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.VOL. LVII O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 1.1987. No. 46
FIVE CENT GAS TAX
m BILL IS PASSED AND
" GOVERNOR SIGNS IT
Agriculture Committee Advances
Bindweed Eradication Bill
To General File.
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebr. — The unicameral
legislature has now entered the
production stage. Its legislation
can now be checked and compared
with the records of other sessions.
It is now apparent that fewer
and better bills are being passed.
The legislature is more con
servative than bicamerals.
Legisaltion costs the taxpayer
less.
There is definite responsibility
for every legislative step.
As regards the ability of the
members, all previous records
have been broken.
Among the faults and weeknesses
are the following:
The committees are ill balanc
ed as to membership and duties.
Judiciary and government have
two-fifth of the bills. Other com
mittees have few or none.
The appropriations committee
should meet every day.
The members should be paid at
least $2,400 a year, the figure
^ originally fixed by Senator
Norris.
The members still submit to
the annoyances of a paid lobby.
By a vote of 29 to 9 the legisla
ture has passed the bill for licens
ing engineers and architects. By
its provisions the governor must
within 60 days appoint a five-mem
ber board composed of two archi
^ tects and three engineers,, to whom
engineers and architects now prac
ticing may make application, and
by the payment of a fee of $15 may
obtain a license to continue in prac
tice. Those not already in practice
must take an examination under
supervision of the board. License
renewal fees of from $3 to $5, as
directed by the board, must be paid
each year.
The agricuture committee has ad
vanced the bindweed eradication
bill, LB225, to the general file.
Action was postponed on the soil
conservation bill introduced by J.
N. Norton because of the vigorous
protests of many farmers, and an
effort will be made to change its
objectionable features. Both bills
call for the creation of districts,
but under the soil conservation bill
tenants would have the same rights
to vote as landowners. The state
soil conservation committee, as
proposed, would have no farmers
on it, but be composed of four
^ members from the state agricul
' ' tural college an one federal soil
conservation officer. This aroused
protest. The introducers of the
bindweed bill are P. L. Cady and
Robert Armstrong.
. The child labor amendment has
been defeated in the unicameral
without a roll call. Legislator John
v Adams, jr., spoke in behalf of the
\ bill. John Peterson made the mo
tion to kill, and it was adopted with
much disorder and shouting.
One of the biggest industries of
Nebraska was placed under state
regulation when the legislature
passed the livestock sales ring li
censing bill by a vote of 31 to 8. A
minimum bond of $2,500 must be
posted by sales rings if they wish
to be eligible for a license, unless
they have already been bonded un
der the federal packers’ stock act.
Any sales rings desiring to operate
after August 1, 1937, must obtain
a $50 annual license from the state
department of agriculture. Fines of
from $100 to $1,000 for violations
are provided, or a maximum jail
sentence of not more than a year.
Public treasurers are not going
to be made to pay a 1 per cent ser
vice charge on public funds depos
ited in Nebraska banks. The gov
ernment committee has killed LB
358, despite the pleas made by
numerous bankers that they were
entitled to this service charge.
Banks and loan companies are
authorized to make loans which are
insured by the national housing
administration, by the provisions
r of LB52, which has been passed by
the legislature and signed by the
governor.
April 7 and April 9 have been
set by the irrigation committee as
the dates on which hearings will
be held on the last five irrigation
bills. Among these is LB522, by
Charles A. Dafoe of Tecumseh,
)
which aims to make a number of
needed amendments to S. F. 310,
the public power district enabling
act passed in 1933.
The teachers’ tenure bill, which
would prevent school boards from
discharging teachers merely by al
lowing the contract to lapse, and
a bill revising certification require
ments for teachers have both been
advanced to general file. The
teaches’ pension bill was once re
ported to general file, then was re
considered and a sub-committee of
the education committee was ap
pointed to work further on it.
Governor Cochran has signed the
bill, passed by the legislature which
gives to the State of Nebraska
thirteen observation planes which
will comprise the National Guard
aerial hquadron. An appropriation
of $10,000 has been made for the
establishment of the unit.
All Nebraskans betwen the ages
of 21 and 65 must pay a head tax
of $2 per year, the revenue there
from to go toward the state assist
ance fund, if John B. Peterson’s
bill pases the legislature. This is
the only tax measure which sur
vived the last meeting of the rev
enue committee. It increases the
age limit from the present 50 years
to 65. The bills killed included a
slot machine tax; an income tax
on rentals of motion picture films;
and a ten per cent tax on all tickets
sold for amunsements, such as foot
ball games, theaters and the like.
Reluctantly, because he consid
ered that he was signing a million
dollar compromise, Governor Coch
ran signed the long-discussed gas
oline tax bill soon after its final
passage by the legislature by a vote
of 34 to 9. It provides for a five
cent tax on gasoline, a half-cent
of which will go toward state as
sistance and 4M> cents toward high
ways. The bill carried the emer
gency clause, and the five cent tax
went into effect immediately.
Many persons who have been in
the habit of smoking in restaurants
will be surprised to learn that since
1919 it has been illegal to do so in
Nebraska. However, they may be
relieved to learn that they may now
smoke legally in public eating
places. The legislature has passed
a bill repealing the 1919 law, and
the governor has signed it.
The state railway commission is
not to be given additional authority
in the regulation of state telephone
companies, and it cannot fix the
maximum 1 fee to be assessed
against these companies nor order
immediate reduction of rates, be
fore holding a hearing. This was
decided when the commerce com
mittee killed the bill which would
have given the commission such
power. The bill, which followed the
provisions of the federal communi
cations act, would not fit conditions
in Nebraska, claimed Hugh Lamas
ter, attorney for the Nebraska
Telephone association.
The long-debated health district
bill, introduced by Dr. A. L. Miller
of Kimball, has been placed on
general file. This is an enabling
act permitting governmental sub
divisions to consolidate and co-or
dinate public health facilities for
the care of indigent patients. The
measure, though approved by the
State Medical society, has been bit
terly opposed by some doctors and
some city officials.
By the passage by the legislature
of LB19$, introduced by Lester
Dunn of Lincoln, trustees, guar
dians, executors and administra
tors may invest in fiduciary trust
in corporate bonds.
At any rate, a revolving beacon
is not to be placed between the
feet of the Sower on the state cap
itol tower. The amendment which
would have accomplished this
atrocity was defeated in the legis
lature, and the bill for properly
floodlighting the tower has been
advanced. This measure permits
the expenditures of up to $10,000
to be obtained from the state
aeronautics commission fund, in
stead of from the general fund, as
first planned.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met Thurs
day, March 25, at the home of Mrs.
Henry Wayman. All members
were present except three. Mrs.
Clyde Hershiser was present as a
visitor.
in working on games and doing
embroidery work. Lunch was served
by the hostess. The next meeting
will be held at the home of May
Johnson, Thursday, April 29.
The Weather
High Low
March 26 18 12
March 27 22 7
March 28 30 23
March 29 38 19
March 30 43 25
March 31 53 30
April 1 .. 49 31
Car Crashes Thru
Plate Glass Window
There was a little excitement on
Fourth street this morning about
11:30. E. E. Emminger had his
car parked near the alley, just
north of Biglin’s store, and think
ing it too close to the alley got in,
backed out and pulled into the curb
in front of Anton Toy’s. As he
jcame to the curb He put his foot on
the gas instead of the brake and
the car climbed the curb and hit
the front of Toy’s store, smashing
the south window and tearing out
the frame work under the window.
No one was injured and the car
was not badly damaged, but the
window was a wreck.
Postoffice Building
Nearing Completion
, Tile finishing work on the new
postoffice is progressing rapidly
and local employees expect to be
able to move into the new building
some time between the 15th and
30th of April. Those who have
inspected the building lately say
that the employees of Uncle Sam
in this city will have a nice and
commodious place to work after
they are located in the new build
ing.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
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This office received a letter the
latter part of the week from Frank
Froelich ordering his copy of The
Frontier changed from Ravenna,
Nebr., to Kearney, as he had been
transferred to that city. Frank is
an employee of the Central Power
company, one of the largest power
companies in the Central portion of
the state, and his transfer from
Ravenna is undoubtedly a promo
tion for Frank. His many O’Neill
and Holt county friends will be
pleased to learnof his advancement.
Irving Johnson, of the Johnson
Drug store, went to Omaha last
Saturday morning where on Sun
day he was best man at the wed
ding of his brother, Lysle C. John
son, to Mary L. Masters, one of
Omaha’s prominent young women.
He returned home Monday night.
Mr. Johnson says that Omaha busi
ness men are complaining about
business being very quiet in the
metropolis.
Archie Bowen is making some
further improvements in his Ben
Franklin store. He is cutting a
doorway in the rear of the original
store, connecting a back room 10x12
with the store proper and is fitting
it up as a Cotton Shoppe where he
will carry a complete line of wash
dresses of a well known and es
tablished line.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Merriman,
Mrs. F. N. Cornin and Mrs. P. B.
Harty drove down to Sioux City
Wednesday morning, spent the day
returning home that evening. Sis
ter Eugene came back with them
and will visit for a few days at the
home of her mother, Mrs. O. F.
Biglin and with other relatives
here.
John H. Daily, of Winner, S. D.,
who has been visiting relatives and
friends here the past three weeks
while recuperating from a severe
attack of pneumonia, left Wednes
day morning for Farnsville, Va.,
where he will spent several weeks
visiting his two sons who are en
gaged in business in that city.
Tony Asmus and R. R. Morrison
left Sunday morning for Rochester,
Minn., where the former will go
thru the Mayo Clinic and the lat
ter will have his sore arm looked
after. They expected to return
home the latter part of this week.
Owen McPharlin stopped in the
city last night on his way to his
home in Omaha from a business
trip to the western part of the state,
and visited over Thursday at the
home of his mother, Mrs. J. H. Me
Pharlin.
W. J. Froelich came out from
Chicago last Friday and spent
Easter with his family in this city.
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TWENTY-FIVE MORE
ROYS TO GO TO CCC
CAMPS FROM HERE
Roys Who Are Interested Can Get
Full Information At County
Assistance Office.
, A quota of twenty-five boys will
be sent to Civilian Conservation
tamps from Holt county during the
enrollment which is to take place
the first week of April, 1937, ac
cording to an anouncement received
today from Ernest F. Witte, state
administrator of Nebraska Emer
gency Relief Administration.
The boys selected will fill vacan
cies caused by dischages of en
rollees during the past three
months and to bring the corps up
to its full strength. Large num
bers of the boys who have with
drawn from camp during this per
iod have done so in order to accept
employment according to Mr.
Witte.
Boys who go to camp are expect
ed to remain in camp for a period
of at least six months. They must
be between 17 and 28 years of age
and are paid $30 per month plus
clothing, food and lodging. In
order that the CCC program may
have the maximum effect in clear
ing the public relief rolls, boys who
go to camp are required to allot
$25 per month to a needy depend
ent who is eligible to receive some
kind of public assistance such as
county direct relief, an old age as
sistance grant, a mother’s pension,
PWA, or rural resettlement work.
In Holt county the enrollment
work is now being handled by Ro
berta Arbuthnot, NERA represent
ative. Boys interested in CCC
work may make application at the
county assistance office.
Inability To Finance
Feed and Seed Leaves
Farm Lands Vacant
In the Randolph vicinity a num
ber of farms no*th of town are
without tenants at this time, in
other parts of the county the same
situation exists. In Knox county
a survey shows farms vacant as
does Wayne and other counties. A
reported estimate of 104,000 acres
without tenants in some 8 to 10
counties may be too high, yet the
situation is one that is the primary
cause of mass meetings of farmers.
Farmers in close touch with the
farmers’ condition in each of these
counties when asked the causes for
the vacant farms assert that the
chief reason is the inability of the
man who wants to fyrm or to re
main on the farm, to get .the money
for crop operations and feed re
quirements to curry their livestock
through until another crop can be
raised.
The main obstacle facing these
farmers is the government re
quirement that the landlord, mort
gagee or other lien holder must
sign waivers, making the govern
ment seed and feed loan a prior
claim. The only income of many
land owners is their crop rent ami
they refuse to sign waivers.
It is authoritively stated that 60
per cent of the Indian lands in
Thurston county are idle because
the government itself refuses to
sign the same waivers it requires
of private owners.
' As a result of this situation in
which no letting down of the bars
seems likely at this time scores of
northeast Nebraska farmers have
simply left the country and moved
to Oregon, Washington, Idaho and
California. This situation is not
a healthy one. it is a direct blow
to farmers and farming and the
blame is laid directly to the federal
set-ups designed in a half-hearted
and inadequate way to help the
farmer over a hard place. Instead
it is putting the farmer, who needs
a little help, in a hard place. So
tough in fact that he can no longer
carry on, and against his will is
placed oil the unemployed list.—
Randolph Times-Enterprise.
Changes Made In Soil
Conservation Program
Payment for non-grazing plow
able pasture, under the agricul
tural conservation program, will
not be a fixed rate of 40 cents per
acre but will very according to ap
praised capacity of each pasture.
Cane for forage may now be used
like sudan and millet as a neutral
forage crop to fill up the conserv
ing base. Cane for forage will be
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interpreted as juicy stalked sor
ghums and sorgos when used for
forage. All forage crops in Holt
county must be either close drilled
or broadcast.
Summer fallow will not draw the
$1.50 and $2.00 practice payment,
as originally stated. This practice
payment applies only to summer
tillage. For further information
on this matter, get in touch with
the county agricultural committee
or the county office.
.CONGRESS
A** AS SEE* IV
KARL STEFAN
Few Signers on Discharge Petition
There are only an even twenty
signatures on the petition to dis
charge the committee which is hold
ing the Lemke farm refinance bill.
Members are being canvasser! and
asked to sign the petition so that
the bill can be brought up for a
vote during this session of congress.
Recalls Nebraska Bush Leagues
Congressman Arthur Anderson
of Missouri wants to know if the
bush leagues are still active in
north Nebrask. He used to play
third base with the Spencer, Ne
braska team before the war. He
asks about Rabbit Rondeau, Roy
Carter, Runt Marr, Red Lucas at
Winner, and other baseball players
and baseball fans. The former
Spencer baseball player is now a
member of the powerful military
affairs committee. His home is at
Lemay, Missouri.
HOLC Foreclosures Pending
Speeches about the Home Owners
Loan Corporation are coming thick
and fast in Congress these days.
One reason is that a petition has
been placed on the clerk’s desk to
get out the bill to refinance the
HOLC loans. The HOLC has made
about a million mortgage loans.
It now indicates that about 160,000
foreclosure proceedings are pend
ing or will be started. That means
about sixteen out of every 100
homeowners may be sold out of
their homes.
Muskrat A Washington Delicacy
When they want something spe
cial on dinner tables here they ad
vertise “marsh rabbits." Investiga
tion shows that these “marsh-rab
bits'* are common, ordinary musk
rats like those trapped in Nebraska.
But the fancy people here eat them
and say they are good. Guinea hen
breasts are the “real goods” here.
“Guinea hen” breast was the main
course at the hundred dollar a
plate victory dinner here. It was
the main course at a dinner given
for the Philippine President and
also at dinners for other notables.
Common chicken and turkey and
duck etc., are put in the background
for “marsh rabbits" and “guinea
hens.”
Congressmen Don’t Like Fellow
Member’s Speeches
Friday was another “field day’’
in the House. This field day is a
day when the house has nothing to
do and the members have reserved
it to make their speeches. At one
time Friday there were less than
forty members in their seats and
there was only one newspaper man
in the press gallery. The visitors
gallery, however, was pretty well
filled but the people up there could
not hear very much of what the
speakers were saying to a practic
ally empty house.
One new member making inquir
ies asked what would happen if
some congressman made the point
of order that there was no order
quorum present. The answer was
that the speaker would have to
order a call of the House and the
Sergeant at Arms would have to
round up enough members to make
a quorum which is 220 in the House.
Sit Down Strikes Not Handled
Firmly Knough At Start
Congressmen are told by some
members of the Michigan delega
tion that the sit-down strikes in
Michigan are no longer a local
problem and that the strikes have
become a national issue. Repre
sentatives of some labor groups
who are here as national represent
atives from home towns, say the
labor fight' is a fumily fight within
the labor circles and a compromise
will have to come from within the
ranks. These laboring men feel
that if (he “family” doesn’t settle
its differences, union labor will be
Bet back many years so far as pub
lic opinion is concerned.
Some criticism has been brought
against Lewis for using half a mil
lion dollars of membership money
to give to a political campaign
fund. It is felt that is too much
power for one labor leader to have
without a vote* of the membership,
i Some folks here blame Governor
Murphy of Michigan for not stop
ping the sit-down strikes at the be
ginning. They feel that if he had
j been friendly and firm with the
I strikers, he could have forced them
to follow the letter of the law and
today we would not have a nation
wide campaign of sit-down strikes.
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Phillipine Independence Affects
Nebraska Farmer
Folks at home may not know it
but the statement of President Que
zon that he now wants immediate
independence for the Filipinos has
stirred up a hornets nest in Wash
ington and has caused great excite
ment in the Phillipines. Behind the
sconces is the old Spanish diplo
macy.
Independence “immediately” has
a bearing on the fats and oils mar
(Continued on page 4, column 5.)
Cattle Continue Steady
To Higher In Heavy
Run At Atkinson Sale
Atkinson, Neb., March 30.—Over
900 cattle, including a lot of choice
feeders and light stock cattle,
found .ready sale at prices that
ranged anywhere from steady to
as much as 25 cents ,higher and
even more on some of the more de
sirable kinds.
A load of well bred yearlings
went to George Smith of Wisner,
Nebr., *at 8.70. Other good light
cattle brought up to 8.50 with sev
eral loads selling at 8.00 to 8.40.
Plain quality light stockers sold
down to 6.00; odd lots of yearling
heifers and heifer calves sold at
6.00 to 6.75 while some heavy fleshy
heifers sold up to 7.50; plain and
i common heifers at 5.00 to 5.25;
best fat cows at 6.00 to 7.50; good
butcher kinds at 5.00 to 5.75, while
canners and cutters sold at 3.35 to
4.75; bulls at 6.00 to 6.10. Prom
inent feeders of northeast Nebras
ka were the most liberal buyers.
About 200 hogs sold on a fully
steady market. Best fats here sold
at 9.90 to 10.15; feeder pigs from
8.00 to 10.00; sows at 8.60 to 9.35.
Twenty-five head of horses cashed
at about steady prices.
BRIEFLY STATED
Editor Ralph Kelly was looking
after business matters in this city
last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock
and children spent Easter visiting
relatives at Osmond.
Mary Lois Hammond, who is at
tending the Wayne normal, came
home last Thursday night for the
Easter vacation.
Mary Jean Hammond, who is at
tending Creighton University in
Omaha, came home last Thursday
night for the Easter vacation.
Miss Mary Ryan came up from
Sioux City the latter part of last
week for a few days visit with rel
atives and friends in this city.
Nancy Dickson, who is teaching
in the Norfolk public schools, came
up last Thursday night to spend
the Easter vacation with the home
folks.
Mary Joe Finley, who is attend
ing Creighton University, came
from Omaha last Thursday night to
spend the Easter vacation with the
home folks.
Ralph Oppen came up from Om
aha last Thursday night to spend
the Easter vacation with the home
folks, returning to Omaha Wednes
day morning.
Mr. and Mrs. John McCarthy
came up from Hastings last Sat
urday and spent Easter with the
home folks, returning to Hastings
Monday morning.
The Agricultural Agent’s office,
together with the Farm Bureau
and Agricultural Conservation of
fice, have been moved to the old
court house building. The main
office is in the old assessor’s office.
PRODUCTION CREDIT
ASS N SELECTS I). C.
SCHAFFER AS HEAD
Sixty-nine Stockholders Attend
Meeting. I)ix and Gribble On
Itoard of Directors.
Sixty-nine stockholders of the
O'Neill Production Credit Associa
tion met in the K. C. hall at O’Neill
Thursday, March 25, for their an
nual meeting, during which A.* U.
Dix of Butte, and M. F. Gribble of
O'Neill were elected as directors of
the association. Other directors of
the association are D. C. Schaffer
of Emmet, Frank Kaiser of Spald
ing and E. W. Moss of Burwell.
In addition to the sixty-nine
stockholders, ninety-four guests
were present at the various ses
sions, which included a report of
the board of directors by President
A. U. Dix, and report of financial
condition presented by Secretary
James W. Rooney.
Short talks were given by L. A.
Roberts of Stuart, Mrs. D. C. Schaf
fer of Emmet, S. E. Dexter of
Amelia, Inspector K. A. Clifton of
Fairfax, S. D., J. E. Kirkwood of
Long Pine, and Director Frank
Kaiser of Spalding.
A sumptuous dinner was served
to all guests of the association at
noon. Entertainment features in
cluded tap dancing number by
Misses Corinne and Helen Dorothy
Kubitschek, accompanied by their
mother, Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek, a
saxophone solo by Miss Ruth Har
ris, and a trumpet selection by
Howard Graves, accompanied by
their instructor, Professor L. M.
Durham.
In a session immediately follow
ing the stockholders’ meeting di
rectors chose D. C. Schaffer as
president, A. U. Dix vice president,
and reelected James W. Rooney
secretary-treasurer for the com
ing year. This association serves
farmers and ranchers in Boyd, Holt,
Wheeler and Garfield counties.
Lions Club Meetings To
Be Held On Thursdays
On Monday, March 29, the O’Neill
Lion’s club met in regular session
at the Golden Hotel with a very'
good attendance. All members
were invited by the Valentine Lions
club to attend their Charter night
celebration April fi.
A resolution was passed at the
meeting urging the club to give
all possible encouragement and as
sistance to the Mayor and other
organizations in sponsoring a
Clean-Up Week.
The club also voted to change
the meeting day from Monday to
Thursday and the next meeting
will be Thursday, April 8.
4-H Club Members
To Go To Columbus
Several Holt county 4-H club
members will go to Columbus, Neb.,
Monday, April 5, to attend a 4-H
club judging contest in connection
with the state Aberdeen Angus
show and sale. The experience of
a judging contest will help many
members who will compete for the
first time. Members who will make
the trip will be one representative -
from each of the eight livestock
clubs now organized.
High School Band
Entered In Contest
The O’Neill High School Band
will go to Albion Saturday morn
ing where on Saturday evening
they will compete in a district school
band concert. Several high school
bands will take part in this contest
and the local band is looked for to
give a good account of itself.
HAPPY HOIK PROJECT CLUB
The Happy Hour Project Club
met at the home of Mrs. Arthur
O’Neill Thursday, March 25. The .
leaders discussed the important
topic of the day. A delicious dinner
was served at noon. We had one
visitor. Next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. D. L. Moler.
The Presbyterian church of this
city is sponsoring a play to be giv
en at that church Sunday evening,
April 4. A free-will offering will
be taken to help with the expense
of bringing the play cast here. The
play is to be presented by an out
of-town group of amateurs who
have extraordinary talent and
training, and it will be a valuable
experience for all who attend.
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