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About The frontier. (O'Neill City, Holt County, Neb.) 1880-1965 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 30, 1947)
The Fr< intier VOLUME 66.—NUMBER 38. _O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 80, 1947. ___PRICE: FIVE CENTS. ST. JOE. EAGLES FORGE TO FINALS O’Neill Dumps Atkinson 36-21 in Holt Cage Semifinals STUART SPILLED 43-33 * (More tourney nfev/s on page 4.) St. Joseph’s academy, of Atkin son, and O’Neill high school ad varced 10 the finals in the an nual Holt county basketball tour ney here tonight (Thursday). The St. Joe Bluejays, the tour ney favorites, knocked the Stuart Bronchos out of the title running, 43-33, and the O’Neill Eagles, making a strong bid for the crown, avenged an ea'ly-in-the season loss by dumping the At kinson Balers, 36-2i. The O’Neill public school gym nasium was packed with custo mers. The crowd overflowed on to the stage in one end of the au ditorium and there was standing room only in the balconies. The bad road conditions served only to deter the basketball-happy Holt sport fans. • St. Joe 43; Stuart 32 The Josies established their su periority at the start and by in termission had rolled up a 29-7 lead. The Bronchos though scrap py, simply couldn’t match the su perior ballhandling and class sported by the academy team. The Bluejays, winner of the state Catholic prep title earlier in the week, were led by Forward Ed Scott, who poured in 17 points without strain. Center Schaffer, of Stuart, won j evening scoring honors with 20 points. His marksmanship was ; FINALS FRIDAY Officials of the Holt county basketball tourney are con fronted with a major problem: Where will they put the peo ple? They think that even a repetition of Wednesday night’s blizzard wouldn’t stop the •hordes which’ll be on hand for the title match here Friday night between St. Joseph’s ac ademy, of Atkinson, and O’ Neill high school. The champ ionship game begins at 8:45 p. m. In a preliminary. Stuart and Atkinson will fight for third place honors. the best individual show of the evening. It sparkled because he was working with a third or fourth place club against super ior opposition. The boxscore: ST. JOE (43) fg ft pf pts Scott, f ..8 1 2 17 Schorn, f _ 0 0 0 0 Miller, f .. 4 119 Collomer, f __ 10 12 Berigan, c _ 4 2 3 10 O’Malley, c , 0 0 0 0 Mack, g 12 3 4 Kokes, g _ 0 0 0 0 TroshynsM, g 0 0 0 0 G. Judge, g - 0 13 1 Totr ls _ 18 7 13 43 STUART (33) fg ft pf pts Coffman, f _ 0 0 0 0 Wallen, f .. 0 0 5 0 Davis, f .... 5 1 2 11 Stuart, f v. _ 0 0 4 0 Schaffer, c _ 7 6 0 20 ’.vezac, c _ 10 0 2 Dodd, g .... 0 0 0 0 Batenhorst, g _ 0 0 10 Totals ...13 7 12 33 O'Neill 36; Atkinson 21 In a preholiday tift at Atkinson. O’Neill’s Blue Eagles were sur prised 33-36 by the Atkinson Bal efs. It was sweet revenge for Coach F. E. Saindon’s crew to night as the Eagles put the skids under the Balers, 36-21, eliminat ing Atkinson from the Holt coun ty title chase. The Eagles rolled up eight points to Atkinson’s none before j the Balers had time to hitch their belts. The count at the half was I 19-4. Elongated Ike Samdon and di minutive Dick Tibbetts led the O’Neill attack with 13 and 10 points respectively. The Balers, ice-cold against St. Mary’s Monday night, couldn’t sh'ake the chills against the smooth Eagles. The boxscore: O’NEILL (36) fg ft pf pts Saindon, f - 5 3 3 13 Hartman, f _0 0 10 Tibbetts, f . 5 0 2 10 Calkins, f _ 0 0 0 0 Hungerford, f ...10 2 2 Orsborne, c ..0 0 10 Matthews, c 10 12 * Erwin, g _ 0 12 1 Elkins, g ..—. 2 2 0 6 Van Every, g .. 10 3 2 f Totals ___ 15 6 15 36 ATKINSON (21) fg ft pf pts Kirkpatrick, f _ 3 0 16 Tooker, f _ 0 0 10 Schultz, f ...._ 3 2 18 Rossman, f_ 0 0 0 0 Keating, c _ 12 14 J*K-vis, c _ 0 0 0 0 Dierks, g .... 0 12 1 Braun, g _ 0 0 0 0 Retke, g .. 0 2 0 2 Totals_ 7 7 6 21 i Electricity, Recreation Would Help Keep 'Em Down on Farm Over 56 percent of American < farm women believe more mod ern and better homes would help keep young people on farms, a recent nationwide sur vey by Successful Farming magazine reveals. Biggest stop in that direction, they maintain, is extension of rural electrifica tion. With these, they are more satisfied to work on the farms. More than half of the women feel more uptodate farm ma chinery would help majte farm ing an interesting profession for young people. They point out that proper and efficient machinery would shorten working time and give more hours for recreation. “Present 1 working hours are just too long,” say farm mothers, “and should be shortened to compete with city workeis’ hours.” Most recognize a need for more recreation in rural com munities. "Better recreational gathering places are needed,” was a common complaint. “The community should give more ! cooperation to the younger gen eration in providing them with ' a place to dance besides the taverns.” Many think the church could provide good, wholesome recreation facilities close at home. Others want more and better movies, which they consider an essential part of farm-social life . MEDCALFS MARK 56th ANNIVERSARY Old Friends Gather to Help Chambers Pair Observe Occasion CHAMBERS — Mr. and Mrs. William Medcalf, for many years residents of southcentral Holt countv, Sunday celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary at the home of a son, E. H. Medcalf, at Chambers. The Medcalfs were married January 28, 1891. For many years the Medcalfs resided on a farm southeast of Chambers, in the Martha com munity. Mr. Medcalf now oper ates a harness shop in Chambers. A number of longtime friends and neighbors, as well as mem bers of the Medcalf family, gath ered to pay their respects to the long-wedded couple. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. A1 Leidtke, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lambert and Stanley, Mrs. Robert LaRue, Mrs. Kenneth La Rue and baby, Mr. and Mts. Mark Gribble and son, Dick Porter and Miss Phyllis Carpenter, all of Chambers: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grage and Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Medcalf and son, of O’Neill; Mr. and MVs. Emmet Medcalf and family, Mrs. Don Medcalf and son, and Mr. and Mrs. Allen Mil ler and family, all of Clearwater. A dinner was served at noon. Several beautiful angelfcod cakes graced the table and were later served with icecream. During the afternoon two daughters, Mrs. Taylor Jordan and Mrs. Otto Greenstreet, both of Sedro Wooley, Wash., called their parents by telephone. FAIR OFFICIALS ASK TAX CUT Edwin A Wink, of Chambers, secretary of the Holt County Ag ricultural society, and Harry Res sell, of O’Neill, member of the board, returned today (Thursday) from Lincoln where they had at7 tended the 38th annual met ting of the Nebraska Association of Fair Managers. The Holt society sponsors the annual county fair at Chambers. The state association adopted resolutions which called on the state legislature to pass a pro posed bill which would require carnivals in the state to post a $10,000 appearance bond, and for congress to repeal the 20 percent federal tax on admissions to both state and county fairs. Gov. Val Peterson addressed the group Tuesday night. Edwin Schultz, of Elgin, is secretary of the Nebraska state fair board. Ed M. Bauman, of West Point, was elected president for 1947; Monte Keffin, of Lexington, was elected vice-president, and Alfred D. Raun, of Walthill, was named secretary-treasurer. MARRIAGE LICENSES Merle Armstrong, 51, and Ther esa Wervel, 41, both of Stuart, January 28. Chester James Fees, jr„ 19, of Chambers, and Mary Nadine Mc Niehols, 18, of O’Neill, January 27. Frank Nekolite, and Miss Eliza beth Kamphaus, both of O’Neill and of legal age, January 25. Robert J. Yantzie, 24, and Mary Hellen Martin, 22, both of O’ Neill, January 25. THE TOURNEY At a Glance First Round MONDAY Page 28 Chambers 23 Atkinson 28 St. Mary’s 19 O’Neill 47 Ewing 19 St. Joseph’s, Inman, Stuart, byes Quarterfinals WEDNESDAY St. Joseph’s 33 Page 19 Stuart 30 Inman 21 Semifinals THURSDAY St. Joseph’s 43 Stuart 33 O’Neill 36 Atkinson 21 Finals To be played Friday night. Grim Reaper Off to Good Start in 1947 Death on Nebraska’s highways got off to a good 1947 start as 17 fatalities were reported during the first 20 days. During a cor responding period a year ago only 11 lives were lost. Capt. C. J. Sanders, of the Ne braska safety patrol, this week pointed out that a great deal of winter driving lies ahead and Ne braska motorists must be pre pared for the numerous car haz ards that accompany the winter months. While many January reports show that excessive speed, care lessness, or alcohol was involved, particularly noted in'the early 1947 accidents was the fact that many of them happened on lesser traveled highways. Capt. Sanders stated that while the patrol is expending its every effort to make Nebraska high ways safe, it is the thousands of Nebraska motorists, who can solve the accident problem. “Each individual driver should study himself, know the law, and obey it,” he said. Hometown Dental Treatment for Vets Explained About half of the dentists in Nebraska are now participating in a cooperative program devel oped by the Veterans Administra tion and the Nebraska State Den tal association to offer veterans home-town treatment for service connected dental disabilities. Ashley Westmoreland, manager of the VA’s Lincoln regional of fice, explained that under the program a veteran may make ap plication to the VA for treatment with the request that the work be done by his home-town dentist. Upon approval of the applica tion by the VA, the veteran will be notified of arrangements for a dental examination by either the VA or the dentist. When the examination is complete, the VA will authorize the dentist to pro ! re, d with such treatment as is deemed necessary to cover the service-connected disability. The dentist will be paid by the VA for his work on the basis of a fee schedule agreed upon by the dental association and the VA. Westmoreland stressed that the disability treated must be deter mined by the VA to be service connected. He cautioned den tists not to proceed with treat ment for which VA pay is expect ed until authorization has been deceived from the VA. D. H. Cronin Taken to Sioux City Hospital D. H. Cronin, 78, of O’Neill, re tired editor and publisher of The Frontier and a veteran state leg islator, was taken to St. Vincent’s hospital in Sioux City Monday for medical treatment. Mr. Cronin sold the newspaper in May, 1946, and his term as state senator expired at the turn of the year, when he retired com pletely from public life. In recent months Mr. Cronin has j Monday visited in O’Neill. She is • City and also a trip to Rochester, Minn., in behalf of his health. Ed Markey Dies at San Pedro, Calif. Ed Markey, brother of Mrs. Margaret McMillan and Miss Mary Markey, both of O’Neill, died late Wednesday at his home in San Pedro, Calif. Mrs. McMil lan, who attempted to depart im mediately to attend the funeral rites, was forced to abandon her ; plans because of travel difficulty j created by Wednesday’s winter storm. AUTO TABS HIT 3,200 County Treasurer J. Ed Han cock reported today (Thursday) that the sale of 1947 automobile tabs had reached the 3,200 mark. Mr. Hancock predicts the sales for the year will exceed 6,500. "It {is unlawful,” he pointed out, “to | drive vehicles on Nebraska's highways without 1947 tabs after (January 31. Mrs. Urban Awaits NYC Arrangements Mrs. Bertha Urban, 48, of Ew ing. the Holt county woman who asserts she has developed a pos sible cure for infantile paralysis, Friday visited in O’Neill. She is awaiting completion of arrange ments before going to New York City where she has been invited! to demonstrate her therapy at the Knickerbocker hospital, a polio center. Mrs. Urban said she is “su pr. mely confident" she has a con tribution for the “relief of paral ysis.” Her technique has been devel 1 oped, she says, ‘by replacing dis I located nerves.” REDUCING LOSSES I MEETING TOPIC All-Day Livestock Confab Planned Here Saturday Ways and means of reducing livestock losses through latest in-1 formation on spraying, handling and care will be discussed here Saturday in a livestock conserva tion program to be held in the band room at the O’Neill pub lic school. The all-day meeting will be sponsored by the National Live stock Loss Prevention board in cooperation with the Holt county agricultural extension service, ac coring to County Agent A. Neil Dawes. Plans for the meeting will re main unchanged despite Wednes day’s storm. Four-H club members will demonstrate methods of dehorn ing, grub control, and use of DDT, between 9 and 10:30 a.m. Ouloftowri Speakers Coming Ed Janicks, secretary of the Omaha Livestock Exchange; Dr. Spencer, of the Omaha Livestock Loss Prevention board, and Mr. Baird, of the Burlington railroad, will discuss various methods of loss prevention. A luncheon pA Pie ^lethodist church basement, sponsored by , the Chamber of Commerce and served by the ladies of the Meth I odist church, will be held at noon. The 4-H demonstrators, leaders and club presidents in the O’ Neill territory will be the guests. Initial plans called for serving 50 at the dinner. The bad roads conditions have forced a down ward revision of the number. James G. Fredrickson, of the Fredrickson Livestock Commis sion company, will speak at the luncheon. Dr. H. L. Bennett, of O’Neill, in charge of arrangements. SAUERS RETIRES AS RAIL AGENT R. M. Sauers, Chicago & North j Western railroad agent here for ! ~'anv vears and an employe of the company for 43 years, Mon dcT ended bis rail career. He is entering retirement. No successor has been named but railroad officials will prob ablv make a decision within a week. L. A. Nelson, assistant agent, is in charge until a new agent is appointed. He is being assisted by James Foreman, formerly of Emmet and Atkinson. Foreman is a veteran of World War II. GOV. PETERSON’S BUDGET $65,717,000 Gov. Val Peterson Wednesday called upon the state legislature for appropriations that will make the Nebraska tax levy for the next biennium the highest in his tory as he delivered his budget reauest for $65,717,000. Recommendations of Gov. Dwight Griswold, who recently , retired from the gubernatorial : seat, were 70 million dollars, which included building. Building was net considered in Gov. Peterson’s budget. The new governor frankly told the salons that he was presenting a minimum figure. He said he had deleted two million dollars which he said he considered “it wise to include in long-range planning by the legislature.” Gov. Peterson told the legisla ture that there was no escane from the highest tax levy in the history of the state. Hammonds Entertain — The Charles E. Chares and daughter, Rose Mary, of Atkin son, spent Sunday and Monday at the home of Mis. Chace’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Ham mond. Another daughter of the Hammonds’, Mrs. William Bow ker, and her husband, of Oma ha, arrived Monday and depart ed Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. George Hammond, of Omaha, arrived last Thursday. Mr. Hammond left Tuesday and Mrs. Hammond and I son expect to remain for a while. LOCAL OWNERSHIP PCA STOCK SEEN Stockholders Tell Aims at Annual Meeting of Group Here Complete member-ownership of the O’Neill Production Credit As sociation will be achieved soon, it was pledged by the stockhold ers at their annual meeting held in O’Neill on January 15, accord ing to D. C. Schaffer, president of the organization. They voted to launch a program under which the $5,000 capital stock now owned by the Produc tion Credit Corporation of Oma ha can be retired. This will place ownership of the O’Neill associa tion’s capital entirely in the hands of farmers and stockmen of Holt, Boyd, Wheeler and Gar field counties. Members already own $43,455 of the short-term credit co-op’s capital stock. More than 100 members and guests attended the meeting which was held in the Golden ho M dining room after luncheon had been served by the M & M cafe. A report of the activities ot the board of directors and Ex ecutive Committee was presented by Ott Oberg, of Ericson, who stated that the second four per cent dividend had been declared on the capital stock. nuuney explains nans After a report on the progress of the association by Secretary Treasurer James W. Rooney, he presented the plan for increasing capitalization of the association. He explained that when the O’ Neill association was set up in 1934, the original capital of $120, 000 was furnished by the Produc tion Credit Corporation of Oma ha. As farmers and stockmen be came members and bought shares of stock, the capital supplied by the corporation was gradually re paid. This process will be has tened by the action approved by the stockholders. The association has two types of capital stock—class “A”, which is non-voting, and class “B'\ which entitles the holder to a vote and a voice in the association affairs. Active members only may hold class “B” or voting stock. Since organization, the O’Neill PCA has loaned more than $6, 583,650 to finance agricultural op erations in the four-county area. Oberg was reelected to the board of directors for a three-year term. Everett Spangler, vice-presi dent of the Production Credit Corporation of Omaha, was a guest at the meeting. The board of directors later re elected D. C. Schaffer of O’Neill as president; C. F. Clark, of Bur well, vice-president; James W Rooney, of O’Neill, secretary treasurer. Other directors of the associa tion are Otto Krupicka, of Spen cer; Ray Siders, of O’Neill, and Ott Oberg, of Eticson. SICK & INJURED O'NEILL—Thomas Donlin is improvinp. . . Miss Margaret Sau ser, daughter of Mr. and Mrs • ppoo looser, was dismissed this week from Our Lady of •-is ‘it'd at V<v folk where she had submitted to a major operation. PAGE—M>. and Mrs. George Hat' took t'-mr monttei-old son to Sioux City Friday where they '“rt him at the Methodist hospi tal to receive medical care. They were accompanied by Mrs. Maude Boies, who visited her sister, Mrs. Nels Bergstrom, a patient in the Methodist hospital there. . . Harry Harper returned Saturday from Sioux City where he had sub mitted to an operation two weeks ago. CHAMBERS—Dick Young re cently suffered a broken bone in his left hand while playing at school. . . T. E. Alderson returned Sunday from St. Joseph’s hospi tal at Sioux City where he had been recovering from a neck in jury. O'NEILL HOSPITAL NOTES Ed Slavmaker, of Atkinson was admitted Tuesday. . . Mrs. Clara Bell, of Chambers, was ad mitted Wednesday. . . Mrs. Hel en Downs, of Chambers; condi tion, good. . . D. M. Stuart, of Plainview, who last week sub mitted to an appendectomy, was dismissed today (Thursday). . . . Harold Green of Bartlett was ad mitted today (Thusday). His condition is fair following an ac cident, about which the details have not been learned. HOLT COUNTY EDUCATIONAL NOTES Fred Dale, instructor of geog raphy at Wayne State Teachers college, will begin a course in “South American Geography” in O’Neill on Saturday, February 1. Enrollments will bo made at 9:15 a.m. The cost is $3.50 for a se mester hour and three hours may be earned. ELJA M’CULLOUGH, County Superintendent. Traffic Snarled as Result of Blizzard CITY ISOLATED FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER WINTERS WORST STORM The O'Neill region, along with the rest of the Middlewest, was swept by the winter's worst storm late Wednesday and early to day (Thursday). The freezing snow, accompanied by high winds, snarled traffic by making highways impassable and disrupting train schedules. The snow moved into this territory on the heels of Tuesday’s local snowfall. A blanket covered the ground at O’Neill but at Amelia and east of Ewing there was no snow. Highways were coated with ice and sleet from the earlier storm, making highway conditions hazardous. Wednesday’s blizzard was forecast in a special warning issued by the United States weather bureau. The lowest temperature_ 10 degrees—was reached early today. RAPE HEARING TO BE HELD FRIDAY Eacker, Hahlbeck Will Appear Before Madison County Judge Thomas W. Eacker, 27, and Forrest Hahlbeck, 25, the two Ewing men who were charged last week with statutory rape, will be given a hearing at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Friday) before Judge E. L. Reeker, in Madison county court at Madison. They were arraigned January 22 following charges brought by Madison County Attorney An drew Mapes, of Norfolk. Mr, Mapes said the two men alleged ly picked up a lf-year-old girl near Page and took her to Nor folk where they spent the night in a Norfolk hotel. The girl left the men the next day at Wisner, where she told her story to authorities. Eacker and Hahlbeck were la ter picked up at Fremopt and re turned to Madison county to face charges. At the arraignment, both plead I ed “not guilty.” Bond was fixed at $1,500. PARENTS WED 50 YEARS CHAMBERS — Mrs. Edwin Wink and children, Barabara, 6, and William, 1 Me, went to Neligh recently to attend the 50th wed ding anniversary of Mrs. Wink’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Hus ton. SOIL MEETING CARDED HERE General invitations have been extended to Holt county land owners. tenants, business and orofessional men to attend the first annual meeting of the Holt Soil Conservation district which will be held here Friday at the courthouse annex building. The affair will begin at 1:30 p.m. The program will include a re port on the district’s operations, a pan l discussion of conservation | p-actices, and pictures on soil I erosion and agriculture in gen ; eral in Europe, Africa and south west Asia. The meeting will be launched with an introduction by D. E. Bowen, the chairman. Others appearing on the program will be Louis Bernholtz. F. E. Keves, Carl Lambert, A. Neil Dawes, L. A. Ott, Harry Tegeler, David Keid el, Calvin Allvn, Oswald Drueke, Ray Siders, Jamejs Allyn, E. J. Revell, Louis Sobotka. Joe Wag man, Clarence Ernst, Harvey Tompkins, A. Max Karo, William Wefso, Theodore Baumeister, Dr. W. C. Lowdermilk, and H. A. Mil len. A free lunch will be served. Besides Chairman Bowen, oth er supervisors are Loios Bern holtz, E. J. Revell, F. E. Keyes, and Carl Lambert. ! Attends Minneapolis Mart and Sales Show — Melvin Ruzicka, manager of the Gamble store, here, is attending a four-day merchandise mart and sa1r>s show at Minneapolis, Minn. More than 3,000 store manag ers, dealers, manufacturers and ! suppliers gathered in Minneapo j lis fnr what was one of the big gest merchandise shows ever to be held in the northwest. The meeting took place in the Minneapolis City auditorium I where 100,000-sauare feet of floor j space was devoted to merchan dise displays and exhibits. Gamble Skogmo, Inc. distrib utes through stores operated in 26 states, four Canadian provinc es and the Territory of Hawaii. Hugh Ray and J. L. Moore, O’ Neill lumberman, attended a con vention of lumber merchants in Omaha this week. Mr. Ray left Sunday and returned Wednesday. Mr. Moore left Friday and will be gone for a week. Tratnc on tne transcontinental federal highway 20 was blocked because of deep drifts in the Plainview and Laurel vicinities. The Sioux City-O’Neill busses did not run. One Ainsworth-bound bus left here early today, and a bus on the Bonesteel, S. D.-O’Neill line departed several hours behind NO CAR SHORTAGE The talk about rail car short ages boomeranged following Wednesday’s storm. The Bur lington railroad wired cancel lations on empty cars enroute here because Wednesday’s storm is expected to hold up hay shipments temporarily. Agent H. A. Yocum, who along with other railroad agents has been hearing cries for cars, complained that “I’d had emp ties on my hands if I hadn't cancelled them.” schedule. These were the only bus departures during the day. The Norfolk-O’Neill busses had not completed a trip in either di rection by 6 p.m. Thursday, and the Grand Island-O’Neill line was likewise tied-up. Grand Island reported a 26 mile-per-hour wind and contin ued drifting at 2 p.m., and bus representatives here doubted if any run would be attempted. Train 6 Hours Late The North Western passenger train, due here at 7:30 a.m., did not arrive until 1:15 p.m. Num erous delays were encountered between Omaha dnd O’Neill. Because of the late arrival of the morning train, the five rural carriers did not depart from the postoffice here until early after noon. Service was suspended com pletely on the Burlington rail road. A freight train with snow nlow attachment is scheduled to leave here early Friday enroute for Sioux City. H. A. Yocum, Bur lington agent here, stated that ‘‘the company would make up for lost service during the weekend.” Despite the storm, Holt county’s prep school basketball tourney in progress here continued on schedule. Fans paid $138 in ad missions for the quarterfinal matches Wednesday night. The stands were nearly half-full as ♦ he blizzard rased outside. Semi final matches were played Thurs day night. Public School Suspends Classes at the O’Neill public school were suspended for the day, while at St. Mary's academy th -re war® numerous absentees but school was carried on as us ual. Mary rural schools and a num ber of nearby village and town schools closed long enough to en able the citizenry to dig out from under drifts. Harry Peterson, manager of the Northwestern Bell Telephone company here, said there were ‘‘no line failures” reported at the O’Neilt office, which is a toll cen ter for this region. Planes Fly with Skiis Whi'e many scheduled airlines cancelled transcontinental flights, several O’Neill airmen were un daunted by the weather eondi | tip*-* Op Hon Warner and Cliff Adkins of the O’Neill airport at | toched skiis and made a number | of reconnaissance flights. Tex j Cole, of Emmet, took off from the O’Neill airport with skiis on his '■raft. It was the first skiis had been used here. The snowfall here measured over four inches. Little more than a half-inch of moisture was netted since last Thursday. Some suffering by livestock was reported where there was in sufficient shelter. The week’s summary, based on 24-hour readings at 8 a.m. daily, follows: Date Hi Lo Moist. January 24 57 33 January 25 _ 58 35 January 26 59 31 January 27 61 27 January 28 40 25 .09 January 29 _ 29 21 .06 January 30 _ 22 10 .42 Total_.51 ,