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. VOI.. LVII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, July 9, 1936 No. 8
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Crop and Feed
I' Situation in
Holt County
High Low Mois,
June 25 _103 68
July 3 _107 61
July 4 _ 108 75
July 5 108 73
July 6 _105 70
July 7 .. 98 74
July 8 _ 100 78
The weather as affecting the
crop and feed situation is of para
mount interest in a wide section of
the country. Twenty-six states
are seriously hit by drouth. In
Holt county there is a sort of im
aginary line cleaving the county
into two sections known as the
“north country" and the “south
country.” The south section has
green pastures and nearly an aver
age crop of hay. Corn is green
and growing fast but will require
rain or at least cooler weather by
the time the pollen forms. Rye
and oats have been damaged but
a fair yield is expected.
The northern section of the
county is affected worse, many
places being without hay to cut
and pastures brown. Corn contin
ues green and there is time yet
for a crop should moisture come
and the mercury fall. Rye is re*
ported yielding four or five bushel*
and oats in many instances will
scarcely make hay.
* It would be unusual to harvest
both a small grain crop and corn !
the same season in this county and
there is a chance yet for a corn
crop.
Those in the hay belt may garner
one of their occasionally harvests
in the sale of hay at a high price
and it has been advised to cut Hlf
the grass possible this season.
A new not of alarm has been felt
f in the county through the menace
of grasshoppers has not reached
its borders. The hoppers, however,
which devasted Montana and other
sections to the northwest have
worked this way as far as Fairfax,
South Dakota.
It has been suggested that the
government will take over the feed J
situation in the various states j
affected to prevent profitering.
A feaure that renders the situ
ation less serious in this county
than many places is the large
amount of hay carried over from
last season’s cuttings. Added to
this season’s cutting there will be
feed enough to cany the normal
amount of stock through the;
winter in this county.
Prussic Acid Danger
That there is some danger of
prussic acid poisoning of live stock
when they are pastured on sudan
grass containing sorfe cane, under
certain conditions, was the warning
issued this week by Agricultural
Agent F. M. Reece. Some Nebras
ka farmers have reported such
losses.
Caution is the watchword in pas
turing sudan grass under weather
conditions which have existed this
year, farmers were advised as au
thorities were quoted. Although a
few reports of such losses are re
ceived at the college of agriculture
in Lincoln each year, only one ani
mal has been lost there in 20 years
from sudan pasturing. This came
after the grass had been cut and
the animals allowed to graze on the
new growth.
Prussic acid, the deadly poison,
may be found in a considerable
assortment of plant species, accord
ing to Dr. L. Van Es, noted animal
pathologist and scientist at the
Nebraska college of agriculture.
It is apt to occur in varying quan
tities and under certain circum
f stances, the amount of the poison
may become so great that the
plants when used as forage may
cause the death of animals which
feed upon it. There is an abund
ance of evidence, he says, that the
latter may especially come about
when the plants have been injured
or had their growth arrested by
various causes.
^ As a means of precaution, farm
ers are advised that one method
of determining the danger of prus
sic acid poisoning is to turn in one j
or more animals of inferior quality
on the grass.
For patriotic interest in and
proper American demonstration
for Independence Day two Wy
toski boys aged 8 and 10 years,
living three miles east of Oppor
! tunity, are probably the most
striking example to be found in
Holt county. They walked into
O’Neill last Friday, a distance of
19 miles, for the purpose of gett
ing fire crackers for a noisy ex
plosion on the Fourth. The
patriotic lads excited interest in
town and they secured a ride home.
Slump in Live
Stock Market
The Atkinson Livestock Market
for Tuesday reports:
A large run of hogs, mostly fat
hogs and sows, found a very reli
able outlet at steady prices with a
week ago. Top fats sold mostly at
10.10 and 10.15, medium and heav
ies at 9.50 to 10.00, heavy sows at
8.20 to 8.60, thin sows at 7.60 to
8.50 and pigs from 8.50 to 10.00 a
hundred.
The cattle market was a weather
affair, with all classes, except best
fat cows and heifers, showing a
decline of 25 to 50 cepts a hundred
from a week ago.
A big run of horses sold at from
$10 to $15 a head lower than a
week ago.
LOCAL TALENT TO GIVE
DRAMA
Local talent will present the
drama, “Death Takes the Steering
Wheel,” at the O’Neill M. E. church
next Tuesday, July 14, at 8:15 p.
m. Tragedy, comedy, oratory,
spiced with sarcasm, wit, humor
and human interest make this a
dramatic dish that will be relished
by old and young. Twenty-one
local citizens composes the cast
as follows:
Judge _Dean Selah
District Attorney . Clarence Selah
Defeense Attorney —Herbert Ford
Clerk of Court Frank Reece
Bailiff ___Archie Bowen
Dr. Ransome (Coroner) -
..R. M. Sauers
JoeRaybeck (Detective ... M. Pilger
Gladys Brenton (Witness) ..
..Mrs. R. M. Sauers
Alice Hall (Witness) ...-.
. Mrs. Esther Harris
John McKitter (Prisoner) -
___Harry Clausen
And a jury of twelve well known
men and women.
This drama is drawing overflow
audidences in California, where
the “movie” have made the people
“drama conscious.” Everyone
most cordially invited. Admission
free.
METHODIST CHURCH
A. J. May, Pastos.
Sunday School 10 A. M., Rev. D.
S. Conard, Superintendent.
Special musical program at 11
A. M. The Nebraska Wesleyan
Male Quartette will give a very
special musical program of sacret
numbers at this hour. A free will
offering, no admission charge.
There will be no sermon.
Epworth League 7 P. M., in the
basement.
Evening worship at 8 P. M., in
the basement if the weather is hot.
This is to be a union service and
Rev. H. D. Johnson will preach
the sermon.
THE BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour Club met at the
home of Mrs. John Schmohr. All
members were present except Mrs.
Ralph Ernst. The time was spent
with contest games and working
on quilt blocks for the hostess.
The prize was won by Mrs. Ed
Wayman.
A delicious lunch of sandwiches,
doughnuts and coffee was served
by the hostess. The next meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Let Johnson on July 30.
NOTICE
Bids will be received for the
building of a tile school house in
School District No. 196, Holt
county. All bids to be in by 9
o’clock, p. m., July 27, 1936. Plans
can be had at J. J. Lydon, Ewing,
Nebraska. 8-2
Threshers at J. B. Ryan’s ranch
started yesterday on 180 acres of
rye. Mr. Ryan says the field
is yielding about six bushels
to the acre, considerably under a
normal yield.
Miss Bauman
Stricken in
Wyo. City
—
Residents of this city were
shocked and grieved last Saturday
morning when they learned that
Miss Gertrude Bauman had passed
away at Carter’s hospital in Ther
mopolis, Wyoming, at 7 o’clock on
Friday evening, July 3, after an
illness of but five days. The phy
sician there says she died of a
septic throat and general systemic
infection. The body was brought
to this city Tuesday morning and
the funeral was held Wednesday
morning, services in the Catholic
church, Rev. Monsignor McNa
mara officiating and burial in the
Catholic cemetery at Atkinson,
where the family formerly resided.
On May 30 Miss Bauman accom
panied her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Bauman and her sister, Mrs.
J. P. Protivinsky to Thermopolis, |
Wyoming, where Mr. Bauman was
to take treatment at Mineral
Springs for his health, which had
not been good for a month or so.
Plans had been made to return
home in time for the Fourth, but
Miss Bauman was not feeling well
on Monday, June 29, but thought
it only a slight indisposition. The
next day she visited a physician
and he advised that she be taken
to a hospital for treatment, which
was done. Noth withstanding all
that loving hands and medical skill
could do was done to save her life
she kept sinking rapidly and passed
away at 7 o’clock Friday evening,
July 3.
The deceased was born at iuuen,
Nebraska, on March IB, 1904, and
was 32 years, 3 months and 18
days old at the time of her death.
The family moved from Madison
county to this county in the spring
of 1917 and later moved to this
city, where they have since re
sided. She attended St. Marv’s
Academy and was a member of the
graduating class of 1923. She was
also an active member of the
Catholic Daughters. Since 1926
she has been with her brother in
the restaurant business in this
city. She was a good business
woman and had a host of friends
in this city and vicinity who learn
ed with regret of her sudden death.
Deceased is survived by her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bauman;
one sister, Mrs. J. P. Protivinsky
and four brothers, Gene, Howard
and Ralph, of O'Neill, and Lloyd,
of Worland, Wyoming, all of whom
were present at the funeral.
Mr. Bauman and his daughter,
Mrs. Protivinsky', accompanied the
body on the train and Mrs. Bauman
came in a car with her son, Lloyd,
who drove down. They were ac
companied by an old friend of the
family, Mrs. Hazel Bailey, of Wor
land, who looked after Mrs. Bau
man on the trip home. They left
as the train left and met it at
several stations along the way
home, the last time at Long Pine.
They left the Pine when the train
pulled out and were at the depot
here a half hour before the train’s
arrival.
The Frontier joins the many
friends of the family in this city
in extending condolences in their
hour of sorrow.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the many kind
friends for their expressions of
sympathy in the loss of our be
loved daughter and sister, and for
the many beautiful floral offerings.
Your kindness to us in our hour of
sorrow will ever be held in grate
ful remembrance.—Mr. and Mrs.
H. J. Bauman and family.
Mrs. Ed Porter came in from
Denver Tuesday night, spending
a few hours with friends here and
taking the Burlington Wednesday
morning for Orchard where she
goes for a visit with her mother.
Activities have shifted from
street paving to work on the side- j
walks in a few spots in need of new
walks being laid. The west end
of Douglas in the business block is
being worked over just now.
Homer Mullen went to Omaha
Monday.
A deep blue spot staining the
pocket of an otherwise white shirt
on the ample bosom of Judge Tom
linson has convinced that dignitary
of what he has suspected all along.
With so close an ancestor as his
father having served in the queen’s
guards in Queen Victoria’s day it
ought to be evident that he is one
of the real bluebloods, perhaps a
duke or maybe even a lord. His
friends suspect, however, that the
blue stain came not from a bleeding
heart but a leaky fountain pen.
250 Chickens of
One Flock Stolen
Chicken thieves are again be
coming a pest in the country, ac
cording to word received in this
city. On the night of July 4, dur
ing the absence of the family, some
light-fingered gent or gentry visi
ted the home of Joseph Schollmeyer
in the Scottville neighborhood and
stole 200 of his White Orphington
chickens. Not content with that
they returned Saturday night and
got away with 50 more. The chick
ens were worth at least 50 cents a
piece on the market and the loss
to Mr. Schollmeyer is at least $126.
It begins to look as if the farmers
would have to put a guard over
their chicken coops.
John Cleary, living some seven
miles northwest, was hit by an
automobile a short distance west
of Danceland Saturday night and
was brought in <|) Dr. Carter’s
office where it was found no serious
injuries had resulted. Mr. and
Mrs. Cleary had stopped their car
to repair a tire when a car came
from the west driv.en by a man
from Spencer, whose neme we have
not learned. The Cleary car showed
no lights and the Spencer car was
nearly upon it when the driver dis
covered what was ahead. He
swung his car sufficient to miss the
other car but just then Mr. Cleary
reached to close the open door of
his car and was struck. Dr. Carter
sewed up a cut over one eye and
dressed a minor wound of one leg.
BRIEFLY STATED
Bob Gallagher and Will Frolich
were out to the latter’s ranch in
the south country Tuesday before
Mr. Froelich’s departure for
Chicago.
Frank Biglin drove down to
Sioux City last Thursday night
and met Mrs. Biglin and Joseph,
who were returning from their
trip to the Mayo Clinic at Ro
chester. Joe is getting along nice
ly and they expect that his eye
will be cleared up in a short time.
Federal Project No. so and so
is no respeetor of birds nests—
this year’s or last. Large oper
ations on the court house grounds
have spelled ruin to the nesting
quarters of robins and bluejays,
which, finding their homes and
eggs or birdies gone have sought
out other hangouts.
Mike Kirwin came up from
Grand Island last Friday night for
a few days visit with relatives and
friends here. Mike moved to the
Island a couple of months ago and
says that he expects to enter the
employ of one of the leading oil
firms shortly after the Fourth,
painting their service stations in
the central part of the state.
The county board Wednesday had
the new court house insured for
$20,000, this being the first block
of insurance taken out. Additional
insurance will be authorized by
the board as the building progres
ses. Work is going forward on
the first story above the basement
and this insurance covers the work
done to date. Hugh O’Connor, of
Atkinson, and P. C. Donohoe, of
O’Neill, wrote the insurance.
One of many beauty spots, made
so by gorgeous tinted flowers in
orderly arranged and zealously
kept garden beds, is found at the
Texaco filling station. Many
householders take pride in their
flower gardens and have achieved
much in the art of landscape im
provement but few business places
have space for or managers dis
posed to look after such an ar
rangement on the premises but the
manager at the Texaco has done
something worthwhile in that line.
What Prairie
Farm Group
Sought to Do
(By Congressman Kary Stefan)
Since returning from Washing
ton last week, a good many people
have called at the congressional
office in Norfolk to say hello and
ask about things which came up
in the recent congress. Old
timers say this was the most diffi
cult session in years and it would
be imptossible to go into detail
about all the serious problems
which had to be considered. How
ever, I feel that the people in our
district are most interested in the
things that have to do with farm
conditions, and I would like to say
something about the work of the
congressmen who formed the
“Prairie States Group.” I can
think of no better way of reporting
on the work of this group than to
quote a letter from Congressman
Gillette written shortly before ad
journment:
“Hon Karl Stefan,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Colleague:
“Idle organization with which
you and I are affiliated here in Con
gress, known as the “Prairie States
Farm Group”, has been an instru
mentaility of such real and perman
ent benefit to farming communities
that I wish in this letter to briefly
; call attention to some of the high
points of our efforts. At the same
time I wish to express my appreci
ation of the aid you personally
have given to our work.
“We organized a little over a
year ago on an unofficial non-politi
san basis with the sole thought to
give united study and support to
legislative proposals of particular
interest and value of the ten states
comprising the prairie group.
Working quietly and earnestly, we
believe we have accomplisheded
much in the way of fulfilling the
the purpose for which we organ
ized. Here is a partial list of the
things we were able to do.:
\By sustained and unceasing
efforts we succeeded in securing,
first, an interest cut on all Federal
Land Bank farm mortgages to
3 Ms % for 1935, and 4% in 193(5
and 1937. Within the past week
we have succeeded in securing
house action approving an exten
sion of the 3% rate for the coming
two years. In addition we have
never ceased in our efforts to bring
the Frazier-Lemke farm refinanc
ing plan to the uoor of the house
for successful action.
“We have fought and continue
to fight to secure such reorganiza
tion of the Farm Credit Adminis
tration as will insure the large
measure of borrower control that
was contemplated in the original
act.
“We are able to secure the
large sum of money for the emerg
ency feed and seed loans last year
to meet conditions of hardship re
sulting from the drouth. Within
the past week we have secured an
extension of this loan policy.
With the weed problem becom
ing a national menace, we have
secured national cooperation by the
Bureau of Plant Industry with the
various state organizetions, and an
appropriation for the work.
“We have introduced, supported
and are still advocating various
measures for enlarging domestic
and foreign markets for our farm
production. Corn-alcohol, fuel
blends, corn sugar slash-pine
paper, and building materials from
corn stalks, straw and waste mater
j ials are some of the fields we have
investigated.
“We have been fully alive to the
question of the importation of farm
products which might be in per
i manent competition with our own
production.
“We have caused to be introd
uuced and now have pending a leg
! islative proposal to save a market
jfor from ten to fifteen million bush
els of corn in the production of
grain alcohol.
i “We have conducted numerous
j hearings and have had subcommit
tees working constantly in support
of legislative proposals for cost of
! production to the farmer.
“We directed nation-wide atten
tion to the trade agreements in j
; (Continued on page 8, column 5.) j
Miss Margaret Quinn, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Quinn, last
Monday purchased the Classic
Beauty Shop from Mrs. Dean
Streeter, taking possession on
Tuesday morning. Miss Quinn
has secured the services of Miss
Gladys Musser, an experienced op
erator, of Norfolk, to assist her.
Both of these young ladies are
graduates of accredited schools
and it will be their constant aim
to keep the Classic as one of the
leading beauty parlors in this sec
tion of the state.
Mrs. McClellan
Seriously Hurt
While Will McClellan, of near
Joy, was taking the family of his
brother, John of O'Neill, to Verdi
gre for a visit with relatives last
Monday they met with an accident
that, according to a report reaching
us today, may result fatally to one
member of the party. Mrs. Mc
Clellan is said to be in serious con
dition (over at IVerdigre though
the first report was that no one
had been injured though the Mc
Clellan car was wrecked. They
had stopped on the road when near
their destination to back up a few
yards to make a turn they had just
drove by and were crashed into by
a car coming from the rear. Mr.
McClellan received word here to
day to come at once as Mrs. Mc
Clellan was in a serious condition.
CRASH RESULTS FATALLY
A collision with a road main
tainer on 281 near the county line
last Friday retsulted in the death
of Harold C. Johnson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Johnson of Yuma,
Colorado. He was a gravel inspec
tor for the state highway depart
ment, but at the time of the acci
dent he was on his way to Lincoln
to spend the Fourth of July. Ac
cording to information secured he
was traveling very fast and collided
with the maintainer driven by Dan
Crandall of Chambers. Johnston
received first aid at Chambers and
was then brought to the O’Neill
hospital badly injured and died at
4:15 p. m., Sunday. His parents
had been notified and reached here
before death took him. The re
mains were taken to Yuma for in
terment.
Quite a large number of inquir
ies have been received at the Ag
ricultural Agent’s office regarding
blister beetles. There are three
different varieties of these beetles,
two of which are quite common in
this section. One is grayish in
color while the other is black.
Both varieties are found on pota
toes and do considerable damage to
this crop. Ordinary control meth
ods have little effect but sodium
fluosilicate mixed with equal parts
of lime and dusted on the plants
will prevent further injury from
these pests. Calcium arsenate ap
plied as a dust or spray is also
effective.
The splendid city fire fighting
men and equipment, as they go
roaring past in response to a call,
brings to the mind of the old
timer O’Neill’s early fire pro
tection system—the hand grenade,
a bottle-shaped affair of blue glass
and containing a white liquid. In
the early days every business house
had several of these at convienent
points. The trick was in the event
fire broke out, grab a grenade and
throw at the fire. The bottle of
course was supposed to break and
the liquid extinguish the fire. One
of these was unearthed from a pile
of dirt at the rear of the pump
station and is now among a collect
ion of curious at Hershiser’s shoe
shop.
The fire department responded
1 to a call just before noon yester
day and found the fire to be in a
| rye field west of Danceland. Some
thing like two acres were burned,
thing like two acres were burned
over and a few shocks were burned,
i Men were at work in the field har
vesting the rye, the fire supposed
to have been started in the grain
from someone smoking.
The Male Quartette of the Ne
braska Wesleyan University will
give a musical program at the M.
E. church in this city next Sun
day morning at 11 o’clock. Ad
mission is free and you are invited.
Handlans Visit
the City After
Many Years
O’Neill old timers enjoyed a visit
i Tuesday with twa of the real old
i timers of this city, Mr. and Mrs. A.
J. Handlan, of Portland, Oregon.
They left home over two weeks
ago, visited at San Francisco, Los
Angeles, El Paso, Texas, New Or
leans, St. Louis and Omaha before
their arrival here. From here
they went to Chadron and from
there will go to Cheyene, Wyo.,
and then to Denver for a visit
before returning to their home.
When the trip is completed they
will have traveled about 10,000
miles.
Mr. and Mrs. Handlan were resi
dents of this city when the west
was young, coming here in 1880
or 1881. For several years “Gus,”
as he was known to the old timers
here, was one of the most promi
nent in the business life of the city
and, as manager of a lumber yard,
sold much of the lumber used in the
early buildings erected in this city
and vicinity. After leaving the
lumber business he worked for a
time in the court house and was
then appointed clerk in the United
States land office, then one of the
thriving business institutions in
the city. In the fall of 1889 he
was transferred to the land office
at Chadron where the family moved
and remained for four years and
then moved to the Pacific coast,
settling at Portland, Oregon, where
they have since resided. He was
an employee of the Union Pacific
railroad for many years, being re
tired on pension in 1927 and is now
taking life easy.
Mr. and Mrs. Handlan had an
enjoyable visit during their short
stay in the city. About all the old
timers who were residing here
when Mr. and Mrs. Handlon were
part of the business and social life
of the city were called upon and
a pleasant visit had with them. It
has been years since as much old
time history of the city was dis
cussed as was done during the day
of their visit. Gus Handlon has
j a remarkable memory. Events
' of fifty years ago were discussed
j by him as if they were happenings
of a few days ago; he could, and
'did, mention names of former pio
I neers that had been forgotten by
! most of the old timers. While
! here he was one of the city’s great
| est boosters for good clean sport.
He was a member of the pioneer
base ball teams of the town and a
mighty fine player. He was an
ardent champion of the young boys
and girls, always willing and eager
' to make the pathway of life a
; little easier and brighter for them,
if possible.
Although it has been forty-seven
years since they moved from this
city and have been back but once
since that time, in 1898, when he
came back to attend the funeral of
his father, and in 1899 when Mrs.
Handlan came back with the body
of Gus’ mother, who died at their
home in Portland, the body being
brought here for interment at the
side of her husband, they kept
track of the city—which they al
ways looked upon as home—thru
the columns of The Frontier which
has visited them each w'eek since
their removal from O’Neill and
Mrs. Handlan said it was the most
welcome visitor that entered their
i home; that while a large number
of the old timers are gone they*
love to read of the others 'that
they knew in their youth, when
life was ahead.
They left O’Nejll Tuesday night
for Chadron carrying with them
the best wishes of the old timers of
the city for their continued happi
ness and prosperity.
NOTICE
The annual meeting of the Old
Settlers Picnic Association will be
held at the Meek store on Satur
day night, July 12, at 8:30 P. M.
Harry Lansworth, Secretary.
C. B. Yarnell left last Friday for
Hendley, Neb., for a few days
visit and to bring back Mrs. Yar
nell and the children, who have
been visiting relatives these for
j the past month.