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VOL. LIX. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1938. # No. 9
Farmers Continue Their
- Efforts To Win In War
With The Grasshoppers
R The third carload of federal
grasshopper bait for Holt county
is being mixed at the central mix
ing plant in O’Neill and spreading
|fls being continued in an effort to
save the crops.
s Farmers who have spread bait
properly under favorable weather
Conditions are reporting good kills
and much saving from crop dam
age. However, bait spread impro
perly or at the wrong time is large
ly wasted and only makes it more
dangerous to livestock.
- Moisture is the attracting ele
ment in grasshopper bait so it is
yery essential in spreading bait
that has been mixed several days
that additional water be used in
order that the proper kill may re
sult. Bait should be spread thinly
and the more thorough the spread
ing the better the kill.
Bait should be spread when the
^temperature is from 70 to 85 de
.> grees and when moisture conditions
| are relatively dry.
A kill from spreading bait can
% not be expected at once. Arsenic
kills hoppers slowly and few dead
ones will be found the first couple
of days unless feeding was very
heavy. The main kill will come
from three to five days and hoppers
may continue dying over a week.
Sick hoppers crawl under weeds,
grass and trash and only a few die
in the open if shelter can be
reached.
Some discussion has come about
in recent weeks as to the price that
is being charged for mixing bait.
* Records are kept on the mixing of
J all bait and it has been shown that
in mixing a sack of federal bait the
labor amounts to 15 cents per sack,
the sack costs 3 cents and molasses
which is now being added costs ap
proximately 6 cents and such ex
penses as trucking, renting and
repairing the mixer, records and
administrative expenses amounted
to approximately 9 cents, so that
the bait is being sold as near as
possible to actual cost of mixing
and handling, and there is no pro
fit in the bait. Some counties have
set up WPA projects for mixing
which allows them to sell the bait
cheaper. However, in Holt county
this has not been found advisable.
Mrs. Seth M. Aldridge
V Mrs. Seth M. Aldridge, 79, until
the past few years a resident of
this community since 1883 when
she and her husband came to Holt
county in a covered wagon, died
Friday, July 1, at her home in
Anoka. She was the mother of
Mrs| C. R. Keeler and R. C. Ald
ridge, both of Atkinson.
The body was taken to the Dick
erson & Raymer mortuary in
Butte, and brought to Atkinson
for funeral and burial services
Tuesday. The rites were held at
the Methodist church, the Rev.
John H. Bishop officiating, and
burial was in Woodlawn cemetery.
Victoria Elibabeth Cissne was
born at Otsego, Mich., on March
8, 1859, and departed this life at
her home in Anoka, Nebr., Friday,
July 1, 1938, at the age of 79
years, 3 months and 23 days.
When she was only six years
old her mother died, leaving, be
sides her, one older sister and one
younger sister. The three of them
II1UVCU LV UUUIUWtt, iU wa, LU live
with their father’s sister. Victoria
remained there until she was 22
years of age, when she was united
in marriage to Seth M. Aldridge.
In the spring of 1883 they moved
by covered wagon to Nebraska and
located on a homestead 14 miles
northeast of Atkinson. There, ex
cept for the past few years spent
at Anoka, she lived the remainder
of her life. Her husband preceded
her in death in 1932.
Mrs. Aldridge worked hard and
experienced the hardships of a
pioneer life, and the pleasures,
also, of making many dear friends
who like herself were here to make
their way in life and to help in the
development of the country. While
not a member of any church she was
baptized in the Presbyterian faith,
was a devout Christian and was
loved by everyone who knew her.
For 35 years she had been troubled
with a stomach ailment and at
times suffered a great deal from it.
Surviving her are one daughter,
Mrs. C .R. Keeler, and one son, R.
C. Aldridge, both of Atkinson; sev
eral nieces and nephews, eight
grandchildren and one great-grand
child; two sisters, Mrs. Cora West
of Mills, Nebr., and Mrs. Ella
Stewart of Randolph; four half
sisters who live in Kansas and
Wyoming, and one half-brother
who lives in California.—Atkinson
Graphic.
Ice Cream Plant And
Sales Room Will Open
In Old Grady Building
Workmen have been busy the
past week decorating the old Grady
store building on Douglas street
prepartory to the opening therein
sometime next week by McMillan
& Markey of a sale room for their
bakery supplies and also for the
retail sale of ice cream.
They installed the latter part of
last week a new modern ice cream
freezer, that has a capacity of 70
gallons of ice cream per hour. In
addition the cabinet has storage for
100 gallons of ice cream, each unit
being on a separate and distinct
switch, so that they have part of
their cream held at a temperature
of 40 degrees below zero and other
units at a less temperature for sale
and immediate consumption.
The freezer installed is the latest
on the market and is the only one
of this advanced series now operat
ing in the state. Several are in
use in Chicago, and Omaha and
Lincoln have the same make of
machine in two factories there, but
the one installed here is the only
one of the new model in Nebraska.
It is called the Master Cabinet and
is put on the market by a Chicago
firm.
They win continue to use tne
large cooler in the back part of the
building for the storage of their
meats and vegetables and will in
stall a partition to cut off that por
tion of the building from the rest
of the store. When completed
with their renovations, they will
have one of the finest bakery sales
rooms in the state. The opening of
this store building, which has been
closed for several months, will be
an asset to Douglas street. We
predict that it will prove one of
the popular spots in the city.
Extension of Highway
To O’Neill Anticipated
O’Neill is to have another fed
eral highway, U. S. highway No.
275, which now runs from St.
Joseph, Mo., to Council Bluffs, la.
This highway will be extended
from Council Bluffs to Omaha, Fre
mont, Norfolk and O’Neill, where
it will connect with U. S. highway
No. 20 as a direct route to the
Black Hills and Yellowstone Park,
according to an announcement
n/ade by State Engineer Tilley in
Lincoln last Monday.
The state engineer said that he
had received assurance that Fred
White, Iowa engineer and chairman
of the American Association of
State Highway Officials executive
committee which recommended the
marking, would join him in advo
cating the proposed extension of
U. S. highway No. 275.
Completes World Flight
Howard Hughes, a New York
millionaire and sportsman, made
aviation history today when he
landed his plane on Floyd Bennett
field in New York City after a flight
around the world, which he and his
companions started last Sunday.
Hughes was accompanied in his
flight by four companions and they
landed in New York at 2:36 this
afternoon. This flight cut the time
of Wiley Post for his flight around
the world about in two. Post made
his flight in 1933 and the speed
made and maintained by Hughes
shows what remarkable progress
aviation has made in the past five
years.
Power Company Meeting
The Interstate Light and Power
company held one of their regular
district meetings in O’Neill last
Thursday with the managers pre
sent from Valentine, Hartington,
Ainsworth, Winner, S. D., Gre
gory, S.D., Bonesteel, S. D., Neligh,
Creighton, Wausa and Bassett. E.
R. Lehman, Safety Director, and j
C. W. Edmund of Dubuque, Iowa,J
were here to attend the meeting
and the banquet, which was held
at noon in the M & M cafe.
Mrs. Elizabeth Grady returned
Friday from Petersburg where she!
has been visiting her sister and,
family, Mr. and Mrs. George Agnes.'
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Bernadine Kennedy visited a day
or two with her cousin over at the
Art Doolittle home early in the
week.
Manhood—sorry to have to in
clude womanhood—is at low ebb
when it makes use of public bounty
for personal debauchery.
The droning of airplane motors
was heard Sunday morning. A
plane was observed at a high alti
tude winging its way to the north
west.
Tractor mowers are doing much
of the cutting in meadows of the
southwest this season. And with
the motorized sweeps, haying is
taking much less time than form
erly.
In certain quarters the dirges of
official hopes—one melancholy bur
den bear—more revenue. The backs
of property owners may break but
no worthwhile move to lift the
load is at present discernable.
I have no use for beer either
before or after 6*p. m., but see
mighty little sense in a law that
makes a criminal out of a person
for doing a thing at one hour of
the day that is perfectly legal at
another hour.
Black beetles have been ruinous
to potato patches in large areas
down this way, in some instances
making a complete cleaning of the
vines. The ony effective way found
thus far to deal with this pest is to
smash the infernal juice out of him.
The elder of the three Reece
brothers, residing over in Garfield
county on land their father took
as a homestead in 1884, is under
the care of Dr. Gill. Ailments
growing out of injuries from a fall
and advancing years keep the old
gentleman bedfast.
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Some picturesque phrases the
New Deal has given us: Business
recession, Roosevelt depression, re
liefer, boondogle, com-hog check,
unemployment, sitdown striker,
fire-side chat, invisible taxes, bud
getary deficits, national debt in
crease to unknown figures.
Many well meaning individuals
champion a lost cause—an idea
that never attains the proportions
of a “cause.” A lady came to
O’Neill to lecture in the long ago
with a burden to save horses and
cattle from the ordeal of the brand
ing iron. She advanced the highly
impractical idea of marking ani
mals on the hoof or horn. Brand
ing horses is no longer practiced
to the extent it once was, but the
change came not from humane im
pulse. Whatever change in methods
the years have brought in the live
stock industry, there continues the
annual ordeal of branding on the
ranches with the added butchery
of dehorning, when the blood
spurts.
For a few evenings an hour be
fore the gold and crimson glow of
sunset tints the sky in the north
west, over the plumage of the
cottonwoods to the southeast quiet
ly comes to view the moon in full
orb like a white cloud with bits
of darkly shaded spots. As the
colors of the setting sun fade into
gloom of early night the moon be
comes a shining ball, taking its
slow and majestic course across
the southern heavens. The song
of birds has ceased, the turkey hens
perch high in the trees with their
broods, the cows finally have
enough after hours of feeding and
wend the way slowly thru the lane
to the barnyard and settle to rest.
The hum of the insects of the dark
and croaking of frogs in the water
holes is on. Night has come to
the southwest.
Thomas Liddy And Iris
Pharis Are Married At
Columbus Last Sunday
Last Sunday morning at the
Lutheran Evangelistic church in
Columbus, Nebr., Miss Iris Pharis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Pharis of Long Pine, became the
bride of Thomas Liddy, son of Mrs.
Goldie Liddy of O’Neill. Rev. Ste
ger, pastor of the church, per
fromed the ceremony.
The bride’s attendant was Mrs.
Hans Egger of Columbus, a sister
of the groom. Both the bride and
her attendant were dressed in light
blue, with white accessories. Hans
Egger was best man.
Following the nuptials a wedding
breakfast was served to close rela
tives and friends at the Arams
cafe in Columbus.
Thomas Liddy is a native son
of O’Neill, having received his edu
cation in the public schools of this
city, graduating from the high
school here. He worked as cashier
at the Interstate Power company
office here for two years, and about
three months ago accepted a posi
tion with the Burgess Battery com
pany. He represents that company
in the territory between Lincoln
and North Platte, Nebr. Thomas is
a young man of sterling character,
and his host of friends here wish
for him and his bride a life-time
of success and happiness.
Mrs. Liddy is a native of Long
Pine, Nebr., where she graduated
from high school, and later at
tended the Chadron state normal
school at Chadron, Nebr. She was
for a few months a resident of this
city, and is quite well known by
the young people of this city,
among whom she made many
friends. The young couple will
make their home in Lincoln, where
Mr. Liddy has headquarters.
WOODMAN CIRCLE
Woodman Circle met at the home
of Mrs. Clara B. Miles Tuesday
evening, with Mrs. Bertha Gillespie
as hostess. Mrs. Florence Jensen,
state manager of the Woodman
Circle, from Omaha, attended the
meeting and gave a very interest
ing talk.
The grove plans to take a team
to Norfolk to the district conven
tion, which will be held in October.
After an enjoyable evening spent
playing bingo, the hostess served a
delicious luncheon of ice cream and
cake. There will not be a meeting
in August due to the hot weather.
Gas tax collections for June
credited to the gas and highway
fund were $997,399, the state
treasurer announced Tuesday. Dis
tribution of the tax was as fol
lows: To assistance $92,897, to
counties $278,693, refunds $602,226,
and to other accounts $23,581.
Holt county received $3,034.15.
Legal Questions Raised
On Lt. Governor Filings
By The Unicameral Law
By The Lowell Service
When Nate Parsons, coached by
supposedly erudite counsel, tossed
his filing for lieutenant governor
into the primary hopper, he raised
a series of constitutional questions
which made Deputy Secretary of
State Donald Devries dizzy. The
deputy passed his collection of legal
headaches on to the attorney gen
eral.
The first puzzler concerns the
supposed vacancy that exists in
the office of the lieutenant govern
or. The Supreme court ousted Walt
Jurgensen and refused to let him
file for reelection, declaring that
Jurgensen’s tenure of office ceased
when he was convicted of a felony
on March 7.
Parsons is proceeding on the
supposition that the office is va
cant. Hence the vacancy should be
filled at the next election. He filed
as a candidate just before the sec
retary of state closed shop for the
1938 primary. Several months’
salary would be the reward, if
Parsons should win out.
Constitutional lawyers of the
John L. Webster type, in former
years, held another view. They in
sisted that there was a regular
order of succession. In the ab
sence of the executive, the lieuten
ant governor automatically as
sumes the authority of office. Next
in order comes the President Pro
Tern of the senate; then, the Speak
er of the House. This theory of
succession they declared, was based
on Sections 16 and 18 of Article
IV of the state constitution. Also,
they insisted, the constitutional
provisions were self-executing, and
they could not be effected by sta
tute. The sections follow:
Sec. 16. In case of the death,
impeachment and notice thereof
to the aeused, failure to qualify,
resignation, absence from the state,
or other disability of the governor,
the powers, duties, and emoluments
of the office, for the residue of the
be removed, revolve upon the lieu
tenant governor.
“Sec. 18. If there be no lieuten
ant governor, or if the lieutenant
governor, for any of the causes
specified in Section Sixteen of this
article, become incapable of per
forming the duties of office, the
president of the senate shall act
as governor until the vacancy is
filled, or the disablity removed, and
if the president of the senate, for
any of the above-named causes,
shall become incapable of perform
ing the duties of the governor, the
same shall devolve upon the Speak
er of the House of Representa
tives.”
The speaker of the unicameral
legislature occupies the position of
the former president pro tern of
the senate. The speaker of the
house of representatives was abol
ished by the unicameral amend
ment. However, there are decis
ions which indicate that the chair
man of the judiciary committee, is
next in line.
In Nebraska, the duties of the
governor have been discharged by
the president pro tern of the senate
in the absence of the governor and
the lieutenant governor. The du
ties of the lieutenant governor
have been discharged by the speak
er of the house, in the absence of
both the lieutenant governor and
WATER RATES REDUCED!
For the Months of July, August and September
For Lawn and Garden purposes only the following rates will be in effect:
First 10,000 gallons at 30c-$3.00
All over that at 10c per 1,000 gallons
(A saving of 15c per 1,000 gallons)
As we have plenty of water this year, the reduction was made so that
lawns can be properly taken care of to help make our city more beautiful.
CITY OF O’NEILL WATER DEPARTMENT
the president pro tem of the sen
ate. Vouchers for senate expenses,
signed by the speaker of the house,
were declared legal by the at
torney general and accepted by the
auditor.
As Charles J. Warner, republican
candidate for governor, is speak
er of the legislature, acceptance of
this theory would make him lieu
tenant governor. In the latter po
sition, the decision of the Supreme
court in the McKelvie case would
bar him from running for governor
until the expiration of the term for
which he was elected.
Another perplexing question na
turally follows: Did the unicamer
al amendment increase the salary
of the lieutenant governor from
$1,600 to almost $3,600?
Unicameralists promptly retort
that no change was made. They
declare that neither in title nor in
the body of the amendment is the
salary of the lieutenant governor
mentioned, and that “the boost was
made by remote control."
Article XVII, Sec. 3 of the con
stitution says: “The lieutenant
governor shall receive twice the
compensation of a state senator.”
The unicameral act did not change
this section, nor allude to it in any
way. While the state senate was
abolished, the unit for measuring
the salary of the lieutenant gov
ernor remained unchanged. The
unicameral act designates members
as “legislators," not as “senators.”
In order to boost the salary of
the lieutenant governor, the critics
declare, there must be a specific
change in Section 3, and the in
crease in salary for tjie lieutenant
! governor must be described in the
title of the unicameral amend
ment.
Vouchers for salary at the in
creased rate were made out for
Jurgensen, and he has drawn pay
up to March 7, 1938.
Attorneys for Parsons base their
contention on the phrase in Sec
tion 18, which states that if the
lieutenant governor “becomes in
capable of performing the duties
of the office, the president of the
senate shall act as governor until
the vacancy is filled.” The lawyers
insist that the words “vacancy is
filled” apply to the lieutenant gov
ernor, while the old-school theory
is that reference is to the office of
governor.
Treasurer’s Statement
Shows Warrant Decrease
In another column of this issue
will be found the semi-annual state
ment of the Treasurer of Holt
county, Ben Winchell, and it dis
closes the fact that Holt county
is not so very bad off.
The collections for the first six
months of 1938 were $338,561.41
as compared to $281,547.08 for the
last six months of 1937. Another
indication of better times to come
for the taxpayers is the fact that
on December 31, 1937, there were
registered warrants outstanding
amounting to $81,005.00, while the
registered warrants outstanding
on June 30, 1938, amounted to $39,
201.71, a reduction in the amount
of registered warrants outstanding
and drawing interest of $41,803.29.
The saving in interest alone is a
nice little nest egg.
The Weather
The weather has been warm and
sultry the past week, with no
moisture since Wednesday night of
last week. Farmers are bringing
the small grain harvest to a close
and many fields of corn have
reached the stage where they have
been laid by. Corn has made a
wonderful growth the past three
weeks and some fields are rapidly
reaching the tasseling stage.
Following is the weather chart
for the week:
High Low Mois.
July 7 _ 76 58 .78
July 8 85 55
July 9 _ 91 62
July 10 . 91 63
July 11 _ 96 67
July 12 .. 98 71
July 13 . 98 68
Total for July, 1.19. Total pre
cipitation since Jan. 1, 1938, 14.99
inches.
Mrs. Pat Harty, daughter Ann
and son Tom, left Monday for Ran
dolph where they will be the guests
of Dr. and Mrs. B. J. Gleason for
the next ten days.
Mrs. Ira H. Moss entertained a
few friends at bridge at her home
Friday afternoon in honor of her
sister, Miss Mae Hammond.
County Board Proposes
Doubling Assessments
Of Business Real Estate
Acording to a resolution adopted
by the Holt County Board of Sup
ervisors, sitting as a board of
equalization on July 11, the owners
of 113 pieces of property on Doug
las and Fourth streets have been
notified to appear before the board
on July 19 and show cause why the
assessment on their land abutting
the streets should not be doubled.
The property effected starts at
the O'Neill Hatchery on Douglas
street and runs west to the Con
tinental Oil company station on
the corner of Second and Douglas,
on the north side of the street. On
the south side of the street it
starts at the Texaco station and
runs east to the east side of the
Davidson & Sons plumbing build
ing.
On Fourth street it starts at Clay
and Fourth streets and runs south
and takes in the property on both
sides of the street to the Burling
ton station.
The contemplated raise in the
valuation of the property effected
amounts to $78,360.00 which would
add materially to the amount of
taxes that would have to be paid
by the property owners.
For many years, due to crop fail
ures and a corresponding decline in
business of many establishments
in the city, many people have had
a hard time making a./living, and
some have tried to pay the back
taxes owed on their property.
While it is possibly true that some
of the real estate cited for a raise
has been valued too low it should
also be borne in mind that many
properties in the district effected
have a rental value far in excess of
others in the same territory.
We have serious doubts whether
this increase in valuations of the
property effected is justified at the
present time when everyone is try
ing to keep their head above water.
Lloyd Davidson And Ila
Andreson Wed At Casper
Friends and relatives were sur
prised to learn of the marriage of
Miss Ila Anderson of Atkinson to
Lloyd Davidson, formerly of
O’Neill, the ceremony being per
formed at the Catholic church of
St. Anthony at Casper, Wyo., on
Thursday morning, June 30, by the
pastor, Rev. Thomas F. O’Reilly.
Mrs. Edward Davidson was the
matron of honor, and the bride
groom was attended by his brother,
Mr. Davidson.
The bride was beautiful in &
white sharkskin suit with white
accessories, and a corsage of pink
roses. The matron of honor was
costumed similarly, although her
accessories were blue.
Mrs. Davidson is a daughter of
Mrs. Ed C. Slaymaker, Atkinson,
and Mr. Davidson is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Davidson, O’Neill.
The bridegroom came to Casper
early in the year and is in the em
ploy of his brother in the plumb
ing business.
The newlyweds are at home to
their friends at 626 West Tenth
street, Casper.—Norfolk News.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. James Gallagher
of Inman announce the birth of a
baby girl on Saturday, July 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Spindler an
nounce the birth of a boy on Sat
urday, July 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schollmeyer
anounce the birth of a boy on.
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Ferris announce
the birth of a girl on Wednesday,
July 13—Marjorie Ann.
NOTICE TO WATER USERS
Having discontinued the services
of the water collector, all water
bills must be paid at the office of
Mayor, H. E. Coyne Hardware;
City Clerk, at Porter’s Diamond
Station, or mailed direct to Levi
Yantzi, chairman water committee.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thanking
the neighbors and friends who so
kindly came to our assistance in
our hours of sickness and need.
May God bless you.—Mr. and Mrs.
C. J. Earls.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Hudson of
Midwest, Wyo., arrived Sunday
and will visit at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Oberle and other
relatives here for the next ten days.