The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, July 15, 1937, Image 1
. »*■ sut. Historical So*.,, ■|j J l_^ _ _ _—_- _... _ _■■. ■ _ 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. I __ 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. _ / “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 I {Continued on page 5, column 4.) 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.