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VOL. LVI O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL SO, 198& No. 50
* CLARENCE SELAH
WINS STATE HIGH
ORATORY CONTEST
Wins From Six Contestants W ith
A Handicap of Two Front
Teeth Missing.
Clarence Selah, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Dean Selah of this city
stepped out several days ago at
Lincoln and won the state high
school oratorical reading contest.
Clarence, golden tongued, talked
of the upper Elkhorn, went to1
Wayne about a month ago and
there was adjudged best in a con
fab against Robert Kerl, of West
Point. Clarence didn’t like that'
any too well, but he went on to
Lincoln and entered the state meet.
A judge there cut the talking
time from 13 to 10 minutes. Selah
cut loose and walked off with first
honors. There were six contest
ants. In presenting him a cup it
was necessary to hunt the speech
king up and he was found on a
street calmly looking over the
buildings and other rare sights of
a great city. Selah’s friends say
he has two front teeth missing and
even with this handicap he won full
approval of the judges on his jaw
offerings.
Selah gives great credit to his
elocution teacher here. Miss Helen
Ryan, primary and school music
teacher, who has acted as his coach.
Selah wrould like to become a
lawyer or dramatist. He will
graduate from High School next
May.
On reaching Lincoln, Selah also
w'as informed his speech was too
4 dramatic for delivery at the meet
so he switched to another, and
that handicap did not prevent his
earning the cup and honor of be
ing the greatest oratorical reader
in the great state of Nebraska. It
is not known now if there is to be
a national school speech tilt or not.
School Notes
Eighth grade promotion exercis
? es will be held on Tuesday, May
26. This will be a public affair
and everyone will be cordially in
vited to attend. Mr, Rosene, di
rector of certification of the state
of Nebraska, will be the speaker.
A fine program will be arranged
for the day.
The Holt county rural track meet
will be held in the afternoon of
the same day, starting at 1:30 P.
M. No admission will be charged.
Everyone who is able should at
tend to help make the day a suc
cess. Bring youi> lunch baskets
and spend the whole day getting
acquainted with one another.
School vacancies are coining ih
at a rather rapid rate and for the
first year in many years, it
looks as if we might have a short
age of qualified teachers in the
county. Normay training gradu
ates and ex-graduates should get
in touch with the office. We will
be glad to assist you in securing
a position. If interested mail in
a letter to that effect or call per
sonally and we will place your!
name on the waiting list.
Rural school directors who hap
pen to be in O’Neill before May
18, should call at the office and
secure their legal blanks, otherwise !
W’e will mail them to you.
Clarence J. McClurg,
Joe Biglin Fine
After Operation
F. J. Biglin and sister. Miss |
Genevieve, took Mrs. Biglin and;
Joseph to Sioux City last Sunday j
afternoon where the latter two took
the midnight train for Rochester, |
Minn., where Joseph will receive
medical attention.
Mr. Biglin received word Wed
nesday evening that they perform
ed an operation on Joe that after
noon and removed a growth back i
of his eye, without injuring the
eye and that he was getting along
| nicely.
Woodmen Circle Meeting
The Woodmen Circle met last'
Tuesday evening at the Odd Fel
lows Hall. New officers were in
stalled for the ensuing year. The
new' officers are as follow's: Beryl
W'inchell, guardian; Ella Porter,
. past guardian;Julia Graves, advis.
' or; Mrs, George A. Miles, secre
tary; Mrs. Lloyd G. Gillespie,
auditor; Laura Parker, chaplain;
Bernice Scofield, banker; Mrs. Geo. |
A. Miles, junior supervisor; Viral
Eidenmiller, attendant; Mrs. John!
Kee, assistant attendant; Patrice
Robertson, inner sentinel; Henri
etta Schrier, outer sentinel; Mae
Holcomb, reporter.
Mrs. Florence Jensen, of Omaha,
state manager and regional direct
or, was present for the installation.
Plans are being made for a
large number to attend the regional
encampment, which will be held
at Hollister, Mo., June 15 to 19,
inclusive.
Ask F»r Oil Mat Road
A delegation of Boyd county
business men appeared before the
county board last Tuesday asking
that the Holt county board request
the government and state to lay an
oil mat on highway 281 from the
junction north of O’Neill to the
Niobrara river. The Boyd county
board adopted a resolution of this
character at their meeting a couple
of weeks ago.
After a thorough discussion of
the matter the Holt county board
adopted a similar resolution. High
way 281 is becoming one of the
main arteries of travel in this sec
tion of the state and the oiling of
the highway from O’Neill north to
the river would be beneficial, not
only to the people of Boyd county,
but to the Rosebud country of
South Dakota.
State Highway Work
The state highway department
will do considerable work in this
county this summer, according to
notices to contractrs published in
this issue of The Frontier. They
are asking for bids for graveling
19.1 miles of road on the O’Neill
Bartlett and Chambers east road;
18.4 miles of graveling on the At
kinson-Burw'ell road; 34.1 miles of
graveled road on the O’Neill-Clear
urater road; 24.8 miles of gravel
surfacing on the O’Neill-Bristow
Verdel road, and 10.4 miles of oil
mat surfacing on the Ewing Clear
water road. The bids are to be
opened at 10:00 A. M., on May 21,
1936.
Hospital Notes
M rs. Harold Weir went home
Saturday morning. Baby Weir
will remain for a week or so in
the hospital for premature feed
ing and care.
Mrs. Emmet Burrell went home
Friday evening.
Doris Strong, of Ewing, came
in Thursday for medical treatment.
She went home Saturday evening.
Harry Wayman was operated on
for acute appendicitis Sunday af
ternoon. He was quite ill for a
few days but at present is conval
esitig nicely.
Orton Young had his tonsils re
moved Tuesday morning.
Damage Suit
Alice M. Cole started suit in
District Court Wednesday against
Karl Jeffers for $10,000 dam
ages for injuries sustained while
she was a paying passenger in the
Jeffers bus enroute to Atkinson
last January 29. She charges that
she was placed in the front seat of
the bus and that when they reach
ed three miles west of O’Neill a
hose that carried water from the
radiator to a heater in the back
seat burst under her and between
her feet spraying her lower body
with hot water and steam as a re
sult of which she sustained severe
second degree burns on the lower
limbs from ankle to hip, which
confined her to the hospital for
upwards of a month and has kept
her from doing any work since. She
charges permanent impairment of
her nervous system. Mr. Jeffers
is the operator of the bus line be
tween O’Neill and Ainsworth and
it is understood is protected by in
surance, required by law to be car
ried by all bus and taxi operators.
The O’Neill Dramatic Club en
tertains this evening for one of
their stars who is soon leaving the
city for a new home, Janies Tuor.
A dinner will be tendered at the
Grand, after which various mem
bers of the company will be called
upon for short addresses.
Last Thursday Mrs. Hugh Mc
Kenna received word of the death
of her brother, James Neary, at
Sioux City last Thursday night.
She left for Sioux City Friday
morning to attend the funeral to be
held in that city Saturday.
CONGRESS—AS SEEN
BY A NEBRASKAN
By Karl Stefan
Members of the prairie states
farm group feel that they have
won a great victory this year in
getting into the regular road bill,
an item of $25,000,000 for second
ary or feeder roads, including
farm-to-market roads, rural free
delivery mail roads, and public
school bus routes.
The road bill which was reported
out of the committee on public
roads favorably, came to the house
today and attracted unusual at
tention because of the new clause
on farm-to-market roads.
The farm-to-market road pro
gram was started last year when
the prairie states group called on
the President and many depart
ment heads and secured consider
able money from the four billion
dollar fund for actual farm-to-mar
ket road work, on the grounds that
this would provide more hours of
employment to the unemployed in
the rural communities. The plan
at that time was to get as much of
the relief money into the rural
communities as possible, and then
start a permanent program thru
the committee on roads, with the
j result that they have put into the
regular bill, $25,000,000 for the
farm-to-market roads, which is a
starting point for permanent legis
lation for these formally forgot
ten roads.
For the first time in history a
| farm-to-market program becomes
j a permanent setup in the regular
| road bill.
In speaking to Harry Hopkins’
WPA office today, we are informed
that since the farm-to-market road
program was inaugurated, Nebras
ka, up to December, 1935, has had
117 of these farm-to-market pro
jects approved with an approxi
mate cost of $930,000. While a
small percentage of these projects
have been completed, the office tells
us they are continuing construction
of these secondary roads and farm
to-market roads. The WPA office
stated that the farm-to-market
road will be a permanent part of
their work as long as the work is
needed for those on relief, and
wherever finances are permitted.
The importance of the statement is
that they are going to continue
this farm-to-market policy.
While the WPA farm-to-market
road work is auxilary to the regu
lar road program, it is believed
that eventually this farm-to mar
ket road plan will be taken over
entirely by the regular highway
organization and worked out, in a
systematic manner.
The new section to the road bill
on which the farm-to-market road
advocates have been working for
so long reads as follows:
“In addition to any other author
izations which have been made,
there is hereby appropriated to the
several states to be apportioned
and expended under the provisions
of the federal highway act of 1921,
as amended and supplemented:
The sum of $25,000,000 for the fis
cal year ending June 30, 1988; the
sum of $25,000,000 for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1939: Pro
vided, that the sums herein author
ized shall be applied to secondary
or feeder roads, including farm-to
market roads, rural free delivery
mail roads and public school bus
routes: Provided further, that
there shall be established in the
Bureau of Public Roads a section
of rural roads, subject to the di
rection of the chief of the Bureau
of Public Roads.”
This indicates that from now on,
farm-to-market roads will have a
very important section in the Bu
reau of Public Roads, and a system,
atic program for giving farmers
access to the main highways at all
times. While this particular $25,
000,000 will be spent through the
regular organized state and federal
road engineers, it will result in
giving the farm-to-market road
just the same status as the great
highways have in the eyes of the
road departments.
—
An echo of the World War was
heard at a meeting of congressmen
who were called to attend a dinner
in the speaker’s dining room the
other day. A Virginia man was
speaking on behalf of 91 claimants
who had war claims against the
government running into millions
of dollars. He claims that the gov
ernment induced him to dig for
chemicals on five hundred acres of
his land in Virginia, and that he
borrowed $97,000 and invested $46,
000 of his own money in the vent
ure, and that these chemicals were
for the purpose of making war
munitions for the government and
that he had made many shipments
of this chemical, but before it was
sold the Armistice was signed and
the war was over, and he claims he
was out about $163,000. Ninety
other people are in the same fix
and are making claims against the
government, and want the support
of Congress in making this collect
ion.
The government voted about fifty
million dollars to help these claim
ants out, but they claim they were
not paid enough to pay interest
on what they borrowed to dig out
these chemicals, and theyr feel the
government should pay them, and
now they want Congress to help
them collect. However, some ques
tion was raised as to whether or
not they took their own chances
during the war in the starting of
these chemical plants.
Easter Sunday was a great Sun
day in Washington, because of the
cherry blossom crowds and th<e
j crowds who come to Washington to
j visit the gigantic churches on that
day. Only one other attraction
I has been known to exceed these
crowds and that is the presidential
inauguration.
The National Geographic Society
! has a beautiful building in this
| town and every Friday night they
i have motion pictures and lectures
on various interesting subjects, in
[ eluding travel and new discoveries.
Last Friday night the lecture
j was on chemistry, as it related to
botany and agriculture. The pic
tures showed in one place where
tomato vines twelve feet high, with
gigantic tomatoes ripened within
a few weeks were made possible
by the assistance of a few tablets
containing certain minerals and ar
tificial fertilization.
The picture of the discoverer
was flashed on the screen many
times. He was Professor William
Gerecke of the soil chemists de
partment of the University of Cal
ifornia. He was raised, a few
miles outside of Fremont, Nebras
ka, w'here his relatives still live.
Marriage Licenses
Norbert Schaaf and Miss Reta
Cleary, both of Atkinson were
granted a marriage license on
April 28. The prospective groom
belongs to one of the old time and
prominent families of the Atkinson
territory, while the bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mat
Cleary, pioneer settlers of the
section northwest of O’Neill.
Elmer Devall and Miss Dorothy
Harrison, both of the Meek coun
try, were granted a marriage li
cense on April 28. Both of these
young people are members of pio
eer familes of northeastern Holt,
the groom being the son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. S. Devall and the
bride being the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orville Harrison, one of
the pioneer families in that section
of the county. They start life to-;
gether under particular happy aus.'
pices as a couple of months ago
Elmer visited this office and sub
scribed for The Frontier, his sub
scription to start May 1. As both
the bride and the groom have been
readers of The Frontier since they
were able to read and it was but
ue the visits of their popular
newspaper.
Paul Nelson, of Meek, and Miss
Marjorie Hendricks, of Atkinson,!
were granted a marriage license
on April 23. Mr. Nelson is the!
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nelson,
one of the most prosperous and
progressive farmers of the Meek
neighborhood, where they have re
sided for over a quarter of a cent-1
ury. The bride is the doughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hendricks of
the Atkinson neighborhood and is
also one of the pioneers families
of that section of the county.
Woodrow Berkley, of Coleridge,
and Miss Viola Nicholson, of Spen
cer, were granted a marriage licen
se on April 27.
The owners of the Elkhorn!
Service station are building three
new modern cabins at their cabin
camp just south of the Northwest
ern depot. W’hen these are com
pleted they will have nine cabins
for the accommodation of tourists.
Heavy Wind Wednesday
Night Wrecks Buildings
This section has been visited
with three nice showers so far this
week and it is still cloudy with the
prospect of more rain. Sunday
night w-e had .19 of an inch; Tues
day .21 of an inch and Wednesday
night .41 hundredths of an inch,
making .81 hundredths of an inch
for the week.
The rain last night was preced
ed by a severe wind and dust storm
with a little hail. The wind was
very severe for about a half hour,
then died down and was followed
by rain. A barn on the farm of
D. H. Murphy northeast of town
was blown down by the wind. Em.
met Revell was in from the Dorsey
neighborhood this morning and he
said that the wind took a couple
of his hog houses and tossed them
several yards and that on the road
into town he saw several telephone
poles that were down or badlly
bent as a result of the wind, which
was probably the hardest ever felt
in this section.
Following is the weather for the
past w'eek. *
High Low Mois.
April 23 79 4-1
April 24 79 40
April 25 64 36
April 26 52 39 .19
April 27 72 44
April 28 72 47 .21
April 29 64 32
Republican County Con
vention Held Thursday
The republican county conven
tion met in the Odd Fellows Hall
in this city this afternoon with a
fair representation from the var
ious townshipe of the county.
D, H. Cronin was elected chair
man of the convention and F. G.
Schmidt secretary.
The following were named as a
committee on resolutions; A
J. Runnels of Stuart; Frank G.
Schmidt, of Golden; J. E. Smith, of
j Verdigris; Ezra Moor, of Inman;
! R. O. Anderson, of Ewing, and J.
D. Cronin, of O’Neill.
A recess of about an hour was
taken while the committee on reso
lutions prepared their report, and
they presented the following reso
lutions to the convention and they
were unanimously adopted:
We, the delegates of the Repub
lican Party in Holt county, Ne
braska, in convention assembled at
O’Neill, Nebraska, this 30th day of
April, A. D., 1936, realizing the
seriousness of the situation con
fronting the country today, both
industriouslly and financially, do
hereby adopt the following reso
lutions:
1. Resolved, that we hold the
Republican party to be the party
of progress and achievement; the
party best suited to lead the coun
try out of the present morass of
debt, unemployment and bureaur
acy; the only party that can and
will protect the country and its
cherished constitutional liberties.
2. We condemn, without reser
vation, the policy and practice of
the present administration, which
has brought about chaos and fear
in industry, destroyed private in
itiative, and taken from individu
als their constitutional right to
conduct their own affairs without
unreasonable governmental inter
ference.
J. We condemn the policy and
practice of this administration in
establishing a policy and economy
of scarcity in agricultural matters
resulting in wanton destruction of
live stock and removal of land from
production, at enormous expense to
the taxpayer, while at the same
time duties on agricultural pro
ducts and livestock are reduced,
thus permitting the foreign farm
er to absorb the American market.
4. We condemn the failure of
the present administration to ad
here to its party platform which
before election their candidate en
dorsed 100 per cent as a solemn
covenant with the people. We
especiaJly condemn theii failure
to reduce governmental costs as
promised and call attention to the
enormous increase in the cost of
government. We direct attention
to the historical fact that in our
whole history Republican admin
istrations have paid the debts in
curred while the Democrats were
in power.
5. We commend the adminis
tration of republican party affairs
in Nebraska during the past year
under the leadership of State
Chairman, Lyle E. Jackson; we
commend his initiative, industry
and loyalty and instruct our dele
gation to the State Convention to
work for and support him for
an additional term.
6. In order that Nebraska may
be represented in Congress by men
who hold the interests of their
state and constitutency above feal
ity to a party dictator, we endorse
the candidacy of all Senatorial
and Congressional nominees. We
also endorse the candidacy of
Dwight Griswold for Governor and
the other nominees on the republi
can ticket. We commend them to
the voters as capable and econo
mical and pledge them our support.
Above resolutions were signed
by the entire committee.
The following were elected as
delegates to the republican state
convention, which will be held in
Omaha an Thursday, May 7: S.
J. Weekes, J. D. Cronin, A. J. Run
nells, J. V. Johnson, Ezra Moor,
Herbert Rouse, R. 0. Anderson, N.
F. Crowell, Fred Zink, F. 0. Ham
merberg, F. G. Schmidt, R. J.
Kelly, D. W. Gemmill, E. C. Ham
mer and F. P. Hunter.
D. H. Cronin was reelected as
chairman of the county central
committee and he was authorized
to fill any vacancies on the pre
cinct committee in the various
townships.
Republicans are very hopeful of
the outcome of the fall campaign.
Many of the delegates voiced the
opinion that next November Ne
braska would be found in the re
publican column and that Holt
county would again return to the
republican fold and. help the nat
ional and state tickets by giving
them all good majorities.
(Contracts Signed For
Court House Work
The Holt County Board of Super
visors met in special session last
Friday with representatives of all
the successful bidders on the court
house and the architect and con
tracts were signed for the con
struction of the building and equip
ping it, with heating facilities,
plumbing and light fixtures. They
expect to start work within the
next ten days and will try and have
the building completed before cold
weather starts.
Wins Designing Contest
Miss Mona Melvin, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Melvin of this
city, who is taking a course In art
in the University of St. Louis, re
cently won a prize in a contest put
on by one of the large stores of
that city, for designing the best
sports dress, in a field of several
dozen contestants. Last Sunday’s
Post Dispatch carried a life sized
picture of Miss Melvin and the
dress she designed.
Pasture Entries Increase
Nearly 400 Nebraska farmers
have now officially entered the 193(5
pasture contest with the “deadline”
for filing entries May 1 nearing,
it was announced from the Ne
braska college of agriculture this
week.
Platte county leads the state
thus far in number of entries.
There Agricultural Agent Gelwick
has 3(5 farmers officially entered.
Nemaha county is second and Ad
ams county third in the state, in
number of entries thus far.
More interest than usual is be
ing manifested by farmers in grass
and pastures this year. Many are
particularly anxious to improve
their permanent grazing areas and
get temporary rotation systems
worked out. Much of the increased
interest, it is thought, is due to the
soil conservation program.
Unfortunately, however, many
new seedings of broms and other
grasses in permanent pastures
earlier have not germinated be
cause of lack of moisture. All
such seedlings need rain as the top
soil is extremely dry. Fall sown
rye has come along slower than
usual but is now being pastured.
Bishop Ryan To Be Here
The coming week promises to
be a very busy one for the members
of St. Patrick's Catholic church.
Dishop Ryan is to arrive here Sun
day afternoon and a reception will
be tendered him that evening at
St. Mary’s Academy. Sunday
morning a large class will receive
their first communion and pn Mon
day a class of 275, the largest class
t in the history of the parish, will re
ceive confirmation.
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VOTERS OF HOLT COUNTY
I wish to thank you for your
! support at the Primary. Should
! I be elected it will be my endeavor
j to merit the confidence you have
| placed in me by your primary vote.
L. G. GILLESPIE.
William Froelich came out from
Chicago last Friday and spent Sun
day with his family here, return
ing to Chicago Monday afternoon.
O’NEILL HIGH WINS
NIOBRARA VALLEY
TRACK MEET HERE
Local Track and Field Men Gather
48' j Points. Atkinson Is
Second With 25.
Last Saturday here on the fair
grounds occurred the annual track
and field meet of the Niobrara Val
ley schools conference and athletes
of the O’Neill public school won
one and one half more points than
one third of all points made. The
score by towns was: O’Neill 48^4,
Atkinson 25, Lynch 22*4, Butte
15V4, Chambers 11, Stuart 6, An
oka 5*4, Inman 4, Spencer 2 Bris
tow 2. Individual placings, events
and town designation by a capital
letter in parenthesis, a new wrinkle
to save space, follows:
60 Yard High Hurdles—Berg
strom, (0), winner; Hitchcock,
(A), second; VV'rede, (L), fourth.
Time, 8:5
100 Yard Dash—Johnson, (A),
winner* Spindler, (O), second;
Downey, (O), third; McGraw, (I),
fourth. Time 10:6
One Mile Run—Calvert, (O),
Winner; Maxwell, second; Bink
erd, (L), third; Clinton, (S),
fourth. Time, 5:14:5.
100 Yard Low Hurdles—Johnson,
(A) , winner; Bergstrom, (O), sec
ond: Hitchcock, (A), third; Chaney,
(S), fourth. Time 12:5.
440 Yard Dash—Bjorensen, (L),
winner; Spindler, (O), second;
Zink, (L), third; Grimes (C),
fourth. Time, 56:5.
220 Yard Dash—Downey, (O),
winner; McGraw, (I). second;
Cambre, (O), third; Schobert, (S),
fourth. Time, 24:6.
880 Yard Run-—Batenhorst, (S),
winner; Greeno, (An), second;
Larson, (L), third; Cole, (O),
fourth. Time, 2:10:4.
880 Yard Relay—O’Neill, winner;
Lynch, second, and Butte, third.
Pole Vault—Johnson, (A), win
ner; Vincent, (O), second; John
son, (B), third; Binkerd, (L),
fourth. Height, 9:9^4.
High Jump—Dennis, (B), win
ner; Greeno, (An), second; Gallop,
(L), third; Bohac, (Br.) fourth.
Height, 5:2*4.
Shot Put—Johnson, (A), winner;
Weisenberger, (B), second; Jutte,
(C), third; Anderson, (Br.) fourth.
Distance, 40 feet and 6 inches.
Discus—Grubb, (C), winner,
Jutte, (C), second; Weisenberger.
(B) , third; Dennis, (B), fourth.
Distance, 94:5.
Broad Jump—Bergstrom, (O),
winner; Ashby, (L), second; Cam
bre. (O), third; Gollop, (L), fourth.
Distance 19:6.
James Tuor To Go
To Grand Island
James Tuor, who has been one
of the efficient and accommodating
clerks in the J. C. Penney store
here for over five years, has been
promoted to a position in the com
pany’s store at Grand Island with
an increase in salary. Jimmy
made many friends during his res
idence here, who, while they regret
to see him leave the city are con
gratulating him upon his deserved
promotion and the opportunities it
affords for further advancement
with the company. Good luck,
Janies, in your new position. Har
old Rose, of Grand Island, will tak~
the position in the store vacated
by the promotion of Mr. Tuor. The
transfer is effective May 10.
Ask To Quit Telephone
Exchange At Emmet
The Nebraska Railway Commis
sion has been petitioned by the
owners of the telephone exchange
at Emmet for permission to aban
don the exchange there. Six pa
trons of the exchange signed a pet
ition giving their consent to abol
ishment of the service. When 60
per cent of subscribers agree on
abandonment the law permits it.
The Emmet exchange is owned by
persons living there. A hearing
is to be held at Lincoln on the re
quest May 4.
Miss Helen Toy, who graduates
from the Wayne Normal next
month, has been elected as one of
the teachers in the public schools
at Cedar Rapids, Nebr. She will
teach the second and third grades.
Bill Beha went down to Omaha
Sunday for a few days visit. He
is expected home tonight.