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LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1943 NO. 7
County Valuation Up
About Million And Half
.——
County Assessor Gillespie has
been busy the past few weeks
compiling the returns from the
assessors of the various precincts:
of the county. The assessment has
been completed and the figures
compiled. When it is taken into
consideration that 4,717 schedules
were filed it can be readily seen
that there is a great amount of
work in the compiling of the
schedules for the county.
The value of tangible property
in the county for the year 1943 j
has been assessed at $7,117,524, |
as compared to $5*839,575 for the!
year 1942. or an increase of $1,- j
277,949. To the figures for 1943 j
must be added the railroad taxes, j
franchise taxes, telephone com- j
pany taxes, electric light company j
and some other foreign taxes that
last year netted $902,025. With
this amount added to the tax for
this year it will bring the total
up to $8,019,549 for the year 1943.
This figure is not accurate, as the
equalization board has not yet
completed their work and the
state board will have to submit
the figures for part of the assess
ment that has not been compiled.
In looking over the list of per
sonal property assessed in the
county wd find that there was as
sessed in the county for the year
1942, 92,439 head of cattle and
they were valued at $4,008,595.
This year there has been assessed
in the county 97,839 head, 540
more than last year and they
have been valued at $4,897,999.
There are 11,366 head of horses
in the county, of all ages this
year, and they are valued at $316,
067. In 1942 there were 11,029
head assessed in the county and
they were valued at $306,405.
There are Yt>5 muies assesseu
in the county this year and they
are valued at $21,464. In the year
1942 there was 775 head of mules
assessed in the county and they
were valued at $20,455.
This year the assessor found
16,386 dozen chickens and turkeys
in the county and they were as
sessed at $83,487. Last year, 1942
there were 13.018 dozen assessed
in the county and their value was
placed at $36,225.
The farmers of Holt county are
again getting back into the hog
business. This year the assessors
found hogs valued at $349,256 on
the farms in this county. Last
year, 1942. the value of hogs as
sessed on Holt county farms was
$226,925.
The number of sheep and goats
in the county this year is some
what smaller than that of last
year, according to the returns.
This year there was found 9.088
head and they were valued at
$45,315. Last year there were 11,
274 head and they were assessed
at $59,635.
There are 115 stands of bees
in the county and they are as
sessed at $411. , , ,
There was 26,009 bushels of
grass, alfalfa and clover seed in
the county this spring andj it was
valued at $13,110. Last year there
was but seven bushel and it was
valued at $30.
The assessors this spring found
922 tractors in the county and
they were assessed at $227,479.
Last year there were 949 trac
tors and they were assessed at
$199,850. „ . ..
Goods and merchandise in the
county this spring was consider
ably lower than it was last year.
The assessment this year was
$306,109 and that for last year,
$339,975.
There were 4,310 motor ve
hicles assessed in the county this
spring and they were valued at
$580,054. Last year 4.346 were as
sessed and they were valued at
$727,000.
Long Time Residents
Leave For West Coast
Mr and Mrs. John G. Hoffman
and family left Monday afternoon
for the west coast, where they
will make their future home. Mr.
and Mrs. Hoffman have been res
idents of this county for abouL25
years living for years a few miles
south of this city. Prior to leav
ing Mr. Hoffman was a pleasant
caller at this office and paid his
subscription to The Frontier two
years in advance, stating that
when they got located he would
forward their address, as they
wanted to keep posted on the hap
penings in this city and county,
where they had spent so many
happy and prosperous years. They
have many friends in O Neill and
Holt county who wish them pros
perity in their new home.
Marriage Licenses
Raymond Lawrence Funk, 25,
and Francos Elsie Spittler, 19,
both of Ewing, on June 23.
Harvey H. Thompson of New
port, over 21, and Eva P. Kubart
of Atkinson, on June 19th.
Paul Schmidt, 34, and Miss Viv
ian Fiala, 22, both of Spencer, on
June 23._
Alvin Bausch left Wednesday
for Los Angeles, Cal., after vis
iting his father, Henry Bausch
and his wife and her family, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Bazelman. He
will leave L. A. for Arlington,
Cal., where he will report for
basic army training. He arrived
here a week ago on a fourteen
day furlough.
Max Golden Country
Club Champion
The annual golf tournament of
the O’Neill Country Club was
held in this city last Sunday. The
tournament this year was a one
day affair and considering the dif
ficulty of getting around on ac
count of gasoline rationing and
other war-time rationing, the at
tendance was gratifying to the
club members, although many of
those who have been attending
the tournament for several years
were absent.
The contest for the champion
ship this year, as it has for the
past four years, was a contest
between Max Golden of O’Neill
and Dr. Paul Tipton of Omaha,
with the honors falling to Max.
Last year Max and Dr. Tipton
contested for the honor and Tip
ton won, and this year Max ev
ened it up.
Dr. Tipton did not reach the fi
nals, however, without a good
scrap. One of the younger O’Neill
players, Bob Parkins, played an
excellent game of golf in his game
with the Doctor and it looked for
a time as if he was going to take
him, but experience helped the
older player and he finally emerg
ed the victor. The nine holes by
these two were about the best in
the contest. In order to win Dr.
Tipton shot a 34, one under par,
while Parkins shot a 36, one over
par. Those seeking future champ
ionships will have to watch Bob,
for if he keeps improving, he will
be hard to beat on any course.
Following were the winners in
the three flights:
Championship; Max Golden.
Runner up, Dr. Tipton.
Consolation winner, A. Sautz,
of Meadow Grove.
Second Flight: Winner, Ed
Casey.
Runner up, fat uuonneu.
Consolation winner, G. E. War
rich of Meadow Gorve.
Third Flight: Winner, Dr. Geo.
Stevens of Sioux Falls, S. D.
Runner up, E. V. Ruby, Ewing.
Consolation, Dr. Pucelik, of
Spencer.
Fifty-three participated in the
contest, which was about half the
number usually participating in
their annual tournaments. Fol
lowing is the list of those who
attended:
Ed Casey, Bob Parkins. Frank
Parkins, A. P. Jaszkowiak, R. E.
Armbruster, Max Golden, Ed
Gallagher, William Grady, Ed
Campbell, John Alderman, Dr.
Fisher, Ben Grady, Ted McEl
haney, George Marshall, O’Neill;
Dr. Paul Tipton, Omaha; Lyle
Dierk, Ewing; Lamone Horn,
Grand Island; Joe Baldwin, Dr.
Gatten, H. E. Keller, Ainsworth;
Gaius Caldwell, Albion; George
Lightner, St. Edward; W. C. De
Bold, Omaha; Dr. Kris. Jake Ber
meir, Lynch; Carl Mille, Dr. Pu
cilek, Spencer; E. A. Wisco, Bris
tow; A. Saltz, J. R. Hague, F. E.
Eivens, Meadow Grove; H. F.
Mullen, Scribner; Dr. George
Stevens. Sioux Falls. S. D.; Phil
Aitkin, Lincoln; Dr. J. W. Binnie,
Gus Rundquist, Clearwater; Ira
George R. E. Moore, Pat Harty,
Pat O’Donnell, H. E. Coyne, Fran
cis Cronin, W. J. Froelich, H. J.
Birmingham. W. J. Biglin, Dr. L.
A. Burgess, F. J. Biglin, Ira Moss,
Dr. Brown, J. D. Cronin, O’Neill;
E. Ruby, Ewing.
Eight tables of bridge were
played at the Country Club Sun
day. Out of town winners were,
Mrs. Phil Aiken, Lincoln, high;
Mrs. Larry Keifer Omaha, low.
Town winners. Mrs. H. J. Bir
mingham, high, Mrs. Ed Camp
bell. low and Mrs. Allen Jasko
wiak, door prize.
Holt County Boy Receives
Honors For Army Service
Pfc. Leonard C. Hamilton, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hamilton
of this city, who is in the United
States Marine Corps, came Mon
day on a rest furlough to visit nis
parents and other relatives and
friends. Leonard, who has been
in the army for the past 18
months, has seen service in Guad
alcanal. American and British Sa
moa, New Hebrides, New Cale
donia, Australia, New Zealand,
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and Sa
vawwi. He was among the first
Marines to land on Guadalcanal,
and while there suffered from
bomb concussion. He had been in
a hospital in Australia for the
past five months. He has received
six decorations, the Purple Heart
award, the President’s Citation,
Southwest Pacific Bar. the Guad
alcanal Citation, the Defense Bar,
and a citation for “Heroism above
and beyond the call of duty.”
Mr. Hamilton could tell a good
many stories about his exper
iences in the South Pacific as well
as other places in the war zone,
but he is not allowed to say much.
From the number of awards he
has received he must have had
plenty of action. He is the first
Holt county boy that has receiv
ed this many decorations, as far
as we know, but there will be
others, for the boys from old Holt
know how to fight
Mrs. Roy Osborne and Mrs.
Robert Brittell left last Tuesday
for Los Angeles, where they will
visit their daughters for a few
weeks. Mrs. Osborne will visit
her daughter, Mrs. Mary Mellor,
while Mrs. Brittell will visit her
daughter, Miss Muriel.
Charles R. Pettijohn
Charles R. Pettijohn, born in
Silver Lake, Minrt., on January
4, 1868, was the eldest son of
Robert and Elizabeth Pettijohn.
When he was about eight years
old the family moved by covered
wagon to Long Pine, Nebr., where
they homesteaded. Mr. Pettijohn
married Bertha Sawyers about
1896 in Long Pine and they mov
ed to O'Neill.
To this union two sons were
born: Richard, who passed away
in infancy, and Roy. In 1901 Mrs.
Pettijohn died. Soon after her
death, Mr. Pettijohn started a
gravel and sand business in which
he remained until 1918.
On June 26, 1912, he married
his second wife, Miss Agnes Bent
ley. In 1918 he bought a ranch
north of Stuart, Nebr., and from
that time until 1936 he spent his
time both on the ranch and here
in O’Neill. In 1936 he returned to
O’Neill and remained here until
the death of his wife on Decem
ber 10, 1941.
For the past one and a half
years he made his home with his
son, Roy, twelve miles north of
O’Neill. On April 16 of this year
he was brought to the O’Neill
General Hospital, where he re
mained until his death June 18th
at 12:30 p. m.
Mr. Pettijohn was at one time
active in both the Odd Fellows
and the Masons. He is a past
grand of Elkhorn Valley Lodge
No. 57 of the Odd Fellows, and at
one time served as junior warden
in Garfield Lodge 895 of the A.
F. & A. M., but he allowed him
self to be suspended from both
lodges after leaving O’Neill in
1918.
In the early days of the Pres
byterian church he was active in
the Sunday school, teaching a
class of young people as well as
showing them a good time. He
liked the young people and this
affection was returned.
Mr. Pettijohn leaves a host of
friends and acquaintances. He is
survived by two brothers: Ed
ward, of Stuart, Nebr., and Carl,
of Chicago. 111.; one son, Roy, of
O’Neill, Nebr.; two grandchildren,
Lois Jean, 15, and Dale, 11, both
of whom are children of Roy, and
numerous nieces and nephews.
Services were held in the Pres
byterian church on Monday, June
21st at two o’clock p. m., the Rev.
Kenneth J. Scott conducting the
service. Burial was in Prospect
Hill cemetery. **
Lee E. Downey Promoted
By Burlington Railroad
Lee E. Downey formerly Burl
ington agent in this city, but for
the past six years freight and pas
senger agent at Hastings, Nebr.,
for the same railroad, has been
promoted an dtransferred to Den
ver, Colo., as freight agent in the
Mile High city. Denver is one of
the largest freight terminals on
the Burlington system and his
transfer to this important post is
evidence of his ability in looking
after the freight business of his
company.
Lee was born in this county and
grew to manhood here. He is a
brother of Sumner Downey of the
O’Neill Photo Company. Lee has
been in the railroad business for
thirty-three years, with the Burl
ington railroad. For years he was
agent at several towns on the
Sioux City and O’Neill line, his
last service in this section of the
state served as agent in this city,
a position he filled for several
years with satisfaction to his com
pany and the shippers of this sec
tion of the state. His many friends
in this city and county tender
sincere congratulations and best
wishes for his continued success
and promotion in his chosen line
of work. Mr. Downey left Mon
day for Denver to take over his
new duties. The following is an
editorial taken from the Hastings
Daily Tribune, regarding his re
moval to Denver:
“L. E. Downey, who for the last
six years served at Hastings as
freight and passenger agent for
the Burlington railroad, has been
promoted to the post of freight
agent at Denver, Colo.
“Downey made many friends in
this community during his six
years of service in a responsible
position. He did his work well,
and scores of people who had
dealings with him believe that he
has earned his promotion and ex
pect him to succeed in his new
post as he did here. Those who
had business dealings with Mr.
Downey will long remember his
efficient performance on a diffi
cult job. His business associates,
and those who knew him as a
friend, regret to see him leave.
His promotion is a loss to Has
tings. We extend him our very
best wishes in his new work at
Denver.”
County Court
Floyd Jareske was arrested on
June 21 by Patrolman Meistrell
and charged with reckless driv
ing. He was fined $10 and costs
of $3.10.
Frank Kazda was arrested on
June 11th and charged with
drunken driving and having no
driver’s license. He plead guilty
on both counts and was fined $1
and costs of $3.10, on the second
count, and $25 and costs of $3.10
on the charge of drunken driving.
His operator’s license was sus
pended for six months.
BREEZES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
Atkinson, Nebr.. Star Route No. 5
American troops were not to be
sent abroad unless we were at
tacked. The attacks came far out
in the Pacific. Our troops were
sent to Ireland.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Knudsen
are enjoying a visit from friends
from Saunders county, their for
mer home, among them Mrs.
Knudsen’s mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Baker went
to Ord last Friday on business
pertaining to the sale of four
young beeves to a young pure
bred livestock breeder at Elyria
who has made previous purchases
from the Baker herd.
When our citizens on the land
were managing the production
there was always more or less
surplus of essential food commod
ities. Since the AAA took over,
Washington itself throws out
daily warnings of food shortage.
The second installment on fed
eral income taxes tossed in by
Nebraskans during the first half
of June totaled $15,383,820.57. As
Bob Morrison asked, when he saw
by the statement of one of the
local banks that there was
over half a million dollars on
deposit, just who has all that
money?
Berle Waldo purchased a num
ber of cattle and sheep at the
Rafe Shaw sale last week and
moved them across Sunday. Rafe
selling out takes from Swan pre
cinct our assessor and one who
has been a fixture for many years
on the election board. Mrs. Shaw
also has been the republican com
mittee woman out here and their
retirement from ranching will
close an interesting chapter in
life’s experiences for them.
Whether they move elsewhere at
once or remain for a time on the
place, we all wish them smooth
sailing ahead.
The four freedoms, loftily in
spired. Local, national, world
planning. Men of ability and
ideals for material achievement,
and men of dreams thrown in the
face of the centuries. The sweep
of human history discloses the
tragedies of life. None of our su
perior few have a plan to heal
the borken-hearted, dry the weep
ing eye or still the cry of pain.
But I read of an older plan, the
plan of ages, formed in the coun
cils at the throne of eternity, a
plan that is open to the human
race and transcends anything the
best of earth can devise. “And I
saw a new heaven and a new
earth, for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away . . .
And I heard a great voice out of
the heaven saying, Behold the
tabernacle of God is with men
and he will dwell with them . . .
And there shall be no more death,
neither sorrow nor crying, neither
shall there be any more pain, for
the former things are passed
away.”
Our local papers have recorded
the death recently of several of
the honored pioneer. Of these I
knew John Nolan and John
Gaughenbaugh more intimately
than the others At an earlier day
Mr. Nolan and I had frequent dis
cussions though rarely agreed on
anything, though respecting the
views of each other. I had many
pleasant visits with Mr. Gaughen
baugh in late years and we saw
alike in many things. When our
friends are gone I am reminded
of a bit of verse written by an
old-time Alaskan Sourdough:
THILL ML INUW
If with pleasure you are viewing
Anything that I am doing,
If vou like me or you love me,
Tell me now.
Don't withhold your approbation
’Till the preacher makes oration
And you see the lilies shining
On my brow.
For no matter how you shout it,
I won’t know a thing about it,
I won’t know how many tears
you shed.
If you know a thing that’s due me,
Now’s the time to say it to me,
For I cannot read my tombstone
When I’m dead.
A joint congressional commit
tee reports 3,008,519 civilians on
the federal payroll and recom
mends the immediate dismissal
of 300,000 of these. If this report
is acted upon, many families will
be affected the country over. And
I belong to one such tribe. An
elder sister, Mrs. Grace Shanner,
though 75 years along life’s jour
ney, is one of the staff of the War
Production Board and has been a
functionary at the nation’s capi
tal for many years. She has a
son. Capt. Chas. T. Shanner. in
military service overseas. The
Frontier editor, Henry Grady,
Lloyd Gillespie and maybe a few
others at O’Neill may remember
Mrs. Shanner when she was on
the teaching force at the schools
there. With the civilian, official,
military, and others receiving
checks on the U. S. Treasury,
there is a sizeable payroll. An
additional haul from the treasury
Bates-Foreman
Miss Shirley LaNone Bates,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
G. Bates of Emmet, became the
bride of James E. Foreman, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Foreman
of Emmet, at the Congregational
parsonage at one o’clock Sunday
afternoon, June 13th, in La Jolla,
Calif. The Rev. Wm. Forshaw
read the marriage lines at the
single ring ceremony.
The bride wore a street length
frock of ice blue Crepe Romaine
with beige accessories. An orchid
corsage in harmonizing color and
lapel watch, a gift of the bride
groom, completed her corsage.
The bridegroom was in uniform.
The bride and bridegroom are
graduates of the O’Neill High
School with the classes of 1940
and 1941. Mr. Foreman is sta
tioned at Camp Callan, Calif.
Mrs. Foreman will continue to re
side at LaJolla until Mr. Foreman
completes his basic training.
The many Holt county friends
of this happy couple tender
hearty congratulations and best
wishes.
Streeter-McKenzie
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Streeter an
nounce the marriage of theif
daughter, Elaine, to Clyde Mc
Kenzie, Jr., Yoe. 3-c. The mar
riage was solemnized at Barin
Field, Pensacola, Fla., on June 10,
the ceremony being performed by
Chaplain Lt. Father F. T. Herlick
at the base chapel. The couple
were attended by Dominic Miane,
Waltham, Mass., and Roberta
Mashak, Rockland, Wis., friends
of the groom.
The bride was attired in a navy
blue suit with white accessories.
She is a graduate of St. Mary’s
Academy, class of 1938, and since
graduation has been one of Holt
county’s most successful teachers.
The groom, who is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clyde McKenzie, Sr., of
Lynch, is a graduate of the Lynch
High School, class of 1938, and is
at present stationed at Pensacola,
Fla., where he and his bride will
make their home for the present.
These young people have many
friends in this city and county
who extend hearty congratula
tions to the happy couple and
wish them years of wedded hap
piness and bliss.
is to be made now to take up the
slack in meat and butter, unless
j the wide-spiead protest heads
that off.
For the second time in recent
weeks the supreme court in Wash- j
ington has reversed itself setting
aside a former ruling and now
holding that refusal to salute the,
flag is not grounds for school au
thorities to deny the public school
privileges to anyone. Whatever
we may think of government by
law or government by men, in the
end it becomes government by
men. The flag, an emblem, a sym
bol of the best men have yet
known in civil government. Not
that we have always hit the mark,
but the flag floats its gleaming
stars not as a symbol to condemn
our failures but as the emblem of
truth and justice to beckon us to
esteem these virtues and attain
the dignity of free .men. The flag
has been the inspiration of many
classic poems, flowery literature
and inspiring eloquence. Francis
Scott Key, the author of “Star
Spangled Banner,” occupied a
front place in the halls of con
gress on a historic day more than
100 years ago ostensibly to defend
Sam Houston, who was on trial
before the house for having given
one of the representatives from
Indiana a beating with a hickory
cane for having charged Houston
with attempted fraud of the gov
ernment. Key’s remarks were per
functory, when Houston, massive
! of frame, grizzled and scared as
\ the sun scorched plains of his be
; loved Texas, took the floor. In
that day of eloquence and oratory
Houston was one of the masters.
“I stand before this House,” he
began, “as a man of broken for
tun^and blasted reputation. I can
never forget that reputation, how
ever limited, is the high boon of
heaven. Though the plowshare of
ruin has been driven over me and
laid waste my brightest hopes, I
have only to say—
I seek no sympathies, nor need:
The thorns which I have reaped
are of the tree
I planted; they have torn me
and I bleed.”
In closing one of the choice bits
of American oratory, Houston
raised his eyes to the flag and
said: ‘‘Sir, so long as that flag
shall bear aloft its glittering stars
so long I trust shall the rights of
American citizens be preserved
and unimpaired—till discord shall
wreck the spheres— the grand
march of time shall cease—and
not one fragment of all creation
be left to chafe the bosom of
eternity’s wave.” The flag, the
oratory and his masterful poise
made Houston the hero, while
Francis Scott Key sat there rather
nonplused.
The Weather
High Low
June 18_ 83 58
June 19_91 70
June 20_93 70
June 21_96 70
June* 22_86 68
June 23_91 66
June 24 _..86 68
No precipitation.
Cpl. Francis B. Valla
Dies In North Africa
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valla of
this city received a telegram from
the War Department on Friday,
June 18th, reading as follows:
“The Secretary of War asks that
I assure you of his deep sympathy
in the loss of your son, Corporal
Francis B. Valla. Report just re
ceived states that he died on June
1st in North African area as a re
sult of an accident. Letter follows.
Ulio, the Adjutant General.”
At the time of going to press
his parents have had no further
word of the accident.
Francis B. Valla was born in
O’Neill, on February 5, 1920, and
grew to manhood here. He at
tended St. Mary’s Academy and
was graduated from there with
the class of 1938. During his years
in school he took an active part
in sports and was rated as one
of the stars of the Academy bas
ketball teams of 1936-38.
Following his graduation he en
tered the employ of the American
Gear Company in this city, where
he remained until he left for Lin
coln, in September, 1941, when he
resigned and went to Lincoln and
entered the State University,
College of Mechanical Engineer
ing. In February, 1942, he enlist
ed in the United States Army Air
Corps and on June 3, 1942, he was
graduated from Scott Field, Illin
ois. In October, 1942, he received
his wings at an Army Air Field
in Arkansas. He was a radio op
erator in the Air Corps and had
been on foreign soil for about six
months. Among the duties those
in his plane performed was the
transportation of the wounded
from the front lines. He was in
the North African theatre of op
erations.
Francis was a member of the
local branch of the Knights of
Columbus and a member of St.
Patrick’s church. Memorial serv
ices will be held Monday morn
ing, June 28, at 8 o’clock, at St.
Patrick’s church, where Requim
High Mass will be celebrated for
him.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Valla of this
city; one sister, Dorothy, of Og
den, Utah, and one brother. Cor
poral Leo Valla, who is stationed
at Camp Carson, Colo.
The family have the sincere
consolence of the people of this
city and county in their loss of a
kind and loving son and brother,
who gave his life in defense of
his country.
Dairy Industry Will
Conserve Truck Mileage
The Office of Defense Trans
portation’s farm truck conserva
tion program, now being organ
ized for the dairy industry in Ne
braska, has been extended in the
Ainsworth area to include poul-i
try and eggs interests, and haul- j
ers of produce and dairy products.
V. J. Hons, district ODT man
ager at Omaha, pointed out that
the producers and haulers were
included on the committee be
cause of the limited number of
dairymen in that section of the
state, which includes, Sherman,
Valley, Holt, Boyd, Loup, Gar
field, Custer, Baine, Brown and
Keya Paha counties.
The committee is composed of
J. Q. Archer of Ewing, chairman,
J. E. Mabie of Bassett, and Mr.
Hickey of O’Neill, representing
processors: William Kelly of Bas
sett, and Calvin Allyn of Stuart,
representing the producers, and
Bob Brittell of O'Neill and F. S.
Coleman of Ainsworth, represent
ing the haulers.
This committee will stand as
appointed unless protest on indi
viduals is filed by members of
the groups represented by July 3.
Protests must be made to the
committee chairman, J. Q. Archer,
of Ewing.
Plans for conserving of trans
portation equipment and elimin
ating waste miles in farm mar
keting were discussed at a recent
meeting in Ainsworth. The ODT
program calls for pooling of
trucking equipment, where pos
sible, in order to assure the move
ment of farm and dairy products
to market for the duration.
It was pointed out that poultry
and eggs are closely allied to the
creamery industry and that there
is no whole milk problem in the
area, but that a better service
would be given through organ
ization for joint pick-ups of dairy
products and poultry and eggs.
In discussing the farm trans
portation problem, Hons said that
increased production is going to
place an unusual burden on
equipment, some of which has al
ready served beyond its years. He
also said that .repairs and parts
might be increasingly hard to
get, which made co-operative
trucking arrangements more im
portant in the food production
program.
Births
Mr. and Mrs. John Steskal, a
son, June 17.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. O’Brien, a
son, June 19.
Gene McKenna and Warren
Burgess, who are attending school
in Wayne, spent the week-end
here visiting their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles McKenna andi
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Burgess. I
Maximum Prices For
Corn Definitely Fixed
The Sioux City Office of Price
Administration reports that ap
parently considerable misinfor
mation has been released through
unofficial sources and some mis
understanding prevails in this
territory with reference to farm
prices of corrf under the OPA reg
ulations. Maximum prices for
corn are definitely fixed by the
regulation in relation to the “on
track” prices of the interior
points, that is, the place having
shipping facilities for carload lots,
nearest the place where the corn
is produced.
Maximum prices for corn sold
by a farmer is f. o. b. the farm, no
matter where the corn is deliv
ered, whether to another farmer,
to an interior point in the same
area, to a terminal price-basing
point like Sioux City, or to any
other territory. The maximum
price which a farmer can legally
receive on sales to other farmers
and feeders is the “on-track”
price, and on sales to any other
persons the price is 2 cents lower.
An effort on the part of either
the buyer or seller of corn to
avoid the maximum prices fixed
by the regulations, directly or in
directly, constitutes a violation
which is subject to civil liabilities
and criminal penalties under the
regulation.
The real purpose and design of
all price regulations is not only
to control prices but to effect an
equitable distribution of commod
ities on a share and share alike
basis—and ultimately to assist in
our war effort by releasing our
surplus commodities to our Allies
under lend-lease agreements and
finally to effectuate the earliest
possible successful end to the war.
Geraldine Cronin Received
Her Master’s Degree
Geraldine Mageline Cronin of
O’Neill was one of 438 candidates
who were awarded undergrad
uate. professional, and advanced
degrees at the 213th convocation
of the University of Chicago in
Rockefeller Memorial Chapel on
June 18. President Robert M.
Hutchins conferred the degrees
and delivered the convocation ad
dress. Miss Cronin was one of 73
awarded the master’s degree.
The convocation was one of
four in the University’s academic
year, and although the number of
June graduates was 40 per cent
smaller than the corresponding
number last year, the total for
four convocations of the year
showed a five per cent increase,
attributable to the early gradu
ations of men entering the armed
forces.
Do Not Give Names
Of Military Units
Headquarters of the Seventh
Service Command today request
ed that all clubs, groups and or
ganizations who are preparing
and publishing lists of their mem
bers in the armed forces refrain
from giving the names of the mil
itary units to which these mem
bers belong, as well as the geo
graphical location of the mem
bers. *
The publication of such infor
mation was indicated by the Sev
enth Service Command head
quarters as presenting a threat
both to the security of classified
information, which the enemy
may be able to use, and to the
safety of the men themselves.
Only the listing of the name of
the individual and the designa
tion of the service—such as Army,
Navy, WAAC, etc,—is permissi
ble; for example: Corporal John
Jones, Army.
It is requested that objection
able lists already printed be im
mediately and completely de
stroyed.
Livestock Prices Rally
At Local Sales Ring
Livestock prices staged a rally
at the local auction last Monday,
with a firmer undertone stabiliz
ing the market generally. Receipts
were not quite so heavy as a week
ago, though supplies in both the
catte and hog divisions were mod
erate in numbers. Demand was
good, action was brisk, prices
stronger on practically all kinds.
Steer calves weighing around
300 lbs. topped at $16.00. Bulk
moved at $14.25 to $15.75. Heif
ers made $13.25 to $14.25.
Yearling steers paid upwards
to $15.00, with the bulk of the
heifers in this class ranging from
$13.00 to $14.00. Yearling supplies
were limited.
Beef cows moved within a
$10.50 to $11.25 price range. Plain
er kinds paid $9.00 to $10.00, with
common grades making $7.00 to
$8.00. Bulls scaling 1350 lbs. paid
around $12.00; others claimed
$11.25 to $11.75.
Hog receipts numbered around
550 head. Choice, handy-weight
butchers topped at $13.35. Bulk
of supplies moved at $13.20 to
$13.30. Sows topped at $13.05,
with the long end paying $12.80
to $13.00. Feeder pigs cashed
mostly around $14.00. Several
long strings of little pigs sold by
the head at fancy prices. Next
regular auction will be held on
Monday, June 28th.