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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (June 18, 1936)
K,b' ,tat< Histo/fcaJ Society The Frontier VOL. LVII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 18. 1936. No. 5 _ __ MANGLED BODY OF A MAN IS FOUND ON RAILROAD TRACKS Note Found In the Overalls Leads To Identification As Joe Mc Dermott, of Bassett. The mangled body of a man, later identified as Joe McDermott, of Bassett, 32, was found on the Northwestern railroad right-of-way about two and one-half miles west of this city last Tuesday morning, by Dave Miller, section foreman. The body was badly mangled and until a note was found in a pocket of his overalls no one had any idea of his identity, but the note was a letter to Mr. Gilmore, who now' resides on the Graver ranch near Ewing, who needed a man, and it was given to McDermott Monday by the local reemployment office. When this was found relatives at Bassett were notified and his father, Pat McDermott, and a brother, Frank McDermott, came down from Bassett Wednesday morning. They recognized the hand writing on the note as being that of Joe McDermott, also a knife that was found along the railroad track. They took the body back to Bassett in the afternoon. No one knows how the accident happened. It is believed that he was riding on the morning pas senger going east, and that he either jumped or fell from the train as one of the mail cars of the morning passenger, when ex amined in Omaha had blood spat tered over it. Churchill-Pickering I One June 10th at 5 o’clock in the afternoon Miss Wilna Pickering, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Pickeing, of Red Bird, was united in marriage to Howard G. Church ill, of Keswick, Iowa. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, wore a floor length gown of white satin and carried a boquet of pink and white gardenias. Miss Vera Pickering, sister of the bride, wearing nile green net, was maid of honor. Mrs Claude Pickering as bridesmaid wore sal mon pink taffeta. The bridesmaid and maid of honor carried boquets of pink and white roses. Darlene Anderson, in a pink and white frock, carried the rings on a pink satin pillow. The groom wore a platinum grey suit. Claude Pickering served as best man and wore a suit of oxford grey. The bridal party entered to the strains of the Bridal chorus from Lohrengrin played by Miss Iris Carson, and took their places be neath an archway of pink and white streamers and roses. The cere mony was performed by Rev. C. A. Anderson. Immediately after the ceremony a dinner was served to the bridal party and guests. Guests at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Oral Pickering and daughters of Lynch; Charles Churchill of Keswick, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. Emery Smith, of Keota, Iowa; Mrs. George Binkerd, of Ne ligh; Mrs. C. A. Anderson, of An oka and Miss Olive Derickson, of O’Neill. The happy couple left Monday for their home near Keswick, Iowa. Friends here extend congratula tions and best wishes for the future. xxx SOUTHWEST BREEZES By Romaine Saunders A shower Tuesday morning. Roy Backus is the newly elected moderator in the Berry school dis trict. Vic Howith has been named as republican committeeman for Swan and we will look for the indifferent voters to get a stirring up. A Vanderbilt heir has been allow ed $4,500 a month. A $200 pen sion don’t look so big beside that. It is difficult for a president on a junket of the country to make no refernece to “his accomplish ments” in public speeches. Bluegrass stripping is setting in again in the southwest, a little earlier than last year. The seed crop appears very heavy and the market is about the same as last season. Not having had the letter at hand at the time I did not mention in the paragraph concerning John Brennan at Salt Lake City what he said of Marie Biglin. To quote his letter, she “is holding down a very responsible position here with the Silver King mine.’’ H. L. James and Charley Peter son arrived home an hour after midnight Friday, having driven from Denver since shortly after noon. They were as far out as some points in Arizona but bought no cattle as neither quality nor price were satisfactory. They went through the “dust bowl” near Delhart, Texas, and found the country “coming back” after a period of rains which have brought a nine-inch fall of water. Cattle men, generally through the west, they found were feeling much en couraged and they are asking a rather fancy price, 8 cents, for their steers. At O’Neill last week I had the pleasure of a visit with Will Davis, who was making his mother and other relatives a visit. Will is a fellow craftsman and a close personal friend, but Father Time has touched us both with his grey tints since last we saw each other. He is still going strong as an oper ator on a display letter machine on the Trib at Oakland, Calif., and promises us a visit again next year. He found Holt county look ing its best and O’Neill greatly improved, expressing the feeling that he had entertaned a thought of “thin spacing’’ out the declining years at some future time in the old home town. Paving and court house now un der way and postoffice soon to fol low injects considerable activity at the county seat. They would feel a little more enthusiastic over it up there if the program was the outgrowth of a sound and wide spread industrial revival rather than reflecting that much more in debtedness on the country. The employment feature is not satis factory to some as local labor is not being employed to the extent citizens had been led to believe. Food and drink dealers are in green pastures,rooming houses and apart ments haven’t beds enough and the soft flutter of Uncle Sam’s cur rency continues most lines of bus iness will profit more or less. Like plucking the bud before the rose blooms with full fragrance and crimson beauty, the pale reaper enter the Arnholdt home at Amelia and took their 15-year-old daugh ter Margaret. Death occurred at Stuart in the hospital on Friday last, resulting from an affected ear, the disease having worked in ward to the brain. The funeral, very largely attended by Amelia and Atkinson friends, was held at the Methodist church in Atkinson Sunday at 2 o’clock. Margaret, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Arnholdt, was born in Atkin son in 1920. The family has been living at Amelia in recent years. After an impressing and touching service at the church interment was made in the Atkinson ceme tery. CONGRESS—AS SEEN BY A NEBRASKAN By Karl Stefan Nothing more serious could have occured at this particular time to “gum up” legislation than the sud den death of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. There were tears in the eyes of many members as they assembled. Mr. Bankhead, the new Speaker, seem ed visibly affected, and his closest friends advised him to “take things easy.” They are among those who know that his health is not the best and they fear strain and excitement may bring back the trouble from which he suffered all last year. He is the brother of Senator Bankhead who is leader in the senate. Their father was also in the house. The new speaker is considered one of the ablest men in congress. Mr. Byrnes was a hard worker. He was always in his office at 8 o’clock in the morning and was never home until after 6 o’clock at night. He was a master parli mentary strategist ami fair-minded chairman and presiding officer. Many members of the minority party found their life made just a little happier in congress because of the fair mindedness of the Speaker, and also because of his kindness to new members. Hundreds of people are coming over to Anapolis for the June week graduation ceremonies. Many relatives of young men who grad uate with the new class, as usual have filled up practically all of the hotels and boarding places in the historic town af Anapolis. It cost the taxpayers about $15, 000 to educate a midshipman for four years at Anapolis, and is costs them about $10,000 to educate a cadet at We3t Point. Only about 263 members of the 435 are now usually present in the house when roll call is demanded. Members are becoming “jittery.” Omnibus bills carrying hundreds of other bills, special bills, confer ence bills, conference reports; and the private calendar with 150 bills are being rushed thru the house. Senate officials appear hourly with reports from the senate indicating the senate has passed certain bills and requests the house to concur. All indication point to adjournment. Members of the farm group are anxiously awaiting the action by the senate on the tax bill, because members of this group have been able to put new section into the bill to protect the market on do mestic fats and oils, and also to continue the three cent per pound tax on cocoanut oil. This item is in the tax bill which is now being debated by the senate, and when the bill comes to the house an ef fort will Be made on the part of foreign fats and oils businesses, plus the big soap industry, to elim inate that section. •f * , Last year $160,000,000 was spent for farm-to-market roads from ac tual WPA funds, not counting what the counties and states put into this particular work. This farm to-market road work in the WPA has nothing to do with the $25, 000,000 which is contained in the regular road fund. Under agree ment now between the senate and the house, there will not be a sep arate department in the Road Bureau for farm-to-market roads, but the farm-to-markot road work will be administered thru the office of Road Supervisor McDonald. Whether or not communism is being taught in Washington schools is problematical; however, there is communism in Washington. Wo men who attended the D. A. R. convention sometime ago learned this to be true. Two women who wanted to shop in a department store entered a taxicab, and they had their D. A. R. badges on. The cab driver told the women he was taking them for a ride, and the women screamed and jumped out of the taxicab. Two other women, also delegates, were said to have entered a taxicab to go to their hotel when the driver threatened to take them to a communistic headquarters, where he said they would hear the good points on communism—they too, jumped from the cab. Thomas D. Mullin and his father, Patrick Mullin, of Albion, were in the city Tuesday and made this office a pleasant call, Mr. Mul lin, Sr., being an old time friend of the editor. The Junior Mr. Mul lin is the referee in the sale of the old Uttley ranch southwest of this city. It will be offered for sale on Tuesday, June 23, 1936, at 1 p. m., in front of the court house in this city. The property is being sold to settle an estate. Mrs. J. P. Gallagher and daught ers, Helen and Hilda, and son, Dr. Frank Gallagher, returned last Fri day from St. Loui3, Mo., where the i former went the latter part of May to visit relatives and attend the graduation of Dr. Frank from the St. Louis University. Dr. Frank will visit here until the latter part of the month when he returns to St. Louis to take a position as interne in one of the leading hos pitals of that city. « Funeral Service? Are Held Wednesday For Mrs. John A. Robertson Rachel Rebecca Hindman was born at Colora, Maryland, Febru ary 5, 1870, and died at her home north of O’Neill June 15, 1936, aged 66 years, 4 months and 10 days. In 1880 with her parents she came to Niobrara where her father settled on a homestead at the mouth of Verdigris creek and on De cember 25, 1885, sue was united in marriage with John A. Robertson. The next spring they came to Holt county and settled on an 80-acre pre-emption and in 1887 they bought and moved onto the place where she lived until the time of her death. To this union were born 12 child ren, all living, as follows: Lottie Weidman, Plainview; Elsie Ander son and Helen Sundall, Wakefield; Harriett McElhaney, Omaha; John A. Robertson, Jr., Chicago; Ray R. Robertson, Hubbard; Sam, Dick, George and Rachel Robertson and Rebecca Ernst, O'Neill, and James Robertson, Sioux City, Iowa. She also leaves nineteen grandchildren to join with their grandfather and children in mourning the passing of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. In early life she joined the Pres byterian church at Niobrara and has always been a consistent member and until the time of her failing health always took an act ive interest in the religious and social welfare of the community. A better mother or ' neighbor never lived and she gave the best of her life for her family and her community and she will be sadly missed by all. On last Christmas day Mr. and Mrs. Robertson celebrated their Golden wedding at their home with all their children and grandchild ren present. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. H. D. Johnson of this city at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon and burial in the cemetery on the home place. 'The funeral was very largely attended showing the es teem in which the deceased was held by her neighbors and friends in northeastern Holt, where she passed the greater part of her life. Hand Phone Price Down Effective July 1, the charge made for hand telephones in addition to the regular service charge will be only 15 cents a month for 36 months instead of 25 ceuts a month according to R. L. Jordan. There is no charge after July 1 for re placing desk or wall telephones with hand telephones. This is the third reduction made by the North western Bell Telephone company in the charge for hand telephones since they were introduced. Celebrate Thirty-fifth Wedding Anniversary About 100 friends and relatives gathered at the Dorsey postoffice on Friday night, June 12, to help James Wiley and wife celebrate their thirty-fifth wedding anniver sary. It was a complete surprise to them. The guests gathered just over the hill north of the Dorsey store, then all but the drivers walked to the house and on arriving they sang “The Gang’s All Here.” Mr. and Mrs. Wiley then invited all in and congratulations and a little visiting was done after which followed a nice program consisting of a reading—“An Old Sweetheart of Mine,” by Mrs. John Carson and one “The Old Home” by Vera Pickering; an instrumental piece by Helen Hanson; songs, “I found You Among the Roses” by Mrs. Charles Cole; “Will You Love Me When my Hair has Turned to Sil ver” by Fae Bear and “When You and I Were Young Maggie” by Mrs. Art Wiley. Then the bride sang an old time song which was enjoyed by all. After the program ice cream and cake was served. A beaiutiful large wedding cake, baked by Mrs. Cole, adorned the table as did two smaller wedding cakes baked by O’-al Marston and Mrs, Art Wiley. Good nights were said and all hoped Mr. and Mrs. Wiley would be able to celebrate many more wedding days. James Wiley and Lizzie Binkerd were married June 12, 1901, and have lived continuously in the Dor sey neighborhood ever since. Mr. Wiley has been the Dorsey post master for 16 years. Their children were all born and raised here, all finished the Dorsey school, which is the same school their father attended. Three sons and three daughters were born to them; one daughter, Ruth, died at the age of 6 years. The other children, are Eliza of Honolulu, Mrs. Ellen Marsten of Omaha, Walter and Marvin of Verdigris and Judith at home. Mrs Marsten and Ella were unable to attend but the others were all present. Those attending from a distance were Walter and Marvis of Verdi gris, Mr. and Mrs. Art Wiley and sons of Gross, Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Binkerd and family of Verdel, Al bert Ellis of O’Neill and Fae Bear of Lynch. NEWS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW J, J. Schweitzer, C. K. Yantzi and J. K. Hershberger, ot' Milford, arrived in the city last Saturday evening for a couple of days visit with relatives and old friends here. Mr. Yantzi is a brother of J. U. Yantzi and lived for several years northwest of this city. Mr. Schweitzec was also a resident of this county for many years, owning a farm and operating a blacksmith shop thereon about 12 miles north west of this city. Mr. Hershberg er was also a pioneer resident of this county, living northwest of this city near the Schweitzer place. He left the county about forty years ago and this was his first visit since he left, although Mr. Schweitzer and Mr. Yantzi have been frequent visitors. Mr. Hersh berger was astonished at the looks of the town and the splendid ap pearance of the farming section of the county. He says that every thing looks nicer here than it does I down in his part of the state and that O’Neill is the best looking 'town he seen since he left home and that the evidences of business activity on all sides convinces him that the people in this section are a lot better off than they are in the southern part of the state. They returned home Monday. Thomas Fullerton, of Riverside, Cal., was in the city Wednesday, ac companied by his brother, J.B. Ful lerton of Atkinson. Mr, Fullerton was a resident of this county many years ago but for the past 26 years has been a resident of California. He arrived in the county the latter part of last week for a visit with his brother, J. B.., and to look over boyhood scenes. He had been vis iting a brother in Wyoming and will go from here over into Iowa for a visit with relatives and will then go to Florida for a visit with his brother, Wallace. He remark ed that he could see a wonderful change in this country since he left here and that most of it was for the better. Mrs. R. R. Dickson, Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and Miss Anna O’Don nell entertained fifty guests at a delightful 7 o’clock dinner party at the Golden Hotel last Monday evening, honoring their sisters Mrs. Jay J. Simpson, of Leaven worth, Washington, and Mrs. Clar ence Campbell, of Omaha. The dinner was followed by bridge. Mrs. Max Golden and Mrs. F. J. Biglin winning high scores; Miss Inez O’Connell and Mrs. F. N. Cronin the all cuts. The guest prize was won by Mrs. Ivan Kinsman, of Columbus. Mrs. George Stannard, of San Diego, California*, was also an out of town guest. Ben F. and James Barnaca. of Ogallala, Nebr., were here last Thursday visiting old time friends. They formally resided on Oak Creek northwest of this city, but left here many years ago for the western part of the state. Sheriff Peter Duffy was a neighbor of theirs when they were residents of this county and he accompanied them on a trip to the old home place Thursday. They were sur prised at the great improvement made in this city and county since their removal from here. Mrs. H. J. Birmingham, Mrs. Ed ward Campbell, Miss Betty Biglin and Joe Biglin drove to Sioux City Tuesday morning, ’-eturning home that evening. The Weather High Low Mois. June 12"_ 82 54 June 13 . 92 62 June 14 .90 64 June 15_ 98 62 June 16 _ 97 53 .09 June 17 86 49 Hospital Notes L. E. Skidmore, of Inman, came in the 10th and was operated on for ruptured gall bladder on Sat urday evening, the 13th. At pres ent he is improving as fast as could be expected. Max Miller, 15, of Page, was operated on for hernia on Wednes day morning and, is doing fine at present. Anti-New Deal Meeting There will be a meeting in the K. C. Hall in this city on Tuesday evening, June 30, at 8 o’clock in the evening for the purpose of organizing the Republican Volun teers, a “rank and file’’ organiza tion of all those opposed to the New Deal. The meeting will be addressed by Hon. James H. MacLafferty, form er member of congress from Calif ornia. In our next issue we will give you further particulars of this meeting. Plan now to be in O’Neill on the evening of June 30 and attend this meeting. BRIEFLY STATED Clark Hough, 27, while filling a fresno on the streets just before noon, sustained turn broken ribs when the fresno struck a rock in the street, the handle flying up and striking him in the side. L. T. Bonner, of Imperial, Nebr., was in the city the latter part of last week visiting his old time friend, Emil Sniggs, They had not met for fifty-two- years and int is needless to say they had an enjoy able visit. Mr. and Mrs. George Stannard | and daughter, Lynn, of San Diego, California, arrived in the city Mon day for a visit of a couple of weeks with relatives and old time friends, and incidently to attend the golf tournament and the festivities of the week. Mrs. Clarence Campell came up from Omaha last Sunday night for a weeks visit at the home of her sisters, Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell and Mrs. R. R. Dickson and with other relatives and friends here. Mr. Campbell is expected to come up for the week end. John J. Hancock of Casper. Wyd., formerly of this city, was in O’Neill last Saturday visiting some of his old time friends. John is now practicing law at Casper and says that it looks as if Wyoming would be in the republican fold this fall with a good strong majority. C. F. W. Lehmann, one of the old timers of the southern part of the county and for years a Fron tier reader, was a pleasant caller Tuesday extending his subscription for another year. Mr. Lehmann says that crops and pastures are looking fine in the southern part of the county. Sixty-three war veterans receiv ed their bonuses thru the local postoffice since Tuesday morning. At 10 o’clock this morning there were still nineteen being held in the O’Neill postoffice for the vet erans to call for them. The amount of bonus money paid to war vet erans in this county is about 1198,000. Dr. and Mrs. J. E. Steele, of Har lan, Iowa, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Quig Mon day on their way home from a visit to Yellowstone Park. An other old time friend of the Quigg’s and the Steeles, Lee Beeler, of Til den was also here Monday and they all got together at the Quigg home and discussed old times in Harlan. William Hammond, Jr., who has been attending the University of Southern California at Berkley for the past year, returned home Wed nesday morning. He drove thru, coming via Colorado Springs, where he picked up his mother and sister, who had been visiting rela tives there for the past ten days, and brought them home with him, reaching here in the small hours of the morning. I GOLF TOURNAMENT TO GET UNDERWAY SUNDAY MORNING Nearly 110 Expected To Play In Golf Meet Here Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Next Sunday blight and early the Fifteenth annual golf tourney and home coming of the O’Neill Country Club gets under way and it looks now like a record number of players are to qualify. The tournament always has attracted 100 and it should not be surprising if 140 entered play. The tourney continues Monday and Tuesday. The dates are June 21, 22 and 23. The Club shows growth. New members are Miss Elizabeth Grif fin, here for the summer from Montana with her sister, Miss Ag nes Griffin; John Connolly, Clar ence Ryan, Warren K. Morris, C. B. Yarnell and D.jH. Cronin, all of O’Neill. Forecasting a season of intense activity was a flight tournament and Dutch lunch held on the grounds Tuesday evening when 75 members were present. Prizes were awarded Francis Soukup and Miss Jane Mains. Through misunderstanding, Mrs. F. J. Dishner has been written up as head of the two-day bridge play for women in connection with the golf tournament. Mrs. Dishner is chairman of the committee of wom en for activities of women for this season. Mrs. W. J. Froelich is chairman of the committee that is to supervise the bridge games and other entertainment features for next Sunday and Monday for women. Local stars in golf are whipping the pill for top trim against sev eral crack players expected to en ter play. Some low score regulars here are Max Golden, Pat Myhre, Ralph Mellor, Bob Moore and J. F. O’Donnell, the latter rounding his play in usual precision form. There is no use attempting de scription of the prizes offered. These will satisfy every winner. The same is true of those offered for bridge play winners. Each day play starts at 2 o’clock and both local women and out-of-town en trants will contest for bridge prizes and a door prize on both Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Froelich also is is to direct her committe’s ren dition of a program and the serv ing of refreshments to women. Coming from long distances for this tourney are Colonel Owen Meredith of Rockford, III., William J. Froelich and Dwight Green, Chicago attorneys; Dan Green, president of Mid-West Utilities, Chicago; George Stannard, from California and Frank O’Donnell, attorney of Dallas, Texas, and there are many others. The people here will recall that Harry Houston, of Plainview. in 1930 won the tourney champion ship here, that he won a tourney last May 24 at Norfolk and an other at Pierce only last Sunday. And, there are other sharpshooters desirous of tucking the top-honor under their arms at the O’Neill links in 1936. S. J. Lewis, Omaha, won here last year. There is to be dancing under lure of a crack orchestra. Every thing indicates the best tourney ever. ALPHA CLUB The Alpha Club met at the home of Rachael Robertson Wednesday, June 10, Mrs. George Robbertson being hostess. Twelve members were present, answering roll call by representing the title of a book which other members were to guess. Five guests were present. The business consisted of a dis cussion of the midsummer picnic and a report on court procedure by Mis. George Robertson. Entertainment was a contest “How good a wife are you?” con ducted by Mrs. Albert McDonald. A, delicious lunch wa3 served ^ after which the guests departed. CARD OF THANKS We sincerely thank all the good friends and neighbors for their as sistance and sympathy and for the many flowers.—John A. Robertson and children. Henry Beckman made a business trip to Omaha Tuesday afternoon, returning home Wednesday night.