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» XT,. ■ _ Neb. State Historical Socje The Frontier VOL.LIX. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1988. No.28. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg Celebrate Their Golden Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Lindberg, of O’Neill celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary at their home here on Sunday, November 20. All of their children, with the exception of one son, Oscar, who now lives in Los Angeles, Califor nia, were present for the celebra tion. Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg were married in O’Neill fifty years ago, and for forty-seven years lived on their farm north of O’Neill, mov ing from there to town three years ago. Mr. and Mrs. John Olson and daughter, of Minden, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Enquist, of Wausau, Nebraska, were present from out of town. Both Mrs. Olson and Mrs. Enquist are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lindberg. As a gift the children present presented their parents with a very beautiful chair. This estimable couple have many friends in different sections of the county who express the with that they will live to enjoy many more anniversaries together. Nebraska Accident Survey Two Weeks Ago A drop of over a hundred acci dents was noted in the total for the week ending November 12, 1938. Accidents reached two hundred seventy after stepping down from three hundred seventy-three last week. The large decrease in fires was responsible for the drop as the casualty list remained practically the same. Two hundred nineteen figured on this list as compared to two hundred twenty of the previous record. Deaths rose from eight to ten. The children’s report, how ever, shows up much better with just one child killed and twenty-six injured. Motor vehicle accidents remain ed about the same with one hundred mishaps reported in contrast to ninety-four as compared to seven ty-eight last week. A man died of injuries sustained in a car-truck crash in Hay Springs last week. A man died of injuries sustained in another car-truck collision near there. A woman succumbed to in juries sustained in a collision near Kenesaw last week. A man was found to be disabled in the same accident. Another woman sustain ed a disablity when a driver lost control of his car west of Nebraska City. In the midst of all the prepara tion for Thanksgiving reunions, it will be well to pause and reflect upon the ever-present dangers of the holiday traffic in going and coming from the “scenes of feast ing.” This is one time of year when those away from home want to spend this time with close friends and relatives. Due to accidents, however, many will not reach their destination and others will be in juried on their return. A young woman received a serious injury just a year ago when she and her family were returning from a Thanksgiving holiday in Iowa. In clement weather will make driving even more hazardous. But acci dents do not occur when drivers are on the alert. Out of forty-two collisions, a like number of injuries were reported. Twenty-four were hurt when cars got out of control and eight pedes trians were struck down by auto mobiles and injured. Five were hurt when parked cars were struck, two more were injured in a railroad crossing mishap, a bicycle-car mix up resulted in one being hurt, two more sustained injuries when auto mobiles hit obstructions, and a man was hurt when he fell from a mov ing vehicle. Two suffered hand in juries because of cars, another hurt his foot, a man was hurt when a car struck his wagon, a boy was caught between a car backing from the curb and a parked truck, and two others were hurt when their car was driven into a hole along the side of the road. Four hit and run drivers were re ported this week and an intoxicated driver ran down three boys and in jured them. A big decrease of fires in the public category accounted for the accident total stepping down from one hundred thirty-two last week to eighty for this period. The in jured or killed list remained the same, twenty. Two more deaths from firearms accidently exploding were recorded this week. Play and sports contributed thirty-two injuries to the list this week with three of the number oc curing at school and twenty-three in football participation. This makes a total of one hundred nine ty-six such injuries in the closing weeks of the season. Fifteen people were hurt in falls, five more sus tained injuries when guns acci dently went off: One was burned, one was cut, three suf fered infection in their hands caused by sandburrs and cuts, two more stepped on nails with bad re sults, three had eye injuries, a woman was bitten by a Black Widow spider, two other women were struck by falling objects, and two more had foot injuries. Ten fires were recorded. The second category to show a big decrease is Agriculture which stepped down from fifty-seven mis haps last week to thirty-one for this period. Twenty-four were in jured as compared to thirty-six in jured or killed last record. Six persons were hurt by farm animals, three by farm machinery, six were cut, three had head and neck injuries, two were hurt in runaways, and four more suffered respectively an injured eye, back, foot, and hand. There were seven fires in rural areas. After showing a big rise last period, Industry dropped slightly from twenty-three to twenty-one. The casualty list decereased from seventeen to twelve. A workman was killed while working on a drag line and another worker met death when the-wall of a pit crumbled in on him. A boy was struck by a train and killed. Two were injured by machinery, two were burned, one was cut, two more were struck by falling objects, and a third sprain ed his back. Seven fires occurred. A drop in home accidents from sixty-two last week to thirty-eight for this period was recorded. Nine teen persons were injured or kill ed, which tied last week's figure. Two persons met death this week in falls. Seven others were injured that way, one was cut, five were burned, a man was overcome by monoxide gas which escaped from a gaosline motor, a boy was caught under a falling cellar door, and a girl swallowed a pin. One more washing machine injury was re corded. This makes a total of one hundred forty-four such injuries in a little over a year and two months. Twenty fires were reported. All County Fairs To Receive Money For the first time since pari mutual racing was resumed four years ago, every one of the ninety three counties in Nebraska will share in the revenues from Ak-Sar Ben’s anuual race meet. This was revealed the first of the week by J. B. Rossiter, of Walthill, chairman of the Nebraska Racing Commission, as he placed in the mail checks totaling $25,891.20. Each county will receive $278.40 as its share from the Ak-Sar-Ben revenues. In all, Ak-Sar-Ben paid to the state a total of $27,191 from this year’s race meet, through a $200 daily license fee and a tax of 15 cents on every admission. Revenues from other race meets in the state were negligible, Ros siter said, and were not even suffi cient to meet the small expenses of the commission. The race money distributed among the various counties can be used for only one purpose—that is for the payment of agricultural or live stock premiums at county fairs or 4-H club shows. What this has meant to the county fairs of the state is seen from the fact that five years ago, before the racing revenues were first available, only about half of the counties of the state were conducting fairs. Today every county in the state has quali fied for a share of the money by staging either a county fair or a 4-H show. “We are frequently told by county fair representatives that without this financial assistance through Ak-Sar-Ben, they could not attempt to hold a fair or show,” said Rossiter. “The members of the state racing commission, who serve without compensation, are happy that they can contribute even in their small way toward the development of agriculture in Ne braska.” SOUTHEAST BREEZES By Romaine, Saunders Should any of our friends be in terested, our present address is 128 North 19th Street, Lincoln. The Nebraska Anti-Liquor League has taken a poll of Lincoln religious groups with the view of setting in motion a movement in the capital city which amounts to a boycott of drug stores, restaur ants and grocery establishments stocking liquors. The eyes of republicans have be come noticeably brightened, a rud diness has come into their faces and a happy swing to their step. New Dealers have become fidgety as they look on the most colossal political machine of all time began i to crumble. The G. O. P. is funda mentally the agency to restore sanity at Washington. Nebraska is treating the old folks about as shabbily as it did state bank depositors. Fifteen from state funds—a total of $30 per month to old timers in need has been officially authorized. That brought new hope to many facing a gloomy outlook and assured a group of politicians a lot of votes. That $30 has dwindled to $12.75. Is not the same authority back of the pension that authorizes ade quate salaries at the state house, which we have not heard of being cut 50 or 60 per cent? Lincoln workers back from a northwest Kansas town where they finished a contract for certain features of a $100,000 school build ing say that community is about as barren of vegetation as our paved streets. If weather con ditions continue there as have pre vailed for many years the whole country must be abandoned. The school house is one of the examples of New Deal spending. North Nebraska has little or no railway connection with the capitol city. The Northwestern long ago abandoned its pasenger train ser vice between Lincoln and Fremont but still maintains an uncertain freight service. There is supposed to be a semblance of bus schedule to connect with the north railway lines but this is more or less flighty. The surest way to get in from the grass belt is to drive your own vehicle. Lincoln, through the executive office, has publicly declared its sup port of the president’s stand with respect to persecutions in portions of Europe. It was similar inter ference which got America involved in Flanders bloody field some twenty odd years ago. My old friend John Paul Sullivan need not regret that he stands as a lone victim of the last election. In these days of mutterings and com plaints about the tax load no as sessor can hope for reelection. The voter must express his resentment somewhere and to him the most I logical place is the assessor’s office, unreasonable as it may be. Paul will find contentment and more abundant living in permanent re tirement to the home he has known for half a century in the Michigan settlement. After making a small purchase in a lower O street store the cus tomer presented a four dollar check. The merchant not having the cash to make change went out with the check to several nearby shops but failed to get it cashed. At a beer serving cafe he was told that if they had four dollars they would quit business. I couldn’t say that this is an index to general business conditions throughout the city. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Hammer, of Chambers, favored us with a visit while in the city a week ago, guests at the home of Mrs. Hammer’s brother, M. H. Hardy, who for the past several months has been an invalid following a paraletic stroke. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy are the parents of Mrs. H. M. Farrier, of Chambers, who with Mr. Farrier and the child ren, expect to be here over Thanks giving. Mr. and Mrs. Hardy reside at 810 Peach street, where I find it a privelege to call occasionally. Believe the ideal husband has been found. It came to light dur ing a ride in a public conveyance. Just across the aisle sat two young women, one gifted with a wagging tongue, the other a charming listen er. The talkative one pronounced her husband a swell fellow—got up to look after the baby at night, al lowed her to repose in bed until 9 while he did the morning work of the household and was always home Saturday afternoons to do the washing. These domestic achieve ments added to his job of carving out the livelihood makes this young man, who ever ho is, a valuable asset to an apparently lazy lady. One runs into former Holt county citizens in unexpected places. This item will have no significance to any one not a part and parcel of ithe throbbing life at O’Neill forty years and more ago. But there nre those who will remember Walter Keeler, who came to O’Neill in about ’87 to take a job in Smoot’s barber shop, at once became one of the group of young gents who cut a swell ;n Prince Albert coat, plug hat and two-bit walking stick. I run across him in Fremont recently. Blue eyes are becoming dim, fringes of hair on a bald head have turned white from the frosts of seventy odd winters, but there is still the same soft spoken voice I knew when Walt, was one of the circle going round and round at the old roller skating rink operated by Ed F. Gallagher and Tom Birmingham. Walter married an O’Neill girl, a daughter of I. R. Smith, an early day sheriff of Holt county and sub sequently ran a livery barn in O’Neill. Mrs. Keeler died many years ago, and Walter who has a barber shop in Fremont, says he has a son and daughter. Agricultural News On Monday, November 28, at 8:00 p. m. in the Chambers Town Hall, in Chambers, W. W. Derrick, extension animal husbandman, will conduct a meeting with\a discussion on problems of outlook and live stock rehabilitation together with better sires, sheep management, hog management and similar problems. The feeding of various crops that are now present on the farm and possibly some protein supplement, grain sorghums, etc., will also be considered. A similar meeting will be held tn the assem bly room of the new court house in O’Neill on Tuesday, November 29, at 1:30 p. m. Everyone intareated in livestock is invited to attend. Don’t Kid » Yourself In commenting on the belief of many that they “pay no taxes,” the Kansas City Star says: “The complacency of millions over taxes would be sharply upset if a few facts were allowed to sink in. The Star then takes a survey of “indirect taxes” made by a large life insurance company and shows what the man who thinks he “pays no taxes,” actually pays in taxes each year. Out of the $960 annual income and $80 a month worker receives, he pays $10.29 a month, or $123.48 a year, in indirect taxes that have to be added to the cost of necessi ties he buys, such as food, rent, clothing, fuel, light, recreation, in surance and dozens of other things —about 13 per cent of his income in this case. And the tax total in creases as he earns more. You are kidding only yourself when you laugh about taxes. The less you earn, the harder they hit you from the indirect angle, for I they increase the cost of every : necessity of life you buy. O’Neill Hitfh School Trims Undefeated Team The O’Neill High football team took another undefeated team into camp on the local gridiron last Fri day afternoon when they trimmed the heretofore undefeated Ains worth team with a score of 38 to 0. It was a good game but the boys from the west were dearly out classed. O’Neill plays the last game of the season this afternoon at Atkinson with the Atkinson high school boys and a good delegation of O’Neillites will accompany the team and watch the game. * _ ‘ " . Miss Jean Gist left Wednesday for Lincoln, where she will spend the holidays visiting relatives and friends. Jindra-Block In the Zion Lutheran parsonage in Omaha, November 16, at 6 p. m.,' Miss Iva Block, of O’Neill, became the bride of Oswald Jindra, of O’Neill, the -Rev. Niemann offici ating. The double ring ceremony was used. The bride wore a royal blue dress with a hat of the same color. The groom wore a suit of navy blue. They were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Block, brother and sister-in-law of the bride. Mrs. Bloclj wore a wine crepe dress with matching hat. Mr. Block also wore a blue suit. The bride is the youngest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Block of O’Neill. She is a charming young by whom she is well liked, lady and has a large host of friends The groom is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil Jindra, of O’Neill. He is a very popular young man and has a large circle of acqunintenances in this vicinity. After the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of Mrs. Emma Block, Omaha, a rela tive of the bride. The newly weds will start house keeping on a farm south of this city. The Weather The weather has been fair the past week with occasional flurries of snow on a couple of days. On Tuesday night the thermometer dropped to one below zero, the coldest day of the season so far. This morning it got down to six above but with a cold wind blowing it seemed much colder. Following is the chart for the week: H. L. Nov. 17 . 47 36 Nov. 18 41 14 Nov. 19 59 26 Nov. 20_ 50 23 Nov. 21 . 38 14 Nov. 22 23 -1 Meeting of Old Time Friends Sunday An enjoyable afternoon Tea was given by St. Mary’s Alumnae at the Academy on Sunday, November 13, honoring Sr. Antoinette who was directress of St. Mary’s for twenty years, and Sr. Geralda one of the pioneer teachers. More than a hundred old pupils and friends attended, and the after noon passed all too quickly. This was probably the farewell visit of the two Sisters, as they now belong to the eastern province of the Franciscan Order with the j Mother house at Stella Niagara, N. Y. The other two provinces have the Mother house at Denver, Colo., for the midwest province and at Monrovia, Cal., for the far-west respectively. Identifies Man Who Attempted to Rob Her Sheriff Duffy, Miss Theresa Con nolly and Mrs. John Daily went to Sioux City last Friday where Mrs. Daily looked over a couple of men who were under arrest there and one of them she positively identified as the man who tried to hold her up in the office of the cigar company a few weeks ago. They will be brought back here to stand trial, but are putting up a scrap to keep from coming back. The Busy Hour Club The Busy Hour Club mot at the home of Bessie Wayman on Thurs day, November 17. Nine members! were present. The afternoon was' spent in playing bingo, sewing quilt blocks and embroidering dish towels. Clara Johnson won the prize. Lunch was served by the hostess consisting of sandwiches, pickles, desert and coffee. The next meeting will be held at the home of Zellah Miller on Dec. 15. Judjre R. R. Dickson Celebrates a Birthday Judge R. R. Dickson entertain ed the members of the bar associ ation of the Fifteenth Judicial Dis trict at a luncheon at the Golden hotel on Monday. The Judge was celebrating a birthday aniversary and he was of the opinion that a good wav t celebrate would be to have all of the attorneys in his judicial dis trict present at a good feed, anrl they were all present. The only thing that we wonder about is why the Judge overlooked the news-1 paper profession, as the members 1 of the craft like to eat a good meal, occasionally. Maybe he will in clude them the next time he pulls I a feed. Following is a list of the guests who were present and enjoyed the feed at the Golden last Monday night: W. J. Hammond, O’Neill; Arthur A. Weber, Bassett; S. C. Ely, Bas sett; J. H. Jameson, Bassett; Fran cis D. Lee, Stuart; W. P. Wills, Butte; C. J. Malone, O’Neill; Wayne A. Davies, Butte; T. G. Weddel, Springview; A. B. Wallace, Butte; W. C. Smith, Jr., Long Pine; D. K. Mounts, Atkinson; Wm. M. Ely, Ainsworth; Ira II. Moss, O’Neill. W. T. Wills, Butte; George A. Farman, Jr., Ainsworth; Wm. Whitla, Butte; H. D. Curtiss, Bas sett; Charles E. Chace, Atkinson; Ben H. Burritt, Ainsworth; W. L. Brennan, Butte; Emmet A. Har mon, O’Neill; J. J. Harrington, O’Neill; James P. Marron, O’Neill; Julius D. Cronin, O’Neill and Ted McElhaney, O’Neill. Sioux City Man Killed Near Stuart William B. Sullivan, 54, live stock commission man, was killed near Stuart last Saturday night when the car he was driving went into the ditch and struck a tree. Hiss companion, Larry Anderson, of Sioux City, suffered an ,cye in jury and shock. Stop! Look! Listen! The Dorsey Ladies Aid will have a bazaar and carnival, also pro gram, at the Scottville Community Hall on Friday night, November 25. An ideal place to buy practical household articles and Christmas gifts of many varieties. The program will start at 8 o’clock. Everyone come and lets see who can catch the largest fish. BRIEFLY STATED Miss Marjorie Learner spent the week end visiting her parents in Wayne. George O’Brien, of Grand Island was in O’Neill on Tuesday and Wednesday on business. Ann Asher will leave Wednesday for Norfolk where she will spend Thanksgiving with relatives. Mrs. John Dailey and Miss The resa Connolly drove to Norfolk and Sioux City Friday on business. Merle Hicksy made a business trip to Omaha, leaving Friday and returning home Sunday evening Miss Marie Wind left Wednes day for Aurora where she will spend the holidays visiting relatives and friends. James Preston left Wednesday for Omaha where he will spend the holidays visiting relatives and friends. Miss Agatha Beelart left Wed nesday night for Omaha where she will spend Thanksgiving with friends. Miss Elenore Kvem left Wednes day for Albion where she will spend the Thanksgiving holidays with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Easton and son, Charles, of Fremont, spent Sat urday visiting at the home of Mrs. Charles Wrede. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Martin and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Pfile visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Art Auker at Sprinkview Sunday. Vincent Schoberg left Wednesday evenino* for Spencer where he will spend Thanksgiving with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Schoberg. Mrs. Sam Boston and daughter. Virginia, of North Platte, arrived Sunday and will visit here at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Oberle. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mullen and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Reka left Mondav for Omaha on a short busi ness trip. They returned home Tuesday evening. Mis Louise O’Donnell, who is a otmJpnf «t nnchene f!nHa«*e. Om**ha. arrived home Wednesday to snend the holidays with he*- norents, Mr. and M*-s J. F. O’Donnell. Holt County Pioneer Dies In Omaha Buried Here Wed. Mrs. Emily Mullen died at her home in Omaha last Monday morn ing about 2 o’clock of ailments in cidental to advanced years, at the age of 85 years. The body was brought to this city Tusday night and funeral services were held at St. Patrick’s church at 9 o’clock on Wednesday morning and burial in Calvary cemetery at the side of her husband who passed away on November 25, 1917. The funeral was largely attended many 'of the old time friends of the family com ing from various sections of the county to pay their last respects to this old pioneer. •* The following members of the clergy were here for the funeral and assisted in the celebration of the solemn high mass for the de ceased: Rev. T. O’Sullivan, Jack son; Rev. John Barrie, Long Pine; Rev. Vanderlaan, Ewing. The following relatives came up from Omaha to attend the funeral services: Sister M. Janarius, Sin Binawa, Wis.; Sister M. Rosalyn, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. A. F. Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. John O’Donnell, Helen Clair Mullen, Mary Mullen, James C. Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Berri gan and family, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mullen and sons, of Omaha, Arthur J. Mullen, Detroit, Mich.; Dr. William Mullen, Omaha; Mrs. P. D. Mullen, Nebraska City; Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Watcher, Omaha; Miss Bea McGinnis, Omaha; Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Rourke, Sioux Falls, S. D.; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Massey, Omaha; Miss Anna Brennan, Oma ha; Robert Mullen, Alice, Texas; James Mullen, Cardwell, Mont.; Mr. and Mrs. John Berri gan, Omaha; Sister Calixta and Sister Bridgetine, Jackson; Dr. R. F. Magirl, Jackson; Homer Mullen, Blair and Vaughan Hall, Omaha. Mrs. Mullen was a native of Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and there she was united in marriage to James Mullen in January, 1872. Ten years later, in 1882, they came to the United States and to this county and located on the Black bird northwest of this city. They resided there for ten years and then disposed of that place arid moved to Page where the family lived for ten years, or until 1907 when they moved to this city, having pur chased the old Pat Hagerty home sted just west of the city where she made her home until after the death of her husband in November, 1917 when she moved to Omaha to be near her children, all of whom had left this section of the state. Since her removal to Omaha she and her daughter, Miss Mary, made their home in the northwestern part of the city. Mrs. Mullen was the mother of a large and interesting family. Cfno of her sons, the late Arthur F. Mullen, won national renown as a lawyer and as one of the most astute politicians the democratic party of the nation had ever known. The members of her family took naturally to the law with the result that three sons and one daughter are members of the legal profession. One son, John C., formerly of Falls City, went to Omaha and became a partner of Arthur’s when the latter moved to Washington and opened an office there in 1932. Mrs Mul len is survived by the following children: John C., Omaha; Robert R., Alice, Texas; James, Cardwell, Mont.; Sister M. Januarius, Sin sinawa, Wis.; Sister M. Rosalyn, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. John O’Donnell, Mrs. J. L. Berrigan and Miss Mary Mullen, of Omaha. In addition she leaves a brother, sister, seven teen grandchildren and four great grandchildren. M rs. Mullen was a splendid wom an, one of the hardy pioneers that helped to develop this section of the o ♦. Coming here when the country was a vast wilderness with neighbors many miles apart, she lived to see the country settl d with a loving and contented class of rpnrl" «nd the little town of O’Neill grow to become the best little town in fh:s section of the state and all in the sn^ce of fifty-six years. Th° Frontier ioins the minv friends of the fsmitv in this ritv and co”ntv in evtending condolen ces to them in hte death of th^ir beloved mother and grand mother.