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VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937. No. 20
f JOSEPH BOYLE DIES |
OF PNEUMONIA AT A
NORFOLK HOSPITAL
Funeral Services For The Deceased
Held Here Wednesday At
Catholic Church.
Joseph Boyle died in a hospital
at Norfolk last Monday morning,
after an extended illness, of lobar
pneumonia, at the age of 56 years,
10 months and 5 days. Biglin’s
ambulance went after the body
Monday morning and brought it to
their mortuary here after which
it was taken to the home of his
brother, Edward, about five miles
southeast of this city. The funeral
was held Wednesday morning from
the Catholic church, and burial in
Calvary cemetery.
Joseph Boyle was born in County
Donegal, Ireland, on November 22,
1881. When he was four years of
age his parents came to the United
State and to this county, settling
southeast of this city and the
deceased had made his home. He
never married and made his home
with his brother, Edward.
He leaves to mourn his passing
three brothers and four sisters.
They are: Edward and Charles of
' O’Neill; James, of Haley, Idaho;
Mrs. Ben Stevens, of Page; Mrs.
Charles Cavanaugh, of Chambers;
Mrs. Charles Slattery, Moorcraft,
Wyo., and Mrs. John Wolf, Moor
craft, Wyoming.
Several Lawyers Say
Legislative Council
Is Unconstitutional
By the Lowell Service
Lincoln, Nebr.—Several lawyers,
who have given some time to study
ing the unicameral amendment,
assert that there is considerable
merit in the contention of Senator
Allen Strong that the legislative
council is unconstitutional.
The unicameral was proposea,
they declare, to increase individual
responsiblity and take power from
the hands of a few. During Char
ley Bryan’s tenure of office seven
teen members of the senate confer
ence committee were vehemently
denounced by Senator Norris dur
ing the unicameral amendment
campaign of 1934.
Now a wheel within a wheel has
been created, assert the attorneys.
They declare that there is no auth
ority for such an advisory body
and that the. payment of money for
expenses of the legislative council
can be successfully enjoined.
“The American taxpayer,” de
clared Senator Strong, “is fed up
on research and bureaus.” He in
sists that the $15,000 appropriated
by the unicameral for the expense
of the council cannot be legally
paid out by the auditor. He asked
that a test suit be started to test
the legality of the whole legisla
tive setup.
When the expense claims of $5
for the first meeting of the council
came to State Auditor Price, he
refused to pay them for an opinion
from the attorney general.
Among advocates of the unicam
eral there is a division of opinion.
It is claimed by some that the
standpatters control the council,
whereas Senator Norris and others
planned the setup in order that a
director might be appointed who
would take the initiative in the in
vestigation of progressive ideals.
At the first meeting of the coun
cil, the opinion of the members
divided along progressive and-r e
actionary lines. Partisanship also
appeared with traces of animosities
growing out of the supreme court
fight. Clerk Hugo Srb was made
director for the time being. Some
of the members of the council as
sert that the old line of division
will be apparent at the next session.
If this is true, the council will get
nowhere.
Omaha Bee-News Is
Sold To World-Herald
The Omaha Bee-News is no more.
The Omaha World-Herald purchas
ed the circulation lists and the
equipment of the plant and the
Bee-News suspended publication
with the issue of Tuesday evening.
The Omaha Bee had been published
continuously since 1871 and at one
time was considered the greatest
newspaper in the middle west. This
was during {he ways of Edward
* Rosewater who established the
paper and made it a power for good
in the states of Nebraska, Iowa,
i Kansas, Missouri and South Dako
ta. Shortly after the death of Mr.
Rosewater the paper started on the
down grade and was finally sold
to an Omaha grain dealer, who in
a short time sold the paper to the
Hearst interests. It failed to re
cover its one time prestige and it
is reported that the plant lost the
Hearst people about $4,000,000
since they operated it. The Bee
will be missed in Nebraska as to
many in the state it is like the
passing of an old 'friend.
Cattle Show Firm Tone
At Atkinson; Illinois
Buyers Get 10 Carloads
Atkinson, Sept. 28—Illinois buy
ers took first place with ten car
loads of cattle purchased while
Iowra buyers were second with nine
loads at Tuesday’s auction. Con
sidering the severe break in cattle
prices all around the circuit late
last week the local market gave a
very good account of itself, with
prices about steady on all classes
except cows and heifers which
looked 15 to 25 cents lower than
last week.
Canners and cutters rated 3.25
to 4.50 with beef cows bringing
largely 5.00 to 6.00; yearling steers
sold in a range of 5.50 to 8.50 while
heifers of the same age sold at
5.00 to 7.25 depending on flesh and
quality. Several load® of good
quality two year old steers sold
at 8.25 to 8.65 with a few singles
up to 9.50. Demand for best steer
calves was at 8.00 to 9.00 while
their sisters sold in a range of 6.50
to 8.00. Common and trashy cattle
sold at prices unchanged from last
wreek.
Only about 300 hogs were on
hand and prices showed very little
change from a week ago.
The total consignment was 1,700
head and they were accorded a very
good reception.
Next auction, Tuesday, Oct. 5,
at 12:30 p. m. First big calf auc
tion Tuesday, Oct. 12.
Sisters At St. Mary’s
Academy Have Given
Much To Community
St. Mary’s Academy was built
in 1900 and from that time to the
present the school has been con
ducted by the Sisters of St. Francis.
O’Neill citizens owe much to this
order of nuns, who thru good times
and bad times, have maintained a
school of highest standards.
At present 325 children are en
rolled in the academy. The school
is open to children of all religious
denominations although it is pri
marily a Catholic school. Many
Non-Catholics have attended the
academy in the past and many who
are not Catholics are enrolled at
present. They are very welcome
as they have always been in years
gone by.
When it is considered that the
academy educates about two-fifths
of all children of school age in
O’Neill and that responsibility has
been assumed by the academy for
the past thirty-seven years, it is
readily seen that a great saving in
school taxes has resulted from the
efforts of the Sisters of St. Francis.
If the 325 children who now attend
the academy were to turn to school
district No. 7 for education it
would require the constructibn of
a new school building that would
cost at least $75,000.00; it would
necessitate the employment of ten
to fifteen teachers and would in any
event increase school taxes in
O’Neill 60 per cent. All citizens
of O’Neill greatly appreciate the
work the Sisters of St. Francis j
have done and are doing, and point i
with pride to the beautiful build
ings known as St. Mary’s academy
of O’Neill, Nebraska. xxx.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heai't
felt thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors for their
sympathy and assistance rendered
during the illness and following the
death of our beloved husband, son
and brother, Roy Judge, and for the
many beautiful floral offerings. We
also desire to express our heartfelt
thanks to the members of the Am
erican Legion for their many acts
of kindness and sympathy.—Mrs.
Roy Judge and daughters; Mrs.
Peter Judge, and the brothers and
sisters.
Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show
The Ak-Sar-Ben Livestock Show
scheduled for October 9 to 16 is the
most important show on the calen
dar for livestock men and 4-H club
members. Holt county will be
represented there by its only 4-H
fat calf which was fed by Vernon
Landohlm of Stuart. This calf will
be just about one year old at the
time it is shown at Omaha and
undoubtedly will give a good ac
count of himself.
Ruth Harris Wins Place
On Morningside Choir
In tryouts held last Saturday
evening at Morningside college,
thirteen new members were select
ed for positions in the Morningside
Chapel choir, made vacant thru
graduation or transfers.
This choir annually goes on an
extended tour to some part of the
United States, presenting a concert
of sacred and secular music by
outstanding composers. In the past
five years concerts have been given
in Denver, Chicago, Ft. Worth,
New Orleans and West Palm Beach.
The choir consists of fifty mem
bers and of this number Miss Ruth
Harris, daughter of Mrs. Esther
Cole Harris of this city, has been
selected as one of the second tenors.
O’Neill friends of Miss Harris
tender congratulations on her suc
cess in becoming a member of this
famous choir.
Graduations Cause A
Shortage In Material
For The School Band
The high school band is missing
the players who have graduated or
moved away. They are, Ruth Harris,
who is at Morningside college at
Sioux City, Iowa; Wilfred Kubi’chek
who is at the state teacher’s col
lege at Wayne; Lucille Hartfore,
who is doing extension work;
Jimmy Herre, who is at Fremont;
Bessie Jones and Ellen Stauffer.
Twelve new players with new
instruments are coming out for the
start of their band education in
the Junior band. We still need
more material to keep building the
band and taking the place of those
who graduate.
Have we no ears or can’t we
hear? That will all be fixed later
in the Normal Training Music
classes where ear training at pre
sent seems to be getting us down.
The Ancient history class is delv
ing into the mysteries of the Nile
and the pyramids.
There are now three full classes
of shop work. The beginning
classes are learning about the tools
and their care, and the advanced
classes at;e making articles for the
school building.
The American literature class has
been learning many interesting and
unusual facts concerning Edgar
Allen Poe, the founder of the mod
ern detective story. His short
stories prove entertaining for the
group.
Punctuation, capitalization and
the principles of functional gram
mar are being mastered by the
Sophomore class in English.
The girls in the home economics
classes are classifying themselves
as blonds and brunettes, and are
studying the right and wrong use
of color.
The Sophomore class had a wein
er roast Thursday, Sept. 23. They
went to the Elkhorn river south of
town. Everyone reported a good
time.
The football team will travel to
Burwell Friday.
The art exhibit of the University
of Nebraska Wednesday, was at
tended by many students and pa
trons. The exhibit had many un
usual and valuable paintings and
it was an unusual treat to be able
to view some of these fine and
valuable paintings.
Livestock Sanitation
Board Organized
A group of livestock men from
all over the county met and organ-,
ized the Holt County Livestock
Sanitation board, with seven mem
bers. Those elected were: D. E.
Bowen, Frank Nelson, D. F. Scott,
/Henry Vequist, Fred Beckwith, M.
B. Higgins and Henry Wood.
Mr. Bowen represented these
Holt county men at a district meet
ing at Center on Sept. 24 when a
district board was selected with the
following officers: Canaday of Knox
county as chairman, Sutton of
Cedar county as vice chairman,:
Bowen of Holt county as treasurer,
and Erickson of Knox county as j
secretary.
O’NEILL WINS FROM
VERDIGRE 38 TO 6 IN
OPENING GRID GAME
Play Friday At Bu(well. Team Has
Hope Of Equaling Record Of
No Defeats Last Year.
The O’Neill high school football
team opened the season of 1937
last Friday on the local field with
a game against Yerdigre high
school. The game, while one sided
was interesting and furnished some
thrilling moments. The final score
was 38 to 6 in favor of O’Neill
high.
O’Neill high never lost a game
last year and the Members of this
year’s team are determined to
equal the record made by the team
of 1936, if at all possible. Friday
of this week they go to Burwell
where they will meet the high
school team of that city, in the
second game of the season. The
local boys are determined to give
a good account of themselves in
this -game.
Grass Fat Steers Bring
$9 At Monday Auction
On The O’Neill Market
Cattle run consisted of 925 head
at the O’Neill livestock market
in Monday’s sale. The market was
steady on stock carrying flesh
enough to slaughter. Prices were
lower on practically all other
classes: Representative sales:
Fleshy grass steers
weighing 1050 at 9.00
Canner and cutter cows 3.60 to 4.50
Beef cows at 4.50 to 7.15
Yearling steers at 5.75 to 8.15
Yearling heifers at 5.25 to 6.70
Steer calves 6.25 to 8.25
Bulls, heavy 5.50 to 6.00
Bulls, light . 4.85 to 6.00
Top on best hogs $10.85; shoats
from 50 to 100 pounds, at $12.00
per hundred.
Few horses sold satisfactorily.
Next Auction Monday, Oct. 4.
Towns On Burlington
Railroad To Have Free
Use of Its “Iron Lung”
The following letter has been
sent to physicians of Boards of
Health thruout the state, on their
line, by the medical department of
the Burlington railroad:
“Because of the prevalence of
infantile paralysis thruout the
country, and the fact that the Bur
lington serves a wide area in which
a respirator is not quickly avail
able, a Drinker Respirator, or ‘iron
lung,’ has been purchased by the
Burlington as* an addition to the
medical facilities offered to its em
ployees thru the Burlington re
lief department.
“This respirator will be made
available for use, without cost, to
employees of the company, their
families, and the citizens of any
community served by the Burling
ton, in any case which requires a
mechancial aid to respiration.
“When not in use, the respirator
will be stored at Omaha, Nebr., and
will be under the direction of F. It.
Mullen, General Manager, 1004
Farnam Street, Omaha, to whom
requests for permission to use the
respirator may be addressed by any
physician by wire, thru the local
agent of the Burlington railroad.
“The use of a respirator is pro
perly a hospital service under the
attention of a nurse, but in an
emergency a respirator may be
placed in the home if electric cur
rent is available. Complete in
structions will accompany the res
pirator, and must be followed in
the most minute detail by the at
tending physician or nurse.
“In addition to poliomyelitis, the
respirator has been used in cases
of carbon monoxide, morphine and
other drug poisoning, alcoholic
coma, hiccough, drowning, and as
phyxia of the new-born.”
Accidents Again Show
Increase, But Resulting
Heath Rate Is Lower
Accidents again show an increase
although deaths show a slight de
crease according to the report com
piled b$ the State Department of
Public Instruction and the Nebras
ka Press association, i Accidents
for the week ending Sept. 18, to
taled 277 and there were 283 in
jured or killed. Deaths from all
causes came to seventeen. For the
week ending Sept. 11, there were
270 accident with 234 injured or
killed. An increasing number of
children figure in state accidents.
This week’s figures show four
children killed, two disabled and ■
fifty-one injured.
Big Increase In Auto Injuries
Although automobile accidents
showed a decrease from 122 of the
week previous to 101 of this week,
accidental injuries and deaths in- j
creased from* lid of last week to;
143 for this week. Thirteen deaths I
were recorded, seven in collisions,!
three pedestrians were struck by
cars, two children were killed at a
railroad crossing, and one man was
burned to death.
Disabilities Involve Permanent
Injury
Disabilities showed a large in
crease. Four people were disabled
in collisions, a little boy was dis
abled when his bicycle was struck
by an automobile, an intoxicated
driver caused his own disability,
and a man was knocked off a truck
and badly injured.
Forty-nine of the 123 injuries
were the result of collisions.
Twenty-six people were injured
when drivers lost control of their
cars. Three injuries were attri
buted to tire blowouts, six to mech
anical defects, and one because of
excessive speed. Five people were
hurt when their cars hit obstruc
tions and eight pedestrians were
injured by automobiles. A sleeping
driver caused his own injury. Sev
en persons sustained injuries when
parked cars were struck, two were
injured by fires and a woman was
badly hurt at a railroad crossing.
There were eight injuries for mis
cellaneous reasons such as a wo
man being hurt in a bus when it
came to a sudden stop throwing
her to the floor, an American Le
gion man falling off the “40 and 8’’
train car, and several individuals
being thrown off trucks.
Intoxicated drivers this week
were the cause of one disability and
three injuries. There were two
hit and run drivers.
Play ground Accidents Increase
Ten children were injured in ac
cidents on the school playgrounds
this week showing an increase of
four over last week. Five boys
were injured in football practice.
Other public accident show a large
increase from fifty-eight of last
week to seventy-three for this
week. Sixty-four people were in
jured or killed as compared to fifty
eight for last week. A little girl
died from injuries received last
July when she was playing with
matches and her clothes caught fire.
Two* disabilities were reported.
A young woman was disabled as
the result of a fifteen-foot fall. A
little girl lost the sight in one eye
when she ran a pair of scissors
into it.
Twenty-five of the injuries were
from play or sports and two be
cause firearms were accidentally
discharged. There were eleven
fires. Thirteen people were in
jured when they fell and five were
cut. Sixteen injuries were for mis
cellaneous reasons such as a boy
swallowing a tin whistle, a little
girl smashing her hand, several
hand injuries were reported be
cause of nails, and a woman had
a bad eye injury.
No Agricultural Deaths
No deaths were recorded on the
farm for this week although agri
cultural accidents went up to thirty
eight as compared to thirty-two of
last week. There were twenty
nine people injured. One disability
occurred when a man fell off a
haystack and broke his back.
Eleven individuals were hurt by
machinery this week and ten were
injured by horses or cattle. Four
injuries were because of falls, one
man was cut, and another was
burned. A little girl was bitten
by a rattlesnake when she was
bringing in the cattle from the
pasture. Eight agricultural fires
were reported.
Two Killed In Industrial Accidents
Industrial accidents showed a
slight increase from twenty-four
of the previous week to twenty
seven in this week’s report. Twenty
two persons were injured, one dis
abled and tw'o killed. One man was
killed when a steel crane buckled
while in operation and struck him.
The second man was killed by a
freight train in the railroad yards.
The disability came as the result
of a collision of two railroad sec
tion cars in which four other men
were injured. Three workmen were
injured by falls, seven by mach
inery, one was cut and three were
burned. Three were hurt for mis
cellaneous reasons such as when a
man was pinned under a bridge
which caved in, another man was I
overcome by a deadly gas used as i
a refrigerant, and a waitress had j
her hand caught in the drawer of |
a cash register. There were six |
fires.
Home Accidents Increase
Following the general trend of
accidents, those in the home went j
up to thirty-eight this week with
twenty-one people injured and one
killed. One man died in his sleep
from escaping gas when a coffee
pot boiled over extinguishing the
flatne. Eleven falls were recorded
with subsequent injuries, there
were three people cut, and one wo
man was burned. Three people
were injured by washing machines.
This makes a total of twenty-seven
accidents of this kind in the last
eleven weeks. One child nearly
drowned when he fell into a lily
pool in his yard, a woman ran a
needle half way thru her hand, and
another little child suffered severly
when a large rat bit her. Six
home fires were reported.
O’Neill Merchants Have
Assured All Premiums
At Calf Show And Sale
The merchants of O’Neill have
now contributed sufficient funds to
guarantee payment of all premiums
in full ns advertised in all sections
of the calf show and sale to be
held at the pavillion Monday, Oct.
18. The show will be in three sec
tions from 8 to 11 a. m.
The 4-H club section consisting
of stocker-feeder calves owned by
4-H club members will be judged
by K. C. Fouts, well known agri
cultural agent of Seward county.
The commercial cattle division will
consist of calves consigned by
ranchers or farmers and is open
to anyone in this section of the
country. They will be Bhown in
lots of 1, 5, 10 and 20 head. Pre
miums will he offered for the first
four lots in each group in the
three main beef breeds, namely,
Hereford, Angus and Shorthorn. A
prominent feeder is being selected
as judge in this section. The pure
bred show will be open to purebred
Hereford breeders in northwest Ne
braska with suitable premiums for
winning animals. The judge for
this section will be announced
shortly. All three shows will run
simultaneously—each judge work
ing separately.
The sale of 4-H and commercial
cattle is scheduled to start at 11
a. m. and continue until all offer
ings are sold. Anyone interested
in obtaining premium lists, rules,
regulations or or ither information
should see the following: James W.
Rooney, the managers of the sales
pavillion, or F. M. Reece, agricul
tural agent.
The Weather
The weather has been dry and
warm most of the time the past
week. A lighk frost visited this
section of the state last Saturday
night, when it went down to 31
degrees, one degree below freezing.
On Saturday night it got down to
33, one above freezing. Following
is the chart for the week, as kept
by Weather Observer Bowen:
High Low Mois.
Sept. 28 91 99
Sept. 23 90 41
Sept. 25 62 31
Sept 28 89 33
Sept. 27 .75 36
Sept. 28 _ 72 41
Sept. 29 ... 75 40
Hereford Steers Bring
$19.20 At Omaha Mart
An all time high price for fat
cattle was established on the Oma
ha market last Tuesday morning |
whep John A. Prinz of West Point
received $19.20 per hundred for
twenty head of well finished Here- j
fords. The price was thirty-five
cents higher than the previous top
established in August, 1919, and
$1.20 above any previous sale in
Omaha this year.
A NOTE OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the good
people of O’Neill who contributed
so generously to the food shower on
Wednesday, Sept. 22.
That God may bless each and
everyone abundantly will be our
earnest prayer for them.—Sisters
of St. Mary’s Academy.
J. D. Cronin attended the regular
fall term of district court at
Springview last Monday.
FOUR SORGHUMS
IN TEST SHOWN TO
BE GOOD YIELDERS
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Sooner Milo And Early Kalo Best
For Grain. Atlas Sorgo And
Leoti Red For Fodder.
Over fifty farmers attended the
sorghum variety tests at the John
Tipton farm last Saturday. On
June 2, Mr. Tipton planted sixteen
varieties of canes, kaffir and sor
ghums to test the relative yields of
both forage and seed under similar
conditions. J. V. Srb of the agri
cultural college was present and
called the attention of the group
to the place sorghums have filled
on many farms the past few years.
On almost every farm wliere these
crops have been planted they have
out-yielded corn in either forage
or grain.
For grain Sooner Milo and Early
Kalo Kaffir apparently yielded the
best with an estimated production
of twenty or more bushels of grain
per acre. A field of corn near the
test would have hardly made four
or five bushels per acre.
Leoti Red and Atlas Sorgo
yielded the most tonnage per acre
for fodder. The Leoti Red cane
has considerable grain ripen while
the Atlas Sorgo had practically no
heads ripe enough for grain. On
a green weight basis the Atlas
would have yielded over eight tons
per acre with the Leoti Red close
behind. Four rod strips of each
variety were cut and weighed. The
heads were then cut off and will be
sent to the agricultural college
where accurate yield calculations
will be made.
Other varieties planted were:
Black Amber, Early Sumac, Gro
homa, Hegari, Day Milo, Wheat
land Milo, Early Kaffir, Greeley
Kaffir, Western Blackhul! Kaffir,
Cheyenne Kaffir, Ping Kaffir, Wa
com Orange Cane.
Supervisors Car Stolen
In Front of Court House
Supervisor John A. Carson ia
minus a new 1937 V8 automobile.
He had it parked in front of the
court house last Monday afternoon
and some time between 2 and 5:15
o'clock some one entered the car
and drove it off, John having left
the key in the car. He was of the
opinion for several hours that some
friend had driven the car down
town, but up until 2 o’clock Wed
nesday afternoon he heard nothing
of the car so is convinced that some
auto thief is a good car ahead.
John had a grip in the car, with
his car insurance policy therein,
as well as some elothing, which also
disappeared with the car.
Since the above was written we
have learned that the car was
found on the road near Con Key’s
place this morning. It had been
| left there by the party who stole
it apparently but a short time
before, as the car had not been
where found an hour and a half
earlier.
Boys Have Birthday
Party Together
Two boys entertained twelve
friends at a birthday party Sunday
afternoon at the Murphy home. The
hosts were John Eatheron whose
birthday was Sept. 23, Edward
Murphy whose birthday was Sept.
28, both being 11 years old. Guests
were Edward Eatheron, Francis
Murray, Irwin Murray, Irene, Iwila
May, Donna Belle and Alice Wha
ley, Raymond, Gertrude, Peggie
and Gene Sullivan, and Anita
Murphy. Ice cream and a cake
with 11 candles were served at 4
o’clock, to the young guests, after
which they departed for their
homes wishing their hosts many
more happy birthdays together.
Two Injured In Accident
Robert Earley, 14, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Janes Earley living
northwest of this city, and Ernest
Steskal, north of Emmet, were in
jured in an auto accident last Fri
day night, when the car Steskal
was driving got out of control and
turned over several times and was
badly smashed. Both were badly
bruised but miraculously escaped
from serious injuries.
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Minton of
Walthill, Nebr., were visiting rela
tives in this city last Sunday, hav
ing come up t(j attend the funeral
his brother-in-law, Roy Judge.
