STATE HIST SOC
XXX
The Frontier
VOLUME 67.—NUMBER 8.
O’NEILL, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. JULY 3, 1947.
PRICE 5 CENTS
HOLT DIGS OUT OF
MUD AND DEBRIS
Northwestern Railroad
Service Restored
Late Friday
Holt countyans are still dig
ging our from under the mud
and debris that resulted from
the June 22 cloudburst—one of
^the worst on record.
Hardest hit by flood water
were the valley of the South
Fork creek in southern Holt
county and the Elkhorn river
valley.
Service on tha Northwestern
railroad was restored late Fri- j
day when an eastbound freight i
train was the first train to op
erate between O’Neill and Nor-1
folk in six days. Two Elkhorn
bridges in the Inman and Ew
ing vicinities were washed-out
by the flood water. The first
westbound train _was the Sat
urday morning passenger train.
All trains are operating at a
restricted speed of 20-miles-per
hour between Inman and Clear
water.
Meanwhile. State Engineer
Wardner Scott estimated that
* damage to highways in the
Ainsworth district would ap
proximate $16,800. Total
highway damage in the slate
is estimated at more than a
million dollars.
Federal highway 20 traffic is
routed east through Page to the
Page junction—the only detour
remaining on arterial highways
in this section. Federal high
way 275 was reopened Saturday
directly from O’Neill to Neligh,
instead of detouring over high- j
ways 108 and 14.
The Frontier’s Chambers cor
respondent, Mrs. E. R. Carpen
ter, wrote the following first
hand report of the flood itself:
“We awoke about 5 a. m. to
find ourselves completely sur
rounded by water. It was
pouring across the road, down
« the driveway, through the barn,
granary and chickenhouse. We
live between the South Fork
and a branch .of the South Fork,
which flows through our place.
“The bridge across the South
Fork north of us was washed
out and the one across the
branch had the approaches gone
on both sides. There was a
deep hole on the south end.
“We and the George Cameron
family, north of us, were com
pletely cutoff. Mr. Cameron s
milk cows were on the opposite
side and he couldn’t get them
for two days.
"All the bridges and grades
in the country are washed
out. The repair crews are
busy and some have already
been repaired.
“Donald Grimes lost 45 chick- j
fens. The wrater didn’t get into
their house but was up to the |
second step about 2-feet deep
and 3- to 4 feet deep at other
places.
“The telephone lines were out
and fences down. Ciops are
badly damaged. Some of the
same territory was hit by the
severe hail storm of June 6.
Many fields are not planted be- j
cause they have been too wet. |
Lots of bluegrass cannot be tu
because of the soft meadows.
“Water got into Lloyd Wal
do’s house, about four miles
southeast of Amelia. There wa^
an inch or two over the floor.
Between the house and other j
buildings was a washout fi e
feet deep. Lloyd st pp d into
*it and went up to hi? chin.
“It is reported that some of |
the Ermers lost 17 head of cat
tle, mostly calves.”
For a time Chambers’ only
contact with the outside world
was through Ken Warner’s
shortwave radio transmitter.
Firemen Summoned
Twice at Inman
INMAN—Two fires occurred
in Inman during the past week.
The first occurred last Thurs
day morning at the Manual
Crosser home while Mrs. Cros
• ser was doing the family laun
dry. The blaze was extinguish
ed before much damage was
done.
The second occurred 24 hours
later at the Myrle Caster resi
dence, where the kitchen and
rearporch were destroyed. Most
of the contents, however, were
saved. The property is owned |
by Mrs. Walter Jacox and the
loss was covered by insurance.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
John A. Hoffman, 40, and
Joan B. Koch, 17, both of Bas
sett, June 30.
Alvin Katrous, 24, of Verdi
gre, and Eleanor Fahrenho’z, 19,
of Chambers, June 30.
Dr. and Mrs. L. A. Ca ter
•are spending the Fouith of July
with their daughter, Mrs. Mar
jorie Beghtol, at Kearney
BECOMES JESUIT
Rev. James F. Hanley,
(above), son of the late James
H. Hanley and Mrs. Hanley,
of Omaha and Washington, D.
C., was ordained as a Roman
Catholic priest in rites at St.
Mary’s, Kans., on June 18. He
offered his first mass at St.
Cecelia’s Cathedral in Oma
ha on June 22. Father Han
ley is a grandson of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Hanlty,
who were among Holt coun
ty’s earliest pioneers. Rev.
Eugene F. Gallagher, of O’
Neill, was ordained at the
same time, both becoming
Jesuit priests.
2 MILLION HIKE
IN VALUATIONS
Tangible Property Up
1 Million Over
Last Year
An increase of more than a
million dollars in tangible pr p
erty assessment and an increase
of nearly two million dollars in
overall valuations was seen Wed
nesday by L. G. Gillespie, Ho t
county assessor, in a preliminary
review of the 1947 assessing pro
gram.
The 1947 figures for business
valuations are: Tangible—$768,
120; intangible — $383,355; for
individuals: tangible—$7,739,785;
intangible—$ 1,910,120.
Mr. Gillespie pointed out.
however, that the preliminary
figures do not include class B
valuations which include rea1
estate, automobiles, banks, rail
road, power, insurance, tele
phone, telegraph and express
companies.
The Holt banks have already
shown a $20,000 inc~ease in class
B valuations, Mr. Gillespie a^d
ed.
Californians Prepare
for Summer Picnic
The summer Nebraska state
picnic will be held at Bixby
oark, Long Beach, Calif., on
Saturday, July 12.
The p ogram at the ocean
sho e reunion of ex-Cornhusk
ers will start at 1:30 p.m. with
music by the Long Beach mu
nicipal band.
Discussions will include Ne
braska’s unicameral legislature,
'he lacK cf a bonded indebted
ness, the unique state capitol
'M H nti. veterans assi t nee,
Boys’ Town, and the state labor
situation.
Nearly 4,000 ex-Nebraskans
registered at the winter picnic.
To Visit Stanton, Omaha —
Mrs. Theressa Murray and
her daughter, Mrs. Henry Wal
drop, and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald
Lounsbury and daughter. Ger
alyn, left Tuesday for Stanton
where they will spend three
days visiting Mrs. Murray’s son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
LawTence Murray. They will
go on to Omaha where they
will visit Mrs. Murray’s daugh
ter and her husband. Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Welch. They will
return home in a week.
Glenn Saunders Here —
Glenn Saunders, of East
Greenwich, R. I., arrived early
Saturday for a weekend visit in
the home of M?r. and Mrs. Glea
H. Wade. He departed Monday
for Lincoln for a week’s visit
with his father, Romaine Saun
ders, and other relatives. Glenn
was an employe of D. H. Cronin
at The Frontier between July.
1931, and September, 1938, and
is now associate publisher of
The Rhode Island Pendulum at
East Greenwich.
Returns from Norfolk —
Mrs. Frank L. Osborne re
turned Saturday from Norfolk
where she visited her daughter,
Mrs. Gus Carey, for a week.
Her other daughter, Miss Lo s.
R. N., of the Clarkson hospi
tal in Omaha, was also there.
Her son, Eugene, returned with
his mother after having visited
Mrs. Carey for the past month.
JEANNE C. SCOn
DIES IN OMAHA
Widow of the Late
Charles B. Scott
Buried Here
Mrs. Jeanne C. Scott, 72, wid
ow of the late Charles B. Scott,
who served as 15th judicial dis
trict court reporter for 22 years,
died Saturday in Omaha. She
had been ill for several years
The body was brought to O’
Neill where funeral services
were conducted Monday at 10
a.m. at the First Presbyterian
church. Rev. Lloyd W. Mullis,
of O’Neill, officiated and inter
ment was in Prospect Hill cem
etery.
The pallbearers were J. J.
Harrington, P. C. Do oho° Dr !
L, A. Burgess, Julius D. Cron
in, Dr. R. Mounts and La H.
Moss.
Mrs. Scott, formerly Jeanne |
C. Wells, was born October 21,
1874, at Tama, la. In 1885 she
moved with her family to Kear
ney where she graduated from
Kearney high school and later
from Kearney college. On June
24, 1894, she married Mr. Scott
and three years later they
moved to O'Neill, wh're she re
sided until 1943.
They became the parents of
one daughter. Ruth Evelyn
mow Mrs. Raloh Opren, of Oma
ha. Mrs. Scott moved from O’
Neill to Omaha four years ago
to be with her daughter.
The late Mr. Scott died Oc
tober 14, 1927. He was widely
known in this region.
Air Force Poinos
to 40th B rthday
As part of the national ob
servance of air force day p o
claimed for August 1, head
quarters of the Second Air
Force at Omaha has announced
that all Army-connected flying
units in Iowa and eastern Ne
braska have been alerted for
participation in the 40th birth
day anniversary of the AAF.
Ceremonies sponsored by
auasi-military and patriotic or
ganizations are planned for Om
aha. Sioux City, Des Moines and
Lincoln, and there is a proba
bility open house ceremonies
will take place at the Army air
bases in these cities with AAF,
Air reserve, national guard and
civil air patrol personnel coop
erating.
Children’s Home
Representative at
Emmet Meeting
EMMET—The Ladies Aid of
the Methodist church met at
the church parlors on Friday,
with 10 members and two vis
itors present. The lesson con- j
cerned household mishaps. It j
was conducted by Mrs. Claude
Bates.
Mr. McIntyre, of the Ne- !
bra ka Childrens’ home, gave a
talk and showed several pic
tures. A total of $10 was col- \
lected for the home.
After the meeting, a sale of
ai tides was held, netting $2.75
to be added to the parsonage
repair fund.
A lunch was served.
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Former Schoolmates
Weekend Together
INMAN—Former schoolmates
of the Inman school met at the
James P. Gallagher country
home for a weekend party. The
guests included: Mrs. Sara
Brewer and Mrs. F. ank Red- |
field, of Independence, Mo.;
Mrs. Mark Fowler, of Omaha;
Mrs. John Conard, of Emmet;
Mrs. William Rees, of Norfolk,
and Mrs. C. A. Rutledge, of
Newport.
Kansas Cityans Visit —
STAR—Mrs. Vernie Gatten
by and daughters, Joann and
Peggy, of Kansas City, Mo., vis
ited last week at the Ray No
ble home. Mrs. Gattenby is
Mrs. Noble’s sister.
FIREMEN CALLED
The O’Neill volunteer fire de
partment was summoned shortly
after 6 p.m. Tuesday to extin
gush a waste fire behind the
Harmon building.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Selders
and two daughters, of Seattle,
Wash., arrived Monday to spend a
few days with Mrs. John David
son and Mrs. Letta Sexsmith.
The latter is the mother of Mrs.
Selders and Mrs. Davidson.
Mrs. Doris Malone and son, of
California, left Friday after hav
ing spent several weeks with
Mrs. Malon’e mother, Mrs. Jesse
Scofield.
Mrs. Wilbur Willis ,of Kansas
City, Mo., arrived Friday for a !
visit of a week or 10 days with j
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hor
ace Rouse.
Peterson Not in Favor
of a Special Session
Requests for a special session
of the unicameral legislature
»re not falling on too sympa
thetic ears, Gov. Val Peterson
said Monday in Lincoln.
A 1et»°r from William Ritch- ;
ie, of Omaha, democratic state ;
chairman, was answered with a
•o when stripped of its dip- I
lomatic verbiage. Ritchie had
re ue t“d the governor to call
a special session to deal with
flood control and crop loss
problems.
The request of northeast Ne
brasKa attorneys for a special
session has not been answered,
*v>o Governor stated. The dis
trict bar association, meeting at
'Nfo folk, passed resolutions call
ing for a special session to re
peal the community propel* ty
law passed by the last session
and signed by the governor.
MRS. C.J. COFFEY
DIES IN TEXAS
‘C o n’ Coffey’s Second
Wife Dies After
Lon£ Illness
Mrs. C. J. Coffey th° second
wife of a former rVTsjeill man
died June ?4 at Wichita Falls.
Tex. She had been seriously il’
for about a week.
Mrs Coffev was married
♦ n “Con” Coffov. who wfts
reared here and later opera'el
a furniture store and undertak
ing establishment at Spencer.
The first Mrs. Coffey, the far
mer Mary Dailey, died in No
vember, 1923, and is buried at
O’Neill.
Mr. Coffey is associated with
the Merkle Undertaking com
pany in Wichita Falls.
Funeral services were held
June 25. Survivors include the
husband; four stepsons, John C.
Coffey, of Wichita Falls; Gerald
L. Coffey, of Ft. Worth. Tex.:
Edmund J. Coffey, of Denver.
Colo.; two brothers, Wliliam H.
McCune. of Denison, Tex., and
J. Art McCune, of San Francis
co, Calif.
$100 TO FLOOD
STRICKEN TOWN
ATKINSON — The flood
stricken citizens of Cambridge
-ic received a contribu
tion of $100 to be used in the
relief and rehabilitation of the
southwestern Nebraska town
roo+icpiiv ruined by a recent
f'ood. The donation came from
the Farley-Tushla post of the
A vno-jcoo I,e«ion.
The following telegram w->s
sent to the Ame^can Legion
nost at Cambridge:
“Farlev-Tushla post of Atkin
son. Nebraska, herewith sends
vou $100 to be used as you see
f!t in your present °mergencv.
We have noted the fine w rk
vour post has been doing. Car
ry on for God and Country.
FARLEY-TUSHLA POST
American Legion
Atkinson, Nebr.”
SERVICE AWARDS GO
TO GAMBLE PERSONNEL
^ -1 -J ''*■» ,,r 'T*^f5 unfp vp.
ceived this week by Manager
Gene Cantlon and Marvin Jo' n
son at Gambles store h^r0. T^e
award program, honoring em
ployees who have terms of erp
. i nt fom into20years.
has been in operation since
1940.
Mr. Cantlon, who recently be
came manager of the store
here, joined the company at
Winona. Minn.. in February
1937. Mr. Johnson joined the
firm in August, 1936.
Mr. Cantlon stated that the
Gamble-Skogmo, Ine., was par
ticularly proud of its personnel
record of war service and tho*
approximately 80 percent of the
employees who had gone into
service had returned to t>osi
*ions with the company. “Near
'v one-sixth of the employees
">f Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., have
Sp-n with tho comoany 10
years or more.” he said.
Now in its 22nd year of bus
iness, Gamble-Skogmo. Inc.
employs more than 6,500 p°r
sons in 26 states and four Ca
nadian provinces.
Iowans Visitors Here —
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Spry are
entertaining for another week
Mr. and Mrs Floyd Spry, of An
ha. Ia.. who arrived June 24. The
Floyd Sprys will go on to Oregon
to make their home.
Navy Man. Family Here —
Mr. and Mrs. James Kurtz
and son visited at the home of
M r. Kurtz’ brother, Robert
Kurtz, and Mrs. Kurtz. James
Kurtz is in the Navy.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Pruitt, of
Omaha, visited Mr. and Mrs. O.
A. Kilpatrick Sunday.
QUIET FOURTH IN
PROSPECT HERE
_ I
No Formal Celebration,
Fireworks Display at
Country Club
The Fourth of July promises
to be a quiet affair in the city
notwithstanding the usual round
of fireworks.
No formal celebration is plan
ned in O’Neill. However, a
fireworks display is scheduled
at the Country club after dark,
open to the public.
j Neligh is sponsoring the clos
est old-fashioned celebration,
while at Atkinson a full-day’s
entertainment has been planned
including two baseball games.
A celebration is also planned at
: Ord.
Meanwhile, officials of the
Nebraska state safety council
and Nebraska safety patrol
have joined in urging Nebras
ka motorists to be especially
alert over the three-day Fourth
of July period.
There have been 140 fatalities
on Nebraska highways so far
this year, they point out, an in
crease of 24 percent over 1946
Highway traffic is expected
to be unusually heavy during
the "long” weekend as thous
nds of moto ists are still catch
ng up on pleasure driving they
had to forego during the recent
war.
Included on the holiday pro
gram here is a picnic at the
Country club for members.
PUBLISHES EARLY
This issue of The Frontier
went to press early today
(Thursday) in order that rur
al subscribers will receive the
paper before t h e Fourth.
There are no rural deliveries
on legal holidays.
The weatherman predicts fa
vorable weather with a brief
cooling Friday and Saturday,
warming again Sunday. Scat
tered thundershowers may also
be expected, according to the
extended five-day forecast by
the Government weather bu
reau.
Neligh’s celebration will go
off as scheduled despite the re
cent flooding of the park. The
picnic grounds are now being
pumped out and sprayed with
DDT. A large crowd is expect
ed. The main feature of the
celebration is the revival of
harness racing. Thirteen hors
es are entered in three races.
The O’Neill volunteer fire de
partment was summoned to the
i. E. Moore reseidence at 10:05
a.m. Wednesday where fire
works belonging to Thomas
Moore were accidently setoff
inside the house. Fifremen
reaching the scene ahead of the
trucks extinguished the blaze.
The interior fireworks display
ncludcd Roman candles. Some
damage was done.
All O’Neill business and pro
fessional houses will be closed
the Fourth in accordance with
a Chamber of Commerce policy.
No-Dinner Session
Tuesday for Chamber
^ "'-dinner session of the
Chamber of Commerce will be
held at 8 p m. Tuesday 11 the
Golden hotel dinning room, ac
Provident H. J. I o
haus. Included on the age d i
will be a discussion of O’Neill
day plans.
Mrs. Puckett Discusses
Dangerous Diseases —
Mrs. Walter Puckett read an
article concerning “Diseases
That Man Can Contract from
Animals” at a meeting of the
South Side club Wednesday af
ternoon at the home of Mrs. Le
on Price. A discussion follow
ed the presentation of the arti
cle. Empnasis was placed on
undulant fever.
Roll call was answered by 20
members with selected sayings
of children. Three guests and
eight children were present.
Mrs. Pat McGinnis and Mrs.
William Lubn served refresh
ments. The next meeting will
be with Mrs. Dean Beckwith.
Return to Wyoming —
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker
anH sons, Terry and Howard,
of Lander, Wyo., departed Sun
day after having visited several
days at the home of Mr. Bak
er’s brother, D. A. Baker, and
wife.
Depart for San Diego —
Mr. and Mrs. George Stannard
and daughter, Lynn, of San Di
ego, Calif., left Saturday after
visiting at the home of Mr. Stan
nard’s mother, Mrs. David Stan
nard, and Mrs. Stannard’s uncle,
Joseph Mann.
Go to Crookston —
Mrs. Maford Yinglin and chil
dren spent last week visiting
Mrs. Yinglin’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Malone, of Crookstown.
Mr. Yinglin brought them home
Sunday.
Cigaret Sales Jump
Before Tax Goes On
Cigaret counters throughout
the city were doing business
with wartime gusto last week
and through Monday as pur
chasers were attempting to beat
the three - cents - a - pack tax
which went into effect Tuesday.
Cigarets were plentiful and
most smokers were buying by
the carton instead of by the
package—and that’s where the
comparison with wartime ‘‘iuns”
ended.
One clause in the new tax
law may stand in the way of
some large purchasers, although
it is considered difficult to en
force. The law provides that
anyone who has a case or more
on “Hand is a lawbreaker unless
he is a dealer. A case usually
j contains 50 cartons.
Most merchants were prepar
| ed for the onrush.
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35 Montanans Stop
Enroute to Grinnell
The young peoples’ group of
the First Presbyterian church
here Sunday entertained a del
egation of 35 Montana young
people, representing Presbyter
ian churches in that state.
The Montanans were enroute
to Grinnell, la., to attend a na
tional assembly of the West
minster Fellowship.
The visitors conducted spe
cial services Sunday and de
parted early Monday.
CANDIDATES FOR
QUEEN ANNOUNCED
ATKINSON — Eight candi
dates for 1947 hay queen have
been announced here.
The 1947 queen will be
crowned by Gov. Val Peterson
at the annual hay days to be
held in Atkinson August 4 5.
The candidates:
Mary Ann Bouska, Betty
Humphrey, Bonnie Humphrey,
Mary Ellen Keating, Mary Alice
McC'urg, Betty Schmit, Lila
Smith and Rita Troshynski.
4n added feature this year
will be the presentation of an
I achievement award, honoring
the Holt county farm family
of 1947. The winner will be se
lected by non-resident judges
from nominations sent to Mrs.
E. A. Bouska, of Stuart, before
July 8.
SMALL GRAIN
EXHIBIT PLANNED
Farmers interested in new va
rieties of small grain will circle
July 9 on their calendar.
That is the date—next Wed
nesday — when a field day is
slated at the Holt county exten
sion service test plot on the
Clarence Ernst farm, situated
thre~ milc« w«st of Danceland
on federal highway 20.
D. L. Gross, of Lincoln, ex
tension agronomist of the Uni
versity of Nebraska college of
agriculture, will be present for
the 7 p. m. countywide meeting.
He will discuss many varieties
of oats, barley and rye and
those present will have an op
portunity to inspect the varie
ties before their harvest.
The varieties to be seen are
Oats: Clinton, Vickland, O
sage, cedar Boone, Kherson and
tarra.
Barley: Vellvon II, Spa tan
Mars, Wisconsin, Trebi, club,
Marriot and Beecher.
Rye: Balboa, Dakota, Roson,
common and Imperial.
Go to Lake Andes—
Among the visitors at Lake
Andes, S. D., last weekend we-e
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Green and
son, Mrs. Etta Green, Charle^
Harding, Mr. and Mrs. Ja k
Wallen and son John, Beck
Wallen, Mrs. Ba’t Mallov an’
son Billie, Vern Grenier, Geor?
Hansen, Mr. and Mrs. Cle-r
Tomlinson and weekend guests
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Calvert, of
Norfolk.
Receives 3d Degree —
— Dor ance Crabb, of
O’Neill, received the third de
pree of the Odd Fellow l^H^e
in a session here Monday night!
He was acromnanied bv Ar‘h"
Rouse and A. E. Bowen, both of
O’Neill.
V»-~Hon in Minnesota — e l
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. J^«s fnJ
niece, Miss Gloria Peterson, pf
Polk, who arrived here Sufoddrv.
left Wednesday for a two-i
weeks’ visit with Mr. and M s.
Jones’ daughter, Mrs. Don An
derson and Mr. Anderson, at St.
Cloud, Minn.
Leave for Utah — *
Miss Marie Biglin departed
Sunday for Salt Lake City, Ut„
following a visit here with her
mother, Mrs. Catherine Biglin.
She was accompanied as far as
Grand Island by Misses Gene
vieve and Helen Biglin.
FARMERS DECIDE
ON 'CATCH-CROP*
'
jttardly a Farmer Not
Concerned with Grain,
Forage Problems
"Hardly a farmer in the Holt
and Boyd county areas is not
concerned with a ‘catch-crop’
problem at this time." accord
ing to County Agent A. Neil
Dawes. This condition has been
created by unusually cold
weather that lingered through
April and May and by flood,
and hail storms during the
month just-ended.
Though some farmers are
still planing corn, Mr. Dawes
explained that little more
than fodder can be hoped for
"There is still time, however,
to plant some sorghums, Sudan
grass, millets and buckwheat,"
the agricultural extension agent
explained. > *
The following varieties are
recommended by the extension
office: Sorghums for grain — •
Coes, milo, day milo, wheatland
milo, midland. Colby milo, Mar
tens milo. Sorghums for for
age: Atlas sorgo, Fremont, le
ota red, fetereta and black am
ber. Millets for forage: German
and common (plant 20- to 25
pounds per acre). Millets for I
grain: German, common or pro- I
so hog millet (plant 15- to 20
pounds per acre). Buckwheat:
Japanese or silverhull (plant
three- to five-pecks per acre,
drill or broadcast).
««#•
"In some cases, where the
land is low and wet, it may
be best to summer fallow and
plant rye in August," Mr.
Dawes continued. This would
assure an abundance of fall,
winter and spring pasture.
Reports from north of Page,
in an area hit hard by hail on
June 6 and 9, some of the corn
thought to be coming along
“good” now shows the effect of
the hail, while the corn begin
ning to work through the
ground at the time of the
storms or planted since is “com
ing nicely.”
Ranchers Reluctant
Meanwhile, many ranchers
are reluctant to admit bluegrass
strippers into their fields with
the quoted price at the $3 per
hundred weight level for ‘Jgreen
stripping.”
Many ranchers „)eel that
damage to the meadows in
mashing down hay and cut
1 ng up the meadow with
deep tracks does not justify
the $3 price.
There are some reports of
Hiffi^ultv in stripping in regard
to timothy.
The bluegrass crop in Holt
county is generally regarded as
“good,” and the large concen
' ""tion- of bluegrass escaped
the hail.
From Inman comes ithe report
that the bluegrass is of ^excep
tionally good” quality, and
stripping has begun despite the
flood conditions.
Total precipitation for June
was boosted to 10.95-inchrs d r
ing the seven-day period end
ing today (Thursday) as a re
sult of .15-inches recorded in
two separate showers. The
week’s summary follows:
Date
Hi Lo Moi'-t.
90 «7 .03
91 65
80 58 .12
June 27
June 28
June 29
June 30
July 1
July 2
75 57
75 55
85 58
Total
.15
HOLT CANCER FUND
REACHES $867.26
EMMET — Mrs. Guy Cole,
chairman of the Holt county
1947 fund-raising drive for. the
American Cancer Control so ie
tv. ha” announc'd that receipts*
to' ’ $867.26.
e breakdown follows:
Funds raised by agricultural
extension oro'e^t cl' bu So rt’s
Side, of Emmet. !t3\55; Alpha,
of O’Neill, 5.0"1;' He'ping Ha~d,
of Amelia, 10.00; Victory Home
Vnake-s, of Ehv^et 10.00; Cel a
Homemakers, i5 0 0; Pleasant
Day of O’Neill. U.50; Cleveland!
Project, IB.00- Valley Center, off
Chambers, 16.50; Meity Ma
trons of Atkinson. 10.00; W 11
ing Workers, of Putte, El
dfeen,* of Atkinson, 4.50;, Atkin
son Country Women’s club, 5.00;
Live and Learn, of Atkinson,
8.00; Royal Neighbors, of At
kinson, 2.00.
Funds raised in towns: O’
Neill (fag dav end co'laction
Boxes), 295.68: Ewing O'oxes
and canvassing), 111.83; Cham
bers, 108.38; Atkinson (collec
tion boxes, canvassing, clubs),
67.42; Stuart (collection boxes,
canvassing, clubs), 35 00; Em
met, 37.30; Inman, 27.18; Page
(collection boxes), 6.27; othef
contributions, 6.00.