The Frontier
VOL. LX O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 NUMBER 43
REPUBLICAN CARAVAN MEETING HELD
CENTER OF STAGE LAST THURSDAY
For The First Time In The History of the State
Rival Candidates Traveled Together to Meet
The Voters Over The State of Nebraska
Last Thursday evening was a
gala one for the republicans of this
city and county. That evening the
republican caravan, in which were
twenty-seven candidates for nom
ination for the various offices in
the state, on the republican ticket,
were in the city. The party was
due to arrive here at 5:30 but it
was about 6:15 when they pulled
into town and were greeted by a
good sized crowd of citizens, ir
respective of party affiliations, al
though, naturally the republicans
were in the majority among the
greeters.
Adam McMullen
Candidate for U. b. Senator
About seven o’clock, the candi
dates and a number of republicans
Trom this city, as well as other
townships in the county, had din
ner at the Golden Hotel. The din
ner was a Dutch treat affair and
no one felt any embarassment, as
each was paying for his own. Af
ter a sumptuous repast had been
partaken of D. H. Cronin, chairman
of the republican county central
committee, called the meting to or
der and introduced Kenneth S.
AVherry, chairman of the republi
can state central committee, who
took charge of the meeting and in
troduced the candidates to the
guests assembled, each of whom
were greeted with a cheer.
After the dinner the party went
to' the K. C. Hall where another
meeting was held and the various
candidates were introduced by
Chairman Wherry and each re
sponded with a few appropriate re.
marks. There was a good sized
audience at the hall, among whom
we noticed several former demo
crats, and they were the loudest in
cheering when a speaker made a
telling point against the New Deal
and its many isms.
Taken as a whole the meeting
was a success and the Caravan idea
of getting the candidates before
the people for their inspection is a
good one, even if it had never been
tried before. It eminated in the
fertile brain of Kenneth Wherry,
chairman of the republican state
central committee, and we predict
will be copied by political parties
in other states.
Following is a list of the candi
dates here last Thursday:
For Governor: Charles J. War
ner, Waverly; C. E. Alter, Alma;
Dwight Griswold, Gordon; E'd Bau
man, West Point; Dr. A. L. Miller,
Kimball.
For United States Senator: A.
W. Jeffries, Hugh Butler, both of
Omaha; Adam McMullen, Beatrice.
For State Auditor: Ray C. John
son, Lincoln.
For State Treasurer: Dr. O. Ol
son, Lincoln.
For Railway Commissioner: Ed
win Schultz, Elgin; 'Charles E.
S^arr, Omaha; Richard H. Larson,
Lincoln.
National Committeeman: Lyle
Jackson, Neligh.
National Committeewoman: Mrs.
Bruce Donald, Grand Island; Mrs.
M. Watson, Lincoln.
A. W. Jefferies
Candidate for U. S. Senator
The Greatest Country In
The World, Says J. B.
Ryan Referring to U. S. A.
A native of this county, who has
lived here all his life found out last
week what it means to live in the
good old U. S. A., “the land of the
free and the home of the brave.”
J. B. Ryan decided last week to call
his uncle, Michael Hayes, who lives
al Killalou, County Clare, Ireland,
a brother of his mother and the
only one living of that family, to
chat a few moments with him.
Jim put in his call here, and the
local manager of the telephone
company and the local employees
were enthused when they learned
that they had received a European
call, but their joy was short lived.
They got as far as New York all
right, but the operator there in
formed them that the only calls
they could put through to Ireland,
would be a call to the Bank of Eng
land or to some official of the
British government. So that end
ed Jim’s dream of having a chat
with his aged uncle, in the land of
his forefathers.
Mr. Ryan has been engaged in
business here for almost forty
years and has been a liberal user
of the telephone, so he thought
nothing of putting in a call for
Ireland when he got the notion and
his disappointment was great when
he was unable to complete it. Jim
is more than ever convinced that
there is no place on earth like the
land of his nativity, where no one
is snooping into letters or trying
to find out what their neighbors are [
saying on the wires and we all,
hope that it will be k^pt that way. I
THIS DISTRICT CLASS 6 BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT CENTER OF ATTRACTION
Both O’Neill Teams Are Still In There Fighting
And It Looks As If One Would Go to Lincoln
The Class B district basket ball
tournament, which opened in the
new gym in the High School build
ing on Tuesday evening, has been
providing plenty of excitement and
entertainment for the loyal fans
ad rooters that have accompanied
their teams from the surrounding
towns. Four teams remain un
defeated this morning, with the
finals being played at 8:45 on Fri
day night, following the game be
tween Chambers and Woodlake,
winners of their respective Class
C tournaments. The winners of
the games Friday night will then
be eligible to play in the state
tournament which is held in Lin
coln March 13 to 16th.
The results of the games played
Tuesday evening are as follows:
St. Mary’s . .... 27
Spencer .2G
Butte . 18
Springview . 14
Bassett . 8
O’Neill .36
Following is the result of the
Wednesday evening games:
St, Mary’s lit
Stuart 3.-.17
Lynch . 20
Long Pine ...25
Orchard ___—. - 22
O’Neill .-.35
In the games played tonight St.
Mary’s plays Butte at 7:30, fol
lowing which O’Neill will meet
Long Pine at 8:45 p. m., the win
ners meeting Friday evening.
Miss Mary Carney returned Mon
day from Red Oak, Iowa, where
she visited her sister, Mrs, L. F.
Curtis, and her brother and his
family, Lieutenant Commander
James Carney, who were en route
from their former home in San
Diego, California, to Brooklyn,
New York, where Lieut. Com
mander Carney will assume com
mand of the U. S. S. Holbert. The
Holbert is one of the new type
ships developed by the navy, and
is a sea plane tender.
Melvin Myci, of O’Neill, appear
ed before County Judge Reimers on
March 2nd, on a complaint filed by
Patrolman Lawrence Russell charg
ing him with having 1939 license
plates on his car. Mr. Myer pled
guilty and was fined $1.00 and
costs of $3.10.
Francis Soukup, a student at the
University of Nebraska, came up
Thursday to spend the wek-end
with his mother, Mrs. Mattie Sou
kup.
Here’s The List, Pick
Out Ycur Candidate
Following is a complete list of
the filings in this county for pub
lic office at the primary election on
April 9, except the list for mem
bers of the Unicameral legisla
ture. These filings are made in
Lincoln, but four of the five can
didates are from this county, one
filing from Rock county. Except for
the latter, following is the list:
Judge Fifteenth Judicial District
R. R. Dickson, O'Neill
Non-Political—County Judge
B. C. Engler, Stuart
H. D. Grady, O’Neill
Louis W. Reimer, O’Neill
H. W. Tomlinson, O’Neill
L. G. Gillespie filed on Febr. 28,
withdrew on 29th.
County Assessor
T. J. Coyne, O’Neill, Democrat
Walter G. Sire, O’Neill, Republican
L. G. Gillespie, O’Neill, Republican
Supervisor Second District
C. F. Simonsen, O'Neill, Republican
I. R. Ridgeway, Dorsey, Republican
Clyde McKenzie, Doi’sey, Repub
lican
A. L. Borg, O’Neill, Republican
John A. Carson, Red Bird, Repub
lican
Robert E7. Tomlinson, Opportunity,
Democrat
Ethan J. Allen, Page, Democrat
Joseph Schollmeyer, Dorsey, Dem
ocrat
Elmer Hull, Dorsey, Democrat
Supervisor Fourth District
Anton Nissen, Page, Democrat
W. E. Wulf, Clearwater, Democrat
J. Q. Archer, Ewing, Democrat
Wm. Clark, Page, Republican
Frank Schmidt, Page, Republican
Eben Graft, Ewing, Republican
Supervisor Sixth District
Frank Pat Murphy, Stuart, Demo
crat
A. M. Batenhorst, Stuart, Demo
crat
I). G. Kuns, Stuart, Democrat
John Steinhauser, Stuart, Repub
lican
Walter K. Smith, Stuart, Republi
can.
“Grapes of Wrath” Is
Chosen For Review
Under ausipiees of Circle No. 1
of the Presbyterian Church Guild,
a tea and book review will be spon
sored Wednesday at 2 p. m., at the
home of Mrs. R. M. Sauers. Mrs.
Carl Grill is general chairman.
“Grapes of Wrath” by John
Steinbeck will be reviewed by Mrs.
Don Anderson, Solo by Mrs. Law
rence Russel.
Mrs. Carl Grill and Mrs. Aria
Hiatt will preside at the tea table.
Many, Many Thanks {
Dear Readers
The following Frontier read-!
ers called at this office and ex-}
tended their subscription during
the last seven days in February
and the first two days in March,
many of whom took advantage
of our offer of two years in ad
vance for $3.00. Following is
the list:
Interstate Power Co., J. C.
Stein, J. B. O’Sullivan, Fred
Johring, O’Neill; J. G. Kennedy,
Page; Frank Daley, Jerome,
Idaho; Mrs. Flora B. Lewis,
O’Neill; Mrs. James N. Car
son, Page, New; H. R. Allen,
Anton Nissan, Page; Ed L.
Carson, ltedbird; A. II. Mar
quardt, Ewing; Mrs. Fred Shoe
maker, Winner, S. D.; W. G. Sire,
Mrs. Mabel McKenna, R. H. Par
ker, O’Neill; Mrs. Julia Sladek,
Chambers; Esther Cole Harris,
Elmer Devall, Mrs. Orville Har
rison, Lohaus Motor Co., W. B.
Graves, New Deal Oil Co., Max
Golden, F. J. Dishner, O'Neill,
Rudolph Brockman, Chambers;
Leonard Larson, J. S. Ennis,
O’Neill; Rev. Father Isadore,
Sierra Madera, Calif., new; W.
H. Jeffers, Chambers; Luverne
Thorson, Avon, S. D.; R. L. Ar
buthnot, O’Neill.
The editor desires to again
express his sincere appreciation
to uor many readers who have
called or mailed an extension of
their subscriptions. We sin
cerely appreciate the effort you
have made in our behalf and
we hope that the coming year
will again bring bountiful mois
ture to this section of the state,
so that we can raise the crops
! like we did in the olden days.
| If we do the pe ople of this
j county will be prosperous and
everyone will be happy.
We still have a number of
j our readers who have failed to
respond to this call for financial
help. We hope that those who
are in arrears will call within
the next couple of weeks and
get their account straightened
up. We do not wish to hire a
collector, we would rather dis
count the amount we would have
to pay to a collector to our I
readers on their accounts. So3
please come in and let us get the j
accounts straightened up.
During the past two months j
The Frontier has taken in more j
money on subscription than any 3
three papers in the county and j
we are positive that we have J
now the largest paid in advance j
subscription list of any paper in J
the county, as well as the larg- i
est. Advertisers should bear j
that in mind when they insert,
their advertising.
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The Old Landmark Has
Given Way to Progress
The tearing down of the old
court house, which was started
some time ago as a WPA project,
has been completed and the men
are now busy cleaning up the old
brick, which are to be used in the
construction of a new building.
Construction of this building, which
is to be built almost entirely out
of the material from the old, is
expected to start some time this
month. It will have a full base
ment and be one story high, which
is expected to give sufficient office
space for all the agencies, for
which the county is now obliged to
pay out rent. While the location
of the building is still under dis
cussion, it probably wiil be built
on the county lots just east of
the Methodist church.
After the material from the old
building has been removed, a land
scaping program for the new court
house will be started, as this was
included in the project for the tear
ing down of the old building and
all of the land owned by the county j
in the block will be landscaped,
which will add considerable to the
looks of the new building and make j
it one of the show places of the
community.
Leonard Shoemaker returned Fri
day morning from California,
where he visited relatives at Long j
Beach, and various other places on ,
the coast.
United States Senator
Burke Here Wednesday
United States Senator Edward
Burke was in the city last evening
with his sound truck and a corps
of newspaper men, including Marr
McGaffin, one of the star reporters
of the World-Herald. Senator
Burke was to have spoken on the
streets of this city at 8:30 last
evening, but as the party were late
in arriving he did not speak on the
streets but after dinner was taken
to the High School Auditorium
where he addressed the assembly,
who were congregated there at
tending the Class B Basketball
tournament. Senator Burke spoke
about fifteen minutes at the High
School, but that was too long for
those who had come to attend the
basketball tournament.
Senator Burke is a prince of a
fellow’ and we like him. He is a
democrat, but not a new dealer in
all that word implies, and has made
a good record as United States
senator. But from the side lines it
looks to us as if this was going to
be a republican year in Nebraska,
as well as in the nation, and the
man nominated next month by the
republicans of Nebraska will be the
next United States senator from
Nebraska, and he will not be a New
Dealer.
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Ed Bauman
Candidate for Governor
A FORMER O'NEILL BOY PASSES AWAY
ON THE WEST COAST WEDNESDAY
John A. Ha/Jett, Former Deputy Postmaster Here
Dies at Lon# Beach, California, Wednesday
S. J. Weekcs received a telegram
this noon announcing the death at
Long Beach, California, on Wed
nesday morning, of John A. Haze
let, a resident of this city in th«
early days and a former assistant
postmaster and for a time post
master of O’Neill. He was 73 years
of age and leaves a widow and one
daughter, the latter making her
home in Alaska. Burial will be in
Seattle, Wash., on Friday.
John A. Hazelet came to this
county from Guthrie Center, Iowa,
in the fall of 1888. He was a broth
er of G. C. Hazelet, former super
intendent of schools at Atkinson
and for four years county clerk of
this county. John worked for a
few years in the county clerk’s of
fice and later held many places of
trust with different firms in this
city. In 1900 he was a member of
the Hazelett-Meals party that left
this city and went to Alaska to
seek their fortunes and for several
years he was a resident there. He
had been in failing health for the
past four or five years and had
made his home at Long Beach.
Since leaving Alaska he was man
ager of an Alaska Tourist agency,
getting sightseers to visit the land
of the midnight sun and he was
very successful in that line of work.
His death brings to the minds of
a few of his old bunch here that
our days are rapidly growing
shorter.
Holt County A. C. A.
Birthday Dinners
As stated in last week’s issue of \
this paper, the Holt County Agri-1
cultural Conservation Association
will celebrate their seventh anni
versary on Friday, March 8. A
dinner will be served; entertain
ment has been planned; and at
9:00 o’clock President Roosevelt j
and Secretary of Agriculture, Hen
ry A. Wallace, will broadcast an
address to all families of the
nation. Meal tickets have been on'
sale for the past week in all parts
of the county.
We wish to take this opportun
ity to extend a cordial invitation to
all of you to attend this anni
versary.
Below is a schedule of the towns
celebrating the anniversary of the
AAA:
Town Place Time
O’Neill Golden Hotel 7:00
Page Methodist Church 7:00
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Atkinson Memorial Hall 7:30
Chambers Town Hall 7:00
Deloit Pree’t St. John’s Hall 7:00
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Charles J. Warner
Candidate for Governor
BLUE JAYS LOSE LAST GAME OF REGULAR
SEASON WHILE ST. MARY'S WINS
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Both Teams Have a Very Creditable Record For
Year and Both Teams are Hoping For Further
Honors in Tournament Now in Progress
Atkinson turned in a hot last
quarter to win the last game on
O’Neill’s basketball schedule 30-21.
Atkinson scored first but at the
end of the period O’Neill was aheud
9- 8. O’Neill was scoreless the sec
ond quarter and Atkinson had a
10- 9 lead at the rest period. O’Neill
came back strong and went through
the lead. At the quarter it was
14-14 in favor of O'Neill. Midway
in the final period O’Neill was
leading 21-18 when Atkinson
whipped in two quick baskets and
went ahead 22-21. O’Neill couldn’t
connect with the hoop after that
and Atkinson couldn’t miss.
O’Neill won 14 out of 22 games
on this year’s schedule and won
the consolation trophy in the Holt
County Tournament.
O’Neill’s second team was just
as cold on the basket as the first
team Friday and lost to Atkin
son 16-8. Their season’s record
shows 9 wins and 4 losses.
Summary
O’Neill (21) fg ft pf
Ryan. 6 0 0
French . 0 0 0
Sirek . 2 0 2
Burgess . 0 0 0
Valla . 3 0 3
McKenna . 0 0 0
Calkins . 0 0 0
Brown ... 0 14
Reimer... 0 0 0
Total . 10 1 9
Atkinson (30) fg ft pf
McKee . 2 0 3
Peterson .. 10 0
Warren .-. 0 0 0
Frost 1. 4 3 1
Babcock . 3 3 1
West.y.2 0 1
Total . 12 6 G
St. Mary’s Cardinals completed
one of the most successful basket
ball schedules in the history of the
school last Thursday night, who*
they defeated Butte High School
at Butte by the Bcore of 37-18.
St. Mary’s was ahead througtaat
the game except for a short flmc
in the first quarter, when the scoro
was knotted at 8 all. The score at
the half was 14-8. The second half
the Cardinals hit their stride and
won going away, 37-18.
Bill Kubitschek was high point
man for St. Mary’s with 10 points.
Adkins had 11 for Butte.
The Cardinals record for the year
is 20 wins out of 22 games. This ia
cludes victories over Sacred Heart
of Norfolk, Ainsworth, Valentine,
and both Spalding teams.
Tuesduy night the Cardinals
start competing for state honors in
the Class B tournament at the High
School gym. The opening game
was against Spencer at 7:00 Tues
day night.
Summary
St. Mary's fg ft pte
J. Shoemaker . 113
B. Biglin .3 17
G. Hammond ... 10 2
P. Kubitschek .0 0 0
B. Kubitschek.5 0 10
D. Kersenbrock . 10 2
B. Price .-. 0 0 0
F. Hickey . 2 15
B. Shoemaker. 3 0 6
B. Miles...0 0 0
B. Parkins. 10 2
Totals .17 3 37
Butte (18) fg ft pts
Adkins . 6 1 11
Anderson . 0 0 0
Anderson . 113
Couch . 0 0 0
Johnson . 113
Johnson . 0 0 6
Tomek . 0 2 2
Froelich . 0 0 0
Whitla . 0 0 0
Totals . 7 5 10
Weather The Past Week
Makes Us Think That
Spring Is Here
The weather the past week has
bee regular March weather, but
unusual in one respect, and that
is the fog, which has hung over
the town and the surrounding
country for the past two weeks,
some nights being so dense that
it has reduced visability to pract
ically nothing. This appears to
be a good omen, the farmers say
ing that it is an indication of rain
this spring and summer and
moisture in the air. Whatever
the reason, the real estate man
report that the demand for farms
is heavier than at any time during
the past seven or eight years, and
that practically every farm in Holt
county is rented for the coming
year. The demand for real estate
is much better than it has been far
several years and a larger number
of farms and ranches have been
sold this spring than for some time
past. One quarter section of land
south of Stuart was sold last week
for $40 an acre, which seems to be
an indication that Holt county
real estat^ is coming back.
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Mrs. Bruce Donald
Candidate for
National Committeewoman ,