Nebraska Newspapers

    The Frontier
VOL LVIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1987, No. 7
FUNERAL SERVICES
J HELD MONDAY FOR
HELEN G. MURPHY
Death Follows An Illness of One
Year’s Duration. Burial In
Calvary Cemetery.
Miss Helen G. Murphy passed
away at the home 'of her sister,
Mrs. Bea Miles, in this city last
Friday after an illness of about
one year, at the age of 42 years, 4
months and 23 days. The funeral
was held from the Catholic church
in this city last Monday morning
at 9 a. m., Rev. Father Burke of
ficiating and burial in Calvary
cemetery. The funeral was one of
the largest seen in this city for
several years, attesting the love
and esteem the people of this sec
tion had for the deceased.
Helen G. Murphy was boi'n on
the Murphy farm northwest of this
city on February 2, 1895. She at
tended the country schools in the
vicinity of her home and later at
tended St. Mary’s academy here.
About 1915 she went to Omaha and
entered St. Catherine’s hospital
where she took a nurses training
course, graduating from the hos
pital in 1918. For several years
she remained as a nurse there then
^ took up private nursing in Omaha
aind other towns of the state in
that vicinity. During the years
since she first left here to take up
nursing she visited here many
times and was very well known in
this city and vicinity.
Tn the summer of 1936 she was
taken ill and came here in Novem
aber of that year and since that time
had made her'home at the farm and
with her sister, Mrs. G. E. Miles, in
this city, whose home she died.
Miss Murphy leaves her father,
Dennis Murphy, and five brothers
and five sisters to moi\rn the pass
ing of a kind and affectionate
daughter and sister. Her sisters
are: Mrs. Bea Miles, O’Neill; Mrs.
T. L. McDonald, Atkinson; Mrs. A1
Fritton, O’Neill; Mrs. Mike Trosh
ynski, Atkinson; Muriel Murphy,
Atkinson. Her brothers are:
James, Jack and Francis, O’Neill,
and Clarence and William, of At
KlIlSUXl.
The following out of town rela
tives and friends were in attend
ance: Mrs. P. J. Welsh, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Welsh, and Mrs.
Dugdale, of Omaha; and* the fol
dawing nurses from Omaha, Miss
Kate Burnes, Miss Grace £>ouven
igr; Miss Mary Murphy of Ke
wanee. 111., and Miss Anna Mae
Murphy of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs.
John Murphy, of Madison, Nebr.
* Bazelman-London
A pretty wedding was solemn
ized at the Catholic church at 6
o’clock last Tuesday morning when
Monsignor McNamara performed
the ceremony that united Leonard
Bazelman of this city and Miss Vir
ginia London of Colome, S. D., in
the presence of a large crowd of the
{ immediate relatives and friends of
the contracting parties.
After the wedding the bridal
couple and a few relatives and
friends had a wedding breakfast at
the bakery after which the newly
weds left on an extended honey
moon trip and will visit Sioux City,
Sioux Falls, S. D., Lacrosse, Wis.,
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth,
and Winnepeg, Canada. They ex
pect to be absent three weeks.
The groom is the son of Fred
Bazelman of this city and is now
operating a beer parlor in south
O’Neill. The bride is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Pat London of
Colome, S. D., one of the old pion
eer families of this county. The
young folks have the best wishes of
their many friends in tlfis city and
vicinity for a long, happy and pros
perous wedded life.
Holt County 4-H Clubs
Honey Creek 4-H Sheep Club
The Honey Creek Sheep Club met
at the home of their leader, Henry
Vequist, on June 24. The meeting
was called to order by the president
and roll call by the secretary, all
members being present. Cattle,
^ horses and sheep were judged at
the meeting. Mrs. Vequist served
a delicious lunch.
Honey Creek 4-H Poultry Club
The Honey Crrek Poultry Club
held a meeting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James McNulty at which
all members were present. It was
decided to go to Atkinson June 30
and judge. A picnic was enjoyed
by the club members. The next
meeting will be July 13 at the Wm.
Grutseh home.
G. A. H. Sewing Club
The G. A. H. Sewing Club held a
meeting Monday at the home of
the leader, Mrs. F. M. Reece, for the
purpose of finding out how *many
could go to the judging school in
Atkinson Wednesday, June 30.
Two visitors, Misses Catherine and
Helen McNichols were present, and
are to become members. The next
meeting will be held at the hpme
of Maybelle Osenbaugh, with Doris
Scofield assisting, on July 7.
Cattle Prices Remain
Near Steady In Spite
Of Heavy Consignment
Atkinson, Nebr., June 29.—An
other large run of cattle for this
early in the season were on hand at
Tuesday’s auction. A little over
1200 head were sold. The offering
lacked quality and everything con
sidered the prices obtained looked
fully steady with last weeks sale.
As for several weeks now Iowa
buyers took most of the cattle.
Representative sales:
Heavy feeding steers _ 8.00 to 8.90
Choice yearling steers_7.75 to 8.35
Fair to good yearlings 6.50 to 7.50
Com. to fair yearlings ... 5.00 to 6.00
Yearling heifers (fat) 6.50 to 7.50
Stocker heifers ..5.25 to 6.25
Red and i-oan heifers_5.00 to 6.00
Best fat cows __ 5.50 to 6.85
Good butcher cows ,4.50 to 5.00
Canners and cutters-3.50 to 4.00
Bulls ..-. 4.75 to 5.50
Nearly 400 head of hogs includ
ing over 100 weanling pigs were on
sale. The market was steady to
strong on all kinds except weanling
pigs which looked fully 1.00 a head
lower. Best fats at 10.50 to 10.89;
fat sows at 9.75 to 10.10; wet sows
at 9.00 to 9.75; heavy feeder pigs
at 9.50 to 11.00; weanling pigs from
3.50 to 6.00 a head.
. Next auction Tuesday, July 6,
beginning at 12 o’clock, noon.
Leonard Leidy and Jennie
Jacox Married At Neligh
A pretty wedding was solemn
ized at the home of Elder and Mrs.
M. A. Peterson at Neligh Sunday
morning at 8 a. m., when Miss Jen
nie Victoria Jacox became the bride
of William Leonard Leidy. Both
are from Inman. Elder Peterson of
the L. D. S. church performed the
ceremony. They were attended by
Miss Donna Rae Jacox, sister of
the bride, and Keith McGraw, cous
in of the groom.
Both the bride and groom grew
up in Inman, the bride being the
eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Walt Jacox and the groom the
eldest son of Mrs. Harry McGraw.
They are both graduates of the In
man high school. For the past two
years the bride has been employed
in the Ben Franklin store in O’Neill
and Mr. Leidy has been employed
at the Chevrolet garage in O’Neill.
After a two weeks honeymon trip
in northern Minnesota and Canada,
the happy couple will make their
home in O’Neill. They will be at
home in their new trailer house
which the groom recently finished.
A 4-H Club Camp Will
Be Held At Long Pine
Members of 4-H clubs from Holt
and eleven other north central
counties will meet at Long Pine,
July 15, 16, 17, for a th^ee day
outing camp. Members attending
will enjoy games, swimming, re
creation and educational instruc
tions which will be well worth
while and under careful supervis
ion of specialists from the agricul
tural college at Lincoln.
Caution Should Be Used
In Feeding Rye to Horses
Holt county farmers intending to
feed newly-harvested rye to their
horses were warned this week by
W. W. Derrick, extension husband
man at the Nebraska college of
agriculture, to take some precau
tions in feeding the grain.
Rye, Derrick says, is not especial
ly palatable to horses and may
cause digestive troubles if fed as
the #nly grain or if a quick change
is made from other feeds to rye.
It is best used when fed as part
of the daily grain allowance. Mix
ing with better liked feeds such as
oats or other bulky concentrates is
advisable.
In getting horses used to rye,
Derrick recommends adding only a
small amount at first and gradually
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increasing until the rye makes up
a fourth to a third of the grain
allowance. The rye kernel is small
and 'hard and should be coarsely
ground or crushed. Feeding rye
as the only concentrate or over
feeding should be avoided at all
times.
O’Neill Merchants Will
Observe Monday As 4th
Twenty-six merchants of the
city, including all the larger stores,
signed art agreement last Wednes
day to keep their places of busi
ness closed next Monday, so that
owners and employees can proper
ly observe the Fourth of July,
which falls on Sunday.
Supervisor Carson Visits
His Birthplace in the East
Supervisor and Mrs. John A.
Carson and daughter, Iris, returned
Tuesday from a three weeks visit
in the east, during which time they
visited Salem, N. Y., the birthplace
of Mr. Carson and the place he left
when he was three years old. Salem
is located in the northeast corner of
the state, close to the Vermont line.
John says that he visited the house
where he was born, and had his
picture taken standing in front of
it. He also visited the old home of
the late Calvin Coolidge in Ver
mont, as well as his grave.
Mr. Carson left here about four
weeks ago and went to Omaha,
where he attended a state conven
tion of the Modern Woodmen. At
Omaha he was elected one of the
delegates to the Head Camp at
Chicago. Mrs. Carson and daugh
ter met him in Omaha and they
drove to Chicago and after the
head camp meeting drove east. He
says they had a very enjoyable
trip and that he, especially enjoyed
the scenes around his birthplace.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Road contracts totaling more
than a million dollars were award
ed by A. T. Lobdell, chief of the
bureau of roads and bridges, at the
state highway letting last week.
Nearly all the bids, involving fed
eral funds, were declared satisfac
tory. While Mr. Lobdell was con
ducting the letting of contracts at
the state house, State Engineer
Tilley was in Washington, as wit
ness in the Omaha bridge contest.
Several more lettings are scheduled
for the summer. Nebraska’s road
program is a big item in keeping
labor employed.
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The Nebraska Safety council will
continue educational work, accord
ing to announcements made by its
chairman, John G. Aldrich. The
death toll during 1937 has alarmed
the advocates of highway safety.
The highway patrol and the new
regulations concerning drivers’ li
censes are expected to cut down
the number of deaths and injuries.
The council expects to continue the
educational campaigns in schools
and colleges.
Proposed revision of butter grad
ing was opposed at the first meet
ing of the American Dairy Science
association held at the Nebraska
college of agriculture. F. W. Howe,
president of the Fairmont creamery
company of Omaha, and James
Norgaad, manager of the Farmers’
Union Co-operative Creamery of
Superior, read papers in opposition
to the proposed change of federal
standards of quality for creamery
butter, and many producers and
manufacturers seemed to agree
with them. O. W. Kitchen, chief of
the federal bureau, presided at the
convention, which is the first of a
series of ten regional meetings to
be held thruout the country.
The contract for the new utility
shop at the Veteran’s hospital has
been awarded to the W. J. Assen
macher company of Lincoln, who
plan to begin construction about
July 1. Their bid was $31,227. The
paint, electrical and carpenter
shops now in the basement of the
hospital will go into the new build
ing on its completion.
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Former Attorney General Wright
says that he has no recollection of
making any statement to the effect!
that such transfers as that involved
in the transfer of old age assistance
fqnds for direct relief in Douglas i
(Continued on page 4, column 4.)
SERIOUS INJURY TO
ONE IN WEEK’S AUTO
ACCIDENT EPIDEMIC
O’Neill Youth Has \ Dislocated
Elbow An Two From South
Dakota Have Injuries.
Last Sunday evening, while re
turning from a fishing trip, Gene
Rummel, Robert Cook and Albert
Rummel, Gene driving a new Ply
mouth sedan, lost control of the
car about two miles east of Phoe
nix and it went into the ditch and
turned over, badly wrecking the
car. Albert Rummel had his atm
dislocated at the elbow and Robert
Cook was badly shaken up and re
ceived severe cuts on his forehead
and body. Gene Rummel escaped
without injury.
Alvin Shutts, 24, and Russell
Sassman, 13, both from Dallas,
S. D., driving a model T Ford, went
into the ditch on nighway No. 281
about six miles north of this city
last Sunday night, badly wrecking
the car and suffered injuries which
necessitated their confinement in
the O’Neill hospital until Tuesday
morning, when they were released
and went home on the bus. Shutts
suffered severe chest injuries and
Sassman suffered a fractured col
lar bone.
A young man named Mullen from
Atkinson, while on his way home
last Wednesday morning about 2
a. m., lost control of his car and
crashed into the wire fence on the
west side of the Catholic cemetery
and tore out about 65 or 70 feet of
the heavy wire fence. The car, an
Oldsmobile, was not badly damaged
and the drived was uninjured. How
an automobile could tear up that
length of heavy fence and roll it up
as it did without tearing the car
to pieces and seriously injuring
the occupant of the car is con
sidered miraculous.
Better Look Over
The Record Again
Miles’ Ghost Writer had a spasm
in the last issue of the Independent
but of course failed to sign his
name thereto, but it was unneces
sary as the few who read it knew
who its author was.
The Ghost Writer finally looked
up part of the records, but only part
of them, or he may have got them
from the files of The Frontier as
part of his information was pub
lished in this paper at least three
months prior to the dedication.
“That the home of H. W. Haynes
was named as the temporary county
seat of Holt county, but the only
officials named by the governor
were three commissioners and in his
proclamation he said the purpose
was to provide the machinery by
which a permanent organization
could be effected.” There were no
judicial officials in the county un
til after the special election in De
cember, 1876, nor any precinct
officers in the county, so there
could not have been any court held.
The following is from the article
of last week:
Late in 1876, these same special
commissioners declared that the
county seat of Holt county be in
Paddck township, and ordered the
county clerk to post three notices in
each precinct to the effect that the
county seat had been changed to
Paddock township, and went into
effect on January 9, 1877,* * *”
The above is only a part of the
record. He would have you infer
that the board of county commis
sioners had themselves declared
Paddock the county seat of the
county when as a matter of fact
a special election was held on the
27th day of December, 1876, in ac
cordance with a resolution of the
board of county commissioners
adopted October 28, 1876. At this
election Paddock was selected as
the county seat by the voters of the
county. The vote was canvaased
at the first meeting of the board
on January 8, and the result of
the election ai uounced. Then on
January 9, 1877, the notices were
ordered posted, three of them, one
in each precinct in the county and
not three in each precinct.
We also suggest that the writer
of the Independent’s article read
again what we wrote about who
built the old court house building.
The editor did not make an as
| sault on any of the speakers at the
dedication, merely called attention
! to a few facts regarding the old
I history of the county for the pur
I pose of keeping the records
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straight. From the day the can
vass started in the county for the
erection of a new court house the
editor never allowed politics to
enter into it. We were as anxious
to have a new building as any citi
zen of the county—perhaps moreso,
because of our daily visits therein
were probably more familiar with
its real condition than many others
—and perhaps performed as much
service toward that end than many
of the others who now wish to bask
in the limelight.
We still insist that part of the
remarks of Edgar Howard were
entirely uncalled for. Any speaker
who would bring politics into a
meeting of that character we
would criticise, whether democrat
or republican, for we would feel
that they had violated the confi
dence reposed in them when they
were invited to talk.
Junior Legion Baseball
Schedule For Summer
Underway In District 9
The American Legion Junior
base ball schedule for District No.
9, got underway Sunday with At
kinson playing at Neligh and the
Creighton nine playing at Plain
view. The Atkinson team is made
up of boys selected from Holt
county. They are as follows:
John Calhoun, Chambers; Francis
Graves, Ballagh; Leo Lewis, Robert
McDonough and Francis Kubit
schek, O’Neill; Francis Regal, Em
met; Vernon Kozicek, Edward
Kunz, Robert Chaney and Jacob
Carlson, Stuart; Thomas McDon
ald, Robert Wilhelm, Charles Riley,
Roscoe Ames, Owen Dierks and
Russell Heuton, Atkinson.
The remainder of the season’s
schedule is as follows:
Plainview at Atkinson, and Ne
ligh at Creighton, Wednesday,
June 30.
Atkinson at Creighton and Plain
view at Neligh, Sunday, July 4.
Second Half:
Neligh at Atkinson and Plain
view at Creighton, Sunday July 11.
Atkinson at Plainview and
Creighton at Neligh, Wednesday,
July 14.
Creighton at Atkinson and Ne
ligh at Plainview, Sunday, July 18.
All games start at 2:30 with
free admission to kids. Adult ad
mission is 25 cents.
Former Editor of Old
Tribune Here Dies
The Frontier received a letter
Tuesday from Mrs. G. W. Cherry
of Denver, Colo., announcing the
death in New York City Saturday
morning, June 19, 1937, of John M.
McDonough, at one time a promin
ent and influential resident of this
city. Mr. McDonough had not
been seriously ill but had suffered
with high blood pressure and hard
ening of the arteries for the past
few years. His daughter, with
whom he made his home, found him
dead in bed when she returned from
her work at the telephone exchange
at 4 a. m. Physicians say he had
been dead about thirty minutes.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning, June 21, 1937, from St.
Joseph’s church at 10 a. m., with
a requiem high mass. Mr. McDon
ough leaves three daughters. He
was the last member of his family,
his other brothers, all younger than
him had passed away. He was
about 81 years of age at the time
of his death.
John M. McDonough was one of
the real pioneers of this section.
His family came here early in 1878
and located about ten miles north
west of this city. John, then a
young man, but the eldest of the
family, never took to farm life and
it was not long until he was in the
newspaper business and for sev
eral years was the editor and pub
lisher of the Tribune. The news
paper game was strenuous in those
days and Editor McDonough and
Doc Matthews, who started The
Frontier in July, 1880, engaged in
many a tilt thru their papers, with
occasional clashes on the street.
Mr. McDonough was a splendid
writer and made quite a reputa
tion as a newspaper man while in
business here, although a very
young man. He ran the Tribune
for about three years and about
1887 he sold the paper to James
Killoran and Samuel Bohan, the
former being a printer. After dis
posing of his newspaper Mr. Mc
Donough left the city, going to
Omaha, where he held a position
on one of the Omaha papers for a
time, then on to Chicago and finally
he secured a position as sporting
editor on one of the New York
dailies. He did not stay in the
newspaper business long but en
tered the theatrical business, in
which field he was unusually suc
cessful.
Mr. McDonough was a fine ap
pearing man, about (3 feet tall and
had many friends among the pion
eers of this county. There are but
two of the old timers left here who
were close associates of Mr. Mc
Donough when he was in the news
paper game here, J. P. Mann and
P. J. McManus. Many of the young
er generation remember Mr. Mc
Donough from hearing their par
ents, the old timers, speak of him.
He was a good citizen and had
much to do with the building up of
this city and county during the
early eighties.
Fourth Celebration Will
Be Held Sunday At the
O’Neill Country Club
The Fourth of July will be cele
brated Sunday evening by the
members of the O’Neill Country
Club at the club grounds. The
celebration will start at 5 o’clock in
the afternoon. A program of
sports under the supervision of Art
King will be followed by a picnic
lunch and as soon as darkness
comes a brilliant display of fire
works will be offered for the enter
tainment of the guests. All at
tending should bring picnic lunch
and coffee. W. J. Hammond will
be chairman of the event with Chas.
Yarnall, H. J. Reardon and II. E.
Coyne assisting. Mr. Coyne and
Mr. Reardon will have charge of
the fireworks.
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Proper Treatment of
Wounds Saves Trees
Oozing out of cell sap from trees
thru wounds and split branches
which has been noticed is not a
disease. It is a result of a break
in the wood tissues. Such was the
essence of a report received today
by Agricultural Agent F. M. Reece
from Clayton Watkins, senior ex
tension forester at the Nebraska
college of agriculture. He says
the wound should be treated to pre
vent weakening of the trees. It
has happended particularly on Am
erican elms this year. The loss of
the cell sap comes after branches
have been partially broken loose by
wind and from wounds resulting
from improper pruning.
Here’s how Forester WatKins
recommends treating the wounds:
“Cut out all saturated and . discol
ored bark and wood tissue with a
wood chisel or gouge from the top
and sides of a union between the
branch and trunk or from the en
tire wound in the case of a rotted
spot in the main trunk of the tree.
In the case of a broken union be
tween large branches and the trunk
of the trees, all discolored wood
should be chisled out over the top
of the union and down the side far
enough to permit good drainage.
“Make the edge of this notch uni
form and smooth even though it
requires the removal of some sound
tissue. In case of a wound result
ing from previous pruning, the area
should be completely chisled out
down to sound wood, bring the top
and bottom of the opening to an
acute angled point. Next, weather
proof the entire area where live
wood has been exposed with an
asphalt roof paint or a tar cresote
compound. If the area i^large, re
quiring considerable material, mix
saw dust with the roof paint or tar.
“If there is danger of further
splitting of the large branch from
the main trunk after these cor
rectives have been applied, tie this
branch to the main trunk to another
branch on the opposite side of the
tree by the use of eye bolts and
heavy wire or cable placed far
enough above the union to support
the major part of any strain.”
All such wounds, says Watkins,
should be checked three or four
times each season. Additional
compound should be applied if
there are cracks or openings where
insects or fungus can enter. Re
moval of all injured or diseased
tissue to keep out moisture and
allow the trees to heal the wotind
is the objective of the treatment.
Word has been received here that
Miss Muriel Brittell, who is attend
ing school at Chadron was among
twenty-five chosen from a student
body of 500, to represent that col
lege at a huge historical pageant
being given in Chadron July 5.
! NEW BUILDING FOR
SCHOOL IS HOPE OF
EDUCATION BOARD
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A 45 Per Cent Federal Government
Grant Would Leave Less Than
50 Thousand To District.
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At a special meeting of the Board
of Education, held last Tuesday
evening, an architect from Lincoln
was present. He had prepared
tentative plans for the new school
building that the board desires to
erect in the city, as an addition to
the high school, provided they can
get a government grant to assist
them in its bulding.
The plans for the new building1
call for a structure about 130x70
feet, two stores high with a base
ment under the east part of the
building The new building will
contain on the first floor an audit
orium and a new gymnasium and
the second floor will have five class
rooms. The estimated cost of the
building is $85,000.00 If the gov
ernment will give the district a
grant of 45 per cent, it would
amount to $38,250 and the district
would have to vote bonds for
$4(5 750 to erect the building. At
this meeting the board took pre
liminary steps to ask for this grant
and if it is allowed a special elec
tion will have to be called to vote
bonds for the balance necessary.
O’Neill*is badly in need of an
addition to its public school facil
ities. Every room from the first
to the eighth grade is crowded,
many pupils being compelled to
triple up in order to secure seating
room. In the high school it has
been necessary to refuse to accept
students from other districts in the
county for the reason that there
were no accommodations in the
local building for them, and this
has cost the O’Neill district a great
deal of money in tuition fees.
If the grant can be secured, now
Is the time to build the building,
and if the grant cannot be secured
the people of district number 7 will
have to provide some means of
raising the money so that an ad
dition sufficient to accommodate
the children of the district can be
erected.
The Weather
The weather the past week has
been fine for this season of the
year and corn has been growing
rapidly and small grain, that not
injured by the intense heat of last
week, is ripening nicely.
Last Friday morning we had a
nice rain here of .22 of an inch,
'Which dropped the temperature
from 10(5 Thursday to 89 on Friday.
On Friday night we had a nice
steady rainfall that amounted to
1.22 inches, which put corn in fine
shape and revived a lot of small
grain that had suffered with the
heat earlier in the week.
Following is the weather chart
for the past week:
High Low Mois.
June 24 106 69
June 25 _ 89 57 .22
June 26 _ 73 55 1.22
June 27 . 82 54
June 28 _ 85 60
June 29_ 83 54
June 30_ 93 63
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met Thurs
day, June 24, at the home of Re
becca Ernst. All members were
present and visitors were Mrs. Dick
Robertson, Rachel Robertson, Mrs.
Hubby, Velma Johring and Maude
Cole. The afternoon was spent in
working out games and visiting. A
delicious lunch was served by the
hostess. The next meeting will be
held at the home of Ruby Wayman
Thursday, July 29.
State Ram Sale
Holt county sheepmen were noti
fied this week that a statewide ram
sale is being planned for Lincoln
on July 30. It is being sponsored
by the Nebraska Registered Sheep
Breeders’ association. Purebred,
registered rams will be consigned
to the sale and auctioned off.
The Misses Gertrude and Sylvia
Block, daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
Emil Block of O’Neill, Jack Melnik
and son, and Louie Burstein, all of
Decatur, 111., arrived here by auto
Sunday night making the trip of
763 miles in 12 hours. Mr. Melnik
and Mr. Burstein will remain here
for a few days before returning to
Decatur. The others will spend
their vacation here, returning to
Decatur in the fall.