| The Frontier
i VOL. LXI O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1941 NUMBER 46
SOUTHWESTERN
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By Romaine Saunders
Neither the mayor of the great
city of Los .Angeles, the governor
of the great state of California
nor the head of our great nation
saw fit to protect a citizen from
a handful of unionized bullies in
his right of entry to his own prop
erty. In such a case what would
the first Roosevelt—the apostle of
even-handed justice—done ?
The week started with the south
west again blanketed with a wet
snow. The winter has treated the
prairie to a fall of moisture at
stated intervals. One fall of snow
has melted and sunk into the earth
I to be followed by another snow fall.
The process has continued for
nearly five months with the result
that the ground retains the mois
ture instead of running off as in
case heavy snow all winter and
suddenly converted into flood
waters.
The meadow larks, the black
birds, the wild ducks and robins
have returned. Green points of the
blue grass pop through the wet
earth since the melting of the
snow that fell over the “week
end.” Indications, as I write,
suggest the thought that the south
west is heading into the awakened
lift of another spring.
Activity in military affairs is a
reminder that O’Neill probably
furnished more regular army offi
cers than any town in this section.
Three from here have graduated
from West Point to be commisioned
as officers in the standing army.
Charley Meals, I believe, was the
first and served during the World
war. Owen Meredith and Francis
Brennan both now hold important
^ floats in oor National defense forces’
Paul Olson, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Olson, former O’Neill resi
dents, fills the post of instructor
for recruits at a training camp in
Washington.
Sentiment out this way is decid
edly against the plan of doing away
with the precinct assessors. In
the first place the setup to take
their place means no saving, it is
contended. Property owners also
feel that a resident of the precinct
can certainly know mere about the
holdings and their value of their
neighbors than one who never gets
into the neighborhood. Objection
is also heard to centralizing any
more of our local government func
tions in one individual. A growing
resentment is manifest over the
perpetual legislative tinkering with
established institutions.
When and if that barber bill be
comes a law I will send to Ward’s
for hair-cutting equipment and
make my home barbering 100 per
cent. The barbers I know are a
fine bunch of fellows but they are
taking themselves rather too sev
* iously if they favor such legisla
tion. I recall as a boy being fasci
nated with a striking figure who
rode into town from somewhere out
on the wide prairie dressed in
fringed buckskin; erect, handsome,
hair falling in crinkled waves over
broad shoulders; astride a thor
oughbred in a saddle with polished
solid silver horn. And I don’t know
but that today there lingers a bit
of secret coveting of that style of
long hair.
From the prophet Isaiah, Chap
ter 59 and verse 1, we read: “Be
hold. the Lord's hand is not short
ened that it cannet save; neither
His ear heavy that it cannot hear.”
Christendom has been on its knees
pleading that the dove of peace
may again be sent to hover over
mankind, yet the earth runs red
with blood and carnage. Those
who have just prayed now reproach
the great God with failure or ques
tion His existence. Why are these
pleadings for peace apparently of
no avail? Read the next verse of
the 59th Chapter: “But your in
iquities have separated between
you and your God, and your sins
have hid His face from you that
He will not hear.” So that’s what’s
Presbyterian Young Folks
To Present Play Next
Tuesday Evening
“I Will! I Won’t!” is dramatic
news! All over the country crowds
have jammed theatres to see this
new comedy in three acts. They
have laughed at Georgette’s meth
of of getting “appreciation.” They
have enjoyed watching young folks
play pranks on their teachers—
just as they did in the old days!
How natural they find it for girls
to fall in love with their school doc
tors, and fool Elliot Fletcher, the
boy who knows all about the wo
men—he thinks. We all know girls
like Glad Howard, jealous and po
sessive, and girls like Lynn Patton,
who are a friend indeed. We envy
Lucille Owen her pull with Dean
Willis, who seeks favor with Lu
cille’s grandmother; and Carney
Underwood, well, who wouldn’t like
a daredevil playboy?
One peek at the cast below will
convince you that the O. H. £5. Aud
itorium on Tuesday, April 1, at
8:00 P. M., will be the place to be.
Lynn Patton, a co-ed.Betty
Williams
Carney Underwood, a dashing play
boy .Gene McKenna
Lucille Owen, sophisticated co-ed,
and Joan Stevens, her double ....
Chickie Iler
Elliot Fletcher, one of (those)
Englishmen. .Zane Cole
Mrs. Stevens, a domineering 70
year^old grandmother .Lydia
Halva
Mr. Howard, Mrs. Stevens’ lawyer
Jerry Toy
Dr. Tony King, handsome school
doctor..John Osenbaugh
Georgette, the colored maid.
Virginia Shultz
Glad Howard, a eo-ed.Margaret
Halva
Dean Willis, dean of girls.Ruth
Osenbaugh
Youve had a peek at the cast—
here’s one of the plot:
Scene—Fashionable co-ed school.
Action—Lucille Owen, supposed,
ly campused for low grades, is
sneaking out for the week end
with Carney Underwood, leaving
Joan Stevens to double for her.
Georgette, the snoopy colored maid,
finds out about the plan. If she
talks when “questified” by Dean
Willis, Lynn will be expelled, and
Dr. King will be blacklisted in every
hospital in the country. Will she
talk? What happens when Mrs.
Stevens comes to the school? Will
Glad land Dr. King? Will your
sides split with laughter? The
answer to that one is “yes.” You’ll
have to come to learn the rest.
Don’t miss the play of the year,
“1 Will! 1 Won’t! ’
O’Neill Boy Appointed
To St. Louis Hospital
Word comes from Lincoln that
Robert F. Biglin, a senior in the
University of Nebraska College of
Medicine, in Omaha, has been ap
pointed to the St. Louis City hos
pital, St. Louis, Mo., and will be
gin his internship there next fall.
Last week it was announced that
he had been selected for the Im
manuel hospital in Omaha, but a
correction was received the first of
the week.
The St. Louis City hospital is
one of the choice internships, as it
is one of the largest hospitals in
j the middle west, with all modern
standard equipment and Robert is
to be congratulated in receiving
| such a choice assignment.
the matter ? I would not presnme
bo preach nor perform the functions
of priest or prophet, but 1 see only
vain effort in pleadings for peace
or any other divine favor unless
Christendom is ready to confess it
has missed the way and will reach
out its feeble hand to that of the
Almighty and asks bo be led back
bo the path of divine precepts.
Perhaps it has taken divine judg
ments to jar us loose from the
greed, the follies, the sinful pleas
ures of a debauched age—“to the
intent that the living may know
that the Most High ruleth in the
kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever He will and setteth up
over it the basest of men.” And
why should innocent children suf
fer? Again it is written: “Vis
iting the iniquity of the fathers
upon the children unto the third
and fourth generation.”
DISTRICT MUSIC
CONTEST HERE
APRIL 18,19
O’Neill has the opportunity this
year for the first time to entertain
a District Music Contest. This con
test will take place on April 18 and
19. Probably twelve hundred or!
more contestants will come to
O’Neill on those two days.
To adequately entertain an event1
like this requires the consideration
cooperation, and help of the entire
community. Many citizens of the
community have already voluntar
ily offered their assistance in what
ever way they could be of help.
Such a spirit is assuring that
O’Neill will be a capable host.
In addition to the faculties and
student helpers of the O’Neill
schools, a number of committees
have been set up to assist the con
test. Mr. James Rooney, president
of the O’Neill Commercial Club,
hhs appointed Ed Gallagher to
serve as Genetal Chairman of all
committees. Mr. Gallagher, with
the assistance of a committee, has
appointed the following commit
tees :
Housing—Rev. Wright, Chair
man; Mrs. Dishner, Mrs. Osen
baugh, Mother M. Virginia, Ralph
Rickly, Roy Sauers and Rev. Spen
cer.
Stenographers—Ted McElhaney,
Chairman.
Entertainment Committee for
Judges—Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bir
mingham, Dr. and Mrs. Burgess.
Door Committee — Mrs. Lund
gren, Mrs. J. P. Brown, Miss Anna,
O’Donnell, Co-Chairmen; Mrs. C. F.J
Grill, Mrs. K. L. Martyn, Mrs. John
Shoemaker, Mrs. C. W. Porter, Mrs.j
L. M. Merriman, Mis. M. J. Golden,
Mrs. P. B. Harty, Mrs. Edward M.
Gallagher, Mrs. W. J. Froelich,
Mrs. E’d T. Campbell, Mrs. H. E.
[Coyne, Mrs. ,C. J. Gatz, Mrs. H. L.
I l.lmfljerg, IVfis. C. F. McKenna,
Mrs. Esther C. Harris, Mrs. F. E.
Parkins, Mrs. W. B. Graves, Mrs.
Melvin Ruzicka, Mrs. R. M. Sauers,
Mrs. H. G. Kruse, Mrs. W. J. Big
lin, Mrs. Ted McElhaney, Mrs. H. J.
Lohaus, Mrs. F. J. Kubitschek, Mrs.
Bennett Gillespie, Mrs. F. N. Cron
in, Mrs. O. W. French, Mrs. Jerry
Miller, Mrs. Jack Arbuthnot, Mrs.
C. B. Yarnell, Mrs. P. J. O’Donnell,
Miss Agnes Griffin and Miss Berna- I
dette Brennan.
Good Will Committee—Mayor '
Kersenbrock, D. H. Ciauson, Go-;
Chairmen; Dr. French, Will Hanna,
i Ambrose Rhode, Bob Armbruster,;
H. J. L/ohaus, Frank Parkins, L. C
Walling, W .H. Harty, John Sulli- ^
| van, Fred Harper, Dr. Bennett,
| Mrs. D. C. Schaffer, Mrs. George
i Rector, Mrs. Jack Vincent, Gerald
' Miles, Father Parr, H. A. Yocum,
D. H. Cronin, G. C. DeBacker, Art
King, Melvin Ruzicka, Alva Mar
cellus, Steve Wallace, Mrs. Carl
Asimus, Clark Wilson, Ray Shel
hamer, Merle Hickey, Judge Dick
son, Dr. Carter, Frank Biglin, F. N.
Cronin, Hugh Coyne, Mrs. Georgia
Rasley, Miss Elja McCullough, Har
ry Reardon, Mrs. Seth Noble, Mrs.
Helen Sirek, Jim Corkle, Otto
Herre, Jack Arbuthnot, Harrison
Bridge, Ed Campbell, C. W. Porter,
R. H. Parker, C. E. Jones, J. M.
Hayes, Levi Fuller, Jerry Miller, F.
M. Brittell, Max Golden, Judge
j Reimer, Irving Johnson, J. J. Har
rington and G. L. Bachman.
Notices for meetings of these
committees will come from the
chairmen or through the news
papers. Your assistance is essen
tial to the success of the music I
contest.
A surprise party was given on
Tom Edwards and Victor Halva at
the Edwards home last Thursday
evening, it being their birthday, and
they were presented with a birthday
angel food cake by Mrs. Bob Cook.
The evening was spent in playing
pitch. High score prizes went to
Fred Grandorff and Mrs. Cline,
while Dave Loy and Mrs. Bob Cook
won low. At midnight a delicious
lunch was served and at a late hour :
all departed for home wishing Mr. I
Edwards and Mr. Halva many more
happy birthdays.
Dean Selah, of Shenandoah, Iowa, 1
arrived here on Tuesday to spend
a few days visiting relatives.
Active Livestock Market
Steady to Strong l*rices
Liberal receipt* of livestock at
the local auction last Monday met
with a brisk demand and the prices.
remained fully steady and, in eoine j
cases, stronger than a week ago.'
The market was very active thru
out and buyers were eager to ab
sorb all of the available stock on
hand here.
Calf receipts were a little heavier
than last week. The best of these
went as high as $12.95 and the j
bulk of this class ranged mostly:
from $11.50 to $12.50. Good qual
ity light heifer calves brought
$10.50 with the less fancy kind and
heavier weights selling for less.
Yearlings were rather scarce and
prices were steady to strong with j
prevailing prices last week.
Cows were plentiful and prices
were mostly steady on the better'
kinds. Those with less quality
showed a slight weakness in price.
Bulls were here in heavier sup
ply than usual. Young hulls were
firm in price and the demand was
active.
In the hog division, prices showed
the current advance with an ex
treme top of $7.95 on light butchers.
Practical top was $7.70. Sows
rated an extreme top of $7.65. Pigs
sold as high as $8.10 for the fancy
lights.
About 15 horses were sold and
prices were mostly steady.
The next regular sale will be held
on Monday, March 31.
BLUEJAY BOXING
TEAM WINS FIRST
MATCH OF SEASON I
fflU
The O’Neill High School boxing j
team invaded Atkinson territory
Monday nite and brought back the j
first athletic win < / tfte jj'ear, a 5 to
4 decisiom over Atkinson High
School’s leather pushers. The
spirited blue and white boxers, tu
tored by Coach Manny Segel, turn
ed in a good account of themselves
and showed much improvement (
over last week’s bouts. The “blitz
krieg” of the evening was the final
bout between Tut McKee and Zane |
Cole. A rushing, pushing, climbing,!
no punching, affair, with plenty of
knockdowns, only to be climaxed by
a knock-out punch by Cole to |
“Tut’s” jaw in the last 5 seconds.
The tussle was awarded to McKee.
Atkinson High will bring their
team to O’Neill on Wednesday,
April 9, for a return match.
Results of Monday’s Match:
Dempsey (0) stopped Kassimer
Jareske (O) beat Goetchall
Elkins (0) whipped Peterson
Desieve (A) nipped ObeTle
Kissinger (A) beat Wolfe
Altan (A) bopped Rickard
Bright (O) TKO’d Wright
Bowers (O) beat Shultz
McKee (A) outpointed Cole
Holt County Girls Receive
4-H Club Recognition
Mabel Forbes and Margery Rees,
of Amelia, received notice this week
that they are to be guests of the
Federal Cartridge Company at the
Sate 4-H Conservation Camp next
summer. These girls will receive
these awards as a result of their
outstanding records submitted on
conservation activities thru their
4-H club activities. Four-H con
servation studies are carried as a
supplementary 4-H club project and
would be very in ter eating to other
boys and girls in the county, who
like outdoor and nature work.
Three members and one leader of
4-H clubs were each awarded one
sack of flour for their work in 4-H
cooking clubs. Mrs. Jas. Spease,
of Stuart, was selected for her out
standing leadership work. Florence
Spease and Jennie Beth Mellor, of
Stuart, and Mae DeLong, of O’Neill,
received their award from the Omar
Mills for 4-H cooking club activi
ties.
Mrs. Harold Lindberg entertain
ed the M. M. Club at a dessert
luncheon at her home on Wednes
day evening. Mrs. H. Kruse won
high score, Mrs. Guy Cole, average
and Mrs. Harry Walling, low.
HIGHWAY TWENTY
PUBLICITY DRIVE
IS LAUNCHED
Representatives from Lusk, Ther
mopoiis and other Wyoming points
along the route are expected to be
in attendance when the Better Cas
per association directors meet in
noon luncheon Monday in the
Crystal room of the Gladstone hotel
to launch a publicity campaign for
the Highway 20 association.
Call for the meeting was issued
Saturday by A. E. Chandler fol
lowing a preliminary conference
with Bert Bell, executive secretary
and manager of the highway associ
ation. Invited to attend are all
Better Casper members and ail oth
ers interested in the promotion of
travel over the new route, which
will be completed this year.
Publicity will take many forms,
including the use of newspapers,
magazines, radio, billboards and the
distribution of highway maps and
other literature.
Bell was enthusiastic yesterday
in commenting on the support mo
bilized for publicizing the highway
between Sioux City and Cody and
the cooperation promised by num
erous agencies. Great plans are
being laid for the annual meeting of
the association in O’Neill, Nebr., on
May 15, when representatives will
attend from all towns. Bell stated
that the movement was receiving
unanimous backing and that local
units had been aroused to its im
portance.
At Monday’s gathering, Bril will
report on the recent big meeting
at Sioux City, where enthusiasm
is running high over the project as
a result of interest manifested. Pre
pared to receive 150 representa
tives the city was surprised by the
hundreds who formed a caravan
ten miles long which paraded there.
The same interest is being mani
fested all along the route, he de
clared, due to a certainty of a great
travel increase, and preparations
are being made to handle tourists
in a volume never before known to
the area served. Hotel and service
station improvements along with
camps and other accommodations
are receiving first attention.
Highway 20 is now the shortest
improved route from Chicago to
Yellowstone or, with its connec
tions, to the west coast from Bos
ton, and it will be advertised as the
scenic route to the national parks.
The thousands of maps to be dis
tributed will be printed in Casper,
and the order for the first supply
has been placed.—Casper, Wyo.,
Tribune-Herald.
O’Neill School Board
Elects Teachers j
At a meeting of the members of
the O’Neill School Board held last
Thursday night, the following
teachers were elected for the com
ing year: K. L. Martyn, Principal;
Ira George, Miss Marjorie Gray
bill, Lawrence Hanna, Virginia
Johnston, Alfred Mathis and Miss
Audrey C. Sich, in the high school.
The grade teachers are as follows:
Frances Rotherham, Zelma Waldo,
Loretta Enright, Hilda M. Gal
lagher, Margaret Miller, Betty
Jones, Johanna Englehaupt and
Dorlin Lockman. Superintendent
C. F. Grill was re-elected at a meet
ing some time ago, and Robert
Houtchens, who was elected to take
the place of Harold Conners, who
resigned, was at that time elected
for the coming year.
Strikers are still rampant in
many of the big manufacturing
plants of the country and millions
of dollars of defense orders are ly
ing in the factories waiting for men
to do the work. The government
drafted the cream of the young
men of the country and placed them
in the army at $21 per month and
makes them like it. Why not draft
! organized labor, place them in the
manufacturing plants and compel
them to do the work at a fraction
of the wages they are now draw
ing? This might put a little sense
into the heads of the greedy and
high salaried leaders of organized
labor.
Mrs. Swan John Peterson
Funeral services were conducted
this (Thursday) afternoon at two
o’clock from the Butte Community
church for Mrs Swan John Peterson
of Holt county, who pessed away at
her home, southeast of Butte, Sun
day morning, while still asleep, at
the age of 58 years, 6 months and
15 days.
Miss Lottie May Eliis was born
September 1, 1892, in Holt county,
in a log house on the banks of the
Niobrara river, near Bru&h creek.
She moved with her parents to
Keys Paha county when six months
old, and spent eight or nine years
there before returning to Holt
county where she grew to woman
hood.
Peterson, November 24, 1909, and
She was married to Swan John
to this union were born two sons,
Marx and Jacob and one daughter,
Mrs. Gustav Widtfeldt.
Early in her life, while attending
high school, she expressed her faith
in the Lord and sice that time has
attended the Methodist church
whenever possible.
Mrs. Peterson was known by all
for her unfailing helpfulness as a
friend and neighbor, who would
drop everything to help in time of
need. Her family will remember
her as a loving mother—her neigh
bors and friends as a friend indeed
—and the stranger as one who
showed hospitality. Her health
had been failing for the past two
years but her condition had not
been regarded as critical, even by
the immediate relatives.
She is survived by her husband,
three children, two grandchildren,
her mother, Mrs. Emma Ellis, two
brothers, Edward of Bassett, and
Frank of Butte, and a host of more
distant relatives and many friends.
—Butte Gazette, March 20, 1941.
The Nebraska Legislature
By Tony Asimus
More standardization and quali
fication for public officials received
u jolt this week when L. B. 326, pro
viding that county judges in coun
ties of more than (5000 population
be persons admitted to the bar, was
indefinitely postponed. Many of
the counties in this description
could not qualify a judge.
L. B. 200, a so-called Omaha bill,
was indefinitely postponed by the
Legislature on Thursday. This
bill provides that Omaha shall re
ceive a higher percentage of the
auto license fees allocated to Doug,
las county, but it was so worded
that it could easily be amended to
include all counties as well as Doug
las.
L. B. 109, which provides for a
full-time county assessor, and also
for elimination of all precinct as
ssessors and the handling of tax
schedules by mail, was reported
out on General File for considera
tion. On General File, the intro
ducer ol the original bill refused to
father the amendment to elimin
ate the precinct assessors, and
withdrew his name as introducer.
The bill was sent back to the com
mittee. This bill is very revolu
tionary, and will probably draw
considerable debate and fire if it
gets back to General File.
The "ton-mile” truck bill, L. B.
•181, was argued before the com
mittee Wednesday, and drew one
of the largest crowds of any bill
yet argued. Truckers were pres
ent from all parts of the state
to protest this bill, it provides for
a tax of one-half cent per ton per
mile for all truck transportation.
The proponent of this bill figured
it would raise nine million dollars.
The facts are, it represents a levy
of a five-mill tax on the total valu
ation of Nebraska and would drive
practically all trucks from Nebras.
ka highways, and cause a rise in
all costs of living, with pyramiding
inconvenience.
Neal Ratliff, of Atkinson appear
ed before County Judge Louis Rei
iner on March 24, on a complaint
filed by Patrolman Harry Brt,
charging him with an overload. He
pled guilty to the charge, and was
fined $10.00 and sosts, amounting
to $3.10.
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ORGANIZATION IS
NOW PERFECTED
About seventy-five of the busi
ness and professional men and wo
men of the city met at the assembly
room at the court house last Friday
evening for the purpose of com
pleting the organization of a Com
mercial Club. The canvassers re
ported that 111 had signed and
paid the installation fee, which is a
mighty good start for the club.
The election of officers was then
taken up, after reading the report
of the committee on nominations
and the following were elected:
James W. Rooney was the unani
choice of the meeting for chair
man of the Club. J. D. Cronin was
elected first vice president and Dr.
O. W. French second vice-president.
Bonnet Grady was unanimously
elected as treasurer of the Club.
The selection of a secretary was
left to the Board of Directors, they
to recommend to the next meeting
a man for this position.
By ballott the following were
elected to the Board of directors:
Mrs. Helen Sirek, for one year;
L. C. Walling and W. J. Biglin for
two year terms; Pat Harty and
Henry Lohaus for three year terms.
The Club starts out with a fine
membership and there is no ques
tion but what they can do a lot of
good for the city and its citizens.
As the largest city between Nor
folk and Chadron, O’Neill is bound
to grow and will shortly make the
above named towns hustle if thjey
desire to hold their leadership, as
O’Neill is enjoying a good healthy
growth and there are many things
that the Club can do that will ad
vance the interests of the eity and
the county as a whole. So join the
Club and be an active working
I member.
Women’s Project Clubs
Achievement Day
The 380 homemakers, who are en
rolled in 27 project clubs in Holt
county, are planning to finish up
their year’s work by holding their
achievement program in the O’Neill
High School Auditorium on Thurs
day, April 24. The program to
which the public is invited will in
clude exhibits of the work done
during the year as well as a pro
gram which will be very interesting
to all homemakers.
Headlining the program will be
Miss Elin Anderson, of the Ex
tension Service speaking on the sub
ject of rural health, which is being
given so much attention in national
defense. Miss Anderson, a Can
adian, is an excellent speaker and
her knowledge of rural health con
ditions furnishes some alarming
facts about conditions.
All homemakers, whether mem
bers of a project club or not arc in
vited to attend the program, which
is being designed for their benefit
Club Leaders To Receive
Training Here Tuesday
Leaders of 4-H girls clubs will
gather at the county agent’s office
in O’Neill on Tuesday, April 1, to
receive training and assistance in
conducting girls 4-H club work.
This training will be in charge of
Mrs. Mary Nelson from the State
4-H club office, who has charge off
this work over the state.
Bad roads and weather have de
layed 4-H club organization some
what and many clubs will not have
a leader as yet. Leaders from last
years clubs and persons who are in
terested in seeing 4-H work in their
community are invited to attend in
order that they may be ready to
start off the year soon. Four-H
leaders, who are in attendance, wilt
find that the illustrative material
and ideas to be given will prove
very helpful throughout the year.
The Weather
High Low Free.
March 20 . 58 31
March 21 . 40 28
March 22 .40 33 .29
March 23 .34 28 .05
March 24 . 34 22
March 25 . 34 28
I March 26 . 45 30
