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The Frontier
VOL. LVII O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1986 No. 21
Game Commission Re
jects Petitions For No
Pheasant Season Here
Word was received this week
from the State Fish and Game com
mission that they had met and
acted on the petitions from Holt
county requesting the pheasant
season be closed this year and vot
ed to leave the season open. They
state the difficulty of enforcement
of a law where changes are made
and the fact that advertising mat
ter has been scattered over the
state making it impossible to make
changes this year.
The only other method open for
those who do not wish to allow
pheasant hunting this year is to
post their places conspicuously.
Posting should be done immediate
ly as the season is not far away.
Loans of $1.75 Will Be
Available On Seed Corn
While official information has not
yet reached the agricultural agent’s
office concering 193 seed corn loans
it is believed that several Holt
county farmers will be interested.
The plan briefly is that suitable
seed corn will be sealed up on the
farm for which the government
will loan $1.75 per bushel. The
only requirement that will prevent
sealing very early will be that it
must test 15 per cent or less mois
ture. Information and application
will be received in the county office
in the near future.
Quite a large number of Holt
county farmers will have seed corn
for sale and there probably will be
several bushels more than we need
for our own use. Reports indicate
i there is more seed available in the
'state than it was expected early in
the season. This does not mean
that seed corn will not be high in
the spring but it does mean that
estimates above $5.00 per bushel
probably will be out of line. As
many producers as can should get
their seed this fall in order to have
more choice and get native varities.
A list of farmers having surplus
I seed is on file in the agricultural
agent’s office.
Creamery Manger Is
Transferred to Kearney
Ernie Nelson, who has been the
manager of the O’Neill Creamery
for the past year and a half, re
ceived notice the first of the week
of his transfer to Kearney, Nebr.,
where he will fill the position of
supervisor for several plants in
several counties in that section of
the state. His position as man
ager here will be filled by Gray
Treon, of Kearney, who arrived in
the city Monday and has been busy
this week getting acquainted with
the people in his trade territory.
Mr. Treon is married and has two
children, and his family is expeqted
tonight. They have rented the
Arbuthnot residence on the corner
of Sixth and Douglas streets.
Mr, Nelson has been a resident
of this city for over two years and
for the past year and a half has
been the manager of the local plant.
He was so successful in the opera
tion of the plant that it attracted
the attention of the officials and he
was given a deserved promotion.
The new position carries a sub
stantial increase of salary, which
of course is gratifying in these
times of depression.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson will leave
tomorrow for Kearney where he
will enter upon his new duties
Monday morning. Their many
O’Neill friends wish them loads of
prosperity and happiness in their
new home.
PWA Engineer Inspects
Work on Court House
' Joseph D. Evans, state engineer
inspector, and F. E. Henzie, office
engineer for the Public Works ad
ministration with headquarters in
Omaha, inspected the Holt county
court house project here Friday
morning and found everything com
ing along fine.
“Contractors to date are slightly
ahead of schedule,” Mr. Evans de
clared at the conclusion of the in
spection. “They should have no
difficulty completing the project by
December 15 unless some unforseen
delay occurs,” he added
Pleased with the looks of the
L building from the exterior, the vis
iting engineering officials also
noted with pleasure some of the
interior features, including the ex
posed concrete ceilings, the number
and size of the vaults, the acoustic
plaster arrangement for the dis
trict court room and the layout of
the building in general.
Their visit here was part of an ;
inspection trip which took them to
Burwell, Ecicson, Bartlett, Creigh
ton and Clearwater, in each of
Which towns projects are being
constructed by the communities
through the aid of PWA financing.
The court house is a $110,000
project, with the government to
furnish all but $61,000 of this
amount in the form of an outright
grant.
Horses Sell Over $100
At Monday Sale; Cattle
Prices Show A Decline
Atkinson Livestock Market sales
report Monday and Tuesday, Oc
tober 5 and 6th:
At Monday’s horse auction 173
head of horses were sold. Buyers
were present from four states and
the demand for good quality young
horses was excellent for the
season of the year. All good two
and three year old mares sold at
100.00 to 135.00 and the geldings
of the same age brought from 75.00
to ICO.00—mares with colts at side
brought fi'om 85.00 to 14«).u0; year
ling colts at 45.00 to C0.00: smooth
mouth horses at 35.00 to 65.00; reel
old horses at 3.00 to 20.00 Next
horse sale will be held Monday,
October 19th.
Cattle and hog auction on Tues
day. Cattle receipts 1200 head, all
native Nebraska cattle with the ex
ception of 150 head of Black Hills
cattle. Market weak on all calves
and stocker steers, steady on cows
and fleshy heifers. Best steer
calves at 5.75 to 6.25; heifer calves
at 5.00 to 6.00; plainer calves on
down to 4.50; best yearling steers
at 5.50 to 5.75; good ones at 4.75
to 5.00; fair kinds at 4.00 to 4.50.
Fleshy heifers at 5.00 to G.00; on
the stocker order at 4.00 to 4.50;
choice fat cows at 4.75 to 5.50;
heavy cutters at 3.50 to 4.00; can
ners at 2.75 to 3.00. Bulls at 3.50
to 4.50.
Hog receipts 600 head. A very
lively affair from start to finish
with the market generally 25 cents
a hundred higher on all weights.
Top fats at 9.45; sows at 8.30 to
9.00; pigs generally from 5.50 to
6.00; heavy pigs at 7.00 and 8.00.
: Holt County’s 190 4-H
Clubbers Closing Year
One hundred and ninety Holt
county boys and girls enrolled in
4-H Club work during the past
year and are now finishing up
their 1930 work and have not only
had an enjoyable year but also a
financially successful one, the final
reports indicate.
In learning to finaancially man
age theirown business these youths
produced choice baby beeves, tur
keys, chickens, canned many jars
of food, learned to bake, made their
own clothes and a hundred and one
other things.
Members attended several dem
onstration schools, club camp at
Long Pine, Achievement Day in
O’Neill, exhibited at the Stuart and
Chambers Fairs, and eleven county
winners competed at the State Fair
in Lincoln. Nearly every club will
finish the required 60 per cent
while some will finish 100 per cent.
This is a big increase in comple
tions over last year and is due
largely to the untiring efforts of
the club leaders.
As a part of the extension work
in Holt county these boys and girls
who have finished up their 1936
work are now looking forward to
again enrolling in 4-H clubs during
the coming year.
Tax List Don’t Show
Much of Prosperity
The Frontier this week is carry
ing the delinquent tax list for Holt
county. The list this year makes
nearly twenty-eight columns, com
pared with eighteen columns dur
ing the “awful” Hoover period of
1930. The New Dealers w’ould
have you believe that times are a
lot better now than they were dur
ing the last republican administra-1
tion, but the delinquent tax list,
proves differently. During the
past year twice as many people
failed to • pay their taxes as they
did during the year 1930. Figure
it for yourself.
Mrs. Frank McMillan left Wed
nesday morning for a short busi
ness trip to Omaha.
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NEWS OF PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
Dean Streeter drove to Norfolk
last Tuesday returning that even
ing accompanied by Mrs. Streeter,
who had been visiting relatives
there for the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harnish and
son, Frank James, came up from
Norfolk Saturday evening and
spent Sunday at the home of Mr.
Harnish’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Harnish.
Mrs. O. W. Roth, of Bayard,
Nebr., and nephew, Thomas Hanna
berry, of Hollyrood, Kans., arrived
in the city Wednesday afternoon
for a few days visit with Mrs.
Roth’s brothers, Thomas and Pat
rick Hannaberry, and her sister,
Miss Lila.
Henry C. Zahradnicek and Miss
Edith West, both of Atkinson, were
granted a marriage license in
county court last Tuesday. They
were united in marriage at Atkin
son on Wednesday by Rev. John II.
Bishop, Mthodist minister of that
city.
Work on the new court "house is
progressing rapidly. Workmen are
busy this morning laying out the
forms for the cement walks leading
into the building from the north
3 tfd south ends. The walk leading
to the front door of the building
was laid about ten days ago.
Mr. and Mrs. John Grady, of
Everett, Wash., and Thomas Grady
and sister, Miss Mayme, of Denver,
who had been visiting relatives and
old friends here for the past week,
left last Saturday morning for
Denver, where Mr. and Mrs. John
Grady will visit for a time before
proceeding to their home in the
j northwest.
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Miss Gertrude Block, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Block north
| west of this city, returned to her
| home at Decatur, 111., last Sunday
night after a months visit at the
(home of her parents here. Miss
; Block was accompanied by her sis
j ter, Miss Sylvia, who will make her
home at Decatur, if she secures
■ desirable employment.
Judge Dickson and Reporter Mc
Eihaney returned Wednesday after
noon from Butte, where they had
been holding district court for the
past ten days. The jury term end
ed at noon Wednesday, after the
trial of six jury cases. The court
will return to Butte next week for
the trial of a divorce action, which
will be tried to the court.
Mrs. Rose Ryan received word
the first of the week that she was
a grandmother, a son having been
born to her daughter, Mrs. Charles
Graham, at their home in Californ
ia the latter part of the week. Mr.
Graham is the son of Mrs. Edward
Graham, living north of the city,
and Mrs. Graham was formerly
Margaret Ryan of this city.
The business of the O'Neill
Hatchery has been growing with
such strides during the past year
that Manager Ralph Leidy deemed
it necessary to have more room for
his growing business. An addition
24x32 is being built on the .rear of
the building and when completed
Ralph figures he will have ample
room for at least a year or two.
Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Pierce, of
Lincoln, arrived in the city Mon
day for a weeks visit at the home
of Mayor and Mrs. John Kersen
brock, Mrs. Pierce beinp a sister
of Mrs. Kersenbrock. They will
leave for home Friday and will be
accompanied back by Mrs. Mary
Keenan, Mrs. Kersenbrock’s moth
er, who has been visiting at the
Kersenbrock home for the past
three months.
Paul Koenig, an attorney from
Chicago, was in the city Saturday
and addressed a gathering of vot
ers at the K. C. hall on the issues
of the campaign from a republican
standpoint. Mr. Koenig is a pleas
ing speaker and while the crowd
was not as large as expected those
attending felt that they had listen
ed to an entertaining and pleasant
address. At the conclusion of the
meeting twenty new members were
added to the roll of the Republican
Volunteers.
Mrs. W. T. Evans and daughter,
Mrs. Ruth Rhodes, of Sterling,
Colo., arrived in the city last Sat
urday for a weeks visit with old
time friends here. Mrs. Evans was
for many years a resident of this
city and one of the leaders in the
social activities here. After the
death of Mr. Evans they left this
city and for several years have
been making their home in Col
orado. They both expressed sur
prise at the wonderful improve
ment in this city during the past
ten years.
J. B. Fullerton, of Pleasantview,
was in the city Wednesday and
made a pleasant call at this office.
Jim is confident that Landon will
be elected president of the United
States next November and on the
strength of it he recently purchased
a half section of land, adjoining hi;
farm. He now owns five quarters
of Holt county, and it is choice, and
when this section is again blessed
with abundant moisture during the
growing season Jim will soon be on
easy street. He is one of the real
old timers of the county and de
serves success.
Mrs. W. T. Evans and daughter,
Mrs. Ruth Rhodes, who are the
guests of Mrs. E. F. Gallagher
during their visit in the city, have
been honor guests at numerous
luncheons and dinner parties the
past week, and. many more are
planned for tomorrow and the next
day. Mrs. C. E. Stout and Mrs. W.
J. Froelich entertained for them
Wednesday with a luncheon attend
ed by ten guests besides the honor
guests, in the new home of Mr. and
Mrs. Froelich. Mrs. H. J. Birm
ingham entertained for them on
Tuesday evening with a dinner £or
ten at their home.
Upon answering a knock on her
door at her house six miles north
west of town Tuesday evening,
Mrs. Parker was greeted by a host
of friends who with well filled
baskets had come as a surprise to
help her celebrate her birthday.
The surprise was a complete suc
cess since Mrs. Parker had not the
slightest suspicion of their inten
tions. A very pleasant evening
was spent in visiting and playing
games. A delicious lunch of sand
wiches, pickles, cake and cofTee was
served. The guests departed at a
late hour wishing Mrs. Parker
many happy returns of the even
ing. Over 100 guests were present.
Fall’s First Frost Tuesday
The weather was a little cool the j
forepart of the week and Tuesday i
night the mercury dropped to the j
freezing point. While the frost was
light it had its effect on vines and
garden stuff that had been care
fully irrigated during the long dry
spell.
High Low Mois.
Oct. 2 71 38
Oct. 3 81 46
Oct. 4 79 58 .92 ]
Oct. 5 80 45
Oct. 6 73 46
Oct. 7 69 32
Oct. 8 36
School Notes
By County Superintendent
Holt county schools will share in
three state apportionments this
year. Because of the controversy
between the Omaha school district
and Charles W. Taylor. The Om
aha school district did not appeal
their case to a higher court.
This made a total of $6,097.33,
which was withheld from other ap
portionments. This money has ac
cumulated thru liquor taxes. Had
the Omaha school district won in
their suit with the state superin
tendent, it would have meant a
large loss to out state counties. The
state superintendent ruled that it
should be apportioned evenly. This
will make three state apportion
ments for the year 1936. Ordinar
ily, there are two apportionments,
one in January and one in July.
AROUND NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA
With Your Congressman
Bindweed eradication is being I
discussed all over the district. In
some places farmers are meeting
with representatives of the agri-!
culture extension service to dis
cuss methods of eliminating this
weed. In one county twenty thous
and acres of farm land is infested
| with bindweed. Fred Albach, a
farmer living five miles west of
Hadar, finds by deep plowing he
eliminates most of his morning
glories. The farm group in con
gress during the past two years
worked on this problem for many
months and received very little
help except the promise that ex
perts at Muscle Shoals would ex
periment in an effort to produce
chlorate at a low price. The pres
ent price of chlorate is prohibitive.
Experts in Washington stated that
by application of chlorate, bind
weed could be eliminated but the
price is too high at this time.
Many farmers are sinking their
plows deep in the ground to kill
this weed.
Twenty farm boys living in the
vicinity of Wausa and Osmond
want to know where they can get
a job. These boys range in age
from 16 to 22 years and have left
school when they finished the 8th
grade. Some of them tell the con
gressional office that they find it
impossible to get jobs in this vi
cinity. They want to know what is
in store for them in the future.
Some are advised to take advant
age of the national youth move
ment in order to continue their ed
ucation and others are informed of
agencies where work may be pos
sible. A large number of young
men from this district have gone to
the western coast states and letters
from them indicate that a large
portion of them have secured jobs
there. For some unknown reason a
large number of people have left
this district for Oregon, Washing
ton and California during the past
few. months.
Questions on naturalization are
coming into the office these days.
Some aliens are asking what to do
if their first papers have expired.
The answer is that they will have
to refile for their first papers and
continue thru the process of natur
alization. The federal court clerks
will be very busy with naturaliza
tion cases in the next few months.
Many old people are coming to
the congressional office asking why
they cannot secure an increase in
their pensions. These questions
come from nearly all of our twenty
two counties. The real reason is
that there is no more money with
which to pay. The government is
giving fifteen dollars. In Nebras
ka the state legislature had. no
knowledge as to how many people
would apply for this pension. As a
result the amount of money appro
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Contractor Refuses the
Council’s Offer of $750
and Bonus For His Well
The city council held their reg
ular monthly meeting last Tuesday
night. F. N. Shaner. of Ainsworth,
who about two years ago entered
into a contract with the city council
to put down a well that would
throw 300 gallons of water a min
ute, appeared before the council.
He was to receive for the well the
sum of $1,590.80. A year ago this
spring he put down a well and
when the test was made he could
produce only 125 gallons of water
per minute, which was less than
half of what he had agreed to fur
nish according to his contract.
Since that time a controversy
has been on with the city council.
Shaner thought he should be paid
for the well, even if he did not ful
fill his contract, and some of the
members of the council seemed to
agree with him. He appeared be
fore the council on Tuesday even
ing and said that he wanted them
to pay him $1,000 for the well and
pay him $2.00 per hour for testing
the well,not stipulating the amount
of time it would take to test it.
The council agreed, not officially,
to pay him $750 for the well if he
would produce 150 gallons of water
per minute and offered him a bonus
of $5.00 per gallon for every gal
lon the well would produce over
150 gallons. The offer was refused.
This looks like a lot of horse
play to us. A man enters into a
contract with the city to perform a
certain job. He fails to fulfill his
part of the contract, but desipte
his failure he seems to have the
idea that the city should pay him
anyway, and strange as it seems,
some of the members of the council
seem to agree with him.
No business man would be long
in business if he paid for merchan
dise he did not secure, and the
| same rule, it seems to us, should
1 apply in the conduct of a city’s
business.
Pasture Improvement
Contest To Continue
Nebraska's 1936 pasture im
provement contest, designed to im.
prove grazing land but which met
with disaster by drouth, will be
completed, it was announced this
week.
Elvin F. Frolik, assistant exten
sion agronomist at thi Nebraska
college of agriculture who directed
the contest, said not all was done
in vain in the event this year. Most
of the 825 farmers in the contest
have some record of their spring
seeding and results. This informa
tion, he added, will be a value in
the future years and will be stud
ied from the records.
Tenative plans for finishing up
the contest in addition to having
the records turned in immediately
include a huge banquet at Omaha
some time in November. State
winners, however, will not be pick
ed in the pasture project but hon
orable mention may be given to a
number of farmers who had un
usually good success last spring in
their pasture work only to have the
drouth destroy the stands they se
cured.
Agricultural Agent, F. M. Reece,
is now asking farmers entering the
contest to turn in their records as
soon as possible.
'North Central Bankers
Hold Meeting In O’Neill
Bankers of the North Central
district of Nebraska met in con
vention in this city last Tuesday
evening. The business of the even
ing was started off with a banquet
at the Golden hotel, after which the
business of the meeting was trans
acted. About forty bankers from
different towns in this section of
the state were in attendance at
the meeting.
C. J. Mortensen, of Ord, and F.
M. Duetsch, of Norfolk, delivered
addresses and they are said to have
been very entertaining and instruc
tive.
Last Saturday J. B. Mellor took
his sister-in-law, Mrs. J. B. Hert
zler as far as Columbus, where she
joined Mr. and Mrs. John Grady,
of Everett, Wash., and Thomas
Grady and sister. Miss Mayme,
and rode to her home at Denver
with them. Henry Grady accom
panied J. B. on the trip. They met
Mrs. Evans and daughter at Grand
Island and brought them to O’NeiU.