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VOL. LVIII. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10,1938. No. 39
O’NEILL PAIR WILL
OBSERVE GOLDEN
WEDDING SUNDAY
Mr. anti Mrs. Dan Cronin Will
Celebrate Anniversary At
Hotel In O’Neill.
Daniel J. Cronin and Miss Mary
Morrison were united in marriage
in this city on February 13, 1888,
the ceremony being performed by
the late Monsignor Cassidy.
Next Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Cron
in will celebrate their fiftieth wed
ding anniversary with a dinner and
reception at the Golden hotel. There
will be forty members of the family
at the dinner and the reception will
be held from 3 to 6 o’clock when
they will receive the congratula
tions and best wishes of hundreds
of friends.
All of their children will be here
in attendance at the dinner and the
reception. The children are: Mrs.
E. I. Johnson, Mrs. F J. Roach and
Jack and William Cronin of Oma
ha; P. G. Cronin, of Chicago; Mrs.
J. L. Guinan, Missouri Valley, la.;
Mrs. G. F. Berkenkotter, Denver,
Colo.; Mrs. A1 Sauser of this city,
and Miss Julia Cronin of Cheyenne,
Wyoming.
Mr. Cronin came to the county
from Illinois with his parents in
1876 and they located north of this
city and for years the family were
the most extensive farmers in the
county. Later Mr. Cronin went
into the thoroughbred cattle busi
ness and at one time had a fine
herd on his extensive ranch on the
Blackbird. He served the people
of this county two terms as county
treasurer, and made a splendid
record as an official. With the ex
ception of a few years, when he
resided in Omaha, Mr. Cronin has
been a resident ox tne county ior
62 years, he and his brother, Wil
liam of this city, being two of the
oldest settlers of the county now
residing here.
Mrs. Cronin came here with her
parents in March, 1884, and the
family lived on a farm two miles
south of the old Cronin home, about
a mile and a half north of this city.
Like the Cronin family the Mor
rison family was a large one and
they were extensive farmers for
several years and their home was
one of the favorite spots in that
section for gatherings of young
folks.
Although the Morrison family
came to the county eight years after
the Cronin family they both came
from Danville, Illinois, and were
friends there and neighbors like
they were in this county after the
arrival of the Morrison family.
Mr. and Mrs. Cronin have a host
of friends in this city and county
who will join us in wishing them
many happy returns on their gold
en wedding anniversary.
1937 A.C.P. Applications
Received In Holt County
Approximately 800 applications
for payment under the 1937 agri
cultural conservation program were
signed by Holt county farmers this
week, Holt county being one of the
first counties in the district to re
ceive applications from the state
office. After these aplications are
signed, they will be sent to the
Lincoln office and on to the disburs
ing office at Kansas City, where
checks will be written.
The schedule of meetings at
which these applications are being
signed is as follows, and letters
were sent to all those who applica
tions are ready for signature at
this time:
Grattan, Shields and Emmet pre
cincts, at Old Court House, O’Neill,
Saturday, Feb. 5;
Rock Falls, Atkinson, Sheridan,
Sand Creek, Dustin and Pleasant
View precincts, at Memorial Hall,
Atkinson, Monday, Feb. 7;
Willowdale, Iowa, Antelope and
Verdigris precincts, at Odd Fel
lows hall, Page, Tuesday, Feb. 8;
Saratoga, Coleman and Rock
Falls, At Phoenix store, Wednes
day, Feb. 9;
Steel Creek, Scott and Paddock
at Scott town hall, Wednesday,
Feb. 9;
Stuart, Cleveland, Green Valley,
Holt Creek, Francis and Dustin, at
Stuart library, Thursday, Feb. 10;
Swan, Josie, Fairview and Wy
oming, Amelia town hall, Friday,
Feb. 11;
Ewing, Golden and Deloit, Ewing
town hall, Saturday, Feb. 12;
Conley, Chambers, Shamrock,
Lake and McClure, Chambers town
hall, Friday, Feb. 11;
Inman, Finkbine hardware store
Inman, Saturday, Feb. 12.
Those who did not attend the
precinct meeting held before Feb.
10, can sign their applications any
time after that date in the county
office.
Funeral Services Held
Here Monday For Mrs.
E. Gallagher of Inman
Mrs. Ellen Gallagher died at her
home southeast of Inman last
Thursday evening after an illness
of several months, of embolism, at
the age of 83 years, one month and
25 days. The funeral was held
last Monday morning from the
Catholic church in this city, Mon
signor McNamara officiating aixd
burial in Calvary cemetery, at the
side of her husband who passed
away on June 1, 1920.
Ellen Boyle was born in county
Donegal, Ireland, on December 8,
1854. When a young woman she
came with her parents to the
United States and they came to
this county from Philadelphia, Pa.,
locating southeast of this city.
They came to this county in 1878
or 1879 and she had been a resident
of the county for about 60 years.
On October 11, 1881, she was
united in marriage to Michael Gal
lagher, the ceremony being per
formed in this city. Nine children
were borft of this union, four sons
and five daughters, who are left to
mourn the passing of a kind and
affectionate mother. They were all
pi'esent at the funeral, except one
daughter, Mrs. Frances Kemp of
Los Angeles, Calif., who was un
able to be present. The children
axe: Mrs. Mayme Harte, Inman;
Mrs. Frances, Kemp, Los Angeles,
Calif.; Mrs. Chaxdes Gilligan, Sioux
City, Iowa; Mrs. Neil Chase, Shel
don, Iowa; Bea Gallagher, Inman;
John M., Dan, James P. and Joseph,
all of Inman.
Mrs. Gallagher was one the real
pioneers of the eastern part of the
county, which was very thinly set
tled when her folks came to the
county. She was a charming wo
man, a splendid wife and mother,
and had a host of friends who will
regret to learn of her departure.
The funeral Monday morning
was very largely attended, most of
the residents of the Inman neigh
boi'hood in attendance, attesting
the love and esteem of the people
of that section for the departed one.
A Billion For War Preparation
In answer to many questions,
there was no record vote on the
550,000,000 dollar naval bill. That
bill was passed by a voice vote only.
In his national defense message to
Congress the President has asked
for an authorization of a 20 per
cent increase in the projected limits
of the fleet, ranging from battle
ships to submarines. He requested
authorization for expansion of the
Navy’s aid strength by over 1,000
planes.
The War Department shared
with the Navy in the President’s
proposed program. He urged an
immediate start on building up an
enlisted reserve of 75,000 men and
immediate appropriations for anti
aircraft material, ammunition and
toolings to permit prompt conver
sion of factories into munition
plants when needed.
The total cost of the combined
program would be well over $1,
000,000,000 but immediate appro
priations would amount to approxi
mately $40,000,000. The President
also requested the enactment of
legislation to prevent profiteering.
The Army appropriation sub
committee has started meeting on
the new army appropriation bill.
This bill calls for about five hun
dred million dollars. The “Panay”
incident and the war in the Far
East helps the naval and army
lobbyists. Members of appropria
tions committees dealing with army
and navy appropriations had hoped
to make big cuts this year. They
admit now that most any kind of a
cut “is all off.”
American Market For American
Producers
Our pork imports have risen j
from an annual average of 660,000
t
Abraham Lincoln
February 12, 1809 to April 14,1865
Abraham Lincoln, born in Hardin
county Kentucky, Feb. 12, 1809.
Died at the hand of an assassin on
the eve of Good Friday, April 14,
1865, at Ford’s Theater in Wash
ington.
Born in poverty, reared in hard
ship and deprivation, educated by
mother, God and self, the Bible his
greatest book, he assumed the
highest post in the land, at a time
when the nation seethed with inner
strife and the forces of secession.
His life threatened, knowing com
pletely the crisis facing the nation,
equipped with no more nor less
than the fundamental truth found
in the Word of the Ages, he took
the oath of office, and never did he
lose sight of the thousands of
people looking to him for guidance
and life, nor did he forget the de
mand of all that had been in the
nation for complete life into the
future. He gave himself complete
ly to his task. Had he lived, the
post war history of the south and
the nation would have been written
in different words. He died under
the hand of a crazed fanatic, and
no person in the nation but felt
the weight of his passing.
The words of a part of his second
inaugural could well be remem
bered now: “Fondly do we hope,
fervently do we- pray that this
mighty scourge of war may speedi
ly pass away. Yet, if God wills
that it continue until all the wealth
piled by the bondsman’s two hun
dred and fifty years of unrequited
toil shall be sunk, and until every
drop of blood drawn with the lash
shall be paid by another drawn with
the sword, as was said three thous
and years ago, so still it must be
said that the judgments of the Lord
are true and righteous altogether.
With malice towards none, with
charity for all, with firmness in the
right as God gives us to see the
right, let us finish the work we are
in, to bind up the nation’s wounds,
to care for him who shall have
borne the battle, and for his widow
and orphans, to do all which may
achieve and cherish a just and last
ing peace among ourselves and
with all nations.”
pounds for the ten year period
1903-1912 to about 75,000,000
pounds in 1937. The swine breed
ers who have a membership of
50,000 say this is a very serious
increase. That’s why these farm
ers feel that the American hog
producer is entitled to the Ameri
can market for his American
grown product.
To Fight Or Not To Fight
The defeat of the Ludlow anti
war petition has not stopped a
movement in Congress and over the
nation to do something about keep
ing Uncle Sam out of foreign wars.
Louis Ludlow, Indiana congress
man, whose resolution was defeat
ed recently has written every mem
ber of the House who supported his
resolution that he has not given
up the fight and that the advocates
of this resolution have merely lost
the first skirmish.
He feels the close vote on the
measure to bring the resolution up
for debate was more gratifying
than he had any reason to expect
under the circumstances. He feels
that it has been demonstrated that
the people are overwhelmingly in
favor of some legislation that will
give the masses who have to do the
fighting and dying and who must
bear the burden of war, a right to
say whether we will enter into wars
thousands of miles from our shores.
Following this Ludlow resolution
campaign, now comes a campaign
for the Universal Service Act which
is being backed by the American
Legion and American Legion Auxi
liary.
Postmasterships Still In Politics
A year ago the House passed a
bill putting all the postmasters un
der Civil Service and keeping them
permanently in their jobs as long
as they are giving efficient service
to the postofflee patrons. But re
cently the Senate side of Congress
turned the Civil Service back and
reported a bill putting the fourth
class postmasters under civil ser
vice, but continuing patronage and
Senate confirmation in the first,
second and third classes.
This means that whenever there
is a change of administration, post
masters who got their jobs thru
political favor " ill go out and the
new party namec its new patronage
postmasters. 1’ncle Sam’s most
important business branch con
tinues as a political football. Some
congressmen say that they are
helped by getting the chance to
say who will be the postmaster in
their home town. Others say that
it hurts them. One said the other
day, “I get lots of applications
from my friends asking me to name
them postmaster. I name one and
then he becomes an ingrate and
those I didn’t appoint become
enemies. I wish I didn’t ever have
to hear about a postmastership.”
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
Mrs. Gray Recovering
From Year Old Injury
Mrs. Maggie Gray was down
from Atkinson last Saturday and
spent the day visiting her many
friends in this city. Mrs. Gray is
getting along nicely from the in
jury she sustained about fourteen
months ago when she fell and
broke her hip. While she is still
using crutches she gets around
fairly well and believes that it will
not be long until she can discard
the crutches.
Mrs. Gray celebrated her eighty
fourth birthday a few weeks ago
and is remarkably well preserved
for a woman of her age. Her many
friends hope that she will enjoy
many more birthday anniversaries
and that without the use of
crutches. Mrs. Gray informed us
that she intends to return to her
farm northwest of this city about
the first of April.
Conoco Gives Credit To
Newspaper Advertising
Giving due credit for the best
year in its history to the heavy use
of newspaper advertising, the Con
tinental Oil company today an
nounced that its 1938 advertising
appropriations for newspaper space
will be increased by 17 per cent
over the 1937 expenditures.
Continental during the coming
year will allot to the daily and
weekly press about 66 per cent of
all that is to be spent on consumer
media and will place advertising in
approximately 1250 newspapers.
The new advertising will continue
to deal with Conoco Bronze gaso
line and Conoco Germ Processed
motor oil and the action of this
lubricant, due to the presence of
a product of the research labora
tories, in forming an abnormally
tough film that stays on metal sur
faces even while the motor is idle,
instead of draining off.
The new campaign, which has
been carefully checked for reader
response in selected test areas at
Colorado Springs, Colo., and in
Richmond, Va., will also stress the
position of local Conoco dealers as
“mileage merchants” who are in
dependent of the company and must
deal with the customer on the basis
of their own ability and standing in
the community they serve.
Stuart Man Sentenced
To A Year In Prison
For Automobile Theft
Last Monday, about noon, a man
got into the car of William Egger,
which was parked on the west side
of the liquor emporium, and drove
off. Children were going home from
school and one little fellow recog
nized the car and asked Mr. Egger
if he had let some person take his
car, as he said he just saw a man
drive it away and head west, turn
ing north on the highway.
Bill got into "a traveling man’s
car and they took after him. As
they drove up to the Cuddy filling
station, just east of Danceland, the
man was inside the station and was
getting some gas for the car. Egger
started back to town with the man
and met Sheriff Duffy on the road
and turned the thief over to the
sheriff. The man proved to be
Glenn Mott, about 37 years old,
who lived near Stuart.
Mott was placed in the county
jail and on Tuesday morning he
was taken before Judge Dickson
and plead guilty to stealing the
car and was sentenced to one year
in the state penitentiary. He was
taken to Lincoln by Sheriff Duffy
today.
We understand that Mott is mar
ried and has a wife and family liv
ing in or near Stuart.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
A Honor Roll
Freshmen, Helen Hagensick;
sophomore, Cleland Johnson; jun
ior, Robert Clift; seniors, Dora
Hughes and Virgil Johnson.
B Honor Roll
Freshmen: Clifford Burival, Ly
dia Halva, George Hendriqk, Rob
ert Mitchell, Edith Leinhart, Mar
ion Olson and Francis Murray.
Sophomores: Don Asher, Deloris
Backman, Clay Johnson, Davene
Loy, Merle Mitchel, Ruth Page,
Petty Puckett, Lois Jean Robert
son.
Juniors: Veva Aim, Fred Halva,
Howard Jeffrey, Mariam Kubichek,
Lucille Penland, Betty Ritts, Junior
Toy.
Seniors: Cleo Crabh, Mae De
Lon, Lyle Hartford, Nadine Kil
patrick, Lois Lindberg, Carl Luben,
Helene Suchy.
In order to be eligible for the
“A” honor roll a student must earn
at last three A’s and no grade low
er than B in regular academic sub
jects and a citizenship rating of
B or more.
In order to be eligible tor tne "K
honor roll a student must earn at
least three B’s and no grade lower
than C in regular academic sub
jects, and a citizenship rating of
B or more.
The Orientation students have
just finished a unit on the import
ance of schools and education. They
are now studying the background
of religion and its significance in
our living.
Students present every day, but
tardy once or more during the first
semester:
Freshmen: Helen Hagensick,
Marie Harris and Bernice Jones.
Sophomores: Delores Claussen,
Doris Scofield, Arthur Stauffer and
Phillip Yarnall.
Juniors: Donald Aim, Beatrice
Harris, Betty Ritts, Hazel Rouse,
Martha Switzer and Junior Toy.
Miss Wind spent the week-end at
her home in Aurora.
The members of GAA have been
(Continued on page 8, column 2.)
WILLIAM CONKLIN,
FORMER COUNTY
OFFICIAL, IS DEAD
Death Takes Early Resident Last
Saturday Evening. Funeral
Services Held Tuesday.
William E. Conklin died in the
O’Neill hospital last Saturday
evening after a short illness, at
the age of 82 years and 27 days.
The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon from the Methodist
church, Rev. A. J. May officiating,
and burial in prospect hill cemetery.
William E. Conklin was bom at
Chenango Forks, N. Y., on January
8, 1850. He spent his younger
years in that section of his native
state and on July 15, 1882, he was
united in marriage at Sherborne
N. Y., to Miss Ida Wicks. Three
children were born of this union,
two of whom are living, Cecil of
Lincoln, and Mrs. Dean Selah of
this city. Mrs. Conklin passed
away Feb. 28, 1923, and in October,
1925, he was united in marriage to
Mrs. Clara Gordon, who with his
children survive.
Mr. Conklin came to this county
in 1887 and settled on a homestead
several miles south of Atkinson.
His family joined him there in
1889 and they made their home on
the farm until 1902 when they
moved to this city, where the family
home has been for the past thirty
six years.
When Mr. Conklin came to this
city he secured a position in the
court house and worked as a clerk
in the offices of the county clerk
and county treasurer for many
years. In the summer of 1922 he
filed for nomination for the office
of county treasurer, was nominated
and elected that fall, taking over
the office in January, 1923. He
served the county as its county
treasurer for twelve years, being
nominated and elected three times,
retiring from office in January,
1935, being succeeded by the pre
sent Treasurer, Ben Winchell. Mr.
Conklin was a good citizen and had
a host of friends all over the county.
He always enjoyed good health
until the past couple of years when
his friends could notice that he
was failing rapidly. He was taken
to the hospital Saturday morning
and passed away that evening.
A good citizen and a faithful and
conscientious public servant has
passed on. Another of the old
pioneers of the county has joined
the ranks of the silent majority,
leaving to others of the younger
generation the work of carrying on.
Cardinals Break Twelve
Game Winning Streak
Of Bristow High School
St. Mary’s Cardinals broke a 12
game winning streak of the Bris
tow high school’s basketball team
on the academy floor here Wednes
day evening, winning 20 to lfi over
the Boyd county quintet. St. Mary’s
was ahead two points at the end
of the first quarter and held their
lead thruout the game. Valla was
high point man for the Cardinals
collecting seven points.
The second team from Bristow
was unable to do any better than
the first string, and lost to St.
Mary’s second 8 to 6. -
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
and heartfelt thanks to the many
friends for the kindness extended
during the recent illness and death
of Mr. W. E. Conklin.—Mrs. Clara
Conklin, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Con
klin and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Selah and family.
Ed Cornelius and Clyde Kellar
drove over to Winner, S. D., Wed
nesday morning to attend the fun
eral of a son of Mr. Cornelius, who
passed away at his home there.
The boy was about 20 years of age.
Death resulted from a kidney ail
ment.
We won’t believe the Japanese
boycott is any good until we see
the girls parading Broadway, Mich
igan Avenue and other modern
thorofares in our cities in cotton
stockings.
They are talking about issuing
an order in Nazi Germany for ef
forts to make the girls more beauti
ful. Well, we are willing to wager
on one thing—it won’t be difficult
to get the girls to cooperate.