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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1936)
The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprieto Entered at the Postoffice at O’Neill Nebraska, as Second Class Mattel One Year, in Nebraska _$2.0i One Year, outside Nebraska 2.2. Every subscription is regarded a an open account. The names o subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex eion of time paid for, if pub r shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in ford at the designated subscription price Every subscriber must understam that these conditions are made : Kt of the contract between pub er and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES Display advertising is charget fnr on a basis of 26c an inch (orn column wide) per week. Want adt lOe per line, first insertion, sub sequent insertions, 6c per line. Notwithstanding the fact that the law specifically provides penal ties for soliciting campaign sub scriptions from federal employees the prosentadministration is “shak ing down” all the federal employes in the state, according to stories in the daily press. Senator Vandenburg, of Michig an, will be on the air next Satur day night with a real message for the voters of the United States. The address will be broadcast over the nation and can be heard in this section over KFAB, Omaha-Lin coln, from 7:30 to 8:00 p. m. If ^ou want to hear a real orator with a real message for the people be aore and tune in next Saturday night. Dickson Has A Splendid Record As District Judge At the coming election a Judge of this Judicial District is to be elected. This is a most important office. It would seem unnecessary to call attention to the fact that Judge Robert R. Dickson is a can didate for re-election and make mention of his qualifications and his record on the bench. His ser vices on the bench were so satis factory to the voters that he had no opposition in the Primary, evid ence of the people’s approval of his judicial administration. He is a progressive and enter prising citizen and has contributed of his time and means to every worthy object and enterprise in his community and has responded to the call of the citizens of the dis trict on many public occasions and has addressed every High School in the district. He has accomplished much with juvenile offenders and in many cases the once erring boy ia now leuding an examplary life, proving what can he done when the right means are employed. In years past and present, many land owners by reason of the de pression, poor crops and low prices were unable to pay tuxes, mort gages or interest, resulting in the bringing of many foreclosures. In order that the land owner might save his farm and home, confirma r tions of sales were continued and moratoriums granted. When crops [ failed, pastures burned up and j meadows failed to produce, Judge ■y Dickson adjusted the matter of i rent of those holding their lands f under moratoriums by relieving them in many instances from pay ments of all rent or by reducing it in keeping with conditions that de veloped during the crop seasons. This course of procedure on the i Judge’s part brought about many • settlements and adjustments where by the land owner was able to save his home. Judge Dickson has never ! confirmed a foreclosure sale or de nied a moratorium without giving the land owner every opportunity to save his home. .Judge Dickson has refused to I call juries when in his judgment the business was not of sufficient importance to justify the calling of a jury for the term, either trying th# cases himself without a jury or continuing them until there was sufficient business to justify the ex pense of a jury. Every jury term of Court held without a jury saves the county at least $250.00. Since he has been upon the bench, juries have been excused in Boyd county for 12 terms of court; in Brown county for 17 terms of court; in Holt county for 11 terms of court; in Rock county for 22 terms, and Keya Paha county for 27 terms of court. This was a saving to the counties of the district of about $20,000.00. These figures can be verified by an examination of the records of the Clerks of the Dis trict Court of the several counties. More than 12,000 cases, criminal and civil, not including many Juv enile cases, have been disposed of by Judge Dickson. Since he has been upon the bench 276 cases have been appealed to the Supreme Court, which is a comparatively small number when we consider the many important criminal and civil cases disposed of in the dis trict. There were appealed from Holt county 149 cases, with 17 re-| versals; from Boyd county 60 cases, with 12 reversals; from Brown county 23 cases, with 4 reversals; from Uock county 26 cases, with 2 reversals, and from Keya I’aha county 18 cases, with 4 reversals, making only 39 reversals since Judge Dickson has been upon the bench, and only two reversals in the last four years. There are pending and undecided in the Su preme Court five cases. This record is not excelled by any judge in Ne braska and is due to the careful and conscientious consideration of the law and facts in each case and accounts for the small number of cases appealed to the Supreme Court and the very, very few re versals. Judge Dickson has been called upon by the Supreme Court to sit as an Associate Justice and his opinions reflect his ability as a Mullen Now For Norris Arthur F. Mullen is back in Ne braska and in a radio address the forepart of the week endorsed the candidacy of George W. Norris for the United States senate. Arthur has always been a fighting demo crat and has always been a strong supporter of democratic candid ates, whether they were friendly to him or not. But this year he kicks Terry Carpenter, the regular dem ocratic nominee for the state out of the way and comes out for a man whom he has opposed politic ally for the past thirty years. My, what a change has come over the political eyesight of this Holt county boy, who has gone places and done things. Some of you may wonder what caused this great change in Arthur. He did not do it voluntarily, it was the command of the “big chief” in the white house. He not only picks the can didates for the people, but tries to cram them down the throats of the electorate. If this is not dic tatorship, what is it? THE NEBRASKA SCENE by James R. Lowell Within less than three weeks Ne braska voters will have awarded to 4d men und women the distinc tion of being members of our first unicameral legislature, and polit ical observers from such far away states as Oregon and New York al ready are getting their pens and typewriters limbered up. No one is quite certain how the legislative experiment will turn out, but the suposition is that noth ing of the bicameral system will : be revi\ : However, there are some observ s j ers who declare that politics will : continue to dog the legislature de. i spite the intended nonpartisan set I up. ' The lieutenant governor is the • presiding officer of the one-house i body. The body will elect a speak , er. As the members have been i elected on a nonpartisan ballot, there will be no party caucuses such as were wont to enliven the legislative sessions of yesteryear. Friends of the new system say j that political leaders will be im i potent; that gag rule can no long er exist; the governor, the state officers, and the supreme court judges will be without authority so far as the legislature is concerned. It will be virtually the board of directors of a gigantic corporation. Business problems, not political I questions, will be solved. An executive secretary is to oe chosen after a speaker is elected. The speaker presides in the ab sence of the lieutenant governor, or while he is discharging the duties of governor. There will be a read ing clerk, a record clerk, two pages, two engrossing and enrolling clerks and five stenographers. There will be no chaplain, no sergeant at arms and no postmast er. The civil service mail carrier on duty at the state house postal station distributes the mail. The state sheriff furnishes a deputy to serve papers, and this official also is called in case of disorder. More than 100 supernumeraries and employes have been cut off the legislative payroll by the new sys tem. When the unicameral legislature is in session there will be no com mittees. The usual committees are to be named during the ad interim periods. So when the legislature is called to order, temporary and permanent organization occupy but a few minutes. After the canvass of the vote for the constitutional state officers, the new legislature is expected to plunge at once into routine busi ness. The judiciary committee, composed of a representative of each business vocation, industry and profession in the state, makes its report. This is really a shifting commit tee, reporting at the beginning of the session instead of at the close. Contacting this committee are the state officers, county (officials, may ors, and the reporter of the su preme court. The reviser of the statutes works, with the judiciary during the time when the legisla ture Is not in session. He is on. duty when the legislature convenes. In one report the judiciary com mittee is to present all the bills usually classified as ‘‘chicken feed” legislation. This class of bills in clude the great mass of measures that clog the legislative hoppers. Slight statutory changes, minor amendments, and the repeal of ob solete statutes are taken care of by the report of this committee. All other committtees report on the important bills introduced by the members. These will be prepared in advance, and many the proposed measures are being discussed dur ing the present campaign. Bills may be introduced at any time thruout the session. Each I member has a file containing all the bills that will have been pre sented to the legislature. This record is kept up thru the years, and when a legislator is defeated for re-election, the secretary pro vides his successor with a complete file. The lobby has been outlawed and abolished thru the newr system, its sponsors say. All information of value is to be secured from official sources, from constituents, and from officers of state. The idea is to avoid the obsolete arguments foisted on new members by lobby ists. _V BRIEFLY STATED - \ Romaine Saunders was up from his south country ranch last Tues day. Mrs. John Beal, of Ainsworth, is here this week visiting at the home of her brother, John Green. Mr. and Mrs. A1 Pierson, of Neligh, were in the city Sunday, visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harnish. Ed O’Donnell came up from North Platte last Saturday and visited relatives and friends here Sunday and Monday. J. G. Kennedy, of Page, was transacting business in the city Tuesday and incidently visiting his many old time friends in this city. Jake Reis, of Hooper, Nebr., is in the city today looking after his real estate interests in this section. Fred W. Binger, of Neligh, and Miss Wilma Faulstick, of the same city, were granted a marriage lic ense in county court last Saturday. Those having names and recipes for the Ladies Guild birthday cal endar, please get them to Mrs. Ma lone on or before Tuesday, Oct. 20. E. J. Ramold, of Gregory, S. D., proprietor of the O’Neill Food Center, was in the city Wednes day looking after his business in terests here. Cap Addison was in from his place in the southwest part of the county Tuesday and Wednesday, buying a few winter supplies and petting some repairs for his farm machinery. , ^ Mr. and Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell came up from Randolph last Sat urday and spent Sunday and Mon day visiting relatives and friends in this city, returning home Mon day evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Schimdt and Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Donohoe drove over to Brewster in Blaine county last Thursday, to attend the dis trict meetingof the Farmers Union. They returned the same evening. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Gallagher left last Friday morning for Lin coln where they joined a party of Lincoln friends and went to Minn eapolis to witness the Nebraska Minnesota football game, return ing home Monday. jurist. The citizens of the district and every lawyer of the district have absolute confidence in his judicial integrity. Much has been done by the Judge to bring about respect for law and constituted authority and the due administration of justice in, our courts. Every man who believes in a fair and impartial trial by a court and jury owes Judge Dickson his loyal support to the end that the letter and spirit of the Constitu tion guaranteeing a fair and im partial trial may be had. In these times and conditions we are very fortunate to have on the bench a judge with the ability and experience of Judge Dickson. His re-election assures a continuation of the ducadministration of justice, and that without fear or favor. He has devoted the best years of his life to the service of the district, and if you feel that his years of faithful service entitle him to re election, vote for him. Wake Up, Nebraska! Stop the “Spending Spree” by the State House Political Machine HOW YOUR TAX BILL HAS GROWN ! (The following figures, taken from the official records of the state treasurer, show the tax income of the state government.) Last Year First Year Under Bryan Under Cochran Property tax $ 4,630,053.49 $ 4,330,679.46 Gasoline tax 9,574,839.97 11,205,676.29 Tax on insurance pre miums, liquor, inspec tion fees, etc. 4,246,389.88 6,139,307.93 TOTALS $18,351,283.34 $21,675,663.67 INCREASE in NEBRASKA TAX BURDEN in first year under COCHRAN.$3,324,380.33 NOTE: The above figures do not include one penny of federal money. This is money which came out of the pockets of the people of Nebraska. WHO SAYS COCHRAN HAS NOT CREATED NEW TAXES? 1— How about the one-cent additional gas tax? 2— How about the $2,000,000 in liquor taxes? 3— How about the $2 head tax on every person under fifty years of age? If thecost of our government had been held down, the income from liquor taxes would have brought about a real reduction in the property tax levy. Two-fisted, Aggressive Dwight Griswold Stands for Honest, Efficient and Economical Government. VOTE FOR DWIGHT GRISWOLD FOR GOVERNOR End the six-year rule of the Statehouse Political Machine THEY WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN WE TELEPHONE . THEM. - YES. PEOPLE IN EUROPE DONT USE THE TELEPHONE NEARLY AS MUCH AS WE DO. Amcrscans lead the world IN THEIR USE OF TELEPHONE SERVICE • The average American makes nine times as many telephone calls as the average European. In the United States, you can get more and better service for your money than anywhere else in the world. Under such con ditions, it is natural that Amer icans should use telephone ser vice more than do the people of other countries. Your telephone dollar has been buying more and more each year. It buys swifter, more accurate and more dependable local service; it buys out-of town service amazingly faster, clearer and more sure at sub stantially lower cost; it buys service which reaches across oceans nnd covers almost the whole world. For more than half a century, the Bell System has worked constantly to improve and ex tend telephone service and to keep down its cost to telephone users. In this w ay, it has helped to give the United States world leadership in telephone serv ice. NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY About 000,000 Parsons Have Savings Invested in the Cel! System U & I STORE Phone 55 Friday, Saturday and Monday SPECIALS 3 Free Deliveries Daily Fresh Milk and Cream SODA CRACKERS, 2-Lb. 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