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Chauncey D. Keyes
Chauncey D. Keyes was born in
Shahola, Pa., June 8, 1854, and died
at his home in Inman, Nebr., on
Saturday, Jan. 30, at the age of
82 years, 7 months and 16 days.
Mr. Keyes grew to manhood in the
east and came west to Nebraska in
March, 1880, His arrival at Stan
ton was made memorable by a big
blizzard which caused a delay of 10
days, after which he continued on
to Oakdale by rail, that being as
far as the railroad extended at that
time. From there he traveled on
to Neligh by stage coach. From
Neligh he accompanied William In
man on a load of lumber arriving
at the Harte postoffice a mile and
a half northeast of town. From
there he walked into Yorktown
which is now Inman.
These were early frontier days
and for a month Mr. Keyes board
er! with the Bert Smith family mak
a total of ten persons living in a
house twelve feet square. Soon
after his arrival he walked out
south of town and found a desir
able piece of land just a mile from
town on which he immediately filed
papers. This homestead was the
home of the deceased until 1921
when he moved into town. His
younger son now lives on the home
stead.
In November 1880 there also ar
rived from the east Miss Matilda
R. Clark, with her mother and
brother, and on Sept. 13, 1882, Mr.
Keyes and Miss Clark were united
in marriage at the home of the
bride by Rev. Sylvanus the local
Presbyterian minister. For more
than fifty-four years their home
has been in this community, with
the exception of two years spent
in Elgin, Nebr.
Five children were given to this
home as follows: Floyd E., Mrs.
Blanche E. Rouse, Merwin, Karl
Leonard and Mildred A. Keyes, all
of whom live at Inman and who
were with him at the time of his
death. Another son, Sidney, died
at the age of six months.
Mr. Keyes was converted and
joined the Baptist church when a
young man and remained true to
his confession in that church and
was always willing to use his in
fluence for things that a Christian
should stand for. Mr. Keyes was
highly respected and trusted by his
neighbors and w-as honored by them
with many places of trust which
he never betrayed. Among these
offices held were, member of the
school board, several years as
county assessor and county sup
ervisor, treasurer of the Inman
Telephone company, and clerk of
the Modern Woodman lodge for
more than fifty years. He was also
a charter member of Garfield lodge
No. 95, A. F. & A. M., established
at O’Neill in 1883.
On Sept. 13, 1932, Mr. and Mrs.
Keyes celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary and more than
120 of their friends attended. To
show their esteem and appreciation
of this worthy couple, Dist. Judge
R. R. Dickson, in behalf of the
group present, addressed the com
pany and presented gifts to them.
Mr. Keyes was a lover of home
and labored unceasingly for the
ineterests of home and community
in which he lived, and no sacrifice
was too great for him to make for
their beterment. He was num
bered among those sturdy pioneers
whose ranks are fast thinning. In
spite of his years Mr. Keyes main
tained good health until a couple
of years ago when his strength be
gan to fail and this fall he under
went an operation in Omaha, and
several week were spent at the
hospital where he was greatly bene
fited. On his arrival home he de
veloped influenza and complica
tions which he was not able to
overcome, and at 5:30 Saturday
evening he quietly fell asleep.
He was one of a family of nine
children of whom only three sur
vive, Mrs. Anna Sprague, Mrs.
Lucy Smith and Truman Keye$ all
of Matamoras, Pa. Among other
remaining relatives are his wife,
Matilda R. Keyes, his four child
ren, twelve grandchildren and a
host of other relatives and friends
who will miss his presence with us.
Funeral services were held from
the Methodist Episcopal church at
2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon with
Rev. E. B .Maxcy in charge. Hymns
were sung by Mrs. A. N. Butler,
Mrs. I. L. Watson, Mrs. Harold
Miller, Mrs. E. E. Clark and Mel
vin, and Curtis Smith, with Mrs.
L. R. Tompkins at the piano.
Pall bearers were A. N. Butler,
E. L. Watson, E. E. Clark, Elwin
Smith, L. R. Tompkins and Earl
Miller. Following the service the
Masonic lodge under the direction
of Dist. Judge Dickson, carried out
the Masonic funeral service. Burial
was made in the Inman cemetery.
Floral offering were many and
beautiful.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coleman
who have spent several weeks in
Lincoln visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Jerry Hare and family, re
turned home Sunday night.
Keith McGraw, Harvey Tomp
kins and E. E. Sire returned to
Lincoln Sunday after spending a
week here with relatives.
Supt. and Mrs. George Cornish
were again called to Sioux City
on account of the seriousillness of
Mrs. Cornish’s father, Mr. Hladck,
who is reported to be somewhat
better at this time. The went to
Sioux City Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leidy of
O’Neill, were in Inman Sunday
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Zitella Kestenholtx is quite
ill at her home here with a heart
attack. Due to her advanced age
complete recovery is doubtful.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGraw
drove to Creighton Friday to at
tend the funeral of Mr. McGraw’s
aunt, Mrs. Doyle. Mr. McGraw’s
father, Thomas McGraw of Okla
homa City, Okla., accompanied
them home and visited here until
Sunday.
M. H. Clark of Glenrock, Wyo.,
came Monday night to attend the
funeral of his brother-in-law, C. D.
Keyes,
LeMars Clark, who has been vis
iting relatives in Harrison, Nebr.,
returned to Inman Monday night.
Miss Leila Rouse, who is attend
ing school at the Wayne State
norma], came home the latter part
of the week on account of the ill
ness and death of her grandfather,
C. D. Keyes.
Mrs. R. M. Conard is quite ill at
her home here with influenza.
Mr. Moore of Schuyler, Nebr.,
arrived here Sunday night for a
visit with his sister, Mrs. Pojar and
family.
George Kivitt has purchased the
Stuart Hartigan residence in the
southwest part of towm and will
move there the first of march.
L. Kopecky has purchased lots
in the south part of town and is
contemplating the building of a
house thereon.
The people of Inman were both
shocked and greived to hear of the
death of Mrs. Lucille Sharp Flip
pin at Los Angeles, Calif., on Sat
urday of last week. Mrs. Flippin
was born and grew up in Inman
and was a graduate of the Inman
high school.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg called
at Sam Roberston’s Tuesday even
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith call
ed at R. D. Spindler’s Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson
called Tuesday at Orville Har
rison’s.
The mode of travel in this local
ity for the past several weeks is
on foot, horseback or with sleds.
No cars are seen on the roads.
Howard Devall went up to his
brother Elmer’s Tuesday for a few
days visiting and hunting.
Elmer Devall had the misfortune
to lose one of his horses last week.
May McGowan left Saturday for
Spicer, Minn., where she expects
to spend some time on a business
and pleasure trip.
Mrs. Albert Kaczor, who is vis
iting at the home of her daughter
at Mead, Nebr., has been quite ill
with influenza, but we understand
she is somewhat better at present.
Mrs. Ella Karr, who lives with
her son, Roy, was helping at the
Ed Burge home in O’Neill for three
weeks due to illnes at the Burge
home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg and
daughters spent Friday evening at
the Eric Borg home.
Laverne and Helen Borg were
over-night guests of Lois Jean and
Ilene Roberston Saturday.
Fay Puckett purchased a V8 last
week.
Mi', and Mrs. A. L. Borg spent
Saturday evening at the Frank
Griffith home.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hubby and
Mr. and Mrs. William Hubby were
guests at Eric Borg’s Sunday.
Word came here Sunday by tele
phone of the death Saturday at In
man of Chauncey Keyes. He had
been in poor health for some time
and the news was not unexpected.
He was well known in this com
munity, having many friends here.
The family have the sympathy of
the people in this vicinity in their
loss of a husband and father.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg spent
Sunday afternoon at Sam Robert
son’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Griffith and
Cecil Griffith were guests Sunday
at the Howard Rouse home.
Queenie, the damocratic donkey
mascot in Missippi, took part in
the inauguration of President
Roosevelt at Washington. Our
idea of an easy job is to be a mascot
for the democrats in Missippi.
The finest word that we have had
since coming to Washington came
this week when the Resettlement
Administration announced that the
limitations on livestock feed loans
from it were being extended from
12 to 18 units. This office has been
fighting for an increase since Jan.
3, and we sincerely hope that the
extension granted will prove of
great benefit to farmers in the
third district.
Your representative along with
others of the Farm Group is having
to fight to convince Washington
authorities that there is no pros
perity in the farm belt, that con
ditions there are desperate and
that government assistance should
be granted now.
Inauguration-Sidelights
Mrs. Woodrow Wilson spoke to
the third district member. The wife
of the wax- pi'esident left her chair
in the President's box several times
to go inside the capitol building to
get warm. _
The third district member stood
only a few feet from John Roose
velt near the President’s platform
during the inauguration. The third
district umbrella protected the silk
hat of Charles West, the president’s
go-between. He keeps in contact
with house members and keeps his
chief informed. He will have as
his assistant James Roosevelt, ac
cox-ding to present plans. John
Roosevelt, a tall young man about
twenty stood directly in front of a
Pennsylvania member. Say, John,
this member called, “move over a
little, I can’t see your dad, and you
see plenty of him, don’t you?”
Several newspapermen who sat
in the open press box across from
the President most of the day were
drenched to the skin and changed
clothes twice. Some of these news
hounds attended the president’s
conference and have a lot of “in
side dope.” Their story is that the
president was “all against the open
door inauguration.” He wanted to
take his oath “inside” and hold the
big inauguration next summer, but
the merchants here wanted the
business now and so they got their
say. But they didn’t make the
money they expected. The rain
held the crowd down and hundreds
of people who came in on trains
stayed in the Union station and
went back home again without
leaving the station. The rain, just
before the president started speak
ing, was of cloudburst proportions.
The Maine delegation got the
“Bronx Cheer” in the parade. But
the Maine people held a big cele
bration. Many people went. Ne
braskans met Eddie Conway, an
old baseball umpire who knew
Johnny Gonding and lots of Ne
braska ball players. Eddie lives in
Maine but admits he is here trying
to get a break with the patronage.
The parade was one in which the
military and naval forces were
featured. Chandler Lewis of Fre
mont, Robert Hunter of Albion and
Virgil Schwab of Hooper were
among the West Pointers who call
ed at the congressional office just
before the parade. These splendid
young Nebraskans are making
good in their school work and look
ed fine in the great inaugural par
ade. Among the third district
naval students who were in the
parade were Wilber S. Wills of
Neligh, Merlin Paddock of Wayne,
and Robert MasOn of Leigh. An
other third district student will be
sent to the naval school this year.
His appointment and the appoint
ment of alternates from the recent
third district examination will be
announced in the near future. The
entire membership of the two
schools w'as represented in the par
ade and both attracted much at
tention from the great throng.
Judge George Eberly of Stanton,
came to Washington on call from
the United Spanish War Veterans
who were holding a meeting here.
The Judge who was a colonel in the
world war and also a commissioned
officer in the Spanish - American
war, was ordered to be in uniform
while in Washington, and he be
came one of the guard of honor to
the President during the inaugural
parade. His first “inaugural ord
ers” were to report with other high
former war officers at the state
war and navy building. Judge Eb
erly had a visit with Governor
Cochran of Nebraska and with
people in the third congressional
office. The popular Nebraska judge
had the unique pleasure of sitting
very close to Jim Farley, the post
master general, during breakfast
one morning.
Th^count is fifty girls to every
boy in Washington. The girls have
a pretty hard time getting “dates.”
But even that gets into the Wash
ington racket. There are five or
six organizations here who charge
plenty of money to get the "right
girl acquainted with the right boy."
Because the unattached boys are at
a premium, these ‘‘organizations"
always have a list of unattached
young men who are glad to get an
invitation to a “tea’’ or a “party”
or a “cocktail party” or dance.
Parents of some of the more
wealthy classes here who want their
daughters to have n real coming
out party or to make a proper
“debut” pay from $500 to $1,000 to
these organizations to “take care
of everything.” The “everything”
includes the bringing together of
the “right kind of boys and girls.”
It takes care of the dances, lunch
eons, tea parties, etc.' and more
especially it takes care of getting
the girl's picture in the paper and
stories about her on the society
pages. Sometimes the right girl
and the right boy don’t get to
gether and there are a lot of heart
aches, but the “organizations" don’t
take the blame for that. One lady
who admits she runs such an es
tablishment says she’s been pretty
successful because she won’t invite
any boys to her “debutante” parties
unless they have the recommenda
tions from the “right people.” A
lot of girls who don’t have parents
here to take care of them some
times go wrong because of lone
some hearts but thousands of them
just forget about it und go to work
and usually in the natural course
of events meet the “real and right
kind of a boy” who feels about the
same way about this dizy social
business as the ordinary sane girl.
The gigolo racket is a big one in
this town! __
The mail to the congressional of
fice is heavier than it was a year
ago. Much of it comes from friends
over the district reporting on con
distions at home and asking ques
tions. On the congressional desk
today there are seven important
questions from home. They follow:
1. What is the total national
indebetedness?
A. The total public debt as giv
en in the Daily Treasury Statement
of Jan. 13, 1937, is $34,466,922,153.
66. On March 3, 1933 the public
debt was $20,778,823,293.33. There
has thus been an increase in the
public debt of approximately $14,
000,000,000, since the present ad
ministration came into office.
2. What is the excess of govern
ment expenditures over receipts?
A. During the period July 1,
1936 to January 13, 1937, accord
ing to the Daily Treasury State
ments, the excess of expenditures
over receipts has been $1,482,753,
467.45. During the period from
June 30, 1933 to June 30, 1936 the
excess of expenditures over receipts
was approximately $12,328,000,000.
Thus, between June 30, 1933 and
Jan. 13, 1937, the government ex
penditures have been nearly $14,
000,000,000 greater than govern
ment receipts.
3. What is the total of relief
expenditures ?
A. Total relief expenditures, ac
cording to U. S. Treasury state
ments, between June 30, 1933 and
June 30, 1936 reached a total of
about $7,417,700,000.
4. What is the administrative
expense of administering relief?
PUBLIC SALE
1 will sell at public auction
at what is known as the old
Shaw place, 5-mi. south and
2-mi. west of O’Neill, and 2
mi. west of 281 junction to
Inman, at 12:30 p. m. (Road
will be open.)
Thursday, Feb. 11
2 Head of Horses
One brown horse coming
5-years-old, weight 1,200; 1
brown horse, smooth mouth,
weight 1,200.
45 Head of Cattle
Sixteen head of young milk
cows, crossed to Whiteface
from milking Shorthorns; 9
head of Whiterace 2 and 3
ycar-old heifers; 19 bucket
calves, and 1 thoro-bred 4
year-old Whiteface bull.
Farm Machinery
One “A” hay stacker; 1
Osborne 12-ft. rake; Deering
mower; 1 new Big Four mow
er; 1 gang plow; 1 riding
cultivator; 1 3-section har
row; 1 brooder house.
Terms Cash. No property
to be removed until settled
for. Not responsible for pro
perty after sold.
M. McCLANAHAN
OWNER
GEORGE COLMAN, Auct.
Russell Shoemaker, Clerk
Free Lunch at Noon. Bring
Your Own Cups.
A. According to House hearings
on the First Deficiency Bill of 1936
and later data from the U. S.
Treasury, the cost of administer
ing relief between July 1933 and
April, 1936, reached a total of ap
proximately $490,000,000.
5. How many buildings are rent
ed by the federal government?
A. The latest statement from the
Procurement Division of the Treas
ury shows that as of Aug. 24, 1936,
the government has on lease in
Washington 2,828,094 square feet
in over 15 outside buildings. The
rental paid by the government for
this space is $2,694,792.90.
6. How many Social Security
Buildings are rented in Baltimore ?
A. The Social Security Admin
istration has rented the Chandler
building in Baltimore and employs
approximately 2,000 people in tab
ulating and recording wage data.
This, of course, is in addition to the
regular field office in Baltimore,
7. How many government em
ployees in Washington ?
A. The greatest increase in em
ployees in Washington has occured
in the executive establishment.
Total permanent employees in the
departmental service in 1932 were
just over 49,000 according to bud
get figures; in 1936 the number
was just above 79,000. The pay of
these employees was in 1932 about
$106,177,000, and in 1936 approx
imately $166,630,000.
Editor's Note: Congressman Karl
Stefan will be glad to answer any
question the readers of this news
paper may,care to ask. The ques
tions should be directed to this
paper. We will forward them to
Congressman Stefan who will reply
thru our columns.
Usually the fellow who spends
most of his time seeking revenge
usually gets it—in the neck.
Alfalfa-Molasses Silage
By A. L. Haeeker
The making of legume silage by
using molasses or some sweet juice
plant like corn or cane to supply
the sugar has recently been the
subject of much testing and ex
perimenting.
Kansas, twenty years ago, made
very excellent silage from alfalfa
by using three, four and five per
cent of molasses. Tests were made
at other stations where alfalfa was
mixed with cane and corn. All of
these tests, so far as I know, have
been practical and a decided im
provement over making legume si
lage without any added sugar.
A good many of our experiment
stations and a large number of
dairymen, as well as stock feeders,
are testing out this molasses-leg
ume process and we will have,
shortly, considerable more infor
mation; all of which will he of
much interest to the stock keeper.
Michigan has recenly reported a
very interesting test where they
compared alfalfa-molasses silage
with alfalfa hay. In this they used
! dairy cattle to base the feeding
tests. The alfalfa-molasses silage
proved to give better results. One
of the interesting elements of this
test was the very small percentage
of molasses used. They used one
and one-half per cent of molasses
and still obtained very good silage.
The molasses was mixed with wat
er; three parts of water to one of
molasses. Molasses will average
about fifty-five per cent sugar, so
that the sugar content mixed with
the alfalfa was less than one per
cent.
Molasses being a comparatively
cheap stock food, containing a
large amount of easily assimilated
carbohydrates, it seems to me, it
would be advisable to use a larger
percentage. Molasses, however,
can be used, and that with success.
BLIND TALK
Since the radio farewell, Edward
has received 6,000 notes from
women. That’s the worst of send
ing an unidentified woman your
regards over a world hook-up.—
Bangor Commercial.
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