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VOL. LVIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1937. • No. 9
MORE THAN AN INCH
OF RAIN GIVES HOPE
OF GOOD CORN CROP
Bains The Past Week Cover Most
of County With Over An Inch.
Less In Northeast.
The past week has been a good
one for the entire state and this
county. Early last Tuesday morn
ing this section was visited with a
splendid rain, .61 of an inch falling
up to 8 a. m. Then about 11
o’clock it started rfeining again and
kept it up until about 12:30 and
Observer Bowen measured the
downpour as .36 of an inch, mak
ing .97 of an inch in the two show
ers. Then this morning we had
another shower that measured .05
of an inch, making the rainfall for
the past three days 1.02 inches.
In the southern part of the
County, the east side and north of
this city the rainfall was much
heavier, about two inches being
registered at Inman and heavier
rain in the vicinity of Ewing. The
west end of the county had about
one inch. The entire county was
well covered, except the extreme
northeast corner, where the rain
fall was light. From the highway
on Eagle creek to the extreme west
end of the county the rainfall was
over an inch, according to George
Syfie and Henry Storjohann, both
of Phoenix, who were in the city
^Wednesday.
Practically the entire state re
ceived copious showers Tuesday
and Wednesday, and the prospect
for a banner corn crop in old Ne
braska was heightened consider
ably by the moisture.
The rainfall this week brings the
total moisture for the month of
July up to 1.13 inches and the rain
fall here since January 1, 1937, up
to 11.82 inches.
During July, 1936, were received
but .44 of an inch of moisture for
the entire month. A year ago to
day the thermometer registered in
this city 106. July 16 and 17, 1936,
the thermometer went up to 112
degrees, these two days being the
hottest of the long, dry heat wave.
Eight other days, during the bal
ance of the month it registered
above 100 degrees.
Following is the weather chart
for the week:
High Low Mois.
July 8_100 72
July 9_ 99 68
July 10 _ 98 77
July 11_ 97 65
July 12_ 96 66
July 13_„_ 95 67 .97
July 14 _ 80 67
July 15_ _ .05
Small Grain Cut and
Corn Mostly Laid By
The small grain harvest is fin
ished and a good deal of the corn
is laid by. The rains of last Tues
day morning was a Godsend to the
corn crop and with favorable
weather the rest of the season, writh
a few good showers, should assure
the county a good crop. The small
grain crop was very spotted, some
farmers stating that their small
grain was better than they ex
pected, w'hile others say it does
not meet their expectations. The
hay crop will be short this season,
on account of a lack of moisture in
April and May. Many of the hay
men say their hay crop will be
about half what it was last year.
Dry Weather Has
Reduced Cattle Herds
Several ranchers have disposed
of a lot of cattle during the past
ten days. The continued dry
weather was having its effect on
the pastures and many ranchmen
were afraid they would run out of
feed, and for that reason disposed
of a good deal of their stock. The
rains Monday night and Tuesday
forenoon will revive the pastures
and will be of vast benefit to the
hay meadows in the south part of
the county.
Will Solicit Funds For
Nebr. Children’s Home
Mrs. E. Wilcox, secretary of the
local advisory board at O’Neill,
announces that Carl O. Ike of Lin
coln, district superintendent for the
Nebraska Children’s Home Society
will soon be working in Holt county
soliciting funds for the society.
It is pointed out that an emer
gency exists at the present time
with relations to the work of the
society. During 1936 300 children
were taken care of, this natufally
causing a big increase in expenses.
Together with the difficulty in se
curing funds, it has put the society
in a serious financial condition.
The Nebraska Children's Home
Society has cared for sixty-four
wards in Holt county and since it
was chartered in 1893, has placed
4,000 children in new homes and
given service of one kind or an
other to nearly four times that
number. The Nebraska Children's
Home Society serves every county
in the state and is supported en
tirely by voluntary donations. It
is non-sectarian and licensed by the
state for the care and placement
of normal children who have been
neglected, abused, deserted or or
phaned.
The Receiving Home is located at
3549 Fontenelle Blvd, in Omaha,
where the necessary medical and
hospital facilities are available.
New Bindweed Law
Calls For Cleaning of
Threshing Machines
Posting of the section of the new
bindweed law dealing with cleaning
of threshing machines and com
bines or such machines is neces
sary, the Holt county farm bureau
has been informed by the state de
partment of agriculture. Supplies
for the same can be had at the
farm bureau office.
The state department of agricul
ture sent out bulletins describing
the law to all threshing machine
and combine operators on their
mailing list, but it is thought some
individuals were missed.
Necessity for controlling the
spread of bindweed seed by clean
ing out threshing machines and
combines is seen in the fact that
one bushel of wheat from an in
fested field contained 26,000 bind
weed seeds in a test. This is enough
to infest hundreds of acres of other
land if carried from farm to farm.
Under the new law, wheat har
vested from a bindweed infested
area cannot be sold to those ex
cept who process the wheat and
destroy the noxious weed seed.
When wheat is sold at the elevator,
the responsibility lays with the
elevator or persons to whom the
wheat is sold by the farmer. Wheat
coming from bindweed infested
areas, under the law, cannot be
sold by one farmer to another for
seed purposes. It may be sold as
feed only if processed so as to
destroy the viability of the seed.
Failure to comply with the law
makes an individual liable to a
penalty.
First Health Lecture
Will Be Next Tuesday
The first of a series of health '
lectures sponsored by the Maternal
and Child Health Bureau of Lincoln,
will be given on Tuesday, July 20,
1937, at 2:30 p. m., in the Assembly
Room at the new court house in
O’Neill. The principal address
will be given by Dr. Frank Murray
of Omaha, and the subject of his
discourse will be “The Normal De
livery in the Home.” These lect
ures are open to the public and all
adults are urged to attend, as the
subject of child health is of the
utmost importance to everyone in
the community.
Band Plays At Elgin
A large delegation of O’Neill
people accompanied the High
School band to Elgin Wednesday
afternoon and evening where the
band gave a concert that evening.
O’Neill visitors say there were
about 2,000 people in Elgin last
evening to listen to the concert and
enjoy the sidewalk dance, which is
a weekly event in that enterprising
little city.
New Well Delivers
160 Gallons A Minute
Tuesday and Wednesday the city
officials tested the new well that
the city purchased a couple of
months ago. The report is that
the well will throw 160 gallons of
water per minute. The city officials
intend to purchase a pump for this
well and will connect it with the
mains, which will add about fifty
per cent to the water supply of
the city.
Ram Sale At Lincoln
A purebred ram show and sale
will be held in Lincoln, Friday,
July 30, where all breeds will be
represented. Professor M. A. Alex
ander of the college of agriculture
will be in charge of the show. Ex-1
hibition will start at 9:30 a. tn. and
the sale early in the afternoon.:
There will be 75 rams made up of j
Hamp^hires, Shropshires, South
downs, Oxfords, Cheviots and Ham
boulilets. In addition fifty head of
Southdown ewes of western breed
ing and 200 head of one and two
year old purebred Hampshire ewes
will be offered.
Receives Cuts When
Thrown By A Horse
Arthur Wertz of northeastern
Holt, was thrown from a horse last
Tuesday afternoon with the result
that he suffered severe lacerations
of his legs. He was brought to the
O’Neill hospital that evening for
treatment and we are informed
this morning that he is getting
along nicely.
Fire Burns State Garage
Last Saturday afternoon, fire
gutted the State Highway garage
in the western end of the city and
damaged a highway maintainer.
The damage is estimated at $1,000.
The fire started as Leo Carney, a
highway department employee was
refuelling a maintainer. He escaped
injury. The garage will be rebuilt.
Holt County 4-H Clubs
G. A. H. 4-H CLUB
A meeting of the G. A. H. 4-H
club was held at the home of Miss
Eileen Kelly with Miss Kathryn
McNichols assisting. Kathryn Mc
Nichols was appointed news com
mentator and Dorothy Valla as
sistant commentator. A delight
ful luncheon of ice cream and
cookies was served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be held July
31 at the home of Mrs. Reece.
HONEY CREEK POULTRY CLUB
The Honey Creek 4-H Poultry
club met July 13 at the home of
Bill Grutch. The regular meeting
was held followed by chicken judg
ing. After the club meeting the
parents of the 4-H club members
put on a program and gave prizes
for different stunts won by the
guests and club members. It was
a very enjoyable evening.
HONEY CREEK SHEEP CLUB
The Honey Creek Sheep club met
at the home of Ralph Rees July
8, 1937. Judging day at Atkinson
was discussed and the leader picked
his demonstration team. Bud Ve
quist furnished entertainment with
his accordian. The next meeting
will be at the James Curran home.
GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB
The Grattan Project Club met at
the home of Mrs. Joe Jareske for
an afternoon meeting July 13. The
lesson was on Linens in the Home,
which was read and informally
discussed. Plans for continuing
summer meetings were discussed
and it was decided to hold the next
meeting at the home of Mrs. Emma
Lawrence August 17. Lunch was
served at the close of the meeting
to the eleven present. Everyone
spent a very enjoyable afternoon.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
* Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pond arrived
in the county last Monday from
California to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Pond’s brother, John Crandall,
who was buried in the old Paddock ;
cemetery last Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. Pond was in the city Wednes
day and made this office a pleasant
call and we spent an enjoyable
hour discussing o'd<m times in the
city. Mr. Pond was a resident of
this city in the latter eighties and
was an employee of the Northwest
ern railroad, being in the depot
under the agent, Findley Lyon.
Mr. Pond left here along about
1890 for Omaha where he resided
for several years and then moved to
California, which is now his home.
Mr. and Mrrs. Pond will visit old
time friends here for a couple of
weeks before returning to their
California home.
Dr. and Mrs. J. L. Sherbahn left
last Sunday morning for Lake'
Okoboji, Iowa, where they will
spend the next two weeks fishing
and taking in the festivities of this
old time summer resort. Doc says
that he expects to catch a lot of
fish during his vacation and
promised to bring back a good i
supply. They will return home
Sunday, July 25.
Expect Filibuster On Face-Saving
Cpurt Bill
The original Supreme Court bill
died Tuesday in the Senate when
the majority leader introduced the
so-called compromise admendment.
The long-looked for debate on this
important issue opened soon after
the Senators came back from their
Fourth of July vacation. If a fili
buster is successful the court bill
may die in the Senate. Otherwise
the guess is that the face-saving
compromise bill may pass both
Houses by a narrow margin. Ad
journment of congress depends on
when the congress will get thru
with the court bill. The House ad
journed Tuesday over to Thursday
because members wanted to go to
the All-Star baseball game.
Sun and President Turn On Heat
The weather man has turned on
the usual Washington heat. The
executive department is turning on
the legislative heat and the House
is just marking time waiting for
some of the promised legislation
which has been in the making in the
executive branch. That will include
some kind of a farm bill; some
kind of federal re-organization leg
islation. Most members who are
not “in the know” seem bewildered
and just seem to be marking time.
With the Terrifying heat turned on
form Old Sol and elsewhere, what
ever legislation does pass will not
get the usual seripus consideration
it is entitled to. For that reason
many serious-minded members feel
congress should quit and go home
and cool off and come back in Jan
uary and give important legislation
real study and consideration before
giving it a lick and promise and
rush away.
Wants to Join Nebraska’s Navy
Congressman Melvin Mass of
Minnesota demands to be made a
member of the “Nebraska Navy.”
His application has gone to Ted
Metcalfe, the Navy's Commodore.
Congressman Mass is a former
marine officer. He is now in the
marine reserves with a general’s
rank. He is connected with the
air corps and continues to pilot a
plane. He is one of the most pop
ular men in the House of Repre
sentatives and is considered one of
the bravest of the members. Some
years ago a “crank” pointed a re
volver at the members from the
House gallery. Mass was the only
member who “talked” the “crank”
out of it and eventually got pos
session of the gun.
Fight Brings Some Reduction
The fight put up by the Repub
lican side of the House to cut ten
per cent from all appropriations has
borne some fruit. The President
today gave orders for a ten per cent
cut in many departments in an
effort to balance the budget. As a
result many employees of depart
ments are calling congressional of
fices for information, as to just
what departments are to be affected
by these promised cuts. A meet
ing of department chiefs is sched
uled with the President on this
subject in a very short time.
Nebraska Scouts Tour Capitol
Thirty-six of the Nebraska Boy
Scout troop attending the Jam
boree here in Washington, called at
the third congressional office July
1, and were guests of the office on
a pilgrimage to the Morton Tree
and the capitol grounds and trip
thru the nation’s capitol. Nebraska
Scoutmaster Hepfinger of Tilden
and Scoutmaster Lyman Burkhold
er of Fremont, were with the troop
and indicated that all of the boys
from the Nebraska district are in
good health.
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Historical St. Mary’s
A lot of people go down into
Maryland to look over what was
once a town called St. Mary’s. It is
about 300 years old and Lord Balti
more and other gentry brought
over hundreds of immigrants to
settle the place. It once had hun
dreds of citizens who came over the
ocean in the ship, Ark, which towed
the smalled boat, “The Dove.” The
settlers came from all over Europe.
Today the town is a wheat field.
Nothing of the old buildings is left.
It has gone back to nature like the
town of Warnerville in Madison
county. The immigrants of St.
Mary’s are the ancestors of some
of our most prominent presertt day
Americans.
Visitors at Congressional Oflice
Among the visitors at the third
congressional office during the past
week are the following: Mr. Coop
er of Washington, Nebr.; Miss Dor
othy Billerbeck of Osmond, Nebr.;
Mrs. Elizabeth Zook of Lincoln;
Owen Meredith, O’Neill; Chris Pe
trow, Fremont; Austin Cramer,
Pierce; Glen Walker, Omaha; Ralph
Barrett, Robert Montgomery,
James Stinson, Mr. and Mrs. S. L.
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Don F.
Riordan, Rev. Alvin Katt all of
Norfolk.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Johanson,
South Sioux City; Lyman Burk
holder, William Reutter, George
Townsend and Robert Carson, all of
Fremont; Fred Kramer, George
Hyatt and William Smith of Co
lumbus; Jim Black of Fullerton;
Scoutmaster Wr. J. Hepflinger of
Tilden; Miss Katherine Shea and
Raymond Haffey of Wisner, Bar
ton Black and State Engineer Tilley
of Lincoln, and Scoutmaster Bader
of Ottumwa, Ia„ formerly of Fre
mont.
Heavy Grass Steers
Reach High of $9.75
At Atkinson Market
Atkinson, Nebr., July 13.—Good
rains over a large territory east
of here helped to stimulate the
cattle market here Tuesday. More
buyers than any time this season
were present to bid on the 1300
head of cattle offered for sale.
Around 200 head of heavy beshy
steers were included in the day’s
run and competition on them was
keen. All fleshy cows and heifers
sold well, but light stockers showed
very little improvement over a
week ago.
Representative sales:
800 to 1200 pound
fleshy steers at_8.50 to 9.75
Common to fair
heavy steers at_6.00 to 7.50
Best quality yearling
steers at_7.00 to 8.00
Fair to good yearling
steers at _5.00 to 6.50
Fleshy feeding heifers . 6.50 to 8.10
Stocker yearling
heifers at _ 5.50 to 6.50
Fair to good heifers_5.00 to 5.50
Choice fat cows at _6.75 to 7.25
Heavy butcher cows at 5.50 to 6.00
Canners and cutters _3.60 to 4.50
Bulls at _ 5.00 to 6.25
The hog run was light with only
200 head on sale and in line with
the recent sharp break on all mar
kets was a very dull affair. Fat
hogs were approximately 50 cents
a hundred lower than a week ago
while thin sows showed even a
greater loss.
The horse market was in line
with recent weeks with about 25
head being sold.
Next auction Tuesday, July 20,
at 12 o’clock.
Pleads Guilty To A
Liquor Law Violation
Frank Sesler of Emmet, was ar
rested Monday on complaint of
Edward Murphy, field man for the
state liquor commission. Sesler
was charged with having on or
about July 11, 1937, unlawfully
sold beer in the original package
for consumption off the premises,
without first having obtained a
state off sale liquor license from
the state commission. Sesler plead
guilty to the charge and the sent
ence was deferred. The beer license
at Emmet is held by Mrs. Sesler
and, we understand she is out of
the county.
Given Farewell Party
A jolly party was held at the
Country Club last Wednesday
evening, the event being a fare
well party for K. A. Wehl, who left
today for a visit with relatives in
Kansas and will then go to Denver,
where he has a good position with
the oil company that he has been
working for here for the past four
and a half years. James Harty
was another honored guest at the
party as James leaves in a few days
for Portland, Oregon, where he ex-1
pects to make his future home, i
The honored guests received the
best wishes of their many friends
for success in their new homes.
Miss Della Harnish left last Mon
day for Rochester, Minn., where
she will enter the clinic for medical
examination. I
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Nebraska politicians, both demo
cratic and republican, are puzzled
and confused by the abnormal and
unexpected turn of events at Wash
ington. When the stereotyped pol
itician is suddenly confronted with
the unusual, the scurrying to and
fro always amuses those familiar
with the routine of campaigns.
Senator Edward R. Burke, insur
ging against the President after
claiming credit for coining the of
ficial definition of the New Deal,
stems to be the logical contender
for the democratic presidential
nomination in 1940. Mr. Burke’s
Eastern strength is formidable.
Now supporting the Nebraska jun
ior senator are Eastern demo
crats of the extreme conservative
type. Lined up behind Mr. Burke
are the leading reactionary re
publicans.
With the battle lines forming
in Nebraska, the federal office hold
ers and the party workers do not
know where to go. The Mullen
Burke element dictated the polit
ical appointments in Nebraska.
Now Mr. Mullen, Mr. Farley and
democratic chieftains are alienated
from Mr. Burke. The chaos, dis
order and perplexity existing in
machine ranks cannot be exag
gerated.
The first contest will take place
in the 1938 primaries. From pre
sent indications conservative re
publicans will leave the GOP fold
in that primary and enter the dem
ocratic primary to support Senator
Burke on the supreme court issue.
The progressive republicans have
deserted the party on former oc
casions and will undoubtedly sup
port the administration in the 1938
fight. With the Old Guard desert
ing the republican standard the
outlook for a respectable primary
vote is dismal. National Commit
teeman Hugh Butler has been at
work among the republican cohorts,
seeking to preserve party cohesion.
Among republicans, there is hope
that the President and his advisers
will suddenly shift position before
the national campaign opens in
1940 and that new issues will be
presented. In this way the repub
licans could present a formal in
dictment against the democrats
and preserve party lines.
On the supreme court issue there
is not enough divergence between
the views of Senator Burke and
the expressions of the republican
leaders to maintain party division.
The republican national committee,
during the last few weeks, has
studied the situation, and some of
the mid-western leaders expressed
alarm over the future of the party.
“Along the Atlantic seaboard,"
said a prominent Landon adviser
recently, “politics is entirely a mat
ter of business. There is a marked
absence of ideals and adherence to
party principles.”
Two filings have already been
made for the election campaign of
1938. One is that of W. F. Haycock
of Calloway, former legislator, for
railway commissioner. The other is
that of Edward McKim of Omaha,
also a former legislator, for the
democratic nomination for lieuten
ant governor.
September 11 has been set as the
day when Federal District Judge
T. C. Munger, Circuit Judge Archi
bald K. Gardner of Sfc* Louis, and
District Judge J. A. Donohoe of
Omaha, will hear the injuction suit
of the American Society of Com
posers, Authors and Musicians to
prevent the enforcement of the new
Nebraska law outlawing the soci
ety. The law was passed at the
recent session of the unicameral
legislature.
Farm labor is not a hazardous
occupation, and harvest hands in
jured while working are not en
titled to workmen’s compensation,
according to a ruling recently made
by Judge Frank M. Coffey of the
Nebraska workmen’s compensation
court.
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“It is clearly shown where the
extra taxes now assigned to homes
will be assessed, then a vote on
the subject will be fair. Until the
people know where the money is
coming from, they can’t know that
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MORE LIVESTOCK
IN COUNTY RAISES
TAX VALUATIONS
Per Head Value Lower Than Year
Ago, Rut Total Value Higher
From Larger Number.
County Assessor Sullivan com
pleted and mailed to Lincoln last
Monday to the state board the 1937
abstract of the assessment of Holt
county. The abstract shows that
the assessed valuation of the county
for the year 1937 is $18,209,870,
as compared to $17,916,916 for the
year 1936.
This abstract shows that there
were in the county on April 1,
1937, 87,211 head of cattle and that
they were valued at $1,837,260 or
$21.06 per head. During the year
1936 there were 77,567 head and
these were valued $1,655,950, or an
average of $21.34 per head.
There were 11,738 head of horses
in the county or. April 1, 1937,
valued at $376,685, or an average
of $32,09 per head. In 1936 there
were 11,399 head of horses in the
I county valued at $403,075, or an
average of $35.36 per head.
There are 671 head of mules in
the county valued at $24,405, for
an average of $36.37 per head.
There wrere in the county April
1, 1937, and assessed, 4,087 auto
mobiles and they were valued at
$454,165, or an average of $111.13
each.
According to this abstract the
citizens of Holt county have 1,540
radios, valued at $15,705, or an
average of $10.19.
The farmers of the county have
6,044 hogs of all ages and they are
valued at $55,825. In 1936 there
were 9,703 hogs of all ages as
sessed in the county, a decrease of
3,659 head during the year, which
was caused by the severe drouth
of last year.
Holt county had 9,624 head of
sheep and goats on April 1, 1937,
valued at $22,065. In 1936, 5,685
head were assessed in the county,
so this year there is an increase of
3,939 head, which tends to prove
that farmers of the county are
going into the sheep business on an
extensive scale.
There are 376,132 acres of im
proved land in the county, assessed
at $3,544,245, or an average value
of $9.42 per acre. There are 1,078,
775 acre of unimproved land in the
county and it is assessed at $7,058,
485. The improvements on lands
are assessed at $1,222,405. The
total valuation of the lands and
improvements is $11,825,135. The
total valuation of the town lots in
the county, of which there are
6,518, is $1,583,915.
The total cost of the assessment
this year was $5,355.08. This in
cludes the salary of the county as
sessor for one year, his office dep
uty, the amount paid precinct as
sessors and the amount paid for
books, scherdules and blanks. The
precinct assessors filed 5,221 sched
ules; which is an increase of 250
schedules over the number filed
in 1936.
Grasshopper Bait
Supply Almost Gone
When the present supply of
grasshopper bait is gone, it will be
necessary for farmers wishing to
poison grasshopper to pay for the
ingredients and mixing as no more
federal bait will be available this
year. Nearly a carload of federal
bait has been spread by Holt county
farmers this summer, many report
ing excellent kills.
As long as the present supply
lasts, farmers can still get this
bait from their county supervisors
or agricultural agent.
Has Hip Injury From
Fall With A Horse
Milo Eppenbach, 23, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Eppenbach had
his hip severely injured last Sun
day afternoon when the horse he
was riding fell on him. He was
taken to a hospital in Norfolk that
evening for treatment.
CARO OF THANKS
We desire to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the many kind friends
and neighbors for their many acts
of kindness to our beloved brother
and uncle, the late John Crandall.
Your many acts of kindness will
ever be gratefully remembered.—
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Pond, J. W.
Miller and family.