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Neb. State Historical Social*
~LXV ~~ O'NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1944 NO. 8
BREEZES FROM
TIE SOUTHWEST
By Romaine Saunders
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The majority of democrats are
in the south. They go north to
find a presidential candidate.
South Americans - do not get
along too well among themselves.
Yankees maybe better keep out.
Mr. and Mrs. Ned Saunders and
#two boys are spending a few
' weeks with Ned’s parents while
he does some work on the house
on their farm here.
Lightning burned a section olf
wire on the telephone line a mile
north of Holt Creek. Tom Baker
discovered it coming home from
Atkinson, stopped and connected
up the line with a few feet of
barbed wire.
I see that a railroad switchman
got $50,000 from the railroad for
the loss of an arm. A soldier on
the fighting front lost an arm and
got a congressional citation of
honor. About the most useless
things in circulation today are the
congressional medals.
Again homes of the county
have been made desolate by the
drowning of three people. Most
drownings are the result of frantic
fear. Any one, though they had
not learned to swim, could safely
make the short distance to land
or shallow water if they remain
ed calm amid peril.
They are finding amusement
up at the county seat Sunday
afternoons on the golf links. In
the days of Charley Davis, E. S.
Kinch, Jim Davidson and other
outdoor men they went fishing.
Or in the circle of Joel McEvony,
Sliver Triggs, Joe Davis and a
few other lone bachelors a keg
from Bill Laviollette’s out under
the shade trees at Joe’s place
three miles south of town was the
Sunday afternoon attraction.
> According to the last published
report Dustin and Swan precincts
are a tie on bond purchases—
each $18.75. In the appointment
of solicitors for the precincts
a citizen of Wyoming was named
as a solicitor for Swan.Unfavor
able travel conditions this month
no doubt is responsible for the
poor showing in some precincts
and now that roads are better the
slack in bond sales in these areas
will doubtless be taken up.
Skies have cleared, summer
; winds and torrid days eliminate
mud holes and restore the routes
of travel that were lonely and
silent during much of May and
June. Sunrise, like a ball ol
burnished gold, bursts out of the
pink of early dawn and bathes
the prairie land in light and life
for another day. The hum of
motors on the meadows tell of
blue grass strippers at work and
a few days hence the hum of
mowers willstart another haying
season. When the hay has been
rounded into a thousand buttes
there will be time for a bit of
gypsy life along the open road
leading to water holes where
black bass lay in shadowed
depths. April, May, June. A del
uge soaked us to the bottom. The
combined result of rain, wind,
sunshine and soil is a heavy
growth of vegetation. We might
get webfooted out this way but
we neither have gravel in our
boots, alkali in the craw nor hide
turned to leather.
I do not know what the com
pilers had in mind in sending out
a list of taxes paid by Holt
ft county citizens. Such a list to
show the full facts should include
real estate taxes here and else
where. Many citizens have little
or no personal property and yet
pay in for government support
sizable sums on one thing and
another. Go to work on a job
somewhere and see what is taken
from you as “withholding tax.
The various forms in which taxes
are levied it seems hardly fair
to single out one source of tax
ation. It has accomplished one
thing—an ill feeling among
neighbors. It appears to this
humble citizen that the remedy
for any supposed or real inequal
ity is not in more taxes on any
one but drastic curtailment of
government spending, not alone
that which affects the federal
treasury. “I have been going up
and down the country preaching
that government—federal state
and local—€osts too much,’’ said
the greatest spender of public
funds of all time.
The federal government requir
ed in one year 3,800 pints of red
ink ifor its book keepers to record
the amounts Uncle Sam is “in the
red.” When something like that
happens to a loca bank an omin
ous sign is hung at the entrance,
“Closed.” Such a sign has greet
ed O’Neill citizens on three sepa
rate occasions. The same build
ing was involved each time and
seems now to have been perman
ently1 abandoned for banking pur
poses. The Holt County B-mk
failure was perhaps the hardest
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Holt County Boys In
Army And Navy
During The Month
The following Holt County
boys have been inducted into the
armed forces of our country dur
ing the month of June, 1944:
ARMY
Wayne Dean Peterson, O’Neill.
Leo Stanley King, Stuart.
Lavem John Wedige, Stuart.
Charles Paul Goldfuss, Atkin
son.
Harold Lawayne Dickau, At
kinson.
Robert Woods Turner, Cham
bers.
Glen Leslie Gardner, Stuart.
Emil William Block, O’Neill.
NAVY
Gerald Vernon Tesch, Atkinson
Lyle Eugene Radcliffe, Stuart.
John Jacob Buhlke, Amelia.
Arthur Dean Standage, Amelia.
Edward John Kramer, Stuart.
Delmar Donald Johnson. Page.
Vernon Jerome Tielke, Stuart.
Glenn Louis Gettert, Atkinson.
Watson Keith Greenstreet,
Amelia.
Richard Leo Miller, Ewing.
Albert Myron Wasson, Atkinson
Arlo Dean Burge, Emmet.
John Donald Jacox, Atkinson.
Fred Charles Howard, Page.
Robert Edward Friedel, Stuart.
Willis Dean Sanders, Ewing.
Edward Leroy Hoffman, Atkin
son. . , . „ , ,
Vernon Orville Siebert, Atkin
son. .
James George White, Atkinson.
Forrest Delain Riley, O’Neill.
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Dates For Federal
Employment Agent
A representative of the United
States Employment Service will
be in O’Neill every Tuesday at
the Court House betwen the hours
of 10:00 a. m., and 12:00 a. m.
His schedule for July, August
and September is as follows:
July 4 11. 18, 25
August 1, 8. 15, 22, 29
September 5, 12, 19, 26
This representative will be
available for information concern
ing jobs of all types and skills.
He will accept applications for
Unemployment Compensation, j
In many instances he can make
direct referrals and hires for war
plants.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our sincere;
appreciation to the parties who |
made the search for the body and
also to all those who assisted us
in any way at the time of the
death of our son, brother and j
uncle, Henry Sobotka.
Mrs. Caroline Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pribil.
Mr. and Mrs. William Reznicek.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sobotka, Jr.
Miss Anna Sobotka.
Frank Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sobotka.
Jake Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. James Sobotka.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Meyers.
Lt. and Mrs. Gerold Sobotka.
Up And At It 4-H Club
Holds Two Meetings
The Up and At It 4-H Club held
their seventh meeting at the home
of Doris Pierson on June 18th.
It was a special Father’s Day
meeting, and response to Roll Call
was a poem about Father’s Day.
The girls’ parents were all there.
Each father received a souvenir,
accompanied by a note which he
had to read, causing much laugh
ter.
Each one of the girls read a
joke about one of the Dads.
After the meeting lunch was
served by Mrs. Pierson. Mrs.
Schmidt brought an Angelfood
cake decorated in honor of Fath
er’s Day.
Wednesday evening we held a
special meeting at the home of
Miriam Schmidt. This meeting was
held in order to practice singing.
The parents played cards. The
evening was spent in much fun
and merriment by all.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Donna, Alice, and
Twila Whaley on Sunday, July
2nd at 2:00 o’clock P. M.
Helen Johnson, Reporter.*
Lt. and Mrs. Max Chapman
of Blackland Flying Field, Waco,
Texas, came Thursday to visit
Mrs. Chapman’s mother, Mrs.
Elsie Slattery. After his fur
lough Lt. Champan will be sta
tioned at Independence, Kansas.
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blow as people were “hardup,”
but a more bitter feeling devel
oped when the Elkhorn Valley
Bank went under. Had not
Hagerty and McGreevey made
good their escape such outraged
depositors as Jim Coyle were
ready to hang them. McGreevey
was later returned, kept in jail
for a time profiting by the leisure
in reading a nineteenth century
classic by Dr. Dick which a friend
carried him from my book
shelves. Depositors of the third
bank that failed rested in the
false security of a state guarantee
law. Uncle Sam’s accounts are
badlv in the red but nobody seems
much worried. ___ j
O'Neill Boy Scouts
Have First Camping
Trip At Wolfe Lake
The O’Neill Commercial Club
Boy Scout Troop No. 210, under
the supervision of Harry Petersen,
Scoutmaster, and Eld Hancock,
Assistant Scoutmaster, left O’Neill
at 12:30 p. m. on Friday, June 16
for their first overnight camping
trip.
We left the schoolhouse at 12:30
by truck, heading west toward
Wolf Lake, about 10 miles south of
Newport. The truck was loaded
with packs, food, pop, ice, fish
poles and fourteen Boy Scouts and
four adults. Norb Uhl furnished
the transportation. We were also
very happy to have John Kazda
along with us. He is home from the
Army on furlough and was a good
scout to have along when the boys
were compelled to do a lot of
hiking.
We started south from Newport
but were stopped by a fellow who
said we couldn’t get to Wolf Lake
that way. So we turned around
and went to Bassett. Wolf Lake is
8 miles south and about 14 miles
east of Bassett. We got within
about 5 miles of the lake when we
figured we could not go any far
ther by truck as it was very wet
and soft. The boys took their packs
over their backs and started to
ward the lake. Norb stayed with
the truck while we looked for some
one with a team or tractor to pull
us through. The boys walked about
3 miles. After being pulled with a
team for some distance we soon
arrived at the lake at seven
o’clock.
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A lie uuva men wuc tawcu w
order by Scoutmaster Petersen and
assignments were given: potato
I peeling, fire building, beds made
(out in the open under the stars),
flag pole put in the ground, flag
raised.
We were very lucky in the fact
that in less than 20 minutes we
had caught enough fish for supper.
The menu Friday night was: fried
fish, fried potatoes, bread, butter,
jams and fruit, and pop to drink.
About dark the boys turned in.
We thought that the boys would
be so tired that they would go
right to sleep, but it didn’t happen
1 that way. I don’t believe they slept
115 minutes all night (mosquitoes
didn’t sleep any either).
The next moring at bout five
o’clock the bugler, Harty, was sup
posed to blow Reveille to get the
boys awake and up, but they were
all awake as I mentioned before.
Hands and faces washed, bed rolls
packed, fires started, the boys
started fishing again so as to brir.ai
home a few fish. Breakfast con
sisted of bacon, eggs, bread, but
ter, jam and fruit (canned prunes
and oranges). After breakfast the
camp grounds were cleaned up,
truck was loaded, flag taken down.
We were ready to leave at about
7:30 a. m. for home. I imagine we
caugbt from 100 to 150 fish.
We made an appointment the
night before to meet a man at a j
certain place at 8:00 o’clock with,
a tractor to pull us back to the
grade. We were at that place at'
8:05. From there the boys had to
walk nearly 5 miles to the grade.
We arrived at the school house
at 11:50 Saturday morning.
All in all it was a great trip
and the boys really roughed it.
None of the trip was in much com
fort. I believe the boys will have
something to talk about for a long
time as well as the adults that
were along. The ground was really
hard. _
We wish to thank Julius D.
Cronin for furnishing all the food
and to Pat Harty for furnishing 6
cases of pop, also to Norb Uhl for
the truck and his help, and to John
Kazde of the U. S. Army for his
help.
J. C. Stein Adds Valuable
Animal To His Herd
J. C. Stein returned the fore
part of last week from North
Loup, where he purchased a
Polled Hereford bull to head his
fine herd of Hereford cattle. Joe
bought the bull from W. O.
Zaggers one of the best known
breeders of Polled Herefords in
the state. Mr. Zaggers is now
fitting three calves to take to the
International Show at Atlanta,
Georgia, this fall.
Nice Run Of Livestock At
Local Sale Ring Monday
A nice run of livestock was at
the local sale ring last Monday
and due to the break in the cen
tral markets, the prices were some
lower, especially on the cows. The
good kind sold for $10 to $11.75
and the between kind were off
more and sold around $6.25 to
$8.00. Quite a few light cattle
showed up last Monday and they
sold from $10 to $12. If you have
anything fat, they are still a good
price and we have buyers for
them.
A good run of hogs were here
and prices were some higher on
all classes and the good butchers
sold from $12.70 to $12.90. Sows
were higher and sold from $9.25
to $9.55. Quite a few pigs showed
up and the market was consider
ably higher.
Word has been received by
Miss Mary Jareske that Miss
Betty Heinze now holds a position
with the Vancouver Loan and
Insurance Company, of Van
couver, Washington.
Mr. And Mrs. P. J. Biglin
Celebrate Their
Golden Wedding
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Biglin cele
brated their Golden Wedding an
niversarya at their home in this
niversary at their home in this
city on Sunday, June 25, 1944.
Their daughter, Helen, enter
tained at a 2 o’clock dinner in
their honor in the home Sunday
afternoon. The table was beau
ifully and artistically decorated
with a one-tier anniversary cake
and cut flowers as the center
piece. Miss Jeanne McCarthy
baked and decorated the cake and
presented it to the couple of
honor. Many old time friends
called during the afternoon to
pay their respects.
P. J. Biglin and Catherine
Dailey were united in marriage
on June 27, 1894, Rev. M. F.
Cassidy performing the cere
mony.
P. J. Bigin came to O’Neill
in August, 1882, from Dunmore,
Pa. In the middle eighties he
was engaged in the grocery busi
ness here. Later he was in the
gas business. He served several
years as a state oil inspector for
this district. He later operated a
coal yard here for several years.
Mrs. Biglin and family came to
this county Ifrom Pennsylvania
in the summer of 1878, and she
has been a resident of the county
ever since.
AAA NOTES
Harry E. Res^el, Chairman of
Holt County AAA, advised farmers
to harvest alfalfa, red clover, al
sike clover, white clover brome
grass, wheat grasses, gramma
grasses and bluestems for seed this
year if possible. There is a short
age of these seeds and every acre
harvested will not only help re
lieve this situation but also will
bring a good cash return to the
farmer. The 1944 AAA Program
provides for a payment of $3.50
per acre for harvesting hay seed.
Payment will be made on not to
exceed 25 acres so harvested per
unit.
Beginning July 1st payment will
be made on the May and June
cream stubs. Please get your stubs
| in early and do not wait until the
1 last day. The announced rates are:
! 35c per hundredweight on whole
! milk and 6c per pound on butter
fat.
Harry E. Ressel, Chairman
Holt County AAA Committee
The O’Neill Team Shuts
Out Tri State Team
The O’Neill baseball team de
feated the Tri State Produce Co.,
team here Sunday, June 25, with
a score of 10 to 0. The O’Neill
team colected 11 hits while Tri
State got only one.
Batteries: O’Neill, Wolfe, Thor
in and Pruss. Tri State, Graham,
Helmer and Grenier, Forbes and
Harding. „ ,,
Next Sunday, July 2,the O’Neill
team journeys to Neligh to play
the Neligh Legion team.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express our sin
cere and heartfelt thanks to the
any kind friends and neighbors
for their many acta of kindness
and expressions of sympathy
extended during the last illness j
and folowing the death of our
husband and father.
The Keyes Family.
Mr. ana Mrs. nowara
Rouse Celberate Their
Silver Anniversary
On Sunday, June 25, at the
Howard Rouse home a surprise
party in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Rouse’s 25th Wedding Anniver
sary was given them by a large
number of relatives and friends.
A delicious dinner was served by
the ladies consisting of fried
chicken, several kinds of salads,
pickles, sandwiches, cake and pie.
Those attending were: Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Rouse and son,
Marvin, qf Inman; Miss Maude
Rouse, Mrs. F. H. Griffith, Mrs.
Carrie Borg and Marvel, of
O’Neill; Mr. and Mrs. Ralph
Young and daughters, Thelma
and Helen, also Dorothy and Mary
Young, of Opportunity; Mr. and
Mrs. George Hansen, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Hansen and daughters,
Lila and Bernice; Mrs. Bill Mul
hair and son, Richard, of Lynch;
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Borg, Helen,
Ronald, Donald, Dwayne and
Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil
Hubby, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Riser and son Raymond, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Walters, Florence,
Laure, Allen and Arlene.
Mr. and Mrs Rouse received
many lovely and useful gifts and
when the guests all left they
wished Mr. and Mrs. Rouse many
more year of wedded happiness.
Francis D. Lee. attorney qf At
kinson, had business in this city
Wednesday.
Seaman 2-c Francs Murray of
the V-12 at Ames, Iowa, came
Sunday on leave, to visit his father
John Murray and other relatives
and friends here.
Lt. Abart Awarded Air
Medal And Commended
Highly For His Work
At a 12th AAF B-26 Marauder
Base.—First Lieut. Dercy C.
Abart of Emmet, Nebr., has been
awarded the Air Medal by the
Headquarters of Maj. Gen. John
K. Cannon's Twelfth Army Air
Force for "meritorious achieve
ment while participating in aerial
flight” as a navigator-bombardier
on a B-26 Marauder bomber.
The 26-year-old flier’s citation
read in part: “On January 2,
1944, Lt. Abart was a member of
a flight which attacked the rail
road bridges at Ventimiglia,
Italy, important links in the en
emy’s supply line. Lt. Abart drop
ped his bombs with an unusually
high degree of accuracy thereby
interupting the flow of vital en
emy suppies. The courage and de
votion to duty displayed by Lt.
Abart have reflected great credit
upon himself and the United
States Army Air Forces.”
Overseas since October, 1943,
Lieutenant Abart is now on tfur
lough in the United States after
flying 45 combat missions with
Marauder bombers in the Medit
erranean theater.
Lt. Max Chapman
Now Army Air Pilot
Blackland Army Air Field,
Waco* Texas, June 27: Black
land Army Air Field, Waco,
Texas, one of the advanced twin
engine training fields of the Army
Air Forces Central Flying Train
ing Command with Headquarters
at Randolph Field, Texas, gradu
ated its 17th and its largest class
of Aviation Cadets and Student
Officers as military pilots on June
27. Ceremonies were held on the
flight line where the graduates
received the silver pilot wings
of the Army Ar Forces.
Flying officers who have re
ceived their wings at Blackland
Army Air Field have seen action
in every theatre of operations in
every type of miljtary airplane.
Among the men to receive
wings as military pilots was:
Max D. Chapman, O’Neill, Nebr.
Non-Stock Labor Ass’n
To Be Formed In Holt
County Monday, July 3
At a public farm wage hearing
conducted by the Holt County
Farm Wage Board composed of:
Lyndle R. Stout, Agricultural
Agent, Chairman; James W. Roon
ey, Charle W. Peterson, Charles
Fox* and D. C. Schaffer, in O’Neill
last Monday it was decided by
twenty farmers present to incor
porate a non-stock cooperative as
sociation for the purpose of pro-1
curing the services of any avail-1
able interstate farm workers for
use on Holt County farms and
ranchers in connection with pro
duction, harvesting and prepara
tion for markets of agricultural
commodities essential to the prose
cution of the war. By means of
contracts with the United States
government, an attempt will be
made to recruit and transport hay
and harvest labor jnto Holt County.
All farmers and ranchers are in
vited to be present in the assem
bly room of the courthouse in
O’Neill at 1:30 Monday, July 3
when articles of incorporation will
be drawn up.
It will be necessary ior all rarm
ers and ranchers who intend to
apply for this labor to make ap
plication for membership into this
non-stock cooperative before any
labor will be furnished.
Farm laborers are being recruit
ed at this time in the southern
states to be transported into Ne
braska. All labor recruited and
transported into Nebraska will be
employed under contract at the
prevailing wage, which will be de
termined as a result of the farm
wage hearing last Monday.
Both employers and workers
must sign a contract with the War
Food Administration and comply
with the requirements. Employ
ment must be guaranteed the
worker 75 percent of the work
days or a payment of $1.60 a day
and board furnished. Further in
formation may be obtained from
the County Agent’s office in
O’Neill.
Hospital Notes
Virginia Wiseman tonsils re
moved Tuesday.
Mrs. Maron Park, of Page, baby
girl Sunday.
Mils. John Jenseni baby girl
born Tuesday.
Mrs. Henry Stellng, of Orchard,
dismissed Thursday.
Dallas Hemingway, of Orchard,
dismsissed Sunday.
Mrs Martha Galentine, of
Brunswick, admitted Friday, suff
ering from a fractured hip.
The Weather
High Low M’st’e
June 23 82 58
June 24 - 80 59
June 25 .. -92 64 .11
June 26 .- 99 14
June 27 90 60 .05
June 28 --— 89 53
June 29- —74 58
Dewey And Bricker
Winners In November
Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
of New York, was nominated by
the republicans in national con
vention in Chicago last Wednes
day, shortly after the noon hour.
There was only one ballot taken
and Dewey received the vote of
every delegate except one, a del
egate from Wisconsin casting his
vote for General McArthur.
Governor John W. Bricker, of
Ohio, was given the second place
on the ticket, receiving all the
votes of the convention. Dewey
and Bricker, the next president
and vice president of these
United States.
BRIEFLY STATED
Miss Irene Whaley was a Nor
folk visitor Monday.
W. J. Froelich spent the week
end here with his family.
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Mrs. Audrey Bowden enter
tained her neighborhood with a
party Monday.
Miss Mary Miles went down to
Chambers Sunday to visit Mrs.
Robert Miles and Betty.
Miss Dorothy Froelich returned
Thursday from Audobon, Iowa,
where she had spent the past two
weeks visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. T. B. Kirwin.
Sgt. James W. Conard, son of
Mrs. G. A. Conard, O’Neill, is a
shipping and receiving clerk in a
B-24 Liberator Bomb Group of
the 15th AAF based in Italy.
Dick Cronin came up from
Hastings last Thursday for a
couple of days visit at home. He
returned to Hastings Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. O’Donnell
and son, Johnny, of Omaha, came
Saturday to visit Mr. O’Donnell’s
mother, Mrs. Leone O’Donnell,
mother, Mrs. Leone O’Donnell.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Carnes, of
; Plainview, came Sunday to visit
Mrs. Carne’s mother, Mrs. Jane
Harnish.
Miss Helen Harty left Monday
for Chicago, where she will visit
her sister, Mary Harty and other
relatives.
John S. Havelka, of Madison,
Nebr., is the new manager of the
local Council Oak store, having
taken charge of the store Wed
nesday.
J. G. Hanhart, of College View,
Nebr., was in O’Neill Wednesday
soliciting for the Christian Rec
ord, which is financied by the
Christian Record Benevolent
Society.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Porter, Mrs.
Ted McElhaney and Mrs. H. G.
Kruse and daughter, Patricia,
made a business trip to Sioux
City Thursday.
Mrs. W. H. Mclnerney, of Chey
enne, Wyo., came Sunday to visit
relatives and frends.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hynes ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd
Rinehart and children, returned
from Omaha Monday.
Lt. Col. and Mrs. Joseph
Hunker and daughter, Mary Jo,
visited over the week-end with
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Armbruster.
Lt. Col. Hunker was formerly
stationed in London, England.
Miss Dorothy Lowery, Miss
Betty Harris, Miss Corrine Kub
itschek, Duane Landis, Roy John
son, Jim Golden, Joe Biglin and
Vink Harris were in Atkinson
Sunday to attend a farewell pic
nic in honor of James White,
who left for the Navy.
Word has been received by
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lowery that
their son, Robert, who is station
ed somewhere in England, was
promoted to Staff Sergeant.
Walter Stein and son, Paul, of
Los Angeles, Cal., came Friday
night to visit relatives and old
friends. They will start on their
return trip Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. V. C. Johnson, of
Lincoln, left Wednesday for their
home, after spending a week vis
iting Mrs. L. O. Johnson.
Mrs. Harry Larson left Tues
day tor Paris, Texas, where she
will visit her husband, Staff Sgt.
Harry Larson, who is stationed
there.
Mrs. Grace Wilcox, an em
ployee of Brownt-McDonald, is
on her vacation. She left Thurs
day for Elgin, to visit her mother,
Mrs. Marthia Brookhauser, and
plans on going to Minnesota later.
J D. Cronin and Miss Ann
Harty left Saturday for Chicago,
where J: D. plans on attending
the republican national conven
tion to see the next president and
vice president of the United
States nominated. Miss Ann will
c pond a couple of wedks visiting
her aunt, Miss Geraldine Cromn.
Cornelius Keyes, 82,
Passes Away Monday
After Long Illness
Cornelius Keyes, 82 years old,
and a resident of O’Neill for 68
years, passed away in St. Cather
ine’s hospital in Omaha on Mon
day, June 26th, after an illness of
nine months, the past seven of
which he had spent in the hospital.
The body was brought to O’Neill
by Biglin Bros, and funeral ser
vices were held on Wednesday
morning at 10:00 o’clock from St.
Patrick’s church with interment
following in Calvary cemetery.
Mr. Keyes was born in Windsor,
Canada and came to O’Neill with
his parents on May 1, 1878 where
they settled on a homestead one
mile north of the O’Neill ceme
teries. He was united in marriage
on February 2, 1891 to Miss Eli*
abeth Gallagher, in this city. He
is survived by the following child
ren: Miss Mae Keyes, O’Neill;
Cornelius J. Keyes, Tucson, Ari
zona; and Patrick H., O’Neill. He
is also survived by one sister, Sr.
Bernadette, Omaha.
In the earlier years, Mr. Keyea
operated a feed store in this city,
in the building now occupied by
the Streeter Barber Shop, but
later purchased the Hersh iso
farm, one mile west of O’Neill,
which he and his son Patrick op
erated.
ODT To Make New Rules
For Truck Operators
An estimated 10% saving in
truck miles will be realized in Holt
County during the next 12 months
if conservation measures planned
by the Holt County Livestock
Transportation Advisory Commit
tee to market the counties’ live
stock are followed, Mr. R. L. For
rest, district manager, Office of
Defense Transportation, North
Platte, announced today. This
would mean a saving of approxi
mately 109,420 truck miles.
Plans formulated by the Com
mittee in cooperation with the Of
fice of Defense Transportation
were based on the livestock to be
raised this year, number of trucks
available, and distance to markets,
and are contained in an Industry
Transportation Plan adopted by
the Committee.
The plan in general is that to
the degree that it is practicable
livestock be picked up with the
j minimum of mileage and wear in
1 trucks and tires, that it be moved
i to market in fully loaded vehicles
I over the shortest route, that live
stock trucks be utilized to the best
possible advantage, and that all
precautions be taken for the pre
vention of waste. It is recom
mended that producers desiring to
make less than truck load ship
ments give their trucker at least
36 hours notice so that arrange
ments may be made to consolidate
loads.
The plan sets out that there are
approximately 41 truckers operat
ing 51 trucks, who haul livestock
for hire in Holt County. In addi
tion there are approximately 49T
privately operated farm trucks.
To effect the savings contem
plated, the following conservation
measures are set out in the plan
for observance by the producers
and haulers:
(1) Truckers will not haul loads
of less than capacity except for
pickup and assembly of farm-to
market movement.
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NOTICE
Will be in O'Neill at the C
8c N. W. depot from one to
three p. m., Monday, Jnly 3rd,
to receive consignments of
wool only, under government
regulations.
ARTHUR J. RUNNELS