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V0L LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST S, 1940 NUMBER 13
SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Rommine Saunders
Old Timers will recall as a sort
of weather tradition—and rather
reliable—a three-day blow from
the south and then rain, a soaker
bearing down from the northwest
before the wind’s wild roar. A blis
tering July came to its withering
close out this way by an old time
Northwester on the night of the
31st and the pink glow of early
dawn of August 1 disclosed we
could splash in mud and water. The
few patches of corn here and there
are going to make something yet.
Oats, Barley and rye have yielded
well. One of the largest runs of
grain down this way was a thous
and bushels threshed at the Fred
Watson ranch a day last week. A
half inch of rain refreshed us again
Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Donat
of Verdigre visited this community
a day last week, going from here
to Stuart. Mr. Donat, a piano
man, did some professional work
here.
Something of a storm of protest
has arisen over the action of the
state board of equalization fixing
land values for taxation at twice
the market value. Can anyone
say what the “market value” of
land is? When was there a bona
• fide sale of a farm in Nebraska—
when one neighbor went to another
and laid down the cash to close an
honest to goodness transfer of title
to a farm? A banking corpora
tion is getting the absurd bids of
two and a half to five dollars an
acre on some of its holdings. Per
haps if assessments are made on
“market values” there will be slim
pickings for the tax collector. A
top heavy government makes the
taxation headache.
The Nebraska Better Restaur
ants Association is another element
of citizens to add to the list of
lobbyists when the legislature con
venes. Pressure from these groups
continues the round of pleasure
with a merrily growing code of
semi-crazy laws.
Those honored gentlemen in
Washington framing the conscrip
tion program take the precaution
to insert a clause exempting them
selves.
The late public enemy No. 1 now
serenely mingles among the night
club moguls of Miami Beach. Many
a man is in for life for less than
stands against A1 Capone.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rohrer of
Glendale, Calif., accompanied by
Miss Laura Meals of Lompos,
Calif., spent ten days with rela
tives here and at Lincoln. Mrs.
Rohrer is a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Saunders and Miss Meals is
a sister of the later.
A Lincoln gentleman, whom his
acquaintances address as Profess
or—there are many professors in
the capitol city—a few weeks ago
said if he were running things he
would send 100,000 bombers across
and bomb Germany from one end
to the other. Professor didn’t ex
plain how he would do it. Little
England seems to be doing a good
job of it just now. The English
have their faults but it will be a
sorry day for the world if the
British empire goes down.
Just what is it that induces the
normal citizen to part with four
bits and tax to sit on a board in
the heat and watch a few huskies
pitch hay into a baler and one
rider after another churned by a
plunging bronc? I joined the
twelve or fifteen hundred at At
kinson a hay day last week, saw the
show, heard the announcer's wise
cracks, and joined in the demon
stration for Willkie when Mr. May,
the Omaha man-on-the-street, took
an expression for presidential pref
ei-ence. Incidentally, the crowd
strongly favored Willkie. Missed
all the parades, but heard them
spoken of as really the fine feature
of Atkinson’s three-day annivers
Arrangements Made For
Stocker, Feeder Show
And Sale in O’Neill
The O’Neill Lions Club is rapidly
completing arrangements for the
fourth annual stocker feeder show
and sale in O’Neill this fall. Co
operating with the O’Neill Live
stock Commission Company and
business men of the community,
the show is being designed to fol
low the plan of other years. There
will be a 4-H division and a com
mercial division with premiums of
fered for the cattle shown. Due to
adverse pasture and hay crops and
the inability to forsee conditions
at this time, the date of the show
will not be announced for a few
weeks.
As in the past a sale will be held
in connection with the show and
plans to remedy the defects of past
sales are being considered by the
committee and sale officials.
The show is designed to encour
age the raising of better calves in
Holt County, promote 4-H club
work, bring good fellowship be
tween ranchers and business men
and offer Holt county ranchers an
outstanding connection with east
ern 4-H club feeder buyers.
Ranchers are invited to plan to
show their outstanding feeder
calves at this show in order that
eastern feeders may be offered
choice lots and thereby build a rep.
utation for outstanding feeder
calves.
The Weather
O’Neill received a nice shower
last evening about eight thirty
when .19 of an inch of rain fell, the
rain being much heavier in the
north part of the County and in
Boyd County, where .90 was re
corded at Butte, Nebraska, and a
severe hail storm, which broke
out windows in the town of Butte,
doing much other damage. Fol
lowing is the weather chart for the
past week:
High Low Free.
August 1 .90 66 .15
August 2 .95 68
August 3 .93 68
August 4 .96 63 .14
August 5 . 82 62 .15
August 6 .81 52
August T .90 61
August 8 (Thursday) .19
The Lincoln Daily Journal
Makes Special Election
Offer to Readers
The Lincoln Nebraska State
Journal is making a special offer
through the November election,
from now until November 16th, of
one dollar for the daily, or one dol
lar and seventy-five cents for the
daily with Sunday mailed outside
of Lincoln to Nebraska and Kansas.
People paying 25c per week
spend $13.00 a year. Times are
hard and money is scarce. Every
one must save. The Lincoln Jour
nal will help you. The Bee-News
suspension left but one other large
morning daily in the State besides
the Journal. The State Journal
has been serving the territory be
tween Omaha and Denver for the
past seventy-two (72) years.
Order direct or thru our office.
The sooner you pay, the more you
ffot.
ary celebration. Photographs out
of two generations ago, firearms
and instruments used by the pion
eers, relics from the attic and bits
of art work in store window? were
of much interest. A lady, who has
seen some of the country’s great
shows, pronounced the fireworks
on the last, night of thi? annivers
ary mer.ic’ia! the best she ha? ever
witnessed. The Atkinson of the
Old Timer, the Atkinson of Harry {
Mathews, of Joe Bartley, of John j
Brady, of the Sturdevants, of j
George McArthur, Del Akin and ;
a lot of others did things grandly. (
If they couldn’t defeat the O’Neill
ball team with Herb Bitney’s ag
gregation they got in Western
Leaguers to do it. Committees who
bore the burden of Hay Day mem
orial are worthy successors of the
old timers, but may I venture the
guess that they slept all the next
day.
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Mrs. John Alfs
Mrs. John Alfs died at the hos
pital in Lynch at 8:30 this morning
after an illness of several months,
following an operation performed
last Saturday morning, at the age
of 64 years, one month and seven
teen days. The Biglin ambulance
went after the body and it was
brought to this city and the funeral
will be held from the Biglin Mortu
ary at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon
to the Methodist church in Atkin
son, where funeral services will be
held at 2 o’clock, Rev. V. C. Wright
in charge, and burial in the cem
etery at Atkinson.
Amelia M. Siebert was born at
Lincoln, Nebr., on June 21, 1876.
Her parents moved to Rock county
in 1884 where she lived until she
was united in marriage to John
Alfs, the ceremony being perform
ed at Bassett on October 1, 1895,
since which time she had been a
resident of this county. Two
children were born of this union,
daughters, who with their father
are left to mourn the passing of a
kind and affectionate wife and
mother. The daughters are: Mrs.
Etta L. Kutchens, of Sheridan,
Wyoming, and Mrs. Minnie V.
Martens, of Atkinson.
Mrs. Alfs had not been consider
ed seriously ill until the past few
weeks and she was taken to the
Lynch hospital at Lynch last Fri
day where an operation was decid
ed upon as the only possible chance
to save her life. She had suffered
from Gall bladder trouble. The
operation was performed Saturday
morning and she passed away
Thusday morning.
Mrs. Alfs had been a resident of
the county for forty-five years, liv
ing in Pleasantview township for
thirty-four years until eleven years
ago when she rented the farm and
moved to this city, where she had
since resided. She was a charm
ing woman and had a host of
friends in this city and county, who
will learn with regret of her sud
den passing.
Downey—Trupp
Gerard Downey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Downey, of Hastings,
and Miss Anna Mae Trupp,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Trupp, of Hastings, were united in
marriage on last Thursday after
noon by the Rev. Dorn of the Ger
man Lutheran church at Ainsworth.
The only attendants were Mr. and
Mrs. George Cook, of O’Neill.
Gerad is the only son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Downey, who formerly
lived in this city moving to Hast
ings a few years ago. He was
graduated from the O’Neill High
school with the class of 1936. He
came to O’Neill this summer,
where he has been employed by the
O’Neill Photo Company and he
and his wife expect to make this
city their home.
The Frontier joins with the
many friends of this young couple
in wishing them a long and happy
married life.
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Atkinson Hay Day Cele
bration Big Success
Hundreds of O'Neill people at
tended the Hay Day celebration at
Atkinson the last three days of last
week. The editor was out of town
the last three days of the week,
so did not get to see the show, but
they tell us it was one of the great
est ever put on in gny town of a
like or much larger sire in the
state, or any other state. Those
who headed the organisation, re
sponsible for the show, are entitled
to a lot of credit for the gigantic
success of the show, for it took
a lot of hard work to make it a
success. Thousand^! people were
in the city every day and the citi
zens of Atkinson generally must
feel proud of the success of their
undertaking. Here’s congratula
tions and hopes that you will put
on another gigantic celebration in
the near future.
Pointers On Canning Are
Now Available
Many housewives in Holt county
will be glad to know that there is
now a publication, No. 9925 avail
able on canning fruits and veg
etables. There are many valuable
hints and suggestions from the
Nebraska college of agriculture
listed in the circular and it can be
obtained free by writing Lyndle
R. Stout, Agricultural Agent, at
O’Neill.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our thanks
to the many friends and neighbors
for their kindly assistance follow
ing the death of our father, Adam
Hays. We especially wish to ex
press our thanks to Rev. Wright,
and for the songs rendered. Also
express our thanks to those who
gave such beautiful flowers.—Mrs.
L. O. Johnson, Mrs. V. C. Johnson,
Mrs. J. P. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lindberg
left Sunday for Omaha on a busi
ness trip.
Dean Streeter, who has been run
ning the corner barber shop for
Mrs. Sirek, who purchased it a
couple of months ago is back in his
old location on South Fourth
Street next to the Frontier office.
Mrs. Sirek sold the corner shop
last week to a gentleman from
Long Pine, who took poscsession
last Tuesday. Dean says that he
is prepared to take care of the
wants of his old customers in his
old location.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Harnish
and son were htj e the first of the
week visiting at the home of his
patents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Har
nish. For the past eight years
Frank has been a deputy United
States Marshal, with headquarters
at Norfolk, but he is now out of a
job. Too many hungry democrats
and they figured that if they want
ed to give any of the faithful a job
they would have to do so before the
Willkie landslide next November,
after which democratic office hold
ers will be few and far between.
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Lincoln Joint Stock Land
Bank Sells Holt County
Holdings at Auction
The Lncoln Joint Stock Land
Bank held an auction sale of land
they owned in the eastern part of
the county at Inman last Monday
afternoon and disposed of the three
tracts of land they owned in that
section. The 1280 acres, formerly
known as the Klondike ranch and
later known as the Cary place was
sold to Pearl Cary, the present ten
ant and former owner for $9.75 per
acre. This is a splendid piece of
ground and has some of the finest
hay land in that section. It is six
miles south of Inman.
The 800 acre Bethea ranch, seven
miles south and one mile west of
Ewing, one of the well improved
places in that section of the county,
was sold to the present tenant, C.
i M. Kirchner, for $8.75 per acre.
The Foley 320 acres, two miles
west of Inman on Highway No. 20,
was sold to E. J. Eby of Stuart, for
$7.75 per acre.
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Former Residents Pay A
Visit To The Old Town
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Rohr,
of Hastings, and Miss Laura Meals,
of Lompoc, Calif., were in the city
for a short time Monday on then
way to Hastings, after a few days
visit at the home of Mrs. Rohr’s
parents and Miss Meals’ sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ro
maine Saunders southwest of Am
elia. Miss Meals was a former
resident of this city and was dep
uty postmistress here for several
years, prior to the removal of the
family to California in 1898. She
visited here in 1930, it being the
first time she was in O’Neill for
thirty-two years and this was her
second visit to the old home town.
Miss Meals says that she noticed
wonderful improvement in the ap
pearance of the city since her last
visit of ten years ago and said she
enjoyed having met several of the |
friends of the days of long ago.
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Son of O’Neill Native Kill
ed In Navy Plane Crash
Weldon McNicholas, son of Wm.l
J. McNicholas, who was born and j
grew to manhood in this city and |
who has lived at Holywood, Cali-j
fornia, for many years, was killed j
a week ago in the crash of a naval j
training plane at the Pensacola air!
base, according to work received j
here by relatives and friends the
first of the week.
Weldon was a navel air cadet
and had soloed shortly before the
crash. He was not piloting the
plane at the time of the accident.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the friends
and neighbors, for the many acts of
kindness and words of sympathy!
spoken to us following the sudden
death of our beloved husband and
brother. Your kindness in this
hour of sorrow will ever be held
in grateful remembrance.—Mrs,
Martha Elizabeth Schmohr and the
Schmohr Brothers and Sisters.
Former O’Neill Boy Pass
es Away at Bonesteel,
South Dakota
P. J. Donohoe dropped dead in
the yard at his home in Bonesteel,
S. D., last Sunday afternoon about
5:30 from a sudden heart attack,
at the age of 65 years and four
months. The funeral was held at
Bonesteel last Wednesday morn
ing at 9 o’clock and was very large
ly attended, many from O’Neill
and this county attending to pay
their last respects to their old
friend and neighbor.
Mr. Donohoe had always enjoyed
the best of health and was feeling
in fine spirits Sunday. A few
friends dropped in for the after
noon and the time was passed in
card playing. Late in the after
noon a storm came up and their
guests went home. A very heavy
rain fell, accompanied by a severe
wind, which done some damage to
property in the city, but was not
near the Donohoe home. After
the storm Mr. Donohoe went out
side and as there was a good deal
of water in the yard he called his
son, Parnell, to open up a little
ditch on the side and let the water
off. While his son was doing this
work Pat stood only a few feet
away watching him, the boy work
ing with his back to his father.
In a little while he heard his father
gasp and he turned around and
saw him falling. The son thought
that he had fainted and attempted
to bring him to, while his daughter
phoned for the doctors, who soon
responded but Mr. Donohoe was
dead when they arrived and they
were of the opinion that he was
dead when he fell.
Deceased leaves a wife and seven
children, five daughters and two
sons to mourn the passing of a
kind and affectionate husband and
father. His oldest son, Dr. Ed
mond Donohoe, is practicing medi
cine in Sioux City. His eldest
daughter is Mrs. Dr. Honke, who
is also practicing medicine in Sioux
City. The other four girls and son
are at home. His son, Parnell,
was admitted to the bar last spring
and will take over his father’s prac
tice, having been in the office since
his graduation. He is also sur
vived by two sisters, the Misses
Agnes and Anna Donohoe of this
city.
P. J. Donohoe was a native of
Pennsylvania and came to this
county with his parents when a
small boy. He grew to manhood
on the farm north of this city and
secured his early education in the
rural schools of the county. He
then attended the Fremont Normal
and taught school in the eastern
part of the state for a couple of
years, then attended the State Uni
versity, taking the law course,
graduating in 1903. After his
graduation he came back to this
section of the state and opened up
a law office at Spencer. When
the Rosebud country was opened for
settlement he moved to Bonesteel
and practiced his profession there
up to the time of his death, being
recognized as one of the leading
attorneys in that section of South
Dakota. Mr. Donohoe was over
here a couple of weeks ago and we
had a nice visit with him, the first
for some years. He appeared to
be in the best of health at the time
and looked happy and prosperous.
The Frontier joins his many
Holt county friends in extending
its heartfelt sympathy to the fam
ily and immediate relatives in their
hour of sorrow.
Band Concert Next
Saturday Night
March—"Blaze Away’’. Holzmann
March—‘‘Salutation’’ . Seitz,
March—“The Little Giant’’ Moon
Vocal Solo—“South of the Border”
Kennedy—Soloist Miss Elaine
Streeter.
March—“The Crosley March” .
Fillmore
Novelty—“The Three Bears” Long
Narrator ... Maybelle Osenbaugh
Overture—“Young America” .
Russell
Popular—“Cathedral in the Pines”
Kenny
Hymn—“God Be With You Till We
Meet Again”...Tomer
National Anthem ...Key
Achievement Day In
O’Neill Next Saturday
Plana for the 4-H achievement
day at the O’Neill Public school this
Saturday, August 10, are being
made by county agent, Lyndle R
Stout, and promises to bring over
250 4-H members and leaders to
gether in competition to represent
Holt county at the Nebraska State
Fair.
With the State Fair attracting
more boys and girls each year and
competition being stronger it is
more necessary that boys and
girls are the best to represent this
ocunty. In cases where winners
in this contest are eligible in the
county and can meet the state re
quirements, it is planned that they
will be taken to the State Fair in
Lincoln next month.
With this in mind. 4-H members
will offer the keenest of competi
tion in the county judging and
demonstration contests in order to
win trips and prizes for their out
standing work. Many of these boys
and girls have spent not only this
summer but many years in prepar
ing ihemelves for these events and
will show some outstanding results
this fall.
The program this Saturday will
feature judging contests in home
economics and livestock at 9:00
A. M. and demonstration contests
in the afternoon. Judging contests
will net be held for poultry and
crops on this day. Home economics
exhibits will be judged in the school
house during the day and prizes
for outstanding achievements will
be furnished by the O’Neill business
men.
Many of these boys and girls
have worked hard and will present
very outstanding achievements and
parents and friends who are inter
ested are invited to see what these
4-H members are doing.
Mrs. A. J. May, Formerly
of this City, Passes Away
At Home in Tekamah
Mrs. A. J. May, wife of Rev. A.
J. May, of Tekamah, passed away
at her home in Tekamah last Sun
day night, passing away in her
sleep. Rev. May was pastor of the
Methodist church in this city for
four years from 1935 to 1939, and
Mrs. May made many friends dur
ing her residence here, who extend
sympathy to the bereaved husband
and son and daughter over their
loss.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist church in Tekamah
on Wednesday afternoon and bur
ial at Omaha, Nebraska, where the
family resided for many years and
where the son and daughter now
live.
Out of Town Relatives
Who Attended Adam
Hays’ Funeral
Out of town relatives who were
in the city to attend the funeral of
the late Adam Hays were: Joe
Hays and Henry Johnson, of Table
Rock, Nebr.; Bert Hays, of Quay,
Okla.; Virgil Hays and mother, of
Steinauer, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Hays, Dubois, Nebr.; Mrs.
Glenda Virtiska, Violet, Nebr.;
August Babcock, Pawnee City,
Nebr.; Lawrence and Raymond
Babcock, Humboldt, Nebr.; Mr. and
Mrs. Glen Babcock, Sargent,
Nebr.; Mrs. Vern Amsberry, Ma
son City, Nebr.; G. W. Stephenson,
j Chappell, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Vir
, gil Johnson, Lincoln, Nebr.; Mr.
1 and Mrs. Charles Vorve, Spring
field, Oregon.
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Transient Gets Two To
Four Years For Steal
ing a Pick Up
Ray Myers of Kansas City, Kan.,
was arrested on August 3 by Sher
iff Peter Duffy, charged with steal
ing a new 1940 Ford V-8 Pick up
belonging to Dewey Shaffer, from
the streets of Atkinson on August
1st. He was taken before County
Judge Reimer on Thursday morn
ing where he pled guilty and was
taken before Judge Dickson on
Thursday afternoon for sentence,
where he was sentenced to two to
four years in the State peniten
tiary.