The Frontier
4D. H. Cronin, Editor and Proprietor
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THE DAYS OF
LONG AGO
Fifty-Five Years Ago
The Frontier, April 30, 1885.
Married, on Thursday, April 23,
1885, at the Catholic Church, Jer
ry McCarthy and Miss Mary
Dwyer.
The new ordinance passed by the
villarge board provides for the
building of sidewalks from the
main streets to each of the three
churches.
The Frontier, May 7, 1886.
There will be a meeting in Mc
Cofferty’s Hall Saturday evening
for the purpose of discussing the
question of bonding this precinct
to raise money to build a court
house and jail. The house should
be crowded.
Dr. P. C. Corrigan, late of Greel
ey county, where he has a drug
store, but formerly of Monroe,
Wisv arrived in O’Neill Saturday
night and has opened up his drug
store in the State Bank Building.
Fifty Years Ago
The Frontierfi May 1, 1890.
The Elkhorn Valley Bank will
■begin the erection next week of
their new bank building on the
lots adjoining the O’Neill Grocery
Co. The building will be 20x32.
Last week the Mineola Sun
ceased to shine and the firpt of this
week the outfit was moved into
town and will be used in the pub
lication of the O’Neill Sun, the
firsj number of which will be is
sued next week. Messers Watson
and C. C. McHugh will guide the
b*rk over the uncertain seas of
journalism.
As announced last week the
First National Bank of this city
began work Saturday morning with
a full set of new officers and di
rectors. The new officers are as1
follows. Thad. J. Birmingham,
president; J. P. Maim, vice presi
dent; E. F. Gallagher, cashier;
C. C. Millard, T. F. Birmingham,
M. Cavanaugh, E. W. Montgomery
and the officers above form the
board of directors.
Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, May 3,1900.
Joe Maim was down from At
kinson Monday. Joe has his new
store now under way in Atkinson.
A procession of fourteen loads
of hogs and five loads of corn pull
ed in from the north country Wed
nesday.
Martin Bazelman and Miss Mon
ica Vandersnickt, were married at
the Catholic Church at Ewing last
Thursday morning at 11 o’clock.
John D. Kelly and Miss Mary A.
Harrington were united in mar
riage at the Catholic Church in
this city Tuesday morning.
William R. Butler, county at
torney of Holt County, tendered
his resignation to the county board,
having been under fire for some
time. His resignation was accepted
and became effective on May 2nd
and on that date George A. Mc
Cutcheon was elected by the board
as his successor.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, May 5, 1940.
C. J. Coffey was over from
Spencer Monday, being called here
by the serious illness of his mother.
Mrs. Coffee was some better Wed
nesday and son returned home yes
terday.
Mary E. McGrane, 73, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. M.
J. O’Neill, in this city last Sunday,
after an illness of several months.
On Monday, May 2, 1910, at the
home of the bride’s mother, I>nvid
Henry Clauson, of Brelden, Nebr.,
and Miss Margaret Bell Shaw, of
O’Neill, were united in marriage by
Rev. T. D. Watson, pastor of the
Methodist Church.
The Fidelity Bank changed own-i
ership today, O’Neill, Emerson and
Omaha parties purchasing the in
terest of E. E. Halstead in that in
stitution, Mr. Halstead retiring. At
a meeting of the stockholders, the
following directors were elected:
G. H. Haase, S. S. Welpton, O. F.
Biglin and J. F. O’Donnell. At a
directors meeting the following of
ficers were elected: Goo. H. Haase,
president; O. F. Biglin, rice presi
dent, and J. F. O’Donnell, cashier.
Twenty Years Ago
The Frontier, April 29, 1920.
Mrs. Viola Brown died at her
residence in this city Saturday ev
ening, April 17, after an illness of
a few hours of heart failure, at the
age of 47 years. Burial was at Ains
ley, Nebr., the old family home.
The Frontier, May 6, 1920.
The total amount of rainfall in
Holt County during the month of
April was 9.22 inches, according to
the government rain guage at the
Court house.
Miss Nell Ryan and Thomas No
lan were united in the holy bonds
of wedlock at St. Patrick’s Church
Tuesday morning. Rev. M. F. Cas
siday officiating.
Ten Years Ago
The Frontier, May 1, 1930.
Tabulation of the records of
O'Neill by the census supervisor
shows an increase of fifteen over
the 1920 census.
BRIEFLY STATED
John Pat Dunn, of Harrisburg,
Illinois, arrived in O'Neill last Fri
day to assist in the grand opening
of the new O’Neill Drug company
store.
Jean Kilpatrick and Miss Vivian
Erickson, of Norfolk, spent the
week-end in O’Neill visiting at the
home of Jean’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. 0. A. Kilpatrick.
Mrs. Delores Patton, of Lincoln,
Nebraska, arrived in O’Neill Tues
day evening to visit her brother,
Leo Mullen, who has been quite ill,
but is much improved at this time.
Miss Julia Ann Helgeson left
Sunday for Minneapolis, Minn.,
where she will remain for an ex
tended visit at the home of her
parents.
Mrs. Adolph Schroeder, of Oma
ha, left Monday for her home after
spending a few days here visiting
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Vincent and other relatives and
friends.
Miss Bernadine Protivinsky en
tertained her bridge club at her
home in this city on Monday even
ing. Mrs. James Walling and Miss
Marion Dickson winning high
scores.
Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Biglin, daugh
ter, Constance, Miss Betty McNally
and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham re
urned Monday from Omaha, where
they spent a few days visiting and
shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Beha and Mr.
and Mrs. Bennett Gillespie return
ed Thursday from Minneapolis,
Minn., where they had been visiting
Joe beha and famdy and other
iXends.
Miss Margaret Hammond, who
has been attending school in Omaha
for the past year, arrived home
Saturday night and will work in
the office of the county clerk dur
ing the absence of her sister, Mary
Lois.
Mr. and Mrs. Manley Lockman,
who returned last week from Los
Angeles, California, were in O’Neill
Friday visiting relatives and
friends. They returned to Stuart
Friday evening where they are
visiting at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Tony Lockman.
Mrs. Charles McKenna, Miss
Marion Dickson, Miss Helen Biglin
and Judge R. R. Dickson drove to
Sioux City Thursday, returning in
the evening and brought back Miss
Marjorie Dickson, who has been in
St. Vincent’s hospital there for the
past three weeks, home with them.
THE NEBRASKA
SCENE
(By The Lowell Service)
Lincoln— Weird and fantastic
management of the affairs of the
educational lands and funds, cus
todians of Nebraska's largest and
most important trust, may be aired
in the Lancaster county district
court. R. H. Walker, Lincoln ac
countant, has filed suit to compel
an additional tax levy to bring the
trust fund back to about $12,000,
000 from $11,242,107.09. The dif
ference is the sum lost by misman
agement and “improvident invest
ment," he alleges.
Walker asks that an accounting
be had to determine the amount
lost; that the board of educational
lands and funds certify the loss;
that the district court order the
amount raised by taxation, and that
the state board of equalization in
clude the necessary amount in the
next levy.
Two legislative sessions side
stepped investigation and action,
the plaintiff charges. Both the
board of equalization and the board
of educational lands and funds fail
ed to give due consideration, he
says. Plaintiff claims he is a tax
payer, a patron of the schools, and
a citizen. He has been damaged by
loss of the income from the trust
fund because, for so long as it re
mains diminished, it will be neces
sary for himself and other taxpay
ers to supply other funds to carry
on the work of education.
Members of the board of educa
tional lands and funds are Gover
nor Cochran, Secretary of State
Swanson, State Treasurer Have
kost, and Attorney General John
son. A proposed amendment to the
constitution, adding the state su
perintendent to the personnel of
the board, was defeated at the lasj
election. The last legislature sub
mitted another proposal.
The affairs of the board of ed
ucational lands and funds have
been reviewed impartially and ex
clsively in this column during the
last two years. Also noted was the
apathy of the taxpayers’ groups in
regard to the situation. The last
election left the board tied—Gov
ernor Cochran and Secretary of
State Swanson, democrats, At
torney General Johnson and the
late State Treasurer Bass, repub
licans. It was at the conclusion of
a heated meeting of this board
that Dr. Bass died of a heart at
tack. Robert Nelson was assigned
by Attorney General Johnson to
give legal advice relative to the
affairs of the board. A suit had to
be filed in order to pay him.
The board of equalization is also
a defendant. This body consists of
Governor Cochran, Tax Commis
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' sioner Smith, State Auditor John
son, Secretary of State Swanson,
and State Treasurer Havekost. As
; noted in this column, an overdraft
I is piling up in the general fund.
Some say it is because of the de
layed payment of taxes; others
i claim that th* levy fixed by the
I board of equalization is too low.
Whenever the subject came up in
the legislature, most taxpayers'
league boosters scooted for the
cloak rooms.
An effort is being outlined to
hang the school-fund shortage and
the general-fund deficit on the
gasoline taxpayer. In order to head
off this scheme and circumvent al
leged interferences by the rail
roads, highway users have planned
a three-day convention in Lincoln
May 9, 10, and 11. At this congress*
representatives of commercial
trucks and farm trucks will attend
from Nebraska. So will highway
users from six states.
Frank S. Henline, congress di
rector, is outlining the program,
on which men high up among the
motor carrier*! will appear. It is
expected that a proposed amend
ment to prevent the diversion of
gasoline taxes from highway con
struction will appear.
According to state university ex
perts, Nebraska has the greatest
underground water supply of any
state in the union. If the subter
ranean supply was lifted from the
water-bearing gravel beds and
brought to the surface, the entire
state would be covered with water
18 feet deep.
Through faults and openings in
the gravel beds, this .water leaves
the state at various points. Texas’
ground flow has been brought to
the surface by cleverly placed
floating dams?—structures resting
on steel piling driven through the
the gravel to impervious strata.
The master dam planned for
constructioh near Republican City
is more a water trap than a flood
control structure. For holding back
flood waters, dams of a different
type must be constructed near the
headwaters.
The Nebraska Supreme court has
held that municipalities have a
legal right to sell appliances to
customers, Ir> the case of Nelson
Johnson & Dubna against the Met
ropolitan Utilities district, appeal
ed from Omaha, the court held
that the right to sell appliances to
gas consumers was implied. The
Nelson company challenged the
right of the District to advertise
and sell appliances. The court re
plied that the District has every
right and power enjoyed by a pri
vate company. The effect of the
opinion will be to encourage muni
cipal plants to advertise and sell
appliances where local merchants
are backward in developing the
field.
Congressmen Uniformed
Hardly one member of the house
or senate know anything about the
occupation of Norway and Denmark
by the Nazi troops until they pick
ed up their newspapers early Tues
day morning. The state depart
ment, however, had plenty of in
formation and those who passed
the gray-stone building were in
formed that that department had
been busy all night. They had ad
vance information from the Ameri
can minister in Norway.
When the house convened, mem
bers met each others with news
papers in their hands and discussed
the matter in excited tones. Con
gressman Harold Kundson of Min
nesota, who voted against war
with Germany, is a Norweigan. He
was born there and has relatives
there. He seemed dazed and just
didn’t know what to say. He talk
ed several times during the day
with friends in the state depart
ment. To close friends he declar
ed: “I still say we won’t get
into any foreign war. We just
have to keep out.”
The new events seem to have
dazed many members who now ad
mit that no one knows what the fu
ture may bring to this war torn
world. Most members agree that it
is a mighty good time for Ameri
cans to remain calm and keep their
feet on the ground. They are
watching every move and praying
that nothing will happen to again
bring us into a foreign war.
Members from Nebraska, South
Dakota and Iowa have been appear
ing before the food committee dur
ing this week. This committee
may bring out a bill soon author
izing an unusual amount of flood
control work on rivers all over the
country. The Third district is ask
ing the committee to include au
thorization for a large erosion con
trol project from Knox county to
South Sioux City where consider
able valuable farm land had been
destroyed by erosion and where
future floods may do considerable
damage unless protection is given
immediately. Army engineers
have investigated this proposed
project and indicate recommenda
tions have been made. Approval
from the chief of the army engin
eers is needed and also some au
thorization from congress before
appropriations can be asked for
this needy river pjroject.
The O’Neill Drug Co.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BLDG. CHARLES E. STOUT, PROF.
« .
Cordially invites you to attend the open
ing of their new store
Thursday, May 2nd
with a complete line of Drugs, Cosmetics,
and Prescription Items and at prices nev
er before offered in this part of the state.
They have been appointed
WALGREEN CO. AGENTS
for this district and a
ONE CENT SALE
is now in progress
Thursday - Friday-Saturday
i
of this week, so call now and take advan
tage of a new and complete line of mer- ;
chandise and at new low prices.
“You’re Always Welcome at the O’Neill Drug” I
Speaker Bankhead is sick. He
has gone to Florida. He has lost
fifteen pounds in the past few
months. A few years ago, he stay
ed Away from the house throughout
the session on account of illness.
Then former Speaker Joe Byrnes
passed away and Mr. Bankhead
took over the job. It has been a
hard grind for him and he shows it.
“I want to be away from the crowds
—somewhere where I can’t hear
the telephone ring for a long time,”
he tells his intimate friends. Mr.
Bankhead has heart trouble—an
ailment affecting many other mem
bers right now.
When will congress adjourn?
That’s the qpestion which comes in
many letters from home. Sam
Rayburn as majority leader and
John Tabor, minority ranking mem
ber on the appropriations commit
tee figured that out the other day.
It all depends on when the last ap
propriation bill is passed and
whether or not the senate stages a
fillibuster on the anti-lynching bill.
But chances are that adjournment
can come any day between June 8
There are but two more appro
priation bills to come up. Next is
the relief bill which is sceduled to
come up about May 7. Then comes
the last deficiency bill, scheduled
for May 21. It will take about two
weeks from the passage of that bill
until adjournment can be reached.
The new relief bill will call for
around a billion and a half dollars.
The last deficiency bill will carry
around a million and a half dollars.
Total appropriations dt^ring this
year will be close to thirteen billion
dollars, compared to nround four
teen billions a year ago.
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