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MRS. JULIA HARRINGTON
Mrs. Julia Harrington passed
away at her home in this city
last Tuesday morning at 9:30, after
an illness of about five months
of heart trouble, at the age of
eighty-four years, eleven months
and ten days. The funeral was
held Wednesday morning from the
Catholic church, Rev. Father Parr
officiating and burial in Calvary
cemetery at the side of her hus
band who passed away in May,
1924.
Julia Downing was born at
Eyeries, Ireland, on September
15, 1856. She came with her par
ents to the United States when
a young girl and on September 5
1880, she was united in marriage
to Timothy Harrington, the cere
mony being performed at Lead
ville, Colorado. Seven children
were borri to this union, two sons
and five daughters, of whom five
are living and are left to mourn
the passing of a kind and affect
ionate mother. The children are:
D. P. Harrington, Salem, Oregon;
Mrs. Ivan Budrovic, Los Angeles,
Calfiornia; Mrs. Mary Hamilton,
New York City; Timothy and
Teresa at home.
Mrs. Harrington came to this
county with her husband in 1886.
and they settled about nine miles
northeast of this city where they
lived many years, in fact until
1919 when they moved to this city
and build a home on east Douglas
Street, where Mrs. Harrington
had since made her home. Mrs. Har
rington was a lovable woman.
When she came to the county the
particular section in which they
located was rapidly filling up and j
neighbors were close on every
hand. In the ninties the drought
and hard times hit the county
and her neighbors began leaving
the county and it was only a few
years until neighbors in that sec
tion were few and far between.
But she and her husband perser
vered and made good and they
lived and raised their family on
the old homestead. When they
moved to town they were pre- j
pared to take life easy but it was|
only a very few years until her,
husband passed away and
she was left to carry on alone.
She did it successfully. No man
or woman in this entire com-,
munity had a choerrier smile nor
a more friendly greeting for her.
many friends than Mrs. Harring-'
ton. She was a splendid mother 1
and friend of everyone and many
outside her own immediate family
will miss her. She was a devout
Catholic, a member of the Altar
society, St. Joseph’s Union and
was active in the good deeds of
these organizations.
CARD OF THANKS
I take this means to thank my
many kind friends who sent me
cards, letters and flowers also as
sisted with my farm work while
I was in the hospital in Rochester,
Minnesota. Harry Fox.
St. Johns Tri-County Day Sun
day, August 31st.
AFTER TWENEY-SEVEN
YEARS RETURNS FOR VISIT
W. E. Miller, of Bellingham,
Washington, was in the city last
Saturday and made this office a
pleasant call. Ed., as he was gen
erally known to his many friends
here, was a resident of this county
for many years, living in the Meek
neighborhood. In 1914 he headed
west and since that time has been
a resident of Bellingham and has
been fairly successful. He liked
| to talk of the old days and the
old time residents, many of whom
have been dead for years, but
of whose death he had never heard
He decided that he would keep
, better posted on the affairs of
the old home town in the future
and ordered The Frontier sent to
his address for the coming year.
He left here twenty-seven years
ago and said that he could not
remember many old landmarks
as most of them have been replac
ed with larger and more perman
■ ent buildings. He expects to be
here a few weeks longer visiting
relatives and old time friends.
TRI-COUNTY DAY
AT ST. JOHN'S SUNDAY
The Sixth Annual Tri-County
Day will be held at St. John’s,
Sunday, August 31st. Bingo—
Games—Amusement will begin at
3:00 P.M. A fried chicken supper
will be served from 5 to 8 P. M.
The celebration will close with
a dance in th6 evening.
St. Johns Hillbillies will be in
O’Neill on Saturday August 30th,
at 3 P. M.
HOLT COUNTY ACA NOTES
The protection of All-Risk
wheat Crop Insurance is again
available for all wheat growers
in Holt County. This insurance
protects the wheat crop againsl
any natural hazards, such as win
ter kill, drouth, plant disease, in
sects, hail, flood, fire, wind, etc
Any Holt County wheat grower
who is interested in this insurance
may call at the Holt County AAA
office and make application for
it. The closing date for receiving
applications for All-Risk Wheat
Crop Insurance is August 30, 1941
or the beginning of the fall wheat
seeding, which ever is the earl
ier date.
C. E. Stout Back On The Job
C. E. Stout is back in the store
again after an absence of several
months due to illness. About four
month ago Charle submitted to a
major operation at Sioux City and
since his return home has been
taking thiings easy, but is now
in fine shape and looks better
physically than he has for seven
or eight years, so last Friday he
took over the active management
of his store, the O’Neill Drug com
pany, and he now can be found
at his old quarters as genial, aff
able and accomodating as ever. His
many friends in the city and coun
ty are glad to see him back again,
hale and hearty.
Tl
St. .QQ«m
doesn’t have to plead with
creditors for extension of
time when he has established
credit at his bank by main
taining a substantial
BANK ACCOUNT
0^0
O’NEILL NATIONAL
BANK
Capital, Surplus and Undivided
Profits, $140,000.00
This Bank Carries No Indebtedness
of Officers or Stockholders.
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FOUR-H CLUB ACHIEVEMENT
DAY HELD IN O'NEILL
' One hundred sixty club memb
ers, leaders and friends were in
attendance at the 4-H club
Achievement Day held at the
O’Neill Public School, Saturday.
August 23, to compete for an
opportunity to represent Holt
.county at the Nebraska State
Fair. Premiums were awarded
by the business men in O'Neill for
home economics exhibits as well
as demonstrations and judging
contests in all 4-H projects.
The members of livestock clubs
were taken in the morning to the
nearby farms of Clarence Ernst
and Hugo Hulz where a livestock
judging cohtest was held. Ex
hibits and judging contests in all
home economics work was held
in the O’Neill Public school, and
the afternoon was spent in giving
reasons on classes judged and in a
demonstration contest.
Assisting County agent Lyndle
Stout in the day’s program were:
Miss Margery Rees of Amelia.
Miss Delores Storjohann of the
O’Neill home economics depart
ment, Miss Hazel Leopuld, FSA
Home Supervisor, Mrs. Ed Verzal,
Miss Irma Manzer of O’Neill, and
Mrs. Don Radenbaugh of Ains
worth. Assisting with the boys’
work were A1 Mathis and Jim
Rooney of O’Neill, Chet Walters
and Paul Fidler, county agents
from Wayne and Ainsworth.
Awards to 4-H members were
made as follows:
Demonstrations
Livestock—Patty Schaffer and
Helen Rector of O’Neill; Rex
Oberlee, Edwin Krugmon of
O’Neill and Opportunity.
Girls Room—Phyllis Freidrich,
Amelia; Gloria Ott, Amelia; Mar
garet Sauser, Doris Davis, O’Neill;
Laura Allyn, Helen McClurg,
Jennie Mellor, Goldie Hipke,
Stuart; Donna Shellhasse, Helen
Wilkinson. Atkinson; Mary Davis,
Margaret Hynes, O’Neill.
! Canning—Lois Sigman and
Mable Forbes, of Amelia.
Judging
Livestock—Stanley Lambert
Ewing; Ralph Allyn, Stuart; Tom
Lambert, Ewing; Zane Rowse,
Chambers; Elwyn Robertson,
Jack Ressell, Boyd Russel, Cham
bers; Patty Schaffer, O’Neill; Ed
win Sweet, Dustin; Linden Mul-'
ford, Stuart.
Clothing—Phoebe Driscoll, Shir
ty Smith, Joan Smith, Rose
Marie Hovey, Stuart,
i Canning—Mable Forbes, Lois
Sigman, Amelia.
Girls Room—Margaret Sauser,
O’Neill; Helen Martens, Atkinson;
Laura Allyn, Stuart; Doris Davis
O’Neill; Eileen Wilkinson, Atkin
son; Margie Sammons, Ajpelia.
Exhibits
Workbox—Shirley Smith, Joann
Smith, Phyllis Runnels, Donna
Krotter, Stuart.
| Needle Case— Shirley Smith.
Phyllis Runnels, Joann Smith,
Stuart; Opal Bachman, Emmet
Kitchen Handtowel — Phyllis
Runnels, Marjorie Houchin, Wil
| ma Houchin, Joann Smith, Stuart,
Kitchen Apron—Galina Bell
Hovey, Nancy Cowles, Shirley
Smith, Lorraine Coats, Stuart.
Slip—Bernice Rossman, Atkin
son; Opal and Wilma Bachmann.
Emmet.
Dress with set-in sleeves—Ber-:
nice Rossman, Atkinson; Wilma
and Opal Bachmann, Emmet;
Donna Krotter, Stuart.
Luncheon set—Margaret Sau
ser, Margaret Hynes, Mary Davis,
of O’Neill.
Framed Picture—Mary Davis,
Margaret Sauser of O’Neill; Doro
thy Wilkinson, Atkinson; Lois
Priester, Stuart.
Patch work p i 11 o w—Donna
Shellhasse, Helen Martens, Atkin
son; Helen McClurg, Donna Rae
Peterson, Gloria Ott, Amelia; Lois
Priester, Emmet.
Pair of Curtains—Margaret
Sauser, O’Neill; Donna Shellhasse,
Stuart; Ailene Wilkinson, Helen
Wilkinson, Evelyn Elder, Annie
Ramold, Atkinson.
Dresser Scarf—Helen McClurg,
Donna Shellhasse, Stuart; Theresa
Ramold, Helen Marten, Helen
Wilkinson, Ailene Wilkinson, At
kinson.
Rugs—Evelyn Elder, Atkinson
Vegetables
Jar of beans—Mable Forbes
and Lois Sigman, Amelia.
Jar of Tomatoes—Mable Forbes
and Lois Sigman, Amelia.
Jar of Peaches—Mable Forbes
and Lois Sigman, Amelia.
Jar of Berries—Mable Forbes
and Lois Sigman, Amelia.
Wild Life Scrapbook— Mable
Forbes, Amelia.
STEADY PRICES RULE AT
LOCAL AUCTION SALE
Receipts of livestock were not
quite so heavy this week, but
prices remained fully steady to
strong and the market undertone
was firm. Action was brisk and
the day’s offering found ready
outlet to buyers from several
states. Quality was fair to good.
Steer calves topped the market
at $12.30 and bulked mostly from
$11.00 to $12.00. Heifer calves
ranged from $10,00 to $11.00.
A nice supply of light year
lings was here. The toppiest
steers placed in the $9.75 to $10.75
bracket and the heifers in this
class paid from $9.00 to $10.00.
The best two-year-old steers
paid from $10.40 to $10.60 with the
plainer kinds ranging from $9.00
to $10.00. Heifers in this class
were rather scarce and remained
steady in price.
The supply of cows was again
plentiful and prices held fully
steady to stronger than a week
ago. The best fleshy cows weigh
ing 1000 pounds or more, cashed
from $8.50 ff> $8.60 with the bulk
of the offering selling from $7.50
to $8.00. Feeding cows ranged
from $6.00 to $7.00 with plainer
grades moving at $5.50 to $6.00.
Bulls showed some strength with
the best reaching an extreme
top of $8.35. Bulk of the bulls
sold from $7.75 to $8,25.
Receipts in the hog division'
were lighter than a week ago. I
However, prices spurted upwards I
to $11.65 on top light butchers.!
This was a substantial increase,
over last week’s top. Sows paid
as much as $10.65 with the bulk i
of the offering cashing from $10.00,
to $10.50. Pigs were in brisk de
mand and sold as high as $12.10.
A few sheep were here but scar
cely enough to make a quotable
market.
The next regular auction will
be held on Monday, September
First.
ATTENTION O'NEILL
Again this year, we are not
selling chances or tickets of any
kind for our Tri-County Day, Sun
day, August 31st. We feel that
you have many obligations in your
own city without solicitors from
St. John’s. You have been kind
(to us in the past.—we hope to
keep your friendship for the fu
ture. Our Motto—No Tickets—
No Chances—No Bother.
Stuart Navy Here Friday
The Stuart Navy will, invade
O'Neill early Friday afternoon,
boosting their celebration to be
held there next week. According
to Admiral Coats the city will
not be destroyed and may be al
lowed to continue as the county
seat of this great empire of ours.
Be on the streets Friday afternoon
to assist in greeting the only Navy
in Holt county.
4 4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO
COMPETE AT STATE FAIR
14 of Holt County’s most out
standing 4-H club members are
making plans to compete at the
Nebraska State Fair, August 30
September 5. Boys and girls were j
selected at the Achievement Day
to represent the county in the1
State contest where the winners
will have an opportunity to rep
resent Nebraska in several Nat
ional Contests.
As a result of the county con
tests at the Achievement Day
Ralph Allyr. of Stuart, Tom and
Stanley Lambert of Ewing will
enter the livestock judging con
test in Lincoln. A poultry judg
ing team composed of John Allen
Marvin and Dale Stauffer of Page
take part in the poultry contest
and a girl’s room team composed
of Helen Martens of Atkinson and
Margaret Sauser of O’Neill will
be eligible to attend. Winners of
all judging contests will have an
opportunity to represent Nebraska
in some National Contest later.
The boys and girls have given
promise of a fine showing.
Patty Schaffer and Helen Rector
of O’Neill will enter a livestock
demonstration in the use of horn
weights in cattle.
Gloria Ott and Phyllis Freidrick
of Amelia will demonstrate the
selecting and framing of a picture
and a canning demonstration team
composed of Mabel Forbes and
Lois Sigman of Amelia will be
entered.
The contests at the State Fair
are offering the highest type of
competition, but 4-H members
from Holt County are expected
to give a good account of them
selves.
KANSAS OIL EDITOR
BELIEVES OIL NEAR HERE
H. G. Hotchkiss, former oil
editor of the Wichita Beacon, and
author of nine books on the geo
logy and oil prospects of various
districts in the Mid-Continent
area, was a visitor in O’Neill last
Wednesday. He is writing a book
on the oil prospects of northeast
Nebraska, which probably will be
published some time within the
next month.
Much of the information that
will appear in the book, was ob
tained from a report he made for
Cave and WamhofT, owners of the
Neligh block, on which he made
the location for the test well that
is to be drilled some time this fall.
Mr. Hotchkiss is very postive
that there are a number of import
ant oil and gas pools in north
cast Nebraska, and cites as evid
ence to support that opinion, the
fact that many of the most import
ant oil producing formations of
Kansas, are present in north
east Nebraska, and the type of
structuie that is the most produc
tive in Kansas, is also present
in this area.
| “In expressing my opinion that
there are good pools in this area
I do not wish it to be construed,
that I am positive that we will get
a well at Neligh," he said. If that1
test should prove to be a failure
it would not alter my opinion,
about the prospects of this region!
at all.”
“Cave and Wamhoff had arrang- i
ed for soil analysis and magneto
meter surveys, before I became in
terested in the project. Both of
these surveys indicated a good
possibility for opening up a pool,'
and the location made was based
upon the information obtained
from these surveys, and it has a
good chance to open a pool, in
their opinion. Otherwise the test
would have not been considered
Under present conditions, it is
possible to obtain enough data
on the geology of the locality tc
make a location from that stand
point.”
One of the books written by
Mr. Hotchkiss, is “Oil In The
Forrest City Basin,” written be
fore oil was discovered near Falls
City. In that book he advanced
the reasons why he believed that
good pools would be developed in!
that area.
He does not believe that there
is much chance for the Neligh
j test to produce shaallower than
1700 feet, but below that depth he
believes that the important oil
and gas producing rocks will be
found. It is planned to drill thi
test to a depth sufficient to reach
he Pre-Cambrian rocks, prob
ably about 3,500 feet deep, unless
an oil or gas well should be
saved at a shallower depth.
Mr. Hotchkiss is headquarter
ing at Norfolk, and expects to be
I there for several months. He
[and Cave and Wamhoff, are mak
ing neogiations at the present
time for some support for five
wild cat tests for northeast Ne
braska, and there is a possibility
that if the negotiations are suc
cessful, one of the tests might be
drilled in the vicinity of O’Neill, j
FAIR-STIVAL AT STUART
NEXT TUESDAY
On September 2nd Stuart will
stage its 21st annual Tri-County j
Fair-stival. The motto of this
year’s event is “A lot of Fun at
Low Cost.”
Starting the big event will |
be a parade of floats with music |
by five bands. Also in the morn
ing will be a 4-H Club livestock
show and the gigantic flower
show. This latter feature will
: be open all day.
In the afternoon will come the
big fun program at the park and
| following this will be seven big
free acts by the Thomas Bomb
shell shows. I
In the evening the Bombshell
shows will present their big free
program again and following this
! will be the big Fair-stival dance
with music by Sternie Sternberg.
At various time during the day
there will be concerts by the
O’Neill and Atkinson band, Sp
encer band, Bassett band and the
famous Stuart Navy band. The
Thomas shows will provide a mid
way two blocks long with seven
feature rides and ten shows which
will run all day to provide ad
ditional amusement.
Never before has the Tri-Coun
ty Fair-stival provided so much
free entertainment of such high
quality; and never before has the
cost of the program at the park
been so low.
JOHN V. SULLIVAN
RETURNS TO CHICAGO
John V. Sullivan, who has been
the manager of the O’Neill Drug
company for the past year and a
half has resigned his postion and
left yesterday for Chicago, Illi
nois, where he will again enter
the employ of a large drug firm
by whom he was employed when
he came back to O’Neill. John is
a native of this city and anable
efficient pharmacist, having man
aged many of the large drug stores
in Chicago during the past twenty
years. He itched to get back to
the old home town and so re
turned a year and a half ago.
He denies that a longing for the
hustle and bustle of the big city
is responsible for his return there
but says that he has no regrets in
having spent the last two years in
the “Old home Town.” John has
many friends here and they all
wish him continued success in the
Windy City.
FOUR H CLUB EXHIBITS TO
BE SHOWN AT CHAMBERS
The Holt County fair at Cham
bers September 9 to 12 is plann
ing to feature one of the finest
4-H club exhibits to be found in
north Nebraska this year. Eligi
ble to enter the exhibits will be all
of the 300 4-H members in the
county.
One of the outstanding exhib
its will be the beef catle entries
which are expected to reach an
all time record in numbers, when
indications are that members
from all parts of the county are
planning to enter the show. In
addition to the feeders and fat
classes the Holt County fair will
feature the show in 4-H pure
bred breeding classes which is
outstanding in 4-H shows in Ne
braska. This was started in this
state with the organization of the
Blue Ribbon Heifer Club of
w'hich C. V. Robertson of Cham
bers is the leader.
The 4-H home economics ex
hibits with Mrs. Blake Ott of
Amelia in charge, have been en
larged to cover the entire work
in each 4-H project and will en
courage not only more exhibits
but are expected to attract more
girls in the county.
On Thursday of the fair, 4-H
demonstrations and judging will
be featured with boys and girls
competing in the activities.
The 4-H club exhibits and ac
tivities have been playing an in
creasingly large part in the fair
in recent years and the fair board
has expressed a desire to continue
and enlarge these activities as
one of the main attractions dur
ing the week.
Mrs. Howard Williams, Mrs.
Jack Quig and Mrs. Pace drove
to Erickson, Nebraska, on Sunday
and returned the same evening.
Miss Jean Williams, who has
spent the summer there with hei
grandmother, Mrs. Hannah Dahl
stein, returned with them.
HERBERT CROMWELL
Herbert Glenn Cromwell died
at the Good Samaritan Hospital
at Fremont last Sunday after
noon about 4 o’clock of agina
pectoris after an illness of sev
eral years, at the age of 69 years,
ten months and twenty-three days
The body was brought to this
city Monday and the funeral was
held at 2 o’clock Wednesday
afternoon from the Methodist
church, Rev. V. C. Wright officat
ing and burial in Prospect Hill
cemetery at the side of his wife
who passed away last November.
Herbert Glenn Cromwell was
born at Hanover, Kansas, on Oc
tober 10, 1871, where he spent
most of his boyhood and when a
young man moved to Iowa. At
Cedar Falls, Iowa, on December
4, 1885, he was united in marriage
to Miss Jessie Hoff. Ten child
ren were born of this union, five
sons and five daughters, all of
, whom survive. The children are:
Harvey C., Glendale, California;
O. G., Creighton, Nebraska; Ch
ester E. Denver, Colrado; Dick,
Casper Wyoming; Jack, Denver,
Colorado; Mrs. Frank Riser, Friend
Nebraska; Mrs, D. A. Baker,
O'Neill; Mrs. Edwin Hull, Sioux
City, Iowa; Mrs. Albert Miller,
O’Neill; Mrs. Marvin Johnson,
O’Neill. He is also survived by
two sisters, and several grand
children.
Mr. Cromwell had been a re
sident of this county since 1910.
Since the death of his wife he
made his home with his daughters
until June 24, 1941, when he was
taken to the hospital in Fremont
where he was at the time of his
death. For several years he was
a mail carrier out of this city and
had a host of friends in the
territory surrounding O’Neill.
LOCAL STATE PATROLMEN
ASSIST FINDING LOST BOY
Patrolmen John Meistrel and
Roy Shorney were called to Eric
son last Saturday night to assist
in looking for a boy that was lost
in that section that afternoon.
They left here about 10:30 and
drove to Ericson where they
joined a couple of hundred other
■people in the search for the boy
Joe Whelan, three and a half
years old, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Whelan of Greeley. The boy
was found shortly after daylight
Monday morning, rather chilled
from his night outdoors but
otherwise unharmed.
His parents and others were
attending a picnic and the boy
had been asleep in the car. When
he awakined he started on an ex
ploring trip and got lost. The
whole neighborhood joined in the
search, several coming from
Greeley, their home, to assist.
After daylight his footprints were
discovered in the sand alongside
of a fence and after following
the tracks for about a
mile the boy was found. A plane
from Elgin also assisted in the
search.
ST. JOHN’S
Tri-County Day
SUNDAY AUG. 31st
Farmers and Stockmen
IN View of the current high prices being paid
for livestock, this seems a good time to sell any
surplus livestock you have on hand.
We Will Be Pleased To HandP *our Next
Consignmet. Our Aim Is To Satisfy You.
AUCTION EVERY MONDAY
OWL LIVESTOCK COMMISSION CO.
Phone 2 *O’Neill, Nebr.