tteb. St^e LXV Historical The Frontier 4 • " . ^ , O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APIRL 4, 1946 NO. 47 SMALL DOSES PAST AND PRESENT By Romaine Saunders Whatever may be said of the OPA, their “Press Releases" are typed on both sides of the paper. It has remained for the demo crats to hamstring both the party and democratic processes in gov ernment. ^ One or more marriage licenses about every day the past winter, but I havent head of a baby being born in town. What agriculture needs, what industry needs, what the return ed veteran needs—what we all need most is to be lot alone. Hanging in the shade on a west wall the glass tube recorded 86 degrees above Sunday aifternoon, if not an all |time record for March 31 nobody knows the difference. A gent writing in an Omaha paper says girls down there are “greenly. stuck up, egotistical.” He signs himself “Bachelor.” If he hangs around Omaha he will doubtless have to remain a bach elor. The mush and milk and hot corn bread season is about over. The order from Washingtin to cut the grinding of cornmeal 15 per cent comes at a time when it matters little. Our able Secre tary of Ag. should be informed of the piles if com on the ground in Nebraska’s corn belt and some in the fields yet. O’Neill citizens are putting their premises in order as an in viting background for the fresh growth and bloom of spring and express the hope that the Super- [ visors will authorize a transfor- j mation in the county’s storage ■ yard that hcs become something of a jufik pile in the midst of an otherwise orderly and well kept section of the city. _ Man and horse were killed by j lightning in Boone county a day last week. The “rumble and grumble and roar” of distant thunder was nature’s drum beats accompanying rain fall up this way at the same time. Fabled March weather laid no violent hand on the prairieland but natives have feared all along to do any boasting. “A hundred dogs bayed deep and strong clattered a hundred stoeds along,” wrote Walter Scott. Not nuite that many of the non d. script canine denizens of the town race the automobiles up and down Fourth street and beco.ne a nuisance with their yipping and barking. Tramp dogs are no bodys dogs and nobody moves to eliminate the daily newsance. The withholding tax take’ from the pay of nil that have the ambi. ion and ability to work and then sent back is ju t a bit of New Deal financial philo ophy. Out of every hundred do'lars earned $18 is taken and all or part refunded some time the future. It piles up book keeping and accounting not only at the revenue centers but for every | business concern that employs help as well as in the county and state offices. They say isolotion isis passed out when that first atomic bomb blew the divinity out of his high- \ •ness at Tokyo. It is a simple ( matter to prove the latter but nobody has made a count of the citizens who still regard George Washington’s warning concerning "foreign entanglements” some thing more than an historical ges ture. If we are ever to escape from thei “foreign entanglements” woven as a mesh the past decade the courttry will have (to call bigger men to the helm. The boxelder trees set out a generatinon ago by O’Neill citi zens are falling victims to the march of time. Dead or alive they are hewn down and the stumps removed. Perhaps the useful ness of the box elder as a shade tree, for ornament or as wind breaks has passed out with the gen., ration that planted them. One objection is the box*-. Idea bug, so called. They are about' the best tree in sthis section for fuel but not mmy gents around town could or would swing an ax to reduce a tree to firewood. The charming E!e:jnor, fresh the hypnotic shades of the United Nations council board, gave an Omaha audience a distilled dose of New Deal philosophy. Accord ing to the former first lady it is not important theft England repay the proposed three billion loan if they buy American goods with the money. A simple method of financial juggling, but Nebrras kans don't do bi^siness that way. — A gentleman heading a New York corporation says Nebraska has 22,000,000 acres involved in the “soil conservation” program. “This growing emphasis,” he says, “on care of the soil prom isee to keep in full service the j acreage which contributed so much to the war effort and also ! to produce foods that will up grade the American diet.” Ne braska’s grass lands do more to “up-grade” the (tabla supply of Yankeeland’s mighty eaters even than her mellow richness down in the “corn country” where most of these twenty-two million acres spread their rich black loam. BRIEFLY STATED ! Frank Nelson returned Monday from a visit at the home of his brother near Omaha. Bob Eby came out from the Great Lake naval base Saturday for a brief visit with relatives in O’Neill. — Mr and Mrs. Reie Shaw came down from Bassett last Thursday, Mr. Shaw remaining here for medical treatment and Mrs. Shaw returning to Bassett that evening. Arthur Graves, son of Mrs. W. B. Graves was in the city Tues day visiting friends in his old home town. Art had just been discharged from the armed forces where he had served nearly three yars. Seaman 1-c William J. Grady came home last Friday on a few days leave to spend them at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Grady. Bill has been in the navy for nearly a year and ah af and came home from Phil adelphia, where he has to report back on April 10. An auomobile belonging to Ross Ridgeway caught fire as it was parked on Fourth street Monday morning. Citizens gath ered at the scene in the usual numbers when tre fire alorm blared out and looked on while Joe Mlartin and a few firemen subdued the fire. The car moved away on its own power. Going to Chambers last week 'for a funeral F J. Biglin was un able to proceed with the hearse when he struck a soft spot that caused the front wheels to buckle r nd carry the hearse into the ditch. He flagged a passing car and was taken to Chambers, call ing a hearse from Atkinson and garage men at O’Neill to bring the Biglin hearse in. Slight dam age was done. Romaine Saunders, having ter minated his services at The Fron tier office on account of failing eyesight, left Monday af ternoon for Lincoln, where he will visit his daughter and family and attend a meeting of the State Library Board, of which he is a member, Tuesday. He then plans on interviewing eye special ists regarding his eyes and may probably go to Colorado for a few weeks, after which he will be back on his ranch in southwest ern Holt. Romaine was a long time employee of Tre Frontier and a personal friend of the elitor for over fifty years and we sincerely hope that he will find some specialist that will as sist him in regaining his lost vision. Reports are that a warm mu nicipal election was held in At Atkinson. Dr. Douglas, present mayor, was opposed by F. J. Brady, who they claim won by 1. Congressman Miller’s Weekly Letter Several matters of a highly controversial nature are under consideration of the Congress at the present time. In most cases tile controversy is net of a parti san nature an,d the proponents and opponents are not divided on party lines. In fact the majority party is now in an intense strug gle to recruit enough support to pass legislation recommended by the President. Strange to say his must laws are not being given much consideration by the Con gress. I have some definite opin ions on many of the issues which I do not hesitate to express. I hope they refledt the feelings of the people of thq Fourth Nebras ka District but realize that their feelings will not be unanimous. I will appreciate an expression from anyone in the District on these matters regardless of whether or not they are in ag reement with my views. Renewal of the Price Stabli zation Law) is o burning question. Most people agrefe that prices should not be permitted to sky rocket but Ithere is a growing conviction that the way the Office of Price Administration has ad ministered the law has seriously 1 hindered 'the production and thus added to the threat of inflation. It is a fundamental fact that man ufacturers will not make goods unless they can have a reasonable profit. The stubborn way in which Chester Bowles and his clic have persisted in following their theories and refused to take a realistic view of conditions has disguskd many former friends of price control. When they want an extension of their powers they make all kinds of promises to be good but after they get it they return to all their crack down tactics. To cure this I have advocated placing price con trol over foods under the Depart ment of Agriculture rents under Federal Housing and other neces sary controls under other approp riate agencies. Control of Atomic Energy. Sroll it be under a Civilian Board or under military? Few people realize the far reaching possibil ities of atomic energy. Most of us are more impressed by its mil itary aspect. Whether for good or evil the problem is with us and we must find the right sol ution. It is a subject for prayer ful consideration. Draft Extension and Compul sory Military Training. Premier Sitalin’s statement supporting world peace has taken the wind out of the sails of the propoganda c mpaign engineered by the pro ponents of draft extension and compulsory military training. There is reason (to b lieve that much of the war scare recently whipped up had this in view. A powerful army, navy and air force with up to the minute equip-1 mcnt recruited on a voluntary' basis would seem to be the prop er military establishment for a Republic. If our military lead ers would end their fight over j which arm of the service should! have prefemrenee and get busy on our problem of defense we could recruit such an establishme: it. Loans to Foreign Countries. The proposed British loon cannot be considered except in relation of the demands for loans from France, Russia and several lesser nations. The question is just how long we can continue to wtEte our resources and mort gage our future without promise 'of a fair return. Our national debt is now larger than the com bined debt of the rest of the world Reorganization of Congress. Congressional machinery is old creaky. It must be streamlined if Congress is to retain its his torical functions principal among is to check the expeannsion of administrative power. Here is a subject for careful study by civic organiations. Mr and Mrs. Neil Brennan, of Rapid City, S. D., came down last Monday morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. P. C. Donohoe and visit relativas for a few days. W. A. Stefan of Norfolk, dis trict supervisor of the F. E. S-,1 was in tre city Tuesday. 1 O’Neill Native Passes Away Mrs. Margaret Donohoe, be loved wife of Patrick C. Donohoe, and a native of this county, pass ed away at her homa in this city last Saturday afternoon, about 6:00 o’clock, after an illness of a little over a week, although she had not been in good health for the past couple of years, at the age of 63 years, 5 months and 26 days. Funeral services were held last Tuesday morning from the Cath olic church at 10:00 o’clock, Rev. Monsignor McNamara officiating and burial in Calvary cemetary. The funeral was a large one, friends coming from far and near to pay their last tribute to this estimable and beloved woman. Margaret Holland was born in O’Neill on October 4, 1882, and had been a resident of this city and county all her life. She was the daughter of one of the pion eer families of the county, her father coming to O'Neill from the copper mines of northern Michi gan in April, 1877. Margaret grew to womanrood in this vicin ity and on November 11, 1913, she was united in marriage to Patrick C. Donohoe, a son of an other pioneer family living north of this city. She is survived by her husband, two sisters and one brother all of whom were here for the funeral services. They are: Mrs. George M. Mullen, Omaha; M!rs. Arthur D. Duffy, Petersburg and Charles T. Hol land, Chicago. Mrs. Donohoe was a charming woman, pleasing, friendly and affable and had a host of friends in this city and community who were sortdy gri ved when they learned tirlier passing, and join 'The Frontier in tendering conso ’lation to the bereaved ones in their hour of sorrow. Relatives from out of the city, ’who were here attending the funeral, were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Holland, Chicago, 111.; Mrs. George Mullen. Judge J. A. Donohoe, Mrs. Elizabeth Grady, Omaha, Nebr., Marie Duffy, St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Duffy, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Duffy, Petersburg, Nebr.; Margaret and Lorraine Agn-.s, Norfolk, Nebr.; Mrs. P. J. Donohoe and daugh ters, Mrs. Robert Devoy and Mary Ann of Bones teal, S. D. Harry Thompson, Norflk, Nebr., and H. I. Bishop, Kearney, Nebr., personal friends of Mr. and Mrs. Donohoe, were als here for the funeral. Registrants discharged since March 27, 1946: William E . Alder, Dorsey Dean W. Butler, Ewing Glen D. Hiscocks, Dorsey Frank Kohle, Stuart. Claire M. Eason, Chambers Byron D. PeteTson, Atkinson John E. Nabor, Atkinson Tom A. Boucher, Atkinson Darold A. Slaymaker, Atkinson Pat E. Gamel, Page Harold D. St^haaf, Atkinson James H. Banks, O’Neill. EDUCATIONAL NOTES Eighth Grade Eraminations will be conducted at 16 centers on Fri day. April 12 and Friday, May 3. The first examination will begiven at 9 o’clock a. m. Teachers have been notified as to the places and schedules. The next regular teachers ex aminotion will be held in O’Neill on Saturday, April 1, beginning at 8 o’clock a. m. The schedule will be the same as the one pre viously used, arithmetic being the first subject given. No other Teachers Examination are to be given until July 6. elja McCullough, County Superintendent. Married At Inman Inman, Nebr.—Special to The News: Miss Marguerite Jean Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Clark of Inman, and Roy E. Tjessem, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Tjessen of Maywood, 111., were married at 5 o’clock Tuesday af ternoon at the Clark home. The Rev. E. B. Maxcy performed the single ring ceremony. The bride, given in marriajge by her father, was gowned in blue taffeta, with which she wore a gold sweetheart locket and notching bracelet, the gift of the bridegroom. Her corsage was of pink rosebuds ond sweet peas. Miss Emma Stevens was brides maid and also wore a blue gown. She had a corsage of gardenias and red carnations. Both the bride and bridesmaid wore Dutch ;hats of matching blue. The bride’s mother wore a green dress and the bridegroom’s mother a dress of navy blue. Each had a corsoge of red car nations and gardenias. Following the ceremony a buffet supper was served to the thirty guests, with a wedding [cake baked by the bride’s mother serving as a centerpiere. The couple kflt on ai short wed ding trip and for heir going away costume the bride wore a green suit. Mrs. Tjessem is a graduate of Inman High School in 1942 and attended college at Sioux City. The bridegroom was recently dis charged after serving three years in the army, including eighteen months in Hawaii. The couple will live at May wood, Illinois. Out-of-town guests included the bridegrooms parents and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Clark and Wila of Burwell.—Norfolk Daily News. S .il Conservation District To Elect Two District The te rms of two of the Super visors of the Holt Soil Conserva tion District expire according to announcement from the State ’Soil Conservation Committee. Nominations are now being made. Potitions are being circulated for Louis Bernholtz, Page, Jim Allyn, S:uart, Carl Lambert, Ewing, and L. B. Price, O’Neill. Anyone who wishes,may nom inate someone else by securing the signatures of 25 land owners on a nominating petition. Pe tition blanlcs may bo secured at the District office in the baseme nt of the Courthouse Annex. They must be completed and turned in at the district office by April 8, 1946. It is suggested that you make your nomination immedi ately. Major J. i). Grady Out Of Fh ‘ Army Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Grady have received word that their son, Maj. J. F. Grady, was discharged fro.n ihe armed forces in Washington, D. C., on March 26. Mr and Mrs. Grady had made their home in Washington since last fall and they were all packed and ready to come back to Gold’s country, at least for a visit, but when the Major received his discharge he was informed that he was to re port to the Department of Labor ait once. Ho went there and was informed that he had been appointed to an important po sition in that department and they wanted him to accept. As the salary offered was not to be sneezed at he accepted and he and Mrs. Grady will remain in Washington for at least three monts, while he is taking prelim inary training in his new line of work, when he expects to be transferred to the west, possibly ,Chicago. Jack is onq of the few men in •the army who entered as a private land was a major at discharge three years after—unless they were pilots—so he must have something on the ball. Congratu lations, Jack. F. J. Dishner Elected Mayor Following is a list of ONeill officials for the next year, start ing May 1st: Mayor—F. J. Dishner City Cerk— B. J. Grady City Treasurer—E. F. Quinn. Councilman: *First Ward—James Corkle. Second Ward—Merle MHickey. Third Ward—James W. Rooney, new. For members of the Board of Education, the present members, Miss Anna O’Donnell and Dr. H. L Bennett, were elected without opposition. Their vote was as follows: O’Donnell 291; Bennett 329. Election day was very quiet in this city and a light vote was cast, there being but 378 votes cast for mayor, oult of a pos sible 1500 voters in the city. As there was but one ticket in the field citizens were not anxious to put in (the time to go to thepolls, although to maintain good citien ship all electtors should vote at allelection for which (they are qualified. Frank Dishner, after consider able persuasion, agreed to make the race. Petitions were circu lated and his was the only name on the ballot for mayor, but some of the boys got busy and 111 of them wrote in the name of Paul Beha and 53 wrote in the name of Moyor Kersenbrock. The veto on mayor in the city was as follows. First Ward—Dish ner 68; Second Ward 73 and Third Ward 73, total 214. Paul Beha, written in: First Ward, 24, Second Ward 26, Third Ward 61, total 111. John Kersenbrock, written in: First Warl, 21, Second Ward 9, Third Ward 23, total, 53. There was no candidate on the balot for the office of Police Judge. Petitions hiad been cir culated to place the name of M. H. Horriskey on the ballot for the place, but he said he would not serve if elected, so his name was left off tho, ballot. But the boys wrote in Mike’s name, that is 27 of them did in the First, 19, in the Second and 19 in the Third, for a total of 65. The friends of Chias. Switzer, present Police Judge, also exercised their pencils and 15 of them wrote in his name in the First Ward, 13 in the Second Ward and 13 in the Third Ward, fora total of 41. HONOR SELECTIVE SERVICE PERSONNEL The members of Selective Ser vice Draft Eoards and Govern ment Appeal Ag i ts from nine counties in North Cen ral Nebras ka will be guests of the O’Neill Commercial Club at their regu lar meeting on Tuesday, April 9, at 6:45 n m. These men, who have served two years or more will be awarded the Selective Service M dal an award author ized by Congress. A series of meetings are being held througrout tho s ate to honor the Selective Service Board mem bers and Appeal Agents who ,have performed a “thankless” task in a very crediable manner. Brig. Gen. Guy N. Henninger, State Director of Selective Ser vice, will be in charge of the program. He will introduce Gov. emor Griswold, who will present a medal to a local member, as a representative of {the entire group. M-dais will be pre ented at this meeting to all Selective Service Board members and Ap peal Agents who are presint. A committee consisting of R. E. Armbruster, Herb Peteison, John Havelka, Fred Rlstow and C. E. Jones will sell tickets for the oc casion. Tickets may be secured at the Secretary’s ogice. All business and professional men of the city are urged to attend and honor O’Neill's guests. Please purchase your tickets befor Mon day in odrer the seating arrange ments may be made. Offcers for the Club for 1946 will be elected at this meeting. Those eligible to receive the medal and award are: Boyd County—Crist Anderson, (Continued on Page Eight.) Assessors Meet for Annual Job The meeting of the local as sessors of Holt county met at the court house last Friday, March 29. with Coit retail price less the profit be deducted and the balance shall be the assessed value of the stock 'of goods as of April 1, 1946, and that the fixtures be valu.d by the local assessor in such an amount that he considers fair and equitable. We, the committee on hay and seeds recomm: nd the following assessed valuation for grain, hay and seeds: com .75c; wheat $1.00; oats 45c; barley 75c; rye $1.25; sorgum 50c; pop corn $1.00; grass seed $12.50; soy beans .75c; pota toes $1.00; hybrid com $5.00 per bushed; hay in stack, 1 year or less $1.00 per ton; silage and fod der $1.50; baled alfalfa $8.00; baled prairie hay $4.00; broom corn $1.00 per bushel, which motion w>as adoptel. On motion the meeting adjourn ed. 1 Dr. Fisher, Dentist. 24tf