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The Frontier VOL. LVII O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1937. No. 38 ✓O’NEILL PAYS IN OYER $300 TO RED CROSS FLOOD AID County’s Total Contributions To Ohio and Mississippi Flood Relief Is $840.29. With the aid of a goat sale at the O’Neill Livestock market pavil lion which raised $19.60, and $50.00 contributed by St. Patrick’s church and other donations, $146.75 was added to the Red Cross fund here for relief of flood sufferers in the Ohio river valley. This brings the total donated in this city to $314.65 up to noon Thursday. A dance held at the K. C. Hall Wednesday night, by the Veterans of Foreign W’ars, for flood relief funds, netted $37.25. A goat contributed by Elmer Neal was put on sale at Monday’s auction at the new sale pavillion and was first purchased by R. R. Morrison for $5.00. The'goat—of doubtful value—was put back in the ring and resold eleven more times. Purchase by the sale ring owners netted four dollars more. Ed Evans bought the goat for $1.50 and Max Golden, Joe Cunningham, Richard Gertz, Homer Ernst, Ed V Kennedy, Mr. Boshart, Otto Lor enz, L. W. Sabotka and John Wal ters each paid a dollar for the goat. Joe Cunningham is reported to have obtained permanent posses sion of the whiskered gent for 25 cents. Does all of this procedure mean a goat is worth $19.50 or only 25 coppers? r Following is a list of the money received for the Red Cross fund up to noon Thursday: Previously acknowledged $167.90 Mrs. J. F. O’Donnell 1.00 Marjorie Dickson . 1.00 Art Cowperthwaite _ 1.00 Pete Morgan_ 5.00 George Shoemaker .. 3.00 Mrs. R. L. Arbuthnot _. 1.00 Mrs. Anna Sauser .... 1.00 Meredith McKenna.. 1.00 Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Carmony 1.00 Fred Cronk 2.00 B. T. Winchell_ 2.00 Arbuthnot & Reka .. 2.00 St. Patrick’s Church . 50.00 J. O. Walker .. 2.00 Guy Cole.. 3.00 R. R. Morrison 5.00 Golden Hotel __... 2.00 Max Golden _ 1.00 O’Neill Livestock Market_ 4.00 Ed Evans.. 1.60 Joe Cunningham _ 1.00 Richard Gertz - 1.00 Homer Ernst . 1.00 Ed Kennedy 1.00 Mr. Boshart _ 1.00 Otto Lorenz 1.00 L. W. Sabotka__ . 1.00 John Walters -- 1.00 Art Auker . 2.00 J O’Neill Methodist Aid_ 3.00 Ruth Kraemer _ ... 1.00 Mrs. Irving Graves - 1.00 Mrs. Addie L. Wrede- 2.00 Veterans of Foreign Wars 37.26 Bert Gaffney -- 1.00 Joy School _ - .. 1.00 Ralph Ernst 1.00 Total _ $314.65 The total amount raised in the county to date was $840.29. Other towns in the county contributed $525.64. The money donated to the Red Cross fund in each town is as follows: Atkinson $222.00 Ewing .... -- 82.50 Chambers 20.00 Inman _ 55.30 Page . _ 35.00 Stuart . 110.84 $525.64 O’Neill - 314.65 County Total $840.29 Chinese Elm Ponular Tree For Windbreaks That ever-popular Chinese elm tree apparently will be planted in greater numbers than ever before in Holt county this spring for ■windbreak purposes, according to indications reported by the county farm bureau office. In making ap plication for Clark-McNary seed lings so far, many farmers have specified theirdesire for this specie. A native of Asia, the Chinese elm has become very popular in this section during the past few years because of its rapid growth, even under adverse conditions. It seems to stand dry conditions as well or better than any other tree grown in Nebraska. It does not, however, do well on low ground. This particular tree develops a rather dense crown and produces branches from the ground up. For these reasons it is particularly de sirable for a windbreak or screen planting and not well adapted to street planting where the lower limbs have to be pruned. Although little is known regard ing this rather unique broadleaf tree, foresters at the Nebraska college of agriculture say it has a place in windbreak planting. The tree has been growing in Nebraska for about 25 years. H. A. McComb of the North Platte experiment station has done considerable work in developing certain strains of this species and has growing on the station grounds there some of the oldest Chinese elms in the state. O’Neill Water Supply Mentioned In Roosevelt Public Works Request President Roosevelt sent to Con gress Wednesday a public works program that will require $5,011, 000,000 to be expended by the fed eral government during the next six years. The program contem plates the expenditures in curbing the rivers of the nation and to prime the economic pump against future depressions. Specific projects, number nearly 10,000 in all parts of the country were suggested in the report of the Roosevelt national resources com mittee, the work of the committee being the basis for the request, in cluding the expenditure of $85,000, 000 in the Ohio valley. Among the many projects submitted by the president for immediate construc tion O’Neill is listed for a water supply extension, but no amount is designated. If it is found neces sary to go outside the city limits to get a sufficient water supply the appropriation will probably be be tween ten and fifteen thousand dollars. The recommendation calls for spending $1,658,650 the first year and $753,733,438 the sixth year. Distribution would be on the basis of 25 per cent for streets and highways, 24 per cent for irriga tion, drainage and flood control; 17 per cent for buildings and equip ment, and the remainder for soil conservation, forest conservation and game protection, grade cross ing elimination, water navigation and aviation aids, recreation pro jects, low cost housing and other public undertakings. A system of reservoirs was ad vocated by the committee as the “most practical means of control ling” the floods o fthe Ohio and its branches. Eagle Creek Used As A Roadway Fred Johring was in from the northeast section of the county last Thursday. Fred, when asked how he managed to get thru the drifts in that section, aaid that was easy. He drove up the Eagle, until he came to a bridge, then took the bank and after he had passed the bridge took the Eagle again. He said is was nice travel ing on the creek and he had no difficulty whatever in geting thru to the highway and then into town. Charles Ross came in from the same section of the county ,Sat urday and he said that he also took the river route and had no difficulty in making it to the high way. Roy Carroll Gets His Masters Degree Roy William Carroll of O’Neill, received his Master of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska at the close of the first semester last week. Mr. Carroll's advanced degree was taken in School Admin istration; his master’s thesis was on the Social Science, English, Foreign Language Classroom for the small high school. Mr. Carroll was one of 142 to take their degrees at mid-year; this figure compares with a total of 133 recorded a year ago. For the graduates at this time there are no formal exercises held by the uni versity. Accident Record During the week ending Jan. 23, 1937, there were 318 accidents in the state, in which 170 people were injured, 2 disabled and 23 deaths. Of this number other public accid ents led the list with a total of 164 ir which 59 people were injured, 1 disabled and 6 deaths. There were 71 motor vehicle accidents during the week in which 65 were injured and 7 deaths. In agricul ture employment there were 15 accidents in which 10 were injured, 1 disabled and 1 death. There were 39 home accidents during the week, in which 27 people were in jured and 8 deaths. These figures are compiled by the Nebraska State Press association and the state superintendent of public instruc tion. Hay Moves Out of City In Large Quantities Several hundred tons of hay have been trucked out of this county during the past week. The demand the past month has been good and several truckers in counties to the east of us are making three and four trips a week to this city for hay. Nothwithstanding the great demand for this valuable Holt county product, the price has ad vanced very little and good num ber one hays is selling at $11.00 and $12.00 per ton. Ranchers from the southwestern part of the county say that the past month, when they were com pelled to feed their cattle hay every day, has made quite a dent in the available supply in that section of the county, but there is ample for all home needs as well as some for our less fortunate neighbors. The Seed Corn Situation No new developments have taken place in the seed corn situation in Holt county during the past week but the county-wide seed survey is now near completion it was an nounced today by agricultural ag ent F. M. Reece. A county seed corn show may be held in the near future, leather and roads permitting, as an aid in helping farmers to get their seed for 1937 planting. This would be in line with other shows planned in various parts of the state Central Nebraska farmers are exhibiting their seed at Gibbon Thursday, Feb. 4, in a district show. Later, on Wednesday, Feb. 10, the second an nual Custer county show is sched uled to be held at Broken Bow. Farmers in those areas with a sur plus of seed will exhibit samples of their corn. Producers lacking 1937 seed will have an opportunity to inspect the seed and make plans for securing adapted seed from these growers. Skating Rink Flooded Mayor Kersenbrock had the ten nis court—the old skating rink— flooded last Sunday and now the youngsters of the city have some place to skate. John was handling the hose when the flooding was started but it got away from him and he succeeded in getting a good ducking, but emerged Monday morning none the worse for his icy bath. Does The New York Fair Need Charity? They are going to have a world’s fair in New York city in 1939. Publicity agents of the fair have notified newspapers all over the United States that they will fur nish them free matrices telling of the many displays that will be at the fair and the newspapers are to run them without cost to the fair association. What a graft. And surprising as it may be many newspapers are falling for it. Why should the promoters of the New York fair spend good money for advertising when they can find hundreds of country editors that will run their stuff for nothing, merely as a filler. None of it for us. If they cannot pay for their advertising in the columns of The Frontier then they do not get any, except this item which we willing donate to them. The first sale at the O’Neill Sales Pavillion was held last Monday. Notwithstanding the fact that the sale was scantily advertised the sale was well attended and we un derstand it was successful. Most of the cattle and horses purchased at the sale were bought by people from other counties who had at tended the opening sale. Tuesday, Feb. 2, was ground-hog day and the little cuss had no trouble seeing his shadow. Now, according to old time legends we are in for six more weeks of winter weather, unless, as one O’Neillite! remarked, the ground-hog was j froze up and could not get out. FUNERAL FOR MRS. R. H. MURRAY HELD LAST SATURDAY Was One of the County's Pioneer Mothers, Having Lived Here Since Febrnar>, 1885. Mrs. Richard H. Murray passed away at her home in this city last Thursday afternoon after an illness of a couple of weeks with the flu at the age of 72 years, 6 months and 27 days. The funeral was held last Saturday morning at 9 o’clock from St. Patrick’s Catholic church, Rev. P. F. Burke officiating and burial in Calvary cemetery. Julia Agnes Roach was born at Monmouth, 111., on July 1, 1864, where she resided for sevral years when her parents moved to Iowa. In February, J885, she came to this county and on May 5, 1885 she was united in marriage to Richard H. Murray, the ceremony being per formed in this city, Rev. Father Brophy officiating. Ten children were born of this union, nine daughters and one son, nine of whom are living and left with their father to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate wife and mother. The children are: Mrs. Ellen Blotnberg of Gill, S. D., Catherine Perkins of Page, Mrs. Mattie Soukup of O’Neill, George Murray of Lead, S. D., Lauretta Jones of Miles City, Mont., Gertrude Streeter of O’Neill, An astasia Williams of Sheridan, Wyo., Elsie Streeter of Page, and Win nie Matthews of Norfolk, all of whom were present at the funeral except Mrs. Williams, who on ac count of sickness was unable to be present. Mrs. Murray was one of the old time pioneers of the county being a resident of Holt county for 52 years. For many years she made her home on the farm about ten miles northeast of thiB city, where they lived until about twenty years ago when they rei,red and moved to O’Neill, erecting a home on east Douglas street where she resided up to the time of her death. She was one of the pioneers of the early days of the county and suffered all the hardships and privations of the old timers in this section. She was a splendid wife and mother, a kind neighbor and an affectionate friend. She had many friends over the county who will learn with regret of her death. The Frontier joins the many friends of the family in extending condolence in their hour of sorrow. O’Neill Recreation Ass’n. The O’Neill Recreation associa tion is a group of O’Neill people who with the help of the govern ment are interested in providing various forms of free recreation for the people of O’Neill. With the cooperation of Mayor Kersenbrock and the O’Neill Fire department the skating rink has been flooded. In spite of the cold weather a large group of O’Neill’s younger set have been enjoying it. Clubs are being formed with the purpose of providing a place to work and instruction on a number of hobbies. The Dramatic (Tub: Every Mon day evening the Dramatic club will meet to work up and present plays, readings and other forms of entc tainment. The following are the present enrolled members: Dorothy Reardon, Ruth Harris, Peggy Cam bre, Charles Herrick and Clarence Selah. For any information see Clarence Selah. The Art Club: Every Tuesday evening the Art dub will meet. The members will choose the type of work they want to do. Facilities will be available for painting, pen and pencil sketching, charcoal drawing and carving. The follow ing are the present enrolled mem bers: Gerry Yarnall, Ethel Ben net, Eddie Ryan, Olive Beckwith, Alice Sexsmith, Beatrice Harris, Fern Rhode, Helen Rhode, Leone Spindler, Wm. Alldndorfer, Charles Smith, Vernon Spangler, John Schmidt, Robert Rees, John Rhode, Cleland Johnson, Neva Lierman, Irene Moler, Allan Spindler, Leroy Spindler, Lucille Penland and Dale Stearns. For information or en rollment see Dale Stearns. Boiling Club: Permission has been secured to use the high school gym for a boxing club to be organ ized soon. They will meet each Wednesday evening. Dick Tomlin son has offered to come to each meeting and give instruction to those who don’t feel they could lick him. Handicraft Club: The Handi craft club will organize this week and have their first meeting next Thursday evening. For informa-1 tion please see Grace Quilt.v. Anyone interested in joining one i of these groups or having sugges- j tions to otfcr on forming new ones. ] please see Art King, county super-1 visor of recreation. Legislature Will Pass New Moratorium Bill By the Lowell Service Lincoln, Nebr. — After several weeks of deliberation and with only a few hours of debate, the new moratorium bill has been sent on its way to ultimate passage. The measure, with the one year provision based on the emergency caused by the 1936 crop failure, is considered fool proof as to consti tutionality. As explained by Arm strong, Regan and a number of senators the opponents of the mor atorium will hardly seek a test in the supreme court on a one year moratorium provision. If there is another crop failure the emergency can be met by a special session. More than a dozen of the sen ators declared that they would come to Lincoln and reenact the bill in 1938 without expense to the taxpayers if there was another crop failure. Nebraska’s mode of election will be decidedly changed if three bills now before the legislature are passed. J. N. Norton of Polk, has offered a short ballot bill proposing a constitutional amendment mak ing the only elective constitutional officers the governor, the lieuten ant goveronr, a non-partisan comp troller, and the state superintend ent. Another bill offered by Mr. Norton proposes a constitutional amendment providing for the nom ination and election of members of the state railway commission on a non-partisan ballot. The third bill, by P. M. Howard of Flats, pro vides for the nomination and elec tion of all county officers, clerk of the district court, town clerk, jus tice of the peace, town treasurer, precinct assessors, road overseers, and district supervisors on a non political ballot. Senator Norton’s short ballot bill would abolish the office of state auditor, and would substitute a comptroller at a salary of $5,000 a year. Power would be given to the governor to appoint, with the con sent of the legislature, a tax com missioner, a secretary of state, an attorney general, and a state treas urer, just as, in the national gov ernment, a president appoints his cabinet. Four-year terms would eventually be effected. The board of educational lands and funds would be composed of the governor, the superintendent of public in struction, the attorney general, and the secretary of state. Senator John Knickrehm of Grand Island, has introduced a bill to ex tend to July 1, 1939, the time in which the commandant of the Sold iers and Sailors home at Grand Island must furnish rations, fuel, and medical supplies to families of eligible soldiers and sailors living “on the line,” that is within a half mile of the administration building of the home. This practice, which has been authorized for many years will stop July 1, 1937, unless Sen ator Knickrehm’s bill is passed. A violation of the Constitutional provision guaranteeing freedom of religion will be given legal status if a bill introduced by Senator A. L. Miller of Kimball, and E. E. Brod ecky of Howells, is passed, accord ing to the claims of its authors. The bill would make it unlawful for school boards, or teachers’ place ment bureaus or agencies, or others to question applicants for teachers’ positions concerning their religious affiliations. Provision is made for a fine of from $5 to $50 or a jail sentence of from 5 to 30 days for violation, and it is provided that violation shall be a cause for re moval from office of any super intendent, school board member, or other public school official. A health-districting measure for a three-member board to be ap-! pointed by the governor and ac- j (Continued on page 4, column 1.) The Weather We have been having right snap py weather here the past week. For four nights of the seven the| thermometer registered below zero. The wind has been blowing inter mittently nearly every day and Tuesday and Wednesday the high ways leading into and out of this city were blocked for a few hours, but the highway crew soon opened the roads. Highways in the country are impassible and the few farmers that have been getting to town the past week have been compelled to go thru fences, pastures and mea dows in order to get to the main highways, where travel has been fairly good. Jan. 29 8 0 Jan. HO .82 Jan. 31 2 —15 Feb. 1 19 —12 Feb. 2 30 10 Feb. 3 30 —2 Feb. 4 . —8 Soil Conservation Payments Arrive Holt county has received approx imately $50,000 in soil conservation payments on the 1936 contracts. This is money received on the first transmittal which was sent to J Lincoln about six weeks ago. A few of the contracts were delayed on the first transmittal and in dividual notices will be sent out to those having checks in the office. Funds Needed To Finish Elkhorn Basin Survey Stilt*1 planning board members are hopeful the legislature will ap propriate funds for continuance of a survey of water resources in the Elkhorn river basin which has been partially completed, H. H. Tracy, Norfolk, member of the board said Monday. The planning board also is ask ing the legislature to pass a law creating a planning board. The board now is existence was created at the request of the federal gov ernment. Although the survey in the Elk horn river basin is incomplete, the planning board has made several recommendations for conservation and development of resources in the White, Niobrara, Elkhorn and upper Missouri river basins. Recommendations pertaining to water resources follow: Conservation—Provisions for the conservation and more effective utilization of all the water re sources within the basin. Irrigation—Construction of pump or gravity irrigation work wher ever udequate precipitation is lack ing and the water supply and the soil fertility such that economic development is possible. Hydro-power — Detailed investi gation of the economics of physic ally feasible hydro-electric develop ments with special attention to the present and potential markets in proximity to the proposal. Rural electrification — 1. Con struction of rural electrification facilities wherever the concentra tion of consumers is sufficient to warrant the expenditure. 2. Direc tion of special attention to the development of new rural markets such as that necessary for supply ing energy to electrically driven pump irrigation. Domestic water — 1. Develop ments to place emphasis on con serving and replenishing the source of supply. 2. Present rural and municipal supplies to be improved and extended. Recreation—1. I he development of facilities such as swimming pools, recreational lakes and ponds, and the improvement of streams suitable for such purposes. 2. All developments for the conservation and use of water to be so construc ted that such projects will be con ducive to the propagation of wild life and to provide recreational facilities wherever feasible. Storage—1. Development of up stream storage to control surface runoff and to promote percolation of precipitation to the soils. 2. Construction, when practicable, of on-stream and canyon reservoirs to control flood flows of major streams and to provide better util ization of water for irrigation, power, domestic and recreational purposes. Groundwater—1. Development of conservation practices which will assist in replenishing the ground water storage. 2. The flow of ar tesian wells to be restricted and (Continued on page 4, column 2.) DEATH TAKES C. D. KEYES, ON EOF THE EARLY PIONEERS Had Been County Supervisor From His District and Was laiter County Assessor. In the death of Chauncey Keyes at his home in Inman last Saturday Holt county loses one of its stal wart citizens and one who contri buted much to the upbuilding of the county. Coming to the county as. a young man of 26 he at once en tered into the civil and social life of his adopted home community and county. During his residence of 57 years in the county he filled many posi tions of trust in his home commun ity. After filling various town ship offices he was selected as a member of the county hoard and served the people of his district and the county with honor and credit. He was then selected as county assessor of Holt county and this position he filled with credit and honor to himself and his con stituents for eight years, retiriag from that position two years ago last month. Chauncey Keyes was a cool head ed conservative gentleman of the old school and a good business mu. He loved his fellow men and hi* cheerful “How are you,’’with which he greeted his friends, was a pleas ing greeting to his hundreds of friends in the county. Chauncey always proceeded with care. If a problem confronted him upon which he had his doubts as to the proper remedy he at once consulted some friend who was familiar with the particular question that bothered him and its solution was made easy. He was a loyal true blue friend, and always willing to front for them, without hope of reward. It was part of his nature, loyalty to his friends, his neighbors, his com munity and county. In his passing the people of his home community lose one of their foremost citizens and the people of Holt county one of their stalwart sons who helped develop this section of the west. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Inman Tuesday afternoon with Rev. EL B. Maxcy in charge. Following the service, under the direction of Judge R. R. Dickson the Masonic funeral service was conducted. Bur ial was in the Inman cemetery. An obituary for Mr. Keyes writ ten by Gladys Hancock of Inman, will be found on page 5, with the Inman news notes. Thirty-four New Cars Registered In January During the month of January, 34 new automobiles were registeaed in the office of the county treasurer. As January was a very poor month for auto travel, roads over the county, except the main highways, being blocked most of the month, it looks as if the year 1937 was going to be a very good year for auto dealers. CARD OF THANKS We wish to extend our sincere thanks to our friends and neigh bors for their sympathy and many acts of kindness and to those who sent the beautiful floral offerings; also to Garfield Lodge No. 95, A. F. & A. M. for their assistance dur ing the illness and death of our beloved husband and father.—Mrs. C. D. Keyes and Mildred; Mr. ami Mrs. F. E. Keyes and family; Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Rouse and family; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Keyes and family. CARD OF THANKS To every friend and neighbor who expressed sympathy or ex tended aid to us and for the many beautiful floral offerings on oc casion of our recent bereavement in the loss of our beloved wife and mother, the late Mrs. R. H. Muarry, we here offer our heartfelt thanks. Your thoughtfulness and kindness in our hour of sorrow will ever be held in grateful remembrance.— Mrs. R. H. Murray and family. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our sincere thanks to our kind friends and neighbors for their many kinds acts of help, and sympathy shown us, during the lilness and death of our beloved husband and father. Your kindness will never be forgotten.— Mrs. Bertha Pritchett and family.