The Frontier | ! " —Wm—m——m ‘ * VOL. LVII O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1937. No. 48 t BURGESS NAMED TO HEAD O’NEILL CLUB FOR THE SIXTH TIME Summer Entertainment Program of Country Club Planned As Biggest In Its History. Last Saturday, April 10, the stockholders of the O’Neill Country club held their annual meeting. At this meeting the following were elected directors: L. A. Burgess, W. J. Hammond. W. J. Biglin, R. M. Sauers, Max Golden, Ira Moss and E. M. Gallagher. Many phases of the club activities were also dis cussed at the meeting, and it is planned to offer more varied enter tainment this year than during any year in the club’s history. Dr. L. A. Burgess was named for the sixth consecutive year as president of the club. The opening dance of the season will be held about May 20, accord ing to present plans. Max Golden, chairman of the entertainment committee, has already contacted several of the leading orchestras of the state to furnish music for the dances. June 20 has been set as the date for the 16th annual golf tuorna ^ ment of the club. Word has been received from many farmer O’Neill ites that they will visit here during the tournament, which has become a real annual homecoming as well as a sporting event. Other outstanding features of the season will be the Fourth of July celebration at the club, the annual stag party, the costume ball, c the ladies bridge parties, grill 1 luncheons, children’s parties, and a season interspersed with many en joyable dances to be arranged by Chairman Golden. The club extends a very cordial invitation to all residents of O’Neill to join during the 1937 season. The dues are reasonable and the of ficers of the club are especially anxious to afford all new-comers to O’Neill an opportunity to enjoy the facilities of the club. Membership last year exceeeded any previous year, and the prediction was made that the present season will find the largest membership on record. Western Trip Brings Contact With Many Formerly of O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Weekes re turned last Thursday from a vaca tion trip and a visit with relatives and friends in California and other ♦ west coast states. They left here January 27, first stop being Los | Angeles, Calif. Here they visited at the home of Mr. Weekes’ sister, M rs. Maude Curl, and while there met many former O’Neill residents, including Mr. and Mrs. William Stannard, Mr. and Mrs. Dee Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. George Morrison. From Los Angeles they visited other towns along the coast includ . ing Santa Monica, Long Beach and f San Diego. At San Diego they met and had a visit with John O’Neill, son of General John O’Neill, the founder of this city, and who lived here for several years in his boyhood. Mr. O’Neill told Mr. Weekes that he was heart ily in favor of the move started by the late Jerry Howard of Omaha, several years ago for the removal of the body of his father from Omaha to this city, and it may be possible that this will be accom plished by some of the residents of this city. At Long Beach they met tne following former O’Neill residents: Mrs. M. F. Harrington and daught ers, Constance and Cleta; Mrs. Ida Ulbrich, and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hazelet. They also met Mrs. D. Stannard, who has been visiting on ' the west coast for the past three months, at Long Beach and gao Diego. At San Diego they met Mr. and Mrs. Jesse George, Mrs. George being formerly Anna Lowrie and for many years a resident of this city; Mr. and Mrs. George Stan nard, Edwin, Thomas and Vincent Whalen, and Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Hershiser. They remained in California one month and then went to Phoenix, Ariz., remained there about ten days and then to Tuscon, Ariz., where they remained about a week and then to El Paso, Texas. From California they made a short trip into Mexico, visiting Tia Juana. From El Paso they made another j trip into Mexico, visiting the town of Juaraz, where they witnessed a bull fight, but John apparently did not get many thrills from the scrap. Leaving the south they started for home, spent a day in Kansas City and a day in Omaha on their return trip. Mr. and Mrs. Weekes were away from home ten weeks and Mr. Weekes says they had an enjoyable trip and enjoyed meeting the old timers from this section who are now on the coast. This was Mr. Weekes’ first visit to California, but from what he says he is not particularly sold on that section of the country. During his absence of ten weeks he says that he did not see as nice a morning any place as last Saturday morning and Tues day mprinng of this week in good old Holt county. Holt county still looks good to John. O’Connell Pleads Not Guilty To Charge of Contempt of Court Cornelius J. O’Connell, who was charged with perjury some time ago as a result of his testimony in the trial of his son, George, who was on trial for breaking into the Weber liquor store at Atkinson, was arraigned before Judge Dick son Thursday morning. He plead not guilty to all counts of the charge. A date for O’Connell’s trial is to be fixed Saturday. James Boyle and his wife, Gladys Boyle, were charged with con tempt of court in papers filed to day. Charges of dependency and delinquency were filed in Juvenile court by city authorities against a Boyle child some time ago and an order made by the court requiring the appearance of the parents and child for a hearing. The contempt chage recites that they failed to comply with the order and failed to appear or to produce the child. James Scheinost, who was charg with bastardy last month, had a hearing before Judge C. J. Malone this morning and was bound over to the district court for trial under six hundred dollar bond. Cattle and Hog Prices Slump in Large Offering Atkinson, Nebr., April 13.—De mand for cattle was at low ebb at Tuesday’s auction. Except for a few of the best fleshy feeders and some of the better cows and heif ers, prices generally were from 25 to 50 cents a hundred lower than a week ago. Receipts were fairly .liberal with slightly over 800 head being on sale. Best steer calves here brought 7.90 with the bulk at 6.75 to 7.50; heifer calves at 5.50 to 6.20; best yearling steers at 6.75 to 7.50; fair to good steers at 5.50 to 6.50; yearling heifers at 5.00 to 6.00 with a few fleshy ones on up to 7.00; heavy heifers at 6.00 to 7.00; choice cows at 5.75 to 7.00; fair to good cows at 4.50 to 5.00; canners and cutters at 3.00 to 4.25; bulls at 4.50 to 6.00. About 200 hogs were sold with the best fats at 9.55; bulk at 9.20 to 9.45; sows at 8.00 to 9.00; feeder pigs at 7.50 to 9.50. Horse market practically unchanged from a week ago. Injured In Auto Accident Jack Lund, of Norfolk, a maga zine salesman, Elmer Humke, 33, of Omaha, a film salesman, and Don Barton, also of Omaha, had an automobile accident last Monday morning on highway No. 20 about two miles west of Danceland. The car was coming to this city and went into the ditch, hit the bank and catupulted over the fence on the north side of the highway. Lund was seriously injured with cuts on the head and bodily in juries. Humke was scratched some while Barton was uninjured. Lpnd was brought to this city and taken to the hospital, where he is at the present time and is on the road to a rapid recovery. The other men did not require hospital attendance. The car was badly wrecked. Some eugenists advocates a law making it impossible for feeble minded folks to get married. One of our bachelor friends says that wanting to get married is prima facie evidence of the weakness mentioned. Nowadays when a man asks you to sit down he may merely be polite or asking you to go on strike. FUNERAL FOR OLI) SETTLER HELD IN O’NEILL MONDAY — Jacob Erb, Who Died Last Friday At 78 Years, Buried In the Menonite Cemetery. Jacob Erb passed away la!st Fri day evening at the home of his daughter, Mrs. L. A. Ott, north of this city, after an illness of several months, at the age of 78 years, 8 months and 19 days. The funeral was held last Monday afternoon, in the Presbyterian church. Rev. Mil ler, a Menonite minister from Mil ford, Nebr., officiating and burial in the Menonite cemetery north of this city. Jacob Erb was born at Tavistock, Ontario, Canada, on July 20, 1858. He remained in the country of his birth for several years, and in March, 1881, he was united in manage at Wessley, Candada, to Miss Fannie Kennell. Five child ren were born of this union, two sons and three daughters. The children are: Mrs. Lizzie Oswald, West Point; Mrs. Mattie Oswald, Beemer; Mrs. L. A. Ott, O’Neill; Albert Erb, Beemer, and John Erb, Redwood Falls, Minn. Mrs. Erb died April 6, 1915, and in 1916 he was united in marriage to Mrs. Mattie Erb, the ceremony being performed at O’Neill. His second wife died in July, 1936, and since that time Mr. Erb had been making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Ott. Mr. Erb came to this county in the spring of 1885 and had been a resident of the county continu ously since that time to his death, a period of fifty-two years. For several years he lived a mile north of the old Joy postoffice and was a prominent and active citizen in that section of the county. After his second marriage he moved about three miles further west onto the farm of his bride, on which, at one time, the old Slocum postoffice was located. He was a good citizen and had a host of friends among the old timers of the county who will regret to learn of his death. In addition to his children, Mr. Erb leaves 28 grandchildren and six great grand children and seven step children. The following relatives and old^ friends came from a distance to at tend the funeral services: Mr. and Mrs. John Erb, two sons and two daughters, Redwood Falls, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Oswald and four sons, West Point, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. William Oswald, one son and four daughters, Mrs. Albert Erb son and two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Erb and two sons, Mrs. J. O. Greiser and son, and Mrs. Sam Oswald and son, all of Beemer, Nebr.; Mrs. Ben Greiser, Wisner; Mrs. Anna Zimmerman and Chris Erb, Aurora; Mrs. Ray Steider and son, Mr. and Mrs. Mose Erb, Shick ley, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schweitzer, Beaver Crossing, Nebr.; J. Schweitzer, Mose Schweitzer, C. Yantzi and C. Ernst, Milford, Nebr. Two Are Found Insane And Taken to Norfolk Mrs. Bessie Simpson, about 30, was before the insanity commission last Thursday evening, adjudged insane and, on account of the crowded condition of the insane asylums, was turned over to the custody of the sheriff. She was taken that evening to Norfolk to the Varges Sanitarium. C. A. Shobe, age about 50, was before the insanity commission last Monday evening, adjudged insane, and turned over to the custody of the sheriff. He was taken to the Verges Sanitarium at Norfolk by the deputy sheriff that evening. CARD OF THANKS We desire to express our heart felt thanks to the many neighbors and kind friends for their sympathy and assistance rendered during the sickness and following the death of our beloved father, the late Jacob Erb. We especially wish to ex tend our thanks to the Presbyter ian minister of O’Neill and the members of his congregation for their kindness in permitting us to use their church for the funeral services.—Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Os wald and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Oswald and family; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Ott and family; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Erb and family; Mr. and Mrs. John Erb and family. The Weather The weather for the past week has been windy. Sunday all day it blew a gale and the air was filled with dust. Then Sunday evening it clouded up and we were favored with a nice shower that amounted to .59 of an inch. This shower was heartily welcomed, hut we need a lot more moisture to thoroly soak the subsoil. Wednesday was an other very windy day and the air was filled with real estate of Holt and adjoining counties all day long. The wind moderated along late in the afternoon and this morning it is nice and balmy. High Low Mois. April 9 52 25 April 10 60 27 April 11 68 36 April 12 60 33 .59 April 13 74 36 April 14 72 40 Lions Entertain Guests At Monday’s Meeting The O’Neill Lions Club held their regular meeting at. the Golden Hotel dining room Monday evening. There were nine guests present be sides a very good attendance of the members. Entertainment was fur nished by the O’Neill recreation center in the form of a little di alogue entitled “Lover’s Mistake." Those taking part in this were Myrtle Brown and Willard Kub ichek, under the direction of Clar ence Selah. A couple of well ex ecuted numbers in tap dancing were furnished by Mary Jeannette Kubitschek, accompanied by Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek at the piano. The guests present were extend ed an invitation to affiliate with the O’Neill Liois club and most of them have already signified then intention of doing so. The next meeting of the Lions club will be Monday, April 26. Starting with the month of May, the club will meet on the second and fourth Thursdays and the first I meeting in May will be on the 13th. The Lions clla> of Long Pine are holding a zone meeting and dedica tion of their community hall on Tuesday, May 4. Not only Lions, but every one in O’Neill is invited to attend this function. Kill Prairie Dogs Before the Grass Gets Green Harold and Wilbur Kirkland and Archie McKathnie, assisted by F. M. Reece, treated their prairie dog town last week and reported a good kill. Poisoned oats are used in the treatment and it will roughly re quire one pound per acre. The first treatment will ordinarily get around 90 per cent or better. Other communities where they have treated are George Syfie and Harm Damero, and another town owned by James Curran, Jake Ernst and R. E. Gallagher. There is no time to lose, however, because as soon as green grass starts, the poison is not eaten as readily. Large Mortgages Filed Two large mortgages were filed in the office of the Register of Deeds last Tuesday, the first good sized mortgage filed in the county in several months. The mortgages were for a total of $17,000 and covered 3,350.59 acres of land in southwestern Holt county and was given to the Federal Land bank of Omaha. Marriage Licenses Albert Havranek and Miss Mary Ellen Dvorak, both of Atkinson, issued on Aprd 10. Mose Gaughenbaugh and Miss Blandina Welsh, both of Emmet, issued on April 12. Erratum The Frontier made a slight error last week in reporting the case of the State of Nebraska vs. Harold Fuller. We stated that ‘t‘he forg ery was the issuing of a check on a local business firm for the sum of $210.37.’' The* statement was er roneous. The complaint upon which he was arrested charged that he forged and counterfeited the en dorsement on a check made payable to G. P. Simpson, and to this charge he plead guilty. We regret that this error oc curred. It, is our intention at all times to publish the news, without coloring. Our information was se cured from the petition in the case but it is apparent that we did not read the entire complaint, hence the error and this correction. BILL SHINED WHICH BOOSTS PENALTIES OF DRUNK DRIVERS Rill For Regulation of Gasoline Transports Passed and Signed By the Governor. By the Lowell Service Governor Cochran has signed LB 38, which increases the penalties for persons convicted of driving automobiles while under the influ ence of liquor or drugs. As the bill carries the emergency clause, it goes into effect at once. The gasoline transport bill, long under controversy within the legis lature, the state railway commis sion and the truckers, has finally been passed and signed by the gov ernor. By its provisions trucks shall not travel the highways on Sundays, Fourth of July or Labor holidays, unless they chance to be within 50 miles of their final des tination. Truckers carrying more than 900 gallons of gasoline must obtain a permit for each vehicle at a cost of $10 each. A liability bond on each vehicle must cover $10,000 property damage, and $20,000 per sonal and property damage in any one accident. Drivers must be be tween the ages of 21 and 60, and they cannot be on duty more than 12 hours in any 24-hour period, the department of agriculture and inspection is to administer the act, and transporters subject to regu lation by the interstate commerce commission are exempted. The old Indian school at Genoa is now to be converted into a prison farm, by the passage of LB 325, which Governor Cochran has just signed. The maximum salary of village marshals has been raised from $25 to $50 per month, and village boards have been given power to hire roads overseers at not more than $600 per year by the passage of LB33, to which the signature of the governor has been affixed. The daily salary of overseers under the old law was fixed at not more than $2.« Governor Cochran’s bonding bill is the latest brand-new bill to be introduced in the legislature. It proposes a constitutional amend ment to provide for the bonding of state constitutional officers from a state bonding fund. Charles A. Dafoe of Tecumseh headed a list of eleven introducers. The bindweed eradication bill has been advanced to select file. Erad ication districts similar to drainage districts are provided by the meas ure, and plans for getting rid of the pest are offered to owners of in fested land estimated at about 400,000 acres. The forming of districts is not compulsory, but is left to the discretion of a majority of the land owners. The depart ment of agricultural inspection will have charge of the administra tion of the eradication scheme. Action has been deferred on a bill to repeal Nebraska’s anti-pick eting law. The matter was thoroly discussed before the labor commit tee, its friends declaring that this law was largely responsible for the noticable lack of sitdown strikes in this state. Some interesting discoveries were made by the appropriations com mittee during the last week. One concerned the reason as to why a $900 boiler has been lying idle for years at the Chadron State Teach ers’ college. The college had not had the $150 required to connect the boiler. Ther connection will be made in the near future. Very soon now the beautiful tow er of the Nebraska state capitol building will be the beacon to the prairies at night that its architect intended it to be. Governor Coch ran has signed LB169, which pro vides for the floodlighting of the tower, the cost to come from funds for the maintenance of the aero nautics commission. The tower will no longer be a menace to airplanes at night. The bill carried the emes gency clause, and work on the lighting will begin at once. Legislator Carl Peterson of Nor folk seeks to have a mild anti child labo remedy placed in op eration. He has introduced a bill by unanimous consent to bar pro ducts of factories that employ child labor. Soil Conservation Word was received at the county office this week that “go down" crops consisting of rye, sudan grass and cane would be approved for the diversion payment, which for Holt county averages per acre. These crops must be so designated and planted by May 15 and have the approval of the county commit tee as these crops can be approved on light, sandy soil. These crops are to be left standing thruout the summer and fall, not pastured and not cut for hay but left to catch snow next winter. Summer fallow now refers to light, sandy soil on which the op erator intends to comply by rest ing the soil and performing only enough operations to prevent wind erosion and excessive weed growth. The first operation may be disced and must be performed by May 15. This practice should be carried out only after receiving the approval of the county committee. George Riggs, Former O’Neill Man, Dies at His Des Moines Home Mrs. J. H. Meredith left here last Saturday morning for Des Moines, Iowa, in answer to a message an nouncing the death of her brother, George D. Riggs, 71, who died at his home in Des Moines last Thurs day night. George D. Riggs was one of the pioneers of this city. He came here from Eddyville, Iowa, when a young man, in 1883, and entered the printing office of his brother, the late James H. Riggs for many years editor of The Frontier, where he learned the printing trade. He was married in this city to Miss Nellie Beck, a sister of the late Mrs. T. V. Golden, and was a resi dent of the city until 1892 when he moved to Lincoln, Nebr, From Lincoln he went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, where f