The Frontier D. IL Cronin, Editor and Proprietor Entered at the postoffice at O’Neill, Mcbraska, as Second Class Mattel. SUBSCRIPTION Om* Year, in Nebraska.92.00 One Year, outside Nebraska .. 2.25 Every subscription is regarded aa an open account. The names of ■■becribers will be instantly re* Moved from our mailing list at ex piration of time paid for, if pub baber shall be notified; otherwise the subscription remains in force at tile designated subscription price. Every subscriber must understand that these conditions are made a part of the contract between pub lisher and subscriber. Display advertising is charged •or on a basis of 25c an inch (one column wide) per week. Want ad.~ Mc per line, first insertion, subse- j quent insertions, 5c per line. A Word To Frontier { Readers : — t\e wish to caii Lie alien- , Lon of those of our reautrs i who are in arrears that we ! must have money to continue j in business. Many of our readers have doubtless thoughtlessly al ! lowed their subscription to i run along year after year, | and we ask them now to come in and aettle. , 11 Payment of these little I \ bills mean a good deal to the publisher as they run into hundreds of dollars. So we trust you will call, aettle up, and start 1941 with a clean ; alata. » - Telegrams, special delivery let ters, airmail letters and personal rails demanding that members join the “CONVOY NOW" movement have started again. The war propagandists have many argu ments which seem to convince a few members who have been on tftie fence. The little band of non interventionists are having a hard time counteracting this powerful propaganda. ” V < ! | Charley J. Hibben, a retired Nor folk railroad engineer, has been in town visiting his nephew, Robert Hibben. Mr. Hibben is ^9 years old and says he keeps his good health by working in his garden aft Orange, California, every day aad also playing croquet. He thinks Washington is a pretty dizzy place. New population census figures i for Washington show tl>at for every 100 women iii iowh, there are only 91 men. The biggest complaint the women have is that they just can’t find anything to wear. The store problem is riot to get the customers but to get enough merchandise. Clerks are not polite in Washington, Women often tip clerks to get a pleasant smile or a little attention. For eleven consecutive years, El mer E. Danly of Hastings, Nebras ka, worked in the Department of Justice on one case. The United States against the Northern Pa cific railroad. Danly finished that case recently when the highest court ruled in his favor. The cast cost Uncle Sam about $600,000 but at its termination, Uncle Sam gets clear title to two million, nine hundred thousand acres of land against which the railroad had some claim; also about $300,000 in money and title to an additic nal 356,000 acres of land which the railroad turns back to the govern ment. This Nebraskan was the only government lawyer who work ed exclusively on this case which is considered the most important case the government has ever had connected with railroad grants. The voluminous papers pertain to thousands of separate tracts of land which this Nebraskan has to investigate. The Northern Pacific land grant was the largest ever given to a railroad by the govern ment. It was twice as big as the one given to the Union Pacific railroad. It stretches from Lake Superior to the Pacific Ocean. It involves the romantic story of how the government gave the railroad pioneers the right of way and each odd section of land adjacent to that right of way. The United States versus the Northern Pacific Railroad is the remarkable story «f how a Nebraska lawyer labored for eleven yeafs and won a great victory for his government. Anoth er Nebraska lawyer is working in the Lands Division of the Depart ment of Justice and is also making a great name for himself. He is Harry B. Fleharty, formerly of Omaha, The Adjutant General tells this office that reserve officers lists are closed for the time being. That is because we now have 117,000 Reserve Officers, a number in ex cess of the actual present needs of the service. Uncle Sam’s treasury statement of April 14 shows our financial condition since July 1, 1940 to be! as follows: expenditures $9,403,- I 908,348; receipts $5,557,380,572; federal debt on that date was $47 deficit $3,846,527,776. Our gross] 165,928,769. The Minority is fighting hard to cut spending in excess of the re quirements of actual national de fense. The battle, however, brings many disappointments. The other day there was a bill to authorize the appointment of another federal judge in Missouri. The senior judge there said another judge was not needed. Two congressmen from Missouri said another judge was not needed. On a standing vote the Minority defeated the bill. But when the record vote was de manded and the steam roller brought in, the voters followed and the bill passed to create anoth. er permanent job at big expense to all the taxpayers. The Budget Bureau is holding up the $287,000,000 national defense highway program. The House Committee on Roads is ready to proceed with the authorization just as soon as the Bureau of the Budget acts amd the President transmits his recommendation. While the road men are very much interested in this new highway developement, the National Re sources Planning board is looking into the future. Although it is not generally1 known, members of this board have been holding fre quent meetings about what is go ing to happen in the United States in years to come. In confidential conversations they tell friends that they have a gigantic plan of super highways which now seems dream like. They are four-lane highways similar to the 160 mile Pennsylvania Turnpike in construction. These experts feel that when the war is over, something gigantic has to be done by way of construction to give employment to millions of men who will otherwise be idle. So, they feel there will be super highways systematically planned for all parts of our country. These highways will be many hundred feet wide and stretch across our continent from East to West and from North to South. If these planners have their way about it, miles and miles of decadent prop erty in big cities will be demolished and room made for these super highways. Rome elimination of decadent property has already started in New York City where miles of slums and dilapidated old buildings are being torn down and new park ways are being built through these sections. Congressman Ross Collins of Mississippi is by many members of the House asknowledged to be the father of the movement to mechanize and modernize our Army. Long before the present war, Collins made repeuted speech es in the House, demanding that we immediately modernize our airplanes, build tanks, and organ MICKIE SAYS— WHAT SLAYS ME IS TW PORE WAMPUS 'AT GITS SORE AT US OVER MUTHlki' MUCH, BUT GAklT STOP TH‘ PAPER. V GIT EVEM, BECUZ HE AlkTT A ize mechanical and motorized divisions. Today, he charges that we have not yet organized one panzer division in our army aad he is going to tell all about it in the June issue of the “Readers Digest.” Centralization of government functions in Washington and the resultant volume of travel by gov ernment officials is now being ex amine^ The travel bill alone to carry on the functions of the gov ernment for this year will reach to around *160,000,000. That is why a group in the House today is fighting for decentralization of some of these functions in order to bring them closer to the scenes of actual operation. In answer to the question about oleomargerine used in Federal Prisons. No butter is served to the 22,000 Federal Prisoners. Pris on authorities say the butter sub- j ! stitute is cheaper. During twelve months in 1940, the Federal Pris ons bought a total of 324,156 pounds of butter substitutes at a total cost of $26,803.33. In answer to the question, ‘who sold that to Uncle Sam?’ it can be stated that prison records show the contracts went to Armour and Company, Blanton Company, Cudahy Packing Company, Miami Butterine Com pany, Southern Margerine Co., Inc., Swift and Company, and Wilson and Co. The “Buy British” movement has started here. Sweaters, soxs and imported suits of British are widely advertised. The Methodist Ch»rch V. C. Wright, Minister Church School 10:00 A. M., H. B. Burch, Director. Public Worship 11:00 A. M. Music by the choir and sermon by the pastor. It is a Mother’s Day worship service. Young People’s worship service 7:00 P. M. State meeting of the Woman’s Society of Christian Service at Hastings, Nebraska, May 16 and 16. Representatives of the four hundred, thirty organizations in the state are supposed to attend. The national president will speak. v * I Presbyterian Church Dr. J. E. Spencer. Pastor Bible School every Sunday morning at 10:00 o’clock. C. E. Yantzi, superintendent. Mother’s Day service at 11:00 o’clock. There will be a special Mother’s Day sermon and special music by the choir. Your mother will rejoice to know that you are in a place of worship at this hour. The Christian Endeavor Society will meet Sunday evening at 7:00 o’clock. All the young people are invited. The Installation Service of Dr. J. E. Spencer as Pnstor of the Presbyterian Church will be held on Friday evening, May ltith, at 8:00 o’clock. Rev. Wallace Stock well of Madison, Moderator of Niobrara Presbytery, will preside and propound the Constitutional Questions, Rev. W. L. Dierking of Wayne will preach the sermon, Rev. Allen M. Me Coil if Wake field will charge the people, and Rev. Albert C. J. Kelijw of Sioux City will charge thj pastor. NEW COUNCIL ORGANIZED TUES. (Continued from page 1.) years has been $2j692.80 per year, so, for more thar. double the amount of light to be used it will cost the city only $2.40 more per year than that paid for the past five years. The KWH used during 1940 was 46,058 and that to be used under the new set up will be 94,392 KWH, or an increase of 48.334 KWH, It seems to us that this is a good bargain and when the new lights are installed O’Neill will be one of the brightest spots in North eastern Nebraska. Holt County 4-H Clubs Starting New Year 4-H clubs in Holt county are off to a good start with a majority of last year’s clubs and several new groups already under way. There are several groups yet planning to organize as soon as school ac tivities close. Groups of boys and girls who are interested in this type of training should contact county agent, Lyndle R. Stout, for assistance. The years activi ties are just beginning and if your group is to compete with others the time is right for starting. 4-H clubs will be called on to do their share in . national defense work. This work will give each boy and girl an opportunity to join some organization to assist in the national defepse program. • i > j* * , . BRIEFLY STATED Mr. and Mrs. Jim Rooney en tertained eight guests at a dinner at their home on Sunday evening. Pug Horn of Ainsworth, spent Wednesday in O’Neill on busi ness. Mr. and Mrs. Eager of Wausa, Nebraska, visited here Sunday at the home of their son, Harold and Mrs. Fager. 'U.'.-i.: - Melvin Ru2ick&' drove to York, Nebraska, on last Friday, where he attended a meeting of the mana gers of the Gamble stores. i^1 1 Sister M. Mildrni left on Sun day for Minot, North Dakota, be ing called to her home there by the serious illness *of her mother. Mrs. J. F. ODorinell of Omaha, arrived here on Saturday, and will make an extended visit here with relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. F. N. Cronin, Mr. and Mrs. Max Golden and Miss Genevieve Biglin drove to Sioux City, on Sunday and visited Sister Eugene. s**r For thorough scientific eye examinations and correctly fitted glasses see Dr. C. W. Alexander, eye sight specialist, at Hotel O’Neill in O’Neill, Monday, May 12.—Satisfaction guaranteed. THE person who cannot afford to save is spending for things he cannot afford to have. The O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK I This Beak CarrtM N* I ad «b tod mu of Oflon •r Stockholder*. Msaber Federal Deposit Insursace Coaporsttoe Mrs. Edward Compbell and son, Eddie, left on Wednesday for Rochester, Minn., where Eddie will go through the Mayo Brothers clinic. __ Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Herre and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pickard and children of Fremont, spent Sun day here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Herre. Miss Marion Dickson, of Nor folk, arrived on Sunday to spend her vacation at the home of her parents, Judge and Mrs. R. R. Dickson. Gus De Backer returned on Tues. day evening from Sioux City, Iowa, where he attended a meet ing of.the managers of the Penny stores on Monday and Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham left on Monday for Rochester, Minn., where Mr. Birmingham will receive medical treatment. Mrs. Fred Harper entertained the members of her bridge club at a seven-thirty o'clock dinner at the Bakery, followed by cards at her home on Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Beattie, of Grandsville, N. Y., who have been here visiting relatives, ac companied by her father and moth, er, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Carson and Miss Lizie Carson, of Redbird, were Wednesday evening dinner guests at the home of Mrs. Frank Hunter in this city. Mrs. Hunter is an aunt of Mrs. Beattie and sister of Mr. Carson. • # J Jimmie Merriman entertained a large number of friends at a dancing party at the Golden Hotel on Saturday evening, in honor of his birthday. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Wallace drove to Gan Valley, S. D., on Monday and visited at the home of Mr. Wallace's mother, Mrs. Sarah Wallace and at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Buckman. Rev. Father Ostidek. State Sup erintendent of Parochial Schools in Nebraska, arrived in O’Neill on Wednesday and will spend the balance of the week here at St. Mary’s Academy. Mrs. O. A. Kilpatrick returned on Sunday evening from Harlan, Iowa, where she visited her sister, Miss Alta Heflin. She also visited , ; •>l.« ,r'M 'I- T“TvT her daughter, Miss Nadine,' ' at Fremont. --- , . • Mias Nan Beha of Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived in O’Neill Sunday to spend her vacation with her par ents, Mr. • and Mrs. W. G. Beha. Nan is a nurse in the Kings coun ty, N. Y. hospital. Mrs. Ted McElhaney entertained the members of the M M Club at a bridge party at her home in this city on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. John Conard won high and Mrs. Guy Cole, won low. Mr. and Mrs. A. Schroder, Miss Edna Grant and Lloyd Avans of | Omaha spent the week end here visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gatz and other relatives i and friends. —— Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bergstrom 1 drove to Grand Island on Friday,! taking their son, Leonard to that city, from where he took the train j back to his home in Los Angeles,! after spending his vacation here. Miss Bea Rohde of Omaha, ar rived here on Tuesday evening, and will visit here during the com ing week with her mother, Mrs. Bridget Rohde and with her broth er and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Rohde. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biglin drove to Norfolk o* Sunday, where they met Mrs. Biglin’s mother, Mrs. Julia •£. Waters of Omaha, who returned with them for a visit here with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Jones Stnd j Mrs. Don Anderson and daughter, Judy Kay of Davenport, Iowa, will drive to Fort Dodge, Iowa', on Sunday, where they will visit friends and from where Mrs. And erson will return to her home. She has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones for the past week. Mr?. Mildred Davis left on Sun day for* Grand Island, where she has been transferred by the North western Bell Telephone Company. Her twe sons, Dkk and' Jack wiil join her as soon as the school term is over. Dr. and Mrs. O. W. French left on Tuesday for Lincoln, where Dr. French will attend the annual medical convention and where Mrs. French will visit their daughter, Miss Leona, a student at the Uni versity of Nebraska. The members of the committee in charge of the Food Sale held last Saturday for the O’Neill Band, wish to thank everyone for their contribuions and for their assis tance which helped to make the sale such a success. j For ] } j i Mother’s Day i _ I a Box of ; Mrs. Stover’s i CANDY r' o.i,i I Also a choice - selection of PLANTS i- • •• •' • : '* 'Vv.' • !.Hh i *<' ! * • ' f; ' 1.V :.! '!■ r.i'.i “ * I - j | on display at, n j O’Neill Drug Co. Buy Better Foods For Better Health We intend to st% in the grocery business here in this community for a long time and we try to do everything possible to merits your! patronage. We offer you consistently Well Known Brands at fair Prices plus Friendly Service and a clean, well arranged stock. — WE WELCOME YOU. WEEK-END SPECIALS PALMOLIVE SOAP—(with order) FLOUR—Snow White COFFEE—Red and White WASHO—25c value and Free with each package, a spoon, fork, or knife. All for Only . BROOMS—50c Value OOc Each ... V# O. K. FLAKES 13c 2 Packages . ROBB ROSS CAKE FLOUR 1QC Package . " " ROBB-ROSS PANCAKE FLOUR W 10-Pound Package .. SARDINES 1ftc Pound Can ..-. IU KETCHUP—Monarche 1CC 25c Size at .. POTATOES—Fancy «c Peck .. ad PINEAPPLE—Fancy Cuban 1E° Large Size ..—. ..~ "W LETTUCE 10c 2 Heads .. I" See Our Large Variety of All Kinds of LUNCHEON MEATS. Don’t Pass Up Our Strawberry Sale Saturday, very fine quality quart boxes. Make it a habit and shop at our fruit counter for better Vegetables and Fresh Fruits. Bring us your Eggs for Higher Prices. Schulz Store PHONE 230 WE DELIVER 1 u,