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. , S°c'*tV BisW'"4 The Frontier - VOL. LVII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1936. No. 22 Over 3,000 Families Could Be Fed for One Year with the Pay of 19 “Deserving” The following article is from The Wichita (Kans.) Independent of Oct. 9, 1936. Who gets all the money poured into Kansas by the New Deal? An indeterminate number of peo ple, including thousands of those on direct relief or employed on WPA projects, would like to know the answer to that question. And this week no less a person age than Alfred M. Landon, Repub lican candidate for the presidency, added his voice to the clamoring question. A week ago John G. Stutz de manded to know what the big bugs in the Democratic relief setup were being paid. He was told in sub stance to go soak his head. And that, by the way, is the reply that Governor Landon received. The Independent has been asking about the big salaries of the boon dogglers for a long time. Many and varied replies have been re ceived. But those who really know — the boondogglers themselves — refuse to tell the taxpayers just how tight a grip they have on the United States treasury. It is fair to assume, since the boondogglers refuse the facts, that their salaries must be out of all proportion to the value of their services. Otherwise they surely would not be ashamed before those who pay the bill. While no one on the outside knows exactly what is being paid to the 168 major executives main tained in Kansas by the New Deal, it is common belief that most of 1 them are getting three to four ' times what they could earn in pri vate business. The Independent has one list of 19 Kansas New Dealer salaries to taling $135,000—enough to supply 3.011 families for a year at the WPA wages of $45 per month. An other list is somewhat at variance with the first but still exorbitantly high in comparison with salaries paid by the state to its servants. You WPA workers who slave in the ditches and half starve at $45 per, what do you think of such sal aries as these which are reported to be paid the boondogglers: Frank Hodges, Mgr. RFC $ 10,000 Dudley Doolittle, Gen. Agent, FCA _ 10,000 C. B. Merriam, Dir. RFC ... 10,000 Jonas Graber, HOLC _ 10,000 Cal Ward _... 10,000 Harrison Parkman, Pur. Agent, U. S. Postoftke 7,500 Ivor McFarlane 7,500 Evan Griffith, State Administrator, WPA 7,200 Ann Laughlin, State Mgr Youth Movement 7,000 Carl Rice, A tty RFD 6,000 Homer Bastian FHA 6,000 James Strong 6,000 Mrs. Harrison Parkman, Asst. Mgr. Youth M. 6,000 R. II. McEween, Crop Loans _ 5,000 Ralph Snyder- 5,000 Martin Miller, HOLC_ 5,000 Jasper Kincaid, Special Investigator, RFC _ 5,000 George Penn, Asst. FHA 4,500 Lew Williams _ 4,500 F. M. Fisher, Asst. Mgr. Crop Loans . 3,300 Total __$135,500 Now let’s see what the state of Kansas pays its executives. Even the highest state salary scarcely tops the lowest paid to the New Dealers. And even Governor Landon gets about what the New Dealers pay their best stenographers. You know the law fixes the governor’s pay at $5,000 but our present chief execu tive has never drawn more than $3,750 per year. And by the way, there’s an econ omizer for you. When Alf Landon says cutgovernment costs he starts with himself—not with the lowly man handling a shovel in a road side ditch. Here is a list of 19 state execu tives—the highest paid we have. Lay this list down beside that of the boondogglers. Quite a compar ison, isn't it? Kansas Job Holders Alf M. Landon, Governor $ 3,750 Frank Ryan, Sec. of State 3,000 George Robb, Auditor 3,000 J. J. Rhodes, State Treas. 3,600 C. V. Beck, Atty Gen. 4,000 W. C. Austin, State Printer 3,000 MT. R. McLean, Adjt. Gen. 3,200 Roy Haines, Bank Com. 3,600 Dr. James M. Scott, Board of Adm. __ 3,000 A. M. Logan, Dir. Inspection and Regis. _ 3,000 ’■ C. M. Voelker, Chief * Enforcement Officer 2,500 Fred L. Hans, Game Ward.. 3,600 T. B. Armstrong, Chief Grain Inspector_ 3,250 ] Harry Darby Highway, Dept. - 3,750 H. R. Goodyear, Highway Dept. 3,078 Homer Hoch, State Corporation Com. - 3,000 Carl Newcomer, Vehicle Com. 2.400 Walter Pleasant, State Tax Com. 3,200 D. A. N. Chase, Budget Director 3,375 Total „.— —.- $61,303 Governor’s Statutory Salary --|5,000 Voluntary Reduction -.. 1,250 Hog Demand Is Active While Prices Are lA>wer Report of Atkinson Live stock Market, Tues. Oct. 13. Hogs: Receipts, 355 head. The demand for all kinds and weights of hogs was very active with pigs generally 50 cents a hundred high er. Most pigs weighing over 100 pounds sold at 7.00 to 8.50; light weights at 5.50 to 6.50; sows at 8.25 to 9.00; stags at 7. 50 and 8.10; top fat hogs at 9.40 and 9.50. Cattle: Receipts, 750 head. Not many real good cattle included in the offering. What few good ones were here looked fully steady, all others 15 to 25 cents a hundred lower. Best yearling steers at 5.50 and 5.65; good kinds at 5.00 to 5.25; roans, reds and brockel faced year lings at 4.25 to 4.75; best heifers at 5.00 to 5.55; a few real fat ones at 6.00. On the stocker order at 4.00 to 5.00; plain ones at 3.75 to 4.00; best steer calves quotable up to 6.50; good kinds at 5.50 to 6.00; heifer calves at 5.00 to 6.00; fat cows at 4.75 to 5.75; good cows at 4.00 to 4.50; heavy cutters at 3.50 to 3.75; canners at 2.70 to 3.00; bulls at 3.75 to 4.60. O’Neill High Sets Back Basset Grid Team 6-0 The O’Neill high school football team and that representing the Bassett high school met on the local gridiron last Monday after noon and the locals took the Bas sett boys into camp for the first time in five years with a score of 6 to 0. The game was one of the best ever seen in this city and the locals played star ball in order to hold the boys from the west score less. Everyone on the local team were always on their toes and they earned their victory. Former Page Minister Dies At Pac. Junction Rev. M. E. Geidl, formerly of Page, died at Pacific Junction, la., the forepart of the week. The body will be shipped to this city, arriving tonight and the funeral will be held at Page at 2:30 to morrow afternoon. Rev. Geidl was stationed at Page for six or seven years, being trans ferred to Iowa only a few months ago. He had many friends in the eastern part of the county who will regret to learn of his death. He was about 55 years of age. Can’t Beat Minnesota The Nebraska Cornhuskers lost a hard football game to Minnesota last week-end with a score of 7 to 0, the lone touchdown being made in the last minute and a half of play. Altho defeated the Corn huskers gained a lot of glory, as Minnesota has one of the strong est teams in the U. S. A. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gallagher, of this city, were spectators at the game and Eddie says it was the hardest game to lose that he had ever seen. He is loud in his praise of the members of the Nebraska team and says they will “go places and do things” this season. v METHODIST CHURCH NOTES A. J. May, Pastor Sunday School at 10 a. m. Morning Worship at 11 a. m.— Special music by the choir. Ser mon subject, “The Art of Seeing.” Epworth League at 6:30—Elec tion of officers. Evening Service at 7:30—Junior choir will assist in the chorus singing. Sermon and discussion subject, “Sin and the Plan of Sal vation. Dr. O. K. Tickler, for many years a resident of this city, but now liv ing in the southern part of the state, was an O’Neill visitor last Tuesday visiting his many old time friends. Doc appears hale and hearty and looks as if things were prosperous with him. POLITICAL? NO, CERTAINLY NOT ¥ —" H*ce „ } MOOStE, *><1 New York Herald Triburte ——lteurotihv Courtesv of Nev*- Yer‘ Herald Tribune Storz Opens Winter Beer Season Shipping 30 Cars A 30-car trainload of Winterbru beer left the Storz Brewery this week, marking the opening of the winter beer season. The size of this first shipment is an indication of how the winter beer idea has taken hold with the public. The Storz Brewing Co. reports that sales of Winterbru are already far in advance of what they were for a similar period last year. The idea of a winter beer gained impetus in this country last year when the Storz Brewing Co. brot out “Winterbru.” Winter beer has been popular in Europe for the past 75 years. Bock beer is the traditional beer in the spring. For summer a light, cooling beer is the favorite, and in the fall and winter a heavier beer with a decided warming effect is in demand. First School Dance Held Monday at St. Mary’s The first of the school dances at St. Mary’s Academy was held last Monday evening, commencing at 8 p. m. The dance was given by the seniors for the pupils of the high school of the Academy, and was largely attended. The gym was decorated in red, white and blue, and was in keeping with the day—Columbus Day. Lunch was served and the dancing ended at about 10.30. The high school pu pils wish to thank the Seniors and members of the faculty for a very entertaining evening.—M. Johnson on Speaking Tour Richard O. Johnson, of Lincoln, republican candidate for attorney general, is on a speaking tour of the state and will be in O’Neill at 10 a. m. on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Mr. Johnson has a loud speaker in his car and will speak on the corn er of Fourth and Douglas streets. Mr. Johnson is a splendid orator and he should be treated to a good sized crowd in this city. He will speak at Atkinson at 9 a. m. the same morning. Miss Inez O’Connell, efficient and popular deputy clerk of the district court, is taking a vacation this week, with her folks at the old home near Atkinson. NEWS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Walling and Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess left last Sat urday for Hyannis, Nebr., where they spent Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Griffin, formerly of this city, and the men folks enjoy ed some fishing in the lakes near that city. They say they had a nice time, altho the fishing was not as good as anticipated. They re turned home Monday afternoon. Dan Farrell, Jr., who is the engineering inspector of the new court house building here, and has been since the building was started, has also had charge of the con struction of the new $55,000 school building at Creighton. Last Sat urday he was over to Creighton and turned over the job there to H. D. Kendrick who had recently been an inspector on the Columbus pow er project. Mrs. Florence II. Jensen, Omaha, central regional director and state manager of the Woodmen Circle was elected president of the Ne braska State Fraternal Congress in Lincoln this week. She succeeds Dr. V. V. Smrha of Milligan. The Fraternal Congress is composed of representatives of about 85 fratern al life insurance associations. Mrs. Jensen is a former Chambers girl. Mrs. Mary A. Kelly returned last Monday night from Illinois, where she had been the past two years looking after her real estate inter ests in that section. On the way to O’Neill Mrs. Kelly visited rela tives in various cities and took three weeks in reaching O’Neill from her Illinois home. Mrs. Kelly says that it feels mighty good to get back home again. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Richter, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wetlauffer and Mrs. Lawrence Murray left Monday for Slayton, Minn., where they will visit Mr. and Mrs. David Yantzi and family. Mrs. Yantzi is a sister of Mr. Wetlauffer and Mrs. Murray. They expect to be gone about ten days and will en joy the fishing in that section be fore their return. Roy Brost, who was the brick foreman and assistant general sup erintendent on the new court house, left last week for Denver, Colo., where he is assistant general sup erintendent on a million dollar con tract in that city secured by Peter Kiewits Sons, of Omaha, the con tractors erecting the new court house. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Myers, of Dallas, S. D., were visiting here from Saturday until Monday with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mills, and also with Mrs. Millie. Mrs. Millie is a niece of Mrs. Myers. Mr. Myers is quite a prosperous farmer of Gregory county, but got very little crop this season due to the drouth. Supervisors Reimers, Matousek, Carson, Sullivan and Walters drove to Norfolk Wednesday morning where they attended a meeting of the Northeast Nebraska Associ ation of County Commissioners, Supervisors and County Clerks held in that city yesterday. Ralph Prill, of Page, one of the stalwart Republicans of Antelope precinct, was a pleasant caller at this office Tuesday and ordered The Frontier sent to his address, so that he could keep posted on the hap penings of the county and this vicinity. Henry Dick, of Henderson, Nebr., a former resident of this county, living two miles north of O’Neill, was in town the first of the week with a truck load of Scottsbluff potatoes, which he sold here. He lelurned home Tuesday. Arthur F. Melcher, of Atkinson, and Miss Bernice Trese, of Orch ard, were granted a marriage lic ense in county court last Monday and later were united in marriage by Rev. H. D. Johnson at the Pres byterian manse. Dr. W. J. Douglas, of Atkinson, was in the city last Monday look ing after business matters and visiting his many friends in this city. J. D. Cornin was attending to legal business in Omaha and Lin coln the latter part of last week, returning home Sunday. The Weather High Low Oct. 9 . 79 42 Oct. 10 66 35 Oct. 11 71 41 Oct. 12 72 44 Oct. 18 69 31 Oct. 14 78 30 Oct. 15 69 46 AROUND NORTHEAST NERRASKA With Your Congressman Driving over northeast Nebraska these beautiful, sunny fall days is a great privilege. There may be frost on the pumpkins but there are very few shocks of corn stalks. Most of these are cut up for en silage and are in the silos. The country is full of chickens. Many are found dead on the roads, killed by passing motorists. The pheas ants seem plentiful and are coming closer to the farm yard to feed. The feed situation is still very ser ious. The farmer is not well off generally speaking. Wednesdays and Saturdays bring the largest crowds to the various towns of the district. Most of the towns are Saturday night towns. Store clothes are not so frequently seen among the groups of farmers. One crowd of nearly two hundred farmers at Randolph showed that store clothes are expensive and most of these two hundred farmers wore their old time uniforms—the heavy overall. Delayed corn-hog checks are slowly coming in as a result of co operation between the farm agents and the congressional office. Much of this delay is in the Washington office and we are hurrying the de livery of these checks by calling to the attention of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration the great need of the farmer for cash at this particular time. The Genoa Indian School, which was abandoned by the federal gov ernment and given to the state of Nebraska, is vacant. State work ers are cleaning up the grounds now. Genoa people are anxious that this valuable property be used to some real advantage by the state. There are many mental cases in this district which need human attention. Many of there unfortunate people are kept m temporary places waiting for space in the regular state institutions. Officials of these institutions *ay the hospitals are so crowded that they have waiting lists of several score of unfortunate people who need attention now. The Genoa in stitution is an ideal place for such an overflow of human beings who need the mercy of more fortunate people today. Catfish must be plentiful in the Missouri river. Fisherman Crain, who lives west of Ponca, brought into Laurel one of the finest catches of channel cat ever seen in Ne braska. Crain says he uses a cer tain kind of cheese as bait for these fish. Extension of rural mail routes is being requested in various places and many of these cases are being taken up with the Postmaster Gen eral in Washington. The most re cent change is rural route No. 4 out of the West Point office, result ing in improved service for a num ber of patrons. Notice has also been received that effective Nov. 1, 1936, there will be an extension of rural route No. 3 from Humphrey, responsive to petitions of a num ber of patrons directly affected. The farmer who has a few head of hogs, and. about eight milk cows —silage in the silo—other rough ness to go with it—who has a cream check every week—has his beef and hogs to butcher—who has some chickens and eggs, can get along all right—BUT, this same farmer owes money on his farm— he can’t pay the principal nor the high rate of interest, is against the threat of having his farm sold for taxes or foreclosure on the indebt edness. This farmer should be giv en help to carry him over—but, this farmer can’t get help. Many farmers are worried over their last year’s feed and seed loans. They are being asked to pay them now. They can’t because they didn’t raise a crop. These (Continued on page 12, column 6.) SEVEN INJURED IN SMASH UP OF THREE AUTOS AND A TRUCK Car Wrecked When It Hits Track And Two More Cars Pile Up On Wreck of First One. During the past week Sheriff Duffy has been busy investigating a series of automobile accidents near Stuart last Saturday night, in which seven people were injured, but none seriously. About 11 p. m. Fritz Lasmett was driving a car owned by Dugan & Woodcock of Newport, and was coming east on No. 20. In the car besides the owners and the driver were Walter Dcbolt, Ruth Gill, Ermil Lash mitt and Lou Wewek. About three miles this side of Stuart they crashed into a truck, which was go ing east. The truck was owned by R. E. Lucas, of Page, and driven by Vernon Nixon, of Clearwater. Another car coming from the east driven by Jim Schienost, of O’Neill, and occupied by Miss Cath erine Vinzens, of Atkinson, crash ed into the wrecked automobile. The truck drove on shortly after this and another car driven by J. Wefso, of Stuart, and altho the other parties tried to stop him, he crashed into the back of the Wood cock car. Wefso was accompanied by Ray Wedege and wife, Evelyn, and Floyd Conn. In the mix-up of the three cars and the truck, Emil Lashmitt re ceived a broken leg and cuts on the knee and ankle; Ruth Gill was scratched on the face but was not seriously injured; YY’alter Debolt secured a cut forehead and suffered considerably from loss of blood; J. Wefso was badly injured, suffer ing a cracked chest and had sever al ribs torn loose, and he suffered intense pain; Evelyn Wedege had her knee cap broken and suffered bodily injuries; Catherine Vinzens had her face cut in several places, but was not seriously injured. After the accident the injured were taken to the Stuart hospital for medical treatment and three of them were still in the hospital yes terday afternoon. Sheriff Duffy is making a thoro investigation of the accident, tak ing statements from the persons who were in the accident, in an at tempt to discover who was to blame for the wrecks. Lyman Will Broadcast His “Column of the Air” . Hay “Link” Lyman, line coach and assistant to Dana X. Bible at the University of Nebraska, will again broadcast his popular “Foot ball Column of the Air” radio pro gram. Coach Lyman is rated as one of the most entertaining sports com mentators in the country and speaks from first hand experience. He holds the world's record in num ber of games played, having par ticipated in 302 while a star at the University of Nebraska and later with the Chicago Bears. Many coaches and players in the National Football League call “Link” the greatest tackle the game has ever produced. Coach Lyman was born, reared and educated in Nebraska, graduat ing from the University in 1922. He is what might be called “a right good sized lad,” standing 6 feet 2 inches high and weighing 260 pounds. “Links” Football Column of the Air will again be sponsored by the Standard Oil company of Nebras ka. The programs will be broad east every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night during the football season. They can be heard over WOW, Omaha, and KFOP., Lincoln. Hospital Notes Miss Joyce Outhouse, of Inman, submitted to an operation for acute appendicitis Friday night, the 9th. She is convalescing very nicely at the present writing. Miss Bernice Scofield had her tonsils removed Monday morning. She went home Tuesday morning. Miss Clare Shoemaker was con fined to her room a few days this week fighting a cold and sore throat. Clinton E. Cronin came up from Grand Island last Saturday and spent Sunday with relatives and friends here, leaving Monday morn ing for Burwell, where he had some legal business to look after.