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.
