"" The Frontier
VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939 No. 16
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holt County fairs will have large
4-H CLUB EXHIBITS - DEMONSTRATION
Holt County Fair at Chambers and Tri-County
Fair at Stuart Presents Excellent Opportunity
For 4-H Members to Realize on 4-H Projects
17 HOLT CO. 4-H
MEMBERS TO VIE
AT STATE FAIR
Almost All Communities
Of County Will Enter
Teams or Individuals
For Judging Contests
When Nebraska State Fair opens
September 3, Holt county 4-H clubs
will have 17 representatives com
peting in events. A chance to rep
resent this county in state compe
tition is the goal of practically
every 4-H member who enrolls in
the work.
4-H groups who have attended
k State Fair in past years have made
a reputation for themselves and
the county and from advance notice
given by the group this year, they
are expected to continue the same
record.
These boys and girls have put
forth evenr effort to make them
selves outstanding in 4-H club work
in this county and have made
achievements for themselves and
this county which parents and
friends can well be proud
According to present plans live
team demonstrations will compete
in the contests of different projects.
Those competing in demonstra
tions will be Rex Oberle of Dorsey
and Edwin Krugman of Opportuni
ty making rope and rope halters.
Bob and Bill Rees of Amelia will
give one on livestock loss preven
tion; Dale Stauffer and Charles
Harmon of Page will compete in
poultry equipment and Ralph and
Allyn and Dick Shearer of Stuart
will show the correct way to solder.
A fine dairy demonstration team
composed of Delbert Robertson and
Marie Gibson of Chambers will not
be able to compete this year be
cause of one member being under
twelve years of age.
Home economics demonstrations
will be entered only in the cooking
division by Mardell Burdick and
Florence Spease of Stuart who are
making cup cakes.
The livestock judging team which
will enter the State judging contest
will consist of Jack Ressel, Delbert
Robertson, both of Chambers, and
Stanley Lambert, of Ewing. Two
of these members made a good
showing in this contest in 1938. A
poultry judging team made up of
Charles Harmon, Dale Stauffer and
John Allen of Page wdll also enter.
Home economics judging teams
will be made up of Margery Rees
and Florence Spease in cooking and
Margery Reese and Beth Murphy
in clothing.
Miss Marian Prill of Page will
also compete in the style revue.
In addition to the 4-H members
competing, several clubs are en
tering exhibits of their 4-H work.
SPECIAL NOTICE
All pupils who wish to take music
lessons at St. Mary’s Academy,
are requested to register on or be
fore Monday, Sept. 4. Class les
sons in violin will be arranged upon
application.
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CARD OF THANKS
* We wish to thank all of our
friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and untiring
efforts in our behalf during the
illness and death of our beloved
husband and father, Francis Hardy
Outhouse.—Mrs. Anettie Outhouse
and children.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all our friends
for their kindness and sympathy
during the illness and death of our
wife and beloved mother.—Henry
Murray and Elaine, Mr. and Mrs.
W. T. Murray, Mr. and Mi's. James
Murphy and family.
You can’t believe all the war
news you get from Europe. A lot
turns out to be as far fetched
as the democratic platform of 1932.
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Holt county 4-H club members
are fortunate to have two fairs
which are offering a fine chance
for them to exhibit their projects.
The exhibit of livestock at fairs
which was so popular and competi
tive in past years, has nearly been
given over to 4-H boys and girls to
carry on. A mutual benefit is re
ceived by the fair and the 4-H club
in bringing the condition about.
Both the Holt county fair at Cham
bers and the Tri-County fair at
Stuart are offering a fine premium
list in all projects. This will not
only give the boys and girls a part
in making these events successful
but furnish a good source of realiz
ing some financial benefit from
4-H club work.
All fairs have had somewhat ot
an uphill pull in the last few years
and the efforts of every 4-H club
member is solicited to keep such
worthwhile activities in existence.
We wish to encourage every 4-H
boy and girl to obtain a copy of the
fair premiums in order that both
may be a big success.
Henry Wood, of Ewing, was a
pleasant caller at this office this
morning and had his name added
to The Frontier’s large and steadily
increasing family of readers.
Joe Ryan Married in
Chicago Last Saturday
Joseph F. Ryan, son of J. B.
Ryan of this city, and Miss Marg
aret Gallagher, of Chicago, Illinois,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
F. Gallagher of Mandan, North Da
kota, were united in marriage on
Saturday, August 26th at St. Thom
as the Apostle Church in Chicago,
by the Rev. Father Carroll.
The bride was attired in a long
white dress, with a white veil and
carried a bouquet of white roses.
She was attended by her sister,
Mary, who wore a rose colored taf
feta dress with a short blue veil and
carried a bouquet of pink and blue
flowers. Jack Miller of Chicago,
served as best man and both he and
the groom wore white suits.
Joe is a native of O’Neill, at
tending St. Mary’s Academy here,
then going to Campion at Prairie du
Chien, Wisconsin, from which school
he was graduated several years
ago. He also attended the law
school of Loyola University in Chi
chago.
Following a wedding trip to New
York, the young couple will make
their home in Chicago, where Joe
is employed by the Federal Reserve
Bank, and where they will be at
home to all of their friends after
September 3rd. at 443 Wrightwood
Avenue, Chicago. Illinois.
The Frontier joins with the many
friends of the young couple in wish
ing them a long and prosperous
wedded life.
Mrs. Ann Jordan and daughter,
Dorothy, left Wednesday for Omaha
on a business trip.
JUST A GLANCE AT THE PAST
Clipped From the Files of The Frontier
Fifty-Five Years Ago
August 27, 1884
James H. Riggs, Editor and Pro
prietor of The Frontier.
Brick work on the new school
building is progressing rapidly.
J. P. Weeks and E. P. Hicks have
been enjoying a visit the past week
from relatives from Chicago.
A girl baby was added to the Mc
Cafferty household last Friday.
John J. now has two pair and it is
no wonder he is superlatively happy
and sells hardware at reckless fig
ures.
The census report gives O’Neill a
population of 613, Atkinson 395,
Stuart 220. These figures are be
low the estimates generally made.
Neligh has about 100 more than
O’Neill, Creighton 646 and Ains
worth 646 with Valentine about the
same.
WILL DEDICATE NEW
AUDITORIUM AT
STUART TUESDAY
Next Tuesday, September 5,
Stuart will have a celebration ded
icating their new $30,000.00 audi
torium. Arrangements have been
made by the business men of the
town for a gala day. Judge Dick
son will be the main speaker at the
dedication and a dance in the audi
torium in the evening will be one
of the high lights of the day. The
ladies of Stuart will serve a 25
cent benefit supper at 6 o’clock in
the evening and lunch will be
served at the dance.
The Weather
It has been rather warm the past
week with .34 hundredths of an in.
of moisture falling last Sunday
night. What this section needs is
a good old time soaker to get the
pastures in good shape for feeding
purposes. Following is the chart
for the week:
August 24_ 87 49
August 25_ 86 55
August 26_ 89 60
August 27 - 89 65
August 28 - 88 66 .34
August 29 - 80 65
August 30 - 80 65
A report from London says that
“democracy is gaining in the Sal
vation Army.” Well, that’s some
thing, anyhow.
On last Monday morning the gen
eral store of P. Hagerty was closed
by the sheriff on two attachments
from St. Joe firms. Mr. Hagerty
claimed they tried to collect for a
bill of goods he had not ordered.
Advertisers in this issue—
Mann & Hecker, general mer
chandise.
J. J. McCafferty, hardware.
Wilcox Lumber Co., A. J. Hand
lan. agent.
Neil Brennan, hardware.
C. J. Schram and Bro., general
merchandise and groceries.
Frank Campbell, implements
M. M. Sullivan, general merchan
dise.
J. C. Thomas, druggist.
Worthley and Gray, O’Neill and
Star, dry goods, groceries and gen
eral merchandise.
Holt County Bank, M. P. Kinkaid,
president.
Pioneer Meat Market, Hemerick
son, prop.
Arcade Hotel, J. A. Zeimer, prop.
The Checker Barn, Weekes and
Beebe, proprietors.
Fred C. Gatz, meat market.
Holt County Brick Yard. R. T.
Wood, Sizer, Nebr.
M. D. Long, County Clerk, Reg
ister of Deeds and Homestead lo
cater.
O’Neill & Niobrara Stage Line,
E. Downey, proprietor.
Fifty Years Ago
August 29, 1889
The Grand Army of the Republic
held a 3-day reunion in this city.
At the various meetings the sol
diers were addressed by many men
of prominence in the state, in
cluding Congressman Dorsey of
this district.
A ferry boat was put in opera
tion at Chelsea, across the Nio
brara river.
Harry Spindler, of Black Bird,
yesterday brought in some fine
corn that measured 12% feet.
J. P. Mann took the train Mon
day morning for the east to pur
chase goods for his mammoth store.
Friday and Saturday O’Neill
played West Point in the ball park
in the eastern part of the city.
O’Neill won Friday 7 to 3 and lost
Saturday 10 to 2.
Advertisers in this issue—
J. E. Shore, physician and sur
geon.
E. H. Benedict, lawyer.
G. M. Cleveland, lawyer.
J. J. King, lawyer.
Mullen Brothers, contractors and
builders.
J. C. Smoot, barber.
(Continued on page 4)
O’Neill’s Bid for Grid Glory
JACK VINCENT
Jack Vincent, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Vincent, of this city received
more favorable comment from the
sports writers of the Lincoln papers
than any other youngster on the
freshman squad during spring
training. They said he was fast,
could kick and throw passes as
well as catch them. The sport
fans of this city are looking for
ward to seeing Jack bring glory to
his home town during the coming
season. In order to keep Sn shape
for the strenuous season ahead he
has been driving an ice wagon for
his uncles the ■ past summer and
juggling large cakes of ice has
kept him in good shape.
Coach Stolte Resigns to
Accept Illinois Post
Elmer Stolte, of Atkinson, who
has been the O'Neill High School
coach since 1932 has handed in his
resignation to the school board, and
left for Glen Ellen, Illinois, where
he has accepted another position
as teacher and coach. In Glen
Ellen, which is about forty-five
miles from Chicago, Mr. Stolte will
devote practically all his time to
the coaching of the football, basket
ball and track teams. While the
School Board was very sorry to see
Mr. Stolte leave, as he has been
unusually successful in developing
good football teams, and was re
garded as an excellent teacher,
they were unwilling to stand in his
way, as the new position is an ad
vancement in his chosen work. The
new coach has not, as yet, been
chosen. /
Omaha Junior Legion
Team Will Play for
Championship Next Week
The Omaha McDevitt team of the
Junior American Legion who de
feated Neligh ot win the champion
ship of this section of the state and
then defeated the Omaha RedTops
to cop the state title, won the west
ern championship at Stockton, Cal.,
last Sunday in a thirteen inning
game, with a scone of 6 to 4. They
will battle in Omaha the latter part
of the month for the championship
of the United States, with a team
not yet selected, but it will either
the Passiac, N. J., team or a team
from Berwyn. 111. All Nebraska
sport lovers will be pulling for ‘he
McDevitts.
The people of this city are par
ticularly interested in the Omaha
team as a son of a native of this
city is a member of the team,
Francis Lynam, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. J. Lynam, of Omaha. Mrs.
Lynam was formerly Miss Mayme
O’Donnell O’Donnell of this city
and is a sister of J. F., P. J. and
Ed O’Donnell, Miss Anna O’
Donnell and Mrs. Bea Rentschler.
Young Lynam’s single in the
thirteenth inniing brought in the
two winning runs after it had
been tied at 4 to 4 for six innings.
Several from this city have an
nounced their intention of attend
ing the series in Omaha, which will
consist of five games.
The above was written for last
weeks’s edition, but the rush of
advertising crowded it out. The
first game of the series was played
this afternoon and the McDavitts
won in the ninth inning, after
trailing 6 to 2 going into the sev
enth. These boys have the punch
as they have won several of their
games during the season in the
last two innings. Here’s hoping
they cop the series.
500 ATTEND 4-H PICNIC HELD
IN CITY PARK HERE SAT.
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Be Safe, Get Your Driver’s
License Renewed Now
Under the laws of this state all
drivers licenses must be renewed
every two years. Expirations of
the present licenses will begin Sep
tember 1 this year. No examina
tion is necessary to procure the new
license. The charge for the re
newal itself is 75 cents, 5 cents of
which goes to the county for is
suance. New licenses will cost
$1.00 as before and the applicants
must take an examination before
license is issued.
REDBIRD HOLDS
WINNING STREAK
The Redbird baseball team cross
ed bats with the Chambers team at
Chambers last Sunday and won
with a score of 11 to 10. Hits—
Chambers 14, Redbird 11; Errors
—Chambers 7, Redbird 5. Batteries
Redbird, R. Carson and Schollmey
er; Chambers, Ed Phaorin and D.
Carson. The Redbird team will
play at Niobrara next Sunday and
Monday at a baseball tournament.
Their opponents have not been an
nounced.
Anticipated Annual Event Sponsored
By Lions' Club; Parade Banner Prizes
Awarded Clubs by Businessmen
Pheasant Season to
Open October 22
The State Game Commission,
which met in Lincoln last week de
cided that the open season for phea
sants this year shall be from Oc
tober 22nd to October 31st, in
clusive, and that hunting should
be allowed between the hours of
seven a.m. C.S.T. and five p.m.
C.S.T., and that the daily bag
should be five birds, only one of
which may be a female. The en
tire state, with the exception of
game sanctuaries and game re
serves and the following fifteen
counties, which have been declared
closed for restocking purposes are
open to hunters. The counties which
are to remain closed are the fol
lowing: Boone, Gage, Garfield,
Greeley, Hall, Howard, Johnson,
Kimball, Loup, Merriek, Nance,
Pawnee, Stanton, Valley and
Wheeler.
BIRDSEYE VIEW OF EUROPEAN CRISIS
As Seen By a Sixteen Year Old Girl
The eyes and ears of the world j
have been turned toward Europe
the past two weeks, while kings and
peasants alike are asking the same
question, “Peace or War?"
The French and English govern
ments seem adamant in their de
termination to carry out their
agreement with Poland. It seems
at the present time unlikely that
there will be another Munich, as
England and France have made
public their plan to back Poland to
the limit. They are remaining firm
in their war of nerves to stave off
Hitler’s unscrupulous military am
bitions.
The Russo-German alliance which
was signed last week by envoys of
the Russian and German govern
ments was considered a stroke of
diplomatic genius on the part of
Hitler. However, the world was
informed on Monday that the final
signing of the alliance which seem
ed to be merely a matter of formal
ity had been deferred until a later
date. It seems unlikely that this
would make much difference, as
one of the terms of the alliance
declares it goes into effect the
moment a signature is affixed to
it. It has been stated in semi-of
ficial sources that Stalin ordered
the postponement pending the out
come of the tense European situa
tion. By the terms of the alliance
Russia will give Germany access
to such primary products as wheat
and petrol, while Germany will give
Russia industrial machinery and
chemical equipment. If, however,!
Germany declares war on Poland,
it has been said that the alliance
between the two governments will
be declared null and void.
In signing the alliance, Germany
has incurred the enmity of Japan,
who believes she has been double
crossed. This attitude has been
shown in the change of attitude
toward Great Britain. It was not
believed Japan would take an ac
tive part in a European war any
way, as China and Russia demand
her attention.
Spain also has been aneciea Dy
the non-aggression alliance and it
is reported will be ready to sell
200,000 rifles to Great Britain,
France and Poland.
The question of war and peace
now rests squarely upon the shoul
ders of one man, Fuehrer Adolph
Hitler, of Germany. It seems al
most incredible that one man has
the power to send over 12 million
soldiers into battle. Many sug
gestions have been made for a
peaceful settlement; the most re
I
cent one being made by a Polish
writer. The plan which was put
into operation several years ago
between Greece and Turkey is to
exchange the Poles in Germany
for the Germans in Poland. This'
is being done at the present time
between Italy and Germany in
South Tyrol to settle the minority
question and prevent border clash
es. If Hitler were at all sincere
he would agree to this plan as the
Poles have declared this plan would
be agreeable to them. This of|
course would nullify Hitler’s ag-i
gressive tendencies to Poland as
there would be nothing for him to
quarrel over, although he is an ex
pert at thinking up excuses for add
ing countries to the Reich.
Hitler seems to be out on a
limb” as far as diplomacy is con
cerned. In a letter to Premier Da
ladier of France he reaffirmed his
stand that Danzig must be returned
to the Reich before he will consent
to peace negotiations. Chamber
lain on the other hand has listed
four terms for peace which left Hit
ler these choices:
1. Agree to negotiate the Ger
man-Polish dispute in a peaceful
atmosphere and in a manner giving
assurance to Poland that her inde
pendence would be respected both
in any settlement and afterward.
2. Enter also into negotiations
with Great Britain, France and
other powers for a general political
and economic settlement, w h i c h i
would restore normal conditions to |
Europe, allow nations, large and
small, to live in peace, and insure
Germany reasonable “living space”
for her people.
3. Postpone any decision on his
claims against Poland for return of
Danzig and the corridor to Ger
many.
4 Or face the combined forces
of Great Britain, France and Po
land if he attempts to settle these
claims by force.
What Hitler’s choice will be no
one seems to know, but the coun
tries of Europe are prepared for
the worst. Official Nazi sources
declare Hitler will not back down
in his demands for Danzig. How
ever a high German authority said
there is an indication that further
negotiations will continue for sev
eral days.
A New York writer asked if
there would be “Peace or War” de
clared, “Anyone who attempts at
this time to predict war or peace
is either a gambler or a fool. As I
don’t consider myself either one, I
decline to comment. Your guess is
as good as mine.”
One of the most successful pie
nics in recent years was held in the
O’Neill park last Saturday, when
500 4-H members and their parents
attended the picnic sponsored by
the O’Neill Lions Club with Ted
McElhaney, assisted by other mem
bers, in charge of arrangements.
O'Neill business men looked with
surprise when 180 4-H members
from 19 4-H clubs paraded through
the business district with the as
sistance of the O’Neill school band.
Each club was carrying a banner in
order that it might be identified and
the prize for the best banner was
awarded the Prairie Hill Calf Club
of which Frank Muesil is the leader.
Second prize was awarded the Em
met Elkhom Valley Club with Pat
McGinnis as leader.
A large group picnic was held in
the O’Neill park after which the
Lions Club furnished twenty-five
gallons of ice cream.
One of the big attractions of the
day was the soft ball game between
the members of the Lions Club and
a representative from each of the
4-H clubs. The game, which was a
bitterly fought contest, ended with
the score 8-7 in favor of the Lions.
This was made possible by the out
standing playing of Dick Walther.
who gathered two home runs dur
ing the contest. The test of the
competition has been shown by sev
eral Lions being unable to move at
the ordinary gait since the contest.)
Following this three ball * games
were held with all 4-H members
participating to make three good
games.
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HOLT CO. LEADS IN
SHELTERBELTS
PLANTED
353 Miles of Tree Wind
breaks Requiring 2,681,
630 Trees on 557 Farms
The farmers of Holt County have
cooperated with the U. S. Forest
Service in planting more miles of
field shelterbelts than any other of
the 42 Nebraska counties in which
the Prairie States Forestry Pro
ject is operating, announces John
L. Emerson, State Director of the
project.
Three hundred and fifty-three
miles of tree windbreaks requiring
2,681,630 trees have been planted
on 557 Holt County farms since
the beginning of the project in the
spring of 1935. The precincts
having the greater number of plant
ings are Verdigris, Golden, Ewing,
Deloit and Grattan. Many of the
plantings around O’Neill, Page and
Ewing can be seen from the high
ways, Emerson stated. Some of
the older shelterbelts contain trees
that are from 10 to 20 feet tall.
A total of 2,62G m'les of shelter
belts has been planted on 4,086
Nebraska farms in 42 counties.
These plantings have required ap
proximately 18.5 million trees
which were planted on some 30,000
acres of land which formerly pro
duced crops.
Plans are now being developed,
Emerson said, for planting shelter
belts in Hoit County again next
spring and from present indica
tions the mileage alloted to the
county will be less than in the past
due to a reduction in the state mile
age quota and a proposed expan
sion into new planting areas. Ap
plications for 1940 plantings should
be placed with the County Agent or
sent to the District Office at Ne
ligh, Nebraska. The mileage al
lotted to Holt County for 1940
planting will be announced within
the next few weeks.