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' SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Bud Clemens has recently ac
quired a Model A.
Mr. and Mrs. Baker were at
Albion a day last week.
John Bower expects his nephew
and niece soon from Illinois to take
over the work at the ranch.
After a brief period of warmth
and sunshine early in the month,
the southwest has reverted back to
January.
It seems a travesty on. what has
been regarded as sacred to close
the doors on Good Friday and cele
brating Easter Sunday with a
dance.
Today those interested in Swan
and Josie will meet at the <£wan
Lake store to sign up for the 1937
soil conservation. The meeting for
Wyoming met at Amelia Friday.
There is concern in some quarters
over the mention of a possible law
suit against township officers and
former officers in Swan to recover
on indebteSness inccurred some
years ago in grading a road. 1 do
not know what the records show,
but it is claimed action was taken
at a township meeting at one time
providing for the payment of the
indebtedness in yearly installments
and it is claimed this has not been
complied with.
The Reed sale down at the south
end of Swan, held during the bliz
zard last Wednesday, was attended
by stock buyers from far and near.
Some cattle sold close to the ten
dollar mark and horses brought $80
to $125. The owners, Reed and
Son, were agreeably surprised at
the financial returns of the sale
as the weather seemed well-nigh
prohibitive. Archie got the last of
his things from the Mack place
Thursday night and expected soon
to be on the highways headed for
the allurements of the northwest.
Three newspapers in an eastern
city had to suspend for a day or
two because of the printers going
on a strike. Without a dime in
vested in the business each were
taking out of the earnings of the
plants $9.92 for and 8-hour night
shift and $9.20 day. The president
of the International Typographical
Union, wintering at a gay Florida
resort town, ordered the typos back
to the job of getting out those,
papers. The authority flor this ac
tion reposes in the International
law requiring all differences to be
settled by arbitration. Men who
are not satisfied with nearly a ten
spot a day for a fev) hours work
and not a cent invested could learn
a lesson in contentment if they had
to turn tramp for a while.
It seems to be the design of
heads of labor organizations to
induce every wage worker of the
country to become unionized. Each
member of a union contributes a
percentage of his earnings to the
"war chests,” now bulging with
millions. These funds are at the
disposition of union officials, some
of whom are getting as much as
$1,000 a month salary. Whether
the interest of the labor bosses lies
in the welfare of the workmen or
building up a monster organization
over which to domineer is not for
this column to indicate; but there
remains that queer streak in human
nature, which after 200 years of
the fresh breezes of liberty and
independence, the real brawn and
valor and backbone of the world’s
work abases itself and bows in
adoration to some inflated ernbodi
_ment of intolerant bigotry and
lavishes upon them a princely in
come.
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INMAN NEWS
Misses Lucille Stevens and Lelia
Rouse, students at the Wayne state
normal were home for the Easter
vacation with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Stvens and Mr. and
Mrs. H. Rouse.
The W. C. T. U. met with Mrs.
Earl Goree Friday afternoon.
Keith McGraw and Marvin
Youngs students at the University
of Nebraska, were home for the
spring holidays.
Last Tuesday was the birthday
anniversary of Mrs. L. Kopecky,
and her neighbors, Mrs. Karl Keyes
and Mrs. J. R. Hopkins tendered
her a surprise in the afternoon.
After a few hours of visiting a de
licious lunch was served.
Mrs. Mary Flora and son, Leland,
of Wayne, and Misses Grace and
Nelle Wood of Page, were in Inman
Friday visiting among friends.
Mrs. Tillre Keyes and Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Keyes went to Stuart
Sunday to visit Mrs. Sherry whose
husband had died a few days before.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardin Anspaeh
and sons Richard and Keith, and
daughter. Juanita, who have spent
several months in California, re
turned home Friday night.
Mrs. Anna Park of Page, visited
here Sunday with her daughter,
Mrs. James Kelley.
The Coffee club met at the home
of Mrs. Jennie Wilcox on Wednes
day. The main feature of the en
tertainment was the revealing of
the “Mystic Sisters.” A covered
dish luncheon was served.
Roller skating was started at the
I. O. 0. F. hall last week under the
management of Fay Brittell and
Dave Morsbach. A large crowd
was present Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Morsbach and
son, Harland, and Mrs. Fay Brittell
and daughter, Shirley Ann, went
to Newport Thursday to visit at the
Frank Brittell home.
Miss Donna Rae Jacox enter
tained at a party for Lucille Stev
ens and Lelia Rouse Friday even
ing. The young people spent a
pleasant eevning playing games
after which a lunch was served.
Miss Lois Moor was home from
North Bend over the week-end vis
iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.
E. Moor.
Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Watson and
daughter, Carolyn, and Mrs. A. B.
Pierson left Tuesday for Lincoln
for a visit with relatives. Mvs.
Pierson was returning to her home
at Lincoln after visiting her daugh
ters here several weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Rollie Brittell and
son, and Mrs. Lindberg of Laurel,
Nebr., were here Sunday visiting
among relatives.
REV. W. D. HAMILTON
Rev. W. D. Hamilton, a Kansas
conference evangelist will arrive
here Saturday to conduct an evan
gelistic campaign at the Methodist
church, beginning Sunday. Rev.
Hamilton is a widely known evan
gelist having held tabernacle meet
ings in many large cities. He is an
able speaker and a zealous worker.
Rev. Hamilton has had marked suc
cess in his work as a soul winner,
and is in constant demand for meet
ings. Very rarely does a small
town have the privilege of securing
a man of this type for a meeting,
but owing to the long-time friend
ship between Rev. Hamilton and
the local pastor, Rev. E. B. Maxcy,
the church was able to secure him.
Friends from neighboring towns
will be welcome any night.
PLEASANT DALE
Marie and Ollie Young, high
school students at Atkinson, were
home over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Sewell Johnson and
daughter, Kay, went to Chambers
Sunday to visit Mrs. Johnson’s par
ents.
The Roy Judge family are on the
sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes en
tertained Mr. and Mrs. Bert Freed
Saturday eevning at cards.
Miss Darlene Weber of Long
Pine, was a week-end guest at the
Joe Winkler home last week. mTss
Weber attends high school at the
academy in O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steskal enter
tained a group of friends at their
home Wednesday evening, the oc
casion being Mrs. Steskal’s birth
day anniversary.
Jean and Zane Livingston are
new pupils in Dist. 76. The Living
ston family recently moved to the
farm vacated by John Heinoski.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Shipman
plan to move to Denver, Colo., soon.
Miss Olive Beckwith, a senior in
O’Neill high school, did practice
teaching in Pleasant Dalf school
last week.
The Misses Grace Bellar, Ala
dene Kee, Betty Ritts, Mary Freed
er, Mary Ann Winkler and Armella
Pongratz spent their Easter vaca
tion at their several homes. The
young ladies attend school in
O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Keeney and
daughter, Shirley Jean, of Neligh,
were guests Sunday at the Gus
Seger home.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Young and
Ollie, Marie and Ralph, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Korda, Jr., and son,
Donald, of Atkinson, and Mr. and
Mrs. Linus Howard and sons Maur
ice and Gerald of O’Neill, were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beck
with at dinner Sunday.
Kenneth Frohardt of Atkinson,
visited his sister and her husband,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seger Mon
day. Kenneth is a student at Ne
braska Wesleyan university at Lin
coln and was home for the Easter
vacation.
Guy Beckwith’s truck was dam
aged considerably when a front tire
blew out and the truck struck the
guard rail on the side of the road,
upsetting the truck. It turned over
twice. Mr. Beckw'ith was alone and
was taking a load of baled alfalfa
to South Dakota. His injuries were
slight. The truck wras taken to
Norfolk for repairs.
Mr. and Mrs. George Barnes and
family were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Albert Stearns Sunday evening.
DORSEY ITEMS
There are several signs of spring
in the air, Robins and Scarlet Tan
agers, and wild ducks flying north.
A few potatoes were planted
Good Friday. Wonder if they will
freeze in the ground.
Frank Suverkrubble was called
to Bristow Sunday.
Veva and Robert Nightengale
spent the week-end with the home
folks.
Lyle Phillips is enjoying a visit
from his mother.
Lester Derickson, a freshman in
the O’Neill high school, spent his
Easter vacation with his parents
at Dorsey.
Rev. Hughes of Niobrara, preach
ed at the Dorsey church Sunday
after noon.
John Derickson and wife drove to
O’Neill Monday taking their son
back to school.
Mrs. Wells called on Mrs. New
man Friday.
EMMET ITEMS
Hugh O’Connor, of Atkinson,
was an Emmet caller Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson,
of O’Neill, visited at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Cecil McMillan,
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Grehn and
daughter, Ellen, of Fremont, spent
Easter visiting relatives in Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Grehn returned to
Fremont Sunday night, but Ellen
remained for a weeks visit with her
aunt, Mrs. Ann Cadman.
Dr. Harmon, of Atkinson, was
an Emmet caller Tuesday after
noon.
Miss Marion Holbert went to
Amelia Saturday night to be there
to hold services Sunday morning,
after which she returned to Em
met, where she held a special Easter
service at 2:30.
Frank Dishner was up from
O’Neill on "business Tuesday.
Elmer Enbody, of Atkinson, was
an Emmet caller Wednesday.
F. R. Anderson, of Vermillion,
S. D., was in Emmet on business
Tuesday.
Mrs. Guy Cole w-as hostess at a
meeting of the M. M. club at her
home Wednesday evening.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist
church met at the home of Mrs.
Claude Bates Wednesday afternoon.
S. R. Jensen, of Brunswick, was
in Emmet on business Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Bonenberger
and son Duane spent Easter with
her mother, Mrs. Ella Dallegge in
Atkinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Wegner, of
Ainsworth, spent Easter at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Welsh and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foreman
and children were dinner guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hoehne on Sun
day.
Mrs. Emmet McCaffrey, who has
been ill at tiie home of her mother,
Mrs. J. P. Mullen, is much improved.
Teado Daily, who spent his Eas
ter vacation with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Dailey, returned
Monday right to Omaha where he
will resume his studies at Creigh
ton Medical college.
Miss Viola Kellar and Miss Ther
esa Poi'gratz spent Easter at their
homes. M:ss Harris remained in
Emmet.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Allen and
children spent Easter with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Beebe,
in Atkinson.
Kathleen Cadman, who has been
working in O’Neill for the past
four months, returned to Emmet
Monday evening for a weeks visit
with her mother and other relatives.
Larry Tenborg and Bob Pease
went to Norfolk on business Tues
day morning, returning that night.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conard were
O’Neill callers Tuesday.
Harley Hansen, of O’Neill, was
a business caller in Emmet Tues
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Allen made
a business trip to Norfolk Tuesday, i
Sam Beck, of Green Valley, made
a brief call in Emmet Sunday
evening.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Milo Jones came up from the
CCC camp at Spalding and spent
the week end with home folks.
Several neighbors were invited
to the Morris Graham home on
Friday evening for a party. Music
and games whiled away the hours.
Mrs. Graham served a delicious
lunch at midnight.
Mrs. Ella Hull hud some small
bones broken in her arm. which
caused her severe pain but when
she found out what the trouble was,
medical attention relieved the pain.
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Harrison
and Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Devall spent Friday with Mrs. E.
H. Rouse.
Lucile Jones is staying with her
grandmother, Mrs. Ella Hull, and
helping with the work there.
Leone and Leroy Spindler and
Cecil Griffith were supper guests at
A. L. Borg’s on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Frank Nelson, who fell and
injured her arm a short time ago,
still has to keep it bandaged, but
it is improving.
Mrs. Woodard, who teaches tin1
Meek school, motored to her home
at Madison for the Easter vacation.
Grandma Carson, who has been
visiting at the home of her daugh
ter, Mre. Charles Linn, since the
Christmas vacation, returned home
with her.
Prayer meeting will be held at
the Virgil Hubby home on Friday
evening, April 2. All are cordially
invited to attend.
The many friends of George
Spindler in this locality will be
glad to know that he writes very
much encouraged from the hospital
at Muscatine, Iowa, where he is
taking treatments for cancer.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Linn were
guests at the Fox home on Sunday.
Some from here attended services
at Atkinson Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mis. Paul Nelson spent
Sunday at the home of Mrs. Nel
son’s parents, near Celia.
Mrs. R. D. Spindler spent several
days this week with Mrs. F. H.
Griffith. Roy is still in the hospital
but getting along fine.
Velma and Melvin Johring, Roxie
Puckett and Marvel Borg were
guests at the William Hubby home
Sunday. They all motored to At
kinson for services at the Gospel
chapel.
Mrs. Paul Nelson has been on
the sick list.
SPIRITED SIX
The meeting- was called to order
by the president. Roll call by the
secretary showed everyone present.
The roll for next time will be draw
ing a picture free hand. The clean
liness and orderliness groups gave
their reports. We have six more
children in our club. Melvin won
the OK contest. We chose up sides
for the contest, Melvin, Mary Ann,
Jim, Margaret and Bernadine on
one side and Gerald, Donald, Mar
tin, Maynard, Hugh and Betty on
the other side.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Land Commissioner Swanson,
abolished as land commissioner at
the November election and legis
lated into a salary by the supreme
court decision, may not get any
cash after all. Attorney General
Hunter has taken the stand that
Swanson’s appropriation was ex
hausted Jan. 7, 1937. The legisla
ture must make another appropria
tion, Since no constitutional auth
ority exists, the money cannot be
appropriated, Hunter insists. He
also holds that Swanson has been
merely an executive officer and
not a constitutional officer since
the November election.
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Twenty-nine Nebraska public
power districts have now been ap
proved by State Engineer Tilley.
The latest to obtain approval are
the Clay county rural public power
district, and the Beaver-Sappa
public power and irrigation district.
The Clay county project plans to
purchase power from Tri-county
and estimates a cost of $479,000 to
construct 408 miles of transmission
lines to serve 918 customers. The
Beaver-Sappa project plans to ir
rigate 49,000 acres of land from
water from the Beaver and the
Sappa creeks; also to construct 50
miles of transmission lines. The
estimated cost of $2,600,000 covers
the construction of two ‘storage
reservoirs of 40,000-acre feet capa
city each, four principal canals, and
two division dams.
“Nebraska will never return to
the two-house legislature,” declared
Speaker C. J. Warner in a recent
speech before the Chamber of Com
merce of Elgin. He pointed out
that among the most commendable
points of the unicameral are the
stoppage of hasty legislation; the
five-day notice of public hearings
before the standing committees; a
better personnel, due to the non
political ballot; and the general
publicity given to the unicameral.
Just as many subjects have been
covered this year as in the last
two-house legislature, though only
half as many bills were introduced.
Minutes of Meetings
of the County Board
(Continued from page 4.)
J. P. Gang 27.76
S. W. Hytrek * 16.76
Arthur Rouse 1.00
F. S. Brittell 9.87
Wm. Krotter Co. 9.40
C. E. Hiatt 8.00
Fred Lindberg .75
Kenis Hansen .75
Couch Motor Co. 30.00
Arbuthnot & Reka 49.49
John Sobotka, Jr. 7.35
Continental Oil Co. 08.62
Vergil Stevens 11.50
George Colmon 1.26
Francis Johnson 14.00
Supr Dist. No. 1 16.00
Veil Butler 1.25
J. C. Rock 11.00
Elmer Krueger 4.80
H. C. Fredinburg 6.00
Victor Halva 2.35
Sanford Gamel 3.00
Theodore Crawford 3.20
Gerald Seger 11.75
Sidney Stracke 48.25
Clyde Brainard . 20.10
Nick Schmidt . 11.00
Island Supply Co. 6.40
W Unn * inmll quantity, every day. with regu- .■
■ tnr fred Wonderful < ondlUotirr, mineral *up- ■
■ pleutrnf, wonner Aid* dlgraUon. Make* fnrd I
■ go further. Keep* florae* In M—Until eondl I
■ Utm. Cow* glva more milk. Fenders grow I
I fatter. Fay* big profit* i
I JOHNSON DRUGS I
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA I
NEW
SPRING
STYLES
DORNA GORDON
FROCKS
Du Barry HATS
Choice
$1 .29
A large line of...
Ladies PURSES, Spring
HATS, COLLARS and
BOUTENIERS . . .
at Popular Prices!
Harry McGraw 62.10
W. D. Hopkins 2.00
C. F. Gillette 21.38
Serafin Ergler 1.35
Harry Fox 2.25
Toni Alder 5.00
Walter Devall 2.25
Deep Rock Oil Co. 137.44
Leon Kaiser 19.60
Bud Thompson 4.00
Geo. Colnian 75.00
Continental Oil Co. 29.11
Motion by Sullivan, seconded by
Carson that claim of Arbuthnot &
Reka amounting to $42.76 be al
lowed as follows:
Road fund $36.88
General Fund( 6.88
Motion made and seconded that
the following claims be allowed us
follows:
Inland Construction Co.
Road fund $30.00
Bridge fund 30.00
Ronald Carson
Road fund 23.50
General fund 67.20
The following claims were aud
ited and approved and on motion
were allowed and warrants ordered
drawn on General fund in payment
of same:
Oscar Peterson _ $ 20.00
Vearl Tuttle 15.00
Fred Richardson ___— 6.00
Leo Tomjack _. 20.00
F. C. Krotter Estate 15.50
J. I. Cork 15.00
Richard Minton . 96.00
Joe Kaup Sr_ _— 4.00
George Sobotka 15.25
Anthony Stanton 1.40
Lewis A. Miller ... .... . 4.85
Arbuthnot & Reka . 11.25
Lavina Sawyer .... . 3.00
Continental Oil Co. 14.70
John Roar .. 24.50
J. W. McDermott 40.60
Dave Bellinger 1.40
Mrs. Kate March 5.00
James McDermott 28.50
Ed Boyle 74.50
Elmer Krueger 88.35
Robert Richardson 30.00
Bob Starr 2.98
Ferd Ruhroede 24.80
E. H. Medcalf 61.25
Otto Claussen 48.30
(Continued on page 8, column 3.)
CONSIGNMENT SALE
OF
Registered Hereford Bulls
Monday, April 5th
SALE PAVILLION, ATKINSON, NEBR.
.*{."> Head of Hulls
Rugged, thickset bulls with good heads, curly coats,
heavy bone, strong quarters and loins—in fact the kind that
sire market topping calves. Big Assorment—18 head of
mature hulls from 3 to 6 years old, 17 head of yearlings and
calves—All T. B. tested. Ranchmen can secure their hulls
at this sale.
FOR PARTICULARS, CALL OR WRITE
Atkinson Livestock Market
Regular Cattle, Hog and Horse Auction
Tuesday, April 6
If This
Happened To
O’Neill
On March 23 and 24, a severe sleet
storm interrupted telephone service in
much of South Dakota. Ice an inch or
more thick formed on telephone wires.
The wind reached a velocity of nearly 60
miles an hour. More than 5,500 tele
phone poles crashed under the teriffic
strain . . . Aberdeen, Pierre, Mitchell,
Huron and many other South Dakota
towns were cut off as lines went down.
Damage caused by the storm is expected
to reach $250,000.
As soon as the sleet storm struck,
crews of Northwestern Bell Telephone
Company men from Minnesota, North
Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa were rushed
into the storm area. Carloads of poles,
wire,crossarms and other material were
shipped at once from Western Electric
Company warehouses in Minneapolis,
Omaha and Chicago. Temporary re
pairs were rushed with all possible speed
by more than 300 trained telephone men.
The prompt and thorough manner in
which the job of restoring telephone ser
vice in South Dakota calls attention to
how well the Bell System is organized
to meet such emergencies. Resources of
the Bell System in men and supplies are
instantly available. Standardized ma
terial and methods make it possible to
restore service with utmost speed.
If it should happen to O’Neill... if a
storm should interrupt telephone service
here ... you can be certain that because
of the Bell System organization, service
would be restored at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Bell System is organized not
only to meet emergencies but also to
provide at all times the best service at
the lowest charges. The Bell Labora
tories contribute research and develop
ment. The Western Electric Company
manufactures and stores equipment.
The American Telephone and Telegraph
Company operates long distance lines
interconnecting the 23 regional operat
ing companies, such as this Company,
and coordinates their operations for
nationwide service.
NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
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