Neb. State Historical Society
The Frontier I
" LXIV O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1943 NO. 28
Ed Hall Purchases
Local Sale Barn
A bus ness deal was consuma
ted in this city the latter part of
the week whereby Ed Hall pur
chased the O’Neill Livestock Com
mision company and will take
possession the first of December.
Mr. Hall has been engaged in
the ranching business for several
years and has been very suc
cessful. At the present time he
is living on his ranch northwest
of this city, but he will dispose
of his live stock and farm machin
ery at a sale next Tuesday and
will move to this city so that he
can give his personal attention to
the business at the stock yards.
His experience in the cattle,
sheep and horse business for sev
eral years gives him the necessary
experience for this business and
we predict that he will make a
success of the O’Neill Livestock
Commission Company, as he has
of his livestock ventures.
Mr. Hall informs us that he will
retain all of the same employees
at the sale yard and that tne bus
iness will be carried on under
his ownership the same as it has
been under the present manage
ment, which insures the continu
ation of a first class sales barn in
this city. Mr. Hall says that he
will do his best to render the same
efficient service that the public
have been receiving and will ap
preciate their business in the
future.
For several years the O’Neill
Livestock Commission company
has been operated by John Berri
gan, Joe Gallagher and Cliff Ray.
These men made the market one
of the outstanding ones in north
central Nebraska. All of these
gentlemen have other business
interests which demand their at
tention and for this reason they
disposed of the market.
A TRIBUTE IN MEMORY OF
JACOB K. ERNST
This community was saddened
by the sudden death of our old
time friend, Jake K. Ernst, who
passed away after a brief illness.
He was a great organizer, inter
ested in the community affairs
and was the possessor of a fine
sense of humor. His disposition
is best described as jolly. He was
a big hearted man, one who took a
sincere interest in those who had
found life rough and who helped
to make the way easier for them
to walk. Mr. Ernst, a man of
stout build, with a hearty laugh
and a fund of stories and who
would often be found surrounded
by his numerous friends, fasci
nated by his brilliant wit and his
personality. He enjoyed company,
delghted in conservations, always
willing to express his views when
ever somethng tickled his fancy
or stirred his emotion. We would
gather around him to listen to
his narratives, eager for some of
his witty comments. There was
nothing in his make-up to make
anyone shy with him. The es
teem and the affection of his
many friends in a vast commun
ity was demonstrated last Sunday
by the large concourse of old
friends and neighbors who accom
panied him to his last resting
place. This is the way we will
always remember J. K. The
family has the sympathy of a vast
number of friends that payed
homage to a worthy husband and
father. E. E.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sin
cere thanks to the many kind
friends and neighbors for their
many acts of kindness and sym
pathy extended following the
death of our beloved mother, Mrs.
Ellen Jane Enders.—Her Children.
The Cactus Club
The Cactus Club met with Mrs.
Francis Curran on November 11,
witih eight members and three
guests present.
Mrs. Henry Martin called the
meeting to order, after the cover
ed dish luncheon had been served.
The Green Light, L. B. 295,
a bill passed to enable counties
or groups of counties to establish
local public health departments,
was the topic of the day.
Many years ago an English
statesman pointed out that “the
health of the people is really the
foundation upon which all their
happiness' and all their powers as
a state depend. (Desraeli, 1796).
With Nebraska lagging in the
development of a health program
for the protection of its citizens,
and our soldier boys coming back
from foreign lands with tropical
diseases, which may become epi
demics, well organized health ser
vices are essential. Therefore let
us do our part in the develop
ment of this bill.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. Arthur
O’Neill on December 2.
Marriage Licenses
Otto C. Kallhoff, 29, of Ewing,
and Marie A. Bauer, 21, of Ewing,
on November 12.
Ludwig V. Fa gel, 22, of Ewing,
and Lot-etta Thramer, 20, of Clear
water, on November 15.
Sgt. Robert D. Ott left Monday
night for a few days visit with
his brother, Virgil, located at Fort
Monmouth, New Jersey and from
there to his station in Newfound
land.
Frank Stuetz
Frank Stuetz died at St. Eliza
beth’s hospital in Sioux City last
Tuesday, after an illness of about
three months. The body was
brought to this city and the fun
eral was held from the Catholic
church this morning at 9 o’clock,
Mnsg. McNamara officiating and
burial in Calvary cemetery.
Frank Stuetz was born in Fal
hendorf, Austria, on January 25,
1883. When he was about thirty
years of age he came to this
country and several years ago
came to this city and accepted a
position as janitor at St. Mary’s
Academy. He remained there
for several years and then left
for a few years, coming back
and taking his old position about
five years ago. He had one
brother, but his whereabouts are
unknown.
He has often claimed that when
he attended school in Austria, as
a boy, that Adolph Hitler was one
of his schoolmates.
Educational Notes
The State Teachers’ Examina
tion will be given in O’Neill on
Saturday, November 20. The us
ual schedule of subjects will be
used, beginning with Arithmetic
at 8:00 o’clock war time.
In January the examinations
will be given at the normal train
ing points at Stuart, Atkinson,
O’Neill and Ewing. In November
only, in O’Neill.
elja McCullough,
County Superintendent.
Hearings Held Wednesday
On Soil Conservation
Forty interested farmers were
present at hearings held by the
State Soil Conservation Commit
tee last Wednesday in Atkinson
and O’Neill. Considerable1 interest
was shown in Soil Conservation
work in this county and it was
decided at the hearings to instruct
the State Committee to proceed
with a referendum relative to or
ganizing a Soil Conservation Dis
trict.
At the referendum to be held,
it will be necessary for 75 per
cent of the land owners voting,
to cast favorable votes, before
the State Committee will proceed
with the organization of a district.
The state commttee will also re
quire that a reasonably repre
sentative! vote of the land owners
is cast before proceeding further.
Those attending the hearing
were in agreement that some soil
and moisture conservation work
was needed in this county and
that several benefits from a Soil
Conservation District could be re
ceived by those farmers who are
interested in carrying out such
practices.
H. R. Allen, living about eleven
miles east and a half mile north
of this city, went down to Ft.
Calhoun. Nebr., on Saturday, No
vember 6 for a few days visit at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Grace Sprague. Mr. Allen figur
ed on coming home on Sunday
but the storm caught him in the
eastern part of the state and he
was unable to get home until
Tuesday. Mr Allen says they
have grand corn in Washington
county this year and in practically
all the eastern part of the state.
Having lived in this county so
long, about thirty years, he says
that the hills down there—al
though he did not mind them
when he lived there so many
years ago—does not look good to
him any more, and that he was
glad to get back to the level
prairies of good old Holt.
Lt. George Hammond will ar
rive home tomorrow from Camp
Barkley, Texas, to visit his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Ham
mond and other relatives and
friends._
Two O’Neill Boys Taking
A. C. Training In Texas
Taking preliminary courses to
prepare them for actual flight
training, 67 aviation cadets from
the state of Nebraska, including
two from O’Neill, are now sta
tioned at the army air forces pre
flight school of the San Antonio
Aviation Cadet Center.
At the cadet center the cadets
undergo thorough academic mili
tary and physical training leading
to subsequent flight training to
prepare them for aerial combat.
Those at the cadet center in
clude: Max D. Chapman and
James R. Herre, both of O’Neill.
Former O’Neill Girl
Married At North Platte
A wedding of local interest took
place in the rectory of St. Pat
rick’s Catholic church in North
Platte at 10 o’clock a. m., Thurs
day, November 11, when Miss
Betty McNally, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred McNally of North
Platte, former residents of this
city, was united in marriage to
Orville Gene James, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred S. James of North
Platte.
The bride was attired in a street
length dress of royal blue chiffon
velvet. She wore white and blue
accessories and a corsage of or
chids. Her matron of honor and
only attendant, Mrs. James Ryan
of North Platte, wore a white
wool street length dress with
black accessories and a corsage
of red rosebuds.
The groom was attended by A1
Hruby, a close friend of the young
couple.
Following the wedding, which
took place in the presence of the
relatives and immediate friends
of the bride and groom, a wed
ding breakfast was served at
Miss Lane’s Hostess House. A
three-tiered wedding cake, sur
rounded by white sweetpeas,
mums, and rose rosebuds, cen
tered the table.
Among out of town guests at
the wedding were Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Tomlinson of this city. Mrs.
Tomlinson is a sister of Mrs.
James. The young couple will
make their home in North Platte.
Hospital Notes
Lod Sladek, of Chambers, ad
mitted on Friday, dismissed on
Tuesday.
George Craig, of Inman, admi
ted on Thursday.
Mrs. Floyd Sanders a son, born
Monday.
Mrs. Bosn and baby dismissed
on Saturday.
The Lions Club met Wednes
day evening at the Golden Hotel
with twenty members present.
They now have twenty-seven
members and the membership
here will be limited to thirty.
The next meting will be at 6:45
p. m„ November 24, at the Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson
and son, Jimmie, of Alliance,
came Friday to attend the funeral
of Mrs. Robertson’s father, J. K.
Ernst.
Mrs. Esther Cole Harris enter
tained the M. M. Club at a dessert
luncheon at her home Wednes
day evening. Mrs. Ted McElhaney
won high score, Mrs. Mary Zas
trow guest prize and Mrs Guy
Cole game prize.
Miss Margaret Ellen Donahue,
of St. Marty, S. D., spent the
week-end here as the guest of
Miss Bernadette Brennan.
Pvt. Robert Selah, of Camp
Stoneman, Cal., arrived Sunday
to visit his mother, Mrs. Ethel
Selah and other relatives and
friends.
Owen Hiatt, U. S. A., arrived
Tuesday from. Camp Pickett, Vir
ginia, to visit his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Hiatt and other rela
tives and friends.
"COULD THAT MEAN US?".
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\ BREEZES FROM
I THE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
j Atkinson, Nebr., Star Rt. No. 5
Youth expresses it in song or
a whistle; age talks to themselves.
It requires about 100,000 tons of
tobacco yearly to supply the
smokers in Great Britian.
It is admitted that the senators
from eight southern states can
defeat the wishes of the other
forty states by talking the poll
tax bill to death,
Mar. Farley’s observations on
election trends is a classic. “The
people are tired of being pushed
around.” Too many fuehrers
scattered across the country.
One penny was a day’s wage
in the time of the Ceasars. The
Homan penny was equal in, value
to 17 cents from the U. S. mint.
That would hire a Yankee union
man 7 minutes and 50 seconds.
Secretary of the Navy Knox
regards the talk about this being
the last war as a delusive dream.
Cold realities are not popular but
the peace makers may as well
enjoy their dream while it lasts.
Charles A. Lindberg is carry
ing on experiments with Henry
Ford on a new type of engine for
the motive power of a huge
transport plane for high altitude
flying which Ford plans to turn
out in quantities “after the war"
to furnish jobs. It is not stated
who is going to buy them.
According to the published re
port of the chairman of the War
Fund campaign. Swan and Deloit
precincts were the only slackers
in the county. Swan was short
about $20 of the goal set for it,
Deloit slightly more. If our sol
icitators will drive these prairie
trails again the rebuke to our lib
erality can be rebuked.
Like the open space from which
a-tooth has been extracted, a cav
ity now shows on the main boul
evard in Amelia where was the
home of the late Rhcdy Adams.
A bomb was not dropped, but the
building w'as taken over by the
Bethany church group of Wyom
ing precinct, out of which to fur
nish a residence for their pastor.
“And when the chief priests and
Pharisees had heard his parables,
they perceived that he spoke of
them. But when they sought to
lay hands on him they feared the
multitude.” The multitude,
humanity in the aggregate, men
and madams of every known de
gree of quality, cultured and un
couth—Homo in the mass. It
doesn’t know its strength. It could
have prevented every tragedy
from the cross to Pearl Harbor.
When something of which he did
not approve was brought to the
attention of my maternal grand
father he epitomized the attitude
of the multitude in few words,
“Such doin’s aint right.” That’s
about as far as we go. If words
of disapproval were accompanied
by the giant clutch of the multi
tude the men responsible for this
mighty scourge of war would be
crushed to earth.
Recent events in the southwest
— Baker, Freidrich, Berry and
White have quantities of wood
sawed. Kennedy has butchered.
Road Boss Doolittle has had the
road graded along the Breezes
premises. A small pile of saw
dust caught fire at Freidrich’s, re
ducing to ashes some stove wood.
Addison and Rockford have mar
keted cattle and sheep in Omaha.
A truck load of turkeys has been
shipped out. Henry Clark, a
bachelor across in Garfield county,
lost his house and contents by
fire. Duane Bly, a Chambers
high school student, spent a day
in a dentist’s chair in Atkinson.
Kennedy shot an overgrown
skunk that was taking a nap in
the hollow of a fallen tree where
it had feasted on one of Riley’s
albino turkeys. Mrs. Tom Baker
reports the loss in a recent storm
of a 12-year-old hen that daily
sought admittance to the house
and left a fresh egg in a cushion
ed rocking chair.
An hour before daybreak. A
full November moon is hung in
gilded glory high above earth’s
western rim. Jewels sparkle un
der foot and frost lays like
a dim shroud across the land.
An owl perched on a post contin
ues his oration, a rooster arouses
his harem by lusty crowing, the
chill in the air, the expanses of a
cloudless sky, the huge hulk of
buildings and ghostly apparations
outlined in the dim light. Morn
ing comes again on the prairie
land. Late afternoon, A band
of white vapor high overhead has
formed a cloud that streaks
through the sky the length of
Holt county’s 60 miles from De
loit to Dustin. A giant locomo
tive has roared in the heavens
and left a trail of smoke. It
lingers for an hour and then be
comes the fantastic shapes of the
gods of the ancients. Sunset.
A sunset viewed through the blue
haze over Judean hills that in
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Brother of Mrs. M. A.
Summers Passes Away
Mrs. M. A. Summers received
a telegram last week from Omaha
announcing the death of her
brother, James Cruicshank, who
; passed away suddenly at his home
there. Mrs. Summers had been to
Omaha for a visit with him two
weeks before his death and she
found him in good health and
spirits. He passed away suddenly
from a heart attack. His family
i were among the pioneers of the
i eastern part of tne state. Mrs.
Sufnmers was unable to attend
the funeral. He is survived by
two brothers and five sisters.
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Getting Reckless
With Heavy Guns
According to Sheriff Peter
Duffy last Saturday Roy Spindler,
living in the Meek neighborhood,
reported a heavy caliber bullet
pierced a truck under which he
was working last Friday and
that he had seen an unidentified
airplane flying several miles in
the air.
Spindler reported the missle
passed through the trucks end
gate and floor and dented the
car spring a few feet from where
he lay.
The hard metal covered bullet,
blunt nosed, nearly three inches
long and with a three quarter inch
base, was found on tne running
board, Spindler said. Another
bullet, not found, struck an old
store building nearby, Duffy re
ports Spindler as saying.
The sheriff notified the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at Omaha
of the incident..
William Kubitschek, U. S. A.,
son of Dr. and Mrs. F. J. Kubit
schek of this city, has recently
been transferred from Camp Rob
erts, Cal., to Creighton Univer
sity in Omaha.
Mrs. Irving Johnson and Mrs.
Lyndle Stout entertained the 9F
F Club at a 7:00 o’clock dinner
at the home of Mrs. Johnson Wed
nesday evening. Mrs. Walter
Pharris won high score, Mrs. Herb
Peterson second high and Mrs.
Harold Weir all cut.
Pfc. Donald Loy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. N. Loy of this city, has
recently been transferred from
the Lincoln. Nebr., air base to
the Truat Air base in Madison,
Wis.
Mrs. D. N. Loy is entertaining
Circle 1 of the Presbyterian
church at her home this after
noon. Mrs. J. H. Patterson is the
assisting hostess.
Miss Davene Loy and Miss Vir
girfia Schulz spent the week-end
in Page visiting Mrs. J. M. Ken
nedy.
Cron Stannard returned last
Thursday from Denver, Colo.,
where he had been employed, to
visit the home folks for a time.
spired the sweet singer of Israel
may have been comparable to the
transcending charm of the gold
and pink tints of a like scene on
the Nebraska prairie.
With changes havirtg been
made in our national life may be
our anthem is not to survive. Is
the militant Star-Spangled Ban
ner on the way out? I hope not.
Objection to it is raised on the
allegation that it is diffcult to
sing. Maybe so. Anything is
difficult for a people who never
sing. The Indianapolis Times
has been moved to raise a battle
cry for our great national song.
Listen:
“The nation of which it is the
anthem was difficult to establish.
It was difficult for the Pilgrim
Fathers to land on a stern and
rock-bound coast. It was difficult
for Daniel Boone to make a path
in the wilderness. It was diffi
cult for George Washington and
his barefoot soldiers to hold on
at Valley Forge. It was difficult
for the pioneers to trek across
! the great plains, bearing their
children and burying their dead
by the wayside. It was difficult
for Lincoln to save the Union. It
was difficult for men and women
to build a new south out of the
ashes of Reconstruction.
“It was difficult to send 3,000
000 men across the seas in 1917
and 1918. It was difficult to es
tablish women’s rights, and child
ren’s rights, and labor’s rights
and farmers’ and businessmen’s
rights in this land. It is difficult
to maintain political democracy
against selfishness, divisions and
bossism. The way of dictatorship
is the easy way, the American
way is the hard way, and ever
will be.
“America is difficult, but glori
ous with a beauty that is the re
ward of difficulty. So her na
tional anthem should be, and is.
“No easy tune from Tin-Pan
Alley is worthy of this nation.
“The Star-Spangled Banner is
'too high.’ Of course it is high,
i like the aims of this country.
High like the cost of being an
American. High, but not too high.
“Let us learn this heart-lifting
song, difficult though it is. It is
little enough to do for our be
loved nation, bought for our en
joyment by heroes, great and
humble, at the price of so much
difficulty, past, present and to
come.
‘And the Star-Spangled Banner
in triumph shall wave
O’er the land of the free and the
home of the brave.’ ”
County Court
Fred Gren was arrested on No
| vember 14 by Patrolman Walter
and charged with havin wrong
number plates. He was fined $3
and costs of $3.10.
Edmond Carney was anested
on November 14 by Patrolman
Walter and charged with failure
! to stop at a stop sign. He was
fined $10 and costs of $3.10.
Marvin L. Flucky, of Chambers,
was arrested by Patrolman Wal
ter on November 14 and charged
with reckless driving. He was
fined $10 and costs of $3.10.
Allen L. Kopejtka, of Redbird,
was arrested by Patrolman Walter
i on November 14 and charged with
having wrong number plates.
He was fined $3 and costs of $3.10.
Harold Wolfe, of Bassett, was
arested on November 15 by Pat
rolman Walter and charged with
speeding. He was fined $10 and
costs of $3.10.
Otto Lorenz Suffers
Accident Saturday
Otto Lorenz, prominent farmer
living just west of this city, met
with a peculiar and serious acci
dent last Saturday morning, that
may cost him the use of his right
eye.
Mr. Lorenz was sacking alfalfa
seed and was using a piece of
barb wire to tie the sacks. While
tieing a sack the wire slipped
from his hand and struck him in
the right eye, entering under his
glasses, which he was wearing
at the time. The end of the wire
penetrated the eye ball. He was
taken to Norfolk that afternoon
for medical treatment, but so
far we have heard no reports as
to how he is getting along.
St. Mary’s Pupils To Give
Operetta Tuesday Night
The music department of St.
Mary’s Academy will present the
annual Cecelia program this year
on Tuesday evening, November 23
at 8:30 o’clock at the public school
auditorium. The operetta “Jeanie”
will afford a pleasant evening di
version for the music lovers of
O’Neill.
THE CAST
Jeanie Rawdon, a young Southern
girl _ _ Lou Birmingham
Mammy Phyllis, her servant_I
__Mary Jewell Walker
Rodney Crawley, Dennis Jack
son’s treacherous cousin, and
the villian Bob Allen
Mr. Poisson, Rodney’s shyster
lawyer ... Joe Biglin
Judge Calhoun Rawdon, Jeanie’s
uncle and guardian
_George Janousek
Pamela .Shiela Taffe
Melonie Joan Smith
(Flirtatious girls, friends of i
Jeanie)
Sandra _Delores Frederickson
Charlotte _ Donna Gallagher
Leslie_ _ Jim Early
Gordon_ Bob Wallace
(rather flippant young men)
Dick _ Ed Campbell
Tom Tom DeBaeker
Dennis Jackson, alias John Smith,
Jeanie’s real sweetheart, return
ing from the east Bill Froelich
Lucifer, his servant John Baker
Jeanie’s other guests:
Alvera Ramm, Patti Kieser, Lou
Ann Iler, Twila Fox, Lyle Bra
bec, George Bosn, Quentin Cav
anough, Jim Golden, Beverly
McCarthy, Mary Miles, Patty
O’Connell, Bonnie Hynes, Hazel
Kobarg, Thelma Reefe, Patricia
Soott, Dick Clark Gene Streeter.
Jeanie waits faithfully for the
return of Dennis Jackson, who
loved her before going West. His
cousin, Rodney Crowlev, attempts
to have him declared officially
dead and persuades Jeanie to ac
cept him—almost. Dennis returns
in disguise and prepares to leave
again on hearing of Jeanie’s en
gagement. However, as he is
making his farewells his identity
is discovered and the treachery
of Rodney is unmasked.
Friendly Neighbor Club
The Friendly Neighbors Club
met on Wednesday evening, No
vember 10, with Mrs. Switzer.
The lesson was discussed, after
which luncheon was served. Miss
Mary Holiday was assistant host
ess to Mrs. Switzer. The next
meeting will be with Mrs. Emmet
Crabb on the afternoon of De
cember 2.
On Saturday evening, October
30, Mrs. Crabb entertained the
Club in honor of a former member
Mrs. Edwards, who moved to
Rockford, Illinois.
The Alpha Club met at the
home of Mrs. Carl Widtfeldt
Wednesday afternoon. Plans were
made for the annua] Christmas
dinner, which will be held the
eighth of December. Mrs. Halsey
Moses and Mrs. Alfred Drayton
were on the program. The host
ess served a delicious chicken din
ner, which was thoroughly en
joyed by all present.
Mr. and Mrs. James McLern,
of Mirror, Alberta, Canada, ar
rived the latter part of last week
for a short visit with her brother,
H. R Allen and other relatives
and friends in the Page vicinity.
Robert Ryan, son of J. B. Ryan
of this city, has been transferred
from Knoxville, Term., to Santa
Ana, Cal., and is now an aviation
cadet at the Santa Ana Field.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sundell,
of Wakefield, came Sunday to
attend the funeral of J. K. Ernst.
Funeral Services For J.
K. Ernst Held Sunday
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The funeral of Jacob K. Ernst
was held last Sunday afternoon
from the Presbyterian church in
O’Neill, Rev. Ohmart officiating,
and burial in Prospect Hill ceme
tery. The funeral was one of the
largest ever seen in this city,
, friends and neighbors coming for
many miles to pay tribute to the
memory of their departed friend,
and it can be said that not many
I in Holt county had more friends
I than did Jake E. Ernst, for every
| one who ever knew him was his
friend.
Jacob K. Ernst was bom at
Wesley, Ontario, Canada, on July
I 15, 1873, and passed away at the
O’Neill hospital at 11:30 o’clock
Thursday morning, November 11,
; 1943, following a stroke suffered
i a few weeks before. In 1884,
i when he was 11 years of age his
i parents came to Holt county, com
| ing here from Canada, and ever
I since, except three years spent in
Iowa, he had been a resident of
this county.
On October 11, 1893, he was
united in marriage to ‘Miss Ma
lenda Harris, daughter of one of
the pioneer families of the north
ern part of the county, the cere
mony being performed in this
city. To this union nine children
were born, three sons and six
daughters, one daughter passing
away in infancy, leaving eight
children who, with their mother,
are left to mourn the passing of a
kind and affectionate husband and
father. The children are: Mrs.
Maude Cole of Page, Mrs. Lorena
Lorenz of Inman, Mrs. Martha
Dick of O’Neill; Homer Ernst,
Mrs. Clara Lorenz, Ralph Ernst
of O’Neill, Mrs. Myrtle Robertson
of Alliance. He is also survived
by three sisters: Mrs. Fannie Rei
ser of Friend, Mrs. Mary Rosier
of Boulder, Colo., Mrs. Susan Ku
bitschek of O’Neill. He is also sur
vived by twenty-five grandchild
ren and nine great grandchildren.
Deceased was one of the finest
men we have ever known. We
had known him well for over a
half century and Jake was one of
the kind of men whom to know
well was to love more. He had a
pleasing personality and always
met his many friends with a
cherry hello, how are you. And
his greetings were not superficial.
There was nothing superficial
about Jake Ernst. He was honest
and sincere, with great love in his
heart for his family, his church
and his friends. His passing re
moved one of the old time pio
neers from our tanks; one who
lived a long and useful life and
his passing brought grief to many
outside of his immediate family,
for in his death a real man
passed on.
Junior Red Cross Rally
Junior Red Cross members of
District No. 241, Page, Nebr., held
a rally at the school house Fri
day evening, November 12. The
students entertained with a short
patriotic program. They sold
several articles that they had
made at school. Lunch wras served
at the close of the evening. The
sum of $7.50 was collected during
the evening and this amount was
turned over to the children’s fund.
We wish to thank everyone who
helped to make it a successful
evening. Pupils of Dist. 241.
St. Mary’s To Play Lynch
Next Friday Afternoon
The St. Mary’s Cardinals six
man foot ball team will play their
last game of the season at home,
in Carney Park, Friday afternoon
at 3:00 o’clock with the Lynch
six-man team.
In their last game Lynch suf
fered a 37-24 defeat at the hands
of Butte and the Cardinals have
played Butte twice and have won
both games, 18-8 and 18-0. It
should be a very good game and
let us show the Cardinals that
we are backing them up by at
tending the game Friday and
cheer them on to victory.
Heavy Receipts At
Monday’s Local Sale
As there was no sale last week,
due to the bad storm, the local
receipts were extremely heavy at
the sale here Monday. Prices
were lower on both hogs and
cattle in accordance with all the
central markets.
Steer calves sold from $10.50
to $11.50 and heifer calves sold
from $8.50 to $10.00. Yearling
steers brought from $10.00 to
$1150 and yearling heifers from
$8.00 to $10.00. There were some
good two-year old steers here that
brought $11.90, with the balance
bringing from $10.00 to $11.50.
Cows suffered the most with
prices dropping from $1.00 to
$1.50 per hundred, with prices
ranging from $5.75 to $$9 00. Bulls
brought from $8.50 to $9.50.
The hog market was lower than
it has been for some time with
butcher buying from $11.50 to
$12.50 and an extreme top of
$12.60 being paid on very few.
Sows sold from $11.00 to $11.50.
Shoats brought from $11.00 to
$12.00 per hundred with $11,00
being the main figure paid. There
was around thirty head of sheep
sold and twenty head of horses.
Next sale Monday, November
,22, 1943.