The Frontier D. H, Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the Postoffice at O'Neill. Nebraska, as Second Class Matter. One Year, in Nebraska 1‘J.lK' One Year, outside Nebraska 2.2b Every subscription is regarded as ttm open account. The names of aabocriber will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if eub ttahnr shall be notified: otherwise ttu> subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are mad* a, pert of the contract between pub-; Ruber and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES Display advertising is charged lor on a basis of 25c an inch (one solemn wide) per week. Want ads UJc per line, first insertion, suh fwquertt insertions, 5c per line. Prominent Montana Doctor, Formerly of This County Is Dead The following article is clipped from the Butte, Montana Standard tad gives an account of the death «n that city on Sunday morning, Dec. 21,1936, of Dr. J. L. McCarthy of a sudden heart attack. Dr. McCarthy came to this coun ty with his mother as a boy and grew to manhood on a farm about four miles northeast of this city. He attended the country schools and later the O’Neill high school. ITe later attended Creighton uni versity where he graduated from the medical college. He practiced his profession for a time at Gretna, Nebr., then went west where he re sided up to the time of his death. He had many friends among the old timers in this section who will regret to learn of his passing at the height of his professional career. “Dr. J. L. McCarthy, prominent Unite physician, died early yester day morning (Dec. 20) at his home 1212 Steel street, the victim of u heart attack. He had been ailing •dightly the past week but went about his regular duties. Saturday night he retired at his usual hour. About 4 o’clock he complained of a pain in his chest. A few minutes later he remarked to his wife that be felt better but “very tired’’ und asked that he not be distrubcd. When Mrs. McCarthy again visited his room she found him dead. “Dr. McCarthy was widely known, net only in Montana but in Nevada where he practiced his profession and was active in politics, serving several years as Democratic nation al committeeman, was ai close friend of Key Pittman and one of the chief factors in bringing about the latter’s election to the United States Senate. “He came to Butte following his graduation in medicine and asso ciated himself with his brother, the late Dr. P. H. McCarthy. They were kaown to their friends as Dr. “Jim” wad Dr. “Pat.” In 1907 he moved to Goldfield, Nev., where he re mained until the death of his brother. He then returned to Butte and took over his brother's prac tice and had befth a continuous resident here since. “Known to thousands, his death was a distinct shock. Word of his passing spread rapidly about the city. Only Saturilqy, he was ap pointed for the eighth consecutive term as county health physician. Friends recalled having seen him about his office that afternoon. As big in spirit as he was in physical frame, he was typical of the old West. Possessed of the traits that drew men to him, he was loyal to the core with those who proved worthy of his friendship. For these there was no limit to his deeds of kmdness. His charities were abund ant. Many a poor patient that came to his office for treatment left with money in his pocket. It was a csmon thing for him to pay the cost of a prescription. “In addition to his practice, Dr. McCarthy was always interested in the mining business and followed the fortunes of that industry with keen interest. He regarded it as the major industry of the West and the ‘backbone’ of prosperity in this section of the country. “James Lawrence McCarthy was bom at Hancock, Mich. His father died when he was five months old and his mother moved to O’Neill, Nebr., where her five children re ceived their schooling. ‘Jim’ attend ed the public schools and entered Creighton University where he graduated from the medical depart ment. He served his interneship at Omaha hospitaland entered upon his profession at Gretna, Nebr. Shortly after he came to Butte. “Fraternally he was a fourth-de gree member of the Knights of Columbus, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and Modern Wood men of America. “Surviving relatives include his widow, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy; a ■on, James Patrick McCarthy; a sister, Mrs. May me Leary; a niece, Mrs. C. E. Huff, both of Los Ang elcs; a niece, Mary Catherine Mc Carthy, Butte; a brother. Dr. R. J. Hanley, Billing*; a sister, Miss Genevieve Hanley, Deer Lodge; brothers, Jerry and Will Hanley, and a sister, Abbie Hanley, all of O’Neill, Nebr., and a cousin, Janies McCarthy of Butte,** THE NEBRASKA SCENE by Janies R. Lowell Before another New Year rolls around, the residents of more than 118,000 Nebraska farms will be en l .ioymg the countless benefits of electricity. Almost that number— to be exact, 17,781 contracts—have already been signed. Down in Gage county fifty miles of line placed by the Southeastern Nebraska Public Power district is already in use. Out in the vicinity ; of ScottsblufT, the Gering Valley j Rural Public Power district and the Roosevelt Rural Public Power district expect to get power to ap provimately 500 customers during January. Starting from Tecumseh, the Eastern Nebraska Public Power : district expects 100 miles of line to j be in use by P'eb. 1. The Iowa- j Nebraska Light und Power com pany has 2,510 rural customers, 3G0 of whom were added during 1036 on 182 miles of line. Forty addition al miles have been contracted, and lines are in course of construction. The Nebraska Power company lias 2,200 rural customers, 535 having been added during 1936. “There is a new spirit in the rural electrification movement,''j recently declared John A. Baker, acting director of Stale Rural Elec trification Coordination for Wis consin. “It is true that some exist ing utilities have extended, their lines as fast as they could, but I think all will agree that many of them have not, partly because of bad times, had financial conditions, and partly because of sheer neglect." “In response to the stimulus given by the Government program, thousands of miles are being built thruout the country by private fin ancing. Many utilities have re duced their rural rates and liber alized their rural extension terms. And in the midst of all this activ ity a factor looms that we must not forget—and that is planning for intelligent and abundant use of electricity.” Nebraska farmers arc showing themselves quick to realize the fact that electricity is cost saving, as ' well as a labor-saving servant, and they are making plans to use enough of it to take away the drugery from their daily lives and to make their farm homes models of convenient efficiency. Officers of the various public power districts are finding to their surprise that their loan departments are not nearly so busy as they expected. The cost of installing electricity on a farm runs from $300 for the simplest equipment to $2,000 for large and elaborately equipped places. In the large majority of cases cash is heing offered, for in stallation. The REA projects in Nebraska in which construction specifications have been approved and lines are under construction or completed are as follows: The Eastern Ne braska Public Power district, with a government loan of $366,000, has 380 miles of line under eonsruction and 1,200 customers. The South eastern Nebraska Public Power dis trict, with a loan of $140,000, has 450 miles under construction and 1,117 customers. The Lancaster County Rural Public Power district, with a loan of $3.*6.000, has 354 miles under construction and 900 customers. The Roosevelt Rural Public Power district, w h .t loan of $196,000 has 161-5 miles under construction and 446 customers. The Gerinjr Valley Rural Power j district, which was ' ced $ 15.0(H), has 38.4 mtle* ursi. construction j and 126 customers. i The REA proj«fU for which al lotments have b**n approved at Washington are as follows: South iern Nebraska Rural Public Power district, loa":, $428-000, miles to be constructed 331. customers 950; Loup River Public Power district loan $391,000. miles 35-1.3, custom ers 815; Elkhorn Valley Rural Pow er company loan $171,900, miles 179.1, customers 422; Chimne; Rock Public Power district loan $250,250, miles 218, customers 612; Howard County Rural Public Power district loan $400,000, miles 392.7, custom ers 1,135; Polk County Rural Public Power district loan $367,500, miles 350, customers 800; and Burt County Rural Public Power district loan $275,000, miles 250, customers 608. Allotments are also being con sidered for two additional projects that have been planned by the Eastern Nebraska Public Power Charter No. 5770 Reserve District No. 10 REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The O'Neill National Bank of O’Neill, in the State of Nebraska, at the close of business on December 31, 1936. Published in response to call made by Comptroller of Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes. ASSETS Loans and discounts - — $ 89,655.98 Overdrafts_—--- - 39.64 United States Government obligations, direct and-or fully guaranteed 196,041.00 Other bonds, stocks, and securities ... . 94,301.76 Banking house, $3,000.00. Furniture and fixtures. $1,000.00___ $4,000.00 Real estate owned other than banking house ... _ 1.00 Reserve with Federal Reserve Bank_ $111,023.87 Cash, balances with other banks, and cash items in process of collection 191,331.71 302,355.58 Other assets 819.14 Total Assets ..—.. $687,214.10 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations_ $319,088.60 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations . 117,581.35 State, county and municipal deposits_ 66,627.23 United States Government and postal savings deposits_ 1,310,38 Deposits of other banks, including certified and cashiers’ checks outstanding. . 44,179.10 Total of above five items: (a) Secured by pledge of loans and-or investments _ — .$ 39,288.50 (b) Not secured by pledge of loans and-or investments ___ . _ 509,501.16 (c) Total Deposits _ . $548,789.66 Capital Account: Common Btock, 600 shares, par $100 per share --- 50,000.00 Surplus .— 50,000.00 Undivided profits—net_ — 38,424.44 138,424.44 Total Liabilities $687,214.10 MEMORANDUM: Loans and Investments Pledged to Secure Liabilities United States Government obligations, direct and-or fully guaranteed $ 30,000.00 Other bonds, stocks, and securities 18,000.00 Total Pledged (excluding rediscounts) $ 48,000.00 Pledged: Against State, county, and municipal deposits 48,000.00 Total Pledged $ 48.000.00 State of Nebraska, County of Holt, ss: I, S. J. Weekes, President of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. S. j. WEEKES, President. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of January, 1937. [Seal] MARJORIE DICKSON, Notary Public. My Commission expires June 5, 1941. Correct—Attest: Emma Dickinson Weekes, E. F. Quinn. F. N. Cronin, Directors. (This bank carries no indebtedness of officers or stockholders.) MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION district. For Project No. 2 contracts have been made by 1,510 customers. For Project No. 3, 2,530 customers have been signed up. Out in the North Platte Valley, C. B. Turner, manager of the Roosevelt Public Power district, said recently, “It is gratifying to note that the rank and file of farm families, both renters and land owners, are to have electricity at a cost that is low enough for them to pay. We have tried to cover every farm home not being served. There are a few farms that are not closely connected with the ma jor part of the district. We will no wcomplete the lines under con tract, and then the district will take up these matters of extensions as fast as possible.” A secondary, but vastly import ant objective of rural electrification i is the night-lighting of the high- j ways. There is no doubt but that i this accomplishment will do much to lessen appreciably the appalling number of automobile accidents. Statistics show that accidents that occur at night have been cut to one-half where roads are lighted. With rural electrification there is no reason why the highways of the nation may not he as safe and de lightful by night as by day. A committee composed of Sheriff George II. Little of Schuyler, Sher iff John Harr of Clay Center, and Sheriff John Hopkins of Omaha, and representing the Nebraska l State Sheriff’s association, appear ed before Governor Cochran, at his office in the state capitol recently, to present a plan for a state-wide police radio broadcast system, re ] newal fees from drivers’ licenses to finance the scheme. Attention was called to the fact that Iowa, which has a police broadcast system, recovers twice as many of cars stolen as does Ne braska, and that Iowa has only one-half as many car thefts as Nebraska. Estimates have been ; made that the cost of such a system ; for one year would be about $100, 000. Two plans, the details of neither having been completely worked out, are being considered; one, to arrange with commercial broadcasting stations to send out police bulletins at regular inter vals; the other to have a state short-wave broadcasting station. Among the new industries of the | state is a necktie factory, which is i to be started in St. Paul early in | January. Albert Albertson of Cedar I Bluffs, formerly of St. Paul, has decided to move back to his home town and expand a business which he already has well under way. For the last year he' has been manu facturing a fine line of silk neckties which he began by selling himself to leading merchants in Nebraska, South Dakota and, Iowa. Soon he found it necessary to employ five helpers. Now he has rented the Kotik building on Sixth street in St. Paul and plans to begin by em ploying fifteen persons. N . — Governor Cochran has stated his intention to oppose personally any efforts to create new forms of taxes in case such attempts should be made during the sessions of the unicameral legislature. He has also expressed his belief that non-parti sanism should be adhered to strict ly. Said the governor: “The people voted, for a non partisan legislature. The constitu tion now provides that the legisla ture i's non-partisan. I certainly will make no attempt to override the constitution. So far as I have talked with members of the coming legislature, they seem to plan to observe non-partis&nism. If any party caucuses are planned, I in tend to discourage them. “Non-partisanism is not coming to the Nebraska legislature for the first time,” continued Governor Cochran. “On the major bills in 1935—the liquor law, the sales tax, the income tax, the one-cent gaso line tax, and others—party lines were shattered. Many good demo crats differed with me and voted against my recommendation. On the other hand, some good repub licans sided with me and voted for my recommendations.” The short ballot question is now squarely before the legislature. Governor Cochran led off with a proposal to abolish the office of attorney general and the office of land commissioner, making both' positions appointive. 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