Frank Coffee, congressman from the 5th district is planning to run for governor in opposition to Gov ernor Cochran, but the congress man has requested a blank to place himself in the congressional raifce to succeed himself. Representative Binderup of the 4th district will file fdr re-election, While Congress man Stefan of the 3rd and' Lackey of the let have already filed. :'J Arthur J. Denney of Fairbury. (Continued on page 5, column 4f) IT PAYS LIVE STACK BY RAIL “North Western” offers shippers many advantages in getting live stock to market—economy too. For example below is the cost oj a minimum weight cut. from Hogs 's' Cattle O’TVoill SintUDtciDoukUthtk '• lVCIll Min. Wt. Min. Wt. Min. Wf to 16,500 lbs. 24,000 lbs. 22,000 lbs. Omaha $50.33 $63.60 $58.3& Sioux City 42.08 52.80 48.40 Chicago 93.45 117.90 108.30 (U. S. Yds.) „) For races on mixed shipments and in formation about many other econo mies and advantages of shipping live stock by rail; consult your , Local C. & N. W. Ry. Agaot **•» Phone 43 0 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 4 ft ■ 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. i 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 Frontier
