V >1 The Frontier * ‘ . - : * ■' i . * VOL. LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1940 NUMBER 31 SUPREME COURT MAKES MANDATORY ORDER, HOLT COUNTY CLERK OBEYS Ballot Box Opened, Missing Book Brought to Light and The Majority Given In That Township Elects Republican Secretary of State By Eight Votes In accordance with the preempt ory writ of mandamus the county clerk turned over the ballot box to the election officials of Verdigris precinct this morning, the ballot box was opened, the poll book re moved and the vote canvassed and a proper return made by the board. The county canvassing board then took the poll book and proceeded to make out a full, complete and accurate return of the vote of Holt county, including Verdigris pre cinct. The official canvass bore out the unofficial canvass of the vote and showed a majority in that pre cinct for Frank Marsh, republican, of (57, which gives him a majority in the state over his democratic opponent of 8 votes, which gives him the election, despite the certi ficate of election handed Swanson by the state board, consisting of himself, Governor Cochran and his stool pigeon, Havekost, and against the protest of the two republican members of the canvassing board. The question was asked us this afternoon if the county clerk obey ed this order of the court, why did he not obey the other, rendered a week ago? The former writ was an alternative writ of mandamus; you obeyed it and if you did not you were to appear in court and give your reasons why you did not obey. The writ issued Tuesday by the Supreme Court was a preemp tory writ of mandamus telling you to do something or else take the j consequences. They were tired' of fooling and wanted action. I When a county official thinks hej can buck the supreme court of the *tate, he has another guess coming. Without the canvassing of these votes Verdigris township had no precinct officials for the coming! year. The old officials might have j held on as officials hold their office until their successors were elect ed and qualified. The successors of these officials were elected but were unable to qualify, because they had no certificates of election and the 423 electors of the township were about to be disqualified. This practice might be all right in Ger many but will not go over in the United States, yet. The supreme court issued final order Wednesday directing P. E. Xiessen, H. J. Stevens, George Rost and Allen Haynes, members jf the election board in Verdigris precinct, Holt county, to recon vene and receive back from the County Clerk Gallagher the pack age delivered to him following the late election, in which was mis takenly sealed a poll book and tally sheet that should have been separately delivered to him for use in canvassing the county vote. The court directs the election board then to reopen the package and prepare for later filiing with the clerk the completed tally lists, giving a complete summary of the votes cast in the precinct for all candidates for office. It is to cer tify to the correctness of this sum mary, seal them in a separate en velope, and return it to the county clerk. Another part of the order com mands County Clerk Gallagher to give the package back to the elec tion board, and to accept the pack ages when returned to him and to give a receipt therefor. He is then to call in P. J. O’Donnell and El mer Bowen, remaining members of the county canvassing board, which is to open the package and use the figures for Verdigris pre cinct to complete the canvass of the county vote. The clerk is to send the returns to the speaker of the legislature, which makes the final canvass, and a duplicate copy to the secretary of state, to be used by the state canvassing board. As the state canvassing board by a three to two vote has al ready issued a certificate of elec tion to Harry Swanson, as hav ing been elected on the face of incomplete returns from Holt county, the next step will be up to it. If it accepts the corrected re turn from Holt county, and this gives Marsh a majority, it will have t>o decide whether to recall the Swanson certificate or to let the legislature decide, Marsh hav ing filed a notice of contest there. Court to Direct Board The supreme court announced, when issuing the premptory writ of mandamus, that an opinion will be filed later. It is assumed that in that opinion it will indicate what course the state canvassing board shall take. If the board should decline to reconsider its action, indications were that a mandamus suit would follow, re quiring it to take into consider ation the new abstract from Holt county and to issue certificates accordingly. The writ was sought by Atty. Gen. Johnson and Holt County At torney Julius Cronin, after Holt County Clerk John Gallagher de clined to open the box on the contention he had no authority for such action. The Verdigris pre cinct tally sheet is missing and is sealed in the box according to the precinct election hoard answer in court. Swanson led by 5U votes in the board's tabulation, with returns missing from Verdigris precinct. Unofficial returns from that pre cinct, however, gave Republican Frank Marsh a lead of <57, indicat ing he would win by a statewide plurality of 8.—Nebraska State Journal . Livestock Prices Steady To Strong Last Monday Livestock receipts were some what heavier at the local livestock auction last Monday and the ac tion was good with a firm under tone prevailing. Prices were fully steady with last week with con siderable strength showing up in the hog division, especially where the demand was unusually brisk. ! A few choice calves were in the offering and the extreme top in this class was $11.50. Good light steer calves sold from $10.30 to $11.00. Heifer calves brought prices ranging from $8.00 to $0.00 with an extreme top at $0.60. Yearling steers *of good quality sold from $0.16 to $10.20 with plainer kinds ranging downward in price. Heifers were rather scarce and brought prices steady with a week ago. Good young breeding and feed ing cows were here in fair supply and the demand was active. Prices were firm with last week. Hog receipts showed an increase and the action was brisk. Top light butchers scored $5.60; heavief weights sold mostly from $5.50 to $5.55. Bulk of the sow offering sold from $5.40 to $5.50. Light weight pigs were very popular with an extrenie top of $6.40. Many in this class sold around $6.00. About twenty horses were sold this week. The next regular auction will be held on Monday, December 16. Gene Kilpatrick and Miss Vivian Erickson, of Norfolk, spent Sunday here visiting at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Kil patrick. John Hunter, of Bowdoin, Mont., was in the city last week visiting at the home of Mrs. J. M. Hunter and Mrs. Frank Hunter. Mr. Hun ter was a resident of this county in the early eighties, living in the northeast part of the county, leav ing here in the nineties and mov ing to Montana where he has since i made his home. He is a brother of the late Joe Hunter of this city.: Dorsey Young: Folks To Present Play Friday And Saturday The young people of Dorsey community are giving a three-act comedy, “Hillbilly Courtship,” Fri day and Saturday nights, Decem ber 13 and 14 at the Dorsey church, j commencing at 8:00 P. M. The proceeds are to be used for the j church. The play is a riotous comedy from start to finish. The widow Peppin and deaf old Pappy Stillsby have sworn to shoot each other on j sight, as their mountain feud rages verbally. To make matters worse j Pappy’s son, Luke, and Mb Pep pin’s d aughter, Emmy, are in love with each other. Meanwhile the mountain is all agog over the home coming of the Trifret girls, radio’s newest hill billy sensation, who bring their manager, Sol Siivestein, to find more talent. How the mates are properly selected is a triumph of hillbilly dexterity and Sol signs up enough hillbilly warblers to start a new revolution on the air. O’Neill High Basketball Boys Ready For Season O’Neill High School plays its first home basketball game of the season this coming Tuesday, Dec ember 17, when Stuart brings its teams here for two games. The second team game starts at 7:30 and the first team game should begin about 8:30. This year the local team has a set of new Royal Blue jerseys to wear when the visiting team has light colored shirts. White game! shoes will be used to carry out the| school colors. As during last sea son, a white ball will be used, which makes it easier for the spectators j to follow the play. Pat Patterson, whose Wood Lake team won the C playoff on the final night of the tournament held in O’Neill last year, will referee. O’Neill High’s team will be made up of reserves from last year as not one of last year’s starters is available. The first team will prob ably be chosen from these boys: Burgess, Calkins, French, Leach, Manzer, Mitchell, Vincent and Wetzler. Stuait too has lost several of last year’s main stays, Marshall, speedy forward; and Kozicek, cen ter, were graduated last may. Red Cross Has Shipment Of Goods For The Net dy The local chapter of the Ameri can Red Cross, which has been con ducting its annual drive for funds under the direction of Mrs. Dave Stannard, Local Chairman, announ ces that to date they liave received $290.00, which is still $10.00 short •of their quota of $300.00. Anyone who still wishes to join the Red Cross may do so by contacting Mrs. Stannard, and the drive for funds is still being conducted. The local chapter also wishes to announce that on January 6, 1941, there will be a meeting at the Gol den Hotel in this city, starting at two o’clock in the afternoon, to which all members of project clubs and various other organizations and individuals, whether they are members of the Red Cross or not, are invited to attend. Members from the various towns and chap ters in Holt county are also ex pected to attend this meeting, at which the question of sewing and knitting for the Red Cross will be discussed. The government will furnish all materials for the gar ments which are to be made, and the various members will complete the garments, which are then sent to the National Headquarters of the Red Cross, where they will be available for distribution when needed. A sewing circle of the Red Cross is at the present time function ing in O’Neill, and a shipment of goods is now ready to be sent to National Headquarters, NOTICE The various stores of O’Neill will remain open evenings until 9:30, beginning December 19 and ending Christmas eve. 0. H. S. SCHEDULE FOR THE SEASON O'Neill High’*- basketball squad has been cut to twenty boys after the first week of drills. Four let termen. Warren Burgess, Harold Calkins, Dale French and Keith Vincent, none stgrters on last year’s district championship team, are on the squad. Also on the squad are I Don Lowery, a forward in 1939-40, who will be eligible the second sem ester, in mid-January, and Mere dith McKenna, guard, w'ho should be in condition for competition early in January. Other promising material includes Gerald Leach, Fred Manzer, Bob Mitchell and Bennie Wetzler. Wetzler played at Torrington, Wyo., last year. Ten home games are in the eighteen game schedule: December 13 at Spalding December 17 .....Stuart here December 20 . at Albion January 7 .-.Elgin here January 9-10 Holt County Tourna ment at Stuart January 13 .Butte here January 17 .Neligh here January 22 at Atkinson January 28 .at Bloomfield January 21 . at Creighton January 31 .Ainsworth February 7 ......... Fage here February 11 .t.Orchard here February 14 .Plainview here February 18 .Spencer here February 21 —.at Oakdale February 25 .at Valentine February 28 i.Atkinson here All Aliens Must Register On Or Before Dec. 26 Alien registration will end on December 26, and all non-citizens who have not yet registered are warned that severe penalties will follow failure to comply with this Federal law. ♦ All aliens, 14 years of age and older, must register in person and be fingerprinted. Alien children, under 14, must be registered by their parents or guardians. Registration takes place at the post offices. There is no charge of any kind connected with alien registration. The Department of Justice warns aliens to beware of racketeers. The Post Office Department and the Department of Justice will willingly assist the alien in every possible way. Earl G. Harrison, Director of Alien Registration of the Depart ment, suggests that those aliens who have not yet registered do so as soon as possible and avoid the Christmas rush at the post offices. All aliens are also warned that, | having registered, they are requir ' ed to report any change in their permanent residence address within five days to the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the De | partment of Justice in Washington. Forms for this purpose are ob tainable at all post offices. No alien need be unprepared for i the questions he will be asked. Sample registration forms which show him exactly what informa tion he will need at registration are I available in all post offices. Rev. Wright of O’Neill Has Been Honored The annual meeting of the Boards of Ministerial Training of the Methodist church is to be held in Chicago from December 31 to January 3. There are 108 Boards I of Ministerial Training in the I United States and each board fur j nishes one member to the confer ence. From this conference, which comprises the State of Nebraska, Rev. V. C. Wright, pastor of the local Methodist church, has been selected as the representative and he will represent Nebraska as its | only representative. Members of j the church in this section of the i state should be gratified that a j pastor from this section has been selected for this honor and O'Neill friends of Rev. Wright tender sincere congratulations to him on the honor conferred. Banquet Next Tuesday In Preparation For Music Contest In The Spring The Lions Club with the cooper ation of all the business men of O’Neill are sponsiring a banquet next Tuesday evening, December 17, for the school superintendents and music instructors in the sur rounding territory. On that even ing at six o ’clock business men of O’Neill and representatives of some twenty-five schools will as semble at the ballroom of the Gol den Hotel. The dinner will be fol lowed by a discussion and business meeting pertaining to the District Music Contest that is being en tertained in O’Neill on April 18 and 19, 1941. This contest is under the super- i vision of the Managing Committee of this district. The members of this committee, Donald E. Tewell, Superintendent at Atkinson; Orren A. Bell, Superintendent at Ains worth, and Rex Gay, Superintend ent at Creighton, will be present that evening. Mr. O. L. Webb, Secretary-treasurer of the Nebras ka High School Activities Associa tion, is coming up from Lincoln to participate in the meeting. C. F. Grill, Superintendent of O’Neill Public Schools, has been appointed by the managing committee to serve as local manager of this con test. All individuals present at this get-together are invited to be guests of the O’Neill Public School to the basketball games which will be played that evening with Stuart in the school gymnasium. The business men and the com munity of O’Neill are to be compli mented for their cooperation and support in order to enable O’Neill to be a meritorious host in enter taining the District Music Contest ! this spring. Mr. Lyndle Stout and Mr. Ted McElhaney extend their thanks to all the individuals that gave them their cooperation by purchasing tickets to support the banquet and meeting Tuesday evening. They Say They Help The Home Folks The number of farm families in Holt County taking part in the movement to re-establish them selves on a security basis of farm ing has reached a total of 95, ac cording to Gerald S. Graybiel, re habilitation supervisor for the Farm Security Administration in this county. He said many of these face a different kind of Christmas than they might have experienced if they had been forced, through lack of credit, to leave their farms. “Holt County farmers have had i their share of set-backs during the past several years," the FSA sup ervisor said, “but for the most part they haven’t given up. Most of the hardest hit farmers and their wives and families have had to make a lot of changes in their enterprises. They’ve had to turn to more home production of living needs and to greater diversification—and it is very much to their credit that they have been able to adjust themselves bo new conditions successfully." Graybiel said the FSA accepts responsibility of the self-rehabili tation program from a standpoint of procedure and direct cooperat ive supervision, but the actual op portunity for the hard-pressed fam ilies to get back on their feet de pends largely on the attitude of the community as a whole. Many families need encouragement as much as credit, he said. This en couragement can come only from their neighbors. "And right now, during the Christmas season, is a mighty good time for one neighbor to give en couragement to another,” the FSA supervisor added. “By neighbors J mean the business and profess ional people in town as well as the neighboring farm families.” Graybiel pointed out that all the 95 farm families have borrowed funds from FSA, but emphasized that this money represented only what it takes to put definite sound faim plans into effect. The fam ily-made plans aim at recovery of self-sufficiency, and are the chief step toward actual rehabilitation. O'NEILL STREETS TO PRESENT GREETING IN COMING WEEKS For the first time in several years the streets of O'Neill will again be decorated for the Christ mas season. The city haH strung cords for the electric lights in front of the various business houses, and will cooperate to the extent of furnishing the light for the trees which will be placed in front of every business house by the business men. It is to be hoped that each and every one will co operate and that there will be an unbroken string of trees through out the business section. The local police force has been instructed to watch the trees, and anyone caught molesting the trees or removing any of the lights or decorations therefrom will be ar rested and prosecuted to the full est extent of the law. In the past there has been much of this mali cious destruction, and it is to be hoped that the younger generation in the city will refrain from dam aging any of the decorations either in the business or residential sec tion of the city. Happy Hour Project Club The Christmas party for the members of the Happy Hour Club and their guests was at the home of Mrs. Arthur O’Neill. The rooms were decorated in Christmas colors and a Christmas tree was gay with colorful trimmings. The center piece for the table was made as a copy of the one used in last year’B Christmas lesson and the place cards carried out the color scheme, Lunheon was served at noon after which games of bingo and cards were played. Mrs. Orville Lowery, a guest, received the prize for high score in the card games and Midge Lowe the prize for low score. Guests receiving prizes for bingo were: Mrs. Axel Borg, Mrs. Walter Sires, Jeannette Drrfke. Members who won prizes were: Mrs. Hugh O'Neill, Mis. Bernard Hynes. c..fts were exchanged, following the afternoon games. All members were present with their guests. The next meeting will b at the home of Mrs. D. L. Moler. Mulhair-Hansen A pretty single ring ceremony was held at 10 a. m. at the Catholic 1 parsonage at Lynch, Nebr., by Father Sedbeck, when the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. H. | Hansen became the bride of Mr. William Mulhair at Lynch. The bride, Miss Mabel Hansen, I was attired in a dress of royal ! blue mauve with gold accessories. She had a spray of deep pink roses. The groom’s suit was the usual blue. The bridesmaid, Miss Pauline Mulhair, cousin of the groom, was 1 attired in a dress of black crepe. The best man, Mr. Kennis Hansen, brother of the bride was dressed in 1 a suit of blue. A wedding supper was served at the home of the bride’s parents. The wedding cake was baked by the bride’s aunt, Mrs. Carrie Borg. The guests were: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Mulhair, of Lynch, Nebr.; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gifford and son, Larry,