The Frontier
VOL. LIX. ' O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1938. No. 11
O’Neill Calf Show And
Sale Date Has Been Set
For Tenth Of October
The O’Neill Calf Show and Sale
date which was tentatively an
nounced for Oct. 3, 1938, has been
changed to Oct. 10. The change
of dates was made in order to co
operate in a series of shows and
* sales with the Bassett manage
ment, whose show and sale will fol
low O’Neill again this year.
The O’Neill Calf Show and Sale
is sponsored by the O’Neill Lions
Club in order to promote the feeder
calf industry which is of para
mount interest to farmers and busi
ness men alike in the county. The
management plans to have both
4-H club calves and commercial
calves for the sale in connection
with the show.
It is hoped by the management
that thru proper advertising a
higher market may be obtained for
Holt county feeder calves by at
tracting both feeder buyers and
4-H club baby beef buyers to this
/ county to buy their calves for feed
ing purposes.
Picnic Held Sunday
Honoring Visitors
Last Sunday, July 24, a picnic
was held at the Mrs. Kathryn
Hynes home near Midway, honor
ing Miss Julia Kelly, Mrs. Mar
garet Parr and Dennis Kelly of
Everett Wash. This is Mr. Kelly’s
j first visit to Nebraska in 48 years.
It is also Mrs. Parr’s first visit in
35 years, and Miss Kelly’s first
I visit here in 24 years.
Everyone brought well filled bas
i kets for the picnic dinner. Music,
picture taking and tap dancing fur
nished the entertainment. Swim
* ming was enjoyed by the children.
Those present were: Mrs. Kath
ryn Hynes, Mr. and Mrs. Austin
Hynes and family, Mr. and Mrs.
| John Hynes and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Hynes and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Hynes and fami
ly, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Moler and
| family, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rem
pter and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
John Turner and family, Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Fronek and family, Mr.
and Mrs. William Langan and fami
ly, Mr. and Mrs. John Cleary, all
of O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis
Hynes and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Cleary, Mr. and Mrs. Rurrel
Taylor and daughter, and Jeanette
Drueke, of Atkinson; Mrs. Rose
Fuhrer and children, Mr. and Mrs.
fRoy Angel and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Angel, Mr. and Mrs. Estel
Angel and family, Dave, John and
Pat Langan, all of Spencer; Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Engelgan of St.
Charles, S. D.; William Hynes, Jr.,
of Chadron, Nebr.; also Lawrence
Murray and Henry Hoffmister of
O’Neill. There were one hundred
and twelve present.
Alder Highly Respected
By People of Pierce
W. F. Rosenkotter, secretary of
the school board, received word
from Supt. F. E. Alder Friday
that he had been elected Superin
tendent of the public schools at
O’Neill. The salary is $300 more
yearly than that paid by the Pierce
schools.
Prof Alder indicated that he
would be pleased to stay in Pierce
if the Board could meet the in
crease in salary offered at O’Neill.
The local board, however, did not
consider the matter of raising the
difference, and we understand Mr.
Alder has accepted the O’Neill
offer.
Prof. Alder has filled the position
of Sueprintendent of the Pierce
school for a period of 15 years.
He is a fine teacher and executive
and has brought the Pierce schools
to a high standard of efficiency.
Mr. and Mrs. Alder have made a
host of friends during their resi
» dence in Pierce, all of whom will
learn of their removal to other
fields with sincere regret.—Pierce
fl Call.
Maybe Things Are Not
So Bad As They Look
The following paragraphs were
written about ten years before the
civil war, and appeared in either
Harper’s Magazine, or Harper’s
Weekly. Several O’Neill business
men received a copy of the piece,
pasted to an envelope enclosure.
It was written nearly 80 years ago,
but corresponds to many state
ments today. It follws:
“It is a gloomy moment in his
tory. Not for many years—not in
the lifetime of most men who read
this—has there been so much grave
and deep apprehension; never has
the future seemed so inealcuable as
at this time. In our own country
there is universal commercial pro
stration and panic, and thousands
of our poorest fellow-citizens are
turned out against the approaching
winter without employment, and
without the prospect of it.
“In France the political caldron
seethes and bubbles with uncertain
ty; Russia hangs as usual, like a
cloud, dark and silent upon the
horizon of Europe; while all the
energies, resources and influences
of the British Empire are sorely
tried, and are yet to be tried more
sorely, in coping with the vast and
deadly disturbed relations in China.
“It is a solemn moment, and no
man can feel an indifference—
which happily, no man pretends to
feel—in the issue of events.
“Of our own troubles (in the
U. S. A.) no man can see the end.
They are, fortunately, as yet main
ly commercial; and if we are only
to lose money, and by painful pov
erty to be taught wisdom—the
wisdom of honor, of faith, of
sympathy and of charity—no man
need seriously to despair. And yet
the very haste to be rich, which is
the occasion of this widespread
calamity, has also tended to destroy
the moral forces with which we are
to resist and subdue the calamity.”
Grutsch-Vequist
Tuesday, July 26, Miss Della
Grutsch and Lyle Vequist were
united in marriage by the Rev.
Walter Flynn. They were attend
ed by Floyd Vequist, brother of the
groom, and Vera Grutsch, sister of
the bride.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Grutsch, and is
a graduate of the O’Neill Public
school and has been a 3ucessful
teacher in the rural schools of the
county for the past five years. She
was dressed in a wine colored bro
caded silk crepe dress. The brides
maid wore a dress of rust colored
crepe.
The groom is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Vequist, and is gradu
ate of the Atkinson High school,
and has also taught in the rural
schools of the county for the past
five years.
The young couple will reside on
Eagle creek, north of O’Neill, where
Mr. Vequist will continue to teach
school. Best wishes of a host of
friends are extended to this young
couple.
GRATTAN PROJECT CLUB
The Grattan Project Club met at
the home of Mrs. Herb Russ Tues
day, July 19 for an afternoon
meeting. Two of the chosen sum
mer lessons were read and dis
cussed: “This Business of Being
A Grandmother” and “Homespun
Philosophy of Home Education.-’
There were ten members present
and one visitor. Coffee and cake
were served for refreshments. The
next meeting will be held at the
home of Mrs. Charles Lawrence.
BRIEFLY STATED
Reynold Johnson of Bristow, was
in O’Neill Wednesday on business.
Miss Lillian Nightengale return
ed Sunday from Norfolk where she
visited her sisters.
R. H. Harris of Lynch, was look
ing after business matters and
visiting friends here Wednesday.
Mrs. Catherine Kaiser left Fri
day for Custer, S. D., where she
will visit her sister and family, Dr.
and Mrs. Sutcliflf, for the next ten
days.
Emmet .Carr and Max Wanser
returned Tuesday night from a
business trip to Scottsbluff and the
western part of the state.
Mr. and Mrs. Wylie Richards
and family drove to Grand Island
Saturday and visited relatives
there until Sunday evening.
Tom Enright left Tuesday for
Norfolk where he will spend sev
eral days visiting at the home of
his daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Semlak.
Louis Cambre stopped in O’Neill
for a short time Saturday on his
way to California, where he has
been granted a three year scholar
ship to the Fullerton College of
Engineering in Loe Angles.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
Raymond Bly sold a bunch of
steers lately.
Jesse James was out to the ranch
from Atkinson last week.
The attractive plum in Holt
county politics this year seems to
be the republican nomination for
sheriff.
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How would you like to trust
yourself to an aviator who started
for Los Angles and landed in
Dublin?
Earl Doolittle and family spent
Sunday at Bernard Kennedy’s, Earl
helping with the cutting of a field
of oats.
The E. E. Young family enjoyed
a visit this last week-end from a
brother of Mrs. Young and his wife,
who came out from Des Moines.
A few cases of sleeping sickness
among horses are reported in this
community, without the fatal re
sults thus far that attended the
epidemic a year ago.
Hero worship makes as little
sense as curtailing production and
irrigating for more production.
To become a hero start for a cer
tain point and land three thousand
miles in the opposite direction.
O’Neill merchants had the ad
man at The Frontier going in cir
cles last week and a bunch of
mighty good ads he gave them. It
is taken for granted Holt county
thrifty citizens availed themselves
of the attractive thing offered by
these progressive merchants.
Claud Lierman from down south
of the lake was in this community
last Saturday to ascertain how
many and who had their hand out
for a “conservation check.” Claud
is an enthusiastic booster of the
Santa Claus idea for farmers but
he is not just quite clear as to how
Uncle Sam is going to borrow him
self into prosperity. One or two
in this corner of Swan succumbs
to the lure of the political plunder
bund down at Washington.
Southern Holt regreta to see the
passing of the South Fork Fair.
It was an institution which for
over 40 years inspired local pride
and now this year the name is
changed to Holt County Agricul
tural Society. This name does not
inspire the response in the old
timers who recall the untiring work
of John Alderson, Dr. Norvell, R.
C. Wray, Rev. Coppoc, Capt. Mc
Gowan and many others who were
the active forces in bringing out
worthwhile exhibits at the South
Fork Fair. The fair functions as
usual this year at Chambers, but
under a name which abandons a
prescribed local setting for the en
larged sphere of the one and only
Holt county fair.
In the distribution of borrowed
money that is piling up a 40 billion
federal debt O’Neill is for the third
time a favored center. Unlike
aristocratic and cultured Boston
that turned down a federal grant,
the gentlemen up at the county
seat are fascinated with the soft
flutter of the federal currency fall
ing into their laps. This time it
is something over $38,000 for more
school room. The fly in the oint
ment as usual will be matching this
with local funds. Wonder what
Denny Cronin and John Weekes
and any others who sat under the
tutalage of Prof. O’Sullivan in the
little old building lonesome and
alone out on what is now desig
nated as west Douglas street think
of the modernistic temples where
the young ideas are supposed to
learn to shout. The Board of Edu
cation hasn’t consulted this oracle
of ancient and modern whims, but
it would appear that O’Neill is in
need of a ward school.
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Lightning Strikes House
The house belonging to Amelia j
Uhl, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. |
Charles Richter, on Benton street j
between Eight and Ninth streets,
was struck by lightning during the
electrical storm about 1 o’clock last
Tuesday morning. Lightning struck
the chimney and followed it down
into the house, shattering the stove
pipe and scattering soot all over
the floor and tearing a chunk out
of the basement wall.
«
Henry Kaczor, from the Meek
neighborhood, who is working on
a new residence being erected by
Mr. Richter, was sleeping in a lean
to by the building and the lightning
tore a board lose from the build
ing near the head of his bed, but
he was uninjured.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
By the Lowell Service
Discussion of the various pro
posed amendments to the consti
tution will become animated after
the primary. The republicans,
watching the democratic primary
with interest, will stress the third
consecutive term issue if Governor
Cochran is nominated. It is be
lieved that the republicans will en
dorse the short ballot amendment
and argue for a single four-year
term for governor, with abolish
ment of bureaus and commissions.
The amendment to reduce liability
of bank stockholders to $100 a
share is not attracting much at
tention. All amendments submit
ted by the legislature are sent to
the newspapers by the governor.
This duty has been assigned to
Tax Commissioner W. H. Smith.
The initiated measure will be pub
lished under the direction of the
^ seceretary of state.
Governor Cochran is not the only
official who is having trouble as a
result of perfervid political sup
port from Omaha. Attorney Gen
eral Hunter is also in a dilemma
as a result of the bookie war.
One faction in Omaha insists
that the attorney general should
push the war against the bookies
to the limit. Another crowd thinks
that the question of law enforce
ment is a local one. Mr. Hunter
announced that the police and
county officials must secure evi
dence and enforce the law. The
Attorney General’s office, he said,
would file contempt actions in cer
tain cases.
Governor Cochran first encount
ered trouble in the street car strike
in Omaha. The Dodge street bridge
deal created another faction in the
governor’s Omaha forces, accord
ing to reports. The last bit of
vexatious trouble is the question
of relocating highway No. 30.
The passing of Arthur Mullen
and J. C. Byrnes has precipitated
a readjustment in the leadership
•f the conservative faction of the
democratic party. Among the Mul
len followers there are many dis
cordant factions. With the giant
figure of Mr. Mullen removed from
the picture, the discord can no
longer be muffled or controlled.
Inside gossip reveals that the
two purges within the democratic
party are imminent. One is the
“policy purge,’’ with Editor J. E.
Lawrence as the managing direct
or. The other is the “power purge.”
Rumor credits a certain Lincoln
follower of Senator Norris with
forwarding information on this
subject.
Editor Lawrence also intimated
that whoever intruded on the demo
cratic situation might as well step
into a darkened chamber inhabited
by hungry wildcats.
The ousting of Assistant Super
intendent F. W. R. Brown of the
Genoa prison farm has revived
chatter about the management of
the state institutions by the Board
of Control. Brown took four prison
ers to Winnebago “to permit them
to see sick relatives and attend to
private business.’’ Johnson Smith,
an Indian prisoner serving an
“habitual criminal” sentence, es
caped. The Board of Control re
moved Brown and placed Walter
Rowdon in charge. Superintend
ent P. C. Shockley was on vacation.
Eastern prison experts had com
mended to Genoa farm in a recent
report. They criticized the re
formatory, the penitentiary, the.
condition of the insane asylums
and denounced the state parole
system.
The flock of protests against
candidates who fil 'd for office failed
to bring out a clean-cut decision
on the legality of the statute that
declares incumbents of elective of
fices who file for other positions
must enter the race fifty days be
fore the primary to enable aspir
ants for the positions they hold to
become candidates. Pat Heaton
of Sidney, gained a place on the
ballot as democratic congressman
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
Recent Rains Bring Holt
Nearer To A Corn Crop
Holt county has been blessed
with several good showers in vari
ous parts of the country. Sunday
night we had a light shower that
measured .03 here and the next
afternoon we had .38 of an inch.
This rain was much heavier in the
western part of the county and in
the southern and southwestern
part. The rainfall at Atkinson
measured .68 of an inch and was
about the same at Stuart.
There was a good rain also as far
east as Emmet. Hail did quite a
little damage in the vicinity of
Emmet that afternoon. William
Grothe, one of the biggest farmers
in that section of the county, is re
ported to have suffered from the
hail. Southwest of Atkinson it is
reported that a couple of farmers
were hailed out.
The total rainfall for the week
in this city was measured at .87
of an inch. A rain this morning
amounted to .36 of an inch. It is
still cloudy and the prospects for
more rain during the day are very
bright. The section of the county
northwest of this city has had
only very light showers and they
are needing a good soaker for their
corn crop.
It has been years since the pro
spects for a bumper corn crop have
been as good in this county as they
are today, and farmers are na
turally jubilant, likewise the busi
ness men of the county.
Following is the chart for the
week:
High Low Mois.
July 21 83 56
July 22_ 85 67
July 23 _ 95 <58
July 24 95 55
July 25_ 85 55 .03
July 2(5 _ 84 57 .38
July 27 _ 85 59 .11
July 28 _ .36
Total for July, 2.20 inches; total
precipitation since January 1, 1938,
16.00 inches.
Water Is Important In
Poisoning Grasshoppers
Water is the most important in
gredient in grasshopper bait for at
tracting hoppers. When bait has
been mixed at the central mixing
plant and allowed to lay for a few
days, it will be useless to spread
without adding additional water.
The bait does not deteriorate but
the water evaporates rapidly and
must be replaced before spreading
in order to receive desirable re
sults.
In some communitites where good
results were not reported it has
been found that the bait was not
being spread early in the morning
and no additional water was being
added. Farmers are encouraged to
try to control hoppers from moving
into corn as soon as the small grain
is harvested.
By spreading moist bait around
edges of corn fields, hoppers will at
Jeast be hindered from moving into
corn so rapidly.
Gives Information To
Help In Fly Control
About this time every year the
fly problem as it effects livestock
becomes more or less acute and
many inquiries come thru the
county agent’s office for an effec
tive fly repellent which may be
used to protect farm livestock
against this attack.
The most effective way to con
trol flies is to start early, ahead of
the breeding season and rid the
premises of all breeding places,
such as manure, wet straw stacks,
piles of rubbish and any organic
matter that attracts flies.
Care should be taken in spraying
most repellents to livestock, as
more harm can be done to the hair
than good. In applying most re
pellents, only the outer hair should
receive the spray.
For stock at pasture a darkened
shed or a clump of trees affords the
best protection during fly season.
Some dairies depend on darkened
barns and use fly spray only to
kill flies in the barn. The cows
are not sprayed.
A mixture of one gallon of fish
oil, two ounces oil of pine tar, two
ounces oil of pennyroyal, and one
half pint kerosene, has been found
to be an effective fly spray when
applied thoroughly to animals.
Fly traps of which there are many
designs and models, and fly poisons
help to control flies but require
more or less constant care and in
busy seasons are usually neglected.
The fly season is a regular oc
curence and should be anticipated
by destroying the breeding places.
Poor sanitation breeds flies. Fly
repellents afford only temporary
relief, but carefulness on the part
of everybody will bring relief to
our livestock and make the family
picnic a more wholesome affair.
Highway 275 Is Being
Marked To O’Neill
The highway department started
work Monday marking the new U.
S. Highway No. 275 into this city.
This is the road that runs from St.
Joseph, Mo., to Council Bluffs, and
will be marked from the Bluffs
thru Fremont, Norfolk and to this
city where it will join highway No.
20, thus giving this road a direct
line to the Black Hills and Yellow
stone park. The new highway fol
lows No. 8 from Fremont to
O’Neill. As highway No. 8 ends
here, some time in the not distant
future this road number will prob
ably be abandoned and the road
will carry the sign of U. S. No. 275.
Murfin To Quit As
Editor Of Page Paper
D. T. Murfin, editor of the Page
Reporter, was in the city Tuesday
bidding goodbye to his many
friends in this city, as he leaves
about the first of the month for
Clinton, Iowa, where he has leased
a weekly paper and job plant. Mr.
Murfin has been at Page for aln.ut
fifteen years but decided that run
ning a newspaper in a small town
was not remunerative enough for
the labor involved and decided to
seek a large field. He gave the
people of Page a good newspaper
and had many friends in the east
ern part of the county.
The future of the paper is un
certain. Mr. Crellin of Ewing will
look after it for a while but wheth
er he will continue its publication
in Page or not we have been un
able to learn. The Frontier force
joins the other publishers of the
county in wish.ng Mr. Murfin suc
cess in his new field.
Grading To Be Done
With Men And Teams
The contractor who has the con
tract for grading five miles of road
south of the Parschall bridge will
begin work on the project next
Monday morning. Supervisor Stein
says the contractor will be able to
furnish work for a large number of
men and teams on this job. If you
desire to work on this road get in
touch with Supervisor Stein at
once and he will put you in touch
with the contractor.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Dan Crowley, now a resident of
the state of Washington, was an
O’Neill visitor last Monday and
spent a few hours here looking up
old acquaintances. Mr. Crowley
was a resident of this county in the
early days and built the first build
ing in what is now Redbird, which
was a store building. He left here
in 1880 and moved to the state of
Washington and made his home for
years at Vancouver, having re
cently moved to a town about forty
miles from Vancouver. Mr. Crow
ley is now about eighty years of
age, and while he did not find
many of the old timers that he was
personally acquainted with here,
he found the sons of several of his
old friends and had an enjoyable
visit with them. Mr. Crowley ex
pressed his amazement at the great
improvement in this city since he
left here.
Judge John W. Yeager of Oma
ha, one of the Judges of the Fourth
Judicial district, was in the city
Tuesday meeting the voters in this
section. Judge Yeager is a candi
date for nomination as chief jus
tice of the Nebraska Supreme
court on the non-partisan ballot.
He has been on the bench in the
Omaha district for a number of
years and is highly thought of as
a jurist.
Bill Bruegman had a smile all
over his massive features Tuesday,
the reason being that he was a
grandfather, an eight pound son
being born to Mr. and Mrs. Reed
H. Bruegman Tuesday morning.
All concerned are doing nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Hubbard
came up from Lincoln last Monday
afternoon to look after business
matters for a few days and inci
denly to visit old friends.
Special Election Will Be
Held To Vote On Bonds
For School Expansion
About fifty ladies and gentlemen
of the city met at the'High School
Auditorium last Monday evening,
in response to the invitation of the
school board to discuss the pro
posed new addition to the high
school building and to listen to
the architect’s explanation of the
proposed building.
The meeting was called for 8
o’clock but the architect was late
in arriving and it was about 8:30
when Dr. Bennett, president of the
Board of Education, called the
meeting to order. He then explain
ed the fact that the school had been
crowded for several years and it
became apparent a few years ago
that an addition would soon be
necessary. To assist in the con
struction a building levy was cre
ated and in that fund there is now
$16,750 which can be used in the
construction of the building.
When Walter F. Wilson, mem
ber of the firm of Davis & Wilson
architects, arrived he was accom
panied by F. E. Alder of Pierce,
the new superintendent of the
O’Neill schools. Mr. Wilson dis
played a pen sketch of the pro
posed new building, showing it on
a screen, and explained the differ
ent rooms in the proposed new
addition.
Several of the audience then
asked questions about the proposed
addition and it developed that if
the proposed structure was placed
on the present High school grounds,
north of the present high school
that it would take practically all
the ground and would leave no
play grounds for the children.
Several were of the opinion that
ei new High school building should
be erected in another location and
the present building used for a
grade school. Several thought the
proposed addition would not be suf
ficient to take care of the attend
ance at the school after a few
years, and that it would be better
to look farther ahead.
The meeting closed about 10:50
after they unanimously voted their
confidence in the school board and
assuring them that they were posi
tive they would do what they
thought was best for the children
and taxpayers of the district.
Since the meeting the idea seems
to have grown among the residents
af the city that what is needed is a
lew High School building, instead
af an addition to the present struc
ture. Acting in accordance with
the desires of the people the school
board has asked the architect to
iraw tentative plans for a High
school building on a separate site,
with an estimate of the cost and
the preliminary plans will be ready
within a week. If the plans are
satisfactory the board will prob
ably ask that the $38,250 allocated
to the building proposed be trans
ferred to a new high school build
ing on a different location.
Pending the filing of the appli
cation of an additional grant for a
new high school building the board
bas gone ahead with the old pro
position and has called an election
to be held on Tuesday, August 23,
1938, when they will vote on the
proposed bond issue of $30,000.
Sunday School Gathering
The 14th Annual Holt County
Union Sunday School group gather
ing will be held 12 miles north of
O’Neill, in the Johnson grove, on
Sunday, July 31. The morning
session will begin at 10 o’clock and
the afternoon session at 1:30.
Harry E. Udd of Omaha, Superin
tendent of the Middle Western Dis
trict of the American Sunday
School Union, will deliver two ad
dresses. Basket dinner at noon.
cordial invitation is extended to
all, to attend.
Marriage Licenses
Lyle Vequist and Miss Della
Grustch, both of O’Neill, July 26.
Clifford Easton and Miss Cecilia
Stark, both of Wal thill, on July 28.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Waite and
daughter, Evangeline, of Loup
City, and granddaughter, Miss
Joan Smoyer of Allentown, Pa.,
arrived in the city last Friday
morning and were guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Cronin
until Sunday morning when they
returned home. Mr. Waite says
that crop prospects are splendid in
his section of the state.