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The Frontier
VOL. LXI O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1941 NUMBER 35
SOUTHWESTERN I
BREEZES
Ry Romame Saunders
“Arsenal of Democracy.” What’s
that ?
A New York congressman asks
$25,000.00 damages of a railroad
for being pouted out of his berth
on the train at 6 in the morning.
Is another hour’s sleep AT the
break of day worth that much to a
congressman ?
Conceived by statesmen, patri
ots, pioneers, the Declaration of
Independence sets forth “that all
men are created equal.” In the
sense in which the minds that ex
pressed it meant the statement
forever true. An A. M. jointly with
our L. H. D., L. L. D. in a text
book for colleges gives their in
spired comment on the statement
to the effect that “all men are not
created equal.” Rather too bad
that the authors of the blue print
for the U. S. A. did not have these
college highbrows to guide them.
It was January before ranchers
of the neighborhood had caught
their breath and began to be organ
ized for winter. Snow blockades
began early in November with
none prepared and some tall hust
ling has since been going on.
Thursday saw the first supplies
replenished when Ted and Bob
Frederick blew the last of a numb
er of logs for the compiler of the
Breezes and that afternoon Elmer
Frix sawed them into fuel size;
also a quantity each for Mr. Fred
ericks and Bernard Kennedy. Over
at Raymond Bly’s a like work was
done the same day with Henry
Greenslits outfit. The boom of
^ exploding logs the past few weeks
* indicates a belated gathering of
the winter’s wood has been more or
less general.
I have searched the night sky in
vain for a glimpse of the comet
-astronomers told us would appear
within range of our vision early
in January.
We do not infer that Governor
<Jriswold means he has joined the
mugwumps when he says the gover
nor is neither republican nor demo
crat but governor of all the people.
Maybe these bombastic war lords
are merely exagerated editions of
the gents who used to come strutt
ing down the street all togged out
and rattling a few coins and a key
in a trouser pocket.
If you were walking along the
street some day feeling just crabby
enough to bite the head off a ten
penny nail and met Mrs. Will Gray
her wonderful smile would melt
you. Out of memory’s gallery of
pioneers "I know of none who had
the quality of radiating the sun
e. shine of life in a degree to equal
Mrs. Gray. Her death at the age
of 86 not only removes another of
the pioneers but closes a noble
woman’s life that definitely touched
all that knew her in a helpful way.
Some years ago as 1 stood at
evening on the shore line watch
ing the breakers roll in on the
bosom of the vast Pacific I was fas
cinated, not by the glitter of
blended colors of an ocean sunset,
but by a ship with sails full spread
to the breeze going out to sea.
The vessel seemed to hang for a
little while on the distant horizan,
aglow now by the low descending
sun, then little by little fading from
view till it reached the point of the
earth’s circle to whcih the vision
from shore no longer penetrated.
Earlier in the day 1 had found an
unending source of interest in the
scene at Golden Gate, where tug
boats were towing great ocean-go
ing vessels through those troubled
waters as the ships entered or left
the harbor. The vessel that was
to sail on and on for many days to
some far-off port, the restless
•breaking in white foam at my feet
.as I stood in fascination gazing out
•over the great deep—a scene in
■vivid contrast to the restful charm
<of the sunset hour on our Nebras
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O’Neill High Wins First
Round of The County
Tournament
O’Neill High defeated Page 28
25 in the first round of the Holt
County basketball tournament at
Stuart last Wednesday. After a
tight first quarter, which ended
7-7, O’Neill pulled ahead and stop
ped a Page rally in the final quar
ter to win their way into the semi
finals of the meet.
Burgess opened the scoring and
O’Neill went ahead 4-0 before Page
tallied on a free throw. Page got j
two fielders and the lead see-sawed
until in the second quarter when
O’Neill spurted with each player on
the team contributing a field goal.
Their half-time lead was 17-11,
which was increased in the third
quarter to 24-16. Page scored
four fielders in the last period to
narrow the difference to three
points, but O’Neill played deliber
ately to use up the remaining time.
Summary:
O’Neill (28 fg ft pf
French, f .2 0 2
Wetzler, f . 0 0 0
Burgess, f .4 2 1
Manzer, f . 0 0 0
Leach, c .2 2 1
McKenna, g . 0 1 2
Mitchell, g .1 0 1
Osenbaugh, g . 10 0
Calkins, g . 1 1 1
11 6 8
I’age (25) fg ft pf
Howell, f .2 2 3
Allen, f .2 0 1
Wanzer, f . 2 0 4
Bolen, f .10 0
Harvey, c . Ill
Jorden, c . 0 3 3
Chase, g . 1 1 2
Stevens, g . 0 0 1
Stoulter, g .0 0 3
9 7 18
Lohaus Motor Company
Now Owns Ford Garage
Henry Lohaus and Clinton Gatz
recently purchased the garage
property on east Douglas Street,
erected and for many years occu
pied by the Mellor Motor Company,
from the Executors of the Mellor
Estate for $10,000.00. At the time
Mr. Lohaus and Mr. Gatz purchased
the garage business from the late
J. B. Mellor they rented the garage
property and obtained from him a
written option and agreement to
buy the property for $10,000.00.
After the death of Mr. Mellor they
gave notice of their intention to
exercise their option and buy the
property and some time ago start
ed suit in the District Court here
to establish their contract and com
pel the Executors to sell and con
vey the property. Recently Judge
Dickson ordered the property sold
and conveyed in accord with the
terms of the agreement.
ka prairies. To a land lubber as
1 am that ship far out at sea, bow
pointed to the setting sun, sails out
lined like whited ghosts against the
sky reflected a picture long to re
main on memory’s vice as Lord
Byron has said that time writes no
wrinkles on the ocean’s azure brow,
“Such as creations dawn beheld
thou callest now.’’
Maritime pictures are unchang
ing. The prairie offers variety.
Bewitching scenes drawn across
natures ample background intrigue
sons of the grass land with living
characters of bird and animal life.
A friendly little owl sits on a j
clothes line post not far from my1
window to talk to the moon and
stars; and I have awakened to
hear his midnight monologue. In j
the snow grouped by a lone cotton
wood a half dozen prairie chickens i
have come in for a morning visit, j
The snow everywhere is marked
with an intricate network of bird
and animal tracks, while here and |
there it has been so kicked about
as to mark the spots where bad
gers or rabbits have had their
nocturnal frolics. And when the
season of snow is gone summer
skies tint the prairie with green
and perfume the air with the fra
grance of a fresh floral bloom. So
the ocean and the prairie has each
an individual charm.
Census Bureau Releases
Figures For 1940 Census
The official figures of the 1940
census, which were released by the
census bureau, show that Nebraska
has lost 62,129 persons in the past
ten years, showing a total popu
lation as of April 1, 1940, of 1,
315,834 persons. Seventy-seven of
the 93 counties in the state, show
ed a loss of population, Holt county
being one of the few to show an
increase. The census also shows
that the urban population, (the cen-;
sus bureau classifies as urban resi
dents those living in incorporated i
places of 2500 or more, the remain-1
der being classed as rural popula- j
tion), shows an increase over the
figures of 1930. The figures for
1940 show an urban population of,
514.148 while the rural population
is 801,686. Holt County showed
an increase of 43 persons, the fig
ures for 1940 showing 16,552 per
sons living in the county, while in
1930. i here were 16,509.
Of the eight cities, towns and
villages in Holt County all but
three showed an increase in popu
lation during the past ten years,
and the loss in population in those
three towns was relatively small.
Following are the official figures
for the towns in Holt County as
released by the Census Bureau:
Name 1940 1930
O’Neill 2,532 2,0191
Atkinson 1,350 1,144
Stuart . 760 763
Page 335 359
Chambers . 388 269
Ewing . 681 588
Inman 206 285
Emmet . 89 88
George T. Davis
George T. Davis died at his home
near Inman this morning about!
1:10 after an illness of several
months at the age of 74 years and
10 days. The funeral will be held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock
from the Methodist church in In
man, Rev. FT H. Maxcy officiating,
and burial in the Inman cemetery.
George Taylor Davis was born at
Tarkio, Missouri, on December 26,
1867. He grew to manhood in
that state and on June 8, 1888, he
was united in marriage to Miss
Emma Jane Carpenter, the cere
mony being performed at Inde
pendence, Mo. Nine children were
born of this union, six sons and
three daughters, all of whom are
left to mourn the passing of a kind
and affectionate father. The child
ren are: William McKinley Davis,
Moville, Iowa; Mrs. Maud Lewis,
Ida Grove, Iowa; George Dewey
Davis, Riddle Creek, Idaho; Mrs.
Cora Larrison, Persia, Iowa; Mrs.
Esther Thompson, Ida Grove,
Iowa; Lloyd Arthur Davis, Ode
bolt, Iowa; Vernon J. Davis, In
man; John E. Davis, O’Neill; Ken
neth Elmer Davis, Rebel Creek,
Nevada.
Mr. Davis came to this county
about 1890 and worked in this
city for a time and then purchased
the farm near Inman where he liv
ed up to the time of his death. Mr.
Davis was a fine gentleman, a good
neighbor and a loyal friend. He
raised a large family of splendid
men and women and during his life
time took an active interest in the
civic affairs of the county. So thus
passes another of the pioneers that
helped to carve this county from
the wilderness and make it a bet
ter place in whieh to live.
Members of Garfield Ixidge
Installed Officers Last
Thursday Evening
Garfield Ivodge, No. 95 A. F. &
A. M. installed the following of
ficers at their regular meeting last
Thursday evening, to serve for the
coming year: Fred Robertson, W.
M.; A. E. Bowen, S. W.; Von Rob
ertson, J. W.; S. .1. Weekes, Treas
urer; C. W. Porter, Secretary;
Peter Nissen, S. D.; Dr. J. P.
Brown, J. D.; Anton Toy, Tyler.
This week Masons from this sec
tion of the state have been attend
ing a school of instruction held in
this city on Tuesday and Wednes
day, conducted by Lute M. Sav
age, Grand Custodian of the Grand
Lodge, of Omaha, assisted by the
Deputy Custodian, Buren P. Wells, 1
of Archer, Nebr.
Production Credit Ass’n
To Hold Annual Meeting
In O’Neili Next Week
Plans to welcome more than ;S00
fanners and stockmen from Boyd,
Holt, Wheeler and Garfield coun
ties at the annual meeting of the
O’Neill Production Credit associ
ation were announced by D. C.
Schaffer, president of the associ-'
ation.
A dinner for the members, enter,
tainment and the yearly business
session will headline the meeting,
the Holt county stockman announ
ced. The meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, January 16, at the
O’Neill high school auditorium,
starting at 10:00 a. m.
Mr. Schaffer said the stockhold
ers will elect one director to the
credit cooperative’s board for a
term of three years. Present
members of the board, in addition
to the president, are Otto Krupicka
of Spencer, W. F. Gribble of O’
Neill, Otto Oberg of Ericson and C.
F. Clark of Burwell.
Farmers and livestock men at
tending the meeting will have an
opportunity to review the associ
ation’s progress and activities for
1940 when the president and secre
tary-treasurer James W. Rooney
will make their annual reports
after the noon dinner and entertain
ment program.
The association is now rounding
its seventh year of providing funds
for livestock and fanning oper
ations. In 1940, said the president,
the cooperative supplied more than
$550,000.00 in loans to its members.
Bjornsen-Mellor
Carroll Bjornsen and Miss Ardis
Mellor were united in marriage in
this city on December 30. 1940,
County Judge Reimer performing
the ceremony. The bridal couple
were accompanied by the sister and
brother-in-law of the bride, Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Halstead.
The groom is a son of Mrs. A.
Bjornsen, of Lynch, Nebr., and
they are pioneer residents of that
section. The bride is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor, whose
family is also among the pioneer
residents of the northeast section of
the county, and both of the young
people grew to manhood and wo
manhood in that section of the
state.
A wedding dinner was served to
the newly weds at the bride’s home,
attended by the immediate rela
tives of the contracting: parties,
after which the young folks left for
Sioux City, Iowa, where they will
make their future home.
The happy young people have the
best wishes of a host of friends in
northeastern Holt and eastern
Boyd county for a long and happy
married life.
St. Mary’s Cardinals Bow
To Ainsworth Team
Last Friday night, the Ainsworth
gymn was the scene of one of the 1
fastest and roughest games play
ed *his season. Both teams were
clicking like well oiled machines,
but tne Anisworth team gummed
up the St. Mary's machine by a
score of 29 to 26.
Ainsworth got away to a fast
start and led 9 to 0 at the end of
the first few minutes. St. Mary’s
sallied by dunking in three bas
kets in succession. The entire
game was played a great deal like
the first few minutes with Ains
worth racing ahead und St. Mary’s
center, Kersenbrock, looped a long
one in from the middle of the court
to bring the Cardinals up within
one point of the lead, but again
Ainsworth went ahead with more
points.
With a little less than three min
utes to go and with the score at
21 to 23 both teams began to go at
a torrid pace with Shoemaker drop
ping one from mid-count to tie up
the score, but the Ainsworth team
again put on the pressure and pull
ed out to win 29 to 26.
Ainsworth high point man was
Richardson with 18, while Shoe
maker was high for the Cardinals
with 6 points.
I
Patrick J. Gibbons
Patrick J. Gibbons died Decem
ber 19, 1940, at 11 a. m., at Seattle,
Washington, of a heart attack. The
funeral was held Saturday morn
ing, December 21, 1940, from St.
Theresa’s church, Rev. John Mc
Grath, officiating, burial in Calvary
cemetery.
The Gibbons family were resi
dents of this city many years ago
and Pat had a ho.'t of friends in
this city and county. Along in
the Nineties the family moved to
Butte, Mont., where part of the
family still reside. About twenty
years ago Pat went to Seattle,
Washington, where he had made his
home up to the time of his death.
He was an insurance salesman and
had a host of friends in Seattle.
Pat was a jovial, companionable
man and hod the happy faculty of
making and retaining friends.
He leaves to mourn his passing
four sisters, Mrs. John V, Murphy,
Portland, Oregon; Miss Maggie
Gibbons, Miss Delia Gibbons and
Miss Deborah Gibbons, of Butte, |
Mont. He is also survived by three
nephews, Dr. J. Milton Murphy,
Raymond J. Murphy and Edward
R. Murphy, of Portland, Oregon.
The relatives from Portland and
Butte were in attendance at the
funeral.
B. E. Adkins, of Norfolk, was in
O’Neill on business on Wednesday.
IT is triumph in excelsis when
a man sternly denies himself
present luxuries, so his family
may not suffer for future ne
cessities.
The
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and This Baak Carrias No
Undivided Ptofita, Iadebtedaooo of Oflkora
(MO.OM.oe or Stoakholdera.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
O’Neill High Basketeers
Trim Elgin High
O’Neill High won an overtime
game 28-23 from Elgin’s basketball
team last Tuesday. At the end of
the regular playing time the score
was 22-22. O’Neill scored first in
the first three minutes overtime
period und built up their margin
in the final part of the period.
Both teams were cold in the first ^
period. Elgin scored first and
O’Neill finally canned one to end
the period 2-2. O'Neill went into a
lead in the second period but Elgin
rallied and the score was still a tie, i
8-8, at the half. O'Neill fell be-1
hind early in the second half and
was trailing by 3 to 5 points until
in the closing minute with the
score 22-20, O’Neill chose to take
the ball out of bounds rather than
attempt a free throw and Leach
scored the tieing basket with about
30 seconds to play.
The game was rough through
out, thirty-four personal fouls be
ing called on the two teams. Four
of Elgin’s players left the game in
the final period because they had
four fouls.
The O'Neill Second team won
from Elgin’s reserves, 23-16 after
taking a 10-3 lead in the first
quarter and holding the visitors
even through the final three per
iods.
The next home game is Monday
January 13, when Butte brings two
teams to O’Neill.
Summary
O'Neill (28) tg ft pf
Wetzler, f . .0 0 0
Burgess, f .0 2 4
French, i .4 2 1.
Manzer, f .0 0 0
Mitchell, c .3 4 0
Leach, c .3 4 0
McKenna, g .0 1 2
Osenbaugh, g . 0 10
Calkins, g . 2 0 3
9 10 10
Elgin (23) fg ft pf
Bennett, f .4 0 3
Ball, f .0 0 4
Thramer .. 10 4
Rogers, f . ..0 0 3
Sprout, c 0 0 1
Schwab, i 0 0 1,
R. Vogel, g . 3 2 4
I). Vogel, g . 1 1 0
Hinman, g .10 4
Beck, g ..0 0 0
t
10 3 23
Referee—Patterson.
Hiram B. Hubbard
The citizens of this city and
county were shocked last Tuesday
when word was received that H. B.
Hubbard died suddenly Monday af
ternoon while sitting in a chair at
his home at 1909 F Street, Lincoln.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon and burial in Lincoln.
He was 65 years of age.
Mr. Hubbard is survived by his
wife, a daughter, Fern, and a son,
Dr. Harry E., of Madison, Wis., and
a brother, C. R., of Lincoln.
Mr. Hubbard was a resident of
this city and county for nearly
forty years. He came here about
1900 and purchased a farm north
east of this city where he resided
for many years. About 1913 he
built a home In this city and moved
bo town so that his children could
have the benefit of the O’Neill
schools. He was in the oil business,
here for a time and then operated
a shoe and harness shop for sev
eral years, finally retiring and
moved to Lincoln about six years
ago, where he had since made his
home, but still owned his Holt
county property and made fre
quent trips to this city.
Mr. Hubbard was a splendid
citizen, a good neighbor and a
loyal friend. He always seemed bo
be in the best of health and his
sudden death was a severe shock to
all. The Frontier joins the many
O’Neill friends of the family in ex
tending sympathy t® the bereaved
in their hour of sorrow.
Mrs. Harold Rose, of Macomb,
111., left Friday for Grand Island,
after spending a few days here
visiting friends. She will visit
her parents at Grand Island for a
few days before returning to her
home.
Local Chapter of Eastern
Star Installs Officers
For This Year
The symphony Chapter of the
Eastern Star held their annual in
stallation of officers on Thursday
night in this city, with Mrs. Ray
mond Bright of O’Neill, a member
of the Orchard chapter of Eastern
Star acting as installing officer.
The Masons were invited guests at
the ceremony. The following were
installed as officers for the com
ing year: Worthy Matron, Julia
Graves; Worthy Patron, Harold
Lindberg; Associate Matron, Anna
McCartney; Associate Patron, L.
G. Gillespie; Secretary, Mildred
Lindberg; Treasurer, Ida Robert
son; Conductress, Lottie Fender
won; Associate Conductress, Mar
garet Clauson; Chaplin, Hazed Bur
gess; Marshal, Edna Kruze; Or
ganist, Elizabeth Harbottle; War
den, Minnie Noble; Eentinel, Zada
Russ; Five Points of the Star,
Etta Schiiner, Edna Yantzi, Lilarae
Sherbahn, Ella Porter and Esther
Harris.
On The Sidelines
By Observer
It is our intention to bring to
you readers a summary of the
sports in Northeast Nebraska and
to keep up with the growing inter
est in sports In this city. Every
week we will present you with the
inside dope of the past week’s
games and the prediction on the
sports to come.
The Holt County Tournament at
Stuart draws the spotlight this
week with both O’Neill teams en
tered. O’Neill High will face the
Page squad at 9 P. M. on Wednes
day evening. On Thursday night
St. Mary’s meets the Amelia High
team.
My predictions will be: Atkinson
over Stuart, Ewing over Chambers,
Inman over St. Joseph’s, O’Neill
over Page, St. Mary’s over Amelia.
The second round will find Atkin
son with their usual tournament
luck taking Ewing after a hard
fought battle and St. Mary’s taking
O’Neill High.
The finals will have Atkinson
against St. Mary’s. Atkinson will
be gunning for it’s third straight
title of the county, while St. Mary’s
will be ugain trying for its second
time to take the title away from
Atkinson. Last year these same
teams met for the same champion
ship with Atkinson oming out on
the long end of a 26-20 count- At
the flip of a coin St. Mary’s will be
the new County Champions provid
ing they get the fire in them that
they should have.
Local boy makes good is once
more the cry, although the boy is
not quite from O’Neill. We are
talking ubout Frankie Leahy, the
coach of Boston College, winner m
the Orange Bowl on New Year’s
Day. Although he was born in
Winner, S. D., he spent some of his
boyhood days here and was known
by a great many citizens of this
city. Boston College turned back
Tennessee 19-13.
Sport Calendar For This Week
Monday, January 13—St. Mary’s
at Fairfax.
To Hold Music Contest
Meeting In O’Neill Next
Wednesday Evening
The music contest banquet and
meeting which was postponed on
December 17, has now been arrang
ed to be held on January 15 at the
Golden Hotel dining room. The
banquet will start promptly at 6:30
to be followed by a meeting under
the leadership of 0. L. Webb,
Sec.-Treas., Nebraska High School
Activities Association.
The Lions Club and business men
| of O’Neill are inviting the superin
tendents and music instructors of
schools in this territory to be their
guests for the evening. Many will
want to learn more about the rules
and regulations governing music
contests. This meeting will give
those present an opportunity to ask
questions, receive explanations,
and promote understanding. This
meeting is being held to promote
the District Music Contest, which
| is being entertained in O'Neill this
spring.