The Frontier
VOL. LVII O’NEILL. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18,1987. No. 40
LEGISLATORS PASS
BY 37 TO 3 A 2-YEAR
MORATORIUM LAW
< )ne House Body Expected To
Evolve Something Sane In
Way of Tax Reduction.
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebr.—From the begin
ning of record history, there have
been many instances of discreet
conservatism becoming entangled
in its own web of indirection; when
the protagonist of Things-As-They
Are overshoots the mark and rates
with the governmental tyros and
the legislative bunglers.
A perfect example of reaction
gone astray became apparent when
the two year moratorium act was
approved by the unicameral legis
lature Friday by a vote of 37 to 3.
The negative votes were cast by
Amos Thomas of Omaha, Roy
Johnson of Miller, and Harry Pizer
of North Platte.
Partisan feeling broke loose in
the unicameral last Friday. Nuern
berger’s resolution memorializing
congress to reject President Roose
velt’s court revamping plan was
•referred to the judiciary committee
by a vote of 24 to 16 and three
not voting. It takes 29 votes to
suspend the rules. This number the
advocates of the measure failed to
secure. The resolution was sent to
the judiciary committee where it
will be scheduled for public hear
ing.
The roll call is significant and
was as follows:
Republicans voting for suspen
sion—E. A. Adams, John Adams
jr., Armstrong, Ashmore, Brady,
Comstock, Dunn, Howard, Roy
Johnson, Walter Johnson, Knick
rehm, Murphy, Nuernberger, Carl
Peterson, John Peterson, Schultz,
Strong, Thomas and Warner—
number 19.
Democrats voting for suspension
•— Carpenter, Carsten, Haycock,
McMahon and Pizer—number 5.
Republicans voting against sus
pension—Miller.
Democrats voting against sus
pension—Brandt, Brodecky, Cady,
Dafoe, Diers, Frost, Gantz, Hall,
Norton, Regan, Slepicka, Tvrdik,
Von Seggren, Wells and Worthing
—number 15.
Not voting were Carlson (d),
Neubauer (d), and Reynolds (r).
Unless all signs fail the unicam
eral legislature will evolve some
thing sane, something sensible for
the reduction of taxes and tax ex
penditures in counties. There are
many bills pending aimed to curb
the tax orgies in cities, in towns
and in school districts. There are
more than a score of well drawn
bills aimed at abuses and extrava
gances in county government.
Sponsored by the Association of
Omaha Taxpayers, and introduced
by Legislators Amos Thomas, Wal
ter R. Johnson, and Charles Tvrdik
of Omaha, and L. B. Murphy of
Scottsbluff, two bills aiming to re
form county government have been
placed before the legislature. One
provides for the formation of a de
linquent tax sinking fund and pro
hibits the use of delinquent tax
collections for paying current op
erating expenses when unpaid bills
are outstanding. This would make
impossible the past custom of
Douglas county of paying unpaid
bills of one year from the tax rev
enue of the following year.
The other bill provides for the
recall of county officials, giving to
county residents the same rights to
recall their officials that residents
of towns and cities have, and it
carries the emergency clause. At
present, county officials can be re
moved only thru quo warranto pro
ceedings in court, and it is claimed
that it is practically impossible to
get county attorneys to prosecute
with vigor their fellow office hold
ers. By the provisions of the new
bill, the county board shall call a
special election whenever a peti
tion is filed signed by at least 25
per cent of the voters for governor
in the preceding election, and set
ting out complaints against the
county official and suggesting his
successor.
J. N. Norton of Polk and P. L.
Cady of Fremont, are the authors
of a series of bills which prescribe
forfeiture of office and fines up to
$500 for derelict county officials
and employes. Rodney S. Dunlap
of Fremont, attorney for the Ne^
braska Federation of County Tax
payers leagues, drew the bills. Bills
for forcing collection of delinquent
taxes are also pending.
After a two-hour argument,
much of it between Legislator
Worthing, in defense of the bill,
and Legislator Dafoe, who led the
fight in opposition to it, the bill
which would have postponed from
April 1937, to April, 1939, the date
on which local communities might
have the right to invoke the privi
lege of local option, was killed in
committee of the whole. The vote
was 23 to 18, with two members
present but not voting.
Provision for a fine of from $10
to $500 for each violation is made
in the bindweed bill introduced by
Legislator It. W. Johnson and six
others. Bindweed districts, accord
ing to the bill, may be formed by
petition to the county clerk of resi
dent landowners, and the director
of the agricultural extension ser
vice of the University of Nebraska
and his assistant are to be paid for
their work in creating the districts,
platting the infested lands, and di
recting the procedure of eradica
tion. Arrangement is made for the
assessment of eradication taxes
against the owners of the land on
the basis of benefits received.
The term “noxious weeds,” as
used in the bill, includes, besides
bindweed, the Canada thistle, leafy
spurge, the puncture plant, and
other pests to be named by the
state extensioan director. Thresh
ing outfits and combines must be
cleaned of noxius seeds before
being moved from one place to
another. The bill carries the emer
gency clause. _
Legislator Hall of Roseland is
behind the resolution for a consti
tutional amendment to reduce the
liability of bank stock from $200
to $100.
Earl W. Carpenter has intro
duced a bill to provide for the
grading and candling of eggs and
for the licensing of hatcheries.
Legislator Armstrong is the au
thor of a series of bills amending
criminal procedure.
E. M. Neubauer has introduced a
bill revising the definitions of the
ingredients of imitation butter.
Legislator Norton has sponsored
bills to permit rural electrification
districts to organize cooperatives
for merchandising of electrical
equipment, engage in wiring and
sell plumbing supplies.
Fred Carsten is the author of a
bill to divert $68,070 from the gaso
line tax to make the Louisville
bridge toll free.
Carl H. Peterson wants to form
rural fire districts. His bill auth
orizes a tenth of a mill levy.
About one million dollars per
year will be raised to be used in
financing the construction of state
institutional buildings if a bill in
troduced by Leland Hall is passed.
It provides for a special half-mill
levy in 1937 and annually there
after, and the money would go
into a state building fund. Among
the building programs which it
would provide for are the Univer
sity of Nebraska and the state
board of control, each of which
would receive 40 per cent, and the
state normal schools, which would
receive 20 per cent. The taxpayers’
organizations will fight this bill and
they will also,it is predicted, oppose
any levy for teachers’ pensions.
Legislator “Dick” Regan wpuld
promote politeness and decorum in
the presence of the dead. He has
introduced a bill that authorizes
the cancelling of an undertakers
license should the funeral director
use profane or indecent language in
the presence of the dead.
Legislator Leland Hall has intro
duced a bill to legalize intercon
nections between public power dis
tricts and rural public power dis
tricts.
The appropriations committee of
the state legislature has introduced
two bills which are designed to
carry out the policy of Governor
Cochran for the coordinated pur
chasing of supplies for all the state
institutions and departments. In
cidentally cost plus merchandising
agencies may be established at the
state university and the normal
schools.
Ex-Senator H. C. Peterson of
Guide Rock appeared before the
Commerce and Communications
committee to argue against exces
sive license fees for small truckers.
The- committee manhandled the
bill, LB 61.
NEW COURT HOUSE
BUILDING FOR HOLT
COUNTY FINISHED
Weather Prevents Arrival of Con
tractor so Official Acceptance
by County Postponed.
On account of the storm last
Monday the architect and building
contractors did not come up from
Omaha, so the transfer of the new
court house building to the county
was not completed that day. They
will probably be up the forepart of
the coming week for that purpose.
The bulding is now completed, all
linoleum laid, that is to be laid at
the present time and it is ready for
occupancy. A couple of steel desks,
one for the county clerk and an
other for the county treasurer have
not as yet arrived but they are ex*
pected to reach here any day.
Good Weather Boosts
Receipts and Prices At
Atkinson Sale Pavillion
Good weather and improvement
in road conditions helped to in
crease receipts of livestock at the
Atkinson sales market. With buy
ers present from several states,
cattle market rules active to high
er. A lot of good fat hogs are
included in the days run.
Supplies of both cattle and hogs
were more liberal than any time
since the first of the year. Three
hundred and eighty-seven cattle
were sold. With buyers present
from Iowa, South Dakota and Ne
braska demand was broad for all
kinds and prices generally were
higher. Some real choice yearling
steers sold at 7.75; heifers of the
same kind at 6.60; most all calves
of quality brought 6.75 to 7.25;
some choice heiferettes sold at 5.50
to 6.50; the cow market was fully
35 cents up from a week ago. A
feature of the sale was 100 head
of fine Hereford stock cows from
the Black Hills section of South
Dakota.
Slightly over 300 head of hogs
were sold. The offering consisted
mainly of fat hogs, very few pigs
being offered. The bulk of fat hogs
sold at 9.40 and 9.45; sows at 8.60
to 9.00; some strong weight pigs
sold at 8.00 to 9.00; lighter weights
sold at 6.50 to 8.00.
Next auction Tesday, Feb. 23,
starting at 11 a. m. A large num
ber of horses, cattle and hogs are
expected for this sale.
Poorer Quality Hay
Wanted By Truckers
A large number of trucks from
southwestern Iowa, one of the
garden spots of the nation, as well
as northeastern Nebraska, have
been in the city the past three
weeks hauling Holt county hay to
that territory to feed their live
stock. These truckers are paying
from $6.00 to $11.00 per ton for the
hay here—depending on the qual
ity—and are retailing it for $17.50
and $18.00 per ton, also according
to quality. Most of these truckers
do not want No. 1 hay, as they say
they are unable to sell it for
enough to pay them for their.labor
and truck hauling and are rather
partial to the poorer quality.
Donald Stannard Will
Be Married Saturday
O’Neill relatives received cards
the first of the week announcing
the approaching marriage of Don
ald Stannard, son of Mrs. D. Stan
nard of this city, to Miss Betty
Branch, the ceremony to be per
formed at St. Francis church in
Bakersfield, Calif., Saturday next.
They will make their home at Bak
ersfield, where the groom is en
gaged in business.
Donald was born and grew to
manhood in this city and has a
host of friends here who will wish
for him and the lady of his choice
many years of wedded happiness
and prosperity.
Civil Service Examination
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Radio inspector, $2,000 a year,
Federal Communications Commis
sion. Junior billing-bookkeeping
machine operator, $1,440 a year.
Full information may be obtain
ed from the secretary of the U. S.
Civil Service Board of Examiners
at the post office in this city.
The Weather
The weather has been tine the
past week and most of the snow
is gone except where it drifted in
piles. A heavy wind blew about
all night last Sundny and on Mon
day we had about three inches of
snow, which fanned by a strong
wind gave evidences of developing
into a real blizza-cJ. But it cleared
up shortly after noon and was
thawing again before night.
High Low
Feb* 12 45 25
Feb. 13 . 45 24
Feb. 14 - 37 13
Feb. 15 34 12
Feb. 16 . 47 12
Feb. 17 41 31
Interest Shown in
Shelterbelt Planting
Considerable interest is being
displayed in the location of shelter
belt planting as evidenced by the
number of applications being re
ceived by the Neligh office accord
ing to Mr. Marshall, forest officer
in charge. Approximately 200 ap
plications have been received to
date and more coming in each day.
Farmers are urged to make them
applications as soon as possible as
only a limited number of seedlings
are available. Application forms
may be secured from either the
forest service office located in the
Daxon building at Neligh or from
the county farm bureau office in
O’Neill.
New shelterbelts arc to concen
trated this year so that applica
tions will be accepted only for
windbreaks to be planted in the
western part of Antelope county,
the southeastern part of Holt
county consisting of all townships
east of highway No. 281 and south
of and including townships 29,
range 9 10 and 11, and also town
ship 29, range 12.
Also a new territory has been
added in Wheeier county which
consists of townships 23 and 24,
range 9. The p.ogram it is said,
will be on a cooperative basis with
farmers. The Forest Service will
furnish, plant and cultivate the
trees until June 3, 1937, but the
land owners must donate the land
use, supply material for a fence
and agree to help protect the trees
from rodents.
Walter McDonough Dies
At Maimi, Florida
This office received a letter the
latter part of the week from Mrs.
Mayme Welsh Cherry of Denver,
Colo., extending her subscription
to The Frontier for another year,
as she says she cannot do without
the “old home paper.”
In her letter Mrs. Cherry gave us
the information that Walter Mc
Donough, who was raised north of
this city and will be remembered
by many of the old timers in the
county, had passed away of a
heart attack in Miami, Fla., on Jan.
11, where he had been making his
home the past two years.
Mr. McDonough was a brother
of John M. McDonough, who ran
the O’Neill Tribune in the base
ment under the First National
bank building in the eighties. After
disposing of the paper he went to
New York City and worked on the
metropolitan dailies for a few years
and then entered the theatrical
business, in which he was a pro
nounced success. Shortly after he
went to New York the rest of the
family followed him. For several
years Walter McDonough was a
member of the New York police
force, retiring from service about
fifteen years ago. He visited Ne
braska about ten years ago and
the writer had several visits with
him in our office in Omaha, where
he had his headquarters for sev
eral months. Walter was a fine
fellow and his passing adds an
other to the long roll of early Holt
county pioneers who have passed
beyond.
Football claries are now fought
out in the Rose Bowl, the Sugar
Bowl and the Orange Bowl. Why
have we overlooked the Gold Fish
Bowl ?
A couple of Denver yeggs held
up a citizen, took his purse and
watch and pried the gold teeth
from his head. What a couple of
fine tax collectors they would make.
B. W. Wagner of Burwell was a
business caller in O’Neill Tuesday.
COUNTY OFFICERS
ELECTED FOR SOIL
SAVING PROGRAM
Precinct Chairmen Meet In O’Neili
Monday And Hear 1397 Soil
Program Explained.
A meeting of the soil conserva
tion division of the agricultural
adjustment administration was held
at the district court room in O'Neill
Monday for the purpose of electing
county officers. Twenty-four of the
25 preoeinct chairmen attended the
meeting. Officers elected were:
Fred Beckwith of Emmet, presi
dent; D. F. Scott of Atkinson, vice
president; Frank Allen of Page,
third member; A1 Sauser of
O’Neill, alternate; Ed Murray of
O’Neill, treasurer, and F. M. Reece
of O'Neill, secretary.
Bernard Holmes, district super
visor, presided at the meeting and
explained the 1937 conservation
program. Precinct officers are:
Atkinson: J. W. Rocks, Atkin
son, chairman; Chas. Shane Atkin
son, vice chairman; Frank Murray,
Atkinson, 3rd member; A. T. Bar
nes, alternate.
Chambers and Shamrock: Clyde
Kiltz, Chambers, chairman; Floyd
Anderson, Chambers, vice chair
man; Harry Ressel, Chambers, 3rd
member; Henry Hansen, Chambers,
alternate.
Cleveland and Dustin: Chas. M.
Mulford, Stuart, chairmn; C. E.
MeClurg, Stuart, vice chairman;
Geo. Beck, Stuart, 3rd member;
Thos. Higgins, Stuart, alternate.
Conley: A. Fauquier, chairman;
L. C. Hertel, vice chairman; A. E.
Johnson, 3rd member; Peter Niel
son, alternate—all of Chambers.
Deloit: Ewald Spahn, chair
man; Frank Miller, vice chairman;
Fred Forslund, 3rd member; Frank
Mlnerik, alternate—all Ewing.
Emmet and Pleasant View: Fred
Beckwith, Emmet, chairman; A. W.
Stearns, Atkinson, vice chairman;
Walter Ries, Atkinson, 3rd mem
ber; R. M. Pease, alternate, Emmet.
Ewing and Golden: A. H. Mar
quardt, Ewing, chairman: George
Howard, Orchard, vice chairman;
F. A. Mosel, Orchard, 3rd member;
Joe Rosno, Ewing, atlernate.
Grattan: A1 Sauser, chairman;
Ralph Ernst, vice chairman; J. K.
Ernst, 3rd member; John Murray,
alternate—all O’Neill.
Green Valley, Holt Creek and
Francis: ,Ed Hamik, Stuart, chair
man; Arthur Pacha, Stuart, vice
chairman; E. A. Bouska, Stuart,
3rd member; Adolph Mlinar, At
kinson, alternate.
Inman: R. M. Gannon, Inman,
chairman; Karl Keyes, Inman, vice
chairman; H. Harte, Inman, 3rd
member; Harvey Cullen, Page, al
ternate.
Iowa and Antelope: Frank Al
len, chairman; George Fink, vice
chairman; E. J. Allen, 3rd member;
L. B. Perkinson, alternate—all of
Page.
Lake and McClure: Carl Lam
bert, chairman; Lloyd Gibson, vice
chairman; M. B. Goranson, 3rd
member; George Burke, alternate
—all of Ewing.
Paddock: C. E. Worth, chair
man; Frank Nelson, vice chairman;
Horace Rouse, 3rd member; W. H.
Harvey, alternate—all O’Neill,
Rock Falls: Henry Vequist,
O’Neill, chairman; Harold William
son, Atkinson, vice chairman; D. P.
Hynes, Atkinson, 3rd member;
Ralph Rees, O’Neill, alternate.
Sand Creek: D. F. Scott, Atkin
son, chairman; P. W. Kilmurry,
Atkinson, vice chairman; James E.
Deming, Stuart, 3rd member; F. O.
Zink, Stuart, alternate.
Saratoga and Coleman: W. L.
Coleman, O’Neill, chairman; John
Storjohann, Spencer, vice chair
man; John Danaero, O’Neill, 3rd
member; Roy Nilson^ O’Neill, al
ternate.
Scott: Howard Oberle, chair
man; Joe Schollmeyer, vice chair
man; George Calkins, 3rd member;
Leo Farran, alternate—all Dorsey.
Sheridan: Fred Mack, chair
man; J. A. Beck, vice chairman;
E. R. Young, 3rd member; Cecil
Bogue, alternate—all Atkinson.
Shields: Ed Murray, chairman;
J. B. Donohoe, vice chairman; John
Pruss, 3rd member; John Schmidt,
alternate—all O’Neill.
Steel Creek: R. B. Marston,
Walnut, chairman; R. E. Nighten
gale, Walnut, vice chairman; H. H.
Miles, Dorsey, 3rd member; Willis
Butterfield, Walnut, alternate.
Stuart: Ora Yarges, chairman;
Anton Wallinger, vice chairman;
Toney Loekman, 3rd member, Llye
Radcliff, alternate—all Stuart.
Swan and Josie: Claude Lier
mann, Amelia, chairman; Victor
Howarth, Josie, vice chairman;
Louis Barthell, Josie, 3rd member;
Melvin Welton, alternate, Josie.
Verdigris: W. E. Snyder, chair
man; P. E. Nissen, vice chairman;
B. H. French, 3rd member; Leland
Knudsen, alternate—all Page.
Willowdale: John Sorenson, Star,
chairman; R. J. Elston, Star, vice
chairman; Wm. Derickson, Star,
3rd member; AugustSmith, O’Neill,
alternate.
Wyoming and Fairview: Lee
Sammons, chairman; Harold L.;
Gilman, vice chairman; Blake Ott,
3rd member; Raymond Wickham,
alternate—all Amelia.
Lafe Randall Is
Expected to Recover
Lafe Randall, about 76, who at
tempted suicide last Thursday af
ternoon by cutting his throat, is
getting along nicely at the hospital
and unless complication set in he
will recover.
Funeral Services For
Emory E. Dillon Are
Held At Ainsworth
Emory Ellsworth Dillon was
born June 24, 1863 in Rock Island
General Baptist association of
Nebr., Feb. 16, 1937, at the age of
73 years, 7 months and 22 days.
He was united in marriage Oct. 11,
1886, to Minnie Moobery at Dor
chester, Nebr. To this union seven
daughters and four sons were born,
five of whom preceded him in death.
He was affiliated with church
work early in life and joined the
General Baptist association of
which he was a member until his
death. He was ordained by this
organization Sept. 13, 1908.
He became a missionary of the
American Sunday School Union in
1903 and moved to O’Neill, Nebr.,
where he made his headquarters
for several years. Later he be
came general missionary of the
state of Nebraska and continued as
such until 1933 when he was super
anuated at the age of 70 years. In
1916 he moved to York, Nebr., and
lived there until just a few days
before his death when he moved
to Tilden, Nebr.
He leaves to mourn his passing
his beloved wife, Minnie Dillon;
five daughters, Mrs. Betty Archer,
Tilden; Mrs. Flossie Closson, Way
side, Nebr.; Mrs. Nellie Orndorff,
Twin Falls, Idaho; Mrs. Clara All
nutt, Greeley, Colo.; Mrs. Zoreda
Freeman, York, Nebr., and one
son, Daniel Dillon, Los Angeles,
Calif.; a daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Kittie Dillon, Ainsworth, Nebr.,
and twelve grandchilren.
Services were held at the Jes
sen funeral home at Ainsworth,
conducted by the Barnum mortuary
of Tilden. The sermon was deliv
ered by S. Halgrimson, missionary
of the American Sunday School
Union. Burial was in the Ains
worth cemetery.
Drouth Freight Rates
Have A Few Changes
Reduced drouth rate freight cer
tificates have been changed slight
ly, W. W. Derrick of the Nebraska
college of agriculture advised Agri
cultural Agent F. M. Reece this
week. The revised certificate is to
be issued only for the benefit of a
resident of the specified drouth
county. The feed shipment carry
ing the benefits of reduced rates
may only be distributed within the
specified county and farmers secur
ing benefits of the drouth rates
must not sell the feed.
Under the revised certificate it
is impossible to sell feed brought
in under drouth rates to farmers
in adjoining counties that are not
included in the area eligible for the
benefits of the rates. All but 19
Nebraska counties however, are
eligible for the rates.
Mrs. Mary Sageser Dies
At Grand Island, Nebr.
Mary J. Sageser was born near
Pittsburg, Pa., July 14, 1843, and
died in the Pershing hospital at
Grand Island, Feb. 2, 1937, at the
age of 93 years, 6 months and 19
days. Burial was in the Chambers
cemetery by the side of her hus
band who died in 1901.
Mary J. Ridenour was born near
Pittsburg, Pa., July 14, 1843. She
moved with her parents to Illinois
in 1850. On March 21, 1867 she
was married to James W. Sag
eser. To this union five children
were born. They are: M. L. and
E. V. Sageser of Chambers, A. L.
Sageser of Missouri, and Mrs. E. E.
Perrin of Seattle Wash. Another
child preceded her in death.
In 1870 they moved to Afton,
Iowa and from there moved to Holt
county in 1886, settling four and
one-fourth miles southwest of
Chambers, where they raised their
family. Mr. Sageser died in 1901.
C. R. Young, living in the Op
portunity neighborhood where he
has resided for over fifty years,
last Saturday celebrated his sev
enty-eighth birthday anniversary.
Several of his children gathered at
his home to help him properly
celebrate the event.
I). R. MOUNTS WILL
HEAD DISTRICT BAR
GROUP THIS YEAR
Members of the Fifteenth Judicial
District Bar Oppose Roosevelt
Supreme Court Plans.
The Bar Association of the Fif
teenth Judicial district held thenr
annual meeting in this city last
Monday afternoon, with a banquet
at the Golden hotel that evening.
At the afternoon meeting the fol
lowing officers were elected for the
coming year: D. R. Miounts, Atkin
son, president; George Farman,
Ainsworth, vice president; Wayne
A. Davies, Butte, secretary-treas
urer.
The following resolution was
presented at the meeting and adop
ted with a large majority:
Whereas, there is now pending
before congress a bill sponsored by
the President, which proposes to in
crease the number of justices of the
Supreme Court of the United
States, and proposes to limit and
curtail the powers of the court; and
Whereas, we feel that any change
in the Supreme Court as now con
stituted, and any restraint or lim
itation upon the powers which are
now vested in said Court will de
stroy the rights of the people of
the United States which are guar
anteed to them by the Constitution:
Now, therefore, we, the members
of the bar association of the Fif
teenth Judicial district of the state
of Nebraska, do hereby express our
disapproval of any effort to in
crease the number of justices of
the Supreme Court of the United
States, or to curtail or limit the
powers now vested in said court;
and
lie it further resolved that ure
request all members of Congress
from the state of Nebraska to vote
against, and use their influence to
defeat any bill which may be intro
duced in Congress to increase the
size of the court or to limit or cur
tail its powers.
During the banquet the mem
bers of the bar were entertained
by several of the young O’Neill
artists, and their entertainment
was well received. William M. Ely
of Ainsworth, gave an address on
“Lincoln the Lawyer,’’ which is
said by those present to have been
a very able and entertaining ad
dress.
Funeral Held Saturday
For Patrick J. Reddin
Patrick J. Reddin, aged 79 years,
died last Friday morning after a
short illness of a heart attack.
The funeral was held Saturday
morning from the Catholic church,
Rev. P. F. Burke officiating and
burial in Calvary cemetery.
Patrick J. Reddin was born at
Macon, Illinois, on January 1, 1858,
and was 79 years and 11 days old
at the time of his death. He came
to this county in the spring of 1898
and had been a resident of the
county ever since. For several
years he was a rural mail carrier
out of this city and had a host of
friends among the older residents
of the county. Pat never married
and lately he had been keeping
bachelor quarters in the eastern
part of the city. He had no known
relatives in this section. He had
one sister who resided at Gooding,
Iduho, but he had not heard from
her for several years.
ROBBERS BREAK INTO
RELIEF SUPPLIES
Some light fingered gentry forc
ed an entrance to the relief supply
station on the corner of Douglas
and Sixth streets last Saturday
night and got away with five mat
tresses, six quilts, 32 pounds of
prunes and a sack of grape fruit.
In gaining entrance they were
forced to break two locks on the
doors. Officials have an idea of
who the guilty parties are and
arrests will be made if they can
secure sufficient evidence with
which to prosecute.
MOURNS CHAUNCEY KEYES
This office is in receipt of a let
ter from George W. Davies of Lin
coln, for many years a resident of
Ewing and later of Inman, in
which George mourns the passing
of his old friend Chauncey Keyes.
“But,” he says, “as I look back and
think slowly, I realize that we are
all getting along in years. My
father took a homestead ten miles
south and two west of Ewing in
1886, coming to Nebraska from
Schanton, Pa., to Norfolk in 1884.”
Yes, George, we are all getting
along in years and time passes a
lot faster as we grow older.