The Frontier ■ ■■ 1 i..—"■ .. ... .... 1 ■" 1 1 ' -- VOL. LVII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 1937. No. 37 O’NEILL CITIZENS * DONATE $166.80 FOR OHIO FLOOD RELIEF Recent Telegram From Red Cross Indicates More Money Must Be Raised In County. The latter part of last week Dr. L. A. Carter, chairman of the Holt County Chapter of the American Red Cross, received a request for funds for use of the flood refugees in the Ohio river valley. The orig inal quota for the county was set at $75.00. Monday morning George H. Jones went around the city and succeeded in raising $148.45, nearly double the quota allotted to this county. In his canvassing of the city there were several who he was unable to see and anyone desiring to contribute to this fund can do so by giving you offering to the president of the Holt county chap ter, Dr. L. A. Carter, or to the secretary, Mrs. Harold Lindberg, or to F. N. Cronin, treasurer, at the O’Neill National bank. Additional contributions handed Red Cross of ficers since Monday, brings the total raised in this city to $166.80. Following is a list of those al ready contributing to this worthy cause and the amount of the dona tion. George H. Jones .— .... $ 2.50 E. F. Quinn_ 1.00 S. J. Weekes.. 10.00 First National Bank, O’Neill 10.00 Golden Rule Store-1.— 5.00 O. M. Herre ._. 1.00 H. J. Reardon 1.00 Gamble Store. 1.00 Saunto’s 1.00 R. R. Morrison - 1.00 J. C. Penney Co.- 3.00 W J. Hammond..— 1.50 Gillespie Radio Shop —. 1.00 A. M. Turner_— 1.00 Texaco Service Station ... 1.00 Western Hotel - 1.00 Council Oak Store - 1.00 Agnes Griffen _ — 1.00 J. B. Ryan_ 5.00 Barnhart’s Market_ 1.00 John Martin___1— 1.00 R. M. Sauers _____- 1.00 O’Neill Food Center_ 1.00 T. M. Harrington ...—.— 1.00 A. E. Bowen .1. 1.00 W. H. Harty_ 1001 James Davidson _ 1.00 F. M. Reece--- — 1.00 Ralph Leidy - 1.00 Mellor Motor Co-- 26.00 A. V. Virgin _ 1.00 Johnson Drugs _ 1.00 Ha/el Snell __ .50 Myrtle Dorothy- .50 Bordon Stlye Shop- 1.00 McMillan & Harkey_ 1.00 Ben J. Grady —:--- 1.00 Golden Hotel .. 3.00 American Legion - 5.00 Clarence J. McClurg- 1.00 Esther Harris_ 1.00 C. J. Malone _ 1.00 Emmet A. Harmon_ 1.00 r P. C. Donohoe_ 1.00 1 .J. J. Harrington_ 1.00 C. Gatz_ 1.00 Peter W. Duffy_ 1.00 J. P. Protivinsky-- 1.00 F. J. Biglin _ 2.50 W. J. Biglin . 2.50 I). H. Cronin . 1.00 Clyde King ... . 1.00 L. A. Carter_ 1.00 Jas. F. O’Donnell _ 1.00 Thos. S. Mains- 1.00 Mrs. E. F. Gallagher- 5.00 Elkhorn Service Station - 10.00 Tigers-- 5.00 Geo. A. Miles __ 2.00 Lions Club_ 6.75 Anna O’Donnell.... 1.00 Patricia O’Donnell- 1.00 Mrs. Rea Rentsler_ 1.00 Junior Project Club. 2.00 R. R. Dickson_ 2.00 Alvina Kohland . — -50 C. E. Stout __-. 1-00 Mildred Wyant -- -25 Bonnie Ward -- .50 Marie Salisbury- .50 Viola Kohland .50 Grace Bollan . — .35 Theresa Theil - .25 Hazel Truman - .25 Pearl Ziems -25 Lyle Green . -50 Albert Padden -.— .50 Agnes Reznicek - -50 Helen Anderson - .50 Pete Heriford _x- .50 Marie Wittmans . -50 R. N. Kurtz-- 2.00 G. M. McCarthy_ 5.00 Wednesday Dr. Carter received the following telegram from the Red Cross: “Flood suffering has already reached unprecedented proportions with relief needs steadily mounting. Under these conditions impossible now name final goal for funds only limit Red Cross assistance must be miximum generosity American people. Every possible member national Red Cross staff now as signed to field for relief duty. I call upon all chapters to assume full initiative their respective jur isdictions and mobilize every com munity resource of personnel or ganization to raise promptly larg est possible amount. Report daily i amount raised. For your informa tion in view present known needs your goal should be not less than five times quota originally assign ed you.”—Cary T. Grayson. From the above telegram it will be seen that the quota now set for fhis county is $375 and less than half that amount has been raised in this city. Other towns in the county are also undoubtedly rais ing funds for this cause and the county should have little difficulty in exceeding the quota assigned. Range and Pasture Will Have A Part In the Soil Conservation Program This year the range cattle and sheep men have an opportunity to participate in the agricultural con servation program. The grazing or carrying capacity of each ranch unit determines the allowance for each farm. A unit is the number of acres to keep one cow or one horse for twelve months. The carrying capacity is establish ed by the local committees for each farm or ranch. The county grazing capacity limit, which means an average grazing capacity for the county, is set up for each county by the state committee. The individual grazing or carry ing capacity is multiplied by $1.50 to get at the maximum allowance. Information received this week is to the effect that probably a county average for Holt county of from eighteen to twenty acres of range for each animal unit will be used. For example, a ranch having 2,000 acres of range or pasture would have a carrying capacity of 100 animal units and an allowance of $1.50 by using the figures of 20 acres per animal unit. One-half of this amotmt may be earned by non-grazing or resting 500 acres between May 1 and Oct. 1. The remainder may be earned by plant ing trees on the ranch at the rate of $10 per acre, showing 200 live seedlings or trees per acre this fall. If desirable, all of the pay ment may be earned by planting trees. Another practice to earn the benefit payment in which some are interested is the building of dams or reservoirs. For this the pay rate is 15 cents per cubic yard of fill, provided spillways are made adequate to prevent dams from washing out under normal rainfall. Loses Finger In Generator Fan F. B. Torbert, of Norfolk, owner of the Torbert Coal company, lost a part of two fingers on his left hand about 4 o’clock last Monday afternoon when his hand came in contact with a fan on a generator. He was taken to a hospital where his middle finger and ring finger were amputated at the second joint. He returned home Tuesday.—Nor folk news. Fred Torbert was for many years a resident of this county, living in the Dorsey neighborhood. Fred has many friends in that section of the county who will regret to learn of his misfortune. Lions Club Meeting The O’Neill Lions club met on Monday evening for their regular meeting in the Golden hotel dining room. There was a large attend ance and a very interesting meet ing was conducted. The Misses Pegffy Cambre, Mary Jannette Kubitschek and Ruth Harris sang two songs and Connie and Helen Kubitschek gave a tap dance. Both numbers were very good and en joyed by everyone present. The members voluntarily donated $6.75 to Red Cross for flood relief. Names of six new members were sent to the International and before long the club will be proceeding under full steam. City Hall Will Be Built At Valentine The citizens of Valentine, at a special election held last Tuesday, voted to issue bonds in the amount of $10,900 to help finance the con struction of a new city hall. The vote on the bonds was 295 for and 50 against. The plans called for the erectiqn of a $19,000 building the remainder to be financed by a WPA grant. Charles Grale Deemer and Miss Katherine Kamold, both of Atkin son, were granted a marriage lie-1 ense in county court last Saturday.' LAST RITES HERE SATURDAY FOR M. I). PRITCHETT — Seventy-Five Year old Resident lljos of Heart Trouble. Burial In Calvary Cemetery. Marion D. Pritchett died at his farm home northeast of this city last Thursday evening after an ill ness of several months of heart trouble, at the age of 75 years, 3 months and 1 day. The funeral was held from the Catholic church in this city last Saturday morning at 9 o’clock, Rev. Peter F. Burke officiating and burial in Calvary cemetery. Marion Denis Pritchett was born at Iron Hill, Iowa, on Oct. 20, 1861. The family lived in Iowa for many years and on Jan. 10, 1899, he was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Foran at Sioux City, Iowa. Six children were born of this union, four sons and two daughters, who with their mother are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affection ate husband and father. The child ren are: Charles, Helen Osborn, O'Neill: Joseph, Opportunity; An gela Morgan, O’Neill; Nathan Prit chett, Opportunity, and Alphonso Pritchett, O’Neill. Mr. Pritchett and family came to this county in the spring of 1933 from Boyd county and since that time have been farming the old Bedford farm northeast of O’Neill. Although a comparative new comer in this county he made many friends here who will learn with regret of his passing. _ Introduces Bill for A Short Ballot John N. Norton of Polk, intro duced Friday the first short ballot bill to come before the unicameral legislature. It would leave Ne braska with only two political of ficials—governor and lieutenant governor. Only two other officials would be elected under Norton’s plan, a com ptroller, who would assume the state auditor’s duties, and the state superintendent of public instruc tion. The office of auditor would be abolished. Proposing the terms of a consti tutional amendment for submission to voters at the 1938 general elec tion Norton presented a compan ion measure to make the three state railway commissioners elec tive on a non-political pallot. The plan controverted Gov. R. L. Coch ran’s recommendation to make them appointive. State officials who would be ap pointed by the governor under the Polk senator’s measure are: the attorney general, tax commissioner, secretary of state and treasurer. Like the elective officials, all would serve four-year terms. Taking the bit in his teeth de spite a pending supreme court rul ing on the status of the state land commissioner’s office, Norton pro posed the office be formally ab olished on “the first Thursday after the first Tuesday of January, 1939.” He would have the state super intendent of public instruction take the land commissioner’s place on the state board of educational lands and funds, in accordance with a suggestion by Gov. Cochran. If adopted voters would mark their choices for candidates at least thirty years of age and state resid ents five years before election. The first election, if the amendment passes in 1938, would be in 1940, with officials serving until 1942. After that, the terms would be for the full four years. Salaries he proposed would be: Governor, $15,000 a biennium. Lieutenant governor, twice a leg islator’s salary, or $3,488. Comptroller, $7,500. All would be subject to recall and the measure sets forth recall provisions. Much of the bill, which became LB 00, is amendatory, changing details of previous sta tutes. The companion measure to put the railway commissioners on a nonpartisan basis, is LB 61. Certified Seed L;st Published Nebraska’s 1937 certified seed directory is now ofT the press and Holt county farmers can secure copies from the county farm bureau office. Included in the list are the names of producers offering super ior varieties of barley, sorghums, alfalfa and hybrid corn for sale. In view of present conditions, a greater interest than ever before is expected to be manifest in certi fied seed this year. Farmers would do well, agriculturs l agent F. M. Reece says, to consider buying cer tified seed this year in view of the supply situation. In many cases their own s^ed stocks have been lost during the extremely dry seas ons and as a result they will be forced to look elsewhere for seed this spring. Win. Spangler Dies At His Farm Home Near Clearwater William Spangler, a prominent and well-known farmer living southwest of Clearwater, died at his home Tuesday afternoon after two hours illness. He is survived by his wife and several so^is and daughters. The funeral was held last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Spangler was a former resid ent of this county living for many years in the Meek neighborhood, where he was well known by the old timers in that section. He was a brother of Charles and Await Spengler and Mrs. Smith Merrill of this city who all attended the funeral last Saturday. Cardinals Lose To Spalding Academy Spalding Academy basketball team defeated St. Mary’s Cardinals on the Academy gym floor last Sunday afternoon with a score of 22 to 11. The second teams of the schools played and St. Mary’s won with a score of 22 to 7. Sunday evening after the game the members of the Spalding team started for home. They managed to get out about five miles when they had to turn around and come back, the roads being badly drifted. They remained in O’Neill that night and were able to start for home Monday afternoon. Cold Weather Has Lasted A Month So far the month of January has given us real winter weather. There has been no snow this past week, but heavy winds last Sunday after noon for a time blocked the high ways leading into and out of this city. The highway maintenance crew got busy the first of the week and the east and west roads were open before noon. The north and south roads were also opened that day and now all the main highways leading into the city are open. Farmers from the eountry tell us that east and west roads are im possible to travel. A few farmers have been in the city the forepart | of the week and those that came in were compelled to shovel their way thru drifts until they reached the highway. A few bob sleds have made their appearance, re minding the old timers of the eighties and early nineties, when they were common on the strets and roads of the county. Following is the weather chart for the past week as kept by the local U. S. Weather Observer, Harry Bowen: High Low Jan. 22 12 —13 Jan. 23_ 20 —7 Jan. 24 _ 25 —3 Jan. 25 . 9 —12 Jan. 26 27 1 Jan. 27 . 27 12 Jan. 28 —8 Acc:dent Record For the week ending Jan. 16, 1937, there were 245 accidents in the state, in which 148 people were injured and 12 deaths. Leading in the list of accidents were other public accidents in which there were 123, in which 56 people were injured and throe deaths. Motor vehicle accidents were second on the list for the week, there being 44, in which 48 were injured and two deaths. In agriculture employ ment there were 18 accidents in which seven were injured and two deaths. In industry employment there were 20 accidents, in which eight were injured and three deaths. There were 40 home accidents dur ing the week in which 29 people were injured and two deaths. These figures are compiled by the Ne braska Press association in cooper ation with the state superintendent of public instruction. If the nationalists want to cap ture Madrid in a hurry why don’t they send an agent oveh here to sign up Popeye the Sailor? OHIO RIVER VALLEY FLOOD MAKES MANY PEOPLE HOMELESS Some Cities Along the Ohio About 80 Percent Under Water. Mississippi Threatens. In Kentucky there are 58 known dead and an estimated 800 thousand homeless. Federal troops at Louisville and over 200 policemen from many cities were assigned to patrol duty. Recovered bodies were buried with out identification in Highland cemetery trenches. Pneumonia is widespread and the health commis sioner estimates at least 200 un listed deaths due to disease. Dam age was estimated at 100 million dollars and 280,000 homeless. Riv er stationary at 57.1 feet. At Paducah there is an influenza edipemic and 25,000 yet to evac uate. Eighty per cent of the city is under water. At Calhoun the Green river is spread over the town. In Ohio there are 14 known dead and 250 homeless. At Cincinnati the Ohio river is going down from 76.6 feet. Elec tric supply is increased and 65,000 hope to return to their homes soon. Damage estimated at 10 million. At Portsmouth the Ohio river had reached 74.18 feet and was still rising. Thirty-five thousand homeless and losses calculated at $2,000,000. In Illinois there are (5 known dead and over 50,00 homeless. At Cario coast guard cutters were speeding evacuation. Ohio river dropped but a stage of 62 feet is expected. Railroad abandoned due to water over tracks. At Mound City, III., there are 10 feet of water in the the town and the inhabitants have fled. Water from the flooded Ohio had covered 85 per cent of Harrisburg, 111. and a $1,000,000 coul mine was wrecked by the water. At Shawneetown, 111., 26 persons were reported stranded and critically ill of pneumonia. There are 9 known dead and over 75,000 homeless in Indiana. At Evansville trrops are in charge and nearly 20,000 homeless. Drinking water is short. Crest of floQd is reached at 53.7 feet. At Lawrence burg, Ind., looting was reported in the town which is practically de serted and wholly under water. There are 125,000 homeless and 9 known dead in Tennessee. At Memphis engineers arc prepared to save Mississippi levee system from record high water. At New Madrid, Mo., 85 per cent of a 131,000 acre spillway was filled with flood waters. Missouri has 14 known dead and 20,000 or more homeless. In Arkansas 23 were known dead and 20,600 homeless. At Melwood a break in the Mississippi river levee threatens. People being re moved from lowlands. Trumann, Ark., was inundated by a break in the St. Francis river, and four were drowned in Buffalo creek at Monette, Ark. There are 11 known dead in West Virginia and 56,000 homeless. The flood was receding. At Parkers burg orders were given to “Shoot to kill,” to stop looting. Drinking water cut off at Huntington. There were 3 known dead and 3,000 homeless in Pennsylvania. At Pittsburg the flood is going down and there is an estimated f 1,000, 000 damage. One known dead and 4,500 are homeless in Mississippi. Refugees in Red Cross camps at Clarksdale. The following account of flood conditions is from Thursday morn ing’s World-Herald: “A gigantic plan to move out 500 thousand persons within 50 miles of the Mississippi river from Cario, 111., to New Orleans, La.— one thousand miles—was being or ganized for use if necessary by the United States army Wednesday as the unprecedented Ohio river flood billowed southward toward strain ing Mississippi levees. “The Ohio was slowly receding from Pittsburg, Pa., to Paducah, Ky., leaving Cincinnati, Ohio, Lou isville and scores of smaller cities hopeful, but facing disease, wate; shortage and cold. Coast guard officials reported influenza had reached epidemic proportions in flooded Paducah. “The worst was at Loisville where army troops took over police 1 duties and health officials said two hundred persons had died in three days of flood diseases alone. Bodies of 120 persons were recovered in the west end there Wednesday. "The known flood death toll had climbed to 2f>0. Property damage exceeded 200 million dollars, and 750 thousand were homeless in 11 states. ‘The army’s precautionary plan for transferring possibly endanger ed thousands along the Mississippi’s banks (probably not necessary) would require 35 thousand motor trucks and numerous railroad flat cars in the biggest army transport effort since the world war. "Army engineers expected the flood to pour into and over the (Continued on page 4, column 1.) Law Suit Grows Out of Auto Collision East of O’Neill Last Wednesday During the blizzard Wednesday of last week automobiles occupied by L. H. Cox, about 60, Union Pa cific railway employee of Council Bluffs, la., and his son E. D. Cox, about 25, traveling east, and Frank Allen of Page, traveling west col lided about three miles east of here. L. H. Cox suffered head cuts and his tongue was badly bitten and he lost considerable blood. His son suffered bruises and head cuts. Mr. Allen suffered a wrenched knee and other body bruises and cuts. The Coxes received medical attention here and went on home. Both cars, one nearly new, were badly dam aged. As an aftermath of this collision Mr. Allen, thru his atorney J. D. Cronin, brought suit againstMyrtl Cox, wife of E. S. Cox, E. S. Cox and L. H. Cox for $10,300, the suit being filed in district court in this county. The petition alleges that E. S. Cox was operating his automobile at an excessive speed and operating it in the center of the highway; that as his car approached the automobile driven by the plaintiff, Frank Allen proceeding west on said highway, the defendant care lessly, negligently and wrongfully failed to slacken speed and care lessly, negligently and wrongfully drove his car to the north or left side of said highway, and to the side occupied by the plaintiff; that the collision was wholly caused by the carelessness and negligence of the plaintiff. That as a result of said collision the defendant was thrown against the top, side and front of the car, resulting in a severe shock to his nervous system and injuring, bruis ing and lacerating his entire body and the muscles thereof. That he received a severe injury to his left knee and that said injury will be permanent and causes him intense pain. He asks $50 for doctor’s bill; $260 for his automobile which he claims was badly wrecked. For loss of time from his usual accupa tion and for pain, suffering, dis comfort and physical injuries the sum of $10,000. GOLDEN ROD CLUB The Golden Rod club met at the home of Mrs. Teresa Connolly on Wednesday, Jan. 27. A lesson was given by Mrs. Connolly and Mrs. T. M. Harrington on when we go shopping. Several useful points were given after the regular lesson. Choice recipes were exchanged and a pattern for a friendship quilt was given by Mrs. Clark Hough, and a cuddle toy pattern by Mrs. Frank Clements. The club also agreed to send money to the relief fund of the flood district. After the meeting a delicious luncheon was served by Mrs. Connolly and Mrs. H. B. Burch. NEW BOOKS AT THE LIBRARY “The Last Puritan” by Santay ana, “The Hurricane” by Nordrolf and Hall, “Wake Up and Live” by Dorothea Brande, “The Man Who Caught the Weather” by Bess Streeter Aldrich, “The Kidnap j Murder Case” by S. S. Van Dine, “South Riding” by Iloltby, and Rand McNally’s new International Atlas. \ -- The chief argument before the state railway commission at pre sent seems to be Bollen and Good vs. Maupin. The only way you can really en joy yourself joyriding on a trans ontinental highway is to buy your self a baby tank. FUNERAL FOR JOHN HAYNE HELD LAST SUNDAY AT PAGE Resident of This County Nearly M Years Dies In Sanitarium At Norfolk, Nebr. John Albert Hayne died at the Verges Sanitarium at Norfolk, Nebr., last Saturday afternoon af ter an illness of several months, at the age of 69 years and 6 months. John Hayne was born at Marsk altewn, Iowa, on July 22, 1867. Be fore he reached his majority the family moved to this county and located east of this city where they resided for many years. On Aug-. 14, 1889, John was united in mar riage in this city to Miss Viola Smith. Four children were bon* of this union, two sons and two daughters, who with their mother are left to mourn his passing. The children are: Mrs. Mattie Peter son, Gordon, Nebr.; Mrs. Leonard Pierce, Atkinson; Clair Hayne, Norfolk, and Lee Hayne, New castle, Wyo. He also leaves four sisters and three brothers. The Hayne family were for many years among the most prominent farmers and stockmen of this county. Coming to this county in the early eighties they endured all the hardships of the early pioneer*, labored hard and were fairly suc cessful. The past few years John had been in poor health and met several financial reverses. He was taken to the Norfolk sanitarium a couple of weeks ago for medic*! treatment, but to no avail. He was a good citizen and had many friends among the old timers of the county. The body was shipped to this city and the funeral wan held from the M. E. church in Page last Sunday afternoon, burial in the Page cemetery. Cattle and Hogs Are Steady to Higher On Atkinson Market Atkinson, Tuesday, Jan. 26.— Impassible roads tended to cut down receipts of both cattle and hogs and this week’s run was the smallest since last summer. Ahont .300 hogs and 100 cattle were sold. Buyers were more optimistic than a week ago, bidding more sprited and the hog market was generally 36 to 60 cents higher than a week ago. The cfittle market was steady to strong. Best fat hogs sold at 9.6S to 9.76, while sows and feeder pigs, were in better demand at higher prices. Scarcely enough cattle were on sale to warrant the quoting of prices, but generally speaking the market looked firm to higher than a week ago. With improvement in road conditions the next week, a splendid offering of all kinds art livestock is in prospect for Tues day’s auction. Snow Covered Ground Destroys Pheasants Reports coming from out in the county indicate that the pheasant is having a hard pull of it. Snow covered ground makes it nearly impossible for the birds to obtain food, and with the cold, they are dying off. Dead “chinks” have been reported from several places in the county and the condition is prob ably general. Farmers for the most part have n’t sufficient feed grains for their own use, so they can not be asked to distribute feed. Sportsmen who wish to continue the sport of wing shooting, and who hope for an open season next fall could help by distributing grain in areas in which the birds .are known to be, if they are accessable. The ring-neck pheasant is the main stay for the field shooter in this territory. Any group of men who like the sport could band to gether and purchase feed and dis tribute it. The pheasant is like you, if it doesn’t eat it doesn’t live. GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB The Grattan Project club met at the home of Mrs. Albert Miller Jan. 19. A very interesting lesson on “When we go Shopping,” and a demonstration on “Testing CanneJ Goods,” were given by the leader?. A delicious covered dish luncheon was served at noon. Nine mem bers responded to roll call. The next meeting will be held at the homo of Mrs. Howard Marcus.