VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1938. No. 38
Large O’Neill Group
Attends “Biff” Jones
Dinner At Atkinson
About seventy of the residents of
this city went to Atkinson last Fri
day evening and attended the ban
quent given by the Atkinson Ser
vice Club honoring Major Lawrence
“Biff” Jones, director of athletics
of the University of Nebraska.
O’Neill had the largest delegation
at the meeting.
The Lions Club of this city was
invited by the Atkinson Service
Club to attend this meeting for Mr.
Jones and they accepted the invi
tation and each member of the
club had one of the O’Neill High
school fotball players as his guest
for the trip to Atkinson and the
dinner, and it is needelss to say
that these future membefs of the
Nebraska University football squad
enjoyed the trip and the meeting,
and the boys were loud in their
praise of the O’Neill Lions club
for having made their attendance
at this meeting possible.
The principal address of the
eevning was delivered by “Biff”
Jones and his address was mostly
football. At its conclusion he put
on the screen moving pictures of
the Minnesota and Iowa football
games with the University of Ne
braska, and these pictures were ap
plauded by spectators, most of
them for the evening at least, were
enthusiastic football fans. Mr.
Jones looks forward to having a
team at the University next foot
ball season that will give a good
account of themselves in any com
pany and he assured his audience
that he would have a reserve squad
next season and would be able to
give the first squadders a rest and
not compel them to go thru three
and four quarters without a rest,
as happened in some of the games
last season.
Nebraska is football minded.
This is true not only of the eastern
centers of population but in the
smaller towns in the central and
western part of the state. At this
meeting the other night football
players from the high schools of
Stuart and Bassett, as well as
O’Neill and Atkinson, were present
and they were supported by a good
contingent of citizens from their
towns. Meetings of this character
give encouragement to the boys and
their coaches and should be a year
ly event in this section of the state.
Escape Injury In
Automobile Upset
While in Scottsbluff county on
business last Thursday, Emmet
Harmon wrecked his car, but lucki
ly he and his companion,t Warren
Hall of this city, were uninjured.
Emmet had left the main highway
and was traveling over a county
road to spend a few hours with his
sister, who lives near McGrew. It
was only a few miles off the main
highway and the road, he says was
in fairly good shape. He came to
a corner where there was a sharp
turn and, as there was no warning
sign of a road turn he could not
make the turn at the speed at
which he was traveling and he
went into a telephone pole, putting
the car out of business. He car
ried insurance on his car and as
he and his companion escaped with
out injury Emmet figures that they
were both very fortunate.
UNITED STATES CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATION
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examination for Assistant
Communications Operator for fill
ing the position of Junior Radio
Operator at $1,620 a year, for em
ployment in the Fifth Air Naviga
tion district, Bureau of Air Com
merce, which has headquarters at
Salt Lake City, Utah. The Fifth
Air Navigation district comprises
the states of Colorado, Idaho, most
of Montana, Nebraska, Nevada,
Utah, Wyoming and the eastern
part of Oregon. Applications must
be on file with the Assistant Man
ager in Charge, Thirteenth U. S.
Civil Service district, Post Office
buliding, Denver, Colo., not later
than Feb. 23, 1938.
Applicants must have had at
least two years’ experience as radio
operator, and have a receiving
speed of 30 words a minute on type
writer and be able to write by
touch system 35 words a minute on ;
teletypewriter or 50 words a min-1
ute on regular typewriter. They
must have reached their eighteenth
birthday but must not have passed
their fortieth birthday, except these
age limits are waived for persons
granted preference on account of
military or naval service.
Additional information and ap
plication blanks may be obtained
from the Secretary, U. S. Civil Ser
vice Board, post office, O’Neill, or
from the Assistant Manager in
Charge, Thirteenth U. S. Civil Ser
vice district, post office building,
Denver, Colo.
Lyndle Stout Stationed
To Replace F. M. Reece
As Agricultural Agent
Lyndle Stout of Perkins county,
has temporarily been stationed in
Holt county as agricultural agent.
Mr. Stout is a graduate of the agri
cultural college of the University
of Nebraska, and has served as an
assistant agent in various counties
since June, 1937. This experience
as assistant agent has well quali
fied him to take up the work in
whatever county he may eventually
be placed. Official selection of the
agricultural ag'ent for Holt county
will be up to the Farm Burau Board
which they hope to do some time
in the near future.
F. M. Reece, who has been the
agricultural agent for this county
for the past four years, leaves next
Monday for Omaha, where he will
receive instructions in his new
duties with the Federal Land bank
of Omaha. For a time at least Mr.
Reece will have his headquarters in
this city.
Youth Seriously 111 With
A Ruptured Appendix
Williard Clare Claussen, 17, son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Claussen liv
ing in the Joy neighborhood, was
taken sick last Friday morning.
Medical aid did not seem to as
sist him and on Tuesday he was
taken to the hospital at Stuart and
he was operated on that evening
for appendicitis. When the incision
was made it was discovered that
the appendix had ruptured and his
condition was serious. He rallied
from the operation nicely and his
many friends hope that his youth
and stamina will enable him to pull
thru.
Williard is seventeen years of
age and was a member of the 1937
graduating class of the O’Neill high
school. He has a large number of
friends in this city and the north
eastern portion of the county who
wish for him a speedy recovery.
The Weather
We have had some real winter
weather the past week, but not as
severe as in former years for the
same month. On Jan. 29, last Sat
urday we had about a four inch
snow fall and the thermometer fell
that night to 6 above and the pre
cipitation is given at .14 of an inch.
Saturday night the thermometer
hit the toboggan slide and on Sun
day morning it registered 14 below
zero, which was given in the daily
press as the coldest spot in the
state. It was cold all day Sunday
the thermometer never getting over
10 above all day. A severe north
west wind was blowing most of the
day which made it feel much colder
than it was.
Sunday night it dropped again
and on Monday morning is regis
tered 15 degrees below zero, but
the wind had abated and it did not
seem so cold. The highest regis
tered on Monday was 11 above zero.
It was some warmer that night and
on Tuesday morning it registered
only zero, and reached 24 above as
the high point for the day.
Wednesday morning it registered
12 above with 26 as the high point
of the day. The weather got chilly
again that night and this morning
it again registered zero, the second
zero morning this month.
Following is the chart for the
past week:
Jan. 27 _ 25 2
Jan. 28 _ 42 19
Jan. 29 .. 24 6 .14
Jan. 30 _ 10 —14
Jan. 31.11 —15
Feb. 1 ___ 24 0
Feb. 2_26 12
Feb. 3__ 0
Total precipitation since Jan. 1,
.25 inch.
Mr. Ickes says that 60 families
rule the nation. He might sub
tract 59 from that number. One
family seems to b§ running the
country now and is also the same
one that runs Mr. Ickes.
O’Neill Fails To Win A
First In Sub-District
Declamatory Contesl
.The sub-district declamatory con
test held in O’Neill Friday after
noon and evening was one of in
tense interest. Supt. Crow of
Pender, was the judge. He was (
very positive and helpful in his
criticizism. This helpfulness on 1
the part of Mr. Crow was appreci
ated by contestants and coaches.
The contestants receiving a su
perior rating will be permitted to ,
participate in the district contest
rating at Wayne. The following re
ceived superior rating:
Oratorical class B—Charles Root |
of Bassett; Class A—Harry Schra
eder of Neligh won superior rating
over Jr. Harris of O’Neill; Original
Oratory class B—Wilson Everett
of Bassett; Class A — Margaret
Ziemers won superior; Extemper
aneous—Carl Hoferen of Creigh
ton won class B and John Dvorak
was winner in class A.
The keenest competition of the
contest came in the evening when
eleven contestants came forth to
present their skill in the daramatic
section. Doris LockofF of Bassett
and Luella Neilse of Plainview
were winners in the class B section.
Charlotta Van Vleck of Neligh took
honors in class A.
Jennie Lockman of Stuart, of
class B sections and Wallace Ben
son of class B, were declared su
perior in the humorous sections.
Ethel Bennett of O’Neill high
school won a rating of Excellent in
the class A humorous section. It
was Ethel’s first experience and
she has one more year, in which
fehe should do well after the ex
cellent showing made in her first
attempt. Alice Sexsmith also was
given an excellent rating by the
judge, but this being her senior
year she will not have another
opportunity to represent O’Neill.
Object To Compulsory
Features of Farm Bill
Farmers all over the state, but
more particularly in the south
eastern corner, have been holding
meetings on the compulsory pro
visions of the new farm bill now
before congress. In practically
every county in the southeastern
section they have been nearly un
animous against the compulsory
provisions of the act.
The first meeting held in this
county was held at Phoenix last
week. Farmers of Coleman and
Saratoga precincts were present at
the meeting and they voted four to
one against compulsory measures
in the federal farm program, about
the same ratio as they are voting
in other sections of the state.
A resolution expressing the views
of the farmers assembled was
drafted and mailed to Congressman
Stefan at Washington.
Organize Another
Stocker-Feeder Club
A group of boys and girls met at
the schoolhouse in the Dewey
Schaffer district last week and or
ganized the Sand Hills 4-H Stock
er-Feeder calf club with D. C.
Schaffer and Andy Clark as leaders.
Officers and members are: Richard
Clark, president; Herbert Price,
vice president; Patty Schaffer, sec
retary; Francis Hershiser, news
reporter, and Floyd Hershiser and
L. J. Gartner. Larry Schaffer,
Donnie Gartner and Ella Mae Clark
are associate members.
Nearly Six Thousand
Paid On City’s Bonds
Last week the City of O’Neill
paid off $5,738.00 on the bonded in
debtedness of the city. The bonded
indebtedness prior to this payment
was $23,000.00 so that this pay
ment reduces the debt to $17,262.00,
with several thousand dollars in
the hands of the county treasurer
that belongs to the city.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met at the
home of Rebecca Ernst, Jan. 27.
All members responded to roll call
with a joke. Lizzie Pelcer and
Mary Bellar were present as visit
ors. The afternoon was spent in
sewing quilt blocks for the hostess,
and playing games. The prize was
won by Clara Johnson. A delicious
lunch was served by the hostess
consisting of date pudding, sand
wiches, pickles and coffee. The
next meeting will be Feb. 24, at
the home of Lizzie Schmohr.
HOW TO CREATE A
DEPRESSION
Roosevelt’s Recipe
The following article has been
written for The Loudon Financial
News by a correspondent recently
returned from a visit to New York
and Washington, and published in
that journal on Dec. 7, 1937.
Perhaps the most surprising fact
about the present depression in
American trade is that it should
have taken so many people by sur
prise. The depression was abso
lutely inevitable. Neither graphs,
nor economic jargon, nor statistics
are required to show how Mr.
Roosevelt made the depression
which should always bear his name.
He created it by methods which
were as direct as they were ef
fective.
The power to create a state of
uncertainty in which no business
man or investor will incur risks is
vested in the President of the Uni
ted States. Mr. Roosevelt is the
first President who thuoght fit to
use that power. Every ounce of
it was applied. He had other and
lesser means of depressing indus
try. They were unwittingly, but
unsparingly used.
Of Mr. Roosevelt it may be said
that he means well, but acts er
ratically. In a dark hour of his
country’s history his leadership
was splendid, his brave spirit was
infectious. He is a man of prin
ciple and without principles. But
in public life he demonstrates the
truth of Oliver Cromwell’s saying
that “No one goes so far as he who
knows not whither he is going.”
The President’s policies revolve
with the swiftness of an airplane’s
propellor. One day an inflationist,
the next day a deflationist. A fixer
of prices who denounces his own
creations, a giver of what he calls
“the mpre abundant life" who
orders the destruction of food while
millions of his fellow countrymen
are undernourished. A great
preacher of free speach who threat
ened the political ruin of Senators
who for the sake of principle op
posed his Supreme Court reforms.
A bitter critic of bureaucracy who
has created so many bureaus that
Washington cannot contain them.
A stern advocate of economy who
has spent more money than any
President in the history of the
United States. These are but a
few of President Roosevelt’s gy
rations. They suffice to show that
no one, least of all the President,
knows what he will do next. In
the light of these inconsistencies,
can it be denied that “confidence”
and Mr. Roosevelt go ill together?
The New Civil Service
In matters of politics, particular
ly party politics, Roosevelt has a
subtle and penetrating judgment.
In affairs of State his inhibitions
and feuds make judgment super
fluous. No man’s head, however big,
could carry all Mr. Roosevelt thinks
he knows. It is not enough for
him to be President of a great na
tion; he must rush into the jungle
of economics in search of skilled
and sympathetic “economic” assist
ants. He recruited a tribe of pro
fessors, lecturers, lawyers and
social workers, none of whom had
ever been touched by the pitch of
profit-making. Though everyone
had his own economic nostrum, all
were united in deploring the cap
italist system. These new civil
servants ran to and from the
President’s office, which became the
operating theater of American in
dustry. Mr. Roosevelt viewed with
wonder and approbation their ex
periments on Uncle Sam’s econ
omic body. They tapped it here,
they prodded it there to test the
reactions of an unsocial organism.
No one bothered about the fact that
the patient upon whom the experi
ments were conducted had not only
to satisfy the President’s curiosity,
but must also pay the professor’s
fees, and provide the means of
livelihood of 130 million people.
Capitalism Without Capital
The contradictory policies of Mr.
Roosevelt and his professors would
account for any depression. They
challenged the truism that the
capitalist system cannot function
without a regular supply of capi
tal. They launched a raid on the
undistributed profit surplus from
which any well-managed business
derives new plant and finances for
expansion. The Ford company was
a good example of how a business
can be developed from surplus pro
fits. But the President and his ad
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St. Mary’s Cardinals
Win From Spalding
In Game Here Sunday
Last Sunday in the St. Mary’s
gym, the Cardinals defeated the
quintet from Spalding academy bp
the score of 28 to 19. This was the
first basketball victory for the
Cardinals over the Spalding team
in four years.
Robert Shoemaker was back in
the St. Mary’s lineup and was
high point man, hitting the hoop
for eleven points.
St. Mary’s grabbed an early
four-point lead and increased it as
the game progressed. Although in
the middle of the fourth quarter
the Spalding quintet came within
five points of evening the score,
but Quinn and Valla each made a
long shot that cut short any rally
the Spalding boys had in mind.
The St. Mary’s second team also
won their game by the score of 20
to 15.
The next home game for the Car
dinals is with the strong Bristow
team at 7:30 Wednesday evening,
Feb. 9.
First Sale Under New
Management Is Today
This afternoon the first sale at
the O’Neill Livestock pavillion un
der the new management will be
held and it promises to be the
largest ever held her. A force of
men have been busy the past ten
day installing new pens to enable
them to better handle the stock that
will be brought here for sale.
Among the offering at today’s sale
we understand will be about 125
head of horses.
Agricultural Leaders
Praise Advertising
Of State’s Advantages
Agricultural leaders of Nebraska
are strong in their praise of the
Nebraska national advertising cam
paign which is seeking to interest
industries to come to this state to
take advantage of the great abun
dance of raw materials from the
farms.
“I have noted with much interest
the splendid constructive work
which is being done for the State
of Nebraska thru the advertise
ments sponsored by the Associated
Industries of Nebraska," says H. J.
Gramlich, chairman of the Depart
ment of Animal Husbandry, Ne
braska college of agriculture.
“These advertisements,” Mr.
Gramlich adds, “call attention of
the nation to the splendid oppor
tunities which are afforded in this
basically sound agricultural state.
Nebraska’s reputation as a live
stock and crop producer is based
upon seventy-five years of known
fact. A state which stands second
as a producer of swine, third in
corn, and near the top in most
other major livestock and field
crops certainly has a wonderful
future."
C. J. Claassen of Omaha, presi
dent of the Farmers National Co.,
which successfully manages many
farms for absentee owners thruout
Nebraska and Iowa, stressed the
advantages Nebraska enjoys be
cause of its wholesome financial
condition, its freedom from state
debts and from sales, income and
luxury taxes, and its governmental
economy.
“From the standpoint of farm
management and agriculture in
general, the Nebraska advertising
campaign is just as important to
make our own people realize the
preferred position of Nebraska in
the matter of taxation, as to spread
this information to outsiders,” Mr.
Claassen said.
“Having such a preferred tax
position,” he pointed out, “the
other advantages emphasized in
these advertisements follow, for
with less money demanded by gov
ernment in taxes, more is left for
production and for living. That
should be a strong incentive to give
Nebraska its proportionate share
and more in the industrial develop
ment of the middle west.”
“The Associated Industries cam
paign, he added, "is of definite, im
portant and tangible value to agri
culture as it seeks to bring new in-*
dustries here to make use of our
surplus farm products. We need
such industries to keep the money
at home which is now spent else
where for processing these farm
products. With the development of
such industries in Nebraska we will
build greater local markets for both
raw and finished farm products,
thereby also creating greater op
portunities for business in our
cities and towns.”
Jacob Kupp, prominent farm
leader of Columbus, adds his en
dorsement to the advertising cam
paign which, he says, “is valued
very highly by agriculture.”
“Any effort to open new and
larger fields for industry will mean
a broader and better market for
agriculture,” Mr. Kupp states. “It
will bring higher prices for our
products and therefore raise the
market value of our farms. There
never was a more opportune time
for this type of campaign.”
High School Noses Out
St. Mary’s In A Close
Game Wednesday Nite
The St. Mary’s Cardinals and
the O’Neill high school basketball
teams contested for honors last
night on the floor of the O’Neill
high. It was a snappy contest
thruout and was won by O’Neill
high with a score of 18 to 16.
The second team from St. Mary’s
played the second team from the
high school and they won their
game with a score of 9 to 5. ThiB
was also a good game and both
games were witnessed by a good
sized crowd of spectators, who sure
received the worth of their money.
Narcotics Discussed At
W. C. T. U. Meeting
The W. C. T. U. met at the home
of Mrs. A. J. May Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Ada Burch as as
sisting hostess. This being Nar
cotic Education Week, the problem
of narcotic drugs, and the serious
menace to the youth of our nation,
especially in the use of Marihuana
which is now classed as a national
peril, was presented by Mrs.
Thomas and created much interest.
The habit of using this drug being
largely acquired thru the use of
cigarettes, and because of the rap
idness with which the habit forms,
the vicious effects upon the minds
not only of the younger generation,
but adults also, it is time that par
ents, teachers, pastors and every
one interested in the welfare of
our nation, wake up and know what
is going on.
Patrolmen Will Stop
Drivers With Old Plates
According to the daily press R.
F. Weller, chief of the Nebraska
Highway Patrol, said Tuesday that
he had requested patrolmen to stop
every motor vehicle with last year’s
license plates.
He said that the patrolmen willl
issue violation cards, which allow
the motorist five days in which to
obtain 1938 plates. If the plates
are not obtained in that time, he
said, charges will be filed against
the owners. Anyone operating a
motor car after February 28 with
last year’s license plates will be
subject to “immediate arrest” he
said.
Farms Are Scarce
Holt county farms for rent for
the year 1938 are very scarce. Dur
ing the past month there have
been dozens of people in here, many
of them from other counties, seek
ing farms to rent, but we could not
help them out. Most farmers seem
to be of the opinion that, notwith
standing Wallace and his vagaries,
that we are in for a good crop
this coming year.
Marriage Licenses
Charles W. Richter of Dorsey,
and Miss Emma Swanson of
O’Neill, on Jan. 31.
Dalton Cheyney of Clearwater,
and Miss Helen Schroth of Neligh,
on Feb. 2.
GOLDEN ROD CLUB
The Golden Rod Club meat at the
home of Mrs. C. Cunningham Jan.
26. The lesson was on the prepar
ing and serving of one dish meals.
Its advantages and disadvantgaes
were discussed. The casserole meal
dish was demonstrated by the lead
ers and served by Mrs. Flood and
Mrs. Welch, who assisted the hos
tess in serving a very delicious
luncheon. Mrs. Carol, a visitor,
was present.
Great Britian, according to cable
dispatches, is cheered by the in
crease in the numbA of new babies
and building permits. Maybe they
planned it that way.
Casper Wagman Dies
Tuesday At His Home
Just West Of Atkinson
Casper Wagman, 72, died at his
home just west of Atkinson last
Tuesday afternoon after an illness
of about one month. The funeral
will be held Fridny morning at 10
o’clock from the Catholic church in
Atkinson, and burial in the Atkin
son cemetery.
Mr. Wagman was a resident of
this section of the county for many
years, living southeast of this city.
He was a resident of that section
for about twenty-eight years and
last December moved to the wes
tern part of the county, having pur
chased a farm just west of Atkin
son. He had been ailing for about
a month.
He was a good citizen and had a
host of friends in this city and
vicinity who were greived to learn
of his death. He leave his wife apd
several children to mourn his death.
He was a member of the local
council of the Knight of Columbus
and many of the members will at
tend his funeral in Atkinson to
morrow morning.
Preparing Hatchery
For This Year’s Use
G. J. Ryan, of Sioux City, Iowa,
who will be the manager of the
Tri State Hatchery, (formerly the
Armour Cloverbloom) arrived in
the city last Tuesday and he has a
force of men rejuvenating the build
ing and contents and getting it
ready for operation. He expects
to have it going in about two weeks.
Mr. Ryan has been engaged in
the hatchery business for the past
sixteen years and is thoroughly
familiar with this line of work. He
is married and the father of five
children, all of them attending
school in Sioux City. Mr. Ryan
says that he wants to move his
family here at once, if he can secure
a suitable residence. The Frontier
welcomes Mr. Ryan to this city and
hopes that he will find his residence
here both pleasant and profitable.
Phil Sherman of the Tri-State
Poultry company, accompanied by
the building contractors, was in
the city Tuesday completing ar
rangements for the repair work on
the old Armour creamery building.
He said that the superintendent of
construction would arrive Tiere
Wednesday and that work on the
repair of the building would start
Thursday morning and be pushed
rapidly to completion.
Crow Killing Contest
For Youths Planned
Arthur O. Edmunds of Ainsworth,
game warden in this district, an
nounces a crow killing contest will
be staged for juveniles of the
counties of Brown, Rock, Holt,
Keya Paha and Boyd. The con
test will be sponsored by the state
game, parks and forestation com
mission and the local sportsmen.
Prizes will be offered in each coun
ty in the district, and each town
and county will have representa
tives in charge of the contest,
where the young people participat
ing can leave their kill and receive
the proper credits. There will be a
first and second prize in each
county.
Credits will be given only on
pairs of crows feet and on crow
eggs. The exact date of the open
ing of the contest has not been an
nounced, but it will close June 25.
Yearns To Be Member
Of National Congress
Foster May, Omaha radio an
nouncer and son of Rev. and Mrs.
A. J. May of this city, seems to be
determined to get into congress.
This morning he filed for the demo
cratic nomination for Congress in
the Second (Omaha) district, a
place now held by Charles F. Mc
Laughlin of Omaha. Two years
ago Foster was a candidate for
the democratic nomination for con
gress in the First district (Lincoln)
but lost out to the present incum
bent, Luckey. From our view point
this is not going to be a very good
year for democratic congressional
candidates, as the revolt against
the administration is under way
and promises to be of landslide pro
portions by Nov. 1.
—
Of course the administration will
cooperate with business. It will
even throw in a kick in the pants
for good measure.