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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1936)
THE NEBRASKA SCENE (Continued from page 7.) ies caring for dependent children. Deliquent and handicapped cases in child welfare will be allotted i $34,493. Medicai care for crippled child ren will be distributed to the ex tent of $59,549. A dependent child is described by law as "under the age of 15 who has been deprived of parental support or care by reason of death, continued absence from the home, or physical or mental disability of a parent, and who is living with a relative.” A child in an institution cannot be eligible, because it is the belief of the bureau that a child is better off in a home than in an institution. The aid to dependent children idea is actually an extension of the mothers’ pension plan now in effect in Nebraska counties. Payments are limited to $18 a month for the first child and $12 for each addit ional child. Already on file are reports of 1,979 crippled children for whom assistance is sought, and conser vative estimates put the figure be tween 6,500 and 7,000 children in need of surgical or medical treat ment. It is hoped to make available the services of a state psychiartric consultant who would make mental and physical examinations in cases where it is needed. After more than four months in perfecting the child welfare organ ization, Mrs. Nuquist hopes the program will result in “a finer population for Nebraska, correct ing the defects in the child when he is so young that he will become a productive citizen rather than a social misfit.” At the present time 739 children in 35 counties are receiving $7,518 monthly of state-federal aid, ac cording to Mrs. Nuquist. The re cipients represent 889 families, with an average grant of $26 per family. An additional $100,000 annual allotment to Nebraska for aid to dependent children, representing partial matching by the govern ment of county mothers pensions, may be made by the federal secur ity board. Nebraska counties paid mothers’ pensions totaling about $2,121,000 in 1934, latest figures available indicate. The last legislature appropri ated a half-million dollars for aid to dependent children from state social security funds, the govern ment matching on the basis of $1 for $2 paid by state or county. While poltical candidates, gen erally are enjoying a breathing spell in preparation for the gener al election campaign, the chosen few have not been entirely idle. For example, Richard O. John Conoco Chemist Wins Renown For Oil Researches ONE of the most far reaching of recent scientific discoveries— the '‘alloying” of oil to extend the life of automobile engines — is credited in large part by engineers to L L Davis, unassuming young chemist in the laboratories of the Continental Oil Company at Ponca City. Oklahoma.. With Bert H. Lincoln, the com pany's chief chemist. Davis pa tiently tested a thousand obscure chemical compounds to find one that, mixed with oif at the refinery, would establish an independent and permanent protective film on motor metal and thus permit the oil to do Its work satisfactorily, even under the higher stress of modern lubri cating conditions. no such chemical substance ex isted. 80 Lincoln and Davis synthe sized a quasi magnetic chlorinated ester which they called methyldl chlorostearate X-ray diffraction tests conducted by Professor O. L. Clark of the University of Illinois showed Its behavior . 'Lincoln and Daviqfput together this compound with a bow to Sir William Bragg, an English physi cist who ten years earlier, while blowing soap bubbles, made obser vations indicating that the presence of an ester might bring about a desirable regimentation of oil par ticles. First revealed to the scientific world at the last meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, the Davls-Lincoln process was a tea L. L. Davis, Continental Oil Com pany chemist, whose recent discov eries in the field of friction and lubrication have attracted nation wide attention. lured topic of discussion before tho American Chemical Society mem bership in its annual meeting at Kansas City last week. son, Lincoln attorney, nominee for attorney general on the republican ticket, is making an intensive 3tudy of the unicameral legislature which will go into effect next year. Mr. Johnson, a former legislator and former Lincoln law official, expects to be elected and wants to he pre pared for the next legislative ses sion which will require an unpre cedented amount of advice from the attorney general. Incidently, the political prognos ticators say that if the democrat is majority indicated in the pri mary prevails next fall, only three republicans are reasonably sure of election. These include Johnson Johnson for attorney general, Bass for state treasurer, who runs against a democrat by the name of Jensen whom the democrats are generally ignoring as a candidate; and George Marsh who ha3 as op ponent a youthful democrat by the name of William Price who admit tedly got in as a fluke, running on the reputation of the dead William Price’s name. The least understood of the pres ent candidates is “Terrible Terry” Carpenter of Scottsbluffs, demo cratic nominee for U. S. senate. Terry went to congress in 1933 with the Roosevelt landslide. He takes politics almost as light ly as the average voter does, and, declares that “it is good business for me to fight even if I lose in politics. It still help3 me in busi ness,” he says. Briefly, Carpenter j is the “Zioncheck" of Nebraska politics. STATE HOUSE SHORTS: There are 212 teachers in the state normal schools, averaging $159.81 per month on a 12 month basis. . . Students number 4,590, The aver age cost of educating students per year is $263.92. A state-wide organization of “observers" is being formed by the state game, forestation and parks commission, as a means of exposing violators of game and fish laws. The observers will receive no re numeration for their trouble, and instead of identifying violators they will merely inform the state officers as to the localities where violations are prevalent. Instead of a sale of assets of Ne braska’s failed banks to the RFC as had been intended by Governor Cochran and state banking offi’ialr., the Reconstruction Finance cor. poration ha3 agreed to loan money to the state for the immediate liquidation of the state’s approx imately 120 remaining bank re ceiverships. It appears the RFC is strictly a lending agency and is not allowed to make an outright purchase. TIKE PRICES REDUCED! Again Gambles reduce Tire Prices, when others are raising. May Sale Prices—30x3, $1.19— 4.40-21, $4.69-4.75-19, $5.69 for Tire and Tube—Starts Fri.—Adv. Safety Demands Careful Driving and a Properly Conditioned Car By J. C. HARMON N "IT’S OLD—but the wit who origi * nated the Joke about the most dangerous part of a car being the "nut" on the steering wheel, was not far wrong. The modern car is «o built that it is not daugerous un less it is in daugoroua hands. To stretch the point & bit farther. It is not likely to be inefficient unless placed in inefficient hands. The good car is usually the car that la well cared for, according to a sate dliving bulletin issued today. i'ovr drivers are physically in capable of driving properly. Safe driving is largely a matter of put ting into the Job at hand all the care and attention of which the driver is capable, in a sense, the same principle holds for the opera tion of the car Itself, Iho bulletin points out. Proper Care Important “Whether or not you will got sat isfactory and efficient results in the operation of your car is apt to de pend in no small part on what you put into it’,” the bulletin says. “And by that is meant good fuel, good lubricants, enough air in the tires, the solution in the batteries and the ! water or anti-freeie in the radiator. Modern cars are built to operate efficiently. The rest Is up to the owner of the car.” So much has been done la recent years oy the manufacturers of standard brands of gasolines to im prove their products that today the car owner experiences little difficul ty in getting a good grade of fuel for his car, the bulletin declares. High standards have been estab lished and are being maintained. The car owner is not apt to be care less about buying fas, because ex perience has taught Mat that his car just won’t run without it. Going to the service station after gas is part <of his regular driving: routine. Unfortunately, this is not always the case as far as oil is concerned. Ail too often car owners neglect to change toon enough to a cold weather lubricant when whiter sets In, or they do not change oil regu larly enough. The result is hard Just as the care you put Into your driving determines how safe a driver you are, so does the care you put into servicing your car determine how efficiently it will operate. starting, unsatisfactory lubrication of moving parts aud excessive wear. That is what is meant by saying that it is what you put into your car that counts. Check Tire Pressures The proper amount of air in the tires is essential to sate driving at all times, but particularly so in the winter when roads are slippery, the bulletin points out. Ttre pressures should be checked regularly. And winter always brings the problem of protecting against freeze-ups. What goes into the radiator Is im portant Proper precautions against freese-ups must be taken by using an antl-freese solution of sufficient strength to provide protection un der the minimum temperature con ditions which the car will encoun ter. The battery, too, deserves spe cial attention in winter because of the possibility of starting difficul ties. The battery should contain a sufficient charge to insure easy starting and to protect against freezing, and the battery solution should be regularly replenished. “Safe driving and efficient opera tion depend upon the amount ot care and attention which the motor ist gives to his duty of operating and maintaining the car. The re | suits he gets from his car will be an ! accurate measurement of what he I has put Into it." PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES Sunday School 10:00—Mr. C. E. Yantzi, Superintendent. Morning Worship 11:00—“What Wilt Thou Have Me to Do.” Evening Service at 8:00—The young people will be back in the choir again. We shall have a “Back to the Church” movement when each one atends. Our services are planned to help. H. D, Johnson, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES Rev. A. J. May, Pastor Sunday School at 10 a. m.—Rev, D. S. Conrad, Superintendent. 11 a. m. “Roll Call Day.” Every member should be present. Speci al music by the choir. 7 p. m. Epworth League—Ger aldine Yarnell, Leader. 8 p. m. Evening Service. Sub ject, “What is a Church?” May 31 Dr. W. A. Albright, the District Superintendent, will be with us for the evening service and preach. Quarterly conference after the service. BRIEFLY STATED The Altar Society of St. Pat rick’s church will hold an ice cream, cake and coffee 3ale at St. Mary’s Academy on Friday, May 22, be ginning at 2 p. m. Your patronage is solicited. ' i ii — ■' i John Bruce, of Omaha, was in the city this morning on a tour of inspection of the various PWA pro jects in this section of the state. Mr. Bruce is a civil engineer and at the present time is assistant to the chief engineer of the various PWA projects in the state. He will be remembered here by the old timers as the engineer who had charge of the installation of thq sewer system in this city something like a quarter of a century ago. WILLOWDALE POULTRY CLUB The young people of this com munity organized a Poultry Club this spring and elected the follow ing officers: Leader, Mrs. Guy Young; Assistant, Mrs. John Cleve land; President, Ella Eisert; vice president, Duane Benson; Secre tary and treasurer, Olive Soren son. Meetings will be held once a month at the homes of the various members. THREAD AND THIMBLE CLUB The people of the Opportunity community have organized a Girls 4-H Sewing Club and elected the following officers: Leader, Mrs. M. 0. Benson; Assistant Leader, Mrs. Walter Young; President, Miss Helen Cleveland; Vice presi dent, Miss Evelyn Van Every; Sec retary, Max Benson; Yell and Song Leader, Fern Sorenson; News Re porter, Frances Cleveland. The Thread and Thimble Club will hold their meetings at the homes of the members. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Milo Benson on May 28, 1936, at 2:30 p. m. YOUTH POINTS A WAY Pointing out that drivers from 18 to 24 years are involved in more than one-fifth of all motor vehicle accidents and more than one quar ter of all fatal accidents, the Nat ional Student Federation of Ameri ca has called upon the college youth of America to accept its share of the responsibility for the traffic accident situation. “This problem needs to be tack led. by youth,” says a Federation bulletin going to 1,700 presidents of student councils and editors of student newspapers. “So long as the evil which annually takes 36, 000 lives continues uncontrolled, invalids "Perk up” with PURSANG It is temarkable how much better Pursang makes invalids feel. And not only invalids but those who always feel “half sick” because illness, overwork, wrong food or lack of exercise have reduced the iron content of their blood. Physicians and hospitals now often prescribe Pursang 33 an aid to con* valesccncc. It is a scientifically devel oped hematinic, containing copper and iron compounds which help to correct iron deficiency in the blood. Pursang aids in building red blood corpuscles, so necessary to all-around physical well being. If you are tired, run down and nerv ous. can't sleep or eat well, or find it hard to recover from simple illnesses, try Pursang. See how much better yon feel after two or three days. In a week or more you'll hsrtHr recognise yone self for the same person! BECKMAN S DRUG O’NEILL, NEBRASKA youth is faced with a menace to its security and welfare and an affront to its intelligence.” The Federation presents in its bulletin a series of suggestions for a campus traffic control program. Warning against the futility of an abortive, short-sighted campaign, the Federation emphasizes that a spring program ought to be under taken with the expressed, purpose of laying the ground work for a long-term program next fall. The proposals are aimed at two specific phases of the problem a3 it es pecially affects colleges. They are, (1) influencing on and away from the campus, (2) establishing rules to govern undergraduate use of the college and the community, not only locally, but in the com munity at large. That youth should recognize and act upon its responsibility in one of the nation’s gravest social prob lems, is itself a heartening indi cation of a new thoughtful spirit. There is extraordinary good sense in the recognition that establish ing traffic control i3 a long-term proposition—an important fact which older persons have some times failed to grasp. The Feder ation is to be commended, too, for acknowledging that traffic safety is not something they know all about. They have secured the ad You’ll Be Surprised! to know that your many friends SE CURED THER set of silver plated Tea spoons — GUAR ANTEED for a lifetime, with our COMPLIMENT ARY letter. We invite you to call for your letter. W. B. Graves JEWELER Roan Belgian STALLION will make the Season of 1936 for a limited number of mares. On the old Hunter ranch, 8Y1 miles* north of O’Neill on Highway 281. Alfred T. Drayton vice and cooperation of the Nation al Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters, one of the outstand ing national organizations working for improved traffic control. Youth can, and it is hoped that \ it will, do much to eradicate the / evil which is “a menace to its security and welfare and an affront to its intelligence.” The New Deal Oil Company IS NOT IN JAIL! There wa-» a complaint filed in County Court, charging that on the 28th day of April, 1938. the New Deal Oil company at O Neill, Holt county, Nebraska, did have in its possession with intent to sell and did then and there offer and expose for sale, gasoline which did not conform to the requirements of law . We presume this was brought about by certain jealous com petitors, who have accused us of watering kerosene and selling kerosene for gas; that we have served sentences and have done time at different places. We were arrested on the complaint filed against us and brought before County Court. There was no witness who testi fied that we Had in our possession with intent to sell or that we offered or exposed for sale gasoline which did not comply with the law. We had about ten good, truthful citizens as witnesses, who showed that the charge made in the complaint was false, but to our surprise, with all this evidence on our part and the state without evidence, we were convicted by the County Judge. It looks to us as if this case was all spite work. We ap pealed the case to the next term of district court. We invite the public to attend. WTiat would gas and petroleum products prices be in O’Neill today if our station was closed? Oil corporations have had no excess profits in O’Neill since our station opened in O’Neill. You, the buyers, have received this profit. We thank our friends for the patronage they have given us and we will try to continue selling petroleum products to you at reasonable prices and let you be the judge of the quality. W'e have had no complaint from any patron up to date. THURSDAY, MAY 28, THERE WILL BE A NEW GASOLINE PRICE IN O’NEILL! 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