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VOL. LVIII O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1937. No. 3
CREEKS SWOLLEN
BY HEAVY RAINS
TAKE OUT BRIDGES
'A Hail Accompanying Rain Last
Thursday Night Damages
Crops and Gardens.
The country north of O’Neill re
ceived a soaking rain last Thursday
night, that was almost a cloud
burst in places. A a result of the
heavy downpour three county
bridges on Honey creek are out and
four or five on the Eagle. The
bridge across the Eagle on highway
281 had several feet of approaches
washed out and part of the road,
but it was quickly repaired. The
Other bridges have not been re
paired but some members of the
county board were going out in
that section today to observe the
damage done. So far as we have
able to learn gardens suffered sev
erely in places, but crops were not
badly damaged.
The real heavy downpour was
along the Eagle, or from Honey
creek north and there was consid
erable hail in places. The rainfall
is estimated at from 1.50 to 5
inches, having near that amount on
the John Schmidt place northeast
of this city. John says it cut his
garden up badly, but he did not
think it hurt his crops.
The center of the storm seemed
to be the old D. J. Cronin ranch,
now' occupied by A. T. Drayton.
Hail to the depth of several inches
fell there and a deluge of water,
which washed away a lot of his
fences.
Just south of there J. B. Donohoe
reports that they had a real soaker
and quite a lot of hail. He said that
he had a fifteen acre field of rye on
the north side of the place that
was wiped out by the hail and that
he had to replant his corn on the
north side of his place.
R. J. Rhode, who lives in Cole
man precinct, said that the heavy
downpour was about tenr miles
south of his place, but that they
had a nice rain in his section. That
section of the county, along the
Honey and Eagle is rather rolling
and the heavy downpour washed
down the hills into Honey creek
and then into the Eagle. The heavy
flow of water, Mr. Rhode said,
raised the Eagle to a stream as
wide as the Niobrara river.
From the information at hand it
seems that the hail storm was
along Honey creek, starting about
three miles west of the highway
and followed the creek east, cut
ting gardens badly in its path and
injuring some rye and oats. The
| morning after the storm Supervis
or J. C. Stein called at this office
with a cardboard box about 18
inches square, that he filled with
hail and brought into town. He
picked it up along the highway
about one mile east of the M. F.
Conway farm, 2 miles west and
about 9 north of town. Mr. Con
way said his garden was damaged
I some, but he did not think his crops
suffered any from the storm.
In the Meek section they had
about an inch and a half of rain
but no hail, and while the creeks
were up some they did no damage.
In this section we had only a
slight rain that night, the measure
ment the next morning being re
corded as .15 of an inch; .24 of an
inch May 29, and .16 on May 30,
bringing the rainfall for the month
■of May up to 3.25 inches and the
rainfall for the *year up to 7.99
inches.
following is me rainiaii lur me
month of May, as compiled by
Harry Bowep, the local federal
observer:
May 1_ .03
May 2_ .21
May 3_ .43
May 4_ .07
May 7__ .48
May 8_ 04
May 11_ .02
May 25_ .29
May 26_1.13
May 28- .15
May 29_ .24
May 30_ .16
Total_3.25
Following is the weather record
for the past week:
High Low Mois.
May 27_ 80 47
May 28_91 54 .15
May 29_ 90 67 .24
May 30_ 79 63 .16
May 31_ 69 51
June 1_ 65 53 .08
June 2 —.- 76 55
Accident Record
For the week ending May 22,
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1937, there were 223 accidents in
the state, in which 139 people were
injured, 1 disabled and 12 deaths.
Of the accidents 73 were motor
vehicle accidents in which 86 were
injured, 1 disabled and 4 deaths.
Other public accidents accounted
for 108 accidents in which 22 were
injured and 7 deaths. There were
24 accidents in agriculture employ
ment in which 17 were injured; 4
accidents in industry employment
in which four were injured, and 14
home accidents in which 10 were
injured and one death.
Old Landmark Torn
Down to Make Room
For A New Building
Another old O’Neill land mark j
succumbed to the march of pro
gress this week when the old frame
building just north of the O’Neill
Photo company was torn down, to
be replaced by a new structure.
Sumner Downey purchased the
building about a year ago and had
it torn down so that he could erect
a new building thereon. The build
ing will be 20x30, one story with a
full basement. It will be of tile
and cement, connected with the
gallery bulding on the north. A
new front will also be placed in the
gallery and the entrance will be
placed on the north side of the
gallery proper, with a colored
stucco front on both buildings. Hav
ing the entrance to the studio on
the north will enable him to remove
the steps that now lead up into the
building from the sidewalk. This
will make an attractive improve
ment to this section of the city.
The old building that was torn
down was the center of activity in
Holt county politics many years
ago. For many years the law office
of A. F. Mullen was therein and
M. H. McCarthy, for years one of
the democratic leaders of the coun
ty, also had his absti-act office there.
Later on Ed Eves ran his news
paper there, after he had disposed
of his interest in the Independent,
came back and started a new paper
there. It only lived a year or two,
when he disposed of the equipment
and it passed away. Later on it
was used as a carpenter shop.
Glenn White to Lead
Largest 4-H Calf Club
Glenn White, purebred cattle
breeder near Amelia, has undertak
en the job of leading the South
Amelia Feeder Calf 4-H Club, with
19 members. This is the largest
club of any kind in the county.
Harold Waldo of Amelia, is assist
ant leader.
Officers and members of the club
are: Frank Spath, president; Irven
Forbes, vice president; Dean Stand
age, secretary; Ralph Barnes, news
reporter; Roy Forbes,Alvin Forbes,
Eugene Thompson, Clyde Spike,
Junior Clemens, Edwin Nachtman,
George Nachtman, Mildred O’Mal
ley, Joe O’Malley, Jerry O’Malley,
Dale Clemens, Lloyd Waldo, Basil
Price, Joe Price and Lyle Brabec.
Gives Dinner for
O’Neill Firemen
Patrick O’Connor, one of the
county’s early pioneers and the
county’s undisputed hay king,
gave a big dinner for the members
of the O’Neill Fire Department at
the Fire hall last Monday evening
at 7 o’clock. The good work ac
complished by the department at
the Armour fire undoubtedly saved |
a large barn filled with hay for Mr.
O’Connor and he took this method
of showing his appreciation to the
members of the department. All
present report having had an en
joyable time.
Continental Oil Stations
Now Privately Owned
Business of Operators
Recent abandonment of direct op
eration of service stations by Con
tinental Oil Company, in favor of
selling its products thru local in
dependent dealers, has been a de
velopment of major importance
both to the consumer and the com
pany, it was said by Dan Moran,
Continental’s president.
“In line with this new policy,”
said Mr. Moran, “all Conoco gaso
lines, oils and greases are now sold
only thru independent dealers and
jobbers, in business for themselves,
who operate their stations under
ownership or lease.
“Under this plan the place of the
former service station salesman
has been taken by men engaged in |
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a business they own and control, of
the same standing as the local jew
eler, hardware merchant or furni
ture dealer. He becomes a perman
ent resident of the community,
takes his place among other mer
chants, and is more inclined to get
out and hustle for the additional
business that will give him a profit
above thaat he earned as a company
employe.
“Major operators who were
somewhat skeptical about the out
come of this policy that wiped out
the company-owned and operated
stations are fast becoming con
vinced of its value in good will and
public approval. Our experience
indicates that the industry will find
it has lost the administrative head
aches of roadside retailing, and has
gained the support of thousands of
new ‘mileage merchants’ who will
take care of the oil company’s in
terests in taking care of their own.”
Holt County Hereford
Breeders Ass’n Formed
At Meeting Saturday
Saturday, May 29, a group of
purebred Hereford breeders met in
O’Neill and organized the Holt
County Hereford association. Of
ficers were elected as follows: Dave
Bowen, Page, president; R. E.
Lucas, O’Neill, vice president;
James W. Rooney, O’Neill, secre
tary and treasurer. The board of
directors consists of the following
men: Caleb Thompson, Stuart; C.
V. Robertson and George Rouse of
Chambers, and Walter Sire of In
man.
The new association plans to as
sist the 4-H stocker Feeder show
and sale to be held next fall, to
hold a show of their own in con
nection, to have an association
| show and sale in the spring. Other
enterprises will no doubt take place
throut the year. Anyone breeding
purebred Hereford cattle is cor
dially invited to become a member
, of the association.
Holt County Breeders
Have Three Horses In
Ak-Sar-Ben Race Meet
More than ever before, owners
and breeders of fine horses in Ne
braska have a special interest in
the Ak-Sar-Ben running races now
in progress at Ak-Sar-Ben track
in Omaha, because one race every
day is exclusively for Nebraska
bred horses, of which there are 81
entered by 32 owners.
A total of $14,000 in prize money
is up for purses in these Nebraska
races. In addition, 3 per cent of
the purse in any open race which is
won by a Nebraska-bred horse will
go to the breeder of that horse.
Thus, Nebraska breeders will get
both recognition and financial re
ward when local horses make a
good showing.
The local race is only one of
seven which are run every day ex
cept Sunday during the season,
which opened May 27 and which
will continue thru Monday, July 4,
this year. The first few days were
attended by large crowds, partic
ularly over the Memorial Day
week-end, when Saturday, Sunday
and Monday constituted practically
a three-day holiday period.
Since racing returned to Omaha,
owners and trainers of horses from
all over the country have been
paying more and more attention to
running at the Ak-Sar-Ben track,
and an exceptional array of horse
flesh is on hand for this year’s
events.
Profit from the races will also
assist livestock breeding generally
thruout Nebraska, because county
fairs receive a sum of money out
of Ak-Sar-Ben proceeds each year.
Of particular interest to sports
fans of this county are the entries
of the following horses: Bubbler,
Burlington Bill and Irene H, all
owned by Berigan Bros. & Wanser
of Page.
NIMBLE FINGERS SEWING
CLUB FORMED AT ATKINSON
The Nimble Fingers Sewing club
was organized with Mrs. Charles
Deermer of Atkinson, as leader,
and Eva Osborne as assistant lead
er. Officers and members of the
club are: Theresa Ramold; presi
dent; Mary Wragman, vice presi
dent; Eileen Hitchcock secretary;
Mary Ramold, news reporter; Don
(Tia Shellhase, Helen Wilkinson, Lois
Osborne, Betty Osborne, Annie
Ramold, Elaine Quinn, Dorothy
Wilkinson and Eileen Wilkinson.
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TO HOLD TRY-OUTS
OF JUNIOR LEGION
TEAM AT ATKINSON
Boys Between 15 and 17 Years To
Meet In O’Neill Sunday To
Be Taken to Try-outs.
Postmaster Miller, of Atkinson,
who has charge of the Junior Am
erican Legion team in the county,
was in the city Tuesday discussing
the future of this sport activity
with the members of the Legion
here and with several business men.
To be eligible to membership in
these teams, you pus} be between
the age of 15 and 17 years. If you
reach your 17th birthday shortly
after April 1st, you will be too old
to enter the team.
The local Legion members fin
ally decided that all the boys in
this section of the county who want
to have a try-out for membership
in the team to be in this city next
Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock and
be on the First National bank
corner, when a truck in charge of
Legionaire Leo Carney will take
'them to Atkinson, where they will
have a try-out for the team. Fif
! teen of the best players in the
county will be selected for mem
bership on the county team. Boys
from Page, Redbird, Inman, Cham
bers and Ewing are requested to be
in O’Neill and they can go along
and have a try for the team. The
names of all the players that will
be on the Holt county team must
be in the state headquarters by
June 20, so prompt action must be
taken.
Farmers In the County
Reporting Heavy Losses
This Year by Cutworms
Farmers all over the county are
reporting damage from cutworms
which seems to be worse than for
many years. Whole fields have
been literally cleaned by them.
The only satisfactory control
method known so far is to spreac
poison bran bait over the infected
area. Only a limited amount of
poison bait is still available in
the county and after this is gone
anyone wishing to poison may have
to purchase their own ingredients.
Officials have wired for Federal
bait but it is not known whein or
how much will be available for this
county.
Home mixed bait should consist
of 100 pounds of wheat bran, 5
pounds of white Arsenic, 2 quarts
of blackstrap molasses and enough
water to make a moist, crumbly
mash. This cam be spread by hand
or by use of an adequate seeder.
One hundred pounds will be suf
ficient to treat fifteen acres broad
cast or 25 acres if the mash is scat
tered down the row.
Boys Town Holds
First Graduation
“Most remarkable it is that seven
boys in a graduation class of ten
go to immediate employment or
higher training on graduation, and
the remaining three are consider
ing a choice of occupations,” said
Dr. Fredrick W. Clayton, Pastor of
the All Saints Epicopal church, of
Omaha, in an address given at the
first high school graduation of
Father Flanagan’s Boys’ home.
Boys Town, Nebraska, on May 30.
“This proves the practicality of
Father Flanagan’s idea that the
boy in school can be directed to
success, although handicapped, un
der proper guidance,” he continued.
Exercises were held in the boy’s
school auditorium, where a large
gathering was attracted by the suc
cess of these “homeless boys.”
John Waskiewicz, who received
all “A’s” in his school work, was
chosen Valedictorian, and delivered
a finished address.
Lawrence Kennedy, whose abil
ities are many, is a top baseball
player, who made 17 consecutive
wins as a manager in meeting other
school nines, who will take up ath
letic work in the college he will
attend.
“Going Home” — New World
Symphony by Anton Dvorak, was
feelingly rendered by the Boys
Town A Cappella Choir, being one
of the outstanding musical events
on the program. The school band
was also listened to with much ap
preciation. Reverend E. J. Flan
agan, Founder and Director of the
Home, delivered the address of
welcome, and also presented the
diplomas.
John Sullivan Heads
Committee for Court
House Dedication
At a meeting held June 1, by the
business and professional men and
women of the various towns in
Holt county, John Sullivan was
chosen as chairman of the commit
tee which is in charge of the plans
for the dedication of the new court
house which is to be held in O’Neill
June 16.
While program details have not
been completed at present, Govern
or Cochran is to be the speaker of
the day and other officials and dig
nitaries are expected to be present
for the occasion.
Committees have been appointed
to care for the details of the pro
gram and the bands from the var
ious towns in the county have been
invited to participate in the fes
tivities. A more detailed program
will appear in next week’s paper.
Country Club Notes
The first party to be given at the
Country Club will take place Sun
day evening, June 6, at 6 o’clock
with Helen Biglin and Maijorie
Dickson acting as hostesses. All j
members of the club are invited to j
attend and the young ladies in
charge assure those present that
the food and entertainment will be
of the best.
Final arrangements for the tour
nament which begins June 20, have
been made by President Burgess.
He has announced the various com
mittees to handle the actual man
agement of the tournament. In
dications point to the largest at
tendance on record and all who
have previously attended any of the
fifteen tournaments will be sent in
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MaajfU
ANTON TOY
Quality Merchandise
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dividual invitations. It is urged,
that members of the club notify
any parties who might wish to at
tend, inasmuch as it may be that
thru some mistake an invitation
will not reach them.
All residents of O’Neill are cor
dially invited to join the club at
this time and interested parties
will find the dues very moderate.
R. M. Sauers is chairman of the
I membership committee and will
j gladly explain the costs of the
| various memberships.
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Atkinson Market Shows
All Classes of Livestock
At Steady to Stronger
Atkinson, Nebr., June 1.—Slight
ly over 300 cattle found a ready
outlet at Tuesday’s auction at
steady to strong prices. The cow
market held about steady while the
more desirable feeding steers and
fleshy heifers showed strength over
a week ago. No full carloads were
an sale. The best steers here sold
at 8.00 and 8.10 with the bulk of
the better kind at 7.00 to 7.76 while
reds and roans sold on down to
6.00 and below for common kinds.
Steer calves in a range of 6.60
to 8.00; heifer calves at 6.60 to
6.85, with a few still carrying baby
fat up to 7.50; yearling and two
year-old stocker heifers at 5.00 to
6.70; fleshy feeding heifers at 6.50
to 8.10; heavy fat heifers at 7.00
to 8.00; best fat cows at 7.50 and
8.00; good killing cows at 6.50 to
6.50; canners and cutters at 3.40
to 5.00; bulls at 5.00 to 6.75.
Hog receipts totaled 345 head.
Demnnd continued good with the
desirable 200 to 300 pound fats
selling largely at 10.95 to 11.05;
fat sows at 10.50 to 11.00; wet sows
at 9.50 to 10.00; heavy feeders at
10.00 to 11.65; weanling pigs at
13.25 to 19.00 a hundred.
About 30 head of horses were
sold and while prices looked about
steady with a week ago demand
seemed less urgent and did not
carry the snap of last week.
Next Auction Tuesday, June 8,
starting at 1 p. m.
110 Attend St. Mary’s
Alumnae Banquet
The thirtieth annual banquet of
St. Mary’s Alumnae association
was held last Sunday evening at
the gymnasium of St. Mary’s and
was one of the largest in point of
attendance of any ever given by
the association. Members of the
alumnae were present from Omaha,
Hastings and several towns in this
county, as well as from the coun
! ties west of us, to the number of
j 110. Mrs. James Cronk was the
toastmistress at the banquet and
i they say she performed the duties
; of her position with credit to her
^ self and the Alumnae association.
Marriage Licenses
Lyle Weander of Long Pine and
Miss Fern Urwin of Duff, Nebr., l’e
ceived a license on June 1.
Walter D. Nelson of Verdigre
and Miss Alice Vonask of Verdel,
received a license on June 2.
HAPPY HELPERS CLUB
ORGANIZED AT CHAMBERS
The Happy Helpers club was or
ganized at Chambers with Elinore
Alderson as leader and Barbara
Carpenter as assistant leader. The
officers and members are: Celesta
deed, president; Mildred O’Mal
ley vice president; Clara Walter,
secretary; Marion Carpenter, new!
reporter; Phyllis Carpenter; Eli
nore Walter; Violet Sanderson,
Loretta O’Malley, Helen Childers
and Louise Stover.
JUNIOR PROJECT CLUB
The Junior Project club of
O’Neill went to Stuart Wednesday
as guests of Mrs. E. J. Eby, at her
beautiful home. All enjoyed the
afternoon, and a very nice lunch
was served by the hostess, assisted
by Mrs. Bennett Gillespie of
O’Neill.
Miss Bethene Funk, who has been
an employee of the re-employment
office in this city for the past two
years, left Tuesday morning for
Ogallala, Nebr., where she will
work in the re-employment office
there.
Bennett Gillespie drove to Grand
Island Monday and met his sister
and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. El
don R. Wood of California, and
brought them to O’Neill for a visit
here at the home of his parents.
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LAST ftlTES FOR A
PIONEER MOTHER
. HELD HERE TODAY
Mrs. Catherine Matthews Dies At
A Norfolk Hospital After An
Illness of Four Weeks.
Mrs. Catherine Matthews died at
a hospital in Norfolk last Monday
morning at 11:50 after an illness
of about four weeks of euremic
poisoning at the age of 78 years,
2 months and 10 days. The re
mains were brought to this city
Monday afternoon and the funeral
was held from the Catholic cnurch
in this city this morning at 9 a. m.,
the deceased having been a devout
and life-time member, Monsignor
McNamara officiating, and burial
in Calvary cemetery. The funeral
was very largely attended attesting
the love and respect the people of
this city and county had for the
departed.
Catherine Donohoe was born in
Pennsylvania on March 21, 1859.
She grew to womanhood in her na
tive state and there at Beaver
Meadows, Pa., she was united in
marriage to James Matthews on
September 9, 1876. Eleven child
ren were born of this union, seven
sons and four daughters, all of
whom are living and left to mourn
the passing of a kind and affection
ate mother. The children are: M.
J. Matthews, Isabel, S. D.; Thomas,
James, Peter, Edward and Leo, of
O’Neill; Bernard, Norfolk; Mrs.
Rose Shoemaker, Winner, S. D.;
Mrs. M. A. Crilly, Rapid City, S. D.;
Mrs. F. H. Hill, Gordon; Mrs. A. T.
Williams, Hot Springs, S. D. In
addition she leaves two sisters.
Miss Agnes and Miss Anna Dono
hoe of this city, and P. J. Donohoe,
of Bonesteel, S. D., a brother, be
sides several grandchildren and
numerous cousins in this county.
All of her children were present at
the funeral except two, M. J. of
Isabel, S. D., sickness in his family
preventing his attendance, and Mrs.
A. T. Williams of Hot Springs, S. D.
Mrs. Matthews came to this
county in 1879 and for fifty-eight
years she had been a resident of
Shields township. There were but
very few people in the county when
she and her husband came here.
The year before a few families
came to the county from Northern
Michigan and settled north and
east of town. The early settlers
who came here from Pennsylvania
settled north and northwest of this
city where they all built comfort
able and commodius homes.
Mrs. Matthews endured all the
privations suffered by all the early
settlers in this section, when the
nearest railroad point was eighty
miles away. Like all the other
hardy pioneers who settled this and
other parts of the west, there was
no complaining about the hardships
and privations endured, but they
all continued to work for the hap
piness of their loved ones and to
provide them with a home in this
western country. And they all suc
ceeded. Most of these old timers
have passed on but the work they
accomplished in this section is left
as a mounment to their untiring en
ergy and faith in the future of the
country they had selected for their
new home.
Mrs. Matthews was an exception
al wife and mother and a good busi
ness woman. Her husband died in
November, 1907, leaving her with a
family of eleven children, many of
them very young. She kept her
family together and raised as fine
a family as there is in the county.
She must have possessed a lot of
business ability to perform this
task, which would have caused
many possessed with acute business
acumen to hesitate to perform the
task; but she succeeded, and this
fact alone stamps her as one of the
outstanding Holt county mothers.
She had always enjoyed good
health until about six weeks ago
when an infection set in on one of
her toes. It did not respond to
treatment and three weeks ago she
was taken to a hospital at Norfolk.
She was rapidly improving there
and a week ago it was thought she
was on the road to complete recov
ery. She suffered a relapse last
Thursday evening and the children
were called to her bedside Friday
and sank rapidly until her death
Monday forenoon. She will be
missed, not only by the members
of her family but all the old timers
of the county, for another of the
real old timers has passed on.
