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VOLUME 66. — NUMBER 19. _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946. PRICE: FIVE CENTS.
WINNERS CHOSEN
IN SOIL CONTEST
Miles, Siders, Tegeler
to Represent Holt in
State Competition
74 STATE ENTRIES
This week Holt county’s repre
sentatives selected to complete
in the Omaha World - Herald's ,
conservation recognition pro- j
gram were named by the!
superiors of tne Holt Soil Con
servation district. They are: H.
H. Miles, of Dorsey; Ray Sid
ers, of O’Neill, and Harry Tege
ler, of Page.
They won the honors from a
field of more than two dozen
nominees.
The conservation work that
these men have done on their
farms will be in competition with
other three-farm groups repre
senting 74 conservation districts
in the state. A state committee
will pick the entries from eight
districts that will be awarded
$500 purses. The prize money
will be used to purchase con
servation equipment for use of
farmers in their respective
districts, the World-Herald said.
A sketch of the conservation
work by Holt’s representatives
follows:
On Old Home Place
Mr. Miles—His is a story of a
son going back t o the
old home place. He begun operat
ing in 1930, when the place was
infested with cockleburs and the
land was low in productivity.
The pastures had been overgraz
ed, arid the buildings needed
considerable repair. The fences
were few and poor. The fences
were rebuilt and relocated. The
cropland was divided into fields
with soils which were similiar.
One field of 62 acres was farmed
to a rotation of sweet clover with
cane and rye, which was strip
cropped. Three other fields
were farmed to a rotation of corn
or cane, oats and sweet clover.
In 1945, Mr. Miles became in
terested in contour farming. He
ran his own contour lines and
started strip-crop farming on the
contour. In 1946, he sloped
leveled and seeded to brome
grass, western wheatgrass and
crested wheat grass one lai-ge
auu iwu sniau games, com
prising about six and one-half
acres. He planted 21 acres of
trees for field shelterbelts to
protect cropland and livestock. A
small belt has been planted to
keep snow from drifting into the
road and making it impassable
during winter.
Mr. Tegeler—When he bought
the 160 - acre farm in 1929
there were 95 acres in cultiva
tion, 45 in pasture, and the bal
ance in lots, farmstead and roads
Now there are 80 acres in culti
vation, 17 acres in hay land, four
acres in grassed waterways, 50
acres in pastures, two acres in
trees for farmstead windbreak,
and eight acres in farmstead and
roads.
Productivity Increases
The productivity was low
when Mr. Tegeler took over, but
through application of sound
land use its productivity has in
creasted remarkably, and he has
figures to prove it
The cockleburs, which were so
thick in 1929, have long since
been eradicated.
Mr. order—I he Siders home
quarter was all In cultivation,
except for a 14-acre tree claim,
when it was purchased in 1923.
One of the first things Mr. Siders
did was take out the stumps and
few remaining trees. The field
was then plowed and used for
cropland. He then built hog
tight fences. The quarter was
didided into four fields and a ro
tation was started. Sweet clover
and alfalfa were used extensive,
and he succeeded in building up
the soil. Two fields consisting of
77 acres arefarmed oon the con
tour with contour guide-lines,
another field consisting of 24
acres is farmed on the contour
using a terrace as the guide.
A half-section of grass land
was purchased in 1935, when the
stand was poor and was low in
producity. The land was fenc
ed but there was no water. Mr.
Siders put a well, installed a
windmill and tank. By not graz
ing the grass too heavy or too
early, he estimates that he in
creased its productivity 20 De
cent.
Mr. Siders worked out a rota
tion on a quarter he purchased
in 1941. He plowed under green
second year sweet clover, four
to four and one-half feet high, in
the summer. Forty nine acres
are now' strip-cropped. The 80
acres of grass land averaged
only three or four stacks of hay
each year. He cut only half of
the field each year, and allowed
the other half to mature. Half
of the field now averages three
or four stacks each year.
JOINS BEAUTY SALON
Mrs. Veda Stuart, a grauduate
beutician from Denver, Colo.,
has joined Margaret’s beauty
salon here.
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FORMER RESIDENT
HIGHWAY VICTIM
Mrs. Erling Walbye, 17,
Dies Following Crash;
Auto Strikes Horse
PAGE—Mrs. Erling Walbye,
17, the former Miss Neva
Stewart, died last Thursday in
Memorial hospital in Rawlins,
Wyo., from injuries sustained in
a highway accident the night be
fore. The autoomobile in which
she and her husband were riding
collided with a horse about a
mile east of Rawlins. Mrs. Wal
bye, believed to have been slight
ly injured, was taken to a hos
pital where she later died. The
horse was killed instantly .
Funeral services for Mrs. Wal
bye were held Monday at 3 p. m.,
in a Rawlins funeral home. Rev.
F. F. Kraft officiated and burial
was in the Walbye lot in the
Rawlins cemetery. Roy Stewart
of Page, attended the rites.
The former Neva Stewart was
born in Norfolk on April 9,
1929. She was adopted by the
Stewarts while an infant, and
was reared and educated in Page.
She was employed in Memorial
hospital at Rawlins for a short
time prior to her marriage on
July 19, 1946, in Helena, Mont.
The widower and the Stewarts
I are the omy immediate survivors
Mrs. Helen Simar
Feted in Chicago —
Mrs. Helen Sirek, of Chicago,
a former resident of O’Neill, was
hostess at the Francisco Girl’s
club which she owns and man
ages, in an affair honoring her
longtime friend, Mrs. Helen
Simar, of O’Neill, who was visit
ing Chicago, Mrs. Simar recent
ly marked a birthday annivers
ary.
More than a dozen other
guests, including persons from
Hastings and Atkinson, as well
as hostesses’ two children, Ted
and Yvonne, were served a
southern chicken dinner, after
which the group retired to a
drawing room where the tradi
tional birthday cake was cut.
Mrs. Simar has returned to
O’Neill
Mrs. Sirek’s club is situated on
Chicago’s near-northside Gold
Coast.
2 YOUTHS INDUCTED
Two Stuart youths, Lathan O.
Rhodes and Maurice F. Kramer,
are inducted into the army this
month, the Selective Service of
fice here has announced
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HARVEY ALLEN:
‘MAN WITH HOE’
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Harvey Allen (at left) uses
a hoe to keep his trees grow
ing. Consequently, he has be
come know'n as the man with
the hoe. for he carries it wher
ever he goes.
In 1919 Mr. Allen took over
a 160-acre farm 13 miles from
O’Neill. There was not a tree
on the place. Now he has one
of the finest shelterbelts in
Nebraska. The trees are very
thrifty and large.
Mr. Allen advocates a much
greater distance between rows
than is often used. He plants
the rows 20 feet apart. A few
years back he pursuaded the
U. S men in charge of shel
terbelt planting to put out his
tree in rows 16 feet apart. Af
ter the trees were planted, he
took out every other one, leav
ing them spaced 16 x 16 feet.
Mr. Allen also believes in
conserving space. The top
photo shows potatoes growing
between the rows of three
year-old red cedars.—Univer
sity of Nebraska Photo.
SICK & INJURED
O’NEILL — Mariam Kubischek
daughter of Mrs. S. Kubicshek
returned from Stuart hospital af
ter being a patient for 15 days.
Irman Rakow of Page was ad
mitted to the O’Neill hospital
September 15 and was and trans
ferred to Omaha on September
18.
Miss Tina Kaur of O’Neill was
admitted to the O’Neill hospital
September 15, and transferred
to Sioux City on September 18.
INMAN—Miss Bea Gallagher
is with her sister, Mrs. Helen
Gilligan, who is very ill in Sioux
City. . .Mrs. Ted Hopkin un
derwent a major operation last
week at Buhl, Ida., Mr. and Mrs.
Hopkin lived at Inman until
January. Mrs. Eler Kil
linger is ill at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Retka.
Mrs. Killinger, who has been
visiting here, was unable to re
turn to her home last week when
her husband departed.
CHAMBERS — The small son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fisher was
taken to a Norfolk hospital Sat
urday.
PAGE — George Hall returned
Sunday from the Orchard hos
pital, where he had a patient
following a recent operation . . .
The condition of N. G. Miller,
who has been ill for several
weeks, remains unchanged.
Miss Eunice Schwisow, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Schwisow, a recent graduate of
Clarkson hospital in Omaha, ar
rived this week to visit her par
ents. She will return October 1.
Rev. Kenneth J. Scott, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church
here, attended a Presbytery
meeting at Emerson Tuesday.
Harried Homemakers Blame
OP A for Meat Shortage
Holt county housewives join
ed the nation’s harried men
umakers during the past week
in enduring what is generally
described as the worst meat
shortage in history.
The shortage is especially
ironic here in the heart of the
livestock producing area and
with in a few hour’s journey to
some of the world’s largest
packing plants.
An inforfal survey of stores
and restuarant in O’Neill re
veats but few meat cuts on
sale, and no immediate relief
in sight. Some merchant re
port inadequate stocks of fresh
fresh canned fish. Pountr sup
plies, however, are good.
Most business people place
the blame on the office of Price
Administration, while otherss
CARDS LOSE 2
TO INJURIES
Jim Marne, Jim Donohoe
Out for Rest of Season;
To Lynch Friday
Hard luck plagued Rev. Ray
mond J. Liscp’s St. Mary’s
Academy Cardinals this week as
two veteran halfhacks — Jim
Marne, of Ute, la., and Jim Don
ohoe—became casualties before
the season began Marne, a
senior, suffered a fractured col
larbone, and Donohoe, a sopoho
more, fractured a wrist.
Meanwhile, the Cards are be
ing groomed for their first of
ficial go of the sesson tomorrow
(Friday) at Lynch. Rev. Lisco,
SCHEDULES PUBLISHED
The grid schedules for both
St. Mary’s Accadamey and
O’Neill public school will be
found on page seven cf this
issue of The frontier.
and_ Assistant Dick Clark have
announced the proboble starling
lineup as follows: Ed Hynes,
center: Lawrence Pribil and Ray
ond Kresn, ends; Shorty Miles,
quarterback; Dick McNichols
and Jerry Tomjack, halfbacks.
Tomjack has been elected the
Cards’ captain for the season.
He has already earned three
letters in football.
Eagles Ready fof
Plainview Friday Night
Coach F. E. Saindon’s O’Neill
high school Eagles will be ready
for Plainview under the light
here (Friday) night, it was re
ported Thursday after the club
was put through final exercises
in preparation for the first game
in O’Neill athletic park.
Coach Saindon says his club
will average the neghborhood of
155 pounds. The visitors are
bringing 11 lettermen.
O’Neill’s tentative lineup for
the opener follows: Bob Matthew
and Dave Van Avery, ends Her
nma Osborne and Ardell Bright,
guards; Bill Hartman and Cecil
Landis, tackles; Ruth Morrow,
center; Dick Tibbetts, auarter
back; Gordon Elkins and Dick
Hungtonford, half backs and Ray
Calkins, frieds
CHAMBERS NIPS INMAN
CHAMBERS — The Chambers
baseball team nicked Inman
12-6 Sunday, cliaxing a success
ful season. Chambers’ big guns
opened up in the fourth when
three runs were tallied, and
seven more added in the seventh.
Miss Margaret Halva, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Victor Halva, a
nurse at St. Elizabeth’s hospital
in Lincoln, arrived Friday for a
week’s visit with her parents.
feel that it is concerted ef
fortto break the price agency.
Sugar is another scarce item
on grocer’s shelves. Only one
or two of O' Neill’s ten grocery
stores have been stocking sugar
regularly during recent weeks.
Meanwhile, the resturants
here are awaiting official
word on the roll-back on menu
prices. The Holt-Boyd OPA
office here reported late today
(Thursday) that nothing offi
cial had been received here re
garding the roll-back
One restaurant operator said
that “meat is so scarce that
we’ll have nothing to roll
back.” Another Indicated that
| if it becomes neaessary to go
back to 1943 prices, we will
have no alternative but
lock the door.”
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COUNTY FAIR j
CLOSES TODAY
Donald Resscl Exhibits
Grand Champion
Baby Beef
ALL-STARS WIN 8-2
CHAMBERS—Rain failed to
dampen the spirits of fairgoers at
annual Holt county fair though
it succeeded in dampening them
physically. In spite -of unfavor
able weather Wednesday, fair of
ficials w'ere highly pleased with
the crowds that gathered here
Following the storm late Wed
nesday, hundreds lingered until
late viewing the fair offering.
Livestock, agricultural and
home exhibits were good, and
attracted wide interest.
The grand champion in the
stocker-feeder baby beef division
was shown by Donald Ressel, of
Chambers The champ an An
gus. Reserve honors went to
Donald Fullerton of Amelia, who
showed a Hereford.
The southern section of Holt
county was especially well-repre
sented in the exhibits. Canned
fruits and vegetables and baked
goods atracted considerable in
terest. Some baking goods was
displayed by boys, two of whom
won blue ribbons.
A parade of livestock featured
the program today (Thursday).
The O’Neill school band furnish
ed the music.
The Holt County All-Stars de
feated Tilden 8-2 in the sports
headliner. The visitors were out
hit 7-13. The visitors were out
ed Gene Wolfe of O'Neill, center
field; Harry McKay, of O’Neill;
shortstop; Duane Carson, of
Chambers, catchers; Donald Car
son, of Redbird, first base; Cal
Holm, of O’Neill; second base,
Bill Schissler, of Ainsworth,
third base; Kirk Spearman, of
Ainsworth, left field; Dick Tom
linson, of O’Neill, right field, and
Danny Helmer, o f O’Nenill,
pitcher.
WADETO HEAD
HOLT USO DRIVE
'
Plans are being completed in
Holt county for the USO cam
paign, which will start October
14th under the direction of Glea
H. Wade, of O’Neill, who will
serve as county chairman,
Mr, Wade is a veteran of World
11, having served three years in
the Army in the South Pacific.
He is acquainted in a first
hand manner with the work of
the USO.
He has named John Grutsch
as county publicity chairman:
Edith J. Davison, secretary, and
John C. Watson, treasurer.
Town chairman and committees
will be announced soon.
The national campaign i s
$19,000,000 to finance the work
of the USO through 1947. Ne
braska’s quot is $167,824. The
quota assigned Holt county is
$1490.
Unfinished task of the USO
is maintaining essential service
to the 2,000,000 or more who will
be the United States forces in
1947. The program includes
serving those still in hospitals,
those still on occupation duty
overseas, those on active duty
here at home, new personnel in
training, and enlisted person
nel in transit
FIRE DESTROYS
5 AIRCRAFT
Five privately owned airplanes,
a hanger and some aerial photo
graphic equipment were destroy
ed Wednesday in a fire at the
Thorley airfield near Ainsworth, i
George Mans, field manager, i
said the fire started when an oil
burner exploded,
er exploded. Ainsworth fire de
partment was ineffective because
there was no water supply a
vailable.
The largest loss was believed
to have been suffered by a Phil
adelphia, Penn., firm, which lost
two planes, two cameras and
other equipment. The company
has been making an aerial sur
vey of the Niobrara river in re
gard to irregation.
It was said that there is only
one other camera in the United
States similar to the ones lost. I
The other planes were lost by
the Ainsworth Flying school; El
mer Dixon, of Ainsworth, and a i
Gregory, S D., man visiting in
Ainsworth.
MARRIAGE LICENCES
Eugene La Vern Van Every, 20,1
and Patricia Helen Kruse, 19,
both of O’Neill, September 13.
Virgil L. Pageler, 17, of Win-i
netoon, and Lois Rosenkrans, 17,
of Brunswick, September 16.
Virgil R. Allshause, 28, and
Nettie I. Newberry, 22, both of
Staurt, September 17
Patrick McDonough of Clyde,
Kans., is visiting at the home of j
his nephew, W J. McDonough, j
and family. He is enroute home j
after visiting in Lemmon, S. D.
Demos Rally Here;
GOP Group Coming
Night Meeting Planned
Here October 5;
Details Later
Out of the state Republican
headquarters this week came the
detailed schedule for a Repub
lican caravan, which will -em
bark Monday on a state wide
tour. N o announcement was
made, however concerning who
will comprise the caravan, ac
cording to Ira H. Moss, of
O'Neill, chairman of the Holt
county Republican central com
mittee.
O’Neill is slated for a night
meeting on Saturday, October 5,
following a 5:30 p m. arrival
from Butte. The group will
spend the weekend in the Gold
en hotel here, departing at 9
a. m. onMonday, October 7. The
O’Neill stop is the only cme
scheduled for Holt county.
Dr. A. L. Miller, of Kimball,
Fourth district Congressman, is
the first of the GOP candidates
to signify that he would be in
O’Neill.
the Mr. Moss said that details
of the GOP caravan’s visit here
would be announced later.
BERTHA JOHNSON,
CHAMBERS, DIES
Longtime Holt Resident
Expires Monday After
Long Illness
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CHAMBERS —Miss Elizabeth
H. (Bertha) Johnson, 68, a long
time resident of the Chambers
community, died at 6:50 p. m.,
Monday family
home six of here.
Death was caused by a combina
tion cancer and heart illness,
which she had suffered for some
time.
Funeral services were held at
11 a. m. Wednesday in the Bap
tist church here, with Rev. G.
Basil Anderson, of Norfolk, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Johnson plot in the Chambers1
cemetery. The church was near
ly filled to capacity for the funer-1
al services.
Miss Johnson was born Jan.
uary 16, 1878, in Smolland,
Sweden, a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John P. Johnson,
who migrated from Sweden and ;
settled in Holt county in 1882.
The family spent a short time at
at Princeton, 111., before coming
here.
Survivors include two broth
ers, Clarence and Alvin, three
sisters, Mr. Evaline Fauqier, Miss
Alice Johnson, and Mrs. Marie
Tangeman, all of Chambers.
Wednesday’s Rain
Nets 1.70 Inches
Rain visited this region late
Wednesday, J>ring the month's
precipitation to a total of more
than five inches.
One and seven-tenths inches
fell during the 24-hour period
ending at 8 a. m today (Thurs
day). Most of the moisture came
between 5 and 7 pm. Wednesday
night.
During Wednesday night and
early today the mercury dropped
to 46 in a shortlived taste of fall
weather.
The week’s summary;
Date High Low Moist.
September 13_ 77 59
September 14 .... 71 56 03
September 14_ 77 59
September 16_ 79 59
September 17_ 80 60
September 18 79 46
September 19 _70 46 1.70
Miss Lucille Hickey (above),
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Hickey, of O’Neill, is being giv
en an all-expenses-paid trip
to New York because she was
selected as the typical Ameri
can nurse from the state of
Iowa.
State Democratic Leaders
Get Damp and Cold
Reception
It was a damp and cold re
reception here late Wednesday
afternoon for the state Demo
cratic caravan in one of its early
stops on an intensive four
week's statewide campaign. The
caravan, studded with national
and state office-seekers, ran
headon into a hard rain here, and
at the same time their visit con
flicted with the Holt county fair
in session at Chambers.
“In spite of the odds, the meet
ing was a success,” declared J.
J. Harrington, of O’Neill, chair
man of the Holt county Demo
cratic central committee. Wil
liam G. Ritchie, of Omaha, chair
man of the state Democratic
committee, conducted the ses
sion at the courthouse, attended
principally by precinct and town
ship committeemen and com
mitteewomen.
The lively cabinet dispute be
tween Secretary of State Brynes
and Secretary of Commerce Wal
lace, which has dominated the
administratioon scene, since Wal
lace’s surprise sounding-off last
week, came to the fore during
the meeting here. Mr. Harring
ton made a motion “approving
and ratifying the policy of Secre
tary Brynes , , . . in all re
spects.’’ The motion carried
unanimously. Wallace’s named
was not mentioned on the floor.
Included in the entourage were
John E. Mckuta, of Create
Demo nominee for the United
States Senate: Stanley D. Long,
of Grand Island, for Congress,
Fourth district;pS-ank Sorrell, of
Syracuse, for givernor; Michael
T. McLaughlin, of Lincoln, for
attorney general; Tom Ingolds
by, public relations director for
the s ta t e committee; Mrs.
Clarence L. Clarke, national
Democratic committeewoman,
and Mrs. Mekota.
Receptions Disappointing
One of the members of the
party expressed his thought that
the O'Neill meeting was one of
the best thus far in the tour.
There had been some disappoint
ment in gatherings in northeast
Nebraska, where only a handful
of person turned out for a re
ception.
Mr. Harrington said a good
meeting was held at Ewing prior
to O’Neill visit. The caravan
spent the night at the Golden
hotel here, participating in a
night meeting at Atkinson.
Mr. Mekota charged that Sena
tor Butler “has not offered one
constructive thing.” Mr. Sorrell
said that he would seek to bring
back A. C. Tilley as state en
gineer if he were elected as the
next governor.
The caravdfci reached O’Neill
at the end of its third day. Com
ing into the heart of hay country,
one spokesman said “they felt
they were making political ‘hay’."
The caravan stint is one of the
most aggressive Democratic ven
tures in recent years.
Niobrara to Honor
Mormon Trek of 1946
NIOBRARA — The arrival of
200 Mo: mons at what is now
Niobrara on September 20, 1846,
will be observed with a three
day centennial celebration at
Niobrara September 21 - 23.
This band was a small portion of
these who made the great Mor
mon exodus to Salt Lake City.
They spent the winter at the
Niobrara site at the invitation of
the Indians
John D. Forsythe, Niobrara’s
mayor, will give the Sunday af
ternoon address. A historical re
view of the Mormon church and
the westward migration will be
be given. Services will be held
at the monument at 4 p. m.
Achievement Day
Program Held
CHAMBERS—An achievement
day program of Silver Star junior
and senior 4-R clubs was held
held here in the basement of the
Methodist church Saturday p. m.
The program consisted o f
reading, musical numbers, judg
ing, and individual and team
demonstration. Each club mem
ber had a part in the program.
The juniors have completed a
learning to cook project, and the
seniors have finished project
for young cooks.
NEW HOUSE BEGUN
A. E. Bowen has announced
the beginning of construction on
a new house on a lot southwest
| of Gratton township library. He
j said the 20 x 20-foot three-room
house would be rented to an ex
| serviceman.
Miss Mary Cullen, of Boys
Town, spent Tuesday and Wed
nesday visiting friends here in
cluding the F. N. Cronin and
Miss Anna O’Donnell,
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