Nab. Stata Historical Society
' The Frontier
VOL. LVI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1936. No. 52
Rains of Past Week
Total Nearly 2 Inches
Nebraska, as well as this section
of the state, was visited with sev
eral nice rains the latter part of
last week that put the ground in
splendid condition for corn plant
ing and was a boon to the hay crop
as well as that of fall grains and
pastures. It started raining Thurs
day evening and rained most of the
night, and when Weather Observer
Bowen checked up Friday morning
he found that the earth had re
ceived and absorbed .61 of an inch.
On Friday we received .20 of an
inch and Saturday night and Sun
day afternoon we received a splen
did rain that added 1.15 inches to
the total for the four days, making
it 1.96. Farmers are very busy in
the fields this week and they are
all wearing the smile that won’t
come off, as the rains give hope for
a bountiful season.
High Low Mois.
Mav 8 „. 65 41 .61
May 9 50 43 .20
May 10 ...... .. 58 45 1.15
May 11 70 49
May 12 . 79 50
May 13 72 45
New Grocery Store Will
Be Opened Here Friday
E. J. Ramold, of Gregory, S. D.,
arrived in the city Monday and has
been busy all week assisting in
getting his new store, the O’Neill
Food Center, ready for its grand
opening on Friday of this week.
They are to have four grand open
ing days, Friday, Saturday, 'Sun
day and Monday. They are open
ing for business in the Old Horis
key location on Douglas street, the
stock of which was purchased by
" Mr. Ramold a month ago. For the
past month, Warren N. Morris,
who will manage the new store,
has been here repairing and re
painting the building getting it
ready for the opening day, and
when they throwr the doors open
tomorrow morning at 9 o’clock pa
trons will enter a store that has
been thoroughly renovated and on
its shelves a brand new stock of
^ goods.
Mr. Ramold has been engaged in
the grocery business at Gregory
for the past twelve or fifteen years
and is said to own one of the finest
stocks of groceries in the Rosebud
country in his Gregory store, and it
is his ambition, and that of his
manager, to make the O’Neill Food
Center the leading grocery in this
section. The Frontier welcomes the |
new firm to the ranks of O’Neill
business men.
Bids Asked For Oiling
Road South of Town
In another column of this edi
tion is a notice calling for bids for
oiling of the 3.6 miles of road from
tthe Northwestern railroad tracks
to connect with the oiled road south
of this city. This will make about
15 miles of oiled road between this
city and Chambers. Bids are also
asked for three armoured crossings
over the C. & N. W. railway tracks
in this city on highway No. 281.
Both propositions are federal aid
projects.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Rev. A. J. May, Pastor
Sunday School at 10 a. m.
Morning Worship at 11 a. m.—
Special service, “Neighbor’s Day.”
Sermon subject, “Who is My
Neighbor?” Members of the I. O.
O. F. are invited to this service.
Special music by the choir. Trump
et solo, Howard Graves.
Baccalaureate Sermon at 8 p. m.
Rev. H. D. Johnson of the Pres
byterian church will deliver the
sermon.
Epworth League at 7 p. m.—
Charles Yarnell, Leader.
The Young People’s group will
meet Monday, May 18, 6.30 p. m.
at Page.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00—Mr. C. E.
4 Yantzi, superintendent.
Morning Worship 11:00—“Spir
itual Power.”
Evening Service 8:00—This will
be the Baccalaureate Service at
the Methodist church.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
FREE—TIRES FOR YOUR CAR!
That’s what it amounts to when
* you buy your Oil at Gamble Stores.
The money you save on Oil will
pay for your Tires. 2 gal. Pure
Penn., $1.29, including can and Fed.
Tax.—Adv.
Hospital Notes
Mrs. Thomas Welch and baby, of
Emmet, went home Sunday.
Mrs. W. H. Graver, of Ewing,
came in Thursday evening and sub
mitted to a major operation Fri
day morning. She is convalesing
very nicely.
Roy Miller, 7, of Chambers, was
brought in Friday last for pneu
monia treatment. The little fel
low is improving gradually.
Miss Dorothy Lewis was oper
ated on for acute appendicitis Sat
urday night. Her condition is as
good as could be expected at the
present time.
O’Neill Native To
Wed In Wyoming:
The following from the Casper
Tribune-Herald announcing the
coming marriage of Dr. George
Erwin Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Baker formerly of this city and
a native son of O’Neill. The many
friends of the groom in this city
extend sincere congratulations and
good wishes:
“Mrs. Louise Reed annuonces the
engagement of her daughter, Mary
Louise, to Dr. George Erwin Baker.
The wedding will be an event of
June 2, at the Catholic church of
St. Anthony.
“Miss Reed was born in Denver,
but has lived in Casper since in
fancy, graduating from Natrona
county high school in 1932. She
attended Iowa university at Iowa
City for two years, and for the
past two years she has held a posi
tion in the business office of the
Casper Supply company.
“Dr. Baker is the younger son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker and was
born in O’Neill, Nebr. He attended
grade and high school in Cheyenne,
the family residence in that city
extending over a 16-year period.
The Bakers came to Casper in 1923.
“Dr. Baker received his college
work at Washington university and
the University of Wyoming, re
ceiving his B. A. degree. His med
ical education was acquired at the
University of Nebraska College of
Medicine in Omaha, with degrees
of bachelor of science. He served
his internship in St. Mary’s hospit
al of St. Louis and the Caledonian
hospital of Brooklyn. He is affili
ated with Alpha Tau Omega social
fraternity and Nu Sigma Nu med
ical farternity. Since 1932 Dr.
Baker has been associated with Dr.
J. C. Kamp.”
4-H Club Week
Preparations
Preparations for the annual 4-H
club week to be held on the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of ag
riculture campus the first week in
June were nearing completion this
week as L. I. Frisbie, state club
leader, announced plans for the
special local leader’s day on Mon
day, June 1.
The first day's program is al
ready complete and is designed
especially for local leaders who
cannot stay for the entire week.
W. H. Brokaw, Arthur George,
Ralph Copenhaver and George
Round will appear in the speaking
about various local leader activi
ties. J. D. Douglas, vice-chairman
of the State Game, Forestation and
Parks commission, is to discuss
conservation. A motion picture
showing the last tournament of
the Roses in color, will also be pre
sented. Local leaders staying over
for the evening will be entertained
by the University 4-H club.
Already more than 200 Nebraska
4-H club members and local lead
ers have registered for Club Week
which indicates that the attend
ance may be larger than usual this
year.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses
have been issued in the office of
the county judge during the past
week:
Clarence A. Olson, of Crofton,
Nebr., and Miss Asella D. Ramold,
of Stuart.
Harry O. Lansworth and Miss
Mary Grutsch, both of O’Neill.
Kenneth Cadwallader, of Stuart,
and Miss Rena Riley, of Atkinson.
Frank J. Weber and Miss Wilma
N. Munn, both of Atkinson.
Mrs. F. N. Cronin has been in a
hospital at Sioux City the past ter
days and last Friday she submitted
to a serious operation. She is get
ting along nicely and is expected to
return home tomorrow.
Litigation In Citizen’s
Bank of Stuart Settled
The affirmance of the judgments
entered in the District Court here
by the Supreme court of the three
suits brought by the receiver of
the Citizens Bank of Stuart against
the officers and their bonds, ends
all the pending litigation, and it
would seem that the way is now
clear for the final settlement of the
bank’s affairs.
From the records it appears that
many cases, both civil and criminal,
were brought to settle the affairs
of the bank. Several suits involv
ing about 170.000.00 to set aside
transfers of securities of the bank
to favored depositors were brought
by the receiver, and the preferen
ces were set aside and the securit
ies were ordered returned to the
bank. On appeal to the supreme
court the cases were affirmed, and
the securities returned to the bank.
In these cases the right of an
insolvent bank to hand over its
securities to favored depositors in
payment of their deposits was
denied and held to be an unlawful
preference, and that the securities
must be returned to the bank for
the use and benefit of all deposi
tors.
The m03t expensive litigation
growing out of the bank’s failure
were the criminal case3, in which
a disagreement of the jury was
brought about by the attempted
bribery of the jury, necessitating
two extra trials, in addition to the
expense of the prosecution, con
viction and punishment of the at
tempted jury bribers, amounting
in all to several thousand dollars
to the tax payers.
Of the many cases tried in the
district court, ten cases were taken
to the supreme and all were affirm
ed. Considering that these cases
involved many new questions of
law, never before passed upo^n by
our supreme court, these affirman
ces by the supreme court is a record
that the trial judge. Judge Dick
son, may be proud of and must be
pleasing to the depositors, as they
will share in the securities re
turned to the bank, as well as that
recovered from the officers and
their bonds. All of the assets of
the bank were sold several months
ago, other than these judgments
against the officers and their bonds,
and nothing remains to prevent the
speedy and final settlement and
distribution to the depositors of
their final dividend.
Webb Circus Has
Largest Elephant
Through a special arrangement
with the government of Siam and
the management of the Joe B.
Webb’s circus, you will be able to
see a real sacred elephant. This is
the second time that an elephant
of this kind has ever been exhibit
ed to the public in America as these
special sized elephants are very
rare and are worshipped by the
natives of Siam. There are very
few of this kind. Possibly one out
of every ten thousand elephants
have a pink skin and are always
the leaders of their herds and are
picked by the natives as a war
elephant and are worshipped at all
religious gatherings, and religious
caretakers and attendants keep a
watchful eye on them so no harm
may come to them. Congo is no
doubt the largest elephant to trod
the earth and weighs over seven
tons. His daily rations are about
the same as four of the smaller
elephants, which consist of eight
bales of hay, two bushel of mixed
grain and seven barrels of water
per day. As a dessert he likes a
good chew of tobacco. As the old
story about the elephant not liking
tobacco is just an old circus press
agent’s story, never be alarmed in
giving an elephant a good chew.
Abadella Ben Deb who is Big Con
go’s caretaker, will give a fifteen
minute lecture on the capture and
care of big Congo each day, after
noon and night, in the menagerie
tent and he is also presented in
the main tent on the hippodrome
track for your inspection. Seeing
this great beast is worth coming
miles to see, and never before has
such a great monster been present
ed by any circus or any zoo. Re
gardless of any conflicting stories
or rumors The Joe B. Webb Circus
will have Big Congo on exhibition
with hte circus exactly as adver
tised. At O’Neill, Thursday, May
21, 1936. !
Country Club Notes
The opening dance for the 193d
season will be held at the O’Neill
Country Club on Monday evening.
May 18. Warren Ritchie and his
orchestra will pl*y for the party.
This orchestra has played for
Country Club dances in the past
and their music enjoyed by the
dancers.
Dr. Burgess, president of the
Club, will soon announce the com
mittee in charge of ladies activit
ies. The ladies program for this
season promises to be the most en
tertaining in the history of the
Club. Bridge parties will be held
at the club house regularly and the
club grounds will be the scene of
many novel picnics and parties.
At a later date the program of
these activities will be announced.
Of course the Fourth of July cele
bration, the Annual Tournament
ar.d the Masquerade party will be
high-lights.
New members' who have joined
the Club lately are John Dailey,
Cliff Fifer and 0. A. Myhre. The
sparkling play of Tomlinson, Ryan,
Bill Beha and Sullivan has been a
feature of the play this week while
Myhre, Wehl and McCaw continue
to turn in scores that promise
trouble for those hopefuls who ex
pect to win prizes at the coming
tournament. Cliff Lundgren look
ed good i" his initial round for this
season.
NEWS OF PEOPLE
YOU KNOWr
Wiliam Bokhof, of Atkinson, was
transacting business in this city
Tuesday. Mr. Bokhof spent the
winter in Florida, returning to his
home in Atkinson about a week
ago. Bill was wise in picking the
past winter to hibernate in the
south a3 those of us who had to re
main here witnessed the hardest
winter this country has seen for
many year3.
Doc Green, of Lincoln, who was
one of the “aiso ran” brigade at
the recent republican primary, was
in the city on business Wednesday
and favored this office with a pleas
ant call. Altho defeated “Doc”
feels fine and he says that pros
pects for republican success in Ne
braska at the coming election nev
er looked brighter than it does at
the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morrison left
last Monday night for Rochester.
Minn., where Bob expected to have
his injured arm checked up. He
has been getting along nicely the
past couple of weeks but thought
it best to have it examined by the
surgeons in this famous clinic.
They expected to return home the
end of the week.
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Mrs. J. V. Dwyer and Miss Mary
Sullivan, who had been visiting
relatives and old time friends here
for the past month, left for Omaha
last Sunday night where they will
visit for a few days prior to their
return to their home at Butte,
Mont. During their visit here they
were honor guests at many social
functions.
Clarence A. Olson, of Crofton,
and Miss Asella D. Ramold, of
Stuart, were granted a marriage
license in county court last Friday.
Mr. Olson i3 the publisher of the
Crofton Journal and he is a former
resident of Atkinson. The many
Holt county friends of the bride
and groom extend hearty congratu
lations.
Edward Adams, president of the
Chambers Stat** bank and a pion
eer resident of Holt county, suf
fered a paralytic stroke early last
Monday morning, and is unable to
talk. Mr. Adam-t has many friends
in different parts of the county
who hope that he will shortly re
cover from his ailment.
At the democratic state conven
tion held in Omaha last week Sen
ator Norris was endorsed for re
election and Terry Carpenter, the
regular democratic nomineee, was
ignored. Looks as if there would
be a very interesting campaign
this fall.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Murray and
daughter, Elaine, spent the week
end in Kearney, visiting with their
son and other relatives and friends.
They were accompanied by Lois
Sullivan.
Former Ewinj< Business
Man Is Declared Insane
Jim Sonnichson, 77, of Ewing,
was before the Board of Commis
sioners of Insanity last Tuesday on
complaint of John Mayborg. The
board, after a hearing and. the ex
amination of many witnesses found
him insane, but as the asylum at
Norfolk was full he was commit
ted to the custody of the sheriff,
who in turn turned him over to his
guardian who was appointed the
latter part of last week. Mr. Son
nichson has been a resident of
Ew'ing for many years and was for
years one of its most prominent
business men.
CONGRESS—AS SEEN
BY A NEBRASKAN
By Karl Stefan
The Frazier-Lemke refinance bill
petition was fully signed today.
This mean the bill will be consid
ered in the House of Representa
tives after several years of effort.
Now it is necessary to wait seven
legislative days before the bill can
be taken up and certain members
are watching carefully in order
that there be no adjournment and
on May 11 it is expected that this
long awaited bill to refinance farm
loans will come up for considera
tion. —
The much discussed tax bill H.
R. 12395 was passed by' the House
yesterday and now goes over to
the Senate, but this bill is far from
complete, and members know that
it will hardly be recognized by the
time the Senate gets thru with it.
The Senate is holding hearings
on its own tax bill, and the differ
ent bill under which the taxpayers
will work will be the result of a
conference between the Senate and
the House.
Many of those voting against the
bill did so because they felt that it
was an entirely new plan of taxa
tion and wiped out the old income
tax plan, by which about $1,500,
000,000 is raised. Some who voted
for it stated it was because they
felt it not only raised this one and
one-half billion dollars, but raised
in addition about $803,000,000 and
that it would force those most able
to pay the taxes to do so. They
also voted for it, some of these ad
vocates 3ay, because the tax bill in
cluded money for the payment of
the soldiers’ bonus, and also would
have an effect of recovering certain
processing taxes.
The senate is somewhat unfriend
ly to the house bill, 30 the mem
bers of the house will have another
chance to vote on the completed
bill later. Reports are current that
the senate has already planned to
include excise taxes on farm pro
duce and if the bill appears on the
house floor with such taxes, there
will be considerable enmity against
the bill on the part of the prairie
states representatives.
A plan is on foot on the senate
side to protect the American do
mestic fat industry by a new sec
tion in this tax bill, making the
collection of a three-cent tax on
cocoanut oil a revenue measure to
be paid directly into the federal
treasury, thus keeping in force the
excise tax on cocoanut oil which
has resulted in tremendous benefit
to the producer of American do
mestic fats.
In reply to many letters asking
what has become of the bill to con.
tinue the 3 ¥t% rate on feed and
seed loan3, it can be stated that the
committee in charge of this bill
has been told definitely by the rules
committee that they cannot get the
bill on the floor of the house until
they get the necessary 218 signa
tures on a petition; a similar meth
od which was used on the Frazier
Lemke bill. The petition is being
drawn up and it is very likely that
it will be signed in short order as
individual committees are being
organized to canvas the various
state delegations to sign the peti
tion as soon as it is ready.
The president of the Sioux City
Chamber of Commerce was herq.yes
terday talking to members whom
he accompanied to the office of the
Secretary of Agriculture and pro
tested against the reciprocal trade
agreements. Echoes of a meeting
which was held in Sioux City,
where objections were made to the
importation of farm produce into
our country, were heard in these
arguments. The Secretary of Ag
riculture was told that the Amer
ican market should be protected
for the American producer and
that control of production in the
United States should also be fol
lowed by control of production
elsewhere. The secretary was told
by his callers that there is a time
in each year, probably the month
of August, when it would be diffi
cult to know in the United States
whether or not we would have a
surplus of farm products, and in
any event, we should allow to come
into this country only that farm
produce of which we would not
have a surplus.
Because a report had been cir
culated that both the senate and
house leaders are now planning an
earlier adjournment, many of those
interested in various bills are mak
ing an effort to get bills up. All
bills which have been introduced
will die a natural death when this
session is over and, therefore will
have to be re-introduced and start
ed all over again in the seventy
fifth congress.
One report was circulated today
that the leaders have determined
to finish all business by the end of
May. As a result, the chairman
of the ways and means, the appro
priation and the rules committees
are being besieged by members
having pet bills in the making. It
takes a long time to get a bill
acted upon by the house. Most of
the work is done in the committees.
The committees are the workshop
of Congress and the floor of the
House of Representatives is de
scribed many times as the show
room.
A bill must be taken from the
congressional office, to a subcom
mittee, then to a whole committee
and then to a chairman of prefer
ential committees before it finally
reaches the desk of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
After passing the tax bill yes
terday, the house passed a bill to
appoint certain commissions to
study various government depart
ments with a view of consolidation,
and eventually bring about econ
omy in the operation of govern
ment business. This bill got a
heavy vote on both sides of the
house.
The request for a billion and
one-half dollars relief money is
coming to the house in the third,
deficiency bill. This will require
considerable time to get thru both
houses, but today a report was cir
culated in both the senate and the
house that the leaders have deter
mined upon an early adjournment
and guesses are being made all the
way from May 20 to June 15 as the
time when this last session of the
Seventy-fourth Congress is to be
terminated.
Woman’s Club
The O’Neill Woman’s Club met
at the home of the president, Mrs.
H. E. Coyne, on Thursday after
noon, May 6. A very interesting
review of “Lucy Gayheart” by
Willa Cather, was given by Mrs.
Pete Todsen.
The following officers were elect
ed for the coming year: President,
Mrs. H. E. Coyne; Vice president,
Mrs. C. J. Malone; Secretary, Mrs.
J. D. Osenbaugh; Treasurer, Miss
Anna O’Connell; Custodian, Mrs.
A. Cowperthwaite; Reporter, Mrs.
L. A. Carter.
Nearly Enough To Elect
According to the United States
News, a weekly magazine of
national affairs published at Wash
ington, D. C., the number of em
ployed persons in January, 1933,
was 35,240,000 and the number on
the relief rolls on the above date
was 17,000.000. In April, 1936,
the number of persons employed
jumped to 40,000,000, while the
number on relief on the last men
tioned date increased to 20,000,000.
Even with the vast amount of
government money that has been
3pent during the past three years
it does not look as if we were pro
gressing very fast.
R. E. Jones, of Springview, has
filed suit in the district court
against the county of Holt to re
cover the sum of f 1,101.35 witness
fees in the Flannigan cases that
had been assigned to him. The
claim was rejected by the board at
their last meeting, there not being
sufficient money in the general
fund to pay the claims.
Three Gasoline Dealers
Fined On Law Violations
W. H. Van Doozer, state inspect
or, has been busy in this county
the past month inspecting the var
ious gasoline stations in the county
and the quality of gas handled by
the dealers, and as a result of his
investigations three gasoline deal
ers have been before the court the
past two weeks.
The later part of April a com
plaint was filed in county court by
Mr. Vail Doozer against Wesley
R. Cobb, a gasoline dealer at Stu
art, alleging that the said Wesley
R. Cobb on or about April 27, 1936
did offer for sale motor vehicle
gasoline in pumps, the pumps hav
ing labels for such fuel as Shell
Gas. The motor fuel was not Shell
gasoline and was misbranded or
falsely branded. Mr. Cobb ap
peared in county court, plead guilty
and was fined the sum of $50 and
costs taxed at $3.25.
John Blackmore, a gasoline deal
er in Atkinson, was before the
court the same day. It was al
leged in the complaint, filed by Mr.
Van Doozer, that on April 23, 1936,
John Blackmore had in his pos
session, with intent to sell, and
offered for sale motor vehicle
fuel which did not conform to the
statutes when tested, in that it
did not come within the limit fiixed
therein. Mr. Blackmore also plead
guilty and was fined $50 and costs,
amounting to $3.25.
Under date of May 8, 1936 a
complaint was filed by Mr. Van
Doozer against the New Deal Oil
Company of this city. In the com
plaint he alleged that on or about
April 28, 1936 it had in its pos
session with intent to sell and of
fered and exposed for sale motor
vehicle fuel which did not conform
to the requirements fixed by law.
This case was tried in county
court Wednesday afternoon before
Judge Malone. After hearing sev
eral witnesses and the argument
of attorneys, Judge Malone found
the defendant guilty and assessed
a fine of $50 and costs. The case
has been appealed to the district
court and will probably come on
for trial at the fall term.
Ak-Sar-Ben Boosters
Will Visit This City
A trainload of Omaha business
men, decked in Ak-Sar-Ben colors
and carrying pocketsfull of bal
loons and novelties for the young
sters will visit O’Neill on Thurs
day, May 28, in the course of a
five-day good will tour which will
take them to most of the cities and
towns in western Nebraska and
into Colorado and Wyoming as
well. The trip will extend from
Monday, May 25, thru Friday, May
29.
The special train is scheduled to
arrive at 2 p. m., and the entire
delegation, headed by the famous
Dan Desdunes colored band, will
parade thru town. Each parader
will wear a jaunty white hat trim
med in the red-green-yellow colors
of Ak-Sar-Ben and will carry a
multi-colored umbrella. All will
have something for the boys and
girls, too, either balloons or
samples of candy or other goodies
that they are taking along by the
thousand.
Warns Against Swindlers
The chief inspector of the post
office department has issued a
warning to postmasters and rural
carriers to look out for clever
swindlers who are getting large
sums of money from unsuspecting
persons in rural communities. It
is said that these men generally
travel in pairs by automobile. They
call at the home of elderly well-to
do persons and say that he or she
ha3 some serious eye ailment, pre
tend tc treat their victim for the
alleged trouble or offer to furnish
some appliance for use in bringing
about a cure and before leaving
collect sums ranging from one to
two hundred dollars to several
thousand, whatever they think the
victim will pay.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Birmingham
and Mrs. W. J. Froelich drove to
Sioux City last Tuesday afternoon
where Hugh took the night train
for Rochester. Minn., where he will
go thru the Mayo Clinic for a
thorough check up. The ladies
went on to Omaha for a few days
visit and to meet Mr. Froelich to
day and they will return home to
morrow afternoon.
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