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VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14,1939. No. 18.
Looking Forward
By Franklyn Waltman
Publicity Director,
Republican National Committee
Generally speaking, the farmers
of the United States are in revolt
against President Roosevelt and
the New Deal. There is nothing
violent about their attitude. On
the contrary, it is a quiet deep
seated resentment which bespeaks
a resolute determination to get rid
of an Administration that has done
irreparable harm to the agricultural
community.
Results of last November’s elec
tions clearly indicated that Mr.
Roosevelt and the New Deal had
lost the support of a majority of
the farmers. This was true in
Kansas, Iowa, down-state Illinois,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Wyoming,
Idaho and the Dakotas, an area
constituting America’s bread bas
ket.
The sentiment which last Novem
ber spelled out Republican victories
in those states has not changed. If
anything, hostility to the New Deal
has become greater. At least, ac
> cording to all accounts, it has been
far more outspoken this summer
than it was a year ago.
Low Farm Prices
What are the reasons for this
hostility in rural sections toward
the New Deal? Primarily, the
low level of farm prices is at the
bottom of dissatisfaction with the
New Deal. This is just another
way of saying that the New Deal
has failed to solve agriculture’s
problem. Despite the billions of
dollars paid out by the New Deal
in various forms of agricultural
subsidies, the grim fact remains
that farm prices now are around
their 1933 levels.
The feeling among farmers gen
erally seems to be that they have
been worse off under the New Deal
than in the previous six-year per
iod, despite the farm subsidies.
Statistics on farm incomes of the
Department of Agriculture bear
out this contention. Farmers say
that if they could go back to the
price levels of the twenties, they
W’ould gladly forego handouts from
the government.
“Of course, I take the A.A.A.
checks but I know it is wrong and
that we are getting nowhere,” is a
common complaint heard from far
mers throughout the- bread-basket
states. Incidentally, many farm
ers apparently resent the New Deal
efforts to make them wards of
the government. They insist in
conversation that they desire only
a fair price for their products and
do not wish to be treated as privi
leged beneficiaries of the Federal
Treasury.
Futility of A. A. A. Shown
The futility of New Deal efforts
* to control farm prices and produc
tion by acreage restriction is ob
vious on all sides in the farm belt.
Driving from Lincoln to Omaha,
Nebraska, in a temperature of 106,
with a hot wind swaying the tassel
ing corn, we realized how puny
were the efforts of men to dictate
the yield of the earth.
Yet man himself refuses to be
regimented by the Washington
theorists, who seem to think that
the yield of an acre of corn always
is the same. Farmers have learned
to plant their rows of corn closer
together since acreage restriction
commenced. And those close to
the railroads now make a greater
use of fertilizer. Those more dis
tant cannot afford it, so they are
penalized by the New Deal pro
t gram.
But the greatest boon of all,
under an acreage reduction pro-1
gram, is the use of hybrid seed,
which it is reported will increase
the yield of an acre of corn by 15
to 25 bushels. Many farmers refer
to this seed as “high-bred” corn.
The fact that Secretary of Agricul
ture Henry A. Wallace is widely
reputed to have a financial interest
in a company producing such seed
causes expression of doubts as to
his sincerity. It appears to be an
other New Deal example of not
letting your right hand know what
your left hand does!
Other Reasons for Hostility
Failure of the New Deal farm
program to work, however, is not
the only reason why the farmers
are sour on the Roosevelt Admin- j
Band Program For
Saturday Evening
March—“Barnum and Bailey’s
Favorite,” King.
March—“The Headliner,” Cum
mings.
Hymn—“God Be With You Till
We Meet Again,” Tomer.
March — “Mountaineers,” Met
calf.
Overture—“Lustspiel,” Kela Bela
Vocal Solo — “Mexicali Rose,”
Tenney. Soloist Mrs. Lawrence
Russell.
March—“On the Heights,” Gold
man.
“Star Spangled Banner,” Key.
Another Prominent
Resident Passes Away
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Signa Naylor died at her home
in this city about 3 o’clock Wednes
day morning after an illness of sev
eral months, at the age of 82 years,
10 months and 7 days. The funeral
will be held at 2:30 p.m., Friday
afternoon from the M. E. church,
Rev. D. S. Conard officiating and
burial in Prospect Hill cemetery.
Signa Weingartner was born at
Quebec, Canada, on November 6,
1856, the family later removing to
Illinois. In 1886 she was united in
marriage to Joseph Albert Naylor,
the ceremony being performed at
Hanover, Illinois. She and her
husband came to this county in
1909, coming here from Ware,
Mass., and she had been a resident
of the county and this city ever
since. Her husband passed away
twelve years ago. There were no
children and she is survived by one
brother and three sisters. They
lare: John Weingartner, Rockford,
111.; Mrs. George Winter, Hanover,
111.; Mrs. E. R. Riley, Inman, Nebr.;
Mrs. Mayme Boehme, Craig, Nebr.,
besides several nephews and nieces.
Mrs. Naylor was a charming lady
and until her health failed a few
years ago always took an active
part in the civic life of the com
munity and in the affairs of her
church. She had many friends here
j who will regret to leam of her
passing.
New Athletic Coach
For O’Neill High School
Donald H. Anderson, who has
been coaching and teaching at Ains
worth for the past four years, was
elected by the school board at a
recent meeting to take the place
vacated by the resignation of Elmer
Stolte. Mr. Anderson comes to
O’Neill well recommended, both as
a teacher and a coach; his basket
ball teams especially, having made
remarkable records.
istration. Industrious, thrifty, and
frugal by nature, farmers are
aghast over New Deal activities in
the field of spending, relief and
labor relations.
Most farmers see red when
W.P.A. is mentioned. They do not
object to government relief for
those genuinely in distress, but
they believe that the W.P.A. in
many instances has been made a
racket for boondoggling, radicals
and those who wish to get out of
working. With so much unemploy
ment in the country they cannot
understand why it is so difficult for
them to get farm help. As for the
W. P. A. protest against the 130
hour work - month requirement,
most farmers just explode, point
ing out that their work-month is
twice that long.
Moreover, farmers are becoming
spending and debt conscious. They
cannot understand how the Federal
Government ever is going to pay
out. Already they complain that
taxes take whatever small amounts |
of cash they receive. Not many
farmers pay the Federal income
taxes but they havt become aware
they pay substantial amounts to the
Federal Treasury in hidden taxes.
State and county taxes are incrtas
ing, primarily because of new un
dertakings initiated by the New
Deal in Washington and farmers
pay these taxes.
These are the things one hears
talking with the dirt farmers of
the country. These are the reasons
why the farmers are in revolt gainst
the Roosevelt Administration. One
hears also a great deal about good j
neighbor policies which should start!
at home. But more about that next,
week. * '
Congress to Meet In
Special Session A
Week From Today
President Roosevelt has called
congress into special session and
they are to meet next Thursday.
In these troublesome times, when
many, so-called Americans, are try
ing their best to get the United
States involved in another Euro
pean war, calmness and deliberate
consideration should guide the path
way of our national lawmakers.
America has no business in the war
and the wise office holder, who is
anxious to hold the support of the
people of his state and district, will
be very careful to vote for nothing
that would endanger our non-par
ticipation in the conflict.
HOLT COUNTY 4-H
TEAMS WIN STATE
FAIR HONORS
Both Boys’ and Girls’
Teams Bring Home
1 Fair Ribbons
When the reports of the winners
of the 4-H club activities at the Ne.
braska State Fair were announced,
it was very noticeable that the thir
teen members of Holt county 4-H
clubs who represented the county
came home with more than their
share of the ribbons and honors.
Demonstration teams were par
ticularly outstanding and this can
be noticed by the fact that three of
the four demonstration teams were
ranked in the blue ribbon class and
the fourth won a red ribbon. Among
the blue ribbon winners were Ralph
Allyn and Dick Shearer, of Stuart,
who were demonstration the cor
rect way to solder. Other blue
ribbon winners were Edwin Krug
man and Rex Oberle of Opportun
ity and Dorsey making rope and
rope halters and Dale Stauffer and
Charles Harmon of Page demon
strating poultry equipment. Bill
and Bob Rees of Amelia won a red
ribbon in the livestock loss preven
tion contest.
The livestock judging team with
Stanley Lambert of Ewing, Delbert
Robertson and Jack Resse of Cham
bers, although not in the winning
bracket, made a very fine showing
in spite of their lack of experience
and age. They gave promise of
being among the top ranking teams
in future years.
The poultry judging team com
posed of Charles Harmon, Dale
Stauffer and John Allen of Page,
working under the handicap of age
and experience, also made a good
showing. Dale Stauffer was fourth
high individual in the contest.
Marian Prill of Page who entered
the Sytle Revue ranked along with
the boys bringing home a red rib
bon. This is very good consider
ing that 57 entries from 47 coun
ties were competing.
Holt county can well be proud
of its 4-H members and their
achievement in county, state and
national competition because they
are a group who distinguish them
selves in any contest.
Construction of Brennan
Building Progressing
The cement foundations for the
Brennan building have been laid
and workmen are now busying lay
ing the floor joist. The walls of
the two adjoining buildings will be
used so that there was only both
ends to run. The Galena Lumber
company has the contract for the
erection of the building and G. E.
Burge is the contractor in charge
of the work. Ed is a hustler and
he expects to have the building
completed before the date set, De
cember 1st.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thanking
our friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and untiring
efforts in our behalf during the ill- i
ness and death of our beloved hus
band and father, John Anspach, and
for the lovely flowers.—Mrs. Louise
Anspach and Helyn, Mr. and Mrs.
Hardin Anspaih and family, Mr.
and Mrs. John Oonard and Mary
Lou. *
Wants Hitler To Take
Over United States
Alleged claims that he wanted
Adolf Hitler to come to the
United States and take over the
country so he could get a job,
landed John Grunke, 60, of
O’Neill, Nebr., in the city jail
and he was fined $25 or 30 days
in jail for vagrancy yesterday.
Grunke was arrested by Traf
fic Officer Floyd Milboum who
said the elderly man claimed
that as long as the country was
being run the way it is he was
“going to get his share and start
breaking into places right now.”
The man denied that he made
these statements when ar
raigned in police court.—Wyo.
Eagle, Cheyenne, Sept. 12, 1939.
O’Neill Public School
Opens Monday, Sept. 18
The public school will be re-op
ened on Monday, September 18,
While the new addition to the school
building is not yet completed, work
has progressed to such an extent
that it will be possible for all de
partments to go ahead as usual
and it is expected that the balance
of the work on the new addition
will be completed some time during
the next month. The school opens
with a new course in Smith Hughes
Agriculture and shop work, which
from present indications is going
to prove very popular.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs. Tom Nolan, Mrs. Ed O’
Connell and daughter, Mary Ellen,
of Denver, Colorado, arrived here
Monday to visit their brother, J. B.
Ryan and other relatives here. From
here they will go to Sioux City then
on to Chicago wheire they will visit
before returning to their home in
Denver.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mulligan, of
Johnstown, Nebr., were in the city
Tuesday visiting relatives and old
time friends. Mr. and Mrs. Mulli
gan were raised in this county but
have been residents of Brown coun
ty for the past twenty-five years,
where he is one of the prosperous
ranchers of that section of the
state.
The glass fronts were installed
in the fronts of the new Hagen
sick building the first of the week
and it is now beginning to take on
a finished appearance. Plastering
is about completed on the lower
floor and it will not be long now
until he will have it ready for
his tenants. This building adds
much to the appearance of Fourth
and Douglas streets.
Officials of the O’Neill National
bank have had a force of car
penters and painters busy the past
week, redecorating and repairing
the building. Several of the old
window frames, after forty-eight
years of service, were badly
decayed and new ones have re
placed the old frames and when the
final touch is put. on the building
will be as good as the day it was
completed in 1891.
United States District Judge J.
A. Donohoe, United States Marshal
Proudfit and Anton Gross, bailiff
in the United States District Court,
were in the city this morning on
their way home from Chadron,
where they held a term of court.
The term of court at Chadron lasted
only part of two days, while we
remember only a few years ago it
took a week and sometimes two
and a half to finish the business
there.
Ted McElhaney went to Valentine
on Saturday accompanying State
Sheriff Wm. Flake and County At
torney W. B. Quigley, of Cherry
county, who were taking Bernard
Oots, who confessed to the murder
of George Harris in 1936, back to
jail in Valentine from Missouri,
where he had been arrested. Three
men committed the murder, the
other two confessing and implicat
ing Oots, following which the Coun
ty Attorney and State Sheriff went
to Missouri where Oots was ar
rested and taken to Valentine where
he also confessed his part in the
murder.
SUPT. F. E. ALDER
RESIGNS TO ACCEPT
LINCOLN POSITION
_
School Board Accepted
Resignation; Successor
Still Unchosen
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F. E. Alder, superintendent of the
O’Neill Public School for the past
year, Wednesday tendered his re
signation to the School Board, to
accept a position with the NYA at
Lincoln, Nebraska. While Mr.
Alder said that he regretted very
much leaving O’Neill, the position
at Lincoln is such, that he felt he
could not afford to refuse it. While
Mr. Alder has been here only a
I year, coming here from Pierce,
where he was superintendent for
j a good many years, he made many
friends, both among the students at
the high school and the people of |
the community, all of whom are
sorry to see him leave, but will wish
him success in his new work.
While the school board has not as
yet elected a successor to Mr. Alder,
his resignation coming as a sur
prise, they expect to do so before
the opening of school which is
scheduled for Monday, September
18th.
NOTICE
September 20 is the closing date
for applying for Federal Crop In
surance in Holt County, accord
ing to Floyd D. Anderson, the Fed
eral Crop Insurance County Com
mitteeman for Holt County. No
applications for insurance or appli
cations for eligibility for Parity
Payments and Soil Conservation
Payments on wheat will be accepted
after that date.
To date, Andy says, that there
are 700% more applications for
Federal Crop Insurance in Holt Co.
in 1940 than there were in 1939,
probably due to the fact that the
farmer has had a better chance to
learn what Crop Insurance means to
him.
Andy also tells us that there is a
man down by Page from Holt Co.
who holds the honor of being the
first pn four counts in the Wheat
Program. Otto Terril is the first
man to apply for Crop Insurance in
1939, the first man to receive an
“Indemnity Payment” in 1939 for
Crop Insurance. He was the first
man to receive a “Parity Payment”
in 1939 under the Wheat Program,
and the first man to apply for Crop
Insurance for 1940.
Andy is anxious that all men who
are interested in insuring their
wheat crop call at the Holt County
office soon and that they will not
forget that September 20 is the
last day for signing under the 1940
Wheat Program and Crop Insur
ance Program.
With the indications leaning
strongly to higher prices in wheat,
the farmers in Holt County can
not depend entirely on the weather.
With Federal Full Coverage Crop
Insurance, each farmer is insured
| of having some income no matter
! what natural hazard the wheat en
I counters.
Mrs. Fannie Gallagher returned
last Saturday night from Sioux
City where she had spent the past
two weeks visiting at the home of
her daughter and son-in-law and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ryan.
Negro Too Handy With a
Pen; Lands in Jail Here
Roy Henderson Smith, a negro,
of Stuart, Nebraska, was before
U. S. Commissioner F. J. Dishner
in this city on September 8th, on a
complaint signed by John M. Cur
ran, a U. S. Secret Service man,
charging that on or about August
5th, Smith forged and uttered a
United States government check in
the amount of $19.00, check No.
241,569, written in Lincoln on July
27, 1939, and made payable to Silas
Yellow Boy, and that on or about
the above date, he cashed the
check at the J. C. Penney store at
Rushville, Nebraska. Bond for
Smith was fixed by the U. S. Com
missioner at $1,000 and as he was
unable to furnish bond, was lodged
in the county jail here until the next
term of the Federal Court at Nor
folk.
Nations Still At War
But News Very Scarce
War is still raging in Europe but
with very little news escaping the
rigorous censorship they are em
ploying in all nations. About the
only thing we know is that they are
still at it and that the Germans
have been unable to capture War
saw, the Polish capitol, or had not
done so at noon today. On the
west front thousands of English
and French troops are said to be
making gains into Germany. This
is denied by the Germans.
Returns From Extended
Trip to West Coast
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Gill and
daughter, of Chambers, were in
the city last Saturday and made a
pleasant call at this office. They
have just returned from an ex
tended trip to the west coast where
they visited the San Francisco
World’s fair, Boulder Dam and
many oher points of interest in the
south and west. Dr. Gill says he
saw lots of country on his trip but
that none of it looked finer to him
than the South Fork Valley, and
that it was good to get back home.
Another Old Tinier
Joins the Silent Majority
Word was received in this city
Wednesday morning that William
Nollkamper had passed away in
his home in Omaha that morning,
afer an illness of several months.
He was about 84 years of age. Bill
Nollkamper was one of the pioneers
of this county in the early days he
settled on the Eagle, about twenty
miles north of this city. He dammed
the creek and he soon had a flour
mill there, that he operated very
successfully for several years.
He also had a store at Turner, which
was the name of the place, but it
should have been Nollkamper as
every person in the little village
was an employee of his. He was
prudent and a good manager and
he prospered. He kept adding to
his real estate holdings along the
creek year by year and at the time
of his death was the owner of a
good sized ranch in the Eagle val
ley.
A few years after the Rosebud
country opened up Mr. Nollkamper
moved his mill from Turner to
Gregory and it is still operated
there by his two sons, who are also
active in several other lines of busi
ness in that prosperous little South
Dakota city. Shorly after the re
moval of the mill, Mr. Nollkamper
moved to Omaha 25 or 30 years
ago, and that city had been his
home ever since.
Bill Nollkamper was one of the
finest citizens this country has
ever known. Coming here as a
young man, with a meagre supply
of money, but a lot of energy and
resourcefulness, he started out and
carved himself a fortune in the
northern part of the county. That
he was highly esteemed by his
neighbors and friends is attested
to by the fact that he represented
his district on the county board in
the days when politics were thought
of very seriously. As a member of
the board he handled the business,
just like he did his own, with an
eye single to the best interests of
the people of the county and the
taxpayers thereof. He was a real
man.
4-H CALF SHOW
AND SALE TO BE
HELD HERE OCT. 2
Eastern Buyers Being
Invited Here for Sale;
Prizes and Show Being
Sponsored by Lions Club
Indications are that one of the
best feeder calf shows and sales in
the State of Nebraska will be held
in O’Neill Monday, October 2. At
present the interest from eastern
buyers seems to be greater than
in past years and with the present
prices this should make a very good
place to market feeder calves.
The show will be run in a series
with Bassett following O’Neill as
has been the practice in past years.
Liberal premiums have been pro
vided by the O’Neill business men
in cooperation with the Lions Club
which is sponsoring the event. The
show will be divided into a 4-H club
clasB and a commercial class. Calves
will be shown individually in the
4-H club class and in lots of one,
five and twenty in the commercial
class.
Some extensive advertising is
being done in eastern farm journals
and among eastern county agents
in order to secure both 4-H mem
bers who are in the market for baby
beeves and feeders who are look
ing for larger lots.
Ranchers and farmers who have
calves to sell are invited to bring
them in for the show and sale in
order that Holt county calves may
be shown at their best to outsiders.
Former Holt County Boy
Marries at Ogallala
A very pretty wedding was sol
eminized at the Mpthodist church
at Ogallala, Nebr., Sunday Morn
ing at 8 o’clock when Rev. McCaig
united Kenneth E. Harding and
Miss Margot Jensen in marriage.
The couple was attended by Mildred
Jensen, a sister of the bride, and
Wayne Harding, a brother of the
groom.
Kenneth is well known in O’Neill
being the son of the late I. R. Hard
ing. Together with his mother,
brother and sister he moved to
Ekalaka, Mont., July 1, 1930, at
which place he lived until two and
a half years ago.
He is a graduate of the Ekalaka
high school class of ’35. He then
entered the CCC camp and for a
period of nearly three years acted
as top sergeant.
The bride is the eldest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Jensen of
Ogallala, and a graduate of the
Ogallala highschool in the class of
’35.
The Weather
Nebraska as well as the entire
west has been suffering from ex
treme heat the past week, with very
little moisture. Wednesday was
the hottest day of the month when
the thermometer registered 100 de
grees, which was the hottest Sep
tember day this section of the state
ever witnessed. It was 97 in Chi
cago the same day, which is the
hottest September day ever seen
in the Windy City. Following is
the chart for the past week.
H L M
September 7 _ 99 65
September 8 — 71 50
September 9 . 88 47 .07
September 10 - 88 64
September 11 - 95 68
September 12 - 97 75
September 13 - 100 73
September precipitation .71 of
an inch.
Total precipitation since January
1, 1939, 12.68 inches.
Fine Farm Home
Destroyed By Fire
The Lloyd Gallagher farm home,
thirteen miles northwest of O’Neill,
burned completely to the ground
last Tuesday while the family were
absent in Atkinson attending the
sale. We understand that practi
cally nothing was saved from the
house, the fire being discovered by
a neighbor while on his way to
O’Neill. The damage was esti
mated at about'$3,000.00.