EMMET ITEMS
Frank Strasheim of Fort Robin
son, stopped in Emmet to visit
relatives while on his way to Lin
coln on a furlough.
Work has stopped on the county
road south of Emmet. We under
stand there is to be more work
done before the general election in
November.
Mrs. A1 Grehn and daughter,
Ellen, of Fremont, are here visit
ing at Tenborg’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Beckwith,
Fred Beckwith and Russell Gray
drove to South Dakota Sunday on
business, returning the same day.
Mrs. Bert. Gaffney and D. H.
Allen left Saturday morning for
Ireton, Iowa, where they attended
the funeral of a friend, Mabel Ham
mond. They returned home Sun
day evening.
The Women’s Foreign Mission
ary Society met at the home of
Mrs. Claude Bates Wednesday af
ternoon. The next meeting will be
held at the Bob Fox home.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Beckwith and
Leona Fern were Sunday dinner
guests at the Rex Beckwith home.
Andy and Otto Brown of Sioux
City, were here on business Friday.
INMAN NEWS
The RNA Lodge met with Mrs.
F. E. Keyes Wednesday afternoon
of last week.
Miss Wilma Chicken returned
home Saturday from Allen, Nebr.,
where she sad visited her sister,
Mrs. Donald Noe.
Gerald Sobotka, who has been a
student at the University of Ne
braska the past six weeks, re
turned home Saturday.
Miss Ruth Jeanette Watson spent
several days of last week at Dus
tin, Nebr., visiting her friend, Miss
Laura Allyn.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Cooper of
Orchard, were here Sunday evening
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. T. Thompson.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Tompkins
drove to Norfolk Monday, taking
with them her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Doughty who had spent
a week here at the Tompkins home.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Morsbach and
son, Harland, Mr. and Mrs. Boydie
Crosser and son, Roland, Mr. and
Mrs. Fay Brittell and daughter,
Shirley, Lloyd Brittell and daugh
ters. Hylda and Alice, and Mrs.
Erwin Johnson drove to Neligh
Sunday and visited at the Levi
Morsbach and Ray Conard homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Conger and
son, Dean, were here from Atkin
son Sunday visiting among rela
tives and friends.
Mrs. John Vavra, Wayne Boldt
and Miss Emily Hudeck, who have
been visiting here at the L. Ko
pecky home the past several weeks,
returned to their homes in Omaha
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rentz of
Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Hawkins and son of
Lincoln, were guests at the M. L.
Harkins home several days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Williams
and children of Des Moines, Iowa,
are here visiting his mother, Mrs.
John Anspach.
Mr. and Mrs. George Killinger
returned Friday from a several
weeks visit in Iowa and Nebraska.
This week they will leave for a
several weeks trip to West Point.
Mrs. Mary Hancock spent the
week-end with Judge and Mrs. C. J.
Malone at the State Park near
Niobrara.
MEEK AND VICINITY
Ray Robertson and daughters of
Hubbard, and the two sons of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Sundal, came from
Wakefield Saturday for a visit at
the home of their grandfather, John
A. Robertson.
Mrs. Howard Buttolph and four
sons of Jamestown, N. D., spent
several days the past week at the
home of her brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hansen
and family. They also visited at
several other homes in the com
munity. Mr. and Mrs. Wells of
Rfedbird are her parents.
Dwayne Borg spent Wednesday
afternoon with Delbert Rouse.
The Ladies Aid held their annual
picnic Wednesday afternoon on the
Eagle creek. Several members were
unable to attend for various rea
sons. A pleasant time was enjoyed
by those present, with plenty of ice
cream, cake and wafers for lunch.
The next regular meeting will be
the first Wednesday in September
and will be at the McDonald home.
Mrs. Rosa Henifin, formerly of
this locality, but who has been in
Washington for the past few years,
returned last week and is staying
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
George Hansen.
Mrs. Galentine, former resident
of this locality, but for many years
a resident of Norcatur, Kans.,
came Wednesday night for a visit
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charlie Clouse, and other relatives.
Miss Maude Rouse, who has
spent some time at the home of her
brother, Howard and family, re
turned to her home in O’Neill on
Thursday.
Lavone Walters, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Walters, is visit
ing at the home of her aunt, Mrs.
George Nelson and family, at this
writing.
Mrs. R. D. Spindler left the last
of the week on a business trip to
Glenwood, Iowa. She expects to be
gone a week or ten days.
Mrs. Albert Kaczor called at the
Orville Harrison home Saturday
evening.
Mr. Tomlinson of Opportunity,
put down a well for George Nelson
last week.
Mrs. E. H. Rouse was a guest at
the Orville Harrison and Elmer
Devall homes Sunday.
Helen Borg was a dinner guest
at the Griffith home Monday.
Mrs. S. D. Jones arrived from
San Antonio, Texas Monday even
ing for a visit at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F, H. Grif
fith.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McElhaney
and children spent the past week at
the home of her father, John A.
Robertson.
PLEASANT DALE
Alois Heeb of Atkinson, was a
dinner guest at the Ed Heeb home
Monday.
Mrs. Harold Givins called at the
Dean Beckwith home Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Mike Bonenberger of At
kinson spent Friday with her sister
Mrs. Janie Palmer.
Mrs. Verne Beckwith entertained
a group of little folks Saturday
afternoon, Aug. 6,'in honor of her
daughter, Vernice’s, fourth birth
day anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Burge and Mr.
and Mrs. Bud Seger and children
of O’Neill, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Gus Seger Sunday evening.
Miss Grace Bellar was a week
end guest of Mrs. Ralph Beckwith.
Dona and Darlene Watenbaugh
of O’Neill, spent last week with
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Winkler.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Heeb and
daughters, Edna Kay and Mrs. Joe
Pongratz, and son Duane, and Li
onel Babl were callers in O’Neill
Thursday.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
(Continued from page 1.)
day a terrible thing happened. A
squaw had taken her papoose that
war fastened to a board and stood
it against the house. The Sturgeon
family had a big hog at large about
the place. It got at the Indian
baby and had it half eaten up when
discovered. The squaw was frantic.
John's father told the Indians to
take the hog and that pacified
them. They caught the hog, tor
turned the life out of it with fire
brands and otherwise, and when it
was lifeless departed with the car
cass and mangled remains of the
papoose.
“Funeral services were conducted
in White Chapel, interment in Rose
Hill cemetery.” So ends life’s last
chapter. Individuals are not im
portant for the purpose of this
paragraph. The application is uni
versal. It touches the great, the
notable, the commoner, the obscure,
the nobody. Men play their little
part or leading role and pass on.
Sunrise, sunset, night moonbeam
and twinkling star, summer, winter
—it’s all the same in nature as
the centuries roll. Death has ever
been garbed in the “trapping and
suits of woe,” but its visitation
leaves “that within which passeth
show” to scarcely any save the life
companion. Even a bit of humor
follows the grave. I hear yet the
echo of the chuckles of the late
Col. Neil Brennan, in aisle A, row
3, in the old rink at O’Neill when
Eli Perkins came to town for a
humorous lecture, in which would
be woven such incidents as the
visitor to the graveyard who saw
on a tombstone the sentiment:
“Here I lie snug as a bug in a rug,”
and another close by “Here I lie
snugger than that other bugger.”
Walt Mason, in a moment of in
tense loyalty and devotion to Ne
braska, at one time wrote: “When
the long and dreaded roll is called,
and the reverberations of a
wrecked and ruined world peal
forth, I want to hang my weary
bones on the gallyrack of immor
tality and register in four-line pica
as a man from Nebraska.” In spite
of bits of humor, there clusters
around the death chamber, vague
in some, pronounced in many, seri
ous sentiments, formed out of that
mysterious soul anchor, the faith
found in a religious creed. “He
hath showed theee, O man, what is
good; and what doth the Lord re
quire of thee, but to do justly, and
to love mercy, and to walk humbly
with thy Gbd.”
Tri-County Festival
At Stuart August 24
The 18th annual Tri-County fes
tival will be held in Stuart this
year on Wednesday, Aug. 24. The
plans this year call for a very in
teresting program, and one that
will have something to appeal to
every age and taste.
The exhibits this year will be
better than ever, and additional
stress is being laid on 4-H Club
work. The 4-H Club prizes this
year are much larger than at any
former Tri-County festival.
The committee is very proud of
the four features of the day. In
the afternoon a World’s Champion
ship Hay Baling contest will 1*'
held. The Spencer and Neligh Le
gion ball teams will clash in a
game backed by a season of bitter
rivalry. In the evening Governor
R. L. Cochran, honor guest at the
festival will speak. At the Joig
free attraction of the day two pro
fessional wrestling matches will be
staged. These matches bring to
gether four well known man
benders who will provide an even
ing of thrills. Harold Wade meets
Pat McGill and Earl Wade meets
Jake Wyant.
Besides these features there will
be a big street parade in the morn
ing, livestock judging, band music,
Curl Amusement company, minor
sports and a big dance in the
evening.
LOOKING FORWARD
By Franklyn Waltman
Poor Henry Wallace!
Here he is asked-to come home
to his native state and do the key
note speech for the Democratic
state convention. And here is
wheat down to the lowest price in
five years; cotton selling at a
figure which if transplanted into
terms of the old gold dollar would
be the lowest in the country’s his
tory; farm income for the first nine
months of this year estimated by
the Agricultural department at
1800,000,000 below that for the
same period last year and the to
bacco growers staging a revolt.
What to do? Poor Henry Wal
lace! But Henry does not have
high-priced ghost writers for
nothing. Those boys are clever. If
you cannot boast about the New
Deal, blame it on the Republicans,
he said. Tell those Iowans, said
the ghost writers that the G. O. P.
is responsible for what is happen
ing in 1938 even though the Re
publicans have been out of power
since March 4, 1933. Tell ’em any
thing, advised the ghost writers,
blame it on the debts—no, not the
New Deal debt—the private debts
of the 1920’s—those Iowans won’t
know the difference!
So Henry delivered a speech on
debt. Every few seconds billions
of dollars rolled off Henry’s tongue.
It was tremendous! But it also
was very confusing—and not all of
it was in accord with the record.
For instance, in one place the
Secretary said that “from 1932 to
1938 the Federal debt was in
creased from 17% billion to the
all-time high of 36% billion dol
lars.” Then a little further on he
said this:
“Most people don’t realize that
nearly 6 billion dollars was added
to the Federal debt before this
Administration took office. This
Administration has added 14% bil
lion dollars more.”
In his first sta^tient Secretary
■VI^HEN you bank" a
dollar that’s the
beginning of it. When
you spend it that’s the
end of it.
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O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
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Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No
Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers
$140,000.00 or Stockholders.
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Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Wallace would have the country
believe the national debt increased
19 billion dollars between 1932 end
1938. But he would also have the
country believe it had increased
only 14% billion dollars under the
New Deal. Therefore he under
took to give the impression that in
the last year of the Hoover regime
the debt increased by 4% billion
dollars.
Now the official Treasury records
state the Federal debt on June 30,
1932 was (19,487,000.000 and that
on March 4, 1938—the day the
New Deal arrived—it was (21,400,
000,000—an increase of (2,013,000,
000 and not the (4,500,000,000 im
plied by Secretary Wallace. His
statement in that respect was just
about as accurate at the remainder
of his speech.
The truth of the matter is that,
according to Treasury figures, the
Federal debt has increased approxi
mately 16 billion under Roosevelt,
exclusive—and this is important—
of more than 4% billion dollars of
government guaranteed securities
or an increase of close to 21 billion
dollars. According to Mr. Roose
velt, the Federal debt will go up
another 3% billion dollars more
in this fiscal year.
Obviously Mr. Wallace wished to
create confusion about this dread
ful state of affairs—and he did.
His real point, however, was
summed up in the sentence that
“the debtor position of the entire
United States is stronger than at
any time since the early 20’s.” To
prove that Mr. Wallace asserted,
without giving any authority, that
private debts today are actually
28 billion dollars less than in 1930.
Such a figure cannot be more than
an estimate.
If it is an accurate statement,
then the country in the last three
years has gone thru the wringer of
deflationary liquidation to a much
greater extent than in the 1929-32
depression. The Commerce De
partment in its statistical abstract
gives the total of private debts for
1930 as $84,500,000,000 and for
1935 as $73,300,000,000 or a de
crease of $11,200,000,000. If, as
Mr. Wallace says, the decrease
since 1930 totals 28 billion dollars,
then there was a reduction of al
most 17 billion dollars in the last
three years. Someone has missed
a great story here.
Qut it iH only a fairy story, for
Mr. Wallace is talking a lot of
hokum and he knows it. His sole
object is to divert- attention from
the increase in th6 Federal debt
and he is trying to do that by
creating confusion. He did so well,
he became confused himself, be
cause he started out by contending
that debts are a bad thing for a
country and ended up by asserting
that “in a capitalistic civilization,
such as ours, there can be no pros
perity without an increase in debt.”
In effect what Mr. Wallace said
was that Republicans were terrible
people because private debt in
creased during their Administra
tions, but he also said that “there
can be no prosperity without an
increase in debt.” Does Mr. Wal
lace mean to say he thinks there
should be no prosperity?
Perhaps, after all, the only dif
ficulty is Mr. Wallace has greater
need of a good statistical economist
than a political ghost writer.
Peter Duffy made a business trip
to Burwell Wednesday.
BRIEFLY STATED
J. J. Harrington and John Kaza
da left Monday for a short business
trip to Omaha.
Helmer and Carl Widtfeldt left
Thursday morning for Burwell to
attend the rodeo.
P. B. Harty and Emmet Moore
drove to Burwell Thursday on busi
ness, and to attend the rodeo.
Frank Golden, who has been
working in the Golden hotel this
summer, made a trip to Omaha
over the week-end.
James Preston, representative of
the International Harvester com
pany in this city, made a business
trip to Omaha Saturday.
Miss Blanche Collins of Wayne,
will arrive Thursday evening to
spend a few days as the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Rohde.
Mrs. I. Bruensbach of Lincoln,
arrived here Monday and is visit
ing at the home of her son and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bruens
bach.
Miss Doris Robertson of Grand
Island, arrived Sunday and will
visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Robertson, for the coming
week.
Bill McDonough, who has been
visiting relatives and friends in
Grand Island and York for the
past three weeks, returned home
Monday.
Patrolman and Mrs. Brt left
Sunday for Ashland, where Mr.
Brt is to attend the annual en
campment of the Nebraska Nation
al Guard.
Miss Shirley and Mary Lou
Schendt, who have been the guests
of Miss Ruth and Collette Meyer
for the past week, returned to their
home at Norfolk Friday.
Miss Lorraine Gokie of Clear
water, who has been visiting at
the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Gokie, left for her
home Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook came
up from Norfolk last Saturday
evening and spent Sunday visiting
relatives and friends here, return
ing to Norfolk Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Springer of
Fort Worth, Texas, arrived Satur
day and will be the guests of their
daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Rose, for the next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Rummel and
daughter, Sonia, arrived Sunday
from New Ulm, Minn., and will
visit at the homes of Mr. and Mrs.
Ollie Rummel and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Schulz for the next week.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kersenbrock
and family drove to Kilgore last
Sunday and spent the day visiting
relatives. Mr. Kersenbrock says
that hail last week did considerable
damage to corn this side of Ains
worth.
Mrs. Paul Combs of Lance Creek,
Wyo., who has been visiting her
sister Mrs. John Harrington for
WORLD’S
CHAMPIONSHIP
CONTEST
HAY BALING
GOV. COCHRAN
Will Speak
Neligh vs. Spencer
Legion Baseball Teams
CURL Amusement Co.
Rides Side-Shows
_Concessions
BIG DANCE
Professional Heavyweight
WRESTLING
PRIZE STREET PARADE
Basset Drum Corps
Agricultural Display
$100 In Prizes
4-H Club Display
and Calf Show
TRI-COUNTY
FESTIVAL
Stuart, Nebraska
Wed., Aug. 24th
Admission to Grounds
35c - 10c
the past two wefeks, left Sunday
for her home.
Miss Betty McNally, who has
been visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Webster at St. Paul
for the past two weeks, returned
home Saturday.
The Misses Jane Mains, Betty
Biglin, Jean McCarthy and Ethel
Tasler entertained at a picnic on
Wednesday night in honor of Miss
Mona Melvin, Miss Mary Jeanne
Hammond, and Miss Kathleen
Kelley.
S. J. Weekes returned Wednes
day night from a business trip to
Omaha. John says things are
rather quiet in the metropolis, the
citizens of that city even refusing
to get “het up” over the primary
election.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Finney of
Laramie, Wyo., who have been
visiting Mrs. Finney’s sister, Mrs.
Lamont Horn and family, left
Monday for Ewing, where they will
visit her parents before returnir^j
to their home.
A no-host luncheon was held at
the M & M cafe Monday honoring
Miss Mona Melvin of St. Loais,
Miss Mary Jeanne Hammond of
Lincoln, and Miss Hammond’s
guest, Miss Kathleen Kelley of
Broken Bow, Nebr.
DANCE
AT KNOXVILLE
Saturday, Aug. 13
Music By
FI ALAS
Concertina Orchestra
Adm.—Men, 35c; Ladies Free
We Don’t Want Patronage
. . of taverns that operate in opposition to law. order
and the public interest We refuse to sell to such out
lets, and we hope those who buy beer will not patron
lse them. By thus protecting your interest, we are also
protecting our own. And we are safeguarding one of
the state's greatest sources of revenue and employment
as well as preserving one of the most important markets
lor farm products. 95% of the brewers and beer distrib
utors of the state are supporting our program to make
Nebraska the "white spot" of the brewing industry.
CHARLES E. SANDALL. STATE DIRECTOR
710 FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING • LINCOLN
Friday & Saturday, August 12 and 13
Morning Light Peaches
Question? Can you afford to can fresh peaches when Morning
Light Peaches in large No. 2Vi cans can he had this week-end
for KJc? Same price on sliced and large luscious halves.
Peanut Butter
Council Oak Peanut Butter is an economical spread that re
tains the delicious flavor of Fresh Roasted Peanuts during- the
hottest weather. A special price of 2D on ^ 2-Ib. )ar‘
Grapefruit Juice
Pure undiluted juice of tree-ripened grapefruit. A most re
freshing hot weather drink. Buy a supply of No. 2 size at a
special price of gc per can.
White Loaf Flour
White Loaf is an economical dependable flour for all cooking
and baking needs. You get more loaves of light fluffy bread per
bag. The '/£ bbl. bag of White Loaf Flour will sell for only
$4-29 this week-end.
PANTRY PRIDE FLOUR '/, bbl. bag ..$1.09
Salmon Steak
Fancy salmon steak cut from the middle of genuine Alaska
Pink Salmon. The choicest part of the salmon in 1-lb. flat cans
at a special price of only J2C Per can
Corn Kix
You will be delighted with this new “Read-To-Serve” cereal.
It puts a new kick in breakfast. Buy it this week-end at a special
price of 2 pkgs. for 25c*
Large Sweet Peas
The peas in the home garden will soon be over ripe. It will
then be nice to be well supplied with Superb, large, sweet, tender
peas in the No. 2 can. Buy Superb Peas at this sale at a special
price of 2 cans f°r 23c
Catsup
Council Oak Tomato Catsup adds to the enjoyment of the
meat and fish course. Also enjoyed in salads and casserole
combinations. The big 14 oz. bottle at a special price of JQc.
Our “Red Bag” Coffee
Those who fancy a mild sweet coffee prefer our Red Bag
Whole Berry Coffee. Red Bag Coffee is worthy of a trial at our
low price of Jgc per lb. or 3 lbs. for 45c*
Black Flag
Death To All Insects
A liquid spray that positively exterminates flies, ants and
other insects. Special prices at Council Oak this week-end as
follows: Vi pint can JD> Pint 17c> and Quart can 29^
CRYSTAL WHITE SOAP 6 giant bars... 23c
RED SUPER SUDS Large Package-15c
U. S. No. 1 Potatoes io-ibs. 10c