FIRE LAST FRIDAY
MORNING WRECKS
MORRISON STORE
Doing Business In Brennan Build
ing. Expect To Be At Old
Location In 3 Wee^ts.
Fire in the Morrison grocery
store last Friday morning entailed
damage to the stock and building
of about $3,000, the building and
stock being covered by insurance.
Adjusters for the insurance com
panies were in the city that after
noon and examined the building
and contents. An inventory was
taken of the stock, and the ad
juster came back Monday night
and the losses were adjusted Tues
day. The loss on the building,
which included a large hole burned
in the floor and new paint and var
nishing, was settled for $300.
Mr. Morrison received $2,300 for
the damage to his stock. He also
received the stock as salvage and
he is putting it on sale at a special
sale and will dispose of all the
stock now in the old store room
before he installs new stock.
The old building will have to be
repaired and repainted, walls, ceil
ing as well as the fixtures, and it
is estimated that it will take at
least three weeks to finish the reno
vating and dispose of the old stock,
after which they will be back in
their old building with a brand new
stock of groceries.
The fire was discovered about
5:30 by Miss Agnes Reznicek, while
on her way to work in the bakery,
and she gave the alarm. The fire
department soon responded and
they found the building full of
smoke and a good blaze going on
the east central side of the build
ing, near the refrigerating case.
The fire was soon under control
but the stock was badly damaged
with smoke and the $1,400 refrig
eration case ruined.
After the fire was brought under
control it was discovered that a
hole was burned thru the floor at
the east end of the refrigerator
case and that side of the building
was badly scorched. A large bundle
of brooms was stacked at the end
of the case and they were entirely
consumed. They were directly
above the hole that was burned in
the floor, showing that possibly the
fire started there.
The place looked like a wreck
the next morning and had it gone
another half hour that section of
Douglas street would have been
hard to save, for had it broken thru
the building, the buildings on both
sides would have been in danger.
The origin of the fire is a mys
tery. Dick Morrison was in the
store about 10 o’clock to put a
fresh killed hog in the ice box.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrison had been
down to the evening train and they
were in the store on their way
home, about 12 o’clock. Every
thing was all right at that time.
Five and a half hours later the
alarm was turned in.
Several cartons of matches were
on the shelf on the west side of the
building. Had they been on the
east side near the fire it is possible
that the building would have gone
up in smoke, and with it buildings
adjoining. Property owners, in
surance companies and citizens
generally are thankful that it was
no worse.
The morning of the fire T. J.
Brennan offered Mr. Morrison the
use of their building, formerly oc
cupied by the Tip Top Meat com
pany and Mr. Morrison was in
business there the next day, having
secured meat and groceries from
Omaha early that morning. While
his stock is rather small he is try
ing his best to take care of the
wants of his customers.
Draws One To Twenty
Years For Forgery
Jerome Theodore, 20, who was
arrested last week for forgery, was
before the district court last Fri
day morning, plead guilty to the
charge, and was sentenced to the
state reformatory for an indeter
minate sentence of from one to
twenty years. He was taken to
Lincoln by Deputy Sheriff Berg
strom Saturday morning.
Creighton Alumni Picnic
A Creighton Alumni picnic will
be held at the City Park in Neligh,
Nebr., on Sunday, Aug. 28, at 2:30
p. m. All graduates and former
students of Creighton university
residing in this part of the state
are invited and urged to attend.
A cordial invitation is also ex
tended to the many friends of
Creighton university residing in
this part of the state, to attend.
This picnic is sponsored by the
Alumni associations comprising the
following counties: Antelope, Knox,
Holt, Boyd, Pierce, Boone, Platte,
Wheeler and Madison. All those
attending are requested to bring
their own basket lunch. Enter
tainment will consist of horseshoe
pitching, softball playing, and
visits with former classmates and
friends. The university will be
represented by Marchie Schwartz,
head football coach; Duse Belford,
assistant coach; Rev. Thomas S.
Bowdern, S. J., Dean of the gradu
ate school, and Hugh Higgins,
alumni secretary.
The committee in charge of this
event is headed by Elven A. But
terfield of Neligh, and Ray A.
Mueting of Norfolk.
Brown And French Will
Operate Hospital Here
The building which housed the
O’Neill General Hospital, which
for the past few years has been
operated by the Shoemaker sisters,
has been rented by Dr. J. P. Brown
and Dr. 0. W. French. They have
stated that the hospital will be re
opened Sept. 1, under entirely new
management and with all new
equipment. The Shoemaker sisters
retired from the hospital due to
ill health.
There has been a great deal of
discussion as to the future of the
hospital and the people of O’Neill
will be glad to learn that that insti
tution will be continued as there
is need of a good hospital in this
community. The citizens of O’Neill
will join with The Frontier in wish
ing Drs. Brown and French suc
cess in their new venture.
James Reilley Dies
At Selden, Kansas
Mrs. James Curran and brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Miles Minahan and
daughter, Mary, of Amelia, re
turned Wednesday of last week
from Selden, Kansas, where they
had been to attend the funeral of
James Reilley, an uncle of Mrs.
Curran’s.
James Reilley was born near
Peoria, 111., on June 7, 1857. When
a young man he moved to Oak,
Nuckolls county, Nebr., where he
farmed until the spring of 1905
when he sold out and came to Holt
county where he worked and visit
ed with relatives until 1919 when
he moved to Selden, Kansas. There
he bought a large tract of wheat
land and lived there until his death,
on August 12, 1938, passing away
at St. Anthony Hospital at Hays,
Kansas, at the age of 81. He was
buried at Selden, Kansas, on Au
gust 16, 1938. He leaves to mourn
his passing one brother, Will
Reilley of Rexford, Kansas.
J. P. Marron Is Chairman
Of Democratic Committee
The democratic county conven
tion was held in this city today at
the K. C. Hall. At this conven
tion quite a scrap developed over
the control of the chairmanship of
the county central committee, the
real place of power with a favor
able national administration.
M. H. McCarthy, who has been
the chairman for several years, was
not a candidate for reelection and
three other candidates appeared in
the field for the office. Mr. Wilhelm,
of Atkinson was a candidate of one
faction of the party while another
faction championed James P. Mar
ron for the place. Some active
democrats were not satisfied with
either of the candidates and effort
was made to get other popular, well
acquainted and vote getting demo
crats into the race.
Late this afternon a motion was
made to take an informal ballot
for the office of chairman. This
ballot resulted in 41 votes for Mar
ron, 18 for Wilhelm, 10 for Frank
Dishner and 6 for M. H. McCarthy.
After the result of the ballot was
announced Mr. McCarthy made a
motion that the informal ballot be j
declared formal which was adopted ;
with a whoop and James P. Mar
ron is the new chairman of the
democratic county central commit
tee.
Miss Delta Gunn and Leo Wink
leman drove to Ainsworth Tuesday
and visited relatives and friends.
NATURAL GAS LINE
THRU STATE WOULD
GIVE SERVICE HERE
$20,000,000 Is Asked Of RFC To
Construct Pipe Line Thru To
Northern Minnesota.
(Map on page 4.)
Thirty-six Nebraska cities and
towns will be in line for reduced
fuel costs if a projected $25,000,000
natural gas pipe line linking the
southwest Kansas “dustbowl” fields
with the Iron Ore ranges of north
ern Minnesota is carried thru.
O’Neill is one of these com
munities.
Now before the Reconstruction
Finance corporation at Washing
ton, is an application by the Kansas
Pipe Line & Gas company for a
$20,000,000 loan to supplement pri
vate capital already pledged to
the undertaking.
More than 100,000 Minnesotans
already have pledged support to
the project, and action currently
is being had by officials and civic
and commerical organizations of
many South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, North Dakota and Mon
tana cities and towns.
Although the principal purpose
of the line is to make possible utili
zation of two of the nation’s vast
reserves of natural resources: the
57,000,000,000 tons of low-grade
iron ore on the Mesabi and Guyuna
ranges of Minnesota, which can
not now be utilized because of high
fuel costs, and the almost limitless
quantities of natural gas in the
Hugoton Panhandle field.
Along the pipe line, thru Nebras
ka, the gas would be available for
a great variety of commercial and
industrial purposes.
In many Nebraska communities
natural gas is used for alfalfa de
hydrating plants, which constitute
an expanding item of agricultural
industry. Kiln-dried alfalfa con
tains 200,000 viatmin units per
pound, while sun-dried alfalfa con
tains only 25,000 units. From 50
to 60 per cent of the weight is
eliminated by moisture removal,
thus4 lowering freight costs.
Other semi-agricultural uses to
which this low-cost fuel is being
put elsewhere, and for which it
could be used in Nebraska areas
not now served by gas, include:
Manufacture of brick and tile
from clay.
Development of canning fac
tories, enabling farmers to diver
sify crops and market their pro
ducts.
Conversion of corn into products
such as starches, syrups, alcohol,
etc.
Plants to produce substitutes for
jute and hemp.
Milk evaporation plants.
Another great field which natur
al gas would open up would be
low-cost electric power. Natural
gas engines used in generating
electrical power can produce it as
low as from % to 1 cent a kilowatt
hour, thus providing power and
light to small communities not now
served by public utilities.
The use of natural gas for heat
ing purposes would make possible
cost reductions of around 40 per
cent, and would enable introduc
tion of modern heating equipment
in homes not now so equipped.
The gas would be piped from
the Hugoton field in southwestern
Kansas thru central Nebraska. The
main line would serve O’Neill and
Inman, in Holt county.
Work entailed in constructing
the line would be equivalent to one
year’s employment for 19,000 men,
figures in the hands of the RFC
show, with permanent work direct
ly provided for nearly 3,000 on the
line and in directly related activi
ties. Many of these would be em
ployed in Nebraska.
Encouragement of private in-1
dustry thru cost reduction made j
possible by low-cost fuel would pro-1
duce additional indirect employ- j
irent, and Nebraska cities and i
towns now handicapped by high |
freight rates and fuel cost would j
be enabled to compete with agricul
tural and industrial communities
elsewhere.
Gertrude Graham Weds
Wiliam Harold Berry and wife- j
nee Gertrude Graham,, following a
five weeks sojourn in northern Cali
fornia, following their marriage at
Riverside, Calif., on July 14, are
now at their home at Lake Arrow
head, Calif.
Miss Graham, former resident of
Los Angles, for the past four years
has been doing cashier work with
the Young’s Market company of
Southern California. Mr. Berry is
a graduate of San Bernardino high
school and the University of South
ern California where he was af
filiated with Phi Kappa Psi and
a member of Alpha Phi Epslion.
Mrs. Berry is the youngest
daughter of Mrs. Mary Graham,
living eight miles northwest of
O’Neill.
Miss Anna Connelly And
Arthur Turner Married
12th of July, In Omaha
Mrs. Theresa Connelly announces
the marriage of her daughter, Miss
Anna Connelly to Mr. A. M. Turner
son of Mr. and Mrs, F. M. Turner
of Salem, S. D., the ceremony being
performed by Msgr. E. J. Hunkier
at St. Cecilia’s Catherdal in Oma
ha on July 12, 1938. Mrs. Clarence
Angster and Clement McAlister
were the attendants. Following
the ceremony a wedding breakfast
was served to the bridal party at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Angster.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner are both
well known in O’Neill, Mrs. Turner
being born and raised in Holt
county, and a graduate of St.
Mary’s academy in O’Neill, with
the class of 1926. Since her gradu
ation she has beep employed by
the Northwestern Bell Telephone
company in this city. She was
transferred to Omaha by the com
pany a few months ago.
Mr. Turner was formerly man
ager of the Armour plant in this
city and at the present time is em
ployed by the Omaha Cold Storage
company, in Omaha.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner are now
living in the Joyce apartments in
Omaha and will be at home to all
of their friends after Sept. 1.
The Frontier joins with the many
friends of this young couple in
wishing them a lwig and happy
wedded life.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES
By Romaina Saunders
The Bernard Kennedy family
made a trip to O’Neill a day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker made
a business trip to Albion a day
last week.
Art Doolittle came over with a
power hay sweep last week and
helped E. E. Young finish stacking.
A mid-week downpour last week
was not measured in feet and
inches but this particular spot of
the southwest got one good mid
August soaking.
It will be interesting to note
whether poor old Georgia stands
by a consistent southern democrat
or goose steps to the tune of a
Yankee New Dealer.
Can the Ethopian change his
skin or the leopard his spots? The
efforts thru the centuries to “ele
vate and improve” the booze busi
ness is like clothing Satan in the
garb of a saint.
Seventeen thousand two hundred
and sixty-eight Douglas county
people received $115 each in “sur
plus commodities” during July.
This required several carloads,
among which were four cars of
oranges.
Mrs. Elliot Carpenter was over
from Inman Sunday to see her
mother, Mrs. Charley Sigman at
Amelia, who was seriously ill.
While in this neighborhood Mrs.
Carpenter, with other friends,
visited Mrs. Riley.
According to a writer in a 50
cent magazine, smoking, drinking,
profanity and clandestine trips out
of town are among the “accom
plishments” of the New Deal fe
males attached to government bu
reaus in Washington.
England’s king was bitten by a
Scotland mosquito and had to fore
go a hunting trip. Wonder what
old Richard the Lion Heart would
have said had one of his Knights
of the Cross asked for a furlough
because of a mosquito bite.
Cautiously mugwump writers and
a sprinkling of democrats have
criticized from time to time but
(Continued on page 4, column 1.)
SCHOOL BONDS ARE
CARRIED BY MORE
THAN TEN TO ONE
Vote On Issue Is Light, Only 419
Votes Being Cast, 384 Of
Them For Bonds.
A fairly good vote was cast at
the school bond election last Tues
day, 419 voters going to the polls
to cast their ballots on the propo
sition. Of this number 384 voted
for the bonds and 35 against, or a
majority for, of 349 votes.
In the First ward there were 148
votes cast of which number 143
were for the bonds and 5 against;
in the second ward 127 votes were
cast, 116 for and 11 against; in the
Third ward 144 votes were cast,
125 for and 19 against.
Ralph Tomlinson And
Loretta Pribil Are Wed
Here Saturday Morning
At St. Patrick’s church in this
city Saturday morning, Aug. 20,
Miss Loretta Pribil, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jake B. Pribil, be
came the bride of Mr. Ralph M.
Tomlinson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry W. Tomlinson, with the Rt.
Rev. Monsignor J. G. McNamara
officiating.
The bride wore a daytime Boy
Blue dress of silk alpaca crepe
with accessories conforming, and
she wore a shoulder corsage of
Briarcliff roses.
Mrs. Russell J. Shoemaker,
sister of the bride and her only
attendant, wore an English rust
crepe dress with black accessories.
Her shoulder corsage was of Aaron
Ward roses.
Frelent Pribil, a brother of the
bride, was best man.
Immediately after the church
service a three-course wedding
breakfast was served at the Golden
hotel for members of the immedi
ate families, the wedding party and
the clergy.
Mr. Tomlinson and his bride are
both well known in this community
and the surrounding country, hav
ing lived here all their lives. He is
a graduate of the O’Neill High
school and she a graduate from the
Inman High school.
After a trip thru Colorado, Mr.
and Mrs. Tomlinson will make
their home at Eighth and Everett
streets in O’Neill.
The many friends of this young
couple join The Frontier in wishing
them many years of prosperity and
happiness.
Chief of Forest Service
Inspects Shelterbelts
Field shelterbelt plantings in the
Neligh district were visited Aug.
18, by F. A. Silcox, chief or the
U. S. Forest Service; E. W. Tink
er, director of Division of State and
Private Forestry; John F. Preston,
director of Forestry in the Soil Con
servation Service; and several oth
er local officials of the Forest Ser
vice accompanied by several busi
ness men from Pierce and Neligh.
This was Chief Silcox’s first visit
to the shelterbelt plantings and he
was very enthusiastic over the re
sults which have been secured the
past three years.
Receives Invitation
To Iowa State Fair
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Lucas and
son, Robert jr., of Middlebranch,
have been sent special invitations
to attend the Iowa Centenial State
Fair to be held in Des Moines next
week. The fair this year observes
the 100th anniversary of its crea
tion as a territory on July 4, 1838,
and honors the prominent founda
tion leaders, chief among them
being Robert Lucas, the first gov
ernor of Iowa, and great grand
father and namesake of R. E.
Lucas.
Marriage Licenses
The following marriage licenses
were issued in the office of the
County Judge the past week:
Thomas Strong of Emmet, and
Miss Evelyn Haskin of Stuart, on
August 20. They were married at
Emmet on August 21 by Rev. W. F.
Green of the Methodist church.
Robert Cooper and Miss Marie
Lorensen, both of Hartington,
Nebr., on August 20. They were
united in marriage the same day
at the Presbyterian Manse by Rev.
H. D. Johnson.
Robert S. Morse and Miss Beth
une E. Miller, both of Sioux City,
on August 22. They were united
in marriage the same day at the
Presbyterian Manse by Rev. H. D.
Johnson.
Ralph M. Tomlinson and Miss
Loretta C. Pribil, both of O’Neill,
on August 19.
Raymond R. Rodgers and Miss
Evelyn M. Wade, both of Royal,
on August 22.
Convention Of County
Republicans Is Held
In This City Today
The republican county conven
tion met in the Odd Fellows hall in
this city at 11:15 a. m. this morn
ing with a fair representation of
delegates from all parts of the
county.
D. H. Cronin was elected chair
man of the convention and Ira H.
Moss was elected secretary.
On motion the chair was auth
orized to appoint a committee on
credentials and a committee on
resolutions, and the following were
appointed:
Credentials—W. L. Butler, Gold
en precinct; Mrs. Mabel McKenna,
O’Neill; J. B. Fullerton, Pleasant
View precinct; Floyd Johnson,
Pleasant View precinct, and George
Crawford, Sheridan precinct.
Resolutions—Julius D. Cronin,
O’Neill; Frank Schmidt, Golden;
Mrs. R. M. Sauers, O'Neill; Fred
Zink, Sand Creek precinct, and
Ira H. Moss, O’Neill.
After the appointment of the
committees the convention adjourn
ed until 1:30 p. m.
At the afternoon session the
committee on resolutions reported
as follows:
We, the delegates of the Repub
lican party, in Holt county, Ne
braska, in convention assembled at
O’Neill, Nebraska, this 25th day of
August, 1938, realizing the serious
ness confronting the country today,
both industrially and financially,
hereby adopt the following reso
lutions:
1. Resolved, that we hold the
Republican party to be the party
of progress and achievement; the
party best suited Jto lead the
country out of the present morass
of debt, unemployment and bureau
racy. The only party that has and
will protect the country and its
cherished constitutional liberties.
2. We condemn the failure of
the present administration to re
duce governmental costs and func
tions, as promised, and call atten
tion to the enormous increase in
the functions and cost of govern
ment. We direct attention to the
historical fact that in our whole
history Republican administrations
have paid the debts incurred while
the Democrats were in power.
3. We commend the administra
tion of republican party affairs in
Nebraska during the past year
under the leadership of Chairman
Llye E. Jackson. We commend his
initiative, industry and loyalty, and
instruct our delegates to the State
convention to work for and sup
port him for an additional term.
4. In order that Nebraska may
be represented in Congress by men
who hold the interests of their
state and constituency above feali
ty to a party dictator, we endorse
the candidacies of all republican
senatorial and congressional nomi
nees. We also endorse all of the
Republican nominees for state and
county offices and commend them to
the voters as capable and economi
cal and pledge them our support.
5. We heartily endorse the can
didacy of Charles Warner for gov
ernor. We direct attention to the
fact that he is an actual farmer
and as such is familiar with the
troubles, problems and needs of all
those engaged in farming and stock
raising. His many years of ex
perience in the legislature, togeth
er with his business and farming
experience, particularly qualify
him for this office at this time.
After the adoptinon of the reso
lutions members of the county cen
tral committee from the several
townships were selected.
D. H. Cronin was elected chair
man of the county central com
mittee and Ira H. Moss secretary.
The following delegates were
selected to attend the republican
state convention to be held in Fre
mont on Thursday, September 1st.
D. H. Cronin, J. B. Fullerton,
J. D. Cronin, Ira H. Moss, Victor
Johnson, G. E. Moor, Frank
Schmidt, I). E. Bowen, H. W. Tom
linson, Nate Crowell, Robert Chit
(Continued on page 4, column 2.)
HOLT COUNTY LEVY
FOR 1938 IS HIGHER
THAN LAST YEAR’S
County Levy .12 Of Mill Higher
And Total State And County
Levy la Up .68 Of Mill.
The tax levy for the year 1938
is considerably higher than it has
.been for quite a few years, the
total this year reaching 8.44 mills,
while last year the total was 7.76.
The county is indebted to the state
in the sum of $9,486 for the care
of the insane sent to the asylums
from this county. This added to
the state levy of 2.68 mills, .04 mills
larger than it was a year ago,
brings the total of the state levy
to 3.22 mills, compared to 2.68
one year ago. And yet the present
state administration says they have
not raised taxes in the state.
The Holt county board of super
visors made the following levies for
the coming year, at their meeting
last Thursday:
Mills
County General Fund _ 3.00
County Bridge Fund _ .20
County Fair Fund _ 08
County Judgments _ .60
Soldiers relief _. . .03
Unemployment relief 1.00
Mother’s pensions _ .06
Coyote bounty.. .02
Total levy .. 4.88
State general ... _ 2.68
Care of Insane_._ .54
Total_3.22
plus
Total county levy _ 4.88
Court House bonds _ .34
Totaf levy in Holt county 8.44
To this must be added the court
house bonds and interest of .34.
Also a levy of $2.00 on each and
every person within the county be
tween the ages of 21 and 50 years
of age for old age assistance. Also
a levy of 10 cents for each hive of
bees in the county.
The levy is .12 mills higher than
it was a year ago. At that time
the levy for the county was 4.76,
the diffeemce being in the follow
ing funds: The general fund was
increased from 2.70 to 3.00; the
bridge fund was decreased from
.65 to .20; no road fund levied this
year; county fair .08 an increase
of .03; county judgments .50 an
increase of .04; soldiers’ relief an
increase of .02 from .01 to .03;
unemployment relief increased
from .80 to 1.00; mothers pensions
increased .01 from .04 to .05;
coyote bounty .02 the same as last
year. This year the levy for the
court house bonds and interest is
.34 as against .36 last year.
The total valuation of the county
as set by the State Board of Equal
ization is $17,804,405, a slight de
crease from that of last year.
Marvin Johnson And
Lon a Cromwell Take
Vows At Sioux City
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Cromwell
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Lona, to Marvin L. John
son, at Sioux City, Iowa, on Sunday
morning, Aug. 14, at 8 o’clock. The
marriage was solemnized by the
Rev. Dr. Bond.
After the wedding the bride and
groom left for a trip to Sioux Falls,
S. D., Rapid City, S. D., and the
Black Hills. They arrived home
from their trip last Friday and
home at their residence on Everett
street in this city, where Mr. John
son has completed a new home.
They were serenaded by a large
group of friends who enjoyed the
usual treat of cigars and ice cream.
Mrs. Johnson is a charming and
talented young lady, a graduate of
the O’Neill Public schools, and has
been a successful school teacher.
The groom is an O’Neill High
school ^graduate and an employee
of the Gamble store in this city.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. Norman DePue of
Page, announce the birth of a girl
on Friday, August 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Grader of
Ewing, announce the birth of a
girl, Saturday, August 20.
Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Woodworth
of Venus, announce the birth of a
son on Thursday, August 18.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation and thanks to the
many kinds friends and neighbors
for their many deeds of kindness
during the illness and death of our
dear husband and father.—Mrs.
Orville Harrison and family.