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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1941)
K*. sat. Hi.twi-1 s*i«> _ ’ 1 ’ The Frontier VOL. LXII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, September 11, 1941 Number 18 SOUTHWESTERN BREEZES By Row min? Saunders The gent who made off with five hams down at the Capitol city believes in going it whole hog and a ham extra A Nebraska youth at the state last week was jailed on an indecency charge. Only the girjs at the fair's Midway «*:e privil eged to bear its shame. A patriot wants the nation fin ger printed—potential criminals alL A Nebraska restaurant man decrees no admittance to a gent wearing a straw hat after Sep tember 1st. Forty-two per cent of the men drafted for defense in the nation’s metropolis were found unfit for military service And other great cities beiing not much behind re cruiting officers turn towrard such promising fields as the prairies of Holt county. That greatest of all American institutions, the public school has again swung into action. It is to be hoped methods of instruction in grammer have improved over what they were when I was a carefree school boy. Grammer as taught at that remote day was to most boys about as intelligible w the chant of an auctioneer. I have always managed in a way with the mother tongue in spite of the inability of Miss Evans otherwise an admirable teacher, to get grammer across to us. Thirty-six dead from automo bile crashes in one month in Ne braska is the official record. Rather startling. But consider ing that of our million and a quarter population there must four or five millions roll our roads and highways every month the percentage of deaths out of this total is very small. The day of total safety in travel is very re mote, if ever attainable. To plan, work and sweat that your family may have a bit of comfort during the long months of winter only to have the fruit of your plan and work and sweat stolen is rather disheartening Such has been the experience of an industrious citizen of our com munity who had cut down a large number of trees where he had been given the permission to do so. He had let them lay to seas on during the hot days and when he went to haul them found they had been taken. He thinks the safest way is to cut down one tree at a time and take it home. Up from the meadows rich with oorn, clear on a col September mom, so swing into a martial meter a famous poem about Stone wall Jackson. The cool Septem ber mornings, mild September days and calm nights that are bathed in the pale light of an early autumn moon, brings us again to that season of quiet charm on the prairies—brings re lief from the toil and sweat and blistering heat of summer. It has not ben toil and sweat in vain in the southwest. Here and there are seen deep green fields “rich with corn” and across miles of meadow land countless hay sucks are the assurance of abund ance to susUin the livestock in terests of a great industry. In the household of the Breezes, as in others, there has been going on for some days the “putting up of fruits of garden and orchard, while late sweet corn and other yields from spring planting sim plifies the culinary problems as well as materially reducing pur chasing accounts. I have peeled apples until it is a relief to take up an axe and cut wood. Out of the lady’s toil and sweat flower beds have responded in gorgeous bloom of many colors and makes life a little more worth while. Birds have Uken flight and only the evening song of katydids comes from without the gloam ing. But the glow of early dawn, the flash of gold and crim son, at sunset, the planeUry glor ies spread across the night sky— these hold a perpetual charm at all seasons. Mrs F. N. Cronin, Mrs. P. B. Harty and Miss Marie Biglin drove to Sioux City Iowa, Tues day on business. Bar Association Holds A Special Memorial Service For Late R. R. Dickson The Fifteenth Judicial District Bar Association held a Special Memorial Service for the late Robert R. Dickson on Sept. 8th, 1941 at O’Neill, Nebr. The follow ing is a copy: _ REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS To the Members of the Bar As sociation of the Fifteen Judicial District of the State of Nebraska: The undersigned committee heretofore appointed to prepare and submit appropriate resolutions concerning the death of Honorable Robert R. Dickson who at the time of his death at O’Neill, Ne braska, on June 18, 1941, had been judge of the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District of Ne braska. since 1912, do submit the following RESOLUTIONS Whereas, Honorable Robert R. Dickson, Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District of the State of Nebraska, has answered the final summons, and by his death there has been removed from our midst an honored and respected member of the Judiciary of the State of Nebraska, and the Fifteenth Judi cial District has suffered a great personal loss in his Dassing; and Whereas his career on the bench of the Fifteenth Judicial District has been a long and distinguished one, and one in which both the Bar and the lay public of the District has long recognized as bringing great credit to the Judiciary of the State and our Judicial District in particular; and Whereas the said Robert R. Dickson in the discharge of his official duties tempered justice with mercy and endeavored to and did render fair and impartial judgments in all matters brought before him for decision; and Whereas we as members of this Association recall that he was the founder of the same and that he at all times worked for the good of our association and for a better feeling and understanding between its members and the lay public generally; , Now, therefore, be *t resolved by the Bar Association of the Fif teenth Judicial District of the State of Nebraska that in token of our deep respect and honor for our deceased friend and Judge we take this means of expressing our high regard and esteem in which he was held by all the members of this association and our grief caus ed by his unexpected death; and Be it further resolved that as an expression of our sincere sym pathy that there shall be mailed to his family a copy of these resolu tions; and Be it fruther resolved that the present District Judge of the Fif teen Judicial District be requested to secure a copy of these resolu tions to be spread upon the Jour nal of the Court of each of the Counties comprising the Fifteenth Judicial District of the State of Ne braska. Respectfully submitted: Signed, Ira H. Moss, W. L. Brennan, G. A. Farman, Jr., Committee. Arthur A. Weber, Secretary. John Gaughenbaugh, a Holt county resident for over fifty years, has gone high-tone on the local boys who meet daily at Ray’s and leaves Saturday for Centerville Iowa, where he will visit relatives and friends for a few days and then will go on to Excelsior Springs, Mo., where he will spend the winter. John put in the last winter there and he is looking forward to having an enjoyable time when he gets back, playing pitch with his cronies of a year ago. John called Monday and had his paper changed to Excelsior Springs so that he can keep posted on the doings of the bunch across the stret and and in other parts of the ' county. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Rummel announce the birth of a son on Sunday, Septemmber 7th. Mr. and Mrs. Norbert Uhl and son, John and daughter, Mary, left on Monday for Danbury, la., where they will visit relatives for a few days. Miss Ruth Harris left on Friday for Omaha, where she visited friends, before going over tc I Iowa where she will teach school ! this year. Jerry Halva of Lynch, will visit his brother, Vic Halva and family over Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva and family motored to Denver Colo., last Thursday, taking their daugh , ter, Lydia, to a business college that she will attend in that city | They came home Monday, after having toured through the Rocky | mountains and many historical places. Heaviest Receipts Of The Season At Livestock Market Eastern cattle buyers were here in increased numbers last Monday, all eager to replenish their feed lots with livestock from the Ne braska Sandhills. A good snappy market resulted with plenty of action. Prices ruled steady to strong with a firm undertone dominating the market on prac tically all classes. Quality was generally better than that of re cent weeks. A nice supply of calves was here. An extreme high of $15.00 was paid for some unusually fine lightweight steer calves of the 4-H club type. This price was the highest paid here this year. Other steer calves weighing around 250 pounds sold at $13.75 to $14.00. Bulk of the calf offering placed from $11.50 to $12.80. Heifer cal ves in the lightweight class cash ed from $11.00 to $12.05. In the yearling division the ex treme top was $11.00 with $10.00 to $10.75 catching the long end. Lightweight yearling heifers paid as much as $10.40 with the bulk selling from $9.25 to $10.00. Sever al carload lots of yearlings were sold The quality in the two-year-old class was especially fancy and prices were very attractive. The best carload lot of steers sold at $10.70 with additional carload lots. Others less fancy moved at $9.50 to $10.25. Feeder cows were steady to strong in price. The best fat cows reached $8.85 with the bulk mov ing at $7.25 to $8.25. Bulls weigh ing over 1,000 pounds paid $7.60. Hog receipts were slightly heav ier this year. Heavyweight butch ers sold at $11.90 to $11.95 with an extreme top of $12.00. Sows cash ed mostly from $10.65 to $11.10. Pigs reached a high of $12.80. Around 50 head of sheep were on sale. One band consisting of 18 head sold at $10.50 per cwt. with another band of 12 head paying $10.30. The next regular auction will be' held on Monday, Sept. 15. ACA Notes With the movement of grain from farm to market past its 1941 peak, Nebraska can write into the records one of the nation’s best marks for safe and efficient hand ling of wheat. A bumper crop in the state’s major wheat area in the face of national car and storage shortages brought no embargoes from Ne braska terminals. Neither did ! farmers find it necessary to pile grain on the ground. AAA credits the outstanding record to the foresight of farmers and close cooperation between AAA, elevators and terminal oper ators and railroads. Aware of prospects for restrict ed terminal storage space as early as last March, AAA county and community committeemen thruout the state waged a vigorous cam paign for more farm storage facili ties. incorporated into tne am wheat loan program was a pro vision under which producers could obtain a storage advance for construction and repair of grain bins. By harvest time in a num ber of Panhandle counties it was estimated that farm storage facili ties had been enlarged as much as 10 percent. Abandoned schoolhous es and other unused buildings also were utilized for grain. As the movement of grain to market began a committee of Ne braskans appointed by Secretary of Agriculture Wickard was func tioning to avoid bottlenecks. Chairman of the committee was Aksel W. Nielsen of Omaha, gen eral manager of the West Central Cooperative Grain Co. There were 10 other members, including H. H. Albers of Omaha, district manag er for the Association of American Railroads, and Fred S. Rengler, Boone county farmer and Com modity Loan Supervisor for the Nebraska State AAA committee. Working through county AAA committees, who in turn had the cooperation of county elevator men, Rengler was able to keep Nielsen and Albers informed from week to week on the number of cars needed, where they were needed and the amount of wheat expected to move to terminal storage. Albers arranged for the movement of cars, while Nielsen was consistently successful in keeping terminal storage space available. The result, Rengler commented, is a good example of what can be achieved when all groups with a stake in any enterprise work to gether. He said farmers and AAA appreciate the fine cooperation shown by the groups which Mr. Neilsen and Mr. Albers represent ed. Mrs. Elizabeth Neigenfind and daughters, Glady’s and Gloria, of jPage, Orrie Robinson and Mrs |W. M. Fritz drove to Norfolk and spent a few days. Mrs. Fritz has pent the past two weeks visiting her sisters and brother, Mrs. E. Neigenfind and Mrs. J. J. Bar rett and families of Page and ^Charles Nieman of O’Neill. BURLINGTON REQUESTS 2 TRAINS BE REMOVED The Burlington railroad asked state railway commission authority today (Sept. 9) to discontinue oper-> atiori of motor passenger trains' 163-164 operating daily between daily between South Sioux City and O'Neill. Burlington officials said the I proposed discontinuance would save fuel and labor for national defense. The territory already is served adequately by mixed train service and bus lines, they main tained. The trains, serving 19 towns be tween the terfninal points, will be operated at a $7,044 loss this year, they said. Hearing will be October 1 at Plainview.-'-Omaha World Herald. Oldtimers To Perform At Emmet Picnic The not so ancient arms and legs of stars of another day will wave defiance at OLD FATHER TIME, at Emmet, Sun day next, when old Tiimers will play in a game of baseball in connection with the Annual Picnic of the Church of the Epiph any, Emmet. Glance over the list of sstars who have agreed to participate. Find your favorites of the past. Many of them say that they are ’most as good as in the Twenties or the Thirties. Whether you believe that Father Time has kept his scythe upon his shoulder these drought years or not, come out to see these oldsters step with “class.” You will enjoy it and the old timers want to hear the same old voices cheering or booing as of long ago. The game will be better than you think. List of Old Timers: L. Beck, A. Givens, D. Beckwith, H. Giv ens, F. Butterfield, Rev. J. Hilt, Hillt, U. Holida+". J. Brophy, F. Yungman, J. Conard, B. Milnar, F. Clark, Doc. McKee, J. Cuddy, T. Miller, G. Cole, B. Newton, D. Enright, D. O’Donnell, C. Farr, I. Pruss, R. Fritton, C. Shaw, B. Ford, four Trosynski Brothers, C. Fdrd, C. Yarnall, and others. Did we miss you? It was unin tentional—Come anyhow. We cannot guarantee the ap pearance of ALL these stars, but we hope to see them and we hope that you may see them, too. Other Events of Picnic Day An auction with heaps of fun. A perfect chicken and ham din ner. Bingp with exceptional prizes. And others. September 14th is the date— The place is Emmet—The time is 1:30 to 10:00 p. m. Miss Mary Ryan of Sioux City, Iowa, arrived on Tuesday to pend a few days here visiting her brother, J. B. Ryan and other relatives and friends. Navy Does Not Demand A H. S. Education Legion Head. High School Prin cipal Tell of Opportunities For Young Men Paul Beha, Commander of the local post of the American Legion, answers this important question for the young men of O’Neill. “Navy enlistees do not have to be high school graduates,’’ said Commander Beha. “Any ambitious and patriotic young fellow who wants to serve his country has that opportunity now by joining the United States Navy or Naval Re serve. Of course, he must be of average intelligence, good charac ter and be able to pass certain physical and mental examinations. Now, more than ever before, the Navy needs men of that type. “All applicants, whether or not they have high school diplomas, are given an elementary examina tion containing about 100 ques tions,” explained Commander Beha. “Those receiving a grade of 50 percent or more satisfy Navy educational standards. “Naturally, a high school edu cation is helpful in the Navy, just as it is in civilian life,” points out Mr. Martyn, principal of O’Neill High School. “There are certain advantages for the high school graduate in the Navy,” said Mr. Martyn. “He has a wider background to call upon in earning advancement In position and pay. For example, men who are proficient in English may be sent to one of the Navy’s com munications or clerical schools. Recruits with a knowledge or ap titude for handling tools might be marked for a trade or engineering course. Men with college educa tions may qualify for midship man’s training courses in the Naval Reserve and after their schooling period they will report for active duty as officers with the rating of ensigns. “The Navy has four excellent trade schools to which new re cruits in either the regular Navy or the Naval Reserve may be sent after a training period, providing they pass entrance examinations with sufficiently high grades. At these schools they will be trained in any one of nearly fifty skilled trades or vocations to which their aptitude suits them and will re ceive free schooling valued at hun dreds of dollars in addition to their regular Navy pay. Such an edu cation is valuable for advance ment in the Navy and in later life,” he concluded. Elmer Bowen left Tuesday for Bemidji, Minn., where he will visit at the home of his brother, Russell and family for the nexl two weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carstens and son, Bill, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Car stens and family, all of Norfolk, and Mr. and Mrs. Art Krupge wict of Meadow Grove; Mr. and Mrs. J. Barrett of Page; Charles Nieman of O’Neil; Orrie Robin son of Orchard and Mrs. W. M. Fritz of Seminole, Oklo., all spent free day in Page at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Neigenfind and family. ..Doubting.. the words of the wildcat pro motor and believing those of the banker has prevented many meeting with heavy loss BANK ACCOUNT O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits, $140,000.00 This Bank Carries No Indebtedness of Officers or Stockholders. Member hedersJ Deposit Insurance Cirporstioe Weather Report High Low Mois. Sept. 4_ 89 62 .30 Sept. 5_81 55 Sept. 6_81 57 Sept 7 „ Sept. 8 _ 69 50 T Sept. 9_ 69 47 Sept. 10 76 52 THE DAYS OF LONG AGO Fifty-Five Years Ago The Frontier, August 26, 1886 N. Martin’s new building has been raised and is being rapidly pushed to completion. On yesterday morning Rt. Rev. Bishop O’Connor of Omaha, ad ministered the sacrament of con firmation in the Catholic church at this place. There were ninety four girls and young ladies and one hundred and seventeen boys. Fifty Years Ago The Frontier, August 27, 1891 The Nye Schneider Grain and Elevator company is building an elevator near the Northwestern track and will be on the market for grain this fall. The Item, August 27, 1891 The O’Neill Eagle Club has leased the two front rooms over Corrigan’s drug store and will soon have them neatly furnished Twenty years ago tomorrow the first white settler set foot upon the virgin soil of Holt Coun ty. What a change has taken place since then. John Skirving was down from Stuart yesterday and informed the Item that he was a candidate for the republician nomination for Clerk of the district Court, subject to the action of the re publician county convention. Forty Years Ago The Frontier, August 29, 1901 The Republician county conven tion convened in the court house last Monday and nominated the following ticket: Treasurer, James Holden, Chambers; Clerk, E. S. Gilmour, Ewing; Sheriff, C. E. Hall. O’Neill; Judge, L. C. Chapman, Atkinson; Superintend ent, J. L. Cahill. Stuart; Sur veyor, R. E Bowden, Ayee; Cor oner, I. R. Smith, O’Neill. The populists held their county convention last Saturday and with a majority of one vote decided to go their own way and have nothing to do with the democrats. The following ticket was nomin ated: D. J. Cronin, Shields, treas urer; J. A. Trommershausser, Ewing, Clerk; W. H. Blackmer, Atkinson, Sheriff; James Morgan, Atkinson, Judge; T. V. Norvell, Chambers, Superintendent. The democrats also held their convention Saturday and after they had been scorned by the pops nominated the following ticket: John Wade, Verdigres, treasurer; G. W. Smith, O’Neill, Clerk; James Morgan, Atkinson, Sheriff; W. A. Wheeler, Sand Creek, Superintendent. Thirty Years Ago The Frontier, August 31, 1911 A light frost visited this sec tion of the country last Monday night, but no damage resulted. J. A. Donohoe has commenced the erection of a residence on the corner of First and Douglas street. Frank Biglin left for Scranton, Pennsylvania, last Monday morn ing, where he will spend a month visiting relatives. Twenty Years Ago The Frontier, August 25, 1921 Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Miles and daughter returned the first of the week from a ten day sojourn at Long Pine. A large number of O’Neillites have been bitten by the golf bug and a mid-summer tournament was held this week. Most busi ness men are absent from their places of business and all you hear is golf, golf! Ten Years Ago The Frontier, August 27, 1931 The O’Neill baseball team was defeated by Winner at Butte last Sunday 8 to 2. Mrs. Joseph McCaffery one of the very early settlers of Holt County passed away last Friday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Guy White in Petersburg, Nebr. Land Leased For An Airport For O'Neill O’Neill will have a municipal I rport. At the last regullar neeting of the City Council, a notion to lease 100 acres of land J >r a Municipal Airport was unan Jnously approved, and on Friday l contract was signed with Frank Peter, whereby the city has J-ased 100 acres of land upon which will be erected a Munici pal Airport The Airport, which will be sit fated one mile south of the rail > lad tracks, will consist of 100 I’res of land, upon which a ten 3 ear lease has been signed, at an rnnual rental of $60.00 per year, i The State Aeronatics Board has $ -t aside $850 which will be used |i l the construction of a hanger f id runways. The State Aeronatics Board Itvill send L. E. Tyson, State Air port Engineer, to the city who will survey the field and lay out the buildings and runways and con struction will start immediately, following the completion of his survey. Mr. Tyson is expected to arrive some time the first of the week. O'Neill has long needed an airport, as planes are the com ing method of transportation and the Mayor and City Council are to be commended in taking ad vantage of this opportunity to place O’Neill in the ranks af those cities which have first class air ports. The following is taken from the files of The Fontier, of its issue of July 10, 1941: In ten years from 'now air planes will be as popular and as common as automobiles were ten years ago. The city, or cities that have good air ports are the ones that will be on the direct line of travel across the country. ! O’Neill, being one of the greatest [ centers of Federal Highways in : the state, would be a likely place for a good airport and our citizens would be derelict in their duty to the rising generation unless they get together and promote a good landig field in thiis city. Now is the time to get ready for a field as the Federal governmant is going to spend a lot of money in building airports in cities along Federal highways and we should get into the ranks of the appli cants. Mrs. Sarah E. Hull Celebrates 86th Birthday Sept. 6th Mrs. Sarah E. Hull, Holt county pioneer, celebrated her 86th bithday on Saturday, September 6th at her home in the Meek neighborhood. Seven of her eleven children came that morning with filled bas kets for a dinner with their mother. She did not know that any plans had been made, but made the remark that “I thought surely someone would come.” Others there besides the child ren and their families that remain at home were: Mr. Claude Hull and family, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hull and family of Redbird, Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Hull and family of Lynch; Mr. and Mrs. Walter De vall, Clyde, Allen, Crawford, of Sheridan, Wyo.; and Ed. Miller, a nephew, who has been visiting in the community from Belling ham, Wash. Mrs. Hull enjoys good health and is active with the housework and the care of a fine flock of chickens and many other chores. Everyone left wishing “Grand ma” Hull many more happy birth days. - I First Football Game For 0. H. S. Here Sept. 19th Twenty-five men have reported to Coach Dean as candidates for he O’Neill Football team among which are lettermen including Manzer, Osenbaugh, Calkins. Ridgeway, Kloppenborg, Wolfe, Oberle, Wetzler and McKenna. Other pjromising prospects are Lloyd Wyant, Ronald Huebert, Carold Lewis, Ick Van Every, Or ville Lewis and ~ d Cole. ill be played at 19, with Spen uning scheduler Bloomfield; October S, Basset October 9, Creighton; October 17, Ewing; October 22, Ainsworth; November 11, Neligh and November 27, Atkinson.