VOL LX1 O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 NUMBER 20 SOUTHWESTERN I BREEZES By Romaine Saunders If Mr. Wallace wgnts to make votes he should make no more speeches. Cattle have been moved to mar ket from the ranches in this com munity in large numbers in recent weeks. The prize club calf at the state fair sold for just 25c short of $7:?5.00, one of those pub nosed aristocrats of the Angus breed, be ing pronounced the winner. Perhaps the governor’s chance' to realize further political ambi tion would be materiaiy advanced could he lay aside a little of the partisan attitude in behalf of a needy group of Nebraskan’s and join his opponent in Mr. Butler s sane proposal to loan drouth-blis tered farmers some of that corn under U. S. seal. But Roy Coch ran apparently is just not built that way. Every man has at least a touch of partisan prejudice, but most of us can split it up in the face of a specific need. What response there may have been on Sunday the 8th, to the call of the nation to prayer for peace, there is no way of knowing, I would be the last to ridicule a sin ner that goes to his knees, but if our national leaders have any faith in the thing they called for why, go ahead spending billions for war? “We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” Thus our fath ers faced the first great peril. To day our honored members of con gress make “their lives, their for tunes," if not their sacred honor safe from flying bullets in framing a conscription measure. I don’t know that the country looked any better when Neil Bren nan came up the valley, paused the day he came in sight of the frontier settlement to bathe his feet in the cooling waters of the Elkhorn, than it did a month ago when I traveled the length of the valley from At kinson to Fremont. It never look ed better, but just what has jack frost done to those miles of corn fields. The demand for feeder cat tle down that way indicates the corn has not been injured. An hour.before dawn a morning last week neighborhood dogs were aroused to furious barking by sharp quick notes that announced the prairie wolves were on a raid and weather changes were at hand. The changes were a frost and the raid netted a haul of turkeys at Warners. If I owed a merchant ten dollars, I could not loan a stranger in the next county ten dollars and let the merchants wait. With a public debt standing at fifty billions, what is the sense of loaning to foreign na tions. One patriot wants to set the world straight by messing in oth er nations affairs, another insists on isolation; still another has the brilliant idea of controling the use of firearms by law, while another wants a dozen guns in the house; then there is the chap who thinks grasshoppers can be eliminated by the few pheasants if that bird is withdrawn from the open season. Anyway it is still free America, where we can promulgate our hairbrained ideas. Out at Gering a group of thirty five men were dismissed from a county WPA job, whereupon they held an indignation meeting and demanded aid from the county com missioners. And that is the kind of citizens the New Deal is foster ing. A cry of alarm. I turned from my work just as a mottled streak flew past ten feet away croaking frantically. A pheasant in full flight with a gray hawk right at Many Outstate Buyers , Expected at Stocker Feeder Show From all indications and in quiries received by managers Lyn dle R. Stout and James W. Rooney of the Holt County Stocker Feeder Show and Sale to be held in O’Neill Monday, September 30, the largest number of outstate buyers will be present to purchase feeder calves that will be found at any sale in the county this fall. An unusual demand for both feeder and 4-H calves is promised and the fact that many calves have either been con tracted or sold indicates that this sale will bze a good market for good quality feeder calves. While 180 4-H calves are expected from local clubs and several cattle men have made consignments for the commercial show and sale, it is be lieved that additional calves will be needed to supply the demand for the day. O’Neill business men in cooper ation with the O’Neill Lions Club are offering liberal premiums for the show in an effort to advertise and encourage the raising of bet ter cattle and to stimulate local 4-H club work. One thousand head of quality feeder calves have been extensively advertised in eastern livestock journals for this show and sale, which is being conducted in the first of a series to be held during next week. The sale will be con ducted in the usual manner with every rancher invited to consign quality calves to help supply the market. Bankers of This District Held Meeting Tuesday The semi-annual meeting of the North Central Nebraska Regional Clearing House Association was held in O’Neill last Tuesday even ing with a seven o’clock dinner at the Golden Hotel, with about forty nine members of the association present. There were members prsent from all the towns in the district’, which extends from Tilden to Ainsworth and from Spencer to Spalding. O. E. Krohn of Neligh, who is president of the association, acted as toastmaster and introduced the principal speakers, J. Francis Mc Dermott, of Omaha, vice president of the First National bank of Omaha and J. O. Peck, vice presi dent of the Continental National bank of Lincoln.. Pleasant Dale School The Pleasant Dale School opened the 26th of August. Miss Kazda is the teacher. She has five pupils. They are Lottie Babl, Harold and Robert Winkler in the 8th grade; Arlene Beckwith the 6th, and Daryl Beckwith in the 4th. Pleasant Dale school won second in the county on the fair exhibits. We received $5.35. Olive Beckwith and Nayadene Kee were visitors at the Pleasant Dale school this last month. In the monthly examinations Lottie Babl received 100 in spell ing and arithmetic. Raryl Beck with received 100 in reading. Those that were neither absent nor tardy were Lottie Babl, Ar lene and Daryl Beckwith. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Murphy and daughters, Mary and Catherine, of Lincoln, visited here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Beha on Sunday. Mrs, Murphy is a niece of Mrs. JBeha. his tail. The bomber w&s being bombed. The robber of birds nests, the destroyer of prairie chickens, the plunderer of house wives to mato patches, had met up with something. A hook-beaked, vi cious, taloned creature on the wing was giving him a taste of his own tasties. And the truculent bully always “hollers” when dealt a dose of his own medicine. Reminds one of the Nazi when bombs begun to fall on Berlin. Czechs, Poles, Neth erlands, Scandinavians—one after the other were enveloped in the horors of bursting Nazi bombs and when the little island kingdom to the west poured a similar dose over Berlin—Oh. that wasn’t fair. Spencer High Swamps O’Neill High Friday Spencer, undefeated in football in 1939, kept its slate clean by de feating O’Neill 21-0 in the first 1940 game for the two teams. In the first quarter the heavier Spen cer team plowed down the field after receiving the kickoff and scored a touchdown without losing possession of the ball. O'Neill’s defense tightened and the rest of the first half was even. On the second play of the sec ond half, Spencer broke loose on a 45-yard jaunt for a touchdown. The final score also came in the third period when a march down field brought Spencer its third touchdown. O’Neill carried the ball inside Spencer’s 10-yard line in the fourth quarter and failed by inches to make the necessary yards for a first and goal. O’Neill reserves who saw action were Leach and Wetzler, ends; Bright, tackle; Perry and Oberle, guards; Manzer and Osenbaugh, backs. O’Neill plays its first home game of the season this Friday when Burwell returns the game played under the lights at Burwell last year. O’Neill’s squad was strengthen ed by the return of Irvin Kloppen berger, who is an inexperienced player, but whose presence will add power to the backfield. Experience gained in the opening game should add poise to some of the boys who had never been in a football game before last Friday. Burwell plays here after having won and lost one game so far this season. BRIEFLY STATED O’Neill relatives here received word of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gubbels, of Omaha on Friday, September 20. Mrs. Gubbels will be remembered here as Miss Margaret Rhode. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Kinsman, of Columbus, Nebraska, visited rela tives here on Sunday and Monday. They returned to their home on Monday evening, their son, Jimmie, who has been employed here at the Golden Hotel returning with them to Columbus, where he has accepted employment. Mrs. Walter Warner drove to Broken Bow, Nebraska, last Thurs day, where she visited until Wed nesday of this week, when she was to go to Lincoln, and then return to O’Neill, bringing with her, Mrs. A. E. Bowen, who has been in the hospital there recovering from a recent operation. Emergency crop and feed loans are available to Farmers in Holt county for the planting of winter grain and feeding of livestock, and applications for these loans are now being received at O’Neill by J. W. Walker, field supervisor of the emergency crop and feed loan action of the farm credit adminis tration. Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armbruster and son went down to Norfolk Sun day morning and visited at the home of Mrs. Armbruster’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Dobney over Sunday. On Monday Mr. Armbruster visited salesmen in the city and purchased a lot of holiday goods for the store here and they returned home about noon Monday, being driven up by Mr. and Mrs. Dobney, who visited friends here that afternoon and then returned home. Miss Margaret Janes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Janes of Bakersfield, California, has enroll ed in Scripps College for girls at Claremont, Cal. Miss Janes was graduated from the Kern County Union High school this spring and upon graduation was presented with a senior service award, an honor bestowed upon the outstand ing 1940 graduates. During her high school career she was an active member of the California Scholarship Federation, honor society, the Thespian players, the Radio production league, the Girls’ league and hostess cluh besides participating in numerous extra curricular activities. Miss Janes’ mother will be remembered here as Miss Mary Stannard. I ! Special To Stockmen Since Monday, September 30, is the date of the annual 4-H Calf Club Show and Sale at the local Sales Pavilion, this date may not be the best time to consign miscellaneous stock to the weekly auction. It would be difficult to give sueh consign ments the customary careful at tention and service they should receive. Some News Notes From St. Mary’s Academy On Friday afternoon, the stu dents presented a program honor ing Sr. Dolores on the occasion of her Nameday. The students took this opportunity to express to Sr. Dolores their appreciation of her work among them. Sr. Dolores is beginning her twenty-fourth year of teaching in St. Mary’s, and during all these long years, she has de voted herself wholeheartedly to the interests of St. Mary’s and her students. The boarders’ Sodality held an election of officers during the week. Irma Langer was chosen as Pre fect, and she has as her Assistants, Rose Ann Schulte and Etta M. Meyer. The graduates of last year’s class have been calling this week to say good-bye before starting on the work of the year. Bill Biglin, Bill Kubitschek, and Basil Price went to Creighton. Catherine Fin ley registered for St. Catherine’s in Minnesota. Darleen Weber left for Atchison, Kansas. Mary Ann Meer is enrolled in Ward-Belmont, Tennessee. Ruth Pribil entered college at Briar Cliff, Sioux City. Monica Hoefs will attend the Col lege of St. Mary, Omaha. Mary Jane Iler started Nurses’ Training at the Lutheran Hospital, Sioux City. Alma Walla& and Marjorie Cronin are doing post-graduate work at St. Mary’s. Among those who are out teaching are Mary Zirnig, Marcella Ruble, Ethel Wink ler, Helen M. Mullen, Holda Simons. The other members of the class have either succeeded in finding employment or are at home. The State Fire Marshall visited the Academy Monday and found the fire escapes and safety devices all in excellent condition. Three new fire extinguishers have been added to the equipment during the past year. Wednesday, the eighteenth, was a Red Letter day for all the stu dents. Classes were dismissed, so that all the pupils might take part in the celebration of O’Neill Day. The children were to be seen on the floats, in the band, in the games, but especially at the Merry go-round. It was a great day. Chambers Flyer Crashes Tuesday and Receives Serious Injuries | Gordon Cooper, of Chambers, about 18 years of age, and an ex perienced pilot, crashed his air plane about one and a half miles from the Chambers airport on Tuesday of this week, while out hunting coyotes. Gordon received two fractured legs and a fractured jaw, and his condition is regarded as serious in the Norfolk hospital where he was taken immediately following the accident. Gordon is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cooper and has been flying for several years having about 225 hours of solo flying to his credit. There are a number of airplane enthusiasts in Chambers, and this is the first serious acci dent that has occurred. The plane which Gordon was flying was com pletely wrecked. He was alone at the time the accident occurred. Ferris—N ighteiiKale Miss Lillian Nightengale and Bernard Ferris, both of O’Neill, were united in marriage on Thurs day, September 19, at Bassett, Ne braska, at twelve o’clock noon, County Judge W. H. Allen officiat ing. Mrs. Ferris wore a dark brown wool suit, with hunter green ac cessories while her sister, Miss Ter esa, who was her bridesmaid, wore a black crepe dress with white ac cessories. The groom was attired in a dark green business suit, while the best man, Tony Rohde, wore a dark blue business suit. The bride is the oldest daughter > of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Nighten gale of Walnut, and attended the Verdigris high school, from which school she was graduated with the class of 1934. For the past several years she has been employed in O’Neill, working in the local office of the Travelers Insurance Com pany. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ferris of Pierce, Nebras ka, where he attended school, be ing graduated with the class of 1935, and has for the past few years been in O’Neill, where he is the manager of the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Immediately following the wed ding ceremony, the young couple j left on a wedding trip to Rapid City, and the Black Hills in South Dakota. Upon their return to j O’Neill, they will be at home to all of their friends in an apartment in the northeast part of O’Neill. The Frontier joins with the many friends of the bride and groom in wishing them much happiness and prosperity. THE ability to make money and the ability to accumulate it are two entirely different things. In that difference is the difference between failure and success. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and This Bank Carries No Undivided Profits, Indebtedness of Officers $140,000.00 or Stockholders. Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ANNUAL MEETING OF OMAHA DIOCESE [ATHOLIC WOMEN VERY SUCCESSFUL The Meeting Held Here Last Sunday and Monday and Was One of the Most Successful Ever Held The eighteenth annual convention 1 of the Omaha Diocesan Council of Catholic Women, which was held i in O’Neill on Sunday and Monday , of this week, was one of the most successful ever held, with a large group in attendance at all of the meetings. Mrs. Jaroslav Folda, of Omaha, president of the Council was re elected at the business meeting which was held Monday morning. The convention was closed at the luncheon held on Monday, at one o’clock at the Golden Hotel, with Mrs. Jas. A. Brown, of Omaha, act ing as toastmaster. A short talk, “A Message to the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women,” by the Rev. John S. Jur icek of Omaha, introduced the pro gram, followed by the “Parent Teacher Associations,” by Mrs. Norman Folda of Omaha, who is president of the Omaha Parent Teacher Assoc!ation of Catholic Schools. Miss Mary Kayser, until recently connected with the National School of Social Service at Washington, D. Cm and now in Omaha, talked on “The Work of the Catholic Child Welfare Agency.” Mrs. Fred Ber ry of Wayne, who came to O’Neill straight from Washington, D. C„ where she visited the National Headquarters of the Council, spoke informally of her visit to that city. The report of the Resolutions Committee, headed by Miss Beata Schmidt of West Point, Nebraska, vas then heard, followed by the dosing of the convention by Mrs. r. Folda, president of the Council. The following members of the ;lergy were present for the meet ings of the Council. His Excellency, Most Rev. Bishop James H. Ryan, S. T. D., Rt. Rev. Msgr. Wegner, Rev. Father Marrin, of Creighton University, Rev. John S. Juricek, and Rev. Kocarisk, all of Omaha, Nebraska. Rev. C.*A. Beyersdor fer of St. Johns’ Deloit, Rt. Rev. Msgr. McNamara and Father Parr of O’Neill, and Rev. F. Lehman of Atkinson, Nebraska. Miss Veronica O’Connor, Nation al Director of the Catholic Daugh ters of America was present as a delegate from Omaha, Nebraska, as were several other ladies, prom inent in the affiliate organizations of the Council. These included Mrs. Arthur Mullen, past president of the Council, Mrs. James Brown, Mrs. D. W. Killen, Mrs. Thos. Me Shane, President of the Deanery Study Club of Omaha, Mrs. Deiss Muffitt, on the advisory committee of the Study Club, Mrs. Norman Folda, and Mrs. C. J. Tighe, all of Omaha, and Mrs. J. E. Huntemer and Mrs. Fred Berry of Wayne. An address, “The Contributions of Catholic Women to the Unity of Catholicism,” was given at the banquet on Sunday night by J. Francis McDermott, K. S. G., of Omaha. Market Better This Week; Light Supply Makes Prices Advance With lighter receipts of live stock than have been here the past couple of weeks, the market show ed a firmer undertone and prices advanced on practically all classes. Plenty of buyers were here and their competitive bidding kept the auction moving at a brisk pace. Sales on the calf end of the day’s offering were strong and prices were somewhat higher than a week ago. Top price on steer calves touched $10.85; bulls in this class solrl from $0.75 to $10.75; plainer kinds with more weight were not quite so popular. Heifer calves were in rather light supply and best of these sold upwards to $9.50; bulk moved from $8.50 to $9.40. Yearlings shared in the day’s price upswing, the lighter weights showing the most advance. Topper steers in the yearling class sold as high as $9.90 with the bulk cashing between $8.50 and $9.50. Yearling heifers bulked around $7.75 to $8.75. Heavy feeders were not too plen tiful this week and quality gen erally was only fairly good. Bulk in this class found new owners around the $8.50 levels with better kinds going at prices upwards to $9.25 or better. The latter were scarce. Cows came in for the biggest price gain of the week. Most of the good kind of fleshy clows changed hands at prices ranging I from $6.00 to $6.75. Thinner she stuff showed gains on a similar scale with last week’s figures. Bulls were scarce and ruled about steady with a week ago. Too few were here to make a quotable market. Hog receipts fell off a little this week and prices were mostly steady to a dime lower. Top butchers sold at $6.05; bulk found ready outlet at around $6.00. Pigs sold about steady with prevailing prices last week. Only a few' sheep were here; too few to test the market. About 20 horses and mules were in the day’s offering. Next Monday, September 30, is the date set aside for the annual 4-H Club Calf Show and Sale. The show will begin promptly at 9:00 ■ A. M. at the sales pavilion. The stock sale is scheduled at 1:00: P. M. on that day. A Holt County Girl Wins Honors at Sioux City Livestock Show Patricia Faulhaber, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Faulhaber of Middlebranch, was an exhibitor of a 4-H baby beef calf in the Sioux City Livestock Show this week and was awarded a sixth place ribbon in the junior division of the Hereford contest. This accomplish ment is one of which this 4-H mem ber can be very proud considering the fact that over 800 calves from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and Nebraska, were competing in one of the midwest's finest livestock shows. Miss Faulhaber deserves to be complimented on this splen did achievement and other Holt county residents can be proud that their boys and girls are mak ing such records among interstate competition. Six calves from Holt county were shown and sold at the show which was very successful. George Hendrick, Richard and Shirley Faulhaber had the additional en tries in the show. O’Neill Defeats Redbird On Local Diamond O’Neill defeated Redbird here Sunday 8 to 1 in a six inning game. Bill Troshyuski pitched one hit ball until the game was halted in the seventh on account of rain. The batteries were, Redbird, Edwards, Thorn and P. Carson. O’Neill, Troshyuski and Pruss. The locals collected eight hits, Redbird one. O’Neill defeated Stuart on Tues day at Stuart's Tri County Cele bration by a score of 7 to 0. Bill Tomlinson pitched a no hit no run game for O'Neill, while his mates collected nine hits and seven runs. O’Neill closes the season on Sunday, September 29 at Bassett against a team of all stars from Ainsworth, Long Pine, Bassett, Newport and Springview. They have engaged the services of Jack Tesinger, from the Texas league, to pitch for them. He pitched this same team of all stars to a 9-3 victory over Redbird here last fall. Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Nelson and daughter, Nancy Jo, of Norfolk, arrived on Tuesday to spend a few days visiting at ♦he home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rear don.