THE FRONTIER
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THE DAYS OF
LONG AGO
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Forty Years Ago
The Frontier, February 5, 1903.
William Anderson and Harriette
Hayne, both of Page, were mar
ried by Judge Morgan last Thurs
day.
The entire county board and
County Clerk Gilmour went over
and viewed the new bridge across
the Niobrara last Friday. The
bridge is completed and was for
mally accepted by the officials of
both counties.
The mechanics of this city as
sembled in secret conclave one
night last week and organized a
mechanics union, which embraces
nearly all the skilled laborers in
the city. The object of the union,
according to the organizers, is to
maintain a standard scale of prices
and to protect contractors and
employers from being forced to
pay unskilled labor exhorbitant
wages. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year:
Master Mechanic, R. T. Williams;
Senior Mechanic, George W.
Trigg; Draftsman, M. F. Kirwin;
Paymaster, A. J. Roberts; Execu
tive Board: James Davidson,
James Davis, Ray Townsend, L.
D. Bender and Andrew Schmidt.
There is enough of the “beauti
ful” on the ground to satisfy the
most ardent white weather wisher.
The Frontier, February 12, 1903.
Christopher Casey arrived in
the city the first of the month,
after an absence of twelve years,
most of which was spent in the
southern states, for a couple of
weeks visit with his father and
sister, Lawrence Casey and hfrg.
James A. Brennan.
Mrs. John E. Sullivan died at
her home four miles northeast of
this city this Friday morning, at
2 o’clock, after an illness of sev
eral months of cancer. She came
to Holt county from northern
Michigan in 1879.
The Frontier, February 19, 1903.
Mrs. A. B. Newell and children
left for their future home at Se
attle, Wash., last Sunday morning.
They were accompanied by Mi's.
B. T. Trueblood, who will visit
there for several weeks.
The Frontier, February 26, 1903.
T. J. Hurley died at his home
in this city Friday morning at 8
o’clock, after an illness of three
days, of heart trouble. He was 35
years and five months old at the
time of his death and had been
a resident of the county for 23
years.
Thirty Years Ago
The Frontier, February 6, 1913.
President Taft has signed Con
gressman Kinkaid’s bill opening
for settlement the old Fort Nio
brara Military Reservation. The
land will be subject to entry un
der the Kinkaid 640 acre home
stead act.
John Schmidt, son of Andrew
Schmidt, sprung a surprise on his
O’Neill friends by going to Wayne
and getting married Tuesday, the
bride being Catherine Dahm, of
Benton, this state. They are now
at home and happy in the fine
new Schmidt residence in the east
part of town. Good luck and much
happiness to them.
The Frontier, February 13, 1913.
P. J. Biglin of this city has
plucked one of the red ripe plums
from the state patronage tree. It
came this morning in the shape
of an appointment from the hands
of his excellency, the governor,
making P. J. one of the deputy
oil and food inspectors for the
Sixth congressional district.
The Frontier, February 20, 1913.
Frank Biglin came up Saturday
from Columbus, where he has
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AUTOMOBILES
TRUCKS
TRACTORS
EQUIPMENT
FURNITURE
Central Finance Co.
C. E. Jones, Manager
O'NEILL r NEBRASKA
Schools Open Drive
To Buy 10,000 Jeeps
THE little Jeep which is serving
so nobly from Guadalcanal to
Africa has become the symbol of
the gigantic efforts of millions of
American school children In their
War Savings program.
Thousands of public, private and
parochial schools soon will be dis
playing a certificate of honor from
Secretary of tha Treasury Henry
Morgenthau, Jr., signifying that
they have paid for at least one Jeep
by buying $900 in War Stamps and
Bonds.
Countless others will be flying the
Schools At War banner awarded to
schools with 90 percent pupil par
ticipation in War Savings.
Ten thousand Jeeps and a hun
dred bombers! This is the new goal
of America's schools as 30,000,000
children continue their Schools At
War program under the auspices of
the Treasury Department and the
U. S. Office of Education.
Results so far in the program re
ported by Dr. Homer W. Anderson,
Associate Field Director in charge
Battle Flag* of the Schools
of the education section of the War
Savings Staff, are:
More than 7,000,000 elementary
and high school students from 30,000
schools have prepared special
Schools At War scrapbooks for state
and local exhibits.
War Stamp and War Bond pur
chases may reach a grand total of
$300,000,000 for the school year.
been the past year. He returns to
take charge of his father’s imple
ment and furniture store.
P. J. McManus was at Newport
over night Saturday.
Wild water birds have begun
their semi-annual flight earlier
than usual this season.
The Frontier, February 27, 1913.
Charley McKenna went to Oma
ha on Tuesday to attend the au
tomobile convention.
Pete Curtis has bought an in
terest in the Harding dray line,
which will now te operated un
der the firm name of Harding &
Curtis.
Twenty Years Ago
The Frontier, February 1, 1923.
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. D. H. Cronin of Omaha
last Sunday.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Babl,
Jr., a daughter, weighing 11 Vi
pounds, on Thursday, January 25.
Henry Cook and sister, Mrs.
T. J. Donohoe, returned Tuesday
evening of last week from a sev
eral weeks visit at Jersey City,
N. J., where they were called by
the death of a sister.
Attorney W. J. Froelich began
the practice of law in Justice
Campbell’s court about the mid
dle of the month, when he suc
cessfully tried two cases, winning
both of them.
George W. Parham died at the
home of his only daughter, Mrs.
H. K. Williams, in Atlantic, Iowa,
Sunday, at the age of 80 years.
He had been engaged in the real
estate business in this city for
several years, until last spring
when he went to the home of his
daughter, following an illness.
The Frontier, February 8, 1923.
The thermometer took a decid
ed drop Friday night. Weather
Boss Bowen reported 14 below
zero.
Ed L. Whiting, an old resident
and well known throughout Ne
braska and southern South Da
kota, died at his home in Lynch,
on Tuesday morning, January 30,
at the age of 74 years.
The Frontier, February 15, 1923.
The thermometer took a drop
of 47 degrees from Monday after
noon until early Tuesday morn
ing, reaching four degrees below
zero.
Mrs. Sarah Brion, perhaps the
oldest lady in the county, died
Saturday, February 10, at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Cole, at Emmett, at the age of 97
years, six months and nine days.
The Frontier, February 22, 1923.
O’Neill has dropped into an ep
idemic of the “flu” or something
similar. Most of the cases are of
a mild form, however, and are
causing no anxiety. The schools
were badly depleted the first of
the week, there being forty-three
absent from the high school on
Monday.
On February 12, at the Catho
lic Church of Epihaney at Em
met, occurred the marriage of
Miss Mamie Cole and George
Babl, the Rev. M. F. Cassidy of
ficaiting.
Ten Years Ago
The Frontier, February 2, 1933.
John Dailey came over from
Winner, S. D. last Friday to at
tend the funeral of J. F. Galla
gher.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Gallagher
came up from Lincoln last Friday
to attend the funeral of J. F.
Gallagher.
Thomas Quinn died at his home
in this city Tuesday night, Janu
ary 31, after an illness of several
weeks of cirrhosis of the liver, at
the age of 74 years, four months
and 25 days.
The Frontier, February 9, 1933. ]
For the past five days this ter
ritory has been suffering from a
spell of real winter weather; cold
snappy weather that makes the
old-timers record many a morning
in the good old days that was as
cold, if not colder, than it was
Wednesday morning, when the
government thermometer regis
tered 31 degrees below zero. Af
ter an exceptionally fine January,
February started in last Friday to
make up for the nice weather we
had been having and is doing a
good job of catching up and
breaking records that have stood
for some time. Thursday night it
went down to zero; Friday night
15 below; Saturday night 11 be
low; Sunday night 8 below; Mon
day night 23 below; Tuesday
night 31 below; Wednesday night
27 below.
The Frontier, February 16, 1933.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Beha are the
proud parents of a little daugh
ter, born Tuesday morning.
Frank Dyke, one of the pioneers
of the south country, died at his
home in Chambers last Sunday
night. He was about 57 years of
age.
Mrs. C. E. Downey died at her
home in Independence, Mo., on
Tuesday, February 7, 1933, after
an illness of about ten days. The
funeral was held February 9, and
burial in Independence. She was
a resident of this county 40 years
until their removal to Missouri
nine years ago.
The Frontier, February 23, 1933.
Mrs. Henry Ritts died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. S. L.
Thompson, in this city last Fri
day evening, after an illness of
BSfejsili
The Road to Victory
Is Paved
With Dollars
E have no delusions. Money won t win
the war. Battles will. But money is very
important to the smooth flow of war materials
from mine, factory and farm to our fighting
men at home and abroad. We have money
to lend for war purposes, as well as civilian
needs. Describe your problems to us and
we’ll give you a quick decision.
O’NEILL NATIONAL BANK
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
one week, at the age of 72 years
and 22 days. She had been a res
ident of this county for 36 years.
VIEWS of CONGRESS
By Dr. A. L. Miller. M. C.
Lend Lease—Where a Lot of
Your Ta* Dollar Goes.
During the week of March 8
the new Lend Lease bill will be
before the House. The present
3 law comes to an
I end Qn April 30. It
^ was passed in the
B spring of 1941, al
|most nine months
»before we were in
I the war. It was
■ our notice to the
■ Axis that we
■ would oppose its
attempt to dominate the free peo
ple of the world. By December,
1942, we had spent more than
$8,253,000,000 under its provisions.
Before Lend Lease our future
allies were suffering defeat and
were in retreat everywhere. Ja
pan had taken all coastal China.
Germany had overrun Europe
and was about to attack Russia.
France had fallen and the British
had lost most of their military
equipment at Dunkirk. The Luft
waffe was demolishing British
cities.
Before Lend Lease our policy
toward those to whom our sup
plies were going was “cash on the
barrel head." Our experience in
the last war had made the ma
jority of our people feel that way.
Now that has all changed. Some
members of Congress are calling
it “Give and Forget.” Many are
willing that it should be that way
but they still want common sense
and economy practiced in the
giving.
The new bill will pass. There
will be some criticism on the floor
of the House, Careless adminis
tration and wasteful practices un
der the present law will be re
vealed. Many,others were reveal
ed before' the Committee, in se
cret session, that cannot now be
told. There should be discussion
and criticism, for only in that
way can the people know how the
money collected from taxes is be
ing used. There is nothing that
will stay the wasteful hand of
the bureaucrat like publicity and
criticism.
There is no question but that
many of the things sent abroad or
held for Lend Lease here has se
riously affected our own econ
omy. It is unfortunate that such
a thing hag happened that a Lon
don newspaper can advertise:
“Farm machinery and equipment
is now available in sufficient
quantities for all countries.” This
referred to Lend Lease machine
ry. At the same time, our Depart
ment of Agriculture admits that
it has granted only 10% of the
200,000 applications it has receiv
ed for farm machinery.
There is another side to this
picture, of course. England has
been furnishing our armies more
than a billion dollars worth of
supplies and ammunition during
the time they have been there.
Congress does not want to be
stingy with the forty-one coun
tries who are now receiving aid
under Lend Lease. It would like
to see more supplies given to
China if they can be gotten there.
Its attitude on Lend Lease is a
willingness to furnish all the
money necessary to carry on the
program, but it insists that the
program be carried on in an ef
ficient and economic manner.
Our office takes all the papers
in the Fourth Nebraska District
-—about 80 in humber. Last week
my secretary counted ads for 75
farm sales, most of them closing
out sales. The reasons were lack
of labor and machinery and gov
ernmental interference with nor
mal processes of life on the farm.
Your Congressman will be vis
iting some of the home folks the
week of March 8. He wants to
keep in touch with the people of
his District, for it is too easy to
lose sight of their ideas in the
j turmoil of Washington. He will
| have to miss the invitation that
freshmen Congressmen received
j to visit the President at the White
| House on March 10.
Holt Co. A.C.A. Notes
Secretary of Agriculture Wiek
ard has asked all governors to
provide for excusing youths of
14 years anti older from schools
in areas where they are needed
to help with spring planting.
In order to jibe with recent
wheat actions (elimination of
marketing quotas and acreage al
lotments), wheat crop insurance
has been extended to cover wheat
planted in excess of 1943 acreage
allotments or permitted acreages.
Total food supplies in contin
ental Europe, exclusive of Russia,
are estimated from two to three
percent below those of 1941-42
and 15 percent below the pre-war
average. This estimate is based
upon a roundup of all available
information on 1942 crops.
The following telegram has
been received from our Regional
Office: “Suspension of wheat
marketing quotas permits pro
ducer to sell excess wheat stored
on farm or in warehouse without
marketing card.”
Abner K. Chestem, Burt county
Trips to repair telephones take tires and man-power. Also,
in spite of development of substitutes, some copper and
other critical materials must be used.
You save to speed victory when you safeguard your
telephone in the following ways:
* Keep your telephone cord straight. Twisting
injures the wire.
* Keep your telephone on a firm, safe support.
* Keep both telephone and cord dry when
cleaning or decorating.
* Replace the receiver carefully. Banging it
down may break it.
Your cooperation in preventing telephone casualties
helps the war effort and will be greatly appreciated.
NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
farmer and chairman of the Ne
braska State AAA Committee, to
day made the following state
ment: “The attitude and the ac
tions of the Congress on the eve
of 1943 planting season have cre
ated among farm people a feeling
of confusion that threatens max
imum wartime food production.
“If food production in 1943 Is
curtailed for any reason other
than drouth, the blood of blame
will stain the hands of Con
gress and the people who influ
ence Congress in the name of the
so-called “farm bloc.”
“I have no objection, and farm
ers generally have no objection,
to continued debate on national
agricultural policy for 1944. That
is the function of Congress. That
is the way to determine policy in
democracy. But it is too late to
make a political football of farm
production policy for 1943. The
time is here to plant—not to play
politics.
“Every phase of farm war pro
duction outlined by the Secretary
of Agriculture is aimed at maxi
mum production of the foods
needed most in wartime. His price
program is designed to encourage
planting of critical crops and
maximum use of corn and wheat
for production of meat, milk, eggs
and poultry. His administrative
program is one which puts major
responsibility upon farmers them
selves, through their elected rep
resentatives in each community.
“Selfishness and sabotage creep
out in many of the plans offered
as alternatives. There appears to
be a determined effort to main
tain a profitable short staple cot
ton economy in a period when a
bushel of soybeans, corn or pea
nuts means more to a fighter or
worker than a shirt. There ap
pears to be a determined effort
to crack the price controls and
unleash a flood of inflation that
will float few and drown many.
“We’re going to be short of
food. Try as they will, farmers
and their families cannot meet in
full the bottomless demands that
come from all over the world. But
if we can have united action on [
the farm front and a sensible pro-1
duction policy that will encour-1
age rather than confuse our peo-1
pie we can and will have produc-j
tion that will give America and [
our allies enough food to keep
strong and aggressive for victory,
and the formation of the peace. |
“Inflation in food will create a
sorry spectacle for American con- j
sumers. Millions will have points
in their ration books they cannot
use because they don’t have
enough dollars to match them. I
know farmers and consumers op
pose such a situation.
“I do not favor a soft, long
war. The thousands of farm men
and women in Nebraska who have
sent boys to fight the Axis do not
want a soft, long war. We want
those boys ta win and come home
as soon as possible. The future of
free Nebraska agriculture, in war
and in peace to come, rests upon
their shoulders.”
Harry E. Rcssel, Chairman,
Holt County A. C. A.
Try the Frontier on Classifieds.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many
friends for their kind acts of sym
pathy and comfort extended us
during the illness and loss of our
beloved mother.—Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. I^arrington, Mr. and Mrs. C. M.
Daly, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Meals,
Mr.sand Mrs. J. E. Daly, Mr. and
MrSflV R. Girard, Mr. and Mrs.
P. S. Dolan, Mr. and Mrs. F. V.
Daly,
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Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Hunt and
children returned to their home
in Sidney on Monday, after at
tending the funeral of his mother,
Mrs. D. D. Hunt.
Brush your teeth as they grow.
The lower teeth should be brush
ed up, and the upper teeth down.
—Dr. Fisher, Dentist. 44-1
Mrs. William Tatreau returned
to her home in Omaha on Satur
day, after attending the funeral
of her mother, Mrs. D. D. Hunt.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
appreciation to the many kind
friends and neighbors for their
assistance and sympathy given
during the illness, death and bur
ial of our beloved mother.—
James Brennan Family.
Father Parr, who is a chaplain
in the United States Army, and
is stationed at Camp Roberts,
Calif., spent Monday here visit
ing friends. Father Parr was for
merly assistant pastor of St. Pat
rick’s Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Hunt re
turned to their home in Oakland,
Calif., on Monday, after attend
ing the funeral of his mother,
Mrs. D. D. Hunt.
Pfc. Gerald Claussen returned
to Camp Shelby, Miss., last Fri
day, after spending a week’s fur
lough visiting relatives in Spen
cer and friends here.
AUCTION SALE !!!
AT R. R. DICKSON RESIDENCE
Four Blocks South of New Deal Store
Saturday, March 13 at 2 P. M.
METAL CUPBOARDS
BEDS, CHAIRS
DAVENPORT
HEATING STOVE
DINETTE SET
TABLES, CLOCK
BOILER, WASH TUBS
GARDEN TOOLS
PILLOWS
WOOL BLANKETS
CHICKEN COOPS
LAMPS, FRUIT JARS
DRESSERS, MIRRORS
BOOKS, PICTURES
RADIO, DISHES
TRUNKS, SUIT CASES
TAPESTRY, RUGS
LINEN, CURTAINS
CROCKS
BOOK CASES
WATER PIPE
CHAISE LONGUE
ANI) NUMEROUS OTHER ARTICLES
Terms: Cash
Buv Wanser, Auc, MaxWanser, Clk^
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The North Central Nebraska Hereford
Association’s Seventh Annual !
SALE OF BULLS-75 Head
\ The best bred for beef production bulls we have
ever offered in our annual sales. They represent 1
| the most popular blood lines, the present-day
choice beef type—prime beef quality. If you
I have ever used North Central Nebraska bred
bulls you know the quality, only it’s done up in
neater packages for you this year. That’s why
so many beef growers “trek” N-C-N way yearly,
Bassett, Nebr., Friday, March 19
Two choice open heifers will also sell in this sale, |
which will be held right in town in comfortable i
sale pavilion. Write for catalog.
W. E. RIPLEY
Secretary and Sale Manager, Springwiew, Nebr. f
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