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VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7. 1987. No. 21
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( FRANCIS GUNN, 13,
LOSES RIGHT FOOT
IN GUN ACCIDENT
Dropped Shotgun Discharges, Shot
Striking Him Above the Right
Ankle. Is Recovering.
Francis Gunn, 13, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Gunn of this city, lost
his right foot last Sunday when
the full charge of a shotgun struck
him just above the ankle. The
foot was almost completely severed,
both bones being shattered and
but a small portion of the flesh re
maining intact.
A tourniquet was applied to the
leg just above the wound and he
was rushed to this city and placed
in the hospital here. Dr. J. P.
Brown, and Dr. French of Page,
attended the boy. It was necessary
to remove the leg to a point about
four inches below the knee. His
condition i§ reported as good.
The accident occurred at about
3:30 Sunday afternoon south of
the Sparks and Sullivan places
southeast of this city. Francs had
gone hunting with two other boys
and had taken a double gun that
was tricky and considered danger
^ ous. His older brother, Robert,
who had been hunting north of
town returned home and found the
gun and his younger brother gone,
and he followed them, to give
Francis his gun. During the ex
change of guns the old double was
dropped and was discharged when
it struck the ground, the full charge
striking Francis in the leg.
V The immediate application of a
J tourniquet by his companions un
doubtedly saved his life, as he
would have died from loss of blood
before reaching this city had it
not been applied.
Schmidth - Hartland
Wedding Tuesday At
St. Patrick’s Church
Miss Ethel Hartland became the
bride of Mr. Raymond Schmidth,
both of O’Neill, at a very pretty
wedding solemnized at St. Patrick’s
church in this city, Tuesday morn
ing, October 5. The marriage vows
were given at 8 o’clock by Father
Flynn.
The bride was dressed in a royal
blue velvet dress and blue access
ories, and carried an armful of pink
roses and ferns. Her bridesmaid,
Miss Kay Heeb, of Atkinson, wore
a wine velvet dress and wine ac
cessories and carried an armful of
roses and ferns. The bridegroom
was attended by Alfred Reifeuth of
7 Wynot.
The Bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Hartland of
Redbird, and for the past three
years had been employed at O’Neill
and is loved by all who know her.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Schmidth and lives
on a farm north of O’Neill, where
J he and his bride will make their
home.
Imemdiately after the wedding
ceremony the bridal party and a
group of relatives were served a
delicious breakfast at the home of
the groom’s parents. Father Flynn
was also a guest at the breakfast.
There were about thirty-five pre
sent. The room was contrastingly
decorated with blue and white. The
table was decorated with a beauti
ful wedding cake.
Relatives from out of town that
attended the wedding were: Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Whetham of Niobrara,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Hartland of
Colome, S. D., Mr and Mrs. Floyd
Hartland, Colome, S. D. and Mrs.
Reifenmath and daughters, Agatha
and Rita.
The Frontier joins with the many
friends of this couple in wishing
them a long and happy life.
Yanks Take First Two
Games Of World Series
The world’s series between the
New York Giants and the New
York Yankees are the center of in
terest for the sporting fraternity
these fall days. The first game
| was played Wednesday and result
ed in a victory for the Yankees
with a score of 8 to 1. It was a
pretty game for five innings but in
the sixth the Yankee clouters land
ed on the Giant star twirler, Carl
Hubbell, and drove him from the
mound. Thirteen men batted in
this inning before the side was re
/ tired, which put the game on ice
I for the Yanks.
\ The second game was played to
day. In this game the Giants had
another of their star left handers
in the box and he got along fairly
well until the fifth inning when the
Yankee sluggers drove him from
the mound with four straight;
singles that netted the V anks two
runs and the game. They bombard
ed two other pitchers and emerged
victorious again with a score of 8
to 1. Looks like the other games
would be easy coasting for the
Yanks.
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North Central Bankers
Hold Meeting In O’Neill
Wednesday Evening
Bankers from Knox, Boyd, An
telope, Holt, Wheeler, Keya Paha,
Rock and Brown counties met in
this city Wednesday evening at
the Golden Hotel. After partaking
of a sumptuous repast and listen
ing to an address by Joe Webster
of the First National bank of Chad
1011, the bankers decided to form a
Regional Clearing House Associ
ation and adopted the constitution
and by laws as prescribed by the
State Bankers Association, with
the elimination of Section 20.
The association will be known as
the North Central Nebraska Reg
ional Clearing House Association
and the following ocers were then
elected: President, Edward M.
Gallagher, O’Neill; Vice President,
H. J. Barnholt, Wausua; Secretary
Treasurer, F. N. Cronin, O’Neill.
An executive committee of the fol
lowing members were chosen: O.
M. Jeffry, Bassett; H. G. Thorley,
Springview; Max Honke, Butte; I.
R. Dickerson, Atkinson; H. A. Bish
op, Bartlett; J. 0. Peck, Creighton.
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Prepare Land Now For
Spring Planting To Help
Conserve The Moisture
Holt county farmers now plan
ning on putting out trees for wind
break or woodlot purposes next
spring were urged this week by
Agricultural Agent F. M. Reece, to
prepare the soil now for such plant
ing. Fall preparation of ground is
especially important, he said, when
there is a shortage of soil moisture.
Clayton Watkins, senior exten
sion forester of the Nebraska col
lege of agriculture, has suggested
that one of the best methods of a
fall preparation is to list the
ground between Sept. 25 and Oct.
15. This will leave the soil in a
rough, loosened condition which will
permit the absorption of fall, win
ter and early spring moisture. If
the land to be planted is exposed to
direct wind, a temporary snow
fence on the north or north and
west will add additional moisture
by causing snow to drift on the
protected area.
Listing the ground on the con
tour, if there is enough slope to
permit run-off, and at right angles
to prevailing winds on level ground
is recommended as a moisture con
servation measure.
Deep plowing instead of listing
is sometimes used as a means of
fall preparation of ground but the
danger of winter blowing is greater
with this method, Forester Wat
kins warns. There is little danger
of serious wind erosion on small
areas or strips deep listed in the
fall and this type of tillage will
add to the soil moisture which will
be available for newly planted trees
next spring.
Fall listing between rows of
young trees already established is
a tillage practice which has proven
its value in checking soil blowing
and in adding to the soil moisture
supply. Ridges resulting from fall
listing can be worked down in early
spring leaving the ground in good
shape for April planting.
Fall preparation of the soil,
careful planting as early in the
spring as ground will permit, and
clean cultivation thruout the season
will result in a good survival and
growth of forest trees in any Ne
braska season.
School Band To Be
Guests of Cornhuskers
The O’Neill high school band has
been invited to attend the Nebras
ka-Oklahoma football game at Lin
coln October 16, as the guests of
the university, and they have ac
cepted the invitation. Several resi
dents of the city will accompany
the band to Lincoln that day.
Dr. J. P. Brown had business in
Lincoln last Saturday, returning
home Saturday evening.
INSTITUTE OF HOLT
COUNTY TEACHERS
HELD LAST FRIDAY
About 200 Teachers And Normal
Training Students Present At
Meeting In O’Neill.
The Holt County Teachers In-'
stitute was held in this city last
Friday and about 200 teachers and
students of Normal training schools
of the county were in attendance.
In addition to the Holt county
teachers two teachers of Wheeler
county were present and they, with
the Normal Training students were
the guests of the Holt county
teachers at the meeting.
This was the first meeting of
the teachers of Holt county under
the direction of the present county
superintendent, Miss Elja McCul
lough, and it was a marked success,
teachers present conceding it to
have been a very pleasant and pro
fitable meeting for the members of
the profession.
Out of town speakers and enter
tainers were: Miss Chloe C. Bald
ridge of Lincoln, Director of Rural
and Elementary education; Mrs.
Agusta Maguire Wider, Mitchell,
S. D., lecturer in art appreciation,
literature and educational subjects;
Mrs. Theo C. Diers of Lincoln, solo
ist First Congregation church of
that city; Theodore C. Diers of
Lincoln, supervisor of extension in
music, University of Nebraska;
George E. Lee of Hastings, repre
sentative of Lyons and Carnahan;
Misner Players under the direc
tion of and featuring Ernest Ray
mond Misner, Omaha. Dr. Thornp
of the State Department of Health
also addressed the teachers for a
few moments.
Following is the program of the
meeting.
Group singing led by Mr Diers.
“Course of Study”—Chloe C.
Baldrige.
Vocal solo—Sylvia Cole Diers.
“That Every Child May Sing”—
Theo C. Diets.
Music by St. Mary’s academy.
Noon dismissal.
Trumpet solo—Howard Graves,
O’Neill public school.
“Let Us Enter Within’—Agusta
Maguire Wider.
Piano solo—Thelma GrafiFt.
Trumpet Solo—Woodrow Malena
of O’Neill public school.
“Reading in the Elementary
Grades”—G. E. Lee.
Announcements — Miss McCul
lough.
Recess.
“Fortunes,” a 3 act play by the
Misner players.
Community Meetings
For Ag. Conservation
Community meetings have been
scheduled by the Holt County Agri
cultural Conservation Committee
for the purpose of having farmers
check their farm map for 1937 so
that applications for payment may
be completed. According to Fred
Beckwith, chairman, only part of
the maps are ready at this time.
Notices to attend these meetings
were only mailed to those farmers
who are complying by summer fal
low or some other method which
will not need a final check as of
Oct. 1. Immediately following
community meetings, community
committeemen will contact all re
maining producers and check their
stands on new seedings, etc.
After the maps are checked and
signed by the producers and stands
certified to by the community com
mitteemen, forms containing the
information on the map will be
prepared and sent to Lincoln, where
payments will be calculated and
returned for the operator’s and
landlord’s signature. In this way
each operator will know exactly
how much he will receive.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour Club met Thurs
day, Sept. 20, at the home of Alma
Schmohr. Two members were ab
sent. Mrs. John Kee and Mrs. i
Walter Spangler were visitors. The
afternoon was spent in playing
games and piecing quilt blocks.
A delicious lunch was served by the
hostess. The next meting will be
held at the home of May John on
October 28.
Emmet Harmon has purchased
the two little buildings on north
Fourth street, between Clay and
Douglas just south of the telephone
office, and will have them moved
off of the lots and will erect an
office building thereon. He expects
to have the building up before cold
weather.
NOTICE!
Several young boys around
town are using rifles rather
promiscuously in the city li
mits. Ah a result of this
carelessness several cars have
had windshields broken by
stray bullets. This must
cease as it is even dangerous
for people on the streets.
Within the city limits is no
place to shoot rifles and it
must stop.
CHET CALKINS,
Chief of Police.
WILLIAM LEWIS,
Policeman.
Miss Carol Walker Is The
Bride of James McNally;
Nuptial Rites Thursday
At St. Patrick’s church Thurs
day morning, Miss Carol Walker,
youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Ed Walker of Page, became the
bride of James McNally of O’Neill,
in the presence of a large group
of friends and relatives. Msgr. J.
G. McNamara officiated at the
ceremony.
Miss Walker was a beautiful
bride. She was attired in a brown
suit trimmed in cream. Her ac
cessories were brown and she wore
a corsage of cream tea roses. The
bridesmaid, Miss Helen Regan, a
close friend of the bride, wore a
green dress trimmed in gold and
a corsage of red tea roses.
The groom and his attendant,
Bernard McNally, a brother, wore
brown suits and wore carnation
boutonnieres.
The bride is a graduate of the
Page high school and has attended
the Wayne state normal school.
She taught school for two years.
Her sweet and charming disposi
tion has endeared her to a large
group of friends.
The groom is tfiV eldest son of
Mr. and Mis. Fred McNally of
this city and is a graduate of St.
Mary’s academy, class of *31. He
is employed at the O’Neill creamery
as a bookkeeper where he has been
employed for the past two and one
half years, y
A wedding breakfast was served
in the Blue Room at the bakery
following the ceremony to eighteen
guests consiting of the members
of the immediate families and Msgr.
McNamara and Father Flynn.
After a short honeymoon the
couple will make their home in
O’Neill, where they have purchased
a home on east Adams street.
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Chambers High Defeats
St. Mary’s At Kittenball
Chambers high school defeated
St. Mary’s Academy kittenball
team 6 to 4 in a game at the Cham
bers field Friday, Oct. 1.
The St. Mary’s line-up included,
Bardy Kubitschek, Hammond, Mc
Donough, Quinn, Connolly, B. Shoe
maker, Valla, Parkins, Bill Kubi
tschek and J. Shoemaker. Batteries,
B. Shoemaker, Connolly and Bardy
Kubitschek.
Chambers team: Calhoun, Far
rier, Mille, Fleek, Sorensen, Os
borne, Grubb, Newhouse, Pichler
and Walters. Batteries, Fleek and
Sorenson.
A return game will be played on
the O’Neill diamond Oct. 8.
The Weather
The weather has been dry and
clar, most of the time during the
past week. Following is the of
ficial chart as prepared by Weather
Observer Bowen:
High Low Mois.
Sept. 20. 73 55
Oct. 1 _ 55 42
Oct. 2 .. .. 73 4<>
Oct. 3 85 55
Oct. 4 80 55
Oct. 5 _ 79 42
Oct. 6 72 88
ASH GROVE PROJECT CLUB
The Ash Grove, project club met
Sept. 29 at the home of Mrs. A. R.
Wertz, with Miss Morna Wertz as
hostess. Nine members were pre
sent, one new member joining. One
half hour was given to music. A
lovely covered lunch was served at
noon. The business part of the
club work was taken care ©f first.
Circulars on “Personal Develop
ment” were distributed, then the
lesson, “The Homemaker Ttakes A
Holiday,” was very efficiently dem
onstrated by the two leaders. The
next meeting will be with Mrs.
C. V. Cole.
I-H MOVING PICTURE
WILL BE SHOWN IN
THIS CITY TUESDAY
Prizes Go To Counties With Best
Attendance For Population.
Admission Is Free.
Packed houses are in prospect
for the free showing Tuesday, Oct.
12, of the 4-H talking picture,
“Under the 4-H Flag.” Two shows
will be given, one starting at 4 p. m.
and the other at 7:30 p. m. Local
people are urged to attend the
showing in the afternoon as many
people are coming in from the
country to see the evening show.
The show is the talking picture
dramatization of the famous 4-H
novel of the same title, written by
John F. Case, editor of the Missouri
Ruralist, and has been called the
greatest 4-H story ever written.
The program is brought to Holt
county in co-operation with the
Holt County Farm Bureau, and is
solely in the interest of good will
and for the purpose of publicizing
the aims and aspirations of the
4-H movement. There will be ab
solutely no admission charge or any
other solicitation.
In addition there is an attendance
contest in which every county in
which the program is shown will
participate. The attendance prizes,
which will be given to the counties
whose attendance at the showing
represents the g eatest proportion
of the county’s rural population,
will be awarded when the nation
tour has been completed. They are:
first $1000, second, $250, third $100,
five prizes of $50 each and sixteen
of $25 each. Since the total popu
lation of Holt county is relatively
small in comparison with many
other counties and since the inter
est in 4-H club work is higher than
in similar counties, it should be
possible for this county to have a
good chance at the premiums.
The feature itself is much more
than a dramatization of the 4-H
ideals and 4-H life. It has its
mystery and conflict, a rapid fire
baseball game. There is a sinister
gang which menaces the well-being
of the farm family around which
the drama is built and the excite
ment leading to the capture of this
gang and the subsequent triumph
of the leading characters at the
great International Livestock Show
in Chicago, combine to produce a
smashing climax.
Buyers Plentiful At
O'Neill Market But
Prices Show Decline
The was an abundance of buyers
at the O’Neill market Monday, and
with a lighter run than a week ago
a ready clearance was offered for
all stock at the sale. Included in
the run were fourteen head of 1050
pound Hereford steers in just fair
flesh that brought 8.05 per hundred.
The prices on canner cows and
real good fleshy cows held steady
with a week ago. Cows such as
cutter and medium stock were
about 25 cents lower than a week
ago. Representative sales:
Canners and cutters - 3.25 to 4.50
Beef cows 4.60 to 7.10
Light bulls 4.50 to 6.25
Heavy bulls 5.50 to 6.10
Heavy steers 7.00 to 8.60
Yearling steers 5.25 to 8.15
Yearling heifers 5.00 to 6.85
Sucking steer calves — 6.50 to 8.40
Sucking heifer calves 5.75 to 7.10
Top prices on butcher hogs of
190 to 250 pounds, 10.50; sows at
8.75 to 9.85; shoats and pigs 40 to
100 pounds, 10.25 to 12.10.
Next auction, Monday, Oct. 11.
Salvation Army Will
Solicit In O’Neill
According to word received in
this city, two Salvation Army state
representatives, Captain Martin
and Catherine Smith, will be in this
city next week and the week fol
lowing for the annual drive for
funds in connection with their
state-wide welfare work. This in
cludes the hospital and state emer
gency work and is the only time of
the year when this community is
called upon for support by the or
ganization.
Most Business Done By
Independant Merchant
According to the United States
Buerau of Census figures just com
piled giving the proportion of re
tail business done by chain and
independent stores in each state
discloses the fact that the indepen
dent stores far exceed the chain
stores in number and also in the
amount of sales. From these fig
ures we learn that there are 1,474,
149 independent stores in the
United States and 139,810 chain
stores, showing that the indepen
dent stores of the nation sold 73.1
per cent of the goods sold and the
chain stores 22.8 per cent. In Ne
braska the independent stores, of
which there are 17,393 in the state
to 1,245 chain stores, the sales
of the independent stores amounted
to $291,370,000 and the chain
stores $59,405,000. This gives the
independent stores about eighty per
cent of the sales.
Prices Generally Rule
Lower In Auction At
Atkinson Last Tuesday
Atkinson, Oct. 5.—Price general
ly ruled lower at Tuesday’s auction.
Only a few choce yearlings and
some choice calves escaped a price
decline ttiat measured all the way
from 15 cents a hundred on canner
cows to as much as 50 cents and
even 75 cents on some of the best
butcher cows and heifers.
Replacement cattle looked from
barely steady to 25 cents lower
than a week ago. After a very
slow start the market improved
with the finish showing 25 cents
and more improvement over early
afternoon sales. Approximately
2.000 cattle were sold. For the
first time in weeks no heavy steers
were included in the days receipts.
Best yearling steers sold at 8.35
to 8.50 with good kinds at 7.00 to
7.50 while plain and common kinds
sold on down to 5.00 and below.
Best calves sold in a range of
7.00 to 8.75 for steers while heifer
mates brought from 6.00 to 7.50.
Fleshy heifers found the going
a little tough and it took mighty
good kinds to bring 6.00 and above
while those on the stocker order
sold down to 5.00 and below.
Canner and cutter cows sold
largely at 3.00 to 4.26 with good
butcher kinds at 4.50 to 5.50. Bulls
sold at 4.75 to 5.50.
In the hog division very few fats
were included in the receipts of
400 head. Any price change was
on the down side anywhere from 25
to 50 cents a hundred under last
weeks sale.
Big special calf and yeurling
auction, Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 12:30.
Marriage Licenses
Leslie C. Brown of El Reno,
Okla., and Miss Lea B. Crooks of
Spencer, were granted a marriage
license in county court last Mon
day. They were then united in
marriage by County Judge C. J.
Malone.
Henry G. Kerchloff of Kansas
City, Mo., and Miss Alice E. Criss
of Stuart, were granted a marriage
license in county court last Monday.
Raymond Schmidt of O’Neill, and
Miss Ethel Hartland of Redbird,
were granted a marriage license
on October 4.
Jesse R. Bennett and Miss Rose
Lynch, both of O’Neill, were grant
ed a marriage license on October 5.
That evening they were united in
marriage at the Presbyterian
manse, Rev. H. I). Johnson officiat
ing. ,
Basil E. Boies and Mrs. Esther
Smith Roberta, both of Ewing, were
granted a marriage license on Oc
tober 6, and they were later united
in marriage at the Presbyterian
manse by Rev. H. D. Johnson.
James McNally of O’Neill, and
Miss Carol Walker of Page, were
granted a marriage license on Oc
tober 6,
New Cars Will Be
Priced Slightly Higher
According to advance notices sent
out by the automobile manufac
turers the prices of automobiles of
the vintage of 1938 will be higher
than the 1937 models, running from
$40 to $75 higher on the different
makes of cars. Manufacturers
however say that they are putting
on as regular equipment many of
the smaller items that have hereto
fore been classed as extras, so that
the actual increase in car prices
has been very small.
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Janzing and
Miss Geraldine Dusatko left by
auto last Thursday morning for a
week’s visit with relatives and
friends in various parts of Iowa.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. McBride vis
ited relatives and friends in Omaha
the latter part of last week.
LAST RITES FOR
DANIEL MURPHY
HELD TUESDAY
Death Sunday Morning Takes The
Oldest Resident, of County’s
Mirhigan Settlement.
Daniel D. Murphy died at his
home northeast of this city about
2 o’clock last Sunday morning after
an illness of several months of
ailments incident to advancing
years, at the age of 83 years, 11
months and 2 days.
Daniel D. Murphy was born in
the county Cork, Ireland, on No
vember 1, 1853. When he reached
manhoods estate he came to the
United States and settled in north
ern Michigan, where he lived until
the fall of 1880 when he came to
this county which had been his
home since that time, a period of
57 years. On January 24, 1882,
he was united in marriage to
Bridget Dwyer, who passed away
in June, 1033. To this union five
children were born, four daughters
and one son, who are left to mourn
the passing of a kind and indulgent
father. The children are: Mary
Murphy, Bea and Eunice, O’Neill;
Linus, of Denver, and D. F. of this
city, all of whom were here during
the last illness of their beloved
father. There are also two grand
children and a nephew, Daniel
Murphy, who had made his home
there for many years.
In the passing of Dan Murphy
this county loses another of its
oldest pioneers and the once pros
perous and populus Michigan set
tlement loses its oldest resident.
Mr. Murphy came to this county
as a young man 57 years ago.
Shortly after his arrival here he
took a farm northeast of this city
where he resided for a couple of
years and shortly after his mar
riage they moved south of the
river and he was actively engaged
in the cattle business in that sec
tion. During the severe winter of
1888 and the great blizzard Mr.
Murphy was a heavy loser, his herd
practically wiped out by the storm.
The following year he rtioved back
onto his farm northeast of town
where he resided for a few years
and then purchased a farm on the
Red Bird, northeast of this city,
where he had made his home for
over forty-five years. He was a
good cattle man and all his life was
extensively engaged in the cattle
business with marked success and
had been for several years able to
take things easily, free from finan
cial worries.
Dan Murphy was a splendid citi
zen, a good friend and neighbor.
He possessed a wonderful memory
and even up to the last few months
was able to discuss the early history
of the county, with remarkable ac
curacy, from his first hand know
ledge of the early days of the
county. He was strictly a home
loving man. His greatest delight
was to sit around his home fireside
surrounded by his loved ones or to
greet and chat with his many
friends when they called to pay
their respects.
The funeral was held Tuesday
morning at 9 o’clock from the
Catholic church and was very large
ly attended, attesting the love and
respect the people of this city and
county had for this estimable old
time citizen who ha<^ passed on.
Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Chambers Man Fined
$300 In Liquor Cases
Edward Rohr of Chambers, was
before Judge Malone Tuesday
| morning charged in three counts
; with illegal sale of whiskey and
beer and the illegal manufacture of
beer. He plead guilty to the illegal
sale of whiskey and beer and after
a trial was found guilty of illegal
manufacture of home brew. He
was fined $100 and costs on each
charge making a total fine of $.'*00
and costs. Prosecuting witnesses
were agents from the state liquor
commission.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt thanks to the friends and
neighbors for their many acts of
kindness and sympathy shown to us
during the illness and death of our
beloved father, Daniel D. Murphy.
Also for the many beautiful floral
offerings.—Mary D. Murphy, Bea
A. Murphy, Dennis F. Murphy,
Bernice C. Murphy, Dan J. Murphy
and Lynus V. Murphy.