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VOL. LIX. O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939. No. 42.
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT KILLS ONE AND
SERIOUSLY INJURES NORFOLK MAN
Fatally Injured Victim Was Enroute to Visit
Wife Who Is Confined to The Hospital;
.4 Funeral Services Were Held Monday
HOLT CO. CHORUS
TO BE ORGANIZED
The first meeting of the Holt
County Chorus, under the direction
of Mrs. W. A. Rihl, of Stuart, as
sisted at the piano by Mrs. H. O.
Russ of O’Neill, was held in th§_O’
Neill High School building on Feb.
25. Sixteen members were pres
ent.
The chorus is composed of Pro
ject Club members. The purpose
of the chorus is to stimulate inter
est in singing among project club
members; to offer an opportunity
for them to sing together directed
by a competent leader in order that
they may more truly appreciate
many of the songs long familiar to
all; and that the chorus may give
pleasure to others whenever there
is an opportunity for them to sing
for the public.
Many Nebraska counties where
Home Demonstration clubs are or
ganized have had a county chorus
for years. Some of the best en
tertainment at the State Council
meeting of Home Demonstration
clubs at Grand Island last June was
furnished by the County Choruses.
Several choruses sang in Lincoln
during Organized Agriculture
Week in December. A County
Chorus “Sing” is planned as part
of the entertainment at the Nebra
ska State Fair this fall.
The next practice meeting of the
Holt County Chorus will be from
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday,
March 11 in the O’Neill High School
building.
Any Project Club member inter
ested in singing is welcome. Bring
your copy of “Our Project Club”
by Mrs. Tullis and your book “Fav
orite Songs of the Peflple” used in
your local club.
—Mrs. Vern Sageser,
Co. Chairman Project Clubs.
P. C. A. INTEREST
RATES REDUCED
Stockmen and farmers who do
business with the O’Neill Produc
tion Credit Association will bene
fit by a reduction of interest from
5 to 4V6 per cent on their future
borrowings, it was anounced by
D. C. Schaffer, Holt County cattle
man who is president of the asso
ciation.
“The new rate of 4 Vs per cent a
year applies to all livestock and
farm loans made after February
24th in Holt, Boyd, Wheeler and
Garfield Counties,” said Mr. Schaf
fer. “And as usual, interest will
be charged only for the time the
member actually has the money.”
The reduction is made possible,
he explained, by the continued
ready sale of Federal Intermediate
Credit bank debentures to the in
vesting public and the favorable
operating results of the Federal
Intermediate Credit banks and the
Production Credit association.
The O’Neill association, part of
a nationwide cooperative credit sys
tem, discounts the notes of its mem
bers with the Federal Intermediate
| Credit bank of Omaha. Last year
' the association did a business of
more than $533,000.00
Some loans, the president said,
are made on a so-called ‘budget’
plan. On this type of credit the
members get a commitment from
the association for sums to be ad
vanced at certain periods, thus as
suring him of sufficient funds to
carry through his program in an
orderly way.
Other directors of the O’Neill as
sociation are C. F. Clark of Bur
well, Ott Oberg of Ericson, M. F.
Gribble of O’Neill and A. U. Dix
of Butte. Office operations are in
charge of James W. Rooney, sec
retary-treasurer.
Miss Catherine Carney visited
friends in Norfolk over Sunday.
Benjamin Harrison Wright about
50 years of age and a native of this
county, was instantly killed last
Thursday night near Inman when
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n automobile in which he was rid
ing ran into a truck on the high
way a little ways east of Inman.
The car in which Mr. Wright was
riding was owned and driven by
Cecil Emerick, of Tilden, who was
seriously injured in the collision
and after four days in the hospital
here wras taken to Norfolk where
he is now confined in the hospital.
The truck into which the car
crashed was owned by James Kelly,
of Inman, and was occupied by he
and his father, William Kelly.
Their lights went out and they had
stopped on the highway and James
Kelly started to get out of the car
to set flares when the passenger car
came toward them and he clam
bered back into the truck just as
the car struck them. The truck
and car were traveling in the same
direction and the car hit the rear
of the truck with a terrific impact,
practically demolishing the car.
When the car hit the truck the door
on the left side swung open and
the driver was thrown from the car
about forty feet out on the high
way. Mr. Wright was killed in
stantly.
Local officials were called and
County Attorney Cronin, exof
ficio coroner, and Deputy Sheriff
Bergstrom drove to the scene of
the accident, which happened about
10:45 p.m. After they had viewed
the body, the remains were brought
to this city and the driver of the
car was taken to the O’Neill hos
pital.
Mr. Emerick, the driver of the
car, is engaged with his father in
operating a sales barn at Norfolk
and was here attending the sale at
the O’Neill stock yards last Thurs
day, where he purchased some
stock and was on his way home
when the accident occured. Mr.
Wright, whose wife was in the hos
pital at Norfolk, was riding to Nor
folk with him so he could visit his
wife. His head and chest was bad
ly crushed and medical opinion is
that he was killed instantly, in fact,
never knew what hit him. It was
a deplorable accident and one that
should cause auto drivers to more
carefully observe the rules of safe
driving, if they are to escape sim
ilar accidents.
The County Attorney subpoenaed
a coroners jury last Saturday af
ternoon and held an inquest. About
a dozen witnesses were examined.
They were unable to conclude the
inquest on Saturday as they were
unable to interview Mr. Emerick,
his condition not being the best, and
it was adjourned until Monday.
The inquest was concluded on Mon
day and the jury made the follow
ing report, which is now on file in
the office of the clerk of the dis
trict court:
“That said Benjamin Wright
came to his death on Thursday
night, February 23, 1939, at about
10:45 p.m., as a result of an acci
dental collision, and it is the opin
ion of the Jury that there was no
criminal negligence on the part of
anyone involved.”
The report of the jury was signed
by the six members of the panel:
I. L. Watson, Inman; Dr. H. L. Ben
nett, S. J. Weeks, R. E. Calvert,
Earl D. Miller and II. D. Grady, of
O’Neill.
Benjamin Harrison Wright was
bom at Amelia, Nebr., and had been
a resident of Holt county all his
life, living most of the time in th •
western part of the county and
moving a couple of years ago to a
farm north of this city. He was
married to Anna Kazda, dughter of
a pioneer of the west end of the j
county. He was the father of thrc
children, Frank, of Martinez, Calif.,
and Benjamin and Charles at home.
He is also survived by his father
and one brother. Funeral services
were held in Atkinson last Monday
morning and burial in the cemetery
there.
FARM SHOP SCHOOL TO BE
HELD MARCH 9
The Holt County Farm Bureau
is conducting a Farm Shop School
on the farm of Roy Johns, 4 miles
East of Atkinson on Thursday,
March 9, at 10:00 a.m.
This farm shop meeting will be
in charge of Ivan D. Wood of the
Agricultural Engineering Depart
ment of the Nebraska College f Ag
riculture and the Holt County Ag
ricultural Agent. Every farmer
is invited to attend. In order to
have plenty of work to do farmers
should bring a ball of binder twine
for making rope, something that
needs soldering, saws to sharpen,
chisels to grind, bits to sharpen,
hay ropes to tie and splice and any
thing that needs fixing around the
farm.
This will be an all day meeting
and everyone should bring his
lunch and coffee will be furnished.
Everyone welcome.
St. Mary’s Wins First
Game in Tournament
St. Mary’s basketball team made
the trip to Atkinson on Wednesday
afternon accompanied by a large
and enthusiastic group, of support
ers, and met Springview in the first
game of the 1939 Class B basket
ball tournament for this district.
St. Mary’s iron easily, defeating
Springview by a score of 35 to 10,
using the second team the greater
1 part of the time. That evening,
\ Butte defeated Lynch in a close
game by a score of 15-14 with an
overtime period. Tonight, St.
Mary’s will meet Butte at 7:30 in
the second game of the tournament.
HISS JULIA DWYER
DIES IN SPOKANE
FEBRUARY 26
Body Shipped to Sioux
City and Brought Here
For Interment Friday
Miss Julia Dwyer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Dwyer, pioneer
residents of this county, died at
the home of her sister in Spokane,
Washington, last Sunday morning
at 11:45 after an illness of several
months. The body was shipped to
Sioux City and was met there last
evening by Frank Biglin and the
body brought to this city. The
funeral will be held from the Cath
olic church tomorrow morning at
9 o’clock and interment in Calvary
cemetery.
Julia Dwyer was born at Central,
Michigan, on March 17, 1871, and
came to this county with her par
ents when she was a little girl of
eight in 1879. She was a resident
of this county over twenty years,
living at the family home northeast
of this city and later at the home
of her parents, just north of the
city. In 1899 she went to Butte,
Montana, where si e worked in a
stoi-3 for several y ars and made
her home with her sister, Mrs. Car
roll, now deceased. She then moved
to Omaha where she worked in a
store for several yars, until failing
health caused her retirement. Last
winter and spring she spent several
months heie visiting at the home
of her sister, Mrs. H. E. Coyne,
leaving last summer for the home
of her sister, Margaret, at Spokane,
where she was living at the time of
her death.
Miss Lwyer is smvived by three
sisters and ore brother. They are:
Dr. J. R. Dwyer, Omaha; Mrs. Nel
lie Keefe and Mrs. H. E. Coyne, O’
Neill; Mrs. Margaret Carroll, Spo
kane, Wash. Mrs Carroll accom
panied the body to this city and all
the family are here for the funeral
Dr. Dwyer arriving from Omaha
this afternoon. Miss Dwyer was a
charming woman and had a host of
friends in this city and county who
will regret to learn of her passing
METHODIST CHURCH NOTE?.
V. C. Wright, Pastor
Sunday school 10:00 a.m., H. B
Eurch, superintendent.
Morning worship 11:00 a.m.
Special music by the choir and ser
mon on the subject, ‘Via Dolorosa ’
Epworth and Junior Leagues six
thirty.
Evening worship seven-thirty.
Official Board meeting at the
Parsonage Monday evening, 8:00.
OLD TIMER RETIRES
FROM BUSINESS
Life Story Almost a
Typical Horatio Alger’s
Story; ‘Rags to Riches’
Yesterday and today J. B. Mel
lor has been moving around town
as if he was lost and no place to go.
The reason: For the first time in
fifty-two years Jess is out of busi
ness in this city and after over half
a century of active business life
in this city it is no wonder that
a man would feel lost when he has
no place down town that he could
call his own and where he could
hang his hat, park his feet on the
desk with the contented feeling
that it was his own, but that is
Jess’ position.
Last Wednesday morning the
Lohaus Motor Company took pos
session of the Mellor Motor Com
pany property, consumating a deal
that was started nearly two months
ago. The Ford agency, which was
held by the Mellor Motor Com
pany for twenty-two years, will be
handled by the new firm.
J. B. Mellor came to this city in
the spring of 1887 and that fall en
tered into business in O’Neill. Since
that time he has continually been
among the business men of this
city, formerly in the transporta
tion and livery business then later
when the automobile began to re
place the “old horse and buggy”
went into the automobile game and
erected the first public garage in
this city, the cement building just
east of the present magnificent
Ford Garage. In this building he
took care of the wants of the riding
public and sold automobiles, many
of which are no longer manufact
ured, for that was a good many
years ago. Then he took on the
Ford Agency and built one of the
finest garage buildings in this sec
tion of the state. During the days
of prosperity it was a poor year
when they could not sell 100 to 150
cars in a year, which, with the re
pairs, gasoline and oil they handled
made the Ford garage one of the
busiest places in the city and its
owner one of the most prosperous.
Jess was well fixed financially
when he entered the automobile
game and he added materially to
his bank account in the business.
When he came to this city he was
a green country boy with only a
few cents in his pockets and a mea
gre education. With this as a
handicap, he started in business
here and has been of the most suc
cessful business men in the city.
At the present time he owns many
valuable and desirable business
blocks and residence properties. He
is also the possessor of a few de
sirable farms and two well stocked
ranches that are money makers.
He figures that looking after his
property interests in the city and
country will keep him so busy that
he will forget that he is no longer
owner of the Ford garage, except
the buildings.
Jess says that he is glad to get
out of the hustle and bustle of the
automobile game and take things a
little easier. He says that he de
sires to express his sincere appreci
ation to the people of this city and
county for patronage and kind
ness to him during the many years
that he was in active business, for
without their active support and
patronage he would not have been
able to succeed. To him there is
no place like O’Neill and Ilolt coun
ty and expects to spend the balance
of his days in this city where he
spent so many years of his life and
with the friend and acquaintances
of his boyhood days.
TRUOf CARLOAD;j
DRIVER AERESTED
I). L. Ulrich, < f Stuart, was ar
rested by Patrolman Lawrence
Russell on 'Tuesday and charged
with overloading his truck. He
was taken before County Judge C.
■T M«)one, where he pled guilty to
the charge and was fined $10.00
•nd costs.
Joe ‘.bumto, of Sioux City, was ir
O'Neill Wednesday ni^hi visiting
his brother-,, Fred and Clarence
and his father, Abe Saunto.
ANTHRAX MEETINGS TO BE
HELD IN HOLT COUNTY
A series of livestock sanitation1
meeting will be held in the north |
part of Holt County this coming
week by the Holt County Farm
Bureau. The topics to be taken up
in these meetings will be princi
pally Anthrax and Sleeping Sick
ness control.
Since so large a part of the in
come of Holt County is so depend
ent upon livestock and livestock
products, it is very essential that
everyone cooperate to control dis
eases which can cause such serious
losses.
Dr. S. W. Alford and W. W. Der
rick from the Nebraska College of
Agriculture discuss such questions
as “How and when to vaccinate for
Anthrax,” “Vaccination of horses
for sleeping sickness” and general
livestock sanitation problems. Ev
ery farmer or livestock man in this
vicinity is invited to attend one of
the following meetings:
Monday, March 6, 1939—Phoenix
Store—2:00 p.m.
Monday, March 6, 1939—Cleve
land Church—8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7, 1939—Pad
dock Town Hall—2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, March 7, 1939—Dorsey
School No. ^-8:00 p.m.
Helrier Widtfeldf was arrested
by Deputy Sheriff C. C. Bergstrom
on Saturday and taken before
County Judge C. J. Malone on a
charge of drunken driving, to which
charge he pled guilty and was fined
$20.00 and costs, and his driving
license revoked for one year.
REALPIONEER OF
NORTHERN HOLT
COUNTY PASSES
Funeral Services to Be
Held Friday; Interment
In Pleasant Valley
Joachim A. Stein died at his home
north of this city last Monday
after an illness of several years, at
the advanced age of 89 years, four
months and nine days. The fun
eral was held this afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Presbyterian church
at Meek and interment in the
Pleasant Valley cemetery, Rev. V.
C. Wright of this city officiating.
Deceased was born at Seaburg,
Germany, on October 18, 1849.
When a young man of eighteen he
came to this country and settled at
Clinton, Iowa, and for a time work
ed on a boat between Clinton and
St. Paul, Minn. He settled in
Minnesota and his father, sister and
brother joined him there.
At Granite Falls, Minn., he was
united in marriage to Miss Mary
Plessel. Four children were born
to this union, Anne, Joseph, and
Minnie at home and Mrs. Louise
Peterson, of O’Neill, who are left
to mourn the passing of a kind and
affectionate father. He is also sur
vived by three grandchildren, Rob
ert, Lois Ann and Harold Peterson.
Mrs. Stein passed away on March
21, 1907.
Mr. Stein lived a long and useful
life. He was unusually succe.sful
in his busines and enjoyed good
health until he was'injured some
eight years ago, since which time
he has been in failing health for
some time. He enjoyed life to the
fullest and for 59 years, had been a
tower of strength to the less for
tunate in his section of the county.
A splendid citizen has gone and the
ranks of the real old-timers has
again been thinned by the depart
ure of this worthy citizen.
IN COUNTY JAIL ON
FORGERY CHARGE
Wayne Snider, about thirty years
of age, and giving his address as
O’Neill, was arrested on Saturday
hy Assistant Chief of Police, T. J.
Coyne, on a complaint signed by
Charles Lawrence. He was charged
with forging a $20.00 check on j
Cribble Brothers, of Chambers. He
has not yet been arraigned before
the County Judge, but is in the
Countv Jail at present.
Merle Hickey left Saturdav for
South Dakota on a business trip
NEW LOHAUS MOTOR COMPANY
LAUNCHED HERE YESTERDAY
Former Employees of Mellor Motor Company
Will Be Retained By New Firm; WTife of
Manager Is Native of O’Neil
PAPEL SECRETARY
CHOSEN NEW POPE
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The sacred college of Cardinals
of the Roman Catholic Church,
meeting in secret and ceremonious
conclave in the Sistine Chapel of
Vatican Place, Rome, Italy on
Thursday, at ten-thirty a.m., cen
tral standard time, five-thirty p.m.
Italian time, elected Eugenio Car
dinal Pacelli, the former papal sec
retary, and director of interna
tional affairs for the Vatican, as
the new Pope, and spiritual head
of the Roman Catholic Church. The
new Pope, who promptly chose the
name of Pius XII, was elected on
the third ballot taken, for the sec
ond time in the history of the
church. For the first time in many
years, the entire membership of
the college of cardinals, now num
bering sixty-two was present at the
beginning of the conclave. Of this
number, forty-one were necessary
for election. The new Pope, Pope
Pius XII who is sixty-two years
old, celebrating his birthday to-day,
is well known to Americans, hav
ing visited this country in 1937. as
the personal representative of his
Holiness, Pope Pius XI.
All three cardinals from the
United States were present at the
conclave, these being, William Car
dinal O'Connell of Boston, George
Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago and
Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of
Philadelphia.
BUSY HOUR CLUB
The February meeting of the
Busy Hour Club was held at the
home of Mrs. Alvina Wayman. Two
members were absent, Miss Anna
Wayman and Mrs. Roy Wayman.
Three of our members received
birthday gifts, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Liz
zie Schmohr and Miss Anna Way
man. We also had a Valentine
box which caused much merriment
among the guests, Ruby Wayman
receiving the prize. Games were
played and quilt blocks were pieced.
Lunch was served, consisting of
sandwiches, pickles, salad and
coffee.
Our next meeting will be with
Mrs. Lizzie Schmohr on March 30,
1039.
WOMAN BEFORE
JUVENILE COURT ON
NEGLECT CHARGE
Mrs. Mary Eckland of O’Neill
was ordered to appear before Judge
Robert R. Dickson of the Juvenile
Court in the matter of the depend
ency of minor and neglected child
ren on February 25th on a com
plaint signed by Sheriff Peter W.
Duffy. Billie, her three year old
son, is now in a hospital at Atkin
son, Nebraska, as a result of an
alleged whipping administered by
his mother. The child is suffering
from frozen feet, one of which is
badly infected, two black eyes,
welts on his back, and bruises on
his face and head. The case v/is
continued by the Court pending ac
tion by the Board of Control in
Lincoln, Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs.
Eckland have three other children,
ranging in age from one to four.
The Weather
The weather the past week has
been fairly moderate, with a few
| snow flurries the first of the week.
The predictions are for colder
weather tomorrow, Friday, and
warmer Saturday and Sunday. Fol
lowing is the chart for the week:
High Low
Feb. 23_38 18
Feb. 24_ 34 21
Feb. 25 . ... 41 16
Feb. 26 42 19
Feb. 27 — 39 25 snow flurries
Feb. 28_ 32 20
Mar. 1 42 17
There is a new business firm in
O’Neill. The Lohaus Motor Co.,
who took over the Ford Garage
Wednesday morning and are now
in charge ready to take care of
the needs of motorists or the trav
eling public. Mr. Lohaus is the
manager of the firm and he will be
assisted for a time by Thomas S.
Mains, who for several years has
had charge of the office for the
Mollor Motor Company. Robert
Mains, who had been in the em
ploy of the old firm for the past
year and a half, looking after the
wants of the public in the front of
the garage, is also retained by the
new firm.
Ed Olson, Earl Yenglin and Dale
Fetro, who have served the Mellor
Motor Company as mechanics for
several years, have ben retained
by the new firm and they can be
found in their old positions ready
and willing to take care of the
mechanical troubles of the local
auto world.
The Frontier welcomes the new
firm to the ranks of O’Neill busi
ness men and hopes that they will
have a long and successful business
career in this city.
53RD WEDDING AN
NIVERSARY IS
CELEBRATED
On February 21, 1886, James C.
Harnish and Miss Jane Jacobs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Jacobs, were united in marriage at
the farm home of the bride’s par
ents about sixteen miles northeast
of this city. At that time Mr. Har
nish was an employee of the United
States land office which was lo
cated at Niobrara. Two years
later the office was moved to this
city and Mr. Harnish came with
the office to this city and has been
a resident of O’Neill for ever fifty
years.
As the anniversary of their wed
ding came on Tuesday of last week
the celebration was held last Sun
dya, so the children could be here
and on that day an appropriate
wedding anniversary celebration
was held at the Harnish home in
the southwestern part of the city,
which was attended by all their
children and their families, except
one daughter, Della, who lives at
Alberquerque, New Mexico, who
was unable to be present. Those
present were: Mr and Mrs. F. D.
Harnish and son, Frank James, of
Norfolk; Mr. and M>s. A. L. Pier
son ai d sons, Jimmy and James, of
Neligh; Mr. and Mrs. Earl M.
Carnes, Neligh.
Mr. and Mrs. Harnish are among
the best loved people in this city.
Although getting along in years,
he is 82 and Mrs. Harnish is 72,
they both are enjoying good health
and enjoying life and their many
friends in this city hope that they
will enjoy good health and live to
celebrate many more wedding an
niversaries. During their residence
in this city Mr. Harnish has been
very active in civic affairs and
everything that would be of benefit
to the city of his adoption. For
mary years he was a member of
the school board, served on the city
council and for four years served
as the county treasurer of this
county. Every position he occu
pied he filled with ability and with
an eye single to the welfare of the
people of the city or county,
whose servant he was.
The writer has known Mr. and
Mrs. Harnish for over fifty years
and he takes pleasure in tendering
to them and their estimable fam
ily hearty congratulations on their
anniversary.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sincere
appreciation to the many friends
for their kindness and sympathy
shown during the illness and death
of our beloved son and brother.—
Mrs. Mary Jones and Family.