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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1937)
W*k ,**N *Ul#*1«* ■**% _ _ _ _ The Frontier — .. - ■ 1 "*^r VOL. LVH O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937. No. 34 _ - — ' - - ■' " ' ' " BODY OF MICHAEL HOLLAND IS BROT HERE FOR BURIAL Funeral Services Also Held Here For Last of O’Neill Pioneers From North Michigan. Michael Holland died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. George Mul len in Omaha on Jan. 1, 1937, after an illness of about one month, at the age of 92 years, 3 months and 17 nays. The body was brought to this city last Sunday night and funeral services were held Monday morning at 10 o’clock from St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Mon signor J. G. McNamara officiating and burial in Calvary cemetery at the side of his wife who passed away in 1920. Despite the inclem ent weather and the lack of infor mation regarding the funeral it was largely attended, many of the old timers were present to pay their respects to this old pioneer. Michael Holland was born at Castletown, Barehaven, County Cork, Ireland, on Sept. 15, 1844. Prior to reaching manhoods estate he came to America and settled at Hancock, Mich., where many of his acquaintances from his native town had located and were working in the copper mines of northern Mich igan. He worked in the copper mines and on Jan. 15, 1867, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Duggan, a native of Rhode Island, the ceremony being performed at Houghton, Mich., across the bay from Hancock. Fourteen children were born of this union, seven of whom are living to mourn the pass ing of a kind and affectionate fath er. The children are: James, Charles and P. H. of Chicago, Dan Holland of David City, Mrs. George Mullen of Omaha, Mrs. Arthur Duffy of Petersburg and Mrs. P. C. Donohoe of O’Neill. He also leaves several grand children to mourn the passing of a kind and indulgent grandfather, besides a host of friends in this county and in Om aha, where he had made his home, for the past fourteen years. All of his children were present at the funeral except two sons, Dan, of David City, who is in very poor health, and P. H. of Chicago, who was represented at the funeral by his wife. The following were present at the funeral, accompan ing the body from Omaha: Mr. and Mrs. James Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holland, and Mrs. P. H. Holland, of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. George Mullen, daughter and hus band, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grole, of Omaha; Mrs. Arthur Duffy and sons Arthur and Joe and daughters Eileen and Marie, of Petersburg, Nebr. The passing of Michael Holland removes one of the old time land marks from the rolls of this county’s pioneers. In May, 1877, Mr. Holland came to this county and located first northeast of this city and the following year located on a farm adjoining his old time Michigan acquaintance, John Cof fey, about three miles west of O’Neill. Mr. Holland lived there on the old homestead for thirty years and during his residence there his home was the center of the social activities of that section of the county. In the spring of 1907 he sold his farm and moved to town, erecting a home in southeast O’Neill where he and his wife lived happily for over 13 years when Mrs. Holland died on Aug. 23, 1920. After the death of his beloved help mate he made his home for two years with his daughter, Mrs. P. C. Donohoe in this city, and went to Omaha and made his home for the balance of his life with his daught er, Mrs. G. M. Mullen. Michael Holland is the last of the old Michigan pioneers that came to this county in the latter seventies and the early eighties. The writer was intimately acquainted with Mr. Holland, in fact with my mother I accompanied Mr. Holland and the late John Coffey from Michigan to O’Neill in the spring of 1877, my father and James Sullivan, father of Montana Jack, came out here from Michigan in January of that year and prepared a home for their loved ones. The end of the rail road was then at Wisner and we came by team from that point. Al though only ei.’ht years of age at the time I distinctly remember my disappointment when the driver pulled up in front of Pat Haggerty’s store, which was located on the corner now occupied by the Golden hotel—and it was the only building in sight—in fact it comprised the entire city. In the old day? it was called O’Neill City and coming from a mining community where several hundreds of people were living in a compact space it did not look very inviting. But the driver took us to the home place just northeast of town and the happi ness of father in greeting his family and his old time friends caused our boyish spirits to rise and we felt very happy, in the old log cabin on the farm. Mr. Holland and Mr. Coffey stayed at our home white they were locating a farm and they at once started building homes for their families, whom they hoped to have with them soon. Mr. Holland’s family came in August of that year, Mr. Coffey’s d little later. This county has had many noble characters, men of integrity, in dustry and other noble traits of character among the early pioneers of the county, but no man that ever lived in the county possessed the above traits to a greater de gree than the late Michael Holland. His entire life was bound up in his family and his home. He was an exemplary citizen, a kind and lov ing husband and father and a friend to all. He was a robust and vigor ous man and never was known to have suffered a day’s illness until just after Thanksgiving when he took a bad cold and from this ail ment he never fully recovered, passing away on New Year’s. He left a splendid family of sons and daughters and grandchildren to mourn the passing of a man who would stand out in any community as an exemplary husband, father and citizen. Rev. Burke Called to Elkhorn By Illness and Death of His Father Father P. F. Burke was called to Elkhorn on Sunday, Dec. 27, on account of the serioub illness of his father, Dr. T. N. Burke, of Elkhorn. Dr. Burke died at his home in Elk horn Tuesday afternoon at the age of 63 years. Dr. Burke had been located at Elkhorn in the practice of his profession for more than 20 years. He lad been ill for sev eral months and, was for several weeks in an Omaha hospital. Dr. Burke was a graduate of the Creighton college of medicine and practiced for several years at Ith lca, Nebr., before returning to Elk horn, his old home town. He was quite pi'ominent in the city affairs of Elkhorn and had served for years on the village and school boards of that city and was village clerk there for over 20 years. Dr. Burke is survived by three sons, Father P. F. Burke of O’Neill, William of Elkhorn, and John of Gretna; two brothers, John J. and James Gibney of Waterloo; Mrs. Charles Obert of Gretna. Funeral services will be held at Elkhorn on Friday morning at 9:30 a. m. Funeral At Chambers for Girl Killed In Accident Biglins went to Chambers Sun day for a funeral that had first been set for Saturday. Highways were blocked until Sunday. The funeral was for the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams who was killed near Syra cuse, Nebr., when the car in which she and her parents, With Mr. and Mrs. J. Kutscher, were riding ran into a horse on the highway. They were all returning to their homes in Texas, after burying Mr. Kut scher’s father who died at Cham bers on Christmas. Other occup ants of the car were not seriously hurt. Some One Don’t Like It! The other 'day in conversation with a fellow townsman the subject turned to the new court house now nearing completion. Discussing it more or less in detail, we asked his opinion of the plaques, historical and dedicatory. His reply was tljat the history was of necessity a chronological recital of events per taining to the organization and de velopment of the county, and as such is no doubt accurate and in formative. As to the text of the dedication he said he in no wise assumed the role of critic, as that always raises the question as to whether the fault, if any, is in writing or in judging ill, but to him it appears a nebulus-eomposite floundering in a perplexity of redundant and inept language signifying nothing but an opportunity fumbled. While not necessarily agreeing with our friend, in all particulars, we value his judgment, at the same time wondering if it might not have been more appropriate to have ex pressed the opinion before rather than after the fact. Harry III So Weather Report Not Accurate Harry Bowen, weather observer and court house janitor, has been laid up all week with an attack of the flu. Harry's position at the court house is being filled by Dave Loy, but Dave has been unable to read the hieroglyphics that register the temperature so we are unable to give you the exact degree of temperature for the past week. It seems to be the consensus however that it got down around twenty below Wednesday night. It was still 18 below at 8:30 Thursday morning. Meeting Will Be Held Here for Wool Growers W. Marshall Ross, president of the Midwest Wool Growers associa tion, and W. W. Derrick, extension specialist in animal husbandry, will be in O’Neill Saturday, Jan. 16. The meeting will probably be held in the court room altho definite ar rangements will be in next week’s paper. The meeting will start promptly at 10 a. m. The Midwest Wool Growers association will give a free lunch to the sheepmen who are present. All wool growers are invited to attend. Dean of Legislature Gets Speaker’s Post Nebraska’s unicameral legisla ture, or one house legislative body, the first in the United States, went into action last Tuesday shortly after noon when they elected Charles J. Warner of Lancaster county, speaker of the house and filled the various other offices of the body. Speaker Warner is the dean of the legislature having served the people of Lancaster county for over twenty-five years. He was a mem ber of the house when the writer went down there for his first term in 1911 and ever since Mr. Warner has been a member of the state senate, until this year when he was elected to the unicameral with a huge majority. He is a splendid citizen and the legislature made a good start in the election of Charley Warner as their presiding officer, for we know is square and open and above board. In the selection of the other officials for the session the Holt county repre sentative was honored by being selected as a member of the com mittee on committees from the Third congressional district, one of the most important committees of the legislative body. They have made a good start and if they keep up the good work they will win the plaudits of the people of the state, and also the nation for all eyes are upon this experiment in legis lation. _ Well Known Lawyer Dead Allen G. Fisher of Cha^ron, for over fifty years one of the out standing lawyers of Western Ne braska, died in a hospital at Lincoln last Monday morning of a heart attack, at the age of 72 years. Cap tain Fisher was well known in this city and in fact over the entire statte, lie was a large man phys ically as well as mentally and had a host of friends in every section of the state. One by one the old timers are passing from the scene of action and their places will be taken by younger men, but Nebras ka is a better state to live in and largely thru the efforts of men like Captain Fisher who were always willing to lend their aid and assist ance to the down and outer in his fight for justice. His body was taken to Chadron Monday night where funeral services were to be held. John Hayne was before the in sanity commission last Tuesday, declared inance and committed to the custody of the sheriff, the Nor folk asylum being filled up. Sher iff Duffy took him to Norfolk this morning where he was placed in the Verges Sanitarium. OPENING SALE AT NEW PAVILLION IS PUT OFF A WEEK Condition of Roads Reason For Postponing Opening Until Monday, Jan. 25. Manager Putnam of the O’Neill sales pavillion, announced yester day morning that he had postponed the opening date of the O’Neill pavillion from Monday, Jan. 18, to Monday, Jan. 25. The recent storm and the condition of the roads arc responsible for the change, he said. A large number of cattle and hogs and some horses will be in the sale yards on their first sale and Mr. Putnam was afraid the in clement weather might prevent some prospective buyers, who had intended to be present at the open ing sale of the O’Neill Sales Pavil lion from attending the sale and he decided to postpone it for one week. The opening sale will now be held on Monday, Jan. 25. Remember the date and be sure to be present for the grand opening of what is destiped to be one of the largest business institutions in the city. Northwest Blizzard Closes Traffic Lanes After several days of mist and iee a heavy snow fell in this city and elsewhere last Friday which was estimated as high as one foot of snow by some. The storm came from the northeast. Friday night the wind increased in velocity and switched to the northwest drifting the snow and paralyzing traffic. The gale continued thru Saturday and no trains or other means of transportation were in operation Saturday night. Highways were mostly cleared by afternoon Sunday and were re ported open west of here and be tween here and Norfolk. No mail was received here from Friday night until tlwjight trains Sunday. The city strc.Jr were opend up Sunday afternoon with Mayor Ker scnbrock officiating on the grader. The busses went out Sunday aft ernoon and trucks from the east were in Tuesday though a few hours later than usual. Strong winds from the north west Wednesday succeded in clos ing highway No. 20 east of this city about the middle of the after noon. Road crews worked most of Wednesday night, after the wind went down and succeeded in open ing the highway early this morn ing. ^bout a dozen trucks were tied up here for a couple of days. At noon today the highway was opened east and west of this city and the highway department ex pected to get the highway north opened up today. Highway 281, south was still closed at noon to day, but it was expected to have it opened some time today. Paper and mail trucks did not arrive in this city this morning from the east and business was nearly at a standstill in the city today, as 10 below zero is not very good shop ping weather. Canvass Being: Made of The Seed Corn Supply In an attempt to determine ac curately the 1937 seed corn situa tion in Holt county, an intensive farm to farm survey thru the mails is being launched this week by the agricultural agent’s office. Every farmer in the county is being con tacted for information. Letters to all producers have gone forward asking for their co operation in indicating how many bushels of seed corn they have for sale, germination test and the year grown. Farmers without seed and desiring such are asked to state the approximate amount and the variety desired. Cards returned in the survey will be summarized and a seed corn ex change list published and distribut ed for general farm consumption. The summary will list growers w’ith seed for sale and those needing seed. The cards, however, are not serving as order blanks and farm ers are under no obligation to buy seed from anyone. From the results of the seurvey may come a seed com exchange day later in the year, seed corn show or other similar events. The summary will be used to make up a state report on the seed corn |siuation and act as an aid in the federal seed corn loan program now being launched. Farmers are asked ! to send the reply cards back to the J county agent’s office as soon as I possible. ' Last Rites Held Friday For Mrs. Rosenkrans Minnie Sunderlin was born May 28, 1857 at Sunderlinville, Pa. At the age of six years she moved with her parents to Clinton county, Iowa. At the age of fourteen years she moved with the family to New Hampton, Iowa. She attended school for 3 years at Bradford, la., location of the Little Brown Church. She later taught school for several years in Clinton county, Iowa. In 1880 she went with her broth er to Little Falls, Minn., where she taught with him in the town schools for three years. On June 25, 1883 she was united in marriage at Little Falls to V. V. Rosenkrans of Dorsey, Nebr., and came with him to his homestead at Dorsey where she lived until her death, Dec. 30, 1936, at the age of 79 years, 7 months and 2 days. She was a member of the Con gregational church in Little Falls, joining that church in 1881. She transferred her membership to the Presbyterian church at 'Dorsey upon coming here. She was a charter member of the Dorsey Ladies’ Aid Society and was an active member until failing health interfered. She was the mother of two child ren, Harold V. of Dorsey and Mar ion Emily who died at the age of eight years. She leaves her hus band, V. V. Rosenkrans, her son Harold and four grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Ada Skinner of Lyn donville, N. Y., and Mrs. Lillian Coleman of Nora Springs, Iowa, also a host of friends and neighbors who will miBs her greatly. She was a good mother and an affectionate wife, and a friend to all who knew her. xxx. 4-H Clubbers Have Success With Trees That trees can be grown success fully when properly cared for thru out the year has been proven by some 286 Nebraska 4-H forestry club members in 1936, despite un favorable conditions. A report re reived at the county farm bureau office from the college of agricul ture indicates that those youths grew successfully 39 per cent of the seedlings planted. The report comes at a time when Holt county farmers are thinking about spring planting of trees, par ticularly Clarke-McNary seedlings, and indicates that they can be grown successfully. One club in Deuel county, in western Nebraska, for example, led by John Berg strom, raised 87 per cent of the trees set out. Second highest club in the state was in Keith county. There a club led by Mrs. Robert Geisert had a survival of 75 per cent. The Phelps county 4-H club was the third high in survival with 71 per cent of the seedlings surviv ing. Holt county had two Forestry clubs last year who reported good survival of trees considering the dry year. The success of farm boys and girls in growing trees was pointed out this week to farmers making application for Clarke-McNary seedlings. Interest in tree plant ing is growing in the county as ap plications are now on file for 8,300 trees. The blanks are available at the county farm bureau office. Let’s Bulid A Swimming Pool For O’Nei’l People Sad is the man who cannot call from his memories the pleasures of the “Old Swimming Hole.” Most of us remember how we disregarded the warnings of our parents and wandered toward the Elkhorn day after day in the summers of long ago. It is a natural craving of youths to want to hang their clothes on the hickory limb. Alas and alack, it is only too true that we can’t go near the water of late years because the people of O’Neill have to travel far and wide before they can find an available and suit able swimming place. Uncle Sam has suggested that O’Neill build a modern and sanitary swimming pool, nothing preten tious nor expensive, but adequate for this city. The government even says that if we want a swimming pool we will be helped to the ex tent of 75 per cent of the entire cost thru the WPA and government I aid. This will leave 25 per cent of the cost to be borne by tho citizens of O’Neill. Everyone should do all in his power to raise the necessary 25 per cent. It is essential to talk of swim ming in January so that we may be enjoying that healthful exercise and sport in June and July. A committee has been organized to project | for O'Neill. The co-operation and] assistance of every individual in the community is needed. Stand with the committee ready for ac tion and help realize the dream of O’Neill boys and girls—a sanitary swimming pool where health and happiness abound. Looking back over the last five years our citizens may be proud of the record of thin city. During that time the main streets have been entirely paved, a beautiful court house overlooks the business district and a new post office of ample proportions is nearing com pletion. Indeed the beauty of the city has been greatly enhanced. Now, for a moderate sum, the health pleasure and enjoyment of our people, especially the young, may. be increased to a great de gree as a result of a new swim ming pool which should certainly be built. xxx. _ - Will Hold Pasture Contest In 1937 Holt county farmers will be in terested in the announcement from the Nebraska college of agriculture thiB week that the third annual pasture improvement contest will be conducted in 1937. Definite plans for the contest have not yet been completed, ac cording to word received at the county farm bureau office, but it is expected that the contest will be about the same as last year. The Omaha Chamber of Commerce and the agricultural extension service together with the Crop Grower’s association and the Livestock Breeders association will sponsor the event. More than 800 farmers competed in the 1936 contest from which were developed important informa tion regarding pasture manage ment. Most of them kept accurate record on pastures during the year and turned in the complete records in the fall months. Ccunty Judffe Vote In Hoyd County OK Judge Dickson and Attorney J. I>. Cronin returned Tuesday after noon from Butte where they had been attending a session of the Boyd county district court. The case at Jjar was the contest of County Judge Adamson against Wayne Davies who defeated him for reelection at the November election with a majority of 24 votes. Attorney Cronin represented Davies in the contest. The recount of the ballots was started and after half of the precincts had been counted Davies had gained two votes, so the contestant dismissed the action and the case was closed. Wayne Davies is the son of John A. Davies who represented this county and Boyd in the last constitutional con vention and for years has been prominentin the political and social affairs of the Boyd county capitol. Work on the new court house is going right along and they expect to have the same completed by the end of the month. Two steam fitters are now working as are also two plumbers. Five painters are now busy every day and it is ex pected that all the work will be completed by the end of next week. Linoleum for the floors has not yet arrived and it may be a month or more before it is installed, so county officials do not look for the moving job into their new home much before March 1st. This item on the weather at O’Neill, printed Feb. 6, 1883, re minds us there have been cold snaps before: “Friday morning the thermometer stood at 36 degrees below zero, and all that day and until Saturday afte-noon the wind blew a perfect gale from the north west.” But coal then could be had at $6.26 a ton, according to the same authority. Anton Toy has been absent from his store all week, suffering from an attack of the flu. FUNERAL FOR MRS. NELLIE FROELICH WILL BE SATURDAY" Death Takes One of Holt ( otuiiy a Early Residents Wednesday After A Short Illness. Mrs. Nellie Ellen Froelich at the home of her daughter, Mnc Edward Campbell Wednesday eve* ing, Jan. 6, after an illness of sev eral weeks, at the age of 65 years, 7 months and 27 days. Nellie Ellen Morgan was born ia Bloomington, 111., on May 9, 1871., When a young girl her parents, moved to Exeter, Nebr., where she grew to womanhood and in Novem ber, 1891 she was united in mar riage to William Froelich, the ceremony being performed at Ex eter. Three children were bona off this union, two sons and oim daughter, who are left to moans the passing of a kind and affection ate mother. The children *re:~ Frank C. Froelich, Ravenna, Nehx._ Mrs. Edward Campbell of O’Neill, and William J. Froelich of O’Neill and Chicago, all of whom were with their loved mother when she passed away. Mrs. Froelich came to this county with her husband on April 1, 1901. from Stromsberg, Nebr., and set tled on a farm near Inman, where they resided until 1907 when they moved to this city where she had made her home continuously since that time. For several years she made her home on the corner of Fifth and Everett streets, in a commodius home that she erected several years ago. Failing health caused her to close her home and for the past three or four yearn she had lived with her daughiar in the western part of the city. Mrs. Froehch was a splendid wo man, a real mother and the guiding hand of her loved ones. He hus band died in April, 1911, lcaving her with three small children to look after and care for. She kept her little family together, educated them and saw them start on the road to success. She devoted her life time to their care and attention and later when the children were married and had homes of their own, nothing gave her more pleas ure than to visit her children and look after her little grandchildren. In her passing the children lose their mother, their best friend and the grandchildren lose a grandma who had been mindful of their hap piness. She had a host of friends in this city and county who will regret to learn of her passing. The funeral will be held from the Catholic church in this city Satur day morning at 9 o’clock, Monsig nor McNamara officiating, and bur ial in Calvary cemetery. The Frontier joins the many friends of the family in tendering sympathy to the bereaved relatives in their hour of sorrow. 489 New Cars Bought In Holt County In 1936 Twenty-one new automobiles were registered in the office of the county treasurer during the month of December, 1936. This brought the total number of new cars reg istered in this county during the year to 489, divided by months as follows: January 27, February 21, March 38, April 36, May 66, June 38, July 44, August 61, September 33, October 37, November 37 and December 21. Automobile dealers look for a greater year for the sale of new automobiles during 1937 than they had in 1936. Melvin Ruzicka, manager of the Gamble Store, has been confined to his home all week with an attack of the flu. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend sincere thanks to our friends for their sympathy end many acts of k ndness since the death of our father. — The Holland family. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our sincere thanks to the kind neighbors and friends for their assistance and words of sympathy during the ill ness of our beloved mother and siser, Mrs. Matilda Dailey.—Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dailey; Mr. and Mrs. William Dailey; Bernie Dailey and family; Jack Dailey and. family; Donald Dailey; Roy E. Dailey; Mrs. ,T. B. Alder; Mrs. Ira Barnes, and Mrs. Wra. Dailey.