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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1937)
Minutes of Meetings of the County Board (Continued from page 4.) in my said office. WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court this 28th day of July, A. D., 1937. IRA H. MOSS, Clerk of District Court. INEZ O'CONNELL, Deputy. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF HOLT COUNTY, NEBRASKA In the Mater of the Appli cation of Fern McClellan for Mother’s Pension. ORDER Now on this 28th day of July, A. D., 1937, this cause came on for hearing on the application of Fern McClellan for Mothers Pension and was submitted to the Court upon the application and the evidence, ON CONSIDERATION THE COURT FINDS that the allega tions for her application are true and that she is entitled to a mothers p«nsion for August, September and October in the sum of ten dol lars per month, THEREFORE IT IS ADJUDG ED BY THE COURT that she re ceive a Mothers Pension of ten dollars per month for August, Sep tember and October. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE COURT that the Board of Supervisors direct the County Clerk to make payment. ROBERT R. DICKSON, Judge. State of Nebraska Holt County I, Ira H. Moss, Clerk of the Dis trict Court of Holt county, Nebras ka, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of “ORDER” in the case of In the Matter of the Application of Fern McClellan for Mother’s Pen sion as the same appears from the original file and of record in my said office. WITNESS my signature and the seal of said Court this 28th day of July, A. D„ 1937. IRA H. MOSS, Clerk of District Court. By INEZ O’CONNELL, Deputy. Motion by Carson, seconded by Gibson that the above orders be approved and warrants drawn on Mothers Pension fund in accord ance therewith. Carried. The following claims were aud ited and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on Road fund in payment of same: J. H. Gibson __ $ 10.00 J. H. Gibson ___— 25.00 Oscar W. Peterson - 20.00 Chet McClanahan - 69.20 W. A. Smith - 12.00 Fred Richardson _ 56.00 Clinton McKim- 59.20 Chris Judge _ 80.00 Leo S. Tomjack .. 33.25 Elmer Ernst _ 84.00 John Sullivan _ 20.00 Ronald Carson _ 9.00 Louis W. Reimer 10.53 Richard Minton - 84.00 John Sullivan _ 5.00 J. H. Gibson _ 42.60 D. E. Crandall_ 69.20 J. H. Gibson - 20.00 Sidney Stracke_ 10.40 O. E. Stuart .. 10.00 Fred Richardson _ 59.20 Clinton McKim - 56.00 Oliver Jenkins ..-. 86.45 Wm. J. Thramer.. 75.60 John Sullivan - 20.00 Albert Carson - 9.00 John A. Carson - 42.50 Ed J. Matousek —.—. 35.00 Walter K. Smith_ 35.00 Mr. Twibell, District Supervisor of WPA conferred with the Board relative to the starting of new pro jects in the county. 12:00 noon. On motion, Board adjourned until 1:00 P. M. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. O’Neill, Nebraska, July 29, 1937, 1:00 P. M. Holt County Board of Supervis ors met as per adjournment. All members present. Meeting called to order by Chairman. The following claims were aud ited and approved and on motion were allowed and warrants ordered drawn on Road fund in payment of same: Atkinson Service Club ..$ 15.00 Ed Krugman .. 6.50 Joe Kubik .-.~~ 33.05 Roy LeMunyan - 1.25 John Mick . 10.25 Leo Kramer . 7110 Claude T. Miller .- 17.00 Orville Jensen .—. 6.75 Smith Motor Co.. 8.60 J. W. Walter ..-. 30.00 Miller Hasselbalch Co. -1000.00 Cyril Peter _ 9.50 A. B. Hubbard - — 42.05 Bayne Grubb - 2.70 Clarence Holz- 17-50 Peter Nielsen _ 17.50 Phillips Pet. Co. - 11.36 Geo. Kubik 24.30 Herman Eisert- 2.70 J. V. Matousek ...—9.25 John Ferick -- 4.00 Francis Galligan ..— 3.25 Thos Slattery - 1.67 Counch Motor Co. - 37.17 Marl: Hendricks - 9.90 Miller Hasselbalch Co. .. 36.36 Ed Chudomelka - 4.14 Island Supply Co-- 3-50 Leonard A. Peterson .. 11.25 Earl Hatton - 5.60 John Sobotka, Jr-- 24.69 Stanley Kutscher .— 19.50 The Alemite Co. —. 29.41 Stanley E. Kutscher.. 12.00 Bernard J. Cavanaugh - 29.50 John Ruther _ 20.00 Melvin Luben 35.50 Fred Tenborg - 3.00 E. L. Rumsey - 5.00 John Walter _ 16.50 Fred A. Daniels _ 6.40 James Mlnarik.. 4.80 Howard Tucker 100 Sinclair Refining Co. 44.29 Jerry Hanley 6.00 Arbuthnot & Reka - - 58.39 Arbuthnot & Reka 158.64 Atkinson Sand & Gravel Co. 800.80 C. F. Gillette & Son 18.69 Ardell Curran_ 16.25 Wm. Luben .. 27.50 John M. Grutsch _ 11.60 Donald Luben 35.50 Albert Kallhoff __ 8.00 Ernest Twiss 8.00 Wilton Hayne _ 4.15 Leslie Carey_ 2.24 Cliff Wyman _ „ 14.70 A l Strubbe . 5.50 Arbuthnot & Reka - 96.93 Harry MeGraw _ 12.03 RESOLUTION PERTAINING TO UNIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE ACTIVITIES IN HOLT COUNTY The arrangement is made where by the Holt County Assistance Board and the Nebraska Emerg ency Relief Administration each agress to assume the responsibility of paying one half the salary, $55.00 per month, of Miss Roberta Arbuth not, effective August 1, 1937. It is understood that this plan involves the unification of the Certification and assistance activities under Miss Arbuthnot as they have been in the past. This arrangement is to continue as long as it is mutually as satis factory to both parties. J. C. STEIN, Chairman of County Board. Motion by Sullivan, seconded by Carson, that Chairman be author ized to sign the above agreement. Carried. 5:00 P. M. On motion, Board adjourned until August 24, 1937, 10:00 A. M., unless called at an earlier date by the clerk. J. C. STEIN, Chairman. John C. Gallagher, Clerk. HECTIC POLITICS The last days of July disclosed some tangled political scenes that seemed as werid as an Oriental nightmare to the average man who is seeking to keep his economic and social balance. The situation in New York City is a case in point. Senator Royal G. Copeland is re ported to be about to seek the nom ination for mayor of the metropolis on both the democratic and republi can tickets. Mayor LaGuardia, the present city executive, is said to be contemplating the spurning of both partisan nominations with the intention of running this fall as a labor candidate and an inde pendent. Over in Philadelphia the mayor of the city of Brotherly Love, a New Deal republican, who was formerly regarded a democrat, is in a bitter verbal fight with Penn sylvania’s governor who is a New Deal democrat and a former repub lican. In Washington the Supreme Court bill had been sent back to committee apparently well scotched and Democratic Chairman Farley lost his first laurels as a prophet— he had predicted that the Supreme Court bill was “in the bag. And President Roosevelt took Progres sive Senator LaFollete and Gov ernor Phil LaFollette for a ride in his yacht. Another phase of the situation was a blistering letter by Amos Pinchot, the former liberal leader, to President Roosevelt charging that three proposals to congress made since the election by the Chief Executive would, if placed on the statute books and “sustained by a packed Supreme Court, trans fer our life into a bureaucratic col lectivism” and in short, “wholly change the character of govern ment and industry and put both under the personal domination of one man, namely, yourself.” And, in closing, Mr. Pinchot gave vent to this fine, if surprising, bit of irony: “Mr. President, some times I wonder at the state of mind of reformers—at their shining dreams and their sordid methods, at the recklessness with which they gamble with other people’s lives and happiness. And above all, the fortitude with which they bear other people’s distress.” Truly July with its Supreme Court fight, its charges and counter charges, and its crossed wires, has been a month of hectic politics. Perhaps we ought to blame it all on the heat. Is it possible that with the coming of October’s brac ing breezes and killing frosts, things will get back to normal again? The Dress Reform party in Eng land whose slogan is fewer, lighter and brighter clothes for men, says that men must “free their necks” as women did twenty years ago and show their knees. What will we do about the abdomen? Representative Rankin denounces the N. L. R. B. and says it is ruin ing industries down in Mississippi. The obvious answer to the Mississ ippians is “well, everyone of you voted for it. ” The government has paid out 22 billions to veterans and their fam ilies since the Revolutionary war. That’s nothing. We will soon hav£ paid out that much for relief since the 1933 social revolution. The price of army mules has jumped from $161 to $175. Has Henry Wallace been plowing them under? . : Over the County — MEEK AND VICINITY Mr. and Mrs. Orville Lowrie and daughter and Mrs. Roy Lowrie, Mrs. Lawrence Luben and Charles Raymond motored to Wayne last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lowrie and baby and Charles returned on Wednesday while Mrs. Roy Lowrie remained to take treatments there and Mrs. Luben remained with her. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse and sons spent Wednesday evening at Frank Griffith’s. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Robertson motored to North Platte to spend the week end at the Charlie Griffith home. They report crops around North Platte where they are irrigated to be in fine shape, but this side for many miles, dryer than it has been here. Mr. and Mrs. Sublet and family of Mondamin, Iowa, camt for a few days visit at the Orville Laine home. Mr. Sublet i3 a cousin of Orville. Mrs. R. I). Spindler and Leone, and Bobby Selah, spent Thursday evening at F. H. Griffith’s. Rain of from 3 to 4 inches fell in this locality on Thursday. It will mean better pastures and also will be of much help to the corn. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Mott and children of Plainview, were over night guests at the Harry Fox home Friday. Mrs. Eric Borg spent several days at the home of her son, Mar iedy Hubby and family, at Atkin son. Laverne and Helen Borg spent Sunday afternoon at Frank Grif fith’s. Leroy Spindler came home Sat urday evening from the Murphy farm where he helped put up hay the past week. Felix Hostynek, Frank Nelson, John Krough, Emmet Slate and Charlie Lynn are some who had cattle trucked the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Orville Harrison and, Mary and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Devall and baby, spent Friday eevning at the Will Devall home. Walter Griffith came up from North Platte Sunday and at pre sent is at his uncle’s, A, L. Borg. He will visit with his grandparents, Eric Borg’s and Frank Griffiths, and other relatives before return ing home. Bernice Hansen had her hand quite badly injured Sunday when she got it caught in a car door as it was being shut. Lucille Hendrix of near Celia, is visiting -with her sister, Mrs. Paul Nelson, at this writing. Frances Hostynek, who is work ing at Lynch, spent Sunday with the home folks. Audrey Worth is helping Mrs. Christina Walters for a few days. Mariedy Hubby and children drove down from Atkinson Tuesday bringing Mrs. Eric Borg home. They called at Howard Rouse’s en route home. Walter Griffith called on Lloyd Rouse Tuesday afternoon. Lila and Bernice Hansen called Monday afternon at the Fred Lind berg home. A large crowd attended the scav enger party at Neva June Schelk opf’s Tuesday night. A good time is reported. INMAN NEWS Miss Dorothy Chicken is visiting at Stanton and Allen, Nebr., this week. Lloyd Brittell visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brittell, at Newport Sunday. George Colman, Jr., who left for Valentine to enter the CCC catnp returned home Saturday. Because of the higher altitude at Valentine George became ill and will be trans ferred to another camp. A. B. Ritchie of Orchard, was in Inman Monday visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Pat O’Donnell of O’Neill, were here Monday visiting at the George Laney home. Mr. and Mrs. Lake and daughter of Loraine, Wyo., spent several days of last week visiting here at the F. H. Outhouse home. William Schmidt and daughters, Miss Kathryn Schmidt of Newman Grove, Mrs. J. J. Hancock of Cas per, Wyo., Mrs. Maggie Duhachek and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Du hacek and daugter, Carol Jean of Newman Grove, were here Tues day of this week visiting at the home of Mrs. Mary Hancock. Mrs. Hancock and Miss Schmidt re mained for a longer visit. Mrs. W. S. Goree and grandson, Jack Lewis, are visiting at the R. G. Goree home at Long Pine for about two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McGrane and baby, and Bruce McGrane of Nor folk, were here Saturday evening visiting their uncle, Elwin Smith. Mrs. E. J. Enders and sister, Mrs. Gene Sanford, left Saturday for Kansas City, Mo., for a two weeks visit among relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Turnbull, Mrs. Bill Cobb and baby, and Mrs. Hisel Martin and two children of Gordon, came Tuesday and they, together with Mrs. Haddin Geary left for Clarinda, Iowa, being call ed there on account of the serious illness of their mother and grand mother. Mrs. H. Eckleberry of Bonesteel, S. D., is visiting here at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. E. Browm. STEFAN (Continued from page 1.) near the water and in the industrial east is hard at work pushing for early action on the merchant mar ine bill. Heat Drives Members Away One hundred and four members of the House failed to answer when their names were called Wednes day. That confirmed the report of various members that the heat and illness have driven at least a hun dred members out of town. Farmer’s Letter Indicates Need For Farm Relief The following letter is typical of many received by Congressman Karl Stefan: “Scotia, Nebr., July 17, 1937.—1 want you to know the real condi tions of farmers here. In 1934 we dried out—1935 raised feed, noth ing to sell. 1936 dried out—1937 dried out, corn holding on, but can’t much longer without rain. We have been living on hopes and half ra tions for four years. No gardens except a little early garden and not much to buy. Fruits and vegetables shipped in. It is sure getting monotonus living on half rations. Our cows and horses had nothing to eat all summer but weeds. We worked the horses on that diet, nothing to buy feed with. Most of the grass in pastures died out last summer and now the weeds are drying up. Lots of people have gone to the west coast, and many more talking of going. They think they can pick fruit out there and something to eat. Nebraska has raised lots of wheat this year, but not in Greley county, as it dried out here. People here are a thrifty energetic class of people. In the summer they have some eggs and cream to sell. But unless we raise some corn there won’t be anything to feed the chickens and stock with as the hay meadows have turned to weeds too. If we had money we could buy feed, but our pocket books are empty. People are tal! - ing of moving to the eastern states now, as it is about filled up on the west coast. If we don’t get rain soon, what are we to do? Farmer’s Wife. P. S.—“We also have too many grasshoppers.” Since receiving this letter, news comes from the third district of good rain and bountiful corn crop prospects, and those farm repre sentatives who have been reading these reports are highly cheered. While some of the eastern mem bers and even some from the west, voted to sustain the President’s veto, against continuing low inter est rates on farm loans, the Prairie States group which helped to de feat this veto in the House, are highly cheered by the action of the Senate in overriding this veto. The President wanted to veto the bill on the grounds that it would cost the government treasury about 40 million dollars, but those who had studied the question feel the President has been poorly advised to veto the farm bill. It should be known that about 250 thousand farmers in the United States are annually losing title to their farms, and continuing the low rate of in terest on farm loans, will reduce one of the factors contributing to expanding relief rolls. Experts here know that every year a million and a quarter people are thrown out of their homesteads because they cannot meet their fi nancial burdens on the land. There has been no census taken and no one knows exactly how many farm ers in the last five years have been forced to join the unemployed in our overcrowded cities, or to what extent these farmers have been forced to swell the great relief army. It is a well known fact, however, that the cost of their maintenance to the taxpayers runs into hundreds of millions of dollars. Great economists agree that the farm problem is one of the chief sources of our economic depression, but the eastern industrialists can’t see it that waj?. In fact among those who fought and are fighting against lower interest on loans to farmers are captains of high fin ance and their defenders in the House and Senate. These financial economists do not see the “false economy” in their charge of “unsound economy” against any plan to loan money to farmers at a low rate of interest or otherwise to help farmers stay on their land. Many members of the Prairie States Group figure it is sound economy for our government to borrow money from the city at 2Mt per cent and re-lend it to the farmer at 3 Ms per cent thereby keeping millions of toilers from joining the ranks of unskilled un employed labor, and enabling them to continue raising the food to sus tain themselves. It is a well known fact here, that while there is con siderable recovery recorfled in the country, there are more people on direct relief than there were five years ago, and it would have been sound economy had the credit facil ities of the government been used to lend, instead of give away bil lions of dollars. Some experts here feel that it is possible that millions of thrifty citizens would have been re-established economically and off the relief rolls if that idea had been followed out. Even these econ omists feel that the government should follow this American ideal and halt the annual dispossession of 260,000 farmers. It is said that John L. Lewis is planning to organize a new party and if he has candidates in the next election we will know just how much John helped the New Deal in 1036. Mother used to have pink finger nails too—but she got them from rinsing your shirts in white gleam ing suds. Congressman Shannon of Miss ouri plans to retire from public life because he finds congress tire some. Shucks, he ought to be on the outside listening in. ANOTHER WEEK of UNEXCELLED ECONOMIES We know the power of low prices, and have applied it vigorously to the items following: M-J-B Coffee Per Pound . 28c Mallory Salad Dressing Large Jar. 26c Bananas Per Pound . ... ... 6c Cocoanut Cookies 2 Pounds ..27c Honey Grahams 2-Lb. Box 21c Nectar Summer Drink Per Bottle 8c BigBen Soap Large Pars, 6 for 25c Oxydol Regular 25c size.Isdlc Catsup Large Pottle—. 13c O’NEILL FOOD CENTER E. J. 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TRY IT TODAY IN YOUR CAR I MELLOR MOTOR CO. Fifth & Douglas Sts. O'Neill, Ncbr. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7 Post Toasties Extra delirious with your favorite fresh fruit and plenty of milk and cream. Our special price on the large package is Qc for this week-end. Iced Fruit Cake You will proclaim this one of the most delicious cookies you have ever tasted. A special price of 2 pounds for 27° makes >*• an economical treat for both the children and grown-ups. Am. i Oil Sardines Delightfully tasty sardines packed in oil. Excellent for picnics and hot weather luncheons. The price Saturday is 3 cans for 10c. Moonbeam Beverage For this Saturday we will sell 3 24-ounce bottles Moonbeam Beverage for 25° P'us bottle deposit. The assortment consists of Lime Rickey, Lemon Lime, Sparkling Water, Pale Ginger Ale, Club Soda, Grapefruit Cocktail and Root Beer. Golden Brown Sugar A highly refined brown sugar for making gingerbread, butterscotch fillings, baked beans and numerous other baked dishes. The 2 pound bag at the special price of Jlc for Saturday. Peanut Butter A delicious nourishing spread that meets the approval of both youngsters and grown-ups. A special price of 24° on *be ^ pound jar for this sale. Council Oak Coffee A quality blend roasted fresh daily in our own plant. Ground as you buy it to fit your method of making. Our Every Day Low Price is 27^ per pound or 3 pounds for 79° an<* y°u ma>' ex" change the empty bags for fancy china ware. Honey Krushed Crushed wheat, with honey for sweetening, is a natural aid to digestion. Tested and Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau. An exclusive daily feature at all Council Oak Stores. Camay Soap Recommended by many leading dermatologists as the proper soap for even the most delicate complexions. Our week-end price is Per <‘abe. P & G Soap A special price for Saturday on this well known brand of laundry soap of 5 giant bars for J9C
