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LXVl O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1946 NO. 35
SMALL DOSES
PA STAND PRESENTj
By Romaine Saunders
Ability to pay. Sounds mag
nanamous. It might have been
p one thing in ’45 or ’44. It might
shrink to total inability in 46.
An Omaha bank whose January
footings are close to eighty-two
million dollars lists its banking
property at $1. A fountain pen?
It would appear that a raise of
pay of the packing plant workers
must be reflectel in higher priced
hamburger or lower bids for live
stock herded into the Sale rings.
It would be interesting to know
just how the president was able
• to muster the gastric fluids to dis
S solve three Missouri Christrra;
dnners, one at home, one with
his mother, another wi h his aun .
Maybe he has the digestive ability
of the Missouri coon hound.
Two bills lie dormant in con
gress if sent on through to final
enactment would put about one
and a half billion dollars in cir
culation each month. Just take it
from the Townsdnd club boys.
And the wonder is that congress
j has not added this trifle to its
other follies.
A little strip of country about
the size of Boyd county draws the
focus of covetous eyes pretty
much the world around. The
former land of the Hebrew race
as handed to Joshua extended
from the Mediterranean to the
Euphrates and from the borders
of Egypt to beyond the moun
tains of Lebanon. It has shrunk
to a litte corner along the sea
coast, continues to be the world’s
shrine, the hope of the Jew and
the pawn of the giants beyond
the Black sea.
The Frontier is just one of five
papers whose first consideration
is the interests of Holt county.
, This paper has been devoted to
' it since 1880, through the lean
and the prospeious years, the vic
isitudes of time that may have
overwhelmed a less hardy breed
than those courageous men who
started papers at Stuart, Atkin
son, O’Neill, Ewing and the journ
alistic gems that flourished or
famished for a time at Mineola,
Dustin, Shamrock, Amelia, Cham
bers, Page and Inman. Perhaps in
a larger sense rewards ire enter
ed beyond the skies, but not the
least of these is the conscionsuess
thalt good folks want to read your
stuff.
What the political success of a
northwest Nebraska country
editor has had to do with a
country editor in a little town in
Antelope county perilously near
the sand hills announcing his
takeoff for the G. O. P. nomin
ation for governor is anybody s
guess. Vail Peterson of the bright
Elgin Review has tossed his som
brero—or is it the tossled cap of
the college bred—into the politi
cal arena. But he has a line in
his paper thait has me balked.
“All poetry 10c per line.” A
Nebraskan that closes his soul to
the music of poetry is not just
normal. It looks like a hundred
thousand victory in Nebraska for
republicans and a nomination
looks good to aspiring statesmen.
Ernest M. Beaver of Deaver,
Wyo., a former resident of Holt
county, favors me with a clipping
from the Basin Republican-Rust
ler, which published heartwarm
ing words of Mr. and Mrs. Darr.
Mrs. Darr recently died, her death
being noted in The Frontier be
cause of the courtesy of John Hor
iskey of Cody, Wyo. A short
paragraph from the clipping Mr.
Beaver sends gives a glimpse of
the esteem in which the Darrs
were held: “Forty-five years in
the past there was no activity in
Basin, social or business, that did
not include Mr. or Mrs. Darr.
They had an active part in mak
ing Basin the capitol of the Big
Horn Basin.’’ Those who knew|
this community a half century j
ago are reminded that Mr. and!
Mrs. Darr had efficient schooling
in just that thing with the lively!
citizens of O’Neill who placed j
community- interest above per
sonal gain.
With the liberal use of 8-point
caps an esteemed exchange puts
it this way: “Nebraska ....
farmers frequently produce more
than they can sell at a fair price
and these surpluses cause dep.e -
sion and great suffering in the
farm belt.” Just the warmed
over Wallace philosophy. There
have been years of abundance,
corn at 20c, fat beef at $3 5 the
head. “Great suffering,” Not
on your life. People happy and
time for real living. There have
been hot winds scorch the prairie
to a frazzle. “Great sufferng?”
Some and there would have been
much more if dad, maw and the
kids hadn’t climbed into a cov
ered wagon and pullel out
Great suffering in times of sur
plus! Heaven help us!
The government setup dealing
with the C. I. O. strikers from
General Motors take the union
side, the ability of the General
Motors to pay the increase asked.
Seems fair enough. But is it?
Appears to me a deceptive phil
osophy. I go down to Miss
Meer’s store on the corner and
say I want an orange. “What is
your ability to pay,” she asks.
“I have a 5 cent piece and a 5
dollar piece,” she is informed.
“Well, your ability then to buy
Eta orange is $5 and that is what
one will cost you,” she tells me.
What sense is there to that sort
of argument? But that is the ar
gument the government advan
ces. The price of an orange is
not determined by the size of the
roll you have in your pocket.
Certain market conditions deter
mine that. The workman’s ser
vices, the only commodity he has
to sell, are not valued acceding
to the cash the employer has on
hand. The 10,000,000 organized
workers in America, backed by
Washington, are becoming aro
gant. Look out, boys, there are
45,000,000 non union workers in
America.
About IQ a m., fifty-eight years
ago Saturday of this week O’Neill
was suddenly, violently over
whelm'd in clouds of snow driven
by a northwest wind of crushing
force. It was the blizzard of his
tory, destructive, overpowering,
freezing to the bone animals and
humans in their tracks. The mar
vel is that any who were caught
out in it survived. Many did,
others diln’t. And some of the
flimsy shacks housing women
and children were a travesty on
human dwellings. But those
were pioneer days and pioneer
women and children were made
of sterner stuff than you will find
now around the bridge tab es.
They had to be. And their men,
frost bitten ajnd blinded by sn w,
stamped in if they found the h'use
after running the cows in, if not
a snowdrift smothered their froz
en breath. The morning af.er,
biting, crushing cold. About the
first figure seen on the snow heap
ed street was Con Keys hooked to
one end of the doubletree on a
sled to take the place of a horse
tfyat had fallen. He had sur
vived the storm in a vacant house
on the east edgd of town. Others
came in as the cold January day
wore on who had somehow kept
from perishing or brought in tales
of what the blizzard had wrought.
It was a repitition on even a lar
ger scale of the blizzard of ’82 that
was so disasterous to ranchers of
the prairieland, when about all
the cowboys salvaged of the herds
were the hides of frozen beeves.
The march of time has seen noth
ing like ’82 and ’88. It may not
again, certainly not the cold
tragedies and heavy losses.
Visit From Mr. Miller
Congressman A. L. Mil'er ar
rived in the city Friday after
noon on a bus from Grand Island
and spent the following day here
Many of our citizens availed
themselves of the opportunity to
discuss matters of interest with
Mr. Miler. He is not too sanguine
of much real helpfulness be ng
done by the present administra
tion which is under const mt
group pressure for political or
industrial advantage. He left
Friday afternoon for Plainview,
near where his father lives.
Death of Ajjed
Rancher of Star
Josiah Starr Noble, residing
on a ranch at the head of Ante
lope slough the past fo ty-five
years, died Monday afternoon at
the O’Neill hospital, following a
brief illness. Funeral was hit
at 2 p. m. yesterday at the Pres
byterian church in this city, Rev.
Kenneth Scott performing the
funeral rites. Arthur Aim, Bob
Tomlinson, Forrest Farrand, A1
Prichert, Elmer Juroecki and
Charles Cole being asked to
serve as pallbearers, interment
in Prospect Hill.
Mr. Noble was born at Missouri
Valley, Iowa, on May 17, 1864,
being in his 83rd year at the time
of his death. He was married to
Ida H. Jones at Missouri Valley i
on October 6, 1887. In 1901 they j
came to Holt county and have
since then resided on the ranch I
in the Star neighborhood, where !
their only son, Ray and family
are also operating a ranch.
Mr. Neoble was a splendid citi
zen who was held in high esrteem
by all who knew him. one of
that hardy breed that best ex
emplify American traditions and
Christian principles. He is sur
vived by his wife, son Ray and
five grandchildren.
BRIEFLY STATED
—
One of the hotels flashes this
crudely drawn sign in the glass
door entrance: ‘Rooms filled.” |
Fred McNally of North Plat.e, |
formerly in the gas and oil busi
ness here, was in the city last
week.
Frank Hammerberg of Atkin
son with J. R. Jarvis, were
shaking hands with friends in
O’Neill Saturday.
Judge Mounts and Reporter
McElhaney were in Butte early
in the week for a regular se sion
of district court.
Allen Connell of the employ
ment office spent ttr.ee days in
Norfolk at a district meeting of
the federal employment officials.
Miss Mary Catherine Coyne de
parted Saturday for Chicago,
where she is employed, after a
foitnight sp nt here vi h her par
ents, Mr and Mrs. Hugh Coy e.
Returning from Omaha Satur
day Ted McElhaney had the not
uncommon experience of the man
on the road a cold day of flat
tires. And he says that kept
him from church Sunday.
Mrs. Patrick Dolan and son.
Miles, departed for their home in
Denver last Saturday, after a
visit here, the guests of Judge
and Mrs. J. J. Harrington. Mrs.
Dolan is a sister of Mrs. Harring
ton.
If you( are in doubt, ask Young
America. The boy was asked by|
his teacher wihy Missouri stands
at the head in mule raising in the
United States. “Because, ’’came
the reply, “the other end is too
dangerous.”
Frank Howard returned early1
last week from a trip to Sioux
City and the Mayos at Rochester,
Minn., he and Mrs. Howard leav
ing Friday for Rochester where
Frank had been advised to return
for treatments.
The new mayor of New York
attaches the O’ to his name, may
be O’Dwyer being the original of
the shorter and more musical
Dwyer, some of whom had a
large share in the founding of
O’Neill and Grattan township
though I don’t recall that any of
them were mayor of the town.
Seen on (the street—A Model
T. A motor cycle “speed demon.”
A team and wagon. Pigeontoed
feet trying to navigate on 3-inch
heels. A toddling holding to its
mother’s hand and doing his best
to keep up. A dignified lady
spit on the w“alk, just like a man,
Shining new red and white
license plates. Folks just like I
you and the rest of us.
Mike Higgins of the Inez Val
ley ranch was in the city M nday,
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins are arrang
ing to make their home in O’Neill
in the near future. The ranch,
one of the best in the county with
a beautiful home and surround-,
ings, was sold some time ago to
Eob Clifford and Mr. Higgins >ays
he will have a sale of stock an 1
ranch equipment some time in
February. He ha one of the old
Ditch company pastures out on
the Eagle so he will^jot quit the
cattle game entir ly, planning to
put steers on pasture there while
residing in the city.
Car Crash at Clearwater
A stranger with a patched chin,
broken teeth, blood spats on his
clothing, a bit blear-eyed from
tarrying at the bar, told the tale
of an automobile crackup in lan
guage neither picturesque nor
refined. It happened Monday
down near Clearwater between
midnight and morning. The j
blond stranger said he and “a!
kid from Norfolk” were coming
west at about 50 miles an hour
when they smashed into a car
belonging to a soldier on the right
side or north side of the highway.
The engine of the soldiers car
had gone dead and he was not in
the car when it was struck and
threw from the highway. Both
cars were wrecked and the “kid
from Noiifolk” ' most seriously
hurt, according to the gent who
found his way to O’Neill where
he sought to have an insurance
report made but was not success
ful as he was driving the other
occupants car without a driver’s
license. He told a newsman he
lived between here and Emmet
and gave a name that belongs
neither here noi1' at Emmet. And
he told others his home was five
miles out of Ainsworth, confiding
that his financial resources con
sisted of 75 cents.
Visitor From Canada
Charles McEvony of Altha
basca, Alberta, Canada, has been
spending the week in the city
and making the rounds with his
cousin, Sam Thompson, and did
not find many he had formerly
known. Mr. McEvony was a
settler in Swan precinct unler
the section homestead act but for
many years has been in Canada
where he has prospered.
When the first world war broke
loose in Europe Mr. McEvony
came into O’Neill one day and an
nounced to R. H. Parker that he
had leased his ranch, turned his
band of sheep over to the renter!
and was going to Canada to join
the army. ‘“They need a good
licking over there and I can get
there quicker to help do it by
joining the British forces,” he
said. Since then he has been a
British subject and citizen of
Canada. ,
McEvony’s relationship stems
to the Hank McEvony family who
settled down the river before
O’Neill was founded. His father,
Frank McEvony, whose home
was in Wisconsin, was a half
brother of “Old Hank” ithat many
Frontier readers will remember.
CHILD CLINIC
The Division of Child Welfare
and Services for Crippled Child
ren will conduct a Crippled Child'
ren’s Clinic in the O’Neill High
School gymnasium on Saturday,
January 12, 1946. Clinic hours
are from 7:30 a. m. to 4:00 p.
m., though registration should be
completed by 11:00 a. m. Children
who are not now receiving ser
vices under the program of
Crippled Children’s Services may
be admitted to the clinic when
referred by /the local physician,
or, in certain cases, at the request
of the child’s parent or guardian.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Dile to the heavy run of motor
vehicle license and taxes both in
the office and through the mail
I find it necessary to keep the
office closed all forenoon for the
remainder of January, starting
Monday, January 13, 1946
The book work must be kept
i4p to date and with this heavy
run of business we cannot do it.
J. ED HANCOCK,
County Treasurer.
Dan O’Sullivan
Died in Denver
J. B. O’Sullivan called The
Frontier Tuesday to inform us
that there had come across the
wires from Denver to him a death
message, his brother, Daniel P.
O’Sullivan having been found
dead in his bod at his home in
that city. The body was cared
for in Denver and rites of burial
lalministered in St. Cecelia’s j
Catholic Church. Daniel was
born in O’Neill on November 20,
1885, and died in Denver on
January 5, 1946.
It is a quarter of a century or j
more since Mr. O’Sullivan left
O’Nelil. He was associated here
with M. F. Kirwin in home dec
orating and painting. A veteran
of the first world war he had
been in O’Neill but little since
then. He was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. P. O’Sullivan, early set
lers out from O’Neill and later
just a mile northwest of town.
His uncle, J. B. O’Sullivan started
most of the children of the pio
neers in town and country on the
high road to learning, as he was
a gentleman of letters who taught
the early schools.
Three brothers survive the de
ceased, J. B., of O’Neill Michael,
of Phoenix, Arizona, and William
C., of Rockford, Illinois.
Buildings, Water and Sew
er Extention.
Local lumberman and builders
are bragging about the many or
orders placed wiith them for new
homes and business houses here.
Inquiries about city water and
sewer accomodations are being
constantly made. Certainly the
water and sewer shortage in
O’Neill has been apparent to
everybody for a long time. Have
our public officials no appreci-1
ation of their sworn responsibi
bity? It is absolutely necessary
now that something be done to
provide adequate water and
sewer facilities for the people of
O’Neill.
Husband of Sister of O’
Neill Woman Jap Pris
oner for 38 Months
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gerard and
daughter, Mary Lenoira, have
been visiting at the J. J. Har ing
ton home, Mr. Gerard leaving
darly in the week for Chicago,
his wife and daughter remaining
here for a time. He was a war
prisoner in Manila for 38 months,
a long time to have been at the
mercy of the Japanese, and when
released the good word was
brought to him by a personal
friend bacsk at their home in
Chicago who was serving in the j
United Slates army. When
taken prisoner Mr. Gerard was
president of an East Asia district
of the United States Automatic
Telephone company. He is not
returning to Asia but will go to
Montevideo, Uruguay, South
America. Mrs. Gerard is a sister
of Mrs. Harrington.
Annual Bank Meetings
The two National banks in
O’Nelil closed 1945 with vaults
full of money and securities.
The annual stockholder’s meet
ings were held Tuesdoy with no
change made in the personnel of
either bank. Officers and direct
ors are as follows:
O'Neill National
Directors — Emma Dickinson
Weekes, Charles E. Abbott, Julius
D. Cronin, E. F. Quinln, F. N.
Cronin.
Officers — Emma Dickinson
Weekes, President; F. N. Cronin,
Vice President; E. F. Quinn,
Cashier.
First National Bank
Directors—Edward M. Gallag
her, Joe A. Mann, Elizabeth Gal
lagher, Eld T. Campbell, Donald
Gallagher.
Officers—Edwtird M. Gallag
her, President; Joe A. Mann, Vice
President; E. T. Campbell, Vice
President and Cashier; Helen
Biglin, Assistant Cashier.
O’Neill women staged a riot
Tuesday, all but wrecked the
pavement, mobbed a department
store and maybe tramped a few
toes. Policeman Bert Peterson
was on hand to carry out any cas
ualties or summon the Fire De
partment. The store had put on
sale a few dozen pairs of stock
ings, those rayon, nayon, silk or
whatever the facinating flimsy
stuff is, and the army of ladies
came with the cry, “Give me
stockings or I perish."
BRIEFLY STATED
Yoeman 2-c Robert Bowen de
parted Wednesday night of last
week for the navy station at
Chicago, after o visit here at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Bowen.
Over in the Annex the other
day n check showed the ratio 5
(to 1 for the ladies. Maybe men
are too clumsy for office detail
and jujst like to be looked to as
boss.
Mrs. F. N. Cronin was hostess
to the Martez Club Tuesday even
ing at a 7 o’clock dinner at the
M and M followed by cards at
the Cronin home. Mrs. Homer
Mullen, Mrs. L. A. Burgess and
Mrs. H. J. Birmingham won high
scores.
Signalman Billy Grady-board
ed a bus Saturday morning
heading for Philadelphia after a
visit with the folks here. His
ship is docked ait Philadelphia
and gathering navy boys aboard
for a cruise in South American
waters.
After a month under the tute
lage of the teacher in one of the
grades of the public school ^ a
boy who spelled wrong forty
eight of the fifty words given in
the firsrt of his tests comes along
now with 100% correct. It’s a
lot in the teacher.
The board of commissioners of
insanity met January 3 and order
ed Raymond P. Sehiloc,sky tem
porarily committed to the cus
tody of the sheriff and is held in
the county jail until such time as
the hospital at Norfolk can re
ceive ham.
Mrs. J. P Brown entertained
sixteen guests at a 6:30 dinner at
gt.he M and M Thursday evening.
Following dinner cards were
played at the Brown home. Mrs.
Frank Froelich, Mrs. Ed Camp
bell, Mrs. Ira Moss and Mrs. W
J. Froelich winning high scores.
Floyd Butterfield was in the
city from over west on Monday
when he took occasion to vi it
the printers. He and Mrs. Butter
field have transplanted their fire
side after ten years getting their
mail out of Emmet to a ran h
southwest of Atkinson on the
Josie mail route, whence The
Frontier will accompany them.
Herb Hammond, a befo e day
light figure on the streets, came
down Saturday dressed for a
hunting trip, lace boorts and all.
He joined a party of gents who
hoaded for South Dakota to shoot
the pheasants up again, South
Dakota permitting a longer hunt
ing season on pheasants than ob
tains over here:
Mrs. C. E. Stout and Mrs. Ed
Campbell were co-hostesses to
ten guests at a dinner Friday
evening at the M and M honor
ing Mrs. J. J. Harrington’s siste s,
Mrs. Dolan and Mrs. Gerard, who
were guests at the Harrington
home. After the dinner the
guests played cards at the C. E.
Sftoijt home. M>rs. Frank Froe
lich and Mrs. H. J. Birmingham
received high scores.
First Sgt. Phillip Simmons has
been visi ing his brother and
sisters and friends of boyhood in
the city. He is now stationed at
Battle Creek, Mich., in command
of the army forces that have
charge of the government hospit
al, the old Battle Creek sanitar
ium. Sergeant Simmons, son of
the late Sheridan Simmons, has
been in army service since long
before the war set the world
aflame and has just enlisted for
another streftch of army life
which he says is O. K. He has
accumulated time that allows him
a furough until March.
County Super
visors Organize
The board of supervisors met
on Tuesday and elected Ed J.
Matouseck chai: man and perfect
ed the further organization for
the coming year.
The court house committees
for 1946 are as follows:
Court House—Clark, Wulf, Col
lins.
Finance — Schollmeyer, Hub
bard, Stein.
Printing—Stein, Collins, Clark.
Tax—Clark, Hubbard, Scholl
meyor.
Bonds—Hubbard, Wulf, Scholl
meyer.
Bridge—Collins, Stein, Clark.
Road—Schollmeyer^ Hubbard,
Collins.
Settlement County Officers—
Stein and entire board.
Claims — Wulf and entire
board.
O’Neill Livestock Market
Sold to Ernie Weller
Ernie Weller of Atkinson is
scheduled to meet with the
0”Neill Commercial Club Friday
evening when ithe members of
the club will be fully informed
of Mr. Weller’s plans in taking
over the livestock sale ring here,
announcement of the purchase of
the sale ring by Mr. Weller ap
pearing today in The Frontier.
As a sale rrtanager and auction
eer Mr. Weller has made an out
standing record for efficiency and
fair dealing since coming to Holt
county to head the Aitkinson sale
ring some ten years a^o and his
wide ocquaintance with stock,
raisers coupled with his years of
experience assures the success of
the enterprise at the county soat.
Billy Hagerty
The funeral of William Hag
gerty was held from St. Pat
rick’s church last Friday morning,
interment in Calveary cemetery.
William Haggerty was born in
Cover, Gascow, Scotand, on Jan
! ilary 6, 1857 and was 88 eyars, 11
months and 27 days old at the
time of his death.
On December 31, 1878, he was
united in marriage to Bridget
Marie Brennan at East Grenock,
Scotland . Seven children were
born of this union, six of whom
are living and all were present at
the funeral. The children are:
Mrs. W. H. Wagne, Mrs. Fred H.
Kemper, Stanton, Nebr.; John
Haggerty, Casper, Wyo.; Mrs.
I Gertie Englebart, Norf< Ik; Wm.
P. Haggerty, Stanton; Mrs. Ma.y
Dawson. Columbus. Nebr.
In July, 1888, Billy Haggerty
with his wife and two daughters
came to the United States and to
O’Neill. He was a broth -r-in
law of the late Col. Neil Brennan
and Mr. Haggeray worked for him
for >cars in his ha dware store
and tin shop. He was a boiler
maker in Scotland and he natur
ally was right at home in the
tin shop. .
—
CARD OF THANKS
We desire ito express our sin
cere thanks to the many old
friends and neighb 'rs for their
kindness to us on our recent vi it,
the burial of our beloved fa her,
William Hagger y. Your kind
ness will ever be greatfully re
membered.
The Haggerty Children.
Marring ♦* i
Calvin Wm. Eppenbech of
Ewing and Bet*" Van Giesich of
Santa Monica, Calif.
Elwyn E. Allum of Rapid Citv,
S. D., and Maria Cecelia Demuth
of Gregory, S. D.
Alfred A. Straka and Margaret
Engler, both of Stuart.
Robert C. Eppenbach of Ewing
and Florence E. Keebough of
. Newpoirt.
Ernest W. Larsen and Sadie M.
Smith, borth of Naper.
The last two couples were mar
ried by County Judge Reimer.
Will pay cash for either bulk
or service station or both. Write
me now.—Box No. 100 The Fron
tier, O’Neill.
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