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VOL. LVH O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937. No. 34
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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.
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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.
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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.