SOUTHWESTERN
BREEZES_
By Romaine Saunders
A good combination: An open
Bind and mouth shut
—
A lot of confusion over fabri
cating rubber. Have expected
some jocular gent to suggest it
can be extracted from the rub
ber necks.
W News and gossip disscimin
ators at the nation’s capitol say
Mr. Roosevelt would regard the
election of a republican governor
in New York a ‘national calam
ity.” Maybe the country has
been misinformed respecting the
president’s wishes as to “adjourn
ment of politics.”
Refreshing showers the past
week and warm days have com
bined to array the southwest in
unsurpassed verdure. Trees in
full foilage of shimmering green,
grass knee high and the deep
blue iris bloom dotting the prai
rie. Victory gardens and berry
beds are coming into service.
Seed buyers are in the commun
ity contracting the blue grass
seed. Soon ranchers will plan
for getting an immense hay
yield into the stacks. So many
of the youth of the country are
on military and naval service that
the superanuated old duffers willl
have to take their places in the
hay meadows.
You may not have a trunk full
of bonds or other accumulated
treasure but the stars and the
moonlit heaven are yours, the
birds and the flowers, the glow
and fragrance of early dawn, the
slanting lines of the rain and
the smell of wet earth, the gleam
of sunlight in shimmering tree
top and the rolling waves of the
prairie grass spread in endless
J miles across the land, the ming
™ led gold and purple tint flashed
out of the sky at the close of
day; the warm contact in the
hand clasp of old friends, daily
association with mankind and the
heart throbs of loving service
and little courtesies in the home
—these are yours, and no taxes
stand against it all.
Respecting man’s relation to
man th<ye is sounded from the
smoking summit of old Mt. Sinai
► THOU SHALT NOT—
KiU
Sustain adulterous relations
Steal
Speak falsely
Covet.
Much of the world has flouted
these basic principles of human
relationship to launch a carnival
of destruction, and only because
of the noble souls that acknowl
edge allegiance to heaven’s pre
cepts is the divine hand stayed
from the consuming wrath of an
offended God. Butchery, des
truction, suffering—and the hat
red, race againqst race, people
raging at people, man against
man. The remedy? Read again
the precepts from Sinai.
Nebuchadnezzar, Darius, Alex
ander, Caesa.r Charlmange, Na
poleon—all tried the idea of
world government, and this
dream still lingers in the ambit
ion’s breast. Diversity of tongues,
% racial insstincts, national and
tribal traditions, differences in
life habits, mental outlook, re
ligious concepts— an impossible
job of amalgamating it all under
one government head. The schol
arly and devout Paul declared to
the learned men of Athens that
their “Unknown God” “hath
made of one blood all nations of
men for to dwell on all the face
of the earth, and hath determined
the times before appointed, and
the bounds of their habitations.”
Nations, small and great, get
along pretty well until an inter
national brigand raises his sinis
ter head and while the span al
lotted for men to manage the
old earth “the bounds of their
habitations” will continue to be
marked by national lines. “Right
eousness exalted a nation,” not
the ambitions of the leaders of
nations. Man, in all ages, has
sown vanity only to reap despair.
Candidates for county office
are neither numerous nor active.
Announcements have been made
of only a few filings, some of
them repeat. I think the most
disappointed candidate at a fall
election in the county was when
Ed Butler was defeated for re
election as county clerk. Mr.
Butler had served a term, made
a good official and felt he was
entitled to another term. But
the populist rising tide and feel
ing then frothing and brewing
against poor one-eyed and crip
pled Barrett Scott defeated But
ler. For the remainder of hi*
term he was broken and heart
sore and could talk of little else
but his defeat to those who came
in on business at the clerk’s
office. As I recall, Bill Bethea
of Ewing was elected that fall
on th populist ticket, returning
in later years to the republican
fold from which he came. That
was a period of political turmoil
and frenzied clammor in Holt
county, the fate of the nation
hanging in the balance when the
clans gathered in from the prai
rie in one of those memorable
populist conventions.
Livestock Market
Active This Week
Another good run of livestock
for this season of the year met
with active demand and fully
steady to strong prices at the
regular weekly livstock auction
held here last Monday.
The quality of the offering,
generally, was medium to good.
There were plenty of buyers on
hand, and the day’s supplies
were quickly absorbed and the
undertone looked firm thruout.
The best loadlots of steer
calves, scaling 445 pounds, sold
at $13.60. The bulk of this class
sold mostly from $12.50 to $13.50,
with a scattered few reaching
well up toward $14.00. Heifer
calves were scarce and prices
paid looked about steady with a
week ago.
Yearlings were in fairly good
supply and the long end brought
from $11.00 to $12.00. Common
grades dipped into the high tens.
The best yearling heifers offered
here brot $11.00 and better with
the lightweights claiming the
upper bracket prices.
Cows with calf at side were in
demand and sold at good prices.
Likewise, good milch cows met
with broad demands. Fleshy
beef cows paid as high as $10.20
on the good kind. Bulk of this
class sold from $9.25 to $10.00.
Commoner grades placed at $8.50
and up. Bulls were definitely
stronger in price with a price
ceiling of $10.50 on 1500 pound
ers. The bulk of this offering
sold at $10.00 and above.
Hog supplies were heavy with
around 400 head for sale here.
Butchers cashed at $13.60 to
$13.70. Handy weight sows sold
mostly from $13.25 to $13.50
with a few reaching higher.
Gilts reached $14.30. Feeder
pigs sold upwards to $16.10.
Many little pigs were sold by the
head at fancy prices.
Next auction Monday, May 8.
Attend Family Reunion
At Rapid City, S. D.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Clauson
drove to Rapid City, S. D., on
Saturday to attend a family re
union of the Clauson family, at
the home of Harry’s mother,
Mrs. Walter Clauson. It was
the first time the family had been
together in twenty-three years.
Among those pressent wr,e Mrs.
Harry Campbell and Mrs. Claude
Morton, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs.
Ralph Chapman of Des Moines,
Iowa, and Mrs. Floyd Derby of
Rapid City, S. D, and brother,
Ted Klinetobe.
Mr. and Mrs. Clauson also vis
ited Mrs. Clauson’s sister and
brother-in-law, Mr. and Mr. H.
F. Plank of Spearfish, S. D.
Red Cross First Aid
Class Is Graduated
Dr. L. A. Carter reports that
he has just completed the course
of instruction of another class in
the American Red Cross first aid.
He says that sufficient applica
tions have been received for an
other class, which will begin
work at 8 p. m. June 8 in the
court house annex.
Dr. W. F. Finley will be the
instructor.
NOTICE.
The Holt County Board of
Equalization will meet at their
office in the court house at
O’Neill, Nebr., on Tuesday, June
9, 1942 and will be in session not
less than three days nor more
than twenty days. All com
plaints on valuations or assess
ments must be made during
this time.
JOHN C. GALLAGHER,
County Clerk
Jack Carney is spending the
week in South Sioux City, Nebr.,
| visiting friends.
O’Neill Native Son
Invents Machine Gun
The daily press the first of the
week caried the following special!
from Los Angeles, California:
“A 27-year-old former O’Neill, j
Nebraska, resident, who as a boy
fashioned a machine gun that
fired rubbr bands, will leave to
morrow for Springfield, Mass.,
and Washington, D. C., where
he’ll dmonstrate his newest
machine gun, the grown-up type.
“It’s a sub machine gun that
will fire 500 or more .45 caliber
bullets a rttinute and its designer
is William D. Hammond.
“Hammond, who demonstrated
his weapon yesterday, said the
war department was definitely
interested in it.
“These are noteworthy features
of the gun, as outlined by Ham
moiltl: It is revolutionary in its
simplicity, having fewer parts
than any gun of its kind ever
manufactured; is it cheap, accur
ate, light in weight; materials in
its make-up are available and
“most any machine shop in the
country could turn ’em out.’
“The weapon weighs 6*6 lbs.,
or 3*6 pounds less than the
next haviest gun of this type.
Its recoil, says Hammond, is com
paratively negligible.
"Hammond came to California
in 1934 to attend the University
of Southern California.’’
William is the son of Mr. and \
Mrs. W. J. Hammond and was)
born and grew to manhood in
this city. After finishing High
School he went to California and
graduated from the University of
Southern California. He ’has al
ways been an inventive genius
and from all reports it sems that
he finally has something that will
bring him both fame and fortune.
His many O’Neill friends tender
sincere and hearty congratu
lations.
R. A. F. Air Force
Blasts Cologne, Germany
Twelve hundred fifty R. A. F.
planes dropped tons of bombs on
principal objectives in Germany j
and occupied France Saturday
night. The main objective was'
Cologne, a city of nearly 800,000
people. The majority of the1
planes were four motored bomb-1
ers which carried up to eight
tons of bombs. The raid lasted
ninety minutes, which means
about ten ton of bombs were
dropped a minute. Cologne, one
of the most heavily fortified cities
in Germany, was given every
thing the British had. Fires
could be seen as far away as 150
miles and the smoke asscended to
a height of 15,000 feet. The Ger
mans agree that considerable
damage was done, and the Brit
ish declare that the town was
almost leveled. It is interesting
to note the Germans claim they
shot down only 37 planes, while
the British say they lost 44, or
about 5% of all planes participat
ing in the raid.
It was a year ago at this time
that the Germans were bombing
England nightly. It remains to
be seen if the Germans can take
it as well as they can dish it
out.
Britian fear a retaliation raid
in the near future, although they
don’t believe it will be on the
scale of their raid on Germany,
which was the heaviest air raid
in the history of aerial warfare.
God Bless the British? Keep
’Em Flying and Bombing.
The Weather
H L
May 28_90 54
May 29_84 65
May 30_93 56
May 31_06 52
June 1_69 56
June 2_74 59
June 3_80 64
June 4 _90 66
Precipitation for the week was
1.15 inches.
Marriage Licenses
John Emmet Carr, O’Neill, and
Miss Mary Clare Waldman,
Amelia, on May 28.
Merle August Hansen, Chamb
ers and Miss Flossie La Vern
Young, both of Chambers, on
June 1st.
Otto L. Kreyith, Verdel. Nebr.,
and Miss Vlasta Foreman, Walnut
Nebr., on June 1st.
Mrs. Francis Murphy enter
tained her bridge club Friday
evening at her home. Prizes
were won by Mrs. Jack Vincent,
Mrs. R. H. Parker and Mrs. James
Walling.
Michael A. Englehaupt
Michael A. Englehaupt died at
his home northwest of Chambers
last Saturday after an illness of
about one year, of Dropsy, at the
age of 79 years, eleven months
and seventeen days. The funeral
was held Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian
church, Rev. Schabaker of Cham
bers officiating and bural n Pros
pect Hill Cemetery.
Deceased was bom at Melli
chasted, Bavaria, Germany, on
June 13, 1862. When he was a
young man he came to this coun
try and for a time lived at Ful
ton, Illinois. He remained there
for a few years and then came
to this county in the spring of
1881, which had been his home
ever since. On November 27,
1884, he was united in marriage
to Miss Anna Molly Van Cleve,
the ceremony being performed in
this city. Thirteen children
were born of this union, of
whom nine survive their father,
Mrs. Englehaupt passing away
in June 1940. The children are:
Newton J., Lawrence, Kansas;
Mike R., Crook, Colo.; William A.
Santa Clara, Cal.; Mrs. Barbara
Van Cleve, Unity, Oregon; Mrs.
Alice Bowring, Doty, Wash.;
Mrs. Olive Bartlett, Windell,
Idaho. Mrs. Violet Stewart,
Petersburg, Nebr.; Thomas F.,
Chambers; Arthur C., O’Neill.
He is also survived by his second
wife, to whom he was united in
marriage on December 3, 1940.
He is also survived by two
brothers and one sister.
Mr. Englehaupt was one of the
real old timers of the county.
For many years he lived in this
city and was employed by the
late F. C. Gatz as a butcher, but
he tired of city life and moved to
the farm which has been his life
time work. He had been a resi
dent of the place upon which he
died for a good many years and
was a successful farmer and
ranchman.
Holt Co. Oversubscribes
U. S. O. Campaign
Following is a statement of the
USO campaign in Holt county.
The quota for the county was
$500.00 and, as the statement be
low shows, it was overscribed.
The list of contributors was so
long and the contributions so uni
versal that it was deemed unnec
essary to publish a list of individ
ual donations. The local chair
men in each vicinity have a list
of contributors.
Collectons:
Emmet_$ 16.25
Inman_20.00
Page_35.00
Chambers_35.00
Ewing_ 45.00
Stuart_70.00
Atkinson __131.71
O’Neill, City_176.20
Paddock-Scott Ladies _ 19.00
Dorsey Ladies Aid_10.00
Alfred Drayton, calf
sold at auction_16.50
Total Collection _$584.66
Less Expense:
F. H. Holsclaw, distributing
advertising over county....$ 7.50
John Brennan, distributing
advertising in O’Neill _ 1.00
Postage and Telephone_ 2.10
Total Expense-$10.60
Total mailed to Walter J. Cum
mings, National Treasurer USO,
New York City, $574.06.
The above amount was mailed
on May 29„ 1942, and officially
closed the USO campaign in
Holt count. The closing date of
the drive throughout the nation
has been set for July 4, 1942, so
it will be seen that Holt county
has again promptly done its share
in the war effort.
As chairman of the Holt county
drive I wish to thank all who
contributed and aided in the cam
paign throughout the county.
My special thanks go to the local
chairmen: Guy Cole, Emmet;
Earl Watson, Inman; C. A. Town
sen, J,r. Page; Clair Grimes,
Chambers; Lyle Dierks, Ewing;
Mrs. F. P. Ulrich, Stuart; Ralph
Kelley, Atkinson; Rev. V. C.
Wright, O’Neill, Ladies of Pad
dock and Scott Townships; Dor
sey Ladies Aid, and Alfred Dray
ton, O’Neill.
EDWARD M. GALLAGHER,
Chairman.
Holt County USO Campaign.
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
The next State Teachers Exam
ination will be given at the Pub
lic School building in O’Neill on
Saturday, June 6, 1942.
Eljah McCullough,
County Superintendent.
Kay Fenderson Will Take
Civilian Defense Course
The chairman of the Holt
county Defense Committee has
announced that Mr. Kay D.
Fenderson, operations superin
tendent of the Northeastern Di
vision of the Consumer’s Public
Power district, has consented to
take the Civilian Defense course
sponsored by the state depart
ment of the American Legion,
and to be held in Lincoln in
mid-June.
All phases of civilian defense
are to be included in the course,
including courses in fire fighting
and fire defense, gas defense and
care and use of gas masks, pro
tection of property and build
ings, first aid, and many other
related phases of civilian de
fense for war.
Mr. Fenderson will spend sev
eral days taking this course, and
upon his return will conduct
classes for the instruction of per
sonnel from all the towns and
sections of the county. Mr. L.
C. Walling, manager of this di
vision of the power district, has
given him a leave of absence to
take the course. He will re
ceive no compensation, but is
spending his time and doing the
work as a patriotic gesture, for
which he should have the
thanks of the county.
BRIEFLY STATED
The Presbyterian Ladies are
having a rummage sale on Sat
urday, June 13. Watch for fur
ther notice.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Godek
are newcomers to O’Neill from
their former home in Omaha.
Mr. Godek is in partnership in
the Sunset Lodge. Mrs. Godek
was the former Clare Martin of
this city and is a well known
bowler, rating fiffth highest
among the Omaha women
bowlers.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Dowd and
family and Miss Nadine McNally
came Saturday from Schuyler to
spend the day. Mr. and Mrs.
Dowd visited with Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence O’Malley and Nadine
visited with Mr. and Mrs. Dick
Tomlinson.
Frank J. Harnish, son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. D. Harnish, student
at Wayne College has been in
itiated into Alpha Psi Omega,
national honorary dramatic fra
ternity. Students who have a sin
cere interest in the best type of
drama, who have shown rcogniz
ed ability in the field of drama,
and have a certain high scholastic
rating are eligible for member
ship. Frank J. Harnish is the
grandson of Mrs. J. C. Harnish.
Fritz Welch of the Great
Lakes Naval Training Station is
home on a ten-day furlough and
is visiting his mother, Mrs.
William Welch.
Ralph Porter left Sunday for
Tyndall Field, Florida, after
spending a ten day furlough vis
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Porter.
Bonnie Morton entertained
eight of her girl friends at a
party Friday afternoon at her
home. Various games were
played and a delicious lunch was
served.
Mrs. Loren Nelson left Friday
for Columbus, Ohio, to visit her
sister.
Mr. and Mrs. Porterfield and
son, Charles, visited Mr. and Mrs.
Bart Brennan Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Ann Belzer returned to
work at the M&M cafe Tuesday,
after having been ill for the past
ten days.
The Blue Dotters had a sur
prise dinner Monday evening at
the home of Miss Veva Aim in
honor of her birthday.
Miss Jean Biglin left Tuesday
for Chicago, Illinois, where she
will spend her two weeks vaca
tion vising the Misses Nadine and
Mary Katherine Coyne.
County Court
Glen Jungbluth of Chambers
was arrested on June 1st by
Patrolman Meietrel, charged
with cjriving while under the in
fluence of alcoholic liquor, to
which he pled guilty and was
fined $15.00 and costs of $3.10.
His operators license was sus
pended for ssix month.
Waldman-Carr
Miss Mary Clare Waldman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Art
Waldman of Amelia, and Private
Emmett Carr of Camp Roberts,
1 Calif., son of Mrs. John Carr of
O’Neill, were married at 7:30
o’clock on Friday morning, May
29th, at St. John’s Catholic
church at Deloit, Nebraska. The
Rev. Father Byersdorfer per
| formed the single-ring ceremony.
The bride was very attractive
ly attired in a green military
suit with yellow accessories.
She is a graduate of Atkinson
high school with the class of
1930, and for the past several
years has been a very successful
teacher in the Holt county
| schools. She just finished a
term of teaching in the Ewing
1 grade school.
The groom, who wore his
soldier’s uniform, is a graduate
of Loyola high school of Chicago,
Illinois, and until recently, when
inducted into the U. S. Army,
has been engaged in ranching
and cattle-raising.
The couple were attended by
the groom’s niece, Miss Dorothy
Ann Jordon, and the bride’s
cousin, Lawrence Hanna.
A wedding breakfast was
served at the M. & M. Cafe to
the bridal party and immediate
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Carr left Sunday
noon for California, where she
will visit her sister, Mrs. Leo
Marcellus, and family at Los
Angeles, and he will return to
Camp Roberts.
MRS. HAROLD HULL OF
NIOBRARA PASSED AWAY
Erma Mae Block was born on
May 10, 1917 at Walnut, Nebr.,
and passed away at her home at
the age of 25 years and ten days.
Erma grew to womanhood in
the Walnut community. She at
tended and was confirmed in the
Walnut Lutheran church at the
age of 12 years. She attended
high school for two years at
Verdigre, Nebr. Due to her
mother’s poor health, she helped
at home, and was unable to fin
ish her schooling.
Erma was united in marriage
to Harold J. Hull, Febr., 20, 1935.'
To this union three children1
were born: Larry Dean, age 5;
Rosalene Marie, age 3; Harold
James, infant, who preceded his
mother in ddath by tWo weeks.
She leaves to mour£: her hus-'
j band, two children; her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Block of
Walnut, Nebr., and three broth
ers, Arthur Albert of Walnut,
Arnold Theodore of Velasco,
Tex., Ray Dean at home, also a
host of other relatives and
friends.
In the spring of 1940, the
family moved to Verdigre, and
while located there Erma attend
ed and took interest in the church
and Sunday school, conducting a
Sunday school class. After she
moved to her new home near
Niobrara, she became active in
Bethany Lutheran church, and
also taught in the Sunday school.
Erma was loved by everyone
who knew her. She was a very
loving and affectionate wife and
mother. God bless her memory
among us.
Funeral services were held at
Verdigre. Burial was in the
Grimiton cemetery, about 17
miles southwest of Verdigre.
Inman Boy Has Been
Awarded A Commission
Gerald L. Sobotka, of Inman,
about ten days ago received a
commission from the President
as a Second Lieutenant in the
Air Corps Reserves. He took
the oath of office Monday, May
25th, at Lincoln, immediately
after receiving a degree with
distinction from the University
of Nebraska College of Business
Administration.
Lieut, and Mrs. Sobotka arriv
ed here Tuesday of last week for
a short visit before he leaves for
duty with the Army Air Corp.
Eagle Creek Club
A 4-H Club was organized at
Stony Butte school house, Dis
trict 84 Monday evening, June 4.
The officers are: President,
Edward Hynes; Vice president,
John O’Neill; Secretary, Francis
! Rohde; News reporter, Maxine
! Mitchell.
Leader, Mrs. Arthur O’Neill,
Assistant leader, Mrs. Walter
Sires.
The name of the Club is Eagle
Creek Club. The meeting ad
journed to meet June 14 at the*
home of Walter Sires.
Japs Launch Two
Attacks On Alaska
The Navy announced Wednes
day night that the Japanese had
made a second attack on Dutch
Harbor, Alaska, six hours after
four bombers and fifteen fighter*
had made the initial attack.
No serious damage was inflict
ed and causilities were few.
The attack—apparently a re
prisal for the American bombing
of Tokio and other Japanese
centers on April 19, occurred at
6:00 a. m., Alaska time, or 11:00
a. m., our time.
The attack had been expected
and the station ’ was prepared.
Army and Navy forces have been
in a state of alert throughout
the Canal Zone since noon Tues
day with all local leaves and
passes cancelled. .
In San Francisco the western
defense command and the Fourth
Army asked the public to watch
for any possible appearance of
Japanese wearing army uniforms
"and to assume that such individ
uals might be "fifth columnists."
All Japanese who are members
of the United States Army have
been removed from the western
defense command and Fourth
Army, except three on the post
at Fort Ord, California, who are
on special assignments.
The strength of Dutch Harbor
is a military secret but it is known
that considerable activity has
been centered there for more
than a year.
Situated some 2,500 nautical
miles above Tokio and Yokohoma
the base is of great stragetic im
portance to the United States.
States. That the Japanese would
make efforts to get it had been
a foregone conclusion.
There was no information on
whether defending forces des
troyed any of the enemy planes.
The fact that 15 fighter planes
participated in the raid strongly
indicated, in the opinion of the
experts, that a carrier was used,
although the bombers, if they
were of large size, might have
come from enemy land bases.
Strategists emphasized that
distances from Dutch Harbor to
other stragetic centers are im
portant. The base is 2,500 miles
from Yokohama, 1,700 miles from
Puget Sound and more than 2,500
miles from San Francisco.
The aerial attack on Dutch
Harbor was the first on American
soil since the Philippines fell, and
the first time in history that
North America proper had been
attacked from the air.
Holt County Assessing 1
Reported Neary Closed
The assessment of Holt coun
ty property has been very nearly
completed. There remain only
a few schedules to be tabulated
and corrected.
With the thirty-six precincts
now completed, assessors have
found more personal property
than for the past several years.
The thirty-six precincts now
tabulated show a raise of over
one and a half million dollars
over 1941. More hogs and more
cattle have contributed largely
to this raise. Tabulations on
cities and villages will be com
pleted this week.
The next fifteen days will give
taxpayers and assessors a chance
to meet, equalize and adjust dif
ferences. A deputy from the
state tax commissioner’s office
now is in this county, making a
check on property assessments.
Some prosecutions for tax evas
ion can be expected. Any tax
payer who has failed to make
his proper return to the assessor
should do so at once.
The Holt county board of
equalization will meet June 9,
and be in session not less than
three days.
WALTER G. SIRE,
County Assessor.
‘Sighted Sub, Sank Same*
Donald Francis Mason, 28, of
Rochester, Minn., nephew of H_
F. Gilday of this city, aviation
machinests mate first class, U.
S. Navy, blasted a submarine
with depth bomb s and laconi
cally reported to his base, “sight
ed sub, sank same.” Mr. Mason,
who has been in the Navy for the
past 5 years, was rewarded with
an officer’s commission, and the
distinguished flying cross.
Mason’s squadron had convoy
ed Prime Minister Winston
Churchill a part of the way dur
ing his history making trip to the
United States in December.
Every flier in the squadron was
presented with a wrist watch by
I Queen Elizabeth of England.
