oTATE HIST SOC XXx The Frontier VOLUME 66. — NUMBER 34. O'NEILL, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1917. PRICE 5 CENTS HEART ATTACK PROVES FATAL Thomas F. Gallagher, 69, Succumbs at Home Here Early Today B U RI A L SATURDAY • A heart attack early today (Thursday) claimed the life of Thomas F. Gallagher, 69, a life long Nebraskan who had been re tired for less than a year. Mr. Gallagher died at his home in O’Neill. Born at Neligh on November 5, 1877, he moved with his parents to Holt county in 1880, where he continued to reside through out his life. His parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Gallag her, were natives of Ireland. On November 8, 1896 Mr. Gal lagher married Miss Julia Ernest at O’Neill. They farmed continuously northwest of O’Neill until the summer of 1946, when they moved into the city. Widow Among Survivors Survivors include the widow; two sons, Thomas L. Gallagher a and Robert J. Gallagher, both of O’Neill, and two daughters, Mrs. Marie Timmerman, of Royal, and Miss Maxine Gallagher, of O' Neill; five grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Teresa Connolly, of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. James O’Donnell, of Emmet; and one brother, John S. Gallagher, of Emmet. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Patrick’s Catholic church here with burial in Calvary cemetery. The follow ing have been selected as pall bearers: Thomas Murray, Henry Murray, Floyd Johnson, H. E. Coyne, A. B. Hubbard and Ed Menish. DISTRICT COURT DATES FIXED The 1947 terms of court for -• the Fifteenth judicial district were announced this week by District Judge D. R. Mounts, of O’Neill. Jury terms—Holt county, be ginning March 10 and November 3; Boyd, March 3 and September 22; Brown, March 24 and Septem ber 29: Keya Paha. April 14 and September 15; Rock, April 7 and October 13. Equity terms — Holt county, (open); Boyd, first Monday each month except March, April and November; Keya Paha, first Thursday each month except March and November; Rick, first Thursday each month except March and November. Ted McElhaney, of O’Neill, is the court reporter. 264 Deaths on btate Roads During 1946 Traffic accidents in Nebraska took a toll of 264 lives in 1946, according to reports to the state safety patrol. This was an in crease of 54 over 1945. Capt. C. J. Saunders, superin tendent of the patrol, attributes the cause of the increase to the removal of controls on gasoline use, which increased the traffic on the highways. Age of ve hicles caused them to be less de pendable, he added. “We cainnot dodge the real cause of accidents,” he continued. “Inattention is the blame for the great majority of accidents,” Capt. Saunders said. “There is no excuse for an automobile run ning into the rear of a truck or ^crashing into a train.” North Western Pays $14,516.62 for 1946 The Chicago and North West ern Railway company will pay a total of $14,516.62 in taxes for 1946 on its railroad operating property, in Holt county, it was announced Wednesday by R. A. r Miller, of Chicago, 111., the rail road’s tax commissioner. The figure includes state, coun ty, city, village, school, and town- , ship taxes. *Army Airman Flies Here from Alaska Flight Officer Loyd R. Ve quist, a member of the Seventh weather group of the Army Air Forces, arrived in O’Neill on Christmas day by plane from Fairbanks, Alaska. Flying alone, he made two stops en route. The last jump was from Great Falls, Mont. He left the O'Neill airport Tuesday, enroute back to Alas ka where he is stationed. Veauist plans to be released soon from the service. Miss Margaret Bosn, of New York City, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bosn, flew from New York to Omaha, to spend the holi days with her parents here. She will leave Friday to return to New York. During the war, Miss Bosn was a Navy nurse in the Pacific theater of operations. Birthless New Year's but Stork Works Overtime Today The stork was a busy fellow in the city today (Thursday) as candidates for the honor of Holt county’s first 1947 baby began to put in their appearances. The winner of the contest, to be announced next week by The Frontier, will be showered with gifts from O’Neill mer chants who have appointed themselves as a reception com mittee. New Year’s day was a birth less affair in the city, The Fron- : tier learned, but the stork worked overtime today (Thurs- : day) and by 8 p.m. had depos- ; ited three in the O’Neill hospi tal alone. Kathleen Wanser arrived at 1 4 a.m. to be the first candidate in the city for the 1947 honors, i Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. | Max Wanser, of Ewing. Kath leen not only claims to be the first 1947 baby born in the j county, but she has the distinc- j tion of being the eighth child in the Wanser family. As the day progressed, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Krugman, of O’Neill, became the parents of a son, and Mr. and Mrs. John Rosno, of O’Neill, became the parents of a daughter. Brown-McDonald’s will give a Chatham baby blanket; the O'Neill Photo company, an 8x10 enlargement in a gold frame; McCarville’s, a baby sweater; Lindberg Home & Auto Supply, a slumberide; McIntosh Jewel ry, an infant’s gold ring; Gam bles, a clothesbasket; the Ral ya IGA store, two quarts of homogenized milk; the Union Store, an assortment of Heinz baby foods; Penney’s, a baby book, and The Frontier, a year’s MRS. MARY SLACK DIES AT DORSEY Mother of 7 Expires at 75 Following a Three - Months’ Illness DORSEY — Mrs. Mary Diana Slack, 75, a Holt county resident since 1911, died at 2 a.m. Satur day at her home near Dorsey. She had been ill for three months. Funeral services were held i Tuesday at the Dorsey Presby- | terian church with Rev. Kenneth ] J. Scott, of O’Neill, officiating. ! Biglin Brothers, of O’Neill, were J in charge of arrangements, and burial was made in the Dorsey cemetery. Mrs. Slack, formerly Mary Di ana Fry, was born at Deep River, la., on December 12, 1891. She was reared in Iowa and on May 29, 1889 she married Alozo Phelps, of Deep River. They be came the parents of three chil dren, Lloyd, Wilbur, and Elsie. Following Mr. Phelps’ death, the widow married John H. Slack on July 24, 1897, with whom she moved to Holt county in 1911. There were six children born to the second union, Howard, For rest, Maude and Martha. Two preceded her in death. The Slack familv resided con tinuously in the Dorsey vicinity. Mr. Slack died February 9, 1939. Survivors include four sons and three dauehters: Lloyd and Wil bur Phelps, both of Redbird; I r**st Slack, of Verdel; Mrs. Elsie Howard Slack, of Dorsey; For Nelson, of Fairbault. Minn.; Mrs. Maude Huber, of Rook Island, WocVi.. ^nd Mrs. Martha Hiscock, of Redbird. She also leaves one brother, Samuel Fry, of Hinckley, Minn : one halfbrother. Ike Har ry, and one halfsister, Mrs. Mary McFarrin. both of Montezuma, la.; 24 grandchildren, and 12 greatgrandchildren. Miss Loretta Hughes, of Beat rice, arrived December 24 for an "xtoridod visit with her twin sis ter, Mrs. Hardin Anspach. subscription to tne parents. The rules of the contest are simple. Parents whose infant can qualify should write a let ter to the First Baby Contest Editor, providing the parents’ full names and addresses, name and sex of the baby, name and address of the attending physi cian (or other witness), and I date and hour of birth. All en- j tries must be postmarked not later than 6 p.m., Monday, Jan uary 6. The contest will not close until the 6th to enable parents in outlying districts of the county to claim the first baby ! title for their child. Ex-Gobs, Ex-GIs Set for Friday’s Cage Match The city’s ex-gobs and ex-GIs; w ill clash on the maples here Fri day night as a preliminary to the | St. Agnes-St. Mary’s prep school game'. The game has been billed as an “Army-Navy” tilt. It will begin at 7:30 p.m. Among the “Navy” players will be Duke Kersenbrock, Ed Camp bell, Jim Golden, Jack Gallagher, Bill Kelly and George Hammond. For the “Army” there’ll be Bill and Paul Kubitschek, Gene Mc Kenna, Warren Burgess, Jack and Jim Harty. The main event will go on at 8:30 p.m. Based on comparative scores, the St. Mary’s Cardinals will probably more than have their hands full. St. Agnes, of Alliance, spilled St. Patrick's, of North Platte, 47-13, and St. Pat’s poured it on the Cards almost as decisively. Miss Whaley Wins $100 Scholarship Miss Twila Whaley, of O’Neill, a rural schoolteacher near Inman, this week became the recipient of a $100 scholarship from a fire underwriter’s organization for an article she submitted in October, 1946, regarding fire and accident prevention in the home. Her entry was one of two in the state netting its author a $100 scholarship. There was also a $50 award. The contest was open to agri cultural extension workers. Miss Whaley is a veteran in 4-H work in Holt county. She has not indicated her in tentions with the scholarship, al though it may be used at the Uni versity of Nebraska. Predicts Property Price Decline After March 1 E. W. Luedtke, of Lincoln, the chief of Nebraska’s real estate de partment, predicted this week that there would be no rise or fall in real estate prices in the state until “after March 1st.” The real estate chief, whose office functions under the secretary of state, said he expected a drop after that time. At the same time, he forecast a bigger building program in 1947 than ever before experienced in the state. The boom will have a tendency to reduce prices on old properties that have been selling so high, Mr. Luedtke pointed out. EMPLOYMENT DATES FIXED The quarterly schedule for the appearance at the Holt county courthouse of a representative of the Nebraska State Employment Service follows: Mondays—Jan uary 13 and 27, February 10 and 24, March 10 and 24, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays—January 14 and 28, February 11 and 25, March 11 and 25, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The itinerant representative will come from Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McKenna, and son Dick, returned to Lincoln Sunday after spending the holi days with Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Mc Kenna. CRIPPLED TO BE ! SEEN AT CLINIC Afflicted Children from 11 Counties Coming January 11 SPECIALISTS HERE The regular extension clinic for crippled children from 11 northcentral Nebraska counties will be held hei ■ Saturday, Jan uary 11, it has . een announced. Two child specialists, Dr. Fritz Teal, an orthopedist, and Dr. Paul Morrow, a pediatrician, will con duct the clinic, v^hich is to be held in the O’Neill hi^h school. Registration Will begin at 7:30 a.m. and will close at noon. Purpose of the clinic is for di agnosis, consultation, checkup, and after-care services of cases receiving treatment under the Services for Crippled Children program. Application forms arc available from all Holt c( unty physicians, who recommend that the patient be admitted to the clinic. The completed forme should be mailed to the Holt County Assistance of fice. Cases appearing at the clin ic without referral from a local physician “will have to be han dled individually,” an assistance spokesman said. A free lunch at noon will be furnished the children, who are registered, and their parents. The lunch will be provided by the Elks lodge. O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES Mrs. Harold Risor, of Atkinson, was admitted Saturday for an ap pendectomy, Her condition is good. . . Miss Hyldrd McKim, of O’Neill, was admitted Monday. VETERANINMAN DRAYMAN DIES Clarence P. Conger Taken by Deaf i at Son’s F *pe INMAN — Clarence P. Conger, 79, a resident of Inman for more than 40 years, died late last Thursday at his home in Elgin where he has been residing. Mr. Conger died after an illness of six weeks. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Elgin Methodist church with Rev. Er win A. Kiel, of Elgin, officiating. The body was taken to Inman for burial in the Conger family plot. Mr. Conger operated a dray line in Inman for many years, mov ing several years ago to Elgin where he and his wife could be near a son, Roy, due to Mr. Con ger’s failing health. Survivors include the widow, \ Dora Conger; three sons, Roy, of Elgin; Lloyd, of Sioux City, and Beryl, of Whitefish, Mont.; one daughter, Mrs. Wilbur Hancock, of Neligh; one sister, Mrs. Swen gel, of Plainview, and one broth er, Lee, oj Inman. MARRIAGE LICENSES Melvin A. Spangler, 33, of Ew ing, and Mrs. Mildred G. Bink erd, 33, of O’Neill, December 30. Malren B. Raff, 26, of Creigh ton, and Miss Leona Grace Mc Daniel, 18, of Middle Branch, De cember 28. Eugene Ruby, 21, and Darlene Eacker, 19, both of Ewing, De cember 31. Earnest G. Norman, jr., 24, of Chadron, and Hazel M. Harding, 21, of O’Neill, December 31. Russell Angus, 34, of Spencer, and Alma Sylie, 33, of O’Neill, December 31. Mr. and Mrs. Allan P. Jaszko wiak and Nyla returned Friday rom Chadron, where they had visited Mr. Jaszkowiak’s parents over Christmas. HALF-CENTURY TOGETHER Mr. and Mrs. George A. Cov entry, 75 and 71, respectively, commemorated their golden wedding anniversary December 22 with an open-house celebra tion at their home in Inman. Both enjoying “excellent” health, they received more than 100 guests. The Coventrys were married December 23, 1896, at Olds, Al berta, Canada. They are the parents of three daughters, Mrs. Sherman Graz ier, of Jefferson City, Mo.; Mrs. James McMahan, of Inman, and Mrs. Kenneth Smith, of Inman, and two sons, James and Ken neth Coventry, both of Inman. —O’Neill Photo Co. STATE FARM INCOME HIGH Director Rufus Howard of the Nebraska Agricultural depart ment predicted this week the state’s farm income in 1946 would total more than $852, 713,000, the highest on record. Farm income last year amounted to $728,815,000. Mr. HovMord said <<.h« delict value of livestock and crops has been higher than ever before, but the production cost has re mained almost equally high. Farm wages now average four times their rate in 1940, Mr. Howard said. The no4 farm income is figured at sliehlly more than one-half the g -oss income. Nebraska farmers generally are in eood position going into 1947, Mr. Howard said. Debts have been reduced and farmers end ranchers have continued to follow a conservative course. Farm land values are 43 per cent above the 1935-1939 aver age. Corn production over the state as well as in Dakota coun ty was slightly below a year ago. Winter wheat broke all production and sales records. 13 MORE EX-GIs The following registrants have been released by the Selective Service since December 18- Rob ert O. Applebv, Inman: Francis L. Hob. O’Neill: Donald D. Funk. Ewing: Samuel L. Lofeuest. Stu - i*t: P:"’-^rd A Trowb'idge, Page; Wilbur G. Jackson, Stuart; Chancio H Hull, Redbird; Eu gene M. Harte, Inman; Marvin L. Fluckey, Chambers; Michael P. Schaaf, Atkinson; Alvin E. Mor ris, Stuart; Junior Dobias, At kinson; and Alfred M. Hamik,' Stuart. CHAMBERS DOWNED CHAMBERS—St. Mary’s alum ni dumped the Chambers towners 33-22 at Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. Don Berg left last Thursday for Rapid City, S. D., by way of Sioux Falls, after spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. William Biglin. ANDREW SPRINGER DIES SUDDENLY Collapses in Home on New Year’s Day; Burial Friday 4* , ; , . Aft' ew Springer, 77, a native of Germany and a longtime resi dent of O’Neill, died suddenly New Year's day at his home here. Dr. J. P. Browji said death was j caused by a heart attack at ap proximately 7 p.m. He had been' in failing health for about four : years, Dr. Brown said. Funeral services will be held Fi'iday at 2 p.m. in the First Pres byterian church here with Rev. Kenneth J. Scott, church pastor, j officiating. Interment will be in > Prospect Hill cemetery. Mr. Springer was born at Wei herhaus, Germany, on January 25, 1869. He came to the United States in 1881, initially settling in' Tllinois. In 1904 he moved to Holt county from Milford, Neb., where he had resided for a time. On May 9, 1905, he married Mrs. Clara B. Bowring at O’Neill. To this union was born two daughters. Mr. Springer farmed for a num ber of years in the O’Neill vicin ity an was injured by a runaway of a team of horses. Both of his legs and arms were fractured. His last active work was as sexton of