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VOL. LVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THLRSDAY. MAY 7. 1986. No. 31
LINCOLN FIRM GETS
CONTRACT FOR 4TH
STREET PAVEMENT
Two New Members Take Places
On the Council. Appoint
ments Are Made.
The City Council at their regular
meeting Tuesday night organized
for the coming year by electing H.
E. Coyne as president of the Coun
cil for the ensuing year. Two new
members made their initial ap
pearance as members of the Coun
cil, Harold Lindberg, of the Second
Ward and Francis Bazelman, of
the First Ward, the former replac
ing Thomas Brennan and the lat
ter replacing W. H. Harty.
The Mayor named the following
committees for the ensuing year:
Streets and Alleys—H. E. Coyne,
H. L. Lindberg and John Protivin
sky.
Lights—Norbert Uhl, Francis
Bazelman and Levi Yantzi.
Water—John Protivinsky, H. E.
Coyne and Francis Bazelman.
Sewer—H. L. Lindberg, John
Protivinsky and H. E. Coyne.
W'alks and Crossings—Francis
Bazelman, Norbert Uhl and H. E.
Coyne.
Parks—Levi Yantzie, John Prot
ivinsky and Francis Bazelman.
Auditors — John Protivinsky,
Norbert Uhl and H. L. Lindberg.
Custodian of City Property—
Levi Yantzi.
Finance Committee — Norbert
Uhl and H. L. Lindberg.
The Mayor then made the fol
lowing appointments which were
unanimously confirmed by the
' Council:
City Attorney—Emmet A. Har
mon.
Chief of Police and Poundmaster
-—Chet Calkins.
Engineer at Pump Station—Jess
Scofield.
Medical Advisor and City Phy
sician—Dr. L. A. Carter.
Street Commissioner—H. E.
Coyne.
f The Council then took up the
matter of opening the bids for the
construction of two blocks of pave
ment on Fourth Street, north from
Douglas street. Four bids were
offered for this job and every
company bidding had one or two
representatives present at the lett
ing. The following were the bids
received and the amount of the
bids:
Roberts Construction Co., Lin
coln, $13,702.04.
Moran & Kennedy, Omaha, $15,
863.40.
Allied Bridge Co., Omaha, $15,
814.60.
Schoenovv & Clark, Sioux City,
$14,652.60.
The bid of the Roberts Construct
ion Company being the lowest bid
they were awarded the contract.
The paving is to be completed on
or before July 15, 1936.
Mrs. Gilbert M. Cleveland
Dead At Basin, Wyoming
Mrs. Gilbert M. Cleveland, wife j
of G. M. Cleveland former county
judge of this county, and editor of
the Holt County Banner, one of
the early newspapers in O Neill,
died at the home of her mother,
Mrs. D. L. Darr, at Basin, Wyo.,
last Wednesday, April 29. The
following account is from the Bas
in Republican-Rustler of April 30:
“This community was called upon
Wednesday to mourn the death of
Mrs. Gilbert M. Cleveland, who
passed away early that morning
at the home of her mother, Mrs.
D. L. Darr. Deceased came here
from Hot Springs, S. D., in 1927,
and endeared herself to all with
whom she became acquainted. Al
tho she had been ailing for some
little time, few felt that she was
in a serious condition and her
death came as a great surprise to
many. Funeral services were held
this morning from the Atwood &
Atwood chapel, conducted by Rev.
Nelson Wurgler. The remains will
be shipped to Hot Springs, where
she will be buried in the family lot
beside her husband.
“Jessie L. Hayden was born July
21, 1868, at Monroe, Wis. In 1883
she was united in marriage to
Judge Gilbert M. Cleveland at
O’Neill, Nebr., where they made
t their home until June, 1891, at
which time they moved to Hot
Springs, S. D., with their three
children. Judge Cleveland died in
December, 1910, after which Mrs.
Cleveland continued to make her
home in Hot Springs until the fall
of 1927. Since that time she ha"
made her home in this city with
her mother, Mrs. D. L. Darr.
“For some time Mrs. Cleveland j
has been in poor health and sue-1
cumbed to a heart ailment at her'
mother's home early in the morn
ing of April 29, 1936, at the age
of 68 years. She is survived by
her mother, Mrs. D. L. Darr, and
her sister, Mrs. M. B. Rhodes, both
of Basin; her daughter,Mrs. James
F. Cook, of Rapid City, S. D.. and
son, Major Frank A. Cleveland, of
Hot Springs, S. D., all of whom
were with her at the time of her
death. She is also survived by an
other son, Luther E. Cleveland, of
Albuquerque, N. M.; one niece,
Mrs. William Petrausch of Powell,
and two grandchildren, William
Petrausch, Jr., of Powell, and Al
len Cleveland, of Madera, Calif.
“The entire community will join
The Republican-Rustler in extend
ing condolences to the bereaved
relatives.
4-H Week Meeting At
Lincoln Announced
The twenty-first annual 4-H
club week will be held at the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of ag
riculture June 1 to 6, it was an
nounced this week by L. I. Frisbie,
state club leader. Approximately
400 are expected to attend.
Interest in the 1936 event is
greater than ever before with more
registrations now on hand than
for the corresponding time in
years. Included in the group at
tending will be 150 individuals who
have received prize trips. Among
these are Margery Rees of Holt
county.
Another big week is planned for
the 4-H club members and local
leaders attending. Monday, the
opening day, is set aside for local
leaders not privileged tc stay the
full week. After educational and
inspirational services, tours, pic
nics, banquets, the week’s activ
ities will wind up with the annual
jaunt to Omaha on Friday. The
fee for the week including meals,
lodging, tours and the trip to Om
aha is eight dollars.
Junior Woodman Circle
The Junior Woodman Circle met
last Wednesday afternoon in the
K. C. Hail for the purpose of in
stalling the following officers:
Guardian, Doris Scoffield; Past
Guardian, Lanone Miles; Advisor,
Donna Jean Marcellus; Chaplain,
Davene Loy; Clerk, Howard
Graves; Attendant, Genevieve
Graves; Assistant Attendant, Rob
ert Miles; Outer Sentinel, Billy
O’Connell; Inner Sentinel, Keith
Vincent; Musician, Margaret Jean
Y'antzi; Captain, Elizabeth Graves.
Mrs. George Miles was the in
stalling officer and Mrs. Florence
Jensen installing attendant. The
group chose up sides for a cam
paign for new members, with Don
na Jean Marcellus and Davene Loy
as captains of the two sides. After
the meeting the group went to the
Bakery for lunch.
The first of the week Dr. and
Mrs. Brown purchased the resi
dence they have occupied for sev
eral years from Mrs. Dubois, who
arrived in the city the latter part
of the week to dispose of her prop,
erty here. She still owns the
building occupied by Howard Bau
man and we understand a deal is
on for its sale.
The work of installing the re
frigeration plant in the meat de
partment of the Grady Brothers
grocery was completed Tuesday
and they expect to have a full line
of meats the coming week. The
refrigeration plant is one of the
latest makes and it will prove a
valuable addition to this popular
store.
The work on the basement of
the new home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
J. Froelich is rapidly approaching
the finish and it will not be long
until work on the building proper
is commenced. The house will be
32x40 feet, two stories and base
ment and when completed will be
one of the nicest residences in the
city.
The old city drinking fountain
on the First National bank corner
has been in bad shape for some
time and the first of the week it
was replaced with a new fountain.
O'NEILL COUNTRY
CLUB HAS A GOAL
OF 100 MEMBERS
Opening Dance of the Se3^n YY ill
Be Held Monday Evening.
May the 18th.
A drive for members of the
O’N'eill Country Club will begin
within a few' days. It is the aim
of the club membership committee
to show a total of at least 100
members for 1936. The dues for
1936 will be fifteen dollars for a
married man and his family, ten
dollars for junior members, ten
dollars for stockholders and ten
dollars for lady members.
A special rate of five dollars will
be made for out of town members
and it is expected that many golf
ers from Atkinson will take ad
vantage of thi3 membership for the
reason that golf has been discon
tinued in that city.
The opening dance of the season
will be held Monday. May 18. War
ren Ritchie and his music has been
engaged to play for this party and
the dance committee. P. C. Dono
hoe and Dick Jordan, report that
they have signed Mr. Ritchie and
his band to play for the annual
tournament in June. It i3 said
that this is the best orchestra to
play in this part of the state.
Golfers who are showing unex
pected form for so early in the
season and who are certain to be
contenders in the coming tourna
ment are Francis Soukup, Jim
Harty. Bob McCaw, Pat Myhre,
Bob Moore, Dr. Sherbahn, Bill
Wehl and Charles Yarnell. The
course is in splendid condition and
record breaking scores are expect
ed to be turned in during the next
two weeks. R. M. Sauers is chair
man of the membership committee
and will be very glad to interview
prospective members.
CONGRESS—AS SEEN
BY A NEBRASKAN
By Karl Stefan
Many letters are reaching Wash
ington from Nebraska indicating
dry w-eather, and members are
again starting to crowd around the
big weather map which is located
in the house lobby, and on which
daily weather reports from every
part of the United States are
shown,
A letter from north Nebraska in
dicates that there is some mois
ture in the subsoil and rain is bad
ly needed, and references to that
are beginning to be made on the
floor of the house.
The new vocational education
bill in which so many Nebraska
people seem to be interested is held
up because it does not conform to
the budget requirements. Several
senators who are interested in the
bill, and the author of the house
bill, have visited the Administra
tive offices and talked the matter
over with the Chief Executive.
Those who are interested in voca
tional training will be interested to
learn that the appropriation for
the new bill may have to be cut
down considerably before it gets
an OK.
Originally the bill called lor
$12,000,000. The house committee
on education cut it to $6,000,000,
and a minority of the committee
recommended it cut down to $3,
000,000. However on a compromise
the bill passed the committee at
$6,000,000, which is quite an in
crease in the amount of the same
bill of a year ago.
Those who are steering the bill
say that they can do nothing furth
er until they'get the right kind of
encouragement from the adminis
tration.
The use of federal vocational ed
ucation funds to subsidize sweat
shops has been made more difficult,
if not impossible, by restrictions
placed on this appropriation bill by
the house committee. By unan
imous vote, the committee decreed
that none of the money should be
used for low wage employment—a
practice that has been quite ex
tensive.
Diversion of federal vocational
education funds in several south
ern states, particularly in Missis
sippi, has caused the United States
Bureau of Education to raise its
regulations.
The Government Worker’s Coun
cil of Washington today sent a
letter and a statement to every
' ' • . !
member concerning the effects of
dismissing married persons from
the government service, due to the
provisions of the economy act of
1932. A section of this act provides
that either the husband or wife, or
one of them if they are employed
by the government, must give up
his job.
This act was intended to give a
job to some other unemployed per
son. The Governments Worker’s
Council tells members of Congress
that one of the more important as
pects of this law is the effect which
it has had, and u continuing to
have, upon marriage. They claim
a survey shows that in some cases,
marriage would not have taken
place if such a law could have been
foreseen. They,claim that divorce
is contemplated by others, and that
in some cases divorces have already
been secured because of the opera
tion of that alw.
Many members of congress feel
that if a husband has a good job
working for the government, and
his wife also has a good job work
ing for the government, one of
them ought to give up his job so
that some unemployed man can
get a job to support a family. They
feel that the jobs should be dis
tributed so as to relieve unemploy
ment.
The labor leaders of today an
nounced that there are twelve mil
lion unemployed in the country,
and that the big question is “How
can you put them to work?”
It is doubtful if any new bills
other than the ordinary “must”
bills will pass or have ar. opportun
ity of passage during this session
of congress. All attention is being
given to the tax bill and the new
emergency relief bill, which will
follow the tax bill.
VicePresidentGamer and Speak
er Byrnes had a conference yester
day afternoon, S and those who
watched the tw% leaders talking
! things over, guessed that they were
talking about early adjournment.
All of this however is guess work,
but members hope to get through
before June 10.
The Frazier-Lemke refinance bill
got another set-back today when
those working on the bill learned
that two more members took their
name3 off the discharge petition.
Last week only one more name
was needed. Today three more
names are needed to get the re
quired 218 names. One member
who took his name off has promised
progressive members to put it back
again.
Many letters are being received
from farmers who owe money on
their farms, stating that they are
getting very little help from the
Farm Credit Administration. Some
of them who have had their farms
appraised for a loan, and find the
amount the government will loan
them is not enough to take care of
the mortgage, have asked for re
appraisals. They write that the
new appraisal results in apprais
ing the farm for less than the first
appraisal.
Many farm group members here
are complaining to the administra
tion about this. They feel that a
demand for reappraisal of the land
brings retaliation against the
farmer. This matter has been
brought to the attention of the
house.
One hundred sailors — enlisted
men—who have been going to the
naval school at Norfolk, Virginia,
have completed their work, and are
going home on a thirty day fur
lough. These young men want a
chance to enter the naval academy
in order to become commissioned
officers in the navy. They had no
chance for direct appointment and
many of them enlisted and studied
hard and won the chance for the
free naval school. They will be
notified in about three weeks about
their grades. If they pass they
will be notified to enter the naval
academy about next June.
Those members endeavoring to
protect American producers against
the foreign oils and fats thru an
excise tax have turned their atten
tion to the senate, where they hope
to put an amendment on the new
tax bill, for the purpose of continu
ing an excise tax on Philippine
cocoanut oil.
Since the excise tax has been in
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PUBLIC SCHOOL TO
PRESENT PATRONS
DAY PROGRAM
Display* of Work of Pupils At the
School Will Be Shown In
the Class Rooms,
Tuesday, May 12, the O’Neill
public school will observe the an-1
Patron’s Go to School Day. A very
interesting program has been pre- j
pared for both afternoon and
evening. The afternoon program,
led by the school band, will be pre
sented on the lawn of the school
building at 2 o’clock. The program
follows:
Music, school band, conducted by
Mr. Durham: Processional: Crown
ing of May Queen; May Day Dance
by 4th grade, directed by Miss
Ryan and Miss Zimmerman; May
Pole, kindergarten; Irish Dance by
7th and 8th grades, directed by
Miss Zimmerman and Miss Ryan;
Sunbonnet Girls and Overall Boys
by 2nd and 3rd grades, directed by
Miss Caffrey and Miss Gallagher;
May Pole Dance, by 5th and 6th
grades, directed by Miss Jones.
Following the program work of j
the pupils will be on display in
the class rooms.
The evening program will begin
at 8 o’clock and will be presented
in the High School auditorium.
The program:
Trumpet Solo, Howard Graves;
Quartet, Arlie Powell, Alice Sch
wisow, Louis Cambre and Wallace
Powell; Reading, Maxine Barnes;
Piano Solo, Virgil Johnson; Play,
Ruth Harris, Nadine Kilpatrick
and Clarence Seiah; Trumpet Trio,
Woodrow- Melena, Delbert Warner
and Howard Graves; Vocal Solo,
Lewis Cambre; Chalk Talk, Dale
Stearns; Duet, Geraldine Yarnell
and Ruth Osenbaugh.
The art department will have a
very interesting display and you
will want to visit the home econ
omics department. The programs
are being arranged by various com
mittees of the faculty. The O’Neill
school invites the parents ar.d pa
trons to be guests at these enter
tainments.
Holt County Younjf
Republicans Meet At
Atkinson Saturday
May it please all red blooded Young
Americans in the County of Holt:
To all you young men and wo
men who are tired of a government
by bureaucrary, who wish to stamp
out communism and such forms of
radicalism which tend to take away
the freedom of the American peo
ple—between the ages of 21 and
36—who lotfe clean politics and good
government are invited to join the
Young Republican Club of Holt
county. The next meting will be
held at Atkinson next Saturday,
May 9, at 8 p. m. in the town hall.
At that time our state chairman,
Mr. Edwin Myers, Jr., will be
with us.
There have been two meetings
held and some temporary officers
elected to carry on until a perman
ent organization can be set up.
This Young Republican Club will
not tolerate any jealiousness on
the part of it’s members and each
town and locality will have mem
bers elected by the Club to serve
on the various committees. No
partiality will be shown to any one
town or community. Our sole pur
pose is to assist in every way in
the election of the Republican na
tional and state tickets at the com
ing election, as we believe that
their election is necessary for the
welfare of this country that we all
love. Everyone come and bring a
friend.
E. J. COLLNS,
County President.
J. J. Schweitzer, of Milford, was
in the city last Saturday visiting
relatives and his many old time
friends in this section. He came
up after Mrs. Schweitzer, who had
been visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Allen in this city for
several weeks. They returned
home Sunday afternoon.
i ..
I The basement for the new home
of Mrs. Racely on Benton street,
between Fifth and Sixth streets,
has been completed and work on
the structure will commence next
week. The building will be 30x42
with a full basement, one story
and will be of the Spanish type,
stucco on the outside.
The Weather
High Low Mois.
April 30 55 37 .40
Mav l 54 49 Tr.
May 2 62 38
May 3 83 39
May 4 85 52
Ma'v 5 90 60
Mav 6 87 64
May 7 78 52
NEWS OF PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
Our two former O’Neill resi
dents, Mrs. J, V. Dwyer and Miss
Mary Sullivan, have been extended
many social courtesies the past
week. Saturday evening they
were guests of Mrs. E. F. Gallag
her; Sunday night Mrs. D. H.
Cronin had a supper for these visi
tors; Monday evening Mrs. S. J.
Weekes had a dinner at the Golden,
followed by bridge at her home;
Tuesday Mrs. Ed Campbell enter
tained at dinner at the Golden for
the Martez Club and these popular
visitors were honor guests. Wed
nesday Mrs. K. R. Dickson had a
small luncheon for the ladies at
the Golden.
E. C. Rector, of Orchard, one of
the large cattlemen of this section
of the state and at one time an ex
tensive holder of Holt county real
estate, died in an Omaha hospital
last week from the result of injur
ies received in an auto accident
about ten days previously. The
funeral was held at Orchard last
Friday and was very largely at
tended. Among those attending
from here were, Mrs. A. C. Cow
perthwaite, Judge and Mrs. C. J.
Malone, Pete Duffy and Judge J.
J. Harrington.
William Krotter was down from
Stuart Wednesday. Mr. Krotter
informed us that he had secured
the contract for supplying the sand
and gravel for the new court house
and that it would be obtained from
a pit they are to open on the Frank
Pribil, Jr., farm south of O’Neill.
He said that he had several other
contracts in view that he would
supply from this pit and that it
promised to be a busy place all
summer.
S. J. Weekes went down to
Omaha Sunday night to attend to
his duties there as a member of
the board of directors of a build
ing and loan association and also
as a member of the loan committee
of the Regional Agricultural Credit
Corporation. While away he will
also attend the republican state
convention which will be held in
Omaha Thursday, as one of the
delegates from this county.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dietsch,
who formerly resided northeast of
this city but who left here for
Cedar county in 1911, have re
turned to Holt county and are
again living on their farm north
east of here. Mr. and Mrs. Dietsch
were pleasant callers at this office
this morning and had their name
enrolled on The Frontier’s sub
scription list for the coming year
so they could keep posted on the
affairs of the county.
The Woman’s Missionary Society
met at the home of Mrs. Jeanne
Scott Monday evening with a good
attendance. The subject wa3 Lat
in Americas. Mrs. Eby, Mrs. Bar
ker and Mrs. Johnson were on the
program. The meeting was very
interesting and it is much pleasure
to see our society growing. Mrs.
Scott served a delicious lunch at
the close of the meeting.
F. J. Biglin drove down to Sioux
City this afternoon after Mrs. Big
lin and Joseph, who have been at
Rochester, Minn., for the past two
weeks. Joseph was discharged
from the hospital there Tuesday
and Mrs. Biglin and son went to
Sioux City that night and have
been visiting relatives there for a
couple of days.
Mrs. Art Auker and Miss Hazel
McDonald were hostesses at a pre
nuptial shower given in honor of
Miss Mary Grutsch Saturday, May
2. A desert luncheon was served
after which a very pleasing pro
gram was given and the gifts were
presented.
Dr. W. H. Mullen, of Omaha, was
in the city the later part of the
week visiting old-time friends in
this section.
RECEPTION HELD AT
ACADEMY FOR MOST
REV. JAMES H. RYAN
Class of Two Hundred Seventy-five
Confirmed Monday Morning
At St. Patrick’s.
On Sunday evening, May 3rd,
Most Reverend James Hugh Ryan,
D. D., accompanied by Rev. Nich
olas H. Wegner, arrived at St.
Patrick’s Rectory, and, later in the
evening, was tendered a reception
of welcome by the pupils of St.
Mary’s Academy and the people of
the parish.
The program consisted of a
“welcome song’’ in three voices,
rendered “a capella’’ by the entire
school, followed by an address by
Francis Soukup, a senior, on be
half of St. Mary’s faculty and the
pupils, in which he stressed the
fact that St. Mary’s had rejoiced
exceedingly on hearing of the ap
pointment of our new Bishop, and
assured him of unswerving loyalty
and devotion with faithful fulfill
ment of his teachings as our Shep
herd and our Guide.
The orchestra rendered several
splendid selections, after which a
line-up of tiny tots came in on tip
toe with a finger on each pair of
lips, ranging themselves in front
of His Excellency and looking
very wise. All together exclaimed
“Boo." Then they announced they
had a secret. One carried a Gold
en Rose, veiled, until they had con
vinced him of how much they loved
him. The gift was presented with
a beautiful boquet of tea roses,
and they explained to His Excel
lency that the gift is only for one
who deserves the highest honors
and rewards. It was easily seen
that the lambkins of his flock have
a safe, warm shelter in the loving
Shepherd’s heart.
Gounod’s “Praise Ye the Father’’
was sung by the High School group
after which Judge J. J. Harrington
warmly welcomed the new Bishop
on behalf of his parish and tl^e
entire community. The Most Rev
erend Bishop answered briefly but
heartily, calling forth round after
round of applause by saying he
knew of O’Neill while still in Wash
ington, and, that as a boy, he had
learned that an Irish patriot had
founded a settlement in Nebraska
named O’Neill.
On the following morning, the
Bishop confirmed two hundred
seventy-five, the largest class in
the history of the parish. At least
thirty of them were converts.
It is needless to say that our be
loved Bishop won all hearts in
O’Neill, and he will ever find true
and faithful children in this part
of Holt county.
WEST SIDE PROJECT CLl B
The West Side Project Club
met at the home of Mrs. Let John
son W'ednesday, May 6 and the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year. Mrs. John Miller,
who has served as Leader A for
two years, was reelected and Mrs.
Let Johnson elected to succeed Mrs.
Vic Johnson as Leader B, Mrs.
John Hickey was elected president
and Mrs. Joe McNichols secretary.
After the election of officers
games were played and the prize
was won by Mrs. Ralph Ernest.
At 4:30 a delicious luncheon to
served by Mrs. Let Johnson con
sisting of sandwiches, cookies ana
coffee.
The next meeting will be held
in June at the home of Mrs. John
Hickey.
School Notes
The final eighth grade examin
ation will be held on Wednesday.
May 13. This examination will be
held in the following places: St.
Boniface and Stuart public schools.
Atkinson, Emmet, Amelia. Chamb
ers, O’Neill, Meek, Ewing. Page
and Debit.
Due to the fact that most of the
eighth graders are through, and
due to the shortage of time yet re
maining we have been forced to
limit the number of places for the
final examinations.
CLARENCE J. McCLURG.
County Superintendent.
J. D. Cronin went down to
Omaha Wednesday morning where
he will attend the republican state
convention as one of the delegates
from this county. He was selected
as a member of the committee on
resolutions.