The Frontier
VOL. LVII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1936. No. 23
(GEORGE SANFORD,
EARLY PIONEER OF
THIS COUNTY, DEAD
'Was One of the County’s Earliest
Residents, Coming Here in 1874.
Funeral Services Held Sunday.
—
George Sanford died at his home
in southeast O’Neill last Friday
morning about 4 o’clock, after an
' •illness of several years, of heart
■ trouble, at the age of 70 years and
21 days. The funeral was held
Sunday afternoon at 2:30, Rev.
Vahle officiating at the service held
in the Biglin Undertaking parlors,
interment in Prospect Hill ceme
tery.
George Sanford was born at
Sanduskie, Wis., on Sept. 25, 1866.
In April, 1874, the family moved to
this county from Wisconsin and
took a homestead a few miles east
of this city where George grew to
manhood. He farmed for several
•years and then engaged in the
bridge building business for several
years as an employee of the Town
send Bridge Co., and later with the
Western Bridge and construction
company as a foreman in charge of
the construction of bridges in sev
eral parts of the state. He remain
ed in this business for several years
until failing health forced him to
retire from this strenuous labor
and for several years he has taken
things easy, living in a cottage in
the southeastern part of the city.
George never married and kept
bachelor quarters.
George was a resident of this
county for over G2 years and was
one of the oldest residents in this
vicinity, being exceeded in his years
of residence in the county by very
• few. He was a quiet unassuming
man and had a host of friends in
this city and vicinity, where he had
lived for so many years.
He leaves four sisters, Mrs. Ann
Harding, Mrs. Ella Monroe, Spring
view, Viola Hoxie, O’Neill, and
Maggie Cain, of Wyoming, and
two brothers, Charles Sanford and
Eugene Sanford, of O’Neill, to
mourn his passing, besides a large
circle of friends in this city and
vicinity.
Claim Expense Allowance
For Social Security Is Not
Enough; Pensions Higher
By James R. Lowell
Social workers say that the new
state assistance setup cannot do an
efficient job of administering relief
under the present allowance, and
therein lies an argument which
probably will prove to be one of the
biggest bones of contention in the
next legislature, according to state
house observers.
Director Ira Tolen started the
ball a-rolling when he asked for a
22 per cent increase in the annual
payroll of the state social security
administration for the coming bien
nium. Several weeks ago he pre
sented a budget which made no
request for wage increases, but
last week he came out with a re
vised suggestion that the salary
appropriation be raised from $58,
230 to $72,100, an increase of $13,
870.
Tolen’s idea was to improve the
social service standards of his per
sonnel. The political observers
say this object may be entirely
commendable, but that he com
mitted a political boner in asking
that his own salary be raised from
$3,000 to $5,000 a year.
Governor Cochran, who was out
of towm when the budget request
was filed, was quick to announce
that he disapproves of any request
ed increase in salaries for members
of the state assistance committee
administrative staff.
Budget estimates calling for
$10,477,797 for social security from
state funds in the 1937-39 biennium
were filed several weeks ago. Fed
eral matching grants under the fed
eral social security act as it now
stands would make Nebraska elig
ible to approximately $8,500,000 ad
ditional, or a grand total of about
$19,000,000 for social security in
the two years’ period. About $13,
500,000 would go for old age pen
sions.
For the 18 months ending next
June 30, the 1935 special session
appropriated $5,574,133 from state
funds for social security. Federal
matching funds under the joint
program make approximately $10,
000,000 available for the 18 month
period.
While the proposed expenditure
is approximately double that for the
state’s initial venture into social
security, the estimates contem
plate no added benefits or broaden
ing of the program laid down by
the last legislature, according to
assistance officials. They explained
the proposed budget is drawn on a
24 months basis instead of 18
months as covered by the current
appropriation, and is designed to
meet needs for a full biennium an
ticipated on the basis of experience
to date should program be contin
ued as now set up.
As an example of the increasing
needs of the security program,
22,759 persons were paid $339,835
last month. An additional 528 per
sons were granted blind pensions
amounting to $9,822 for the month.
The peak load for old age pensions
is estimated at 28,000 when all per
sons now eligible are certified.
Because the $2 per capita tax is
expected to bring a million dollars
additional into the treasury that
was not expected, old age pensions
now are being revised upward to an
average of $20 per recipient next
month. The latest report shows a
present average of less than $16
per month.
Meanwhile county officials also
see a need for more money for ad
ministrative costs. They are now
allowed 3 per cent but the North
east Nebraska association of county
commissioners, supervisors, clerks
and treasurers, meeting recently at
Norfolk, adopted a resolution re
questing that the legislature make
provision for increasing the amount
available for administration of the
social security program to an “ad
equate” figure.
The state director and his aides
are allowed to spend only 2 per
cent of the fund dispensed for state
assistance for administration. To
date, state administration ran
silghtly under the 2 per cent max
imum, while county administration
has exceeded the limit, according to
state assistance committee sources.
Counties where the maximum has
been exceeded, however, have kept
within the law by various economies
such as letting the county assist
ance directors go payless for a time.
Two Holt County Boys
Have Calves In Ak Show
Holt county will be represented
by two boys who have entered two
calves in the 1936 Ak-Sar-Ben Live
Stock and Horse Show, which opens
in Omaha, Sunday, October 25. It
will continue for the entire week
thru Saturday, Oct. 31, and will be
the largest 4-H Baby Beef show
ever held anywhere. The Holt
county entries are Edward Grimes,
of Chambers, and Vernon L. Holm,
Stuart.
Altho it has been the world’s
largest 4-H show for several years,
the Ak-Sar-Ben entry list never
before has reached this year’s rec
ord-smashing total of 685 calves,
112 swine, and 132 sheep. The big
show will share headline honors in
the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition with the
world - famous Royal Canadian
Mounted Police, to be seen in Om
aha for the first time.
Progress On Courthouse
Makes County Eligible
for Another PWA Grant
Progress on the new Holt county
court house has reached a stage
where the county is now eligible for
another PWA grant payment,
County Clerk John C. Gallagher
was advised Wednesday.
Based on progress and expendi
tures to date, the county can make
application for $11,090.90 at this
time. A check for $27,727.25 from
the PWA was received and deposit
ed by the county on June 9.
The third and final payment,
which will bring the government’s
share up to 45 per cent of the total
project cost, will not be made until
after the project is completed and
a final audit made to check the
amount of and the justification for
each expenditure from the building
construction account.
Present indications are that the
total cost of the building, equip
ment and furnishings will come
within the $110,000 upon which the
grant allotment was based.
Last Saturday Harold Weir re
signed his position as deputy county
superintendent, having been ap
pointed clerk in the O’Neill post
office to fill the position vacated by
George McCarthy, who was ap
pointed earner on R. F. D. No. 1.
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Roosevelt Foreign Trade
Policy Demoralizes Egg
Market for Farm Women
CHICAGO, Oct. 8.—The Roose
velt New Deal party’s foreign trade
policy in refusing poultryrnen an
excise tax on egg products, has
cost the American farm woman who
depends largely on the income from
eggs for pin money for running her
home, as much as $26,000,000 the
harm Division of the Republican
National Committee charged, in a
statement issued from national
headquarters.
“Imports of frozen and dried
eggs from China and other coun
tries have risen from the equival
ent of 205,000 cases in 1932 to the
equivalent of 708,000 cases in 1935
and they will reach nearly 1,000,
000 cases in 1936,” the farm divi
sion’s statement declares.
“These importations have de
pressed egg prices and thus have
decreased by millions of dollars,
the buying power of the farm wo
men.
“Last winter, the poultrymen
asked for protection against the
imports but were refused, due to
the new foreign trade policy of
lowering tariffs as advocated by the
New Deal party. The change in
money values had also opened uj
the home market to foreign eggs
after it had been closed under the
tariff act of 1930.
“On the basis of 87,300,000 cases
a year, the reduction of one to five
cents per dozen, depending on the
time of the year the eggs are pro
duced, cuts the income of the farm
women by millions of dollars.
“The reduction of the price o'
eggs to the farm women by on:
cent a dozen reduces the farm buy
ing power by $26,000,000 which in
turn, lowers the sale of industrial
products and food that the farm
woman can buy for her home.
When a dozen foreign eggs enters
the domestic market, the farm wo
man has lost a sale and the total
mounts up by leaps and bounds.”
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Huigens, of
Creighton, came over Sunday for a
visit at the home of their daughter,
Mr3. Emmet Harmon.
THE ALPHA CLUB
The Alpha Club met at the home
of Mrs. Art Auker on Wednesday,
October 14. Eleven members res
ponded to the roll call “my favor
ite candidate and why I think he
should be elected.” Eight guests
were present.
After a short business meeting
at which Halloween Party plans
were completed the remainder of
the afternoon was spent at playing
bridge directed by Mrs. Carl Widt
feldt. The high score was held by
Mrs. Vinton Simonson while the
consolation prize went to Mrs. Lee
Farran, who was also awarded the
chair prize.
After the game Mrs. Auker
served a delicious lunch of pie and
coffee.
SPIRITED SIX CLUB
The organization meeting of the
Spirited Six club was held on Fri
day, Oct. 9. The following officers
were elected: Melvin Gelster, presi
dent; Lloyd Henifin, vice president;
Betty Langan, secretary; Berna
,iine Langan, news reporter. Don
ald and Bonnie Henifin were ap
pointed on the constitution commit
tee. Bernadine and Betty were ap
j)ointed to make the good deeds box,
Bonnie was appointed song leader.
A Good English contest was start
ed, and at present the boys are
ahead. In an attendance contest,
the Reds and Blues are even. The
next club meeting will be Oct. 23.
Hospital Notes
Bert Peterson, from the Lee and
Prentice ranch, was brought in Fri
day suffering from a severe ehest
cold. He remained until Sunday
afternoon for treatment.
A. J. Broderson had his tonsils
removed Saturday morning, going
home the same evening.
Della Hanson, lOyear old daught
er of Mrs. Hansen, had her tonsils
and adenoids removed Saturday
morning. She went home the same
evening.
Miss Joyce Outhouse, of Inman,
who had an operation last week for
appendicitis, went home Saturday,
feeling fine*
Snow Brings .31 Inch of
Moisture, and 11 Above
This section of the state was vis
ited with a "little blizzard." last
Tuesday afternoon and evening
that for a time looked like a real
old timer. The storm did not last
long however, and by 8:30 in the
evening it was all over. According
to Weather Observer Harry Bowen
we received .31 of moisture from
the snow. It was quite cool yester-1
day morning and this morning the 1
mercury dropped to 11 above. Just
a reminder that winter is only
around the corner.
This little cool spell makes the
merchants smile. They say that
it takes cool weather to move fall
and winter goods and that this fall
has been too nice up to date to
make much of a demand for their
stock on hand.
High Low Mois.
Oct. 16 07 45
Oct. 17 - _ „ 90 33
Oct. 18 83 45
Oct. 19 . 76 45
Oct. 20 .. _ 69 31
Oct. 21 _. 31 20 .31
Oct. 22__ 11
Local Dealers Ready to
Display New Chevrolet
C. E. Lundgren, of the Miller
Eros. Chevrolet company, Chevro
let dealers, today confirmed reports
that Chevrolet would shortly climax
its 25 years of manufacture by in
troducing a complete new line of
cars embodying new beauty, style,
safety, durability, and above all
performance capabilities.
Mr. Lundgren cited official notice
from Chevrolet headquarters in
Detroit, confirming the report that
the new car would be a valve-in
hcad six, the type on which Chevro
let has concentrated with such con
spicious success.
“More than 12,000,000 Chevro
lets have been produced in the com
pany’s quarter-century of oper
ation,” he pointed out.. “Of the
number nearly 7,000,000 are still
in active service. 1,125,000 of
the 1956 models have been sold this
year to date. According to word
from Detroit, the forthcoming
models, while new from bumper to
bumper, will adhere closely to en
gineering principles which have
helped Chevrolet to lead the entire
industry in sales seven years out
of the last ten.”
The “balanced” performance of
the power plant in the 1936 models
is credited with a large share of I
the spectacular success which that'
product has enjoyed, Mr. Lundgren
asserted. “Our 1936 owners,” he
said, “report not only ample power
for every possible requirement, but
also durability, and oil and gaso
line economy even after many thou
sands of miles. We have it on
good authority from Detroit that
the 1937 engine will rate still high
er in all of these important res
pects.
SHOTGUN WOUND IN
THE CHEST FATAL TO
JOHN MONTGOMERY
Farmer Living Near Stuart Found
Dead From Wound While On A
Duck IIlint With A Friend.
W'hile out hunting ducks on the
Niobrara river north of Stuart last
Monday afternoon, John Montgom
ery, 40, was accidently shot and
killed, a load of shot from a 12
guage shotgun puncturing his
heart. No one knows how the ac
cident occurred as he was alone at
the time.
He went hunting Friday morning
with the son of a neighbor, James!
Allyn. They separated, Allyn going
up the river and Mr. Montgomery |
down the river. lie was found a
few hours later lying at the side of
of a little pond near the river. It
is supposed that he shot a duck and
in trying to draw it from the water
the gun exploded, killing him in
stantly.
The accident occurred on the
Fuelbcrth ranch in Cleveland town
ship. Montgomery had been farm
ing the old Andrew Hoffman place
close by. He was married and
leaves a wife and six children.
I _ _
H. F. Barnhart, Father
of Local Merchant, Dies
At His Home In Norfolk
H. F. Barnhart, of Norfolk, one
of the outstanding lawyers of
northeastern Nebraska, passed
away in his sleep at his home in
Norfolk Monday night at the age
of 80 years. ‘Barney” as he was
familiarly called by his friends and
associates had been practicing law
in this section of the state for over
fifty years and he was a splendid
lawyer and man. He was every
one’s friend and he loved to take
the side of the poor and downtrod
den. He was noted us one of the
greatest of the old-time lawyers in
the trial of criminal cases, in which
he was unusually successful.
His last case was the trial of a
man in Knox county for murder.
This man was accused by the murd
ered man’s widow with conviving
with her to murder her husband.
The defendant strenuously denied
the charge. “Barney” was the
leading counsel for the defense,
and despite his age, his mind was
as alert as ever, and no man ever
questioned his knowledge of the
law or the rules of evidence, and
he conducted the defense so skill
fully that his client was acquitted.
He is the father of W. H. Barn
hart, of Barnhart’s market, of this
city.
Surveying for Reroute
of Highway No. 8
Engineers have been surveying a
new route for highway No. 8 the
past two weeks. The new highway
will go east on the north side of
the Northwestern Railroad, follow
ing the railroad from Ewing west,
thru Stafford and Inman and will
join with No. 281 just south of the
Gatz ice plant. This new road will
shorten the distance between Ewing
and O’Neill about eight miles.
GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB
The ladies of the Grattan Project
club met at the home of Mrs. Russ
on Wednesday, Oct. 14. There were
fourteen members present and two
guests, Mrs. W. T. MeElvain and
Mrs. W. T. Sloan. A covered, dish
luncheon was served at noon. The
afternoon was spent discussing
“The Important Job of Home-mak
ing,” led by Mrs. Enard Leach. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Lawrence.
Dennis Criss was down from
Stuart Wednesday.
THIS COUNTY WILL
SHIP WORLD’S FIRST
CAR OF4-H TURKEYS
Car Will Consist of Dressed Birds
Raised by 4-11 Clubbers and
Bearing the 4-H InsiRna.
Preliminary arrangements were
made this week to ship out of Holt
county the first carload of dressed
turkeys from any point consisting
entirely of birds raised and fed by
4-H club members.
The birds are to be dressed local
ly, federal graded, stamped with
the 4-H insigna and billed direct to
the eastern market where suitable
advance publicity will be given
them.
In Holt county this year 101
members were enrolled in poultry
clubs of which 48 had chickens and
5:5 turkeys. The members with
turkeys have had better than aver
age success with their projects this
year, raising over 75 per cent of
of the poults started. Considering
that many of these boys and girls
had had practically no experience
handling turkeys, the results are
very satisfactory. While prices
have a lot to do with the final out
come of projects of this kind, most
members feel that the experience
gained has been well worth while.
Horse Prices Arc Good;
Cattle Prices Higher and
Hog Prices Are Down
Atkinson Livestock
Market Report
Horse Auction. Monday, Oct. 19.
Receipts, ICO head. Demand for
good young horses and mules con
tinues brisk, especially for young
mares. Best two and three year
old mules sold at $135 to $171;
best two and three year old mares
at $100 to $150; gelding at $85 to
$125; matched teams at $275 to
$300; good smooth mouth horses
at $65 to $85; fair kinds at $25 to
$50; canners and old horses at $5
to $20; weanling colts at $25 to
$50.
Cattle, hog and sheep auction,
Tuesday, Oct. 20. Cattle receipts,
1,050 head. Market very active
and fully 25 to 65 cents higher over
a week ago. Choice fat cows at
4.75 to 5.50; good kinds at 4.00 to
4.50; heavy cutters at 3.50 to 4.00;
canners at 2.70 to 3.20; fleshy heif
ers at 4.75 to 6.00; good kinds at
4.00 to 4.50; on the stocker order
at 3.50 to 4.00; best yearling steers
at 5.50 to 6.25; good, kinds at 5.00
to 5.25; on the stocker order at 4.50
to 5.00; plain ones at 3.40 to 4.20;
heavy fat two year old steers at
6.75; steer calves at 5.00 to 6.75;
heifer calves at 4.50 to 6.00; bulls
at 3.65 to 4.60.
Hogs: Receipts 435 head. Mark
et generally 35 to 50 cents lower
than a week ago with some medium
weight pigs as much as 1.00 lower,
however demand was very good at
the decline. Sows showed the least
decline as did heavy butchers.
Sheep: Receipts, 1,200 head.
Old broken mouth ewes at 2.15 a
head; 40-lb. lambs at 2.00 and 2.40
a head; good mouthed ewes at 4.75
a head; 55-lb. feeder lambs at 6.50
to 7.35 a hundred.
4-H Cow and Calf Club
The long felt need of 4-H Club
folks of this section of the country
has been partially filled now in the
announcement this week of a 4-H
Cow and Calf Club.
The club member is to start in
the fall with the mature cow. He
is to see that the cow is cared for
thru the winter and to supervise
the caring for the calf in the spring.
Thru the summer he is to break the
calf to lead, and get it used to eat
ing small amounts of grain and
finally wean it before fall. If a
sufficient number of clubs are
formed it is hoped to hold a “feed
er calf” show in the fall for these
calves.
If any group of five or more boys
or girls are interested in this club
they should contact their agricul
tural agent, F. M. Reece, for furth
er information.
Mrs. Max James, of Bakersfield,
Calif., arrived last Thursday night
for a visit at the home of her moth
er, Mrs. D. Stannard, and other
relatives here. Mrs. James will re
main here for a couple of weeks
and will then meet her husband and
they will make an extended trip to
eastern states, including Boston
and New York City.
