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VOL. LVII O'NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1987. No. 39
FOUR FINED HERE
FOR BRAWL LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT
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Earl Keifer of Ewing and His Son
In Jail Here Unable To Pay
Fines of $100 Each.
What threatened for a time to
be a free-for-all fight took place in
a local beer parlor last Saturday
night. As a result of the fracus
Earl Keifer of Ewing, His son, Foe,
and Charles Boies were arrested
and placed in the city jail. Earl
Keifer was the first arrested and
as Marshal Chet Calkins was tak
ing him' to jail Foe Keifer came
up behind the marshal and cracked
him over the head with a whiskey
bottle. He did not get away with
it however as help came and he
was also placed in jail. The mar
shal was not seriously injured,
except a bad lump one one side
of his head.
Monday- morning they were tak
en before Police Judge George Bay
before whom they plead guilty to
being drunk and disorderly, and he
fined Earl Keifer $100 arid costs,
amounting to $2.70. Foe Kiefer
was fined $100 and costs amount
ing to $:i.70. From evidence ad
duced before the judge Charles
Boies was not directly connected
with the fight, being chiefly inter
ested in trying to get the Keifers
started for home. He was fined
SI2.50, which he paid and was
released.
Monday forenoon Don Keifer,
who lives southwest of the city
came to town and started looking
for trouble. He found it and was
placed in the city jail. Tuesday he
was fined by Judge Bay $10.00 and
csts and is also now in the city
jail. The sentence of the court, as
to all three defendants is every
other day on bread and water, a
diet not especially relished by the
prisoners. If Earl and Foe Keifer
do not pay their fines and are com
pelled to lay it out they will have
to serve until April 18, to pay their
debt to the city.
Accident Record
During the week ending Jan. 30,
3937, there were 296 accidents in
the state in which 171 people were
injured and four deaths. Of this
number other public accidents again
led the list with a total of 153, in
which 46 people were injured and
one death. Motor vehicle accidents
numbered 79 in which 82 people
were injured and one death. Agri
culture employ®ei^j^fcount for 24
accidents in which nine people were
injured. Industry employment ac
counted for 16 accidents in which
35 people were ii^Ored. Home ac
cidents numbered 24 in which 19
people were injured. These figures
are compiled weekly by the Ne
braska State Press Association and
the state superintendent of public
instruction.
American Elm A Good
Tree For Holt County
Despite the fact that many farm
ers have discarded the American
Elm tree for the more popular
Chinese Elm, Holt county farmers
are advised that it still has much
merit. Local farmers and ranchers
have made application for 17,200
Clarke-McNary trees to date.
The agricultural conservation
program, both in the farm and
range divisions, is this year offer
ing S10 per acre building payment
for the planting of trees. Many
operators are ordering trees now
with this method of compliance in
mind. Ranchers, especially, should
be interested in tree planting in
connection with earning their total
range allowance.
The American Elm is recom
mended as one variety which will
do well in most Holt county soils,
although possibly not as well as
Chinese Elm, Russian Olive, or
Western Yellow Pine. Jack Pine
are quite hardy but not as long
lived as other varieties.
The Weather
The weather has been nice and
snug the past week. Last Sunday
it started to snow late in the even
ing and the wind blew a gale most
• of the night. About three inches
of snow fell here and most of it
drifted into the cuts and again
blocked all highways in this sec
tion. The wind kept up all Mon
day forenoon, so it was impossible
for the highway maintenance crew
;
to pet the roads open in the morn
ing. The wind died down about
noon and in the afternoon the high
way crew got busy and soon had
the roads open in this section.
Wednesday was the nicest day
we have had for a month. While
it went to three below zero Tues
day night it warmed up early in
the day and thawed considerably
the balance of the day. Last night
the coolest was 18 above and at this
hour, 11 a. m. Thursday, it gives
promise of another thaw today.
Following is the weather for the
past week as compiled by Weather
Observer Harry Bowen:
High Low
Feb. 5 45 2
Feb. 6 31 1
Feb. 7 8 7
Feb. 8 8—7
Feb. 9 f> —11
Feb. 10 33 —3
Feb. 11 18
Cattle Strong to Fifty
Cents Higher In Sale
Market At Atkinson
Atkinson, Nebr., Feb. 9.—Altho
a good many country roads were
still blocked a fair offering of live
stock was on hand for Tuesdays
auction. One hundred ninety hogs,
90 per cent of which were fats, sold
on a steady market. Most tops
brought 9.60 and 9.55 with lighter
weights on down to 9.00 and 9.26.
The few stocker pigs included in
the days run sold at 5.00 to 8.00
a hundred.
The cattle auction showed more
life than anytime since the first
of the year. The 150 head on sale
selling at strong to 50 cents higher
prices. The offering was made up
largely of calves and light year
lings. Steer calves brought from
6.70 to 7.20, while a nice package
of heifer calves sold at 6.05; year
ling steers at 6.00 to 7.00; a few
fleshy heifers at 6.00 and 6.70;
some stocker heifers at 5.25 to 5.50.
With improvement in road con
ditions one of the largest offer
ings of the winter season is in
prospect for next Tuesday’s auc
tion, including around 40 head of
good young work horses, several
hundred cattle as well as a large
offering of hogs. A goodlly num
ber of buyers is expected for this
sale.
Red Cross Fund In
O’Neill Now $363.25
O’Neill citizens have contributed
and additional $48.60 to the Red
Cross relief fund since last week.
This brings the total from this
city to $363.25 for relief in the
flooded Ohio valley. Additional
funds as received follow:
Previously acknowledged $314.65
•Jesse Scofield - 1.00
Mrs. McCafferty 2.00
George Weingartner _ 1.00
Merri Beverage Co.- 10.00
H. Cooper 1-50
Henry Walters ... 1.00
Yantzi Store - 2.00
Woman’s Club . ... 4.50
James Moore _ 2.50
James Merriman . 1.00
Howard Burch.. 1.00
A Friend __- 2.00
Armour Employes ..- 4.10
Forrest Smith.. 1.00
Presbyterian Guild... 3.00
O’Neill Fire Dept. 5.00
W. J. Froelich.. 5.00
D. H. Allen . 1.00
Total . $363.25
General Motors Strike
Settled This Morning
The General Motors strike is
over, an agreement being signed
about 10:30 this morning between
Union labor leaders and the rep
resentatives of the General Motors
corporation. Among the agree
ments reached was that the Gen
eral Motors corporation would not
prosecute any of the sit down strik
ers who held illegal possession of
their property at Flint, Mich., for
the past several weeks, although
that action was strictly in violation
of law.
Anton Toy, who had a stock of
goods in the little building just
south of his store, cleaned up the
goods last week and vacated the
building. On Wednesday the San
ders Radio shop moved from the
Carter building just north of Dr.
Carter’s office to the building va
1 cated by Mr. Toy, and is now ready
for business in his new location.
A few years ago a shade called
"elephant’s breath” was very popu
lar in women’s aparel. W’e under
stand it won’t be shown this year
because since last November there
hasn’t been any left.
BRADY ADVOCATES
ADOPTING A 2-YEAR
MORATORIUM LAW
Primary Amendments Entangled
In Outcropping of Political
Sentiment.
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebr.—Slowly, silently,
but inexorably, the cross currents
of political thought in Nebraska’s
unicameral legislature have been
shifting. There has been a definite
reaction against the conservatism
of Amos Thomas, W. R. Johnson,
Speaker Warner, and the republic
an conservative group.
The affable Dick Regan has
veered away from the middle
course conservatives. Brady and
Gantz took extreme positions in
advocating a two-year moratorium
and by overthrowing the dictum of
the group of lawyers on the ju
diciary committee who asserted
that the two year moratorium was
doubtful as to constitutionality.
The revolt of the moratorium in
surgents marks a definite stage in
the formation of progressive senti
ment. Henceforth, it is predicted,
the group that placed Warner in
the speaker’s chair will be listed
with the losers on many roll calls.
The primary amendments are
also entangled in this outcropping
of near political sentiment. It now
seems certain that no matter what
the bi-partisan committee recom
mends, it will not find favor with
the legislators who are extremely
distrustful of the zealous partisans
of the reactionary type who repre
sent the democratic and republican
party organizations on the commit
tee selected to outline amendments
to the primary law.
Several ambitious attempts have
been made to inject some modifica
tion of the convention idea into the
primary law. All have failed. One
attempt was smashed when the
progressives sent the law to state1
wide referendum. The legislative
act was overwhelmingly defeated.
In 1933 the legislature side stepped
the primary amendment advocates.
The same thing happened in 1935.
Legislator Peterson has regret
fully moved that his bill to call the
members of unicameral “senators”
be put to death. Several weeks ago
the matter was rushed to a finish,
and a resolution was scrambled
thru naming it the Nebraska Sen
ate and its members senators. How
ever, the amendment that created
the one house calls it the “Legisla
ture” and the members “Legisla
tors.” So that’s that.
The short ballot bills are being
groomed and shoved along. After
the decision of the supreme court
handing Leo Swanson $10,000 after
the people had abolished him, the
short-ballot folks are somewhat
discouraged. The 1933 legislature
attempted to cut salaries, but fail
ed. While the people clamor for
reform, the path towards govern
ment economy is beset by many
legal snares and pitfalls.
On the other hand, it will be
found before very long that the
salary of the lieutenant governor
has been doubled in the minds of
politicians by mental suggestion—
that there is no basis in the uni
cameral amendmentfor such action.
The “mercy death” bill introduc
ed by John Comstock, is getting a
lot of publicity, but very little ac
tual legislative support. It is
championed by Dr. Inez Philbrick
and permits the sufferer to elect
extinction by the medical route.
Two unemployment insurance
bills are under consideration by
the Nebraska legislature. One, in
troduced by Lester Dunn of Lin
coln, and drawn by Milton C. Mur
phy, official drafter of bills, pro
vides for contributions from em
ployers only, and it makes the la
bor commissioner head of the state
unemployment insurance program.
The other bill introduced by John
Adams jr., of Omaha. It provides
that employees shall share with
employers the cost of insurance
making employees pay one per cent
of their salaries the first year and
one and one-half per cent for fol
lowing years. A commission of
three is to be appoined by the
governor for two, four and six-year
terms, these commissioners choose
an executive director with a $J,000
per year salary. Both bills agree
on maximum benefit payments to
unemployed of S15 per week for
sixteen weeks, benefit payments
not to be made for two years.
When Senator Warner moved that
1 Jr. A. L. Miller’s bill providing for
the appointment instead of the
election of precinct assessors be in
definitely postponed, the first bill to
be killed by the unicameral legisla
ture met its death. Dr. Miller
fought hard for his bill, insisting
thatmoreproperly qualified persons
could be obtained for assessors by
appointment than by election.
Reconsideration Jby the senate’s
judiciary committee gives Senator
Harry Gantz another chance to re
vise his bill which provides such
stiff penalties for no-fund check
writers. The committee first voted
to kill the billi The fault found
with it w;'s that, as it stands, the
bill allows convictions to be ob
tained without giving proof that
the writer of the check did so in
bad faith. The committee holds
that the “intent to defraud” clause
is necessary.
Certain legal papers cannot be
served in Nebraska on Sundays,
now that LB 33 has been killed in
the judiciary committee.
Final action on the drunken driv
ing bill has not yet been taken, but
the judiciary committee voted 5 to
4 in favor of giving judges discre
tion in revoking drivers’ licenses of
convicted motorists.
Payroll Taxes Should
Pkt Sent To Revenue
Collector In Omaha
All tax payments and wage de
ductions in connection with the
old-age benefit system under the
Social Security Act should be sent
to the Bureau of Internal Revenue
and should be mailed to the office
of the Buerau nearest the business
address of the employer. The of
fice of the collector for the state
of Nebraska is in Omaha.
All remittances should be made
payable to the Collector of Internal
Revenue, and not to any individual
nor to the Social Security board.
These taxes and wage deductions
are to be returned to the Bureau
of Internal Revenue monthly, on or
before the last day of the succeed
ing month. In other words, the
taxes for January must be paid on
or before the last day of February;
the taxes for February are payable
on or before the last day of March,
and so on.
All necessary forms can be se
cured from the offices of the Bureau
of Internal Revenue. All questions
regarding the taxes should be di
rected to the offices of that bureau
and not to the social security board.
In making the monthly tax re
turns, it is not required that the
employer give the benefit account
number of each of his employees.
At present it is not necessary for
the employer to give his own ident
ification number. These employer
numbers have not yet been assign
ed, but will be issued later.
Such detailed information will be
required by the Bureau of Internal
Revenue in information returns,
the first of which will cover a six
months period and will be called
for immediately after June 30, 1937.
It is to be remembered that this
tax, payable by all employers in
commercial and industrial employ
ments and their employees, is to
be distinguished clearly from the
taxes incident to unemployment
compensation.
Temperature Important
In Home Curing of Meat
Home butchering in Holt county
is now in full swing and many
farm families are getting their
meat supply laid in. In the curing
of pork or other meats, they are
finding that the proper tempera
ture is the most important feature.
Always chili the meat from
freshly dressed hogs as promptly
and thoroly as one would fresh milk
is the suggestion made from the
Holt county farm bureau. The
chilled meat during curing should
be held at a temperature around
38 degrees “F” if possible.
The standard curing mixture for
each 100 pounds of meat is eight
pounds of salt, two pounds of
sugar, two ounces of saltpeter and
four and one-half to six gallons
of water.
i
O’NEILL TOWN TEAM
IS NEW ONE ON THE
BASKET BALL LISTS
beat Page Bunch Here Last Friday
W ith Score of 27 to 19. Play
Atkinson Here Tonight.
The O’Neill town team, known
to some as the Irish Ball Pushers,
won a fast game from the Page
accidents in which nine people were
O’Neill high school gymnasium, the
score being 27 to 19. The Irish
were led in battle by their coach
and captain, Jack Arbuthnot, who
wears the suit donated by the
Mayor, John Kersenbrock. Ralph
“Bunk” Tomlinson also proved to
be very fast. He wore the suit
donated by McMillan & Markey.
The others fellows did their part
to start the season off with a
bang. Following are the players
names and whose colors they wear:
Mayor, Jack Arbuthnot; McMil
lan & Markey, Ralph Tomlinson;
Grand Cafe, Mike llarty; O’Neill
Food Center, James McNally; Tex
aco, Bennett Grady; Bauman’s
Place, Gordon Anderson; Merri
Beverage Co., Earl Hunt; Brown
McDonald Co., James Harty; Trav
elers Insurance Co., Gene Kilpat
rick; Gillespie Radio Shop, Matt
Beha; New Deal Oil Co., Clarence
Ryan. Fred Cole is business man
ager.
L. D. Putnam is also a booster
and has contributed ten sweat
shirts, five by the O’Neill Sales
pavillion and five by the Putnam
Implement company.
The members of the team wish
to thank the business men for the
support given in forming a team,
and also thanks to Elmer Stolte
for support given the past few
weeks.
The Irish Ball Pushers will en
tertain the Atkinson town team at
the O’Neill high school gym on
Thursday night, Feb. 11, the same
evening the high school teams from
O'Neill and Atkinson mix.
Archery Club Added
To Recreation Ass’n.
By Arthur King
The Dramatic club meets every
Monday night at 7:30 in the court
room of the old court house which
has been donated by the county
board of supervisors for the use
of the Recreation association.
Monday night was spent in read
ing and discussing plays with a
view of choosing one for produc
tion. The general choice seemed to
be a short one act play suitable for
presentation before the O’Neill
business men.
New members at the meeting
were Nadine Coyne, Louise O’Don
nell, Maxine Barnes, Jeanne Selah,
Jane Mains, Doris Robertson, Grace
Suchy, Alice Schwisow, Wilfred
Kubitschek, Joe Curran, Margaret
Martin and Orville Green. This
brings the total to sixteen mem
bers. There is of course room for
more and anyone interested is wel
come to the next meeting.
The Art club also meets in the
court room at 7:30 but on Tuesday
night. Due to lack of supplies for
painting which have not arrived,
nearly everyone turned to pencil
drawing or curving. Bill Miller is
working with Charcoal and will
probably have company next week.
It is an easy medium to work with
and once the rather simple tech
nique is mastered it is possible to
turn out some professional look
ing work.
The wood carving and soap carv
ing made a good start and our new
member, Arthur Stauffer, turned
a bar of laundry soap into a camel
in no time at all. The meeting
Tuesday night is open to anyone
who likes to paint, draw or carve.
The Archery club was organized
Wednesday evening for the pur
pose of investigating the cost of
equipment. The bow and arrows
may either be purchased or made.
The proper material and instruc
tions will be made available for
those who would rather make their
own. It is not very difficult and
there is more satisfaction in using
equipment of your own construc
tion. The next meeting will be at
7:30 next Wednesday evening in
the court room.
The following are the clubs char
ter members: Kenneth Stuart, Jun
ior Cavanaugh, Marvin Cheyne,
Richard Tibbets, Arthur Tibbets,
A1 Rummel, Junior Harris, Charles
Yarnall, William Clausen and Bob
Cook.
The Boxing club meet? Wednes
day eevnings at 8:30 in the high
school gymnasium. There was a
lot of enthusiasm at the first meet
ing and although we are short on
equipment Slugger Dick Tomlin-,
son spent a little time on instruc
tion. If anyone has gloves that
they would loan to us it would be
greatly appreciated. We do not
have enough to take turns at the
next meeting and from all appear
ances there will be a need for ref
erees so there will be somthing for
everyone to do.
The list of members is as follows:
Robert Gunn, Allan Spindler, Pug
Wyant. LeRoy Spindler, Junior
Toy, Joe Curran, Arthur Stauffer,
Dick Wyant, Leo Louis, Ralph
Brown, Clarence Benda, Richard
Tibbets, Bud Tibbets, Billy Kuk
lush, Kenneth Kuklush, Leonard
Lorenz, Marvin Cheney, Kenneth
Stuart, Gene Davidson, Charles
Smith, Bob Williams, John Flood,
Joe Langan, George Cook and Ben
Heriford.
On Thursday eevning at 7:30 the
Handcraft club meets in the old
court room. They utilize scraps of
material of all kinds in making
pictures, party favors, broom hold
ers and any number of useful ar
ticles. Making something out of
nothing is interesting fun. We
have books full of ideas of things
to make if you cannot decide on
something you would like to do.
The class has just organized. The
following are the members: Eddie
Ryan, Bill Miller, Helen Rhode and
Fern Rhode. There are many more
interested who will attend the next
meeting.
Over Half of County’s
Car Owners Do Not
Have Their 1937 Plates
All owners of automobiles were
supposed to have their 1937 license
tags on their cars by Feb. 1, but
about half the owners of automo
biles in the county have so far
failed to get their licenses for this
I year. Of course the past six weeks
it has almost been impossible for
the residents of the county living
off the main highways to get to
town, which accounts for the large
number of owners who are now
delinquent.
In this county there are about
4,000 automobiles, about 400 com
mercial cars and about 325 farm
trucks, that is cars owned by farm
ers who do no commercial work,
but use the trucks for their own
use, making about 4,725 cars of all
descriptions in the county. Of this
number 2,194 had secured their
licenses for this year up to 10
o clock Thudsday morning. A few
days of nice weather, so that the
roads leading to the main high
ways can be opened and the office
of the county treasurer will prob
ably be crowded with people after
their car licenses.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill and
daughter of Chambers, were trans
acting business in this city Wednes
day and favored this office with a
pleasant call. Dr. Gill says that
while we have had a rather tough
winter so far ami it has been rath
er hard for the residents of the
county to get around be believes
that we are much belter off than
they have been in the Ohio river
valley and that we have much to
be thankful for in this section.
Miss Nancy Dickson, daughter
of Judge and Mrs. It. R. Dickson,
who is a teacher in the Norfolk
public schools was one of the 24
teachers there that received a
salary increase of $50 per year,
made by the board of education
there last Tuesday night. All of
the teachers in the Norfolk public
schools, of which there are 80, were
reelected for the next school year
at the same meeting.
Chick Gaines, of Omaha, mana
ger of the farm mortgage division
of the Travelers Insurance com
pany for Nebraska, arrived in the
city Tuesday night for a short visit
with old friends and to look after
business matters. He left for
home Thursday morning.
Dennis Criss is down from Stuart
today looking after business mat
ters. Mr. Criss says they do not
have as much snow in the western
part of the county as we have in
this vicinity, and that it is not hard
to get around.
LAFE RANDALL, A
COUNTY CHARGE,
ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
Not Expected To Recover Fro*
Throat Wound Inflicted On
Himself With A Knife.
Rafe Randall, about 75, a county
charge residing at the Hough resi
dence in the western part of the
city, attempted suicide this after
noon. He slashed his throat with
a pocket-knife and managed to cat
through the throat. Dr. Finley
was called and had him removed to
the hospital where his wound wok
dressed, but it is thought his in
juries will prove fatal.
Mr. Randall was a former resi
dent of Rock Falls township and
later a resident of Atkinson. He
has been here nearly two years and
we understand has not been in very
good health the past few months.
Court House Will Be
Accepted Next Monday
The work on the new court house
is about completed and the county
board expects at a meeting next
Monday with the architect and the
contractor to formally accept Un
building. Furniture for the court
room was received and installed
the first of this week. The lineo
leum is now being laid and it
is expected that it will be in place
by next Monday. Holt county of
ficials will probably begin moviny
into the new building by the end of
the month if weather is favorable.
Roosevelt Would Change
the U. S. Supreme Court
A move that caused the greatest
sensation in this country for yeant
was that made last Friday by
President Roosevelt when he sent a
message to congress providing for
a re-organization of the supreme
court of the United States, as weH.
as all other federal courts in the
country.
The president wants to add six
newt judges to the supreme court,
making the body consist of 15 in
stead of 9 members and of course
he would have the naming of the
new members of the court. He
also wants the judges to be retired
at 70 and if they do not retire then
the president to be authorized to
appoint another judge to assist in
the work in the district or on the
supreme bench. Five members of
the present membership of the su
preme court would come under this
classification.
The proposal has brought forth
serious condemnation in all parts
of the country, even democratic
members of the senate and house
being against the proposed plan,
many of them calling it an attempt
to “Pack” the supreme court. Many
local democrats do not take very
kindly to the proposition and some
of them are very outspoken in
their opposition. With the enor
mous democratic majority in the
halls of congress the Presideafc
will probably be able to force the
measure thru congress, but many
senators who assist in enacting it
will probably be signing their po
litical death warrant.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS CLUB
The Friendly Neighbors eltifi
met at the home of Mrs. E. M.
Switzer Thursday, Feb. 4. Nearly
all of the members responded to
roll call, only three being absent,
and there was one visitor, Mrs.
Edwards' sister. The lesson on
“When We Go Shopping ’ was read
and discussed and the leaders put
on a demonstration of the subject.
A dainty luncheon was served by
the hostess with Mrs. Clay John
son assisting. The next meeting
will be March 4 at the home of
town team last Friday night at the
Marriage Licenses
Clifford R. Fifer and Alpha A.
Finn, both of Valentine, were
granted a marriage license in
county court last Saturday.
Simon F.. Timmerman of Stuart,
and Miss Marjorie M. Monahan of
Atkinson, were granted a marriage
license last Saturday.
It is said that the officers in &
Spanish army nowadays have to
issue their orders in seven different
languages.
The Spanish rhumba has become
a Spanish rumble. And they don't
dance it, they shoot it.