Neb’ State Hiat°nc»J Society
The Frontier
VOL. LVIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. No. 12
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VETERINARY OF
) THIS CITY DIES OF
A HEART ATTACK
Dr. Hiram H. Wilkerson Dies After
A Few Hours Illness. Last
Rites Held Here Today.
Dr. Hiram H. Wilkerson died at
his home in the northwestern part
of the city last Tuesday night, a
few' minutes before midnight, after
a very short illness of a heart at
tack, at the age of 60 years and one
day. The funeral was held at 2
o’clock this afternoon from the
Methodist church, Rev. A. J. May
officiating and burial in Prospect
Hill cemetery.
Dr. Wilkerson was born on Au
gust 3, 1877, in Ringold county,
Iowa, where the family lived for
a few years and then moved to Ne
braska. On November 4, 1907, he
was united in marriage at Broken
Bowr, Nebr., to Miss Cora Bittner,
who with six children, four daught
ers and two sons, are left to mourn
his passing. The Children are:
Sidney, Mrs. Fern Wicks, Ray
mond; Rita and Iola, O'Neill, and
Mrs. Ella Graham of New Castle,
Wyo. He also leaves three broth
ers and one sister, Jesse of Cham
bers; L. T. of Ansley, Nebr.; Den
i nis of Oklahoma, and Mrs. Herman
* Moore of Albion, Nebr.
He had been very busy the past
three weeks and put in long hours,
vaccinating cattle for anthrax. The
clamping of an embargo on cattle
from the counties df Knox and
Boyd counties scared the cattle
men of this county and they were
having their cattle vaccinated as
v speedily as possible. He was not
f feeling very good Tuesday but
wanted to make a trip to the coun
try to take care of some more
cattle, but was urged by his physi
cian to go home and go to bed. His
condition was not considered as
serious but he suffered a heart at
tack about 11:30 and passed away
shortlv afterwards.
Dr.Wilkerson had been a resident
of this county since 1915 when he
came here from Boone county and
had followed his profession in this
county since that time. He was
well known to farmers and stock
men all over this county, who will
learn with regret of his sudden
passing.
Last Thursday’s Rain
Sets A Record At 5.49
Inches In 24 Hours
Even the oldest inhabitant fails
to recall a year, even in the dim
and misty past, when we had such
glorious rains as we have had in
4 this county and over most of the
' state during the past week. As a
result of these rains corn prospects,
in this county as well as over the
entire state, have grown very
bright.
The heaviest rainfall in this
county for years fell last Thurs
day. The rain started about 2 a. m.
and when it finally quit raining
t about 8:15, 4.84 inches of rain had
fallen. Then as a cap sheaf that
evening we had .65 of an inch,
making the rainfall for the day
measure 5.49 inches. The thirsty
soil absorbed it all. This was the
heaviest fall in the county, but
Thursday night and again Sunday
night other portions of the county
received heavy rains so that prac
tically all of the county, except the
extreme southern part, has receiv
ed generous moisture during the
past week.
On Sunday night this city re
ceived a rain fall amounting to .13
of an inch and on Monday night
we received a quarter of an inch
and the rain was much heavier in
other parts of the county..
Following is the official weather
chart for the past week:
High Low Mois.
July 30_ 88 62 .65
July 31 .. 93 70
Aug. 1 _ 95 72 T.
Aug. 2 .. 89 71 .13
Aug. 3_ 88 69 .‘25
Aug. 4_ 94 64
Total rainfall for the month of
July 6.62 inches. Rainfall for
August to date .38 of an inch.
Total rainfall for the year, 17.69
, inches.
Return from Eastern Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Morgan, Mrs.
F. J. Dishner and James Kinsman
of Columbus, returned last Sunday
evening from a five weeks trip thru
the eastern states, during which
time they visited Clear Golden and
family at Cheshire, N. H., a brother
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of Mrs. Dishner and Mrs. Morgan,
and they also visited in Boston with
a cousin of Mr. Morgan’s. They
visited New York City and saw all
the points of interest in that sec
tion. They covered 3,500 miles on
their trip and had no tire trouble
on the entire journey, and say they
had an enjoyable visit. On their
way home they visited at Hamburg,
Iowa, and brought James Golden
home with •hem. He had been vis
iting at Hamburg for the past
month.
Cattle Prices Remain
Firm Under 1,700 Run
At Atkinson Market
Atkinson, Nebr., Aug. 3.—Last
weeks prices remained in force at
Tuesday’s auction on all the better
kinds of cattle, while the real com
mon kinds and canners showed a
weaker tendency. The heaviest
run of the season, nearly 1700 head
were sold. Selling was not con
cluded until 11:30 at night. The
market closed very firm.
Representative sales:
Choice heavy feeding
steers at _10.00 to 11.00
Fair to good
heavy steers at _ 8.00 to 9.00
Best quality 2 year
old steers at _ 8.50 to 9.50
Fair to good 2 year
old steers at 7.50 to 8.00
Best yearling steers .. 7.50 to 8.75
Choice fat heifers_ 8.00 to 9.00
Fair to good
feeding heifers at— 6.00 to 7.50
Stocker heifers at _ 5.50 to 7.00
Choice fat cows at 7.00 to 8.00
Good butcher cows 5.76 to 6.50
Canners and cuttei’S- 3.60 to 4.50
Bulls, all weights _ 5.00 to 6.50
Plain and trashy
cattle at.... 4.00 to 5.00
The hog run was light with only
about 150 head being sold, best
butchers brought 12.35 to 12.60.
Best fat sows at 10.75 to lk25; wet
sows at 10.00 to 10.50; pigs all
weights at 11.00 to 14.00 a hundred.
Next auction, Tuesday, Aug. 10.
Building of New Homes
In O’Neill Is Booming
O’Neill is undergoing quite a
building boom at the present time.
There are now five residences under
construction in the city and the
prospects look bright for two more
within the month. Following are
the residences that have been built
within the past three weeks and
those now under construction.
Ralph Beckwith a cottage 22x36
one story, just west of the Mrs.
Neil Brennan park and residence.
Guy Beckwith a cottage 24x26,
one story, just north of the Porter
filling station.
Mrs. John Carr, a commodious
cottage 28x36, one story, on First
street, just south of her old home
on the corner of First and Douglas
streets.
Wesley Sanford is building a
commodius cottage in the north
eastern part of the city.
Pat O’Connor is building a neat
little cottage, 24x30, on his lots on
Seventh and Franklin streets. Mr.
O’Connor expects to build two more
cottages on his lots there, both
larger than the present building,
as soon as this one is completed.
Andy Morgan moved a residence
in from the country and has it on
lots just east of the old fair
grounds. He had the residence
modernized and is at present build
ing a garage there.
Clubs Hold Picnic
The Happy Hour ladies club, the
Elm Grove Poultry and Stoeker
Feeder club, and the Rock Falls
Stocker-Feeder club held a picnic
Sunday, Aug. 1, at the Austin
Hynes ranch. A large number of
visitors were also present. F. M.
Reece gave a talk to the club mem
bers, and the children presented a
program of songs and music. The
club members and guests declare
Mr. and Mrs. Hynes perfect as
host and hostess.
A couple of weeks ago Emmet A.
Harmon purchased the building and
lot now occupied by L. G. Gillesipe
from the estate of 0. 0. Snyder and
expects to erect a brick and tile
building thereon, 22x40 feet, two
stories high. Emmet expects to
use the lower floor for his offices
and will have a commodious and
roomy apartment on the upper
floor. He has not definitely decided
whether to build this year or wait
until next year.
Joe Baldwin of Ainsworth, came
down last Friday to attend the
funeral of the late George A. Miles.
Vacation Days Bring
Former Residents Here
To Visit The Old Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hodgin and
daughter, Miss Betty, of Rio
Hondo, Texas, arrived in the city
last Thursday night and were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Mellor
over the week-end. While here
they visited many of their old time
friends in this city. They left
Monday morning for the west and
will visit with Mr. Hodgkin’s sis
ter, Mrs. Ernest Beaver and fam
ily at Deaver, Wyo., and from there
will go to their southern home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodgkins were
former residents of this county, Mr.
Hodgkins having served as county
attorney of this county for four
years. They left here in 1919 and
moved to Sidney, Nebr., where Mr.
Hodgkin was engaged in the ac
tive practice of law until 1930,
when on account of ill health he
had to move to a more even clim
ate and he chose the southern end
pf Texas as the ideal spot for a
location and he assures us that he
has been fairly prosperous in his
new' location.
Living in the south has not made
any difference in Walter’s political
beliefs, as he is still an ardent re
publican. He said that the town
ship in which he lives has a normal
vote of 380 and they are mostly
democrats, but that in the last
election Roosevelt carried the town
ship by only 26 votes, so Walt says
that it is not nearly so lonesome in
that city, politically, as it w’as a
few years ago and he hopes that
eventually Texas will abandon the
bourbonites anl align themselves on
the side of Americanism and the
elephant.
Miss Evelyn Dullard left last
Saturday morning for her home at
Pittsburg, Pa., after a visit of a
couple of weeks with relatives in
this city and vicinity. Her grand
mother, Mrs. John McCaffrey, who
accompanied her here remained for
a longer visit at the home of her
brothers, Steven Donlin of this city,
and John Donlin living in the north
ern part of the county. Mrs. Mc
Cafforty was a former resident of
this county, but left here some fifty
odd years ago. During the years
since she left this county she has
kept track of the old timers and
the happenings in this section by
reading The Frontier every week
and she says that she looks eager
ly forward to the day of its arrival.
Thomas Morrow and daughter,
Mrs. Paul "K Miller, of Scottsbluff,
Nebr., were in the city last Thurs
day evening and visited with many
old friends here while on their way
home from a trip to the Minnesota
lakes. Mr. Morrow was a former
resident of this county, living north
of Atkinson, but left here a good
many years ago after he went thru
law school and located in Scotts
bluff where he has since resided.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dailey of
Jerome, Idaho, arrived in the city
Sunday afternoon for a short visit
with his brother, WiJliam P. Dailey
and family of Emmet, and with his
sister, Mrs. P. J. Biglin of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. Dailey left for their
home Tuesday afternoon.
R. A. Emmerson of Cedar Rap
ids, Nebr., was in the city last Mon
day looking up old time acquaint
ances. Mr. Emerson was a former
resident of the Dorsey section of
the county when he was a little boy,
and while here he was looking up
some of the old time residents of
that section of the county.
Holt County 4-H Clubs
Honey Creek Poultry Club
The Honey Crek 4-H Poultry
club met at the home of James Cur
ran July 28. All but two members
were present. The meeting was at
tended by Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Reece
and daughter, and the members
hope they will attend another day.
The next meeting will be held at
the Henry Vequist home Wednes
day, August 18.
Honey Creek Sheep -Club
The Honey Creek 4-H Sheep club
held a meeting Wednesday, July
28, at the James Curran home. It
was attended by County Agent F.
M. Reece and Mrs. Reece and
daughter. The club president and
secretary were absent, so Bill Reece
took charge and a secretary was
appointed. Trips to Seward and
Sioux City were discussed. At the
next meeting the members will give
their weight in answer to roll call.
The club enjoyed having Mr. and
Mrs. Reece present and hope they
will attend the meetings often.
After the meeting Margaret and
Bill Rees sang some songs they
learned at the Long Pine Camp.
The mothers served a very de
licious lunch.
Inman Calf Club
The Inman Calf club met at the
home of Walter Rouse last Thurs
day evening, July 29. All members
and three new members were pre
sent. Mickey Gallagher, Donald
Keyes and Marvin Rouse are the
new members. Irmin Keyes, Cecil
Keyes and Jack Gallagher were
guests. Refreshments of cool-ade
and cake were served.
Willow Lake 4-H Club
The Willow Lake 4-H club met
at the Herbert Rouse home last
Thursday, the girls room club and
the boys calf club meeting together.
After the meeting delicious refresh
ments were served.
KARL STEFAN
Members Talk Adjournment
The big talk here now is about
adjournment. Petitions are being
circulated for party caucuses. The
Farm Bureau Federation is here
with many representatives asking
for no adjournment until a farm
bill is passed. Others are circulat
ing petitions asking for no adjourn
ment until the wages and hours bill
and the President’s administrative
re-organization bills are passed.
Another group is busy asking for
quick adjournment and asking for
the laying aside of major and high
ly controversial legislation until
next January when members can
work in the cooler weather and
can give serious ' consideration to
serious legislation. * There are all
kinds of guesses about adjourn
ment. John O’Connor, Chairman of
the House rules committee, guesses
adjournment can be looked for
about August 17.
Session Appropriates Ten Billion
There will be one more appropri
ation bill coming out before ad
journment of this Congress. That
will be the third deficiency bill upon
which the committee is now work
ing. Committee members say they
are about ready to report this bill
which will carry about a hundred
million more dollars. This Congress
has spent about ten billion dollars
or more, thus far. It costs the tax
payers a lot of money to keep the
United States Congress in session.
A lot of letters come in to various
congressional offices reading like
this: “Why don’t you go home and
save the taxpayers a little money
and give industry a chance to go
to work?”
It>3 Million Subsidy For Shipping
Industry
A new “must” bill ia coming to
members of the House soon from
the executive branch of our govern
ment. This will be the ship subsidy
bill. When the program attached
to this bill is completed it may
mean an outright grant from the
people’s treasury of around one
hundred and sixty million dollars
for the ship trust in the guise of a
subsidy.
The argument in favor of this
subsidy is that the United States
merchant marine has gone on the
rocks. It is argued that practically
all of the merchant vessels into
which hundreds of millions of dol
lar’s of people’s money was poured
in years past are obsolete and that
a new merchant marine will be
necessary to carry American goods
to foreign countries and to bring
foreign goods to our shores. It is
also argued that these merchant
vessels in time of war can be con
verted into fighting ships for Uncle ,
Sam.
The ship trust has plenty of help
in this campaign to get this sub
sidy and while members feel that
some sort of subsidy may be all
right to keep up the merchant
marine of our country, they fear
that much of this subsidy may re
semble a raid on our treasury and
there will be quite a fight waged
against the bill when it does come
up for action. Every member living
([Continued on page 6, column 4.)
States Auto Death Toll
Down Slightly During
the Last Week of July
The State Department of Public
Instruction and the Nebraska Press
association report that during the
week ending July 24, 1937, there
were 105 motor vehicle accidents
which resulted in 104 injuries, six
disabilities and five deuths. Since
there were 154 people injured dur
ing the week ending July 17, 1937,
this is a slight improvement.
Two of the deaths resulted from
a motorcycle-automobile collision,
two others from a car overturning
when it is thought that the driver
went to sleep, and one when a car
struck loose dirt and overturned.
The disabilities were caused by
three car collisions, a car crashing
against a parked truck, a driver
losing control of his car, and a
child being run over by an auto
mobile. Four of the injuries were
caused by cars skidding, four by
tire blowouts, fifteen by drivers
losing control of cars, four by
speeding, forty-five by collisions
with other cars, two by cars strik
ing obstructions, six by cars strik
ing pedestrians, two by cars strik
ing bicycles, one byr driver falling
asleep one by driver passing sig
nals and highway markers, one by
car striking a parked car, and
nineteen by miscellaneous causes.
There were two hit-and-run drivers.
The other public accidents total
ed 107 in which sixty-three people
were injured, two disabled and
three killed. This is an increase
over the number of accidents that
occurred the previous week. One
child was killed when his neck be
came caught in the rope of his
swing, one child was drowned, and
one man was accidentally shot.
The disabilities were caused by a
boy being thrown to the pavement
by a horse and a lady being struck
by a falling branch. Two children
were rescued from drowning, five
children were bitten by dogs, one
man was accidentally shot, one
child was accidentally shot with a
bee-bee gun, and one child was in
jured when he put a number of
caps for a toy pistol in his mouth.
The other injuries were caused by
falls, cuts, infection from nails,
etc. One child was almost suffoc
ated when he buried himself in the
grain in an elevator.
In the one hundred six accidents
which occurred on farms, seventy
seven people were injured. Five
people were injured by fires and
burns, twenty-six by machinery,
twenty by horses or cattle, two
were bitten by dogs, two men were
overcome by the heat while working
in the fields, one girl was bitten on
the foot by a centipede, several
people were cut, a rooster attacked
one girl while she was feeding the
chickens, one boy was bitten by a
rattlesnake, and a sixteen months
old baby narrowly escaped drown
ing in a stock tank. Two disabil
ities were caused by a man being
kicked in the head by a horse and
a boy having his hand caught in a
tractor chain. Four deaths were
the result of a child beting run over
and killed by a tractor, a child be
ing scalded, a man being injured by
a fall July 7, and a man being
drowned when he was swept into
a ravine on his farm during a
severe rainstorm.
There were twenty-eight indus
trial accidents which resulted in
seventeen injuries, four disabil
ities and three deaths. These four
disabilities were caused by a man
being injured in a machine at a
rendering plant, two men coming
in contact with lives wires, and a
transient being injured when he
tried to board a freight train. The
deaths were the result of a motor
car being derailed, a man being
caught in a conveyor belt at a pack
ing company, and a man falling
from a telegraph pole on July 10.
The other injuries were caused by
machinery, water rushing into a
boiler unexpectedly when an engin
eer was working on it, a cut from
ice tongs, a pole falling on a work
er, a man being injured when he
fell from his motor car to a spot
between the rails, and a car run
ning into the side of a freight train.
There were thirty-one home ac
cidents in which twenty-three peo
ple were injured. One small baby
drank some fly tox, two small
children drank kerosene, two peo
ple were caught in washing mach
ine wringers, two were injured
when lightning struck their home,
and one woman wa3 nearly drown
ed in water from a broken newer.
In addition to these injuries, oth
ers were injured by falls and fires
or burns.
Last Rites Held
For George Miles
The funeral services of the late
George A. Miles were held from
the Presbyterian church last Fri
day morning and was largely at
tended. The services at the grave
were conducted by the Odd Fellows
lodge, of which the deceased had
been a member for many years.
Several from out of town were
in the city for the funeral services.
Among Holt county editors at the
funeral were: Ralph Kelly, Atkin
son Graphic; Norris Coats, Stuart
Advocate; D. T. Murfin, Page Re
porter; I). H. Cronin, Frontier. Ed
itors from out of the county who
were present at the funeral were
C. C. Jones of the Ainsworth Demo
crat; Editor Taylor of the Ains
worth Star-Journal, and Editor W.
E. Buckendorf of the Bassett
Leader.
One Hundred Twenty
Six Roys and Girls Here
For 4-H Club Meeting
0
One hundred and twenty-six boys
and girls and their leaders as
sembled in O’Neill Aug. 3, for in
struction in preparing and present
ing team demonstrations. Special
ists assisting from the agricultural
college at Lincoln were Walter Tol
man and Miss Jessie Greene.
Nine teams gave their demon
strations as they had them worked
up, while suggestions for improv
ment were made by the specialists
and by other leaders present.
The leaders from Lincoln Htated
that this was the largest meeting
of its kind held so far this year.
Bert Jones, A Former
Resident, Dies at Tilden
Bert Jones, 55, born and raised in
this county, but who has been a
resident of Antelope county for the
past twenty-five years, died in a
hospital at Tilden last Sunday af
ternoon. His brother, Hurley, of
this city, was with him at the time
of his death.
Mr. Jones submitted to an opera
tion last Wednesday and he never
recovered from the operation, pass
ing away Sunday afternoon. Mr.
Jones leaves a wife and ten child
ren to mourn his passing, besides
a brother. Hurley, of this city, Ben,
of Elako, Mont., and Charles of
Schuyler, and a sister, Mrs. D. P.
Loy of this city. Ben came down
from Elako, Mont., Tuesday morn
ing to attend the funeral and
Charles and Hurley are at Neligh
for the funeral services, which were
held there Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy and family went
to Neligh Wednesday morning for
the funeral services. Bert had
many friends among the old timers
in this county who will regret to
learn of his death.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met at the
home of Mrs. Ed Wayman last
Thursday. All members were pre
sent except Mrs. Henry Wayman,
Mrs. John Miller and Miss Annie
W'ayman. The afternoon was spent
playing games and embroidering
dish towels for the hostess, after
which a delicious luncheon of sand
wiches, cookies and lemonade was
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Maggie Grey.
Enos Barnes of Cody, Nebr., left
for home Tuesday after a weeks
visit with his sisters-in-law, Mrs.
C. W. Morgan and Mrs. date Mes
sner. Mr. Barnes was formerly a
resident of this county, living in
the Mineola neighborhood and vis
ited that section of the county in
company with H. W. Tomlinson
while here. He left this county
forty-nine years ago and since that
time has been operating a ranch
near Cody, Nebr. He remarked to
Mr. Tomlinson that the Mineola
country did not look much like it
did when he was a resident of that
country fifty years ago.
C. H. CHancy, one of Omaha’s
hustling insurance men, was in
O’Neill this morning on his way
home from a trip to Ainsworth,
and made a short visit at this office,
discussing things political and
otherwise with the editor, who is an
old time friend of Mr. Clancy.
HOLT COUNTY STOCK
RAISERS VACCINATE
AGAINST ANTHRAX
Quarrentine In Adjacent Counties
Starts Rumors of Losses Here
Which Can’t Be Verified.
Anthrax has broken out in north
central Nebraska to such an ex
tent that Boyd, Knox and Cedar
counties are now quarrantined.
This means that no cattle, hogs,
sheep or horses may be removed
from these counties. While some
cases have been reported in Holt
county, the county is not quar
rintined at present but the infested
areas are under close supervision.
Reports have been current on the
streets the past week that farmers
in various parts of the county are
losing cattle from Anthrax. We
have investigated the matter and
found that people who have been
reported as losing cattle by an
thrax have lost none from that
disease. Quite a few head of cattle
and some horses in various parts of
the county were killed last week
by the severe electrical storms that
visited the county on two different
days, but none have died from an
thrux that we have been able to
discover.
Dr. Bennett was out in the
country this morning and he said
that he was convinced that there
was hardly any anthrax in the
county. Farmers and stockmen in
various parts of the county are
having them vaccinated as a pre
cautionary measure, but because
they are having them vaccinated is
not an indication that there is
anthrax in the herds.
Veterinaries however suggest
that all cattle who died from any
cause be promptly disposed of, so
that the disease, if any there is
in this county, will be checked.
Anthrax is severe in Boyd and
Knox counties and stockmen in this
county should take every precau
tion to prevent the disease from
getting a foothold in the county.
The main symptoms of acute an
thrax are sudden death, animals
seldom living over twenty-four
hours, usually preceeded by high
temperature and an appearance
of being gaunt.
Anyone losing animals suddenly
should get in touch with a veterin
ary immediately. If your local vet
erinary is not available, informa
tion as to the location of federal
and state men is now available at
the agricultural agent’s office.
A temporary laboratory is now
set up at Niobrara where tests can
be made and results obtained in a
very short time. Extreme precau
tion in handling dead animals must
be taken, so it is suggested that be
fore any animal suspected of the
disease is touched that complete
instructions be obtained from a
veterinary or county agent Reece.
Small Boy Rescued
By “Montana Jack”
“Montana Jack” Sullivan, famous
old-time fighter and Butte electric
ian received the applause of thous
ands attending a district sports
men’s picnic at Echo lake yester
day as he saved a three-year-old
boy from drowning.
One of the greatest crowds that
ever attended an event of the kind in
Montana saw the speed boats race
in near shore and a tot fall out.
Frank Dunbar, manger of the local
Firestone agency, saw the slip.
It was his baby son, Jacky. Dun
bar leaped into the water with Sul
livan, both fully clothed. Both
dived a second time as the young
ster went down a second time. The
powerful Sullivan was the first to
reach the lad, swooped him under
one arm and with a few expert
strokes had him safely ashore.—
Montana Standard, Butte, July 26,
11937.
if r. and Mrs. Melvin Rusicka
left last Sunday for Yellowstone
Park and a trip thru the Black
Hills section. Mr. Ruz^ka is en
joying his annual vacation and he
expects to get some real fishing in
the Hills as well as see some beau
tiful scenery. They expect to be
absent ten days or two weeks. Chet
Ourland is the acting manager of
the Gamble store during the
absence of Mr. Ruzicka.
Frank Hunter was in from the
Star country last Friday and says
things are in fine shape in his sec
| tion since the recent rains.
