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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (May 6, 1937)
The Frontier D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the PostoflRce at O’Neill, Nebraska, a9 Second Class Matter. One Year, in Nebraska-$2.00 One Year, outside Nebraska— 2.25 Every subscription is regarded as an open account. The names of subscribers will be instantly re moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid lor, if pub lisher shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at the designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a of the contract between pub *r and subscriber. ADVERTISING RATES Display advertising is charged for on a basis of 25c an inch (one solumn wide) per week. Want ads 10c per line, first insertion, sub sequent insertions, 5c per line. SEVERAL ACTS OF LEGISLATURE ARE THOUGHT UNWISE Failure To Put Teeth In Law To Stop Lobbyist Entertainers Is A Serious Mistake. By the Lowell Service Lincoln, Nebr.—Acclaimed by its proponents as the real University of Statesmanhhip, the unicameral, in its closing hours, does not seem to be handing out any diplomas to graduates. The quasi - leaders, hailed as future governors and political whatnots in January, are fading out the picture with the coining of May. While the unicameral has set an example for economy and fairly fool-proof legislation, the advo cates of the system are not satis fied with results. The retention of the committee of the whole has been criticized. ■Hie idea of a legislative council is not approved; the unicameralites insist that each legislator should .study problems of government dur ing the interim between sessions. Creating a sifting committee proved a mistake. The taxpayers resent the creation of a state plan ning board. There is general dis satisfaction over the high gasoline tax. Keeping Land Commissioner Swanson on the job was perhaps the biggest mistake made by the legislature. Arden republicans led in this move, forgetting that the republican platform of 1934 pledg ed abolition of the office, while ijovernor Cochran has recommend ed in two messages abolition of the office of land commissioner. The republicans retoyrt that gov ernor Cochran had already given Swanson a job before the legisla ture convened, and that the su preme court, in a decision, seemed to solder Swanson to the payroll. Mixed up in the whole matter is a growing conviction that the tax payers’ organizations have winked at the creation of boards and bu reaus at the state house, and the lobbyists for the taxpayers’ leagues actually assisted Swanson f in sit ting tight at the expense of all the taxpayers. # # # \ , The most serious miptake, assert the unicameral -advocates, was failure to pass a law putting actual teeth in the constitutional provis ion forbidding entertainment, emo luments and gifts .from the lobby. Reports are in circulation that the legislators have been elaborately and expensively efttertained. A majority of the legislators last spring indicated that they favored such a law, but when the session opened, not one would introduce it. After five or six weeks of cajolery of the special interests, the mem bers found themselves out of touch with sentiment at home. On the other hand, the daily papers, which heaped compliments on some of the members, were not read by the farmers in the districts of the members. In the last days of the -session, some of the daily papers, hostile to the unicameral from the beginning, suddenly executed an editorial about face and lambasted the astonished solons. One of the neatest jokers in veigled into the unicameral was none other than LB277. This bill purported to give building and loan •associations and insurance com panies authority to borrow money from the Federal Home Loan bank at Topeka an relend it. But, ac cording to a decision of the social security board, it automatically re lieved all the companies and as sociations that took advantage of its provisions of the social security legislation and saved the necessity of paying any unemployment in surance tax. Lincoln lawyers shov ed this bill over on Dunn and Dicrs The suddenly revived cooperative merchandising bill, LB 252, gave some of the rural public power dis tricts a scare last week. Commer cial clubs in Lincoln, Omaha and elsewhere opposed the original bill. It was slain in committee. Norton suddenly revived it, minus the merchandising features. In amend ed form, the bill permitted twenty men to form a cooperative and engage in merchandising electricity. Norton agreed to amendments, but it still remained a threat against Senate File 310. Early in the session Ernest Adams introduced a bill to punish the defamation of building and loan associations and insurance companies. Now fly-by-nite insur ance concerns are out among the people, gouging, strongarming, twisting and high pressuring. In their wake a coteri of Lincoln at torneys follow like vultures, lap ping up the legal drippings. Ne braska has remarkably strong home companies. These concerns are reliable, prosperous, and ocn duct their insurance sales cam paigns on high planes. Mr. Adams has, it is believed, unwittingly provided a first line of defense for insurance scalawags by seeking to protect them from criticism by the press. Information concerning sev eral Lincoln attorneys has been placed in the office of Attorney general Hunter. The state highway patrol bill, after receiving an amendment pro viding for inspection of automo biles one a year instead of twice, with a 25-cent inspection fee, has been advanced to the enrollment and review committee for engross ment. Of the fee, five cents goes to the state, and the rest to the garage which does the testing. The safety patrol director will desig nate certain garages as official testing stations. The truck control bill, the sub ject of long debates and much elo quence, has finally been passed by the legislature by a vote of 24 to 17 and sent to the governor for signature. By its provisions the state railway commission is given full power to regulate the trucking industry, said to be the second largest industry in Nebraska. Pri vate carriers are exempted, but all other motor operators must file application with the commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity. The application must be accompanied by a filing fee of not more than $5, and the permit is to cost not more than $5 for each vehicle. The emergency clause was omitted, hence the bill, if sign ed by the governor, will not go into effect until DO days after the close of the legislature. Then truckers will have 60 days in which to file applications. County treasurers are forbidden to sell license plates to truckers whose permits and cer tificates have not been properly renewed. Just before Governor Cochran left for Washington to present the statues of William Jennings Bryan and J. Sterling Morton to the na tion’s Hall of Fame, he vetoed five bills and signed three others. Per haps the most important of the five vetoed measures was that sponsored by Frank J. Brady of Atkinson, providing for a tax re fund to purchasers of airplane gasoline in excess of the cost of maintenance of the Nebraska aero nautics commission. The governor holds that the people of the state have expressed their disapproval of exemption of tax paid on gasoline for uses other than in vehicles using the highways, and that this principle should be applicable to all classes, including uses for avia tion purposes. Other bills vetoed were LB 414, 438 and 243, all of which have per mitted suits against the state; also the bill which would have estab lished at the capitol a central mail ing room with postage metering machines. It was sponsored by Lester Dunn of Lincoln. Among the bills signed the most important was that establishing a permanent 15-member legislative council to study and recommend laws to the next legislature. The council is to study governmental questions, taxation, the merit sys tem, and the like, and is to meet twice a year. The speaker will be a member and three members will be named from each congressional district. New Counters Installed In Two County Offices New steel counters are now in stalled in the office of the county treasurer and the county clerk. They are large steel desks, painted green, and add much to the appear ance of the two offices, but we doubt if they will be able to bring any more money into the office of the treasurer than the old desk did. The old desk has a place of honor in the vault and we predict that it will see more use day after day than the new desk in the outer office. Like the desk in the treasurer's i office, the desk in the office of the county clerk has also been removed to the vault of his office where it will be in daily use. These two old desks have beeti in use in their respective offices for the past forty years and what a tale they could unfold, if they could talk. But those who like to keep and occasion ally see relics of by-gone days can still see these old desks in the vaults, where there is no danger of them being consumed by fire. Possibly they will satisfactorily function in their present positions for another forty years. Judge Dickson Files Mandamus Action Judge Dickson filed suit in the district court last Saturday. It was a mandamus action against the city of O’Neill and the New Deal Oil company asking for the removal from Douglas and Madison streets of an obstruction placed on both streets, as he alleged in his peti tion, by the oil company. He alleges that the pumps, in front of their place of business were placed in the streets, both Douglas and Madison, and that they constitute a nuisance, ob structing the view of Douglas street from motorists coming north on Madison street. Several cars are parked in front of the pumps while being filled which makes it a hazard to people traveling north on Madison or turning south off. of Douglas onto Madison street. Would Form City Kitten Ball League Kitten Ball fans are requested to meet at the K. C. hall next Monday evening at 8 o’clock when the or ganization of a city league for the season will be discussed. Many of the old time players are again anxious to test their powers with the large ball and the promoters are confident that a city league will be the result of the meeting next Monday night. Hybrid Seed Corn Tests J. M. Kennedy of Page, and Paul Schwisow of O’Neill, have secured samples of hybrid seed corn to plant in tests on their places. It will be interesting to note the re sults of these tests ivex fall. Meet ings will be held at that time at both places if we have a normal season*. Ordained to Priesthood Francis Markey, nephew of Mrs. F. E. McMillan, Miss Markey and John Markey of this city, was or dained this morning at Santa Fe, 9 Ask to see the proof of CMC extra1 value—the evidence to prove why the size and type suitable for your needs will out-perform and out earn. Then, see the truck itself. You’ll find it an exceptional value at its extremely attractive price. Time payments through our own Y. M. A. C. Plan at lowest available rates QUALITY AT PRICES LOWER THAN AVERAGE A. MARCELLUS Phone 370 O'Neill, Nebr. GENERAL MOTORS TRUCKS &> TRAILERS N. M. Father Markey will cele brate his first high mass in this city next Sunday at 9 o’clock at St. Patrick's church. Father Mar key has many friends in this city, where he has visited on various occasions during the past fifteen years, his last visit being at Christ mas last year. Pass Bill for Recall of County Officials The legislature passed a bill a few days ago providing for the re call of county officials. The law provides that the recall can be in stituted by a very small fraction of the voters of the county signing petitions for the recall of any of ficer. It is an easy matter to get people to sign petitions. A few disgruntled citizens get sore at a county officer and if they want to spend a few dollars they can easily get the required number of signa tures. Then the taxpayers have to stand the expense of another elec tion, and the county officer at tacked has to make a campaign, not only for redaction to complete his term, but also for vindication. It might work, hut it looks to us as if it was a breeder - of a lot of local strife, turmoil and expense. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday School 10:00. Morning Worship 11:00.—“Moth er of A Nation.” A beautiful order of service is planned. Wc invite you to attend. In doing so you will honor your mother. There will be no evening service as the pastor i^ to be out of town. H. D. Johnson, Pastor. METHODIST CHURCH NOTES A. J. May, Pastor Sunday School 10 a. m. Mother's Day worship service at 11 a. m.—Special music by the choir. Vocal solo, Charles Yarn all. Mother’s Day sermon by the pastor. '»>»•.__ Epworth League 7 p. m.—Leader, Mrs. Harold Lindberg. Evening Service 8 p. m.—All men's chorus singing. We thank the people for the response last Sunday for the spec ial service. Fifteen united with the church and four were baptised and 130 participated in the communion service. About 75 were in the group of new members and 20 in the picture of the choir, ELM GROVE 4-H CLUB The Elm Grove 4-H club elected the following officers for the year 1937 at a meeting held May 2 at the Blake Benson home: Marie Hynes, president; Maurice Grutch, vice president; Inez Benson, secretary and treasurer; Madelyne Hynes and Mary Jane Moler, cheer lead ers; Bud Moler, Hugh Benson and Donald Hynes, entertainment com mittee. DeMaris Benson and La Vonna Moler, song leaders, and Irene Moler, club reporter. _ i HAPPY HOUR PROJECT CLUB The Happy Hour Project Club met April 28 at the home of Mrs; I). L. Moler. All members were present. Visitors attending were Mrs. Catherine Hynes, Mrs. Mamie O’Neill and Mrs. Matt Ernest. A delicious luncheon was served. New officers were elected and plans were made for achievement day in O’Neill May 14. BUSY HOUR CLUB The Busy Hour club met Thurs day, April 29, at the home of May Johnson. Twelve members were present, and two visitors, Mrs. Lowell Johnson and Mrs. Lizzie Pelcer. The ladies spent the after noon working out games and doing embroidery work. A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. The next meeting will be held at the home of Ruby Wayman May 27. Achievement day for the O’Neill project clubs will be held Friday, .Get the Habit! h ' Eat "MASTER BREAD” _ i/ .... always fresh! • • • £ne/i fnc OnerCjij. J . i ■■ ■■■■■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■ ■■■—■■■ ■ .. 1.. - Week-End Specials CUP CAKES—Devils Food and Plain—Dozen I2c ! POTATO BREAD—Loaf 8c ; DANISH BUTTER ROLLS— Sugar Dipped—Dozen . I6c JELLY ROLL—Marshmellow Filled and Plain—Each IOc PEANUT COOKIES—Dozen 10c ijEAVE YOUR ORDER FOR ‘MOTHER’S DAY” CAKES Bread and Rolls Baked Fresh Morning and Afternoon Daily McMillan & markey BAKERY Mother wonts ■ Telephone Coll jjfurlii you. MOTHER'S DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 9 If you can’t be with your mother on Mother’s Day, you can be sure that what she will w ant most is a visit with you by LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE May 14, in the K. C. Hall. Exhibits •will be in place at 1 o'clock and the meeting will start promptly at 1:30. Eeveryone is cordially invited to attend. —--- • Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hancock and Marlin Hancock, of David City, . * came last Saturday for a few days visit with relatives and friends in this city and vicinity. They re turned horhe Monday afternoon and were accompanied by Mrs. C. P. Hancock, who had been visiting rel atives and friends here for the past two weeks. ALL kinds of hunger there is none like money hunger. Physical starvation may be the result of financial improvidence. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $125,000.00 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders. MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION GOOD COOKS PREFER the Food Center! Your individual preferences are catered to at the Food Center store. Our quality guarantees the suc cess of every meal—and our low prices lessen your food budget. SAVE WHILE IT IS POSSIBLE TO SAVE! Bananas Per Pound 6c • i . ii > .1 + •* • .„*>' ■.. v 4 i.i v .*n Green Beans Per Pound lie Crackers 2 pound Box 17c “Cloverbloom Cream Cheese 2 Pounds 47c Red Pitted Cherries Called Gai. 69c Catsup Large Bottle 11c Whole Kernel Corn No. 2 Cans 2 for 25c Jell Powders 3 for 10c Seedless Raisins 2 Pounds 17c O’NEILL FOOD CENTER E. J. RENWALD, Owner Our New Line of SUMMER FROCKS HAVE ARRIVED! at prices from $1.29 t0 *2.95 Come in and see our new Cotton Shoppe! _ _ FOR THE BABY.. . Fine Mercerized HOSE 1Cr Per Pair..I •¥ BONNETS 25c DRESSES 25c White Leather Rfln SHOES per pair JUU Silk KIMONA and BOOT IE SETS, each $ I Wreaths . . . Sprays . . . and All Kinds of Flowers . . . for Decora- . tion Day . . . from 10c to $1 each. -