Over the County
EMMET ITEMS
Doris Hartigan of Inman, visited
her friend, Helen Anspach, at Em
met over the week-end.
Mrs. Harry Little and daughter,
Beverly, of Wausa, returned to
their home Wednesday morning
after spending the past week at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alex McConnell.
The Ladies’ Aid society met at
the home of Mrs. Charles Abart
Wednesday afternoon.
Fern Stamb spent last week in
Ewing to recuperate from the flu.
Miss Viola Kellar, who has been
ill with the flu, returned Monday
to continue her work. During her
absence Rev. Green taught the
high school roofti.
Mr. and Mrs. John Conard visited
at the Cobb Olson home in O’Neill
Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Bowen of
Page, spent Sunday at the Charles
Luben home.
INMAN NEWS;
Miss Alva Moore spent the weekr
end at her home at Newport. *
Miss Doris Hartigan spent the
week-end with Miss Helen Anspach
at Emmet.
G. P. Colman and R. J. Clapp
went to Neligh Tuesday where Mr.
Colman was one of the auctioneers
at the Neleigh sale pavillion.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Laney of
Spencer, are here visiting his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Laney.
Walter Jacox and Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Brown came from Basset
Sunday for a visit with Mrs. Wal
ter Jacox and family. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown returned Sunday but
Mr. Jacox remained for a longer
visit.
The L. L. Club met with Mrs.
Lewis Kopecky Wednesday of this
week.
About thirty men participated in
a checker tournament here last
week. The winning side was treat
ed to an oyster supper at the Karl
Keyes home Friday evening. The
men all reported a fine time.
The turkey dinner sponsored by
the M. E. Ladies’ Aid, which was
to have been held last Saturday
evening, has been postponed until
March 3.
Everything is in readiness here
for the basketball tournament to
be held this week. Towns parti
cipating will be Amelia, Bristow,
Spalding, Chambers, Anoka and
Inman.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Miss Mabel Jones and Walter
Devall spent Friday evening at
the Elmer Devall home.
Word was received by relatives
here of the death of Fred Harrison
at his home in Norfolk last Friday.
Fred grew to manhood in this com
munity and has a host of friends
here who will be sorry to learn of
his death. His relatives have the
sympathy of the community.
Lucille and At£ Jones spent the
week-end with home folks.
Arthur Rouse is visiting rela
tives at Newton, Kans., at tKis
writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Stein and
family of O’Neill, were guests at
the Hary Fox home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Rouse and
sons called at Frank Griffith’s Sun
day afternoon and Mrs. R. D.
Spindler and Leroy were overnight
guests there.
Mr. and Mrs. Dude Harrison of
Chadron were guests at the Orville
Harrison home Monday night and
Tuesday. They came down from
Chadron to attend the funeral ser
vices of Fred Harrison.
Cecil Griffith called at the How
aard Rouse home Tuesday.
Mabel Hansen, who underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
the Lynch hospital Wednesday, is
getting along nicely at the last
report. Her many friends will be
glad to know that she is recovering.
The twelve inch snow which fell
here Monday and Tuesday a week
ago, is slowly melting. We have
had very little wind and the snow
has mostly stayed where it fell.
Leroy Spindler called at Frank
Griffith’s Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Linn spent
Tuesday afternoon at the Orville
Harrison and Elmer Devall homes.
Clarence Devall spent Sunday
with home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Boshart
were guests at the Harry Lans
worth home Sunday.
The Preston Jones family were
guests at the home of Mrs. Ella
Hull Sunday.
Refresher Course Of The
' 8th Councilor District
• This Refresher Course is spon
sored by the Nebraska State Medi
cal Society in cooperation with the
federal government. It is free to
everybody and will be of great
educational value to all those who
may attend.
The next meeting will be held in
this city Wednesday, March 2,
commencing at 2 p. m., in the
assembly room of the new court
house whe» Dr. E. S. Wegner of
Lincoln, Nebr., will address the
meeting on “Infectious Diseases in
Childhood.” Dr. Wegner is a
specialist in children’s diseases and
all parents should try and attend
this meeting.
Marriage Rites Here
During Past Week
HITCHENS-SHRINER
Saturday night, Feb. 19, Rev. H.
D. Johnson solemnized the mar
riage of Miss Etta Ella Hitchens
and Mr. Ray Shriner at the Pres
byterian Manse. Mr. and Mrs.
Arnold Williams were the attend
ants. The couple plan to make
O’Neill their home for some time.
LEE-FOCKEN
Miss Lorena M. Focken of Atkin
son became the bride of Mr. Clar
ence Lee of Stuart, Tuesday after
noon at. the Presbyterian manse,
i Rev, H. D. Johnson solemnized the
i marriage with the single ring rit
ual. Miss Focken wore a frock of
French blue flat crepe and carried
a beautiful bouquet of American
Beauties. They were accompanied
by brothers and sisters of the bride.
The bridal party went to the home
of the bride’s parents where a
wedding dinner was served.
BOELTER-VALQUARDSEN
Miss Bertha Valquardsen and
Mr. Reno Boelter, both of Walnut,
were united in marriage Tuesday
afternoon at the Presbyterian
manse. Rev. H. D. Johnson offici
ated. The single ring ceremony
was used. Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Phelps were the attendants. They
were accompanied by the bride’s
parents. The bride and groom grew
up in the community near Walnut
and are prominent in the social
life of their community. They plan
to make their home near Page.
How Many of These
Do You Remember?
While in the office of County
Superintendent McCullough last
Friday we saw a list on which was
printed the names of teachers in
attendance at the Holt county In
stitute which was held in this city
in August, 1898. Several of those
listed as from O’Neill are still here
others have moved away and still
others have joined the silent ma
jority. Read the list over and see
how many of the names are fami
liar to you among this gathering
of school teachers of forty years
ago:
O’Neill—Rose Mathews, Julia E.
Sullivan, C. A. Meals, Katie Sul
livan, Clara Zimerman, Grace Flee
ner, Tena Gatz, Carrie Hamilton
Alice Cronin, Nellie Murray, lne
Murray, Evelyn Burke, Sarah
Brennan, Mary Daly, Merrit Mar
tin, Mamie Menish, Nora O’Malley
Mamie Hynes, Maggie Hurley
Josie Dillon, Anna Donohoe, Nellie
Joyce, Tess O’Sullivan, Maggie
Coffey, Anna Coffey, Estella Shive
ley, Lizzie McNichols, Tillie Mul
len, Maud Gillespie, Maggie Mc
Laughlin, Mary Ryan, Roy S.
Ashton. f
Atkinson—Matilda Nightengale,
Lilline Galleher, Lettie Wheeler,
Mae Neeley, Dais Musser, Mattie
Radcliffe, R. E. Slaymaker, Anna
Cassidy, Ella Bauman, Maude Don
nely, Jettie Davis, Maggie Night
engale, Rose Sturdevant, Ida B.
Fried, Luella B. . Boehme, Alice
Stewart, Minnie B. Miller, Blanche
!Shutts, Florence McDonald, Harry
;Galleher, Lavina Morrow, Anna
Walker, Kate Hahn, Rose Smith.
Ewing—B. B. Butler, Lottie
Mills, Georgiana Cole, Ethel M.
Burlew, F. Arvilla Cole, Rose Gun
ter, Sarah Hohman, Horace Davies,
J. N. Trommershausser.
Stuart—Nellie Whitehead, Maud
Bailey, Mary E. Murphy, Emma J.
Dribble, Lelia Whitney, Florence
Zink, Amelia Eideman, Mrs. Mary
Barnes.
Page—C. C. Singer, Amelia
Bloomquist, Susie Reed, A. F.
Bloomquist, Carrie H. Townsend,
C. A. Townsend, Ruth Page, Jennie
W. Moffet, Louis A. French, Dollie
Reed, Ben Lamason.
Chambers—J. S. Coppoc, Mrs.
Nattie Earl, Rena Coppoc, Grace
Jeffers.
Inez—J. M. Shreve, Harry B.
Jones, W. W. Peck.
Little—Evangeline La Rue, Rose
LaRue.
Inman—Sarah Marley, Maria
Marley, Eva Smith, Katie Ryan.
Agee—Lissa Hopkins, Anqa Hop
kins, Mamie Leeper.
Amelia—J. W. Moss, Minnie
Carroll.
Stafford—Matilda Larson, Mary
D. Ward.
Dustin—John C. Deming, May
Shankland.
Congress Hopes for Best As
Votes Farm Bill
Three of the four Nebraska
members of the house who were
present voted against the farm bill
conference report because it still
contained the objectionable com
pulsory features. They hoped that
the bill might be corrected in the
senate. The bill was forced thru
the house under the terrible gag
rule and oidy four hours of debate
were given to this important meas
ure. Members hope that it will
result in getting additional benefits
to the farmers. The vote in the
house was 263 to 135.
The senate acted favorably upon
the conference report by a vote of
56 to 31 after three days of debate.
Many senators asserted that they
could not understand the 104 page
compromise measure and that they
did not know what they were voting
for. Senator Arthur Vandenberg
of Michigan referred to the bill
as the “most completely conglom
erate mess of involved language
which was ever perpetrated upon
a free people.** Another senator
wondered if there could be any
emergency on earth that could
justify it.
The confusion upon the bill is
well indicated by the statement by
Nebraska’s Norris who said, “Per
haps it will not work but what
will work?”
The act is a combination of three
former congressional plans, the
Voluntary Soil Conservation Act,
the voluntary crop control of the
triple A and the compulsory con
trol features of the Bankhead Cot
ton Act and the Tobacco Act.
1
Boone County Problem
Exeremely Serious
The President has asked the con
gress to appropriate additional
funds for relief due to the serious
conditions in some sections. Con
ditions in some of the rural dis
tricts are just as serious. Con
ditions in counties such as Boone
cmounty are not favorable. Thej
county is in serious financial con
dition and this office is now inform
ed that 733 out of about 1600 farm
ers in the county are receiving
FSA grants. About 347 certified
workers are on WPA and forty
are certified and awaiting assign
ment. It is expected that twenty
five more will be assigned to WPA
jobs in the very near future. The
Nebraska state quota for WPA is
now 24,850. The demands are com
ing in from the state for additional
relief quotas.
Urge Bureau To Fine Arts
The patents committee has been
holding hearings on a proposed bill
to establish a Bureau of fine arts
in the Federal government. The
hearings were attended by some of
the most famous artists, composers
and writers who believe that if a
bureau of fine arts can be estab
lished in the government, it would
result in giving people in isolated
parts of our country an opportunity
to enjoy many things which are
now avaibable only to people in
large cities. ♦
Talk One and One Half Billion
For Navy
The house Naval Affairs Com
mittee has been holding hearings
for many days on the proposed new
naval appropriations. Those who
are for and those who are against
a big navy have crowded the com
mittee room each day. A big fight
on that bill is scheduled when it
reaches the floor. The navy only
recently received 500,000,000 dol
lars for the next fiscal year. The
new bill calls for 800,000,000 more
dollars and more big ships. Mem
bers of the committee admit that
our nation is watching other nations
who are rapidly building new bat
tleships and bigger guns. If they
build bigger ships and bigger guns,
these members say, Uncle Sam will
have to do the same thing to pro
tect himself.
Prop -"l Army Appropriation
Indices Phillipines to Get
Freedom
The svb-committee on army ap
propri t ons is about finished with
its de ihcra ions on the new army
approp i tion bill. Members ad
1 mit tha there will be no cuts in ex
; pendi for our army service
: in the -east although they say
| there be no increases for our
army he Phillipine Islands.
This, ' indicate, means that
Uncle n is about thru with the
Island; I that there is no pres
ent pb o defend them. The fact
that ai 'orlations will not be in
crea onld indicate that Uncle
; Sam i 'g to carry out his prom
ise m loose of the Phillipines
in ‘ • heduled.
Automobile Fuel From Wood—
Farm Products
Experts before a house commit
tee the other day told congressmen
that the United States is not wholly
dependent upon oil or gasoline to
run automobiles. They say that
we have enough wood in our forests
to run all the cars we now have.
They point out that in Germany
they are using a lot of substitutes
these days, a wood derivative is
used to run cars. Hard wood makes
the best gas for cars.
These American experts who
have been around and who know
what they are talking about, also
tell congressmen that the Ameri
can farmers some of these days
will have no trouble in solving his
surplus problems if he puts farm
products to new uses. They agree
that the conversion of surplus grain
and corn into fuel alcohol is a po
tentially great contribution to the
solution of the surplus problem.
Considerable evidence tending to
prove the assertion has recently
been put into the record.
Marriage Licenses
Reno Boelter and Miss Bertha
Valquardsen, both of Walnut, Neb.,
were granted a marriage license
on Tuesday.
Vladek Sladek of Chambers and
Miss Mabel Raymer of Atkinson,
were granted a marriage license
on February 18.
Ray H. Shriner of O’Neill, and
Etta E. Hitchen of Ute, Iowa,
were granted a marriage license
on February 19.
Elmer Schaaf and Miss Kathleen
Barnes, both of Atkinson, were
granted a marriage license on Wed
nesday.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
A. J. May, Pastor
Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Morning worship at 11 a. m.—
Anthem by the choir. Sermon sub
ject, “The Gospel of Christ.”
Epworth League at 6:30—Mr.
Harold Rose, leader.
Evening service at M. E. church,
union meeting. Sermon subject,
choir with special music.
Young people’s choir practice at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Rose Saturday.at 7:30.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday school at 10:00—C. E.
Yantzi, superintendent.
Morning worship at 11:00—We
expect to have Dr. T. Raymond All
ston with us who will preach.
There will be no evening service
the young people going to Stuart
for the rally. Those who do not
go to Stuart are invited to attend
the service at the Methodist church.
H. D. Johnson, Pastor.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
(Continued from page 4.)
week told a group of northeastern
Nebraska agricultural agents that
a serious invasion of grasshoppers
can be expected this year unless
unfavorable spring weather con
ditions should intervene. He ad
vised that county committees be
formed at once, and plans laid for
an intensive war against the pests.
The state board of educational
lands and funds at a meeting last
week issued seven new mineral
leases on state land in Sioux and
Lincoln counties. Six of them were
land in the south central part of
Sioux county and went to the fol
lowing oil prospectors: R. T. Sel
lers, W. D. Bostwich, A. F. Ear
hart and J. J. Buck, all of Denver;
L. D. Watters and D. M. Dolley,
both of Los Angeles. The seventh
lease went to Helmerick & Payne,
Inc., of Tulsa, Okla., for two sec
tions in Lincoln county. The state
gets $64 per section and also re
serves right to 1214 per cent of
any mineral output.
At an earlier meeting the board
purchased $9,400 water extension
bonds recently voted by the village
of Farwell, population 350, in
Howard county, to provide 65 per
cent of the cost of a new muni
cipal water works system. A fed
eral grant will provide 45 per cent
of the cost.
Eighty counties have unified
their certification activities, and
they are receiving a monthly pay
roll of $8,773 from the biennial ap
propriation of $576,660, provided
by the last legislature, according
to a report from State Assistance
Director Neil C. Vandemoer. He
says that the thirteen counties
which are not unified will, as soon
as they consolidate their relief
work, have $5,207 available from
the same fund.
The state insurance department
has turned over to State Treasurer
Walter II. Jensen $41,082.44, as a
first remittance on the annual pre
mium tax to be paid by insurance
companies doing business in Ne
braska. This is to be credited to
the general fund, a^id the state
treasurer estimates that about
$400,000 will come in from this
source during February. This,
along with the regular taxes that
go into the general fund overdraft.
Giving “Improper form” as his
reason for rejection. Secretnry of
State Harry R. Swanson has re
turned petitions for a constitution
al amendment providing for old
age pensions of $30 a month. The
plan was sponsored by Ellsworth
Bowker, who was at one time dis
trict court clerk at Kearney.
Nebraska automobile drivers had
obtained 510,801 drivers’ licenses
up to Jan. 31, inclusive, according
to reports from the state drivers’
license bureau. The department
estimates the total number of auto
mobiles in the state as about 416,
000, since it must be remembered
that several members of a family
often each must obtain a license,
though all use the same car; also
that but one license is required
when a man owns both a truck and
a pleasure car.
Kenneth Wherry, president of
the Nebraska Founders’ Day as
WHEN A MAN REACHES THE
POINT WHERE HE REALIZES
HIS LACK OF MONEY IN BANK
IS DUE TO HIS OWN FAULT AND
NOT THAT OF OTHERS, HE HAS
ALSO REACHED THE STARTING
POINT TO SUCCESS.
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Profits,
$140,000.00
This Bank Carries No
Indebtedness of Officers
or Stockholders.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
sociation, has announced that the
principal address at the Nebraska
Founders’ day celebration will be
Riven by Dr. Glenn Frank, chair
man of the national republican
policy committee. The celebration
will be held in Lincoln March 1 and
3, and the day on which Dr. Frank
will speak has not yet been defin
itely announced.
The best thing about radio en
tertainment is that you can always
turn off the switch.
O’Neill Food Center
# * *
Here are some ex
ceptional values for
the week-end.
* * *
&ape,rui' 14c
KeS.10c
Lettuce /.
Extra Large...OC
Green Top
Carrots
Per Bunch./ V
Sweet Corn
No. 2 cans, 2 for ... 19C
Grape Jam -
1- lb. Jar..1/C
Tomatoes -A_
No. 2'/j can.1UC
Pork & Beans - a.
16-oz. can, 3 for.JL9C
SUN UP
Coffee - * _
Crackers
2- lb. Box..IOC
Oxydol -1r
Soups
Tomato, Vegetable
and Asparagus.
3 cans for
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Your Mileage Merchant Advises...
Try to have the two cars slightly “staggered”—not exactly
in line with each other. This often helps if bumpers lock,
especially when the car with its bumper below can reach a
drain or similar depression. Another way is for the car with
its bumper on top to get up on a curb or “hump.” That’s
all “just in case.”
Now ask the poor fellow who wants your help to get
into HIGH—keeping his clutch pedal down—letting it
back gradually only after you get his car under way.
Push with your LOW gear. That’s easiest on your car ...
for half a block. Then if the other fellow’s car hasn’t started,
have him get into neutral and push him up to a nearby
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