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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.