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VOL. LVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988. No. 41
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O’NEILL PIONEER
PAIR HAVE BEEN
MARRIED 50 YEARS
Mr. And Mrs. Janies C. Harnish
Reach 50th Year of Married
Life Friday, Feb. 21.
A great day, one that comes to
a small percentage of millions who
unfurl sails on the heavenly sea of
matrimony came to reward Mr. and
Mrs. James C. Harnish of this city
February 21. Fifty years ago, on a
homestead 17 miles north of here,
near the present Midway commun
ity center, Miss Jane, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James Jacobs, at the
family home and James C. Har
nish were united in wedlock.
Mr. Harnish was born in Clarion
county, Pennsylvania, June 4, 185G,
and in 1883 he arrived at Niobrara
Nebr., where he obtained a position
in the United States land office, a
great institution at the time since
homesteading was the major indus
try of the country. Mr. Harnish
held his position there until 1888
and still held it when the land office
was moved to O’Neill. He was
with the office seven years.
An expert with figures and mast
er of a chirography of'superb de
velopment, outstanding even at a
time when fine handwriting was an
attainment everyone admired and
sought, Mr. Harnish soon was
placed as deputy county clerk for
Edward Butler. Also, Mr. Harnish
was deputy county clerk for E. S.
Gilmour, serving two terms.
Serving as deputy county treas
urer of Holt county for E. S.
Chittick was the next task handled
^ -satisfactorory to all and when Mr.
Chittick resigned the county com
missioners named Mr. Harnish as
treasurer of Holt county and elect
ions resulted in his winning ap
proval of Holt county voters to
serve four years as treasurer by
general elector’s decree.
Mr. Harnish was elected Grand
Master of the Odd Fellow’s Lodge
of the state for the years 1914-15,
^ and he represented Nebraska at
the Sovereign Grand Lodge three
terms: in 1916 at Chattanoga,
Tenn., in 1917, at Louisville, Ky.,
and in 1928 at Montreal, Canada.
In addition to his services as a
lodge member he served on the
local board of education 19 years
and was secretary of that board
for ten years. He also was elected
councilman of our Third ward two
terms, serving with that non-spec
tacular regularity and rugged hon
esty which denotes sterling char
acter and painstaking training. He
has been an Odd Fellow for 55
years and a Mason for 40 years.
There may be others with as fine
records as the Harnishes but finer
ones are out of the question. Mr.
Harnish is about 79 years of age
and Mrs. Harnish is 69. They
make no complaint about the con
dition of health. They have five
children and none of the four away
from home were able to come for
the golden wedding day celebration.
The Harnish children and their ad
dresses follow: Frank D. Harnish,
of Norfolk, deputy United States
marshal, a position he has held for
10 years, seven at Omaha and three
at Norfolk; Ruth, at home in
O’Neill; Naoma Pearson, Neligh;
Edna Cams, Neligh; and Della,
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Increase In Rye Tariff
Would Help Those Who
Are Holding A Supply
Guy Cole was down from Emmet
Tuesday. Guy says that there are
several thousand bushels of rye in
the hands of the farmers in the
western part of the county, that
it is impossible to dispose of at the
present price of rye without com
ing out in the red. He is strongly
of the opinion that the tariff on
rye should be increased and he has
interviewed Congressman Stefan in
the matter, and Stefan is also of
the opinion that it should be in
f creased.
The present tariff on rye is 15
cents per bushel; the tariff on
wheat is 42 cents; corn 25 cents
and oats 16 cents. With a greater
i tariff on rye he believes that much
jL of the foreign rye could be kept
|L out and the American farmers
I could get a better price for their
| product.
Ur Professor Gramlich, of the de
partment of Animal Husbandry of
the state university, is of the opin
ion that rye at 30 or 35 cents per
bushel could be used to splendid
advantage as a feed for livestock, j
He says that rye has a relatively
high feeding value when ground,
and especially when mixed with
other grain, and that there would
be ample justification for its produc
tion in many sections as it is a
much more dependable crop than
corn.
Bob Morrison Breaks
Arm In Two Places In
Fall On Slippery Walk
Last Monday morning R. R.
Morrison fell on the sidewalk in
front of his residence, as he was
starting for the store, and suffered
two fractures of the right arm, one
at the elbow and the other between
the elbow and the shoulder. As
he fell he tried to save himself
and fell heavily on his right arm.
After his injury Dr. Finley was
called and in going into the house
he fell in the same place, his bag of
surgical instruments being tossed
over the yard. Outside of being
badly shaken up Dr. Finley was
not injured. Mr. Morrison, accom
panied by Mrs. Morrison left Tues
day morning for Omaha for medical
attention.
Bob has had hard luck the past
six months. Last fall he fell on
the icy walk about a block south
of his home and received injuries
then that laid him up for several
weeks.
Butte Beats O’Neill For
Valley Championship
Playing at Butte last Friday and
Saturday the Butte quint won the
1936 championship of the Niobrara
Valley conference in a game with
O’Neill. The score was 25 to 20.
Seven towns had teams on the floor
in the contests—Lynch, Bristow,
Butte, Anoka, Spencer, Inman and
O’Neill. Superintendent Olson, of
Springview, was the referee and he
picked, the 1936 all-star team as
follows: Brunmeier, of Butte and
Bergstrom, O’Neill, guards; Camb
re, O’Neill, and Anderson, Bristow,
forewards, and Dennis, of Butte,
center.
In the final game Butte led at
the half, 13 to 6. In the third
period Butte led with 21 to 10 and
then in the final quarter period
the O’Neillites splurged field goals
of extreme length and, threw a
scare in the Boyd county Butte-ies.
The O’Neill men made a good show
ing as the score indicates.
Injured In Apartment
House Gas Explosion
Two former O’Neill people were
injured in a gas explosion in the
Blackstone apartments in Lincoln
last Sunday night. The injured
were: George W. Davies, severe
glass cut on right hand and slight
burns about the head; Mrs. George
W. Davies,cut by glass and burned.
The State Journal says that Mr.
and Mrs. Davies were cut when
they broke a window in their apart
ment to escape from the building.
Mr. and Mrs. Davies were for
many years residents of Inman,
coming to O’Neill about six years
ago where they resided for three
years, then moving to Lincoln.
Their many Holt county friends re
joice that they were not seriously
injured in the explosion.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Rev. A. J. May, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 11 a. m.
Anthem by the choir. Sermon sub
ject, “Jesus and the Hungry.”
Epworth League at 6:30 p. m.
Evening service at 7:30—Junior
choir singing. Sermon subject,
“Following the Crown.”
A good attendance made an en
joyable and profitable evening at
the Methodist church last Monday
| evening when all had a lot of fun
and good time at an old fashioned
box supper. Dist. Superintendent,
Rev. W. A. Albright was present
and gave a talk on the Man Power
of the church. A program of music
was presented by Mrs. H. Lind
berg, Mrs. McElhaney, Mrs. Harris,
Miss Ruth Kraemer and Archie
Bowen.
Erwin Cronin came up from
Grand Island last Friday for a few
days visitwith relatives and friends
here. Erwin says that there is
not nearly as much snow at Grand
Island and south of there as there
is here and that the east and west
highway there has not been blocked
with snow this winter. He re
turned to Grand Island Wednesday.
ONGRESS
AS SEEN
BY*A NEBRASKAN
By Karl Stefan
The house passed the war depart
ment appropriation bill carrying
about $526,000,000. Before passing
it however, the boosters for big
appropriations were able to tack
on nearly two million dollars for
R. O. T. C. This item means that
about a thousand R. O. T. C. men
will be given a years service in the
regular army. Those voting against
the additional two millions favor
ed the idea but they felt the army
just “chisled” that much out of
congress because there had. already
been an authorization passed last
year for the item and that if the
army wanted to it could have got
ten the money from the half billion
already in the bill. Instead of cut
ting down some of the war appro
priation the army came out the
victor with an added two millions.
Saturday was an idle day in the
house while the senate worked over
the farm bill. But many farm
members were not idle. They at
tended various group meetings.
Those of importance to the third
district were the farm states group
meetings where corn loan matters
came up and where the committee
instructed its sub-committee to
keep on working for legislation to
force only grain alcohol to be used
for blending liquor. Another at
tempt will be made to fight against
the blackstrap molasses crowd
which is said to be backed by the
sugar lobby. One other group held
an all-morning meeting about co
coanut oil. This group will draw
up new legislation to combat the
fight which was started in the
courts to kill the three cents tax on
cocoanut oil. Bills to this effect
are being prepared by a sub-com
mittee of the dairy group. An
Iowa court has found the tax un
constitutional because the tax is
not a revenue tax. The new legis
lation will ask that the tax be col
lected as a revenue measure and
paid into the treasury so that the
tax can remain in effect. It is
estimated that nearly $250,000,000
has been saved for the American
producer since the tax went into
effect. The soap trust has started
a campaign against members who
have fought the cocoanut oil im
ports. —
Notwithstanding the cold weath
eh “fishin” is good. About 200
Washington families have had fish
for supper nearly every day during
the cold snap. They catch them by
making holes in the ice at the tidal
basin around which are planted
the Japanese cherry trees. The
fish are shad and are fine eating
fish. About 5,000 of these fish have
been snagged out of the basin this
week. The basin connects with the
Potomac river which is starting to
break up. The Washington fisher
men after these shad don’t use
bait. They use bare hooks on lines
which they whip thru the water
until they snag a fish. A lot of the
people who are fishing appear very
poor and they stand on the ice
without shoes, their feet thickly
swathed in burlap sacking and tied
with ropes.
Believe it or not, the government
now rents over 118 buildings in
this town. A list of these buildings
shows over 2,610,000 net square
feet and the rent 90 cents to $2.50
a square foot. The taxpayers pay
$2,564,834.25 rent. All the build
ing owned by the government are
occupied and now they are talking
of moving some of the departments
to Baltimore.
They have started putting state
papers and records into the new
|8,000,000 Archives building and
some experts say that this process
is expected to take 100 years to
finish. The agent of the archives,
Mr. Conner, has surveyed more
than 1,500,000 subic feet of public
documents which are now ready to
be classified and placed in air
conditioned vaults. It is believed
that much of this will have to be
photographed in ageless film, so
the space will not be used for sev
eral hundred years. So you see it
is a hard job to make records an'1
properly file government documents
which accumulate so rapidly. Some
of the documents which are first
being brought will be those of the
NRA and others the War of 1812,
Mexican, Civil and the War of
Revolution. Later on the records |
of the Continental Congress may
find their way into the vaults.
Congressmen are now talking j
about new taxes and both the re- j
publicans and democrats seem to be
worried, about that. New taxes,
these congressmen say, will not
help them in a campaign year, and
some of them tell new congress
men that there may be no new
taxes at all and the new members
are wondering what is going to be
done for the money that will be
needed? Inflation talk is pretty
much general in the gossip going
around in the cloakrooms on both
sides of the house.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt
held a reception for representa
tives and senators Monday night.
It was very cold and the crowd was
estimated at 1,200 compared with
3,000 a year ago. Both the presid
ent and his wife looked in excellent
health and seemed in very good
spirits. They chatted pleasantly
with most everybody who came
along in the line to shake hands.
The president especially looked
quite healthy notwithstanding his
tremendous task. The result of his
daily swims in the pool, which is
about the only exercise he can en
joy, was reflected in his very
healthy color. He didn’t seem half
as tired during this reception as he
was last year when he had such a
tremendous crowd to shake hands
with. 1 ■
Yesterday the president sent to
Congress a message vetoing H. R.
4178, which had been previously
passed and called for the relief of
the international manufacturers
sale company of America who
wanted $9,000,000 in claims against
the government for losses in 1918
and 1920 when they were engaged
in furnishing articles to Siberia.
The company claimed it lost money
because of inability to' exchange
Russion rubles received from the
sales into American dollars, be
cause of a ruling made by the fed
eral reserve hank, which prohibited
the exportation or importation of
rubles or the transfer of funds for
their purchase in the United States.
The president stated the direct
cause appeared the action of the
soviet government in overtaking
the assets of the banks in which
the claimant had deposited its
funds. So the president felt that
if congress would pay this com
pany $900,000 because they had
lost money in Siberian banks it
would open the door to a number
of cases fully as well founded.
Congress almost unanimously sus
tained his veto, and so $900,000 is
saved the American taxpayers.
Holt County School Notes
By Clarence J. McClurg
Since entering office a year ago,
I have had several requests from
ex-school teachers to issue permits.
I would like to inform the public,
that it is no longer possible to
secure permits trtrough the State
Superintendent’s office.
This practice was followed for
many years, however, it has long
since been discontinued. I realize
that many of our ex-school teach
ers are capable of teaching good
schools, yet the law states that a
teacher is not qualified unless they
can show a certificate in force.
There is no such thing as a per
! mit, the certificate in i self consti
tutes a valid permit. Permits are
usually issued at a time when there
is a much greater demand than we
are able to fill with qualified teach
era. This condition does not exist
now. I have sail this so that those
[unqualified teachers may renew
their cerificates if they so desire
to renew them.
Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell went down
to Omaha last Monday morning,
being called there by the illness of
her son, Hugh. Mrs. O’Donnell
called Tuesday night and said that
Hugh would have to have an opera
tion for appendicitis and J. F. left
for Omaha yesterday, but on ac
count of the condition of the roads
failed to get thru. Hugh was op
erated on yesterday and a message
from there last ni*»ht and another
this morning was to the effect that
he is getting along nicely.
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Cleta and S’ella Van Every and.
Carl Miller and Levi Fuller, Jr.,
went to Plankington, S. D., Sunduy
where friends were visited.
FILINGS FOR OFFICE
IN THIS COUNTY ARE
UNUSUALLY LIGHT
Three From Holt ('ounty Have An
Eye On The Legislative Seat
From The 28th District.
J. M. Wilhelm, of Atkinson, paid
his filing fee Wednesday and sent
in his filing for the state legisla
ture. We are not acquainted with
Mr. Wilhelm, but we understand
that he has been in the employ of
the government for the past few
years. His candidacy makes three
candidates for the office from Holt
county and one for Boyd county.
According to current rumors
Boyd county will have another
candidate and Rock county will
have at least one candidate for the
position before the curtain falls.
Time for filing is getting short,
however, as all filings must be in
Lincoln on or before March 5, the
last day for filing.
Holt county, for many years one
of the most political-minded coun
ties of the state, is rather tame
this year, as far as office seekers
are concerned. It is true that
there are not many offices to fill iu
this county at the next election,
but generally there is more action
than there is this year. The only
offices in which Holt county is con
cerned this year, that is locally, are
the offices of district judge, county
judge and members of the county
board from the Second, Fourth,
Fifth and Sixth districts, and the
following candidates have filed for
these offices:
District Judge—Judge R.R. Dick
son, incumbent, O’Neill.
County Judge—Judge Clarence
J. Malone, incumbent, O’Neill.
Supervisors — Second District:
John A. Carson, incumbent, repub
lican; Robert E. Tomlinson, demo
crat, Opportunity,
j Supervisors — Fourth District:
! Louis W. Reimers, incumbent and
I present chairman of the Board,
democrat. No republican candidate
has filed so far.
Supervisor—Fifth District: John
W. Walter, incumbent, republican,
filling the office by appointment
of the Board after the death of
Ezra W. Cooke, republican; J. H.
Gibson, Chambers, democrat.
Supervisor—Sixth District: John
Steinhauser, incumbent, republic
an, Stuart; Walter K. Smith, re
publican, Stuart. No democratic
candidate has yet filed in this dis
trict.
Cold Weather Has Been
Breaking Water Mains
The severe cold weather of the
past six weeks raised cain with
many of the water mains in the city.
Two weeks ago mains in the west
ern part of the city froze up and
were thawed out. Then Monday
night the main on Fourth street,
near the Thomas Donlin residence
burst and men were busy Tuesday
and Tuesday night getting the
break repaired. Tuesday night the
main on Everett street, east of
Seventh street near the John Dum
pert residence burst and this was
taken care of yesterday and this
morning.
Water pipes leading into The
Frontier office, Biglin’s and the
Blackbird store froze last Saturday
night and were thawed out in a
few moments by the Interstate
Power company Monday morning.
Will Devall, one of the pioneer
residents of the Meek neighborhood
was a pleasant caller at this office
this afternoon. He said that he
did not know how much he would
miss The Frontier until the past
few weeks when he was unable to
get it every week on account of
the condition of the roads. He
says that he has read the paper
for so many years that he is now
convinced that it would be impos
sible to get along without it.
Thanks, Mr. Devall, we hope there
are many more of our readers who
feel just like you about The Fron
tier, and we know there are.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00—Mr. C. E.
Yantzi, superintendent.
Morning Worship 11:00—“The
Living Church.”
Evening Service 7:30—This will
be a panel service conducted by
the young people. The choirs are
preparing special music for our
services. A welcome awaits you.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
Hospital Notes
Miss Luella Hansen came in Fri
day with a fractured ankle, and had
a cast put on. She is doing fine.
Mrs. Lewis Tasler came in Feb.
22, for medical treatment, and is
doing as well as could be expected.
Mrs. Alice Storjohann, of Spenc
er, came in Saturday evening for
medical treatment. She is con
valescing nicely.
Mrs. Susie Ross came in Feb.
24 for Medical treatment. She is
improving slowly.
Max Warmer, of Page, was oper
ated on Tuesday night for acute
appendicitis and is doing as well as
could be expected.
Mrs. Ralph Prill, of Page, was
admitted to the hospital Wednes
day and will undergo a major op
eration Thursday.
Cold Wave Broken By
A Thaw After 31 Days
of Sub-Zero Weather
After thirty-one straight days
with the thermometer going below
zero each night the weather mod
erated last Friday night and the
lowest reading during the night
was eight above zero. Since then
it has been above zero every night
until last night when it went to one
below zero. On Saturday last it
went to 45 above and Sunday to 48
above, and a great deal of the snow
melted during the past five days.
Tuesday night we had a heavy
shower of rain that last only a few
moments which was followed by
about two inches of snow, adding
.22 hundredths of an inch of mois
ture to the months total.
Following is the weather for the
past week, as taken by Weather
Observer Hurry Bowen:
High Low Mois.
Feb. 21 14 —2
Feb. 22 ..45 8
Feb. 23 48 20
Feb. 24 44 21
Feb. 25 36 15
Feb. 26 35 4 .22
Feb. 27 ....... .... —1
Revenue Law Violator
Apprehended At Page
Deputy U. S. Marshal Frank
Harnish, of Norfolk, was in the
city Tuesday having in custody Joe
Varelik, of Page, who was taken
before U. S. Commissioner F. J.
Dishner. Vareliek was arrested at
Page on an indictment issued
against him in South Dakota in
1934, charging him with violating
the internal revenue laws regard
ing intoxicating liquor. He got out
of the state before he was appre
hended and was taken into custody
by Marshal Harnish on Tuesday at
Page. Commissioner Dishner fixed
his bond at $1,000 for his appear
ance at the next term of U. S. Dis
trict court at Sioux Falls. He said
that he could furnish the bond but
no bondsmen appearing that after
noon he w*us committed to the
Holt county jail.
Where Is Munshower?
In the Johnstown Enterprise of
Feb. 13, 1936, an item is headed,
“Where IsThis Man?” and the text
reads: “An inquiry comes from L.
G. Freese, Rushville, Nebr., as to
the whereabouts of Will Munshow
er, whom he says used to barber
here some 20 years ago, later mov
ing away. Anyone knowing his
address please notify Mr. Freese at
box 52, Rushville, Nebr. Insofar
as the editor can recall, we cannot
identify this man as a former barb
er here.”
Just about 20 years ago a barber
here named Munshower operated a
shop near the present Scott build
ing. We have forgotten the first
name but believe it was Will. He
was married, had a boy about 15
and likely other children. Possibly
Mr. Freese has his towns mixed.
Munshower’s whereabouts is not
known here.
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Members of the county board
have gangs of men working on the
county roads the past week trying
to get them open for traffic. They
have succeeded in opening several
roads, but in many places they
could not keep to the highway, but
had to go thru fields and over
fences. A week of good weather,
however, should enable them to
get most of the roads open for safe
traffic.
About a dozen O’Neillites who
had been shoveling snow for the
Burlington railway returned here
via gas car Sunday.
CLIFFORD DAVIS IS
DEAD AFTER LONG
PERIOD OF ILLNESS
Funeral Services Held In This City
Wednesday Afternoon From
Presbyterian Church.
Clifford Davis died at the home
of his mother in this city last Mon
day morning, after an illness of
several months of heart trouble, at
the age of 50 years, 1 month and
25 days. The funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon from the
Presbyterian church. Rev. H. D.
Johnson officiating and burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery.
Clifford Davis was born in Oma
ha, Nebr., on Dec. 19, 1885. When
he was a little lad of five years his
parents moved to this city and
Clifford had been a resident of
O’Neill since the family came here
in 1880. Clifford attended the O’Neill
school and since he gained his maj
ority had been engaged at the
carpenter trade and worked for
several years at the printing busi
ness. Clifford never married but
made his home here with his moth
er. He leaves to mourn his pas
sing his mother, Mrs. C. L. Davis,
two brothers, William P. Davis, of
Berkley, Calif., and Andy Davis, of
Sioux City, Iowa, who was present
at the funeral. He also leaves an
uncle, Dan Davis, one of the pion
eer residents of the county.
Cliff was a genial and compan
ionable man. Altho he had been
afflicted with heart thouble for the
past three years, he always wanted
to be doing something and was al
ways willing and anxious to work.
His death in the prime of life will
be regretted by a large circle of
friends in this city and vicinity.
Funeral At Randolph For
Former O’Neill Resident
Mrs. P. B. Harty went down to
Randolph last Tuesday evening to
attend the funeral of her cousin,
Mrs. Theodore Lux,who was buried
at Randolph Thursday morning.
Mrs. Lux died in a sanitarium at
Boulder, Colo., where she had been
taking treatment for several
months as she was a sufferer from
tuberculosis.
Mrs. Lux was a resident of this
city for nearly three years making
her home with the D. H. Cronin
family. On June 24, 1913, she was
united in marriage here to Theo
dore Lux, of Randolph, the cere
mony being performed by Rev. E.
M. Gleason. Shortly after their
marriage they moved to Montana
where they resided for several
years until failing health compel
led Mrs. Lux to seek the higher,
dryer altitude of Colorado. She
was about 54 years of age at the
time of her death.
Bonds Will Be Offered
For Sale Next Tuesday
The county board, at their meet
ing Tuesday, decided to offer the
court house bonds for sale at 10:30
on Tuesday, March 3, 1936. The
original date set for the sale of
the bonds was February 18, but the
snow blockade kept propective buy
ers from attending as well as pre
venting the members of the board
from attending the meeting called
for that date.
Miss Eileen Enright left Monday
for Omaha after six weeks spent
here at the home of her parents,
convalescing from an illness of
pneumonia.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express heartfelt
thanks for the great kindness and
assistance rendered us during the
illness and death of our beloved
husband and father.—Mrs. Etta
Geary, Mrs. Jessie Hartigan and
family, Calvin and Reginald Geary,
Haddon Geary and family.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish thru the columns of this
paper to sincerely thank everyone
who helped us in any way during
this, our darkest hour and sad be
reavement.—Mrs. Charles Wrede,
Jr., and family.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors for their assistance
and sympathy during the sickness,
death and burial of our beloved son
and brother, Clifford. Also for the
many beautiful floral offerings.—
Mrs. Etta Davis and family.