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VOL. LVHL O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1938. No. 43
All City Incumbents
Ask To Be Reelected;
Two New Candidates
City politics are still rather
quiet, but they promise to warm up
during the next few weeks.
In the office of the city clerk
there have been petitions placed on
file nominating the following of
ficials: John Kersenbrock for may
or; C. W. Porter for city clerk;
Ed Quinn for city treasurer, and
Levi Yantzie for councilman from
the Third ward. All these candi
dates are present officials.
In addition to the above petitions
are being circulated in the city
placing in nomination for the office
of mayor, Hugh E. Coyne, at pre
sent a member of the council from
the Second ward.
Petitions are also in circulation
in the first Ward placing in nomi
nation Francis Bazelman, present
councilmap from that ward for re
election, and Fred McNally. So
there will be a contest in this ward.
In the Second ward petitions are
being circulated placing in nomina
tion Harold Lindberg, present
councilman from that ward, for re
election. He seems to be the only
candidate in the ward for that posi
tion at the present time.
In the Third ward petitions are
in circulation placing in nomina
tion Gifford Bachman for aider
man. Levi Yantzie is the present
member of the council from that
ward whose term expires this
spring. His nomination papers have
been filed.
There are in circulation for mem
bers of the school board the peti
tions of two of the present mem
• bers, whose terms expire this
spring, for reelection. They are
George Shoemaker and Dr. L. A.
Burgess.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Hunter of Star, Feted
On 30th Anniversary
Friday, March 4, 1938, was the
30th wedding anniversary of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hunter, of Star.
The day will be long remembered
by them as an outstanding day in
their life’s journey.
They had expected to spend the
day quietly at home, not dreaming
they were to encounter several sur
prises before the day ended.
The first surprise was when their
mail arrived and they received a
I large number of congratulation
cards from distant friends and rela
tives who could not be present for
the day. "•»
At 11 o’clock in the morning,
two carloads of relatives arrived
with well filled lunch baskets and
the ladies proceeded to lay the
long table for twelve, and load it
with good things to eat. The table
decorations were a large potted
bunch of beautiful yellow jonquils,
which came from the garden of
Mrs. Otis Carson and her mother
at Brandsville, Mo., and a lovely
decorated wedding cake baked by
mis. rjuwaiu v^aisun.
A three course dinner was served
and the afternoon spent in visit
ing. The guests departed for home
at 4 p. m., and the second surprise
of the day was ended.
Soon after that Byron Phillips
of Iowa City, an old friend and a
school mate of Mr. Hunter, called
for an hour or so, which made sur
prise No. 3, and a most enjoyable
one.
The last of the surprises came
when sharply at 8 o’clock the
Hunters saw their yard filled with
the bright lights of numerous cars,
and a real charivari began. The
bride and groom appeared and in
vited the crowd in but only a few
came in. Among them were Mr.
and Mrs. John Carson who had
spent the day with the Hunters.
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were then
told to get ready for a ride, which
they did, and were taken by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Johnson to the
home of Mrs. Carl Grant, where
they received the congratulations of
a group of 43 friends. After greet
ings were exchanged they were
taken upstairs where they dressed
in suitable clothes for a mock wed
ding. The bride wore a blue dress
with an exceedingly long veil and
carried red roses. The groom wore
a brown suit and white chrysanthe
mums.
Their attendants were, Mr. and
Mrs. John Carson who were their
attendants thirty years ago, Mrs.
■ O. O. Newman and Mrs. C. V. Cole
were the trainbearers; C. V. Cole
acted as the minister; Mrs. C. L.
Brady, Sr., played the wedding
march, and Mrs. L. A. Hansen sang
an appropriate wedding song.
Claude Cole and Joyce were the
ring bearers and carried harness
rings in a clothes basket. The
double ring ceremony was used and
Mr. and Mrs. Hunter took the
wedding vows once again.
After congratulations a short
program was rendered, consisting
of a reading, “An Old Sweetheart
of Mine,” by Mrs. John Carson;
a song, “I Will Love You When
Your Hair Has Turned to Silver,”
by Mrs. C. L. Brady, Jr.; a reading,
“Your Love” by Mrs. Wm. Derick
son, and several selections were
sung by the young men of Mrs.
Hunter’s Sunday school class, ac
companied by Mrs. C. L. Brady, Sr.,
at the piano.
After a social hour a luncheon
was served. On the table of the
bridal couple was a gorgeous four
tier angel food wedding cake,
decorated in the bride’s colors and
having a minature bride and groom
and thirty candles on top. The
cake was baked by Mrs. L. A. Han
feen. Seated at this table were the
bride and groom, their attendants,
Mr. Hunter’s mother, the minister,
train bearers and pianist.
After luncheon they were pre
sented with an envelope containing
money with which to buy a gift
of their own choeing.
Thus the last surprise ended and
all departed for home wishing Mr.
and Mrs. Hunter many more happy
wedding days.
Special credit is given to those
who so successfully planned and
carried out these surprises, and to
Mrs. Grant who so generously took
all into he’ lovely home and enter
tained them so royally. The Grants
have been near friends and neigh
bors of the Hunters for nearly 20
years and as the Grant’s wedding
anniversary is on March 7, the
several previous wedding days of
the two couples have been ceiv
brated together, prior to the death
of Mr. Grant.
The large number who attended
(Continued on page 5, column 2.)
Winchell And Moss Will
Seek Nomination For
Their Present Positions
The county political pot is sim
mering a little. Last week two of
the present county officials filed for
renomination for the offices they
are now holding, as candidates for
the nominations from their respec
tive parties.
Ben Winchell, present county
treasurer, filed for renomination
on the democratic ticket as their
candidate for re-election to the
office. He was elected to the office
in the fall of 1935.
Ira H. Moss also filed for re
election to the office of clerk of the
district court, an office he has held
for several years. Four years ago
Ira had a majority of nearly 1,000
at the general election.
Candidates for county offices have
until Thursday, June 30, 1938, to
file as candidates in the primary
election, which will be held Tues
day, August 9, 1938, so there is
lots of time for the politically am
bitious to get under the wire.
runeral Held ror
Mrs. Mary Reider
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Reider
was held from the Catholic church
in this city last Friday morning,
Monsignor McNamara officiating
and burial in Calvary cemetery.
All of her sons were present at the
funeral and four of her five broth
ers. The funeral was quite largely
attended, many of the old timers
atending the last rites to pay honor
to this early pioneer of the city
and county.
The Weather
The weather has been seasonably
mild the past week, with every in
dication of approaching spring. A
light rain last Friday night froze
during the night and the next
morning traveling was hazardous
on the sidewalks as well as driving
on the roads. No accidents, how
ever, in this section. Following is
the chart for the week:
High Low Precip.
March 3 _ 29 24 .16
March 4_ 27 24
March 5 __ 26 14
March 6 ___30 10
March 7 _ 46 11
March 8_ 45 26
March 9_ 43 25
Atkinson Defeats O’Neill
In District Tournament
Finals; Lose At Lincoln
At the basketball games of the
district class B tournament last
Thursday night in Atkinson, St.
Mary’s Cardinals went down to de
feat at the hand of Atkinson, while
the O’Neill high school took Long
Pine high into camp.
On Friday evening O’Neill high
and Atkinson played for the cham
pionship of the district, and, al
though O’Neill had defeated At
kinson twice during the season, the
latter team defeated O’Neill by
two points to win the tournament,
and the^ got the trip to Lincoln.
In the tournament at Lincoln
Atkinson was pitted against Polk
in their first game of the contest,
and they were eliminated with a
score of 30 to 17.
The Ainsworth high school team
is still in the running for the cham
pionship in Class A. Wednesday
Ainsworth trimmed York with a
score of 27 to 20. They play their
second game today against Kear
ney and the dopesters figure Ains
worth to win.
Observations From
State’s Capitol City
By Romaine Saunders
Capitol City’s mile-long automo
bile row is making every effort but
the logical one to revive a fading
business. Street parades, radio
ballyhoo, scarlet-daubed streamers
and other frightening devises are
employed this “national auto week”
to stir up a little activity. They
have stood the winter thru with
hands in their pockets looking out
the glass fronts but it doesn’t seem
to have occurred to them to stimu
late the industry by lowering
prices.
Having performed the honored
function assigned to the typo
graphical artist in preparing a red
white and blue program and menu
for the Founders’ Day banquet and
Glenn Frank meeting last week I
couldn’t see just where a banquet
ticket was worth one fifty. The
somewhat meager menu, in con
trast to the Jacksonian hundred
dollar-a-plate affairs thrown by the
cocky crowd down at Washington,
may be explained on the grounds
that republicans have suffered
serious “business recession” the
past five years. Something like
one thousand thronged into the
great banquet hall at the Lincoln
and put the kitchen force to its
wits end. They missed it in not
having a sandhill beef roast listed
on the menu. Not so much to feed
upon but it was a great banquet
and a meeting of intelligent, pur
poseful and determined citizens to
listen to Dr. Frank—keen, capable,
both reactionary and progressive,
cutting his way thru an analysis
of the times with the force of a
cleaver. It was a pleasurable con
trast to many from “fireside chat.”
I was in a fruit and grocery store
operated by an Italian whom I
have known for years. He was
sacking up a quantity of provisions
for a customer whom I took to be
a laborer. One of the last items
ordered was two packages of cigars
nicely enclosed in the modern dust
and germ-proof wrappers. He
deftly extracted one, lighted it and
bestowed the rest in a pocket. He
was handed a list of the purchases
after the same had been recorded in
a book. Gathering up his bundles
he went out puffing smoke. “WPA
worker?” “Yes,” replied my
friend, “that’s about all the busi
ness we have now.” Some re
marks were passed about the public
furnishing the money for jobless
to buy cigars and it was agreed
this was asking a little too much
of the taxpayers.
Comparisons are said to be odi
ous. But now, put beside the in
cident recorded in the foregoing
paragraph, another incident that
comes out of memory’s dreams of
the long ago. I, a boy in the early
teens then abiding at the parental
homestead out a little way from
O’Neill, was on my way home from
town a mild summer day when
overtaken by four men in a wagon.
The period ante-dated the horse
and buggy age. It was the horse
and saddle, horses and wagon era.
Buggies were in the livery trade,
not in use among the settlers. The
driver invited me to hop in, which
I did. Perched in the back of that
wagon the ride home was made
interesting by the talk of the men.
Boys like to hear men talk. I was
fascinated with the story the driver
related of his experience the pre
vious year. He ami family were
reduced to a slim show for a liveli
hood by some twist of fortune,
hail or other disaster the nature of
which is not now recoiled. They
met the situation with fortitude
and began to plan where to trim
expenditures. I remember the plug
of tobacco was discarded. The
family must have that extra ex
penditure for its needs They sus
tained themselves, coming into
more fruitful times conscious of
having retained their independence
as “rugged individuals."
There are alluring phrases now
of the “more abundant life."
Which of these two have known
the “more abundant life.”
Of the hundreds of Jews in Lin
coln it is said but two are securing
supplies at the New Deal store
house. These are a somewhat
elderly couple of whom it is further
reported they are receiving suf
ficient income for their mainten
ance from property interests. The
Jewish group of the city regard
the couple with profound contempt.
It is a rare thing to find a Jew in
need of financial assistance, but
when such cases arise it is a tradi
tion of the race to care for them
through organizations maintained
for this purpose.
Application For Regents
Scholarship Must Be In
By Monday, March 14th
O’Neill high school seniors will
again have an opportunity this
spring to compete for the 250 tui
tion scholarships to the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln that are
offered by the board of regents.
All entries must be received by the
University by March 14* The schol
arship tests will be given in the
high school April 11 and 12.
Last year 1880 students in 428
Nebraska high schools competed in
the contest, with 220 of the winners
now in school. More than 1,000
students have used the scholarships
since the contest was instituted.
By March 1, 130 schools had enter
ed the 1938 contest. The awards,
valued at approximately $70, are
good for the freshman year at the
University of Nebraska. The
scholarships pay all tuition fees
except matriculation, registration,
medical and student union.
The scholarships are awarded on
the basis of scores made in an
English classification test, two
psychological tests, an English
composition test, and a test of
reading ability. In addition to the
250 scholarships a number of hon
orable mention certificates are giv
en. Holders of these get the use of
any unclaimed scholarships after
Sept. 1.
Each fully accredited and each
minor accredited school may enter
any students in the upper fourth
of the graduating class. Each
school is allowed at least two con
testants even though this number
may constitute more -than the up
per fourth of the graduating class
in small schools. They must be
certified by the Superintendent or
Principal as having graduated at
mid-year or as eligible for gradu
ation at the end of the school year
or by Sept. 1.
Harry Bowen Back
At Court House Job
Harry Bowen, the efficient and
popular janitor at the court house,
who has been confined to his home
for the past eleven weeks, is back
on the job again, a fact that will
be pleasing news to his many
friends over the county. Harry
says that he is feeling fine and
getting better ever.v day.
Mrs. Julia Harrington enter
tained Tuesday with a six o’clock
dinner in honor of Miss Mary
Kelley’s birthday. The table was
trimmed in gold and white and the
birthday cake was decorated in
gold and white with Miss Kelley’s
name on it. After the dinner all
the ladies departed wishing Miss
Mary many more happy birthdays.
Remember the old fashioned
"Horse and Buggy” tory who
boasted he was out of debt and
had $500 in the bank?
Interstate Power’s New
Generating Plant North
Of City Is Completed
The Interstate Power company’s
new' generating plant north of this
city is completed and Wednesday
morning Edward Doukat, superin
tendent of construction, left for
his home at Dubuque, low'a, nfter
about five months in this city as
superintendent of construction of
the plant. Roy Lewis, the elec
trician in charge of the installation
at the generating station, left for
his home at Dubuque Monday.
The new generating plant is
modern in every respect, in fact
the latest in this line of construc
tion. Ground was broken for the
new building on October 21 last
year, so that nearly five months
were required to install the station.
The station proper is 60x38 feet
and 27 feet high, with basement
and space therein for two 1500
horse power engines. At present
there has only been one engine in
stalled, but another will be added
as soon as the needs of the station
require it.
Tanks have been installed at the
plant with 40,000 gallon capacity
as the engine is oil burning. The
oil will be shipped here in tank
cars and pumped from the railroad
track to the tanks at the pump
house. For this purpose a pipe line
was laid from the railroad track to
the tanks at tne generating plant
and a pump installed to pump the
oil thru the line. A large well was
also installed at the plant so they
will always have a plentiful sup
ply of water.
The installation of this generat
ing plant entailed an investment of
about $50,000 for the company, but
it is evidence of their intention to
always try and care for the needs
of their patrons in this section.
An example of the use of this sta
tion was demonstrated here a little
over a week ago. The line went
wrong a hundred or more miles
east of here, and the power went
off about 7:50 in the evening. The
engine at the generating plant had
been installed but part of it was
taken down that day for minor
repairs, and was in that condition
when the lights went off. Nothing
daunted, the employees of the
Interstate, using flashlights, put
the engine together, started it, and
had the lights going in about one
hour and fifteen minutes. It is
such attention to the needs of their
patrons that enhances the value
of power companies to the public.
Two In District To Navy
Word has just been received that
the quota of first enlistments for
the navy from Fremont will be
two. These men will be enlisted on
March 23, 1938. J. T. Ashby the
Navy recruiting officer in Fremont
will take these men to Omaha
where they will be given their final
physical examination March 23. If
found qualified they will be enlisted
on the 23rd and transferred to the
Naval Training station, Great
Lakes, 111., the same day. The men
included in this months quota are
as follows: Virgil B. Stevens of
Page, Nebr., Donald LeRoy Gar
field of Norfolk, Nebr., The Alter
nates are Kenneth A. Boulier of
Cedar Bluffs, Nebr., and Harold J.
Harris of Fremont, Nebr.
J. T. Ashby, the recruiting officer
in Fremont, is expecting to be re
lieved at that station around the
first of April. He is planning a
trip to Portland, Ore., at that time
to visit his wife’s parents. After
the trip in May he will return to
Fremont to await orders transfer
ring him to sea duty. As yet the
name of his relief is unkown.
Joint Birthday Party
Given Pioneer Ladies
Old time neighbors and friends
of Mrs. William Menish and Mrs.
Bridget Marzig gathered at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
O’Malley, Tuesday, March 8, to
celebrate the birthday anniver
saries of these two pioneer ladies.
It was Mrs. Menish’s 89th birthday
and Mrs. Marzig’s 79th. The guests
brought baskets filled with good
things to eat, which provided a
sumptious repast.
Those present were: Mrs. Men
ish and Mrs. Marzig, Mr. and Mrs.
James Brennan and son, James jr.,
and daughter, Bessy; Mrs. Cather
ine McNichols, Mrs. Herb Jansen,
Mrs. Martin Stanton, Mrs. Eliza
beth Donohoe, Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Hickey, Mrs. J. B. Donohoe, Mrs.
Joe McNichols, Mrs. John Hickey,
Mrs. T. J. Donohoe and daughter,
Catherine, and son, Francis; Mrs.
William Dailey, Mrs. R. J. Marsh,
Mrs. Mayme Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
John Jansen, Mrs. James Donohoe
and daughter Joan, Miss Magdeline
Jansen. Mr. and Mrs. John Welsh,
Mary and Joe Menish and Mr. and
Mrs. Walter O’Malley.
Two beautiful angel food birth
day cakes were made by Mrs. Joe
McNichols and Mrs. Herb Jansen.
After the usual greetings and
well wishes the folks sat down to
a dinner of all the good things to
eat, and after dinner card playing
and visiting were the pastimes.
Both of these grand old ladies
have very good memories and can
recall many early events that hap
pened many years ago. They both
came to Shields precinct over 60
years ago.
After a pleasant afternoon of
visiting the guests left for their
home wishing Mrs. Menish and
Mrs. Merzig many more happy
birthdays, and extending a vote of
thanks to Mr. and Mrs. O’Malley
for their hospitality.
Arrested For Selling
Liquor To Indians
Paul Meyer and Henry Helsfnger
both of Valentine, were brought to
this city last Saturday by the In
dian officer from the Pine Ridge
reservation and taken before U. S.
Commissioner Dishner. They were
charged with selling liquor to the
Indians. They both plead guilty to
the charge and bond was set in the
sum of $500 each. They were un
able to give bond and were sent
to the Holt county jail waiting for
a Deputy Marshal to transport
them to Madison, Nebr., where they
will be confined in the county jail
until the next term of federal court.
Deputy Marshal Harnish arrived
in the city Monday afternoon and
took the two men to Madison.
Pennycress Makes
Bitter Taste In Milk
The dairy industry of Nebraska
suffered a very great loss last year
by a weed which makes milk,
cream, butter and other dairy pro
ducts unfit for use. The weed, com
monly known as Pennycress or
Frenchweed, when eaten by milk
cows imparts a bitter, garlicky
flavor to milk and cream.
According to R. C. Kinch, weed
and seed specialist of the state de
partment of agriculture and in
spection, Pennycress will very soon
be making its appearance, so dairy
men and producers should be on
the lookout for it whenever it
shows up. The weed is most com
monly found in weedy pastures
and along fence rows and ravines,
and may be easily killed by pulling
or a close mowing.
The bitter, garlicky flavor and
odor are found in all dairy pro
ducts that have been made from
weedy milk and cream and can not
■be removed by any known process.
Weedy milk and cream make very
inferior products and will probably
be discounted a good deal on the
produce market.
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Party For Mrs. Auker
Mrs. Carl Weidfeldt, Mrs. Aaron
Boshart, and Mrs. Harry Lans
worth entertained Wednesday af
ternoon of last week, for Mrs. Art
Auker who leaves for Springview.
They played bridge and Mrs. Al
fred Drayton won high prize, Mrs.
Art Auker guest prize, and Mrs.
Sam Robertson low prize. Mrs. H.
S. Moses of Wayne, was an out of
town guest. A delicious luncheon
was served.
Mike O’Sullivan of Los Angeles,
Calif., was here to attend the funer
al of his mother, Mrs. Mary Reider,
last Friday. Mr. O’Sullivan is in
the insurance business at Los
Angeles as head of a couple of in
surance companies and his com
panies are prosperous. He inform
ed us that W. J. McNichols,
“Ducky,” formerly of this city, will
be a candidate on the democratic
ticket for congress from the Holly
wood district and with splendid
chances for success at the primary
and election.
Many of the New Deal leaders
seem to take pleasure in damning
business. But worse than that,
many people believe the New Deal
is damming business.
Prisoner Lost By Duffy
Sentenced At Hastings
On Auto Theft Charge
Tuesday morning’s papers car
ried a special from Hasting, Nebr.,
that District Judge Frank J.
Mundy, sentenced Carl E. Oxner,
19, of Stuart, to serve from eigh
teen months to three years in the
men’s reformatory at Lincoln. Ox
ner plead guilty to stealing an
automobile from Mrs. Esther Fitzke
of Glenvil. Sheriff John Harr of
Clay county told Judge Mundy
Oxner took the Fitzke car after
escaping from Sheriff Peter Duffy
of Holt county at Gibbon.
Duffy was returning Oxner to
Kearney as a parole violater. Ox
ner was arrested near Aurora after
the Fitzke car became mired in
the mud.
The following account of the
Holt county sheriff’s prisoner was
in the March 3 edition of the
Kearney Daily Hub, and a clipping
was sent to this office by a member
of the newspaper staff. The article
is as follows:
“Sheriff P. W. Duffy, O’Neill,
Nebr., was enroute home today
after losing both his car and his
prisoner at Gibbon last night.
“The car was recovered; Hast
ings officers said it was abandoned
in a mudhole at Glenvil, Nebr., but
the prisoner, Carl Oxner, 19, is
still at large.
me snerirr was returning ui
nar, a parole violator, to the State
Industrial school here last night,
Kearney police were informed, and
stopped at Gibbon about seven
o'clock to stretch.
“Oxnar leaped from the car and
fled on foot when the sheriff stop
ped. The sheriff pursued him on
foot, and Oxnar ran back toward
the car getting it away before the
sheriff could reach it.
“Shortly after eight o’clock,
Hastings officers reported to the
Kearney office that the stolen car
had stopped for gasoline at a ser
vice station there, then fled with
out paying the bill.
“About ten-thirty o’clock, Hast
ings officers said the car had been
found, abandoned, stuck in a mud
hole at Glenvil. The sheriff’s gun
was left in the abandoned car, they
said.
“Oxnar in the meantime had
stolen another car—license No. 14
4769—and continued on his way.
“Officers were continuing the
search for him this morning.
“Police Chief Lloyd Frank said
Sheriff Duffy was enroute home,
“feeling pretty bad.” The chief
said, ‘It could have happened to
any officer. It was just, one of
those things.’ ”
Sheriff Peter Duffy received the
following letter from Clark Standi
ford, manager of radio station
KGFW at Kearney:
“The next time you start out to
outrun ‘Our Boys’ from the State
Industrial school, in Kearney, you
better get in trim or else bring
along one of those fast horses like
you used to try to outrun my pony
with when we were kids together.
Our boys are noted for their run
ning as they run away sometimes
when the boss, or even the sheriff,
is not looking, and sometimes they
run when they are looking.
“Anyway, Pete, I think you
might have phoned me about the
escaping rascal and I could have
caught him before he could get
under full headway, by just broad
casting over this station, KGFW,
and saved you a lot of worry and
inconvenience. So, contact me next
time you are in this part, and we
can at least have a foot race, even
if not a horse race.”
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our heart
felt appreciation to the many old
time friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness to us fol
lowing the death of our beloved
mother, the late Mrs, Mary O’Sul
livan Reider—John O’Sullivan, Dan
O’Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Mike
O’Sullivan and family, and Mr. and
Mrs. William C. O’Sullivan.
The President doesn’t want the
present hard times to be known as
the Roosevelt recession. He wants
us to know we are still suffering
from the “Hoover” depression.
Northern Indiana reported feel
ing a slight earthquake the other
day. But just wait until the po
litical campaign gets under way.