N’eb. State Historical Society
The Frontier
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VOL. LVIII. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1938. No. 42
Funeral Rites Will Be
Held Here Tomorrow
For Mrs. Mary Reider
Mrs. Mary Reider, mother of
J. B. O’Sullivan of this city, died
in a hospital at Gregory, S. D.,
last Monday following an illness of
two weeks. Her sons, William of
Denver, and J. B. of this city, were
with her at the time of her death.
Miss Mary Kirwin was born on
July 30, 1864, at Bloomington,
Ohio. The family came to this
county along about 1880 and in
this city on Dec. 25, 1882, she was
united in marriage to D. P.
O’Sullivan, one of the prominent
early day residents of this city,
who passed away on Jan. 25, 1896.
Four sons were born of this union,
all of whom survive her and were
present at the funeral rites.
The sons are: J. B. O’Sullivan of
this city; Dan and Michael O’Sul
livan of Los Angeles, Calif.; and
William O’Sullivan of Denver,
Colo. Also surviving are five
brothers, John Kirwin of Boise,
Idaho; Jerry and Edward Kirwin of
Gross, Nebr.; Phil Kirwin of Glen
wood Springs, Colo.; and Michael
Kirwin of this city.
On January 12, 1912, Mrs. O’Sul
livan was united in marriage to
Sgt. Gustave Reider who passed
away on Nov. 3, 1930, at Gregory,
S. D. Mr. Reider had been mayor
of Gregory for fourteen years and
was one of the most prominent
residents in the Rosebud country.
He was a civil war veteran, later
serving in the U. S. Cavalry and
as a member of the latter organiza
tion served at Fort Randall, S. D.
Funeral services were held at
St. Joseph’s Catholic church in
Gregory Thursday morning with
Rev. Father Callahan officiating.
After the funeral services the body
will be brought to this city and the
remains will lie in the Biglin Mor
tuary until the time for the funer
al Friday morning at 9 o’clock.
Friends desiring to view the body
of their old acquaintance can do so
at the Biglin Mortuary. Burial
will be in Calvary cemetery at the
side of her first husband who died
42 years ago.
Plans Are Underway
For Anthrax Control
D. E. Bowen of Page, and Lyndle
Stout, Holt county agricultural
agent, attended a conference at
Norflok Wednesday, Feb. 23, of the
Livestock Sanitation boards of
eight northern Nebraska counties.
The purpose of this meeting was
to plan a series of educational
meetings in the counties to spread
information regarding control of
anthrax. These meetings are to be
in charge of veterinarians and ani
mal husbandmen of the Extension
Service of the University of Ne
braska, with the various ocunty
organizations cooperating.
It was mentioned by Dr. Alford
of the research department of the
agricultural college, that these
meetings were to spread informa
tion rather than eradicate the dis
ease which is impossible. Dr. Al
ford states once the disease is
found on a farm it is never eradi
cated but can be controlled.
Educational meetings on the
value of such practices as proper
disposal of carcasses, life of spores,
how and when to vaccinate and
planning a county program of con
trol of anthrax, are to be held in
various places in Holt county dur
ing the days of March 22 to 25.
These meetings for Holt county
are as follows: March 22, Ewing
at 8 p. m.; March 23, Page at 2 p.m.
and O’Neill at 8 p. m.; March 24,
Stuart at 2 p. m. and Atkinson at
8 p. m.; March 25, Chambers, 2 p.m.
District Court Will
Convene March 14th
The regular term of the district
court for this county will convene
in this city on Monday, March 14,
1938. There are probably half a
dozen jury cases to be tried at
this term of court.
The jury for the spring term was
drawn last Monday morning, and
the following citizens of the county
will constitute the jury for this
term of court:
Henry Heiser, Atkinson; Charles
Chase, Atkinson; S. A. Marcellus,
Stuart; Carl Holz, Ewing; Joe
Stecker, Amelia; T. J. Coyne,
O’Neill; Peter Ramold, Stuart;
Leo Mullen, O’Neill, George Fink,
Page; George Rost, Page; Fred
Boettcher, Atkinson; John Shrunk,
Atkinson; George Craig, Page; Art
Tomlinson, Inman; Edgar Peter
son, Amelia; Henry Storjohann,
Spencer; Ray Johns, Atkinson; W.
S. Kirkland, O’Neill; Peter Gon
deringer, Atkinson; Peter Todsen,
O’Neill; E. O. Slaymaker, Stuart;
Leo Lydon, Ewing; James Grimes,
Chambers; John Wenner, Atkinson.
O’Neill High And St.
Mary’s Go To Semi
Finals At Atkinson
Both of O’Neill’s basketball
squads won in their first round
games at the Class C tournament
in Atkinson Wednesday night. The
Cardinals of St. Mary’s won from
Bassett 18 to 16. O’Neill high
swamped Lynch, winning 42 to 13.
St. Mary’s will play Atkinson
tonight in the semi-finals and the
local high school squad will meet
Long Pine. The games will begin
at 7:30. Finals will be played by
the winners of these two games
Friday evening.
Entries in the tourney were:
Stuart, Springview, Long Pine,
Lynch, O’Neill High, St. Mary’s
and Atkinson. Other scores in the
first round were not learned.
Seed Show At Stuart
The Stuart Community club is
sponsoring a seed show in Stuart
Saturday, March 12. There will be
$15.00 given in prizes and anyone
having seed for sale should bring it
that day.
The seed must be exhibited in
gallon pails and a tag will be fur
nished every exhibitor, on which
will be told the name of the ex
hibitor, kind of seed, amount and
price of seed for sale.
The premiums for this show will
be published in next weeks edition
of the paper.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
The size of the overdraft in the
state treasury, the encumbrance of
the general fund by highway con
struction and board of control obli
gations, and the inroads on Nebras
ka’s trust funds to pay warrants
for current expenses will be mat
ters of debate during the primary
campaign.
The fiscal year ends June 30.
The Cochran forces look eagerly in
the direction of tax collections so
that the deficit will be at the mini
mum. Opponents of the “white
spot” advertising are making care
ful checks on the condition of the
various funds. It is apparent that
the critics will contend that Ne
braska is not out of debt and that
the sales tax on gasoline is as high '
as any in the nation.
The overthrow of the moratori
um act by the supreme court will
have an indirect bearing on the
situation. When realty is sold at
sheriff’s sale the taxes must be
cleaned up. Equity holders, under
the moratorium, paid a designated
sum each month. When foreclosure
is completed, taxes are liquidated
in full. A bumper wheat crop would
be a favorable factor and would
accelerate the payment of taxes.
Unpaid taxes will receive atten
tion everywhere, it is claimed,
when county budgeting goes into
effect. The unpaid delinquent per
sonal taxes in Omaha and Lincoln
are already being criticized.
Demands are being made for col
lection of the |25,000 fishing and
hunting license fees that have
never reached the state treasury.
Business men thruout the state
sold these licenses as agents. Some
of the men are out of business. In
some cases, it is reported, the
people who owe the money are
able to remit.
Other taxpayers are poking
about among the accounts of the
gasoline dealers in the department
of agriculture. There are reports
of various amounts due and unpaid.
State officials claim the amounts
are exaggerated and that the de
linquents have failed in business,
died, or left the state, making col
lections doubtful.
Attorney General Hunter, after!
studying the methods of District
Attorney Thomas Dewey of New
York City, swooped down on the
bookies of Omaha and acquired the
information necessary to secure a
blanket injunction which will for
bid the operation of the race-horse
bookie establishments. The policy
(Continued on page 4, column 2.)
Ruling Will Permit A
Foreclosed Farmer An
Extra Year On Place
The decision of our Supreme
court holding unconstitutional the
moratorium law that had been in
force since 1933 created a very em
barrassing situation to the court,
lawyers and litigants at the open
ing of court in Rock county Feb.
23. Many land owners had mora
toriums granted, and expected to
have them extended for 1938, and
had made no arrangements for
this year; and if sales were con
firmed and purchaser placed in
immediate possession as provided
by law, a seeming great injustice
would befall the land owners.
Such was the situation that con
fronted Judge Dickson. He held
a lengthy conference with the at
torneys, after w’hich he announced
that in all cases where moratori
ums would have been granted, or
extended, if the law had not been
held unconstitutional, sales would
be confirmed with possession on
March 1, 1939, with the right to
the land owner to redeem by Feb.
1, 1939. If not redeemed then a
sheriff’s deed to issue and the pur
chaser put in possession March 1,
1939. The land owner will be
required to pay a reasonable rent
al for the year 1938.
This is expected to take care of
all moratorium cases for this year.
This means that the land owner
must pay a reasonable rental for
this year, and he is given the privi
lege to redeem by Feb. 1, 1939.
If land is not redeemed a sheriff’s
deed is to issue and the purchaser
put in possession March 1, 1939,
thereby giving absolute title and
possession to the purchaser.
A seeming equitable disposition
exercised by a court of equity.
Neither the mortgage holders nor
the land owners have any just
cause to complain of the court’s
disposition of their cases. The
judgment of the court amply pro
tects the holders of mortgages
as well as the land owners.
The above policy as to moratori
ums will be observed in all the
counties in the judicial district,
according to Judge Dickson.
Farewell Party Given
Mr. and Mrs. Murray
On the evening of February 25th
numerous relatives and friends
presented a regular banquet at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Murray, a sendoff in honor of de
parting neighbors, who are leaving
this locality and whom we all
Regret to see leave. The whole
purpose of the entertainment was
to bid the good neighbors farewell
and of course there is a source of
satisfaction in the fact that they
are going where they will have
better advantages and we are all
anxious to see them make a success
in their new vocations.
ine program was nicely arrang
ed so that it harmonized with
emotions of joy and sorrow, which
are always present on such occas
ions. Seven loyal families leaving
this locality at one time, depopulat
ing the county rather fait. If the
present adverse conditions continue
there won’t be enough left in this
locality to flag a hand car. Those
that are leaving are, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Murphy, William Murphy and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Ful
lerton, Mr. and Mrs. Goldfuss, Mr.
and Mrs. Cadwallinger and Vic
Thompson. We trust their new
locations will be more profitable to
them than it has been around here
for the past several seasons.
The old orchestra was reinforced
by Mrs. Floyd Johnson, who is an
expert on the piano, and received a
lot of applause from the audience.
It was a stimulant and interesting
to a great many, who otherwise
would not have recognized their
own possible vocation. The dance
was a crackerjack. Special inter
est was provided the young people
with an opportunity for wholesome
amusement and an opportunity of
becoming better acquainted with
each other. While the dance is
planned chiefly for the young
people the older persons also enjoy
tripping the light fantastic occas
ionally, at least many of them do.
The older people like the dances a3
well as the younger ones as it gives
them a better opportunity to be
come better acquainted with their
neighbors.
An elegant lunch was served at
midnight that eviryone enjoyed.
Then there was an intermission
and during this period many topics
of general interest was discussed.
John Cleary discussed the question
of interest to most of the people
very intelligently. He said that if
all the people engaged in regulat
ing. directing and supervising other
people’s business were engaged in
some kind of production and quit
bellowing over production, that we
all know is just mythical. And if
they keep on increasing the army
of people supported by the gov
ernment without producing who is
going to feed the people when so
many have already lost their equity
in all they had. Whuc we need, in
stead of what we are getting, is to
keep the rain and snow water in
tact, that would neuteralize the air
when the hot winds strips us and
ruins our crops, and the dance and
arguments went on until daylight.
E. E.
Holt County Not Listed
As A Commercial Corn
Area On New Program
Sixty-four Nebraska counties
have been designated commercial
corn producing counties by Secre
tary Wallace under the new corn
bill. Holt county is noticeable by
its absence from the list of coun
ties. Following are the counties
listed:
Adams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd,
Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar,
Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Da
kota, Dawson, Dixon, Dodge, Doug
las, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin,
Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Gosper,
Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan,
Hayes, Hitchcock, Howard, Jeffer
son, Johnson, Kearney, Knox, Lan
caster, Madison, Merrick, Nance,
Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee,
Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte,
Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Sa
line, Sarpy, Saunders, Seward,
Sherman, Stanton, Thayer, Thurs
ton, Valley, Washington, Wayne,
Webster and York.
'tON^ESS
4 KARL STEFAN
“I Ain’t Going’’
One member of congress received
a letter from a constituent the
other day. It read in part as
follows: "You needn’t spend any
money on guns and battleships for
me. You needn’t go to any ex
pense for war preparations for me
because I won't need it—I ain t
going.’’
When Will Uncle Sam Be Broke?
Financial experts are doing a lot
of worrying here these days be
cause the government is really
living on so much borrowed money.
None of these experts know when
the credit breaking-point will be
reached. Some say it will come
when the government owes sixty
billion dollars. Uncle Sam now is
in the red about forty billion dol
lars. The annual interest rate on
that borrowed money is stupendous.
No Progress Made in Eliminating
The 250 million dollar relief ap
propriation bill which the house
just passed is merely a supplement
al appropriation. It makes the
1938 total 1 billion, 750 million dol
lars. The relief bill for 1939 will
come later during this session.
Just how much that will call for is
problematical. Taking everything
into consideration, over 13 billions
of dollars have been spent thus far
for relief purposes to eliminate
unemployment.
It is generally admitted here that
the objective has not been reached
due to the fact that we still have
ten or eleven million unemployed.
Some people here believe that the
government may be in the relief
business permannetly. Others be
lieve the people themselves will
have to do some reforming. Others
believe local communities and
states will have to carry the load
and there are sorr. people in Wash
ington who think ihat only another
war can bring good times.
Naval Battle On In Congress
The hearings on the new naval
bill and those on the new army ap
propriations are about over. The
town has been full of distinguished
people who have been heard for and
against these appropriations. Gen.
Magood and Jeanette Rankin had
(Continued on page 6, oolumn 3.)
Spalding High Wins
Class C Basketball
Tourney At Inman
Spalding high school won the
class C. district tournament at
Inman last Saturday evening, de
feating the Chambers cagesters in
the finals by a score of 27 to 15.
In the preliminary round last
Thursday evening Spalding won
from Newport 54 to 26. Anoka
stayed in the running by defeating
Bristow 26 to 14. Chambers won
46 to 10 from Amelia. Inman drew
a bye and did not play in the first
round.
In the semifinals Friday evening
Spalding and Chambers won to go
into the finals. The scores were:
Spalding 26, Anoka 17; Chambers
21, Inman 9.
First 1938 Conservation
Checks Expected Soon
Word comes from the state office
that the first soil conservation
checks should be here in a few
days. These checks are for the
applications that were signed the
week of Feb. 8.
Application are also expected on
the second transmittal in the very
near future. There has been con
siderable inquiry by participants
of the program as to why they
have not been called in to sign.
There are only twenty NCR-114's
in the office at the present time.
The rest have been sent to Lincoln
where applications will be written.
However, it may be some time be
fore some of these are returned for
signature;
At the present time thirty-one
corn loans have been handled thru
the county ACP office on a total of
19,025 bushels of corn.
State Republicans Active
Republican political activity is
evident in the southeastern part
of the state. Attorney George
H. Heinke of Nebraska City, filed
last week as a republican candidate
for congress from the First dis
trict, now represented by Congress
man Luckey of Lincoln. On Tues
day Mayor Copeland of Lincoln
also filed as a candidate for con
gress in the same district. This
republican activity in that corner
of the state gives evidence of the
fact that republicans are up and
coming and have hopes of success
at the polls in the coming election
next November.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
The report cards on the past six
weeks work will be released this
week. Results on the majority of
these reports indicate a desirable
improvement by the student body
in the work which they are doing
in their respective courses. The
students and teachers are cooper
ating splendidly in providing op
portunities for the students to suc
cessfully gain the knowledge they
should acquire. A number of in
structors are holding extra classes
to give more individual help to
those students that are in need of
it.
Students in the Orientation
classes are now studying the civic
and community problems of pro
tecting the community from fire
maintaining law and order, and
planning and beautifying the com
munity.
The Bird lady, a Mid-West As
sembly program, was enjoyed by
the students and teachers at 2:00
p. m., Tuesday.
Melvin Lorenz assembled his
table Monday—he has a very fine
project made from select white
pine and fir.
The Art elas3 have started the
fifth six weeks off with chrome
paper cutting. The students first
select a picture in colors and then
in free hand cutting they use
the chrome papers and start with
the back ground and build up to
the finished picture. There is
little detail shown in pictures for
beginners.
Shop classes have started in the
study of auto mechanics. This
gives a general review of all sub
jects and problems which meets the
auto driver—how to shoot car
trouble and remedy the same; the
care of the body of the car; proper
care of the tires; the different kind
of tires and their care; accidents
and preventions; standard rules of
the road; speeding and its effect
upon car and occupants; polishing
the car; proper oiling and greasing
the car; types of grease cups; the
motor its parts and care of same.
At the close of the six weeks course
a very strict test will be given to
all shop members on the entire
book of “Motor Driving Rules,’’ ob
tained from the court house. There
will be one queston asked from
each paragraph of the entire book
—AIM to have better drivers on our
highways. \
The students of the library class
are beginning their duties this week
as librarians for the remainder of
the semester.
The end of the six weeks again
brought some interesting contract
work in the Latin classes.
The diaries of Roman boys and
girls showed some study of Roman
life and proved very interesting.
Culvert And Bridge
Work Begins On New
Route of Highway 8
Fred Winter and George O’Brion
of the Diamond Engineering com
pany of Grand Island, were in the
city Tuesday getting ready for the
construction of the bridges on high
way No. 8 from Ewing to O’Neill.
They expect to have a force of
men here the first of the week to
commence work on their contract.
The Kime Construction company
of Tecumseh, Nebr., have the con
tract for the construction of the
culverts on the new route of high
way No. 8 and a force of men began
work last week. The new highway
will not come into the city between
the railroad tracks as originally
planned, but will enter the city
on Douglas street, cutting diagon
ally across the Mullen land from
the Shaugnessey corner. The
change in routing was made a few
weeks ago.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry DeVore are
the parents of a seven and three
quarter pound girl, born Monday.
She has been named Janice Marie.
A baby girl was born last Tues
day to Mr. and Mrs. John Vitt,
who live south of O’Neill.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kubic are re
joicing over the arrival of a baby
girl at their home Saturday, Feb
ruary 26.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowe Dixon are
the parents of a baby girl, born
Sunday, Feb. 27.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harnish re
ceived word today of the birth of
a daughter this Thursday morning
to their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. A1 Pearson, at Neligh.
Mrs. Pearson is the former Naomi
Harnish.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The Busy Hour club met at the
home of Lizzie Schmohr Thursday
afternoon, Feb. 24. Eight mem
bers were present and Mrs. Lowell
Johnson was a guest. Three of the
•members were absent. Roll call
was, answered with a memory gem.
Annie Wayman, Lizzie Schmohr
and Maggie Gray received birthday
gifts from their mysterious sisters.
The afternoon was spent in sewing
quilt blocks for the hostess, play
ing games and bingo, on which
May Johnson won the prize. Lunch
was served by the hostss consist
ing of sandwiches, pickles, ginger
cake with whipped cream and cof
fee. The next meeting will be held
at the home of Zillah Miller on
Thursday, March 31.
JUST A YEAR AGO
According to the New York
Times of February 4, just a year
ago on that date the common stock
of United States steel, on its way
merrily to a new post-depression
high hit par—$100 a share. There
was a great deal of cheering on
the New York stock exchange. A
year later on the same date in 1938
steel again approached its depres
sion low $50 a share. Stocks were
slumping on all sides and there was
no cheering on the New York stock
exchange. If the holders of U. S.
Steel common had followed a fam
ous presidential suggestion and
thought back twelve months to find
out whether or not they were better
off today than they had been a year
ago, there still would have been no
cheering.
Some one complains that build
ing up the navy is extravagant.
Rut we would rather have a few
new battleships around, flying the
Stars and Stripes than a Florida
ship canal.
City Election Made A
Race With Coyne As A
Candidate For Mayor
The city election gives every
evidence of warming up and there
will be a real old time campaign.
Papers were issued the first of the
week, and will be circulated to
morrow, placing in nomination for
the office of Mayor Hugh E. Coyne.
Mr. Coyne has been a member of
the city council from the Second
ward for a number of years and
desires to be advanced. This pro
mises to be a good friendly contest.
Gifford Bachman will file for
councilman from the Third ward,
to fill the position now held by Levi
Yantzi, the latter not desiring to
be a candidate for reelection.
Petitions are also in circulation
for Edward Quinn for city treasur
er. Mr. Quinn is the present city
treasurer.
Petitions are also in circulation
for George Shoemaker and Dr. L.
A. Burgess for members of the
School Board. They are now mem
bers of the board, Dr. Burgess hav
ing been appointed a few months
ago to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Lfee Downey.
Holt County Native
Draws Attention On
His Medical Work
The following article was taken
from the last issue of Time. The
Dr. Charles Archibald Tompkins,
mentioned in the article as having
had such splendid success in the
use of the new remedy is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins,
pioneer residents of Inman precinct
and Dr. Tompkins is himself a
native of this county. The success
of this remedy brings Dr. Tomp
kins into the limelight as one of
the leading physicians of the day.
“She read that ‘an apple a day
keeps the doctor away.' She knew
that pectin, the substance in fruit
which causes them to jell when
stewed, somehow cures diarrhea
and dysentry in babies. She dis
covered that pectin kills bacteria in
a test tube. She could not prove
that pectin kills bacteria in the
bowels and in that way stops in
testinal ailments. But, being ever
lastingly inquisitive, Dr. Edith
Haynes of the Indiana University
School of Medicine in Indianapolis,
a home economics student who be
came a bacterioligost in order to
learn what happened in her pots,
continued to experiment, found
that sores kept sopping wet with
a water solution of pectin—made
mostly by stewing apples, oranges,
lemons, grapefruit, also from beets
and turnips—healed with extra
ordinary speed. Last summer Miss
Haynes, a reticent sturdy little
woman who keeps house with a
cousin in an Indianapolis apart
ment (and takes her turn at house
work), told the Society for Experi
mental Biology and Medicine about
her research. Last week the uni
verisity announced it to the world
at large.
“The case which made her sure
that pectin cures wounds was
dramatic enough. A 8-year-old
boy was hit by a truck in Indian
apolis. The skin of his ankle was
so badly flayed and crushed that
surgeons prepared to amputate the
foot. But Dr. Charles Archibald
Tompkins, a child specialist wrho
had used pectin for infantile diar
rhea, got permission to apply Miss
Haynes’ pectin solution to the
child’s raw flesh. The child re
covered in a few weeks, regaining
entire use of his foot. Said Miss
Haynes last week: ‘The pectin
solution acts not only as a killer
of organisms and bacteria, but
stimulates the growth of tissue.
It also has been successfully used
on varicose ulcers.’ ”
The Weather
1 Spring-like weather the past
week, foggy and moist. Weather
reports at noon predicted snow
I for the western part of Nebras
ka tonight, and warmer tomorrow.
Following is the chart of the week:
High Low Precipi
Feb. 24_28 1 T.
Feb. 25_40 11 .01
Feb. 26_ 52 32
Feb. 27 __ 53 33
Feb. 28_47' 22
March 1 .. 54 33
March 2 40 29
According to the veterans ad
ministration in Washington there
are 300,000 unemployed ex-service
men, according to a recent survey.