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VOL. LXII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA. TffURSDAY. DECEMBER 4 1941 NUMBER 31
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With Japan, Germany and Italy
The United States of America is now at war. Last
Sunday afternoon the coherts of Japan raided the
American possessions in the Pacific and bombed them,
while their emmissaries were in Washington convers
ing with our official representatives regarding peaqe.
It was a cowardly and dasterdly attack and one that
resulted in the death of over 3,000 American soldiers
and citizens. The attack came in the early hours of the
morning and caught our forces unprepared for this
act of treachery.
On Monday the United States congress with practi
cally a unanimous vote, declared war on Japan, the
only dissenting vote in the senate or house being that
of Miss Jennette Rankin, of Montana, who voted
again the declaration of war against Germany twenty
four years age, who again voted against the declar
ation of war with Japan.
On Wednesday Italy and Germany declared war
against the United States and a few hours afterwards
the Congress of the United States* with a unanimous
vote, declared war against Germany and Italy. We are
now in it to the bitter end.
The writer has never agreed with the foreign polices
of the President. It always looked to us as if he was
hunting trouble. But now we are in War and as a loyal
and Patroitic American we are behind him and all
his assistants to see the war to a successful conclusion,
< and we know that we will win.AKitkibe-people of
American united, you cannot defeat us and we are
now united. LET US ALL PUT OUR SHOULDERS
TO TH EWHEEL AND HELP WIN.
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SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES
By Romaine Saunders
A Nebraska locomotive engineer
recently retired from the engine
throttle after 51 years on the job
without an acccident. Each year,
in my own simple and unadvent
urous daily round, I manage to
acquire one or more blackened
fingers nails from a blow with a
hammer.
An enterprising business man
over at Chambers, T. E. Newhouse,
visits this section by airplane to
look after the needs of his custom
ers and prospective customers.
His place of business is a building
that at one time stood across the
street from The Frontiier office in
O’Neill, known as the Critic
saloon. Bard Hanna had the job
of moving it to Chambers. He
also moved my former dwelling in
Wheeler county to Chambers, the
same now being the home of
the senior Mr. and Mrs. Platte.
Bard has retired from so strenu
ous work but I understand still
has the heavy timbers and heavy
chains. House moving is not
what it once was as there are few
if any wagons in the country fit
to move houses.
Crimson streaks in farflung ban
ners across the southwest hori
zon at sunset, the call of a lone
coyote to its mate after the stars
begin to show through rifts In
the clouds, the polecats gas barage
and restlessness of prairie wild
lings, indicated to the weather
wise that our balmy autumn days
were to be interrupted. It came
toward the week end in the form
of a blanket of snow. By Sunday
this had disappeared and a violent
gale raged out of the north.
Mrs. Louise Lawson and son,
Roger, of Albion, spent a few
hours Sunday at the Riley ranch.
Since the death of John A. Rob
ertson, who frequently expressed
his views through the local papers,
there seemed to be none with a
thought on matters of moral or
material welfare. But from out
of the silence of indifference to
the social and the political head
long plunge comes a word of
warning from Mr. Puckett. The
A Problem with which he deals is as
old as the human race, and if it
cannot be solved on a mass basis
I
it can be individually. Thoughts;
of our neighbors appearing in'
print show what our citizens are
thinking about. If none such ap
pear in print the inference is they
are not thinking.
Occasionallly I pick up a bit of
fiction and read until the heroine
liehts a cigarette. Writers say
that is true life. True to life in
deed. But we want our books
to lift us out of the sordid things
of life—out of the mire of pamp
ered appetite, out of the giddy
vanities and human follies that
neither satisfy nor endure. Cups
brimful of sunrise, flash of ser
aph’s wings, rainbow tints, beauty
in nature with its music and art,'
nobility in man and lovliness in
women—there are the rightful
heritage of those who read books.
We see plenty of the other in real
life.
Nothing has come from scien
tific sources as to the chemical
effect on sea foods, if any, of the
lining of the oceans depths with
sunken ships and bodies of men.
Think I shall stick to what grows
on the land.
It may be intended clandestine
ly, but the married man up-town
who calls another’s wife over1
these country telephones and
addresses her as “honey” pub
lishes it to the whole neighbor
hood. When the telephone is
rung for a certain ome the gingle
is heard in every home and there
is a general taking down of re
ceivers.
The blow has fallen. And
now the cry, On the Tokyo!
While Nippon ambassadors in
Washington were speaking soft
words the scourage of nations at
Berlin plotted the dagger thrust
of the assassin. “The voice is
Jacob’s voicce, but the hands are
the hands of Esau.” Whether
this added horror to the world
tragedies would not have been
and our courtry not been guided
by other hands is not now to be
quibbled over. The native will
go forward unitedly to sustain
its historic traditions in the hour
of peril, and our chief executive
r.ow needs our prayers rather
fhan our censure. Afr to the
totaltarian monster back of it
all, the words of Habbakkuk ring
out a challenge: “Because thou
hast spoiled many nations, all
the remnant of the people shall,
spoil thee.”
Found this in the Alaska
Weekly, which accuses our own
Ewing Advocate of promulgating
it:: ‘‘Dear James: Well, since I
sold the farm in Arkansas. I
have prospered. You know, Jim,'
we always lived in that little
one-room shack, but when I came
to Texas and bought a farm, I
soon afterward leased it to an oil
company, and sure was lucky.;
for hanged if they didn’t hit a
big oil field on the place and now I
have me a big house in Alto. It
has six rooms; there is one room
we don’t do anything but eat in;
then one we just sit in; 2 rooms
we don’t do anything but sleep
in; 1 room we don’t do anything
but cook in, and there is one that
is all white that has a place that
you can wash your hands and
face in, and over in the other
comer there is a place to wash
your feet When we moved in
there were two lids on this, but
we had them taken off, and are
using one of them for a dough
board and have framed grand
pa’s picture with the other.
Write me a letter when you have
time. JOHN."
A Large Run And Price*
High At Local Market
A good run of both hogs and
cattle met with sharply advancing
prices at the livestock auction here
last Monday. All classes shared
the general price upswing with
some kinds of cattle advancing
as much as per hundred.
The extreme top on steer calves
was $14.00 but $12.00 to $13.00
caught the long end of the day’s
offering. A few heifer calves,
cashed $11.50 but popular price
ranged from $10.50 to $11.00.
A good supply of yearling
was here, none of extra good
quality. The bulk sold from $10.50
to $11.00 with a few of the better
kind going some higher. Heifers
in this class ranged from $9.50 to
$10.50.
A heavy run of cows showed up
again this week. The prices on
these advanced sharply—fully
25c to 50c on practically all kinds.
Fat cows paid an extreme top of
$8.00; however, the bulk of these
sold from $6.50 to $7.50. Breeding
cows sold mostly by the head at
higher prices than last Monday.
Bulls were stronger in prices
Supplies of hogs showed an in
crease and prices advanced con
siderably. Extreme top on but
chers was $10.10 with a popular
price ranging from $9 00 to $10.00
claiming the bulk of the offering.
Sows paid from $9.25 to $9.25. Pigs
went as high as $11.20.
About 175 sheep were here and
these sold mostly by the head. A
few horses completed the day’s
receipts.
The next regular auction will
be held on Monday, Dec. 15.
We Are Now At War
Let Us Stand Together
December 7, 1941. This date will
be engraven on our minds and
hearts from this day forward, as
it is one of the most important
dates in our history. Mars has
once again raised his mighty arm
and we are again at war, fighting
a vicious and cunning enemy,
fighting for our very existence.
While President Roosevelt was
talking peace terms with the
Japanese envoy, the Japanese air
force was attacking Hawaii, Quam
and the Phillipine Islands. One
hundred forty-four soldiers and
sailors were killed, three hundred
or more injured.
America has united in a fight
to the bitter end, united as never
before in history. Behind us we
have Britian, and her possessions,
the Dutch East Indies. China and
practically a solid block of South
American nations.
Behind President Roosevelt we
are a united nation, party prejud
ices and party politics forgotten.
“United We Stand, Divided We
Fall”.
Let this be our banner, and with
firm faith and courage we will
go on unafraid, with dauntless
courage, secure in our belief that
what is right will be, and we will
win this war and once again be a
free nation—please God.
M. J. C.
St. Mary’s Stars Their
Basketball Season Monday
Saint Mary's High School will
play there first home game here
Monday night December 15
against Saint Joseph’s of Atkin
son and then on Friday the 19th.'
we have another home game
against Inman. Then al ter the
game against Inman the boys
have the Christmas vacation and
then the Holt county Toumment
at O’Neill January- 7,8 and 9.j
Saint Mary’s team lost the first,
two games both away from home
one at Long Pine by the score of
43 to 23. Then Sunday the bas
ketball boys went to Norfolk and
lost to the Sacred Heart Quintet
27 to 21. A detailed report of this
game will be found somewhere in
this paper. But even if the boys
have lost their first two games
the next two are going to be
good hard fought games and lets
see all of the O’Neill people there,
to cheer Saint Mary’s Academy on!
to victory.
O'Neill Girl and Bay
Married On West Coast
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bazelman re
ceived word the last of the week'
that their daughter. Miss Eleanor
Bazelman was married on Nov. 23.
to Alvin Bousch at Las Vegas,.
Nev., Mr. Bousch is the son of
Henry Bousch, and is a Holt
county native.
Mr. Bousch is employed by a
Cement Mixing Company, and the
couple will,be at home in Wood
land Hills, California.
SPORT NOTES
“Bystander"
Saint Mary’s was handicaped
by having the whole first team
graduating • last year and having
only two lettermen returning.
Saint Mary’s lost to Page twice.
Stuart twice and Chambers once
and we wish to remind you folks
that Page lost their firsst game to
Niobrara 16 to 14 and then con-1
tinued the season undefeated and:
tying for tenth place along iwth
six other clubs on the World-Her
ald all state six man dubs.
On the O’Neill High side of
football they have had their best
football team for three years
winning four, losing two and ty
ing two. In the first game of the
season the O’Neill team, at the
city park, played a 0 to 0 scoreless
tie with Spencer. Spencer finished
the season undefeated and unscor
ed on although they played two
scoreless ties. Spencer was the
only High School team in Ne
brasaka that ended the season
without being scored on, although
O’Neill still considers their great
est victory was over Atkinson,
who they played on Thanksgiv
ing day and beat 13 toO. This was
somewhat different from the
70 to 0 slaughter they received at
the hands of Atkinson last year
Now on the basketball side of
the sports. Saint Mary’s opened
their basketball season last Friday
at Long Pine and with only one
letterman Saint Mary’s lost 43 to
22. Then on Sunday Saint Mary’s
played Sacred Heart at Norfolk
where the Norfolk Quintet won
2J to 21. Saint Mary’s first home
game is with Saint Joseph of
Atkinson on Monday Dec 15. A
very large crowd is expected.
O’Neill has not played their
basketball game, but they are
playing away from home next
week.
Commercial Club
Entertain Football Teams
Tuesday Evening
Around sixty boys and profes
sional men of the city were ut at
tendance at the football banquet
given by the Commercial Club for
the football teams of the O Neill
High School and Saint Mary's
Academy, on Tuesday night.
December 9. 1941.
Forty players ami five coaches
were also m attendance Coaches
Dean and Father Parr introduced
the members of the teams. As
sisttant Coaches Peterson, Grey
beil and Parkins were atsu intro
duced. Charles Ridgeway, hon
orary- Captain of the O'Neill High
Schoole team, thanked the mem
bers of the Commercial Club in
behalf of the O’Neill High School
team. Jack Harty, of St Mary s
Academy, expressed apprecitation
of his teahm for the banquet Dr.
L. A. Burgess and C. F. Gnll were
in charge of the arrangements for
the banquet James W Rooney
was thejtoastmaster
Gregg McBride, of Tjmvtin a
sports writer on the Omaha
World-Herald, of Lincoln, talked
to the bays regarding high school
athletics and told some amusing
incidents, which he had heard
and witnessed. Mr. McBride
showed a colored film of the Rose
Festival Parade and the Nebras
ka-Stanford football game. He
also showed a film of the Nebrars
fall in Lincoln. A very enjoy
able time was had by all that
ka-Pittsburg game played this
Bill Broberg, of Neligh, was
! lissted on the first eleven at cen
ter on the Lincoln JoumaTs all
state eleven. Ail the O'Neill folks
will remember Bill when he play
ed with Neligh against O NeiL
on Armistice day. Bill made the
only touchdown for Neligh thai
afternoon as he raced 40 yards
for a touchdown, but O'Neill won
the game 7 to 6. As a lot of
O’Neill people have seen Bill play
I am sure that I can express my
opinion that Bill is one of the
finest football players that I have
ever seen.
Hospital Notes
Mardell Butts of Chambers, had
an appendectomy Monday.
Virginia Lee Buffalo of Page,
was a patient Tuesday.
Lorrane Barrett of Page, ad
mitted Tuesday night.
Mrs. Neil Groeling of Venus,
admitted Saturday night.
Alexander Hamilton of Kansas
City, Missouri, dismissed Satur
day. ^
County Court
D. B. Moody of Newport, ar
rested by Patrolman John T.j
Meistrell, charge delinquent oper- j
ator’s license. Date of hearing
Dec. 8, plead guilty, fine $1.00,
cost $3.10.
Gerald Wettlaufer, of Page,
arrested by Patrolman John T.j
Meistrell, charge leaving scene of
accident, driving under age. Date
of hearing Dec. 8, plead guilty
fine $7.50 count one, $10.00 cout 2,
cost $3.10.
BRIEFLY STATED
E. M. Jarman of Chambers vis
ited at the Ivan Pruss home Sun
day evening.
Mr and Mrs. John Pruss of
Emmet and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Tomjack of Ewing, were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ivan
Pruss Monday.
j Free Xmas Candy and Nuts
j O’Neill Commercial Club
Friday, Dec., 19
At 2 o’clock
Xmas Singing By O’Neill School
I SANTA CLAUS
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Cautus Chib
The Cautus Club met at the
i home of Mrs. Sam Robertson on
' December 1 The meeting was
call'd to order by the praidat,1
Mrs Axel Borg. Nine members
and one visitor were present.
Our leaders Mrs. Henry Martin
and Mrs Alfred Drayton demon
strated the tesskm “Toys for the
Children.” Among the toys ex
hibited were Doll furniture. Rab
bit form board, Modeling Clay
' and Geometrical form Board.
Plans were made for the Child
ren's Christmas party at the home
of Mrs. V Simonson on December
: 27th, and an adult party at the
home of Mrs George Rector on
December 29
Another Pioneer
Passes Away
Mrs Charles Petftjohn pass
ed away at the O’Neill hospital
Wednesday, December 10. The
funeral will be held Friday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the Pres
byterian church. Rev. Dr. Spen
cer officiating. Mrs. Pettijohn wat
over 7* years of age at the time
of her death.
Agnes Bentley was boro in
Canada on July 12, 1863. In 1884
the family came to this country
and her father took a homestead
northeast of this city. They lived
there for a few years and then
they moved to this city where he
opned a grocery, bakery and con
fectionary store and Mrs. Petti
John and her sister assisted their
father and mother on the oper
ation of the store.
On June 26. 1912, she was
united in marriage tu ■Charles
Pettijohn who, with a sister, Mrs.
Flora Wise survives, besides a lot
of friends..
The writer had known Mrs.
Pettijohn for over fifty years and
we always classed her among
our most imtimate friends. She
was a charming woman, who had
a host of friends among the old
time settlers in this city and sec
tion of the county. We extend
sympathy to her bereaved re.
latives.
BRIEFLY STATED
Mrs Henry Wenge and sons
of Creighton, spent Monday at the
home of her daughter, and their
sister, Mrs. M. J. Connelly.
Mr and Mrs Gary Wrede of
Omaha. Mrs. M J. Enright, and
Prank Fallon, of O'Neill went to
Wagner, S. D, Monday to visit
Mr. and Mrs. William Fallon.
They returned home Tuesday
evening.
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Billy Biglin and John Shoe
maker, Jr, students at the
Creighton University, visited their
parents. Mr and Mrs W J. Big
Mn and Mr. and Mrs. John Shoe
maker. from Saturday until Mon
Monday.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Walker, of
South Sioux City, visited relatives
in Page. Stafford and O'Neill,
over the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Shierk went
to Bonesteel, S. D , Sunday and
spent the day at the home of Mrs.
Shierk's mother, Mrs. Marie Pet
ranek.
Miss Elia McCullough entertain
ed the Presbyterian Missionary
Society at her home Tuesday
evening.
Mrs. Vem Sageser and Mrs. L.
Sageser of Amelia, visited at the
home of H. O. Russ last week.
Mrs. Don Fuller was in Butte
over the week-end visiting rela
tives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Ferris,
Miss Magaret Martin and Bob
Wiliams were in Norfolk Friday
: for the day.
Mrs. H. G. Kruse and Mrs. C.
. W. Porter spent Monday in Nor
j folk.
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Donald Enright and Ralph
Walker went to Omaha Tuesday
to see Wallace McKim, who is
seriously ill in the St Joseph’s
! hospital.
Hrs. Helen Sirek and daughter
Yvonne visited relatives in Pierce
j Sunday.
St. Mary’s Loses To
Sacred Heart At Norfolk
With his team trailing by oar
point going into the last halt Jim
Ke leher took personal charge of
Sacred Heart's attack and scored
11 points in the flnall cants to grea
the Norfolkans a 27-21 victory
over St Mary's of O’Neill, here
Sunday afternoon m the opener
Sacred Heart outplayed the in
vaders in the first half, but St.
Mary's tosses dominated the play
in the third period in which they
came from behind to take the
bad. Starting the fourth period
Coach Harold Stoeber shifted Ke
leher from guard to a spot under
the basket, and the lad responded
by sinking five fielders and a free
throw.
Norfolkans Taka Lwd
Tam pretty field goals by Keir
her gave Sacred Heart a 4-3 lead
in the first period. Leise connect
ed via the free toss route
before Junousek scored from the
side for St. Mary's. After Leiar
had made a close in shot Kubit
sehek made a fielder and a gift
shot to make the score 7 to 5 Just
before the quarter ended. Krby sa
a a nifty pivot play scored for Sac
red Heart making the count 9 to S.
Little scoring was done in the
second period in which Sacred
Heart missed many shots. Sacred
Heart increased its lead whea
Leise converted a snappy pass
from Kirby. Junousek's and Keie
her's free tosses finished the sec
ond period scoring, the count at
half time being 12 to 6.
It was Gallagher who put St
Mary's back in the game. He
bagged three beautiful fielders to
tie the score at 12-all. Ke leher pot
the Norfolkans out in front with a
long shot but Kubitschek sent
St Mary's ahead, 15 to 14. with a
free throw and a long basket frtan
the side
Keleher Gets Hot
Early in the fourth period Kele
her started his one-man bom
bardment of the hoop. He wished
a pair of fielders through the net
and Fisher scored on an out-of
hounds play to put Sacred Heart
ahead, 20 to 15. About four min
utes before the game ended, Ku
bitschek made a free toss, as did
Keleher. — After Janousek had
scored another fielder, Keleher
in the last three minutes of play
made three fielders and Kubit
schek scored from the middle of
the court.
Keleher led the winners with
18 points, while Kubitschek scored
10 to pace the invaders. Kirby
turned in a fine floor game for
the winners, as did Gallagher of
St Mary’s.
A large number of O’Neill fans
accompanied the team to Norfolk.
Masonic Garfield Lodge
Elects New Officers
Garfield Lodge No. 95 met
Thursday night, December 4, and -
elected the following officers for
the ensuing year. A. E. Bowen
Worshipful Master. Van Robert
son, Senior Warden and H. M.
Lee Junior Warden. A joint in
stallation of officers is expected
to be held on Thursday night,
January 15. with the local Chap
ter of Eastern Stars. Considerable
interest is being shown in both
orders and they are looking for
ward to many good times together
the coming year.
L. G. Gillespie received word
this morning that Albert B. New
eU died at his home in Seattle
Washington, on Thursday of last
week. Albert was a former resi
dent of this city, leaving here for
the west coast about forty years
ago. Since that time time he had
been engaged in the real setate
business at Seattle.
v ‘^beit,Was a steP-son of Dr. B.
r Trueblood, one of our leading
physncians some fifty years ago
and grew to manhood in this city
When he reached manhood’s es
tate he engaged in the real estate
business here, in which profession
he was very' successful and when
he left here he entered the «u»n»y
business in Seattle and there was
recognized as one of their leading
realty dealers.
A' PurSess has installed
the latest and most modem shock
proof I -Ray in his office, in order
to keep abreast of the times in hi.
profession.