Nebraska Newspapers

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N«b. State Historical Society
The Frontier
VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1937. • No. 32
ANTA ARRIVES IN
PONY DRAWN SLED
TO TREAT KIDDIES
Excellent Weather Brings A Large
Crow d Of Children To Receive
Bounties From St. Nick.
Santa Claus made his annual ap
pearance to the Kiddies, as well
as the grown-ups, of this city and
trade territory last Monday after
[ noon promptly at 2 o’clock, and
i was cheered by a couple of thous
| and spectators.
The tree was erected on the va
f cant lot off of Fourth street and
just south of Clay, and the O’^Neill
high school band marched to the
I tree about 1:30 and held the audi
ence thrilled with inspiring music
suited to the occasion. Promptly
at 2:00 o’clock the siren sounded
and in a few seconds Santa ap
peared and the method of his ap
pearance caused a murmur of sur
prise, not only to the children but
to many of the older people. Santa
appeared in a big sleigh, which
on account of the absence of snow
had to be transported on its wheels.
The sleigh was drawn by five Shet
land ponies, traveling tandem style,
and as they rounded the corner of
^►ourth and Douglas and were spied
£>y the spectators, a rousing cheer
went up and Santa Claus and the
Shetland ponies occupied the un
divided attention of the Kiddies
for the next hour or so.
After the inspection of Santa’s
method of transportation the Kid
r dies all gathered in the storage
space of the Seth Noble lumber
jglyard, where Santa, with the aid of
a good bunch of assistants, gave
out packages of candy to the eager
and expectant youngsters, until
the supply was exhausted, 950
sacks having been distributed.
The management of this annual
event, as well as all the business
haen of O’Neill, sincerely regret
that the candy supply was exhaust
ed before all the kiddies had been
served and some of those present
were compelled to go without their
sacks.
The committee in charge pur
chased the same amount of candy
and nuts this year, as they had in
former years, and there had always
Keen a surplus. On account of the
^■ttremely nice day Monday there
Were several hundred more present
than on any former event of this
kind, which accounted for the
s shortage. The residents of this
I city will see that this will not
happen on another event of this
character, as enuogh will be pro
^vided to take care of a crowd even
Vif it is double the size of the one
this year.
The Shetland ponies, which were
a great treat to the Kiddies and
thoroughly enjoyed by them, were
owmed by C. Hubert Riley of Pierce,
Nebraska. Mr. Riley is in the Shet
land breeding business and visits
Jfcrarious towns each Christmas sea
^Kpn, putting on his stunt with the
I^Bonies, thus advertising his busi
^ness. His appearance here was
arranged for by the committee
from the Lions club who had charge
of the arrangements for the day.
1937 Sorghum Variety
Test Results Available
Results of sorghum variety tests
pin 22 different counties of which
W Holt was one, show many interest
ing similarities in the sixteen dif
ferent varieties included. One im
portant conclusion that may be de
ducted is that several varieties are
not worthy of planting on many
Nebraksa farms but that if the
better varieties are grown, favor
able results may be expected. For
grain, Sooner Milo and Early Kalo
Kaffir were consistently high pro
ducing varieties. For forage and
ensilage, Atlas Sorgo, Waconi Or
ange and Leota Red all consistently
produced high yields. These re
sults would indicate a producer
should have definite plans made at
planting time concerning the use he
intends to make of the crop.
Announcement of Civil
Service Examinations
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced open
competitive examinations as fol
lows:
Junior tabulating machine opera
tor, $1,440 a year; alphabetic ac
counting machine operator, $1,440
a year.
> Inspector of railway signaling
and train control, $3,800 a year,
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Mathematical statistical analyst,
and senior, associate, and assistant
mathematical statistical analysts,
$2,600 to $4,600 a year. Soil con
servation service.
Full information may be obtained
from Mrs. C. E. Yantzi, secretary
of the U. S. Civil Service Board of
Examiners, at the postoffice or
coui’thouse in this city.
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Corn Loan Procedure
Outlined At A District
Conference Held Here
Procedure for obtaining corn
loans in Holt county was outlined
at a district conference held in
O’Neill last Thursday to a group
of sealers and county ACP com
mitteemen. Receipt of forms is
temporarily holding up the initial
start of the program in this county.
These are expected daily and as
soon as they are received, work will
begin
u untier tne iy«v/ program, omy
farmers cooperating with the Agri
cultural Conservation program
may borrow on eligible corn, pro
perly stored in well-constructed,
sealed cribs on their farms, at the
rate of 50 cents per bushel of two
and one-half cubic feet, or more,
depending upon the moisture con
tent of the corn. The volume of
corn required to equal a bushel of
corn will be increased above the
two and one-half cubic feet by two
per cent for each one per cent in
moisture content over 14% per
cent.
This offers a protection to the
borrower since it gives him assur
ance that after shrinkage, there
will be enough corn in the crib to
satisfy the collateral requirement.
No federal loans will be available
on corn testing more than 20% per
cent moisture. Loans will bear an
interest charge of 4 per cent. Loans
made in December will run for ten
months, while those made after
Jan. 1, 1938, will mature Nov. 1,
1938.
Cattle Prices On Local .
Market Rule Steady To
Higher At Sale Monday
Cattle prices Monday at the
O’Neill Livestock market were
steady to higher on all classes. A
very good demand for light stock
steers, heifers and milk cows.
Butcher hogs brought a top of
7.55 on 165 to 200 pound classes;
hogs weighing 210 to 240 sold at
7.30 to 7.40; sows at 6.25 to 6.90^
shoats, 75 to 125 pounds at 7.50 to
8.50; pigs of 40 to 60 pounds at
0.50 to 11.40 a hundred.
Included in the sale next week
will be some purebred Hereford
breeding bulls. Also a special
horse auction Monday, Dec. 27.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met Thurs
day, Dec. 1C, at the home of Bessie
Wayman. One member was absent.
Mrs. Lizzie Pelcer and Miss Sul
livan were visitors. New officers
were elected. They are: Lizzie
Schmohr, president; Clara Johnson,
secretary; May Johnson, treasurer,
and Bessie Wayman news reporter.
The ladies sewed quilt blocks for
the hostess. A delicious lunch was
served by the hostess. The next
meeting will be held at the home of
Rebecca Ernst January 27.
ALPHA CLUB
The Alpha Club members were
entertained by their husbands at
an oyster feed held Friday evening,
Dec. 17, at the Helmer Widtfeldt
home. The ladies played bridge,
while the men prepared the oyster
stew, celery, pickles, sandwiches
and coffee. High score was won
by Ruby Morton and the consola
tion prize by Perle Widtfeldt.
Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the
evening and the ladies are hoping
they will be as fortunate again.
GREETINGS FROM ST. JOHN’S
A very merry Christmas, a
hearty thank you for your friendly
gestures during 1937, and a Happy,
Holy and Prosperous 1938 is the
Yuletide thought of the priest and
people of St. John’s for their many
friends in O’Neill.
St. Mary’s Cardinals drove down
to Norfolk last Sunday where that
afternoon they played the Sacred
Heart academy basketball team
and went down to defeat with a
score of 28 to 15. This is the
second win of the season for Sacred
Heart against the Cardinals.
4-H Girl Tells Her
Experiences On Trip
To Chicago Meeting
By Henrietta Schreier
As a guest of the Northwestern
Railway company to the Sixteenth
National 4-H Club Congress at
Chicago, I hail a very enjoyable
time. I think every state in the
Union was represented, as well as
Canada and the Hawaiian islands.
I had the pleasure of meeting the
girl from Hawaii.
Sunday morning the club mem
bers were privileged to attend
church services wherever they
chose. The forty-five mile tour
thru the city of Chicago by bus
the same morning carried us to all
important points within the city:
the Loop, Lincoln Park which cov
ers 100 acres and was the first
cemetery in Chicago, the Ghetto,
Chinatown, nerman ana Kussian
district, the draw bridge, Market
centers w'hich are so narrow in
places that two persons would have
difficulty walking side by side. An
other was the Wrigley building,
which is washed on the outside with
soap and water each year, which
costs a goodly sum of money as it
is a very large building. Lind
berg’s Beacon, on the Palmolive
building, is so powerful that an
airplane can see the light 300 miles
away and a newspaper can be
read by its light at a distance of
fifty miles.
We also visited the University
of Chicago, and the University
chapel. Rockefeller has been a
very generous benefactor of the
university, and his request at one
time was to apropriate some part
of the money for a place where
religious services could be held.
As a result the Chapel was built.
It is an originally planned building
costing $10,000,000. The largest
bell weighs five tons more than the
largest bell in London. The chapel
also has a large pipe organ, the
largest pipe of which is big enough
for an average sized man to crawl
thru. The windows are of tinted
glass instead of stained glass. The
walls are covered with script of
different periods of bible time.
Sunday evening the Chinese
Ambassador, C. T. Wang, gave an
interesting talk, as did Mr. Salom
Rizk, from Seria.
Monady the elevated carried us
to the Livestock Show. The horse
show was very interesting to me.
The judge of the horse show was
from Scotland.
Thomas E. Wilson & Co. enter
tained the members of the 4-H
at the Medmah temple, i he seat
ing capacity of the temple is 4,500
and the building was filled. This
is the 20th time Mr. Wilson has
entertained 4-II clubs. He told of
the first time he entertained them
when ther were six boys and six
girls. He complimented us on the
growth of the number of delegates
and membership. Following this
the 4-H club members returned to
the Livestock show building and
put on a drill in the arena.
Tuesday we visited the Planetar
ium and saw a display of all sun
dials, compasses, scales and globes
that had been used in times past.
They also showed us the position
of the stars, sun and moon, as
they would appear to us seven
years from now.
We also visited the Field Mu
seum of Natural History where
we saw the stone age man, the
hall of races of mankind and other
exhibits.
Lunch Tuesday was at the Edge
water Beach hotel located on the
beach of Lake Michigan. Radio
fans will recognize this hotel as
a popular musical broadcast sta
tion. Montgomery Ward & Co.
were hosts to the club members
at this lunch and they presented
the girls with a set of scissors with
the four-leaf clover engraved on
them, and the boys received pocket
knives.
The annual banquet was held
that evening at the Stevens hotel.
This was an elaborate occasion.
The play from “Man to Man” was
given. Also a pageant of fifteen
club members. I was one of them.
Wednesday the Northwestern
railway entertained those receiving
trips from them to a breakfast at
the Auditorium hotel in the Blue
ballroom.
The International Harvester Co.
took us thru their plant. We saw a
tractor begun and completed in the
shop and saw twine and rope start
ed from Sisal and Manila fiber to
m^chpistww'^_
The Frontier
the completed product. We were
entertained at luncheon in the plant
and they presented us with a
souvenir pencil flashlight. That
evening was the Style Show at
Orchestra hall.
Thursday the Chicago Mail Order
company entertained us at the
College Inn in the Sherman hotel.
Jane Alden was in charge of a
style show given by her stylist
showing wardrobes suitable for
college, street, formal and informal
wear. After this we visited the Art
Institute where we saw Old English
furniture, doors and stairways that
were old and rare, and of great
value, also rare and valuable art.
Sears Roebuck & Co. entertained
us at luncheon and a program at
the Stevens hotel. Frank Buck’s
collection of trained wild animals
was very interesting and they were
well trained. There were tigers,
lions, monkeys, chimpanzees, birds
and snakes of all kinds, deer that
were said to be the smallest in the
world, and a four-year-old elephant.
We also visited Marshall Fields.
I believe the thing of interest here
to'4-H club members from Nebras
ka was the escalated stairway.
Marshall Fields is one of the larg
est stores in Chicago.
It seemed to m* that Chicago
was outstanding in its hospitality
as it turned the city’s best over to
the enjoyment of 4-H club mem
bers. Each street corner was dec
orated with a lovely large green
wreath lighted with electric lights.
Candles and flowers made our ban
quets and places of entertainment
beautiful.
The week as a guest of the
Northwestern railway in Chicago
was well worth while and will be
a pleasant memory. The splendid
way our state leader, Mr. L. I.
Frisbie took care of us all, is to be
complimented. It was good to hear
the men who had achieved success,
in their talks to us tell of the time
in their life when they had been
4-H club members. For myself I
like 4-H club work. I think our
motto, “Make the Best Better and
the Better Best,” is worth while
trying to do.
Bids Asked For Grading
And Bridges On New 8
Bids will be asked on January
13 for the construction of bridges
and grading on highway No. 8 from
Ewing to O’Neill, according.to a
notice received by the county clerk.
It has been rumored around
town the past few days that owing
to a protest filed by a resident of
this county, on account of the ex
cessive cost of the right of way for
the new road, that the railroad
route would be abandoned. Ac
cording to reports from Lincoln it
appears that the work will be
pushed next year, provided satis
factory arrangements can be made
regarding the right-of-way, and
that the road would be hard sur
faced from Ewing to O’Neill late
next year. With the completion of
this stretch and another small one
it will give the people of this sec
tion a hard surfaced road from
O’Neill to Omaha.
The Weather
High Low Mois.
Dec. lf> . 42 22
Dec. 17 ... ... 40 25
Dec. 18 .. 39 24
Dec. 19 35 24
Dec. 20 40 11
Dec. 21 51 32
Dec. 22 _ 47 22
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Myers and
family of Dallas, S. D., spent last
Friday visiting at the home of R.
H. Mills in this city. They attend
ed the program at the Academy
where their daughter is a pupil, and
she returned home with them to
spend the Christmas vacation.
O’Neill High Cagesters
Continue Winning By
Adding Two Victories
The O’Neill high school basket
ball team continued its winning
streak by two more games within
the week, defeating Bassett on the
local court by n score of 22 to 7, and
defeating Wheeler county high
school by the score of 40 to 16.
This makes four games in a row
for the local boys scoring 141
points to their opponents 71, aver
aging over 35 points per game, and
holding their oponents to less than
18 points per game.
Gene Sanders, center, has made
his first appearance with the local
quintet and appears to have great
possibilities.
Summary for the games follows:
O'Neill vs. Bassett
O’Neill: pf ft fg tp
Lewis f _ 2 2 2 6
Randall c-f 0 1 1 3
Yarnall f _ 0 0 1 2
McKenna g-f 0 0 2 4
Sanders c _ 0 0 2 4
Sauers g . 0 0 0 0
Bergstrom g 0 10 1
Total points_22
Bassett:
Garball f _ 10 0 0
Jeffrey f 0 0 0 0
Wyline f_ 0 0 0 0
Buell g.. 0 0 12
Burgett g _ 0 0 1 2
Bell g _ 0 0 0 0
Rvot c_3 11 3
Total points - 7
O’Neill vs. Wheeler County
O’Neill: pf ft fg tp
Randall <<f _ 2 2 7 16
Lewis f .. 0 4 4 12
Brown f _ 10 1 2
Sanders c . 0 12 5
Sauers g _ 0 0 0 0
Bergstrom g ...... 0 0 1 2
Williams g 0 0 0 0
McKenna g-f 0 11 3
Yarnall f _ 0 0 1 2
Maxwell g ... .... 0 0 0 0
Total points 40
Wheeler County:
Graham f _ 2 0 2 4
Perry f .10 2 4
Kusek c 10 2 4
Day g 102 4
Jennings g 3 0 0 6
Total points ... — 16
Livestock Brands
Should Be Renewed
All livestock brands in Nebraska
should be renewed before Jan. 1,
1938. Those renewed at this time
are good for five years, or until
Dec. 31, 1942. The renewal fee is
one dollar and should be sent to
the Secretary of State at Lincoln.
It is against the law to use brands
unless registered and the cost is
so small that no one running cattle
should be without one. Brands
recorded before January 1, 1938,
will be published in the new brand
book to, be available soon after the
first of the year.
Nancy Dickson To
Be Married Sunday
Miss Nancy Dickson has resigne 11
her position as a teacher in the j
Norfolk public schools, and will
be wed next Sunday to Mr. Roy G.
Andersen of Salem, Oregon. She
returned to this city last Thursday
after relinquishing her duties as
an instructor at Norfolk.
Mr. Andersen arrived here last
Monday and has been a guest at
the Dickson home.
Telegraph Rates
To Be Increased
According to a message received
by this office from the W'estern
Union Telegraph company the tele
graph companies of the country,
their being two of them the Postal
and Western Union, have applied
to the Federal (Communications
Commission for a 15 per cent in
j crease in rates. Everything is
going up except the price of the
commodities of the farm. They
cannot fix their prices, it is fixed
for them by the people who buy.
With this country shipping in
millions of bushels of grain each
year and thousands of pounds of
pork and beef the price of hogs
and cattle continue on the decline,
when the American producer has
them to sell. Would it not be a
good idea for those in control of
the government to stop these im
portations until the Amarican pro
ducer has a chance to dispose of his
surplus. He cannot appeal to a
commission and ask an arbitrarily
increase, like the telegraph com
panies, if he did he would receive
no attention. We bet they will
get what they demand.
Prices Rule Firm To
Higher At Atkinson
Market’s Tuesday Sale
Atkinson, Dec. 21.—Prices on
practically all livestock ruled firm
to higher Tuesday at the Atkinson
Livestock market. Receipts were
much lighter than they have been
for many weeks, there being about
500 head of cattle and 400 hogs
offered. The sale, however, moved
along nicely and there was a good
demand in all departments.
The fat cow market was especial
ly good this week and the prices
were fully 50 cents higher than a
week ago. Beat fat cows sold at
$5.00 to $5.50, figures equal to the
Omaha top for the same day.
Choice yearlings were about 35
cents higher, with the top load
at $7.10 coming from the Archie
Hanna ranch at Wood Lake.
Representative sales:
Choice steer calves 7.50 to 8.00
Fair to good
st.cci calves 6.50 to 7.50
Choice heifer calves 6.25 to 6.50
Fair to godd
heifer calves 5,75 to 6.26
Choice yearling steers 6.76 to 7.10
Fair to good
yearling steers 5.50 to 6.50
Choice yearling heifers 5.25 to 5.70
Fair to good
yearling heifers 4.00 to 5.00
Best fat cows 5.00 to 5.50
Canners and cutters 3.25 to 4.50
Hog prices were steady to a
shade lower this week, however,
the demand was good and the sale
snappy. Best fats topped at 7.50;
sales in the 180 to 225 pound class
were quoted at 7.25 to 7.50; 225 to
240 pounds at 7.15 to 7.40; fat sows
sold at 6.25 to 6.75; feeder pigs, all
weights, in a range of 8.25 to 8.75.
Next auction Tuesday, Dec. 28,
starting at 12:30 p. m.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
J. B. Ryan returned Tuesday
from a ten day trip, during which
time he visited relatives at various
points. He first visited his son at
Ainsworth, then his daughter at
Alliance. He then went to Gillette,
Wyo., where he visited his brother,
John. Then on to Denver where he
visited his sisters, Mrs. McConnell
and Mrs. Thomas Nolan. Mrs. No
lan’s home is at Ogallala, Nebr.,
but her son is attending the uni
versity at Denver and she is re
siding there temporarily. Jim says
he had a nice trip and thoroughly
enjoyed the visits with his relatives.
C. F. Nelson of Spencer, is now
the World-Herald supervising so
licitor in this territory, Mr. H. L.
Compton, who has had the territory
for the past three years, having
been given the territory west of
here. While in the city the other
day Mr. Nelson appointed Mrs. P.
B. Harty as his representative here
to look after new and renewal sub
scriptions. As the subscription
price of the World-Herald will be
$10 per yeah after the last day of
this month, subscribers should re
new early in order to make this
saving.
William Storts, one of the pi
oneers of the county, left the
middle of last week for Troutville
Oregon, where he will put in a
couple of months visiting at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Ada
Terry. The Frontier will visit
Troutville each week to keep him
posted on current events in this
city and county.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Beha and
daughters, Teresa and Mae Beth,
arrived here from Minneapolis
Monday night for a few days visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W
G. Beha. They expect to leave
Friday for Omaha and will spend
Christmas with Mrs. Beha’s par
ents in that city.
GOLDEN WEDDING
IS CELEBRATED BY
CHAMBERS COUPLE
Former County Clerk E. F. Porter
And Wife Observe Their 50th
Anniversary Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Porter, of
I Chambers, celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary last Tuesday
at their home in Chambers. They
are the parents of two children,
C. W. Porter of this city, and Mrs.
H. W. llubbard of Chambers, both
of whom, with their families, were
present to help their parents cele
brate the anniversary.
In addition to the children Mrs.
Porter’s nephew, Charles Lemmert
and wife, and their son Lyle and
his wife of Sioux City were present
to extend felicitations. Also Mrs.
Porter’s brother, Charles Fleek,
his wife, daughter and her husband,
Charles Homolka, of Loretta, Nebr.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lambert son
and daughter of Martha, Nebr,
were also in attendance. Mr. Lam
bert is a nephew of Mr. Porter.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter kept open
house all Tuesday afternoon and
between seventy-five and one hund
red of their old friends in the south
country called to pay their respects
and to extend congratulations to
this estimable couple on their Gold
en Wedding anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter have been
residents of this county for over
forty years, and except for the
time they lived in this city, when
Mr. Porter served as county clerk
of this county, which was three
terms. Mr. Porter came to this
county in the early ninties and for
a few years made his home in the
South Fork country. Then he re
turned to Butler county where he
married and remained for a few
years and then came back to his
first love, Holt county, where he
has remained ever since. They
have many friends over the county
who will join us in extending con
gratulations to this estimable
couple on having traveled fifty
years together on ’ife’s journey.
Speeder Draws A Fine
Of $2.00 And Costs
John W. Drayton of Orchard,
was picked up by the highway
patrol police last Wednesday morn
ing about eight o’clock for excess
ive speed thru the city of O’Neill.
The patrolmen were getting some
gas at the A. and R. service station
when Drayton drove past and on
lookers say he was traveling at
least 60 miles per hour.
The patrolmen took after hirn
with their siren wide open and
caught him several blocks west.
He was put under arrest and
brought back, taken before Police
Judge Bay charge with exceeding
the speed limit. He plead guilty
and was fined the sum of $2.00 and
costs, amounting all told to $1.70.
Hill Maxwell Elected
Honorary Captain
Bill Maxwell, center, was elected
honorary 1937 football captain by
the “O” Club of O’Neill high school
Tuesday.
Bill was one of the greatest
centers ever to wear the Blue and
White. He lettered during his
freshman year as an understudy
to Joe Cadweil, "enter of 1934, who
is now playing with South Dakota
university. During the years of
1935, 1936 and 1937, Maxwell was
a regular.
The honorary captain is elected
with some regard for the playing
ability of the individual, but main
ly with regard for the ideals of the
“O” club which are, courage, loy
alty, manhood and morality.
Bill is also president of the “O”
club.
GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB
The Grattan Project club met at
the home of Mrs. Ed Leach for
[ their Christmas meeting. A short
| lesson was given on “Satisfying
Meals.” A Christmas dinner was
served at noon and the afternoon
was spent playing games and later
Santa Claus appeared and distri
buted gifts. All members were
present except one, and there were
two visitors present, Miss Mary
Mitchell and Miss Mildred Manzer.
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Howard Marcus.
Wallace Johnson was in from the
north country last Friday.