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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1937)
Over the County ) INMAN NEWS Lloyd Brittell spent the week end in Omaha with relatives. He was accompanied home by his daughter, Miss Alice, who had been employed in Omaha the past two months. Mrs. Anna O’Donnell is spending a week with her granddaughter, Mrs. Clarence Hansen, near Creigh ton, after which she will go to I Walthill for a visit-with her son, A. M. Clark and family. Rev. and Mrs. Rollie Poe and daughter, Myrtle Mae, and son Everett, of Pierce, visited among relatives here the first of the week. The Poes were former residents of Inman, Rev. Poe being a former pastor of the M. E. church here. Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Crosser spent the week-end with relatives at Newport. W. J. McClurg went to Omaha Thursday and drove back a new Oldsmobile car. Mrs. Beulah Smith and children of Bayard, Nebr., came the first of the week for a visit with her father, Rev. E. B. Maxcy. Mr. and Mrs. Haddin Geary and children went to Gordon over the week-end to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, and to get their little daughter, Marlene, who had been visiting her grandparents for a month. Mr. and Mrs. L. Kopecky drove to Newman Grove and Lindsay Sat urday to visit among relatives for a few days. They were accompan ied by Miss Gladys Hancock who visited friends near Newman Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Goree and children left for Omaha Sunday 1 where they will make their home r for a few months while Mr. Goree is employed there. Sam Auten of Cedar Rapids, is here visiting his sister, Mrs. Idilla Brumbaugh, and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Chicken and daughters, Dorothy and Wilma, spent the week-end with relatives and friends at Allyi and Stanton, \ Nebraska. / Mr. ana Mrs. r. carney ana daughter, Norma, of Norfolk, spent Sunday here with relatives. ' Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Conger and children of Sioux City, Iowa, spent the week-end here with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Conger. On Sunday the Conger families went to Atkinson to spend the day with Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Conger and son. Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark have returned from Chicago where Mr. Clark underwent an operation for hernia. Mr. Clark is feeling fine and will soon resume his work as rural mail carrier. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Colman are here from Chicago visiting his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Colman. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Colman and children of Neligh, and Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Colman and son of O’Neill, were also guests at the Colman home over the Fourth. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Brown and daughter, Wilma, and Mr. and Mrs. I Fred Simmons spent the Fourth at Neligh, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Chenoweth and children, and Mrs. Anna B. Pierson spent the week-end here at the home of their sister and daughter, Mrs. I. L. Watson. MEEK AND VICINITY ^ Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hall and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall motored from Sioux Falls, S. D., to spend the 4th with the Harry Fox and Will Kac zor families. Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Kaczor are sisters of the Hall brothers. Mrs. Rodha Sargent of O’Neill, spent the past week at the Frank Griffith home and at this writing is visiting at the Albert Kaczor home. Quite a large crowd enjoyed the picnic held the 3rd at the A. L. Borg home. A kitten ball game was played after the basket dinner. There was also horseshoe pitching and other sports. In the evening there was a display of fireworks. Miss Lelia Rouse of Inman spent the week-end with Leone Spindle*. Charles Clouse recently purchas ed a Chevrolet coach. Miss Maude Rouse of O'Neill, is spending a few days at the home of her brothers, Arthur and Howard. Walter Devall, Lelia Rouse, Le one and Leroy Spindler and Robert Selah spent Sunday afternoon at the Griffith home. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Will Kaczor, Edward and Margaretha flelson, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hubby were dinner guest Sunday at the Harry Fox home. Edward Young was an overnight guest of Lloyd Rouse Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hull and sons drove up from Sioux City Sunday bringing Miss Ava Jones here. Ava had spent the past month at Sioux City with them. Bobby Selah, of O’Neill, spent several days the past week at the R. D. Spindler home. Lois Jean and Ilene Robertson were overnight guests at the A. L. Borg home Saturday. Some from here spent the after noon and evening at Spencer Sat urday, and report a grand time. Mrs. Bert Miller received word last week that her mother, Mrs. Childs, was very ill at her home in Bellingham, Wash. We understand that Mrs. Miller left Monday for Washington. Dinner guests Sunday at Pres ton Jones home were Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hull and sons of Sioux City, Mrs. Ella Hull and son, William, and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hull and children. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Johring were guests at the Henry Storjohann home Sunday. Laverne Borg called at the Grif fith home Tuesday afternoon. George Hansen cut oats Monday for Morris Graham. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg and children called at the Sam Robert son home Sunday afternoon. A. L. Borg cut grain for his father, Eric Borg, the first of the week. Mr. Linn of Madison was an overnight visitor at the home of his son Charles a day last week. M rs. E. H. Rouse, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rouse and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Will Langan and family were guests at the Arden Johnson home near Riverside Sunday. Hazel Mae Rouse and sister, Catherine, were overnight guests at their grandmother’s Mrs. E. H. Rounse, Saturday. EMMET ITEMS Cliff Johnson of Neligh, was visiting in Emmet Tuesday. Miss Marion Holbert was a din ner guest at the home of William Luben, Jr., Tuesday. Mrs. Bertha McMillan of O’Neill, came up Thursday to spend a few days with her son, Cecil, and fam ily. She returned Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. John Bonenberger and son, Duane, spent Monday in Atkinson with her mother, Mrs. Ella Dallegge. Jack Welsh went to Council Bluffs Friday to see his mother, Mrs. Julia Welsh, who is ill in a hospital there. He returned Tues day and reports that his mother is somewhat improved. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Strong and children and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson and children, all of O’Neill, spent the Fourth with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil McMillan. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Wagner of Ainsworth, arrived in Emmet Fri day for a short visit with relatives. They then went on to Creston, where Mr. Wagner’s parents live, and from there to Council Bluffs to see Mrs. Wagner’s grandmother, Mrs. Welsh. They returned to Em met Tuesday and went on to Ains worth the same evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson are the parents of a baby girl, born at their home Thursday, July 1. Her name is Vivian Marie. Mrs. Esther Harris and children of O’Neill were guests at the Guy Cole home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Jay of Dixon, and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. May of O’Neill, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Cole and Mr. and Mrs. John Conard at dinner at the Cole home Saturday evening. Mrs. Iona Tenborg of Atkinson was an Emmet caller Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Homer Lowery and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. John Lowery held a picnic at the Pon gratz grove east of Emmet Mon day. Besides a string of small fish, Milt Lawrence and Pat McGinnis caught a 5 pound catfish Tuesday. Milt Lawrence, who has been working at Stuart, returned home Friday. Teado Dailey, who is attending Creighton university in Omaha, spent the week-end with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Dailey. He returned to Omaha Monday. Larry Tenborg went to Neligh Tuesday on business. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Henning and children spent Sunday at the Wm. Grothe, Sr., home. John Dailey and son, Bill, of Winner, S. D., came Sunday for a visit with his brother, W. P. Dailey and family. They returned home Monday. » Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Roth and and Mrs. Bauman were guests Sunday at the Lloyd John home. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Banks and children spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnson. Mrs. Clyde Allen and children were guests at a picnic held at the Wolfe farm near O’Neill Sunday. Dorothy Anne Cadman went to Ainsworth Saturday night. She is working in a cafe there. Mrs. Dorothy Humphrey of Ainsworth, came down Saturday afternoon for a short visit with relatives. Larry Tenborg and Roy Judge attended the livestock sale at Page Wednesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Alex McConnell and i Peggy, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Puck ett and Peggy, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard McConnell and sons held a picnic at Pongratz’s grove Sun day. Mrs. Ray Bede and children were Emmet callers Tuesday. Mary Welsh went to Ainsworth Tuesday night for a visit with her sister, Mrs. Ernie Wegner and family. Grandma Luben is ill at this time. PLEASANT DALE Miss Elsie Peter will teach the Pleasantdale school tl*e coming term. Miss Peters lives about six miles south of O’Neill. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Coleman and family and Mr. and Mrs. Guy Beckwith spent the Fourth at the Hickman home. Mr. and Mrs. Linus How'ard re turned home from a business trip to Minneapolis, Minn., Friday. Miss Marie Young took care of Gerald and Maurice Howard while their parents were away. Duane Pongratz spent the Fourth of July with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John Babl. Several men from this vicinity played ball at Bassett the Fourth. Mrs. Harold Seger and children and Miss Katherine Frohardt visit ed Monday evening with Mrs. Ralph Beckwith. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Winkler and family spent the Fourth at the Henry Schaaf home. Miss Fern Dick spent the lasf week with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Ernst. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Seger ac companied Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Fro hardt of Atkinson to Ainsworth Wednesday to see the play given by the Wesleyan college of Lincoln, in which Kenneth Frohardt takes a part. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Beckwith and children, Miss Minnie Seger, and Mr. and Mrs. Dean Beckwith were guests at the Fred Beckwith home Saturday evening. THE NEBRASKA SCENE By the Lowell Service With the constant expansion of the number of office holders and the continual increase in the number of boards and commissions, space in the new Nebraska state capitol is now at a premium. Attics must be penetrated; tower space must be utilized. The duties of the newly created bodies are so intermingled that a chart showing the relations of the various agents of state looks like a play by play diagram of a football game. Efforts to abolish offices and cur tail salary expenditures have been unavailing. When the unicameral amendment put 90 legislators out of business, the 1935 legislature added almost as many new officials to the payroll. A campaign, started in 1932, to abolish the office of land commissioner, carried at the polls, but that official is still connected with the payroll. The last session of the legislature resulted in a heavy increase in commission membership. Following the usual course, these commissions are unpaid at the start.. At the psychological moment, appropria tions are sought for salaries. Senator John N. Norton admits that the fight to reduce the number of offices is a stiff oh*. In his short ballot campaign in the last legis lature, he did not receive the cordial support of some of the taxpayers leagues and organizations interest ed in saving public funds. "The state tax levy is only about! fifteen cents of the tax dollar,” said a taxpayer’s lobbyist during the last session of the legislature. “We are concentrating on the 85 cents. This sum is spent by local tax dis bursing bodies.” In newly created state offices, according to a student of county government, the incumbent of the office gets 7 cents out of each dollar for salary. The sum of 93 cents is spent to enable the office holder to get the 7 cents. Secretary of Agriculture Bucholz has been busy forming a non-pen etrable organization to collect 100 per cent of the gasoline tax. He has perfected his plans so that the bootlegging is reduced to the min imum. Alert Patrols are on the high ways to cooperate with the officials at the ports of entry. When the highway patrols go to work next fall thore will be more cooperation in safeguarding gasoline revenues. An ambassador from Nebraska to France is the latest quest of Governor Roy L. Cochran. He has been asked by General John J. Pershing to commission some Ne braskan who expects to be in France early in August to repre sent the state at the dedication services August 1 at Montfauson, of a monument to the American troops who served in the Meuse Argonne offensive. Bids on projects amounting to about one million dollars were ac cepted last week by the state high way department, but three bids are rejected as too high, and they will be readvertised. One of the bids rejected was on bituminous njat shoulders for seventeenths of a mile of pavement between the city of Omaha and the Omaha airport. Another was on surfacing 8.5 miles of highway between Lakeside and Antioch in Sheridan county with bituminous sand. The third was for the construction of a bridge on highway No. 3 over the Blue river at Beatrice. The design of the structure of this will be altered. John G. Aldrich, president of the Nebraska State Safety council, pre sided over the meetings of a two day convention of that organization which opened at the Hotel Fon tenelle in Omaha Monday morning. Among the chief speakers were Gov. R. L. Cochran; Harold Baker of the American Red Cross at St. Louis; Miss Marion Telford, child safety consultant of the national safety council; Captain L. W. Pren tiss of the United States army en gineer corps; Lew Wallace, motor vehicle administrator for Iowa; Paul Shrickler of Chicago, director of field service for the national safety council; and J. F. Miller of Kansas City, district director of the interstate commerce commis sion, buerau of motor carriers. At the banquet Monday night, Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern railway, was the chief speaker, and J. E. Davidson of Omaha, acted as toastmaster. Three locations in Cass county Even in summer you can not make hay without grass, andevenwith a large income a man cannot become rich * • *' * unless he saves. $ 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 are now being investigated by the archeological group of the Nebras ka State Historical Society, which has just moved on from Bellevue, where it has been working on a prehistoric house site. This, when completely excavated, proved to be an earth dwelling, square, with center posts and a wooden frame, very different from more recent Indian dwellings. SIX STEPS TO RUIN Unless the constantly widening gap between government income and outgo is closed, writes Roger W. Babson, one of the outstanding American economists, six financial ly ruinous consequences will result: “First, continued deficits ultim ately lead to fear of government credit. “Second, unsound public credit means unwillingness to lend the government money to pay its bills. “Third, the treasury is forced to print paper money to pay its defi cits. “Fourth, the paper money falls like a meteor in value as prices shoot sky-high. “Fifth, the buying power, of sal aries, wages, savings accounts, in surance policies, and bonds drops to practically nothing. “Sixth, the ruined, starving mid dle-class take the reins of govern ment by force to bring order out of chaos." Mr. Babson does not think it too late to put the government’s finan cial house in order but quick action is essential. On a per-person busis Federal expenses since 1800 have increased from $2 to $55 a year. The average American family of five has an income of $1,700. It owes as its share of the soaring national debt, $1,375. In addition to owing this debt it must pay $275 annually in Federal taxes alone. Only an aggressive public demand for retrenchment and a balanced budget can save us from the “six steps to ruin" Mr. Babson describes. A Virginia statesman says that the last five years have given the American people a new meaning for the word freedom. Wonder if he means sit-down strikes, C. I. O. picnics and John Lewis telling us what to do. A lot of folks say that part of our high cost of living is due to faulty distribution. The same thing is true of the weather. For example how much better it would be if the weather man were to scat ter the rain over the corn and wheat fields and keep it out of the base ball parks and the picnic grounds.. A subscriber wants to know what has become of the old fashioned class prophet of the college and high school days who used to pre dict that all of the boys and girls would become economic royalists. We don’t know where he is but his son is with the CCC. Since it seems a popular belief now that the man can be made happy, and wealthy, or at least socially secure, through legislation, why not simplify the matter by having the college professors at Washington draft a bill that would make it unlawful to lose money during a depression? After witnessing a dozen or so court trials in the moving pictures we are convinced that the fellows who stage the plays ought to hire a fewr good lawyers, as assistant directors. A California scientist says that a million years from now all the people will look like Andy Gump. The federal government has al ready taken over some of the char acteristics of Uncle Bim. In the old Horse and Buggy Days un ambitious youth had to ______ Travel Over the World.. While Sitting in Your Easy Chair *TIot all of us can go, as we would like to, and see for our selves the strange peoples who live in foreign lands and the wonders of nature that lie beyond the horizon. It is for such stay-at-homes as us that the writers and travelers of the National Geo graphic Society are scouring the world for interesting accounts of the "far places" which we would like to see, and their descriptions of what they have seen and what they ‘ would have us see are appearing regularly in this newspaper. Look for the travel articles in this paper. Then tell your friends about it for they will be as interested in this feature as you are. start at the bottom and work and save for years to achieve success. Now all he has to do is to go down to the corner store and buy a book for $2 that will tell him how to do it in 90 days. A lot of young folks used to think that their elders ought to be chlorformed upon arriving at the age of forty. But not atiy more— when it will soon be possible to live off the old folks’ “social secur ity” pensions. Can Farmers Near O’Neill Beat This Record? !?Tfarmers in seven typical midwestern farm communities saved 4,620 miles of traveling in one month by using their telephone. At only 2Vi cents a mile, the saving in driving expense alone amounts to $115 for these farmers in one month — or an average of more than $4.25 each. • • • Their records prove again that the telephone more than pays its way on the farm for business alone . . . and in case of fire, thieves or sickness, one rnll inny lie worth more tlinn service costs for n lifetime. i NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY - ! You Can't Go Wrong On EN-AR-CO MOTOR OIL This pure paraffine base lubricant actually saves more than it costs by preventing wear and adding years t<^ the life of your motor. EN-AR-CO PENN MOTOR OIL 100% Pure Pennsylvania Motor Oil at its Best! MELLOR MOTOR CO. Fifth & Douglas Sts. O’Neill, Nebr. TO AND FROM AND INTERMEDIATE POINTS FASTER TIME ¥ , .. 1.... Through Air-Conditioned Coaches and S/eepincj Cars ! t ' '* v« .., • • • EASTBOUND DAILY Lv. Rapid City . 1:00 PM (MT) Lv. O’Neill . . 1:19 AM (CST) Ar. Omaha . . 7:50 AM (CST) ★ WESTBOUND DAILY Lv. Omaha . . 4:45 PM (CST; Ar. O’Neill . . 11:07 PM (CST) Ar. Rapid City . 9:45 AM (MT} ^ ... Chicago & North Western Ry. announces important improvements in service to and from Rapid City and Omaha and intermediate points. Trains Nos. 12 and 15 will carry through air-conditioned coaches and standard sleeping cars daily. These trains also offer diner lounge service between Norfolk and Omaha in both directions. We know our friends will appreciate this service which gives them the comfort of air-conditioning, faster time and a close connection at Omaha with de luxe service to Chicago and the East. For information, tickets, reservations, apply to: Ticket Agent
