The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965, April 15, 1943, Image 1
Neb. State Historical Societ, The Frontier 9 VOL. LXIII O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1943 NO. 49 Commercial Club Held Rousing Meet Tuesday Night At Golden The members of the O’Neill Commercial Club held the regu lar meeting last Tuesday evening in the Golden Hotel at 7 o’clock and it was very largely attended, in fact one of the best meetings held for several months. After the wants of the inner man had been satisfied. Chairman Cronin introduced L. M. Ress, district engineer of the state high way department, from Ainsworth, who addressed the members and gave some interesting information regarding post-war planning of the state highway department. He said that contemplated work in this section of the state was the completion of Highway No. 20 from Creighton to O’Neill and the oiling of Highway No. 281 from O'Neill north to the South Da kota line, and the building of a road from Chambers west to con nect with Highway No. 11. He said that plans for this work were already completed and had it not been for the war the work would be under construction at tne present time. He said that a new bridge across the Niobrara river was also contemplated, when the improvement on No. 281 was done. During the war he said there would be very little new work started, but that the de partment would continue to main tain highways now built, to pre vent a large amount of repair work at the conclusion of hos tilities. Work in this section this year is the rebuilding of about five miles of Highway No. 20 west of Stuart and repair of Highway No. 20 near Ewing. Mr. Ress made a nice talk and it was en joyed by the audience. The election of officers for the ensuing year was taken up. Dr. O. W. French, who has been first vice president for the past year, automatically becomes the pres ident for the coming year. R. H. Shriner was elected first vice president; Ted McElhaney. second vice president. Paul Beha and H. L. Lindberg were elected to the board of directors. Wilson-Darnell Wedding At Bryan, Texas, Mar. 27 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilson of Redbird announce the marriage of their youngest daughter, Mary Ann, to Pvt. Jack E. Darnell, eld est son of Mr. and Mrs. Carle Darnell of Lynch on Saturday, March 27, 1943, at Bryan, Texas. The marriage lines were read by the county judge of Brazos coun ty, Texas. The bride was graduated from the Lynch high school with the class of 1939. The groom graduat ed from the Lynch high school in 1941 and for the past four months has been in the Marines and sta tioned at San Diego( Calif. At present he is attending the A. and M. College at College Sta tion, Texas, where he is taking a special course in radio. Mrs. Darnell arrived in Lynch last Friday, as she will make her home with her parents until the return of Pvt. Lynch. Congratu lations are extended to the newly married couple. Velma Marie Berholtz Of Page Has Joined SPARS Velma Marie Bernholtz, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Bern holtz of Page, was sworn a mem ber of the SPARS, womens re serve of the U. S. Coast Guard, at the Iowa-Nebraska headquart ers of SPARS procurement, the Old Federal Building, Des Moines. She travelled to Des Moines at the expense of the Navy Depart ment and successfully passed ap titude and physical examinations. Within a short time she, will enter training at one of a number ol • college campuses throughout the country where the Navy Depart ment has established special schools to prepare the thousands of young women now serving their country at Coast Guaid shore stations within continental United States. She will first undergo six weeks’ indoctrinational training, during which time she will be se lected for further training at a specialized skill the following three months. From the time she reports at her first training school she has all the rights and priv ileges, opportunities for advance ment, same pay and allowances, as men now serving in the u. S. Coast Guard. . , . „ At the occasion of her taking her oath in Des Moines, she said: “I simply want to get get_ into this thing and see it through . Gibson Case Appealed Attorneys for Mrs. Elsie Gib son, whose husband, James H., was given an absolute divorce in Holt county when she wanted separate maintenance, asked the supreme court Monday to over turn that judgment. They partic ularly objected to the amount of alimony, $1,200, when as a mat ter of evidence more than that sum was contributed by her out of her savings for the building of a home.—Lincoln Journal. m ALLIES WILL SOON HAVE NORTH AFRICA Latest news from the fighting in North Africa is to the effect that the American, British and Free French fighting forces have the African army cornered in a small section of Tunisia and it I will be but a question of time now until North Africa is free from the Axis forces. The Ameri can air forces are covering them selves with glory on every front, taking a heavy toll of Axis planes. Farm Labor Exchange Is Set Up In Holt County Arrangements were completed last week for a farm labor ex change with a voluntary repre sentative in each town of the county. The United States Em ployment Service, the county agent’s office and the Farm Se curity office are co-operating to act as a clearing house for the whole county. In anticipation of a labor short age, particularly during haying and harvest, farmers and ranch ers are being asked to register their labor needs with their local representative, in order that plans can be made for meeting the de mands. At the present time some farm labor is available, but it has been difficult to place them be cause those farmers wanting to hire help have not made their needs known. If a farmer is in need of help he should register with the nearest representative in order that his need may be filled. The voluntary representatives in Holt county are: Stuart: A. C. Berner, Stuart creamery; At kinson: Claude Humphrey. Hum phrey shoe shop; O’Neill: Lyndle R. Stout, county agent’s office; Chambers: Louis Harley, Harley Hdw. Co.; Page: H. L. Banta, bar ber shop; Amelia: Edgar Peter son, cream station; Emmet: Mrs. Guy Cole, Emmet Hay Company. FINAL REPORT HOLT COUNTY CHAPTER OF AMERICAN RED CROSS Chambers-$ 608.00 Atkinson _ 3,264.55 Emmet_ 289.97 Stuart- 1,017.18 Page_ 855.31 Inman _ 400.08 Ewing _ 669.50 O’Neill _ 4,433.48 Total__$11,538.07 The following contributions in O’Neill and by School Districts not yet published: School District No. 4 Thomas Welch---$2.00 John Derickson-1.00 J. E. Wiley _ .50 Mrs. D. E. Alder_ 1.00 Total__ $4.50 School District No. 14 Elmer Korab . $5.00 School District No. 46 Carl Wulf _$ 1.00 Leo Mlnarik _ 1.00 Geo. Schiffbauer_ 1.00 Marie Hupp- 1.00 Maynard Stearns - 2.00 Cletus Muff_ 1.00 Emil Paulis_ 1 00 Fred V. Stearns_5.00 Rudy Funk_ 1.00 William Sehi- 1.00 Hupp Store - 5.00 Clarence Schmiser- 1.00 C. H. Mueller - 1.50 A. J. Thiele...__ 1.00 G. A. Bauer -- 2.00 Carl Thiele_ 2.00 Leo Funk . 100 Albert Schueth . 1.00 Total $29.50 School District No. 15 C. E. Adamson--..$ 2.00 A. W. Hibbs 1.00 Mrs. Harry Page-- 1.00 M. L. Hynes - 3.00 Edwin Burival- 7.50 Joe Neklite - .50 C. E. Adamson -- 1.00 Total $14.00 School District No. 103 A. W. Sterns_$ 2.00 D. L. Moler_ 1.00 Austin Hynes- 2.00 Total _ $ 5.00 School District No. 62 Donation, box social $15.76 School District No. 3 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Wilson $ 2.50 Mr. and Mrs. Leon Mellor 2.50 Mrs. Will Hartland_ 1.00 G. W. Mellor . 1.00 Leonard Halstead 1.50 Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Wells 2.00 Theodore Enders- 1.00 Art Bessert . 2.50 Leo Baker_ 1 00 J. A. Corkley_ 100 Roy Pnkerman--- 1.00 Mrs. Roy Pinkerman- 1.00 Mike Hull 1.00 William A. Wells.. 2.00 John Wrede- 2.50 Els. Witherwax- 2.00 Ronald Carson - 1 00 Mrs. Velma Hazelhorst 1.00 Total _ $27.50 Charles Yarnall, U. S. N. hos pital attendant first class, arrived from Norfolk, Va„ last Saturday to spend a week’s furlough visit ing his wife, daughter and other relatives and friends. BREEZES FROM THE SOUTHWEST By Romaine Saunders Atkinson, Nebr., Star Route No. 5. Better plant a sack of potatoes if you want any another winter. I Our Congressman Miller out-1 does Karl Stefan in giving us the dope from Washington as he sees it. - A land lubber of the far inland would like to know what is the function of these WAACs, WAVEs and SPARs in our avow ed program of crushing the die-1 tators. - A week ago the first crash of thunder was heard in our prairie land and the faucets of the sky sprayed the landscape. It was a' starter and a reminder that rain is not a thing of the past. By the start of this week rains had put us under water out here. When the thirst for the amber colored brew and desires for the little white paper rolls becomes so strong as to lead to criminal act, it is time for a fellow to con front himself before the mirror, shake a clenched fist at what he sees and say, “Here, old, man, cut this out!” - A war worker earning $68.75 gets a check for $56.34, the sum of $12.41 being taken from his pay for war tax, bonds, social secur ity, etc., and then another con tribution for union maintenance. War work is not a get-rich-quick proposition but it is invested with a patriotic sentiment. As to the ultimate results for a sovereign people, is an execu tive who extravagently doles out money not his own until hopeless public indebtedness is incurred to be desired rather than an ex ecutive who does not feel free to reach into the pockets of the cit izens, but encourages thrift and promulgates the doctrine, paddle your own canoe? Many farm boys protest being 1 deferred from the draft in favor of farm work. The halo of glam orous heroics doesn’t rest on a fellow clad in dusty overalls and turning over furrows from day light until dark but he is quite as necessary on the job as any in dividual in industry, official or military service—and he does not walk out on a strike. Increase in land values is giv en at 15 per cent of values more than a year ago, a rather insig nificant raise compared with pri ces of the products of the land. With the exception of horses, live stock prices have more than doubled and the same is true of 1 much of the products of agricul ture. Real estate values do not keep pace with the trend of the , times. It is probably well that ; they do not as the land funda mentally is the basis of wealth and it gives a sense of stability somewhere in our national struc ture to know that land values are not in the general runaway, not yet. - Messrs Adams, Snelson, White, Holcomb, Kennedy— a cheerful and entertaining Old Timers’ Club have their sessions over at Amel ia. Rhody Adams, the dean of them all, has arrived at the mel low years after a strenuous life on prairie trails with a freight wagon; Ernie White, serene, sub stantial, secure in the restful shade of a competency wrought with the bare hands of the pio neer; George Holcomb, scholar, showman, heavyweight and re tired rancher; Pat Kennedy, po litical philosopher, stockman and land owner; Mr. Snelson, humor ist, stage driver and old-time cow boy—a group that the years have crowned with garlands of con tentment. When the time comes, to borrow from Oliver Wendall Holmes, that you must law down the fiddle and the bow because your fingers are too stiff, and drop the heavy load because your arms have lost their cunning; and after dallying a while with eye glasses come at last to the undis guised reality of spectacles — when the time comes that the fire of life has burned so low that where its flame reverberated there is only the somber stain of regret, and where its coals glow ed only the white ashes that cover the embers of memory—don’t let your heart grow cold; carry cheerfulness and love with you into the teens of your second cen tury—tuned in lyric song by the poet: Call him not old whose vision ary brain Holds o’er the past its undi vided reign. For him in vain the envious seasons roll Who bears eternal summer j»» his soul. If yet the minstrel’s song, the poet’s lay, Spring with her birds or child ren wth their play, Or maiden’s smile or heavenly dream of art Stir the life-drops creeping ’round his heart— Turn to the record where his years are told, Count the gray hairs—they can not make him old. DOl r They Gave Their Lives, You Lend Your Money EMMET STATION AGENT CASE HEARD LAST THURSDAY The case of Guy Cole and Oth ers vs. the Chicago & Northwest ern Railway Company was the center of interest in the assembly room of the court house Thurs day of last week, it being a hearing before the railway commission of a protest filed by Mr. Cole and several citizens of the Emmet neighborhood against the company removing their agent from Emmet. Commissioner Larson and As j sistant Attorney General Kokger i of Lincoln were present for the I commission. Attorney J. J. Har ! rington represented the protest ! ants, while WyrS»>r Dressier of I Omaha appeared in behalf of the Northwestern Railway Company. The hearing started at 9:30 in the morning and lasted until 6:30 that evening. The first witness for the pro testants was Guy Cole. He was followed by Walter Puckett, Wal ter Spangler, John Conard, Chas. Malloy, Dale Robinson, Charles Abart and Dewey Schaffer, all prominent former shippers from the Emmet station. The witnesses for the railroad company were Charles Watchke, Chicago, chief accountant for the railroad company; N. P. Hoover, superintendent of the Norfolk di vision of the road. The railroad company wants to do away with its agent in Emmet —in fact had already done so March 13—and install a caretaker. This is seriously objected to by the protestants for the reason, as they say, a< caretaker would be of little value to the people of Em met and surrounding territory who have used the defendant’s lines. They also alleged that the railroad received sufficient bus iness in Emmet to justify the rail road in keeping an agent there. Now they have to come to O’Neill for freight shipped to Emmet. They say that the gross earnings of the past six months justifies the railroad company in keeping an agent there and the business has been constantly growing. Since the agent was removed from Emmet on March 13, thir-! teen carloads of freight was ship-' ped by Emmet shippers over the Burlington out of O’Neill. The re tention of the agent at Emmet is desired by all the residents of the Emmet section of the county, as was evident from the large crowd | of farmers from that section of the county who were present at the hearing. Despite the busy sea son and the amount of farm work to be done thirty-five farmers and shippers of the Emmet sec tion of the county were present for the hearing, which proves that they were vitally interested in the hearing. No decision was rendered at the I end of the hearing, nor is a de- { cision expected for five or six; weeks, as the evidence will bei presented to the entire commis-l sion and will be discussed before a final decision will be reached, j * Karl Siemsen, Atkinson Business Man, Is Dead Karl F. Siemsen, one of Atkin son’s leading business men, died i at his home in that city last Wcd-| nesday night at the age of 70 j years. He is survived by his wife and five children. For the past quarter of a century or more Karl Siemsen was one of the prominent citizens of the western metropolis of this county and had a host of friends in O’Neill who regretted to learn of his passing. Marriage Licenses Robert W. McCartney and Irene Moss, both of Stuart, on April 12. Pat Regan Died At Home Near Page Friday Morn Pat Regan died at his home southeast of Inman last Friday morning at 1:05 o’clock, of heart trouble, after an illness of but five days, at the age of 63 years, three months and fifteen days. The funeral services were held last Monday morning from the Catholic church in this city, Rev. J. J. O’Flynn of Ewing officiating, and burial in Calvary cemetery. The funeral was very large, many friends attending from the east ern part of the county to pay their last respects to their depart ed friend and neighbor. Patrick Regan was born in Swinford. Ireland, on December 24, 1879. He grew to manhood in his native land and when he was eighteen years of age he came to the United States and to Holt county, Nebraska, in 1879, and had been a resident of the county continuously since. On January 26, 1915, he was united in mar riage to Miss Ellen M. Carr, of Stafford, the ceremony being per formed at Stafford. Four children were born of this union, three sons and one daughter. One of his sons preceded him in death and he leaves surviving, his wife and two sons. They are: John J., (Brother Ivo), Tauton, Mass.; Mrs. Helen M. Walker, Wahoo, Nebr.; Charles P. Regan, G M. 3-C, U. S. Navy, who are left to mourn the passing of a kind and affectionate husband and father. He is also survived by lour sis ters and one brother. They are: Mrs. William Riley and Mrs. Wil liam McDermott, Boston. Mass.; Peter Regan, Mrs. John Tunney and Mrs. Joe Daughterty, who live in their native land, Ireland. His son, John J., (Brother Ivo,) and sister, Mrs. William Riley, came here* from Massachusetts for the funeral services, as did also his daughter and husband. Mr. and Mrs. Walker, of Wahoo. Patrick Regan came directly from Ireland to Holt county and for a few years made his home with an uncle, Patrick Regan, who lived about eight miles northeast of O’Neill. Pat farmed there for several years and then went to Stafford and worked for John Carr on his ranch for a num ber of years, and after liis mar riage went into business for him self, and at the time of his death was the owner of a nice cattle ranch southeast of Inman, which was well stocked. He was a hard worker and prospered. He always enjoyed good health until a few days before his death. He was in this city Wednesday, before his death, and said that he was not feeling well and came to town to consult a physician, and he had decided to go to Omaha on Sat urday for medical treatment. But he was undoubtedly in worse physical condition than he or his friends realized, as he passed away Friday morning. Pat was a genial and companionable man and had a host of friends in this city and county and his sudden death was a shock to everyone. The family have the sincere sym pathy of their many friends in their hour of sorrow. Corooral Miller Now Is Sergeant Miller Corporal William Miller, now stationed with the U. S. Fifth Army in North Africa, has been promoted to the grade of Ser geant. in recognition of his me ritorious application to military duties. Sergeant Miller is the son of Mrs. Catherine Miller of O’Neill. Mrs. Flora Bright of Orchard spent the week-end here visiting her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ramon Bright. Now Much Easier For Farmer To Obtain Gas Rationing Coupons It is now much easier for farm ers to obtain rationing coupons for gasoline used in off-the-high way purposes. Fuel for tractors, cooking, lighting, and brooders may be obtained by simply call ing at the nearest AAA War Board, which is supplied with ample applications. The farmer will leave the completed appli cation at the AAA War Board, and very soon thereafter the ra tion book will be mailed to him. A ceiling was put on both the wholesale and retail price of al falfa meal this week. That ceil ing is the average inventory cost of each kind and grade of alfalfa meal, plus $3.50 a ton. “Demon Inflation” was struck a powerful blow when the Office of Price Administration extended the meat ceilings this week by establishing maximum prices for which beef, veal, lamb and mut ton may be sold. These prices will go into effect April 15, and will provide unform maximum prices in all stores of the same class in each of the twelve price zones over the nation. If butchers reduce the point value of meats, they are required to cut proportionately the dollar and cents value, according to a regulation announced this week. Seed potatoes may be sold in quantities less than 50-pound lots. However, retailers are warned that they must continue to clearly tag and label all seed potatoes as seed potatoes. A price ceiling that will take on more importance as the sum mer season advances is that plac ed on bottled soft drinks. No re tailer can charge more for milk, beer or bottled soft drinks than he did in March, 1942. Rationing Ration Stamps: Loose stamps not valid. Take war ration book with stamps attached when mak ing purchases. Sugar: No. 12 coupon, war ra tion book 1, valid March 16 to May 31 for five pounds. Coffee: No. 26 coupon, war ra tion book 1, valid for one pound from March 22 to April 25, in clusive. Processed Foods: Consult point value charts at grocers and in newspapers for points to be sur rendered from war book 2. “D," “E” and “F” blue coupons may be used during April. Meats and Fats: Consumers must surrender red stamps from war ration book 2 for purchase of meats, cheeses, fats and oils. “A,” “B” and “C” stamps good now; “D," April 19. All are good from their validity date to the end of the month. Retailers and Wholesalers must surrender points for purchase of meats, cheeses, fats and oils be ginning April 11. Shoes: Stamp No. 17 of war ra tion book 1 is valid for one pair of shoes until June 15, 1943. The stamps are interchangeable among members of the family living un der the same roof. Rubber Footwear: Men’s rub ber boots are rationed. Apply to your local rationing board for cer tificate to purchase. Gasoline: No. 5 coupons valid until May 21. All holders of “B,” “C” and “T” coupons can now re new rations by mail. Send post card to your rationing board for Form R-543. Tire Inspections: Second period inspection for “A” book holders The Weather This section of Nebraska, as well as practically the entire state, received a good soaking the past week We had a fine shower last Thursday night that amount ed to 55 hundredths of an inch. Then Saturday afternoon it start ed raining and a nice steady driz zle continued to fall all night and until mid-afternoon Sunday. The total precipitation here, according to Weather Observer Bowen, was 2.43 inches. The first rain was much heav ier in other parts of the county than was recorded in this city. The southeastern part of the county reported that they had about an inch in the first rain and the northeastern part of the county received about the same amount. In the northern and northwestern parts of the county they said the first rain was near ly two inches. The rain fell so nice and quietly that it all soaked into the ground. Farmers, as well as everyone else, are naturally feeling jubilant over the good soaking, as it puts the ground in excellent condition for spring work and gives the pastures and hay crop a good start. High Low April 8_ 70 44 April 9_70 50 April 10 61 50 April 11_56 43 April 12 47 35 April 13 62 27 April 14 43 23 April 15 _43 25 Precipitation 2.43 inches. Births Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Adamic of Page, a son, born April 13. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Frisch, a son, bom April 12. April 1 through September 30. Allow at least 90 days between inspections. Second period inspections for "B" book holders March 1 thru June 30. Allow at least 60 days between inspections. Second period inspection for “C" book holders March 1 thru May 31. Allow at least 45 days between inspections. “T” book holders: Inspection every sixty days or every 5000 miles, whichever comes first. Fuel Oil: Period 5, each one unit coupon valid for 11 gallons; each ten-unit coupon valid for 110 gallons until September 30. Note: Rations for fuel oil and kerosene for domestic, institu tional and agricultural uses are now granted for six-months pe riods. Incubators and Brooders: All operators of incubators and brood ers may obtain all needed fuel oil and kerosene for capacity pro duction of the equipment. In creased poultry and egg produc tion is essential to the war effort. Coal - Burning Heating Stoves: Rationing boards will grant per mission for the purchase of coal burning heating stoves which will be used to replace or supple ment oil-burning heating equip ment. Prices Butter: Priced on percentage mark-up basis. Nebraska maxi mum for 90 score butter in pound and half-pound cartons, 55 cents; parchment wrapped, 54 >4 cents. Eggs and Egg Products: Under price ceilings at retail and whole sale. Hatching eggs exempt. Fresh Vegetables: Tomatoes, green and wax snap beans, car rots, cabbage, peas, lettuce and spinach priced on percentage mark-up basis. Pork: Retail prices under spe cific dollar and cents ceilings by zones, effective April 1. Beef, Veal, Lamb and Mutton: Retail prices under specific dol lar and cents ceilings by zones, effective April 15. Seed Potatoes: Can be sold by retailer in any quantity. Used Mechanical Refrigerators: Sales by individuals covered by revised maximum price regula tion No. 139. Used Trucks: After April 26 all used trucks will come under ceil ing prices. Two methods are pro vided for resale: One, for ve i hides “as is,” and two, vehicles ; reconditioned and guaranteed. OLD MISSOURI GOES ON RAMPAGE The Missouri river has been on the rampage in the Nebraska and Iowa section for the past week and the damage resulting from the flood to farm lands, livestock 1 and farm buildings will run into the milions. Omaha was one of the heaviest losers from the flood. East Oma ha was completely inundated and the four million Omaha munici pal airport has been put out of commission and seven feet of water covered the runways last Wednesday evening. The crest of the flood reached and passed Omaha on Wednesday and heavy damage is now looked for in Ne braska towns south of Omaha. A largo force of army engineers and soldiers from Fort Omaha and Fort Crook assisted in evac uating livestock and farm famil ies from homes in the flooded areas, as well as from the flooded ! sections of east Omaha. The flood | is said to have been the worst ! since 1881. No lives were lost. I - Sgt. Robert Bergstrom Is Here On Furlough Sergeant Robert Bergstrom, U. S. M. C„ who is stationed at San Diego, Calif., arrived here Tues day to spend a thirty day fur lough visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bergstrom, and other relatives and friends. This is Sergeant Bergstrom’s first visit home in four years. He looks fine, ; the life of a Marine evidently j agreeing with him. While in the service Sergeant Bergstrom seen action in the Southern Pacific, where he con ! traded maleria fever and was sent to the hospital at Santa Cruz, i Calif., on January 30, where he was until he received his furlough and came home. He does not talk about his experiences in action, but as he was in the scene of some severe fighting for some months, he undoubtedly was in | the midst of plenty of action. County Court William E. Adams of Madison was arrested on April 9 by Pa trolman Meistrell and charged with having no Nebraska license plate. He pled guilty as charged and was fined $i and costs of $3.10. John Bonenberger of Emmet was arrested on April 9 by Pa trolman Meistrell and charged with overweight on capacity plates, and pled guilty as charg ed. He was fined $10 and costa of $3.10.