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VOL. LVIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937. No. 5
CROWD OF 7,000 HERE
FOR DEDICATION OF
NEW COURT HOUSE
Parade Showing Progress In Ways
of Transportation Opens A
Day Long Program.
A crowd of at least 7,000 was in
the city Wednesday to assist in the
dedication of the new Holt county
court house, residents of the county
being present from practically
every precinct. The high school
bands from Atkinson, Stuart, Ew
ing, Page and O’Neill were here
and with their natty uniforms and
inspiring music added much to the
attractiveness of the days program.
The festivities started at 11
o’clock in the morning with a par
ade and, thanks to the ingenuity
and hard work of the chairman of
the parade committee, R. M. Sau
ers, it was one of the attractions
of the day. The parade was led
by James Moore and he was fol
lowed by six cow girls dressed in
regulation costume of the cow
country, with their coiled ropes
hanging from the saddles and these
tnatrons looked as if they would
give any bovine a real tussle. Next
in line was a couple dressed as
Indians, one a squaw with the
L customary blanket closely wrapped
around her and her buck proudly
Inarching along.
Next in line was the Atkinson
high school band with 60 pieces
who presented a neat appearance
with their natty Orange and black
uniforms. They were followed by
an old time covered wagon, not
drawn by oxen, the means of
^ locomotion in the olden days, but
by a team of horses. They were
followed by the Ewing high school
band, another of Holt county’s stel
lar high school musical organiza
i tions. They were followed by sev
eral of the young folks 4-H clubs
of the county, with banners de
scribing their identity.
Next in line were three old time
buggies of the vintage of the early
nineties. One of the buggies, driv
en and owned by Leonard Hess of
Page, carried three passengers all
of whom were over ninety years of
age, and all had been residents of
the county over fifty years. The
passengers were John Otter of
Bliss, Chas. Thompson of Amelia,
and M. F. Norton of this city.
Strange to relate all these old
timers spent the most of their
lives in the county in the southern
portion, Mr. Norton and Mr. Otter
being neighbors in the vicinity of
Bliss and Mr. Thompson living
about twenty miles further west.
I One of the ancient rigs was owned
and driven by Howard Marquis,
living just east of town, accompan
ied by his wife and they wore cos
tumes in accordance with the period
they represented. This feature was
heartily approved by the crowds
that thronged the streets.
The Page high school band of
• forty pieces followed by a modern
' automobile trailer, was next. Next
in line was the O’Neill high school
band of 45 pieces and they were
followed by Chet Fees and Thomas
Newhouse, both of Chambers, with
two modern airplanes, propelled
along the street with their own
power. They were followed by
four of Gatz Bros, beer trucks and
six boys on donkeys, the latter
being the property of the donkey
ball team that was in the city for
the day.
The parade formed at the North
western depot and marched north
on Fourth to Clay, then west to
second street then south to Douglas
and east to Sixth, then north to
Benton street where the parade
disbanded. The streets were crowd
ed with cars, many of the people
backing their cars to the curb and
they were able to see the parade
from their cars. In addition to the
thousands parked along the curbs
thousands of people stood on the
sidewalks and watched the parade.
Governor Cochran arrived in the
city about noon and at 12:45 Foster
May put on his broadcast, the man
on the street. He was on the air
for fifteen minutes and during
■that time Governor Cochran, May
?or Kersenbrock, Max Golden and
James O’Donnell of Stafford, aired
their views on current events in
response to questions by Mr. May.
Dinner was served at 1 o’clock
in the Golden hotel with the Gov
ernor, Edgar Howard, Foster May,
and his assistant, and Judge E. F.
Carter, as guests of honor.
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About 1:30 pupils of the O’Neill
high school and from St. Mary’s
academy, neatly and nattily attired
in white with red sashes and hats,
put on a splendid drill in front of
the court house, that was one of
the real attractions of the day and
they were loudly cheered.
A platform had been erected upon
the court house lawn and the peo
ple gathred there at 2:30 to listen
to the addresses of visiting guests
and those from this city who had
been selected to orate. John Sul
livan was chairman of this meeting
and he introduced Judge J. J. Har
rington to speak on the early his
tory of Holt county. The Judge
evidently gave but little study to
his subject and came a long way
from giving Holt county history.
He said the first term of court in
the county was held in a log house
down the river, the house having
a dirt floor. We might as well
have history straight and from our
examination of the records of the
county and old files we find that
the early history of the county was
as follows:
Twin Lasser, now the home of
Ed Boyle about five miles down the
Elkhorn from this city, was the
first county seat of the county. It
was a log house with a dirt floor,
but there were no judicial officials
in the county at that time nor was
court held in the county. When
Governor Garber issued a proclam
ation on June 29, 1876, that the
countv be organized he named El
ijah Thompson, father of Samuel
Thompson of this city, J. B. Berry,
father of Thomas Berry, former
governor of South Dakota, and
James Ewing as county commis
sioners, and W. H. Haynes as clerk.
These temporary officials issued a
call for a special election which
was held Dec. 27, 1876, to select a
county seat for the county and to
elect county officials. At this elec
tion James Ewing, Harry Spindler,
father of Roy Spindler of Meek, and
now residing in Alabama and H. W.
Haynes were elected county com
missioners: John Cronin, father of
William Cronin of this city, and
D. J. Cronin, living north of town
was elected county Judge, the first
judge of the county; Joseph Esteji,
coroner; J. L. Smith, treasurer;
J. T. Prouty, clerk; J. B. Torbert,
surveyor; E. L. Whiting, county
superintendent; I. R. Smith, sheriff.
These officials held office until the
general election the following No
vember. There was but little busi
ness for the officials in the county
seat and most of them remained
at their homes, and the county clerk
whose home was adjacent to the
county seat, performed the duties
of the various officials when their
service was called for. Paddock
was selected as the county seat.
At the general election Nov. 6,
1877, (the writer was a resident
of the county when this election
was held) the following officials
were elected: H. W. Haynes, Harry
Spindler and Samuel Gregory, com
missioners; Sanford Parker, county
clerk; E. Thompson, treasurer;
Thomas Berry, sheriff, a brother
of J. B. Berry; V. M. Ross, county
judge; J. L. Smith, county survey
o; Ed Whiting, county superintend
ent; D. E. Weygint, eoronor. Busi
ness was still slack in the county
offices and Sanford Parker, after
fie became county clerk, being a
resident of that section of the
county, performed the duties of
practically all the officers, except
that of sheriff.
On May 12, 1879, a special elec
tion was held in the county on the
location of the county seat and at
this election O’Neill was selected,
and the records were moved to this
city August 1, 1879. (And what a
celebration these old timers put on
here that day and night.)
The county started filling up rap
idly about this time and within a
couple of years all county officials
were compelled to give their time
and attention to their offices. The
first term of district court was held
in the county in the fall of 1879,
and it was held in O’Neill.
Another error in the Judge’s
statements was that the old court
house was built by O’Neill and
Grattan precinct. The Judge knew
better than that, but he forgot.
The court house was built by the
taxpayers of Center precinct and
O’Neill and Center precinct at that
time comprised the territory now
embraced by Grattan and Shields
precincts.
Notwithstanding the few errors
regarding the old days of the coun
HEADS SPEAKERS
GOV. R. L. COCHRAN
ty the Judge gave an interesting
address and he was given close at
tention during his remarks.
Chairman Sullivan overlooked a
bet and he now called on Rev. A. J.
May to deliver the invocation.
Senator Frank Brady was next
called on and he made a very brief
and appropriate address.
He was followed by Edgard How
ard, former congressman from this
district, and editor of the Columbus
Telegram. Edgar brought the first
note of discord into the gathering
when he delived a red hot demo
cratic address. There was to be no
politics in this meeting, all men of
all political denominations helped
build the court house and there
should have been no politics at this
meeting, but there was. We were
standing with three outstanding
democrats, during his address, and
they were plainly disgusted, saying
that his remarks had no place in a
meeting of this character. Edgar
made no friends in this section with
his fulsome praise of the present
administration.
He was followed by Judge Dick
son, who with a few brief and well
chosen remarks introduced one of
the guests of honor, Hon. Edward
F. Carter, one of the judges of the
supreme court of the state of Ne
braska and a native of this county.
Judge Carter delivered a splendid
address, stressing the importance
of the county court house to the
people of the various counties of
the state and analyzing briefly the
importance of the courts of our
country and the jury system of the
country. The Judge is a very
pleasing speaker and he won many
friends in the audience by his
masterly address.
Mayor Kersenbrock then intro
duced the main speaker of the day,
Governor Cochran. The Governor
spoke for about 45 minutes and
he delivered a splendid address,
absolutely free from any taint of
political partisanship. He com
plimented the people of the county
(Continued on page 4, column C.)
Woman Is Seriously
Injured In Collision
of Auto and A Truck
An automobile and truck collided
at the northwest corner of the
cemetery and highway 20 and 281
about eleven o’clock last Wednes
day, morning. The participants
were Ration Jarvis, wife and two
children of Atkinson, in and oil
transport, and John McNichols and
Doc Wilkinsen in a Dodge car.
The truck was coming south on
281 and the car was going west on
the road north of the cemetery.
Jarvis claims the car did not stop
at the highway and that he ran
into them. The people in the car
claim that they stopped at the
highway, saw the truck coming
from the north and thought they
had time to cross the highway and
started across when the tank truck
ran into them.
The truck turned over three times
and Mrs. Jarvis was severely in
jured, and was taken to a hospital
in this city. The children and Mr.
Jarvis outside of being shaken up
were uninjured. John McNichols
was driving the Dodge car at the
I time of the accident.
I)r. Louis V. Brennan
Married At Falls City
The marriage of Miss Maxine
Charboneau, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul E. Charboneau of Falls
City, to Dr. Louis V. Brennan, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James A Brennan
of O’Neill, took place Monday
morning, June 14, at St. Peter and
Pauls church in Falls City, Nebr.
The Rev. Father James F. Gilroy
officiating at the ceremony. The
bride was given in marriage by
her father.
The altar was decorated with
pink and white rosebuds and syrin
gia. Miss Julia Frederick played
the wedding march from Lohen
grin for the processional and dur
ing the ceremony Miss Betty Wirth
sang “Ave Maria” kuJ “Veni Crea
tor” The wedding march was
played for the recessional by Miss
Julia Frederick.
The bride wore a gown of white
French Chantilly lace over white
satin, made in the princess mode,
the shirt fashioned with a short
train. Her tulle veil was held by
a coronet of lace and she carried
a shower bouquet of pink rosebuds
and gypsophila.
Miss Rita Carboneau, sister
of the bride, was maid of honor.
She wore a peach taffeta 'floor
length gown with a crownless pic
ture hat of royal blue taffata. She
carried an arm bouquet of imported
gladiolas and ferns. Miss Marjorie
Mullin as bride’s maid wore a blue
taffeta gown with crownless pic
ture hat of pink taffeta, and carried
an arm bouquet of gladiolas nd
ferns.
The groom ws attended by Dr.
Loren E. Collins oi Snyder, Nebr.,
and Bearnard Carbo»eau of Con
cordia, Kans., cousin of the bride.
The ushers were Warren Marx and
James Meyers.
Immediately after the ceremony
a wedding breakfast was served at
the Hotel Weaver. The dining room
was decorated thruout with pink
and white rosebuds. A two tier
wedding cake centered the table.
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan left on
a two weeks honeymon to Galves
ton,’Texas and New Orleans. The
brides going away suit was of
Biege crepe with broyn accessories.
They will be at home after July 1
in the Greenlawn apartments in
Canton, Mo.
The bride was graduated from
St. Catherine’s school of nursing
in 1936 and Dr. Brennan was grad
uated from Creighton medical
school in 1934, and is now located
at Canton Mo.
Out of town guests were, Mrs.
Emma Courville and daughter, Mrs.
E. Mudd of St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. F.
0. Carboneau of Concordia, Kans.,
Mrs. James Brennan, O’Neill, the
Misses Mary and Bessie Brennan
of O'Neill, and Mr. and Mrs. M. J.
O’Loughlin and daughters, Emma
and Virginia of Omaha.
Farmers Expect Good
Crop of Small Grain
Farmers tell us there will be a
great crop of small grain in the
county this year, from present
indications. Oats and barley will
be better than rye as a great deal
of the latter crop was greatly
damaged by heavy winds during
the months of April and May.
John Schmidt, living about nine
miles northeast of town, says that
he has sixty-five acres of oats and
that he has never seen a finer field
of oats anywhere than they are.
He also has about forty acres of
barley, which is also looking im
Tnence. John says that the hail
storm of a couple of weeks ago
greatly damaged his rye, but that
he will have a fair crop, barring
unforseen weather conditions from
now until harvest.
Care Must Be Used In
Use of Poisoned Bran
Out for his morning airing, Mr.
Grasshopper has found climatic
conditions not to his liking and
hence he is eating little of the
poison bran put out as a trap for
him. As a result Agricultural
Agent Reece today called attention
to the necessity of spreading the
poison only under the most favor
able conditions in order to get
maximum kills. During cold, damp
weather the hoppers do not feed
very heavily. When the tempera
ture gets from 05 to 70 degrees,
they start feeding and from there
up to 85 and 00 degrees the maxi
mum kills can be expected from
the poison bran.
Holt county farmers arc urged
to pay strict attention to distribu
tion directions on the tag which
will be attached to the new bait
soon to be distributed. If put out
in cold, wet weather the bait is
practically wasted. They are urged
to watch climatic conditions for
more favorable conditions for pois
oning.
O. S. Bare, extension entomol
ogist at the Nebraska college of
agriculture, says the mixture of
sawdust and mill-feeds in the new
federal bait is extremely effective
in killing hoppers under favorable
climatic conditions.
Many of the smaller hoppers
found here this year are of the
migratory type, according to Bare.
The recent cold weather has delay
ed their development but when full
grown they are only about one inch
long. They are destructive to
crops. The big flights of hoppers
last year filled the country with
eggs of this species.
Atkinson Market Stays
Steady With Cows At
Strong to Higher Prices
Atkinson, Nebr., June 15.—Five
hundred and ninety head of cattle
sold at very satisfactory prices at
Tuesday’s auction. The cow mark
et looked strong to higher as did
the better stockers and feeders,
while the plainer kinds looked fully
steady with a week ago. A feature
of the sale was 85 head of cows and
calves that sold at 60.00 to 62.50
a head, going to South Dakota and
Iowa Buyers.
Representative sales:
Steers, 500 to 800 lbs.—
Good and Choice 7.60 to 8.50
Common and Medium 5.50 to 7.00
Heifers—
Good and Choice 7.00 to 8.00
Common and Medium 5.50 to 6.75
Cows—
Good and Choice 6.00 to 8.00
Fair to Medium 5.00 to 6.00
Canners and cutters 3.50 to 5.00
Bulls—
Good and Choice 6.00 to 6.40
Cutters and Bolognas 4.50 to 5.40
Stock Cows and Heifers, 48.00 to
62.50 by the head.
Milk Cows, 45.00 to 60.00 a head.
Hog receipts, 225 head. Quality
generally medicore, including a big
per cent of wet sows and rough
feeders. Top 10.65; bulk at 10.50;
best fat sows at 9.50 to 9.90; wet
sows at 9.10 to 9.50; heavy feeders
at 9.50 to 10.00; light feeders at
10.00 to 11.00; pigs at 4.50 to 7.00
a head.
Horses —Market looked about
steady with the past few sales on
the 18 horses and colts that were
sold.
Next auction, Tuesday, June 22,
beginning at 1 p. m.
Mrs. John Rhode returned last
Saturday from Yankton, S. I).,
where she had been visiting for a
week with her sister, Mrs. Jerome
Maring, following the death of her
husband, the late Jerome Maring.
NEW COURT HOUSE BUILDING DEDICATED HERE WEDNESDAY
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GOLF TOURNAMENT
AT COUNTRY CLUB
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Group of Excellent Prizes For Both
Golf and Bridge Winners.
Ball Monday Night.
The annual tournament held by
the O’Neill Country Club will start
Sunday, and continue thru Monday
and Tuesday. Guests will be pre
sent from many points and the
course will be groomed to offer it’s
finest appearance. The qualifying
rounds for diferent flights will be
played Sunday. The final rounds
for the championship are scheduled
for Tuesday.
The bridge parties will be held
at the club house on the afternoon
of both Sunday and Monday, and
the tournament ball will take place
Monday evening. It will be a con
tinuous round of pleasure and en
tertainment during tournament ,
time.
The prizes for winners at golf
and bridge are the finest ever of
fered and the members of the club
wish to express thanks for the gen
erosity of those who kindly con
tributed gifts. Especially fine are
the prizes for the ladies bridge play
and a record crowd is assured to
contest for the numerous useful
and handsome gifts.
The club house is being redecor
ated for the occasion.
Dr. L. A. Burgess, club president,
has appointed committees to take
charge of the annual Fourth of
July celebration to be held as
usual at the club grounds and will
take place Sunday, July 4, instead
of observing the holiday on Monday
as is generally being done.
No Fund Check Writer
Gets Prison Sentence
August J. Eilert, charged with
issuing u no fund check in payment
of some hay he purchased of a
farmer near Inman last March, was
before Judge Dickson in district
court last Monday, plead guilty to
the charge and was sentenced to
not less than one year, nor more
than two years in the state peni
tentiary.
Eilert was arrested June 3 at
Coleridge, Nebr. He was brought
to this city and had a hearing be
fore County Judge Malone on June
5. He plead not guilty to the charge
and the case was continued to June
7. On June 7, the case came on for
heading before the court and he was
bound over to the district court,
bond being fixed in the sum of $500.
He was unable to furnish bond and
has been confined in the couty jail
since his an*e|t.
The Weather
This section was visited with a
nice rain last Tuesday. The rain
fall in this city amounted to .24,
while south of the city an inch
fell and north of O’Neill from one
half to one inch. According to the
daily press the rainfall was quite
general over the state.
Following is the weather table
for the past week:
High Low Mois.
June 10 73 46
June It_ 73 55
June 12 83 62
June 13 .. 80 57
June 14_ 81 53
June 15_ 78 55 .24
June 16_ 79 59
Marriage Licenses
Joseph J. Hendricks of Atkinson,
and Miss Mary Alice Staples of
Dustin, were granted a license on
June 15.
Donald Edgar Elsberry of Neligh
and Miss Mary Gladys Sparks of
O’Neill, were granted a license on
June 15.
D. II. Claussen and Elmer Stolte
returned last Monday night from
Rochester, Minn., where Mr. Claus
sen had been visiting his wife who
is confined in a hospital there.
Dennis says that she is getting
along nicely since her operation
and that she expects to return home
the forepart of next week.
CARD OF THANKS
To the many kind friends and
neighbors for their kindness and
expressions of sympathy shown to
us in our recent bereavement, we
wish to extend our most sincere
thanks.—Mrs. Jerome Maring and
Keith; Mrs. Anna Horn and family;
Mrs. Stella Ashton and family;
Mrs. Emma Maring and family, and
Wayne Harding.