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VOL. LVlT O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25,1937. No. 41
LEGISLATORS PASS
GAS TAX MEASURE
PRIOR TO RECESS
Legislators Expected To Shy At
Political Questions Following
Court Resolution.
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebr.—After a short
excursion into the bypaths of par
tisan politics the unicameral legis
lature finally settled down to earn
est business. One little task re
quested by Governor Cochran was
the passage of the gas tax measure
before the recess so that the old
age pensioners would be protected.
The old law ends March 1.
When the members adopted a
mild resolution objecting to the
President’s supreme court plan,they
were already just a trifle alarmed
over the introduction of the sub
ject into the legislature. The vote
was 26 to 17. During the debate
the veteran Dick Regan tongue
lashed Haycock and other demo
crats for their stand against the
administration.
From the state at large came
complaints. The advocates of uni
cameral theories were particularly
displeased.
“The old legislature was put out
of business,” a western Nebraska
farmer wrote his legislator, “be
cause it attended to everyone’s
business except its own. You fel
lows get down to business. No one
has asked you to attend to the af
fairs of congress.”
Enclosed was a memorandum
listing a dozen bills in which the
farmer was interested.
It is believed the unicams will be
somewhat leery of resolutions with
a political slant hereafter.
However, one National Commit
teeman Hugh Butler of the repub
lican organization used the inci
dent to store political hay. The
work of organization has proceeded
with the supreme court resolution
as an energizing incident. When
March 1 comes, it is believed that
the canny Hugh Butler will have
an entire slate of new faces ready
for officers and committees for
Founders day. As for the republic
an state committee the gossip is
that Lyle Jackson will remain at
the helm until the proper time.
Then the committee will be en
tirely reorganized for the campaign
of 1938.
It is inevitable that the unicam
eral will become the training
ground for future Nebraska states
men. The lines now are tightening
on the governorship with Speaker
Warner and John Norton as the
main contestants. Warner won a
victory at the beginning of the
legislatuie and secured the instal
lation of the “double check” sys
tem. The rules committee has now
backtracked. The committee of the
whole and the “double check” are
slated for thoro overhauling. The
kick-back is really a score for
Norton.
The primary act and its revision
will be the center of a tcriffic legis
lative combat. The two old parties
are determined to introduce some
form of the convention system.
The bipartisan primary commit
tee presents a united front so far.
A former atttempt to restore con
vention features failed at a ref
erendum.
Nebraska will have some G-men
all its own, if a bill introduced by
Robert M. Armstrong of Auburn
passes the Nebraska legislature.
The measure provides for a separ
ate department of criminal investi
gation consisting of a chief of di
vision and five investigators. All
research facilities of the state
would be left entirely to the office
of the state sheriff. County at
torneys have suggested most of the
provisions of the bill which re
sembles the Minnesota law. An
appropriation of $60,000 is asked.
Strong opposition to the fire and
police salary increase bill is com
ing from Omaha, several speakers
from that city appearing before
the revenue and taxation commit
tee of the legislature during the
last year. Among those speaking
in opposition to the bill were Alfred
C. Kennedy of the Omaha Real
Estate board, T. F. Naugtin, rep
resenting the municipal affairs
committee of the Chamber of Com
j| merce, W. A. Ellis of the Omaha
Manufacturers’ association, and A.
W. Gordon of the Association of
Omaha Taxpayers. They insisted
that the people of Omaha, not the
legislature should decide the mat
ter, and declared that a six-mill
increase in Omaha city taxes would
be possible under the provisions of
the bill. Attention was called to
the fact that the total bonded in
debtedness of Omaha exceeds 23
million dollars.
Among the bills introduced by
John N. Norton of Polk, on the
last day for the introduction of
bills in the Nebraska legislature
were three pertaining to the legis
lature itself, which will meet an
nually if LB394 becomes a law. It
provides for annual sessions of the
unicameral legislature and pro
vides for alternative methods of
calling special sessions. LB395 also
by Mr. Norton, aims to establish a
permanent legislative council of ten
legislators and the speakers, whose
duty it shall be to prepare a legis
lative program. LB396, by the same
author, will, if passed, create the
office of revisor of statutes, who
will serve six years at a salary of
?4 ,800 per year and will be appoint
ed by the legislative council.
With the aim of effecting savings
somewhere in state and local gov
ernment, a bill has been introduced
in the legislature providing for a
commission of five members to
make a special study of state and
local government with the idea of
eliminating unnecessary duplica
tions and expenditures. It is sug
gested that a research staff might
work under the direction of the
commission, and an appropriation
of $15,000 is requested. Amos
Thomas of Omaha, heads the list
of first year legislators introducing
the measure. Mr. Thomas, in speak
of the bill, said: “W« feel that a
commission working for the next
two years might be able to pro
duce some information that would
show us where to begin in reducing
expenditures in a sensible manner.
That would be worth much more to
the state than the $15,000 we sug
gest for financing it.”
The longer the chain of stores
the bigger the license, according to
a bill introduced in the legislature
by John Knickrehm of Grand Is
land, W. H. Diers of Gresham, and
Lester L. Dunn of Lincoln. It is
called a revenue measure, and it
provides that every store selling
general mercantile lines pay an an
nual state license before it is al
lowed to operate. A store operat
ing as one unit in one location is to
pay a license fee of only fifty cents.
When one person or corporation
operates more than one store in
different locations, the annual li
cense fees shall be as follows: two
stores, $3 each; three to five stores,
$10 each; five to ten stores, $25
each; ten to fifteen stores, $50
each; fifteen to twenty stores, $150
each; and more than twenty stores,
$250 each.
The following bills have been
passed and sent to Governor Coch
ran for signature: LB22 by Lester
Dunn, a bill to remove tax liens
from bulk sales of personal prop
erty when sold under distress war
rants; LB32 by Charles A. Dafoe,
reducing from $10,000 to $1,000 the
bonds required of public power and
irrigation district directors; LB46
by W. E. Worthing, to permit cash
bonds on appeals from justice and
municipal courts to district courts;
and LB47 by W. E. Worthing, to
give county courts concurrent jur
isdiction with district courts in
criminal cases where penalty does
not exceed $500 fine, six months in
jail, or both.
Hearings on motions by the Tri
county public power and irrigation
district and by objectors to water
rights granted the district will be
heard by the Nebraska supreme
court during the week of March 1.
Objectors have been seeking an ex
tension of time to file briefs until
April. The district had asked the
court to dismiss appeals.
The Nebraska legislature will ad
journ Friday, Feb. 26, until Wed
nesday, March 3. Farmer legisla
[ tors protested against taking any
spring vacation, but they were out
voted.
R. M. Howard of Flats is the
sponsor of a bill which has been
reported upon favorably by the leg
islative committee on agriculture.
The Weather
Last week several of the indus
trious of the city were seriously
thinking of getting ready to plant
their gardens, but they have since
changed their minds. It has been
real chilly all week, while not
touching zero, it got to three above j
last night. The wind has blown
quite strong most of the week and
lias been raw and cold.
High Low
Feb. 18 61 28
Feb. 19 52 20
Feb. 20 35 25
Feb. 21 34 15
Feb. 22 . 28 16
Feb. 28 ... 26 14
Feb. 24 23 10
Feb. 25 . .. 3
Dorsey Youth Awarded
Sears Scholarship For
The Second Semester
Roger Rosenkrans of Dorsey, a
junior in the college of agriculture,
has been selected as one of the
thirty-eight outstanding men stu
dents to be awarded a Sears, Roe
buck & Co., scholarship the second
semester of the present school year
the college scholarship committee
has announced. Mr. Rosenkrans is
one of the twenty-six of the group
granted awards at the beginning of
the year whose record has warrant
ed continuance of the scholarship
for the second semester.
The scholarships are divided into
two payments, half paid the first
semester, and the other half the
second, if the student’s record war
rants. A faculty committee has
charge of the scholarship and se
lects the recipients. The students
eligible fcr the second semester
grant were required to have an
average of eighty or above, have
earned at least twelve college hours
the preceding semester, have no
incompletes, failures or conditions,
and were allowed to have not more
than one grade between sixty and
seventy.
Michael A. O’Brien
Dies At Sioux City
Michael A. O’Brien, 72, veteran
railway conductor and well known
in this city during his over a quar
ter of a century as a conductor on
; the Burlington between Sioux City
and O’Neill, died at his home in
Sioux City last Wednesday.
Michael O’Brien was a native of
Portland, Maine, and moved to
Sioux City, Iowa, 57 years ago as
a brakeman for the M. & O. rail
road and later with the Burlington.
Mike O’Brien was a genial and com
panionable man and had a host of
friends ail along the Burlington
system. He retired on pension
Feb. 1, 1934.
His survivors include two sons,
two sisters and a brother. His
wife died three years ago. He was
a member of the Knights of Colum
bus and the Order of Railway Con
ductors.
A local philosopher says that a
smart man never tells all he knows
when he gets into an argument.
This is only half of it. A smart
man never gets into an argument.
George Bressler, for many years
a resident of this city but now of
Neligh, was a business visitor in
this city this morning.
It provides for the licensing and
regulation of about 200 live stock
sales rings in Nebraska, the state
department of agriculture to license
each sales barn at $100 per year.
A bond of at least $5,000 per year
will be required from each barn to
protect buyers and sellers, and
barns must maintain veterinarian
inspection of animals sold in the
ring. It is possible that the $100
license fee may be lowered after
argument on the floor of the legis
lature.
John N. Norton of Polk, has sub
mitted to the legislature a pro
posal to abolish the “double check”
system inserted in the rules by
Speaker Charles Warner of Wav
erly. Much dissatisfaction has been
expressed at the delays entailed by
the present rules. Norton claims
that his plan, which eliminates the
legislative file and makes the com
mittee of the whole procedure op
tional, will expedite matters,
though “hasty legislation” is
guarded against by a provision
that no bill can be considered on
select file until three legislative
days after it has been considered
on general file.
PNEUMONIA KILLS
RANDALL, HIS OWN
ATTEMPT FAILING
Had Been Getting Along Nicely
From Wounds bjit Contracted
Pneumonia Sunday.
Lafe Randall died at the local
hospital Wednesday morning about
7 o’clock, at the age of 72 years
and 9 months. Mr. Randall was
geting along nicely from his self
inflicted injuries and it was be
lieved by attending physicians that
he would recover, unless complica
tions set in. He suffered an at
tack of pneumonia the first of the
week, which was the cause of his
death.
Funeral servicer were held at
2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, Rev.
A. J. May officiating and burial in
Prospect Hill cemetery. Deceased
was born at Fremont, Nebr., on
May 14, 1864. He came to this
county in 1914 and ever since had
been a resident of the county. He
leaves a brother, Grant Randall,
formerly of this community, now
living at Norfolk. Lafe Randall
was a bachelor.
Dramatic Club Biggest
In Recreation Ass’n.
The Dramatic club met Monday
night. Two casts were chosen for
each of the two one act plays now
being worked up. After the cast
ing of plays the club put on a mock
trial. Joe Curran was accused and
tried for the murder of John Doe.
Just as conviction seemed certain
Wilfred Kubitschek and Kuth Har
ris confessed to the crime. This of
course put an end to the trial.
The new members are as follows:
Lorraine Murray, Maxine Harring
ton, Nadine Kilpatrick, Gerry Yar
nall, Maybelle Osenbaugh, Leonard
Bergstrom, Leroy Grandorf, Leo
Lewis, Bob Williams, Dean Dorothy,
Gene Rummel and Charles Yarnall.
This brings the +otal enrollment to
forty-one members.
The Art club meets on Tuesday
nights. The first lesson in pencil
drawing was the location of the
features in drawing faces. The few
simple rules to follow and the good
results obtained made the class
interesting to everyone. Next week
will be spent on additional work
on outline and the first principles
of shading. New members are:
Rita Wilkinson, Lucille Warford,
Vivian Wyant, Dorothy Ross, Geo.
Dahlsten, and Owen Hiatt. This
brings total enrollment to thirty
one members.
The Boxing club meets at 8:30
Wednesday evening at the high
school gym. The last meeting pro
duced a few stiff joints but no
serious damage was done. Roy
Carroll showed that he has not for
gotten where to put his right and
left hands to do the most damage
in case of serious argument. Some
exhibition bouts are being planned
for an evening inside of the next
two weeks.
The Kite and Archery club meets
Wednesday night at 7:30 in the
court room. Due to the high winds
this week there have not been many
kites in the air. The kite flying
contest will be held two blocks east
of the Methodist church next Sun
day afternoon if the weather will
permit.
The Handcraft club meets Thurs
day nights. This week they will
start work on articles to be used in
an exhibit which will be held to
show the type of work that is done
in the club. Many useful articles
can easily be made from scrap
material.
The benefit show put on by the
Royal Theater will be next Tues
day night. There will also be a
matinee in the afternoon at 4
o’clock for the school children. This
fund deserves your support. The
money will be spent in this town
for the purchase of materials to be
used by the people of this town.
There are now over a hundred of
the towns young people who are
taking an active part in the recre
ation clubs.
State 4-H Champion
For Past Year Named
Frances Rehmeier, Cass county;
Gladys Weitkamp, Washington
county; Miles Cadwallader, Furnas
county, and Joe Carter, Hitchcock
county, are Nebraska’s 1936 4-H
champions and receive a trip to the
annual National Club Camp held
in Washington, D. C. That an
nouncement has just been made
from the Nebraska college of agri
culture.
The four Nebraskans will repre
sent some 23,000 rural Cornhusker
youths, including several hundred
Holt county boys and girls, partic
ipating in the 4-H movement. The
Washington trip award is the high
est honor that can come to any 4-H
club member.
Prices Up In Heavy
Run of Livestock At
Atkinson Sale Ring
Atkinson, Ncbr.—Four hundred
and fifty head of cattle, 220 head
of hogs and 60 head of horses were
sold at Tuesday’s auction. Start
ing at 12 o’clock and continuing to
sell at a rapid rate the auction was
not concluded until nearly 8 p. m.
With plenty of buyers on hand the
demand was equal to the heavy
supply and the market remained
firm to the very last, with the
better quality stocker and feeders
fully 25 cents a hundred higher
than a week ago. Feeder pigs were
fully 60 to 75 cents a hundred high
er. The horse market looked un
changed with perhaps some im
provement in the better kind.
Representative sales on cattle:
good to choice yearlings 7:00 to
7.90;; fair to good yearlings 6.00
to 6.90; common to fair yearlings
4.00 to 5.60; best steer calves 7.00
to 7.60; best heifer calves 5.76 to
6.25; common calves down to 5.00;
best stock cows at $45 to $50 a
head; fat cows at 5.00 to 6.00; fair
to good cow's 4.00 to 6.00; canners
and cutters 3.00 to 4.00; bulls 4.25
to 5.50. Fat hogs 9.35 to 9.40;
feeder pigs at 7.50 to 9.00.
Top pair of horses $310 on span
of 3-year-old mares.
Next auction Tuesday, March 2,
at 11 .am., starting with hogs.
Emergency Crop And
Feed Loans Available
Applications for emergency crop
and feed loans for 1937 are now
being received at the County Ag
ents office by J. O. Walker, field
supervisor of the Emergency Crop
and Feed Loan section of the Farm
Credit administration.
These loans will be made only to
farmers who cannot obtain credit
from any other source, as provided
by regulations issued. The money
loaned will be limited to the farm
er’s immediate and actual cash
needs for growing his 1937 crops
or for the purchase of feed for
livestock and in no instance may
exceed $400.
Farmers are not eligible for
these loans if they can borrow from
an individual, production credit as
sociation, bank or other concern.
As in the past the security for
these loans will consist of a first
lien on the crops financed if the
loan is for the production of crops,
and if for the purchase of feed for
livestock, then a first lien on the
livestock to be fed. Landlords, or
others having an interest in the
crops or livestock to be fed, will
have to waive their claims in favor
of the Farm Credit Administration
until the loan is paid.
Former Supervisor J. W. Wal
ters of Chambers, was in the city
last Saturday completing the pur
chase of 440 acres of southern Holt
county’s fertile soil. The farm is
only a couple of miles from Cham
bers and is one of the best in that
section of the county. Mr. Walters
recently returned from a visit to
Texas and other southern states
and came home rnone firmly con
vinced than ever that southern Holt
was one of the garden spots of the
nation.
Richard Murray, for over a half
century a resident of this county,
celebrated his eighty-first birthday
last Monday. Those of his children
who live in this section had a birth
day dinner in his honor last Sun
day at his home in east O’Neill.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess re
turned last Friday night from
Chicago where they had spent the
week atending the Annual mid
winter meeting of the Chicago
Dental Society. This has grown
to be one of the largest dental meet
ings in the country, the registra
tion each year increasing until
this year when 9,000 dentists were
registered for the meeting, coming
from practically every state in toe
union, even from foreign countries.
Court House Accepted
And Moving In Will
Begin Next Monday
The new court houhe was ac
cepted by the County Board at a
meeting last Saturday and the
county officials are now getting
ready for moving day. Judge Dick
son will probably be the first ten
ant of the new building as some of
his office equipment was moved to
the new building Wednesday. The
balance will probably be moved this
week or next Monday. Most of the
other officials are preparing to
move into their new quarters the
first of next week.
Mrs. Claude Hull Dies
In Valentine Hospital.
Funeral Held Monday
Edithe Opal Hull was born in
Boone, Iowa, in 15)00, and died at
the Cherry county hospital at Val
entine, Nebr., at the age of 36
years, 3 months and 8 days.
Edithe Opal Haynes was bom at
Boone, Iowa in 1900. She moved
with her parents to Nebraska in
1902 and settled in northern Holt
county near Rodbird, where she
grew to womanhood. On Feb. 9,
1921, she was united in marriage to
Claude F. Hull. To this union seven
children were born. They are:
Duane, Delpherine, Velma, Don
na Dee, Harold, Claude Jr., and
Faye.
They resided in the Meek vicin
ity until 1929 when they moved
to Valentine, living there until
Spet., 1936, when they moved to
Wood Lake, Nebr., where she had
her residence at the time of her
death.
She leaves to mourn her passing
her beloved husband, three sons,
four daughters, her mother, Mrs.
Wm. Haynes, Dustin; one sister,
Mrs. C. C. Orr, Dustin; six broth
ers, Melvin and Clifford, Dustin;
Cecil, Parmalee, S. D.; Roy, Saco,
Mont.; William, Nevada, la., and
I Raymond of Dorsey, Nebr. Also
[ other relatives and a host of
friends. Her father and one sister
preceded her in death.
Funeral services were held at
Marquette Chapel, Monday, Feb.
22, Rev. Clark of Wood Lake de
livering the sermon. Burial was in
Marquette Chapel cemetery.
Seed Show Will Be Held
At Suart On March 13
With the cooperation of the Stu
art Comercial club, F. M. Reece,
Agricultural Agent, has definitely
scheduled the Stuart seed show for
Saturday, March 13. Anyone hav
ing seed may bring it to the show
and awards will be given for the
best in several classes. These a
wards are to be given by the Com
mercial club and will be very worth
while. Next week we will an
nounce the different classes that
may be entered, the amount of seed
to be brought in, and the time and
place of the show. The Commer
cial club and Holt County Farm
Bureau hope to make this a real
success and with the cooperation
of producers it should be one of
the biggest days the community has
ever had.
Civil Service Examination
The United States Civil Service
commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Park ranger, $1,860 a year, Na
tional Park service.
Senior educationist (senior spec
ialist in elementary education),
$4,600 a year, office of education,
department of Interior.
Principal, Indian community and
boarding schools, $2,000, $2,600 and
$3,200 a year, Indian field service
(including Alaska), department of
Interior.
Junior warden (female), $1,320 a
year, Federal industrial institution
for women, department of justice,
Alderson, West Virginia.
Medical technician (tissue cul
ture), $1,620 a year, National In
stitute of Health, U. S. Public
Health service.
Chief accountant $.r),600 a year,
assistant chief accountant $4,600 a
year, principal accountant $3,800 a
year, accountant and auditor $3,200
a year, Commodity Exchange ad
ministration, department of Agri
culture.
Full information may be obtain
ed from Secretary of the U. S.
Civil Service Board of Examiners
at the post office in O’Neill.
Miss Florence Malone of Omaha,
arrived in O’Neill Saturday night
and remained until Monday night
vi siting at the home of her parents,
Judge and Mrs. C. J. Malone.
MUST USE ADAPTED
SEED TO GET SOIL
BENEFIT PAYMENT
Plan Labeled As Nebraska Seed
Protector, Does Not Exclude
Canadian Seed.
Holt county farmers ^ntending to
cooperate in the 1937 agricultural
conservation program were warned
this week by Fred Beckwith, county
chairman, to use only adapted al
falfa and red clover seed in their
plantings. No soil building pay
ment will be made where unadaptcd
seed is used.
The soil building payment of
$2.60 per acre for the seeding «f
alfalfa in a workmanlike manna
will be paid only if a farmer can
prove to his county association that
he sowed Nebraska certified seed,
imported Canadian seed or seal
grown in Nebraska or northern
states and of a verified origin, he
said. The action was necessary to
protect good Nebraska seed now
grown.
The $2.50 payment, farmers were
told, is m^re than the difference in
price between good and poor seed.
In many cases alfalfa seed can be
found in the immediate neighbor
hood as thousands of bushels were
produced in the state last year.
P. H. Stewart, extension agron
omist at the Nebraska college off
agriculture has advised the Holt
county agricultural conservation
association of the various strains
used under the Federal Seed Act
on imported seed. Imported seed
from Canada is stained violet and
is adapted to Nebraska. Alfalfa
seed grown in Africa is stained 10
per cent red. That grown in Tur
kestan is stained 10 per cent pur
ple red; that grown in South Amer
ica is stained 10 per cent organ-red,
and that of unknown origin is
stained 10 per cent red.
Ainsworth Man Will
Open Bakery Here.
Last Tuesday afternoon a lease
was signed by A. E. Kiehl of Ains
worth, and W. H. Stein of this city,
according to the terms of which
Mr. Stein leases his bulding on
Douglas street where he has been
operating an 'automobile shop, to
Mr. Kiehl and the latter will install
therein a modern up-to-date bak
ery. Mr. Stein will renovate the
building and have it ready for
Mr. Kiehl by April 1, when the
latter expects to open for business.
At the present time Mr. Kiehl is
operating a bakery at Ainsworth
where he has been in business for
several years with signal success^
Mr. Stein, who has operated a
garage and automobile repair shop
in this city for twenty-one years,
intends to get out of that business
and devote his time to electrical
work. He is also planning on in
stalling a one-stop service station
in the city, providing his present
plans materialize.
ALPHA CLUB
The Alpha club met at the home
of Mrs. Esther Robertson Monday.
Feb. 22. There were ten members
present. In answer to roll call each
member was to donate a book to
the club giving the name of the
book and its author. These books
are to be sent to an orphanage in
Omaha. The club having missed
the January meeting, elected the
following officers for 1937 at this
meeting: Evelyn Simonson, presi
dent; Nellie Boshart, vice presi
dent; Marie Lansworth, secretary;
Pearl Widtfeldt, treasurer, and La
Verne Robertson, reporter.
Several plans for the coming
year were discussed, one of which
is to materialize soon. A food sale
of country products only is to be
held at Grady’s store on March 27.
After the meeting Mrs. Robertson
served a delicious lunch.
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BABBLING BROOK CLUB
The Babbling Brook 4-H club
met Saturday at the Sam Robert
son home. All members were pre
sent. The month’s report was filled
out by all members with help of the
leaders. Each member received
their new lesson and expect to pur
chase their sheep in the near fu
ture. Next meeting March 5 at
the A. L. Borg home.
M rs. Bernard Matthews came up
from Norfolk last Saturday and
attended a birthday dinner for her
father, R. H. Murray on Sunday,
returning home Sunday evening.